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A SHATTERED INTELLECT. "Help! helpl help!" I started to my fee: in a tremor ol fright aa thia cry rang th rc. ugh my room, ana gazed at toe partition walt which divided roy apartmeut from the room next to it, io helpless terror. Then 1 bethought me of the bali, and rushing out there I knocked on the door next tc mine. Silenco, followed by a low demoniacal laugh I "What ia the matter?" I called. "Open the door if you need help." A voice, evidently that of an aged wouan, called out : "Go away 1" Then I could bear ber laugh and mut ter to herself, and I went hack to my room, On the way I met the boy who was janitor of the building. "Who bas No. 27 V "Some crazy woman," he answered in disrespectful haste, and was gone before I could ask another question. A mad woman in the next room 1 Surely fato was unkind to me. I had come here to improve my own mind, and found myself tete a-tote with idiocy. I could move out, but I bad only just movdd 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 devotod to the ren dering of classical music, con amore. I comlorted myself with the belief that however hard my poor demented neigh bor shrieked and raved in her insane ebulilions, I could drown her out with an opposition bedlam, and I decided to stay where I was and attend to my own affairs. If I bad only done so ! "Mind your own business" is a homely formula, but it ia a little classic of aensi ble, pertinent advice, which we would do well to engrave on the ritual of our daily livea in letters of gold. So much for parenthesis. I studied aloud. I raved aud ranted to develop my voice. I paced my chamber in along white gown and holding a tal low candle in my right hand, while I strodo up and down, repeated in sepul clirriaI toneB : O-w-it dam-n-ed spot, owit I Bay-one two: why then 'tis time to "Save me! save mo! help! help! 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 i saw a pale, still woman with a resolute face, coming out nf number 27. "How ia your patient?" I asked hur riedly as elie passed me on the landing. The woman Btared ac me a moment as if abe did not quite understand. "The-the insauo woman," I ex plained. "Oh, yes, much better, but I cannot stop to talk," and ?be hastened away while I wondered whether sho was a nurse 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 tho poor demented creature. Never a harsh or reproachful word, but tbe ten der endearments of aa affection that was self-sacrificing aa only the strongest filial love caa bo. Aud so proud and careful of tbe unconscious sufferer that no eye was allowed to rest upon ber in that wretched state. I honored and respected such devotion and soon ia cay own way I longed to assist the sad and silent woman, who abrunk from the advances of strangers, in her labor of love. I began by leaving tiny batches of flowers at tbe door. Then small offerings of fruit, and I had a cal f I h reward io the silence sod peace that followed each occaaiou. I could bear the patient aoftly laughing or talking to herself, and I even imagined abe bad learned to expect tho tributes of my Bympatby. Wno knew? It might eveu act as a new miiyl c-uro, this outside diversion from an unknown sou reo. Several times litad tried to Ulk rrith the daughter-aa Iliad decided her to ba -but her manner wai ao reserved, and so atrauje, that I began to think that ehe, too, waa non compos montis; that tbey wore, in fact, a maa family. But I had learned that abe filled a"responalblo posi tion during the day^and that her whole life waa given up to the cheerless society of the wretch rabsa lb? p?olocis? with Buch devotion that I had naver yet caught a glimpse of her. ;-.}, wit that to ?-eip such a sorrow waa a privilege, era? I do sired no thanks or arJtnowleagmr i?V And yet-I will confess it now--it waa sometimes hard to bear. The ir vings ol insanity itfti never pleasant to listen to', but there tfatiQmuliar weirdness in'tho inufiled cries that rang through tbe dead ening wall. n . But there came a climax, os there does to most of the tragedies of life, and: it did not como a moment to>? won, for I had 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 nota fine lady, and the few friends I have lived faraway and did not trouble tbemaelvea about mo. And I had become absorbed,' fascinated, haunted by the nameless terrof on the other elds of my partition. ? I, too, was begicsieg lc laugh- 'hysterically ; io scream 'Help" and "murder" in my sleep ; tc mutter, sud j?bbc. locouoreat worus. My face had grown white and wild-look; lng. I fancied that every neat, door neighbor avoided.me, as if afraid of. rao -hal hal the idea ls too fanny I << >'...? One evening, just at dusk, I went homo from a rehearsal for a performance iu which I waa to appear1, and all absorbed in my part, toiled wearily np to my room In the fourth story andr wal ked ip with out Unlocking the door, co unconscious waa lofmyeurrouc/?ags. But tbs room was lighted and a woman sat there sew ing; the furniture wa* Btraage-nothing was mino. I had mado a wistnko and walked Into No. 27.Vibe Woman who eat there alone rose as if ashamed and stepped back. "I beg your pardon," I said aa I recov ered myself "but.it seems I have mads a mistake. I was thinking ao busily I did n?"WoS^yoti?sit dowtf? ^Take thiaki "I'll kill you I Hein I Help t'< shrieked a discordant voice-tue voice that haunt ed me. .. . . i ;.? ' i I started lu suddea fright; every nook and corner was visible to the eye; tLe " Who ii it? What ia i?t" I gasped; turning pale and sick. "Jry parrot," said the wo nan, calmly, pointing to a gray Africas parrot sitting sleepily in a cage in the corner. "I dare say she often amuses .you with lier noise. Sha..is a very tragic bird. I nm very choice of her, but some day you may bor row her, if you like her for company." The next timo I met tbe janitor I asked him how ho dared to tell me there was a craiy Woman in that room. * "Ale vitamins ees crazy/' he said, with a cynical smile. "I tells her you vee crasy mit your own selluf.". , . f7 , ? ^, "Told her I waa crazy?" . ; " 1 W "Yoes, and she 7aa airiest, too." ^n'|?0ff??sjB^^ foo 1 od and -patwitted by a lout of , a boy, aud that bird i most despised, a poll par? rot,-iu*r*. M. JJ. Bayne. k' - Facts that aro constantly coming to light-Matches. ? > I B- Colorado contributes ?100,000 colts to tho country's resources this year. - A young chimpanzee on temporary exhibition in the New York Zoological gardens weeps, laughs and makes come vory creditable offerte at tbe .articulation of ?peccbv -?. Let ns Hare a Kew County, Tbe formation of a new County to be composed of portions of Anderson, Abbe ville, Laurena and Greenville, witb Uooca Path as its County Beat, is being now actively discussed by most of our atizeos. Tho 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 wo 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 wo know how. There are many reasons why tho leg islature should be petitioned to form such a County. The portions of the four Counties, from which it in proposed to form tho 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 bushier to transact, there was not much necessity for Coun ties to be small. Hut of lute year?, there is getting co ho 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 aud forth such long distances to their respective County seats. Those opposed to the movement will u?e as an argument against it the cost of building a Court House and other necessary County build ings. The difference in mileage paid to jurors and witnesses would in a few years pay the erection ot such buildings. Even tho difference in the time lost by the farmers, when thei interests imper atively demand their presence ut homo as much as possible, alone would pay for such an expenditure. Wc uro of tho opinion that too many small counties are useless and not entirely beneficial. No one would oppose tho indiscriminate formation of new Counties any more than v.o. We believe that the establish ment of a County seat at every cross 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 oo tho other hand contends with the difficulty of having entirely too many excessively largo Counties. North Carolina exhibits n happy mean in the size of her Counties. The only right way, wo contend, to deter mine whether a County ?hould bo formed or not is to discus? it thoroughly, nod critically to consider all the claims uvgvd in its favor in a spirit of fairness and can dor. Wo think that Uonea Path can establish net ciaims for a new County, if her advantages ore thoroughly teated, and given their due weight. Honea Path has the following advantages : Her situation on thc line of railroad; her nearuess to the corner of four (Counties, and tho value of her position as a general distributing point. All expressions of opinion on the sub ject from our patrons and friends on tho subject will bc thankfully accepted, und given duo consideration. Let us hear also fron our contemporaries on tho sub ject.-Honea Path Herald. Farming on 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, an they have been compelled to devote their encrgien mainly to cotton, and often at the ex pease of provisions. Necessity admits of no argument. At first most farmers had to borrow, to get a start ; and then their exclusive cotton planting baa kept them straightened, and rather increased than relieved their necessities. As a simple matter of business, no person, bo be tradesman or farmer, eau pay a nigh rate of interest aa his fundamental ex? EenseSj and make his undertaking pay. lia failure will sure'y be only a question of timo. Farmers must economise, raise their own provisions, aud pay more attention to the rearing of good stock. Until they do those essential things, farming will not pay. There are several firms in the South who make it their butin?es to lend money , only to farmers upon the security or first mortgages on their farms. The farmers borrow the money for tho period of five years, pay down a year's ihtereatof 8 per cont., and the commission.of 2 per cont, per annum . for tbjt' ?v?v:y?aig. ssr?l {Al con'**, &c. j Those alt?geiner aggregate a, rate of . about IS per c??t.vsar-ani?ii?i . a better ' one than tho 40 or 60 per cent.' extorted by otoro-kecporu in tho filippo of timo prices. It ia true that the money thus borrow ed does buy supplies and phosphate at cash price:!, making ? great saving at the buying end ; -but right ho-io comes hi the trouble. . Farmers are Induced to borrow more money than they need cud - 'umn will find tbat they cannot pay the yearly -installments as they become due, but that the in&treat ia about all v?i-y many of them can pay. And I when the five years- haye expired, they: will have td borrow ago!n, or be sold out under fore? closure of their mortgages, Some/yearn ago the Northwestern Life^ Insurance Company lent a large amount of money, upon this plan, in the South : and'tho majority of these loans have since been collected .bail foreclosure and cale of the tarma. It baa been thc-exceptio?- where Oseas mcT?gages' have beetfr????s^d. Judging from tho past experience of horror/era in thb way, thone of our fa ri men wboibave taken thia temporary assistance, have aa ugly outlook before the?i. Debt fa a remorseless tyrant, and we doubt ? tub' benefit of capital that encumbers OoVprivate farms and induces farmers to mortgage their homes. In our judgment, the only relief to our farmers from their money troubles ia through economy, coif denial, and the.raising of homceuppHee.--'----' ??? 'ij^lTOm'M'iiffi itfi1 more eggs in our daily diet," than We do, in place of meat, for they would be not only more palatable, but cheaper than beef., For ina?anec, ia. the Summer when eggs are worth eight or ten cents a dozen cents per pooMf'on* nlozeov of-oitHnary hep. eggs wil| weigh one-and-a-hslf pounds, which' at ten cents per dozen would bo O?R nnd two-third cents pjr pound against ten to twelve for beef. Not only thia, bot there ia mora solid nutriment io the egg, there being no y^or?w m? ?WLi A* egg is inane up of one pait shell, ala; parts white or albumen, and three parts yolk. Tho white of the egg contains GO Kr cent of water, and tho yolk con tai na per cent. The egg ia purely animal food, find yet there Is none of the dlea? . greeable work of the botcher- necessary to ' obtain'lt. Most people prefer'eggs fried moderately bard. Thia ia, however, e?o of .the poorest ways to cook them so YaraFihe health la corned ; foMo cooked, they are bard to digest. Tbs mbat bealthKssj to cook them ia to boil them shoat four mlstrtee/which takes away the animal taste which ia so offen dive tc? nome, but deco not barden the ' yolk, making it bard to digest. To be %ra*gWsre ter* valuable and handv for the^awrjto'lake to town asd sell (or ' provisions, and himself too much in io supply for market inch better, however, wanta at home instead of khirUioefor leas nutritions $ ftfha'v'ftrtT1* - Several of our exchanges are devot ing considerable ?paco to tho im por tan co of cooking girls, It's oo oas-r** don't Want theo cooked, v Thsgaw damsel ia goodenough for us.T Wittiamtburg Tat uer. ? .#)??. I Rejected at West Point. ^di??L.KST?N> ?eptotnbcr 6.-Julius ^Mitchell ?nd bis alternate, Samuel An drews, tho colored appointees to the West Point cadctship from Congressman Small's Sot th Carolina District, have returned to Charleston, having failed to pass the preliminary examinations at West Pptqt. Mitchell is 21 years old. and is a grad?alo of Avery College and the Hampton Institute of Virginia. He ls very intelligent, and felt his failure very keenly. Ile said that he understood that he acquitted himself acceptably ex cept in descriptive geography. He ex pects to busy himself as a teacher among ins colored brethren in bis State. ?.What, Jever"! No, Xever?? There is amati living at the base of] Six-Mile Mountain, Pickcns County, S. C., twelve miles from Table Rock, named John F. Hendrix, who was fifty-eight years old lost 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 iu 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, '?nd neither of; his sons has ever used tobacco or whisky. Ho now lives quietly on his plantation of | 735 acres, on which i i one of the best crops of corn and elton now in the up country. The plantation is worked and managed by two of his sous, living with him, except such ?\s 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 iryone Star State, "Texas Tom was the bravest man I ever saw." "Killed a good many men did he?" asked u stranger. "Never killed n man." "Was in p. good many fights, I suppodo, 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 limes, and each time he married a widow with several chil dren."- OU City Derrick. TUTT'S PILLS raDJBjBBBnaraBHa DISOROgRgO _ .and MALARIA. From theso souroes arise threo fourtbo ot tho discuses ot tho human race. Tb CAO symptoms ind?calo tin-lr oxwtcuco : Loss of Appetite, Bowclo costive, Sick Head ache, fullness arter ??ting, aversion to exertion og bo dr or mind, Eructation of food, Irritability or temper, Low opirlto, A '"{'OB- of having neglected eomo duty, ?Uxfbes?, IiTuttcrtsg at tho Heart, Dot? before tb? eyes, highly col ored Urine, COWSTSPATIOW" and de mand tho uso of ? remedy that acta directly on tho Livor. AsaLlvor medicino TTJTT'S PILLS havo no o.jual. Tliolr action on tho Kldnoya and .Skin ls also prompt; removing all Impurities through theso taroo ?. tcav cngcra of tho system," producing appe tite, soand digestion, regular stool s, a clear skin and a vigorous body, fttnVM PILLS cause no nausea OT griping ncr Interioro iritb dally work and aro a perfect ANTIDOTE TO MALARIA. HE FEELS LIKE A NEW MAW. "I have had Dyspepsia, with Connttpa tlon.two years,and havo tried ton different kinds cf pills, and TUTT'S aro tho first that have dono mo any good. They havo cleaned mo ont nicely. My appetite ls splendid, food digests readily, and I now nave natural passages. I feel like a now toan." W. J>. EDWARDS, Palmyra, O. BoMcv*rrwbert,95e. Cffflee.? Murray 8?..N.Y. TUTTS HAIR DYE. GRAT HUB OB WniSKEna changed In stantly to aOtossr DT.ACII by a singlo ap plication of thia DTE. hold by Druggists, or seat by express on. receipt of SI. Ofilco, 4A Marmy ?lroot, New York. TOTT'S MANUAL OF UBEFUL RECEIPTS FREE ?ST" Dost Combs at Orr A SmsWa. FRIENff; This Invaluable prepara-|M.r) Hore Tcr.'or ! lion i* truly a triumph of cclciitl?c skill, and no ". Ul.__ n ... , moro luciUroivblo . benefit .0 More ?QIR I hrafsM heda ff md ca the fT\ I J fTD / * mo??ifc?ten. No ^.W: Danger I tho tiaro Of labor Ond ICM- . ._.! em tho Intensity of P?ID, 1 U hui, beiter than all, lt ? ?owl?fohoY bohtb Mother or Child. mother and- .child, and le?.vt3 ito Mother lu a cou- ' I_ dillon highly favorable to speedy recovery, and fsr - . i-li ~r less liable to flooding con- The tIro*a or vulslons, and other alarm- M .. . _ lng symptoms incident to noinerUOOO lingering and painful la- _ bor. Its truly_ wonderful Transformed to ?nies* the Afa?CXSSdi fa"'?\ jt% to be ranked as oue of the ? ? Wsr ? Ea life-saving appliances giv en to the world by the ula- AND coverlea of modern aclcnco. corning this UUUHDV with- , . ..-. out weaodtngttrneBraey nioW o?! ; i or the writers. . Yet we Safety and Ease have hundreds or'auclftc^r '-''^ - . tlmonlals on file, and no . mother who has once used tu lt will ever again be with out it in kai ibm. of trou- Suffering Women. H ' y ? ii/ . . a j ri H-V - ? in um! in-ill physician lately remarked to the proprio tur, that If it were admissible, to make publlo the letters we receive, tho "Mothers' tricad" would out-sou anything on the market. . I luos^ earnestly cntrcat ?very' female expecting tQ 1M confined, to asa Mother's Belief! Coupled with this entreaty I will add that during a long obstetrical practico (forty-four years,) I have saver known lt to full to produce a safe and quick dellv tsryU? j lt. J. HOLM Ed, jr. D., (': Atlanta, Ga. .<. """"" .Bend -for our Treatise OB ?Health aadUappl bau of Woman,* matted iras. I BBADVIBLO nxacuaTOR Co., Atlanta, Gs. ." 8?Q, AGBKS o?~ LAND FOrt SALE. BY virtue of the Power vested in me by the Will of Exeklel 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 ll and 12 o'clock, T?lpht Hundred and Fifty Acres of Land, hank all the Real Estate or said deceased, in lots ranging from fifty to one hundred .nd fifty acres. ^CMg%ttrt^? sitCate on Hurricano CreeK, In^'WllWMton **T6wh ohlp, in Anderson County, and is well wa? tersa arid timbered. T?nus ot* 8A1.E-One-third cash, and tbs 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. ..--'.<.. . 11 THOMAS M li RPH Y i *lh'< Administrator ds bonis non with tho - Will annexed. -;i8ept4pI88w''i. 'a . ?t ' \ 4 ?ot?K OUT. INOW offer my Valuable Farm for sale, lying in Madison County, On. Tho farm contains about 665 acres- about 225 aere?is In a high state ol cultivation. Sup posed to be 100 acres of bottom land In cultivation. . Good tenant-housca on tho place; mod water, auq one among th? bett ted nine miles North of Danielaville, Ga.. e Conni* site;. 20 rnflei' northeast of | Athens, Ga., ll rr'.'ea Kaat or Harmony Grove, Ga. I will et-ll the farm nil together or . in tb roo lota. Terms reasonable and easy. Como and see and bo convinced. Address Fort lArnar, <H? M 9 W? _rj Vt-"' yr?-fi^ivgifRf: THE HAIiD-WORKING MAN. He vas a nard-working man, and fur a ?ood many years he had been working twice as hard as any man outfit 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 thc system is much greater than in youth, while thc 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. Cv' But he was not trdcen to the cemetery at all. Instead of that, a good friend brought him some Brown's Iron Bitters. 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,diRestive organs so that his food began to nourish him and do him good. Most heartily does he recommend Brown's Iron Bitters. _U3__ THE DRUG STORE HILL BROS. Have moved their Drug Store To McCully's Corner, (The Stand formerly occupied hy Smith & Co,.) Where they will be glad to see their friends and thc public generally wheo in want of anything in their line. July 31, 1884 NOTICE TO CREDITORS. All person? having demand against thc 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, Adm'x. Sept 4, 18S1 8 3 FIRE! DELAYS ARE DANGEROUS. A SINGLE brARK may destroy your XJL 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 $11,002,418. Call ou me and Insure your Dwellings, Furniture, Darns and Merchandise. It will be too late whon the fire starts. A. B. TOWERS, Insurance Agent. AndersonS. C., March_27,_1884_37 _ ?t^U Best Horse & ^Cattle Powders at Orr & Sloan's. BARGAIN COUNTER. Ill AVE a lot of Women's Shoes, not Dav State, that I will sell at 50c., 75c and $1.00 per pair for cash, which is lesa than cost. Also, a line of Hats at cost and less, to close out stock of Hats. I have nome Hat? on which 1 must have a miall pruitt. Give mo a call and ?ec my bargains for cash. A. B. TOWERS. June 5, 1884 47 HEADQUARTERS FOR BEER, SODA WATER, ICE, &C. &C. BEING centrally located", aud with a largo Htock of Goods, we can always satis fy the trade, and give our customers frosh goods. We handle nothing but the finest quality of BEEK-Tivoli and Philadel phia, in Patent Stopper Bottles. Also, Ex port Beer. Our MINERAL WATERS, in Siphon Bottles, cannot be surpassed. Also, SODA WATER, GINGER ALE, in Patent Stoppers. ICE, as good quality as any in thc mar ket. Price very low. Givo us a trial. Full stock of all WINES and LIQUORS on hand. C. C. HABENICUT, Columbin, S. C. August 21, 1884 6 3m New Advertisements. - ! 4 OSSFSiiiE CHLORAL ?&U 0PIUF.1 tlAClTO jJASItiV CURED. BOOK FRED, it. J. Cm HOFFMAN, JEFFERSON, WlMOlrSTsT. INTENDING ADVERTISERS should ad dress ?JEO, 1*. ROWELL & CO., IO Spruce St., New York City, For SELECT LIST OF 1,000 NEWSPAPERS1 SHOES AND BOOTS. IHAVE a full line of Bay State Shoos and Boots. Warranted "not to rip and to have no wood or paste board. Also a few Miles' Ladies' Shoes. All in want of good Shoes and Boots will find it to their interest to call on A. B. TOWERS. Feb 14, 1884 31 ig\ ft I *Jir Send iii cents for postage, and lill I I L rccelTo tree . costly box of goods rn BI rwbicb wm he,p ?f eiu?? ?ex, I IBIfcfcito more money right nway than anything ilse in this world, fortunes await the workers absolutely nure. Ac once address TBUE A 4 Co., Augusta, Maine. 39-ly OLD BAKER EYE WHISKEY - AT THE - BOHSr TOILS!" SJLLOOZL?T. EIGHT YEARS OLD-guaranteed the finest Whiskpy in the City. Pure and whole some-for medicinal or other uses. For sale ONLY by O'DONNELL & MCINTYRE, Next door the Bank. May 22, 1884_ 45_3m RED RUST PROOF OATS ? r: 3 vi* a :L?TJ":R,:E I V 1 1 1 ? FROM GREENWOOD, S. C., FOR SALE CHEAP BY W. ?.. LIGrOjN" &c CO, August 21, 1884 Tho Twenty-Fourth Animal Statement of the EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY OF THE UNITED STATES. HENRY Et. HYDE, I? ar e ? 1 rt ? n tv for thu 'k'o?r Ending December 31, 1883. AMOBMT or LSDOKB A ns sra, JANUARY t, 1883......$45,529,581 54 INCOME. Premiums,.".$10,727,547 06 Interest, Rents and realized Net Profit on Investments and on 8ales of Real Estate. 2,743,023 72 13,470,571 68 The net rentals of the Society's huildings*. giving no credit fbr the part occupied hu the Society in itt bu?nes* (which in the cass of the New York building is about one-third the entire space in the building) yields, after deducting taxes and all expenses of maintenance, un income larger than can be re alized on a Government Bond. D?SI1CR8EHIENTS. Claims by Death and Matured Endowments.. $3,410,614 07 Dividends, Surrender Values* and Annuities. -2,900,009 9-1 Discounted Endowments...x. 143.-?55 75 TOTAL PAID POLICY-HOLDERS... $6,461.070 60 Dividend on Capital. 7,000 00 Commissions, Advertising, Postage and Exchange._ 1,010,156 66 General Expenses."." 078,616 0? State, County and City Taxes.._ 107,060 ll 59,000,153 22 8,507,003 49 NET CASH ASSETS, December 31,1883. $50,432,249 73 ASSETS. 55 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 Stocks, State Stocks, City 8tocks, and Stocks authorised by the JAWS of the Stats of New-York. 15,841,915 12 Loans secured by Bonds and Stocks (Market Valne $10,098,. 652 00) .......v...............'.. 8,199,000 00 Real Estate outside the Stats of New Pork, Including pur chases under foreclosure ?nd Society's Buildings in oth- 11 ' er cities,.........*.............3,627,615 66 Cash in Banksand Trust Companies, at interest. (A large portion of this amount waa in transit and bassines been invested,)....-....--..;._ 8.07R.098 38 I Commuted Commissions. 112,546 16 Doe from Agenta T. account of premiums....." - 278,617 14 Market v^aeofii^c^mA^V^?\f]pve cost.. Interest and Rents dos and accrued............... Premiums das and.in process of collection (less premiums psid In sd vance $25,849 00).................. ,..?.?........ ............. Deferred Premlunm....................... ....................... 50,432,249 73 765,653 63 451,850 44 446,125 00 035,203 00 Total Assets Dsoexabor 31.1883.................8S3.oanLKQi w? TOTAL LI A m UTI KS, Including 1C,TQI Reservo for reinsurance of ali cx'ls? ."T. "? lng policies (Four per cent.Standard)..............i^^i 43,914,612.44 ToUl Undivided Sorpias.8 9.115.0G9 DO Upop tho Nsw York State Standard ot 4ft par cent, tn r tercet, the Surplus is.-.....................,......?12,109,760 70 . i i O': which tho proportion contributed (os computed) by L , Policies In general class, is......... ....... 0,420,623 70 Of which the proportion contributed (as computed) by Pol leles la Ton ti n e class, ls. ......-. 6,680,233 00 . Nsw Assn ran Os written in 1883._. $ 81,129,750 00 Total Outsta^l?ajaasara^..............-."..."... 275,160,588 00 - Increase of Premium Income...?...."..01,605,178 88 locraaso or Surplus....$1,451.033 32 Increase of Assets..$5,004,830 84 GEO. T. G. WATTE, Southern Manager* B. FRANK M AULBIN, Agent, Anderson, S. C. July 24,1834 ? . )$ - ft'> : ? THE ENTERPRISE MANUFACTURING CO. Having erected Machinery, uneoualled in the up-country, for the Manufacture of SASH, DOORS, BLINDS, MANTLES, Brackets, Balusters, Mouldings, Etc., WE earnestly call tho attention of contractors j^i^.?f"^ T IIMK?-R ?ur ability to furnish all such BUILDING MATERIAL, besides LUMBER dressed and undried, at prices lower than can be obtained elsewhere. Give us a trial and be convinced. 08B0aNE, McGUKIN & CO., Anderson, S. C. Jan 17, 18*4 27 - PRICES GREATLY REDUCED ! I HAVE ON HAND A LARGE LOT OF DRY GOODS, HATS AND SHOES, That I propose to sell nt greatly REDUCED PRICES. The scarcity of money gives lt a greater value; therefore, I propose to give more Goods for one dollar than ever before. I also have A lot of the CELEBRATED BALDWIN FEED CUTTERS. THE BEST MADE ! That I will sell at BOTTOM PRICES. ??S- Come in and see me bcforo buying elsewhere, and if I don't give you your money's value, I will not ask you to buy. J. PINK. REED. June 5.1884_47_______ 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 Ls by far tho PUREST and BEST Corn Whis key made in thc world. Physicians prescribe it, wherevor 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 Skire or Bar in tho Town that keeps Stone Mountain Whiskey. Consequently, there is none so good as the Genuine Stone Monntniu Corn Whiskey. Remember, that the only place you can get Stone Mountain Corn Whiskey is at the LITTLE GEORGIA BAB. ZIP. Af. BUTLER, Proprietor. Julv31, 1884 3 _Om ?ni ??BgMjMgji , iagaam jum mm_i i JJ CLOTHING ! CLOTHING ! PRICES OF CLOTHING MARKED DOWN TO MAKE ROOM FOR OUR NEW STOCK OF SPRING GOODS. Now is tho Time to Secure Bargain)*. AFULL and CAREFULLY 8ELECTED Stock of SPRING CLOTHING to arrive. Also, CENTS' UNDERWEAR, SHIRTS, COLLARS, CUFFS, CRAVATS. IN OUR TAILORING DEPARTMENT Our Mr. J. B. CLARK is fully prepared to give entire satisfaction. SPECIAL NOTICE Ia hereby given to all parties indebted to us to como forward ami settle at once. Let this notice bc sufficient warning. CLARK Sc CO. JOHN W. DANIELS, Proprietor. Feb 21, 1884 32 DO NOT B^DISAPPOINTED ! WHEREAS. I have removed from the old stand of McGrath ?fe 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 lu the market. I also keep Groceries of all Rinds, Cigars, Canned Goods, &c. ?Sr- I am agent for tho Thompson it Gerber uno and two-horso WASONS, put np at Walhalla, S. C. ??f* Those knowing themselves indebted to McGrath ?fc Byrum by Executions, Notes or Accounts, also to McGrath, will make it to their interest to call and settle be fore their names arc published, and Executions, Notes and Accounts are turned over to tho Sheriff for sate. MCGRATH & BYRUM. Oct 4, 1883 12 3m TO 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 haye 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 Floor Mills. Gregg & Co.'s Celebrated Reapers, Mowers, Rakes, Sulky Plows, A.c. I also ?icep in Stock a fall supply of BRASS GOODS. HANCOCK INSPIRATORS INJECTORS, EJECTORS. TALLOW CUPS. GAUGE COCKS, GLOBE and CH3CK VALVES PIPING and IRON FITTINGS. In fact, EVERYTHING NEEDED in tho Machine business. R. F. DIWER, T i. ?A ,*?A NN Anderson Machine Works. March 20, 1884 36 . NEW GOODS AND LOW PRICES. .-o-! We have Just Received a Largo and well-selected Stock of FALL AND WINTER GOODS, rVnich we propose to sell at. the VERY LOWEST PRICES POSSIBLE. ; We bave a full Stock of DRY GOODS, BOOTS and SHOES, HATS, CAPS, GROCERIES, &c. ?fcc. *^al?0 have ?"^ARGE LOT OF SADDLES, ranging in prices from *2.60 to 916.00. I Parties ir? need of anything Io our line will do well to call and examine our otocb before buying elsewhere ?.ttypr.il Those indebted to UB, either for Merchandise or Fettllizera, mast come forward and Bettie at once, as we need the money and must have it; Parties o?rlos UB need not ask, us to carry their Accounts over another year, as we aro not able ana cannot do so. , . . . .. i N. O. FARMER Sc BRO., Oct4,1883 i2WAVERLY HOUSE BUILDING. ^ IXY F AHB OLD Style and Improved *t May 29, 1884 48Ddtt?^] German Carir^Mi?^4 the undersigned with l-year^SI inches long at boc.-lesa than i?7' ?I Abo, have plenty of this ??i?WS? for 10c. each. Parti?wm^**3 WU! bring large tran.^*gg? NearStorev'ill^l^V June 20, 1884 ^?SS KENTUCKY CANE MILL, Excelsior Cider lr? Feed Cutters, for sale by T _A^ B. TO C. H. 0R?7 ATTORNEY AT ^ ANDERSON. 8. C. WILL practice in the Courti J Eighth Circuit. ProupM given to all business. r nm Ornea-Up-stalrs, over Natiomii July 3, 1884 51 1 ?7 "w.^iroi: ARCHITECT, ANDERSON, ? - HAS decided to drop the Bulldl^y ness, and devote bia whole attentini furnishing PLANS and SPECIFlOATld and Superintending tho construction obj kinds of Private and Public Builtfnp.' lie will also order, on short commi all kinds of Building Material. Correspondence solicited. June 19, 1884 49 om of the Jaws of? The gentleman who outlines hlscuebtlov J man considerably advanced !a life, and li i" for his storllng integrity, lils PonofleiiiYi ville, Upsou County, (Ja. Tho following U Mr. John Pearson's Statement; la vae Sprlnp ?f ?6?2 ? wta attacked ?utt owl co .gh, which eoiitinutj to grow woiui fall, w ben I cot BO weak that I ero" sa about. ? trlpd P grest ;r,?uy fciu?? vi nt? but c. Jt:nucd to grow worse. Iwune-Ufedi I hod consumption and would probably di?. Holloway finally told me to try BrewefiLci, storer. They sent to Ward'? Store and |ot i? and 1 commenced Ukins lt right away. Aftoi lng twe or throe doses, I began to Imurcn,\? tho time I had used up ono bottle I wu ata)H on my feet again. I am now in excellently I am confident that the Lung Restorer tani life and my neighbors are of the tarnee;: It ls the best Lung Remedy ever made In BJ iou. Dr. Ii. promised me that be would vrlti the manfacturcrs and tell thom of tbs vonJe cure lt made in my case. Statement of Mr. BenJ. H. Heart*.) Early in November, 1881, whllo tevlijotb machine, my wife was taken with a severe pj^ her side, which was soon followed by hen:ortb?< from her lunga and a sovei? cough. Fem ta] menced, sho could neither eat or sleep, ind lu| few wecka sho waa reduced to a Uviog ikek? Tho attonding physician told me thttheths^ one of her luugs was entirely gone. BheeosH, retain the most delicate nourishment on hen'.a| ach. I then agreed with Dr. 8ullltan, mrfusl physician, to call Dr. Holloway in coasnltitat They made a final examination of the pities!eil pronounced the caso hopeless. Dr. Hoflavjjilsl suggested the Brower'a Lung Bestorer u ?1/ i e?ort. I aent for a bottle aci gave her a dca ll found that she could retain it on her stom?d,nil after about tho third dose. I began to notice toni improvement in her condition. I conbaced c. medicine regularly, and by tho :?nie thehtdUltl two bottles, abo was ablo to walk about the bul She is now in better health than abe bu CBjni for aoveral years. I believe the Lung Resell saved her life. We have a family of six ckilim1 tomo of them grown." _ I Mr. Hearndon'a Post?nico i? Yatesvllle,Upai County, Qa. Ho is a thoroughly reliable sail every particular. \ Lung Restorer for sale by W?hlte A Wffiial Druggists, Anderson, B. C. March 13, 1884-35-eow _ <SQ. Cheapest Lamps at Orr & nloani FIRE! FIRE ) FiRE! Windstorms 1 Tornadoes ! Cycloittl IN addition to Fire Insurance, I am cn prepared to write Policies lruuiq your property against WINDSTOBMB, TO HADO EH and CYCLOKKS at low ratea sod a first-class Companies. Call and see me. J. H. Voa HASSELN. March 20, 1884_36_ty ^r- Choicest Extracts and Feriares i] Orr ii Sloan's. ,, POtTTZ'S HORSE AfiD CATTLE POWDER!) No IIocsx will tile or COLIC. TOT? nr I.rxe h van, li Foute'? rowden are ufert In lime. F?nte's Powder* vt-lllrnrn nnd pre vein Ho? Cumin. Foote's Powders will prevent OATH* IX Foote's Powders will inr-trv,- tie niAntltr o<B3 and cream twenty ncr cf m.. r, vi ir.aVp mo twtterfca and tweet. Font?* Powders will enru or prevent aiinnet ?rm oiBrABit to which Horses and ? ailie are stiled. Foorr.'s Pownraa WIM. oin. oATisrAcnos. Bold everywhere. DAVID 3?. FOTTT2, Proprietor. DAi.TT-Aionr.UD. For sale, wholesale and retail, by W? hlte & Wilhite, Anderson, S. C. Jan 3, 1884 25 lj Wheat Bran, Corn, Flour, FOR salo by " , A. B. TOWERS. Feb 14, 1884_31_ BEAUTIFY YOUR HOME. Anew lot of WALL PAPER and Bor dering, jost received, by xr on "ooo A. B.'TOwa?. Nov 29,1883 20 SE?D FOB PBIC? LIST. McElree's Jewelry Palace, 254 Klag St., Charleston, 8. C. Largest Stock. Loweut prices In theSonth. Repairinx a specialty. Send, tn o your watches. EATS! AFEW ol that job lot of Hats yet na sold, which, with my new stock, a 3tiered low by A. B. TOWERS, March 20,1884 36 ;_ Gem and Magnet Shirt?! MANUFACTURED for me. ?fjjf fitting and the best wearing Shirt? No better In any market A. B. T0W?B& 8ept27, 1888 ll TO THE l*UBa>IC# IHAVE mora Goods than I need,?ai being satisfied that tho prices and qo? ity will compare favorably with any W?? Tol<l*T a? ,M^?^fBmyTOWB^ Nov 29,1888 gp_______ V? Beat Blood purifiers at Orr <tS10*n'? .NEW GOODS. IHAVE a roll lins of lh^OoodvBjJ Hardware, N. O. Molares, OmoerW. Provisions, CrocJtorv, Glasawais, O?"? ?a, Ac. I will not attempt to name all? pods th an advertisement, but will *? ^ Wends and CUB tom era to call ?na sw ?j ?erora buying. I keep good 9^*?rZ ? low pri?e as the sama gwhr?) caa - fcmgbt. Give ina n tHaL^^^^ Feb 14,1888 ' .? .