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ifcZael JK9 h c Aiwuiaac »'oi- Ti«c V*'t>*k. MAIiCII. ! ST’K .SUN ; MOON the question still presents its If: Whitt has l»eeii fraiiie*! ? Kor it stil reumins to be seen u he her chemical ends cun ve accompiisheu bv mechanical means. 'iiie question, j>ract»cully, it must he reiiieiii!>erc<l, isnot whether i^rouud phosphate rock i> a lertilizer, tor we all know that it is a fertilizer, and the liner it is ground, presumably, the | **1 li- l * ». f i*u' id phosphate; and this ,s upon the assumption that only one- fourth of thegrotnd rock, the hunai- f ah!e jiart, to render service. Now, this assumption is hardly fair, f<T it is quite reasonable to supi^ose (and in deed it is an admitted fact) that the remaining three-fourths, in .he order of its hnenessf, will undergo gradual German [Direct Iinportatiol Peruvian Cu Fresh from the Agent o| vian Government. V: Tuesday 1-1 Wednesday lo Thursday. 1*1 Friday. . .. 17 Saturday Is Sunday . 19;Moiulay IS K.S KK’ I S fit A : S 9 :13. 0 :07 ; J * 27 »} • * 6 :0» a .(■rn H :11 tj 0: f/j 6 :10 0 : < 1: 21 G :0K 0 :G9 2: 0J 6; :G7 6 :10 »>. 52 « :0G G :ll! o l fil f . Lirininfir ami l Ilf* ’. rc f’ij i *«iia !lv in* i l e«l „ „ , , v . disintegration hy the ordinary agon-; more etfieiei.t will it !>ecome; hut the eies of weathering, and will tinis, par- questiou is w hether ground phos- | tide hy particle, he reduced to the re- ! phate rock used hy it-eif is a fertilizer quired fineness, and thus acquire the | in any su.di kind or degree as to make activity of the finest particles. We j it u substitute f* r acid or disolved i should thus, therefore, have not only ! st piiosphates tile immediate services of the o(K> ] The advocates of finals claim not pounds of resident floats, but we 1 only that it is a substitute, but. that,! should also have the accruing action South Carolina ino ! ic Peru- FISH GUAI t-iix to Eight pier cent. Nova Scotia LAND ti-ROUNl n<t having had an equal weight of j of the 1,500 pounds of coarser mute- PHATE, fine ground and hi fThose iiitcr<-'T«"i in »ubjec*<< gerrnaia V to send in contribution!) to our a;;r.r ’.ural department. Many of our iiitclli^:. nt and KK Ces-'fu! farn.ers itr - un-r:ii!<-I with tne jh-11 : hut as tiie result** of their ex; e- ritie-e are valuable, \vi* iiartih.-uhtrly dedre til he our dntv -n to hear froc.i them, and it and ))leji*-iire to see that their articles make a resf*,**-tai*le appear.-tneeJ TtJEftDAY, MARCH 18, 1888. another pioduet (sul»;huric acitl) a*ld cd to, a-in the ease of acid phosphate, it is twice as rich in phosphoric acid, land therehuv, iixtablij ax r<i!uubte ;llml ! in the near future there will be no further use for sulphuric acid; and j that as sulphuric acid (in their opin- j ion) is a poison, destructive of plant' continuously apparent. It should be j liA and injurious to the soil, they w ill at least as etlicient as acio phosphate, i [ accomplish the two-fold purpose of* and it should he even sup<‘rif>r to | acquiring a useful product and of dis-• floats, having suflicient material for i curding a hu tful one. i immediate wants, and ever holding rial, which would be ever undergoing j For sale by reduction and rendering itself to the plants in such quantities am. ut such times as they may require it. From this view of the ease, there fore, the action of ground phosphate should he irnmediate'y marked and HERMAN BULWI] KERRS’ WHAR1 CHARLESTON, imonia. USTER, PHOS- h grade. ;le, s. c. A. J. Heal Floats, or Ground Phosphate. Now no amountAif rep.soning, how-j in readiness and affording a reserve ever ahleand sei this questi j meat oi for the gratification of our i acid or di*)S«»lved piiosphatc and not! I own conceits As Professor Elzey, J for the ground or insoluble phosphate.! stock of goods, the uhdei>Jfned re- cintu, truly savs: ‘The made of the Department regarding | Much “flouts,” or ground phosphate, its fer tiiizing value, &<•., we addressed a | ( j t - y letter to Dr. F. L. Fro.-t, asking that he would furnish us all the informa tion lie could for the benefit of the fanners of iSouth Carolina. In re sponse to our letter, Dr. Frost con tributes the following valuable and exceedingly interesting article to our report: i if we can, with a measurable degrei Jlon. A. P. Hutler, Comwinsioner cj ! only oi proha'ulity, predetermine tiiis leand .scion*.Ik*, cun determine i supply for the jil tiits, according to ( sticn. i.ise all Otlier problems | tneir (.ally recurring and ever cluing- | ontspo- pract ice , by tlie people; for (heir If-aggrandize- i e y.is always and increasingly for the tKB! of the time for Baker and Conkecti —and dealer in— GROCERIES, FRUITS Ac. Main Street, - - - A up.:, S. C. AVING purchased fro n- Mr. S. P. T. Fields his ifa b?ry and II indue-j Furthermore' w live basis upon which the science of j very floats, the Impalpable product, is leitiiizatiou must finally rest must Ik? I no new tiling, and that floats have | wrought oi:t in the field and not in I actuul'y been in use, and have, tiiere- 1 he ialioratnry. 'i he data of tlie labor-j fore, been speaking for themselves,! atory are merely su^gc-tive; the ' for a g<>od many years past. For, as ' maintain that the ; s l ,t ‘ , t I ' u Hy solicits a share the pa- j tronage of the citizens of Ai am. A. J. HEAT] Jan. 30, 1883. / / o,v .7/1> niitiiofn'< rament, we have aiready said, in tlie process how- i of ali grinding some fonts are pro- op (hr Biding this itnal ab ever, it may not he devoid of profit j duced, and, not withstanding that the for us t(» i»redieate on tlie subject; fin purpose is to prevent their escape from the mill, the product is so ex- Agrivulture t (.’oUnnbia, S. C.: Dear r'in—Your communication of j the i'Jth ult., requesting my views on j too hasty conclusions. “Floats,” came to hand, and would j In reviewing this subject, we will question, it may he tlie means of great, imuossible w good—serving as a guide to expert- the escaped mentation and as a caution against ceedingly fine that it has been found have received immediate a.lention hut for my absence from the city and the pressure of business. Flouts is crude phosphate rock ground to an impalpable powder, s<. line that it will jloat in the air nolly to do so; and, as apeit dust was h'own about the building and finally out of the window and lost, dust chambers, so- called, were divised, into which this escaping material was directed hy a draft and tints it was collected and _. tiiui me ; saved. The quantity of this material opinions of the foremost agricultural i was quite considerable, and, as it was chemists of the day. as moulded by J that experience and the lights of tin have need of the best aids at our eom- ! mand. We will, therefore, he gov met! by tin* experience of the past and tlie accounted of extra inanurial value, i it was in active demand and com- j mauded a full price. It did not seem, therefore, two uses of however, to fully meet expectations, the name. The extreme comminution ! phosphate of iimo—the insoluble and ' and altliough, lor economic consider- ls el fee ted hy tlie use of the Due At- , the soluble—the one in its crude state, | at ions, the accumulation of it was ground phosphate or i laboratory, hence i w'j. have, THORNE. DEVENEYfe CO. -L, t’PLIES. Ih ats,) wliich continued, the demand became grad* omizer Mill, invented by our fellow-J townsman, Mr. H. A. Due, Jr., a mail of great natural talent and of mos. reuiaikahle inventive genius. The object of ail grinding is*to in crease surface. In very much greater ratio than the fineness of the particles j va.i be the surface that is presented; ! . • , , , , . i , . - - - ...... and, in proportion as the surface is m- ; mechanical, ami our dependence i- , phate conipames in tuis en. -* ■ 11 v w IJ11 iie rock I u l )t>, i the acids of the soil and et th* j aboid three years past been » be acted upon and rendered available lias been in use, we may say, since | ualiy indiiierent, until finally, of late time immciuorial; ami thcotlier in its ; years, the practice, in the main, has so-calied cooked slate (acid or dis- j oeeu simply to return this product to s*>lved phospliatc,) wdiich has been in j the common bulk of ground rock, to use since the comparatively recent i be used in the ordinaiy manufactures, time of Huron LMbig. j And, in addition to the above source oi tlie largest phos- in tins ci.y has for creased, the more mulilv w ill the rock ! “t'o" me avus o, ,uc sm, am, oi ui • i a-,on, .nree years past been .operating ,! lUl ceds in the rontiets of plants w iucii! tlie Due atom;z.cr, and has been olier- In the one case tlie treatment is \ of stipjily, one to plants hv the agencies that are in ! a,v • s0 ' Vi ? i ^ t!,at t!je - v ra " °" ly a<t u l , ;.| ''r'" l, ‘ v l” ,l>ii< h t,,e P n j d . uct tl,is - - * ■ • on nutienals ot extreme firmness of I mill,— the very floats itself; and yet, comminution, whose action is at best j so far as is generally known, the de- slow, and the n suits, therefore, more j maud lias been so limited as to render Some appliance, therefore, by wdiich i ,l ‘ s, j phosphate rock and other refractory other case the treatment is to an im-! the air, tlie rain, t he dew and the soil: and especially so by the digestive pow ers of the plants themsciw .. I... ,,.i.t.,n i oi Iiiilieotherca.se the materials could he reduced u, uii im- ' an< ‘ 0,!, : '^‘!*<‘.»>'Jence is upon palpable dust, or to its ultimate atoms, j l i,, ‘ !; 0 '' er , lul ,,i,l l > ‘} urIt * a V ,d ’ W, . U r h L it were. In’s long been considered u ! (,u ^ I lt work promptly and tlmioughly, I and has stood the severest tests of ex- Frcnch Buhrr ! i» all parts of the world, on ah crop's, on at. sons, in all climate.* great desideratum. Heretofore tlie old stone was our sole dependence. To any thinking man this seemed a very rude contrivance, suited oniy to the most primitive ages; for half the! power and half the wearaml tear were applied to the grinding >>r destruction of the instiumeut itself, the Buhrr Btone, and were conseouentiy lost to the object in baud—the grinding of the phosphate rock. Furthermore, it was found impossible to reduce the rock to what was conceived to be the necessary tlie operation of the atomi zer only at intervals. And, again, can we have a more emphatic and significant answer to the question in point than is to be found in the large number of huge sulphuric acid chambers that have been erected and are continually ho und under ali systems of culture, with \ ing erected, at the cost of millions of uniformly good results, and with ever j dollars, all over the country? increasing popularity. j Would they he in existence if they 't he one is used with more or less j were not imperatively wanted? Would capitalists—the most sensitive (acd sensibie too) of ail people—in vest their money in producing an ar- requisite degree of fineness, owing to i ( r was hrd- cc-rtain insurmountable difliculues; j for as each par HIIRDWARE, CARRIAGE materi MILL Si Agents for- Ohampion Mower and Rea Roland Chilled Plow*, Oriole Chilled Plows, Barb Wire Fencing, Howe Scales, Diamond Cotton Plows, Cone Cotton Press, Rubber Belting, Farm and Church Bells. Cor. Broad and Washinglon sts., Augusta, - - -iGa. FOR SAGE. iS^trawderry Plants in rfiy quan 'w tity desired and of twenty varie ties, at I’o cents per dozen, $2|>er hun dred, and $8 per thousand. Address, R. M. SIMS, Columb: misgivings as to the actual and profit able results; the other is used with absolute confidence as to both. The comparison may be likened to j tide of doubtful merits and value? one between the old-time post of our! Do these chambers not indicate in at hers and the express of our cay.. unmistakable terms that it isthedis- i Ty either mode the mail reaches you, j solved phosphate that our farmers t in.t a man in these times cannot afford ; want and will have? ........... I1 . M . ] t*» receive a letter to-day which his | For the last fifteen years our farmers . ;; r , r.. ’ ! neighbor got a month ago. x have been using hotlu tue.-Tnsoim-U ^^( rtj(Ko pioaUbl^-^WUntTi hie aim tlie soluble phosphates. They kkTT *j7.. n hmidi^TrTTnr I. ir r. ( .t, w \ Phosphate and acid or dissolved phos-! have been intensely interested to find would be double/ and consiquentlv d'^te—wnich, by the judgment of the out the comparative merits «>f these -- * agnculturists ot the wond, and es- two products. Without bias, and peciaily of our Southern States of j exercising their best judgment, they grinding progressed i:. intensive ratio, i A,n . erica * | ,as f * ive . ? : a,K ' is to : da >; I ,iave themselves to the mat- the resistance increase, until iinairt' the be ? fc I ; esulta 7 Beyond all ; ter. Their success or their failure tii-3 power ivmainiiig the same, the i and ahnost imnuasurably, hMancmlly depended upon tne true practical limit to subdivision was soon ! a * expressed by demand and consump- solution of the question. And what reached. And this inherent ditiicuity j ti0 A n » he »cid iiiiosphate. , has been the result ? The almost um- was further increased bv the aeciden- , Although the one product has been j versal verdict is in favor of the dis tal ones of obstruction* and lubricu- all<l hi use much hmgerthan v,olcd( or so-called acid( phosphate tion; for the rock, being fed in at the * l T‘ 0l, 1 ie '> - v ? 1 thc inland .or the acid We have thus consulted the oxper- oentreof the stones, in order to ciScet! a » d ! mce of the past, and have -b- wn, as its exit hud to work its wav out to the j a l, "i'.*s, lull, hearty and ever in-, we think, that it expresses Hselt in Now owinii- to the ro<*k r.’ rt:a8in "7 '• liere Must used and j no eqnivocal terms in iavor of the H. F. Warneke, Baker aur! Confectioner AND DEALER IN ^ GROCEIOES TOB^CO and CIGAES, V TOYS, AIKEN, FIRE-WORKS, ctc. s. c. there would be d*>uble the resistance to further reduction; and thu.-, as tlie penpnery. not being i owing to the rock I uniform den- ! not being of absolutely uniform den-1 w "* th ‘' re V ,ost va 1 1 ! H ‘ a and .-plubie or acid phosphate and against sity, aim to the impo.-sibilit v of kvc!.- * V ,a ' reast, ’ e , ; eni . an ‘ 1 ^ ground phos-, the insoluble m ground phosphate, ing thv? stones absolutely true, there ,s sl . l< ls f" L 'h!e ami tmnd,! •- * * ‘f * * would he unequal action in the grind- ! a,u,,ullU, 'fe r ° :il:i 1 1< ? st ‘*(>(nmg by tmtn- W ith a few conclusions, directly de- jng, some part icles undergoing Teitue- ! ; Uiti u ;° uid , 111 ? l11 prohaoilny • ducible from what lias been said above, and smooth, they further iiindereu it ; hya practical lubricat ion of tiie larger , panicles, tlius tl. waning the proce.-s i of attrition and consequent eomminu-! tion. Thesediliieultieshave all been over- ! come b\' Mr. Due in iws atomizer mill, i By tiiir* mill the rock made to grind itself by tne attrition of rock against ; rock, i'he whole power in made to j apply itself to tiic work in hand, and there is no wear and tear upon the j mill itself. The mill consists of an iron disc, ! five feet diameter, into w hieh the rock is introduced; tlie disc is then made ! to revolve; by centrifugal force the! rock applies itself firmly to the in re- 1 nor periphery, forming a surface upon ! which a certain mass of tne rock (which, by a simple device, is not al-1 lowed thus to obey the* centrifugal force,) is ground. The mill is relieved of the ground material by suction ap plied at the centre of the disc. In proportion to tin* gentleness of this suction or draft will be the fineness or tin* product. It is thus that the material call Floats is mainly produced. Within tin* la.*>l twelve mouths an other proce-s has been invented, and has been in u><* hy one < i our largest companies in this city, on the princi ple of i.</‘cg.v.'d’on, and not of uiirltiun las in the Due Mill, the f ame cuds <>i extreme reduction Icing attained. A lid although tiie exact method is not at present known to the general pub lic, the results in ali respects are high ly satislact^ry. And now as to the uses of floats: In the nuu.u.uclure of floats it must he remembered that thc rack lias un dergone only mechanical irc.itment. It is, therelo.-e. si ill an insoluble piios- phateof lime, diflcilug ei.emieaily in no way from crude phosphate rock, or from the rock as ordinarily ground by buhrr stones. What, then, ha? been gained? When phosphate rock was first dis- povvivd in the old wond its similarity of composition to bone at once sug- gestebjno scientists the idea that it -:o:- t I INVITE the citizens of Aiken and the surrounding country to call ind continued re- e. the above luced tc give it a trial, but with al-j two, with the added virtues of potash, most the invariable result of dissap-| lime, magnesia, soda, &c., use ash poiuinu'iit, unless, indeed, they arc I element us atprcsent compounded, prepared to wait for tardy and remote j And for the most complete and ^ results, or have, perchance, used il in i crowning results to the land and to inspect my stock of Jewelio , comhinath it with some oilier fertili- j the crops, use, in connection with the | atciies and Spectacles,| which, zee i*f pronounced qualities and ae-; ash element, green crop (peas and are .. ne . quality and sold at rea- tivhy. j vetch pre-eminently the best for our Now this demand, be it understood, ! Southern States) and cotton seed. All this is practice; not theory, ex cept as verrified hy practice PRICES REDUCED robt. d. m TVOTK —AND— GRANITE WORKS PLANS FURNISHED. ALSO IROIM RA3LI2MCS f 107 Meeting St., cor. Horlbeck’at Alley, Charleston, S. C. D. F. McEwen, WATCHMAKER, JEWELLER AND OPTICIAN!—- of judgment stimu- sonable prices, ized agent for I am the sole author- ! P. 8.—Should any of your readers desire to see the floats, 1 will take is the expom iated and uirected by personal intcr- c* t—a most searching and unerring instinct; and il therefore becomes a most important indicator of the com parative jnents of the two products. It is plain that if ground phosphate gave c*|tial resitLs it would be in equal j pleasure in sending them sample up- demand. . . ! on atipllcation. lit.u our fanners do not want it is | t!ic best evidence that we can have i that they do not find i! proii’ahle to County Treasurers Reports, toe it, oi, at lea.'t, Jiat it (Iocs not give \ [From Tlie Columbia Register.] the same crop results, and consequent _ money returns, that the acid phos- Some weeks ago the Treasurer of| pintle does. " ' Richland, in compliance with require- li may he objected that these re-1 meats of the Act of IsSl, published m.is ks, no e\ e: tln*^ n*«i\ lie a mill c a—'■ , i* , . . ii.. i ' ! ‘it *u the he a inter his statement of the i t’ie to phosphate rock as ground hv , ^ ! buhrr stones, do not apply to floats, dls!,un, ements on school claims, giv- 1 iuasmueii as t!:e prime condition of | ing the names of all parties to whom t xtiviiie eoiniuinutu ii is wanting in payments had been made and the tic* ordinary ground rock. Ve maintain that this is not the case, uo<t thc conditions, although not wholly ; resent, are in good measure so. and at least in such degree as to afford reliable indications; and that, to the degree that thc conditions do exist, ; hcy should manifest theniscdves in the n>ui:s. We do act, however, find this to he the case. King's Combination Spcctcicles! With much respect and esteem, Which are composed of a combination Yours truly, F. L. Frost. ! frame, set with the linest French pol- Charieston, »S. C., October 14, 1SS2. ished Lens. They do not rust, and are the most desirable in use. D. F. McEWJpN, Main Street, Aiken, S. C. amounts paid to each. On examining tiie statement the School Commissioner discovered that j the amount exceeded by $75 the | amount vouched for in his oflice, and j lie immediately proceeded to ferret j out the cause of the discrepancy. HENRY BUSCH PROPRIETOR OF THE BUSSli HOuiEi Cor. Richland Ave. and Yorlj St., -AKD DKALKR I!t Now the ad\^>( not only that it am! available as i f floats claim half the weight <>f acid phos- id, and the i treated, and that, oik phate being sulphuru floats not having K*en containing, therefore, twice the amount of phosphoric acid that the acid phosnnate does, is consequently (iouhly as active and \ahtable. It was found after diligent search ; that tlie Treasurer had paid a check ! id ’phosphate, 'but f° r $””b drawn in favor of Sarah Al- jiuiliy as active GENERAL MERCHANLISE, Laurens street, Aiken, 8. C. teacher of! The check ■ hut as no I L^(J would make a good fertilizer: and that as the organic piiospinm s—bone--gave good resuiis by siuipiy griuding, so would t ie mineral piiosiihates. in* dc w that if it was applied to plants m suitable mccnanii-al coiiditio>i they would recognize it and s,»im h«>w act possession of it was so simple and di rect tnat it would seem to nave been primitive. The rock was accordingly iirst used simply ground, and the results were in * ■ a* 11 ra b 1 y sa t i s i a e t o ry. But Baron Lie big, having previously disooveied that by treating raw bones with sulphurie* acid their activity was thereby greatly increased, tiie same process was applied to the** phosphate rock, and witli such markedly good results that from that time the almost universal practice lias been t' treat : the rock with sulphuric acid. * * And now that we have floats, the i deed, inasmuch asqiiiosphate of lime was known to be plant food, the idea Now for the disnroof of this, it is well known that wit!; any grin ding, Imu ever coarse, there will he produced some impalpable powder or floats—that if a rock be cracked t*U‘ once with a hammer some dust will result. Now, it must he borne in m*ud that tiie ordinary product of the buhrr stones is only coarse by com parison—that it is indeed a fine pow- ; lison, purporting to he a tiie Fifth .School District. | was apparently genuine, teacher of that name appeared on the j lid.) of tlie Fifth Senoul District, i further inquiry showed that the i whole tiling was a well executed for- gery of the names of John McLaugh lin, (Tiainnun, and Dave Robert, one of the trustees of thc school disttict, and also of School Commissioner Sylvester. Treasurer Gibbes cannot recall from whome he received Hie check, and the ; loss will iall upon him. Russ k Stothart, GRANITEV T ILLE, - - —DEALERS IN DRUGS, s. MEDICIS F CHEM fCA LS, VARS I SHE'S, PA, It is certain- i _ ly the duty of the School Com mis-: f u n y compounded _ sioner, tlie Treasurer and other offi-1 ucr, uii i a conmiicralJe amount <d|ceis whose names have been forged dust or Loais resident in it. It is sat** p-make every effort to discover tlie tosay that there is nardly less tiian f.^rg^r and bring him or her to jus tice. And the ease suggests that s ne certain method should he used by the Treasurer or other disbursing officer to enable them readily to trace the checks paid by them to the par ties who present them. Oils, Glass, Putty, Fine 8oaps fumery, Dye Woods and Dye generally, tSptinges, Brushes, alnd all articles kept by druggists gem rally. ZW Physicians’ Prescriptions care- 2 > per cent, of floats in the ordinary 1 roductof our mills, and the remain ing percentage consists of particles of varying degrees of fineness, from im palpable dust up 11 the coarsest grains, which latter are themselves only rela tively coarse, and are, indeed, practi cal! y fine. Now, assuming, as above, dial in the ordinary rock product of our mills there is 25 percent, of floats,—that is, 500 pounds to the ton,—and since, ac- eorc.ng t Oh as. W. Henson „ the flout theory, thh.-wol Saloon and Bestaurant. eoutaiiiB as mueli jihosphorie i ^ lioice wines, liquors and cigars, acid as LOU) imumls of acid phos- Philadelphia and Cincinnatti Beer. BAZAR! (iLOVE-FITTIN PA TTERNS! For sale by Mrs. FOR Park Avei pounds of acid pho phate, one ton of ground rock should , iiu x >«ipauie product, Ike *</tV yuu i w iv« .* good immediate r«..ulta an 1,000^ 825 Broad street, Augusta, Gu. Over P. G, Bui um & (jo* J. A. Wright BOOT AND SHOE MAKE Noithside Park Avenue, AikenjP- C. any NEW BOOT AN9 SHOE STORE!! SflllsTE; SHOES -AT- -:o:- JOHN D. HALL No. 602 Broad Street, (1st Door above R. R. Crossing) AI’GT'STA, GA. DEALER IN Roofs Y sHOEsy flijpXiitTS =M C0kD & DILL’S. -: o :- -A COMPLETE ASSORTMENT OF- INDIES’,1 lOEHT’S,! iKISSSESl |flaB| ICiilLDREH’Sj BOOTS JLTTT) SHOES I ALWAYS ON HAND! First cl ass Goods a Specialty!! ROBERTSOf, TAYLOR & CO: :j: ^A Ui ' AIM IS TO KEEP THE BEST! ... A full line of Zeigler Bros.’s Shoos always on hand for Ladies, Misses and Children. •’ 1 l • ALL STYLES AT THE LOWEST CASH PRIg'Ks! Also Edwin C. Burt’s New York Celebrated Kid and ; . Burt Kid Button for Ladies, Misses and Children. All ; : | • widths and spring heels—9 to 13. j • • • • Both of above goods we will warrant in every particu- ; /, lar. Remember us when in Augusta and call to see our : : : stock. : RfJcCORD $c D?LL, - 914 Broad Si -AND- Commission Merchants!! 1 and 3 Haync St., - - - Charleston, S, C. E. W. Pereival J. T. DENNING, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER IN Confectionery, Fruits, Nuts, Etc. -ALSO- 3 -Manufacturer of- RfSanufacturer of Pure Candy. (Under the supervision of Geo. F. Lamback.) AUGUSTA, - - - . ... GEORGIA. SASH, DOORS, BLINDS M A. 3ST T E L S, MOULDING, BRACKETS, STAIRWORK! Meeting st., near Line st., Charleston, S. C. D. W. SEIGLER. GEO. W. CURTIS. -AT THE- Augusta Store I 500 cloaks from $1.25 im. 500 doz. Towels from 5e. up; double and single shawl 4 * at panic prices; all wool flannels from 12J«c. up; 10/00 yards Kentucky jeans, from 10c. up; Virginia cassimeres and jeans just received; sheeting and shirting at factory prices; 5,000 yards alpaca from 10c. up; 300 doz. ladies’ and "ents’ hose, 5c., 10c., 12'rtc., 15c.; carpets and window shades greatly reduced ; 9 and 101^ sheeting at a bargain ; ^viiiow ware and trunks just received; clothing that^ sold; shoes that shall UttMMUnf9 pounds go -JrLOO; rice for $ljj We most respectfully invite an inspection of our stock, with a comparison of prices with otner markets. Don’t forget the Augusta Store, by the New Court Honse, J. P. WEATHERSBEE, LEADERS OP 10W PRICES ON PARK AVOIR. Seigler & Curtis, DEALERS IN GENERAL MERCHANDISE- WOULD inform the public that they have a stock of goods unsurpassed ▼ t for completeness and cheapness, consisting of Dry Goods, Groceries, Clothing, Boots and Shoes!! We are adding daily Nciv Goods to our already large stock. Give u* a new trial. Country produce purchased. Seigler | Curtis, Next to Passenger Depot and opposite Park Avenue Hotel, Aiken, 8. C. L. FLISCE, Near Lower Market, corner Broad Street, AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. Manufacturer of Plain and Fancy Cakes of all kinds. S PECIAL attention paid to orders from the country for Wedding Cakes of any style, price and description. Country merchants supplied with bread and cukes at reasonable prices. L. Flisch. For J. G. STEEDMAN. T II E ASHLEY PHOSPHATE COMPANY CHARLESTON, S. C. SOLUBLE GUANO, Highly \mmoniated; ACID PHOSPHATE, for Composting; DISSOLVED BONE, verv High Grade; ASH ELEMENT, for Cotton, Outs, Pcul ; Ac. GENUINE LEOPOLDSHALL KA IN IT, (imported direct from the mines in Germany, and warranted pure.) FLOATS, genuine product of the Due Atomizer; COT I ON SEED MEAL, NOVA SCOTIA LAND PLASTER, SOUTH CAROLINA MARL, PURE GROUND RAWBONE, GROUND DRIED FISH. GROUND DRIED BLOOD. 27^”The above Fertilizers are of very high grade and of uniform quality. |3f Special inducements are offered for cash orders. yg“For Terms, Illustrated Almanacs, colored Humorous Cards, &c., address the Company. Jas. G. Bailie i Sons Hardware Dealers and Furnishers of Improved Agri cultural Implements. ^ a -M- OOK OUT for their advertisement when they get into their ban i two-story brick store! C. B. CAPERS,! Aiken, S. C.£ jC. W. MUNNERLYN, (Augusta, Georgia. CAPERS & MUNNERLYN, -JOBBERS OF- ECTLItXS'WX.K.E, CUTLERY & TINWARE AIKEN, - * S. C. AGENTS for Fairbanks Scales, DuPont Gun Powder, Rubber Belting and Packing Co., Oliver Chilled Plows, Thomas’ Smoothing Harrow Co., C. Aultmun & Co.’s Mowers and Reapers, The celebrated “Times Cook ing Stove,” (over 50,000 in use in the use); Farm Bells, New Home Sewing Machine Co., Estey Sewing Machines. All of the above goods in stock, together with a complete line of shelf and heavy hardware, cutlery, breeching and muzzle loading shot-guns and Tin Ware, Wagon Wood Work, axles, liar iron, &c. The above goods we will wholesale and retail as low as any market in the South. We invite correspondence front buyers seeking bargains in our line. CAPERS & MUNNERLYN. -Dealers in- CARPETS, OIL CLOTHS, WINDOW CURTAINS and SHADES! WINDOW OORXIUFS and CHROMOS! A FULL LINE OF WALLPAPERS A BORDERS! H. H. JORDAN. LUTHER HOLLEY. CHOICE FAMILY GROCERIES and PLANTATION SUPPLIES! Augusta, Ca. Everything strictly Al. 713 BROAD STREET ( Old stand of Jas. G. Baiiie & Bro. )" JORDAN & HOLLEY, Livery Stable Keepers!! VT/'E keep always on hand VEHICLES which cannot be surpassed in any ▼ t other health resort in America. Our rule is the one price system, j Our drivers are held responsible for impoliteness, and all that is necessary is j to complain at our oflice to have matters adjusted. Our determination is to conduct our business on equitable principles, and t« try and please every body. For every kind of Vehicle, from the finest carriage or buggy to a wagon for pie-nic parties, call on JORDAN & HOLLEY, Curve St., Aiken, 8. C. NTS, Pcr- Stufls The beat of material used, of boo* ur «feu# awie to x WANDO PHOSPHATE 'OC>2v£FJ±.Jsnr i CHARLESTON, S. C. Office 7 Exchange Street, (in rear of Post Office,/ M ANUFACTURE Fertilizers, Acid Phosphate, Dissolved Bone, Ash Mixture, Ground Phosphate (splendidly prepared) and deal in Kainit and all Fertilizer Supplies. Wando'Acid Phosphate, the highest grade containing Potash sold in North Carolina last season. Splendid standing in Georgia. Unsurpassed in South Carolina. Col. J. T. Henderson, the Commissioner of Agriculture for the State of Geor*ia, who has the Official Analyses of the different brands constantly before him, bought the WANDO AClD PHOSPHATE for use on his farm this year. Wando Fertilizer, the first Fertilizer that was ever made from the South Carolina Phosphate. Its excellence for all field crops is unsurpassed. Official Analyses show our goods to he above their guarantee. Full ship ping facilities by rail and water. Special brands and formulas made to order. FRANCIS B. HACKER, Pres, and Gen. Ag’t. JOSIAH 8. BROWN, Treasurer. ALFRED HOLMES, Agent, Aiken, South Carolina. Sam’l R. Marshall Julius J. Wescoat. SAM’L R. MARSHALL & CO: -SUCCESSORS OF- J. E. ADGER & CO. •importers and dealers in- ZEC^VIR.IID'W.iYIRIE] I CUTLERY, GUNS, AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS t No. 139 Meeting St. (Sign Golden Gun) - - - CHARLESTON, S. C. GRAND DISPLAY OF FALL CLOTHING! I HAVE surpassed all previous efforts! The largest stock ever brought here! Magnificent assortment of— SUITS THAT FIT! Stylish Clothing is what I sell! Why, I fit out a hundred men while theae other dealers fit one. Think of the experience I cannot help receiving, and think of the assortment I am obliged to carry. Willing to work for small pay. Splendid assortment of Children’s Clothing. Ouk Hall & O. K. Clothing Houses, 014, 618 and 746 Broad St., Augnsta, Ga. 614, 616 A 740, Broad Streat, AUGUSTA, GEORGIA .