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/ Li - J-i oi - '-ILL 1 ■"■■' ■■ .J'-L - 1 ■ '.JL 1 1 THE AIKEN RECORDEP C*» L-CCROFILMED BY FORD & McCRACKEX. AIKEX, SOUTH CAROLIXA, FRIDAY, JULY 15, 1892. PRICE $i.ou a J, W. ASHHURST, AGT. A LETTER FROM GEN. HAMPTON. Has for Infants and Children. M OMt«vla to to ««Q adapted to chOdroi that Z reoomznaad itaa auperlor to any preecription kneva to ma." H. ▲. Xacaxa, M. D., U1 So. Oxford SC, Brooklyn, N. T. Caatori* cures OoHc, Oonstfpation, Sour Stomach, Diarrhoea, Eructation, Kills Worms, gives sleep, and promotes dl- Wi tlout injuri I ous medication. ■The aae of ‘Castorla' to so universal and Its merits as well known that it seems a work of supsrerogation to endorse it. Few are the intslligent families who do not keep Csstoria within easr reach.” 7 ^Carlos MamTTH, D. D., New York City. v-.*^ pastor Beformed Church. •• For several years I have recommended your ‘ Castoria, ’ and shall always continue to do so ss it has invariably produced beneficial results.” Edwin F. Pardxx, H. D., M The Wlnthrop,” 129th Street and 7th Are., New York Cityt Thx Cmcracn Conrairr, 77 Mcrrst Strut, New York. L. Johnson, President- Chas. F. Degen, Gen. Man. and Sec. & Treas. * ^ AUGUSTA LUMBER CO., Manufacturers of ELUMBERE LATHS, SHINGLES, MOULDINGS, DOORS, BLINDS, SASH. Cyclone Accident. INSURANCE Office in Aiken Co. Loan & Savings Bank. PURE BEER IS A TRUE TONIC. SAVANHAH BREWiHG CO.’S) All Kinds of Dressed Lnmlier and General Boilflinsr Material. Famoos “Champape” Office, Factory and Yards: Adams, Campbell, D’Antignac and Jackson Sts. Augusta, Georgia. -AND- f' NTIO-OIR, TJLSTE I. C. LEVY & GO., Tailor*Fit Clothiers - - Augusta, Ca. L.. 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 Rtrawberrj , Green Persimmon, Wood Browns, Virginia Tobacco, Black and Fancy Clays, and everything new. If you desire to see a line 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. “EXTRA CHAMPAGNE BEERS Are absolutely PURE ! And are so guaranteed. Non-al/oliolic KieeHeer also a specialty. A trial of* any of the above will convince you. Sold at Aiken by Schroder & Thorpe, J, Q, Jeffcoat and others. GIN RIBS! GIN RIBS! In Which He Says Gov. TUI man Misrepresented Him. CHARDOTTSVihLE, Va., July 7, 1892. To the Editor of Tt.e State: My Dear Sir—In your paper giving the account of the meeting in Co lumbia on the 4th inst., I find the following reference to myself by Gov ernor Tillman, and beg you to allow me space enough in your columns to show how absolutely false are the statements made by this man, who never hesitates to resort to falsehoods when speaking of political opponents, or to promote his own selfish person al ends. I shall take bis statements in the order they were made, and I shall convict him of falsehood in re gard to the first out of his own mouth. “At Aiken two yelira ago I said Hampton ought to be" in the United States Senate forever, and that I was willing for him to stay there.” * * “At Aiken he refused to ride in the carriage with me,” and yet, after my haviug done so, he that day, in his speech, made the declaration as to my remaining in the Senate! Yet he now gives that as one reason why he subsequently opposed my re-elec tion. Now, as to the facts in reference to my refusal to ride to the meeting in the carriage with him: I was the guest of one of the members of the executive committee, who had in vited me to ride witli him, and his invitation had beeu accepted, as I courteously informed Mr. Tillman when he asked me to drive with him; and, besides this, I have yet to learn that the new regime now prevailing in South Carolina forbids a geutle- mau to choose bis own associates or companions. The Governor proceeds to say, “But be had no business to interfere in this family quarrel.” It seems to me that every patriotic citizen of our State was called on to deplore and to depre cate any quarrel amongst brethren whose only hope for the welfare of the State depends on concei t of ac tion and unity of feeling. But, waiv ing this question, I assert, without fear of contradiction, that at the meeting in Columbia not one sen tence, not one word, In the remarks I there made warrants the assertion that I took part in the unhappy “fam ily quarrel” which has brought such disaster ou the StaiL I came at the request of my oldVcoustituents of Richland to plea mony. I exprew^'no preference"for any candidate, Jo disapproval of any, and I appeal ill ) the report of my speech on that o^tasibn, as published, y assertion and to f the charge made an. Tillman and his long and where I ought to be,” if the verdict of the majority of the Legis lature is endorsed by the people of the State. I have made no complaint as to that verdict, but I assure tne Governor that I prefer to be in retire ment rather than to hold office by the disreputable and disgraceful methods resorted to by him to obtain it. It may seem strange that I should notice anything emanating from the source of these misrepresentations, but “Fate never wounds more deep the gen erous heart, Than when a blackguard points tne dart.” I hope that those papers iu the State which still have the fairness to do justice even to a political opponent will give as wide a circulation to my denial of the slanders uttered by the Governor as was given to them, and I am, very respectfully, Wade Hampton. Highest of all in Leavening Power.—Latest U. S. Gov’t Report O BaKs ABSOi&mELY pm AN AWFUL EXPLOSION. Dave Shaw Not Dead. to substantiate prove the falsity by Governor Till “He compared ■:o.- I HAVE secured Patterns and propose to rurnisti RIBS for all makes of Gins at reasonable prices. CASTINGS of all kinds in Iron and Brass at short notice. Special attention given to Repairs. Satisfaction guaranteed! THE PENDLETON lEE” AND E EE WORKS. Nos. 615, 617 and 619, KOI,lock St., - - AUGUSTA, GA. CHAS. F. LOMBARD, Proprietor., M. W, PENDLETON, Sup’t. GENUINE WEST INDIA SPICED ROBERT POWELL. JAMES POWELL. POWELL BROS., Hardware Herein*ills. VINEGAR -FOR 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. Pickling Purposes -AT- Carriage Department. Store No. 2, Sign of the Gray Horse, comprises a full Hue of Onen and Top Buggies, Phtetons, Surries, Road Carts, Harness, Saddles, Bridles, Collars, Whips, Robes, etc. THE "OLD HICKORY" 1. 2 AND 3 HORSE WAGONS. SewioE Machine & Orp Department ip 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 sold 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 ou Laurens Street, Aiken, S. C. C. B. DOSCHER. C. E. PETTY. R. A. FRA IN. DOSCHER & CO. FANCY FAMILY GROCERIES! PROMPT ATTENTION GIVEN TO ORBERS. 193 Broad Street AUGUSTA, GA. HAHN * CO.’S^ When you need glasses call on Wessels Bros. Free Eye Test. eiA) oWoWoWoWdWVWdWoWoWoW WHY THE AMERICAN VIII I RAMBLER Istho BEST WHEEL OX 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. Send for Illustrated Catalogue, GORMULLY & JEFFERY M’F’G CO., Washington, D. C. oWoWoWpWpWpWoWoWoWoW C. H. LUDEKENS, JR., NOTARY PUBLIC, AIKEN, S. C. Collections and all business will re ceive prompt attention. friends to Mahone,” is the next count iu the indictment made against me by the Governor. I did nothing of the sort. I warned our people, as I thought my long service iu their be half justified me iu doing, of the dangers ot division and dissension in our ranks, and I illustrated my warn ing by calling attention to the terri ble consequences which had befallen Virginia by the quarrel in the Demo cratic ranks, brought about by the unscrupulous conduct of Mahone. »o much for that charge of the Governor, which, like so many of his on other occasions, proves to be utterly false. “I will tell you,” procteds the Gov ernor, “where he now is. He is in retirement, where he belongs and where he ought to be. * * Hamp ton bad taught us that an Independ ent was worse than a Radical. That depended whether the Independent was his friend or not. If Hampton had said that an Independent was still worse than a Radical and that he stood to what he said, he would be iu ti e United States Senate to-day.” I beg to assure his “Excellency” that I stand by and reiterate what I said about Independents in our State, and be must pardon me when I say in perfect frankness that I regarded him as an Independent when he “sug gested” himself us a gubernatorial candidate in the famous March con vention, and I held then, as I do now, that he and his followers there should have beeu ruled at once out of the Democratic party. This, however, was not done, and as the Democratic Executive Committee unfortunately recognized him subsequently , I stated that I should vote for him. This I should have done, but for a fortunate accident which saved me from what I should always have regarded as an inevitable but unmitigated calamity. I refused to speak on the invitation of Irby, for my experience at Aiken, when the Tillman roughs howled me down, taught me that nothing I could say would touch the hearts of my fellow-citizens nor influence their conduct. I confess it was with a deep sense of pain and mortification that I found a Carolina audience refusing me even a respectful hearing. 1 de termined then—a determination to which I have adhered—that I would not again obtrude my advice ou my fellow-citizens on any public ques tion. I am only a private citizen, asking nothing from rqy State save a last resting place by the side of my kin dred. I am “in retirement, where I be- Dave Shaw will yet face his perse cutors and give his damaging testi mony against John Abercrombie and the men who, while acting officers of the law, gave him such a terrible whipping. For several days he has been hidden in Greenville County un der the directions of men who want his wrongs avenged. On Thursday the 7th a correspondent of the News and Courier interviewed Shaw who had been brought to Greenville by two friends to seek the advice of his attor ney, Mr. C. F. Dill. Nobody knew that Shaw was here, and I talked two hours with him. He has not fully re covered from the terrible treatment of the mob, and is fearful that he will yet be killed. In fact, twelve of the same mob which tried to take his life iu May hunted for him in the lower part of this county more recently. They were well armed, but their search was in vain. Shaw was arrested on the afternoon of May 27 by Constable John Aber- crombe, William Abercrombe, Wil liam Watkins and James Bolt. He was confined in the corn crib of W. L. Hopkins until night. The two Abercrombies and a son of Hopkins started to Laurens with him. They tied his hands securely behind him with his own plough line. After passing Rabun’s Creek all but the constable and prisoner dropped back. One hundred and fifty yards from the creek over fifty men dashed from the bushes and seized the pris oner. They demanded a confession and bat- pf the robbery of Hopkins’s store, ' but ShaV denied all knowledge of it. The crowd took the prisoner iuto the woods, untied bis his hands and put a rope around his neck and over the limb of a pine tree. They pulled him from the ground a number of times, finally causing him to lose conscious ness. He did not remember any more till he heard some one say: “D him, he’s only possuming.” The mob next tied a rope to Shaw’s thumbs and pulled him up, causing the most excruciating agony. This failed to bring a confession, Shaw was tied to a tree and unmercifully beaten with a trace. As a last resort to a confession the mob told Shaw that they were going to take him to a lake on Reedy River and drown him. Then he promised, to save his life, to help hunt the stolen goods. The mob was much smaller at the time, and the prisoner and about forty men started through tne thick woods. A lantern had been lit and Shaw was carrying it. He was told that the mob would go no further and would blow his brains out. Near him was a deep gully. He quickly hurled the lauteru iuto it and made a break in the dark woods. His unexpected action surprised the mob and they could only fire in the direc tion he had gone. The bullets whistled all around him. He ran for several miles and hid for two days in a dense swamp on Horse Shoe Creek. Slowly he made his way to Toccoa, Ga, where he remained until last week and returned to the house of a rela tive in this county. He recogonized about twelve twelve men in the mob, but will not give their names for pub lication. The constable was present a good part of the time. Governor Tillman will probably be telegraphed to for advice about what to do with Shaw. It is feared that he would not be safe in the Laurens jail. St. Johgs. X. F., in Ashes. Two-thirds of the city of St. Johns. New Fouudland, were almost entirely destroyed by fire on the 8th instant. ?’he lire originated from the careless use of a match in a barn during the prevalence of a gale. The insufficient water supply at the heights where the fire originated gave the destructive element full play, and its furious pro gress was practically unimpeded. Two-thirds of the buildings of the city have been destroyed, and from 15,000 to 20,000 people are camping in the fields. Eveiything is destroyed from Birchess Cove east to the wharves of the Allen line. Most of the vessels in the harbor put out to sea, but one ship was burned. The fire also extended to the forests near the city, and from these to several neighboring towns, which also suffer ed seriously. It is estimated that the losses amounted to $25,000,000, and 15,000 people have been rendered homeless. Scores of Men Killed at a Powder Mill in California, San Francisco, Cal., July 9.—An explosion occurred at the Giant and Judson powder works, near West Berkley, shortly after 9 o’clock this morning, destroying the works and much property for several miles around. Five shocks were felt in this city within a few minutes, the last four being of terrific force, shaking buildings, cracking a number of walls and breaking plaster in buildings eight blocks from the water front. The scene of the explosion is twelve miles from this city. The Giant pow der works were completely destroyed. One hundred and eighty men, princi pally Chinese, were employed there. It is now believed that one hundred and four persons were killed, inclu ding three white men. The explosion set the adjoining buildings on fire, and owing to the danger of addi tional explosions no one would ven ture near the works to stop the prog ress of the flames. The Giant powder works are located at Point Isabelle and Highlands, near Stege, and comprise five build ings and three magazines. Of these buildings the nitro glycerine and acid works were destroyed and at least two magazines blown up. Other buildings not immediately destroyed took fire. The loss on the property will be great. A True Primary Election. At several of the campaign meet ings Col. J. Perry Murphy has ad vised the importance of a true prima ry election by the people direct of the State officers, as opposed to even the half primary and half convention system now in force. In an inter view published in the Hampton Guar dian he says: “I had carefully considered the question and was fully convinced, as I now am, that a direct primary would result in depriving the low counties of any voice in the selection of our candidates, and that it a line was drawn at Columbia that portion of the State lying above the capital would absolutely control the party, the result of which would be the de- structiou of the Democratic party; for it is a well recognized fact that no body of men (as a political party) can be held together if a part of them are deprived of the privilege of participa ting in the selection of its nominees. You know’ that for many years there has been a strong feeling—I might say antagonism — between the up- country, growing out of the old par ish system, probably Now, if the direct primary was adopted designing politicians and office-seekers would soon fan iuto new’ life this old flame and result iu depriving the low coun try of a voice in the selection of the nominee of the party. Governor Tillman now admits that I was right, and assigns as his reason the reason assigned bv me for opposing a direct primary. So you see I an ahead of him iu statesmanship in this matter. The present plan is better for the low-county than the direct primary, but that is wrong, all wrong. This plan forces the opposition (whoever it may be) to make up a ticket, be cause, as you readily perceive, with out a ticket there is nothing to work —no head—and the administration in power would alwaws remain in power. My plan would he to prohibit con ventions, or caucuses, prior to the regular convention of the party. Let each candidate for a State office formally announce himself iu some newspaper and file with the execu tive committee his pledge to support the nominees of the Democratic par ty, etc. He coma canvass the State, if he saw fit, and probably would be compelled to do so. Let the people vote directly for State officers, and the person receiving the majority of the votes in any county to have the vote of that county. For example, if Governor Tillman should receive a majority of the votes of Hampton county, give him six votes in the electoral college, and if Mr. Orr re ceived the majority of the votes of this county, give him the six votes of the county, etc. This would enable the people to exercise their individ ual choice, and at the same time pre serve the strength of the low country, and it would do a great deal toward destroying factional feelings in our party. Of course this cannot be done this year; at least, the change cannot affect the present year’s nominations, but the plan should be adopted at the September convention, and thus it would be of force two years hence. True democracy means the choice of the people, uninfluenced by any combination, but the present rules, adopted by the September conven tion (with the writing of which Gov ernor Tillman had something to do) compel those who oppose the Admin istration to put a ticket iu the field, and thus one man runs on another man’s popularity. This is wrong in princi pie, but the rules forces us to this course. I believe iu a govern ment of the people, by the people, and for the people, and have always favored, and shall always advocate, such plans, rules and regulations as will enable the individual voter to express his wishes at the ballot box, free and untrammelled by clique, com binations or caucuses, keeping in mind always the unity of the Demo cratic party of the State and of the Union. The South Carolina University. From The State. During the recent session of the college The State was induced to re frain from comment upon the injury done it by Governor Tillman, lest even its decreased number of students be still further decreased. But we cannot continue in silence. The issue has been forced, and the people are entitled to know the facts. Before B. R. Tillman began his war fare ou the college the number of stu dents enrolled in it exceeded 250. He created such a prejudice in the public mind against it that by the time he became governor the atten dance had beeu cut down to about two hundred students. Then 'he “re formed” it to such an extent that, as our correspondent says, the atten- dence at the close of the last session was, barely sixty, the total number enrolled during the year being about one hundred. Clemson college does nob exist, as an educational attraction %) divert students from the South Carolina col lege. Paslied by Tillman’s manage ment, it stands with incomplete and empty halls. Y T et the old State college is well nigh deserted. The tongue of slanderer and the hard hand of the hater have done their work. If the college is to be built up again it must be through the efforts of its alumni and the kindly care of a friendly administration. Tillman’s touch has blighted it. Widirop Scholarship. The State Superintendent of Edu cation has issued an important circu lar of information setting forth many facts under the new order of things in regard to the scholarship in the Win- throp Normal College. The course of study has been ex tended from one year to two years- The* scholarships have been likewise extended, but are forfeited upon fail ure to meet requirements. Pupils may enter the senior class and grad uate ingone year if prepared to do so. Each county is entitled to two scholarships to be awarded on a com petitive examination to be held by the County Board of Examiners, Au gust 5th. One of tliese scholarships is worth $150 to the winner and the other free tuition. The questions will be sent out by President D. B. Johnson iu due time for the examination and will include arithmetic, grammar, geography, reading, United .States history, com position, writing and spelling. Applicants must not be less than seventeen years old, in good health good moral character and without physical defects. The college gives strictly a profes- ioual training, and, therefore, a good academic education is pre-requisite. A Point for You. In view of what Hood’s Sarsapa rilla has done for others, it is not rea- senable to suppose that it will be of benefit to you? For Scrofula, Salt Rheum, and all other diseases of the blood, for Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Sick Headache, Loss of Appetite, That Tired Feeling, Catarrh, Malaria, Rheumatism, Hood’s Sarsaparilla is an unequalled remedy. Hood’s Pills cure Sick Headache. The more one hears from the South Carolina delegation at Chicago the more reason good Democrats have to be ashamed of those who mis-repre- enled the State. 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. \V. J. Platt Mr. W. C. Benet says that he is “not supporting Tillman, but follow ing the will of the majority.” And following it about two years behind procession, as usual. “Late to bed and early to rise 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.