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E. B. MURRAY, Editor. THTJESDAT, MAY 14,-1885. TBRMS: one TT.hH.?,-..~-81.50. six mooths............................. 75c. Two Dollars If not paid in advance. ? - i r i ^ c_ . ?. . . ? . . Tiia State Board of Education, by a vote of three for Charleston to two for ; ; AnderabnV debided to hold the State Normal Institute for white teachers in the city-of Charleston in August. We are sorry' that Anderson again missed getting the Institute, but we. have the consolation that a most pleasant location has been selected for this year, and live "- in hope of better luck for Anderson 7 'another time. The Ikeeutive Committee, of the State Agricnl taral Society and. of., the State \? Grange, has decided to hold the Summer i meetin'gof the Society in August at Ben nettsville, in the famous/agricultural ^.-County of Mar]noro;.:,ETOrr. delegate, who.can.attend should do so, and these !^^tho gQ will see one'Of the'fmest agricul? ture, sWtiona ?f ffoutoCa^nfc and'all1; things considered, perhaps one of the ? nntftis the^rjd.: -.-iji.'.-f ? 1^:*:-"*^ ? '? '^~r . ?-. m ..?,'.;1. ?* ?-? ; 53 We were surprised some weeks ago to" j see a criticism ?f Hsj. L. A. Ransom, in . the. Carolina Sparten, charging him with inattention and inefficiency while in :'? charge of the South Carolina exhibit at ; ISTew, Orleans. He is one of the most ^; acc^m^jishedi energetic, and. thoroughly efficient and courteous gentlemen that we have ever met, and therefore the snr 1 'prise we have expressed.- Enquiry I" among visitors from this County satisfies iua that pur. contemporary moat have visited the grounds while Maj. Ransom waa 'absent attending to the business' of the State's exhibit. :The South Carolina . l exiabit, as fiat, aa .'we can learn, was a great : sacoeaa, and was exceptionally well man -:-?*--" The Columbia Register says that the State Board of Agriculture have adopted: several.new rules regarding phosphate mining and amended others. Hereafter f) igl persons or companies holding phos? phate Mcenses are: prohibited from sab-' letting them.. General rights and exclu sive rights shall not he held at the same time by one person or company. Marine Hc?rj8e shaB not be granted to any person or company now engaged or intending to engage in mining - land rock. Applies- - trbns for license shall aesignate the stream or portion;thereof in which the applicant desires to mine, and shall he confined to that locality." Parties holding licenses shall not trade in phosphate rock not mined by themselves. Where licenses : have been suspended for non payment of royalty, resumption will only be permit? ted on certificate by Commissioner of ?, Agriculture of payment of royalty. These changes in the phosphate mining regula? tions appear to us to be practical and calculated to protect the State's interest !q this valuable rock. ' '''?<> . ? ,-? : The State Penitentiary is getting into bad financial condition, owiDg to an in? ability of the Directors to hire out con? victs under the stringent restrictions im? posed upon them by the Act of the last session of our Legislature. As: a result, reductions are being made in the expen? ses upon the Canal, and there is a proba? bility that it will have to be suspended . entirely before long. The Columbia Register Bays : "The Board of Directors of the Penitentiary met yesterday morn .,. ing, and in accordance with the notice given at the meeting held last month, found it necessary to dispense with the services of Major Lee, the engineer, for the present; to reduce, the salary of Mr. Anderson, the manager, to $75 for the next month, and also to reduce the num? ber of foremen from four to two, with a salary of $40 each, instead of $55. These reductions have. been, made for the ensu? ing month. The Directors had a confer ? ence with a committee from the. City Council, , and after stating to. them the whole situation, agreed to carry on the work another month, the Directors pay? ing the salaries as scaled above, if the City Council would furnish the necessary material for continuing the excavation. The committee from the Council had no doubt that the amount of material, to the value of $291.55, would be furnished by Council. Manager Anderson was in? structed to erect a dam across the work at * Elmwood avenue for the preservation of the completed portion. Whether the work will be carried on in the month of Jane depends entirely upon the income of the Penitentiary from leases/' -The accounts which have been given to the world of death and suffering in. the little town of Plymouth, Pennsylva from typhoid malaria, caused by the filthy condition of the town, should serve 9a a warning to all towns and cities in our country. No town can disregard its Sanitary condition, and fail to pay dearly for its lack of cleanliness. It especially behooves a growing, thriving business place to pay the highest attention to the Condition not only of its streets, but also Of the premises of its inhabitants. Some years ago Anduson suffered considerably from malarial and typhoid fevers, but of late years we have been entirely free from malaria, and the scourge of typhoid. fever has been reduced until Anderson is no worse, at least, than any Of the towns of equal population in the up-country or perhaps the State. This improvement has been affected by careful attention to the sanitary condition of the city, and the result should encourage our City Council not only to continue but to in? crease its vigilance over the condition of the city. The Summer is the fruitful season of disease, and our efforts to pro? tect the health of our citizens should be systematic and vigorous. The City Coun? cil ought to provide for a regular weekly inspection of the premises of the city, and mak6 it thorough and effective, requiring all citizens to keep their yards in a neat and cleanly condition. It would more than repay in the increased health that it would give to our people, thereby adding-to'the energy and prosperity of Anderson. We know the Council has plenty to occupy the time of its em? ployees, but it would be better to neglect the streets, or even the order of the city, than to be careless about its health, | A WRATHY NEWSPAPER. The Columbia Register replies to our critioiam of its tirade against Secretary Bayard as follows: We haveonly to say thai there is not a Northern journal that comes to our office?Democratic, Independent or Re? publican?that does not mention the withering criticism under which ~ Mr. Bayard has fallen on .account of the ap-. pointments made from his department, and this in view of the personal relation which many of these appointees bear to Mr. Bayard, The Anderson Intelligencer may have' other intelligence. The extract quoted from the Register by the Intel? ligences never mentioned Mr. Cleve? land. As to the fact relied on by the Intelligencek tojshow the preposter? ous-character of the charge that Mr. Bayard is using his position to favor his : personal friends, viz: that all of the im? portant positions in the State Depart? ment are made by the President, we nave only to say: We presume that there is no one short of idiocy in or ont of An? derson who does not know that the Pres? ident makes the appointments, as stated by-the Intelligencer. .- At the same time, it is equally known that these ap? pointments in the State Department are almost exclusively made at the instance of Mr. Bayard, as .a matter of course. Hence they are rightfully and: properly called Mr. Bayard's appointments.' As. to the clap-trap about disgruntled poli? ticians, if it is meant to have any appli? cation to us, we have only-.to say that we belong to that happy class that ask noth? ing and - expect nothing.! We have. neither sought a seat in Congress, nor have we been a railroad director or any? thing bat a plain citizen, saying oar say with malice to a one. Plain talk some? times doe3 good, and we heartrty sympa? thize with Edmund Barke, when he says: '1 love clamor when there is an abase. The alarm bell distarbs the inhabitants, bat saves them from being burnt in their beds." ' At all.events, wo don't propose to get our instructions of what is damaging; to the Democratic party or injurious to the State from; the Intelligencer. Per? haps we may be ignorant as to these particulars, bat oar Anderson contempo? rary must positively excuse oar taking our cue from him. He; is equally wel? come to his own views. We did not deny that Mr. Bayard was criticised, but we said that we did not think the"' criticism was merited. It is always to be expected that public men ' shall be criticised by a certain class of knowing people, let them do what they may, and the less the critic knows, as a general thing, the more virulent the 'criticism is made. The Register is very dictatorial in its discussion of public affairs, and of course a journal directed by an! all-pervsiding luminary like the | Editor of our contemporary, could not be, expected to take instructions from any source, much less from an unpretending weekly paper that is not so fortunate as to possess, omniscience, even in its own I opinion, as the Register does.. We may. be excused .by the Register for saying, however,; that we were not so presump? tuous as to expect to induce any improve? ment in its tone or conduct, for such Bublime self-conceit and satisfaction as the editorial department of that journal enjoys is past disturbance even by the giants, much less by the small fry of the . journalistic world. We merely scribbled off in oar humble work oar real senti? ments, so that the world, (that is the little part of it that sees the Intelligencer,) might know that while Mr. Bayard, and of course on his account the President, were vigorously condemned by such a great and powerful paper as the Columbia Register knows itself tobe, as long as it is dominated by its present sage, yet that some of the lesser papers of the State had no more knowledge than to believe we were getting: a very good government, and that both the President and Mr. Bayard are high-toned, honest gentlemen, who are administering their trust with ability for the public welfare.- The ac? cusation, even coming from such a source as the Columbia Register, that Mr. Bay? ard is running, and that President Cleve? land is permitting him to run, one of the leading departments of this government in personal grooves, is only discreditable to the little minds who can believe and circulate such suspicions. The President'and Mr. Bayaid, or any other public officer, may sometimes err in judgment, and thus become the just object of fair criticism. To this they as public men could. not object, but the personal aspect which the Register and some dissatisfied newspapers give to crit? icism is worthy of contempt, and receives it from the masses of the people. The Register cannot discuss any matter with? out descending to personalities. That is the height of its argumentative capa? city. - In replying to us the Register seeks to answer our dissent from its course by personal reference to the Editor of the Intelligencer. The Editor assumes that our remark about disgruntled poli? ticians was applied to him, and retorts that we have been a candidate for Con? gress and a Railroad Director. He might have added some other positions which we . have held, and would like to have held, if he had pleased, to show that we have taken some interest in politics; but he could 'not point to any indication of the disgruntled politician in onr course. The Intelligencer never sulks, and it never carps at prominent men simply because they do not promote the men the Intelligencer would like.to Bee pro? moted. The Register has been in a rage, not only with Secretary Bayard, but also with Senators Hampton and Butler, about the manner in which they discharge their official duties, merely because those gentlemen do not select the men for office that the Register wants, and that paper claims that it represents the people in its assaults upon these gentlemen.- It is strange that tbe people have nothing to say for themselves. It strikes us that the Register has a boom of the big-head. Its Editor may claim that he wants noth? ing, but the people have not forgotten that he permitted his name tobe can vrised for the Legislature from Richland County until it was apparent that he bad not tbe ghost of a chance for even a re? spectable vote in the convention, when he declined to run. If r mistake not he has been patriotically w ig to serve his country in other positions, but we confess that we were not enough impress? ed with the occasions to recall them. These things, however, have nothing to do with the matter in band. We should never have thought of them but for the Register's personalities. While it is assailing Secretary Bayard and Sen? ators Hampton and Butler we can afford for it to personalize us also. From the Register's standpoint everything connect* ed|with tbe administration isj most cen? surable. ' The President ought, by all means, to have summoned its Editor and obtained from him information as to how the government should be rum Then everything would have been lovely in its eyes. We have no ill-will for the Register. On the contrary, we wish it well, and hope that'it may some day have an Edi? tor who is not a chronic dyspeptic. TO WHOM DOES IT BELONG? A Washington dispatch says that on Tuesday, the 5th inst., a heavy square box, wrapped in red tape and securely bound, was found in an out of the way nook of one of the vaults of the Treasury department; The key had been mislaid and was nowhere to be found. The box had been in the vault for many years and had been almost forgotten. The services of a locksmith were secured and on open? ing the box it was found to Contain a bottle of diamonds, a bottle of pearls, a bottle of attar of roses and a lump of gold. One of the older employees iden? tified these as articles which had been presented to President Monroe about the year 1828,by the Japanese Government and which had been stored in the treas? ury pending the passage of an Act of Congress authorizing their acceptance. Congress failed to legislate on the sub? ject and the articles were deposited in the treasury, where they have remained eversince. Congress should now pass a bill to turn these articles over to the heirs of President Monroe. There are some interesting elections to come off this year which will, .to some extent, indicate the impression which the new Democratic Administration has made upon the country. The States to vote are Ohio in October, and Connecti? cut, Iowa, Maryland, Massachusetts,. New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Virginia in November. Of these the Republicans carried in the Presiden? tial election only Ohio, Iowa, Massachu? setts and Pennsylvania; but the Demo? cratic margin was so narrow in Connec? ticut, (1,276,) New Jersey, (4,412,) and "New York, (1,047,) that these States are fairly considered contestable. In New York and Ohio, Governors are to be elected, and the struggle in these States will be particularly interesting. The Other Side. j Me. Editor : In your issue of May 7th, I see an article on License or no License, Prohibition or no Prohibition, in which the writer has fears for the welfare of the. country if prohibition measnres are pressed to final success. He begins by telling how it was when he was young, and comparing that time with the present: ? Now, I know the writer and would not provoke a discussion, but wish to present the other side. In the days of my child? hood my grandfather made his own spirits, and the house was never without a supply, though he never drank it to excess, for he was a staunch Se.ceder, and regarded the law of God aud man. But if you will compare the society of that day and this, you will see a vast differ? ence. In the first place, the population was not half so dense, and boys were only boys until they were' of proper age. They regarded their father's commands and example more than at present, and the habit of public drinking had not become so common and dangerous to society. Besides, the colored people -were in a condition not to have free access to it as they have now, which is one of the strongest arguments in favor of prohibition. The writer speaks of the members of so-called temperance societies, and I am sorry he wrote of them as he did, for* although be it said to their shame, that some of them drink, yet some of our best men and women belong to those societies, and because some of them violate their pledge it cannot disgrace tbe whole, for they are accomplishing and are destined to accomplish great and valuable results, (and I may be excused for saying here that I am not a member of any such society). I would invite him to visit Hart County, Ga., and ask any responsi? ble citizen what has been tho result of prohibition in that County, and about two-thirds of the Counties of the same great State. Has it been to increase drinking? No. They will tell you their towns are free from drunken men, and in the neighborhoods where the stills abounded most the men are never seen under the influence of whiskey, as they weie so often?so often before. There are some things I know, and that is one ' of them. The ambition of a great num? ber of men, even young med, before the prohibition law over there, was to devise some plan to get whiskey for some occa? sion?often the occasion of some dis? graceful row, or dangerous conflict. Now the state of society has been improved beyond computation in these localities, and prohibition has contributed no small part to these results. He advises the city to prohibit the sale of whiskey. Thus far we agree, but when he says make it indiscriminately free, as it was forty or fifty years ago, I am surprised at the idea coming from a sober man, as he claims and I know him to be. Why, sir, if such was the case our corn-cribs would be almost emptied of their contents and carried off between lights to the nearest boiler. Our society would become uncontrollable, our labor worse than worthless, Courts and prisons would be full to overflowing. This i3 no high drawn picture, but the facts sustain the argument, and I challenge any man to search the records of wet and dry sections and report the facts as they exist. Well, he says whiskey is scarce now. So it is in the country, and would to God (with all reverence) it was much more so. He says that men who go to town on business, Ac, often get two much whiskey, thinking they may not ':.axe the chance Boon again; but my observation is that some men who go the most are the often est caught, and those who go seldom scarcely ever imbibe to exceas. He con-1 tinues by producing a good deal of Scripture to prove that all things are not only good, but very good, which all men allow that believe the truth. He says that Christ miraculously made wine on a certain occasion ; but remem? ber it was to be used as an article of food at a supper, and not to get drunk and carouse on. Think yon Chris t| would have made it for this purpose ? I think not. As for the Bible advising its mod? erate use, you will find many places con? demning its emproper use. I think it says in one place "cursed is every one that putteth the cup to his brother's lips." And what does this teach ? if we are not to withhold the temptation from our brother. When I hear my neighbors, it may be my best friend or my near kin, say I do wish the temptation to drink was removed, 1 cannot but raise my arm, though puny, and strike the evil to the utmost of my ability?not to extinguish it from the country, but to put it along with other medicines, where it may be had by physicians when the case really needs it. It is a medicine, and should be so classed and used as the Bible truly recommends. Now, I dislike a newspaper quarrel, and hope this may be the last of this discuss? ion that I shall be engaged in, but the Bible' says "Curse ye Meroz because he cometb not up to the help of the Lord." John G. McCurry. Why is Our Land Filed With Drunk? ards!. . Mb. Editor : Fifty years ago distille? ries were thicker over the country than pig-pens are now, and every man had his peaches and corn made, into strong drink and his closet filled ; his table was never set without it, his side-board had the decanter and glass always inviting you to take a drink. Day by day the little boys learned to love it, taking a drink with pa and ma for their stom ache's sake. Pa found out his mistake when it was too latej and threw away the still-house, (but not nntil the law compelled him,) and no more was the closet filled with the drink of death. But he could not tear out and throw away the love for it which he had implanted in those boys. Father and mother had encouraged them to love it, and their love for it will never die, for to those drunken sons were born sons, and the old love for strong drink was born with them, and to-day they are reeling over the land looking and acting like idiots, forgetting that they are meu, made in the image of God. Yes, that love is there yet, and it must be crushed down as much as possible, by putting strong drink out of their reach?clear out of the land. That love is stronger than the vile poison with which they try to quench it with, and it will take a mighty effort to put it out of their reach, but it must be done or the nation will sink to perdition. Take it from them ,* it is a serpent that charms men and .twines around them its deadly fangs* and presses them to death.. When they see or smell it they forget everything, every love, and every promise, and plunge into its sparkling beauty. When our fathers were giving them a little every day, they did not know they were cultivating a love that would never die. They did not know they were digging graves for drunken sons and broken-1" .rted daughters. They did not know they were building poor-houses, penitentiaries, jails, guard-houses, and lunatic-asylums; and as they did not know it they must be forgiven, for it is too late to gather the thistle seeds they ?owed (through mistake) for flowers. No one need to ask why is it so many of our people, old and young, in the church aud out of the church, are given up and addicted to this useless and wicked habit of drunkenness" ? The reason is obvious. A mighty host of mothers, wives, and sisters cry out from their aching hearts? Away with whiskey! Away with strong drink I We prefer to lose a few who might die for the want of it, than to lose a whole nation, who drink and die because they can get it. Naivete. Temperauce in the Orange. "L Mr. Editor.: Under the above cap? tion a Granger has suggested the impor? tance of discussing.the question of tem? perance in the Grange, and calls for the I opinion of brother Grangers in regard to it. We think the suggestion a good one, and will, no doubt, receive the hearty ap? proval of all who feel interested in the cause of temperance. The question would, no doubt, elicit a spirited discus* sion. It would, also, infuse life into the Grange for the time being, at least. Besides, it would give rest and relaxation to the farmer by turning his mind to channels of thought not connected with his daily business. By all means, let the question be discussed by the farmers. All would, no doubt, like to have their opin? ion as to where spirituous liquors should be confined. Whether in towns or in the country ? Evidently it should be placed where its use is least liable to be abused by the young and thoughtless, as well as the old and inebriate, let that be where it may. A Farmer. The South Carolina University. The Columbia correspondent of the News and Courier, on the 7th inst., gives the following account of the proceedings of the Trustees of the South Carolina University: The report of President McBryde, con? sidered by the trustees last night aud ap? proved, showed that the courses of in? struction at the college would be still further extended next session by the ad? dition of three new studies. Professor Davis will give a course in pedagogics or the methods and principles of teaching, and one in physical geography, both courses being for teachers. Prof. Bur ney will give a course in chemical tech? nology. The college will next year offer to students fifty distinct courses in the collegiate depattment, six sub-fresh? men courses and two courses in law, making fifty-eight courses (or distinct classes) in all. This is in addition to the sections into which many of the lar? ger classes are divided and the courses given to poBt-graduate students. These improvements will still further advance the popularity of the college, which grows year by year and is already im? pregnable. The following is a list of the members of the board of visitors for the South Carolina College selected last night at the meeting of the trustees : Col. R. W. Boyd, Darlington, chairman ; Col. J. H. Bion, Fair?eld; the Hon. C. J. C. Hut son, Hampton; the Hon. Wade Hamp? ton, Richland ; Judge J.S. Cothran, Ab? beville; Judge W. H. Wallace, Union; the Rev. Ellison Capers, Greenville; the Hon. Joseph E. Earle, Sumter; the Hon. A. S. J. Perry, Charleston, and the Hon. J. S. Murray, Anderson. The visitors will have their first meet? ing on the 27th instant and attend the examinations. ? A white buzzard has appeared in the neighborhood of Jordan. The ne? groes consider it a bird of exceeding ill omen. The Augusta Chronicle says Hon. Geo. D. Tillman says a generous use of lemon juice and a diet of buttermilk will cure or prevent malaria. Mr. Tillman prac? tices what he preaches and is a model of physical and mental health. ? A well-to-do citizen of Windham County, Connecticut, shortly before his decease sent for a lawyer to make his will. His wife and daughter watched proceedings. After generously providing for them, the sick man directed the law? yer to designate S500 to his aged sister, who was needy. The wife and daughter remonstrated angrily. Quietly the sick man said: "Make it $1,000 for my sister." Another protest from the grasp? ing pair. "Make it $1,500, squire," coolly said the legator. "You shall not!" shouted the womeu. "Make it $2,000," said the will-maker serenely, and here the ladies concluded to hold their tongues. The lawyer kept the secret for years, but gradually it leaked out as a warning to the selfish of all classes and sexes. ? A party of gentlemen consisting of Col. T. B." Brooks, formerly of Gen. Gill mo re's staff, Major Gilchrist and Capt. Chichester, visited Morris Island yester? day to .look over the site of Battery Wagner, the scene of military operations on the island during the war. These gentlemen report that nothing whatever is left of the old fort or of the approaches to it?nothing, that is to say, of the Con? federate works or of the parallels, by which the Federals made their way to them. It was with difficulty that the prominent points could be located at all. Old Battery Wagner has gone into the sea, and the island seems to be following it.?News and Courier. ? (Secretary Manning has directed that the issue of one and two dollar notes be discontinued for the present. It is said by some that this action has been taken for the purpose of forcing the sub? sidiary coins into circulation, but this is denied at the treasury department. It is stated that the discontinuance became necessary by reason of the excessive issue of these notes of late, and because they are coming back to the treasury for redemption in about as good condition as when first issued, which adds a very con? siderable item to the expense account of the department. The order, of the sec? retary is simply in the line of economy. ? Charley Power, a Laurens County negro, has invented a new plan for plant? ing cotton seed. Ha hitches one mule to a common plow, then he fastens a line to the foot of the plow and ties the other end of the line to a planter behind. Charley then places a woman to guide the plow and one to guide the planter. The foremost woman, of course, has to straddle the line. Charley himself rides the mule and overlooks the whole busi? ness. ? August Muller, a young German, who has been residing in Baltimore for several years, went across the water recently to marry the girl of his choice whom he supposed had remained faith? ful during his absence. Finding, how-, ever, that she had married another, he started back to this country on board of the steamship America, and during a stormy night, in mid-ocean, jumped over? board. Before taking the fatal leap he deposited all his money with the Purser. ? It is estimated that the State of Florida received during the past Winter at least one thousand new families as Sermanerjt residents within her borders, 'he major portion of these new-comers are of a class possessed of means suffi? cient to improve the property purchased by them and to live comfortably. They are generally intelligent and progressive. ? The wife of an habitual drunkard in Buffalo, N. Y., has obtained a verdict of $1,000 damages against a liquor seller who persisted in selling her husband whiskey after he had been notified to desist. The verdict is a righteous one, though two of the jurors rendering it were saloon-keepers. ? A poultice of garden leek leaves will, it is said, cure the worse case of corns. The leaves must be bruised and wrapped in a soft, thin cloth. Judging from some talks we once had with a trav? eling chiropodist, this is important infor? mation to not a few persons of both sexes. ? Dr. Meitkerke, an English physi? cian, believes that a single patent sooth? ing medicine he can name "is the un? doubted cause of the death of 150,000 children annually in Great Britain alone." ? Wheat experts in the Northwest estimate that the yield this year will be about 413,000,000 bushels. This with 121,000,000 bushels left over will make a total of 534,000,000 bushelB. Of this amount 315,000,000 bushels will be re? quired for home consumption, leaving 219,000,000 bushels for export. In case of war they estimate that about 140,000, 000 bushels will be exported, leaving about 8,000,000 bushels on band as a surplus. ? Jim Gaillard, colored, working with J a pistol at Abbeville on Thursday, shot his sister Lizzie Gaillard. The patient is in a critical condition. Gaillard was immediately carried before Trial Justice DeBruhl, who upon examination released the prisoner, as the facts showed that the shooting was accidental. ? An old Connecticut deacon, says the Hon. A. Payne, when asked by a Rhode Islander if the people in Connec? ticut kept Sunday, replied: "Yes, sir, and everything else they can lay their hands on." ? A young lawyer of Sylvania, Ga., went through that town the other day driving a portion of his first law fee?a yearling steer. The fee consisted of $8 in money, a stack of fodder, a silver j watch, an old sow and the yearling. ? A farm for raising 'possums, and fattening them for the market, is said to be among the new enterprises of Spar tanburg. ? Patsy Boyd, of Lancaster, acciden? tally smothered her baby to death last week. ? Tree planting is systematically fos? tered in China, and 330,000 trees were set out last year in Hong Kong alone. ? The oat crop in Edgefield County io put down at less than half of an average crop. Wheat is more promising. Insurance License. EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, Office of Comptroller General, Columuia, S. C, April 20, 1885. ICERTIFY that Mr. B. P. Mauldin, of Anderson, S. C, Agent of The Equi? table Life Association, incorporated by the State of New York, has complied with the requisitions of the Act of the Genera] Assembly entitled "An Act to regulate the Agencies of Insurance Companies not in? corporated in the State of South Carolina," and I hereby license the said Mr. B. P. Mauldin, Agent aforesaid, to take risks and transact all business of Insurance in this State, in the County of Anderson, for and in behalf of said Company. Expires March 31st, 188G. W. E. STONEY, Comp. Gen. May 14, 1885_44_1_ STATE OP SOUTH CAROLINA, Anderson County. By Thomas C. Ligon, Judge of Probate. WHEREAS, C. T. Chapman has ap? plied to mo to grant him letters of Ad? ministration on the Personal Estate of Nancy M. Chapman, doceased. Thcso are therefore to cite and admon? ish all kindred and creditors of the said Nancy M. Chapman, deceased, to be and ap Eear before me in Court of Probate to bo eld nt Anderson Court House, on the 30th day of May, 1885, after publica? tion hereof to shew cause, if any they have, why tho said administration should not be granted. Given under my hand, this 7th day of May, 1885. T. C. LIGON, J. P. May 14,1885 44 2 REPORT OF THE CONDITION National Bank of Anderson, At Anderson, in the State of South Carolina, at tho close of business May 6tb, 1889: RESOURCES. Loans and Discounts....$103,030 57 U. S. Bonds to secure Circulation. 50,000 00 Other stocks, bonds and mortgages. 9,913 71 Beal Estate, Furniture and Fixtures. 9,000 00 Current Expenses and Taxes paid. 2,021 00 Premiums paid..".. 5,000 00 Bills of other Banks. 14,085 00 Fractional paper currency, nickels, pen? nies-. 168 92 Specie.... 8,295 50 Legal Tender Notes. 9,162 00 Redemption Fund with U. S. Treasurer, (6 per cent of circulation,). 2,250 00 Total.$809,556 29 LIABILITIES. Capital Stock paid in.$ 50,000 00 Surplus Fund. 50,000 00 Undivided Profits. 48,974 IP National Bank Notes outstanding. 45,000 0u Dividends unpaid. 96 00 Individual Deposits subicct to check. 101,255 83 Domand Certificates of Deposit. 11,553 09 Duo to other National Bauks.-. 2,677 21 Total.-...3309,556 29 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,) qq. cousty of ANDERSON. j I, J. A. Bbock, Cashier of tho above named Bank, do solemnly swear that the above statement Is truo, to tho best of my knowledgo and belief. J. A. BROCK, CaBhier. Subscribed and sworn to before mo this 11th day of May, 1885. WM. S. BROWN, Notary Pulli?. Correct?Attest: 0. H. P. Fart, ") Joseph N. Bbown, >Dlrecton. 8YLVESTIB BLECKLByJ May 14,1885_44_1_ i Insurance License. EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, Office of Comptroller General, Columbia, S. C, April 1,1885. ICERTIFY that J. A. Brock, of Ander? son, S. C, Agent of The Home Insurance Co. oi New York, The Insurance Co. of North America of Pennsylvania. The North British and Mercantile Insu? rance Co. of London and Edinbnrg, and The Imperial Insurance of London, has complied with the requisitions of the Act of the General Assembly entitled "An Act to regulate the Agencies of Insurance Companies not incorporated in the State of South Carolina," and I do hereby license the said J. A. Brock, Agent aforesaid, to take risks and transact all business of In? surance in this State, in the County of Anderson, for and in behalf of said Compa? nies. Expires March 31st, 1886. W. E. STCNEY, Comptroller Genoral. May 14.1885_44_1 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Anderson County. By That. C. Ligon, Judge of Probate. WHEREAS, Baylis C. Brown has applied to me to grant him letters of Ad? ministration on the Estate and effects of Spencer Brown, deceased. These are therefore to cite and admon? ish all kindred and creditors of the said Spencer Brown, deceased, to be and ap? pear before me in Court of Probate, to be held at Anderson Court House, on the 30th day of May, 1885, after pub? lication hereof, to shew cause, if any they have, why the said administration should not be granted. Given under my hand this ilth day of May, 1885. T. C. LIGON, J. P. May 14, 1885_44_2_ THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF ANDERSON. '? COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. E. C. Long, Plain tiff, against Francis Moore, Sarah Eliod, Caroline Murphy, Joftorson'B. Ring, Fan nie Williams, Sarah Cason, Dora King, John King and Noah B. Moore, Defendants.?Sum? mons for Relief?Complaint not Served. To the Defendants Francis Moore, Sarah Elrod, Caroline Murphy, Jefferson B. King, Fannie C. Williams, Sarah Cason, Dora King, John King and Noah B. Mooro: YOU are hereby summoned And required to an? swer the complaint in this action, which is filed in the office of the Clerk of tho Court of Common Pleas, at Anderson C. H., S. C, and to serve a copy of your answer to the said complaint on the subscriber at his office, Ander? son C.H.,S.C, within twenty days after tho service hereof, exclusive of tbe day of such service: and if you fail to answer the complaint within the time aforesaid, tho plaintiff in this action will apply to tho Court for the relief demanded in the complaint, Dated Anderson, S. C, May 1st, A.D. 1885. E. W. LONG, Plaintiffs Attorney. [SEAL] M. P. TRIBBLE, o.c.p. ? To tho above named Defendants: Take notice that the object of this action, in which a Summons is herewith served upon you, is to obtain partition of the tract of land, of which Thomas B. Moore died seized and possessed, con? taining threo hundred acres, more or less, situate in the County of Anderson, State of South Caro? lina, to be mado between the owners thereof, ac? cording to their respective rights, or to obtain a sale thereof to bo made and a division of tho pro? ceeds, if a partition cannot bo made without pre? judice to tho interest of the owners. No personal claim is made against you. . E. TV*. LONG-, Plaintiff's Attornoy. May 14, 1885 44_8 > 2. 5 ? ? m q 6 8 ?? ? c5 go b OT"? < 3 Z * s-o& 8 CO a :g ? 'S > S m ? c 3 iS3S >t o >t mm 00 w s CO H 00 o ? go .pn o our invitation to all, COME! NOW IS YOUR CHANCE. WE are again in the lead, and ready for action with a mammoth stock of? New Spring Goods, Such as are usually kept in a first-clas3 Dry Goods House. Don't fail to see our large and complete assortment. We con? sider it a pleasure to show goods. Now, all we ask is for you to come and give us a chance to show you the Goods. If you don't buy it will not be our fault. Life is too short to be squandered in the attempt to do business in the ordinary humdrum method, and we are determined to crowd as much as possible in the short space nllotted to us. We advertise nothing but what we arc ready to perform; and having on hand a large stock of good nature, as well as an immense stock of good Goods, we are con? fident we can please you. We want to remind you that it is as much a part of our business to satisfy our custo? mers as to sell Goods, and we don't want anybody's money unless we can give them a fair equivalent. Now, we mean just that. Everybody knows very well that one of the best ways to save money is to buy Goods of W. A. CHAPMAN. The A, B, C of our business: ATTRACTIVE GOODS, DMIRABLE ASSORTMENT, TTENTIVE CLERKS, BIG VARIETY, EAUTIFUL DESIGNS, 0TT0M PRICES. COMPARE OUR STOCK. ONSIDER THE SAVING, OME RIGHT AWAY, And Jyou will be convinced of what I say. Yours, very respectfully, W. A. CHAPMAN. If vou have never bought a pair of ZEIGLER'S FINE SHOES come and get a puir, and if you have come and get an? other pair. April 2,1885 38 A. LESSER, THE DRY GOODS KING ?of ? Announces Extraordinary BARGAINS For the Next Thirty Days. YOU ARE INVITED To Come and See for Yourself whether we can sa ye you^Money on all the Goods that you may purchase from us or not! We are now offering SPECIAL BARGAINS IN DRESS GOODS. LACE BUNTINGS, Wool filling?that sold for 20c. per yard, we now offer for 12Jc. per yard. NUNS VEILINGS, All wool, in beautiful shades, and very desirable Goods, that very readily told for 28c. per yard, we now offer for 15c. per yard. PLAIN AND PLAID BUNTINGS. Very desirable goods. Only a few pieces to close out during this month, and we would say right here to those anticipating to purchase, that never before were these Goods known to be sold at such low figures. The same quality of Goods that retailed last season for 50c. per yard we now offer for 20c. per yard only. IMPORTED DRESS SUITINGS, In very delicate Pink, Blue, Fawn, Silver Grey, Drab and Cream. Lovely Goods, that cannot be bought to-day for less than 30c. per yard, and that always retailed very readily for 45c. and 50c. per yard, we are now offering for 20c. per yard. SUMMER SILKS, Only a few Patterns left, and we would say to the Ladies that this is a rare opportunity, never to be had in Anderson again. These Goods are retailing all over America for $1.00 per yard, and we offer them now for GOc. per yard. BLACK AND COLORED CASHMERES. We have the prettiest line iu these Goods in Upper Carolina, and we have marked them down so as to DEFY COMPETITION, and are prepared to suit all in need of a Black or Colored Cashmere Dress. Our regular 90c. Cashmere we have reduced to G5c. per yard. WHITE GOODS. In these Goods we are?beyond a shadow of doubt?Headquarters, and there is no use in wasting your time in looking around, for you can save your time and money too. We are offering a very fine India Linen for 12Jc. that never sold for less than 20c. per yard. WHITE AND COLORED LINEN LAWN, Fully worth 25c. per yard, and would be considered cheap at 20c, we now offer for 15c. per yard only. LACE CURTAINS. You will be astonished to see what a class of Goods that you can buy now at 12Jc. per yard. LACE BED SETS and PILLOW SHAMS, That are worth fully $3.00 per net we now offer for $2.00 per set only. PARASOLS, PARASOLS, In endless variety, from the very cheapest up to the finest Goods made, at astonish? ingly low figures. SHOES, SHOES. The largest and best selected stock in the upper part of the State. A class of goods that were never before kept in this market, at such low prices as to compel you to buy in self-defence. HATS, HATS, For Men, Boys, Children, Misses and Ladies of all kinds and descriptions. A splendid Men's Straw Hat for.50c A splendid Boys' Straw Hat for.30c A splendid Child's Straw Hat for.25c Ladies' Cape May, in all shades, only.40c Millinery Groods, TO CLOSE OUT, AT HALF PEICE. Clothing ! Clothing ! Positively to be closed out REGABDLESS OF COST, and we want you to remember this. IN CONCLUSION We beg leave to state to our many customers that this is .*N~o Humbug Ordinarily practiced upon our people, but we rcean exactly what we say, and it will cost you yery little, or nothing, to come and inspect our Stock? BEFORE PURCHASING ELSEWHERE, And bo convinced that you will SAYE MONEY in buying your Goods from AiM XjJtii?>S>Jb?JE^ May 7,1885 48