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Superintendent of Education, r * 'JAMES H. RICE, of Abbeville. 4.DJUTANT ANDlNSPEi/rOR GENERAL, / ' M. L. BONHAM, . • • of Abbeville. i,i tht Tl»e True State of the Case. W« spent two days in Charleston last Week, and ascertained to our satisfac tion that so far fromauy exaggeration pf the damage, the injury is greater 'by faf than at first stated. Slightly cracked walls have developed ino bad- wrecked buildings. The damage is |>o»itively terrible and the estimates Bent out from the city as to the pecu niary loss have In our opinion been ifar short of the mark. We sup- pose this was done, in the early stages pf the calamity,for fear that if the full •mount of loss was mentioned the •Utrtling figures might paralize the ti*ade of the city, but as t^re is no danger from this sdnrce, we do not hesitate to say that in our opinion il Will take not less than twelve or fif teen millions of dollars to place the city where it was before the Earthquake.There is not a brick house In Charleston that lias not been se riously injured, though of Course the damage varies in degree. The wood en houses have also beeeu injured and in some cases wrecked, but of course as *a general thing es caped with much less injury. Three fourths or more of the damage lies South of Calhouu street, because it is the most thickly settled part of the tolty?! In walking through the city the ruinand' wreckage be- bomes ■ monotonous. No amount of help is too great for these people who have always given with an open hand O ff* tV *'*•» Mr- •» * ** *C'Y .»«A^y »*> UtjAtfjLti A^i Pj * iic*± visit to I^mgiey. We wrote to inquire the condith afTairs with a view to doing al! in power in case of any suffering, upon this .statement of facts, wi nothing ne.-C’-ary tohedoneexce advise tlie operatives to si el: imn ate employment, wliieh they readily ol»tain at the saiae prires tiiey have heret ofore rec I^angley mill. In this hour of calamity, it Is hard-1 ly fair to ask charity for those who j have the opportunity to work tit n un! 1 rates, at their accustomed occupations with free transportation thrown in, at a town ouly a few miles off. It it can be proved that there slate- ments are incorrect and any real suf fering exists at Langley, we feci sat isfied that the people of Aiken Coun- »y will do everything that is proper, and none will more earnestly promote the good work than The Aiken Recorder. The Grccm illo “News” on Logic Decency, theTilimans and the Aiken “Kecorder.'* “Of course the fact that the Hon. Geo. D. Tillman is personally disliked by the Aiken Recorder and is in politics as conspicuous for success as the Recorder is for failure gives that unhappy newspaper the right to abuse and sneer at the ('ongre.-sman’s brother Ben. Every foolish little boy uses his privilege of making faces at the sister of tiie hoy he can’t lick. But the Recorder should keep in hailing distance of logic and decency and try to imagine that a man may honestly have a hobby without be coming a stark crank ami with other purposes than attempting to ride into office on it.”—Greenville Hews, Sep tember \bth. The above silly and spiteful editorial clearly indicates that its author is not a competent judge of decency. As to rules of logic; the ill-considered and ill-natured editorials, which appear, from time to time, in the columns of the Greenville News, had led us to suppose that the editor entertained as reckless a disregard for the rules of logic as for tiro ordinary proprieties of journalism. The crudities of the Greenville edi tor are too notorious for him to at tempt to pose as a discriminating logician, or a safe authority on any matter involved in the definition of the good old English word decency. A slight attention to these matters might possibly bring him "•within hilling distance of logic and decency" and relieve his columns of many ex travagancies and improprieties, which would doubtless be greatly apprecia ted by his long-sulTemig readers. With as little warrant us he does many other things, he prates about the personal dislike of the Recorder for (he Hon. Geo. D. Tillman. We can only say that the personal likes or dislikes of the editor of the Recorder are not legitimate matters of journal istic discussion, even if known to the editor of the Greenville News, but when ho knows neither the one nor the other, as we have only a vor\ slight personal; acquaintance with a iy otl t.iosc wi r know •*.! • krow descend to an untruth or representation, even to point in es i him: and v >nl<i i.of 1 iv i, f* 11 mis carry mvi blishing an agricultural i Edi college, ami in reorganizing the board of agriculture. I m. u * u.* 'i 04 3 U * > \ or cou a p. ort space in "ect a report that ;\ to "l iu our community attack of sickness of neu, and my author j to the mat- ! • than M dor I til Rev oieot.iu Moseley upon the night of t he recent e:*i thquake. I was called bet w■».mile hours m’12and 1 o’clock to visit Mr. Moseley, who had been tuk< n | . suddenly sick during the first shock J i. M * r “?M>3 to earn bis i found him in bed talking cheerfully . He teid me at once that he was n> t sick, that lie never felt better in h s life, but that just pieceediug each shock of the earthquake he would be seized with a peculiar tingling sensa tion, commencing in his toes and feet, gradually extending to his limbs and whole body. Just then he sereemed out “another shock is coining, grew very red in !he face and all of the :ii usd oh of his body became convulsed anytlii g that is appeared as one and drawn, and he tinder a great strain or receiving an overcharge of electricity from an electrical battery. A singular fact connected with all of these attacks (and verified by me during this one, was that he became aware of the ap proach of a shock a considerable period of time before other members of the family and friends who were present in th > room could detect auv neve ! the fact of n shows my perfect b j i ter. No one knows ' Ransom that 1 scorn j “unfair or untrue,” and a.s n- las, j made an unwarranted use of my i name, I merely remind your readers i 1 that he to CoL Butler’s clerk, and is | _ . ilary and ( keep his place. 1 am lighting for* principles. He lays himseif opeu to i the suspicion of fighting for potatoes. Let him quit ids insinuations, Ids in- nueudous, his repetition of lying ru mors, calculated to do me injury, and attack me like a man, and I warrant he will get enough. We have been friends, and it is beneath him to pros titute fits position as a journalist to tlie gratification of spite engendered j by my criticism of tlie agricultural I bureau, of which he is the tail and not (he head. If he proposes to fight its battles let him do it openly, and then I shall know how to answer him. B. R. Tillman, Tsb L “ 0 Royal ►; r-.^Ujei/n nr\ CAL i J sound oi feel any singular fact that I nl while the jhock was j th.eliotiseand fir r,dli i. •k. Another ved was that ts height and wen roe ciug and '•aitliiig, hi ■ numeles became re laxed, th*' aitm'k pas.-ed '>h and he deelare.! hime lf no feeling all right, and was culm and cheerful. He dis claimed any fi ciing of fear other than was felt by everyone—Unit of awe and uneasiness at what might result from so violent a convulsion of nature. His entire family and many friends were very much alarmed at ids symp toms and they were truly frightful. I quieted their fears and told them and the patient that he was certainly suf fering from an overcharge of elec trical fluid upon an excited and overstrain ed nervous system. I left s >curie- dies and prepared to leave, after being with him only a few moments, ids family requested me to remain with him longer, but lie on learning that I had some important cases on hand, said “go Doctor and see your other patients, 1 will take your remedies, aiio ii is (rod s w’id to take me, I am ready to go.” Two or three days iiflaT tlie attaci:, Alosclcy was in mv ofiiee for further treatment, and I asked him how he felt wiicu first at- REJOINDER TO B. R. TILLMAN. tacked. (*' If. into n-.v- I..1 -L- was •aid I 1 in my takim io from : just, ehur oil! lay horse onven b, and when the sver chant their appeals, i :—— A Brave People It Is a splendid sight to see the brave and manly spirit of the busi ness men of Charleston in the midst of Iruln and calamity. They have risen to the emergencies of the situation, and “are conducting their business With as much energy and precision ks if every ‘pudding was intact and tlfithing serious had'happened. Seri ous, but good humored and hopeful, these men stand by the old city, de termined not only to rebuild her shat tered homes, but to aehievia a greater prosperity* than she has ever yet at tained. God- bless them in their tnanly struggle, and may American Citizens every where and South Caro linians in particular, all vie witli each bther In giving them that substantial •id which is bettor than charity, viz., business encouragement. We sincere ly trust that the merchants of Aiken %vi 11 increase their orders, and throw as much of their business into tbc bands of Charleston merchants as is compatible with sound business principles, ; This will be the best kind of help, and we feel satisfied that the Charles ton merchants can make such ar- hmgemeuts and oiler such induce ments as will make such dealings thutually satisfactory. »M Affairs at Lanjrlcy. “A word In reference to tlie com munication of Master Workman Mey- nardie in the Charleston News and Courier and copied into the Chronicle to-day. He petitions for aid and says the suffering at Langley is greater than in Charleston. Now as to the facts. If there is suffering at Lang ley there should he none, for as early Its, the 6th of this month a communi cation was sent to Langley ottering to employ 60 or 100 hands at the same f iriees that the Langley mill was pay- ng when it was iu operation. In ad dition.to- this their transporation was offered, stating at the same time that satisfactory arrangements would be made for dwellings and some addition •1 inducemcnta besides, i These otters have not been taken advantage of and it remains for the public to say whethertbey are worthy pbjects of charity.—Augusta £icni:ig Atcu's, September ISth. This only tallies with the informa tion we received last week from a most reliable correspondent, who oc cupies a position that fully qualities him to know all the facts of the Case. According to his statement tlie citi zens of Langley “are allright aud there Is no suffering.” » The operatives received fourteen days pay on September llth, and feiuce the breaking of the dam no assumption that can only be account ed for Gy his habitual disregard of con ventional proprieties. The fact of tin matter is that we have never had a personal misunderstanding of any kind with the Hon. G. D. Tillman, and up to two years ago, when he grossly insulted many of the best citi zens of this Congressional district by his speeches at Barnwell and Aiken, no paper in the State had said more kind things about him than The Aiken Recorder; since then, we have criticised unfavorably only his public utterances, but have never im pinged upon his personal life. This we have done in the exercise of our undoubted rightasa public journalist, and we shall continue to exercise that right upon every proper occasion re gardless of the rediculous assumacy ol the editor of the Greenville 2\ r cw*. In regard to the course of The •Aiken Recorder in politics, we can only say that its Editor has always tried to do his duty according to the lights before him, and has had the gratfiention of being reasonably suc cessful in those public matters, which he has urged and advocated. If, how ever, the Greenville editor in his allu sion to political failure, means to give the matter a personal turn aud taunt tlie Editor of The Recorder with his defeat as a candidate for the Leg islature, we can only say that such bad taste while perfectly characteris tic, .conies with especial bad grace from the editor of the Greenville News who, not very long ago, failed to carry even his own ward in a town election, where lie was a candidate for Alderman. ' Surely the Greenville editor, with all his assumacy, cannot help acknowledging that this miscar riage among his own neighbors was not only a '•'conspicuouri ut a very melancholy political tailmo of ex ceeding small proportions. In conclusion, we would saj’, that what wo have written of Cant. B. K. Tillman at various times Las been legitimately called forth by his reck less course of accusation, and imputa tion of the acts and motives of men who possess the respect and confi dence of their fellow-citizens, and by his efforts to destroy and cast odium upon ail that the patriotism of the State has accomplished .- ince 1S70. If exception is taken to anything we have written Captain Tillman is the man; but tlie Greenville A ws will best suberve its own interests by at tending to those matters which properly fall within the scope of its duty. —TT» Tlio Charleston Merchants should shock came, f finished taking out the h."*rs'\ put Kim in the stable and intended going to the front of the hoUac where ^«.uie uieuds were; but on my wry around the house as T got near the chimney, 1 received a very severe shock, as it some one Lad struck me. I staggered and would have fallen but caught hold of my yard fence.”; I feel satisfied from what I saw of Mr. Moseley’s condi tion and the nature of ids attacks, that he received a full charge of electri'dty from the lightning rod. 1 base my opinion upon the lact that we all know tlie air was filled with electricty that night, and also, that the telegraph wires were for an hour or more so heavily charged that no message could be sent or received. Now, Mr. Editor, I make this state ment simply to do justice to one of our fellow-citizens, about whom un just suspicious have been felt and cir culated calculated to injure him as a minister of the Gospel, and through him cast reproach upon the religion of om- L ord ar * ~ ay; omx T. Major Knnson Gives His Opinion of the Agricultural Moses in Very IMain EnjiMslu CoLU.vfniA, S. C., Sept. 16, 18S6. Tn the Kditor of The Sunday News: Mr. Tiiimaii waxes wrathy. He objects to “iuaiuuaiions,” “innuei.- does,” Sue. Now, what he means by this is that I said that a certain state ment he was reported to have made was “untrue” aud “unfair.” Tnose are not very emphatic words, but to ears polite they convey no doubtful meaning. Mr. Tillman is, evidently, ny nature a very obstinate man, and his head is so very hard that he terms polite language “insinuations.” Now, 1 wish to put the same idea in words that he is iu the habit of using in order to bring their meaning down to the level of his comprehension. When lie said that Prof. Joynes told him that the youth Carolina College offered to make the analysis of fertili- ers for the South Carolina department of agriculture for $5 each, in my opin ion he lied—1-i-e-d. No insinuation about that I hope, Benjamin? When he says that I am “Col. But ler’s clerk, and the tail of the depart ment of agriculture,” ho make:-, the only truthful statement that I have ever known him to be guilty of. The department of agriculture needs n<> defence from one occupying so hum ble a position in it as I cl ., but I may be permitted to say that Mr. Tillman has never made a specific charge of neglect of duty agaust this depart ment Unit has not been proven false, and if he will make any more spec die charges of the same character I will prove that they are also false, or I will give up my “potatoes” and ad vocate his “principles.” Will he do this? No. He will answer that he is a poor’ persecuted, patriotic citizen, who is called a liar every time he says anything for the public good. And then he will go on and say that tlie public officials of South Carolina feel themselves above criticism, and then write a column or two about nothing iu particular and everything in gener al, and wind up by claiming that he lias proven everything and everybody corrupt, except B. R. Tillman, the sole survivor of the long list of hon orable and patriotic men of South Carolina. Mr. Tillman alludes to our past friendship. He might have left that out of his communication, in view of the fact that he lias forgotten all the Absolutely Pure. TBs powder never varies. A marvel of pur: y, strength and wholesomeness. More ecoi luiical than the ordinary kinds, and cam ot be sold in competition with tlie mul- titui e of low test, short weight alum or oho phatc powders. Sold only in cans. Kov i. Baking TowdekCo. 100 Wall St.N.Y. Th W'CiimCbrdial J CUKES DYSPEPSIA, INDIGESTION^ WEAKNESS, CH!LL»^Ar«f> rtVtHS, ALARIA, LIVER COMPLAINT, KIDNEY TROUBLES, .URALGIA AND RHEUMATISM. Invigorat- and De light il to take, and c as a weal great value fledicine for and Ailing Wonfcn and Chil dren TT gives NEW 1 LIFE to the whole SYSTEM by Strengthening the Muscles, Ton ing the NERVES, and compietelyDi- gesting the food. A Book, ‘Volina,’ by leading physicians, telling hew to treat dis eases at HOME, mailed, together with a set of hand some cards by new Heliotype process, on receipt of to c. SliouM tlie dealer near remit 91.00, aud a full bias J’litl’AKKI* ONLY BY Volina Drug and Chemical Company, liALTitatUK, no., u. B. A. C ONTAINS do hurtful Minrals, is com pose! of carefully selected Vegeta ble .VIedicines, combined skill full} making a Safettnd Pleasant Rem dy. Fori'detiy nil PrneRl-tn mid OroecM. t ou uj, keep VOLINA (OKtUAI,, oUloplii bt> bent, cUnriO*!* l»nld. Riclimoiul & Danvile Kail rod, South Caioliira Division. OFFICE GENERAL PASSENGER AGENT. Schedule in effect Sept. 5th 1836. Eastern Standard Time. NORTHWARD. NO. 53, DAILY—MAIL AND EXPRESS. Leave Augusta (A) 9 20 A. M. Arrive Columbia (B) 1 25 p. M. Leave Columbia (B) 1 35 p. M. Arrive Charlotte (C; 6 15 P. M. NO. 17. DAILY—MAIL AND EXPRESS. Leave Augusta (A) 6 00 P. M. Arrive Columbia (D) K) 20 p. M. NO. 17, FREIGHT WITH COACH AT TACK ED — MONDAYS, WEDNESDAYS, AND FRIDAYS. Leave Columbia 5 45 A. M. Arrive Charlotte 4 10 P. M. SOUTHWARD. NO. 52, DAILY—MAIL ANT) EXPRESS. Leave Charlotte (C) 1 00 p. m. Arrlxp Columbia (B) 5 12 P. M, i "VTOTICF is hereby given that the ! " I AX DC PLICA 1E for l<'So-6 j for Aikeu County, is now in my hands: | and will he open for the collection of I taxes for the Fiscal year 1S85-6, at the ; Gregg township, Grauiteville Fri day, October 15th. Gregg township, Vaucluse, Satur day, October loth.* Gregg township, Langley, Monday, October 18th. Schultz township, Hamburg, Tues day, October 19th. Windsor township, Windsor, T. O., Wednesday, October 20th. Millbrook and Windsor townships, Moutmoreuci, Thursday, October 21st. Gregg township, Madison, Friday, October 22d. Millbrook township, Martin Hol ley’s Mill, Saturday, October 23d. Hammond township, W. C. Page’s Store, Monday, October 25th. Hammond township, Page & Hank- inson’s old Store, Tuesday, October 26th. Silverton township, J. J. Meyers, Wednesday, October 27th. Silverton township, Ellenton, Thuisday, October 28th. Sleepy Hollow township, Rouse’s Bridge, Friday, October 29th. Sleepy Hollow township, Wood ward's Store, Saturday, October 30th. Windsor township, Clark’s Mill, Monday, November 1st- Yy T ^, U fe^tHiy, i ^^^nl.e?2 , ,r Hopewell township, John Hutto’s old place, Wednesday, November 3d. Giddy Swamp township, J. G Sal ley's, Thursday, November 4th. Rocky Spring township, H. D. Ott’s Friday, November 5th. Tabernacle Township, Kitching Mill, Saturday, November 0th. McTeir township, Jones’ Cross Roads, Monday, November 8th. Chinquapin township, Jacob Kneeze’s, Tuesday, November 9th. Ward’s township, Wilson Gunter’s Wednesday, November 10th. Shaw township, Hatcher’s Cross Roads, Thursdav , November llth. MillBrook township, Bancks Mill, Friday, November 12th. And at Aiken C. H., from Nov. 13th to December 15th 1886, inclusive. The tax levy is as follows: For State purposes mills. “ County “ 3 “ “ School “ 2 “ Making a total of mills upon every dollar of the value of all taxable property. There will be no extension of time this year for collecting taxes, beyond the time fixed, viz: the 15th day of Dec ember, 1886, and costs and penal ties attach on the 16th day of Decem ber 1886. Persons sending money by express or mail, are respectfully requested to prepay charges, and to enclose postage ior tlie return of receipt. J. E. MURRAY. Treasurer A. C., S. C. Countv Treasurers’ Office, \ Aiken C. A., S.C., Sept. 14, 1836) « ft i v t* u£ ■ il di i. iA 1 S « J i mi J Dyife.Uil ETC. 1 •AGENTS FOR HOWE’S STANDARD SCALES AND MARVIN’S SAFES. For the present at 175 East Bay, - - . CHRLESTON, S. C. Bridge Builders. WULBERN & PIE PE 11. Wholesale Grocers, -AND DEALERS IN- PROVIOMS, MORS, 107 A 169 EAST BAY. CHARLESTON, 8. C. t j I T. V. RHODES etafl pnw |>.xi.»<, ru. Wholesale an 54 G Broad Strcot, rocei] August 1 have just received a large and well selected Stock of Choice Family ceries ,wliieh I am offering at the very lowest figures. My Specialty is .Fancy Melon Seed. I have been particular in sorting from the finest Richmond’County Melons a large lot of Choice Seed and offer same at a Low Figure. I also handle in 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 I sell close. Nonpareil Flour High Patent Guaranteed to Satisfy the most Fastidious. I keep the Best Selected Stock of Fishing Tackles in Augusta. T V RHODES. **U Bondurant, JopHng & Co, Manufacturers of ALL KINDS OF BRICKS! Proprietors of the Old and Popular DkLATGLE a.X1> AUGUSTA BRICK YARDS, established in 1820! Esti mated production since thou 250,000,000 Brick! Quality and color unsur passed North -f South. Lutrge stock always on hand. For information, address DURANT, JOPLING & CO., Augusta, Ga. ,»-i. ,i i ^ Mouey,. Time ami Trouble By Sending Tom ORDERS FOR Y GROCERIES, m You Can Save FA .JLJ •.it-*. -TO- WELCH & EASON, 185 and 137 Jeetlwg and 117 Market Streets, CHARLESTON 8. C. ESTPrice Lists and al« imformation cheerfully and promptly furnished oi^ ication. appl YMAN. CAPT. 13. II. TILLMAN AGAIN. tie Replies to Major Ransom’s Charge that He matte “an Untrue and Un fair Statement” Concerning the Ana lyses of Fertilizers. To the Editor of the News and Cour ier: I live remote from railroads and only get my mail weekly, consequent ly I rarely see a daily paper. 1 there fore missed seeing the letters of Prof. Jovncs and Col. Butler, denying the statement I made in my speech at Aiken, about the proposition by the South Carolina College to analyze fer tilizers for the board of agriculture at $5 per brand or sample. I have just seen in the Augusta Chronicle of 21st, Major Ransom’s accusation against me of making “an unfair and untrue” statement about this matter and the mention that Col. Butler aud Prof. Jovnes both deny its truth. With Col. Butler’s denial I have nothing to do. If such proposition was never madr to tlie board he does right to deny it. But, how or why Prof. Joynes should seek to evade and deny it I am at a loss to tell. I was iutroduced to Prof. Joynes by Major Ransom during the session of the Far mer’s Convention last April, and had along conversation with him on the subjects embodied in my resolutions passed by that body; and iu talking about the folly and unnecessary ex pense to the State of having two State chemists, or rather two chemists paid by the State, one at the South Caro lina College and one at the depart ment of agriculture—both iu the same city—with separate laboratories costing thousands of dollars, Prof, foym 9 voluntarily and without any i:11iIiia!ion that hs did not wa : .t it made public made the statement I have r. peateii, namely, that tlu- pre.-i- denl of tiu.ih o.Lg ii.-vl offered i*> ..m.- i//.e for the bi.-.r lof anrieulrure for pif brand or sample. He may have f<> gotten jf, or he may have oo. ii :m -Lmor.iKd, but k j ceicainly tuid n.e .v, a..d iu calling aliclUion in my speeches to the mismanagement •cut exlravauance which have charac terized tiie department of agriculture, I felt at liberty to make use of it. Had I dreamed that a question of veracity would have arisen, I, of course,* would not have done so, and my argument in favor of reorganizing the board and giving farmers control of it is not strengthened in the least by this fact. In Mississippi the fer- -zed by- the chemist il college without it.- anythiug except to d furnish the neces- iard of agriculture were looking for a chemist a her Prof. 8hep ard ceased to analyi/.c for them, one would have sunpo-od their first thought would hnVe been to get the rSoutn Carolina v oliege to do tlie renu naiist in this State has said more complimentary things of him than I have, and none have been more will ing to aid him in working for tlie good of tiie public. I have given him cred it for honorable and unselfish motives so long as I believed he was honor able and uqseJtish, and I have criti cised him when I believed otherwise. It is no “prostitution of my position” to defend tiie work of a department iu which I have been engaged for six years, and which I have hoped had accomplished some good for the State; neither was it a “prostitution of my position” to correct false statements reguarding that work whenever and whereever made. I have done this, and this only, and Mr. Tillman’s ob jections will uot preveut it in the fu ture. A word of apology to the readers of The Sunday News; Mr. Tillman’s swaggering bravado at the conclusion of his letter is evidence enough to my mind that when he sees this commu nication lie will “come back” with a few columns of billingsgate. I regret to be the cause of such an infliction upon yoiir readers’ but trust that they will forgive me. As Mr. Tillman lives at a “remote distance from the railroads,” and “on ly gets his mail weekly,” he may not see this. Will you kindly mail him a copy of The Sunday News containing this" letter, and mark it for me. L. A. Ransom. CHAULF.STON’S NEEDS. tiVi /. ers are i :uiih of tj lie agrici alt nr, cost ing tlio ; State pay his salat •y an saiv ehemie als. W ’hen our boat work. It scents tiie never even tried to save tiie expense of an addi tional laboratory and chemist, but lavished money on “one of the finest laboratories in the South,” and creat ed another office to furnish a berth for somebody at tlie public expense. ill the charge is made for house rent. Those ‘ n( ‘ ct| -’ send out la.ii u. un.in* is bin j ground Columbia who want work can got it at the Au-! f hoy 'ffiou.n <.o v. ia. 1, ‘- N , r - u* , SO iue years past, aud it is high (]i,, I done iu a proper m anner, viz. auver-jf or the farmers to demand “ro- gusta factory’. The company is only loser. The operatives have lost in- ‘ tlZ0 property, and can obtain all the work they want by simply applying for it ih Augusta. In addition to this, every male hand will soon be wanted to re pair the exten.-ivc dams of the com pany. p As to Mr. Meynardie’s statement that “the’operatives are dragging the 1‘mud puddles” for fish to eat and to ; Exchange for bread,” we would simply 1 say that large quantities of fish are always obtained in this manner when- •Ter the water is turned off a mill pond, hut It is hardly reasonable to auppose that the operatives were liberally- in tin c ‘ country and an £ will flow Charleston greater iu volume any heretofore known. pres ; reucimivn reform” and be look- 1 Do these two thinga of desireable trade mount i li ’- after the State Government. A into j than Mayor Courtenay is a conspicuous figure in Charleston at present and no man is better fitted for the responsible aud trying duties which confront Physicians recommend Slirincr • Indian Virmifuge in their practice a^ a superior article for destroying aud expelling worms. Only 2c cents a bottle. For sale by W. J. Platt & Co. rigid examination into our public ex penditures will show many’ such pieces of extravagance. But tiie peo ple pay, and tiie public pap is so sweet it is hard to resist tiie appeals of friends for another gimlet-hole to be bored into the treasury and another t^at stitched on for the»c pets to suck. How much longer will tiie people stand it. B’it I am "“ftimr away from Prof. Joynes and Major Ra: som. As I can not willingly bcvi.’ve that the former gentleman would repudiate a state ment he made unless he bad forgotten it, I must suppose he has forgotten telling mo wimt he did about it. I cor • 'tuiiiiy did not drcsni tt, or get it from Mayor Courteney Again Appeals to the American Citizens—Another Shock. Charleston, S. C.,Sept. 17th.—May or Courteney to-day issued the follow ing proclamation: Citv of Charleston, ) Exkc.utve Department, v Sept. 17th., 1886.) To the Public.—Tiie City- Council of Charleston, at its last regular meet ing on the 14th. hist., took the follow ing action: Whereas, A terrible calamity has befallen Charleston, and the loss it in- ffiets is far greater in extent than was at first realized, and Whereas, It is evident that the lib eral and spontaneous assistance which has come to us from all parts of this country and from England, and which is deeply- appreciated and grate fully acknowledged by our people, will be wholly insufficient to meet our unexpected exigencies, be it resolved, that the Mayor be requested to pre pare and issue an address to the pub lic setting forth our condition and in voking additional aid for this strick en city. In making known to the general public this declaration of the munici pal government as to the condition of our city at this time, it seems to me unnecessary that I should add any words of my own, as the unfortunate facts are before the country by the statement of disinterested visitors from the different parts of the land after personal ooservatiou, and are known here and deeply felt. j ask the press of the United States to give this proclamation the benefit of its far-reaching circulation. [Signed] \V. A. Courtenay. T.iere was a slight shock of earth- quake at 2:25 this morning. The re lief committee to-night provided for the appointment of two master me chanics to visit every house of per sons applying for assistance to re build and to estimate the amount of damages. A resolution was also pass ed providing for payment of small claims less than $200. . 48, DAILY—MAIL AND EXPRESS UeaveColumbia (D) 6 15 A. M. Arrive Augusta (A).. 10 20 A. M. NO. 18, FREIGHT WITH COACH AT TACHED — TUESDAYS, THURSDAYS SATURDAYS. Leave Charlotte 5 00 a. m. Arrive Columbia 3 25 p. m CONNECTIONS. Close connections made at Chester with C. and L. Narrow Guago Rail road for Yorkville, Newton, Hickory, and intermediate points, also connec tion at Chester with C. and C. Narrow Guage Railroal for Lancaster. Train 17 makes close connection at Chester for Lenoir, Hickory, aud all C. attd L. Stations. (Aj With all lines to and from Savannah, Florida and the South, and Atlanta, Macon and the Southwest. (14 With the Atlantic Coast Line and South Carolina Railway- from aud o C larleston. (C^ With Richmond and Danville RmTroad to and from all points North anaparoliua Central Railroad. (11 Connect with the W. C. and A. Rairoad for Wilmington aud all poiqs on tlie Atlantic Coast Line. Pillraan Sleeping Cars on Trains 52 and >8 between Augusta and Washing ton,D. C. and Grauiteville, via Dan- vill , Lynchburg and Charlottesville. Als', on Trains 52 and 53 between Grensboro’ and Richmond. Ns. 47 and 48 carry Pullman Sleep ers I ;tv/een Augusta and Wilmington. U. k Talgott, C. W. Shears, I Supt. Asst Gen. Pass. Agt. i D. Cardwell, G« PiiQs. Agt., Columbia, S. C. outli Carolina Railway. nnencing Sept. 9, 1885, trains run as follows by Eastern Cc will time M IN LINE—WESTWARD DAILY. Leai Charleston— 6.35 a. m., 5.10 p. m., 10.30 p. m. Leaj Aiken- 10.48 a m, 9.35 p m, 6.05 a m. Arr-e Augusta— i* 11.40 a m, 10.30 p m, 7.30 a m. Xyx ii i i'lii |ll Tj*~ll l | rflik Leaiq A ngu s t a— 6.05 a m, 4.49 p m, 10.35 p m. Arrrs Aikeii— | 6.49 a m. 5.25 p m, 11.59 p m. Arri)* Charleston— 10.00 p m, 9.30 p. m, 6.25 a m, T(lvXD FROM COLUMBIA—Daily. Leai Augusta 4.40 p. m. Leai Aiken 5.26 p. m. Dueolumbia 10.00 p. m. west—Daily. Lea\ Columbia 5.27 p. m. Dueiiken 9.42 p. m. Duevugusta 10.30 p. m. 1KEN SPECIAL—WEST. Leai Aiken .. .9.10 a. m., 5.55 p. m. Arr faniteville 9.30 a. in., 6.20 p. m., EAST. Lvejraniteville 10.25 a. m.,9.05p. m. Arr Jken 10.45 a. m., 9.30 p, m. C(Sections.—Connections made at Ajusta with Georgia Railroad to aud’om all points West and South by a trains; with through sleepers betvfu Atlanta and Charleston on iiietjrains. Also at Augusta with Commission i C_ o u RS, T HE County Cornmisfloners will let out to the lowest bidder on October 5th next, the building of bridge across Horse Creek below Bath, also one across the Runs known as ROUSE’S BRIDGE, on the 6th of October next. The commissioners will be at the places above named on those •lays, with plans and specifications for the same. Good bond and security will be required for the faithful per formance of the work. JNO. F. MURRAY, Ch. Boara Co. Comm’rs. Sept. 15, 1886-3t. MORTGAGEE'S SALE. B Y viriue of the power contained in a ceitain chattell Mortgage given by J. W. Hancock to Henry- Payer & Sou. dated January 1st, 18.86, for the sum of $235.00 and the same became due on the 1st inst., and de fault in the payment thereof having been made, I will sell at the Court House in Aiken on Wednesday tlie 22d day of September, 1886, within the legal hours for Sheriff’s Sales, the fol lowing personal property described in said Mortgage as follows, to wit: One cream colored mule (male) and one dark bay house. Terms of Sale—Cash. Purchaser to pay for papers. M. T. HOLLEY, Sheriff Aiken County. Sept. 7, 1886. Old Pictures Cop ied and Enlarged CAUTION I 5 \a' COLUMBIA, S. C. "PICTURES sent can lie enlarged to -A. i>i.y -ijtimj yv 111 be returioal for. inspection. Ii ory no charge. Correspondence solicited. H. T. MoEachekn, Agent, R. S. BROWN, ~ff77tfOfbff-i<ern fe Brown, CURV> STREET, • _ 1 _ - AIKEN, S. C. D EALERS ,11 Dry Goods, Gr>.„erios and General Merchandise. Call and inspect our stock which will ail be sold at reasonable prices. McE ACHERN & BROW!?, March 28, 1860-ly. ^ ||| yr ^ | South Carolina Penitentiary SHOES AND BOOTS -AT- Henderson Laurens Street, — Aiken, S. C. T3ERSONS wishing a really supe- X rior article of Boots or Shoes for Men, Ladies or Childrens wear should call at C. K. Henderson’s, where they will find the best manufactured goods in the South, from the South Carolina Penitentiary Works of A. C. Dibert, of Columbia, S. C. A warranty is given with every pair, and we defy any manufactory, North or South, to produce better stock or better work for the same price. Call at C. K. Hen derson's and examine for yourselves. Professional Advertisements. D. S. Henderson. E. P. Henderson. Henderson Brothers, Attorneys at Law, Aiken, S’. C. Will practice in the State and United States Courts for South Caro- „ lina. Prompt attention given to col- lections. Haviland Stevenson, Attorney at Law, Aiken, 8. C. Special attention given to Collec tion. John Gary Evans, Attorney-at-Law. Will practice in the Counties Aiken, Edgefield and Barnwell. of JamesA.Stoihart, GRANITEVILLE, - S. C. ' DEALER IN DRUGS, CHEMICALS PERFUM- ERIKS, TOILET SOAPS, HAIR BRUSHES AND CIGARS. Tiie Stock is frequently replenished so that they are always fresh. Our prices are reasonably, and we will be glad not only to serve our friends of Grauiteville, but of the entire sur rounding Country. James A. Stotliart. A LL INTELLIGENT HOUSE- TlL. keepers recognize the fact that there is nothing more important than the purity and healthful ness of arti cles which enter into family use. Vinegar of all household necessaries is the one article, which more than •, any oibci- iMKvsic-fftrc-ff I* om adultera~ tions, until to-day tlie-pure, healthfrff article is the exception and the cheap, artificial, mineral acid and fusil vine gar the rule. Appreciating the wants of our trade for something exceptionally fine, we have purchusM a large lot of .las. L. Friedman A- Co.’s Celebrated Paducah Kentucky Pine Apple, White Wine and Crab Vinegars. These Vinegars are strictly pure and soured by age for pickling purposes. There is noth ing suparior, and we guarantee this Vinegar to be STRICTLY PURE AND FOUR YEARS OLD. For John A. Mette, Attorney and Counsellor at Law, Practices in all Courts of South Carolina, Aiken, 8 C. James Aldrich. Walter Ashley. Aldrich & Ashley, Attorneys at Law, Aiken, 8. C. Practice in the Htate and United States Courts for toouth Carolina. Yt. (Juitmau Davis, Attorney at Law, Aiken, 8. C. Will practice In the CourG of this Circuit. Specia attention tuajsw'a eaRL collections. i puisjuoM*0[JBqO inoq* pal C. Jordf Attorney at Law, Aiken, 8. ]>X. B. Woodward, Attorney at Law, Aiken, 8. C. Will practice in all the Courts of this State. Second Hand SchooCBooks. Y OU CAN BUY YOUR SCHOOL Rooks from me for about one- BRUNSON GRADED —AND— MILITARY HIGE SCHOOL For Both Sexes, Methods of gov- Cehd Railroad to and from Florida j eminent and instruction shaped to soutand southwest. Connections ; secure discipline and growth. Rates maujit Blackville w-ith Barnwell | moderate. English and Classical Railed to and from Barnwell. j Studies, Modern as well as Ancient ejections made at Charleston -Languages, w-itfc^ads north and south; also with j Open September 15, located inllamp- stea<rs for New York and Florida, i t° n County, in the Town of Brunson, Yorl j on the Port Royal and Augusta Rail- Tbpgh tickets can be purchased I r °ad. and Igiiage checked to all points' J. E. WATSON, A. M., Nori South and west by applying to Principal ageryt depot. August 31, 1888.—tf, Sale by June 22, 18S0-3ms. HAHN A CO. Gpo. W. WilHams, HOUSE, SIGN AND FEE SCO PAINTER! Graining and Miiri>ling a specialty. Old Furniture polished and made as good as new. C3 Office Up-stairs over Beckman’s Bank. Orders solicited. Edw. J. Dickei*son, Attorney-at-Law, Aiken, 8. C. V» T ill practice iu all Ihe Courts of this State Dr. Z. A. Smith PRACTICING PHYSICIAN, VAUCLUSE. - - - S. C. ZW'Ottlce near Depot. Dr. J. H. Burnett, Dentist. -OFFICE Graniteville, Aiken County, .0. Dr. W B Courtney, Dentist. -OFFICE- Richland Avenue. Aiken, S. 0. Next door to Henry Busch A- Co. D. C. ALLEN, iGen. Paa. and Ticket Agent. JoH L Pec k, General Manager. .ster’s r<5otice t Bainey’s Barber Shop. |N Ixiurens Street, two door- sou A LL persons having claims against Jthe estate of Dlrs. Dora Inatffnet, e th Dr. B. H. Teague, Denti OFFICE OJ| PJchland Avenue, Aiken, S.iO. Dr. J. R. Smith, Denti -OFFICE AT- Willieton, Barnwell County, 8. 0, Will attend calls to the cou