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AGRJCUL.TUKAli MENT. CHARLES E. li. J>UAYTOX. Editor. rr-. r AIKEN. S- C.. APRIL 27. ' » i SmlMcrlptjon Rate*.—One vcar, ?2.<5>: fix Bi«ntlin, $I.€0. If panl in aur^uce, one t Mr, |1.50; six months, 75 tentv. Adrertismx Katee.—Ouc square, first iuMitton, 11.00.; each rfnbseqnent insertion. fo e*nts. ObltiiafiS? at regular rates of ad- \«rtiainc. •fo Oorreapondent*.—All communica- tiona most be aoc<5Aii>anied by the true *»me and address of tlie writer in order to r«*«ivc afientiop. Hcjeetcd c nnmunica- t •»ns will-nqt he rctnrned unless sUuups for ru poaUtgi Are eQcloeed. » f >• ^ • -i * - — JBeffiuuiuff of a Beautiful Park. The square in the middle of Parte Avenue in front of the Presbyterian Church, which Mr. H. F. Warneke ha* undertaken to enclose and culti vate athls own private expense bids fair (o become a most attractive spot. All l)f fcbe little ptue trees recently plant- .ed by Mr. Warneke are likely to live as they were taken up and plant ed with &rest care, each bavins a i|Rxlo i the original earth attached to the roots. More than this, they have been watered every evening and oth- erwifce carefully attended. On Friday last, Mr. Warneke also planted a Humber of Norway spruce pines and pnd other ornamental trees which he procured from .the North at his own private cost. » The ground is still in the rough, but will be laid off lu an attractive man ner, ro^ei and other choice flowers yyilf be planted. This spot is enclos ed with an ironr ail running through wooden posts surmounted by orna mental caps, and when flnished and p tinted, will form an attractive and t>leasunt spot for the eye to rest upon. We understand that the good e^aiupleget by Mr. Warneke is soon to be’ followed by other citi- Eens, and in the course of the next twelve months, we hope to see the Renter of Park Avenue from Laurens ptreet to the passenger depot transform ed into a beautiful park. All that is nee pssarry is for each lot owner to culti vate the spot in front of his own prem ised tpid Without much cost or labor to any particular individual, a beautiful public improvement will be success- |y completed. The Farmers’ Convention. Th*e farmers’ convention, will asseiu \)Ie In .the Agricultural Hall, Colum bia, on Thursday next April, 29th. is good for the farmers of the State meet together in Convention and Consult, as to the best means of ad vancing their noble profession. It is more than probable, however, that an attempt will be made to give a political edmplection to the praceed- ings of the body, in accordance with (l^pt. R. Tillman’s programme t>Ut we have no idea that anything imprudent will be done. From what has appeared in the public prints from Mme to time we have every reason to belike that conservatism and ffttemgence will prevail, and dfter 9 , comparison of notes the farmers Will And that it is entirely un heefces^fy to tear down and destroy in order to make themselves felt in the government of the State. They Constitute a majority of the voting population, and their interests.will al ways receive repectful atten tion when their delegates to the legis- (ure properly present their claims to the consideration of that body. I>EPART- Father Abram J. Ryax, the “poet Priest of the South,” died at the Franciscan Monastery of St. Boui faciusi Id^’LouisVile, Kentucky, on Friday, April 2&1. His remains will be interred lyt Mobile with distin guished honors. He was the author of the ’‘Conquered Banner.” “The Sword of Robert Lee” and many other gems of lyric poetry that touch ed the Southern heart at its tenderest point. ... t - . ■■ . .»■ —— ■ ■ — II ■■ The Farmers’ Convention will meet in Coiun\bia, on Thursday next, and Col. A. P. Rutler, Commissioner ^/ Agriculture notifies Dr. W. R. Eve Secretary of the Aiken County Con- Vv-ntion. that the Agents of the Char lotte Columbia & Augusta Railroad, have been instructed to give the dele gates to Columbia the rate of 2,Vn cents per mile each way. Trouble is apprehended among the factory operatives of Augusta on t^e 1st of May. The operatives have l/een organized into Knights of Labor Unions, and certain demands have been made on the directors and presi dents of the various factories which have thus far not been favorably con sidered. Everything is quiet at Grau- itevilie, Langley and Vaucluse and no trouble is anticipated. Grand Master Workman Powdei- ly/ftf the Knights' of Labor, looms qp as the probable Democratic can didate for Governor of Pennsylvania in the next election. If nominated tliere is little doubt of his election. The Senate b-\s confirmed the ap pointment of piaj. D. M. Bradley, as Internal Revenue Collector of South (^arofllife—It b tpJ'O-.lvjpcd that t he Notorious Bray ton will now take the Irishman’s advice to “bo aisy, and i! you can’t be aisy, be aisy as you can.” Jay Gould has been before the special committee of Congress, and t^stifled at great length concerning t^ie'hVbor troubles, so has Grand Mas tjpr Pbwderly and several of the Ex- dfittfWe Board of the Knights of j^aboi'. '' . m ‘The - mother' of Major George T. Jackson, of Augusta, GU., who has been ’aent to the penitentiary, was buried at Atlanta on Thursday last. She was 80 years of age. The propriety of nominating Con- greasmyn and State effleers by tlu flection system is being dis rArtorus portions of tin > vA WAsiiiNUTOXCounty, Ga., has gone fitrprohildtion by n majority <>f 243 votes out of a total vote 2,132. Several barljeejiers voted the prohibition ^ekvt. “Richland” Explains the Workings of the Departmrxit. J.ugusta Chronicle. Columbia, April 20.—Some of the criticisms of the South Carolina De partment of Agriculture would not nave been made if the more familiar with its .South Carolina readers of the Chroni cle may be interested in a review oi the work of this department. About the year 1872 the office of Inspector of Fertilizers was' created, and some time later tlmt of Phosphate Agent was established. These officers receiv ed fees on all fertilizers sold in the State, and commission on the phos phate royalty. In 1878 a Phosphate Commission was appointed, and in 1879 rcqiorled that the inspection of fertilizers as then conducted gave no protection to consumers. At theregulur session of the Legislature in 1879 the Department of Agriculture was estab lished, and it was charged with the duties previously disclwrged by the olHccrs mentioned and also with those of the Fish Commissioner. Thus the same act that created the Department of Agriculture abolished three exist ing offices and only appropriated the fcc% of the Inspector of Fertilizer*, for the support of the department, and that is the fund that it has had for the eonduat of the various duties imposed upon it. With this money it has paid all expenses of every character—the salaries of its commissioner, chemist, clerks, inspectors, the publication o! all its documents, purchased its build ing, equipped its chemical laboratory, protected the rights of the State in its most valuable properly, the phos phate territory, doubled the State’s revenue from Unit source, prevented the sale of fraudulent fertilizers, con structed hatching houses and breed ing ponds for fish, and advertised the resources and products of South Caro lina at home and abroad. Generally speaking the duties of the department are: The collection o, agricultural statistics; the promotion of the agricultural interests of the State; the supervison of the phosphate territory | the development of the re sources of the State; the analysis ot commercial fertilizers, and the propa gation of fish. Men honestly differ on almost every important question, and there are able and progressive men in South Garoiin i who might have performed the work of the Board and Commissioner in n manner different from that pursued by the present officials, but they could not have acted more patriotic illy and unselfishly than the gentlemen who have, at different times, composed the Department of Agriculture. Reasona ble people are sensible enough to recog nize the many difficulties that tho.se charged with these responsibilities have to encounter in the in-.ugur ition and execution of work of this charac ter. There are others who never un derstand this, and who always think that nothing is so well done at honu as something they have heard of else where. The most popular idea now, .appar ently, for promoting the agricultural interests of the Stale, is the holding of Farmers’lnstitutes,;md the opponent of tiie present a Imin Vration of the department claim that it should have encouraged such nieciings, by the ap propriation of a part of its funds fo the purpose, and by participation in such agricultural conventions. The forgej that a policy that might be a brilliant success in thickly settled communities might be a dismal fail ure in a sparsely settled section like South Carolina. For many years joint summer meetings of the State Grange and Agricultural Society haw been regularly hold in South Carolina similar in all respects to the Eamiers’ 1 nstitutes held in the North and West. The Grange conducts a similar meet ing in the spring, and the Society holds an annual fair in the fall. The joint meetings are held in diiferent counties each year, and in this way reach every section of the State P which the organizations may be in vited. At all of these meetings s everal members of the Boanl of Agriculture and the Commissioner have address ed the farmers. I mention this t. show that the charge against the officials of the department, of a lack of interest in sucti meetings, cannot be sustained. Can tiie agricultural interests lie promoted in any better way than by an investigation of matters affecting those interests? “Facts awaken thoughts, and thought is followed by action.” The department has com piled numerous statistics relating to the area and yield of crops, the con dition of labor, sheep husbandry, fences, «&c. The annual report of tic department, showing the cost ot fencing, the number and value of live stock and its products, and the results of the “stock law” where it had been adopted, was more generally quoted in the debates in the Legislature, in the bill to abolish fences, than any other publication; in fact, it was tin only official document before tlu General Assembly that gave the in formation necessary to a full under standing of the question. Is it too much to claim that this report aidoe in the passage of tiie law which ha! saved a million dollars a year to tin farmers of South Carolina? In all of the debates on t ho lien laws the reports of the department havi been used as the only authority show ing the operation of these laws, ami if there is any one thing more earnest ly desired by the farmers titan a o^'te it is tiie repeal of the lien law Tiie department Ills furnished n vast amount of information relatim. lo the agricultural interests, through its various publications. The Hand B >ok of South Carolina, c mpil al by Major Hammond and published b\ the department, has been uni vers:.11 v pronounced the best work of the kind issued by any Southern Stale, and fully equal to any issued by any State. It is absolutely compli to, and tiiere is no question relating to tiie resource- ind industries of the State, and par ticularly its agriculture, that can not be answered by re fen nee to t bi- boo k. It is not sol. ly f r the benefit of tiie foreign capitalist and prospec tive immigrant; but it contains in formation which, if utilized by om people, would revolutionize our agri ulture. Following this splendid work the department has published upwards of threw hundred thousand smaller pamphlets, reports, *ie., that have discussed almost every subject that could interest the farmers of tin State. Arijcles have been contributed o.those publications by such men a- H. W. Ha vend, V. L. Frost, (V Shepard, Jr., Haul F. Hammond, Harry Hammond, Arthur R. Gut-ram I. J. Dargan, G. E. Manigault, H. 1’. Hammett and other distiguishod writers, and by the numerous reguhu correspondents scattered throughout the State. Many of t!u»se contribu tions have been copied in tiie publiea tions of some of those States that tin South Carolina department is now ad vised to emulate. These reports ami pamphlets are sent free to all win apply for them, and they have reach ed every section of the State and Union. The establishment of an experiment station has b«e i contemplated by the Board and Commissioner ever since .he creation of the department, and it lias not been done sooner because the available funds did not permit. Thedepartm nt now lu.spract c.dly an experiment station in every county in South Carolina, and a thorough test will be made tins year of the adapta bility of our soil and climate to the growth of tobacco. If tiiis experi- uicut is suveesMul it may gr at.;, aid. the agriculture < f the S a*e; if ii f *ih ■t-may save itidlvklii d-formers tin loss of many thuu^ttiMK *«/ ffidlaia t'nest* experiments will lie fid.«>\\ed ..ci . aa . i with otfiv .gwo;*:', a ;by having tftei ducted they.] satisfaetcr/J in any ; | ly coi>, every'character concerning the phes- t rpmueh more : phate territory. ,t.;» cue,station located j fbe statements made should Fari ,p£ the Sta e. cooj.^oiah.all who will examine tham aii^; j . 0 fhcuaiKt i re thaCt^ne department has been useful ’ the people genera’- eapable of almost iu- and its usefulness sed hereaffer.The It has beAn urged that the depart- heavy expense neN^sarUy' incurred in the inauguration of the work will mt have to be met in the future. The building has been paid for, the Hand Book has been published, the is i,or>r.lM 'Rent gives more attention to “show r..V ing” the .esourees of the State than in -n,.. i o.“developing” titom. If this objection •eloping” t^om. it ttiisobj is a good one, agricultural fairs are of little practical value. The exhibition of the products **f a State leads natur ally to their developement One farm er is stimulated and informed’ by the success of another and improves his methods according. In 1884 when the department began the collection of specimens for tiie New Orleans Exposition the people engaged in the work with great enthusiasm. Organi zations were perfected in many coun ties to aid in the work. When the phosphate litigation is practically ended, and these heavy expenses be ing over the department will have a larger fund for work of a differ ent character. Experiment stations wili be increased, tbe analytical work will be enlarged, tbe investigation of subjects relating to agriculture will be more thorough, and the number of publications increased. A word of a personal character in conclusion: The most groundless farmers witnessed thesplendid results j and unjust changes made against tbe of their efforts in tiie exhibit made by [department is that it lies been used to South Carolina they fully realized tbe advance the political aspirations of power of organized eflbits and the in creased interest in such organizations is due in part to that work. This is one of the benefits of showing tbe re sources of tile Stale. Every farmer in. .South Carolina aj - preciatestbe importance ot tbe analy ses of commercial fertilizers and it is now the rule for them to purchase by the department’s analyses, which show the chemical and commercial value of ail goods of this kind on the market. In this connection I quote from a recent address of the Commis sioner of Agriculture. “In addition to the protection afford ed consumers of fertilizers by the offi cial analyses, the department can, with reason, claim that it has,by these analyses, been of great benefit to the farmers in other ways. In 1889 the •South Carolina companies sold only ')7 por cent, of the fertilizers used in tiiis .State; and 1883 their sales had in creased to 70 per cent, of the total consumption. The average cash price of amniouiated fertilizers in 1880 was fiS.oO, and of a« i 1 plio-phates $31.00. These prices had declined in 1883 to -OO for ammoniated fertilizers arid $20 for acid phosphates: a decrease in die price of fertilizers of 3Q per cent., and of acids 37 per cent. Before the analyses were made the farmers purchased largely from foreign com panies at high prices, as the statement of prices shows, because the claim was made that they were superior to our home product; but when both were subjected to analytical tests, and it was then shown that there was no difference in their agricultural value the price of ail declined and the sales of our home companies increased. -» -.i -* * * When the department began its work, there was a large number of dealers who shipped in small lots of j,oods every season, and these manures were almost always fraudulent. The sales are now pi'acticully confined to reliable memufcic lit re rs oho arc rc spent aible for their -ffuarantccs. Tiie de- nurtment has, therefore, aided mater- ally in building up a great home in dustry, while affording protection to the consumers of fertilizers.” To carry the Commissioners’ figures a little further: It is shown that am moniated fertilizers are $13..30 per lor; lower than in 1SS0, and acid phosphate fl 1.00 per ton. Ifthe smallest possi- de estimate of the effect of the de partment’s work in lowering the prices is allowed—say $1 per ton—it represents an actual annual saving of over $100,009 to the farmers of tiie State, or $7.3,090 a year above the en tire expenses of the depart incut. In the past six years the chemist of the department has made 732 fertilizer analyses, ’representing over 090,009 tons, worth $1.0.0,099 So much for .what may be strictly termed the agricultural work of the department, and it has been present ed in detail because the complaint i- sometimes made by the uninform ed that tiie department does not de vote sufficient attention to the agri cultural interests.’ Having already consumed so much of your space, only a brief allusion will be made to other work oi the department. One of the most influential commer cial >f tl should have been a Bureau of Indus try, ami if it had been called this in the beginning much of the misunder standing regarding its work would not have arisen. The supervision of the phosphate territory—tiie most valuable proper ty owned by tbe State—was placed under the charge of this department ind it has been so well managed that he amount of royalty received has been annually more than twice the imount received previous to the de partment’s control of it. For tbe eight years ending in 1879, the State received $390,000, less $29,090 cost for collection; for the six years since, the receipts have been $S00,009, without my ex pense of collect ion—an increase of over $399,900, ovtii'ioea* much a*n.l! the expenditures of (he de partment jor eo< ry purpose since if* creation. Tiie department made an exhibition >f the products of the State at Atlanta in 1SS1, and although the specimens were collected in a few months, and in* entire cost of the exhibit was only 2,100, the State was awarded the sec- uni premium for its agricultural dis play, in competition with most of the southern States and some of the Western. The exhibition of the re sources of the State at the New Or- leans Exposition was made so rceeut- v. and has heen so fully described in the Chronicle that it is unnecessary to -ay more here than that it was con- idered unsurpassed by any Ft ate. This exhibit has been returned to Columbia ami placed in position in the Department building, where it at- raefs iiu attention of hundreds ot strangers ami is seen by the people of South Carolina, who learn more oftheresou c-s ami industries of tiie State in an hour than they woui^by many months of reading and research The Hand Book of the State, al- readv alluded to, has been widely dis tributed in the United States and Europe. 11 is or. the shelves of many public libraries, in tiie hands of hun dreds of business men. and in the of fices of the principal bankers of Lon don and New York. It is the only puoiicution that presents the resources ;ud advantages of the State in their proper light. The department has brought into JT its officials. Throe of the members of the Board are ex-officio members They arejon it without any solicitation upon their part. They are, the Gov ernor (elected by the whole people), and the presiding officers of the State Grange and Agricultural Society ( elected by the onlj’ organized State Agricultural Association in South Carolina.) The other two members have been unanimously elected. , ’ Riciu.axd. journals of NewYork,iu speaking ins department, said that its name A Deputy Paid for His Wounds. fix. Louts, April 20—A special from Little Rock, Ark., states that Deputy Sheriff Wiiliams, who was assaulted and b-vdiy beaten by strikers while he was guarding the Iron Mountain Rail road properly, has received a check for $300 from Jay Gould. ‘Any druggist will tell you what he knows about the merit of Shriner’s Indian Vermifuge the popular remedy For sale by W. J. Hiatt <k Co. The cheapest and a good reliable weekly newspaper is The Columbia Weekly Register, price one dollar a year. Eight pages .of good reading matter. The latest telegraphic* news. lUiiiii lu the publisher, Charles A. Calvo, Jr., Columbia, S. C., Excitement in Texas. Great excitement has been caused in the vicinity of Haris, Texas, by the remarkable recovery of Mr. J. E. Cor- 1 >y, who was sc iielpleas he could not turn in his bed, or raise his heal; everybody said be was dying o.f qou- s unption. Atrial bottle of Dr. King’s New Id: ;covv.ry was sent him. Find ing relief, he bought a large bottle and a box of Dr. King’s New Life Hills; by the time he had taken two boxes and two bottles of the Discov ery, he was well and had gained in flesh thirty-five pounds. Trial Bottles of this Great Discovery for Consumption free at H. Tiiis powder never varies. A marvel of purity, strength and wholesoiacncss Imirc economical than the ordinary Uh-ds. and cannot be sold in eonipt uiion with tiie mul titude of low test, short weight alum or phoophatepowders. Soul only in t ans. Royal Hakixo PowueuCo. luii Wall M.X.Y. Old Pictures Copied and Pnlarged. A. RECKLING C JLUMBIA. 8. C. P ICTURES sent can be enlarged to any size, and will be returned for inspection. If unsatisfactory no charge. Correspondence solicited. A. P. F Insurance and Real Estate ts Laurens Street, e 51 t , - Aiken, S-. C. J XJ.a2A.U311 j Represents some of the strongest and most reliable Fire and Life insur ance companies. Losses promptly adjusted and paid. Real Estate bought and sold. Houses rented. HI 1 ' l LOMBARD & LO. FOUi^DilY, Iladiiuc and Boiler Works. 88 61 :0:- GEORGIA CHEMICAL WORKS, JYTTO-TTSTJY, ChA... 10th Annual Season. Offers the Following Reliable Brands to Consumers: PATAPSCO AMMONIATED SOLUBLE PHOSPHATE. MAST A DON AMMONIATED PHOSPHATE, ' LOWE'S GEORGIA FORMULA, DISSOLVED BONE PHOSPHATE AND POTASH, COTTON SEED MEAL MIXTURE, ACID PHOSPHATE AVITH OK WITHOUT POTASH. -:0: HIGH IN GRADE — UNIFORM IN QUALITYPFRFECT MECHANICAL CONDITION -:0:- Sales are Annually Increasing, -AND- RESULTS i\ ! THE SOIL HAT Li r HH'i i; C. K, HENDERSON, A ..O'a Aiken, S. C. A Smile of Satisfaction Soon turns into a broad grin of delight sometimes followed by a roar of laughter, when poepk* see, feel and price our Clothing and Hats, for Men’s Youth’s and Boy’s Wear. COOKE’S CLOTHING&HAT STOKE 711 Broad Street, Augusta, Ga. The mam who laughs. CLOTHING FOR MEN’S YOUTH’S AND BOY’S SPRING WEAR JUST IN!!! For Styles and Beauty they are Un matched. For Make and Fit they are Unrivalled. We ask none to buy who are not satisfied in Price, Style, Make and Fit. All of the Latest ano Best Styles in Hats for tiiis Season can be found in our Store. I arge and splendid line of handsome j Neckwear in exquisite Colors and Shapes. pST*Everybody invited to examine. A. W. BLANCHARD, For D. C. LUDLOW & CO. H 4 riT \T -MANUFACTURERS OF- Yellow Pine Limber, Doors. Sash, Blinds, Mouldings, DEALERS IX- the State over 800 immigrants, many { 10 II. P. Bjlgflie $105, >f whom have matte good citizens. It .. -»«- has distributed eight and a half mil- it) II. i • ialigifie lion of fish in the public waters, stock ed two thousand private ponds and Urrti^tructcd hatching houses and breed-ponds. While carring on til tiie work assign- d it the depar.ment has a’cumulated and saved Irom the funt s appropriated for its support an amount sufficient to purchase a splen did building and equip a fine chem ical laboratory. It is u >\\ prepared to undertake the analyses of fer.iiizers minerals, ores, waters, soils, etc., and is doing all of this work on an ex tensive scale. Farmere in all secti- ns of the State are sen ling in sain pit > of tiie:r fertilizers to the department to have them teste i, and all tiiis work is done for them without charge. When the department took charge of the yhosplmte interest it was discov ered that the State was being depriv- ofits rightful revenue by tresj a sors upon its territory'. Suits were immedi ately instituted against the taespass- ers and these suite have been won by the State in the Cm ::u ! Supreme Courts, flic m i:n.:uii. »iff ca-s.* only awaits Us * assessment of damages to •e concluded in every way satisfac- nry u> the State. An investigation uto the return- of one com >any re sulted in r u increase*! revenue t*» me State of i b >uM3.000 a ycar.and tiffs in crease in the last three year- a no.'mte to double tlu* cost of all litlgs t!on of New and First-Class complete Rower Cotton BreSs Cheap, Belting The Best, Engine and Boiler Repairs Promptly Done. PIPE FITTINGS ALL STOCK. 1011 to 1023 Fenwick AUGUSTA, ^-Telephone No. 27. KIND IN Street, GEORGIA. FIXE TENNESSEE BEEF A SPECIALTY A S T have determined to make the • Finest Tennessee Beef a Spe cialty of my business;; persons desir ing the best of Beef will do Well to re- m.-mber me. I will also keep con 's : ly on hand Sausages cf my own in .uufacture, who-o <>:;<*e!l;*nt quality will be thvli* ijvn! re-yn'ij-uuMMirihin. , E. ii. : iOMMKIt, Inu re:;» Street, - - Aiken, S. C. Ltv. 1. ~ Window Ciass & Bidders’ Hardware COR. HALE & CENTRE ST., ew. Just Received Another Lot -OF- HiP* 1 • ■ - . £*£**'. ■ - ' WmeRggR rrojK' y- tv Jas. L. Quinby MWW J Successor to JAMES E. COOK. ■ , ■ -0— ?'.y vt s H AVE received from Northern and Eastern Markets a full and ca selected stock of— General Merchand’ce. For the Fall and Winter trade. We have a larger stock Ladies’ Goods than ever before. All grades of Repellants, CasslmeAwsmiLJ, Bleaching, Flannels, and Domestics ifi abundance. An extraordinary stock of first-class Boots and Shoes, including the well known Bay Si Standard Screw Goods and the Clement Wiel & Ball Custom Work. A CLOTHING DEPARTMENT which is full nd complete ill qualit 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 exter ‘— GROCERY Department, in which will be found tbe choicest Family ceries and Plantation Supplies. Hardware, Tinware, Glassware Crockery cheaper than ever. Having purchased these goods during the past dull season at remarkat low figures, we propose to sell them at prices which will fully satisfy the closest buyers. ' — TAS- L. QUINBY & CO. T. C. BLIGH, -IMPORTER AND JOBBER OF- IS Li BRACKETS, CHANDELIERS -AND- House furnishing Goods. 005 BROAD ST REE AUGUSTA, GEORGIA ' x. y. jmoDEs y (Successor to RHODES & SCOTT.) %Tho!esale and Retail Grocer, 510 Broad Street, , - - Augusta^ Ga, I have just received a large and well selected Stock of Choice F4mily Gro ceries ,which I am offering at the very lowest figures. My Specialty ia Fancy Melon Seed. .1 have been particular in sorting from tbe finest Richmond County Melons a large lot of Choice Seed and offer »ame at a Low Figure. I also handle Un large quantities Garden Seeds from Hiram Sibley & Co. and D. M. Ferry & Co. My stock of Seed Potatoes are the finest ever brought South. . To the trade t sell close. Nonpareil Flour High Patent Guaranteed to Satisfy the most Fastidious. I keep the B* at Selected Stock of Fishing Tackles in Augusta. m ip T V IIIIODES2 j—msgre rnitKnr<*w—yrjr —wy You Can Save Money, Time and Trouble By Sending foiu OBDERS FOR FAMILY GROCERIES, TO WELCH & EASON, 185 and 187 Meeting and 117 Market Streets, CHARLESTON S. C. tSCPrice Lists and all im formation cheerfully and promptly furnished on application. . , FUNERAL FURNISHING WAREROOMS. CURVE STEEET. Opposite the Town Hall, - - - AIKEN, S. 0. -■fOf- C ALLS promptly attended day or night. Personal attention given to laying out remains and conducting Funerals in all details. Charges rea sonable. GEO. F. POOLE, Late of New York, Residence at Stevenson House. F OR SALE—a full line of Caskets & Coffins in Wood, Metal or Cov ered with Cloth. Special attention is asked to the Metulic Cases of the New York Metal BurialeCase Company, which arc unsurpassed in quality ana finish. Also toNew Styles of Caskets. A highly polished Coffin fully trim med for only $10. Inspection of goods solicited. E. J. C. WOOD. liUlliJI ! HENRY BUSCH & CO. Have on hand for the Fall and W r inter Trade: Dry Goods, Notions, Fancy Goods, Gent’s Furniihing Goods, Boots and Shoes, Hats, Clothing, Crockery, Glassware and Staple and Fancy Groceries. We keep Choice Lines in all our departments, which are well selected. We ask our friends to give us a chance and we guarantee good Goods, living prices and polite treatment. HENRY BUSCH & CO. Wes.seIn Corner, _ _ _ Aiken, 8. C. OTTO R WIETERS, WHOLES A I-l GROCER AND DEALER IN :— m & TOBACCO! Sole nganls for T. T. and J. G. FROSTS celebrated SELF-RAISING FLOUR, and THORN BROTHERS’celebrated B UTTER CRACKERS. E3?“Offico and Salesroom i81 East Lay; Warehouses, No*. 108, 110, 112 114 and 110 East Bay. ('llA PJ.ESTON, S. O. AUGUSTA, GA. -—Pleasure and Profit to All!-™- JOHN H. FEARY, Watches and Uloek.'i * j repaired. OI I tvIUH j 729 Broad Street, Opposite O THIRTY YEARS experie Optic: Sols Agent for Diamond Also Silver-Plated taPPersonal attention to mouog ■ . -a.jj 11 j-'-jg..ii,u. .g'jjii I & E1M VE1! NEW YORK Under Cent -o- With ;reat plea-urc T announce to the Ladies of Aiken that I uin now exhl, bitinga stock of SPRING and SUMMER MIILLINERY GOOI'S unsurpase- ed in the South. Space will not permit mention of the different urtic.les--*uffice THESE GOODS ARE BOUGHT AT HARD TIMES PRICES AND WILL BE SOLD ACCORDINGLY. Nice Imitation Cherry and Ash Suites for $23 00 Solid Walnut Suites, marble top 45 00 Mohair Plush Gr*up Suites, fancy . 35 00 Baby Carriages: in great variety, from $7.00 to $20—ail in Rattan Willow ant* Cape. Cur Wjre Wboel never cornea.to pieces. Oti:’ Stock is v-.n,; Udy. i:* ^*i#jipaPLtdD^f. tnaiide lo.sbow Gooi w’beu in the city, and examine my beautiful and stylish goods, MISS NELLIE PURCELL, H. T. McEaCHEHN, Agent, our prices before voti tiuv r.nd yotvlvij FLEf! b39 B ROA D STBEET, - tnoiufy. Goo*!); Get JVlcEachem BOWLES AUGUSTA.UA. 1 D CURVE STREET, * iT.Yfc:• • ■' o ,. r x J^Al/ERSin Dry O ■wls. GrT-.-ri-a and inspect ourstwk wbivh \vH 5 ai! be “ w 188 : VIy. " r.* v ’ *' IV; . and Cli-clta Repaired. Augusta, Ga. Ipnses in Spectach s makes th« int CompU <e. I Deal' in Reliable Jewelry, at the Lowest Prices. graving. INERT STORE, btel, Augusta, 0a.