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X9t NWS AND i'ERICSO WINXSBORO, S. C, THURSDA. 1)eo, ber23, D e ' MOSo, . M.4AN D.1 1 , oITon. dt#. S. XENOLiD). AssociAg. EmTog9 Bratton Comptroller. A telegrain froi Columbia announ ces that Gen. Jno. Brattonl was, on Wednesday evening, elected Comnp troller General on tho (Irst ballot-the vote standhig as follows; Brutton 87, Gray 60, seattering 2. This election will give universal satisfaction. Facts About Life Insurance. The subject of lire insurance has been an interesting one for many years. It has been more or less popl lar at different times, as the necessities of the people seemed to demand sonic such provision for the fmnilies of imein who dio without leaving them the means of sibsistence. Since the war life insuratice has attracted universal attention in the South. Most men had lost their fortunes, and eagerly sought a chanco to secure their wives and children from want li the future. This opportunity seemed to be presented by the many life insurance companies whose agents fllied the country. PolI cies almost numberless were issued, and thousands of dollars went into the coffers of the companies and the pock *e of the agents. That most, If not all, of this money has been wasted, is but too well known. Most of the companies have gone into bankruptcy, and those that survive have mnaiaged, in one way or another, to take the policy-holder's money-and his policy tool The whole thing has resulted very disastrously. A writer in a recent number of Iar per's Monthly Magazin very ably discusses this subject., and shows soine facts that will startle all but those who have themselves been victimized. Since 1861 thirty-six insurance compa nies have started in New York State alone. In March of this year only four of them remained. This of itself will serve to show the loss entailed upon policy-holders. Of the sums paid by the insured, soine idea may be formed when it is stated that in 1878 the thirtv-four New York com panics had anl incoic of eighty, mii lions of dollars. The question naturiAl ly arises, How have the companies como into possession of this immense sum of money ? Their methods have been at once peculiar and varied. The writer in larper gives these: First-They make a large profit on receiving interest at a higher, and pay ing it (when they pay it) at a lower rate. They calculate the interest which they promise to pay at four per cent.; they receive six or seven per cent. Second-NI comnputing the risks of their business the comnpanics use ''a ta ble0 which gives a death rate, on tihe compu~ited the chainces below the aver nge, they then pick out the lives that are abnvo the average, anid most of the companies refuse to insure any othier. A manil canl not go in tronm thle street andi claim lif9 insurance at the average mortuary rates ; lie will not be accept ed unless he can satifsy the mnedical examiners that his health and( strength are better t han tihe aveirage. This so lection of~ risks is aniothier source of great profit. One New York compa ny reported its gain from this source, for eleven months of tile year 1800, as $649,000. TJ.hird-Every premiunm 0on a life policy is com >osed of three distinct elements. First, thie noc. premiu~m, calculated mnore or less equlitably I rom the mortalit y t ables. That. is intended cd to insure the risk of death within the average of lifetime. Second, the reere or self-inisurincc ; it is the year~ly payimnt which will amounit, at four per cent., to the face of the policy at the time of the average life time. This is the p~olicy-h~older's own money lput out at interest for~ him. T'hird, the loading; that Is guessed at by the companies; it is the charge for .expenses. Tihese three items make up the gross, ofilce or load premiimn; and aill three are le ritimaiite items. ]But how g remat is t ie third charge, the "loading" for expenlses? hIstead of iompunting( it, as they should, upon the not premium, they imake a char~ge amountinig to one-ti rd of the gross or office premium--say t hi rty-th roe per cent. of tihe many millionis per annmum which they~ receive directly from the p)ublic. This9 would seeml, inideed, eiiongh to conduct the expenses of the bunsiness. An explert estimate gives eighteen per~ cent, as suflicient, eveni unmder the present lavish system, to pay all legitimate expenses os manage 3ncnt. Another source of1 prioflt has been the buying up of policies. A witness in a recent invesigation of the aifl'iiirs ,of the "Continental Life" of New York describes the method as followvs: "They sent agents out aill through tihe West; th~ey wvould call upon01 a poor, ii 15uspecting po1ley-holder, and by telling him the comnpany was Iisol vent, induce him to give uip the policy for a small amount, nd theni pocket the re serve." In other words, itf the reserve was $600, they wvould buy up the ploli cy for a small amount, say $40, and poaket the difference. A fifth source of p~rofit is in the conitscation. upon01 various pretexts, of the vast majority of~ the poicles. In 1871, Imipso and~ surrender swallowed uip inmety-three per cent. of the nuim b)01 of policies that wvoro terminated ini the New York busiess. In 1876 one company confiscated1 about 2,500 poli cies-nearly the same nugibor that It issued during the year; 1,254i of themi were absol utely forfeited, thie holders getting nothing for them, in another company, durinig (lhe same year, about two thiousanud piciies wer~e termi nated -only abont three hundred of those by death, Of the balance, only about one hundred and fifty wecre reinistated, thie rest, over twvo thousand In unm bohr, being absolu toly forfeited. Sthi amother comnpaniy, in the stm ?hear., Ji8R~d~WQ )Ohcl, and 'conoseated (alwayslogally) no loss than 7,500. D4uing 1879 the bamo company re. ports 8,815 of its policies as terminat ed-;,the company is thirty-sevetn years ole, an4et only 1,156 of these poll cle wore terminated by death! Dur 1ng the year 1878 the number of poll. cles terminated In the Now York busi mess was 87,222. Of these * only 11,. 347 terminated by death and oxpirv while 57.896 were terminated by lapse and surrender, representing the failliro of $161,000,000 of'isuranco. Tho pre miulms paid upon these policies, and the profits accruing thereon, remain for the most part as profits to the coin panies. Froin these statcmtents, it is easy to understand what vast sums of money liavO gone 1lo the coman0llics' coflors, with no beielit whatever to those who havo paid it. It is of couirso Interesting to inquire where all this money has gone-it be ing very plabal that little of it has ever reached the pockets of the policy-hold ers. The tracts issued by the compa nIes promise the payment of large sum111s to the insired. There is in(leed more spent flor printing these little books than is paid to policy-holders one concern alone paying, in 1876, tile snug little sum of' $62,000 for "print Ing and stationery." But let us look at some of the dlevures. The New York companies reported $80,000,000 inl come for 1878 and $72 ,000.000 expen diture. A considerable part of tills sim was doubtless paid to widows and orphlans; how much tile report does not make clear. It is estimated that of $100,000,000 paid annually premiuims to all Almerican co upanies about one-folur'th is 111111 ly returned to the beneficiaries. In the New York business of 1878, ats reported by tie companies themselves, $3,000,000 were paid to ntents; $3,000,000 more went for salaries, Illedical fees, "and other charges of ellploy6s;" an1d a Imp stilm) of $5,000,000 is reported, without anly explanatioll, unl1der the heading, "All Other Expenditures." This makes $11,000,000 per annum for run nilg tile business in New York State. Several difl'rent channels of expen diture combine to absorb theso im mense su1ms. First, we have tihe fees of agents, teclically termed the "cost of getting the business." 1)During the years 1876, 1877 and 1879 a single New York Cotllpanly paid to ageits neal1'y two millions of dollars. Inl five years, 1867-71, tie authorized companies of New York State paid to agnts forty millions of dollars-.w h1ile only Sovei ty-firo mllions were pnid for losses in tile sam(e period. A second item of expense is tile "cost of con( ct ing the business"-made up of salaries and(] bonuses. Ii 1879 ten New York companies paid for salaries and "other Comlpelsltioll" to ellploy6s in their 10110 ofiecs y0111%, $958,000; this does not include medical fees. And ai single preCsident aIdmiitted, at. thle State cxainiation of' 1877, t hat 11e futnds ofi ltis compantliy during eightLeen year's, ill salries anid "extr'a compenOI sationl." A third Item in1 tils "expenlse ace count" may be al~'ppopiately tore'11d Miscellaneous Extr'av'aganice. Under tile conIvenient head( of ''All other ex p~enditure's," the New Yor'k compa'-1 nies, ill 1877, r'epor'ted anl item of' $6, 500,000-leaving the public to guess how they sptent the mlone~y. Seome of it went f'or thle erect loll of' buildings, bult a1 Lood (deal wenit. inl ways dlecided ly less legitimate. For examplle, a vilce-pr'esidenit of a leading New York companylI testilled( in 1877 that 11he cost of "'iIuniconIs" given to 117 oflicer's and~ clerks in tile New York office was about $ti,000 per' yeari; and( lie "'colid not. say"' that tihe cost otf lnch cons8 and wine0 dlinniers (tile wine (din ner1s w~ere stopped in 1876) did not ex ceed $10,000 p~er'yeari. Anlothler SOurIce of loss is iln bad ill vestments and1 speelatlionls. Thesoe of co1urse are too variied ft be enulmer'ated1. It is enough to know- that thley have swallowed uip immlnense sums11 of mon01ey and1( collapsed large lnmber's of ~om .duch) areO some1 of the features of life insur11ance, as8 coniduicted inl tile Uniited States for thme past fiftecni yeaIr. It is no wonmder that tihe ting itself hasi be COmel unlpopuilr, and1( thant 1peop l ar lookinig about f'or some1 systems at once cheaper timd mor'e tiust w Orthv. Theise are beginning to be found ill tile diff'ret aissocatin no1811w operatinlg. 'The sin1gle(danger' to the~se is that ill tile desir'to "'spreald out," thley may1~ split Oil the sameI r'ock ,that hmas rulinecd so1111) many compa1los amid so Ila~ny in1110 cenlt peolie. THEI A COMP!I'2joL LEli it ES10N8h'. The Governor's Mes8an Experalig hi I Bogre't-Cnlonel1 ColI'g Lotter, to thi. Leg tl1atureo I~plIninlg his 3I'asonas f'o' the Step1. Cowari miA, December 20.-Thle G ov ernlor tO-daly senlt to thme flouse tihe following melssauge and1( aiccompan~iwrg leitteri:'" ICoLImuma, S. 0., Dcemflber 20, 1880. Grentlemen of the G/ener'al .itsse'mly: I b~eg leave r'~esetfully to inform'I youri honioi'able bmody thalt .James C. Coit, Esq., compioll ier-general, ha~s tIs day tondered to me) tile resignatloll of his (lfice, and1( that I have accepted tile same11. Theil reOasons induucig this step on1 the pairt of' thme distilgnlihed 11ublic1 oflicer' alludedl to aire set f'orh imIm his Iotter' of' resignation, w hichi- is hler'c I have to express my regret thlat tile State is depil'ved ot' his vatluable~ ser-. ylc. JouxsoN 11 A(oon, G Overnor01. OFFvicE CoanlTIOI.,ERi UENER A L., CoTmnna, S. C., Deceumber 20, 1880. To Ilis Exelency Johnsonz Hagood, Gover~nor: Sint-I beg leave horewith to ltnder' to you niy r'igntion lolOf the ofieo of com ptroller-gelnoral of the State of Soitth Carofina.'% In resIgniitiig the office to which I have len elected, and into which I have boen so recently Installed, I fol It but due to myself, as well as to the people who placed me there, to stato the reas6ne.which moved me1 ,to io so. While not persohally favoring the inomination of a gencral ticket in June, it was myV foritune to be placed upon the State tiket by the unanfbious voice of the Democratic convention wichu mot ait that time. Within onte sort motith thereafte, while ncigagdd in an eu4inest endoavo' to discharge faithfully the dutio Wh1eh had previously been im posed upon Inie, and fecling as I thoug At a just pride inl having dtione Fo with ho11or to mv seli I was stddenly stricken down liy man unfforesce misifortino. I have never felt that I could blame myself for ally carelessn[ess inl the hanagement, of my13' office as speoial comuilsioner, yet the fact that a loss :did occur in that oilco wits a source of deep molltificationi and distress to 310. The mortiflcation and distress was increased by the manner lin which the inifor'mation of the larceli wias coll yeyed to tie. I rejoice an(d shall ever be thank'ul that tie discovery was ia(le in time for the facts to be ascer iilled, and that 110 imputation Call rest upon) my character. I cannot but ro gret, however, that it had not becit oollr, and inl a difforent iniler, brought to may attention. The extent of thle loss to the State belng unknovn, and supposed to be large, nitturalv Created nll alarin ill the liblic minid. it wsi impossible to place tle public Inl possession of' the Valcts in anticipation of a trial ill tile courts. Under these circumstances, It was thought by some that my nitmo would be a loa(d upon the Democratic party in the heated canvass that was then anticipated in the State. flad the executive comilittee pos 1 sessed the power to fill my place with out the call of a coivention, and could I. have honorably Wviidrawn iy name, I would unhitiatingly have don1e so. The call of a convention, ill My Opillion), would have tended to tile dis orIgalizatioln of the party in the State, and the best initerests of the people would have been placed ill jeopardy. Ill this ele rgell,y, while expressiwg to the executive committee my inlabil ity to make good tile loss to the State,j I assumcd ithe loss and agreed to de vote the labors of' my life, if' iecessa ry, to its liquidation rather than haz iII tile welfare of the people. I will not deny that I had great hope, when tile facts were made klown by ann linvestcigat-ion into the matter, that a generous people would lot permit a public servant to be finai :ally ruined atter it wias ascertained tiho. le wias not to blame. MIy expectatlioll has not been disap pointed. The generous action of tile (ieneral Assembly ilts this day placed it within mly power to honorably re sign my position and remit to the :eprlselitatives of the people their r ght. to select ano.her to fill the oflice I hereby vacate. I leg that Whis comimfln3 ication mnaiy be transmitted to the General Assem bly, that the people may ktiow whit I did, penldinlg the election, was for 11o lIUrpose of securilng to lnyself' a posi non of' holnor aid trust. I desire it further that, I may express to the mom ers of the Getniral Assembly my mil cere thanks for ther kind action o this day. aud to assurie thlat I shall n. ithi pr'ide ever hold( iln r'leembrance p~ersonlally exibited by those who op posed as well as by those who fav~ored hle aiction of the Asseml~y. I bog' t~o nssurne yolu thlat I have nlet hastily aiopted tis course. It has been m'ly (lesire for' a lon~g 1time to lay dlown' myl trust on t ho first oppiortunity thatt I coul~d htonlorafbly do so. JAME-S C. Corr, Comptroller Genieral. GENE)LAL GOSSIP. --Fr'iday the poet. Whittier wa'is 73 years old. - Lord Reacon field's "EnldvliOn" paid him about fifty cents a wvord. -John Brown's soul is inideed "'marchling onl." It finds the paveentt rathci hot. -Senator Blaine is about to intro ducle A bill reldinlg post age on lettere8 froma three to two cenits. -A Detroit hlarber says that the 31umb1 er of baldheaded yotinlg mlen has gr'eatly increased in thie lost few years. canis firmly believe that Ihe Southern Santa Claus will be dlark-skiinned1 and wear wool. --A St. Louis papor says that r'ail waty tralinis mieetinig Onl the samel track 11o lonlger telescope. No, but they collideoscope. --English spar'rows wore Imphlorted to destrtov wormIfs. an~d no0w thlere is a gener'al desire to have somfetingl Im 1)orted that will des5tro(y the sparro'w8. --Secretary Tihompson, 0our "MonI arch of' (110 8eas," says tihe Cinicinnati Enquirer', qunits the gov4ernrent of tihe ragm'g1( occant3 to runi a1 canal11. Oh, wvhat a fall! _-On one of the postail ears ina' 'Washingon a let ter was founid direct ('d to "Hand311 Over Curt Ilonse.' lI, was sent to llanover' Cour1t 1 lotIse. _ -Senautoirs Vest, Slater'. Vance, Jonast and1( Walker distiniguishued them'ul selv'es by. remlainhing in t heir seats, anid r'efushig to be introduced to General Gr'ant. -Thei fight of' thie Amlericoan UionT agam lst (lie Wesiernl Union0 seemis to be il 0,me-sided altir. 'ThIe Anmeric'ai Uion~ is' a comipar'atively small aff'air' but it is harld to swallow. --Judge Key, ex-plost master general wvithi his wife and1( daug'hter's, arrivotd atlavana last w'.eek from Cedar .y.Tey expect to remallini three 0o' tour' days. --''Give us all honest dollar I" shouts an or'ganm or (lie goldl-bulgs. i f the e)dltor of' this or'gan r'eal'ly wtants an hon~est dollar', lie should go to work amid earni it-Ohio haos telegrmaphed to Pr'esident -Iny~es: '"Please do nlot applhoinlt aniy minore oilceers tfrom this Slate Just at, presenit. We w.oul d hike to get a gino r'um in the Legislatui'e." I-['he latest 1new ting ill Lonidoni is tahot iotat of bronze oir metal to keepthehand wa i.One kniob uin crwad fillingi wih hot water you call la~ce it, in a muilfI. -EtInma Abbott tells a St. Louis r'e por'tr thatt the stage kiss is a "cold, (111m, pale phantom-unsatisfactory3. eluisivo anld etylt3." Miss Abbott should get a now tenor at on1ce. --Gen. Matlt Ransom's class at the Ijmversity has fi'rnshed thi'ee United States Senators-hhnilself, Johnl Pool anid Judge Manning, of LouIsiana-all natlives of' Nor'th Cairolina. The late Gen. J. Johnston Pettirvw, an oxtra ordinary man, was of t te same class. -The consus bulletin shows~Iiji there are , 085: more males : thhn 'e males it 00,. Tdfritory' of Utah--an tmUoXpecte.Jahwling-for a polygamous ~community. --Sara Bernhardt was asked by a Boston lad why shewas so long 'and thin, and she said that.she began to study Eliglish on one of %ecretary Evarts' Sentences and ieaut to grow up with;tbe country. -"No marI ,'" said -the shoe dealor; "It would like to give you a smaller pair, but to sell you anything below eights would rrender me liablo under the statute for prevention of cruelly to aimals." -The Washingtod Gazette says the WJ'orld of that city claims that it was the first paper to nominate Mr. Grant for capt-ain-general. Well might we exclain, "Lord I how this world is given to lying W" -The Cotton Exchange has been notified by the Western Union Tole graph Compa(y that rates on messages have been reduced to the following named >laces: New York, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Iilold, Chicopee, Mass., and Boston. -A wom'an accidentally vent to church with two bonnets on her head -one Mtuck itisido the other-and the other Women in the -congregation al most died of envy. They thoughit It was a new kind of bonnet, and two sweet for anything. -The English riflemen are chal lenging lie A mericans to a contest; and vet one would naturally suppose they had their hands full at home just now with the numerous Irish rifle teams that are so rapidly forming. -An Englishmnim iamed Woolriuh, whIlio has lived alone in flolton for severl years, was frozen stifl in his house the other day, having been dead several days. A dog which was guard ing him had to be shot befolre the lionse could be entered. -Shakespeare fixed the age of Juliet at fourteen, but. on the stage the maturity of actresses capable of play ing the part makes an alteration of the text necessary. San Francisco, how ever, is to have a fourteeni-year-old Juliet in the person of Ida Aubrey, a prodigy. -The worst writing that goes through the hands of postal car clerks In Vli ,ijia and Maryland is said to come rom Portland, Me., and Pitts burg, Pa. Baltimore sends the best specimens of' penmanship. NewYork handwriting is generally fair, but on Saturdays it is horiible. -MIne. Chrissine Nilsson says that it amuses her to hear people in France speak of the dreadful habit that Amer canls have of conveviln their food to their miouthus l with their knives. . She says that she has been at the table, be tween a Gcrman prince and a diplomat who went through the same sleight-of hand. -Burdette says: "A correspondent writes that he would like to become an editor. You would, hey? Well, after you become an editor and write: 'I kissed her under the silent stars,' and the compositor sets it up: 'I kicked her under the cellar stairs,' von will just ache to grow bow-legged follow img a pair of oxen alonga crooked fur rowv across a forty-acre lot." A STOnY FaRox UNCLE RE3Ws. "Ilit wux sorter dis wily, boss: 'I was ?,tgs im, ciurin w empy w'ich I ain't seed-cr~ bet'o' now gwme oni seven ye (ar, an watchui' do folks tromp~in' by, w'en olie er doze yer slick lookin' ni,:gers wid a bee-gum' hat an' a brass watch ez big ez de head of a beer barrel comec 'long an' bresh up ag'in me, so. Dero wnuz too on umn, an' decy went 'long gigglin' an' laflia like a nes' full er yaller-hainmers. iimneby (dey come along ag'in an' de Smart Ellick bresh up by mec one mo'. Decn I say to muyso'f: 'I linv I fetch von itf you gimme atlinuder invite.' An sho' 'nuffi yer he come agin' an' dis time he hit me wid a piece of watermnillion riine under imy left year." " What did you (10?" "Mo? I'm 'imnighty .long sufyerin' ma-uger, but he hadn't nomno'n totch nme, fo' I flung dlese yer bones in his fauce." Ihere Uncle Reipus held up his danm aged1 hand tri umphan tly. "I sotter sprainied my hand, boss, but (log my cats if I don't b'lceve I spotted do nig.. o'er's eyeballs on de groun', and( w 'eni ihe riz, 'his countinance look0 fresh like beef haslett. 1 look mlighty spendlin' an' puny now, doin't I, boss?" inquir ed thme old man with gr'eat apparent earnmestnoss. "'Rather." "Wll you des onght er see me git my A flikin up. D)ev uiseter call me a bad iiigger long 'fo'' de wvar, an' hit looks like ter mec dat I glis wuss an' wuss. Brner John ilenrmy says dat I ought to subdue ray rashifulness' anl' I doii't spunte it, but in'n a Mobile nigger loose in dis town, foteoer July or no0 fote er July, an' me er' him one is got ter Janx' in jail. liit's pr1oned inter ine." TO PROPERTY-OWNERS. 'NO'PICE is hereby given to owvners of ..N Real Estate with in the corporate limits of the towvn of Winnsboro that thme ravemnents in front of such property must be put, in good condition within thity aysfrom this date. If not at tenidedc to wvithin that time, the Trown Council will proceedl to f1x the same, and the cost thereof will be added to the p~iroprtyowners' taxes for the next mnuni. ompal year. iBy urder of Council. dc4 E. S. CHANDLER, Clerk. E. R, STOKES. BLANK BOOK MANUFACTURER| -AND GENERAL BOOKBINDER, TI AS moved opposite the city Hall, JR.where he Is fiully prcpared, with first-class workmen, to do all kinds of . work in hia line. BLANK BOOKKS RULED to any pattern and bound in any style desired. My facilities and long acquaintance with, the Imuiness enable mne to guarantes satisfaction on orders for Blan Books, Railroad Books, and Booka for the use of *Clerks of Court, Shoriffh. Probate Judges, Masters in Equity, and othter counmt 'ofI cials. Pamuph et, Magazines, ra unio, Newspapers and Periodicals and all kind of publications bound oni the Maost ro sonablo terms and in the beat manner, orders promptly attended to. M'amnstreet, opposite nowi City Hll, 0 ethumnbia, S. C. BLUESTONEi, B3LUESTONE, BLUJESTO E For sale at the Drug Store, b4 nov 18 W., E. A 'EN SPEC L 4V 4CES, BRWAiXs.br e tn.-0-Onetbtind dollars in id will to pWd for every grain of mercury Orrlluiera substance foutid in May Ap 10Tver His. 0'0es cents-for large-Doses. by .Druggists In this county. PEArarA. 4A., March ,, 1Q78. Mrt. L. thenfeld.-Deai' Sir-I take pleasure in Mtattng that I have used your Medicated Stook Fend both on horses and cattle, anti with great success, 08pecially on a very poor cow, which I bought a auetion. She gives tiow over two gallons of ilik. with a good pro '.t of in creasing. Notwithstand lug the pr dice I en tertained for other poirs that I had tried, and which proved wortuless, I do not hesitate to endorse yottr invention as bein all you claim for it. P. T.SH E1 NAN* Gentlemen-We have given Shoenfe d's Stock Fcok to your horses, ano find that it Is all you can claim for it. Yours truly, CIiAPM'AN & DAVIS, Propr's Livery and Sale Stables, 4d 't., Macon, Ga. Sold by the Druggista of this county. CotMUiiDs, GA., Nov. 20, 181T. DR. J. C. MOPIT--Dear 8ir-Sinco learn g its value, I always keep your Teethina (roething iowders) In my house, and consider It, an in dapensable medicine for smallchildren. I have known it to remove wvor-mis wchen, all other remedies hadfalled. M. M1. i0011E. Clerk City Council. Cormtus. GA., Feb. 0, 1878. DR. C. J. hMOFFlTT--mar Doctor-We can eommend your Teethina (Teet hing Powders) as the most satisfactory prescription we ever used for the loose b:awels or ortiptions of our cil Iron. They have saved us many dollars in doctors' billS. Yours truly, 13. T H A ToH ER, Of firm of McGeheo & Hatcher, Warehouse atnd Cqninsssion I erchants. B3UCIIU HAS LONG been used by the Ilottentots In a variety of dis. eases. From these rude pract.itioners Cho rem edy was borrowed by Che resident English and Duten physicians, by whose recommnodation it was employed In Europe, and las since come Into general use. Combined with Juniper and )ther desirable lgredients. as in the prepara Lion of Itankin's Coipound Fluid Extract of Bichu and Juniper, it proves a most relIable remrtedy for Nonretenlioni or Incont.ineceo of Uine, Irritation, Infiannation or Ulceration Af the Bladder and Kidneys. Stone in the mlad )or, Gravel or Blick Dust Doposit. Y ilky DIs. 'harges and all diseases of Bladder and Kid. ra,'ys and Dropsical Swelling in man, woman or L'lld. Prepared only by Ilunt, Rankin & Limar Druggists, Atlanta, Ga., and for sate by aft Dcliggists4. Messrs. Latnar, Rankin & Lamar; Gentlemen: Aly wife had been troubled for several months with Bronchitis, and during that time tiled aearly cvery thing imaginable without the lightest benefit. A friend of hers to whom I nientioned it told me to get a bottle of Brewer's 1Gung lestorer which I died, and les than one ittle cured her entirely. I will recominend it to all whaao are similarly affected. Yours very truly NkATIIAN C. MUNROE, MACON, GA., March 1, 1880. Messrs. Lamar, Rankin & I.auaar, Dear Sirs [lhad frequent hemorrhage beforo using -,our 'onsumptivo Cure, and had been treated by Dr. Crowell Johnson and other skilled physt ,lnnas without being relieved, and after using .hree bottles of your Brewer's Lung Restorer, lhe hemorrhage was stopped, and I heavo never tad one since. I am now In better hea Ith than )efore, and feel it my duty to state to the pub to the effects of your wonderful Consuimptivo iure on in. Yours truly, 'Ars. E* G. AVANT. TAYLon COUNTY. This is to certify that I have hild Asthma or thirty-fivo years and used a great many lifleront kinds of medlicines. Was treated by )r. Iloltonfive years without flinng relief. I hen used your Brewer's Lung Restorer and ound in It a permanent cure. Very truly yours Z. J' PARKS. Sold by all Druggists In this county. PHtny, IloUcsvoN COUNTY, GA., Jan. 28, 1*s1. In the 1873 there were two negro prisoners onlined In the jail of this 'county, whb Were ery badly litflcted with thAi, loathsome dis ase SYphills. Ilily oflaial-ea acity as ordi iary, I em loyed Capt. C. T. frI'ft, then a res! lent of this place, to cure them, under a con raet., "no cure, no Jay." ie. administeredt to hem his celebrated Syphlittle Spolite, and in few w3eeks I felt buid, undr my contract, to uay him out of te -cotnty treasury, asm he hiad iffectert a complete and rg~icat cure. n testinony I hereunto. set nmy onlleIal sIgna We take pleasure in saying that the 8. 8. 8. gIving good satisfaction. wye have had ex ;Clnent results from a humber of eases. One rentlemnan woo hadl been conlliaed to ils bud 1x weeks ithI Syphult ic IRheumratisan has been turedl entirely, tind speaks in t he haighest praise )f It. It, also acts as wvell in primairy as in secs mdary and tertiary cases. Cn T LES & BERRY. ['HE SWIJFT SPECIFIC COMPANY, Proprie orH, Atlanta, Ga. Sold by all Druggiats, Call for a copy of ' Young Men's Friend." THE REASON WHY QO0 many farmeras fil is not so much t) on account oft the, political situa GIon, but because thevi don't bnyj Groe 2eries f'rom~ the un'dersigned. As a guide, I give an abbreViatedt catalogue Flour-all grades-prices ranaging fromn $3.50 to $10 per barrel; New Butckwhieat Flotnr, just received; Su gars, Coffees, (Roasted and ir-e) Bacon, JUnms, (canvassed and unlcanl vassed), Lard, (in tierces, bucakets and calna), Cream Cheese, Macaronii, Bolt od Meal, Pearl Grits, Molasses and Syrups of all grades. . Also a lot of now crop New Orleans to arr~ive ini a few days. Red( May Whg at, (a fine selection), Rye, Barley anji Red Rust-Proof Oats. The "Farli er's Friend PloW," a wvant long fe~ t by tile indust arions til lers of' the s ii; will not choke In the0 foulest land, Jig ht and easy to handle, yet dmreble. Also Plow Hoes, Axes, [Trace Chains1, Nails, Horse and Mule Shoes. BROOTS AND MIKOES. All of iy Goods wvill bear inspection, which I invite. ' Co D. R. FLEN-NIKEN. FR H GROCERIES! 3 OARS, 'ewiiterl. Coffees, RIio, kJguPa'ra and1( Old Gov. Java. Rlj and Old Gov. Java Roasted. Tr1 Black, Imperial, Gunpo.wder~ i d ''oung Hlyson. CANNED) GOODS. Pear's, Peaches, P1 ineapples. To natoes, Salmon, Corned Beef, Deviled lami and1( Turkey, SairdinesQ, &c. Macaronl anmd Cheese, GInger Pre er~ves, P~in head Omit Menl,~ Cooper ielatilne, Mustard, BlJack Peppel' and1 fultmegs. Jialdiwin Catsup, Cross & Black vell's Chow Chow, Empire Chow haoW, Assorted Pickles, Lea & Per ln's Worcestershire Siuece. 3. F. McMtASTEB & 010. sept 14 80OMETHNGN FOR CHRISTMAS! A TMORE'S Mince Meat-tlio bost that is inade-lRaisins, (Jitron, Spices, ground and whole, a1 d warranted puro. Fresh Canned Goods, Fresh. Crackers, Maccaroni, Cht se, Pickles and Sauces. We are closing out a I . of very fine Mess Mackerel at coat. THIS IS NO BAIT Try tie and e convinced. Cboice New Orleans rup, Molasses of various grades, Buclkwheat and Grabam Flour-fresh., ull lines of Coffee, Sngar and Teti We are Hleadquarters for these roods The best Poasted Coffee, 'at Twenty-five Cents per pound. As to see it. BOOTS ND' SREOES--LARIGE STOCK. Our stock of Dry oods, dlothing, Hats, Notions and Furnishing Goode must be reduced. rgains will be offered to all who may favor us with a call. REMEMB THE OLD RELI41LE HOUSE OF dco 21 ,. E S- N11TA CLAUS -HAS COME TO THE AU USTA STORE. GRAND TIDINGS FOR THE LITTLE FOLKS-CLOSING OUT SALE OF TOYS, VASES, DOLLS, AND HUNDREDS OF AR, TICLES TOO NUMEROUS TO MENTION, WHICH DEFY COMPETITION IN 1UCES. - :0: THE great slaiglhter in prices, which I have made in the last lew weeks in the various departments, vill be continued buit with greater re. ductions in prices. DRESS GOODS I DRESS GOODS I I' DRESS GOODS I1 10,000 yards of Dress Goods to be closed ont at cost-consisting of Nun Cloth, Caslimres, Mohairs, Alpacas. Cretonnes, Damasses, &c. These Goods are new and direct from manufacturers; not damaged or shelf worn; and at prices lower than over. BLANKETS, CA1PETING AND 1&UGS. Kentucky Jeans, Bo Ticking, Brown Shirting and Sheeting are my leaders for this week, and every person wishing any of these goods should give me a call, .. .-toun -tOs rtrfl 11 OLOTHIING 11i To re.duce stock, I am offering special bargains in this department; not baits, as some of my competitors term it, but special bargains, less than they can purchaso -lbe same goods anywhere. These goods are for my customers ard not niy rivals. 100 Gross Fine Buttons, to arrive, at Five Cents per dozenb 100 Dozen Handkerchiefs, at Fifty Cents per dozen, 4.000 Yards of Good Calico, at Five Cents per yard. 5,000 Yards of Rescie Plaids, to my customers, at Nine Cents per yard, 1,000 Yards Good Ticking, at Nine Cents per yard. Bed Ticking, good as A. C. A., at. 17* Cents per yard. 100 Dozen otton, at Fifteen Cents per dozen. Good Ball Thread, at 1j Cents each. 25 Dosen Shirts, made specially for ip, -at Tventy-five Cents, One Chest of Tea, at P0orty Cents per pound. One-Chest of Tea, at Fifty Cents per pound. One Chest of Tea, at Sixty Cents per pound. -Good Coffee, at 14*, 16 and 18 Cents per pound. Roasted Cofoo, in pound packages, at Twenty Cente per p6tnd. The banner that characterizes my establishient still floats gloriously, Politeness and courtesy to all, whether buyers or visitors J. L. MIMNAUGILJ dee 18 17H iE LEADiE R OF 10 V PRIOE S3 X0,OOO FOR TLE GOOD, THER T UR, AND THE IR BEAUTIFUL I WILL BE DISTRIBUTED BY DESPORTES & EDMUNDS, (UNDER WRIGHT'S HOTtL,) TN Merchandise, during FAIR EEK, at most aftractive prices. Sco our W)ress ..Goods in all the latest ,tyl,.,Tr,'11i1,1ig Silks4 and Slatins, lJicry, haItndkeroliefs and Notions in newest novelties. Gnts and Youths, Hats i r large stekera f, Gents' and Children's floots and Shoes, Ladies' C s, hew an lstl c, at New York prices; BlanIkets, Carpets, Comfortables and Lap foios, at the New Store of nov 6 DES,ORTS &1EDM UNDS, Under Wright's lotel, Columbia, 8. 0, The Best 'Ever Produlced! THE DAVIS VERTICAL FEED SEWING. MACHINE CHALLE NGES T1E 7OU.nLD TO 1,RODUrCE I.T EQUAL! $1,000 REWARD. iT One thmousanmd dollars reward( offer ed to any pesnta vl 1 sgot a range of work, and( (10 it as wvell,-on all' othie achers at canlb don grem the "DAVIS VERtTICA L .FEEl) SEW iNG( Al Ia e,,a As'canb omnes for ho contest will be made(1 wvIth any one desiring to comnl eo forrim almvensmor reward, within a reasonable thne after wvritten aplication Is received. DAVIS SJtWING MACINE CO., cenother large lot of thme above Macineus an~d tihe Improved Weed Just req c-vd.J 0. 130AU% Agent, marzru- -=- sa a hie and Colored Piques, Dre a Goods in v'ariety, Illusion, Silks, Satins, B~elts, Linen and Lace Collars, Fiel~ Ts any, Lacovy Bonnt, ggoorif mnt You an get alyp ant a easablo as s e goda be bg ht ny w bere . O0. D O0A G .