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VOL. XIX, NO. 8. DARLINGTON, S. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1892. WHOLE NUMBER 891. LOCAL LACONICS. MATTERS IN AND AROUND PROS PEROUS DARLINGTON. A Column of News, PersoiuI and Oth erwise, of Interest to Our Many Readers. The time for the payment of State and County taxes expires on Saturday, Mr. C. D. Evans has been ap pointed correspondent of the Columbia State at this place. The town authorities are lev eling the Public Square, thus making a much needed improve ment. Rev. W. A Guerry will con duct services in St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church on Sunday evening next at 7.30 o’clock. Rev. Robert Bradley, of Ker shaw County, conducted ser vices in the Presbyterian church on Sunday morning and even ing last. Judge J. J. Norton will pre side at the approaching term of Court for Darlington County, which will convene on the 29 inst. The registration books were opened in the Court House on Monday. A large number of persons registered, a majority of whom were colored. A meeting of the Darlington bar was held in Messrs Ward & Woods’ office yesterday and the civil docket for the coming term of court was arranged. A meeting of the stockholders of the Darlington Agricultural and Mechanical Fair Company will be held, in the Court House, on Tuesday next, the 23 inst Mr. Mack Herring, Darling ton’s new barber, has rented from Mr. F. E. Norment the stand used until recently by Mrs. Parker as a millinery es tablishment. The next attraction at the opera house will be the “Hi Tom Waters’ Minstrels”, on Monday evening next. Reserv ed seats 75 cents; tickets for sale at Bristow’s bookstore From the Marlboro Democrat we learn that the Charleston, Sumter and Northern Railroad : has recently had “trouble with one of the big cylinders under the bridge at the Pee Dee.” Messrs. W. E. James, J. E. Nettles, Geo. H. McKee, C. ^ Alexander and H. T. Thompson attended the meeting of the Grand Lodge of the Knights of Pythias, in Columbia this week. Eleven prisoners passed over the Cheraw and Darlington Railroad, on Thursday last, en route for the State Penitentiary. They were convicted at the re- cent term of Court for Chester- j field County. 'the aurora borealis, which was visible in every part of the world, on Saturday night last at 8 o’clock, was dis-1 tinctly seen in Darlington. The whole northern sky was of a beautiful deep red hue. At a meeting of Mrs. M. Man ne’s creditors on Monday, Mr.. L. E. Williamson was elected! agent for the creditors and Mes srs R. W. Boyd, J. E. Nettles and W. F. Dargan were selected i as the creditors committee. A petition will be presented to the Town Council asking that the vacant lot on the Square be tween the bookstore and Mes srs Joye & Sanders, be enclosed with a fence, as the present con-1 dition of the lot affords a con stant danger to pedestrians. Mr. B. F. Williamson recently sold some tobacco of select grade in Florence, which has since been resold at 35 cents a pound. Mr. C. B. Edwards has also re cently sold several thousand pounds of the weed, of medium and lower grades, for 10 cents. Another story is being added to the annex in the rear of the Ei - terprise Hotel, now used as the kitchen. The kitchen will be removed to the upper story while the lower floor will be us ;d as a sample room for drummers. The daily papers state that the Governor has offered a re ward of |75 for the capture of George Moody who recently killed Henry Jones near tho town of Darlington. All efforts to arrest Moody have so far been unsuccessful. The people in the Mt. Elon section of the County now have a postoffice of their own. It is called Una and Mr. ?>. R. Gatlin is the postmaster. Subscribers of The News who wish their papers sent hereafter to Una will please notify this office. A mad dog was running amuck on Cashua Street Mon day afternoon, causing some alarm in that section of the town. Chief Dargan shot the dog twice and as it ran down the street it made a dash at a little child but a young lady warded it off. Chief Dargan then shot it for a third time and killed it. A TREAT IN STORE. Prof. C. E. Bolton Will Lecture in the Interest of two Laudable Or ganizations. Prof. C. E. Bolton will appear at the Darlington Guards Armo-1 ry on March 1st and 2nd for the joint benefit of that organiza tion and of the Y. M. C. A. Prof.! Bolton has never been in this section of the State before, but from the “tremendous hit” which he made in Charleston some three or four years ago, it is safe to say that the people of Darlington have an unusual treat in store for them. As the Armony seats only 150 persons, a limitei supply of tickets will be sold, and those who may de sire to attend either or both of the entertainments would do well to call at once at Messrs Edwards, Norment & Co’s, where reserved seats are now on sale without extra charge, and make their engagements in advance. The price of admis sion has been placed at 50 cts., but a special rate of 25 cts will be allowed pupils of the Graded Schools and all children under 12 years of age. The subject of the lecture for March 1st is “Re united Germany and Heroic Louise” while that for March 2nd is, “Lands of the Midnight Sun.” Pof. Bolton’s “Realistic Trav els in Europe” are offered the E eople of Darlington in the firm elief that they will not only furnish them much pleasure and profit, but they will be stimula ted thereby to an increased love of history, travel and art. travels are carefully THE JIRY LIST. THE PANELS DRAWN BY THE JURY COMMISSIONERS. and delivered without notes. They are beautifully illustrated by one thousand brilliant views of European cities, cathedrals, ruins, paintings and statuary. Many of them were taken ex pressly for Prof. Bolton, and many are colored. This choice The Names of Those who will Serve on the Grand Jury for 1892 and on the Petit Jury for the Spring Court. The jury commissioners met on Tuesday and drew the grand jury to serve for the year and the petit juries for the first and second weeks of the approach ing term of Court, which will convene on the 29 inst. The following is the result of the drawing: Grand Jury, J. B. King, J. C. Clements, E. G. Rogers, W. H. Crosswell, Joshua Flowers, C. H. Decker, J. Wiley Blackman, E. H. Red dick, J. J. Lawton, A. B. Dove, Nero Davis (colored), W. A. Dowling, J. P. Mozingo, Jr., H. H. Rhodes, W. M. McIntosh, J. B. Odom, P. S. Carter, 8. K. Jeffords. Petit Jury, First Week. Walter J. DuBose, J. B. Par ker, W. M. King, Sr., J. J. Fields, H. F. King, Smilie Vaughn, H. T. Weaver, John Brunson (colored), J. E. King, I. Lewen- thal, W. F. Chaplin, J.T. Suggs, T. W. Gibson, J. L. Bennett, A. M. Huggins, Ephraim Knotts, The Rodgers, J. N. Galloway, "prepared Y - Scarborough, W. E. Hon. our, Jr., J. L. Edwards, H. L. Lloyd, W. W. Ellis, A. S. Stokes, iG. P. Blackwell, Jas. W. Griggs, S. M Huggins, O. S. Huggins, B. Fields, Sr., E. 0. Parham, | H. F. Lloyd, E. J. Reynolds, H. A. Hancock, Jos. B. Rhodes, J. I A. Andrews, P. H. Rogers. collection was made from two; Petit Jury, Second Week. hundred and fifty thousand Anson McFail, Sr., E. C Rey- views in London, Paris, Vienna, nolds, E. P. Phillips, J. G. New- Berliu and elsewhere in Europe, som, C. E. Carter, J. L. Odom, A large calcium light and five M. W. Harris, G. W. McLeod, hundred square feet of canvas T. W. Privett, 8. J. Bryant, Q. are used. The dissolving ef- A. Jernigan* T. J. Price, E. J. fects are remarkable. The au-! Mims, L. Scarborough, J. N.j dience is taken throughout Eu- Moore, J. C Moore, J. C. Brown, rope (ten thousand miles of real- I. F. Reddick, E. D. Wright, W. istic travel,) visiting capitals, T. Gilbert, E. R. Moore, T. S. palaces, old castles, rich mus- Galloway, J. A. Vaughn, R. H. | eums, art galleries, meeting Boswell, H. J. Nettles, Solomon : A YOUTHFUL CRIMINAL. A Colored Boy Appear* to be an Adept in the Art of Stealing Chickens and Turkeys. On Thursday last Chief Dar gan arrested a colored thief, named Willie Jones. He is fibout seventeen years old, and, while he is quite young in years, he seems by his own con fession, to be an experienced hand in the business. His pre dilection is, as is usual with the colored thief, strongly for fowls. Capt. Dargan, acting upon the boy’s confession, recovered four turkeys and about fifteen chick ens that he had stolen. In one case he stole a pair of turkeys and sold them, stole them again and resold them, continuing the process until he had stolen the same pair of turkeys four times and sold them three times, and as a natural consequence he finally came to grief. He was given a preliminary hearing on Monday and was sent to jail to await trial at the coming Court. » - See McCall &jBurch’s $3 shoe. A few ladies cloaks will be closed out for cost at Blackwell Bros. OFF FOR EUROPE. Dr. W. J. Garner Leaves This Week t > Pursue his Studies in European Universities. t Dr. W. J. Garner will leave on Saturday for New York City, from which place he will sail on Tuesday of next week for Bremen, Germany, on the steamship, the Spree, of the North German Line. As has already been stated, the pur pose of Dr. Garner’s trip across the ocean is to take a course in higher medical education in the celebrated universities of Eu rope. He will be absent one year, and will pursue his stud ies in the universities at Berlin, Vienna, Paris and London. On the completion of his studies. Dr. Garner will return to Dar lington to continue the practice of medicine. His friends wish him a bon voyage and a profit able stay in the Old World. — —•*+-• Nothinglike the“New Home;” found only at Blackwell Bros. OI R CIllMV NEWS. FROM ALL SECTIONS AS TOLD BY OUR CORRESPONDENTS. What Our Neighbors Are Doing And Saying.—A Brief Resume of the Week. GREEN PLAINS. Mr. W. H. Huggins is paying a visit to relatives near Mt. Elon. There were no services at Antioch Sunday, owing to the absence of the pastor. Mr. C. C. Wilson was survey ing in this section last week and will do some more this week. We'are glad to have little sickness to report. There are only a few slight cases of the grip. The small grain has improved considerably within the past few days, but we have been too busy to look around to see who has the best crop. Mr. M. Byrd, Jr., and Miss Lula Tedder were quietly mar ried, on Sunday afternoon last, at the parsonage, by Rev F. M. Satterwhite. May they en joy a long and happy life. Misses Emilie Coker and Alice Chapman, who left here some months ago for a visit to friends in Georgia, have returned. Miss Coker seems to have brought the grip back with her, as she has been quite sick with it ever since her return. Notwithstanding the 1 o w price of cotton our farmers have set to work with a vim. On every side one may see his neighbor busily engaged in pre paring for the coming crop and many fields are dotted with piles of cotton seed and rough manure. All of the farmers have bought less fertilizers this year, and, in fact, some have not bought any at all. Very little has been hauled to this place. Royal personages and famous people, riding upon lovely lakes, in jaunting cars through Ire land, carrioles over Norwegian Mountains, camping and fish ing at the North Cape, seeing magnificent Pans, eating trout and honey in Swiss valleys, up and down Romantic Rhineland, sloping for days in Vienna and Berlin, riding in a drojky over the capital of Peter the Great, and exploring the quaint and curious in Moscow and Constan tinople. Dixie Plows, $1,75 Call & Burch. cash, Mc- Letter-heads and bill-heads Hall, R. M. Gandy, M. W. Beas- put up in pads a specialty at ley, M. J. Outlaw, G. T. Cook, W. S Griggs, J. D. King, J. A. Grantham. Evander Byrd, B. F. White, S. W. Truett. Buy the “Reynolds” shoe, it will wear 12 months; found only at Blackwell Bros. BOARDS OF ASSESSORS. List of Those Appointed on the Several Township Boards. The following have been ap pointed members of the Town ship Boards of Assessors for j Darlington County, fi s c a 11 1891—2 Antioch—Jno. W. Davis, J. Thos. Goodson, J. A. Chapman. Cypress—Jno. W. DuBose, T. S. Stuckey, W. M. Smothers. Darlington—J. W. Warr, W. J. Rogers, Jno. H. Earley. Hartsville—H. Lide Law. W. P l The office. Darlington News job THE THEATRE. CUPID'S WORK. A Darlingtonian Takes Uunto Himself a “Better Half.”—The Young Couple at Home. Mr. W. J. Moorhead, of the firm of Moorhead Cox & Co, of j at Vwora&s*- Garner the latter ™ w,Sk" e8 Th( E. Stokes, E. E. DuBose. ”?oup e have ’arrived' hi Leveosworth-J. W 1W Darlington ami are now the re- cipients of congratulations from k Servance. ’ ' ' IMLn cofrUpondent oD.^V*; K T the State writes, in his letter of Ja A , I ne „ 8 u?5?-® t ?ii’„ T Y. m m & F. Harry Lindley’s Troupe Appear at the Opera House. Harry Lindley's troupe is giving a series of performances at the opera house. On Mon day night “Cynthia, the Gypsy | Queen” was presented and on Tuesday night “The Casta ways”. Last night the com pany played the society drama, “Divorce”. The company will appear again to-night and will also present “Little LordFaunt- leroy,” at a matinee this after noon, with pretty litt'e Mabel Paige as the little Lord. Mr. Lindley is a good comedian and little Mabel Paige completely captured the audience. The troupe is larger than those that generally visit Darlington and the acting is above the average. 11 fact, n ost of the troupe acted their parts exceedingly well. Our winter negigee shirts at cost for cash, McCall & Burch. the 10 inst., as follows concern ing the wedding. “Mr. Win. J. j Moorhead, of Darlington, and Miss Nannie L. Cox, of Belton, were united in marriage this morning, in the Baptist church. The ceremony was performed at 10 o’clock, by Dr. Charles Man ly, of Greenville, in the pres ence of many friends and ac- Mechanicsville—P. T. Warr, J. W. Fountain, S. B. Gandy. Patmetto—E. G. Jeffords, D. M. Smoot, B. F. Williamson Philadelphia—Walter Vaughn J. Jordan, J. P. Parrott. Society Hill—B. F. Gandy, J. M. Waddell, W. C. Wilson. Stokes Bridge—J. Wes Wood- ham. J. B. Gardner Wesley Does your old heavily ? If so “New Home” Bros. machine run trade it for a at Blackwell Remember our bargain count er for the next 30 days, McCall & Burch. CLYDE. Mr. B. A. Clanton, of Ches terfield, paid us a short visit last week. Rev. F. M. Satterwhite, of Levensworth, preached at Pond Hollow Sunday afternoon. We are having a great deal of sickness at present. In most cases the grip is the trouble. Our new road was surveyed last week and has been partial ly opened. When completed it will be a great convenience to our community. The congregation at New Market was disappointed on Sunday, as the pastor, Rev. E. M. Merritt, could not keep appointment. ASHLAND. Farmers have hauled but very little fertilizers. Prof. Prince has closed the term for his fourth class in pen manship. Prizes were awarded as follows: Miss Beulah S. Moore received the first prize and Mr. Columbus Riley the second. The District Quarterly Ad vent Conference, of Darlingti n County, assembled at Savanna last Saturday. Services were held Sunday afternoon and Sun day night. The next Confer ence will be held at Maple Branch on the Saturday before the second Sunday in May. MT ELON. Misses Maggie Gregg and Janie Davis, two young ladies j of Florence County, are visiting! their relative, Mrs. T. L. North- cutt, of this place. A postoffice has been establish ed in this section and has been named Una, Mr. B. R. Gatlin has received his commission as postmaster and is now ready for business. The public will please take notice and direct all communications to parties in this section to Una. My letters to The News will hereafter be from Una instead of Mt. Elon. FIRST SHOT OF THE WAR. THE THE TIDTrilHim POLITICAL OUTLOOK SOUTH CAROLINA. IN of thirty- State, ask- ten intelli- Gen Stephen D Lee Says it was Fired by Capt. Jos. James, of Laurens Connty. Agricultural and Mechani cal College of Mississippi October 7. 1892. To the Editor of the Times Democrat : In your issue of October 1 (Sunday) is an article, “Fort and Fleet—The First Gun of the War.”sitrned “M. Quad.” I wish to correct an error which has almost passed into an his torical fact. It is this: That Edmund Ruffin, of Virginia, did not fire the first gun at Fort Sumter, but that Capt George S. James, of South Carolina, after words killed when a lieutenant colonel at Boonsboro, Md, did fire it. The writer was a captain of the South Carolina army at the time and an aide-de-camp on the staff of Gen Beauregard. He now has before him a diary written at the time, and there can be no mistake as to the fact. The summons for the surren der or evacuation was carried by Col. Chesnut, of South Caro lina, and Capt S. D. Lee. They arrived at Sumter at 2.20 P.M., April 11. Major Anderson de clined to surrender, but remark ed : “He would be starved out in a few days, if he was not knocked to pieces by Gen Beau regard's batteries.” This re mark was repeated to Gen. Beauregard, who informed Presi dent Davis. The result was a second message was sent to Major Anderson by the same officers, accompanied by Roger A. Pryor, of Virginia, and Col. Chisolm, of South Carolina, “i® The messengers arrived at Sum- !ter at 12.25 A.M., April 12. Maj. Dixie plows, castings, Geor gia stocks to suit you at Black- well Bros. •" —-•••—•• • . A PASTOR SECURED. and i Moore. quaintances of the bride groom. The attendants were ., T T T „ i rvj _ Judge W. F. Cox, of Anderson, L ‘ ^ Saniuel 0dom ' and Miss Eva Stringer ; W. A.' Clement and Miss Georgia Me-! David ; J. D. Campbell, of Spar tanburg,|and‘Miss Mollie Geer; D. A. Geer and Miss Rosa Poore; L. A. Brock, of Honea Path, and Miss Anna Clinkscales ; E T. Breazeale and Miss Lucy Gambrell. The ushers were Beattie Gossett, of Anderson, and John Brock, of Honea Path. The organist was Miss Zula Brock, of Honea Path. The | bride is the youngest daughter | of Maj. G. W. Cox, of this place, ] and is a young lady of many graces of person and character.” Swift Creek—R. N. Howie, Nice bright lemons and Flori da oranges at Blackwell Bros. EXECUTIVE CLEMENCY. The Governor Pardon* Four Long Term Convicts.—One of them Con victed in Darlington in 1878. On Tuesday of last week Gov- Rev. John Stout, of Society Hill, Ac cepts the Second Call to the Baptist Church. Rev. John Stout, pastor of the Welsh Neck Baptist Church, at Society Hill, who has for a se cond time been unanimously called to the pastorate of the Baptist Church at this place, has accepted. He will enter upon the discharge of his new duties on April 1. Mr. Stout has many friends in Darlington and he will be given a hearty welcome. Since the church has | been without a pastor. Rev. T. H. Edwards, of Palmetto, has been conducting services there twice a month, but, from now until Mr. Stout takes charge, ernor Tillman pardoned four he will fill the pulpit every Sun- convicts, who had served many day morning. Quite a number of our boys Anderson was informed that were dazed Sunday, when some wou l ( l sa y that he would of Lydia's fair daughters visi-1 surrender on April 15, and in ted this section. They made the meantime would not fire on their stay too short, however, Beauregard s batteries, un- so some of the boys accompan- j ess wa , 8 bred on, he would ied them part of the way home. ' je a llo we u that time ; also, that he would not be allowed tore Winter clothing in men’s and Jceive provisions from the United boys’ suits, overcoats and extra State* authoritie. pants at cost for cash, McCall j The Major declined to accede & Burch, t° this arrangement, saying ne ! would not open fire unless a hos- Don’t send off jour small act was c ? ,nlnit ted against amount of spare cash in these ! ds or ^' s tlag, but that hard times; rather keep it in h® could be supplied with circulation at home by patroniz- P rov . ,81ons before the 15th of ing The Darlington News A P nl he woul(1 receive them, b office. an( l i* 1 that event he would not {surrender. This reply being i unsatisfactory, Col. James i Chestnut and Capt. S. D. Lee Mr. T. Hatchel died recently | gave the Major a written com- of the grip. munication, dated “Fort Sum- Mr. W. D. Hill, who has been !12, 1862, 3.20 quite sick with the grip, has A- informing him, by au- jo JASPER. ^ears in-the penitentiary. The The Wheeler & Wilson, No. 9, will wear for 25 years ; buy it of Blackwell Bros. "A Word to the Wise.” Mr. C. S. McCullough calls the board of directors of the peni tentiary recommended that the pardons be granted, on the ground that since the conviction of these parties the laws have been modified so as to make the sentences in such cases lighter. Among those pardoned is Henry Collins, who has spent nearly fourteen years in the attention of the farmers to the i penitentiary. Collins was con- importance of their examining 1 victed of burglary at the Octo- carefully the analyses of all the ber term of Court, in 1878, for fertilizers they purchase if they i Darlington County, and was, would ensure themselves against; sentenced by Judge Thomas' the risk of paying for something Thomson to life imprisonment, which they do not get. We j On the night of July 6, of that have it on good authority that a considerable portion of the fertilizers recently received here by rail is of a very low grade, and not capable of producing the best results. Verbum sajp. year, he entered the residence of Mr. Edward H. Lucas with felonious intent. Mr. Lucas is a resident of Florence and was ostmaster at that place during Po Cl< eveland’s administration. A House Moved. Mr. A. Weinberg is removing the house, in which he formerly resided, from Pearl Street to the corner of Grove and New Streets. Mr. A. P. Levy will occupy it as a residence. Mr. Weinberg will erect two brick stores on the lot on Pearl Street, made vacant by the removal of the house. . »«» -a A Small Fire. The house on Main Street, occupied until recently by Mr. John Siskron and belonging to that gentleman, caught on fire on Friday. The flames were confined to a small spot on the roof and were soon extinguish ed with buckets of water. No alarm was given. about recovered. Quite an enjoyable sociable was given recently at the resi dence of Mr. John H. Ham. Waltzing and the cotillion were freely indulged m. Friday was one of the most blustering days we have exper- ienced in some time. The day was so cold that general cessation work. thority of Gen. Beauregard, that he would open on tho fort in one hour from that time. The party, as designated, then proceeded in their boat to Fort Johnson, on James Island, and delivered the order to Capt. George S. James, commanding the mortar battery, to open fire on Fort Sumter. At 4.30 A. M. Capt. G. C. Johnson, the ar chitect who is building the Lake Swamp Church, has gone to Florence County on a relatives and friends, finish the work very soon. CYPRESS. Some corn has been planted in this section. fine weather work is being Island. We are having and a lot of farm done. Judged. B. Kershaw is promi nently mentioned in this section as a good man for Governor. Most of the farmers will use commercial fertilizers this year. Some say that there will be as much as, or even more, used than heretofore. there was a i ^ dr8t K un wa8 fired at Fort of out-door ® umt er, and at 4.40 the second | gun was fired from the same battery. Capt. James offered the honor of firing the first shot to Roger A. Pryor, of Virginia. He declined, saying he could v * 8lt ' . t( J not fire the first gun. Another He will! 0 ffi cer then offered to take Pry- the church or > 8 pi ace James replied, “No! I will fire it myself.” And he did fire it. At 4.45 A. M. nearly all the batteries in the haibor were firing on Sumter. Mr. Edmund Ruffin, who was much beloved and respected, was at | the Iron Battery on Moi ris I always understood he fired the first gun from the Iron Battery, but one thing is certain, he never fired the first § un against Fort Sumter. G. . James did. Nor did he fire the second gun. He may have fired the third gun, or first gun from the Iron Battery on Morris Island. Yours respectfully, S. D» Loo, Tillman's Popularity Ebbing Rapidly Away.—Reports to the Green ville “News" to that Ef fect. [The State.] Greenville, S. C., Feb. 12.— In January the Daily News ad dressed a letter to one trust- ) worthy man in each three counties in the ing for the names of gent and honest farmers in each county, half Tillmanites and half Antis. No names weie asked in Charleston or Sumter counties. After receiving tho names and addresses, the follow ing circulars were mailed : “1. What county do you live in, and in what part of it ? 2. Is there in your neighbor hood any noticeable change of feeling toward Governor Till man since the campaign of two years ago ? 3. Is the change in favor of or against the Governor ? 4. What do you gather as be ing the cause of the change, if there be any ? 5. What is the voting strength of your club or precinct ? 6. How do you believe, at a guess, from what you know, your club or precinct would vote now as between Governor Tillman and another strong man thoroughly identified with the Farmers’ movement ? 7. How many men in your neighborhood, if you can recol lect, who were for Tillman against Earle and Bratton, have told you or others they are against Tillman now ? 8. How many who were against him are now for him ? Add here other observations as to the drift of politics you may think of interest. Do you want your name published to this?” No replies were received from Lancaster, Anderson or Pick ens counties, but the replies from the other twenty-eight counties were nearly full. One hundred and twenty-eight re plies in all were received, and the News will publish them in full to-morrow morning. The article will make about sixteen columns. It will be found of intense interest throughout the State. Owing to the great length of the article and the lateness of the hour at which the News will go to press, it is impossible to give more than a summary of the result of the inquiries. Governor Tillman has lost heavily in York, Barnwell, Hampton, Edgefield, Williams burg and Newberry counties: is holding his own in Oconee; prob ably has gained in George town, and has weakened more or less in all the other counties. There is a good deal of the bitterness of the last campaign shown in some of the replies, but a large majority are conser vative. It is the belief of many Tillmanites and Antis, that a conservative man, such a man as Senator Donaldson, Col. Coit, Col. Orr, Col. Hoyt, and others, could easily defeat Tillman. Senator Donaldson is the favor ite with a majority of the cor respondents. The Governor’s failure to car ry out his promises, his jjreed for power, his duplicity, his ac ceptance of free passes and his failure to sign the tax extension resolution are amon^ the many reasons given for his decline in popularity. The answers express the feel ings and wishes of the people of the State, and there is much in them to give hope that the pow er of Governor Tillman in South Carolina will cease this fall. A number of the correspond ents say that the newspapers must stop their “bitter” attacks on Tillman or it will cement his supporters. In summing up the results of tho poll, the Greenville News says : “The general results we gath er are that the Governor is hold ing his strength in Kershaw, Chesterfield, Oconee, Lexington, Marion, Richland and Union : that he has lost heavily in New berry, Edgefield, Colleton, Dar lington, Barnwell, Fairfield, Chester, Greenville, Laurens and Williamsburg, and that in most of the other counties he has lost enough to show that the minds of the people are under going a change which makes the opportunity for an active, vigor ous, determined but conserva tive fight against the methods and politics he has grafted on the farmers’ movement without the knowledge or concurrence of the people who made that move ment strong and in whose be half it was organized.” THE COCKNEY TEACHER. Hi* Trouble* Begin When Laboring in America. [Exchange.] When a cockney {migrates to America and gets a job at teach ing school, then his troubles be gin. There was one of the gen- ious tried it near Gambier, O.’ so the story runs, whether it be true or not. “Arry Hadams, you spell sa loon,” hedictated to the spelling class. “I don’t know how,” said lit tle Harry, frightened by the strange use of aspirates and “aitches.” “Don’t know ’ow ? Why, young hignoramus; saloon is spelled with a ‘hess’and a’hay,’ two ’hoes’ and a ‘hen .’ ” Harry was worse at sea than ever then ; so one of tho boys was sent to the board to write it plainly for the class to see. The lad could make his letters, but he did not know how to join them in regular running writ ing style, and left them unjoin ed, thus ; s-a-l-o-o-n. The teacher looked at it a moment, and then asked, with some asperity, “Why don’t you put it together right ? Why don’t you put that ‘hay’ nearer the hell’ ?” The boy’s eyes snapped, and he answered like a flash, “’Cause I was afraid it would burn up I” The class was dismissed for the day. But the geography class proved another pitfall. One of the boys, while writing names of European cities, spell ed Venice “V-e-n-n-i-c-e.” “What 1” cried the teacher on his rounds; “his that the way you spell Venice ?” “Yes, sir,” said the lad. “Suppose Hi was to tell you that there was only one ‘hen’ in Venice, what would you say ?” “I should say that the price of eggs would be pretty high, sir.” “Then there was an explo it >n.” CULTIVATE RICE. The agricultural department at Washington reports that the cotton crop of 1891 is half a million bales short as compared with that of 1890. The Suggestion of Messrs Dan Tal. mage's Sons & Co. The suggestion of Messrs. Dan Talmage’s Sons & Co. to cot ton growers that rice be adopted as a crop on lands withdrawn from the culture of the staple has attracted wide spread at tention. Enquiries in regard to the matter have grown so num erous that they have printed a little pamphlet,^giving hints as to seed, planting, cultivating, har vesting and marketing. The document is brief, but full enough for the guidance of any practical planter and can be ob tained free of charge of either of their respective houses in New York, Charleston or New Or leans. It is said that rice will yield over $40.00 to $75.00 per acre ; cost of planting $20.00 to $35.00 ; the difference in out come is due to character of cul tivation or season. This year prices have been high and re sults in many instances far be yond the larger amount noted. The fact that the production is far below the requirements of the United States would seem to be an additional reason for at least giving it atrial. It is near the time of preparation for first planting, hence prompt action should be taken in order to get full benefit of the season. FOR SLFFERING RUSSIANS. Americans to the Rescue of the Perish ing Peasants. Minneapolis, Minn., Feb. 15. The following telegram has been sent by the commissioners representing the American mill ers and the governor of Minne sota, to Alexander Greger, charge d'affairs of Russia, at Washington: “We take great pleasure in informing you that our efforts to raise a ship load of flour for the relief of peas ants in your country, have been crowned with success. Sub scription lists have just been closed with a total of 1,500,- 000 pounds or over, contributed by the millers of the United States, the people of Minnesota and the farmers of Nebraska. This is now on the road to New York, where free storage is giv en it by the Terminal Ware house company. It is to be car ried free by railroads, and we have accepted from the Atlantic transport line their tender of the steamer Missouri, which will carry flour free to Libau. Ship leaves early in March.” From the Pioneer Tobacco Farmer of South Carolina. Office F. M. Rodgers, Jr., 1 Florence, S. C., Jan. 18, ’92. 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