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m University of Soath Cs, iS&r THE AIKEN BY FORD & McCRACKEX. AIKEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1892. PRICE $1.50 A YEAR. CASTOR IA A -n'v v ^ ' ' ,V\Vs , for Infants and Children. "CMtorla to ao well adapted to children that I recommend itaa mperior to any prescription known to me.'’ H. A. Amenta, M. D. t 111 So. Oxford St, Brooklyn, N. T. “Ths use of ‘Castoria’ te so unirersal 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 easy reach.” Carlos Martyh, D.D., New York City. T--e« pastor Bloomingdale Reformed Church. Castoria cures Colic, Constipation, Sour Stomach, Diarrhoea. Eructation, iniia Worms, gives sleep, and promotes dl- Wit »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. Pardn, M. D., •• The Wlnthrop,” 125th Street and 7th Ave., New York Cityt Turn CsNTAom Compant, 77 Murray Strxkt, Nkw Yorx. Will this bit tbe njwH? We are head quarters for everything in the line of Lumber, Sash, Doors, Blinds and Ornamen= tal wood work. Variety in our product is limited only by the wants of our customers. We aim for your orders. Let us send you prices. Ougusfo Luipber Co., AUGUSTA, GA. GIN KIBS! GIN RIBS! % * I HAVE secured Patterns and propose to furnish RIBS for all makes of Gins at reasonable prices. HASTINGS of all kinds iirjron and Brass at short notice. Special attention < give#to Repairs. Satisfaction guaranteed! THE PENDLETON FOUNDRY AND MACHINE WORKS. Nos. 615, 617 and 619. K01.LOCK St., - - AUGUSTA, GA. CHAS. F. LOMBARD, Proprietor., M. W, PENDLETON, Sup’t. MELONS AND FRUIT. YATES & COURTNEY. Aiken, S. C. Soliciting Agents and Shippers of WATUEIM, FRUITS AND VHTABLiS. REFERENCES: Bank of Aiken, Aiken County and Savings Bank, J. H. Beckman, Banker. ^TIO-OIR, TJLSTIE lEIXIIPIEIRIIEnSrOIK! EZSTTEIR.IPIRJISIE I. C. LEVY & C0. } 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 Strawberrj, 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. C. B. DOSCHER. C. E. PETTY. R. A. FRA IN. DOSCHER & CO. FANCY FAMILY GROCERIES! PROMPT ATTENTION GIVEN TO ORDERS. 106 Broad Street AUGUSTA, GA. Disastrous Fire in Augusta. Augusta was visited on Saturday morning by the most disastrous fire in it’s history, sweeping away up wards of $260,000 worth of property. The fire was discovered by Mr. Mike Walsh, night editor of the Chrouicle while at work a few miuutes before 3 oclock Saturday morning. He saw from his office, smoke issuing from the roof that covered Alexander’s and Fleming & Bowles’ stores, hut he does not know in which of the two stores the fire started. The origin is unknown, and will never be found out. Those who first arrived on the scene are of the opinion that it started in the oil and paint depart ment of Alexander’s store, which is in the cellar and on the first floor, but there is considerable doubt as to the exact location of the commence ment of the fire. The fire had been burning a long while however, before it was discov ered. for those who found it out say that when they reached the scene the blaze was rapidly spreading and was bursting through the roof, and the stores of .Alexander and Fleming & Bowles were veiled jn dense smoke. The fire had easy travel, as it was in the midst of the most combustible and inflammable matter that is al ways kept in drug and furniture stores, such as oils, greasy fluids, fur niture shavings and excelsior. The places destroyed were: Alex ander Seed and Drug Co; Fleming & Bowles, furniture; Thomas «& Barton, pianos and organs; Smythe’s crock ery store; The Chronicle office; Hall & Peddinghaus, art studio; Leroy Miller’s residence; J. R. Lamar’s law office; J. H. Foster’s law office. Dorr’s and the Delrnonico restaurant, while not completely destroyed, are badly damaged. Very little stock was saved; in fact hardly anything. Everything in Al exander’s store, Thomas & Barton’s, Fleming & Bowles’ and the Chronicle office was consumed by the fire. When the fire took in Smythe’s store, the stock in Dorr’s store was moved out and scattered about. Summing up the estimates shows the following losses: Total losses $258,500 Insurance $175,500 Losses over and above insurance: Connelly’s $ 3,000 King, on Connelly building.... 2,000 Alexander Drug Co. 10,000 Fleming & Bowles 5,000 H. B. King 20,000 Smythe 5,000 Harry Hall 3,000 Thomas & Barton 15,000 Mrs. Mary Miller 5,000 Augusta Chronicle 20,000 Total loss $83,000 The Cholera in England. There is now no doubt that cholera has at last entered England. The disease was carried there by the steamer Gemma, which arrived on the 2Gth of August at Graveseud from Hamburg. It was reported that the steamer was infected, hut the authorities, after ex amining the passengers, allowed them to land. A few hours after, two aliens who had arrived on the Gemma were ta ken sick. They were at once removed to the hospital at Gravesend, where the doctors pronounced their malady cholera. In spite of everything that was done for them they died shortly after they were admitted. The Gravesend cases were undoubt edly cases of Asiatic cholera. The medical officers who inspected the steamer Gemma, from which the cholera-stricken passengers were landed, permitted a number of other passengers to proceed to Loudon un der the excuse that they had not been in contact with that part of the vessel where the infection showed itself. To assuage the alarm the authorities allege that precautions were taken to disinfect the passengers; hut this statement, which nas only been made since the character of the disease de clared itself, is disertdited. With cholera at Gravesend and in fected persons probably roaming about, some outbreak of the disease in London is considered inevitable. The port of London is not properly watched. The sanitary committee has applied for a vast increase in the staffi otherwise it cannot undertake the surveilance of the disease enter ing the Thames from infected Conti nental ports. The authorities expect an outbreak and are preparing to meet it. Never were the slum districts so pestered by emissaries of the sanitary board. In the East End, where the last epidemic, that of 1866, killed 16,000 persons in a few weeks, the wa ter supply lias been tested and found to he of a douhtlul quality, and chan ges have been ordered in the filtering apparatus. Tobacco Better Than Cotton. The Orangeburg correspondeut of the News aud Courier says: “Rev. J. P. Bolin, who lives near Springfield, was in Orangeburg a few days since, and exhibited samples of tobacco of his own raising. His section is a great agricultural country, and here tofore the cultivation of cotton was l(ec replied that it ever tried it in ’scale. This was ,and it was alto- it. He did not )f an acre this mil field he ex- the chief pursuit/ Tb% fall in the price of the crooi, coupled with the desire to have fa. diversity, led Mr. Bolin to try th« ctiKi'fetion of tobac co. He showed s©ni> cigars which were made fr«m this gear’s crop. He also left several lea v % which are as fine wrappers <.3'urtjr writer has ever seen. On being asked ment with him, h was; that no one h; his section on a la; his first experience, gether an experime; plant hut one-half year, and off this s pects to gather about 500 pounds. The price of it will vary from 20 cents to 50 cents. He says Uie land used was well adapted to the growth of cotton, aud the fact that he will gather 500 pounds of tobacco from a small piece of ground shows tbat^ it is well suited for this crop. Too great care, he. said, cannot be taken iu preparing the land. It ought not to he cultivated fleep, because it will break the root of the plant. The land was highly fertilized. On the one-half of an acre he put fifteen bushels of cotton seed, one sack of acid and a wagon load of stable ma nure. He thought that it is as easy to cultivate tobacco as cotton, and wondered why more farmers didn’t try it. This year he used three varie ties of seed, the genuine Havanna, the big Havanna and the Hester. He favors the big Havanna because it grows larger and is .easy to gather. Taking everything inf) consideration, lie was more than satisfied with this experiment. The TartlT. Here is a statement of the tariff question which has been seldom sur passed in conciseness: First—The people of the United Slates produce many commodities more advantageously and more cheaply thau the people of any other section of the globe. Second—The people of other coun tries produce many commodities more advantageously am^J more cheaply than the people of the United States. Third—The aggregate production of wealth would be greater, and all la borers would be better remunerated if restrictions upon thi natural flow of commerce were removed, thereby en abling the people oc each nation to exchange wliat thjpy^an produce more advautageously forftne'afticies which the people of other natious can pro duce advantageously^ This comes from Sir. Detwiller, of Kansas, who was Republican until recently. If anyone can successfully combat these propositions, he may hope to show some excuse for the folly of levying taxes to prevent Ameri cans from acquiring foreign wealth. A Southern History of the YVar. George W. Moorman, Adjutant- General, announces that Gen. J. B. Gordon, General commanding Con federate veterans, has appointed a committee, as directed by a unani mous vote of the convention of dele gates assembled at New Orleans on April 8 and 9, 1882. as a historical committee and on Southern school history, “to formulate a plan to secure a true and reliable history of the late civil war and to select a proper and truthful history of the United States to recommend for use in the public and private schools of the South.” The committee consists of Lieut. Gen. E. Kirby Smith, chairman, Se- wanee, Tenn.; Prof J. N. Stubbs, Wood’s Cross Roads, Gloucester County, Va; Pro! Alonzo Hill, Tus caloosa, Ala; Lieut Gen S. D. Lee, Starkvilie, Miss; Major Gen Ellison Capers, Columbia, S. C.; Col H. T. Bentley, Abilene. Texas; Prof J. W. Nicholson, Baton Rouge, la. The State Treasurer has been noti fied by Mr. A. C. Matthews, tbe Comptroller at Washington, that the sura of $66,000, t!ie amount to which the State is entiled under the Act of Congress approved August 30. 1890, which has been withheld, and pay ment of which was directed under Act of Congres* approved July 26, 1892, has been [laced to the credit of Soutli Carolina, and would be remit ted in a few days This is the money about which the Governor had a dis pute with Secretary Noble, claiming that it should b< divided equally be tween Clemson College and Clafliu University, in epial shares, and was sustained in his position first by the State Legislator and afterwards by Congress. UpouAr receipt this money will he immedhlely placed to the or der of those Jstitutions aud will considerably infease their revenue. Artesian Wells in the Swamp Regions ot the State. A mouster rtlroad engine has left Philadelphia fq Savannah. The lo comotive is om that machi nists call a compound rcachiue, and is one of the fastest an{ most massive ever constructed. Hie can go ninety miles an hour easily The purpose of the engine’s trip auth is to put her on exhibition on southern roads aud give trials of h-r speed and strength. Dyspepsia, f 1istress after eating, sour stomach, »oorappetite, bad taste, coated tongue ind heartburn are cured by De Witt’s little Early Risers, the famous little p} is. W. J. Platt. Highest of all in Leavening Power.—Latest U. S. Gov’t Report There are some pointers that prom ise redemption to the pine belt and rice fields of the Atlantic aud Gulf States that I do not remember to have seen pointed out; a redemption from the negro curse as well as redemption of the soil from fever, morass andj jungle. Artesian water impregnated by sa lines and chemical substances, espe cially sulphur and its numerous com binations, undoubtedly has a mean ing and points to an object. If mala ria must pervade this vast, fertile re gion in which the African thrives and the whites shake with chills, a wise Providence has, perhaps, laid deep in the bowels of the earth a re liable antidote and correction of this subtle aud, to the white man, debili tating poison. Albany and Milieu in Georgia, aud Yemassee, Varnville and Bamberg, in this State, once an abiding place of malarial fevers, now almost exempt, certainly teach a les son that should be noted aud acted upon. Suppose it shall turn out that in every locality where Artesian sul phurous water flows in abundance all colors and races can live, labor ana thrive. What more is necessary to make the land of long cotton and rice the most desirable upon earth, the home of white supremacy, thrift and intelligence? Sulphur has long been known to the the medical fraternity as a germicide and as an anti-ferment and in this chemical fact lies proba bly the whole theory I have suggest ed. J. W. Ogilvie, M. D. of Allen dale S. C. Commenting on the above the Au gusta Herald says: Dr. Ogilvie, of Allendale, is quite right on the water question, but he is very far wrong in his statement that negroes are imper vious to chill and fever. On the con trary they are scourged with it. The white man in the swamp, of intelli gence, has either secured artesian wa ter or boils the well water, aud escapes But the negroes who resort to well water have been, almost without ex ception, at some time this season, sick of so-called “malarial” disease. The swamy negro has no more ex emption from chill aud fever than the white man. He does not get sick because the air is pestilential, for it is uncommonly pure, but he is attack ed because he drinks surface well wa ter. When the doctors begin to ad mit, even reluctantly, that it is the swamp water and not the swamp air that is pernicious, the people gene rally will do the same, and proceed to make the South the healthiest of sec tions. The malaria superstition, disre garding the true source of infection in the surface well, has caused the death of more persons than were killed in the war. Now that the chol era is menacing this country, it is of the last importance that the water consumed he pure, for pure water is a great preservative agaiust infection. livery Testimonial In behalf of Hood’s Sarsaparilla is strictly true and will hear the (•l.-.-es! investigation. No matter where it may he from, it is as reliable ami worthy your confidence as if it came from your most respectable neighbor. Have you ever tried this excellent medicine ? Bakl For a general family cathartic we confidently recommend Hood’s Pills. They should he in every home medi cine chest. The Review of Reviews for Septem ber is so edited as to remind its read ers that they are, even in a presiden tial year, many other topics besides politics that claim a share in the gen eral attention. In its timeliness, freshness aud originality this Septem ber issue of the Review is fully equal to any of its predecessors. The illus trations give the magazine a wonder ful interest and charm Published at 13 Astor Place, New York. Ask Your Friends Who haye taken Hood’s Sarsaparilla what they think of it, and the replies will be positive in its favor. One has been cured of indigestion and dyspep sia, another finds it indispensable for sick headache, others report remarka ble cures of scrofula, salt rheum and other blood diseases 1 still others will tell you that it overcomes “that tired feelidg.” and so on. Truly, the best advertising which Hoood’s Saisapa- rilla receives is the hearty endorse ment of the army of friends it has won by its positive medicinal merit The city of Paris makes much of its shade trees. The transplanting of large trees is done there with perhaps greater success than anywhere else. It is now proposed to make an official inspection of all the trees in the city, with a view of removing those that are not healthy and substituting trees that are. ABSOLUTELY PURE About Divorces. DRUNKENNESS, or the LIQUOR HABIT, Cured at Home in Ten Days by administering Dr. Haines’ Golden Specific. It can be given in a glass of beer, a cup of coffee or tea, or iu food, with out the knowledge of the patient. It is absolutely harmless, and will effect a permanent and speedy cure, wheth er the patient is a moderate drinker or an alcoholic wreck. It has been given in thousands of cases, and in every instance a perfect cure has fol lowed. It never fails. The system once impregnated with the specific, it becomes an utter impossibility for the liquor habit to exist. Cures guaran teed. 48-page book of particulars free. Address the “Golden Specific Co., 185 Race Street Cincinnati, Ohio. Augusta Chronicle. We do not believe in divorces. When a man and woman are joined together in the holy bonds of matri mony, the divine command—whom God hath joined together, let no man put asunder—should be obeyed by the people of civilized and religious coun tries. In this respect South Carolina is entitled to admiration and commen dation of her sister States. Divorces in Georgia are a scandal and a shame to her fame and civili zation. To the discredit and dishonor of our laws, be it srid, divorces are as easily obtained in Georgia as in the courts of Chicago. This is not ad vanced civilization, hut advanced damnatiou. Associate Justice Pope, of the Su preme Court, has granted hail to J. Mims Sullivan, the slayer of Aider- man H. G. Gilreath, of Greenville, in the sum of $4,000. Judge Pope’s ac tion is a surprise to many people. The September Eclectic opens an excellent issue with au article by Mr. James Bryce, author of “The Ameri can Commonwealth,” entitled “Mi gration of Races of Men,” full of his torical interest. Rev. Horace Waller contributes an article ou an important African problem under the title of “Side-Lights on Uganda.” Two arti cles, “Town Life Under the Restora tion” and “A Journey to England in 1663,” deal with the same period of English social life, and a very inter esting and picturesque one at that. “The Russian Crisis,” the visitatiou of famine now afflicting the Musco vite people, is treated by a former Si berian exile. Many readers will turn with peculiar pleasure at this time to the exquisite poem by William Wat son, “Shelley’s Centenary,” and the prose paper on Mary Wollstouecraft Shelley. The number has some ex cellent short stories. There are not a few bright short papers iu additiou to those we have specially cited, and the whole number may bepronouuced full of excellent reading both light and grave. Published by E. R Pel- ton, 144 Eighth Street, Ne\v York. Terms, $5 per year; single numbers 45 cents. The North American Review for September is charged with articles by distinguished writers, covering a wide range of the thought aud activities of the day. Indeed, this Review, by means of papers from those whose words are recognized as authorita tive, is eminently successful in giving to the public au analytic and thor- ougiily satisfactory discussion of all significant movements; and In this view its pages are indispensable to i the student of the times. Thus, the ! “Homestead Strike” is considered by the Hon. William C. Oates, chair man of i he Congressional investiga ting committee, in “A Congressional View”; by the Hon. George Tick nor Curtis, iu “A Constitutional View”; aud by Master-Workman T. V. Pow- derly, in "A Knight of Labor’s View.” ‘•Innocence Versus Ignorance” is a study in the conduct of the moral ed ucation of childreu, by Amelie Rives. W, Cable Bruce explains the causes of lynch law iu the South. “Stealing a Kiss” is the title of the colored frontispiece of Frank Leslie’s Popular Monthly for September. The opening article is “An American Gen tleman’s Estate,” which is profusely illustrated and is au entertaining de scription of a farm conducted on bu siness principles aud with all modern improvements. “A Bird’s Eye View of Latin-Americau Politics” shows the present status of the Government of tire South aud Central American Republics, and illustrated with wood cuts of distinguished men of those countries. Altogether, there are over one hundred pieces of varied and in teresting matter, plentifully aud handsomely illustrated. The price is only $3 a year. Address Mrs. Frank Leslie, New York. “Why Young Men Defer Marriage” is the subject of au iuterestiug arti cle on this truth-asserting topic, by John Lambert Payne, in the Septem ber Ladies’ Home Journal. Mr. Payne’s paper is statistical aud treats this momentous matter from every standpoint. The domestic problem concerning th,e relations existing “Be tween Mistress aud Maid” is intelli gently discussed by Harriet Prescott Spottord, Mrs. Lyman Abbott, Helen S. Conant aud Christine Terhune Herrick, as is “Getting Home from the Country,” by Helen Jay. Pub lished at 433-435 Arch Street, Phila delphia, at $1,00 a year. The new queen of the trotting turf, Nancy Hanks, is as gentle as a iamb, and sjie makes a great pet of a fox terrier, whose hair she keeps snowy white by the constant use of her tongue. The mare is far superior to Suuol as a race horse, having never been beaten, while SounoPs work has been confined almost wholly to rec ord-breaking. Forest City, Ark., April 6th, 1892. Lippman Bros., Savannah, Ga. Dear Sirs: We take great pleasure to add one more certificate to your long list. We can truthfully say that Prickly Ash, Poke Root aud Potas sium compound, P P P, is one of the best sellers that we have ever set on our shelves since we have been in business and every person we have sold P P P, to say it is the best blood purifier known. Yours truly, Winthrop & Co, Wide Awake is one of the best child’s magazines published in this country. It is published monthly by D. Lothrop Conpany, Boston, at $2.40 a year. It is profusely illustrated by the best artists; and it’s articles are by good authors, aud are interesting, and instructive. The September □ umber is a bright, descriptive and story telling number full of strength and excellence Prominent among its illustrated papers is a charming description by Frances A Humphrey, of Old Plymouth and Plymouth Rock as they look to young tourists; Lt-Col. Thorndike tells about his “Night with a Chinese Perfect;” and the fine serials by Kirk Munroe and Kate Up son Clark keep up their brightness and their interest unchanged. What shall it profit a mau if lie gain the whole world and then has the dyspepsia so had that he can’t en joy any of the good tilings it contains? He wont have dyspepsia if he takes De Witt’s Little Early Risers. W. J. Platt. McELREE’S WINE OF CAHDUI tor Weak Nerves. The State Insane Asylum is still using gas in place of their electric lights, and there is hut little change in the status of the case. The elec trician is expected at an early date, and at the next meeting of the Board of Regents something definite will be done. Have tried almost every known remedy for Itching Piles without suc cess, finally bought a box of De Witt’s Witch Hazel Salve, and it has cured me. C. D. Haskins, Peoria, III. W. J. Platt. Try BLACK-DRAUGHT tea lor Dyspepsia. In view of the impending cholera plague, Dr. Daremherg says to the Parisians. “Boil your ice!” Freezing does not kill the germs of contagion, and there is only one other practica ble way of preparing ice so that it may be taken safely into the system. There is no use talking, neither Harrison or Cleveland will he elected unless they take DeWitt’s Little Ear ly Risers. They have a “get there” quality possessed by no othei pill. W. J. Platt. •^"BLACK-DRAUGHT toft cures Constipation, A minister in the East said: “My brethren the collection will now he taken for my expenses for a trip, for I am going away for my health. Tbe more I receive, the longer I can stay.” The largest collection ever made in that Church was taken. A gentleman of this county who has excellent judgment remarked- to us tbe other day that lie knew of no pill so good for constipation, dyspep sia and liver complaint as De Witt’s Little Early Risers. W. J. Platt. McElree’s WINE OF CARDUI for female diseases. An excursion will he run from Wil- liston, Elko and Biackv.lle to Char leston ou September 9, for tlie purpose of raising funds to help pay for a piano for the Elko school. It will he under the management of the princi pal of the school. DIED.—In this city of consump tion. A familiar headline isn’t it? It’s pretty risky to neglect a cold or cough. One Minute Cough Cure is pleasant safe aud sure. W. J. Platt. *#-WINE OF CARDUI. a Tonic for Women. Dr. Babcock, Superintendent of the Lunatic Asylum, is now on a tour through Northern cities, and places of interest with his bride, and his re turn is now expected at an early day. It’s not very pleasant t<» couidi and liaek, To suffer pain in chest ami back, Many people could stop it, for sure By siniply using One Minute Cough (Jure. W.J. Platt It is stated that sixteen persons have committed suicide in Trieste owing to insanity caused by hot weather. Piles of people have piles, but De Witt’s Witch Hazel Salve will cure them. W. J. Platt. According to the United States statistics farm land is rated at an average of $65 per acre, the highest of any State in the Union. A CAItD. Having been informed that there are many ladies who say that they have asked us to change their old style trunks to the roller-tray, and that we have refused to accommo date them, we beg to say that we would like very much to oblige them, hut we cannot make the change with credit to ourselves, the roiler-tray trunks being made in every way su perior to the ordinary trunk. Very rejpectfuliy, H. W. Rouxtkkk & Bko., Richmond, Va. To kill the cabbage worms take a hoe and cover the head with dry dirt, when the rain washes it off put ou more. The plants head from the in side and the dirt does not injure them. fticEiree’* wVine of Cardui and ■djejdford^.^blaci^draucht are for sale by the following merchants iu Aiken County: Dr. W. J. Platt, Aiken, W. C. Page, Beech Island, Dr. J. F. Baker, Langley, J. A. Stothart, Grauiteville, Peter Parker, Vaucluse, Hankinson & Eubanks, Talatah, Emanuyl Gunter, Kitchiugs’ Mill.