The Aiken recorder. [volume] (Aiken, S.C.) 1881-1910, January 11, 1887, Image 2
AT CHRISTMAS TIMB.
At Christinas time last year
So many friends that are now gone were
here!
So many hopes were glowing then unspoken.
So many faiths were strong that now lie
broken.
And loving hearts that trustei without fear,
At Christmas time last year.
At Christmas time this year
So many of us find the world so drear
And barren desert wherein blooms no rose.
With mountain peaks surrounding it. whose
snows
Have chilled our hearts, and turned life’s
foliage sere
At Christmas time this year.
At Christmas time next year
Who knows what changing fortunes may be
near?
Take courage, then! For night shall turn to
day.
From brightening skies the clouds must roll
away.
And faith and hope and love shall all be here
At Christmas time next year!
—Helm 3f. Winslow.
the parcel and drew forth an elegant
“I must sav that the Major display
| great taste in his selection of presej
What a lovely design, and how exc
itely painted! And yet I am disappoir
for I had hoped it was somethingj
you, Eulalie, from Neil. My dear,’
a solemn shake of the head. “I bet
fear that you will never succeed th|
“But I will succeed!” the girl rej
with a suddcc. sharp decision of
and expression. “You will see!”
Vi
A CHRISTMAS FAN.
“.~r
iL-S.
i.;'
Kt
“I hope so; for,as you know,!
is set upon this match. Neil GJ
not rich, but between you therq
enough; and in other respects
safest match that I know' of—ar
what you most need, Eulalie^
will be a little less open in voi
ment of him, and we can keep!
of the way of that Maynard girl
“I don’t believe there was af
it,” interrupted Eulalie, ha
don’t think he cared for her-
makes her living by painting a|
“The Maynards are of gc
though poor, and these
educated and ladylike,
nobler in them to prefc^
pendent upon their
deed, let me assure you.
ELL! it is finished at
‘last. Isn’t it a beauty?”
The speaker, a
pretty and bright- j
looking girl of eight- j
een, pushed away her
palette, rose from her seat, and standing
in the midst of the room, held up with
a graceful pose a fan of silk and mother-
of-pearl. exquisitely painted.
“Indeed, Eva, it is your masterpiece,”
said an elderly girl, tall and handsome,
as she took the fan and examined it.
A pleased smile lit the pale face of a
lady who reclined in a rocking-chair, |
engaged in the certainly not artistic work | ^ despised, and if I
of darning linen—fine old linen which
told plainly enough that the owners had
known “better times.”
“I will take it at once to Monsieur
Fouquercin,” Eva said, turning to a mir
ror, and beginning to adjust the pretty,
gold-brown curls above her smooth fore
head. “It wants only three days to
Christmas, and he was anxious to get all
my work in time. The rest I can finish
to-morrew.”
And enveloped in a thick veil and man
tle. she left the house in which they had
lodgings, and tripped lightly down the
street to the store of a dealer in “fancy
and artistic work,” in a fashionable busi
ness quarter of the city.
******
It Wc'is Christmas Eve. and the snow
was falling without, as Mrs. Belton sat
in her cozy dressing-room, looking over
a quantity of dainty. articles, useful or
ornamental, which stewed the table be
fore her.
tei
how things might t|
never have engaged j
water-color sketches^
think of Neil goij
select views and^
tector!”
“It was her art^
they have moved
throw themselves it
Eulalie, sharply.
“No, they are too*
I have taken care to
tirely false trail. AnJ
to renew his search, si|
ot what I heard
Miss Maynard is shor
clever young country
Of course, I did not conJ
to mention that the pre]
Laura, and not Eva.”
The loquacious lady
course to renew her
fan—the Christmas oj
lant Major.
“What a pity that
not equal his taste,
select something morcj
age. This is too lij
me: and it strikes mej
svoriu
wi!l xot rtful
v«sU£« ar* •uclostd.
es* stamps lor
A Picture of Hie Slate
the first «>f January the Wave A
I'ourUr published tsu elaborate statis
tieal artio'e prepared by that aim
statistician, Major Luther A, Ran
som, of Columbia, 8. »Inch ex
plores every field of labor and gives a
.complets and encouraging picture of
Aht* 8ta!e. The report is so long that
cannot make room for it, but the
fse account of some of
;s is taken from the
of the A'civs & Cou-
IftSf,, 114 miles of rail
in tiie 8tate, and the
now amounts to 1.754.
The freight tonnage of the railroads
lias increased from 1.057,008 in L57!) t<>
2,103,573in 18*>6, while the total in
come has increased from $1,108,040 it
^j87&Ao 43t>,-jso in the veur just end
ed. These figures show in themselves
the growth of business in the State.
In inanuiaotures, the results are
magical and marveiious. The num
ber of manufacturing establishments
in the State has increased from 1,250
in I&IOO to 3,242 :u 1880. The capita)
Invested has increased from **i,031,75t;
v» ^1.327,h<0. The number of hands
employed is 33,575 in Insfi, against
0,004 11) 1850, and 8,140 in 1870. Tin
value of the products is $20,951,551.
TUe cotton mills give employment
now to 4,850 pers >u-;. Close behind
them come the fertilizer factories,
•With products valued at $3,574,300
Roughly speaking, one person find-
cmployment in the cotton mills toi |
every thousand dollars of capital. L
toe fertilizer establishments one per
son is employed for every three thou .
y.um dollars of capital. This exem 1
pdfies the importance of cotton man- |
ufactorie* i;s furnishing abundant oo !
rupation. Taking the manufac
ns a whole, one pe
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dleivescent
lenient is
is |j«.nor.
'hast. He
[nesses were
in fact,
ig like good |
pave his on
to jail, he
Judge Ful-
E iin, and got
you wanted
it went.”
Oror
^fFINTER CAMPAIGNS ARE UPON US
n meet them witli the most complete block
roucht to Aiken County.
R PRICES will be so It
TTOtO’T now jinil Cii.i- ms- i
Ah olI**r ltie following tremeie
I)ress t .oods single and dt>ul>Ii >vi.
All Wool Red Flane: «u 12’-.; cents
Real Boiiile Wilt]) M
n;».
to reduce <>cr heavy stock '
rgalns! h. 00 yard« of ’iVv,. .
her price 20 and 30 eeu|
v cents
QOO dozen pair of 7.
^ 100 dozen Line
JipSuet Alpaca 15 Cents Up!
Hu ! "1
1
nit a;*h , ren’s >Iose from 5 een •. nj
, { +* juo dozen Linen Kini^hedHankeruliicfs 5 -‘ its. 10l)doiec Towels ntl
S, AND >\ L : cents up. 2000 yards Heavy th.-ut’s >.!a''s:n)^r<‘at 50 cents, former prices 1
k of General 75 cents to $1.00 per yuid.
aaonable that none can complain JEI T j. or* . j , , __
Larg e tock;oi Fruits, Cuecked and Bn
U u r S 5i o e s !
Are of the Best Brands in the Market—Satis fa
Our Ladies &jn
Are Selected Specially'with a view to tlie market which we supply, ana
all we ask is an inspection of Material and Prices.
action Gauranteed.
ress Coods !
at a Great Bargain.
•own Woinespiin
one of the mos
rked to
Our Clothing !
rer seen in Graniteville.
Les!
p N
Prices are
’heap
as any first-class
9OO Ladies Jackets. Dolmans and Cloaks from 75 cents up. Large Hue!
Ladies Shawls in breakfast and shoulder Shawls at 15 cents up.
la Osr Grocery Beprtet ¥e Qir Tie Followim/
ranufatec
' Choicei
Good Chews
Store near tht
The Lenkv Places.
Ex-Governor Hagood expresses
opinion in yesterday’s News &
rier Glut thare is no further rootv
reform in the Executive Department
• >f the Htate Goverimient, hut tliat the
Lunatic Asylum and Peuitentiary T are
full of leaks, and that the county ex
penses are altogether too great. Gov
ernor Hagood is right, and if our Leg
islature had devoted a fraction of the
attention wasted at their last session
>11 local legislation and the impracti
cable plans of the Tillman agitators
to an examination of these important
matters, tens of thousands of dollafs
might have been saved to the ytate.
I’heir efforts at economy were of less
value than the pairings of a spoilt
cheese, for in most cases they were not
vorth the time consumed in their dis-
•ussion. Mr. O. C. Jordan, of Aiken,
•\ as right when in a moment of dis-
'Ust during the course of one of these
cheese pairing debates, ho said: ‘‘Tlie
greatest stroke of economy to the
■state that the Legislature can make,
vouhl be to pa-s the appropriation
ill] and adjourn, as there lias n >t been
i single bill of general interest intro-
lue»*d, nor is it probable that there will
lie.” it would have been weii for t
state if this .';d vico hud been lu
iut the session was spun
i-iiial length, and notlisi
tecomnlished.
Monday, Jan. 3.
P. Ale:
onday January 3rd, C
eu.
der was elected President
of the Georgia Central Railroad. The
voie stood: Alexander, 41,650; Raoul,
,7,715.
Kit Lan'nam, a negro was found
dvad io a ditch on the suburbs of
Augusta la>t week, where it is sup
posed h* fell while drunk, and fr< ee
to death. When the body was found
it had been mutilated by rats.
Sixteen colored families left the Air
Line depot Monday for Texas and
nine for Arkansas. There was a
large crowd and they were packed
around the stove in the waiting room
like sardines.—Carolina Sparlan.
The General Assembly has conven
ed, held its session, transacted
business, and then dissolved. Ga
1 Lings were expected from
nothing in particular, above,
sessions, was realized.
ntd Muimlainrcr.
"witl
‘Then 1 shall have th _
taken by commission,”
swered ids hotior.
“But all of them are’
small-pox,” said the
youih. ^
‘■'.ii that ea«e tlie post)
granted,” calmly replied]
Judge Fullerton was 1
hadn’t heard that his wij
Miiilering from small-p<i
some were in sight, sniilt
fellows; but rather thaui
terprising assistant sei{
walked away. Afierwar
lerton asked him to exp
this answer: “i though
the ease to go over, anil
Insolvej
Mr. T J. La
Mims h ive
nusines-
his d
on
tlai
t he Cotton V C
CL
Mr. W. J.
ie M trioi
„ improve
)u of live stock
01 the beneficial effect;
the stock law. South Carolim
cannot be considered an unprogress
j\v State when at one fair there cai
tie exhibited 688 thoroughbred ani
inals, ranging from cows to goats, at
u.f which are raiseil inSouth Carolina
lar are owned here, except some twen
Devon and DurhaTii cattle
dch came from Virginia and othe.
ites.
1 lie exhibit of Die mineral resource'
Kouth Carolina will astonish Bonn
■ir friends and admirers. Gold 1
“its for comparatively little wit!
tut we have the phosphate depo.-:
hich are more precious than
k und which yielded last yea:
tons, which sold, it is safe ti
at least $2,000,000. Then, too
e the big marl beds, an iuex-
le supply’ of kaolin, plenty oi
land a store of granite of tin
Equality and incomparabli
l is this not enough to temp?
Irn immigrant* to come t.>
■skirolina ?
lis complaLit on all sides thai
tulturul interests—the bon
\y of the State—are in a bj
■’ perhaps the in format j
tow published will sho\
in for it. It is shown*
[hat South Carolinai
i year 38,430,425 pouii
hich was m ule i m
It it at six cents
|ost was over $j|
lina imported IRil
t hels of grain
leal, together \\|
?:as and 19,300,]
k ~ pro vis i
pss, but
:r»* s ije d
Tlie C<>!»
The d*»foat o(
•ppropriation
he legislaturj
nistake. W*
visdoni ot tli
his.work.
more tlian,
>or in dei
looks verj
ravignj
dd, au«j
o go tv
ould
’he
turej
eal