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8 Another Interesting Meetii of the Hampton Liter a Society, of the Grad School--Officers Elected. Reported f *r To* N-w. The pro? r.mini ^ <>f 'he Harr ton Liter ary 8 ?oi?ty "f t e gr* ed sohool a? carried ??u on li Friday after, .r-on was anotl interesting and i ?strue he or As at the previous meeting,*lln were several visitors, who sec ed to be entertained. Quotatic from Shahi'speare, as answer by each member as the roil v calle<l,were beautiful, and ea was the bearer of some grt truth. The minutes of the p; ceding meeting, as read by t Corresponding secretary, Mi Nannie lli'l Moore, were full a clearly showed that, the autl is a good English scholar. T first number on the programi was a dazzling two-stop by M: Margaret Moore. After tl everyone was in Ja fine hum to enjoy the balance of the pi gramme. The following had good sel tions and executed the same good style : Headers, Misses Ida Port 1 .oila H ornor (^nrtit.n Tliiinic ~* ' and Mr. Marl Cunningham. Declaimers, Messrs Laws Elliott and Lucius Bennett. The essay on Benjamin Frar lin, by Mis- lvellye Mitchell, a on George Washington, by M Nannie Dabney,asalso one by J Arthur Outen, were instruct] and of a high grado of work. Miss Beth Brown entertain us with catching selections the piano Mis* Robbie Port the Reporter, read a paper current events, which contain some valuable information a was well read. The debate t lowed. The querry; "Resolve That men of great wealth a business nlFairs get more pie ure out of life than the ordint laborer," was well argued both sides. Messrs J no. Eupe Elliott and Willie|Edward Ply hroupht out some forcible poii on the affirmative, while til opponents, Mr. Fred Blackm and Miss Bennio Culp, held their side with arpumet which won decision. F lowing the debate M Ida Leo Hill, the acco plished teacher of the nir grade, who was 011 lor an insti mental duet, in a graceful spec said that Mrs. Waddv R. Tho son whs present and would sii Mrs. Thomson held her hoar< spell-bound while she saiur beautiful little solo. The regular quarterly electi of officers took place then. T caused much parliamentary r ings, etc., and ihe retiring I'r ident, Miss Essie Jones, elea demonstrated that she is a go parliamentarian. The followii which is a good set, were fina elected : Mr. Larkin A. Carter, pre dent; Mr. B. Will Johnson, vice-president; Miss M ?rga Moore, 2nd vice-president; M Beth Brown, recording secreta Miss Corrine Thomson, cor pponding secretary; Miss K McManus, reporter, and Mies I Lee Ilill, critic. Atter this tbejSociety adjou ed to moet 011 Alarch 20th. Whodidthisl IDE LA ng Trying to Save Life of Lloyd ry Millen's Murderer?More 1 ed than Once Respited by Gov- * ernor of N. C. J I It appears that ft strong effort i ip is b< ing made in North Carolina * "1- to save the li/e of Robt. McDiw&9t ell, the negro under sentence of ier death in that state tor the brutal murder of Lloyd Milieu, a clever 're of young man of Lancaster eounm ty who was acting as flagman on 1118 a train in North Carolina when ed shot to death without provocate tion by McDowell, as related in oh Thfj News at the time. It is now sat claimed that the negro is crazy, re A petition to Governor Glenn, 1. .. r \T ,? f\ I 1 1 * iif oi iNortn Carolina, asxing ins iss excellency to allow the law to nd take its course, was numerously 1(>r signed hei e this week, and will lie be at once forwarded to the Gov. me ernor. The sentiment in Laniss caster is unanimously in favor bis of the negro's execution. The lor McDowell Democrat, of Marion ro- N. (J., in its issue of the 5th instant has the following to say as ec- to the present status of the Mcjn Dowell case: The hanging of Robert McDowell, the nogro who killed ' Flagman Milieu about a year " <u* ago, haa been postponed by the I Governor to March 17th, at the on request of his attorneys, Messrs. Pleas vfc Winhorne are endeavoring to secure a commutation of tk- McDowell's sentence to lite itn j ml prisonment. Die negro was q iss first sentenced to hang August 30th, reprieved to February 20Lh .. and later respited t>y the Governor till March 6th, and still ^ further leniency was granted f !ed Monday when Mr. I'less called ( on on the Governor and made the e r request. e It, is now alleged that the ne- i on gro is of unsound mind and that ? ied it would he far better to have ^ nd him serve a life sentence in the L? I ^ ^ * 1 4 ^ ? I ' Ol- OlalB pilHUU lliun U) Iiailg I11II1. j j . His imbecile conduct when per - j " teuced and his behavior since c have caused considerable coraa8~ ment to the effect that there now try seems to be a strong sentiment by that he should be imprisoned lor .ne lite to pay tlie penalty of his r crime. A number of prominent citizens have written tho Goverllts nor asking for a commutation ol oif McDowell's sentence to life inion prisonment. Up The sheriff has everything in [ltH readiness for the execution. The negro seems yet unconcerned, ? ~ contending that he is ready for ISH the execution any time. m j it h Three Women Drownas Kech suit of Sunday Boating Frolic. m* Augusta, Ga., Mch.8.?A special Irom Greenville^S. O., says: ii>j I i 1. _ A 1 ?? iiiiu Douuii^ on ino y\|)[>tru? achee Mill pond, near (Jreers, this afternoon, a skill carrying on 10 people capsized and throe his young women were drowned, til- There wre but two men in the erf- party and it. was only through rly desperate efforts that they snood ceeded in saving the other five ng, women. The men were oom11 y pletely exhausted and had a very narrow escape. They wore (Hj all connected with the mill. In1st vestigation develops the tact that, fcllft iiPC.illont to flu itiir* <>ii_ ItJL ~"v ? "? ~u" ( is-, ''fly 'o over-crowding tlie boa! , ry; " ~ ( ro. Congressman Meyer Dead ' 11,1 New Orleans, 7.?Con- 1 gressman Adolph Meyer, formerly an usHistant adjutant gen . r?- oral in the ^Confederate army, . died at his residence I ere to , ? day. i ? # MOAb'llLK MbWS, MAKOH 11. ltfUU. A Square Deal I Eb assured you when you buy Dr. Ptorc?1* S amily medicines?for all tho ingrcdi- g """" ??? mts entering Into thorn aro printed on A w?u s ,ho bottle-wrappers aud their formulas ? > 11tl improved t iro attested under oath as boing complete I a excellent fii md correct. You know just what you are J wan) laying for and that tho ingredients aro , m fathered from Nature's laboratory, being ] g lolcctod from tho most valuable native , A nedicinal roots found growing Jn our j a ? American foresfSTrotLwhile potent to cure ' I iro perfdin^harjobvi^oVon to tho most W JL J lelicato woinXj':-^iilTT7PTT> Not a drop m I Feel "at home" ?l rTu-.tiny iuuL nr^serviuuv tm> lm-duiyl*"] B voiu ii .oin ^riin-Tnles ustti in them..viz.?nurt: trTTTv: , ? ejriu1*! givcoptne. This agontpossesscs I ?8 ntrThsie "medicinal properties of its own, ! A xiing a most valuable antiseptic ami antl- i S TY^.* a? ormont, nutritivo and soothing dctnul- Iff X 1 I V cX LC Glycorlne plays an Important part In X- , ... Dr. I'ioree's Golden Medical Discovery In * 1' IDHtt<?rn not \ ho euro of indigestion, dyspepsia and tf to <le;>osit, we wil veak stomach, attended by sour risings, M 4 . >. loart-buru, foul brcatii, coated tongue, 9 Come the Ptnaii joor appotito, gnawing feeling in stom- W game conf?i(lerati ich, biliousness and kindred derange- m .(|10. ..(.i,,,,,. nents of tho stomach, liver and bowels. 9 otner pairous. \j Resides curing all the abovo distressing ? even if you don't li Intents,, tho "Golden Medical Discovery " ? ' s a specific for all diseases of tho mucous M Fnur Per Cant In nombranos. as cat irrta, whether of tho * . J lasal passages or of tho stomach, bowels 9 an" lime Ler >r polvic organs. Even In its ulcerative m ?????? dagcat It will yield to this sovereign rem- 9 rriir riltCT at i >dy if Ua uso be porsovered in. In Chronic V I Mh 1*1113 1 viA -'atarru of the Nasal passages, it is well, ff vhilo taking tho "Golden Medical Dis- M ?? :ovory for tho necessary constitutional 9 CHAS D JONES Pre .roatment, to cloanso tho passages freely 9 ' ' ,wo or threo times a day with Dr. Sage's m *' lV Natarrh Romody. This thorough course 9 )f treatment gonerally cures tho worst V ~? rases. m In coughs and hoarseness caused by bronrhlal. throat and lung affoctlons, except conmnjption Ui Its advanced stages, tho "Golden Medictul Discovery" is a most efilclent rem- - - - - - ?dy. especially In these obstinate, bang-on _ - __ . ? roughs caused by irritation and congestion of "CABBAGE A.ND B ibobrouchlal ntucous membranes. The "Dis" VrtBUnVIa *J jovory " is not so good for acute coughs arls- . ug from sudden colds, nor must it bo exacted to euro consumption in its advanced cabb itagos?no modlelne will do that?but for all t? jii Lhe obstinate, chronic coughs, which, if neg- > . lectod. or badly treated, lead up to eonsunip- prici Lion, it is the best medicine tlin t. enn I t a ben w.w.f. . I" of J) sTo Extra Session Ordered Jcrs Yet--Governor Waiting on <tmi Supreme Court. ' h, ! prod Columbia special in jester- rthip lay's Charlotte Observer: There Headed Cabbage * oo per Ba eems to be much impatience ?>n \^m CAf^FJ- R he purl of a number of well in ormed people throughout the -r-> n . o.. -i c-. , . , , , Stray Bullet Strikes Si date over the delaying and ap J ' >arently hesitating attitude of burg Young Lad Governor Ansel as to calling an Spartanburg special ixtrn sessiou of the legislature to State: xMiss Rucsie I'rat] pact tbo legislation outlined by of the Inost oxpert iill0ij Vttorney (ieneral Lyon and hia orator8 jn thjg ci, and ? i6sociates as to further delining . , . . woman of wide acqus he powers and duties of the dis- , , and popularity, was s< >ensary winding up commission. 11 lo less a thoroughly posted and wounded by a stray rifl evel-headed man than Senator while walking in the i ^eils ChKistenoen gave out an in- thi3 evening. She was i orview in Augusta Sunday, in the time, and was re vhich he said : from a visit to *a relativi "The Attorney General urges ball penetrated her right hat an extra session be called dieting a wound that bl( o consider the matter. The flls?iv. rimninir h?r to ft iovernor has tho matter under exhaustion before she 1 idvisemeut. He will assume a that she had been sho rery grave responsibility by re- ambush. Who fired the using, as on him would then be unknown. daced the blame should the is- ?? lie go against the State,1' going Letter to Treat*, ft'. II. ill in to say that the proposed legis- Lancaster, S <J. atiou would certainly be onact- Dear Sir: They're glad the ?d ; that legislators who would out Devoe. -it iii Corpus Christi, I oxas, is Toto aga nst such a bill would be the Gl'llf oni of the ha iverwhelmed in tho elections. mates for paint; hot sun, salt (iovernor Ansel is giving the s,r,('n>r ,%y? .... , . , . , , , , The Sidbury Building. pai mbject hip very best thought and Voein 1800. is a shining exi ittontion, but lie is not ''going perfect paint snow-white . . years, asif painted last week or half [cocked. He is moving Weshould like every prope leliberately5 and circumapectly, <>r from Maine to Mexico to , JJm . white white white, is he does onjall important ques- Experience teaohes who ions. He is not being urged by j?* ,RS WH" a8 W'U) WH' kicked lis closest [counselors to call an Yours ixtra session at once, though it _ .. K^ ... , . I H. Lancaster Mercantile s not unlikely that such a call our paint. vill he "issued in the next few lays. Tho understanding here Spartanburg's Big s that he is waiting on the de- Fire sision of the State Supreme Court in the mandamus petition of At Spartanburg special iorneyJGeneral Lyon asking the State: 1 ho Spartanbt iourt to direct the commission to department has had a df yay over $15,000 from the funds tie with llames that are Hijoined by Judge l'ritchard. In consuming hundreds of Tiis the court is asked to pass up cotton stored in wareliou >n the crucial point at ispuo be- u,,, X.n.rft.l.nrrf mil ;ween?the elate nml Judge l'rit- CHV a,,<i'tonight the tire, than). If I Indecision is against un,,Mr iH stil| b?i :he State in all important par- , , , ? , , ... * , a hundred or more t>a HcuJars, there will be no need to , . ,, . . . .. . if have been rolled into th jail an extra session. If on the jontrary the decision is such as An ofl,ciitl of ,he miU 03 to fliiprfroHt*' the legislation pro the fear tonight that 4( posed, there will be no hesitancy ,n,iy practically lost, i >n the part of Governor Ansel in the damage will sming tbejcall. $t0,00O/* He says tlio of -?? R < nethod?, mod^n equipment and W arvice, we cars supply your w ts, and we wnnfc your m bu'inesp. m RY US I t The hirtt N moral Bank. Meet ft [in una transact .your busi- V less in our office. J Parlor for Ladies f vhat amount of money you have ft I accept it at this bank. We wel- ft depositor?we extend to him the m ion and courtesies accorded all W all to see us in our new quarters l care to open an account. f terest Allowed on Savings Accounts . [ tificates ' ' iTlONAl BANK. ; sident R. E. WYLIE, Vice-President. 1 * I. OROXTON, Cashier. 1 I ???????? ? > wif*?igiiftPii?IM> "iimi IEET PLANTS." v* hor the next few weeks I will till all orders for aire and beet plants at the following prices; 1000 >00 *1 2n. 5000 to 0000 *1 .00, 10 000 at 90c; special ps on larger lots cash with order or U. O. D. if erred, 1 guarantee satisfacli >n and safe delivery lauts. I have all of the leading vairietfm; The Early ey Wakelield the most popular early variety, th> rleston Wakefield a few days later but very de)le for garden planting. In the later varieties I i in* nuowwiun ami imp i.aie r IHC iMitcti, both lucinK large flat heads. Plants now ready for merit, my personal attention given to all orders, rrel Grate, P O. It. v OX 55 - MEC3GETTS, S. C. :>artan-) ^T", L The )j Plant Wood's |\ iior, one I Garden Seeds V Pr ?r- for superior vege. I young tables & flower!?. 4 ** alliance Our business, both in Garden eriouslv an'l farm Seeds, is one oi the largest in this country, u result 0 ball, due to the fact that Hubut oh Quality is always our r 1 one a g consideration. r> turning i , , . f We are headquarters for ^ l)e Grass and Clover Scedts Seed hit) ill- Oats. Seed Potatoes, C iw 1 Peas, Soja Beans aud id pro- other Farm Seeds. ill from Wood's Descriptive Catalogue la the beat oinl most practical ot jcJ i OftllZOd cftUiloKiies. An up-to-date and re- r~. ( \ cognized authority on all ficrden t II'OIU \ and Farm crops Catalogue mailed f \ I Bhot is \\ ffe0 ?" request. Write for It, I \ T. W. WCOS Si SCKS, / )) SEEDSMEN, - Richmond, Yi K Hllen f y foundniest ci-i| Five Hundred hir, anu nteti ne-! | Dollars for unple of after 7 g One Word 8eu?that I This is what the Semi-Weekly .IOUUNAL proposes to give. Send wants to H in the missing word and take the ts to be jn jz". With evory yearly subscrip, tion to the Semi-Weekly JODltNAL truly me ?ft Go y?n are entitled to two trials at the Co. sella missing word. A sentence hasheen selected from a well known and widely read work of fiction. From Cotton tl''s son ten co a word has been dropped, leaving a gap. This word is i I English and not a proper name, and ? rr,, can he found in an ordinary dictionltl The . ary. Here is the sentence: lr^ ''They can't get anythlnq iy's hat but now sir. Everyi slowly thing else Is gone " hall! ' <>f For full particulars of tho Contest write the SO No. 1 o s i*r i_i * 1 in thin | oeiiii-weeKiy journal | though |j Atlanta, ua. les that o open, however, (airly well insured, cpresnod The fire wan discovered this >0 bales morning about 10 o'clock burn n which ing in the centre of the ware- "V exceed house which contained more than >tton is, a thousand hales. *