The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-09-17
CLINTON ITEMS.
BY MARIN.

Cotton comes in slowly.
Fine rain Friday and cool enough Sunday for
fires.
Rev. B. Jones having returned from the
springs In Tennessee, preached here Sunday at
Methodist church.
His Honor the Mayor, W. II. Archer, returned
home Friday morning from Virginia, looking
very much improved.
About thirty or more members were received
into the colored Baptist church at this place last
Sunday by baptism.
DIR. Crisler, the Greenback man for Sheriff,
spent Friday night in town, and we don't know
the straght-out man of his persuasion yet
Yes, we are so glad, and so is somebody else,
that intellectual and enterprising young
friend, Mr.. Lamon, returned safe and sound
from his trip up the river
Mr. J. NJ. Cox and Mrs. J. f. Cox, of this
place, and Mrs. Boney, of Louisiana, returned
last week from the Virginia mountains. Indeed
the mountain air has a wonderful effect.
Messrs. A G. Lewis, B. S. White and T. S.
Johnson, County Registrars, were in town on
the Sth and 9th and added 23S new names to the
roll; q White and III c0lored, making the total
registered voters here 426.
The champions of the Greenback party held
a big pow-wow the night of the Sth, at the
Mt Hood colored church 21& miles northeast
of town. We learn they made few converts
by laboring with the colored brethren until ?
or o'clock in the morning.
With deep feelings of regret we learne of a
case of bulldozing at Brownsville last Saturday
1t was to have been gala day there with our
friends of the e. b. party. All was bright and
lovely and too wet for the colored people to
pick cotton, the crowd soon assembled until
there at least % white Democrats, II colored
Democrats and cOlored Republicans, and
whilst the silvery tones of the orators were
being waited on the breeze, blasted Democrat
niger inserted a few grains of powder between
two anvils and touched it off; the CONSERVATION
great that two of the Republicans joined
rba Rg1Ir ho, Anvil
party, and the third being sick of such foolish
ness went home Now if it is true that it was the
anvil business and not the speech that bulldoZed
or converted the Republicans, the good people
of B. ought to be more careful in the future,
some daily paper will put black mark on the
fair name of old Kinds.
1t is with pleasure we again mention the inn
proyement on the Masonic Graveyard by Mrs.
Julia Rice for only a few short months ago
stranger in passing by might well have thought
our town dead, that there not
enough men left, to take care of the last sad
resting place of their loved ones, and would
not be surprised if some do not blush with
shame when they see the graveled walks, nicely
trimed trees and shrubbery and the good and
substantial fence, GALL by the energy and
perseverance of lady and think how
long that city of the dead had been
neglected 1t was indeed under many difficult
ties that Mrs. Rice had to work, but through her
untring energy she at last raised the sum of
$95 80, and according to the itemized account
she has been so kind to place in hands,
the sum of $40 90 has been expended, leaving
a balance of S24 As on hand, which Will in due
time be applied to other improvements needed.
As anumber OF Kinds county companies in
tend holding reunion nothing would afford us
more pleasure than to attend one of Mississippi
Rifles, Co A. 10th Mississippi Regiment that
was first commanded b. that gallant and noble
little man, Robt. \. Smith, and would sug-
gest that Capt. J. w. Fife take such steps as
viii bring all the surviving members together.