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5? lie twlccltln olmon ?imcs. K. M. STOKES, Editor. E. P. McKISSICK, Local Editor. UNION, FRIDAY, MAY 14, 1880. SUBSCRIPTION?82 00 PER ANNUM. ADVERTISING. All legal advert isctucuts arc published at the rate described bv law. rosiomce Hours. The following will he the time for opening anil closing this office. The post Office will be opened at t> a. in., uinl close at ? p. m., sharp. Parties wishing their luail must he here by that time. The mail for both Kust ami West will close at 1.30 p. m. The mail will he taken from thcstreetbox.es at 1 p. 111., for both trains. Mail for Horseback routes should be dropped in the office before 7 o'clock on the morning of departure to have prompt dispatch. DAVIDC. GIST. P. M. E. .1. Arthur, Ass't. We have been informed that a barn on I the place owned by Mr. Albert Means, about 8 miles above this place, was burned Inst Thursday, but no particulars could be obtained. 8?S^? We are informed by the School Commissioner that the Stato Hoard of Examiners have changed the time for examining teachers from January and July to the first Friday and Saturday in April anil October. I ,nst Saturday morning as five negvoes 1 were crossing l'acolet Hirer, near Mr. J. C. Furrar's farm, the host struck a snag that was hidden by the swollen stream and upset. Four men in the boat swam out, but nn old woman named Susannah Simcols was drowned. Her bodv had not been rcmverotl I ing. ? ? ? Messrs. Green llros., have commenced delivering Ice at tko residences of our citizens. Their prices areas low ns they can possibly afford i'., and their delivery wagon is a great convenience. They deserve the support nud encouragement of our pcoplo. Give it to them liberally. On our first page will be found No. 3 I of "Iteminiscences of the Macbeth Light Artillery.'' These "reniinisceuccs ' arc becomiug more interesting and exciting with each number. On the fourth page will be found a condensed account of the terrible massacre of sixty policemen by a mob of foreign-born Socialists and Anarchists in Chicago. ho most ingenious, convenient and I raliable machine wc have ever seen is now used by the bank in making fractional change. It will produce any amount of change, from 1 cent up to 9b cents, by just pressing a knob at the figures indicating the amount you require. It is sure fire every time, never makes a mistake, and is <|Uite a tasty little machine. Ifyou'llkeep your hands in your pockets, perhaps the otliccrB of the bank will permit you to go behind the counter and see it work. JJttf If you wont to see something new that you never saw the like of before, call ^n at our * frtd^p Xat^Vus O. Youifg s and ask him to show yoti bis self-measuring oil tank in which he keeps his celebrated "White C"' oil. It won t be long before the face of a clerk will be strange in the land; when a merchant will sit at one end of his store, nnd as a customer comes in at the other and asks for an article, even any o,uantity of on article, he will touch a spring and lo! the article will appear upon the counter carefully wrapped up; and by touching another spring the merchant will receive the money and seud back the necessary change. Goods wiil be ordered from New York or any other market, delivered and placed in the store, in the same way. Now for a machine that will write editorials, set type, &c., when editors ond printers ore Bick or lazy, and collect subscriptions promptly. When that time comes?well, wo won't want it. Temperance Lecture. A very large and attentive audience greeted ltev. II. F. Chrietzberg at Nicholson's Hall last Wednesday night. After prayer by ltev. C. T. Scaife, Iter. J. M. Carlisle in a few remarks introduced the speaker, jvho stepped to the front of the stage and delivered one of the best speeches upon the subject of temperance that lias ever been delivered in Union. ^Mr. Chrietzberg is a bold and fearless mlvocate of prohibition, and it is hoped he has produced a profound impression upon the people of Union. ??.?-a The Ladies' Bazaar. The bazaar held in Nicholson s IIhH lost week was one of the most dhlightful and. we may add, successful social gatherings ever held in Union. This was naturally expected, from the proverbial energy and fine taste of the ladies who inaugurated and ufanaged it. * \ The attendance was, large and composed of iTfg lntetilgnrrWuTTen. of the town. The young ladies were consdicuous for their beauty, modesty and diguiiy of department, and tho young men bore themselves as gentlemen worthy tho favors of the moat refined social circle. The Ilazaar was also a pronounced financial success. Every article was disposed of at fair pricas, and the amount realized was quite a respectable sum. ???. A Delightful DrinkOur enteprising caterer to the refined tastes of the citizens of Union,'Mr. J. Q. Euchhcit, lias collared us in the street twice within the past week and unceremoniously introduced us to his 8oda Fountain, coolly ordering the machine to turn out the most delightful drink it could Tiroduce from its arctic rHurmiinn Patiently we awaited the outcome, and when it did come, it was something new, delicate in flavor and delightfully refreshing; and lie I called it a Milk .Shake. It didn't make us shake a bit, but made us l'cel good all over. Mr. Iluchbcit understands the business of tickling the palates of the people, and says he can mako about twenty city Summer drinks from his Soda fountain. lie is fixing up a room in rear of his store for an Ice Cream Saloon, where ladies and gentlemen may privately and quietly enjoy a saucer of Ice Cream and cake in the same style and comfort fls >1,ey Jo in ,1|C most respectable city saloon,. Mr.' BdChnJ.1 if tb? right m*n iu t^e right place. Extravagance of Farmers. T "It 18 fashionable to talk of tlio extravagance among the farmers of thia State. We imagine it wotthl be difficult to point out where tlio extravagance is. If any people in the world live 0 close anil hard the farmers do. Very few peo- v pie in other occupations would be satisfied with r the food, lodging and general living of the aver- ^ age farmer, or with tlio amount of cash he handles during the year. * * The above wc extract from an editorial in the Greenville Daily News. It has a very plausible ^ sound, nnd will, no doubt, tickle the fancy of a 0 certain class of farmers who never apply the '' economical truth that "a penuy saved is a pen- * ny earned," in their form operations. But we v have no desire to tickle the fancy of any one, 0 preferring to tell the plain unvarnished truth to 1 our farmers; ami while we do not presume to tell them how to farm, we are not so blind as to f be unable to see, almost daily, wherein they are * extravngant. In the tirst place, we see their P extravagance in the large quantilica of hay and fertilizers they haul from the stores, for which 8 they pay high prices in cash, or its equivalent, 0 when they could produce the same articles on a their farms, if they would, anil put the money I they cost into their pockets, to buy other neces- P paries,'which they purchase on liens at extravagant lien prices. That is one reason why farmers I in this region have to "live close und Intnl.*' * The last sentence in the above extract is easily 1 explained. Every other occupation but the * 1 1 f.!?| A 1 II lifti 1I1VI 9 \tvuiuauo icu iiuuia ?uuu laiuillll WOTK for six days in the week, every week 8 in the year. Do farmers give that amount 0 of lime in labor on their farms ? Ask any 0 farmer if he docs, and he will tell you n that not one farmer in lifly gives over eight ^ months nctual labor to his farm in a year; many of them not that. Would not every man of every other occupation have to "live hard and close" and with poor food and lodging, and handle but little cash, if they closed their stores or other places of bueincs and stopped work four months in the year? What would become of the Greenville AVtrs if its nblc editor and his printers only issued a paper eight months in the year ? At the end of the year, we think, our respected friend and his employees would be as bare of cash and be living as "hard nud close" as the poor fanners he speaks of. Instead of making out imaginary cases and comparisons, calculated to create discontent and trtvy among the farmers, we prefer telling them of their faults, as they appear, and encouraging tbetn to be equally as economical and constant in their vocation as those of other businesses nro compelled to be; fully assured that only in that way will they ever bo able to live easier and better than tbey now do, and "handle" more actual cash during the year. See resolutions passed by tho Farmers' Convention. Not long ago we met a farmer in town loading his wogon with hay, and seeing anoibur of his wagons standing near, loaded with fertilizers, we took the liberty of askine why lie did not mvp his own liny end make most of hit* manure, to ] which he gave us the laconic auswer: "I in too i d?d lazy to do cither. I wouldn't sow oats if I I could help it; it is so hard to get any ono to . cut them at a fair price; and the niggers are like myself, too lazy to do anything hut work a j few weeks in the cotton field. After that crop 1 is made we all go fishing till cotton picking ] time, and then we put the worr.cn and children ] to work." lie lias since confessed to us that i ( ? w?u? ?t it an i?fcupfo cut vntf ~?im 11, 'I there was enough gross laying dead and wasted i on his farm to feed his ten hoad of stock a whole ( year, if it had been saved; and he believed he i could make two hundred good two-horse loads of first-class compost manure, if he would employ the time and trouble to do it, "but," said he, in language more forcible than Sunday-school *alk, "you can't get the niggers to work this year for next year's crop, and I can get more manure out of one load of bought fertilizers and ono day's hauling than I could out of a ' month's work in saving and gathering trash for a compost heap." That was hia logic and idea of economy. That man's manure and hay costs him about $200 a year, and he could save onehalf of it?allowing liberally for fertilizers to put with his compost?by working one !month after the crops were laid by, or at odd times when be could not work in the crops; but, as he acknowledges, he "is too d?d lazy;" and that's the reason why farmers don't handle more cash than they do.? AVe are now getting to be an old man, and have worked honestly for a living since we were thirteen years of ngc, but we have never found the man who could idle away one-third of the year and make a respectable support for him?o1f nnrl fainilv. Siin.li m?m ??? w?.. ? .v . ~-w- ?VI* Utv J'UUI and in debt. Cross* Keys Soroly Afflicted. Wo sincerely sympathize with the people of Cross Keys Township in the sorrow and anxiety tbey are called upon to sutler from the severe sickness of three of their best and most highly rospecled citizens. Mr. Wesley Itollis has been prostrated by n stroke of paralysis through the whole of the left ' ItOe of tnMy y ST% glad to twm la now walking aboids although very feeble. Mr. I>. II. Sheldon has been lying very sick for some weeks. j Mr. Seaborn Dillard is suffering very intensely from a cancer on his tongue and face. These gentlemen are the most intelligent and prominent men in that Township, and their sickness is quite a calamity to the citizens. May flod in Ilis wisdom and mercy restore them to health and usefulness. Personal MentionMessrs. William Munro, I. G. McKissick, D. Johnson, Jr., and J. C. Wallace bavo tronc to Columbia to attend the Supreme Court notv in session. Wc are glad to sec our youug friend. S. M. Rice, Jr., once more on his feet again. He has just recovered from an attack of the measles. Mr. Carlisle, of Spartanburg, came down last week, on n visit to his parentis, Rev. and Mrs. J. M. Carlisle. K. II. Gibhes has gone to Columbia for a few days. Hugh S. McLurc has returned home from North Carolina. Miss Louise Oldham, of Greenwood, is visiting Mrs. T. C. Duncan. Mrs. W. G. Rice, of Abbeville County, accompanied by her daughter, Miss Agnes, is visiting relatives in this County. Miss Mamie Ray, of Laurens, is on a visit > to her sister, Mrs. R. W. Harris. ^ Miss Nellie Harle has returned home , in Morristown, Tennessee. j r I he Farmer*' Convention Wc are advised, on reading the comments of number of our S ate exchanges upon the proecdings of the Farmers' Convention, that those rho do not throw up their hats and shout hurnli for tho notions of Farmer Tillman and hi* ullowers therein assembled, will be placed in he ranks of "cranks," "I told you so's," &o. Well, we suppose we musfc submit to the very loubtful humiliation of being placed amoog one if both of tlioso classes, for.joutsde of what we lave been preaching to the farmers of Union or many years?a better sy&leta of farming? ?e cau hardly agree with any of the propositions f the Convention, as presented in the resolu ions adopted. Tillman took possession of the Convention rorn the start, and kept it to the end. He is rvidently magnetic, if he is not polished in apicaronce, and he is bold and aggressive; but wo avo not come under the influence of hts pevonal magnetism, nor can we subscribe to his nc grand hobby of an agricultural college, pure nd simple, the support of which will increase he burden of taxes now so grievously comilaiucd of. The establishment of such k college, similar o those of Michigan and Mi4Usippi, would inolve aa outlay of 8100,000 ot 5150,000 in the mrchase of lnnd aud the erection of suitable luildings to begin With, while a tax of 550,000 , year would bo drawn from tho farmers cxclu ively, by an indirect tax of fifty cents per ton n fertilizers. Aud, further, it would bo eight r ten years before the fotvyts could derive more benefit from it than they now receive rom the State Agricultural Department. We are opposed to a Constitutional Convenion, from an ecouomic standpoint It would ost the State not less than S10C.000, while all ho objectionable clauses in tho rresent Consti utiou could be eliminated or ntueuded by a rote of the people nt a general election without incurring any extra expense. If tho Farmers' Convention had formulated the changes to be nndc, we are confident tho next Legislature vould have put them before tie people for their endorsement at the next electien. If the farmers would or^auize themselves into County and Township Clubs, encourago their ions to join them and listen to and participate n their discussions upon faming, consider the jest aud quickest system to bo adopted for gcting out of their present difficulties, and help ;ach other to enrry out that sjBtern, they will loon be in a oondition to iudulge in such luxuries as Colleges of any kind: but they cannot lo it now. After looking at it from every point, and with i sincere desire to give it a favorable reception, sve honestly believe that the educational project >f Mr. Tillman would add at least two mills to do taxes 01 iuc oinic, mourning uic inaircci ax upon fertilizers, which wouhl bo paid by he larmers alone. We. however, are glad the Couvention was icld. It has denied.-?nafc|Auklly tho charge of corruption and extr^^^^fc in tho State Government: it has the State Agricultural Dcpar^illefiyeoman work in the interest ofn -lias enabled many of the mostk of a proBperoua Farmers in the StjW*1? ti(^^^^Bhcr and compare notes upon t-K lll? present depressed condiiionerate 80^^^^^Lnterests, and f the sdggestioEj^ P^^^^^^^are^neigeLctuiy flexed "upoifny Ino committee appointed to or|^^^^^Hdty Farmers' [Hubs, the work of the will result in much permanent good. Local Work on the burnt djnd^^^fRiamcncod. Several new residenc^^^^Hm be erected in this place. Dr. L. ?. Mendor'fc^Ji^^^B'hought an improved Morria^lPfntttfcinvwhich cost him flGO.OO. It is onegrf the aeeattnd one of the most complete contrivanoeaw?^Bnvc over seen. 1 i A patient **n be placed 'in ^Imost any posr tion conceivable, and it is tell worth the trouble tfegoto the Dr's office ktid. look at it, it wjty tempt you to have your*meth fixed. For. your Bill Heads. IdwDceds and en^ vclopes, go to the Times oflice, where you can get them at New York pi-ices.,**^ * Governor Thomson has refused to grant a pardon to Long & CrawforcUtir felling whiskey at Jonesville, for which thby>rWere convicted and fined $200 at the lost term if Court. Mr. F. 0- Trefzer has sliowl hns one of the prettiest breastpins we have ecu in many a day. It is made of gold in its c tide slate taken from a rock found at the West (bid Mine. Mr. Trefzer lias made a very uniqie breastpin out of the gold and it is quite nJ curiosity. lie will be glad to show it tl any ono who wishes to look at it. Jonesville, S. G\, tmy 8th, 1880. 1.0it0r union times.? me impartiality witli which you a\low all aid cs of questions of pulilic interest to be heard through yoit cofumns is recognized by your friends as au {exhibition of a liberal spirit, worthy tlio progressive nge in which we live. Though it is naL, known definitely where you stand on tho 89. College question, it is natural tv sapp??^ jjBvoui' sympathies aro with tho College, an4yet you have given the opposing forces a hearing through your paper. Will you be so kiud as to give the following extract from the ,9<?^in/-? vuri?tt<rn Advocate to your readers, and ask any who may feel competent to do so to attempt mi answer to the objections therein stated? Points Made Against Free Tuition It is well that people boar in mind some points well sustained by the opfcdnqnts of free tuition in the South Carolina Coritye: 1. It is an injustice to the deiiomiuational colleges that the State, entering- tin to competition with them by putting its institution on the same footing as to standard and. requirement, should sustain the State Collcgo upon the taxes collected to a great extent from the friends and patrons of these church colleges. 2. It is wrong for a State, that does not allow its common schools an average of three mouths, to use the people's money in providing a few schools with collegiate instruct an for nine months. The State of South Carolina expends between two and threo dollars a head upon the poor man's illiterate children, anA between one and two hundred dollars for rtuJw young man attending the South Carolina College. 8. It has been clearly shown that this free tuition measure is contrary to the letter &od spirit of the Constitution, as well as to'justice, common sense and sound policy. The persistent effort to force if en the people looks like an attack upon the usefulness and etcn the very existence of the d^emmatlonal colleges- Lot these pointe be remefebered, with the additional fact that they have been neither disproved nor answered by the oth|r side, Shriner's Indian Vermifuge is plrfeetly safe end easily administered. It is oheat^ud will give Try j Unole Billy's Kejolndtr to Whits MobMr. Editor?'White Man' seems to have been very much chafed by something in my last article. I am glad to offer the amende honorable by removing the ground of displeasure. My offense consists, it seems, ia my styling him (Whito Man) a bar-keeper. He says, "poor old Uncle Hilly gives us a solid column ol gas and only tells us one thing, and that is, that I, White Man, am a bar-keeperNow that is about the only thing that 1 did not tell him. Reference to my article will show thit the term bar-keeper does not appear in it; nor any word like it, as applied to "White Man." I placed him on the side in whose interest he wrote, and declared him, by his writings, to be an enemy to prohibition. There he put himself. I am persuaded that While Man is at heart right, but his logic is all wroug, and is leading bim astray. I am hopeful of his conversion to our sid,e when he considers the subject more thoughtfully, and shall count his coming a real gain. There is merit iu White Man, and I shall regret to see it wasted in a bad cause. I call "Whito Man's" attention to a gross in justice lie lias done tbose of us who have been toiling for prohibition. He says, "after four years we have done but one thing, and that is, deprived the Town of its bar-room revenue." But one thing! Let us cast up the account and see if the arithmetic of our doings agrees with your reckless ussertions, sir. Here arc some things we have done: 1. We met the whiskey party at the ballot box?the battle field of patriots?and routed it, horse, foot and dragoons. 2. We captured and fined, or scut to board with Col. Lipscomb, in Columbia, many offenders against the law. 3. We made the town as dry as a powderhorn. Even the doctors dared not give a certificate for whiskey unless in actual attendance on thoapplicaut at the time, as his patient. 4. We had at one time the whole fraternity of liquor dealers in 'limbo, ' white and black, bell-weather and all. They were bound for Lipscomb's hotel ; but on their honorable pledge to sell no more and a snug sum in the town treasury we pardoned them. 5. We raised by fines for breaking the law a revenue better than the one you suggest, viz: Copartnership with the dealers, by taking high license fees as the town's share in the traffic. 0. When we saw that the strategy of the enemy, now defeated at the ballot box, was to over-ride the law, through councils that were to be the creatures of their owu making, we procured the enactment of a law by the Legislature forever prohibiting the traffic in our town. That ot itself is more than your "one thing." In the meantime, dealers having made their own government, saloons multiplied nnd whiskey flooded the town. Drunkenness and other shameful conduct became so common that you could sec men lying in gutters nnd gullies of the town any day, while back of the saloons they were piled five or six feet deep at times as I saw often. Then we moved on the traffic again. 7. Result, consternation in enemies' camp. 8. Disappearance of drunkeueis and loud and indecent language in the streets. 0. We have a goodly number of names who tostcd the white and red wine, whose persons K" "d ,'tfty at the ?*?sm Yet you say we have done nothing. Yob are not'sufficiently posted, and you owe tho citizens of Union, who are behind us, an opolegy for your misrepresentation of their efforts. In addition to the above, when you are converted we will tell you, tub rota, of other things done and to be done that will enthuse you as a prohibitionist, but will ilitgutt you as a defender of the traffic. You say you are supported in your licenso views by one religious paper South and one North, and by the Philadelphia Timet and r host of other secular papers, and then acks triumphantly, "by whom are you supported ?" Well, sir, 1 will gratify you, in part. I am supported by the Qod of the race and of tin bible, and by Ilis law forbidding license. Bj the laws of Town and State; by the ballots o our citizeus, in overwhelming odds, twice ex' pressed; by a majority of the best citizens{ white and colored; by our churches and Bibles by the business interests of our town; by the wishes and best interest of society; by our noble women; by the prayers of the widows and orphan!, and wives and mothers of men ruinec in the saloons; by a dozen religious papers foi overy ono that supports you; by a host of secu lar papers, increasing fast and faster; by thi consciences of almost all men; by every class ol people, as a cihss save me one class 01 liquo dealer*: by the consciousness that 1 am right, and by an intense desire to sere our yonnj men from that door of death and hell?th liquor saloon. And, tinnlly, if there be an; other thing that is puro, or lovely, or decent, o: of good report by that also, am I supported. You say prohibition has failed in Kansas and Spnrtanburg and Union. You are in crroi again. Prohibition has not done all it hopet or hopes to do yet; but it is going on to per fection. In many parts of Kansas we have had grand success,- so grand that the whole Stall declared for it. It is there to stay. In Spar tauburg, to tuy certain knowledge, it in a sue cess in many respects, in spits of a wet counoil In Maine?well, prohibition is dhe grandest success in the history of that State. In Iowa and other States North it has wox such largo success that he who cannot see th< large promise for the future is blind indeed In more tliun 100 counties in "Georgia it is i success. Ami business men are declaring thai prosperity follows the march of prohibition over the Stato. Where prohibition ia only a partial success 1 venture to say that it is alnost always due t< the betrayal of the people by officials sworn tc enforce the law. Hut Benedict Arnolds can not save the saloons. Patriots and tax-payers Un.n Tl..? 1 1KITV UVVI VVU IIIVII UWiatl A licjr IUUOV |^I/| "White Man'/ proposes that Unele Billy provt his sincerity by signing bis true name to this rejoinder. I make you, Mr. White Man, more pointed proposition, by which mutual "sincerity" may be proven and signatures interchanged?this last for your grati float ion. If, then, you are sincere in you assertion that prohibition is a signal failure iri Union that 100 gallons could bo bought at the driest time; I make you this proposition to prove the sincerity of your ssscrtlon: If you will go to the different saloons and drug stores or other sellers and get from each without a physicians certificates, a pint of whiskey, bought and paid for in the preeenco of two creditable witnesses, and then bring it to the Timks office, with the names of witnesses who saw the purchase and turn it over to Mr. Stokea, he will pay you five dollars a pint for *' each pint bought at different places, with a P" check, signed by Uncle Billy's true name, f the amount. By complying you will prove A your assertion nud "sincerity," make a nico bl little sum of money for yourself anil a ton S' strike for prohibition and the Grand Jury. ^ Come on, then, with your little black bottles and 4' so prove your "sincerity" and your assertion y< t hat prohibition is a signal failure, or forever '8 hold your peace. tv Mr. Editor, exouse a brief word about ot her C' matters. h< You have doubtless heard what is commonly A reported, sir. It is said a noticeable official threatens, if he can find out who Undo Si is he c< will shoot liim on the spot. And now another ti official, a sprig of municipality, appointed to enforce the law, declares, that if patient and 111 outraged patriots dare attempt tho removal of to the saloons lie will send them to Allen & Hob- 01 insons for their coffins. S< Now to the first official I wish to say, we have long since taken his measure, and that g' when he knows Uncle Si he wont Bhoot worth a w cent. That ho will more likely tako refuge ?' with "Gideon's band" and lenrn wisdom look- tc ing through tho nine of diamonds. And to T! both of these, and to as many others as may be g' their compatriots in bluff and guilt, I have this to say. That, when the Grand Jury has taken t?l their disposition and the tostimony of other witnesses?some who saw and some who tipped m glasses with tliem in unlicensed saloons?the <1 shame that must follow exposure, or the pros- P pect of several truo bills by the Grand Jury will ti forever dispossess theui of all blood-thirsty feel- a ings. We say this defying of law by dealers si and this turpitude of officials must end. We f< speak plainly now. Wo will act plainly after a tl while. The tax payers and patriots are not going to submit?to have tho law defied and its It municipal government in the interest of this d traffio in whiskey. Hear it, and he warned, w Law-breakers cannot run this town as long as patriots arc in tho majority. Corrupt that ma- n jority, or fly tho day of reckoning. it Uxclk Billy. # ? v A Great Day at Jonesvllle- ft Johksvills, S. C., May 4tli, 1880. n Mb. Editor.?Saturday the 1st., was a day f that will long be remembered by th% people of 0 this place. The day dawned upon us beautifully- j It was as bright ns heart could wish. The t clouds that had threatened us with rain the day { before all disappeared, and King "Sol" rolled i on triumphantly, shedding his radiant beams ( and smiles on all the land. I Expectation was high?a large crowd, a great speech, and joyous singing, with many smiling faces and happy hearts were to greet us. We were not disappointed. Long before 12 o'clock hundreds of people were en the ground, in the < church listening to the sweet musio led by Miss Sallie llix, of your town. A preliminary ser- J rice was held, prayer being offered by this , writer for the Divine blessing upon the occasion. < A few remarks also on the necessity of im- ' pressing the children and youth with their duties to heathen children, was made by your correspondent. At 12.80 P. M., the whistlo of the loaomotirjo was hi}ard?o?bt?h jr&a Lh? mmmal >. fa us that Dr. J. TrTrerlTfle was near at hand. Many gentlemen, ladioa and children, met him at the depot to escort him to the church where a crowded house was awaiting his arrival. But he was somewhat siokened by his ride on the train and asked to be left alone in the fresh air and bright sunshine a few moments. His request was complied with, and the disappointed > throng wended their way to the church to try to get a seat or standing room somewhere in the already crowded house. In a few minutes the Dr. had recovered, and oame in. The organ, skillfully managed by Miss llix, commenced playing "I Want to Be a Worker For the Lprd." i Almost all tho vast congregation united in singing. What a volume of music! Men, ^ vnmRn nnrl oKilflpfln nvaitintv /T -.n-.1 if the Angel Gabriel did not poise his wing over the scene. Yea, more, did he not as God's messenger fill and thrill our hearts with the sacred influences whioh prevailed throughout 1 the day. Prayer was then led hy He*. Mr. r James, of the Presbyterian Church. Singing f again by the choir and congregation, "Jesus . Loves Little children." Dr. Carlisle was then introduced to the audi' ence. He occupied the pulpit, and every eye '< was fixed on him. Iiis first sentence arrested i the attention of the entire audience and he . held them spell-bound for one hour and fifteen minutes with his matchless earnestness and eloquence, i will not attempt a descripl tion of his address. He must be heard to be > appreciated. Words are too poor and language , too megre to convey to others the magnetio power of the speaker. At the close of the address the choir and congregation sang, "Sailing on the T Sea," and a collection was taken up for foreign r missions, resulting in $9.14. After the collection was taken the benediction ' was pronounced by Rev. Mr. James, and the * congregation repaired to the grove to enjoy the 8 sumptuous feast of fat things propared for the f outward man. Aftor. ilinnar nut ni?r ilia uiiiliaiioo onaaa.r. bled ia the church and were entertained by a short and sensible address from Mr. Petty, of > Spartanburg. Some of us were disappointed in not seeing I you here. Hope you will feel that you arc always welcome on such occasions. Don't wait fer special invitations. Yours truly, I C. D. Koweli., 9 Letter from a Mississippi Lady. Dsab Editor.?Thinking perhaps you would like to get a letter from this part of the world, ' I will try to gire you a very inadequate description of a pert of our country. Osborn, Miss., is a small town on the 1. C. i It. it., about half way between Starkrille and West Point, it has only between 75 and llK) 1 inhabitants, two stores?one the firm of Mont gomery & Tipton, the other is a grange store i which has a good trade. There is a Baptist, a > Presbyterian church, and a M. K. Church almost completed, a large and flourishing school With an excellent teacher, Miss A mason, from Kosciusko. There is also a steam mill and [ a fish pond. > We have a nice Sabbath School, of which an appreciative feature is, the promptness with ' which the teachers nttond. There ia a large dairy about two miles north i of here, owned by Col. Muldrbw, and three miles East is a eery large Jersey farm and dairy which belongs to Mr. W. It. Montgomery. ' Crops in this vicinily seem flourishing although 1 there have been several excessive rains. The { farmers have finished planting oorn and cotton. It is predicted there will be a good fruit yield for the prairies. I must say I think the Union Timkh has improved considerably since I left Union, 0 1 months ago. I quite agree with "Aunt Liddie" < concerning the liquor traffic. I wculd like to | say to Dr. A. E. faot, that I think him fight in saying that the farmers ought to unite, if he could look at the animated countenances of our farmers in the (irange here, as they discuss < what ia the l>oet thing for farmers, he would be ( convinced. With ray best wishes to yourself and your ' good paper, I will close for the preaent. 1 OasoKJt. < # i Letter from Bev. A. J. Hires. Kiiitoi, N. C., Ap'l. 23, 188C. DkarSir: Another year has passed away nee I bade farewell to Union and accepted a istoral charge here. IIow the timo does fly ! . My residence in Kinston has been cn!oyablc. 11 tho more pleasant because of the Divine (Wtuncr linmi mv Ulniafru nml nnioKIn o J ? J ?"V UVI?VIV owth anil prosperity of my churob. Within e last few weeks we have had an addition of L new members. At the end of the second :ar of my pastorate the total sum of members more than double the number I found here ro years ago. Moreover, the advance in liriatian activity and benevolent giving has serf correspondingly marked. In the last ssoci&tional year our church contributions were jual to an average of elevn dollars and fifty snts per member. Considering the comparave number of poor members aud young mem:rs, who havo no stated income, this is an unjually good showing. Now we have in mind > rebuild our cliurch-houso or to build a new re, reserving the present houso for 8unday jhool and prayer meeting uses. Spring Is now opening upon us beautifully, Iving promise of mnnifold blessings. Until itliin the last two weeks wo.had a long season f unusually dry weather which was favorablo i the preparation of tho soil for seeding, hen oame a tremendous down pour of rain iving the Ncuso Hirer such a boom as it has ot had before for several years. A few days 50 indications were of a destructive overflow f its banks, but just when twox>r three inches lore of rise would have done an immense amago tho flood began to subside. With tho resent stato of water, from 20 to 80 feet in io channel, weeouid receive ocean steamers t our wharf. The high "water is a blessing to find in their journey of propagation, but bad >r us who like to pick their bones, because of le difficulty of netting them. In January last it was my unpleasant privi;gc to see the Ncuse in another unusual conition, ?. e., frozen over so that many persons alked on the ice from bank to bank. I read with interest your town and county ews. Tho Times, however, has been quite rrogulnr the last year in its visits to me. It is not neocssary lor mc to say, for it goes rithout saying, that my sympathy and prayers re with and for the Ministers, the W. C. T. U., nd all who are warring against tho liquor Irnflo. God have ntcrcy on the men, especially in men calling themselves christians, who uplold this outrageous crime. For a business hat produces nine-tenths cf nil crimes commit, ed, to say nothing of its pauperizing and irutalizing influence, must bo the chief of :rimcs; and yet church members aro willing to license and pcrpctuato it. Yours, very truly, A. J. Ilinr.s. Socialistic Vagaries. Why They Kill and Burn.?One of the recent numbers of the Freiheit contains, by the wuy, an interesting articlo which answers un inquiry I havo often heard but have never been ?ble to answer. Intelligent people, observers of the so-called war between capital and respectability on one side, and anarchy on the other, sometimes ask why tho Socialist wants to burn dowu and murder every man who has succeeded, by industry or otherwise, in accumulating property. In other words upon what grounds rest the famous aphorism, "property ia.theft." The Qreihtit und?xt|kna?U w lin ? tne thoroughbred Socialist dreams of murder and arsoh. Briefly it is because he looks upon all property as an instrument of power in tho hands of the oppressor. The illustration given by Freiheit consists of an ideal island upon whioh live ton men, one of whom possesses a whip so terrible in its effects that tho nine others have become his abject slaves. Property is the whip ; the other classes havo obtained this whip, and it must bo wrested from them at any cost. That is why tho typical Socialist burns. Every time he sets fire to a costly building he lessens, according to his miserably mistaken ideas, tho power of the rich man to oppresss him. The typical Socialist kills the rich man because ho thinks that his?the rich man's?training has been such as to unfit him for life intbe community which it is the aim of Socialism to institute. In other words, the rich man's mind has becomo warped; he is n sooial deformity and must be eliminated for the good of the community. Such pleasing doctrines are spread abroad in this purely foreign city which is in New York, but not of it. tub religion of socialism. Before dismissing this topic, may I quoto the following ourious circular, printed from a hektograph, which 1 picked up yestorday and which seems to be an effort on tho part of our English speaking Socialists to neutralize the influence of the clergy among the Knights of Labor. niuuug mo viuru.uun uuu iioaemmns mcro can scarcely be said to be any religion, not even among women. With our Knights of Labor it is different, and this circular seems to indicate an attempt at a change. It is as follows : . "the socialistic ci1ubou and its unions.'' "The illustrious Hebrew Jesus Christ, the Anti-Usurer and l'rince of Pence, the Carpenter and Knight of Labor of Nazareth, the Lawgiver and Guiding Star of Nations, one of those who lovo thcmsvlves last was the Founder of the Grand Socialistic Churoh and in Unions by His Teaching and Example. Believing in that Church and its Unions I labo<* under the impression that such tuen as John Swinton, Henry George, lteverend Doctor Heber Newton, Doctor Da Costa, Reverend Doctor Crosby, Reverend Gladden and a host of others are my felbwlaymen and clergymen and only need organization. I herewith venture to appeal upon Goorge Swinton to call a meeting of the Hrothcr and Sisterhood who believe and practice tho essential principles of the Socialistic Church, and who arouse the people to establish a Socialistic Church and Union in every cloctiou district, to eradicate, if possible, the false and foolish education giveu in schools and colleges, which is based uu piratical aud barbarian principles. And to give employment, generous nod paying employment, to tho Great Army who cannot find work even in the most prosperous times of the misgoverned U. S.. Unless people act to settle tho social problem peaceful, and worthy of a civilized nation, they will bo called upon TO KILL OR BE KILLED. EuwabdJ. Nif.uwla.nu, Sec." Tiik.sk Ann Solih Facts.?The fiosl blood pu nner ?nu syisem regulator ever placed within the rcAch of suffering humanity, truly is Electric Bitters. Inactivity of the Liver, Uilliousness, Jaundice, consumption, Weak Kidneys, or nuy disease of the urinary organs, or whoovor requires an appetizer, tonic or mild stimulant, will always hud Electric Bitters the best and only certain cure known'. They act surely and quickly, every bottle guaranteed to givo entire satisfaction or money refunded. Sold at fifty cents a bottle by J. IV. Posey. There is a most subtle and dangerous cause of self-delusion in the operatiou of a law too se'lom considered. Men bring themselves blai^ai>ly to believe a lie. It W done by thousands of islf-deceived and self-ruined men and women. The recoil of the soul against conscious wrongloing becomes slighter with persistent transgression. The unheeded reraonstranoos of corideuce becomes feebler and still feebler eintil ,hcy oeass. The love of evil dims and Jnall/ * isstroys the perception of it.?FiUgtrM.