Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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tJoiveretty of Soutli 0^ THE AIKEN RECORDER BY FORD & McCRACKEN. AIKEN, SOUTH CAROLINA! FRIDAY, JULY 24, 1891. PRICE $1.50 A YEAR for Infants and Children. “Cttterla is k> well wUpted to children that I reooMunanditsssnperior to any prescription known to me.” H. A. Anczm, M. D., Ill So. Oxford St, Brooklyn, N. T. “The use of ‘Castoris' is so universal and its merits so well known that it seems a work of supererogation to endorse it Few are the intelligent families who do not keep Castoria within easy reach.” Caeuos Mabtyw, D. D., New York City. Late Pastor Bloomingdale Reformed Church. Castoria cures Colic, Coortipation, Sour Stomach, Diarrhoea. Eructation, Kills Worms, gives sleep, and promotes di rection, Without injurious medication. “ For several years I have recommended your 4 Castoria,' and shall always continue to do so as it has invariably produced beneficial results.” Edwin F. Pahdss, If. D., ‘“Hie Winthrop,” 125th Street and 7th Are.! New York Cityv Th* Csntacr Conramr, 77 Muhray Stbskt, Nrw York. W ELCH & EASON, 185 and 187 Meeting and 117 Marke + Streets, DEALERS IN FINE GROCERIES, , S- c. OFFER Best Granulated Sugar at 4 7-8 cts. a lb. By barrel at 4 5-8 cts. a lb. Good Light Brown Sugar at 4 cts. a lb. Best Elgin Creamery Butter only 25 cts. a lb. Choice Small Sugar-cured Hams at 12 1-2 cents a lb. Nic Hams at 9 cts. a lb. Ice California Peaches 21-2 lb. cans at 25 cts. a can SniKh’s Celebrated Pale Ale $1.50 a dozen, good as the C3TSEND FOR OEiv uq^cE LIST. fi»“PACKAGE AND DR>waGE r«EE. MAIL ORDERS SOLICITED. ROBERT POWELL. JAMES POWELL. POWELL BROS., DEALERS IN Carriages, Surries, Phaetons, Buggies, Wagons and Road Carts, Harness and Saddlery, Whips, Blank ets, Rohes, Etc. •SUPERIOR ftUTRTTIOli-THE UFt7 JMPERLaX, THE GREAT MEDICINAU This original and world RcnownedDimttic Preparation is a Substance OF UNRIVALLED PURITY and Medicinal worth, A Souodctractoeriyb) by a New process from Very Superior Growths of Wheat—Nornma More, it Has Justin Acquired THE REPUTATION OF BEING THE SALVATOR FOR *ND THE AGED. AN INCOMPARABLE ALIMENT FOR THE GROWTH AND PROTECTION OF INFANTS AND A superior Nutritive in Continued Fevers and a reliable remedial accvt at all diseases of the stomach ano iNTcariNEm. 5C3L.D BY ORUQGISTS- ■MIFFUia OCFOT—.JOHN CARLESSONS.-NCWlYOitM. CROFT & CHAFEE, Attorneys-at-Lai, Aiken, S. 0. D. S. Henderson. E. P. Henderson. Henderson Brothers, Attorneys at Law, Aiken, S. C. Will practice in the State and United States Courts for South Caro lina. Prompt attention given to col lections. John Gary Evans, Attorney-at-Law. Will practice in the Counties of Aiken, Edgefield and Barnwell. 0. C. JOKBAN, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. AIKEN, S. C. Andrew T. Woodward, Attorney-at-Law, Walt Attorney at THE SOUTH ;n Savannah Except Ten ironicle. train on the lo the Central Lunah on the [South Bound mgers were a interested in three invited it as far as the The run to of thirty-one c was made in le road-bed is | ; of an old road Those who ^trip over the and de The Entire Hoad Bet and Columbia Gra< Miles. From the Augusta The first passenger South Bound pulled l railroad depot at Sa' 16th lust., drawn by locomotive. The pasj number of gentleme the railroad and two o guests, who had been Savannah river brid the bridge, a distance] miles from the juuctlo forty-three minutes, in as good order a^ t —in first-class condli 1 were making their fl South Bouud were surmised lighted with what they. saw. The bridge is nearly completed The draw has been sw ung across the stream and is in working order. Capt. Carter inspected it and pronounced the bridge and its approaches the best he had ever seen. The trestle on tho-noilth s ide of the river is still uncompleted, but it is expected that in six Wb|?k8 it will be ready for trains. With that part of the road ready, trains \till begin run ning at once to Grahan|is, S. C. The entire road from Savannah to Columbia, excepting ^en miles, is graded, and iron is on ^and, or on its way, to complete th«construction. Terminal arrangemenfs have been made with the Central at Savannah and the Richmond ana Danville at Columbia. The people along the line, as well as those in Columbia and Savannah, can look out for the business end of the enterprise between Sept. 15 and Oct. 1. Crops Ex-Governor < jrlaiu. Receiv- ina and Three just returned jtion over the in reply to sr of the News ftp the crops: 1 that the cotton two to three sre, except per- ie South Car nally along lion: and who are buying on price only gain ad ditions, and if the crop could be mar keted by simply buying futures we could very easily dispose not only of the present surplus, but also of another crop, no matter how large. Unfortu nately, this cannot be done, and the bales of the present enormous supply aud of another crop must be forced. “The new crop must be sold sooner or later, and must be sold to the trade at a price which the latter will pay for it. * “As we said before, this is a year of reverses. Very few contracts for au tumn shipments have so far been en tered into with the other side, nor is it likely that they will be made as long as the premiums exist. With the present outlook for the new crop and the prospect of trade, there is ab solutely no reason for the spinners to pay more for the new crop than for the old. “As long as the old crop can be bought for less than the new, the sur plus of the old crop will be taken be fore there will be a general demand for the early receipts. The latter, how ever, must be sold, no matter whether the crop is large or small, and the only possibility of selling them will be by forcing them on Europe at the best prices obtainable. “The price at which this can be done will, as a matter of course, great ly depend upon the prospects of a large or small yield next season; but it seems to us the ruling premiums never before kuown in the history of the cotton trade are discounting a very moderate crop, while an ample supply, say of eight millions or more, to which the last agricultural report points, will in all probability give us much lower prices than those ruling today. Id 1873 the expert quoted was in the commission business, and has a very feeling recollection of the advice given by Tiumbull, of North Georgia and Aiken, of South Carolina, the former an ex-Congressman and the other an ex-Governor, to hold your cotton for 25 cents, the world needs it at that price. “But the world bought it at 16 cents. The farmer was worsted and my factors broke.” “In 1890, about the time Sockless Jerry came into prominence, Living ston and others at the head of the Al liance issued a mandate adyi^ing the fymer to hold his cotton for 10 eenia Highest of all in Leavening Power.—Latest U. S. Gov’t Report. Baking ~bmSer ABSOLUTELY PURE Showing Up the Sub-Treasury Fraud aud the Fraudulent Macune. i lafeoim perfect; be, and appeared Jan equal that of bvhere the crops litiou as to culti- B grass, , and i full there I har - into e cot- promises to be ► year. In the ( and Clinton, ibout the finest State, so far as mch apprehen- will not have id that the re iver last year’s .Richland and Icoudition than ?xcept on the issihly in Or- I at I have said on is true of Lancaster to cotton crop. |he line of the not the lead- ! is we observed it [datively better cotton in most recent spell of course, inimical 1 there has been te regions above forth Carolina, in particular, mt condition, fields of corn for “fodder ^w a great deal me condition, |nds lying be- Rulherfordtou led with corn heavy crops, seem to be at kion.” fws publishes lerienoed cot- Isaid the crop Client in the [may have fit- lie shorts cov- ifits, or nei- lees, nothing from going le crop news, el aud serious button are en- |he trade, he ing ever seen issible. [of reverses.” “Our lowest jmer and the [for instance, ian August, cotton men rer level of se operators »?rket. t the men who v raise-thc~atapi millions of dollars, as many took cents or less for what they could have easily received cents. The loss by damage (greater than any the speaker ever saw), storage, insurance and in terest, all made a total loss of from $12 to $17 per bale. Last season cot ton opened in this market at U>2 for middling; this season it points to 7)4 or less, or a difference of $20 per bale.” Langtry in Luck. The latest sensation connected with the Jersey Lilly has been so carefully guarded that it has been difficult for the scandal-loving public to get at the details. After sifting the different versions of the affair, it seems to be a settled fact that Mrs. Langtry haa just passed through a regular cyclorama of ad ventures. lu the first place, her Platonic relations with Mr. Fred Geb- bardt were dissolved. Then Mr. Abindon Baird, a wealthy scotch- man, took charge of her dramatic in terests. He paid of! her debts, purch ased York house, in Regent’s park for her, aud made arrangements for her future stage career; This pro gramme has been suddenly declared off. A short time ago Mr. Baird lost his temper because he found a gentle man dining with Mrs. Langtry. He violently fired the interloper. Nor did he stop at this. He knocked the lady down, kicked her in the face, and gaye her a couple of black eyes. The victim was pretty badly disfigu red, so much so that her surgeon gave it as his opinion that she would never be able to act again. But there is another and a brighter chapter. When Mr. Baird’s anger subsided he repented and made amends. He called on the sufferer and couuted.out the sum of$125,000 in crisp Bank of England notes. So it may be said that the Lilly is in luck after all. With her debts all settled, and $125,000 in her pocket, she can afford to quit the stage and lead a quiet life. This will not be much of a sacrifice on her part. She is no longer young, and her dramatic talent is not worth considering. From first to last her face was her fortune, and if she is sensible enough to make the most of her last adventure, she will be able to spend the remainder of her days in comparative ease. This woman has a strange and un happy history. The spoiled and pet ted daughter of the Dean of Jersey, her beauty attracted admirers, and even royalty smiled upon her. She was drawn into the social whirl, and the modest fortune of her husband was soon squandered. Then came her stage life, a separation or divorce, scandalous rumors, and the loss of her good name. Perhaps nothing will ever compensate her for the home that was wrecked by her folly; but she may yet find something like peace, far from the madding ccowd, when the world has forgotten her. At the meeting of the Texas State Alliance in Fort Worth, about 1,100 delegates being present, Mr. U. S. Hall, president of the Missouri State Alliance, addressed the body and showed up the sub-treasury scheme and Macune’s hand in it. He said: •‘The sub-treasury scheme is now being advocated and pushed by its originators, headed by C. W. Macune, for the sole purpose of selling it aud the Alliance out to the high protec tive tariff party. Macune says any one w’ho opposes the suh-tieasury plan should be dismissed from the party. He has been brought up by the protective tariff barons of the East, and knows that the only way to do their work is to build up a third party, which can only be done b^ pushing the sub-treasury scheme and getting the farmers of the South to support it. The whole scheme and system is based on an assumption and false premises.” He then proceeded to dissect Ma cune’s argument in fayor of the sub treasury. He argued that the volume of circulating medium which fixes prices should be flexible and not fixed. Reread from John Stuart Mill’s work on political economy in support of the theory he advocates, showing that the condition of credit had as much to do with the maintaiuiug of prices and creating demand as did the volume of money in circulation. “Reports show that out of $100 circu lating, $92.50 is credit and $7.50 only money. Why was it that the failure of Baring Bros, in London should bring down the price of wheat in Missouri, where the volume of money was no less? Not because money was scarcer, but because credit was con it is as much a purcha- ^. The mfiir. treasury scheme'is based on the prop osition that the circulating medium is inflexible, when in fact it is impos sible for it to be the case. The whole scheme is a fallacy, and no one but a demagogue or au ignoramus would support it. Suppose the scheme were put iu operation. Then you would see the contraction of the 92)4 P er cent, credit circulating medium, because business men would not give credit, knowing that they would be paid in the depreciated currency issued from the sub-treasury. Ninety-two and one-half per cent, of the circulating medium is the purchasing power of credit and only 7)4 per cent, money. Suppose the scheme is put into opera tion and our wheat and corn are locked up in the government ware houses, what will follow? The poorer classes, who do uot produce their pro ducts, will be reduced to want, aud bloodshed will follow. What would be the financial condition if this sys tem was put into operation? The locking up of the products produces high prices, even if the volume of currency is increased by it, and the farmer in the end comes out loser Under this scheme “Old Hutch,” of Chicago, the Inmans, af New York, and Pat Calhoun and Macune could corner all the wheat and cotton iu the United States. They could, with $100,000,000, corner every bushel of wheat in the United States. They could take that sum and buy up that much wheat, deposit it in the govern ment warehouses and borrow $80,000,- 000 on it; take that and buy more wheat and put it in the warehouse aud borrow again, and so on to the end, until they had every bushel of grain and all the money left.' They would, by this means, have on their hands the bread of the poor people of the country, and could regulate the price of it. The advocates of this scheme say if we have anything better, to show it up or shut up. If I see my child about to diink a glass of prussic acid, do I wait till I can get a glass of water before I take the poison from his lips? No. My duty is to take the poison away before the damage is done.” He advocated the repeal of the clauses in the National Banking Act imposing a tax of 10 per cent, on State banks, and then euact a law creating the office of State bank ex aminer, and put a pure, honest man in the office; and then it will be good bye to all cornerings, and we have an increase of good honest currency. He would, at the same time, abolish the national banking system, but he had no criticism to make on national bankers. He hoped there were no men in Texas who went about the country pouring into the ears of the farmers a statement that all the honest men were farmers and all the rogues and rascals were in town. A man who will do this is a base demagogue and a vile enemy of mankind. The main objection to the paternal bank ing system was the power it gave a corporation to contract the volume of currency. He favored a free aud unlimited coinage of silver. Nine billions of debt was created iu the South, South west, West and Northwest when the volume of currency ranged at from $30 to $35 per capita. These debts fell due when the per capita was $15. The interest of the debtor is to have the currency increased, while it is the inierest of the creditor to have it con tracted. The coutraction of the cir culating medium means debts, iu ef fect, just double—$18,000,000,000. The free coinage of silver,* which Mr. Cleveland opposes, would aid much to better the conditions. The speaker then tackled the tariff and showed where all the burden of it fell on the consumer. A listing price for necessities is what it costs to live, and it is higher under the McKinley law than it would be if the bill was uot a law. He would repeal the in famous high tariff law and say to the manufacturers and capitalists of the East: “Keep vour hands out of Hie pockets of the people.” President Hall gave an explanation that threw upon C. W. Macune the onus of proving that he had uot sold himself to the road and given the general attorney of the Gould system the evidence ot the insolvent condi tion of the National Alliance. He said that Macune had admitted that he borrowed $2,000 from Calhoun on the ground of friendship, and said he worked for CalhouiPfc^ection because he was a sub-treasury man. I refused to sign a report exonerating Macune from the charges against him. It was no disgrace to the order that such a dishonest man as Macune slipped into it, but it will be a disgrace for h.m to be 3 ^ conclusion ttefij-^fpS^Eer warned hAort-ta once m\ie agalzAt that, “Jack-o’-lantern,” the sub-treasury, and closed amid the most hearty ap plause. _ The Difficulty With Cantwell The question of the payment of the salary of Mr. Cantwell, Supervisor of Registration for Charleston County, has now come up. On the 7th of July the Comptroller- General received a letter from Mr. W. P. Cantwell enclosing receipt for war rant for the full amount of a year's salary as Supervisor of Registration for Charleston County, viz., $200, and asked that a check for same be for warded to him. Reply to this letter was delayed on account of the absence of the Comptroller-General from the city. Later Mr. Cantwell was written to and informed that a warrant for the amount of salary up to May 27th, the date of his removal by the Gov ernor, would be drawn if he would fill up the receipt for the same. If Mr. Cantwell declines to accept this he will probably get no money until the question of the legality of his removal has been finally settled by the courts. Thousands have been relieved of in digestion and loss of appetite by a single bottle of Ayer’s Sarsaparilla. The use of this medicine, by giving tone and strength to the assimilative organs, has made innumerable cures of chronic dyspepsia. Price $1. Worth $5 a bottle. The first bale of new cotton wan brought to Albany Ga.,on the 16th by Brink Savage, who raised it on his Douarherty County plantation. The bale was examined by experts and pronounced all new cotton through. It sold at auctiou at 9)4 cents, and goes to Robert Moore & Co., New York, via Savannah. The evils resulting from habitual costiveness are many and serious; but the use of harsh, drastic purga tives is quite as dangerous. In Ayer’s Pill’s, however, the patient has a mild but effective aperient, superior to all others, especially for family use. The Georgia legislaure has passed a bill disqualifyiug drunken doctors from practicing. A method of indict ment has been framed, and upon conviction of drunkenness, the ac cused is made subject to a heavy pen alty if he should attempt to practice again. CONSUMPTION CURED. An old physician, retired from practice, having had placed m his hands bv an East India missionary the formula a simple vegetable remedy for the speedv and per manent cure of Consumption, Bronchitis, Catarrh, Asthma and all throat and lung affections, also a positive and radical cure for Nervous Debility and all Nervous Com plaints, after having tested its wonderful curative powers in thousands 6f cases, has felt it his duty to make it known to his suf fering fellows. Actuated by this desire and motive to relieve human "sutterlng, I will send free of charge, to all who desire it, this recipe in German, French or English, with full directions for preparing and using. Sent by mail by stamp naming this pa]>er 820 Powers’ Block, Roche