Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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A ii? hi; V \* ..ii itilm# Siii i n 11 i l>i o imiti : iiioro I'vi lfiii every }uui illtti tin* groat ? \ il iv ir !ii- rcMiIti .| iii :i Messing In I It ?> mi'shel Smith mi! :i i'ii-o in llie \ icini". Hi-' \ Mil. I. ; ; s in noo I !? events of I lit' i.l-l t.ii'u:y \ears in tin- country will give histori- ! n*n m l political ci' Jiniiiii-is material f" i* ^*11 Iy I :t:i 1 comment. i in* Inn-1 list mil 1;I icts have o .in i-i natural .in 1 in|ilo w-ays. :iu I liy jiluiii t an.I easy processes wliicli im prn|ihctie I.iiij*iio fj vtolil i i which ilic in .<>. |<l*ot'<inn. 1 philnsn- ; i-.iy :iiii| i-eac.-t ii ii tiii'i intuit inii f.iie I in liire *. 1*. Tlio Ktii-r hi i'r inU \\ ilUcniii. vhcivlicrc. tilth nigh cm:-lining m*?:iy errors. points to nc i mot vcllmts ilircc. result of tlic war. ami gives a hint nt the key tn an anomaly?the iwioiinily presentO'l hy a people increasing in treineii'Iniis ' ruin in ci.iso.jiienee of heing Initchorel. gain* ill'i UllilreaillC'ii iii" uo.itlli i*"' . - * ' - . v.,....-*, im_) n l-l C , i i.'.c l :t 11 I plumUvv 1. rising to great power | an I glory resulting *litvet!y Itheir own subjugation an I limil: 1 i iti?>n The anomaly , contains grc iter won lers than those: While the j<e<>ple who were killc I, conquered ami I trample 1 .ire prospering an I rising. the people who Complet e I are losing wealth ami power because of their viit >ry. Tlics ihition fur I explanation seems clear when | we have seen n, an I we won let* thai imho'li foresaw it. The Smith his heeti healen into prosperity because she was beaten from slavery ami from the narrow fleas ami restrictc-l channels of in Ittstry that aeeoni|ianie<l slavery sin ! | 1 were part of it. The war force<l men from the firms to the shops an i mills, n a'le self reliance an I seif help the only refuge from starvation, ' stii 1 iiitpollo'l tts to seek new values to replnee ' i thel st slaves, an I new nielli > Is to live. It virtually force-1 us to the in ln-try for which we : have every advantage- -the manufacture of uttr < own cotton. j i I?ab >r is comparatively cheap with us now ! because living is cheap, ami living is cheap he cause l.itul is chetip, ahuiiilant ami fertile, ami i (lie > 1. h is Mr. Wil ^ start with ti cit|>it:il of ?20i?.0')(>. Of litis amount 1 a nearly $*>0,O0() has already been subscribed. | | (iitKi:\vti.i.r..?The Cotton Seed Oil Hill is p selling all (he meal ii can make, and the best I part about it is that the farmers arc taking hold of it here at home, nealrly half the meal being s disposed of in litis vicinity. ' o Tut: Kmuuis or lloson. Aiken. S ('. A April Is.?The seventh session <>f tho (irattd l.odpe of Kniirhfs of Honor closed t his afternoon. M The follow itig .dlieers wore elected to serve for the ensuing year: I',. *>. Sr.ns of tiall'i.ey City, 4Sraud Iticlalni', Colonel t'oward of Columbia, '' (jrand Vice Iticialor ; Julius I,. .MarcsolCharlcs* 'J Ion, .Assistant I'iclalor: llev I! <1. ( liilord of |, I'i:ion 4Iraiid t 'liaplain : .1 !,. Itoberlson of AbI i.vUlo I. ....I I II I ?' , II. i\ i j 1111 iij I ?J*:l I ! ;<?1-iiiV'i ' ' "ni'l < Snide ; J. Maxwell nf \ nder.-nii, ' ( rand (Snni'dinn; M. II. Mi'Swcency of I!:iiii|>Imi / I". II., < irail'I Sentinel ; J \V. I'crry of .\l>lic* \ i 11 I'.i-i (.iiiil l>i< I .tor. :'i iii'liti^ ' 'iiiiiinit too on linuiii c ?V. II. I.oc!; I of Ho ii I'hi t. <'liuiriiiiiii, II. S. \\ ill.riini of tiranitovillc and a .1. N.I' I'lliMIIC of (il nllill'V jllc. t 'niliIIIiI Iff OH ( Laws ;ii"l > i) ? i'\:si11ri S. Wo'irtiiati of .Newl.rrry, S. 11 tinliXoii of Sumlcr and J. I.. limn- 11 miii of Florence. Ciiiiiiiiiilce on I'riniing?Tltu j 11 Vice I>iet:?l ?i*. ih" Vfsislnnl I?ii-i ? r and ilic \ lU'i'oi'tcr. M 11. I'oiiliain, Jr., of .'.lil.t ville, \V. I"i''^ ii* or Siiiiiii'i' an .1 i,. iiiii.41/11 of i:.|jro. I" i ivoic elect! I (Irani Trns'ees. Tlio Supreme l.odjro of Ktii;;lil<t of Honor i I'M" l-.nl l I'livoston, Tc.x:r oil ill! '.til if May p ncxl. I'lfi.t -11 ii w11 ii tiik Wot:k ?Mr. Win. Iiiil, \ woo Ii;i l.ooii ( iiiiioli' l for sonic tii o parl wiili ' v i!n' special force of 11'| iiiy I ni'i' l Stall1* mar- : | llials ill tl.is Slalr Ii.a4 t'osi/HPil III-' |''j"ilioll. 1 A' ? Iiiil. ii will nc remciiilicrcd. is I lit* officer '' wli mi ilio district attorney exported t use in T fni-iii'liiiiy ii'" | ro >f i., conn.ill It tri ll a mini j, Ii: of rill/'lis o| WiUiann Inir^'I' ir'y for nlle);. I .,'1. . . ..... -. .i i ? " s . . .. . i. . ii-. ur Mr* I >11 ciillhU'l w > iii.111 In- Ii -i. InlW'vi r, |'nr Mr. ' Mi l iii liislt iiii>>li> i l. i :i ? 114* I (In1 < .in) li'li? s iniioi'i-iirc of I In* nrrn^i'l, an>l I i > >t 11 < ? > | iltp wnri!: i'-." rliiim l ?>l I lit* nrgm Ir.slilliony II jioll ^ wliii li i< wn> kiiii^Iii i i r.iiiivii i tIi 'in. I'lie wiiil, vvliirli whs cxiiPi'lcil of \|r. Ilill :?m not r> Hernial Itiin. :iiii| In* In- w ilInlrn wn frmn I llio iiiihi In -crk n lrss object iuiinlilc fieM of f, liilmr. > ,, ? ' A I>ru ami im mis I.uvvkr ?Wnsliin lr>n, i v April lift?W. I'nrk-Mi, n rjrnf nnil ilnmh ], Inn vi r i'f f'inrinnnti. irw nlmiiipil lo pruclirii ^ I of..ip iIip Suj rpinp 1'iiiirt to <|ny. Il in i?nii| it-pi |'iirl("ni) i< i|p I' > ! >! if nml 111r.i'> lnwyor r i vpi- n111iii11f . to i|ip ii|>rpino f'nnrl Imr. j p (The fiOiuhlji olnion clime;}. St. 11. STORKS. l-'ilit?<r. 1 MON, FRIDAY, A I'll 11. iss:. SUBSCRIPTION?32 OJ PER ANNUM. AJ1VERTISINU. ?>:n? ? |-v?r <>r on. Ineli. first insertion, - - - Sl.'tO i .it insertion, ------- 7."i l.i!ier:il.11 ? nint nrnl to nieielntnts ::ii.| otliers inherIi in / for i nl inontiis or liv tlte ye ir. i itiil".iry Notire.Mil ten lines or less, inserlisl free. " " over ten lines, rli;ir^eil as Ailvertiseiitrnt TAKi; XOTM'E. Citations, Notices to Creditors and Notices of Final Discharge must be paid for before thoy will appear in onr columns. [~2T W. A. Holt hn* Keen !?|>|>oiiilc?lti I'tiilel t'otninissiotief. resilient :tl I"tiie.it C. 11. . o. ? ( -./" i';t|>i A. II. Foster returned from nnrket Inst Friday, ittt I is now receiving liis new gOOds. The Union 1 ?:ise Hall Association will play their lirsl game of the season next Monday evening. rirX? The Presbyterian and Methodist people Dt" i'acolet Depot li avc each determined to build a cbureli at that place. - 11 We arc coutpelle I to postpone the publication of t wo or three com mimical ions this week, for want of room. &5r ' 'IC cotton crop of is now estimated by eminent New Orleans authority at 7.-'to JOi) bales and may voael. 7,~.~2,".V' Will solnc 3tte tell us wli-H the crop was in 1872? - o The citizens of Florence, in Darlington unty, have subscribed ^10l>,? Oil towards build ; a cotton Factory. And those people are not aid of 11 lilroa Is either. (l-/)'" 1'. M. Cohen X llro. have established a inch of their business at .1 onesville. We can lire the people of that vicinity that they could 1 have more gentlemanly or honorable men ottg tliein than our friends I'. M. X II. Cohen. -? . Capt. J. A. Wiikn. an exeellent artist m Anderson, is now in Cni'ii, and will tit up 'hotograpli (lallery for the Summer. Mr. _v.1 (. iiiiv ?wu^ i re 1111111 en'11* i *1^ \ v vy Hicrior nrlint ah 1 .*i in ist worthy goutlcm i >. ^B B;-;" J (sit F. Cleveland once collecting cl<rk B- National Hank of Orecnville has itWtn* from tli:vt city, leaving the batik and indi* minus tilt.nil SA.tMMl. He bolnngo I i t BinincKt family in tiiat section an I was a nine ^^lg H o We arc requested to announce itiat li??. Ilm W. Kelly will |ircaclt at Fish L)ain clturcli I next Sunday; services will commence at 11 Block A. M. A largo attendance i* requested there will be important business transacted t the services. I "? * The town Council It tve put a line pump to well recently utig jii't below W. It. Uavis's B-c. BYc notico that a number of boys aro in the lit of playing with the pump ami wo would ; - their parents tocaittioii tbem against it. hey wiil certainly get it nt of or Icr an I sub themselves ( > arrest nn 1 payment ol 'I i na B livery citizen should feel it his duty to B n boys not to pi ty with the pomp,and rep Bsc who persist in so doing to the authorities. ^^Hp^l? >~ter .\ Wilkins' new ad vert isement Kr to baud loo late f??r this week. Wo can Hi our readers, however, that they have go( elegant and complete stocks in till their B'aniiients. and the t'uplain says lie lets put Fc prices do-.m low enough to please the must Iomical and t hiprixiioj man or woman in or any alitor county. ir article of i?d 1 of M ircli seems i > liavc >ed a spirit of enterprise among our Meets, and we shall not he surprised ifllteyall a to advocale, and subscribe fur, ilie I'ni n lialliiey llailf a 1, and a cotton Factory right among them. aca3 at Santuc. ist Sunday some negroes g >t to gambling drinking near Suntu;, when a dilliculiy i het ween Sain leteratid dim l'.pps, in which at I er was struck in the heal with a reek, tiring the skull. At first it was thought t could not recover, hut that's not the kill |tlacc in a negro n<I In: is getting well. Union Hotel. lis is an institution of which the town can ..od. It is one of ihc host kept Hotels hove Charleston, and hcing a wrrcs.s./ry instil 11ion of the town, every man in the town, pnricu'arlv the hnsinc-i men ' ! st iii it mi l iln everything in their power to listniii an 1 keep it up to its present standard f excellence. Do they ilo it ? iunt Kalindy's Loiters. We liavo arraugud with "Aunt M iliu Iv," rliose quaint iioinespun letters delighfe I the eaders of the nit'l / ' inn two ye irs rrgi, o write a series of lier laughable letters for the V./t- an I will give our renders tlie first letter cxt week. In order to make tlie series cornicle it will he necessary for us to publish tlie w> last letters llial appeared in the // oh. nn<l lev. A. J. Ilicrs. We regret to learn ill it I lev. A. J. I tiers is bout to leave us. lie has been the Castor of bo il'iplisi church at this place for about lii'ieen outlis and during that lime he has made many .arm friends anions all lire denominations.-? Ir llier* is a man of superior qualities of hea l ml heart and Ins inHueiiee an I interest in every rural and religious work will he greatly missed a this community. L Sad IVr.iii. The eircuiiistatices sarr.oi'i ling the dentil of Irs. Leonora Inter, at Xarituu last Saturday, rcre sad. in Ice I. I'm* a long lime she had ecu a suffering invalid. About a week before er death she was taken to visit her -isicr. Mrs. 15. .1 e'er, six or seven miles distant from h r mie. Soon after reaching there sh? w ij ikon ink :iii I e ml 1 not he iin.vc 1 li.ic'c in her home wo day* het' ire Iter dealh ii \va* evident that lie < : S I liul ree iver no i her Iflil oilier, :it kIiihiI ill Hlili:illl<l'ill. n i I Mill, ill I lie Klll^ d I.illlitfiiii se||.eil, were le!i"friiili" I f.,r hilt lliese evule I eliiMren only arrived in litn-* Ie nieel lie f. . 1- <.f liieir deueasp I M nlier r Itiming ruin He - .le.u'i duty of laying lierin Iheornve. 'no l.ale to see her even in death. A gentleman dio knew her well said lo ii?. in spenking of err '-She was the sweetest w .man I ever iirw." Truly do we symim'h'Z" with ill." oerr.l lnii'iir. 1 m; I eMId en .a ine ;real n Irensnre. I How Santuc Has Improved. i A friend :t( gantr.c writes to its and sys : We li ive ii.>t got a Uoirl of'lr.iilc yet, tit if our town keeps on growing as it hassiuco s7-, we will h ive one. As your Hoard liasgivip tlie increase of trade. Inisitiess, ,S;c., in vourtowi. we m, i:t Saiituc think we run heat it and its* yol to give its a jdaee in the picture : ' \ * Percentage of increase of the uum'ier bales cotton shipped since 7*-\ 100 percent. Percentage of increase of Ileal Kstatc of Town of Sunt uc since 1S7li. lit) per cent. Percentage of increase in value of business houses, since 1872, 100 per cent. Percentage oi increase of .Stock in trade, sinct | IHT'J, 20t? per cent. I'siiuialcd increase in general vilunie of bttsi noss, since 15S7-, loo percent. 1 bare gathereil most of ray information fron the llailroad Agent at San tic, who havinj ( owned nearly sill the II al Ivitatc around hen and as llailroad Agent, knoifS tlie.incrcasc in freights, &c.. thinks the figures I have given art ah ntt correct. . r. Union Reading Club. We are <rnly pleased to state that the meeting! of the Union Heading I'lut have been resumed, The meetings of this Club could lie male verj I interesting mi l beneficial if they were well at ! tended by the young Laoirs an?l Gentlemen o ; our town. | Union has much tine literary Indent nmotif ! her young people of both sexes that might lit cultivated up to a high order of social enjoyment ; if they would,nt.ire frequently mingle together Iliad v c think of no way Uiat coul I mere surely or more pleasantly cre .ic a closJP .(t'ci i . union among them than ly meeting once a montl to listen to choice reading, music and singing, and spending an evening in pleasant social com mingling. The lirst meeting of the club was held last I Tuesday evening, at lloti.T. 11. Jeter's residence and those who attended tell us it was a delight , fill gathering. The meetings will be held ou the fourth Tuesday in the month. The next will hi at ('apt Foster's and we hope it will lie well at ten ted, by the young members of our society p irliealarly. Going to Laurens. | (tor much respecte-l young friend, Mic.yah Sparks, who lias lor some lime been Mr. !). Flynn's right-han l man. lias determined t< leave n-, t.i take n Ivaningo of iho Imom in hnsi 'ic-H now loll in the town of Inure .s by llu Imi! ling of the Laurens mi l Spartanburg Kail ma 1, hi I gi i til 11 business tliero on 11 i h own a .ml. Wo kii iw lint very fow marc w irtliy 1 young in on ili hi Mioajali. a <! wo liavo n i <loulil ho will he successful in his now liehl. \Ve can safely loll I ho people of La irons hit lie is ti r/mhv vming man, in whom they can place iin plicit coti'i Luiec. lie leavosus wit iout a hloin jsli up.i:i hi* character, and wo can assnre tin ) people of ihcgonl i! I county of Laurens ihm morally and s .ci ?':!y h" is entitled to (heir encouragement . i* j My *i -ok i- ii iw complete in every particular aul embrace ail ilie now shales in Kilihmis |.'|iiwor?. I'oaih'TS an I 'l'nimmiiirjs; also the latest novelties in ornaments; llais ami K.iniiots in nl! (lie 1 11:-a shapes ami ?ji , 11-s. I am n >w pro' paro'l in suit tlie most fasLdious, as 1 per.s maily c\ iminc'l liie ialesl *iy e of trimming in (lie large fashionable importing emporiums in Now Vol*!; this in.mill. 1 also guarantee In sell goods of a - iporior <|ualiiy and the latest s'viesas low or tower than inferior iiy and style cm he bought elsewhere. fall and cxsititinc my <.ood? ! and prices mid you will lie convinccil. MKS. J AN.-<;K ANT. j Severe Hail Storm. I ttu Sunday afternoon last the severest storm of wiui, liail an 1 rain passe I over I lie neighborhood of Kelly's Mill lliat was ever known ii. hat section of our t'oiinty. Trees, loner* an I outliouses were Mown down : llie rain fell in torrents at: 1 the liail covercil the groiin 1 tin i ineli ileep. Mr. Ii. S. l'orter had two pigs kille I : mi?l Mr. It. |t. Kree one. I>y tlio hail. About two o'clock M iti lay morning it e unin>"iei: 1 mining in torre its here, hut we had tin I hail. . * . Jolia E. Colt tin's Stoi-e. This plaee ! i a - her one something like a Wo hive of late. Whether ii i- the good looks < ! the propriet >r nit 1 hi* efficient elerks, 11. A. I'lix-Hi, l?. A. I'iivis and the sprightly Charley Norman, "v llh' iui i' v :iit<I prices of goods that i . attracts customers, we cm I say, but there i* certainly something about I lint establishment that always ilraws a craw l. We claijii, again, 1 it is the liberal use of printer's ink. m Rico & McLurc's New Goacto. ; flic large and elegant Slock of Spring and I Summer goods just received at this Store is not I surpassed in any respect, by any store in town, . while the gentlemen who cater to the wants ol ! their customers, from the Major lowu, cannot oe e\"clle I for courtesy ami attention. It is pleasant to ileal with such men, ami such men always win in (lie race f. r tr.i'lo. See their now advertisement. There's truth in alt it says, o. 1 Election of W. C. T. U. Officers. The annual meeting of the \V. T. U. was hell in the Methodist church Thursday I'Jth, 1 the time appointed for an election id'officers. Our honored i're idem hogged to ho relieved from otlice, toil i lie society whs unanimous in its voice to reelect one who had so nohly filled the position. The officers were all without a disseining voice reelrcie I. A. E. KOIHJKK, Cor. Sec. W. C. T. U. '?* . gfl/,,. The Storm last Sunday and Mon lay was more destructive to life and properly in its Ira k, particularly in the West, than* any storm fariinuy ye ns pa t. Ii is impossible to publish the details and we could convey hut a faint c inception of lis ravages in the space we can -pare this week. In Hai*.i well County in I his Stale, it wai very severe. Tin: Sroiut in Mississippi. -New Orleans \pril "J I flie lalesi reports received frun the section^ of Mi -C-ippi visited by I lie cyclone of Solid.i\ how ih it eighty ihrie persons were kil'o I ni l ihoul Ihroe hillidro I woltlided, many d ingo,on 'y. i'h i of properly is unpreee denied. Natchez Mi^*. April'.Jo the most destructive cyclone for years passed oa-i of this city at 111. :'M Solid n v morning going from soul h west to northeast. If unroofed a house i.n ihc lower piri of Coiieor lia I'nrisli an I killed a i.egro man and wounded several ehildreil. Thence it crossed (he river into Mississippi, demolishinghtiild ings, npr?nting trees, killing stock and iimri ! ipg persons ?>H0 II I- ! Ml i , .1 I ii y Til ' ... i .? ! > ; villc. f(Oii?i.ini. 'in Sninr luy. I: |i nif.1 r ?li Times. J Ulion, Osffiioy City and Rutherford Railroad. ] I (Joi'nr.Ysvii.i.K, April 1 I, IHSd. , : Mm. Ki>i to it:?We, the committee appointed at tlie Railroad meeting liel I at Star Farm Acad] cmy on the Ttli inst., to canvas.) the Township i in tlic i terest of the RuthciT.rdtoii, Uallney ; City and Union Railroad, met with success heyond i ! our most sanguine antieipillions. The commiti tee inct this evening at the old Bridge place, 011 , 1 Thickcty, to ascertain the result of the canvass, 1 and wo found that nearly every Freehold citi, > zeu in the Township signed a petition asking the 1 County Commissioners to grant us an Flection , | at an early day in hohalf of said Road. Only three arc reported as having refused to sign.? . I One of them?a gentleman of considerable propj crly?is in favor ot the read and says he will . | nm one iiu)ii-<:iiin nonars, proviueu no ncailow, I cd to pay it inside ot' ttie first twelve month) , | and that ho (lie hist of it. liottdeysville is scorch iii^ hot with the llnilrond fever. Mr. Ivlitor. i' . I you ever expect to he a candidate, now is tlie time to electioneer in OloudvysviUe. All who i road the Tintf.t know your feelings in regard to I the llond, and we will nil he glad to hear f.urn ' I you again in the sur e ilircction. ami assure you I th.it when you become ? camli<hite we will all r , v Ue for you and g > us many others to <lo so as j possible. Than..'. ^ you for past liberality we arc, llespectfully, &e., \V. WIIISKSANT. l ; A. I". SMITH. | J. FOWKKIt. j A. A. SAItIIATT. f ? o^m.ttec. ' THOM AS COM Kit. .1. It. JIIFI-Kit IKS. j ' Thank you, gentlemen. >\ c never was and 1 never expect to lie a candidate. We have got one nflier nnd find it. as much as we can manage. If we had another we should be in as had a fix as the Irishman that bought two stoves because ' ; the stove dealer told him that one would save , i half the wood : "Thin, by j ihers,"' said the ! Irishman. "I'll t i\e t .v > an 1 ?ive the whole of - i it." We are in favor of your road, because we 5 believe it w ml I benefit the County, hut purlieu' larly your section, this town and the section ' i below here through which it would pa>s. I - For the I'ii.i -s. A Little Towa Talk. M .i. r.nirnit : ? A few weeks mho.' you pronounce.1 tliis town ilea 1. an 1 that term nrotisc'l ' a number of our t wiisiiimi to iiplignatinu, -?n-l very natural that it sli uhl so a II eel all public ! i spiiiicl people. Vet it must he mlurtle l there j was much force in the epithet, lor if nut ilead 1 | we seem, t all intents an 1 purposes, insensible 1 to our future growth an I progress. book | arnuti'l at our neighboring towns who arc huihl* 1 j ingup Factories, inuco'latnising streets ami pro' | jocting llailroa ls. (Irani our coinmercial ! statfliip* may he gool : is it not selfish to sit -utpiui-ly while Ip-re within our reach is some j of the fittest water power ia the State, only nec>l Iing enterpiise an 1 pnhlie spirit to utilize, which wouhl not only enrich the iiplivi.luals coiicerncl, I but wmill benefit the whole cutiiii'itiity Awl when a riilr ia I is within uttr grtsp, yes, even ( teiplere I to lis, we re! i-e to areepl it. Itailroans ; have hnili up other places, ami why not Union, lias t'nion arrive 1 at the a" ne of perfection* !' that In in ? Is licith u- ilai'r 11 i <1 streets. or goo I uirt i on 1* t i her approachA stranger . might justly conc'ii le. on catering the town IV..in liic Hist, within a I'e v iutti Ire 1 yar Is of the .leput, t!i it I'iiioii was cither ilea 1 or tytlecp, . julgiug from the mire mil piick<an I he wmilJ I have to cciutcti'l with, if lie were rash enough j to venture in. Now, if the improvements ol a Country or community is an in lex to the civil, izition thereof, our streets w.oiM leal one tn j cuielii !e lli:it we were tint far advanced. If the money .spoken of t > luiild a town hull was applied to (lit* improveineiii of our streets, the ! stranger tomM think we h 11 ma le one step in that direction. S. I I ??r 111'1 imr*. An Eclto From North Pacolet. i'niToi: Tim its : ? Your reply to the Hoard of I Trade o I'nion w.sa most excellent exposure of the weakness . f their position, and they 1 should thank yon for drawing it as niildly ns you did. Some people think yon said every I thing that could he said in their favor, and gave them every advantage of the doubt. All yott .' said we think is trite and most of it a matter o' record, which we have no donht yon are ahlc to substantiate. We are nlv Htrnriscii that t.osi noss moil should liave the ('hook" to hj pear i in print with si poor a showing. They are cortitinly ignorant of wlt.it their neighbors aro ' doing. The increase of iv.nl h in ten years, according to t he sln'ement of the iioard of Trade, is ill-! percent. That would erect a very poor 1 Monument to a delunct Town Any man who 1 ' can In: sati-lie I with such a showing as that, should not complain when gome one says his business eyes ire ready for the "coppers. f| Tiie farmers are behind in this section, hut most "f the Cotton crop nronn I us will lie planted by the "'th of May. Tour &c.. ' NOIITII P. I For ill? i.u s. Union Co inty Sunday Bchoots. At a inertingof the Kveulivcc'iminiilcc it was ' ordered tiiat t ownship Superintendents he d: reeled. First, To see that all the senmils within their ' bounds lie'opened at once, especially noticing i those not reported at the last ('utility Cuiivcui lion. Second, That they shall endeavor to organize new schools in sect ions when: there are none now in narration. Tliii*<I. That they i?st? nil means to have township conventions of their Sunday 1 schools before I lie next meeting of the County Convention. ThcCoutily Superintendents aro, Messrs. S. M Hice, Jr., I>. M. WiUnirn, I.. I'. Ito^in, T. L. Haines. I>r. It. Little, It. t'. I'arr, I'. I'. Hamilton, 1 l>. I'. Itimcan, J. II. .lotteries, William Jeffuriest eaelt for tlie Township in.which lie lives. 1 1 The Kxectilive t!o nnitlec will meet at Union , the Tilt May. It. <1. t'Ll FFOlll), I'll. Kx. Com. II ui.ttiMti Afi'in::?r in Noitrn Caiiomna ? Iijiiiville V i \|nil IX \ fivi/hi Haiti on ilf i -iroliii i IHviiim ill iIt< ICi?-Itm<>ti I mill l-iiiivillc ISitilioii'l run ovvr h c-mv m?m- I hull - I'uiiii, X. i'., tins hi >r>iiii|{. Tin*i'ii|{iiic'in-l (en Icr mi I i-i^liii-i-ii <m s wore |iiinl ii|i in u riu lir.iiiiui-r .luliti <iivlo u is killml iiislnnily. Wiiitiill Wilmm. it liri'iiiiii, mi l :i lu iki-inni wIi-i.hu tiaine i.i ii-jI kiio-vn were M-rioii.sly in jiireil. - * - ii ii . n r i\ A 11. f i t Vilmilii, fSa , \| .1 i>. \ lii'ci-ivi?r it is h'iji tiiiio-l in-ility I r il i -n in i'iIIi.i l'i . leili-rs in hooks. ' A vsi-ls T-IJ.Uiri ; >-siiiintii* I Icthilnirs !$l"?,(Khl. \ . Twitsty-Oxk L'hii Cknt. I'uoiir ??k a Soi iii* kun Chiton .Mil.i..?Augusta A|>nl 1'?The an* ? mi ll meeting of the tiraniteville Man?fact 11 ring Company was held to day. The repor' of the j in ! president showed thai the profits of Vaucliisc tl ! for the year were 5*') !.0')t). and of (Jraniteviile S ?10J.000, making a tola! o! ?ltili,000. The e\- ol pciidilurcs of the (jraiiitcville factory were Soil, 000, and of Yaitcluse ?"?,000. The net profits were :? 1 "Jo.OtHt. The dividends paid during the year were ?t>t),0'J 1. For new machinery %>28,000 has been expended. The president rays C that notwithstanding the unfavorable year just t! passed "we have made near 21 per cent, net on 1 our capital, after paying all necessary expenses (J nnd ?21,0U0 interest." The billowing ollieers were elected : II. II. w Hickman, president ; Hamilton ISeatey, Jus. 1*. u llovce, A. It. L>avi lsou. Ilobt. A. Fleming. A. S. _ Johnston, directors.?Special la A", a* ami Courier. Chossim; tiii: i'm vwiia. ? Chester April 10. , | ? President Haskell and the ollieers of the Chu. ' lotie, t'olumhia and Augusta Railroad, together wii!i a delegation of ciii/.ens from Chester and Lancaster, visited to-day the new trestle across the Catawba River on the line of the Chester an I ^ t'heraw Road. The structure has been built within life past eight weeks at a cost of ?2,">00. It is substantial in make, and adds greatly to the value of the road. A delicious lunch was spread by the Railroad authorities, the hosts of , ii..... .,?.i .. i . J ...V (I IIVIMJ H in Illlurt'U lO I J j President Haskell, who resi*<?i? lc?l in ? style well 1 (j pleasing to his auditors.?Macs ana courier. ( * " ? j Wim'i.i, tvkk titk IIkt?? William 1'. Snyder, of Al'cntowii, Pa , Melton's assistant attorney j in the political persecutions, has purchased (| 3.40') acres of line timher land in Chesterfield County from Col. B. II. C. Cash, and proposes to j have four saw mills, costing about .JH.OOO each, in full operation within the next six months, lie says there is money in it, and lie pr poses to mak6 South Carolina his It ?t?e a portion of cooli yoor nt lenst. We. will bet a hat that Snyder will vote the straight Democratic t:cket at the next election. ? Co/, Hey inter. . A C.it.n Wavf. in tiib Wf.st.?Cincinnati, O., I April 'J I. ? lee a quarter of an inch thick formed 1 here last night. Specials from a number of pin- ' ces iii Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky say that the ' frost l.a?i| night was quite severe, but the general I ' opinion is that fruit is not severely injured.? i Some points report all early cherries killed and ] c peaches injured. All agree that thcie was no 1 damage to wheat. The temperature is low to- ' night, and the clear sky indicates an ihcr fros'# ' ? 'liio nobbiest line of Spring and Summer J v lothing in town. We call particular attention to this department, and can tit any one. Suits varying from S* to Sl'O. Also a tine stock oi Spring Mats and fine hand sewed Shoes. Call* and sec us. J. C. Ill'NTHK & CO. * ? A 11 > it it i itt.k Cm m k.?Warsaw, hid., April It).?Two daughters of I.ew Kuiiigati and Ki Christ, agud ten and twelve years, while out gitlieriug vines I'nr ilie purpose of decorating u . school room, were chloroformed an<l outraged by two ruffians. The girls made their way home and now lie in a critical condition. The citizens have organized a searching party hut there is no elite to the scoundrels thus far. Tim limit rs or Patkn it.i.s.? Washington, April "jo. ? a decision of the Suptcuie Court, rendered sonic lime ago, hut which has just s heeti published, holds that the govcriimetil has ? i no right to the free use of any i ntent which it | iis.-s. IJefore this decision it was held that the ! s government had a right to ut ili/.e for its otvti ( benefit, free of cost, any patent issued by the | Patent OHiee. I * - ? i A beautiful lot of new India l.incns, figured : Linen Lawns, Persia lawns, Victoria lawns, ' llishop's lawns, Lace Muslins, Printed Muslins, | etc., etc., at llL'M'Llt & t o. An Attkmit to llt.ow LTr tiik "Tiiixdkukii.'' . ? l.'-ndon, April l'.t.?A box containing powder was found to -day i.i the rear of the Time* ollicc. i A train had been laid for the purpose, it is sup- . posed, of effecting an explosion at a convenient in.him nt. It was at first reported that a fuse was attached to tiie box ami that it was btirnit g when the discovery was male. Drsrr.ivTtos or ntr. Nkw it wi.tion ltturos ovKU i it i. ('a f tw n- Lancaster, S. 0., April Jl. I ? I lie whole of the new railroad bridge over the j Catawba, en the line of the t'lieraw ami Chest'r j Kailroad, except a small portion on lite l.'hestor i I side, his been swept away by the fieslict. from I ^ the rains night before List.?Sncittl to Col. ! ! AVyi'sC r. ; I L\is i:i Tuoi ni.r.s.?Chicago, April 'Jo.?Tl o < , t i . .. - - , . uiti < fjicrmi "i s :u iir.ii'i wood, ill, ' j having announced a reduction of live cents a < l tun on nil ceil mined in lliat liistrict, the miners | declare that tliey will not submit to the cut,ami j i 1 a strike seems likely to follow. ' A 1'i.tikv Woman. ? Missoula, Montana, April Tin.? .Mrs. \V. .1. Stephens, wife of tho i Frobate Judge id' Missoula i'ounly. Inst nigilt ! , shot nn<l kille I n man nnineil Smith, who wns ; ' attempting to enter her room through n window. ' | Her hushand was away from home nt the time. I -?-? M A IIk.wy Ham-: Nkaii Fumiknck.? Florence, I April 'J I. -A heavy gale, alii ost a cyclone, pass- 1 j ed in three miles of Florence yesterday. Some | ; houses, many fees and much fencing were < I hlown down and some stock killed. Six desperadoes destroyed a store and killed * the storekeeper's wife in Xormansvillc, Kansas, | on Thiirs lay night last, and escaped. ? l.eonidas Johnson, colored, guilty ofinfamous | crimes, narrowly escaped lynching in Henry l County, Georgia, lie is now in jail at Atlanta. ^ OlIITUARY, , ] IN MKMOIUAM. I Hied, nt Santiic, In ion ('oiiniy. Soul h Caroline, j April *21s! ISHd, Mrs, Leonora Jeter, wife of Lieut, a. II. Jeter, aged forty two years. > , llcr sickness wns long and severe. At the J j > age of I I she professed religion, hut was more ' fully assured of her acceptance at a revival in Spartanburg during her school days there. She | was often hindered hy sickness from attending I the house of Clod, nevertheless she did it, which | was distant some 1(1 miles from her residence. I Her life was uniformly consislant a a christian, I . She was gentle in manner and cheerful in spirit. I Itnring her long and varied illness, except when ' suffering too much, her bright smile would greet j t lose about her. She leaves four chihlrt n and a | d air husband sorely afflicted, but they '-sorrow i tint as others who h o-u no hope." May her j ' lite mi l death he the means of bringing her chil- j dren and husband to Jesus. God grant His ' grace to comfort the hushand and children in ] this hitherto i nlested grief. Many ielatives and j friends, accompanied her re nains to tho burial ' grounds, to pay their tribute of respect to her ' memory. They are cheered with precious hopes ^ of an endless reunion. \V. I!. A. THOMAS. Hied, at his residence J near Santiic, on Sunday, loth inst., .Mr. W ' II. A. Thomas, in the 7-d year of his age, fr, m I'uruly.us. lie had been confined to his bed for thr< e C mouths, which lie bore with hrisiiau fortitiido ami paiieiiee. lie leaves five children to mourn I Ins loss, three of whom are married and live C in the West, two are single and devoted dough lers, who watched ami nurse) with uniirii.g ullectii.il around his bedside during his long (j illness, lie was buried at old Fish Ham church, hy the side of his wife, who had preceded him about five months Mr. Thorns* was a aniel industrious n,.il | pcuculilt citizen aid will be groii'ly minxc'l. i . (i. n. ii. I MAURIKD, ' "OSI III! ? Sl'KAItS. Married, 011 lie i24th 1st., Iiy Her. J. S. liuiley, nt the residence of ie tiride's f.tilier, Mr. Jehu Spents. Mr. ISdiikrt . P.isrcn of Union, to Miss Sai.i.w. (S. Spkahs, f Ooudeysville Township. onsignoes pur Express at Union, S. C. April 26, ^E^H T 0 Nelson, J II Gnllmnn, lSenson tiros, Nca^ tirier, J 11 Minier, C M Scales, S .M Kice, Sr> oss & Stokes, J II Itodger, \V A Moorhead' Ci McKissick, W \Y Hughes, J 1* Mulinax, Julm^H^^Hj J CTinsley, Consignees are hereby notified that no mafte^HHE^l 'ill ho delivered aflct this date until all chargc^^^^^^E re paid. K. II. CGlif?TS, Agl. Surveying ! Surveying !! I J".WING made Surveying a stilly Tor some I L time, 1 am now prepared to execute it in II of its brunches, and I oiler my services to the uhlic. All orders left either at Fostei St Wll? E H ins' store, or the Timi:s ollicc, will receive C. ('. WIIITKSIDE. tf I Sheriff's Sales. l>v virtue of Sundry Executions to tne li^^^^^H I ) reeled I will sell l?efoie Union Court lious^^^^^^fl nor, on the first Monday in May next, \v i; h i^HH^^H he legal hours of Sherilf Sales, the follnwii^^^^^^H property, to Two hales lint cotton and about three hundr^^^^^^^H aishels cotton seed ; levied on to he itider a Warrant to seize crop under lien, us iroperty of Isaac Palmer the suit of \V.^H|^^^^E Ing'ish, Isaac MORTGAGE SALE. BY virtue of a power coula incd in a Motl^HHH gage deed, made hy Columbus Farrow to^E Yin. Munro, bearing date Now l'Jlh, 1H75, nnd^HH^H ccordcd in book " A" No. 1, pages. tiO'l, IJIM iOo ; said Moitgagc having been duly assigned o tis, wc will sell by public auction, before lie Court Mouse door, ul Union, on I lie first ilomltjr in May next, within the legal hours B H if ShcritF Sales, nil that plantation containing lirco hundred and thirty-nine acres, more ort^B^^H ess, lying on boili sides of the Wood's Fcrry|^^^^H oad, and hounded l>y lands of Win. Miinro.^B H leiemiah Gregory, II. F. Crawford, Uphraim^Hjj^H ittter and others, and kntwn as the ''Singlctmi^^^^^H jregory ^^Bfl TKRMR, CASH. The State of South Carol In the Court of ProbatJ^^^^^H ! V DAVID ^<1 9B I WHEREAS, J. M. Henderson made to mc to grant him loiters of ndiniuisir^^^^^^B ion (with will annexed) on the estate 'fleets of LUCY SIIELTON, deceased. Those are, therefore, to ciic and admonish a^H^HHf md singular the kin Ire I and creditors of >aid LUCY SIIELTON, deceased, that they ind appear before me, in the court of l'robateA^B^^^H 10 held at 1 1th day next after publication hereof, at i'dock A. Hi,, to any lave, why the said Administration should ie Jiven under my hand and Seal, this *J(ith ,?|mii inn-i, hum m l<>7tlt vear of American Independence. HAVIU JOHNSON, Jr., P Judge of I'robntc. I April 27 17 2t/< READ AND DIGEST. CT'o:3 I take this method of returning thanks to my customers for their liberal patronage bestowed upon nio sil ce I commenced business on my own account, and I Hatter myself that the patronage thus bestowed can be attributed n a great measure to my desire ind aim to deal strictly upon Uie Basis of Fairness and Honesty to one and all. M v goods are marked down at the lowest figure and thereby commend themselves to all who pur- ^ diase. "~m In these days of close compctition I make it a rule to keep V vbreast of the times, and not only nj keep a large and attractive stock lK? 1 GENERAL MERCHANDISE, j Imt mark them down at Rock bottom prices; and while I do not I make it a rule to undersell, yet I know that my prices are as low J f not a Little lower than than 1 the Lowest, 1 taking as my motto, that old but practical maxim, 'SHORT PROFITS and QUICK g SALES." | Especial attention is called to 1 IMMENSE SPRING STOCK, I io\v on hand. These goods have icon selected with great care and . mi brace all the ^ NOVELTIES OF THE SEASON. " The young Gentlemen in my a j inploy are ever ready at their >ost, anxious to show goods, and ' ? unMuur il no irouuic out a plealire. Soliciting a continuance >f your kind favors. Respectfully J. R COLTON, April '20 10 |f j