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Almost a Lynching at Book HillBock Hill, February 1.?Upon a few minutes' notice that there would probably be a lynching at Bock Hill, 1 came up from Columbia to-day. When 1 arrived the lynohiog excitement was just over. The crime was the murder of W. C Abernatby. The assault, which resulted in his death, three days later, was committed on last Friday night, January 25. Mr. Abernatby formed the company of the mercantile firm of Massey & Co., who did business at Catawba Junction, on the Three Co Railroad, about nine miles from this place. On the night mentioned Mr. Massey was away, and instead of staying in his house, a few-yards distant, where his wife aud five children were, Mr. Abernatby remained in the store. About 10.30 1*. M. Mrs. Abernatby heard a noise at her door. Opening it che admitted her husband. It was dark in the room or entry, and she asked what was the matter. Mr. Abernatby answered faintly that he was very sick and asked her to geta light. When the light was obtained she discovered that he was wounded and bleeding. Alarmed, she inquired the cause, and her husband auswered that ho had fal len down in (he store. Investigation proved (hat he had received a blow from behind with Bonie blunt instrument, which had broken his skull. The fracture extended across the head from ear to car. On the top of tho head was an indentation, the skull being depretsed and hearing upon the brain. The first arrest was made on Saturday morning. The negro arrested was known as Charley Mack, but called himself McManus. He was suspected hecauso he ' was the last man seen in the Btore with Mr. Abernathy en Sunday uight. Several weeks before the murder Mr. Abernathy had some of his beehives stolon,, and a negro named Charles Colston was suspected of the thelt, and this was the nominal cause of the arrest, although the fact was stimulated by the fact I lint he hud remarked after tho assault on Mr. Abernathy to a negro, wlie was expressing his regret nt the occurrence, that ihat was nothing, and that if they, Massoy & Co, did not lookout their store would he in ashes before the week was over. Trial Justice Wm. White, of Hock Hill, issued the warrant of arrest. When he found himself in the toils Colston mado what he declared to he a confession, implicating another negro ssction hand named Jobti Fcastcr. Fcastcr had been arrested und held as a witness against Colston in the beehive case. Colston now.declured that on Thursday afternoon, when he wns hunting with Fcastcr, the latter proposed that he, Charley Mack, I'M and three others, should make a raid on Massey &Co's store the next night. Feaster declared that if any man divulged the secret the others would kill him. It was ngrecd that if cither Mr. Massey or Mr. Aberuathy was in the etore he should be killed. Ou Friday night tliey then went to the scene of the crime. Reaching the store, Colston said that they saw Mr. Abernatliy silling under a lump with two shoe boxes at his buck. On the top of the highest box lay a singletree. Colston was placed at tho door (o watch, while the others entered. Mack get behind his victim and Feus tor in front of hitn. Mack picked tip tho singletree and struck Mr. Abernuthy twice on the back of the head with it, felling hint so that his head dropped over a nail keg iu front of his chair. Then Feastcr struck him, but Colston did not observe what weapon he used. Fsaster fumbled in thu stricken man's pockets Mack went to the money drawer ofthostore and tried to pull it open. A hell attached to it sounded an alarm, and frightened them. Mr. Abernuthy then began struggling and the assassins lied, Fenster carrying with him a sack of tlour. Next morning titnu? wiiii mm, out uiu not ao so. This was the substance of Colstons statement to the trinl Justice. While it evidently wns portly false, tho description of the assault must have been nearly accurals r..? i? ?- ' .?. ... .. i.-ii n?rg, nuicn me negro had taken fur a nail keg, was found a quart of liloud. Iu cunsequcuce of this evidence Feast er was examined by Trial Justice White. He insisted that he was innocent, and was insolent and defiant. Colston claimed to be unable to ideutify any other negroes than Mack and Fcaster. liut when-the time came for the execution of the warrant'here was a check. A large number of citizens from the Catawba Junction reached the town, and wheu between 11 aud 12 o'clock an effort was made to i convey the prisoners to tho Tlireo 1"h train bound for YorkvUle the crowd interfered, j aud refused to allow tliem to leave town. | Tlicy were brought back and placed in the guard house. The etowd swelled until there were about three hundred incensed men about the guard house. The citizens greatly desired that the law should take its caurse. but the countrymen were bctii on lynching The lives of the negroes at 1 o'clock to-day were not thought worth an hour's purchase. Cool headed citizens worked amid the excited throng in the interest of law aud with effect. It is couceded that the most effective appeals were made by the Itev. .lames i4. \\ lute a Presbyterian minister of this town, wlie has a congregation in thedietrict where the murder wm committed. Mr. Whito mounted a wagon in the midst of the crowd aud made such a strong appeal as greatly to quiet the passions which had 'jcoii aroused. An argument which was used by others had great effect, and it was (hut if these negroes were lynched there could be no due to the other guilty ones. The end of it all was that the negroes were reluctantly allowed to be taken to Yorkville under guard on the ;? P. M. train.? N. 0. 0. to -Vi tea <ti?! Cotincr. A lifr-SSavimi Isviation.? Grrcnvillc, February I.?A company lias been formed here lo manufacture and push iho sale of "King's automatic railway aiguul," a devico recently patented by II. (>. King, of tbistiity. litis machine is designed fur use in depositing torpedo signals on the railway track in case of accident to a (tain, and is contrived to run any required distance along a single raii. place the torpedo signals and throw itsell oil the track and out of the way. l'Ui.SIM.NT Ct.l.VI.I. V M> WJI.I. Ill MM It 1II K I'ractk'k ok Law.?Washington. February ?It is authoritniivtly announced that l'residcnt Cleveland will return t<> ihe tstato of New York to re-dele on tlio expiration of his term of oflice, and will on March f? reriiine the practice of Irs profession in New York city, having associated himself at counsel with the law firm of Kang?, Stetson, 1 racy & Mac Vcagh. ? ?? My little son. three jears of age, was terribly afflicted with scrofula. His head was entirely covered with .scrofulous sores, and hi* body showed many marks of the disease. A few bottle* of Ayer's Farsnpa ruin cured him.?>V. J. Hcckctt, ilyuiera. Indiana. Hanking on Sixty ('cuts?Atlanta, Fobruory J.?C. It. Northern, receiver of the .Mercantile Hanking Company, furnishes tonighl a complete list of (he ^abilities heard from, amounting to Payments was stopped on n few drafts that fell into the receiver's hands. Absolutely the only assets are the sixty conts found in the drawer on the first day of the reeeivership. Tolleson, president, and Richards, cashier, ore still in jail. Ifie iOecfifg "Httioii f inics R. M. STOKER, - - Editor Friday, February 8, 188tf. SUBSCRIPTION, $2.00 PER ANNUM P08T OFFICE DLRECTOBY. The F. O. will be opened "*for business from 8 A.M. to b.30 P. II. The Monej Order Department will be opened for business from 0 A. M. to 4 P. M. The Northern and Southern mails will both close promptly at 1 P. M. Any inattention or irregularities should be reported promptly to the P. M. J. C. HUNTER, P. M. THE PUBLISHERS NOTICE. Hereafter no "application for Homestead" will bo inserted unless the fee, $3 is paid in ndranee. We don't like to dun widows, and we bare ten or twelre such charges on our UUWRO UU|fHIU, Another matter we would poet our readors on. Obituary notice* over t*n line* must be paid for a* advertisement*. In other words for every one hundred words, after the first one hundred we shall charge one dollar. Count the words and send the cash wth the copy, to make eure of seeing it in the Timrh. Ualea Cotten Karket. Market brisker I ban laat week, with belter prices. Sale* for the week, 883 bale*; prioes ruling from 80 @ 9|. 10k- Mrs. Margarot Spark*, wife of Mr. Carpenter Sparks, died at her residence in CroiB Keys township, last Tuesday morning. ? .. t&~ We sincerely regret to learn that Mis* Iioyd, daughter of Itev. L). P. Boyd, died at Jonesville last week, after suffering intensely for many weeks. tteff" Last Friday night Columbia came very near having a big cotton fire. As it was about fifty bales on Miller Bros, platform were burned. e10k John McGlree, at one time supposed to be the preprietor of the largest jowslry establishment in tbo South, nnd ?? !?. erisuiiauou mo v_,nariesion ou?, an evening daily paper, made an assignment last Monday, to A. Mcllugh, Esq., for the benefit of bis creditors. fKff- The proverbial cold wsti bas reached us at last, and we had a pratty fair specimen of a Northern blisxard last Tuesday, the wind blowing things about quite lively. To-day, Thursday, wo have a delightful cold, eloar and bracing atmosphere. taf" Don't forget the Hot Supper al New Hope Church, 2 miles below Jones villc, So uc given next Thursday, the 14th The proceeds are to be devoted to building a new church. We can't he there, but w< shall wish we were, enjoying sons# of th? Btif The I'nion correspondent of tin AVira and Courier in his letter of last Natur day says : Mr. W. T. Graham, lutendant of tlx town, tells me this morning that "they in tend to build the town hall." Ho says thai work will commence pretty nuou. Well, all we have to say about it is, wt have spoken to a number of the largest taxpayers in town about the building of a Town Hall, and we have yet to hear one of them favoring it. They all agree with ua that if the Town Council has money to spend they had better put it whore it will do the town some omul by advancing its business interes's. Wc cannot believe that the gentlemen composing the present Town Council will do nny such foolish net ns to naddln the citizens #f the town with nu extra tax without consulting the taxpayers. No doubt, there are flntno in the community who have some idle money they would like to find a safe investment for, at good interest, nnd wc know of no safer investment than 7 per cent, bonds of the town of Union ; but whether the taxpayers who have no money to invent would bo willing to he taxed to pay interest on their more fortunate neighbors' money, without receiving any benefit from it themselves, it a question the Town Council is, we think, bound to consider. It cannot be denied, we believe, that there is a respectable amount of idle capital in Union, but its owners cling to it with such tenacity that nothing but interest bearing bonds and mortgages or corporation bonds, securely locked in their safes, will induce theni to Ucsen their grip upon it. They can see the interest coming from these securities nununlly, and can control them as they plcnse: but point them to an enterprise that will return the same i>r ? _ vtvu < grcuiur interest and at the same timo contribute to the public welfare, but which each cannot control fer himself, they eliako their heads doubtfully and invent in it as gingerly as if taking hold of a snake's tail. They linvc four Cotton factories, in the city of Charlotte, all run by steam, and although two of them hava not been in operation a year, they are considered the most profitable investments in that ciiy;J the stock ranging from 140 in the oldest mill to 1 lU in lh? youngest, and none for sale. Now that cheap coal is being delivered j from Tennessee, via the Spartanburg and Ashevillo road, there is no sense in waiting for the Three C's. road to bring us that material before commencing to build a Factory. Give us a Factory first, to improve the towu, and an Opera House afterward. ? Shot roH a Sp.at is a Car ?Atlanta, February 1. ?Near Fairburo, on the Atlanta and Vvest Point train to-.dny, Capt. John T. Ilcarn shot and fatally wounded an unknown negro. The trouble grew out of the refusal of the negro to give up his sent. He drew a knife on Hearn, who shot him. Death or Thomas C. Haii.r.? Kingville, February 4.?Mr. Thomas C. llaile died suddenly at his home to-day. Dear lloykin.S. C. The immediate cause of death is unknown, but the indications are that heart disease or apoplexy was the trouble. Mr. llaile was highly esteemed. A brave man and gallant gentleman has gone. Sadden Death of Mr*. W. A. Robinson. Never have the people of Union received a greater shock than they did about 10 o'clock on Monday morning last by the announcemeat that Mrs. W. A. Robinson, one of the most eatimatfte Ladies of the community, bad suddenly fallen dead at her residence. The circumstances of her' death were, as we have learned them, as foilows: She was attending to her household duties ad was her custom, in her usual* health, and went into the sitting room, where a granddaughter, a child about 7 years old, was, sat down in a chair and unbuttoned the front of tbo upper part of her dress, and immediately fell to the floor. The child ran and spoke to her, but receiving no reply she ran to her aunt, Mrs. vIIamcs, living near, and told her that her grandmother had fallen down dead. On Mrs. Ilaaes roarhintr the liousr. alio found Mra. Robin on lying on the floor, and the child's report too sadly true. Mr. Robinson and medical attendance were quickly summoned, but all too late; her apirit had flown to the God who gavo it, and slio was beyond all earthly help to savo. Thus has fallen one af the most devoted wives, the kindest of mothers, the purest of Christians and most exemplary women of this community, and moat sinceroly do tha sympathies of all go out to tho husband and children in their audden and irreparable bereavement. Mrs. Robinson leaves a kind and devoted husband, four daughters and two aons? neither of them being with her at the time of her death. Har daughters are all married ; one son is in California, the other was at Davidson College, and only arrived in time to attend the funeral of the mother he was so ardently devoted to, nnd who of all the other children will feel her loss most keenly. May Grace from on High be given the sorely stricken family to sustain them in their sad affliction. . Clifford Seminary. On Friday last lion. John R. Harrison, member of Legislature from Greenville County, brought his second daughter to Union to enter as a student in Clifford Seminary. Col. Harrison's oldest daughter was graduated with distinction from the seminary in the class of '87, and took with her to her home the best wishes and high eBteem of all who were associated with her. and of the many friends she made while here. On Saturday Miss ltcbecca Shaw, daughter of Hon. H. (J. Shaw, member of the Legislature from Sumter County, was matriculated in the Seminary. Miss Shaw is a grand-duughter of Rev. James II. Saye, who for years was a most faithful and efficient minister iu this county, and who is now a fleet iont\fely remembered by many of our oldest citizens. 'lhe Seminary has just closed, very prosperously, titc nrst term of the present session. Twenty-seven boarders have been en^ rolled, and several olhors are iu correspondence with the l'rineipal and may soon en' terJta iRptijy) "S!1,;-., , ? F. Lamplej, the Raptist Minister, had left home to hold ssrvices in his church, leaving Mrs. Lam ploy and her little son, about lli : yearn olJ, at home, a nfgre maa attempted to force liin way into the house. He first tried the back door, and Mre. Latupley asked ( who was there and what they waDted. Without making any reply, he went round to the front door and tried to cntor there. Mre. L. egain epoko to him but ho did not answer. At this the little boy took up the fire shovel and weut to the door, and on opening it a stout nogre stood facing him in the deorway. The brave little fellow struck the villain in the face with the shovel and quickly closed the door, when the negro loft. Suspicion rests upon a notorious character living in the neighborhood, who is seldom out ef the clutches of the law, but is slippery enough to evade its penalties and keep out of the penitentiary, IJlue pills, enforced by Dupont'e XX through a Coil's syringe, is the best means for ridding the community of such pestiferous night visitors. . We'll get it right after awhile, we hope, lu the proceedings of the Legislature we often read the title of a bill running thusly : An act to nmrnd an Act entitled an Act to amend an Act entitled an Act, etc., and we can't sec why an editor should not be allowed the privilege of heading au article intended to correct a mistake in the same style, thus : An Article to correct an article entitled an article to correct a mistake. etc. Well, we shall take that privilege this week, av.t any rate, by stating that liialiop Duncan dnl perforin the interesting ceremony of marrying the present Mr. and Mrs Wolling, notwithstanding we said last week that he didn't do it. We suggest one of two ways to prevent such errors hereafter : Either invite tho E liter, or an acknowledged representative of the paper, to witness the ceremony and take a piece of cake, or withhold the "usual fee" until the Hev gentleman officiating provides the Editor of the local paper w ith a correct notice of the "tie up." The Confederate Certificate, just published by the Walker. Evans k Cogswell Company, Charleston, S. C., is inteuled for the use of survivors, whether members of Associations or not. Associations should de as thai of Charleston has done, adopt it J as a Certifieate of Membership. It can | also he used for the dcaJ. It is a baudsome lithograph engraving. Trices, on paper, $1 ; Agents wanted everywhere to canvas* on liberal terms. Outfit free. A Labor Fobti nk.?The will of tho Hon. R. V. McAdtn, of Charlotte, N. C., who died last week, was probated in that city Tuesday. The estate is valued at jSotUMX), not including the life insurance, which was $ 1 lO.t'tHb That is the largest estate that has ever been recorded in the county of Mecklenburg. ? Charlotte Chronicle. Ricklkn's Aunh'a Svlvr.?Tnr. Rt:sr S\lvk in the world for Cuts. Bruises. Sores, > L'lcer*, Sail Rheum, Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains, t orns, and all ' Skin Eruptions, and positively cures Tiles J or no pay required. It is guaranted to give Terfect satisfaction, or money refunded, i Trice L'o cents per box. For sale by 1'oscy t k Dto. Febi ll?, ly. I j The Work of thy Allianoo. The Count} Farmers Alliance met in the Court Heuae last Friday.: .In the morning their proceedings were with closed doors, as usual, and net being ono of the initiated we can eay nothing of what transpired, simply because we don't knew. In the afternoon, however, an invitat ion was extended te the public to listen to an address from Dr. 8. J Hester, the business manage* or Ceotraotor. This invitation we knew nofWldt of untjl the address was closed, consequently we did not bear it. The correspondent of the Netcs and Courier, who has but little more to empley bis time than to be on the lookout for something new and peculiar, was there, however, and we ex tract the following from his report of it to that journal: He began by saying that it was no ones fault that the farmers wero not prospering but tbeir own. To bring about a change there must be organisation among the farmers, and that the desired end could not he perfected in a short whitg, but that it would "take time, trouble and pat encc to make it a success." He told the farmers they had made eight billion dollars worth of cotton since the war, and that they were not worth one dollar more to-day than at the close of thenar. lie said the farmeis bad eaten this amount of money up in bacon and corn, and now ought to weight twenty-five tons apiece, but instead they were the sorawniest set of men he ever saw. He also told them they would have te raise more supplies at home to meet the ever increasing demands mado upon them, and he distinctly Wished St to be understood that the Allisnce was not in any way opposed to any profession or industry. What Ihty wished to see was an equality of dividends. The capitalists are receiving annually from their investments a large per cent, when the poor farmer scarcely realize two per cent, and they intended to get "things eveu." The farmers really have the world undsr their control. The Alliance of the entire Southern States intend to hold their cotton until they can get a fair price for it?more than it coat to mako it. In the first parigraph the Dr. gives n true statement of our Farmers past and present condition, and what they must expect to encounter before they "weigh" any more than they do now, financially. We have been telling them the very satno things for many years, but it made uo more im pression on tbcm tlian pouring waior on duck's back. We sincerely hope the Dr f words will be received as a mandate, and ibat "the Alliance will mako it imperative upon each one of its members to raiec al the bacon, corn, oats, wheat and hay re quired upon the farm. Then, and not unti then, will they "see an equality of divi dends" and their poeketbooke weighiuj heavier. Then, and not till thea, will "tbi Alliances ef the entire Southern States ui ablr to hold their cotton until they cat get a fair price for it." So long as the Soutborn Farmers onlj work seven or eight months in tko yea* am rmploy the Western and Northwe?tern Far mere, who have to work twelve months in i year, to raise supplies for them, aud pay tk raiiioade fer bringing thoec supplies t them, it will he eut of the power ef th Southern Cotton planters to "hold their coi ton" one day loager than w hen their euppl bills fall due. p.Kbroi/tl&m tffiH fifths a?ustkiDed tl result; prompt paymeuts to the merchanti or the nierohante will be compelled to bor row money to pay drafts as they fall du. and add the interest to the Farmers' ao counts and take mortgages to secure it, c the merohants must fail, with their safe full of bad and doubtful Alliance debts. While we acknowledge that the Farmer; are ripht in forming Alliance* t* obtaic their supplies as cheap as possible, a everybody else do, they will find, wliou the, attempt to combiuc merchandizing will farming, that Ihey are gettmg into ver, deep aud muddy waters. If they wish to better their conditio! through cheap supplies uml' keeping out o the graeping hands of railroad and othe combinations aud trusts, each Farmer inus begin the good work oil his own Farm, b< working to make the soil which God ha put under hie control, for that very purpose yield him food *Dd raiment. We believe ai firmly as wo believe anything, that thi great reaseu why Southern Farmers are no more prosperous is, that they violate thi laws of God aud nature in that respect. il? has favored ua with the aoil, climate and every ether requisite, above almost everj other people on the globe, for produoing evervthinir ncnaxiiirir fnn 1 prosperity, ami if we pervert and dsspisc these gifts we must expect only the sant resulte which invariably fellow the violation of the moral and physioal laws in every other calling and eceupation. We ask our farmers to read the article in another co lumn under the bead of "The contrast between the cotton and grain belts." Personals. Miss Cora Counts is in Wellferd visiting the family of Rev. J. E. Covington. Mies Mamie Bailey left for (laffney City last Tuesday, where ehe will enter the Cooper Limestone Institute. It will be remembered that Miss Phoebe Fuller, who taught school in the Female Academy, at this place for a number of years, is now Lady Principal of that flourishing insiitute. and it is safe to say that Miss Mamie will be advonccd as rapidly under Miss Fuller as in any College in the State. Miss Mamie is one of our sweetest young Ladies, and we will greatly miss her. Vlrs. M. E. Nowell after spending some tiino with relatives at this place, left for Oaffney City last Saturday, where ehe holds a position as a Teacher in the Cooper Limostone Institute. Our correspondent, E. W. J., of Santuc, paid us a visit last Friday. Wm. H. Vanderbilt, Jr., and wife passed through this place one day last week in v.... mvn ucuuiiiut p?nor coacn. Our young friends, H. C. Miller, of Fislidain, anil Horace Lot, of Cold Well, paid us a pleasant visit last Tuesday. Miss Mollie Rentlej, a popular yunng lady, of Marietta, Oa., is on a visit to her numerous frienda and relatieos in ibis county. l'arlies in need of Hay, Oats, I'eas, Itran, Coin, Flour, Farming implements and Hardware, should cnlt on It. S. LIl'SCOMH, (iatl'oey City, S. (\, hendquftrteis f?.r such , goods. 12*3t / / News From North Paoolet. Etta Jank, Feb. 4.?Rut. J W. Query will preach at 8alcm next Sabbath, 10th < instant. I The last few days some of our farmers , have been sewing oats. Should the present spell of weather continue for a week longer | much of this work will be don6. I Almost everybody has a "bad cold." The writer has followed the advice of Dr. J. , Rufus Bratton, of Yorkville, for many | years, and seldom has a cold?i. e. bathe the top of the head in cold water. (That's our remedy for toothache.?Editor.) Our school is progressing finely. The spelling matches arc an interesting feature in the exercises. Miss Nannie lvcndrick is teaching at Mesopotamia Church, and Miss Sallie I'oole is teaching at Cherokee Springs, 8partanburg County. These young ladies each have good schools and richly deserve the patronage of tho public in their chosen profession. They are both hightoned, amiable young ladies. Mr. II. B. Estes, who moved to Washington Territory five years ago, writes that he is getting along very well and is well pleased willi that country?much more bo now than formerly. He is engaged in the lumber business. Ilo has bought and paid for a amall farm and built a comfortable cottage on it, for which he has been affered $1,000. Sueh men as llazo will always make a living. They have good schools there and society is much improved in morals since they went there. Nine-tenths of tbo failures in this or any other country are mainly in the men, at last. More cnergotio people than H. 11. Kstes and his excellent wife, are as scarce as retton cedar. The answer to the question of two weeks ago is: A paid $b (105, and B paid $10 83$ of the interest, which was $17 50. If 12 poaches arc worth 84 apples, and 8 apples are worth 24 plums, bow many plums are 5 peaches worth? We regret to state thut Mr. Thomas L. Berry, of Hopewell, York County, died last wsek. We have known Mr. II. for a lifetime, ' and he was one of the leading farmers in 1 Y'ork County. At the time of his death he was in the employ of IIou. Glenn D. I'eake of our county, managing his farm at the "Beauty Spot," in York county. Mr. Berry numbers among his connection some of the best families in Western York, who have our heartfelt sympathies iu their bereavement. Mr. W. E. Cornwell, of Santuc, has sent me the correct answer to the sum of two weeks ago. A paid $G G65, and B paid $10 85$ cents. Our Santuc friend and co-laborer, E. W. J., who we presume is a young man, has given our readers some wholesome advice upon farming, &c. Wc haven't the pleas, ure of his acquaintance, but wo aro satisfied that ho voices the sentiment of a people who are bound to us by a tic as strong and lasting as life itself. Better man and braver soldiers never marksd a field of battle than the "Seutuc boys." Vox. . e Violators of Law Beware. Ms. Stokss.?l'lcnse allow ins to say tc ' the people of GnwdevwlVa.fnT'vohl" 1 understood there arc seme people am onj ?. us whe habitually desecrate the sabbath by - meeting at certain places to diink and gam ?, ble. Now, I do most reapeotfully request any ,r and all persons directly or indirectly con 8 nested with ihe?u pcrnicieui and lawless practices, to itoj> it at once. i The duty of looking after these violations i, of law has been imposed upon me, and 1 ask s the good people of this township, both whits y and colered, la give me their assistance to h abate these or any other nuisances, and I y assure them they will find a man not afraid to do his duty in the premises. > This manifesto may appear extra-judicial, f but 1 want it distinctly understood that I r will not be responsible for the consequence*, t however scrioes, of attempting to do my y duty in the premises aforesaid, s Respectfully Yours, , Jamf.s L. Strain, i Trial Justico. 5 *" "* k Colombia's First cotton Mill.?A meeting of the directors of the Congaree .Manufacturing Company was held last night, and ' Superintendent Schwartz was able to make I a moat encouraging report of the mill and , of its future prospects. Ilcfore the mill started at all orders were on hand for 100, 000 pounds of its product, and ever since '< its starting tip the orders have exceeded the i capacity of the mill to supply. During the , past month the running of the machinery has been brought to such perfection and the help have become so expert that the production has been greater than for auy previous month, an I a handsome profit neted. Mr. Schwartz has now sold varn nheml lo nn ititiotiiil equnl to tlic in li s j?ro<!net for three inontlm lo come, an.I thnt, too, at good prices. Most > i it lias been sold to Soiitlioru mills to whom the saving in freight combine with the estisfsctory quality of yarn, makes the products of this mill highly desitable. The yarn turned out is considered excellent, and holds its own with that produced anywhere, so good prices are easily obtained for it. At last nighi's informal meeting the directors decided to build six or eight new double tenement houses neur the mill of six rooms each, for the occupancy of operatives. The matter was aho taken into consideration of increasing the capacity of the null by adding to the present plant some 4,000 more I spindles to lie placed in a new brick wing to be run out from the present building nnd of similar style of construction. ( ertainly Columbia's tirst cotton mill is j an aestted success, nnd Col. A. C. Haskell, i the sagacious President ef thecompany, aud ; bis able conferees of the Hoard of Directors ) are to ho congratulated on the highly creditable results of their enterprise.?lleyttltr. Shooting into \ Train,?We learn that ! a shot was lired into the first-class ear of I the down passenger train en the Port Koyal k Western Cnrolin? Puilroad, about three miles south of Waterloo, on Wednesday I evening of list week. The hall is said to | have shattered the windows ol both aides of the car, passing within a few feet of ; I'rofessoi Hodges, of Greenwood, and another passenger, a Mr. Smith, of Charles-, ' (on. No one was injured, tint such dastardly 1 conduct deserves the severest pnuishmcnt. ? Laurtntvtllf llrrohl. ( ?? . ? . ?l?r. Divver, of Anders< n, has a nmchino t shop with machinery worth iJbo.OdO. He will romove his whole plant to Spartanhursr t and put it int > the coinj any if t hat c ly w ill t raise tho 5?10,<KM? t iv. r half that suui f baa already I eon subscribed. t What tha Allianoe Intsnds. Ma. Editor.?I see in tha Tutu, of Jan. 25, a notica of tha Gaffney City Allianea ' trade with Messrs. Carroll & Car pen tar, 1 with aoma comments by yourself. Tha six 1 Alliances of North Pacolst, with several of 9iartanburg, have made arrangements with lbs abovo named firgp for 1889. As an 1 Alliance man, Mr. Editor, I am surprised at the opposition, calumny, and even oaths 1 that have been hurled upon our arganisation. 1 Editors. Lawyers and Physicians have their I associations; Merchants have their Boards of Trade for their mutual protection and tha advancement of their calling, and whan tha good and honest part of the agricultural classes unite for aaoh others' benefit you ought to hear tha money grabbers and life-blood snokers bise and sisi. I doubt, Mr. Editor, if you realise the coudition of the honest farmer of our dear old old Southland. He lias but little, except his good name, a dependent family and a run down farm ; and while we plead guilty, in some respects, yet there are outside pressures that have becoao unbearable? Harpies that we can't and we will not stand. Our organization is net to pull down or destroy any other calling. Far from it. Wa a rn raa.l \r sa nrntonj f It A KnnAuf m An of every profession with all he has. But we are determined ne longer to pay those extortionate time-prices?paying the debts of the irresponsible. We want nene, (and will keep none,) in our Allianoes but true and honest men. I hope the back doors and by-laws ef every Sub Alliance in the oounty will be so wide open and rigid that all dishonest men can't cling to the Furmcrs Alliance. Then, when au Alliance of good men go in a body te a responsible merchant aad bind themselves to trade with him, he binding himself to furnish them goods at a certain small per cent, above cost, where is the "espionage'' of demanding to see his bills of purchase? Self respect as wsll as duty to tur families demand that wc turn from j our former manner of doing things. Ws should btgin at home by using energy aud economy ; following the injunctions of the Scriptures: "Owa no man anything." Omit paying 5 cents for a lamp wiok that costs 10 cents a dozen, or bartering a bushel of corn for GO cents of high meat, and buy back that same corn in the Spring far $1 25 ou time, &c., Sit. We arc going to leave all suoh deeds in the past, and to tha nobody's ef the present. Yes, Mr. Editor, wc are dsterminsd la be somebody in the future. We begin to have self respect and love each other with ilie strong ties of a commen brotherhood. Of eourac there are more merchants than are needed to supply us in our present I condition. But some splendid farmers hare beon lc I off by shining geld into mercantile life, and we hope they will gracefully return to that noble calling. And others, who are only whiskey perfumed extortioners can seek forgirencea for their past doede, or gloat over their ill-gotten gains, 'till thi ' final summons comes, and their "gold with' ? r, " ii?rd dying pillow , FromsuchaDilln- .. r ._j County Lsctcrek. The Benting of Nioholson's Hall. Mr. Editor.?Will you kindly grant m< space in your columns to correct a misstatement concerning Nicholson's Hall, reeently published in the Aetra & Courier. The Union correspondent of the Artvt and Courier says that "Mr. Win. A. Nicholson having rcfuiod to rent his hall, the town council have decided to put up a Town Hall," otc, etc. There lies the mistake, for 1 have never declined to rent the Hall, there ouly beiug a disagreement as to the amouot to be paid. But 1 will state all the facts in the case, and let the public judge for themselves. In the early pait of 1888, I went to tha Council and told them that 1 wanted to rent tho Hall to them. I offered it at a year, which offor they ucoepted; and 1 | may say liero thai I was told by a member of the council that they had taken in almost that amount, besides baring had entertainments there for which they did not receive anything. This year I made them two distinct propositions : * 1st. 1 told them that I bad concluded that I could not afTord to take less than f2o0, annually?7 per cent discouut for eash? 1 making it $232 f>0, and gave these as my reasons: that there was the interest on the in veatment, the inevitable wear and tear on both building and furniture, the insuranoe on the Hall, and another fact not generally knowu. that because there is a Hall in the second story, I have to pay 75ots more for each $100 that I insure on the wholo building, 2 percent being the rate, with 1J per cent, the rate without the Hall. 2nd. 1 ottered to sell the Hull to the town for J:1,000. I$y "Hull," meaning the second story of the building and all its fixtures, including scenery, chairs, stoves, lamps etc. 1 offered to lake in payment, at par. town b >n Is bearing interest at 7 per cent. '1 licet- propositions were declined, but they now appsar in the News aw/ Couritr distorted into a refusal on my part to relent the Hall. Docs any reasonable person still think so'.' Respectfully, Wjk A. Nicholson. Tiir. I'iiiii'iik.cv nr a Minister <>k War.? Mr. EiluHi<1 Stanhope, Ilritish Sccrelary of war. address' il a metiing of Ins constituents in tlio llofiicisile division of Lincolnshire, Eng., Monday evening. In the course of In* remarks Mr. blanltopo said a tit under clou I was hanging over Europe, and thai sooner or later, probably sooner, it would burst, bringing the fiercest and most horrible war ever known. It w?s impoasi- ' hie, he declared, to view the preparation* fer wor now being male throughout Europe with;.lit feeling that a war was approach ing. Ilo hope I, howevor, that the wisdom r?t England's stnlesmeii would prevent that ( nation from becoming involve I. ' The I'all Mill c lamenting on 1 Mr. til an hope's speech, denounces the ( Tolly of such utterances as those of Mr. Stanhope and says they are aalcitlated to do much mischief. I' declares that Mr. Stan- ( hope's heedless rhetoric is quite wnjustifi- 1 t ible and expresses the h?pe that Lord i . ?aulsbury wiil take prompt measures to I mrrect the damage doue by tho blunder of i c he ininirtor of war. I d faatuo News. Santi'O, Feb. 1.?Yesterday raoraiog a iifficaiiy arose between two negroes. Amzi and Starks Wood, just aorosa the river, in Chester County, in which the latter was badly shot in the lega. They were in the woods splitting rails, when they got into a (use, it is thought about a woman, and Starks got the axe, a knife and Amsi's gun, and ran after the latter, but finally dropped the gun, and then Amzi sidled around and got it, seeing which Starks turned- and "lit out" for the clearing, an 1 Amzi fired the 11 whole load at him, whioh took oflfcct in his , perambulators, and tripped him up. Starks was taken home, put bed and a physician sent for. lie is said to be quite a rowdy, lie was the same negro who got into a ngtu last year wun iwu umcra, uu? with a pistol, and he backing him. The above shooting scrape was quite amusing, as relate I by tha negro ape ctators, of whom 1 obtained tho report. The Union County Farmers' Aliance met in the Court Houso last Friday, wit!; a handsome delegation from sub- Bianco*, and with President, Dr. Robert Little, and Vice President, W. T. Jeter, in the r chairs. The Alliance took very decided action in regard to using Fertilizers at advanced "trust" prices. The vote on this wasuuani. mous. A committee of three, consisting of l>r. Robert Little, Qlena D. Peake, and Rev. M. B. Kelly, was appointed to go to the dopot to meat State Business Agent S. J. Hester, and escort him to the Hall. The body theu adjourned for a half hour. Brother Hester made a very impressive and interesting business address to the body. Tho Alliance then adjourned to meet on Saturday beforo the first Sunday in March, at 10 A. M. The doors were then opened and the public invited to listou to an address by Brother Hester. E. W. J. .? Tilk Contrast Betwkkn tiik Cotton and Grain Bklts.?Macon, Ga., February^.? Hj The contrast between the cotton and grain belts of Georgia was uever more market than it is to-day. A compilation ot trade statistics, which has ju-l been made for business purposes, shows that in every town located in North Georgia important enterprises involving the expenditure of large films oi money ure uuuur w??y. m v?i?vidville, for instance, ?750,000 lias been invested within the last few months. Griffin shows recent investments of about ?1,200, 000. In Home the scenes rennml one of a Western city in the hands of boomers. Talapooso is also making a good display in the development of her mineral capabilities What iB true of these cities is also true of Carrolltoa, Newman, Gainesville, Madison and of all the towns north of n line drawn ^ from Columbus to Augusta. South of that line stagnation reigns. But two points?Americus and Albany?show any evidences of progress. The merchants are engaged in the same old trade of dealing out provisions and guano on long time, and the principal occupation of the plantors is the signing of liens against next year's crop. The same e'i cabins which have done duty ever since the war. grown old and leaky, will have t? perform tho same service for the next twenty years, i Bad as is the condition of tho planter that of the colored t?Diiut is worse. The merchant belongs to his factor :n the West or ! Cast, the planter belongs to the merchant, " and the tenant belongs to allot once. When the merchant is squeezed he seeks relief by nii>ihi?<* nlauior, who in turn tides to uhToai it all on tno'tcnant. The evil is in the system; the system seems to bo au unavoidable part of cotton planting, and a communi'y which depends upon that p oduct s must bow in slavery to the holder of die . puree. In North Georgia a different sytom prevails. andjust in proportion as it differs die c .mmunity is prosperous and suco-ssful. f Small farms and diversified industries arc the rule and nut the exception. There are more homo owners who owe allegitncu to tie landlord. There is amnug tliem a spirit of markci independence iusteil of tho helplessness which rules in boutli Georgia. To add to all these advantages, the tncdi mic arts and handicrafts arc encouraged. There is not a town but prides itself iiTu.n hop or factory, flic re-uli is u It mi s market, as well nsa ready distribution of inotmy which goes in exchange between producer anil consumer.?A'etv York Tim-a. Thk Muuiikrchs or Abki:xatiiy Aniuisrkd.?Hock ilill.Jan. 31 ?Charles Cols ten and John Feaster have been arretted nr d brought here on the charge of inur.ler tig W; C. Abernathy. Co's'ou confe-oci ihet there was a gang of seven. Charley .Mack, John Feaster and one other went into the store and did the killing, lie and the ti llers stayed outside and watched. The signal was to tap on the house when any one c .me uear. About $lf> was stolen by Mack and Fosster. Colsioo got nothing, C . ir ey Mack is in Vorkjail. The excitement is intense and threats of lynching nro he ug made. Kbi'outrbs as Detbcti vt:s?Hirm'.ngU in, Ala., February 3.?The billet dcvelopnu nt in the Ilawes murder ca"e is ihe cajiuio, bytwoof the Agellerald rcj. rtcrs, of iv man supposed to have been an c\e-n tines of the murders. The reporters g. | o.i the man's trail and followed him I ><> th.ni>- net miles, finally capturing him in Mitdlfton. Trim. The man claims that lie is a twin brother of the man who saw the killing nf Mrs. Hawcs, but his brother Kdd ii ui lie saw a man strike Mrs. Ilawcs with a cJub. The lady then run and Fannie 15iy.nu taught and finished her. lie als i saw liieoi cu ty the bodies of Mrs. liawos and her i.tile girl through the woods in sacks to F. is Like. This testimony will prohah y have in)?ortant hearing on the trial, and in ?hri:i:nn<r Fannie Bryant in the case. Ho >?*s tint two white men assisted Hawes t > dispo<c of the bodies. Koiibkrv at Kiixskw^v. ? lit Igevrav, I' V ruary 3.?The stores of A. A. Mmris ml W. 15. Hogan were broken iiro 1 :i<; i i ht and rohhed of groceries ami dry goods. An unsuccessful Mttcmpt was also made on Iti.ft* Si Co, hut a clerk Hooping in the store Iiiv I noon the thief or thieves, who e-'e pod. This ia the fourth lime this winter the town hart boon visited by burglar.". g >. Killed nr a Fai.l rioM 11 is lh u~tr.? Cheater, Feb. 6.?William Hall's, . . i i mU nenl farmer living about four miles .So t h < ( Chester, while returning home from his tnrm. about 12 o'clock to.day, wis t rown from his horse upon a ledge of rock *, 1 reading his skull. lie died in a few hours nf orward. He waa about CO years of age and leaves a wife and two children. . GItANITF.VIt.I.K I-OBKS ITSSlOCK PK t oTI'li.V. ? Augusta, (la., Feb. 1.?A lire at Gramterille, S. destroyed tlio wnrelioux ?; tin; Iranitevilln Mann fact a ring Company, canaining2.34C bales of cotton. Loss 100,000; nsitranco $'.'0,000. Tlio salvage cannot be stiaiutcd. No other medicine is so reliable as Aycr'a Iherry I'ectoral, for tho euro of coughs, olds, and all derangements of the re-pintory organs. It telievcs t! c nst! matio and onaumptivo even in advaned stages of liSCHSO. A