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\ •t; IEH, AIKEN. S. C.. JUNE 16. ,!i|l.'.‘ AL.3IAXAC FOi: THE WEEK. 40 — >• JL’NK. SUN j SUN MOf ! KlSESj SKT8 ic 4 16|Tuesday ... | 4:30| 7:29 •J • 17 Wednesday. . ... 4:30 7 2: 18 Thursday,... 4:29 7:.:0 o . • J . 19 Friday. ... 4:29, 7:39 se 29 Saturday ... 4:29 7:31 6: 21 Sunday ... 4 :j£G 7:31 9: J*2 Monday ...1 4:29 7:31 9: The I nrinor's Home. that an Oxford ran he fattened quiek- | erand eiujior than a s?ruh. The or-! gans of digestion are more perfect, j lienee the niachinery for converting! food into flesh works more effective-! ly. We have sheep weighing between T 2<K)an<l ’j(f) as fat as hogs, tliat ! have never received an ounce of grain, and are being wintered on corn-fodder. W} however, wateii them closely. j .Should we discover tliat the ‘fodder is _ ! insufficient we will lose no time in ; giving tliem grain or anything else, iN liut in this ease the breed counts more s tiian the trough. S | But any kind of sheep will prove profitable, because they save that ( s | which would otherwise lie wasted. ]<$ We do not tliink every liaxard should ■ s ' be staked on wool, however, but that j our breeders should endeavor to pro- ~ duct* early lambs, first-class mutton, | and a fair grade of wool. The increased Official Directory A Uiliior Thera is something decidediy in- imparted to the soil upon mgruous in a house devoid | w u lc u sheep are kept will almost.pay congruous $nd color, interiorly and exteriorly, set down in the midst of a lovely the cost, but as the farmer does not see tlie immediate cliects to the soil, he is landscape, where earth and sky com- prone to overlook this fact. But it ex bine to give a charm to existence. U ; j s p. f nevertheless, and can be easily is often a matter of wonder that peo ple are contented to pass their days! in such surroundings without appar ently ever giving a thought to draw ing in to their homes and their lives something of the beauty that cnvel- •jopos them like the atmosphere. So many country homes are built with out regard to architectural beauty or adaptiveness use and circum stances. Too often they are regarded as mere places for staying in over night, a necessary shelter at meal times and during bad weather. They are hastily put together, without any special design or plan in view other fhan to enclose so many rooms to live in and sleep in, with as little regard for actual comfort, convenience, tasteful ness and harmony of arrange ments as there would be in building a Stable for the cattle. The idea is to put up a house in so much time for so much money, and for the rest there will be time to think of it when the props are in and harvested ami mark eted ami the line cattle bought and the new barn built. It js not ai) uncommon tiling to hear some penurious soul say that anything is good enough for the family. Proceeding on tills principle, all the best things—the finest apples, the freshest eggs, the choicest butter, the tendeiesit meat—are sent away to market, while the family must lie content with “uubbinV fruit, salt pork and skim-milk. In such homes music, books, flowers, pictures, soft carpets, easy-chairs and innocent rec reations arb superfluities, and the ends of existence are satisfied if the mort gage is paid, so many bushels of corn and oats put in the granary and so many tubs of butter in the cellar. It is work, work, in doors and out, the weary year around, with nothing but Rheumatism and chiTiIains in the winter, and occasional sewing bees and donations, to relieve the monoto- denionstrated. Commercial vs. Iloine-matle Manures. One reason why farmers are so of ten urged to com post or make at home all the manure possible, is that home made manure can be used with less discretion, and it carries with it the chief ingredient of ail rich land, to wit: humus or regulable matter, without which most of the commer- cial, or concentrated fertilizers, can not lie profitably used. Band becomes poor in exact ratio to the exhaustion of its humus or vegetable deposit, and destitute of this, no amount of concentrated fertilizers will perma nently improve it. The chief origi nal element of fertility must be re stored. It is tiiis which makes other fertilizing elements available. Farm ers have often complained after using for several years concentrated fertil izers that their lands were “burnt out,” meaning that the guano had burnt out, destroyed or used up all the strength of the land, which, in deed, consisted in its humus. Bime and other minerals might still remain in it, but these are only latent fires without fuel. Adding to them con centrated manures without sufficient humus for them to work upon, might, indeed, produced a better crop than the land would produce without them, but the insufficiency would reveal it self in firing the crop at an early stage, or in the sudden reaction and collapse of productive strength after the production of two or three crops. It is neccessary, therefore,, for the farmer to examine into and under stand the exact condition of his land in regard to fertility before he can venture safely to apply concentrated manures, and wo apprehend that dis regard of tiiis important point has oc casioned much of the dissatisfaction with really good commercial fertil izers. Used upon lands ■worn out, or of existence. Such homes are ; exhausted of their humus, of course homes in name only. They are more like prison walls for young and ardent spirits who have tasted the freedom a?jd delights of a larger and truer life. Their chill and barrenness repel those who have natural cravings for what is bright and beautiful. They are left yvithout regret, and remembered with out longing. No fond memories and pleasant associations' cluster around them to call back the wanderer and the wayward, and no tender recollec tions are awakened at the sight of fheir bare leaden walls. They sym bolize, if anything, a dry, hard, ex acting life, narrow, repressive, un lovely—an existence bounded by Jjreakfast and dinner, and twelve hours’ solid slumber. people would only come to un derstand that the home, in its truest they make no adequate return for the outlay, and not only dis- c mrage the farmer but injure the sales of the manufacturers. But compost, or home-made ma nure., is not liable to any of these ac cidents or conditions. In fact, it is the cure-all to the whole of them, not only restoring tiie exhausted hu mous, but also supplying all the other elements and quantity, not likely to be used erroneously or to excess. Every farmer, therefore, should not only make it the basis of ids work, but endeavor to use it in combination with all the concentrated fertilizers whenever the magnitude of his opera tions refiuire their introduction. t'ai e of Fowls. Southern Cultivator. Poultry keepers should not require and best sense, is the real centre of our earthly life, the tallying point of all , ^heir fowls to remain, during the hot its hiirhemt and holiest affections, the months oi the summer, hi the same its highest and holiest affections, the true object of its loftiest ambitions, piegoal of it? noblest and worthiest aim, they would coase to give it a place inferior to anything that the World has or can oiler. They would quarters in which they were kept dur ing the excessive cold of the winter. Pure good air is essential to all ani mal life, and fowls can no more easily keep in good condition without it than then act, as they should, upon priuci- j cows t horses or hogs. Houses that pie that nothing consistent with means I werc “ *°und suitable for winter will be hud circumstances is too good for the i * 00 e * ose * UI ^ ,0 nights of sum- lifjrne, nothing too beautiful for its ,m ‘ r » ulu l they should be changed to adornment, nothing too costly for itsj su it the change in circumstances, use and convenience. j IIe,, 3 should have a plentiful supply of ' pure fresh water, otherwise thej r can- Wliy Sheep are Profitable. Karin, Field ami Stockman. , Bambs, wool, mutton and manure are the four cardinal points of sheep not be expected to furnish eggs, as water enters largely into the composi tion of their product. If confined, fowls should be furnished a variety of fusing. Profit is hot the total ’ food and not fed upon any one special amount derived, but the excess after the cost is deducted. A flock of sheep may not bring a very large sum and yet be profitable. In tiiis connection we give an extract from the Sheep lirccdc r and Wool Groircr, in which the editor alludes to a flock diet. If made to scratch for a portion of their living upon such grounds as will reward their efforts, their condi tion will be improved. Food given to hens at this season should not be such as induces fat, as tiiis will cause them to fall oiF laying. Green food, and that had been a %ourcg of great profit, ! especially onion tops finely chopped, one of the reasons being as follows: will be good for fowls. “It is a fact tliat tlie flock did not! Cleanliness enters largely into the Consume a particle of grain, was care-I elements of success in raising fowls, lessly handled and lived on food tliat ! All nests should be occasionally de- would otlierwigq liavp been wasted, j stroyed by turning, antFtlTe houses Tlie qwner of tiiis flock assured us | thoroughly cleaned snd white-wash- jhat the same treatment would have ed. little carbolic acid added to the lost him a good percent, of ids cattle, white-wash will serve a good purpose. It is safe to assume that good treat-| Tobacco stems spread in the bottom ment of this flock would have given ! of nests and a little tobacco dust tlie good Matured, easy-going master lull 100 per cent, profit on ids invest ment..” We corroborate the above by suiting that on our Experimental Farm we have a Hock ol Oxford J)owns that have received no grain since they were born, and yet they are fat enough for the butcher. They were given the liberty of a small pas ture, upon which cows and horses had the same privilege, and long alter tlie spread over the eggs will help to de stroy vermin that would otherwise swarm under sitting hens. Milk, thickened with a little wheat bran, will be ielk-dn.d by fowls and furnish them excellent food. An occasional feel of meat will be of service, and con stant access to grass or other greo*>. is quite essential. Gapes and many other diseases of fowls are caused by filth. The best way to have healthy fowls is to prevent disease by remov- frost had apparently destroyed every ing the causes. If these are looked eatable substance, and the larger after in advance, the business will be stock had been removed, the sheep much more profitable and pleasant, collected ami consumed much tliat otherwise would have 1 o m of no value without thcir.aid. They are now at {.he barn, and have had nothing but cornstalks to pick. But our readers may think we are neglecting the sheep, and keeping them on a class of food that we do not recommend to others. The truth is, however, the sheep are too fat, and >ve do not wish them to become so. Why are they too fat, may be asked. Simply because they are of a breed that easily digests and assimilates ail kinds of food, converting it quickly into wool and mutton. While we ad mit that the native sheep are active* and forage well, yet we are satisfied The Sylvania, Gn., Telephone says: “A young lawyer of our village came through town the other day driving the balance of his first law' fee—a yearling steer. The fee consisted of eight dollars in money, a stack » f fodder, a silver watch, an old sow and the yearling.” It would he interesting to know what the poor client farmer had left after this was paid in these “chips and whet-stones.” Baw is a costlv luxurv. United States. President, Grover Ci.kvki.axd. I T ice-President, Thomas A. Hendricks. Secretary of State, Thomas F. Bayard. Secretary of the Treasury, Daniel Manxinc*. A Homey-Tit nertil, Augustus A. Garland. Secretary of War, William U. Exdicqtt. Secretary of “the Navy, William C. Whitney. Secretary of the Interior, Bucius Q. C. Lamar. Postmaster- General, William F. Vilas. -:o:- Thc State. Governor, Hugh S. Thompson. Lieutenant- Governor, John C. Shephard. Secretary of State, James N. Lipscomb. A ttorney-General, Charles Richardson Miles. State Treasurer, John Peter Richardson. Comptroller-General, William E. Stoney. Superintendent of Education, Asbury Coward. Adjutant and Inspcctqe-Gcncral, A. M. Manigault. United states Senators, Wade Hhmpton, M. C. Butler. Congressmen, First District—Samuel Dibble. Second Distript—Geo. D. Tillman. Third District—D. Wyatt Aiken. Fourth District—W. H. Ferry. Fifth District—John J.. Hemphill. Sixth District—George W. Durgan. Seventh District—Robert Smalls. Agricultural Department, A. P. Butler, Commissioner. L. A. Ransom, Secretary. Railroad Cqmmfssiqncr-s, 31. B. Bonham, B. J. Walker, D. P. Duncan. Penitentiary, T. J. Lipscomb, Superintendent. Supreme Court, W. D. Simpson, Chief Justice. Henry McIver, -Assochvte Justice. S. McGowan, Associate Justice. Circuit Courts, First Cirpuit—B. C. Pressley. Second Circuit—A. P. Aldrich. Third Circuit—T. B. Fraser. Fourth Circuit—J. H. Hudson. Fifth Circuit—J. B. Kershaw'. Sixth Circuit—J. D. Witherspoon. Seventh Circuit—Wm. H. Wallace. Eighth Circuit—James S. Cothran. Solicitor Second Circuit, F. Hay Gantt. ILjfF'Congress meets on the first Monday in December of each year. CaPThe Legislature meets on the fourth Tuesday in November of eacli year. CW'The Circuit Court for Aiken County meets three times a year, as follows: first Monday in April, third Monday in June, fourth Monday in September. Congressional Districts. First—Charleston and Berkeley— (St. Phillips and St. Michaels, Mount Pleasant, Moultrievillp, St. James Goosecreek, Summerville), ten town ships of Colleton, fourteen townships of Orangeburg, and theenlireUounty of Lexington. Second—Hampton, Barnwell. Ai ken, Edgefield, and Colleton—(.Brox- son and Warren). Third—Abbeville, Newberry, An derson, Pickens and Qcoijee. Fourth—Green vilje, Spartanburg —(except White Plains and Lime stone Townships), Laurens, Union— (except Goudeysville and Drayton- ville Townships), Fajrt}e)di Richland —(Upper Township, Columbia and Centre). Fifth-*-York, Chester, Lancaster, Union—(Goudeysville and Drayton- ville), Spartanburg—(White Plains and Limestone), Chesterfield and Kershaw’. Si.YTii—Clarendon, Williamsburg— (Kingstree, Sumter, Lees, Johnsons and Lake), Darlington, Marlboro’, Marion and Horry. S Event11—Geo rgetown, Williams- burg — (except Kingstree, Sumter, Lees, Lake and Johnsons), Sumter, Richland—(Lower Township), seven townships of Orai’gebprg, Charleston and Berkeley not in First District, six townships of Colleton, and the entire County of Beaufort. Judicial Circuits. First—Charleston, Berkeley and Orangeburg. Second—Aiken, Barnwell, Beaufort, Colleton and Hampton. Third—Sumter. Clarendon, Wil liamsburg and Georgetown. Fourth—Chesterfield , Marlboro’, Darlington, Marion and Horry. Fifth Kershaw’, Richland, Edge field and Lexington. Sixth rChester, Lancaster, York, and Fairfield. Seventh—>*e\yberry, Laurens, Spar tanburg and Union. Eighth—Abbeville, Oconee, Ander son, Pickens and Greenville. -:o:- The County, Senator, John M. Bell. R< presentati ves, F. P, Woodward, J. G. Gfiignard, James Aldrich, A. S. Seiglef. Sheriff) Millkdge T. Holley. Clerk of Court, Wm. M. Jordan. Probate Judge, John. T. Gaston. Sche.ol Commissioner., R. H. Harley. ; David II. Wise. Coroner, W. H. Harden. ' 1 Jury Com missUmer, R. L. EyANS, who constitutes the Board, with the following ex-offieio members, viz., the Auditor and the chairman of the Board of County Commissioners. Board of SehofA EjQam&crs, R. H. Harley, ex-officio cha^'nmn. W. W. Woolsey, J M. B. Woodward, * V Board of Equalization B. W. Moseley, Aiken. J. H. Quattlebaum, Chinqt^pin. J. G. Sally, Giddy Swamp. James Powell, Gregg. H. L. Mayson, Hammond. ■ Macom Gunter, HopewelJ, i W. E. Sawyer, McTier. Martin Holley, Millbrook Daniel Jetteoat, Rocky Grove. Jamas M. Cook, Rocky Spring J. S. Courtney, Shaw’s. Jas. C. Hammond, Schultz. R. S. Hankiusoii, SUyef^NM Joe Stallings, Sleepy Hollo James K. Brodie, Tabernac R. L. Evans, Windsor. Chairman—H. L. Mayson. j Secretary—J. C. Ilujqmqnd. ‘ Ex-oflieio Clerk—D. H. Wis^ l Town. > Intcndcnt. jf W. Qui t man Davis, 4 Wardens, J. Zed Dunlap, R. A.Chafee, H. F. Warqeke, John Heriot, I. A. Givens, J|jo. Pliilljps. Clerk qf Council } J. R. Jordan. — 'Trial Justice, O. C. Jordan. Policemen, T. A. Kaney, John Gribbin. Eire Department, Steam Fire Engine, Button & Sou, President, Henry Hahn. Captain, J. L ; Courtney. Engineer, , William 'Fuijnbull. ^"Besides the Steamer, the same Company have a fine Hook antfLad- der truck. :o: Aiken Church Directory. St. Thaddcus Episcopal-Corner Pen dleton St. and Richland A venue. Rev. E. C. Edgerton—Services 11 a. m., 5.30 p. m. Sunday-school 9.30 a m. Presbyterian corner Park Avenue and Z,aurcns St, Rev. T. P. Hay—Services 11 a. m., 8 p. m. Sunday-school 5 p. m. Baptist—corner Richland Avcnfic and Chesterfield St, Rev. Lucius Cuthbert—Services 11 a. m., 8 p. m. Sunday-school 4.30"p in. St. John's Methodist Episcopal- -corner Richland Avenue and Newberry St. Rev. W. M. Duncan—Services 11 a. m., 8 p. m. Sunday-school 9.30 a. m. Roman Catholic corner Richland Avenue and Chesterfield St. Rev. P- J. WifiSON. :o: Colored Churches. Baptist—corner Richland -Avenue and Kershaw St. Rev. John Phillips—Services 11 a. m., 8 p. m. Sunday-school 4 p. m. A. M. E. Church—Kershaw St. Rev. E. Winston Taylor—Services 11 a. m., 8.30 p. m. Sunday-school 4. p. m. Presbyterian— York St. Rev. W- R. Coles—Services 11 a m., 8.30 p. m. Sunday-school 4 p. m. with, injure, destroy or wilfully leave open any such gates, sucl) person or persons shall be liable to indictment as for a misdemeanor. VIIL Any Inhabitant of this State shall have power, for the purpose of drain ing his or her lauds, to cut a ditch or ditches, canal or canals, across any public highway in this State; Provid ed, such person shall be bound to bridge such ditch or cnnal finder tlie direction of the Superintendent of Highways for the district in which such ditch or canal shall be cut, and keep the same in good repair for one year, after which time the Superin tendent of Highways for that district —l-ehnll take charge of such ditches or canals and keep them open and in re pair. IX. The IJoard of poijnty Commission ers are authorized to allow {h c erec tion of gates unon highways, and any person who shall cut pr destroy sach grs at such times as he works the road County Commissioners, upon the cer-' division. ^ tificate of the Overseer showing that ^ ; such overplus of labor was performed. | It shall be lawful for any citizen of jf, on any such extraordinary occasion this State on whose land any road fj ie Overseer shall, for the space of may pass other than a public high- one day after application made to him Way»to erect gates thereon, and the ^ f or yucp purpose by any citizen resid- persons owning or erecting such gates | j n jjig district, neglect to call out shall be liable to be indicted fora nui- a sufficient number of persons to sanoe if they fail to keep them in good | speedily open and repair such higlt- or ^ er * j way, he shall forfeit and pay the - , „ . . , Treasurer of this county, to be expeml- In case any •person shall interfere W. J. PQLLARD Augusta, Ga. J. L. ROBERTSON, Aiken County'. COMPILATION OF THE HOAD LAW. Relating to and for the Use of Super intendents of Highways and Hoad Overseers. County Commissioners, A writer in Bradstreet’ Rei>orts a - 1 J°bn I‘ • Murray, b. W . 3\ oodward, sorts, tint ai'tir thirty-five years* ex- J. (, al Couptnpy. porienee in Iowa, he has never known ^ hamplain, clerk qf board, a mortgage foreclosed oq a dairy or! Treasurer, stock farm. i J. E. Murray. J, % All streams which have been ren dered, or can hereafter be rendered, capable of be|ng navigable by rafts of lumber or {inibfif by {be removal therefrom of accidental obstructions, and all navigable water courses and cuts, are hereby declared navigable streams, and suph streams shall be common highways and forever free, and if any person shall obstruct the same, such person shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, such ob struction may be {{bated as other pub lic nuisances iuc by the laws of this State. He Public highways shall be'' laid out by special commissioners who shall be appointed by the County Commis sioners for this purpose, and who shall have such powers, receive such compensation and perform suelt du ties as may be required by law. (»ee Act 1883, No. 404.) * W: It shall be the duty of .SJt|perinten- deuts of Highways to cause ail roads heretofore laid out, or hereafter to be laid out, leading from any part of this .State to Charleston, Georgetown, Col umbia, Camden, Hamburg or CTierttwv to be nmde and cleared 30 feet wide, and all other roada shajl lie cleared 20 feet wide. IV. The Superintendents of Highways shall cause all tlie roads in their re spective districts to be posted and numbered, and at each fork of said road a pointer tq be placed declaring the direction of sucli roads; and if any person or persons shall cut down or burn or defapp any mile post or stone or pointer crpeted as foresaid, he, she or they, upon conviction there of, shall forfeit and pay the sum of $10, to be reeqvered by indictment on information in any court of compe tent jurisdiction. V. Any Superintendent of Highways neglecting to cause said roads to be posted and numbered and to have pointers greeted as aforesaid, shall be liable to paj’ the sum of $10 for each and every neglect, to be recovered by indictment in the Court of General .Sessions in the county ^herein the sames occurs, to be collected and paid to the Treasurer of said county, for the use of the county; Provided, That no Superintendent shall be liable to said penalty who puts up said point- gates, or leave open the same, shall pay a penalty of $20 X If any person sh§.ll wilfully or ma liciously destroy, injure, l^irt, dam age, impair or obstruct any of tlie pub lic highways, or any part thereof, or any bridge, ditch, causeway, or other erection belonging theretp, shpll be fine4 ^nd imprisoned. XI. * * * » Each township shall constitute a highway district. The Board qfCounty Commissioners shal{ annually ap point some suitable and proper person Superintendent of Highways for each highway district, and by reasoq of his office is exeippt fpQifi road duty. He shall hold his office twelve mouths from date of his appointment, unless sooner removed. He shajl have gen eral supervision of the hjghtytpys and roads in his district undtp the direc tion of the C’ofiHty Commissioners.— He shall, once jq every tljree months, report tp {hem, in writing, the condi tion of the roads aqd bridges in his district. XII. The Super!ntejideiits of Highway districts shall divide the highways iu his district into suitable sections or districts of not less than two or more than five miles each; pud shall ap point an Overseer of Roads for eacli of said sections or districts. Fie shall also divide the persons liable to road duty (seeSecljon XVII,) in his high way district in convenient squads or companies andassign a squad orcom- pany to each Ovcrsepr of a section or district. He shall, as far as practica ble, assign the road hands to the near est road. He shall require the Over seer of Roads ii) his highway district to call out hands assigned to their respective sections or districts and work the roads and repair and build bridges of same, whenever he may deem it necessary, after 12 hours no tice; and shall require every road hand to bring with him for use, a hoe, mat tock, spade and other tools, for work on tlie roads or bridges, He shall de termine the number of days for each working and the tools to be brought by each road hand; Provided, That not more than twelve days’ work are required of any one hand in a year. When tlie County Commissioners, or any of them, gives orders to the Su perintendent of highway districts to have any work done in his district and he neglects to do the same, he shall be deemed guilty’ 6f a misde meanor, and qpon conviction he shall be fined not less than ten nor more than fifty dollars; and the Over seer of districts, for neglecting to call out their hands and work the roads when required by {he Superintendent of highway districts, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction he shall be i|ued not less than five nor more than twenty dollars. Whenever a highway runs along the line of two highway districts the Superintendent of the same shall jointly divide tlie highway into suita ble sections and appoiqt an Overseer for eaclj of said road sections; and they shall assign to each Overseer from tlieir respective district, or from either district such laborers and road hands as m a y l? e necessary to work the same. Each Superintendent of dis tricts shall cause his Overseers, when working sections in which there are bridges, to have such repairs or work done on such bridges to preserve them and keep them I:, good order as can conveniently be done by the road bands. And iu case the needed repairs to bridges are of such a character that they should, in the opinion of the Su perintendent, be given out under con tract by the County Commissioners, he shall report the same to said Com missioners withoi}t dc|ay. XIII. Any person liable to road duty (see Section XVII) who shall have been duly warned twelve hours before the day fixed in his notice for such work ing, stating the hours and place of working, shall be subject to the direc? tion of tlie Overseer in charge. If any person of the legal age shall neglect to appear, or shall refuseto work upon the highways and roads (having no justifiable excuse) acconjing to the direction ot {he Overseer, he $hal{ be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon convictjqu thereof shall be fined or imprisoned. XIV. On any extraordinary occasion, when any highway shall be sqddenly obstructed by stprnfl OF otherwise, so as to require immediate labor to re move such obstruction it shall be the duty of {hp Overseer in whose district such obstruption occurs, to proceed forthwith to have such obstruction removed, and for tiiis purpose shall summon {q his aid a sufficient number of workmen to open and repair such highway. If any person shall, in such case, perform more days labor than is required by law for the year, he shall be paid for any such overplus at tlie rate of one dollar per day by the ed in the repair of highways when and where necessary in the district, the sum of $15, unless {he Overseer shall §how sufficient reason for such neglect. If on any such extraordina ry occasion any person liable {q road duty, after being summoned for the purpose of removing sqcb obstruction by the or>ier of the Overseer, shall neglect to turn out and assist iu open ing and repairing suph {dglpv'uys. he shall be deeiqetj guilty of a misde meanor, and upon conviction thereof, sl)all be find $3 per day. xy. Any person who shall receive bodi ly injury or damage in his person or property through a defect in the re pairs of a highway, cafiseway or bridge may recover in action against the county thp amount of daniage fix ed by the finding of a jury. If such de- fec tin any road, causeway pr bridge, existed before such injury or 4a)np,ge occurred, si)ch damages shall not Ije recovered by the person so injured, if his load exceeded the ordinary weight. XVI. The Gounty Gommjssionors shall authorize the Overseer of any district toallovy a iqan working one day ami also fumishifig a horse, plow or cart, two days labor; and on working him self for one day, and furnishing a wagon and two horses, mules or oxen, three days labor. XVII. All able-bodied male persons be tween the ages of sixteen and fifty years shall be liable annually to work on the public highways aqd roads not less than three, nor more than twelve days, onder {he dlreptiopof {he Over seer of the district in which they may reside. In warning men to work upon the pfibl|c FQipls, thp Qyprseer shall make out a list for the Warner, re quiring him to give notice to each per son the kjnd of too) he shall use in working finpn the highways and roads.—4firf it shall be the duty of any employer to furnish to the Over seer a list containing the names of all persons in his employment liable to road duty, whenever the same shall be required of him by said Overseer, and upon failure to comply with such de mand, he shall be guilty of a misde meanor, and upon conviction thereof, be fined and imprisoned. XVIII. All Members of Statp qnd County Boards of Examiners and School Trustees, Members of the Boards of Assessors for the assesatneut of real estate for taxation, teachers and stu dents of schools and colleges, and ministers of the fjQspel, Millers en gaged in grist fit' merehant mills that are kept open six days in each week, guards, keepers, employers and other officers of Lunatic Asylums, and tlu* Warner for five days, sha)l bo exempt from road dufy. xix ? If any person, having been notified or warned as h e, ‘ e t°f 0, ‘ e provided, shall pay the County Treasurer of tlie county in wh} c h he may reside the sum of one dollar for each day’s work required, the same shall be received in lieu of such lalFV- JtX. The Overseers in tlieir respective districts shall have full power to cut down and make use of any timber, wood, earth or stones in or n c HF tlie road, bridges or causeways, for the purpose of repairing tlie same, as to them shall seem necessary, making just compensation therefor, should the same be dempiulpd. Overseers shall not authorize the cutting down of any timber trees reserved by the owner in clearing ins land or planted for the purpose of shade or ornament, either in the fields, around the springs or about the dwelling houses or ap purtenances, nor the cutting down of any rail timber, when other timber can be procured at or near the place, or take stone qr earth from within the grounds of any person enclosed for cultivation, without consent of the owners of the same. If any person or persons shall by any means hinder, forbid or oppose the said Overseers, or either of them, frotp cutting down and making use of any timber, wood, stones or earth, iu or near the said roads or causeways, for slight repairs of bridges for the purpose of making or repairing tlje sarne, or shall in any manner obstruct the passage of said roads, causeways or bridges by gates fences, ditches, or any other obstruc tions except where authorized by law. or shall hinder, forbid or threaten any traveler from traveling any public road, every person, for sqch offence, shall be fined in a sum not less than five nor more than ten dollars. XXI. If any person liable to perform such Iqbor shall remove from' one county to another, who had prior to such removal {>erfi>F!nod the whole or any part of it, or in any other way has paid the whole or any part of the amount aforesaid {q lieu of such labor, and shall produce a certificate or re ceipt of the same from the Overseer of the district from which such person has removed, such certificate or re ceipt shall operate as a complete dis charge for the amount therein speci fied. The residence of any person who has a family shall be held to be where his family resides, and the resi dence of any other person sliall be held to be where he boards in the county of this State. The County Commissioners have special supervision building of new bridges over riveid creeks; also of extra and extensjve repairs of old bridges. (See Section 1,064 Q e m Stat.) XSHI. It shall be the dqtv of all owners of mill dnms n n t! bridges in connection therewith O'er wlpeh any public highway sha|l pass to keep the same in goqd repair, and no county shall be responsible for repairs upon the same, except the Superintendents of High ways may have the said dams and bridges repaired, if in the opinion of the County Commissioners such ordi nary repairs be just. ) POLLARD & ROBERTSON, ——COTTON FACTORS AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS’ No. 730, Reynolds street, - - - Augusta, Georgia, Manufacturers and General Agents for the following Machinery; consisting in part 100 Fairbanks Standard Scales. 100 Thomas Smoothing Harrows. 100 Acme Pulverizers anil Clod Crushers. 100 Reapers, Diftereut Makes and Styles, (single qr combined. 25 Hubbard Gleaners qnd Binders, (Independent.) 25 Threshers and Separators, (^’arious sizes and styles.) 25 Watertown Steam Engines, (all sizes and styles.) 20 C- & G. Cooper A Co. Steam Engines, (all sizes an<J styles.) 10 Oneida Steam Engines, (all sizes and styles.) 75 Smith’s Hand-Power Cotton aiifl Hay Presse ?rs and Condensers, tn Qins at $2.00 per sgw, r _...nd 1XL potton Gins, at $1.50 per saw, In good order. 5 Kreble Engines. Wood-working Machinery, (all kinds.) Flour and Corn Miljs and Mill Machinery, Otto Sjleut Gas Engines, Hancock Inspirators, MUbum Roller Breast Gins. Feeders and Condensers, Steam Pumps, parver Seed Cotton Cleaners, Newell Cotton Seed Hullers and Separators Colt’s Power Cotton Presses, Shafting, Pulleys and Hangings, Steam and Water Pipes, Fittings, etc., Belting, Lacing, Hoes, etc ESF’C^ton Mill Supplies a specialty. A full line of Machinery of all kimk and for sale low. Cull and examine before purchasing, an£ srtVe money. Send feF catalogue, Correspondence solicited and prumply attended to, * .. POLLARD & ROBERTSON. W : H. WEl*PH, GANIEU EASON. WELCH & EASON, lEPA-HyEIX/ST GKEUOGItSIEUS, 127 and 120 Mpptiug Stree{, S? W. CorncF 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 .wp spl], and think we caq save you money on your purchases of Family Supplies. Try us and be con vinced’. tS?“Catalpgnes mailed free. No clpirgp fb? packing and drayage. ALFRED BARER, President. JOS. S. BEAN, Cashier. THE AUGUSTA SAVINGS BANK, —r^OF AUGUSTA, GEORGIA.-^- Uasli Assets Surplus - $: $00,000.00 03,000.00 Transacts a General Deposit and Discount Business, interest on Deposits of Five to Ttyo Thousand Dollars, C3F'Accounts of Banks, Bankers and Merchants received on Favorable Terms. Special attention given to Collections. The steady success which has attended ofir management, and our assets principally bonds bought below par, and npw worth high premiums, afford benefits in which our customers share. We always have money on hand to loan, and a{Iord special accom modations to our customers. We buy and sell bonds and stocks, and ara always happy to give information, Directqrs-^sAUred Baker, Edward O’Donnell, W. B. Young, E. R. Schneider, Joseph S. Beau. • Watches and Clocks ——Pleasure and Protit to A11J— JOHN H, FEABY, “OPTICIAN, JEWEL® i MCIW Watches and Clockq Repaired. Augusta, Ga. THIRTY YEARS experience in fitting lenses In Spectacles makes the On" repaired. 11U/II111^ 729 Broad Street, Opjiosite Central Hotel, f *erjence in fitting le ptician Department Complete. Sole Agent for Diamond Spectacles. Dealer in Eeliable Jewelry. JJ&Q Silver-Plated Ware at the Dowe^t Prices. (^“Personal attention to all monogram epgraving. THE BARRETT MANUFACTURING CO, IS NOW’ PREPARED TO FURNISH NEWSPAPERS WITH FINE NEWS PAPER! When taken in quantities of fifty reams, or over, wo will deliver ou$ paper free to any point In South Carolina at cents per pound. Th^ Recorder is printed on paper manufactured at Bath, S. C. Wc are also pro-, pared to furnish the trade with BOOK, MANILLA mid WRAPPING PAPER! tar PATRONIZE HOME ENTERPJIISE! RAGS! RAGS! RAGS! We will purchase country rags, free of woollen os foreign substances, deliv ered at the mill at Bath, 8. (I,, n{ Pcnfs pvr jionnd. Address: I. G. BAKRETT, President, - - - AUGUSTA, GA, GIN RIBS! GIN RIBS! I HAVE secured Patterns and propose to furnish JUBS for all makes o{ Gins at reasonable prices. CASTINGS of all kinds |n Iron anq Braj»s at short no{|ce. Special attention given to Repairs. Satisfaction guaranteed! THE^ PENDLETON^ FOUNDRY^TNift MACHIHEXWORkS Nos. 615, 017 and 61Q, l\OLLflO# St,, - - AUGUSTA, GA. CHAR. F. LOMBARD, Proprietor. WM, PENDLETON, Bup’t. OTTO F. WIETERS, WHOLESALE QROpEI) A^D DEAUPU IN LIQUORS, CIGARS ft TOBACCO! Sole agents for I. T, and J. G. FROSTS celebrated RELF-RA#IINq FLOUR, and THORN BROTHERS’celebrated BUTTER CRACKERS. t^-Offlce and Salesroom 181 East Bay; Warehouses, Nos. 108, 110, 111. 114 and 110 East Bay, CHARLESTON, S. 0. THE AIKEN WAGON! H MANUFCTUREO BY THE MATTHEWS BROS., ^Opposite the Ashley Hbu«e) - - AIKEN, SOUTH CAROLINA Which fqr strength, durability and finish canned be snrpip'Bed. Planters ant farmers will find it to their interest to call and examine our work. Improver axle-cutting machine fof taking up lost motion without the eostof new. axles Buggies for sale! Repairing of all kirnty promptly attended to. Improve^ hanie-string fasteners for sale. Blacksniitliing and horse-shoeing a specially with us.‘ All work promptly attended to. Satisfaction guaranteed. ASHLEY SMALL GRAI SPiCIPIC I THE S. G. S. is the cheapest and the best and Uio qidy Specifie Fertilize? for small grain on the market. ASHLEY ARH ELEMENT, a very cheap and excellent non-amment-. ated fertilizer tor small grain crops, fruit trees, grape vines, dec. ASHLEY COTTON AND CORN COMPOUND, a complete fertilizer for these two crops, and also used by the truckers near Charleston for vegetables. ASHLEY COMPLETE GARDEN FERTILIZER, specially adapted tq roses, geraniums, pansies, flowering unnuaty, 4c. t2TFor terms, directions, testimonials, and for the various attractive an^ instructive puldicatiqiis of the Company, address, The Ashley Phosphate Company, Charleston, - - S. C.