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I( AA--rEWBERRY, S. C., THURSDAY, APRIL_9, 1891. PRICE $1.50 A_YEAR A TITn IIr [All rights reserved.] THE EASTER EGGS. A STORY OF LOVE, POETRY AND PROSE. BEING A CHRONICLE OF THE DUTCH FORK. BY DR. 0. B. MAYER, SR. M.-POETRY. "And it 4all be in poetry, too," he continned0 - next day. This last was rather s. _.dy resolution; for up to the eventful Sunday, when Bekky Bright's foot caused such perturbation in his head, David Hartman's ideas of poetry had been quite vague. The specimens of versification which he had studied did not extend beyond what was con tained in the Lutheran Hymn Book, and those insidious little scraps of printed paper found upon sugar kisses; but be always used the word h-ymes for the forme) and kiss verses for the latter. Behind the word poetry he thought somethibg beautiful must be hidden, if he only could see through it. He was, however, at last evercoming- some of the obstacles that withheld him from wanderings beyond the limits of matter of fact life. Often did he feel inclined to shake off the influence of his sister Christina, or Teener, as he called her, -an irretrievable old maid, as bitter as her own weighi in aloes. She had for bidden him toseek the company of the girls, "Who," said she, "jes catches a young feller as a .boy catches a June bug, and they ties a string to him for him to buzz around 'em ontel he can't buzz enny longer, and then they lets him go with the string a hangin' to him for a everlastin' hobble through life. Then they catches another one and sarves him the same way, and so on. Keep out'n their clutches, Dave. Ef one of 'em squizzes your hand don't you squiz back, or there'll be no help for you." He was beginning to doubt the soundness of his father's advice, who, having been occasionally van quished by his mother, often whispered to. him: "David, my son, beware of wimming." Bekky Bright had long been "setting her cap," as the saying is, to catch David Hartman, not as a June bug, but as a bonafide husband. He was hand some and industrious; and Bekky, who was a worthy member of the church, had no recollection of having heard him use profane language. How far she had succeeded has already been made known. It only remains to be mentioned, that i*n spite of the bitter ness with which his sister, Teener, rep rebended the conduct'of young people, and the cautionary whislkr of his father to "beware of the wimming," a new order of ideas and sentiments were being developed in his mind and heart, for the generalization of which the name, poetry, was growing in favor with him every hour. What were his etchings on the colored egg? A poem; -the theme, "Love in a cottage"; and the muse, to whom he appealed for in spiration, Behky Bright. He was now an admirer of beauty; he had .his stan dard established, and that standard was Blekky Bright. He was going to write a letter,-it was to be in poetry, too, .and it was to be addressed to Bekky Bright. On Friday afternoon before Easter, David took down the slate that hung along with the almanac above the mantel-piece, and proceeded to his father's gin-house, where he laid himself flat upon the screw-sweep after the manner of sailors upon the bowsprit of a ship. He placed the slate at a convenient distance above his face on the sweep, and after pondering some minutes ventured to write the following couplet: -David Bartman is my name, and single is my life, And happy will the gal be wat gits to be my wife. But a moment afterwards, he rubbed it out-all trace of it; for his conscience accused him of plagiarism, in much as he suddenly remembered having seen -the same lines on the fly-lear of his friend, Martin Sawyer's iymn B3ook,-the only difference being then substitution of his own name for that of Martin's: besides, it was too boastful. for his un presuming nature. He ac cordingly replaced it by a stanza which ran thus: When I kin read my.titles kleer To menshins in the skies, I'll bid farewell to every fear, And wipe my weepiu' eyes. "Wy that's a bymne !" be exclimed, as he again rubbed out what he had written. After kicking his feet alter . nately in the air, and scratching his head violently, he produced another couplet, which was more successful as far as it went; here it is; My head's a akin, my heart's a beatin'; I has no wish for sleep nor eatini'. This was original; and possessed the additional merit of being true; for his restlessness and loss of appetite were the main facts upon which his sister had based her suspicions of his meta 'morphosis into a June bug, and which had occasioned his father and mother so much uneasiness about him. .David, however, could not proceed another line further. He slapped his forehead, groaned, kicked and tore his hair,'but he could not advance: the inspired labors of David Hartman like the Fayrie Queen and Don Juan was doomed to remain an unfinished effort of genius according to the usual meth ods of comnposition,-though the plan he soon afterwards adopted succeeded -admirably. It is said that people in love are ex cessively irritable. The vast number of suicides and duels among lovers is proof of this. The most trivial disap pointmnent disturbs the temper, and any disnlay of indifference is flagrant hypocrisy. David had no expericne in disguisiug the state of his feelings poor fellow! he could not, for he wa honest-honest to eccentricity. A mo ment after he had torn his hair, h leapt froi the screw-sweep, and hold ing the slate before him drove hi clenched - fisp through it, - thereb shatteriag it into a hundredl-ieces a easily as if it had been a pane of glas: "I know wat I ki. do," lie crie a'oud, and "I'll b_- ding'd ef I dou't d it." So he hastened to the stabl< saddled his horse and rode away at fu speed. About two miles from Mr. Harl man's, iii those days,was the store-hous of a jolly old gentleman by the nam of Gelthart. On the same Friday ev< ning just alluded to, a party of severs youngsters of the neighborhood ha gathered at Geltharts for the purpos of engaging in the sport of throwin "long bullets," and discussing the bes way of enjoying themselves during tb Easter holidays near at hand. Whil they were resting from the severe exer cise, the clattering of a horse's hoo was heard, and a horseman at full spee soon maae his appearance. "Wy dat's Dave Hartman," said o of the young ien. "Dat's a fack," exclaimed another. -"Some one or udder mus be a dyin at his house," cried a third, "and he i comin' arter the burryin' clothes." "Wy howdy, Dave," they all et quired together, as David dismountet "wat makes you ride so fast?" "Cf.n't a feller ride as fast he want to?" answered David, somewhat pett lantly. "Oh, cirtingly," they replied, "bu how's all at home?" "Tolluble well," responded David "Good evenin' to you, Mr. Gelthart." "The same to you, Mr. Hartman How does your copperosity seem t sagaciate?" inquired that jolly genth man. "Jes middlin', Sur," replies our poet "Have you got enny sugar kisses left? Mr. Gelthart ludicrously assumed til gestures of alman endeavoring to an swer a difficult question, and then said "I think, Mr. Hartman, I mout hav on hand yet about six or eight bushels Kin I measure you out a couple o pecks?" "Only one duzzing, at this time. E my experiment turns out well, I pre haps may take all you have." Here, a loud laugh arose among th bystanders, and one. of them lookin mischievously at David remarked: "Wy, Dave, you mus be a gwine courtin'. The thing is a gettin' mon sous fashionable in these times. There' Conrad Felsgruber a layin' hissel liable to Suky Hosenltricker, and the; say that Martin Sawyer is settin' u to Bekky Bright, like a sick kitten t a hot smoovenin' iron." Had the hand of a corpse plunge an icicle into his heart, his soul coul< not have been more frozen than it wa by this announcement. Pocketing hi kisses he remounted his horse, and lel as precipitately as he had arrived That evening he sat silently in th piazza of his father's house, more misei able than if he had been condemned t die. "Come to supper, David," said hi mother to him, in a kind tone. "I don't want to eat, mamnmy," mnul tered the love-sick youth. "Well, David," commenced his sia ter,"youjes oughter le ashamed of youx self to let Bekky Bright get the uppe and of you in that sort of a way. An' look here, Dave, Bek's got to cdo a day' sowini' for us fo'r breakiu' our slate." ' Wy sister Teener, she didn't breal the slate. I broke it myself," remor strated her brother. "Yes," continued Christina, -"but sh was the occasionmnent of your breakir it. It oughter have bin broke ove your head, you saft-hearted nix noott you !" "Oh, don't be too hard on Dave, pleaded his mother. "Poor boy, hei not well. Go to bed, David." He rose from the bench on which h was seated in the piazza, and passe through~ the house' without saying word; but b,efore he entered his littl room his father tapped him upon th shoulder and whiepered to him: "David, my son, I have often sai to Jyou, and I say it agin, bewar of the wimming." When he had entered his room an carefully shut the door, he lighted hW candle, took from his trunk his writin materials, and then placed the sugs kisses before him on the~ table. H then careful!y semoved the little vers< lets folded, and attached to them. i next step waus to arrange them in column, and then fixing them b placing a ten cent piece upon each omn to prevent the wind from disturbin their order, he copied them off as the stood,-obtainintg a sum total as he! exhibited: Dear maid, no miortail tongue can, tell fow much I love you and how well. Oh tell me now, fair maiden, will you marra If so, just name the day-don't let us tarry. Cupid's sent his dart Right through my heart. What is the use to be bo cruel? I am sure that I will. 31iss, if yo will. 3y soul is dark:--in words of measured 1 ngt and slow I from my heart do heave a heavy load< woe. Charmer of my life wVill you be my wi fe? Know then this truth. enough for man1 know, Virtue alone is happiness belCr. I expect, before a week is passed, that ye wilt Occasion, or a wedding, or a duel. Some people say, "to love is weak, ay, wiel. Bmt they are those who 've loved and haa been kick-ed. I wish 1 was a humble be, And you a rose upon a tree. Oh name the day ! or would you rather ' as1r enyo'm :heror your faher" 11aid of Athens, ere we part, Give, oh give me back my heart. David read and reread what he b copied; and at length sprang to his f e and wrung his hands with delight. "Well, well, well," he exclaim "this does beat the hollyhocks ! V it's as easy to do as to fall asleep wI a feller's got a g,od cawishunce. N( jes to think: here's Mr. William H zeal, who larut ine and sister Teenex read and write, and me to cipher, now and then borrows books from kinpeople, the Summerses, and not 1< ago he fotcht home a book wat is cal the 'Dishearten'd Willage,' writ b2 eMister Oliver Goldsmith. Mr. Houz e says, it took this man nine years write it, and -half the time he wac the pint of starvation; and I do wonder at it, for it to take a man n e years to write three hundred lines. 2 Houzeal, he told me, it was in opinion the poortiest po'try be e e come across, and he adwised me to r( e it. Well, sur," apostrophising his inv ible friend, "I undertook to do so, an( all the trashy nonsense that I ever < see I never met up with its equali No, sur"-with emphatic action tl e shook the house,-"I never did. N here in about a quarter of a 'our I I wrote twenty-four lines of about as n po'try as you kin find ennywhei It's burstin' full of love;-and po'trl fit for nothin' else but for love and - lijin',-for songs and hymes. Ef hadn't broke our slate I could n make a cackelation,-but I kin s poorty close to the truth of the thi - by tetchin' the pints of my fing( Now, twenty-four lines in fifteen mir t would be about one hundred lines ii 'our, and wat would a day bring for The expeerimint has turned out ab< as I expected, and now I shall buy all the sugar kisses wat Gelthart I on hand, and gather together all I kiss-verses floatin' about in the neii borhood;-and puttin 'em together I :is I has jes done, I think that in t days at mot I shall be able to shoi piece of po'try of the length of t thousand lines or more as will thr midnight over the 'Dishearten'd 11 lage.' Thus soliloquising David hastly i f dressed, and launched himself into 1 -world of dreams. f LTO BE CONTINUED.1 THE WORK OF THE GRIP. ) Chicago, Boston ani New York Are Sun ing from Its Ravages. CHICAGO, March 28.-Damp, clou - weather continues here, and the r s ages of the grip have steadily gro more severe and more fatal since i beginning of the present month. I , official list of the department of hea: > shows that the death rate for the p sent week is unprecedented. The nu ber of deaths since March, compai with the number of the correspondi I period of 1K81, illustrates the presq Icondition of things very clearly. 'I 3 table is made up by weeks. 1890-fi week 434, second week 498, third we a 468, fourth week 419; 1891-first we t 491, second week 709, third week 8 .fourth week 900. 2 The returns for this week are as' incomplete, but are estimated as abo AN EDITOR JIES OF THE GRIP. PiTTSBURG, Pa., March 28.-Nels P. Reed, editor and proprietor of t 9 Pittsburg Commercial Gazette, died night of pneumomia, resulting direc - from an .attack of the grip. He b been ill for ten days and con fined to: bed for one week. THE GRIP IN NEW YORK. -NEWV YoRK, March 27.-For the I r twenty-four hours three deaths w i reported from la grippe, making a to a of fourteen for the month. A WHoLE FAMIILY VIQTIMIS OF T DISEASE. . WINCHESTER, Va., .March 30. whole family consisting of Adam B ley, aged 64, his wife aged 42, hissis e aged 68 and his daughter aged 20, he died within the past week after a f r days illness of Ia grippe, followed pneumonia. They lived near Stephe City in this county. NEW YoRK, March 30.-The hea officials report eigh teen deaths to-d and eighteen yesterday from grip. Tr makes 130 in all since the disease nme its last appearance, THE GRIP LETTING UP IN CHICAG4 SCHICAGO, April 2.--it noon tod but f;5 deaths were recorded at 1 ehealth department, as against 100 y terday. Registrar Tom linson predi that unless there is a return of the b rible weather of the past few wee the grip epidemic will soon be a thi of the p)ast. HOW IT GOT JTS NAM1E. ~New York Sun.] s"La grippc" isn't the grippe, and "i grippe" isn't la grippe. Th'le word r familiar but not high toned. Iti e French term for influenza, but 1 Sgrippe that we are now troubled w isn't influenza, neit her is influenza tI 8 "grippe". It is for doctors to tell us j a what the' abominable thing really c Laymen only know by sad experiel what it isn'L. 'Never since the fall of the origil Eiffel tower was tbere a word scatte: so widely and in such an astonishini e short period, and the glory of the se tering belongs to New York, for 1 French paper here, the Courrier Etats Unis, was the first to refer to as la grippe w hen i ts Pat is con tem pc ries called it l'influenza. The otl New York papers caught the gri] from the Courrier, the London journ got it from New York, and away it fi like the"blizzard," until it made1 tour of the world in the shortest ti on record. But it is the wrong wi after all. What shall the Harvest Be ? Why ! What can it be, but suffer o and- s~orrow, disease and death, if 2 neglect the symptoms of a disorde liv"r ? Take Dr. Pierce's Golden M u ical D)iscove.1y. It out-sells all ot remedies. Sold under condition t it must either benefit or cure the .tient, or the money paid for it wil promptly returned. It cures all < e eases arising from deranged liver, from -impure blood, as biliousn' "liver complaint," all skin and se diseases, salt-rheum, tet ter, scroful sores and swellings, fever-sores, 1: jon d.isAese and kindred ailmentst DO YOU PAY POLL TAX? ad If Not, the Auditor Wants Your Name List of Names of Trhose Who Are ret Now on the Books. ed, Auditor Cromer, in accordance wil y, instructions from the Comptroll en General, has made out a list of tho who pay poll tax, said list to be fu nished to the school trustees of ea( )u- township for revision. This is done, to see if there are any persons who a he liable to pay a poll tax whose nam h are not now on the tax books, and if tl trustees find any such they are to r mng port the same to the Auditor. A led male persons between the ages of : a and 50 years are liable to poll tax, u: al less exempt by law. The Herald and News, in order to assist in this work, has determined at publish the lists by townships. The ,'t lists are made up from the ret urns this year apd last year's tax books. ne LIST OF POLLS FOR TOWNSHIP No. 2 1r Adams, J.no C King, Milton Mis Baxter, Brack Kelly, Mosfi Baird, Levi Knight, H Sidney ver Blair, Tom Iake, Back ad Bowies, W C Lane. Jno V Brehmer, Herman Lazenberry. W W Si- Brennon, Howard Leitsey, Thos B Brennan, J E Lindsay, Nathan ( of Brock, Thos H Lominiek. Robt B lid Brooks, Preston Long, W Mark Brown, Jno C Mabrey. Wesley ty. Brown, J J H la!rett, Caesar Brown, W C. M D. Mafrett, Hampton lat Buzhardt, A ntine %laffctt, Irvin Buzhardt, C ij Marsh-,, M Iton Buzhardt. Cornelius 0 Marshal, Tom )as Caldwell, Birge %laybin, Jno Caldwell, Daniel Maybin. Ruf.s, ice Caldwell, Douglass Maybin, Win Cald well, U B, M.D. Mayes, Jno B Caldwell, Nathan tt cCord, Jim is Caldwell, Wm C McCord. Stafford Campbell, Adam F McCollum, Jno re- Cannon,B F McGraw, Jas 11 I Chalmers, E L McG-aw, Jno A Cofield, Thomas Me orries, W W Dw Co( per, B-txter Means, Adolphus (o-ts,james Montgomery. G W D'_L Jrants, John Morgan, Walter, L ,romer, Andrew Nance, Albert Cromer, Edward C Nance, Casper *rs. Cromer, Enoch S Nance, J1as 1 . Cromer, George H Nance, M illigan its Cromer, Joo F Nance, Wm I a Cromer, Pressly Nesbitt, Charley Cromer. R Samuel Pairrot., .J B h? Cromer, Silas J Piester. Dave Crosson, Henry Price, Jno G >ut Cunningham, bid S Price, L J D - arby, A Jink Reid, Ike UP Darby, Newton N Reid, lesse as Harris, W H Rice, Godfrey Dickert, Melvin L Rice, Granderson be Dickert, Win A Rice, Jerry b Dobbins, David P Rice, Peter Douglass, Wrn Rice, bhelton ke Driggers, Jesse H Rice, Wade Fair, James I Roberson, Ned WO Feltman, Geo W Ruff, Davis Folk, Thos W Ruff, Walter J Franklin, Jno W URuff, Willie wo Franklin, Tobe Russell, Harrison Gal:.u : Drayton Ilutherford,Cockley J )W Gallman, Orlando Rutherford, Miles ,n_ Gallman, Sam Rutherford, Norridge Gibson, A J Rutherford, Sam Gilliam, Claiborne Rutherford, Willie Gilliam, Henry Rutherford, Right in- Gilliam,Jno Sanders, Dennis he Gilliam, Judge Sanders. Ellis V Gilliam, Leonard Schumpert, Win Gilliam, Neel Simms, Abram Gilliam, Price Singlev, Geo Gilliam, Sam Sligh, Jno Glenn, G IW Sloan, Ivison Glenn, Jacob Sondley, Lige Goree, Evans Sondley, Sim Goree, Jos H Spearman, Ned Goree,-Stout Stepman, Wzn er- Graham, Isaiah Suber, Aaron Gray, Ebb. Suber, D E Gray, Henry Suber,Dock Grego-,Lait'nde- SifbertG W ~ Gril , Brooks Suber, Harrison dy Grifln, Gist Suber, J W - Haltiwanger, Abe Suber, Pierce Haltiwanger, Wash Swindler, L C Harmon, Jno Taylor, Jacob he Harmon,Tom Thomas, Andrew C he Harris, W P Thomas, Walter th Henderson, George Thompson, John Y r Henderson, Kennedy Walker, Henry re- Henderson, Nias Wendt. Win - Henderson. Wm Wicker, Chess -ed Higgins, F W Wicker. N Calvin e ingleton, Nathan Wicker, T L ng Hunter W H Williams, &nthony nt Iutchison, Jno T Williams, Ike he Hutchison, P B Williams, Jno W eHutchison, Thos W Wilson, Calvin rst Jones, Henry P Wilson, Frank Jr ek Jones, Wallace .. ilson, Prank ek Jones, Warren Wilson, George J heitt, Jos L Wiison, Henry 0Keitt, Thos W Wilson, Jesse Kennerly, Dave Wilson, Jesse .t Kennerly, Limnus Wilson, Jno W ve- Kennerly, Sam Wilson, Thomas Keys, Paris Worthy. Daniel Kibler, Jas A Worthy, Henderson on Kinard, Emanuel he TorLO~s, to-, TOWNSHIP NO. 3. 1y Alewine, G T Means, Wmn ad Alewine, Willie Morgan, ,James .Austin, Peter Malrett, Jos 311s Berly, Adolphus, Maybmn, Butler Berny, Boykin, Maybin, Jno A Bird, Fi'etcher Maybin, Shader Brown, W F Mayes. Middleton 1st Chaplin,Wess McCrackin Joe Chick, Anderson Means, syl vesus r Clark, Dan Metts, WV P tal Clark, Geo Morgan, Fed Collins, Bob Morgan. Jio Coleman, Hiram Moses, Robht IE Cole, WV Y Murphy, Robt L Crooks, Orlando Na,,ce, Willie Cromer, J1 C Oglesby, Hayward -A romner, Wmn Pol)e, William . D)arhy, Luther Quiller,Klah rDavis, Ross Ray, Dave ter Dawkins, F. ed Rteese, Eber W e Dawkins, Tomi Renwick, Jno Dellines. Jno C Richardson, Elmore e Einr'dmnond Richards, J B by igner, Orlando iikard, Jn 1'S Eigner, Hobt sodgers, Burrell Eigner, Jno Jr Roebuck, Thos .if Eigner, Wade Hook, Sam thGaIrney, Bob Rutr, Amos av Gaffney, H oward Huf, H orace .- Galrney, Lee Ruff, Howard e Gatiney, Nathan Rull, Mooruman .Gaudlock, Erasnius Rutherford, Wmn Gilliam, J W salter, Judge Gilliama, Warren, Sanders. Ellis V y. Giadney, Pick Sanders, J W F ' Glenn, Isaac Sharp, Antney ay Glenn Judge Shelton, Wesley he Gienn,seth simims, David eHawkins, llandolph Simmis, Grant, e- Heller, H Wallis Simis, Lafayette ets Hentz, Hampton Simmns, Willis, -Henderson, Jno Sligh, Levi rHenderson, Belton Sligh, Orlando k, Henderson, Sam Suber, Burrow g Henderson. Stout N Suber, Juo A H odges, Billy Suber, Jno S J Hodges, Kirk Suber, Mack Hodges. WV W Suber, Newton Hogg, Newt Suber, Orlando H opkins, Glenn Suber, Sandy h opp Jime Suber, Wallace heIrby, i Lle Suber, Warren is amnes. Emanuel Thacker Jenai:n, Jacob Thomas, J ! be Jeter, Howard Tucker, B.dlam :th Johnston, Tom Trurnipseed, Wade tat yles, B C Whitmire, Hiram Lyles, Furman Whitmire, Irenmus .st Lyles, Reuben E Whbitney. Win B . Li es, Wmn V WIcker, J M ice Kelly, Ephriamn Williams, Bobb Kelly. Ike Willinghaim, A J Kitchen, J H Williams, Wade lal Maybin, Butler Young, Balaam -d Mean.s, Merchant ~'TOrAL 1:31. a- TOWNSHIP NO. 4. he Abrams, Edmnond ono,ndrn aA bamns, Henry Jhno,(iia t A bramns, Jas H Jonn.JoFs nt- A bramns, Jackson J Jobn,iH A bramns, N Pink .ono,Toa rA bramns. Robt L Jhnn.Wlr [e A brams, Siuas Jns ee als A brams, Thos WV .onr alr A bramns, Wmn WV Jhsn mne e dekison, Edmnond .one.Jo e tnderson, Jesse e Tye..J)in le Andrews, W A Kue,E rd Atherson, Jess Rne,n Atcherson, Howard Kne,Rb Baker, Calvin K KenrSia Baker, J Thos Lw rsdn Baker, Mike M Lvnaoe rsd Baker, S Caldwell Lls et Baker, WmnLls.Rb g an ks. ShedLye,ho Beatty, Curtis MCre,.n red ishop. J CaeyJsS Blair, E Lee Meae,Matw d Blair: Press CaeySBrc er Boozer, Jesse Mcace,orn at Boozer, Lewis MCakn er Boozer. Ransom MCakn a- Boyd, Fielding MMre,Rn be Braxton, Douglass Mculg,Ths' is - Brock, F Gus clouhWiP Brock, Jos B .- ia~,Tyo or Brown, Press et.M) S 5, Brown, Toney Mil.Frn a Burton, Belton IVrJey * Burton, Dave Mra,Wle us Burton, Novel Ms,To Byrd, CharJenn, lie Byrd. Foster Nc!sonl J4mcs Byrd, Jno Nel.,on, Wade Byrd, Julius Odell. E L T -A Byrd, Loomis (wens, Griffin Byrd. Sini oxer. J 0 Byrd, Wade Price W T Byrd. Wade Qufillt-r, Joseph WT Qurd,r Wlei(Tn Caildwell. Billy Quiller. Sai Caidwell, J Calvin Ranm4e Drayton T Lr CaIdwell J Wml Ra, Isa tv Ca:dwell, Perry Ray Jno Y Be Calnes, F N I"'ay. I C r- Calmes, Zach Rayford, 3onroe :h Caughman. Prince Rayford, %s "ley 1o Chandler, D)rayton Reeder. Tor Chandler, Lambert ltti4l. Mack re Chick, Mazon Renwick, Charles es Chick, Newt Renwick, Dougla s Coatles. James Renwick, Jim Coleman, Johnson Reid. Nack t- Cook, Simpson Renwick, Charley 11 Cooper, Minor Renwick. Douglass Copeland. Brown Zenwick. Jim Cromer, Chariton Renwick, M A. ID Cromer, J B Renwick, Mitchell Cromer. Jim RenwIck, Ned Cromer. Wash Renwick, Sel Darby, Isom Renwick, Sini to Davis, Henry Renwick. Thomas ie Davis, Jim Iice, Jared Davis, Jno S Rice, Jn Davis, Mack Rice, Ed Davis, Stephen 1i(:e, Monroe Denson, James Rice, Tor Denson, Jless L Roberson, Cornelius Denson, i1oberson. Walter DeWalt, Ambroie Roberts. I% arren Dilla'rd, Dorsey Roberts, Win Dillard. Thomas todgers, Hezeklah Douglass, Simlpson Rhodes. 11 M Duckett, Jno C Rutherford, Jno Duckett, Newton C Rutherford, %O"h Duckett. W L Rutherford, Reuben Duncan, Coleman Sal er, Will Duncan, Jno T Sanders. Dick Duncan, Thomas Sal-ders, Johnnie Duncan, Robert Sanders, Lewis Duncan, Warren Sanders Natt Eddy, George banderb: Robt n:ichelberger, Jesse Sanders, Wade Eichelberger, tam Scott, J1r0 W Eison, Wm -hannon, Cay H Elmore, Olbert Shannon. S J Epps, Clayborn blannon, Will H Epps, Coleman Shell, Robt Epps, Fletcher Shel. Zebe Epps, George Sherrer. Milton Epps, Jim Sims, Hampton Epps, Jno Sims, Isaial Epps, Jno L bims, Lee Epps, Kinard Sims, Tom Epps, Mack Sims, Win Epps, \athan Sligh, Albert C Epps, Oscar aigh' Alfred Eppo, Richard 'ligh, Tom Fant, Henderson Smith, Jim Floyd, Jackson Smith, W 3 Floyd, Robt Snellgrove, C C Fowler. Major spearinan, J S Franklin, David B Strother, Frank Franklin, Elijah S Suber, Albert Garner, Joe buber. Jeff Gauntt, Texas Suber, Jes Giles, Wallace suber, Jim Gilliam, Ted Suber, Sherman Gilliam, JAck suber, Z&ch 1i Gilliam, Pink, Swindler, Isaae Gilliam, Wul Swittenberg, Aaron Glenn, Drew swittenberg, Edward Glenn, Lige swittenberg.EdwardJr Glenn, Jno W Turner, Geo W Glenn, Posey G Turner, Geo Glenn, Richard Toland, Smith, Glenn, Wm Toland, Robt Green, Gabriel Toland, Jno Glynaph, Belton Toland, Jess Griffin, Madison Tidmarsh, Chas r GrilUn, Sam Thompson, 3ack kiarman, Tcos L Thomas Green Harrington, Reuben Troutman, Wmn Hargrove, J C Tucker, Pinckney Henderson, Cooper Tarner, Tommy Henderson, David Vanloo, Neil Henderson, Henry Wallace, Albe:t Henderson, Isaian Wallace, Julius Henderson, Joseph Walker, Wm Henderson, Peter Walker, Dan Herbert, Jno Weir, Peter Higgins, Richard Well, Silas Kill,iJ Iierce Whimire, Davis Hipp, WM Wicker, J Hughes, Frank Wicker, Walter WV Jacks, Jerry Williams, Mose Jacks, Jim Wilson, Jack Jackson, Jess Wilson, Jim. Jackson, Jno Worthy, Herndon t jackson. Sherman Wright, D A Jack'son, WM young,Ben Jeter, RB Young, Berry Nance, Jno TOTAL 2E La TOWNSHIP NO. . Abrams, Ivy Z Kinard, Billin Abrams, Jno N Kinard Cuff Abrams, Tom Kinard, Henry Adams, Humphrey Kinard, Jno Cordon Adams, Jack Kinird, Jno Joe Adams, Jim Kinard, Jonas C Adkersona Jno W Kinard, Nathan Alextnder. Rilton Kinard, Sencer S Alkerson, Yrank Kinard. Win nl SB K.ine e ter. Br,rciew, iles e P Bisop Adm Reawic, EoLas Bisho, Jai~W Loenw, uterm Bishop Osbore Reack BMary Bisop,Tho aRewick Johnre Bons,Jn Mrtnc, DouglaP Bonds,TunRenicCklog, Jnm Bond, Wss Renwrie, MAlan BozrRWserchank, Mitonewll Boyd Edond Milerwc, il lloy, Ruben Milew, Simb Boy, lrs lerw, Th a ~roolc Fed ille, Jaed rooks, Will Rille, JnoG luford,Carr W Rille, Et Buford, a M ioat, Sonrook Burton, ohns Rce, Alber Buter,Newan eron,eorey u Bnll'r,JohRoxers, alte Caideil,JimObert, G are CaldwLl, erry obnert, Aler Campell JonB raydiger, Hezkm Campbel. ite RhodPes. HeM Canon,Joh 'Rtherford,sono Cano,Moas Ranef, No h B Chamer. ame M Reeherf, euben Chalmer, J a er, Bill - Coaumrs,J pea an ers, Johle Chalinis, M iaidery, Jacob CLander, Geen Sander, W1atte ChandlerLee andr s RBt Chaney. athan anoers, Laei Clark, bner Scot,Jo W0 Clark, Alanannn, Will S Clark,Boyce bll, RJob Clark, Claske'uf, Zeuben Clark Hary Rherr, Miln Cl~rk.JLoSands, aton Coleman Cmsar Sams,eIsii,Bb ColemanJesse Sims,rwLe Connor,HIXSarim ,E a Cooper Olly Scurr, lmpti ConorBery Scurry. AJbrto Daveport Jams Shll, TJomHnr Daveport JnoL CSmpso, imo Davis BillSmith, Wn Davs,Howrd Snligrove, CC - Davs, ohn Spmith no W lvi,Mrn ate, Trakm Davis Thoms V Spek.rn er ean, Mason Stehe, etrig Ducktt, ticlrird Suber, Jlert Eas BSuber,Jino Frnil,EijhS Suber, Mihelln Furgrson Win Subcr, Zache Gar,Hnry Swiner, saac Gr,TmSwittnler, aan Gimr, lx Swittenberg, Edardt Giliaii. ill Swittenberg,EDwar,pr GrllamPete sTrnerg, WiC Gla,SA .Turner, Ae lai Gila,S s Told, omi, e Gilliam. Tm Tiolandpo, ose Glasow.Geo Thompson. amak GlasoW, eo C Thoas, Gren Glasgw, LwSOn Turota, Wm e Glasgw, Wrren Turner, inckny Glasgo, Win Turner, Tonroe Glnii. ilaslTure. Rulus Goree,Wash 0 Walker, RWm o ra.Claun Welc, Ca son ~ Whuitmire, Dliais Liaran, dam Willier, Wleter W Harris,Richard Willinas, Mo I Benso, Hery 0 Wilson, Jaciryk Hill, JerryWilson, Mrin Jackon,hos Wilson. Hernon tJono,JmsWDWrkma, PAnk Johuaso Wi B Yorkng, Ben r Johns Tomungt, Derryk Ardm, IvA Z Kiar, ilr Aae , ommite Koine ai e l A relamnst HumproKr, Jno Cordon pr Adams wbo ar Keaesind JlloasCrit. liqordke eronso n rd, Int pate b itssl,lJnoI be elig, tolereasjr Anrl, Th Bif i g,roalteer,ajr Bi,ArcW.e MlsP1 Bishp, Aam Lavel, E THE THIRD PARTY. Awaiting the National Conference at Cin- P cinnati in May. [The New York Sun.] The political boomers of the Farmers' Alliance are now turning their ener- n ,.es to the work of preparing for the ti National Conference that is to be held ii Cincinnati on the 1th of May with gl tbe object of organizing the new polit- c cal party that is to sweep the country. fc heir desire is to co-operate with the i 'itizens' Alliance, the Nationalists, the [ndustrial Alliance, and all other bod- pi es that can be drawn iuto the ranks, tl id which are to be induced to send a( Jelegates to the Cincin nati Conference. ti Various committees are trying t -onstruct a platform upon which the A Alliance can stand with these other bi )odies. The Farmers' Alliance would e> ,int accept the platform of the Nation- b dists, who, in turn, would not besatis- at ied with the Alliance platform, nor ven with the St. Louis platform, bi jpon which all factions are asked to tl 1nite. The preparations for the Cincinnati te ,onference includes the holding of )ropagandist mneetiugs all over the fa :ountry. Stump speakers are already t n the field in several States. They of tre especially active in this, Iowa, and b Ldjacent States, and they are hardly ess active in the States of the Pacific ,oast. In this State they have begun >perations and the New York State ?arnmers' Alliance is to be organized by 'resident Polk on the 22nd of April. fil [he renowned Congressman Simpson fa imself is to speak in this city next w londay under the auspices of a branch w. if the Citizens' Alliance. The New th nogland States are not to be neglected h nd the South is to be thoroughly can- is rassed. hb In Ohio the Alliance boomers are yE oastin- of their successful work. In be he so..Chern part of the State weekly to neetings are held in the schoolhouses pr nd candidates are to bW put up at the be ownship elections next month, with of he view of ascertaining the propects of at uccess for Legislaive candidates at a m ater period. ch in Iowa the leaders of the State Alli- re .nce are anxious to take hold of politics. hi Nhen President Polk addressed its ga ionventiou at Creston last week he hi poke on the subject in language that re ould not be misunderstood. wi The Legislature of Nebraska, both ch iranches of which are in the hands of ao he Alliance, has adjourned without go dopting any of the radical measures in hat had been introduced. co In California, Oregon, and Washing- th on the business of organization and Ol peechmaking is in progress. co The Alliance members of the Kansas ci( .egislature have issued a manifesto, in de rhich they claim credit for not passing an undry bills that were defeated by the en tepublican Senate, and in which they Co ssail the Senate for its obstructive th olicy. Senator Peffer speaks very th oudly about the political prospects of m: he Alliance, and has drawn up for it a re. rogranmwe of action. to be laid before e. he Cincinnati Conference in May. bu There is no way of ascertaining the CE ctual voting strength of the Alliance t this time. The membership includes large body of non-voting women, and large proportion of the male members a the North, as well as in the South, re opposed to the formation of a new ,olitical party. ne ARRANGING FOR THE CONVENTION. in CINCINNATI, March 31.-Capt. Power, in he national organizer of what is known re s the Citizens' Industrial Alliance, is CO ,ere to arrange for the national con -ention to be held in this city May 19, e o organ ize a new political party, with tr he Farmners' Alliance as the basis. He of aid last night that at least 10,000 dele- tii ;ates will be present, representing P~ hirty or more States. The conventiontl tas not the endorsement of the great T Ulliance bodies, but individual mnem- e ers are taking an interest in it. r Mr. Blair Wviil Go to China. w WASHINGTON, March 23.-Ex-Sena- hi or Blair has accepted the Chinese Mis ion, and has arranged to sail from San ~rancisco for the "Flowery Kingdom" oi in the 1st of Mfay. He has already re eived his instructions from the Secre- ca ary of State-.c WON'T HAVE A PLEASANT TIME. ti( NEW HAVEN, March 31.-The Rev. - rharles Hart well, for thirty-eigh t years bI missionary of the American Board at tV 'ekin and Foochow, China, is now in se his city recuperating after his long CL errice in the Flt>wery Kingdom. Mr. tb -art well said to-day that Miinister re 3lair, in his opinion, would have a tai -ery unpleasant time in China. The m Thinese, he said, are very proud and fra ensitive. They keep track of the news id if the world, and are fully cognizant of n< enator Blair's attitude on the Chinese ne uestion. t A DEATH BED CONFESSION. I tiller, of Leaphart Lynching Fatne. Tella f About Rosa Cannon's Letters. [E pecial to Augusta Chronicle.) . CoL.utmA, S. C., March 28.-As ri~ >redicted ini connection with the death P~ if W. J1. Miller, of the Leaphart affida- ni -it fame, a secondl "death bed confes ion" came to light to-day. This re-m narkable document was made to Mil er's attorney, John Bauskett, and, if rue, goes far towardls justifying Gover tor Richardson's reprieve of Willie us ~eaphart. In this confession Miller es ays5 that, being employed as amanuen- sh is for Patrick Cannon, father of Rosa th :annion, Leaphart's alleged victim, he tb teard of and read her letters declaring ic he boy's innocence. He ack.nowledges nakin'g the aflidavit upon w hich Judge Fr Vallace acted, and to having after vards surreptitiously obtaitned Rosa's etters and carried t'hem to the gover- H or. This confession, if believed, would .bt; lear Judge Graham from the charge of ar orgery andl conspiracy to secure Leap- at tart's rep)rieve. ot - .- p1 'Away ! A way IThere is danger here ! tb A terrible phantom is bending ne: g.m WVith no0 humian look, with no hu.man tit breath, ni He stands beside thee-the haunter . -Death !"' is. If there is one disease more vi han another that conmes like the A mnbidden guest st a banquet, it is I: ou, "with no hnman breath" it grad- tl tally, like the octopus, winds itsecoils Sel bout you and ernsbmes you. But there ~ a medhicine, called ''r. Sage's ('atarr h Isa etemedy, thamt can tear you away fr., uin he nimnster, and' turn thle sythes' point 1il >f the reaper. The makers of this won- cl lerful remedyi~l oil'er, in good faith, a tiding rewardl of $5.N) tar an inicura- H ,le case of Catarrh in the Head. A Sweet Gutm and Mullein is nature's Cl ~reat remedy 'for Coughs, Colds, Croup, Ct onsumptioni and all throat and lung p roubles. 'a OUR OLD FRIEND JUTE. eace Between the Alliance and the Trust Cotton Bagging Allowable but Likely to Take a Back Seat. . A-rLANTA, GA., April 1.-The Far ers' Alliance and the jute bagging ,ust have made peace. The proposition of the Cordage Bag ng company to supply bagging at 6i -nts per yard of 1 pounds, 63 cents r 1. 71 cents for 2 and 74 cents for 24 Ls been accepted. These are maximum prices and com ?tition may reduce them. It is tought that this means the sale in ivance of bagging for at least half ie cotton crop. Heretofore farmers have obeyed the Iliance, although it caused them to jy bagging at over a dollar per bale :tra cost. Now that the price of jute Igging is reduced, Alliance men will lopt it. The cordage company represents all it one of the jute bagging factories in e trust two years ago. The factory left out is said to be loca d at Charleston. The action of the Alliance leaves the rmers free to buy cotton bagging if cy prefer but jute is cheaper. Few tber, it is believed, will buy cotton ggillg. ma Cheap Money. The people who would be benefited at st by a change to cheap money are rmers and others who have property bich is heavily mortgaged, and who uld be thus relieved of a portion of eir debt. The case of the farmer who s been forced to mortgage his farm a peculiarly hard one. Hisondition Ls been growing worse and worse arly, for many reasons, but chiefly cause most of the things be has had buy have been taxed, while the chief oducts of his farm have not. He has en forced to buy at the higher prices a restricted home market. and to sell the prices set in the unrestricted arket of the world. A change to a eaper form of money would give him Lief, provided he were able to pay off s debts at once, but otherwise his in would be only in his ability to pay s interest money in a cheaper cur 3cy. He would suffer, in common th all others of the hard working iss, from the inevitable evils attend t upon cheap money, with the dear ods which such money always brings its train. Then, too, he would dis ver, in case he wished to procure fur er loans, that he must obtain them gold bases, for the mere hint or the ming of a-cheaper 6urrency is suffi ant always to force capitalists into the fensive position of loaning la:ge iounts on that basis alone. In the d the farmer would find that his last udition was worse than his first, and at his very effort to gain relief rough legislation which promises to ike "money plenty" had thLe same ;ult-namely, to put him more help sly in the power of men whose cbief siness is to speculate in money. ntury Topics of the Times. The Law of Conjugal Attraction. [From the Review of Reviews.] Hermann Fol, one of the most emi nt of living embryo:ogist, while stay at Nice-the Mecca of honeymoon g-had his attention attracted to the semblances betweeu young married uples. 'The popular notion that arrietd people "end by resembling eh other" was shared by Fol, but his ined vision detected among crowds young married- couples cbaracteris s that led him to suppose a contrary oposition to be nearer the truth ey bg by resembling each other. >put the matter to scientific test he gaged in a series of ob'servations and searches on the photographs of young d old married couples, the results of bich w~e publish in the Revenue tSci tifique. The following table gives i statistical conclusions: Resemblances Non-resemnblanlces Per cent. Per cent- Total ung...13A. about 66.6% 6P about 3:.3 198 I.......2. about 71 60i 15. about :M.30 53 The vi 'idly large percentage of physi 1 similarities between young married uples is emphasized by the calcula )n that in marriages made at random by cbance-the number of resem ances would not amount to more than ' in a hundred. Among the non-re mblances were included somxe very rious cases, where man and wife, ough quite dissimilar in every other pect, yet exhibite -1 in common "cer in traits constituting an uglinessi ore or lets ridiculous." Fo1 infers >m this an argument in favor of the ea that candidates for marriage do >t fear the particular forms of ugli ss to which their mirror accustoms em. After warning against hasty general ition from results so comparatively eagre, Fol invites other scientists to low un the subject, and verify or odify tIle followinig tentative con,.lu ns he draws: I. In the immense majority of mar iges of "inclination," the contracting rties are attracted by similarities and > by dissimilarities. :. The resemblances between aged arried couples is not a fact acquired a nonjugal life. "When the spring-time comes," we ually find ourselves drowsy ans hausted, owing to the impure and aggish state of the blood. To remedy is trouble, take Ayer's Sarsaparilla, e most powerful, yet safe and eco imical, blood-purifier in existence. ank Le.iIe'sl Popular Monthly for April Tbe American Mus um of Natural istory in the Central Park, New rk city, occupies a noble pile of ildings~ he recent additions to which a just apc)aching completion. It is institution in which every American gh t to take pride. The most conm te description of Its treasures, and e educational work it is doing, is ven, with abundant pictoria! illustra >ns, by Mary Titcomb, ill tile April imbher of Frank L,eslie's Popular onthly. Another seasonable article Crrie Stevens Walter's account of a ~it to Senator Stanford's famuous Palo to stock farm. "Some Western Texas -"are sympathetically drawn by lIe Hunt Shortridge, the poetess of e Lone Star State. J. E. Roessle de ibes historic Lafatyette Park in ashington. 1). C., anid Colontel Nico Pike contributes a thrilling paper on the dreaded Octopus, or Devil h. Other elaborately illustrated arti -s are "Olives"; in the Mountain ~ts of Savoy"; "Dicken's Bleak )use"; "Sonme Memorials of Edgar an Poc"; "Sherman aud Porter," .There are short stories by Cecil arles, David Ker, William Wallace ~ok, Bulkeley Booth, and others; and ems by Douglas8Sladen, Adelia Beard, d William F. Enrbank. THE ASYLUM INVESTIGATION. The Legislative Committee of Inqnlry B!amed the Officers and the Board of Visitors for Innumerable Short condags. The investigating committee of in quiry into tie affairs of the Lunatic Asylam has made a report of its work in general terms to Governor Tlllman; of which the following is a copy: CoLUIarA, March 31, 1891. To His Excelleucy B. R. Tillman Governor: At the last sessson of the Legislature a committee, of which the undersigne& A are members, was appointed by con-. current reso'ution with power and in structious to make inquiry into and re port to the Legislature the condition of the Lunatic Asylum. This committee has performed its duties so far as practi cable at this time and we deem it both a courtesy and a duty to transmit here. with to your Excellency an outline et the manner in which tbe work assigaed has been done, together with the results in a general form. 1. We invite the Governor of the State to attend the sessions of the com mittee, recogizing in him the highest constitutional authority in all matters affecting the well-being, direction and control of this institution. 2. As the time in which the inquiry was to be made was limited, -we asked his Excellency to employ a stenogra pher, having in view also the further - consideration that our findings or ree ommendations should be based upon a full hearing, which has been obtained and which is now a matter of record with the committee. 3. It was the desire of the committee that its investigation should in no sense be open to the construction of an ex parte proceeding, this fact being im pressed at and during the examina tions. We therefore examined, under oath, all those concerned in the man agement of the institution and those whose duties are directed by such ma agement with an eye at all times to their official and personal responsibility to the wards of the State. 4. The scope of our investigation in cludes in general terms: First. The duties of the superior offf cers and the manner in which these duties were discharged, basing our coa clusions on the rules and regulations governing such officers, their own evi dence and the evidence of attendabits and employees, present and past, at the Asylum. Second. As to the internal economy of the institutiLn and all its auxiliaries intended to contribute to its mainten ance. Third. The relations of the number of officers-and attendants to the results accomplished, with special reference to the equitable distribution of work and compensation. Fourth. The expenses of the various departments as obtained from the car rent accounts and from oral testimony Fifth. The efficiency and value toti State of the methods now practiced at the Asylum as compared with inmn agement of rigid economy and regard for a development of its ways ind means of self-support. 5. In order to deal intelligently with these grave questions, it was necessary to take a great ma of testimony, the deponents in all cases from their con nection with the institution being f miliar in varying degrees with the sub jects under discussion. 6. After a most thorough examina tion we find that the inmates or pa tients, so far as we can learn, are treated .b.ameue -bA~ attendants it a sympathetic consLeA Ln AOr . unfortunate condition. We have in vestigated several cases of cruelties : from patient to patient and several cases of vioient deplorable deaths, but these misfortunes are not, in our judg mcnt, chargeable to dereliction of duty on the part of the attendants. .7. We find that there is agreat di versity of opinion among the attehdants and other emzployees as to the quality and suitableness of the food provided for the inmates and for attendants and - employees. There is a great deal of testimony, especially iu the male de partment, going to show that objec-~ tionable meats are often served, and that there are other articles of food which are not such as might be ex pected, considering the liberal appro priations made by the Legislature for the proper maintenance of the Asylum 8. We find that reprehensible latitude of conduct and absolute freedom from restraint have been permitted to .pa tients considered by their keepers and attendants as violent, dangerous and murderously inclined, which condition I of things has resulted directly in the death of patients and the unnecessary mal-treatmeht of others. These trag edies, we find, were precipitated by - remissness or lack of judgment after - due notine to the proper authorities. 9. We find, as growing out of the facts as related by the witnesses and from the preceding paragraph, that . there has been gross negligence on the part of the officers immediately in charge of the Asylum. 10. We find that the board of regents has failed to discharge its duties in sev- J eral important particulars, and that the preponderance of evidence further shows that the visits of the board havre not been regular or frequent as requ""d by their own laws, and that win -a - visits were made the examina it.. s re quired of the :egents were imperfectly ->erformed in some instances, and in other instances that there was no ex amination of certain wards, to which, from the nature of their inmates, their attention should most particularly have been directed. 11. We find an incomprehensible in equality as to tbe compensation and labor of many of the attendants and employees holding responsible posi tions. 12. We had strong evidence of waste, mismanagement, and ignorance or dia regard of its value, on the Asylum farm, the system of work there and-Its management needing an absolute revo Ilution. 13. There are several other matters relating to our work which can best be - understo.od by reference to the testi monly. 14.~ We were off'ered every facility by the superintendenit and other officers of the Asylum in the prosecution of the investigation, for which we express our acknowledget.?ents. T. J. Strait, M. D., Senator. H. P. Goodw:n, H. R. Committee Ilvestigation Lunstic Asylum. _______ Left Out Entirely. [From the Clothier and Furnisher.] Dashaway--I stood on the corner for five mints debatin'g whether I should I buy a bunch of roses for Miss Peterkin or a necktie for myself, when Travers came along and said he had bought her the roses. Clevertoc-So you got the neektie? Dashaway-No, I had to lend the - money to 'rravers -