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Almost a Lynching at Soak Hill* c Rock Hill, February 1.?Upon a few ' minutes' notice that there would probably be a lynching at Rock Hill, I came up from Colombia to-day. When 1 arrived the lynching excitement was jost 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 Junotien, on the Three Cs Railroad, about nine miles from this place. On the night mentioned Mr. Massey was away, and instead of stayiDg in bis house, a few yards distant, where bis wife and five children were. Mr. Abernathy remained in the store. About 10.30 P. M. Mrs. Abernatby heard a noiae at her door. Opening it she admitted her husband. It was dark in the room or entry, and she asked what was the matter. Mr. Abernathy answered faintly that he was very sick and asked her to get a light. W hen the light was obtained she discovered that he was wounded and bleeding. Alarmed, she inquired the cause, and her husband answered tbat bo had fallen down in the store. Investigation proved that he had received a blow from behind with some blunt instrument, which had broken bis skull. The fracture extended across the head from ear to ear. On the top of the head was an indentation, the skull being depressed and bearing upon the brain. The first arrest was made on Saturday morning. The negro arretted was known &B ('HapIov Mm Mr Kit* *>**11 l?;>?>*lf * McMnnus. lie was suspected because he < eras the last man seen in the store with Mr. , Abernathy en Sunday night. Seeeral weeks before the murder Mr. Abernathy had some of bis bechiecs stolen,, 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 that he had remarkod after the assault on Mr. Abernathy to a negro, whe was expressing his regret at the occurrence, that that wus nothing, and that if they, Masscy & Co, did not lookout their tore would be in ashes before the week was over. Trial Justice Wm, White, of Rock Hill, issued the warrant of arrest. When he found himself in the toils Colston made what he declared to be a confession, implicating another negro section hand named John Fcaster. Fcaster had been arrested and held as a witness against Colston in the beehive case. Colston now^dcclared that on Thursday afternoon, when he was hunting with Fcaster, the latter proposed th&t he, Charley Mack, E>1 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 agreed that if either Mr. Moa*?e nr , Mr. Abernathy was in the etore he should be killed. On Friday night they then went to the 6cene of the crime. Reaching the store, Colston said that they saw Mr. Abernathy siding under a lamp with two shoe boxes at his back. On the top of the highest box lay a singletree. Colsteo was placed at the door to watch, j while the others entered. Mack get behind { his victim and Feaster in front of him. Mack picked up the singletree and struck Mr. Abernathy twice on the back of the head with it, felling him so that his head i dropped over a nail keg in front of hie chair. Then Feaster struck 1 a, but Colston did not observe what weapon be used. Feaster fumbled in the stricken man's pockets. Mack went to the money drawer of tho store ' Br and tried to pull it cpen. A bell attached t Ha to it sounded an alarm, and frightened i them. Mr. Abernathy then began struggling ( and the assassins lied, Feaster carrying gjth him a sack of Hour. Next mornipg a Abernathy^T?ocKeTs^DreiH!epronnW^T^ ?, divide with him, but did not do so. 'ibis was the aubstance of Colstons statement to tbe trial Justice. While it evidently was partly false, the description of ' the assault must have been nearly accurate, for in a fish keg, which the negro hod taken I for a nail keg, was found a quart of blood. I In coDscqucnce of th'19 evidence Feaster * wns examined by Trial Justice White. He insisted that he was innocent, and was inso- j lent and defiant. Colston claimed to be unable to identify any other negroes than I Mack and FcnRter. 1 But whenHhe time came for the execution j of the warrant there was n check. A large number of citizens from the Catawba Junction reached the town, and when between ' 11 and 12 o'clock an effort was made to j convey tho prisoners to the Three C's train \ bound for YorkvUle the crowd interfered, and refusod to allow them to leave town. They were brought back and placed in the guard house. The crowd swelled until there were about three hundred incensed men about the guard bouse. The citizens greatly desired that the law should take its caurse, but tho countrymen were bent 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 and with effect. It is conceded that the most effeotive appeals were made by the Rev. James 1?. White a Presbyterian minister of this town, whe has a congregation in the district where the murder was committed. Mr. White mounted a wagon in the midst of the crowd and made suoh a strong appeal as greatly to quiet the passions which had boon aroused. An argument which was used by others had great effect, and it was that if these negroes were lynched there could be no clue to the other guilty ones. The end of it all was thai the negroes were reluctantly allowed to be taken to Yorkville under guard on'tlis 3 P. M. train.? N. O. 0. to A'eics ami Courier. ( ( A Life-Savino Invention.?Greenville, February 1.?A eompany has been formed here to manufacture nnd push the sale of ' ''King's automatic railway signal," a de- t vice recently patented by II. 0. King, of j thisTsity. This machine is designed for use . in depositing torpedo signals on the railway track in case of nccident to a trnin, and is ( contrived to run any required distance t along a single rail, place the torpedo sig- t nals and throw itself off the track and out of the way. President Cleveland will Resume the t Practice of Law.?Washington, February i ?It is authoritatively announced that President Cleveland will return to the State ' of New York to reside on the expiration of ' his term of office, and will on March ft re- 1 mine the practice of his profession in New York city, having associated himself as coun- j sel with the law firm of Pangs, Stetson, Tracy & Mac Vcagh. ^ My little son, three years of sge, was 1 terribly afflicted with scrofula. His head was entirely covered with scrofulous sores, * nnd hie body showed many marks of the disease. A few bottles of Ayer's Fnrsaparilla cured him.?W. J. Deckclt, Hymera, J Indiana. 1 ' * V Hanking on Sixty Obkts,?Atlanta, Feb- r ruary 4.?C. R. Northern, receiver of the t Mercantile Hanking Company, furnishes tonight a complete list of the liabilities heard from, amounting to $11,964. Payments was 1 ftlAVlti^il An A fotw rlwarta 1 *" " vu ?. ivn uanus ilUl I r 11 IIKO III? C receiver's hands. Absolutely 1 ho only Assets 1 nve the sixty conls found in the drawer on t ths first day of the receivership. Tolleson, a prosident, and Richards, cashier, are still in 1 . jlil. 1 ?f?e IQeeify Inion limes * R. M. STOKER, - - Editor ?' ? D Friday. February 8. 1880. 01 - n SUBSCRIPTION, *2.00 PER ANNUM d * POST OFPICX DIRECTORY. ? The P. O. will be opened "^for business * rrom 8 A. M. to 6.80 P. 11. . * The Mosey Order Department will be d ipened for bueineee from 9 A. M. to 4 P. M. g( The Northern and Southern mails will >oth eloee promptly at IP. M. " Any inattention or irregularities ahould ii t>e reported promptly to the P. M. ri J. C. nUNTER, P. M. B] THE PUBLISHER'S NOTICE. n Hereafter no "application for Homestead" h will be inserted unless the fee, $3 it paid r n advance. We don't like to dun widows, and we t( aave ten or twelve euch charges on onr a rooks unpaid. ll Another matter we would poet our rea- * lors on. Obituary notices over ten lines ^ must be paid for as advertisements. la other words for every one hundred words, after * ihe first one hundred we shall charge one 0 lollar. Count the words and send the cash 0 wth the copy, to make sure of seeing it in * the Turns. " ^ 1 Vniem Cotten Market. Market brisker than last week, with bet- 1 ter prices. Sales for the ?<*k Ul?. ? prices ruling from 80 ? 9J. Mrs. Margaret Sparks, wife of Mr. Carpenter Sparks, died at her residence in Cross Keys township, last Tuesday morniDg. ?gy~ We sincerely regret to learn (bat Miss Boyd, daughter of Rev. D. P. Boyd, died at Jonesville last week, after suffering intensely for many weeks. t&~ Last Friday night Columbia came very near having a big cotton fire. As it was about fifty bales on Miller Bros, plat* form were burned. John McEIree, at one time supposed to be the proprietor of the largest jowelry establishment in the South, and who established the Charleston <Sun, an evening daily paper, made an assignment last Monday, to C. A. Mcllugh, Esq., for the benefit of bis creditors. The proverbial cold wave has reached us at last, and we had a pretty fair specimen cf a Northern bliisard last Tuesday, the wind blowing things about ]uito lively. To-day, Thursday, we have k delightful cold, clear and braciog atmosphere. * JteT" Don't forget the Hot Supper at *I?w Hope Church, 2 miles below Joneerille, to be given next Thursday, the 14tb. The proceeds are to be devoted to building i new church. We can't be there, but we hall wish we were, enjoying some of the [ood things and having a jolly iJlit-know wi)1 f '* Star inc Union correspondent of the Netcs and Courier in his letter of last Saturlay says : Mr. V.r. T. Graham, Intendant of ihc town, tells me this morning that "they inend to build the town hall." He says that work will commence pretty soon. Well, all we have to say about it is, we 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 'avoring it. They all agree with ue that if the Town Council has money to spend they had better iut it whore it will do the town some good. >y advancing its business interests. We 1 :annot believe that the gentlemen compos- ( ng the present Town Council will do any * such foolish act ae (o sad d Id the citixens ef he town with an extra tax without consult- * ing the taxpayers. Mo doubt, there are 1 tome in the community who have some idle 1 110ney they would like to find a safe Invest- ' nent for, at good interest, and we know of * 10 safer investment than 7 per cent, bonds 1 if the town of Union ; but whether the 0 ax payers who bave no money to invest 1 vould be willing to be taxed ta pay interest in their more fortunate neighbors' money, 1; vithout receiving any benefit from it tbem- t lelves, is a question the Town Council is, t vc think, bound to consider. a It cannot be denisd, we believe, that there e s a respectable amount of idle capital in c Jnion, but its owners cling to it with sueb a enacity that nothing but interest bearing s >onds and mortgages or corporation bonds, a lecurely locked in their safes, will induce t hem to leonen their grip upon it. Tbey 1 :an see the interest coming from these se- 1 jurities annually, and can control them as < hey please; but point them to an enterprise 1 hat -will return the same or even a greater i nterest and at the same time contribute to < he public welfare, but which each cannot s iontrel fer himself, tliey shake (heir heads 1 loubtfully and invest in it as gingerly as if t aking hold ?f a snake's tail. c Tliey have four Cotton factories, in the ] ;ity of Char' tie, all run by steam, and al- t hough two of them have not been in oper- c uion a year, they are considered the most profitable investments in that city;) the ) itock ranging from 140 iu the oldest miii to ( 110 in the youngest, and none for sale. 4 Now that cheap coal is being delivered \ 'mm Tennessee, via the Spartanburg and a Vsheville road, there is no sense in waiting a or the Three C's. road to bring us that ma- 0 erial before commencing to build a Factory. I Give us a Factory first, to improve the own, and an Opera House afterward. Shot vor a Skat im a Car.?Atlanta, 11 February 4.?Near Fairburn, on the Atlan- d a and West Point train to:day, Capt. John ' \ il earn Bhot and fnutlly wounded an un- $ ;nown negro. The trouble grew out of the li efusal of the negro to give up his seat. He * lrcw a knife on Hearn, who shot him. Ijrath or Thomas C. Hailr.?Kinffvillo. a 'ebrunry 4.?Mr. Thomas C. Hail* died sud- I lenly at his home to-day, near Boykia, 8. C. C rhe immediate cause of death is unknown, 8 tut the indications are that heart disease or o >poplexy was the trouble. Mr. Haile was F tighly esteemed. A brave man and gal- P ant gentleman has gone. A # idden Death of Mrs. W. A. Robinson. T Never hove the people of Union reeelved greater shock tbnn they did about 10 C olook on Monday morniog last by the an- H ouncemeat that Mrs. W. A. Robinson, one m f the most estimatfle Ladies of the oomma- * ity, bad suddenly fallen dead at her reel- P enoe. The circumstances of her' death were, * k we have learned them, as foilewe: Bhe * 'as attending te her household duties ad' 0 'as her custom, in her usuaV health, and * 'ent into the sitting room, where a grand- * aughter, a ohlld about 7 years old, was, r st down in a chair and unbuttoned the * root of the upper part of her dress, and immediately fell to the floor. The child P an and spoke to her, but receiving no reply 1 he ran to her aunt, Mra. vIlamcs, living 1 ear, and told her that her grandmother ad fallen down dead. On Mra. Haines caching the house, she found Mrs. Robin* an lying on the floor, and theohild's report ?o sadly true. Mr. Robinson and medical ttendance were quickly summoned, but all do late; her spirit had flown to the Qod rho gavo it, and she was beyond all earthly elp to save. Thus has fallen one ef the most devoted rives, the kindest of mothers, the purest f Christians and most exemplary women t this community, and most sincerely do he syaapalhies of all go out to the husband ,ud children in their sudden and irreparatie bereaTement. Mrs. Robinson leaves a kind and devoted tusband, four daughters and two sons? leither of them being with her at the time if her death. Her daughters are all marled ; one sou is in California, the other ras at Davidson College, and only arrived n time to attend the funeral of the mother ie was so ardently devoted to, and who of ill the other children will feel her loss most Lecnly. May Qrace from on IIisch be civen the lorely stricken family to sustain them in 1 heir sad affliction. ' Clifford 8eminary. , On Friday last lion. John R. Harrison, | nembsr of Legislature from Greenfille ( bounty, brought his second daughter to ^ Jnioa to enter as a student in Clifford ( lemihary. Col. Harrison's oldest daugh- ; er was graduated with distinction from the ( leminary in the class of *87, and tfiok frith , lcr to her home the beat wishes and high , isteem of all who were associated with her. tnd of the many friends she made while tare. On Saturday Miss Rebecca Shaw, daughter of Hon. H. O. Shaw, member of the Legislature from Sumter County, was roariculatcd in the Semiuary. Miss Shaw is a (rand-daughter of Rev. James H. Saye, ' ivho for years was a most faithful and affluent minister in this oounty, and who is jow affectionately remembered by many of >ur oldest citisens. The Seminary has just closed, very pros- J icroualv. the first term nf Ikn nraanni lion. Twenty-seven boarders hare been enolled, and several others are in correspon- { lence with the Prineipal and may soon ener the institution. t ? . . | Last Sunday night, shortly after Rev. B. F*. Lampley, the Baptist Minister, had left tame te hold services in hie church, leaving lira. Lampiey and her little eon, about 12 rears old, at home, a negre man attempted o force his way iuto the home. He firai ried the back door, and Mrs. Lampley asked who was there and what they wanted. Without making any reply, he went round o the front door and tried to enter there drs. L. again spoko to bim but he did not miser. At this the little boy took up the Ire shovel and went to the door, and on ipening it a stout negre stood facing him in he deorway. The brave little fellow struck he villain in the faoe with the shovel and prickly closed the door, when the negro eft. Suspicion rests upon a notorious ch&raoer living in the neighborhood, who is sob lom eut of the clutches of the law, but is ilippery enough to evade its penalties and ieep out of the penitentiary. Blue pills, , ; forced by Dupont'e XX through a Colt's ] yringe, is the beet means for ridding the . lommunity of such pestiferous nigbt isitors. | ? #. We'll get it right after awhile, we I tope. In the proceedings of the Legisla ure we often read the title of a bill running < husly : An act to amend an Act entitled < n Act to amend an Act entitled an Act, ] to., and we can't see why an editor shouid t iot be allowed the privilege of headiDg an i rticle intended to correct a mistake in the < ame style, thus : An Articlo to correct an < ,rticle entitled an article to correct a misake, etc. Well, we shall take that privi- i ege this week, a^ any rate, by stating that < Sishop Duncan did perform the interesting >eremony of marrying the present Mr, and ilrs Wolling, notwithstanding we said last seek that he didn't do it. We suggest one I >f two ways te prevent such errors here iftor : Either invite the Editor, or an acmewledged representative of the paper, to witness the ceremony and take a piece of take, or withhold the "usual fee" until the Rev gentleman efhciating provides the Edior of the looal paper with a correct notice >f the "tie up." e The Confederate Certificate, just pubished by the Walker, Evans k Cogswell Company, Charleston, 8. C., is intended for he use of survivors, whether members of Associations or not. Associations should leas that of Charleston has done, adopt it is a Certificate of Membership. It can dso be need for the deaJ. It is a handome lithograph engraving. l'rices, on taper, 91 ; Agents wanted everywhere to anvass on liberal terms. Outfit free. A Large Fortune.?The will of tho Hon. I. Y. McAden, of Charlotte, N. C., who died ast week, was probated in that oity Tuesday. The estate is valued at 9860,000, not ncluding the life insurance, which was >110,000. That is the largest estate that ias ever bean recorded in the county of <1 lecklenburg.?Charlotte Chronicle. a Bucklen's Arnica Salve.?Tim Best j Ialvr in the world for Cuts, Bruises, Sores, E Ucer-, 8ait Rheum, Fever Sores, Tetter, 0 lhapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and all kin Eruptions, and positively cures Piles r no pay required. It is guaranted to give C 'erfect satisfaction, or money refunded. * 'rice 26 cents per box. For sal# by Posey C : BfO. Feb, 10, ly. g ? ? he Work of the Alliance. The County Termers Alliance met ia the oavt Hease Inst Friday i? J.m the morning ? ieir proceedings were with elosed doors, |, l asuel, end o*t being one of the initiated re enn mf nothing of what transpired, aim- j, In thenfts*noen, however, an invitat ion n ras extended to the pnhiio to listen to an ddrcsn^ogbY. 6. J. Hester, the business ? lanagsd erpdntrucUir. . This invitation we j nejw notVii|fb} untj}the address was elosed, y onseqnentiy ws did not hew It. The osr- t, espondenlvt the Snet and Courier, who r as but little more to employ his time than o be on the Isoksnt for something new and s eculiay. was there, however, and we ex- j raot the Allowing from his report of it to j, hat journal: ft He began bj saying that it was no ones g ault that the farmers were not prospering j{ mt their own. To bring about a change here meet be organisation among the f trm- 8 re, and that the desired end oould not be c isrfeoted in a short whtlo hni ! nnU * a, " - - - V 'lake time, trouble and pat ence to make it . success." He told the farmers they had oade eight billion dollars worth of cotton 1 ince the war, and that they were not worth i me dollar mere to-<|ey than at the olose of j he war. He said the farmers had eaten r his amount of money up in bacon and corn, rnd now ought to weight twenty-five tons 1 ipiece, but instead they were the sorawnieaj. f et of men he ever saw. o He also told them they would have te raise ? nore supplies at home to meet the ever in:reasing-demands made npon them, and he 1 lisiincuy Wished it to be understood that t he Alii en oe was not in any way opposed to i iny profession or industry. What they t wished to see was an equality of dividends. The capitalists are receiving annually from 1 their mvestments a large per oent, when 1 the poor farmer scarcely realise two per \ sent, and they intended to get "things even." The farmers really have the world under ihoir control. The Alliance of the entire 11 Southern. States intend to hold their cotton * until they can get a fair prioe for it?more than |t sost to make it. j In the first paragraph the Dr. gives a . truo statement of our Farmers past and present Oondition', and what they must ex- j pect to encounter beforo they "weigh" any nore (han they do new, financially. We have been telling them the very same things Tor many years, but it made no more impression on them than pouring water on a luck's back. We sincerely hope the Dr's words will be received as a mandate, and ^>at "the ^Allianee will make it imperative Spon each one of its members to raise all the bacon, corn, oats, wheat and hay required open the ferm. Then, and not until then, will they "eee an equality of dividends" and their poeketbooks weighing htftTiftP- Than And Tint til! tKaa well IIIKa Alliances ef the entire Southern States bb abli to hold their cotton until thej can get a fair price for it." So long as the Southern Farmers only work seven or eight months in the jeer and tmploy the Western and Northwestern Farmere, who have to work twelve months in a fear, to raise supplies for them, and paj the railroads for bringing these supplies to Lhem, it will be eut of the power ef the Southern Cotton planters to "hold their cotton" one daj longer than w hen their supply bills fall due. plies, bfft one of threo things must be the result; prompt paymeuts to the merchants, or the nlerobants will be oompelled to borrow mdfiey to pay drafts as they fall due, and add the interest to the Farmers' aooounts and take mortgages to secure it, or the merchants must fail, with their safes full of bad and doubtful Alliance debts. While we acknowledge that the' Farmers tre ripht in forming Alliances t* obtain, Lheir supplies as cheap as possible, as everybody else do, they will find, when they attempt to combine merchandising with farming, that they are getting into very deep and mnddy waters. if they wish to better their condition Lhnbugh oheepsupplies and* keeping out of lbs grasping hands of railroad and other sembi nations and trusts, each Farmer must beslh the wood work on hia awn r?r k? working to make the noil which Gnd linn put nndfcr his control, for thnt very purpose, field him food snd raiment. Wo believe m Srmly m wo believe anything, that tho |roat reason why Southern Farmers are not more prosperous is, that they violate tho laws of God and nature in that respect. He lias favored us with the soil, climate and tvery ether requisite, above almost ovory other people ea the globe, for produoiog iverytbiag neoessary for our oomfort and prosperity, and if we pervert and despise hese gifts wo must expect only the same results which invariably follow the violation ?f the moral and physical laws in ovory other oallingand eoeupation. 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 '.he family of Bov. J. E. Covington. Mies Mamie Bailey left for Gaffney City ast Tuesday, where ahe will enter the hooper Limeetooe Institute. It will be renembered that Miss Phoebe Fuller, who aught school in the Female Academy, at his place for a number of years, is now Lady Principal of that flourishing Insiiute, and it is safe to say that Miss Mamie sill be-adranccd as rapidly under Miss duller as in any College in the State, diss Mamie is one of our sweetest young Ladies, and we will greatly miss her. Mrs. M. E. Nowell after spendiog some ime with relatives at this place, left for 3affney City last Saturday, where she , lolds a position as a Teacher in the Cooper Limestone Institute. Our correspondent, E. W. J., of Santuo, , mid us a visit last Friday. I Wm< M. Vanderbilt, Jr., and wife passed hrou|h this plaoe one day last week in* | heir beautiful parlor coach. Our young friends, H. C. Miller, of Fish- < lam, and florae# Loo, of Cold Well, paid u's ' , plsasant visit last Tuesday. Miss Mollis Bsatloy, a popular yoaog ( >,!* n. i- -? *- ?. ? lumerous friends and relatives in this OQDty, Partita in need of Hay, Oats, Peaa, Bran, i lorn, Floor, Farming implements and Hard* t rare, should call on K. 8. LIP8COMB, i laffoey-OBtf, 8. C., headquarters for such i ooda. ( 2-31 I Hew* From North Paoolet. Etta Jamb, Fob. 4.?Rev. J W. Query rill preaoh at Salem next Sabbath, 10th 25 ostant. trt Tho last few days soma of our formers w{ are been sowing oats. Should the present jy pell of weather continue for a week longer gr luch of this work will be done. thi Almost everybody has a "bad oold." The a.1 rriter has followed the advice of Dr. J. lufus Bratton, of Yorkville, for many th MM ..Mnm V... . .aI4 a k.iU. !>. ? -?\4 wavavau ucio VVIU *. O. UMbUV IIIO |?<j sp of the head in cold water. (That's our M emedy for toothaohe.?Editor.) 1>, Our school is progressing finely. The pelting matohes are an interesting feature g0 n the exercises. Miss Nannie Kendriok 0j, i teaohing at Mesopotamia Churob, and ou lies 8allie Poole is teaching at Cherokee m iprings, Spartanburg County. These young adiee eaoh bare good sohoole and riohly do- QQ erve the patronage of tho publio in their ^ hosen profession. They are both high- e# oned, amiable young ladies. aD Mr. H. B. Estes, who moved to Washingon Territory fire years ago, writes that he #.( s getting along very well and is well ^ leased with that country?mueh more so iow than formerly. He is engaged in the umber business. He has bought and paid or a small farm and built a comfortable ^ v W ottsge on it, for whioh he has been offered >1,000. Sueh men as llazo will always nake a living. They have goed schools *T here and sooiety is much improved in mords sinoe they went there. Nine-tenths of ^ he failures in this or any other country are w aainlv in the men, at last. More energetio %I >eeple than II. B. Estes and his excellent . vife, are as soarce as retton cedar. The answer to the question of two weeks < igo is: A paid $6 GC?,and B paid $10 83J m if III A inlnruat ?17 r.fl If 12 peacbes are worth 84 apples, mod in J apples are worth 24 plums, how many bi plums are 6 peaches worth? i> We regret to state that Mr. Thomas L. ta Berry, of Hopewoll, York County, diod last " seek. We hare known Mr. B. for a lifetime, ol ind he was one of the leading farmers in tc York County. At the time of his death he oi was in the employ of Hon. Olonn D. Peake. ' ?f our county, managing his farm at the < Beauty Spot," in York oounty. Mr. Berry 8 numbers among his connection some of the 0 best families in Western York, who hare o< our heartfelt sympathies in their bereave- 0 meet. . b Mr. W. ?. Cornwell, of Santuc, has sent o me the correct answer to the sum of two weeks ago. A paid $G 66}, and B paid tl $10 83$ cents. e Our Santuo friend and co-laborer, E. W. t J., who we presume is a young man, has .ti given our readers some wholesome advice tl upon farming, &c. Wo haven't the ploas. ure of his acquaintance, but we are satis- a tied that he voioea the sentiment of a people c who are bound to us by a tio as strong and ^ lasting as life itself. Better men and , braver soldiers never marked a field of T battle than the "Santuo boys." Vox. , c Violators of Law Beware. c Ma. Stokss.?Please allow me to say to f ?iivof GowdevevllU lawnahin jsndall others whfiui it may oeneern, that 1 have understood there are seme people'am one 1 ua who habitually daaacrata tha sabbath by meeting at certain places to diink and gam ble. Now, I do moat respectfully request any , and all persona directly or indirectly oon- , netted with these pernicieus and lawless praotices, to Hop it at once. The duty of looking after these violations , of law has been imposed upon me, and I ask j the good people ef this township, both white ( and colored, te give me their assistance to j abate these or any other nuisances, and I ] assure them they will find a man not afraid c to de his duty in the premises. t This manifesto may appear extra-Judicial, t but I want it distinctly understood that I , will net be responsible for the conscquenoes, however eerions, of attempting to do my ( duty in the premises aforesaid. r Respectfully Yours, a James L. Strain. t Trial Justice. 0 ti Columbia's First cotton Mill.?A meet ing 01 mc directors 01 me t ongaree Mtnufaoturing Company was held last night, and * Superintendent Schwartz was able to make a moat encouraging report of the mill aud 0 of ite future prospects. Before the mill started at all orders were on hand for 100,000 pounds of its pioduct, and ever since I its starting up the orders have exceeded the a capacity of the mill tosuppl^. During the n past month the running of the machinery has been brought to such perfection and r the help have become so expert that the production has been greater than for any b previous month, and a handsome profit neted. Mr. Schwartz has now sold yarn ahead to an amount equal to the null's product for 8< three months to come, and that, too, at ei good prices. Most ci it has bsen sold to jt Southern mills to whom the saving in freight combine with the satisfactory quality of 0 yarn, makes the produota of this aiill highly desirable. Tbo yarn turned out is con- U sidered excellent, and holds its own with g) that produoed any whare, ao good prices are easily obtained for it. At last night's informal mealing the directors decided to build six or eight new p double tenement houses near the mill of six c rooms each, for the occupancy of operatives. The matter was also tnken into consideration of increasing the capacity of the mill by ad- tl ding to the present plant some 4,000 more (j spindlea to be placed in a new brick wing to be run out from the present building and of ri Bimiitr HfTia or coRPTniotJOP. Rl Certainly Columbia'* first cotton mill is an assued success, and Col. A. C. Haskell, the sagacious President ef the company, and his able conferees of the Hoard of Directors are to be congratulated on the highly crsdi- w table results of their enterprise.?Regiittr. e, m si Siiootixo ixto a Train.?We learn that C( i shot was fired into the first-clast car of * the down passenger train en ths Port Royal ai ft Western Carolina ltailroad, about throe " miles south of Waterloo, on Wednesday jjj evening of last weak. The ball ia said to j? base shattered the windows of both sides of the car, passing within a few feet of * rroiessoi nougrs, 01 ureenwood, and " mother paaaenger, a Mr. Hmitb, of Charlea*. 0 ton. No one waa injured, but aach daaiardly D1 sonduci deserves the aeverest pnniahraont. .. ?Laureneville Herald. , fo 81 Dr. Divvar, of Anderaon, ha* a machine m ihop with maohinery worth $5,000. Me hi prill remove his whole plant to Hparlanhurg at ind put it into the company if that city will S? -aiae tbe $10,000. Ov?.r half that aum eo >M already been aabaoribed. th What the Allianoc Iatsads. Ma. Udito*.?I see la the Timm, of Jan. ? , a notice of tho Qaffnoj City Alllsnoe dltt ids with Messrs. Carroll & Car pan tor, anc th some comments by yourself. Tho its Chi lianoM of North Paeo}et, with ooToral of ^ artanburg, hart made arrangements witfi (wo< above aamod flr^ for 1889. As aa 'u? lianoe man, Mr. Editor, I am aurpriood 8ta tho oppoaitioa, oalnmny, aad otob oatha ant at hare boon harlod apoa our orgaaiiation. litora, Lawyers and Phyaioiaaa have their f?l ooiations; Merehaata have their Boards of ou* ado for their mutual protection , and tho *** aaoemeat of their oalling, and whea the Pei od and honest part of the agricultural 9'* uses unite for eaoh others' benefit you ght to hear tho money grabbers and to* 'e-blosd anchors bios and sist. *nt I doubt, Mr. Editor, if you realise the ndition ef the honest farmer of our dear ^ 1 eld Southland. He has but little, ox- aa> pt his good name, a dependent family t0* id a run down farm ; and while we plead lilty, in tome respects, yet there ere out- m ie pressures that hate become unbear- "?c le?ilarpiea that we oaa't and we will ,t stand. ? Oar organisation is net to pull down or ^ tstroy any other calling. Far from it. eare ready te protect the honSst man of ery profession with all he has. But we e determined ne longer to pay those ex- ^ rtionate time-prioes?paying the debts of ^ iO irresponsible. We want nene, (and ill keep none,) in our Allianoes bat true tei id honest men. ^ I hope the baok doors and by-laws ef Hi rery Sub Alliance in the county will be Mi > wide open and rigid that all dishonest a.1 en can't cling to the Farmers Allianoe. da Then, when an Alliance of geod men go 10 i a body te a responsible merebant and th, nd themselves to trade with him, he bind- Bi ig himself to fhrnlsh them goods at a cer,in small per cent, above cost, where is the ^ espionage" of demanding to see his bills T purchase T Self respect as well as duty be ? eur families demand that we turn from th ir former manner ef dointr tbinm. We 8tl lould begin at home by using energy and ^ sonomy ; following the injunctions of the pt oriptures: "Owe no man anything." eu mit paying 6 oents for a lamp wiok that *' ists 10 oents a dozen, or bartering a bushel 8j, f corn for 60 cents of high meat, and buy 0< ack that same corn in the Spring for $1 26 W o time, &o., &e. Pj We are going to leave all such (feeds in \v he past, and to the nobody's ef the pres- Ci nt. Yea, Mr. Editor, we are determined e be somebody in the future. We begin o have self respeot and love each other with tv he strong ties of a common brotherhood. ai Of eourse there are more merohents than ju re needed to supply us in our present ai ondition. But some splendid farmers have te teen le 1 off by Bhioing geld into mercanile life, and we hope they will gracefully 0| oturn to that noble oalling. And others, a( rho are only whiskey perfamed extortioners an seek forgiveness for their past deeds, ?j >r gloat over their ill.gotten gains, 'till the g inal summons comes, and their "gold with- *i uul. mi) a .i ? bard dying pillow tl "rem such a niiiow. Lard i'- g Countt Lzcturex. The Benting of Nioholson's Hall. ^ Mr. Editor.?Will you kindly grant ? m ipaee in your columns to correct a misstate- P' nent concerning Nicholson's Hall, resently T| mblished in the Newt k Courier. 0t The Union correspondent of the Newt and Si Courier says that "Mr. Wm. A. Nicholson ^ laving refused to rent his hall, the town souncil have decided te put up a Town 0j Hall," etc, etc. There lies the mistake, for hi [ have neTer declined to rent the Hall, there T' uly being a disagreement as to the amount ~ ? k. ?.:.i ?... ' -!? v >? jjum. uui x win eisie an in* not* in gt he case, and let (he public judge for them- k< lelves. w In tk* early part of 1888, I went to tba RI Council and (eld tbera that I wanted to ent the Hall to them. I offered it at $200 ei year, which offer they acoepted; and I nay *ay here that I waa told by a member f the oounoil that they had taken in almoat (fa hat amount, beside* leaving had entertain- J< aents there for which they did not receive sl nything. * This year 1 made-them two distinct propsi lions: F< 1st. I told them that I bad concluded that M could not afford to take less than $260, le nnually?7 per ceut discount for cash? aaking it $282 60, and gave these as my ^ tasons: that there was the interest on the !a r>j i vestment, the inevitable wear'and tear on m oth building and furnitnro, the insuranee ol n the Hall, and another feotnet generally m nown, that because there is a Hall in the jcond story, I have to pay 76ot* more for fa, ich $100 that I insure on the whole build- M nr. 2 ncrceat beiucr ihe ni?. Iih it *a tnt. the rate without the Ilall. All 2nd. I offered to sell the Ilall to the (j, iwn for $8,000. Bj "Hall," meaning the gi icond story of the building and all it* fix- Tl ires, including scenery, chairs, stores, ^ ^mps etc. 1 offered to take in payment, at tw sr, town b?nds bearing Interest at 7 per th ent. Iheeo propositions were deolined, but ru icy now appear in the Newt and Courier ff, isiorted into a refusal on my part to re- *n ent the Hall. Does any reasonable person ill think so? Respectfully, Wis. A. Nicholson. Th .m? ha The Propiikct or a Minister or War.? Ir. Edward Stanhope, British Secretary of ar, addressed a meeting of his congtitu* Ch its in the liorncasile division of Lincoln- D* tire, Eng., Monday evening. In the turse of Ins remarks Mr. 8tanhope said thunder cloud was banging over Europe, frfl id that sooner or later, probably sooner, it '?! ould burst, bringing the fiercest and most Wfl arrible war ever known, Jt was impossi- 1?* le, be declared, to view the preparations r war now being made throughout Burepe ' ithout feeling that a war was approach- ?1 ig. He hoped, however, that the wisdom ' England's statesmen would prevent that ition from bvcorniog involved. The Pall Mall Oatellt, commenting on 'oa tr. Stanhope's speech, denonnoee the Ml lly of stich utterances as those of Mr. anbope and says they are ealculated to 4o uch mischief. It declares that Mr. Stent Chi xpe's heedless rhetoric is quite unjuatifi- 40p >le and expresses the hope that Lerd . tulsbury will take prompt measures to ' rrect the damage done by the blander of 0011 e minister of war, dls tHtM VlVL Iahtco, Feb. J.?Yoaterday morning ft lenity arose between two uegroee, Anil I Starke Wood, juat noroaa the rirer, in Mter County, in whioh the latter waa lly abot in the logo. They wore in the xla aplitting raila, whan they got into * a, it ia thought about a woman, and rka got tho axe, a knife and Atnai's gun, L ran aflor tho latter; but finally dropped gun, and than Ami! oidlod around and it, aeeing whioh Starka turned- and "lit " for the oloaring, and Atnii fired the I ole load at him, whioh took effeot in his ambulators, and tripped him up. rka was taken hone, put 4? bed and a pstcian nt for. lie if said to be quite a rdy. He waa the same negro who got oa fight laat year with two othera, one >h a pistol, and he baoking him. rhe above shooting acrapo was quite using, as relate! by the negro ape etas, of whom I obtained the report, rhe Union County Farmers' Aliianoe met ;he Court House last Friday, witfc a handno delegation from sub- Mliancos, and ih President, Dr. Robert Little, and Vioe osident, W. T. Jeter, in their chairs, e Alliance took very decided action in ;ard to using Fertilizers at advanced rust" prices. The vote on this was unanilus. k committee of thrao, consisting of Dr. bert Little, Qlana D. Peake, and Rev. B. Kelly, Was appointed to go to the dot to meat State Business Agent S. J. Hea- \ , and esoort him to the Hall. The body- ??.a sn adjourned for a half hour. ^Brother ister made a very impressive and interring business address to the body. The lianoe then adjourned to meet on Satury before the first Sunday in Maroh, at A. M. The doors were then opened and e publio invited to listen to an address by other Hester. E. W. J. The Contrast Bitwken thb Cotton anu m iain Belts.?Macon, Oa., February/i.? V te contract between the cotton aud grain Its of Georgia was never more marked an it is to-day. A compilation of trade tiietios, which has just been made for busess purposes, shows that in every town sated in North Georgia important cnteriaes involving the expenditure of large ma of money are under way. In Carterslie, for instanco, $760,000 has boon inietod within the last few month*. Griffin , owe recent investments of about $1,1200,. X). In Rome the scenes remind one of a estern city in the hands of boomers. Tain, jr.so is also making a good display in the ;velopment of her mineral capabilities hat is true of these cities is also true of srrollton, Newman, Gainesville, Madison id of all the towns north of a'lino drawn om Columbus to Augusta. South of that line stagnation roigus. But ro points?Amerious and Albany?show ly evidences of progress. The merchants e engaged in the eaine old trade of dealig out provisions and guano on long time, id the principal occupation of the planirs is the signing of liens against next ear's crop. The same old cabins whioh eve done duty ever since the war, grown dand leaky, will have to perform the tme service for the next twenty years. Bad as is the oonditlon of the planter that F the colored tenant is worse. The uierhant belongs to his factor 5n the West or ast, the planter belongs to the merchant, ad the tenant belongs to allaat onoe. When 10 merchant is squeeied he seeks relief by Liahiaa^thft-nlantor. who in turn . ?!**-??aload it all on me tenant. Tho evil is in te system; the system seems to be an unaridable part of cotton planting, and a comuniiy which depends upon that p uduot iust bow in slavery to the holder of the uree. In North Georgia a different system prelils, and just in proportion as it differs the .mmunity is prosperous and successful, mail farms end diversified industries are te rule and nut the exoeption. There are ore home owners who owe altegiaaco to ?landlord. There is among (hem a spirit ! rnarkcl independence instea I of the slplessness which rules in bouth Georgia, i) add to all theso advantages, the meelianarts and handicrafts aro encouraged, here is not a town but pridos itself upon lop or factory. The result is a homo marBt, as well as a ready distribution of mouey hich goes in exohange between producer id consumer.?A'etr ForA: Timet. Tiik Murderers of Abernatuy Arrest>.?Rock Hill, Jan. 31?Charles Colstcn id John Feaoter have been arrested and reught hare on the charge of murdering C. Abernathy. Colston confesses that ere was a gang of seven. Charloy Mack, . J* >hn Feaster and one other went into the ore and did the killing. He at\d the oths stayed outside and watched. The signal as to tap on the house when any one came sar. About $46 was stolen by Mack and sister. Colston got nothing. Char ey ? ^ aok is in York jail. The excitement is in- mn nse and threats of lynching are being nmde. Reporters as Detectives.?Birmingh iru, la./ February 3.?The latest development the Hawes murder ca?e is the capture, r two of the Age-Herald reporters, of a an supposed to have been an eye-witness ' the mnrders. The reporters got on tho en's trail and followed him two thousand iles, finally capturing him in Middleton. 'on. The man claims that he is a twin other of the man who saw the killing of rs. Hawes, but his brother told him ho w a man strike Mrs. Hawes with a club, is lady then ran and Fannie Bryant caught id finished her. He also saw them oirry a bodies of Mrs. Hawoa end her little rl through the woods in sacks to East Lake, tie testimony will probably have lmpornt beariasr on the trial, and in ehrirnrincr .Dili* Bryant in the case. He sa>s tint o white men Maiated Hawos to dispoio of e bodies. Robbery at Ridokway.?Ridge way, Fobarj 8.?The storos of A. A. .Moiria and . B. Hogan were broken in>o last night d robbed of groceries and dry goods. An isuceeeefni attempt was also made on Ruff Co, but a clerk sleeping in the store fired on. the thief or thiarrs, who cie^pcd. da ia the fourth time this winter the town a boen visited by burglars. gm| Killbd by a Fall whom Ilia Hohhsc.? ester, Feb. 6.?William Hollis, a pr mint farmer living about four miles 8otnh of eater, while returning home from his m. about 12 o'olook to-day, was thrown m hie boree upon a ledge of rooks, \ reak{bis skull. He died in a few hours after.rd. He was about 60 ysars of age and ves a wife and two children. 1KAnitiyills Losss ITS STOCK or COTTU.s. \ugusta, Oa., Feb. 1.?A fire at Q.-aoite la, 8. Cf, destroyed tlio warehouse af the initeville Manufacturing Company, canning 2.846 bales af cot ion. Loss $100,000; uranca $00,000. The salvage cannot bt inated. No other medicine is so reliable as Ayer's ?rry Pectoral, for the care of coughs, is, and all derangements of the respira: f organs. It relieves the asthmatic and sumptive, eveu in advanced stages of NH. ^