ORUANiy.ATION ok til k RoANOKK ami) Sol 111k.RN
Railroad Company.? Roasokk Va.,
April lit).?Large delegations from the sections
interested in tlie organization of the Roanoke
and Southern Railroad assembled here to-day
for conference and organization. There wore
present fourteen citizens of Henry County, Va.,
uioro than thirty from various sections of |
North Carolina, and about twenty frora South I
Carolina, representing iu the nggrccato many
millions of corporated and individual wealth.
A public conference was held, lasting nearly
five hours, iu which the views of the delegates
irora lleury County and the Oarolinas were expressed.
Winston, Salem, Mocksville, l.incolntou.
Charlotte, Moresville, Stoncville, Madison,
Ashcville, Statesvillc, Wilksboro' and
Morganton, in North ''arolina, and Spartanburg,
Union, Greenville, l.ancaster and Laurens
in South Carolina, were heard through
one or more of their representatives. The
company being of Virginia origin, and all tho
Htrtl'lf t.*??u foe I I L''~*
?* ouuuiiuv; i hiring in linn
the Carolinas could participate only so far as to
express views rcgurdiug routes an<l offering in
ducemcnts, based upon the one selected.
Among the participants were Capt. Keel and
Dr. J. M. Suiitli, of llcnry County, V i: F. J.
Stone, lion. J. \V. Ilnxtnn, William Cries, A.
Leaser, W. A. (iraliatn, lion. T. D. Joiinsoii,
Dr. J. II. McAdcn, K. M. Kites, Co'. C. IP
Jones, J. II. Weddingtuii, Major S. McD. Tale
and Calvin Cowles, of Nortli Carolina, and Mr.
D. II. Duncan, II. II. Hobo, Win. Munroe. \V.
II. Ferguson. It C. Miller. I.eroy Springs, W.
D. frontlialI, \V. L. Mai len and M. F. \n<el,
of SoutIt Carolina.
A letter was read from Vice President Spen
cer, of the Kaltimoro and (?hio Itoal. expressive
of interest iti the enterprise, and nun uncing
the dcteriiuuati >n of that company to con
struct their line south from Lexington in ISsT.
The conference exhibited a line spirit
throughout, although there is evident rivalry
between Churl Ute, V an I Spar'anbiirg, S.
tThe burden of every speceli male was the
merciless exactions of the Kicluuotid A Danville
system, by which all of them are aliened,
tireat enthusiasm was manifested throughout
the meeting, and strong determination wis expressed
to rid tlu'inselves of the Kichuioiid \
Danville s exactions by building tin independent
road. Largo sums of money were offered
on those conditions by townships, towns, cities
and individuals. Many of them proposed to
give the road the right of way through their
counties and furnish money liesi les. All that
they required was that the company should be
organized on business principles and with no
room for gobbling up. W inst m an ' Charlotte.
N. C., were especially liberal in their offers,
while the representativo of one township in
North Carolina was iiuth"i 1 by bis ooiisiitucitcy
to gin lc ih- road through the township,
and also snhscrihe in individual subscription.
The meeting adjourned until
u clock.
Col. Houston intimated in his speech accepting
tlu> |> c iinii that t'ic problem to tic solved
was witli reference to getting through 'he
county of l-Yiiiiklvii. I'.nt the directors would
aid Iiiiii. ht'ho|ic<l. to surmount thit oliUncli'.
There wns un nuiiicucc ot'nearly one thous-iti'l
present, who evince.t the deepest interest in
the scheme. The meeting adjourned iiiuut
great eiithu->i'isin. with every present prospect
of ultimate success.
l>i:viiiot I sur it lit in. Fall rr Atirahnin
J. I! van. tile "poet priest of the Soulh" died a'
the I'Vnneiscin iiioii i-ti i v in Louisville on I'riilny
night. lie went to that city shout a
month ago 1-001 the t' t'liolie institute .M Heading
near I neiunati. lie became ill with or
game Lent <li?cu?c liortly alierwnrils an I
grew steadily worse, r .r several -lays proceeding
his Ie ith his inili'l wandered an I he
talki"! pitifully of his eventful !:ic <liiriug the
war an I preached Io imigiuary congrcg i
lions, lie s thsiile.l into i coni.itoso state tlie
11 ay before he died. ironi which lie never
aroused.
Father Hyatt was l orn in Virginia in 1st M.
ile was educated for the priesthood. flic war
having b'oken out just as lie was "f age. and
his brother entering the army. Father Uy.an
a'so followed its fortunes in a sacerdotal ci
paciiv. Luring llieso years he was the warm
1 riettd of I'-ishop '.'ueenland, of Mobile. At
the close of the w ir lie wes located for n time
at Nashville, and later at. ('larkisville. For a
number ef ye irs lie was at I'.iloxi. Miss., near
I'.eauvoir. the ret . t of .lelfersoii Lav's. ami
there heheeaine more closely the friend of the
ex-prte idvM of the < hife>lerney. In he
was fo ' a lime at I. >ston college and at Montreal,
and lit. - in t ie a beiure tour of the
lion iicru mains. n<' is uesi KUiwit as a Con- I
irihutnr t ? l? malm's Ma : I..ilit* !?u 1 other lrivli
atholie |icrio..'ruN ami as the audi -r of a
volume of poetry "Always in a Hurry.' Ilo
was a !_. i iiilmir'-r of I: ihcrt 11. I.oe, an<l one
of his p'iciiis is in in* the pwor-l iif the hero
general. * author j' join is on the pools brothor,
who w:> kill** 1 in battle. Hue of die iiios.
striking fiucio of the | onus ;s male a vigiiClio
for the lir i pages. 1 lie southern flag is
living ah it tin*.).i 'h the clou is id die stars an i
hotiealh runs die lo/eml. wrought into the
heavens. * T!ie w.irrinr s banner tikes it- tlight
to greet the wa rior s soul.
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IIumi:-ri:\i? l.uv The following extraet
from an ahlc clitoriul in the \ewherry C.v?
Voices our opinion of ilie homcsleail law, ami
photrs piai'i'y die almost insurmountable barrier
it estiihlishes again*'. the ireilii ami business
prospects in' young men of limit** 1 means,
although they may posses al' liie highe-t <|iia!itics
of eharae.er lor suecessfu 1 business men
Without die !I iinestea I haw a man couM ohtain
crc lii I . die extent of liis proper y s
value. There tire liumlreils of young men.
linril-worUiiiT. honest m l economie.ih who own
small | ropersie-. hut whose crdlii is worth
nothing t" itietii. They ire known to ho honest,
hut tIt *y arcku iwti to he uoirtul also. 'Their
personai iii-it- - long as they !i\e might he
perfect';, g'O i, even without tli" security of a
mortga l ot sh ul 1 t hoy .l c owing unsecnreT
debts. Ill'- ' iw - o| < in an i ?ays they shall not
lie j ?! 1 W-'h mt the Homestead I r.v a few ,
young men of -mall tin ins in a cotnuiunity ^
won! 1 he amj ! : -c airily for each other in hor
rowing in >iiov (: m die hanks or from private
parties. \< it is now. the n *( of one young i
man worth fr on -"J," to .nit, although en ,
ilorse 1 hy a 1 en otiier- oacit worth a like
amount. .1 I n t l>o e iti-i.lcre I goo I j ai er
A . . i i > i "
HII'I ? > i it ii eeie I. i Ollii'i|l!cnilV, inMc:i I '
of being lib'..* i i I rr-.v money :it a reasonable
percent.. ant buying l?. ^ linn supplies nil I
other tilings lor rash, he is Ci>ntpello< 1 to give ,
a lien on his ei >p ;n I gel Ins supplies a; a
uni-t exurb'.tant | i'; 'c or e! lie mw-t !
Cover Ins .ml with a mortgage ami even that <
?which may be u-;ar.lcl as a lo-s evil a.
between lien an I rtirage eanti t ulw iys be '
ilone. for lie cat.not a wav- fuel a private in li
velnal to leu I iiini tin annoy an I the batin
are forbiii leti by Jaw t i len I neouy n real e~
lute.
\ man - property shou'el constiiotc his basis
of cre lit 15'tl ilit- canti it be s i as Joi g :Vs
tho llwtnesie'i'l I.aw start N m the way. We be
lieve that tlie pr pie of the Mote, in their in
ilivi'litil .as well as their collective capniiiy
wotil-l he better oil vviihont the llomesteal
It is an itieiibus oil business enterpr so. especi
ally on the enterprise of the young men of the
Stale.
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Coleman. schr. Weymofh, plyhiji hetwocti Atlantio
City mi l N. V.. had been troubled with a
cough -'> tint lit- was unable to sleep, au 1 was
induct' 1 to try I?r. Kiiijj a New lu^covery for
Consumption. It not only gave him instant relicf,
I'ltl ft! I aye I tlic citrcuio soreness in his
breast. 11i? children were similarly nit cted
and a single d sc had the same happy result
in the Coleman household and en board the
schooner.
Free Trial b dtle of th.s Slunatd Remedy at
J. W. J'oaey s Drug riiore. <
SiThe ffOlechly (Arm (Timc.'i
It. >1. STOKES, Editor.
E 1* Mt KISSK K,
I .oral Editor.
UNION, UUIOAV. Al'llll. :o IS*.;.
SUBSCRIPTION ? 5S2 00 ELK ANNUM.
ADVEKTIS1N0.
All lo^ul :t'lvfrlU?,tiK*ul> a*? ?l at tlie rule <l< *
VIMIM*! I? V I .IV
t?ar? 'apt. I lios. (joiner liasjiccu re-ippoitited
Supervisor of licnistration tor litis county.
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ZxTtf" A pressure of Job Work this week has
kept us so busy that we had to neglect the
paper somewhat.
Iceil Soda Water wit It choice fruit syrups, ut
Itm-lihei' lltkery.
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UffV- A good n it* I ttiitr'y rain <atnc Weil tie
lay night, tna'iing nil things in tieM himI garden
look bright ati'l hopeful.
liev T. I.- (iirar'leaii, It. It., ?;t< instn'le'l
Pastor if tin* Second I'rvliy.ititt'i
elm: e!i at Columbia, la?t Sunday.
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Oa. The I ute-t repot-, from tlie ryeloue in
Minnesota. gives 'he niiintier of death*. ulrea'ly.
as 7"?, with many others unaccounted for or i i
very rritical rotidilions.
Wlicu you want lee Cold .Soda Water, witli
pit re Fruit syrups, no to liticlt licit s.
BFJ\- We see in the sale of ycarl-tig colts a.
I'.ell Meade. 'IVilli., hft Tne.-il'iy, that Mr. .las.
Monro of this County, purchase I a hrown lillv,
i?ter to the celebrated liiggonctie, l>y ISratnhle.
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p*-jY" t'apt. W. M. tiihbs, of die Union Hotel,
is building a convenient Itiuner House alongside
i!?? li.ii!fn.i l track, ju-t above tin- iiii!i"i'l depot,
lur tlio fuuveilience <>f passenger-' on the
run'I.
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Arctic So la Water from Tiillt's I'atent fountain.
for sale al the U.ikery.
ftajf? The owners of the eelebrnteil (ilenn
Springs, propose to commence to ileliver water
from 111?i - valuable Mineral Spring, at the
floors of the citizens of I'nioii. on iho S'li "lay
of May, aii'l every three iluys thereafter, or
oftcncr, if the patronage wilt wa ram them.
The price will tie centper gallon, au-l the
water will be fro?h from tbe spring. I?r. t?
It. Mayer, of Newberry, says of the tilen i
Springs wmer: "I cannot titi?l worils t i ex
press my conftilcnce in it as a remedy for the
liver, dyspepsia, ilropsy, certa'n skin <lisiuses,
l roubles in the ki<lneys un-l spleen, if
proiluceil by the liver, have all. as I know, il'suppearo'l
at the Springs.
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Eaeter Eloetion
At l'ie annual meeting of tho congregation
of the t'liurch of the Nativity, hcM la*t Sunday,
the following were clec.ed ollicers of the olmrcli
fee the ensuing year.
WAiti>KN.M--\Vin. Mttnro, and ' W Mcl.ure.
Vi ^.-MTMi s- It M Stoke;". .1 K Young. W M
' II Stokes
Ci.ki: i ami Tiikasi nr.tt? .1 K Young.
1 'rt k<; \tk9 to Cii.nvt'n r'on?J W Mcl.ure, .1
M (iihbs.
Ai.tkumati:??Col 1> Johnson, ) K Young.
Local Items.
The nlm<lo trees on our street, an A cspeei
ally on Main Street, aro perfectly heauitlul in
their new green garb
Wo understand there is a movement afoot to
organi/.e a base ball dub at tins p'aco, nn<l we
are heartily rti mpport with it; Me see no
reason why 1,'nion coubl not -.spoi l ' as gou?l a
club a- any other town in the State. So let ns
have a baso ball clubby all means.
Captain A II Coster has sohl Ins fine pair of
horse*.
We are informed that the number of pupils
in nttcti-louco at the Female Academy is about 1"
ami that of tho Male Academy about
l-'ishing seems to be all the rage with the
little boys in Cnion. Wc see them going towards
the Forest almost every Saturday.
A slight raiu fell here last Wednesday.
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Rain Wanted
Al thi* time the oats and wheat gave promise
of good crops, bill it is now three weeks since
we lit'l a ra'n that wouM wot the groitn<l to
l.iy the ilnst. uuil tliose crops are beginning to
want rain badly. and if they do not got it in a
few days they will be seriously injured. For
l ays the clouds have given us hopes lint they
would pour out a Messing upon 'lie fields and
gardens, but have disappoiuio 1 us. They look
now ns if they intended to givo us plenty of
rain before morning.
Fin' Flour
t Mir good friend lln/cl F. Scsife. w iio has
lately icturnod to his na.ivo town and county.
Mini i i~: in his lot with u-, occupying the -tunon
the corner oppo- to Nicholson - lla'l, whe-c
lie 'li-peiises I he g 1 l- ings of 'ife in the ?h:ipc
of solid and fancy groceries, sent u- a - ick e:
lloift- the other -lay for our "l.citer half to try.
knowing lull well that both of u? wore . i
n all things toutli>oiiie slid nice, for wi, . h we
i..ike 'ir iniisi grateful bow: ntnl alu-r giiin ;
he tlour a la;r 11 al pri noiiiice it the very U i
ii the market. Ila/cl i- n splendid, whole
muled man. w i- one i?f the "l-r.i\c-*' of the
Wacl-eih l.ight Ai Icrv, and ivc riCiomno n I
ii in to his old Comrades and nil their d cn-lint
a- worthy of tlu ir patronage. 11 i\e the \
?'. I follfcd ,1 g "I -!|W Itlg.
n. T> i - vr ? ? -
nt uiuaav ? u mgiu
W . nt -'.i. icl ! >i:iic ; m week iltnt ike l'.;v
/. in" in Im lie'ol 1" in ;lii I y Iiu* lioliiH <>f tliC
MeilmlUl rliurcli will Ik* in Nichulsoii - lliti'.
;i it 1 I lie iloor- ojn-n iii t* < iloik.
Ill ?c il u^ w ho Iriie Intel \ I'll ii :'r .!:c'l
Ivo-on ;i il l I 'Vi'.ol. i\ !i li ii -|>i ink I ij* of entitled
\i"'i: ili'.i* tlirow 11 in, :i Jiiily ilu-t. wi'l l.nve
mi oj j "i t ii nil v hi tin- I'm/.i'tr i > ci ioy i ilo1
?ill ii i'li:iii<:o, iii ilic w,iv of ro:i-i |>ijr. turkey,
('ill-ken >.iki.l, \e . wuli lee I'rc.ru .ilel Huclilicit
- foli W ilier t > top ,,U , n. 'I'lieti there
will l.e xiliie of tin- | i c 11 i i" t .i n 1 (u< -I useful
III ticlf-i for ftt'e. t'l |'ll'!l?e the inwn i ? I I ii 1
wotueii, yotitiy 1 :i I ii- - nn 1 y. on men ntul tin
mm- i u * i in- nrrici ii- -iii- i-nt an I t!i^
nlijri't lor ofiiifio up I ,i- I'u/.i.ir rommeii'l*
ii-cll to fill cla^s ut our i ii.Til* I in- i iios
n il 11* nut tliciu will ln? lots i f iln ni thai
tliey .'in' p"i'g io look liu'i pretiioM, .n 1 nil.
luiparon ilic l'i'_v* |')oiui?coii? y. If we mrr
i few teat" v Mitip'i' wouldn't we i i? f (lie
po 1 thiji^-i an J have a good liue general!;
Cut-and-driod for th Fanners
Tin; following very suspicious s'nlcniiint w.t?
published is tin* .V-" * <?'('/ 'V?ftrii-r <T Wednes- t
lay, end, front what we know, v. <_ believe it t?? j
lie true. Son f.ottr t:t; n-i ectinjt lione-t Far
ittei? ??</</ liii'l out before the emtveitlioit a 1journs,
tl. t there are inure ways <>!" < :iityittjr
measures I it: t?n*fli a legislative iis-einb!y that,
by tee holiest <I |?ii?-t vof :,rr ' f its mfirihet*.
Tltey will probably find that it t ike- v0II,,? hard
talking, some lotel speaking and considerable
experience in lite int'ieae'es of legislation, to
give a inettiber <d? stitdt a body much influence
or power in it, or even enable him to see the
.1:11 and tendency of font -ftl ibh of t he measures
be may vole upon. /' ./ intni* know tin' well
t it tit there a e more ways of k-ding a ,:(t titan
by clinl.iti;; her with butter."
The A' in owl (' jiirnr bureau has tceived
reliable information to-night that n atty "f the
delegate- to I lie l afitie >' <'oilveilttoll, to meet
IIVIV ijii I 11111?1:1 ? , lia?W IIVCII I l*?|ll 'I I'* I IO
conic i<? Columbia ahead of time I'll- ilie purpose
? ! holding a imimmh here at 1! > c'nc'i tomorrow.
?- Miii- i>r iIn- delegates liavu arrived
tins a Hit two 11, ati'l it ?uiiM appear that this
inI'ki tutut"tt i- r<?r. ( (. I Irs doe* not lank vi y
much like an ii*111o81 "Farmers* Convention.
It' it i- only a 1".irma i Convoutio i fur the
proino i'Hi <>!' the ?rjrirtilittra' iniiic- <f the
State it is e.'at: c that everything should he
rut ati'l <IrI hy a < metis of solve.cd delegates
helote the anival of the main 1 .o< 1 v.
A Falsehood Refutedli
l isceine to our ears tint some one is
maliciously repot.jug that the artic'o i i reply
to Maj. Kit e s " llcpliualion. that appeared in
tlic'l'.M .s of the loth insC, was written hy a
jret?t lent a inn connected in the least with this
otlice.
There is not a shadow of reason for the :cporl.
an I we hr.au 1 it as a despicable falsehood,
intended, we believe, to create the impression
in the f'ounly. that certain individuals in the
town tire not orly u n favorable to the hi<st iutere
s of the fariuer.s tin 1 opposed to their pseudo
friend-, hut also have control of the Count}
paper.
This paper s edited an l controlie I entirc'y
and ahsohttelv by the man whose name appears
at the head of its editorial columns. lie has
opi"ious of his own and is able to express them,
upon till proper occasions, without callitf.r oa
others to help hint. Wnoevcr of our friends
may hear the report repeated, will please pronounce
it on utnpiu'iliel fa'.ioliood, conceived
on malice and uttered in a spirit of revenge and
chagrin.
Eister Sunday
The usual impic-sivo sort ices of r.a-.cr Sunday
the chi-ln : of tlie I.eui'Oi sc a-oti?were
Conductod mi the t'hurch of the Na.'vity?Episcopal.
A hit go and devout cotig' cgaii >11 attended
tlio si" vico.s, both morning and evening.
The dceotat oils v.ctc imt si c'aboiale as we
have seen them, hut tiiey were in exquisite
t.nsio and displayed a degree of refinement in
their nfangeinetit 'hat did crctrt to the beans
ami liaM'l- of liic la-lies who planncl ami
wioii'lit tlicm. The altar, liio railing ami lio
Luc ii it ivcc j.iniuscly d'esseil in rliuicoi
flower* ami eve' .rI'tiij, '1'lic IS:*pii?ina' I'mit
w:n ln a.iiMl ii i~to ami on j?* ossivo in love ( >
tlie liifiiin y i i the laic Mrs. 11. Monro. The
lir.loic ll;h very sir>e ill-* ami I t?.i grC.ll Clflil to
M -s Sallio Monro, the eccoiiinlislioil crani- .
ami i > i'ic wli"lc cliii'r.
(iiin c t'li 11 .. Ii i Met hodi.?: wa- also i'i sulie* 1
Easter ' ess. witli brightest floral olVciiigs,
la^icful'.v ami s 1;: 11 i'i 111 y arra i ;o?l, expre-'ve
o(* tlic ilcvoii<>a a nt love nf clii i.-.-.i'i hcar.s io
ii ii win. is ilie rcsurrec 'on ami t!ie l.;"o.
l!<ith iiio i:ng ami iii;*lit the eliuri'li was
i" ovviicil w i a'levoiit ? >n . i';i.nioiis. Tlie music
wa-1 of (lie highest or>lcr. wiili a full elm'r >>' exreliant
v ice-, ami loa<i 1 ?y >'ic Mas.er hands of
Mi<"? Agnes Mill at tlit* organ. At niglii iho
I'.cv Pastor,,!. M. Carli-e, delivccl a veiv
p>ofouml >?*fin. ti t>> i'i" lav;.est ? uig'ega, ion
t'nit 1 is :i~se aided iin c ?'<>r ye r<.
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Personal Montton
Mis. M. 11. farter ami three cliihli'i of
Asheville. N aro visiting Iter pireiil.1 Mr.
and Mrs. Ii. I". Uatvls.
M>s-es Le.-sie an 1 ,1 ?sic I'arrar a re visiting
fricmls in town.
Mrs. J. I', tiagti lias rcturnc.l from an e.\tcmle.l
visit to fiiester.
I'r. W. M. Meaiior has gone to Fairfield on a
professional visit.
Mr. ami Mrs. L. I? n j!i. of Laurens, nre
visit in;; relative* ut i u is place
A. I'. MeLure c um- un i;oiu Coium'oia Saturday
an I romnu 1 Monday.
\\. II. Miller returned Ja-t Monday from
Tenia- see.
Mr* Ik Ik Nott. of r-partanhurg, is on a visit
to rel.i i\o* at tins place.
Mien lias gone to Kno.wiilo, Tennessee,
on Mii~ i iics-?.
I', Ik I'aiit and wife. Mrs. J. A. Font, I.. 1'.
Murphy an I <?. 1'. < molt left he re last Monday
for t narlcston to alien I the Floral Fair.
Viet->t s. M i c has come home i ? lake a rest.
\"ict r is a great favorite in L'ni^ii and we are
g'ad to have him among lis.
1). r ilist, l'o-tmaster :*t tlii* | ice. i- lying
|iiit * -.ok at hi* i i nher s rest ienoe in the
conn rv.
(in,-liicil. Mr. Ik i'. McKissiek, has l?een
ij'iite sick the j i-t week. Too much fishing,
we fear
List of Lottors
lieniaiuiiig in the l -t i Mice. at I nioii, S. tk.
Mrs. Xtina I'.rown l" ! ' I.ary
i ri in-lcr <i;-t i I'neti Mn-e'y
I ,:u.?.is iii!!.:nn : I Mc \nally
Siilie ' 11: i r 11 o ? ; >1 o-es Martin
! Mi?< An;- (irccr I ?V .1 ISocliP?(er
" >(*111)1 'i.<: \ '! I'.i*:iilcy
* A*lei. i'Kia r.r'il.- l>iiii*y
U I! Iu n l? ,iu* '*l>i l.i.linn? uM
I mil in (i i. J.mil-mil | iit? I. 1* Sin*.hi miiii
.IIIUK'S .IcliT ; Xll^llSt I (' SjillUli
rci-.-i, ii'.lin.' I >r :r.y ??S* tlio aSovo let lei
| '.ca.?? iv liiey air :i*Jvt*rii?(*i|. I? (' lil>l'.
I'uut Mauler. |
'I'll;.-i \i:i' >! ;> 1 I ne l?e*t l?! I ,
|i(ii.:ier an I ay.>u in re/u.a: ever |<!:ie*'l willi- !
in I lie re veil l' iilleriiijt humm. y, truly is
lileet lie l">iiiei>. In i.;: i v;: v "I i lie l.ivcr, 111 i luiis
liese. .1 1*4*1 l. I III III U i;u K 1(1 lie\!?, ' *r
any ill a* tlie u; ituiry ^r r?r <. ?,r whoever
ri*i|inreM an n(?: /.-i. twine or iiiiM stimulant, j
in ; a >v?y-liul 1 iieetric Hitlers r.e lie.?t nn*J j
>:i ; ci'il.iiu rum kii Mi. Mi'*. art Miroly Mini '
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jmitiilut.ii / ii'i.M'v ni.ii' Id S il l .it l.lty
i cents a i*wtio I'.v ' Vi . I'uM'v
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THK ROANOKE AND SOUTHERN ROAD
An enthsiustic nilrond meeting was held in
ilie Court Ilouve on the afternoon of Monday
the 5iCth inst.
The principlo ohjecl of the meeting was to
hear the -eport of the delegation sent to represent
the town at the meeting ?t Roanoke, on
the '_'"th iust.
Dr. II S lieafy, Intcndant of the town, pre
sided. Interesting speeches were made by
Messrs. Johnson, Culp atni Monro. Our del
egatioa was much impressed with tho prosper- ! 1
ou3 i\n?l enterprising city of ltoancke which 1
from nn insignificant and almost unknown rail '
way station in lias grown to be a rich :
ami growing city with a population of more '
' than six thousand. '
This astonishing development has been accomplished
by llio energy an<! push of a comparatively
few citizens, who took an active ^
part in making Koanoke the point of junction
of the Norfolk & Western anil the Shannandonh
Valley 11 II. It is the best possible illustration
of what can he acconiplishc 1 for a town and
coutity by railroads. The same thiDg may bo
accomplished for the town and county of
I nion, if our people have the will, and the
opportunity is now offered, and it will probably
be the last for many years to come.
The ltoanokc and Southern llailroad company
was organized at lloanokv on the 20th iust
This company propose to build a railroad from
the lust named city South, through the State <>f
North Carolina, with n view of making a connection
in the South and West by a line independent
of the Kichtr.ond ami Danville system.
Tlictwoinosi prominent routes proposed at
the Itoanoke Convention were as follows :
1. from Koanokc, Va., via C harlotte, N. ('.
and thence by York, Union nt:d Laurens in
South Carolina, to the Southwest. 2. from
Iloanoke, via Spartanburg, S. ('.
It must be very apparent that tlio people of
Union should advocato and /mil for, tho route
,"i Charlotte, as such a rai'road would traverse
Union County from the Knstcru boundary to
i:* extreme western limit, and in their etrort to
secure it will receive the coorporation if York,
(.aureus and other counties on this iine.
At this meeting encouraging letters were received
and read from prominent gentlemen
interested in the route via Charlotte:
and anions others a si rone communication from
the President of Chamber of commerce of the
city of Charlotte. Alter adopting the following
resolution tho meeting adjourned :
/?' -o/ri </, That it is the sense of this
meeting that the people of Union should
unite with the people of Charlotte. Yorkvillc
and I.aurcns in the construction of a railroad
front Charlo'te fin Yorkvillc and Union to
I.aurcns, and in furtherance of this pjrpose.
we earnestly request the corporators of the
Charlotte , Anderson and Atlanta Hailroad Co.,
to organize their company forthwith.
- ? -? - ?- ? - ?
Whither Aro We Drifting.
Mi:. Uuitoh : This is a question that is difficult
to answer. The laboring classes arc growing
poorer each year, goods and credit arc becoming
less, and a financial crash to ninetenths
of our farmers seems iminciit. 1 ascribe
our present deplorable condition to three
causes?guano, cotton and liens.
Four-fifths of our farmers aro buying guano
to make cotton to pay for supplies bought on
time, tiuano increases the am unit of cottou
at an equally large expense. This increaso in
amount lias decreased (lie price of cCtton until
financial ruin inevitably awaits every man who
makes cotton to buy his meat and bread.
11" our farmers were out of debt this is one
of the best times to live. All the luxuries of
life can be bought with cash marvelously cheap.
I'.ut we have gotten behind, having to draw on
our prospective crops. The merchants take
liens, sell goods at fifty percent, on time. The
farmer buys guano to tnnke another desperate
struggle to free himself from mortgage and
/?/..?, plants almost exclusively of cotton.
The end of thejycar comes, his obligations arc
met if he has enough propertyi and ho is
nothing but / in.
Mr. I'.ditor. Union t'ounty would have been
far better oil' if a sack of guauo had nevo r
been brought within her limits and the lien
law had never existed. The farmers in Union
have paid enough ftr fertilizers in the last ten
years to buy the wholo county. All other
callings in life have organizations for their
mutual protection, except the poor farmer,
(the backbone of tho world) who is a: the
mercy of every one else, having no say-so in
what he sells or buys.
Ii is said a poor thing will fall by its own
weight, and I do lmpc these farmers' clubs
&c., moans independence, mutual protection
and abetter day for the honest men of our
grand oM State. X. <?. I.itti.kioiin.
?
A l'l.noi'y Trai:ki?y.?Chattanooga, Tenn.,
A? ? i' I'll. ?A special to llie Tnnes from Manchester,
t'olfee t 'oitnty. Tennessee, gives the details
of a liloo'ly tragedy, enacted there shortly
after midnight this morning, in which l'iiitc<l
Mates Oeputy Marshal Webb I'urden of Manchesti"-.
ami a in lutshincr named ('lark were
kil'el th re other moonshiners fatally woitude
1. About ten days ago I'ur den accompanied liy
(lepuily Marshal Mitches went ?on a mi> 1 among
tSio illicit "listilleries of tiuindy County. Tennessee.
an I captured an 1 destroyed several
stills I'etween 1"_' ami ! tliis a. in., fifteen moonsliinet
r > !< it.to Manchester, determine,! to
i hove I'ur len s life. Seven broke into his
ionise tin I the balance surround? 1 it. l'urden
met liieni with a coeked revolver as they onterel.
ind a terrible battle ensued. Two moon-hiuers
fell to the l! ?or mortally wounded an I
the gang retreated, but they succeeded in 1
fatally wounding I'lir-bui. liable I as he was
he jumped lY >iu be I. seize I a double barrel
shotgun ami tired int.. the rrtrea'ing gang, and
two in ire fell ii ->ri il'y wounded. I'lttdcn then
fell dead I lie body of one of iiis victim*.
The gang earned oil' three of their wounded
coiupaiii na. A large posse is now in pursuit
| of tiicm.
- The
-'ur'i?-al .-peralion performed in tlie case
! of v-uim; Hughes. who wo.- so terribly slabbed
[ in lliehtiioti I. \ i., is said to be a revelation of
' modern surgical seienee. The man's intestines
were severe I ami protruding. The operation
eon>i-'ted in opening the cavity of the sloninclt
at the ineliiii line, emptying out the blood,
washing the bwvcls and sewing un the two cut
places in litem.
I
Pro-ton Valentino. col?rc>l, confessed In ilio i
murlt r f William Vales tieforo lite irfun-l Jury
in .\n;:u-t i ?.! on I'riday. Vales was the
watchman :it tlic yards of tItc Augusta and
>11 tninervi! < railroad Valentine In: I avoided I
arrest for eighteen niontli-. j
\\? >>in* r. hi) I < ilisiya Ionic will cure von of J
lulls oil I lever alien <|uiiiiiie tails. i.?t il.e
genuine m l t ii;v no oilier. Soi l I y all healers
111 l?rtigs ul '-0 j.cr ' ottlc.
White Man Replies to Unolo Billy.
Mil. EdiToii : 1 am attacked in a most fearless
and courageous uianuer by poor old I'uclt
Billy, who gives us a soli l column of 'jus and
only tells us one thiug, and that is, that 1
White Man, am a barkeeper ! 1 do not know
who Uncle Billy is neither do I care, but when
ho says I ain a barkeeper he is about as near
the mark as when he says prohibition prohibits.
I did not expect a reply to iny article, for I
upposed that any one could sec that 1 was not
n partisan for either wet or dry. My position
? </? and i.i, if you can make Union dry, do so,
uid no one will more earnestly wish you (<od
speed than White Man ; but if you cannot make
it dry, step aside, and let others try their
methods.
You have had four years and you have no
reformed a single drunkard : you have done
but one thing, and that is, you have deprived
lie town of its barroom revenue. When Union
was strictly dry I saw f>"> gallons of whiskey
unloaded from one train. That is stopping the
<alc of whiskey with a vengeance.
Uncle Ililly. why eli?l you not stop the business
when you i.ad it in your own hands ?
Why ? Because you could not, and neither
can you now. I do you tlie justice to believe
that you arc sincere in your opinions, but. sir,
you should not think because I ompresumptous
i?) enough to have an opiuion of my
own, that 1 am of necessity a bar-keeper
or cnuncctcd in any way with the sale
of whiskey. 1 am supported in my opinion by
the Southern Christian Advocate and the Examiner,
two representative raligious papers of the
South and North, aud by the Philadelphia
Times and a host of other leading secular
papers. By what and by whom are you supported
? You say that 1 am your enemy, do
you also say that the Southern Christian Advocate
is an enemy to the Temperance cause ?
Why did you not notico the extract in my article
from that paper ? We occupy exactly the
same position.
When I said that there was inoro whiskey
ouiu <11 v.111uu uiivm it un eirivtijr ?irjr niuii
when it was wet, I meant that statement to ininclude
the whole county.
1 atn personally acquainted with men in
Union wiio were never known to keep whiskey
about them until Union became a dry town,
then they ordered it by the keg and would stay
on a drunk for weeks at a time. That is proof
positive that it is an injury to the county to
have Union dry. Uncle Itilly might rcp'y that
the great benefit to the county was in stopping
the sale of whiskey to the lower classes. That
is exactly what 1 hoped for, but I was sadly
disappointed. In a week after Union went dry,
I sent my wagon to town: my wagoner, ta negro)
got all the whiskey he wanted, and too
much for his good. And I have never known
a negro fail to get it when he wished to do so.
Undo Bi'ly wants proof that prohibition does
not prohibit. I.ook tit Union when Maj. Steedman
was luteudaut. Then it was called strictly
dry, and I veuturc the assertion that there
never was a day during his administration
when any one could not have bought 100 galInno
;r I... t-n.1 l <!.? I
.. v.. ...V . UV.1IVJ. . J.ViliM
sonic of tlic ]>urcst ami best men in Spartanburg
say. before prohibition was tried there,
that they would vote for it, but they knew beforehand
that it would prove a failure. Since
trying it they are more confirmed iu the opinion
than ever, that prohibition <for* not prohibit.
The editor of the Spartanburg ll> rui'/ iu a recent
editorial, admitted that prohibition was a
signal failure there and that lie was fa<t coming
around to high license. In Laurens it is the
same. 1 suppose these three arc fair specimens.
In Kansas prohibition is admitted to be
a failure?at least that is what I gather l'roui
the statements in the Philadelphia ami N. V.
papers.
In conclusion Mr. Editor, allow nic to say
that I had not the remotes tide i of being dragged
into this discussion, and I do not intend
noticing auy reply to this. 1 hope that t'ncle
Lilly will learn thatymtlenini can differ from
him iu opinion and still not be in any manner
connected with whiskey traffic.
I know a number of the most prominent and
respectable people in my section who hold the
same views that 1 do iu regard to this question.
The young men of the town, belonging to the
best families,?men who never drink?tell me
that this thing has failed and that in the future
they intend acting for themselves, and not be
led any longer by a set of old fogies and
cranks.
To test your sincerity, Unelo Lilly, I make
you this proposition: If. in your next, you
will sigu your real name, then the editor is
auiiiuri/A-'i iu oiuiu imiueuiaici.y umicr your
name the real name of While Man. Now let lis
sec if you will slill hide your brilliant intellect
beliiuil the cuphoneous now </. plum? of I ncle
Hilly, or whether you will come forward like a
man and avow your principles oponly.
\V ii i rr. M ax.
Jonesvillo Dots.
Mil. Knnoii: I'crhaps a few words from
.lonesville will not prove altogether unintercs'iug.
Some of mir farmers havo finished planting
and we arc much in need of rain at j aesent.
The prospect of a grain cro|>, particularly the
oat*. is flattering, if we got rain in a few days.
There is a larger area sown in oat j this year
than usual.
< ?n Saturday morning last, Mr. Thomas
tinnier, of this place, was attracted by crows
near his house ami walked out with hi-- gun
and thought he had come upon a large hawk or
owl. lie shot and brought the varuiint to t lie
ground, when to his utter astonishment, lie
found it to lie a largo grey eagle, measuring,
from tip to tip, six lcct. by live inches.
M o regret to slate that llio beautiful and high
accomplished Miss Mattie Mel'lair, Governess
of l?r. ('. I?. ISoweSl. of this place, left for her
home in Wulhftlln. on Wednesday last, i>u>*iiig
her short stay with us siie made many near
and dear friends who greatly regret losing her
so soon. ?> u ii.'d imped thai some of i lie gallant
young men among us might have indued
tier to slay among u- as a citi/.en, ami we are
not altogether without hope.
The Second Quarterly < 'inference of Jones
villo Circuit convened with New Hope " hutch
ourth Sahhath in tin- month, presided over l>y
ho ltev. S. M. Jones, 1). I", 1'. I!., who
readied a ino-t excellent sermon fiom the
ir-t Kpistle tiener.il of J ihn, "nipt II, l;*?
I.ovc not the world etc. Aunts.
April ]?to.
Oar Sunday Celumn
Tl*e lluly Spirit is the Agent iu every real
conveiximi. lie is uniniprccnt and ouinipolent,
an-l e m therefore reach you and save ycu
anywhere. at any fiuic and uiuler any cimini
stance-', if you resist hiut not. In tho luce of
such a fact, 'fyou a"C 1?>>t at all liniv deeply
y it wi'l he lo-t.? E.<cua.ii/".
Von accept tiic fact ihaCtho sotting of a disl ocatcl
lirnli must be attended with pain. but think
the renewal ami vc-a'ljustnient of your spiritual
nature may be affected painlessly The New
Testament takes m'iffe ot view?and all genuine
religious experience accords therewith.?
FUzyrald.
No. to preach a docrine is. in one sense, to
preach its opposhe. To keep dnctwua! Christianity
out of the pit'nit is to sow the pews with
doitriual inhde'ity. ? Christian Inirx.
What :s done when ott'y a pa"! of the cltu.eh
tiicnhership aid in a revival shows what wou'd
be aceotnplished if al' would do so.? Ft :yrral>l.
To believe a th'tig on sullic'ent testimony, is
as teal as seeing it.? 'I. IK. Smith.
Sunday t ail road tr .ins, and Sunday newspipers',
mean a sceula'i/.ed Sabbath itt th:s
couutry, as long as lltey are continued. Let
titauagcrs and stockholders think of this.?Fxrh'tii'/i.
Noth:ng you do for Jesus Christ is too stita1'.
Wo want to-day men and women who arc
wil'ing to do. 1 suppose if these reporters h id
been living in the days of Mary, and heard oil
the streCis of Jerusalem that she hail broken
that alabrsicr box upon Hint, they would rot
have thought it wor.lt noticing but it lias out
live?l anything else I*iat look place then. If
i!?cy hud seen that widow cast those two mites
into the treasury ot'tiic Lord, tliey wou'd have
said: "There will bo 110 one in Jerusalem that
will cave I'.r that. * But see; Kifehtccn centuries
have rolled away, and ihat story had outlived
anything eNe that occutrcd there. ? Mr.
Mooifi/.
Secsi thou a niaa diligent iti his business?
he sha'l and before Knign he sha'l not sta'ul
hefotc mean men.'' ? /?////? .
Who eau tell what is lisle or what is ' 'eat ?
When the rich men \ve>e casting tueir g:l';s into
the treasury, the Lord said of the widow's two
mhos: "Of a troth I say unto you, that this
poor widow luUh cas, mi nore than you all."
It is 111 e motive that gives dtgnny and woiihto
nci'oti, and the heart performance of life's little
dut'es is of gre .t valco in the s:glit o" the
Lord.?E
When 1?i-. Johnson was asked why so many
litciary men we e iufid>'s. ho answetcd: "l?ccausc
they a*e igmeant of the Bible."'
If on'y the money which is spent in the
saloon", in dctianec of law could lie availed or,
it would abundau ly sullice to relievo all the
intent* i * nf t 11 n nAmtililttir V nitil flirt I uieln. mm
would not be einha as.sed it p ovM'v? means
to sustain our many chara able invitations,?
Jos/ma Jiai/'i/.
"Heboid a sower goedt forth to sow," is t tie
of every human bc'ng entci iug the new yc..i\
Let no inn 11 f't.'e tn.e ltis influence. He is not
a me' e mechau'c, he is a sower. The universe
is 1'u11 of gems. A s d look, a word, has the
gcrmina.ing princ'p'c as much as n kernal of
barley. What we hide, we plant. It will come
up. The e is no dead thing anywhere, 'ih)
very carets sw.fins with myriad lives, l>eeuir
e men fo get the gcrtn ilun waits in every'.liiug,
ney talk ahou. t' "tile and tlo not sec the
S?a.c prison in the s?roke of he pen which is
to get them out o. empo,-ury 'rouu'es. "I will
make it tdl rigl i bo "9 e it is found out;"' he. it
is l'ouiid otii when ii is done, and they wiH
make it al* tight wlu i they can make a new
universe.?Xioii* //
llogcnera-ion is a tho-o.'gh. a ;ea' change.
The l.ord (io l makes the creature a new ere. iere,
n* the gohlsadlh tucks down tlie vc sol of
dishonor, ami ma'es it a ve-sc' of honor. Man
is, iti respect oi'It's spiii.ual 8.etc, fthogethcr
disjointed by lie 11: ever / f.cu'ty of lire soul
is, as it we'r, d:s'oc. ed- in regenera ion the
L >rd loose.h cvety jo'nt, and sets it right again,
11 is a change into 'he 'keno -a of (lod. Jivcryihingtliitt
genera os, generates us like. Tito
child bears ttio i rago of the parent; and they
ilint ii e bur i of Cod he ? ' It's iuiago. It :s a,
iinivers.l change: a'l things became new. It is
a bled leaven that 'envo is t'-e whole limp, the
wlio'e spirit nti'l smtl a id body.? Huston.
?
S.imm ry o.' News.
Me. John tlii'.lin of Spar anbu g County,
recently t\. tight a carp which nieasitrcd -I
inches in Icngi i, I t inches in cireunil'ciciice,
and we' he. tl poundis.
tVu'k w " lie rin o i the < linrle^ ..11, < ic nil:ii
and Cirerpi li:i:'-ua<l. hetween Yorkviile and
ISock II M, ;n a very tow days.
lucre v.n an u' I I?'i 11 I nc >o :n Mei'miniek
ilio oilier day, who said lie was s>:j yon old and
had Hht grandchildren an I 50 grcal-y uudehihlren.
The engineer of the Wcs cm. A 'antic and
Oree iviOo Na> ,,?nv <inn ^e. has loc i ed the line
ii where it inlet ec.~ the t'o'umbia and (ireetivil!c
Inc.
The I . ttk Ande. on gold ni'iiu in Anderson
i 'ontity is be n ' sncce?sl'u'lv worked at p ecu..
Some rich nuggets of gold have been taken
from ii iceemly.
The new (own ? >. ??. ' of KJgclieM havo
fixed ihe i'. ense ai .S'.IOii. l'lio liiieii.iuut will
leceivc an auinin' .hi'-y of 10 heroa icr.
Those will be a reunion of Company K.. l *>th
Soiiili Carolina Volunteer-, at McC't. iniek Somo
nine i'iis biniMiu r.
K il?i Wsml'aw. an oM < oloreil woionn, died
near (in enwoo'l last v.to!; :?i the > 1 \iiI
n?y - f loo yea's.
Arr.m 'fiioiii"-' arc lu lu/ nut lo f?iItc In>U: 11;
of it la-/ I; r at Ninv.y-Si \ in August.
The jncliiiiiii.'iry mirvey of (lie I'oluiiiliia,
Newberry a;i?l I atircit- liailrottd will Boon be
commenced.
filename >0 South linnii'lni v avenue llic
iic.v boulevard reivntly <>|i?'iic<l in Aikmi, lifts
Scon cliaii :? I lo "boulevard Coles.'' in honor
o|'('a|ii. itscar Coles, of the Highland I'urit
Hotel.
Mr. J. .V. U t i le:), of Spatlanltiirg County.
I an' 1 ill beiii i''t i |)oinol< of Mill-. aired I b iCC >
to Ashevillo ! > !' m.U :niij jv f?-w >11ys a ^ > n
ccivid llie iiiall >iim of m 1 II for ilic lot.
Mr. Joint Kliiiieliitri: of K Ige.tebl foitn'y
raises cat lot Mnlfcs limn H to 1 ? feci high.
It is s tiil tlint it joint stock cum| any is being
fornicil nt i 'on way lor ilie |>iu'|io.sc of | tit-11?It
ma a new iiowupKpor there, to bo culled llio II >
J ah/. It is bii it I t lint $l,'JUO hits been subscribed
111 snares >! tea iloi'ur.".
Mr. Robert T. .laynrs. nf NVnllin|!a, lias bcc i
l'Ii'CUkI In a 111 rt .? I lie Literary Socntica f iliu
Nut I it It corgi* Agricultural I ollcgo of 1> ill ! tic i.v
i-a.. ru it cuiiniieiK'iMiii'iit in June.
\ ThMl'KHAM i: SLKVK i:
Will In; !? ! I in llii; Ilaj tial ('liii.t-si
next .^iiutliy ( veiling, it u'eluc!*. ami
everybudy la coidially luvilcd.