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) 00V TILLMAN'S BE A SONS FOB BLACKLISTING X. L- DONALDSON. Mem.' A*. P. Whitmire, J. P. Ptyter and J, 11. I.atimtr. Committee : Grntlxmrn:?I have your letter with the enclose I res dutiou passol by the Greenville County Alliance at its list Hireling: "Tc cemrnunira'e with Gov. Tillman and request that he return answer, whether the news< paper reports of said blaok-liet be true, and if true to fu-nish bis reason, as given to President Cleveland, for his action toward] M. L. Donaldson, our State President." Similar communications have been sent tc me from tho County Alliances of Picken: and of Newberry, and I shall furnish thii letter to the Cotton Plant as an answer to all The effort appear* to he mado to link Mr Donaldson as a cit-zen with Mr. Doneldsei as President of the Alliance, and I pretnisi i.~ :.? * I.. Aii;nn?. i,,, 1DJ nirancr i?jr ?nothing to do with it, either diiectly 01 indirectly, except in so fur as I felt jus i tied in preventing its further betraya'. T answer your questian cntegorlcallv, 1 div ask Mr. Cleveland not to appoint Mr. Don nldson to office. My reasons were these? and again the; have no reference to Mr. Dor.aldiou's prival character, but to his public nets, and I dis claim any feeling ?>f perianal resentment o disirc to injure hiiu : La-t spring when delegates were elccte to the May State convention Mr. Donalds" was repudiated by the Democracy of Dreeu vilic and lie failed to be elected a delogat either to hi* county convention or to th State convention. lie appealed to hi friends in ot'nor parts of tlie State to hel him retrieve his failing political fortum and a small caucus of leading Aliianceme from other counties went to work and had hit elected member of the National Commit'ce It was presumed, by the convention at leas that he was in full sympathy with its oppc sit ion to Mr. Cl'vcland, and certainly li neither saiJ nor d d anything to utuiectiv the men who voted for hiin. You ar familiar with the instructions given ou delegation to Chicago and our action undo those instructions. We not only votei against Mr. Cleveland, but worked ng.vnhiiu. with two exceptions. Judge then ou surprise ou reaching Chicago to sac Mt Donaldson in open affiliation with the Clevc land lenders, striving with might and mail to defeat the purpose of the convcntioi which had elected him on the Nati nal Com mittee. Again, when ihe State Alliance mil short !y alter wards, to my surprise I saw hie elected I'res'dcnt of the State Alliance When I a?ked an explanation 1 was tol that it was the ouiy possible way to defes tlie candidacy of an avowed "Third part man," and thai Mr. Donaldson lrtd pledge hlatsvlf net t ? seek any othcc, but to devot hi3 energies to building up the Alliance 1 was not surprised, however, when tw weeks later he entered the field as a candi date for St ile Senator from Greenville, foel ing, 1 suppose, that tlio double endorst ment of the State convention in May an the State Alliance in July, would rrinstnt him at home, Hut the people of Greenvill were true to themselves and he was at elected. It will thus be teen that Mr. Donaldsei played false with the May convention b; his action at Chicago, nnd broke liis pledge to the leading Alliancemcn. not to seel office. Now, in addition to that, when 1 remioi you that Mr. Donaldson, as Senator, tva the means of incorporating in the railroai bill in MJl tlie Itvi objectionable teat are which caused me to veto it you cvnnot b surprised at my net ion. It was upon hi inotiou, at the suggestion, as 1 was told, o bunch Mcllee, that the right of appeal t the courts was put iu the bill. He als championed that feature of the bill wbic kept ilie elec'ion of Ilaiirond Commissienc in the hands of the General Assembly cmirary to the "March platform," thu 1 mVj is iiiy^his willingness to atiflc the will < the people. hAH of these things taken t( gether are sufficient, as I take it, to warrau my opposing his appointment as a represen talivc of the "Keform Party" or of the Al liance. Self-interest rather than patriot ism appears to have governed his actioD! and as the Alliance has been side-tracked i nearly every other State by self-seekers and lias been seriously injutel in this Stat from the same cause, I could not conscien liem-ly stand sileat without protesting against his being rewarded for treaohery t the people and to the Alliance. Ilegretling the necessity which has force a rehearsal of these undisputed facts, whic of themselves ought to have prevented Mi Donaldson's elevation to the position h holds, 1 will submit to the verdict of th Reformers and All'ansemen of the .Stole n to the wisdom and pp priety of my aoiioi] Respectfully, 11. k. tii.i.man. ? ??? The United States Sipremi Coi.r Against tiik Sheriffs.?Washington, L>. C f\pril 24.?The Supreme Court lias denie the pciition for & writ of habeas corpus i the .South Carolina railroad tax case. Tlii decision leaves the loatter in flic hands c the South Carolina Federal courts and th sheriffs will have to stand the p'inislimen ordered for contempt of court. The dec sion was delivered hy Chief Jus tice Fuller. The cut came up au petitioi of Sheriff Tyler, of Aiken county, for i writ of habeas corpus to release him from im u.iiouiuent under the judgment at" thi Circuit Court of the (Joited States; that hi he fined $500 for contempt, lie had seize? . t train on the South Carolina railroad upot a warrant issued by the Statu sutlioritie tor collection of taxes, which wtra ia con troversy. The road was in the hands of i eceiver appointed by the United State f'ourt and he was adjudged guilty of con tempt for failing te release the propert; under order of that court. He came to th Supreme Court for relief. Justice Fuller read an opinion contaiuin] much stronger language than is HUiallj .found in such documents, denying the ap plication of the petitioner for the writ. . il said the seizure ef the properly by f?rc was unjustifiable and could not be defended The claims ef the State for tuxes are no euperior to the genera! rule which roakei property placed in the hande of a receivei subject to the orders of the court; they nri te be determined in the regular nay and ir a proper manner. The action of the Circuil Court, Chief Justice Fuller said, was in n< sense an action against the State of South Carolina, which, it wits concluded, ciuld not be maintained under the elfveotli amendment to the constitution. In con< elusion he said the Circuit Court was equipped with the fullest power to preteot ill dignitj and to enforce its mandates, and its Aise of these powers in the case in p'oinl ould not he reviewed here. Therefore, the petition for a writ of habeas corpus wa.< denied. The same judgment was announced in the eases of Sheriffs Riser and llainet which came to the Supreme Couit of tht United States with Tyler for relief. - SovriiKBx Baptist Convention Nash vim.k, Tr.NN.?There promises to be a very large attendance on the Southern Baptist Convention at Nashville, Tenn., which will occur in May next ; and as usual, the Itichmond acd Danville It. U. is making all the arrangements for a comfortable and pleasant trip for all those who wish to a'tend from this section. Special low rates and excellent service are offered to ite numerous patrons for this occasion. Any of tha agents or officials of this great system will take pleasure in supSplying all desired information, and will 've the business their very best attention rife or o ill on C. L. Hopkins, It. IV. Hunt, Trav. Pass. Agent, Trav. I'asa. Ag't. Charlotte, N. C. Augusta, Ga. fcf / Me SDeeKfy 'Union Mues R. M. STOKER. . Editor Friday. April 38, 1893. SUBSCRIPTION, fl 60 PER ANNUM POST OFFICE DIRECTORY. The P. O. will be opened for business from 8 A. M. to 0.00 P. M. The Money Order Department will be opened for business from 9 A. M. to 4 P. M. Mnil going South will close promptly at 11 A. M. Mail going North will close promptly at 5.JK) P. M. The mail will be taken from the street bo* to minutes before closing each meil. Any inattention or irregularities should j t o reported promptly to the 1*. M. 1 J. C. HUNTER. P. M. Our let tor from Stntuc this week ^ was missent and did not roach us until the . paper was near'y all in type. We woloomo to the society of Union J Mrs. Paul W. McLure, nee Miss M*mie " Newel', whose marriage we announced^sst e week, snd extend to the happy young couple e our most sincere wish that happiness and is prosperi'y mny he their constant companion! P all along the path of their marrlel life, n Uni" Wo refer eur renders to Governor , Tillman's reasons for blacklisting the Fresi i, dent of the State Farmers' Alliance. W< ? consider it the weakest public paper thai ? has yet cotno from the Governor. It looks e very much ns if lie found he had got jnl< r muddy water nnd was floundering about t( *' get out of it. ' A serious accident occurred at thi work on the factory site last Monday, b] i- which two colored men employed in th< n excavations cam# very near losing thoii | lives. It appears that they had undermined the earth for the purpose of throwing it bj forco from the top, about ten feet, and wher " it fell it buried Walter Hopkins and Johl j Jeter out of sight. They were extracted ai n quick as possible, but bsih had receive* J s?rious injuries. Jeter's jaw was badlj ,l fractured, and it is feared he received in 9 , tcrnal injuries that may terminate fatally o Hopkins' injuries were flesh wounds an? t- although not dangerous are very painful. I fc)'" Uncle Collie is dead ! Who in thi f community did not know the faithful, tin p respectful and tlic honest old colored mat t who for nmre than twenty-fire years wa; Mr. J. C. Farrar's carriage driver, in whoet 1 care for so many years, the ladies, old not * young, of that family, always felt safe fron i evil or harm, whether alone at their countrj home at Pinckoey or on the long and lo&eij ^ rides to town, s j Old Col'lc, the true and trusted servant s who never hetruyed a trust reposed in him e aad despised a dishonorable act, committed * by any roan, white or colored, died at Mr 0 Farrar's at Pincknty, last Monday, after s o short il'.nrss of 7 days, aged about 8( h years. No man in his itatiou of lirc ever hel< r# s more (irmly the respect and contidencp - 0 >f his employers and-all other* who hin ?* than didtJld Collie, and in his last hour ^ thie kindly ministrations of these of boll [. sexes he had served so faithfully, testified t- their appreciation ef his faithfulness by un b remitting attentions and by the tears of ?or " row that flowed freely at bis bedside whet , the flickering light of life weul nut. Old Collie was a true and nnswervlBj C democrat, and felt somewhat indignant wlier 0 the ruling of the Executive Coniuiittci ,j denied him the privilege of voting at th< b last primary election. j Dr. Keely, the disceverer of tin , chloride of gold, as a cure f>r tiie taste el i. aloholic stimulants and the merphine habit has soldymt to a syndicate for $10,000,000 It is supposed that he had amassed a fertuac T of $5,000,000 front his discovery before hi sold out to the syndicate, d We are of en t il l lliat there must bt " something wrong in the government when ,f individuals can amass such immense fortunes. v- ti income ouo leu us wiicreui the govern ' ment can )> charged with wrong in Dr. Keeley's good or great fortune? ? If yce are not mistakcc, D?. Macune, ol n the Xationul Economist, & few years ajjo, when he wa* a poor man, and the great lighi ' of the Alliance order, plsyed vigorously 1 upon that atriog, attempting to shew the 1 tendency of the government to make wealthy s individuals at the cost of the masses ; at the ^ same time he was getting independently 4 rich eut of the great patronage he received - from the "poor and oppressed farmers," as f he sycophantly called the farmers of the C South. Aud teday, ss we learn, he is living p, in highest style at Washingtcn. There was r no harm in his getting rich. The govera" ment was not to blame for it; and there's not a man in the eountry that would net have done the very same thing if he had the t sense and tact to saceesifully pursue the ' same course. We are all, froin the poorest even to the i richest, trying to make money?the poor to t get rich aid the rich to get richer. It ie ' human nature, and the tendency of a government that did not stimulate the r,mbition i of its people to become rich, would be to make a nation of poverty-stricken dolts. It is no more true that the labor of the ( poor man makes the rich inaa richer, than t that the wealth of the rich man is the means t by which the poor man becomes rich. 1' ' there were no rich people in the world there , would be no factories, railroads, telegraph > lines, ships for commerce between nations, or anything else requiring concentration of eapital, or to excite te action the laber, the , skill and the inveolive genius of the poor man. And we believe it would be a hunI dred-fold worse if there were ne poor peop'e If all of us, or even half, were rich the human race would become imbeciles for want of eraployanent for theinielvss and money. IV ? i.?l: ?. - .4- - ?i?* ?4-. ? ... .,> usiktc i iic n nuiginj obi arranged the whole matter much better for our peace and happiness (ban the finite minds of socialist#, anarchists, OcalAites and labor organizations could possibljr devise. At an/ rate, although a poor hard working man all our life, we prefer true ing our present and future happiness and welfare to His infinite wisdom ami lufliift* ? ? v-.-w. ; ' ** ' . " - v;, ~ Tht Barnwell Horror. We can frame no exouse in our mind foi Ibe lynching of the negro, John Peterson at Denmark in Barnwell count/, and cannol hold Governor Tillman blameleoi in the mat' i?". When (he hGgro heard that a oraxy, infuriated mob was after bim, he went direct!) to the Governor and asked for protection asserting positively that he was innocent ol the crime charged, and asked to be eon fronted by the young la<iy that had bset assaulted. The Governor, instctd ef re | quiring the young lady to appear hofbre bin in CMumbiit, to identify ihe negro as bei assailant or clear him of the grave charge sent him into Ihe very jawa of the mob tht poor fellow was asking the S;ate to protaol hup from, with the equivocal.injunction t< the mob to be sure and get the right man thereby indrectly countenancing an aot o lynching in lh? case, The negro was taken before the girl at he home n<ar Denmark, in prescnoe of a com Utilise of respectable citizens. She em phaiically declared he was not the -guilt; paity, and her brother, who was presen when the assault was made, corroberate< bcr 8tatemcu>. They were the only person present when the assault was mqde, conse 1 qnenllo they were the only competent wit nease*. That trstluiony was reported to the upb but it had no influence upon ibo deteriai i nat on Alrcady.nnnounced, that tome one mui L die for the a?siuli, and in their fury anc < madness they ruthlessly murdered a mai ) declared to ho innocent by the direct an ( unequivocal testimony of tl^e only citnpc teat witnesses. The r.ot of lynching, under all the cir > cumstoncs, was brutal and a disgrace t j Barnwell county nud the Slate of Siut j Caro'ina. O jvevner Tillman cannot escape the blam ihat must attach to Mm for (.bis horrid crim< r John l'oters-n liad placed himself under hi , protection., as Chief Magistrate of the Stat) , and whether Peterson w&? guilty of tli s crime charged or not, it was Ihe duty of th 1 Governor, not only to protect bim again: Y threatened mob violence, but to protect th . dignity and qJ name of the State by prt v.n ing or suppressing lawlessness. In I tfral of doing thst he sent the hunte I'eterron, poprotecltd, into the midst of tli excl cd utob, as a firebrand to feed its ma s fury. Personals1 Mrs. J. N. Booth has gone to llaleigh > 8 C.. to visit her people. Iter. JJenj. Ajlston has returned from trip to Abbeville, where he JielJ divin 1 services last Sunday. .Mr. It at (diet, n former Uaiou boy, wa married at Newberry on last Tuesday, I Miss McCaughrun. 1 Mr James E. Busier, one of the met ' popular young msn of this town, was mat ried la*t Wednesday to Mus Carrie 1 Gibbcs, daughter of the late Dr. Bob !j Gibbcs, Jr,, of Columb a Mr. Hunter wi accompanied to Co'uiubja by Messrs. It. I j Ilarvy, Titos. B. Butler and W. W, Jobnsoi ' who acted as best men. Mnj. E. l\ McKissick, Manager of th Baticry Bark Hotel at Asheville, spent dny in Union th{< week among his friendi | Messrs. T. II. Butler and C. M. lirahan of tlie Uuicut News Bureau wont te Loci hsrt Shsals one day last week for the put pote of writing up the place and giving th people some information concerning thi great water power. | Mi. 11. K. Lee Bridgeham, of the C'oluu bia llrgister, was here TaetjJpy. Mr. G. 1*. Garrett, of Spartanburg, wr here a day or two this week Mr. 11. T. Qi'i wcut to Clinton Monday. Mr. Chas. II Norman, of Whjtmires wj , here Sunday. Krorvlm/l r in ITn .? I n- - 1 ' -.j uiuvii rciucuivfr, v.aptai ' Thomas l.ee Thorpe, and will be glad ( bear of his success. Ii is learned that 1 has left Whitmires, where he has been stn} ing the past year, and has gone to Texas, I engage io the ineurance business. Miss Minnie Gist went to Newberry thi week Is attend the marriige of her brothei Mr. Nat Gist. The Union Minstrels are practicing an getting ready to give another performanc . during the week of Clifford's Seminar Commencement. Mrs. Tanner, of North Carolina, ba moved to y.ocjibnr', Shoals, nod opened boarding house. Mr. and Mrs. II. L. Goes went to Colua b a last Tuesday. Mr. Smith and family, of York countj are visiting at Capt. Farr's. The quarterly installation of officers c the Good Templars will be held in thei hall next Tuesday night, to which th public is cordially invited to attend. Mr. W. S. Smith, who lias had charge o the W. U. Telegraph office here for the paa eight months, has been promotod to a bette position at Spartanburg, and left en Wod nesdny for that place. Mr. Smith and hi estimable wife made many friends durip their stay in Union who regret to eee then leave. Mr. S. S. Grown, of Columbia, will tak Mr. Smith's place here. Commencing May the loth the dry goodi houses will close at 6 p. m., thus giving the clerks soipe yec^eation. Pair We are requested to annouaue tba the Seuth Union Inter-Township Sundej School Convention nil) meet at Nertl Hebron church, Friday before the 2nd Sun day in May, at 10 o'clock a. m. The pro gramme will be published in the Tj.mka nes week. This Convention embraces all Sun day Schools in Union, Santuc, Goshen Hiil Fish Dam and I'inckney townships. Kacl school within these townships will pleast send three or more delegates. The Chnetinn Endeavor The Sta'e Convention of * lie Chrieliai Endeavor wi 1 meet thie (Friday) evening in the Presbyterian church, and continut until SiiniUw The public is cordially invited t> attend the daily exercises. . -. ?>? -Mr. hi. Jj. Kerrisou; probably the widest known and most highly respected dry goods merchant in the South, died in the city of Charleston last Saturday, aged SO years. Ho retired from active buiinees a few years ego. ) H A Flmn if inkkut IkNli. i Thhse who bare novir boos lo Lookhart n Shoals should visit that interesting spot. I Leave Union osrljr in tho mersing?spend j - four ot flro hours tajoying tho broesjr atmesphsro, and sight-seeing at tho ohea'o and return homo tho same day. ' Leek hart shorts is on broad River, Unien ^ oeuutj, 12 miles northeast of Unlod, 85 ^ T miles southeast of Spartanburg and 18 miles I - west ?f Chester, thus shewing that these 8< i sheals end wonderful witer power lie in the best farming section, and decidedly the 7 t finest cotton section in South Carolina, p The place can easily he reaebed by wagons * , from 18 miles east te west, and by wagons } and small boats from '2o miles north and t' south, making a trip of only one day. b ? v AH HISTORICAL OLD PLACX. '' , Lockhart Shoals is no new place, but is c f well known to all the older people of the * eouaty. It is, in fact, a very historical eld o r place. Three miles above the shoals is the b town of old Pinckney, settled by emigrants 8 from Pennsylvania, and was the first county f f seat of Uaion, and where tbe old jail now * t elands. Two mites abovt the shonls is .the * .1 homestead plaoe of the Farrars,' a family of ? s the finest e!(J South Carolina caete, and the 0 i- most prominent people in the county. t Two mii^e below the shoale is the eld plaoe *' where Governor David Johnson, of this 4, , Slats, was born, and where ho lived for a j i- long period. Aficr Governor Johnson's death u t ox-Governor Themes B, Jeter came in pos- * I session of ths property. fl a About the year 1818 the State built a canal , d at Lockhart Shoals, for navigable purpeaes, 1 and tbc soli I masonry is still there, and very u interesting to look at. Thia canal was built ' ef the very finest kind of granite, and from 8 0 the appearance of the way the rocks are 11 h dressed aad put in, it can readily be seen that it was a first-class jeb, executed by e skilled workmen. It is said, to havo oust ). the State over a million dollars, u Lockhart Shoals is a beautiful place. The ?, scenery is perfect, reminding one on either 0 hand of the tBoauty Spots" depicted by e Turner's Landscapes. It is at Lockhart II Shoa'a that, the winds, liutan with lha r?t. e fume of flowers, blows softly over a largo j i- grassy lawn just above the sheais. where s there is seon to be a towu. J Tho climate is geod, and siokness arising ? c from climatic influences, or malarial citiiia r d or fevor are unknown. The place Is more t elevated than any ether point on the river, 1 and for this yet^on fhe summer nights are , cool, which insures refreshing sleep. | pIM.O. 1 n Aeoident at the Railroad. ? e An accident occurred on tho railroad at " this plofe 'a?| Saturday that should Tte'a warning to the boys sgi^qst J^mling on (be t csrs while in motisn or while Japding nt I tho depot unlead'ng. _ * J '' Charlie B. pouwtf, 'a son of Mr. F. II. CounL&r -emtf the telegraph messenger, was j sitting on the platform between two cars of J the material train that was shifting at the ' 18 depot. IIis legs were hanging puf on the side when the tra<n backed ana his foet , ' struck a post ig the possway le the passenger depot gnd threw him off. In bis fall^iis 1 e foot struck a shsrp corner of the post, tear* ing off tho flesh on one side, and throwing hint almost under the cars. His bsek and L '* head werp also struck as he ft'l, and he is now suffering fiout <!? wounds and the effect of the concussions. }t was a narrow ] e escape for the little fellow, and if he had li 8 not had the presence of nrnd to move his a bidy quickly-from under the cars as he fell, , 1 he would have been crushed to death. Fortunately no bones were broken, and t 18 Charlie, attbi.ugh suffoting great pain, is in ^ a good way for bris^ o,ble te resume his ^ duties. t ia , ?? Correspondence of (he Times. u JoneiyllJe IJoving Bight Ahead. g JoNRSYtLLB, April 26.?W e hgve passed ] 0 through the cold snap without much upper- ? 10 ent injury to the fruit or crops, which is a f- due, no d'cubt, to the very dry condition of t ># everjthing?aod the wind blew most all the i time and kept the frost off. j Farmers -are about dono planting, and | ? corn that was planted early is at a preUy ?, rood stand. Cotton is not up much yet. t The acreage in cotton bus been increased a a , lit tie abort last year?I suppose from 15 to ) 20 per cenh J The cotton factory committee are morlng i y around looking at the different sites thst t hare beeo offered, but they hare net decided t yet where they will pot the mill. We thank ( 18 you, Mr. Editor, for your words of en- ] ? eeuragemeut and adrioo in the last issue ef \ the Times. We will certainly receire it as ) infermM'oo. II has been our inteolion not t to '^rait'till we get #revj dollar subscribed that we want, but i# co'tnwdnCp when enough r, is assured to build a small mill and keep pushing and inereaiing until wo get a large tf mill, and wo ere glad to knew that you and others concur With us and are friendly to 1|V our enterprise. Rer. M. Friday spent laat Sunday I" our town, at'ended Sunday school morning ,f and cveniui mi rreecbed at the Methodist churoK at bight.' '* > Messrs. Bo??r and Fatton came down r from Aeheyille Sunday and started out . Monday morning to ioeate the Leokhart a Soals railroad. 1 understand a large ferae of hands will soon be put to work on the B grading. a Rer. J. M. Boyd, P. E., came down from Spartanburg last Friday and went dewn to e Foster's Chapel, where beheld Quarterly Conference Saturday. His father aocempanied him. They returned threugh Jontsville s this week. "Uncle Mark" looks fireeh and 1 sprightly and is'eertainly a grand old man, doing goal wherever he gees inspiring and ?inf hiininw oaaaI* t* Itwa ami mawU #a> tk?l -i, i?r-y" ?? ? ? *"* r t Master tflilngdojtyl a f The arbitrator* of the Jonesville pad /, Kolton circuits raolia Jonesvitle loot Moo(ioj and made a division of tht Parsonage ' properly belonging to lbs former Jonosvillo r' - circuits. J. A. t'horabers and W. H. S. f t Karris represented the two circuit*, and # they ehose their P. E., Rov. J. M. Boyd, as their ampire. Their report is as follows : K Value of property $800, divided on the >> i following basis r Jones*ille circuit per a t cent., or $487 ; Kolton circuit, 45) per cent, n or $383. This report will be submitted to each circuit. Mr. T. L. Humes' strawberries are lipe ! nnd in abundance, lie will begin to ship y t tbem in a few days The peopfe are feast- ?. ing op them now. Mr. Hamea is surely a . * strawberry raiser, for he has proved it by " his fine patch and abundant yiald. U Mr. 8am Litilojohn has returned frem his c Georgip trip.> TiLsrHona. , gfcjT Judge iTitherapooa baa ordered * auspension of (ho judgment and aentence 01 Against tho old colored man, George Klaord, G for an amauU ou a white woman in Richland jt county, pending an appeal of the case to the tt [" bupieme Court, which caonot be hoard until at tho November term. d< a \ m iN INNOCENT MAN LYNCHED. 5 j V Negro Peter ion Put to Death by the Denmark Mob, AJltr hie Innocence Had keen Clearly Established. ? Denmark, S. C , April 24.?When a few Fr ajs ago, one of (he best (tl men of ilara'ell said in the matter of the assault upon lies Mantle Baxter, that "the reputation of larnwell county was at stake, and by Qod *' ontebody must die," the people of the State ad ne idea of how very eoon the horrible ealisatioR of those words was to follow, he erime has b;en avenge I, but aa nparently iauoceat man has been butchered , * ad his blood now stains the scene of the Fc tarful crime. The horrible tragedy was enacted tonight n the moonlight whioh made it nnir y as right as day, and there was a crowd of at last two thousand people composed of every lass of men in Barnwell county. This iowd occupied the embankment under rhich the scene was enacted. Thousands an f bullets literally riddling the man from ( | ead to (hot, were nred into the .body as oen as ttrung up. The peaple had gradlallj been working themselves up to the renzy pitch for the past two weeka and F' rhen they got hold of a victim today, they th rare in exactly the condition to believe any no guilty. Somebody had to die, and nomaady ban dird That ie the story. Many f the citizens deeply deplore the deed of anight; they did nil they could to prevent t, and then they let the mob take its own ray. In this connection I must mention Tt he heroic andoool conduct of Senator S. Q. he day field. He stemmed the tide with gen- 0f line heroism until it became n wave and wept everything before it. Standing at lis elbow were ex-Senator Sojourner and jr cores of other men of prominenoe. They r;re the oldest men in the community. 'hey wanted to see the right man hung and ce ised every endeavor to get hold of that man. y< [We have not to>m to publish the evidence jven before the Judge Lynch court, which, lowever, was entirely circumstantial and, so nr at we could qndepstnnd it, in nowise onueotod the prisoner with the assault upon ^ diss Baxter. A committee was appointed to take the irisoner before Miss Baxter, which was juet rhat the negro requested to be done.] Ti The following is the report of what trans- co tired when the negro was confronted by the Ti 'oung lady : f0 TYp went in and met the young lady. She cr s quite small, nb >ut fifteen years of age, md of rather prepossessing appearance. Mr. Sojourner took the girl otf to herself th ind impressed upon her the importance of hi teing abseluic'y certain that he was the j( ight man. He said ; "Now, if you can say ' hat he i? the man, why, do so : if nof, say so. riiis man's lifp yoq hold in your hand." y? The negro was then bi ought up the steps by BC Nonstable Weeks. He stoad just inside the a in'l, while the ladr stood in the par? or doqr. He [iced ljer will; absolute fear- ril cssnesa and looked nor steadily in the eye. ca the did the sama and did not diantav lk> .1. j J til l>K)ite?t iccognition. The negro was made o pull of his hnt and put it in various posi- f ions. The young lady had been instructed tot to say anything until he was taken out. as 9e was'asked sotne Questions lyr Mr. So- th ourner so (hat aIje could hoar his voice. |-r When the negro w?? taken oi|t Mr. Seeurner asked tho girl what sho had to say. wi Jvery one listened with brrathleis attention. ar the said ; "1 don t know liirn, sir, that duu't bt ook like liitn at all. He is the same celer, hat's all. He din t talk like the roan; he s thinner in tho face, and was as dark as <*? his man, but his ryes don't look like hiiu." C< Mr. MayCeld? Docs this man look like the n w *? ' ' ' tu No, sir. Could yon tell him if you saw him T 10 Ves, sir, J c ;;ld. 1|" the rigljt man was L< lere I would know him. The little boy who was with his sister at he time of the crime, and was neirly chok1 to death, was n-ked what lie thought. . le sai I: '.'The oi};er man looked more like c dm than tlfis que. J would ijqow him if 1 a>' aw him." lei The party, nftrr this failure to recogn:zc jjl he man, came back to town. . Jusl btfore the negro got back to tewn, e lie girl's father cnmc up and dramatically ac leclarcd that the girl would never be able mi o recognize the man. The old man broke pt [own and cried. It had a great effect on be crowd. McClendon ran out to the front mi nd said he would heal an/ twelve to lynch ca he negro] Twelic'men fcobn arrayed them- ?f elves alongside. Some one cried f'Let'e ynch both the negroes." McClendon shoutd( "SomebJdy's got to die for this thing," * >ud seemed very much eyoited. About that irae Marshal Weeks drove up tvlth'Petergin. Br ?he buggy was quickly surrounded. Mr. en dayfieU made a speech counselling a waitng policy. ar MoClendon got on the buggy wheel and d? node a red hot speech. He oonaluded by laying: "We will take this evidence and till this man. The man that says this, is I. 0. McClendon, and T dsn't cars who mows it," Ths marshal drove eflf to put so he poor negro in the guard house. As he 0t lid so a brether of the girl ran up behind he buggy with his hand in bis psckst. The marshal said with dstermination, that is would kill ths first man that put his br lands on the man. The man was taken to m he guard heuse and locked up. Mftjt* J5l/u;ic.! tsTiNO. ? Gaffney City, ipnl }?.?Jiuftirtjeo of tbe A'lUnoo tnd th oiiio pretended Reformers are placing a th tew role. A numtrously signed petition to g(J he l'ostmaater Qeucrnl left here todaj preesting against the appointment as postmas? at this place ef Mr. J. Ed Jefferies, a v* * O Uffir. on cf State Alliance Lecturer, o. A?. as, because young Jefferies is not a resi- '* lent of this place, and that he is a son of fe he State Lecturer of tbe Alliance, partiou- te ar stress being laid on this latter declaration. The blacklisting petiihan plan was conocted to cut him out. The busiest man in a irculating the petftion againat Jefferies has ki iretended to be a friend to the Alliance nnd great Reformer, but new ouraes the whole aovement and says he will fight Jefferieas ? the end. Jefferies is not a politician and lias a cer- ch ificate from his old employers, who are m, ntis, that he never participated in pofitics, ^ rgistered as a voter in (Jaffnty, paid bis all tax in thie place and has always been Pu egnrded as one of its citizens. Mars than a hundred men signed his petition.?Col. ju logitUt, That sounds not only Itinny, bat very un- bu rasonable. The people of Oaffney are-not ^ oole, and therefore would not be likely to he ppore any worthy yonng man -upon the ^ rennd that his father ie a prominent and 0g ifluentiat member of the Alliance, the pu lembers of which are their immediate ^ eighbers and the best ous'osaers of the un No, no, that dodge won't do. If on* of our own kith ?nd kin lite turned traitor .Q *nd now curses the whole movement," it or i a' very transparent political dodge to U* ca in blame upon the shoulders of the whole jHimuoity. ^ Perhaps our eld friend Hbelton is stirring ^ p the eountj against the town strife again in ( rder that he may eatoh the plum. It seems i)|| (at Gov. Tillman's plea of blacklisting iliaaeemen is being followed out all along . is line, and, like him, they are tryiag to 7. ilit the odium on te other people's ehoul- b" ere/ Tote fair, gentlemen. is < I ~jMT~ * TEACHERS' COLUMN. "ho u ?kiiirni in preventing it, is )ik?ij B never to have a ease of oerporal punishment. 'AS. I* STRAIN, Editor, KtU Jane, S. C. Otbere, through want of experience end tact, S MRS, B. O. CLIFFORD,*) # T *> obliged to oerporal punUbmeot to j w l)ICK | Assistants. * maiotain their authority. If suck punish- ^^8 '. =s= meat is uasvoidable, let U be clearly known ^TO ogramme of Next Teaehers' Asaeolatien what it it for, and let it be dispassionately C Meeting. May ?. 180S. KiTen. ? 1. South Ctrolioa History?L. W. Dick, .# rj, L. Wilson, Miss Sue Jeter. Correspondence of the Times. K 2 Music ,, w, fr#m *orth *aeo)et. * F 3 Recitation ' ErTA jA**' APrfl 24,?W* I*?ret * sU,e S 3. ltrcitatioo. that Mr. John McKewn, son of Mr. J. Wrs 4. Practical English in the School?Mrs. \tj McKowo, is lying very low at this time K O.Clifford, E. R. Aycock, Miss Carrie with La Grippe. From what we can learn P >8tcr his recovery is extTomely doubtful. Weeau r assure his father thai he and his family B ' US1C* hare the sympathies of all bis old army TO 6. Recitation. comrades who read this notioe. TO 7. Music. Winter s ill lingers in the lap of Sprine, ? B' .. . ... Tl,? to.) f- , ,1... I,... ku. l_ TO A^ournmeni. windy and w>l with frost. Yegetation looks BL Master Olaml Macorason, of Mercer, also i?k,7? and ?? Jhl*,? wi"d* ?nd ?u"hi' , . . . ... , , . have completely dried out the effect of the swered eur last two arithmetical prob- )a>t rmin. * tus. Planting is pretty well through with. B Our friend, Mr. J. W. Nance reports that' V The Teacher's Column, ao generously be has planted a portion of the land he had H seed at our disposal by the proprietor of prepared for cotton in corn. Hie heed if . V is paper, should be made good use of in *?T?! i . tc <1. u j 8 : ' ... ... At 81tull Shoals postoffice the old flag . vancing the cause of education in the stajf upon which the first secession flag was B uoty. hoisted in this section, is still standing. _ is ahoUt.ll fert leng and is fastenedyio' the Arithmetical gable end of the storehouse.s UwA hoisted | ' A horse, buggy and harness cost $169. by the Tullakoma minute meTi before the (; ' 10 horse and buggy cost $141, and the beginning of active hostilitfTs. I >rse and harness $117. What is the co.t \l h*\ a 18 | and we trust that the owner will conclude I ?,cb to turn it over to the Union county Surviv-* Br A..B. and C. rented a pasture field for a relic of the'Most cause " f v n A people* rr<chout men anient* are a people I .6. A. put in 4 cows for 8 months; B. without memories, a people without mom. I it in G rows for G months, when he took 4 ories are n people without history, a people | ws out; C. kept .2 cows in for the whole without history are a people without patriot- - ( >ar. What ought each ts pay? JSputuKt u"a'*ui9ihm ar? ? | As it is impossible for us to get the an- The busy season with farirers has set in j p? '? XS I on as from those nearor home, wo have contracts. The sun U getting too hot for mclu led to wait a Bill week for our patrons them. ^ answer our problems before we publish *\r," J?" Oaruer has had the mill . Skull Shoals repaired, and expec's to e names and answers. some good work for his customers this year. w 77". . *.?*. 7T Quite a number of our North Pacolet peo- v We are satisfied that there are many p|e went to town last week to at-end a court tachers and friends of education in the 0f refereuce. tjniy (end out ef it, too) into whose hanJs The Salem congregation expect to get *e Times makes its weekly visits, who, but Rev. B. G. Clifford to fill ther pulpit the i m . l. remainder of this year, at least. Rev. J. 11. r diffidence would contribute to the Teach- SwanQ |Iw fjrmc/ p?tori been caUed ?' Column- to work in Bethel presbytery. They are afraid their efforts will find Mr. S. F. Estes is attending Presbytery eir way into cur waste basket, aod per- at Laurens C. II. this week. .... , . , , By a misprint we were made to say in tPs be picked up and canvassed by curios- U>1 woek.g pf|p6r ,kal UeT j p fc-ng f hunters. To a'-l sueh we wish to say, would preach at the residence of Mr. R. .M, >n't be afraid of that; we will not "gits Patrick on ibe 5th Sabbatfi. It should bnve iu away." If vr* fail to use your manu- been Ree. J. P. Knox, .., *. .. .... . . Several dogs bitten by a rabid one that ripl we will return ,t to you at our own c(jcapcd frow (h-s n,ighborhojd last week pease?mark lhat. But we reserve the will be killed. ght to ourttil any manuscript we use, if we The hawks are playing havoc with n do without destroying or changing ??? chickens, and as soon as we get a r*a ... . we expect the orows to begin on our corn, e authoi a meaning, We must ecouom-ss now c?ming up ..Misfortunes seldom come ace when we oaa do so. sing'e." We receive many letters iu which we are Miss Carrie Estes, of Cross Keys, is visitked not to show how .silly and ignorant '"8 friends in Hi's seoiion. n . A few fish are being caught along the e writers t?re( etc, Hon t fie uneasy, riTtr8 |n g.(l Dftf gnd ?by hook#? lends, but fry our deportment, nud you are ,0id b/ Mr. \y. H. Mercer ihot at hie ill be surprised to see hew w'ell your place, formerly one of the finest fisheries on tides apptar in print. Make them short, Broad river, thero hasn t been caught ae , .. , ... . many fish in two years as he caughi in one it as full of meaning as possible, and we dgy * ill guarantee you will succeed. The editors Our friend, Pierce Y. Poole was seriously > not propose to monopolize the Teaohers' hurt some time ago by his horse falling om numn, er Appropriate it to their own usee. n,,n' "Ul " *" n8ni again. . , . . . , . . , . Our Sunday school was well attended yesi. for tli. teachers and fnend. of educa- Urdfty am, 8/TernI ORin? were into discuss tli$> impurUot measures tend- lo the roll. We are trying tehave fhg g to imprere and elevato a noble calling, largest and best organised scho'el in (ha st us use it freoly for that purpose. county ; and are going le hate it, too, if our . friends will get to work and do their doty. Self Control. _ .. Vox. With the young child this principle is for the Tim a-. pt out of s'ght to a great degree ; but as ho Oar Mnnloipei Election, vances in jjge hp is led to depend less and Ma. Editor;?Permit iue to suggest to ts upon others and more and mere upon tJie c'niaene *f LTnion that it is abeut tine ....... . , . , they took some interest in the Municipal rnself. It is, therefore, for us te place of ,b, toW? by m(lk,ng ,heir fore him higher and h'gher motites of nominations for town officials. It is well lion. At best, we should not appeal, as knowm that for years the nominations hire iny do, to such lew motives as the foar of been made by not more than a d?ien Indi' .......... . eidua's, and it ha* seemed te me that ne one in'shment and tlie desire for high per cent. haJ lhc rifht or power ,0 0pp0J<) |h#M nom. srks. We should encourage, so far as we inations without bringing upon their heads n and so soon ns we can, the perfermance "curses loud and deep." duties based upon the principle that the P*?Ple U?e V8.'"'1 , . ; , . .. this clique dictation ana make their own ild is to exercise self control and self n0Diinarion.. Lot the ae id eMJzeps mee{ nial, because it is best for him to do sj. together and select such men for the{f t ?wn The scl^ocl is a miniature world, and there officers ns they think ere best fitted for il^e .w-u ??,**}?. W?W?.?<; g5f5ft.~vr2.lft t" ,"3,1 joymenU of active life in (he world which together for the good of the town n'ene, e not experienced te a greater or le?s Let us stop this prectioe of buying Totee igreo in the school room. with whisker, by nominating men who will Who ere the best chisen. ? They who not ir^ We can elIwt them if w. will J organize end work for them. I >vern themselves. There are many good men In town whe I Who are the most useful members of would fill el} the offices for the very beet I eiety T They whe look to the comfort of iotereets of the town, but I belieto the best * I . men for Intendant would be T. C. Duncan, I . . President of the fanlerv. He's a businnaa 1 rr no are oeei prepared 10 meet the diffioul- mtin< a pushing man, and with a Bear J of is which contact with the world is sure to sterling young mon as Wardens, I koneitly lag? Certainly these who hare met and beUeT? th?* wou,d ?l" thU beautiful town sstercd similar one. when they were J^o^raoUr and pr^ess a. U nerer had ,unE> It is only a few weeks to the election and Self government and a sacred regard for I think we should forestal a'l o iques^pK e Vfalfgre of others should, therefore, be ??'tlng at once, org miring and putting enr e guiding principles ?n the government of "{lUSjIU'\ " 8tat? Banks in Tkvxujss.?Chattanooga, _ . , ' tehment. April 21.?An act was passed by the Legists* schools cm be conducted for any lature of Tennessee, and sinoe apprered by n.th dm. Punishment of seme th?Governor, giving authority'loSta<e banks Of t,m. W?.^... . ; . ::rs!;uw wndjum. Vh*actrequires rm; and the success or fa,lure of he a d ,t of Dnlle?d Suit8i 8uu of Teacher depends upon the manner in whioh m or B0UB,y ^nd*, and currenoy will be e punishments are inflicted. It becemes issued for the bank on these securities, pot matter of eeme importance, therefore, to lit excess ftf 90 per petit, gf t^eif ... 10 p?,.b judioioualj. JO-J . A statement of a few pnociples and cau- jfai tjftnjinationo of banks, redemption of >os msy not be out of place just here: the ourrency and ether foaturee uf the 1. Kindness, firmness and justice should national banking law are adherod to, A araeterixe every punishment. Punish- bank must redeem it. oireula'iug notes on ... . . .. demand in gold or silver, mis which trrd only to irritate or disgrace No MVinty ^mdi wm b, MC#pU, wUfr# e offender should be avoided?suoh ai the indebtedness of the county exoeeds 6 illing the bair or ears, eenflning pupils ia percent. of the taxable property, and ?f dark room, compelling them te wear a county he. defaulted any time In yevr.^ ... . prior on its interest. . oc .-cap, using ridisnle or ssreasm. r Tht pireuUtiog medium is to be signs I 2- Punishment should never be grbitrsry, the president end cashier ef the bngk ^04 t should, s? nearly as possible, naturally counteisigoed by the otgte Comptroller. How the effenoe. Extra ts.k. sbeuld never , V*.' W; ' 'Jh* hjr !hl? ; . . _ , legislature bting to furnish the cil|X?qi ef given pupil, fer misconduct, net only lhi(, Su? , i#l>j ?und ,n<j Mu8twqpl|,7y cause there is no connection between the currency, peseeetieg aqffioieat o'esticuy to ence and the punishment, but because s(teh meet the uemaud. of manufacturing, farm.... - i ? i i-. ? m. ? ...snmoni ienao 10 ciuh tbe pupil to di?- on im ;e study. securities the stability and sufficiency of 3. Penalties should bo eonsistoot and wh<ch no one can question or d.ubt, to b> iform; that is, an offence should not bo otorlookod, suprvieed and guarded by the .? tit.. .Ki.K i. n.?.d Av.r Slate's chief offioer, for the b:noflt end pre- / . * 0D" ilm* 7h,oh 8 p888td 0Ter lection of the public." - .'-jg?fl silraoe at another time. Never ihnaten, ; uwh .t I*..I no*? what o.n't h. Hustling little Hook Hill has soohred the jjSS , at least, never promise wh?t oan t be ^ f,f#n 0|?| }o ^ g , ried out to the letter. Inoonsletoncy and nft|,y years?the Industrial College. TUd wiiletion in tba matter of pun'sbraoat has moguificcat inannor with which bor poopta . ited mors failures io discipline than any- worked for this co.lege to la a stary of , a united and snsrgatio people. There is no ,, division in that town; no quarrel, no pott* I. While ibo power to punish oorpomlly j0ionsios amoog business man. The nmbh ould not bo dooitd teachers, ouch punish* tion af hsr people is the a-lvanqeiRtqt t(A. nt should be given but seldom. A Teacher iheir beloved town. For years the Ojea elT" ' O toscl.es WOU. tnd who i. able us fc-n "? ?f th? h"8 * " ?? i pup:U const tally emoloverf on. -ll h!#."e* "?? " "M now to w*!0b?d tv detoot ib? signs disorder ?**J,