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% L0C1L MCJVICS. MATTERS IN AND AROUND PROS. 1 PEROUS DARLINGTON. A Column of News, Person: I and Oth- •rwise, of Interest to Our Many Readers. The police force has been supplied with new clubs and belts. Messrs. E. 0. Woods and W. F. Dargan paid a brief business visit to Charleston this week. The frame for Mr. E. T. West's two-story residence on West Broad street has been erected. Mr. G. K. Kinfe is now keep-! ing books for Messrs A. C.! Spain & Co at their brick yard at Society Hill. Several insurance adjusters are in town adjusting the losses from the recent fire that have not yet been settled. The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Darlington Manufacturing Company is called for Thursday, May 5. t Miss Bessie Williamsan, who is attending the South Carolina College for Women in Columbia, is at home on a two week's va cation. Ground has been broken on Pearl street for the four brick stores for Mr. A. Weinberg and two for Messrs. P. B. Allen and B. Block. A large number of complaints have been made at this office about the miserable condition of the public roads throughout our county. Mr. J. R. Cole, of Florence, and his daughter, Miss Beulah, paid a brief visit last week to the family of Mr. J. E. Rhodes at Palmetto. Mrs. James H. Gandy, of Hartsville, publishes a card in this issue in regard to the new stock of spring and summer mil linery at her store in that town. Hon. G. Lamb Buist, of the Charleston Bar, and State Sena tor from Charleston County, j was in Darlington, on Saturday,! attending to professional busi- 'ness. ! The annual meeting of the Baptiskministers of Darlington County was held iu the Baptist parsonage at t v 'is place on Tues- j day. The meeting was well at-: tended. The Reorganization of the Township , Dtmocratic Club. Pursuant to the call, the Dar lington Township Democratic Club met in the Court House on Saturday afternoon atid proceed ed to a reorganization The following officers were elected : J. C. Willcox, president; J. J. Ward, vice president; F. E. Norment, secretary and treas urer. The name of G. W. Brown, Esq., was suggested to the County Convention to repre sent the club upon the County Executive Committee. For delegates to the County Convention, which meets on the first Monday in May, two tick ets were nominated. One tick et contained the names of J. E. Nettles. B. C. Norment, W. F. Dargan, W. L. Galloway,C. W. Milling, John Douglas, W G. Dickson, C. Alexander, L. S. Welling, J. C. Blackwell, P. S. Wilds, G. W. Abbott, J. C. Will cox, G. W. Brown, R. B. Net tles, W. B. McGirt, W. J. Moor head, C. B. Edwards, J. G. Mc Call, M. T. Lide, and the other the names of John Floyd, Robt. Dickinson. J . H Schmid, P. C. Beck, H. W. Beck, P. J. Boat wright, F. W. Hutchinson, J. C Garrison, W. R. Davis, H. M. Smith, C. P. Dargan, W. H. Laurence, W. H. 15. Galloway, J. O. A. Moore, J. Henry Par rott, R. G. Parnell, W. E. Charles, Peter Pearce. S. J. Smith, W. J. Taylor. Mr. W. H. B. Galloway withdrew his name. The ballot resulted in the election of the first named ticket by a vote of G5 to 6. ■ The authorities are to be con-1 gratulated on fixing the bridge] over Swuft Creek leading to Doneraile. The bridge and the approaches are now in good] condition. Mr W. H. Gilliland was in Darlington on Monday. Hois' now travelling for Messrs Beach & Clarridge, of Boston, a firm that furnishes syrups for soda fountains. « The annual meeting of the Pee Dee Medical Association will be field in Darlington on Tuesday next. Notice concerning same is published in another column of this issue. The friends of Mr. F. James, of Cheraw, who worked for Some time at the A. C. L. De >ot in this town, will be pained to learn that he has been very ill. He is now better. . Geo. W. Lesley delighted a large audience on Saturday af ternoon by walking a rope stretched from the roof of the Court House to the roof of the Nachman building. Some of his feats upon the rope were ex cellent. If the Darlington Guards do not turn out to drill to-morrow (Friday) night any better than they did last Friday night, they can hardly expect to pass the annual inspection which has been postponed until next month on their account. The following gentlemen will repre. ent the Darlington Meth odist Church at the Florence District Conference, which will convene in Timmonsville on the 21 inst: Rev J. A. Rice and Messrs J. G. McCall, J. E. Net tles, W. A. Parrott. A model Sunday-school build ing will be erected in Chicago for the World’s Fair. On Suq- day last the Methodist Sunday- school at this place contributed its full assessment which was ten cents for every teacher and officer and one cent for every pupil. We. return our thanks to Cadet J Gillam Law, of the Citadel Academy, for a hand some copy of the resolutions passed by the City Council of Charleston, expressing the pro found regret felt in that city at the damage done to the Acade my by the recent fire. Mr. Robt. W. Hunt, of Au gusta. Ga., was in town this week making an effort to have Rogers Division, K. of P., at tend the national 1 encampment which will be held in Kansas City, in August, during the meeting of the Supreme Lodge of the Knights of Pythias. The fare from Darlington for the round trip will be $28,8fi, The New Bush Lima Beans only 25 cts a pt at Boyd's. 2t Y. M. c. A. The Annual Business Meeting of a Laudable Organization. The annual business meeting of the Young Men’s Christian Association was held on Wed nesday evening of last week and there was a large attend ance of the members. The election of officers for the ensu ing year resulted as follows: G. H. Edwards, president; Pat terson Wardlaw, first vice-presi dent; F. T. Biggs, second vice- president ; T J. Drew, secreta ry and treasurer. These offi cers will appoint an execute committee. The Independent Order of Good Templars made application to the Association for the use of the latter’s rooms forholding their meetings. The matter was referred to the pro per committee. The followin;, committees were appointed : On devotional exercises, L. Vv. Dick, J. 0. A. Moore, R. E. DuBose; on enter tainment, C. B Edwards, J. E. Norment, H. T. i hompson. Fruit Pudding, W. & H. Do vou want a light running [New Home * Go to Blackwell Bros EXCURSION RATES. The C., S. 8t N. Railroad Announces Special Rates for Several Con ventions. The C., S. & N. Railroad sold round trip tickets from Darling ton to Charleston on Monday and Tuesday for 5.20, good to return until the 17th inst., the occasion of these special rates being the meeting of the grand council of the order of Red iten. Special rates aro also announced for the following meetings: The meeting of the Young Men’s Christian Association of South Carolina, in Spartanburg, tickets sold to Sumter from the 19 to 22 insts. and good to return until the 20 inst; the meeting of the grand lodge of the Knights of Honor, in Columbia, tickets sold to Sumter on the 19th and 20 insts. and good to return un til the 23 inst; the meeeting of the State Bar Association, in Charleston, tickets sold to that ci ty from t e 27th to 29th insts. and good to return until May 4th, the price of the tickets in this case being $5.20. The economical mother can dress her children very cheaply by keeping up with McCall & Burch’s remnant counter. A HUNTING PARTY. Three Virginians the Guests of a Gen ial Darlington Host. The Tobacco Journal, of Dan ville,‘Va., in its issue of March 20, has the following concerning a recent hunting excursion in this County : “Messrs. W. G. Pace, W. W. Holland and R. A. Croxton spent the week on a hunting ex- E edition in the neighborhood of •arlington, S. C., and were the guests of Capt. Paul Whipple, one of the finest gentlemen and largest tobacco grower of that State. Notwithstanding the I rainy weather, they haJ a royal j time and succeeded in bagging a considerable quantity of game. Captain Whipple will plant fif ty-seven acres in tobacco this year.” Choice lemons, W. & H. THE TOWNSHIP DEMOCRATIC CLUBS ELECT DELEGATES. All the Returns in Except Stokes Bridge. —Election of Delegates in that Township Postponed.—The List of Delegates and Members of the Executive Com mittee. In accordance with instruc tions from the County Demo cratic Executive Committee the township clubs met on Saturday last, rcorganizied and, with one exception, elected delegates to the County Convention to be held on the first Monday in | May. At this convention tne County Democracy will be re organized and eight delegates will be elected to the State Con vention which will elect dele gates to the National Democrat ic Convention The Stokes Bridge Club met at the usual hour and reorgan ized. The matter of electing delegates to the County Con vention was postponed to an adjourned meeting to be held on Saturday the 30 inst. The election of a member of the County Executive Committee to repr. sent this club was post poned to the same meeting. We give below the list of del egates from the several clubs: Antioch—J. T. Goodson, J. W. Davis, D. W. Byrd, J. A. Chapman, J. W. Coker, T. Mc Intosh, J. C. Melton. Cypress—W. F. Chaplin, D. C. McCall, John W. DuBose, E. H. Crauford, W. M. Harris, T. L. Northcutt, A C. Vaughn. Darlington—J. E. Nettles, B. C. Norment, W. F. Dargan, W. L. Galloway, C. W. Milling, John Douglas, W. G. Dickson, C. Alexander, L. S. Welling, J. C. Blackwell, P. S. Wilds, G. W. Abbott, J. C. Willcox, G. W. Brown, R. B. Nettles, W B. McGirt, W. J. Moorhead, C. B. Edwards, J. G. McCall, M. T. Lide. Hartsville—E. W. Cannon, H. Lide Law, J. L. Edwards, J. W. Harrington, Albert Jor dan, M. J. Outlaw, A M. Mc Nair, W T. Goodson, W. 8. Mc Intosh, J. Abner Smith, P. R. McIntosh. Hi* h Hill—A. F. Stuckey, J. N. Parrott, N. Odom, F. E. Stokes, P. A. Wilson, W. A. Dowling. Leavensworth—Lucas McIn tosh, J. P. Kervin, J. F. Wil son, J. C. Wilson. Lisbon—S. Lane, L. L. Rose, G. P. Scarborough, H. Y. Scar borough, G. M. D. Butler, J. K. Wadford, W. C. Mims, L. L. Gray, G. W. Stith. D. A. Gray, G. S. Conner, W. P. Woodhaui, •I. E. Andrews. Lydia—J. F. Galloway, W. A. Galloway, R. M. Josey, J. H. Privett, (3. Rinehart W. R. S. Lawson, J. W. Beasley, H. J. Lee, H. A Josey. Mechanicsville—J. W i 1 s o n Fountain, A. War, Jr., J. C. King. Palmetto—D. M. Smoot. Philadelphia—W. J. Carter, W. F. Wilkes, G. D. Wilkes, J. F. K. Parnell, T. P. Rains, G. T. Stokes, J. W. Dorrity, J. B. Reynolds, W. Vaughn. Society Hill—C. H. Race, H. A. Odom, J. D. Bybee. John S. McCall. Stokes Bridge—The election of delegates from this town ship was postponed until Satur day, the 30 inst. Swift Creek—Rev. 8. Jones, R. V. Malpess, M. T. Rollins, W. S. Atkinson, Jos. B. Rhodes, F. R. Rhodes, G. B. Holwe, P. W. McNeese. Executive Committee. The following will be present ed to the Convention to repre sent their respective clubs upon the County Executive C o m - mittee: Antioch—J. W. Davis. Cypress—G. D. Galloway. Darlington—G. W. Brown. Hartsville—E. W. Cannon. High Hill—J. N. Parrott. Leavensworth—J. F. Wilson. Lioson—Not reported. Lydia—W. R. a. Lawson. Mechanicsville—J. W. Foun tain. Palmetto—R. H. Rogers. Philadelphia—Not reported. Society Hill—C. H. Race. Stokes Bridge Swift Creek—Jos. B. Rhodes. THE FLOYD PETITION. The Petition for the Pardon of John W. | Floyd Presented to the Governor. The Columbia correspondent of the News and Courier, in his letter of Monday last, says : “Mrs. John Floyd, Mrs. A. B. Floyd, John Floyd and Mr. Geo. W. Brown, counsel, were re ceived by Governor Tillman this afternoon and heard in an application for the pardon of J. W. Floyd, of Darlington, who is in the Penitentiary on the charge of manslaughter under sentence of ten years. A tition, signed by about eight undred citizens, was present ed, and argument was made showing the reasons why par don should be granted.’' The Day Will be Appropriatety Observ ed in Darlington. Sunday will be Easter and the day will be appropriately ob served here. As usual the Methodist 3ttd Episcopal church es will be Deautifully decorated. Rev. J. A. Rice will conduct Easter services at the Metho dist Church at the usual hour in the morning. There will be lay reading in the morning at the Episcopal Church. In the af ternoon Mr W. A. Wynne, State Secretary of the Young Men’s Christian Association, will conduct services in the rooms of the association and at 8.15 P. M. the association will hold public services in the Methodist Church. These ser vices will also be conducted by Mr. Wynne. The Baptist and Presbyterian Churches will be closed Sunday evening in order that the congregations may at tend the services at the Metho dist Church. Rev. W. A. Guerry will conduct services in the Episcopal Church Sunday even ing. The greatest variety of straw hats in town, from 10 cts to $1,50 at McCall & Burch’s. First of the season, choice Fulton Market beef, 10 cts lb. West & Honour. HE CANNOT PROVE IT. Burn Fails to Substantiate his Charges Against Anti-Tillman Demo crats. IThe State ] Society Hill, S. C., April c. —I interviewed John R. Burn to-day relative to his recent ar*. tide in the Register, in which he charged members of the “Peace and Harmony” conven tion with writing to Republi cans here, otferingto maketerms with them. He would not say who received the letters, nor by whom they were written. He said he had been informed that such letters had been received by Republicans here, end were written by members of the con vention referred to. I also saw the leading Republicans here, among them the postmaster, and they say no such letter had been received. There is only one conclusion, that is that the charge is a lie, and that John R. Burn must either give his au thority for the statement, or himself stand convicted of its manufacture. Buy a pair of Reynolds shoes, of Blackwell Bros. Buy your shoes from McCall & Burch. BASE BALL. The Season is Opeved in .Darlington by a Contest Among the Small Boys. The base ball season in Dar lington was opened on«Thursday last with a match game be tween the second nines of the ‘Hercules” and the “Giants,” which was played on the Academy Green and result ed in a victory for the former by a score of 4 to 3. The following composed the “Hercules’’ nine James, C. ; Watson, P. ; Nettles, S. S. ; Dargan 1st B. ; William son, 2nd B. ; Law, 3rd B. ; Hew itt, L. F. ; Bland, C. F. ; Alex ander, R. F. The “Giants” were Rhodes, C.; McCullough, P..; Williams, S. S.; Garner. 1st B.; Harllee, 2nd B.; Edwards, 3rd B. ; Woods, L. F. ; McCown, C. F.; Weinberg, R. F. Shut out by Watson 13 ; by McCullough, 12; Umpire, Parrott; scoret, Griffin. Chipped beef, W. & H. A number of extraordinary bargains offered new at Black- well Bros. EARLY CLOSING. This Good Practice Should Continue thl* Year in Darlington. We notice by the Sumter pa pers that a large majority of the merchants of that town have decided to close their stores every afternoon, except Satur day, at six o’clock, from the first of May to the first of Sept ember. This is a good move that should be imitated by all of our towns. The Datltngton merchants have been very liber al in past years in regard to early closing and we trust that this laudable practice will con tinue. During the hot sumqaer months the clerks need rest and recreation and it will be well for our merchants to give their clerks some holiday during the dull season. If Summer can af ford to do it Darlington can. The improved No 9 is a beauty; it stitches faster, runs lighter and ladts longer than any ma chine on the market. Found only at Blackwell Bros. THE mm NEWS. NEW TURN IN THE WATERWORKS SUIT. The Defendant will Appear to Answer All Charges—He is Now in South Carolina and Has Had an Interview with the Governor. Mr. L. N. Cox, who is charg ed with selling property under a mortgage and obtaining money under false pretences, will, it is announced, come to Darlington to answer all charg es against him. It will be remembered that the warrant for his arrest was issued by the Darlington Light, Water and Power Company to which he sold an electric light plant having a mortgage upon it. Governor Tillman issued a requisition upon the District of Columbia for the delivery >.f Cox to tho South Carolina au thorities. After Sheriff Cole reached Washington, accom panied by W. F. Dargan, Esq., the president of the waterworks company, the Governor stopped further proceedings in the mat ter. Mr. Cox has returned to South Carolina and on Tuesday last he had a conference with the Governor. We .are reliably in- j formed that Cox will come to, Darlington at an early day. As he is now in the State it is prob able that he will come here within the next few days, if he; comes at all voluntarily. On the other hand Sheriff Cole hearing, from a citizen of Dar-i lington who identified him in Charleston, that Cox was rogis- i tered at the St. Charles Hotel, in that city, under the assumed, name of “L. Nelson, Balti-1 more,” telegraphed to Sheriff Ferguson, of Charleston, to ar- ( rest him. . Up to the time we go to press Sheriff Cole has not received a reply to his telegram. What Governor Tillman Says. [News and Courier.] Columbia, April 0.—There seems to bwsome question about the propriety of Governor Till man’s withdrawal of the requis ition papers against L. N. Cox, who is at present in Washing ton. and who is charged with Celling property under mort gage. I saw Governor Tillman this afternoon about the matter, ajid he said that the papers in question were asked for and granted and duly forwarded. They were, however, returned, as they were found to be defec tive. The error seemed to exist in the affidavits and some tech nicality. The requisition papers were corrected and Sheriff W. P. Cole, of Darlington, was given the papers and went to Wash ington with them last week. The first information Governor Tillman says he had that there would be any trouble about get ting the prisoner came in the shape of telegrams from the members of the South Carolina delegation and letters showing Cox’s high character, and the charge made that it was perse cution and an effort to force a settlement that was unjust. “I took no steps, however, until I had sufficient guarantees that Cox would appear for trial whenever he was wanted, and | thereupon I wired the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia to sus pend the ease until I could in vestigate it. I became satisfied that there must be some mis take, and yesterday withdrew the requisition on condition that Cox would pay the expenses of the sheriff. I have every assur ance that he will appear for trial when wanted,” said Gov ernor Tillman. The List of Delegates From Darlington County. The Florence District Confer ence will convene in Timnions- ville on the 21st, inst. The fol lowing is tho list of delegates from Darlington County : Clyde Circuit—G. R. Whita ker. M. Shaw, Joseph Kelley, B. S Newman. J. W. Davis, A. F. Wilkes, J. S. Hawkins, John McDonald, W. M. Dairymple. Darlington Station—J. A. Rice, J. G. McCall, J. E. Net tles, W. A. Parrott. Darlington Circuit—S. J. Bethea. S. Jones, M. Mozingo, A. W. Parrott. J. T. Suggs, P.! A. King. J. C. Lawson, W. V. Moore, T. H. Parrott, W. H. Moziago, J. C. Clements. Hartsville Circuit—E. Merritt, J. W. Warr, D. The congregation at New Market were disappo nted ' on ! Sunday on account of the ab- FROM ALL SECTIONS AS TOLD BY j sence of the pastor. OUR CORRESPONDENTS. Qracy, the little daughter of Mr. I). F. Morrison, is quite ill What Our Neighbors Are Doing And with pneumonia, but we hope Saying.—A Brief Resume of the soon to see her up again. Week. _ a a M J.j Johnston, S. Hall, W. J. Sever ance. I. Y. Westervelt. Lamar Circuit—J. E. Rush-1 ton, J. W. R. Alexander, Geo. ! W. Byrd, J. H. Huggins. P. B. McLendon, W. A. Dowling, H. M. Joye, J. N. Parrott, G. W. Mims, A. J. A. Perritt. JUDGE W. H. WALLACE. An Unwarranted Attack Upon the Sold ier, Jurish and Gentleman. [Greenville News.] The Administration organs and some wdtl-meaning people complain of the “abuse” of Governor Tillman by the news papers. Yet the Columbia cor respondent of the Marion Index, a Tillman newspaper, speaks of Judge Wallace as “the arrogant usurper; the Judge Jeffries of South Carolina.” This correspondent is under stood to be Mr. .Norton, member of the Legislature and chief clerk in the office of the Comp troller General. Jeffries, be it remembered, was the English Judge whose name lives as illustrating all that is corrupt, cruel and de bauched on the bench. The man compared with Jef- fres is W. H. Wallace, the speaker of the “Wallace House” of 187*5, whose name was given to South Carolina’s most famous legislative body. He is a man whose carreer illustrates all that is best, highest and purest in South Carolina manhood. His only offense has been that he failed to decide a case as Governor Tillman thought he should. The Supreme Court sustained his decision. With partizanship invading the courts and our judges de nounced and reviled in official messages and newspaper organs because their views of the law are not those of the Executive, is it not time for sober people desiring the welfare and safety of the State to call a halt and demand a change of political system ? Hebron High School The following compose the roll of honor for Hebron High School : James Hicks, Richard Pate, Willie Parnell, James Stuckey, Willie Rhodes, Whit- sel Northcut, Edward, Mozingo, Willie King, Boyd Beasley, Annie Mozingo, Lena Bruce, Nora Skinner, Letha Davis, Adelia Carson, Hattie Hearou, May McKenzie, Lizzie Pate, Zimmerman. Skinner, Liza Pri vett, Marvin Mozingo, Perry Davis, Colin Privett, Henry Skinner, Luther Skinner, Au relia Woodham, Rosa Moore, Daisy Pate, Janie Gatlin, Meta Woodham, Josie Budden, Lil lie Mixon, Janie Walters, Creighton Skinner, Hampton Pate. r„ Luncheon olives, W. & H. They have not advanced the price of that high grade patent flour at Blackwell Bros. DOUBLY HONORED. An Unusual Incident in South Carolina Politics. It is indeed a popular man who can receive in South Caro lina honors at the hands of both of the great political parties. Capt. W) E. Charles was pro posed by the TilPnanites at the club meeting held in the Court House on Saturday last as a I suitable person to represent jthem in the Democratic Conven tion of Darlington County, to I be held here in May. Again, at a meeting of the Republicans of the State held in Columbia ou Tuesday, the captain was chosen chairman of the Republi can party in South Carolina for the Sixth Congressional Dis trict. Plum Pudding, W. & H. Yotinjj ntan, if y<5ii want a nice spring suit go to McCall & Burch. A negro man in Arkansas claimstobeanew Messiah. He has a very black face, but his hair is long, wavy and of reddish color. The negroes in that country believe in him and have gone wild about him. PAYABLE IN GOLD COIN. The Hypocrisy of a Free Silver Senator Exposed, [From the Philadelphia Tiiuea.] Senator Stewart is another guileless victim of the wifcked broker. He is a great advocate of the silver dollar himself. He thinks it the very best kind of dollar to pay with, especially if you are a silver producer and can get a dollar made out of seventy cents worth of bullion. But it appears that when Sena tor Stewart lends money on mortgage the contract requires that he shall be paid in gold. A list of such mortgages, record ed in Alameda County, has been lately printed. There are twenty- six of them, and all but one con tain this special provision, that they are payable in gold coin. For a silvershrieker this is rath er funny. But the Senator ex plains that he did not draw up the mortgages himself. They, were negotiated by his brokers in San Francisco, and he “pre sumes” that they were “drawn up on the usual blanks.” It is not clear that this explanation helps the Senator very much. Knowing that it is usual on the Pacific coast to require ayment in gold, a true silver Senator really ought to have given his brokers special in structions and not have left them to discriminate against silver in this conscienceless way, just as if he were one of the Shylocks of Wall street against whom he has so often and so eloquently inveighed. UNA. On Wednesday of last week the themometer registered 80 degrees and on Sunday it was at the freezing point. The public road, leading from Mt. Elon to DuBose’s bridge, is in it wretched condition. We think if our County Commis sioner had to ride over it once or twice a week like some of us, something would certainly be done, and that very soon. We have suffered no little in convenience on account of the irregularity of the mails. We ere confident that it is not lack of capability on the part of the postmasters of Da lington Coun ty hut feel it is negligence both in the handling and distribution of the mail. Postmasters little know the importance of a single letter passing through the mail, therefore they should be very careful about such matters. One of our neighbors, who re cently went on a fishing frolic to Lowther’s Lake, returned with very few if any of the tin ny tribe, but he was so very successful at foraging, that he has repeated the trip. We did not see his load of forage on his return this time, however, and, therefore, we can’t report as to his success. Guess some of the Lake fanners will report, as soon as they examine their fod der stacks. We have often heard of pigs preferring muddy water for wallowing in and then too, mud terrapins, “take their chambers in the silent halls” of mud puddles, but it is postively something new for “Howies” to indulge in such amusements. This discovery was made the other day when Mr. J. I). Howie came home covered with mud, having been thrown front the vehicle by his runaway, black mule, which became frightened by the raising of the umbrella. His son, Mr. Rivers Howie, was left in rather a precarious situa tion in the vehicle without any lines. But somewhat different from most “rivers,” he made a leap backwards and w is thus saved from hastily running into destruction as the vehicle and harness did a few moments later. A few moments after this little disturbance of their equilibrium they were met by a colored man who laughed lustily and ex claimed : You look like some body been plowing in your back. We are glad to say neither were hurt, and they came back home well if not pretty. philadelpiaT Mr. H. A. Dowling’s patato bank was robbed one night of last week of several bushels of potatoes. Mrs. E E. Keith, of Florence and Miss Allie Kelly, of Cypress, were the guests of friends at this place last Sunday. As Lowther’s Lake is now too high for profitable fishing I sup pose most of our fanners will plant cotton this week “Jack Frost” put in his un expected appearance last Sun day morning much to the dam age of garden vegetables. The Angel of Death invaded the home of Mr. and Mrs. G. W Wilson on Thursday last and took away their little babe, only five months old. They have our sympathies. The second quarterly confer ence for Lamar circuit was held at this place last Saturday with Presiding Elder J. B. Wilson in the chair. In spite of the hard times about 25 per. cent of the quarterly assessment was paid. Mr. Wilson’s sermons on Satur day and Sunday were certainly very able efforts. A base ball club has been or ganized near here. It is named the “Union.” Mr. E G. Regis ter is captain and Mr. Harry C. Race is secretary and treasurer. The club has started off with such fiattering prospects that one of the officers told me that they thought they would soon be able to accept a challenge from any club this side of Char leston. CLYDE. Mr. J. A. Outlaw, of Sumter, visited this section last week. Miss Eliza Morrison, of Ches terfield, is visiting relatives and friends at this place. The frost on Sunday morning will put several of our neighbors to planting corn again. It did us good to see our old President qf the Hartsville Club re-elected on Saturday last. • Our farmers are busy trying to get through planting. Some have finished planting corn. A Sunday-school house has been organized at Pond Hollow school house with Mr. H. Jones as Superintendent. GREEN PLAINS. There was a mistake in our last letter. It should have been Mrs. O'Neil that was sick and not Mr. O’Neil. The small grain lias improved very fast. Mr. J. T. Rogers has the finest that we have seen, he he has forty acres that are splendid. Cotton planting is almost general now. The low price seems to act as an impetus and planting is several weeks ahead of last year. Our school was closed recent ly. Miss Sanders has returned home, but Miss McFarlane, of j Hartsville, will shortly open a school at Bethlehem which will | be continued through the sum- 1 nier. Mr. L. P. McGee will "pen a school here in July and I will continue it for three months. Mr. McGee taug' t for us last j summer and made a favorable impression. LEAVENSWORTH. On Sunday hist a portion of the pasture fence on the place leased by Mr. M. D. Byrd was destryed by fire. Misses Nannie Lewis of Grif fin, Ga., anil May Durham, of Blackville, S. C., "have returned to their respective homes. These ladies have made many friends at this place. They are both good teachers. The Largest Human Brain. [St. Louis Republic.] The brain of Tourgueneff, the novelist, is said to have been the largest ever weighed, the indicator showing that its weight was exactly 2,012 gram mes. The extraordinary size of this brain will be better under stood when the reader is inform ed that the average human brain does not weigh above 1,390 grammes. In point of size the brain of Cuvier, the naturalist, comes next. It weighed 1,800 grammes. There are many ca- | ses in which an extraordinary intellect has accompanied heavy brain weight, but the records show' that men whoso mental {abilities have never been ques tioned have had btains under the average both in size and weight. The cast of a Rphael’s skull shows that it was very small, much smaller than the average. Cardinal Mezzofanti, who understood more languages than any other man who has overlived, had a very small i head. So, too, had Dickens, I Lord Byron and Charles Lamb, j From this it would seem that .there is more in the quality I than the quantity of the brain. JOKE ON TWO EDITORS. The Cabman Who Played It Laughed and So Will the Reader. Thousands of people cross the Hudson Fiver between New York and Jersey City every day. Most of them are content to put up with the accomoda tions offered by the big ferries which ply between Gotham and this suburban city. It remain ed, however, for two Southern editors to dispense with the comforts enjoyed by common people and introduce a luxury that only the Southron can ap preciate. The editors who inoc ulated common place tourists with this expensive innovation were G. C. Mathews, editor of the Memphis Appeal Avalanche, and Migan W. Connolly, editor of the Memphis Ledger. It all happened in this wise. The two editors were in New York Friday night and wanted to take the " midnight train for Washington. They went down to the ferry, and just as they jumped from a cab heard a hi gong strike. They saw an ol lady with a green cotton um brella grab her handbag and rush for the boat. Without stopping to inquire the two edi tors rushed after her and board ed the ferry. When they land ed on the Jersey shore they found that they were four miles below the Pennsylvania depot. A hackman said he would take them up for $3. A bargain was struck, and the editors were tucked in the carriage, thinking they would have a pleasant ride up the Harlem. The “cabby,” however, knew a thing or two, and instead of going up the riv- e drove aboard the ferry bound for the New York side, and when across drove into another boat —the ferry the editors should have taken at first—and landed them safe at the station on the Jersey shore. It is needless to remark that the tourists attract ed attention aboard the ferry in a carriage, and were mistaken for foreign noblemen in disguise. The ride cost them $3.60—$3 for the carriage and *50 cents for ferriage. The Southerners now ' draw the line at Jersey.