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vlw’tV- THE DARLINGTON NEWS._ TUURSDAT, AUGUST 1, 1889. WAODT THOMFSOX, Local Editor. LOGAXj ITEMS. Mb. O. W. Hewitt and family have gone to Waynesville, N. C. The passenger train was delay ed Tuesday night abont three hoars. Thebe is some talk about town of establish ing an electric light plant at this place. Mb. J. J. Eneas, Jr., >» in town. He will remain over lor the Hoi a! Fair. MB. B- J. Lide left Darlington on Saturday for a brief visit to New York and other Northern cities. MB. George D. Brearley, former ly of this County bnt now of Wi sacay, Sumter County, was iu town yesterday. Mb. H. H. Hoggins, the Secre tary of the Experimental Station gt Colombia, baa returned home for the summer. Roman Catholic services were held here by the Rev. Father Wright, of Sullivan’s Island, on Wednesday of last week. BY refeieuce to another column it will be seen that a leward is of fered the finder of a lad.v’s gold watch and chain should the same be returned to this office. Mb. G. O. Mertz, who left Dar’ lingtou in May last for Leipsic, Germany, to visit bis mother, has returned home. He reports bis visit as thoroughly enjoyable. Mb. M. D. Murray, of Orange burg, a recent graduate of the 3outb Carolina University has been elected principal of the school at Timmonsville. Mb. and Mrs. 0. Alexander enter tained a number of tbeir friends handsomely on Tuesday, the oc casion being the celebration of the rite,of Birithmalak upoutheiriufaut son Oscar Albertus. The Clerk of the Court has re ceived the peusion checks for June pnd July, amounting to six dollars for each pensioner. The same cau be had when called for by the proper parties. AT th» meeting of the Darlington Agricultural Society to he held ou the iSth iust., Dr. W. B- Burney, Professor of Chemistry at the South Caroliu* University, and other dis tinguished scientists will make ad dresses appropriate to the occasion. Geobob W. Brown, Esq., left last night for an extended tour throughout the West. He will visit all the large cities of that section and will go aa far as the Pacific slope, visiting on his return the four new States. Acoobdino to ti e previous an nouucemeut the survivors of Com pany E. 6th Regiment 8. 0. V. held tbeir reunion, at the Mineral Spring, ou Thursday. All who were present-had a most delightful time. The Floral Fair to be held to. day is looked forward to with much pleasure. 0-fing to the lact that the crop of fruits and vegetables has been unusually large this year the exhibit will be exceedingly interesting. By reference to tbe proclamation published iu another column, it will be seen that Governor Rich-, ardsou has offered a reward of $100 for the apprehension of Bob Ar thur colored, one of the parties charged with the murder of old pian Joe James. The anuua! Floral Fair Hop will be given this evening in the Opera House. Besides tbe local devotees j)t the wal'.z, many strsng. rs will be present and the eotertaiamet t will be as successful and enjoyable as auy heretofore had. The ’'Cantata” the outline of which was given iu The News ol last week was bad last night at the Opera House. There was a good attendance and tbe programme was most successfully carried out. A full desciiption of the cutertaiu- ment will be given next week. The Superintendent of Educa tion has appointed Mr. D. L. Lew is, of Timmonsville, to a scholar ship at the Nashville Normal Col lege. Mr. Lewis is a brother of Mr. Walter D. Lewis of this place, and the scholarship was awarded him through a competitive exam ination. The Racket Store is certainly to the front It gives the public great inducements in tbe way of prices and at the same time fur nishes satisfactory goods. How it manages to do this can readily be seen by reference to its announce meat which appears elsewhere. Head what it offers aud we pre dict that you will surely invest. Feabs are entertained of a fresh at from the river. At Cberaw ou Sunday tbe Pee Dee had risen thirty-onefect and four inches above low water mark, making tbe rise two teet higher than at the freshet three weeks ego. The recent heavy rains have added a great volame to tbe already swollen water*. On The Diamond. Baseball racket promises to lie lively for the next week or so. The Oberaw Olnb and the home team will meet each other on tbe diamoad field at the Darlington Park this afternoon at 4 o’clock ft will undoubtedly bo a good game. Bat probably tbe finest games to be had this season will be on Angnst 6th and 7th, when Columbia will play Darlington at this place. It was anuonneed in tbe last issne of The News that these games would probably be played, but now that all the neces sary arrangeneuts have been made, barring any accidents, the games will positively be played. The Midgets of Columbia claim to bo the champions of the State and when they oppose Pariingtou’s “crack” team the i- 0 r of war will surely come. Rebuilding The Bridges Four of the most imi>ortHtit high ways leading to D.trliugton are completely shut off by the rise in Black Creek which swept, away the bridges nt various points. In the meantime the public are experienc ing the most serious inconvenience, so it is to be 1 op d that she County Commissioners will meet ns soon as possible and proceed to remedy the evil. Under the law proper adver tisement could be m .dc and tbe coutract awarded in ten days time, so that if the water will only fall sufficiently to admit of the work being proceeded with, ihe new bridges can be completed in n few weeks. We look to the commis sioner* for the very promptest ac tion iu our sore dilemma. Lvdia; B. B. William B. *1. J. 1 ugi a- Gratted School Matters. A very in:| oitant meeting of the trustees of the Graded Schools was held ou Saturday. Mr. W. P. Few of Griei’s Station, Spartan burg County, S. C., was elected principal of the school tor whites aud Mrs. Elmira B. Nixon, col"r<*d, was chosen a teacher iu the school lor colored pupils. Only one vacau cy now remains in the corps of instructors and that is 'be position of teacher in the colored school. The contract for the new building lor the colored pupils has bet-u awarded to Sam Keith. The build ing will be very fine, located on the same lot as the preset t school house and will cost $2,000. Noth ingdefinite has been done, as yet, towards repairing the school build ing for white pupils. it is im portant to uotice that the session of these schools wid begin on the last day of September. be of great benefit to the farming interest of the South. All the rail roads have agreed to give special ra’es equal to almost 4 cents per mile for the round trip. The d le gates are appointed by the Vice Presidents tor each State. Col. E. R. Mclver is the Vice-President of the association for South Canlina. Delegates—James Manning, Lit tie Rock; E. M. Williamson, Dar lington; F. M. Rogers, Jr., Flor ence; C. F. Moore, Bmineltgviile; E. N. Plowdeti, Foiestou. Alter- natiS—T. W. Beaty, Port Hariel- snu : J. C. Clements, McWkite, Bostick’s; Drake, BenneUev.lle; bam, Manning. The Corn Contest. As is well kno • a to our tenders, Messrs J. A. Smoot, 1). M. Smoot aud It. il. Rodgers are all engaged in the contest for the premium I ivniA which has been < ff'ered for the! LYIHA. largest yield of corn ou auy one, —Mis-e-N*Jlie Parrott ami Ella acre iu the United States These Kt .g, ol Hun-nee, are visiting Mrs. gentlemen have cho-en their plats Dr. Wallace. These young ladies in c!o*e proximit\ to each other, j «"* K'ea 1 favorites at. Lydia aud all being included within th erca ; Ur. Wal acc willdoubtlessfill many of a mile, aud are situated ab ut pre-criptions lor heart trouble two miles south of Dai lingtou. ! among the young men. Too much cau not be said abou* the j _Ti,,. rt , XV ere protracted services at Mt. Ea-u Church last week, com mencing Sunday moiuing and con- , , ti uing until Thursday. The pas- yield promises to be by mr the ; tul . W as assisted by Rev. J no. A. heaviest which has ever been made linmsoii, who did most of the m Soil’ll Carolina. Me.-sis. Rogers pleaching. Mr. Brunson is aa earn iii.d I). M. bmooluau! planted tu c . stj llll p rt , ss j Ve , t ai ,j a j > j w sneaker ; douole ioas, il.eie beluga distance j i, 18 serinous were heard with mark- ot five lo- t between each pa r of I rows, r lid each ol their aeus uow contains no less than 20.(100 stalks. Mr. J. A. Smoot has planted iu sin CARTERS?1LLK. —Sr. Paul’s Church, near this place, is Ik ing repaired. —The weather is quite rainy aud it seems as if farmers will not, get tbeir work doue soou. — Mose Harrell, Jr., the newly appointed postmaster at Timmons ville, is under indictment for shoot ing a colored mau named William Steward. —In our letter of last week a very bad mistake occurred. It was a little daughter of Mrs. Martha Diayton that died and not Mrs. j Maitiia Drayton herself. I —Crops are growing finely, aud | if seasons hold out a few more ; weeks there will be a good crop of everything, except cotton, that was planted ou light soil. character of soil selected f>r the experiments ; it is simply beautiful, and from the pres-u. prospect the The Accident to Rev. J. G. Law Rev. John G. Law accompaniud Rev. J. E. Fogartie to Bethel Church, Sunday, July 14lh, and preached for b m at 11 a. in. iu the afteruoou they were returning, and wheu near Mr. Ed. Boyd’s tbe horse shied aud threw Rev. Mr. Law out of the road cart iu which they were riding. He fell ou his head aud left shoulder. The fall was so se vere that it fractured the collar bone and he was uucon-cions f >r seveial hours. He was earned to the house of Mr Boyd, wln-ie he was attended by Dr. Brainlett, un til Monday morning, when he was sufficiently recovered to be brought to Gen. KrvinV. We arc pleased to learn he is much improved, thefrac ture of the collar boue being the most serious injury. — Walhalla Courier. The Latest trom ‘‘Honest John Waua- maker.” Oh July 25, R. S. Stanley, color ed‘was appoinu d postmu-ter at Dovesviile to succeed Mr. J. (J. Dove. The new appoiu ee, who is about twenty live years of age, i* represented to be an inoffensive colored man. As the < ompeiisatiou attached to the office is small, be ing only about $18 a month, we have no duub( that Stanley will also be made local agent tor Wan amaker & Brown, clothiers, as ha- been the case with new p< srmasters elsewhere, and in this way he may be able to supplement his salary con siderably. That is all right Mr. Wa’ amaker ! Use the government service topromoteyourown business concerns. You are but billowing the idea now so prevalent that the government is subservient to pei- soual aud party iuterests and is uo longer “of the jieople, for the people aud by the people. The Ravages of the Storm. A very graphic description of the severity of tbe recent storm, a* affecting the Leaveusworth vicinity, will be found iu the letter of the Dovesviile correspondent of The News It will bo seen that the destruction wrought by the rush ing torrents was most severe iu that immediate section. The storm was geueral throughout the county aud destruction was everywhere carried before it. Black Creek was higher than it has ever been in the mem ory of mau. At many places where the roads lead to tuo cieek ou each side of the stream, for many yatds, the water was deep enough to swim a horse. Besides the budges mentioned in our cotrespondeul’s letter as being greatly damaged. Lido’s Bridge and Hood’s Bridge were both washed away aud Brun son's Bridge was fioated but not entirely torn from its position. Fields were also flooded and iu s«me places cottou two teet high was entirely submerged. The storm and its eftects were unpre cedented iu these parts- Inter-State Farmers Convention- The following is a list ot delegates aud alternates from the Sixth Con gressional District to the Inter- State Farmers’ Association which meets this year iu Montgomery, Ala., ou tbe 20th August. Tais is the third auuual meeting of the as sociation which is composed of live delegates trom each Congression al District iu the cotton producing States. It will be a large aud iu- beres’.ing meeting aud wilt uo doubt g’e rows, four teet apart, and has 18,000 t-talaa. I( is thought, how ever, that by a slight superiority iu quality ever tbe crops of the two otlur competitors, he makes full amends tor having the smaller quantity, The corn growing on all 1 hree places, while not uuu>*ually ta'l, i* remarkably thick, and the hist impression one recetV' S is that of wonder that growth is possible where the Htalks are so densely peeked together. They are ail sturdy and heartydouking, how ever, aud as they each contain from one to four heautilul “silks,” it is fair to presume, that, with this re- ruarkable soil, whose fullest capac iry has never yet been ganged, t lie re will be at least 36,000 ears to every 18,000 stalks. As the ears are rather ai der size, it would lie perfectly reasonable to estimate that there will be 175 to a bushel; from which it will be seen that each acre will produce cousiderably over 200 bushels. The famous > ield of Dr. Parker, near Columbia, the largest ever made iu the State was, it will be remembered, about 202 bushels. Our thiue enterprising far mers instead of irrigating by means ot pumps, as is uoue by most of the others who are competing, have cut a canal through their laud, by me ins of which ilia water is turned ou at will, and is so arranged that it does not n.-e above the roots. It ih owing to this superior method, and to tbe remarkably fine quality of tbe soil chosen, that the corn lias arrived at such a wonderful stage oi development, and trom ihepieseut outlook it is by no means unreasonable to believe that Darliug’ou will carry rff tlie pro The result will he watched ; deepest interest. maim, with l!. Unclaimed Letters The following is the list of un claimed letters remaining iu the postoffice at Darliugtou for the week ending Saturday, Juiy 27, 1889. Persons e dling for their, will please mention the fact that they were advertised: men's list. Charles Ande son, R. E. Craig, John B. Farth, J E. Ueu)et>, A. S. Henderson, F. E. McDonald, Sher man Malachi, Jobu Proctor, Dans iel Williams. women’s list. Alice Coleman 2. H. L. Davis, Emma Jones, Mary J. M. White. FLOREKCR. J i>»-Tbe Florence colored flre^oins pany was testing its engine Muni day evening, anti while going back to the engine bouse at a lively rate, the icel ran over a negro boy, aged about ton, inflicting a severe wound upon his bc-dy. —Tbe Firemen’s Tournament of last week was indeed a “red lettei” day for Florence. Everybody was bappy and iu good humor. Euough lias been already said by the pa pers, so we will not attempt to add anything more, only that the prizes voted to tbe most popular was as follows: Mrs C. I). Bristow, most popular married lady received a china t^a set; Mi*a Maggie Hatch- ell, most popular young lady, re ceived a gold ring; Capt. .McJuu- kiu, of the Independent Company of Columbia, received the liiemeu’s medal; Mr. Willie Wilkins, of the Hope company ot Florence, receiv ed the gold charm. —A colored mau employ ed on oue of the freight trains was badly mashed Monday morning while coupling the cars. He (lied from the effects during the night. The coroner was notified aud he preced ed to hold au inquest which proved a failure; the colored men ou the jury refused to agree because the railroad compaQy could not be held responsible lor the accident. An other negro employed iu the capac ity as coupler got bis foot mashed ou Tuesday morning. The accident was due to his foolhardiness, be cause be had signaled the eugine to move before he was ready lor it. In attemptiui! to stamp or kick the piu iuto position his loot was caught between the bumpers. If this fel low dick the jury will uo doubt try to mal o the company responsible. cd attention by largecougregaiions whose interest iucrcaseff as the meeting piogressed. Five persons n:.tde application for membership and were baptized on Sunday. We congratulate Mr. Petty, the pastor, ou the success which attended his iauora, as the meeting was altogeth er a pleasant one, aud profitable to the cause lor which he works. CYPRESS- —Cypress has given to the world about one duzou book agents this summer. —Mr. G. U. McKee, of Lydia, was in town last w»ek reprcseuta'.iug the Equitable Lite Insurance Com pany ol N« w York. Ho reports good business iu his liue. —Mr. Gilem P, King steps for ward this week with two China cling peaches weighing together 24 ounces. We must invite Mr. J. H. Huggins to fry bis baud again iu the peach question. —Our little village being located in the finest, cottou section ot the county we think (hat a good cottou buyer would do well to locate at this place this tall, where he cau handle the staple lively. —Mr, J. C. Howell has opeued a blacksmith busiuess at this place and invites his frieuds to cal) on him when in want of anything in his line a* bo guarantees satisfac- tiou. —Crops have improved very mucii since the recent heavy rains. Oue of our “crack” farmers said the other day that he would make two bales per acre this year—oue of Cotton aud one of hay. —The farmers have about finish ed laying by their crop-*. Mr. Ed. Parnell has six acre- ol the best cottou that we have seen this year on which lie only used Hit) pounds ot kuiuit per acte. CLYDE- —The general health ol our com munity is very good. —Mr. John Calhoun Parnell is ou a visit to his father. He spent a few days with his friends. —Mr. Willie Thomas and family of Lydia, paid us a Hying visit on the 27th ult. — On Thursday, the 25th inst., we bad the heaviest rain that has fallen tor yea's aud it is st ll rain ing occasionally aud the fields are so wet that it is impossible to plow at all. —A protracted meeting com menced at Gum Branch ou the 28th ult., aud will most likely continue all the week. We hope that it may be a gracious meeting and muuy souls be brought to Christ. —Ou the 27th ult, while going to a pic-uic, Jack Thompson fell from his wagon aud had his foot caught between the bolster aud tbe xie tree, the wheel passing over him. He was painfully hurt though uot seriously. —On the 23rd ult., B’ rrell Bosey, sou ol IL B. Hall, wlnle standing near the edge of the piazza leaning against a chair, went to sleep and felt fiom the piazza, striking his head cn the tloor and trom thence he fell to the ground striking a root, Tbe fall was a fatal oue and the little fellow died ou the 27th ult., aged about lour years. —We enjoyed one of the mof-t pleasant pic uics ou the 27th ult., at. Prospect Church that has ever been at that place It was given by tbe Sunday school and the Alii- auce. Several >peeclies were made aud a Sunday-school address was .delivered by Rev. J. E. Rushtou aud Messrs. M. Shaw aud Johu Blackwell. Au 4!liauce address by Mr. Edgeworth, of Fliut Hill, was very flue The Sunday-school children also made recitations. AhliLAMD. —We have peaches aud water melons in abundance.. —The wild mau has proven to be a seedy tramp. Perhaps some good has been accomplished by this “scare” as the negro women have been stopped from walking the road so frequently. —A pi o’racted meeting com menced at Gum Branch Onurch last Sum ay. Rev. J. A. Brans n as sisted in the meeting. —Some weeks ago a mulatto “African Methodist” preacher came from Kershaw (’ounty for the pur pose of organizing a church iu this section. He has been loafing around here for some time and recently it wa*ascertained that he was hold ing secret meetings at. eight and teaching them that they could not work so hant and at tbe same time serve the Lord a« they ought to. Ho taught them furthermore to strive for education, because the educated mau is filling ins pockets aud the aegro is cheated out of his work. As soou as this was fouud out a few of our most piomineiit citizens went to see him an I preach-, ed him a short sermon ot adinoui- : M. On-sswell,by hard work, sav tion. The sermon, thou.h short! ^ 3 ,U1 H» but su>ta ucd a huiidred and frieudlv. coavinced him that it! *°nt b:cak on th oppo.-i e on • o in tact, and carried on by the msii lug torreit's it broke inrongh the swamp trees and lodgi d abofft Two bundled yards down stream. The grist mi l aituated beside the gin house and containing about one hundred bushels of earn was mirac ulously left standing isolated ami alone, thougn there «vih a big break on either side of it. Th** waste way at the opposite end of me dam re- maina, although there was a big washout on one side ol b. About half the dam, leng'hwise ou lh< low< r side was excavated and aa>h ed away by baekwatvi, 1.living only a narrow strip of dam. on the pond ride. Au eye witness t-ays “Tie waves rushid down in successive roils about five feet high.” A rough estimate places the damages at about two ihou-aud dollcs. —There wag a meeting of th A . It iiioeon S..tnrday. at which il.‘ rirtqret m topping cot to i w .> | d,- discuss* d, ami an intetesMi.g ac count ot the proceeding* ol thw State Alliance was giy t -n by Prod- dent E. E Evay*. More of thecot- ion bagging was oidei^d. Beanti. lul specimens of peaeb' g and granea were exhibited |»y M*j», and a 45 p niu-l melon, delicious jn Havoc, by .Mr. Allied White. >een qnii^ 1 OUllf pete number of would be best for him to hunt some morp congenial clime, hence he was immediately seen wending his way back to Kershaw County. OATS- —The buzz of roiyd carts can be heard here now at any hour. —The protracted meeting will begin at Wesley Chapel ou tne first Sunday iu August. — Mr. B. Folds says that he has peaches that are eleven iucncs around, Cotton crops are said to he some** whai injured iu low places by the constant rains. Corn is good —Mosquitoes and worthless dogs aie very numerous in this section Gold weat her and lead is tuo on y remedy to be had. —IL-v. Mr. McCain prescind one of the most forcible senmm* to par- ents oa last Supday we have over heard —Miss Rosa Josey, of llii-i pla ‘e, is spi-odiug s-'ine time m ihe west ern portion of the county with Miss Sallie Croswell. —As it is said the way to makes long man short is to ask him to loud you 50 cents Now we wish to kuow what will make large men small f —We attended the Sunday school Convention at Newman Swamp. The place whs mo crowded on Sat urday that some of the ministers had to sit in buggies outside - —Capt. J. C. Lawson and Hon. J. C. Clements, accompanied by Misses Lizzie Register, Bettie and KoHa Beasley, spent the afternoon with Mrs. C. N. Oats ou the 25th of July. —Mr. Murray Kuotts was driv ing off trom here on last Saturday eveniug when hjs horse became r g- iug and began to kick. This cre ated an excitement but uo serious damage was doue. —Tbe health of Mrs. Nancy Har rell has been very d< licale for some time. Mrs. Harrell is dearly be loved among her many frieuds m this community and it is hoped th at she will soon he restoied to her usual health agtin. — Mr. C. N. Oa’s, being the low. est bi'id*-r, Kecnrcd the contract lor budding tne budge over Boggy Gully at thi- place, it IS to be bop- e»l that W'* can cross a? that place soon with ) it s uiidiug up ou lh<) buggy scat —Tiie reading Hub has been eus pended until August 2nd, and wc have no pastim**. No pic-nics, uo social gatliei:ugs, uo visitors at present, an I in fact nothing is had to comfort us, excep* the bray ing ot the little gray mule ou loner street, —Messrs. It L Blackman, C. M. Best aud T. E. Muuo, has’ily hitch ing up ou Sunday morning lor church, did not secure the collar ou the hoise and they lost it iu a the d im; damages about $150. Old miller P*nie just d*d save Smith’s mill dam by the skin of Ids teeth, and he’s only got ui»out two -Minders aud three incisors h it. A huR dozen thrusts of the spade fiend ut the critical (nooiunV wa.-u'd have accomplished u complete wreck. The budge on Black Gieek near Leaveusworth, is badly t >\ ist ed, h it obi que and impass ible, though one cn I still cl ims to th-- bank. The bridge near the chinch having out iTu Tie full force ol tin- ini’d pond water, in ad lition to t*.e Hood in the creek, was completely demolished and swept out of sight. The railroad culvert over horse bruich had about toui feet ol its abuttmeul washH away, nocessita ting repairs bet it* the freight train could pass, aud it is feared that the trestle will be undermined. The whole country from here to dies- teifield is 11 roded and the roads cut in gullies with road aud iarin brid ges wash d away. —We had tbe pleasure of attend mg (ho animal Sunday School pic nic at Swift Creek o.i Thursday last aud although we arrived on the ground early, we found already gatheied, as we thought, a good size pio-uio party, but vehicles con tinued to peur in from t-veiy direc tion until noon when tlieie must have been, at least six hundred souls assembled to participate iu, what proved to be, one ol the most oidcrly, best mau aged and enjoy as Me occasions ot the kind it has ever been our happy privilege to atteud Not having been there in about eighteen years we were agreeably struck with the wonderful improve- meat on every baud; the handsome new church, with a svatiug capaci ty of eight hundred, the beautiful and well kept grounds, with au air of iMuceand plenty pervading eyery thing around, all, evidently show-' ing i hat the congregation, w hich is a largo <>ue, is progressive, thrifty , happy, an I ‘'outeuted. Tliey love their pas m, Rev. J. L. Vasa, (who is certainly the right man iu the right place) above all men, w hich ieeling is luliy reciprocated ou his part and which mutual love and repoct is doubtless the groat secret rf bis wonderful work aud iufiu once in church and community. The little children soon betook them selves to the swings, firing horses and other d*'vices that had been thoughtfully prepared for their j a'nu-i.-m.'ip, while I an oder growth the en ldren of assembled in i group- ! .o iln-eu.-* the various top- i»’.s of die day, o; vied with e ch oth* ;• iu i ntert duing their numerous guests. At th- usual hour, aft* r appropriate ieuiar«s by the pastor amt a blest.ug from the Rev. B F. Parrott, dinner wma an- ucuuced by a 1 being picas mtlv and < “.rncstlj invited to drivv u*-ai and < ai their fill, which hnt liable ptmiu rod was quietly and most willingly obey d to the l tter. Th*- long table’, groaning under a su perabundineo of the rarest and most delicious viands tho smsoii affords, were gradually relieved ol . „ , ... . , their bui then, still leaving enough short distance from this place. Ih'T | j,, Wn .,. t 8 tor a second feast. A few hours later melons weie served, did not discover their loss uutil near the church, ^ the milk white “steed” was pi adding along as if he had been worked iu like man ner fer lo ! thesp tuauy years. —On Friday morning, the 26tb inst, a party consisting of U. Pip kin, James Register, II. B. Stuckey and Eli Register went to search lor the mysterious animal that has been destroying young clrckeus. Quite a number ot hounds were put iu pursuit aud e ch boy earned a gun. The au mal was started and chased around iu the swamp, with tbe sound of the dogs and the y ells ot the boys. Tno animal then made its appearance on the hillside aud all took a shot at it, but did uot succeed iu unking the shot tatal Then another round was given by the dogs, the boys again fired aud killed it. On close inspection the animal w as found to he a house eat, jet black with a white spot on its head This is undoubtedly the ani mal that gave the young man such a fright a lew Sunday nights ago. He must a»iy ‘berat” next time be fore hollowing. J DOVESVILLE. —Rev. O. L. Dowell has been kindly giauted a leave ot absence to visit bis foiuier homo iu North Carolina. —Ou Thursday night, after a fearful rain and thunderstorm, a flood, oq tjie Oonemaugb Valley style, came uisbiug down Seed Tick Greek and struck tbe mill dam of Messrs. J. P. Wilson k Oo. with such terrific force as to break it at three places, notwithstanding the wasteway bad been opeued to its fullest capacity aud the pond drawn oft two feet be ow a head. Tbe giu house, asttb»tantial'‘buddiug with brick bast incut, fas couiplet* l> wrecked, the tool alouo toiuaiuio^ w hile iced lemonade flowed like a river. Two hours by sun Hi old folks began to disperse towards their respective homes, wlnle the young folk, paired oft' in slndy places, were earnestly rehearsing the old, old story. Thus we lelt them, and as we reluctantly depart ed on our komcwnid journey wo were forced to the conclusion ibnt Swift Greek i-* the moat prosperous, happy ami contented community in the State. SOCIETY HILL. —Mr. David R. Coker has been visiting friends here lor several day s. —Mr. Williams Mclver returned from Cli iiles’ou ou Saturday ui^bt. Me a.t«-d us umpire iu the recent game of b iso ball. — Piof. Bowles camo homo on the 25H) ult., aud is ablo to be up and to walk about. He expects to at tend to his busiuess soon. No bques w- re broken in his tall. — Mi-s*s M. O. and J. O. Mclu tosh aud Miss EmmsGoodsou spent a few days with Misses Belle Race aud Susan Bum, but they h-ft all too soou as there was a series of pleasure* iu si pro lor them. —Daring the past Week heavy raius have falleu aud the river (or some days has assumed a threateu ing upiM-arauce, but at thi* writing the wafers are going down. Lite corn ou the very low lauds was covered but beyood ibis we cau hear of no damage. Qu Friday night, the 2^th lust., the factory dam of W. G. and E. T Gukcr was iu danger of breaking from H e great floods of water coming down Cedar Creek aud it uccame m-oes sary to cut tbe bay dam ou the ca ual iu order to save it. — riic past week has an eventful one lo ih<- plc of his place, and a ph-usaut. coitnhy visitors liavep ir- taken of its pm.-sim s. N it with standing the impf-pi ions our yoqug folk detetluined to h ive llo-ir cutei laiumeiif at the hall Mild every tiling was iu r»»u duess ut the appointed hour. A very sri- ct and ' h irmMig n-t.l coco iveie in attend- ii-ce, as ..nr y* nog | em < di 1 u e-< ;t. on .le- qu it of t;> I **o .,j t., ■ ear'i , Tie gall uu young m , , - „ ^ i* wb» :: nl la-ien -ucu j. -ins :-. give ;l oi^ a r ally ph-as. I all C t-lir. i t iuille :r. 1 lie programme wil: indicate the ii.it die ot wbat was provided. In- s:imneiitnl music, “S yrian W | vj’t (bdamation by Mr. ilaitC-ker. “Two Graveschorus, by the Gao Glut), “Sailing;” drill, by .-quad of cu'fets; shaded Indian club per- “41 >1 >■-» k B. McG ill j > by the Glee Club, “Some pantomime, “a progre.ssi e , ouaued I •tm iuoe; dec! imatiou, the Brave,” chorus, D.i> ; by game ; ’ “ ce ics from the lite of an umpire.” The entertainment was a decided success, -dj p Hr | S were well rendered ntid the music and singing was splendid. Our space will not allow us to do justice to ihe young orators who declaimed so eloquently. The audience was agree tidy surprised aud de'igl tcd with 1 heir eflortw. T he Indian club p-Tioimalice was richly enjoyed; the squad drill was also a success. The pantomime, a progressive game, ended with the cards being drop* ped and the young geutleman aqd young ladv uoidiug a full ham! (each other’s hand). The scene was delicious aud iii>on this tbe curtain 1'Tl The sccuh from the lift- of hu umpire was quite titrifling. His was an tinetisy life, be^i-t as it wa* by an angry crowd wi*h drawn bus Tne refresh incuts ware first- class and delightful. —We Int i quite nn eieilioj and tqter- i-aiinx game of base ball oq Mo.-i tty cr«a- Ing, tbe iSidMi iiut. The Midge*! of Cbt- row come down lod bo-J a canted with the Pe<t Deo nine, ot tbie place. The gaa* was very nicely and ekilful'y played oa bolb eiden, and ••• eery evenly and cloud ly contested t hrougboul. Dtrkn<*ii pat'an end to I be oonteet. Si* iunjng* aere play ed and tbe icore stood'9 lo 8 iu faeiir if tb>; borne teem. One rui. was conie«t>-(, so tb*- mobable ecore will be 9 to 7. Tile Midg ts were supposed to be very diuti-iu- live, bui tliey turned up very well grown, and, in time, will be ef very good *ise. A ve*-y large crowd was in attendance, a >d tbe enthuaUam aesmt to have reached alt olawee, a« there v/u» a Xfinepal igro o»;t of oid and young, white and colored. The Biuall boys wefe in tbeir glory, end exer cised themselves in (be air ami on tbo ground lo tbeir hearts content. Great en thusiasm prevailed, the young ladies cbeei • ing the borne team with tbeir hearty »p pla is*, and when tbe contest enird in tbeir favor cheer atti-r ..beer raqt ib air, and among the hundred* oi’ arms and b.'i^ tnro vu up wue those of «' c.iu.ill .mu wi.o bid tw*: joo i aui uig the victor* ; ii w be did rej*{o. nod split the air, mu i g a icieefhi, .arg - lul.u.u d bat. The ;,’ t - raw tioys play'd *iroiu ly ar.i] w.• 11 ( won uduiiruiii.n by their pl*i-.-k rin| a - i’i. Is-liiraM. Thov were at n diiadv..*tta .< applause fro u tba c-nv I -• u qg,i ii i .e.u, but luey cai-.-i'ed tli«mseU*s lqii.il, ua I well. At ut;bl lb-: 1‘oe Dee a enjoyed' tu tbe futi ex.rut iue freedom of ibolow’i. Uupt. Drake’s Corn. The folio win.: letter from Mr .f.G. Moodyappi-arcd iu t he Marion tit i/. It is descriptive ot tne ptvm.iim corn of C.»pt. Drake, ot .Marino o • ounty: “As per promise, I will give yua a brief sketch of my trip to tec Capt. Drake’s pn miutu cam. I left on Friday moiu ug, au lompanied hy Mr. Douglas Meiiiiyre, going by Lutia, through tin Fr e S'ates ucigliburhoad, SHiirk an 1 Bleu- hriiu. re^ulfiug Gapt Drake’s ou Satuulay about ten q'clack. The crops ou this route were hot as good as .ro expected to find the n. Goitou as a rule is vtiy small, aud has a yellow cast. We make some excep tions, for we did see some flue fieldif ot cottou. Guru, we thmk is very good, much anove an average. Now ioC*pt. Drake’.-! prem>uin corn. Iu- dt-td it is < f a premium type, and lhat he siiould and will get the premium we don’t doubt, and we as a competitor, havoc-roe* (ltd that to him. We hope that he will get it. His corn is .strict!» superb (: ur excellence) beyond ad o inceptions. vVe nave doubt*d 20U otisheii; corn ever being raised ou au acre et laud, but we doubt no more. “After the o o-e t rvation. wo would hesitate to make attest mate., but will give an estimate made ».y two g* utli‘tii*'ii of undoubted verac ity and judgment. Tncse gentle men stepped off so many feet,coun ted the stalks aud ears on said plat, and calculated the whole riatofroiu Thevars generally are of a mammoth six * This calcula- tiou gives 2UU bu-Ucis to tbo’acre. ‘‘This is uot ail, Capt. Drake has planted so us to make i very alter nate row wide, (6 f.-ct) and between this wide row tias another crop planted. Tbe Gaptai i is saiigutuu that this last crop will make as in ch as the first, relatively t which if it should be so will give fi ll) 3(jQ bushels ot corn. Mr. .McIntyre auq 1 coushler these gentlemen?* oa)cq- latiou ; it actios bic, and doubt not the accuracy oi their estimate. We found Capt. Drake to bq oue of the most practicable and' hospitable men lhak we have ever iBei. ss well a« an cutbus.astio farmer. Wv had the pUasme if dn^n; with the Gapt.iin, and then made oar return Dy aooitier toad, finding cottou very poor w ith some taw «£ori>Uou*i hut cyru very good. ' JR