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THE AIKEN RECORDER. TUUN T’l^. F \S*'\fiS OUT. THHC..C. G. & C. KAIGKOAO. CHAIUiKS IMtAYTON. Kditor. •»n'' T:ilk ti-om Sftnator Ruf- ajw.mi can i>«- 1’uu.iti tu 1- ii] tlie Adventurers in Oflice i:i .Sou;h AIKEN, S- C., FEBKI'AHY 17. So»ne St k (lie or all an.I InilKfi.esnow Cr.rt.Sina. Wailiington Com -poi fir't Subscript ion Hates.—One vear, I2.C- six months, 'fl.OO. If paid in a<l.'uni'e, o: year, six inonth-t. 7.» cents. AdTertisinjc Kates.—One *<jHare insertion, each subsequent inn-r; Wt cents. Obituaries at regular rates of vertising. To Correspondents.—All cx'.nm tions must be aocomnaniecl by the 1 name and address of the writer in ordc receive attention. Kejected commun lions will not Ik* returned unless stamps return iKtstage are enclosed. omKrace rier. News and lo “Wliat tloyou think Mr. Cleveland’s policy will he in regard to the public ! service in the South? I see you were among the callers in New York last week. 7 * ‘•I have no knowledge cf what his policy will he. I know what I think ; it ought to he, and if lie asks me I ! I went to New York ; name of Kepresenta- j commissioner of agri-, ; Some Objections from One Not on the : Lane. The Columbia Register of the 12th I Inst., iu contrasting the relative cost j j and advantages of the C., C. G. & i ; C. Railroad and the proposed Midland Railroad, uses the following argu- : | meiits to prove that the former road would fall far short of accomplishing j the results claimed by those in favor i of its construction. The Register says: BRM 5 * wm&iM a UNPRESEDENTED BARGAINS " THE TISE CHAMPION i WELL FIXTURE tr* \ shall tell him. l<» present the .;on The C., C. G. & C. Kail way. At a recent meeting of the Charles ton Chamber of Commerce attended by many of the most prominent bu ness of Charleston, the following reso lution was unanimously adopted: “Ilctolved, That it is the sense of tills meeting that it is to the interest of the city of Charleston that earnest j and immediate support should be given to the projected railroad from | Aiken in the direction of the mouu- j tains. That the line of the Carolina, i Cumberland Gap and Chicago Rail-1 load Company is in the judgment of this meeting the most practicable for securing a good local business in Houth Carolina, with the possibility 1 of extension to the trade centres of j Uie West, and also for uniting with the Sav a comm the chai dent and Cumbi road Comp most praet that enterpr committee presiden Carolina view to enlisting the assistance of such company in any plan that may be adopted. Chairman Frost will appoint the committee at his earliest conve nience.” AVe are glad (o see that the business men of Charleston arc at last giving] this great enterprise that serious con-! sideration due to so important an un-1 A single glance at the mop, most; ;es of] West. live culture “Have you any objections to telling me what you think Mr. Cleveland’s policy ought to be?” “None whatever. I assume, of course, that Mr. Cleveland wishes to ,.j_ i place the public service all over the country in the hands of the most elU- eieut and trustworthy agents, for lie can never have the public business properly performed and administered by incompetent or corrupt servants, and therefore lie ought to turn out every raseal and put honest men in their places.” “The faet is,” said he, “in the South he has a great advantage over his Re publican predecessors, who, within their party lines, were very much cir cumscribed in the field for the selec tion of competent men. Mr. Cleve land has the best material from which to choose his subordinates, and can place tiie Federal service in the South Gen. Hagood tells us “The Carolina, Cumberland Gup and Chicago Rail way had its origin from the consolida tion of nix ratironiln—two in South Carolina, one in North Carolina, two in Tennessee and one in Kentucky— whose franchises when united make an almost continuous air line to .Lex ington, Kentucky.” We are then told how the consolida ted */x,springing from the famous Blue ; Grass region, passes throug) the great , Kentucky coal fields, penetrates the ' rich mineral region threads the blnoniin: DALY & ARMSTRONG’S -t+to-m- BESITdHES. ? ith pnra rnj'.ttely enknena, dFeTent* Eases of tho Lennessee, of j valley of the French Broad and debouches into the* “.South Carolina Triangle.” We have tried to make out General ] Hagood’s triangle from the lines j given, and it conies as near not being j a triangle as anything we have seen I yet. The area indicated, with the Columbia and Augusta Road for its | base, and the Columbia and Green- j ville Road for its Eastern boundary, j and tiie .Savannah River for its West- 1 ern, looks to us more like a boot, with ; j its heel on Aiken and Augusta, its toe ! ! at Columbia and the leg extending to i ood says this boot-shaped arccon- Thl* medicine, combining I: vegetable tonics, quickly an fare* Uyspepslu, Indigestion, Impure Illncd, .UaJaria,Chilis and Neuralgia. It is an unfailing remedy for D Kidneys and Laver. . It is invaluable for Diseases freculiar to Women, and all who lead seden&y lives. It does not injure the teeth. cause»adaebe.or produce constipation—oih*r Iroii^mdicinrs do. It enriches and purifies theNoo^stimulates the apnetite. aids the assimilatioijjf food, re lieves heartburn and Belching, afld strength ens the musc’.es and nerves. i For Intermittent Fevers. Lassitice, Lack of Energy, &c., it has no equal. '< frir The genuine has above trade mark and crossed red lines on w rapper. Tate no other. a*J*ukljlir KKGWMliElU AL CO., Bl’j lflOltE, ED. Eclectic Matraanc O V Foreign Literature, Scicncektnd Art. lS«o -41s.t YEAR. OUR WINTER STOCK must be elogert out, no matter how great the sacrifice. NEVER BEFORE have there been such genuine bargains offered in Strictlv First-Class Goods. EVERYTHING iu our Cloaks, Skirts, Silks, Velvets, Dress Goods, Blankets, Flannels, Hosiery, Ladies’, Gems’ and Children’s Merino Un derwear Departments, will bs closed out without regard to value. EMBROIDERIES—7,000 yards Hamburg Edging at 10 and V2}.< cents peJ vard. N^ver before seen less than 15 to 25 cents. ilON’T buy a single dollar in goods until you examine our stock. No Humbug! No Bombast! We Mean Everythin 0 We Say! DALY & ARiVlSTKOJyG, MASONIC TEMPLE, Broad and Ellis Streets, AUGUSTA, GA. pect these oiliees, and as far as I have ! affords superior facilities to the boot- influence tliev shall have them, j shaped region. Let the reader take Hitherto thev have been, for the most j the Agricultural Department map of part, filled by carpet-baggers and ad- ] the State and scan the line of this new i venturers, who have had no sympathy road. It will he seen that the whistle 1 with the State or with the Federal j the new road would he scarcely out : Government, except so far as it gave | of hearing of the Columbia and ! them a living. I am glad, therefore, j that our best men are aspiring to the oiliees.” Papers, Art and Short dertaking. ought to convince even the skeptical of the great advanta; this great through route to tho Continuing the Senator said: “Re form in the civil service in all it-- de partments, military as well as civil, will be one of the paramount duties of the in-coming Administration. From what I hear of Mr. Cleveland, I think lie lias tiie capacity and courage to do it effectually; not in any parti san sense, but with the purpose of placing the public administration in the hands of competent and faithful opening up of such a highway would j servants. Enormous abuses have at once relieve Charleston of her bot-; crept into the service, and they can mlv be corrected by a thorough over- uiuliiig by fearless, intelligent and I honest men. I think we have some i of that class in South Carolina, and I ! want to see them take a hand in the to a seaport like Charleston. A line ] drawn across the map from Charles-j ton to Chicago, marks a course almost! fts straight as the crow Hies. The i tied up position, and constitute her a j great outlet or port of shipment for] the products of Uie fertile West. With sucli a highway a feeder and with deep water at the bar, she would leap forward in the race of progress and prosperity with an energy hereto fore unknown. In order to reach this happy con summation, Charleston must respond liberally to the emergencies of the case, or the opportunity will slip from her grasp like the Midland Railroad project. Hlie cannot alford to hold back as the News and Courier inti mates until the grading of the road is completed. If she does, it may never be completed. She must not wait until all the hard work is done, and then hope to enjoy the fruits of a great enterprise made possible by the toil and liberality of others. The News and Courier says, “It is proper to say thak wa ha vc rm-ieten tluxC Charleston would furnish the money for grading the road; but if the counties which tiie line traverses can make it ready f >r the superstructure, Charleston can complete it without delay.” If this paragraph means anything, it inti mates that Charleston will take no stock in the enterprise, but that when u safe point has been reached in the progress of the work, she can lend the money on first mortgage bonds to com plete the Road. This is not the proper spirit. When tho Road reaches that point it can get all the money it wants from any source. Iu so far as Aiken is concerned, tho advantanges will be in significant as compared with what will accrue to Charleston, yet, many of our citizens have subscribed to stock, and we believe that if a little energy and life can be infused into the undertaking, a great deal more will he taken. If the Charleston merchants take business I would not be understood as holding that removals and appoint ments to oillce are the chief duties of an Executive, but they are vastly im portant. If the Democratic party ex pects to remain in power it must act affirmatively upon the great public questions confronting us. It cannot temporize and drift. It must deal with the tarift and our prostrate for eign commerce; with the resurrection and rebuilding of the navy, in a busi ness, statesmanlike manner, and re store them to a healthful, vigorous growth. There are the silver and cur rency questions in a very unsatisfac tory condition. The Isthmean prob lem and our entire consular and dip lomatic relations with foreign powers, and many others, the Democratic party will lie expected to settle ad vantageously ami honorably to the country.” Senator Butler was the r>iilgjnfita= tqpaqMMflBprrth Carolina delegation \vhoc^^MW|hm President-elect Cleve land during his brief sojourn in New York City. hold in a liberal spirit, we feel sutis- Yomig Mahone Again. From a Washington Special. There was an interesting scene at the National Theatre, last Friday night, which in a small way rivals the recent scandalous outbreak at Castle Stewart. The Mestayer Company was playing an engagement there. Miss Marie Bokel, a member of the company, attracted the favorable at tention of a young man, tiie son of a Senator. This youngster, with a party of small-fry swells, generally make the tip-town hotels the meeting-places to devise new dissipations of a char acter suited to their feeble intellects. This night, iiowever, he and one of his friends were unusually bold. After the curtain fell in the last act they climbed upon the stage, pushed their way behind the curtain, ami stumbled about until they found themselves in Miss Bokel’s* dressing-room. She screamed for help. Her husband and one or two members of the company appeared, and, after spanking the two I young men soundly, took them by the fied that their moral and material aid ears and led them out into the alley will be strongly reinforced by every county along the line, and that the Road will in the near future be come an accomplished fact. But if she fails to give the proper counte nance and support that may reasona bly be expected of her, we have no idea that the counties along the line will put their shoulders to the wheel, with that zeal and enthusiasm so necessary to insure success. The Columbia Register sails into] the Carolina, Cumberland Gap and Cnicago Railroad with gloves off, but! really it hurts nobody. All the rail-| roads in the State can’t centre at or| pass through Columbia. Tho Midland ] Route would have done very well, ! but somehow or the other the ma- ! chinery would not start. Therefore, 1 the best thing to do is to fall back on tho Carolina, Cumberland Gap and Now R(h)eally. Monsieur J. Brown gave a diner a la fourchcttc to Mile. Rhea in Atlanta the other day, and Atlanta society and the Constitution have had the blind staggers ever since. “Mamzelle” could not conceal her astonishniong, naturally enough, in view of the Frenchy character of the feast, ami was stricken as nearly dumb as a vivacious Frenchwoman could well be to see a ragout dc poix rouges served on china plates bearing the monogram of the Emperor Na poleon III, and costing $ I'D apiece. Atlanta now crows loudly over the neighboring “arrondissements” of Jonesboro’ and !Smithville, and proudly arrogates to itself the title of the Pa.ree dc Georgia. Vive la Kim ball ville?—Sews and Courier. • —Several circumstances have arous ed a suspicion that the shooting of I O’Donovan Rossa was a “put up job” arranged beforehand for the purpose Chicago Railroad, and all hands go to ■ of giving him the notoriety hecraves, ] Greenville Road from Fickens to Ab beville to Aiken, the new road will parallel the Savannah Valley and Greenwood Roads nearly all the way, being not over an average of twelve miles or so distant. The new road, though important to Pickens, affords Oconee no sort of fa cilities whatsoever; it literally adds nothing to Anderson, skirting as it does the Eastern border of the County for its whole course not more than an average of three miles from the track of the Columbia and Greenville main line, while the Anderson branch and the Blue Ridge lines do heart Anderson. The new road does heart Abbeville and Edgefield and is of mo ment to these two Counties. We can see no local facilities afforded Aiken, as a glance at the line on the map will show. In enumerating the resources of the aforesaid triangle, which don’t trian gulate worth a cent, Gen. Hagood is reported as saying: “It contains the County of Edge- field, which sends more cotton to mar ket than any other County in the State, and is, perhaps, about the fourth County in cotton-producing capacity in the United States. It con tains the rich and productive County of Abbeville, and the County of An derson, which is one of the most pros perous, if not the most prosperous, County in South Carolina. It also contains the fine agricultural and manufacturing County of Pickens.” This is all very pretty on paper, but let us see. Take Edgefield; according to its re- turnsof taxable property, it is one of the poorest Counties in the State in proportion to ita temtoVy Hnrl popula tion. In the census of is80 Edgefield is returned at an assessed valuation of $3,500,000; Aiken at -K*,700,000; Abbe ville, on another side, at $4,700,000; and Newberry, on a third side, at $4,055,000. Even negroized and plun dered old Beaufort, but a segment of herself, stands at $2,900,000, only $000,- 000 below. * * * * Edgefield trades in Augusta, and the new road, along with the rest in that section, will only help her all the more readily to the Augusta marts via Troy and Aiken. Cotton at Aiken is only seventeen miles from Augusta; whilst it is 120 miles from Charleston, ond at Troy but forty-nine miles from Augusta. Abbeville always traded with Au gusta in olden times, and these new facilities will only serve to wheel her 2(5,000 hales into line with Edgefield’s. With references to the highly pros perous County o f Anderson, we have already shown how it is that the Car olina Cumberland Gap will offer her no material facilities. Her 22,000 bales will sift down to Augusta by her Savannah Valley Road, and there is no sort of help for it; for these border people prefer to trade with Augusta. Charleston can no more draw trade now, than she can move down the everlasting hills to Rebellion Roads. It is an utterly vain thing, without that free use of capital which once drew trade to the old city from all directions. In drawing her purse strings, Charleston lias shut herself out; and she ought to have sense enough to see all this. A city that takes no risk gets no trade Besides all this, Augusta havng the proximity of 70 to 100 miles on Charleston, the law against discrimination fastens this border trade on Augusta beyond peradveuture. The Western border Counties to the sea produced in 1880 150,224 bales, a large part of which went to Augusta and Savannah. The middle Counties produced 236,431 bales. The Eastern 138,452. We thus see that 374,000 bales out of the 525,000, or nearly four- fifths, produced in 1880 were made by the middle and Eastern Counties. And yet Charleston seems to lose sight of all this in favoring the new trunk line on the extreme Western ical Sketches, Historical Criticism, Travels, Poetry Stories. Its Editorial Departments comprise Literary Notices, dealing with cur rent home books, Foreign Literary Notes, Science and Art, summarizing briefly tiie new discoveries and achievements in the field, and con sisting of choice extracts from new books and foreign journals. The sub joined lists exhibit the principal sources whence the material is drawn, and the namesof some of the leading authors whose articles may be ex pected to appear: Pc r iodica ls—Quarterly Review, Brit. 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Send us 5 cents postage, and by mail you will get free package of goods of large value, that will start you in work thatwUlat once, bring you in money faster tnan anything else in America. All about the $200,000 in presents with each box. Agents wanted everywhere, of either sex, of all ages, for all the time, or i spare time only, to work for us at theii^ I own homes. Fortunes for all workers' absolutely assured. Don’t delay. H. Hallett & Co., Portland, Maine. V JUNE FAMILY GROCERIES, at F. B. HENDERSON’S. Pleasure and Profit to All! JOHN H. FEAEY, JEWELER MM,WER. Watches and Clocks repaired. ? 729 Broad Street, Opposite Central Hotel, THIRTY YEARS experience in fitting lenses in Watches and Clocks Repaired. - Augusta, Ga. Spectacles makes the Optician Department Complete. Sole Agent for Diamond Spectacles. Dealer in Reliable Jewelry. Also Silver-Plated Ware at the Lowest Prices. Personal attention to all monogram engraving. ALFRED BAKER, President. JOS. S. BEAN, Cashier. THE AUGUSTA SAVINGS BANK, OF AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. Cash Assets Surplus - $noo,ooo.«o 2r»,oqp.oo Transncta-a OcircrnTDeposIf and TTTscount Business. Interest on Deposits of Five to Two Thousand Dollars. EJT'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 par, 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 8. Bean. LUCAS & RICHARDSON, STATIONERS. PRINTERS AND BINDERS! ■t+ott- All Kinds of Magazines Neatly Bound. 62 Eafct Bay CHARLESTON, S. C. ASKEPOO PHOSPHATE CO., ROBERTSON. TAYLOR & CO., General Agents, CHARLESTON, - - - S. C. -Manufacturers of- HIGH GRADE FERTILIZERS, -AND- .A.OIID IFIHIOSIFIEIJLTIES We desire to call your attention to our celebrated brands of Fertilizers, Ashepoo and Eutaw, work with a will and complete it. A QUELK STORY 3’OM KOKTI. Tho the - I Faffing of Khartoum ami Killing of Gordon Denied. London*, Feb. 14.—The Standard this afternoon publishes a dispatch from its correspondent at Korti, stat ing that a messenger has just arrived at l.iori i who declares that Khartoum has not been captured by El Mahdi. Tiie messenger, the correspondent says, asserts that he left Khartoum six days after Col. Sir Charles Wilson appeared before the city in the boats seats from Gubat, and "that when he (the messenger) left, Gen.Gordon still held Khartoum. The Government officials do no believe the messenger’s story, and state that no official in- f irination confirmatory of it has been received. Another dispatch from Korti states that tiie messengers who have arrived there Irom Khartoum profess igno rance regarding the fall of Khartoum, or of the death of Gordon. The Mudir of Dongola refuses to credit the re ports concerning the captureof Khar toum by the Mahdi and tiie massacre of Gordon and the garrison under his command. The authorities here an nounce this afternoon that they do not believe the messengers statements rest on a satisfactory basis. ■■ The tramp nuisance is on the in- —A twelve-year-old white boy died crease, and house-keepers would do at Summerville. S. C., on Saturday ( well to be exceedingly careful, as some last, from drin'. ing whisky. of them ur«i dangerous characters. increasing his waning strength with : his own faction and developing a feel- i ing against England. If Mrs. Dud ley had nerve enough to shoot him at all why did she shoot him in the back, where there was every reason to be lieve a bullet would he harmless? If she could hit him as he stood, why did she miss him four times as he lay at her feet, and what became of the fouf bullets of which we have seen no account? Furthermore, investigation reveals the faet that Mrs. Dudley is not an Englishwoman at all, but is the daughter of an Irishwoman bear ing the good Irish name of Keenan, hv an unknown or supposed father. Now we are told that Rossa will not piOiceute the woman and will allow her to go as “not worth noticing,” al though lie howls in his paper of her being a hired emissary of England. The affair has a very fishy appear ance. —The State of Tennessee only got $39,111 from the estate and bondsmen of recalitrant Treasurer Polk, and Alabama got only $50,000 from the ef fects and bondsmen of absconding Treasurer Vincent. Bondsmen do not appear to be of mirc-h service. Tiie ali important matter is to have honest officials. The man who speculates or gambles with funds not his own is not the kind of man to make an honest official. border of the State, which, after all. I ISllir/ll Send six cents for post will only serve to help cotton and l l'K|/. ji age, and receive free, a trade away from her to her Georgia}!** Eli/ilil costly box of goods rivals. If human folly can go further which will help you to more what we now witness in this matter, we must wait for the next Chariest an movement led by the News and Courier. And our standard brands of Acid Phosphates, ASHEPOO and EUTAW! We also manufacture largely of Ashepoo Dissolved Bones with Ammo nia and Potash. Our Ashepoo Bone Ash is rich in Pnosphoric Acid and Potash specially prepared for the small grain crop, containing the very element* needed for - money j t j le healthy growth and largely Increased yield of the grain, rignt away than anything else in the] Our Acid Phosphates are rich in Phosphoric Acid and can be used with world. All of either sex, succeed | g rea t su gp ess j n com p ns tq n p, w hh Peas or Cotton Seed Meal, and will largely from first hour. The broad road to i H. F. Warneke, fortune opens before the workers, ab solutely sure. At once address, True & Co., Portland, Maine. ARPETS AND OIL CLOTHS, at F. B. HENDERSON’S. Baker and Confectioner AND DEALER IN GROCERIES TOBACCO and CIGARS, TOYS, FIRE-WORKS, Etc. AIKEN, - - - S. C. more money than at anything J l else by taking an agency for Cl the best selling book out. Be ginners succeed grandly. None fail. Terms free. Hallett Boo*c Co., Portland, Maine. t sutoiess increase”lu- production of Sugar Cane and Cotton. Our Ammoniated Fertilizers are rich in Ammonia, Phos. Acid and Pot ash, and have been used with great success in South Carolina, Georgia and Alabama. We refer with pleasure to Agricultural Reports of these States. W. W. W00LSEY, Aiken, S. C. T. G. BARRETT, THOS. BARRETT. T. j^URNITL RE, at . B. HENDERSON’S. -FIRE Do You Want a Watch? G. 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LAOHICOTTE & CO., 99 Main St., COLUMBIA, S. C. FRED VOGT, D EALER in House-Furnishing Goods, Paints and Oils, Glass and Putty, Varnislj and Brushes. All kinds of Cistern Pumps, Roofing, Guttering and Sheet Iron Work. All kinds of REPAIRING! done with dispatch and neatness. Main Street, Aiken, South Carol! At Powell’s Old Stand! A Southern Invention and Manufacture!! (PATENTED AUGUSTS, 1882!) )PATENTED AUGUSTS, 1882!! O VER ONE THOUSAND IN USE IN THIS STATE alone, and giving entire satisfaction. Asa Water Elevator it has the following merits:— It is labor-saving, and is tiie simplest structure for raising water on the market. IT IS EASILY ADJUSTED TO ANY WELL OR CISTERN. Any person can put one up in 30 minutes, as it has no attachment part of the well below the platform. fat IT IS THE MOST DURABLE FIXTURE FOR*THE PURPOSE IN USE. It is substantially constructed, and the buckets never 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 tho pulley. IT WORKS EASILY. The buckets balance each other, so the only resistance to overcome Is the weight of the water in one bucket; hen'-i it is the only structure that will raise water from deep wells without a corresponding increase of friction, and that requires no more power to operate in a well of 100 feet than in one of 20 feet depth. IT IS ALWAYS READY FOR USE AND ALWAYS AT ITS BEST. After years of service the same number of turns of the crank brings tho same amount of water as when new. IT HAS NONE OF THE OBJECTIONS COMMON TO PUMPS. It will never freeze, has no w*ooden tubing to wear out, decay and polluto the water, no iron tubing to rust, never lias 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. It is entiely free from danger. Being provided with a self-acting brake, governed by an eccentric, it Is impossible, should the hand accidentally slip from the crank, for the bucket to run down. Hence any child can handle it with perfect safety. ESFTHE ENTIRE STRUCTURE CONSISTS OF WELL COVER, WHEEL WITH CRANK, two buckets and one spout for each bucket. These spouts are attached to inside of curb or frame, and are operated by rod pressure from tiie outside, bringing them up under and raising the valvs in the bottom of the bucket and conveying the water to a proper receptacle. Hence it will be seen that the unpleasant handling of ropes and buckets will be done away with, and the uncleanliness attending such .operation avoided. [^“Having 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 & Dunlap, J. H. Beckman & Son, H. Hahn & Co., and C. K. Henderson. On Exhibition on the Main Streets of Aiken. Satisfaction Guaranteed. t^“For further particulars and names of parties who use the Tise Well Fixture, apply to or address '-*1 L. C. BEATSE, '9 s-sirvGIlj w« f OWNER OF RIGHT AND SOLE AGENT FOR AIKEN> AND BARNWELL COUNTIES, t AT CRANITEVILEL! Jets. L. Quinby&Co. H Successor to JAMES E. COOK. AVE received from Northern and Eastern Markets a full and carefully selected stock ol— General hlerchandise. For the Fall and Winter trade. We have a larger stock of Ladies’ Dress Goods than ever before. All grades of Repellants, Cassimeres and Jeans, Bleaching, Flannels, a>,o Domestics in abundance. An extraordinary large stock of first-class Boots and Shoes, including the well known Bay Stat* Standard Screw Goods and the Clement Wiel & Ball Custom Work. A CLOTHING DEPARTMENT which is full and complete iu quality, style and prices. A stock of HATS and CAPS in which we can suit ana fit any man, boy or child who may favor us with a call. An extensive GROCERY Department, in which will be found the choicest Family Gro ceries and Plantation Supplies. Hardware, Tinware, Glassware and Crockery cheaper than ever. Having purchased these goods during the past dull season at remarkably low figures, we propose to sell them at prices which will fully satisfy tho closest buyers. JAS. L. QUINBY A CO. Laurens Street Millinery. HVCIEIS- -iV. ZFHELID H AS just opened her stock of Millinery Goods on Laurens Street, next door to J. W. Platt & Co.’s Drug Store, where she will constantly keep on hand a choice selection of Hats and Bonnets in Felt, Straw and Plush; also Trimmings in every style; Ribbons in cotton, silk, velvet and velveteen; Feathers, Tips, Birds Wings, &c. All these goods will be sold as cheap as the cheapest. Also Dress-making done in the latest style by Mrs. M. F. Hayes. dp Give us a call. W. H. WELCH. LANIER EASON. WELCH & EASON, F.A.IIVEII/S' a-E,OC2amS, 127 and 129 Meeting Street, S. W. Corner Market, CHARLESTON, 8. C. W E deal exclusively in FINE FAMILY GROCERIES of every descrip tion,,carry an extensive assortment, keep everything you want, sell 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. tSTCatalogues mailed free. No charge for packing and dmyage. JOHN ALEXANDER, CONCAREE IRON WORKS, Columbia, - - - - S.C. MANUFACTURER OF- steam Engines and Boilers! MILL GEARING, VERTICAL and HORIZONTAL CANE MILLS! GRIST and SAW MILLS, HOUSE and STORE FRONTS, Ac.I CyALL ORDERS PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO.JKS