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* The Recorder. AIKEN, S. C. CHA1CL.ES E. K. HRAVTOX, Editor. Tuesday, September .■», iSSli. Tlie State Ticket. Ctorcrnor. Hroir S. Thompson, of Richland. /or Lir uf ma ni-(!o vfir nor. John C. Shkppakij, of Edgefield. for Conijtfrolfrr- (rcncml. \V. E. Stonj'V, of Berkeley. for A tiornfi/- (Icnrral. (*. R. Mir.KS, of Cliailesfon. for Srcrctary of Staff. J. N. Lipscomb, of Newberry. for Treasurer. Jonx I*. Riciia boson, of Clareutlon. for SupcrintcHficnt of Education. Rev. Ei.i.ison Capkbs, of Creenville for Adjutant and Inspcctor-Ctcncrat. A. M. Ma nk; a cot, of Georgetown. The County Ticket. for f>j/resenfatires. JOHN M. BELL, GEO. W. ('BOFT, V. I*. WOODWARD, THOS. J. DAVIES. for Coindij Couiuiissioners. W. M. FOLIC V. J. CAL. COERTNEV, WM. STEVI-’.NS. for Pcohate Judrjc. W. \V. WILLIAMS. for School Commissioner. LETHER W. WILLIAMS. for County Auditor. DAVID H. WISE. for County Treasurer. J. E. MURRAY. Address of the State Exeeutive Committee. We call attention to the address of the State Democratic Executive Com mittee, republished in this issue, and commend it as a straightforward, manly document. Every Democrat should read it and be inspired by the patriotic advice therein contained. Strong terms in plain Anglo-Saxon phrases are used to convey a true idea of the danger with which we are threatened by those hostile to decency and honest government. The party lines must be tightly drawn, and every man who is opposed to the Democracy, whether he styles himself Grecnbacker, Independent or Republican, must be regarded as a foe to our civilization and the best mate rial interests of our grand old Com monwealth. There is no use mincfhg “Almost Home.** There is an amount of pathos in these two words that defy the most sublime (lights of the poet, or the most finished work of the painter or sculptor. Home, dear, sweet home, is photographed upon the human soul in characters of incandescent brightness that nothing on earth can compare with. It is remarkable fact that no language, save the Eng lish, can boast of such a sweet com prehensive term as the word “home.” The Frenchman has to say “//j« maison," or my house, when he wants to refer to what the Anglo-Saxon simply terms “home.” Dryden says: “1 lomc is the sacred refuge of our life,” and in his definition we recognize a sublime living principle which stirs the heart and causes the pulse to throb with emotions of pleasure or pain such as nothing else can com pare with. On earth home means wife, mother, father, children, all con gregated in one beautiful, thrilling picture, which stirs a man to deeds of nobility or sin. In the life eternal beyond the skies, home means a place at the right hand of the crucified Saviour, where joy and peace and love shall reign eternal. Think what a beautiful emotionate word this sim ple term home is, and let every one of us ponder over our shortcomings and say if there is not something that we can do to dignify our earthly homes and render us in some small measure more acceptable for that heavenly home ■which awaits us be yond t he skies. The above remarks have been sug gested by the dying words of that in tellectual giant, Benjamin II. Hill, of Georgia. Various are the phrases and sentences attributed to great men as their last expressions; but the sim ple words, “almost home,” which God in his wonderful providence en abled him to utter after he had been deprived of speech by a fearful can cerous disease, surpasses them all for simplicity, manly fortitude and Chris tian faith. God bless the man for tliis beautiful and healthy legacy to our Christianity and our manhood. No Fight of Ours. “In a letter of our Aiken correspon dent, published in the News and Cou rier on the 19th of August, it was stated that some of the defeated can didates at the Democratic primary election were “very sore, and showed their soreness very plainly before the board by their speeches, conduct and general opposition to its action.” We are assured by those in a position to be fully informed of tho facts that this statement is erroneous. We re gret exceedingly that we should have unwittingly placed the defeated can didates in what they consider a com promising position before the public. We are quite sure that the defeated candidates at the primary election in Aiken are, and will continue to be, as zealous in the Democratic cause as those who had the good fortune to be nominated.” We clip the above from the columns of our esteemed cotemporary and publish it as an act of justice both to Gen. Capers Declines. At a meeting of the State Demo cratic Executive Committee, held on the 29th ult., at Columbia, a letter was received from the Rev. Ellison Ca pers, wherein he makes known his positive and final determination to withdraw from the candidacy for State Superintendent of Education, which was so gracefully tendered him by the last State Democratic Conven tion. Gen. Capers says: “I am satis fied, after a careful review of the duties of the oflice as defined in the Statute, that I could not be a faithful Superintendent of Education and re main the Rector of my Parish. The clainjs of the latter are paramount and must command my unqualified consideration.” Gen. Capers, at a previous meeting, had consented to accept; but, as will be seen from the above, his duties as the pastor of “Christ Church,” Green ville, S. C., renders it imperative for him to reconsider that determination. All will regret the inability of the reverend gentleman to accept, but all will respect bis reasons. There will be a.mectingof the State Executive Committee on the 18th of September, at which time all the county chairmen are expected to be present, when it will be decided what action is most expedient in sup plying the vacancy. Old Charleston to the Front. The Annual Review of the Trade of Charleston, published in the Xcws and Courier, September 1st, is a most gratifying exhibit of the enterprise and resources of our grand old historic metropolis. Next week we may have something to say abaut it. This par ticular issue of the News and Courier is one of the most creditable journal istic performances ever accomplished | in the South. We have never seen ! anything of the kind that exhibited more painstaking thoroughness. We congratulate our Charleston cotem porary. Mu. Wm. H. Paiikek, of Abbe ville, has been suggested as a suitable person to succeed the Hon. J. C. Sheppard as Speaker of the next House of Representatives. He is a citizen of Abbeville County and a gentleman of high character and em inent ability, and it would be hard to find one better qualified to fill this im portant and honorable position. Addi-ess of the State Democratic Committee to the People of the State. Rooms of the i State Dem. Executive Coma i Columbia, S. C., August 15, 1882.) fellow-citizens: The candidates nominated bv the State Democratic • i Convention at Columbia are worthy j of the support of the whole people, i No other political body will, or can,T ptesent to you candidates for State j ‘Notice to Charter a Road. Tax Notice. offices who have equal claims to your I PETITION from J. S. Boyd, L. J. Weatherabee, R. J. Dunbar, and other citizens of Aiken County, for a Public Road leading oflT from the ’ J, old Whisky Road at K. J. Tyler’s, ?sj said road running in a south-west ' direction from said starting point to a lane between Merritt Toole and Walter Eubanks’, intersecting the Augusta Boad near Ezekiel Boyd’s, thence on by Paul Lowe’s, Hans Johnson’s, Kadle Place and Jesse and Barney Foreman’s, intersecting the Minor Bridge Road, thence to Ellenton. [For further particulars as to route confidence. The Democracy of South Carolina have received the nomina- timts with unfeigned satisfaetion^and 0 f l sa i,i ro ad\ see Petition filed in office are determined to elect their eandi- 1 of County Commissioners.] kTNTICE is hereby given that all dates. It will be an unmixed bless ing to the State, however, if there shall be a truce to political strife, anc^ N IS persons interested will show cause, if any they can, at a meeting honest men, witli honest purpose antf > 'V to L ,C rw*? on ^ ou< ^y> w ithout regard to their political asso-1 tj ie petition should not be granted, ciations in the past, unite in voting for the upright, capable and faithful candidates who are now before the people. The Democracy cannot be expected to continue to load them selves down with taxation for the benefit of their former opponents, if these persist in preferring political tramps or imported vagabonds to Carolinians of proved worth and ac knowledged merit. The principles declared by the State WM. STEVENS, Chairman Board County Coin’s. Attest: O. P. Champlain, Sept. 5, 18S2-4t Clerk B. C. Notice to Bridge Builders. given that a be built over , ....... Horse Creek on the Hamburg Road, Convention as formulating the objecle and that the contract for building of XTOTICE is hereby new bridge will Mr. C. P. Pelham, recently on trial for robbing the mails at Lancas ter Court House, and whose case we gave some account of last week, has been acquitted by a jury of his coun trymen, much to the satisfaction of his friends. The Democratic State campaign opened at Anderson Court House on the 81st, with great ecled. Col. H. S. Thompson, Hon. J. C. Sheppard, Col. J. N. Lipscomb and others made ex cellent speeches. L\M> Y; and intentions of the Democratic party are intelligible, liberal and progressive. They look to the pre servation of Honest Home Rule as the paramount need of good citizens of every condition in life, and they pledge to all the people the just ad ministration of equal laws, and econ omy with efficiency in the conduct of the Government. In the broader arena of National affairs the South Carolina Democracy stand pledged to the reform of the tariff system, so as to lessen the burdens on the people, and to the reform of the civil service as a means of purifying politics. When the political workers shall no longer have a hundred thousand Federal offices as a lure and bait for their hungry dependents, the power of combinations of unscrupulous politicians will assuredly be broken, and for every candidate, within his party, there will be a fair field and no favor. The Democracy demand like wise that the Federal Governniet, by liberal appropriations from the treas ury for educational purposes, help the Southern States to convert the pres ent and rising generation of freed- men into intelligent and responsible citizens. In all tilings the South Carolina Democracy solemnly hind themselves, before their fellow-coun try-men, to pursue that public policy which will make the whole people content, by securing their rights, guarding their privileges and foster ing their growing prosperity. The State Executive Committee re mind their Democratic fellow-citizens that, while the control of Soutli Car olina has been won by the party, and with that control has come the intel ligent administration of governmental affairs and peace in every Carolina home, the power of the Democracy can only be maintained and consoli dated by eternal vigilance and untir ing effort. The Democracy are not so strong that they can afford to disagree or divide. Disunion now would be as perilous as in the historic campaign six years ago, when the StateAwas wrested from the grasp of the igno rant and corrupt. Toleration mere should be within the party l|pcs. There is ample scope and verge the of irulivkhml said-bridge will be given out at said place to the lowest bidder, on Septem ber 22, 1882. Plans and specifications will also be given out at the above mentioned time aud place. A well secured bond will be re quired from the person to whom the contract is awarded. J. V. GEORGE, County Commissioner Aiken Co. Aug. 22, 1882-4t XTOTTCE IS HEREBY GIVEN . that the Tax Books of Aiken County will be open for the collection of the* balance of the Taxes for the fiscal year 1881, as follows: Graniteville, Friday and Saturday, Sept. 15 and 16, 1882. W. J. Woodward’s Store, Mondav, Sept. 18, 1882. Low Town Wells, Tuesday, Sept. 19, 1882. Rouse’s Bridge, Wednesday, Sept. Ellenton, Thursday, Sept. 21, 1882. Silvertnn Academy, Friday, Sept. 22. Hankinson «& Page’s Store, Saturday Sept. 28, 1882. Langley, Monday, Sept. 25, 1882. Langley, Tuesday, Sept. 26, 1882. Aiken Court House, Wednesday, Sept. 27, 1882. Montmorcnci, Thursday, Sent. 28. Windsor, Friday, Sept.* 2?J, 1882. Kitehing’s Mill, Saturday, Sept. 80. H. D. Ott’s, Monday, Get. 2, 1882. H A. Sally’s Store, Tuesday, Get. 8. John Hutto’s, Wednesday, Oct. 4, 18S2 J. G. Sally’s Store, Thursday, Get. 5. Jones’ X Roads, Friday, Oct. 6, 1882. J. K. Kneece’s, Saturday, Get. 7, 1882. Wilson Gunter’s, Monday, Get. 9. Hatcher’s X Roads, Tuesday, Get. 10. Hamburg, Wednesday, Get. 11, 1882. Banck’s Mill, Thursday, Get. 12, 1882. Vaueluse, Friday, Get. 18, 1882. Vaucluse, Saturday, Get. 14, 1882. Aiken Court House from the lOtli to the 31st of October inclusive. Penalties and costs attacli Novem ber 1, 1881. The Levy is as follows:— For State purposes. 4?4 mills For ord’n’ry Co. purposesS mills For special Co. purposes y, mill For school purposes 2 mills MORAN, IMPORTER AND DEALER IN HARDWARE, CUTLERY, GUNS, AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS, Sportsmen's Supplies, Rurber ani> Leather Bkltino, Farm Hells of all sizes. Bumps, Woouware, Tinware, Potwakk. AGENT FOR THE \ v \ V /■ V v Champion Wire Fence, -ALSO FOR THK- Application for Charter. 'VJ OTICE is hereby given that Jos. J-x Thomas, Louis Cartledge, S. P. Picksley, Adam Madison, Alexander Jones and H. C. Crocker have applied fora charter for “The Bethel Benevo lent Society of Hamburg, S. C.,” and that said charter will biPgranted in thirty days from date, unless legal ob jection thereto be made before said time. W. M. JORDAN, c. c. P. Sept. 5,1882. Making a total of mills on tlie dollar on value of taxable property. J. E. MURRAY, Treasurer Aiken County. County Treasurer’s Office,) Aiken C. H., S. C. ^ August 15, 1882.) PAY YOUR TOtfX TAXES Cone Cotton Press, the Best in the World. The No. 2 Press makes a bale weighing from 500 to 600 pounds. Size of Box8 feet high, 5 feet 2 inches long, and 82 inches wide. Send for circulars. We particularly call attention to our splendid Stock of TINWARE, packed in convenient boxes so as to save freight. NO. 45 HAYNE, Corner of MEETING STREET, NO 78 MARKET, Corner of MEETING STREET, CHARLESTON, S. C. -FOR TIIE- S TATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Aiken County. By W. W. Williams, Esq., Probate J udge. Whereas, Joel A. Gunter hath made suit to me to grant him letters of administration of the Estate ami Effects of Lawson Gunter, deceased. These are, therefore, to cite and ad monish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said Lawson Gunter, deceased, that they be and appear before me, in tlie Court of Probate, to be held at Aiken Court House, on September 9, 1882, after publication hereof, at 11 o’clock in the forenoon, to shew cause, if any they have, why the said administration should not be granted. Given under my hand, this 26th day of August, in the year of onr Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-two.' [seal] W. W. WILLIAMS, Probate Judge Aiken County. REGISTER YOUR NAMES! Fiscal Year Commencing' Aug. 15th, 1882. Office Clerk and Treasurer j Town Council of Aiken, At Court House, August 21, 1882.) N OTICE is hereby given that the Town Tax Books are now open at my office for tlie collection of the above taxes, and will remain open for that purpose until the FIRST DAY of NOVEMBER next. All persons who fail to pay within the time afore said will be proceeded against accord ing to law. J. R. JORDAN, Clerk and Treas. Town of Aiken. Aug. 22, 1882-Ot CLOSING OUT! X 1,000 B USHELS RET) RUST PROOF SEED GATS, grown especially for seed, for sale by WM. G. MOOD, Peaeedale, near Aiken. SMITH & CRANE, -successors to- SPRING and SUiVmiER CLOTHING! I N ORDER to do tins I will give some most extraordinary BARGAINS for the next THIRTY DAYS in Ready Made Clothing. * Such chances never offered before as now at OAK HALL CLOTHING STORE, No 614 BROAD STREET, (). K. CLOTHING HOUSE. 746 BROAD ST., Under Globe Hotel. HZ. IBIROOIKIS, AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. E. R. SCHNEIDER, Importer and Wholesale and Retail Dealer In FINE WINES, CIGARS, BRANDIES to:b .a. aao, ^INERALlWATERS^mS^ESymiutPORTERlALEyEfC^ I