Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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\ py 1 ha, Terma of Snbscription.—One c»| vear, $l.SO; One copy six mont Cents. Advertising Rntea.—One Square, first insertion, $1.00; Each subsequent in sertion, 50 Cents. Special Rates by con tract for three months or more AIKEN, 8. C., AUGU8T 30,1889. Governor Liowry’s Good Work. The people of the country very gen erally indorse the action of Governor Lowry, of Mississippi, in endeavor ing to punish those who were en gaged in or were accessories to the late exhibition of brutality at Rich burg. One of the principal human brutes has already been tried and sentenced to one year’s imprison ment, and the other is under bond to appear for trial at the next term of the Court, and two of the aiders and abettors have also been tried and con victed. This Is as it should have been. Many of the Northern newspapers sneered at Goy. Lowry’s efforts to prevent the fight, charging him with being noisy rather than dangerous, but they now have an opportunity to revise their opinions. Tin. Governor has not said much, but he has shown a determination to compel respect for the laws of Mississippi. He failed to prevent the fight only because some of the officials did not obey bis orders; but he has not failed to run down, capture and punish the participants. These prize brutes labored under the delusion that they could defy the laws of a Kouthern Htate with impunity, and therefore sought to exhibit their barbarism in Mississippi; but Gov. Lowry has resented this insult to his Htate in the most effective manner, so that such creatures as Bullivan and Kilrain will probabh give it a wide berth hereafter. The prize fight is a relic of the bar barous ages. In a low state of civili zation, when physical strength and not mental ability established a man’s superiority, the gladiatorial combat was suitable. When the life of a man was accounted of no more value than that of a beast, and bru tality was the rule iu sports, the pounding of one man by another was in accordance with the spirit of the age. But times have chaged, and while there are still many men of such brutal instincts that they are willing to engage in the repulsive ex hibitions of the ring, and many more who will applaud them, the world has improved, and all civilized com munities have put the stamp of their disgust upon these exhibitions. The advance in civilization is shown in the fact that those engaged in this brutal fight skulked like criminals to the place of meeting, "and when it was over, fled from justice, going The Watermelon Crop. Col. J. H. Averill, of the South Carolina Itailway, has furnished to the News and Courier the follow ing tabulated statement of the shipment of melons from this State up to date. Stations 1889 1888 Midway ..carloads . 32 74-niile 31 Bamberg 146 78-mile 82 Graham . 140 83 Lee’s 85 34 Blackville 45 109 Barnwell Railroad. 616 98 Reynolds 39 43 Elko . 113 61 Williston . 140 105 101-mile . 17 9 White Pond 58 71 Windsor 61 Montmorenci. 22 Aiken 85 Other Stations . 100 172 Total .1,811 785 The number of carloads shipped in 1887 was 759. These figures are given up to and in cluding August 22. The railroad au thorities are certain that by the time the season closes the aggregate crop for the present season will reach near ly 1,900 carloads. , A t an average of 1,590 melons to the carload there is a total of over 3,000,000 melons, for in the table given above no account is taken of local consumption or of the melons left iu the fields. The area planted in melons in this region this year was about 8,000 acre.-, the calcu lation being that every four and a half acres yielded a carload of melons, suv 1,500. By this traffic the railways have ex tolled from our farmers very nearly 1220,000 in freights, and thus practi cally absorbed about all the profit there was in the melon industry. The extortion practiced has been not only outrageous, but indicated a very nar row minded policy. The SellooI Building. Tape arrest, until nnally they were tun down,captured and carried back to the outraged State to receive their deserts. The determined course of Governor Lowry will do more to break up prize fighting in the United States than any thing else that lias occurred yet.. It is comparitively immateria whether Sullivan actually goes to jai or not. He is now out on bail, pend ing an appeal to the Mississippi Su preme Court. But his conviction \iill have a good effect, and in the fu ture such brutes will be leas apt to engage in prize fights in deliberate contempt of the laws. Watermelon Syrup. Theie is no use in saying much on the subject of toe necessity of a new school building for Aiken. Wiiting > and talking will not put up a decent building and get Aiken a good school. The simple facts are, that the one old wooden affair, we have new, is a blot on civilization aud a disgrace to the town. Aiken is a town of 3,000 resident inhabitants and it has no school building that any one would wish a visitor to see. We do not wish to be drawn into saying much about the matter, for like the hotel and water works, it is a tiresome subject. But a fine school building can be had if the town of Aiken, as a school district takes hold of the subject. HThere is no reason why the district should not issue bonds to the amount of |15,000, having twenty years to ruu aud bearing 6 per cent, iutesest, and build a fiist class school house- This is the only way that we will ever get the school house, and the sooner our citizens pjsh ahead with the enter prise the better. And the place most suitable for the buiLdiug is the lot now owued by the town and occupied by the old wooden VK#*** academy. — An exchange says; “Thesuggestion of Col. William Duncan as to turning ihe watermelons of this State into -yinii, is worthy of attention. Wno knows but “dat watermillion” may yet be turned into sugar? Col. Dun- eaiTs estimate is that Barnwell Coun ty’s crops would be worth $200,000 in syrup. If this is in the neighborhood o’t the correct estimate, the farmers • an cease abusing the railroads and i:o to work for the next crop.-’ This sounds very promising, but a little investigation destroys the illu slon. The expense attendant upon the cultivation of an acre of melons is estimated at about $20.00, and a good yield is about 400 melons. About 10 gooti melons are required to pro duce one gallon of syrup, and each melon contains about two ounces of seed. Therefore from one acre of melons a farmer could expect to get about 25 gallous of syrup worth 35 cents per gallon, or about $8.75, and about 60 pounds of seed worth at wholesale 20 cents per pound, or $10 Thus for an outlay of $20 in cultiva ting the melons, he would get back $18.75 for syrup aud seed, less the cost of manufacture and saving. It seems to us very probable that the farmer who planted melons for the syrup would cease abusiug the railroads and turn his wratli upon the man who ad vised him to enter this business. The syrup is quite palatable and will do very well when nothing else can be had, as was the case with sor ghum syrup during the war, but it is not as good as cane syrup, and will not fetch as high a price in the mar- Icet. It is very well for farmers to utilize tlie melons that are now on their hands by turning them into syrup, but there is no money in grow ing them for this purpose. Mus. Maybrick’8 sentence has been commuted to imprisonment for life, and it is stated that no further appeals in her behalf will be enter tained by the Home Secretary. There is but little choice between death and lifelong imprisonment in England. From all the facts that have been made public, we do uot believe that this unfortunate woman deserves her fate. Gen. fjee’s Birthday. Some of the northern newspapers have been criticising the action of Georgia in making Gen. Lee’s birth day, the 19th of January, a legal holi day. ,n he Philadelphia Evening Tel egraph sneeringly comments on the matter, and suggests “that tiie nortb- eru Legislature may make the birth days of Weudell Phillips,John Brown, Ben Butler, John L. Sullivan and others legal holidays in their respec tive States.” There can be no objec tion to their doing so. The people of the South think that Gen. Lee combined in himself, iu a higher de gree than any other man, the quali ties of goodness, intelligence aud usefulness, and we claim him and Washington as the highest types of Southern civilization. If the people of the North accept the men whom the Telegraph has named, as the high est products of their civilization we will not criticize their action. That is solely their own affair. It is a fact, nevertheless, that the only two men thus far deemed worthy of apotheosis were of tiie South. Fixing the Price ot Cotton. At the meeting of the Georgia State Alliance at Macon, on the 21st, a reso lution was introduced making tiie minimum selling price of cotton this season 12 , . J cents per pound for up lands and 20 cents for sea islands. The folly of such a resolution on tiie part of intelligent men is really very surprising. They seem oblivious of the well-known fact Unit the price of cotton is controlled by the relations of supply aud demand; and no amount of resolutions by all tiie alli ances iu tiie Soutli cun have any ef feet save to make tiie farmers ridicu lous. They are iust such actions as this that iiave shown tiie lack of busi ness knowledge in the farmers’organ izatious, and destroyed their useful ness. The S. C. Military Academy. We have to acknowledge the receipt of the official register of the South Carolina Military Academy, and of the addresses delivered at Ihe last an nual conimencemeint by General M. L. Bonham and Hon. J. J. Hemphill. There is no institution iu tiie State that lias made a better and more lasi ng impression upon our youth and men tiiun tiie Citadel Academy; and there is none that more fully deserves the hearty support of our people. The Greenville Daily News is one of tiie best conducted daily papers of the State and is creditable to the pe;>- ple of Greenville. While we do not agree with the Editor in some of the views he expresses; iu fact think him distinctly off tiie right track on some subjects, yet his productions are al ways readable, and show that he has >ositive opinions—an essential char acteristic in any one who undertakes to edit a newspaper. Four murderer-* were hanged in New York City on last Friday, and South Carolina may profit by this example. We have too many red- handed men at large on bail, or still worsv, actually freed by the juries. No a " ‘ Remedy has yet been discovered ; but, as at least foor-fifths of human diseases have their source in Impure Blood, a medicine which restores that fluid from a de praved to a healthy condition comes as near being a universal cure as any that can be produced. Ayer’s Sarsaparilla affects the blood in each stage of its formation, and is, therefore, adapted to a greater variety of complaints than any other known medicine. Boils and Carbuncles, which defy ordinary treatment, yield to Ayer’s Sarsaparilla after a comparative ly brief trial. Mr. C. K. Murray, of Charlottesville, Ya. f writes that for years he was af flicted with boils which caused him much suffering. These were succeeded by carbuncles, of which he had several at one time. He then began the use of Ayer’s Sarsaparilla, and after taking three bottles, the carbuncles disap peared, and for six years he has not had even a pimple. That insidious disease. Scrofula, is the fruitful cause of innumerable com plaints, Consumption being only one of many equally fatal. Eruptions, ulcers, sore eyes, glandular swellings, weak and wasted muscles, a capricious appe tite, and the like, are pretty sure indi cations of a scrofulous taint in the system. Many otherwise beautiful faces are disfigured by pimples, eruptions, and unsightly blotches, which arise from impure blood, showing the need of Ayer’s Sarsaparilla to remedy the evil. All sufferers from blood disorders should give Ayer’s Sarsaparilla a fair trial, — avoiding all powders, ointments, and washes, and especially cheap and worthless compounds, which not only fail to effect a cure, but more frequently aggravate and confirm the diseases they are fraudulently advertised to remedy. Ayer’s Sarsaparilla, PREPARED BT Dr. J. C. Ayer St Co., Lowell, Mass. Bold by all Druggista. Price $1; aix bottles, tllyie’s Newport and Fiorifli STEAMSHIP LINES. W. P. Clyde JS: Co., Gen. Agent* 35 Broad wav, New Yorl t 12 South Wharves. Jk. Philadelphia EGE^i, T. G. EGER, Traffic Manager, No. 35 Broadway, New York. WM. A COURTENAY, Sup’t., Charleston S. C. The New and First-Class Steamship? CHEROKEE, 2,000 tons (new) CAPT. DOANE. SEMINOLE, 2.000 tons, (n. w) CAPT. KK.' BLE. DELE WARE, 1.500 ton*, CAPT. TUI 1 OU. YEMASSRE, 1,500 tons, OAPI\ PLATT. T HESE Splendid Passenger Steam ships form w.-eklv line Florida ports, y»it!» .-tale-roouis all on deck, thoroiighrr* \ ••iiiii-tit'd am; sep arated from tin* dining -alonii. There is no ^li-a-ann-r i ru v• I ng on the Atlantic CosinJ, ami I !•■• trip t» Florida consume* mile t vc’ve to fifio.i! Inmrs. K«.r p.-save * ngage- mettls addie-s. an uiiiMpiah-d semi- New V -ri. ai d ihe Gen. J. E. EDGEII" ON, i’.issctigei At Ercij! I Ag’t, < Miai li-tnn. S. C. 1 l- li M. V. •iji 1 W fiwil Hf' 25cri v r-i . - & m i DS. H. H. HALL. Agent, PADGETT’S PROCLAMATION To the Headers of The Aiken Recorder! READ THIS THROUGH; It Will Surely Interest You: Will buy 14 Rolls Gold Paper and Border,—enough for a 12x12 Room. Beautiful patterns. ■*>' Will buy a 9-piece Red Room Suit. 12x20 Glass, Cane Seat Chairs and Cockers; whole suit con- ONLY sists of 1 bureau, 4 cane seat chairs, 1 cane seat rocker. 1 wasiwtuhd, 1 centre table, 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 buy an elegant willow baby carriage with parasols, will cover your 15x15 feet floor with nice China Matting will buy a Carpet 15x15 feet, which will he made and sent ready to put down, including tacks. the best shade you ev.r saw on spring on spring rollers ut 50 .•eutsjMdi. rollers. $8.00 C»''| will buy th 1,000 shades O for a 5-hole cooking range, 53 pieces of furniture. O J O." for No. G stove with 20 pieces of furniture. WHEELER & WILSON SEWINC MACHINES. for a Plush Parlor Suit, (}>*)£ AA 7 piece^SVmi Wahu,. HAVE EVERYTHING NEEDED IN YOUR HOUSE—NO NO MATTER WHAT IT IS. CATALOGUE FREE. F. PADGETT, iiin-im iii!ii,til si ! Machinist Work. Either in or out of Shop, with good tools and Men. Boiler, Tank, Stack and Tube and Sheet Iron Work, Blaeksmitjh Work, Iron and Brass Foundry Work, Gin "Work, All Orders promptly attended to. Material and j Repairs for above. GEO. R. LOMBARD jfc CO. Now Shops Above Passenger Depot. Our Premium List. A Chance to Secure a Good Prize. $175 In Premiums to Club-Makers. I N order to extend the circulation of THE AIKEN RECORDER, the proprietors of tiie paper have decided to otter the following Eight Pre mium* to those persons who get up Clubs of Subscriber:— For the largest Club of not less than seventv-five (75) subscribers, we will give a Handsome WILCOX & WHITE, EIGHT STOPS AND GRAND ORGAN, Style No. 9, 01 which the following is a representation:— :SUPERIOR'NUTHflTON THE: LlFT^g THIS ORGAN is worth $75.00, and may be examined at the ware-rooms of Messrs. T. Harry Oates & Co., Augusta, Ga. For the next largest Club of not less than thirty-five (35) subscribers, we will give a Handsome N ew HIGH ARM AND VERTICAL FEED DAVIS SEWING MACHINE, No. 4. with 2 drawers. iThis is a true picture of it: Tiie Regular Price <*f this Machine is $45.00, and it may be seen at Mr. Robert Powell’s Hardware Store in Aiken. For the next largest Club of not less than twenty-two '22) subscribers we will give a good ROAD CART, worth $22.50, like the following cut:— Patented Hay S. 1885. ^41 -i* -' NL-; as.--; This Cart can be seen at Messrs. Day, Tnimahill & Co.’s Store iu Angus ta, Georgia. For the next largest Club of not less than ten CIO) sub^eribers, we will giVjoneCopv of the Latest Edition of WEBSTER’S UNABRIDGED DICTIONARY, worth $12.00. For the next largest Club of not less than ten (10) subs- rihers, we will give an order on Mr. R. N. Riehbourg’s Jewelry Store in Columbia for SILVER WARE, &c., to the amount of $10.00. For the next largest Club of not less than five subscribers, we will give a Handsome BRASS PARLOR LAMP, worth $5.50. For tiie next largest Club of not less than four (4) subscribers, we will give a Copy of NUTTALL’S STANDARD ENG US II DICTIONARY, worth $3 50. To ail others who may get up Clubs of not less than four (4) subscribers, but who may fail to obtain any of tiie prizes, we will send one copy of Thk RecokDEK for one year free of charge. Tin* time for completing the Clubs under the above offi-rs is limited to the FIRST OF NOVEMBER, 1889, and competitors may begin to secure subscribers at once—the time of subscription to commence whenever the name is handed in. The money for each subscriber must he paid by the 1st of November, and no name will r>e counted in competition for a premium and no premium delivered until the subscription price is paid. The sub scription is $1.50 per annum. It is not necessary that the names of a Club shculd all he at the same post-office. Names may he taken at any number of places. One name for two years will be equal to two names for one year each. A separate list will be kept tor each club-maker, who will be credited with every name sent, so that the number sent by any one person can be ascertained at a moment’s notice. All prizes will be delivered at any Railway Station in Aiken County, freight prepaid, by the 15th of November. HC6ISM JL Salvator for Invalid* and the Af&. An Incomparable Aliment for the Growth and Protection of Infante «mmI Children. A Superior Vntritiv in Continued Pevere, aud • Sellable Semedial 'Agent in all JHeeaeee of the Stomach and Inteetlnee. W. C. YTtix, M.D., “Th* N*w SnotAim Mkdicaz.* Monthlt.”—“In the delicate condi tions ot the stomach, when everything else hes been rejected I have saved many llvee by giving Imperial Grakum. I consider it one of the very best foods the physician can And to assist him in carrying through his pattoot to recovery; and I have found it of Inestimable value in the later stages of Phthisis, Gastritis. Gastric Catarrh, Dyspepsia, and Dysentery.** We speak from experience when we say that the Imperial Granum is both safe and nutri tious. It boa been on the market for many years, and the largely increasing sales show that many others have found like results attending its use.—“ Tht Christian Union,” If. T. As a Medicinal Food Imperial Granum, which is simply a solid extract from very supe rior growths of wheat, is unexcelled, and ie to-day the Standard Dietetic preparation for invalids, for the aged, and for the very young.—“AT. A m. Joumalof Bomceopathy,” S. V, Imperial G ranum has been before the public for many years, and is now regarded as a standard preparation. There can oe no doubt that this is due to itsuniformly superior quality, and the successful results obtained with it In all cases where a prepared food is required.— “ Popular Science littnS' Benton, Man. . P. varnom Mott, M.D., Boston, Mass^ “Tme Microcosm.” New York.—“There are nume rous Foods that are much vaunte<Land ail have their adherents. The‘Imperial Granum,'in my bands, seems to be all that is claimed for it, and experience has brought me to rely on Its use where its special properties are indicated. In Infantile diseases ft has proved very effica cious, and I always direct its use when a child is being weaned." The fives of untold thousands of Intents have been sa ved by Imperial Granum, and careful mothers are loud In their praises of this well known food, and pharmacists can safely recom mend \t.—Proceedings Illinois Pharmaceutical Association. Imperial Granum is highly recommended by our best physicians, and many temilite here bear testimony to its reliability for the purposes for which it is prescribed. John Carle A Sons, Now York, are the agents for this country. It is Sold by all Druggists.—Mobile, Ala., JUgister. "F O XT T 52* S HORSE AND CATTLE POWDERS JTZ ; || No Home will die of Colic. Bore or l.cne Kx ▼ik, |f Foutz's Powder* *rc nsed In time. Foutz'e Powder* will enre und prevent Hob rnouB*. Foutz's Powder* will prevent Gapk* ix Fowl*. Foutz's Powders will lnerei»»e the qnnntlty ol milk and ere run twenty per cent., and make the huttcr Una and sweet. . Foutz's Powders will enre or prevent almost svaav Disk ask to which Horses and Cattle are subject. Foutz’s Powmcaa will eiva Satistactio*. Sold everywhere. DAVID E. TOUTS. Proprietor. BALTIMORE. MD. FOR SALE! JESSE THOMPSON & CO ountie FINE COMMODIOUS Iron Safe IN GOOD ORDER. Apply to HUTSON & CO., Aiken^sq:. NO MORE EYE-GLASSES M & M J® MITCHELL’S Eye-Salve A Certain, Safe, and Sftectlve Remedy ter SORE, WEAK, & INFLAMED EYES, Producing Long-Sightedntse, I Rtttor- mg the Sight of the Old. Cures Tear Drops, Granulationt, $ty» * Tumors, Red Eyes, Matted Eye Lubas, AID KMCCIIQ QUICK RELIEF AID f EXHIBIT CUBS. Alap, equally efficacious when need maladies, such aa Ulcers. »i Tamers. Salt Kheam, Ban wherever inflammation exists, ML _. •AX>rm may be used to advantage. Seld by all Dracglata at 3S CeaU. 4 -MANUFACTURERS OF- YELLOW PI YE LUMBER! DOORS, SASH. DUDS AND MOULDINGS. -DEALERS 1N- Window Glass & Builders’ Hardware COR. HALE & CENTRE ST AUGUSTA, just umm extra fine raisins. CHIPPED DRIED BEEF, CANNED BEEF, CANNED SOUP, All kiuda Jellies and JaniH, Dessicated Cncnanuts, Hors ford'» Self-Raising Bread Preparation, Prune*, at TURNBULL’S. 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. Warranted for 6 yeart, (signed and registered guaranty). Su perbly finished, walnut top and cover; drop leaf; 3 drawers. _ Complete with full aetof nickel listed attachments and all necessary needles, bob- >ina and tools. Have others with 4 andJJ drawers and one without drawers or case for tvf.'ib. Also many other nseful articles on which we can sava yon 35 to 60 per cent. Standard Watches at nnoa- sally close 11 cures. Send for catalogues. A T. EVANS A CO.. 182 State St., Chicago. CATARRH & CANCER regard1 Treated l»y Letter. Send 2 cent stamp at once for valuable information these dreadful diseases. mg Dr. Merrow Haims that Catarrh is a LiviNo oerm. (The above cut shows these germs under the micros,-ope) 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 Dll. J. G. MEKHOW, 410 Franklin Street Lynn, Mass.