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f MVX I. Aj«brr;n.;» r on,,,.nyx . ■ »• . . " _ <•••■»•. »n. under > ' W i h :» 3—■■cam r ( ai;;fn. s. »u.\ V !' : un*ief v.iiih :i( <i (J 1.'.. *-» .•toil-:*, >»- •4a f»j i ■fc.r f O**, t . * ■ At % flA ' .vtlvjpflsvn^ —Onf- (Kinar**, r:r“ innrv * . M 'r . *Ach >uL ■"T.ien* j".—.i-inr. 6J ct-xils. . 'a;>.s .t rt^uler rules of v W. ! i. r c *r .ui.er. r. •**■• . Veu iani Coui.cr J< *« I i* . ?. '•Q'.wV’ l ^on'erxis. \ \ -' ti 9\ . FtmIaI'. it at:«I u f a ilockboi'ler; gtin'.zed f y the clcc.iixn tl. •!! tied t'l. i:;n i Mi o / ta.ten fin If.' t'lT fonicmnicu-. . the true ! 1 To C'. rro-3j»miIr:t>t* —. tions imu; Lo «t»airnt>anic<t 1»j itzjc^n *ml A.ddr?si of tu«» order t; rYtLive Ec.'ectsa cjrurr.ucic&- %'** w',2 nf r br pei.u'n*i —lie--, irruiyi lor stHW, tCfU.f-?ar. pr.cioird- Ing <iir^ U *•.r*: Ge:i <*. I. \V »V. D.r.vso . >!- }j C r »|f3Wi.*ll,Oeo. H'ldnlfjh Beigllriy, «ui J .'vir Hemy A M. ImftJj At u liieorii.? if thr'ii.'i*";;:! if ?:, ’vv.iker “*»i« s»!ect- c-<t Pre?. tent, i*» t .Mi C<>g«w>l! Tri-n.'V aror. Tlif- bujineis ',vUi l>.* eonduetfi at the c»M -thuiI of Walker I'.vftua nu<1 C'Jjfi veil, r.t No 3 and •*. P.mad stre t. au l ll7 Buy street. Charleston, S. t;. ! there; ro, 11 ■ . • '. • i , to The Augusta rilMV Th<>Cfttzetii <•! Aiken, smtaln »ueh friendly *tu*l intir.’iati* tiuain.-s^ rc-‘ latlons with the city of Augn-ta. ihal , Jill will regret to know t|*:U «>n Mr. <\ll)ert lllals.Jell, a eomjietent R^tunhiy n't nhout hnlf past M,, veti contractor anil engineer, who some o’clock in th«* evening, a lire hr6Ue out ; time ago exeeiiteil \\ ork for the (»rnn- at the Masonic The lire, an i before j i leV iHc M:miifa« turlug Company. Is lh** flames were subdued destroyed |), t . rt ,| >a j r ^ Bldl Upwards of two hundred thousand 1 dollars worth of property. The losaes are, Masunlu Theatre, iS3,- 030, < Jiobn Hotel GU, 000. Daily it Aruixlroug t-M.OOO. Bailie A. tbiukcry ^JO.ogo, Johu iJoseht-rN o. K. ciofhing stpre |7,000. IN J .icb-elnT, fish dnuler ^.',00, J. II. While «!' C*> , ••hoe and clothing store's $2-7,01)0, Ben Sul) At Co., $4‘*0, i.. IN Doolittle, IcHsec uf Globe Hotel f2,00d. The ahoye, a- near as we can learn, i>: the total lo-s. Tihouf two third - *‘»f wljlcl) wnseo\er« - d by Insurant^', t hiu is a large lo-«, but we have no duitht '.hat «»ur epter- (•rising neighhora will soon rebuild finer building- than those de->trove<i. Augusta now has the opportunity o: building, in the very Last location, a fine hotel, that will he- an ornament and advertisement to the city. Our COteinpovary of the Chr<,niclc had a tdose shave, hut we are happy to stale name out uii light. Much sutUtaction la felt in A.ken that the popular and reliable house of Daily A Armstrong were well insured, although, no doubt their losses arc heavy, as they carried one of the most elegant stocks of dr\ dry g >ods to be found anywhere in the South. The lo-9 of L. IN Doolittle Well knnwij in A'Uei) »t:i the populai proprittnr of the Augusta, and Glohf Ijotcls, is one thousand dollars more ;han his inaurauen |li Jess than a year from to-day, we expect fv. see the burnt district r.-huilt In a manner thut will constitute it the most attracii\e part of tiie fair city. During the progress of the lire the f dlowing dispatch was sent: The Muyrtr of .1 ugusta: Reg ter to hear of the fire which is flow raging in your city. Aiken grate- Jully remeinber’s Augusta’s oflera of niisi$t!*iice on a like occasion. and now heartily offers the use of her engine and fire department if needed. IN So.M^iut, Mayor of Aiken. The following answer was received ; AUOI’sTA, Ga., V'eh. 12, 1837. 7>, S'ojumcr, Mayor: Many thanks fur your kind o.Tcr. ’ i! “ J -- *"nl. ^ lip’s Church, Charleston, under tin* direction of Mr. \V. B W. Howe, J*., the arciiitect. WASHINGTON GIATCIt Tni-irt* T.cgislalion l*»»sipoticd in l':.- i r.i Kcs.^inij Vuioug Hie Near CushS- IHlit 1 os - Mjwciil»it ion as lo Itaili-uml Coni in issioub^s-Moi'i'ison and the Treasury Ilepariii.eiit -A Hill to < Itaiigo InMugiiratioii cJav to the 301 h of April. Correi'eondciu i; of iii<< Aikor, iiocordcr. Washington. Feb. !i, ISst. Ti)i* past Week in Congress has n<>t been one of great importance in legis lative matt* in. hu! both houses of Congi c-ff have iliseusseU rjuestjous of wide national interest, and (lie tran- . seeiident. ^iil jeet of tantl* legislation lias I •ecu sett hal. at hai.-u «o far as the action of 111c pn^uiif Congress is con- e» - rned. From the format eorrespon- denee bet w of mi Messrs, t.’.irlisle and Randall it is evident that th ? etlorts ! of lii >se w ho wish to reduce the reve nue v, ill be fu'.iic. Neitlu r party will e<»neede a point. ; and it is plain that their correspoii- 1 d'MfC )i:l s had for its object to fletlllC j the ai tilmlii of the respeeiive faction-. ' before ihe puldic, and was not written w iih the iiope of reaching a basis for tarirt’ legislation. j The r, legation <>f furilf U'gisjatInn to the luture brings up the (jnestion | of an e.\»n\ session of Congress. Idle j money is aceanmlating in the nation al coffer at the remarkable rate of 100. 000,003 n year, and the American voter, whether Democrat or Rcpiihli- , ean, does pot need to he a financier to i know that j; is p it business like to k ) trd s i in ich (lead oiipiral. An ex- tr . -e ■:-! n w.:l doiiiuiess l»e called— | pn-s My soon after t!ie adjournment ; of flu* p: esent Congress, hut it is Hie opinion in political circles that the .extra, session will not he convened 1 until the first of October. ! Then* is much speculation as to whom the President will appoint Railroad Commissioners under the provision of the Inter State Corn- tors. .u ryq. .iiiM for t xa'.io.i, ia'...tian and c impresulop tl.«t som.- repa .; teg, al Assemmy, or a v’cj.nt: of th?Jawby thie department. • tliCtj •i'M.Ui I be C«:, • Xh’rd - . T..2 Ciu : tll pP.ven iue 1 iw*t ot the State require all pi tptrty <m every deiHHiptipli. and hiving value, which is owned or eon - trolled on the fir.it day ..f January, lo he returned tor taxation; ami the only reason why these itemsuf cotton and other crops have not heietofore attracted atteiitiora, is because the . tax returns were always taken in May or June, w hen as a general rule they had all been disposed of. As a matter of law, how ever, thev have al ways been taxable, and if auditors | have not before required a ret urn of such property, w hen on baud, it U'm* i not ixcavr* the projx rt(j •■'Xf-mpt. i The duties of this denariuu in are en- , tirely niinirteriai, and its ofiivials are 9 G W J N v-> F tit-ij fct.-s?a r tii I uf-rrly pr«Atr^le* yee £,(M M ! ' I y ^ Resist raiion Xot!cc. ? at my office the first ii. e ,- ery tnonth for tin ‘g.-tering tho-e eitixens CJ I - r-. m ! J| wm liftliiWs TH^ c ' BEST TONIC e ‘•trengilierj tbo yia-;cte8, Sl^adieo ttie N«-re* t rnrteTes the BlooU, Gives New Vlzot> Vp. J. L. Mmm F.nrSelu, loira, sijf: . " Brown's Iron Bitters is tho l*s*. troi. reedieins t hsTe kr.o'.rn in my T.0 years' prai-tice. I Lave found it sf<?i lally l«noticial in nervous or pliysica] eibatution, »nd in a!! d-bilit-tinu eilnuntn tbit bear ao uw-Tiiy cn the system. U e it freely in my own t-'«. *$ :.!u. V.'. r itttoms, LG Mein St , Corlngt. n. K>\, rsjs: -, 1 v .vj coni;i>tely broken down In 1 e-5lh mid limMed with pains in my back, firowa's 1:‘ U Bitters entirely rtston d me ta health.” Crnaine has thovoTrade Mark end c-of-o-d rrd lines cn wrapper. Tnl.c* no other. Med* t.nly by ItltUWN VI-K.’dlt Ah < C., ISAhl lMOUK, 3il». William Turnbull f.aicri n~ Str< ef, Aiken, S. C. bound to carry out the mwe ttii they are construed by the proper authori ty, without any question as to their! justice. That cotton, com and other r PHE public are invited to inspect crops, are as much property as mules . my stock <>f and stock, and, as sucu, as liable to! taxation under the law, 1 do not i tljillk admits of a doubt : an 1 that W ‘“ V,iV,Xi J. aiaiaa-aj a xl,J ^ r-air.r_iUj the wa- tlu intention of tin ir Jaw ; which 1 am selling at rook bottom makers is confirmed by the tact, that prices. 1 buy lione but the best and in Sec. iGhoftlic G mi. Stats, the ex-* 1 iell us fdicnp as tlie cheapest, emptioii ot “articles ot «'ih%i-touce” is j Canned Goods in great variety and WILL b A. - Monday purpose of r who have coni" of age since the la-t elect jou, and to attend to other ofllcual business. WALTER ASHLEY, Snpcrti or of Regis •ration for Aiken Con nty. "litsSpALE” O TATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.> v * County of Aiken. > Common* Pi.i.as. L F. Dicks, n c . Administrator of .Tn«. L'jclis, deceased •vssignee of F. \V. Wagner Co , Plaintifle, against W. E. Hniikhiflnn and A.N. Ilr.nkin- ( soil. Defendants. Forcelnnurc of Mortgage, P URSUANT to a decree in the above cause I will sell at Aiken, ! S. C\, in front <>f the Court Hcuse, on j | the 7th day of March, 1887, within the j legal hours of sale, the following de» ; scribed property, to wit: All that certain piece, parcel or tract j of land situate in the county of Aiken ! and State of South Carolina, near the 1 Upper Three Runs, containing two; ‘ hundred acres, more or less, adjoining tire lands of Wesley Johnson, D. H. ; Cioidand. Jurrvtt Scott and M. Hank- ! insuii, Trustee of Sarah L. Hankinson. Terms of Sale (.'ash. Burehaser to pay for Deed. W. W. WILLIAMS, Master. February 10, 1887. Save Your looney and Shop By Mail Professional Advertisements. sarar« I) 8. Hn.s!>Kitsox. E. P. Henderson. Henderson Brothers, Attohxkys at Law, Aiken, 8. C. Will pr.ietice in the State and United States Courts for South Ca.o- Hna. PronTpt attention given to col lections. av*. r- i*c.vg. cmiu:^ss.u. 2S7 KING STRET, CHARLESTON. S. C., - (Opposite Masonic Temple Jam: s Aldrich. Walter Ashley. Aldrich & Ashley, Attouneys at Law, Aiken , S. C. Practice in the State and United •rates Courts for South Carolina. 0. C. Jordan, Great Special Attoknky at Law, Aiken. S. fifiOO Pieces of R X. X. Stiver Pltiteii Flatware. «&e., Jte. : O: 5,000 pieces of Rogers A. A. SILVER-PLATED FLATWARE, bought an immense reduction from regular prices, to close out certain pattern which they are not going to make again, and which I am selling at the following prices; Haviland Stevenson, i 1 Attorney at Law, Aiken, S. C. Special attention given to Coliec- i tion. My Price. 250 sets Tenspooiu $1 25 125 sets Tablespoons 2 50 150sets Table Forks 2 50 Dessert Forks 2 25 1 _ - t I » “ Dessert Spoons 2 25 100 Soup Ladles, each 2 00 UK) Oyster Ladles 1 50 100 Gravy Ladles 00 100 Kish Knives- 2 00 100 Cake Knives 2 00 100 Pic Knives 2 00 Regular! | My Price. Price. $2 00 ;100 Crumb Scrapers 2 00 4 00 250 Sugar Shells 4‘» 4 00 500 Rutter Knives 45 0 75 100 Pickle Forks 45 3 75 1100 Oyster Forks 45 4 00 250 Salt Spoons 25 3 00 250 Mustard Spoons 35 2 00 500 Nut Picks IS 4 00 ! 500 Fruit Knives 25 4 OOj i 50 doz t’ble k’ves.doz 3 5t) John Gary Evans, Attorn ey-at-Law. Regular I Price. 4 50] 1 00- ] On! Will ]iraclice in the Counties of 1 on Aiken, Edgefield and Barnwell. 1 oo ; 75 (Quitman Davis, ro Attorney at Law, Aiken, S. C. 3 75 ■ M’ill practice in the Courts of this limited to $10). At tile ree.uit session | from the of the General A iv. a •ill was in trod need m exempt from taxation all yott »n on hand on fir-r Janitarv. Iu*»t Ipaises. WM. TURNBULL. i >. * l.nii — 1 * >wed ranch of the ’rops a- t ixa- The introduetio.i of that the legislative (lovcrnnient jegar led hie, and i!e defeat, wi»h very litth oppositou. nliowetl that it did not consider them entitled to exemption. It is plain, then, that the circular from this office, instructing Auditors as to their duty in this matter, em bodied no new principal <d law whtit- I ever, but simply directed their atteu- i tion to specific items, whieh, from a j change in the time of taking returns. ) are brought m uv prouiiiu nl ly into A|)3)Hcutioii for ( hartor. i i notice. i Tnis eirenlar is issiieil in the belief, j that when the law is understood, and 1 the fact that the Auditor K hut acting j in discharge of the duty imposed on ! him, all complaint on tho subject will j IlIIRTY days after date I In 1 under signed will apply to W. 31. .Jor- ( | dan, Clerk of the Court for Aiken | county, for a charter of incorporation | for themselves and successors, under j | the name and style of “Sons and ! Da lighters of Zion,” of Beech Island, j ! Aiken county, S C , in accordance j . with the requirement of the Statutes : of South Carolina. CYRUS WATKINS, ANNA WATKINS, JOHN L. BRUCE, S. P. COHEN, PERRY COOK, A I. LEX WILLI A M SON. BEN LARK. February 8. 1887.-R U1111 1 U LLlliLJl STATE OF • SOUTH CAROLINA, County of Aiken. T. G. Croft, Plaintiff, against John I). Cummings and I). Cum mings, Defendants. Warrant of Seizure 4 00, loOdoz I’hlelv’vcs 2 00 .. r ,. , » -n, , .. . . i i Circuit, specia attention given to x lie above Goods are the very best quality of Silver, plated on Xiekle Silver, | 0o ij ec tioii8 and are perfect in every respect, and only sold at these Low Prices in order to close the entire lot out quickly. Every piece is warranted to wear from five to ten years constant use in any family, it properly used. £3sTSeiid for Catalogue, giving prices of Watches, Jewelry and other i pilverwiue, and buy where you get the best value for the Cash Money, JNO. McELREE, Proprietor. Etlw. J. Dickerson, Attorney-at-Law, Aiken, S. C. the Courts of Will practice in all this Suite T SI E X-x ^ IFL (3- IE S T Dr. J. H. Burnett, Dentist. B cease, W. E. SroNi y, Co M pt i:o i, 1.1: it G e N i: r a K. SOME OF THE OI.|» SOUTH t.Id’T. What it Jfartherii Itiziit of M'oi Homes. From the X- soi- Says ol The LPToiu! Theii - tv or:, Sta, Last November Dr. Ford, 'a highly respectable physician of Shreveport, La., shot and killed in New Orleans a drug clerk named Kirkpatrick. Ford had tljv- host of evidence that the other had trilled with the honor uf Mn. Ford, h'.s wife, who was a woman < f inerce bill. Many have called them- j weak intellect. He was held for trial STRIPS, and all kinds selves to Washington, hutonly fi ve on the charge of murder and entered « »nr.Tw-<ri c ut heolioscn. The President is very | pl«‘a of “not girilty.” SiWi EE GltOt EHI ES, The ease came up for * ' ' ' > seizure to me directed and now on file in my office I will sell at Capt. A. S. Seigler’s place, in said county, joii Thursday, the 24th dav of Febru- ; ary, A. 1). 1887, within the legal hours | for Sheriff”** sales, the following per- i sonal property, levied upon as tiie | property of the above named defend- ! ants, to wit ; 50 bushels of corn, more or Jess. 5‘J bushels of cotton seed, more or less. 800 pounds fodder, more or less. } 'Terms of .dale Cash. M. T. HOLLEY. SlierifiT Aiken County. February 9, 1887. S T AT E O F SOUTH C A RO L IN A ? County of Aiken. f By John T. Gaston, Esq,, Probate J udge, ! Whereas, Anna Fallaw hafli made j suit tome to grant her Letters of Ad- [ ministration of the estate of G. W. j Fallaw, deceased. • Choice White and Mixed CORN. ; These are, therefore, to cite and ad- Fino Eastern IRISH POTATOES. I monish all and singular the kindred New Crop Cuba MOLASSES. } and creditors of the said G. W. Fallaw D. S. SIDES, SHOULDERS and that they be and appear before me in | the Court of Probate to lie held at j Aiken, S, C., on Friday, 25th of ifafjf H SiVHTH^ CRANE, IVilOLES.lLF, GROCERS, 803 Broad Street, Augusta, Gr, bullion to the following: East Proof Oats, Expressly for seed. Chill a Prime AND Most Complete Establishment South. ESTABLISHED IS 13 GEO. S. HACKER & SON, Office and Warerooms, King, opposite Cannon Street, CHARLESTON, S. C. Manufacturers of DOOltS, SASH, BLFXDS, Mouldings and Building Materials. OFKICE AT- Graniteville, Aiken County, S. 0. Dr. B. H. Teague, Dentist. on- Richland Avenue, Aiken, S. C. Dr.W B Courtney, Dentist. -OEFICE- a OFFICIAL ANALYSES PROVE OUR GOODS THE IR G UA RA X TEE. ’ ’ TO BE ABOVE Richland Avenue, Aiken, S. 0. Next door to Henry Busch & Co. PJOWE OF THE GOODS -OF THK- tria! in New We have fire under control. Opera i.:.: House, Masonic Turn pin and Glob* w | 10 j|y much harassed with the importu nities of applicants, many of whom ( Orleans on Tuesday, when the prison-j arc men of such influence and dis-i er’s counsel addressed the court as fol- 1 which thev offer at lowest prices. that their suits ignored. Mr. Hotel and part of Central Hotel gone. ( , nil , ltl ess regrets that If wc should need you we will call on you. II. M. Y'ouno, Chief Engineer. An Impx^etnyxt Yolo, vission that this commission should i be c!i< eon under civil service ) u os j and by cmnpetativc examination. It ha* beet) said that Colonel Morri- President Cleveland has perfoimed ; s, ’ n * ,i,K * ,een “fieiod the cligirinaiiship ... . . . . .. . ‘of the commission, also that he has a righteous act in vetoing the act eu- ; bl . ( . n ofll . rei , tho Seeretarvship of the titled “An act f>>r tin. relief of depend-: Treasury Department, which Mr. cut imrentii aiitl honorably discharged; Manning is expected to resign in the soldiers and sailors who are now <3js- ! c: * r Lv s i’ ! *ng. Many other things are can not he (lows: Cleveland | i uuiiin jv>* rrgreii, i■ mt Congress in I - . t pa. sing the bill did not make a pro- ! interference in his domestic: relations. “The accused, a gentleman by nature 1 ft I [{ PM I MMY jj I ||T^ and education, slew the deceased for I I 11 I i ■ vJ 1 B He attempts no <letii;il of the facts, but declines to protect himself by a AIKEN, S. C. defence whiob would expose to public [FRANK H, CURTIS;3, Pl’e&Meilt, censure (he mother of bis children. Therefore, through his counsel, he now a-ka leave of the (.’ourt to wiilidraw ids pica of not guilty, heretofore made, anti pleads guilty of inanslaiigliter.” February, 1887, at 11 o’clock in tiie! • forenoon, to show cause, if any they j 1 have, why the said administration i should not be granted. Given under my hand this 7fh day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eigh tv-seven. [sea A] JOHN T. GASTON, Probate Judge of Aiken County. February 7, 1887. 1 v : - 1 p t the higher edtiea-! ^TATF. OF SOUTH CAROLINA I 'The Crescent City at year is en fete, crowded this time of with the best * < LA tion of young ladies and ruling i I gentlemen. Course of study thorough 1 j and exhaustive, covering a period ot By John T. G vstox, Esq., Probate, County of Aiken. 1 aided and dependent upon their own labor for support.” His veto is an nounced in a message bristling with incontrovertible facts and figures as tiie basis of his veto. This act pro vided pensions for persons who never j from kyperbrrri"in?oiirtTfof March to received an injury of any kind in , the Madrigal thirtieth of April. There service and to others who never even | ,ln t less than one hundred smelt gunpowder, The act eonte.n-1 the wi|h Pre><k|entiaI plated nothing Jess than ft wholesale i l o’s buzzing in their bonnets. T said and denied, but they have no denser ccnsistcney than rumor and I will not repeat them. Notwithstanding the closeness of the final hour of this session it is be lieved by many that Congress will j c ition, implied lather than expressed people of the South, and withjsight- seersand tourists from all parts of the country. The case drew to the court room an influential and deeply inter esteti assembly. The plea of justif:- eight years wxchisive of collegiate i course of f nirye us. Each department | complete in itself—Primary, Inter-! mediate, Grammar. Preparatory Aea- .1 lldge WANDO PHOSPHATE COMPANY LAVE EVER BEEN ITALICIZED BY' THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AT COLUMBIA. YVa ml o Ammonia ted Fertilizer, Acid Phosphate, Dissolved Bone, Kainit, &c. FOR BALE BY' B. HACKER. Dr. Z. A. Smith PRACTICING PHY SICIAN, VAUCLUSE, - - - S. C. £3rOffice near Depot. 2!TATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA? s pass a bill changing inauguration day o by Congress is a disgrace 1 ^y e,n * e . barelieauetl , * r,„ ' ‘ House to the capttol dy. The President’s nerve or ^ r . ir( . h is llot l an robbery or the national treasury its passage to I hat body in vetoing the act is all that has pre vented this gigantic iniquity from being fastened on the American peo ple. It is time that self-respecting manhood should conic to the aid of the average Congressman and cause him to remember his responsibility as nil honest, respectable citizen before yielding to the clamor of the lobby in behalf of these villainous pension jobs. North and South, Democrat and and them the vision of riding down the bareheaded from the White on a windv fourth by the learned counsel, spoke for til old spirit of Southern chivalry. It was a square issue of sentiment forced upon law, a fetich sot up against a fact. Had public opinion regenerate in so I many wise and useful directions, de generated on the subject of a wife’s honor? It was the old South against the new. Well, the District Attorney de- agreeable episode j nouneed the crime and—accepted the in thei. political air castles. They I plea. So far as woman’s virtue ami will form a powerful nucleus for the j the fcanotiiy of home are concerned the passage of the bill, and whatever mav I old order of things will obtain in the be their motive, the country and hu- j South. manity will be benefited if the pro-j We are in the habit, up north, of eon- posed bill becomes a law. Its passage [ deinuing when wo do not ridicule such must he in the nature of an amend-I lax and sentimental perversion oil ineut to the constitution, and there-j hiw at the Smith; but do we fore must be ratified by the legislative j keep mir homes any cleaner and our j assemblies of two-thirds of the States, women any purer then they do south ; Hence the importance of passing it I "f ihe Mason and Dixon line? Wei the present .session, in order that it | ape the English, who ape the French, | mav be in time to receive ratification j in our matrimonial amenities; but is | domic, Academic and Collegiate. HATES OF TUITION*. Pen Month. Primary. . Intermediate . . Grammar Prep. Academic,I Academi^, ) Collegiate German and French, each Instrumental Music i Spocial Drawimr Lessons ! Painting, Oil, Water Color, Chb na, Lustra . ....... For any desired information eon- Cerning catalogues, rates of board, or any other matters connected with the Institute address the President. A limited number of students de siring board may find a pleasant home in the familv ol the President. FRANK II. CURTISS, Feb I, 1887.-tf President. Whereas, W. M. Jordan, C. C. I\, hath made suit to mo to grant him Letters of Administration on the dere lict estate of W. S. Howard, Sr., de ceased. These arc, therefore, to cite and ad- $1 50' monish all and singular the kindred 2 50 I and creditors of the said W. S. How- o 00 ard, Sr., that thev be and appear be- , j fore me in the Court of Probate to be ** j held at Aiken, S. C., on Wednesday, 5 00*22(1 day of March, 1887, at 11 o’clock 1 00 I in the forenoon, to show cause, if any 2 50 * they have, why tiie said administra- 2 50 [ tion should not he granted. ! Given under my hand this 8th day of 2 50 j February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and oiglity-seveu. PRESIDENT AND GENERAL AGENT, 5 EXCHANGE STREET, REAR OF POST OFFICE, OXT-A-^-ILjESTOIsr, s. o. THE ASHEPGO PHOSPHATE CO. -MANX' FACTUItERS (>V- FERTILIZERS [sean. j JOHN T. GASTON. Probate Judge of Aiken County February 9. 1887.-01 S' SPRING - ura!K>n •f April, 18S9. ’The passage of siidi a bill would by of great benefit to tiie country, in | that it would protract the short* ses-j sion of Congress, which now a Ijourns ! on the Irh of March. The country lias grown so great, its interests have become s > complex. , that the limited legislative term, ap pointed by the founders, is now too brief. Of course it will be urged by j sonic smart and original people that \ Congress does more harm than good, j and that the sooner it adjourns the) better; but this talk is always shallow and Iniineere, and those best ac quainted with the legislative history of the country know that subjocts oi great national “pith and moment’ have suffered most from neglect or hasty legislation. In national polity the legislative function is not less important than the judicial and executive, and if it~ ... , and take ellbct w ith the i.nau Republican, ought with one accord to iof , he i> r o S idcnt on the 30th • rejoice that an honest man, who is not afraid to do what lie knows to be right, occupies the Presidential chair. If tiie Presideiit liad performed no other act of meritorious importance, this al one would be enough to stamp him as a statesman mid a pati iot worthy of the chb f magistracy of the greatest nation on earth. C- Hutson Retires Troll) tToiirnaUsni. Mr. .7. C. Hutson has disposed ofj Ida half iiit( p si in the AiUcr. JciM/uw) auif Review to Mrs. E. C. Legare, and the paper will hennefopth becondiicted j under tin- firm name of V. C. Uigon a Co. In the last issue of the Journal and Review the follow ing card ap-j peared: With tiiis issue Mr. John C. Hutson severs his connection with the Jour nal and Reviete to engage in a busi ness of a different nature. The long years of close association, common labor, hopes and fears in maintaining and advancing the standard <>f the Jiiurv r aJ. tod L> riete have but strength ened my high regard for him. I re gret »(# xever these ties, but Mr. Hut son beSiovew that he can better his fortunes ii* apother field of labor, and I cordially wish him abundant mic- cess. Capable, industrious, honorable and honored, lie is sure to make a suc cess of w batever he undertakes. L. C. Ln.nN. To Mr. Hutson we extend our best w’ishes for success in w hatever he un dertakes, and to the new firm of I.. C. Ligon cc Co. we extend a friendly greeting and trust that the relations between the Recorder and Journal and Review will ever be those of hon- orah}e rivalry, which is in no way an- tngnfiigth: t<» courtesy and personal kind feeiingor to a faillifui observance of tiie proprieties of journaiism. We are laborers in tiie same field and there is a pit > ty of useful work for us both. Mr. Chas. M. Dougia-*. of Columbia, lias been appointed bv tiie tiraiwl Wort by Patriarch of the Pons of.Tcm- j i*eranee as an organizer of new divis ion*. and he will accompany Mr. Cars- | well, tiie distinguished lecturer, on his t*dr ihrouvd the S’ote. the mart comphiisaut a iesis degrade figure than the husband with the shot gun? Is the divorce court to hello ’ only limit to human endurance ami ! shame? It cost L >rd Colin Campbell i $150,000 to prove himself a liar, and i Mrs. Druse i--1<> be hanged for killing a ! brute ol a husband. We confess we ! w on Id tie the lilond-staim d • person,nei shows more .igtpn amuses i and demagogues than th.t* other i branches of the government it is be- i cau-e it is far more nuinerons. PALMI.t-ro. AN HON’OK Foil HASKI.I.I, He i-> Made I'niied Slates Director of the Paeific Kailroud. W ash i xgTon, February 9.—The ad ministration eontinues to show« r its fatorson South Carolinians, the latest beneficiary being Judge A. C. Haskell, «>i Columbia, who ha- been s dected as one of the I’pited States Directors for ! the Pacific Railroad Company. He ■ was emk.ricd by the entire South Carolina delegation, and at one time was prominently mentioned for a conptijssioiiershii> under the provis ions of the inter-Stato commerce bill. There -oetiis to be no question about l.is appointment, as the President has informed member* of the South Caro lina delegation ri:at he has selected Judge Haskell, jjiid Se' ivtary Lamar says lie lias directed ilic appointment papers to lie prepared. South. Carolinians continue to come forward and present their ciain s* f r recognition on the Inter-State t um- merce Counnission, but there seems tob»' but iitfle prospect of one of the live rich piuins coming our way, : t least that rs li.e impression of the «>>utit Carolina (’ongre.-smen, Be sides, if tiie President should • verit- uaily lurn. to our State for one or tlur eommissioners, lie would probal iy scr bet ex-Co.’eruor lloiiham, who has been strongly endorsed by the entire delegation and other prominent in n in the 'Rate. w idow than the low-lived nobleman. No wonder our .Southern friends • were anxious as to th** decision of that ! District Attorney in New Orlcejis. So | long as the sentiment prevail- that j doles out death for dishonor the South J "ill never be overrun with cads and har’ota. Twenty-one clerks in the War De- pan meat leave been reported to the ! Secretary of War as incompetent, in- clfieient or irregular in the perform ance of their duties, and will probably be dismissed. The Secretary has di rected the discharge of a clerk in the Adjutant General’s oflfiee who refused to perform extra duty after hours sis requested. A sallow complexion is indmat ivi of worms. A few doses of Shriner’s In dian Vermifuge will destroy them and give a Lri picxion. A New and Elegant Line of JUST OPENED. ! StMTSiickvrs, Ginghams, Soudan Cloths. Fall sarjy and get first selection. JTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA/ County of Aiken, f By Jouv T. Gaston, Esq., Probate | Judge, AViiereas, W. M. Jordan. C. C. P., i j liath made suit to me to grant him | Letter-of Administration on the dere- j j liet Estate of Jesse K Evans,deceased, i I These are, therefore, to cite'and ad- i j moni-h all and siuguiar the kindred 1 and creditors of the said Jesse j K, Evans, that they be and appear; j before me in the ( ourt of Probate to i ; lie held at Aiken, S. on Monday. , i 14th day of March, 1RS7, at 11 o’clock I in tiie j.ii-enooi), lo .siiow cause, if any j ! they have, w hy the said adininistra-I ! tion shoitid not be graiited. * Given under my hand this 28th day of 1 January, in the vear of our Lord one thou-a.el eight hundred and I eighty-seven. j 's ea n John t. g a ston , Probate J udge Aiken County. GENERAL AGENTS, Centra! Wharf, : Charleston, S. C. ^TATEOF SOUTH CAROLINA,/ BvJohn Fu; M Y (i ASTON, .1 udge. )i Aiken. \ Esq., Probate ;bt liealthv eoni- AT YOUR OWN PRICE. 1 g >od buggy or saddle Horse, 2 setts i Harness, 1 New Homo i-ewing Ma chine, 1 Top Buggy, 1 Parlor Suite. 1 Spring Wagon, 1 Cooking Stove, and other household furniture. Apply toT. JEFF NORTON, at F. Ij. Henderson's, or at cottage near Mr. Beekmaa’s. , Those thing:, tnurf l.e sold within tiie nevt ley,- hays, as 1 h ive accepted iasititarioii eisewhere and will leave as soon as tliesotilings arc dispose.: of. » I also beg to announce that during {he -ame time I will otter unhrar'I-of bargain- in new Furniture at tiiesiore. (Terms to suit you. feb{5-tf Annual Upturns. V D MIY I ST R A TORS. E x ec u t o rs. Committees and Guardians will please make their annual returns. Please be prompt in the matter. All parties failing to make their returns in time requirtd 1 y law will be dealt with according to law. JOHN T. GASTON, Judge Probate Aiken County. January 25,1887.—4t Wit UR LAS John Browne hath made! suit to me to grant him letters of Ad- 1 ministration on the Estate of Martha i . ; Browne, deceased. E* r > b ■ i These are, therefore, to cite and ad- • F« Hena^rson. mo ; , ’ sh i 1 * 1 aM( ‘ ^kindred ! I and creditors of the said Martha ! Brow ne that they be and appear before i j me in the Court of Probate to he held i at Aiken, K. (’., on Thursday, 17th day ( of February. 1887, at 11 o’clock in the ! I forenoon, to show cause, if any they ! I have, why the said administration I should not he granted, i Given under my hand this 28th day i of January, in the vear of our Lord ; s HORSE AND CATTLE POWDER.** 'FOUTZ ' ,L > Ho HnftsB w*ll fik- of roT.nj. r.m* or Lcno Fe- rru. if Font*** l*ow«>r» nre i..»el in tin n. FouTi’* I'owiiors » c. r.’r ■ :;n<1 prevent gejo ' not efa . Foutz*s Powder* will prevent Gamcs ik Fowl.*. Foutz’s f\»v.ln.-s will iner.-1-e tl** Mi r.nct'' of lull;: and cream twenty per con;., eu l Diafe. 1 U»o cotter Srm end Fouirw Powders wj’i cure or prevent aim o't evkp.t Dis.Asn to wl.ii h :.n-t (dittleare vjliVct. IdCTZ’s UuwnxBS will Givr tATierxcTiox. SoW everywncre. DAVID E. FOUTZ, Proprietor, BADTIHORE. MD. For sal** by W. J. Platt A Co. \Y. V. T- t*. Notice is hereby given lo the mem bers of the Women's Christian Tem perance Union, that meetings will hereafter he held on the first Thursday in every mouth at the Baptist church at 4 o'clock ill the aftortioon. (.'ounty of Aiken. In the Probate Coukt. Summons. To Henry Da Vore, Heir-ai-Law of Lewis Johnson, Deceased: George W. taylor, Adininistra, hr of the estate of Lewis Johnson, deceased, Plaintiff, agains) Henry i k Vore, Defendant. You are hereqy required to appear at i lie Cut of Probate, to be liohlen a Aiken Court House for Aiken Comity on tiie twenty-eighth (28) dav of Feb ruary. A. D., 1887, to sho.w cause if any. if you can, why the proceeds of the sale of real estate of Lewis John son, deceased, sold by me. should not be paid over to George W. Taylor, Administrator of said Lewis Johnson, to be applied by him to the payment of the debts of said Lew is Johnson. Given undor my hand and seal this tenth (10) duv of January, A. D., 1887. [seal.] JOHN T. GASTON, Probate Judge Aiken Co., H. C. Jam 12-0t. ■ ASSESSMENT NOTICE. SOUTH CAROLI NA, 3 Aiken County—Auditor’s Off. Aiken, C. H.,December 1st, 1880,) ’VJ OTICE is hereby given, that pur -a-x suunt to an Act of the General Assembly, approved December 24th, 1884, entitled “An Act to change the time for listing property for luxation,” the books will be open for the purpose of receiving Tax Returns for the fiscal year 1886, from January 1st, 1887, to February 20th, 1887. The law requires that all persons owning Real or Personal property, or in any w ise having charge or control of such property, either as agent, hus band, guardian, father, trustee, execu- ! tor, administrator, etc., to return the | same to the Auditor of the County in whieh such property is situated, un- | >ler oath and within the time prescrib ed by law. Section 177 G. S. provides i the manner and forms for merchant’s returns, and Section 215 requires tho j Auditor to add 50 per cent, to the | property valuation of all persons who ; fail to make their returns within the A-hopno Dissolved Bone, with Ammonia and Potash, t rue prescribed by law. I Don t send your returns by anyone Ashepoo Acid Pho-q.hate, Palmetto Acid Phosphate, Eutaw Acid Phosphate. ! else, hut come yourself. Ail returns sent through the mail must he sworn to before some officer qualified to administer sucli affidavit, | made out on a proper blank, ami sent I at tax-payer’s risk. Persons owning no property must return their Poll Tax to me or a pen- ! ally w ill iF.facli lor no return. You will meet at the place appoint- ! ed for your township. The Auditor ot ins deputy will beat _ the following places at the time speci fied to receive Tax Returns of Real ' and Personal Property : The Books will open at 9 a. tn. and be closed at 3:30 p. tn. at each Pre cinct excepting at Kitcking's Mill, Wilson GunterV and W. C. Pages, when they will cioso at 2:30 p. m., Sun time: ! Aiken Court House February 5th to ! February 20th. 1887, Inclusive. DAVE H. WISE, Auditor Aiken Couny. JamesA.Stothart, GRANITEVILLE, - S. C. HEALER IN DRUGS. CHEMICALS PERFUM ERIES, TOILET SOAPS, HAIR BRUSHES AND CIGARS. S 1 EAMSHIl qq, e stock j H frequently replenished / tso that they are always fresh. Our f*”N-TT"T”l~\r‘ g*—\nrrs f1"“*—FY/FTTOT” A : price* are reasonable, and we will be Y—s —! 1— JL V—x .. 1—i JLa/X__CJJ glad not only to serve our friends of Grauiteville, but <»f the entire sur- CAPT. I. Mi KEE. ' rounding Country. James A. Stotliart. Ashepoo Fertilizer, Eutaw Fertilizer, Comassie Fertilizer. Carolina Fertilizer, Ashepoo Wheat and Oats Specific, -DEALERS IN- Gotten Seed liiteal, Ashepoo Floats ASHEPOO ASH ELEMENT. Importers of German Kainit, Ashepoo Bone Ash. NEW YORK AND CHARLESTON STEAMSHIP COMPANY. STEAMSHIP OIT-^r CAPT. R. w. LOCKWOOD. one thousand eigiit hundred and eight v-seven f s ba l j J O H N T. (i ASTO N, Probate Judge Aiken County, i MORTGAGEE'S SALE. ! Y virtu ne of :• certain mortgage ^ -J executed by W. G. Weather-bee j to the Ames Iron Works for the sum of $137.09. dated September 17th, 1880, i and w litivas, tiie saino U now past ! due, and delimit in the pay me;: t there- ‘ of having been made, I w ill .-ell at tiie ! premises of said W, G. Weathersbee, i in the county of Aiken and State of' WEEKLV mi NEW YORK FROM fHARLESTON. ’Iimtpps and T»*appei>i. Send fi/r Price IJst of Raw Fur and Skins, Pinnies and Bird Skin-. W. GOULDSPEE, ‘ 3-5 Havershill St., 3-iu * Beaton, Mass. Um-lt; hours for Sheriff’s sales, the following property, described in said mortgage | as follows, to wit: One ten horse power Ames Standard Engine, with boiler and connections, f No. 5,ISO. M. T. HOLLEY, Sheriff Aiken County, Agent. Sheriff’s Office, Aiken, S. C..(, January 21st, 1887. ) Farm to Rent For 1887. T 1 FOR INFORMATION, PASSAGE, &c James Adger & Co APPLY TO feb8 ., Agents, CHARLESTON, S. C. (HE Bonnev farm 500 acres, more or less, with dwelling hottso and improvements near (be town of Aiken. Parties wishing to rent, may apply * to Mrs. H. C. Bonney at the place. Mra. H. C. Bonney, i , near Aiken, S. C*