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a Ghost Comes to Grief.
,r, No1vre low. March

DIES MONIES, Iowa, March LA
ghost came to grief out near Casey, Adair
County, last night. Young people fre-
quenting schoolhouse near Silver Lake
in the night time have been frightened
by an apparition which at different times
assumed various shapes. 1t appeared to
rise out of the water, and three or four
persons had been drowned while bathing
in the lake.
About week ago farmer and his
wife were driving past the lake, when
the ghostly spectacle appeared and fright.
cned the team which ran away, tipped
the buggy over and nearly Killed the
wife. The farmer determined to solve
the mystery. Loading q gun with buck
shot he took up his watch near the water
After keeping up his vigil for four nights
suffering seriously from the cold, the
phantom appeared. The farmer fred
It threw up its hands and shouted
"Aly God don't shoot any more," and
fell PROSTATE.
The ghost was carried home by the
shooter and cared for. No one but tht
attending physician has seen him, and ht
refuses to give any name. 1t is suspected
that the spectre is land seeker, whit
wished to scare the owners and buy cheap
Nothing positive can be be gotten, as th'
shooter and doctor are mum.-Neg lor'
Herald.
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A Snorer Rudely Awakened.

There were several snoring tales told
at a recent gathering of lawyers, but the
Athens, Ga, Banner. IFatchman says it
was left to ex-senator Pope Barrow to
finish them up. He said that Governor
Lumpkin, formerly chief justice ofthe
supreme court, nas in Louisville, in
Jefferson county, attending court, and
that the landlord put him in room on
the ground floor of the hotel, the windows
and doors Of which opened on the street.
Judge Lumpkin when fast asleep, could
awaken the natives with his loud breath
ing. About midnight, when everything
was quiet, the Judge commenced putting,
blowing and snorting in his sleep.
Out on the street was little piney
woods bull, which was "monarh of all he
surveyed" He heard tue snoring of
Gov. Lumpkin, and he must have imag-
incd that il was one Of his rivals from q
neighboriug plantation. Inc llttie puil
threw a few bushels Of dirt over his back,
and prepared for battle. He believed
once or twice to notify his adversary that
he was on the ground, but it did not
disturb the governor in the least. The
snoring went on without intermission.
This expastered the little bull, and curl.
ing his tail over his back, ne made a
break for the window and went through
it, carrying everything before hinl on his
horns. The sudden rush of the bull into
the room awakened the governor, and
taking in the situation he left, with the
bull in full possession Of the room.
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ago he married the only daughter of Mr..
C. D. Ahrens, the wellto.do retired
grocery merchant on King street. One
child is the result Of the marriage.
He is about FIVE feet seven inches high,
aud weighs, probably, 1870 pounds. He
is brunette, and has features somewhat
strongly merked-the nose being slightly
inclined to Roman. BE wears deep
brown mustache, cut close to bis lip. His
manner is decided, and not without the
graces of good origin and culture.
He is a son of DR.. r. S. Mellow, who
is practicing physician, of Lancaster,
in this State. His attire is in keeping
with taste and professional requirements.
Last night he telegraphed to bis father,
requesting him to come to this city.
Mrs. Mellow and her child, soon after
the fatal occurrence, went to the Wav.
erly House, King street, where her father
resides.
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II Mr.. Harrison is the seventh Presby
terian elected 10 tho Presidency, that
church leading all others in that regard.
The others were Jackson, Harrison, Polk,
Buchanan, Lincoln and Cleveland.
- An excess of animal food and q par.
tisl closing of the pores of the skin, dur.
ing the winter months, cause the system
to become filled with impurities. These
can be removed and the blood purified
and invigorated by taking Ayers sarsa.
parila. Price 81.
The New York Herald asserts that,
unless the area of wheat growing is
greatly extended in the United States
we must cease to be wheat exporting
country before the close of the present
century.
Ayers Hair Vigor stimulates the
hair to a vigorous growth. 1t contains
all that can be supplied to make the hair
beautiful and abundant, removes dan
druG, and renders the hair flexible and
glossy.
= Two acres of the best land on every
two horse farm should be sown in
clover during the Month of March. It
will pay.
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NcM's This.

WcoflGr One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case of Catarrh that cannot be
cured 10y taking Halls Catarrh Cure
i. j. CENEY & Co., Props, Toledo, Q.
We, the undersigned, have known +.
], Cheney for the last - years, and be
lieve him perfectly honorable in all bus.
mess transactions and financially able to
carry out any obligation made by their
firm.
WEST 4 TRuAx, Wholesale Druggists,
Toledo. O.
L. IL. VAN lI,EsEy, Cashier, Toledo Ma.
lioaal Dank, Toledo, O..
Halls Cstarrh Care is taken Internally
acting directly upon The blood and mucus
sarfacea of the system. Price 75c. pei
bottle. Sold by all Druggists.
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ANDERSON, SC, THURSDAY MORNING. MARCH q, 1883.
Is in the BODY to dispose of the food as

is in the body to dispose of the food as
fast as digested. Active exercise imme.
diately before or after eating calls the
blood to other parts, delays digestion, and
is therefore to be avoided
So much for solid food /; but what shall
/ drink? Water, not too warm or too
cold, and milk !; plenty of both.
Liquors, Of course, are out Of the ques-
tlon; but you say how about tea, coffee,
etc? These consider under the head of
stimulants, and are no more fit to be
drank by children and young people than
liquors by the old; for what need have
you at your age Of stimulation other than
that obtained in sound health from good
wholesome nutritious food. The time to
drink is when you are thirsty, and all you
wish, except Immediately after exercise
when heated; then as follows wash the
mouth out with cold water and take q
couple of swallows, wait five minutes,
drink half glass, wait ten minutes, and
partake freely but not rapidly, stopping
for breath between every few swallows.
A glass Of water before bed and upon
rising in the morning has q good action
upon the coats of the stomach and intes.
tinal tract throughout. Drinking with
the meals does not interfere with diges.
ton; therefore it is not Objectionable, as
is frequently asserted.
So much for what, how, and when we
should eat and drink. A careful study
Of these rules and application to our
everyday lives would prevent many at.
tacks of sickness, and build up strong
body, better able to resist disease when it
dees creep in from other sources. There
is nothing that encourages q physician
more than to find in his patient good
strong stomach, on which he can depend
to help him out at the most critical time.
Furthermore, there is no organ in the
body which we can more directly benefit
or injure by acts under our own control
than the stomach; nor is there, on the
other hand, one which will more surely
return just reward for the treatment
received. With good stomach you have
little need of the doctor, and with q poor
one, l have no hesitation in saying, good
stock in trade for drug store can be
found at your house. I must practice
what 1 preach, and not give you too
much to digest at once so we will stop
here, change our diet, and give you
little more variety next time. WATSON Z.
Sarage, M d., in Harpe,'s Young Pso.
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Finger Nails.

Ny son had a breaking out on his face
as ripgworm, then on his hands as letter,
then it came in spots on his back and hip.
His finger nails seemed about to drop of,
aud his condition was alarming. Under
treatment of physicians he grew worse
for Eve years. lie began to take S. S. S.
and the eruptions began to disappear.
He continued to take it and every sign of
the plague left him. He owes his restor
ation to Swift's Specific.
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BY CLINKSCALES & LANGSTON.

which she is putting to practical use in
this school. She is much hampered,
however, by the want of suitable books,
which compels her to have too many
classes, and thus consumes the time need.
lessly. There is abundant material here
to run a school longer than the public
time, but it is going to close until next
fall, and might almost as we'll not have
been taught at all, as far as results are
concerned.
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sentiment ofthe County, and have q case
of diabolical murder TO work into a case
of selfdelense, and prisone. for client
who stands selfconyictcd.
The States case is growing stronger
term By term, and if Jones's attorneys
hope to ever secure an acquittal they had
better hurry up aud secure such averdict.
They had no possible chance Of getting
one at the trial which has just termina.
ted, for not only did the State make out
a plain case of murcer, but Solicitor
Nelson's management CT it was such as
to receive the praise Of those who are
inclined 10 be friendly towards Jones.
His speech on Saturday was one Of the
fines. efforts ever made in Edgeield's
court house by any prosecuting officer.
In fact, it was pronounced 10 be the best
argumen: made in the case.-C0lunlJia
prnisfrr
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We spent two hours in the Belton Col
ored High School, and were very much
grati6ed at what We saw and heard. NJ.
II. Gassaway is the Principal, assisted by
Carrie P. Walls, of Macon, Ga. The
Assistant was giving lesson in drawing
to class as We entered, and the inspec-
ton of the work done was pleasant
surprise to US. a class in geography
showed readiness that has not been
excelled, and seldom equalled, in the
County. Gassaway and his assistant
are doing q good work, toning up the
moral aud religious sentiment of their
race.
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Shady Grove school is being taught by
Miss May Russell. This school is to run
eight months, and if the teacher does her
duty some good results will be forthcom-
ing. The "little ones" were very much
pleased with recitation which we gave
them on the Reading Chart, and our
friend, Joe Cox, (who accompanied US on
this days round was also so we'll pleased
that he bought one for this school. For
obvious reasons we cannot comment on
this school and its teacher, but will leave
that for the patrons to do.
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BIOGRAPHY OF THE DOCTOR.

DR.. Thomas Ballard Mellow was born
in Camden, Kershaw County, thirty,six
years ago. lie was primarily educated
in bis native County, and at matrl-
culating age entered the Cumberland
University, at Lebandon, Tennessee.
There he pursued course Of medical
study, and graduated with the first honor
of his class in 1874.
Subsequently he came to Charleston,
and became a student at the Medical
College Of the State of South Carolina,
located in this city, and graduated with
considerable merit, being the valedictor.
ian of his class, composed Of bright ma
terial. His standing in the college en-.
titled him on graduating to position
as one of the physicians of the city hos.
pilal, and there nc served nnlil his term
expired. Afterwards ic established
himself in this city, and has been prac.
ticing here ever since, and was getting
into pro tossioDal business, Some years
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How to Do it.

People generally get what they really
long for because they are willing to
work for it with all their hearts and
souls. Itis doubtful if any man ever
said in his youth: II will be rich" "aud
died poor in his old age. He had 8
whole host Of dragons, but be conquered.
Whoever knew q woman who looked
toward the fashionable world as her goal,
who pined to be mentioned in the papers
as among the aristocracy, who did not
manage to gain her object?
You may remember Sally Mayfair as
a very common sort Of person, both
ignoble and shabby, ignorant and of
doubtful antecedents, and suddenly see
her spoken of as having entertained
Lady Waxwork and the Honorable Miss
Punch, or as visiting the family of the
Marquis of fNoodle. How did she do it?
you ask. Alb, how! She crawled, cring-
ed, fattered, actually bought invitations
at first. She told 6bs as long as her
arm, and claimed relationship with
people with whom she had no ties of
blood. And she has passed the we'll.
born and worthy, at least in the eyes of
jenkins, the reporter.
It is the same in higher objects. How
is it one asks. that poor cobbler's son, or
that blacksmith's apprentice, has come
to figure in the world of science or of
letters? or has he become 30 deeply
learned The answer is simple: an
education was the object of those mems
lives. No privation was too great to be
endured, no toll too hard. sleepless and
hungry, they were happy, if SO they
could get the books they wanted, the
lessons that cost so much. And while
yeur father paid a thousand q year for
you, you wrote your problems on your
coat cuffs and crammed for examinations,
and joyfully forgot all you stuffed your,
self with as soon as you lefss college.
And surely, woman who tried best
to get a husband has seldom died single.
The spinster either did not care at all for
marriage or else waited for love and
sympathy. Work and patience, and a
constant pursuit of the same object, al.
most necessarily gains it. Whether it be
worth the effort, is question that can
only be answered in foot note on the
last page of life. Perhaps when greedy
heirs stand waiting for the sick man to
die, he may feel that money is not all.
1t may be that when lungs aud digestion
and eye sight and reason give out, one may
doubt that learning is greater blessing
than health.
When the hoIlowness of fashionable
life is quite understood lifelong friend.
ship may seem of more value than a
calling acquaintance with a Lady Wax.
work, and the husband may turn out SO
badly that spinsterhood may seem envia.
Bile. But, nevertheless, one may feel that
mans will is stronger thing than we
are apt to imagine, and that "desire" will
"amount to prophecy" if it is used tc
work the wheels of life with.
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Big Creek school is under the care of
Miss Minnie Wilson, who possesses some
of the sterling qualities Of the sire. Her
efforts are appreciated by hsr patrons,
for they keep her at WORK The schools
in good shape, and the good influence of
the teacher will be felt in after years.
>Af:er ,;i,:ing With her fathers hospi;at'e
family. we wended our *sy to The Cen
teanisI Schcol, taug;t by Miss Mary
Bogg., who has been an assistant for
some years in the slabtown Academy.
This has given her valuable experience,
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We were met with hearty welcome
by Prof. E. T. Kemp, the Principal of
the Belton High School. Prof. Kemp
seems to take in the situation, and to be
master of it, too, for his school is quiet
and orderly, moving along without jar or
friction, and he seems to have gotten
hold of the people there, too. We pro-
pose to return to this school in the
future and spend more time with it, and
lshall have more to say about it.
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diss Mamie Callahan has charge of
school at Bleak Fill, between Belton
and Shady Grove. The teacher impressed
us as being in earnest about her work,
and anxious that her pupils should pro-
press. We feel sure this school is doing
fairly we'll, and is in competent hands.
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White6eld School is again under
kharge of Mr.. E. z. Brown. This school
$Bas full the day we were there, and the
J pupils seemed glad to see US, as also vas
the teacher. This school does not pro-
gress as it should, not through any fault
of the teacher, but owing to the fact that
the people do not supplement the public
funds and keep the school going. Most
of the pupils are in the elementary
branches, and some Of them will soon
pass out into the arena OF life with
scarcely the rudiments of an education.
Stir up, friends, aud put friend Brown to
work and keep him at it, and conscien.
tious and faithful as ne is, he will GER
tainly show you results.
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-Legallytherc is no such city as Mem.
phis, Tenn. Some years ago the State
Legislature took away its charter aud
named it "Tho Taxing District of Shelby
County," The citizens are now tired of
this cumbrous name and want the right to
Use their old name.
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AT Princeton, Mr.. b. A. johnson pre-
sides, and We witnessed some excellent
recitations by the "little ones." All the
pupils in this school can read, and he
attributes his success to the use of the
Chart-has no "blue.backs" in his
school, and says he has no use for them.
We expected earnest, honest work from
q man who could live nine months in
College on s1265, and we were not dis
appointed. The children were bright
and intelligent, showing the effect upon
them of good teacher.
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Hunters Spring has become as famil.
lar as household words. The mantle Of
Mr.. Burriss has fallen upon worthy
shoulders, in the person of Miss Zella
Campbell, who appears to be a teacher
ssto the manor born" Her classes
made q creditable exhibit, especially in
Arithmetic, and we must congratulate
the people Of that community on their
good fortune.
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A pleasant night spent Hith friend B.
C. Martin aud his hospitable family, aud
we started to see the colored school close
by, taught by j. D. Mullinax. This
school is about on a par with the average
colored school of the County. From
here we proceeded to call on our friend,
v. 81. Watson, who has recently taken
charge of the Williamson Male School.
We thought at first our young friend
possessed some of the qualities that 60 to
make up teacher, and after looking on
at his methods and work for two hours,
we came away satisfied that we were not
mistaken, and that he has not missed his
calling in choosing the profession of
teaching. Success to you.
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The "little ones" at Mrs. Browns
school seemed afraid of US at first, and
inclined to look upon us as "booger,"
but after an hour spent with them pleas.
antly in a Chart drill, We got on good
terms with them, and remained so until
we told them about the "pocket full of
rocks" that We had. Mrs. Brown
appears to have the good will and conf
dence of her pupils, which will certainly
ensure success to her earnest efforts.
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Leesburg, Ga, Sept, 2S, 1883
Three Bottles.

| regard S. S. S. as a cure for Rheu.
masism, as three bottles cured me of that
trouble with which I had been painfully
afflicted with for several years.
L.O. W1LL1FoRp.
Rock Mills, S. G. Oct. 81, 1883.
Nine years ago scrofula attacked two of
my children, and they were badly afliict.
ed with that disease which resisted the
treatment Of my family physician. l
was persuaded to use Swift's Specific by
seeing an account of cures in my county
paper. The improvement was apparent
from the first few doses, and in short
time my children were cured, and are
still sound and well. JOHN WILLIAMS.
Lexington, Va.
SwIrr's SPECIFIC is entirely yegeta-
Bile remedy, and is the only medicine
which permanently cures Sicrofula, Blood
Humors, Cancer and contagious Blood
Poison. Send for books on Blood and
Skin Diseases, mailed free.
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO.,
Drawer 3, Atlanta, Ga,
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The Popular Approval

Of the efforts OF the California Fig
syrup Company to present to the public
an agreeable and effective substitute iQs
the bitter nauseous liver me$;ciz
cathartics formerly used is as
to the Company as it is creditaS &
coed taste ofthe public. The Il
rapi,,ly increasing sale Of Syrup y
sid the promptly beneficial elfor .
single desc are convincing proofs th!
the most easily taken aud the most 81
andy effective remedy known. For -
by Simpson. Reid & Co,
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1t is, no doubt, a great pleasure to
Miss Carpenter and her assistant, Miss
Zoe Welborn, to teach in house as COM
Portable as the one they have in Pelzer.
The Pelzer Manufacturing Company have
manifested q commendable interest in
the children, by erecting commodious
school building at their own expense. and
placing good teachers in it. Good work
is being done there, as We saw during our
visit. which was shorter than We liked,
but we intend going again soon.
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TEA6HERS'GoLUMN
-S All communications intended for
this Column should be addressed to D. II.
RUSSELL, School Commissioner, Ander-
son,SS. G.

W. A. Clark's colored school at Will
liamston is doing some good work. We
heard some recitations in reading that
yere creditable, and also in history,
netic and geography. The teacher
,ars to be painstakiug in his work.
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Bishop Hurst, of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, says that in Mexico,
5000 people have never seen copy OF
the Bible.
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Eczema, Itchy, scaly, Skin fortunes

Eczema, Itchy, Scnly, Skin Tortures.
The simple application of "Swaynes
Ointnc.lt,n without any intcrna! modi-
cine. will cure any case of letter, Salt
Rhe,lnl, Rinsworm, Piles. Itch, Sores
pimples, Eczema, all Scaly, Itchy skin
Eruption, mattorl how obstinate or long
Standing. 1t is polent, effective, and costs
buta trile, IL
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The prisoner, Jones, is in the hands of
able counsel, and he has no apprehen.
sion that he will ever lie convicted. alal.
W. T. Gary, of Augusta, and Messrs'
Ernest Gary and Geo. N. Evans, OF Edge
field, his attorneys, are splendid lawyers
and are very successful intheir prac''ce
On the criminal as we'll as civil slde Oh
the court. They are of such superior
ability that lones's escape from the ga. 8. :.
lows m % this lime i, due 70 that lac:
a'oue I'hcy mayyet suceeel 10 ee'''ns
Him ".col free; ilti.ey do, they should
wear their ;aures and be proud Of them,
for they are fighting against the n'rsl
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ALL SORTS OF PARAGRAPHS.

= When the nose threatens to bleed
excessively, it sometimes can be arrested
by putting the feet into hot water, or by
applying mustard plaster between the
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GAS soon as I got the pistol in my
hand, and burning under the blows I had
received by fist and cane, and especially
the latter, l fred at Captain Dawson, and
I thought struck him somewhere in the