Orangeburg times. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, July 03, 1872, Image 4
POETRY.
Speak Softly.
BY MBS. M. A. KIDBKR.
Speak softly to the bruised heart!
It Bhall not ho in vain,
But as tlio sunlight, fair and bright,
That follows after rain I
Speak softly to the aged ones,
ltopeat tho kind \v0r?1<? o'er;
Soon they will enter into bliss
Through heaven's Binning door.
S,ioak softly to the little child,
So trusting in its love,
For harsh, cold words will never lead
The tender soul above 1
Speak softly to tho obstinate,
The man with stubborn wilt;
Though gentleness may fail to move,
It cannot work him ill.
Speak softly to the profligate,
Tho on least and the eol;
You know not how much bitterness
Is mingled with their lot.
Spcnk softly to ali human kind,
The brotherhood below,
Ah you would have (lod speak to yon,
In times of sin or woe !
Uncle Zeke's Note-Book.
Notinnny hours ago, I heard Uncle Zekc
discussing matters with his son, who was
complaining of pressure.
"Rely upon it, Reuben," said the old
man, as he leaned on his staff', with his
gray locks flowing in the breeze of a May
morning;?"murmuring pays no bills.
I have been an observer many times
these fitly years, and I never saw a man
helped out of a hole by cursing his horses.
Rc as quiet as you can, for nothing will
grow under a harrow, and discontent
harrows the mind. Matters are bad, I
acknowledge; but no ulcer is any better
for fingering. The more you groan the
poorer you grow.
"Repining at losses is only putting
pepper in a son; eye. Crops will fail in
all scils?wc may be thankful that we
have not :\ famine. Resides, I always
took notice that whenever 1 felt the roil
pretty smartly, it was as much as to say
?'Here is something which you have got
to learn.' Reuby, don't you forget that
your schooling is not over yet, though
you have a wile and two children."
"Aye," replied Reuben, "you may say
that, and a mother-in-law, and two ap
prentices into tho bargain, and I should
like to know what a poor man can earn
here, where the greatest scholars and
lawyers are at loggerheads, and can't for
their lives tell what has become of the
hard money."
"Softly, Reuby, I am older than you ;
1 have not got these gray hairs and this
crooked back without some burdens. I
could tell you stories of the days of con
tinental money, when my grandfather
used to stuff a sulky-box with bills to
pay for a yearling or a wheat-fan, and
when the Jersey women used thorns for
pins, and laid their teapots away in the
garret. You wish to know what you can
learn? You may learn these seven things.
"First, That you have saved too little
and spent too much. I never thought
you to bo a miser, but 1 have seen you
giving your dollar for a 'notion' when yoa
might have laid one-half aside for chari
ty and one-half aside for a rainy day. ? |
"Secondly, That you have gone too'
much upon credit. 1 always told you
that credit was a shadow : there is a sub
stance behind that which cart the shad
ow, and no wise man will follow the shad
ow any further than he can sec the sub
stance. You may learn that you have
followed, and been decoyed into a bog.
"Thirdly, That you have gone, in too
much haste, to become rich. Slow and
easy wins the race.
"Fourthly, That no course of life can
be depended upon as til ways prosperous.
1 am afraid the younger race of working
men in America have a notion that no
body would go to ruin on this side of the
water. Providence bus greatly blessed
us, and we have become pcrsumpt'ious.
"Fifthly, That, you have not been
thankful enough to (lod for His benefits
in past times.
"Six!bly, Tbat you may bo thankful
our lot is not worse. We might have
famine, or pestilence, or war, or tyranny,
or all logetber.
"And lastly, to the end of my notes,
you inny learn to offer with more under
standing, the prayer of your infancy,
'Give us this tin;/ our daily bread.'"
The tdd man l eased, and Reuby put
mi his apron, and told Dick to blow away
the i'oige bellows.
Gclient 1 !'?. Korshaw und Captain
\V. I-. He Pass addressed the people of
La neuster ('. II., on temperance on
Wedn sdny night last.
Potatoes.?Wc nil have observed the
great deterioration in our potato crops
during the past ten or twenty years; and
what is tho cause of this alarming de
crease of tubers? Can science, can chem
istry point out tho reason, or aid in rem
edying the ditliculty? We think it can,
and, in order to place the matter in
a clear light, wo will point out tho kind
and amount of food which tho potato de
mands.
Wc had a field of potatoes upon the
farm which yielded 300 bushels to the
acre; this may be regarded as an old
fashioned crop. This crop removed from
the soil in tubers and tops at least 400
pounds potash ; also it removed 150
pounds phosphoric acid. Now these
amounts aro very large, and servo to
show that the potato plant is a great con
sumer of the two substances, and also it
shows that in order to restore our potato
fields to their former productive con
dition, we must supply phosphatic com
pounds and substances holding potash in
large quantities.
For six or eight generations our fath
ers have been exhausting the soil by re
moving these agencies in their potato and
other crops, and wc have reached a time
when the vegetable is starving in our
fields for want of its proper food. Our
fanners have found that new land gives
the best crops, and this is due to the fact
that such fields a fiord the most potash.?
But so long as wc crop our pastures fo
unreasonably, wc cannot resort to new
land, as land that is now new has had
its potash and phosphatic elements re
moved by grazing animals.
Remember that a potato field which
gives but 100 bushels to the acre re
quires at least 1C0 pounds of potash, but
by allowing the tops to decay upon the
field, sixty pounds of this is restored to
the soil again, as that amount is con
tained in them. A medium crop of po
tatoes requires- twice as much phosphoric
acid as n medium crop of wheat, so that
in two years with wheat the land is de
prived of no inoro of that agent than it
loses in one year with potatoes.?[Bos
ton Journal of Chomistry.
C. 1). BLUME, Artist, has opened a Gallery
where he is prepared to tako
Photographs,
Daguerreotypes.
Ferrotypes, &c?,
Ina few minutes at the lowest possible rates.
JKidk up to tho Gallery over Mr. F. II. IP
Briggmaim's Store, if yon want to obtain a
present that is always appreciated by Lovers,
Sweethearts and others, viz: Yourself*
Satisfaction guaranteed. may l-t.'v
South Carolina R. R.
mail and PASSKNOER TRAIN.
Leave Columbia at - - 7.40 am
Arrive at Charleston at - - 8.20 p m
Leave Charleston at 8.20 a in
Arrive at Columbia at - - - '1.05 pm
NIOUT EXt'ukss, FltmOUT AND ACCOMMODATION
tu a in, (Sundays excepted.)
Leave Columbia at - C.?0 p in
Arrive at Charleston tit - - tf.-"?-"? a m
Leave Charleston at ... 8.20 pm
Arrive at Columbia at - - 0.40 am
Camden Accommodation Train will continue
to run to Columbia as formerly?Mondays,
Wednesdays and Saturdays.
' A. L. TVL'Kli, Vicc-Presidcnt.
S. B. PlCKKNS, General Ticket Agent. i
Jewelry, Watches and Silverware
JAMES ALLAN,
No. 307 KING STREET,
Invites speeittl attention to his new,
largo and elegant stock of
\v atehes,
Clocks,
Jewelry,
Silverware, and
Fancy Goods.
All the newest designs in Jewelry, com
prising :
Leonine, Opera Neck and VcstChaisn,
Seal Rings, Diamond Rings, always on
band and made to order, Sleeve Buttons
and Studs, Bracelets, Brooches and Ear
rings, Armlets and Necklaces, in Gold
and Coral, Brooches for Hair or Minia
tures, Lockets, Chains and Masonic
Pins, Glove Bands, at
JAMES ALLAN'S,
No. .">t>7 King Street,
A few doors above Wontworth St
may 8-3 mos.
ACi 12NTS WANTED
TO SELL
Uli A I) ISSUES AND LIVING RESULTS;
or, A history of Sherman's march through
South Carolina, by IL C. Mack, Murfrees
horo', Tcnn.
A volume of 700 pages, with maps and en
gravings.
Agents wanted in every county in the Slate.
Very liberal commissions allowed.
Thrfeo who desire to secure agencies will bo
furnished with combined Prospectus and Sub
scription Itook, Circulars, &c, on receipt of one
dollar. Address F. P. HE A KD,
General Agent for South Carolina.
BARGAINS.
OIST .A-ccoxint of tlio Season being well ad
vanced
T. KOHN & BROTHER
-Are now offering the balance of tbeir
SPR1N Cr ^V ^D SUMMER GOODS,
fully 25 teh cent, less than the usual selling price.
Ladies will find this, an excellent opportunity to supply their wants in
dress goods, WHITE GOODS, HOUSE-KEEPING GOODS,
HATS, RIBBONS, PARASOLS, HOSiERY,
' GLOVES. CORSETS, PANIERS,
HOOPS, FANS, COL
LARS, &c. &c.
Wc arc closing out all our goods at VERY LOW PRICES, for wc must have
room.
I heodore Kohn &, Bro,
April 5, 1872 s 17 tf
NEW STORE! NEW GOODS!
OPPOSITE J. IP. HAELEY'S.
I take great pleasure in informing my numerous Customers and the Citizens of
Orangeljurg generally, that I have removed to the
"TRE A E> W ELL CORNER"
Hereafter to he known as
iVE o r o li e y 9 s Corner,
And am now opening a choice and varied stock of go?iis, consisting in pat t of
BACON, Lard, Flour, Molasses, Syrups,
Sugars, Coffees, Mackerel, Cann Good's of every description,
Confectioneries, Pickles, Catsups, Tobaccos.
KEG-ARS FROM TO 15 CENTS.
Fruits, ' Nuts, Crackers, Jellies, Sardines, Soap, Candies, Self
Raising Flour, Herrings, Raisins, Potatoes, Pipes, &c.
'X'SSS BAR is situated in tholrear of the Store, and is furnished in the
most Modern ?Style, with the choicest: Wines, Champagne Cider, Ale, Beer and
Liquors of all kinds.
1 can und do sell goods cheaper thau they can be bought elsewhere in Orange
nurgl Come one! come all ! and give mo a call.
apl 3?tf W. A. MERONEY.
;t
kAHG-ES^ BEST SGLEGTSS
Is just being opened at the well-known STORE of
G E O. II. C O 11 N E L S O N,
And an early inspection of the same is cordially solicited, guaranteeing that it
is only necessary to look at those .BEAUTIFUL GOODS to be induced to buy,
as no competition against them is feared. All DEPARTMENTS are completely as
sorted, the prices put below all COMPETITION, and it will be the pleasure of the
PROPRIETOR and bis ASSISTANTS to show them freely and courteously.
It will well repay the trouble of giving the entire STOCK a full inspection.
George H. Cornelson.
npr lyr
SELL & FOSTER.
IMl'ORTKRS AJfD DKAI.E1W IN
Fancy Ctoods,
Notions,
Fancy Dress good?,
Hosiery
Gloves,
Laces,
Ladies' Cloth Cloaks,
Worsted CS-oods,
Trimmed Hats
Millinery and Straw
floods
OP BVKHY DKSIPTRION.
No. 27 Hayne Street,
Charleston, S. 0.
12-?mo
OANIKTi II. SILCOX
FURNITURE WA1 i E-1 LOOMS,
New. IT-"? ami 170 King Btreetjcorntjr bf Clifford
Charleston, S. ('.
A full ami large assortment continually on
hand and at the lowest prices. Cull anil ex
ainine. 2U-GlU
W HA A A M S, 1JU KNIE & CO.
COMM ISSION MERCHANTS,
65"Hairer street ami 20 Kr^-^qe Vlucr.y .Z
11-36
Save "STour Money!
GO TO.
J. P. HAItLEY'S
AND BUY CHEAP
DRY GOODS, Boots, Shoes, lints Caps
&c., of which he has just received a fresh
supply.
A I .SO,
FLOUR of all grades
B ACON.L ARD, SUGAR and COFFEE
of all grades.
Besides numerous other articles in my
Grocery Department, nil ofwhich I am
selling at prices not to ho excelled for
cheapness in the town. Come and sec
for yourselves.
B?' All persons indebted to mo must
pay up immediately, as I am compelled
to close my books. A word to the wUe
is sufficient. J. P. HARLEY.
AirSTON'lIOUS]^
ABBEVILLE C. II., ?. C,
CONDUCTED DY THE
M1SSES CATER,
IJERSONS traveling in the up country
? Inmill stop at the
ALSTON IIOiJSE,
Where they will fiml the table supplied with
the best the country affords.
Terms moderate.
DR. E. J. OLIVEROS,
ORANGZSBURGv & c
DEALER JN
IllllS, MEDICINES, CHIUCl
FINE TOILET SOAPS, FANCY HAIR AND TO<
BRUSHES, PERFUMERY AND FA2TCY TOILET ARTICLES,
TRUSSES SHOTJLDEB-BRAC:
GRASS .AND GARDEN SEEDS.
PAINTS, OILS, VARNISHES, AND DYE-STUFFS,
Lettcr-Pnpcr, Pens, Ink, Envelops,Glass, Putty, Carbon Oil, Lamps and Cliii
Physicians' Prescuiitioxs .Accurately Compounded;
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The Citizens' Savings Banlq
OF SOUTH C^VROLIISr^
ORANGEBURG BRANCH.
?Will pay 7 TER CFNT. INTEREST on SPECLAL DEPOSITS and 6PER CENT, on
INGS DEPOSITS, Compounded Semi-annually. .
Local Finance Committee.
Hon. THOS. W. GLOVER.
Col. PAUL S. FELDER.
Capt. JOHN A. HAMILTON.
JAS. II, FOWLES,
Assistant Cashier.
inch 19-ly
the: universal, life
I N S?B A N C E COMPAN
69 3Libertv Street, New ITorlc.
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The Original Stock L'.fo Insurerce Company of the United Stat
O F F I 0 E R S :
WILLIAM WALKER, President.
HENRY J. F?HRER, Vice-Preaident.
GEORGE L. MONTAGUE, Actuary.
JOHN II. REWLEY, Secretary.
D. W. LAMBERT, SI lt., iicu??l F.xai
Tnis Company Oilers the Following Important Advantages to thosa Ahtl
KHecting Insurance oil their Lives.
1st. Insurance at Stock Rales, being from 20 to 30 Per Cent, less than the Rates charged
Mutual Companies,
lid. Each Policy-holder is regarded a*! & Stockholder to the extent of one Annual Prernii
on hi* Polic y, and" will share in the Profit of the Com pan v ?o the same cxlem as a Slockliolt
owning an equal amount of the Capital Slock.
3d. Every Policy issued hy the Company i* non-forfeitable, and contains a Clause staling!
exact Surrender Value.
Bkfork Insuring Your Life or AccurtiKa the Aoency of axt Comtwn/
usa? the pollowsng s
A lengthened experiencehas demonstrated that the iates of Premium ordinarily charged]
Life Insurance Companies are from twenty-live to thirty per cent, in excessot what are noevss^
for a sate ami legitimate conduct >t' the business. In other words, carefully and prudently mi
aged Companies charging "Mutual" rates have been able to return to their policy-holders fit'
20 to ;>0 per cent, of the amount charged for premiums.
Wlu n Lifo Insurance Companies were first organized, the reliability of the duta ur*?a whj
the premiums were constructed had not undergone the test of experience. It wan thought, tbej
fore, no more than common prudence to adopt a scab: of premiums which would, in any ev*
meet all the presumed and tinforseen contingencies ol the business.
As long as the matter was involved in some doubt, it wns better to fix the rate too high tharil
incur the risk of making it too low; because, in the founer case, the error could be easily rcuj
died, at least in part, by returning to the policy-holders, at certain intervals, such portion's oft
premium charged as was found unnecessary for the purposes of the business and the compU
security of the Company.
Experience, however,.having satisfactorily demonstrated that these rates are excessive, vl
possible excuse, cm there be for maintaining them?
Availing themselves of this experience, the Directors and Managers of the Universal Li/eh
durance Qnnpahy at its organization, adopted a scab) of premiums in accordnuec therewith*, si
which has proved to be fair and adequate, and all that was necessary to meet the requirements]
the business. These premiums are about twenty-live per cent, lower than those charged by $1
lual C ompanies.
It also appeared, inasmuch as the rates so established were an near as could possibly be det?
mined fair rates, and not in exces^of what Insurince has previously cost the policy-holders j
Mutual Companies, that any protiu arising from prudent management justly und properly b
longed to the stockholders of the Company, for the risk incurred by them in undertaking tl
business.
Experience has shown that there arc sources of profit in^the practice of the business why
by the members, and from other minor sources.
Profits from these sources, in a company possessed of a capital of $200,000, and doing a tiL
amount of business, would give to the stock holders dividends largely in excess of what Wei
counted on by the Directors of the Universal it the time of it* organization. They have, thcrl
fore, determined to divide among the policy-holders of the Company a large part of the profil
accruing from the sources named, all of whwh have heretofore been divided among the stocH
""?The plan adopted lor such dividends is as follows : Every person who may horeafter isnit
with the Universal will, for the purpose of division, be treated as a stockholder to the extent i
one Annual Premium upon his Policy; ami trill share in the profits of the Company to precisely /jj
same extent as a Stockholder owing on equal amount of the capital stork:
By this system of Insurance, original with the Universal, the policy-holder secures the folloi
ing important advantages:
First. Insurance at the regular "Sto:k' rutes, requiring a primary outlay of about tvent\
to thirty per cent, less than thai charged by Mutual Companies, and which is equivalent to
yearly "dividend" paid in advance ofthat amount on mutual rates. This low cost of insurant
is worthy of attention. Since its organization this company baa received in premiums from it:
policy-holders the sum of $1,017,000. To effect the same amount of insurance in a Mutual Com
party would have cost them an initial outlay of $2,000,000. By allowing its policy-holders to re
tain in their .own porecssion this excess of $183,000, the Universal has virtually paid them t
"dividend" of S4S3.000, and paid it, too, in advance, instead of at the end of one or more year*!
It is impossible to find any example of a Mutual Company furnishing insurance at so low a corn
lan which sentres to tl\
themselves. This aystci
of participation, in connection witn tne low -siock raits ui premium, most necessarily secure tl
the policy-holders every advantage to bo derived fronr prudent and careful management.
The low rates of premium compel economy, and, independent of participation, guarantee tothi
policy-holder his insurance at a rntr which is not in excess of the cost in well managed mutual
companicsr while, by'the proposed plan of participation in what may be considered the legitvX
mate profits of tho business, the cost will be still further diminished.
Thus by the combined advantages arising from low stock rat.? and participation in the profit
it is confidently believed that tho UNIVERSAL LIFE INS TRANCE COMPANY ?fters in
surance at its lowest practicable cost.
??yThosc of the existing Policy-holders who desire to participate in the Profits under tho rn
Plan can do so by making replication to the Head Office, or to any of the Agents of the Cor
panv. ^
'fhe comjtany is in a sourxl financial condition.
Hatio of Assets to Liabilities 140 to 100.1
ttoTfJOOD RELIABLE AGENTS WANTED, who will deal direct with the New York]
Oflicc and to whom full General Agents' Commissions will be paid.
M. W. GARY,
M. C. BUTLER,
StatO Superintendents of Agcncicts
Columbia. S. C, April 11th. 1871.