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1 THE AIKEN RECORDER. CH.\8. E. It. imxVYTOX, FMiJor. TUESDAY, JANUARY 31, 1S82. EDfTOItlAIx BREVITIES. GuiTKAr is the only one who is at all sanguine about obtaining a new- trial. Four deaths so far have resulted from the collision on the Charleston & Savannah Railroad. A Coxct'RKext resolution has pass ed both Houses fixing Feb. 8th as the day of adjournment. flMAlili Pox is a loathsome and ter rible disease, and every precaution should tie taken to protect the commu nity from its ravages i»efore it makes its appearance. The Charleston cotton seed oil man ufacturing company have introduced the electric light into their mill, which will enable them to carry on work after nightfall without inconvenience. The joint resolution suggested by the Commission to fix the Constitu tional area of Counties at four hundred square miles, was laid on the table in the House on the 21st inst., by a vote of 51 to 48. Great excitement has been caused in Minnesota by trichina! poisoning from eating raw- ham. Fifteen prom inent citizens of Minnesota were af fected, and three have died. The matter will be brought before the State Hoard of Healtli for investigation. The House of Representatives have refused to eall a convention by a vote of 03 to 51, and they acted wisely. There is no telling what folly a body of Constitution makers might perpe trate, if called together at any time within the next two years. The members of the House of Rep resentatives have presented to Mr. John T. Sloan, the efficient Clerk of that body, an elegant gold watch and chain as a token of their esteem and in commemoration of the fiftieth an niversary of his marriage. The Constitutional amendment which proposed to provide for a State Hoard of Education and the appoint ment of County School Commission ers, after considerable discussion lias been killed in the House by a vote of 57 yeas to 41 nays. The Chronicle and ConstUutionalist has opened an elegant and convenient office on Hroad Street, Augusta, Ga. This staunch old Democratic journal continues to flourish like a green bay tree, and each year finds it with in creasing resources and more strongly intrenched in the respect and confi dence of the reading public. The Citadel Academy Building in Charleston will probably soon be re stored to the State of South Carolina by the United States Government. Ex-Judge Thomas Jefferson Mackey is the agent of the State at Washing ton in charge of this matter. The lines of the Hon. Thomas Jefferson are gen erally found in pleasant places. The hanging of Guiteau will act as an extinguisher to the insanity dodge. Murder trials were fast becoming a species of melancholy humbug, for all that murderers of late had to do in or der to obtain a verdict of acquittal was to set up a plea cf temporary mania or emotional insanity, or some other tricky dodge. Vide Priester trial and various others. The Election Bill. After various amendments and mod ifications, the Election Bill has at length passed l>oth Houses of the Leg islature and now only awaits the ap proval of the Governor to become a law. We have read the Act carefully, and while it contains certain provisions that we would like to have seen omit ted, or at least modified, we are con strained to regard it in the main as an eminently wise and equitable meas- [ ure. There are to be eight boxes—one for Governor and Ueut.-Governor; one for the other State officers; one for Circuit Solicitor; one for State Sena tor; one for members of the House of Representatives; one for County offi cers; one for Representatives in Con gress; one for Presidential Electors; and, besides, another is to lie provided to receive ballots on any special ques tion or questions—such, for instance, as an amendment to the Constitution. We will, therefore, have at the next election nine boxes, ascertain amend ments will be submitted to the people for approval. This multiplicity of boxes we regard as complicated and unnecessary, and believe that six or even four would have answered every purpose and insured a more facile and manageable system. But the Act is passed, and we there fore say let us go to work in good faith and give it a trial; and if it works well we can retain tills feature, if not, it can lie changed by the next Legis lature. There is one feature of the Bill, however, which we regard as a sad blemish, and it is this paragraph, which may he found in section 5: “At the conclusion of the registra- Tni of T B, .ItdiTiKton- lenu s, ha been sent to the Senate for confirma 5 tion as collector of customs for the Port of Charleston. The other candi dates are howling with indignation and disgust. Mackey and ins scaven ger crowd are in ecstaeies over their success. No action will be taken on the nomination until the Senate has had full time to obtain information concerning the candidate. Gov. Hampton recently delivered an eloquent eulogy on Ids old mili tary and political antagonist, General Ambrose Burnside, late Senator from Rhode Island. It is said to have been the best that was delivered. Such in cidents are pleasant to record. If the alfairs of our country were in the hands of the men who fought in the Union and Confederate arhdes, char ity and good will would pjcvail throughout the length and breadth of our glorious Republic. The proposed amendment to the Constitution, extending the terms of Stateand County officers and of mem bers of the Legislature to four years, passed its second reading in the House on the 25th inst. We hope it will he consigned to the silent tomb on its third reading. The present terms are S uite long enough, and it is both un- emocratic and unsafe to extend them. It is far better to have biennial elections than to run the risk of having unfaithful and incompetent represen tatives fastened on us for four years. Such an amendment, if passed by the Legislature, will surely be defeated when it comes before the people for adoption. The following amendment to the Constitution was adopted by a vote of 100 to 9, tlie colored members nearly all voting against it: “The General Assembly shall never pass any law that will deprive any of the citizens of this State of the right of suffrage, ex cept for treason, murder, burglary, larceny, perjury, forgery, orany other infamous crime, or duelling, whereof the person shall have been duly tried and convicted.” Mr. Aldrich made a strong argument in favor ofxthis amendment, in which he showed the inconsistency of the present article of the Constitution which disqualified a person who fought a duel, hut allowed thieves and perjurers and burglars to enjoy all the rights of the franchise. Oscar Wii.de, a British ass of aes thetic proclivities, is making quite a sensation among the snobs anti shoddy aristocracy north of the Potomac, with his knee breeches, sunflowers and lillies. The press, however, seem to estimate him at his true value, viz., a sickening, impudent coxcomb and humbug, and are lashing him to death with their jeering ridicule. A circus clown with his painted face and equiv ocal songs would be far more amusing ami less offensive than the perfumed Oscar, with his ridiculous costume and effeminate and unwholesome phi losophy. Our civilization is not yet rotten "enougli to receive witli entnu- siasm such arrant tomfoolery. Oscar had better return to his island home and proceeed with his labors of grind ing out fourth-rate poetry. The Montmorenci Public School, presided over by Mr. A. W. Sanders as prineipal an«f Mrs. S. F. Woodward as assistant, finished its scholastic term for tin's year on Friday last. It is a large and flourishing school, at tended bv seventy-five or eighty chil dren, and represents three townships, viz., Aiken, Millbrook and Windsor. The children from Aiken and Mill- brook each received three months schooling, and those from Windsor only two. The Windsor school fund gave out one month ago. It is melan choly to think that our common l«chcM>ls can only be kept mien two cr three months, and yet the Legislature can find the money to misappropriate to the re-opening of-the defunct Cita del Academy. We don’t need mili tary schools, but common schools are a preeaing necessity. reg tion hereinbefore i>rovided for, the Su pervisor of Registration shall revise the list, and in case it he made to ap pear to his satisfaction that there is a qualified voter in a precinct w T ho has failed to register, he may, upon such evidence as he may think necessary, in ins discretion permit the name of such voter to be placed on said list, and to issue a certificate therefor.” This paragraph mars the symmetry of the whole instrument and opens the door for wholesale fraud by the prep aration of false lists. Why have any registration at all if the Supervisor can sit in his office and add names to the list at his own free will and pleas ure? How easy it is to manufacture names as well as testimony! The general scope and object of the Bill is evidently “a free ballot and a fair count;” but this provision casts a cloud upon the whole Bill. Why re quire men to come in person and reg ister their names and obtain certifi cates, if, after all is over, the Supervi sor can add the names of those who remained at home and did not trouble themselves about the matter? This is a very defective screw, and it may yet cause a world of trouble. It places too much power in the hands of one man, and the temptations in a hotly con tested campaign are so great that every safeguard should be thrown around the ballot-box. Our people are sick and tired of turbulent elections, and the time has come when wC must re turn to first principles and see* that they are conducted with a propejjre- unfair and unsafe to jeopardize the lives and liberty of our young men at each succeeding election, and we must resort to defensible methods or they will assuredly recoil upon us. The time may possibly come when Demo crat will confront Democrat, and then will com© the tug of war that wili strain to its utmost tension any such “open and shut game” as is clearly provided for in section 5. There is but one protection against tlio abusive operation of this para graph, and that is in the honesty and conscientious scruples of the Super visors whom Gov. Hagood may ap point. We therefore sincerely hope that he will appoint the very best citizens he can find, as it is a most re sponsible and important position. We see nothing objectionable in any other feature of the Bill. Every fa cility is extended to the citizen to reg ister. No fee is charged. A defaced certificate can be renewed without ex pense, and persons coming of age be fore election, but after registration has closed, can be placed upon the poll list by the Supervisor. Qpce on the list a voter need not register at any subsequent election; but if he changes his place of residence he must notify the Supervisor and obtain a new cer tificate. All is admirably adjusted in the in terests of honesty and fair play, ex cept the paragraph in section 5 already xlludcd to, which, no doubt, will eventually be expunged from the Act. The Democratic party of South Carolina must enter the campaign of 1882 with the motto, “a free ballot and fair count,” inscribed upon its ban- We represent the civilization of our State, the stability of her finan cial credit and the honor and magna nimity of her people, and therefore we must be true to ourselves and the trusts confided to our keeping. Let each and every Democrat solemnly strive to conscientiously discharge his duty and victory will crown our ef forts, and peace and happiness and truth and justice will reigu supreme throughout the length and breadth of our glorious old Commonwealth. ners. with the Port Royal Railroad at Al lendale. The Railroad Committee has sub mitted a favorable report, and it is highly probable that the charter will be granted. Indications all point to the probability of Aiken becoming at no distant day in the future a most important railroad centre. Conviction of Guiteau. Washington, January 25.—At 5:10 o’clock the jury went out. Guiteau, nervous and uneasy in his place, with the crowd surging about him and peering at him, stared at the jurymen as they passed into the hall, and then rose and asked the Judge to allow him to go to the Marshall’s office. His re quest was fronted, and the policemen led him through the crowd to the eastern window, where he has spent tiie recess hours and eaten his dinners during the eleven weeks of the trial. Ten minutes later Judge Cox ordered a recess of half an hour. After the jury and prisoner had gone out people in the crowded Court room, now so dark that faces of men and women were scarcely distinguish able at a yard’s distauce, began to dis cuss the chances for or against the prisoner. The Judge’s charge was re garded as severe by the prisoner’s friends; by the prosecution it was re garded as absolutely fair. Those who hoped for a conviction feared that the story that one of the jurymen favored the prisoner’s assumption of insanity would he true, and that justice would be defeated. The prisoner’s friends were not confident. The best they could hope was that tho jury would prolong their absence. “If they are out an hour,” said one of the prisoner’s most conspicuous friends, “we shall look for a disagreement.” There was great anxiety to learn what was going on in the jury room. No one could find out. In the Marshall’s room Guiteau lost his air of bravado. “Will they aquit me?” he inquired of Capt. Tall. “Will they disagree?” he asked of another of his guards. The guards could not tell. They only kept their eyes ui>on him to see that he did not escape or do himself any mischief. The scene presented in the Court room half an hour later was one long to be remembered by all who saw It. Darkness had settled down over the dismal apartment. There were no gas fixtures in the room and only two oil lamps—one for the Judge and one for the stenographer of the Court. A crowd of four hundred persons were huddled together in an indistingush- able mass. Candles were procured and three or four were lighted at long distances apart across the desk. A few were furnished for the reporters’ tables, one glimmered faintly in the audience, and two w r ere set upon the rail of the dock. They did not light the room but they sent weird shadows flickering fantastically against the grim walls. The place was chilly, and the tired spectators shivered from cold and excitement. There was no need to shout “silence,” when Judge Cox took his seat at the moment appoint ed for reassembling. The quiet of the grave prevailed, broken only by the noise made by the prisoner and his guard as they came in. Guiteau Agricultural Department. Almanac* for the Week. w JAN’Y. SUN RISES SUN SETS MOON r. As. 31 Tuesday . . 6:48 5:12 4:30 1 Wed’sday. 6:47 5:13 5:21 o Thursday. 6:46 5:14 6:02 3 Fridav . . . 6:4-5 5:15' rises 4 Saturaaj'. 6:44 5:16 6:37 5 Sunday... 6:43 5:17. 7:29 6 Monday . 6:43 5:17 n 8:21 Garden Notes. Plant peas of the early variety at the same time that you plant also of the Marrowfats, so that vou will have a succession. If you tfid not plant beets and onion setts in October plant them at once. How cabbage of the early varieties, some in the open air where you expect them to grow, and some in boxes or hot beds that are protected with coverings of glass or common homespun. How* gpinage and lettuce, carrots, parsnips, salsify and turnips; but don’t put an Irish potato in the ground until March, unless you want to throw away labor and waste seed. This is our experience, and you can take it for what it is worth. If not done before, dress your aspar agus lieds as soon as possible, aqd ma nure liberally with well rotted stable manure. Plant nothing until you have thor oughly prepared the soil, and be sure to manure heavily if you want good vegetables. This is all we shall say about the garden at present, but as we advance into the planting season we will give further directions through these columns. Official Advertisements. S’ M Delph, pale, shivering, full of fear, dropped (foci ady all into his chair at the end of the dock. His manacles were not removed. Sit ting bolt upright, he stared wistfully across towards the seats reserved for the jurymen. If he w as anxious, he had not long to wait. Just 50 minutes after the time when the jury had left their places to go to their consulting room there was a stir beside the Judge’s bench. “Silence!” shouted Marshal Henry. The jury filed into their places. Guiteau strain ed his eyes, as if to read in their faces the decision they had reached. The opfej* re- ligi^t w^s sol dim that he could not Adf).TfuIC Tfi eau" CO 11- clusion they were about to announce The jury took their seats, everybod in the Court room stood up, and who could see Guiteau fastened their eyes upon his pale face as he trem bling shrank back into a corner of the dock. His eyes were on the jury now. The namesjof the jurymen were called, the gray-haired crier telling them off, until twelve men were counted as present. “Gentlemen of the jury,” asked the Clerk, “have you agreed upon a ver dict?” A rattling of seats among the spec tators at the back of the room broke the death-like stillness. Silence,” shouted the Marshals. “What say you, gentlemen of the jury, is the prisoner at the bar guilty or not guilty ?” The sedate foreman rising in his place, responded in a low voice, but clearly enough to be heard all over the room: ’’guilty as indicted.” Farm Notes. w Keep the plow's running on every suitable day. Good preparation of the soil is more than half the battle. Don’t plow when the earth is too wet, unless you want to injure your land and throw away time. Plow deep enough to go through the soil and oc casionally bring up a little of the clay to let you know* that your w r ork is thor ough ; but in our opinion deeper than that accomplishes no good and some times a positive injury. Use good plow's of approved pattern, and there by save time, save labor and save your stock. Don’t go crazy on the subject of labor-saving implements, but examine carefully such as you think are adapted to your wants, and if they suit you don’t hesitate about buying, for the time has come w'lien the stumps must be pulled up and labor economized to the last degree; upon this hangs all future success in farming. Prepare your corn land thoroughly and plant a fair proportion of your farm in this valuable cereal. , *lt is folly to expect to make cotton at a profit when you have to buy oats, corn and northern hay to fe«4 the hands and the beasts that make it. Stick a pin right here and keep it there. What profiteth it a man if he make a hundred 1 tales of cotton, if the cash that they bring in is not suf ficient to pay for the provisions that were consumed in their production ? Orchard Notes. If you have not trimmed your fruj trees yet, go to work at once; now a good time. Cut away all dead wot or mutilated branches, and give youj trees such a shape that a careful man can pass around them wil injury. Examine carefully a] roots for worms, and carefully r« them. If you plant out new trj careful to dig holes large enou} admit the roots without cr* In other words, dig the hole the tree and not force the tree to 1 hole. Be sure to manure with seed and woods earth. TATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of Aiken. Louise Lyon and Kate E. Plaintiffs, against J. Virginia Delph, Defendant. Decretal Order for Sale of Real Estate. B Y virtue of a Decree of his Honor, A. P. Aldrich, in above cause, now on file in this office, I will sell at Aiken, in front of the New Court House, on salesday in FEBRUARY next, within the legal hours of sale, the following Real Estate, described in the Complaint as follows, to wit All that parcel or parcels of land, containing fifty (50) feet front and one hundred and five (105) feet in depth, commencing twenty-three (23) feet from the corner of the cross of Cook and Centre Streets, being two frac tional lots, No.’s 61 and 62, in the Town of Hamburg, South Carolina. Also a lot or parcel of land contain ing forty (40) feet front and one hun dred and fifty (150) feet in depth, being a lot composed of parts of No.’s 60 and 61, commencing seventy-three (73) feet from the north-east corner of tho cross of Market and Cook Streets. Also an alley or fraction of lot No. 61, having thirteen (13) feet front on Mercer Street, and running back fifty (50) feet to rear of said lot. Also a lot or parcel of land in the Town of Hamburg, lying on the south eastern corner of Cook and Mercer Streets, having fifty (50) feet front on Cook Street, and running back one hundred and fifty (150) feet. Also a lot or parcel of land In the said Town, having a front of forty-five (45) feet on Cook Street, and running back seventy-three (73) feet, being a part of lot No. 63, beinjr onje hundred and five (105) feet from the corner of the cross of Cook and Market Streets. All of the above mentioned lots are siuiated in the Town of Hamburg, County of Aiken and Stale of South Carolina. I The above land will sold Three Lots, as follow^ No. 1 Homestead Tract; No. 2. and No. 3. Terms of Sale.—One-half of the pur chase money to be paid in leash, and the balance to be paid at t)Ue expira- in or sjecured by mortgage tion of twelve months, bond of the purchaser and of the premises sold. The purchaser to have the option of paying the whole of the purchase money in chsh. Purchaser to pay for papers. [seal] W. M. JOR/DAN, c. c. ip. & g. s. Jan. 7, 1882-3t S TATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of t Aiken In the Common Pl< Edward Mitchell, PlahVti; Mitchell et al., Defeu< Sale in Partitio\ By virtue of an Order Honor, Judge A. P. Aldri file in this office, I will sell vs. Ann xnts. Another Huilroad. Col. Claude E. Sawyer has intro duced in the House a “Bill to charter the Aiken and Atlantic Sea Coast Railroad Company. The incorpora tors arc H. E. Bissell, J. AV. Bur- bridge, A. AVickman, J. H. Bush, T. S. Dunbar, Tlios. H. Johnson, L. A. Ransom, Thomas Dodamead, Claude E. Sawyer and Ernest Gary, and their associates and successors.” This bill proposes “to construct a railroad from the town of Aiken in Aiken County, by such route as shall be found most suitable and advanta geous to either the towm of Beaufort, the town of Port Royal, or to Foot Point in Beaufort County. The pre cise time and location to be deter mined upon by the incorporators after the necessary survey shall have been made.” The capital stock is fixed at $100,000, with the privilege of increasing. The object of the incorporators of this road is to keep the connecting link between Aiken and Port Royal in friendly hands, and to see it developed by ex tending the French Broad and Aiken Railroad to Pot* Royal, or to connect There was a momentary rumbling of applause, which w*is promptly checked, as Mr. Scoville and Col. Corkhill both demanded that tiie jury be polled. The names of the jurymen were called, and each responded “Guil ty” in a firm, clear tone of voice. The prisoner's disposition to bluster had not entirely deserted him. Rallying from his depression, he declared that his blood would be upon tiie jury and that the verdict was an outrage upon the American people. Mr. Scoville made some inquiries for the purpose of ascertaining what privileges the de fense could claim in the way of se curing an arrest of judgement and tiie opportunity of making a motion for a new trial. These were answered and the Judge addressed a few com plimentary words to the jurors, and discharged them from further duty at the Court. Outside the Court House two lines of men, women and children, stood in the drizzling rain to see Guiteau as he passed from the building to tiie prison van. Tho wagon hud driven up and backed with its open door against the curb. Officers held back the crowd on each side. A dozen po licemen escorting Guiteau, came out through the arched passage beneath the Court House. He was hurried quickly down the walk to the van, no one uttering a syllable as he passed. As the door of the van was banged behind him a yell arose, a yell of sat isfaction, that was kept up while the van rattled away toward the jail, and which must have rung in the murder er’s ears for some time as he passed along on tiie gloomy journey. Although the jury were out about 50 minutes they did not consume that time in reaching a verdict. As soon as they retired a ballot was taken, and all the ballots except one contained the word guilty. The twelfth ballot was blank, and this was east by Mr. Heinlein, who desired information on one point to enable him to vote intel ligently. Tiie information he sought was whether Guiteau had said that in killing the President he would gain notoriety and thus increase the sale of his book. AVheu lie had been satis fied on that point a second ballot was taken, all of the jurors voting guilty. Mr. Bright, one of the jurors, said after tiie trial, there had never been a moment since tiie evidence was com plete when the jurors were not ready to render a verdict. He did not be lieve that the argument of counsel made any impression, one way or the other, upon the jurors. He had not heard the report that it had been dis covered that one of the jurors favored acquittal or a verdict of insanity. The jury was most completely isolated, ami Mr. Bright said that, while he had felt the deprivation of associates, he could not speak too highly of the faithful manner in which the bailiffs had performed their disagreeable duty. The jury, he said, had been absolute ly ignorant of the drift of public opinion during the trial. They had not been at all impressed with the be lief that Guiteau was insane, the unanimous opinion being that his in sanity was shammed. Public Meeting at Ltangley. At a meeting of the citizens and working people of Langley, S. C.; on the 20th inst., the followihg resolu tions were unanimously passed: Resolved, First—That the stock law as has been recently enacted by the General Assembly of this State, is, in its nature, burdensome, oppressive and unjust to this section; so much so as to be equal to the indirect confis cation of a part of our property. Second—That we, the people, from time immemorial, have had, and have given, the right of common of pastu rage, and to deprive us of that right is an infringement upon us, which.we, as a people, are free to declare our selves opposed to, not by partyisih or prejudice, but by principle alone; and if we are to be deprived of that old, time-honored and ancient right, in the name of good government, let k be by the people, and by their voices smme are we willing to stand or fall, even in any party or in any cause. Third—That after using all legiti mate means in our power as Demo crats to prevent the passage of said act by the Democratic Assembly with out avail, that we, the people, feeling and knowing that this is an hour of need to us, for the better protection of ourselves, our homes, our firesides, and our general welfare, do hereby or ganize ourselves as a party of the peo ple, our common object being, and is, to defend and ever stand by the rights of the people beyond all things else. Fourth—As we are opposed to the stock laWj so are we equally opposed to the registration bill, which is now before tiie House, in any of its forms in which it may be brought forward or amended; and, furthermore, we, as a people, acquiesce in and fully in dorse and are satisfied with and Mill ing to stand by the laws of election in statu quo. Fifth—That there has been an ob noxious and unwholesome liquor tax passed by this General Assembly, re stricting the sale of liquors to and in side of incorporated towns, taking away the common right to which.we have heretofore been entitled and have ever fully enjoyed; wherefore, we feel ourselves sorely oppressed thereby, and do hereby earnestly and fervently eall upon the Legislature of our State to repeal the same or so amend it as to be ratified by tiie people of the State and for the good of the cause of the Democracy. Sixth—That we meet again on the second Tuesday, being the 7th day of February next, at 7 o’clok p. m. Seventh—That a copy of these res olutions be published in the Aiken papers. John F. Murray, Chairman. AA r M. Hemrick, Secretary. Committee on Resolutions.—A. P. Padgett, B. F. Gunter, AVm. Hemrick, James AA'illiamson, AVm. Augustine. Public Meeting at. Bauskett's Mill. AA'e, the citizens of Shaw’s Town ship, at an anti-stock law meeting, proposed and adopted tiie following resolutions: Resolved, 1st. That we call ourselves anti-stock law men; as such we wUl fight it out to the end. 2d. That the stock law is oppressive, robbing us of our property and liberty. 3d. That we do most heartily de nounce the action of the South Caro lina Legislature in its recent stock law act, and that we use every effoft sry tin to defeat the re-election of all the par ties who voted for, signed or favored the passage of said act. 4th. That we solicit the support of all the honest, honorable and laboring men in our County and State to aid us. 5th. That we oppose all primary elections and conventions. 6th. That we will not support any candidates, either for State or County offices, who favored the stock law in any way, as at first offered or as amended. 7th. That our next meeting be at 12 o’clock on 4th Saturday in February next, at the head of Little Hors* Creek. J. D. Courtney, President. R. Clark, Sectetary. • . i from his h, now on tn front of tiie Court House, on salesda y in Feb ruary next, within the legal hours of sale, the following real estate, de scribed in the complaint a s follows, to wit: All that piece, pan e l or tract of land, situate, lying and hi ing in the County and State aforesaid , contain ing one hundred and fifty (1 50) acres, more or less, and bounded north by lands of Robert Moore, eas t by lands of G. L. Toole, south by lands of Buchanan, and west by lailids of AV. AV. AVoolsey. Terms of Sale—One-half c ash; bal ance in one year, secured 1 >y a mort- _e of the premises sold ai^d bond of urchaser, with interest frq>m day of le. Titles extra. r AV. M. JORlJAN, S. PATE CFR^LItfA, iuNTY of Aiken. By AV. AV. Williams, Esq., -Probate Judge. i > W«ereas, B. J. Lamar hlth made suit bkjne to grant him lettets of ad- ministifetion with the will annexed, of the estate and effects of Oliver Lacy, I These are, therefore, to cito and ad monish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said Oliver Lacy, deceased, that they be and appear be fore me in the Court of Probate, to be held at Aiken, C. H., on 4th February next, after publication thereof, at 11 o’clock in the forenoon to shew cause if any they have why the said admin istration should not be granted. Given under my hand this 22st day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-two. SEAL] AV. AV. AAHLLIAMS, an. 24, 1882. J. P. A. C. I s Js S' CAROLINA, OF AlKFN. TATE OF SOUTH County In the Probate Court. AMllis James, Ad’mr Addison Burris, Plaintiff, vs. Adeline Burris, Def’t. Order for Sale of Lands to Pay Debts. By virtue of an Order now on file in the above Court, I will sell on the sixth day of February ne*^in front of the Court House, withirlWle legal hours of sale, the Tract of Land de scribed in the Complaint as follows: All that Tract of Land in said Coun ty and State, containing Forty-five Acres, more or less, bounded north by lands of Nero Burris, east by lands of Mary Johnson, south by lanusof Nero Burriss, and west by lands of Nero Burriss. Plat of same now in Probate Court, and will be exhibited on day of sale. Terms cash. Purchaser to pay for papers. W. AV. WILLIAMS, Jan. 9-3t Judge of Probate. ZETOTIOIE A LL PERSONS having Past Due School Claims will receive all balances due by presenting them at my office. J. E. MURRAY, Treasurer Aiken County. A CARD. To the Citizens of Aiken County: There being a report circulated throughout Aiken County to the effect that I am to arm the negroes of this section of the County at our next gen eral election, to intimidate the ladies and children, I denounce the author of this calumnious charge to be a ma licious liar. Now*, my fellow-citizens, I refer to my past record as a Democrat, and I defy any of my fellow-citizens to show that I have not been true to the inter ests of my State, and true to the cause of Democracy. W. C. PAGE, Beech Island, 8. C. H. F. WARNEKE Baker and Confectioner! —AND DEALER IN— ,00000000000000* ,00000000000000, U GROCERIES JJ ° GROCERIES JJ ♦oooooooooooooo* *00000000000000* TOBACCO AND SEGARS!! toys, IfireworksT^icT Aiken - - S. C. ItTOTIOIE Is hereby given that a Limited hi Part nership has this day been formed, un der the firm name of D. F. McEWEN, between D. F. McEwen as general partner and J. F. McLaughlin as special partner, to carry* on the jewelry business in the Tow'ii of Aiken; and that said J. F. McLaughlin as special partner has contributed One Hundred and Fifty Dollars to the common stock. Said partnership to commence on the Third Day of December, 1881, and to terminate on the Third Day of December, 1882; and that the liability of J. F. McLaughlin shall be limited to the amount of One Hundred and Fifty Dollars. D. F. McEAVEN, J. F. McLAUGHLIN. Dec. 27,1S81. GEORGIA CHEMICAL WORKS! AUGUSTA, CA. W E are now* prepared to fill all orders for any of our Brands of FERTIL IZERS, or make them to order as may be desired. As our facilities have been greatly enlarged the past season, we can furnish High Grade Fer tilizers to the trade atprices which defy competition when the grade of our goods is considered. Remember that a Fertilizer which contains only one per cent, more of Soluble Phos. Acid is worth $2.50 per ton more than another w’hich contains just that much less. Our central location enables us to deliver our Guanos to purchasers in the interior much more promptly, in better con dition, and at less cost than a Northern manufacturer or one located on the coast. Ammoniated Guanos—Our brands of Mastodon and Georgia Patapsco Guanos and Lowe’s Formula are so w’ell known in the South, I only refer to them to say that they are fully up to the standard of past seasons. Acid Phosphate—The demands for this article in the past have exceeded the capacity of our AA’orks. AVe challenge competition in the practical re sults obtained from the use of it. We have a stock on hand which we are prepared to sell at a very small profit to dealers. By reference to the report of the Commissioner of Agriculture for the present season, it will be found that our analyses were as follows: NAME. The Georgia Patapsco Am moniated Sol. Phosphate.. 1220 1.40 2.06 9.07 1175 3.00 Bel. Com. value. 1.00 $46.00 Georgia Chemical AVorks Mastodon Guano Georgia Chemical AVorks Acid Phos. with Potash. 1200 1.35 1.85 9.95 1180 3.05 0.96 $45.39 1235 2.55 4.00 1100 1500 p.95 ${39.84 are making this season are fully up to any ever before >mmunicate with us before The Fertilizers we _ manufactured by us. Dealers would do well to comm laying in their supplies for the coming season. M. A. STOVALL, Treasurer Georgia Chemical Works, Augusta, Ga. FEENCH MILLINERY! Consisting of French Pattern Bonnets and Hats, the latest importations; a beautiful line of Untrimmed Goods in all new styles: full stock of Handker chiefs, Corsets, Hosiery, Ruchings, Neck-wear and Fancy Goods at BOTTOM PRICES. If you can’t come to select in person, send your order, and we guarntee you perfect satisfaction. Jj. J. LECKIE,' 625 Broad Street, Augusta, Ga., a few doors above Augusta Hotel. A HOME FOR A TRIFLE. F ive hundred acres in the healthiest section of Aiken County—60 acres under cultivation: the balance well wooded and well w'atered; New Dwelling containing six rooms; all necessary outbuildings in first-class condition; one-half in terest in water-pow. Only Two Dol lars per acre; one-half cash. Titles perfect. For particulars apply to CLAUDE E. SAWYER, Real Estate Agent, Aiken, S. C. Jan. 10, 1882. THORNE, DEI Myers & Marcus, Jobbers in and Manufacturers’ Agents for DRY GOODS, NOTIONS HOSIERY BOOTS SHOES CL] T HE undersigned would respectfully inform the Merc] County that their Fall and Winter Stock is now being price and assortment is unequalled bj* any that has ever bee market. A special feature of our business is the establish WhOLESRLE BOOT, SHOE RHP HOT HI Entirely distinct from our Dry Goods, Notions and other dei new store will be found the largest and best selected stocks of w’e have ever had, and we feel satisfied that it will be to the chasers to inspect our goods before buying elsewhere. ZMIYZEIELS &c 286 AND 288 BROAD STREET. - - AUGUST, IMMM STOCK OF 1W CAR] P URCHASED FROM THE LEADING MANUFA< country, are offered to the Trade, our Friends and the ] Rock Bottom Hardware Merchanfs, Cob. Broad and Washington Sts., AVGUSTA, GEORGIA., —DEALERS IN— Mill Supplies, Wagon Material, Carriage Material, '‘Farmer’s Friend Plows,” “Oriole Plows,” Rowland Chilled Plows, —AND HEADQUARTERS FOB- HARDWARE OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. —OF THE— Gregg Mansion! B Y virtue of the power in us vested by an Act of tiie Legislature, we will proceed to sell on-Salesday in February next, between tiie legal hours of sale, in the town of Aiken, the fol lowing property belonging to the County of Aiken, to wit: All of that lot, parcel or piece of land with the buildings thereon, known as the Gregg House, situate in the town of Aiken and con taining Three (3) Acres, more or less. The jail and kitchen thereto are re served from said sale. Terms made known on day of sale. WM. STEVENS, J. V. GEORGE, E. GUNTER, County Commissioners. Jan. 4, 1882-4t Ben Niesz, PROPRIETOR. -CHOICE- WINES, LIQUORS, and CIGARS. Philadelphia & Cincinnati Beer :0: BROAD and ELLIS STREETS, AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. KEY-NOTE —OF— TjjjTX MUSIC X HOUSp OF THE SOUTH! lyCand'Til tfes( iet’a Velvet, 8-Ply^ Ingrain Ipestry Bruss^ qualities Crumb Cloths, Door V^A^Ji'earth Rugs, a ftilf line of New < Hair Cloth and Upholsterers’^sYunmings, Floor and Table Oil Cloths, Lao* Curtains. Cornices and Bands, Window Shades (all sizes), Piano and Table Cov ers, Wall Papers and Borders, French Terrys, Curtain Goods, Cretonnes for Lambrequins, China and Cocoa Mattings, and a big stock of goods in my line. JAMES G. BAILIE & SONS, Old Original Carpet Store, 718 Broad St., AUGUSTA, GA. Fresh Stock of Groceries! I have in store and arriving 500 cases Canned Goods, Meats, Vegetables and Fruits of every variety: New Preserves, Jellies, Crackers. Mackerel No. 1 and in mess; Salmon and Boneless Codfish ^all grades of Sugars, Coffees^ Teas, Soaps, Starch, etc.; Onions, Cabbages Brooms, Scrub Brushes, Long handle , , otatoes, and short ham Apples, Straw and battai landle Hair Brooms, Tut Pails, Clothes Hampers, Clothes Baskets, Market Baskets, etc. All of which offer at the lowest prices for cash. JAMES G. BAILIE & SONS, Old Stand James G. Bailie & Bro., 118 Broad St., Augusta, Ga. Bowles -WHOLESALE AND RETAIL- FURNITURE DEALERS : O :- ow rices kiiiek ►ales -:0:- Executor’s Notice. A LL persons having claims against the estate of Adam Fullmer will present them duly attested to the undersigned; and those indebted will make payment to ELIZA FYLLMER, Executrix of Adam Fullmer. Jan. 17-3t A DMINISTRATQR’S NOTICE. I hereby give notice that I will make my final return to the Judge of Probate as the administrator of James Garvin, on the 17th day of February next, and will then apply for my final discharge. D. T. GARVIN, Jan. 17-4t Aidministrator. the best and most celebrated Pianos 8c Organs, In GREAT VARIETY and STYLE 20 to 30 Per Cent. Saved to Every Purchaser Who Visits or Cor responds with G. 0. ROBINSON & CO. “EXCELSIOR” IS OUR MOTTO. G. H. U. Great Musical Saving Institution of the South. Musical Instruments, Sheet Music, Music Books, Best Italian Strings and everything pertaining to a First-class Music House. Twenty to thirty per cent, saved at ]sr o * 7it j} ROAD jg TREET * -A-TTG-TTST-A., - - C. H. LUDEKENS & SON -DEALERS IN- DRV GOODS, NOTIONS, MR FIDHM GOODS GROCERIES AND GROCERIES AND GROCERIES AND CONFECTIONERIES (CONFECTIONERIES CONFECTIONERIES 1 IMPORTED 4HD DOMESTIC WIHES^LIQUORSlCIGIRS^tC] ^•Clothing Made to Order. Cutting a Spectalty._^| Clothing Made to Order. Cutting a Specialty. Clothing Made to Order. Cutting a Specialty. Laurens Street ----- Aiken, S. C. Watches and clocks repaired. JOHN. H. FEAREY, OPTICIAN, JEWELER AND ENGRAVER. Watches and clocks repaired. We have a Workman for each of these Departments. 729 BROAD STREET, OPPOSITE CENTRAL HOTEL, AUGUSTA, GA ms. G. 0. ROBINSON & CO. AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. B ANSLEY & RENTZ, Globe Hotel, Barber Shop, At the Augusta, Ga., are prepared to accom modate the most fastidious with a first-class Shave, Hatyr Cut or Hhatn- Hoi and Cofa pooning. Baths. B ARBER SHOP. The undersigned having purchased Mr. Renz’ interest in his barber shop, would respectfully solicit the pat ronage of the citizens of Aiken. Sha ving, Hair Cutting and Shampooing, executed at reasonable prices. J. R. BOYCE, At Rene’ old stand, Aiken, 8. C. -SOLE AGENT FOR- DIAMOND SPECTACLES. DEALER IN RELIABLE JEWELRY. Personal attention to all New Work and Repairing. MILLINERY & FANCY DODDS. A.. J. 725 BROAD STREET, - AUGUSTA, GA. M AGNIFICENT stock of Millinery always on hand. Larg*s* Zephyr Worsteds south of the Potomac. Sewing Maehlne * all maohines. Agents fot