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l)eiii«>cratic Stale Ticket.
Governor,
JOHN PETER RICHARDSON,
~ of Clarendon.
Lieutenant-Governor,
i W. Li. MAULDIN,
of Greenville.
Seuretarv of State,
; W. Z. LEITNER,
" of Korehaw.
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CoMPTROIXER-GeN ERAL,
<' W. E. STONEY’,
" of Berkeley.
Treahorer,
I. 8. BAMBERG,
L of Barnwell.
Attorn ey-Genekae,
JOSEPH H. EARLE,
of Sum ter.
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.
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or cou
a p. ort space in
"ect a report that
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to
"l iu our community
attack of sickness of
neu, and
my author j
to the mat- !
• than M dor I
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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,
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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.
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into n-.v- I..1 -L-
was
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oil!
lay horse
onven
b, and
when the
sver chant
their appeals,
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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.
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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
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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.
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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)
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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