The Anderson intelligencer. (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, September 18, 1884, Image 4
A SHATTERED INTELLECT.
"Help! help! help!"
I started to my feet in a tremor of
fright as this cry rang through my room,
ana gazed at the partition wall which
divided my apartment from the room
next to it, in helpless terror. Then I
bethought me of the ball, and. rushing
oat there I knocked on the door next to
mine.
Silence, followed by a low demoniacal
laugh!
"What is the matter?" I called.
"Open the door if you need help." s
A voice, evidently that of an aged
woman, called out:
"Go away I"
Then I could bear her laugh and mut?
ter to herself, and I. went back to my
room. On the way I met the boy who
was janitor of the building.
"Who has No. 27?"
"Some crazy woman," he answered in.
disrespectful haste, and was gone before
I could ask another question.
A mad woman in ihe next room!
Surely fate was unkind to me. I had
come here to improve my own mind, and
found myself tete-a-tete with idiocy. I
could move out, but I bad only just
moved in, and ducats were as scarce as
hen's teeth. I was preparing myself for
dramatic readings, and spent the most of
my time in the drill work of my profes?
sion, with intervals devoted to the ren?
dering of classical music, con amore. I
comforted myself with the belief that
however hard my poor demented neigh?
bor shrieked and raved in her insane
ebulitions, I could drown her out with
an opposition bedlam, and I decided to
stay where I was and attend to my own
affairs.
? If 1 had only-done so!
"Mind your own business" is a homely
formula, but it is a little classic of send
' blefpemsfeht advice;, which we--would do
welF to engrave* on the ritual of our daily
lives in fetters of gold. So much for
parenthesis.
I studied aloud. I raved and ranted to
develop my voice. I paced my chamber
in a long white gown and hoIdiDg a tal?
low candle in my right band, while I
strode up and down, repeated in sepul
cheriai tones:
O-w-it dam-n-ed spot, owit I say?one
two: why then 'tis time to?
"Save me! save me! helpl help I for
God's sake, help !"
I dropped my candle, jumped into
bed, and drew the bed-clothes over my
head. There I lay and shivered until
morning.
Then 1 saw a pale, still woman with a
resolute face, coming out of number 27.
"How is your patient ?" I asked hur?
riedly as she passed me on the landing.
The woman stared at me a moment as
if she did not quite understand.
"The?the insane woman," I ex?
plained.
"Oh, yes, much better, but I cannot'
stop to talk," and she hastened away
while I wondered whether she was a
nurso to the mysterious woman shut up
there; or a relative, possibly a daughter.
I decided on the latter when I over?
heard the fond language she used toward
the poor demented creature. Never a
harsh or reproachful word, but the ten?
der endearments of an affection that was
se.lf-sacrifi.cing as only the strongest filial
love can be. And so proud and careful
of the unconscious sufferer that no eye
was allowed to rest npon her in that
wretched state.
I honored and respected such devotion
and soon in my own way I longed to assist
the sad and silent woman, who shrunk
from the advances of strangers, in her
labor of love. I began by leaving tiny
bunches of flowers at the door. .Then
. small offerings of fruit, and I had a Belf
11 reward in the 'silence and peace that
followed each occasion. I could hear
the patient softly laughing or talking to
herself, and I even imagined she had
learned to expect the tributes of my
sympathy. WhoJ&ew?:xlt might even
act as a new mind cure, this outside
diversion from an.unknown source.
Several times LJiad tried to talk with
the daughter?as I "had decided her to be
?but her mannerVas so reserved, and so
strange, tbafc I began to think-that she,
too, was non compo3 mentis; that they
were, in fact, a mad family. But I had
learned that she filled ajresponsible posi?
tion during the day^and that her whole
life was given up to the cheerless society
of the wretch whom'6he protected with
such devotion that I had never yet caught
a glimpse of her. I felt that to help
such a sorrow wa3 a privilege, and I de?
sired no thanks or acknowledgment.
And yet?I will confess it how?it was
sometimes bard to bear. The ravings of
insanity are never pleasant to listen to',
.bttJt.?h^^^ecuTiar welfddM3"in-ihe
mufiled cries that rang through the'dead?
ening wall. . .
But there came a climax, as there does
to most of the tragedies of life, and. it
did not;come a moment too Boon, Tor I
bad fallen into a nervous condition that,
if I had been a fine lady, would base
caused my friends and myself great ap?
prehension. But lam not a fine,lady,
and the few friends I have lived faraway
and did not trouble themselves about me.
And I had become absorbed; fascinated,
haunted by the nameless terror on the
other side of my partition. I, too, was
beginning to laugh- hysterically; ? to
scream "help" and "murder" in my sleep;
to mutter, and jabber incoherent words.
My face had grown white and wild-look;
ing. I fancied that every next, door
neighbor avoided me, as if afraid of me
?ha! ha! the idea is too funny I ;
One evening, just at dusk, I went home
from a rehearsal for a performance in
which I was to appear, and all absorbed
in my part, toiled wearily up to my room
in the fourth-story and- walked in with
out unlocking the door, so unconscious
was I of my-surroundings. But the room
was lighted and a woman sat there sew?
ing; the furniture was strange?cothi Dg
was mine. I had made a mistake and
walked into No. 27.. The woman who
sat there alone rose as if ashamed and
stepped back.
"I beg your pardon," I said as I recov?
ered myself, "but it seems I have made a
mistake. I was thinking so busily I did
uot notice."
"Won't you sit dowrf? Take this?"
"I'll kill you! Help! Help!" shrieked
a discordant voice?the voice that haunt?
ed me.
I started in sudden fright; every nook
and corner was visible to the eye; the
.bed was there, white and unoccupied; no
one was present except we too.
"Who is it? What is it?" I gasped,
turning pale and sick.
"My parrot," said the woman, calmly,
pointing to a gray African parrot sitting
sleepily in a cage in the corner. "I dare
say she often amuses you with her noise.
She is a very tragic bird. I am very
choice of her, but some day you may bor?
row her, if you like her for company."
"I would like to wring her neck," I
said and went home.
The next time I met the janitor I
asked him how he dared to tell me there
was a crazy woman in that room.
"Ale vimmio8 ees crazy," he said, with
a cynical smile. "I tells her yon vas
crazy mit your own selluf."
"Told her I was crazy?"
"Yeea. and she vas afrieet. too."
Then I was a mad woman. I had been
fooled and outwitted by a lout of a boy,
and that bird I most despised, a poll par?
rot.?Air?. M. L. Rayne.
? Facts that are constantly coming to
light?Matches.
11? Colorado contributes 100,000 colts
to the country's resources this year.
? A young chimpanzee on temporary
exhibition in the New York Zoological
gardens weeps, laughs and makes some
very creditable efforts at the articulation
of speech, .-? i
Let us HaTe a New County.
The formation of a new County to be
composed of portions of Anderson, Abbe?
ville, Laurens and Greenville, with
Honea Path as its County seat, is being
now actively discussed by most of our
citizens. The whole country is practi?
cally a unit in favor of the scheme. The
idea is no new one, having been agitated
for many years, but the movement never
took any definite shape. We know at
the outset that we will encounter much
opposition in our support of the move?
ment, but we have resolved not to allow
that to deter us from presenting its claim
in as forcible a manner as we know how.
There are many reasons why the Leg?
islature should be petitioned to form
such a County. The portions of the four
Counties, from which it is proposed to
form the County, lie so far from their
County seats as to make it very inconve?
nient for the citizens living in these parts
to go to them to transact their necessary
business. In olden times when people
had but little legal business to transact,
there was not much necessity for Coun?
ties to be small. But of late years, there
is getting to be any quantity of such
business, thereby causing our citizens to
lose a great deal of unnecessary time?
frequently working great injury to their
private interests?in going back and forth
such long distances to their respective
County seats. Those opposed to the
movement will, use as an argument
against it the cost of building a Court
House and other necessary County build?
ings. The difference iu mileage paid to
jurors and witnesses would in a few years
pay the erection of such buildings.
Even the difference in the time lost by 1
the farmers, when their interests imper?
atively demand their presence at home
as much as possible, alone would pay for
such an expenditure. We are of the
opinion that too many small counties are
useless and not entirely beneficial;?No
one would oppose the indiscriminate
formation^ of new: Counties'; auy^jmsro
than;wfk,\ We believe th{^nthe%t|h^8h
Theht of a'Couhty seat fit every-droS road
would be foolish, expensive and inexpe?
dient.' Georgia to-day is suffering from
the evil of having entirely too many
small Counties. South Carolina on the
other band contends with the difficulty
of having entirely too many excessively
large Counties. North Carolina exhibits
a happy mean in the size of her Counties.
The only right way, we contend, to deter?
mine whether a County should be formed
or not is to discuss it thoroughly, and
critically to consider all the claims urged
in its favor in a spirit of fairness and. can?
dor. We think that Honea Path, can
establish hex claims for a new County, if
her advantages are thoroughly tested,
and given their due weight. Honea
Path has the following advantages: Her
situation on the line of railroad; her
nearness to the corner of four jQounties,
and the value of her position es a general
distributing point.
All expressions of opinion on the sub?
ject from our patrons and friends on the
subject will be thankfully accepted, and
given due consideration. Let us hear
also from our contemporaries on the sub?
ject.?Honea Path Herald.
Farming ou Credit.
Farming on a credit, is a subject of
overshadowing importance to our far?
mers. The time-honored system of
getting advances from factors and store-'
keepers, at time prices, to \ the farmers,
has kept our farmers poor, as they have
been compelled to devote their energies
mainly to cotton, and often at the ex?
pense of provisions. Necessity admits
of no argument. At first most farmers
bad, to borrow, to get a start; and then
their exclusive cotton planting. has kept
them straightened, and rather increased
.than relieved. their necessities. As a
simple matter of business, no person,be
he tradesman or farmer, can pay ? high
rate of interest as his fundamental-ex*
penses, and make his undertaking pay.
His failure will surely be only a question
of time. Farmers must economise, raise
their own-provisions, and pay more
attention to the rearing of good stock.
Until they do these essential things,
farming will-not pay. There are several
firms in the South whojtaake'it their
buslnesti tolend money.Only to, farmers
upon' tlse security f?T^first'^^rtgages ou
their Ua^r 'iThe farmers borrow the
money for the^peripd of five iyears, pay
down, ayear's interest of 8 per cent., and
the commission of 2 per cent, per annum
for ti^fiSya^yeara^ and jfiU' costs, &c.
Thcw-^together aggregate a. rate of
abou1151 per cent. per., annurn; a better
one than the 40 or 50 per cent, extorted
by store-keepers in .t^e ^ape 'of time
^ It is tins that the mdne^lfiM^Dorrow
eddoes buy supplies'and phosphate at
cash prices, making a great saving at the
^ying'ehdj 3>ut r.igRpere^taeslih: Ihe
trouble.'1 Farmers are induced to borrow
more money than they need andTsoon
will find that they cannot pay the yearly
installments as they become due, /but
that, the interest is- about all very many
of them can pay. And when the. five
years have expired, they will have "to
l>brrb#fagai?; or be sold out under fore}
closure of their mortgages. Some/years
ago the ! Northwestern Life Insurance
Company lent a large amount of money,
upon this plan, in the South ; and-the
majority of these loans have since been
collected b?-!foreclosure and sale of the
tar me. It'has been the exception where
these mortgages' .have been redeemed.
Jndging' :'fr?m'1 the. past , experience of
borrowers in this way, those of bur far?
mers whoi have taken this temporary
assistance- hav& an ugly outlook before
them. Debt is a remorseless tyrant, and
we doubt the benefit of capital that
encumbera our private farms and induces
farmers to mortgage their homes. In our
judgment, the only relief to our farmers
from their money troubles is through
economy, self-denial, and the.raising of
home-supplies.
Eggs ts. Meat.
It would be.wUe/;td':s^batitdte more
eggs in our daily dletV than we do, in
place of meat, for they would be not
only more palatable, but cheaper than
beef. For instance, in the Summer when
\ eggs are worth eight or ten cents a dozen
and-beef is worth from ten to twelve
cer.ls per pound, one dozen of ordinary
hen eggs will weigh one-and-a-half
pounds, which at ten cents per dozen
would be six and two-third cents per
pound against ten to twelve for beef.
Not only this, but there is more solid
nutriment in the egg, there being no
bones or tough pieces to go to waste. An
egg is made up of one pait shell, six
parts white or albumen, and three parts
yolk. The white of the egg contains 66
per cent, of water, and the yolk contains
52 per cent. The egg is purely animal
food, and yet there is none of the disa?
greeable work of the butcher necessary
to obtain it. Most people prefer eggs
fried moderately hard. This is, however,
ore of the poorest ways to cook them so
far as the health is concerned; for, so
cooked, they are hard to digest. The
most healthy way to cook them is to boil
them about four minutes, which takes
away the animal taste which is so offen?
sive to some, but does not harden the
yolk, making it bard to digest. To be
sure, eggs are very valuable and handy
for the farmer to take to town and sell
for cash or trade for provisions, and
sometimes he stints himself too much in
order to have a large supply for market.
It would be found much better, however,
to use all he wants at home instead of
paying a higher price for less nutritious
meat.?H. S. Waldo.
? Several of our exchanges are devot?
ing considerable space to the importance
of cooking girls. It's no use?we don't
want them cooked. The raw damsel is
good enough for us.? Wi?ianubarg Tat
tier.
Rejected at West Point.
|?v?h1bleston, September S.-^-Julius
Mitchell and bis alternate, Samuel An?
drews, the colored appointees to the
West Point cadetship from Congressman
Small's South Carolina District, have
returned to Charleston, having failed to
pass the preliminary examinations at
West Ppinti ; Mitchell is 21 years old,
and is n graduate of A vary College and
the Hampton Institute of Virginia. He
is very intelligent, and felt his failure
very keenly. He said that he understood
that he acquitted himself acceptably ex?
cept in descriptive geography. He ex?
pects to busy himself as a teacher among
his colored brethren in bis State.
"WMt* faTei? No, Never!"
There is a man living at the base of
Six-Mile Mountain, Fickens County, S.
0., twelve miles from Table Rock, named
John F. Hendrix, who was fifty-eight
years old last.February; He is the father
of thirteen children, ten of whom are
now living. He was never sworn as a
[juror or as a witness in any court; never
sued any one and was never sued himself.
He has. never used an. oath, never took a
chew of tobacco,.never smoked.a. pipe or
cigar, never took a drink, and neither of
bis sons has ever used tobacco or whisky.
He now lives quietly on his plantation of
735 acres, on which is one of the best
crops of corn and cotton now in the
up-country. The plantation is worked
and managed by two of his sons, living
with him, except such as is run by
croppers. This statement is made to the
Register by a gentleman who has recently
returned from a visit to the up-country.
?Columbia Register.
? "Yes," said a citizen of the Lone
Star State, "Texas Tom was the bravest
man I ever saw." "Killed a good many
men did he ?" asked a stranger. "Never
killed a man." "Was in a good many
fights, I suppose, and never showed the
white feather ?" "Never fought a fight."
"Well, then, how did he make his brave?
ry so conspicuous?" "I'll tell you?he's
been married four times, and each time
he married a widow with several chil?
dren."? Oil City Derrick.
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pwayeyerbefltowid.'on the
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|the time o^labortrnd less?
ens the intensity of pain,
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froutine;;nat u re o f t he
cose *Wrfllftof co'urtQcbe
i undjrjjood that wecaniio't
pubn?h certificates ""'con?
cerning this Remedy with?
out wounding tho -delicacy
of the writers. . Yet we
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timonials on file, and no
mother who has onco used
it will ever again bo with?
out it in her time of trou?
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TO
Mother or Child.
The dread of
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and
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Safety, and Ease
-to
Suffering Women.
A prominent physician lately remarked to the
proprietor, that if it wore admissible to make
public the letters we receive, the "Mothers'
Friend" would out-sell anything on the market.
I most earnestly entreat every female expecting
to be confined, to use Mother's Belief. Coupled
with this entreaty I -w ill add that during a long
obstetrical practice (forty-four years,) I have never
known it to fail to produce a safe and quick deliv?
ery.: H. J. HOLMES, M. D.,
Atlanta, Ga.
Send for our Treatise on "Health and Happi?
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Bradeield Regulator Co., Atlanta, Ga.
850 ACRES OF
LAND FOR SALE.
BY virtue of the Power vested in me by
the Will of Ezekiel Murphy, dee'd,
I will sell, at the Old Homestead of
said Ezekiel Murphy, deceased, on the?
FIRST DAY OCTOBER, 1884,
Between the hours of 11 and 12 o'clock,
Eight Hundred and Fifty Acres of Land,
being all the Real Estate of said deceased,
in lots ranging from fifty to one hundred
and fifty acres. This Land is situate on
Hurricane Creek, in Wllliamston 'Town?
ship, in Anderson County, and is well wa?
tered and timbered.
Teems of Sale?One-third cash, and the
balance on a credit of twelve months, with
interest from day of sale, to be secured by
bond and mortgage of the premises. Pur?
chaser to pay for all necessary papers.
THOMAS MUHPHY,
Administrator de bonis non with the
Will annexed.
Sept 4,1884 8 4
LOOK OUT.
I" NOW offer my Valuable Farm for sale,
_l lying in Madison County, Ga. The
farm contains about 5C5 acres?about 225
acres is in a high stateol cultivation. Sup?
posed to be 100 acres of bottom land in
cultivation. Good tenant-houses ou the
place, good water, and one among the best
orchards in the County. Said farm is lo?
cated nine miles North of Danielsville, Ga.,
the County site; 20 miles Northeast of
Athens, Ga., 11 miles East of Harmony
Grove, Ga. I will sell the farm all together
or in three lots. Terms reasonable and
easy. Come and see and be convinced.
Address Fort Lamar, Ga.
V. H. DEADWYLEK.
Sept 4, 1884 8 4
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THE HARD-WORKING MAN.
. . He was a hard-working man, and for a good many years he had been
working twice as hard as any man ought to work.
He said he had a splendid constitution, and that he could stand it.
He forgot that as years passes on the waste of the system is much
greater than in youth, while the repair of it is less.
He became weak, debilitated, nervous, and despondent. He regarded
the future with dread, and said he had worked himself into an untimely
grave. - :, O l..
But he was not taken to the cemetery at all. Instead of that, a good
friend brought him some Brown's Iron Bitters. v'
He began to pick up strength. That was what he wanted. Brown's
Iron Bitters enriched his failing blood and put new life into him. It toned
up his^digestive organs so that his food began to nourish him and do him
good. Most heartily does he recommend Brown's Iron Bitters. 12
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THE
DRUG STORE
MOVED?
-o
HILL BROS.
Have moved their Drug Store
To McCully's Corner,
(The Stand formerly occupied
by Smith & Co,,)
Where they will be glad to see their friends
and the public generally when in
want of anything in
their line.
July 31, 1884
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
All persons having demand against
the Estate of Wm. L. Rogers, deceased, are
hereby notified to present them, properly
proven, to the undersigned, within the time
prescribed by law, and those indebted to
make payment.
LINNIE C. ROGERS, Adiu'x.
Sept 4, 1SB4 8 3
FIE/B!
DELAYS ARE DANGEROUS.
ASINGLE SPARK may destroy your
Dwelling in one hour. I can give
.you ample security against loss by Fire, as
the combined Assets of the Companies I
represent amount to $11,902,418. Call on
me and Insure your Dwellings, Furniture,
Barns and Merchandise. It will be too late
when the fire starts.
A. B. TOWERS,
Insurance Agent.
Anderson. S. C, March 27,1884 37
^SU Best Horse & Cattle Powders at
Orr <fc Sloan's.
BARGAIN COUNTER.
IHAVE a lot of Women's Shoes, not
Bay State, that I will sell at 50c., . ic
and $1.00 per pair for cash, which is less
than cost. Also, a line of Hats at cost and
less, to close out stock of Hats. I have
some Hats on which I must have a email
profit. Give me a call and see my bargains
for cash. A. B. TOWERS.
June 5,1884 47
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ICE, as good quality as any in the mar?
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Full stock of all WINES and LIQUORS
on hand.
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Columbia, S. C.
August 21, 1884 6 3m
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For SELECT LIST OF 1,000 NEWSPAPERS'
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IHAVE a full line of Bay State Shoes
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few Miles' Ladies' Shoes. All in want of
good Shoes and Boots will find it to their
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A. B. TOWERS.
Fob 14,1884 31
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A PRIZE.!
OLD BAKER RY"E WHISKEY
? AT THE_
BOH TOiT SALOON.
EIGHT YEARS OLD?guaranteed the finest Whiskey in the City. Pure and whole?
some?for medicinal or other uses.
For sale ONLY by
O'DOJffNELL & McINTYRE,
Next door the Bank.
May 22,1884 _45_3m
RED RUST PROOF OATS.
ZPTTIRIE I
FROM GREENWOOD, S. C,
FOR SALE CHEAP BY
W. 8. LIG-OINT & CO.
August 21, 1884
The Twenty-F?Tirth Annual Statement of the
EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY
OF THE UNITED STATES.
HENRY B. HYDE, President.
For the Year Ending December 31, 1883.
Amount of Ledgeb Assets, January 1, 1883......$45,529,581 54
INCOME.
Premiums.$10,727,547 96
Interest, Rents and realized Net Profit on Investments and
on Sales of Real Estate. 2,743,023 72 13,470,571 68
The net rentals of the Society's buildings', giving no credit 59,000,153 22
for the part occupied by the Society in its business (which in the
case of the New York building is about one-third the entire
space in the building) yields, after deducting taxes and all
expenses of maintenance, an income larger than can be re?
alized on a Government Bond.
DISBURSEMENTS.
Claims by Death and Matured Endowments. $3,410,614 97
Dividends, Surrender Values, and Annuities. 2,906,999 94
Discounted Endowments. 143,455 75
TOTAL PAID POLICY-HOLDERS. $6,461,070 66
Dividend on Capital. 7,000 00
Commissions, Advertising, Postage and Exchange. 1,019,156 66
General Expenses. 973,616 06
State, County and City Taxes. 107,060 11 8,567,903 49
Net Cash Assets, December 31,1883. $50,432,249 73
ASSETS. ?
Bonds and Mortgages.$13,072,941 20
New York Real Estate, including the Equitable Building
and purchases under foreclosure. 5,819,817 08
United State Stock?, State Stocks, City Stocks, and Stocks
authorized by the Laws of the State of New York.15,341,915 12
Loans secured by Bonds and Stocks (Market Value $10,698,
652 00). 8,199,000 00
Real Estate outside the State of New Pork, including pur?
chases under foreclosure and Society's Buildings in oth?
er cities. 3,027,515 60
Cash in Banks and Trust Companies, at interest. (A large
portion of this amount was in transit and has since been
invested,). 3,979.998 38
Commuted Commissions. 112,545 15
Due from Agents on account of premiums. 278,517 14 50,432,249 73
Market value of Stocks and Bonds over cost. 765,653 53
Interest and Rents due and accrued. 451,350 44
Premiums due and in process of collection (less premiums paid in ad?
vance $25,349 00). 446,125 00
Deferred Premiums. 935,203 00
Total AssetB December 31,1883.'..$53,030,581 70
Total Liaiulitiks, including legal Reserve for reassurance of all exist?
ing policies (Four per cent. Standard). 43,914,012.44
Total Undivided Surplus.8 9,115,969 26
Upon the New York State Standard ot 44 per cent, in?
terest, the Surplus is.$12,109,756 79
Of which the proportion contributed (as computed) by
Policies in general class, is. 6,420,523 79
Of which the proportion contributed (as computed) by
Policies in Tontine class, is. 5,689,233 00
New Assurance written in 1883. $ 81,129,756 00
Total Outstanding Assurance. 275,160,588 00
Increase of Premium Income.$1,805,178 88
Increase of Surplus.$1,451,082 32
Increase of Assets.$5,004,830 84
GEO. T. G. WHITE, Southern Manager.
B. FRANK MAULDIN, Agent, Anderson, S. C.
July 24, 1884 2 6
THE
ENTERPRISE MANUFACTURING CO.
Having erected Machinery, unequalled in the up-country, for the
Manufacture of
SASH, DOORS, BLINDS, MANTLES,
Brackets, Balusters, Mouldings, Etc.,
WE earnestly call the attention of contractors and all who contemplate building to
our ability to furnish all such BUILDING MATERIAL, besides LUMBER,
dressed and undressed, at prices lower than can be obtained elsewhere. Give us a trial
and be convinced.
OSBORNE, McGUKIN & CO., Anderson, S. C.
Jan 17,1884 27 ly
PRICES GREATLY REDUCED!
I HAVE ON HAND A LARGE LOT OF
DRY GOODS, HATS AND SHOES,
That I propose to sell at greatly REDUCED PRICES.
The scarcity of money gives it a greater value; therefore, I propose to give more
Goods for one dollar than ever before. I also have ? lot of the?
CELEBRATED BALDWIN FEED CUTTERS,
THE BEST MADE !
That I will sell at BOTTOM PRICES.
r* Come in and see me before buying elsewhere, and if I don't give you your
's value, I will not ask you t? juy.
June 5,1884 47
money
J. PINK. REED.
STONE MOUNTAIN, GA.
THE LITTLE GEORGIA BAR
Having secured the SOLE RIGHT to sell the
Celebrated Stone Mountain Corn Whiskey,
DEFIES Competition by saying that it is by far the PUREST and BEST Corn Whis?
key made in the world. Physicians prescribe it, wherever known, as the best.
No use in going to Drug Stores or other Bars to buy Pure Corn Whiskey for Medicinal
purposes, or any other purpose, for there is not a single Drug Store or Bar in the Town
that keeps Stone Mountain Whiskey. Consequently, there is none so good as the
Gennine Stone Mountain Corn Whiskey. Remember, that the only
place you can get Stone Mountain Corn Whiskey is at the LITTLE GEORGIA BAR.
TP. M. BUTLER, I?x'oprietor.
July 31,1884 3 * 6m
CLOTHING! CLOTHING 1
PRICES OF CLOTHING MARKED DOWN TO MAKE ROOM FOR OUR
j NEW STOCK OF SPRING GOODS.
Now is the Time to Secure Bargains.
AFULL and CAREFULLY SELECTED Stock of SPRING CLOTHING to arrive.
Also, GENTS' UNDERWEAR, SHIRTS, COLLARS, CUFFS, CRAVATS.
IN OUR TAILORING DEPARTMENT
Our Mr. J. B. CLARK is fully prepared to give entire satisfaction.
SPECIAL NOTICE
Is hereby given to all parties indebted to us to come forward and settle at once,
Let this notice be sufficient warning.
CLARK Al CO.
JOHN W. DANIELS, Proprietor.
Feb 21, 1884 32
DO NOT BE DISAPPOINTED!
WHEREAS. I have removed from the old stand of McGrath & Byrum to the low?
er room, next to the Blacksmith Shop, on Depot Street, I
am now prepared to furnish my friends and customers with the?
PUREST AND HIGHEST PROOF LIQUORS
Of any in the market. I also keep
Groceries of all Kinds, Cigars, Canned Goods, &c.
jaer I am agent for the Thompson it Gerber one and two-horse WA?ONS, put
up at Walhalla, S. C.
??F Those knowing themselves indebted to McGrath it Byrum by Executions,
Notes or Accounts, also to McGrath, will make it to their interest to call and settle be?
fore their names are published, and Executions, Notes and Accounts are turned over to
the Sheriff for sale.
McGRATH & BYRUM.
Oct4, 1883 12 3m
XO THE
FARMERS OF ANDERSON COUNTY.
BEFORE buying MACHINERY it would be to your interest to give me a call
and examine my stock of Machinery. I am still the General Agent of the
GEISER MANUFACTURING COMPANY,
And always have on hand a full supply of their Celebrated Machinery, consisting of
Peerless, Portable, Stationary and Traction Steam Engines, Gei?
ser Threshers and Saw Mills. Also, agent for Queen ot the South
Corn and Flour .Mills.
Gregg & Co.'s Celebrated Reapers, Mowers, Rakes, Sulky Plows, &c.
I also keep in Stock a full supply of?
BRASS GOODS. HANCOCK INSPIRATORS.
INJECTORS, EJECTORS. TALLOW CUPS.
GAUGE COUKS, GLOBE and CHECK VALVES
PIPING and IRON FITTINGS,
In fact, EVERYTHING NEEDED in thn Machine business.
R. F. DIVVER,
Anderson Machine Works.
March 20,1884 3fi
NEW GOODS AND LOW PEIOES.
-o
We have Just Received a Large and well-selected Stock of
FALL AND WINTER GOODS,
vVhich we propose to sell at the VERY LOWEST PRICES
POSSIBLE. We have a full Stock of
DRY GOODS, BOOTS and SHOES,
HATS, CAPS, GROCERIES, &c &c
We also have a LARGE LOT OF SADDLES, ranging in prices from ?2.60
to $16.00.
Parties in need of anything in our line will do well to call and examine our
stock before buying elsewhere.
flgy Those indebted to us, either for Merchandise or Fertilizers, must come
forward and settle at once, as we need the money and must have it. Parties owing
us need not ask us to carry their Accounts over another year, as we are not able
aH cannot do so.
TS. O. FARMER & BRO.,
WAVERLY HOUSE BUILDING.
Oct 4,18S3 12
FLY FANS.
OLD Style and Improved Fly Fans, for
sale by A. B. TOWERS,
Anderson, S. C.
May 29, 1884 46
German Carp?Mirror and ;
Full Scale. *
ALL persons desiring Carp Fish that will
spawn next year can be supplied by
the undersigned with 1-year olds, 10 to 12
inches long at 50c?less than 10 inches, 40c. A
Also, have plenty of this season's hatching ^
for 10c. each. Parties coming for large fish
will bring large transportation cans. Ap?
ply to J. B. HALL,
Near Storeville, S. C, and
First Creek Church.
June 26, 1884 50 3m
KENTUCKY
CANE MILL, Excelsior Cider Mill and
Feed Cutters, for sale by
A. B. TOWERS.
C. H. ORR,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
ANDERSON, S. C.
WILL practice in the Courts of the
Eighth Circuit. Prompt attention
given to all business.
Office?Up-stairs, over National Bank.
July 3,1884 51 Cm
.A.. W. TOID3D,
ARCHITECT,
ANDERSON, - - S. C,
Has decided to drop the Building busi?
ness, and devote his whole attention to
furnishing PLANS and SPECIFICATIONS
and Superintending the construction of all
kinds of Private and Public Buildings.
He will also order, on short commissions,
all kinds of Building Material.
Correspondence solicited.
June 19,1884 49 3m
Oit of ffie Jaws of Dual.
The gentleman who outlines bis caso below is a
man considerably advanced In life, and is noted
for his sterling integrity. His PostofficeisYatea
ville, Upson County, Ga. The following is
Mr. John Pearson's Statement:
In the Spring or 1882 I was attacked with a very
bad cough, which continued to grow worse until
fall, when I got so weak that I could n ' get
about. I tried a great many kinds of medicine
but continued to grow worse. I was notified that
I had consumption and would probably die. Dr.
Holloway finally told me to try Brewer's Lung Re?
storer. They sent to Ward's Store and got a bottle
and 1 commenced t&king it right away. After tak?
ing two or three doses, I begat, to improve, and by
the time I had used up one bottle I was able to get
on my feet again. I am now in excellent health.
I am confident that the Lung Restorer saved my
life and my neighbors are of the same opinion.
It is the best Lung Remedy ever made in my opin?
ion. Dr. H. promised me that he would write to
the manfactr.rcrs and tell them of tho wonderful
cure it made in my case.
Statement of Mr. Benj. H. Hearndon:
Early in November, 1881, while sewing on the
machine, my wife was taken with a severe pain In
her side, which was soon followed by hemorrhages
from her lungs and a severe cough. Fever com?
menced, she could neither ear. or sleep, and in s
few weeks she was reduced to a living skeleton.
The attending physician told me that fie thought
one of her lungs was entirely gone. She could not
retain the most delicate nourishment on her stom?
ach. I then agreed with Dr. Sullivan, my family
fhysician, to call Dr. Holloway in consultation,
hey made a final examination of the patient and
pronounced the case hopeless. Dr. Holloway then
suggested the Brewer's L?ne Restorer as a last
resort. I sent for a bottle ana gave her a dose. I
found that she could retain it on her stomach, and
after about tho third dose. I begun to notice some
improvement in her condition. I continued tho
medicine regularly, and by the time she had taken
two bottles, she was able to walk about the bouse.
She is now in better health than she has enjoyed
for several years. I believe the Lung Restorer
saved her life. We hare a family of six children,
some of them grown."
Mr. Hearndon's Postoffice is Yatesville, Upson
County, Ga. He is a thoroughly reliable mar In
every particular.
Lung Restorer for sale by Wilbite 4 Wllhite,
Druggists, Anderson, S. C.
March 13, 1884-35-eow
$3^. Cheapest Lamps at Orr & Sloan's.
FIRE! FIRE ? FIRE!
Windstorms ! Tornadoes ! Cyclones 1
IN addition to Fire Insurance, I am now
prepared to write Policies insuring
your property against Windstorms, Tob
n a does and Cyclones at low ratea aod in
first-class Companies. Call and see me.
J. H. Vow HASSELN.
March 20,1884_ 36 ly
?*3~ Choicest Extracts and Perfumes at
Orr & Sloan's.
f. POtTTZ'S
HORSE AND CATTLE POWDERS
FOUTZfi
No Horss will die or CAMC. Hots nr Ixxn Fe
tub. If Fontz'r I'owdcrs :\tp wed In rime.
Fontz's Powder*willonrenwl prevent l!oB'"noi.kb*.
Fontz's Ponders will i.r>>v.T.r o^r-it* tx Powia
FoRtz's Powders will hnw* U>* quantity of milk
and cream twenty per cent., e . i s?:?Sp tue butter firm
and sweet.
Fount's I'owdcrs will run? <???? iirrvwrt almost >vkkt
Diseask to which Horsos and 1 awlcwe sul'Ject.
Foctz's Powders wn.t. uin. .-atisfactiox.
Sold eve-vwherc.
d.1yid r. fotjtz. Proprietor,
b a 7. t 7 tm ohe, ms.
For sale, wholesale and retail, by W??
hlte & Wilhite, Anderson, s. C.
Jan 3, 1884 25 ly
Wheat Bran, Corn, Flour,
I JJ'OR sale by?
Feb 14, 1884
A. B. TOWERS.
31
BEAUTIFY YOUR HOME.
Anew lot of WALL PAPER and Bor?
dering, just received, by
Nov 29,1883
A. B. TOWERS.
20
send for price list.
McElree's Jewelry Palace, 254 King
St., Charleston, S. C. Largest Stock.
Lowest prices in the South. Repairing
a specialty. Send me your watches.
HATS !
AFEW ot that job lot of Hats yet un?
sold, which, with my new stock, is
odered low by
A. B. TOWERS.
March 20, 1884 36
Gem and Magnet Shirts!
MANUFACTURED for me. The best
fitting and the best wearing Shirts
No better in any market.
A. B. TOWERS.
Sept 27, 1S83 11
TO THE PUBLIC.
IHAVE more Goods than I need, and
being satisfied that the prices and qual?
ity will compare favorably with any in the
city I ask an inspection of mv stock before
you buv. A. B. TOWERS.
Nov 29, 1883_20_
SS- Rest Blood purifiers at Orr & Sloan's.
. NEW GOODS.
IHAVE a full line of Dry Goods, Hats.
Hardware, N. O. Molasses, Groceries,
Provisions, Crockery, Glassware, Carpets,
&c, Ac. I will not attempt to name all my
goods in an advertisement, but will ask my
friends and customers to call and see me
before buying. I keep good goods, and at
as low priee as the same quality can be
bought. <jive me a trial.
A. B. TOWERS.
Feb 14, 1883 31