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••0‘ / ^-1 W' / The Aiken Recorder “ ST ® F “ ls '» 8 “ T ™ LY ? 0E|(TS A Democratic Newspaper, PUBLISHED BVKRY THURSDAY. Everything to Gain By ARTHUR P. FORD. TEEMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. One year in advance $1.60 Six raontns in advance 75c Three months in advance .40e ADVE TIDING RATES. One s<iuare, first insertion ... $1.00 Each subsequent insertion, 50c Special rates by contract, for three months or more. t Changes of advertisements must be th er burned or sent in at least three days beforecliange is made. Changes made only where- contracts are made to that effect. AIKEN, S. C.: THURSDAY. MAY 1*. 1905. S. F. Catching* in New York Son In a recent Washington correspon dence this morning are quoted state ments made by Theodore Price to the New England Cotton Manufacturers’ association in Boston a few days ago as to the cost of raising cotton. I take is sue as to these and in support of my case I will give a few facts and figures which you can rely upon as being cor rect, as for years I kept a record of costs which showed the following results. Clearing land of previous years’ stalks takes the labor of one good hand a day to clear two acres; at a day wage of 75 cents that equals 37 cents per acre. These stalks are ei- turned under;” if the former, cost would be about 15 cents per acre, so we calculate that it eosts 50 cents per acre to prepare the land for the plow. j The first plowing consists of throw- ! ing two furrows to the middle, thus covering the knocked down stalks A good plow hand will run over say four acres per day, at a cost for wage of 75 | cents, feed for the mule 30 cents, with | 10 per cent for wear and tear on plow and gear—a very conservative estimate —AND- Nothing to Lose If you buy your Suit at McCREARY’S 72c Broad St., AUGUSTA, GA. You run no risks with our new Spring Suits. About the handsomest we have ever shown. $tO, $12, $15 to $18 CUPiRlbrtT, 1906 According to the observations of the weather bureau a great deal more rain ... .. • jin *i „ n-n.tr —value of which is say $10. which would ,s needed all over the country to bring make the four acre / c08t $2 05, or say ♦»,<, nHtainori un to the aver- 50 cents per acre. the quantity obtained up to the aver The annual rainfall for this sec- | After the ground has thus been ‘‘two is 47 43 inches, while the total ' furrowed” it is “broken out,” i. e , the 1905 was only 29.54 inches. I Plowing is completed at the rate of two age. tion fall during . .. , i acres per day, which cost upon same This is a shortage of 17.89 inches, which b a8 j 8 —equals $1 per acre. has not been reduced since 1st January, We now have the land ready for planting at say a cost of $2 per acre. The cost for seed per acre is not less than $1. With a “planter” about six acres per day can be planted at a labor and it is one that may be responsi- ’cost of 30 cents per acre, which makes 1905. This is a serious matter, and a condi tion thatextended over the whole coun try ble to a large degree for the lowering of the water in our artesian wells You Can t Buy as Cheaply Elsewhere. in The Columbia Record says: If the number of candidates for state offices continue to grow in the same way it started we feel very sorry for those citizens who think it a duty to listen to the “spiels” of the candidates. It will certainly be a patriotic citizen who will sit around a platform a hot day and listen to all of them ; and as to the jKXir newspaper man who will have to, nothing short of heaven ought to be his reward. The Record forgets that the newspa per man will get his reward here—$5.00 per card and 5 cents per line for notices, cash in advance. Therefore w T e say let them come, and “damned be he that cries enough.” llox. G. L. Toole has just returned from Columbia, where he w’as last week, as a member of the legislative execu tive committee to examine the l>o«ksof the State officials. As is well known he is a strong advocate of an act to re strict the number of working hours in cotton mills to ten a day ; and there fore very much interested in the recent decision of the United States Court in New York against such restrictive labor laws. While he has not yet decided as to the line he wdll take he has no inten tion of abandoning the fight. He thinks that if he cannot accomplish his pur pose in the legislature, and w r ith this purpose in view’, it is probable that he wdll be a candidate for congressional 4u*m>rs from the Second district next suinmPr. — — the total cost thus far $3 30 per acre. We now r come to the cultivation, which, worked out in detail, as the above has been, will cost $7.80 per acre, which brings the cost up to the “laying by” to $11.10 per acre. It takes about 1500 pounds of seed cotton to produce a 500 pound bale of lint, and it never cost less than 50cents per 100 pounds to pick. When the crop is very large and labor scarce, we pay from 60 to 85 cents for picking; but this estimate, say 50 cents per 100 pounds, equals $7.50 per bale, to which must be added the hauling to the gin, at a cost no less than $1 per bale, and also the cost of ginning and pressing, which is about $4 per bale—a total of $12.50 per bale for picking, ginning and pressing, i. e., 2 1-3 cents per pound. This statement is based upon cotton planting in the Mississippi delta,where the average lint produced is about 300 pounds per acre and where no fertili zers are used There are three systems of raising cotton: first, the wage; second, the shares; third, the rental. The calcula tion is based upon the first or wage sys tem. Now t divide the $11.10it has cost up to picking by the 300 (pounds of lint per acre) and you have 3.70 per pound And to this the 2 1-2 cents per pound for picking and ginning, which gives the actual cost, prepared, for market, of 6.20 per pound. Freight, insurance and factors'commissions will add three quarters more, or say 6.95 it must bring to pay the actual outlay of the planter. This is allowing nothing for the me of the land or depreciation in value of mules,.wagons, gins, etc., or for inter est on investment. Now where does Mr. Price get his cost of 4 cents per pound? This estimate is based upon years of experience in cotton planting, and every statement can be verified. ALFRED FREE IN SALUDA JAIL. Is it not high time that some very drastic laws w T ere enacted, and enforced,by the legislative authorities, that have the necessary constitutional right, to protect the lives of passengers and employees on railway trains? reports show that during 1904, 11,0001 Requisition papers for young Free’s persons were killed and 90,000 injured extradition were issued in Columbia by railway trains in the United States. J and Sheriff Sample immed iately started During the year before 9840 were killed ; aiuflHBHnjured! Thus the slaughter j Young Alfred Free, charged with be ing an accessory to the killing of M. M. Morse, in Saluda county in October of o j last year, was last week placed in the jj ie i county jail, having been brought from j Paris, Arkansas, by Sheriff Sample. Arkansas for his man. s not definitely know. shuriir b( Logan As The State says: Are the railways and the people in different to this terrible sacrifice of life? Our railways are costing us as much in flesh and blood as an average war would cost—more than the war with Spain and the conquest of the Philippines cost us. And yet no general effort was made by the railways, by the national or state governments, or by the people, to les sen the slaughter. It is true that the railways are always investigating or experimenting with devices for protect ing life and limb, and that much talk is heard in legislative bodies about safe guarding passengers and employes, but n >thing is actually accomplished. In deed, the slaughter increases, and w'e thrust thousands more under the wheels of our modern juggernaut. Book Notice. The Ravanels, a novel by Harris Dick son, author of “The Black Wolf’s Breed,” Ac. Second edition. Lippincott Company. Philadelphia $1.50. This is a very good novel, indeed. The story is well written and holds the interest of the reader from beginning to ei.d. The scenes are laid in Missis sippi. about Natchez and county had the right person spotted, yet all the circumstances pointed in that di rection and hence Sheriff Sample’s trip to the western state. Young Free has been sick recently and was very ill when Logan county’s sheriff communicated with Saluda’s sheriff on May 4. The statement made in the press that extradition would probably, be resisted on the part of Free was gratuitous and without any foun dation in fact. Free’s wife, who went to him recent ly, also came along with her husband and tha sheriff. It is not known what steps if any the attorneys for Free will make as to bail for the young man. If the technical ity taken advantage of in the cases against W. H Henderson and Johnnie Perry at the recent term of court is urged in the case against Free, he will not be brought to trial until next March. The clerk of court of this county being related to Morse within the inhibited degree, upon objection no jury which he assisted in listing or J. B. drawing can sit in Free’s case. A Gladstone Anecdote. The sarcastic cheer is very common. | 'and l recall one fatal example of its | use. Mr. Gladstone was once drawing ! very remarkable conclusions from some V K-ksburg, j figures—an art in which he was an un- From One of Our Correspondents Now Georgia. Editor Recorder—For some time past it has been my purpose to send a few items to the columns of your pa per. but my time and attention has been so much taken up with duties connected with the farm near Oak- wood that the privilege of a letter for the paper has had to be postponed. Before leaving the quiet yet busy community of Oakwood, S.C.. on April 28th my observations convinced me that another big effort would be made in that section to raise cotton regard less of low prices and wise counsel in favor of acreage reduction. It has been argued that the farmer with his stock and force of hands all on the farm, that he cannot reduce very much the cotton acreage, when he raises corn and oats sufficient for home and local demands. Now if we will take the time to exam ine the records of a few grocers who do business in Aiken and Augusta it will prove beyond question that the South is not making by far enough grain stuff to meet the actual necessities of our local demands. The past two weeks spent in the vi cinity of Statesboro Ga.. which is the county seat of Bulloch county, gives your correspondent some idea of the ways and means employed by some prosperous planters in the grand old state of Georgia. Not being familiar with the whole, can only speak of what I have learned during my stay in this section. Per haps it would be hard to find land any where better adapted to diversified farming. Here is grown the fleecy sta ple in what is called long and short cot ton. The long staple usually brings, I am told, as much as 20cents per pound, but only about half the quantity can be raised per acre as can be produced of short cotton. Then, instead of all peas between the rows of corn, one row of pinders is planted to two of corn all over large fields, and you can find here the corn crop apparently much larger than the cotton, Stock raising is considered a good business in connection with successful farming, and instead of taking a fat calf to the butcher at the age of 5 or 6 months, it is allowed to grow and stay A BOY’S VACATION TIME. Hail, that 1 When, the All the thoug! lited day ooks laid away, if merry youngsters turn from paff^ back to play ! Done with lessoniand with rule. Done with teacher and with school. Stray the vagrant hearts of childhood to the tempting wood and pool. Why will tell in tune and rhyme : Of the glory and ^he grime In the dusty ines and byways ation time? ind the cry 1 and high of glad youngsters isly by ! of a boy’s vj Hark, the whisth That is piping sht From tin* chorus trooping riotl Say, did sun e’qr^irightT^ As when, with hisffod and line i Tramps the barefoot lad a-fishing, and the water clear and fine! Sweet the murmuF of the trees, j And what glory m>w he sees In the chatter of the wild birds and the buzz of humble bees! , Hear the green wood’s cry and call, | Through the Sumther to the Fall, “We are waiting, \ipaitinp, waiting, with a welcome for you all!” Hear the lads takdup the cry, rii QOUTHERN RAILWAY. The Sooth's Greatest System. Unexcelled Dining Car Service. Through Pullman Sleeping Cars on all Through Trains- Convenient Schedules on all Local Trains. WINTER TOURIST RATES are now in effect to all Florida points. For full information as to rates, routes, etc.. consult nearest Southern Railway Ticket Agent, or R. W. HUNT, Division Passenger Agent, Charleston, S. C. W.C.HYER Plumber. Estimates on Plumbing, Tinning and Heating cheerfully furnished. A large stock of Blue Flame Oil Stoves. $2 to $6.50. Ovens from $1.50 to $4. Glass and Crockery, Lamps, and Household Supplies. Ice Cream Churns. Fiber Ice Coolers. Cheaper and cleaner than the old style. Muresco, the finest wall finish, in every tint. Paints, Oils, Varnish and Floor Stains # At His Store # ON LAURENS STREET. CAPITAL $50,000 ; Surplus $25,000 PEOPLE’S BANK State, County and City Deposi tory. Does a General Banking Busi ness. Your Accounts Solicited. F. B. Henderson President. L. S. Tkotti, Cashier. Safety Deposit Boxes to Kent, DIRECTORS. F. B. Henderson, H. C. Hahn, R. W. Mcreary, J. P. McNair, C. K. Henderson, W. J. Platt, H. N. Schroder, J. W.Lupo, Henry Summeral. CHARLESTOX & WKSTER.V CAROLINA RAILWAY, AUGUSTA AND A8HKVIIAE SH0XT LINE Schedule in effect April 16, 1906. Arrive Anderson Arrive Greenwood Arrive Laurens Arrive Greenville Arrive Spartanburg Arrive -Vsheville No. 1 m No. 5 10:10 A M 2:55 P M 7:10 P M 12:39 r M 1:45 p M 3:25 p M 3:30 p M 7:40 p M Leave Augusta Arrive Allendale ArriveFairfax Arrive Yemassee Arrive Charleston Arrive Savannah (c. t.). Arrive Waycross No. 42. . 2:35 p M . 4:30 . 4:4lt 5:40 p" 7 :40 p M 6 :45 p M 10:00 p m Arrive Beaufort Arrive Port Rovfd. 6:30 p m 6:40 p M With an echo, shrill and high “We are coming, coming, coming, vacation timelis nigh!” for that How the skies areplue and fair, How the clover scents the air With a witchery of fragrance is delicate and rare! How the blossoms bud and blew. And the great wavfcs flood and flow In the ocean of Jboy-happiness, like billows, to aw fro! Ah, my h«art goes]back and sighs When the piping calls and cries From the hearts of merry youngsters like a song of triumph rise ! And I would that tune and rhyme .Might be splendid and sublime | In my heart to tell the story of a boy’s vacation time! J. W. Foley. Southern Baptist Convention TatTill large enough to graze for a nv- ing.- The few facts noted from conditions of the farm as they exist in this part of the great cotton belt but goes to prove that farming can be made pleas ant and profitable by due attention bo ittg given to such methods as w i! t lessen labor and at the same time insure thor ough work on every plantation where now, in too many cases, it is left to the tenant at will. The negro of the South is well fitted for farm service, hut hu nee.-u t lip u ii ■ i^. who is capa it ir- ol—reaching him how to perform that service. Let me sfty in conclusion, Mr. Editor, that in all the varied vocations of life success is due, to the exercise of persis tent effort together with intelligent management. J- m. Statesboro, Ga., May 13, 1905. NEW RAILROAD TO CHARLESTON. and the story opens just after the close | approached master. A member on the of the great war, and centers largely Mound a Confederate soldier who turned scalawag for spoils, murdered fhe father of the hero and was himself killed by the hero. The scenes are very naturally drawn, and the incidents of daily life depicted are just such as we know of elsewhere in the South. The characters are well drawn and very true to nature. And we are not surprised that a demand has arisen fer a second edition of the book, which is one that certainly deserves to be very generally read. CONFEDERATE PENSION STATISTICS. Over 800 names have been added to the pension rolls of South Carolina since the last report. There were 517 deaths during the year, but there was a net increase of 247. The ension funds are distributed as well as they can be apportioned by Comptroller General Jones. Tne work of the pension bureau is extensively ar duous, as there are so many statistics and conditions to be recorded. The comptroller has made out a statement of the distribution for the year IQ'Vi, and in it it appears that the veterans of Aiken county receive $6828.- 50. Tin* total amount distributed is $196,583.00. The following figures are interesting: N .meson roll 1904 8,544 New names added 190o 829 other side laughed out a “Hear, hear ! ironically. Gladstone stopped instantly and turned and looked with interest at the interrupter, who assuredly would , . . , • , at that moment have given a good deal running into the city, lor a uistan to recall his words, Then he turned ’’ back to the speaker. “Sir,” he said, “ the honorable gentleman laughs.” For a minute or two he quoted from memory a long string of figures proving the accuracy of what he had previously said. “The next time the honorable member laughs,” he continued in hon eyed tones, “I would advise him—1 would venture to counsel him—to or nament his laugh—to decorate it—with an idea.”—Henry Norman in Century. L**’ 5 ** those who died 1904. 517 those off from other causes. Nh ues on roll o 1905 9,373 i less 65 582 8,791 >ttse ... 247 i .'tal number of widows on roll 1904, C.b-iJ. and in 1905 3,880, showing an in crease of widows drawing pension, 198. Paid expenses of the department amonnt to: Joint resolutions and legislative expenses ... $ 84.00 Expenses -tate board 11900 Stationery and stamps ... . 102.35 County boards and commission ers 2,342.30 Salary pension clerk 600.00 Balance o*i hand .. .. 169.35 Formerly the money left from the fund in each county was returned by the clerks of court to the pension fund of the next year, but it now goes to the general fund of the State, and last year |6,600 was returned. i J] The season’s first cold lay be slight—may yield > early treatment, but the ext cold will hang on mger; it will be more oublesome, too. Un necessary to take chances >n that second one. Scott’s Emulsion is a preventive is well as a cure. Take SCOTT'S EPIULSION when colds abound and you’ll have no cold. Take it when the cold is contracted and it checks inflamma tion, heals the membranes of the throat and lungs and drives the cold out. Send for free sample. SCOTT & B0WNE, Chemists 409-413 Pearl Street. New Yerk Me. m4$J.0Q ... All drugf lata Charleston Post A plan which has been in the course of development for some months and appears to be approaching completion contemplates the introduct ion to Char leston of a new railroad system, which will contribute enormously to the de velopment of coal depots here for the ships of the world. The prospect of the Government navy yard, with itsat- traction of war vessels to Charleston is of conrse an important consideration in this connection. The plan has not yet reached that stage at which its projectors are pre pared to set it forth in detail before the public, but it is possible to give a gen eral idea of the scheme in contempla tion, which involves the connection of two small, independent railroads now operating in South Carolina, the exten sion of one of them along the line of its original projection through a section North Carolina and across the moun tains into Tennessee, its meeting there with an extension of a great Western railroad and completion of the route into Charleston by a traction arrange ment with one of the two systems now e of about a hundred and twenty-live miles from a point near the center of the State. The connecting link between the road in the central part of the State and t hat in the northern section, running into North Carolina, will have to he con structed by Charleston interests, and a plan to this accomplishment is being carefully developed. The Western sys tem is prepared to extend its line to the projected terminus in Tennessee of the road in which is now operating in North and South Carolina, and this lat ter road is expected to complete its tracks through the mountains along a line which was surveyed in its interest long ago. The connecting link, a hun dred miles and through a section of country not especially dillieult of engi neering nor exnensive of railroad con st met ion Terminal rights for the newline have j already been engaged in Charleston by | options of purchase on convenient prop- [ erty. It is understood that a line site i on the Cooper river, at the foot of Cal- i houn street, has been secured in this 1 way, and that other property higher up the river has been engaged for possible ; development as a coal depot. This prop erty is not very far from the navy yard and would be especially convenient to the ships of the Government. The Western system which is to be ! connected with in Tennesee owns ex-! tensive coal mines in that section and in Ohio, and is desirous of placing i he i product of its mines at some deep water port on the South At hint e coast. To j do this and at tin* same time open up a new route for the Western com merce whicli it handles inpreat volume it is prepared to extend its line east ward to meet the projected system trom Soutu Carolina. Potomac and The animal session of the Southern Baptist convention met f° r organiza tion last week in CaP lr y Baptist church in Kansas City. The roil call showF d an attendance of nearly two thousail d delegates, repre- s..-w44*rs^ a 11 the east of the Mis sissippi an<1 so Ohio rivers,and to** of Columbia, Louis sas, Indian Territo ico and Cuba. Although the pro tion was be largel TTrr lions of the church missionary, Sunday tional societies, ther^ matters of extraorj that received atte.nt xas, .irkan- iioma. Mex- the conven- HBfSDBRSOINS, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, AIKEN, S. C. Practice in all of the State and U S courts. Collections a specialty. W.QUITMAN DA Vis ROBT. L. GUNTER, HERBERT E. GYLES. DAVIS, GUNTER & GVLES. A TTORNEYS AT LAW, AIKEN, S. C. Chatfield Building. G. L. TOOLE. Attorney at L,aw, C ROFT’S Block, Room No. 6. Aiken, S. C. Notary Public S. C. (with seal). Loans negotiated on acceptable security. FOR SUPPLIES . . UN . . Fancy Groceries, Confectionaries, Candies, Fruits, Tobacco, Cigars, &c., SCHOOLBOOKS, BLANK BOOKS, AND ALL KINKS STATIONERY _ CONSULT Q - wue;. thorpe: Henderson Building, LAURENS STREET, AIKEN. ganijta- nd foreign md edtretl^ veralother importance in. Chief among these was a discussion of the part that the Southern Baptists will take in the joint conferenceJto be held at St. Louis later in the mAnth with the Bap tist anniversaries, on the Northern sec tion of the Baptist denomination. The joint conference, it is believed, will re sult in reuniting the t wo large branches of the Baptist church. The split which recurred in 1845 grew out of the anti slavery agitation, and although the two wings of the church, have been in har mony since the close of the war, they have remained separate organizations because the large delegated member ship of each made the practical conduct of its business under separation easier. No legislative power-; are to be given to the approaching St. L mis meeting It will be purely a conference to bridge as far as possible the differences occa- j sioned by the separation of more than a half a century. A nother matter that will be consid ered is the proposition to change the names from the “Southern Baptist con-i’VT^OU will please take notiee that vention” to the “Baptist convention of I Y there will be a meeting of the J the United States.” This matter was ; stockholders of the Wood Pottery Coin- introduced at former sessions by Hon | pany on May :(). 1905. at 10 o’clock a. George Hillyer, of Atlanta, Ga., and m . ;l t the office of the company in j referred to a special committee, with North Augusta. South Carolina for the j instructions to report at this year’s purpose of considering tho increase of 'convention. i the capital stock of said Company to ^ ■ j t welve thousaud-doXUirs ($12 OCX)) MURRAY’S IRON MIXTURE. Now is the time to take a spring tonic By far the be«t thing to take is Murray’s Iron Mixture. It makes pure blood and gets rid of that tired feeling. At all drug gists. 50c a Bottle. Or direct from THE MURR \Y DRUG CO., Columbia, S. C. To tbe Slock holders of the Wood Pottery Company: Y Expenses of Candid of the general passed requiring At the rece assembly an. all candidawlTto lile sworn statements of their expenses incident to their cam- ! paign. There are already some avowed ; candidates for various State offices and ! they are figuring when they should be- 1 gin to keep tab on their expenses so 1 they can file it as requited by law. The law does not contemplate exactly ! how soon such a “little list” should be ! started. It has been lately suggested, howeve r, that a candidate was hardly a fully developed candidate until he filed his pledge with the state or county chairman and paid his money to enter a given contest. Some of the prospective candidates are now traveling from point to point ; encouraging the demand for their ser vices While it would be interesting 1 to know exactly how much money each candidate spent in these preliminary ' skirmislo's it may not be , technically required under the terms of the statute 4t BOARD OF DIRECTORS of Wood Pottery Company. are known by wbat they have grown. For half a century they have been the Biamlant—haven't failed once to produce bigger, bet ter crops than anv oihers. Sold by all dealers. 1905 Seed An- mial free to all applicants. D. M. FERRY &. CO.. Detroit, Mich. v\\WI// OUTBID IE New Tort, Charleston & Florida Arrivals: Train No. 2 from Asheville. Spa■^tantn^^g^AI^ <i t;i 1V '^ e, et,c -* ^^ M * Train No. 6 from Anderson, etc., 11:15 a m. Train No. oFTfoltfl^stqn, Sa vannah, Beaufort, Port Royal, etc., 12:20 noon. Through train service between Augusta and Charleston. For any information relative to rates, etc., apply to EARNhST WILLIAMS, G. P. A.. E. M. NORTH, Com. Agt. Augusta, Ga. T. M. EMERSON. Traffic Manager. i ~- STEAMSHIP LINES. ntOM CHARLESTON FOR NEW YORK. The steamships of this company arc appointed to sail from East Shore Ter minal Co.’s wharves, foot of Queen st., as follows: (All dates subject to change without notice.) COMANCHE. Sunday. May 21,7.30 a m ARAPAHOE. Tuesday, May 23,8.30 am APACHE, Thursday, May 25, 9.20 a m ALGONQUIN,Monday, May 29,12.30 am CO ANCHE, Wed’day, May 31,12n’n ARAPAHOE* Friday, June 2, 6.00 a m APACHE, Monday, June 5, 7.30 a m Steamers Apache, Arapahoe Coman che and Iroquois carry no second class passengers; only first-class and steer age. These splendid passenger steam ers form an unequaled tri-weekly line to New York, with state rooms all on deck, thoroughly ventilated and sepa rated from the dining saloon. There is no more pleasant traveling on the Atlantic Coast. For treight and passage apply to M B. HUTCHINSON, Div.Ft. it P.Agt., A. E. GAETJENS, M. B. PAINE, Asst. Supt. Supt. Charleston, S. C. L. & M. ZP^IZCsTT Made to Last. WM. P. CLYDE & CO., Gen’l Agts., 19 State st.. New' York. THEO. G. EGER, Gen. Manager, 19 State st., New York BILIjQIISNE$S' CONSTIPATION CURED BYA THEDFORDS BLACK DRAUGHT Because the liver is neglected people suffer with cc-nstipation, biliousness, headaches amt fevers. Colds attack the lungs and contagious diseases take hold of the system. It is safe to say that if the liver were always kept in proper working order, illness would oe almost unknown. Thedford’s Black-Draught is so successful in curing such sickness because it is without a rival as a liver regulator. This great family medicine is i)ot a strong and drastic drug, but a mild and healthful laxative that cures con stipation and may be taken by a mere . child without possible harm. The healthful acti^i on the liver cures biliousness. It has an in vigorating effect on the kidneys. Because the liver and kidneys do work rog'aJmiy, toe pois&TOUs acids along with the waste from the bowels get back into the blood and virulent contagion results. Timely treatment w’ith Thed ford’s Black-Draught removes the dangers which lurk in constipation, liver and kidney troubles, and will positively forestall the inroads of Bright’s disease, for which dis ease in advanced stages there is no cure. Ask your dealer for a 25c. package of Thedford’s Biack- Draught. SAVE MONEY ‘ ON YOUR STOVES. We make 131 different styles and sizes of Cooks and Heating Stoves, and produce 150 daily, selling all our pro duct directly to the user at low prices and freight paid. Wo save you $3 to $20 on a Stovo. Write for catalogue and prices. COLUMBUS STOVE WORKS, COLUMBUS, MISS. Is semi-mixed, and this is the way it compares with mixed paint. If your house takes 21 gallons of ready mixed paint at $1.50 per gallon, you must pay $31.50 The fame work is done with L. & M. as follows,-12 gal lons L. & M. at $1.65 per gallon mixed with 9 gallons linseed oil at 60 cents per gallon makes 21 gallons of paint for $1.20 per gallon. You only pay - . - $25.20 SAVES 25 FEB CENT. OR $(>.30 Your house won’t need painting more than once in 10 to 15 years, because L. & M. Zinc hardens the L. & M. White Lead, and gives the paint extraordinary life, and makes it cover an enormous sur face, so that four gallons L. & M., and three gallons of linseed oil will paint a moderate sized house. For sale by Powell Hdw. Co., Aiken. INDUSTRIAL LUMBER CO. MANUFACTURERS OF Yellow Pine Lumber, Doors, Sash, Blinds, Etc. Office and Works INorth Augusta, S. Go Estimates cheerfully furnished on application on every class of work. Your orders solicited, large or small. POST OFFICE, AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. House and Sign Painting ... WESUEY ROYA.L, Continues his business of House and Sign Painting. All work promptly attended to. Estimates cheerfully furnished. Park Avenue Aiken, S. C. Store telephone 64—A; residence. 35—B. P. 0. Box 423. “Here’s whiskey that’sgrood.’ That’s what every one says who tries our PURE NORTH CARO* LINA MOUNTAIN Whiskies and Brandies. THE JOHN W. SOWERS DISTILLING CO., (Formerly of Ronda, N. C.) MILTON, N. C. To our Good Friends and Old Customers: We take this method of advising you that we are again ready'* to supply your wa.’H.s for PURE Whiskies and Brandies, and sui ply tharu promptl^v^'y?'// alJuudm same Jay thty Krre recrnkif. Our Guarantee: If our goods are not all that we represent them to be, return them to us at our expense, and we will refund your money. = SPECIAL OFFER- In order to introduce our new brand “WHITE RAVEN” Corn Whiskey we have cut prices, and quote you as follows for the next thirty days, prices subject to change without notice after thirty days from date of this advertisement. Please note the following low prices, viz: 1 gallon “White Raven’’ Corn Whiskey $1.50 2 gallons “ “ “ “ 2.75 3 “ “ “ “ “ 4.00 4 -V “ “ “ “ “ 6 00 AYhen ordering please say that you saw our advertisement in the Aiken Recorder. Another point in your favor, we make no charge for jugs nor kegs, but buy them back from you at their full market value. Very truly, THE JOHN W. SOWERS DISTILLING CO., MILTON, N- C. As TO OUR RELIABILITY: We refer you to the Merchants & Planters Bank,or any merchant of the city of Milton, N. C. Dr, B, H, Teague DENTIST, Richland Ave., AIKEN, S. C. HAVE YOUR EYES Properly Fitted With Glasses at WcsseSs Bros. FREE EYE TEST — |AyersPill The dose is one, just one pill at bedtime. Sugar-coated, mild, certain. They cure constipation. fi&lfwSL* Want your moustache or beard a beautiful brown or rich black? Use BUCKINGHAM'S DYE ititt era. or Dkuuuura or r. p. ham. « oo.. mib.tua. k. a. T. G. CROFT. .1. 1! SALLY Croft & Sallv, Attorneys at Uaw j n carload lots Pine Logs Long or Short Leaved WANTED. 12 to 20 ft. Long---Loaded anywhere within 100 miles of Aiken—Wanted Th idea seems to have gotten out that it takes close to $5000 to be a win ner in 'he gubernatorial contest, even if the 11101103' is spent legitimately, for traveling, printing, secretaries, letters, church donations and organization. Law and equits - are two things which God hath joined, but which man h uh put asunder.—Colton. Aw IK KIN S G. ! Will practice in all of the courts of this State. Special attention given to ; collections. BY AIKEN LUMBER CO NOT 14! SI. Offici County So Aiken, S. (’ >t. of Ed neat ion , April IS, 1905. COAL V VS/ Winthrop College Scholarship and Entrance Examination. j rT Senator Tillman Much Improved Hon. Benj. R Tillman. United States Senator from South Carolina, accom panied b3’ Mrs.Tillman, passed through Augusta Sunday en route to his home at Trenton, S. C . being on 1 is return from Atlanta, where he has been under medical treatment for several weeks. He is much improved, and to all ap pearances entirely recovered. The examination for the award of va cant scholarships in Winthrop College and for the admission of n< v^stndems will be held at the Couniy Courthouse on Friday, July 7ih, at 9 ii. in. Ap Ji- cants must not be less than fifteen years of age. When scholarships are vacated after Jul} - 7, they will be awarded to those making the highest average at this examination provided they me the conditions LIGHTS DIFFER in • he:r intensity. Our Electric Lamps, C.uidles. etc., are adapted for all pur poses. Of the utmost brilliancy or but a gentle glow. The *nt*w Turn Up and Turn Down L'ght is a great improve ment. and needs but to be seen to be appreciated. Electric Bells. Burglar '^(Alarms installed an3 T where at remark- tably reasonable rates Let us illunii- | rj'iHE regular examination for teacli- ; i ers’ certificates of qualificu:ion 1 will be held at Aiken C. H. on Friday, 1 May 19th from 9 a m. to 5 p. in. In I addition to the regular subjects ques- ! tions will b<* Submitted on Hugh’s Mis takes in teaching, Peterman’s Civil Government, and current events. Teachers are also advised to read “ I'be [ bast of the Mohicans” and the *• V > < n of -ir Launfui ” Applicants mu.-t fur nish themselves wit li necessary pencil and stationery. A. W. SANDERS. W. L. BROOKER, H. F. RICE. Egg and Nut b ird coal. Best quality Do iru stic B! ock-lump and Black- rir»i:h ot’s. Best quality. iY! L S! IM'LY NOW n.\ It tX!'. WOOD; governing the award , Applicants for scholarships I should . nate your darkness with our dazzling w rite to 1 resident Johnson bqfore the ! devices. Examine our stock, examination for scliolarship ap lication j blanks v i Scholarships are w’orth $100 ind free ! i-A. ■ IX.HiiN ELECTRIC CONSTRUCTION CO matiou and catalogue address Pres. 0. B. Johnson, Rock Hill, 8. C. j W. ROTHROCK, Electrician. Re&istratioi] Notice. rpHE books for the registration of L voters will be open on the first Monday of each month, and will remain open for one day and no longer. Office in the Courthouse. Office hours from 9 a. m. to 3 p. m. G. C. MOSELEY. Chairman Board Supervisors. ood Pine and Oak, also a plenty of Pitch Pine* kindling On hand. FTTEX-i OO- ,p XV a. W. RICHARDSON. Mgr.