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Train Bobbers on tha Alr-LinsOiMntilc. April 18.? It's the biggest piece cf systematic s'caling ever worked on a Southern railroad,' was what Pe'cctive II. T. Fellers ha 1 to say t j night of lb* Air Line freight robbery scheme after a hard day's work on the case. Since I he affair was sprung on Ihe public by the arrest of Caldwell and the two negrcar, Harris and Kronebergcr cn Saturday, rumors bare been countless of new developments said to involve men prominent in business and social life. No confirmation has yet been afforded these rumors, but four more arrest made to-day have added to the excitement and increased the rumors of further sensations. It appears that tho band have carried on regulnr trntfic in goods captured from posting freight trsins, disposing of the stolen articles to merchants all through the couoly as well as in the city. Trace Agent Wall, of the Richmond and Danville ltoad, who is working up the case, says, he has over $5,000 worth of gsods reported short in Ihe last few nioo*he, all of which was stolen at this point. Caldwell, who is now in jail, has ac'ed a* talesman for ins ping, ana in every case the goods were sold below ihe nmrket price. Only staple articles were dealt in. tweoty-fire or thirty bales of plaids, twelve sacks of coffee, three bales of cotton, besides numerous lots of tobacco and cigars being among the lots already identified. The scheme appears to have been carefully planned and included numerous confederates. John O. (iriflin, D. C. Moore, George Johnstone and Ilnrry Leomtnan were arrested tc-Jsy, making seven arresTs in all. Qriflin is a professional herse irniner, and has been here since the l'iedinont races last fall. Ho has a stable of fino valuable racers belonging to Healb, of Kentucky, ijuartered at the fair grounds, and has bcconis well known among horsemen here, among whom he bears a good reputation, lie is believed by the officers to be the ringleader in tho gang, as all operations have been oonducted near the fair grounds, where Qritfin bas lived since he came here. Harry Leoman is a young white man employed by Oriffin as hostler , ; George John-tone is a brother-in-law of Caldwell's and known to be intimately associated with liim. Moore is proprietor of a small shop iu the submits where a sack of eoffee and several thousand cigars wero discovered to-day. Ho attempted to coneoal ths articles when ths store was searched, and was immediately put under arrest. Investigation to day revealed the fact that numerous parties have purchased goods from CiiMtvell, the agent of the thieves, who represented himself ns a drummer. Mark & Kntlel, ilry goods dealers, hare about SCOO of the ?teleu goods, nn I a lot of tobacco has been found at Turner & Poole's bar. Lipscomb & Russall, grocers, have btuglit tobacco and cigars at different times, and a bale of plaids wns fottnd in C. L. Kostci's store and indentiflcd a* stolen projeity. Warrants were served to-day en Caldwell and Johnstone for selling whiskey and totocco without license. Detective Fellers, Chief of Police Kennedy, Watchman John Hillheuse and Officer FVed. ScliUpbnch are at work on the investigation, and further arrests are expected to-morrow. Preliminary examinations will not bo had before Justice Karl until the case is fully developed. It is generally conceded to be the most extensive scheme of robbery ever known in Ibis section, and people are just now wondering how so much knavery and cunning schemes to detect it oould have gone on for aonlhe with absolute secrecy.?Special (o /fact anil Courier. Tiik Si\\bt.\siu;bo and AsmtviLLK Roan.? At the last session of the General Assembly the following resolution was adopted by the House, the Meoatc concurring: That the Railroad Commissioners do forthwith inquiro into the oinoagemcnt of the Aehevillc and Spartanburg Railroad Company, and whether the corporation or individuals controlling the seme operate raid railroad in aneh manner as will secure the largest amount of business therefor and promote the interest of eth UyrM, oonnties and individuals who contrifciiufa to the building of said railroad, and aTofeaoiu are not property regarded, tbey ere kiMi'lUtnictid lo call upon the Attorney to lake such action in reepeet thereto I aa may' be proper, and if it should be found thsf any abuses complained of cannot be remedied uoder existing law, lliey shall report to the General Assembly at the next session, such suggestions of legislslion as may be appropriate. And in case lite Altornoy General should he of opinion upen the feots ascertained : at similar legislation is necessary upon the part of the Slate ef North Carolina to remedy nay evils found to exist, be is hereby instructed lo communicate with the proper authoriiiea of seiil Stale upon the subject. lo accordance with the resolution the State Ilsilroad Commission will hold a meeting at Spartanburg on Wednesday, May 4th to investigate tho matter. The Commission has invited General Manager E. B. Thomas, of the Richmond and Danville Railroad, B. T. McAden, President and James Anderson, Superintendent of the Asbeville end Spartanburg ltailroad and the Mayora of Aebeville and llendcrsonville, N. C., and Spartanburg and Union to be present. Gaxino on Lincoln's Pack.?Springfield, III., April 14.?The remains of Proaident and Mrs. Lincoln were privately taken from their secret resting placo this morning and interred in the north vault of the Linooln monument in Cak Kidge Cemetery, near the city. Less than a dozen persons, members of the Lincoln Monument Association and Lincoln Guard of Honor, were present. For years the exaol whereabouts of the remains ef tho great President have been oonccaled,, for fear tbey would be stolen. The attempt to carry off the body in 18711 led lo organizing the guard of honor, which secreted the remains, and to-day surrendered the charge. Twenty-two years to-day Lincoln was shst. ftlicn the guards, with the help of a few laborers, had exhumed the ceCus, and tbs lid of the President's coffin was removed, hie face was seen to he in a remarkable state of preservation. Those who stood around and had known Lincoln when alive, easily distinguished the features. The ellver plate on the coffin lid was bright. On ii was inscribed (he fallowing Ahiiauam Lincoln, Sixteenth President United States. Born Feb. 12, 18091 died April 16, 1865. While the face ot Mr. Lincetn was exposed to view. Gen. Reese, President of the Guards f Honor, turned the remains over te the Lin. coin Monument Association. A document was signed l>y the members of the Guards of Honor, certifying that tho remains in lbs eoffid were ID0P9 rcccivtu irum mo biuuuio fiODimeni Association in 1878. Tbe Monument Association made out a certificate signed by the memben for tbe records of the Association, declaring the reinaius to be those of Abraham Lincoln. Finr.s ix FtOaiDA.?Jacksonville, Fie., April 10.?St. Augustine was visited tbe second time bv fire this morning. It started near the ancient city gates, in llowatt'a grocer/ store, corner of St. Gcorgo and Orange streets. The die department was soon on hand, bnt the fire ?h teo far from an/ b/drant to nse tbe steamer and a bucket brigade was formed, which with , the aid of the militar/ from the barracks, succeeded in stopping tbe fire. Loan $8,600, ' without iaenranee. The fire was undoubted)/ jneendier/, and tbe feeling of eitisene ia ear/ bitter. Tbe old cathedral, which waa burned on Teeeda/, in to be reatored, it having been fowad tbat the walls ore praetieall/ uninjured. I Falalka, Fla, April 10.?Tba baaineaa por- j lion ?f Crescent City, tbirt/ miles Southeast of 1 l'alaika, on Crescent Lake, waa burned last nlgbt. Prince A Bqrton, Braoh ft Miller, gea- ] ewl merebandise. Douglass ft Saekelt's saloon, the Cirecent Cit/ Gazelle cthee, Dr. Spraigne'e I drag etore and atables, the Central Hotel and < baker/ were deetro/?d. Lets mkwewa i but , jittla la?twee. I ' ?he Mechlp ^npt^lipes B. M. STOKES.^ **- gAur UNION, PttlbAY Mil! 8U BSCHIUriON- -S2 00 fU AHH UM. "* " ? ? ""J" V?T' l , -'-J '? 1 EXPLANATION OP 8I0NAL FLAGS. o, While Flag, indicates fair or clear weather. uibb|? ring, inuioBics iuuii rains. Blu? Flag, indicates general rains. Bla ck triangle Flag, refers to temperature Wbenpleced above ? eitlierthe white, orange or blot flag, Indicates rWsf luiaptiwtere i whins placed below these flags, fading temperature and when absent from tbe pole, stationary temperature. si- I ? ) / White flag with black square in centre indicates decidedly colder weather, and la generally isauad 24 hours in advance of tha expected fall of temperature, and is not giren unless the fait isexpccted to reach 4-">? or below Kav. C. U. WU.Uii.ORU d A1T01NTMENT8 : Putnam Baptist Church, lot Sends/ at 11 A. M., and the Saturday befare, at 12 M., in aaeh month. l'acelet Baptist Church, No. 2, on the 2d Sunday, at 11 A. M. and Saturday before, at 12 M., in eaoh month. Jonesrille Baptist Church, oq 3d Sunday in eaoh month?morning at 11 o'clock, night at 7.30 o'clock. Saltm Baptist Church, on the 4th Sunday in eaoh month?morning at 11, night at 7 80. o'clock. '' ' A COTTON FACTORY AT UNION, B. O. uirDT rn wvummn JL uuiuu juamin tfi : : : i i A . i i I. 'i i A MEETING of the eitiisns of Union County will be held iu the Court House * ' 5 ( : .- it ?)* be i NEXT SALEdDAY, U<X$OAT, MAY, ,2nd, to which EYERY CITIZEN IN THE COUNTY. , who feels an Interest end pride I* the prognose mod welfare of all otnsses of.our people are earnestly invited to attend, for the purpose of. uniting their efforts and dirising -v ays and means for building a 3. j . I COTTON P4CTOBYSpartanburg has three fSot ones, is enlarging two and building a fourth;, .Newberry has . a prosperous faotoryj the people of the town and county of Laurens bare subscribed $100,000 to build a factory at tie Cdonty seat; Chester has determined to base a factory, Bad ' the eitixens in and around the email, has enter* prising town of Prosperity, in Newberry County, ere uniting their tneane'fe baild owe there. The expdrfSneet of the people at logo, In the countiee where Ihctoriee are established, if thai they diffuse greater benefits and contribute ore to the prosperity of all classes than Inay ' other enterprise that has ever been attempted, et the South.', .. i All the ootton raised in Union County nyw i goes lo Unrieh the eowntlee -around -'us, or the Northern manufacturers ; than why should we not unite and build a factory that /will secure to our eiliseas a share of tho^e riches? . . ' It is well know that fai iniimgi t from Jc to'Jo per pound mere ror their mum at rectories than they do from other bojrrt, And the greater the. number of Iho feotorlee aeor tbsm. lhkuj|mieuu , price for their cotton. / Let the people come together next Saleadey end unite their efforte to do something that will benefit ovary elaaa and every vocation ;U the oounty. : " ' ' ' , TOWN AND COUNTY. April29b ,16. . ..ftl'' *9u A CAR-LOAD OP ICB Just received by tha tJnion Ioe Company, and to ho said at Fao-i tory, pricea. Office in the Little Green FrontMr. John MoKeniie, one of the oldeat end beet men In Celuatbiat died in that ally lest Saturday, In hie 78th year. V ... |, 1A. A father aid hie eeh, living in Wayne Co., N. C., warn, killed,by lightning, and tha barns and pothouses with tl^eir epnteats do. stroyed by firs, daring the storm last Monday. ! (9* The handsome rmidanoa of tha lata Dr. W. C. Norwood, at Hodges; sens,,bornnd down last Monday. Lose |6.000, inapre^c.^ $2,000. Supposed to be the work of an inoen^ dinary. $9* We are having a decidedly cold snap, whioh is keenly felt after the week of1 warts weather that preoeeded it. Bof we know where It came froip, fur last Monday, a anew storm at Brooklyn and New York stopped a gams of baas ball, and la tha cold reglona -of. Pennsylvania it fell tan inches deep, while in Walterbore, this Stats, hail stanaa aa large as ban eggs, fell tha saaeeday./ . Pay Yonr Town Taxes. , Don't forget that the thne fhr paying town taxes la drawing to a close~M>nIy 8 days from to-Jey?and if yon do not square up wltli Clerk nod Treasurer Farham by that day, the 1 law commands him to attaoh a penally of 60 par cent, to yonr taxes. Don't fbrfcet this warning, tor Mr. Phrhaa will hdif, the wpy^t 1 kind, io put tha penalty dpoa any one *> but he, mill da his dnty if yon-da neglant yours. , Hp. - . ; A Millinery Beam. .... ."I _ .. I -JA v| On enuring the a*W MflHAery Department of Meaare. Ortbim A 8pitta, one weald imagine a regular Boom had alrtady eierted ie Union, and that a greed Emporium of Faebiao Vihd been , estebliabed ia, .oar beeatiflil lawn. Judging from the paw, batp and boonete that' goes oat from thtra, you would not think thpt, time* were herd. fbk lUdffcaMf ttll'hd that, their aelection of goede If* eqaidl hi kvillty and. qmalHj t? u; iaitba epamntrf<: n r hiiea Funck ia aartpinl/ aflrai.o'aas Bfilliner, and baa exqniaite taate as a trimmer. BM baa won many warm frionda and cuatomeri aince bar aariral in Uniea. Go and aee her splendid stock. She bee a bat feratarjr Lady and erarv ebild ia the county, if thejr will jot I call far tbaqj*> and iki telle u? the will hava i ?no(her aupply of beta. w? milliner/ mxt weak. m ??1 a J" J A Dnmino Kiusd.<-Ik Louie, April 1(1 A apaeUl to ika 1W MpaaHrtln OillilB/" , p, Tana., ee/a: 41a Deiee, a aottriwi de* 1 panda, aeM la ka?a baaw <ha iltpw bf ten i men, wae killed laat arightewPolk Caantj. He wm earring a Ufa aantawaa la -4ha tirottU j penitentiary, bat eeoaped sdrw year* age, aafl 1 luring hie temporary fraadom haa aannlarad i two men ia cold bleod. Four offieera from (j Chatiaaoog* found him in a dan it Cklaawia < MovnUipe Ha triad jtiMwHw oftaatd, bat I ihey Iliad him fuUeMAkaaeC. ; i mwr 0U* FBOPM AITO THB OOTTON FACTORY t ?v*ry new iudftelry introduced or otablWhed l/wlommtpiity opens the wsy fir other new AtsJLrisC?. It ^Fings ?ew people, create* new Mflff-eew -tMtta, end infu*r? it more liberal nd progressive spirit smoog all dneses. One great reason whjr Union is so slow to move in soj new direction fop increasing hrr business is, her ciiiieos have become so accustomed to oil business ways and hebils thst it Is like trying to obange their nature to mlc them to leave the old beaten rdtd they are levelling and their ancestors did before thcio. liut when Tbtytfu move, they advance rapidly, surely an J,safely. They are only like the citiiens of o|her old qpmtnuoiUes ? tlicy merely want starting out of the old rut. . And Uuion ha? started upward, and&r citltens haso put their shoulders to the wheel determined to pull her out of the mire in which obe is stalled nnd piece her fnirljr nnd firmly upon the hroed road of progress and prosperity. They will allow of no step backward, and balky hones, who sullenly baok their can and refuse to pull with the rest, will be kicked aside. They base determined, in the first place, to bnlld a Cotton Factory, through which the population of the town will be increased at lout 1,000. This increase of population will require so much increase of food, clothing and other necessaries of life. The me*ns for buying (bese will be earned in the factftry, and paid m casti, weekly or monthly, to be distributed among 'all classes of our iq?natrious working citixens, all the year round?during the dull ssmmer months as well as (he busy winter months. It will be a stead/ stream of meney flowing into every person's pocket who win do Something to earn it. ' Increased Behool facilities and mere farm products will be needed. There will be more wstk-for meohanios of every kind* and more ntaehinery will be needed. In fact, the business of. every vocation and calling i^uld be almost doubled. But that la hot' all, new and progressive ideas woald spring from the new lift the Factevy Would give to o?r people, an I new enterprises would spring up and flourish among us. 8uch haa been, tb? rxperienca of ovary oammoaity w^erc a Cotton Factory haa been established, and there isno reason why such good may hot rosnlt' from one here. ' ' 1,1 TrnTy oars Ik'm favored location for snob an enterprise. IVe candidly believe thaLthe town of Union is the healthiest spot in this State, and to verify this bold ssseilion we challenge any other town to compare lie sanitary condition* with it, for twsnty-five years past. From oar experience this climate is fatal to diseases of nearly every kind. The ordinary diseasee oi cauunoou, oo??Tir virulent in other localities, become the mildest type and are cnsily controlled when they reaoh here, while typhoid and other malignant farera are not only remarkably-rare, but toldom protracted or prove fatal. l?e have nothing to erente or foster tflmdet'' The Iowa Is naturally the best tdratiwd of ,a?y we erer saw; tho water is as pare as that from tho mountain springs, while our climate fs dry, pare and bracing?the tbermemeier ioeariobly stand ing from 8? to 6? lowsr in the Summer and that much higher Jjin the winter than in Columbia. < -I t The Kzperlmantal Stations The Board authorised to roceire JJ^bi ls and determine the locations of the Agricultural Eaperimental SiaUojU^jRg^ ik^gj^^y^^st_ sionaay, and tie To llswinp^n^Ugof the proeeedings will be of interest to those favoring the movement. , If will be seen the/ mcenty-nine of t\e prominent cititcnt of Union county -also 'petitioned the board to locate the Station for the Piedmont district at or near the city of 8pertanburg: Ail (he tnembere of the board were present except A1 r. A. S. J. Terry, of Charleston, who was kept away by nckness. A number of bids were before the board, but only those made by citizen* of Greentille, Spartanburg end Darlington weed backed up by delegations. The representatives of these counties, however, made things litely In the ante-rooms, showing great interest in the success of their plans and vigorously diecuseipg the aitnetion, while the board deliberated seeretly In the big room. : ' Spartanburg was represented by Senator J. Vf. \Vo$ord, ^oLcitor D. R. Duncan, Col, Jos, walker, Capt. N. F. Walker, aod Col. John U. Cleveland- 'The Darlington delegates were Representative E. R. Mclur and Meaara. T. A. UrcSS adq c. w. uannen. Greenville sent Captain 0. P. Mills, Mr. John Ferguson and i Beprseentotive IL Mays Cleveland. Toe GreenTiUe delegation was the first to be heard. The , hearing was fall, and daring its eostinuance i the other delegations were en the ragged edge outside, The papers presented by the Greenville delegation, adtl supported by them, covered the tender of a ooonly subscription of S16.Q00 made by a mass meeting of cilisens, $5,000 of Which had been guaranteed by individual subscription! at the time the fertnal bid wes made. .. Written assurance was given by Cel. H. P. ttemmeU, chairman of the moss tneeliag, that the dmennt would be covered by individual guarantiee and that the county would tote the Subscription. The committee endorsed this, and invited the beard, or a committee ef members, lo.jfiait Greeaville and note lta growth and advAnUgha. About 10 "o'clock the Spartanburg delegates were edmitted to the chem* her of fate. It was obviona at tbat hoar that ne conclusion would be reached by (he beard, and it was even deubtfal whether there we.uld bo-time allowed for the ceosideraiien of all the bids to-nigfit. "Frof. N. P. Walker was the ehairmaa of the JpMIMbneg delegation. All the m^mbere tweed the advantages of Spartanburg, dwelling laFgWywo '-ihtt "fhet tbat expensive befldings had been ereeted by the Inter-State Grange Scamptpent, that the State would ereol an bibttlotr building as authorised at the last I session "of >the Logietatdre^ and that the railroads ware building sidings and every oonvebiehoe for the communication with the proposed telle. - Their ofcf was to farbish free to the 8tate two hundred aorcs of land ooatignous to lbs Interstate Encampment "grounds and a 'qwtrtef of a nvtle aufeide the oity, to pey also a beans of $?,Q00 and to give tbo free ase of thirty acres of leod owned by tbo Grange Association Instituting the encampment, The Spartanburg dolteslJon also, submitted a petition from twent^-oine prominent citizens oi union ctraniy tqat an experimental station be rota btie bed at or near the oity of Spartanburg, on aecount'of its accessibility to all parts of tbe riedmont region by railroads snd excellent highways, and furthermore because of 'he adaptability of its soil and the healtbfulness of its climate. The DarTTogton committee put io their trork (beat If o'clock. All argued. Chairman, Meed* presented a written bid of Jo,#00 as a boaus for ihe establishment of th? station] for the lower'tl*t of bounties In Darlington oointy. Darlington la strongly low-cdtfotry in ltnis mglfdr, ito the ooibpctltioft in the eenoties It low the eariabte line separating (he two sections is hot as greatt as in ths npner tier, Tfcn board did net consider any of thaabida presentdd Otoept the three above noted, whieb were supported by arguments, and willTnot luthorize tbe poMieaiion of the terms of in oh kher hide until they shall hare hesn consid. trtd. , A few minutos before midnight the xtard adjourned to meet again to-morrow noraiog. ' WHAT A OOTTOlf FACTORY WILL Da Wt coofoM to feeling more then ordinary in- A (erest in establishing a cotton factory hare, n< t ^ more for the loo el advantages which will accrue cj from it (ban for the important benefits it will a necessarily dispense throughout the county. b The farmers, we think, are as inieh, if not ^ more, interested in 'bringing the cotton factories 0 to the cotton fields' than aay other clasa of our n Soutborn people. No class has been so grier. b ously oppressed or mercilessly robbel a a they ? hare been by the Northern and Foreign oitton 0 brokers and speculators but so long as the c mills and factories are so far b?yond their ? re&cb, ao loDg will they be powerless to resist the relentless combinations which control tbe prices of their etatple production. Under the present system of marketing cotton lbs farmer pays tribute at every step, from the lime the buyer looks at bis sample until tbe oottoa reaehss the factories, thousands of miles from where it was raised. The weighing, the commission for buying, drayage, freight, and innumerable other expenses charged upon each bale, are taken into consideration when the speculators or brokers arrange and dictate the prices they will pay for it, and every item of expense the farmer is made to pay, in having that amount deduotcd from the price it commands at its final market. There is but one way by which the farmers can relieve themselves of this oppressive burden, and that is to build factories in their midst, thereby creating a home competition for their eotto.n, bringing the dual or highest mar ket within tbcir reach nod, in an important degree, under their own cohIdI. Aa we raid laatwoek, tho competition betweon factories for upplies of cotton last fall a-lrancel the price from | to ) oent per pound. It, however should bo romembered, that after tho factories had secured their supplies, the price fell from ? to J of a oent. There wrre not enough home factories to tako all the cotton of the county, consequently, as soon as they were out of the market, tbe agents of the Northern factories and speculators entered, reduced the prices and controlled what remained on hand. The Trough Shoals factory aloue, we are told, bought 5,000 bales, at an arerago of ] of a oent above tho market quotations, this gavo the farmers who sold to the footory $1.08} a bale more than those who sold to regular oollon buyers, or a total savo of nearly $8,500 upon tho 6,000 bales. Now, had there been a factory in this county, requiring 5,000 bales mere, is it oot plain that tho aggregate save to the fnrmers would have been $IT,000. We have appealed to the people of the town of Union to do somethiog to etop the drain that i* carrying business from them', we < now appeal to the formers of the county to I join with us in establishing a Cotton Factory 1 that will rift them a hnm* marVnt tion for tbeir ootton, insure to Mi em the highest market price, and, what is better atill, make them, in a great mesaure, independent f the corrupt and oppressire foreign combinations whioh now establish the prices ef their cotton, before it ii made, and monopliie the market te suit their avarice and speculating schemes. * We ask our farmer friends to thiuk seriousljr of this matter, and nest Sales day meot with us and give their fellovi^ytyjtsns the benefit of their oounsel. Pablio%e^pg Host Balesday. In the two lost issues of the Times wo devoted much of its space in trying to arouse the people of this town and eouniy to a* sense of the lossea they are sustaining by their want of either foresight or enterprise, while their neighbors are establishing antorpriaes to droin from us all the money, trade and business which belongs to, and should bo kept in tho county. All concede that tho pictures we have drawn of the dangers before us are not only gloomy, bn t too true for pleasant reflection, and we are truly 'pleased to find that our appeals for prompt and energetic action to stem the current so strongly soiling against us, is meeting with most hearty and earnest responses from men whoso influence, energy and publio spirit are guarantees that something trill be done to put new life and new hope into the hearts of (he people and inspire them with higher ambition, and more liberal aotion for the general welfare. The first step has been taken, in calling a meeting of the eitixens of all conditions and occupation throughout the count/, for the pur- ' pose of putting the ball in motion for beilding a Cotton Paetor/; and lest it ma/ be supposed that the call is made upon ofr own motion, we think proper to state that the oall comes from a 1 number of leading men in this town and the oount/.?Farmers, Merchants, Mechanics, Professional men?who full/appreciate the necesai- i 1/ ef awakening the people of the oount/ frem the sleep/ indifference into which the/ have fallen, and open their e/es to the inevitable 1 ruin before them, unless the/ arouse themselves and work promptl/ and manfull/ to prevent It. 1 Let ever/man in the Count/, who can possi- 1 bl/ spare the time, reepond to the oall and j help to keep the factor/ ball in motion. , A Cheap Aovshtisiko Uoixia.?Tho Assooi. | ated Press has again submitted itself as a ve- i hide for a cheap advertising dodge, for wbioh , its patrons had to pa/. , Tho Washington correspondent of the New ( Orleans Pie a yum thus exposes it: , The Associated Press dispatoh from Atlanta, , last nfgbt, sending broadcast the statement madeb/ Air. Qrad/, of the Contlilution, to the effect that President Cleveland had given posi- * thre assurance that he would visit the Piedmont 1 Fair at Atlanta, in October, bad been read at < the White House, aud to-day Col. Dan Lamoot, ' i n response to a written inquiry from a oorres- 1 pondent, announced that the President bad c not aooepted tbe Invitation. On tbe contrary, Vf> bad treated It as lie hod 1 treated all otber oourteous and oordial invitotions five or six monihi in advanee, by reply- * ing tbat if possible be would attend, but re- ' minding those extending the invitation thst it ' was impossible for jjie President to say, so far c in advanee, that be would leave bia duties here, ' when it may be impossible for him to leave the 1 capital. In this connection it is neither improper or ontimely to oall attention agaio to tbe resoiu- ^ lion of tbe Southern Press Assooiation de- 0 manding a change ef the press agent at Atlanta. ?Afaeon Ttlrgnph, .?. j Kmlaroiro Tiib IIooornot Mills.?A new oloth room is being added to the buildings of " tbe Huguenot l'lsid Mills, and preparations are ' in progrees for pntliag in sixty new looms, C giving tbe mill one hundred and sixty-six fa looms in all. For several months the mills . hyve been running day and night, but a ready market at good piices is found for all their al product, hence the extension of the facilities. t Dioimio Winfi Sistki.?Louisvilic, Ky., pril 17.? The Preebytory of l^tuisvill* has een in session here for three dijrs. It has rsmiiitd tnuoh routine business, bat the prluipal work has been the discussion eeoh day of* lotion bended down frost the General Assently to strike out Section 4 of Chapter 24 of the Oufcseion of Faith of the Presbyterian Church s follows : "The tnan may not marry any of f his wife's kindred nearer in blood than ho tay of bis own, nor the woman of the httennd's kindred nearer in blood than of her wn." The motion has boon ably debated each lay, the majotity of the ministers being of the pinion that the olause is a useless relio which nay burl the conscienees of many good church aembers. and, that itiw nottaught in the Bible. Hhers adhered to the contrary and also wished o reaerae the "confession of faith" in its mrity. It was also thought that this way of lenuing uown vitnuns irom tuo uinini tssembly was not the best plain ef effecting ibaoges in the creed of the church. A vote raa taken at lost, however, and it was resolved >y a majority of two-tbirde that the Presbytery tpproved the substance of the overture. The Presbytery desired to go on record, however, is not favoring the overture unleae two-thirds ol he other Presbyteries of the General Assombly ihoutd also favor it. ?. . A Diacoun aimxo Statkmeht.?Paris, April 12.?Dr. Oscar Lens, who has just returned rom a prolonged tour of exploration in Africa, mdertaken on behalf of the King of the Bel [ians, has included in his report to the latter onie very interesting remarks concerning mis lionary work in Africa. Tbey are, however ar from encouraging. He renders full justici ;o the good intentions of the missionaries ami o the motives which impel the Scottish and London societies to send them out, but he as terts that they waste largo sums of money foi rery Email results. Negroes who aro taughi by them to read and write mostly become unfi fur any manual occupation. They considci ihemselve* as good as the white man, think il undignified to toil, and when not engaged it holding large and noisy prayer meetings, a which every man wants to take his turn a preaching, they roam about begging and taki it very ill if they cannot live together on dolei from their white fellow Christians. The Euro penn factories have learned to beware of thesi men and will not givo them employment. S( most of them end by relapsing into barbarian End vagabondism, their lsst state being worsi ;hnn their first, as the renegade native con rort almost alwavs becomes a criminal. To Curb Tub Bitk of a Mad Dot.?Franklit Dyan, a highly respectable and intelligent 'armor of Galena, Kent County, Maryland jives the following at a sure euro for tlio bit* >f a mad dog. As will bo scon he has testei t with the most gratifying results. Elecampane-is a plant well known to mot persons, and is to be found ia many of ott: gardens. Immediately after being bitten taki me and a half ounces of tbo toot ef the plan ?the green roet is, perhaps, preferable, bul the dried will answer, and may be found it our drug storts, and was used by me,?slice 01 bruise, put into a pint of fresh milk, boil dowr to a half pint, strain, and when oold, drink it ratting at least six hours afterward. The nexl morning repeat the dose, * fasting, use twi ounces of the root. On the third morning take another dose, prepared as the last anc this will be sufficient. It is recommendec that after eaeli dose nothing be eaten for al least six hours. I have a son who was bitten by a mad dog sigliteen years ago, and four other ohildren it ho neighborhood were also bitten, they took he above dese, and are alive and well le thii lay. And I have known a number of oiheri vho were bitten and applied the eatne remeJy. It is supposed that the root contains a prim liple which, being taken up by the blood in ts circulation, oounteraots or neutralises tb< leadly effects of the virus of hydrophobia. I feel so much confidence in this simple rem kly that I am willing yoa should give my nams n oonnection with this statement. _?? Or.jt. Bbaubmard and Jxrr. Davis.?Nbv Dilliaks, La., April 16.?During the oeremeny itmding tho unveiling ef the statue of Alhcr lldncy Johnsten, on the Oth inst., Jefferson Davis, in bis impromptu remarks, took oooa lion in a manner indirect but thoroughly tnderstood to reflect severely upon Genera 3eauregard for his handling of the troops al be bailie of Shiloh. This aroused the iro o be sturdy Creole and he comes eat in i bur columns article in the Picat/unt defend ng his oourse, showing that what he did hat he approval of Johnston, and that he did al hat could be dene with men who were abso ulely outdone by the need of food and fatigue rhe article Is quite severe and the autboi aakes out a good case agaiost Davis, evet producing the identical military dispatehei which Davie declared had been lost, The fac s disclosed, however, ef an almost phenomena liltorness between the two most et nspicuoui lurvivors of the late Confederacy. It is possibli ihat Davis will reply to Beauregard in kind. Tits Unison IIsaliu.?There is a deoidet pros feet that the breach in the Prcsbyteriai church of Spartanburg will soon be healed, am the church being divided has been averted al together. The commission appointed by th presbytery prepared the following resolution 'That the commission request all the elder to resign, no one being required to confes that he has done wrong, and that in the re organisation an entirely new bench of elder be elected to consist of five members.' All of the old elders resigned and the nei elders were selected and inaugurated. This aolion bridges over the difficulty, as th newly eleoled elders will, in all probability represent the true sentiment of the church o congregation, and whatever action they ma; take in filling the pastorate will bo proper), sustained. Tub Pore and tub Knights.?New Vouk April 18.?The Catholic Newt of this city re Dei red the following oable dispatch to-da; rom Rome concerning the Pope and th Knights of Labor: "Komb, April 18.?The Pope lias decide the question of the Knighis of Labor in favor o that organisation This decision will stand si long as the present method pursued in further ing their aims prevails. The doounsent of Car. final Gibbons has been endorsed. The Pope farther decides that tn Canada, whore a man lament had been issued against the Knights the members of the Order will recive absolutioi >n promises of obedienoe to future deeiaions ol the Iloly See. If the Knights identify them iclvea with theories uow being disseminated bj serlain agitators this deoision in their favor will be revoked.*' Death or a Wki.i. Known Lawyer.?Mr. loseph H. Bradley diol at his residence in IVest Washington on the afternoon of the 8<! >f general debility, aged eighty-four years. Is has been engaged in the conduct of many el be most celebrated cases in the district, iniluding the trial of Mrs. Surratt for eonspiacy in the Lincoln assassination plot. Aflei he jury had reported a disagreement in the lurratt case, presiding justice Judge Fisher rose and said it was his duty to disbar Bradey from practioe before the bar of the distriol or disloyalty to the government. Bradley ihallenged the judge to a duel, but th? shallenge passed unnsticed. lie was not reinHated for five or six years afterward. n>v, r... IV . D >? MI1A/VA nRTIBKH, ? fT ASH INflTON, lpi il 10.?Brigadier General OrUnJo D. Wilox was to-day placed on the retired list, firing reached the age of sixty-four years. About forty-eight years ago we knew Orlando ). Wilcox as one of the most exemplary young >en in the city of Detroit, Michigan. The last me we saw him he was a priioner of war in oluBtbia. We called on him there and found im but little changed, except that lime ad given him a more staid and manly appearace. Wesendyoa kind feting, Orlando? wg pardon?0 en oral, in your retirement. w SEhe gtotaVa (tyuraff. K. P. McKlSSICK, . Editor. 0*to. Complimentary to Ml*a Carrie Anghtry, of Columbia, a German wii given at the Hotel last Tucsdijr night, which proved to be a concplete success. The String Band tendered our young men tne music free, and (he muito nil certainly sweet. Tho German was wsll attended by our society poop'.e and was led with graoe and skill by Mr. L. Q. Young and Miss Aughtry. This was the first- German given here in some time and it was a delightful one. The March number of the South Carolina Collrgian is on onr table with a new corps of Editors. It is a bright and spioy little msgaslne and contains always well writteu artioles and College news. Couspiouous among the articles in the number before us, is one eni titled "Aute Bellura Collegians ; The rliymee they wrote; the songs they sung, and the political principles they maintained, by Mr. Yates | Snowden, of tho ffeietand Courier stalF, which I is very interesting and amusing. The new corps of Bditors are, A. W. Parker, Editor-in-chief, and Arthur O. Simpson, John . R. Coao, Thorn well Multaly and Ilutson Lee, > Jr., who are students of known Ability snd ; enterprise. We wish the Colltnian much sue I cess. On next Tuesday the monument erected to r the memory of that greatest of all Carolinians, 1 John Caldwell Calhoun, will be unvoile I in . Charleston ntnidst the pomp, glory and circum> stances of peaco, and amidst the blowing of > trumpets and the sounding of cimbals. Hon. L. Q. C. Iamir, Secretary of the Interior, will , deliTer the dedioatery oratien, and it will be n i big day for dear old Charleston. It is hoped - that Union will send a good representation, and 1 it is safe to say that such will be the case. , Among the Marshals who will participate in e the ceremonies will be Mr. Charles C. Culp. - Union could mot be better represented than by him. The Carolina Concert Compaoy, of Columbia, gave a Concert in Xioholaon's Ilall on last Monday night. A pretty good audience greeted the Company and it is said that the Concert was a goed one, coming as it did from Aroatcars. If you want to see a thing of beauty, just step in at Posey's Drug Store and lake a look at his cologne show case. It is filled with the best brands and gaades of oolegne, face powders, etc., and it is n neat and prettily arranged show case. Persons of advanced ages will find it beneficial to visit Posey's and view ' hi* new denartnre. j _ While in Colatnbia thie week, we had the I pleasure of etoppiog at the Hotel Jereme and 1 found it to be one of the best Hotels we havo ever seen. IU manager, Mr, John A. Willis, is a first-class hotot keeper all over, and his popularity is synonimous with the beet hotel men of the Sooth. We advise the people of this county to stop at the Hotel Jerome whenever they ehanoe to be in Columbia. It is the plaee jo get good eating, good water, and good eleeping. No pains are spared for the comfort of guests. Verbum tap. The Newt and Courier is recognized ia Beuth Carolina as being a ponggfql Inecttatten, end In Union that sentiment is supreme, and whenever a oopy fails to get here a gloom as it were, is cast over our newspaper-reading people. And the citisens of Union are always glad to 'r have amongst them any of the 'people' who I help in the get up of the Newt and Courier. t Doubly so are our people to have here in our ' midet one who ones lived among us'and one \ who is now occupying the distinguished posi1 tion of Slate Editor ef the Newt and Courier, I Mr. J. L. Weber, who is in town on a visit to " his parents. We extend a hearty welcome to * Mr. Weber. i It is in the air that a combination will soon i be effected between the Georgia and Carolina | Midland Hailread, and the Chicago, Cincin, natti and Charleston railroad, one of the con5 ditions of the combination being that the 'three CV shall build the line of the Qeergia and I Carolina Midland road. ! To the fair young maiden who so kindly i sent us the beautiful boquet which now adorns our desk we return our heartfelt thanks. Suoh lovely specimens of nature's adornment of s earth, coming from such a source makes a young s man blush crimson and canses "a young man's ? faney lightly to turn to thoughts of love. A genttoman passing through Union last * week, who has traveled extensively said that ^ Main Street was one ef the prettiest thoroughfares in the South, and that the trees en either r side of the pavements were beautiful. We cony ourr in all tho stranger was so kind to say about our streets. Not long since Mr. Henry May went squir > rel hunting and happened upon "a pirce of r good luck" in this (hat he killed thirteen aquire rela on one tfee, and it was not a good da/ for aquirrela either. On the da/ before, Mr. | Robert F.^tlnwkins killed, on the same idenli, cal tree, three aquirrela at one allot. Certainly this ia a good record for one tree. i Personal Mention. * Mr. D. C. Fl/un has returned from New , York where he pnrchaaed hia aammer stock of | goods. Mies Hannah Kion, who spent last week with r tbo family ef Col. McKisaiok, loft bore Monday for Columbia. Mr. David Johnson, Jr., lias returned home from an extended visit to the Western States. I Capt. F. M. Parr and Rev. B. O. Clifford have gone te Anderson, to attend the meeting r of the Urand Dodge of the Knights of Hon/', of South Carolina. C. C. Culp, Esq. returned from Shelby, N. C. lest Monday, where he went to defend a negro for murder. It is said that Mr. Culp made an eloquent effort, and auccoede 1 in , saving his elient's life. i Hon. William Munro has returned from a ' professional trip to Louisiana. Mrs. Qeorre J. Stool ui.l -r r>i._. ter County, hare been her* on a visit to relatires. Miss Joti* Fsrrnr bss gene to Spartanburg on s visit to h*r sister Mrs. J. A. Foster. Miss Csrri* Aughtry, who hu been here for sometime on s rlsit t* Mist Mamie Hunter, returned to Columbia last Wednesday. Mr. nerbort Martin, of Leureni, was in town this week. Mr. and Mrs. W. MoB. Sloan returned to Columbia last Wednesday after a short visit at , this place.