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; i > " T ?hc SulffklB Anion ?mc? ' B. M. STOKES, Editor. I UNION, FK1DAY, M AUCII 1J, 1880. SUBSCRIPTION?%2 00 PER ANNUM. j ADVERTISING. ^ A Illegal ni,?u?i.ts arc j ubiihlml at tbO ratca prcacrilatl l>y law. ? TI1B CHURCH OP THE NAT IV ITV^plECTO R. MiNfcTLY DtLOSE. OB HER OF LENTEN SKBVCIES. Ash Wednesday?Morning Prayer, Litnuj, and address, 11 a. m. ( Sundays?Services at 11 a. tn. nnd "> p. in. Week Days?Wednesdays, evening prayer ' wiili address, o p. in. t Fridays, morning prayer, Litany, and address c 11a ui. ( Holy Week ? Monday, Wednesday nnd Saturday, Service and address at 5 p. ni. Tuesday aud 'Thursday, morning prayer and 0 address. 11 a. iu. t Good Friday?Morning prayer, Litany, and i address, 11 n. m. I Tlie appointment of Gen. J. D. Kennedy as cousul to Shanghai, lies been confirmed by the Scuato.* communication from Mnj. 11. II. I Rice, came to hand so late that we are compelled to postpone its publication to our next week's issue. ? *UST We nro infgruicd that the old wooden stores just above Mr. Bucheil's confectionery store arc soon to bo pulled down ann hands ome brick buildings erected in their place. Go to LaU 111'INSE G. \ OUXG'S for fine sceil Irish potatoes. Worms do exist in (lie human body to n great extent, and are often the cause of disease and death. Sliriucr':; Indian Vermifuge will destroy and expel them from I Ire system. Messrs. Sartor & Arthur hare moved their large stock of Groceries into their new store on tire corner of Main an 1 Bachelor streets, where they look ns fresh and neat as if they had never teen even scorched. They are v now prepared to do any amount of business that may coinc to them. Bf3k?A lire nt Spartanburg early Monday morning, came very ucar destroying T. J. Trimtnier's Book store aud the lhrabl Printing oilier. The fire originated in J. W. Garrett's auction room, and damaged the goods to the amount of about $1,700, with $1,000 insurance. About twenty feet of shelving were dc-troyed. War When wc awoke last Wednesday mcrtiiug I w.t were surprised to find the ground nearly civered with snow, with n strong bleak wind h iiuinrr nitil nhnnf vriits* n'rlnrlf enn\v hnrrnn in e, WVb.... fall nguiti, the clouds threatening a heavy Sturm; but in a short time the situ came out bright ntid the clouds "ro led by.1' ' ? ? A. It S'l OKES & CO., have received | another tierce of those delightful limits, < Shoulders and lJrcukl'ust Strips, and thej are telling fast. 1 ? f& Y or ur.nvoidnble reasons the perform- j a nee of tlte Huston Slur t.'oucert Company, that was announced to come otf next Tuesday ' has been postponed to Wednesday niglit. ' Wherever this eonipnny has performed it has | giveu the highest satisfaction to large audi- i eucos. The company is, no doubt, of n h ghar 1 order of ability than usual. StiHT"It may not be generally known that the ( time for removing obstructions in the streams, in ] tTis and sonic other counties in tlte State, was changed at the lust session of the Legislature ' f.otu .March and October to the months of May and August. ] ? c ure requested t>y me t^ouuty t.ommission c ?rs to give notice (hat the law will be rigidly 1 eafoiced and these who neglect that duty will be tuadc to suffer the penally prescribed by thai law. B?SX?A party of cracksmen, or safe robbers, ? broke into J. H . Stucky's store at Spartanburg ( one nigh: hist week, blew open the inner door ( of (he safe with dynamite, aud stole from $12"). The outer doors were probably left open as they were uninjured. Neither th 1 pap et 8 in the safe nor any of the goods in the j store were molested. The next day the bank whs considered the safest place for depositing money, and that institution received a large i increase to its deposits. 1 .A8 nearly every town araund us have been j ?rtslt?4 I')' cracksmcu lately, it may be Union's f turn next, and our merchants and others Jinv- 1 a fig money on Land.-there are very few so fortu- u ntie ? sttouiu tune warning jn nine ana uepoMl in the Hank's big safe, where thieves can't break through anil steal. a ' * c Au?o:ig tho se who left 119, we are pleased to c meet and trclcotnc again into our community, J are Dr. 'Jhe Jo?e ilunroe. who, in the short .time he practiced his profession in Columbia, made for hnusclf a high reputation avpn among J the able medical men of that city, but in coiir 0 sequence of sickness in liis family, has been it compelled to leave a growing and lucrative ? practice there upd reluru to his former friends * in Union. .M< st cordially do we welcome him ? book. b J)r. J. >1, Gibbs and family, whose familiar n faces are making their old homestead look Cheerful ond as bright as of yore. The Dr. ex- e peels to rebuild his old store and resume business as a Druggist, in company with his Kon> Hamilton. Asa Druggist Dr. Gibbs is consid- ^ ered equal to any in IhqSlatp. ^ o A Sad Suicide *>i? 'J'tieselny evening last Corouer Allen was w culled upou I.) hold an iuquest over the body of 01 John Skciion, who had committed suicide by J ni hanging himself to a tree nea; the residence of n Mr. C. C. Sailor, about two miles froip f#ffn. O " " The unforluniilc young man wan about 22 years P' old, n won of I be late venerable John Skctlon, a ' man highly respected throughout the county. e have not heard any direct cause for the ct commission of the rash act, but as the young hi man had not been in good health for some lime, ^ 2* is Relieved that he committed the deed under V jx partial oii^nation of the tnind. c JVhen first di^cofprcd hanging from the tree, n f)l ran >varm and su^ipogy/J to be nlivc, and " Mr. li-^ty was hastily sent for, but before the ^ Mr.'arrive * Uy was beyopj the possibility if ni recovery. P k Card of Thank* to the Town Connoil of Jones tile. 8. C. We, the Woman's Christian Tcmperanct Jnion, of Joncsville, S. (!., do tender ovn hanks to you, the Totcn Council of Joncsville or the interest ami cneivy with which yoi trwseculed the parties who sold lienor in Jones rille. We feel that with such men at the head o i flairs we need not fear the whiskey traffic. Very Hepcctfully, Mits. sai.i.ii: i.i.m'say, President. Miss Anna C. II amis*, Secretary. a i'arii or thanks to tiik ckakit jvrv, We, the Woman's Christian Tetnpcrancc Uuior f Joncsville, C., do hereby express' oui hanks to the (iruml Jury of Union Co., fo\ heir prompt and efficient action in the whiskey asos of Joncsville at the late session of tin Jourt. We arc satisfied that the Prohibition iaws o mr Town if properly udlhiuistcred will blot ou he whiskey trade entirely, and with such nici n office as compose the Craod Jury wc feel con ident of having the laws carried into effect. Very Respectfully, Mas. Saju.is Lirdoay, ^'resident. Miss a** a iiambs, secretary. Joncsville, y. C., March 6, 1886. Tub Faiimkrs' II km ei>y.?15. 15. Tillman's ad dress to the farmers is published on the firs I age. He seems to think that the State need; reforming in the governmental department and that the farmers should act with intelligent well directed harmony, both in politics and it their special work. To this end a conventiot of farmers is called, looking more to their self improvement than to a division of the office of the commonwealth. Tillman is hoth tigh and wrong. The formers should increase tlieii knowledge by that interchange of opinioi which can be secured in conventions ant through the press. All the details of success fill and unsuccessful farm operations,if told in i straight forward way, will no doubt interval al other farmers. IState, District, County anil Township Conventions, held at the proper time would help the farmers amazingly. When Mr Tillman seeks by all possible means to incrcasi the intelligence of the farmers he is right. Thi curse that rests on our land to day is poo: farming, llut when tie seeks to array the far mcr against nil other classes in the politics arena he is wrong. They should show an in telligent interest in nil elections and politicn questions, but when they act on the belief tha they are a wronged and oppressed class and tlin every man's hand is against them and all tin machinery of government only tends to grim them in the dust, then they are wrong. Tin farmers of South Carolina arc suffering uior today from an unwise cultivation of the soi than front oppressive legislation. These lit (1 plows that prepare our land two or three incite: ilpon ur* Hnlnir innpo hSkan thai*: it.,, tin.. I..,. I'lant ingaqplbing but rot ion is sinking then lower tinuT"tho rfjtfal of the usury law. Whn the farmers oWJflffState noeil is deeper plow ing and deeper thought, smaller acreage am more manure, more stuff to sell and less to buy When they get on that plane they will be abovt usury laws, unjust legislation and political wire pulling.?Carolina Spartan. Tillman's Political Cu tis Rkpupiatkh.? A meeting of the Orangeburg Agricultural So ffety wits hold on Saturday, 20th ult.,at whicli ,lie views of Mr. 1). 11. Tillman, as expresses in his published letters, were freely discussei >y a number of prominent farmers of th< lounly. After the discussion ceased notions to test lie sentiment of the Society began to be made. \s an amendment to a motion by Mr. .1. M Sloss, Captain J. L. Moorer offered the follow ng : Jtrsolrol, That this Society favors holding a bounty Convention incase a State Conventicn ie called. ( The vote was taken and resulted in sixteer for and twelve against the resolution. Th< Society then fearing that this vote might ht taken as an ?i><lnt-sorn*iit of ^^r, movement, Mr. A. M. Sallcy offered the follow nor ? d ' Jirtolretl, That this Society docs not favot >r sympathize with Mr. Tillman's proposed Farmer s Convention. The vole being tuken resulted in seventeen or and three against the resolution. 'The ladies especially go into ecstncies ovoi barkers hair llalsam," writes Mr. J. II. Decker Iruggist, of Findlay, Ohio. "They say it is tin nost elegant dressing they ever used." Slopi ailing hair, restores color, promotes growth. > ??? Rkv. Mr. Armstrong.?A tinnier, March ? llishop lieckwith to-day rendered a decisioi n the case of the Rev. J. 0. Armstrong, recto )f St. l'hilip's Church, charged with inunora nnduct in Ciucinoati. lie ratifies the finding if the Court ^n^jMiep ends Dr^Armstrong fro it he pulpit for Ave -years. Westmoreland's Caliyayn Tonic is meetioj with unprecedented sales, because it does whu lie manufacturers claim for it. Westinorelant dros., sole proprietors, (Jreenville S. C. Lynciikdm Iniuctbp,?Danvillo, Va; Marct >.? Sometime ago J. C, Wilson was lynched ii I'atrick County for stealing a mule. At thi asi tcrin ot me uourt tne grant jury tounu t )ill of indictment against all parties concerned or murder. This is the first time here that n ynching party has bpen formally presented bj i- gr and jury for murder. An old and intimate friend of mine is Patter's Hair Unlearn. 1 have used it for 5 years nd could not do without it. It has stopper ay hair from falling, restored its natural bind olor ami wholly cleansed it from dandruff? lias Pearl Aneson, St. Louis, Mo. Ffast of Pt'RtM.? The Hebrew feast of th< 'urim begins this year on the evening of the 8th of March. Tho least of Puritn derives its rigin from the story of Father, so nicely told a the old Testament, and is coiiimeiuwoi alive f ihc deliveranoe of I he Jews through her intrumentality from the hatred of Hawaii. The ate of this event is set down in the Jewish hronology as 1$. C. 3<">3. The feast is preceded y the fast of Esther, wlicn I lie orthodox Jews bslain from food and drink from sunset to sunet in celebration of the three days fast of Eslicr before she presented herself before Ahasurus to defeat the plot of lianian. 3,o0t> Bai.ks or Cotton Urn nio.-Montgomery, ,la., March 5.?The tire which broke out in the Jabaina warehouse in this city at 1 o'clock lis afternoon destroyed the northern hall f Ihc warehouse, covering a block, and beu'eci) JJ,'1)0 anil l?oOO bales of colten. A fire nil and the fire depart meat together saved the thcrhalfof the building $ud as many more ales of cotton. The building belonged to Lcliinn, Dure & Co. of this city and the cotton to umerous owners. The total loss is fully $160,1)0. Total insurance, $180,000. Some lots of jjton were not covered by insurance at all. robably $<">,000 worth is a dead loos. What can he done by frying n^d peeping up juragemnny things seemingly impossible may e attained. Hundreds of hopeless cases of Lidney nnd Liver Complaint have been cured y Klecitio liitlers, after everything else had >een tried in vain. 80, don't think there is po tire for you, but try Klcctric Hitters. There is o medicine so safe, so pure, ntul so perfect a llood l'urificr. Klectiic Hitters will cure Dysepsia, Hiuheies and all Hiseases of the Kidneys, uvaluable iu affections of Stomach and Liver, d I overcome nil l/riunry Difficulties. I.arge ottlys only t>0 ceuts. ut J. W. I'osey & lire. TESTIMONY la the cose of tbe Stale vs. II. Brooks doings 5 for the killing of Henry U?~Fowler, December < 25, 1885. ON THE PART Or THE STATE. 1 Dr. M . W. Culp sworn. ! nm a practicing " physician. Was at the t.'oroner s inquest over the body of Henry It. Fowler at his house in f this county on the 25th day of December, 1885. I found his body penetrated by a gun-shot wound in his left shoulder?was satisfied that the guu-shot wound was the cause of his death, j and consequently made no furl her examination. v. j. rarr a worn, uu tue :Mib of December, 1880, I was in my son's store-house on my plantation?knew Henry R. Fowler And know B. D. doings. Fowler, myself and several others i w ere at the store. Goiogs came to the store and r asked, What docs this m^an ?'?said he was the best man in the houae; Fowler said he wasn't, and in the end said Goings was a liar. And he could whip Goings in a fair tight. Went j into the yard .and pulled off his coat and abused Goings. Goings called Fowler a dam , rogue. Fowler advanced toward Goings, who drew his pistol after retreating- I knocked the 1 pistol down three times; but doings succeeded i in shooting Fowler. Fowler exclaimed "l)ave I . am shot," and fell. Fowler did not draw or attempt to draw a weapon; X. Fowler was my brother-in-law. 1 was pushing Goings back when he tired?Fowler was drinking?I was not much excited, ns 1 didn't realize, at the time, my danger; Fowler was cursing in tho yard And cnine in the house 'cursing.' Defendant was about six feet from deceased when the pistol f^ged; didn't know * that Fowler and Goings were enemies; Fowler ' never told him so; Goings married my neice? 9 she is dead. There has been some unplcasant> ness between Goings and myself concerning his * children. 1 F. M. Adams sworn. I am a resident of } Union Couuty; was at Farr's store on Christmas * day?was coming dowu the roaJ towards the 9 store and saw Henry Fowler" in the yard in 1 front of said store, and from his actions he r looked like he wanted to fight somebody. Heard 1 him give somebody ia the store the 'God dam ' lie'?didn't stop?saw Fowl^pgo in lite store ' and heard pistol fire; didn't see Goings uulil 1 after the shooting?he came out after the shoot' ing with pistol in his hand, and went off walk' tug pretty lust. X. I was about 75 yards from the house whon I heard Fowler cursing; and pistol fired when 0 I was in about 35 yards of the house. Mr. 8 Fowler was it powerful man and was heavier r than Goings. .lohn Arrowwood sworn. I knew Hotf* I' ' Fowler; hare known Brooks Going* aboutlnree years. Was at Goings store on day before ' Christmas; heard B. B. Goings say that lie 1 would shoot Fowler's heart strings in two, if he 1 didn't quit fooling with him. 1 X. I live on II. 11. Fowler's place?Goings 1 and my brother had a difficulty last fall: Goings e had my brother arrested; The conversation 8 above was back of Goings' store; wasn't drunk; ' took two driuks?one with Brooks Goings and c one with Wash Goings. Mentioned the oonver1 sation to Asa Hutson Christmas morning. I have always been friendly with the defendant ? 1 am still so. 1 Asa ilutson sworn. 1 know the deceased ? ' have known the defendant or six years. ' Lived on Fowler's plantation last year; had a conversation with Goings a' Smiths black5 smith shop last fail; he said Fowler had caused " hitn to pay $1,500 more on some property than should have been paid, and aaid he ought to be killed and that he (Goings) intended to do it. T. W. Giles sworn. 1 have known the de' ceased twenty odd years?have known Goings 1 about ten years. In a conversion with Goings | last fall, he said to me that Fowler was a rascal. ' 1 he State here rested, and the defense put ! upon the stand the following. F. II. Cudd sworn. I live sear Mt. Tabor, about two miles from Mr. Fowler's; knew him well: His general character was that he was not a peaceable man?quarrelsome and fussy; especially when he was drinking; he was also fusay with a man who he had anything against. He said to me last fall that ho wap going to beat 1 hell out of Goings. . -A / j X. 1 supjKise there is\ery Ittfft difference 1 in weight between deceased audi defendant? 1 Fowler was about GO years old .J Has changed oma in hia ItWaa y??? the *pu* 8 tion of being a fair fighter: he Ibught with his fists. X. Mr. Fowler had a fight ?ome years aeo with Mr. Wiley Wood and ho pilled Wood'seyo out. E. F. Vaughn sworn. 1 knew Fowler in his lifetime?lived about o miles ty*ora him. His reputation was that he was verjr quarrelsome, especially when in whisky, r l)r. Robert Little sworn. I live in the same , neighborhood with Henry R. Fowler. Hare 3 known hint for 25 years or more; considered t him a quarrelsome man when drinking, when sober, a good citizin. He was a man of vindictive spirit W. L. Askew sworn. Mr. Fowler's reputa1 tion was, that if lie was a friend to a person he r would stick to bim, if ho hated a man, he would \ hate him with all his will; lie was a quarrclg some man. He would weigh about 10 or 15 , pounds more than Goings?could whip two such meu ns the defendant. He was a very powerful man. Dr. Little re-called. Mr. Fowler was much j of a man physically?weighed about 100 lbs. j The defendant coull not compare with deceased iu physical power. I believe Fowler could whip two such men as Goings. IV. L. Askew re-called. I believe Fowler 1 could whip such men as Goings all day 3 long one right after the other. Saw Goan Jay B after shooting?he was sitting down without k any overcoat on?said he coult) not put bis coat on because his arm was sore. Looked ami ' saw n large bruise on hie arm, made with a ljat ' piece of something. Goiugs said, toll F. M. Adams not to say anything About a scuffle ho and his brother had the morning before. L. 1,. Sprouse sworn. I was raised on Pea , Hidge, near where Fowler was raised. lie was I a very quarrelsome man and that was his repc illation: he was much of a man; lis was an over bearing roan and was so from a boy to bis death?hadn't chauged much in his latter years: once had a fuss with Fowler. A- A. Gnult sworn. 1 lived in the same neighborhood with Fowler during his lifetime; | his reputation was that if he had anything , against a man he would let his predjudice gel ahead of him; he was quarrelsome when driuking and was very vindictive?we once had a difficulty. Kobt. Gregory sworn. 1 knew Fowler in his I lifetime) heard him cursing Goings. Said if | Goings fooled with liim he would knock his head off; cursed Goings for a d?d rascal over two years ago. Ed. Sinclair sworn. I-knew Fowler in bis 11re11rr>e. lie saw, just before Christmas last, inat Goings was a rascal, and if he fooled with him he would knock him down. Several persons were present during Hie conversation. Jasper Acock sworn. I lived )n the same neighborhood with Henry Fowler, lie was n good citizen?he was very apt to fight/ his general character won Hint if he JisliketFa roan ho would tell him so J-G. Long sworn. I air. Sheriff of Union County. Just beforo Goings came mto my custody, I received n note on the Sunday after the shooting from Mr. David Johnson Jr., saying that 11. D. Goings was ready to give himself up. He was never arrested. Have known Fowler several years. In a conversation with him on Christmas eve near Foster and Wilkius store, he said that Goings was a rascal, and if he fooled with him (FoWler) he would wh'p him; the conversation occurred nearly sundown Christmas eve. J. E. Meng sworn. I have always known Henry K. Fowler. His reputation was that |ie was an overbearing man, especially wfien prejudiced. In oli|en times he was cslied "the bully of I'ea Ridge," tecause of his physical poorer suppose he wns about l>0 years old. He was ove i bearing to the lime of his denth. X. Iiy olden time, I mean before aod during tho war; People fought moatly with their hats in thoss days. Richard Askew sworn. Mr. Fowler wns a much of a roan; have always heard of him as being an overbearing man anil considered him such at the time of his doath. In liquor he was more overbearing than when sober. James llnney sworn. I saw Mr. Fowler at Farr's store on Christinas morning pnd took a drink wilh him and Mr Garner. Slieltun Adis sworn?I saw Mr. Fowler on the day of the shooting at Fai r's store, and took two drinks of whisky with him. Charles II. Kidd sworn. At Fair's store on Christmas morning last, I saw Henry Fowler nnd he took two drinks of whisky with me. We took the drinks by ourselves. J. E. Meng re called. Asa C. llutson's reputation is not good in his neighborhood. 1 wouldn't believe him on his oath; lie has been charged with stealing. Neil Palmer sworn.?I know John Arrowwood.?told uic that lie drank a quart of whisky day before Christmas. U. W. Goings sworn. I am a brother of the defendant; wo are partners in ncountry store? on day before Christmas saw John Arrowwoud at our store and took a drink with him?Brooks Goings was not in then. I know Asa Hutson ?hare lived near him several years. His reputation is very bad and I wouldn't believe him on his oath. F. It. Cud'l re-called. I know Asa Ilutson; his reputation is not good and 1 wouldn't believe hiut on his oath. He has been tried before me for stealing. W. E. Hay sworn. 1 live in the town and keep a drug store?knew deceased and know defendant. About a month before Christmas Fowler and Goings were in my store?Fowler said he wns the best, man in the house and cursed Goings?Goings said ho didn't want a fuss and went off?Fowler continued to curse, and had to stop him by thrcatniag to put him out of the house?Both men were drinking. Dr. Culp re-called. I saw powder stains on Fowlers clothes, nnd his shirt showed tlicm very plainly?the ball entered uear the lett shoulder and ranged upwards. 8. S. Cudd sworn. I know F owler nnd know Goings. Sometime before Christmas heard Fowler aud Goings quarreling?Fowler said to Goings that by the first of .mnuary he would brings his hands and cut away that mud sill or him, one or the other. Kept on cursing?I took Goings off?Gcings said Fowler was trying to run over him about some land?did not ask him why or wherefore. B. 11. Going's the defendant,sworn. I was on my way to a Christmas tree on Christmas morning nnd stopped at Mr. Fare's storo and went in. Mr. Fowler and Mr. Farr spoke to me and 1 asked "what dors this mean?" Fowler asked, "what do you want." 1 replied "friendship." Fowler said "you are a God datu liar," nml 1 said "you are a dam liar," and he then com iiitruvt'u ripping huuui, wrui uui tiuorn nnu pulled olf his coat and commenced cursing me again. Mr. Farr grabbed me around my chest and held my arms behind me. Fowler came towards me and hit me on the arm with a board, and paid, (lod dain you, 1 am going to kill you, and struck nt me again while Mr. Farr was holding me, but I pulled out my pistol and reached around nnd shot him. lowler exclaimed "I am shot" and as soon as Farr turned me loose, 1 quietly walked off. I had the pistol the day before celebrating Christmas, and had shot off three (3) rounds, so that only two rounds remained in the pistol?Did not know that Fowler was in the store when I went there; lie hnd often abused me, but I always told him that I didn't want to have a fuss with him?I never, in my life, carried a pistol for Mr. Fowler. Heard that he had made threats against me, and heard he was going to beat me when he had a chance. His general reputation was that he was quarrelsome. 1 haro heard of his having a good many tights with different tuen. Mr. Fowler told me last fall that he weighed over 200 pounds. I weigh about 175 pounds. The morning before Christmas I hnd a scuftile with my brother over an orange. Mr. Fowler said that lie would either cut away that inud sill or me by New Year's day. X. Mr. Fowler after striking mo dropped the hoard in the fire. I was invited to a pnrly at Mr. Fowler's house on Christmas 1684 and 1 went to it. 1 cquld no^ get off 'mjk overcoat hpfffiimn Purr lt?M ma t T oKnt \lt? Cnnlow I because 1 (bought he svn? goingjto kill mo. I The souftic referred to wa&a wrest Aand 1 threw my brother. 1 did not t^iio ft driinP with Arrow wood on Christmas ere. I never said to him that I would shout his heart strings out, ami didn't say anything at all about Mr. Fowler. I never saw A. C. Hutson nt my shop, and 1 never told him that Mr. Fowler ought to he killed. Ilutson told mo that he was going to leave Mr. Fowler and wanted to live with me, and I told him that I didn't want him. I did no t get the bruise in the wrestle with my brother. The shop is on my land, the same land which Mr. Fowler was alter. The defense here closed and thu State in rebutal put up the following, viz. Jaincs Adams re-called. I knew Goings bofore the shooting, I saw him at my house and at the store on the day of the shooting; saw he and his brother scuttling,- he threw his brother and Mr. Goings fell up ngninst the door and struck his head?he afterwards Sum plained of his temple hurting him. lie sent word to me not to say anything nhout the hfuises on his arm. X. 1 know A. C. Ilutson, and his reputation is rowdy. 1 would uot believe him on his oath ?he will tell lies; I heard that he had stole some cotton once. D. J. Farr re-called. 1 did not have my arms around Goings during the difficulty. Fowler did not strike Goings witli a board, and he didn't throw a board in tho hie. It is about ten feet from the fire-place lo where Fowler fell; he could not have struck Goings without my seeing it. John L. Young sworn. I knew Fowler in his lifetime, r;nd luvvc seen a good deal of hi~t for the last ten years. So far as 1 know, lie was a peaceable man. lie was a good citizen and a brave man. \i?i it if i::?? ?...? l.'...... ii >? ... (i. ? ?/? owumi, IVlll " IIUKirjT l\. Fowler in bis lifetime, and as far as I know he was a peaceable man and bis general character was good. Thomas .1 Harris sworn. I have known the deceased for upwards of forty years, and L regarded him os a peaceable man; but he would always resent an insult. Never knew him to use a weapon on a person. I resided about ten miles from him at ilia time of h is death. floberl Lawson sworn. I have known Mr. Fowler for the last ten years, and always considered him a peaceable man. Thomas N. Kelly sworn. I knew Henry Fowler, and in my estimation he was a peaceable man. Newell Nmith sworn, J knew Henry Fowler, he was a peaooable man, but he always would fight. A. 0. Benlly sworn. Knew Fowler for the last 88 years He was a peaceable man unless a man imposed on him; have known A. C. Huttan from childhood, and would believe him on hie oath. William Gallmati sworn. I have known A. C. Htrteoii for 12 years. 1 would believe him on his onth. 1 never heard anything ngninst liitn. Wnt. Kooti sworn. Mr. Fowler wis a nuiet man; have known A. C. Ilulscr for 15 yeirs and would believe him on his oath. John Arrow wood recalled. 1 didn't drink a quart of whiskey day before Christinas; if I wus tcr, 1 think it ought t<r kill tne. Dr. Culp re-calleJ. Mr. Fowler could not have walkel ten steps after he was shot, hut he might have staggered that far. Mr. Fowler was an extraordinary specimen of mauhood, and ho was of splendid physical development. The testimony here closed and the arguments commenced. The case was giveri to l|te Jury about 8 o'c'ock, p. m., and a verdict of "not guilty'' was rendered about half past 11 o'elock. .?. A spool)) copiplegion can be by gvery lady who will use Parker's Tonic, For promptly regluating the liver and kidneys and blood, there is nothing like it, and this is the reason why it so quickly removes pimples and gives a rosy bloom to the cheeks. * CALL FOR AN AGRICULTURAL CONVENTION AT COLUMBIA. An Address Selling Forth the Grievances of the Tillers of the Sotl and Urging them to Rallg for the Protection of their Rights and the Promotion of their Interests. To the Farmers of South Carolina: Seventy8ix per cent, of our State's population are actively" engaged in agricultural pursuits. At least one-lialf of tlio rcroninder arc directly dependent upon tlio lirmc s for the uieui s of a livelihood. Wo may justly claim, then, that we constitute tlio State, yet we do not govern it, nor nre the laws administered in our interests, and few are passed for our benefit. We pay taxes and vote and there is no further use for us. These taxes do not grow any less, while our nbility to pay tlieiu grows smaller year by year, and nothing worth naming has been done to foster and encourage Ibnt interest which feeds and sustnins all others. The negroes used to bo the "mudsills" of our economic fabric; but thousands of wbito men? landowning farmers?find themselves slowly but surely sinking beneath the waves to be added to the foundation upon which a few men And corporations are erecting (heir fortunes. Impending bankruptcy stares thousands in the face, while oilier thousands arc overseeing heir own plantations for their victunls and clothes. An insane system of farming largely prevails and our lands are growing poorer year by year. Large areas of South t'nioiiunarc being mode a desert to feed negroes, while the land-owners, giving no thought to the future of themselves mid children, stnml i.llu ho ?? , J , V. . >Ol and direct this skimming of a Stale, which by reason of soil, climate and geographical pesi. tion, might bo made n veritable Garden of Eden. The negroes will "go West" when the bones are picked. What will wo do? Wo are "farming towards despair" iu thus continuing to impoverish our lauds by ignorant culture, but nothing is done by our Legislature, or its creatures, to stop it,*or to try to teach the peoplo a better and wiser system. Forty thou, sand dollars nre spent nnnually in the State, three-fourths of it raid by farmers, to educate men for other professions and pursuits ; the farmers get nothing and are left to gropo their way towards the grave in iguorance and its consequent poverty. Even the pittance donated to educate farmers by the Uuitcd States Government is taken from us and appropriated to sustain tho institution nt which our future masters arc being trained, ilow thankful we should be to (be good Lord for such generosity auil wisdom among our slntosmcn, so-called ! Again, we pay ?>"26,000 annually by specific tax, which comes out of the farmer alone, to sustain a dcpuitment of agriculture. A good slice of this is spent to collect the phosphate royalty, which goes to support tho State Government, and the rest is frittered and wasted, so fnr as we can see, the oqjy benefit received by the farmers being a partial protection ugainst fraudulent fertilizers. A majority of the hoard of agriculture arc not engaged in farming- Who wonders, then, that so little has been done by it to benefit our farming interests ' Four bad crops out of five and theccuscqucnt poverty of the farmers ery aloud for economy and reduction of taxes, llut this cry, which came from every county, was ignored by the last Legislature, which also persistently refused to obey a plain mandate of the ^Constitution to provide for a reapportionment of representatives by holding a census. It is small wonder, then, that nothing was done to protect farmers against robbery by dishonest fertilizer manufacturers. The Lesislaturc which recently adjourned, though not corrupt, has been very negligont of the public welfare. The thoughtful and intelligent farmers of the State cannot afford to elect another such body of law-makers and Constitution breakers. Nor cin they afford to allow the agricultural interests of the State to be subordinated to everything else, and no effort made to foster and protect them. Other States with less expenditure than we are making, aca doing ten limes aa muth to enoourngl and a# sist thoso engaged in farming,. -Put the money Dent is not entrusted to nnli?i?inn? eiected by politician?. The farmers manage and control it themselves. believing, therefore, tliu^^jc crisis demands prompt and united actio^J^ the part of the true and loyal farmers oPnlc State, and that a convention of such can only redound to tho benefit oCgotgriculture ami consequently of every oltiVTioiereet nnd calling, we call such a couventiq* to meet in the city of Columbia, Thursday, the 2'Jtb of next April, to lake into consideration tho question touched upon in this address, together with such other uintters as they may deem of importance to the polit cal, social, educational or industrial interests of the farmers and of the Stale. Each county agricultural society is requested to send five delegates. Each local or township agricultural club is requested to send one delegate. The farmers of each county are requested to send five delegates over and above those from organized societies, and to effect this it suggested that those in sympathy with the movement call a moss meeting or county convention of farmers in their respective oounties to appoint said delegates. If the wisest and best of our farmers thus assemble we feel and believe there is enough of both patriotism ami statesmanship among us to find remedies for those evils; and, without trenching upon tho rights of others, manhood enough to demand ami obtain a proper recogni tion or our rights nml needs. While this is essentially a farmers' movement we invite the sympathy and moral support of good men of every calling. Agriculture is tho basis of our economic structure and supports the rest. It cannot iisc without carrying with it the superstructure. There is among the politicians in South Carolina an up-country and low-country, There is no such line of division among the farmers. Our interests are one. Let us come together from the mountains to the sen, an I, exercising the God-given right that the majority should govern, organize as farmers and obliterate this line forever. J T ilnnnn, S S Newi.ll, J Jameson, R K Reaty, J M Elgin, J A Gray, 11 F Duncan, Wm. Wilkins, A K Fant, J L Walker, H P Clinkscales, N L Ervin, 1) N Johnson, ii P Duv.tll, IS 11 Montgomery, T IS MarSin, J ISO Landmen. C G Tutt, II K Thomas, T L Haines 11 IS Lyons, II II (iooch, J II David, J II Lane, M D., J T Coving'an, J K Morrison, J O Jones, J G Williams, J Ii ISowen, M L Donaldson, O P Hawthorne, TC Willoughby, Sara J Hutson, Harry Hammond, J II Stafford, W J Gooding, It T Mockbe<\ M F Harnett, Wm. Lqng, R W Anderson, John II Harrison, Alex C Norton, W S Ollen, S B Mays, M A Morkest, W L Durst, J L Bryan, J A McAllister, O M McDavid, M B Williams, I) F Saddler, J T Cook, J Watkins, J L Wofford, Wm Jcfferies, J A Major, Wrn Cooper, J 0 McCutchen, ISoh S Williams, C A Berry, E C Smith, Albert Harris, E S Allen, A. P West, B Gause, It J Betsill, J 11 Mopsey, Sr., W D Evans, W II Drake, It M Pegues, ('has Crosland, Jas Blalock, J C Davis, M 8 Stribliog, J W Sheler, II IS Uuist, S P lturbage, J L Hunter, J K Tindal, R J Ilaukinson, D L MoLaurin. Wm Stakes. Stent Mock, J H Whorten, Thoa W Goldsmith, J M Wbilmire, W A McElvey, Itobt S lieckham, W II Timmerman, II L' Gallmao, 0 F Cheallinm, U K Tillman. Kscitbmkkt ix Texas.? Great excitement has been caused in the vicinity of Paris, Tax., by the remarkable recovery of Mr. .!. K. Corley, who waa so helpless that he coold not turn in bed, or raise his bead; everybody said ho was dying of Consumption. A trial bottle of Dr. King's New Discovery was sent him. Finding re)ief, be bought a large bo^le and ^ box of 0?"King's Jjew |,ife Pills, |Jy the time ho had taken two boxes of Pills and two bottles of the Disoovcry, he was well and had gained in fleeh thirty-six pounds. Trial bottles of this Great Discovery for Consumption frae at J, W. I'osey A Oro. . 1 Women are everywhere using an I recommending Parker's Tonic because tlioy have Icarnod from experience that it speedly overcomes de- 4 spondenoy, indigestion, pain or weakness in the 1 back or kidneys, and other troubles peculiar to 1 the sex. ' liucKi.en's Arnica Salve.?'Th^best Salvo in the world for Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcer, *| Salt Illicum, Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped \ [lands, Chilblains, Corns, and all skin Eruptions, and positively cures Piles, or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction, or money refunded. Price cents per box. For sale by J. W. Posey & Bro. July ly . . A New Railroad*fou Winnsuouo.?A railroad to Alston is spoken of by some of our business men. The business of hauling stone from the rock quarry on the road, and others which might bo opened up on the line, would pay a company from the start. The town cer- j thinly needs sonic enterprise, nn?l we nro in for I anything which will bring about a. change of af- j fuirs.? Winnsboro News and Herald. I ? 9m A Horkur ata Finn in AiorsTA.?Atagustn, Oa., March 5?A fire in the gas house of Iho Augusta factory to-night resulted in only $1,000 loss, but severe personal injuries and loss of life. A falling wall buried nino men, instantly killing Councilman M. E. Ilill, overseer of tlio factory. Master Mechanic Vt. C. Alien died an hour afterwards, and John Edwards will die. The others were more or less seriously injured. ?.T.()00,000 ron tiik Mississippi.?Washington, March 0.?The House committee on the levee improvements of the Mississippi^dtivor has agreed to report fnVor\bly a bill to^ppropriatc fid,000,000 to close the gaps in and strengthen the levees of the Mississippi for the purpose of improving and giving safety to navigation and preventing destructive floods. The money is to be expended by the Mississippi ltiver Commission, under control of the Secretary of war. Wifk MritnBRKR Shot:?Fort Smith, Arkansas, March 0.?Samuel Newton, the Choctaw Indian wife murderer, was executed yesterday in Gaines county, In the Choctaw Nation. The condemned man was led forth to the scaffold about 10 o'clock yesterday morning, and was seated upon a blanket, after which ho was blindfolded and a white paper pinned directly over his heart. Two attendants, one on each side, held his hands The executioner knelt before him, aimed carefully at the slip of paper with his rifle and fired, killing the condomncd man instantly. HoRitim.R Oitkaue and Mt'rdkr.?Macon, Ga , March fi.?Nine miles frout Millcdgcvillo, Thursday evening. Miss Carrie Rains and her niece, Miss Ella Humphreys, were murdered, both being shot in the neck. They were going to the house of Frank Humphreys, Miss Kiln's hrothcr-iu law, ami were accompanied by him. Yesterday morning lie reported that tho party were attacked by four masked men, and that he was beaten and the ladies killed. Evidcnco uciiirv i iic coruiicr s jury poinicu 10 n iimpuieys as the murderer, anil he was arrested and put injstil. Miss Humphrey's body bore evidence of her person having been ravished. M % ? AsBTnK.R OtTitAOK.?Katontown, N. J. March 0.?A colored man named Samuel Johnson, alias Mingo Jack, was arrested here cnd4 last evening upon a charge of rape nnule upBT Miss Augclinc Herbert, daughter of ^Kbiefe Stewart Herbert, a farmer living on the road which leads from Katontown to Asbury Park. The criminal was locked up in a little brick jail in Katontown. About 1 o'clock this morning the jail was broken open, and after Johnson had been clubbed until lie was nearly dead, he was hanged from the grating over tho entrance to the jail. He was about seventy years old and has a wife and five children. He had lived here many years and was well known to his victim whom he met in a wooded path near Iter father's house. She is a slight, delicate woman of twenty-four years. She had no fear t when sluytujU. Johnson, as she knew him wqH, but be IdNjriilked her down, eboked and outragM^^^* her. THV?onfa>uaHy Is rejoiced over th retribution that has reached him and everybody is profoundly ignorant who the avengerswere were. List of Unolaimed Letters Remaining in the Post Office at Union, South Carolina, for the week ending March 12th 1880. Jno. M. Ausbcy, Milton Jackson Miss Sallie Branon, II J Jones J. 11. Brown D P Johnson Ned Bates William Little Cara Barnclt Carrie Ming Charity llraton P. B. Pcnaltcn Maurice Poster (col) |Mary Rogers Clara Fenlvy |J. C. Stcen Delia Gregory ll.ucella Tucker Mrs M A Good IP D Niggins, Esq. Amandah Gales |Wlliard G Worthy Miss M G. HuraphriesjOUey Woodson Marie Hughes [Annie Wilkes. Persons calling for abovo letters will please say they hare been advertised. DAVID C. GIST, T. M. Notice of Dissolution. Tho undersigned hereby ^givo notice that tho partnership heretofore existing under the firm name of M. \V. Gulp & Co., druggists, was dissolved, by mutual consent on the 6th inst. M. \V. CULP, March 6, 1880 C. R. ROBERSON. Mcb. 12. 10 1m. REPORT OP THE CONDITION OK TUB Merchants' & Planters' N A T I O i\ A r. It A TV Tf OP UNION, At Union, in the State of South Carolina, at the c'osr of bmincus, March 1st, 188G. RESOURCES. Loans and discounts $ 101,003.32 U. S. Honils to secure circulalios 00,000.00 Duo from approved reserve agents. 35,356.41 Dun from other Natioual Banks... 87,101.1*2 Real estato, furniture and fixtures 2,000.00 Current expenses and ta*es paid 010.77 Hills of other Hanks 1,100.00 Fractional paper currency, nickels, and pennies *>8.10 Specio 13,800,10 Legal tender notes 4,710.00 Redemption fund with U. S. Treasurer (5 pr ct. of circulation) 2,700.00 Total $208,520.88 I.I AIUI.TTIM Capital stock paid in 00,000 00 8urplu* fund 26,000.00 Undivided profits 0,402.73 National Hank notes outstanding... 6:1.000.00 Dividends unpaid <107.00 Individual deposits subject to check 116,807.82 Due to other National Banks 4,800.83 Total 26:1,620.88 Statu or South Carolina, \ County of Union, es: / I, George Munro, Cashier of the above-named Bank, do solemnly swear that the above statement is true to the best of toy knowledge and belief. GKOllAi: MoLnKO. Cashier. Subscribed and sworn (o before me thif 8th 4oy of March, 188<?. JOHN I. YOUNG, j HKAi, V Notary Publio. CoilKKCT?Attest: 11. 8. BKATV, ) I>. JOHNSON, Jr., Y Directo*. K.R.WALLACE, )