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OF late We have seen great deal of
comment in the different papers of the
State about the up.country and low.
country, growing out of the census dis
cnssion, and considerable amount of
bad temper has been elected on both
sides. We fail TO perceive any probable
good to grow out Of this discussion.
we believe that Charleston does WELD a
very potent influence inthe legislation
of, this State. but she does it legitimately
andshonorahiy, and it grows simply out
sof the fact that she watches her interest,
and always l,:;, uen to represent her in
the Legislature who are able and expe-
riencsd in legislation. When she goes
.sto .lnlniu4te u legislative ticket she does
not se:al men to Columbia because
they are gsead clever fellows, nor
does siie change them every cleo
stion 10 Try to make the Offices
: go AROUND, but when she nominates a
candidate she does SO to represent the
interests Of the County, and when she
elects a man who displays the judgment
aud ability t. take care ofthese interests
she kegs him there. In most of the
naper COUNTIES men are nominated, rot
because of aus special qualification for
:legisE,siye da,ie., but because they are
sclsasr aasit, and after they have served o
time or fhey are turned out to make
room isr some other clever fellow who
has not had turn. Weare in the habit
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VALUE OF THRIFFEULNEss.

DR.. Smyth, of New Haven, in conclud'
ing his series of sermons on Socialism,
made this remark America wastes
enough yearly to feed the thousands who
are now said TO be out of employment.
The time may yet come when it shall be
considered practical somewhere in the
course of the education which State
gives to the people 10 teach girls how to
extract the greatest amount of nutriment
from the common materials of food, and
a careful statstician justly remarks that
whoever can teach the masses of the
people how to get five ceots' worth day
more comfort or force out of the food
which one consumes will add to their
productive power what would be equal to
one thousand million dollars year in
value.'"
These remarks have particular prac'
tical force in their applicability to the
South. Waste abounds here perhaps
beyond that which can be found any
where in the world. Our people affect
an absolute Indifference as to little, and
are not much better in many instances as
to larger matters. The wasle upon our
tarn and about our towns and cities
can scarcely be approximated. The
theme presented in DR.. Smyth's remarks
quoted above is worthy of the csreful
attention of our people.
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of sending new men frequently,
and when they fail 10 impress their views
on legislation We complain of Charleston.
The real difficulty is that we send too
many inexperienced men to the Legisla.
ture from the upper counties, and ex'
pect them to exert rs much influence as
the trained Representatives from
Charleston It is of course impossible
for them to do so. If the upper counties
would select their strongest men, and
when they get them keep them in the
Legislature like Charleston does, We
believe. there would be lcss occasion for
complaint. We do not mean by this
that a man ought to be kept in if he
misrepresents the people, or if he is
inefficient but we do think that training
and experience are necessary for
the exercise of influence in legislation,
and the county or section which fails to
look after. this is very apt to fall behind,
and imagine that those sections which
have the foresight to retain experienced
representatives are exerting an undue in
fuence in the State. There is no reason
for sectional lines in. this State. The
interests of all sections can be preserved
without injury TO any section. To do SO
tits only necessary for each section to
have efficient Representatives. Instead
Of .berating Charleston let us send men
to represent US who can cope with them,
and when we get them keep them as
long as they properly represent US.
whether they are personally popular or
mot.
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Thought he saw the Devil and Went
Mad.

A strange and mysterious occurrence
has caused much excitement in Millers.
burg, Dauphin County, Pa. On Thurs
day morning there was jovial crowd in
hotel at that place, and while they
were imbibing Samuel Motter entered.
Motter was we'll known throughout the
County as a patent medicine pedler, and
was about 55 years of age. His wife
died in The almshouse some time ago,
and since then be has been living near
Millersburg. Shortly after Motler en-
tered discussion on religious subjects
arose. The sacrament Of the Lords
supper was talked about. Motter be-
came very earnest in his talk, and finally
dared the men to indulge in an imitation
of the Lords supper. They agreed to
have it with beer and bread, and accord.
ingly a glass was filled with that bever-
age. They then knelt in mock humility,
and with the beer in one hand the bread
in the other, Motter went along d;strib.
uting a bite and q sup to each of them.
Suddenly, when he was about half
through, strange noise was heard, and,
looking up, the men saw sight that
"made their blood run cold and froze the
marrow in their bones." AS near as the
scared men could describe it, they
declare it was an immense, Uniformed and
foul beast with great clovep feet, painted
horns and eyes that flashed FIRE. With
wild yells the men rushed out into the
open air and scattered in every direction.
Finally all of them reached their homes
except Motter, who was away for long
time, and at last he arrived, a maniac.
He was put to bed and physicians sum-
moned, but they could do nothing for
him. He raved, bowled and prayed,
declaring he had seen the Evil One, and
that lie was lost. His torture was
terrible, but nothing could be done to
relieve him, and lie died in the widest
agony. The death.bed scene is said to
have been full of horrors that can hard
ly be described.
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We desire to inform the Farmers of An
derson County, S. c., that they can find
tho Whitlo;k e Ethridge Combination
Plow Stock, and Attachments for same, ut
Smiths Clothing Store, below Book Store,
ut same prices. No cut on them. Farm
Rights same price All goods at wholesale
prices.
We will sell n Steel Beam and Steel
Land Side Combination Plow Stock for
SLIGO. Also. Double Foot Iron Beam,
using any Blade that is put on with heel
bolts Manufactured by Elias Haiman, Mt
Atlanta, Ga.
Any person who thinks we have no
Patent on our Plow will please call on us,
and we will be pleased to show our Letters
Patent; or if they wish, they may write
the Commissioner of Patents, Washington,
D. c., for duplicate copy, No. 299444. In
this enlightened country we do not think
that any one will think that man
would attempt to sell territorial rights if
he had no patent Wo are satisfied they
would not think so if they knew the pen
atty for doing so.
We arc still in the interest Of the farmer
and have Counties to sell. Call and see us
if you want good, lively business.
WHITLOCK e. ETHRIDGE.
Feb 19. 1886 SO
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PRospER1TY, S. C.. Feb. IA, 1856.

PROSPERITY, S. c., Feb. ii, 1886.
Messrs. Whitlock & Ethridge-Gentle-
men 1 drop you few lines to let you
know how the Whitlock g. Ethridge Com
bination Plow takes here. We arrived in
Newberry last night week ago. Did not
see McGee, as he had gone out in the coun-
try. We left on Monday, and intended to
get back by last night, but could not. We
have had one or two days in which We
could plow. We have not failed to sell
man yet. Took in over $500 yesterday.
The day before we did good business, and
it was raining almost all day. We did not
travel over ten miles yesterday. Sold eve-
ry man we met. 1t beats anything I ever
saw. If your Side Harrows have arrived
be sure to send one to MCGEE at once, as it
takes with the farmers here. Will write
you again soon. Hope you will not sell
all your territory before I come up, as we
want to buy more. Write us at Prosperi
ty. Respectfully, &C.,
W. C. BAILEY.
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4 Walking Skeleton.

Mr.. Il. Springer, of Mechanicsburg, Pa,
writes: "I was afflicted with lung and
fever and abscess on lungs, and reduced
to walking Skeleton. Gotta free trial bottle
of DIR. Kings New Discovery for Con-
sumption, which did me so much good
that bought dollar bottle. After using
three bottles, found myself once more a
man, completely restored to health, with
a hearty appetite, and gain in flesh Of
4S lbs." Call at Hill Bros. Drug Store and
get free trial bottle of this certain cure
for all Lung Diseases. Large bottles
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Stealing a Buried Treasure.

ABDEvILLE, February Yesterday
an old negro woman was hunting for a
trialjustice. She was very much wrought
up, and said that Ann Wardlaw and her
boys had stolen $500 from her. The
money was the result of her family's labor
for the past twenty years. Her husband
had buried the money in graveyard,
after putting it iu an oyster can, and no
one knew where it was buried until the
old man discls sed it to his youngest
daughter on his deathbcd. BY some
means this Ann Wardlaw found out the
place of concealment and sent her sons
to get it, as the old woman says. The
poor old creature cried as if her heart
would break. twas most pathetic case
and aroused the sympathy of all who
heard of it. am Informed that the twc
boys who it is alleged committed the theft
have fed the Slate.-Dispatch to the Neu'
and Courier.
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Sentencing the Saints.

SALT LAKE Cry, February lO.-In
the Third District Court here to day
Robert Morris pleaded guilty 10 the
charge of unlawful cohabitation, and
Thomas Birmingham and w w. Wiley,
on trial for the same offence, were con-
vicled on their own testimony. Wiley
was sentenced to five months .imprison-
ment in the penitcutiary and to pay a
fine of 5000. John Penmau, also con-
victed of polygamy, was this afternoon
sentence to two years imprisonment.
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FARMERS INSTITUTE.
The Columbia correspondent of the
augusta Chronicle, writing under date of
18th inst, says:

The Columbia correspondent of the
augusta Chronicle, writing under date of
18th inst, says:
The Farmers Institute at Edge6eld in
April promises to be prominent gather
ing of progressive agriculturalists. Mr..
Berckmans, of Augusta, will read an
essay on some subjects of interest to the
farmers. President McBryde and the
assistant Professor of Agriculture in the
South Carolina College, have accepted
invitations to attend the institute. Prof.
G. A. Shepard, Jr., of Charleston, will
doubtless be present. No discussion of
any political topic will be allowed. This
is pure and simple, and the man who
brings up any political question will be
Immediately squelched. hope Capt
Tillman who is President of the Edgefield
Agricultural Society, will meet with more
success in his efforts to keep The politi.
clans away, than Colonel Duncan did at
the meeting OF the State Agricultural
Society last Summer. Cnlonel Duncan
induced the railroads to give him COM
plimentary passes for two farmersin each
County, and he then published an open
letter in the State papers saying that
these tickets were for farmers only, and
that be especially requested that all poll
ticians stay away from this purely agri-
cultural gathering. In spite of this
request, Captain Tillman, who Was a
delegate from his County, thought he
found nothing but politicians at that
meeting.
The movement made by the farmers at
his time will, if properly directed, prove
of abiding benefit. 1t would be advan
tag ,ous to have Farmers Club in every
Township, with a County Club and a
State Convention or Society for the pur-
pose of discussing matters pertaining to
agriculture, and making public such
errors or such needs as the avocation
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Thousands Saw So.

Mr.. T. w. Atkins, Girard, Kan, writes
81 never hesitate to recommend your
Electric Bitters to my customers, they
give entire satisfaction and arc rapid
Sellers" Electric Bitters are the purest
and best medicine known and will posi-
lively cure Kidney and Liver complaints.
Purify the blood and regulate the bowels.
No family can afford to be without them.
They will save hundreds Of dollars in
doctors bills every year. Sold at fifty
cents bottle by Hill Bros.
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This is to certify that l have tried the
Whitlock &; Ethridge Plow, and find that
it is all they claim for it. Also, that l
found half dozen men or more in one
group the other day. near I very heavy
stubblcfeld, where the Haiman was a
failure Without burning the stubble
the Whitlock g. Ethridge Plow was
at once put into the stubble, and better
work could not have been asked for. The
entire party highly pleased, and promised
to buy farm rights. r. A. REID.
Feb 1G 1885,
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e publish this week the sketch of.
sthes lives Of two prominent citizens Of
SSthis republic who have passed forever
from the midst of their countrymen.
sBothsof them were onspicuous members
of the Democratic party, and each had
received Che enthusiastic suffrages of that
party for the highest Office in the gift of
The American people, and each, though
defeated, leave behind them the record
of grand lives, TO which the accession to
the presidency could scarcely have added
slustrs. General Hancock was one Of
the greatest of the national generals in
tile late war, and by his personal courage
and Judgment turned the tide of battle
sst Gettysburg, and perhaps saved the
american Union. Such q tribnte as this.
Saonld secure his ismemory 9 place in his
tory, but the grandeur of the man was;
monstrated in times of peace, when
men like Sherman and Grant, for their.
personal ggrandizement, we're foment-5
ing discord and seeking the perpetual
sestrangement Of the sections Of our.
onion which had been atSwar. By his
patriotic love of country the victorious
Hancock demonstrated that he had
fought for the. american Union, and not
salone for The Northern States, when as a
military commander Of the State Of
Louisiana, he restored the civil authority:
aas the proper government for State in
the time Of peace. To the victorious
general he added the character of the
defender of the rights of@the States, by
which he challenged and received the
Sadmiration Of the people: of all sections
sofour country, and when the news of
his death was proclaimed it met re-.
sponse of regret asssincere in the South
as il the North. A brave, patriotic and
useful life has ended. The death Of ex-
Gov Seymour, of New York, removed
perhaps the most generally admired and
most popular figure in the ranks Of the
national Democratic party. His life was
"a record Of peace, and his services were
those Of the statesman. His fairness to
the South gave him the admiration of
our people, and his services to the State
yOf New York commanded for him the
respect Of the nation. 1t is seldom that
! q nation loses two such exalted patriots
and distinguished public servants as
Hancock and Seymour within one week.
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may require to be corrected or aided. and
also to present and urge the need Changes.
This would be of great benefit to the
agricultural interests of the State, and
we would be glad to see such an organi.
zation formed.
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= The Kentucky Senate has passed a
bill prohibiting the sale of pistols and
bowie knives.
Only 326,411 immigrants entered
the United States last year, decrease OF
10 per cent. since the previous year.
"A member of the Massachusetts
Legislature has introduced bill which
has for its purpose the enforcement OF
the voting privilege. BY virtue of its
provision men who neglect to register
and vote will be fined from five to twenty
dollars.
A most singular mode of industry
has enabled man in Richmond, Va, to
provide dwelling for himself. For
many years he has been in the habit of
picking up bricks from the streets, and
he has at last accumulated sufficient
number with which to build small
house.
Twelve hundred miles of railroads
will change the guage of their roads on
the 31st day of May and June 1st next.
The cost of this is estimated at $750,000.
Four men to the mile will be necessary
to do the work in one day. The guage
will be 4 feet 9 inches, which is half an
inch wider than the standard guage.
One of the girls is in distress, md
has asked our better half whether it
would be wiser to marry q homely man
with big fortune, or handsome fellow
without cent. She couldn't 60 back on
her own selection, and promptly answered
that the latter would be preferable.-
Rock Hill Herald.
: One.third of the cases of habitual
drunkenness, Dr. Crothers, of Hartford,
Conn, n recognized authority on the
treatment of inebriety, asserts, may be
traced to inebriate ancestors. Among
the direct heredities, lie says, the line OF
the inheritance will be from father to
daughter and from mother to son. He
believes that many diseases prevalent in
certain families, such as minor forms OF
insanity, consumption and various nerve
defects, are the result of The excesses OF
some intemperate ancestors, and that
where such is the case, return to inebri-
ETY. may be expected in the third genera
ton.
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ssss The augusta Gshiraniicle in writing upon
sthe Blair Educational bill, says that
sssWE Esn Nj Garland was q Senator he
g0iceds sto the writer what may be briefly
bstance ofthe conservative position
sof Southern men who favor the bill.
sgEha North, says Mr.. Garland, has de-.
termined to approach the negro problem
iron the educational direction. The
people there, controlling the Government,
are apparently solved to make q tire.
mendous effort to prove their.ideas about
Sthe negro and his capacity for civiiiza:
tioncosTecf. Hence the Blair Educational
Sbill. TIE bid for illiterate white votes is
sans sincid dental stroke of policy It could
not bss omitted, and it is expected to
Sdsmoralize the lidarity of the South'on
Iase issues. But what. can NE do2 We
of;theS South are of bred this Government
90 aid and tempted with its distribution
and MAJ nagement. II ne refuse TO take
si in that form, it win be forced upon Us
sSsiinsa most.o odio1s aud unpalatable shape.
Z Z The poker. is presented to us. We have
t5slay Hold of it. Shall ne take it by
tEe cold or hot endR I prefer the for
smsr. hat our people will choose time
snuat tell b, It strikes Us that the mate.
Hon froS,s ~, tbo
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FARMERS,
READ CAREFULLY,
See what some Of the Best Farm.
ers Of Anderson County say
about the WhitIock e. Eth
ridge PIOw.
CERTIFICATES.


ANDERSON, S. c., Feb. Is, 1885,
We, the undersigne d, have used Messrs.
Whitlock G. Ethridge's Plow, and it has
given entire satisfaction. It is just what
they represent it to be-simple, durable
and cheap. We have used it with other
plows, and can truthfully say we would not
give it up for any other Plow on the mar
ket. The Whitlock g. ELhridge has no
equal. 1t is the Farmers Friend.
] G DUCKWORTH,
w G ROBBINS,
w G WATSON,
] A GRAY,
THOS F DRAKE,
Fl MASTERS,
j w HALL,
w J STEVENSON,
A A DEAN,
w II DEAN.
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ANpEnsoN, S. C.. Feb. 10, 1Ss6.

ANDERSON, S. c., Feb. 10, 1856.
spent five days in my territory canvass
ing for the Whitlock IL Ethridge Plows.
and must say I beat my expectation. and
am we'll pleased with the business. 1 anu
sure, from what have done, will have
no trouble to make money. l will go back
at once Had no trouble to please every
one who tried the plows.
FRANK MOORHEAD.
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George shilliln and T. L. Douglass,
Of Abbevilc, have killed 1870 birds
the 18th of September. Since Christmas
Douglass has made three shots, at which
he killed 10, II and 8 birds respectively.
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= While the stock of ex, Representa-
tive Ira T. Shoemaker, of Orangeburg,
were recently feeding in his lot, a savage
boar attacked q valuable mule and cut its
throat with his tusk.
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Delinquent Land Sales.
ANDERSON TOWNSHIP.

ANDERSON TOWNSHIP.
McCurry, Seaborn, lot and ! building.
Saxon, Aaron, 1 lot and l building.
BELTON TOWNSHIP.
Brown, Emma, lot and buildings.
BFUsHY CREEK TOWNSHIP.
Rogers, Humphrey B., 50 acres and |
building.
Carter, Clary, acre and building.
HONEA PATH TOWNSHIP.
Roberts, George NJ, 4 acres.
PENDLETON TOWNSHIP.
Mitchell, John j., 40 acres.
Reed, Bachus, acres and building.
WlLLIAMSTON TOWNSHIP.
Early, J. Frank, lot.
Johnson, w. r., acres for 1ss3-S4.
johnson, w. r., acres for lSS4-S5.
Smith, Leonard, Is acres.
ADDITIONAL RETURNS or 1882 FOR
FENDLETON TOWNSHIP.
Bryson, Charles N, SO acres and l build
ing.
Lynch, Lawson, acres.
Also, the following described property, be-
longing to the Blue Ridge Railroad Com
pany, will be sold. to wit: Two Lots and
Two Buildings in the city Of Anderson, and
the Road-bed, Track and Right Of Way of
the said Blue Ridge Railroad Company,
commencing with its starting point in the
city Of Anderson, and extending to the
Oconec County line, for past due taxes as
follows:
For the year 1870.
For the year 1871.
For the year 1872.
For the year 1878.
For the year 1874.
For the year 1875.
For the year 1876.
For the year 1877.
For the year 1878.
For the year 1879.
For the year 1880.
For the year 1851.
Also, The following described property will
be sold 10 pay taxes voted in aid of the Sa-
vannah Valley Railroad Company in SaYan-
nah Township, to wit:
Enoch II. Watkins,
For the year 1879, 1918 acres and building.
For the year $780, 737 acres and building.
For the year 1881, $40 acres and building.
Notice is hereby given that the whole of
the several parcels, lots and parts of lots of
real estate described in the preceding list or
so much thereof as will necessary to pay the
taxes. penalties and assessments charged
thereon, will be sold by the Treasurer of
Anderson County, South Carolina, at his
office in said County, on the first Monday
(1st) of .iarcll, A. D. 1856, unless said taxes,
ussessmtnts aud penalties be paid before that
time, and such sale will be continued from
day to day until all of said parcels, lots and
parts of lots of real estate shall have been
sold or offered for sale.
THOMAS J. WEBB,
Auditor of Anderson County.
February 10, A. D. 1856.