The Aiken recorder. [volume] (Aiken, S.C.) 1881-1910, September 04, 1891, Image 3
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AIKEN. S. C.. SEPT. 4, 1891.
The Cotton Situation.
Tuesday closed one of the most te
markable years in the history of
the cotton tra le. It was a year that
upset all speculation, defied all esti
mates, and produced a yield that has
never been equalled before. The evi
dent imposlblllty to approximate the
size of the crop was largely the cause
of the unprecedented course of the
market during the year. In former
years it has been practicable by May
to make estimates of the crops that
were approxinmtely correct, but this
j r ear this has been impracticable.
The receipts kept up on such an un
precedented scale that the most care
ful and experienced statisticians were
non-phissed. When an approxima
tion was made, placing the figures at
what seemed to be the surplus, re
ports would follow showing the esti
mate to be too small, and with a re
luctance engendered by a doubt, that
so large a yield was possible as was
coming into sight, the calculation
wotld be extended and the figures
increased.
Under such a condition it is not sur
prising that the depression of prices
has been constant. In consequence
of the low range of prices, considera
ble cotton—piobably 400,000 or 500,000
bales were held back by the farmers,
and will be marketed along with the
new crop now coming in. From these
circumstances it is improbably that
the exact yield of 1890 will ever be
known; but from the reports thus far
made up, the quantity marketed will
not vary far from 8,700,000 bales,
which is an increase of about 1,440,000
over the previous year. The accurate
official report will be published by the
Financial Chronicle next week.
As to prices, there have beer; un
doubtedly other causes operating to
depress them than the unu.-ually
large j'ield. It is a mistake to sup
pose that consumers, regular buyers,
or speculators, desire to have cotton
rule at h>w prices. Where prices are
moderately high, and there is life in
the market, all three classes do a bet
ter business; manufactured goods
fetch better prices; buyers earn more
commissions; and speculators have
better chances to make profits. A
dull market, with a low range of
prices, crushes out business.
For me con^pg year we see no rea
son for des4fRnBfeH| aaB J£he prospect*
^nt to a smaller yield !
?he average
rains have
The Trade ol Charleston.
The News and Courier of Wednes
day contains an exceedingly credita
ble account of the trade of Charles
ton during the past year, and of the
many industries carried on there. It
says that the cotton trade of Charles
ton, notwithstanding the very low
prices which prevailed, was $9,433,000
in excess of the cotton trade of the pre
vious year. There was an increase
of $275,000 in crude phosphate rock;
an increase of $483,230 in cotton goods;
an increase of $930,000 in fruits and
vegetables; an increase of $2,083,621
In the value of manufactured products
of the city, and an increase of $5,020,-
000 in the wholesale and retail trade
of Charleston. The total business of
Charleston for the year just closed
shews a neat increase of $17,935,001
oyer the trade of 1889-90. The total
trade of the city for the year 1890-91
was $98,554,001 as compared with $80,
619,717 in 1889 90. With a banking
capital of $1,485,000 Charleston is do
ing a safe and steadily increasing
business of nearly $100,000,000 a year.
There is absolutely no limit to the
possibilities of such people and such
a city. There is no cause anywhere
for despondency. Charleston is
stronger to-day in its financial posi
tion than any other Southern city.”
The annual publication of such a
trade exhibit does a town much good.
The Georgia Confederate Home.
The Charleston Supervisor's Books.
In the matter of Supervisor Cant
well, of Charleston, in which a com
mittee of citizens styling themselves
the ballot reformers applied to Judge
Izlar for a writ of mandamus to com
pel William P. Cantwell, Supervisor
of Registration for Charleston Coun
ty, to deposit according to law the
registration books with the Register
of Mesne Conveyance for said County,
and to compel Charles Kerrison, Jr.,
Register of Mesne Conveyance for
said County, to permit the proper in
spection and examination of the said
books of registration, Judge Izlar has
decided that the books are not neces
sarily subject to public inspection.
He says: “The relators not having
shown by their application any legit
imate and particular purpose in re
spect to which the inspection of the
registration books of the County of
Charleston becomes necessary, and
the statute of the State not making
said books subject to public inspec
tion, either in the hands of the Su
pervisor of Registration or while in
the custody of the Register of Mesne
Conveyance, I am of opinion that
neither under the rules of the com
mon law nor under the statutes rela
ting to the registration of electors
and the safe keeping of the registra
tion books are the relators entitled to
the writ of mandamus asked for in
their petition. The writ of mandam
us is therefore refused.”
The case is an important one, and
the decision will affect every County
in the State.
Sclfiol Books
The action of the Georgia Legisla
ture in refusing to accept the “Home
for Confederate Soldiers,” built by
private subscription, impresses us as
a mistake; but, at the same time,
while without accurate knowledge of
all the reasons that actuated those
members who opposed the accept
ance, we cannot but feel that they
must have had good reasons for their
course.
It is stated that four-fifths of those
who voted against this bill were
themselves old soldiers, and many of
the others were the sous of old sol
diers. It can hardly be said with
justice, therefore, that the oppo
nents of the Confederate Home
bill lack sympathy with needy vet
erans, and it is certainly in bad taste
to call these men traitors. It is also
scarcely credible that opposition to
Gov. Northen can have been a moving
impulse on the part of the opposition.
The Governor has appointed Mr.
George H, Walter to be Treasurer of
Charleston County, to fill the vacan
cy caused by the death of Mr. W. M.
S. Lesesne. It is an excellent ap
pointment.
Cotton Receipts at the Ports.
Direct Tax Claims.
The receipts of cotton at the South
ern Forts for the year ending 1st Sep
tember, were as follows:
New Orleans 2,077,744 bales.
Savannah... .^ 1,139,560 bales.
Gal vestoa^^S 1,032,599 bales.
The State says there is some cheer
ing news in regard to the direct tax
claims in this State, and the claim
ants can now rejoice that they will be
paid without having to wait for their
consideration by the Court of Claims
at its meeting in November, accord
ing to the decision of the First Comp
troller announced some time ago.
For some time Walter Monteith,
Esq., has been working on the mat
ter and endeavoring to get the claims
he represented through without wait
ing for the Court to convene. He now
seems to have succeeded, as appears
by the following letter, which fully
explains the status of the matter:
Walter S. Mi.ntieth, Esq., Attorney
at Law, Columbia, S. O.:
gin—Your letter of tile 25th inst.,
in relation to certain claims filed by
you as attorney for compensation for
laud sold for direct taxes in South
Carolina, has been received. In reply
I have to state that the claim of the
estate of the late John A. Scott, the
first claim of the kind received, has
been passed upon by this office and
referred to the First Comptroller for
his action thereon. The other claims
will be held for the present subject to
the action in that case. Respectfully
yours, L. W. Haberson,
Fifth Auditor.
This decision, of course, being in
the nature of a test, opens the way
for all other claimants who wish to
do so to secure their money without
waiting for the tedious deliberations
of the Court of Claims, and is a big
thing for the South Carolina claim
ants.
Observing abatement on the part
of Governor 'Rlman recently to the
County Scl'Oo.Cemmissiouers that a
Comparisoi ff the //it prices of
school books dider the State contract
with the r ta! prices in Columbia
will show a dkerence of over 60 per
cent. We Wiot to Mr. W D. Mayfield,
the Superinte lent of Education for
further iuforn itiou on the subject.
In a long letu he kindly replied. It
appears that t fe school books for use
in the State w re adopted in October,
1888, for five rears. The publishers
then argreed t give a discount of 16, 2 3
per cent, of th list price to all deal
ers, and all ciizeus of this State pur
chasing any oi these books. It was
also agreed th t the purchasers were
to have the be efit of any reductions
made in pric i during that period.
Since that dat four of the publishing
houses have soled their interests,
and are now o erating as the Ameri
can Book Cor pany. This company
has lately redt cd its prices on some
of its books, ui tl increased the dis
count allowed from 16 2 3 to 20 per
cent. By thi change the dealer
makes a large rofit, unless he makes
a correspondin reduction to the re
tail buyer. ] r. Maystield states,
however, that n many places no re
duction is ma< e to the retail buyer
who pays the s ime old prices.
In order to ii brm our readers just
what they will have to pay for their
children’s sch pi books we have ob
tained the folk ving list of books adop
ted for this Cou tty. The first column of
figures represe its the publishers’ list
prices, and tb s second column the
prices at whlclWhev will be sold by
Messrs. BuschSk: Co. of Aiken, and
Miss Josie ThoHiof Graniteville.
gYftOP-fRqS [ PADGETT
Harper’s First
Harper’s Seconj
Harper’s Thin'
Harper’s Four
Harper’s Filthl
Maury’s El. Geography
Maury’s Revised Manual
Maury’s Physi
ISandford’
Wwiufon’s Co
Swinton’s Lan
Swiuton’s Lan,
Swinton’s Gra
Worcester’s Pi 1
Worcester
1 Geog
Arithmetic
School
uage Primer
uage Les’ns.
:nnr & Comp
l m’y Dict’ry.
iool Dict’ry.
S>vinton’s Woiti Book
Swinton’s Woi.ll Primer
Spenc’n Copy Books small,
Spenc’n Copy Books large
.24
.36
.48
.60
.90
.63
1.28
1.20
,36
.68
.28
.38
.76
.48
.88
.21
.18
.40
•50
*65
100
,65
1.40
1.35
.40
.75
.30
.40
.85
.55
.90
!l8
1.00
1.20
The Rival
p;p£hed up
Dyspepsia
Few people ha-'*, suffered more severely
from dyspepsia thi^Mr. E. A. McMahon, a
well known grocer^j^taunton, Va. He says:
“ Before 1878 I w;^ { n excellent health, weigh
ing over 200 pound g Ju that year an ailment
developed Into at .♦e ‘Jyspepsla, and soon I
was reduced to 102. ^.nds, suffering burning
* . sensations in the stomach,
r Tlf AllOQ palpitation of the heart,
|j l| IIjIIuU Aausea, and indigestion.
' " (.Quid no t sleep, lost all
•ad fits of melancholia, and
would have welcomed
A short truce lias been pa>?hed up
between the advocates cf the Holy
Coat of Treves and those Who upheld
the Holy Coat of Argenteuil in
Trance. It is said to be agreed that
heart in my work,
for days at a tlm
death. I became* 1
am i for f-ighV®* 113 Uf (
m j) physicians and
t .workman employ
? take
Sarsapa-
it had
wife of
sla. I did so, and
a bottle I began to f<
terrible pains to whii
e, sullen and irritable,
i was a burden. 1 tried
any remedies. One day
by me suggested that
Hood’s
rllla, as
cured his
dyspep-
fore taking the whole of
I like a new man. The
[ had been subjected,
Subsided,
reasier, nausfa di&ap
lire system began to
18 Years
E er weight and natural
well and I ascribe it
parilla.”
| to take Hood’s Sarsar
5d to buy any other.
irsaparilla
*«ixforgS. Prepared only
Apothecaries, Lowell, Mass.
One Dollar
hold Remedy
}ft ALL
BandSKIN
--WILL PAY—
THE FREIGHT.
Clyie’s New York, Charleston
and Florida Steamship Lines.
WM. P. CLYDE & CO., Gen. Agents,
5 Bowling Green, New York.
12 South Wharves, Philadelphia.
[T. G. EGER. Traffic Manager,
5 Bowling Green, New York.
Both the method and results whet
Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasaut
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gently yet promptly ou the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys
tem effectually, dispels colds, head
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy of its kind ever pro
duced, pleasing to the taste and ac
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances, its
many excellent qualities commend it
to all and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in 50c
and 81 bottles by all leading drug
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it. Do not accept any
substitute.
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO.
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
LOUISVILLE. KY. NEW YORK. N.Y
PROF. P. M. WHITMAN.
SCIENTIFIC OPTICIAN,
Office in the Chronicle Building,
Broad Street, Augusta, Georgia,
KEEPS a full line of popular priced
glasses, in addition to his fine ones; gives
free eye tests for Presbyopia—old sight,-
Myopia—near sight--,Hyperopia—far sight—
Simple, Compound and Mixed Astigma
tism—irregular curve of the cornea—, Anis
ometropia-unequal refraction of two eyes—
and Asthenopia—weak sight. Broken lenses
replaced while you wait. Repairing of all
kinds. Oculists’ prescriptions Hlled.
NEAR TEST FOR ASTIGMATISM.
To he held at reading distance. If one
set of lines appear very black and the
other very dim the greater the necessity
for the peculiar glasses required to cor
rect it.
Ophthalmic writers say “No ocular mal-
| formation demands assistance so impera
’■ I \ t Y i tl > « tl.-^ -- - —«• 1V
comiCav conditions or imponTsTiNam to an
qnal degree,”
Blood Balm
[SCROFULA, ULCERS, SALT
RHEUM. ECZEMA, every
j.iant SKIN ERUPTION, be-
Utitacious In toning up the
■ estcrlng the constitution,
[r-rl frem any cause. Its
r-.atural healing properties
[n r.canntceing a cure, if
i fo' owetl.
r III r'TRATF.n
*• Ti. ■,.> V. muter*.”
f c, . ,'a. C-r
- -i - -i -J
of the above school
n on the 14th day of
t, and will continue
rof. J. F. McKinnon.
nt—Prof. J. R. Mack.
[ite-Miss Ethel Browne
Ravenel.
French, Music and
iss Maria Edgertou.
TERMS.
the free school lerm
with session) to all
School District (city)
school studies; all
said time and at all
pay as follows:
NTH OF FOUR WEEKS:
50.
00.
50.
00.
50.
00.
00.
sending four or more, a
fteen per cent.; five or
per cent.
o paid in advance; and
second Wednesday of
is suspended.
GNDERSON,
President of Trustees,
WOOD. Secretary,
Y BUSCH. Treasurer.
nd Grades . .
rth Grades
h Grades
English Course) .
Classical Course).
NOTICE OF
Application to Charter Railway Co.
N OTICE is hereby given that the
undersigned will apply to the
General Assembly of this State, at its
next session for a charter of a Rail
way Company, to run from a point on
the Savannah River, opposite or near
Ihe City of Augusta, in the State of
Georgia, through the County of Aiken
S. C., via the city of Aiken, through
Orangeburg and Sumter Counties to
the city of Sumter, in this State
Said Railway to be known as The
Augusta, Aiken and Sumter Railway
Company.
G. W. Croft,
F. B. Henderson,
B. F. Turner,
J. G. Baynham,
M. B. Woodward.
New Honey
For sale at
WM. TURNBULL’S.
Have your eyes proper
ly fitted with glasses at
Wessels Bros.
Free Eye Test.
BE A MAN
APOLLO WAS A PERFECT MAN.
PERFECT IN FORM I-MATCHIESS II WAR!
Bo inxiou w*r« the an.i.ou for itolvart m.n that
puaj boy* at birth ware pat to death.
Evary MAN tan bo STEORO
and VIGOROUS In all roapoctf.
YOUNQ MEN OR OLD,
■nffarlng from NERVOUS DE
BILITY, Loat or ratlins Man
hood, Fbyalcal Exetif**, M.ntal
Worry, Btuntad Davalopmtnt, or
any PERSONAL WEAKNESS, can ba
raatorad to PERFECT HEALTH and
tba NOBLE VITALITY of STRONG
MEN, tho Pride and Fo**rof Nation*.
We clnlm by years of practice by
our excltiflive methods a uniform
MONOPOLY OF SUCCESS ” In treat-
ing all Disease*, Weakneiaes and
Afflictions of Men. Testimonials
’ from 50 States and Territories.
trill be sent free, sealed, post-
. paid, fet a limited time. Get
you can. Pall Explanations for HOME TREAT-
Vlu can be FULLY RESTORED at Thousands
>'v ua. Raad oar testimonials. Address at one*
:.i£DICAL CO. BUFFALO, N.Y.
NEW BOOK
aroliaa College,
Lumbia, s. c.
member 29th. Entrance
na begin September 24!ii.
fiterary, Scientific and
k. Thirteen Professors
information address the
James Wosdrow.
[•^Besrtdi m€nt / vH
%^i0E.LALS0fiM
Rheumatism
ftWIbUS OlLSflLfY IS AN Q1P
^ERMAHjlNIMtffTsBpdSfaioijuicWy.
IIPPMAN BROS. Savannah. G^.
Sole AOENT3 IN THE U. JS.
DO YOU KNOW THAT YOU
Can buy any article of
FURNITURE.
Cooking Stoves,
Carpets, Mattings, Win
dow Shades, Lace Fur-
tains, Cornice Poles,
BABY CARRIAGES,
Clocks, Mirrors, Pictures
Dinner Seis, Tea Sets,
Chamber Sets, Mattress
es, Comforts, Blankets,
and a thousand and one
articles needed in a
house, delivered at your
depot at the same price
that you buy them in
Augusta?
I CARRY EVERYTHING
You need, and can quote
you prices that will sat
isfy you that I am giving
a dollar value for every
dollar paid.
The Fleet is composed of the fol-
[ lowing Elegant Steamers:
S S ALGONQUIN (new),
S S IROQUOIS (new), Capt Kemble.
S S CHEROKEE, Capt Bearse.
S S SEMINOLE, Capt Platt.
S S YEMASSEE, Capt MeKee.
| S S DELAWARE, Capt Chichester.
These splendid passenger steamers
form an unequaled tri-weekly line
to New Yotk and the Florida Ports,
with state-rooms all on deck, thor-
oughly ventilated and separated from
the dining saloon.
There is no pleasanter travelling on
the Atlantic Coast, and the trip to
Florida consumes only 12 to 15 hours.
For passenger engagements address
J. E. EDGERTON,
Gen. Freight and Pass. Agent,
Charleston, 8. C.
Special Offer No. 1.
To introduce my business in every
neighborhood in the quickest possi
ble manner, I will ship you one
Bed-room Suite complete, consist
ing of One Bedstead, full size and
high head. One Bureau with glass.
One Wash-stand, One Center Table,
Four cane seat chairs, one rocker to
match, well worth $20, but to intro
duce mv goods in your neighbor
hood at once I will deliver the above
suite at your railroad depot, all
charges paid.
For Only $16.50,
When the cash comes with the
*3o r , _
FOR SALE
Iii Town of Montmorenci.
I OFFER FOR SALE at a bargain
the following nieces of property in
Montmorenci. Good reason for sell-
iug:
16)^ Acres, with new Dwelling of 7
rooms, barn and stables; also fine
well of water. Located in 1-4 mile of
Montmorenci Station. Churches and
school only distant a few hundred
yards.
16 4-7 Acres, on railroad in Town of
Montmorenci. Improvements consist
of one tenant house and blacksmith
shop.
Terms Casii; or one-half cash. b»I
ance in ore and two years
Apply to
BESIDES this Suite, I have a|
great many other Suites in Walnut,!
Oak, Poplar, and all the popular
woods, running in price from the
cheapest up to hundreds of dollars
for a Suite.
Special Bargain No. 2.
Is our elegant Parlor Suite, seven
pieces, walnut frames, upholstered
in plush in popular colors, crimson,
olive, blue, old gold, either in band
ed or in combination colors. This
suite is sold for $40.00. I bought a
large number of them at a bank
rupt sale in Chicago, hence I will
deliver this fine plush suit, all
charges paid by me, to your nearest
railroad depot, for $33. Besides
these suites I have a great many
other suites in all the latest shapes
and styles, and can guarantee to
please you.
Bargains No. 3.
Is a Walnut Spring Seat Lounge,
ieduced from $9 to $7. All freight
paid.
Special Bargains No. 4,
Is an elegant No. 7 Cooking Stove,
trimmed up complete for $11.50, all
charges paid to your depot; or a
5-hole range with trimmings for
$15. Besides these I have the larg
est stock of cooking stoves in the
city, including the gauze door
stoves and ranges, and the CHAR
TER OAK STOVES with patent
wire gauze doors. I am delivering
these stoves everywhere, all freight
charges paid at the price of an or
dinary stove, while they are far su
perior to any other stoves made.
Full particulars by mail.
100 rolls of Matting, 40 yardaTo
the roll, $5.50 per roll. 1.000 Cor
nice Poles, 25 cents each; 1,000
Window Shades, 3x7 feet on spring
roller and fringed, at 37>2 cts each.
You must pay your own freight on
Cornice Poles, Window Shades and
Clocks.
Now, see here, I cannot quote you
everything I have got in a store
containing 22,600 feet of floor room,
besides its annexes and factory in
another part of the town.
shall be pleased to send you
anything above mentioned, or will
send my catalogue free if you will
say you saw this advertisement in
The Aiken Recorder, published
at Aiken, S. C.
C^TNo goods sent C. O. D., or on
consignment. I refer you to the ed-
tor and publisher of this paper or
io any banking concern in Augusta,
tr to the Southern Express Co., all
ohom know me personally.
Yours, &c,
When you need glasses
call on Wessels Bros.
Free Eye Test.
Capital paid in, -
Surplus,
- #50,000
#2,000
Aiken County
LOAN & SAVINGS BANK
Does a General Banking and Col
lection Business.
Savings Department.
Interest Allowed on Deposits in
Savings Department.
W. W. Woolsey,
President.
J. W. Ashhurst
Cashier.
DIRECTORS.
W. W. Woolsey, H. H. Hall,
H. F. Warneke, H. B. Burckhalter,
C. H. Phinizy, J. W. Ashhurst.
G. W. Williams, jr.
Wilson's Champion Spark arrester.
For sale by W. J. I* LA'IT,
Aiken, S. C.
L. F. PADGETT,
1110-1112
Broad Street.
Augusta - - Ca.
[Proprietor Padgett’s Furniture, Stove
and Carpet Stores.
Factory Harrison St.
Best open draught ar-
‘ •• rid”
rester in the wor
Delivered Free
in any part of the U. 8.
on receipt of price, thla
advertisement, and
name of paper.
Insist on getting this
arrester, and If your
dealer can’t supply you.
send for circulars and
prices.
JESSUP BROS.,
Sole Manufacturer*,
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA.
SOTIOV PRICES OK Evaporators, ’ Smoke
Slack* and General Sheet Iron Work.
Pat. Feb. 16, ’86.
For sale by W. J. PLATT,
Aiken, 8. C ?