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?hc (u'llfehli) olrnon R. M. STOKES, Editor. UNION, FRIDAY, APRIL 9 1880. SUBSCRIPTION?#2 00 PER ANNUM. ADVERTISING. Alllegal advertlm-incuts are published at. the rates described by law. Cf*X_ Capt. A. II. Foster has gouo to market to purchase his spring and Summer Stock. 0(fX?The advertisement inviting contracts for * building a church at Fish Dam, wca left out last week by some unaccountable acoident. It was put iu type, but overlooked in tasking up the forms. ? Kdu The street binds are busy leveling the street in front of the Times office, and making a sidewalk in front of tbe Court House. The picks and shovels are flying as rapidly as if they were grading the Charlotte and Augusta railroad. tteirA municipal election was held in Jonesville, cn last Monday, April 12th, which resulted in tbe election of the following gentlemen as tneiubeis of tlio Town council, viz : Intendant, 11. A. \Vhillock. Wardens, J. D. Long, G. F. Long, J. E. Lindsay, and W. 11. S. Harris. There were two tickets in the held, the issue being "New Council or "Old Council." sktr a subscriber to the Columbia Eeguter called upon us a day or two ago and after examining the market reports of that paper, of the Columbia market, fouud that the reports for the past month were almost identically the same, and suggested that a change in tho phraseology at least once a month, would relieve the monotony of the reports. Stair Soiue of the mecBt painting we have ever seen was shown to us by Mr. 11. T. Owens j lost week. Mr. Oweus id loo well known to the people of this County for us to say anything of his splendid workmanship, and we are warran- j ted iu saying that as u painter Mr. Owens bus few equals iu tSouth Carolina. Our people will do well to patronize Mr. Owens, as lie is now ynmtiiig uuggits Hi mill priCl*. ??. A short liiue ugo Me read au account of a mummotl) egg. laid, we believe, by a heu at Vaucluae. It measured tbree inches in circumference and six inches iu length. Our fellowtowusmau, Mr. il. L. (.loss lias a Uangston hen that can beat the Yaucluse hen in the "big egg" business. The Union heu has produced an egg measuring 1!) inches in circuinfereuce and 0$ luchcs iu length. It is hard to beat this Piedmont section iu unyibiug, except, perhaps, cooler terrapins. iwar We call attention to the importaut decision of tho Supreme Court, publishad on our first puge, upou the po.ver and status of married women, in signing notes or bonds. The dec.sion is ipiitc diii'ereut from the generul belief that a married woutan's separate property can be made liable for auy coutruct made or eudorsed by her, without specifically relating to or for the benefit of said separate property. eari ..uok out for chicken thieves. There appears to be un orgauized baud of chicken thieveB prowling about this town. Within the ..I*! Il.?? -I- ..-1 > -- , vv " * yv nuu u number of ch icken coups, nut even respecting I ho close duties of setting heua. School Commissioner Foster, Mis. T. 13. Bailey ami Mrs. IS. J. Bay, wete robbed of every chicken they hud, iu two nights. From what we can hear, we shall not be surprised if the gang is caught in a few days, or that some negro has an ounce or two of lead imbedded iu his carcass The Macbeth Artillery. We invite a pcrtuul of the very interesting **Reminiscences of the Macbeth Artillery" ou our lirst page. It is written by ouo of the brave boys who went out with the first and came homo with the last of tiiat noble company , nud is very interesting reading. Broko His Log. IVc sincerely regret to slate that Harry, oldest son of our esteemed fellow-citizen, 1*. M. Cohen, hah his leg broken, half way between the knee and ankle, last Monday, by falling from a horse. The limb was promptly and skillfully sofehy Dr. II. S. Beaty, and the little fellow is doing well, though suffering much pain, ThsCuro liua Conor,rt Comuanv. A 1 cI(e 1* from one of tiie talented performers of this music : 1 organization, compose ! entirely of 'jfttive South Carolinians, informs us that they intend treating the citizens of I'nion to one of the most delightful musical feasts they ltnve ever enjoyed, on Friday, the SJoth inst. Now, A* ti.C SiStli is Sunday, we are glad to read at tche foil of the circular scut us, '*for date of performance, tee small hills,'' otherwise we should think they were practicing an all-fools joke on us, in this ull-fool& mo^tfe. Why is it that all musical and other refining nnd intellectual entertainments select the I.enten Reason f r visiting I'nion ? Our people generally f-ny christian respect io the season of Lent, while quite a niutil or religiously observe it, as a season of devotion, self examination and abstinence front all amusements; and in a small community like ours, where the number of those who patronized musical ? n. *,in i nmnn I d ?f l.tirli ?l. r.,?l i>r nru not II r it I V ! IVMIIIIVIKI* V ? ? j >-nmII, it is not surprising that the audiences i?r? not large enough, at that particular season. Co exhibit the refined taste and intelligence cf cur citizen*. Personal Mention. * Miss Finnie Mo Lure and \V. S. Mcf.ur have returned t'roin Chester where they have been visiting relatives. I Cipt. A. Jl Foster has gone to New York j to purchase his stock of .Spring and Summer j goods. .Mr*. VY. If. Uoseborougli Is in (own visiting her parent*. Captain and .Mrs. McLure. Mr. -f. If. Maxwell; has returned home front n visit to GirenviJJe. Mr. C. If. Alexander of Chester U visiting re!- j Jl!1?en ?II Iina I'liMiO .Mr. <*. <>. Fnrrar was in town Inst week. Mr. S. ?. t'riltendon Jr., I lie Aesistaut l'oet Muster at (ireer.ville, was in town this week. He*. O.W. Gardner lias returned from Orangeburg, whero lie Inii beeu ou a visit lo rela" ! ItVOT. | Mr. Gibbes,s>f AugiHC'. is in town on a visit to his brother, ("apt. YV, M.MJibbes. .Mies Marion K.Young lies returned to her home in New York .Miss Young hasa made t inany friends in this | lace ami wo are sorry she 1 has loll. * i Mrs. Merriiaon, of Seneca City, is on A visit j to her son-in-law aui daughter, Mr. and Mrs. ] X. C. i'UllCAU. J1 I MAJ BICE'S REPLICATION- IT1 We publish Msj. Rice's assumed replication to "several articles published bj us ia the past ** three weeks," &c., for the simple purpose of r< denying sonio of the unjust charges he has ^ made against us and to assert rights which we shall not allow to be taken from us as long as * wo have control of a newspaper, t. that of 0 having and expressing our own opinions upon public men, publio grievances and their remedies, and the, style of matter that shall appear in its columns. We are tied to no man?belong to no man or body of men?but looking independently upon the public wants wo dare to advocate what we con :eive to be the quickest and surest mode of advancing the publio good. We deny emphatically that we have said a word in derogation of the proper objects and purposes of Farmer's clubs; but, on the contrary, years before the present Farmers movement was set on foot, wo urged the Farmers to form township and county clubs, for the farmers' special good, and not until it was apparent that the present clubs were to be made political crganizntions, under the leadership of politicians, did we utter a word that could be construed into a feeling of opposition, but only words of warning against the danger of the ] clubs being captured by political aspirants, < with suggestions as to the most speedy and per- < manent mode of redress from present grievan* I ces. In this position we are assured that we 1 have the cordial sympathy of the best and most ' intelligent farmers in the county. t Mnj. Kico views the present unfavorable condition of the farmers from a political stand- t point altogether, and advises that a change of i constitution and a change of laws, will bring | about a favorable change in their condition. 1 He seems to think that we are on the evo of a i great revolution?tho people (farmers in parti- i oular) against the government and the government ngainsttke people?and that a Cincinnalus will come fiom the plow, seize the reins of government, oust tho presen: officials, put in new ones from the ranks of the farmers, at reduced salaries, reduce the taxes, ami in cue masterly stroke of retrenchment and reform, make the next crop pay the farmers' debts, lift their mortgages and leave money enough iu their pockets to run their farms the next year. Well, if we thought such a miracle could be performed by the political organization of the farmers', we would go even further than Maj. Rice in supporting and encouraging the movement?we would pat money into it. llut while we know that it would be year# before our farmers could possibly feel any bent fit from any new laws that inay be passed, aiiy change of public officials, or any reduction in the taxes, with interest on notes and mortgages all the timo accumulating, and the high lien prices compelled to be paid for supplies, under the present listless and improvident system of farming, we prefer encouraging the farmers to make their clubs vehicles of useful information upon all subjects pertaining to their farms, and to induco a more industrious, persistant nnd economical effort to extricate t . emsclvcs from thoir difficulties, rather than convert thein into political forums, to gratify the theoretic nl whims of politicians. Mr. llice further says of 11s, "You have placed in ambush and insidiously opened fire upon me by your telrcled bushwhackers?extracts of other papers and misrepresenting and disingenuous correspondents; you have called me demagogue, asserted that I had an axe to grind," &c. In those charges Maj. Rice groups a number of personal offences, not only againt him, but against decorum and a proper respect for the feelings of all who may think proper to use the 1 columns of the papper to respectfully give public expression to their opinioos upon public ( matters. It is not true that we have selected bush- ' wimtACia mm |miiucu iiiviii 111 miimiau niiu 1(1sidiously opened fire upon him. Kvery article ( that haa appeared in the Timk.s, as a correspon- ) dcnce, has been written by a gentlemen, of his i own volition, and without any solicitation from ' us, while the extracts from other papers were < public properly, and corresponding with our I own views, we published them openly and ' above b'oard, as we had the right to do. < No charge has been made against Maj. llice, personally, and if he feels aggrieved at < anything said in those publications it is very 1 evident that in their fire they have grazed too t close to be pleasant to hira. > Maj. llice takes occasion again to avow him- ' self the steadfast fiietid of the Farmer, even f under the derisive appellation of "Cheap Bacon." Well, we know there are hundreds of good men in this county who are now, and have been all their lives, as firm friends to the farmers as be is; but they have neither the wish nor incentive to "keep it before the people." We again say tl at Farmers Clubs should be, like nil other class organizations, for the improvement of Farmers ana the advancement 11 of Agriculture. In that way aloue can they he <1 made of permanent benefit to the Farmers and 0 their farms. If they are political clubs we shall hear nothing of them from the closing of one political campaign to opening of P another. r Politics and business never did and never 0 will mix. Politics has ruined hundreds of good business men una hencnt'ed bill few. Mix politics with merchandising and the busi. * ness of the merchant is ruined ; mix politic-* ft with mechanics and the mechanic is ruined ; 9] pjix politics with religion n nd the denomination that permits it is demoralized, split into factious pnii whole congregations broken up ; and mjx politics with the business of farming, the te same result is inevitable?farming interests w will ba neglected and the rujn of farmers, gererally assured. Theory of "taxation without representation,,J ** which M< j. ltice is continually raising, hns no a' foundation in fact in this State, particularly as 0i applied to the Farming class, for they have n good working majority in the Legislature and a fair representation in other State and County " offices. m We grant that 'he farming class is the con- ~~ scrvutivo ele mem in (tie body politic; but it is ^ also timid ami unsophisticated in t|,q jransac- E lions ofgivernmental affairs, and when brought ^ in contact with aggressive and a<tute statesmen || op politician^ in legislative or other assemblies, they feel tl;eir want of experience and become ^ passive members, ncoonfplisbing but little. But it is unjust and cruel in them (o excite their p. WJ uuivco '.<7 ^ being (heii cuemlcs and opposed in their interests, wbeu it is felt and acknowledged by all, in every department and sphere of our polilioal and social life, thai in the fanners' inierest and ll prosperity is ipsepaiably woven the interest F and pre spcrity of eve*y Qther class and occupa- C lion. p< Understand us, we do not advise P&rtyCfa gi Hoi to lake any inierest in County, State or rt Federal politics, They cannot he good and B true citizens unless thpy do ; hut to mix up Iheir farming pursuits with politics will, in our opinion, ho more disastrous to them thou ?o suspend their farming operations. Let the Farrr. era, with every other class of citizens, make m out a bill of the reforms needed, then demand rrotn every candidate that aeks their suffrage a pledge that ho will use Uia best eflorts to bring ibout those reforms. (r - tie Very Head for Union. Tbo following circular baa been sent to us, m scompanied by a letter from the committee, s. cqnesling us to urge upon the cititenn of p [nion the importance of being represented at ^ lie meeting to be held at Roanoke on the 20th, nd, if possible, secure the road through this ounty. Last Fall, when I ho question of building a oad from Qafiney City to this point, and on to tewberry, was so strongly urged, we expressed t , decided preference for a road front Charlotte 1 o Augusta, along the eery line now proposed, i rom Charlotte, via York ville and Union, as it 1 vould open up an important region of this lection of our Stale, not only to railroad facili- fc ies, but to a competitive line of traffic and ravel, which would insure to us lower freights s uid passenger fare, and at the sane time, give is direct communication with important mar- v cets at its termini, guaranteeing to tho road t profitable business. The proposed routo would ? iross the Greenville road at Greenwood, the S. * [J. & C-, road at Union, the C. C. & A. road t it some point in York County, thereby croat- t ng competition all along the line. c Besides this, wo are assured that the incor- 1 porators of the great Baltimore and Ohio road ? ire behind the movement, ready to aid in its < construction, and glad to give such guarantees, Tor freight and paeaengers, as will for ever ( protect us against tkote grasping monopolies y which now hold us in their power amP^nmpel 1 us to submit to their exorbitant demauds. y Union is being hemmed in with new rail- y roads, drawinir from her most of lh? KiasI Kimt. 1 less and perceptibly decreasing the values of all 1 property; and will our oitixena stand listlessly 1 by and make no effort to arro't this ruinous decline in their property and business! We ' cannot believe they will. 1 They have done and suffered much towards 1 building up neighboring towns, to their own ' detriment, and now that an opportunity is offer- ' ed by which they can regain all they havo ( lost, build up their own interests and place the 1 (own and county upon superior business advantages, it would be the height of folley to give 1 way to despondency, and sullenly refuse to encourage the very help that would of, necessity 1 increase our population and business, and place ( us upon the high toad to prosperity and wealth. ' It is the very road to benefit Union. ( Chamber or Commkhsk, I CuARLonk, N. C., April 7, 188G. I The Roanoke and Southern RnilroaTT" Com- , pany, chartered by the State of Virginia at the last session of its Legislature, now proposes to 1 organise under its charter at Roanoke City on . April 20th, for the purpose of constructing a , gauge road from that point to a Southern connection free and independaot of tho Richmond and Danville system. This road is to be a con- ' necting link with the independent lines of the South with the Baltimore and Uhio. the Sheuandoah Valley and the Norfolk and Western Road; in other words, to he a great competing line to that of the Richmond and Danville Syndicate for through freights and n?Mi>nnpp? I w o I ww..0~. North and South. j This Company proposes to construct a road < from Roanoke, Va , to cross Cie Stite line between Virginia and North Carolina at a point near Madison, Rockingham county, North Car- < olina. From Madison the line will be in the i direction of Winston to Mocksville, in Davie | county, North Carolina. From Mocksville there aro four routes proposed, namely? 1. From Mocksville, via StatesviUe, on to < Spartanburg, there to connect with the road i leading from .Spartanburg via Laurens and , Greenwood, to Augusta. Augu.t^beiog tWe objective point. ' '2. From Mocksville, via Moresville, Lincoln- ' ton Shelby, and Spartanburg, to Augusta. J 3. From Mocksville, via Charlotte, Yorkville, , Union, and Laurens, on the Laurens, Grceuwood, and Augusta road, to Augusta. 4. From Mocksville to Charlotte, Lancaster, < and Camden, South Carolina, there to connect j with the South Carolina ltoad. which gives an outlet into Charleston, Augusta, Savannah, Columbia, and Atlanta, over independent lines. The route in North and South Carolina will toon be determined. The city of Charlotte has < ilroady had representatives of her Chamber of Dommerco at Roanoke urging the construction 1 )f the road. They have had assurances from 1 ibe incorporators of this road that the Dalti- , more rnd Ohio are behind the movement, and , sere ready to aid in its construction, and are glad to enter into such contracts ami give such ' guarantees for freights and passengers as will 1 'orever protect us against this grasping monop- i >ly that now paraly2es our business. We desire to urge upon you the impoitance ( if being represented at Roanoke City on the ' 10th of April. This is destined to bo one of 1 he grand trunk lines between the North and i louth. The time is limited. We hope you < Vi11 act without ilnl.v ami nnnnim unn? /t?lu. . ?/ , ?r r* j v'"* Mv,v ;aies to represent your claims At that meeting. Yourstruly, ' J. If. WEDDINGTON. t J. H. MoADEN, Committee Chamber of Commerce. - ? ? Union Coanty Sunday Sohool Convention. (i It is desired to make the present year one of 1 aost vigorous labor in the Sunday School work s n Union county. Although much has beeu f lone in the past, still we ought not to feel that r ur whole duty has been done, till wo have a v rell organized school In every section where b upils can be collected together, nor should we t est satisfied till every child of suitable age in ur bonds is a Sunday School scholar. ti The work, is of the gieaiest importance to all. c Ivery community, every church, and every c imily has vital interests involved in it, and alt n jould engage in it in some way, to encourage n lpport, and advance it. Wo therefor*, ask tl io prayers of God's people on what maybe at- n mpted, and also their co-opera'.ion in the e ork as it may come to their hands. u Township .Superintendents wi t please attend, . pnce to the schools in their dist icts; re-open t I that have been suspended, organize new les, when It Is propnr to do so, nod give aid si stl encouragement to those already in operaon. Commence your visits to the schools dm- ll edintely. The township supcrintendants are H -Union, S. S. Stokes; Cross Keys, D. II. Shelrn; Ilngnnssille, L. I', rtognn; Jonesvilte, 1'. 0 . Howell; Pickney. 0. T. Oault; Santuo, J. II. andolplij pish Dam, \V. T. Jeter; Oeeben c ill, Jas. Anghlry; Gowdeysviile, John 11. Jef irien; vi-aymnseme, u. i.tttiej olin. I lly order of Executive Committee. T. II. Oobe, Hecly. h ? ? ?- p Ditcklk.n's Amnio\ Sai.vk.?Tiik liary Mai.v* It) o te world for Cuts, Hruises, Sores, Ulcers. Salt, ii III nm. Fever Sores, letter, Chapped Hand* k hehlains Corns, and all Skin Eruptions, and ll usitively cures Piles, or no pay required. It is el jarmled to give perfect satisfaction, or money ft (funded. 1'rice 23 rents per box. For Hale si y J. IV. Posey. Ij-ly ' a Vt A few doses of Shriner's Indian Vermifuge, ot ven in time, may save you many dollars in w oney and (lie |ifh of yaur child. ?) --rPr _ I f yuu vyant a delightful smoke for f> peotf T\ y Sartor & Arthur's '41i|h Tide" cigajr. ol 1 111 Mr. Editor: There is a good deal of consent just now, upon the question that has >rung in Union, as to "Who struck Billy atterson." In answer to the question, I wish > say; "Twas not Cesar's servile minions, Nor the Lion's dreadful roar, But whisky, straight out. Struck the dreadful blow." One poet has at last come and said it was ime to quit this business, but I think there la a ittle more Si-ing and Push-ing and Rasp ing leeded yet. Must we all hold our peace and et the dreadful blows go on? I say no. Let the rocks and hills their lasting silence >reak. And all harmoniojs tongues against the evil peak. Well, what's to be done? Take the poet's adice, and stop talking and writing about it, and ake Uncle Sam's advice and pension every ;ood, clever doc'or, and old faithful soldier, md those who suffered the ku-k'ux porscouions wit h a drug store and beer saloon, and coninue the same good, clever Town oounoil in imce for years to come: Ire), the good people lad better bang their harps on the willows, ind return to Jerusalem in search of a better jountry. Wby don't the city fathers take the bull by he horns and push him off the bridge? There's irhere the power lies. There's the certificate loctor whose pen is that of a ready writer, eltrays ready and willing to give a certificate, irhetlier a man is sick, well or wants It. The aw requires that they shall be regular prnctidng physicians, in actual bona fidt attendance ipon a patient; but they tell mc that some of hem hayo not been practicing medioino for the ast ten years, and also Ihut some of them has lever (as the law requires) registered with Ulork Munro. Laws-a-massy; ain't they fit for :he profession? Why, they ought to be marchsd up to the Captain's ofbee; and the good, :lever Town council are the ones to do the inarching. Then there is the drug dootore. rhoy say they are all right, because they sell in certificates. Don't they know that everybody is not sick, nnd most of their certificates ire bogus? Then they ought to be marched up, too. Then there is the blind tiger man, with their galeenized decanters. They hare no ex:uae at all, but they just go it blind. Well, they ought to bo marched up, too. So I think he council had better issue marching orders. If they were to do so, 1 think the sick list would be mighty long. The council up in lonesville issued marching orders, and they uarcbed; and the Town council in Union has kbout the same law to back them as they have n Jonesville. So I say, forward, march. Hasp. A Voice from the Country. As the old Uncles have been discuss'ng the prohibition question for sometime, 1 hope that ;ou will permit a common Farmer to give his tpinion on the subject. I do not supposo that there is a man in the :ounty who can give positive statistics showing whether there ie more whiskey consumed in Union County (we must include the whole :ounty) now, than before the beer saloons were )pened, or whether there was more or less used n the county when Union was a dry town, than when she had open barrooms. We can only give our opinions, based upon personal ohserraftnn and wlint \rn rrnllidt* frnin valittldn OAl 1 [ nave no doubt but that the law has been and will continue to be violated. In my opinion there was as much whiskey consumed in the :ounty when Union was a dry town as when it had open barrooms, and nuye when it was itrictly dry than tliero is now. I do not include beer in the above. Anyone who lias never examined the books >f the Depots would be astonished to know the quantity shipped to Uuion, and the other Hail lload stations in the county, when Union was strictly dry. I have no doubt but that there is nore shipped to Union now, than there was hen, but there is a great deal less sent to other Depots, so the decrease in the one about balinoes the increase in tho other. Prohibition has been tried in a number ol States, and any one nt nil posted, knows that it ins proven a signal failure. It has been tried n a great many towns in this State and in 09 ;asea out of 100 it has failed. Quoting from the Southern Christian Advocate: 'We know of a dry town in South Carolina, of less ban 4,000 people, where as many as 00 liquor inscriptions arc said to have been put up by >ue drug store in a day, nnd there were more Irug stores in the same lucrative business, rhis is simply making saloons of the drug tores, and suffering liquor traffic in a worse orm, in that while it brings in no appreciable evenue to the town makes physicians the pureyors of the abuse, tempts druggists to become >ar keepers and is an incentive on all hands o cheating and hypocrisy." The leading papers of the land have abanloned prohibition us impracticable, and they of oursc represent the brain, the money and the till lire of the nation. They drop prohibition nd demanded high license, and in my judglent they are right. Let the people abandon his thing which they cannot, or at least will ot, enforce, and take hold of something which xpericnce and common reuse has shown to be raeticablc. In conclusion I chnrgc prohibition with being he parent of the following sins: 1st. It encourages some 10 violate the law by elling whiskey on the sly. 2ud. It encourages others Ip practice decepion, by pretending they are sick, when they re not, in orJcr to gel whiskey. In this I have not attempted to reply to any f the old Uncles, tut sintply to give the oplnm of n plain white farmer on this much disussed topic. I most heartily echo Brother F.li's wi-di that 1*9 Uncles, one and all, would "stop writing for lie papers." Whitk Ma*. A Fatai, Dirricri.tvi?l,nst Tuesday night bout 1*2 o'clock at L'r. C. C. Wels h store, 1C ]ile? easf. of here, Mr. Will Ulakeney, ? clerk f Dr. Welsh, was throwing dice for amusement 1 the store with Mr. Robert Perry, a well nown carpenter, when n dispute arose orer ie game. Words led to blows, and after exhanging a few licks the parties clinched and ?I1 .Mr- Ulakeney falling on lop. During a [ruggle on the flosr which followed Mr. Perry ucoecded in getting Mr. Ulakeney underneath ad while in that position the latter shot htm tth a pistol, the hall entering the heart and tusing instant death. A second shot waa fired, hich struck Mr. Robert Sims in the hand, the sly witness present, who was trying to eeprgte the comhaianls. Mr, RUkcney Is a young an about twcpiy one years of age and unmared. T|je deceased was about twenty-fiee years Id, and also a single man.?Lancaster hevietr. ova iuhday column. "Search the 8oriplures." Pray without ceasing." e "Remember the sabbath day to keep it holy." i| They hare expunged the name of God from n I the text-beeke need in the public sohools of 0 Paris. Hark! the moaning of a rising ocean, p like that which swept over fair France in a blood and flame, where atheism was enthroned j by a former generation of fools, who said in t their hearts, that there was no God. I The living church is the standing refulation ] of a caviling infidelity. The supernatural ele- < men! asserts itself in ths exhibition of a vital- { ity that survives alike the betrayal of pretend- i ed friends, and the antagonism of open foes, i Keep that element te the front. i The prayers of good women and the ballots i of free men, will effect the overthrow of the i whiskey devil in this Christian Republio. It i is safe to be on their side in the fight, and it is i Impossible to be neutral, unless you sre nobody, i Tou were betrayed into impatient speech i whon your nerves were tortured, and tho preure upon you was heavy. The grace that now i makes you sorry for it, will, if you are watohful i and prayerful, hereafter enable you to avoid i this evil. i The man who sits down and whines that pro- i hibition doesn't prohibit, is like the man who < sits down in the corner of a fence and whines 1 that his plow won't plow of itself. To say that i prohibition doesn't prohibit, is only to say that i the peoplo are too indolent to make it effective. "Thou shall love Iby neighbor as thyself," is i tbo second great commandment. Try and keep i it. Intemperance is an enormous plague, as all i admit, and all profess to deplore. What remedy ; do you advooale? Come now; 110 shirking; Every man worthy of the name will see the ne- i cessity of showiug his eolors. All childhood depends upon it, in the name of thousands annually reduced to hopeless orphauage. All womanhood demands it, iu the name of | a great procession of broken lienrls throbbing 1 to the grave.. All true manhood demands It, in the name of genius and valor and honor reduced to idiocy and shame. Let every man 1 hear the cry, as it comes up from these classes, and decide, in the fear of God, what ho will do. "Duty is ours, consequences belong to God." 1 Every man is bound to do right, according to his honest conviction based on the Dible, and 1 should not stop to enquire about consequences, 1 The exhortation and promise ie. "Tm.i :? ? I Lord and do good; bo ehalt thou dwell in lb* i I land, and verily thouahaU be fed." < I To a efiritlian roan there is no choioe bat ween < I two or more evils. He may have to endure and ] I suffer from one or all; but he mny not ehooie I either. "Cease to do evil and learn to do well;" < I and character and destiny liang upon obedi- i I enoe to the command. I Union Sunday School Convention. Mr. Editor : I beg spaco in your columns I to submit to the readers of the Union Timks a II condensed synopsis of the third Quarterly MertI ing of the U. 8. S. Convention, colored which was I held with the Bethany Sunday School on the i I 3rd. inst., in the Town of^Ioncsville. II The Delegation and Members met at 10 A. M. I The President being absent, Rev. J. II. Brown I was elected President pro ttm. The body was I called to order by the President. The opening 1 exercises were conducted by T. B. Reynolds, I assisted by the Bethany and Bethel Choirs, II which added much to the harmony of the oci I ension. After having received and duly coni I sidcred letters and reports from tho several i I Sunday Schools, the following topics were i taken up and interestingly discussed : i I 1st. Is a Minister justified in prizing his I church above his Sunday School ? Load by i J Rev. J. H. Wallace, followed by J. II. Brown , I and Elder C. II. Lee. I 2nd. Ought a Layman he allowed to supeiin> , I tend a Sunday School ? Lead by J. II. McKisI sick, followed by Elder W. Wallace nnd Elder I J. H. Wallace. j On motion of T. B. Reynolds it was voted . I that the question box be opened. The whole I delegation took an aotlve pnrt in the considers* ' I tion and discussion of the many queries depos I itod in the box for general information. [ I The missionary sermon was pleached by I Rev. J. II. Brown, from Matthew 8th chapter I 2*2 v ; "But Jesus said, let the dead bury their I dead." Hymn, 120th "Hark the Voice, Ac., II by Bethany choir. ! At the close of the missionary sermon, a colI lection was called for which was responded to , I by many of tho spectators as well as the Sunday J School members, who also contributed liberally. I The exercises were closed with singing, I "Shall We Meet Beyond the River". "May , I prosperity and happiness be the lot of the I Jonesville Ijidies" is the least we can say for I them in return for their hospitality and liberal I kindness displayed to us during the meeting of [ I the convention. T. II nitv?n.?? Sec'y U. S. S. C. - - ? I Sunday School Convention. The joint Sunday Sunday School convention between San'uc and Fish Dam townships, will meet with Gilliam'* Chapel, 2 miles S. W. ot Sanluc dopot, on Friday, 30ih April. The 1 Sunday Schools embraced in these Townships ' are earnestly requested to elect delegates and ' send them up. If any schools have not yet gone out of "winter quart -rs" it is urgel that they put on theS. S. hurness and prepare to be represented at this convention. The object of this convention, is to get the | Schools started off, in order t > make a good < showing at the coming county convention. Dis- ' tirguished speakers arn expected and every ' body invited. J. II. Kasdoli'II, I'res. J. W. Gbkooby, Seo. ^ i Now is the lime for White Washing. (Jse , AUbastine instead ofliroe. It is as easily ap I plied, and ns cheap, and will not rub iff. 1b J also a good disinfectant. Can be bad in WliilB or Colors, at FOSTER & W1LKINS. Tholhardm Sat 8o.?Mr T- W. Atkins Girard, < Kan., wirlee : 'I never hesitate to recomend , your Electric Hitters to my customers, they give entire aatl?f?nil.in and '? ? *{<! ??tl?" * trio Bitten are the purest end Leal medicine known end will positively cure Kidney end Liver complaints, l'urify the blood and regu. late the howls No family oitn afford to be ' without i hem. They will nave hundreds of dol- J lars in doctor's bills every year. >e? WSBTMOBELA C*l-IWATA To>IC ? TIlO grCSl Southern Remedy, is now put up in square amber colored quarts bottles, with beautiful lithographic label and a red metal cap over the cork, with the following imprint in top of cap : ( Westmoreland's Bros. Sols Proprietors, Greenville S.C.' 1 Bole by all Druggists at &l.(H)per bottle. Tr?B Maj B. H. Bio* Tub U510N Timbo.?I herewith inclose you opy of the Summerville Herald, sod bog you 1 fairness to publish the ports of It thoreia larked. My reason therofor simply la rep liatlon to sundry extracts from other papers lubllshed by you in the lMt three weeks ?nd Iso several anonymous publications made by 'ou as well as your own editorials, smacking he same purpose?derogatioh of the objects, inrposes and proceedings" of farmers' clubs From Jan. till now, you bare published my tpihlons of our State political situation and its nevitable sequel. You hare placed in ambush tnd insidously opened fire upou me by your lelected bushwhackers, extracts of other papers, ind misrepresenting and disengenuous oorreipondeuoe; you hare called me demagogue asserted that I had an axe to grind, assooiated me with Tillman and the Tillman movement. I never saw Mr. Tillman, never had an interview ?r a line of ooTespondenoe with him. Do not accord with him in all his published views in detail, but feel confident that the main line of his position cannot be luccessfully assailed. The "Rioe Tillman" movement, intended to disparage and deride, is s compliment, because it is made in reassertion of our ancestral rights, sanctioned by the sternnal principles of liberty established by farmers movements, and farmers movements, only, in every age of the worlds history, and cannot be gain-said, save by misrepresentation. You and your allied correspondents, having neither facts nor arguments, have taken cover under the name and folds of the banner of the Democratic party. Now, sir, let me beg you in addition to the publication of the extracts from the Summerville Hit aid to publish every platform of the democratic leaders in this State, and let the people and the world see and know. that the "Riee, Tillman movement" whioh you intend as despicable and despicable, la nothing short of a movement to carry out in good faith and honest practice the principles and declarations of these platforms. "Cheap Bacon" was thrown at me for the same derisive purpose, several years ago, but it recoiled. 1 have lived and had my being and moved among farmers, been one of them, sapported their interests without regret, and cheer. fully and in perfect faith all my life; I hare been true to them on every occasion, and they have oarried me successfully through every trial against every false and derisive imputation. A large and enthusiastic publio meeting of the oitiiens of Edgefield, noble and spirited as any on earth, distinguished even now, as they were under the successful leading of the gallant and patriotio Gary, who initiated the straight for* ward movement, and established the triumph of the democratio party, have endorsed, with spirited demonstration, Mr. Tillman's noble publio spirit and honest and manly purpose, which is to reestablish the eternal foundations of no taxation without representation, no prlvileged class, no discrimination for or against any individual or corporation, and the seem. Ingly forgotten truth, that officers of whatever grade or distinction or elevation are the iervantt and not the masters of the people. B. II. Rick. .? CouKTKafkit $2 Notk.?A Counterfeit 92 Treasury Note has appeared. Series 1880; Let* ter D; M K. Bruce, Register; A. U. VTyman, Treasurrer. It has a very scratchy appearance, and seems to be the product of a wood-cut. The medallion of Jefferson on left end of faoe of note is exceedingly poor; the pioture of the Capitol in centre of noto is a mere outline of same; the letter "y" in the name of Treasurer is a "g" incounterfeit; numbering fair; lettering in border and back poor; LEGAL TENDER on back reads LEGAL LENDER in oounterfsit; paper soft and dark, yet the note tendered at twilight is liable to deceive unless scrutinised. m .a. Counterfeit $5 Note.?A counterfeit 95 note on the issue of First National Bank of New bedford, Mass., was reoeived at Treasury Depart; ment March the 1, 1880, It is photographed, ana or the same poor quality as the $6 note of the Pacifio and Bojrlaton Banks of Boston, Mass, also of the Dedhatn end Fall Hirer $6, the oarbon print baring a washed or faded apperanoe, while the pink seal, the Treasury and charter numbers are in suoh lurid oonlrast with the blaok as to at once proclaim the note a counterfeit. The green in the border on the baok of this note is not put on with a brush, as in the foregoing counterfeits, but is printed. Treasury No. B796654, charter No. 201, series 1875, check letter B. Shs Sold Use Soul to Satan.?Omaha, Ne., April 7.?Laura Phillips, a pretty and well educated young woman from Vsliscoe, Iowa, committed suicide yesterday in a very sensational manner. She took blood from her own veins and wrote with it tlio following note, which was found on her pillow : 1, Laura Phillips, hereby sell my soul to the Devil, in consideration for whioh he agrees to give roe wealth and beauty and power to overcome my enemies.' 8he had taken a heavy dose of morphine. Iler home offered her overy comfort, but she left it and came here three years ago, and step by step she went to destruction. The cheapest and a good and reliable weekly newspaper is the Dolumbia Weekly Rtgiiltr, priceaone dollar a year. Eight pages of good reading matter. The latest telegraphic news. Keroit to the publishor, Charles A. Calvo, jr , Dolumbia, 8. C. We don't have to recommend Parker's Ilai Balsam but once.' writes Mr. C. A. Burger Druggist, of Liberty, N. Y. 'After that it stand >n its record.' It stops faling hair, restores original color, softness and gloss. Exceptionaliy. clean, prevents dandruff. - It will not disappoint you. It ia Ihe be>t trticlu known for purifying the blood and bullling up (he health and tlrength. for 26 years rysipela* broke out in blotehes on my face. I 'ound no ours until 1 used Parker's Tonio two rears ago. It is the medioine for me?E. C. II. A. R. STOKES. & CO., have just re, :eived a fresh lot of Flour of following 'irat class brandc* i Diamond I'uteut, and Free Trado. Spring Is at hand, and "loref s of the weed' will be delighted with the "May Mcmm,' lartor & Arthur's 5 oent leader. Try ?-# Just teceivsd, a 5 thousand lot of floe cigars, lavanak filled for 5 cents, at Sarter fit Arthur's. 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