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«& 4 imiw 9K- , ; rT^aacrr iiKi affisasa. CHA^I^SK. 7a • Tho JCrUk —^Fbc^ editor « H'or^er seeni* 1 1 > seme Wf»r r t. iT th*' 1 Tempi >’ he » little h >!' • Ic- AIKEX, 8- C.. AUtiUoT 17. f OK.VYTON. K«Jltor. cauBe no inentlou was made of tiis pii- !>cr i»i the proc«fe<• i ngs of the Gram! Division of 8ons of 'ieiapeianoe at ’ SalMc-riptiou ltnujf<.—One veai ■ , i-lieir :ast ai:m.ai .-■'0 -iiop. -iitaaerihea men tin, 11.00. If pael \n adra&ce, one tins .sih;uceto “the aiieine (;f roigeifiil- j •“’'**>; *ix months. 75 cents. ness/’but wecaxvassurebimll.at it was ^*^ cu, f ? ne ' ,f i” ; are. first ra ther the silence of friends who do- uuertton,fl.OO; eachxutjsequentinsertion, , , . 60cents. Obituaiies at regtilur rates of ad-1 Sired to make no audible complaint. ’yerUsing. | Bince, however, he ha« peony so far aa > fFiiiflPorresivjiuleutK.—All rommuniea-1 to boxst that tiie Gf^id Templars, iii.s ilons must be a<K'ouip.'uue«l by the true n-i,.,. .---n ud.lressof file writer in order to owu Order, donates- ..A) from iU trous <»»cei e and nuuresa ul ttie ive attention. Rejcctetl oniinuuica- wiiL«otbc returned unless stamps for postage are enclosed. “tools and , uppeis 1 ' which he alw y.- in rc. idy i\igaide«i them. J: vv r.i n n the i. w crusade in which ihis 'mudern deliverer has j stnr*,cJ is d.cstined i<» meet with ' a more emphatic rebuke than his bra- ..• u a! tempi when «>». ifi - moi nlng be fore tliis very executive committee ini‘?eting ° t the caucus of farmers lie tried to lead them into the support of Mr. Sheppard, and, like the true men they have always shown themselves to be, they sat down on him so hard that lie lost his breath for the balance of (he convention, and only found it * again in time to utter the libel on the farmers which we have quoted above. ha! i THE POTTER'S FIELD. THE CEMETRY ON HART’S ISLAND WHERE PAUPER’S REST. , Profyssional Advertisements. rao?: T.m:. xn ! lAemtHTittie *# i/' State Ticket. Gca’ehnAr, JOHN PE'FER KICHARDSON, y.f of Clarendon. . LiEUTENANTtGoVERNOR, G ; -\y. I.. MAULDIN, ? q/Greeuville. • Becbetaby of State, W. Z. LEiTNER, 7 of KerShaw. Oomptroeleb-General, W- E.. STONEY, * of Berkeley. TRitASUREk, I. 8. BAMBERG, i of Barnwpll. . Attqrney-G*xerae, JOSEPH H. EARLE, ... of Sumter. JUPERINTEflf HENT OF EdUCATJIOK, .^fV.'.i-'.JAMpS H. RICE, ' t ‘ of Abbeville. ‘. t ADJUTANT AND INSPECTOR GENERA!., j ; . A. M. MAI/IGAUL'l, of Georgetown. '.. . i.. j .-'-U-JliJ , .v An Error Correctctl. TbR .following paragraph which is tho rounds of the State press ^contains a statement at variance with the facts: • C. E. R. Drayton, of The Re corder, who was a candidate for the ^Legislature from Aikeit County on < th« prohibition platform, was defeat- j jbd at the late primary election. I That Colonel Drayton was a candi date for the Legislature at the Demo- ' jCratio priniary aud was defeated. Is 4 true, but that he ran on the prohibi tion platform is uiitrue. No issue was jmad^on this question, and no politi cal meetings were held for the 'discussion of public questions of finy kind, therefore, little is known of -^tl^te^views^of any of the successful ^candidates on matters of 8l#te policy. Cblouel Drayton being an editor his jVjews on questions of public interest were well known through the columns of The Recorder, and it is not im probable that bis strong endorsement of temperance principles contributed ' /to his defeat in the upper section, % while his repudiation, not of a farm- jers?.'movement, but of the. Tillman tlomayogy, contributed to a similar result in the southern section of the inty, but no man in South Caro-j Striven harder to keeptlpaaeia-' from poli- ?at moral Stance to id be tid r de- ury for the support of bis paper and to add, “ T!i>'? hats been done by no oth er Order. It Is perfectly natural that the more pniuc and pecuniary inter est taken by any one organization in behalf of a Union journal will briny that organization more prominently to to the front, n VfO will add that the Sons ‘ of Temperencc receive such scant eourteay as an organization in the columns of the Temperance Work er,that it is unreasonable for the editor to suppose that they are called upon to endorse officially a journal which so uniformly ignores all matters of in terest relating to their Order. During the past year seven new divisions were established and many other in teresting things have happened which wore published at the time by Tin: Aiken Recorder, News and Cou rier and other papers, but if any no tice was taken of these tilings by the Worker, we did not see it. This treatment very naturally leads a great many to realize that the Worker takes very good care of the Good Templars, but precious little of the Sons of Temperance. We regard the Temperance Worker as in no sense a Union Journal, but first, last aud all the time a Good Templars’ journal, and therefore, it is only right and proper that the Good Tem plars should contribute from their treasury to its support; but we recog nize no such claim upon the treas ury of the Sons of Temperance, al - though, we wish the editor and his paper unbounded success. If our friend, the “Worker,” would read his exchanges carefully and give us more news concerning the various sister tenmerance organizations, and Temperance work generally, it would aflord pleasanter reading than the cap tious criticism of friends engaged in the same work, who arc humbly striving to do their duty as faithfully as even the editor of the Worker. Prefers to Hustle on the Outside. Capt. B. R. Tillman the so-called Agricultural Moses iu a letter to the Edgefield Advertiser has withdrawn hiscandidacy for the Legislature as a representative from Edgefield county. This is just what we expected. Capt. Tillmamhus Awoke to a painful reali- .zatioiym the fact that among discreet representative men, such as are usual ly fomud in a State Convention, he is in ^sequential cipher, and he knows that his position in the State Legisla ture would he no better. He prefers to remain on the outside as a rust ling class agitator rather than go to the Legislature and be crushed by th*‘ weight of his owm emptiness and self sufficiency. q ' »• The Democratic Congressional Con vention of the Sixth Congressional District met at Florence on Wednes day, August llth, aud re-nominated the Hon. Congress. Goo. Dargau for The com plotim^^^i^Savaunah Valley Railro^ oU JO Anderson Cof^.^^ui** 9 jo Primary Election. Edgefield Advertiser. The Executive Committee at its meeting ou last Mon bay fixed upon the Slst day of August for the holding of the Primary Election. Ami the Committee propounds to the candi date’s for the I legislature the follow ing queries ton it. 1st Are you In favor of a Constitu tional Convention. 2nd Are yoq in favor of a seperate Agricultural College. 3rd Are you in favor of farmers tak ing control of the Department of Agri culture and electing the 'Commission er of Agriculture. 4tL Are not the people of ouy Coun ty in need of a change or Reforma tion in the Public School Manage ment? 5th Arc you in favor of Free Tuition at the South Carolina College. 6th Are you in favor of the continua tion of the Citadel Academy on pres ent basis? 7th Are you in favor of coctinuing the work on the State House under the present plan of completion. 8th Are yon in favor of an appro priation to continue the work on the Columbia Canal ? These queries the Candidates arc expected to answer at—the places and times designated below to wit: Kiuard’s Store, August, 17th. Good Hone, August 21st. Liberty Hill, August 24th. Lanham’s Spring, August 26th. Cliptonward, August 27th. Edgefield, C. H., August 28th. A Mnjorty oiTwo for He peal. Barnwell Sentinel. The great fight tor the repeal of the prohibition law of the County, was fiercely and uncompromisingly waged in the Convention held here on Mon day the 9th. There were one hundred and thirtv-four delegates svho ac cording to the committee on credential.* were entitled to a vote on the main question repeal or no repeal. Sixty eight of thoje voted for repeal, and sixty-six against, a majority of two for the repealers. This vote was not reached until after o o’clock in the af ternoon the balance of the time hav ing been occupied in the discussion of various motions for choosing a com mitteo on credeutialn. Ator the vote was ascertained and announced by County Chairman Kirk lancT, Senator You mans who had been voted the privileges of the convention was loirdy called upon to address the members. His speeh was in keeping with ids position on ihe liquor question as known throughout the county. Col. Counts, Mr. Davis, Dr. Ogilvie and Mr. Williams spoke in the order named. The prohibitionists accept the situation and will be as earnest in support of the decree of the eiubs. as they have been to put down whiskey. Wan tod—Another Loader. Marion Star. The Tillmanites? \ye presume are now looking for another leader since their Moses has taken unto himself a denser. Ore hundred and twenty vood, honest and true men, met in Columbia, on Wednesday morning impressed with the need of a change .in our Executive departments ran: willing to be guided by one who had E romised to do so much to this end, ut had to adjourn with a slightly formed opinion that their man had faded to do what he promised and tha; porfcOj^*.r74ings had over-shawde ' But the movem if Ji ’• l” JO i„l a , o, "7 p'oiij _ 1 _.«tnSinBni t— ^ the farmers nally as true, lially as honest lo as Tillman to who have in our The Dorlals Always Conducted Decently ; and In Order—The Horrors All In- j terred with the Poor Bones—Nearly j Fifty-Two Thousand Graves. Much sentimental nonsense has heeh written about the horrors of the Potter’s Field. As a matter of fact there Is noth ing horrible about it—nothing, at least be yond the horror which the mind can con jure up, if it is foolish enough to do so, in connection with death and decay in any form. The burial of the poor man or the unknown is a matter of business-like des patch, as it must needs be in a great city where men, women and babes drop by the way In such vast numbers, but there is nothing revolting or insulting about it. Thanks to the system of the admirably conducted department of charities and correction, it is done with all due decency and care, and, while there is a nat ural sentiment in favor of a burial by book and bell, with priest and plumes, weeping friends and a big granite shaft commemorating the virtues of the departed, the poor clay can not sleep any easier or more securely on the high- priced slopes of Greenwood than if 'does beside the purling waters of the East river, under the exquisitely green turf of Hart’s island. It is a mistake to suppose that identity is .osc iu the Potter’s Field. On the y. mu ary t is most carefully pre- served- by name, if the name is kpown; by photograph in the case pf the unclaimed dead; and it is a fact that fcodk t ure frequently claimed and romped to more •reu-ntious burying giounds year» after they Dive f: r.d, partaken of the free hospitality of ihe much-maligned city cemetery. Kart’s island in really in Long Island sound, though ib a narrow portion of it. It is one of the prettiest bits of emerald which tha city owns, and which strung along the iiocklucc of the East river, are' beautiful enough to make the, virtuous, solvent, sane and free men of the city envy the surround ings of the pauper and criminal classes. The island comprises about seventy-live acres cf land, and when the new cribbing is filled in there will be twenty-five acres more, nil of which is needed by the over crowded department. Only a third of the island is set apart for the Potter’s Field. FROM HOSriTAL OR TENEMENT. The dead wagon is a busy vehicle, and the two kept ia the service of the city often find themselves some hours behind the calls, for Old Mortality waits for no man. Each wagon has an accorli- cni of rough pine coffins, turned out by the city con victs, with a larger percentage of chil dren’s rize than adult. Thio bodies gath ered from hospital or tenement, police sta tion or wharf, arc j bleed in a proper-sized coiiin and trundled away to the mnigue or the dor d-house, as the case tuny be There the routine is a fixed one. The unknown axe pkou.Urpndi nitfi i**....id m a proper book, the clothing se.acbed, rec orded and stored, and the bndy placed on ( the marble slabs for Llemiilcatl n. E . cry- ‘ thing possible is done to find the friends if there are any to be found. In due time the dead-house is reached, the bodies are recofimed, and a gang of convicts, spe cially detailed to this duty, bear them on board the department steamer Fidelity. When all the coffins ha'fo been placed upon the deck a tarpaulin is placed over them and the boat starts up the river, not on the way to horrors certainly. The hor rors have been left behind—the horrors of poverty and suffering, the horrors of the crowded tenemeut, of making shirts at 3C cents a dozen, of socking work where none is to be found; the horrors of drunkenness and vice, the horrors of the hospital and the diEsecting-rcom, the horrors of all the varied forms of death. These are all be hind. There is nothing now but a quiet sail up a beautiful stream and a narrow resting-place beneath the greenest of sod. The city hearse on Hart’s island is not a hand omc vehicle, but it is clean and com modious. The Workhouse people stow the coffins away iu it without any particular show of reference and off it trundles to the big cemetery. Numbers are cut ia er.ch cofnn corresponding to those ifi the records, and then side by eh** They go, ac cording to nfimlmr, mur-tbe big trenches. All is as system***'a-s a regimebt equaliz ing its cnjpjwrtnes. Each trench is fifteen by *^*fuvo feet square aud eight feet and tho coffins are ranged In double 1j, feet to feet, and sklntlng slightly downward from tho heads. A thin layer cf earth covers each layer of coffins, for space is precious and their must l>o three tiers. Then the earth is graded up on t<*p and the grass is sown, which will soon cover up all suggestion qt tho tales of mis ery wrapped up in the dust below. Small stones at each corner of the trenches form a sore of milestones to the steady en croachments of tho lx>dies upon the 1 space cometery. The Potters’ Field is as It Is covered with foie* R0YA1 £3ra| POWDER Absolutely Pure. This powder never varies. A marvel of purity, strength and wholesomeness. More economical than the ordinary kinds, and cannot be sold in competition with the mul titude of low test, short weight ajum or phoopluUc powders. Sojd Qrtjy in cans. Royal Uaki^iO J’owuekCo. 106 Wall St.N.Y. South Carolina Railway. Commencing May, 9, 1885, trains will ruji as follows by Eastern time: MAIN LINE-WESTWARD DAILY. Leave Charleston— 6.35 a. in., 5.10 p. m., 10.30 p. m. Leave Aiken— 10.+8 a ni, 9.35 p m, 6.05 a m. Arrive Augusta— 11.40 a in, 10.30 p m, 7.30 a m. MAIN LINE—EASTWARD DAILY. Leave Augusta— 6.05 a m, 4.40 p m, 10.35 p m. Arrive Aiken— 0.49 a m. 5.25 pm, 11.59p m. Arrive Charleston— 10.00 p m, 9.30 p. m, 6.25 a m, TO AND FROM COLUMBIA—Daily. Leave Augusta 4.40 p. m. Leave Aiken 5.26 p. m. Due Columbia. 10.00 p. m. w est—Daily. Leave Columbia 5.27 p. m. Due Aiken 9.42 p. m. Due Augusta 10.30 p. m. AIK E N S FECIAL—WEST. Leave Aiken... .9.10 a. m M 5.55 p. ni. Arr Grauiteville 9.30 a. m., 6.20 p. ml, EAST. Lve Gsanitevilft 10.25 a. m.,9.05 p. m. Arr Aiken 10.45 a. m., 9.30 p, in. Connections.—Connections made at Augusta with Georgia Railroad to aud from all points West and South by all trains; with through sleepers between Atlanta and Charleston on night trains. Also at Augusta will; Central Railroad to and from Florida south ami southwest. Connections made at Riaekville with Barnwell Railroad to aud from Barnwell. Connections made at Charleston with roads north aud south; also witli steamers for New York and Florida. York. Through tickets can be purchased and baggage checked to all points North, South and west by applying to agent at depot. D. C. ALLEN, Gen. Pas. and Ticket Agent. John B. Peck, General Manager. Bichmoncl & Danville Railroad South Cai olina Divisioi OFFICE II II II I II nr TT V'~7 T SchedtilfHfsfc-^fTSccNov. 15th IbSo. Eastern Standard Time. ' NORTHWARD. NO. 53, DAILY—MAIL AND EXPRESS. Leave Augusta (A) 9 10 A. M. Arrive Columbia (B) 1 22 p. M. Leave Columbia (B) 1 32 P. M. Arrive Charlotte (C) 6 00 p. M. NO. 47, D-flLY—MAIL AND EXPRESS. Leave Augusta (A).... 5 55 p. M Arrive Columbia (D) 10 25 1*. M^ NO. 17, FREIGHT WITH COACH AT TACHED — MONDAYS, WEDNESDAYS, AND FRIDAYS. - Leave Columbia 7 pO A. M. Arrive Charlotte 6 30 P. 3i. SOUTHWARD. NQ, ft, P^ILY—MAIL AND Lew? cjutrlo Arrive D. 8. Henderson. E. P. Henderson. Henderson Brothers, Attorneys at Law, Aiken, 8. C. Will practice in the State and United States Courts for South Caro lina. Prompt attention given to col lections. Hayiland Stevenson, Attorney at Law, Aiken, 8. C. Special attention given to Collec tion. John Gary Evans, Attorney-at-Law. Will practice in the Counties of Aiken, Edgefield and Barnwell. John A. Mcttc, Attorney and Counsellor at Law, Practices in all Courts of South Carolina, Aiken, S .Cl James Aldrich. Walter Ashley. Aldrich & Ashley, Attorneys at Law, Aiken, 8. C. Practice in the State and United States Courts for South Carolina. W. Quitman Davis, Attorney at Law, Aiken, S. C. Will practice in the Courts of this Circuit. Specia attention given to collections. 0. C. Jordan, Attorney at Law, Aiken, 8. C. r.ir, B. Woodward, Attorney at Law, Aiken, S. C. Will practice iu all the Courts of this State. Edw. J. Dickerson, Attorney-at-Law, Aiken, S. C. Will practice in all the Courts of this State Dr. Z. A. Smith PRACTICING PR YSfCIAN, VAUCLUSE, - - - S. C. lEgTOffice near Depot. Dr. W B Courtney, Dentist. -OFFICE- Richland Avenue, Aiken, S. 0. Next door to Henry BUsch & Co. Dr. B. II. Teague, Dentist. OVFICE ON Richland Avnue, Aiken^ S. 0. Dr. J. H. Burnett, Dentisl Gri ,< r£& n dS* rfs ia -IMPORTER AND JOBBER OF—> BRACKETS, CIUNDELi! -OFFICE', Liken Oountt i, Jeimst. -OFFICE AT Iston, Barnwell County, S. 0. fill attend calls to the country. Geo. W. Williams. HOUSE, $IGN AND FEE SCO ‘PAINTER! Graining and Marbling a specialty. Old Furniture polished aud made as good as i t^-Offlce. Bank. Qi i over Beckman’s ’arneke. •J UOte, -AND— House Furnishing Goods. 905 BROAD STRKE AUGUSTA, GEOROTA -MANUFACTURERS OF Yellow Pine Limber, Doors, Sash, Blinds, Moul< * ■ ^ -DEALERS IN- Window Class & Binders’ Hardware COR. HALE & CENTRE ST.. AUOUBTA, GA.l :DO HiTOT “W .A. BUT GO AT ONCE TO HENRY BUSCH & CO’S. For your Summer Goods. They are closiug out this stock at very Low Prices. Parasols, Fans, Gloves, Straw Hats, Summer Shoes and Slippers, at Prices to suit tlie buyers. Men's Cloth Shoes aqd Ladies and Misses Cloth Shoes at special Prices. Low Quarter Shoes Cheap. ‘ ' > . a • f Galiccgs and Eduslins Reduced. We are deteiWTiTM to sell our Sommer Stock at prices that are sure take, and we asli^the public patronage. ' Polife attention lo all your HENRY BUSCH A QI Wessels Corner, - _ _ Aik$u, ALFRED BAKER, President. JOS. S. BEAN, Cf THE AUGUSTA SAVINGS B, C.-X- AUGUSTA, GEQJ oash Assets Surplus of Five Jo Two Tho^. O l,O00.00 Directors—James A. Lofiin, E. O'Donnell, Eugene J. O’Cornner, All Baker, F Schneider, W. B. Young, William Schweigert, EdgerR. Derry" Jules Itisr i, Joseph S. Bearn, J. Henry Bredepburg. JOSEPH BIERMAN, ^ MERCHANT TAILOR, Georgia.,