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Aiken Recorder. -W Democratic Newspaper. PUBLISRCD EVKKY THl'KMIfAY. By ARTHUR P. FORD. A VERY REMARKABLE TALE ABOUT BAR- BAN. TEEMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. One year in advance $L50 8 * moutns in advance 7oc Three luonttis iu advance 40c /DYE TIE IN Q RATES. One square, first insertion —.$1.00 Each subsequent insertion, 50c Special rates by contract, for three m mths or more. > Changes of advertisements must be sent in at least three days before change is made. Changes made only where contracts are made to that effect. AIKEN, S. C.: THURSDAY. JULY 20, 1905. The recent suicide of Mr. Robert Keith Dargan in Darlington with the aid of his brother was as remarkable as it was shocking. It had those heath enish characteristics that have ob tained in Japan and China. The facts as shown at the inquest were as follows: Mr. Pegram Dargan went into the drug store of L. 11. Phillips Tuesday atternoon and bought four ounces of carbolic acid. He was alone and did not go in the direction of the law office when he left. The two brothers, Mr. Pegram Dargan and Mr. Robert Keith Dargan, then w’ent to the law office of their father and locked themselves in. One of them poured out most of the four ounces of acid in a glass and the rest he poured in a small Ixnvl and mixed about a gill of rye whiskey with it. This concoctioi was to be used to deaden the pain from the raw' acid, but only a part of it (if any) was taken, as the bowl—which is in Ihe possession of the coroner—still contains a small quantity. After a portion had been taken Mr Pegram Dargan remained in the room with his brother until life was extinct, and then notified their cousin, Mr. W. F Dargan, who in turn quickly called Dr. Edwards and the coroner. We do not know’ what law there is to cover Mr. Pegram Dargan’s action. It appears that he w T as accessory to his brother’s gelf-murder, and to that ex tent guilty of his death. If there is no law’ to cover such shocking conduct there should be one enacted at the ear liest possible time. It is seldom one reads of a more cold-blooded, heathen ish deed than this: and it is passing strange that the daily newspapers of our State have commented so gingerly upon it. Tha Cation Report Rascality Secretary Wilson after leng hy con- f ire nee with President Jordan, of the Southern Cotton association, and Sec retary Hester, of the New Orleans cot ton exchange has decided to issue a new cotton acreage report to take the place of the report issued in Juue, provided there are sufficient funds to do the work. Pres dent Roosevelt is de ermined that the entire cotton and crop renwt Dili ui imnn shall be given to the burcan of statistics. Tue evidence in the scandal is to be submitted to the grand jury, and it is believed that Edwin S. Holmes, former associate sta istician.and possibly some of the men implicated with him will be indicted, This decision was reached at the department of justice after all the evidence in ihe case had been before Acting Attorney General Hoyt just 24 hours. The papers in the case were s 'lit at once to District Attorney Beach. wikU instructions to take such steps as he deemed necessary. Mr Beach is unwilling to say whether he would ask the court immediately to call asessionof the grand jury to con- side the scandal or devote himself for the present to securing further eviden ce and submit 1 he case to the jury a* its next regular session in Sep ember. Mr. Beach was also unwilling to say w’hether or not he had decided to cause the arrest of Holmes or others, with a view of pla cing them under bail to await the dec ision of the grand jury It is re-. r irded as certain, however, that no chance will be given to the suspecied men to escape the jurisdiction of the courts. Aufjnuta ''hmnicle. A story is in circulation in Charles ton. and it comes from up the State, to the effect that former firesident Robert Keith Dargan, of the Independent Cot ton Mill company of Darlington, did not commit suicide, and in fact is not dead. The rumor states that the body has never been viewed by the jury, and the only time it was seen by the coro ner w r as when the county official was called to the law office and found the former officer seated in a chair at a desk, with the whiskey and carbolic acid on the desk. According to the story Mr. Dargan was carried to his home in a closed carriage. It is said that the stricken home was closed to callers, and nobody saw Mr Dargan in the casket, which was later interred, after services performed by two minis ters of Darlington. The story ques tions whether the casket contained Mr Dargan’s body, and it is said that the insurance company, the State agent of which is located at Columbia, is inves tigating the matter, with a view of as certaining whether Mr Dargan really died and was buried It is argued that whiskey is an anti dote for carbolicacid poison, with which Mr. Dargan is said to have killed him self, and that as long as whiskey is drunk the acid can be safely taken into the system. The presence of the whis key on the desk, near the suicide, is cited to show a possible knowledge of this fact,and to sustain the theory that the man never killed himself Addi tional color is g ven to the theory Jrom the part that Mr. Pegram had in the affair. It struck many t eople as a most astounding proposition that a man could idly and calmly sit in the room and allow his brother to take the poison, and after his death then give the alarm. The theory that no suicide was committed offers an explanation of rhis feature of the case, and the failure of Mr. Pegram Dargan to make any statement at the inquest, when put on the stand, simply saying that the state ment of his brother spoke for itself, is construed to mean that he did not wish to involve himself by asserting that his brother was dead, when he had not killed himself, according to the story. The story is a most remarkable one and is thought to be a fake, but it is being very persistently circulated here and is published for what it is u’orth. FROM THE STATE. Evidently meaning the above tale, The State says: For several days all sorts of sensa tional rumors concerning the recent death of Mr. Robert Keith Dargan in Darlington have been going around, and while The State has been fully cog nizant of these rumors the information in the possession of this newspaper is such as to make them appear pure sen sationalism and they have not been printed. Reference is made to tin) matter now only because The State yesterday received two reports from two towns similar to each other and both repeating the story that has been going about. The State deems it suffi cient to say that it sent a staff man to Darlington at the time of the unfortu nate affair and gave the public through its columns all the facts concerning the matter that were legetimate news, and gave facts only. The death of Mr. Dar gan occurred in the manner that was narrated in The State. THE COST OF PRODUCING COTTON. SPECIAL SALE. It’s netting to the time ef year when every thing in 31 EX’S 3-PIECE SIMMER Si ITS must he put on the “retired list” —so far as this store is concerned; yet, two full wearing months are ahead. A PETTER CHANCE to buy Men’s, Boy’s and Children’s Clothing for less than actual value NEVER PRESENTED ITSELF. Can you afford to miss a sale, where the prices touch your purse so lighly? ’S. AUGUyn, GA. ?20 BROAD STREET, SOUTHERN RAILWAY. Tie South’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. Hotel Virginia, Broad St., Augusta. T. HAROLD C0UGHLAN, Proprietor F IRST CLASS accommodations for permanent or transient boarders, i Thoroughly renovated and newly fur ! nished under new management. Table supplied with all the delicacies ! of the season. Convenient sample room attached. To the Editor of The State : Dear Sir—Enclosed herewith please find a correspondence between myself and Hon. Harvie Jordan, president of the Southern Cotton association, which please print and greatly oblige. Yours truly, II S. Lipscomb. Trough, July 15. Co-opt ration Among Farmers The Cotton Growers association when it was first formed was looked upon with some misgiving by the people as a whole, and while The Herald is not in clined yet to think that all of the credit for the recent rise in cotton has been entirely due to their efforts, \-’t. there is no denying that the associaiion this year has been of incalculable benefit to the Southern farmer. Wisely and conservatively managed it promises even better things for the future. But on the general idea of co-operation among farmers, and especially here in the South, there is a wide field for suc cessful effort. The meeting of four or five farmeis clubs the other day. across the river, in Hamburg, show’s that it is clearly with- r - It , icviiuv-. MM. LIPSCOMB is l.El’nrK. Trough, S. C., July 10, 1905. Hon. Harvie Jordan, president, Atlanta Ga : Dear Sir—I beg to call to your atten tion that I see in the newspapers that New York authorities on cotton claim that your advising the farmers to sell at 10 cents caused a break in the mar ket. 1 am sure the nice resolution intro duced hy me in our county cotton con vention the 3rd inst., expressing our gratitude to you and other officers, both State and national, for the wise and patriotic way in which the interest of the entire country has been served, should show to you that I am not a fault finder, but do congratulate you, myse.f and the country at large that, with your leadership, we have met and vanquished the foe and set at liberty their captives and slaves, the Southern people. May I ask, did it ever occu-to you ) that we cannot grow cotton at 10 cents j per pound and pay over 50 cents a day for labor? In your good judgment is! not 75 cents to $1 cheap fora days’! work and the man board himself? At ^ these prices for labor cotton cannot be j grown for less than 15 to 20 cents per j pound. If you remember, so high authority | as A. Britton, president of the New Or- ! leans cotton exchange, and Col. Hob-1 son of Merrimac fame—the latter know- ! ing China, India and the islands of the ! seas as you know grand old Georgia— j both declared before the New Orleans cotton convention that cotton as an ar ticle cf clothing to the world is cheap at 20 cents per pound. Yours very truly, H. S. Lipscomb. The Great Moral Institution. CAROLINA. A weeping willow on your Hag should have been placed When on the bottle the Palmetto was disgraced. Yes, a weeping willow, just weeping for the dead, Who, by force of might, not right, had their blood shed— For violating law born of hatred and spite; Law causing murder—think of it! Can it be right? Then sing a requiem at the Palmetto s grave, And let the branches of the willow o er it wave But chant these words, chant them from the mountain to the sea, And chant them back again from the coast to Oconee: It’s going, it’s going, it’s life’s blood is ebbing fast, You can hear ’most all the voters say ing, “It can’t last.” Schools will not suffer, “they’ll do as well as before The great moral institution knocked at the door. Prohibition won’t prohibit—it never can, As long as love of whiskey is possess’d of man: As long as a Hat makes good a dollar bill. As long as a license shall legalize a still. As longj as wheat, rye and corn can be sold for gold Just so long, depend on it, Whiskey will be sold ! But, sing these words, sing them from the mountain to the sea. And sing them back again from the coast to ()eonee: It’s going, it’s going, it’s life’s blood ebbing fast, You can hear most all the voters say- * ing it can’t last! T, L. Nivkl. Columbia, S. C., July 8, 1905. —The State. AN OUTLAW'S HIDING-PLACE. MONTMOREHCI ITEMS. Editor Recorder—Refreshing show ers have fallen in the past few days and the crops are looking nice. So far we hRve had an ideal season fin- work ing our crops in this i in mediate section. m *-»o XJ V v t* l . Rev. J. u_ Mr REPLY. July 12, 1905. MR. JORDAN I Atlanta, Ga 11. S. Lipscomb, Trough, S. C.: Dear Sir—1 am to day in receipt H. Owens will fill his regular appointment on next Sunday at eleven o’clock at the Baptist church. During the ensuing week he will conduct a protracted meeting, with the assistance of Rev. Mr. Baggott of Richland coun ty. Prayer meeting was held last night at the Baptist church. • Mrs. Frank Hollman has returned to her home after having spent some time with her grand father Mr. J no. C. Wade. Mr. J. T. Shuler is at present busily engaged shipping his fine Elberta peaches. The crop is very fine this season and he is vary hopeful of get ting a good revenue therefrom. Misses Myrtis Wade and Birdie Bled- s )e are contemplating spending some time in Johnston, S. C., in the near fu ture. These are charming young ladies and are sure to meet with welcome wherever they go. Miss Lucie Matthews, of Winnsboro, is visiting relatives here. We are having considerably cooler weather at present than we have had in the past few days, though it is still pretty warm. It is truly gratifying to note the good work the Cotton growers’ association is doing in uncovering the graft connected with the issuance of the Bureau reports. These reports, though generally good authority, cannot be the source of much benefit to the farmer, for whom they are supposed to be issued, unless they are given out in the strictest of hon esty. It must be confessed by even the association’s enemies that were it not for their efforts these frauds would probably have never come to light. Well, Mr. Editor, 1 had intended to say something about the dispensary ! and the liquor problem, but on second | thought 1 find that it says more against itself than I can say so I disdain at i least for this time. R. m. n July 13, 1905. The Pale Horse My short and happy day is done ; The long and lonely night comes on, And at tjiedoor the pale horse stands To carry me to distant lands. His whinny shrill, his pawing hoof, Sound dreadful as a gathering storm ; And I must leave this sheltering roof And joys of life kiss so soft and warm. Tender and warm the joys of li fe— Good friends, the faithful and the true ; My rosy children and my wife. So sweet to kiss, so fair to view. So sweet ’o kiss, so fair to view The night comes on. the lights burn blue; And at my door the pale horse stands To bear me forth to unknown lands. Jon.v Hay. CJULiY JDJE New Yort Charleston & Florida STEAMSHIP LINES. non CHARLESTON FOR NEW YORK. The steamships of this company are 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, Saturday, July 22.10 a m APACHE, Monday, July 24, 11.00 a m ARAPAHOE, Th’sday. July 27, 12 n’x ALGONQUIN, Saturday, July 29, 12 n’x COMANCHE. Monday, July 31, 12 x’x IROQUOIS, Tuesday, Aug. 1, 6 00 a m APACHE, Thursday, Aug. 3, 7 00 a m Steamers Arapahoe, Apache, 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.& P.Agt., A. E. GAETJENS, M. B. PAINE, Asst. Supt. Supt. Charleston, S. C. THREE GALLONS FOR ONLY $5. ALL EXP HESS CHARGES PAID. In order to introduce our goods, we are for the next sixty days going to deliver three gallons of the celebrated YADKIN VALLEY' CORN WHISKEY, five years old, for only So. Every package guaranteed to give thorough satisfaction or your money will be cheerfiflly refunded. Cash money order or check must accompany order. Give us a trial order and be con vinced that we sell only the best at the lowest prices. Address all orders to YADKIN TALLEY DISTILLING CO., Donnaha, N C. WM. P.CLY T DE& CO., Gen’l Agts., 19 State st., New r York. THEO.G. EGER,Gen. Manager, 19 State st.. New Y'ork L.&M. DP-A-IdSTT Made to Last. i HAVE YOUR EYES Properly Fitted With Glasses at^If Charlotte Ob net re r Last week while Nat Williams was digging ginsing on the side of the small mountain near Waynesville, known as the Lee mountain, a very unusual as well as interesting thing occurred. Wiiiiams had been digging in this bed for two or three days and had remarked to some members of his family and to his neighbors about the ground being hollow. As this u’as a usual thing to find in the mountains the people dis missed him by telling him “that was nothin’.” But Williams was not satis fied and struck the ground harder and harder with his mattock. He came to believe that there was a good sized hole under him and began to dig After he had dug a hole about two feet deep and about tw’o feet in diameter, the ground suddenly gave way and he fell about a distance of twelve feet. Williams was so frightened that he could not call for help for some time and was not able to get out again. His efforts were in vain. Williams had a lew matches in his pockets and by the aid of these he was surprised beyond measure. On institu ting a search, he found it to be a cave about 15 feet by 12 feet, the roof being supported by props. He finally suc ceeded in digging a hole in the part of tae roof nearest the ground and crawl ed out. Once out of the cave he hur ried to his home to spread the news of his discovery. When his friends heard the strange tale they hurried to the s ot with guns, axes, mattocks, and weapons for defense against any var- mits which might lie hidden there. When they reached the place lanterns were lighted and a number of the brave mountaineers descended into the pit through the hole made by Williams, who refused to again go into the place, standing the while a good distance away. To their astonishment they found crocks, jars, buckets, bqnes and an old leather haversack which was nearlyjrotten. In this cave were beds of leaves and small logs arranged for a bed. For years it has been 'thought that an outlaw named Sam Massey had a cave somewhere in the mountain and that during the war he stole much from the women and children during the night. No way of ingress dould be found, but a hollow’ log, nowj'rotten, through which it is thought helwent in and out, was discovered. community has visited the pla^e tc> see if, perchance, they, may findifeome of their old earthen-ware. One olt^Woman of the community recognized hen churn and had it carried home. OthAs have carried all Junds of articles to^liow to show the people round. The}old peo ple tell w’lth interest how a detailed force, during the war, hunted! for this famous outlaw to kill him, but could not find any trace of him. It is thought that he dug ou^ his cave and carried the dirt out and threw it into a small stream which runs close by. At that time the small mountain was comparatively wild and rough Now’ it is considered only a common riifge. In this cave he lived, moving about and stealing at night As a result ot this discovery. Reconstruction days are now discussed in the immediate community and the little children’s knees shake and their teeth chatter as they go to bed in the dark, Strange as it is that the cave did not fall in at some time during this, long period of years, yet ’tis a fact and ’tis a bit of charming worry a'nd anxiety wdiieh depress the local history, showing how the moun- ‘ ' ' ' FREE EYE TEST W.QUIT if A X DAVIS HERBERT E ROUT. L GYLES. GCXTER, $31.50 $25.20 DiVIS, GUNTER & GYLES. A ttorneys at law, aiken, S. C. Chatfield Building. Chargts of Fraud in Tobacco Reports Also Through the receipt of numerous communications from the South and statements appearing in the press at various times that the statistics of the department of agriculture on tobacco were being manipulated in the inter ests of the so-called tobacco trusts Secretary Wilson has begun an inquiry into that subject. Rending the inves- tigati >n. ih • | ublic.ition of the tobacco statistics of the several districts will be held up although the regular month ly figures by states will be given out on Monday next. , It was stated at the department to day that special agents have been sent to the dark tobacco districts of Tennes see and Kentucky for the purpose of verifying or correcting the departments figures. This action, Mr. Hyde, the chief statistician, said, was in defer ence to the senriment which had been engendered that the department’s fig ures w’ere wholly incorrect. Mr. Hyde lias been given charge of the investiga tion which it is expected will be con cluded w’ithin tw’o or three weeks. Of No Practical Value to the Farmers Newberry Observer. Since the discovery of the recent “leakage” in the cotton reports there is a pretty widespread demand for aboh ishiug the governmemt reports al o- gether. If an employee of the govern ment can make $73,000 by selling ad vance information and then escape will ba^anm it, — employee to imitate the exploit of Holmes and take the risk of being caught—a risk that is not very great, for it took the part of the Southern Cot ton association o i ursuade Secretary Wilson to make an investigation in the ease. The best opinion seems to be that the reports are of no practical value to the cotton planters any where. Worry and Indigestion. Worry is a curse and source of untold evils. It seams the face with lines and furrows and has a most depressing ef fect? upon that hypersensitive oigan, the stomach which at times becomes a most unwilling and laggard servant. Indeed, it is safe to say that unless en- i R w M _ rr __ rv couraged by a cheerful temper and 0 - temper bright, or, at least hopeful thoughts, the stomach will play truant or sulk and do no w’ork which it can shirk The physiological explanation of this is the close alliance of the great sympa thetic nerves, which are worse than the telegraph for carry ing bad news. The Issemi-mixod, and this is the way it compares with mixed paint. your house takes 21 gallons of ready mixed paint at tAf cr o e (? I O » rx ; $1-50 per gallon, you must pay The fame work is done with L. & M. as follows,-12 gal lons L. <fc M. at $1.(55 per gallon mixed with 9 gallons linseed oil ;vf 00 cents per gallon makes 21 gallons of paint for $!.*> per gallon. You only pay SAVES 25 DEB (ENT. OH $(1.30 Your house won’t nend 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. MANCFACTPRERS OF Yellow Pine Lumber, Doors, Sash, Blinds, Etc. Office find Works INortli S. O. Estimates cheerfully furnished on application on every class of work. Your orders solicited, large or small. POST OFFICE. AUGUSTA, GEOHGIA. “Here’s whiskey that’ssrood.’ That’s what every one says who tries our PUKE NORTH CAl£t)- 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 wants for PURE Whiskies and Brandies, and sup ply them promptly, fill all orders same day they are received. Our Guarantee: If our goods are not all that we represent them to be, return them to us nt 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 lows, prices subject to change without notice alter thixty 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 Q “ “ “ 4i “ “ “ When ordering please say 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, Claims AMM tif County Com missiouers of Alien Couatj TOK THE MONTH ENDING JUNE 30. 1905. 191 AV r E Mealing,const’bleelm, $ 2.O0! 192 T P Raborn, 4 i \ 11.02 193 T G Croft, 4 4 .10.95 194 T P Raborn. 44 4.20 195 C E Bush. 4 4 2.00 196 L G Spradley, 4 4 1.90 197 J P Woodward, “ 11.45 198 W F Lybrand, • * 7 50 199 R A Johnson, < 4 6.50 200 ChasYoungblood, “ 4 4 9.00 l 201 A L Eidson, 4 4 16.25 •202 J M Everett, “ 4 4 5.25 203 J M Everett, • 4 7.10 204 J P Howard, 4 • 8,50 j 205 J P Howard, 4 4 9.90 206 J H Moyer, 4 4 19.60 207 C B Sawyer, 4 4 21.05 | 208 C B Sawyer, 4 • 7.00 209 G T McLain, 2.40 210 GT McLain. 44 7.00 ; 211 Wm Callicut, <4 20 90 212 J B Shaw, 4 4 34 95 213 G H Cushman, 4 * 22 50 214 J M Cobb, magistrate elm. 25 00 215 L R Weeks, 4 4 125.0C 216 David Bush, 4 4 30.00 217 J W Stone, » 4 25.00 218 J H Eidson, 4 4 15 00 219 W H Sawyer, 4 * 15.(X) 220 A J Boyd, i 4 25. oO 221 R A Koon, 4 4 15.00 222 E J Craig, 4 * 29.39 223 R L Carpenter “ ‘ * 25.00 224 S B Williams, 15.00 225 Jesse Green, 4 4 15.00 220 H S Evans, • 4 25,00 227 W J Wise, road claim 22.00 228 Jesse Green, “ 3.50 229 R A Johnson “ 38 78 230 E Buford, 35 90 •231 w P Courtney “ 13 80 gag W ij Gunter. “ “ b. 10 233 C Horne, “ “ 20.50 234 W E Mealing, “ 4.£0 235 J T Williford. “ 2.00 236 John Moyer, “ “ 27.12 237 J B Williams, “ 27.40 238 H A Moyer, “ 1.75 239 J R Donald, “ 2.00 240 G W Ly Brand “ 5.15 241 E Buford, 145.45 242 R A Johnson, “ “ 48.35 1 243 W II Woodward .chaingang cl 130.00 244 J B Cushman, “ 72.50 ! 245 Gedding Cushman, “ 63.40 ! 246 W B Cushman, 11.35 247 Athens Mfg Co | 248 Aiken Clothing & SCo, P H cl 249 Hahn & Co, 251 J W Taylor, 252 Courtney & Co, of The Governor Asked Governor Heyward for Protection has received tains were full of traitors and outlaws who 1 reyed upon the supplies of women and children during the night, while their husbands and sons were away at the war. THE DISPENSARY SYSTEM DOOMED, an in the power of the farmers of this im- I you favor of the 10th inst., and in reply appeal from Mrs. Chaplin for protec - J ? ^ + • s. 1, r\ f t l-zx SfeO (-0 >1 r» a If ^ 1. ^ *1... I., ... 1. : 1. I , Lot* 111 mediate section of the Savannah River tosay that the article which I wro 11 Valley, to get together for mutual help j e , U p| ms i z ing a minimum price of 10 and suggestion and advice, There are ' een t s to be followed by a slow move- many ways in which they can co-operate ' ment of the crop during the next two and advance their interests. A most j months was in accordance with a reso successful effort in co-operation among , lotion passed w hile the association was farmers is shown in the record of the j j n session at Memphis If we should Ar cultural Organization Society of ; ma ke an ll.(X)0,UU0 hale crop, then 1 do Great Britain. This organization has no t think 12 cents per pound would be 113 branches, covering 33 counties and a membership which has steadily grown until it now numbers 6.500. One of the important efforts of this organization is in devising w’ays and means to reduce f eight rates, especially for the small 8 :pper. They are also endeavoring to r lu v w’orking expenses and wherever p •< ole increase the price of their farm p -dnets by combined efforts. In ad- il Jon to this they are establishing sc mdards for their various products, b er ways,)f marketing, handling,etc. Carolina and Georgia farmers already h ve their fruit and truck and cotton g overs’ association, and in addition m my social and personal societies, all of which is tending to bring about an e a of co operative farming that can n »* but prove beneficial and rofitable to all concerned —Angusta Herald, Dispensary Musi be Wiped Out, TiBman has discovered on which side th • majority of ih»* voters are He will now pose as leader. Ed Dor R L Freeman in the Bjmi- n t * ill ■ Advocate savs: On the car from Columbia we sat ne ir Senator Tillman, w ho was going to a meeting of 1 lo trustees of Clems<*n College, lies- e ned absorbed and mo- 10 e, an I s ■■ we 1 lit tie interest in his fellow passengers. Two or three mem bers of the party engaged li m in brief conversation, however. To one who asked about his idea of purifying 1 he dispensary, he reolied, “ That whole d business in Columbia has got to be wiped out ;” and his eyes Hashed that same venom and earnestness with a high price for cotton. If we do not make over lO.OUO.OOO bales, then it is rather difficult lo say just how high the price of cotton will go. I feel ass ,red from present bad crop prospects that if the farmers do not become timid and sell their cotton for future delivery at present prices, they will all receive much higher prices during the fall than obtained at the present time. I desire to thank you very much for your kind express ons in regard to toe work of the association, and for the resolutions which you had introduced and passsed in your county cot ion con vention on July 3rd. It is highly im- i portant that the membership of the as sociation should now he built up .as rapidly R s possible in order that w<- may he able to present a strong and solid front on the first ot September ! when the new crop begins to move. Yours very t ruiy. * 11 \rvik .Toro\x. I ‘res den t. Another Stexla^a Unoover d. Secretary Wilson of the department of agriculture, has begun an investiga tion of a report that a certain female employee in this department has sold questions to he ftn-wered in civil ser vice examinations rmr to the holdii g of such exam nat ons. A eooipla t has been made that this wo.mil, fur several years has been a d ngapplie m s for posit ons in this manner, ittd that in a number of en-es tin* a 'pbcunts have paid liberal.y for the s.-rv ce. The exami nations a I leged to have been thus which*"he ’charged rottenness in the , manipulated were for positions requtr- cn.*. rturincr his camnaicn ing technical knowledge, and t 1 from her husband at Neece’s. She 1 writes that Mr.Chaplin has been threat- ! ened, and that some one is trying to kill him. He was shot at from ambush some time ago and dangerously woun ded. And within the past three days he has received threatening letters with pictures of coffins and the like, and he has been advised to leave the 'community The woumb’d man is yet in a serious ! condition and in her excited state the woman is very much disturbed by the ! warning notice. But the sheriff of Orangeburg county now has in custody a prisoner whom he ! thinks is the man guilty of firing upon Mr. Chaplin. Gov. Heyward commu nicated with Sheriff Dukes by ’phone, ' and was apprised of the fact that the sheriff had made the arr-st and that he would to what he could to give pro- rection to the wounded man and his family. Fine Cantaloupe Crops. The farmers have made fine canta loupe crops this year and are getting good prices for this Iruit. Those who have been shipping have had no difficulty with the railroads The shipments have been fairly well li ndled and delivered to the markets in -melt titn * that th fruit arrived in good form and was readily marketed 1 yielding good returns. The cond t ion of the cantaloupe mar ket this year is in marked contrast to that of last year. The fruit was not of as fine quality last year, and another j important cons deration is that the | market was glutted last seaon It was ,,n account of the imp-ofitahfe charac ter of the crop la-st year .and in fact for s«v»ta' \,;rs j s.st, that the acreage v as n di"Y< d tl s season con'r buting materi lly toward a better cond tion of the 111:1.imt ui creased profits. I he j better oaditioii of the fruit itself this year, over tlat of last year and the year prexious, als • provel a factor in Mr. J. O. Patterson, of Barnwell, congressman from the Second district, was in Washington last week for the purpose of attending the contested election cases before the clerk of the house of representatiyes. Speaking to a Record (Colu nbia) representative Mr, Patterson said : “The most momentous question before the people of South Carolina to-day is whether the dispensary shell remain as it is now or go out entirely. In the upper section of the State the people have been knocking the dispensary and voting it out right and left, and in a short while I expect all the counties in the lower part of the State will take up the agitation likewise. I agree with Senator Tillman precisely, in that the matter ought to bp regqiated by the legislature and not settled the way some of the counties are doing pow. “In 1898,” continued Mr. Patterson, | “I introduced a bill if, the legislature very much on the order of tfie Brice bill, and that was to have local option or in other words if a county wanted f> have a dispenry give it to them, and if they wanted none, then take itavvay. This bill has since been practically in troduced again and passed and is now the Brice bill. “Senator Tillman,” said Mr. Patter son, "as you know, is in favor of having the dispensary law changed by act of the legis.ature, and in that I thorough ly agree, because I think that would be a better way than having the counties act the way they are now. “There is unfortunately a wide spread feeling that for some time past the dis pensary has not been clean of polities, and to rid it of this feature and others, not altogether to the liking of some of the people in South Carolina, a change will have to be made. 35.90 2.50 41.47 19.40 50.00 5.04 253 J A M Gardner, sal Co officer, 100.00 254 Luther Shellhouse, “ 25 00 255 W H Brodie, sal Co offi a frt 258 23 50.00 400.00 50.00 25 00 50.00 25.00 126.05 166.66 102 80 brain produces simultaneously a semi paralysis of the nerves of the stomach, gastric juces will not flow, and—presto, there is indigestion. One sign of mental health is serenity of temper and a self-control that ena bles us to bear with equanimity and unruffied temper the petty trials and jars of life, especially those arising from contact with scolding, irascible, irritating folk. It is well to remember at such times that these unfortunates are their own worst enemies, and a cul tivation of the art of not hearing will help us very much. It is a very useful art all through life, and well worth some trouble to acquire. South Carolina Military Academy. Office of the Chm. Board of Visitors, Charleston, S. C., July 6, 1905. Ono vacancy in a State Beneficiary Scholarship to be filled by competitive examination exists in Aiken county. Application Blanks may be obtained at once from Col. C. S. Gadsden, Chair- I man, Carleston S. C., or from the I County Superintendent of Education.! These gpplioalions, fully fjUed out in 1 every particular, must be in the hands i of the Chairman on July 31, in order to receive consideration - C. S. GADSDEN, Chairman Board of Visitors. 293 D E Yates, team grand jury, 3 00 | Reduced Rates for Your Summer Vacation via i>(}4 H H Howard, repairing cal-t, 1 00! Southern Railway. | 295 Day & Tainalin. supplies Co 12 75! The Southern railway now has on sale i 296 J E Taner, supplies Co 12.25 I summer excursion tickets to a great i 297 Journal Put) Co, adv, etc, 35 25 ! many mountain and seashore resorts 298 J A M Gardner, ju wit .t con fs 859 4)' Tickets sold daily and good returning We, the County Comm : ssione:s of until October 31st. J County of Aiken, do hereby eertily 256 W H Turner “ a mag 257 Dll Wise, “ Co officer 258 Davis, Gunter & Gy les, (’o offi 259 John D Yaun, sal Co officer, 260 A W danders, “ “ 261 G E Owens. “ 262 John W Dunbar” 283 T P Raborn, “ •264 T P Raborn. 265 G W Foster, sal Co offi,etc 208 E W Lamar, bridge claim, 287 J P Kennedy. “ “ 268 George Lum Co, “ “ 269 J T Kennedy, b’rd assessors, 270 J P Kennedy, “ “ 271 J Cal Courtney, “ “ 272 Geo S Baggott. “ “ 273 L P Col lum, 274 L P Collum. 275 E Stalling, “ 270 J \V Fanning, “ “ 277 Geo S Baggott, “ “ 278 L G Canife, repairs C H 379 Brewer Print’gCo, book Cooffi 40.00 280 W J Platt & Co, suo C H 9 80 281 G W E Thorpe, sup C H 47 60 282 Ga-Carolina Br’k Co, brick Co 47 60 283 ChaCPipe co, drinking fount’n 30.00 284 Ornamental Iron Co, fencing for courthouse, 178.05 I 285 Hahn & Co, cement for C II 9 75 286 W H Brodie, stamps Co offic’s 15 00 | 287 John Vernon, janitor C H 12.50 | 288 W J Staubes, pauper Co officer, 3.00| 289 A W Sanders, freight, 65 | 290 Annie Cushman, feed’g jurors, 16.80 291 D J Griffith, keeping prisoner, 15.40 | 292 W F Weatherford, driv team, 1.50 1 that you suv. . .. -LOO ... C 00 auvortidcircnt N C. H ALUS Hair Renewer Perhaps you like your ?ray hair; then keep it. Perhaps not» then remember—Hall’s Hair > enewer always restores color to gray hair. Stops falling hair, Pine Logj Long or Short Loav rd WANTE D. 12 to 20 ft. Long---Loaded anywhere within 100 miles of Aiken---Wanted in carload lots " AIKEN LUMBER CO. You can only talk to one customer at a time in your l / v:u9iuiiit:r at a tunt; m your J L store, but you can talk to a • P county full of people in the • 0 Aiken Recorder every week, a ^ Remember this Mr. Merchant. ^ State government during his campaign Of 1890. 1 tions were prepared in the department. [ mers. ques- making this crop suejesful to the far- Disease takes no summer vacation. If you need flesh and strength use Scott’s Emulsion summer as in winter. Send for free sample. SCOTT & BOWNE, Chemist*, 4°9-4i5 Pearl Street, . New York. 50c. and $i.oo; all druggist*. Also reduced rates to many springs in Virginia, located on the line of the Norfolk and Western and Chesapeake and Ohio railways. Write R. \V. Hunt, D. P. A. Charleston, S. C.. or B H. Todd. P. and C T A .Columbia. S. (\, for booklet descriptive of the numer ous summer resorts located on the Southern railway This book is beau- f illy 11 lustra ed and gives names of the hotels etc., with rates at the various resorts. liereaveiuent and Baalne**. The following curious advertisemenl Is taken from a Spanish journal: "This morning our Saviour summoned away the Jeweler. Siebald Uluiaga, from hit shop 10 another and better world. The undersigned, his widow, will weep up on ins tomb, as will also his two daugh ters. III Id and Emma, the former o! whom is married, and the latter is open to an offer The funeral will take place tomorrow His disconsolate widow, Veroniquc Illmaga. P. 8.—This be reavement will not interrupt our em ployment, which will be carried on a* usual, only our place of business wit. be removed from 3 Less! de I^inturier* to 4 Rue de Misslonaire, as our grasp Ing landlord Las raised the rent.”—Si James Gazette. of Aiken, do hereby that the foregoing is a true and corn ct list of all claims presented for exami nation, audited and allowed for the month ending June 30. 1905. W. II. BKl >DiK. Supervisor. JOHN I) VAUN. LUTHER SHKLLHOUSE. County Commissioners. Attest : G. W. Foster.Clk. B. C (’ Ching»s«f Schsdules On la.st Sunday the following changes ; went into effect in the schedules of the Southern railroad ; Train No. 130 for Columbia l-sivc s Augusta 10:30|i m instead of 7: o 0 n. m ; Bateslmrg 1 :30 a. m. instead of l< : .35 n. m ; arrives al Columbia 3:30 a. m instead of 1? :30 a m. No. 233 leaves Edgefield 2:00 »> m instead of 1:15 p m ; arrives Aiken 3:05 instead of 2:00. No. 234 leaves Aiken 4:02p m in stead of 4:20 p to.; arrives Edgefield 4:55 p. in. instead of 5:20 p. m. 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