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JLIS W Facts for the Public. As is osusl st such times, the discussion of the recent tragedy st Charleston has produced in*different parts of the State a number of surmises, rumors and questions, some the results of malice, seme of idleness and others of ignorance, which can be most effeotually answered by a plain statement of facts. These facts are not revelations ; they are known to all who have been in position to learn of them or who have enquired. They ere given here without request or authority fVom anybody and only because their publication is justified by the oiroumstances. There is no mystery, nothiog hid or to be hid in the matter to the minute of Captain Dawson's entrance into Dr. McDow's office. The yottng woman who was the cause of the murder was fouod in Bwitserland, we believe, three or four years sgo by lady members of Captain Dawson's family. She was living with her parents and was, and is, of good character and position. There it ne evidence to indicato that even recently she has been guilty of anything worse than imprudence. Her services were engagec because she spoke French well and had th< ii< ?. s ? _ r,_ ? otner quumcauuuD wi ?? (s-. ~.? ?, tain Dnwson was a master of that language and bad baen at much pains to have it usee in his family fluently and in its best forms The young woman is rather a fine lookini person, but not especially noticeable in an; respect and her relations with tlic famil; were those usual to her position. She wr> an inmate of Captain Dawson's househol and without friends, kin or protectors i this country. He was responsible for he safety, and her association with his famil gave him a double reason fer protectin her from associations and preventing In from conduct likely ta injure her charactc She met Dr. McDow, whose residenco wi around the corner from Captain Dawson portion of tho oily but in broad dayiigl and tinder the cyea of any who chose see. It was natural that the facts shou reach Captain Dawson and that he ehou immediately act, first to learn if what 1 had heard was true and next to deal wit the man?a mariicd man notorious for d bauchery. There was no concealment or inystcr. The simplest and most direct methods wei used. The Chief of l'oltcc was infornn of what Captain Dawsou had heard and r quested to givo his help in learning i| truth. When he had investigated and i I ortcd the next?and surely the most nal ral?step was to apply the remedy by t endeavor te break off a connection whi threatened the character and life of t woman. Captain Dawson's habits of life wt usually asregular as clock work. He l> his time for reaching his ollicc, for leavi 11 lor uiuncr, iur rviuruiujj ?uu iui K"i home and they were varied only by spec pressure of work, Probably fivo days tbo week he rode down town in the sat ear and rode heme to dinner in ibe sa ivumi kiTwngVrt tnfc petiestat "or" a piuM St. Michael's Church waiting for the li car from the battery to Ilutlcdgc Avent lie called at Dr. McDow's cilice in t course of his daily routine, having start to his home for dinner at his usual he and walking only a few steps out of 1 way to make the visit. All the circuinstancos and surrounditi forbid the idea that he went there for a purpose other than to request that the tentions to his governors should cease a to warn against their continuance, lie h been warned by the Chief of l'olico tl McDow was a dangerous man. Vet wnt unarmed, and unprepared for coml of any kind, wearing his glove, as was 1 habit, carrying the same light walking sli he always carried. It is to be rcmemben too, that Captain Dawson was an cloqut nnd consistent upholder of the law as I proper remedy for all grievances. In t lost seventeen years of n life in wlii reguli ing his conduct by the requirements of la With an army of friends nround, wi scores of men ready to follow him anywhc at his lightest request, it is inconceival Aai he would have gone nlone and unarm to reek a pertoual difficulty with ft tlangc <pis man in that man's own house. He w a brave man and an impulsivo one, but 1 had had a day to consider this mattor an to Prenarw Inm.nlff.. ...... ? ? > _i ... >v, ??j cuivrgrilCJ 11 KG to result frem the interview he intended i have. All the circumstances indicate tin he did not suppose the atfair would detai 11iin ten minutes and tlint when he steppe from the street car he thought he would t at his home lifter that slight delay. The establish, we think, to the satisfaction < any impartial mind that his action tlirougl ut was faultless and prudent and such i would be taken by any quiet gcntlema mindful of his responsibilities nud havin preper care for the well heing of his familj It is well to remember that Captain Pan son was a powerful man physically, light ? his feet and clever with his hands?a ma who a few years ago had a fancy for spar ring and who proved himself with the glevc a formidable opponent for the best am strongest boxers. If lie bad made a pre meditated assault on Mellow or had licei provoked to assault him lie would have Icf Jiis mnrk too plainly for doubt; if those powerful nervous hands of his had taken a gi i| of collar or throat their hold would not have been readily relaxed or easily shaken off. We do not seek to strengthen the public sentiment against the man wc believe to bo a miserable, venomous a;sassin. lie is en titled to a fair trial by unprejudiced minds. Hut we believe we hutc the right to express t lie belief, and to review the circumstances supporting if, that Captain Uawjon's conduct throughout was that of a manly, honest clean man; (hat lie did only what he had tlis right to de and what his duty required li in to do; that his nciion was open and fair as daylight mil that there is net one fact iu all the record of a life lived under closer and fiercer scrutiny than most men undergo or in all the circumstances of this atfair, fr> in beginning to end, on which to base a su"p'cion to the contrary .? Greenville A'ew*. A How ling | Farce.?Cincinnati, O., March '21.?The democratic city convention w as a very noisy affair. The sergeant-atarnis was whipped early in the day, and r-signed. After the sixth ballot for comptroller, one assistant secretaiy Accused mo titer of chcatiug iu favor of one of the camtii&tes, ami the two fought all over the ftiee. Alter the tight ban ballon, the lending candidate, declared that he was cl'cted, but the chair ruled hiin one vote hho>t, and ordered another ballot, amid cries of tiaud," "robbery," ami boodle." It took three hours to nominate a comptrol or. and after the nomination the convention further distinguished itself by nominating a man for an oflice that will not he vncani for two years yet. J'. I. Stevens was nominated for Mayor. a Day orrroRiiiK anof.i..? Little Tommy, who ha < a perfectly bald uncle, was very much imercsfed when his mother told him l':e .ith?T day that the hairs of his head were ail numbered. "Is that so with cvery >"dy ?' asked ha. "Yes," said his insthcr, that is what the bible says." Tommy poudt red for a minute in silence. "Well, tut 1 he finally, "if the bible says so it i. km ?>e so; but I'll b?t the angel who docs lit < ii iting feels mighty glad when he co.iifH 10 a uiun with a head like Uncle f ' I V ' "~m ~~ Ifte iUcelfy -Union limes R. M. STOKER, - - Editor Friday, Marvli '29, 1S89* SUBSCRIPTION, $2.00 PER ANNUM POST OFFICE DIBECTOBY. The P. O. will be opened for business from 8 A.M. to 6.30 P. M. ' The Money Order Department will be opened for business from 9 A. M. to 4 P. M. The Northern and Eouthcrn mails will both close promptly at 1 P. M. Any inattention or irregularities should , be reported promptly to the P. M. J.C. IfUNTEU, P. M. Union Cotton Market. Sales, 79 bales, prices from 9} @ 10. 10. 1 UrOi_ Sheriff Long has gone to Jackson, ! Tenn., for D. E. Jeter, who killed Jlusby, I nt Santue, in 1861. Dbdr We are informed that a purse of I nearly $300, from voluntary contributions ' was presented to Mr. Leitch when be closed his services. It was a liberal contribution g y nad was highly creditable to the people o ? Union. I BUT A correspondent of the Columbii II Remitter says the peoplo of Spartanbur ,r have determined to have a Female Colleg * there, and in a few hours subscribe ;r $12,000 toward it. Tliey want $2?,0?M r. and it will be easily obtained. 18 'a tfcjf" We had a very pleasant visit las bi 1 -l " 11,11 " ?*? - ? to his connection with the Devil and chose tl: Id better part of serving Lis God. May Go bless liiin in his holy calling, te - ... th Til K Dt)\V LAW COTTON l'LANTKIt Is acknowledgod, by all who have use them, to be the simplest, the surest, tl rj best and greatest seed saving Planter no . made. They arc for sale, by e. 11-31 FA NT Si IMM). Iio ? . " .c. Bur Some miscreant entered the Gra ii. itcville Cotton Mill one night last week ni he cut and damaged nearly every warp in t mill. The damage is estimnted at ?3,0tJ There must be some great rascals re Lnnglcy, as there have been ten attcmf ad to burn the mill nnd town. Some wee "8 ago the town was fired in two dintiuct piac ng . ' ;aj at one time, and from $ 10,000 to JOO.O in worth of property was then destroyed. me I Bxif A letter from Mr. W. I. McKissic or I lost ray Oin-liouse, two Gins; nil my c " ton seed and one bale of cotton belonging ihe Mr. Lee Hogan, by fire. 1 saved my in cd and engine by tearing down the house, t iur fire was canscd by matches in the cott us . . while ginning. igs Mr. tlumucr Smith came near being kill ny by tlio press lever falling on him. at nd tfCQu The advertisement of J. \V. Pas a<l & Pro., appears in this week's issue. ,al which we cill tlio attention of our reade 110 )flt They carry the largest and most varr His stock of any l>rug Store in tho upper pa ck of the State, and tlio general nianageme of the businesa is placed under the carc j10 l)r. George Y. Moore, a careful nn l rc he able practicing Physician, and Mr. G. c'> Kelly, a worthy son of our old friend, He ^ * bo>,A' ?? " K.iuey. nrouglit a nog iv. prisoner to jail yesterday, for carrying th concealed weapon. Mr. Hailey had cut t negro pretty badly. The negro hod bo i>(j linndstied beliimilnm. and Mr Hailey w a few steps in (rent of him. The negro li; as managed to gel his hands loose, and ma le 'l0 sprint from h?lii?.l M- i?-.? > ...... ..... iiirown <1 ". I liim down, and trying to get Ins pistol troi |(> him. Mr. Hailey managed to turn on It nt back, and got his knife out (if his jiocko IU and cut him on the legs and arms, ninkir )c very ugly wounds. jp <)tir corresj) indent Vox. sty? w "were a little previous last week in sayitii is that he had sent in his application for tin n appointment of 1'. S. Marshal." lie furtlie k says : I haven't done so yet. but expect t r. do so upon the expitationof the tern of th n pre^ont incumbent. I don't favor turniitj " out one niau to make tooni for another, par tieularly when no good reason can he given \ for ?o doing. 1 am not in favcr of the knock down and drag-out policy. If won't do." 1 We are glad to he able to put Mr. Strait right on the record, and we think his posi , tioti is correct and honorable. Dai" We call special attention to the business-like advertisement of ihnt staunch old firm, Messrs Uice & Mcl.ure. These gentlemen have stood tho test of years f?>t honorable au?l fair dealing, reasonable pri i ees, unwavering courtesy and liboral accom i modation to their customers. Their stock this spring, in all branches, has been carefully selected and is very complete, la addition to all these attractions, you will find the most polite and gentlemanly joung men you ever dealt with always ready to wait on you, while the Msjor himself always welcomes liis customers with the most genial smile. ? - - ?. Our correspondent. "Telephone," tolls us of a man who look his neighbor's piper out ?f tho l'ostouice and real all the news out of it before he sent it to the owner. Well, that is pretty n fan, hut wo onco had a coso quite as bad, if not worse than that : A gentleman in Alabama sent two dollars to a friend in this county to pay a year's subscription to to the Tint:*. Instead of bringing the money to us, with the name of the new subscriber, ho bought titty one cent postngo stamps and paid us the remaining ?1 &0 on his own subscription : and after reading the paper lie would iniil it to his friend in Alabama. Another case ?" *- " .... .ijtiii "I'll-IO-IIO men throw in fifteen cents apierc and sent a very j>ovr man with it t<? in.luce us to let Itiin have it lor that amount, us lie could not nfTor.l to pay more, ami lie had a large family of children. We learned sometime afterward. that these eleven men met regularly every .Saturday ami cue of them read the paper to the other ten. They took turns in taking the paper home, so that each family got a copy of the paper once in eleven uer/ct. Wasn't that financiering, Mr. Telephone ? Work of the Evangelist, Rev. T. H. Lelteh< The The work of (he Evangelist T. II. Leiteb, T clese<l here last Sun day night, much to the oft regret of everybody in this community, as con was attested by the large congregation that cot I attended his last services, and the assembly the * * ?** ** i hft vtt of Ladies aud genwemcu nuv -- ? cars on Monday to tbank him sod wish on< him God speed on his nobis mission. the The result of Mr. Leitch's three weeks on labors in this tewn is marvelous. One brl hundred and twenty-two persons professed to conversion and attached themselves to the ne churches of their choice, as follows : Metho- ca dist, 75; Baptists. 24; rresbyterians, 20; fo Episcopalians, S. ? h< Among the converts were some ?f eur oldest and most influential citizens, men of di middle ngc, young men just upon the pi threshold of manhood, married and single si young ladies, and many of tender but responsible years. ]< Never was there a more visible and sub- oi lime change wrought in the moral and re- ti ligious atmosphere of a community than is a now seen and felt in this tewn; and it re- ii j. mains with the ministors and the older t members of the churches to complete the i glorious work of which Mr. Leitch has 1 a enly laid the foundation. If the ohristinu < g people of Union were in earnest when they i c attended the services and asked for prayers i d for their husbands, brothers, sons and i b friends, during Mr. Leitch's meeting, and | wish to gather good fruit from these services nnd prayers, they must nurture and i ?|^urago the plants be has left to their "M Iiifni uo cVeiy ililllg iu fnfl. I interest and educate them in the great principles of vital religion. They must be grounded in their faith and led to bate the vices th?y mce loved, and to love the vir;d tues they once hated. The doors and henrte to of every christian must be open to them w for sll moral amusements and pleasures, and they must he encouraged to come in. Particularly do we call upon tho Ladies, ?- especially the young ladies, to take aa intd tercst in this matter; and throw around the he young converts every attraction and every 10 influence to wean tlietn from vice and imin morality. Your zeal during the time Mr, >ts Mr. Lcitch was here was highly cemracndaks blc, hut if you relax your zeal and fall in:os to a lethargic indifference, rest assured the 00 enemy will creep into your households and snatch frotn you those bright jewels who you now hope will adorn a crown of cver'k' lasting joy, and till your hearts with deepest ot- ? to A 8ad Telegram. ill On Saturday night, whilo Mr. and Mrs. lie I'- Arthur were sitting in the Methodist on Church, a telegraphic despatch wis handed to Mrs. Arthur informing her that her father, ej Mr. J. Lawrence Moore, of Hock Hill, was lying dangerously ill, and requesting her to come nt once. It was impossible for her to leave that night, and she proparcd to start the next rs, morning ; but a note reached her just heed r ... ... . tore starting, with the sad anneuncement that her father had died during the night. it was n Hidden and sad blow to Mrs. Artliur, who hud but a few clays before rej turned from a visit to her parents, and had left him only complaining of a slight cold. In company with her Uncle, Dr. M. A. ;ro *wrviae sau i.iiuoriesi uoino wnicn Only a a tew months ago, she left, a haPDV brido. Iu, with that father's blessing upon her, ,1, ami more recently, as a visitor, a happy family, full of ji>y and bright prospects. u] Sincerely do we sympathize with all in a their sad bereavement. 'K The Greenville Nowa. It is truly gratifying to us to see the unmistakable evidences of prosperity and in' creasing popularity which this sterling Piedmont daily shows. A few months ago the proprietors had to put a faster press in , :e the office to meet the requirements of its , , rapidly increasing circulation, and now they ( L> have added four columns le the size of the r paper to meet the increasing demand upon ] ite columns for advertising space. j This prosperity is but the natural result of the ability, enterprise and intrinsic value j which characterizes every issue of the iNYirz. Its appearance every morning is j clean and attractive, showing taste and care u in its mechanical tnakc up, while its con- f tents nre fresh, crisp and sparkling with the latest telegraphic despatches, sound and able editorials ami admirably selected current item. No paper ever more richly de- j, served prosperity, and wo unfeignedly ro1 joico in knowing that its merits aro appre- v ciateil by the people of this great and grow- t( ing Piedmont section, whoso best interests it so ably aud fearlessly represents and dcfends. p ? - - - ? ? Death of Miss Eloise Fl?>yd. We regret to annoiineo the death of Miss I Kloise Floyd, which occurred at Gaffney City, last Monday morning, from heart dis- ^ ease, at the residence of Cant Sams, whore 1 o she was attending school. Miss Floyd was an excellent young lady, u Rtul leaves many fricmls to mourn her tin- tl timely death. 'j1 ller remr.inn were biought to Unien and 'aid in their last resting place in the village Cametcry last Tuesday. Truly "in the midst of life, we are in death." in '** ba Sons of Temperance Election. ^ At the lust meeting of Cnion Divison, No. -3, Sons of Temperance, the following officers were elected for tho ensuing term : S. S. Stokes, W. P. S. M. Rice, Jr., F. I'., XV. A. T. It. Rutlcr, K. S. j1' Miss Carrie Foster, Ass t. It S. fix A. W. Green, Financial Scribe. jav J. II. McNeace. Treasurer. (lt( liov. 3. It. Hope, Chaplain. TV. 0. Count*, Conductor. j ( Miss Corrio Whiteside, Ass't. Conductor. John J. Hilton, Inside Sentinel. L. I*. Murphy, Outside Sontinol. \ IIuki.kn's Arnica Sai.vk.?Tiik IIkst 1 ten Sai.vk mi the world for Cuts, llruises. Sores, j on l'lcer~, Salt Itheum, Fever Sores, letter, I I is Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and nil j pro Skin F.ruplions, and positively cures I'iies ; s?v<i or no pay required. It is guarnnted to give inei i'crfeci satisfaction, or money refunded, cao l'rice 2o cents per box. For aala by Posey the A Dro. Feb. 10, 1 jr. in I Fwrwn Alliancebe nor* we ud tblaji of the working he Farmers Alliance, the 'snore we are f vinctd thai it ia bound to de good to the t mtry at large, if thefarmera will stink to t mselves and the principlea of the organi- i ion a few jears. It baa already made < ? good otep, in combining the atrong with I i honeat and induatrieaa weak of the ier, to reduce the price ef suppliss, and ing their trade, aa near aa possible, now a cash basis. This step will almost from cessity, lead to lower priced money, and pitalists will stefc, indua^ial. enterprises r investing their capital, \Hrongh which inest labor will And tnorfe 'and profitable eployraenl, money will be more generally stributed among the a asses, and the varied roducts ef the farm will find resdy and itisfactory heme market*. It will not injure the merchants in the ast, to bring (he trade of the couniry to a tsh basis. Their profit in each cash transno? ?- i i?. :e it on will not bo so large, u is iruc, ?ui n ?? verages only 8 per cent and fhe capital nvested turned over three or four times t year, at that rate, it will be nearly as ouch as the unreliable and unsatisfactory isn business now yields. It will require less lapital to de business upon and, what is till more to be desired, restore confidence end put business of all kinds upen a more wholesome and satisfactory basis, te the Ureal advantage of all parties. We, however, warn the Alliance against Ike dangers consequent upon the intricaciei of banking and mercantile business. Farm' ing, banking and merchandising are thre? LirvinW as r Jwfltr lufj require three distinct characters of men t< conduct them successfully, and if net con ducted successfully thoy bring ruin upon al engaged in them. No doubt many of yoi think you could sit in the chair of eui model bank officer, Mr. E. It. Wallace ann manage the affairs of the bunk as wel and as successfully as he does; but it would require only about one year to convince you, and the stockholders, how grievousl; you had mistaken your financial calibres. Slick to your Alliance and farms, gontle men. Weed out the lazy and dishones from your order, and then stand shoulde to shoulder?tLe strong helping and en couraging the wesk?determine that you supplies shall come from your farms an not from the stores, and in a few years yo will be the happiest and most independent) people on the face of the earth, and create salutary change in the business methods < A Notable Wedding* Married, on Tuesday last, at the resi dence of Mrs. J. T. Hill, the bride' mother, by the Rt. Rev. Bishop Northrop Mr. C. A. Meilugh, a prominent Lawyei and a member of the Legislature froi Charleston, to Miss Agnes Hill, one of th fairest and most accomplished youtig La dies of this tewn. Not being provided with a program o the order of exercises on this intcreslin occasion, wo oan only givo a mere an nonncement of the marriage; but we un derstand it was a grand affair. The banquet was the most bountiful anc elegant ever keen in Union, and the occf sion was one of great enjoyment tc the lnrg number in aiteodauce. usual richness and elegance. The happy couple left ou the next day' train for Charleston, and from there, w learn, they will make a tour of some week to New York and some of the Westcri States. The most heartfelt wishes of the bcauti ful bride's numerous friends here, foi i long and happy married lifo, do follow iheru. Personals. Our young friend Benj. F. Townsenii came down from Davidson Collego last Sun ilny and spent a few days with his fain ily ind friends at this place. Mr. W. II. S. Harris, and Mr. John N. hemastcr, ef Jonesvile, were in town last Saturday. Our correspondent, E. \V. J., of Santac, )aid us a very pleasant vfSit last Tueslav. Mr. Louis N. Rodger, manager of I). C. Glynn's clothing House, at Columbia, came ip Tuesday and spent a day with his many fiends here. Mrs. Jas. G. Rice, of Fish Dam, is visitng relatives at this place. Miss Mattie Jeter, of Santuc, is visiting cr relatives and many friends here. Mr. J. M. llarle, of Morristown, Tenn., is isiting his sister, Mrs If. II. Miller, of this own. Our Foreman returns his sincere thanks o ono of Asbury's sweetest young Lvli es or a box of beautiful tlowcrs. Take Down the Sereens. Mu. Editor.? Will you oblige me by ublishing the extract below, which I cut rom the presentment of the Grand Jury f Chaster County : We are very much pleased to report that pon our notifying the Saloon keepers of ?e towo, that they must comply with the ,w. in regard to tho screens, as found in tction 1745 of the General Statutes, they svo all compliod with the law in this retect. You will see, Mr. Editor, that the saloon epers of Chester toek down the screens front ef their gorgeously appointed ire, in compliance with the notice ?in Die Grand Jury, so that the beauill rosewood bars, handsome mirrors, tsses and decanter* may be seen and ndred t>y tliose who pass by, as well as by iso who drop in and contribute their ae* and dollars to pay for them. I learn it the bars of Union are as handsomely cd up as the bars of Chester, and ns the v demands that they shall not bo hid from gize of the public, the rough wooden | ccns now before them should be taken j an, installer, and the law complied with. Curiosity. ? Yhen the sneriflPTSfurneJVlo Judge Cull, Itarboursville, Kv., on Wednesday and orted that a noted gang of depcradoes 1 Stinking ('reck had fired on him and | I ooe with Winchesters, the Judge ( mptly climbed down from the bench, re in a Judge pro tern, picked up fifty i nnd went up the creek himself, lie l lured five of the outlaws and chase I I others eut of the county Md was hack ? liis place on Friday. News from North Paoolet Etta J ask, March 20.?A slow rain is g ailing this morning, with a fair prospect of noi k rainj day. This will binder farm opera- ns ires which hare been carried on with vigor ),a lince the plowing sea ion set in. As a gen- kit tral thing our people have never been more (,<, fully up with their work at this time of year than now. rUi Good health is almost universal. We don't know of a single case oftickness in wj this section ; and with the exception of a ou little "rumpus" among somo of our colored th peculation at a quasi prayer meeting one ac night last week, our country is peaceful. j( It might not bo amiss to hint that such proceedings are not to be tolerated in this eotn- C( muaity, and if it occurs again the prinaipal j] actors are likely to get one full year's train- n ing at manual labor iu Col. Lipscomb's re- g formatory school in Columbia. "A word to f, the wise is sufficient." n Although but little is suid about it, our r people are chafing under the influence of t the Mormon Elders, who are said to be f preaching at certain places te motley crowds, , in this vicinity. We are glad to state, how- j ever, that the morals of their converts are beyond the reach of contamination?rotten < eggs don't spoil. We are no exponent of j any organized opposition to the pernicious doctrino of polygnmy, yet wo know that our people would gladly adopt any legitimate measures that will rid the country of , such a nuisance. i Messrs. lluieo & McArtbur hare coro. plctetl one of ihe stone pillars upon which ? to put the bridgo nt Thomson's Mill. A r- -? ' ?> -? it ia*la one of tho invulnerability > of Fori Sumter in its polinaiest days. A mistaken idea has crept into the minds of 1 some people that wc were opposed to buildt ing steue pillars upon which to put that r bridge. Asa matter of convenience (if not , economy) wo suggested, incidentally, that 1 tho bridge be placed iipon substantial tint[ bers that would nuswer for I'd or 15 years, j rather than have no bridge at all. The y county coull only pay !?l,dOt), an 1 wo thought this amount too small to cover the i- expenses of building it according to the spoit cifications, hence our suggest:on in the r matter. i- In answer to cur scriptural questions of r three weeks ngo re will say: "The Just d shall live by faith," is found in Habakkuk, u 2d chapter and Ith vorse; and the devil t quoted the lltli nnd 12th verses of the 'Jlst a Psalm. ,p What is the third and half third of the third of 33JT The many frionds of Mrs. "Vox," will, 4 no doubt, be pleased to learn that her finger '* has got well; yet the old 'otnan thinks it is s I ,t.__ , , oiivrtcr iii!iit us iii'i;u on mu oiucr miuu. ? What is beyond human imagination ? Sinoo r its recovery the frowns lmvo left her l'tico n and she looks several years younger. That ? may be because she's more fixy now than formerly. We are sorry to learn that Marion Smith, f son of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Smith, of ? Hopewell, York County, died yesterday i- morning. He had been sick witli pueutnoi nia for some time nnd had apparently passed the crisis. Ho was a young man of 1 good moral character. His parents, family i- and friends have our heartfelt sympathies. ;c The peach blooms are out in all their grandeur, and the wheat and oats have How differently one feels now with the pros8 peels before him, than he does in the Fall of the jear when iiis crops have been de" stroved nnd a cold uncharitable winter is J coming on, is more readily imagined than described. Mrs. T. Jeff Hughes who is suffering * from a cancer went to Atlanta last Saturday for treatment. She is an excellent la ly and wo arc sorry to learn of her trouVc. She expects to be gone 3 months. I The marmgo we noticed last week turned out to he a failure, Some pe?p!o say that the knot slipped; others that the wax wasn't good, but we say the fault is in the material and nothing i* wrong with the work mauship?everybody to their notion. Vox. A Voice from the Baok Woods. Keltox, M aucii 25.?There has been a gtett change in the weather since our list writing, for at this time the dark and angry looking clouds are pouring out their eantents upon us, and have been for almost twenty-four hours. The farmers on the river arc somewhat backward about planting their bottom land, as they have lest so many crops in the last few years. Well, I guess they are right, for if they plaut them they may lose their labor an I the seed too. There is an old saying: "A burnt child is afraid of fire." If that be true, the farmers who live near ' l'aeolet have a right to fear, lor they have been burnt often. Spring has sot in beautifully, and the ' ' t trees are putting forth their foliage, though the mornings aro a little pinching to the hands, and greatly so to the peach and ( plum blossoms. k Notwithstanding the cool nights and \ ' mornings, some farmers are planting their ' upland corn right ahead. Well, that will _ do, provided it doesn't come up so soon | that it will be stitntel by tho cold, for it d such should be tho case the growth of the crop will he cite:kel tie wholi year J I see something is being said again about . |, the railroad which is proposed to pass k through this section. 1 hope the day isn't ! 'i> far in the distance when the rumbling | (] wheels of the locomotive may ha heard |y coming through this vicinity. When the in route was surveyed the company crosve 1 a ,, cotton field of one of lite farmers n >t far ||i from here, and when they had gotten well w) on ii* went to hit field to see howr much they A had damaged his c>tt>n. Wei!, lie found il' Iliiy had not hurl it, hilt now he has wheat on that same land, an I if thoy come grading through that field, it would amuso you, Mr. Editor, to hear him, while lying mi in bed, make some of his mournful groans, fin Tell Vox for ray answers t > his script uro questions, 1 rofer him to tlie 'J I chapter and 1th verse of llahnkkuk, f>r t'oo Paul em portion, and'.dst Psalm, 11: 1'2, for the tio levil portion. II. F. 11. n"' - ! <>P 0III',Elt'S ALMANAC We have just ; be eceived a large line of l>rugs, Pyes. Tooth- | poi irushes, etc. Come to see us and call for jut i (SitEEICS Almanac; they have arrived. : ha! .1. W. POSEY & 11 HO. sea Bints ou Farming. Santi'c, S. C. March 22.?I thought I iild try and send you a few suggestions, w there is very little news here. We have tn \ several Jays of very fine weather fer all 7' idsofwtrk. Almost evers one's atten- ^ n seems to he turned towards the pro- &l lion crops, and 1 hope they will hold the ' ddcr so as to head straight to them h There are some who seein to be pulling 8 th indomitable energy to get their wheel 11 t of the rut, and if they do not get out is year, they cm get into a sbal lower place " id it will not bo so htrd to pull out next ' tar. But those who are running oil' last ar's corn land, and planting now, and 1 ivering with two furrows, leaving the tnid- 1 lei to be plowed out at some future time, < ecd not, according to my epinion, expect to et out for a long time. Their pulling is < itile, for they are only going out of one ( md hole into another. Such farmers or alher, so-called farmers, seem to be in heir own way and keep in a bad humor rom August to January, and swear they vill never farm again, for tlicro is no money in it. ' " Inia Iipoii iroinit 111C worn OI UliinuK o "J ?n steadily tlie past generations, as can readily be seen by locking at the gullied hills oud old pine fields which were lorn down before our time (the young fanners 1 mean) and are left us to make a living ou. And wheu (his loud is ottered lor sale the owners ask just t'-vico what it is worth, for it would lake one-half of a young mail's natural life to get nine-tenths of the laud in this country in go jd producing condition. And search of virgin soil, lie will heir the cry, "oh, stay hero, you cau get as good land bote and make as good living ni anywhere." Now I am not writing (his t-? persuade any oue to go away; far irom it, for I nui net thinkiug of going myself, and will not try to urge others to, but 1 would like lo ask the question, and 1 presume a great many would like to hear it answered; "What is there to keep some young men here," the way things ate now, with nothing hut poor l*u 1 to work?land our grand-fathers wote out?and that, in almost every case, rented, for they do not coro to purchase it at al most double its value, and (ben work until they aro ball from old age before they can pay for it. Now don't think 1 am against farming, for I nil not, ns I think it the noblest eccupatinn ftfnmn f.vr ?l Tots.la llwt ivnul,l> orsil 1 | huve a great ambition to become ft successful fanner; but as 1 have said, there are some young m?u who arc compelled to rent land, and to pay high rent, in self defence, for the land owner can rent to "Tom, Dick and Harry" at a higher rate, because Tom, Dick, and Harjy dou't care how bad they fleece the land, nnd don't care anything scarcely for the country: and if they ruin the land this year, it is a matter of indifference with them, for they will pull up stakes and move next year to ruin some more land, and they had rather move than net. There, aro also, some men in this very county, considered good firmers, who never attempt to impreve their land, except occasionally on a creek or branch bottom, but with their unpardonable thirst for that "almighty dollar" they will let their land run to rack, an 1 continue to clean up more 1 1 K..?<1- lUnxtn. .mat > m nil at of valtnhlc timber, that will bo so badly needed in the not distant future. They may think "Oh, well, it will last mo my life time." It may, hut what of the life-time to come. They don't seem to think of those who are to follow. Farm living will soon be very scant indeed, and who will be to blarnt? Why the farmers themselves. It is my opinion that no one. regardless of age. sex. color or financial standing, who does not strive to leave this earth, that Gad so lovingly cava us to make n living ,.?? i prove ami beautify, in a better condition than when he came into it, is of very little use here. Some may think this an impetuous utterance: but I believe it, for I don't believe (?od ever intended that this earth should ever be butchered like some aro doing, and then grumble at fate because they don't get rich any faster. 1 believe it is an insult to htm, and it is a wonder that He don't curse us with worso crop years. Kcv. 15. (1. Clifford preached last Sunday at Cane Creek (Snutuc Presbyterian) church, a very interesting sermon, from Luke 11 : '' 1 Miss Lu'a Thomas, with her two little sisters, who have been making an extended visit to their relatives on James Island, have returned home, looking pretty and the very pictures of health. I was pleased to meet our himtlier correapnndent, Riverside dee, in Swituc yesterday, and have a pleasant conversation with rim. I don't play cards Mr. Ivlitor, and iever did, but should say that J<>o was a rum]) all the lime. II W.J. Coot) Pl.At'K ro SlAItT A (V..M KTKK V. N C W Irleans, March ?A Times Democrat ps.ial from ll>i*trop, I .a, says : News has cached here t > day of the murder of 1*. N*. lall, a prominent plant or. near the Arkani?s line, by Robert Sawyer. Mali ail I S?wer bad tor S'uno tinto been on bad terms, lall and a ma name 1 McKoctt g?t into a isputc, alien Sawyer came up nut took IcKeen'.s part. Drawing a pistol and telling ihi to st p ipiarie itig, be opened tire on , int t!ic first ball going through Mall's ( rain. I it t im last mx years ."-'awyer has > il'cd one man in Texas and (lire; in Arkan- i is. lie is still at large. ? A '! - >-- - IHIH5 i>rni?i'rni special from I.cxing- | '? Hi) s : Dr. Cres-s was shot and inslnntkillrd by Dr. II. Watson, near llology. i tins county, t j-day Cress J.ad openly realenod to ' : '! Dr Watson on sight. | toy inr" in unul, when |>r, Watson tired j o iVal shot I'ruo was a desperate tnttn, * 10 was rs.or'.cd to have killed three men. li hu ge pis: d was foini I in his bait leg and R arge number of cartridges In his pocket, n ? A t rr.xrmv F\tt'tr.ns.?St. I.ouis, Msrc'i .?The Digging Trust or pool, which ise l a good ileal of excitement ami excited c ich opposition on the part of the cotton '' inters ami others list year, and which exed hy limit at ion la*t Decctnher, it is an- '' nnccd here has practically been reorgand and will l>c run or managed by the no parties as before. The p an of operan will nut he exactly the sane, hewevor. I prices are not expeelc I to he Jitsbo I c' so high, hut it is allege I that it will not C. long before th-y teach 1<> cents per 0' m l It is said ilia' there is a corner iu e bulls in New York and thai they are fa cent li gher now than they were last "Oil. Progressive Jonesville. J<?sKsvii.lk, March 25.?For the last two eeks ihe weather has been fair most of the me, but rather cool for this time of the ?ar. Notwithstanding the cold weather ie buds and flowers are putting forth, bees re humming and the birds are singing, nd the voice of the farmer is heard frsm ill and dell, which makes one feel like pring was here sure. Well, "Spring light be gloomy weather if we had nothing 'se but spring.'' but after a long dreary rioter we gladly welcome the lovely spring weather. I promised in my last communication to lave something more to say about our Pubic roads. Our ro&ds are certainly in bad :on<Jition, and they are likely to remain as. I'he county commissioners ordered the road Dverseera to work the roads before March Court, but Court bas passed and a great many of the roads have uevcr been touched and now the farm work has begun in earnest, so the cry will now be, "the roads must wait," and iu the summer they will bo too hard. And so it goes from time te time. The other day one of our Jonesrille neighbors was coming from Union in his huggy, with two ysung ladies, and his buggy turned over and spilled tho girls oat in the mud. The people iu Georgia are complaining of their roads, and one of their Judges the other day fined a number of road overseers for neglecting the roads. They have finally concluded to ca'l a road congress in Atlanta next May, to deviso a more effective meaas Yesterday the Rev. J. W. Wolling, one of our missionaries to Brazil, lectured in the Methodist church hero. He told us of the voyage, the country, tho people tho producti, the diseases, and the mode of the ro- *ZJ ligion of the people of that far off country. His address was very interesting, and while the life of the Missionary is a perilous one, yet ihere arc perhaps some things about i not to be despised. I notice complaints from some of your correspondents of not getting their paper in good tiino. 'I'llis is one of tho troubles ths Editor has to contend with, as well as inauy ethers. I enn tell yon, Mr. Editor, of an* other trouble. 1 liosvd of a fellow, one of your subscribers, who said his near neighbor would not take your paper, hut ho would go to the office and take out his ""'ghbor't. ^ paper and read all the news out of it before ^ lie sent it home, lie was much displenseu at his friend reading nil the news cut of his paper and said if he did not quit doing so he would step his paper. So yeu had better look after this mutter. The frame of the new church at New Hope is up and '.he work is going on nicely. This shows great liberality in those" New Hope people, from the fact that they already have a very good house of worship, but they are determined to pull down the old house and build a better one. Union has been divinely stirred by the Loitch meeting just closed, for which the whole county should bc,thankful. May the good influence spread throughout all the land. Telephone. A Statu Exchange for the Farmers ?At'anta. Ga.. March 14.?The Fnrmcrs' Alliance has swept everything before it in this State, and now virtually dictates the movements of the politicians. Tho county mproSpnts have been pushed t > tho wad in many instances, and county warshouses have been established by the Alliance men. The work f?r a Ftatc Exchange has been completed. The cfiiccrs of the State Exchange in session here to-day are : Fel'x (.'orpin, president; L. F. I.iringston, vice president; L. S. Lcdbcttcr, secretary; It. A. Kelly, treasurer. President t'orput, speaking of the . .?(,V , n II < I mcinutM'Sllip (l| Ihfi body, said : "The purposes of the cxchnngs are to conduct a general mercantile business, to act as agent for the purchase and sale of all kind* of farm an 1 orchard products and general forwarding agent for all kinds of commodities. To erect, minagoaml operate warehouses, sleek yard*, grain elevators, packing establishments; to manufacture gttat o or other fertilizers, and all such other enterprises as m ty bo found necessary or advisable to iheir profit and betterment. That covers about all the gtound on which the farmers want protection. The exchange will own property and bo r person in law and will have the right to issue and tloat debenture or other bonds and to d?? a psint- , ingnnd publishing business. As to the capital, we shall have a capital stock r-f$ 1.110.1.UOO, SfiOO.OOO of which has been subscribed, and $oO,OllO, or il"> per con I, will becalbd in to begin operations with. We have 1*0.000 members ai d l'.-O Sub Alliances in Georgia. Ily transacting their business through the Exchange the farmers | can buy the necessniits of life cheaper, and by being helped by iha Exchange can hold their cotton until prices tire forced up. It may hurt the cormorant, but the honest merchant need have no fear. It will cut down the cent per cent profits of the merchants who sell on six mouths time and co:.to down with their mortgages an 1 liens at the fir.it picking of the cotton in the fall. All we purpose doing is to oiler goods at reasonable rates. If (ho farmers can buy it..,.. . 1 1 ....... . imjwilt-re ciso, i tiey can do so. ^.? Tlie plan is one for protection solely.? Af?tr z-' York Time*. l'oiso.vun iiy a IVvi.k.?My little boy broke out with ulcers and sores, Ilio result nftlie saliva ironi a calf's tuoiith coming in contact with t cut finger. The ulcers were deep and very painful, and showed no inL'lination to heal. 1 used quite a number >f remedies, with no benefit, but got Swift's specific, nud lie improved with the first c-w does, r.nd in u short lime wns sound ind well of the poison, and his general lealth much improved. John T. IIkaru, Auburn. Ala., Feb. 1 ">, lbS'.t. In IHsg 1 contracted lllood l'oison of >ad t.vpo and was treated with mercury, otusli and Sirsaparilla mixtures, growing nurse all the time. 1 took seven smalt i >tilcs of S. P. S., which cured me entirely, nd no sign of the dreadful disease has re urncii. Ilobbyville, 1 ml., Jan. 10, lw80. J. C. Nancb. Swift's Specific is entirely rrgetiib'e, an i arcs Wool l'oison by forcing the taint out trough the pores of the skin. Send fur catiscon Wood and Skin diseases moiled ee. THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO. Drawer J?, Atlanta, Gn. 10 Sub Alliances. The regular quarterly meeting of the iiiily Farmers Alliance will meet at Union II. on Friday, the Oth of April, at 11 e'.ock, a. in. You will, tbevofore, gorcrn ^ iiirselves accordingly. ^ A. Cum: I..I IW, R. II. M'lTLE, Sect'y. I 'res' t U. C. F. A.