The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, January 16, 1915, Image 6
?TORY OF POIXSETTA.
Ullful Khmer Brought to America
by Joel It Polnsett.
Joel R. Poinset, frequently men
tloned in the article which follows,
spent considerable time In - Ore**hvllle.
The Polneett Spring, on the old Green
vIlls-Hendersonvllle road was marked
us a memorial to him. The Polnsett
club was named In his honor. It was
he who ?eelgncd the old Record build?
ing, of Greenville.
The closing years of his life were
epent at 8ta ehurg. Sumter county,
and there he died and was burled in
the burying irround of the Church
of the Holy Cross.
Polnsettia. crimson flower of war,
comm to us at the tide of Yule, to
deck the house and set its ?low of
good fellowship upon the hearth.
It came to us from Mexico, long a
land of strlfs. but its name Is fr?on
that of an American statesman and
warrior, and In the sharp, short strug?
gle at Vera Cms It was reehristencd
In the blood of a kinsman of Joel
Roberta Polnsett, George Polnsett, of
the United State, marines. The army
under General Fu iston after Its long
L occupation follawl g the Tampico in?
cident returns to the United States.
The earth Is still filled with war and
the rumors of war, and fleets and ar
mtee battle bj land and sea. The
anrieh of shrapnel has taken the
place of the Christmas carol and the
, anew reals upon field and wold where
only the dead -emaln.
It la fitting fiat now the polnsettia
Ufte Its starred flower and reveals its
tropical oeduty In the bleak lauds in
the north. It gruwa>In garden and In
greenhouse throughout the United
State? and at this season its petals
are Imitated In paper to serve as dec?
orations at Christmas.
Tha legends ell that centuries ago
the blood red flower wus borne
by those who .vent as human sacri?
fices to the alt* r* of the Astecs. And
ytt as one gorn back o\er the ages
there cornea to the mind the visions
of the Druids in the fortsts of Eng?
land gathering the mistlet and the
holly with sick I 'S of gold to ?dorn the
results to heat . m? deities at which
their fellowmen were victims of inys
tle rites. And may It not be that the
red flower of war. the polnsettia. may
find Its way Into the symbolism of a
gentler age? This is a world of
change and the seed of strife may
bring forth fruits of peace.
Flowm Once Was Carried by Victims
of As tec Sacrifice.
Ho* strangely the ways of the sage
and the warrloi were blended in the
personality of Joel Roberts Polnsett.
who gave so much to the service of
hie country and yet of whom his coun?
try remembers comparatively so lit?
tle? The Itilllng of hla kinsman, a
young marine. In the attack on Vera
Crus recalled for a time that tho
name of Polnsett has figured in
American annalM generations ago. but
eooa the sugges Ion passed away and
there are few ev-sn now who could off?
hand recall the part which the dlsttn
gnftehad publicist played In the de?
velopment of our national ideals.
Joel Roberts Poinset was an
American of the highest type. who.
In spite of many obstacles. ser\ed his
country with an ardor which came to
unswerving devotion to the cause of
liberty.
Hla descent was from the valiant
defender* of Rochelle, the Huguenots,
la hla blood was the brevet y of that
earn* French race which today is
fighting to drive the invader from its
?oil. He was born In 177? in Charles?
ton. II. C. and after an eventful life
*e came to the end of his days In the
?Mate of his nativity. Southern in his
itympethl??. he came at an early age
la contact with the more practical life
? ?f the north, for he received his edu?
ction la Tlmoth> Dwlght'a school at
Greenfield, Conn. Mr. Polnsett af?
terwards studied at the universities in
Kngland His inclination from the
f ret, although he vvji frail in bidy
vae toward the profession of arms.
Eugene Hrimit. the distlngulMhed
? riter who recently brought to this
country the greetings of the French
academy, spoke only Igat month of ty?
rants, great and small, and Aral he
placed !n the Category the well mean
Ing parent who fores his children
Into occupations for v\hi? h they are
unsulted because forsooth the father
haa made up his mind that the son
must be merchant or law > er or phy
ateuwi. Just aa the Idea occurs to the
mind of paternal authority. And ho
of one of the great m. Iltary elm-ruins
of the w ?rld If matters had worked
out dtfferentl>' In another ape the
blood red Mow?t might have adorned
a coat of arms and been tho emblem
of a race of warriors It came to pass
then that Joel Ko belts Polnsett de
voted hlmnelf to the law until his
health gave way and he was sent on
? Mir of the world by his father, lb
K> traveled extensively in Europe and
Asuv visiting main lands and pt < p|<
who were not then In the beaten
racks of travel. It was In these years
?f pilgrim ige he obtained tb.it wlh
knowledge of men and affair* so us
fill to hlrr In later year*. Ills lin?
guistic uccompllahmsnte?for h
learned to apwuk numerous luuguaae
and dialects with fluency?mude him
welcome not only In the courts of Bu
rope bu in the remote parts of Asia.
He been me the friend and adviser of
Tartars, he mingled with |hoCcOOmOkl
of the Hon. he was received in the>
courts of Cipungo und Cathay. An
unottlcial ambassador, he brought to
many u land Ute kn )W.edge of the
l'nited W\$ es and W|| received as a
typical American citi/.en. Ol account
of his wide learning and varied ac?
complishments he been me a welcome
-Must at the Russian court In Petro?
grad, and there is to be found In his
reminiscences a deligtv ful account of
a dinner at which he was the guest of
feted him I commission in the army
In which he was contemplating mak?
ing changes of organization and per?
sonnel. The turn of affairs at home
and the illness of hi* father com
P< I his return to the l'nited States.
After the estate of tfcd elder Poln
sett hn< been settled he applied to
President Madison for military em- j
ployment and was about to become i
quartermaster general of the army j
when the secretary of war Interfered. I
.Mr. I'olnsett was Mini intrusted
with the delicate diplomatic mission
of finding out what wan the state or
the South Amerlcun republics, which
a century ago were engaged in their
struggle for .independence against the
might of Spain. Although he was there
as so ambassador. Mr. Polns. tc was
none th?3 less obliged tc? be a man of
action. He wan in Chill when the
Spanish representatives In Peru be?
lieving that hostilities had broken out
between the l'nited States and Spain
seised se eral merchant vessels of this
country. A force then marched into
Chilian ISSjIb-IJ and at. Talcahuano
captured several other American craft.
Here sjsgg the opportunity for the
born solc'ier who hitherto had been
prevented by whims of destiny from
following his natural bent. The new
republic if Chill placed under the
command of Polnsett I large force
of men who attacked the Spaniards,
and recaptured all the vessels. He was
In Valparaiso in 1814 to.vard the close
of the War of 1812 between the Unit?
ed States and Great Britain, when
the American man of war Essex
came to that region after a remark?
able career as a commerce destroyer
In th? Pacific to be destroyed by the
superior strength of the Phoebe and
the Cherub. Mr. Polnsett wished to
return home but he was regarded as
a dangerous character by the British.
They refused to permit him to be
sent back on the Essex, Jr., on which
some American officers were being
returned to New York on parole.
He therefore made the adventurous
crossing of the Andes and landed in
this country too late to offer his ser?
vices for war. peace having been
declared.
Civic affairs engaged his attention
for many years to como. He was
elected to the United States house of
representatives from his native South
Carolina, and became interested in
public highways and other extensive
schemes for internal Improve?
ment.
Mr. Polnsett went in 1S22 on an im?
portant special mission to Mexico dur?
ing the ru!e of Iturblde and afterward
wont thtjrs as the minister from the
United State?. During one of the
revolutionary outbreaks which for so
many year* have been u fcuture of the
life of the republic to the south, cer?
tain prominent Mexican families took
refuge In his house. He placed on the
front of the building an American
flag and. standing on the balcony, de
fled the mob to harm Mm or the
building, which was then under the
protection of the flag,
officials AcvilmsI lllm of Introducing
Freemasonry.
He became involved In i controver?
sy with certain of the authorities in
.Mexico who accused him of introduc?
ing Freemasonry into the country. As
a matter of fac,t. he had been asked
by certain Freemasons in Mexico to
send to the Grand I xulge in the State
of New York for charters for their
lodges and this he did. Ol his re?
turn to the l'nited States Mr. Coin
sett wrote a vigorous pamphlet in de?
fense of his action.
An intens?' federalist in his sympa
t lies, he gave loyal adherence to the
national government when bis own
South Carolina uas the hotbed of nul?
lification notation, lie became the
leader of the Union party there. It is
said that he secretly developed a
powerful military urgani/.. tloi widt h
vNas ready on short notice to defend
tl e cai.se if the I'nnm (Jcneral
Jaeksoa, then president of the United
States, gave him authority to k< t
urns mill ammunition from the gov?
ernment arsenal ami the tradition is
that he even bad a commission of
oaloool in the regular armj.
The following administration sae
him secretnr) ?>f war of the United
st it. s. His Influence In that office
asides to tins day, Mi Polnsot I
brought .ib.?ut a radical reorganise
ti? n of artillery arm of t ie service
..ml lm \ ? especial attention In Ihe de?
reiopment of Held better!**', His ree?
ommendatlorj to congress In IMS that
all Mates of tin run ii bavi ihelf mi?
litia reorganised under federal super*
vision wan far in advance of bis time,
The Km pet Of of Russia of
There arc mans things' hi the Nation?
ai guard organisation of the present
day, however, which wan largely due
to the reeommcndalone of Mr. Point
sett,
His last public office hud been tilled
when he dossil hla portfolio of war.
The rest of his lifo, winch was given
sq much to action and still more to
grggt schemes which were always on i
the VSrge of action, was spent in stu
dlous retiremen at Btateeburg where
hi died on Sep.ember 1J, 1151, Ho
took interest still In public affairs and
v as one of the most earnest oppo?
nents of the wa ' with Mexico.
His garden in the South nave him
much pleasure and there it was thai
he cultivated the beautiful red (lower
he brought prom Mexico and to which!
his fellow botanists gave the name of 1
jPolntsettia pulcherrlma.The popular?
ity of this Rower for decorations of j
tills season of the year has been
steadily growing and at the present
time there are few who think of its
Mexican origin, and regard it as a
plant, indigenous to this country.
To the scholar, the antiquarian and
the scientist the name of Polnsett
J means much, for he was one of the
j founders of the National Museum at
'Washington and gave to it a most val?
uable collection. His discourse on the j
"Promotion of Science," delivered on
the first anniversary of the opening,
in 1S41, is a document which is quot?
led to this day. Mr. Poinsett was also
the founder of the academy of line
arts at Charleston, which existed for
I
i several years. There are in existence
; many of his unpublished papers be
1 sides his "Notes on Mexico," which
have an important bearing on our
national life. Columbia University, of
New York city, conferred upon him
the degree of doctor of laws.
And from the career of the publicist
and the statesman we go to the all too
short one of a grand-nephew George
I Poinsett, of the United States marines,
over whose body at the Brooklyn
Navy Yard only a few months ago
the president ol the United States
spoke words of eulogy, Thus it is
'that tine American traditions, intelli?
gent zeal in the performance of duty
and devotion to the cause of the coun?
try are all expressed in the petals of
poinsettia blood red flower of cour?
age.?John YV. Harrington in New
York Herald.
UHU ES AID TO COTTON GROWERS
Representative Henry Proposed lioan?
From Reserve Hank*.
Washington, Jan. 11.?Represen?
tative Robert U Henry of Texas, act?
ing u ion the suggestion that the new
federal reserve banking system can
be utilized to help relieve the dis?
tressed business conditions in the
South, today wrote a letter to the
federal reserve board, urging it to au?
thorize the reserve banks at Atlanta
and Dallas to accept cotton ware?
house reecipts for rediscount at the
rate of 4 per cert, and for a period
of six months frith the privilege of
renewing for another six months.
Mr. Henry points out that the pur?
chasing power and debt-paying ability
of the South are hampered and almost
paralyzed at this time by the low price
and slow moveme it of cotton.
"As a war measure In this crisis
brought on the S >uth by the shock?
ing conditions in BUTOpe," asks Mr.
Henry, "has not the federal reserve
board the power to make a definition
authorizing the discount of farmers*
notes, so as to make available feder?
al reserve notes to be loaned to the
banks on cotton In accordance with
the terms of 1 per cent, interest and
for six months pe ioda?
"If you can kind your way clear to
pursue this course and make federal
reserve notes available In thii way to
the producer! of cotton on the terms
outlined by mo, you will make it easy
for the cotton farmer to pay his debts,
t > ilnanOC hla needs during the year
141S and to feed and supply his fam?
ily's wants during the year HUG. He
can by this means pay his obligations
incurred for last year, satisfy his mer?
chants ami make arrangements for
supplies during the present crop year '
COUNTY ELECTION INVALID.
Greenwood Hoard Declares Against
Met ormick.
Greenwood, Jan. 12.? The Green?
wood COUnty board of canvassers de?
cided unanimously late this afternoon
that the Met'ormick county election of
I December 29 w us Illegal,
The decision todl y was based on
the grounds thai voters living in Troy,
Callison, Bradley and Klrksey town?
ships, territory Included In ihe new
county, were refused the 1 iciit of suf?
frage, and thai their votes would have
Changed the result I nd they been per
milted to rote, The board also held
lhal six Illegal votes were east.
Twelve affidavits were made on
I Hit || Sides of t he e aitost.
Attorneys ;'"i ihe new count) will
lake an appeal to ihe State board *>(
ca n\ nsscrs,
I ?0? ha 11. Ala., Jan, 12, -1 la If of t he
business portion of he town of Cut
tonwood was burned bist night,
BAD YEAR VOR JOHN BARLEY?
CORN,
story of llio Bloodless Revolution
Which Mus Boen Uotllg on in The
United Staler.
Washington, Jun. l-.--Twenty years
ago, sixteen million persons w ere liv- j
ing in "dry" territory in the l'nited
States. State-wide prohibition was in
effect In three states. Elsewhere it
was regarded as a doubtful experi?
ment, Nation-wide prohibition was
unthought Of then.
Today, 75 per cent of the square
miles of area of the United States is
"dry." More than forty-nine million
persons are living In "diy" territory.
State-wide prohibition has been estab?
lished In fourteen of our forty-eight
States, Elsewhere the people of many
towns, townships and counties have
decided to dispense wit it the traffic in
alcoholic beverages, under local op?
tion. The movement for nation-wide
prohibition has attained such strength
that it is recognized ns one of the
greatest issues before the country. For
the first time-in history the question
has been voted on in congress, a ma?
jority of members of the house going
on record in favor of the now-famous
Hobeon resolution, for an amendment
to the federal constitution prohibiting
(the manufacture, importation and sale
of all intoxicating beverages.
Such, in brief, is the story, of the
bloodless revolution which has been
going on in the l'nited States?the
wonderful change in public opinion
which will eventually make the entire
j country dry. It Is not the result of any
increased moral wave. The power
which is working for the total aboli?
tion of the alcohol traffic does not rest
in the hands of dreamers, fanatics or
cranks. The foes of alcohol who are
delivering the most effective blows are
no long-haired, goggle-eyed reformers
, such as used to be pictured In the
I comic sheets. The men and women
I who make the nation are back of this
! movement?big employers, manufac?
turers] mechanical men, farmers,
storekeepers, railroad men?all think?
ing men and women In every walk of
life, who know that the drinking of
intoxicants destroys energy, shortens
life and is a burden upon American
citizenship, filling poorhouses, prisons,
hospitals and insane asylums. There
is no prejudice about it. There are
good men who use intoxicants. The
tight is not against them but against
the interests which make it possible
for them to get the poison and which
exploit them, taking advantage of hu?
man nature and capitalizing unnatural
appetite.
Brewers and Distillers Quit.
Stock in brewery and distillery com?
panies can hardly be given away since
the national house of representaives
took its vote on the prohibition resolu?
tion. Some of the most prominent con?
cerns arc going out of business, having
seen the handwriting on the wall.
Things have changed In congress.
For a long time the liquor interests
did not feel that it was necessary to
maintain lobbyists in Washington. No
attention was paid to the lirst resolu?
tion for nation-wide prohibition .when
i
j it was introduced some years ago.
While efforts were made from time to
time to compel interests on the part of
the law-makers, the resolutions al?
ways went back to the pigeonhole. But
the nation-wide movement steadily
gained force until there was no escap?
ing it The majority which was ob?
tained in the house test last week, 197
to 189 votes, exceeded even the expec?
tations of the anti-saloon forces,
though as a two-thirds vote was neces?
sary for passage, it will not be possi?
ble to submit the question to tin
States this year. It will come up again
at the next session and within a few
years the amendment to the constitu?
tion is certain to be adopted by the
States. Delay cannot help the selfish
interests concerned, for every year in?
creases the popular opposition to the
t raffia
The majority of the people of this
country have banished the saloons
from their neighborhoods. Saloons
are now concentrated In the cities, and
In the toughest parts of the big cities.
The breweries and distilleries have
more barrooms in New York city than
there are In thirty-six ol the states,
ami more In Chicago than In all the
territory south of Mason and Dixon's
line. Tin? congressmen who voted
against the Hobson resolution were
from the large cities, where the rich
brewers and distillers have their
"United Societies" ami hold the bal?
ance of political power. .lames R,
Mann, the Republican l< ader of the
house, says he is personally opposed
to the liquor traffic, but would not vote
for the resolution in its present form.
(He is from a big eitj and be "duck?
ed.") Democratic Leader Cnderwood
I championed the opposition to the res?
olution. He bad received the full
support of the brewers and distillers
In his race for the senate,
DIsastroiiN Year for Trutlk*.
There Pas never been ;i year as dis?
astrous |o thi- liquor ti'iiflic as was
IUI I, the world o\m r. Complete prohi?
bition was adopted by live States ?
Arlxonn, Colorado, Oregon, Washing?
ton and v irginia. The newly-elected
legislatures of n number of the other
tutes are Mdry." Prohibition under
ocal option laws has been steadily
'rowing and Ihe sentiment of the peo?
ple as expressed at the election la a
rood Indication of what will happen
when the question of national prohi?
bition is finally submitted. In Ken?
tucky, one of the greatest whiskey
producing states of the Union, loof
the i 20 counties now prohibit the sale j
of liquor.
Nearly all the big industries of the
country are working for prohibition. \
The industrial insurance movement
has been a big factor. The cost sys
tem which all large corporations use
has shown that workm n who drink
handicap themselves as well as their
employers. Health authorities, city
and State, are taking an active part in
the campaign. Recently the North
Carolina board of health passed a res- I
olution condemning the use of all in?
toxicants on the ground that alcohol
is Inimical to the public health. The
Order of Railroad Employes at its an?
nual convention at Reading, Pa., the
other day passed a resolution, favor?
ing all legislation, State or national,
which has a tendency to prohibit
the manufacture or sale of intoxicat?
ing liquors.
The most sweeping attack the liquor
business has had came from Russia,
where at one stroke the manufacture
and sale of vodka and other alcoholic
i drinks w as suppressed, w ith results
that have been astonishing. Not only
has mobilization of the Russian army
been more complete, but conditions of
life and health and business through?
out Russia have improved immediate?
ly. Franco has suppressed the absin?
the traffic and is considering whether
it would not be a wise thing to do
the same with other alcoholic drinks.
Last spring the German Kaiser de?
clared that his people ought to give
up the use of intoxicants and said he
would head the movement by giving
it up himself. The destructive prop?
erties of alcoholic drinks have been
brought to the attention of all British
soldiers by means of posters signed
by the nation's foremost medical men
and military authorities. The \ctlon
which all the governments have tak?
en to keep intoxicants from their
men. because of the war. may result
in a great world movement to pro?
hibit the manufacture, importation,
sale and offering of alcoholic bever?
ages among the people of all civ ilized
countries.
In peace and war, John Barleycorn
has fallen out of favor. Wherever
the problem of waste and loss of life
is seriously considered, the trarfic in
alcoholic drinks is doomed. Common
sense is bound to win in the end.
ACREAGE REDUCTION.
Columbia, Jan. 14.?The repeal of
the cotton acreage reduction act,
passed by the extraordinary session
of the general assembly in October,
is provided in two bills introduced in
the house yesterday. The authors of
the repeal measures are Mr. Moore of
Abbeville and Mr. Dixon of Faiiiield.
The cotton acreage reduction act
penalizes the planting in cotton this
spring of more than two-thirds of the
total acreage devoted to all crops by
any individual, including grain crops
sown last fall.
BLIZZARD IN EAST.
New York, Jan. 13.?A sleet storm
and high winds are sweeping the
North Atlantic coast today. Two lives
are reported lost in the vicinity of
New York. The sea is lashed to fury
and shipping is being damaged.
Boston, Jan. 13.?Shipping Is crip?
pled by a sleet ?ale and land traffic
Is impeded by heavy snow today. The
Fall River steamer Plymouth put in
New London today account of heavy
storm. A number of small craft have
been driven ashore.
News Froni Manning.
' Manning Times.
j The Clarendon legislative delega?
tion met with the commissioners last
Wednesday for the purpose of, get?
ting information regarding the finan?
cial condition of the county, and
found the affairs in such shape that
it will not be necessary to increase
the tax levy.
* * e
Notwithstanding the efforts of the
j lug warehousemen the tobacco ^r >\ -
i ers of Clarendon do not desire legis?
lation which will force them to place
their tobacco on the market in grad?
ed form. The\ believe, and with good
reason, the agitation is solel) in the
interest of the large warehouses, and
If a law is enacted to forte grading it
will have a tendency to drive out the
competition from the smaller markets.
sie He S
Tbc merchants arc beginning to feel
the effects of the movement In cotton,
trade Is picking up, and they believe
; t he worst is o\ er,
Atlanta, Jan. i :. sitting before
an open grate intent upon a school
lesson, little Miss Blanche Merman,
aged 8, c.nielli lire, in her home on
South Pryor street lost night, she
ran screaming into Ihe street with hi r
clothing nbbr/c. she died .it two
o'clock this morning.
EIGHTY'PLEAD GUILTY.
i light Plead Not Guilty ami j?; Enter
Demurrers to Corruption C harges in
Terra 1 laute Case.
Indianapolis, Jan. 12.?Eighty of
the 124 men arrested recently on fed?
eral indictments charging conspiracy
to corrupt the election of November
;> last in Terre Haute, Ind.. pleaded
guilty in federal court here today.
Eight pleaded not guilty and demur?
rers were tiled for the remaining 26,
including Mayor Donn M. lloberts,
Circuit Judge Uli Redman, City Judge
Thomas Smith, Sheriff Dennis Shea
and other Terre Haute olheials, Argu?
ment on the demurrers was set for
January 10.
Eight of the SO who plead guilty
were employes or former employes of
the Terre Haute city administration
and included J. Edward Holler, within
the last week deposed as chief of po?
lice, and John F. Nugent, fo mer
night chief of police. The others
were bartenders, alleged gamblers
and persons without an occupation.
All the defendants were allowed to
return to their homes. Those who
admitted their guilt did so without
being promised immunity. They are
expected to testify for the government
in the cases to be tried.
News From the Peninsula.
Feinheit, Jan. 13,?One who docs
not love nature must be all out of
joint. Out in the country is the place,
to commence with it. There are mem?
ories one treasures and always turns
to with a degree of satisfaction not?
withstanding those memories may be
tinged with sadness. Springtime is
j the great season with us, and when
I say us, 1 include the cricket, grass
hopper, bee, the insect; world, the
birds and flowers. It is a great time
that is drawing near when the "gee,
haw" man's voice will till the air far
and near, when we will get busy and
forget our troubles through the en?
gagement of present care. And these
rainy days one can do little else than
scrawl wretched lines like these,
while he sprawls before a blazing
hearth.
I have written two letters to dear
friends far away in the hope a line
may come from them. We have to
put up with much in this world, and
we count ourselves happy that we can
do so well. Only a line, but that line
brings heart in touch with heart and
friend with friend. Tha< is why these
news items count so. I know a fond
mother. She used to be a pupil of
mine, a favorite, who steals time
from busy household cares to write a
line to the Watchman.
No doubt many a time she with oth?
ers, has been tempted to quit, saying,
"Of what use is it all?" little ween?
ing that out yonder and far away
loving hearts and eager eyes are look?
ing for a word, a line through the
paper. Sometimes that word, that
line brings sadness and hearts are
full of sorrow.
And so life is made up of light and
shadow. All the way up this is true.
Your scribe mourned one full A'eek
with a blue bird, who had lost his
mate, crying his grief out in "Where's
my little beauty?" How we would
have been pleased to restore her, but
through cruel late she was past recall.
Whence the idea of a card of appre?
ciation to your correspondents?
A good idea, that pleased them.
Everybody likes to be appreciated.
My father never praised any one, but
one day he told me I had done more
work than he expected. I have never
forgotten that day.
All of our people who were at
home for the holidays visiting friends
have returned to their several fields,
etc.
Mr. and Mrs. McClellan of Mc
Clellanvtlte, after a pleasant stay with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. J.
Spencer, have returned.
Mr. Sam Shiver got back from
Winnsboro and has gone to St. Steph?
ens.
On Wednesday after Christmas
Messrs. Elijah and lienj. Saunders,
with Mr. Silas Jolly went deer hunt?
ing down on the river and had splen?
did luck, killing four deer with live
shots.
There is a lot of sickness among
the colored fraternity in the way of
g rip, pneumonia, etc.
Mrs. J. 11. Corbett is sick with grip,
it is sincerely hoped that she will
be up again soon.
Your correpsondent reports that
the "Col" hiving missed several big
dinners, is fairly well.
"Hagood."
Examinations for Stenographers.
The secretary of the F/fth civil ser?
vice district announces examinations
tor the position of stenographer and
typewriter in the principal cities of
the district on the third Tuesday of
February, May, August and November.
Those who pass the examination have
exceptionable opportunities of ap?
pointment. Application blank, form
1371, and pamphlet of instructions,
form 1424, may be obtained at ans
time by writing fo the secretary, Fifth
Civil Service District, Atlanta, o?*.