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THE DARLINGTON HERALD. VOL. III. DA1ILINGTON, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, MAY 12, 1893. NO. 37. CURRENT TOPICS. WHAT YOU KNOW AND WHAT YOU DON’T KNOW. PersM&ls and Short Items of In terest to the Local and General Reader. If you would save money patronize The Herald job office. Mr. S. Wolfram will move into his new residence on Monday. According to the usual custom all the stores were closel on 'memorial day. Printed envelopes from $2 to $3 per thousand at The Herald job office. . . . . - Mrs. Sallie F. Chapin, of Charles ton, is visiting her brother Mr. J. 0. A. Moore. A basket picnic at McCown’s pond was grealy enjoyed on Saturday by the young folks. There was no services at the Pres byterian church on li st Sunday owing to the absence of the pastor. “The Rambler,” the best bycicle in America, can now be bought on easy terms. Apply at The Herald office. The Herald has just received a job press fresh from the manu facturer, and will compete with any printing house in the State in style and prices. The Tennyson Club met at the residence of Mr. J. J. Ward on Friday night, but owing to the small attendance the regular programme waa not observed. Bev. T. M. Lowry, Financial Agent of Columbia Theological Seminary, will preach in the Presby terian Church next Sabbath at 11 A. M. and 8.15 P. M. Tickets to Chicago via Richmond or Petersburg, Va., final limit Novem ber 15, 1893, are now on sale at the following rates: From Darlington Cheraw $37.15, Sumter Owing to the appointment as general manager of the Port Royal lailroad, Colonel Averill has resign- d his position on the C. S. & N. L R. and Mr. Curtis Millard has «en appointed in his place. Mr. J. H. Schmid, the assistant Postmaster, has had the lobby of the jostoffice scoured out, and it now ooks a great deal more presentable. Chis is the first cleaning that the dace has ever had. Mat :or Dargan and E. 0. Woods !sq., nave returned from Charleston; rhile there they secured the services if Samuel Lord Esq. to assist them n the case of the Atlantic Trust Company vs. the town of Darlington. Mr. H. K. Zerbee, representing the >opular music house of Thomas & Jarton, of Agusta,is iu the city for a ;ew days. Those wishing to purchase i piano, or have their instruments uned, will do well to call on him at :he Enterprise Hotel. A party of fishermen hud arranged or a trip to Little Pee Dee on Tues- lay but the cool rainy weather forced hem to postpone it. They will go a ittle later, and when they do the Uh will suffer, as most of the paivy ire skilled in the use of the rod. Mrs. M. Manne and her daughter, f Us Sadie leaves today for New York o be oresent at the reception on iunday iu honor of the engagement jetween Miss Carrie Manne and Mr. k. Silverberg of New York. The narriage will be performed some ime next month. Under the heading of “Re careful vhat tou eat’’ an advertiser iu the Wpgeburg Enterprise furnishes the bliftwing bill of fare which would jrobahiy be very acceptable to a goat >r an ostrich. Rutter, crackers*, lard lam non-explosive o l, laT.o wicks, juni, powder, shot, hooks and lines. The Darlington Guards will have t special car, on Wednesday 17th ivhTch will run through to Columbia without change. They have about ;wenty seats to spare and will allow ;hem to be occupied by any of their friends who may wish to make the trip. Apply early as the miller’s rule, “first come first served,” will be observed. The Southern Rupt'st Convention meets in Nashville today. The fol lowing delegates from the Welsh (feck A association are iu attendance: Rev. John Stout, of Darlington; Rev. J. A. Brunsou, of Cheraw; Rev. C. L. Dowell, of Do.es, and Rev. J. W. Perry, of H-ilsville. Mrs. J. A. Brnnson will accompany her husband on this trip. There was a tornado in the Jovann section on Thursday, of lust week, which did considerable damage to the crops, small buildings and fenc ing, but so far as we could learn no persons in its path was injured. Its course was from west to cast and it extended over a space of about four hundred feet wide. The cotton and corn in its track w ", completely destroyed aod the groind had the appearance of having been subjected -t severe heat. The destruction i so entire that the crops, iu its pkutul. . WANT 0111 SOLDIERS. An Invitation for Them to tome to llk'linioud. The following letter from chair man P. W. McKinney, of the com mittee in charge of the arrangements incident to the reinterment of the dead president of the Confederacy, directed to the adjutant general, is sclf-cx-phumtory: Dear Sir: Enclosed please find an invitation from R. K. Lee Camp Confederate Veterans No. 1, to the ceremonies incident to the reception and reinterment of t he remains of President Jefferson Davis on May 31 1892. The invitation committee respect fully request that you will notify the several regiments and companies iu your State of the invitation and urge that they accept and unite in the ceremonies. All military organiza tions contemplating taking part in the ceremonies will report to Gen. C. J. Anderson, Richmond, Va., at as early a day as possible the number of officers and men exiiected, with the date and hour of arrival and depart ure, that all necessary arrangements may be made for their accomodation Wc take this method of reaching every military organization iu the State, as we have no roster to be gov erned by, and therefore must ask the favor of you to issue an order so that all will be advised of the invita tion. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS. ( hangc of Owners of Valuable Dar lington Property. The following transfers of Dar lington realty have been received in the clerk of court’s office to May 11: McU. Willis to G. H. Edwards, one- half interest in lot in city, $1,050. G. 11. Edwards to Warley Swinton, lot in town, $200. J. C. Willcox to N. E. Gandy, lot iu city, $058. W. D. Marshall to J. I*. Muzingo, two and three-fourth acres, $55. G. H. Edwards to Home Insurance Company, thirty-nine acres iu city, $0,000. I. Siskron to Ida S. Jeffords, lot in city, $400. • T. P. Smith to C. Mooney, two lots in city, $200. C. R. Edwards to A. L\ Lee, nine ty-eight acres, $983. T. H. Cannon to R. O. Neill & Sou, twenty-three acres, $1,200. G. W. Brown to 11. M. Haig, trus tee, lot in Society Hill, $10. D. L. Winters to G. W. Brown, lot in Society Hill, $10. - Florida on Wheels. This attractive and novel exhibi tion was in our town on Wednesday and was visited by a large number of people, and it is safe to say that they all felt repaid for their expense iu seeing it. It was a beautiful and well arranged exhibit of the many rare, curious and useful productions of semi-tropical Florida, and no better way could be well devised to advertise the attractions of that State. The display of tropical and semi-tropical fruits was alone worth the price of admission, and quite a number were showu that never reach our markets, a few of them being too tender for transportation. Mandarin, Tangerine and navel oranges, the latter seedless, are the choicest varie ties, but find their way to New York where they command high prices. There were immense lemons, limes, prunes, figs, olives, gauvas, sappa- dillos, tamaimds, grape fruit and cocoanuts, a line variety of wines, preserved fruits, sugar and numerous other tilings to tempt the appetite. Of course there were a great variety of plants, shells, sea mosses and curious fish from the sea. There was a huge tarpon, about live feet long, which is found in the St. John’s river, and furnishes the finest sport for the fisherman. An eight foot uligator is one of the attractions. The specimens of timber adds very much to the interest of the display, as does the phosphate rock and other things that are found under the soil. A piece of coquina is exhibited which derives interest from the fact that it is the only building material that seems to absolutely defy the tooth of time mid the disintegrating action of the elements. Atteulioi), Musicians 2 Mr. II. K. Zerbee, representing the well known music house of Augusta, Messrs. Thomas & Barton, will be in Darlington on May 15. While in the city lie will take orders for fine grade musical instruments, and will give particular attention to the tuning of pianos. The following testimonial will explain itself. It gives me pleasure to say that 1 know Mr. 11. K. Zerbee, of Augusta. He is a representative of the New England conservatory of music, in which iustitiuion he made a thorough study of piano tuning under the best master. He has tuned my piano and I consider his coming to our village a rare opportunity for any one who desire- to have pianos cared for. This testimonial is unsolicited. Rev. E. E. Ay res. Summerton, S. C., April 21. Mr. Zerbee arrived in the city yesterduv, and will he found at the iimujnsv Hotel) MEMORIAL DAY. FAYING TRIBUTE TO THE CON FEDERATE SOLDIERS. The Eloquent Address of Rev. Edward McCrady—The Exer cises. Nothingeould so fully demonstrate the undying affection that is felt for our immortal dead, than the tre mendous outpouring of all classes of our citizens on Wednesday afternoon to pay the annual tribute of decorat ing their graves with flowers. The crowd that assembled at the Metho dist church, where part of the exer cises were held, was the largest ever gathered for this purpose and it was imjmsslble for them all to find room in the building and a great many had to remain outside during the prayer and singing. All the central part of the church was reserved for the children, who marched in the procession, the Darlington Guards, who acted us the escort, and the survivors, but despite this the boys all had to be putiu the gallery. The Guards occupied four rows of seats in the central part of the church, the seats in the rear of the company being taken up by the little girls. To the survivors were given the front seats, as every one felt anxious to do them all possible honor. Rev. J. G. Law presided and read the scripture lesson and made the prayer. An ap propriate selection, “Cover them over with beautiful flowers.” was well rendered by the choir. The con cluding song was a solo, “Tread softly a soldier’n sl?eping there,” sung with fine effect by Mr. Robert James. Mrs. James lead the singing and Miss Jennie Hast presided at the organ. The other members of the choir were Misses Emma Edwards and Mary Law, and Messrs. C. 1). Edwards, S. II. Wilds, J. E. Normeut and R. E. James. The procession then marched to the monument where the rest of the exercises were held. Miss Marie Lide, whose father was a soldier, was then introduced by Mr. Law, and very gracefully recited the following poem: Wher# shall their dust bo laid?— On the mountain’s starry crest, Whoso kindling lights are signals made To the mansions of the blest: No,—-no,—no I For. bright though the mountain be, It has no gem in its diadem Like the life-spark of the free! Where shall their dust be laid ?— On the ocean’s stormy shore, With wailing woods at their backs ar rayed, And shouting seas before: No,—no,—no! For, deep as its waters be, They have no de^ i like the faith which tired The martyrs of the free! Where shall their dust belaid V— By the valley’s greenest'spot, As it ripples down, in leaps of shade, To the blue forget-me-not: No,—no,—no! For, green as the valley be, It has no flower like the bleeding-Heart Of the heroes of tho free!— Or M^iere muffled pageants march, Through the spired and chiming pile, To the chancel-rail of its oriel arch, To the organ-flooded aisle: No,—no,—no! For, grand as the minsters be, They could never hold all the knightly hosts Of Jackson and of Lee ! Where shall their dust be laid ?— In the uin of the Human Heait, Where its purest dreams are lirst dis played And Us passionate longings start: Yes,—yes,—yes! By Memory’s pictured wave, Is a living shrine for the dead we love, In the land they died to save! At the conclusion of the recitation, Rev. Edward McL'rudy, who had been selected as the annual orator, was introduced, and delivered the follow ing chaste and appropriate address: the address. Once more you have met together to review the memories of the past, and to do honor to the gallant ones who for you staked their lives in defence of those rights and princi ples so dear to every Southern heart, and which you and they alike esteemed a sacred privilege and duty to maintain. Doubtless there are those among you here to-day whose hearts arc bound with even closer ties than these, to the long, dark years of ceaseless pain and unre- mitted suffering—the memory of sons and brothers lost forever from your earthly homes. Ah, what wonder is it that these thoughts cun never die, that all Hie hum and tumult of awakened thought and roused ambi tion that echo through our land to-day, can never drown those silent voices of the past. Forgetfulness were sacrilege indeed. To heed them not, would be to play the truant to yourselves and them. Rut, my fellow Southerners, you who your selves have seen those hard fought days, and you who are here with me have seen another South spring phoenix-like from out the ashes of the past, we have yet another and a deeper lesson here to learn. I might I relate again the oft-repeated story of those days—tell the tale of every well i fought field from Sumter to the sad I surrender—-recount anew the thou- ! sand gallant deeds of noble sons, the mighty names whose memory shall i never die to Southern hearts. Rut ittom kuw* too well, lu^majj shaft and speaking epitaph, tears and regret for loved ones passed away, the tribute of a few short words to duty nobly done, can never do sufficient homage to our dead. Their memory calls for deeper things than these. Their names must he pre served in a more enduring monument than stone. Their true memorials must be wrought in flesh and blood, in living thought and chaiaeter, in sons and daughters worthy of their name and parentage. We cannot rest upon the laurels of the past, the honor of our dead demauds that our lives shall be us true as theirs in heart and mind and principle. What but this, I ask you, is the meaning of it all? What means this constant yearning for things that are no more? Why cherish we the memory of men whose cause has fallen never to be raised again. Why? Becanse of their spirit which can never die. The spirit that gave itself for principle and duty. Ah, herein lies the secret of their hidden influ ence. They gave their lives for principle, and principle and charac ter are imperishable. After all, these are what the world most sorely needs; these must she ever hold most dear, these she must love and reverence to the end. More than intellect, more than power, more than wealth and luxury and reputation, more than all this life can give besides, is the honor of a great ami lasting name. Only give us these—men of principle, men of character, men of soul, and we shall not want for more. Men of this stamp are built for every task and circumstance of life. Nor need we seek such heroes on the battle field alone. No times call louder for heroic deeds, for more unshrinking toil and sacrifice, for truer, braver, more devoted lives; no times, I say, demand it more than these—these so-called “times of peace.” Ah! on tho character of men and women here to-day hangs all the future of the land we love. The present, future, destiny of a nation is moulded on the character of her sons, look where you will for evidence of the same. Fro n where in ancient days the sons of noble Romans, then sordid with the luxury of vast estates, bereft of all ancestral principle, before a whirl wind of barbarian hordes laid their diseased and sluggish manhood iu the dust—to where in modern times the ravings of a mad Voltaire exposed the hellish spirit which had seized a nation’s heart, which plunged all Europe in a revolution never felt before. These are the products of degenerate hopes, the work of low ambition, of men who steeped in luxury and ease would hurl contempt on what is high and noble, would make mere playthings of our works of art, would sneer at what are called religious truths, and scoff at deep convictions, would smother all of genius that the world holds dear, would meanly, basely give up all the manhood that they have to welter, waste and rot within a darkened world of folly and of vice. Again, what say we. Are these the princi ples which insure success and power? Are these the builders of the tower ing empires, those mile-stones on the march of history! Yet, how shall we meet the temper of the times? Oh! thanks that we have a history; thanks that we have sacred memo ries of duty nobly done; thanks that we still have high examples of ideal 1 aims and noble lives; thank God that even yet, despite the heat and pres sure of the times, the grand old past has yet a voice of counsel and com mand; that all the fever of our mod ern life can never wholly wipe out or destroy, that men, at times must lear. Yes, thank God for all these sacred memories of strong, devoted lives. For on such lives the kingdoms ot the world are founded on such lives humanity has reached the ilood-tide of her present thought and culture, on such lives rests all the worth and loveliness of life. Oh! while a voice for utterance be left us—while thought and feeling still remains undrugged by all the foul disease and and langure of the times—while strength remains to lift onr heads above the smoke and dust of low ambition and of aimless life, let us preserve those sacred memories which long have been the- strength and solace of our Southern hearts, let us revive those principles which thou sands of earth’s best and noblest have perished to maintain, that every page of history repeats and diefies, that all creation loves and sings. The graves of the soldiers, in tho different cemeteries, were decorated with flowers by committees appointed for the purpose. The monument was almost hidden, except the shaft, by the great number of flowers that were placed upon it, and presented a very handsome appearance. Too much praise cannot be given the ladies who worked so hard to fittingly honor the day. There were only twenty-one survivors in the pro cession, and these were: W. E. James, E. R. Melvor, II. E. 1*. Sanders, If. R. Nettles, J. C. Hursey, \V. A. Law, L. W. Lide, J. H. Kelly, I’eterBowles, Murdock Outlaw, M. S. Racot, J. J. James, J. G. McCall, Parrott MoNeese, T. E. Griffin, J. M. Waddell, W. M. Stafford, J. W. Woodham, E. 0. Green, G, W, Abbott uu4 Q, l) toariwykj ON THE HILL. HAPPENINGS AT THE FACTORY THIS WEEK. Personal Paragraphs Pertaining to Visiting People—Improvements and Other News. The mill turned off over one him dred thousand yards of cloth last week. The Sunday-school has changed the hour of meeting to 4 o’clock instead of 3 o’clock. Mr. W. G. Dickson is spending a week’s vacation with friends and relatives in Marion, his old home. The Coker band is giving open air concerts at the band . stand twice a week. The public is invited to attend. Rev. J. A. AVhite closed the pro tracted meeting at the hall last Sunday night. He will preach here again Saturday night, May 20th. The company held their annual meeting last Thursday and declared a dividend of 7 per cent. Capt. W. C. Coker was again elected presi dent and treasurer. The ladies organized a Mission Society here last Sunday evening with twelve members. Mrs. John Stout was elected president and Miss Louise Northcott secretary and treas urer. The society will meet at the hall the first Sunday in each month. The stockholders of the bathing house held a meeting last Tuesday night and decided to put in new piping and open the house for use again in the near future. The Railroads. The State Railroad Commissioner has not received the statement of the earnings of the month of March of all the railroads iu the State save the roads of tho Richmond and Dan ville system, There are only six roads which show a decrease in the earnings. The six which show the decrease are as follows: Carolina Midland, $479.15; Central of South Carolina, $290.72; Cheraw and Darlington, $142.82; South and North Carlina, $350.27; Wilmington, Columbia and Augusta, $21,508.08. The decrease in the earnings of the Wilmington, Columbia r.nd Augusta railroad is due to the fact that the Wilson Short Cut of the Atlantic Coast Line is now mopertion and the through freight and travel has been diverted from this road. This is shown by the earnings of the Florence railroad for the month as compared with the same month of the preceding year. The increase is $12,701.15. The passenger earnings of this road show an increase of $0,000.27 or 2,199.2 per cent. The South Round road shows an increase of $7,075.40 or 52.01 per cent, over the earnings of the same month last year The increase iu the passenger department of this road is 73.17 per cent. The Fort Royal and Agusta road siiows an increase of $8,142.54 or 37.18per cent; and the Port Royal and Western Caroline road of $2,530. 89 or 8.27 per cent. The Charleston, Sumter and Northern road shows an increase of $1,537.17 and the Charleston and Savannah $5,15140. The Columbia, Newberry and Laurens gives an in crease of $1,781.71, with a passenger increase of 170.19 per cent. Of interest to Pensioners. The Confederate pensioners in Dar lington comity will receive $22 each! for the present year, and can now j obtain the same from the clerk of; court. Those entitled to pensions are: I Robert Dumpier, W. H. II. Miller, Robert Harrell, R. A. Howell, Benja min Outlaw, I>. D. Roan, Thomas Poison, J. It. Hunter. W. J. Dew, E. A. Bostick, M. L. Melton, Maria Flowers, M. S. Jacobs, Elizabeth King, Caroline McDonald, E. S. C. Davis, Ann Emerson, II. M. Peebles, J. J. Mozingo, S. V'. Scarborough, Malinda Gainey, N. >S. II. Privett, Dorcas Pate, Hannah Goodson, Nan cy Lunday, Amelia Anderson, E. A. \Vilson, Mary Fields, Patience Ha- good; Sarah A. Cook, M. F. Byrd, F. E. Witherspoon, M. A. E. Lewis, Margaret Hill, M. E. Braddock, E. J. Tyner, M. E. Bozeman, Martha Har rell, E. (i. lloole, Orphia Bozeman, C. A. Hill, Susan Reddick, Margaret Cooper, Louisa Morrell, E. A. El more, 1). J. Harris, Mary William son, Susannah Best, Adaline Kelly, Anna Dumpier, Mira A. .Severance, Margaret A. Christmas, J. J. Ued- Reddick, Lucy Ann Poison, Hannah Powers, Harmon Jones, William J. Windham, Sallie H. Huggins W. I). Baskins, M. Bradshaw, J. A 'uiett, M. K. Willian •, Peter Odo , S. S. Huggins. F-uts Worth knowing. By re .erring to our columns in this issue will find 14 factsset forth rela tive to the leading music house in South Carolina by M. A Malone Bros. Columbia, S. C. This enterprising music house can supply you with the best goods for the least money and warrant every instrument sold by them. Cull on them when you goto the Columbia Carnival May 17 ami THE DENMARK LYNCHING. Solicitor Jcrrey, of Charleston, Re fuses to be Ordered About. Governor Tillman last week in structed Solicitor Jervey to take charge of the Denmark matter and prosucutc the lynchers, and Mr. Jervey answers as follows: Sin:—Your letter of the 6th inst. is received. Undoubledly section 511 of the General Statutes does make it the duty of the solicitors to .'“give their council and advice to the gov ernor mid other State officers in mat ters of public concern*whenever they shall be required by them so to do,” and Your Excellency done me ■ the honor to call upon me Jor. ".council and advice, it would have" been freely given. But iu your letter of the 4th inst. you asked no advice, but per- emptorially “directed” me to do an act forbidden by the Constitution. Now, however, if you really wish advice and purpose to have the Den mark affair investigated, I respect fully suggest that you call upon the Solicitor of the Second Circuit to ob tain the information necessary on which to base prosecutions and see that warrants arc issued. When suits or prosecutions arc so begun it will be within your power to direct the Attorney General or the Solicitor of some other circuit to assist in such prosecutions, and should it then appear that the Solicitor of the Second Circuit is confronted by the possible embarrassment to which he has alluded, he may be relieved, by his assistant, of all further active participation. I repeat what I have before written: “Whatever the Solicitor of the Second Circuit shall have performed his functions under the law, and a prosecution has been begun in Barn well county, should you think that the interests of tho State would be subserved by my presence, I shall promptly obey the direction of Your Excellency.”" Ido not propose to bn misrepresented in this matter. I have not declined nor do I propose to decline, any duty which may be imposed upon me by competent authority and in a lawful mauucr. 1 decline to waive my honest conclusion of the law, or! suffer myself to be placed in a false position, and I decline to notice your unwarranted criticism and in* struoiions. Respectfully, W. St. Julikx Jervey. Stockholder* Meeting. The annual meeting of the stock holders of the Darlington Manufact uring Company was held on Friday, the 5th, at the office of the president. The whole number of shares is 2,250 and out of this number 1,830 were represented. The president’s annual report was a very gratifying one and showed that the affairs of the comp any were in very prosperous condition During the past year the consump tion was 4,000 bales of cotton. The output of the mill was|4,000,000 yds. of cloth and 375,000 pounds of yarn The whole cost of the cotton was $175,000, which was, after its man ufacture, worth $3iu,000. $52,000 was paid out for laoor, $10,000 to: - fuel and $16,000 for Ileigm. aiesars. W. G. Coker, J. L. ‘Joker, G. A. Norwood, J. J. Ward, \V. A. Carri- gau, E. Keith Dargan, B. Willliam- son, 1. LeWeiitlial, J. G. McCall aim 11. Baer were elected directors lor the ensuing year. Capt. W. (J. Coker was re-elected president and treasure, and the entire management of the business placed in his hands. A dividend of 7 per cent was declared, which however does not represent all the earnings of the company, lie- balance being kept, in hand as i re serve fund. The mill has been splendidly managed froni I he very start, and has been llie mo.-t potent factor in the growth of onr town. The amount $05,000 paid for la bor and fuel, is practically all spent here, and put a good deal money into circulation every month. There has never been a serious accident to any of the machinery and very little time has been lost in making repairs. An .trrident. Mrs. (’. J. Coney, who has been visiting in Da dington for sometime met with quite a serious accident on Friday which will l.e:p her confined to the house for a long time. While riding with her daughter Mrs. C. K. Rogers, the horse stumbled and this caused Mrs. Coney to fall against the dashboard of the dog cart. In some way her ankle was wrenched and the bone between it and the knee was fractured in three places. The broken limb has been carefully cot. anti does rot give a great deal of pain. The Guards. The names of the Guards that will compete for the prize at the Columbia Carnival are as follows: Capt. H. T. Thompson. 1st Lieut. B. Williamson. 2nd Lieut. J. 1). Baird, Privates—R. E. James, M. T. Lide, Howard Normeut, I*. J. Boat- right, C. S. McCullough, Jr., C. W. DuBose, Lawton Dargan, E. M. Wells, E. R. Cox, W. A. Parrott. Louis Bristow, 1.. M. Normeut, Wal ter James, L. G. McCall, C. N. Spinks, James Gillespie, Eugeua Ywpi J- £• Itoyd) CROP REPORT. AN INTERESTING REPORT FROM THE STATE OBSERVER. The Condition of the Crops for the Past Week—The Showing for Darlington. The following is the weekly weath er and crop bulletin issued Tuesday by the State obaerver Along the Savannah river counties the rainfall has been generally bene ficial. toit the temperature too low for cotton, born and gardens. High winds did considerable damage in Abbeville and Edgefield counties; some houses and trees were blown down and excessive rains washed the lauds and" crops badly. .The cool nights have made the cut worms very bad. Oats will not go over half a crop. Wheat is good, but the rain came too late for corn. Some sweet potatoes have been transplanted. On the 2d and 3d a sand storm swept Barnwell county killing much cotton; on one farm 100 out of 250 acres was killed and is being plowed up. The melon crop was also badly dam aged. Away from the path of the storm crops arc in an improving condition, although small grain will not make more than a two-third crop. Cotton is being worked and is com ing up nicely. Aloi ig the coast corn looks well, but iu low lands is being injured by worms. Although cotton up looks well it is only a fair stand. Tem perature continues too low. Fall oats have been improved by rains, but late sown will be a failure from drought. The high winds killed some cotton, probably one-fourth will have to be replanted; one farm er reports a loss of forty acres. Strawberries will run a three-fourths crop and not as good as last year. Rice planting nearly done. Along the North Carolina border and Darlington and Florence coun ties cotton is coming up badly; the dry weather kept the '.-eed in the ground till it rotted^and many farm ers are plowing it as fast as they can. Seed is extremely scarce, $1 a bushel having been paid. Hail, high winds and frost have all visited this section during the past seven days, making replanting of cotton iu most localities necessary. Florence county reports a large per cent, of tobacco crop set. < *at crop promises poorly. W heat generally good, some little rusted.. High winds iu some cases amounting to a tornado, have caused injury to all cereals and fruits in parts of Pickens, Union and York counties, some houses and fruit trees being blown down. CoYn is being injured by worms on bottom land. In the middle counties cotton is coming up nicely, and the prospects for grainjs much improved by rains, especially*for oats and wheat which will make about half a crop. About two-thirds of the cotton crop is up. Kershaw reports that the rains have injured the grape crop. Peach trees are so overlmrclctuul with fruit they are orgimug to break. A severe cyclone pas-ed through Lexington and Newberry counin-s doing great damage to crops, timber and boild- tngs, and causing loss of life. Out- . nle oi the path of tile sioi'ui, however crops are doing nicely. Before Justice Floyd. During the present week Justice Floyd disposed of the following cases: Ben Freeman, burglary and lar ceny, sent up, Henry Banders, trespass and ma licious mischief, fifteen days iu jail at hard labor. Henry Knappeaud Johnson Wright stealing a pair of boots; case dis missed for want of evidence. The postmaster general has estab lished a regular postollice on the grounds cf the World’s Fair at Chicago, and it will have every facility for the transaction of busi ness. Letters and packages can bo directed to any special building and they will be promptly delivered. TLe name of the office is the “World’s Fair Station, Chicago, III,” and all letters should be directed in this way. It will be managed just as the offios in Chicago is conducted, and will bo a very great convenience, not only to visitors but to all connected with tho fair. The Columbia Journal says: It is amusing to watch the gyrations of the newspapers in the cities which have a baseball team iu the South ern League. The staid and solemn Augusta Chronicle rises to ask the Augusta boys to play ball. Editor Walsh never displays wrath and in a half coiiium article he appeals to the team with the fervency of a man is soing to rain, to hus’le, and winds up with “A word to the wise issufli- cieut.” His article shows a knowl edge of baseball that is surprising. The Charleston team started out with a flourish and stood at the head for a while. It is now lagging and the baseball editor of the News mul Courier groans and laments tho poor playing and ill luck of the Sea Gulls. The lamentations of Atlanta are pathetic, and tho same is tho case with tho newspapers of other cities whose teams do sot stand nea| it 1