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% THE DAWSON TRAGEDYr try at was dkvelorr.n at the coboicer's ik4ckt. Charleston, March 14.?The inquest on the body of Captain Dawson was held to-day. A drenching rain and wind storm, which hRS prevailed since tho night of the murder, prevented the gathering of n crowd and probably saved the murderer from lynching. He was brought out of the jail about 11a.m., and placed in a pelioe patrol wagon. A guard of four policemen and three special Deputy Sheriffs accompanied him. At bis requeet, he was first djiven to the office of ?? -iris-ctfOnsei, ex-Goxeruor 'A.O. Magrath His counsel, however, did not accompany him to the inquest. The inquest did not develop anythin| n?'?ihrM witnesses were ex turning, vm.j mined. The first was policeman Gordon whoso testimony was substantially as fo lows : He had been detailed to watch for negro who lias been for nearly a raont walking about the Western portion of tl city intuiting ladies and girls by an e posure of his person. On the afternoon the murder he wao in the vicinity of l! scene of the murder. A negro hack driv told him that lie bad heard a pistol shot McDow's office. He went lliero and si Mrs. McDew leaving lier house with h child. Then he rang the office bell, a McDow opened the door, but only I enough to enable him to sea who waa at I bell. He asksd McDaw if anything wns I matter, nnd was answered in the aegnti b^gpow Bhut and locked the door, and "ithhirn'r.?!1 hira mo*,nS Bomeihiug "C-D* ???.? .vuuvicuiug lununillg Tcru] "Thst the deceased came to his death h gunshot wound inflicted by T. 11. McL) and that Moses Jonson (the negro coach it, was an accessory after the fact." The prisoners were then remanded to j In explanation of the verdict it is : that therj is evidence, not yet publisl whioh will show that Mellow ueed coachman to carry notes to numerous wot with whom he had been carrying on trigues. It is now probable that tho body of murdered man will bo exhumed for the j pose of holding a pott morttm exnminati It is noticed that the physician who exnti cd tho body did not uiakc a/k>*( morlem, only probed for the ba 11, which ho failec find. In view of McDow's statement that his tim lived for three-quarters of au hour nl lie had shot him, and that lie had s| cut j of that time trying to revive him, the the< is now advanced that the wosnd mi'lit i have proved fatal, and the murderer in der to seal tho lips of his victim, might hi administered morphine or some all deadly drug. All tho circumstances s rounding tho case give color to this tlieo McDow admits tlint his victim lived over half an hour after lie was shot, a that he remained with him, with liis victii head in his lap until he died, while t murdered man's wife and child were will tho sound ?f his vsicc. McDow in a statement to a reporter of city paper, admits that his fonduces I women was his one sin. The French maid who wow cause of the tragedy, is still at Capt L>n son's house Her statement has not 3 been given to the police or tlit public. S wan brought from Lausanne, Switzerlan by Mrs Dawson several years ago, anil suid to be the daughter of Swiss parents ai urai morrow rondo tier acquaintance a tried to persuade her to elope with him 1 ler he had obtnined a divorce from his wil Mr. C. D. Ahrens, the father of Mrs. H Dow. had lived with his daughter and h husband until last Christinas when he su denly left and went to a hotel, where he h since resided, lie refuses to speak nbo the matter. It is rumored that the cause his leaving was that lie had been inform lhat his sen-in-law had intended to uo awi with him, so as to get possession of his v talc. Mr. Ahrens is u rich merchant at highly esteemed. Having made a fort 111 at the grocery business, lie retired after h daughter's marriage. It is said that nft< leaving his daughter's house lie hod change bis will, and had willed alibis j roperty t hie daughter, revoking the provision wliic made McDow his executor. The report of the policeman who sbadov ed Dr. McDow and tlio girl is looked f< with interest. It is still 111 tlio pussessio of the Chief of Police, who declines to gii it up until the trial. .1. a. m. sensational developments. Charleston, March 14.?The murder < Capt. Dawson excited such intense intcres followed so soon as it was by his funcra that the public geucrally lost sight of th ueiaus 01 me shocking tragedy, whilo the hastened to the hoii9c and the church to pn h Inst tribute of respect to his memory. 1 every quarter from friend and foe alike comes the sentiment : "The pity of th taking otf of such a man by such a creature !' The police and the Coroner however, havi not been idle. The details of the traged, are simply sickening. Ilcro are some o them as giveu by the World this morning There is now no questioning the fact thn 1 >r. McDow attempted to bury the body o Captain Dawson after the shooting on 'l ues day night. The tragedy?so terrible ir that it was a sudden shock to the communi ty in the taking away of one of tin most prominent figures in the politics nn< commercial enterprise of the South?is made more shocking by the fact that an attcmpi was made to hide the body away in t* herri ble little hole in the ground. The office in which the shooting cecurred (yens into a hallway. In this hall there is a stairway to the floor above, which is in i wo sections. Undor these stairs there is n closet, the door of which is little more than thtcc feet high. There arc many facts which point indisputably to the conclusion that Dr. McDow attempted to dig a grave for his victim under the stairway in this little closet. There i* a spade, which was found caked with jusl the kind of soil ns that which is found bei.'Mli this floor. There is in the closet tin<!?r the floor, a hole which shows signs of hn?ing been recently dug. Another strong proof that Dr. McDow had been in ike closet during the afternoon was the fact that the crown of his hat was i ghtly ctushed in and liore targihlo evidenes of the fact that it had heen in conact with a whitewashed wall. The only ptrce of whitewashed wall in the basement, ns Moicd before, is that on the under part of the second section of stairway. Dr. McDow was seen hy a gentleman, U'r. I.iifittc, when he walked unt of his office shortly after the shooting, which walk will be explained further on in this account. He accosted him w*ith a remark outline I.:- 1 n11c111i >11 to (lie fact that his hat was dented tun) there wns whitewash on it. I)r. .Vc])itw lli inked him, took ctl his hat, straighleocd it and brushed tlie whitewash from it. Another evidence if the fuel that Captain Dawson's shoes show evidence of having t een dingged. *1 lie hack of tlie heels are mi ?'d. ami on one of them is quite an abr i Urn. At the hot loin of the pit therejwerc found footprints of u mau and a woman. Only one foot of each had been put in the land. The measure of each was carefully taken by the Cerooer, who also secured clols of what was supposed to bo blood and sand. This seems to point to the fact that Dr. McDow was accompanied by a woman. Whether she came in while the grave was being dug, or afterwards, cannot bo told. While the examination was going on about the office Tuesday night, a search wni inatituted for Captain Dawson's hat, which was missing. It not being found, l'rivatt Qardon was sent to the jail te request th< Doctor to send his hat, thinking prebahlj that he had put on Captain Dawaon's. Ili hat rsraained missing until yesterday, whei ' Lieutenant Ileidt found it. It was at th ' bottom of the vault in the back ysrd. Aft* finding it Lieutenant Ileidt rode over to tli ' jail and asked Dr. McDow what he ba done with Captain Dawson's hat. He ui S hesitatingly told the officer, and said tb it was thrown tliero in the excitement ' the hour. The question had been asked a thoussi n timos en the street : Why did Dr. McDi ,h attempt to hide the body? and this h 1C done more to prejudice his cause tlmn x" the rest together. The explanation of tl is not hard to find. It iB the nntural i pulse of a mau when reason is detbrou ?r t?y a sudden shock. 1 ho Doctor decli: 10 himself to make any statements in reg iW to the matter. ie"" A Worhl reporter called on the Doc immediately after the facts stated above to be facts, but he dccli neen !?? -- , Could only re| Ihe tB ulk. He said that M ?hftJ the What be bad alrcady sai . b#ct v.. capuln Dawson in'^To'^arrel 'be j,0 wns attacked. .-iv would n i.- Sp?i. ?-r\r/jrr. ?< | have fbot him 1 mnn physic <hw?Captain Dawjnn'x ' ^ it looks as heavy as a policeman 8 ( but when taken up is as light as if it mndo of paper ; yet a good liek coul bit with it. : Dr. McDow hoped that the public w y a at least do him justico. lie naked fo ,oW* more, feeling satisfied thr.t ho was juatif ian) in the shooting. Chief Uohlen stated yesterday that i ai.'. hearing the pistol shot, ho remained 6 ,UI. time in that neighborhood, anil that pres '* Dr. McDow came out of Lie office 1,8 walked to the corner shop on Hull 3!CD street, near his house, and jurchased In* candles and some apples, and rcturaed mediately. It was then that Mr. hi 10 accosted him with the remark nbout M,r" hat. It was later that Mrs. McDow < out with the child and went down Hull V"- street Miss Smith, it is thought, came a few minutes before her, and went to ! 10 (iaillnrd's. It is surmised that these ladies in upper part of the house, hearing the p er elitt, rushed down to the otlice and fo ar| the doctor mid his victim. or^ MoDow's house is in the hands of 31 polico. After tho murder was comroi or- Vi_i. > .iiui'gw ? win1, wun wiioin lie had ii s?v ^^ quarrel on llio day of the tragedy, (led I lcl the hougc, Inking her baby with her. ii r- _ !,"[ 1 iii' SDcell'!) Pinion fin n's he R. M. STOKER, - - Edi tin a Friday* Narcli S3, isstt SI JiSCHIl'TlOX, $'2.<>0 1'KIi ASS '*[ TOST OFFICE DIRECTORY. lie Tlio 1'. O. will he opened for btisi idt from S A. M. So f?..'5<) 1'. M. is The Money Order Department wil' nd opened for bustnc>s frcm A. M. to 4 1' nil eotn c.osc promptly at I 1". ,\t. [if. Any inattention or irregularities sli re l>c report!<1 promptly to the 1'. M. lc- J.V. III! NT Kit, 1\ } tr ? d- Ifev. N, M. Wood.-, panior of as tirst Presbyterian Church of Colum has accepted n call to the second I'res terian Church of Memphis, Tenn., sub ay to the consent of Presbytery. ?*. ? - * > id fitaC* A man by tho name of Johnson to Adams, confined in the Macon, (.it., j ,s for embezzlement, actually starved him ?r , ^ to Mi'iiiut n*, he claimed, atonement for 0 crime. He neither eat nor drank from h lf?th February to the 141It of March, wl he died. ,r Terrible sacrifice of Uctits, Tout lis n lloys clothing at FLYNN'S. ,v The State Sunday School conv lion will meet in Charleston Tuesday nc ^ the -titli iiint. I The following delegates frotn this eon c were elected at the last county conventi y W. II. Miller, J. II. JelTeries, S. I. S'.ok ^ Alternates ? D. N. Wilburn, IV. II. Harris, J. II. Randolph, e ? ~ * Unparalleled bargains in Winter Clathi a and all kinds of heavy goods at FLYNX 7 - ' Uoi>" Nearly twelve hundred bales cotton were burned last Friday at Oree f villc. A spark from a shifting engiue the U. and ('. road set tire to a bale nlru< t in t'nc centre of Uely'a platform, and in i " j incredible short time the whole platfoi j ' was in a blaze, with the large warehot; ? adjoining. Loss, ; insurance. $4 t <K>0. -? - FLYNN is closing out his entire etock Winter goods at less than manufacture i cost. ? - - - - JMju. I.ast Saturday morning two frcig trains on the Air I.ine railroad collided, i I the Clifton depot, killing two men outrigh ! fatally wounding tho third, ami serious! j injuring three others. The names of tl hi i..J ? ? , n,..cu hit weorge .McPullie lliggins, whit of Illacksburg, and William lingers, colored lirakcuian. The track was lilerall strewed with the wrecked cirs and me chandise. The loss to the Itailrond con pany will he heavy. - THE 1><)W LAW toTToN 1'LANI'KIt Is ucknow'cdgod, hy nil who have use them, to he the simplest, the surest, tli best and greatest seed saving Planter not made. They are for sale, by 11-St KANT & IIUO. j CtaY" Mrs. Vincent has presented ou good looking Forenun with a handsotm specimen of those beautiful silk handker chiefs she has just brought oti for sale, an< Willie is awful prou I of it. Well, it is trulj haud>omcnud Willie knows how to wear ii to the best advantage. It's the way the world is waggmg: 'J lie Foreman's proboscit is encased in hamltomo silk, while th? Editor b ows his horn through a 15 cents linen rag. S> much for being young and popular among the Ladies. Good Railroad Hews. 1 Our Blacksburg correspondent gives cheering newt to our reader* along th* pro- , posed lin* of the Augusta division of the 3 (."*. road, and be is in a position to know what be is talking about, and will alwaj* give the unvarnished truth. We have felt confident for a long time that this division would be built, as it would 1 prove an important and profitable feeder to ' the great main line of that road. No doubt , the decision of the Supremo Court, iovalii dating the township bonds, delayed the B work, but to a company controlling almost r unlimited financial resources, the loss of tb* o j township bonds would be but an iasignifii cant obstacle in the way of aecuring such lt a very important adjunct to the magnificent 0 enterprise in which they have already in' " 1 * w*ll in 4 vested millions or ctouaro. ?? I. formed correspondent says, the Augusts ft* division is ft necessity to the 3 C roftd. \11 Now, what are thft people of Union goinp J1" to do, in order to reap the full benefits wbicl cd this iucrensed railroad facilities will g>V( icd them? Plainly ftpeaking, does the busines ird dono here, warrant the subscription of th lor town to the road? If we .re not inisic ,ad formed, Union being an incorporated towi ted die decision does not affect the subscri] 10-1 tion vcted by us to the road. ^ Practically, railroads are only channe jJi'h through which communities secure faciliti sver to increase and improve their business i tack (frosts; and atty community that will not ta aUy' advantage of the facilities which railros i ,h to onla^ .**^".^?^" ?PC ?U. -v tiioui wnsTTTiey will not do I dub, themselves, 1 c, create attractions that * J "bo bri,,8 increased population, thrift, pr pcrity and wealth, ould In some important localities, lib]0 ,rU'' n,iIroat,!' have slowly, b very slowly, oided in increasing tl iftcr population and business. It was >me- in ( olumbin, Greenville, Spartanburg a o'ad ( ,,8r,on0- At 811 those points, howevi idge there W<?re' nd,ancc, great central ?i two educational attractions, wliioh gave the iin- prominence; but for many years after ra 'h'is n adS WCr? buiU '? ll,em lLoj 8lJod 8l" ame nn,e(l> nntl 1,01 un,il the introduction of n< >dge industries uud a liberal, determined spii out of entorpriso nud progrcssiveness w 'rs aroused among tluir citizens, did tin the m?Te for,T,*rd ?ttain the proinine stol positions they now occupy among tl vanil flniir iwh inrr IirAFrpaiiirn hiiainaoa the country; it is a peculiar fact that sin J'1* the new railroads hate bsen built to the ious there hns been no incroaso in their e rom ucational enterprises, but rather a decreas while many new industrial enterprises ha ===" been established and arc increasing yearl, 1f><2 B'v'nE- wherever located, increased popi lation ami business, and carrying wil tor them convincing proof to tho citizens that they would make their town prosperoi they must, each, according to his abilit contribute of their means, nud persistent advocate the establishment and support new home industries, for the advanceme of all interests in the community. And to it wil) be witb Union, even wi less the anticipated increase of Railroad ( be eililies. Wo must do something with eursjlvcs..) f. WA,:- If WC remain idle, wai mid 'nK f?r 'he C. ('. roa l to bring us thri business Pud prosperity, our people rat ' rest assured that nothing will point 01 where- In ion stands is on the lino but a wn the station, while ou either side of us wi ta, I quickly spring up new and nourishing town: . with enterprising populations uuu vnric industries to attract from us a largo share c the business we now have, b. If the business men of tbe town of Unio ail. are anxious to keen- if nut innmn.? ii.?i>". iclf ncsa they now have, they must do some liis thing to prevent a Urge part of their trad lie going to the ouc or two embryo towns lyin ten on the ('. C. (3. road, that arc even sow a* Burning considerable business proportion! before the road passes us. Wo must nc forget that these towns will then be in position to coinpeto with our merchants on - and if they should be peopled by such me] it, as those who have made Oaffney City wha it is, we shall have more vacant stores thni ity we have now, and much less business, on: Everything appears to bo going on briskb with us now, while we are sending on S. wagen loads of supplies daily, but in t month from now, when the merchants clerks and everybody else are lounginj ng about, waiting for a stray customer, wc will hear the cry of lamentation go up, 0j "no business doing," "Union is a dead town." Well, whose fault will it be? >n 8*aT The following go-ahead towns have s' I each an organized Cotton Mill Company, kn with capital stock ranging from $00,000 to 111 $100,000: Chester, I.aureus, Winnsboro, *c Spartanburg Green*ood. and Ninety-six. In '* all the abave places the slock has been subscribed, charters obtained and work on the buildings will commence in a few weeks. Mo l.-l! II *1 " | Mcuct a uu iiit'sc iniiis arc i<? DC run by stcani( | like the one spoken of some years ago, to be ^ | built in Union; bill it it confidently exI peeled that nil of them will Ik* in operation ( ! bng before (lie first installment is paid to, ward the Union Mill, y I , l>on t be too sure of that, gentlemen. If |(? ! ! the people of this little town should get il ' , # ( into their heads this Spring that a cotton ! mill mti.il ami shall be built, they would ^ , rush it through, if n > proviso prevented, i They're hard to start, but when they do I start, they, well,?they start. | A Correction. I In a note from the writer of the art icle in p our lust issue, headed "A few hints to the y liirls," our attention is calle I to the following error, which the talented author says, "changes the thought 1 wished to convey find r certainly are not iny sentiments. What I j , wrote was, "Sensible women dislike tho ! vine and oak theory of married li'o, preferr- , I ing to he le<l rather than to lein; but the j printer made ine say; preferring to leal rather than to lean." It will be seen ftt a glance tliar our gift- I ed correspondent has been placet in a false position, and it gives us pleasure to make the correction. ? . ? ? FLYNN is now selling ladies wraps and j Jerseys at less than half price. rha Work of two -Iraagelist. Naver befoiV boa Union experienced luch a general And eolemn religious revival aa baa beeiM arouacd by (be earnest, eloqnant and iasplring preaching of the Evangelist T. In Leitcb, who baa labored constantly and yith untiring seal far three weeks in the wlethodist church; and we send the gratifying news to every true christian in tbttlnod, that Qod has abundantly blessed %ia labors and through him brought ma'ifcuJjtoars to the foet of the cross, confessi9fc|ur sins and professing faith in the feaviour, Jesus Christ to save. f Day aud n/gbt (he church has been crowded to oversowing, and the interest in thi services gfows more intense and ferveut a? the servfcee continue. Tber^ appears to be no abatement in thi earnest working of the great Evangelist or the solemn interest felt by the largi ! congregations who daily listen to him 1 Truly ra?y we believo that God is in ou 9 midst, otUing sinners to repentance, an 9 many hi?e answered, "Lord what shall * do to be saved. '* We rgrel to learn that the services wi *? clese'nat Sunday night, as Mr. Leitch hi } other eigsgements to fill. God grant tin the grat work he has commenced nit grew it strength in every heart until i 69 who hrve professed, and call themselv n* christios, shall be called to their floal r ,,ie ward. kds Up to WednseJay night eighty-nine ha ra* of the town . a tiiW friTportsKy^viestion oetoro the close tho racetivg. 1,1 We can truly say that Mr. Leitch 1 os~ done gloriftis werk in the town of Unio for bis Log! and, Master for which he c only receive the fuli measure of his rewai when Gol shall say to him, "come t10 higher." so 3 nd After Twegty-Eight Years. !r- Sheriff hong received a despstoh fr? d Sheriff Pelgon, of Madison Co., Tenn., 111 tha 12th., asking if one "D. E. Jeter w il- wanted fer murdering hie brothcr-in-la g- Busby, near Ssutuo, in Union Co., in 1861 !W " he wae then in jail tt Jackson, "it After proper invtetigation, Sheriff Lo as found that Jeter hid been guilty of t fy crime, but escaped, and returned the folio nl nrr In Rl,_>i<r I>?,n? . hc "Hold Jeter till I come with requisit -from the dnv^enor of South Caroline." ce J. Q. Loso Sheriff Long is now awaiting the nec nary papers from the G vernor and w probably go fer Jeter in few days. *? We learn there a:e only two or thr witnesses to tho murder now livic audit is doubtful whether there could sufficient testimony found to convict Jeti if although there aro hundreds in the cout who remember the murder. The accoc in the Jecksen Times of Jeter's arrest, ri ]y ^ resents him as a desperate character, a his arrest was accomplished by strateg the officers pretending they arrested h ^ under a "peace warrant," for abusing 1 step-daughter, Mrs. Ira Lee. in * that we have ill this coualy\*aft"vuJ^,,0? 11 for the office of V. 8. Marshal for tl Stale. Wc learn that Mr. J. L. Strain h Jt !? forward his application for the po ' >' lion, endorsed by somo of tho best m< " in the upper part of the State. M s- Strain would fill the office well, and tve b " lievc his appointment would give satisfa 'f lion to the people, if President Harriet decides not to renppoiut the present i n cuinbent.who bus so faithfully and sati factorily filled that important position tl s' past four years, e . E flioy- We had a pleasant visit last Satu day from Mr. John Hisi.op, of Gainesvil! ' Fla., son ef our esteemed friend, Jes; d bishop, of Jpnasville, who was on a sho * leave of absence, to visit his parents. Job ? in uoiuing n I'uninvu uo m raitrSAU ail 11 seems ts think Florida is destiaed to bo t great Slate, notwithstanding the ssriot i> set-back it had in a few places last yer from Yellow fever. f g?*fc. Last Sunday night Dr. Meador wa disturbed by hearing an antmal groanin year Iho house, and after satisfying himsel ' that it was net in his horse lot, ha retired but the next morning he found a mule be longing to Capt Farr, lying dead in th yard. How he got there is a mystery t< the thoughtful; hut it is thought the aniraa ! must have had the toothache, and went t the doctor for relief. Pit aviso Fun a Goon Crop ok Okkicshs ? Washington, March 19.?A peculiar seem was witnessed hero to-day. About foui hundred members of the Foundry M. K Church held an assembly in the churc) And dognf.l ?n? hniir to prayer, asking that the President be guided in making gssd appointments ie fill the local offices. An evening paper commenting on the incident nays : "It is the custom in a great many parts of this country for people to congregate at the churches and pray for good crops. In Washington there is but ! one crop. (Mlices compose It, and it occurred lo tlio ladies that it would bs a good idea to follow the example of thoir i country cousins. So they prayed long and well that the President might be inspired in his appointments, and it is expected I that the crop will bo good." ? . Tiik Stampkdr or tiik Hodsikiis.?Chicago. March 17.?A special from Oklahoma, Indian Territory, soys : "The boomers are routed. Lieut. Carson, commanding troop O of tho &th, cavalry, i.rrivcd liere to-day from Fort l!cno. The would-bo settlors were warned ef the soldiers coming and tied in erery direction. Several hundred, however, were surrounded by ilie troopers, who drove them before them like cattle, man, women, children and teamstoro." ^Rises, tents, dug out claims, foundation!' tlnd marks were dosttoyed 11 is said tbet Hill has been arrested. The rest of the party will be conveyed to the Kriisas line and thcro dismissed, though their property may be confiscated. Capl. 11 ayes with a troop is marching southward from Kansas, and will take nil the boomers who may fall into his hands to tho Texas line. The boomers arc demoralized. but it is feared their leaders may rally them, and they outnumber tho troops. Serious trouble might ensue." News from North Paoolet Etta Janr, March 18.?The equinoctial gale passed o?er this section last Friday, and aince then tre have been having Spring weather. Everything that can hold er pull a plow has plenty to do new. The housewives are no less interested in their horticultural matters. Every ounce of human brain and pound ef muscle should be brought into requisition to secure the advantages their judicious application will afford. The next six wcsks will, in great measure, deoide the fate of this year's crop. Our people have never gone to work with more zeal and energy than now. The low prices of everything they need guaranteei , an opportunity for them to get out of debt I should they make good crops and get fail prices for it. Merchants and creditors have 9 Devsr shown such lenity as now. are en orthodox Alliance man, we ore frei 9 to admit that the merchants, in many in i. stances, hate been the country's best friend r in time past. Tuey bate invested and re d invested their money and staked it upo I the worst disorganized system of labor th world ever kuew, and hare carriod mei H erer year after year in the hopo that the k8 would get out some time, instead of presi ing them down and breaking them u ky The honest, hard working man was in tl same ship with tlio lazy indolent man, wl rs cared for nothing bnttho presont, te get h living. The Alliance has brought about stale of affairs in which every member to seme extent, bis brother's keeper, and md is his duly to see that he acts in good fai of remedy an evil at tbo expense of no cli of individuals; to defend itself against t ids mestic enemies. n, Fools, demagogues, aod thoss who ha mi axes to grind are crying out, "down wi j( the merohant," instead of elevating lat up to that honorable plane to which it belos where it can command the respect of ca tol and gs hand in hand with it in buildi u? the oountry However the meaning >m the word or the objects of the order m on be perverted, the principle of all true m ae will remain the same, and we hopo they a w, in the majority. I. Mention was made some time ago abo the futility of the stock law. It annei ng that for at least four months in the y? h thero is nothing in it that th<j average ci w- sen is bouud to respect. The "cattle ol thousand hills" arc collected in this secti< ion and among them eonte first-class sky rot ets. The farmer whe sows 'wheat or 01 in the Fall invites this torment and, a |g. consequence, Fall sowing has nearly play jl out. Hon. A. A. Sarratt, of Skull Shos has 60 acres of oats, sowed last Fall, whi (0 affords his section fine grazing. We sugg that every man or woman who has a c< ke sow at least 6 acres of eats in Septemb or October, at farthest, and then we w sr, have winter pastures right. int Our last problem should have read per cent, for dust and waote. n(j Thinking that this week some one vt j . answer the Scripture qucstiens given in o jm correspondence of two wteke ago we wii hold our answor until next week. Mr. Editor, your giving the "leei helps" to the International Sunday Sch< lessons weekly, should make your papei wn welcome victor in ? ?? ? f.imilv \n ?? vJdWy. r>ure!y no parent will deprive I 'lis child of aueli a great treasure at such ias insignificant cost. If there is such a che "* man in our county, or anywhere else i would begla] to know who he is, and 1 r- will ask the prayers of Ond's people ;r, ! behalf. c* We are glad to note that brother Leitcl ,u mission to Union has not been in vain. V n_ have too high au opinion of the peop *- of Union than to think that all the sei i? sown by this good man will fall elsewhe than npon goed ground. Should we liv we will use our be?t efforts to get him r* visit our rural section during the surame ?? and we guarantee liira a fair field in whit " o labor. We fen! that he and the cause 1 rt represents will be received with open arm in by a grateful people. In bis work he he 'J beeu successful in pulling dawn the stron * holds of sin and has erected fassily alta ' that burn bright with Heavenly light. Th, kr this work may go on and on until "Jest Christ reigns King of Nations as He no reigns King of Saints," is our prayor. l8 Mr. I,sunder Petty and Miss Nann g Worthy were married yesterday, by Jns. I If Strain, Notary Public. This is tho fourt time Mr. Petty has been married, and h is not more than 45 ysars old yet. Widow e era, don't be disheartened?patience an j perseverance perform wonders. Vox. Personals. 0 Maj. D. A. Towosend weut up to Norti Carolina last Tuesday on important legn business. Mr, F. W. Moore has gone to Rlackshurg s to visit his brother Thomas, who is teachiuj r a nourishing school at that place. Mr. Clarence Jett r, of Fish Dam, was it 1 , town last week. ) ; l>r. II. K. Smith, who recently graduated with much distinction from tho Dental de 1 partinent of the Haltimoic Meaical College is now among us. Wears glad to see yoi back Dr., and hope you will decide to locatt in Union. Miss Kiltie Funck has just returned from Baltimore, whero slit lias been buying her ! Spring snd Summer stack of Millinery j (Joods. She kindly showed us through her j department, and wo have never seon a prct uer nor 01 talies hats, rihbius ?in?i trimming* in our life. Her stock is so complete that Messrs Graham & Sparks were compelled to move their office from the rear of the store to the front. Mrs. J. I). Arthur, who for a month has bsen visiting her pnients at Hock Hill, returned home last Tuesday. Miss Eana Stroblo, of Chester, is visiting Judge Wallace and family. Bucklex's Arnica Salve.?Tiik Best Salve in the world for Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcer-, Salt Hhentn, Fever Sores, Tetter. Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Eruptions, and positively cures Piles or no pay required. It is guaranted to give Perfect satisfaction, or money refunded. | Price 25 cents per box. For sale by Posey A Bro. Feb. 10, ly. ,0, . Vou can buy a pair of six dollar blankets now fer Three fifty at FI.YNN'S. News from Sprightly Kelton. Joe Helton, March l'i. -Well, after a season of wet and slosh, we have weather for work, ^ and the Farmers are taking advantage of it to finish sowing oats. Now you can hear res the gee-haw in every direction, preparing cot the land for corn and cotton. Farming in this neighborhood is earlier this Spring than last, and from what I see and hear, I co' think the Farmers have determined to make greater efforts to make good crops and reduce their expenses to the lowest point. co They will dispense with many luxuries that heretofore they thought- were necessaries, m < and will live economically until they have ?" i paid their debts and have their supplies on ^ , hand for the next yoar. Then, with cosh ar r in hand, thoy will see what luxuries they ' i can afford, and be more careful in bayiog. , I hear that the amount of fertilizers " j brought into this vicinity is much less than ^ i. r for years past. Mauy farmers say they 9 will not use a sack this Spring. They have more hotne-raade manure, and mest of them n will return the cotton seed to the sod to F ? enrich it. This is a move that will enrich ? , beth the farmer and his land, in the near 1 i ,j future. . Wheat is backward and don't seem to p grow off well, but that is no sign, at this < ilc time, that we shall have a poor crop. ,0 Fall sowe l oats look fine, but not many 1 iB were put in ; but a large quantity of Spring a oats were sowed. jf I think it a gool idea to adopt a rotation il of feed crops?corn, oats, rye, Kaffir corn, th peas, millet, and auy other things that will ? - I -f M>> on linio. Kaf. iss fir corn is splendid for stock. An aorc of lo- if gi*a more feed than two of other corn. You can plunt it four times as thick and tve 'he head is almost equal to an car of other ith corn. It will grow oa land that would net >er produce nubbins. Hogs and poultry are igS fond of it. Try a patch this yoar. When pi. the heads get in "roasting ear" cut them ng off, then cut down the etalka and feed of them to the slock. ay Permit me to call our worthy County en Commissioners' attention to tho crossing at ,ro Izrael's Creek, on the'Skull Shoals road. Somobody ought to fix it, as it is in a delUt plorablo condition. It is ono of the most ira important roads in the County, and the !rvr town of Union is deeply interested in baviti ?Qg kept in good traveling order. ' a ^ur mails arc very irregular. Sometimes jn, wc don't get the Ti.mks until it is four days 3k- old. Whoso fault is it? J. T. A. fttis " * Matters at Kolton. 3 * Kelto.v, Maroh 18.?As there nro so cd . . Is mftny 0 y?ur 8u')8cribers giving their ideas 1 ^ through your columns, I beg yon to spare me a short space, that I, oue of your sub *"* scribera, though living in a hole in the back ow woods, as ono would say if ho slioald come er' and see mc at home, 1 am always eager to seo Friday come for I know I will find something in Iho Tomi to cheer m?, from Bomo of the correspondents. The weather has been fine and tho farm rl" work hns been pushed right square to Ui# lUr front in this section. On hill and in vale 'k* wo hear the gee-haw of the plough-boys sounding and resounding from the early on hours of morning until the sun has found his way behind the western hills. r R There has been much said about the use b?, of guano, but I. heinff nn f? nr aan't much about it. A short time ago I heard a an farmer say that he had not usod any for aP several years, but he intended to use some ' this, but he did not know how to get it, for lTe he had not used any so long that he had al"a most forgotton what transaction he had to , go through to get it. Well, I will give him ' 8 this advice. It ho has boon making up his compost pilos of barn-yard manure, cot- ( lu ton seed, and pine needles, ho had better ( do that again. j re Mr. Editor, I saw in your last issue that ] > a County Alliance was organized on the 9th , lo inst. for tho colored farmers of the county. , r> I am glad to see this movement among them , for it brings them together, and in union 10 there is strength. The colored farmers in 19 this section have been meditating on form- j 18 ing themselves into an Alliance, but they K- have not as yet. Sorooof them say, "if we ' r9 form an Alliance we will be imitating the < at white farmers," Well, if they do imitate ' JS and profit by it, I guess there is no objec- i w tion, er there should not be- and as for itni- i tating I can't see why they should not, as ' ie our white friends are ahead of us in most ' c ' all things, and if we can profit by it I can , h see no good rta??n why our colored friends r e should hesitalp n. mimii* i : ? . ? ?v (IVVUV IV) ^ It. II. F. 1 <1 ^ I Mr. Kditok. ? Please allow me space in ? your columns, to say that on yosterdny, 17th h I lust., we hail the pleasure of having with ' ^ us the ltev. Mr. Mope, of the Presbyterian !| Church in this town. n The ltev. Mr. Lainpley of the wliile ft Baptist Church had promised to preach for w ? ur, but an arrangement was male between |r himself and Mr. Mope for the latter t? fill p( the appointment. Mo was accompanied by q Mr Murphy, and both gentlemen wero con- tc ducted by the Pastor into the church. Singing and prayer was conducted hy the Pastor ; C<1 ' after which the ltev. gentleman read and ill 1 expat ia'c I on 'lie ."I Chapter of St. John's or ' Gospel, which he divided int t throe parts, " viz: The New Bisth. Fadli and Sanctific i- {), 1 tion. The discourse was interesting, in- St structing an 1 edifying. Our doors will bo m opened t > any of our while brethren at any ^ time who would accept nn invitation to j )rj "come over ami help us." In beha'f of Tli tho oongrogi'i 'ii tve w >u! I say to the Iter, j gentleman, dear brother, "come again. j 'r' n i on .1 Niciiot.s, j Pastor A. M. II. Church, Union, H. C. pe * - | tin A Yot'Xll WlllTB Mas has his Tlinnir I r? I - itr NKflton. -Memphis, March 1"). ? \Tid nit Scott ami a boy named George While, h sd a of row yesterday on the Plant on | lantati<d, loc near Greenville, Miss., with Jrnac Woods ret and two women, ail colored. The latter an! were armed with knives and razors, and Or Scott had a shot gun with which lie shot vis Woods in the leg. The latter seized him and Vh cut his throat from car to ear, Scott dying up in a few minutes. Oeorge was also terribly ant but not fatally hurt. Woo ls and tlio women loo were arrested. ? f You can cure that 'dreadful cough" by get- has ting a bottle of cough medicine from J. W, a fi Posey & Pro., Druggists, 'i hey keep a com- otic pletc line of pure medicines and drtigo, and wn| you can get what you want in the drug line one from them. net not the Man-A Boono with a Cow-Mole, I to. I ivan Side, March 18th.?Will you please, 1 . Editor, to allow me space to pay my I peot to Mrs. M. A. E., who has me so I it plot el jr hemmed in under the ''pigmy" fl .vrs of a "Georgia CollarJ." Just how I ?. M. A. E. manages to get this scribe I onecied with this mammoth Georgia CoU I rd, we are certainly at a loss to know. I io idea of any one boasting on a 9 pound j llard! If we had a garden filled with J I or 091b cabbages, we weuld, possibly, 1 nke mention of the faot. You have shot j r at the wrotfcg fellow this time, M.S. E. 1 rs. Joe is pkrticularly fend of cabbage, id says she only wishes we had some to it and not to boast of. We thought our friend and neighbor 'ould have furnished answers to more of J ox's problems, but suppose he has prob* ;ms of different character to work out now. ind then, too, he is one ef those bashful .iud, who dou't like te have his name in ?rint. This gent is apt out for cunning, md cannot be beaten, by any ordinary clod hepptr," When others were buying mules last year at high prices our friend till upon a solution of the problem by purjhasing a cow, as he calle Aim, to work a farm. The cow performed mighty well, too, on an average. He would pull tho plow, the sled, or a wagon, and all the load you might put behind him. He was awful slew, but mighty sure. Old uncle Vard wouWL plow him generally, but when he bcoam^^^^^ boie^feakt. master *. fcooaj 6hoip ~?. - "" ne, ..nen the soorching rays of the sum* coming down at the rate of mer t!9l^|^^^^njfriend's cow conclu100? in ded te be his own bossTant^^^n^^^WHQI^pMB^^B spot, where he could, with comfort and deliberation, fan tho flies with his magnifloont stci/cAer, and odol his parched tongue with the clear water that sparkled beneath hie forked feet. So, after pioking his chance and on flnding himself loosed from the plow, he made a break, and through the ootten and down the hill he went, with Mr. II., in hot pursuit. The bloedcd animal had not gone a great way when Mr. II. grabs him by the tail. Now they have it, for three hundred yards and more, over ditches, eotton rows, logs and the like. The cow finding no way by which to loose himself from his determined boss, hit upon a bright idea, and made for a big gully. Mr. II. seeing wliat was coming and where he was going to, tightened his grip, and being firm believer in "tail holt," went flying over the gully with his "bandanna" to the breeze and his legs at an angle of about 45?. It is needless to say that, Mr. II. came out conqueror in the end. Our old friend, Mr. W. J. Moorhead, formerly of Mt. Tabor, now of Hickory drove, pai I us a flying visit on last Sunday. Mr. Moorhead made no halt at our home, but soems to have had business just a little farther on. May bright "jewels" sparkle en his pathway. 10 o'clock, p. ra. good night. J OK. It was our pleasure to attend Mr. Leitch's meeting at the Methodist church on Sunday eveniog last. We got in late and found a crowded church, in the pews, the aisles ami everywhere, while quite a number were on the outside. We pushed in, however, ?uu u.miHgeu to get a very comfortable seal near the chancel. The sermon was delivered with cliaraoterislie force and to the point, and wa felt "it * wag good to be there." We enjoyed tho preaching much; the eengs too; but what did us nioro reod than anything eiso was to seo the noble, big-heartod young men and Ladies of Union coming out on the Lord's ride. V\ o are told that at that time somo 51 had decided tojoin the church. May the lumbers bo greatly increased. The Lord of tiosts is giving ear to the prayers of the righteous, and Union is wifnnu?in/w * ft - ??? ral of rsligion not beard of beforo. Job. Tiifkis Youxo Mkn or Charlotte ?Charlotto, March 16.?Threa young men?Walter Urooke, Russell Williams and Jesse Candle ?base just returned home from a New fork trip whiclr has been a bitter experi;nce to them. The yoang men had been ed to believe, from reading confidential lireulars and letters from a certain Mew fork sharper, that the trip to America's uetropolia wouid be all that was necessary o insure them their fortune. They hal >een eonvincod that their man in that city tould and would actually give them one housand dollars for one hundred. This noney thay were told was counterfoil, but euldn't be delected even by an expert, as t was made on Government plates These oung men induced many of their friends o resort to the scheme of doubling their i?ney, and they started on their fortunetinting expedition with heavy purses asi week they met their man in Nrw York, ccordiog to engagement, in a private room, lie number and street the young men canot remember. The money was all satisic'orily exchanged and the boys were very ell pleased over their big trade, but when ley started to go out revolvers held by six ten confronted them, an 1 they wore cotnelled to give up their money and leave uietly. They telegraphed frieuds at home i send them money to ooms home. _ A Public IIaiioship.?Considerable ininvenieuco lias been caused recently by ic failure of the regular passenger train l the Columbia k Greenville Railroad to ait on (be regular train from Charleston i the South Carolina Railway. It is >* d at if the regular passenger t-ain on the ,,,! I. I '.?~i:~- rt - ...... . .luniin ivmway is into f. ya unites or longer (lie Columbia ant rcenville train leaves Ce'umbia, nnd M authorities refuse to ho d tlio V tin un'il tho Charleston trim a*r ves ic Atlantic Coast Line train cocs not ike a connect en. and hence passengers >in Charleston to points beyond Columbia the Columbia and Greenville and tho nrfanhurg and Uuion railroads are coniUed to stay over in Columbia a day when b tram on the South Carolina It-ii way is c minutes late. This is a great inconvc>nce, and is hoped that the management the Richmond & Danville sy.-tem will k into the matter and have the wrong ncdied. The refusal on tho part of tlio Ihorities in charge of the Columbia and eenvillc nnd Spailnnbnrg ami Union diion to wait for the Charleston train, icli takes passengers every day for the couutrj, is the source of a great ileal of icyance and trouble and it should be keil into and remodied.?Sunday Ncu?, Jee our Ad. We mean what we say. We re a complete stock of drugs, at.il, besides, ill stock of Ready Mixed Pa uia. Any i ran apply tlietn to house, fuggy or gon, make your buggy In k like new f r dollar. Lump, Lanterns, Lnni| a cliirn s and Uurners at J. W. POSEY k PRO. I