The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, August 17, 1883, Image 2
Narrow Gauge Koads.
As I lie* Soul hem States liocoiin* more pot uheis
they must htiild ilivuiMudu of miles < | lutlway.
Hence llie question ol' ;'ih;;o, compassii jr. si-< it
iIimm, the saving or the losing of fioin a Iliir ( I** j
ii Italfof I lie millions whii li must lie invested
v1 'icf^tructuro and equipment of rai'.roa Is i a
question of supreii e moment now. It in an j
interesting Miliject, ami it should l>c discussed
calmly ami with an etirne t desire to tirrive at a
proper decision. Ttie |>o**|?lo want light ami !
they should have it. Kvidence is certainly ett j
initiative iti favor of a narrow, or three feet
giltigo. A gentleman who is well known in hnili .
Aiiirnsta an I Atl.iiln, mil who is now a direelor ;
lit'I III; Ivist ami West I'vU'l of Alabama, nmi its I
chief engineer, lias recently spoken emphatically |
oil the subject. I!c is i.ii other ilian ('apt .Inn
i'o.stcll, ??r Atlanta, coiisii !ling. inspecting ami . ]
practical engineer, tin I from whose pamphlet we <
ipiolc:
"There is a growing preference for the narr cv '
gauge system all over tliccmtiitry. I'lie r-'pi.iit v ; i
with wliieli these ro'i'N are lieing eoiisiructe I i:i 1
i lie Ifnileil States is soineiliing iiiarvtloiis. liight
theusaml miles are now uirlcr construe- I
ti'in, an ! new enterprises are coiitineally Ining
projected i'lel organize'!. ? ! ;
'I lie narrow gauge has a great advantage v i '
the stamlai'il gauge, in lieing much cheaper in I \
point of construction. Tliey can he n| crate I ,
with ease on over eighty.thi ee feel gru-lcs atel |
ten degree en eves. I'hese wmii.l he cotisi'lcrc-l ' !
excessive in the stamlar'l gauge, ami to h -sen
tliem increases very u.neli the c el < f gra-latinti
The narrow gauge i-eh> apt*r ill its maintain i
anee. I'liis is nhvinii>'.y so. as the materialsarc
lighter ami therefore subject to less wear am!
tear. The replacement is less, ami carry i .
ing less i lea I weight, I he wear <m t he super st rm* - j |
ture is als i less. )
Tht Carri/tHi/ eMofco'y < ! > ,u' ryu-il j ?
of //?? rhiH'I'irU / in/'. Iliis i.i i_v he < a-ily '
aeeoiitili I for l?y the hut that having |r>-s !? . l
weight to eiriy. a | r? | itniii lie iuerem e u.ay '
S.e maile ill freight. I'nr i\ (tuple. a slamlm-l I
gauge ear ava rages about Ioiic tniis inula in
? I'l/m 111:111 :i 11:11 ni.v r 11 . 1 mi.-, in .1 j
(mill <i|' twenty cars gi vc . 1 :ght tolls in fiv. r
of I lie narrow gauge. v
The great?-r nitiabilhy i> in f;v >r 1 1 he narrow ' a
gauge. The trains being lighter, the rail'- are |
: object to less wear, ami there I eing less 1 ? I j
weight, an I the wheels near the relit re i I the | >
axle, the ehaie < - < t <1 lurame ami <h:r.?! i i'\
1 1 t 11
are projnirtioiiaicly met ea^cl
The safety of I lie narrow gauge a ; coin; ircl 1
with the stamlarl iJ 110 1 > 11 *; r .111 e\| eriiii-n'.
/ nl a iifi in!/'/ </ h i ittim 1/ hi."/ I l.e ! \
one tioii of sillily, especially in I'iriiii / -! it 1
curves is ilcci'lclly in I'avnr of the narrow |
gauge system. I 1
There l?ci ng less 1 oti'li I i n-lehi o lne-s t ? I ? ; \
j.rovnle'l lor. tie re e. ill I. [ i n 1:. 01 it. ' \ larger
cti vi'leinls.
I Hoc ai ? r. uf.,,1 -I....;. ,.., 'I he>- a|.|ieal
t . I- 0 t . .1 . ..1. t
ex|>erienee as to narrow gauge 1 oK Miming *
largo <livii|en>l-Take the earnings an 1 cxpenses
of tiie thirty-seven ami a half miles ot the '
llasl an>l Mis', h'ailroal, < f Ial>am 1. n >u leuli ;i
ami running, for ihe \car ls>| : 1' sh io-eipt .
101,1'l'i.oti ; I'ilsh ilisMiisenients eiirrent ex. I
pensi s, I s.7-s . balances to \V an I ,\ Kail- :i
r.' iil, \e. I -".7.-7, ami the net c.a-h | r- !' 1 i~
> gii.S.V.i.o 1. "Iroin which it appears. t\s
I | t I * -1' II, ' t kail III' ?'X | "II e.? tti'1'0 I V ' >
7s. and ili"- !. i ] i- :ii - i i!i;i showing i (1
that iin* e.vpi'iiscx wi-r?- less ili:tn |'i r ciMit I
; !u' gross inc one
<iiite :i good -Ii.iu.i, arid i-; tl.o it , ri . ! ,
the | ]< . wo hall mii -iif i !.: sul.jfti lurilorj.
ill another I i III 0. ? . I ' 7ir?<#u>-/? . I
:i
! I \i:it i> !v l i.t. \ i "i'i ? -I'fii !fii( of tli.
i I
I ii i-c-n villi- ,\ i w rili-s tu I It:>I | -i; i r :i Id I iw;
*-.1 oilII I'll'l'loiuim, wil t -III.I liiln-clt while nil
llu- top nflila.ssy Mountain mi ilu-"_'-M i l .Inly, ^
is alive aiitl improving. lie went to cl.ureli
intoxicated, mid was sin-wing "lis tf ir-n I s wli i ,
were ruiiionstrntiug Willi Inn , how In- t ml I | handle
a pistol. The weapon was loaded and lie I t
was waving n around his lu-a-l when ii pinl-li-nly 1
hretl. The Inillel eiui r--I uu I r lii.? eliin, io tin- | '
right an'i near liis llu- it, r-in-.a-d ihrmigh Ins t
month, ami, striking ilie .n-i lf t.| the sknli J |
just jvlmve llu- left eye. glnnis-I an-l l-Unwed tin- !
skull to llie lop of tin- In id. I'lii' skull iv i. ] :
I'raet ured tYoi-.i I In- plat . i. l ore llu- uii --ite - I i in k (
il lo I lie lop. w In iv i: s*. j pi d. ii 'I having i .- j
enough lo peneirale the s|viu. |?i*. Mnoiiev. ,
\V III! was inline I lately t i-III I I , I I lull;- 111 t ii I mi I el
lia-l dropped litu-l; lot I llie lu-iin, and in ill In j
work lo tiii-1 it. lie rem 'led lei: pieces o|? t r ie
Hired skull iiiiiut-diaiilv over lie hrain and |
P'.-Iiltl'il for I lie 1 >:l 11. 1 >111 1"ii!i* i ! > liii-l it. Ill I I :
ru in is now uMu to walk ahniii r!i )i >ti->c,
:iI!iioiij;!i ilic nrealer | .-111 of hi hrain i- ;?!n> -i
o\jin-cl, iherv In-ill}; ii. fini i in^ uvit ii h i
the skin. Uri'l-mims reenvery is : - -1 > i^nu1,
nhle when tlio tenacity with \x!i.i i tin' wh !
ISi hitman I.iiii il\ i'll ii if lo i in- I i i 111 ?> ili
life is nni-i'leii' I. I i i> I'.ii lii-r In! his rranima
hlisioil Willi an use :iii.I siirvivo l. Ills hrtli 1
rr lul l tin' (rillili'.; ini-hip . I' Inivin ; a i ;'1. h invl
I lit hy :i ].iivi'iliil l>i .u n. Ti !ii s-.nii. rii. I 1
uis i sin v ives. I he only w ay i<> ! . ili r !" i lii- ,
i'.ii. lily successfully win rut his he.el i?ii anil ih?ii 1
.'ii<lc it. I i
? - i ]
Yuurr. lit s vv v. It-n I in- \t!ant i <
:i of JsaUil-'iiy -:iy? : " I lie 111-1;.r111n I!i i I t
Mitchell ami Markhaie. siio-m w hi n leioa'-ni 1
iiver ilie inyston *.i- 'I s ii'j>e ir moo nf iluve i
small hoys. Their names nr.' .tames Wrinkle.
Jim l!o won :iii 1 a liule ui .>1' a man i inn I
Johnson, who vi'shlcs in tkuit l"i"iliiy. Thehiys '
left wit limit leave on Wc-ltics toy la i, nn i n >
ilefinile information from litem has yei heeii
j-eclireil. It is sai I that i hey lefl hy i he Stale '
mail nri'l went .as tar as l?a!ioii ny arrantrinir a
I l.-ii form nn ler a |i.nsseii'.*i'r ear an ! em w it in i
uii'ler I he ear. 11 t ley n ! tt w a n list
ly lui/.'U'il' i|s i'liiiaiey. 'i lie hoy i aM ha I nl:: '
Still i: i V I'I'il lies. W ll if!l thov -e 'llVO I ill :> r.vv '
iiovrl \v:iv in nnliT f ? nv.ii?I ^ - j ;i i n. I'nh
ln>\ t'.hi lli? III'.I llOf tint !? li I I -! : 1 ?-4- t \\ >t'\
I){> lowti, :m I. <>l tvnr.>i\ ii w i- iho i i > or : ;n^
I > look nice, mi I tlie i ? I ?\ v 1 i! i - \> < i I ml
el out *viilimit more rvln. Ii w:?> rn'ri^Mi v. ton.
I > Ii:ivi' :i link' in i:iry I'll Inn I, rin I 1:111 \> i i;1 ?
lol l his !!! '! htT ' I i COI't tin .11 !li'!>' :i! ;!l| lit -t loll
li"il?t' ill il In- w:i- I'M'i'i'.liiiirlv :ui\i ii- l.i ['! -.-<
i'.iiil whieh ivriri jt iii ; lirt i 111 i; . Hi- mother
i t liiiu have fvi* 'l"l! ir-. ni l ill it i t him ii|> |
" 'ii' thejuiirni'y. I'll other Ii>ys i!-.? r 1 ? I ;
in m ui:i-?iijr luii'l-. I In' in. (hers t h \t.i
i'j;i i'it!;. 11-iit--r I. hi I :ii t* a11' i i: -!y :i\. n:
injr tiny iiows hum ilio :?Ii*.>11 lor-.
r\i> lii I-, mis in.in Ti v \ r..i i..\ si
\ii/i:-i S. \ ! i - j.'ii r'.i li in \ i. ii-.. I .
II > I I lie IT| '1 I - I r> .1110 i ?* I ui lioi 11- n o
l'\.'l'o liin'ly ili-o .in m y. | > it t n_' l ho \ ! I
iliri o or I'mir <i ivij i!ii' w..|':''- in tin' I i i-i' j nt
nl'liiis O'llllilv ii ivi; ( ine'etely stri|.;'..| i io
loaves iVi'-n. I!. jnil i . I aro :;': :t-'.; i r I ho J
i> .>t?i i?ii* i 11 t I ii ! ' i rr ' i w i. I iii'l'ir, I
an 1 < !! 1111 j ' ? 11 11; *i~ ii: i:i\ li'-M- will ! (?
:i! mi ? I :i I ! 11 1 - - < Mi : a? 1 i / -. I'i I
i iv--r fiti'Mi li"!i. >Ir. ii-_'lii i iiij'ii Injf t !i?* ? } .
nil I l>! in < ual |'iii ?--; ai r iir<i|"|>in^ Im-I'-iit
in iii'riiv. 1'iMiii i lie ialicni: n i'i >ui <>ni" Ii i1
I lie < >lf -li In"! I fit" I lie S| ii' ijai lirr a !i a',
it. ji, llllirr; iii> vi" ! a i|'ia: iec i . :n ivcimt
? r p.
c
\ III' I N "'ill i 1 ! 1 I'll.' I 'I .
7. -i Mi ' it i I i ,i i.i i in ' | i!i"
snrviv" ; .< .i' ?' I. 11 i 111? a i?li
I'ar ii'.a V l.m'cvr-. w a- liH.I al ilic !'iir
;/: > :i. I I.i1 vvi'i | 111 i - ..'i it r.vriii .
i'i<-IIMM'i | *v{. , wiili ilii'ir .vi? an I
i 'i;! in a i. i 1 i.. ? it t 11iiic-i fii' < : . :p.
'i'i i - c Mlnaii'! li i' a i rsvii'^ i>r i-i < i 11 n
liif'ti mi it - la 1' ii11 I i; v.
Hi'! iv. ry ? i . - i i - i' . ir. !i > ? - * ;?
i i i / : i'1 I: i i ^ . I .ii
tir. ' li.' I . . I . I; J III llT ?'
III t* ! i-i '< Sir; li.-li I I!
J i .1 iai:S ir^ i" .iii.lv, ii
V " I. li -i. il l-. I.; a!! I'1 : Iimhc*
Ii * i . . a < I. r r rii i.
-IT I.'."- I-i > - ' . , i ' i
'? I' '/ /. ! (' !! 'I I >
(Tho (K'iuhlij olmon d i;ncn. i'
1
U. M. MOM'S, l-:?litoi>.
! I
I M'lN | KID \Y, \l*?i sr IT. 1^ : I
subscshj now?sa oo peh annum.
advekt1sino. , ; 1
>??* s'junrr *?r ! melt, lirM ii?s?Tip?n, - - - Si ^ :
l.' Ji ui in.*- >ti?#ti9 .?
!.?! ' I. ,4 : 11 lll^llu fc? M? M I -ill UVl't ??tl ? ' ? ' - '
lixini: i?*r *ix month* ?*r try t!i< yi-iir. \
Ol?itti.ii> Noln ?m,| t ii lin* ?i I* ir. i!? ?! frm*.
*#v? r t?-1 1 i 111 , I. uv?'?i :i? A*lvi j
HI.-Ill s.
I
taki: \oTsra:.
Citations, Notieon to Creditor.? an 1 |
Notices of p'iiltil i)isohiu":ro n 1st l:i ' j
paid for before they will .appear in
our columns.
/ WVtni!. yin|.illii - will. tli. firiii'r-. ul 11 i 1 *
!.'i rMUIlslll,. ill ill - ilifttd ill ' 111-nf I III II . J..;. |
I In y 11. \ iimn* in fti.il Tu\vihlii|i It ?tn fit
i i ? ; iii 111 in in .iiiv Mllmr |?.irt nl* (It v.
- ?- ,i
[ lli'- bible tr!I> us "it rains ??i (lie i
u-t :i; 1 tin- irtju-l." W 1 1 ik? In I.iinw ' '
vlial character of people wo :iro in I *iiioii 1
V > \ r ll '! ! 'in:ili In! rm I us I!? ?!f
l.i) ll..I I..- k::.? III.Ill) |.|.u ill 111 j 4 .iii-l l.|j-.iliili|{ |
mil win I till-) '.M.IlM It'll |.l- I. Illnr*' I I..Ill 1*111 I Kilt*
l ...it.iii I'roin - ! r> "l fiinl, :iml il ? li.nl .in urlv
IH-I. lint lll.it. tl
? I'
|j" W c urn !'? m I ~ I' I I > sttlln llill I'
I. T:ivl"l* will (il'CUCll Ul I HCultil I-Iiuii'li I.II till. J
I !t n f iv i.|" ilii- iii i.ili, insle.? 1 i I' i!n- - I, us j ^
ir?y I >11 >] v : itti.111iti*? I. Si-rvii-i- w ill ouumotioc ,
Ll I, ill!.. I'. M.
it
-o. |
} I In- \ ..nil-.' }>Cllt Il'IIU'll Wll IIWiiKl' II- 1 *'
i-.iiii i.iii- -'niuln'i s !,i-t I'm I i v m -.ilit \> i: I >-iii li '
l -li-Iii'lii I"n 1 svri'tri-li', will |i!fiiso m-eojit the
'ittnl.s iil'-'wo, lis tin I I"1111iIy." Tim music ' 1
-. i- tin- -wi-i ti'-t wi> Irivi- 11<*-ii*iI fur tii.-iiiy :t I iy
ti I ilie cuiij Uui-t.i i-i highly njuifi-fiuli-il.
' * ! 1
I).-i iii>- C"i rcs|iiiii.|nul, I". r. li. \v!i'i-u; first ,
clicr, '-'iii the Win.', -iiij.u-ir.s in till tlicr ? >!* ,,
nun. | r..iui-i - I-i '.i"-j? iiisr iv-ilrr< |> -itc I on
ho (jnvii l!\]in<iii..n :ii I, iui-?vilH\ un<l i-xj rcts i<> I ,
\trn i !i trivii-j to many tli<> j i: i??*:: i|
i' rtIii'I'm < 'i11 - an I I' ill i la, t'r > 'i \v!n iiit li"
fill > !! I 11-< liis"j-fttl>y the way. I!" wii^ j
iti 1 i i'it, r turn '>y Murfrrm'tnro aa ! then,
vlmt will lie Dun ran anylm-ly toll? '
?<
Iih'o 1??r all, wo say to tin; Vf'iiri* j
inN iif f If itixf ituf iiin? 11/ liviftiiiivr in t l>i *
-'(:??? rt 11 1 tilliM ji'titi?'?. wi.-liin;; t.i m!vnti>f
11 tliis iiiiinT, iliat we will nut aeeoiit tin ir
1
i lvt i ti- itii' it-t tit!* ?i:*rli .? 11!; .. \ w p.-.
mf \i?i'ii(s, tu lo- lii>t i-liavfil liy tIn 1-0 I !
lycnt.s out nl' a just :illn\vnui;o tor .sifli i
>rvit- ami t In ti have to ?u!uiiit to am * li r
!i iv. .1 Jo fi r I'ftii l'..r a - :ii's Iffs. Wliv '
t_rlaiu (,'nlii in tlii*. StuD: want to take 1
!."? |..t f nt il'tin ir a Ivi rti-in:; t? tt*nnn
int ol N w.jfi|i"r j.'iMi In r-' I 111 1 - t > j at
nt 1 Nuttln 111 AilVffti.iiiio Aiiftits pofki t-- i.s !
. I'otuji!. ! mystery t'. lo. ami ?v tl.ui'i intern]
> stilniiit to it.
hat Canvasod Shoulder.
< Dti" esteruii'il .ami fiiliTTii i-ino v.iiiiit \
I? ivliunts, .tlis-r.'i runt, s;ck i\ runt , 1
nv.^t'iit I ns l ist wi'ck witli :i stil* inliil run.
. . !
; iss.'il sli. iiMi-r, ami \\v muM n<>t 1 is**??v?*r ; :
In* ililli f< iicr in lirtwv.-n it :i11 1 t|
liu< ? t lirtin. Tlirrr ar< iii'?t<* of tin- u??? i
9->?t IrTt, nii'l t\v irlvisr i'iir li i ml- to !rv '
liotn
F'.ne Hur.s.
lip I. i r.iin ? \\ 111 !i*\ 1 ?iii?*? i!r* I f! '? ??f M i*. i? il i
ii \V< ?in?* !.(y .111 -111 i m l I. |v. ii 'J .isi 1 I ' I ?. \ 1
rimr^l.iv ?11- it i11. Willi ili? I. 11 i* 111 r? h i- i?*rriti?- I
't ! ri?i t .i r .1 11 iii llinv* v9 i ii? i 111 i i v?i|, i w* % i i
lilt it iMlii** t ? l.it l?i I'.-li.-lU ill ?- ! I ?f i ! ? :i 11 \ i \t ill ,
i .11 .11! I? will 11 11* t l?i" 11 || tillil ? It'll I * till out ** >i||||i*. i
iii'l ! ! nun h :r !?.( t?i I li*->h I it .it ?*r*t|t. Hi* it \t j
ti?ir1111i t III** |> wvr?* |11 l i \v?n k jnv|i:trn?*r t! i
?rutin*! I if t ni'iii|-- h It**11 it vi i? i n.:..I i li.it i In- run It * I !
. l'i it ! \\* I *: I. w til in 11 ?? I ? I?m K. I i\
I**ii I* >lnii it iIm? ^??vi. iti?I /i\?- til" ram. I
*S.? iiit?t** it ? ."
!) 'uh ,<? I.I? . i Ili t'.is I? ft.:?
I'ic I. in i 'ulliiwi;,' ' timiy, \ I i ~ - 11- i. ;il I Si i*
a i-|?tirr n|' Iiit :i I ?j i ? ! l-'itlier. Mr. \ l'. !
iii' it i on itiii i iy. ,\ii".i it11. i*' ;. Mi
* ' i 11 i ? .1. i i. It'iiriif. *\" i years.
^l i i'. nirno siu-iit mMiu'Iii'iiiiIm in t iii- town .
Iii-year. ?ii 'i \ i ~ i i t>> lier I ncle. . M. <!iMk. j
iii I family -til l li:i*l 1 i-t'l here ullly :i few days
l?ot*??l ? I in' uulinilliC'inoiit "t' Iut -lentil was re '
i'.-ii'vi- i. \llli it i*li in t i'll i lie'.y iiiu-v i'l-i'tc i . lid
s i I in' a j -nit n 1111 ill i ! jjrii-r I lie 11 .;!? I In* hear1
of many fricmls who ! i I in i If Iut ;ie.|iiai:ii- I
illiee while -!n? \V:l-? w'.lhii- Itef.we lf:i\in;? ll>* il I
t - ; . ! 'Ill I'll! I !i i! in .1: >11 :i II I llOVtT crrilljl '
i r yit. i 'ii !!ii| li ii. !i ; 1 -fl tlio ?.'l 'll'iil !i j
nj 'ii iifi- y.din,' life. m l ili'U only n few ln-ief |
! v - v. n! ! inij e lift'ii* it \v.iti! 1 rl iini her as 1
!! > v; f f' . " tifiii'.y mi' I sitlfi. if vi vrly sln?
iniii' lii i..i ..t i' !c siiiiiiiioiis. :i11<I when it
' t iii'?. ? i!i i'y an I serenely Iut |iiit yoinijr '"it
I.:', it- earthly home so hricf in tinir ami
in j y- i r ami nsccmle I t > eternal
joys al ovf.
A
ratal Accident.
Oil Saturday ! i-t lioi' ii'e lloji- iti. a mre-l
hit ii . ;:hi willi a I'll il iff i 1 'Tl . wlii'f ele mill
out i Weil o|i tlio i'l'fiai-e ; where lie live I,
I IT! II.' to 11 -tat I' It'll T It let e|'.
11 a jijtar- t li lt 11 orai e lia 1 li in it I in' w 11 er
ft ai t lie well ami It a-1 : >a i ia n I in ? .. t
lie 'lilt an I wash tin* . i> ili wife ati I
-1-IlT 111 . ?\ UtTO V I V ai'.i l* \ . :i!l l
luvll'l -.)l||l>tl|i:i;^ !' I i 1 ill till* Well <> !
f*?11 i 11 vr ?.i llornoo. "ill .1 i' ii 'ii
!.c I hurt iiv;: on on! I in/ :i ! t i:?io !i
Ii I ii ! i?Msvv?*r, wlion tlr- v. i . i>~1 :m
:ilni*ii? nn-I o'lllo 1 for n>i?i-" wo \ ! nr?;i
wi* !< ( ilown in ilio Itiiokc" r.i? ! t' tin I that u
r ?' > from ilio ->i lo of lio wo!! h i 1 l' i"on iij'oii
II raoo i iionl oriiJliiti/ in iln? *-'??i 1 *iI n!' .tin."
the I train. \ ttor;i >rvore In ' ' > : in* nnf m i-?t.
in ri \v i :it- i in tlio iiiio\p' -in i lr i v:i t i i
|i. ho . lily 'i fo.v u i \< in I n i* l .on
! 11n* Hoti-o <'ii os I'niii.il: ill il w i ! :
liirit llio -i I.o I ?l;iiil -v i- r 'i . r In i\il v ; i
I lio ' i" 4i i :i:i 1 !ii i. ! '. i -y r'u ! .'i I toi i ' ' .
'I iiTt.Vo r-ii > ||o l'flll'l i tl> I 1111 ? ?11 - 1 I! ^
until M .ii ! i> i.:, 'it u lion iio " I
I' n t
iII nt; 1 i i r!y iit/ '! hi. i : o il ro i>.ictoil
l.y l.iih v liitoat. ! c 0 !
! i ; i . f l io ' i I. 1 . f (I ' !
.
!. ! .; -ii I !;iy, l!< i.io.ii . n turn.: - .ii
t'.'.l fo| Il', 1 | it -01,! ,ny -i l'o ; , i i u, J
i.i ;i i ii .! i.ny ' - ly i i' o . i i . ,oii v
I \ IT - l . . 1,1 I' |" . * ! I- I ill' . U -I -I
i i -.r i
I. in 11 ' I. j
?hall tlic Factory be Abandoned ?
Willi-hi any i-.fl nrition .'ireel from the Comniii'
i- mi sttloeri; i\ #m I liiiil 1 a Fact1 ry at
I hi'ui. we vuiilVsi I lull we cmi neither see or
Leu- any life in llic i-Morl. We are told I lint I In:
-iib-ci i|'ti'Hi !i i in i been incrcascl one Jo.'lar in
lie i%st ,> o week"; t lilt 1 cr.sonnir rowtc to
/. I'll nt .1' ' # *-' ^ ,,
ubA-rioe, lull Jo nil nthnrri''?, an'1 wiOri'ls no
ife, no spirit in ilie in .veiin nl. We eiiicei-ly
regret lo say tint an omiri ns njiaiby privn lis
lie Community, foreboding no'pMcl, ami il looks
IS if "III* eleir;' * of l ft W iveekv ago, licit litis is
*:i I ' el lown,' licit tlioic is '-no business enter
rise among our meridian! s' an I business men
s lo be fully vt i ilie I.
All nel.nowl dge tIt-it something .iust lie
I -i.e 'o keep t Iie or iss front monopili/ing our
creels itii'l lo retain wlctl little tnisiness
low coines to tin-town. Inn few w II leave
heir lou^ -11 >11 11 to take tin uclivc
art, Hi' risk the least sacrifice of lime or money
i 'Jisj.i'l the present "loom avert llio iles
rueti-ni tli.it threatens till interests in the
ill tire.
liven with the experience of nil nroutnl nstlint
'ottuii l-'aetories yiehl sure iiti'l profitable 1 iviletels,
enhance the value < f real estate fur miles
.rutin I tliein, increase the jmj illation, inttauluee
, 'liversiiy ot employments mul life n>i I
I i in it 1 ii s to liti^iness i full kirels, our citizens
eete to keep nlo-iffr in it with ns iiiueli caution
,s ttiey wout-t to u*oi t itie cholera or a t.ook
lent.
We have to many ! oiht itio '1 horn iscs anions
is. There is too much "I ilou't think it wil'
vi-r lu* loiilt "I ilon't know whether it will
>?'ii?. It I me: "I want to sen whether they rati
> t ep the nmount before I subscribe:"' "I want
o know who is i'"iiio to tnatiaoc it I ilotr't
.now whether 1 can meet the instalments
when this or that man su'ierihcs marc I will
ut my name iiwn ," "I ilun t want to sec this
own any hirjjer t hail it is," ami so on to ilic
n I "f a loin/ oli ipter of >loiil>ts ami suspicions.
tion'leuicn, away witli such <|tiil>liliiig (io to
iiic of the com mitt oo at once ami place your
iiiiiioi on !h?' sul>-<:rij-ii ui !i-t f ?r every "lollar
h i' y ; think y u mi ;> -ssil.ly meet 5 y install
ii4.li!s. ail 1 >loii t lot it he sa'nl that after a
tr In-ror caiii"' ami offcrc'l to invest one-sixth of
he capital necessary in commence on, the win 'o
hwii ill I ni'iii either w nM not or c<>ul I ii"t
ai-e the other live sixth to establish an enter
,.? ! I> 4v<n11 I wily. <- > ni'ii-ly
ill .'el her t i tin- lieiii'lit ?f I h?oiisel ves ami the
i in in ii 11 t y in which they live, hesi'les lninirin^
lie capital of (lie > Iter one .sixth IV an another
-i-'tioii io hi- operate I here.
?
a uroom urui
I 'm* ' llieers - !'tin **r>nnty A'/: i?*ultnr.. 1
.\* - i. I if i m ri?-f i!> i niii c! fa "ivi- fa ;!. !
im >! I'.iir a'l f lie attraeti- :i an-! interest that :
in l>n i^atho. i'il ar-'U'i ! if. .\isn?!iij th- !
i vi 11ii s l!n y :ir * anxious In introduce is j
i ISronm I>ri!I. This is .simply a company
>?' vi>ii:i .r 1.1 iii's. \\ 11 i will <?o ihrnii^li tin*
Manual i' arms," with hrnotns instead of j
inn?kets. ami perform all fin; tin* evolutions '
>f a w-II drilled ami regular officered mili J
tary nmiji'iny.
laxhihitims of the 15 renin I'rill iuSuniter!
ml iit 11 r t 1 s * - mi this Stati; have b-en i
r 'la ivi -l with ?/r it fivor an 1 satisfaction., I
ami they are becoming very popular in !
f. t. s i_'fift-?ri up I'm t ho h( Iie.it ill'? church. ]
oh u itahio ami I ?e il puhlie enterprises. W1' !
slmuhl liko to see the younjr Ladies take |
this ! if a' , I'tho J-'air attractions in ham!. ;
\\ hi! it i- ij'iite i novel exhibition. there ;
is m thin - unheeornii?,r or at all objectiomi- '
hie iii it; Ladies alone eontrol it from j
'' .tinning to n 1?or^ nii/. the eotnpany, I
:i i::. ;.i -.'i - irotti irtini:; t u :nivrs.
mil .-rlivt th :r "vm ilt'iil intiMor. Wi i-iM
l!i -< li,!ll.> Inv I?!* n c\Vibitol tin- uin.-t
l^i.Ji.s in tin' ( >tii in unit i?s li:iv?*
t:i?.? !! ' -tivi' Its ill till-Ill. tlll'l till' i'llfiils
i > ?!w t\s -i L i.l> in' 1?iifli sm i il stihit. I
Tin !* i- li'tt litti-i <lill relict! ln'twin'ii the 1
!'?r 'in Prill :in?l tli < *:? I is* lion i?-< tmrflit ii '
Si-!|.?i-!s. It is l i | l| 111V 'is ?f i Kill ('XiTriSOS.
- *>
Tlio Southern Dry Ooo.lo J'aiaco.
Wo Invito sjii-ci il :?tti'titiiiii to tlio rulwr
tiseinont i>| Messrs Wittkowsky & I?:inu li.
the c\! n-ivi' W'lml. - ?11? n:i 1 Il.l til iin'rolntiits
nC (*!i;t riot ti'.
Wo know this I1.his > well ; wo know
much of it- linshi - fioilities, ;m<l \vr kn<?w
1'iirthcr tlmt ' ii>in--s ?*!ii :etor statnls iiiioii
.1$ ' iv ! "t- in h * country
T1 i i' ilii- lirtn h is si "twit ly
ii t i? 1 th it they hr.v 1> n ?* rll >1 to
in,! >r.;-' lh :> store r.'oru h?. in r two hiri^c
i.- to 'h ir nlivrnK cipieious ost:ihli>hit"nt.
in or h r to riccoin.ii Into ilu- immense
stocks of .'.?<id.- which tint inoreiise of husi;
io.|iiir> s them to cirry.
I!? lm?iijos> is co;iiiuctc<l upon tin: highest
sf.in lu I o| lm-inoss principles mid wo have
n lo -.t in. -, in oo|iiineiii'?in_r Messrs. \\ ittk
\\skv A !J nu ll :i> hi 111lT most loliuhlo
/ litletnen in i \ \y r- -poet.
li ml their :i I\ rtis. ment carefully snnl
:o t "l ll il > SI,'Lt'.O-st i -lis
To.- H.iei! ri I'. M i'"'; (r::Rlo.
i if i/iiif ?l" !> ! > ! ill !> twtvn the
Mfrlmnii.v ('liib. <?!' < '< luu.biii, utnl I hi*
I I: i 'II Club. I'llIlM* "fV :it I I ''II'Kts-XI l:i>t
S itu l'V. ?r?!:i i j-iwious :irr;it*_r? ?
iiici;I \\ .*:irt t 'i-l( li tl m;r 1> >\s were wiiijt]
! jir. Irv I i 11 \ IV en ill - -t hi, but n >f
! !i :n liowvil ilii' lie lit inir br i v< !\
. (ill (! !?:i iin v..f fill i| :it the ,-ixlh
V 'lili - i" n' l iinJ'l'i>V'i'li'i in Hi
. . i\ in.; t!. ,t a w.is j.reili. ti i |.\ -j. rim- i
' i' : 1111:1 ,iiliin.:s h:i I b vi 1 : : '
hi ,' / ,iv Wen
i !: r-i v v .1 11 : . ; !. si,.
if .1 " .' , I v i 11 hi the
(' iltlliilu . ....... u- .; .' : I:; : > ] '.< ;i. ul
v.in n ver . xp-r!-uv !. We hemii
I lii 1 1 ' tfli i.H 11 t - 1 ;t'i it.ik
111 . In ' 1 rT t
- 1. 11 ?* ' 1 \ ,e. \ uii't
M'i .Mill,
? . : . . . . . 1. 1.1 - in i't , '
u , } . ?
I
Narrow Gauge Railroads
\W :isl; our readers ? particulariv those j
oppo.-i il ty ti iri( w uauuo' railroads?tu ;
read the fine article noon that s-uhj et to lnj
found in another column, taken IVoui the,
A u^us'.u Chroniclr.
**'Sot je time since the war we hi aid one of
(lie lu st business and Iliilroud men in the t
State say: ' If all the railroads in Sou'li
Carolina had been built ujioii the narrow '
jrm t%: |>!an limy would have been able to ;
do all the carrying business required ; saved
the State IVom a heavy endorsement debt, ,
ami tlx- priil-;, instead "1 beiuj? sold out to '
foreign capitalists. would n ?\v bo owned by
OUr people. !t W IS 11.1* .1.1)1 ilfrnr tli 1 t*?t ,
of tbo narrow gni. o that swamped our
railroa '1 property."
->The
EigGrcon Front.
Mi.;. .* 't"j j nil In- iti vi*?l back into In r '
former store, ami you can lianlly recognize
it as tlio ol<| place, >> >p!'?utli.lIy b is Mr.
< I rint fittc.l it up ; *iii-1 Mr; Slioppiul looks
as happy in it as a clam at liiirli tide?
Hut what b tthcrs us is, thi' it also has a
' ircon Front," ami we don't really know
!? >*? to <lc.ii"ii>tli' il Iroio l\o; V.jltli! I ' roon
Front " where our Prion I \V. M. (Jibbs
lid is r.rtli. \V<; -S ill cill il tin; "liig
linen Front" until a better name is
suggest id In the mean time we invite
every bo.ly to call on widow Slioppaul in i
her neat and pretty now quarters
o - -
uariingiuu V/Uiiun tuiiiuijr.
The Darlington ('urespoiulciil of I he t 'harlestou
.Veic* mi'l fiturirr thin writes of the prospects of
the colt on factories to tie built at that place
aiul Florence.
Tl.e enterprise, both at this place an<l at Flor
etiee, hitls fair to be a success. Not only have iiieu
of means ue into the venture but. what is bet ter
i:I, clerks on small :a' ties hive iuvesteil m
one or two shares. I his of itself shows that lite
spirit of progress is ahroail. ami that our people
recognize I he improvement in the cotr'itioti of
the country. W illi the mills ami the cotton
tiehls near to each nf.fr. with us it will not be
a piestion of taritfor no tarilf, liaril money or
soft, bill we will only ask to be let alone in the
j-veni wurlt linfnrc us -that of our material
il vebipmeut.
The fact that young men with "small salaries"
are investing in these interprises shows the
trreat itit re t thai all classes of the people there !
are taking in it. When we see the voting men
fa community coming forwirl to ! > what lios
in tin ir pi xver to establish enterprises fir tlie
. i
t r ipertly of all ttfotin 1 lltotti, we em safely |
ore Met f that ootntiiunity a thriving .ami pros* |
potent future.
Stieh r nni. in ti have th -t rue spit i( of enter- |
prise in ami it will grow as they grow in
years; am! their re war-1 will cttno v. her. they ;
particij ale in the gram! re-it Its -f their I'.rst !
i ti ve-t infill s. We cate not how uo.il t he amount
i
iuvesteil by a voting man may be, lie will feCj j
as great an intere-t in the success of the enter. j
prise as those of -more ahttn lant means who j
invest targe amounts, ami m- is rmiiv enm;n
to inr.ro ore lit, tor, in nine cases out often
it ?JU demand greater sacrifices to meet the
payments.
It cannot bedenied, we tliiuk, that the present j
t?ij~;itite young men ot this com '
munity - at least those not n >\v in business for
themselves ?is very disc mr 'in:', ami it will
t more gloomy every year, if something is not
d n t i create an I attract business at this point.
\Iter all. it is tho young men who will he mostly
honc'ite 1 hy the success nf the enterpr:ses now
being est ilili-he l in the South, ami the young
r mi si.oii! I aet'vely encourage them; in every
way doing uh't they can towar?l huihliug them
up. I.et the eh-rl.s ami other young lite i in this
town 'lo as tlie clerks of Darlington have 'lone,
ami tht? propose I cotton Factory at 1'nion will
110 longer 1-e a matter of doubt.
Where the Cold of Last V.'eek Came From.
Thursday, I'ri !av ami Saturday nights of last
wee'.; were uncommonly coM in this reigion. f .r
Aniru-t weatlier, an I the following ilespalches in
the daily paper explains low it came ami where
j Iroin :
j A Tt.ituiiti.r. Si-hum in low v.?Hes Moines,
I |n\v:i, \ ngnst -A terrible hail .storm passed
I >lo\v?i tin' Nashuahotna Valley Tuemlay night,
I rosuliinjjin ore-it losti-ncion to growing crops
on I I'd in . Near A'lobolt Mrs. Larson was
| kil'o I ami several persons were woumle 1. 'I'lio
j hail loll t?? the'lopot of live foot in plucos.?
' Trains hi. die branch of the I lock Island an I on
J tiie main lino of the ' hicago ami Milwaukee
i fl it I wore block-- I. I'hopath of the storm was
lour miles wi le. I! -oryihing was literally
| ilo-trove l. l'lie loss will probably exnw I
j > ."it itt ('it ii'i.
! t'hirv.ro. August Si i-d li ij. itches rr| .rt
tin: a -o\ ore >i< ri.i prov ailed in Shelby, I 'ass
ami I'oliawattouiio ooiintios. l.iwa, last night ?
<irowing crops wore levelled to the ground ami
o' nsi'loi il.lo -Li m i so i > >t In r i r poi ;v v. as I one.
I In-1 lack of I lie r*n was live miles w Me. Near
, liraytoii lweii'y-lw > hoa'l ot cattle wore killed
| l>y being stampeded ami running ilown an cm!
Iiaiikiin lit. At I."ran nine freight oil's wore
Mown I rem tho 11 T-k.
- o Baptist
Ministers' Institute.
The I'lt'tist Ministers of I'liioti I'ouiity will
li"hl their next Institute -it M Hint .loyi'hu i ll
| O'imino oing on *fno- lay night after the thirl
" 'nil I iv in Soptoai1.' r l'-'-"!.
i: \ mm
I. la't'iunii hy lie. \ . Hire--, for eri'i
j oisin.
lixi'gosis, hy liov. 1' T -V f.,'. mi *1 ill. I'itli
, t'haptoo, i "i, 1 *"?. 17. I~"h vor- , f,|' oriiioism.
I At i- ii 'I ItiiptiKt churches loo in lope *lont I
' Tn lie 1 i<onI liv \V. 1*. Smith, I T.
.IcIiT nil I ulllel'S.
I riii" unvi'iiM *h,i! nie-Viuv : i i ! when
1 s Ii ?i i' 1 i In* I > r -4 "f 'In* church In* i | ti ? I I ii r
inir *1 | > i". t i*t?"t ? I iiii-ri i ii^. Tn <li r i - - ? ! 'y
Itov-. J. I!. I'-irkct. T. tiwin mil other*.
I "> Sermon, UV I tic* i iv ni 'lil. 1?\ l!i*v. I J".
Sciii'i nil llu ivlnii iii *!?11 -ii u!?l exist lu-MvcCtl
. i -in I hi* church.
T. WW l.i MI. }
H. I'. SMI I II, . I' iiuii.i;ti>?*.
' . : i !:i: I
??
I.ill ' !' < 11 1 \ i : n i - V.' i !iin ?i. n
Aii'/n-i i he i'iv-. |. r.; It ! < <l?*t:ii!i : . -u ;
I ni. I'.ri iiiii" M IVi*!iwi')ilr.,fi*enii'| Xrliliory
- | r- - !" nf I I ; I lt\V - 1 "i 'I:: ) I I
! till * i I'* " . M. I \ i I i-r: i \ :.l
1 i:! *:. *i. I'hi . i -:. I i: :
i . I * in-! 1 ' " 'A i vcr h i- l.< .-ii ni i- I .
I *i i r..|- lull i.n ti- lire
i' *. 11 i - II iv !'* - i i' i . .
' !. < I T: \ \ -'II-I |I? I In I \ -Ii hi / 11 i
; ? .. . ; ' ; i ' \ I '' .i
I ^
I'or til.; I int >.
A Delightful Resort.
Ai i. IIi:\i.inu, Aii/,'1. l*<o.
I'ditok Ti'ii:--:?This i< rli?* thir l seisin that
AH limiting Spiiiijj.t"' have open i i
ili" j-nhl'o us a heultli resort. I'heso Spring- . :
ure silnatcl in (iastoii C, nintv. North t' arolitia,
at the eas'crn base ?>f Crow ler's Moiintiiiti, ell
the I'ie.lmont Air l.ine railr >. ? ! about two tin 1
half miles, r.n I five milts Souih-cast from ihc
King's .Mountain Station, on the same rotul, ami
seven ami a half miles from Kings Mountain,
where Ferguson en cam pel with his fifteen ,
humlreJ men to he atlackcl by t'olor.el Campbell !
on the 7th ilay of Oct. I TSO, with one thmisaiul j ;
volunteers. Here the victory was complete for ,
the Americans, they 'having lost only "JO men j
while the ISritisli losi was sot) prisoners ami (
oil'! kille I an I woiin lei. Colonels C|evelaml> i ,
Shelhv, Sevier ami Williams e mimamle l with ,
ilistinetioii in this battle also. There are ten | (
or eleven springs in all, which eontain Iron, j ,
Sulphur, A'e. The springs ami a large tract of! ,
lan I siirroan ting them areowne 1 h} a company I ;
of whom 1?r. F. M. (iarrett is one of the largest !
stockholders, ami are managed by him 1
understand that ilie os-h'ms, i>l west 1 i?ut, N.
V., fire l?? take charge of tliu Springs some time
tliis Tail, when a great many improvements are
to l>c in i do with a view to making them a winter
resort for Northern invali Is. The pioperty will
t>c coiilrolled ns tict'ore by the "AW Healing
Springs t"ompany." The hotel accommodations
arc not lirw el i^s, luit g.io 1 e:inigh for eoiufort
and enjoyment. The parlor an t otlioo are entirely
too .small for th- many guests of the
place. The liotcl is huilt across the branch,
from hi'.! to hill, running from the Springs'
ahout l*J<l or lo') feet hel-nv them. It is a twostory
hiiil-ling, and y-ni en walk into the upper
story from the street, or roil, without ascending
any slops. The upper story is divided l>y an
aisle extending clear through the building. On
cither side are bed robins. The dining room is
in the lower story, where you are fanned while
cati.tg ny large wheel fans, extending over the
entire room, run by water from the ae-piariiuii
above. Then to the mailt bail ling is an "I,"
on the Southern end, extending lot) or l'JO feet
upw-ir Is, nearly to the Springs, and divided by
a p.artitim, with bed rooms on each side an I
entered from the outside. Several persons liavo
bought lots and built cottages upon them. Some
are rented and some are occupied by the owners
themselves; ilie company also have several cottages.
The rooms, both in the cottages and
hotel. are spacious enough to ui)'or>l comfort.?
Nearly till tlie space from tin: main building t
the Springs ami between tlie ami the street
or roil running nearly parallel with it on
theoppnoito si le. is taken tip hy the aeiptarituii,
whielt i - nb >:i t I'Jtl x Si feet, (n the centre it
is 1 '> feet deep ami in which l>r. (Jarre:t lta^
quite a variety of fi-dt. During my st iv here,
one di.y a yung lady siw a carp svimniing in
the w.-.ter ami she ran ami borrowed a pistol,
came hack, took deliberate aint, ami hit it just
behind lite gills, blinking it tptiekly to lite sttrfaee,
a dead lish ! Nearly every in truing, Sttn
<lay not excepted, a par'y is made tip, sometime8
of 'toth Sexes, but often only of gentlemen, to
ascend oncof the peaks of''row ler's Mountain
winch tower several hundred feet above thesur
rounding country. Your correspondent made
two trips to the highest peak during his stay.
The first time with a party of gentlemen frntr
I'incvillc, N. We killed a rattlesnake with
mi r iiik'9, uii'l It \\ vs iin.* nrst ??r the rutUcsnnkc
t'ami'y I ever saw. The secott 1 trip was on
! Sunday morning. On this trip I was accotn
! pnuicd by a young lawyer, Mr. flattie II. Saw
1 yer. of Aiken. S. ( I?r. It.avis, of Mttnroe. N"
tan 1 Mr. J. \Y. I ' union, a merchant of foneord
I N. You see. Mr. IMitor?to use the parlance
! of \ 11 Healing?1 was he-del on litis trip, for
! in i wiiii ine a nr.. a nawyer, an i a ' nuumi.
I'. >tli trips were extremely pleasant,so f:ir as the
pers nel of tliem were concerncl. The guests
while aw .v the time here very pleasantly, playing
11 U. ' i'.Iiar Is, pool, rolling at ton pins.
promenading, \c. The mornings ami evenings
are very e v i. hut luritrjr the ini l lle of the day
| the sun -I incs witli a vtut.
The water acts quickly ami efficaciously upon
some, while upon others it takes inore time.?
. The fare is good enough for the most fastidious,
: ami very cheap inleel ?>1 ">() per <lay, 5"
per week or Sdo per month, with careful ami
atteistive servants to wai' upon you. In short,
1 the "All Mealing Springs'' is a nice place to
speml a few ilays very pleasantly. While there
1 made some pleasant acquaintances ami long to
. be renicnthcrc'l. Among the visitors here from
I South Carolina arc : OM Mr. Wheeler, Misses
K vse l.indsay, Fannie Meachatu. Susie Mefkami
Ma?ter Met/, of Y r'.ville, Mr. ami Mrs .lake
t
Barron, of Columbia, Afi-s Mollic W. Hoffman,
| of Fairfield, Mr. Ciamle F? Sawyer of Aiken
' ami Mr, .fas. It. lJrvoe of Spartanhurg.
An important enterprise lias been started by ,
t\v?? in'tic-'triuiis ii'-nirin1. i r, ivratner ami i.
Jacohsen, umler tlie (inn name of Kramer ?v ;
J u-ohsen, wh > in atiufaetiiro i'irpets?ingrain,
r.a-.r an I elotli ami it is lmj.e'l that they may
receive the patronage an I enc nira " meni they
so richly <le?erve. I Sot h of these men were nt
their looms weaving. I'heir carpeting i.- as
heautil'tilly t'.owervl at any ! oversaw, wailetlio
I liiisey is just spleml <1. J. .v.
Mrs-run in in or tiii: KiMiiti.t. Hot si;.? Atlan
ta, \ngu-:t 12.?The Ivinihall Mouse was >lis1
i .vert1 I t n til", this u-iniinc at > o'chiek. an I
the Ihitnt - s nt gelling h.-yoml control, Mr.
S.-i,vi ! the or ijirietor. or-lornl the guests to he
iwahoned. I'lic gnarls went through the hallways
In e iking open doors where necessary t"
lti-r.re the safety of the gne Is. The lire having
originate I in the rear of the buiMiiig was favor
ahle t i tin- escape of all. Within twenty uiin
iite- the h?-tol wis eni| tie I of its guests ami
within one le ttr the -trueturo was ra/e-l to the
. groiuiil.
j The Intel was littilt hy II. I. Kitnhnll ami
' iwni I hy ISoherl To iinhs, .hihn Hire, Joseph
I'. I 11 iin| - oi am', others. |i -1 .- ' imi.iniii ami
the furniture was value I at - I 'J ..tittll, in-ui men
oily ssii.uimi, scattered among many companies,
till- mimes of wl'ieh e iII iii-i he i-eel taille I "W illg
j tii tlii* n' iu*?* truiii i'ii' t iiv ' I |i'ii'iir wiii
J .-in* liif nil(* I t!i i'i* ill. Tlii* '! ?t? i iiy N iti iinl
I iiitiik, llnr>il4oit v llru.. t ilitiwotiiniH, . !. It
|l|!iii' Ml'.* 'i-l. :i II 11: :||-|'.|II|II|||; I lio
! . T-. '? !i. i il'i! I ! i.iil.i ii ! '.I ! 1 in !
I . in -':i ii-i'i- i i. i cr ri?!.
| I'm* !ii v is iluiinc I Iiv Mi. ' 'iiM.-r< ~>n. >;l
' >!' tin* < ininy. lit l.i* iif i;ii i . In
'ill. VH! 11 -s ?.f fin* < t.ll- <il\ I'.'l.. . :.vf u
i: 'i I '! 11 . I t' ': _ ! i
I. ill !.
11\ . HI i:.. I' .i? IM . i' '.!. -i?. Tlio I u>1
' lit' 'I i ::: li ill I . ii' > ' ; 11 .ll'li'l* i.n'i -l !'
H" I.I 'i ; ; ; Mi |' hi , | || i ]
. imitntrt lii'ifitiy 1 ?*I f n- i?*t* I!!I'uf I. nii I
; i I . i!? it'l.iil ',11 i ; - iiiiiii:11?' l fur ti-Tiil.
. || l!. : i ; licillO1 ! . : .1 lllll'.ltlo III' III lull t I I
...
It I ' I 1 '
!'' 1 II - I .1 li I lc .ii' ! 'II li' "
i . i . . . .I l l f 11! ' . . *AMi|
. i .i < '... i'\11'. i ''
i
r<?r Iio Tim -s.
On t'jo Wing to ilia Exposition.
n.v>u viu.t\ Aug. 1 hs
Mis Mi ;ii h : -To night, after a day of good
ex-reise and no little sightseeing. it i" impossiblc
for tne to resi-1 the temptation of giving
yourself ami readers a few notes and some ranloin
thoughts on what your correspondent has
s 'en within the last few days.
Leaving Union on the afternoon ot tlie 71It. on
an uncomfortably crowded train, with the thermometer
an in tlie ninctys, to which the crying
of infants and the constant running about of
small children lent no charm, yet in the face of
*11 these difficulties we arrive J in Spartanburg
on time.
As is well known the crop prospects all between
Spartanburg ami I'nion are very gloomy
m l discouraging. After leaving Spartanburg
a short ilistance the appearance of tilings
change eonsi lcrably. The corn has that healthy
<lark green colour so prevalent in well watered
countries, and the cotton looks as though
it were intended for ?otne other purpose than
for the humble bee, sporting in the morning or
evening hrccze, to rest his weary linths upon
while he draws forth the life blood of the plant
through the small white bloom just budding
firth on its topmost limb.
Tho (Jcorgians seem to understand the cultivation
of the soil much better than wc do ; this
may be seen very easily by one as he hurries
through their fields of waving grain and grow
ing cotton at the rate of forty miles an hour.
On all sides one may sec the buggy plow and
the huge sins uler busily doing their work.
One of our old fashion plow stocks is a rare
curiosity in some sections of the Ktnpire State ,
and is spoken of only as a relic of "lays long
gone ami to be hoped never to return again.
Ml along from Atlanta to Chattanooga largo
fields of clover may he seen growing in the very "1^
place where the grain has but recently been
harvested, and as for corn, they say that they
have enough from last year's crop left to run
t!iom another year without touching the growing
cnc.
To what can we attribute our present position
on the crop question? True the drought may
and doubtless did effect it somstill that does a
not relieve its from our embarrassing position,
and nothing can do so save a straightout honest
confession that we were too negligent with
regard to the breaking up of our lands.
Since leaving home I have travelled and conversed
with farmers and men interested inagri*
culture and the entire secret of their success
may he summed up in the short sentence?in the
oarly Spring break up your land deep and well,,
by so doing the roots have a good opportunity
of spreading out, gaining a strong foothold, and
thus withstand droughts.
Our method is to rarely hreak up the ground
deeper than six inches, while they stir it up by
means of a subsoil process to the depth of from
It! to 1S inches,
Having an acquaintance in Murfrceshoro, fwlio
by the way, I met in tnc "Ould I'ountry" beyond
tho water.) I left my travelling companion
in the care of an idd acquaintance of his for safe
keeping, while I made a visit there. While in
Murfrceshoro my young friend above referred to
had hrr, 1 mean a vehicle gotten out ami showed
me round the town and neighboring country.?
The land in that sec'ion lies beautifully, nnd no
otic ever saw liner corn crow iiimi mat now last
maturing ; cotton is crown only to a very limited ^
extent, an i I think grows more so each year.
In fact I was so well pleased with the general
surroundings of the place, and then the temptations
and inducements arc so great, that 1 almost
felt like driving down my pegs and staying.
However, I satisfied them liv tellingtheni no one
knew what a day might bring forth.
I.nnd here is at a high premium, ranging from
S"J"i to J? l"> per acre.
The old marks of the battle of Murfrcosboro
and Stone Creek may still be seen, though the
ravages of time are last destroying them, and
doubtless in a few years they will be known
only l>y tradition.
1 finally succeeded in tearing myself away
from Murfrcesboro and am now safe back in
N ishvillc.
Much might be written about this beautiful
city, iis fine location, magnificent buildings and
far famed schools of l aming ; but 1 know the
patience of 1113* readers has long since grown
weary with this <lull recital, so I will draw in
1113' thoughts for fear that they ma3' be carried
oil" on a more distant (light than the one just
terminated. T. (\ It.
; - ? - - 1'or
the Times
Toach Children to use their own Languago with
Precision and Force.
Mu. Knt'fott: ? I submit to the grave con ederation
of the patrons and readers < f your
paper, especially that portion of then: whoocct:.
py the responsible -elation of parent, the following
brief article by I'rof. II11XI03*, a name not
entirely unknown to fame. It will be seen at a
glance that (lie question presented by the article
referred to, although embraced in tlie narrowest
conceivable limits, is, nevertheless, one
1 of more than ordinary magnitude, namely,
whether, in the education of your offspring, by
pursuing the course indicated by the author,
I their success will not bo greatly facilitated ia
acquiring ' the habit of using their own lan'
gunge with precision and force," 1 hereby lilting
then b,r greater practical usefulness in this
' tilililanau ago than l>y pnr. iiing the hackneyen
' :u of juvenile ctilf.iro, in the vain attempt
to acquire even a uij'i'; tici il knowledge ? the
iitmost limit to theiiva t sanguine?of the hidden
toysteries, Piislironde 1 for centuries in the
lit 1 language- of Homer and Cicero.
rit4M,in;ssi on.
1
i ] have said heforo, Mini I repeat il hero. Itmi
if a man cannot jjet literary culture of the
liiirlic-l kirnl out if 11 i -s llihie, an I t'lianccr,
an I SVaki'-poaro, an I Milton, ami llohlies, ami
r.i-lio;> I'l-rkdey- to inentioii only a low of our
ii'iHti i ,11 s writers I say if li" cannot get il out
i.l lie e . il its. he c ani;?>l get il on I of any I hint:;
an I I . ml I a--Hi' Ily ilovolo a large portion of
11.. ;i i>! . .cry I'.ngli h child to the careful
n iy I ilio in i Ids nf I'.nglisli writing of such
ii I an I wonderful kirnl .as we possess, and,
whit i - till more important ami still more negI
e?*i 11, i!ie lialiil of using iliat language wis It
pjecision. an I willi fore'' and with art. 1 fancy
we are i'ioos, tiic only < iiion in llie worl I who
a to think ilint com! . >n con.es hy nature
I'r.'n li attend to tin ir own language, the
tnrnuim* study theirs; loit linglishnun do no'
"ii t think !t worth their while.'
? ?
"i I ; i ! i: I i i;v N.i.O'is.?I'aiiville, \n,
\n,;iis| lit Viilliani .-iiej herd of this eily was
I . I r, -Imt ilea I l.v three negroes mi the pitldie
i i. . v i', . ,i . Hi' ti11, . I * * - from tli is plaet
while returning lioino !'. in town in a w ilfon
wit(i I is I 11' > in. I ' "i v is ?itpf i i to
. . i, i t|i< ..I.i<-. i Yhe iiiordei'i i - Ivive heen
; mi ' I