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the An nun. AIKEN, S. C., JUNE 21, 1889. Local Matters. Cant. J. W. Gary of Edgefield was in Aiken during the veek, attending Court. Miss Hattie Whaley, of Charleston, is in Aiken on a v it to her brother. Mr. John Whaley. Mr. John Klein, of Birmingham, is on a visit to his son, Mr. Charles W. Klein of Augusta. Mrs. Arthur P. Ford returned yes terday from Abbeville County, much improved by her trip. Mrs. Edward Lucas, with her chil dren, of Florence, is on a visit to her mother, Mrs. H. W. Ravenel. Col. Edward Croft, of Greenville, was in Aiken during the early part of the week, on a visit to his brothers. The President has appointed J. B. Carbell postmaster at Perry, in the place of Mrs. J. A. Dispenback, who resigned. Dr. and Mrs. W, H. Geddlnga left Aiken on Wednesday afternoon for the White Mountains, where they will spend the summer. The Misses Edgerton, of Charleston who have been oh a visit to the fami ly of the Rev. E. C. Edgerton, re turned home yesterday. Miss McLaws, who has been spend ing the season in Aiken at Miss Sedg wick’s, has returned to her home in Lincoln Countv, Georgia. The Augusta Evening News is a very readable paper, particularly so when it contains items from The Aiken Recorder published without credit. The Aiken Fire Engine Base Ball Club and the Langley Club plaved a game at the polo grounds on Wednes day afternoon. The game was won by Aiken with a score of 35 to 11. The entertainment given by Mrs. F. H. Curtiss on last Friday evening was a success in every respect. There was a good attendance and $25 were realized for the Conemaugh sufferers. James B. Bledsoe, a young man living in Ward’s Township, while cleaning a pistol on Wednesday, acci dentally shot himself through the arm below the elbow. The wound was only a flesh one and not serious. Mr. Clarence S. Wallace, who has been spending the winter and spring at Miss Sedgwick’s, left on Friday for Retreat, Haywood County, N. C., where he will remain awhile befoie going to the North. Confederate veterans will do well to remember that the Board of Pension Examiners will meet at the Court House in Aiken on the 1st of July to •consider applications for pensions from those who have not already ap plied. Capt. W. W. Williams has sent in his r<. dgnation of the captaincy of the Palmetto Rifles, and it has been accepted by the Governor. It is prob able that his successor will be elected at the regular meeting of the Com pany on the first proximo The Aiken Fire Company Base Ball Club has made arrangements for a match game with Club No. 2 of Charleston, to be played in that city on the 27th inst. The Charleston club will return the visit and play a game ■ »Ai ken some time In ‘ 1 v TJewmlTual coir’.n»iicems^t oxer- c'ses <Vf the Aiken n-ritute will.' be held this evening at c o’clock, at^the Lyceum Hall. Among ^ftthetr inter esting features oi occasion, will be addresses fr in Messrs. D. S. Hen- dej-fon andJobfa Gary Evans. Messrs. Wessels Bros, have now in place their new self-winding clock, which will show the standard time received daily from Washington. The wires have been adjusted, and an elec trical operator from Augusta will be over here in a day or two to complete the connection. The Richmond and Danville Rail way Company have commenced to run regular fruit trains from Augusta to th j Northern cit es. The cars are refrigerators and will afford every fa cility for the prompt and rapid trans portation of fruit. A train will leave Augusta every evening at 7 o’clock, except Sundays. Thomas R. Morgan Esq , delivered his first speech since his admission to the bar, in Court on Tuesday in de fence of file two negro lads Ben Cur ry and Buff Brown, on trial for arson. His speech was a thoughtful one, indicating a thorough comprehension of the case, and was delivered with that calmness and earnestness which are impressive on the hearers and give them confidence in the speaker. Dr. B. H. Teague has returned from his trip to Philadelphia and Boston, much improved in health by the re creation. It was his chance in going to cross the Potomac on the last train that crossed the river before the rail way communications were interrupt ed by the floods, and in returning to cross on the first train that was run after communications were restored, Mrs. Teague with her children has also returned from Edgefield. Our citize’ns will regret to learn that owing to the exhaustion of the appro priation of the Government for weather signals at small interior towns, the signals that haye been of so much convenience to Aiken have been discontinued. It is hoped, how ever, that by fall, or at all events by tin* next meeting of Congress, ar rangements will be made for their re sumption. The commencement sermon before the graduating class of the Aiken In stitute was delivered on Sunday morning in St. John’s Methodist Church by the Rev. W. M. Duncan. The sermon w as a very able and elo quent one, from the 105th verse of the 119th Psalm as the text. The church was very crowded, the Presbyterian and Baptist congregations uniting with Pie Methodist for the occasion. The Augusta Evening News says: Mr. St. Julian Yates, of Aiken, sub scribed $1,000 to the Masonic build ing, to be paid in brick, and the brick are being shipped. Several cars have' already arrived. The first installment of the* subscription to stock is being rapid!v paid in, \nd the building of a Masonic Tempi* is no longer “new s paper talk,” but a certainty. The building will be in the most business part of the town, and the stores will bring a good rent at any time. —The Augusta Chronicle says: Hon. A. P. Butler, Commissioner of Agriculture of South Curolina, has is sued a request for a convention of the commissioners of the cotton States to endorse the use of cotton bagging. AVhile agreeing with Commissioner Butler that cotton bagging ought to be used. Commissioner Henderson thinks such a convention would be fjiinuthorized. Commencement Exercises of the A - ken Institute. The exercises of the graduating class of the Aiken Institute will take place at the Lyceum Hall on Friday evening, June 21st, at 8 o’clock. All friends of education are most cordi ally invited to attend the exercises. Mrs. B. W. Hard’s School. We have the pleasure of acknowl edging the receipt of an invitation to attend the closing exercises of Mrs. Hard’s excellent school at Granite- ville this evening. The excellence of this school is well known, and the people of Graniteville are lortunate in having such an efficient and well conducted institution to which they can send their children. Assessed Value of Property In the County. , The State Board of Equalization has determined the assessed value of rail way property in the State. The value fixed for the railways in Aiken Coun ty is $952,865. This, together with the assessed value of all other real and personal property, makes the aggre gate of property in the County as sessed for taxation, $5,549,010. Fine Peaches. Some of the finest peaches that we have seen this season were from the farm of Mr. Wade Franklin, a few miles south of Aikvn. ..Here he has an an orchard of 2,000 young trees of the Amsden variety, of which about 100 are now in bearing. These peaches demonstrate that fine ripe peaches can be raised and marketed if only proper caie is used. Mr. Franklin ships them to Augusta, where he has sold a large quantity. A Beautiful Curtain. Mr. L. C. M Oli veras has had on exhibition at Mr, Robt. Po>' ell’sstore on Laurens street, the handsomest curtain for a folding door or portiere that has ever been seen in Aiken. It is one of a pair made of plush velvet and heavily embroidered in silk and chenille. The embroidery w r as done on an ordinary Davis sewing machine; and it is a revelation to most persons to learn that even the very best sew ing machine can do such work. Some time since, the makers of the Davis sewing machine worked four pairs of curtains similar to this for a wealthy man of New York and re ceived $6,000 for them. It will well repay any one to call at Mr. Powell’s and examine this beautiful work of art. Killing at Graniteville. A horrible killing took place at Graniteville on the evening of Satur day. It seems that two colored baseball clubs of Aiken and Graniteville had been playing a game during the after noon, and the Aiken players were winning, when Willis Curry began quarrelling with Robert Hobbs, who was not one of the players, and ac cused him (Hobbs) of unfairly taking sides. Finally about nine oclock he called him out of Mr. Gunter’s store, where he was night watchman, and began cursinp/him, and drew a knife with which he threatened to cut his throat. Hobbs then drew a pistol, and fired two shots, killing Curry in stantly. He spent the night out, and next morning came^ to AikjMMind delivered himsf?l‘ The Hamburg and Augusta Bridge. S The people'“bf Augusta are much exercised over the cost of the foot bridge across the Savannah river, as well as the delay iu its completion. Thus far there are only four spans up and seven more have to be built. The expense has steadily overrun the es timates as the months have rolled by. Now the engineer iu charge says that the crib piers that he has put up are not strong enough to withstand a freshet, and asks the Council of Au gusta for enough money to build rock or bripk piers inside of the wood en ones already up. The Council has therefore advertised for sealed propo sals for the building of such piers. Evidently some serious mistakes were made originally in the designs and estimates for this bridge, and, as the Evening News says, the Council seems to be in pretty deep water about this bridge matter, and at every meet ing gets into deeper. Arrested For Arson. Rudolph, Ernest and Paul Hersch, three Hungarians who have been liv ing at Beech Island were arrested eariy on Sunday morning by Sheriff Turner and brought to Aiken where they were lodged in jail. They are charged with being the incendiaries who set fire to Mr. Lamar’s barn on Saturday morning and caused its de struction. They had been on bad terms with Mr. Lamar for some time, had threatened him to his face and had been heard to make threats against him. It is stated that two of them were seen going away from the fire when it was first discovered by a negro woman and Mr. Landrum. And one of them is said to have con fessed that he saw the flame when it first appeared and was so small that it could easily have been extinguished. As will be seen b> the court proceed ings the grand jury has found a true bill against them for arson, and they will be tried at the next term of the Court. Heavy Loss by Fire. Mr. B. Dunbar Lamar, who plants the White House Place on Beech Island, met with a very disastrous loss by fire in the small hours of Sat urday morning. About 1 o’clock a. m. Mr. Landrum, who sleeps on his place, awoke and discovered that the large building comprising both barn and stables was on fire. The family and other persons on the place were aroused at once, and every effort was made to extinguish the flames and to save the animals. But the tire had made such great headway before it was discovered that not much could be done. In the stables were eighteen mules and three oxen, and a number of hogs, that could not be rescued, and their screams and bellowiugs were piteous to hear, as they were be ing burnt to death In addition to this heavy loss of work animals the barn contained about 250 bushels ot corn, 3,000 bushels of oats, and other forage, besides a large supply of valu able tools and other machinery used on the farm. There was some insurance on the building and animals, but only little compared to the value destroyed by the ffre. The barn was the largest and best built in Aiken County. Al together Mr. Lamar’s loss is a very heavv one, and particularly so coming at this season or the year. The cause of the fire is unknown, but supposed to be incendiary. Mole Strayed or Stolen. A small btoefk horse mule strayed or was stolen from the premises of Mr. Laurence Eubanks, about 12 miles south of Aiken, on lastTuesday night. Any information that will aid in his recovery will be thankfully received by Mr. Eubanks, who can ill afford to lose his only plow ahimal at this time. The Rev. Lucius Cuthbert preached the commencement sermon before the scholars of the Furman Institute in Greenville on last Sunday. The Greenville News says, “throughout the sermon of an hour’s duration the stillness was intense, every word of the eminent divine being distinctly audible in the most remote parts of the church. It was a powerful and strong appeal, spoken in a command ing style, the speaker showing extra ordinary power of oratory and deliv ery that was exceptionally graceful and attractive. There was something in the mobility of the face which re minded one of the greater actors, that conveyed with each word and sen tence peculiar emphasis and fervency, leaving with the hearer a feeling of elevation.” COURT IN CHARLESTON. Next Monday Appointed for the Trial of Hr. McDow for the Murder of Capt. Dawson. In the Court of General Sessions now sitting in Charleston, Judge Kershaw presiding, the grand iury returned a true bill on Monday against Dr. T. B. McDow for the murder of Captain F. W. Dawson in March last. McDow was arraigned and pleaded not guilty. Next Mondoy, June 24, was fixed for the trial. McDow is re presented by ex-Judge Magrath and Asher D. Cohen; the state by Solicitor Jervey, who will probably have as sistant counsel. Dr. McDow appeared in court in anew suit of clothes, clean shaven and, though looking a little haggard by reason of long confine ment iu jail, was cool and collected. IN MEMORIAM. Departed this life in Aiken, S. C., on the morning of the 14th of May, 1889, Miss Sarah Rogers, in the seventieth year of her age. Again are our hearts saddened by hearing of the departure of one who was intimately known to the writer of this brief tribute to her memory, since childhood. Her life was devoted to those around her. Possessed of a sweet unselfish spirit, she was always ready to minister to others, regardless of self. For many years she was a teacher of the young, and strove to give not only this world’s knowledge, but to iuspire them with noble thoughts and aims. She loved the Church of which she was for so many years a devoted and consistent member, and attended Its services with pleasure, until fail ing health obliged her to hold com munion with her Saviour at home. Then with a meek and submissive spirit she bowed to His will, as she had done under all her other trials and afflictions, having a loving, trust- tul faith in Him who she knew did all things well. The last years of her life were pass ed very quietly, and the reaper saw that the sheaf was ready to be gath ered in, and gently said, “The Master calleth for thee,” and without a moan he obe "ith the lovea^mes gone before; although no one can take her place those left behind, let us comfort our selves that our loss is her eternal gain, and if like her we are faithful unto the end, we shall enter into the jov of our Lord and be forever with thuse we love. “Farewell! a stronger than our love Hath borne thee to thy home above; And though the world may be less fair Heaven is more dear since thou art there.” L. R. F. W. S TATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Aiken County. COMMON PLEAS. Lawrence Eubanks, Milledge Eu banks, et al., against Eugenia Heath, et al. Partition. B Y virtue of a Decree of the Cir cuit Court in the above cause, now on file in the office of the Clerk of Court for Aiken County, I will sell in front of the Court House at Aiken, S. C.,'within the legal hours of sale, on the FIRST day of July. 1889, the following described property, to wit: All that Tract of Land in the State and County aforesaid, containing One Hundred and Thirty Acres, more or less, bounded to the north and east by lands of Gasper Ransey, south by lands of Garry Todle and Martha Key, west by lands of Lawrence Eu banks. Terms of Sale: One-half cash; bal ance payable on 1st November, 1889, with interest from day of sale. Credit portion to be secured by bond of pur chaser and mortgage of premises sold. Purchaser to pay for deed. M. B. WOODWARD, Master. June 7, 1889. S TATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,^ County of Aiken. \ Common Pleas. Julia Hankinsou et al., against Robert Powell, et al. Partition. B Y virtue of a Decree of the Cir cuit Court in the above cause, now on file in the office of the Clerk of the Court for Aiken County, I will sell in front of the Court House at Aiken, S. C. t within the legal hours of sale, on the FIRST day of July, 1889, the following described proper- tv, to wit: ’ All that Tract of Land in the Coun ty of Aiken, State of South Carolina, containing One Hundred Acres, more or less, bounded by lands of J. H. Hammond, Geo. W. Bush, Alex ander Scott and David Scott; Also all that Tract of Land, con taining Fifty Acres, more or less, bounded by lands of William Fore man on three sides, and on the other side by Edward Bush. Terms of Sale: One-half cash; bal ance payable on 1st December, 1889, with interest from day of sale. Credit portion to be secured by bond of pur chaser and mortgage of premises sold. Purchaser to pay for deed. M. B. WOODWARD, Master Aiken County. June 7,1889. The anthoridies of the Richmond and Danville (Railroad have deter mined to establish a special train ser vice for the mountain resorts of North Carolina during the present summer. Beginning on Friday, June 21, a spe cial will be run from Columbia to the mountains every Friday night, with a through sleeper from the State Cap ital to the Hot Springs, on the beau tiful French Broad. This train will make connection with the evening trains from Charleston, and, return ing on Tuesday night, will make con nection at Colambia with the morn ing trains for Charleston —The President has removed Gen. J. D. Kennedy, the Consul-General of the United States at Shanghai, China, and has appointed James A. Leonard, of Minnesota, in his place. Gen. Kennedy was acknowledged to be an officer <f unusual efficiency, and his removal is only on a par with the usual partisanship that character izes the administration. WhyXou Fed is because your * well expect the a city to be pet er and defective compli- le human impure intest drop if blood ’lungs in iid that, muscle, other solids The blood is i, as the Bible |le Body.” at if the blood in its consti- ay indescribable So weak and blood is imf sanitary cond feet with de sewerage, cated piece of frame to be id blood circular veins. Do yc of your two, passes about two and on its way, it brain and net and fluids of the great no terms it, “The Life Is it any wonder,! be not pure and tuents, you suffer i symptoms? Ayer’s Sarsaparilla stands “ head and shoulders” above every other Alter ative and Blood MedUcine. As proof, read these reliable testimonies: G. C. Brock, of Lowell, Mass., says: “For the past 25 years I have sold Ayer’s Sarsaparilla. In my opinion, the best remedial agencies for the enre of all the diseases arising from impuri ties of the blood are contained in this medicine.” Eugene I. Hill, M. D., 381 Sixth Ave., New York, says: “As a blood-purifier and general builder-np of the system, I have never found anything to equal Ayer’s Sarsaparilla. It gives perfect satisfaction.” Ayer’s Sarsaparilla proves eqnally efficacious in all forms of Scrofula, Boils, Carbuncles, Eczema, Humors, Lumbago, Catarrh, &c.; and is, there fore, the very best^ Spring and Family Medicine in use. “ It beats all,” says Mr. Cutler, of Cutler Brothers Sc Co., Boston, “ how Ayer’s Sarsaparilla does sell.”' Prepared by Dr. J. C. Ayer^H^Lowell, Mass. [S® Price $1; aixl i $5 a bottle. CCONQUEROR?) A SPECIFIC FOB ■T- EPILEPSY, SPASMS, *** CONVULSIONS, FALLING SICKNESS, ST. VITUS DANCE, ALCHOHOUSM, OPIUM EATING, SYPHILUS, SCROFULA, KINGS EVIL, OGLYBLOOD DISEASES, DYSPEPSIA, NERVOUSNESS, SICK HEADACHE, RHEUMATISM, NERVOUS WEAKNESS, NERVOUS PROSTRATION, BRAIN WORRY, BLOOD SORES* BILIOUSNESS, COSTIVENESS, KIDNEY TROUBLES AND IRREGULAHITIE& per tattle, »t 4nggliti.*^B DR. S. 1. RICHMOND NERVINE CO. ST. JOSEPH, mo. TRIAL. BOTTLE! ETOXCHl. To decline taking a enre remedy when sick, is to court suffering and invite death. Our Liver Pills are enre enre for Torpid Liver and Constipation. Price 25c. At Druggists. NOTICE! APPLICATIONS INVITED FOR A NIGHT WATCHMAN. A N ELECTION will be held on Mon day next at the Council Chamoer at meeting of Council that will be held on that day at 8:30 o’clock, p. m. for a Night Watchman, to fill the vacancy made vacant by the resignation of W. A. Berrie. Applications wifi be re ceived from those desiring the position until the date of said meeting. By order of the Intendant. J. R. JORDAN, Clerk of Council. Aiken, S. C., June, 18, ’89. A $60.00 Sewing Machine For $14.90. This is the “Singer Model” Machine (the original Singer- patent having expired). Equal to any ever made. Superior to many. Thoroughly well made. Warrantedfor S years, (signed and registered gnaranty). Su perbly finished, walnnt top and cover; drop leaf; 3 drawers. ^ Complete with full set ot nickel plated attachments and all necessary needles, bob bins and tools. Have others with 4 and 6 drawers and one without drawers or case for $12.75. Also many other useful articles on which we can save you 25 to 60 per cent. Standard Watches at unus ually close figures. Send for catalogues. A. T. EVANS A CO., 182 State St., Chicago. T. HARRY OATES & GO, 831 Broad Street, AUGUSTA, GA. rjlIIE place to get BARGAINS iu PIANOS, ORGANS, GUITARS, BANJOS, VIOLINS, HARMONICAS, STRINGS, SHRET MUSIC, SUNDAYiSciilL BOOKS! THE USUAL DISCOUNT ALLOWED TO MUSIC TEACHERS. ESFWrite to us for Prices and Catalogues. T. HARRY OATES $c CO., The Leading Music Dealers. • / AUGUSTA, GEORGIA^ R. N. Richbourg, Importer and Dealer In Fine Watches, Clocks, Diamonds, FANCY GOODS, ETC. Musical Instruments, Strings and Trimmings, SHEET MUSIC, Etc. COLUMBIA, - - S. C. JESSE THOMPSON & CO -MANUFACTURERS OF- YELLOW I*II¥K LUMBER! , SASH, BLINDS AND -DEALERS IN- Window Class lie Builders’ Hardware COR. HALE A CENTRE ST AUGUSTA, 'ruit"»»V ege tables f And Secure a Supply of the Famous “WOODBURY” IMPORTED JARS, , J ii PINTS, QUARTS, HALF-GALLONS. WThis Jar Stands Unrivalled! Send for Circulars on Preserving, and Prices, to E. D. SMYTHE, JR., 712 Broad Street, ------ AUGUSTA, GA. IgyJelly Tumblers, % and >£ Pints, very cheap. ©ETJHEN & PUNO, Orocers, Augusta, - - - Georgia, SOLE AGENTS FOR Exposition Matches—500 in a box! Puritan Breakfast Bacon and Hams! ASK YOUR GROCER FOR BRAND PATENT FLOOR! The Finest Flour in the World ! jyHyman’s Sweet Pickles! J. M. Clark & Son’s Finest English Pickles. J. BREDENBERG Wholesale and Retail Dealer in Groceries, Hay. Grain and Liquors, 510 & 512 Broad and 509 Ellis Streets, Augusta. Georgia. Maeki: , wtHJBjqsoad i d eq? T Either in or out of Shop, with good tools and Men. Boilt-r, Tank, Stack and Tube and Sheet Iron Work, Blacksmith Work, Iron and Brass Foundry Work, Gin Work, Material and Repairs for above. All Orders promptly attended to. GEO. R. LOMBARD St CO., New Shops Above Passenger Depot. a? ih: ID -A- IR, Gh E S T Most Complete Establishment South. ESTABLISHED 1842. GEO. S. HACKER & SON, Office and Warerooma, King, opposite Cannon Street; CHARLESTON, S. C. Manufacturers of DOORS, SASH, BLINDS. Mouldings and Building Materials. They who suffer ache and pain. Need suffer never more again. Tie Only Concern Gnaranteeing Goods Apinst StoMaje! GLO. E. TOALE & €©., —Manufacturers and Wholesale Deales in— POORS,|SBSH,|BLINDS,|tHDlOEHEML|BUiLDIHG|MATERH| GPOffice and Salesrooms, 10 & 12 Hayne St,, CHARLESTON, S, Send for Estimates. C. F. KOHLRUSS, Manufacturer and Dealer in Foreign and Domestic Marble and Granite Monuments, Headstones, Statues. Copings, &c. Cemetery and Building Work of all Descriptions Made to Order. All Orders promptly attended to and executed in the neatest manner possi- hle. Oriirinal Designs Executed. Cor. Washington and Ellis Streets, - - - AUGUSTA, GA. -fit A NEW INVENTION, PLEASANT, CONVENIENT am* EFFICACIOUS. J The Pall Midi Electric Aaaociatioaof London and New York bow f introduces to the American public a new invention ia Plasters. Far I three vears this remarkable Plaster has been used largely ia private I practice. Its cures have been so wonderful sod an qakk I that, yielding to the urgent solicitations of premia eat phy-l sicians, it is now made public, it COmblnM Electro- | Magnetism with all tha Seat qualities of atand- ard porous and other Plasters, and Is a really wonderful remedy. wm~ Co Ids, Coughs and Chest Pains, Nervous, Muscular and Neuralgia Pains. Stomach, .' Kidney and liver Pains, Dyspeptic, Ma~^ mmlarial and other Paint, Khetsmetiem, CeutJ fond Inflammation, IN OWE la THREE HOURI We unhesitatingly guarantee that it will produce most i tonishing results, effecting rapid cures where medicine and | allothertreatmentsfaU. XDV flUC TA ItlV and if it not entirely Ini Ullt lU’Ufll. satisfactory, the price will cheerfully be refunded. There is no shock, but a pleasant, genial glow. | It cannot injure, but will always do good. Accept no substitute. If you cannot obtain it I promptly at your druggist’s, remit price, 35cts. to I GEO. A. SCOTT, 842 BROADWAY, NEW YORK, and it will be mailed, post-paid. S sent for $1.04. | For Family Use. Mention this paper. IT CAUSES NO SORBS LIKE Cl TAIN OTHER PLASTERS. I H. F. WARNEKE, Baker & Confectioner, AND DEALER IN DM (DOS, SHOES I NOTIONS I GROCERIES, At Rock Bottom Prices! TOBACCO and CIGAR.S in Great Variety! Toy*. Fireworks, ete, In s'eek. CIT Laurens Street and Park Avenue, Aiken, 8. C.