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/ y // / The Aiken Institute. Rmtkbed at the Post Office at Aiken. S. C. as second cla.'-s matter. AIKEN, 8. C , SEPT. 4, 1891. LOCAL BREVITIES. We regret to learn of the serious and protracted illness of Mr. Thos S. Holt. Mr. Henry Schroder has returned from Germany, where he has been on a visit. The negro murderer Dauforth, will be hanged in Augusta to-day for the murder of his wife. Messrs. L. T. Izlar and J. A. Patter son of Barnwell county, were in Aiken yesterday’ on business. Mr. Anness has rented the old Coffin house, and it will be occupied as soon as the repairs are completed, Prof. J. F. McKinnon has returned and is ready to resume his position as principal of the Aiken Institute. Last year Augusta received 203,814 bales of cotton. This year she receiv ed 288,138, an increase of 64,324 bales. We were glad to see Mr. D. W. Gaston out driving a day or two ago, and are glad to know that he is recu perating. The Augusta beer is growing more popular every day. There is no beer brought here that surpasses it in fla vor or quality. The Board of County Examiners for the beneficiary scholarship at the Citadel will meet in the Court House on next Thursday. Mrs, Emma L. Ready, widow of Hon. W. J. Ready, died at her home near Johnston on Saturday last, after a protracted illness. Mr. Fred W. Clay has withdrawn from Mr. C. K. Henderson’s clothing house, and has entered into an en gagement with Mr. Lewis Bradwell. Mrs. Ella Randall now has her headquarters at the dry goods empo rium of J. U. Rives & Co., and will be pleased to have her many friends call on her. Mr. Liyingood has rented the house belonging to the estate of Man ning Brown, recently occupied by Mrs. Rowe, and will soon occupy it with his family. Miss Lilia Ravenel, daughter of Henry Ravenel Esq., of Darien, Ga., is in Aiken for the purpose of attend ing the Aiken Institute during the coming term. Mr. West Bodie, a son of Nathan Bodie, died at his home north-east of Aiken Sunday morning after a short illness of typiioid pneumonia, in the 25th year of his age. Mr. George Sharpton died at his home near Granitevilie on last Fri day morning. His funeral services were conducted on Sunday morning by the Rev. G. L. Knight. James Tupper, Esq., of Charleston, who recently purchased the old Yea- don place at Kalmia, has moyed up with his family, and expresses him self as well pleased with his purchase the climate of the place. wife of Mr. J. residence in ^ning, after a ser- The Fall Session of the Aiken In stitute will commence on Monday the 14th inst, and Prof. J. F. McKinnon, the superintendent requests us to state that he will be at the school building on Tuesday, Friday and Sat urday, the 10th, 11th and 12th, for the purpose of examining and classi fying all applicants for admission. All children who desire to attend the school, and did not attend the final examination af the last term are re- quested to meet the superintendent at the school house on one of the days named that they may be examined and graded : Sneak Thiel Caught. Recently Mr. T. G. Lamar and Mr. John Laird had chairs stolen out of the piazzas of their houses on Colle ton Avenue. Detective Tom Hayue was employed to work up the case, and on Thursday he arrested Eman uel Brown, colored, and lodged him in jail, and also recovered the stolen chairs and returned them to their owners. Constabulary Work. Ephraim Lee, colored, has been ar rested and lodged in jail for assault and battery, with intent to kill Sharper Jackson, also colored. Allen Smilie, colored, is in jail for assault and battery on Henry Collier, colored. Hilliard Moseley, colored, is also in jail for assault on Mr. J. W. Kennedy. Sidney Green, Lawrence Green, Jim Green, and Mick Goss, all white, were arrested for assault on Adeline Cole man, colored, and were released on bail. Handy Benjamin is in jail for se duction. Y. M. C. A. The Young Men’s Christian Associ ation met in their hall over C. K. Henderson’s store last Tuesday night, with full attendance and a splendid meeting. The remainder of the fui- niture of the rooms will be here in a few days. The rooms are kept open from 9 a. m. to 9 p. m., and the Association has already a great many periodicals. Mr. F. W. Hahn presented the Y. M. C. A. with six volumes of Wash ington Irving’s w’orks. Mr. J. H. Beckman has presented the Y. M. C. A. with tw’o handsome chairs—one for the president and one for the secretary. The English Folly Troupe. pe sh of the Rose Hill English Folly Comedy Troupe on Wednesday evening was all sorts of a show, before a go-as-you-please au dience, rather small in point of num bers. On the stage there were ten women, at times ver3’ handsomely dressed and at other times very scan tily clad. One of them h *d a very sweet voice, and sang very well; the others did not do much in particular. There were four or five men who did some acting, and one of whom, in the character of an Irishman, did very well. There was also a little trapeze performing, always in itself interest ing, but on this occasion nothing out of the usual run. The orchestra con sisted of a parlor organ. The King’s Daughters. injury InflilMPB^Tnese insects will depeud largely upon the character of the weather for the next few weeks. Messrs. J. U. Rives & Co. are now ready for fall trade, and have a beau tiful selection of fall ginghams, dress goods and notions; a nice selection of shoes at prices to suit the times. Ev erything that is kept in a first-class dry goods store is to be (ound at their store. Dr. Geo. W. Hatcher, of Vaucluse; Drs. J. F. Baker, J. A. Stothart and J. B. McMillan, of Granitevilie, left Tuesday evening for Athens, where they go to attend the meeting of the Alumni Association of the Medical Department of the University of Georgia. Capt. T. B. Grenecker, the popular conductor on the Carolina, Cumber land Gap and Chicago Railroad, has returned from his pleasure trip to the Far West. He went out as far as Colorado. The Captain is looking well and has resumed his regular run between Augusta and Edgefield. Mrs. W. N. Jones died at her home at Sally on the 27th ultimo. She was the daughter of Mr. R. B. Wills of Orangeburg, and had many friends in both towns. On Saturday her funeral services were conducted in the Bap tist Church in Orangeburg, and she was interred in the Sunny Side cem- etery. There are some sneak thieves or burglars going around at night look ing for opportunities to rob. Several attempts have been made recently to enter dwellings. On Tuesday night one of these scamps attempted to eu- rcle of King’s Daughteis will Mrs. T. G. Croft’s house on nday afternoon at half past T’blo ic an ->ifKtt!rHiJ is doing much good in a quiet way. It was founded by ten women in New York on January 13, 1886. A little company of women met on that day at the residence of Mrs, F. Bot- tome, in Gramercy Park. Of the various names proposed for the Order the one suggested by Mrs. Irving was most favorably received. The new order was therefore called the King’s Daughters. At this first meeting a badge of purple ribbon was selected to be worn with or without the Maltese cross, upon which were the initials I. H. N. There are now circles of these good workers in twenty-three States, and the Order has a membership of about 200,000. Marriage of Miss Lube Eustis. - Cleansing the Town. Mayor Chafee deserves and will re ceive the thanks of all good citizens for his energetic efforts to cleanse Jhe town of vagrancy and its moral im purities. For a long time there has been a number—and a constantly in- c..""y}g number—of negroes, and also whites, in this town who had no visi ble means of livelihood, and notori ously lived lives of immorality and probably dishonesty. Mayor Chafee has determined to drive this class out and thus far has arrested and lodged in jail the following parties, some charged with vagrancy and some with gross immorality: Olivia Boatwright, Sal Herrin, Jane Goss, and Clara Courtney, all white; Sim Hughes, Pauldo Richardson, Bud Samuels, Frances Walton, Lizzie Hooks, Ida Rambo, and Ella Schweariugin, col ored. There is quite a number more of this class for whom warrants have been taken out, and they will be in the lock-up shortly, and in due time we trust be of some use to the com munity by cleaning the streets. In reference to this matter it is pleasant to know that the action of the town authorities meets with the hearty |support of the respectable colored portion of the community. Yesterday a committee of colored men composed of Revs. R. L. Hick son, W. P. Carolina, J. G. Phillips, and I. A. Givens and others, waited on the Mayor and requested him to call a special meeting of Council in the evening. At the meeting the committee presented a set of resolu tions condemning in strong language the recent murderous, lawless deeds, that have been enacted here, and commending the action of the town authorities in arresting vagrants and persons living in notorious immor ality, Petty’s Minstrels at the Lyceum Hall. On Monday evening Petty’s Con solidated Minstrels gave their first performance, and a very good one it was. The programme was well ar ranged, and carried out fully, and with excellent effect. The jokes were such as are usually heard at ministrel performances, but the singing and in strumental music were uncommonly good. The contortionists, Messrs. Cortez and Sorgee did their parts well; while Mr. 8. A. Taft, in his discourse on the issues of the day brought down the house. The audience was a large one, and indicated by their applause tl eir hearty appreciation of the ex cellence of the performance. ter Mr. J. Rice Smith’s house, but Mr. Roger Smith being awakened by some noise, shot at the fellow’ with a rifle, unfortunately missing him in the dark. The total rainfall during August was 13.39 inches, an excess of 3.47 inches above the average. Of this amount 8 inches fell in one week, Aug. 22 to Aug. 28. The rainfall for the year is now about up to the total, and the appearances are that there will be a drv season for awhile. The average rainfall for September is about 5.42 inches, and there is no reason to believe that this amount will be exceeded this month. The colored firemen’s tournament on Monday’ did not amount to a great deal so far as numbers were concern ed, as the companies that were ex pected from other places failed to come, so the tournament w’as reduced to one company, the “Little Som mer.” This company did very well however, and the members manifest ed a most creditable interest in the ef ficiency of their organization. It is a very useful organization, and one that deserves every encouragement from the citizens. Messrs R. A. Chafee. Henry Busch G. W. Croft and W. W. Woolsey have been appointed a committee on the building of the new opera house, with full authority to decide on the E lans, and to go ahead and erect the uilding. Mr J. W. Ashhurst, the treasurer wishes to notify those stock holders who have not yet paid their installments, that there will be a fine of 10 cents per share imposed on those who do not pay promptly. He may always be found at the County Loan aud Savings’ bank to receive dues, which are payable between the 1st and 5th cf each month. There are a few shares that may yet be taken, and those parties who desire to help the gaose may subscribe for them. From the Boston Transcript we learn that the marriage of Miss Louise Marie Eustis and Thomas Hitchcock, Jr., took place at Beverly Farms, Mass., on the 27th ultimo. The cere mony was performed in the parlor of the Cross Roads Cottage, corner of Hale and Harhill Sts., the residence of Miss Celestine Eustis. The wed ding was private, there being not more than 30 persons present. It had been intended that the cere mony should have been performed at St Margaret’s church, but later it was decidea to have onlv a home wed ding. The ceremony of the Roman Cath olic Church was performed by Rev. Fr. Ryan of St. Margaret’s church at the Farms beneath a beautiful arch of Hydrangea Paniculata Grandiflora The bride was attired in a travelling dress. Among the family who followed the bridal procession into the room were Miss Celestine Eustis, aunt of the bride, escorted by Thomas Hitchcock father of the groom; ex-Senator and Mrs. Eustis, G. A. Eustis and Mrs. Eustis, JamesEustis. Mrs. Thomas Hitchcock and Allan, the eldest brother of the bride. Soon alter the ceremony the bride and groom left for Newport, and af ter a short stay there will go to Meadow Brook, where Mr. Hitchcock is master of the hounds. The Baltimore Sun, of August 29, contains the following paragraph of interest to a number of the friends of the contracting parties in this State: Miss Bessie Wilson was married at noon to Prof. W. L. Weber at the res idence of the bride’s father, Bishop A. W. Wilson. No invitations were issued, and only a few members of the family witnessed the ceremony, which was performed by the Rev Samuel Rodgers. After the marriage Prof, and Mrs. Weber left for Aiken, S. C., the home of the groom’s father, where they will remain a week. They will live at Georgetown, Texas. The groom occupies the chair of English in the Southwestern University at that place. People with impure blood may be said to exist, not live. Life is robbed of half its joys when the blood is load ed with impu’ities and disease. Correct this condition with De Witt’s Sarsaparilla, it is reliable. Sold by W. J. Platt’s. The first train will be run over the South Bound Railroad next Monday. It will stait from the Central depot in Savannah some time during the morning, and will, carry the stock holders and officials, besides a large invited party, to Columbia. After this initial trip the trains will begin running on a regular schedule. De Witt’s Sarsaparilla cleanses the blood, increases the appetite and tones up the system. It has benefited many people who have suffered from blood disorders. It will help you. Sold by W. J. Platt. It was reported that Dr. Macune had demolished President Hall of Missouri, but later reports show that the Missouri Alliance, by a vote of 80 to 49, refused to endorse the sub-treas ury or the land loan. Perfect action and perfect health re sult from the use of De Witt’s Little Early Risers, a perfect little pill. Sold by W. J. Platt. “A man isn’t considered much of a wears >< Murder of Colonel l The community was sb t 3ked last Sunday at hearing of the d« th of Col onel Lyas, a well known i l gro man of Aiken, and one held in tonsidera- ble regard. j It seems that early Bum ^y morn ing James Griffin, a negro -nan, liv ing on Job Head’s place, ear Gib son’s Bridge, on going into .he lot to feed the stock discovered Co nel lying on the grou jd, ace downv rds. He turned him over, and the , went to the Poor House to report th 3ase, and on his return found the i an dead. His body was duly lai t out and the Coroner was noth ( .*d, who came over late Sunday afte loon, and erapannelled a jury of 13 n ! n—6 col ored, 7 white, witlfMr. J. I [Courtney as foreman. Dr. T the post mortem examination P. Edw ,rds made that night, and this examinatio 1 revealed the fact that the deceased nad been severely choked, as his neo r bore the distinct contused marks o a thumb on one side, and fingers on he other. The physician expressed te opinion that this choking ruptflt .1 interior blood vessels of the thr< it, which caused congestion of the frain, and stupor, with resulting coqjestion of the lungs and death. From circumstances tha were well known of unfaithfulness c the part of Colonel’s wife, and sc Me distur bances between him a >d sundry negro roughs, suspicion w b directed towards Walter Oliphant, flias Bully Ward, Bully Scott, At nie Lyas, .Colonel’s wife,) Leckie /innemau, Eddie Simmons and Cudg' Scott, who were at once arrested, and! lodged in jail to await the result off the Coro ner’s inquest. On Tuesday morning t^ Coroner’s jury re-assembled in th^Vown Hall and proceeded to the in^Htigation of the case. A large numt^Hf witnesses were examined, and c^^hat deal of testimony taken, and the|jury ren dered the following verdic “That the said Colonel Lyas came to his death at the hands olone Bully Scott, Edwards Simmons |nd Walter Oliphant, by having been I hoked, or from a blow in the throat.A These three men were ciftisequeutly bound over to the Court General Sessions to stand theirf trial for murder. 1 While it was difficult tisift much of a positive nature out o' the mass of testimony given before Mnl jury, still enough was elicited to warrant the belief that Colonel’s wife ( was taken away by Walter OlipbautJ and that he, Scott and Simmons induced Col onel to go with them on T mrsday out to Shaw’s Creek; that tbfere was a fight, and Colonel was left in the woods for dead; that We recovered sufficiently to wander /about in a stupid kind of way, exposed to the wretched weather, as he Was seen by several parties; and in uonsequence of his injuries, and resisting expo sure he died on Sunday morning. The truth or falsity of those supposi tions will, however, be shown at the trial. Colonel was well thouglit of in this community, and had tli^ merit of reliability. He was peA:cfully dis posed and industrious, .''and usually minded his own business. Another Case from Mr, Ellerbe. The Comptroller-General has re cently tackled the stock of Building and Loan Associations of other states doing business in South Carolina. The issue was made with the Atlanta National Building and Loan Asso ciation, that concern having a branch in Aiken. The Auditor of this county having assessed the stock owned here the association resisted his action, aud its attorney in Atlanta obtained an opinion from the Attorney-General of Georgia, in which that gentleman holds that as all the capital stock of the company’ is owned in Georgia, it is non-taxable in other states. This opinion was sent to the Comptroller- General of this State, with the request that he instiuct the auditor of Aiken accordingly. The whole question was referred to Attorney-General Pope and he has rendered the following de cision, addressed to the Comptroller- “I have received from your office certain papers connected with the matter of taxing such portion of the assets of the Atlanta National Build ing and Loan Association as is re presented bv a branch thereof located in the town of Aiken, this state, with the request that I advise you thereon. “I shall be brief, for the matter has been before the courts ot the state and the discussion sustained the action of Auditor Wise, acting under instruc tions Irom vour department in hold ing such property liable to taxation in this state, and the question at issue having received judicial determina tion, Is no longer an open question so far as we are concerned. Action was taken by the Comptrol ler-General against these land loan associations, that were not making returns for taxation. The indications now are that the increase from this source will be several million dollars of property returned. Six counties have been heard from. The property returned from taxation on these ab stracts aggregate $330,000. These com panies have never paid taxes before. v The Atlanta Constiti mors are current that or people’s party, as was sending out from President Polk, of the ance, at Washington, 1< aspirant for political of such bey vr^^»t nothing.^ are confirmed and it Is] ted that a number of tl been sent to North C 1 cratic leaders, and n< to those in other states.! the part of the third p^ will certainly do more else to arouse the will draw their hottest! says: Ru le third party, terms itself, ’ne office of ational Alli- to every ng While the Columbia ville accommodation tral made up at BrancbvilU ternoon, Brakeman got his foot caught in ling was thrown under! crushing his left foot am badly that Drs, Gressentl who were called in, deer tion necessary. AVhat Does It Mean? As we intend to close out all of our Hummer Goods, we will offer for the next thirty days great inducements to purchasers. Ooera Slippers at 50 cents; former price $1. Slippers at 75 cents; former price $1.50. Men’s Shoes at 75 cents and $1. Beautiful Silk Mitts at 20 to 25 cts. Beautiful Gingham and Toil Der Nords at 8 and 10 cents. Splendid effects in China Silks at 10 cents per yard. A large line of white goods that will be sold at prices that will surprise you. Prints at 3, 4 and 5 cents per yard. All straw goods at prices that will convince you that we mean business. Come to the Augusta Store, Park Avenue, and see for yourselves. sinner if he pays his bills and good clothes. That’s a fact. A man’s money and his clothes will take him anywhere, when his character won’t take him ten feet!” You never tried De Witt’s Little Early Risers for constipation, bilious ness, sick headache or you would not have these diseases. Sold by W. J. Platt.s. The Egj’ptian cotton crop this sea son is the largest on record, amount ing to about 1,200,000 bales of 350 pounds each. Don’t storm the system as you would a fort. If held by the enemy, constipation, gently persuade it to surrender with De VVitt’s Little Ear ly Risers. These little pills are won derful convincers. Sold by W. J. Platt. Dr. Macune, the Alliance leader, said in a recent address in Texas that if the Supreme Court of the United States stood in the way of the realiza tion of the Alliance’s demands that that body of jurists would be chang ed. Congressman Tillman says Ma cune has the nerve of a lion and the cunning of a fox. The bald man’s motto: “There is room at the top.” This may be sup plied with a good crop of fine hair by using Hall’s Hair Reuewer. Try it. Messrs Powell Brothers have re ceived a car load of the celebrated Old Hickory and Tennessee Wagons, of all sizes. They will be sold cheap for cash or approved paper. Fresh stock of Candies and Confec tionery just received at Wm. Turn bull’s. STRENGTH AND HI If you are not feeling healthy, try Electric Bitt Grippe” has left you weak! use Electric Bitters. Tl acts directly on liver, st kidneys, gently aiding tho| perform their functions, afflicted with sick headaclJ find speedy and perrannei] taking Electric Bitters, will convince you that remedy you need, large bl 50c. at W. J. Platt’s drug st] A LITTLE GIRL’S EXPERlfl LIGHTHOUSE. / Mi and Mrs Loren T« keepers of the Gov Ligl Sand Beach, Mich, and al with a daughter, four years’ April she was taken down 1 sles, followed with a dread! and turning into a fever. II home and at Detroit treateq in vain ; she grew worse rai til she was a mere “handful Then she tried Dr. King’s covery, aud after the use o| a half bottles, was completq They say Dr King’s New Dil worth its weight in gold, yef get a trial bottle free at drugstore. Drink Augusta Brewing^ Beer. It is pure aud whol Notice to Endue Eli W ILL be let to the lowej on Wednesdav, 16tl September, at 10 o’clock, til ing for Moyer’s Bridge acnj Edisto River. Plans and tions will be made known letting. GEO. W. SAW Chairman Board Co. Col Aug. 29, 1891. Free Eye Tests. If your eyes trouble you or you have headache, or any nervous affec tion, go and see Prof.* Whitman when you visit Augusta, and have your eyes tested aud ascertain if your trouble arises from defective vision. Souvenir coffee and tea spoons in many styles, just received at Wessels Bros.’ Don’t Forget That you can g« t good New Orleans Molasses, 25 cents per gallon, at H. Busch & Co’s. H. Busch & Co. are selling the best creamery butter at 30 cents per lt>. When you need Dry Goods and Shoes, H. Busch &Co. will supply you at satisfactory prices. Call and see their special figures and jobs. We are Fixed ZF 1 O XT T S5’ MORSE AND CATTLE PO\ To keep you all dressed as you should be this warm weather. Come and see our fashionable clothing, shoes, hats, etc., for men, youths, boys and chil dren. The largest, best, finest and most complete stock you ever in spected. C. K. HENDERSON, Bo Horn will die of Coue. Bora orl ▼**. If Foatt’s Powder* are used m time. Footz’c Powt/era will cor* and prevent Ho Fontz'a Powder* will prevent Gapx* Fontxl Powder* will Increase the qnant and cream twenty per cent^ and make the and eweet. Foatz** Powder* will core or prevent atn XHuas* to which Horae* and Cattle are an Four*’* Powi>em who. sits Sanaran Sold everywhere. D>vid For sale by S. FOTJTZ. FropriJ SALTIMOH*. ; W. J. PLAl AikeoJ A FAMOUS KEMEDY. The man who invented pills, especial ly those of the sugar-coated sort, de serves the gratitude of mankind; for, if we must swallow physic at all, the smaller and more agreeable the uo»e ia made the better. But, we presume, the first ingenious pill-roller must continue to remain in obscurity among the great Unknown. Not so, however, the maker of Ayer’s Pills, the most famous of modern medicihes. Few names are more familiar than that of Dr. J. C. Ayer, whose sugar-coated pills are man ufactured by the ton and are used all over the world. The immense popularity of Ayer’s Pills is due to a happy combination of qualities: they are agreeable and easy to take, mild but thorough in operation, beneficial for a great variety of ail ments, adapted to all ages, climates, and constitutions, and their use is at tended with no ill-effects. What more could be desired ? These excellent results are secured by the combination of purely vegetable aperients, of which the essential virtues alone, and not the coarse fibre, are used in compounding Ayer’s Pills. No cal omel, or any other injurious drug, en ters into their composition — a recom mendation that all must appreciate, especially when in need of a domestic medicine; for, however useful and even necessary calomel may be in certain cases, it is, without doubt, one of the most hazardous of drugs and should be Aaken with extreme caution. > peculiar to DON’T THINK OF IT! If you are wise you will not think of letting another day pass without having your life in sured in a solid and safe Company. DON’T FORGET IT! The Washington Life Insurance Uo. of New York is the only Company in the United States with over four-fifths of its assets invested in Real Estate on Bond and Mortgage. Its policies are uon-forfeitable, and its dividends are non-forfeitable. Send a note, with your age, to JOHN LAIRD, Agent, AIKEN, and he will let you know the cost. 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