The Aiken recorder. [volume] (Aiken, S.C.) 1881-1910, March 11, 1892, Image 1
ECORDER.
>AY, MARCH 11,1892.
PRICE, $1.50 A YEAR.
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l)efore—and I
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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.