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THE BOY PREACHER. John Wesley Shields, Formerly of Ander son, S. C., Aged 8 Years. Atlanta Jourv.al. Atlanta, has produced a prodigy in the person of John Wesley Shields, an eight year old pupil at Fair street school,"who has developed wonderful oratorical powers. They call him the "Young Sam Jones" arouud St. Paul's Methodist * Church, on Hunter street, where he preached Saturday afternoon and yes terday, to large and attentive congre gations. Johnnie is an intelligent looking little black-eyed boy. and has all the air and dignity of bearing of a grown up ?man. He is still in the second grade at school, but is very fond of Bible study and has learned his favor ite chapter, John -14th, almost by heart. JETe has a slight impediment in his speech, natural in one so young, but when he gets under way his delivery is splendid an? he is a very interest ing talker. "If there ever was a born preacher in the world he is one," said his mother, who lives near the corner of Moore street on Hunter, his father be ing a barber in the Kimbail house block. "He has been preaching for a year and a half and anybody listening at him might think that he had been taught what he knows, but this is not 80. "He says that whatever he utters God tells him to say, and he never re peats the same sermon, but talks in a different way every time and his de * livery iis as free as that of a trained minister. "We came from Virginia about a year and a half ago. My husband is Rev. J. W. Shields, a local preacher connected with St. Paul's Church, and eight months ago John Wesley be came a member of the Church. This summer we went up to Anderson, S. C, on a visit, and while there he preached twice in the Wesleyan Ct?urch. Saturday afternoon he preached at the children's meeting at St. Pauls, and again Sunday afternoon. He preached in nearly every grade of the school and seems to be a born orator and preacher." . Rev. Mr. Diamond, pastor of St. Pauls, has been conducting a chil dren's meeting on Saturday and Sun . day afternoons, and on Saturday afternoon he called on John Wesley Shields, The little fellow res ponded and preached a very strong sermon of fifteen minutes length, from the text "Be Sure Your Sin Will Find You Ont." "He told the children," said Mr. . Dimond, in speaking of the sermon, "that they might sow their wild: oats and do evil deeds while they were young, but tlfat they might rest assur ed that their sins would find them out. "He cited the cases of Tom Deik, Arthur Haney and young Spinks. 'See,' said he, 'what a drink of free whiskey cost. Arthur Haney. It cost him his life. Be sure your sin will ''find you out. It found those boys out and they were made to suffer. It will find you out likewise if you continue in your sinful course.' "His sermon was a surprise to all who heard him. Sunday afternoon I called on him again, and at first he told methat he had promised to preach for the holiness people up town, but he changed his mind, and at the chil dren's meeting he appeared with his Bible in hsnd. "I called him inside the chancel and he opened his Bible and read a lesson,^announcing his text, 'Behold I stand at the door and knock. If any man will open unto me I will cuter in and sup with him and lie shall sup with me.' "The sermon that followed was a masterly effort for one so young, and ,would have done credit to a grown-up preacher. He is a wonderful little fellow and is a natural orator and as fervent in his delivery as if he had been myned for the ministry. "AboutNa year and a half ago he was iu our imfont class, and he seemed to develop the urea, of preaching from talks that he had w??i?, my wife. He first began preaching to\ the children in his mother's yard, anfc^ from that he began preaching atschobl, and now he is developing into a regular Metho dist preacher." I The parents of the child are both deeply religious people, his father be ing a local Methodist preacher, and John Wesley has been brought up. in a ministerial atmosphere. He seems to ab3orb scriptural knowledge, and every :aight before his father comes home, John Wesley sum mons the rest of the family to family prayer just as if he were a man grown. His mother says there is not the slightest levity in his makeup and that he is in earnest in everything that he does. He is very bright in every way and talks with much seri ousness and gravity about his calling, and appears to have made up'his mind as to his future vocation as a minister of the gospel. ? New York city has a funded debt of nearly $200,000,000. Polk Miller's Yarn. I was seated in front of the hotel talking to a lot of men, who, like myself, felt the oppressive hear, of a still July night. There was a drum mer near me who was the best ven triloquist I had ever seen. Tho rest of the company knew of his powere, but I did not, so he concluded to have a little fun out of me. I heard a voice from the third story saying : "Won't you please come to No. 6. I- would like to speak to you. " I went up, but found No. 6 unoccupied, with the hallway leading to it filled with a lot of rubbish, over which stumbled. Calling to the clerk, who was one of the gang below. I inquir ed who was in No. G. He replied that there was no one registered forthat room. -I was puzzled, but never for a moment suspected that I was the vic tim of a practical joke. Returning to the pavement I began to comment upon the strangeness of the thing, when a voice called me again, saying : "I made a mistake in the number. Will you please come to No. 16. I am sorry to trouble you." I immediately ran up the three flights of stairs to No. 16, but met with no better luck than before, for this room was dark and unoccupied. I begun to get a little mad, for I thought some fellow was up there and dodging me. I gave up the search and went back to where thev group of men were seated. "That fellow thinks he's doing something smart," said I. At this the crowd broke forth in a hearty laugh and the* perpetrator of the joke made the most humble apolo gy, saying : "We just wanted to have a little fun at your expense, sir. I am a ventriloquist." His chair was next to mine, and the "sell" was so complete and so sur prised me that I enjoyed it as much as the rest of them. Some time after that this man and I met in a small town in North Carolina. While standing on the street corner, talking, we saw an old darky coming toward us with a fishing pole thrown across his left shoulder, while in his right hand he was carrying a turtle, holding him by the tail. The o!?d fellow's face was wreathed in smiles, for he was-thinking of the "turtle" soup he was going to have that day for dinner. I called my ventriloquist friend's attention to the old negro as he came shambling along. "Ain't he happy," said I. "Vis ions of turtle soup are floating through his mind." "Wait till he gets up close to me and I'll make that turtle speak to him," said my friend. "Can you do that?" "Watch me," said he. Just as the old negro got alongside a voice as from the sky sait; : "Whar you gwine to drap me ?" The old man turned his eyes heav enward and said : "Hi! who dat spoke ?" Just then the voice came again, but this time it was unmistakably from the turtle. Looking down with aston ishment and fear he let go his prir.e, saying as he did so :, "Fse gwine to drap you right'ere." And he did so. I called to him : "Old man, come back.and get your turtle.' ?"?or, suh, he.can stay d'yrr. I doan' want him !" "Oh, come back," said I, "this man is a ventriloquist, and it was he that made the turtle speak." Looking at my friend and moving off slowly in the opposite direction, he said : "I doan' know nothin' 'bout yo whentriloguis, but the devil's in dat turtle, an' I'm done wid him !"'? C;n cinnati Commercial-Tribune. -?o-?--S* A Preacher's Case. In a Georgia city lives a popular divine who is liked by all classes. He is very fond of fishing and hunting, and dots, not object to telling a side splitting 'anecdot' occasionally. Here is one : Once a party went fishing. There was some snake medicine along, and one or more of the party took too much aboard. In the evening a ter rific storm came up. As it was Hear ing the party, one, more pious than the rest, knelt down at the root of a tree and began to pray for protection. About the same time one of those who had tapped the jug too often shouted: "Come ahead, you blasted old cy clone ! Tear us all to pieces ! Blow us to Halifax ! Hurrah for the Unit ed States and Kinchafoonee !" When he closed, the humble suppli cant at the root of the tree raised his horrified face to heaven and cried : "Oh, Lord, don't mind what that confounded crazy fool is saying. He is blind drunk, as you can see for yourself, and he don't belong to the church, noway."?Atlanta Constitu tion. . _.- o m - linci; Jens Arnica Salve. The best salve in the world for Cuts Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and all'Skin Erup tions and positively cures Piles, or no pay required It is guaranteedtogive perfect satisfaction, or money refund ed. Prise 25 cents per box. For sale by Ilill-Orr Drug Co What is our National Sin 1 Through the perspective of history each nation is but a larger man. It has its birth, its childhood, its man hood and old age, its characteristic virtues, and, alas, its predominating vices and favorite sin. On the old nations, whose records vre can view without prejudice or favor, and give judgment with judicial fairness, we have no more difficulty in rendering a verdict than on a prisoner in the dock. And just bo in the future the Uni ted States must appear at the bar. Some Gibbon or Carlyle, with specta cles on his nose, will sit :in judgment on the deeds we are now doing in the flesh, the chronicles of the day will present a brief and the evidence for the prosecution, and Irving and Ban croft and others who have loved us, not so wisely, perhaps as well, will appear for the defense. The finding of that court we cannot forecast as yet, but at least we should decide what is our chief sin, that we may shun'it and reform if possible. And that sin. marking our whole peo ple with a brandas plain as that of Cain, is waste. The South wastes annually enough to pay the interest on our national debt ; the waste of the nation could pay the principle in-two years?waste of food, waste of clothes, waste of energy and brain force. Now, in this category we count noth ing as waste that gives fair return of pleasure or health or rest. ? Money spent for these pays large dividends, and yet this is what most of us call waste. Malthus teaches that the time must come when the earth cannot support its thronging millions, and therefore he calls war a necessity and wholesale death our earthly benefactor. And he is right if we must live as wc do now or if.our present mode of life is necessary to our healthy existence. But here are a few figures to con trovert both the theory and founda tion upon'which it is based: Two thousand one hundred and twenty-five acres near Paris produce all the vege tables necessary for the 2,000,000 in habitants of that city and furnish a surplus for shipment to London. With no appliances more costly than a few frames for seeding, half an acre produces crops that sell for $1,000. B?sides, it is now certain that not even soil is necessary for the perfec tion of plant life. The German, Pro fessor Nobbe, grew in jars of water perfect rice plants, heavily fruited, merely by introducing the chemical food of the pl?nt?principally nitrogen ?into the water. Nearly all these constituents are in the air, are return ed to it and may be used again for ever. ? 1 And yet we are already talking about our/'exhausted fields." What about Egypt and Asia Minor, that have fed millions since the dawn of history ??Jacksonville (Fla.) Citizen. About Paying Debts. V Now that the crop is being harvest ed all creditors are anxiously looking to the collection of their bills, and, one year with another, it is best to sell cotton as soon as it is ready for market. It is always best to pay debts promptly. Let no man sacrifice his credit for the sake of a bale of cotton, or hold back his cotton in hope of speculating on that which ig justly the property or the money of another. The wisest and best financiers in the country know nothing of the future price of cotton. A good name is of great value to any man. > The rich become richer by the use of their credit, and the poor arc saved from great embarrassment by the fact of a good name. A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches. By a good name and by good credit, the man witho::! money is set forward in the affairs of the world. Therefore pay what you owe if it takes the last cent. You can then use your credit again. A man with a good name eau pledge his word at any time and secure the needed help, but the man who labors under a bad name as to debt-paying is in a bad fix. There is a great difference in being prompt and in delaying payment. The man who postpones the pay ment of a debt injures his credit and gains nothing. Two men pay all they owe?one pays promptly, the other de lays?one has good credit, the other has not so good a basis of eredit. No man man can afford to throw away a good 'name for the sake of a bale of cotton. A bale of cotton is trash when compared to that priceless boon?a good name.?Exchange. ? It is a singular fact that red is made from madder, and that bulls are made madder by red. ? The miners in Pennsylvania lost $2,000,000 in wages by their protracted strike. ? "Poor Jones met a painful end .yesterday." "Pear, dear ! What was it?heart disease?" "Oh, no. It was the end of a wasp." ? She?"Woman's mind is cleaner than that of man." He?"Certainly. She changes it oftener." ? A note of the Bank of gland, twisted into a kind of rope, can sus pend as much as 32!) pounds upon one end and not be injured. Telephones for Farmers. Among the greatest evils and bur dens of farm life has never1 been reckoned the solitude which it entails on the women of the household. Many a wife has faded away because of the loneaomeness of her toil far from the associations of those' in whom she has an interest. A new western experiment has opened a way to avoid this und substitute for the isolation of the farm a close connec tion with neighbors that means better enjoyment for all. Situated in central Kansas are a number of farms and ranches owned by relatives and close friends. (!row ing weary of the long drives between residences?for the distances on the prairies are magnificent?the fanners began experimenting with telephones aud have put in working order a neighborhood system that is attract ing wide attention. It starts from a little railroad station, and the wires are attached to the barbed wire of the ranch fences, no insulating process being used, it being carefully arranged so that there shall be no broken wires. Where the wire crosses the road it is lifted on high poles until it will clear eve;a the big loads of prairie hay, then comes down and is stapled to a fence post and connected-with the barbed wire again. The resi dences along the route have plain $6 .truments, which are the principle '.don of the expense. .The line is about sis miles long and connects a half dozen homes. The women can talk with one another as well as if they were in the same' room, and on pleasant mornings when all the instru ments are in use it is quite a social affair. The men who have large stock interests receive semi-daily market quotations from the depot, dictate their orders for buying and selling, and one of them manages, largely by wire, a cheese factory in a neighboring town. Contrary to all expectations, there is no leakage in posts, and the conversation between the most "widely separated points is carried on easily. The success of the line has encouraged the building of others, and it is probable that the barbed wire fences of the plains will soon be generally employed for tele phone lines. The recent experiments with rural delivery of mail ia prairie communi ties have been very successful, and although there are such widely separa ted homes as are not known in the east the carriers found it much appre ciated and were able to serve whole neighborhdods by a single visit. The families of the farmers were greatly delighted by the innovation. The farmer has been the recipient of many labor saving devices, but his family has had far less benefit from the advancement of ine times. The coming of these new achievements promises to make more happiness in the farmer's home and to remove the feeling of isolation which has been so great a barrier to the bringing up of a family far from the centers of popula tion and business. With the tele phone at hand, a buggy in the barn, mail delivered at the door, and a bicy cle perhaps for an occasional spin, there ought to be a way to solve the ever present problem of how to keep the boys and girls on the farm.?Neto York Independent. Maddux's Barking Cat. 1 James M. Maddox, superintendent of the Missouri District Telegraph Company, has a cat. Besides the usual feline complement of nine lives, this cat has a past, and. unless all signs fail, a future which falls to the lot cf few cats. His name is Towser. and. although his mother was a well-bred Tabby, Towser has all the characteristics, habits and frail i ties of a dog. early kittenhood Towser's mother fell a victim to the deadly cat rifle of a small boy, and Mr. M?ddox found a foster mother for the kitten in a kind hearted pet dog, with a young family and troubles of her own. The canine mother took kindly to the little found ling, and Towser, the kitten, grew fat and sassy with a litter of puppy foster brothers and sisters. ? ? When the kitten was weaned l;e showed no tendency to abandon the dog's life which he had learned to lead, and began to exhibit all the ca nine characteristics which he had nursed with his adopted mother's milk. Instead of mewing and catter wauling like a melancholy orphan eat, he began to bark like the other pup pies and growl like they did, and he became the wonder of the friends and visitors at the Maddox home. He was named "Towser," and responds to the whistle of his master like a sure enough dog. Perhaps the oddest trick Towser has learned is that of wagging his tail, which he does not in the serpentine manner of his ances tors, but from side to side, in the vig orous.aud unpromising style of a dog, .Towser expresses fear, too, with his tail, and when thoroughly scared will tuck his long appendage between his I legs, as he has seen his foster breth ren do. and run to cover. During the hot weather Towser suffered consider ably from the heat, and might have been seen sitting about in the .-hade, panting with his tongue out. in the manner supposed to be peculiar to the dog. He has none of the sinis ter traits of his tribe, does not parade along the narrow edge of back fences in the dead of night, and gets from plaoe to place in a dog trot, or a real gallop, instead of in the soft-footed and obsequious manner of other eats. Towser has mastered that mysterious free masonry of dogi which has been the wonder of natural ists for all time, and seems to have but little trouble in forming the ac quaintances of strange dogs which he meets on the street 'corners and about the bases of friendly lamp posts and telegraph poles. Occasionally he has run across an ugly terrier, who, ac cepted no overtures, would attempt to rend Towser on the spot, and it is on ly on such rare occasions i'iatTows er's feline propensities co ne to the surface. AVhen a dog attacks him he will climb a tree or a fence, where he will sit growling and barking at the enemy until he satisfies himself that he is not really a cat, but a dog in all but physical conformation. Towser is very fond of a run through the streets with his master, and from long jaunts over the granit oid pavements and rough streets his once velvet paws have been coven d with callous corns, until his footfall is no longer inaudible, and his toe nails are as rough and strong as those of a dog. Towser has a pronounced antipathy for women, and will rush at them, barking furiously and growling as if ,he would bite them; his bark is worse than his bite, however, for he has never been known to bite anyone and has earned for himself the reputation of being a very docile and intelligent dog or cat. as the case may be.?St, Louis Republic. The Same Result. Ask any old man who has realized his pet object in life if he is satisfied, and he will probably answer ;'no." The man whose dream was to accumu late wealth is worried to death when he gets it. He fears that he will lose it or that his family will squander it. The ambitious politician who finally reaches the high ollice which he has sought all his life is made wretched by his foes and false friends. Every man who wants to be famous, power ful or successful in any way will admit in his old" age that the gane was not worth the candle. What is fame?what is wealth ? Since Adam there have been millions of rich men and great men, but only a few of their names have besn handed down. Their dust now mingles with the common clay of other mortals, and they.are forgotten. The poor toiler who has serenely accepted his lot, loving his God and his fellow man. is. far happier when his race is run than the so-called great ones of earth.? irmiugh a m Age-He ra Id. ? "When does a man impose upon himself ? When he taxes his memory. ? No person in Norway may spend more than six cents at one visit to a public house. ? The unexpected would not hap pen so often if we did not bring it up on ourselves. ' _' THE DANGER to.which trie Expectant Mother is exposed and the foreboding and dread with which she looks for ward to the hour of woman's severest trial is appreciated by but few. All effort should be made to smooth these rugged places in life's pathway for her, ere she presses to her bosom her babe. MdTHFR'S BllM ; W L BiLil y s IlltliU allays Nervousness, and so assists Mature that the change goes for ward in an easy manner, without such violent protese in the way of Nausea, Headache, Etc. Gloomy forebodings yield to cheerful and hopeful anticipations?she pusses through the ordeal quickly and without pain?is left strong and vigorous and enabled tc joyously perform the high and tioly duties now devolved upon her. Safety to life of.both is assured by the use of "Mother's Friend," and the time of recovery shortened. "I know one lady, the mother of three children, who suffered greatly in the birth of each, who obtained a bottle of 'Mother's Friend' of me before her fourth confinement, and was relieved quickly and easily. All agree that their labor was shorter and less painful." John Q. Polhill, Macon, Qa. 91.00 PEE BOTTLE at all Dru?r Stores, or sent by mail on receipt of price. BOOKS Containing invaluable information of rnrr interest to all women, will, be sent to rntt any address upon application, by The BRADFIELD regulator co., Atlant?, Ga. HONEA PATH HIGH SCHOOL HAS closed a most satisfactory year's work to botli patrons nnd teacher?. The outlook for the next Session prom's39 even better result* How to secure ibe best School is the cons'ant study of the teachers Excellent library, ruodo*n ap paratus, live method", ami trained1 eanh inj;. Next S-ns!on npo;is Mim'tiy. Sept. (i n, ls'.i?. l?'iar?l in best families.at very low r.ite:;. For further information write o? J. ('. II V.RPER, I'rii.., Uonca Hatb, s C. July H, I8?7 ? ."m LET'S HAVE SOME FUN ! We propose to give away absolutely for nothing, the following Presents on 15th January, 1898::::::::::: Present No. 1, one barrel Standard Granulated Sugar. Present No. 2, one barrel best Patent Flour. 3 Present No. 3, ten pounds fine Rio Coffee. Present No. 4, ten pound box good Chewing Tobacco. Present No. 5, one pair Men's Fine Shoes.. Present No. 6. one pair Ladies' Fine Shoes Present No. 7, one Fine Decorated Bowl and Pitcher. Present No. 8, one Set Fine Decorated Plates. Present No. 9, one Fine Decorated (covered) Dish. Present No. 10, one Set of Fine Cups and Saucers. The person who guesses, or conies nearest to the number of Bales of Cot ton received and weighed by the Sworn Weighers in Anderson from Sept. 1st, 1897, to Jan. 14th, 18U8 (inclusive), will receive Present No. 1, and the next nearest guess, Present No. 2, and so on through the list. Every one who trades with us will be entitled to a guess for each dollar's worth of cash goods purchased from us between now and .?1st Dec. next ; guesses to be made and dated on day purchase is made : in case of a tic. the guess bearing earliest ?ate to count first, (loesses to be deposited in a locked tin box : Mr. J. K. Vandi vcr, Cashier P. & M. Bank, will hold key until loth Jan.,' when he and Mr. W. T. W. Harrison (cotton weigher), will award the presents to the best guessers. We will not add one cent to the price of our Goods, bufwill sell you Goods as cheap as you can buy elsewhere, and somebody will get the presents that we will give away for absolutely nothing. If you get one, it will be a clear gain to you. If we don't sell you Goods cheap, don't buy them. This is the most liberal offer ever made by a merchant in Anderson, as we propose to give,you value received for every dollar spent with us. Guess early and often ! Anderson, S. C, Sept. 29, 1897. D. P. SLOAN. STOVES.STOVES.STOVES! Michigan Stoves, Capitola Stoves,. Heating Stoves, Times Stoves, Garland Stoves, Large Stoves, Small Stoves, In rant, the BEST and CHEAPEST STOVES are on exhibition and for sale by the ?NEW FI KM of OSBOM & CLINKSCALES, B. 0. EVANS' OLD STAND. They are making quite a reputation now by selling? Crockery ware, Glassware, V/oodenware, &c.} AT SUCH LOW PRUNES. Remember, tbey have the only TINKER in Town with eighteen years ? ? peripnoe,,anT' who can runke anything in bis line Just let him do one job of ROOF IMG and GUTTERING for you and you will have no other. P. 8.?AU Not?e and Accounts due Archer & .Omorn" are now pavable to u*. , OSBORNE & CLINKSCALES. YE BAKEFOOTED NATIVES ! iJCfl ?f/C!^ I Even a* Israel journeyed into Egyp^. and carapod In the -liadow i El M it . ! of h-r _rauariH3, so ye In your desolation muy camp bmeath the shallow <it" nor wing Hoarv \Vint?>r. irr'rn deapot, bas ?orvet notice that Sand?ts. arid paper Shoes cannot stand, hie fri ?id reign ; wh. iher?frrp, willing to shield you, bave leaded our S orehonni with SHOES OF SOLID LEATHER for t.h->e and thy eon?j even uoto tbe fourth generation, that/y a time ?f fituiu? iniy p>y Only a j use recompense for.the comfort of thy bodies. Yea even one dolUr will suffire to clothe thy feet decently and in Order. For thy nmnr man al.-o needelh to bs cWbed. an i ?ve woiilif f?in nlotbe one without detrimenti to tho other. The fame of DE iN'S PAT ENT FLOUR ha-t *pread .heyond our borders, nnd ero the sun hitnt-elf begins to set Dean's Patent begins to rise. Ye who wear PANTS and HATS may buy here for ?1.00, the best throughout the land. BAGGING and 1 IES at famine prices. DEAN & RATLIFFE, , Cotton Buyer-i, Tobacco Dealers and Mouey Savers to tbe Trade. O W 0 $ H er w 0 t> 2 c < ta H w < O a ? g M H H hj 3 O ? ^ DD CO ? o o r, > 1 3 2 r H?" ' S3 fe) % . Q ^ ^ \!;? /\' ?:..? ????.?..?:;-.:?>' Sri i STOVES AND FRUIT JARS B^f X H E CAR E.O A. ? ?. One Quart Fruit Jars 60c. per dozen. ? Two Quart Fruit Jars 80c. per dozen. IAM now running two wngonH selling SToVES and STEEL RANGES I can sell you a Steel Range at about one-halt the pricn thfy huve bw?n sold at before, and the Renge is guaranteed by the manufacturers' hond, rounter :g ed bv me. Ifyt.u, need a Stove drop me a postal card and I will deliver it in your cook-room for cash, or on time for eood Not?1 until Fall. I continue to. bundle the old reliable IRON KING and ELMO STOVES. Nothing much need t-e Haid about them, as they are already po well known for their durability and quirk baking, Ac. Now is the time to b iy; as I bave the Goods on the floor and cannot afford to carrv the*n in stock. I am leader this vear in prices on FRUIT JARS. JELLY GLASSES. ?tc. Soliciting your patronage, _ JOHN T. HIIRRISP. VALUABLE^LAND FOR SALE. THE Valuable Plantation known as "The Precast Plac^," situated four miles west Anderson, containing 877 acres, bus been re f urveyed and suh thv;ded into small Tracts, and we now ( ffer it for sale on easy term* so approved purcha-ers. Purcbnser to pay for papera : TRACT NO. 1-Sold. TRACT NO. 2-Known as the 0>car Banks Tract, contains 125 acres. TR?CT NO. 3?Known as the Mill Tract, contains 102 aero*. TRACT NO. 4?Adjoins Tract No. 1 and lands of Est. of Rev. Thos. F. (iadsdtn E W. Tay lor an 1 others, and contains 151 acre*. TRACT NO. 5-Sold. T' -" NO. fi-S?ldi ;T NO 7?Sold . XT NO. 8?Sold , , , . , ? Each Tract contain.i a sulBcient amount of wood and bottom land, and all are well watered. , .? - ' _ ... Plats may be scon bv appljing to Mr. J. ?). Richardson ar the Plantation or at tbe Farm?ra' -and Merchant*' Bank._T? SLOAN &'VA?TDIVER.