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A NEGRO KIIAiED. AIKEN. S. C\. AUGUST [YH P* AI.MANVC FOR THE WEEK. •S” > < a JUDY. SUN RISES SUN SETS MOON It & s 4 Tuesday 5: 1 7:11 MUlt 5 Wednesday 5: 1 7:10 0: 3 6 Thursday.. 5: 2 7: 9 0:52 7 Friday. 5: 3 7: 8 1:49 8 Saturday 5: 4 Y: 7 2:52 9 Sunday. 5: 5 7: 6 4: 0 loj Monday 6: 6 7: 4 SETS M El JONS AND TEACHES. The Hard Duck of the Fruit Farmer# of Aiken—A Moat Fortunate Season fhr the Melon Growers—The Ship ments this Year. Nswg and Courier, July 28th. ‘Home time ago $ Staff cqrrespoD- ■deot of the News ami Courier was sent to the orchards and watermelon patches In Barnwell and Aiken coun ties. At the tlhie qf bis visit to the fruit farms there was every prospect of a fine crop of peaches. The fruit, however, at that time had been at tacked foy the rot and there were many apprehensions that the crop would prove a failure.These misglv ings have been well founded. The peach crop has been almost an entire failure. The fruit marketed has been generally pf a very inferior quality. The ship ments to date in 1884 were 21,838 pack ages. The shipments this year have ^mounted to only 9.610 packages, thus ehowing a decrease of 12,228 packages {.his season as compared with the cor responding period last year. Very few of the peaches have been fit forshipment to the Northern markets. Last year express oars for New York were run through from Aiken to Wilmington dgily loaded with peach- ps. This year not one carload has been sent through. Many of the peach-growers are very despondent, pnd talk of destroying their orchards and trying other branches of farming, while others say they will clear ex penses on the late crop of peaches, which promise ip some localities to yield about a half crop, and hope for better luck another season. No sper plal regsoq can be given for the rot ex- pept the very wet season during the last of Ufay and the first part of June. Mr. Satterthwait, who lives near Aikeq, the proprietqr of the “Niagara Grape” Vineyard, which will repay any one for the trouble and expense pf a visit to it, states that, notwith standing the wet season, he marketed pver 1,200 pint baskets of red rasp berries and blackberries, and that when the season was over parties wrote asking for more, as the reputa tion of his berries was just becoming known. It is hoped that he may be able to double hie crop next season. [he by the steamer OB^^JBTdtvimbia New Yprk last Saturday. It is to be hoped that Mr* Satterthwait will put Some of his best grapes on the Charles ton market, where he will doubtless find as ready a demand for them as in New York, The watermelqn business is “boom ing.” The first carload was shipped on July l, pnd at the close of business on July 24 the shipments stood as follows: Carloads. Charleston 64 New York 92 Cincinnati 45 Atlanta. 2 Baltimore, Washington and Rich mond 31 To points on Columbia and Green ville Railroad 7 4 Li j He Attacks a Constable, Attemps to Brain Him with a Spade, and is Shot Dead. Hampton Gaurdian Last Thursday, Constable P. C. Williams, of Brunson, armed with a warrant and a pistol, went to arrest one Robin Rowse, a colored man, charged with stealing a valuable over coat from Mb. T. H. T. Folk some time since. Rowse was a desperado, and there were not many men who oared to undertake the task of cap turing him, for ho was aaniuscular fellow and a savage outlaw. He mot a prominent gentleman in the public road a few days ago, and cursed him and drew a shot gun on him, threat ening to kill him, without provoca tion. The citizen went to a trial jus tice to procure a warrant, but found that Mr. Williams was about to start out to attempt the arrest of Rowse for stealing the overeqat, and acoom- panied the constable to Mr. Sams’ store. Seeing the negro, Mr. Williams made known his business in the usual legal way, and ordered him tq come with him quietly. Instead of his doing so, Rowse picked up a long- handled spade and made a furious attack on the constable, who by par rying, and dodging and backing off escaped a liorrible death—almost Lav ing ids head split open with the spade in the hands of the negro. Mr. Wil liams, seeing that his assailant was determined to kill him if he could, drew his pistol and fired just as Rowse was in the act of raising the spado to brain him. The shot reach ed a vital spot, and in a short time the negro was dead. Trial Justice An derson, acting as Coroner, summon ed a jury and held an inquest, the verdict relieving Mr. Williams of all blame, he having acted in self-de fence. Horse Stables. American Agriculturist for June. The condition and health of ahorse depends very much upon the kind of stable it is kept in. There are horses which suffer from disease of the eyes, from coughs, from scratches and other skin diseases, all of which are pro duced by the pungent foul air in the stables. Farmers and others who have horses, will take pains to keep their carriages and harness protected from the strong ammoniacal air of the stables lest the leather may be rotted or the varnish dulled and spotted; and at the same time will wonder why their horses cough, or suffer from oth er diseases, which, if they would only think for a few minutes, they would readily perceive are due to the foul air the animals are compelled to breathe every night in the year while confined in close, badly ventilated stables. The remedy is very easy. The stable should be kept cleafj this will pre- rreater par mischiqf; le Philadelphia . Local stations. Making a total of 238 The carloads averaged about 1,100 fnelons each. This will givo a grand £otal of 231,600 melons marketed to fiate, on wliich the growers have real ised from $lxty to onp hundred dollars per carload at point of loading. On Friday last ten carloads of mel- pns were bought for cash at one hun dred dollars per car. The wholesale pripe for melons in New York is from $25 to $30 per one hundred, and in the Western markets from $150 to $200 per carload. The shipping season has now fairly open ed. Ttje shipments last week aver aged twenty-eight carloads a day. The prospepts are that the shipments will continue as large for ten days to pome, when they will begin to fall oil. It is estimated that the shipments this year will amount to about seven hun dred carloads. If the markets hold up the melon growers will realize about $50,000. The arrangements made by the Boutb Carolina Railway Company this season for placing the melons on the New York market have been far better and more satisfactory than in any previous year. The New York steam ers have been loaded at the railway wharf, where the portholes of the steamers have been within one hun dred feet of the cars. The melons are loaded in large wheel-barrows, six melons to the barrow, and rolled into the steamer, where they are carefully piled, each carload being kept separate. Up to this date the City of Palatka and City of Atlanta have each taken two cargoes and the Delaware one. The last cargo of the City of Atlanta .consisted of 48,700 melons, the largest by far over shipped from this port. So far the cargoes have all been delivered In New York in excellent condition. The present season bids fair to be the most remunerative one the melon growers In South Caroliu a have ever had. . Kerosene oil is attracting much at tention as an insecticide. It is a dead ly poison to nearly all insects, while it is harmless to man. As it does not mix with water, an emulsion should be made with milk. An emulsion oomposed of one-third oil and two- thirds milk, either sweet or sour, is found to be more serviceable. This emulsion may be applied in the same manner aa Paris green. Curio parlors is the latest name for dime museums in the West, where at* tempts at refinements of language of- eniwo to be in inverse proportion to > and culture* wir to beflm^pbR; and nau l produce He pungent vapors of aip- monia, which areMnjurious to the eyes, nostrils, throat and lungs, aiid this liquid waste should be carriett away to some place where it can be absorbed and utilized. The floor should bo washed off at least twice a week with a plenty of water and then liber ally sprinkled with finely-ground gypsum (plaster) which will combine with the ammonia, and fix it. A so lution of copperas (sulphate of iron) will have the same result. Lastly, the floor should be supplied with absorb ent litter, which should be removed when it is soiled. Ventilation should be provided in such a way as to avoid cold drafts. Small openings, which may be easily closed with a slide, may be made in the outer wall nsar the ceiling, or in the roof, through which the foul air can escape. Pure air is of the utmost importance to the well being of horses. As an instance of it may be mentioned the fact in the English cavalry stables a complete system of ventilation reduced the average loss of horses from the dead ly disease, glanders, from one hun dred and thirty-two per thousand year ly, to nine in the thousand; and when a similar improvement was made in the French army stable, the percen tage of death was reduced in a simi lar ratio, with a still larger decrease of milder ailments United States. President, Grover Cleveean'd. Vice-President, Thomas A. Hendricks. Secretary of State, Thomas F. Bayard. Secretary of the Treasury } Daniel Manning. A ttorney-General, Augustus A. Garland. Secretary of War, William C. Endicott. Secretary of the Navy x William C. Whitney. Secretary of the Interior^ Lucius Q. C. Lamar. Postmaster-; General, William F. Vilas. The State. Governor, If ugh 8. Thompson. Lieutenant- Governor x John l), Sheppard. Secretary of State, James N. Lipscomb. A ttorney- General, Charles Richardson Mil^s. State Treasurer, John Petek Richardson. Comptroller- General, William E. Stoney. Superintendent of Education, Asbury Coward. Adjutant and Inspector-General, A. M. Manioault. United States Senators, WadeHhmpton, M.C. Butler. Congressmen, First District—Samuel Dibble. Second District—Geo. D. Tillman. Third District—D. Wyatt Aiken. Fourth District—W. H. Perry. Fifth District—John J. Hemphill. Sixth District—George W. Dargan. Seventh District—Robert Smalls. Agricultural Department, A. P. Butler, Commissioner. L. A. Ransom, Secretary. Railroad Commissioners, M. L. Bonham, L.J. Walker, D. P. Duncan. Penitentiary, T. J. Lipscomb, Superintendent. Supreme Court, W. D. Simpson, Chief Justice. Henry McIver, Associate Justice. S. McGowan, Associate Justice. Circuit Courts, First Circuit—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. SAVAnrh Cirfinit-Wm- H. Wallace. Eighth Circa i The Weight of 31 ilk. The Chicago Breeders’ Gazette says for years there have been numerous discussions about the quantity and quality of milk, some claiming one thing as the standard, others insisting that their standard is correct. The Illinois Dairymen’s Association wres tled with the question for some time, and finally decided that they would adopt the standard of Mr. Borden, of condensed milk fame, which for quan tity is: Eight and five-eights pounds per gallon. This is now quite gen erally accepted, not only in this coun try, but in Europe as well. The quali ty of milk has also been determined upon by the Illinois State Dairymen’s Association, after a number of tests, as follows: Water, 87-5; solids, 12-5— in a scale of 100 parts. There are not a few dairymen who claim an unusual large yield of butter from 100 pounds of milk, in some eases over five pounds, which simply illustrates that they either talk at random or have a breed of cows that give butter instead of milk. The trouble with such peo ple is that they do not know what they are talking about. An Iowa farmer gives as his experi ence that an exclusive diet of corn is the cause of hog cholera. He claims the hog should be treated to a variable diet like any other animal, and that corn is not a complete article of food, the hog requiring suitable food for converting into bone and muscle as well as fat. One of the greatest uusiances in farming is the way that weeds are en couraged and protected in the crooks and vicinity of fences, from which places their seed is scattered over the surrounding lands. The extent to which seed is scattered by high winds proves that one negligent farmer may annoy hundreds of farmers by failing to exterminate the foul herbage. F. Hay lap-Congress meets on the first Monday in December of eqch year. x tyThe Legislature meets or the fourth Tuesday In November of each year. C3?“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, MoultrleviRe, St. James Goosecreek, Summerville), ten town ships of Colleton, fourteen townships of Orangeburg, and tho entire County of Lexington. Second—Hampton, Barnwell. Ai ken, Edgefield, and Colleton—(Brox- sonand Warren). Third—Abbeville, Newberry, An derson, Pickens and Oconee. Fourth—Greenville, Spartanburg —(except White Plains and Lime stone Townships), Laurens, Union— (except Goudeysville and Drayton- villo Townships), Fairfield, Richland —(Upper Township, Columbia and Centre). Fifth—York, Chester, Lancaster, Union—(Goudeysville and Drayton- ville), Spartanburg—(White Plains and Limestone), Chesterfield and Kershaw. SIXTH—Clarendon, Williamsburg— (Kingstree, Sumter, Lees, Johnsons and Lake), Darlington, Marlboro’, Marion and Horry. Seventh—Georgetown, Williams burg — (except Kingstree, Sumter, Lees, Lake and Johnsons), Sumter, Richland—(Lower Township), seven townships of Orangeburg, 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. Sixtli Chester, Lancaster, York, and Fairfield. Seventh—Newberry, Laurens, Spar tanburg and Union. Eighth—Abbeville, Oconee, Ander son, Pickens and Greenville. The County. Senator, John M. Bell. Representatives, F. P. Woodward, J. G. Guignard, James Aldrich, A. S. Seigler. Sheriff, Milledge T. Holley. Clerk of Court, Wm. M. Jordan. Probate Judge, John. T. Gaston. School Commissioner, . R. H. Harley. County Commissioners, John F. Murray, S. W. Woodward, J. Cal Courtney. O. P. Champlain, clerk of bo&rtf, Treasurer, J. E. Murray. A uditor, David H. Wise. Coroner, W. H. Harden. Jury Commissioner R. L. Evans. who constitutes the Board, with following ex-officio members, tiie Auditor and the chairman oi Board of County Commissioners Board of School Examiners, R. H. Harley, ex-officio chairmaji W. W. Woolsey, M. B. Woodward, Board of Equalization^ B. W. Moseley, Aiken. J. H. Quattlobaum, Chinquapi J. G. Sally, Giddy Swamp. James PoweU, Gregg. H. L. Mayson, Hammond. Macom Gunter, Hopewell. W. E. Sawyer, McTier. Martin Holley, Mlllbrook. Daniol Jeffcoat, Rocky Grove. Jamas M. Cook, Rocky Spring. J. S. Courtney, Shaw’s. Jas. C. Hammond, Schultz. R. S. Hankinson, Silverton. Joe Stallings, Sleepy Hollow. James K. Brodie, Tabernacle R. L. Evans, Windsor. Chairman—H. L. Mayson. * ■'f Secretary—J. C. Hammond, I Ex-officio Clerk—D. H. Wise. :o: • Town. Intendent, Quhman Davis. Wardens, J. Zed Dunlap, R. A.Chafee, H. F. Warneke, John lleriot, I. A. Givens, Jno. Phillips. Clerk of Council, J. R. Jordan. Trial Justice, O. C. Jordan. Policemen, T. A. Kaney, John Gribbin.' Fire Department, Steam Fire Engine, Button & Son, Maker. President, Henry Hahn. Captain, J. L. Courtney! Engineer, William Turnbul: EgrBesides the Steamer, the same Company have a lino Hook a)>d Lad der truck. W. I ( -:o:- Ai ken liurck Directory. St. Thaddeus Episcopal—cxrrr.er Pen dleton St. and Richland Avenue. Rev. E. C. Edgerton—Services 11 a. ra., 5.30 p. m. Sunday-school 5.30 a in- *— Presbyterian—corner Park Avenue and Laurens St. i Rev. T. P. Hay—Services J 1 a. m., S p. m. Sunday-school 5 p. fl Baptist—corner Richland Mfc and Chesterfield St. ■ Rev. Lucius Cuthbert— u a. m., 8 p. m. Sunday-sclg^H jgCTi in. St. John's Methodist, vem Rev. W. MT m.,8p.-w. Sunc Roman Catholic—corf Avenue and Chester) Rev. P. J. Wilsoi jhland it. -:o:- “ Colored Churclic^ Baptist—comer Richland A venue and Kershaw St. f 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-^-Servlces 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. 1 ———r— COMPILATION OP THE HOAD LAW. Relating to and for the Cs intendent* of Highways Overseers. iuper- "itoad ks of this laid out I10 shall ommia- and who ve such I. All streams which have been ren dered, or can hereafter be ^rendered, capable of being navigable py rafts of lumber or timber by th« removal therefrom of accidental obstructions, and all navigable water courses and cuts, are hereby declared {navigable streams, and such streams^shall be common highways and forjever free, and if any person shall obshruct the same, suoh person shall b(J deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, jsuch ob struction may be abated as [other pub lie nuisances are by the 1; State. II. Public highways shall by special commissioners be appointed by the Count, sioners for this purpose shall have such powers, rec<_ compensation and perform suoh du ties as may be required by i aw. (See Act 1883, No. 404.) III. It shall bo the duty of Superinten dents of Highways to oaiisJnil roads heretofore laid out, or beyealfter to be laid out, leading fro*n any part if this State to Charleston, Georgotc wu, Col umbia, Camdon, Hamburg or Cheraw, to be made and cleared 30 f< et wide, and all other roads shall be c leared 20 foet wide. IV. The Superintendents of I ighways shall cause all the roads in their re spective districts to be po ited and numbered, and at each fori: of said road a pointer to be placed 1 leclartng the direction of such roads; and if any person or persons shall < ut down or burn or deface any mil s post or stone or pointer erected as foresaid, he, she or they, uponconvictl >n there of, shall forfeit and pay th^ sum of $10, to be recovered by indictment on information in any court |of compe tent jurisdiction. Any Superintendent of hjighways neglecting to cause said rikL-ls to be posted and numbered an<B to have pointers erected as aforesaid! shall be liable to pay the sum of $UL|for each and ever£ neglect, to be re^Vered by indictment in the Court ^^General Sessions in the couuty whe rein the tames occurs, to be collected md paid to the Treasurer of said cov nty, for the use of the county; Provid ed. That no Superintendent shall be liable toCbe paid for any auoh said penalty who puts op sai i point ers at such times as he works the mad division. VI. It shall be lawful for any citizen of this State on whose land any road [ may pass other than a public high way, to erect gates thereon, and the persons owning or erecting such gates shall be liable to be indicted for a nui sance if they fail to keep them in good order. VII. In case any person shall interfere with, injure, destroy or wilfully Ipave open any such gates, such person or persons shall be liable to indictment as for a misdemeanor. VIII. Any inhabitant of this State shall have power, for the purpose of drain ing his or her lands, to cut a ditch or ditches, canal or canals, across any public highway In this State; Provid ed, such perpon shall be bound to bridge such ditch or canal under the direction of $he Superintendent of Highways for tbp district in which such ditoh 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 shall take charge of such ditches or canals and keep them open and in re pair. IX. The Board of County Commission ers are authorized to allow the erec tion of gates upon highways, and any person who shall cut or destroy such gates, or leave open the same, shall pay a penalty of $20 X If any person shall wilfully or ma liciously destroy, injure, hurt, dam age, impair or obstruct auy of the pub lic highways, or auy part thereof, or any bridge, ditch, causeway, or other erection belonging thereto, shall be fined and imprisoned. XI. Each tqwnship shall constitute a highway district. The Board of County Commissioners shall annually ap point some suitable and proper person Superintendent of Highways for each highway district, and by reason of his office is exempt from road duty. He shall hold his office twelve months from date of his appointment, unless sooner removed. He shall have gen eral supervision of the highways and roads in his district under the direc tion of the County Commissioners.— He shall, once in every three months, report to them, in writing, the condi tion of the roads and bridges in his district. XII. The Superintendents of Highway districts shall divide the highways in his district into suitable sections or districts of not less than two or more than five miles each; and shall ap-* point an Overseer of Roads for each of said sections or districts. He shall also divide the persons liable to road duty (see Section XVII,) in his high way district in convenient squads or companies, and assign a squad or com pany to each Overseer of a section or district. He shall, as far as practica ble, assign the road hands to the n his hi 1 -o«U hands assifciTed' to thei respective sections or districts an 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 the 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 the 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 of a misde meanor, and upon conviction he shall be fined not less than ten nor more than fifty dollars; and the .Over seer of djstrlcts, for neglecting to call out their hands and work the roads when required by the Superintendent of highway districts, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction he shall be fined not Itss than five nor more than twenty dollars. Whenever a highway runs along the lino of two highway districts the Superintendent of the same shall jointly divide the highway into suita ble sections and appoint an Overseer for each of said road sections; and they shall assign to each Overseer from their respective district, or from either district such laborers and road hands as may be necessary to work thesamo. 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 in good order as can conveniently be done by the road hands. And in case the needed repairs to bridges are of such a character that they should, in the opinion of the Hu perintendent, be given out under con tract by the County Commissioners, he shall report the same to said Com missioners without delay. 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 the Overseer in charge. If any person of the legal age shall neglect to appear, or shall refuse to work upon the highways and roads (having no justifiable excuse) according to the direction ot the Overseer, he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined or imprisoned. XIV. On any extraordinary occasion, when any highway shall be suddenly obstructed by storm or otherwise, so as to require immediate labor to re move such obstruction it shall be the duty of the Overseer in whose district such obstruction occurs, to proceed forthwith to have such obstruction removed, and for this purpose shall summon to 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 rate of one dollar per County Commissioners, upon the cer tificate of the Overseer showing that such overplus of labor was performed. If, on any such extraordinary occasion the Overseer shall, for the space of one day after application made to him for such purpose by any citizen resid ing in his district, neglect to caU out a sufficient number of persons to speedily open and repair such high way, he shall forfeit and pay the Treasurer of this county, to be expend ed in the repair of highways when and where necessary in the district, the sum of $15, unless the Overseer shall show sufficient reason for such neglect. If on any such extraordina ry occasion any person liable to road duty, after being summoned for the purpose of removing sucl> obstruction by the order of the Overseer, shall neglect to turn out and assist in open ing and repairing sueh highways, he shall be deemed guilty of a misde meanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall bo find $3 per day. XV. Any person who shall receive bodi ly injury or damage in his person er property through a defect in the re pairs of a highway, causeway or bridge may recover iu action against the county the amount of damage fix ed by the finding of a jury. If suohde- fec tin any road, causeway or bridge, existed before such iqjury or damage occurred, such damages shall not be recovered by the person so Injured, if his load exceeded the ordinary weight. XVI. The County Commissioners shall authorize the Overseer of any district to allow a man working oue day and also furnishing 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 and roads not less than three, nor more than twelve days, under the direction of the Over seer of the district in which they may reside. In warning men to work upon the public roads, the Overseer shall make out a list for the Warner, re quiring him to give notice to each per son the kind of toel he shall use in working upon the highways and roads.—And 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 State and County Boards of Examiners and School Trustees, Members of the Boards of Assessors for the assessment of real estate for taxation, teachers and stu dents of schools and colleges, and ministers of the Gospiel, Millers en- in grist or mercb^nt mills •kopVopett-aix ards, keepers, emplojjers an officers of Lunatic Asylums, and warner for five days, shall be exempt from road duty. 1 XIX. If any person, having been notified or warned as heretofore provided, shall pay the County Treasurer of the county in which he may reside the sum of one dollar for each day’s work required, the same shall be received in lieu of such labor. XX. The Overseers in their respective districts shall have full power to cut down and make use of any timber, wood, earth or stones in or near the road, bridges or causeways, for the purpose of repairing the same, as to them shall seem necessary, making Just compensation therefor, should the same be demanded. Overseers shall not authorize the cutting down of any timber trees reserved by the owner in clearing his 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 or 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 binder, forbid or oppose the said Overseers, or either of them, from cutting down and making use of any timber, wood, stones or earth, in or near the said roads or causeways, for slight repairs of bridges for the purpose of making or repairing the same, 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 such offence, shall be fined in a sum not less than five nor more than ten dollars. XXI. If any person liable to perform such labor shall remove from one county to another, who had prior to such removal performed the whole or any part of it, or in any other way has paid the whole or any part of the amount aforesaid in 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 shall be held to be where he boards in the county of this State. The Couuty Commissioners have special supervision of the building of new bridges over rivers and creeks; also of extra and extensive repairs of old bridges. (See Section 1,064 Gen. Stat.) XXIII. It shall be the duty of all owners of mill dams and bridges iu connection therewith over which any public highway shall pass to keep the same in good repair, and no oounty shall be responsible for repairs upon the tame, except the Superintendents of High ways may have the said dams and bridges repaired, if in the opinion of; W. J. POLLARD, Augusta, Ga. J. L. ROBERTSON, Aiken County, POLLARD & ROBERTSON, —COTTON FACTORS AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS! No. 730, Reynolds street. Augusta, Georgia, Manufacturers and General Agents fur the following Machinery: consisting In part 100 Fairbanks Standard Scales. * 100 Thomas Smoothing Harrows. 100 Acme Pulverizers and Clod Crushers. 100 Reapers, Different Makes and Styles, (single or combined.) 25 Hubbard Gleane»-s and Binders, (Independent.) 25 Threshers and Sej arators, (various sizes and styles.) 25 Watertown Steam Engines, (all sizes and styles.) 20 C. A G. Cooper A Co. Steam Engines, (all sizes and styles.) 10 Oneida Steam Engines, (all sizes and styles.) 75 Smith’s Hand-Power Cotton and Hay Presses. 60 Pollard Champion Gins, Feeders and Condensers. 25 Neblett A Goodrich IXL Cotton Gins at $2.00 per saw. 10 Neblett A Goodrich second-hand IXL Cotton Gins, at $1.M per saw, in good order. 6 Kreble Engines, Wood-working Machinery, (all kinds.) • Flour and Com Mills and Mill Machinery, Otto Silent Gas Engines, Hanooek Inspirators, _ . . _ . „ MUbura Roller Breast Qian, Feeders and Condensers, Steam Pumps, Carver Seed Cottou Cleaners, _ . . _ Newell Cotton Seed Hallers and Separators. Colt's Power Cotton Presses, Shafting, Pulleys and Hangings, Steam and Water Pipes, Fittings, etc., Belting, Lacing, Hoes, et« iMTCotton Mill Supplies a specialty. A full lius of Machinery of all kinds in stock and for sale low. Call and examine before purchasing, on< save money. Send for catalogue. Correspondence solicited and promply attended to. POLLARD A ROBERTSON. W. H. WELCH. LANIER EASON. WELCH & EASON, rF-Ajunn/sr o-kooisks, 127 and 129 Meeting Street, S. W. Comer Market* CHARLESTON, B. C. W E deal exclusively in FINE FAMILY GROCERIES of every deeerlp tlon, carry an extensive assortment, keep everything you want, sell astonishingly low prices, guarantee every article we sell, and think we eon save you money on your purchases of Family Supplies. Try ns and be con vinced. MS'Catalogues mailed free. No charge for packing and drayage. W. J. RUTHERFORD & CO.. -DEALERS IK- \ ms, PLASTER, AO. Agent for Alabama Lime Company. -PROPRIETORS OV- HAMBURG BRICK YARD. Comer Washington and Reynold Sts., Opp. Carolina Rallreald Yard. AUNffSTA. - .... GEORGIA. Pleasure and Profit to All! I JOHN H. FEAKY, OPTICIAN, JEWELER & ENGRAVER. 729 Broad Street, Opposite Central Hotel, perience Ik fitting lei Optician Department Complete. nit for Diamond ffofctat Watches and Clocks) repaired. THIRTY YEARS experience in fitting lenses in Spectacles Optic' ~ ~ and Also Silver-Plated Ware at tlie Lowes UTPersonal attention to all monogram engraving. BARRETT MANUFACTURING CIS 18 NOW PREPARED TO FURNISH NEWSPAPERS WITH FINE NEWS PAPER! When taken in quantities of fifty reams, or over, we wttl deMvev cm paper free to any point in South Carolina at CM oenta per pound. The Recorder is printed on paper manufactured at Bath, S. O. Wear* also pro* pared to furnish the trade with BOOK, MANILLA and WRAPPING PAPER! iy PATRONIZE HOME ENTERPRISE! „£| RAGS! RAGS! RAGS! M » , ■ We will purchase country rags, free of woollen or foreign eubetaneee, deliv ered at the mill at Bath, S. C., at IX cents per pound. Address: P. 0. BAREETT, President, - - - AUGUSTA, GA. **7” bridges repaired, u m the opinion of overplus at the >the County Qnmmlasioners • oe * 1 ordi- >er day by the' nary repairs be just. GIN RIBS! GIN RIBS! HAVE secured Patterns aad propose to furnish RIBSlfor all: Gins at reasonable prices. CASTINGS of all kinds in Iron and Brass at short notice. Special attention given to Repairs. Satisfaction guaranteed! esse# ■icmjjgXwMift Nos. 615, 617 and 619, Kollock St., - - AUGUSTA, GA. CHA8. F. LOMBARD, Proprietor. WM. PENDLETON, Sup’l. OTTO F. WIETERS, ^WHOLESALE GROCER AND DEALER IN LIQUORS, CIGARS k TOBACCO! Sole agents for I. T. and J. G. FROST 8 celebrated SELF-RAISING FLOUR, and THORN BROTHERS’ celebrated BUTTER CRACKERS. Office and Salesroom 181 East Bay; Warehouses, Noe. 108, 110, 111* 114 and 116 East Bay, CHARLESTON, 8. C. THE AIKEN WAGONi! MANUFCTURED BY TUB MATTHEWS BROS., 'Opposite the Ashley House) - - AIKEN, SOUTH CAROLINA Which for strength, durability and finish cannot be surpassed. Planters aai farmers will find it to their interest to call and examine our work. Improves axle-cutting machine for taking up lost motion without the cost of new axles Buggies for sale! Repairing of all kinds promptly attended to. Improved hame-strlng fastener# for nate. Blacksmithing and home-shoeing a specialty with us. A S/ work promptly attended to. Satisfaction guaranteed. ASHLEV SMALL GRAIN SPEGIPIO! THE 8. G. S. is the cheapest and the best and the only Speeific Fertiliser for small grain on tiie market. ASHLEY ASH ELEMENT, a very cheap and exeellent non-antmenl- ated fertilizer for small grain crops, fruit trees, grape vines, 4tc. ASHLEY COTTON AND CORN COMPOUND, a complete fertiliser fer these two crops, and also used by the trucker# near Charteeton for .vegetables. ASHLEY COMPLETE GARDEN FERTILIZER, specially adapted la roses, geraniums, pansies, flowering annuals, Ac. HP*For terms, directions, testimonials, and for the varieos 1 instructive publication of the Company, address*, The Ashley Phosphate OharleatoQi - - 8- C. Ki i