The Aiken recorder. [volume] (Aiken, S.C.) 1881-1910, August 26, 1884, Image 2

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ii) CHAUIiKS E. U. DRAYTON, Editor. Satwcription ItJitfs.—One year. *2.00: six month.**, fl.00. If paid in advance, one year, $1.50, six months, 75 cents. Advertumin' Rates.—One square, first in**erti<»n,$l.<lO; each subsequent insertion, 60c*ntn. Obituarie. at regular rates «if ail- vertising. To Correspondents.—All communica tions must tie aocomnanied by the true name and address of the writer in order to receive attention. Rejected communica tions will not be returned unless stamps for return i>ostage arc enclosed. AIKEN. 8- C.. AUGUST 26. THE DEM00EATI0 NOMINEES For President, GROVER CLEVELAND. For Vice-President, • THOMAS A. HENDRICKS. The State Ticket. Governor, Huau S. Thompson. Lieutenant-Governor, r John C. Shkppaud. Secretary of State, James N. Lipscomb. Governor Cleveland’s Letter. We publish on our first page Gov ernor Cleveland’s letter of acceptance of the Democratic nontination for the Presidency. It is a plain, straight- forward, sensible document, free from unnecessary verbiage and prolixity. He clearly states what he has to say, and then, with wonderful good sense, stops as soon as his statement is com plete. In this respect it is very un like similar productions. As a gen eral rule nonwiiees seem to think it necessary to enter into a wearisome discussion of the party platform and any other extraneous matter that will admit of a little spread eagle rhetoric. This is a mistake which Governor Cleveland has cleverly avoided. His letter is of reasonable length and bears the stamp of an earnest, consciencious man, bent upon the honest perform ance of whatever important trusts may be confided to his keeping. Under his administration of the chief magistracy of the nation our laws will be honestly administered and the reign of corruption will cease. Let us all put our shoulders to the wheel and give the National Demo cratic ticket a rousing Aiken majority. The Editorial Sacrifice. According to the article from the Chester Reporter which will be found in another 4- ) l uniM t ft w *li ^ seen that the recent primaries throughouT the State have been even more fatal to VICE-PRESIDENT HENDRICKS Approves the Democratic Platform, and from a Sense of Public Duty Accepts the Nomination. Indianapolis, Isd., August 20.— The following is a copy of ex-Govemor Hendricks’ letter of acceptance of the Democratic nomination for the Vice- Presidency : Indianapolis, Ind., August 20. Gentlemen: I have the honor to ac knowledge the receipt of your commu nication notifying me of my nomina tion by the Democratic Convention at Chicago as the candidate for the office of Vice-President of the United States. May I repeat what I said on another occasion, that it is a nomination which I had neither expected nor desired, and yet I recognize and appreciate the high honor done me by the conven tion. The choice of such a body, pro nounced with such unusual unanimity and accompanied with so generous au expression of esteem and confidence, ought to outweigh all merely personal desires and preferences of my own. It is with this feeling, and I trust also from a deep sense of public duty, that I now accept the nomination, ami shall abide by the judgment of my countrymen. I have examined with care the dec laration of principles adopted by the Convention, a copy of which you sub mitted to me, and in their sum and substance I heartily endorse and ap prove the same. I am, gentlemen, Your obedient servant, Tiios. A. Hendricks. To the Hon. Wm.T. Vilas, chairman, Nicholas B. Bell, secretary, and oth- l of the committee the National ■democratie ConveutRu. A ttomey-General, Charles Richardson Miles. State Treasurer, John Peter Richardson. Comptroller- General, William E. Stoney. Superintendent of Education, Asbury Coward. Ailjutamt and Inspector-General, A. M. Manioault. The County Ticket. Senator, John M. Bell. Representatives, F. P. Woodward, Jamas Aldrich, J. G. Guigniard, A. S. Segler. Sheriff, Millkdue T. Holley. Clerk of Court, Wm. M. Jordan. Probate Judge, John T. Gaston. School Commissioner, R. H. Harley. County Commissioners, John F. Murray, Samuel W. Wood ward, J*. Cal Courtney. Coroner, W. H. Harden. The Prohibition Convention. Wc publish in another column a call for a County convention of those favorable to the cause of Prohibition to assemble at Aiken on the 15th of Octolier. 1881. The call and address clearly sets forth the objects in view, and is signed by many of our best citizens, who are determined to elicit, by equitable an(l open procedure, a fair expression of public sentiment on '"fliis vital and absorbing question. If the demand for a total prohibition of the liquor traffic, except for medici nal purposes, is sustained by a vote at the ballot-box, we cannot seo how the Legislature can do otherwise than ac cede to the wishes of the people by enacting a prohibitory law for Aiken County similar to that enacted at the last session for our sister County of Burn well. Those engaged in this great work are so thoroughly in earnest that it is absurd for Congressman Tillman or anyone else to suppose that ridicule or uncouth, harsh or unjust criticism and abuse can turn them from their pur pose ; nor are they to be deceived by the specious pretense of a high license. The liquor traffic must go. The peace, good order, prosperity and happiness of society demand it, and wo call on the fathers and mothers, the husbands and wives, and the sons and daughters of Aiken to aid by every legitimate means in driving it from our County. Barnwell, Spartanburg, Oconee, Lan caster and Marlboro are all prosper ing under the beneficent provisions of a prohibitory law. We understand that even Edgefield will probably ap ply for a County Prohibition Act at the next session of the Legislature. Let the good people of Aiken press forward in this great work and take their position among the Prohibition counties of the State, It is alleged by those who have made the calculation that over one hundred thousand dollars are spent annually for liquor in the Town of Aiken, Add to this the amounts spent in Madison, Hamburg and Ellenton for the same purpose, and it will at once bo seen what an enormous sum is annually withheld in Aiken County from the solid and substantial comforts and necessaries of life, to indulge iu the pernicious habit of tippling. ^ The worst feature of this expendi ture is that most of this money comes from the pocket of the average farmer who cannot aftbrd this hurtful indul gence without depriving his wife and children of those comforts and refine ments which go to elevate their social life by rendering home more attrac tive, and which tighten the silver chords of love and harmony that bind the family circle around the hearth stone. Think for one moment how many comforts the women and children of Aiken County are deprived of by this expenditure for liquor, and then make up your minds to do your duty to pro cure a prohibitory law. Think of the crime and misery it produces, and then you will earnestly try to strengthen the hands of those who are bearing the heat and burden of this great work. • At the present time we will not say more, but earnestly beg that all our readers will carefully peruse the call and address which we publish in an other column, ami at once prepare for such thorough organization as will insure the triumphant success of a cause which carries iu Us arms peace, happiness, contentment and pros perity. ^ The Nile is said to be covered with the bodies of tribesmen friendly to the English whose throats have been cut by El Mahdi’s lieutenants. editors than to the lawyers. There are one or two more elections to be heard from before the list of defeated editors will be complete. Up to this writing brother Hemphill, of the Medium, is the only editor who has been succes- ful before the primaries, having been nominated this time by a handsome vote, though defeated two years ago in his race with Dr. Maxwell. We hope those of our editorial brethern, who like ourselves have encountered defeat are sufficiently accustomed to the vi- cisitudes of editorial life, to enable them, to bear their disappointments with that philosophic calmness, which will sustain them in writing a first- class obituary or other puiF for their bitterest foes, should the necessity arise after payment of full rates. The Columbia Conference. The Columbia Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, of which the Rev. A. Coke Smith is the Presiding Elder, has been holding its annual session in Columbia during the past week The Rev. Samuel Lean! and Mr. Janies E. Cook of Granitevillc, and Mr. P. B. Matthews of Aiken were in attendance. The meeting was one of great interest, de noting the increasing power and use fulness of this denomination, which now numbers in its communion 4,000,- 000 souls. “The Independent.'’ The first number of a weekly paper bearing this name has reached our office. The paper is published in Charleston, S. C., and edited by J. Hendrix MeLane, the Greenback can didate for Governor in 1882. The can vassing agent is T. Barker Jones, of Charleston. It is opposed to Cleve land, and is probably designed to do the same style of work as the Reform Signal performed in the last cam paign. . F. D. J. Lawrence, a colored law yer who was cowhided last week in Charleston by Madeline West, col., a washerwoman, assesses his damages at the high figure of $10,000, and pro poses to bring a libel suit against the woman and several other negroes. Lawrence may “call spirits from the vasty deep,” but the question is will they come? Ten thousand is a large sum for a washerwoman to pay for larruping a colored lawyer’s back. The Summerville Herald has open ed a subscription list for the purpose of erecting a monument to the mem ory of Miss Ella Nichol Benjamin, the lady who sacrificed her life to save a drowning child on Sullivan’s Island Beach. _ Ye Fallon Editors. The editor of the Chester Reporter reviews his brethren of the press who sought political honors during the re cent campaign as follows: “The political historian and statis tician of the campaign in South Car olina in this year of grace 1884, will note, with tears or with joy, us he may determine, the casualties among those of the editorial fraternity who aspired to serve their country or them selves hy “running in the primaries.” The first to fall by the way-side was Chas. E. R. Drayton, of the Aiken Recorder, whose desire to liigure as a legislator was summarily squelched at the opening fire of the State prima ries on the 22ud of July. On the 7th of August brother E. B. Murray of the Anderson Intelligencer was slaughtered in the race for Congress in the Third District. On the 12th of August, companion T. B. Crews, of the Laurensvillc Herald, one of the Nestors of South Carolina journalism,] was fatally “s$t down on” in the leg islative nice. On the same day, in Chester County, two of the brother- hood, one aspiring to legislative dis tinctions, the other to minor judicial honors and emoluments, “got left” pretty smartly. Right on the skir mish line we note the fall of Editor Reynolds, of the Winnsboro News and Herald, a worthy contestant in the fight for the solieitorship of the Sixth Circuit. Editor-in-chief Calvo and localizer Emlyn, of the Register, decline the prouered kindness of friends who long to lead them to the slaughter house. Even Captain Daw son , facile princcjis of the profession in the State, steps to the front and says he doesn’t desire to go to the Unted States Senate. It is as well, perhaps, that lie doesn’t “want to.” We have a vague, but none the less painful impression that Brother Mc- Sweeney, of the Hampton Guardian, is also among the slain. If he is alive let him speak out. Verily, it may be said: “How are the mighty fallen! and the great men slain in battle!” or words tantamount in meaning. The elegiac pen of Brother Hemp hill, of the Abbeville Medium, is in voked to sing the praises and lament the fate of his unelected comrades. Mrs. Parnell has submitted to the Irish leaders a scheme for requiring one or Imth of the leading political parties in this country to adopt a plank for the admission free of duty of all goods of Irish manufacture which will not compete with our manufac tures here. The idea is that the Irish vote will be given to the partly favor ing the arrangement which will aid an eftbrt being made by Mr. Parnell to establish manufactures of fiax in Ireland. SHOT THROUGH THE HEART. A Newberry Man Curses His Wife and Then Kills Her. A most diabolical murder was com mitted last week at Newberry. John P. Sloan shot and killed his wife. It seems that some family unpleasant ness had existed between them for several months. In November Mrs. Sloan had her husband indicted for assault and battery. He was tried and found guilty, and fined and placed under a bond to keep the peace. The case was carried to the Circuit Court, and upon petition to the presiding judge tiie fine ivas remitted and the peace bond was cancelled. Mrs. Sloan would leave her husband frequently. About a week ago she left him and came to town and rented rooms. Her children, seven in number, came with her. Her home is about four miles from town. It is leported that at night Sloan came and stole two of the children. The next day he entered the house where his wife was staying by the rear entrance, found her sitting on the back piazza, cursed her, fired two shots at her and fled. Both shots took clFect, the first entering the shoul der and the second passing through her left lung and piercing the heart. From the direction of this shot it is evident that it was fired after the un fortunate woman had fallen. No one was present except an old negro man who lives on Mrs. Sloan’s plantation .and had come to see her on business. An inquest w r as held and a verdict in accordance with the above facts was rendered. A sheriff's posse w’as sent after Sloan immediately, but at this writing he was still at large. The community were greatly excited over the terrible afiair, and if Sloan shall be apprehended there is strong proba bility of his being lynched. The par ties are all highly respectable. What They Say of it. The New York Times says that the letter of Gov. Cleveland justifies the confidence which his party and a large part of the voters not of his par ty have placed in his principles, his diaruotor n»<l Liu good souno v It ic a statement which will bear the closest examination, and on which the inde- pendents can go farward in the can vass with confidence, not only in the soundness of their cause, bat in its single triumph. The Herald says that the letter is characteristic of the man who is al ways equal to the occation that arises, and who, standing upon his record, has no explanation to make, and no need to conceal his thoughts in a wil derness of words. The Sun says: “It has the merit of comparative brevity, but no other that we can discern. In letters of great pith and moment manner is common ly of small account compared with the matter, but Grover Cleveland’s let ter of acceptance is from every point of view an unfortunate production.” The World says: “The letter is one free from sophistry, demagogism and groveling appeals to voters, and it is a document that will greatly strengthen the position of the Democratic stan4- ard-bearer.” Another Disaster. Cottage City, Mass., August 22.— The United States steamship Talla poosa sank oft here last night. The survivors have been landed at Wood’s Holl. She collided with a large three masted schooner. She lies with her mainmast and the top of her smoke stack out of the water. The Talla poosa is a paddle wheel vessel of 650 tons, and carries two guns. She is used as a dispatch boat. It is stated that two lives have been lost by the disaster. Boston, August 22.—The facts of the sinking of the United States steamer Tallapoosa are as follows: The Tallapoosa with 140 men and offi cers was bound to Newport to take on board Secretary Chandler. At 11 o’clock last night, during a thick fog, when three miles northeast of Oak Bluff. Martha’s Vineyard, she was struck on the bow by the schooner James St. Lowell, of Bath, Captain Reed, from Baltimore for Portland with a cargo of coal. Her side was crushed iu and she sank in five min utes in about ten fathoms of water. When she went down her whistle was blown, as a single of di^ess, and it was heard by the Boston and Savan nah steamer Gate City, bound for the latter port. She came up immediate ly, and with the sohooner Mary A. Hood, who happened to be in vicinity, rescued the crew, with the exception of the surgeon and one man, who are said to be missing. A Judge on the Liquor Question. Judge Johnson of California, in sen tencing a murderer to death, used the following language: “Nor shall the place be forgotten in which occurred this shedding of blood. It was in one of tbe thousand ante chambers of hell which mar like plague spots the fair face of our State. You need not be told that I mean a tippling shop—the meeting place of Satan’s minions and the foul cesspool which by spontaneous generation breeds and matures all tha$ is loath some and disgusting in profanity, and babbling and vulgarity and Sabbath breaking. I would not be the owner of a groggery for the price of this globe converted into precious ore. For the pitiful sum of one dime he furnish ed the poison which made the de ceased a fool and this trembling cul- >rit a demon. How paltry a price for iiimau life! This traffic is tolerated by law, and therefor the vendor has committed an offence not cognizable by earthly tribunals; but in sight of Him who is unerring in wisdom he who deliberately furnishes the intoxi cating draught which inflames men to anger, violence and bloodshed is par- ticeps criminis in the moral turpitude of the deed. Is it not high time that these sinks of vice and crime should be held rigidly accountable to the laws of the land, and placed under the ban of an enlightened and virtuous public opinion?” SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. —Barnwell county ship; ed l[er first bale of new cotton on the '.hth j us t. —Mrs. Cyrus H. McCor mick-of Chi cago, 111., sent to Rev. Jacobs the other day a check for 41,260, dnnn- ted for the purpose of err Af.ng another building for the orphan Af the Thom- weli Orphanage, at Clinvln, S. C. —Mrs. H. W. Lawson,If Abbeville, S. C., has a pecan tree il her garden which her mother planul thirty-five years ago. The tree hamgrown to a height of thirty feet, with ■Tde-spread- ing limbs, and annually bushels of the choicest fruit. The is highly prized and is of considerr^H value. —Governor Thompson^^Boffered a reward of $150 for the ^^Bdiensioi and conviction of Ben ^^Kn, who, with others, is charged ^^^§he mur der of Rev. John G. in the latter part of May last, ^^^^pvernor also offered a reward of ap prehension and eonvictionj of Eli Gale, a negro boy. who killed/Andrew Jackson in Marlboro couutly on or about the 27th day of July las.?. —Mr. W. M. Fitch, a shippingclerk in the freight department ofjtjhe South Carolina Railway at Charleston, com mitted suicide by shooting himself in the heart, while in his room, about noon Saturday, the 16th insk He was 27 years old and unmarried.^No cause is known for the act, but it is sup posed he was temporarily insane. He was of steady habits, and his integrity and honesty were unquestioned. —A dispatch dated Branrihville, S. C., August ID, says that Jolyi Johns ton, a negro man, boarded a through Monday a_ride_ta the e fell and fgs and one arm He diqd about 4 jury of , and it Iver R. N. Richbourg, TISE WELL FIXTURE. COLUMBIA, S. C. [Successor to William Glaze. | ESTABLISHED 1836. p Jeweller, Watchmaker <fc Engraver Carries everything usually kept in a first-class Jewelry store. All orders from the country promptly attended to. Satisfaction guaranteed. Desportes & Edmunds! Shiver Corner, - - Columbia, S. C. T O our New Store we have brought from the great marts suoh fabrics as the refined taste of our customers reauDc. Dress Goods Department.—English and French Nun’s Veiling, Albatross and Henrietta Cloth, etc., etc., etc. Shoe Department. — Gentlemen’s, Ladies’, Children’s Shoes and Hats in popular grades at low prices. Gentlemen's Furnishings. — Shirts, Hosiery, Underwear, Handkerchiefs. Our stock will be kept up fresh and attractive throughout the “flowery season.” freight train at that place night and attempted to st Charleston by getting cars. As is usual in such to the ground and was fatally injured, both lei being badly crushed, o’clock the next morning, inquest was held over his ' rendered a verdict that he^tfene to his death from injuries receiveoY^hile at tempting to steal a ride ontche cars, and that his death was the result of his own carelessness. —The August meeting of thi Orange burg Agricultural Society developed some interesting statistics of successful farming. Taking 100 as am average crop, corn was reported at life, cotton 90, peas 100, and rice 98. Taie sweet potato crop was also reported [as being very promising. Some of tha reports on individual crops were renjarkable, notably those of Drs. W. Stfiarton and J. W. Summers; that for mer promising a yield of l,80^^.nd the latter 1,500 pounds seed cotton to the acre—these results, in both ijustances, being due to extra manuring; and high cultivation. / —The Columbia Register says that Tho Place for Bargains. J. C. Stanley & Bro., Dealers in CHINA, GLASS, EARTAENWARE And House-Furnishing Goods! COLUMBIA, - - SrC. A Southern Invention and Manufacture-PATEMriD Aualii^! O VER ONE THOUSAND IN USE JN THIS STATE alone, and giving entire satisfaction. Asa Water Eleva tor it has the following merits;— 1st. It is the simplest structure for raising water on the market. ADJUSTED TO ANY WELL OR CISTERN. Any person can put one up in 30 min utes, as it has no attachment to any part of tho well below the platform. 8d. It is the most durable fixture for the purpose %n use. It is substantially constructed, and the DueJeets J\ ever come in contact with each other, or the sides of the well, and the groove provided in the wheel is so arranged as to produce but little friction on the rope and none on the pulley. 4:th. It Works Oftsily. The buckets balance each other, so the only resistance to overcome is the weight of the water in one bucket; hence it is the only structure that will raise water from deep wells without a corresponding increase of friction, and that requires lio more power to operate in a well of 1Q0 feet than iu one of 20 feet depth. % A BARGAIN NEAR ELLENTON. Q PT ACRES—200 under cultiva- £kJ\J tion, balance in timber; eight tenant houses, besides other buildings; convenient to market, as it lies near the Port Royal Railway and Point Comfort Landing on the Sa vannah River; rents for 10 bales of cotton per annum; titles perfect; will be sold cheap. For further particulars apply to C. E. SAWYER & CO., Aiken, S. C. JuneS, 1884-4t -ONLY- $3.00 —FOR SUMMER MONTHS— A 1 and cu- Eon- —Tuc Columbia Register says tuat Col. R. H. Watts, of Laurenis registered at Wright’s, states 4 Jhat pa pers were filed in the office of.vheclerk of the court of Laurens counVy in the case of Martha Eliza Burdetlv against Wm. Pool, a prominent grocery mer chant of Laurensville. in wfhich the plaintiff charges seductioni under promise of marriage, and clai: ns dam ages to the amount of $10,0EX). The plaintiff has recently become a moth er. She is represented by MefLcs. Ball & Watts. The case has excited deep interest, and Col. Watts says it will be a lively trial. —The Laurensville Herak. of the 22d inst. says that twenty cases of zinc poisoning occurred at the Or phanage last Saturday, caused from eating boiled custard that had been left over night in a zinc ice cream freezer. As soon as the poisonous effects were dis covered medical aid was called in. Dr. Boozer, the attending physicians soon made out his diagnosis, and v/eut to work^yith the proper antidojres, and all of me sufferers are now oul| of dan ger. Tins custard hadabeej previous night in maKlng for the lawn party, and, not t sumeu, was taken out next served. Only twenty parto<H’ 0 f it. and every one of these was Effected, some very seriously. —The Columbia Register Hays the insurance adjusters have gone home without concluding theLuriuess in hand regarding the losses ihthe de struction of the Saluda factory by fl re . Objections and selections aiifl rejec tions rendered a brief call off n<, ccgsar y, but tho adjusters will returij on the 27th to take the matter up from the table, and it is expected a satisfactory adjustment will be reached. Is to the rebuilding of Saluda factory, Imay as well be said that it will notlx| on e by the present proprietor of theljte, but there are very good reasons fm believ ing that a new and improvitt factory will be erected on the old aiLj advan tageous site by a stock comply. Com plete colored drawings of thiU location will be placed on exhibition at the New Orleans Exposition. —Newberry has put on afl pfJtircly new dress iu the past five yeaL. gi ie now has a well arranged opei v house and city hall, costing $22,00), Insides a convenient market house r.L] other prominent buildings. Thei^ j 8 a i so within her limits in course q£ q-ection and nearing completion a lar c cotton factory, with a capital stocl of $187,- 000, all of which is owned in j ewberry except about $28,000. Newbe ry j,as a population of nearly 3,000, an the as sessed valuation of her pr< )e rty is about $1,500,000. The mac] U cry is going into the cotton facte y right along. The factory will bo •eadv to begin work in October. So? e of the operatives of the late Salud factory have secured employment at ie New berry factory aq cominop lalfTrora for the present. —Mr. G. A. Visanska, of Abbeville, is iu receipt of the five bpoks of Moses written on a scroll of parchment. The writing is beautifully and Perfectly done with a goose quill, and £j intend ed for use in public divine worship in synagogues. This book is t| be read only In tho presence of an astnibly of at least ten Jewish men, a n y reference to the nimiber of )d l ies who may be present.' The scroll i> on roll ers, about forty yards long^md two feet wide, being read as it is changed from one roller to the otl»er. ^iie writ ing is the work of a Hebrew Vensman, and was the labor of about cne year. This parchment was propped and written in the city of Jerus^bm, Pal estine, and cost $150 in that cty. Mr. Visanska has also samples af earth from the ground where Abraham. Isaac, Jp.cr o, Sarah, RebeccaAiachael and Leah were buried. MISCELLANEOUS. The Southern Express Company has issued orders that its agents rtceivo no more human beings for transportation, Full Size 8x10 Photograph Walnut Frame for $3.00, graved from any old picture. Send iu your orders at once. Agents wanted* Address GEO. V. BENNIES, Photographer. COLUMBIA, - - S. C. ALFRED BAKER, President. 5th. It is always ready for use and always at best. After years of service the same num- r of turns of the' crank brings the same amount of water as when new. ^ t 6t-It has none of the objections common to pumps— It will never freeze, has no wooden tubing to wear out, decay and pollute the water, no iron tubing to rust, never has to be primed, packed or thawed out, and you do not have to pump out a pail full of water to get a fresh cool drink. 7th. It is entirely free from danger. Being provided with a self-acting brake, governed by an eccentric, it is impossible, should the hand acci dentally slip from the crank, for the bucket to run down. Hence any child can handle it with perfect safety, THE ENTIRE STRUCTURE CONSISTS OF WELL COVER, WHEEL WITH it for each backet. These spouts are attached to inside of curb or frame, and CRANK, two buckets and one are operated by rod pressure from the outside, bringing them up under and raising the valve in the bottom of the bucket and conveying the water te proper receptacle. Hence it will be seen that the unpleasant handling of ropes and buckets will be done awuy with, and the uncleanliness attending snch operation avoided. 0 C3PHaving on hand a large stock of Fixtures, manufactured by Matthews Bros., of Aiken, manufacturers of the celebrated Aiken Wagon, I will ship promptly to any part of Aiken County, freight prepaid, on receipt of $18, one Fixture complete, including buckets, etc. Money can be forwarded to Messrs. Henderson Bros., Croft & Dunlay, J. ” Beckman & Son, H. Hahn & Co., and C. K. Henderson. On Exhibition on the Main Streets of Aiken. Thorough Satisfaction Guaranteed. £^”For further particulars and names of parties who use the Tise Well Fixture, apply to or address L. G. BEATSE, Orange Grove, Aiken, S. C., H OWNER OF RIGHT AND SOLE AGENT FOR AIKEN COUNTY. JOS. S. BEAN, Cashier. THE AUGUSTA SAVINGS BANK, -OF AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. $300,000,000 25,000,000 Cash Assets Surplus Transacts a General Deposit and Discount Business. Interest on Deposits of Five to Two Thousand Dollars. JtSr Accounts of Banks, Bankers and Merchants received on Favorable Terms. Special attention given to Collections. The steady success which has attended our management, and our assets principally bonds bought below pax*, and now worth high premiums, afford benefits in which our customers share. We always have money on hand to loan, and afford special accom modations to our customers. We buy and sell bonds and stocks, and are always happy to give information. Directors—Alfred Baker, Edward O’Donnell, W. B. Young, E. R. Schneider, Joseph S. Bean. IN AUGUSTA! Stock Larger, Prices t^ower Than Ever Before. C ARPETS and House-furnishing Goods, the largest stock South, Moquet, Brussels, 3-Ply and Ingrain Carpets, Rugs, Mats and Crumb Cloths, Window Shades, Wall Papers, Borders, Lace Curtains, Cornices and Poles, Cocoa and Canton Matting, Upholstery, Chromos. Write for samples and prices. 1 JAS. Gr. BAILIE & SONS, } Augusta, Ga. 713 BROAD STREET Old stand of Jas. G. Bailie & Bro THE GRANITEV1LLE STORE! Jas. L. Quinby&Co. Successor to JAMES E. COOK. NEW SPRING & SUMMER GOODS A. McCobb, jr., GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANT AND DEALER IN Lime, Cement, Plaaster Paris! And Other Building Material! Also Land Plaster and Eastern Hay!! No. 130 East Bay, - - - - _ CHARLESTON, S. C. -AT THE «^| V- -w brfr Pharmacy LARGE and Elegant Assortment of— Valentines and Easter Cards! a ifiiitiMiiiifiiiMliHH FRESH Lot of— T O THE PUBLIC we offer great inducements n our various depart- New in all ments. An inspection of goods and prices is solicited. Our Stock of DRY GOODS and NOTIONS, consisting of DRESS GOODS, WHITE GOODS, PRINTS, DOMESTICS, RIBBONS, LACES, BUTTONS, etc., is full and complete, and at the lowest prices. IN SHOES we present to our customers a new large stock, selected espe- pecially for this market, including the well known “Bay State Standard Screw” Goods, and the celebrated “Clement, Well & Ball Custom Work.” OUR line of CLOTHING and HATS, not be beat. for style, quality and price can A FINE stock of Fresh FANCY SUPPLIES always on band. W. H. WELCH. GROCERIES and PLANTATION LANIER EASON. Pleuro pneumonia is r the Jersey cattle in Illi effort is being made to State and Federal officers. among Every ! :k it by A fatal disease resembling aiolera is raging in Cantrell, smaiitown of Iowa. Thirty persons are ill wth it and ten have died within the las’week. Lord Petre will take his s<|t in the House of Lords during tl/lautumn session. He will be the firtJpatholic priest who has sat there Tuce the reformation. I So disastrous has been f^e water famine which the three yean drought has brought upon New Souti Wales and Queensland, that in tin former E liice alone 12,000,000 sheep xL said to ave been lost. I General Butler’s return to ffie Low ell assessors of $100,000 income from his professional practice is ax exhibit of yearly earnings that few o his fel low laboring men can show, ind be sides he pays taxes on vaiiible real estate, a private yacht and ajprpetual rose in his button-hole. WELCH & EASON, FAJvrXIi'g’ G-IROGaSKS, 127 and 129 Meeting Street, S. W. Corner Market, CHARLESTON, S. C. W E deal exclusively in FINE FAMILY GROCERIES of every dcscrip tion, carry an extensive assortment, keep everything you want, sella astonishingly low prices, guarantee every article we sell, and think we can save you money on your purchases of Family Supplies. Try us and be con vinced. C3r*Catalogues mailed free. No charge for packing and drayage. GIN RIBS! GIN RIBS! I HAVE secured Patterns and propose to furnish RIBS for all makes of Gins at reasonable prices. CASTINGS of all kinds iu Iron and Brass at short notice. Special attention given to Repairs. Satisfaction guaranteed! ThIX PENDLETOltf FOUMPRYflufiff IHOHIIIEjfWORKS Nos. 615, 617 and 619, Koblock St., - - AUGUSTA, GA. Wallace’s Celebrated New York Candies! A Fine Lit of Imported Cigars t Physicians prescriptions carefully compounded and orders answered with care and dispatch. The public will find our stock of medicines complete, warranted genuine and of the best quality. MAY & ISBELL, AIKEN, 8. C. - larOpen all night. Next Door to the POST-OFFICE. -AT- H. Hoffman’s. to T O meet tho present hard times I offer goods in the Grocery line at BOTTOM CASH PRICES, and I hope to compete with the of the cheap. “Quick sales and small profits.” Don’t forget BUSINESS, and give me a full share of your patronage. HOHTTULA-lsr, The Baker and Confectioner. THE AIKEN WAGON! -MANUFCTURED BY MATTHEWS BROS., I Opposite the Ashley House) - A AIKEN, SOUTH CAROLINA • Which for strength, durability and finish cannot be surpassed, farmers will find it to their interest to call and examine our work. Impr axle-cutting machine for taking up lost motion without the cost of new axles Buggies for sale! Repairing of all kinds promptly attended to. Improvedl hame-string fasteners for sale. Blackamitning and horse-shoeing a specialty with us. All work promptly attended to. Satisfaction guaranteed. ROBERTSON, TAYLOR & CO., COTTON FACTORS AND WHOLESALE CR0CER8 CHAS. F. LOMBARD, Proprietor. WM. PENDLETON, Sup’t. ICE! ICE! fully and give full weight. pack ROBT. W. ROBERTSON, Gen. Superintendent* Arftie Ice Co. Telephone No. 98, AUGUSTA, GA. -AND- Commission Merchants!! 1 and 3 Hayne St, - JOHN H. EEARY, Watches and Cloci repaired H)PTICIAN,IWBLGR & BIRAVBH-S^ We have a Workman for each of these 729 Broad Street, Opposite Central Hotel, Sole Agent for Diamond Spectacles. Dealer in Be! Also Silver-Plated Ware at the Lowest QPPersonal attention to all msnogram engraving. - Charleston, S. C.