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f It c> •••'■ SKMI-WKEItLY EDITION, j ARTHUR P. FORD, Editor. ( AIKEN S. C. FRIDA! 7 , NOVEMBER, 1, 1895. ESTABLISHED. 1881. 1'IfIC.E, 1 OO A "Yoar, fn Adcanrc, . an—« Timely Warning. The great success of the chocolate preparations of the house of Walter Baker & Co. (established in 1780) has led to the placing on the market many misleading and unscrupulous imitations of their name, labels, and wrappers. Walter Baker & Co. are the oldest anu largest manu* facturers of pure and high-grade Cocoas and Chocolates on this continent. No chemicals are used in their manufactures. Consumers should ask for, and be sure that they get, the genuine Walter Baker & Co.’s goods. A^ILfER BAKER & CO., Limited, ' DORCHESTER, MASS. The find ever brought to this country, agroupof noted JAPA NESE LANCERS A THLETESin their Famous Sword Combat on Horseback, a Troup of . Genuine Tourage Arabs a Bevy of Beautiful Wild West Girls, including Miss \u Ray, the Queen of the Plains, Prof. Corey, the crack pistol shot, Pony Bob and some of the. noted Ranchmen famous for their Skill with the Lariat and the Rounding up and Branding of Cattle V vj*:- cr^r'.'al Mtxieo & i 1l?e MEXICANS/ LOCAL BREVITIES. pmm BHil’S HISTORIC Will) -A-T JLIKEJSr, ON WEDNESDAY, NOY. 13th. THE MARVEL OF THE AGE, AND THE GREITEST WILD WEST jN THE world; - —A FEW OF'THF PRINCIPAL. FEATURES, A Tribe of Flat Head Indians, a Tribe of Earth Eating Digger Indians, a Troupe of Gonchas from the Pampas of South .4 merica. Dexterous Bolus Throwers, also a Band of Famous Black Trackers, better known as the Australian Boomerang Throwers. . 'Some rain has fallen at last and put down the dust. Mrs A. Blomberjr and two children arrived from New York on Saturday. The cotton market is agitu tending upward, and closed firm yesterday at 8^4 cents for middling in Augusta. Miss Mary II. Harbers now has charge of the LeyeU School and A’lll commence the session ou next Mon- duy. t The regular monthly meeting of the Confederate Veterans will be held at the Court House on Mo day. Mr and Mrs C. C. Harrington and M iss Howard of Providence, It. I., are expected from the North soon, and will occupy their house formerly the Townsend cottage. MrChatdeld is fitting up the Busch cottage nciw the Highland Park Ho tel, with waterworks, e.'ectrie lights and ail other modern improvement. It is one of the best fitted cottages in Aiken. Mr T. J. Knight pirtieularly re quests all persons wh » want tea and coflee from him to let him have their orders always biforeS iturday of each week so that he can send in his week ly orders on that day. Mr James Powell and Miss Grace Powell left on Monday for Atlanta. There they will meet Miss Hattie Powell w ho has been speeding the summer in Detroit, and will visit the exposition. Taxpayers liable to road duty should hear in mind the fact that in addition to their regular taxes they will have to pay a road tax amount ing to $1.00 Th's tax is now due and will be collected by the Treasur- er. At a meeting of the Board of Trus tees of the Aiken Institute it was decided to give the scholars a holi- davon the Friday after Thanksgiving Day, to enable those who wish, to at tend the Atlanta Exposition. By leaving Wednesday evening they will have the remainder of the week to see the sights. Special railway r.ttes will be given to school children in parties of not less than twenty. The citizens of Aiken county are re minded that all of next week. Mr C. K. Henderson will appropriate one tenth of the gross proceeds of all sales at his clothing store, to the Con federate Monument fund. Therefore all good citizens can help the monu ment by buying at ins store from Monday morning to Saturday night. Mr Eager is hard at work getting the Highland Park Hotel ready for for guests and some very material changes are being made. The parlor on the southern side of the hall lias been thrown into the hall by remov ing the paitition wails, and substitu ting ornametal arch work, ai been refloored. The -cii THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION. THE CONVENTION ON MONDAY. When the constitutional conven tion resumed this morning it began to run the calendar. The article on juiisprudence was passed to a third readii.g, including the anli-lytich provision, but the vote whereby the article was adopted was soon recon sidered, and the matter pissed over. The convention then took up, and was still considering when the recess came, the matter of author zing an issue of State bonds to enable ih counties of the- State li do a business on a cadi basis. The bonds are to fl >ated at a rate of interest not greater than -i >2 percent, and eunn >t be sold at less than par. The counties ate to pay back the amount of the bond> to the Stale. The issue will be for about half a million dollars. At night the conveutmn was en gaged in handling the suflYage pro bletii. The evening proceedings were opened with n long speech from It B. Anderson, the negrodelegate from Georgetown. He -pleaded the cause of the negro in strong manner. Mr Burn followed him. makiug the iirst speech on the white man’s side re plying to and dissecting the argu ments of the negroes. Then I. It. Read, of Beaufort, the sixth negro made a strong speech. On a rod call only these six negroes voted against killing Whipper’s universal “read and write” substitute. The nrst two sections of the article reported by the committee were then adopted, When section 3, providing that male citi zens be allowed to vote, was called Mr (flay offered a substitute to give the ballot to womer? also on a proper ty and educational qualification. This brought the subject of woman suSrage up squarely. Mr Clayton made ail earnest plea for woman suf- fnige’as ili<H»Jso Gen. R. R. Hem phill and Dr. Tviimerman, the Lieut. Governor, the latler taking the high ground of moral elevation of the suf frage. Mr D. S. Henderson said the arguments presented simply showed cowardice; that the men wanted to bring the women in to hide behind them and shield them from a negro majority. He argued that they should aci like men, and said the re port of the committee was n excel lent and manly one. Oo^Jno. T. Sloane argued that it would degrade woman. After hetfring many other speeches pro and con the convention adjounieT'dwithontd taking any action. ,5 TUESDAY’S WORK. After a fight 148Ling^-~-.®^| t’ ue evening and . throngTT^''Jo- day’s session, the coVyention took alT aye and nav vote otj the^psrojiosition t > allow woman suffrage with prfrfAer- ty and educations qualifications.^ The cause of womatr sulfrage died by understand it and explain it when read to them by the registration < ill cer, shall be entitled to register a tie become electors. A separate record of all persons registered before J in n ry 1, 1898, sworn toby the ' regis! ra tion office shall be filed, one eop.\ with the the clerk of court, _at;d one in the ottic-e of the Secretary of State, on or before February 1 1S9S, and such persons shall remain during 'id- qualitied electors unless dlsquaiilt • • by the other provisions of this articie. Hie certificate of the clerk of the court, or the Secretary ..f Suite, shah be sufficient evidence to establis the right of sad citiz -us to any future re gistration, and the franchise un i r lie limitations herein imposed. (I>) Any person-who .-hd! appl j for reg strut ton atfer J mu iry 1. 189' if o herwise <ia ii'.fl ;d, s!i »!1 he r.*gi~- tered provided, that he c m bo.h r* a. and write an r .sect! .n oflhise mstu.!- .iouorctn show that he owns a-d has paid all taxes collectible durine the previous vearon proper. >• in this .State assessed at $300 or more ” Congrcssin m Wilson oflered a sab stilute for sub-division “c” which was to make the “general un lerstaod ing” provision perpetual am! the on ly qualification, lie spoke on lb's at great length Senator Hilman made a long speech, particularly at tacking Air Wiison’s amendment. This amendment was then voted down by a vote of 120 to 16 Several other measures were voted down in a like manner. Other amendments are pending. At a late hour the con vention adjourned amid much con fusion a batch of propositions being rushed in to be printed. Much Run Down Was my condition, says Mr. Wm. Weatherford, Ux collector at Key West, Florida. My appe- .-X Mr. Wm. Weatherford B\SN.N tlte was poor and I was quite miserable. Friend* advised mo to take Hood’s Sarsaparilla. I have g Sarsa parilla ures -taken 6 bottles, and am rnuctrfe«tter,have gained .n welghtTaf^gSloy a g^gdappetlto.^ rHootrFpal .cathartic. 1 JSS 5. 'Oil II ! 1 WW.Z::///. diR (UttN U r 5ML m • sra ® Ml ' PHP WHEN |I X AUGUSTA CALL And see our SOUTHERN QUEEN RANGE. It is fully guaranteed and is cheap. „ STOVES, GRATES, TINWARE etc. Charles It. Allen, tr- Augusta, 831 Broad Street, GREAT BARGAINS FURNITURE Figures Won’t lie if Wien do. All we ask is get our figures before you buy and you will get the low est prices that can be had in any market. Cast yonr eye over these prices. Nice Oak Suits $15.00 to loO. Lovely Silk Plush Parlor Suits 35.00 to GO. Beautiful China Closets 18.00 to 45. Sideboards from 12 50 to 100. STOVES. The Georgia DickjKo. 6, first-class, $8.50. The ‘ Barret” is i^^Hfed.lv the best and most economical Stov 1 ,< - J •.. . — n " -*■' X