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?."CO?SP?IEi?E. KKWSY^JETTEKS FROM OUR SPE? CIAL CORRESPONDENTS. Siesos of Interest From ali Parts ol Sumter and Adjoining Counties. NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS. Mail your letters so that they will reach this office not later than Tues? day morning. "When the letters are received Wednesday it is almost an Impossibility to have them appear in the paper issued that day. STATEBURG. Stateburg,. March' 5.-Mrs. James Ymckney and Miss A. N. Moore spent Saturday arid, Sunday in Sumter with Mrs. A. P. Manning. Mr. Waties Rees, of Sumter, spent Senday with his mother at "Midway." Miss Helen.C. Frierson returned on j Saturday from Summerton, where she j ?pent two delightful weeks visiting the j family of Dr. D. O. Rhame. Mr.. Early Mellett? spent Sunday at i ?iome. Mrs. F. H. McLeod, bf Florence, is visiting her mother, Mrs. S. E. Nelson. Mr. W. D. Frierson returned today to Great Falls, S. C., after a short Stay at home. Mrs. Screven Moore and Miss Mar fita Moore spent Saturday in Sumter. Mr. Frank P. Burgess, who has been ?oying cotton in Bishopville, is at home again. Misses Martha,-Irene and Edith "Moore and Master John Moore, of Spokane, Washington, who have been Tilting Mr. Screven Moore, are now un a visit to their aunt, Mrs. S. R. Sad. jRev. W. H. Barnwell is visiting .friends at Hagood today. SMITH VJITJE. * . " Smithville, March 4.-Last?Monday "was quite an exciting day to our com l?tmity on account of so inany auto? mobiles passing on their way to the polo games in Camden. One automo "fe?e tried passing -Swift creek, four miles from here, and we learn that it did not get through easy, as the water is quite , deep. Two other automobiles iad to stop here for repairs. Dr. J. W. "Parker, Mr. W. S. Smith 4&nd W. F. Smith all went to the polo garnes^in Camden Monday. Mr. C. L. Nunnery unforunately lost Iiis barn and : stables by fire on last Sunday. A small grand child of Neels Ben? nett was burned several days ago, "from the effects of which it died on ^Thursday.. Mrs. J. T. Munnerlyn is in Camden -visiting Mrs. H. L. Munnerlyn. The colored school here had a com mer?r^ement on yesterday, Friday. All fcmds of speaking, recitations and games were indulged in and the day ?was wound up with a big dinner. O? course the, colored folks had their us -azal good time. DARK CORNER. 4 Dark Corner, March 6.-rIis cloudy and the wind is blowing this morning, so I write a line for the Item. There is very little news. We have had a pretty good week to work, and we laave continued to hop the clods, but %e are still behind, or we think so, -with our work. Bob Ardis's child is better and Mrs. Geddings is thought to be a little bet? ter-at last accounts. There came vezy near being a se? vere accident -at Pinewood last Wed? nesday night The local freight train ian into a buggy in which was Mr. James Mccutcheon and Miss Annie Bagnal, daughter of Mr. I. B. Bagnal, demolishing the rear part of the bug? gy and throwing Mr. Mccutcheon and Ufos Bagnal 10 or 15 feet. But for? tunately they were not seriously hurt. V3Sie horse was not struck \and he ran off and when he was found he still had the front part of the buggy hitch? ed to him. ? Mr. Sam Griffin of Pinewood, has moved into his new store on Com? merce street. Mr. A. L. Burkett has opened up a . $tne of furniture in the old store, cor aer of Cul-nmerce street and Hampton . avenue. I don't agree with the Spartanburg Journal that the people are deter? mined to get rid of the dispensai y. There are a great many of us that think the dispensary is far better than prohibition, in. name alone, or in high license. J am fearful that if '*we ever get prohibition that we will find a blind tiger under every "hur Ticane,"iand in every thick patch of bushes. And should we have high Tieense I am afraid it would be as I heard a stranger * express it in your city on the 19th ultimo, that he be ?ved the high license men would go over to the blind tigers and say we have got the stuff, you take and sell and we will^ivide with you. So I say (although I am a prohibitionist) give ns the dispensary until we can get -something better. But for the sake of the little boys an<i our young r^er. please don't give us bar rooms, where they congregate and learn profanity, vulgarity and everything that is de? grading to humanity. I have been there and I know whereof I speak. So I say, God forbid, that there should ever be another barroom or blind ti Xer in the State of South Carolina. Mr. Joe M. Ar-1is and family vi&iceu W. J. Ardis and wife Monday evening. Miss Eunice E Osteen, who is at? tending school in your'city, spent last Sunday with her parents at the Syca? mores. Mrs F. H. Osteen, Miss Hattie Ram? sey and Miss Eunice Osteen visited Mrs. O-'een's sister, Mrs. F. J. Gra? ham, near Paxville, last Sunday. HAGOOD. ! Hagood, March 9.-Items aroun 1 Hagood are scarce as well as on the j Peninsula. ! Quite a quantity of fertilizer ha? i \ been delivered here with more to fol- | low. There is little complaint with us as j to scarcity of labor. I fear our people are increasing the acreage as well as the fertilizer this year. One citizen told rrfe he found more money in small grain and hay, with less worry and trouble than cotton and then gave the facts to prove it. I believe there are a lot of us fel? lows putting in a few more acres of cotton this year with heavier fertiliz? ing that have a sneaking that we are playing the fool and can't help feeling mean about it. Of course I am not talking about you, but your neighbor over there. Our people are planting their gar? dens, many buying cabbage from Charleston and elsewhere. The small grain is not looking as J well as it ought. Many have applied 1 soda. Where oats have age and size they run a risk in doing so. The writer saw considerable acres that were killed last year by a late frost and freeze. Mr. T. O. Sanders has recently in? stalled a new saw mill outfiet. all improvements and up-to-date machin? ery and is now prepared to furnish lumber in good shape and short order to the public. Mrs. C. J. Jackson, who has been quite sick, is improving. The farmers have taken advantage of the recent fine weather to plow their lands. v - fi EDWARDS. Edwards, S. C., March 10.-We are having sunshine again after a very heaw rain. Mr. A. K. Weildon, of Wisacky, is visiting relatives at this place. Miss Bertha Huggins is visiting rel? atives, at Paxville this week. Mr. F. G. Peebles iyas in Camden yesterday. Mrs. S. A. White is quite sick at this time. Rev. S. H. Booth preached at St. John's M. E. church last Sunday. Mr. Harold Bradley, of Braun, spent last Sunday in this, vicinity. Rev. Geo. M. H?werton filled his regular appointment at Xew Hope Presbyterian church iast Sunday af? ternoon. Mr. Ned Pierce, of West Wateree, spent last Sunday with Mr. Marion Weldon. Miss Anna Holland is reported to be some better. MAX. vMax, March 12.-Mr. Bryant Smith is slowly recovering from a long and serious sickness. Miss Maggie Hinds did not teach Friday on account of a severe cold. Colds and measles are prevalent. Miss Ellen Carraway is visiting her sister, Mrs. E. L. Truluqk, of Lynch? burg. Misses Annie and Pearl Truluck spent Saturday in Timmonsville. The roads are not used a great deal by the farmers just now except on Sundays. A prayer meeting of long standing at Nazareth church is well attended. Oats are doing well enough. PRIVATEER. Privateer, S. C.. March 12.-Mrs. C. H. Coke?, of Hartsville, is spending sometime with her father. Rev. T. P. Lide. There was quite a large crowd at Mrs. S. J. Bradford's dance Friday night. Mr. and Mrs. . G. A. Nettles. Mr. and'Mrs. S. A. Karvin and Mr. and Mrs. Perry Ingram were the chaperones. Miss Edna Tryon, Mrs. R. H. Hall, of Sumter and Mrs. ToA Hall of i'la., spent Saturday and Sunday at Mrs. L. B. Jenkins. Miss Emma Nettles of Lanes, is spending some time at Mrs. S. J. Brad? ford's. Miss Edna Ramsey is spending this week with relatives at Wedgefield. Miss Emma Geddings spent Satur? day and Sunday at her home Paxville. Miss Amy Wells spent Sunday with relatives in Wedgefield. Mr.' Marion M ellette of Wedgefield, visited in Privateer Sunady. Miss Cammie Nesbitt returned home Saturday after spending a week in Columbia. LEE COUNTY NEWS. From the Bishopville Vindicator. Miss Julia Corbett, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Corbett, died iast Mon? day at her home in the Antioch sec? tion. The friends of Captain Dave E. Du? rant, will be sTry to hear that he has been extremely ill the past week, but glad that he is better. Miss Mary Eliza McLeod, who is one of the teachers in the M. E. Col- I lege in Columbia, has been spending several days with her brother, Mr. T. G. McLeod. Mrs. Mattie Joy and daughter, aiter a pleasant visit to relatives returned to their home in Sumter on Tuesday. Mr. A. K. Weldon, who,, has settled near Wisacky. is preparing to build a neat country home. Mr. Weldon is one J ol' our progressive and successful young men who makes farming a suc? cess and we are pleased to note that he has settled so near Bishopville. Dr. L. H. Jennings is having mate? rial hauled to put up a model resi? dence on his lot on Church street. Mr. J. Hogue of Lexington, is the contrac ! tor and says the plans embraced will combine both the colonial and modern styles of architecture and will cost $S,000. " The political bee is trying to force the season and is out already buzzing around. We have it from pretty good authority that in the race for senator there are likely to be five candidates out and may be six. Hons. W. McD. Gieen and R. H. Pittman. R. W. Mc Leruion, J. B. McLauchlin. B. Frank Kelley and we have heard that the friends of Dr. X. Y. Alford are urging him to make the race. For represen? tative, Dr. T. B. Manning's name is prominently mentioned along with Messrs. George M. Stuckey, Edwin Wilson and Major E. F. Burhows. As Others See lt. The Sumter Daily News of Satur? day contained an announcement of the discontinuance of that paper. While we we regret exceedingly to see any indus? trial enterprise meet ^with misfortunte we wish that people would be more judicious and more generous to others in business when they start enterpris? es. The daily in Sumter was a good clean sheet, a very excellent news? paper, but Sumter had one already and it was with the intention^ of sup? planting the enterprise that the new one was started. Sumter is ? good, live town, its merchants stant nobly by an enterprise that is for the good of the town, but Sumter is not big enough for a daily paper such as they wanted and they have now found it out after having lost money, but how much we do not know, the paper waa sold after the origintors found out their mistake. They got our good friend Knight into'it and now he is said to be broken down in health and on that account the paper has to be suspended. Eesides this we are very sure that the old paper has been obliged to stretch its resources so that the strain will be felt for quite awhile. If there has been any good accom? plished it does not show on the sur fa e. We know something about that sort of thing. People frequently crit? icise the Times for not putting up a new building but they cannot under? stand when we tell them that the same resources that we might heve used in putting up that much desired building had to be absorbed in the purchase of the paper which recently gave us a rustie for the field, small as it is here. This is just as true of mer? cantile enterprises as of newspapers or anything else. Why oannot you' do something that is not being done by some one else? It would save a heap of trouble in the commercial world. There are plenty of avenues for in? vestment of talents and money with out^'&rymg to crowd anyone or two al? ready >nore or less well filled. The worst!?l?ment that could possibly en-, ter into business is spite work, no matter what els<? you undertake cut j the spite work, it is "nrfghiy apt to :ome back on you.-Florence "Tf&OCSs, -1 Miss Mitt Durant, stenographer and typewriter, is now located in_fhe ar? cade on the second floor of th^Hotel Sumter. t The present city council ?has a chance left to order the removal of the unsightly signs suspended -across the sidewalks. The advertisements cf the D. J. Chandler Clothing Co.. tells what sort o:" goods they sell and the guarantee that is back of them. . The Civic League will make;an ef? fort this season to beautify the depot grounds. There is room for improve? ment, on aesthetic lines, thereabouts. S/>me day the Atlantic Coas? Line j officials will suddenly realize tpjat um? brella sheds af?ord no protecci?n to the traveling public and will put up a car shed at our depot. '.?>." There is. almost enough money in I the hands of Mr. J. D. Wilder to erect a suitable monument to mark th? grave of Joe Levan. If one-half of those who were his friends will each contribute a small sum the monument can be erected at once. A mild winter in the North has cut down the crop of natural ice to such small proportions that there i^ talk of an ice famine in that sectio^ before the summer is over. High prices for ice in the North seems to be a cer? tainty. Here in Sumter we need not worry for ice at a reasonable price is assured. Rev. C. C. Herbert, of Camden, fill? ed the pulpit of the First Methodist church .Sunday morning and even? ing. He preached strong andfinterest ing sermons at both servicesfto large congregations. Mr. Herbert is one of the ablest and most eloquent of the younger -'members of the conference and is always a welcome visitor in this city where he has many friends who have known him from boyhood. COTTON GROWERS' ASSOCIATION. | - Much rs Expected From the Executive ! Ability of Pr?sident Parroit. Hagood. March 9.-So you were not ( at our farmers' meeting the othe.* day in the city, not that you were disin? terested, but we were there. I want I to tell vou a thing that happened. I j suppose most of us. the general pub i lie. as well as the farmer, had been i looking around and casting about much for a suitable person to elect in the stead of Mr. Stuckey, he having resigned. The writer was utterly at sea himself and in cons?quence was a bit depressed. When any organization cannot, out of ils own material, fur? nish a leader it is in shape, and he was fearful that such a state of things existed in old s urnte \ hut ho was badly mistaker: for while he Viii not rear around and paw in the air as some of us do, the writer f Jr instance, we have in L. I. Parrot! one of the best county chairman in the State and I feel safe in predicting that e'er the close of the year the Sumter county association will be one of the best or? ganized and effective in the country, for our new chairman is a man that makes things happen. His was the on-, ly name put in nomination and of course his election was unanimous. No sooner was he elected than he gave proof of good metal and the few in attendance went away with brighter and better hopes for the movement. Already has he, in connection with 24r. Woodley, had a personal interview with Mr. Jordan securing from him a promise to address us some time in April. But that is not all; we expect to have a rousing time at our regular monthly meeting the first Monday in -April when such men as Mr. William? son!, of Darlington, will deliver ad? dresses tht cannot fail 'to bo instruc? tive and helpful. A word in praise of our faithful painstaking. persevering secretary, Mr. Peter M. Pitts; he is the right man in the right place. As is proper and right' the colored farmer is to have a place iii our gath? erings. As was stated that day by some of *the whites, in a number? of places in the county they are heartier supporters of the movement than their white brethren. I am sure. Mr. Editor, that had you been at our meeting you would have felt impressed that notwithstanding the slim attendance the' outlook here Ir? Sumter county is brighter than at '?ny time since our organization. H. C. Be thea. 3?URDER TRIAL IN DARLINGTON. Case Against Windham. Charged With Killing Charlie Amerson. Darlington. March S.-The case ol ICistler A. Windham, charged with the killing of Charlie .Amerson on Febru? ary 17, occupied the whole o: the time "of the Court of General Sessions to? day. The taking of testimony was concluded about G o'clock this after? noon bj'* Windham himself taking the stand. The State had presented a strong case according to* ns witnesses, but the defense was able almost to destroy the whole on cross-examina? tion. Windham made a'very favora? ble impression as a witness, and was on the stand for loss chan :30 minutes. Yet he accounted for himself in a most satisfactory manner for every minute of the time during the difficul? ty in which Amerson lost his life. Solicitor Johnson, in his shrewdest efforts, could not shake Windham's story, a'ncf ft i's"weil knowTi in*v&e^Pj^. Dee section that when Mr. Johnson j fails there is a good reason why he- j could not succeed. Mr. Windham is a . young man, of j possibly 2|> vears' of age, and has a j pleasant ??Sress. He is not more than j 5 feet. 2 or 3 inches in height, out is %of rather heavy build, weighing aboui 1G0 pounds. He is clean shaven and has quite an intelligent appearance. Ke is engaged in the mercantile busi? ness at Lamar and is doing well. Pie has proved a splendid reputation for character, peaceableness and other? wise, by all the witnesses, both for the State and the defense. Much interest has been manifested in Windham's -Case from the begin? ning. The court house has been pack? ed, testifying to the high esteem and popularity enjoyed by "Kiss Windham, as the defendant is familiarly called. He was married a few years ago to a Miss Reynolds, but she died about two years ago and Mr. Windham now lives with his father, J. K. Windham. Counsel for the State and for the defense have contended with much zeal and earnestness for the rights" guaranteed them by the rules of evi? dence and the law of the land. Mr. J. M. Spears, representing the defense, will make his argument on the opening of the court tomorrow morning, and will be followed by So? licitor J. M. Johnson, for the prosecu? tion. HUSTLER WINDHAM ACQUITTED. Darlington. March 9?-"Not guilty" was the verdict of the jury in the ease gainst Kistler A. Windham, charged with having stabbed Charlie A merson to death at Lamar, this county, on the 1 7th day of February. A sewerage system is a necessity for 'umter. SOUTH CAROLINA A'EWS. (tenu: of Interest Condensed and Par? agraphed for Quick Heading. State Treasurer Jennings who has been in a hospital in Ealtimore for several weeks has returned to Colum? bia much improved in health. The Darlington grand jury found no true, bill against Peagram Dargan af-? ter considering the indictment in which he was charged with aiding and abetting his brother, Robert Keith J Dargan, in taking his own life. J. C. Stokes is suing ihe city of Co? lumbia for S 10.000 damages for in? juries received in 1903 by falling through a defective street bridge. Mrs. E. F. Williamson, cf Darling? ton, the mother of Messrs. Bright and Mciver Williamson, died Wednesday, aged TS years. Governor Heyward commissioned Mr. Lee G. Kolleman as State bank examiner on Wednesday. Thomas Harrison and Peter Rowley v^io" were arrested on the charge of killing Ephraim Hall, a railroad man in Greenville, have been released on bond. James M. Green, a grocer in Co? lumbia has filed a voluntarily petition in bankruptcy. Assets $4,500, liabili? ties $7,000. The board of trustees of the Univer? sity of South Carolina on the fifteenth ballot elected Mr. John P. Thomas, Jr. of Columbia, to the new chair in con? nection with the law department. Mr. Laurence Orr Patterson of Greenville having declined the place on the board of the State Industrial .School tendered him by Governor Heyward, Professor D. D. Wallace has been selected to fill the vacancy. Come hope for the recovery- of Ju? lius H. Evans of Marion, who recently fell from a second story window, ia now entertained. A. C. Kaufman, president of .the South Carolina branch of the Nation? al Red Cross Society, has issued an appeal in behalf of the sufferers in northern Japan who are .the victims of a famine due to the failure of the rice crop. L. M. Gasoue has been qualified as a member of the fish and oyster com? mission. Mr. Gasque has been a mem? ber of the legislature from Marion county for several years. William Ashmead Courtenay has given to the library of the University of South Carolina a portrait of Gen? eral Eeaurecard, painted by Mr. Car? ter, of Virginia, which is an admirable Ilkness ami will be most highly prized. C. Lum Ward, a vSall known horse trader and farmer living three miles from Greenville, was mortally wound? ed by George Douglass on Wednesday. The trouble grew out cf a horse trade. The county oSclais of Spartanburg have demanded that an investigation >f county finances be made at once to ?o: at rest the rumers of crookedness s : have been in circulation. The Greenville News is authority for the statement that real estate in that county is leturned for taxation at only 23 per cen., of its market val? ue, while the property ol' cotton mills, .anks and other corporations are as? sessed at 60 per cent. Representative Lever has arranged with the postoince department to place a mail agent. J. J. Bickley, on tho early train out of Laurens for Co ! lumbia. -~~?^;^a' I ufo rn;.;: ci (ni has been received iii '?'i^'en announcing the engagement of l?rs. Bobbie Shaw to Waldorf Astor, son of Wm. Waldorf Astor. The wedding is to occur shortly. Mrs. Shaw is now in England. The pension of Capt. Amos Mc I Manus, of Yorkvi.'e. a Mexican war veteran, lias been raised from $S to $20 a month. The pension of Col. James D. Elanding, of Sumter, has al? so been similarly increased. A cali to the Democratic voters and j taxpayers of the city of Unioi* to meet j and organize a municipal democratic club for nominating eily officials was taken around by Editor John Gage of the Times and was signed by practi? cally every business man. Representative Lever in Washing? ton introduced D. F. E -rd of Lexing? ton to the president an l also at the ag? ricultural department. 1 here they we're assured that Lexington would get one of the diversification farms, though it would not be put into opera? tion this year. Druggists who sell certain grades of patent medicines that contain large percentages of alcohol will have to pay the retailers* revenue license after April 1st. Representative Patterson has been urging that the buildings of the Port Royal navy yard be converted into a tuberculosis hospital. He had a long conference with the surgeon of the army a few days ago and he was as? sured that the methods of treating tu? berculosis nowadays were such as to preclude any danger of the spread of the disease in tho community by rea? son of the patients there. Saturday night between the hours of 12 and 1 o'clock. T. C. Thompson, colored, was shot in tho head and in? stantly killed by an unknown person near Switzer. Thompson and several other negroes were sitting around the fire in a house on the place of Dr. J. B. Steppe when the shot was fired through a window only a few feet away. The weapoa was a shotgun and the entire contents entered the right temple. A tramp was horsewhipped within an inch of his life Friday for insulting a lady living near Gaffney. Application has been made to the State sinking fund commission by Richland county for a loan of ?15.000. Engineer Dal Spinks of the South? ern railway, recently of Atlanta, was struck in the head and buried from his cab at 2:35 Sunday afternoon, while his train, the Atlanta-Richmond local, was running thorough a deep cut between Latham and Easley. 13 miles south of Greenville. Half a mile furth? er Fireman Smit^ missed the engineer and stopped the train. Spinks was found unconscious beside the track. He was brought to Greenville and died in an hoar. Presumably he was lean? ing far out and was looking back? wards. The Syartanburg correspondent of The News and Courier says: The White Stone Hotel which was destroy? ed by fire on Sunday night, will be re? built just as, soon as possible. Plans will be prepared at an early date and the contract will be let as soon as practicable. The bottling works, several cottages, the store and one or two other buildings were not damaged in the least by the flames, though the hotel property was totally destroyed. The building was insured for $35,0^0, and the furniture for $13,000, which is only partial, ?he building was valued, at $125,000. There was considerable feeling in Florence.; Monday when the Coast Line pay train reached there and the pay? master began paying' off the men in the shops and the yards, and it was found that some bf the merchants had garnisheed or attached the money of about 75 or SO of the Coast Line employes. The paymaster refused to pay the men on the ground that their money had been attached by a firm ! of attorneys of Atlanta, Ga./ under the laws of Georgia, for the Florence merchants. Just what the outcome will be cannot be told. Some of those who had their money garnisheed were men of promise in their depart? ments. The Coast Line Company has,a rule that if an employe gives an order on his time or has his money garni? sheed or attached, it will be sufficient cause for dismissal from the service. If the rule is enforced there will be very nearly a hundred men dropped from their work during the n ;xt few . days, hence the feeling in regard to the matter. SMALLPOX AT HERIOTS. Dr. Alexander C. Dick has notified Health Officer Reardon of a case of ' smallpox on the plantation of Miss Dora Colclough, near Heriotts. Sum? ter county. The Sumter health of ! ''cor has sent out to Dr. Dick a sup [ ply of vaccine virus with the re j quest That Dr. Dick immediately begin a sysatematic vaccination of that s?c r-ion. and he has notified Dr. James Evans of Florence, S. C.. the secretary of the State health board, of the no? tice received from Dr. Dick. Dr. Dick says that the patient is a young neg) . man. and that quite a number of th patient's friends and relatives hav been to see him. Therefore if the: are any persons in Sumter who hav - not been successfui'rv^y^ccinated with iTr^x""5S?5rs. they "had better^ *ya?eT -"* nated immediately as some of the r.e groes who visited this smallpox pa tient are apt to come to Sumter a .country negroes do even.- Saturday t do their trading, and there is dangx of bringing the germs of smallpox : their clothing. Whenever smallpox prevails nee any city or town it is safer for all c tlzer.s cf that town or city to be sue-'' cessfuHy viccinated. While there is very little danger of a serious om break of smallpox in Sumter owing to the fact that nearly of our citizens are successfully vaccinate^, nevertheless there is always a certain percentage if people who escaped successful vac? cination, and there are also numbers of new comers who have never been vaccinated. Sumter has escaped hav? ing smallpox during the past winter while surrounding towns have had 'I quite a number of cases. But the dis? ease is now getting closer and closer to Sumter, and successful vaccination of every citizen will keep it out of Sumter entirely. Mr. Ebbie Wells went to Xew York city to prosecute a claim against one of the city railway companies for neg? ligently breaking his arm about two years ago. The case was not brought to trial as a compromise was effected. which was highly satisfactory to Mr. Wells. * The reception on Thursday evening at the residence of Rev. X. W. Ed? munds by the Ladies' Aid Socity of the Presbyterian church. complin*en tary to Rev. J. p. Marion. Jr.. the new pastor of the church, was attended by practically all of the congregation, de? spite of the inclement weather which might have been expected to deter many from being present. The recep? tion was a very pleasant and success? ful affair and was enjoyed by all pres? ent. 4