The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1888-05-09
Items from Adalnsyille.

The agricultural interests inithis
section are booming at the pf,scnt
time. Most all the farmers havi fine
fields Of corn, and their broad ades Of
cotton arc coming up at u most sapid
rate; indeed, some Of our moH for
ward farmers arc ready to chop and
hesitate only for fear Of frost. We
are enjoying tho warm, genial SPRING
with al! its cxhilarating iplamces,
anu Il husbandmen are taking ad-
vantage of It's sunny hours to promote
their farming interests. The tres uro.
covered with u luxuriant groNtli Of
rich green foliage !; the vcgctabl. gar
dens are making'a grand shog, aud
the yards of flowers which snrGound
the palatial residences of some IS our
citizens IRE difiusing their yed icncc
on the zcphyrs which blow oyct hem,
and also filling the nostrils 90 the
tacetious school boys, when they
chance to pass, with their loveig i'm.
GRANGE, thereby ~delighting thci deli
cate sense Of odor.
One of III young ladic8 has taEen
al altogether different attituoa TO-
ward III professional "masher H.
stead Of e%xclaiming "Isn'tboa dli$y?'
as heretofore, she was he,nd t& say,
|"Oh, where is my darling2p
The school at Palmetto Acad LAY II
in a very tlourishing condifiol aud
Prof. Johnson's boys arc in'lo ptiga.
bic in their efforts to acquire Ia eiu.
cation. The meeting Of the ~ terary
Society" was postponed on iuoaS at,
ternoon for definite reasons, SIT vii
probably meet sometime ibis week
when q lively report Of The prqreed-
ings will be sent to the DrMpcnAp.
Quite Il large number Of books for the
library have been received Ahl more
are expected i'll n few days. bit y.
p. Easterling has been made lil1ariau
and he is q very competent porsou b,
fill the position. a library u All ill.,
valuable addition to a schoo!, and VIC
hope that the committee VIII c3ntinpa
TO solicit subscriptions to t'i3 object,
and to augment its number OF Vol
umes. A considerable numhei of dc.
CANT new desks have also been added
to the furniture Of tho AcadonY, aid.
with the present principal and assist
ant, Palmetto ranks second to uonoin
Marlboro.
The Rev. Dr.. Kendall, 81 N u,
addressed the farmers at hdansYilio
on Friday afternoon, tn, 1th OH ,
for the purpose Of organizing 4 .'INar.
mcr's Alliance" Flo vividly pirtUred
to them in his address the Ills of ,he
American farmer, and in appf9priate
language presented to thc,N dir Ear,
mer's Alliance" rs the remchg we
are glad to say hal many of them
took advantage of tbs
AKA prsl iod Illc toi MIX Oh
eers ittso cIactGtl a d. ltQ,
Rrv jIont Snitb Newton, Nj slSycg.
idaul ! w Wlliiam$, aeer2lagv
The Alliance "ili Mold It's first meet.
ing on Saturday, May the 18th.
For the past two weeks Prof. r. w
Hubbard, Of Robson, has becu con.
Quoting a writing school at Palmetto
Academy. Many Of the students Join.
cd his class, and now they are exul.
tant over the marked improvement in
their chirography, and Furthermore
their writings contain a grace ant
beauty which they did not previously
possess. At the opening Of the wri.
ting school two gold pens were offered
as prizes, n to the best penman, tn,
other to the N making the most i'm;
provemcnt. They we're asgardea q
follows: j. o.. Parker, tosfH8 The bes
pcnman w. III. Fletcher, for mos
improvement. Prof. Hubbard is ar
export in the use Of a pen, a thorough
instructor, and teaches the Spencerial
system. We recommend him to al
who desire to take q course. in pen
manship. He left for his home il
Robson on Saturday last, leaving be
hind him a number Of friends an,
many pleasant recollections.
LYCURGUs.
Adamsville, S. G., April 80, 1888
Prof.. L. B. Haynes Of the S. G. Col
lege, and Rev. II. IL. Chreitzberg, wan
to form a third political party in thi
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