Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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1 "'-'J Til AM mOWR. Terms of Subscription.—One espy one year, $1.50; One copy six months, 75 Cents. Advertising-Kates.—One Square, first insertion, $1.00; Each subsequent in sertion, 50 Cents. Special Rates by con tract for three months or more. AIKEN, S. C., AUGUST 16,1889. The Road Convention. The Newbery Herald and News says: It would seem that the proposed road convention, so much discussed recently, is going to amount to no thing but the slinging of a little ink bv the editors. People who are most interested in the public roads of the country, or rather those who should be most interested in the improve ment of the roads, seem to cate no thing about the proposed convention Possibly they think it would be a waste dt time and money. We think a meeting for the discussion of this question, by delegates from the vari ous counties in the Htate, who are practical men, and know and feel the need of better roads, would result in good. There are two important difficulties that have beset this movement for a convention. The first is a spirit of littleness and petty local jealomy, that presumes to claim for any one news paper the ciedit of the project. It in dicates clearly that such an advocacy is made only from a selfish advertis ing motive with no sincere regard for the welfare of the people. This miserable spirit will kill out any pro ject. The other difficulty is the lack of interest shown by the newspapers, in that portion of the State along the coast, and extending about a hun dred miles inland. Along this strip, the country is more or less level, and the roads comparatively good, but over the rest of the State they are in a wretched condition, and absolutely need work of a permanent and skil ful nature. The News and Courier is one paper that has thus far, manifest ed no interest in the matter. We had hoped to have seen it give the sup port of its great influence to this pro ject, and trust that it will yet do so. A new, practical and eflfective, road law is essential for that portion of the State lying beyond a line drawn across the State a hundred miles from, and parallel with the coast. From the discussions in the papers, it is evident that any road law that is enacted, will have to be comparative ly local, that is, not applicable to the lower section of the State. As to the time and place of meet ing,' neithei one is of much import ance. We suggested Columbia,asdid also several other papers; and also suggested that Col. A. P. Butler be requested to call the convention. It is necessary that someone take definite action and surely no one is more fitted by his position to do it than the gen- jLjeinan whom we have named. If any jo} suofrsofl erg jg dial support The point is to bring the matter to a head. The Negro Population. stand. The ne gro has ceased to be a political factor, as much from the greater proportionate increase of the whites, as front any other cause, and he will gradually, from the same cause lose his importance as a factor in our laltor problem. At the present time he is the agri cultural laborer upon whom we have principally to rely, but this will not always be so, except in certain un healthy portions of the South, where white men cannot have good health during the Summer months, bat in all the interior portions of the South, white men can labor effectively and comfortably; and in fact it is proved that more than one half of our cotton and corn Is made by white labor. This character of labor is steadily on the increase and will increase more rapid ly as the country becomes more set tled. On these grounds we have never had any anxiety over the so—called problem. The Cumberland Gap Tuunel. The heading or the great tu unel at Cumberland Gap, which unites the states of Kentucky and Tenuassoe with Virginia, was knocked in, on the Sthinst., with appropriate c.-remonles. The tunnel is the longest in the South, and its completion was the accom plishmeut of the greatest engineering feat ever undertaken in the South. Trains iu passing through the tunnel will cross sections of Kentucky, Ten- nesee and Virginia. This tunnel should have been a part of the Carolina, Cumberland Gap and Chicago Railway, but through the de lay in building this road the Gap pas sed under the control of other parties. Very large sums of mqney have re cently been invested in this locality, and it bids fair to become one of the most imortante manufacturing cen tres of the Soutii. Pine Straw Bagging. It is stated that a number of cap italists have organized the American Pine Straw Fibre Company in Wil mington, lor the purpose of producing pine straw bagging on a large scale, for the covering of cotton bales. This concern bought out the Acme mills and are now manufacturing this bagging on- a much larger scale Great improvements have been made of late in this new industry, and the owners are now shipping pine bagging dailv into various sections of the cot ton belt for the purpose of introduc ing the new product, which it is claim ed will solve the bagging question for the cotton planters of the South and relieve them of the exactions of the jute co mbination It strikes us thai if the cost of man ufacturing this bagging can be reduc ed. so that the material can compete with jute, it will be what (he farmers want, and be much more suitable and acceptable than cotton bagging. — .u . i ■ A good deal is being - written and said now about the emigration of the negroes to Mexico, New Mexico, or some other place, but the impractic ability of any such movement does not seem to impress its advocates. Tiie negroes as a mass do not wish to ■oave the South; there is no reason w11y they should do so; and they are not going and this is all that there is in the matter. They are here now ati.l probably always will be. As to itnr matter of their increase, we have m-vei- had any fears on this score. We have always been satisfied that in a state of freedom they would not in- ere-ise as rapidly as the whites, and -.v- notice, that other observant per son-.:. re coming to the same conclu sion. Dr. Billings, a well known physician of Washington, D. C., who i.- to have charge of J,he mortality statistics of the next census, declares (lin! the impression that the negroes mo relatively increasing faster than I ho >v bites is a mistake. He does not • .-liw* they are increasing so fast, and 1 •• '.uses his opinion upon the birth ami death statistics of those cities in which such statistics are kept. He says that in Washingtsu the •death rate of the negroes is double that of the whites, although that city is called the paradise of the negroes, and lie is satisfied that “the next cen sus will show that in the whole coun try the importance of the negro as a factor in our population is on the de crease. ” Certainly in Washington, if any where the negroes should hold their own with the whites, for there they live under much more favorable con ditions, than anywhere else in the country. They are more or less the pets of die Northern politicians, and others, and have as a rule better homes and more comforts than else where, but still the same result is ob- servred. For many years past we have care- fully noted mortuary reports of sev eral of the important cities of the South, and have been suruck by three circumstances, which are ablaut tbe : same in every Southern city. The proportional birth rate is about 17 ne groes to It) whites: the proportional death rate is 22 negroes to 10 whites: and the average longevity is about 30 years for the negroes, and 40 for the whites. These facts by themselves would prevent any such increase of the negro population, as would en danger the safety of our local govern ments But iu addition there is im migration for the whites, and none for the negroes. How under these circumstances there should be any anxiety felt about the future of the &outli, we are at a loss to under fress of Inventions Since IS^TT. In the year 1845 the present owners of the Scientific American news paper commenced its publication, and soon after established a bureau for the procuring of patents for inventions at home and in foreign cauntries. Dur ing the year 1845 there were on ly 502 patents issued from the U. S. Patent Office, and the total issue from the es tablishment of the Patent Office, up to the end of that year, numbered only 4.347. Up to the first of July this year there have been granted 406,413. Show ing that since the commencement of the Scientific American there have been issued from the U. S. Patent Of fice 402,176 patents, and about one third more applications have been made than have been granted, show ing the ingenuity of our people to be phenomena], and much greater than ever theeuormous number of patents issued indicates. Probably a good many of oar readers have had business transacted through the offices of the Scientific American, in New York or Washingtou, and are familiar with Munu «& Co.’s mode of doing business, but those who have not will be inter ested in knowing something about this, the oldest patent soliciting firm in this country, probably iu the world. Persons visiting the offices of the Scientific American, 361 Broad way, N. Y., for the first time will be surprised on entering the main office, to find such an extensive and elegant ly equipped establishment, with its walnut counters, desks, and chairs to correspond, and its enormous safes, and such a large number of draughts men, specification writers, and clerks, all busy as bees, reminding one of a large banking or insurance office, with its hundred employees. In couversa- tien with one of the firm, who had commenced the business of soliciting patents iu connection with the pub lication of the Scientific American more than forty years ago, I learned that his firm had made application for patents for upward of one hundred thousand inventors in the United States, and several thousand in differ ent foreign countries, and had filed as many cases in the Patent Office in a single mouth as there were patents is sued during the entire first year of their business career. This gentle man had seen the Patent Office grow from a sapling to a sturdy oak, and he modestly hinted that many thought the Scientific American, with its large circulation, had performed no mean share in stimulating inventions and advancing the interests of the Patent Office. But it is not alone the patent soliciting that occupies the at tention of the one hundred persons employed by Munu & Co., but a lar = e number are engaged on the four pub lications issued weekly and monthly from their office, 361 "Broadway, N. Y., viz.: The Scientific American, the Scientific American Scffee- ment, the Export Edition of the Scientific American, and the! Architects and Builders Edition of ! the Scientific American. The first two publications are issued every | week, and the latter two, the first of every month. More people are going North this summer than ever before, the hotel people say. The Steamship Com panies are having a heavy passenger traffic and the travel has not more than lairly begun. While the springs and mountain resorts in the South are having good patronage, it is not to be compared to what it was a vear ago. The tide has turned. People of the South are changing the schedule this season and are going to Northern watering places. !5- — ;»4 Luxuriant Hair Can only be preserved by keeping the scalp clean, cool, and free from dan druff, and the body in a healthful condition. The great popularity of Ayer’s Hair Vigor is due to the fact that it cleanses the scalp, promotes the growth of the hair, prevents it from falling out, and gives it that soft and silky gloss so essential to perfect beauty. Frederick Hardy, of Roxbnry, Mass., a gentleman fifty years of age, was fast losing his hair, and what remained was growing gray. After trying various dressings with no effect, he commenced the use of Ayer’s Hair Vigor. “It stopped the falling out,” he writes; “and, to my great surprise, converted my white hair (without staining the scalp) to the aame shade of brown it had when I was 25 years of age.” Ten Years Younger. Mrs. Mary Montgomery, of Boston, writes: “For years, I was compelled to wear a dress cap to conceal a bald spot on the crown of my head ; hut now I gladly lay the cap aside, for your Hair Vigor is bringing out a new growth. I could hardly trust my senses when I first found my hair growing ; hut there it is, and I am delighted. I look ten years younger." A similar result attended the use of Ayer’s Hair Vigor by Mrs. O. O. Pres cott, of Charlestown, Mass., Miss Bessie H. Bedloe, of Burlington, Vt., Mrs. J. J. Burton, of Bangor, Me., and numerous others. The loss of hair may he owing to im purity of the blood or derangement of the stomach and liver, in which case, a course of Ayer’s Sarsaparilla or of Ayer’s Pills, in connection with the Vigor, may be necessary to give health and tone to all the functions of the body. At the same time, it cannot he too strongly urged that none of these remedies can do much good without a persevering trial and strict attention to cleanly and temperate habits. Ayer’s Hair Vigor, Prepared by Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co., Lowell, Maas. Sold by Druggists and Perfumers. New ml aid Florida 8TE; SHIP LINES. W. P. Clyd^ Si Co., Gon. Agent*. 35 Broadway, New Yorki. 12 South Wharves. Philadelphia. T. G. EGERj, Traffic Manager, No. 35 Broa I way, New York. WM. A COT RTENAY, Sup’t., Char eston S. C. rst-Class Steamships The New and F CHEROKE SEMINOLE] DELEWARfi, 1,600 Ions, CAPT. TRIROU. .j YKMASSEE, 1,500 tons, CAPT. PLATT. T HESE Spiefffiri Passenger Steam ships forn4 H, » unequaled weitti- weeklyifrliptT New York and the Florida ports. »|th state-rooms all on deck, thorouurhiv ventilated and sep arated from thesaloon. There is no easanler traveling on the Atlantic «'“* th* trl P tB Florida eonsnd***" twelve to fifteen hours. For passage engage ments address, j. jk EDGERTON, Gen. PassenBer A Freight Ag’t, CbjuMoiwa. C. avoiding Agent* you Kav* their ormouM expennev wiul proiit* which double the » ost* ou every first class riitno they Ft-11. SftA tO $L>00. _nt for trial in your <tr. a Jome bi't'oi-c you bay. t. VI:- IX TEAMS. vto*.lYi-r no E. itlki St., A. V- JvSSS: Uf $ Hii^ k m 25gt& v; DR. H. B HALL, Agent. THIS SPAC mt IS RESERVED W. EDWARD PL —i DEALER IN: Furniture and Uovelties! 70 BROAD STREET, AUGUSTA, GEORGIA (°) Undertaking Department, I Orders by Telegraph 711 Ellis Street. | Promptly attended to ' ^ SUPERIOR'Wl/mfnCNTXE LIFT: ncaisr iPOTEtS PAUvrnve made easy: m. M. BIRD & CO., OFFER . Paints of all kinds at Extremely Low Prices. W E have a FULL STOCK of everything in the PAINT line. OILS for all purposes. MILL SUPPLIES, Ship Chandlery, etc. State agents for Howe Scales and Marvin’s Safes. 20.» EAST BAY CHARLESTON, S. C. PADGETT’S PROCLAMATION To the Readers of The Aiken Recorder! READ THIS THROUGH; It Will Surely Interest You! M Will buy 14 Rolls Gold Paper and Border,—enough for a 12x12 Room. < Beautiful patterns. il rftZ Will buy a 9-piece Bed Room Suit, 12x20 Glass, /[) Cane Seat Chairs and Rockers; whole suit con- vaxiae/ ■ if 8 i 8 t 8 c f j b ureaUt i wash-stand, 1 centre table, 4 cane seat chairs, 1 cane seat rocker. In addition to the above, I have an elegant line of Walnut, Oak, Mahoganized and Imitation Walnut Suits, wood and marble tops. $7.25 $8.50 $10.00 Will buj- an elegant willow baby carriage with parasols. jf Salvator Incomp for Invalids and tho Aged. An rail* Aliment for th* Growth and Protection of Infant* and Children. A SnperierirntriHe* in Continued fever a, and a Reliable Remedial Agent in mil JHeeaeee of the Stomach and Intcctine*. W. C. VTra, M.D., “Tun Nxw Bvamiro Mzdical Month lt.”—“ I n the delicate condi tions ef the stomach, when every thing else has been rejected I have saved many Tirea by giving Imperial Granum. I consider it one of the very best foods the physician can find to assist him In carrying through his patient to recovery: and I have found it of inestimable value in the later stages of Phthisis, Gastritis. Gastrio Catarrh, Dyspepsia, and Dysentery." We speak from experience when we say that the Impsrial Graxum is both safe and nutri tious. It has been on the market for many years, and the largely increasing sales show that many others have found like results attending its use.—” The Christian Union," N. T. As a Medicinal Food Impkrial GRAinnr, which is simply a solid extract from very supe rior growths of wheat, to unexcelled, and to i Foods tliat are much vaunted, and all have radherents. The ‘ImperialGbanum,’ in hands, seems to be all that to daimsd twit. young!^-“AT. A rUBB . Impxbial G ranttk has been before the publio for many ycais, and to now regarded as » standard preparation. There canoe no doubt that this ia due toita uniformly superior qualttjr, and the successful results obtained with it in all cases where a prepared food to required.— ** Popular Science Race" Boston, Jfoss. . P. Vabnum Mott, M.D., Boston, Mean "Tn Microcosm,” New York.—“There are nume rous Foods that: their adherents. ■my hands, seems _ land experience has brought me to rely on iu use where iU special properties are indicated. In infantile diseases ft has proved very effica cious, and I always direct its use when a child to being weaned." „. „ . . The flvea of untold thousands of InfanU have been saved by Impxbial Grxxuk, and careful mothers are loud In their praises of this well known food, and pharmacists can safely recom mend it.—Proceedings Illinois Pharmaceutical {Association. I Imperial Granum Is highly recommended by our best physicians, and many famines here bear testimony to its reliability for the for which it to prescribed. John Carle h ■ New York, are the agenU for this country. It to Sold by all Druggists.—Mobile, Ala., Register. J? O TT T 52* S MORSE AND CATTLE POWDERS ho Hobs* will die of Colis. Bor* or Lvxe Fs- Tax, if Foatz’s Powders ore need in time. Foutz's Powders wlllcnre and prevent Hoe Cholxxa. Fontz's Powders will prevent Oapbs ix Fowls. Foutz’s Powders will increase the quantity ol milk and cream twenty per cent, and make the batter Orm and tweet. __ . Fontz's Powders win enre or prevent almost mvitBT Diskask to which Horses and Cattle are subject. Foutz’s Powdkm will errs Satisvaotiox. gold everywuere. DAVIS X. FOUTZ, Proprietor. BAZiTIMOBB. MS. FOR SALE! for the ■A.ID "VIEIE^-TISIE •OF- J. W. Ma -DEALER IN GENERAL MERCHANDISE i Salley’s, S. C.T Machinist » will buy a Carpet 15x15 feet, which will be made and sent ready to put down, including tacks. 00 * > - U ^- t * ie k* 8 *' Hbade you ever saw on spring rollers. ,000 shades on spring rollers at 50 cents each. 53 pieces of furniture, pieces of furniture. 18.00 0*T Q /'W'Y for a 5-hole cooking range, *P JL Oaww for No. 6 stove with 20 pie< WHEELER St WILSON SEWING MACHINES. for a Plush Parlor Suit, 7 pieces. Solid Walnut fiW Frame. I HAVE EVERYTHING NEEDED IN YOUR HOUSE-NO NO M ATTER WHAT IT IS. CATALOGUE FREE. L. P. PADGETT, 1110-1112 BROAD SR, AIMTA. GEORBIA. oust Mi COMMODIOUS Iron Safe IN G00B ORDER. Apply to mm co.. >«! Real Estate Agents, Aiken, S.U. M MORE EYE-GLASSES CHICAGO GIIARAWV FUND III S0C1BTV! SOUTHERN DEPARTMENT. HENRY W. CARR, Manager, MITCHELL'S Eye-Salve ▲ Oartala, Safa, and Effect! vs Bamady for SORE, WEAK, & INFLAMED EYES, Producing Long-S/ghfodntu r 4 RutOf- . l mg the Sight of the Old. Caret Tear Drope, Granulations, 8ty« ~ * Tamer*, Red Eyes, Matted Eye Utbed* AD RODDCIIQ QUICK IKUIP All fEKIHKR COIL Also, aquaUy afficaeioas whan uaad maladies, such as Uleara. Ye Tamars. Salt Bheam. Bara wharev.r inflammation exists, MM _ _ dAZiTWmey ba used to advantage. . Bald by all Dr aga tota at 99 Otats.: JU In the Lying;-lK Room. BETHLEHEM OAT POOH Is recommended by all physicians as the mos) di gestible as well as nutri tious diet for the invalid. SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS AND GRO CERS. FRANCIS JORDAN * SONS, • Manufacturers, 209 X. THIRD STREET. PHIADELPHIA FOR SALE BY COURTNEY & CO., Aiken, 8. C. 4 $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. o , 1« LIBRARY BUILDING, AUGUSTA, OA. FFER8 Plain, Definite, Incontestable Policies of Insurance at Lowest Kates consistent with PERFECT SECURITY. W. W. Williams, Resident Agent. Aiken, S. G. ork. Eli Pickens, a free negro at the .be ginning of the war, enlisted in the, Confederate service and did good work on the field. He was badly wounded and came home. He now lives in Bartow County, Ga , and petitions the Legislature for a pen sion. That body has decided to put him on the list just the same as any other Confederate. Either in or out of Shop, witli good tools and |Men. Boiler, Tank, Stack and Tube aud Sheet Iron Work, BlacksirflUh Work, Iron and Brass Foundry Work, Gin Work, Material anil Repairs for above. All Orders promptly attended to. GEO. R. LOMDARDj St C0» New Shops Above Passenger Depot. GIN RIBS! GIN RIBS! I HAVE secured Patterns and propose to furnish RIBS for all makes o Gins at reasonable prices. CASTINGS of all kinds in Iron and Brass at short notice. Special attention given to Repairs. Satisfaction guaranteed! TheX PENDLETON^ FOUNDRY^ B^lACHiHE^WORKfs Nos. 615, 617 and 619. Kollock ST., - - AUGUSTA, GA CHAS. F. LOMBARD,^Proprietor., M. W, PENpLETON, Sup’t. cover: drop leaf: 3 drawers. _ Complete with fall eetof nickel plated attachments and all necessary needles, bob bins and tools. Have others with 4 andUfi drawers and one without drawers or esse for •l£7&. Also many other naefnl articles on which we can save yon 25 to 60 per cent. Standard Watches at ontu- ually close figures. Send for catalogues. A. T. EVANS A CO., 182 State St., Chicago. CATARRH & CANCER Treated by I.utter. Send 2 rent stamp at once for variable information regarding these dreadt d diseases. •» Dr. Merrow claims that Catabrh is a living okkm. < The above cut shows these germs under the microscope) and he can and does remove them in a living state— thus effecting a permanent cure. The Doctor treats all curable diseases. Send at once for full particulars of New Methods, to DR, J. G. MERROW, 410 Franklin Street Lynn, Mass.