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MCCORMICK NEWS.
The Masonic supper.-.XII MignOns...
Professional Dyers --- The Savan-
nah Valley RailrOad---Othcr Inter.
estinm Dots From About Town.
NTrC,np>fIrE- Ian OS 1881

MCCORMICK, Jan. ., 1885
A few civilized Stvagcs OF the Niger des
cent. came in town Il lew days since ana pro
fesscd to be professional dyers Several of oul
merchants and others gave them 1oD>: lncy
of course used the regular "Diamond Dye
and oh, if you get caught in Il rain, no"
many coiors yGu rmse seac, our nerus hnus ~'t desp
pink, or lastly Il VarieSaieu resemblance Oh
compound mixture which take pretty con
siderable amount of hard labor to regain
vour Anglo Saxon color. 1t Is strange how
men will patronize such fellows, when they
can procure the very identical compound
from your drug store for half what you can
yet one suit dyed for and do 1T just as good as
thcy can. Every package Of Diamond Dye
contains directions, SO that amy one can use
Mr.. J. W. Peak is getting cord d-wood for
market. near to town. Wood was in great de-
maud during the ireeIe; & II SOFA so , III Anderson
DR.. Self who fell on the ice during the !asl
freeze and fractured his skull was reported lo
he diving last week. Since then we have been
informed that he is slowly recovering,
AS soon as the savannah Valley Railroad
gets to Mt Carmel, which will be this week
Il regular train will be put Oh the road t.
make two trips per day.
Dr. NJ Il. Johnson Is very FOND or going
over in the fork OF savannah River. Some
thing must be up. WHAT Is it Doctor?
Irish pcdderS are thick in town. They
seem to bc doing ~ good business, notwlth'
/
The oat crop that was supposed TO he Killed
is coming out again all right The roots were
not injured. =,
A Young gentleman who used to live in Nc
Corrnick and frequently visits the place no."
saw an advertisement In Il northern paper
the Lovers Gazette from a young lady living
in Michigan for u correspondent In the South,
or as she called it the sunny South re
answered 1t at once and she replied immediate
ly. / had the pleasure of reading one OF hei
beautiful letters. She expresses strong de-
sire to visit the heaven climate, the sweet
Sunny south They have exchanged photo
graphs and each are satisfied with the other
Doubtless this romantic acquaintance Will
eventually rpcn into closer relationship.
We wish the young man all success.
Mr.. J. y. Whitten is buildnga dwelling IN
the rear of his store, and will enlarge the pres
| ent house to nice size sore.
Last sunday was II gloomy and rainy day.
We had no preaching In town, consequently
we stuck close to the house
Parties who constructed houses in summer
without ceiling them are having hard
time during the cold spell that is upon Us
now and the freeze out in the past.
The councll is ut standStiIl IN regard tt
having the stumpS removed. We presume
money is scarce.
Mr.. NJ. L. b. Sturkey, partner or a clerk
at the cash store eve do not know which) Is
now with Mr.. w. q. Sturkey. The cash store
is still moving along and seems to be do
ing well as ever We do not know Mr.. Stur
keys reasons for the change. He told us
some time ago that he was gong to wind up
his business as soon aS possible ana dld MOI
say where he expected to 60, but we We heard
that he was going to Mt. Carmel. We sup
posed he thought towards the last. like the
wayward soldier that there's "no place like
home sweet homp.'
Mrs DIR. Link, Miss Link and several Of the
ladies of Wilmington came in on the Savan
nah Valley Railroad last Thursday.
| some new furniture came for the Hall last
Thursday and was placed in the building by
request of Mr.; James cothran, Jr. The Hall
will soon he elegantly furnished we hope.
! The new iron bridge for Little River has
been carried to the spot, and the PheniN
Bridge Company, of Atlanta, Will have 1t up
| in u week or so.
| 4 crowd of young folks took q trip up to the
! head of the Savannah Valley Railroad, or ~
| far as the trains go last Wednesday and haC
Il most Delightful trip. The cars ran off the
track near viii Iingt"n. but no damage was
| half was of the number. The eXcursi0niSt'
are indebted to Capt Rich for q ye,y plensan
by IL sound resembling that of a jay-bird, on
| ~ not So harmonious. coming from the lips
of jim. His mind seemed to be wandering
between talking and singing, The. whole
cause we think is brought on by being des
peratc!y in love with Miss --. -,
The mi Mignons" OF Mccormick, will
give "Ealentine Iiop"at the academy hal
on the 18th February, on account of Falrn
tines Day being on Sunday: They have pro
cured the entire academy building. and eN
pect to make the ball the largest ever it
| town. The MI MignonS arc doing all they
can to eclipse Club No. 3. The Social Gut
No made Il decided success III their hast ball
We hope the MI Mignons will succeed IL
! like manner.
DrummcrS are getting thick in town. Yor
see two or three day. Somebody must 6'
! buying goods.
| The Masonic supper wrote YOU about, took
place last night. At 2:30 o'clock the Mason
met ut the hall and held Il meeting until t::H
o'clock. The lCdgeS of Troy aud Liberty Hill
were we'll represented. We suppose, just he
fore supper, that there were about one hun
The supper was elegant. consisting of turkey
ham and oysters, bread and cakes. The pOunt
cake was splendid. The indcfltigablc Mr.. Jas
! cothran, Jr. Supcrntendcd the supper, ant
you know what ever he puts his hands to is /;
success. During the evening we had the pleas
ure of meeting our esteemed friend, Capt. Geo
G. Bradley, Of Troy. The Captain IS one o
its hest citizens He says that the "Trojans
will have during the spring ihe new play en-
titled "SOlon shingles" We feel sure th
play will be good. Tie supper for the lodg
was precisely at o'clock, the bell at the acad
emy announcing to all that IL was ready
There were several gentlemen invited Wn' wi,
were not MaSOnS, but no ladies at all. Th
hall was elegantly lighted with the new chan
deicrs just received few days ago. In fact
the whole room and supper showed taste ant
redoubed energy on the part OF the lodge
We don't care how soon they may have an
other supper and invite your correspondent
for lie loves to cat Il nice supper.
Beautiful Young Lady.
GREENWOOD, S. G., Jan. q. 1856.
The caniata Which was given here Il few