The Aiken recorder. [volume] (Aiken, S.C.) 1881-1910, July 27, 1905, Image 2
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AIKEN, S. C.:
THURSDAY. JULY 27, 1905.
Roosevelt sneers at the report of ill
ness at Panama, and says “there’s
nothing in it.” He had better go to
New Orleans and see whether there’s
anything in it there.
It is sad that an epidemic of yellow
fever should have broken out in New
Orleans. Up to yesterday there had
been 154 cases, and 34 deaths, reported.
The disease was brought from Panama.
quence of the inability of the circuit
court to keep up with the criminal
docket. Not only would money be
saved to the taxpayers, but justice
would be done to the prisoners, by
giving them the speedy trials now
their right by law and justice.
THE
SOUTH CONTROLS THE
PRODUCTION.
OOTTON
It’s irottiiiy; to the time <T .year whei! every
thing in 31 EX’S 3-PIECE S13I31ER SI ITS
must be put on the “retired list” —so tar 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?
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The removal of Dr. Etheredge from
Aiken county creates a vacancy in the
delegation to the legislature from this
county, and an election will have to be
held this Fall, for a new member to
serve his unexpired term. So this will
put a little politics into 1905 anyhow.
It is to be hoped that the movement
to erect a public warehouse in Aiken
will be successful, and that by fall such
& building will be ready to receive the
farmers’ crops.
Aiken is well situated for such a
warehouse, With two banks in town,
and a third only five miles off, every
facility exists for the farmers to hold
their crops in a warehouse. The ware
house system and banking system nec
essarily go together. Formerly when
banks existed only in the cities, which
were known as “banking towns” of cer
tain districts, only in these could pub
lic warehouses succeed. But now when
every small town has one or more
baiiks, these warehouses may be used
there very advantageously.
When efficiently managed their cer
tificate's can always be used as secur
ity at any neighlioring bank; and In
that way farmers may get what ad
vances they may desire, or may be
proper, on their crops, and bold them
if they think it wise,at the least pos
sible expense.
An institution of this kind in Aiken,
well managed, should pay a good div
idend to its stockholders.
The movement on the part of various
Confederate camps, under the impel
ling influence of a few pushing spirits,
to build a monument to the women of
the South, has never commended itself
to us. And w T e believe that the major
ity of the v rTr * T ~Mo not want anyttkmb
silmt; mcn^iim ..i» .«»
over the South now r there are monu
ments to the soldiers and sailors of the
Confederacy, and these monuments
commemorate the women also, for
whatever heroic characteristics these
men had, their mothers gave them;
and their mothers, wives and sisters
upheld them in the doing of their duty.
If a memorial of any sort is to be
erected to the women it should take
the form of a soldiers’ home now ; and
after the lapse of a few years more,
when tRps shall have been sounded for
the last Confederate soldier, then such
an institution might be transformed
into a hospital, and continue its use
fulness indefinitely.
There are many poor old Confed
erate veterans in our State whose brows
are w’rung by poverty and affliction,
and what more suitable memorial
could be given the women than a
“home” where the daughters of these
same ministering angels can care for
them.
New Yurh Korniny /'ok/
In view of the enormous sub-tropical
areas of the world, seemingly suitable
for cotton production, the steadiness
with which our South Atlantic and Unit
States maintain their practical monop
oly of the world’s cotton market, is not j Edgefield Advertiser,
a little surprising. With no other crop
in the United States so dependent upon
THE WEEKLY PRESS ON THE DARGAN
TRAGEDY.
its export trade, in spite of an enormous
home consumption and hence the ap
prehension with which reports of cot
ton growing experiments in other pans
of the world have been received here.
John Hyde, the chief statistician of the
Department of Agriculture, who lias
just resigned, made his recent trip to
Europe for the purpose of investigating
new British sources of supply over
which the English newspapers have of
late exhibited so much enthusiasm. A
study of the resu’ts obtained by the
British Cotton Growing Association
does not indicate that America is. in
the near future, to say the least, liable
to lose her supremacy. There is an
abundance of cotton-growing territory,
but each area is subject to some defect,
physical or economic, which prevents
it from becoming a sturdy rival. Gor
man and French efforts in the same di
rection have been hardly more success
ful.
What is troubling the British spinner
is not so much the increase in the im
portations of cotton, for which helms
to go to the outside world, as the in
crease in the price that he has to pay
for it. In the last five years importa
tions in baies have increased 11 per
cent, and the cost of them 33 par cent.
The southern cotton growers will do
well to remember in the present period
of high prices that nothing so effective
ly stimulates the activities of a rival as
high prices. While the American pro
ducers cannot be expected to accept
low prices on this account, they might
consider what effect all these efforts
toward holding up the price through
limitation of the sunply, such as the
proposed burning last year of the sur-
The death of Robert Keith Dargan
was as much a case of fratricide as sui
cide, and the living brother should be
indicted for murder.
The Greenville News.
Whatever else may be said of that
Dargan suicide it is a plain case for the
solicitor and the grand jury, for enough
evidence has been adduced to show and
prove that Pegram Dargan was an ac
cessory before the fact.
Union Progress.
- Whatever it was, Pegram Daigan,
who helped his brother to commit a
crilne against himself and the law ot
God ; who exerted such an influence
over one, who it is known was a highly
nervous temperament and greatly de
pressed by his company going into the
hands of a receiver, as it, seemingly,
force him to take his own life, is he
not really guilty of murder, and should
he not be subjected to the law’s scru
tiny m.d decision, no matter what may
be his standing?
And are not the officers of the law.
who permit this tragedy to pass with
no further searching investigation rec
reant to duty?
Sumter Watchman and Southron.
Mr, Pegram Dargan’s relation to the
tragedy in the eyes of the law has given
rise to much speculation, and by quite
a number it is held that he is guilty of
murder—or at the least was an acces
sory to an unlawful killing.
Greenwood Ind x.
But, perhaps the most ungainly, the
most revolting—even approaching a
ghastly aspect—was the act of the
brother, Pegram Dargan. purchasing
the deadly poison and giving it to his
drink, remaining with him
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brother to drink, remaining
plus cotton, will have upon the world even in death agony, without possibly.
markets. A stupendous production
and a reasonable price wruld seeming
ly be a safer reliance for the American
producers than such a sensationally
high price as would send the British
spinners out again with their micro
scopes to magnifying every opportun
ity for getting cotton elsewhere.
To Make a Market for Saupperr.ong Grapes
Co
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a falter—nor even a brotherly tear.
\Y r e are constrained to believe, with the
Newberry Observer, that both intended
leaving the world at the same time, but
the one backed out at the last minute.
(ireenville News.
According to evidence now T in posses
sion of Avery Patton, chairman of the
special committee which is investiga
ting the financial condition of Green
ville county, more proof has been ob
tained to connect former Supervisor
Speegle with gross and glaring fraud.
Mr. Patton said that the Paris Moun
tain Watercomnany had paid Speigle
$1250, as supervisor, for changing a road
near the reservoir; that the money was
actually received by Speigle Tmd that
it had never been turned into the treas
ury. He also has proof that Speigle
received $100 from the Chick-springs
Hotel company for changing and im
proving a road, and that this amount
had not been turned over to the coun
ty. Dr. W. J. Bramlett, wdio was coun
ty physician during the administration
of Supervisor Speigle, was put through
a searching examination by Chairman
Avery Patton, of the epecial investiga
ting committee, and abou^JJre* only
thing he could or would admit was that
lie had lost his books extending over a
period of live years, and his memory as
well.
His salary was only $50 a year. Chair
man Patton showed by the claims on
tile that Dr. Bramlett had received pay
for fourteen months work during last
year, the extra perquisites amounting
to about $8. It was brought out. how
ever, that he had received between $6C0
and $700 in 19l4 for performing surgi
cal operations upon prisoners in the
county jail. There were twenty oper
ations. or at least there were claims for
twenty, although Dr. Bramlett could
only remember two. He could not re
member the names of the prisoners, he
did not know or remember the nature
of the operations, nor could he tell who
had assisted him and who was present.
He declared he had lost his books for
the five years, and Chairmat* Hatton
added that he seemed to have com
pletely lost his memory.
FARMERS’ MEETING.
Young Neece Released on Bond.
News (iml (,'ow'icr
Wolfe & Berry, attorneys for young
Neece, who lias for the past few weeks
burg jai
mmissifli—Watsonsio *V H ‘ n lod « ed <>^npcburg jail U.await
scuppernongs as an initial step toward | ’- v i?! n V..!!?, 1 ,?v! !! .I r!'!!'
ut
developing the scuppernong industry
on a large scale, this State growing the
finest type of these grapes in the world
from the mountains to the seaboard J c
has just resulted in an order for the
first carload from a fine champagne and
wine making concern at Hermann. Me.
This first car is to be made up from
two well known South Carolina vine
yards. and if the experiment proves
successful Commissioner Watson ex
pects to see a geherafrevival and ex
tension of the industry. Scuppernong
growing has never been an extensive
industry in this State, though the fruit
grows luxuriantly almost anywhere in
the State ; but since the dispensary law
wen* into effect forbidding the manu-1
fact ure and sale of wine, the few pay- j
ing vineyards that existed then have !
been allowed to “run down” to a great j
m
ambush near his home near Neece, July
4, appeared before Magistrate Brunson
and asked that the young man, who
omes of a wealthy family, be released
on bond. The attorneys presented a
certificate from the physician in atten
dance upon the wouuUed man, which
stated that he was out of danger, and,
with reasonable care, would recover.
Neece was released upon $400 bail, and
went to his home last week.
Ever since Neece was arrested, soon
after the shooting and lodged in jai!
charged with the crime, active efforts
have been on foot to connect others
with the crime and to exonerate the
young man. It is said that Neece comes
from one of the most prominent fami
lies in that community, the town itself
taking the name from his father. It is
said that it is not believed in that see-
extent. The Missouri people inte.id to
use the South Carolina scuppernong as.
a basic grape in the manufacture of
champagne, and if the hopes of the
manufacturers are realized to even any
reasonable extent a market will be ,
promptly opened for all that South |
Carolina can grow, and it is expected j
that the success of the experiment in
this State will promptly result in an
extension of the industry in North Car
olina and Georgia, particularly fine
scuppernongs being grown in North
Carolina, where it is said there is one
vine which covers nearly ten acres.
Wild Rumors About R. K. Dargan
Charleston 1*0*1
A report to the effect that Robert
On Saturday, August the 5th a meeting
of the Confederate veterans of Aiken
county will be held in the Courthouse
at noon, to elect a pension board of
three members, to serve for the ensu
ing year.
This annual meeting has more impor
tance than is usually attached to it.
For upon the firmness and integrity of
the commissioners depends largely the
question whether the taxpayers shall
be swindled or not. Every one famil
iar with the citizenship of his county
sees on the published pension roll the j
names of parties who undoubtedly do !
not deserve pensions, and in that re- j
spect are swindling the people. Men t o be not the slightest foundation for
tion that he is guilty.
As a result of the appeal to the gov
ernor made by Mrs Chaplin, which was
referred to Sheriff Dukes, the sheriff
left for Neeces this morning and will
make every effort to get at the bottom
of the matter. Noone seems to know
much about the circumstances sur-
j tounding the shooting, though it is ru-
! mored that the farmers there have been
j having some trouble with the negro la-
! borers, and it may be that some of them
j are mixed up in the affair.
who are earning good wages, at trades,
or in cotton mills, or have, for the pur- stances of the suicide, which permit of
pose, put their property in their wives’ i construction of almost any >ort ot
6 lOIUl 1 t (l lO.
Put Them in Stripes.
Columbia Record.
The grand jury of Colleton has pre
sented a number of people for fraud in
connection with pensions. This is the
lirst official action taken in the State in
Keith Dargan, late president of the In- this matter, though it is hardly to be
dependent cotton oil mill, was alive i doubted that there are others equally
and that the report of his suicide at ; as guilty in other counties. This is
Darlington on July 11, in the presence ! made certain because of the fact that
of his brother, was merely a fiction to the State pension hoard lias frequently
permit his escape from criminal prose-| found names of persons on the rolls
cation in connection with the oil com- j which rightfully did not belong there,
pany’s failure, has spread widely dur- j and this fraudulent practice had evi-
ing the past week and has been accep-1 dently become so common that the
ted by a good many people as being | board requested the papers of the va-
true. As a matter of fact there seems ! rious counties to publish the lists in
the hope that many of these names
tlie story, except remarkable circum-• might be eliminated.
We do not mean to say there is any
thing like general corruption in the ad
names, have no right on the rolls. The
State has little enough money to divide
among the worthy, and certainly has
none for imposters.
It is the duty of the commissioners
to both examine the claims of all new
applicants for pensions and also to
sternly revise the old list, and to re
ject all claimants there that may be
found unworthy. Therefore it is im
portant that only conscientious and
iirm men be elected to these duties.
At the last session of the circuit court
in Aiken, of oily one week’s duration,
out of nearly thirty eases on the crim
inal docket, only about a fifth were
tried. And all of these only for a jail
delivery. Notone bail ease was tried.
It is evident that crime has increased
much more rapidly than tne ability of
the present courts to dispose of the
criminals. There are prisoners in the
jail now who have been there for months
and should have been tried in June, but
the court could not get to their cases;
ana in jail they will remain until Octo
ber, when they may have another
chance at relief. And when they are
brought into court the juries will prob
ably say that some of them are in no- Justify that
cent. In other words the law, as now
administered, keeps innocent men lock
ed up iu jail for four or five months, and
t .enlets them go withoutcompensation
for the injustice done. This is not just.
It ia not right. A party charged with
crftne has a right to a speedy trial.
As the sessions of the courts are now
Information received by the Evening
Post from a correspondent who made
an investigation of the report at Dar
lington is to the effect that the mem
bers of the coronet’s jury, the physician
who viewed the body, and the barber
who was called in to shave it for burial,
all give complete assurance of the
death of Dargan. The physician has
also certified the death to the life in
surance companies, and it is understood
that the death claims will be paid
promptly. It had been reported that
! the insurance companies would have
i the body exhumed for inspection, but
i there seems to be no truth in this.
Cut It Down
('ohnnbia Shite
“The most deplorable, heart-sicken
ing feature about tli'S dispensary bus
iness is the manner in which it has
touched men and women of supposed
high character Its contaminating
coils have insinuated themselves into
unexpected places. It affects the pock
ets of these people and they have sur
rendered every other consideration. I
has contaminated the people with its
loathsome corruption.” That is the
i ministration of the affairs of the State,
but instances of it have too often de
veloped in the past few years. Shor
tages are reported here and there in
county affairs not frequently, perhaps, j ^mitTon
yet at various intervals, but beyond til-
lowing the ollicers to make their ac
counts straight either by .paying the
amounts themselves or getting the
money though bondsmen, little is done,
j Few have ever been brought to trial,
and we cannot recall now a single con
viction. The principle seems to be that
I the corrupt part of such transactions
is wiped away by money payment. The
crime itself is lost sight of in the glit
ter of gold which is forthcoming. As
longas such a policy is pursued we may
look for an increase rather than a de
crease of such eases in the future. Put
somebody in stripes, and the morally
weak, in the future, will muster up
greater strength to resist temptation.
Monument to Jewish Confederate Soldiers
A movement is on foot among the
wealthylleb-ews of Richmondjwho have
lived in the South to start a fund for
the erection of a monument to the Jew
ish soldiers who fought in the Confeder
ate army It is claimed that there were
not less than 15,00) Hebrews who wore
sense of words of the writer by a mem- gray and thev proved their gallantry on
her of the dispensary investigating many a bloody field. It is recalled
committee who has been brought in that the first surgeon-general of the
contact with these men and women Confederate army was of this race,
during his official work. And whodoes ; He was General David Delsan. It is
not see, here and there, examples which proposed to have a co-operation of
The meeting of the members of the
Aiken County Cotton Growers’ Associa
tion in the courthouse yfl-yliturday was
Very well attendetpby representative
farmers from aJi^rts of tgie county.
The main obj^fft 0 f rhe met>ij.ng was to
A i Im c ,f i),,.
. was Mr. () f Cnlum-
ma, treasurer of the^^Hh Carolina
branch of the Southern CT^tton Grow
ers’ Association. Mr. \V. \V. Woolsey,
president of the Aiken county branch
of the association, introduced Mr. Hyatt
as the first speaker.
Mr. Hyatt said that he believed that
improvement of the condition of the
farmers was very necessary. The im
provement of their homes and their
roads are very important factors in
making the farmer’s calling a success.
He spoke of the necessity of good roads.
Many farmers grumble about taxes, but
the heaviest tax they have to pay is the
sand and mud tax. He called upon his
audience to aid the county officers in
making good roads Soutli Carolina is
held up before the other states as the
leader in good roads. Richland county
especially is considered to have some of
tiie best highways in the country, the
roads around Columbia having been
compared favorably with those of Paris.
He continued ; “I never knew' a man
to succeed as a fanner who planted
nothing but cotton. It is high time to
move our smoke houses and corn cribs
from the North and West and keep
them in the South, for the South can
raise everything that she needs.
There is no use of buyingojoinmer-
eial fertilizers-r tfeeyTiT^ke theTarmer
poor before they make his land rich.
He said that the chief value of immi
grants is to set an example to the negro
and make him go to work.
The >outh need not fear competition
in cotton raising from other countries,
for there is only one spot in the world
where cotton can be successfully raised,
and that is in the South.
If some action had not been taken by
the cotton associations, cotton would
have gone down to 5 cents per pound
and farmers and all classes of business
men would be bankrupt. He said he
felt confident that if 25 per cent of the
Southern farmers would stick together
they could control the price. If the
Southern farmers would curtail their
cotton crop and raise their own sup
plies, in a few years they would be the
richest people on earth. The gold mines
of the West cannot compare with the
gold mines in the cotton fields of the
South.
The cotton warehouse is just as es
sential to the farmer as the navy is to
. The farmer must make some
| provision for keeping his cotton until
; he is ready to market it. lie should
build his own warehouses, for then he
will have a personal interest in its suc
cess ; and the farmers lose enough by
leaving their cotton in the fields to
build a warehouse
Mr. P, H. Loud, of Williston, was
next introduced, and he gave the far
mers good advice.
President Woolsey outlined the plan
for the warehouse, and said that books
of subscription would be opened in the
Bank of .Aiken and the People’s Bank
in the next few days. It is proposed to
capitalize the company at $10,000, a
share to be worth $25, and that •
one to open the books of subscription. !
A number of prominent farmers and |
business men promised their financial (
su port, Mr, Dibble promised his sup
port He suggested that the warehouse j
have buyers present at stated times.
( apt. W. T. Whatley. Dr. H. H. Wy
man. M. T. Holley, B. F. Holley, C K. |
Henderson, G. P Seigler and Henry !
M. Dibble all made short talks.
Mr B. F. Holley offered the follow
ing resolution: We pledge ourselves in
full sympathy with the movement to
build a warehouse in Aiken, and pledge
ourselves to give it our help financially
and to handle all our cotton through it.
This motion was carried unanimously.
The subscription list for stock was
opened. A large number of gentlemen
subscribed liberally. Mr. Holley said
he intended to subscribe $1000, but as
he had lost $800 by the recent failure of
the Augusta Cotton Factorage company
he felt that he could only subscribe $200.
Appendix Becoming Rtro.
How many vermiform appendices are
tbei-C in the world today? A few savage
and semicivilized nations retain them
but the supply in lands where the sur,
geons flourish must be small, for Slash
er has been at work all over. Like a
sportsman who eri°s “Save the buf
falo!” Mr. Joseph Kidd, M.D.,of Eng
land, rises and cries “Preserve the ap
pendix !” and tells how it may be done.
Chills following overheating, and im
perfect mastication made trouble for
the appendix. The grape-seed of hor
rid memory deserves not half the odium
it has received—and too much aperient
w iter and salts are bad for this myste
rious organ, just as they are for all the
rest of man’s internal economy. Don’t
let the chill get you, chew the food
thoroughly. Ten years ago a war of
extermination was waged against the
human appendix. To-day it is regard
ed less as a foe, but many surgeons de
light to cut. Many charges brought
against were unfounded. Let those
who may preserve theirs and let all
remember that surgeons do not work
for nothing.—“With the Procession,”
Everybody’s Magazine for August. *
A Grim Tragedy
is daily enacted, in thousands of homes,
as Death claims, in each one. another
victim of ('ousumption or Pneumonia.
But when Coughs and Colds are prop
erly treated, the tragedy isaverted.F.
G Hontlev. of Oal landon. Tnd . writes
“My wife had the consumption, and*
three doctors gave her up. Finally she
took Dr. King’s New Discovery for Con
sumption, Coughs and Colds, which
cured her, and to-day she is well and
strong.” It kills germs of all diseases.
One dose relieves. Guarantee at 50c.
and $1.00 by H. H. Hall, and W. J.
Platt <& Co., druggist. Trial bottle free.
ChtngeMf Sehtdulei.
On last Sunday the following changes [
went into effect in the schedules of the !
Southern railroad;
Train No. 130 for Columbia leaves
Augusta 10:30 p m. instead of 7 :30 p.
m. ; Batesburg 1:30 a. m, instead of 10:
35 p. m ; arrives at Columbia 3:30 a. m.
instead of 12:30 a. m.
No. 233 leaves Edgefield 2:00 p.m
instead of 1:15 p.m.; arrives Aiken
3:05 instead of 2:00.
No. 234 leaves Aiken 4:02 p.m. in
stead of 4:20p. m.; arrives Edgefield
4:55 p. m. instead of 5:20 p. m.
No. 134 leaves Augusta 3:30 p. m. in
stead of 3:55 p. m.; Trenton 4:37 p. m.
instead of 5:00 p. m ; leave Batesburg
5:30p m. imte id of 5:44 p. m.; arrives
Columbia 6:50 p. m.
No 133 leaves Columbia 12:15 p. m.
instead of 11:40 a m.; Batesburg 1 ;27
p. m. instead of 12:50 p. m.; Trenton
2:23 p. m. instead of 1:58 p. m.; arrives
Augusta 3:30 p. m. instead of 2:50 p.m
Siektmng SbiTtring Fit*.
of Ague and Malaria, can be relieved
and cured with Electric Bitters This is
a pure medicine; of especial
benefit in malaria, for it exerts a true
curative influence on the disease, driv
ing it entirely out of the system. It is
much to be preferred to Quinine having
none of this drug’s bad after-effects. E.
»S. Monday of Henrietta, Tex., writes:
“My brother was very low with ma
larial fever and jaundice, till he took
Electric Bilters, which saved his life.
At H. H. Hall, and \V. J. Platt drug
store ; price 50c, guaranteed.
Popular Excursions via Southern Railway.
The Southern Railway will sell round
trip tickets to the following points—for
special occasion:
Athens. Ga.—Summer School, June
27th-July 28th, 1905. Rate one first
class fare plus 25 cents for round trip.
Knoxville. Tenn —Summer School,
June 20th-July 28th, 1905. Rate one
fare plus 25 cents for round trip
Nashville, Tenn.—Peabody Summer
School, Vanderbilt Biblical Institute,
June 24th-August 9th, 1905. Rate one
fare plus 25 cents fer round trip.
The Southern Railway can offer many
other attractive rates.
For full information consult any
ticket agent, or
R. W. HUNT,
D. P. A.. Charleston, S. C,
Greatly in Demand.
Nothing is more in demand than a med
icine which meets mordern require- I
ment for a blood and system cleanser, j
such as Dr.Kings New Life Pills They ■
are just what you need to cure stomach !
and liver trouble. Try them.at II.H. :
Hall’s and W.J. Platt’s drug store, 25c.
HAVE YOUK EYES
Properly Fitted With Glasses at
WESSELS BROS.
FREE EYE TEST
L. & M.
ZEP-A-IHSTT
Made to Last.
W.QUITMAN DAVIS
HERBERT E
R< BT. I.
GYI.ES.
GUNTER,
Is semi-mixed, nntf lliisistlio way it comparos
with imxtMl paint.
! If your house takes 21 gallons of ready mixed paint at
$1.50 per gallon, you must pay - - - - -
The fame work is done with L. ifc M. as follows,-12 gal
lons L. & M. at $1.05 per gallon mixed with 0 gallons
[linseed oil at 00 cents per gallon makes 21 gallons of
D4VIS, GUNTER & GY LIS.! tnt S1 ^’>7 OR
Your house won’t need painting more than once in 10 to 15 years,
j because L. & M. Zinc hardens the L. & M. White Lead, and gives
the paint extraordinary life, tmd 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.
$2)1.50
$25.20
A ttorneys at law, aiken,
S. C. Chatfield Building.
South Carolina Military Academy.
Office of the Chm. Board of Visitors,
Charleston, S. C., July 6, 1905.
Ona vacancy in a State Beneficiary
Scholarship to he filled by competitive
examination exists in Aiken county.
Application Blanks may be obtained
at once from Col. C. S. Gadsden, Chair
man, Carleston S. C., or from the
County Superintendent of Education.
These applications, fully filled out in
every particular, must be in the hands
of the Chairman on July 31, in order to
receive consideration
C. S. GADSDEN,
Chairman Board of Visitors.
Reduced Rates for Your Summer Vacation via
Southern Railway.
The Southern railway now lias on sale
summer excursion tickets to a great
many mountain and seashore resorts
Tickets sold daily and good returning
until October 31st.
Also reduced rates to many springs
in Virginia, located on the line of the
Norfolk and Western and Chesapeake
and Ohio railways. Write R. W. Hunt,
D. P. A. Charleston, S. C., or B. H.
Todd. P. and C. T. A .Columbia, S, C.,
for booklet descriptive of the numer
ous summer resorts located on the
Southern railway This book is beau-
fully illustrated and gives names of the
hotels, etc., with rates at the various
resorts.
Niitite to Delitofs M Creditors
N OTICE is hereby given to all per
sons indebted to the estate of
the late J. B. McClain, to make pay
ment to the undersigned; and to all
those having claims against said estate
to present them properly attested.
J. A. McCLAIN,
Ad ministrator.
Aiken, S. C., July 27th.
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. Trotti, Cashier.
Safety Deposit Boxes to
Rent,
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 Sum moral.
INDUSTRIAL LUMBER CO.
MANUFACTURERS OF
Yellow Pine Lumber,
Doors, Sash, Blinds. Etc.
Office fin cl Worlv-sr INortH /Vcigci-stfi, G.
Estimates cheerfully furnished on application on every class* of
work. Your orders solicited, large or small.
POST OFFICE, A UO IT ST A, GEO H G l A.
“Here’s whiskey that’s^ood.’
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 wants for PURE Whiskies and Brandies, and sup
ply them promptly, fiH ‘i'/ or tiers same day they are received.
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 thi.s advertisement. ^ ^
Please note’the following low prices, viz:
1 gallon “White Raven” Corn Whiskey $1.50
2 gallons “ “ “ “ " 2.75
3 “ “ “ “ “ -LOO
“ “ “ “ “ 0 00
When ordering please say that you saw our advcil.-cmcnt
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:
Wr refer you to the Merchants & Planters Bank,or
any merchant of the city of Milton, N. C.
W. C. IIY E R
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 $4.’
Glass and Crockery, Lamps, and
Household Supplies.
Ice Cream Churns.
Fiber Ice Coolers,
cleaner than the old
Muresco, the finest
every tint. Paints, Oils
Floor Stains
Cheaper and
style.
wall finish, in
Varnish and
# At His Store #
ON LAURENS STREET.
G. L. TOOLE.
Attorney at l^aw,
C ROFT’S Block, Room No. 6, Aiken,
S. C. Notary Public S C. (with
seal). Loans negotiated on acc-ptable
security.
Ayer’s Pi
Want your moustache or bearJ
a beautiful brown or rich black? Use
Keep them in the houseJ
S Take one when you feel bil
ious or dizzy. They act di-j
rectly on the liver.towe^f. c M^:|
'$ DYE
1.. r ■ to. or mu'coists ou u. r. uau. * to., nasuua. n. u.
Pine Logs . ;
Long or Short Lear oil WAN TE D.
I2 to 20 ft, Long---Loaded anywhere
within I00 miles of Aiken-—Wanted
in carload lots
" LUMBER CO.
T. (J. CROFT.
J. B. SALLY
Croft & Sallv,
Attorneys at L,aw
A ike in, s. c.
Will practice in all of the .courts of
his State. Special attention given to
collections.
• "J
rv.
V
committeeman’s observa
tions? The thing is unclean; it eon-
tuninates. It deadens conscience by
enlivening the poeket nerves, \\ hat
better to do with it thm to lop off its
head.
An Indi: n chief, in an in passioned
effort to tell something of Indian pecu
liarities, said : “Indian great smoker.
Smokin’ great help to laziness ”
to have a
members of he race from all sections
of the section of the South in this
movement, and no doubt is felt that
ids will be quickly raised for a mag-
erected in
Richmond,
New Orleans and Atlanta have been
mention as suitable places for such a
monument, bm affairs have not prog
ressed sufficently as yet to warrant a
serious dicussion of the location.
nilleent memorial to be
some place in the S >uth.
wire to be worth $2o, and that only
such money be called in as is needed ! L mi i r-mteed
It is proposed to build a warehouse] ‘ ‘
which will hold 1,000 bales for the pres- I The Greatest General,
mt and enlarge it as it is necessary. j Confederate and a descendant
rest) u ion was passed giving the ! Q f i sril el one day were discussing who
president power to appoint a committee %vas greatest military leader the
to select a site for the warehouse and u - orl d ever produced The Southerner
stood out for Stonewall Jackson, while
the Israelite upset all precedent by
claiming the honors of war for Moses.
“Moses?” cried the hero of Bull Run
incredulously. “Why. he was no sol
dier; he was only a lawgiver.”
HEINDERSOINS,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
AIKEN, S. C.
Practice in all of the State and U S
courts. Collections a specialty.
A STRONG LIGHT
is always sent forth if ehclrieity is
the votive power. We do installing
of electrical plants for the home and
office, and always assure <>ur patrons of
the right kind of light and service.
WE CARRY
of electrical sup-
you exactly what
*ht pr>e.
Mother’s Ear
a WORD IN MOTHER'S KAN, WHEN
NURSINa AN INRANT, AND IN THE
MONTHS THAT COME SEROSE THAT
TIME. %
SCOTT’S EMULSION
SUPPLIES THE EXTRA STRENGTH AND
NOURISHMENT SO NECESSARY RON
THE HEALTH OR BOTH MOTHER AND
CHILD.
Send for free sample.
SCOTT & BOWNE, Chemiits,
409-415 Pearl Street. New York.
$oc. and fi.oo; all druggists.
Reptraion Note.
FT^HE books for the registration of
1..., _ , 1 voters will be open on the first
too,” insisted the other^ “Dhln’tTie one^flfp 0 mon , th - a, 1 ' d wl11 r(imHin
1 *1 ^ ^ * j , “ open for one day and no longer,
lead the armies of Israel through the /'J .t u
* 0fflo » 1,1 th ‘* Courthouse. Office hours
wilderness for forty years?’
“Oh, as for that.” retorted the Con
federate, ' Stonewall Jackson could
beat him all to pieces He led his army
through the wilderness in two days.
Mr. O. H. Wienges, of St. Matthews,
is erecting a brick warehouse with a
capacity of between 600 and 1,000 bales
of cotton for the storage of his nwn crop.
rom 9 a. m. to 3 p. m.
G C. MOSELEY.
Chairman Board Supervisors.
Dr. B. H. Teague
DENTI5T,
RICHLAND AVENUE, AIKEN, S.C.
in stock a full lim
plies, and can give
you need in this line at the ri
\\ henovor in need of anything ”eiec-
trical” just hear us in mind, and we’ll
fill your needs to perfection.
AIKEIN
ELEuTRICCONSlRUCTMCO
W. ROTH ROCK, Electrician.
You can only talk to one 7
x customer at a time in your ^
L store, but you can talk to a #
P county full of people in the •
9 Aiken Rkcoroeu every week. ^
Remember this Mr. Merchant. I
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Fancy Groceries.
Confectionaries,
Candies, Fruit*,
Tolxtccii,
Uiifars. &<■.,
SCHOOL HOOKS,
BLANK HOOKS,
AM) AI L KIN IIS
OF STATIONERY
CONSULT
O. W. E. THORPE
Henderson Building.
LAURENS STREET, AIKEN.
K3LL
jbcbzzt:
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WITH
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