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?ht "ffifttechli; tBrntm ISmtt R. M. STOKES, Editor. UNION, FRIDAY, MAltCIl l'J, 1880. 8UBSCBIPTI0N?82 00 PKB ANNUM. ADVERTISING. Allh>-nl rulvertiM nuutg sire |.uliliM at the rate., prescribe! by law. jHajr* Col. W. W. Gatfney, of Gaffney City, committed suicide lust Friday night by jump- | iog into an old well and drowning himself. Col. (iafTncy was an honorable man and his untimely death is death is a sad loss to Gaffney City. A. It. S I OKKS & CO., have received another tierce of those delightful Hams, Shoulders and Breakfast Strips, nnd they aro selling fast. Munro Waters, a colored individual well known in this community, is now lingering in 8partanburg jail for recieTing an unlimittd amount of flour, bacon. Ac., from Lee Hopkins. colored porter of L. P. Wnlkcr .StCo., knowing that his friend Lee hud atoleu them. Go to LAUREN'S G. YOUNG'S for fioo seod Irish potatoes. Maj. D. A. Townsend is preparing to improve his residence. Wo hare not seen the draft of the intended improvement, hut learn that it is vofy handsome, find when completed the house will be one of the handsomest, most convenient, and coinforlnhlc dwellings in (own. taT Our venerable fellow citizen, Mr. Jns Cunningham has been lying in quite a critical condition for Home weeks, from a carbuncle on liis back, but we are pleased to hear from Dr. Peaty, his physician, that he is now improving and his complete recovery is confidently ex. peeled. Women nre everywhere using and recommending Parker's Tonic becnusc they havo learned from experience that it spcedly overcomes despondency, indigestion, pain or weakness in the back or kidneys, and other troubles peculiar to the sex. John T. Hart has left I^aurens and returned to his old home, Union, whero lie ays he intends to stay. lie is fitting up a i shop on the lot where old "Uncle Shade" tinkered in iron, brass. &c., ?o long, for the purpose of carrying on blacksmithing in all its branches, wagon and buggy making and reMlrilu fnhn I- ? I.., ...... 1 -1 *? 6- j ;vuim inuu OIIU ueserves a fair trial. ?? A smooth complexion can be hail by every lady who will uso Parker's Tonic. For promptly regluating the liver nnd 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. B6T A correspondent, writing from Newberry, sayst> The board of equalization fixed the following values upon all lands two miles from the towns of Newberry nnd Prosperity : Original forest, $t> per acre : plough lands, ?5 per acre : nnd all other lands at $1.50 per acre. Mules at $100. The township in which the town of Newberry is situated has a valuation of one-third that of the whcle county. The assessments on lands ^^i^been reduced oncfourth. v An old and intimate friend of mine is Parker's Hair Balsam. 1 have used it for 5 years, and could not do without it. It has stopped my hair from fulling, restored its natural black color and wholly cleansed it from dnndrufT? Miss Pearl Ancson, St. I.ouis, Mo. Serious Illness of Mr. Hill. We arc very sorry to hear that our esteemed friend, Mr. J. T. Hit, Sr., is seriously ill with heart disease. Wc hope the attack will prove to be only temporary, and that lie will soon recover. 'The Indies especially go Into ecstncies over j nrKerB iiair untsnm," writes .Mr. J. II. Decker, druggist, of Findlay, Ohio. "They say it is the most elegant dressing they ever used." Stops falling hair, restores color, promotes growth. Local Itoms. Mr. Sharkey is removing the wooden building formerly occupied by ltice & Mcl.ure as a store ; and we nrc informed that he will aoou commence to build a large brick building in its place. This is the property of Mrs. Col. Coleman , and the new buildings will be quite an improvement to main street. J)r. Theodore Munro has opensd his ofhee in the same building in which Mr. J. C. Wallace has bis Caw office. The Meanest Act on Becord. Midnight marauder* must be plentiful and crime-hardened in a community, when they got so contemptibly low ns to break into a country Vrfnting office, as some young scamps did last Tuesday night, by breaking into the Times office. We a to satisfied that we could "spot" the VOIinff sCAmns linnitnni) ilnw nn !>? i..?i an 1 hare so nearly obtained positive proof of their guilt that they must not be surprised if >ve should giro the Sheriff authority to call on tliem. The boy or man that would maliciously Injure or destroy the properly of another individual is void of principle and unworthy the respect or confidence of repectablepeople, and will bear close watching, night and day. The Male Academy. We are much pleased to state that our Male Academy is now in a more flourishing condition than it has been for many years. This success we had reason to expect under the able and efficient nianagiuent of Prof. 13, P. ISailey, who has for years devoted all his time and superior abilities to building up the school and making it an attractive nnd valuable adjunct to the advantages and business of the town. There are now fifty pupils in the school, n number of them young men preparing to enter high grade colleges in this and other States. The labor of the school has become too much fjr Prof, liailey to devote the time and attention he is desirous of In enfli /Ohm b? lias culled to his assistance our excellent and talented young friend, E. I\ McKissick, who is now fully iiiEtailed in the Academy as assistant Teacher. Prof. Ilailey could not have selected an assistant possessing liner moral and intellectual qualities for the position than our young friend Eddie McKissick. and with the combined efforts and ability of Prof. Bailey *nd E. P. McKissick we are satisfied the Male Aesdemy will continue to prosper and grow in papular favcr. . - ? A Bi? furrow pinr. in Esii.ano.?London March 12.?A firobrofeje out fliis morning among a large quantity of cotton iq nynjlwa^ station at Oldham, and destroyed J>3.!iO,t)fh? w<ull) before the Homos nfte extinguished. _ THE FARMERS CONVENTION. We published last week tho tail for tUo Farmer's Convention, to be held in Columbia on ( the 20th of April, signed by 92 persons, a largo majority of whom nre known to us as practical , farmers and intelligent, discreet isen. , The call embrnces a loug bill of grievances, f in general terms, for the consideration of the | convention, and demands that the wisest and , most conservative men should be sent to it. ( While we think that the call is too sweeping | in its bill of indictment, we are truly glad that it has been made, and sincerely hope that a full representation of the best men will be sent , to it from every county, From the intelligent and conservative character of the gentlemen making tho coll, we are satisfied much good ( will be accomplished for the agricultural inter. , est of the Slate, and its transactions will be marked with such dignity aud discretion that i they will commrnd the respect of all classes, and secure the sympathy and cooperation of all , ocations. I A general reduction of taxes would be felt ] beneficially by all property owners in the State, < and is demanded by nil but if it is only inten- \ ded to restrict the reduction to real estate, or ( farming lands?as w? have been told is the in- , tention?then, to tnnke it beneficial to the whole ( farming interest, the interest of the tenant must ( be considered and a corresponding reduction in , their rent should he made. The interest of the | tenant cannot, in justice, ho separated from tho j land owners' interest, and when the land own- i ers meet as a fanning or producing class, to de- ] vise means for relieving themselves of oppres- , sions and injustice, from the government or any , J other course, it seems t> us that it would bo , tho most unjust ^character of "class legislation," if the interest of the firming or produo- ] ing tenant was ignored and the same high rent j demanded of them as before. j We speak of this as it came to our mind up- ; on rending the call, merely to suggest that in , order to make the convention a truly rcpresen tative body of the farmers or pro luccrs of the j State, every County delegation should have an intelligent representation of the tenant interest , in it. We aro satisfied (hat in every township , in this county there arc as intelligent tenants | as land owners, and we hope the tenant iuterest , will be well represented in the convention of , farmers, for they ore truly as much farmers and , producers as the land owners, and often more | so. , The above was written for last weeks issue j of the Timet, but crowded out. tuncc thon the | following well conceived and well prepared let- ( ter lias appeared in the .Xeirs and Courier und j presents our views so clearly upon all the points j therein made that ws readily transfer it to our < columns, if for no other reason, to show that wo are not alone in seeing the dangers which t lurk in the political organization of tho farmers 1 or land owners, while no substantial help would ' be likely to accrue to that larger equally re- * spectable and most oppressed class of ngricul- ' turists, tho tenants. ' Wo can pluinly see how a reduction of taxes ( upon land would materially benefit the land 1 owners, but it is not so plain to us how such c reduction will give any relief to the tenant 1 unless a proportionate reduction in his rent 1 follows. i Greenwood, March 13.?Greenwood believes 1 It is true that Only one white farmer oiit of ? every four owns land, therefore lliero are three u renters or croppers to one land owner. Uy these figures land owners constitute only 25 I f per cent of our farming population, which is 1 c quite a small minority. Now the lamllonlu I ? through the farmers' associations, proprse to y force into politics their grievances, which if , doue, will involve South Carolina in a tri-partite bitter political contest, a something to he regretted very much. Renters and croppers will wage war against landlords and laudlords ^ will fight the State-House ring, and demagogues ^ will rant at every crossroad over the great ne- a essity of reform in the Stale and county bur- ^ dens, and, therefore, draw off a following. Renters and croppers will claim a reduction ^ in rents, landlords lower taxes, and dema- u goguee the paying offices. Renters ore now very restless from high rent, b poor dwelling-house and outbuilding accommo- ' dations. One thousand pounds of lint cotton " for the rent of a one horse farm is nice for the r landowner, but death to the renter, in addi- 8 tion to rent, the merchant sits down on him ^ for his 50 or GO per cent., and if anything is left him the gunuo agent cleans him up. Is it 8 the landlord or renter that is raising such n '' snarl against the State-House ring? 8 Greenwood knows that every county in South 8 Carolina Ins its demagogues waiting and nnx- r i0U8 for this "Farmer's mnremom" in i shape and grow to such proportion ns to be injected into the coming campaign. These office c hunters may now be lurking in tho "Farmers' c Associations," using this means as a stepping 1 stone for their own self-aggrandizement. Tnxa- c tion is beyond moderation, and the whole peo- * pie must correct it; but let us do it as the demo- N cratic party of South Carolina. Greenwood c will give the touch of the elbow to tho reduc- c tion of both Slate and county officials ns well as ' other rcfortps, hut will sink or swim upon the ' principle that "united Vt, stand?divided we 1 fall." < . | Personal Mention. Miss Mamie Jeter, a charming young laJy of . Fish I)am, is visiting friends and relatives at t this place. ' Mr. D. Jones has been on a visit to his ' home in Gnffncy City. "Dud" says Gaffney j City is booming. Miss Carrie Sartor, of Santuc, is on a visit to g her brother, Mr. W. II. Sartor. * Mr. Thomas Leo Thorpe, of Virginia, is in jtown. c Judge Wntlnoo has returncl home from k Charleston, where he has been holding Court for some time. e Col. A. G. ltice was in town on last. Wednes- r day. ? Sheriff J. G. Long took four new boarders to Lipscomb's Hotel in Columbia, last Monday. t, W. F. Bates, one of our most popular sales- v men. has left us to reside at Paris, Texas. c "Ol.nSobkki." is Dp.ai>.?Washington, March t lo.?A dispatch from Richmond announces l1 that .Stonewall Jackson's old charger died at. h the Confederate Soldiers' Home, Richmond, o this morning, of old agu- It is the intention * of the governors of the Home to have a cast o ma le of I he horse, nod to have his skin stuffed nnd his skeleton mounted. A llnitsK Ki-iokmic in Virginia.?Lynchburg, ^ Vn., March 1*2.?A strange disease has broken 1( out among horses in Cnin|>bell County, in this j Slate. Over seventy-five animals have died j( within the last few weeks. The disease is called g brain fever or jaundice. f The Abbeville Mettnii/rr says : "The latest report from Congressman Aiken is that his cop- g( dition is unchanged. Ilia general health is re- % markably good, but the suffering that he has to r endure from his his hip is unabated." The man who sent '25 cents to lenrn how to make $ "><> a week at home, working on a capi- A tal of $1. received the following printed slip: b "fish lor foois as 1 dp." b Penistcnoy Reeded. Mb. Eihtob:?Persistency is essential to sucjess in any department of human enterprise. Men have iron national reputation as statesmen ind theologians whose first offorts were comparitivo failures. In the incipiency of tho war of secession, victory was almost uniformly with [lie confederate armies. Coerciou was tho result jf i>ersistont effort on the part of the Federal Government. It was after many reverses that the political followers of Jefferson succeeded in puttiug a Democratic President in the White House. The religiou that compromises with sin because of opposition, is not the religion that is inspired of the Gospel of the Hon of God. Even the ui\just Judge yielded to the supplicalion of the presistcnt widow. And Jesus auswered the prayer of the Syroplioctiian woman who followed him with Iter importunate cry? "Lord help me." Surely, then, the ladies of Uniou, who arc so earnestly persistent in their efforts, and so imporlutiate in their supplications, will succeed in the amiable warfare they are waging in the interest >f sobriety and the good of humanity. Hut lave the ladies been ingloriously left to tight inempcrance single handed and alone? Where ire tho men who were once heroes iu the fight, md whose prohibition zeal was so fcrrcnt that hey were "epistles known and read of all nen?' Have they descended from a Igfticr to a ower plane of morals, straddled the Hence and jccoine indifferent as to which side tVcy fall? \xc these the prophets who now dcclaro that liigh license is the only solution to the whisky [question? Shades of decency! can religion com promise wun bid ami remain pure, or temperMice succeed so long as it is wedded to intemperance? High license is wrong in morals and principle. It means monopoly which is always in the interest of the few. It means the driving out of all competition, the enriching of the rich vender of whisky and the iiujwverishing of the poor. It means that just as much whisky will be drunk, but perhaps at n little higher price; which will be so much the worse for the wives and children who have drunken husbands iind fathers. Put whisky in reach of an inebriate and the temptation is so overpowering that lie will dispose of his goods at half their value, unl buy whisky at the exorbitant price that a monopoly may exact. Let monopoly throw iround the bar-room the atmosphere ef re?pecability, and men who would visit under the rover of night, will then frequent them in the full blaze of day. And the very show of respeclability will make thcui veritable pit-falls for he unsuspecting youth of tho land. Better far remain as it is, for the moment you clothe barrooms in the robe of respectability, you augment heir power to do harm. What, then? Shall men continue to violate ivitli impunity all laws, human and divine, aud it the same time cheat the town out of its legiimnte revenue? Why, just prottecuto them in lie court and make them pay their forfeited londs. How catch them? Waa it the bray of he ass or his protuding cars that revealed the lonkcy in the lion's skin? The whisky vender iced not tell it on the street, for his victims, uaggcriuj; uioug uic mguways, Hugging lamplosts, wallowing in the gutters, vomiting vliisky and liidious oaths, arc but the protrudug cars of corn and rye whisky, sold under the lisffiiisc of white and red wino. Let the friends ifrsfftperance devise some plan Af |et tp case after case of violation of the law, and irosecutc in every session of tlie court, until the xpense of defcnco becomes greater than the rofits of their sales, and the monster will die. t hat say Unote or Aunt Si and their son ohu ? We pause for a reply. I'rsu. A lluniMui.E Hanui.no. ? New Orleans, La., larch 12.?At 7.1$'.) this morninar whon ?h? capers of the jail made etforti to arouse Ford ml Murphy they could not wake thetu up. ,ftcr examination the physicians concluded lint the men had taken belladonna. At 0.30 lurphy had rallied a little, but Ford was still noonscioua. A Stale' baton Rouge special says : Tho iovernor this morning received a telegram rom Sheriff llutler, of Orleans Parish, saying ; Ford and Murphy attempted suicide this nomiug by swallowing poisou. They are in a tupor and in a comatose condition. ^Doctors lelicvo the attempt a failure, but cannot say iow long it will take to restore them to conciousuess. Should they not revive before the tour fixed, shall 1 execute the warrant notwithtanding ?" The Governor replied: ?'Yes, ;o on with the execution. Carry out the warant." Ford and Murphy were hanged nt 12.51 >' clock. Preparations for the execution began at 12.03 ('clock, when the yard and corridors were Icared of prisoners. Uotli men were lying in heir cells. Murphy was in the saine sonv(om-cious state and, although his eyes wanlercd in all directions, he could not underitand what was goiug on. Only once he gave (vidence of consciousness, and then he held nit his hand to Pat and endeavored to shake lands with him, but it was only for an instant, lis face once more relaxed iuto uuconsciousiess, and this notwithstanding that emetics laused him to eject the poison. It was of a ;rppt)ish hue, and after a careful examination vas prono?ncc4 to he powdered belladonna. Vt 12.35 the armsaud lags of the two men were >inioned while they were in a recumbent posiion. Six witnesses were sworn in by Sheriff duller, and the death warrant was read to ears vithout hearing and shown to eyes without ight. Tho men were carried to the scaffold at 2.45. It was indeed a miserable spectacle. At tbe ;allows they were placed in a sitting position nth their bAcks to a wall to give them support. \early all present involuntarily turned away ram the sickening sight, some even having to lerve themselves against a fainting fit and to told fast to the balcony rail for support. Forunately there was not long to wait. It needed inly a few minutes, or seconds rather, for the xecutioner, in domino and mask, to adjust tbe opes and blackcaps, lie then as quickly rentered his cage. Almost instantly tbe sharp 'swish" of the axe was heard as it cut tbe ope and simultaneously the trap fell. The >odies shot downwards eight feet, rebounded rith a jerk, and then fell back, stretching the ords to the utmost tension. Death was intantaneous. The bodies were allowed to hang wenty-flve minutes and then cut. At 1.16 \ M., the same jury which witnessed the auging riewed the bodies, ami gave a verdict f death by hanging. The necks of both men 'ere dislocated. The bodies were taken oharge f by the Ford family. ? ne-? KrrKtrr or Kki-i bmoas Kui.s is Ohio.?Colmbus, (>., March 12.?Mr. Drown, Chairman f the House committee, startled the members > day ily stating on the floor of tbe House uting the debate on the appropriation bill that I would be necessary for the State to borrow >760,000 to meet the proposed appropriation tr the ensuing year. This is the first time >r twenty years that the State has bsen called pon to borrow money to meet current expenes. Tbe lest Democratic administration manged to meet ell demands from the regular I erenues and alio reduce the tax rates. The Reidrille Female College will reopeu on pril A. I'rof. M. L. Venable, assisted by his I rother, Prof. Joseph Venable, Virginlana, will ave charge of tbe institution. Mr. Editor: If I bad not known you so woll I should have felt sure (hat you had used a doctor's certificate at a drug store, before ooniposing the editorial published in your issuo of the oth. Have you forgotten the series of artioles you obligingly published for mo, from the 1st of January to theinst one, so surely and unjustly and recklossly reviewed by you in that editorial. Why do you flout mo with what farmers' clubs, from Texas to Union Co,, have adopted in their rules of orgnnizition? '-Hose colored," absurd ridiculous, impracticable, impossible to practice as they are, though, I atu told by the president of the club hero, your quotations are explained away in subsequent provisions; all this away. 1 inform the people of Union in my first that in my opinion the only hopo of restoring the great prinoiple and protection of liberty?no taxation without representation and no privileged class?which had been contemned and ignored by the last Oeneral Assembly, was by united action of tho producing classes, composed as they aro of conservative elements, honest and economic views, and being three-fourths or more oi ine tax payers ot the mate and possessing the power to rule. 1 also inform them that the taxes of Ibis county, within my memory, in Got. McDuflie's administration from about fire thousand ($5,000) dollars had increased to near fifty fire thousand ($55,000) dollars now; that democratic plntforms. for the last twenty years nearly, had contained pledges to reduce the number and pay of office holders, that these had increased, instead of being reduced, from year to year, until they had becomo a devouring swarm; that we were living still under tho Radical constitution?a system devised by our enemies for our destructi>n, and not our protection,?and that the nets of the last legislature, justified in speeches and debates under their constitution, was out-herodiug Herod. You say, sir, further, that the slow remedy of politics docs not suit the condition of our people, that they require "speedy relief." Whatspoedy relief?providing something to cat, and something to drink? V ere provisions ever cheaper, were tho merchants ever making smaller profits than they now arc? Such nn idea does seem to me absurd and ridiculous. And you, sir, obscurely hint that I hare an axe to grind 1 boldly and freely declare that 1 hare, and that every tax-payer in the State should hare, and that you should hare, that all the axes of crery citizen should be made sharp, to cut away the rotton platforms constructed at the Metropo11i8 and the capital of the State, and all other stragglers and camp followers leagued with them, to tax the people without representation, and uphold the pririlegcd clnss. Do you not see the dark shadows of ignoriuce and poverty looming over our people? Do you not see the elements of darkness and the lurid flashes of discoutcnt and despair, created by distress end nlinosi Hopelessness, not only in our State but but in almost all the States? These evils were planted in Grant'8 administration, by reckless disregard of constitution nud law. Don't you sec the flaming elements kindling around the great temple of Liberty every where, and is there any power anywhere to confront the fearful dangers that threaten us, save one? That great conservative power which iuterposed and Cinciualus wascnlled from his plough and -Washington from his forto head* the great conservative element of every country, the producing element. You couucil peace and quiet when there is no peace or quiet. You council no agitation, when complaint and trouble pervade every home. If your neighbor's houso were on Are, or burglar? rifling it, would you advise no alarm, no agitation? Your liberty, your property, perhaps your life, is menaced and imperilled; your only hope of relief is by political remedy. Your Governor in his last message informs you that more than three millions of acres of land in the State are paying no tnxes, this inincrenses the assessment upon all others that do pay. Like a ropo of sand, taxpayers are molting away, appropriations nnd expenditures, and increase of salaried officers, grow under the manipulation of a renegade and recrcaut legis mrc, ui every annum meeting, ana your ability to pay decreases as tlie tide of time rolls ; over you. You have no uniform system of ascessiuent of property for taxation, you live, it may be, by toleration, under corrupting influI ences constantly radiating from that great ccntreof corruption, Washington City, where no constitutional restraint has a reception but reception at the White House are thronged by corrupt politicians and almost naked women, until three liundrod thousand dollars are about to be appropriated for the ncco mmodaiion nf the dissolute and shamelcssasse mblnges. At your own State capital and inatropolis, these degrading temptations, in all their attractiveness of fluids and solids, have been brougnt to bear upon your representatives, ami pledges and promises inconsistent with their fidelity solicited, and, tried by the rule, ."By their fruits ye shall know them." been too snccessfu'. Three-fourths of ihe honest, ami bum ?; ded men of litis Slate, tlie greatest number, become recipients of the greatest good in accordance with the principles of our system of governtncul, can and ought now and at once to route and bestir themselves, up-grade and forward to the rescue of the principles and foundation basis of our inslitutionsnnd restore the columns of the edifice reared by our fathers?"No taxation, without representation." "no privileged class," but like a band of brothers joined in freedom, equality and fraternity. A convention or Hint powerful unselfish and conservative class has been called at an early day, the lost hope of restoration. Who heeds not the summons, "Is no sonofthiue," Doyourduty. 1). II. Hick. ? Kirk at Hot Si'niNus, Ark.?Hot Spring*, Ark., .March 112.?A tire broke out yesterday in the Brunswick saloon and gambling house on the south end of block Kb. Central nveiiuo. The whole block wus destroyed and the elegant residence and ottico of L>r. S. S. Buchanan, which stood across t|ie street. This was one of the principal business blocks in the city and its destruction wi|>?s out all business between what is known as the upper and lower burnt districts. The total loss is KI T>0,000; insurance $!IK,OCO mainly in Kastcrn companies. Fk.ast of Pviih.?The Hebrew feast of Iho Purim begins this year on the evening of the 18th of March. The feast of Purim derives its origin from the story of Esther, when the orthodox Jews abstain from food and drink from sunset to sunset in celebration of three days' fsst of Esther before she presented herself before Abttueras to defeet the plot of lUmtn. * In Beply to Unols Bi--by Unole 8am. Now Mh. Editor: Undo Sam asks of you a Mi small spaoe in your columns for a reply to Un. o'o 8i: Undo Si seems to think that Union Rt is ruined, and now we want to find out both to sides of the question. Undo Sam thinks that ,ur Union can be saved without hurliug anybody muoh. lie feels satisfied in his mind that Un- Blr de Si need not hurt himself of driuking while the wine without lie is so niiuded to. lie feels satis- B0U tied also, that lie ueed not hurt himself grieving over Uuclo Sam and his frieuds driuking wli to (he wiue. Now unole Si, I am agoing to relate ' the foots to you, and 1 hope you will not get mad, ( Ms as 1 did uot at you. So here we go: | Now, Mr. Editor, I find in a former issue of % g tho Weekly Timta, an article that may be cob- an< sidered very interesting to a certniu class of ^as people; but whether it is considered so by the ^ majority of the people, is to be consideted. d,c Now, Mr. Editor, you must recollect that a sir majority of any Town or City rules. The peo. !nfi pie of Union have united together and elected a JfiUft first-class council; men of standing, men tlint 8ul will see every one righted?Country people as cal well as citizeus of tho Town. They have also elected a gentleman as marshal, a man that tui shows no partiality to any one. He treats his Ev fellow men as men, and has discharged bis du- Cl" ty as marshal as a man and a gentleman, and no one can say anythiiiK else. \i_ I myself have paid street lax in Union for fcr fourteen years. I bare never seen a belter fro council in I lint length of time. Mr. Editor, j. just let Uncle Si stain the character of one of Cu^ these gentlemen, and 1 will give up to the Pet- nut ticoat government, but until he does, I never 10 1 will. The voters of Union never will givo it up. The majority of the voters of this Town 8Ut intend the same council shall serve as long as ted they will. They intend they shall be the "City \ Fathers ' for years to come. And women and preachers, why do you kick so? You cannot (nit find a blemish against neither one of the coun- up< cil?are they no intelligent men, aro they not 11,8 men of standing ; are they not men ready at nQl any time to discharge their duty; have they not done so; are they not men that will treat their \ neighbors as they would like to be treated? in I Yes, they are the very men thnt will do so. Now, Undo Si, 1 think that preachers have their hands full to preach the Gospel, and leave qui off abusing drug stores and white wiue saloons, feci So mote it be, and when I say 'so mote it be,' 1 ^os mean that every tub should stand on its own bottom. Now, Uncle Si, you go ahead and = preach the Gospel, and try to save sinners, and 1 if you succeed iu so doing, probably some day ,ins Uncle Sam and his flock, that has ruined Union will follow you. Now, Mr. Editor, so far as your correspon- Til dent is concerned, I don't claim to know whether he is a preacher or not; but we feel satisfied that he is a man that feels for his own inter- ^ est and feelings more than he does ours. He and only feels for the preachers and ladies?he Si don't feel for the poor broken-down sinners, ^ and has no good feelings for their souls and j, welfare. lie don't think they are welcome in lli the world to come?to be recognized by our 11 Saviour. lie has not considered that that Dtug Store is run lawfully, kept by a genteel gentleman, also a practicing physician, that has hiB (j Deploma, that stands in ranks amongst the add first, ready at auy call for hia Country. He don't understand that be has to recognize uten , of that standing as gentlemen. He don't know that there is one mau coucerned in the Depot j ' Bar, or so-called, that has fought and bled for Nej "His Country; he don't kuow, I suppose, that Jac he laid within the walls of Columbia and Charleston jails for six long months, suffering and almost diod for the good people of his J1' country; spent monoy upon money for his friends, and was still crushed down by a pack ofthieviug office seekers. He fought his way through that terrible ordeal of Kadicalism, and fought through it like a soldier. And now I j am satisfied he don't went to be tantalized nnd ? scandalized by your correspondent. So Unole Si, take a back seat, and give Uncle a Sam room. Don't get mad, Uncle Si, at your XI old Unci.e Sam. 'hit Tht Tiif. Dm>oi?y Dkko and Tii.wik: Kno or a Nk- a'8< into itoY.?Friday night last Mr. Gideon Sauls l'ie left his home, situated between Gillisonville rC(l and Hennis's Cross lloads, for the purpose ol ' attending to some business at Coosuwhatchie, and was detained all night. The only parties left on his place were his wife and a colored boy aged about seventeen years. During the ri nigui, ana wnue asleep, Mil, Sauls was awnkened by a severe blow on the hand. As she arose she was struck two successive blows in C0.\ the face with an axe, which knocked her sense- CC1, less, and in this state she remained until next . morning. She was there alone until y o'clock rlV the next day, when a small boy came upon the Cel! place, and Mrs. Sauls sent for Mr. Meeker, & , neighbor. Shortly after this her husband nr- ,e rived, and the news spread through the neighborhuod. Mrs. Sauls informed her husband that she had been assaulted by Charlie Mills, alias Charlie Ilrunson. Search was made for this boy, and he was captured about 11 o'clock . Saturday near ltidgeland by Mr. Alfred Sauls, lie was carried back to Mr. (iideon Sauls's and turned over to Mr. 11. S. Ileape. He was taken before Mrs: Sauls and identified by her, and |_) acknowledged his guilt. He staled that he Jj was persuaded by llezekiah Primus, Sr., col- hc& ored, to kill Mrs. Sauls during the absence of the her husband, and to sec ure what money there for was in the house and divide with Primus, and E, ho (Mills) was to run away. When he struck we the blow Primus, who was outside, didn't come Cot in, and he became frightened and left. After Api making his statement ho was taken before mm Trial Justice Keid and a commitment prepared. Uu< Mills was then turned over to Constables B. S. acr< II -- I W Ik ! ' *" in|iv nuu i?. i/. rrcciunu, i noy leu ltennis's oft at 0 o'clock Monday night to bring Milia to Jos the jail at tbia place. When about thrao miles (rat from Henais's they were met by 150 men, Cre while and colored, who forcibly pushed the '] constables aside And took Mills away. cre< Later in '.he night the dead body of Charles wit! was found swinging from the beam over the the gate opening into the yard in front of the residence of Mr. W. II. Kllis, who lives three miles 5 from llennis's cross roads. Mcl While under arrest the boy fol I the constables that he had killed a white boy with a brick in Savannah about a yes r ago. His story cor- V. responds with the killing about that time of n lj white boy named Joseph Masters, whose father . still lives in Savannah. ojJi( Mrs. Sauls is still in a precarious condition, ^.nj and her recovery is extremely doubtful. gj f Primus was arrested, but denied having any- j | thing to do with tlio attempt to murder and . rob Mrs. Sauls. lie wis released.?IIamj>lon } , Guardian. iint? The farmers of Williamsburg county remark ||,j that oats which wero planted immediately after j0?< the freeze in January are looking well, and ti-ac those planted more recently are coming up Cre< finely. j creo The culture of tobaooo is receiving consider- will able attention about Rock Hill. A number of of tl farmers are planting experimental patches. Perhaps the largest plantar of the weed is Mr. M Ueorge A. Cowan, who will pleat ten acres. Melt A Locomotivb Chase.?Little Hock, Ark., irch 1*2.?At 10.30 a freight train, run bjr a itch eugiue, left the Iron Mountain depot 1 reached Benton, twenty-lire miles south noon. Yho passenger engine, which was take the St. Louis train south, was caped at the Hound House by strikers and sent er tho freight train. The freight train was irtaken at Bentoun aud disabled, wbea tho ikers started back toward Little Hock with i passenger engine. At Mayville, ton miles ith of the city, they wailed ou a side track the passenger tra n to go by. The train ue along and when the last car had passed y threw the switob open and dashed out in direction of Little Hock. United States .rahal Fietoher and several deputies were on i passenger train accompanied by Superinident Wheedon. The track was cleared for witch eugine, and the officers got aboaid 1 pursued the strikers, both reaching and thing past the depot uuder full headway, lilejcrossing the brtdgo tho pursuing engine ight and made fast to the striscis' engine, and i officers began olimbing aboard ordering tbo ikers to stop. They refused, and on reach; the north aide of the bridge several strikers aped off and the officers began firing. About y shots were fired, and one striker named llivau was shot iu the log severely aud w is itured. Seven others besides Sullivan were ilurcd, and the officers are in pursuit of tho (Hives, about eighteen in number. The capod strikers were released on bond to nigbt. erytbing is quiet, although considerable exsmeut prevails. The 13 a i.ti mo it e Conference.?Staunton, Va., ,rch 15.? At the session of the M. E. Concnce South, to-day, the question sent down m the General Coufcrcuce, 'Shall tho name the Church be changed from the Methodist iscopal Church South to tho Methodist Epis>al Church in America.' was submitted, 1 by a vote of 173 to 2 tho Conference declined change the uaiue. The minority was corned of Dr. Dicu aud the He v. Mr. Dulauey. V memorial giving strong utterances on the iject of temperance was unanimously adop\t the close of the session Dr. ileadt created tea sensation, lie rose to a question of vPegc, and stated that as chiarmau of tbocomleeon examination he had submitted a report >n the trial sermon of J.N. McCortniok, approviug it on the ground that it was uu assertion of German rationalism, and in accordance with Methodist doctriue. Iucklkn's Arnica Salve.?The best Salvo he world for Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcer, t Hhcura, Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped nds, Chilblains, Corns, and all skin Erupis, and positively cures Piles, or no pay rercd. It is guaranteed to give perfect satiation, or money refunded. Price 25 cents per For sale by J. W. Posey & Bro. July ly MABRIE1). iUNTEll?OWINGS. Married, on Iho 4th I., At the residence of the bride's father, by r. W. M. Harden, Mr. W. J. Hunter, to is Lidic Owings ; all of I.aurens County. IE CHURCH OP THE NATIVITY--RECTOR MtNEKLY DcBOSE. 011 D K11 OF LENTEN 8 KBVftKS. sli Wednesday?Morning l'rnycr, Litauy 1 address, 11a. m. undays?Services at 11 a. tu. and o p. in. eek Days?Wednesdays, evening prayer, h address, 5 p. ni. 'ridays, morning prayer, Litany, and address a in. loly Week?Monday, Wednesday and Satur, Service and address at 5 p. m. I'uesday and Thursday, morning prayer and Iress, 11a. m. lood Friday?Morning praye r, Litany and Iress, 11 a. ro. ConslKitccs I*cr Express . ^ it Union, S. C., March 17, 1886. >r. J. II. Hamilton, Mrs. E. B. Monroe, J Mman, J. A. llrown, W. E. Stone, T. C. son, J.E. Garner, J. T. Pool, Mrs. Jno. kson, Dr. J. T. Layton, Dr. J. ltenwhick. well & Whitlock. F. II. COUNTS, AGIST. heodore Munro, M. D., PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, UNION C. II., S. C. ce in brick building, corner of Law Range, larch 10, 11 tf. Masonic Notice. REGULAR communication of Union L Lodge No. 75. A.-. F.?. M ?;n k- w-i.i I, Friday, evening March 19, 1880 at 7.80. 5 F. C. degree will be conferred. There will ) be other very important business before Lodge and a full attendance is earnestly nested. D. F. ARTHUR, Seo'y. larch 19, 11 It. Notice to Builders. ilDS will be received at the office of the Board of County Commissioners for put5 on a new roof to the Court House, to be ered with Slate. Also for Plastering the ing of the Court House, lids for the whole work, or separate bids for ming, slating and plastering, will be rered. ill bids must bo sealed and deposited with Clerk of tho Board cf County Commission, on or before Monday, the l'ith day of April, ?. C. GAGK, J. T. DOUGLASS, CLKKK. CU'N 11. C. C. 7arolina Spartan please copy, darch 19, 11 41. Mortgage Sale. y virtue of the power contained in a niort? gage deod of W. Robert Sims to us, ring date March 1st 188:1, and recorded in office of the Register of Mesne Conveyance Union County, in Hook of Mortgages No. fr, pages 797. 798, 799 and 800, will sell by public auction, at Union irt House, on the first Monday in ?:i ...i .ii a. j-i.< *!*' ... ... an tHv ri^nv, line nna interest of 1 W. Robert Sims in nnd to all that tract of . il containing two hundred and fifty-five es, situate about seven miles to the westward .'nion Court House, and bounded by lands of eph Handera, Mrs. Nancy Greer, the Hay :t, lands of Robert Macbeth, nnd Fair Forest ek. 'erms of J?ale: One-third ('ash; balance on a lit of one nnd two years froin day of sale, li interest therefrom, secured by mortgage of premises. C. R. R0BER8ON, A. M. GRIM BALL, larch 13, 1888. Ii. I'd 11 3t Mortgage Sale. y virtue of the power contained in a mort1 gugc deed of John Hints to us, benring s 21 si Fcbuary 1883, and recorded in the. ;e of the Register of Mesne Conveyance for on County, in Rook of Mortgages F, 0, pages (5, 80 and 87. we will sell by public auction, 'nion Court llouse, on the 1st Monday in il next, all tho right, title and interest of I John Hims in and to all (lint tract of land Inining two hundred and fifty-five acres, siti about seven miles to the westward of on Court House, and bounded hv tamls :ph Bander*, Mm. Nancy Greer, the Ifsy t, lands of Robert Maoueth and Fnir Forest ik. ertns of sale: One tliird Cash; balance on a lit of one and two year* from day of Hide, i interest therefrom, secured by Mortgage te premises. C. H. RODEHSON, II. M. ORIMBALL. larch lfttlt, 1HM. >. 10 11 3t