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P STATES WWI IT KB?- ^ ^ .r*'; -?? :r",db.:n:1 which h?*? 0?u.ed bupdr?d? Ond ^ ^ sttt^wVjssiSs sbfex^sSH:>*31? ??k<" in stay pine* fit" * of exiilenc? ^'1 ?w?*M?!l ?mH? ?<h3htMlii i place except three was demolished and 100 peeple are without hemes. Lesterville is flattened to the ground, and twenty families are without a roof. A terrible gale of wind struck Mount Vernon and a fire started from a small house that wss blown over early last night. Ne human power could stop the flames, and in an hour the best portien of the place was one great raging fire. Nearly two hundred families are homeless, and the loss will foot up $200,000. Four large elevators and the Milwaukee depot were destroyed. Near Blunt one mau lost five hundred head of sheep which were CSlirht in a nrairie fire. Smornl honH nf horses were MTtd bjr swimming a river. In ' many places (be orops wore covered by loose 1 cani and dust and willhavo to be replanted. Travel was suspended on some lines of road. So great was the force of the wind ( that clouds of dust prevented the engineers' t from seeing the track. A report from Qary says Ifae sun was almost totally obscured and the superstitious thought the end of the world had come. Farm houses and J barns were swept away and horses and cat- v tie were burned to death by scores. c KearMillbank 60 head of live stock are reported lost and tjrt fire swept over twenty miles of coa^ffy^' causing immense losses. T"he s'lftrnTiifts abated somewhat but the wind ?' is yet high enough to keep the fires burning (| fiercely. A dispatch from Vunton, Dak., says: The records of the signal office show " * that during the prevalence of the fires in ti this region the humidity was but seven per y cent., a condition of dryness, Sergeant Oswald says, never before attained in this region. The maximum humidity is 100; mean annual here 70. This bIiows that the atmosphere was almost deveid of moisture. J The velocity ofthe wind was forty-six miles ? an hour. The losses in South Dakota will foot up $2,000,000 at a low calculation." St. Paul, Minn., April 4.?A l'toncer 1 Press Lake Denton, Minn., special says : t "The most devastating ptairie fire ever c known raged over the prairies west and north of Lake Denton Tuesday. The wind was a hurricane for nearly twenty-four j uum o nuu oncj'L lug nrc IllOIJg Willi rCSISt- j less force, posting the widest lire breaks as s nothing and leaping plowed fields with a bound. It licked up houses, barns, stock t and in some places human lives. Die greatest destruction of properly and loss of life is in Dakota, lice Heights, a town west on the Northwestern rood, is almost de- > atrnyed. Dempster Stntion, on the Water- | towajivancb, is reported destroyed. Spuul- j dings llancbe, near there, is also reported consumed. Crossing into Lincolu county, e over a tract of land comparatively little set- I tied and covered with a heavy growth of 1 grass it swept on with renewed severity. ( AJ?ckson. Minnesota, spcciul says : The prairie fires prove more general than at lira', helieved. Additional losses are reported from all directions and messengers bring t news of stubborn fights to suvo cndtiiigere-1 t property. Fires were raging in every direc- t tion, and each seemed to pursue a distinct course of its own. A tire which would have ^ swept this village from the face of the earth v has been traced to its origin. The search r culminated in the arrest of James Travntck. When arraigned he pleaded guilty and was sentenced to pay $25 and costs or in default thereof (10 days in jail. Much dissatisfaction is felt at this sentence. Public opinion is that justice has been too highly tempered r?_ with mercy. No prairie firo in the history of this part Y of Dakota equals that of Tuesday. In tliia v county the lrsses are much less than in the n counties in (he nest. 1 ?- >. ? v What Doctors Say.?-Hare aisod S; y, S. M __ _ln treataient of blood taint with remarkable ticces. J. Wiley Qlilliaxs, M. D. 11 Fasley, S. C. 11 1 have used S. S. S. for some time in the treatment of blood poison without disappointmcat. Physicians will be compelled to acknowledge its merits. * N. L. Oallow.ay, M. D., Monrce, On. 1 have tried Swift's Specific in a very bad case of Blood Disease, and take great pleas- i urc in saying it was a perfect success, producing a complete cure. 1 have u'so tried ' it iu many oilier cases willi good results. i J. K. Y cuius, Millsap, Tex. i 1 have used Swift's Specific in my prac- j tice for some time, and find it to be all that the proprietors claim for if. D. >1. McKmcut, M. U., Magnolia, Ark. 1 1 have taken Swift's Specific for Secondary blood taint, and derived great benefit. It t acts much bttier than potash or any other i remedy that 1 have ever used. P. F. \Vik(ifikli), M. 1?., Kichmond, Va. * Swift's Specific is entirely vegetable, and 1 cures by forcing out the impurities through I the skin. Send for book on blood uud Skin Diseases, mailed free. g THE SWIFT SPECIFIC C<>. t Drawer 8, Atlanta, Ca. ^ Dkinkinu Punch II im.?Washington, ? April 4.?A braver soldier than Marcus A. Ueno never graced a battlefield. Put the iiiuu who eeuld face the mouth of a cannon r without flinching fell before a common r enemy. Drink ruined him. lu 1870 he j was with the Seventh Cavalry iu the battle of the Pig Horn, in which Custer was mas- E sacred. Pecause lie failed to cross the river v and go to the rescue of Custer charges of cowardice were preferred against him, nnd he 1 was tried by court-iuariial but honorably ac- t ju.tted. From this time Units his down- i tall, which lias been almost us rapid us his n pi emotion. He became dissipated, uud s ? inle di unk insulted the wife of an officer i i.l tlie post where he was stationed. Char- 1 tis of conduct unbecoming an officer mid a t ptiiileroan weieuiaie. ami lie was dismissed 1 iioiu the army April 1, 18bO iSiuce his last n U.Mnitsal from the service Major Peno mar- s i .e l a charming lady at ilurrisburg, l'a , i i.ui she could not tolerate his drunkenness i i.i.d cruelty, and the tnairiage was fevered 1 l-y a divorce. Although his death is attri- ? i u.id to erysipelas, pneumonia and eauccr, i tiie physicians do not conceal the fact that t tie real cause was over indulgence in liquor. ( a Question of Lynch Law .?Columbia, S. t . April 4,?11. A. Lynch, Jisq . librarian of tin' Supreme Court aud the Kditor of (he t <1 uinbia ltccord, will hring suit for libel ..giuntt the News and Courier lor J'.15,000. 'in at eged libelous words appear in an edit i ni in the News and Courier to-day. After rii t.i g that Mr. Lynch has been libruruiu , ui ihe tSupreme Court for a number i i years the article says: "We be- i i? v*.- that iu tliecour.se of his professional i.<e lie lias never pleaded a case iu courl.? fjiecuil to Daily Ae us. a j nr.mtknors Fkkigiit Wbeck. ?Nash \ l.c I unu., April 4.?a collision between height cars occurred this morning at l>r< wii's Cross Road, three miles from this v.iv. < t. the Nashville and Decatur Railroad, iiulti t i-gines and sixteen cars wore totally ? Hiked. Krnest C. Green and M. L. JJby, tun en en, were killed. Albert Finch, firewaj severely hurt. The collision w;as cnuetd by a misunderstanding of orders. liie *16<e&ifg Itiion tinier r. M. STOKeVr, . . Edltoi Friday* Abrll IS, 1899. svbscrirjnoctf, w.oo per annum P<pST OFFICE DIRECTORY. Tb? TV O.J Will ,be opened for business AwflA.M. t? 6.30 P.M. f The WoD?gr^JJxJ?r -i>efMljncik -Ml Jx opened for business from 0 A. M. tV^i:?1, The Northern and Southern mails will both clone promptly at 1 P. Al. Any inaticntion or irregularities should be reported promptly to tho I*. M. J. C. HUNTER, P. M. P&~ A meeting of the Board of Pensions will be held next Monday the 15th of April. Hex$r We do not presume to be a propbet or the sun of a prophet, but we predict rain in a few days, and thcu look out for a long spell of weather too wet for farming. For the bsst and cheapest line of Dress joods, white goods, trimmings and laces, go o UKAII AM & 81'AllKS. SECOND-HASD WATCHES.?I have ust received a lot of good second-hand vntches. in good order, which J, will sell heap. H. W. TIN8LEY. 14-dt 8?.. We hope our new correspondent, Jay," will often give our readers the pUasire of hearing from him. lie is a good niter, and is always on llio progressive rain. It may do some good if our people rere taught to by those living at a distance ec themselves as others see them. 8Q&- We arc requested to announce that dessrs II. Id. & J. Cohen have arrived with m extensive stock of gcueral merchandise, fhioli they will open up in tho Col ton store -morrowSaturJay. They propose to sell at be very lowest prices, for cash, and invite ivcrybody to call aud see them. Miss Funck, the well known Milliner of dessrs UKA HAM & SI'AltKS, has astonshed the ladies this season with low prices. She can suit nny lady in a hat, uud will ;viarautc6 her prices as low as any ia the State, call and sec her. We are always thankful when a ubscriher calls and pays his subscription, but when a man sends us a draft on a ranking house in some distant city, fur the itnull sum of $1.00, upon which we have to >ay 20 cts to collect, eur thankfulness is at east 20cta short of its accustomed quautity Mid quality. gtaJf- Scourged Savannah ! Hardly had he embers of the terrible fire of Saturday lied out, when auothcr fearful conflagra ion aroused the people of Savannah. On 'uesday afternoou about 3 o'clock, the Sa auiiah Cotton Mill caught tiro in the mule oom, aud iu an hour uolhiug but the hare rails cf the building wcro left. Loss $100,00; insurance $40,000. fifciY" Mr. W. Fowler llobo met with uite a siM ions accident lust Saturday, illicit may result in injury for life: 11c ras coming (o lowu it) a buggy when the lulc ran away mil threw hiiu out. On 'uesday Mr. llobo was in town complaining cry much of his side paining bin), and >'as fearful that he had received some inernal injury. We sincerely hope his fears re groundless. ?.. ?. To get the prettiest aud cheapest line of nilliucry goods in towu you should go to j 11A11A M vv SlYi h Kr>. fltaT For a few days it seemed that March had deleruiiued to invude the prc-ogative of April and iuteuded to "cut up'' ts blustering didos during this month, as f it was sorry for behaving eo quietly durug the tbiriy-oue days allowed it lor such inlics. Last Saturday and Sunday it blew in almost continuous gn!c from the Northwest, making it very unpleasant for any >no to be out doors. It did no irischief, lowever, but coming from (lie great enow ilorm in the N. W. of ilie day before, it vas uncomfortably cold aud disagreeable. Lust Saturday, during tho heavy ;ale of wind, a tire stnrtcd in the most lusiucss purl of the city of Savannah and vas not got under control until it had detroyed more than a million dollars worth if property. The historic old Independent l'rcsbyloian Church, built about the year 1 Too, and ebuilt in 1818. and the beautiful Odd Felows llull, almost new, were among the oost noteable buildiugs of the many which irere destroyed. The tire started in ft show window in 1>. town's dry goods store, No. lCd llrouglion street. Uuu of the clerks stepped into lie window to light the gas. As lie did so , gust of wind blew the Hume against me light material. It ignited and in aluost n Hash the entire window was in flames, lie window pane was broken in the effort 0 stop the tire. The wind fanned the lames and carried them into the store. In 1 moment the entire front part of the tore was ablaze. There was a rush for the loors. .No time was to he lost, hut all of lie employes got out. In tin minutes the [lames had communicated m the second <tory and then all hope of saving the building w as gone. The detailed accounts of the tire occupy Tront two to three columns of our daily exchanges, and is quite too long for publication in our weekly, there-fere we can only give u lure eliilenient of the tad calamity A I'bominf.nt Mason IIasi.s IIi.wsi.m-.? f.nten, l'a., April Jacob Sundt, eminent Coin in imtler of ibe Hugh He Payne Com* mandcry Knights Templar. committed suicide at his home here this morning by hanging. The act is believed to have be n due to melancholy over the return of?an old eickne.-s. He was in the grocery business. and was one of baton's most respected citizens. lit'CK I.KN'h Arnica Sai.yk.?TlIK Bes7 Salvk in the world for Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulce:?, Salt ltheum, Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains, horns, and all Skin bruptions, and positively cures Piie< or no pay required. It is guarautcd togivi Perfect satisfaction, or money refunded Price 26 cents per box. For tale by Posey & Bro. Feb. 10, ly. Doing* Around Town. 5 Tbroo ciicles of tb* order of King'* , Daughters have been formed bj (he Ladies * of (be congregation of lb* church of the Nativity, and from what we oan gather, from private "graveyard" talk, they have "out out" a good deal of good christian work for each member. ? f We attended the solemn services of Baptism aud receiving into full membership of the Presbyterian church, eighteen persons f lost Sunday week. It was truly a solemn o'cJ casion, and made very impressive by the r diet that 8. A. Weber, the beloved ' venerable Paktor of the Mctbodist church, ' and Itev. B. C. Lampley, the eloquent pastor of the Bapiist church assisted their younger brother, Bev- S- K. Hope the Pastor of the Presbyteri-tn church, in the interesting services. It was an occasion that deeply impressed itself upon our heart, and made us feel that "it was good for us to be there." Last Sunday Dight Rev. B. C. Lampley baptized, by iminorsion, twenty-four new members to the Baptist Church, before one of the largest congregations that has ossein bled in lliis town for years. We regret t It tat we were unable to attend, for we feel a deep interest in such important occasions, as they give the best evidence of an increasing sound religious sentiment in tho community. Mr. Lampley is becoming very popular with all denominations here, and wc think he will do tnuch good for the cause of Christ and in purifying the moral atmosphere of the community. ' The Clifford Seminary is steadily Increaeting in the number of its pupils. We see new faces brighteniug its columns every week or two, as they march before our door to ohurcli, or around tho campus for health and recreation every morning. Wc wish it hnd, as it deserves, a hundred bright faces iu its ranks. There is not a house #f any kind now being built in this town, and if it was net for the uecessiiy of taking down a part of the front of Dr. Culp's former office to make it secure, we don't think there would be heard tho round of a trowel or sufficient work to keep two good carpenters at work in the town of Union. The present fino weather for firm work keeps the thrifty and honest farmers from the town, consequently our streets look very much like Sunday all the lime, and the merchants are looking sky blue, but hopeful that in six moutht from now they will wc iiupj u^aiu, g'niiinii^ hi me Biicaoio irom ihcir country customer?. From what we hcnr wc are n? worse, in that respect, than almost every other town in the State. Scarcity of money and business awful dull, is the cry everywhere, l'erhaps Union will have a boom when work commences on oarnest on this division of the 3 C's road. We are watching for it, and intend to do all we can to catch it at the first bounce. At prcseut, like everything else around here, we are forced to stand still, or give force to I lie gcnrrrl excluuintion, "Oh ! how these Lditers arc given to lying." We have not heard anything from the Hoard of Teachers Kxaraination, but suppose it was all right and all the teachers were satisfied, if the Hoard was not. tyajr The Couuly Ferraars Alliance had a full business meeting last Friday. Not being of the initiated, of course we are not permitted to kuow what was done. We have no ohjectioa to thus being left out ia the cold, so long as the farmers hang together to help themselves out of the slough of debt and despondency in which they have been floundering for years. (ieullciuen, you are doing a noble work, not only for yourselves but for all classes and conditions of your follow-oitizens, and that not only for the present but for all future time ; and when you die your children will not complain that you left them a heritage of debt, barren old helds and slavery to capitalists and soulless combinations. liaise all the supplies that can he raised on your farms, bring your store trado down to a cash basis, and you will cut with a many-edged sword, ?. e., buy cheap, control, in a great measure, the price of your cotton, reduce the price of money, force capital into public enterprises, restore confidence and inaugurate an era of sound prosperity, in which all men of thrift and enterprise with limited cash capital wiil bo able to participate and enjoy as well as the moneyed men aud men of extensive credit. You are on the right track now, and we hope you will keep it. Let honor and in- , tegrity be the corner-stone of your organization, and "weed out" every mother'* on whose conduct, either in or out of the Allianco, would cast a shadow upon your good uarne, and you will do more to correct the poli tieal, social and business evils new existing thnn anything else wo oab think of. Prize Declamations. The scholars in the High school and Grammar departments of the Mule branch of the Union Graded School* will giro a public exhibition in declamation in the Court Mouse, this, Friday, afternoon, at 3.1 o'clock. There arc a number of good declaitners among the boys of the Grated School, and Prof. Ilolfc has taken great pains in traiaing them in this very important accomplishment in every American boy's Klucalion. Prizes will be awarded by a competent and disinterested committee of gentlemen, to the best declaimers, and the boys arc doing their "level liest" to "make their mark" upon the rostrum to-day. N'otbincr would <riso iti* I niri <w,,1 able and faithful teacher more pleasure and I | encouragement than a full house to witnsss and applaud their efforts, and we hope that every person in this community who feels nn interest in the education of the youth of the country, nnd can possibly be there, will encourage them by their precence. A Smash in Siitiers.?New York, April 5. ?Complete surprise was occasioned among merchants engaged in the shirt trade this ' evening by the announcement tf the failure of l'owns A Finch, shirt manufacturers , at -1-1 and ! > Leonard Street, having three I large factories, one each at Jamesburg, pori dentown and llcightstown, N. J. The firm i was regarded as the leading one in the roan tifaciurocf fancy shirts in the United States. ' (lie liabilities are slated at between $400,Ot;t) uud $oOO,tJOO aud assets much greater. > ? The Great Cause ef UMrttN. Mr. Cher lee U.Jp^aH, the Stete Organiser of the 8?va^*"femper*aQe, paid Union Dirialon laet Monday evening. He eaM Divieion was the Banner Division Both in the character of its mcXSrT notand in its work. It gives as plenaiM^jjfe that the Division here is in a flodfleJega condition. At the last quarterly elliSrU of the officers sleeted are young ^umtetioh speaks well for our town: and-men should reoeive every encofaimertnt at the hands of the Chilian pecrNfc -^glhostnwho sympathise #ith Die Ta^^snoe cauCs. Intemperance is yie greatest evil with wbioh the eburcb rod Society have to contend, and the urty w*7 ,0 annihilate it, is by inculcating temperance principles in the rising gencra'on; and one of the means of accomplishes this is to throw a sooial restraint arrtind them, by giving them some place of fening resort that is attractive and free fro* evil Influences. Youig people are bound to have amusement, tad if they cannot find it in the social circle they will seek it elsewhere. Oftentimes young men fall into vice for the want ef p-oper influences thrown around them a*4 congenial places to meet socially once ipa while, and we know of no organisation rutside of the sacred pale of the ohurob, that is better able to exert this influence than a society having far its object the in-, culcating of tenf>erance. U cannot bo denied that nine-lepths of tbo failures in life and business can^bo traced, either directly or indirectly, tf 'X{eniu*,'<"ice..ifWiu<-Sor? every orguniialiek.tbat has for its object the suppression of intemperance should meet with the hearty approval and encouragement of every christian man and woman in the community. A purse of fifty dollars, by privato contributions from members of the Division and the citzens generally, was raised and turned over to Mr, Douglass, te be appropriated in organizing Divisions in this and other counties of the State, aud shortly a County organizer will go into the field for that purpose, in this County. Last Sunday while Miss Bessie Farrar's Sunday School was in session, about 1} miles from her residence, in Pinckney township, the school wns entered by one George W. Fowler, of this county, nnrl m man Kw llm noma nf l>arlr inn from Virginia, who attempted to take from the school by force om of lh? soholars, a boj about 12 years old, the son of Perkins, who, with his two sisters, sometime ago ran away from their father, because of ill treatment, and put themselves under tha care of their uncle, Mr. J. C. Farrar, who is also their trustee. The boy stoutly resisted, and declared he would "rather die than return to his father." Mr. S. S. Farrar, the little boy's cousin, happened to be iu the room at the time, and when Fowler attempted to take the child he interfered and forced Fowler out of the house. Finding, themselves foiled in the attempt to kidnap the child, they got into their buggy and drove oiTat a rapid pace. The excitement in the school was so great that it had to be dismissed, and Mr. Farrar and his sister returned home, with the frightened child andlif^siytor. J We are told that Perkins und Fowler were intoxicated at the time, and one of them used very profane language in the presence of Miss Farrar and the children of tho achool. If all is true that we have heard abaut the affair, it was a great outrage, and the parties concerned ia llie attempt to kidnap the child and disturbing the school should be made to suffer the very extreme penalty of the law for such offences. Personals. Mrs. M. L. Gage, her daughter Miss Blnuche, and bcr granddaughter Miss Bessie Roherson, hare returned from a very pleasant trip to Jacksonville and St. Augustine, Florida, much improved in health. Mr. Geo. W Mcacher, of Charleston, is visiting the family of Mr. J. Q. Buchheit. Mrs. J. D. Arthur returned home from Rock Ilill last Saturday. Judge \V. If. )Vall.ace left for Aiken last Sunday where he opened oourt on Monday, Miss Annie Jeter, of Meador's, was in town this week visiting friends and relatives. Harry Thompson of Spartanburg is visiting the family of Mr. II. F. Scaifo. ltcv. Thos. II. Leitch, and Mr. Marshall, passed through this place last Saturday, on their way to Spartanburg. A large crowd of ladies and gentlemen were at the depot to greet them. Mr. David Green wild, of Spartanburg, was in town Tuesday and Wednesday, displaying a fine lino of Gent's clothing and Furnishing Goods. Revs. B. G. Clifford and S. R. Hope and Mr. W. A. Nicholson, are attending the meeting of KaoreTff^Sbyiery, no\y in session at Spartanburg. Hkavy Snow Storms.?Pittsburg, Pa,, April t?.?The heaviest snow storm of the season is prevailing iu this section. It began about 10 o'clock last night and has been snowing ever since. The snowfall is about eight iucbes up to o'clock this morning, but in tbc mountains the railroad men report from eigbtcon indies to two feet. Cbarlott9ville, Va., April f>.?A heavy snow Htorm is prevailing here, accompanied by thunder and lightning. rhnrlrvlnn W Va. Anril (>.?A unrtiv i atorm prevailed here last nigbt. To-day heavy anew is reported from the mountains. Bkai>y to Makk Pink Stuaw Baooino.? Mr. J. 1). Stanley of Kaslover was in the city yesterday and stated that he had ao far perfected the machinery in his mill there that he was now turning out a ton of pine straw fibre a day. The fibre is ready after passing through his machines to bo woveu into cotton bagging, etc.. and one ton of fibre will produce about a thousand yards of bagging when woven. 'Mr, Stanley al ready has several looms ready to begin operations and will soon have several more. Kach loom can turn eut about 600 yards of begging per day.?Rrgisttr, 7th. A Sal an o (Cal.) paper says: Tbo stm ts are literally swarming with sea lions, and the fishermen are having a hard struggle with them. Out of sixteen salmon in a net Tuesday only two were tecured by the i fisherman, the sea lions eating up befure heir eyes ihe other fourteen, besides tearing the net to pieces.. Jouetville NewsJ on ksville, April 8th.?Our town is very dull just nsw; owing to the fine weather the country people are very busy with their ferns. The merchant likes to see the farmcr on his farm at this time of the year, preparing and sowing, that he may reap 1 abundant harvest and be able to meet him 1 with a smile on his cheek and hiB pecket book in hand in the fall. Well, this is all right and proper, for the good book says, "no man liveth to himself." I intended to write of the late Sunday School Conventiea-^the Baptist church in , eur town, but the Secretary gave a full account of it last week. The Secretary of the convention did meet Telephone and shake his hand more than once. I attended the convention from the first to last and enjoyed it very much. Especially did I enjoy the preaching of Mr. Lampley, the Baptist n inister of yeur town. Mr. Lampley is a man of fine intellectual ability, with more thaa ordinary physical iorce sou too two combined makes him a power in the pulpit. He did not attempt to preach flowery or eloquent sermons, but simple, plain gospol truths; noiiber did he preach of himself or the creed of his church, but Jesus crucified. Such a man is destined to do much good for his Master's Kingdom. Once more in regard to our publio roads. I thiuk the better plan for working them would be by taxation, or in other words levy a tax aud hire tho labor to work the roads. 1 nm of the opinion that the tax should ba raised both by a poll and property tai; thetjf it would bear equally upon alt / "" us?upon the poor man only by his poll, nnd tho property owner by both poll and property. It occurs to me that one dollar as a poll and a light advalorem property tax would hire the labor and keep the roads in much better condition than they arc. I expect there aro some who will differ with me on this subject, but we aro not all of ono mind and it is best that we are not. One night Inst week some of the young folks and a few of tho elder ones had quite a nice little musical entertainment at Mr. T. L. Haines's. It is wonderful to bear how much music the boys can get out of the little French Harp, especially when it is put in combination with the guitar and reed organ. Mr. W. S. Foster, of Cherokee County, Ga., is visiting relatives in Joncsville. Iter. C. K. Willeford and his kind social young wife remained over from the convention during lasi week with friends in Jonesvillo nnd vicinity. Mr. "Scaton," from Pacolet, ono of tho Times correspondents, was in Jonesville yesterday. Mr. "Seaton" really has a hankering for Jonesville, and who blames him? A drove of Texas ponies passed through here the ether day, aud Messrs McWhirtcr & Crnwford bought two of them, and such another time they had lassoiug them. It was such fun for the boys, ljust thought they would never break those ponies during life, but before night Jim Berch was riding them through town as though they had been ridden all the way from Texas. The Texas l'ony seems to be gaming later id this country. I shouldu't be surprised if two or three of your enterprising citizens bought up a drove soon. Iklkimionk. News From the Pea Ridge City. Kklto.\,S. 0., April, 9.?There is not much news in our little village this week. The merchants are beginning to sit in their storo doors and g'unce anxiously up and down the lload for a "stray customer" and the farmers of our viciuity arc very busy preparing their lands for plauting. Have not heard of an y one planting any cotton seed here yet. A good many of them have planted a portion, if not their entire corn crop. Our Keltou "doctor" is lookiug rather blue," from the fact there is at present, very little or no sickuess in our community. Our young fiicnd J. J. Spears, who has recently been appointed a notary public, performed his first marriage ceremony last Sunday afiernoou. The happy couple who were joined in the hely bonds of matrimony were Mr. James Fowler and Miss Sal lie Fawlur, daughter of the honored Lem K. Fowler. May joy, peace and usefulness attend the happy parties through along life. liov. D. 1'. Boyd delivered a very earnest and nblc sermon, last Sunday morning at Foster's Chapel: taking his text trom Nehemiu, ehap. if, and tenth verse. "The strength of the benrers of the burden is decayed and there is much rubbish." Mr. F.ditor, we are very much, "hope up" with the prospect of the Augusta Division of thelitis Railroad being speedily built. We hope there will be less talk and more work. "Capa." Society Notes of KeltonAlthough tho Union Timks has two or threo correspondents from Kclton, yet I trust the Editor will make room for another who wishes to make known some of the literary, social and otlioial proceedings hereabouts. The young men of the neighborhood have orgauized a Literary Society at the School House. Oneofyour Kelton correspondents, J. T. Allmann, is President; Mr. J. II. Foster, vicc-l'resident; Capt. J. C. Otts, Secretary; and Mr. J. J. Spears, who is also a Notary Public, treasurer. The society meets semi-monthly. They met last Saturday night and discustcl the Lien Law. One of the first olticial acts of Notary Public Spears, was tying the hymenial knot. Jns. Fowler, Esq., and Miss Sallie,youngest daughter of L. K. Fowler, Esq , were the contracting parties. The happy event occurred lost Sunday at the rcsideace of the bride's father. Another one of Pea Uidgc'a young inen hoi is a public coxmission. Our cucrgelio young friend, Capt. J. C. O.ts, has been appointed deputy organizer of tlie Stale Farmers Alliance. The Captain passed through Keltou one day Inst week. He didn't tell Ins business, but we understand since that he organized a Farmer's Alliance at Pinckpey, with Mr. J. A Chambers as President; Mr. ! J. I). I,, (doing as Secretary. That's right ' Captain; don t stop until you get every ! worthy farmer in the county into the Alliance. KELTON. News from North Paoolet Etta Jari, April 9.?Re*. J. W. Query will preach at Salem next Sabbath, 14th iost? two sermons. o We are glad to learn (hat Mrs. T. Jeff fi Hughes, wbo went to Atlanta a few weeks c sgu for treatment for cancer, is gettiog p along all right, and expects to be home ii sooner than she did when she went a there. The cancer is sloughing out and s gires ber less pain new than formerly. May s her brightest hopes be fully realized is our i earnest wish. We have received as a present, half a g bushel of "Hollia's Storm Corn." May the J. donor live in peaco, plenty and pleasure U until bis hat crewn caves in and mashes every bone in him. C Our Sabbath School at Salem (1'resbyte- h rian) Church re-organized last Sunday and i began work with the old corps of offioers o and teachers. The same zeal aid Interest p that has been se conspicuous heretofore was h plainly manifested at our first meeting. A I contribution box will be opened in this a school for the benefit of the Thornwell Or- o plumage at Clinton. The noble work of this g institution commends it to all Christian ? associations, where they can cast their bread upon the waters and gather it after many days. Tbo weather at present is cool and dry. Wheat and oats are needing rain, and the ground is getting bard. Our farmers are genoralty well up with their work, and a large area of corn has been planted. The f recent cold snap hasn't hurt the fruit, yet. Vegetation is growing off" flnel-vJ. Tho first Whip-poor-will of J the sesson announced his presence last week, and the < cooing of the dove reminds us that planting time is here. 11 The Fowler boys are putting up some o splendid buildings on their "King place." n They art first rate workers and have made a fins impression on the people of this community. Such people are always welcome in our midst* The tempest still rages in our matrimonial tea pot, and the indications are that it will continue, for awhile at least. Our friend and neighbor, Mr. W. C. Kirby, has tho finest cow we know of. Ho has refused $-10 cash for her. Sho is a smoke house within herself. Mr. Jerome King, of Wilkiasvillc, as well as C. M. McK., in last week's Times, has answered our problem of two weeks ago ?6 6-9 is the answer. In what part of the old Testament is the scriptural quotation found in this weok's International Sunday School lesson ? Some of our Greenville friends are cackling over a large hen egg they have found. < We have had como in tbia county equal to * that, and haven't made a bit of fuss about i it, either. 1 Our oyericer, Thomas Millwood, is the 1 champion snake killer of the Bcason. He slaughtered (wo "big una" in one day, and it a poor day for the business. Vox. Mermons Among Us. ( (hundall, April 5- ?Through the medium j of our valuable county paper, 1 wish to oill . attention of the good people ot this county . to those scalawags calling themselves Mor- ( ntous, or Latter day Saints, who now iofest i this portion of the county, endeavoring to { make proselytes among the uninformed and > credulous part of our citizeus. We have been hoping for sometime to get ( rid of tiicin without saying or doing any- c thing, for we did not think that any . would give credence to the flattering . lies they teach ; but such is not the case, . and we hear they are making some converts. Such a thing we cannot stand. The i infamous scoundrels are walking about the : couuty imposing themselves upon the poor people, who have to make their living by , hard manual labor and buy on time what they eat. The example they set before our young children, and their infamous treat- < meut of the women that join their so- . callod church, is enough to rouse the indig nation of all good people, and we, Mr. Editor, propose to stand it no longer. Among us we have churches, schools and every other facility for the worship of God, the ^ training of our young children an 1 the } protection of the virtue aud honor of our women, and we need none of the lying infamous Mormons among us, whose preach- ^ ing and teachings are as widely different as ( the pelts of the earth. o North 1'acolkt. v r Wedding Bells at Rivergide- ^ Ma. Editor.?Mr. W. L. Askew, the Mt. j Tabor merchant, was joined in the holy bonds of wedlock on Sunday last, to Miss i1 Lila Baldwin; Ucv. ltacltford officiating. t Miss Baldwin is a very pretty young lady, with a sweet disposition and attractive man- li tiers. May a happy and prosperous future f be their lot. s Mr. Frank Ivy was also married to Miss Francis Baluc the same clay; Mr. W. M. VunJcrford officiating. I Now I hear that Aunt Jane and Uncle o Vnrd arc going t* inarry, after living to- ' gethcr fox nearly JO years. Aunt Jane ^ ays uhe has the digon' now and will make ? Uncle Vard a true and devoted wife ?she t will be what a goo 1 wife ought to be. This ' seems to lickle Uncle Vard very much, and J. he says it takes two to make a match. ^ A heavy white frost on the river threatens 1 the destruction of the fruit crop. i <1 J ok. - 0 Kogkk A.I'kyora Dksktkii.?Columbia, 8 April 4.?The Abbeville Medium of to-day gives editorially the following interesting account of the manner in which (Jen. Rogor A. I'ryor, win is now predicting the lie- 1 publicanistn of the Southern Stales, hup- ' pened to relinquish his Soothcrn citizen- ' hip. "A short lime before (he fall of l'etcrs- 11 burg he oarne t the picket line of McGow- ' an's brigade and crossed over, pretensively J1 to get news about the Yankees, lie waved 1 a newspaper at a Yankee officer. They met '' between the lines and conversed for some " time. I'ryor looked arms with hirn and y wnlkcd into the lines of the enemy, lie ^ turnoJ his back on oil Virginia, bis own State, and everything Southern. lie left 11 his people in the darkest hour in the face ot " the dnemy, who had their cannon trained J' on the city, where he left his wife. We ' knew this to be true, for the editor of the Medium wrete out for Gen. l.ee the full particulars of his desertion as it was narrated J by Lieut, Reoder, of Orr's Rifles, who was il in cominnnd of the part of the picket line li where the desertion took place." w Our New York Latter. Nkw Yokk, N. Y., April 9.?When a peioa baa been residing for a long time in ne Email community, surrounded by the ttniliar landmarks of childhood, jogging ontontedly along in the old ruts that Grandia'e wagon made (and some of us wearag Grandpa's bat, too,) it is a revelation i well as a surprise to go abroad, seek one largo and modern city, pull out our pyglass and "take in the situation," as it vere. To a great many ef very good, honest, ;oing people, Union is the center of tho ruiverse, and evcrylhiog of lesser imporince revolves around it. / As a good old lady down on Brown's Ireek onco remarked, after she bad been laving some misunderstanding with her teighbors: "Union is the worst State in this untry, certain!" However, 1 know by tersonal experience, that the ignorant old ady was mistaken in more ways than odc. Jut i,.oss you ! you can't imagine how small rid insignificant wo all are until you put a a pair of long distance spectacles and ;*ze in on dear old Dixie through a Northirn window. I know ono or two moo who often made tin mmnrli ?() I'ninn tmwer will amount 0 anything, bo I'll invest my money in a Spartanburg factory." Or "Union is a good inough place to live in, and tbnt is all we ught to expect." Those men are tlie barj} laoles of prosperity! So long as they lourish the town will decay. Do you know hat enough Unieu county capital is invested n Spartanburg factories to build a cotton actory In your own town? Union is un- . loublcdly "a good place to live in," but 'living" is very little compensation to a nan who wants to thrive. Our merchants ind farmers don't want merely to eke out 1 precarious living ; they waut to make im>rovementg, increase their facilities for rade and production, and better their conlitions by successful efforts. You can givo lome colored men (and white men, too, to heir shame be it said) a "yallcr" bound log, meat and bread for subsistence, and a >ale of co'.ton to spend at Xmas, aud, in his ipinion, ho is "wealthy and prosperous," iut always ou haul again the first day of lanuary to be "run agin ou de credick." 3ov. Lee said lately in this city (and created k great deal of harsh comment) that "this U a white man's couutry;" but it bids fair o become a "poor man's country," if we lon't help ourselves more; and you know poverty knows no distinctions 1 I sec that Abbeville and Laurens are going to build small factories to begin with. [ think this the best plan. I am confident inough capital could bo ruiscd in Uuion bounty to build a yarn mill, and eventually .t could be enlarged to any size that its future success might admit. Several Northern men of capital informed me recently, that investments in cotton mills in the South were considered very profitable, nud ftcck Was not readily to be obtained on account of llin rrrnnt .lomon.l . I... I ll,n? 1,1 ? sxpected to go down there and invett in 'astories unless certain of tha full co-operaion of the citizens of the South, and sufli:icnt contribution of capital freui them to ihow an evidence of "meaning business." [t is hard to believe that millions of dollars ire lying idle iu savings banks up here, learing from 3 to 4 per cent, interest, when neney is hard to get at 10 per cent, in our >wn section. With proper inducement ind encouragement much of this capital villsomc day be invested in Southern enerpriscs, and Union must be on tho alert o receive her proper ratio. I will close by just stating the fact that Harrison's inauguration has not hrralded n an era of prosperity yet, bul there is no reason to believe that his administration svill have any appreciable injurious effect jn Southern prosperity. On tho whole, wo must credit Mr. Harrison with "shelving Blaine," arid if he is independent enough ;o face party disapprobation in that score, it is not to be fearel that he will be influenced by tho "bl -ody shirt element." At all evente the South will "wait and see'" and hopo tor the "good time coming," political schemes to tie contrary nitwithitanling. Jay, Swift jfstik inYokk. ? Yorkviilc, A ]>r11 I.?Charles Colston, John C. Feaalcr and Iharlcs McMantts were tried to-day lor the nurder of Mr. W. C. Abernatliy. The ci.se ns submitted without argument. The jut- y emaiited out six minutes an 1 rjltirqe I n crdict of guilty as to Charles Colston and ohn C. Feister; not guilty as to Charles IcManus. Jackson Harnett, the other York Cmnty irisotter, brought from Columbia yesterday, .leaded guilty of an assault with criminal ntent. The Jenkins Utiles guar led the jail all list night, accompanied the prisoners t > and roni the Court House to-day. Hut litt'e anger is apprehended as tho people are atisfied with the ve relict. Tiik OtiKiTKsr Anti-Pkrioihc known to lie medical profession is quinine, the base t' which is tho Calisaya bark of commerce, his bark is ga'tiered by the natives of South American countries and exported to II parts of the world for the manufacture f quinine. "The servant is tut greater han his master," and it stands to reaj; ut hat the extiaot has not the curative pow-, rs of the original. There is no more ef- , cctivc remedy for malar ml disorders I mown to the world tliau Dr. Westmorc, * anil'sCa'islya Tonic, which cmtains a sufi iciency of the | urod bark, and all disorlers ef the system arising from a dis assd iver readily succumb' to its intlumioQ. luis ;rcat medicine is for sale in every dmer tore in (lie town :it 50 cents and *1 a bottle . A Convert to TilR Jkwi?,( Faith.?LVinibin, S. C , April-.?Alias < 'amilic 1' exoito, he pretty thivtoen year-old daughter of a lenlthy Hebrew here, elope I la?t April with Villintn. A McCarlha and was married t >, den by a Baptist preacher. The j??r? wm lie pride of her family and was tuonrnidi iy them as dead. The houso was draped n mourning and her funeral servics conlucled. McCarthy consonte I a few days go to joip his wife's church, and I o'clock est e I'd ay lie did so. Kabhi It. Iluboa, of lharleston, officiated. Last night he was retnarrie I to Ins wife 11 the house of the bride's father uti lei the nine of Abraham, and there was great reDicing atn<>ng liar people and many were at. lie we Idtng feast. Stupes Dkatii.?Andeiem. C., Apr] . ? Majer l'ewers a I'rocnneiit citizen of liis county, dropjed dead a few miles below ere yesterday afternoon. IIeatt disease. rti8 the CAuse. ? O'reenville A'ma.