w / Sm all Chance for a Fiqbt.?The legal advUers of the Liquor Dcalors' Association hare given the following advice to their cUearnuos|* tioii have not been made public, but it is said to bo n very favorable oue for the security holders. The scheme is understood to include the formation of a new company to complete the rood, the capital for this purpose to be furnished by the snydicate. The securities of the Three C's will be surrendered by their present owners, who will receive in return therefor securities of the new corporation. Certain guarantee wid, it is stated, be given to the investment an 1 Finance companies, and they will be amply secured from all possibility of loss other than has already been incurrc i. The immediate effect of Iho exchange of securitieb will be the transformation of what have always been unavailable and almost valueless assets into an investment which at least promises future returns. The names of those who comprise the syndicate have not been given, but a number of them are Southerner*, with large interests in the area which the Three Co when completed will i.m ~ir ? \ nvi:?. ? Chicago, A pi il 7.?Reports from 80uth ' here Jpdicate that a gale nlmn d cyclone in severity is sweeping Soutlierir'jhitfi^ Iowa and Missouri, and that much damage has been done. The wind has in a great measure prostrated the telegraph wires, and full reports are not attainable. It is feared that in remote sections there may have been loss of life, although so far none has been reporte 1. The weather has suddenly turned oppressively hot, and the wind is blowing from the southwest, the direction in which tornadoes and cyclones generally originate. Along the lakes in lower Michigan also there has been much loss of property. Similar reporte come from Nebraska, with (!,? o.l.i;.:... J - -u-iuvm ui nmcjpiciiu prairie tires. The Plymouth Hotel, a World's Fair hostelry at rieventy-second street and Stony Ielnnd avenue, collapsed during the wind storm that prevailed this morning shortly after midnight. The building was one of the largest of the World's Fair hotels, and was almost completed. In its fall the building crushed another structure, which was to hav been used for restaurant purposes iti conucction with the Plymouth lioth buildings were owned by William Senrles, of Plymouth, Ind., and were valued at $25,000. This makes three World's Fair hotels that ltave been destroyed by wind und tire in as many days. Thk Oi.iver-Dki.aney Tragedy.?Lsuis ville, Ky., April 0.?A special to the Timet from Morganfield, Ky., says : Geerge H. >'enry, George Delauey, Henry Detaney a id Frank Holt are under arrest here for t';e Oliver murder. They claim their innocjnee, but are positively iden'iiied by Mrs. Oliver, who caused the warrants to be issued. T ic men all belong to prominent families, i id if nay attempt nt lynching is made the ve-tnty will run red with blood. Jvich man h under a body guard. The lynching talk is subsiding, owing to absence of proof ilier than Mrs. Oliver's identification, 'i' tylor Oliver is not yet dead, but the end is not far off. Sturgis, Ky., April X.?This city is again ablaze with excitement over the Oliver-Deliney tragedy, owing to tlie confession of i.ewis Land, who ia a very quiet young man nd had hitherto bean unsuspected, lie wan apparently a warm friend of the Oliver family, and acted as a pallbearer at the funeral of the girl, aud had beon a constant watcher at the bedsiue of the wounded man. After watching by the bedside of Oliver all night Tuesday night lie broke dewn yesterday, and sought Policeman llerry, to whom he made a full confession. The confession implicates all the persons under arrest, with the exception of George 1'. Henry, together with Alex Thompson aud Will llolt, who were arrested lato yesterday afternoon. Mob violence is expected at any moment. - - - ? A Fkari'pi. Accident.?Yesterday the sad news readied tiic city of the accidental killing of.Mr. J. M. Owings, the brother of l>r. W. Y. Owing*, of this city, at his home near Ktrothors, in Fairfield county. it seems that on Friday afternoon Mr. Owins was standing in the neghborhood of bis barn, leaning on the barrel of his shotgun, talking to a friend. The gun barrel rested on his left side. In some way he knocked the hammer with his knee, and the gun was discharged. The load made a fearful wound, tearing away almost the whole of liis side and breast. Tne wounded mm lingered till yesterday morning when lie died. ? The Slate, 'Mh. tint Activity or Spanish Ana schists. ? Madrid, April 8.?The government has discovered en alarming conspiracy of anarchists at Xeres, evidently having for iis object id insurrection against the authorities. A raid was made on a ftrmhouse near Xeres and the compiraters were captured. They were armed with i itics and large knives. The documents cspturod showed that preparations had been made for another outrage in revenge for the execution of February 18'J'J. Me IDeeltfg fenion Mmes R. M. STOKER, - - Editor Friday, April 14, 1893. ~ SUBSCRIPTION, $1 60 PER ANNUM F08T OFFICE DIRECTORY. The P. O. will be opened for business from 8 A. M. to 0.00 P. If. The Money Order Department will be opened for business from 0 A. M. to 4 1*. M. Mail going South will close promptly at 11 A. M. Mail going North will close promptly at 5.30 1?. M. The mail will be taken from the street box 15 miuutcs before closing each mail. Any inattention or irregularities should re reported promptly to the P. M. J. C. HUNTER. P. M. New Advertisements. A. II. Foster & Co?How about your New Spring Hat and Dress ? Dissolution of Partnership?Smith k Gist. Meeting of Wage Workers' League. Tax Levy of Town Council. Citation on Kstato of B. F. Bison. *ar Our Santuo correspondent giro) an account of how two tramps relieved Mr. W, T. Jones of $80, by boring into his safe. tUT The State Convention of the Christian Kndeavor Society w ll be held in th< Presbyterian Church, in this town, begin ning Friday night, April 28, 1803. An earthquake was perceptibly fell last Friday morning, about 6 o'clock, at Abbeville, Columbia and Anderson in thh State and one or two localities in Georgia. The following havo been drawn at jurors from this county for the August teru of the United States Court in Greenville : Grand Jurors?War. Jones, (Jowdcysville J. 11. Littlejohn, Asbury. Petit Juror?James Smith, Gibbcs.' ? gtiaJT A cold wave struck ibis part of tin country last Tuesday and made the ncrt Renter clothing wry uncomfortable. Therf was a general gathering around fires in day time and a pulling up of blankets at night For a week before the weather was unusu ally warm for April. priy- The building where Benator 3. L M. Irby was born, in Laurens, was totally destroyed by fir# Jast Sunday morning, I was owned by Mr. N. B. Dial, who with hii family barely escaped with their lives. I was a great loss to Mr. and Mrs. Dial, iho latter losing ft large amount in valuablt jewelry. SOT Twenty years ago tomorrow m3m iog, the loth April, 1873, a severe froel killed the firuit nod almost every kind o: vegetation. Even the trees looked as if i tire had scorched their young and tendei leaves. If we remember right, however the farmers made good crops of cotton and corn that year. IMF" We take the following from a Wash ington despatch to The State, and havifonTj tliia to any: IV# I hi ok Attorney' Genera Townsend^nd Mr. Ira Jones Annw tbei] "a^Ellinan, well enough to believe that il J$#ld be only waste of breath and perhaps dangerous for them to say anything that did not accord with his view of what law 01 equity is or ought to be. We'll bet a shad from Cul Caugbmau's tish trap, that Tillmar did not consult either of them, either btfort or after he ordered the euit]to l>e instituted : The fee of J. Randolph Tucker in th< railroad case is $2,000. Governor Tillmai paid hitn $<*>00 out of his contingent fund and will have to pay the balance, $1,500 from the same. Irby told Attorney Genera TownsenJ and Ira Jones that they weri afraid to tell Tillman that they knew al along that they could not win the case. /p3f~ We really don't see how a town oat prosper when its business men and citizem of means, generally, make it a rule 0 send their money to other towns to pur cba?e what they can buy at home, of tb< same quality, and if not quite as cheap, ii cull, is really cheaper when it is considered thai the money paid at home is spent a home, and contributes to the profits ant prosperity of every business in town. Kvcry month we nre reminded of tliii injustice and utter want of business tact, by (he presentation of merchants' bills made out on billheads printed in Charleston. Columbia and other cities, for which they pay spot cash and from which neither themselves or anyone else in town receives a cent of benefit. We have offered and still offer to duplicate any job of ordinary letterpress printing that the citizens of the town and county of Union may require, at the same price that they pay for the same quality of work and material in Chrlcston, Columbia or ony other town or city in tliie State. There ie r.ot much e icourageinent for a man to hurrah .' for a town and its people, when lie finds that his honest share of its business is persistently sent to other towns to enrich strangers whe do not care a baubee whe her the town and its people sink or awim. ?o? Tillman Aeked to Explain. The quarterly meeting of the Greenville County Farmers' Alliance was held last Saturday, at which representative farmera from every part of the county were present, the following resolutions were unanimously adopted : " Whfreaa, it has been stated in the public pre** that Governor It. R. Tillman had written a letter te President Cleveland in which he requested of the President that certain citizens of this State be not appointed to any Federal office at. home or abroad and whereas, the name of the ilon. M. L. Donaldson, the president of the Farmers' State Alliance, is reported to have been ono of those thus blacklisted by Governor Tillman, be it "krsolved, by the Greenville County Alliance in regular quarterly meeting assembled, that not having seen any denial of said allege I blacklist, we deem it but just to the honored president of the State Farmers' Alliance as well as to the order itself to take cognizence of the matter and take such steps as are nceestary to learn from Goveenor Tillman himself whether tbe public statements aa to the blacklist referred to be founded on fact or not. "Rctolvrd, That a committee of three members of this County Alliance be eppointed to communicate with Governor Tillman and request that he return answer whether the newspaper reports of- sai l blacklist he true, and if true to furnish his reasons as given to President Cleveland for his action towards M. L- Donaldson, our State president." V Faotory Progress. T Mr. J. II. Rodger lias gone to Briatol, Teon., for a brick making machine, and aa 0 soon as it arrives he will begin making C brick for (be factor/. The briek will be A made near (he fictor/ site, where there ia o! very lino brick cla/. ii The force of hands at work on the exca- e ration for the foundation aro making fine o progress. o; President Duncan is pushing matters with r his usual energy. The eal/ trouble he finds is a lack of hands. Did /ou ever hear be- n fore of the scarcity of hands in Uaian ? j< Heretofore, one could find as man/ bands as e he wanted loafing on (he corners and holding anniversary and Arbor I> ty exorcises on ( ' the 121st inst. We say modest, because she < 1 did not give us her name, but only wrote in 1 one corner, "coiuc." Gov. W. J. Northen, of Oa., is to deliver the anniversary address 1 at the laying ?f the corner stone. The invi1 tatiens ure neatly go'ten ijp. The Local , 0 promises to he on hand with his best smile, t and hopes liis modest friend will make 1 1 herself known iu some way. I The people of Union, recognizing the ! t great advantages derived from (he Clifford j I Seminary, always lo popular institution. Hon. C. A. Stevenson, ' a brilliant young lawyer of CIteraw, will . i deliver the annual address on Wednesday, | i June 14th, and Rev. D. E Jordan, of Abbo- * ville, will preach tho baco ilaureate sermon on 1 the Sunday before. Mr. btcvensoi) is a ! cousin of the Vice President of the United '( Slates. > PersonalsMiss Essie Tate, of Columbia, one of the j teachers in the GraleJ School at Spartan- i burg, spent Sa'urday and Sunt] ?y with her friend, Miss Annie Kriggs. Mr. James Munro has returned from a , short trip to Washington. 1 We notice with pleasure (list Miss Minnie (lee has taken the hist honor, and is Presi- ' dent of her class at Converse College. Union young ladies generally make their 1 mark at college. i Thoe. B. Butler, Esq., has returned from ' a three week's trip to Washington, Balti- [ M mora and other place of interest liorlh. Of n course he saw and shook hands with one of s the greatest Presidents the United States a aver praduaed. 1 Mr. W. E. Ray has returned from Ten- 0 ncssce and Kentuoky with some vary fine c horses. " Mr. II. h. Goss went to Columbia last Mon- ' i day on impertant business. \ "Kelton Wheel" was in town Monday, on the sad business of procuring a coffin for his former neighbor. Mr. William Hart. R. W. Harris and Capt. W. M. Gibbes hare returned fnm Washington, but we hare not heard which is the fortunate holder of the commission as I*. M. of this 8I town, lioth say they have got it, sure. Attorney Gener ?1 Townsend spsni n diy or i; two at home this week. e: .f ii C oixmbia's $(100,000 ?Columbia, S. C., April 8.?Heveral Massachusetts mill pi men representing the head men of the Columbia Water Power Company nrrired here cl today with contractors for the purpero of IV beginning the erection of a six hundred fo thousand dollar cotton ducking mill on the to canal. Ground will bj broken within the next week, 4 Iw tooraoy u ih TV&T, At the Quarterly meeting $t the UMeaviil* ounty Farmers' Alliance, Usi Saturday, 1. D. P. Duncan, Manager of th^Ltate .lliaoce Exchange, explained the webkUgo r the Exchange amjLgshewed the i&rair* t igva it offered toTIbmbsrs. During-the X ourss of his addregp he expressed (he pinion that the Aljfince sheu{d ^tcome op pen body, as none of Its legiti Aft gprpojss 1 equire secrecy. 2 IVo beliere Cel. Duncan is o3PtPT?^ * lonths in advance of the decision 6f a maicity of the most intelligent members of the ' rder, in the "opinion that the Alliance * heuld become an open body." Experience i fast teaching that secret organisetiens lainly organised for the advancement ef lass and political legislation become hotbeds f the most corrupt political intriguers and j lemagogues. ?????? Correspondence of the Times. j Interesting Doings at Jonesville, Jonesvillx, April 10.?The thermometer * ms been up into the eighties far several . lays and the farmers are anxious te put heir cotton sesd in the ground, but want a ain before doing so as the ground ie very Irv. A warm shower is very much needed It is very probable new that we will here 1 , feir fruit crop this year. ti There was a meeting of the oilitens of sntsville last Thursday, the elyect ef whioh ras to talk about a cotton factory at Jones- v ill?. Mr. T. L. Haines was/trailed to the n hair and J. H. Oault acted. as aecretaWv. 'ram the few men that were present abotti on thousand dollars was pledged, with the iromise of still more from the same parties. ' 1 committee of seven was appointed to rorlc up the enterprise. Four different rites iave been offered the committee to be pat n as stoek at a reasonable valuation, I will ( iave more to say about this enterprise in j be futuro. Tlie Knights of Honor initiate! six canlidates at their meeting Wet week. Capt. 1 id. Bacon was down from Spartanburg and t assisted in the work. ( The Masons held a special communication ast Saturday night for the purpose of centring the F. C and M. M. degrees. Dist. i Jeputy Grand Master. J. If. MoKissick was t iresent, aiso P. M. T. H- Gore, W. E. Moscsce, J, H. MoNeaue and several ether 1 risiting brethren from other lodgeo. The annual election for Town Council some off today. There was no issue and inly one tieket was run, whioh was elected, ( is follows ; Intendant, W. II. S. Harris. Warders, T. L. Uames, J. B. Free, P.-P. iVillioms ana j. w. . Mr. narper Vinson thinks Govi Tillman ' las rather gone baok on him, as bp did not 8 ?He bjm along last week when he went up t 0 Cincinnati to lay in hie stock of liquors , or the Stalo dispensary. Hj'don't think he Governor is disposed to^'tots ' fair with lim, but is doing his ywn lasting. '-Old 1 Pard" don't dcubt the Governor's ability as < 1 competent tastoivbut bo don't think he j lucht to meadl>6!ize the whole business and ry to gobble up all the luxuries of office. I understand Mr. Joseph Kelly has gangrene in his wounded arm and is in a eriti>al condition. ?All the sick folks in Jonesville are getting ITfli. ller. A. A. James filled his pulpit here yesterday eroniug. He announoed eomnumon services at his next appointment. Mrs. J. J. Brown, of Gaffney, and Mrs. Dr. Bates, of Clifton, hare been visiting the family of Dr. W. 0. Southard. Miss Carrie Southard csme .home from lie Gaffney Seminary to see her little siek lieter, but has returned. ~ \ Mrs. Lula Calaway, of Gaffney Ciiy, is J ffcjtipc tha family of Mr. T. L Ilames. Boyl L. llamas oitne over from Gaffney , resterday td ' see ltis parents and cnapy riends in the c ty of his'natidity. ' Mr. J. II. Ilislep. of Canton, Ga., has 1 istablished an office in our town where he < proposes te ejell tombstones, monuments or my work in that lit}?. He has samples ef foods and photographs ef ib? work. He ' tells from these and has his work done in < Marietta, Ga.. from the N*rth Ga-, marble, i ind guarantees his work and material to , ;omo up to representation. His prices are rery reasonab'e. Tklsphons. ?*? For the Tinas. I Kelton Rotes. < Kxr/rojt. April II.?Mr. William Hart, | nrho has been in feeble health the past four | >r Hve years, died at his residence near Kelton, yesterday, at tha ripe eld age af 76 fears. I regret to say that Mr! Jtareph HfHy Is ( yiog in a very critical onditien, and suf* | "ring greatly irora iua injuries ne reoeivau n the accident at the railroad, reported last ' sroelt in the Tisiaa. He then received levere loternal injuries, from whioh it is ] feared he wi'l not recover. I Grady Moore had the sad misfortune to lave bis corn-orib and contents totally de- 1 itroyed by fire la?t Thursday night, about ( 4 o'clock. Hie crib was at leat 200 yards i from any dwelling heuse, and there had jeen no fire near it, so its origin U a mys- ' ery. Some think that perhaps a rat had iiolen a match and took it inte the orib, and 1 n nibbling the phosphorous set fire to the | dace. Some suspect an incendiary, but ^ annot "epot" him. To my mind there are :oo many ufcaccountabje fire* now-a-daye for ill of them to ber Chained' te ru.^rl<1 natches. Carelessness in buning brush 'fir "rom other fires in the open air has no ' loubt, much to do with such accidents, but ncendiaryiam is becoming alarmingly cam- ] non in the ceuotry. 1 We had two '-forest fire*" near here last Saturday. ' It is getting too dry for plowing, and ill kinds at yrjgefation is beginning to suffer 'or want of ram.' ' , A good daal of corn and sou# cettoty j.as )een planted in this neighborhood. ' Kblton Wheel. 1 i Soi-tiirkm Baptist Convention Nashville, Tbnn.?There promises to be a very arge attendance on the Southern Baptist | Convention at Nashville, Tenn., which will 1 iccur in Mny next; and as usual, the Iticb- , .r,l ll. ill. out. L: .11 IL. MWHVf ML VI I/nilT|IIO a*. It. 19 UlAAillg Oil mo irra^gejpeti^a fur a comforUblc and pleas,nt trip for all those vhp wish to attend rom tliis section. Sptcixl low rates and excellent service are ffered to its numerous patrons for Ihia oc?sion. An/ of the agents or offisials of his great s/steaa will take pleasure in supdying all desired information, and will ive the business tbeir rerj best attention' Vrite or cill on L. Hopkins, H. W. Hunt, 'l'rar, 1'asa. Agent, Trar. Pn?s. Ag't. Charlotte, M. C, ' Auggata, Ha. . *' > w t A Card of thanks JoNKsvillk, 8. C., April 8, 1898. Kniroa Union Tinks : Please allow me t pace ia /our eolumns to return my thanks > (he people ef Jonevrille, Union end sorMinding country for their kindness end 0 brrnl contribution* to me *inee my aad b< tperionce and Use by fire -i the night of ) ic lit of this month. ia 1 haven't language t# fully express my y< ratiii)?le to them, Truly it is a great privilege to live in a d< iristian land amoug ebrietiaa people, at ith this experience I take courage and ge ef rward, more determineJ than ever before oa do my whole duty as a eitiien. cc Sincerely, y? J. B. Foster. , e J TEACHERS' COLUMN. J AS. L. STRAIN, Editor, Etta Jane, 9. C. UBS. B. O. CLIFFORD,') > Assistants. L. W. DICK, ) 'rogramms af Hut Teachers' Assentation Maatlnf. May ?. 189S. 1. South Carolina History?L. W. Diek, p. L. Wilson, Miss Sua Jatar. 2. Music, ki. Habitation. 4. PraetWl English in tha School?Mrs. J. 0. Clifford, E. R. Ayoook, Miss Carrie '' star. ~~ * a, 5. Music. 6. Raoitatioa. 7. Music. Bueiness. Adjournment. toll of Honor of Hooky Crook Aeadomy, for Mareh. 1893 4th Division?Hnla Smith, Maggie Belue, dart ha Scott. 3rd Division?Lula Little, Annie Litilo, lassie Oallmnn. 2nd Division?Zxuto Bevill, Robert Little, flenry Miller. 1st Division?Amelia Oallmnn. Mr, J. J. Wilburn, of King's Crock, aniwered our arithmetical problem of the 31st tit. B ones A 32J cts. Mr. W. A. Hammett, of Mercor, has sent is correct answers to our last week's ar'.thnetical questions ; i. e.: The c/rcrsgc school attendance is 33 19-22 The answer to the milkmaid problem it '1*266, or 31 41-64, if the vessel is full. Arithmetical 1. Three men hired a horse for a journey rem A to B and back again. Half way rem A to B they overtake a fourth msr vho agrees to pay his share of the cost foi he distance ho rides to B and back half way o A. What should he pay, if the whole lost of the horse is $6 ? 2- Three times the sum of two numbers it 112 and half their sum multiplied by quarer ef their difference is 104. What are the lumbers ? We wili publish the names of those whe [ive the eorrect answers, unless we are re (uested io withhold the same. f' Let Ui Condense. Mr. Editor.?With your coDaeml I will ]uo t? bit of verse, which is brimful o ion nil sense, as well as poetry. It is solid wisdom, tightly packed, that could not b* expressed better in volumes. Let erory one whose eyes may rest on base lines, both in his or her oonyersation, >r when pen or pencil is used, deeply drink Is meaning and profit by it : When you're got a thing to say, Say it! Don't take half a day. When your tale's got 1 tile in it, Crowd the whole thing in a minute. Life is ouort?a fleeting vapor? Don't you fill up se much paper, With a taie which, at a pinch, Could be cornered in an inch. Boil her down until she simmers, Polish her until she glimmers. When you've got a thing to say, Say it! Dont take half a day." ?N. G. L. Pronunoiatien, Also Editors of Traehrrs' Column : I have just read your article headed Straws Shows How the Wind Blows," in pbiph pou justly criticize the present craze :o change the spelling of so many wards o >ur grand old Anglo-Saxon derivatives.: While we admit that the style of our lan guage should he in accordance with the besl jpeakprs and writers ; and while the peop'e of filer Majesty's realms, pattern theii rheteric after the British Parliament," ye; may we Americans b? s^red from the Dubai Lstio tongue of our legislative halt*, or from the craze of so many would-be reformers ol >ur atyle. Let the present spelling atu pronunciation af cur words be changed onlj by the sanction and recommendation of eu wisest ond moit thoughtful teachers. It is almost embirrassing for us of at older generation tq try to converse with tha boys and girls from some Qf our preset high schools and colleges, where the m&uu for the oriental and modern pronunciation tins crazed teachers to deform the pronuncl tioa ef so many of the grand old words givet Lo us by our parents and teachers. Besides '.here seems to be no unanimity in tho juno rations that are male by these modern lin (uisle, even in our simplest words. I cannot better illustrate than by copying Trom a recent number of the Botlon Glob, liow different onr educated New Englanc brothers and sisters pronounce the samt word, even among themselves: Pete Sal on a log by the river aide, (Mass. And near li|m Set his promised bride , (Me. Tbey But thsre proud and Satisfied, (N. H. Fo Sit like that until they diod- (Conn. But as they Sate upon that log, (K, 1. Dp sneaked a farmer's setter dog, And Sol his teeth into l'eter's hide? (Vt. Fhey Sets no more by the river side. (N. J. ? ? a . iL. T 1 1 n i i. iii inv icncners V/Oiumn iil1 yog> IU(U disappointments. Remember, ley have feught life's fiercest battles gn<| ?? neen sorely wounded therein i end ley knew you ?s yet only on the skirmish ee. Don't be too eager to ieare the home nest, f course it is natural and right for every >y, when the proper lirne comet, to tbiak id t>lae fir a heme of his own, but don't eaginethat time has come when you put on ?ur first swallowtail and cravat. No matter how well you may premise to >, the day you leave the old homestead te ml for yourself in the world will be a (jay mourning te the eld folks therein. Ho be refal and don't remind them on every east on that the time is ooming and that >u ara anxious for it to tone. Br courteous to your sister. There ie an ? old adage, "that as the boy trea'a his n'e$ o the man will treat his wife." Shot youjr sisters the same kindoess and courteay that you would the fairest lady in thlJahS i Don't soap them np when thsy ask J?u $ < question, or answer tbem as if the/ waltw , | idiots, incapable of comprehending a sensl- ; hie reply. Don't go ioto the room which j their careful bands hare made tidy and | throw things around so as to csnvert It into ] a curiosity shop, and then wonder why your , "things are not always in order." A gentle ( boy will make a gentleman, and there is no surer evidence of a boy's character than his conduct at home. The Perfect Girl. - '! ,Girls, remember that the perfect woman, like tbetyerfecrpuqh or the perfect rose, , should not be juaged udffby what^he , is as for what sbo hopes or aims to beVtjhe ( loves the beautiful, 'the retined and the artistic, and her wishes and endeavors are , ever reaching out to get tbem; and yet her environment aud fate have placed her with* in certain wal's beyond which sho cannot psss, and so her passion for beauty that might have glowed in painting and lived in sculptured forms takes on another form and appeals te the world in blooms of house plants and in the adornment of her tidy homes. Musio that might have charmed listening thousands from the tmmic stage lulls infancy to sleep ; castles that filled her girlhood dreams live in needlework on tidies and aprons, and the uoble prince who wailed in the courtyard for her ceming now reigns ber king and lord in the husband of her choice. In fact the perfect girl is she who can make the best of what sne has, and ennoble the low and common, making them saored aud laudable. So lor today and in the coming days the perfect girl must be one who 1 om do all thinge well, who can turn the churn crank or play the pisno aud harp, or stand over the steaming wash-tub and crown her head with the soapy rainbows of the ' Monday's wash. This is the girl that the r world waDts today. It will want her still ( moro tomorrow, and more and more in years to como. ?s? Correspondence of the Timks. > Hews from North Feooiet. Etta Jans, April 10.?Yesterday, Sunday. April 9th, was the 28th anniversary of 1 the surrender of Qencral Lee's Army. To us I ho days had a striking similarity in I some respects but a dissimilarity in others. In both, a blessed Sabbath, typical of that real that reroaincth for the people of Qod. > On the one hand the battle scarred veterans who naa lor iour long years 01 oioouy warfare held out aga my brother : farmers, plant enough ourn this year to do ' you ne*t. even if you hove to pWnt corn in . somoofthe land you liaye prepared fop cotton. ! The calculation now is that there wi>l bo nine ' or ten million holes made this yetr. If tlist be true the price will be lower next fall tban it is now; and If we can get the same amount I of money for seven million bales that we i can get for ten, why do we want to make | t the three mil-son bales extra! brother Allhnccineu, Stipk to the rcsolu liens you have unanimously passed, to plant less cottonSome time ag?, about 8 o'clock at night, Mr. II. S. Porter discovered his oorn crib on fire, but with litr.olv Hid it *? guishod nud did not do much damags. Mr. i I'orier rays tli?t he cannot account fur the t fire. Last Thursday night, about dark, fir* was i discoveitd in an outhouso belonging to Qiady Moore, colored, and befoj-o (ioujd reach the apoi (no fire was under suoh bead* i way it could not be stopped, Moore lost 40 bushels of corn and about 75 bushel* of cotton seed; A. S. Bentley lost three*hundred bundles of fodder, and property belonging to other pirtits was burned. Moore is a bind working, honest negro, j The fire is thought to bare been the worlt of an incendiary. Lost Sunday evening, about sunset, near ] the residence of Q, ttcnily, fire was djs- | covered in a broomsodgtf field. The alarm i was given and the neighbors gathsred and i stopped the fire before it did mueh damage. 1 Soon after the lire was stopped. Mr. Hentlv I marled towards bis house sad saw a negro concealed is a gully near his house. Mr. Bendy asked him what he was doing (bore. He replied by asking Mr. Bendy whi he I was. Mr. Lleotly Hiked him several ques- i lions, but received no answer, lie then called to some others near by lo cone lo film, when the negro got up and ran off. < They chased him about a mile, but he got 1 away. No one knew him. It is (bought c (hat he set Are 10 the (laid to get a chance u lo plunder dwellu*(iary two strange men were aeen by several psrsee^leeuging about, an! it is now thonght they would hare entered Mr. L. B. Jeter's store, but one of them saw Mr. Jeter's olerk eater the store by the front door, but did not aee him oome out, and thinking that he slept in the atore, did net care to riak their work in siioh dangerous proximity. Mr. Jeter's store op pear ed to be partloulerly interesting to the two loafers ef the week before, and no doubt would have been visited by the burglars Friday night, but for the fortunate appearance of (be olerk at the time. Quite a number of "green goods'* circulars have been received by eitixens here, in which some very flattering and tempting offers are made. 1 hepo that none of our people will "bite" at it. Considerable c >rn has been planlei, and many are planting cotton seed, urged on by the inviting warm weather. Tne sun has been shin ng so warm and the wind being so high as to dry out red lan t, making it so hard that it cannot bo worked. Wheat is looking fine, so are oats, but it is thought that rain would help them. Every body is bucyxccpt ttao*e who are too lssy to work. Miss Irene Fant, one of cur mast charmiog young ladies, who has been en an extended visit t-? relatives in Spartanburg and Yorkville. came home last week, bringing and additional ray of "light" in ear community. .Miss Msm'.o Townscnd, of Union, spent a few days with relatives in Santuc lest week. Mrs. Amanda Fant is visiting relatives in Santuc. Mr. G. W. Whitman, of Jonesville, was eu our street* last weok. Her. and Mrs. J. II. Yarborough are visiting friends and relatives in Chester county. Mr. J. Mobley Jeter is now in Charleston, aarvinrr a a a IT .Q tin a* - a ? j ? ?* Dr. K. R. Jeter, of VThitmires, Newberry county, was in Santuo a few days last week. Moj. J. A. Fant is new coaflned to his home by sickness. Mr. C. W. Jeter has been appointed weather and crep reporter to the South Carolina weather auu crop serrioe of the U. S. Department ef Agrioulture for this sec* tion. E. W. J. PROF. ROBERT MORRISON. resolutions Anorrrn bt the state board or examination on his death. The followiog resolutions on the death of tho late Prof. Robert Morrison were adopted by the State Board of Examiners at its meeting on Friday night: Feeling deeply tho great loss that has befallen the State in tbe death of Prof. Morrison, we, tbe members of the State Board of Examiners, of whioh Pref. Morrison at. the time of his death was a useful and hooorale member, desire to express to his family and friends our warmest and tenderesf sympathy. . His relations with the board were of the 1 most delightful kind. lie was, indeed, a 9 lovable man, and won the hearts ef these J associated wiih him. He was but 25 ye?Ts V old at the time of his death, but had always held honorable and responsible pos's his '"-v. cboten line of labor. He left the impress of his stroug christian character upon the minds and hearts of his pupils. Hundreds of boys and girls throughout the State w.|l remember him with gratitude and Ipve. He was a moral power in (he communities where he taught. He was a bold and courageous thinker. He stood up raanfitlty'fdr ? temperance, for religion, for pure and lp>Q* Cft government. He belongs to these mjn of whom Christ said "Ye %re the salt of thfi earth." He died with his arh^r on, hattling for the right. For the two fatherless - ... . children and their bereaved mother we bespeak loving sympathy of the people of the State in which Robert Morrison lived' and labored and died. K. B. CuAiaiiRAn,' W. N. Maruiiant. Committee. Tdr S. DrlbqatRs IVktubk.?Mr. A. M. Boozer, 8ecretary of Stale Tin da}}' na<( Mr. J. S. Berg, the looal delegates to t-bq Stato Sunday School Convention, Holt) at Abbeville last week, ore homo again. They ray it woo the largest and bed Sun* day oohool convention over held ia the State; there were eeveoty-five delegates UJ present. Among the prominent men there ;l were Judge J. S. Cothran, Br. Ilamtuill of a Alabama, lUv. T. II. Lew, Dr. Wilson, I of Barnwell and others. Seveu or e ghl f lady delegates were there, among them |., be ng Mrs. Whilden, of Charleston. Bar* * ticu ar attention was gives u ?? 0. a pish wnereby the young men might be brought into the Sunday school end kept there. The delegates were much impressed with the amicable feelings displayed amen^j^^j^ the several denominations. The lien lasted tvfo dtyys, and the*3eiftaatos* verb' royally entetfa>ni^):-4f%e Statt. ^ * * Senator Irty says he did not say ho J wanted strife and division in the Brmecratio f party of this Slnte continued, Aooordiog te ' the Slate newspaper two reputable eitiiena ay he did say it. Now, what is n newspaper which wishes to deal fairly and objects to having ils head punohed to do ? If we accept the Senator's sietemeat