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E. B. MURRAY, Editor. THXJRSDAY.JTJLY 2, 1885. RMS ; ONE YEA?_. .? ~~ ._.....S1.?0. SIX MONTHS.._.._ 75o. Two Dollars if not paid in advance. A correspondent of the Greenville Neos, writing from Coopers, in Pickens County, says: "Mr. Huske, the fish commissioner, has been around to look after those fellows that are obstructing X; the streams with their mill dams. The dams at Pelzer, Piedmont, Kemp's, Car? lson's and Wilkin3 & Co.'s received his attention, and I learn each agreed to construct a fish way over his dam. Now, if we can have & law that will prohibit persons from seining within two hundred yards of those fish ways we may have some benefit of the State's money spent to stock our streame with fish. These fish ways are to be put in the first of October next" This all very well, but > we think the State ought to. open up . Savannah River to the free passage of fish, even if it is necessary to repeal the Charter under which the Augusta canal . : :was constructed. It is unreasonable to have as large'a river as the Savannah V ?osed absoluter/, to the passage offish, and the Legislatures of both States should co-operate in opening up the Savannah. The Pendleton Farmers' Society, which Is the oldest Agricultural Association in (ho State, has done much iu its seventy years of existence to diffuse3agricultural information and fester an improved method of agriculture, but last year"it took a departure from its simple line of agricultural research, and gave its atten? tion also to the -kindred subject of im? proved stock, which is so intimately con? nected with the prosperity of our Carolina farms. By the stock show which they gave last year a widespread interest was directed to the advantages to be derived by our farmers raising their own stock and to the value of improved stock horses, cows, hogs, sheep, &c. This year the Society will, on second Thursday in October, hold another Stock Exhibition, and will add to it the novel but valuable feature to our people, of an auction sale ' of fine stock. The sale will be strictly guarded by rules for the protection of buyers, and will doubtless attract a very large class of our people from all parts of the State. The Pendleton Farmers' Society have appointed Capt. J. C. Strib ling, of Pendleton, special Correspon? dent for this enterprise, and any person wishing information upon the subject, either for the purpose of entering stock for sale or with a view of attending to purchase, will be furnished the necessary information on application to him. There is no place in this or neighboring States better suited for such an exhibition and sale than Pendleton. Her people .make a success of any undertaking in which they engage, and therefore it may v be safely assumed that this new under? taking will meet the expectations of its originators and of the public. FIXING INSURANCE BATES. Bp- The Greenville News of Tuesday, the 23rd inst., said : "The Greenville Board of - Underwriters held a meeting at the ?s- office of Julias C. Smith, president of J the board, on yesterday and considered the question of fire insurance rates for city property. The board concedes that the absence of water works destroys Greenville's claim to be rated as a first class town, for insurance risks. It will urge on the Southern Tariff Association, however, that this town should have a rating higher than that of places like Anderson and Newberry where there are no steamers or the steamers are unprovi? ded with horses, or where the depen 1 dence for water supply is entirely on cisterns filled by rain. An effort will be made to obtain a rating between the two for this city, and there is reason to hope that it will be successful." We can see no reason why Greenville should be rated lower for insurance than Anderson, or even as low. Our contemporary is mis? taken in its assertions about our Fire Department. We have a steamer, and while it is unprovided with horses, it is equally true that it has a pair of mules continually at its service during the night, and sufficient power accessible in the day time, and we are not dependent upon rain for our water supply. There is. a cistern of running water at the depot from which cisterns in one portion of j the city are filled, and Mr. Murray's carp pond affords an abundant supply in an? other part of the city. From these sources our cisterns are kept continually fall. We not only have a good steamer well equipped with an abundant supply of water, from which to fill our cisterns, but we also have one of tho best Fire Companies in the State. These things make the accident risk iu Anderson as small as it is iu Greenville. But there are other considerations than the acci? dent risk which affect insurance rates; one of the greatest of which ought to be the moral risk. Now it is well known that Greenville has had a great many destructive fires at intervals during the past fifteen years, and that at times there has been in her midst an organized band of arson thieves. Anderson has had but one serious fire since 1845, so that it will be seen that the moral risk here is less than at Greenville. It seems to m, there? fore, that Anderson should have lower rates than Greenville, and we have no doubt that our watchful Underwriters will n?t.permit our.interests to be ignored when the Tariff Association meets. All of our rates appear to be too high, and if j Greenville wants relief, she had better make common cause with her sister cities over whom, to say the least of it, she has no advantages. ? The new postal law which goes into effect on and after Wednesday, July 1st, makes the taking of a newspaper and the refusal to pay for the same, theft ; and any person guilty of such action is liable to criminal proceedings, the same as if guilty of stealing goods to the amount of his subscription. The post? master or letter carrier can testify in all such cases. ' ? A''meeting of the Chester division of the.8urvivors of the 6lh regiment, S. 0. V., will be held at Chester C. H. on Monday, the 6th day of July, 1885, at 12 o'clock . m., for the special purpose of j making arrangements for the next reun? ion which will be held on the battle field of Seven pines near Richmond, Va., on $9 0tM*7 Of August, 1885. THE DUE WEST COLLEGES. One of the moat interesting and pleas? ant occasions that we have ever attended was the Commencement of Erskine Col? lege, and of the Female College in Due West lost Week. The exercises in Ers kine College were extended from Mon? day evening, when the Literary Societies had their annual contests, through Tues? day, when the contests between the Sophomore and Junior classes had their contests in speaking and writing essays, through tho entire day of Wednesday, on which the graduating class delivered their speeches, the diplomas were deliv? ered by Dr. Grier, the annual address before the Literary Societies, and tho announcement of distinctions, and the delivery of medals to successful com? petitors in the several contests. Seven young gentlemen were graduated, and in their speeches showed themselves to be able, trained and well equipped scholars. The Baccalaureate address of Dr. Grier was able, pointed, practical and full of force, giving the young gentlemen im? pressive) valuable and most excellent advice for their future guidance. After the annual address in the afternoon the delivery of the medals and announce? ments was fixed for the evening, and con? stituted a most interesting part of the exercises. A large crowd attended the exercises throughout, and by their re? peated presence testified their appreci? ation of the manner in which the stu? dents acquitted themselves. Erskine College in a quiet, unobtrusive way is doing a most valuable and thorough edu? cational work. With a large and able faculty it affords extensive fields of study and improvement to those who pursue a course of study in it. Dr. Grier, the President, is one of the best scholars and profoundest thinkers in our State, and possesses executive abilities of high order, as is evinced in the thorough system and successful management which marks the condition of tbe College. Interesting as the exhibition of culture given by the students of Erskiue College was, we know they are gallant enough to agree with us that the Commencement of the Female College on Thursday was the occasion of highest interest during the week. The day was begun at ten o'clock in the morning by a beantiful scyng, and the chorus sung by over one hundred accomplished yonng ladies, and the re? mainder of the day was consumed by reading the compositions of the eighteen graduates, interspersed with music from tbe students. In each of these exercises those who participated in them evinced the most thorough culture and accom? plishment. In addition to this, the stage was hung with an extensive exhi? bition of beautiful paintings and draw? ings, tbe work of the students of tbe College, all of which possessed high merit, and some of which were pictures of a high order of art. The whole exer? cises of tbe College reflected the highest of credit both upon the professors and the students of the Female College, and will long be cherished with pleasant re? collections by those who were fortunate enough to bo present. The citizens of Due West are the most pleasant of hosts, and always contribute their refined hos? pitality to heighten the enjoyment of visitors to these Commencements. The person who would not be charmed with a visit to'Due West during Commence? ment season is certainly most hard to please. Applicants to West Point Cokesbury, S. C June, 29,1885. Mr. Editor: I am in receipt of a let? ter from the Adjutant General of the United States Army, which contains the following paragraph: "You are invited by the Secretary of War to nominate, at your earliest con? venience, a legally qualified candidate for appointment as cadet to the United States Military Academy, from the Third Congressional District of South Carolina, who must be at West Point not later than tbe 11th day of June, 1886, but whose appointment is required by law to be made as nearly one year in advance of that date as is practicable." To select such candidate a competitive examination will be held at Abbeville Court House on Tuesday, the 21st day of July, at 10 o'clock a. m. Said exam? ination will be under the control of Prof. Geo. C. Hodges, of Abbeville, Prof. W. M. McCaslan, of the Piedmont Institute, Pickens, and Dr. Thomas J. Mabry of Abbeville Court House. The candidates will be subjected to a physical examination and then to an academical examination. The latter will comprise reading, writing, orthography and arith? metic, with which last they must be suf? ficiently acquainted to enable the success? ful candidate to take up upon his en? trance at West Point the higher branch? es of mathematics without further study of arithmetic; English grammar, geog? raphy and history of the United Stales. The questions will be bubmitted in writing to the candidates and nn allotted time be allowed for their solution. Very respectfully, D. Wyatt Aiken. English Immorality. Loneon, June 27.?The Rev. Mr. Spurgeon has produced a profound sen? sation by an article over his signature iu to day's Monthly lievieio, in which the great preacher narrates in detail the story of the death last year of Justice Williams iu a brothel and the disclosures brought out in the recent Jeffries case. He makes these examples from high official life tbe basis of a full-flavored denunciation of English immorality and he says : "Sodom in its most putrid days could scarce exceed London for vice. To our infinite disgust and horror tbe names of the greatest in the land are openly men? tioned in connection with tho filthiest debauchery. and the most hideous evil that drags in the wake of vice. These things are alleged to be the chosen luxury of certain hereditary legislators and rulers in England. Woo unto thee England, when thy great ones love bar lots ! Deep is our shame when we know that our Judges are not clean and that social purity is put to the blush by mag? istrates of no mean degree; yea, tbat courts of justice lend themselves to cov? ering up and hushing up iniquities. Shall not God be driveu out by such a nation as this? What is coming over us? What clouds are darkening our skies?" ? In the largest library in Paris there is a Chinese chart of heavens made about 600 yeara befor Jbrist. In this chart 1,400 stars are found to be correct? ly luserted, as corroborated by'tljtJ sclc.'h tis^ of the present day. What Became rjf. It { The Abbeville Press and Banner says': While we presume that no Legislator would condescend to give an account of his stewardship to the people, this fact need not prevent us from asking if any? body knows what became of the following petition, which was sent to our Represen? tatives in the General Assembly at its last sitting: To ike Honorable Legislators and Sena? tors of South Carolina in Legislature assem? bled: As intemperance is an evil, and a bane to our happiness, therefore, we, the citizens of Abbeville County, present to you this our memorial, and earnestly pe? tition that the sale of all Intoxicating Liquors be prohibited in Abbeville County, a| soon as a majority of the citizens shall express their approval of said Prohibition in an election, which you will please order immediately for that purpose. That petition was signed, we believe, by a majority of the citizens whose votes gave our legislators their honors, and we further believe that these petitioners represented a majority of the intelligence, virtue, respectability and property of Abbeville County. This being true we see no good reason why our honorable Senators and Representatives should not have given their petitioners a respectful hearing, or in case they could not do this, we see no good reason to prevent our Legislators from telling their constit? uents why their request was treated with contempt. To send this petition was the mere right of the people, which is vouch? safed in the organic law of the State, which assures us that the right of peti? tion "shall never be abridged." Then why did our Legislators refuse consider? ation of the petition of their constituents ? That the just censure may attend the true event, wo think it nothing but just and right for the people to know exactly where the fault lies. Was there a nauluai agreement among the Anderson and Abbeville delegates to consign the petitions of the temperance people to the waste basket ? If not, how is it that they went to?nobody knows where. The Port of New York. Washington, June 27.?The Presi? dent to day appointed Edward L. Hed den to be collector of customs at the port of New York, Hans S. Beattie, surveyor of customs at New York, and Silas W. Burt, naval officer of customs at New York. The new collector of customs was born iu New York city in 1828. From 1859 until last year he was a part? ner in the shipping house of Wetmore, Cry der & Co., and for thirty-fivo years conducted the customhouse business ot the firm. He is vice-president of the North River Bank and a director in sev? eral insurance companies. Ho has always been a Democrat in politics. His father studied law with Alexander Hamilton, and was a representative of New York city on the occasion of the opening of the Erie Canal. H. S. Beattie, surveyor of customs, is a lawyer and was an associate iu the corporation counsel's office during Secre? tary Whitney's term. He has been an active man in the County Democracy organization, and is at present deputy County clerk of New York and basal ways been a Democrat. The Washington correspondent of the New York Times, writing under date of June 25, gives the following account of Mr. Hedden, the new collector: The Cooper-Thompson candidate is Mr. Edward L. Hedden, of Wetmore, Cryder & Co., South street merchants. He had not been heard of before he was mentioned among a few persons here last night, but he is praised very highly by Mr. Thompson as a merchant of high character and ability. To these praises Mr. Cooper nods cordial assent. Early this morning Mr. Cooper and Mr. Thompson called upon Secretary Man? ning to submit their candidate's record and claims. They are said to have ex? tolled his virtues aud his public spirit highly, and Mr. Manning listened atten? tively. So new a candidate was Mr. Hedden that his name had never been heard at the White House until brought forward by Mr. Cooper and Mr. Thomp? son, when they visited the President. Ho is pressed as a business man particu? larly, with a view to gratifying the busi? ness clement with which he wouid be brought in' contact if made collector. Mr. Thompson is credited with having made the discovery that he would be, above all others, the best man in New York if the President is determined that a politician shall not have the place. Mr. Thompson, it is said, made his ac? quaintance through Mr. Hedden's son in-law, Mr. Worthington, who supplies tho public works department with pumps and water meters. New Yoiik, June 27.?The feeling here among the Tammany men on the President's customhouse appointments is decidedly bitter. Coroner Martin, one of the leaders of the organization, said when asked how he liked them: "It is a crying shame. The President has made a gross blunder. This man Hedden has never done anything for the Democracy, and in appointing him the President has insulted all true Democrats." They all feel about that way, though some pretend indifference and say they never heard of Hedden and don't know anything about him. The Irving.Hall people are less disturbed, but several of them use faint praise to express their feelings. The County Democracy men are jubilant. Even Hubert 0. Thompson seemB to be very happy, although he is reputed to be a disappointed aspirant for the collector ship. Col. Silas W. Burt, the newly appoint? ed naval officer, was formerly a naval officer and was removed by President Arthur. He is at present tho chief examiner of the New York civil service commission. He supported Cleveland for Governor in 1882, and was au active supporter of the Democratic candidates last fall. The term of Graham would not have expired until 1887, but he is BU9pended because the President believes that sound public policy requires a reor? ganization of the whole customs service at the port of New York, and deems a complete new organization essential to the proposed change of the methods of the office. ? At the opening of the morniug session of the second day of the conven? tion of the American society of ^.jgineers at Deer Park, Md., on Thursday Mr. F. Collingwood, of Elizabeth, N. J., read a paper ou the preservation of forests. The paper presented a large number of statistics collected from various sources, its purpose being to show the necessity of exercising economy in the use of forest products and the apparent possibil ity of a wood famine. Tho writer con? cluded that the supply of white pine in the United Slates is certain to be ex? hausted before the end of this century, and probably in Canada. Of Southern pine at the present rate of consumption there is stated to be 150 years' supply. Of spruce and hemlock East of the Mississippi there is probably twenty-five years' supply. Of hard woods the supply of black walnut and ash is beiog rapidly exhausted. The supplies of other kinds of wood are, however, so abundant that a famine cannot be predicted. In refer? ence to tree planting the writer stated that when intelligently uuderlaken tin regions where timber is scarce, a fair return is made on iho investment. ? A couple recently married in Lynn, Mass., were at a loss for a bridesmaid. A friend called at an intelligence office in Boston and secui d the services of a handsome woman to act in the capacity desired. Ho paid $3 for her services, and also footed her expenses both ways. She had never seen nor r|id sbo know the contracting parties. The Director of the Mint. Washington, June 27.?The Presi? dent to-day suspended Horatio C. Bur chard, of Illinois-, as director of the mint and appointed James B. Kimbail, Of Pennsylvania, in his stead. The change will tako effect July 1. Kimbail lives in Bethlehem, Pa., where he is pro? fessor of economic geology in the Lehigh University. He is a mining engineer and a metallurgist by profession. He was educated at Harvard Univeraity and at the Mining School of Freiburg, Sax? ony, receiving the degree of Ph. D. from the University of Gottingen in 1857. He has held appointments on several State and Government surveys. During the war he served in the Army of the Potomac as assistant adjutant-general on tbe staffs of Gens. McClellan, Burnside, Hooker and Meade, successively. He is now president of the Everett Iron Com pany, of Pennsylvania, and is well known in New York, where be has an office. He is a member of the Union, Century and Down Town clubs of New York City. Burchard said to-day, in regard to his suspension, that he preferred that the change should be made in that way rather than to resign in the face of charges of efficiency and of mismanage? ment which had been made against him by personal enemies, and which have been published in several newspapers. He did not dispute the President's right to remove him, but had some little curi? osity to see the "reasons" therefor which the President would give to the Senate. His relations with Secretary Manning had always been of a moat pleasant char? acter, and he regretted that a contrary impression had arisen since his removal has been spoken of. ? 0. R. Holland, a prominent colored man in Arkansas, continues to vigorously advocate his scheme of colonizing the negroes in New Mexico. He claims that the people of the South "work fifteen months in the year," raising cotton to exchange fer bread and meat, and then do not get half enough. He says that when the negroes leave the Southern States a good class of whites will move in. Even if white immigrants failed to come, he thinks that it would be more profitable to let the country grow up in grass, so tbe people would raise stock and fertilize and reclaim their worn out lands. It rrill be seen that the esteemed colored brother is a little wild. ? A Boston statistician Bays that $1 will buy as much of thr necessaries of life to-day, as $1.50 in 1875, $1.32 in 1855, 91 cents in 1845, and $1.19 in 1825. In other words, the purchasing power of $1 is nineteen per ceut greater than it was in 1855. A dollar will buy more to-day than in most previous periods in the history of the nation. ? Neal Dow declares that there are grown-up men in the State of Maine who never have seen a grogshop or a drunken man ; but there is nothing re? markable about this. There are grown? up people in the Slate of Maine who never see anything, and there is a strong suspicion that Neal Dow is one of them. ? Ed. Bundy, the negro hotel waiter of Spartanburg who shot and killed Annie Heckman, a white woman of disreputable character, in March lost, has beeu convicted of murder and sentenced to oe hanged August 9th. The case will go to the Supreme Court. ? On Thursday Shade Stallings, aged nineteen years, youngest son of Joseph Stallings. a prominent planter of Aiken Coun ty was drowned wnile fishing in the stream of his father's mill. Tbe sheating gave way some distance above him and the escaping water engulfed him in its flood. ? Little girl from Chicago?"Our fam? ily is more aristocratic family than yours." Little girl from Boston?"No, it isu't. "*7 mother can boast of her forefather* .or the past two centuries." Little girl from Chicago?"Oh, that is nothing. My mother can boast of four husbands in the last two years." ? Many negroes are ashamed of being black, and they object to being called negroes because the word "negro"?orig- ! inally from tbe Latin word niger, means "black." It has been the weakest poiut in tbe negro's mental make up, since he became a freeman. ? About 3,500 saloon-keepers in Chicago pay a licenae fee of $500 each, producing the enormous revenue of $1,1*50,000. This ought to go a long way toward supporting the municipal govern? ment. ? The railroad aystem of Japan has attained a length of 225 miles, and is increasing steadily, it has been mainly built by the Japaneese government with native capital. The business results up to tho prerent time have given no cause for dissatisfaction. ? Atisw color is called "four o'clock." If it's the color of a man's nose as he goes meandering homo about four o'clock in the morning, it must be a mighty brilliant shade of red. ? An epicurean doctor says that in order to obtain the full flavor of butter the bread upon which it is spread should be introduced into the mouth with -the buttered surface downward. It is foolishness to raise a lot of Beans and then allow them to get hard and waste on the vines. The American Fruit Preserving Powder and Liquid will aave them perfectly sound and fresh. Hilt. Bros. j In no other medicinal preparation have the results of the most intelligent study and scientific inquiry been so steadily and progressively utilized as in Ayer's Sarsapanlla. It loads the list as a truly Bcieutific preparation for all blood diseases. Wilhitos' Arctic Soda "Water still better than ever, and still improving. They have ju9t added a now Syrup?the cele? brated New Orleans Mead?which is tho popular drink wherever known. Tho best you ever drank. Go and try it. Twenty-five tickets for ono dollar. Malarial Poison. Tho drouth in Southwest Georgia last spring dried up tho wells, and wo were compelled to use water from tho creek on the plantation. The result was that all were troubled with chills and fover. I carried with mo several bottles of Swift's Spocilic, and as long as I took It I had perfect health. As soon as I coased taking it, I liko tho rest, was afflicted with chills. When I resumed its uso, I was all right again. We have used it in our family as an antidote for malaria poison for two or three j'ears, and have novor known it to fail in"a singlo instance. w. C. Fuht.ow. Sunder Co., ("a., Sept. 11,1881. A Cripple Restorod. Somo two years ago I received a boy (Lona While) into the Orphans' Home, near Macon. from Columbus. He was ono of the poorest crer.uires I havo ever seen?nothing but .-.kin and bone?crip? pled and deformed by Scrofula, which had attended him from his birth. About eighteen months ago I commenced giving him Swift's Specific. Aficr sovornl bottles bad been taken and no visible results to bo seen, I began to despair, but continued the medicine. At last signs of improve? ment became apparent, and from that date to tho present thero has been con? stant improvement in both body and mind. lie is now about fourteen years old, and Is ono of tho brightest boys I have ever known. I honestly believe that ho will ultimately outgrow tho oll'ccts of this loathsome disease undei the influ? ence of Swift's Specific. Tho two cases of erysipelas which were treated somo two years ago with S. S. S. show no symptoms of return of the dis? ease. L. B. Paynb, Snp't Orphans' Home, So. Ga. Coiif. Macon, Ga., Nov. 1, 1884. Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed free. Tue Swift SpKWlc Co., [lyrtv/wf 3, Atlanta, Ga "; ' Reed <fc Stephens have just received a large quantity of celebrated Columbus made Buggies, and always keep in stock all stylos and grades of Home-made and Western Pha?tons; Buggies and Wagons, which thoy sell on timo Until Fall on ap? proved paper. Call on Mr. A. S. Stephens at their Factorv, Main Street, South of Square, before you purchase and get bis Erices, and you will bo paid for your troub? le. They have also added to their work? ing force three expert Northern work? men?a Blacksmith, Paintor and Trim? mer. Send them your repairing if you want it done with dispatch and in a neat manner. Mr. Stephens, who is an expert workman of twenty-five years experi? ence, overlooks all the work before it eaves the shop. 44 No injurious effects can follow tbo uso of Ayer's Aguo Cure in the treatment of malarial diseases. It contains, besides a specific and unfailing antidote for mias? matic poison, other remedial agents which unite to expel the poisonous humors, purify tbo system, and leave it in a hcal tby and reinvigorated condition. Plain Questions. Mythical ideas are fanning the public brow with the breath of prejudice, ignor? ance and humbuggery. Have you the remotest idea that your scrofula was cre? ated by tbe use of potash and morcury? No matter what tho causo. B. B. B. is the poor of all other remedios. Do you presume that your troublesome catarrb is tho result of mineral poisoning ? B. B. B. is tho quickest remedy. Are your chronic ulcers and boils and sores tho re? sult of potash and mercury ? Medical gentlemen will not toll you so, but B. B. B. is the only sovereign remedy. Were your terrible kidney troubles created by mineral poisonings ? Not a bit of it, but B. B. B. has proven to be a reliable rem? edy. Are youfr skin diseases, your ecze? ma, dry tetter, etc., the effect of too much potash and mercury ? Tho medical pro? fession are the best judges, and they say nay, but B. B. B. makes more pronounced cures than all other preparations com? bined. NOTICE. NOTICE is hereby given that I havo paid in full the Note given by me to M. C. Thompson for ?250.00, bearing date November, 1882, being the only Note given by me to her, and all persons are hereby notified not to trade for the same, WM. M. COOLEY. June 2, 1885_51_3 Valuable Lands for Sale. THE undersigned offers for sale on oasy terms his valuable Home Place, I situated 11 miles South of Williamston, consisting of an eight-room Dwelling with necessary outbuildings, three tenant hou? ses, gin house and fixtures run by water, with Tract of about 380 acres of Land, one third original forest, forty acres of bottom, and balance in high state of cultivation, adapted to small grain, cotton, corn, &c. Situated within easy access to excellent educational advantages. Also, a House with six rooms and two acres of Land, situate opposite the Spring Park in Williamston. For further particulars apply to Col. J N, Brown at Anderson, or Dr. John Wilson, or the undersigned at Williamston, S. C. WM. M. COOLEY. July 2, 1885_51_ Notice of Dissolution. THE partnership heretofore existing be? tween W. C Meredith and myself for the sale of The Taylor & Cox Patent Fire Extinguisher has b?m this day dis? solved by mutual consent. The partnership for the sale of the Meredith Patent Fire Extinguisher was dissolved on the 20th day of August, 1884. A. C. LATIMER. June20,JSS5_50_3J? SPECIAL NOTICE. I N order to reduce my Slock of Goods by the 10th of July I will offer? INDUCEMENTS to CASH BUYERS - IN - DRY GOODS, Consisting of a full line of CALICO,; MUSLINS, PIQUES, WHITE GOODS, a full line, MARSEILLES QUILTS, CASS1MERES, COTTONADES. HATS. A good stock of Hats. SHOES. My stock of Shoes is just splendid. If you want a first-class Shoe at a low price I can accommodate you. Special attention called to rny LADIES' SHOES, Men's Low Cut, Shoes, Kips, Brogans and Gniters. My stock of GROCERIES And other Goods complete. I have n large sale in Roasted Arica and Golden Rio Coffee and fine Tea. Give mo a call before buying. A. B. TOWERS. June 11, 1885 4S THE American Fruit Preserving POIDERII LIQUID. WE confess that wo took hold of this preparation last year with some misgivings, owing to the fact that a fraud? ulent preserving preparation was imposed on the people of this County some years ago; but we had authority to do so, and guaranteed every package, agreeing in eve? ry instance to refund the money where it did not give ENTIRE SATISFACTION. As none have complained, and all we have seen or heard from are delighted with it, we have now no hesitancy in staking our reputation on its merits, and recommend? ing it to onr friends and the public gene? rally, honestly believing we have found an antiseptic ior which this country has long stood in need. We have a great many cer? tificates which we propose to publish, but have space for only two this week. Dr. R. A. Reid, of the well-known and reliable Drug firm of Simpson, Reid & Co., says: March 1, 1885. Messrs. Hill Bros.?Sirs: With much satisfaction I recommend your Fruit Pre? serving Liquid and Powder. I have tried the same with toniatdcs, plums, peaches, cherries and apples. Find all the above PERFECTLY preserved, with natural taste and smell, with no unpleasant taste what evor. Yours, R. A. REID. The Stato Chemist of Georgia says : Office of State Chemist, Athens, Ga., March 12, 1885. This is to certify that I have examined a sealed trade package of "The American Fruit Preserving Powder ami Liquid," fur warded to me by S. W. Peek, of Hartwell, Ga. I find the materials to be safo preser? vatives, and to contain nothing liable to injure health, if used in accordance with tlie directions enclosed in the package. II. C. WHITE. Don't lot your cherries spoil when you can save them all at so little cost. HILL BROS. For sale also by James Hunter it Sons. Pendleton, S. C. _ June 18.1885 40_ Application for Charter. NOTICE is hereby given that applica? tion will be made to the Clork of Court for Anderson County, S. C, at 11 o'clock a. in. on Saturday, the 18th day of July no.U, for a Charter for "The Anderson Oil and Fertilizer Company." ' B. FRANK MAULDIN, Secretary for Incorporators. Juno 18, 1885_ 49 5 For Sash, Blinds, Doors, Plastering Laths, Window Fixtures, Building Material, &c, CHEAP, call on W. B. BEACHAM, J Depot Street, Anderson, S. V, j April-80,1885 33 3* ' 1 COLUMBUS BUGGIES. Just in and to arrive Car Load of the Famous COLUMBUS BUGGIES, CARRIAGES, PHJETONS, SURREYS' &c. rniUO BEST VEHICLE ON THE MARKET! None but the very best grade Of X work put up by these Shops. PRICES LOW, and ONE TRICE TO ALL. Come to see us, and we will fit you up with the BEST Vehicle you ever rode in. CUNNINGHAM & FOWLER. July 2, 1885_51_ Om JUST RECEIVED FOR THE HOT WEATHER. A LOt OF WHITE LAWNS, Muslins, Ginghams, Slippers, Gloves, Mosquito Nets, Straw Hats, Gauze Underwear, Umbrellas. Parasols, Laces, Ail-Over Embroidery, Hamburg Edging, Handkerchiefs, Collars, Fans, Bleaching, Sea Island, Half Hose, Ladies' and Men's Hose, all colors, Nun's Veiling at 15c, Fine Pearl Buttons 5c per dozen, Good Calico 4c, Ladies' Hats, Gent's Furnishing Goods, ALL LOW FOE CASH. July 2, 1885 51 A. LESSER. COME AND SEE THE COMMON SENSE WATER LIFTER, -TO BE SEEN AT L. H. SEEL'S TIN AND STOVE HOUSE. ALSO AT THE PUBLIC WELL, North of the Court House. Can be bought for one-half what others cost, and will last a life-lime. Windlas? cannot slip from the hand, us it has a Patent R?chet attached. A child can draw three gallons of water in hulf the time ic usually takes in the old way. June 2?, 1835 50 6m JOHN E. PEOPLES, AGENT FOR THE CELEBRATED Van Winkle Gin, Feeder AND CONDENSER, Manufactured at Atlanta, Georgia, and to which the Premium wan awarded at the Atlanta Cotton Exposition, Charleston Industrial Exhibition, Feb. 2,1882,and at the South Carolina and Georgia State Fairs 1881. CERTIFICATE E. VAN WINKLE it CO.?Awarded for best Sample, best general results in Gin? ning, and best e-nistriict-d Machine, the first prize, $100, or Gobi Medal. Juikses?B. RICKS, Mis>issippi. T. W. SMEDES, Mississippi. W. E. BARROWS, Connecticut. H. 1. KIMBALL, Director General Atlanta Cotton Exposition. THE VAN WINKLE FEEDER AND CONDENSER can be attached to any othor Gin ; so parties having other make of Gins and wishing Feeders or Condensers can be supplied by sending in their ordor in time, and I will guarantee satisfaction. All kinds of I'alleys and Shafting and Host Improved Cane Hills and Evaporators furnished to ordor. Van Winkle King Cotton Press Has long been before the public, and is too well known to need any further description. Its chief* points of merits are : It takes very little room, is easily handled, and tak^s so little power; can be used on all kinds of powers?horse, steam or wa? ter. Ginning and packing can all go on at the same time without interfering with the Gin. A two-inch belt will pack a 500 lb- bale of cotton. It saves its cost the first season in labor. Read the following testimonial: Anderson, S. C.?Mr. John E. Peoples?Sir : The .Steam Power Van Winkle Cotton Press bought of you last Fall has given entire satisfac? tion. I packed bales of cotton weighing 660 to 725 lbs. in five minutes with all ease, using a 4-inch belt and 25 lbs. steam. There did not seem any more strain on the Press than with a 450 lb. bale. For durability, strength, lightness of power, small quantity of steam required, economy of space. I deem it the King of all Cottou Presses; especially so us the low price at which it can be bought puts it within reach of every man running a steam Gin. In fact I woald not be without it for twice its cost. 1 would advise all my friends to buy one of Van Winkle's Steam Power Cotton Presses, as you will Favc its cost in labor in one year. M. A. COBB. Below find the names of parties who are using tbo Van Winkle Press, who will testify as to its merits : CS&CJMilford, J E <fe J F McCIure, Broyles. Routh & Co, James N Richcy, J Willei Prevost, Gantt it Co, W Q Hammond, Sligh it Woodin. Stringer Si Poore, John McAlistcr, E W & J M Ashley, Garrctt & Opt, C P Davis, S .1 Duckwurth, W M Martin, Shirley & Co, Reuben Clinkscales, Thoraas C Jackson, Fred G Brown, Jeptha Wntkins, D H Hammond, H Rush, Dr John Wilson, G G Richards, Bolt it Milford, Jolly Poole. Keaslcr it Lindsay, M A MahaU'ey, Mr Simpson, Piedmont, S. C. James Erskine, J C & W P Shirley, J B Douthit, Drake & McConnoIl, W J Ervin, Hcmbree & Bowen, Leak & Jones, Wright & Knox, Samuel Knox, Jesse T Ashley, BC Martin, S It Timms, Wclborn it Wei bom, J W Ashley. THE HALL SELF-FEEDING COTTON GIN. Manufactured :it Sing Sing, N. Y., has given satisfaction wherever used. The Saws are made of the best imported steel. The saw shaft is the largest made. An examination of other Gins will convince you it is the most substantially built Giu in use. It never breaks the roll, and therefore does away with the expense of the revolving head, as the secret of making the Gin to prevent its breaking the roll is in the proper shape of tu? roll-box. Every one should examine the improvements in the Hall Gin made this year, especially the improvement in tb^ Feeder. Below I give you n few names of those who have purchased the Hall Gin : A J Stringer, Lewis C Clinkscales, W M Shirley, Basil Callaham, James Erskine, J E & J T McCIure, W M Alewine, Richard T Elrod, Hcmbree & Bo won, Shirley & Burford, J I) Pinson, M A Cobb, Martin it Duckworth, Dr Jos Marshall, Abbe'11 Wclborn it Wolborn, A Bronekor S R Timms, Wclborn & Martin, Shirley it Co, J C &*W P Shirley, B F Dacus it Bro, J W Ashley, E A Si B F Russell, S A Hutchinson, L 11 Wei born, D H Hammond, Jesse T Ashley. Hugh Rush. J W'Poore, AI ford Sheriff. John D Kelly, C S it C J Milford, Morris ?fe Outz, Reuben Clinksbals, John McAlistcr, Johnson ?fc Dacus, W A Neal, Knight it Balcntine, Abram Bolt, J L Haddon, On-rctt & Opt. R A Drake, E W Long, Gabe Hodges, J C Milford. ??3~ E. Van Winkle it Co. make a Single Screw Press that will pack a bale of cot? ton in two minutes. Send for prices and catalogue. #35- Sample Gin ran be seen at my Store. .TOUN E. PEOPLES. June li">, 1SSI 51? BEAUTIFY YOUR HOME. new lot of WALL PAPER and Bor? dering, inti received, by A. R. TOWEttS' A BLANKETS AT COST. AFEW pair of those Fine Blankets, and a few pair of Common Blan kels for sale at COST for cash. Call soon, if you do not wish to lose a bargain. A. B, TOWERS SPRING - HAS - AEKIVED ! AND with it that peculiar condition qf the tyslem, known as impure blood. It is a fact, known to everybody, that if we have any Hu~ mor in the [Blood, it is almost sure to break out in the Spring months in Eczema, Erythema, Tetter, Ring Worm, Splotches on face, dte., dec. Now, tlie reason for this is generally supposed to be the change of the seasons, and a want of abstinence from food. During the Winter, when the weather is bitter cold, w* eat a great deal of grease?especially hog meat. Our whole system becomes, as it were, permeated and clogged up with our heavy diet, and when Spring coma, and hot weather begins, very few of us are careful in our eating, continuing the same heavy articles of diet, that are only ft for bitter cold weather, when, in fact, we should cat very little until our system becomes acclimatized to the hot weather. Most people understand that they have to take a dose of Pills or Calomel, or something of the kind, to prepare the system \ jor the Spring and Summer; and most of than now know that to prevent the "Spring Rashes," Boils, dec., they must take some kind of Blood Purifier?such as SARSAPA RILLA, with IODIDE POTASSIUM or QUEENS DELIGHT and IODIDE PO? TASH, or SARSAPARILLA and YELLO W DOCK?which latter is made and highly re? commended by Lamar, Rankin dt Lamar, of A?anta. Or SUCCUS ALTERANS, which is a very fine and efficacious remedy, or some of the Patent Medicines, tvhich are very highly recommended by the parties who made them. Now, we always keep on hand a good stock of the above remedies, and many others, for the diseases of Spring and Summer. Yours truly, ORR &~SLOAN, DEALERS IN DRUGS MB MEDICINES, Prescriptions a Specialty, BENSON HOUSE COBNEB. May 7,1885 43