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a.?*?? Si arlihislfltt VOL. XVI. NC 20. DARLINGTON, S. C., THURSDAY, MAY 15. 1890. XiOO-A-H. ITElvTS. Messks. G. B. Moore, J. H. | fifty yards south of the resi- —Corn and cotton stands are Hicks and J. W. Blackwell, left dence of Mr. W. B. Hoole, to 1 not up to an average. The frost Mb. C. W. Hewitt has gone to j last week for Fort Worth, Tex- j Main Street, near the Masonic on the 7th and 8th. with cool Hillsboro Texas, on a short hu- ] as, where they are to attend the | Temple, on the land upon which winds, have retarded the grow- siness trip. Southern Baptist Convention, the former residence of H. W. ing crops. E. P. Lide met with a Mr. Henry M. Smith also took Boyd, Esq., was located. The week, in advantage of the reduced rates! depot will be placed here. From —It is generally to make a visit to the West. 1 thence the line runs westward ~ van. Owing to the absence of Rev. along Washington Street until Old papers, sui < 1 J Mr. Moore, there were no servi- Pine Street is reached and from ping purposes, for nr;,-M, ces * n the Baptist Church on!there a southwesterly course is Darlington News office; price j Sim(lav laRt _ b F ut he Mb. painful accident last which his leg was broken. suitable for \ for sale at The —Messrs. W. A. Parrott and N. L. Harrell were in this sec tion last Sundav. —Messrs. J. F. Rhineheart and L. G. Watford made a brief conc<»ded in ^ r *P t° Florence on Saturday, this section that the ravages of cholera and mites among cnick- ens are unprecedented. , Sundav last, but ho expects to taken, crossing Lee and Jack- nunaieu. ‘ ~ ni i twenty-five cents a nunuicu. return in time for his duties 1 son Streets. The Cheraw and The machinery for the Can-j nex t g un( j a y Darlington Railroad is cross- ning Factory has arrived and , T , „ , ed just below the switch, run- womi will be begun upon the One of Capt. B. R. Tillman s n i n g to the Ginning, Milling erection of the plant next week — I —Mr. James Hill lost a valua ble mule last Friday morning ; —The annual town election passed off tmietly last Tuesday. Hon. J. O. Byrd was elected In- tendent as he had no opposition. Messrs. H. L. Morris, K. McLen don, JohnMcSween J. W. Pond, G. C. McEachern and Abram —The weather is very fine at | Brown were run for wardens, resent though rather warm. The four latter named being the ” e thermometer registered 83 nominfees of the citizens were degrees on Sunday. I elected and installed into office _ , The infant child of Mr. Jas. " odnesday some persons thought the syrup- Andrews has been very low for toms indicated hydrophobia. 1 the past week, but we are glad —Some of our fanners are I be able to report that, under Rev W A. Guerry will preach the that the mothers of . r 1 , Vn - r>v.oT^i rm Sun. °ur land make use of his name eight o ciock. have his enemies painted him. The Darlington Guards will \\r e know nothing about that, have their first drill in their bu t h WO uld seem that the fond handsome new armory, adjoin- mothers aforesaid could use ing the office of The Tvews, on t 0 advantage, for the purpose Monday night. named, a picture of Capt. Till- Judge C. P. Dargan’s name ma n published by one of the was recorded among the arriv- Charleston dailies on Monday als at the National Hotel, last. Our contemporary doubt- Charleston, during the past less intsnded it as a compli- wee k. ment, but we fear the Mb A R. Cook, of the Boston would not have recognized him- Blower Co., has just completed self except for the superscript- the erection of a lumber drying ion beneath the picture, apparatus for the Darlington . - T^TT „ , Planing Mill Co. “Nothing but I he flirts ill h dlroad. thebest will do them.” The following changes in the “Another’s Crime,” one of the schedule have just gone into most charming serial stories of effect on the Hartsville Railroad: the day will be begun in the Leave Hartsville 0.45 A. M. ; nPTt issue of The Darlington leave Jovann 7.20 A. M. ; arrive News • subscribe in time to se-: at Floyds 7.45 A. M. In all cure the opening chapters. other respects the schedule is Mb. W. H. Talley has returned imc arrged- greatest jokes on the stump is to p l e ” g ij^ r l aa( | ^y^J-ghoug^Con^ P^biuK" their work, while with tbe skilful treatment of Dr. ALLIANCK NOTES. E any’s works, about 300 yards elow the present depot. The line from this point to La mar is now being surveyed. The course described above will pro Saturday. Young people, you bably be taken by the railroad, are too early ! Just wait until and only slight changes will be June and give the farmers this made on the readjustment of the 1 month to destroy the May crop others their work is pushing i Harrell, it is now improving, them. Your correspondent be- —Prof. C. P. Jones and the longs to the latter class. trustees of Union Academy de- —A pic-nic is booked for next cid * 1 on la »t Friday afternoon that the regular cloidng exer cises of the school would be car ried out at the end of the session. line. Some Postal Statistirs. By direction of the Postmas ter General, Mrs. B. C. Law, the Captain postmistress, kept a record of the postal work done at the Dar lington from Columbia, whither he went some weeks ago for rest and re cuperation. His many friends will be gl&d to le&rn that he is much improved. The roof of the frame build- De.ithota Coloml Democrat. John Lee, the colored man who ran the black-smith shop on the Society Hill road near the prem ises of Mr. W. R. Dav ; s, died on Friday morning last of consump- ing on Pearle Street, occupied tion. Lee was a native of Go by Hannah Robinson as a res-jlumbia, and was a life-long taurant, caught on fire Tuesday Democrat. He rendered valua- were ex- ble services to the party in 187G, and in several succeeding cam- g aign years, travelling over the tate for the purpose of address ing the colored people. As a morning. The flames tinguished, however, before the general alarm could be given. In response to a request for contributions for the preserva tion of the graves of the Confed erate soldiers who are buried at Fredricksburg, Vu., a list was carried around to our citizens on Friday last and the sum of $57.75 was collected. Mb. Arthur W. Welling, Sec- retary and Treasurer of the Dar- 0 f Enterprise Hotel lington Planing and Molding pany held last week, the Mill, and Mr. H. J. LaMotte, 1F . , - . General Manager of the same institution, have removed to Darlington with their families. Both of these gentlemen are from Charleston. On Sunday night the depot at Macfarlan’s, on the Cheraw & Darlington Railroad, above Che raw, was robbed and then set on fire. The building was de stroyed together with three of grass. —The readers of The News are to be congratulated upon the liberal reduction in thesubscrip- tion price. May success con tinue to crown your efforts, and your subscriptions be doubled within this year! postoffice, during the week beginning Monday, May _ Miss Clara Croswell, who 5, and endmg Monday, May 12. ) ias | )een attending school at ! The information thus gathered All Healing Springs, N. C., re- will be used m the United States turned home last Friday. That; census, which is to be taken place is a summer resort, and The following is the school doses before the rush this summer. a summary of the report: Num ber of letters mailed 1,978 ; num ber of cards, 285; number of parcels, 338 ; miscellaneous mat ter, 1,078; total, 3,679. The weight of this matter is 130 pounds and 10 ounces and the postage thereon (not including official matter and certain class es of papers, which are sent free) j is $43.34. This is probably a fair average of the amount of mat ter mailed at Darli ngton, though, of course, in the winter time i the work is much heavier than at present. of visitors begins. Miss Cros- i tuning pianos, well was warmly welcomed at Mt. Elon last Sunday by friends, who are rejoiced her pleasant face. SOCIETY HILL. —Mrs. E. P, Cannon has been quite sick for more than a week. —Good stands of cotton on the river as elsewhere, are the rule. —Farmers are getting ready their cradles for cutting oats. —Miss Maggie Carraway has been unable to attend school on account of sickness. —Mr. Leisch, of the firm of J. B. Killough & Co., is in town I' U ESS —Mr. H. J. DuBose’s friends will be glad to learn that he has fully recovered from hi* recent attack of sickness. —Mr. Thomas and Miss Mary many p^llis, of Hartsville, were in to see t own on Monday as guests of j Mrs. M. E. Burn. j —There is a called meeting of the Democratic club for Wed nesday, the 14th inst., to reor ganize and elect officers for the next two years. We were going to brag on —Crops are in fine condition having tomatoes in bloom, but and every farmer is working; wu have been snowed under by Memorial Day Exercises The exercises of Memorial , r ’ u i Day, which were celebrated on i — SZ a , r >^io„ 8 "nThe StaS; Fri ' da >' la3t ' Ma ^ 9th > ?!“ given a position m tue Matei th 10th falling on Saturday, House under the Hampton gov- irenerallv observed ernment, which he retained for ™ S 7 v, „ this year than they have ever a number of years. been before in Darlington. The A New Hotel Mamurempi.t. f own ^11 and the church bells began tolling at half past four At a meeting of the directors i 0 * c i 0c h, at which hour most of Com build ing was rented for the ensuing year, beginning June 4, to Mr. R. W. Parker, of Norfolk, Va., who resided in Darlington for a brief period last season as the | this year with a vim. We hope they will be rewarded with a large yield and good prices this year. —The Charleston World and the Bishopvillel?af//eare among few papers in J the State that side with Tillman and they both are first-class journals, too, you know. Hurrah for the World and the Eaglr. —We are bound to have a railroad and a first class one, too. The surveyors of the Car olina Southern have passed this place on their return trip, from j cotton buyer at Blackwell Bros. ! It is understood that Capt. T. O. s Stewart, the present lessee, did not desire to renew his lease un der the terms offered by the board of directors. His plans for the future are not yet set tled, but we trust that he will the stores were closed. An un usually large crowd gathered at the Baptist Church for the open- 1 Cheraw to Sumter, and they say mg services, which consisted of! the road is a (loa(1 certainty, a prayer by the Rev. John G. Law, and the rendition of two jvery appropriate selections by the choir. The young ladies and little girls, after that form- —The Democratic club will meet at Cypress, on Saturday morning, May 17, at 10 o’clock. Business of importance will be freight cars^and several trucks, i tied, but we trust that The down passenger train, in ; ^ able to arrange to remain consequence, ^ , reached Darling ton four hours late on Monday. The reduction in the price of The Darlington News seems to have met with general appro val. Our thanks are extended to the generous patron who came in to renew his subscription with a two dollar bill in his hand, but finding that the price had been reduced to a dollar, sub- Darlington, where he has a large number of friends. A Liberal Offer. As stated in our last issue, the jrice of The Darlington News ed in procession and marched to j transacted, so all of the old mem- the three church yards, which ! ^ e . rs , are r ? ( l ue8 ^ ed to bear it in were in turn decorated. The mind > and on iand r >rom I d ^ Darlington Guards, under com- th® hour named. mand of Capt. J. K. Mclver, ac- —The farmers say that all ted as escort, and presented a professional and business men in . soldierly appearance. The pro- do not want a farmer for Gover- cession then repaired to the Con- nor, but they are very much federate Monument, where a mistaken ; if they will “trot out” brief address was delivered by a good man like Stackhouse, of Mr. H. T. Thompson. Marion, they will find out wheth- The monument was most ap-1 er he will be supported or not, propriately decorated. At the;but we do not want any Till- - - - . as been reduced to a dollar, or ! top of the shaft was a drooping man i n ours, by clubbing for the Weekly wreath of magnolias, and below pa- were designs in ivy, represent ing a harp, an anchor and a cross, the fourth side of the shaft having a palmetto tree in the marble. On the There is an old saying that “three moves are equal to a fire.” Well, The Darlimgton News has had three moves, but we do not feel at all as if we had been through a fire. In fact we have never before been so well fixed, both as regards quarters and appliances, for running a first-class paper, so it is probable that we will be found in the Hewitt building for many years to come. cant sum of twenty-five cents, base of^the shaft ^ was a bank of there is no excuse for any one to keep up with the new r s of the day by borrowing a paper from his neighbor. If there ever was a year when every one in the State would want to read the pa pers, 1690 is certainly the one on HARTSVILLE. —Maj. J. L. Coker has com menced the erection of another tenant house on his premises. News and Courier the two pers can be obtained for $1.75 a year. When a man can get his same i county paper for a perio.1 of shaft H oin namJ thre ' ! '"» nth8 ^ ‘h* insignifi- carved time in his O „,»»»+ oilWV +Ti.r>r>fvr_f!\'a sianta baSe of me Biiaiii w sao t* i/unrv va XT Tt T WTr-'t 1 + * roses, from which a garland of ~ Mr - N - D - J - ^nght of cedar and orange was caught in Florence, \v as on «i y sit to rela- loops. Leaning against the front trves at tins plac(y-ecerifly.^ lie of the monument was a large gives a glowing description °f cross of evergreen, on which ^ a ^y ^ ounty. rested a crown of white roses. —Messrs. Coker & Co. are auov, ao ~~ The railing was draped with prepared to saw lumber and accountof the stirring campaign moss, and a heavy garland, the plane the same, by machinery, at which is before us. Remember latter being fastened at each reasonable figures; an inspection that we are to be found in the corner with a boquet of roses ; 0 f their work is solicited, large brick building recently and ribbon grass, while each _ a o-oodlv number of the fair erected by Mr. C. W* Hewitt onJpost was decorated with a pro- . “ iuendancVat the the northeast portion of the fusion of “thequeen of flowers.” . T society on Saturday Public Square. Our offices are | Many beautiful floral offerings ni(rht g hp hnvR Rnntfl wpll The Bennettsville correspon dent of The News and Courier, under date of May 8, says: “The Sumter, Darlington and North ern Railroad to-day concluded negotiations for a ten-acre lot of land, near the terminus of the Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley Railroad, as the most suitable place for the location of its de- J ot. The property belonged to udge Huason and was sold for $2,500.” A colored man, whose name could not be ascertained, was accidentallv shot and killed by a colored lad named Warley Martin, at Mr. W. E. Dargan’s mill, near Effingham, on Tues day last. Martin pointed a load- . ed gun at the aeceased, “for fun”, but the latter, not relish ing the joke, attempted to push the muzzle away from his face, situated up stairs, in the front portion of the building, where we will be glad to see all of our subscribers when they are in town. Any one of them who may have a letter to write or other matter of private business to transact, will be accommoda ted there with a desk, where he will find stationary at hand for that purpose. Come and see us, and tell us the news. were placed on the monument ni 8 h, t 'S,T,); 0 ' v< ‘" and in memory of the dear ones now »* re mud ' a !’P laud< d - at rest. —Rev. Alexander Wilson The ladies of Darlington, and 1 preached a heart searching ser in particular the President of mon on Sunday last at the Meth- the Ladies’ Memorial Associa- odist Church. His text was from tion, Mrs. F. F. Warley, deserve hearty commendation for their never tiring determination to render this annual tribune to our dead soldiers, and they are to be congratulated upon the chaste and beautiful manner in the 11th chapter and 12th verse of Hebrews. “the Judge,” who iseatingsnap beans and lias had ripe toma toes on his vines. —The school children of St. David’s Academy gave a very pleasant and enjoyable pic nic on “Punch* Hill,” on Friday, the 9th inst. A number of invit ed guest enjoyed the occasion. —A kiln of 150,000 brick is being burned at the brick yard. It takes eight days to burn them, and from five to six days to cool them. Mr. Irving Estey, of Bos ton, superintends the burning, which seems to be quite a pur gatorial operation. —R. L. Faulkner, father of ex-postmaster Faulkner, died on Sunday night in the seventy- fifth year of his age. Some 47 years ago he was a drummer at the Citadel Academy, in Char leston, and in that capacity went with the State’s contingent to the Seminole war. He always voted the Democratic ticket, and was very highly thought of by many of the white people. Honorable, upright, polite and sensible, his gowi maimers and character carried him pleasant ly through life. —The Swift Creek Alliance gave a very pleasant pic-nic on the 10th inst., at Flinn’s Cross Roads. There were present quite a number of ladies and invited guests in addition to members of the Alliance. Pres ident Lucas McIntosh, was pres- ant, and delivered an address which will be published in The Darlington News and the Col ton Plant. It will speak for itself; business-like, sensible, moderate and considerate, appealing to the sound judgment and better impulses of our nature, it will tend to moderate excessive zeal in politics, and advance the true interests of our people. Rev. Simpson Jones also entertained, diverted and amused the audi ence on Alliance topics, and his experience in selling cotton. He could always find the market “off,” and could never find it on. Mr. H. C. Burn was also pressed in as a speaker, and gave a retrospective view of the rise and progress of the Alliance, its great underlying principles, its tendency to bind together, to help, educate and bless our peo- SWIFT CREEK, NO. 191. At our first meeting in April, we made an effort to get up more interest in the Order. Saturday, May 10, was assign ed as a day for a public meeting, and our honored County Presi dent. Mr. Lucas McIntosh, who is a live and energetic Alliance man in the true sense of the word, was invited to deliver an address. He claims not to be in any sense a public speaker, but we will enclose his speech, and ask you to publish it if you have the space, so that others can judge whether he can talk to an audience. His remarks, political and otherwise, were so near our sentiments on many points that we were delighted with what he said. Mr. H. C. Burn, of Society Hill Alliance, was also present, and gave us a stirring little speech that was enough to en thuse the most slothful member of the Order. Calls were then made by the audience for Rev. Simpson Jones, our worthy Chaplain, who is the life of Swift Creek Alliance, and who is always ready and willing to promote the interests of the working classes. He gave us a talk that ought to have been heard by more Alliances than ours. Our Chaplain is old in years, but is still youthful in mental powers. APrr the speeches, dinner was prepared by the ladies, a large number of whom were in attendance, which fact, o f course, added considerably to the pleasure of the occasion. The dinner was a fine one, and was much enjoyed by all pres ent. After dinner the Alliance met in their hall, and transacted such business as was brought before it. Thus ended this very happy occasion. [Our correspondent failed to for ward us the Bjicech to which he re fers. It would have afforded us pleas ure to have published it had it been re ceived.—Ed. News.] percent of an average yield. While the acreage in cotton and corn has been very slightly increased, the increase in the quantity of commercial fertili zers used on all crops is unpre cedented. This is attributable: 1. To the lower prices for ferti lizing ingredients. 2. The hea vv grain crop of last year, which in a measure made the farmer independent of the pro vision dealer, and allowed him more money for investment in fertilzers: and 3. The very general desire on the part of the farmers, stimulated to a great extent by the Alliance, for the improvement of their condition, by heavier fertilization, more thorough preparation and cul ture, and generally better agri cultural methods. Disi Th< this cons ail tt Mai We Coffli cheat ton. hear diet Apd Happiness And Contentment. Cannot go hand in hand if we look on the dark side of every little obstacle. Nothing will so darken life and make it a bur den as Dyspepsia. Acker’s Dys pepsia Tablets will cure the worst form of Dyspepsia, Con stipation and Indigestion, and make life a happiness and pleas ure. Sold at 25 and 50 cents by Dr. J. A. Boyd’s 1 A Healthy Growth. Acker’s Blood Elixir has gain ed a firm hold on the American people and is acknowledged to be superior to all other prepara tions. It is a positive cure for all Blood and Skin Diseases. The medical fraternity indorse and prescribe it. Guaranteed and sold by Dr. J. A. Boyd. 1 R< We Can And Do Guarantee Acker’s Blood Elixir for it has been fully demonstra ted to the people of this country that it is superior to all other preparations for blood diseases. It is a positive cure for syphilitic poisoning, Ulcers, Eruptions and Pimples. It purifies the whole system and thoroughly builds up the constitution. 1 A child Killed. Another child killed by the use of opiates given in the form of Soothing syrup. Why mothers give their children such deadly poison is surprising when they can relieve the child of its pecu liar troubles by using Acker’s Baby Soother. It contains no Opium or Morphine. Sold by Dr. J. A. Boyd. 1 The survey of the Carolina, Railroad has been I pie." After the speeches a boun- ated on this occasion. GREEN PLAINS. —The health of our communi ty is very good at present. —Mrs. David Griggs of Ches terfield county, after a long ill ness of two years, died last Fri day morning. She leaves a hus- The Railroad Survey. The line of survey for the Charleston, Sumter and North ern Railroad has been run from Bennettsville to this place. It crosses the Pee Dee River at Roblins’ Neck, and from thence it takes a southwesterly course, passing through Mr. Bright Wil liamson’s place, aiid, as it nears | Darlington, it runs to the rear of ! Mrs. J. Hart’s residence in ! Springville, thence between the I residences of Mrs. H. M. Ervin and E. P. Lide. From thence it passes near the residence on the S lantatioa formerly owned by fen. J. B. Nettles and crosses Black Creek near Hood’s Bridge. Swift Creek is crossed at a point tajken ill on the way to Charles-1 below the house formerly occu- ton, the Tuesday preceding. The pied by William Mclver, just funeral services were held in oeyond the “Two Bridges,” Charleston and the interment I south of the Cashua Ferry road. „ was made in the Presbyterian | The line enters the town limits hands are plentiful. cemetery at this place, on Tues-1 just below Grove Hill cemetery * N day morning, where a large and skirts the edge of the cem-i -nKltwi number ol friends gathered to | etery, passing along Avenue A —We will be glad 7 Southern Raili made through twice, and it is I tiful dinner was richly enjoyed presumed that the last survey by all present. In the evening u- u i will probably reach thisimme- the Alliance club met, after wh'd* the Monument was decor-. diate ' se< . tion . which tha delightful day closed -An old colored man asked I with mutual P leas,lre al1 - our correspondent recently if! • — between ’’from y he knew the difference the various kinds of “gnp which the people of the country were suffering. He said, “Boss, you are aware dar are a diversi fication of people, and diseases follow suit.’ De rich man has 1a * 8 parents. band and four children to mourn j de grippede poor buckra hpr loss. f and de nigger has de T1MM0NSV1LLE —Mr. Jules Kahn spent a few dt ys with us last week. --Mr. Hyman Witcover, of Savannah, Ga., is on a visit to ed with the result above stated. Died, in Charleston, 8. C., Monday, May, 12,189G, Marion, aged eight months, son of Mar ion and Annie Bonnoitt, of Dar lington. The little child was her loss —Garden crops are growing very fast and lengthening out the bill of .fare. Thefruit crops, especially apples, look more promising than they did some | time ago. —After the cool snap we are again enjoying beautiful weath er, and the farmers are pushing I their farm work, cotton chop- r . Langston i did a dwell! is pre dwelling on OATS. —Mr. O. A. Jackson spent last Sunday in Oats. —We had a light frost onej day last week. —Mr. Brantly Melton has a; little child dangerously ill gatl fctny for . nrTrri[Ta ^ w to see an- the 1 of the Darlington Lwid Improve- j other rain this week ; the land* ! ment Company’s property, about are drying rapidly. ing being the order of the day; j _We are for Tillman, “the farmers’ man”, first, last and all the time. —Dr. S. D. Harrell is very busy of late attending his many patients. kept g to -Mr. C. W paring to buil Railroad Street. —Capt. S. C. Green has been in town several days in the in terest of the Equitable Life In surance Company. —Mr. J. W. Ragsdale is now employed by the Southern Ex- ress Company as messenger adesboro and Sum ter. —There will be an Alliance pic-nic at Garner’s mill on Thursday, 15th of May. Sever al prominent speakers will be proMnt; a full turnout of the farmers is expected. .XL Death ot an Estimable Lady. Mrs. Sophia Blacknall Josey, wife of Dr. J. J. Josey, of San Felipe Texas, died of consump tion, on the morning of April 13th. It was our good fortune to have formed the acquaintance of Mrs. Josey. She had few equals and no superiors. A well stored mind, a kind heart, energetic and industrious. She yielded a pronounc 1 influe nce for good upon all with whom she came in contact. Upon her children rest theim- E ress of that best of all earthly lessings, a good Mother. To the sorrowing husband and be reaved children our sympathies go out, in their irreparable loss. —Bishopville Eagle May 1st, ’90. The Crops- The reports of several hundred correspondents of the depart ment of agriculture, of an aver age date of May 1, show the fol lowing condition of the crops in South Carolina: The cotton acreage is 4 per cent greater than last year and the condition is better. On May 1,90 per cent of the crop had been planted against 85 per cent in an average year. Twelve per cent more commercial ferti lizers were used on cotton than last year, and 27 per cent of the crop was fertilized with home made manures. The increased acreage is attributable to the good prices realized for last year’s crop and the generally better condition of the farm ers. The area in corn has been in creased 1 per cent over last year, and the condition is one per cent better. The stands are excel lent. Sixty per cent of the crop has been fertilized, and four- fifths of this amount with home made manures. The indicated acreage in rice is slightly below that of last year, and the condition is not as good. Until the June crop has been planted, however, it will not be possible to make a close estimate. The area in sugarcane is re ported at 4 per cent greater than fast year, and the condition 100. The acreage in sorghum has been slightly decreased, and the condition is 1 percent lower than for 1889. Notwithstanding the large in crease in tobacco culture in Florence County the area for the State has only been increased 1 per cent. The condition is ex cellent. Wheat has been seriously in* jured by rust and the condition compared to an average crop is 72. The recent rains have im proved the condition of the oat crop, but the ravages of the Hes sian fly and the spring freezes have cut down the crop to 73 Club Meeting. There will be a meeting of the Philadelphia Democratic club, at McCall Branch, at 3 o’clock P. M., Saturday, 17th inst., for the purpose of reorganizing and other important business. Full attendance desired. J. P. Parrott, Sec’ty. > Four Hundred Feet of second-hand H inch Steam Pipe. Apply to |J. H. EARLY. May 1, 80-tf Nl Who Taxi ■ M ■ » Q ■— 1 Q- This firm is for Cash and Cash onlj willing and have no need to tax our to meet the credit losses or to hide th| Spend your cash where way. We are getting very near to all with our CLOSE-CUT We are in NO STAGE THUNDER OR BLAN1 ED POWDER OR EMPTY SI GUNS IN THIS Gj But every counter and shelf are ef as full power as a dynamite. We al Goods. They are arguments that "till defy competition and invite ct whe -e then, come to us and we will every one to come and examine our J pay you even though you do not buy^ THE LEADER OF Very respectfully. Ao Jo B February 27, 1880. *3* F I iistsxju. REPRESENTS TEN OF THE NIKS JN THE 1 Insure* all cIsssm of property, ine the County. Office over DARIJNGI Deeeember 6,1888. imm