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ECORDER. >AY, MARCH 11,1892. PRICE, $1.50 A YEAR. iE LAND, ylimaie—Dry [York Times. (to any place l)efore—and I latever, ipted to lis to ar- [aitrlit to |ok at it its tree id from are pre- rbatever kat 1 first chd^ie ^up aij Aweut ’ e stepped il^> into the dark- driver whirled rattled us over [iotis rate and at [at what he said Station, and a tho was crying be- le beat me, Sab,” into a car that the South Caro that was part of a to be going to bright sunny days, which enable the invalid to pass much of his time in the open air; the protection against the wind afforded by tlie dense growth of forest trees; and last, but- by no means least, the remarkable dryness of the air,* depending upon the pecu liar character of tiie soil, and the dis tance from any'large body of water. With the exception of certain slatioi s lying in close proximity to or .vest < f the Rocky Mountains, no drier air i« to be found in tht whole Unitid States; and, so far as present obser vations extend, none so dry as that which exists at Aiken.” The Highland Park Hotel may be said to be the cornerstone of Aiken, for it is the original, the mouthpiece that has made Aiken known to the wotld. It has been in existence for in our guardians ipparently, tor in tin stopped at a fetor said was Ai- bd out into utter |as midnight of a voice from some- ^id, “What ho- |the chief end and be looking for a "Highland Park risible person took 1, “This way, Sir,” into an omnibus, lore darkness, up r md more corners, backed up in front had dimly the out- milding. I went if leaving my auto- L jtion of a few be- rbo sat around a id we took a brief and went to bed if the place really Itook It on blind lutall right, tuck us most forci- lat carried us to rs were nearly k the train ran own air- gh. This lent in yccep- as tut 11 re w< o- fyenty years or more, growing every year and keeping pace with the times and the demands upon it, until now it is one of the largest and best hotels in the State—the largest, I think with the possible exception of the Charleston Hotel in Charleston— supplied with all the conveniences and necessaries that go to make a hotel of the first order. It is a handsome building, spreading out over a great extent of surface, and extraordinary care has been taken in the matter of drainage and water supply to keep it perfectly pure and healthy. After breakfast I started out on foot to take a look at the business part of the town. It was about 9 o’clock of a bright sunny morning, and although the distances are not great, I was soon ready to carry my overcoat over my arm instead of over my shoulders. There is one long broad avenue ex tending through the place and ending in the grounds of the hotel. Part of this is occupied by stores and of fices, but there is more business in another street running at right angles with it. Mr. Chatfleld has some ideas about drainage and water that he follows out with great success. He has a large farm in connection with the ho tel, and the sewage of the house, af ter being carried a considerable dis tance away in buried pipes, is ta ken to the farm, where it is soon con verted into manure for the laud. The water supply for the hotel is pumped from two neighboring springs, each of which discharges about 10,- 000 gallons a day. But Mr. Chatfleld will not have any “pipe water” on his tables, and all the drinking water is carried to the hotel in porcelain pails. “The entire system of plumb ing and drainageT^'as he says, “is fit ted with the la,.est and - most approved appliances throughout. The sewage is conducted by tile drain pipes one and a half miles from the hotel, where the deposit is promptly and scientifi cally treated. The sanitary condition has been pronounced by experts to be absolutely perfect, and will safely bear comparison with that of any other resort of hotel in the world.” There is rooml for 300 guests In the Ige Highest of all in Leavening Power.—Latest U. S. Gov’t Report Baking Powder ABSOUUTEUr PURE Famous Coosaw Case. The famous Coosaw litigation comes into prominence again by the an nouncement that in Washington on next Monday, before the United States Supreme Court will be heard the appeal of the company from the decision of the United States Circuit Court. Attorney General McLaurin stated for Washington on Wed nesday last; H. A. M. Smith, of Charleston, will, however, be the State’s chief legal representative, be fore the Supreme Court. Decrease in Railroad Earnings. The report of the railroads for the month of January last to the Stata Railroad Commissioners, with six roads to hear from, show a decrease from the figures of the same month last year of $225,000. It is probable the falling off on the six roads unheard from will raise the decrease to $275,000. This is the larg est decrease in the railroad earnings of the South Carolina railroads ever shown in any month since the record has been kept. P. P. P. Saves Lite, SAYS WILL, LIVE FOREVER. A prominent Savannahian, former ly superintendent of a railroad, says: “I was ciippled in my feet and arms so that I could not walk without having a servant to feed me. I tried physicians every wiiere, but to no pur pose, and finally went to New York, where my doctors, at one time, deci ded to amputate my arm, but found that course impracticable, on account of a wound I had received during the war. I returned to Savannah a com plete wreck, and my case seemingly hopeless. As a forloue hope I began to take P P P, and am rejoiced to say that after using three bottles my limbs began to straighten out, my ap- etite and health soon returned,- and now feel like a new man; really as again, and -so long as F if I had been made over as if I could live forever- I can get P P P.” This gentleman will not give his name for publication, but authorizes us to refer anybody to him for z " if these facts*, who Pmich Day in Colorado. Yesterday was Peach Day at Grand Junction. It was the first festival day of the kind ever observed in this state, or perhaps in any other. Colorado, in deed, seems to have set the example of setting apart days for the commemora tion of special resources and special products. First Rocky Ford had its Watermelon day, then Monument on the divide established its Potato Bake Day, and now Grand Junction has fol lowed with its Peach Day. The governor and his staff graced the occasion. Representatives of every city, town and section of the state were pres ent. The arrangements for the enter tainment of the great throng were ample and perfect and worked admirably. The peculiarly significant thing about the celebration was the illustration fur nished of the marvelous growth of the new west, a growth that would be possi ble only in a region of wqpderful fertili ty of soil. Five tons of peaches were put up in tempting pyramids and terraces, to be gratuitously distributed to the at tending crowd. Yet only six short years ago the country about the spot where the city of Grand Junction is now situ ated was reported in disgust by one of the leading newspaper men of eastern Colorado as a dreary, dismal waste of sand and cactus and sage brush. Since then irrigating ditches have been built. The gladdening water has been made flow over the sand, audit has developed a wondrous fertility. On no ordinary soil could richly bearing fruit orchards be developed within six years or less.—Rocky Mountain News. Looking for Morse’s First Message. The Western Union Telegraph com pany is trying to get hold of the first message that was successfully sent over the wires, in order that it may be placed in the exhibit that the company will make at the World’s fair in Chicago. Major Stephen Johnston, of Piqua. ().. to whom Professor Morse handed the slip, with the message in cipher, in 1844, has mislaid it somewhere among his pa pers, but it is thought that it will be found. J. W. Kirk, the veteran telegrapher.