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v \ \ \ i THE AIKEN "Vi BY FORD & McCRACKEN. AIKEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JUNE 10,1892. PRICE $1.50 A YEAR. CAS for Infants and Children. \ is ao v«Q Adapted to chBdrea th*t 2 recommend Itas superior to mnj prescription known tome.” H. A. Axchul, M. D., v 111 So. Oxford St, Brookljn, N. T. “Tbs use of 'Csstorla’ is sonniTmal 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 ess/ reach." Carlos Marttw, D. D., New York City. Late Pastor Bloom tngdsle Reformed Church. Castoria cures Colic, Constipation, Sour Stomach, Diarrhoea. Eructation, Kills Worms, gives sleep, and promotes d!< ration. Without injurious medication. “ For several years I have recommended your ‘ Castoria,' and shall always continue to do so as it has invariably produced beneficial results.” Edwin F. Pardrb, M. D., “The Winthrop," 125th Street and 7th Are., New York Cityi Centaur Company, 77 Murray Stbxrt, New York. L. Johnson, President. Chas. F, Degen, Gen. Man. and See. & Treas. AUGUSTA LUMBER CO., Manufacturers of ELUMBERE LATHS, SHINGLES, MOULDINGS, DOORS, BLINDS, SASH. All Kinds of Dressed Lnmiier and General Boilflinj Material. Office, Factory and Yards: Adams, Campbell, D’Antignac and Jackson Sts. Augusta, Georgia. "V I. G. LEVY & CO., Tailor-Fit Clothiers - - Augusta, Ca. 1892. SPRING CLOTHING. 1892. Our stock of Custom-Made Suits this season will surely command the at tention of purchasers. Every new shade of goods in the market, Crushed Btrawberrj, Green Persimmon, Wood Browns, Virginia Tobacco, Black and Fancy Clays, and everything new. If you desire to see aline of Spring Clothing that embodies in its variety the ultra and conservative fashionable features of the day call early at I. C. LEVY & CO.’S, Augusta, Ga., Tailor- Fit Clothiers. GIN RIBS! GIN RIBS! :o.- I HAVE secured Patterns and propose to turnHh RIBS for all makes of Gins at reasonable prices. HASTINGS of all kinds in Iron and Brass at short notice. Special attention given to Repairs. Satisfaction guaranteed! THE PENDLETON FOUNDRY AND MACHINE WORKS. Nos. 615, 617 and 619, Koi.LOCK St., - - AUGUSTA, GA. CriAS. F. LOMBARD, Proprietor., M. W PENDLETON, Sup’t. ROBERT POWELL. JAMES POWELL. POWELL BROS., Hardware Merchants. Store No. 1—Hardware, Cutlery, Stoves, Tinware, House Furnishing Goods, Nails, Iron, Glass, Builders’ Material, Painst and Oils, Agricultural Implements of all kinds, Garden Seeds, Guns and Ammunition. Carriage Department. Store No. 2, Sign of the Gray Horse, comprises a full line of Ooen and Top Buggies, Phietons, Surries, Road Carts, Harness, Saddles, Bridles, Collars, Whips, Robes, etc. THE "OLD HICKORY" 1. 2 AND 3 HORSE WAGONS. Snwins Machine & Orp Department in Store No. 2. We sell the DAVIS. STANDARD, DOMESTIC and WHITE. These are the best made. Also a large stock of second-hand machines at $5 to $20. Agents for the celebrated Farrand & Votey Organs. Machines and Organs aold at low prices and on easy terms. Our motto is to keep the best goods and meet any competition. Call and see our large stock. Two stores full from top to bottom on Laurens Street, Aiken, S. C. J, W. ASHHURST, A(iT. XiHEniS Cyclone Accident. I N S U RA N C E THE LAURENS LYNCHING. off Office in Aiken Co. Bank. Loan & Savings PURE BEER IS A TRUE TONIC. SKVANHAH BREWING CO.’S] Famons “Champagne” AND “EXTRA CHAMPAGNE” BEERS Are absolutely PURE! And are so guaranteed. Non-alcoholic Rice Beer also a specialty. A trial of any of the above will convince you. Sold at Aiken by Schroder & Thorpe, J. Q. Jeffcoat and others. Particulars of the Tragic Taking of Dave Shaw. Correspondence of The State. Laurens, June I.—From all I can hear and see there seems to have been a lyuchii g in this County on the night of Friday, May 27th, that has been kept very quiet, and I will try to give you the facts in the case. On Friday afternoon. May 27,‘John M. Abercrombie, constable for John R. Hellens, Trial Justice, arrested a negro, Dave Shaw, on suspicion that he had broken, into the store of Wil liam Hopkins on Itie night of May 21. The evidence on which the war rant was issued was very slight, as follows: one negro said that Dave Shaw staid all night at one place and another negro said he staid at another place on the night when William Hopkins’ store was robbed. After arresting Dave Shaw, Aber crombie carried him to William Hop kins’ residence, arriving theie at or about 4 o’clock in the afternoou, and locked him up in a crib. Abercrom bie then went off, as he said, to hunt up evidence against the negro. When Abercrombie arrived at Hopkins’ with the negro a considerable number of men had gathered there, and they continued to arrive until forty or more had collected. These men sat around and talked until nearly sundown, and then left. Abercrombie returned to Hopkins be tween sundown and dark, ate his supper, and then, in company with William Abercrombie and John Hop kins, started with the prisoner for the home of Trial Justice Hellens, about five miles away. Half a mile from William Hopkins’ they had to cross Rabun Creek. John M. Abercrom bie dismounted from his horse and went with tiie prisoner across the foot log, the others leading his horse across the creek. When they all had crbss- ed, John M. Abercrombie continued to walk witli the prisouer. Two hundred and thirty yards from the creek, when John M. Abercrom bie and the prisoner were about twenty-five or thirty yards ahead of the other officers, a party of men ran into the road, fired ten or twelve shots, demanded the prisoner, took him from the officers and carried him into the pine thicket. The officers ran back towards.tbe creek, and when they got tog£f'V went hack to the ' r - - ». •. 'otton Production. One of the latest bulletins issued by the census bureau coutains prelimi nary statistics of cotton produced in the States of North and South Caro lina, Georgia and Florida for the year ending May 31, 1890. In South Carolina the total area devoted to the cultivation of cotton in 1889 was 1,987,651 acres, and the production of cotton 746,798. The yield was at the rate of 0 38 of a bale to the acre, or 2.66 acre to the bale. Every cottou-proaucing couu- *y in the State, with the exception of Charleston County, out of which Berkeley County was formed in 1882, Shows an increase in area devoted to cotton, and all but tour show an in crease in production. Barnwell County had the largest acreage in cotton in 1889 and Abbeville County the largest production. 1889. Highest of all in Leavening Power.—Latest U. S. Gov’t Report. Baking Powder ABSOLUTELY PURE SPECIAL RUN No. 19. GREATEST VALUE ON EARTH. Tyler’a Famous Antique Oak Roll Cur tain Desk complete, see special circulars. No. 4004,3 ft. 6 in. long, net $16.00 No. 4009.4 ft. 6 in. “ “ $21.00 No. 4010,5 ft- long, - - “ $23.00 Also see new ISO page catalogue for 1802. Great cut of about 40 per cent from former list. BOOKS FREE, postage lOo. Shipped from St. Louis, Mo., or Indian spoils, Ind. BANK COUNTERS A SPECIALTY. We refer to every Bank In Thirty States. TYLER DESK CO.. St. Louis, Mo. WHY THE AMERICAN IT 111 RAMBLER Iflthe BEST WHEEL OK THE MARKET this year. the combination of the celebrated G. & J. Pneumatic Tire and Spring Frame makes riding on it a luxury. TRY IT AND BE CONVINCED. BECAUSE Send for Illustrated Catalogue. GORMULLY & JEFFERY M’F’G CO., Washington, D. C. £*>£*£*£*£*£*>£%>**£*>£* (J. B. DOSCHER. C. E. PETTY. R. A. FRA IN. DOSCHER & CO. FANCY FAMILY GROCERIES! PROMPT ATTENTION GIVEN TO ORDERS. fW 3road Street AUGUSTA, GA. Grand M for Harjaiis "CANNED GOODS*! HAHN & CO.’S. 3-Hi Cans Standard Tomatoes 10c 2-it) Cans Standard Sweet Corn .10c 1-lt) Cans Fresh Mackerel 10c 1-lt) Cans Corned Beef 10c l-it> Cans Full Weight Oysters . 10c CALIFORNIA FRUITS:— it> Cans White Cherries ...i 25c tt> Cans Lemon Cling Peaches. . .25c it) Cans Yellow Crawford “ 2oc it) Cans Bartlet Pears 25c it) Cans Apricots 20c it) Cans Green Gage Plums 20c HAHN £ CO. C. H. LUDEKENS, JR., NOTARY PUBLIC, AIKEN, C. Collections and all business will re ceive prompt attention. house of Wi«a~BcSPhM». - - The mob cJr^ied the prisoner about 100 yards froui where they took him from the officers, and hung him to a uree. The limb was too low, so they carried him to another tree, about fifteen feet away, and there found a imb ten feet high, to which they swung him. They beat the prisoner with a pine stick and a cedar stick until threads of his clothing adhered to ihe stick. Neighbors who knew Dave Shaw’s voice heard him cry out: ‘‘You have shot me!” There was a considerable pool of blood on the ground, and there was biood on the pine tree and on the leaves of a cowitch vine that ran up the tree. There was a plain mark where they had dragged the body from the tree to tiie road; and now comes a mystery. The body bus uevei been found. Scores of negroes, assisted by a few whites, have search ed rivers, lakes, creeks and woods for four days without any success. Tiie good people of this community are outspoken in their condemnation of the deed. The consensus of opin ion is tiiat the mob did not intend to take the negro’s life, but only wanted to frighten him into a confession, when, by some mischance the poor fellow’s life was forfeited. The con stable did not report tiie matter to the Trial Justice until Saturday nigbt, when the Trial Justice went to his home and asked him obout it. Tne constable went fishing on Satur day. the solicitoh’s hepokt. Solicitor Schumpert was promptly sent by tiie Governor to investigate tiie matter, and on last Saturday made his report, confirming in all es sential particulars tiie statement pub lished above. The facts force the awful conclusion that on a suspicion of larceny a man “was most brutally murdered.” The report tells a graph ic story and gives a fair idea of wheae some valuable evidence might be had. Governor Tillman lias decided, in view of tiie enormity of the crime, he will give a maximum reward. In the event of the arrest and convic tion of murder of the parties impli cated in the Shaw lynching, he otters a reward of $oOO for each person so convicted, provided that such amount does not exceed two thousand dollars. He hopes by this reward to have tiie guilty parties brought to trial aud convicted. First Car of Gonr"1a Melons. Counties. Acres. Bales. Abbeyille 128,748 50,241 Aiken 54,437 20,677 Anderson 100,950 41,527 Barnwell 134,931 50,131 Beaufort 13,323 4,343 Berkeley 33,757 12,557 Charleston 2,294 1,135 Chester 66,020 19,925 Chesterfield 25,811 7,166 Clarendon 41,136 15,251 Colleton 21,201 8,866 Darlington . . . 69,353 25,204 Edgefield 116,615 42,752 Fairfield 79,703 22,080 Florence 43,536 14.182 Georgetown 1,129 315 Greenville 66,120 28,530 Hampton 31,077 10,304 Horry 9,139 2,805 Kershaw 42,163 11,986 Lancaster 45,591 11,165 Laurens .... 78,674 34,112 Lexington 32,718 12,746 Marion .... 57,450 25,987 Marlboro .... 58,827 32,303 Newberry .... 72,226 27,371 Oconee ;. 19,358 7,884 Orangeburg 113,012 47,159 Pickens 24,120 9,587 Richland .... 41,672 13,915 Spartanburg.. 86,538 35,404 Sumter 33,882 Union 65,228 23,703 Williamsburg ... .... 34,011 32,268 York 32,268 Total • • ... 1,987,658 746,798 Our Statu Credit. South Carolina State bonds are now on a steady advance, and are quoted in New York at 94. Since our own home papers have stopped slandering the credit of their State, our securi ties are being appreciated by capital ists. We knew that they would turn out all right in the end.—Columbia Register. It is true that our State bonds are steadily advancing, as the reports continue to indicate the success of Sheppard and Orr and the triumph of the common sense and conservatism of the people. By the first of Au gust, if the news now being received continues to come, our bonds will be at par. By the first of September, when a united Democracy will be hurrahing over tiie nomination of Sheppard and Orr, they will be at a premium. Remember voters, that every vote for Sheppard and Orr means a gain for the State’s credit, that every vote won for them means an advance to ward the funding of our bonds at 4 per cent., and a saving of $130,000 a year to the tax-payers. In two years of the Tillman admin istration our bonds declined fourteen per cent. The Tillman backers blamed it on tlio newspapers. The newspapers are pegging away as hard as ever, but the prospect of a new deal aud a free aud conservative gov ernment has increased tiie confidence of men who have money to lend. Stand to Sheppard and Orr and see the quotations of State bonds go up and the good name of South Carolina vindicated.—Greenville News. tomary advances from the merchants, are preparing to produce as much of their own supplies as possible. More corn and grain of other kinds will, therefore, be planted in the South than ever before, aud hog aud cattle raising will receive greater attention. This is practically laying tiie founda tion of future prosperity, and we ven ture to predict that if this policy is kept up for a few years, the recent depression which has driven South ern farmers to remodel their methods will be remembered rather as a bless ing than as an evil. About Pistols. From The Greenville News. We did not believe the story, print ed in the Augusta Chronicle, that John C. Haskell stood in the State Democratic Convention with iris one hand on his revolver. Georgia news papers are much given to introducing fire-arms into South Carolina politi cal gatherings. The Atlanta Consti tution reported a body of mountain eers attending the joint debate at Greenville armed with rifles ready to fight for Tillman, and we have never found anybody here who saw them; and our reports are that the moun tain people are for Sheppard and Orr. The Newberry Herald and News says of the Chronicle story:’ “The editor of the Herald and News was within a few feet of Colonel Has kell during the delivery of that speecli and saw no pistol aud no at tempt oh Col. Haskell’s part to draw a pistol. In fact there was no need for him to have a pistol or to use one on that occasion.” John C. Haskell is not the kind of man to go to conventions of white Democrats with a revolver in his pocket or to make a “bluff” at draw ing a weapon. To stand in a public meeting with his hand on his revolver oinrTTe ecffi'frary fK all his habits and the traditions and rules by which he guides his personal conduct. The Conservatives do not go armed. They depend on appeals to reason, and do not expect to bulldoze any body or to provoke attacks and resent them by taking the advantages which hidden powder and ball suddenly pro duced give. We want an administration in this State which will not only enforce the laws, but give an example of obeying them- Wade Hampton went through all the campaign of 1876 without a weapon. We do not understand why any moderately brave man, with a clear conscience, should not be willing to follow his example. The New York Journal of Finance says that one of the notable fea tures of the business world just now is the extraordinary and long continuing cheapness of money. Funds are absolutely a drug in New York aud at other centres. Banks are glad to make loans from one to two per cent. There are several theo ries about the cause of this. One is that business is dull, and business men have not occasion to employ their usual amount of capital, but a review of the trade situation through out the county does not bear out this idea. As a matter of fact, there is prosperity in practically every branch of business^ Your Blood Undoubtedly needs a thorough clean ing this season <o expel impurities, keep up the health-tone and prevent disease. You should take Hood’s Sarsaparilla, the best blood purifier and system tonic. It is upequalled in positive medicinal merit. Hood’s Pills are purely vegetable, perfectly harmless, effective, but do not cause pain or gripe. Be sure to get Hood’s. MeELREE’S WINE OF CARPUI lor Wexlc Nerves. It is understood on the very best of authority that the Calhoun County scheme, which agitated Orangeburg so much last year, will not enter into the campaign this year. The leaders of the movement are inclined to the matter rest for a while. let From Friend to Friend Goes the story of the excellence of Hood’s Sarsaparilla and what it has accomplished, and this is the strong est advertising which is done op be half of this medicine. We endeavor to tell honestly what Hood’s Sarsa parilla is and what it will do, but what it has done is far more impor tant and far more potent. Its un equalled record of cures is sure to convince those who have never tried Hood’s Sarsaparilla that it is an ex cellent medicine. Impress on Till the people that *Gover- e peopl nor Tillmhn Lis faMfmed none of his promises and proved none of bis charges, has been bold as a lion when ever he had to do anything at the cost of the tax payers and has flicker ed whenever he was confronted with the possible loss of a vote or a dollar. Rheumatism was so bad that James Irvin, of Savannah, could hardly walk from pain in his shoulder and joints of ins legs. P P P (Prickly Ash, Poke Root and Potassium) was re sorted to and Irvin is well and happy. McElreeU WINE OF CARPUI for female diseases. South Carolina is receiving copious doses of J*. P. P. —People’s Party Pa per—through the Register, by Gantt, who is less notorious but none the less a Democratic apostate than Thomas Watson. It is a fixed and immutable law that to have good, sound health one must have pure, rich and abundant blood. There is no shorter nor surer route than by a course of Dewitt’s Sarsaparilla. W. J. Platt Try BLACK-DRAUGHT tea for Dyspcpaia. The Southern Outlook. The first car of Georgia melons was shipped on the 2d from Pelham Station, on the Savannah, Florida and Western Railway, destined for Chicago, Ills. The line of railroad over which this car will move will be the Central of Georgia, Western and Atlantic. Nashville, Chattanooga aud St. Louis aud Illinois Central. So great an interest attaches to this first car of a movement of seven thousand carloads of melons, that a special en gine decofrated with banners and brooms carried this single car to its destination, (From the New Orleans Picayune.] The farmers, country merchants aud business men at the distributing centers haying recovered from the worst eftects of the depression, have made arrangements for the coming season and are now going ahead with a due regard to the economy aud con servatism rendered necessary by the lessons of the past year. The farmers have curtailed their acreage and made preparations to grow their crops with less assistance than ever before from the merchant, while the latter has agreed to smaller advances than usual aud is more careful as to cred its. These conditions aie certainly not conducive to trade expansion, but they promise to restore confidence and finally bring about a healthier condition of things, commercially speaking, in the South than now pre vails. The fact that business is now pro ceeding on the new basis just des cribed is a certain evidence that the South has begun to recover from the depression which prevailed, that the worst has passed, and that the reme dies needed to restore prosperity, which has been but temporarily sus pended, are actively at work. Far mers, being unable to secure the cus- After Delinqueni Taxpayers. The Attorney General’s office has branched out in a new field and prom ises to have some lively work during the next few months. Assistant Dis trict Attorney Townsend has been busily engaged preparing papers in a number of cases against parties who iave not paid their State taxes for several years. It is the declared intention of the office to clear up all of the outstaud- ng accounts and to secure judg ments, force the sales of property aud settle up the accounts as much as pos sible in tiie interest of the State. The record shows that for years real estate not paying taxes has not been sold to collect the taxes due the State. The amount due on such property is said to be between $250,000 and $300,- 000. In many cases the taxes have not been paid in from five to twenty years. The non-payment appears to be quite general, aud exists in cities as well as in the country. The sink ing fund have had its agents, Messrs. Cartledge, Connor, Cooper, and Wil liams, at work collecting testimony in the cases and establishing the ownership of non-paying property. One of the first batches to be hand ed in comes from Charleston. Agent Cartledge reports that there is $2,380 due on ten pieces of property in Char leston, and on these cases the fun will be started. Assistant District Attorney Town send states that most of the cases will be tried in the Court of Common Pleas, so that there will be no ques tion as to jurisdiction. As the laws give the State the prior and preferred lieu on property it is not thought there will be much trouble in securing the judgements. The sinking fund commission is ready and anxious to settle up all ac counts before taking the cases into the Courts. The last report of the sinking fund commission showed that there were 4384 forfeited pieces of property on hand, aggregating 405,2.50 acres. Quite a number of accounts have, however, been settled since the above report was prepared. It will very like ly be found that a great many of the cases will net very small, if any re turns to the State. When Cardinal Manning died, al though he had ample opportunity of acquiring riciies, he did not leave enough to pay his funeral expenses, which, for so eminent a dignitary, were extremely modest. Mrs. L. R. Patton, Rockford, III., writes: “From personal experience I can recommend Dewitt’s Sarsaparilla, a cure for impure blood and general debility.” W. J. Platt. Bi£‘BLACK-DRAUGHT tea cures Constipation, “South Carolina Democrat” is now a byword and a reproach from one end of the land to the other. And naturally so when one knows the number of ex-republicans that were in the late Columbia convention. “Late to bed and early to rLe will shorten the road to your home in the skies,” But early to bed and a “Lit tle Early Riser.” the pill that makes life longer and better and wiser. It is a truth in medicine that the smallest dose that performs the cute is tiie best. Dewitt’s Little Early Ri sers are the smallest pills, will per form the cure and are the best. •4‘WINE OF CARDUI. a Tonic for Women. The June number of the Review of Reviews well merits the name of the “busy man’s magazine,” covering as it does the whole field of cunent news. Among its notable articles are “A Glance at Mr. Blaine’s Commer cial Policy,” witli an interesting pic ture of tiie distinguished Secretary. A pertinent and instructive letter from W. C. Edgar explaining tiie conditions of the Russian famine is published. CONS U M IT ION CF RED. An old physicim, retired from practice, haying had placed in his hands by an Et;st India missianary the formula of a simple vegetable remedy for the speedy and per manent cure of Consumption, Bronchitis, Catarrh, Asthma and all throat and lung attections, also a positive and radical cure for Nervous Debility and all Nervous Com plaints, after havino tested its wonderful curative powers in thousands of cases, has felt it his duty t. make it known to his suf fering fellows. Actuated by this desire and motive to relieve human >utfering, I will send free of charge, to all who desire it, this receipt in German. French or English, with full directions for preparing and us ing. Send by mail by addressing with stamp naming this paper, \V. A. Noyes, 820 Powers’ Block, Rochester, N. Y, lie i