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T^A?H^?OI/?MN, , J. G. CUNKSCALES, Editor. TO THE TEACHERS OF ANDERSON COUNTY. The Editor of the Intelligencer has very kindly turned over to roe one column of bis excellent paper to be used in Buch a way as will best promote the educational interests of the County. I propose to make this "The Teachers' Col? umn." Ab educators, many of us have long felt the need of some sort of organ? ization among fbe teachers. If all the teachers of the County could meet once a month, or oftener, and discuss the bun dreds of questions relevant to school government and successful teaching, great good would be the result; but such meetings are impracticable, and the next best thing that ran be done is to commu? nicate through this column our difficul ties, experiments, failures and successes. ''The County examinations have done much," says our State Superintendent of Education, "in the way of improving the teachers, but tbey have their limits. While they j inclose, in many instances, a shameful, want of the most elementary knowledge on the part of the teacher, tbey do not supply that want." The Teach*?' Column, with all that may be crowded into it, can not wholly supply that waut, but it can do a great deal in that direction. We trust every teacher .; Jn the County,' then, will feel a special interest in it. Let us make good use of it, our object being mutual benefit and edification. Let the teachers in the pub? lic schools not feel that they must receive all and give nothing. The teacher occu? pying the humblest position may have tried some plan which would be gladly adopted by the best teacher in the Coun? ty. From such experienced teachers as Messrs. Lander, Ligon, Reed, Ayer, Lal imer, Langston and Watkios, the teach? ers of fewer years in the honorable call? ing may learn much about the art of teaching, while these gentlemen, ever ready to learn, may get valuable sugges? tion* from the humblest of their profes? sion. I think I know what I do when I say that any one of these gentlemen, whose n?mes have been mentioned, would most cheerfully do anything that would at all benefit a brother teacher, and as cheerfully receive instruction from what . ever source it may come. All that has been said, though addressed particularly to the male teachers, is intended, of course, for the females as well. Trusting that I may receive the hearty co : operation of every earnest teacher in the . County in this undertaking, I am, re? spectfully, .? J. G. Clinkscales. We have visited all the schools esst of the C. & G. R. R. Some of the teach? ers are doing a good work. Many of the houses are in bad condition. Necessary ventilation is indispensable, but it is un? reasonable to expect a child to study, or a teacher to do good work, when he is Bhivering with cold. At Calhoun, Mr. Bagwell has a large school, and is an ear? nest worker; but bis patron? need not expect bim to be very successful so long .. as they force him to occupy the house he is now trying to teach in. The fact that Senator Joe Brown and the late Judge J. P. Reed received their primaiy in? struction in that building does not justify the presumption that it is good enough for any body in its dilapidated condition. Twenty five dollars judiciously expended would make the house comfortable?let the patrons fulfill their promise, and tbe work will begin quite soon. Before we can teach a bny successfully, ? we most win his confidence and esteem. ' To do that, we most be sure that we our .'; selves have a character worthy of bis v : affections. A corrupt teacher canuot > fool even a bad boy very long. Capt. Austin asks, "When will you > visit my school?" That is just what I don't want you to know, Captain; of this much, however, you may be sure, as tbe darky ends his popular song, "I'll be there." Miss Olivia Newton writes that her school is in a flourishing condition. That's just tbe kind we like to visit, Miss Olivia; expect us one of these days. How does Miss Iva Cook > teach her pupils to compose? How often does she require them to write compositions, and i what is ber plan for correcting mistakes ? Has Mr. Watkins of the Honea Path school any exercise intended especially ?"? for the development of the memory of his pupils? Every teacher should have The Naiad, an educational paper, published monthly hy the President of the Williamston Female College. Dr. Lander is a ripe scholar, an experienced teacher, and ' knows what to print. The column of "Words Misused" is itself worth much more than the cost of tbe entire paper , for a year. ? Has any one of the teachers read a . book or a paper recently that bas made him a more efficient worker? William Datcber is doing very poor work, not because of incompetency, but for the reason that be bas seventy two children crowded into a room which measures about twenty by twenty-four feet. The waste of'time and money is bad enough, but a more disastrous result of fsuch an effort is the formation of the habit of indifference, inattention and in? subordination. Let the Honea Path trustees look after this school. Tbe Commissioner will start again on his round of visitations next Monday morning?expect him when you see him. So far we have found neither Wall Map nor Globe in tbe schools. Our people must wake up. Will tbe trustees help us to stir the patrons up to the im? portance of procuring such things? One (e icber h is had trouble with seme belligerent youths. Can Miss Lei a Browne help her sister tpacher out of this unpleasantness ? Will she suggest a plan for the management of youthful pugilists ? In some of tbe schools, we noticed no black-boards. We trust the unfortunate teachers will worry the trustees and patrons until they get- such things as are absolutely indispensable. With commendable zeal, tbe colored people in tbe neighborhood of Calhoun are pushing their new school bouse to completion. E. V. Gassaway, their competent teacher, is a First Grade man, fresh from tbe Richmond High School for colored people. A Midnight Duel. ?There is no doubt," said an old soldier yesterday, ''that many singular things occur as we journey through life," and he looked as though memory was strug ling with some sad feature of bis exist euce. He sighed as be continued : "I remember as though it was yesterday, the march of Hill's corps along the winding Shenandoah up to the famous Luray gap. Who could ever forget that march? The road winding with the beautiful river, und overhung with a majestic chain of Blue Ridge mountains, while across the crystal water the mag? nificent valley, with its charming cottages dotting tbe bounteous land with while like bulls of snow robed in flowers. But he most engaging and lovely objects paled into insignificance beside the peer? less women of this blessed country, and you may well believe that when the camp was struck that the soldiers lost no ime in making their way to the surround ng cottages. Soon the mu"ic of the violin was heard, and the shuffling ft et kept time to the music, while, for a time, the soldier's face was lit with old time joy. At one of those cottages the belle f the valley reigned supreme, while several southern soldiers vied with each ther in paying homage to. the queen. Among others were .two young soldiers? ne from Georgia and the oiber from Mississippi?who were specially energetic n their attentions, and so marked bad this become that those present watched the play with constantly increasing in terest, lully believing that both exhibited case of love at first sight. This sur mise on the part of those present was only too true, as the tragic event which followed fully proved. The Georgian seemed to have the lead on the Mississip pian, and when the dancers were called to take their places, he lid the belle ol he valley to a place in ihe set. At this point the Mississippian was seen to ap pmach the couple and heard to claim the lady's baud for the dance. An alterca? tion ensued, but both were cool, brave oldiers?two of the best shots in the army?who did not believe in a war of words. So it was ended by tbe Georgian dancing with the lady, and tbe signifi cant remark of tbe Mississippian that "I will see you after this act." "When tbe dance was over the Geor? gian was seen to seek the Mississippian, nnd together they called each a friend from the crowd and departed. When outside both claimed that an insult had been passed, which could only be wiped out in the blond of the ot'aer, and that a duel to tbe death should be arranged at once. A full moon was just appearing above tbe tops of tbe surrounding forest, and I tell you this talk of blood in the silence of the night was anything but pleasant. No argument, however, would avail with these men, so it uas arranged that tbe duel should take place on top of the Blue Ridge, near tbe centre of tbe road tbat passes through the gap; that tbe weapons should be pistols *at fifteen paces, and the fire at or between tbe words 'one, two, three,' firing to continue until one or both were dead. ' The point was reached, the ground measured off, and, the men took their positions without a tremor. The moon shed its pale light down on a r-cene never to be forgotten. A moment or two and the silence was broken by the signal: "One. two, three." At the word "one" the report of two pistols rang out on thp midnight air, but the principals main? tained their respective positions. The Georgian's left arm was seen to drop closer to the side, but the Mi-sissippian was immovable, and still held his pistol to the front. Again, a pistol t>hot was heard, coming from the Georgian, and the Mississippian still held bis position, liut he did not fire. The Georgian pro? tested that he bad not come there to mur der fiim, but no answer was returned. The Mis>i-*ippian's second approached his principal and found, him dead, shot through the eye on the first discharge of the weapons. Death it seems had been instantaneous, so much so as not even to disturb bis equilibrium. I may lorget some things, but the midnight duel on the top of a 3pur of the Blue Ridge, with its. attendant circum-tances, is not one of them."?Athens, Ga., Banner. The New Process Flour. A number of beavy white millstones were piled up on one of the docks along the river yesterday. They were consigned to s mie interior town forty or fifty miles from the city, and were of a style, make, and finish so long in use. An old man, with a slouch bat pulled down so far over his face that his small, blinking eyes were almost hid from view, stood a little way back on the wharf and talked to a young man, whom he had asked for a match. "Millstones have pretty nearly gone nut of dale," said he, with a half mournful air. "and with them have gone tbe occupation I have followed for thirty years. See here," and the old man crowded his hut over the back part of his head, and lifted his face for the first time into plain sight. It was pitted all over with numberless ugly dimples, depres? sions, and cuts, and looked as if he might some duy have bad tbe small pox. "Do you know how that was done?" he said. The young man did not know. "By picking millstones," was the quickly voluuteered information. "No one who has ever followed the business of giving those stones that keen cut texture that enables them to crush and grind grain can escape those cuts, and scars. Why, my face is literally filled with tbe little particles of steel and stone, and my eyes have seasons of paining me terribly. But the profession has run its race. In ten years the dictionary makers will put tbe stereotyped word 'obsolete' after the noun 'millstone.' Modern inventions have regulated the time-honored mill? stone to oblivion. New processes have been discovered for extracting flour from tbe wheat, beside which the millstone has no show." The young man began to grow in? terested. He drew his compatiion into the doorway of a litltle switch shanty, secured permission for the two to sit down a moment belore the fire, and asked him to continue. "Nowadays," said the old man, "wheat is crushed beneath rollers aud the flour produced is much superior to the old make. Then, too, tbe bran that was thought to be almost worthless is now sifud by a new process, and a quality of flour Ms separated that is worth forty or fifty cents more per sack than the com mon variety. You have heard that the best part of the potato lay ju*t beneath the skin. Recent scientific experiments have shown that it is true of all vegeta bles, especially of the wheat. Thi* sug gested the construction of a seive that would separate the little particles of the kernel that cling to the shuck when it has been broken up and ground to pieces. It was successful, and the floursecured in this way, while small in quantity, it is of superb quality. This Inner process was onty made possible by |he new met In d of grinding whtat that has been generally adopted by all the large mills in the country. But iu the meantime my occu pfttton Iis* been gradually undermined. Once in a while I have a call to go some? where into the couutry and dress a stone, but it is very seldom. "Most of the millstones in use in this country are of French burr, .1 silicious rock containing many small, rough cavi? ties, and requiring less preperation than a perfectly plain stone. It is quarried in the geological district known as the "Pari3 basin." A quarry has been worked for many years in the valley of the Savan? nah river, about 100 miles above the cily of Savannah, and the quality of the stone secured is said to be almost equal to those produced in France. The lower stone lias generally a smooth grinding surfuce. The faces of both stones have to be cut in straight grooves in direction inclined radii. The edges of thegruoves are thus given a cutting action somewhat resem? bling tbatof scissor blades, and a tendency to force the grain outward toward tbecir cumferance in secured, thus accelerating the feeding aud avoiding choking. To dr> this work perfectly it requires au enor? mous amount of practice, and an appren liue must serve for four or five year* on cheap stones be fore he is allowed to touch the most valuable ones. Machined were once invented to do the cutting, but they were not a success. It was a hard busi? ness to learn, and in its day was very profitable. Modern innovations, however, have no sympathy for workingmen, and in ten years it is doubtful if there will be a millstone in use in this country." All Old Reprobate. "You see, Martha got into the habit of silting up tor me at an early age, aud she can't break it off. I couldn't per suade her to go to btd and mind her own business, to 1 studied on the matter. We live in one of the center houses of a. block of five story arid allic buildings. There's scuttles in the roofs of them all, Hiid 1 pen-uaded Mr. Greeuup, who lives in ibe adjoining bouse, to let me in his house last night about 1 o'clock, aud I went up through his scuttle and over to mine, and so down into our bed room. I eould see Martha, from the head of the stairs, sitting in the front room eyeing the clock with a hok that was a very tart ehromo. But I undressed and quietly got in bed, and there I lay waiting de velopments. Every now and then I'd I hear Martha give a short, fidgety cough. Then I'd bear her get up and prance around the room a little, aud by and by go to the front windows aud slam the ahutttrs. '?After I'd lain there about an hour I heard her get up and go stand out on the front steps for a good five minutes. Then she came in and slammed the door and locked it and commenced coming up stairs. Every other step she'd say: 'Oh, the wretch. Won't I give it to him ! I know where be is ! He needn't, think to deceive me! Oh, the villain!' 'Bout the time she had nearly got to the laud ing 1 think she must have seen the light streaming out of the door that I'd left ajar. I could hear her stop, and then I commenced to suore. I was afraid to look, you know, but I could feel her cau? tiously come up to the door and look in. Well, sir, I'd given my pension from the war of 1776 to have seen her about the time she saw it was me. I'll bet it was fun. But I was afraid to do anything but snore. Then she came into the room and; by the way she breathed and stood around, I hud to nearly bite my tongue oil to keep a straight face on me. 1 could feel that she sat down in a chair, and was dumbfounded. I never let on, but kept on snoring like thunder; but when she kicked over a chair I turned and pretended to wake up, kind of dazed like, and says : Why, Martha, dear, ain't you come to bed yet?' "'Jarphly,' paid she, awful slow and solemn like, 'when did you come in ?' "' Why, must be four or five hours ago. Don't you remember wheu I told you not to go to sleep again in the rocker, but to come up to bed V and I turned over aud pro'osed to go to sleep again. "She never made any reply, but acted in a dazed, bewildered sort of way, and when she got to bed I could tell she didn't sleep a wink for three hours. "This morning it was fun to watch Martha. 1 could hardly keep a straight face. At the breakfast table, and all The time I was about the house, she'd eye me when she thought I wasn't looking; then when I'd notice ber she'd turn away and be awfully busy at something. She caught me kind of grinning once, and, by George, I thought the explosion was a'mut to come. But it didn't, though the look of blank, unfathomable suspi eiou she Jwr re on her lace all the time was 1 he greatest show on earth. It near? ly broke me up, and I've laughed till my ribs ache ever since. I know it won't last. I know there's a day of repenting a coining, and the thermometer is going clear out of sight in the Jarphly family. But who's going alter trouble? It'll come soon enough without hunting it, and I'm going to eijoy that scuttle iu the mof until the explosion comes."?Chica? go Tribune. Ben Franklin's Sou. Not long siuce, in conversation with a friend, who was a graduate of Harvard, land a man of good general information, ( made mention of Dr. Franklin's son. He was astonished. You don't mean our Dr. Ben, do you?" I assured him I did. And I have since found that a great many well read Americans are ignorant of that fact-r-lhflt is, that Franklin had a son in public life. This son's name was William. Ho was born in Philadelphia in 1731 In his youth he was as fond of books as his fallier had been. Through his father's influence, he obtained several very lucra? tive offices, and in 17G2. he was appoint? ed by the king, governor of New Jersey, which office he retained until the break? ing out of the war. And here, sad to re? late, he was as earnest in his support of the royal authority, as was his father in support of liberty and independence. Alter various adventures on this side, in all of which he was hitter against the Patriot host of his native land, he made his way to England, where he re? mained until he died, a recipient of many favors at the hands of George III. He died in 1813, at the age of eighty two. As might be supposed, his opposition to the cause of liberty, sn dear to the heart of his father, produced an estrange? ment between them. For years they had no intercourse. In 1794 William wrote to his lather, and, after the Doc? tor's death, the letter was found and published. In reply to that letter, Dr. Franklin said : "Nothing has ever hurt me so much, and affected me with such keen sensations of regret, as to find my? self deserted iu my old age hy my only son; and not only deserted but to find him taking up arms aitai nst. me in a cause wherein my good fame, fortune and life were at stake." In his will, also, the Doctor alltuies to the part his son had acted. After mak? ing him a fe*' simple bequests, he adds: "The part he acted against me in ihe late war, which is of public notoriety, will account for my leaving him no more of an estate he endeavored to deprive me of." The political course of this t-on was the one great silent grief of the good mau'slife.?New York Ledger. ? A Pennsylvania village debating society has decided that single, life (?referable to married bliss. A majority of the debaters are believed to have bei n married men. ? A receipt f?r lemon pie vaguely adds : "Then sit on a stove and stir con s'antly." Justusif anybody could sit on a stove without stirring constantly. ? Since 18S0 the total appropriations for the erection and maintenance of ihe Wh t.i House to date amount to $1,700, ODO. ? An EnglNh surgeon siys that shav? ing is a iii'Mlly practice, hi d if steadily I indulged iu, shortens life by several year.*. tbe tapestry weavers. AKSON 6. CHESTER. I. Let us learn a New Year lesson, no braver lesson can be, * From tlie ways of tbe tapestry weavers, on the other side of the sea. Above their head the pattern hangs, they study with it care, And as to and fro the shuttle leaps, their eyes are fastened there. They tell this curious thing besides, of the patient, plodding weaver: IIe works on the wrong side evermore, but works for the right side ever. It is only when the weaving stops, and the web is loosed and turned, That he sees his real handiwork, that his marvellous skill is learned. Ah, the sight of its delicate beauty! It pays him for all his cost. - No rarer, daintier work than his was ever dune by the frost! Then the Master bringeth him golden hire, and giveth him praise as well, And how happy the heart of the weaver is, no tongue but his own can tell, a. The years of man are the looms of God, let down from the place of the sun, Wherein we all are weaving, till the mystic web is done. Weaving blindly but weaving surely, each for himself his fate; We may not see how the right side looks, we can only weave and wait. But looking above for the pattern, no weaver hath need to fear. Only let him look clear into Heaven?the Perfect Pattern is there. If he keeps the face of the Saviour forever and always in sight, His toil shall be sweeter than honey, and his weavi ng is sure to be right. And when his task is ended, and the web is turned and shown, He shall heur the voice of tbe Master; it shall say to liiru, "Well done!" And the white-winged angels of Heaven, to bear him thence shall come down, And Goil shall give him gold for his hire not coin, but a crown! A Theft Extraordinary. Chicago, January 23.?J. C. Talbert, recently an employee of the Chicago public library, was detected stealing books trom the library. Search of hi* premises revealed about three thousand volumes of stoleu books which were removed to the city hall. Today the police authorities were demoralized by the discovery among the books of several small boxes, which, upon examination, proved to contain explosives, and one contained an infernal machine composed of some powder and a pistol with a contrivance of discharging it. Another box contained a quantity of dynamite. The soheme of Talbert seems to have been that whoever should attempt to re? move the books from their hiding place in order to prove his guilt, would set off a small infernal machine,-the explosion of which would ignite the dynamite and thus wipe out at once, perhaps himself, certainly everybody within range, the books and the buildings. Terrible Deed of a Drniumer. Many things of a sensational nature have been laid at the doors of the drum mers, but the latest was perpetrated iu Charlotte, N. G. by one of the fraternity, of which the Observer gives the follow? ing account, and adds a reward of $50 by the city authorities for the drummer, who left the city in time to escape lynching: ''Yesterday morning a newly arrived drummer propounded the latest as fol lows: 'If you meet three beggars and give ten cents to one and ten cents to another and five cents to the third,, what time will it be'?' Of course, all gave it up, rvhen the drummer with a diabolical laugh replied: 'A quarter to three.' The crowd dispersed in different direc? tions and within half an hour the stunner was spreading over the town like the measles. By 12 o'clock it had reached the graded school, and a person could not pas3 along the street without having it fired at him." Endorsing Jarvis. Raleigh, N. C, January 22.?To day both houses of the Legislature, by a unan? imous vote, indorsed the administra? tion of Governor Jarvis during his term of office, and recommended him to Pres ident elect Cleveland lor a cabinet office. Many Republican members, white and colored, made highly CJlogistic addresses, saying their constituents of all colors earnestly and sincerely indorsed Gover? nor Jarvis. It is understood that the entire North Carolina Congressional del pgatioii will join in thereciftimetidntioii of the Legislature. Gov. Jarvis h is just retired from his third term us Governor of North Carolina; which is the longest term as governor allowed by the Consti? tution of that Sta'e. ATLANTA AHEAD. 8120,000 Worth of B. B. B. Sold to One House. The Heaviest Transaction Ever Mado in lite United States in the Sale of a Patent Medicine. Atlanta Journal. For several days past a Journal man had heard the rumor that the Wood Halm Company of this city had sold the enormous sum of one hundred and twenty thousand dollars worth of their famous blood and skin remedy to one man. The report was hard to believe, and determining to Investigate the matter and learn (he truth, the reporter called at the business office of the Compa? ny. On entering the office the Journal man was confronted by Dr. J. P. Dromgoole, the manager of Blood Balm Co , to whom the reporter made V.nowr the object of his visit. "Yes, sir," replied the doctor, as a sitile illumi? nated his face, "the report is true." ?Gracious!" ejaculated the scribe. "The contract Is signed." "Who buys It?" "Mr. J. W. Holman, of Denver, Colorado." "Doctor, how many gross for that contract?" "Over two thousand. Tho freight alone will amount to over S33,000." "Do you pay freight??' "No, sir; the party pays his own freight hills." '?Tell mc something about the gentleman who bought the medicine." "lie is a thorough business man, and a capitalist of large ni'ans, of Denver, Colorado. Hearing of the wonderful efficacy and the gigantic sales of B B. B., and being a gentleman of keen business sense, he conceived the plan of buying at a stipu? lated price and controlling seven of the Northwest? ern Slates and Territories, I Deluding Colorado. He visited Atlanta several weeks ago, and propositions have been so shaped that we have closed the con? tract, which wc presume is the largest patcntftutd leine sale ever made Iu th ? United Slates." "It is no commission arrangement?" "No, sir; asijuarc, straightotitsale Every bottle to be paid lor before being shipped." "Do your sales continue to increase?" "Yes, sir; Ii. B. It.sells right along; the demand rapidly increasing at points where taiily tesU-d.? At many points il simply wiped out ah other blt.od remedies. Our cures are (imply wonderful, and one great feature is, the Blood Halm Company is not compelled to enounce other remedies as frauds in order to vindicate our own. We claim there is room for all, while ours is the iikst." "Vour big sale would suggest that in reputation is becoming world wide?" "We have not ucwl any large amount of money to push our renudy, and although only seventeen months old, it is now known far and wide and keeps us humping to supply the demand. When it conns tu >n:i!iT alone, all opposition is a mere 'putt ol wind.'" ''Any special cures lately?" "Every day we get letters from parties who en? close certificates of its wonderful cures of Scrofula Rheumatism, Catairh. Kidney Troubles, Blood Poisons, Skin Diseases, etc., in an incredibly short tlu.c. Look at ihcse ccrtifit-ahs icccivcd this morning. Il is impossible to publish all of them. The skeptical aiid doubting Thomases ore invited, however, lo ?all at our office and examine the oiiglnals, which we keep on tile." And siill Atlanta leads the vau, and tho Journal, r. p<r*nitl fit hTT <n>ti?TrJr*'?. Wa3 (ho name former!}* given to Scrofula because of a superstition Ihat it could bo cured by a king's touch. The world is wiser now, and knows that SCROFULA can only he cured by a thorough purifica? tion of the blood. If this is neglected, the disease perpetuates its taint through generation after generation. Among its earlier symptomatic developments are Eczema, Cutaneous Eruptions, Tu? mors, Boils Carbuncles, Erysipelas, Purulent Ulcers, Nervous ami Phy? sical Collapse, etc. If allowed to con? tinue. Rheumatism, Scrofulous Ca? tarrh, Kidney and Liver Diseases, Tubercular Consumption, and vari? ous other dangerous or fatal maladies, are produced by it. ^ Myers Sarsaparilk J.-t the only put-srf'tl and always reliable bt'iotl'purijyiny medicine. It 'is so effect? ual an alterative that it eradicates from Mi.; system Hereditary Scrofula, and lia.' kindred noNnns mutagiotis diseases and merctvy. At '.he same" time it en rieltes and viiaJ?j--i ;!:? blond, restoring ben!'!!.''.:! action ?> >.iial organs and r.yi.cna.i.'igthi! .. |iv system, This great Rcu8nora?'i.i Medicine ;:;*95i?d of the ccmiinr? Honduras ? ?? ? h \ with YiUmo Dock. Mil . ;?! ? hdiilea ?>!' Potassium and ... i us her tienvilietifs of great po earofully and .'<ienlih'eally com ?; id: -i. its formula Is generally known ; ? ? medical profession, and (he best ? :. constantly prescribe Ayer's ? > .1". ilj;x.\ as an Absolute Cure ' vr r.!! diseases caused by the vitiation of blood. It is concentrated to the high? st practicable degree, far beyond any other preparation for which like effects arc claimed, and is therefore-the cheapest, as well as the best blood purifying medi? cine, In the world. Ayer's Sarsaparilia prepared ey Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co., Lowell, Mass. [Analytical Chemists.] Sold by all Druggists: price 01 > sis bottles for Q?. C. BART & CO., 55. 57 and 59 Market Street, CHARLESTON, - S. C, THE LARGEST FRUIT AND PRODUCE HOUSE IN THE SOUTH. J VIPORT and keep constantly on hand Bananas, Cocoanuts, Oranges, Pine Apples, Apples, Lemons, Nuts, Raisins, Potatoes, Cabbage, Onions, N. C and Va. Peanuts. Nov 20, 1864 19 4m A FEW WORDS FROM CAPT. R. W. BOMER, A WELL-KNOWN CITIZEN OP MAC01T, GA. In August, l**l. nearly three years ago, my son. rho was at that time living at (linton, Ga.. "came over tu ?ce nie with the ml intelligence thai his wife was in the last stages (if consumption and that her physician had pronounced her case hope? less. I went I milled lately over, and I felt t hat nothing could he done. She was coughing and ipitting inc-ssautly. and at times would discharge, from her tunas a large quantity of pus or mutter ?could not sleep or retain anything on her sinnl? ich, and was, in lact, in the last Mages of the di> case. This was almiit the time you began to ;d vertlse Brewer's Lung Restorer, and as my son expressed a desire to give It to his wife, two or thrje bottles were procured and with scarcely a ves ige hi hope we commenced giving it tu her in small doses, gradually increasing the quantity un? til the prescribed dos wait reached. She began to improve after a few doses and continued to do so dully, until she was Anally restor. d to life and health, and is to-day lerhaps in better health than ever before. She is subject to colds, but- a few swallows of Brewer's Lung Restore" (which she is never without) relieves her imntedia'ely. I con? sider her restoration to perfect li.al.li a miracle, for which she is iudehl d to Bn-wer's Lung Re? storer. My son is almost a monomaniac on i ho rulijcct bf Brewer's Lung Restoier and never lets an opportunity pass where he thinks such a medi? cine would be p-q .ired, that he does nut speak of it in most glowing terms. Not long si i ce a North em gentleman on Iiis nay to Florida heaid nl this cure and was induced by my sun i give it to his invalid wife, and sh? was cured as if by magic," 11.ewer's Lung Restorer contains no opiates. LA MAR, RAN KIN ft LA .MAR, .Mucun, Atlanta and Albany, (Ja. Brewer's Lung Restorer fur sale by Wil hite tfc Wilhite, Anderson, S. C. March 20,1S34. 3,1-cow. FIBB! DELAYS ARE DANGEROUS. ASINGLE SPARK may destroy your Dwelling in one hour. I ran give you ample security against loss by Fire, as the combined Assets of the Companies I represent amount to ?11,902,418. Cull on me and Insure your Dwellings, Furniture. Hams and Merchandise. It will he too late when the fire starts. A. 13. TOWERS, Insurance Agent, Anderson. S. C, March 27,1884 37 NOTICE FINAL SETTLEMENT. Notice is hereby given that the un? designed, Administrator of the Estate of Cluster M. Walker, deceased, will apply to the Judge of Probate for Anderson County, on the IGth day of February, 18*5, for a Final Settlement and discharge from said oliice as Administrator of said Estate. WM. BUKKISS, Jr., Adtn'r. Jan 15, 1885 27 S Wheat Bran, Corn, Flour, FOR sale by? A. IL TOWERS. Feb 14, 1384 31 u > & bJ CO > h < U 00 H X "Grace teas in all her steps, Heaven in her\ eye. In every gesture dignity anil love .' So appeared Mmhpr Eve. cad so may shin" her fair descendants, with the ex? ercise of common sense, care and proper treatment. An enormous number of fe Imale complaints arc directly caused tym^ (distillbuicu or suppression of the Meii-F^ strual Function. In crcry such case that sterling ami unfailing specific, BllAD rn:t.; 's Fkmali: Rkgulatob,willeffect | relief and cure. It is from the recipe of a most distin? guished physician. It is cuiiiuoshI of siricily official ingredients, whose happy cumbliintioti lias never lieen surpass* d. It. is prepared with scientific skill from the finest m aterials. It hears the palm lor constancy of strength, certainly of effect, i leganee of preparation, beauty oil appeal anee and relative cheapness. flie|rV testimony in its favor is genuine, it Ffl never fails 'when fclily tried. " 2 ? <2 Cartersville, <ia. |__ This will certify that two members of p| my huni'diale family, after having sitf-1 tried lor many years from menstrual <EL irregularity, ami having been treated sr without benefit by various medical doc? tors, were hi length completely cured by Ifl .me bottle of Dr. .1. Itraiifielu'sFemale __ It gulator. Its cll"ect in such cases is'^j truly wonderful, and well may tlie rein1*' dy be called ?'Woman's Best Friend." Yours Respectfully, Jamks \V. .Stranok. Send for our hook on the "Health and Happiness of Wotiia ." Mailed tree. BHADFIELn ItKGt'LATOt: i'll, Atlanta, (Ja. HEALTH RESTORED! WIMHTE & WILIIITE, Wbul?'Mal< AjJtenis I'or iirart fold'K Me<lio.ir???. FALL AND WINTER GOODS. Now in Store and to arrive a A FULL STOCK OF GENERAL MERCHANDISE, STAPLE AND FANCY DRY GOODS, NOTIONS, GROCERIES, HATS AND CAPS, CLOTHING, BOOTS AND SHOES. HARE WARE. SADDLES AND BRIDLES, CROCKERY AND GLASS WARE, Bacon, Lard, Corn, Sugar, Coffee, Molasses, &c. ALL of which I will soil LOW for Cash or Baiter. Give me a call before buying, at No. 10 Granite Row W. F. BARR. DON'T FORGrET ! THE PROPRIETRESS OP fit umw STORE HAS JUST RETURNED WITH A STOCK THAT IS SIMPLY IMMENSE, Am .ND feels confident that, with her corps of experienced Ladies, can pleat-e in Goods and Prices. We will vary from our rule of quoting prices, and ask you to call and see our Jor?cy8 from $1.00 up. MISS LIZZIE WILLIAMS. Sept 2.\ lfl"4 11 All who want to Save TIME, LABOR and MONE'.Y should call Gfl D. 8. TAYLOR AND PRICE The Canton Monitor Engines, The Canton Single Reaper, The New Buckeye Binders, The Canton Sweepstakes Thresher, The Miller New Model Vibrating Thresher, The Empire Grain Drill, The Empire Horse Rake, The Winship Cotton Gin and Power Press, The Griffin Cotton Planter. All the above Machines are guaranteed to give entire satisfaction. Would he glad to have you call and price. I can save you money. Testimonials from all sections. You can* read for yourself if you will call on nie. RUBBER BELTING all sizes?Lowest Prices. _ _ P. S. TAYLOR, Depot Street. CLOTHING! CLOTHING! PRICES OF CLOTHING MARKED DOWN TO MAKE ROOM FOR OUR 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. .1. B. CLARK is fully prepared to give entire satisfaction. SPECIAL NOTICE Is hereby giV'?n to all parties indebted to us to come forward and settle at once Let this notice be sufficient warning. CLARK CO. JOHN W. DANIELS, Proprietor. Fob 21, 1884 32 GOOD TIMES ARE COMING! -0 Let Every One be Happy. Come in and See Us, and be Sup? plied with Articles to Beautify Your Home. -o WE ARE NOW RECEIVING OUR STOCK FOR THE SEASON, and have the haiid.-oniest ilisplnv of Goods in our line in tin* upcountrv. Our Stock of? CROCKERY AND CH8!\5A I? unsurpassed. Come in and see our Beautiful Chamber Sets, Tea and Dinner Sets, Toilet Sets. Vases, tfce. We have a Sup. rb Line of? SILVER WARE, The handsomest ever brought to this market. Be sum to im'ii? in ami aea t!io handsome articles too miniernu* to mention. Toys i Toys! Toys ! Bring in 'he Li'ilc folks. We've got Wagons and Horses, and many other thing* to please them, mid the largest stock of Stoves, Tinware, etc., we ever had, JOHN E, PEOPLES & CO. Nov 27. IftS-1 20 Take Notice and Govern Yourselves Accordingly. Have Just Received a Largo and well assorted Stock of DRY GOODS AND NOTIONS, BOOTS AND SHOES, HATS AND CAPS* TRUNKS AND VALISES. SADDLES AND BRIDLES, SUGAR AND COFFEE. BACON, LARD. FLOUR, MOLASSES, And in fact EVERYTHING generally kept in a tirst class General Store, nil of which wc propose to sell at the very lowest cash prices. It will pay any one to call and examine our Goods and prices before they buy. t ^??3? Those indebted to u< will greatly oblige us by an early settlement of their Ac? counts-and Notes, either for Merchandise or Fertilizers. its wo must have our money. IV. O. FARMER Ac BRO. Oct. 2,1 KS 1 12 XDOHSFT Take it for Granted that you can Buy Goods at any other, place as Cheap as you can at UNTIL you'nxnti i i? their large and well selected Slock of Dry Goods. Notions. Ho? siery. Gloves. Ribbons. Laces, Embroideries, Knitting Silk and Cotton, Zepry Corsets, Cloaks, Dolmans. Circulars. Jackets. Flannels, Blankets, Comforts. Quills. Shawls. Damask Towels, Sheeting. Ticking, Long Cloths. Children's Hoods and S icks. My Stock of? Dross Goods, Millinery, Ladies' and Children's Shoes Is just, simply immense in every sense of the word but prieet, for yon can buy the same Goods for LESS MONEY than anywhere else in she City. I am now receiving every day all the Latest Styles in Ladies', Children nod Misse* HATS, that you ought to look at before purchasing elsewhere. Thanking you lor past patronage and hoping you will continuo the same, I remain yours, JOHN It McCONNELL. TO TH K FARMERS OF ANDERSON COUNTY. -o BEFORE ' living MIACIII&'FKY it v/OXiM he to your interest to give me a call and examine my stock of Machinery. 1 ??" still the General Agent of the GEISER MANUFACTURING COMPANY, And always have nn hand a full snpplv of their Celebrated Machinery, consisting of Peerless, Portable, Stationary and Traction Steam Engines. Gei? ser Threshers and Saw Mills. Also, agent for Queer. ?t 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 COCKS. GLOBE and CHECK VALVES PIPING ami IRON FITTINGS, Infact, EVERYTHING NEEDED in the .Machine business. R. F. DIVVER, Anderson Machine Works. March 20. 1884 _3f?_ BOOTS and SHOES. FOR forty days I will sell Mens' and 13uvs' Winter Boots at ensl lor cash. A. li. TOW 10HS. Jan '22, 1885 'JT Ladies' Dress Shoes. JUST received LndieV Kim; Shoes, and tor sale low by A. ?. TOWKRS. Jan 82. lf?4 2T FIRE! FIRE! FIRE! Windstorms! Tornadoes ! Cyclones ! IN addition in Fire Insurance, 1 am now prepared to write IVlieies insuring \>>nr property against WiniisTORMS, Tor n a no ks atid ?"T!ci.onks at low rates and in tir>t class Companies. Callaodseeme. .1. H. V05 HASSELN. Inarch 20", im M ly EXPERIENCE. " Calvcrt, TcsftS, Ma} 3,1882. " I wish to express my appreciation of the valuable qualities of Ayer s Cheny Pectoral ns n cor'.^h rrTr.od^. " "VYliiii! v.i.h t;;:.:--^':':'? cri'.iT, Jost before tic im:?!* r.i Xtebt'cv..-, i t uiru.i J r. :c rare e:?]:L t&icii . ifani :.> ;. u.-rjerorj csa^h. I/ana : >1 : t.. c-; iur.ti? v:s is: !c lea wnaitrj ?'?' ? . :r;; ca's&wj ?im remedy, l v.? ur<*; < . ? .. <? Area'* Car:.:; ]*::? :\?a.-.l. '?I >i>j and was rsr:..'??? curci Sine* thr-i I have the Pa : ?. ::? l :r.tar.iCr D ?.'' '? ii"5;' '.~e, r.i<" i .'.v.. t: i". is 'jtf r.:i:: reined? for iZircs.1. : las* d;.-.-.;.J. Vt*. VTi^risr." Tl.->::.-.-::'.a cf t?itl:::c>-:!.-.:3 certify to the |?w ; ?? c;:ro of r.ll fcroccl?:.*.] long afTf by t'ae uce tf Avrr.'J C::rr.r.Y ] ? : Dfi-.:^ rcrypalsLOto, llttyaucQ e.t.1 take it readily. rncrv.r.i'o PLASTER Is not a ccan-Ai.T., but a valuable aid In the treat? ment of consumption in its early stages, and in all throat arid lung diseases. For internal pain und sureties* it is unexcelled. For sale by all druggists, or sent nostpaid with full directions for u-c on receipt of Ouu Dollar. Specify '"Farns worth's." I)RS. FARNSWORTH,! East Saginaw, Mich. A book of iGOpagea on g A Courtship, sual. froc by the Union Pub. Co.. *=? Newark, N. J. Send So. for port***, CONSU I luv? ? pnnltlTS remeily lor liia above iilftM-j by III tus tdoauDd* of ?Mi ot (lit wnnl kind ?nd ol I "flit ctamllntf b?T? tt?D cared, Indeed, tn MraM Ii my f?llti lu ?tHr>rr, that I will lend two BOTTLKS free, toce'her with ? VaL" CABLE treatise on lhl? dl?eiu<i. to any unKen: Glre Kt" prei? und P 0. ?ddreii. dr. t. a. SLOCCM. I>l i*e*rl N.T. 1 PRIZE.: Send six cents far rnstiee, and receive ree a cosih lox ? >f goods which w II help all', ? l e.ihersex, ito more money right away than anything else in thi* world. lortiines await th6 worker* ubsolutely Mire. At oneu address True A &. Co., Augusta, Maine. 39?ly THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF ANDERSON. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. R. F. Divrer, Plaintiff, against J. J. Tucker and J. R Stunt*. Defendants.?Summoiw for Relief? Complaint not Served. Tn the Defendanfs above named: YOU are hereby summoned and required to an? Bwcr the Conij Inint in this action, which Is tiled in the office of the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, at Anderson C. H., S. C, and to serve a copy of your answer tn the said complaint on the subscribers at their office, Anderson C. If., 8. C within twen'y davs after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer tha complaint wilbin the time afore said, the plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for ihe relief demanded in the ?omplaint. Dated 21st January, IbS5. BROWN, TUMBLE &. BROWN, PlaintitTs Attorneys; Anderson, S. C. [Se vl] M. P. Tribble. C. C. P. To the Defendants J. J. Tucker and J. H. Stone! T'ke notice that /be complaint in this action, togv'iher with the Sit nimi?, of which the forego? ing is a copy, was filed in the office of the Clerk of the Clerk ol the Court at Anderson C. H., in the County of Anderson, State aforesaid, on the 2ist day of January, 18?5. BROWN, TRIBBLE A BROWN, Plaintiff"j Attorneys. Anderson, S. C, Jan. 21st, 1885. 29?6 Gem and Magnet Shirts! MANUFACTURED for me. The best titling and the best wearing Shirts No better in any market. m^. B. TOWERS. Sept 27, 1883 11 It has only been ten months since Bacot's Best Liver Pills Were placed upon tbe market, and in that time they have been placed in the hands of live hundred druggists anil merchants throughout the South', who say they give better satisfaction than any pill tney have ever sold. The following are some of tho letters received from abroad: ?eeatiir, Gh., Doc. 8th, 1884. D. T. Bacot it Co.?Please send me one dollar's worth of Bacot's Best Liver Pills. The few sent me through the mail is sam? ples have acted marvellously in a case of dyspepsia in tuv family. HOBT. M. BROWN, Jb. Pinemount, Pia., Nov. 2f, 1884. D. T. Bacot it Co. ?I have tried various pills fur liver disease, hut find yours the hot 1 have ever used, und am satisfied that they are all you can possibly claim for I hem. I have suffered f.?r yeara with my liver, and since taking your Pills feel almost well. Very truly, . W. B. REID. Bacot's Best Liver Pills are put up in round wooden boxes, containing from 28 to 30 pills in each box. and are for sale by all druggists and merchants, or can be had from us, postage prepaid, upon receipt of price, 25c per box, or 5 boxes for $1.00. wholesale agknts. WILiilTE & WlLUITE, Anderson. S. C. For terms to agents address D. T. Bacot it Co. OrecMville, S. C. Jan 22, Lf.i? 28 6m SHOES AND BOOTS. IHAVE a full lino of Bay State Shoes and Boots. Warranted not to rip and to h ive no wood or paste board. Also a few Miles' Ladies'Shoes. All in want of good Shoes and Hoots will lind it to their interest to call on A. B. TOWERS. Fcb 14,18R4 31 w^ERRrS FOR 1SS5 INVALUABLE TO ALL! Will be mailed tottllapplicants. ^ ~_ and to customers of last year without ordering it It contains illustrations, prices, descriptions and directions far planting all Vegetable and Flower SEEDS, Bulbs, eta. D. M. FERRY&CO.01^^ THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF ANDERSON. IN THE COURT Ol<" PROBATE. Ex Parle D. L. Stevenson. Executor. In Re. the Estate of James Stevenson, do ceased ?Petition fur Final Settlement and Discharge. To John A. Stevenson, J. M. Stevenson, N. W. Stevenson, and others: rjiAKE notice that the undersigned will JL apply ro the Judge of Probate at An? derson C. H..S. ft, on Friday, tbe 27th day of February. A. D. 1885. at ? o'clock a.m., for a Final Settlement of the Estate of James Stevenson, deceased, and discbarge from the of Executor of said Kstate. Dated Vtli ilav January, LSSY D. L'bT?VI-NfcON, Executor. Jan 15, I8?? 27 6 READ THIS IMPORTANT NOTICE! IOWE money, and cannot pay it unleis persons who owe me pay me. Therefore, 1 beg all who are indebted to me by Note or Account to call and settle without delay. I cannot run my business without money. I am prepared to give the highest price for Cotton in pavment of debts. A. K. TOWERS. Sept 25, LSS4 11 BEAUTIFY YOUR HOME. Anew lot or WALL PAPER and Bot deling, just received, by A B. TOWERS. Nov 29, 18*3 20 S a Eg M i v2 Ri 8 biAUTjnjl FLORAL CHRCU3 CAf.LS X* hh fct^ r c'"^. *o ?II who Mod ttvo M_33=. .lamp, for potun a?4