Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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r pv>lw-v . *- . i Yy V A*. Music of Machinery "and Sono of tdk Farmer.?The Northern capitalist?the Manufacturer?comes into the South, biee him to the eoal and iron mines, and goes homo and sings pnoaos to the progressive South. As the banker, Mr. Tavlor, of New York, sang, so sing all. Hear him: "ine musio ot progress?tbo wbir or tbe spindle, tbo buss of the saw, the roar ot the furnace, and tho tbrob of tbo locomotive." Very good music, and the S(ar tleligbts to bear it. But even tbesc do not always constituto solid prosperity. You may write odes by the column and spin out enlogium by the yard over tho industries that prosper because other people are hoavily taxed to grease their machinery, furnish their fuel and increase i heir profits, but unless the great farming interests prosper the oountry is not on a safe basis, and trade cannot be healthy. We liko to see the farmer prosperous and happy. Wo liko to hear bim singing in the early morn as he driven his "team afield." Wo like to see his ploughs running abreast, and the scythes gleaming in the suoshine, and the wagons groaning under tho )Hdl ?"H tha harrin he-"*'"o ?***?- ' ?- I and the house-wile clean and cheerful and bright as nspring morning. Wo like to see the well filled purao after the yoar's toil and contentment and hope on every face. Wo like to see the farmers independent and jocund because independent, We like to see him feel tbat in the Government he has a true friend that guards his interest and that never oppresses, much less robs him to enrich some purse-proud Nnbob who draws his millions by taxing the industrious millions. When the farmers thrive there is prosperity. Without their prosperity "the music of progress" in tho machino shops and factories will not long be heard in the land. Justico to all should bo the principle of our Government, for. "Of what avail the plow or sail, Or land or life, if freedem failT" The priociplo of Protection is despotic, unequal, unjust, unoonstitutional. It t& CQTusmoa ro-atu and act* upon lines of positive robbery. The farmers and the laboring men in all callings are its victims. Down with the War Tariff and tho liobbor Barons!? Wilmington A. C. Star. On to Oklahoma.?Fort Smith, Ark , April 14.?Tho entire Western Arkansas border is a scene of bustliDg activity. The peoplo aro striving to get into Oklahoma by the southeastern eutrance, which opens hy far tho richest portion of the now territory. Cupt. T. II. Celt, a prominent attorney, has organized a large colony, and proposes to lay out a town aito near the Kickapoo reservation. A party of North Carolina negroes have just arrived. Governmentofficials from the Pottawatomie and Iowa reservations report tho neighborhood fairly more than twice as many will bo on the Southern border of Oklahoma than can be accnmmnHnlnH Chicago, III., April, 14.?If there isn't (rouble in Oklahoma it trill not be the fuult of the hundreds of men from Chicago who are now making ready to go to (ho laud of promise. Probably 500 men from Chicago and vicinity will leave here by special train on the Santa Fc road on April 20, and each and evory one of them will be armed with a Winchester and two revolvers. Not ono mar. ten will have enough bioney to co'jj? home on and not one in twenty is a farmer, yot each one wants a quarter section, of land for farming purpose* The Chicago men will 6how their great foresight by taking a ready-made town wt?h tbom, for at tho present time one of the leading lumber lirms is engaged in the construction of 500 business heuses and small residences. \N hen | these arrive at Guthrie they will be ECt up, and the spectacle will be presented of a town springing up in a few hours. The houses will range in rrluo from S100 to $1,000. The hundreddollar houses will have rue rooui only, 10 by 16 feet, and can ho put up in three quarters of an hour. The fifteen hun-~ ured-dollar structures, intended for business places, arc to be two stories; 14 by 50 feet, and can be put in position in three hours. Tiib Orphan's Home.?Rev. L 11. l'aync, Agent and Trustee of tho Orphan's Home nt Macon, Gn.. Writes a Letter Dated Febuary 5th, 1889: ' I have been using Swift's Specific with the children ofths orphan's houie under my chargo with the bett results. 1 began it a uho between nine and ten years ago, and have seen many remarkable results. Quite a number of the children had ronvtitutional blood disoascs resulting t'r<'in the sine of the parents, and every one of these children were cured of tho horrible taint by the use of S. S S. There have also been scores of children in (he institution whose ijstcms (they haviog been mostly without the beucfits ol parental care) were enervated by dirt eating and other foul pnctices. Every ono of these children have token S. S. S. nod all hnvo been signally benefited by i?. We have also two inmat<>w n( I ha K/inm cnKifl/i? #? ' - - mv iiuuivj c u uj UV.il IU I'UIUiUi I iiur linji attacks of erysipelas. Neither one improved under the treatment usual for tho disease. When all other medicioes was discarded they tcok S. 8. 8 and they have been well five years and there has been no return of the diseara. T cculd t-II much more of the remarkable cures id blood disease by 8 8. 8. for I have seen it used atyd know its value L. P. Payne Treatise on Wood and Skin Diseases tnmb-d tree. THE 8 WI FT S PEC IFIC CO. 1 Drawer 3, Atlanta, (Ja. i ic ND-IIANI) *\VATC1IE8.?I bare , ,in>i ixf v?d ii lot of good second-hand v Mi l ?s in gord order, which I will sell ' *h*?p It. W. TINSLEY. I 14-Hi 1 lEfie JDcc&fy.Kiiioti fimcs T e: R. M. STOKES, - - Editor o! G Friday, April 10, 1899. J ! ii SUBSCRIPTION, 12.00 PER ANNUM n 1; POST OFFICE DIBECTOBY. i , p The P. O.I will .be opened for business from 8 A. M. to 6.30 T. M. c The Money Order Department will be d opened for business from y A. M. te 4 P. M. t( The Northern and Southern mails will both close promptly at 1 P. M. Any inattention or irregularities should <1 be reported promptly to the P. M. J. C. HUNTER, T. M. ? A pair of clerk's scissors was faund in frent of our offico, which the owner osn ? have by oalling for them, and setting up te I Shakes. ] We aro told that Mr. Leileh's meet- I ings in Spartanburg are attended by large \ attentive congregations. We have not heard , that he has rasdo many converts there, as ] t?t. t > 1 10s A Dime Reading will bo hold at the ' residence of Mrs. Mary P. Dawkins on Tuesday evening, April 23d, from 8 to 11 1 o'clock. The publio arc invited to attend. Refreshments will be served. i ( S9l. D. R. Phifer, ef Newberry, died at Washiagten last Sunday, from pneumonia. He was an applicant for the Newborry Poslmastsrship, and had been in Washington some time looking after bis interest in that matter. fffl At the meeting of Enoree Presbytery, just cloaed, at Spartanburg, Rot. A. M. Hasaell and Mr. Vt. A. Nicholson were elected commissioner! te the Qenernl Assembly, with Rev. D. A. Todd and Dr. II. B. Stewart as alternates. tfir A Lady of taste and experience informs us that Mrs. Grant's Stock of Millinarr. Trimmings. &o.. is !?* ? ? *nrt i most tasty she has ever seen in Union. All ef her bats and bonnets are up to the very latest style. As it is impossible to properly pat type and rules in shnpo to give a diagram of Vox's puzzle to put 10 trees in 9 straight rows, with 6 trees in each row, wc invite all who feel interested to call at our sanctum and see hew it is done, in pencil. Gov. Riohardson lias pardoned the three negroes convicted of lynching a white man named Wnldrop, in Pickens County for committing nn cutrago on a colored girl. The pardon is almost universally approved by the white people throughout tho State. Any pe^^^rishing any character of pninli^u|^^^^^^^^^^e referred to ad n d g^^?7uiHtment of our young"?! V U01S -J A..iu6 < ? .uu pwi WUUgVTH his line have to 'bestow. K&~ We sincerely regret being compelled to postpoue a very interesting letter from West Spring nu>l one from Cross Keys. They did not reach us in time, but will lose nenc of their interest by being delayed one week. We linve nlso been compelled to curtail some of our correspondents favors. JS" Mr. Perk ins, who was engaged in the disturbance at Mies Ferrer's Sunday School last Sunday week, was arrested at Gnffney City last week and taken before Judge Hudson, at Spartanburg on a writ of habeas corpus, and released on a $'200 bond to appear at tbe next term of court for this county. To-day is Good Friday, and next I Sunday will be Easier Sunday, the last day of the 40 days fasting, or Lenten season. The I.adies ef the Episcopal church are preparing elaborate floral decorations for the church for the occasion, nad tbo services on that day will be more than usually solemn and impressive. B?*3u Just before putting our paper to press we were informed that the body of Mr. Jasper Lawaon, a respected farmer of this county, wax found on Wednesday in 1 Tygcr Iliver. It is supposed he committed auicide. The Coroner held an irojueat over the body yesterday, but *wc have not received any report from it. ffl^U If you want a first-class Milk-shake, a glass of No. 1 Soda Water, Lemonade, or anything else that's cooling and good, go to J. It. Porter's at tlio "Little Green Front," where you will find our old typo, Perry , Whisenant, as polila as a French Dancing I Master, always ready to "set em up" at 1 quick as he would the type announcing your death or marriage. j oop iic imenucu inis week to call i special attention to the organi nation of the ' Voting Men's Christian Association, but are ' crowded out. We sincerely heps the busi- f nesa men of (lie town will lake an active i interest in it. as they have done and aro ' till doing in other towns and cities, greatly to the moral nod social benefit of tbe young , men in their employ. t Mr A horrible reran disaster is re- ' ported in the papers, in which over 700 persons were drowned in mid-ocean, 050 of thrm being Danish immigrants failing from { Copenhagen for New York, on the etcam- y ship Danmnrk. The latest report from the ? disaster is that it is fcnrcl the ship Dan- || mark collided with tbe ship Denmntk, both j immigrant tease's, and that both went down, c witli their passengers and crews. *' nbe Cole, a stalwart colored man, * who a year or two ago was otie of the most }, prosperous of his race in this county, was d taken charge of by the Sheriff last Sunday and placed in iail as a cracv ami ilsneor/iiM ? ? s ronn. Before lie hccamo cruiy (Julie waa ^ >oe of the most industrious and frugal no- C ?roc? in Hie State, and had accumulated ,s prte ii rp*|>cetnl>'e ameuot of pomonal i j', property, but in one way and number lie p ias got rid of it aincc bin mind gave way. & tie Graded School Elocutionary Classen We rojrtt not being able lo attend the ^ ihibit ion given last Friday by the pupils 0,n r the eloeutiooarj department of the Union Sin radcd Schools, but we ere informed by all ho were there, that it was an nnnsnally an? ne exhibition efeloentienary talent, reflect- fcD< ig great credit upon the pupils and the-aft* P,n nrable training of Prof. ltolfe the eminent- * r able and efficient Principal ef the School. The committee to award the premumes, lev. S. A. Webber, Hon. W. Munro, and boi I. C. Culp, Esq., found it very difficult to | We ecide, when every one did so well, and I r*> old the boys that if they could tboy rould give each on* a prize, for they all ao* dr< [Uilted themselves admirably. Pe There were two divisions?the grammar ,nd high eohool. Thro* prizes were given (io iach department. rC( These winning in the former were Kinney ?01 imith Fester, Everett Ozell Peeey and Smith Humphries. te' In the latter, Tfallace Gordon Addison; *n Russell Goss and David Thomas Johnson. h* Oar Public Schools have never before as been more satisfactorily conducted than (t( hey are now under the management of Prof. Itolfe and hi* estimable wife and the m rery aoeeptable coxes of teaohers in each do- ba pertinent. We believe they arc giving com- *plete satisfaction to all interested. .? vr! rhe Township Bond Qaestien Settled. 0f The anxiously leolced-for decision of the ^ Supreme Court upon the Constitutionality of the Act passed at the last seesiea of the p0 Legislature, validating tho Township bonds, aa Issued for the construction 'of certain rail- (j, roads, has coreo at last. "The decision da- ac clares the Act constitutional, and in short u, makes good these bonds, so that there is no se further trouble in the way of issuing them m for the purpose for which they were erlgi- 8C nally issued. That's settled." It also settles, in our opinian, tho build. ^ ing of tho Augusta Division of the 3 C's road, and we re ay now confidently look for ac- <ji tive, energetic railroad work through here l in a short time. Let us be up and doing to p keep pace with our increasing business facili. ^ ties. n Personals. 11 Mr. R. Hamilton Gibbs went down to Columbia last Sunday to visit relatives. Mr. W. F. Hates, of Fish Dam, was in r< town this week moving around among his B many friends. 8" Our young friend Eddie Eison, of Jones- ,s villc, has taken a position in Garrett's Book 01 Store. 41 Dr. G. Y. Moore, Manager of Posoy A Ore's Drug Store, has returned from n Laurens where he has been visiting his ^ parents. I Mr. George Meaeher after spending seme time with relatives at this place returned 1 to his home in Charleston^last Sunday. Mrs. R. J. Gage has returned home from " Birmingham, Ala., very much improved in hc^Hi. She has been visiting her sen, A Whitman, of Jonesvillo, was Charleston last week on importanMlHN8H|| Mrr. J. I. Harris is now in Reck Hill, visiting relatives. F v B?*^_ At a special meeting of the board of directors of the Xcivs ami Courier Cem- ti party, on the 10th, Mr. J. C. Hemphill was elected manngcr of the Nnos and Courier, as the successor of Capt. F. W. Dawson. If any man living can come near filling ^ Capt. Dawson's place in the management of ^ the Neict and Courier, that man is J. C. Hemphill, lie it a man of high mental ^ ability, of stern character, and his experL , ence of five years under Capt. Dawsen's ^ editorial (utilnge give him superior qualities for the important position he has been elected to. ?- * MULES AND HORSES FOR SALE. I will be at Hunter it Son's Livery Stable until Monday next with a few mules and horses, whieh I will sell lew for the eaah, % or a Bankable note. J. A. DARWIN. M&naikd, on not Marrikd.?A remarkable oaso is on dooket in our Ceurt. It is a suit for maintainance, brought by Mrs. Black, formerly Miss. Daves, of this city, gainst her alleged husband. About Christmas, it seems that Mr. Black, a reputable man from Union, came here and stopped at th mrs waves Doaruing house on Church street. 4, He hail known Miss Daves in Union before they moved here. While hore ho proposed matrimony to Miss Daves, and they went to bi Mr. Dcrieuz and wore duly mnrried. After lii a few days Mr. lllack returned to Union aj aud refused to live with his bride. lie says he is not married to her, and if ho was he was so drunk that he did not know what he was doing. Mr. Derieux says that if he m was at all intoxicated he did not discover ) it. In tho mean time the girl, against whom f, no word of slander is spoken, is in an embarrassing position. 'Married, or not mar- n( ried?" that is tbe quest'on. If sho is mar- in ricd and can't marry aoy one else, she thinks ar that her liusbnnd should contribute to her support ms other hnshandsdo.?>Spartnnbnrg Herald. wi Ft lino an Opfick-Skkkkk's Smilk.?Ws8h- ox ngton, April 8.?An oddity in the line of applications for ofhee has been received at [lie rostoflico Department. It is a photograph of the applicant, and was accom ponied by the request that tho picture be Sled with the papers in the csso. What is Z,e ntendcil to be a genial smile haa evidently n-en too muoh for the skill of the country mi photographer, and the rosult is an expres- 0f lion of mingled astonishment and dismay, s0 vllinh i* nft mit/?h maen ? *1? ? ..iv. v i?it.u?<ii| ninu he sriginal smile. This is ibu third ap- "a ilieation accompanied by a photograph of rhich has been received at the I'ostoffice fr( )epartment. ^ A Cl'riositv in Calvks.?Having just re- 110 uriicd from an expedition intotho couotry *n entcrday, School Commissioner Capers told tio reporter for the AVirs of a curiosity exhibicd to biro on the farm of Capt. Peter Sud- jv lutli. Captain Sudduth has a Jersey cow hat gave birth tbreo weeks ago to a blin 1 I '"I alf. The young animal is alive and fat and fee risky, but is stone blind. As if to make p for ibis defect of nature, tho calf has its j. tlicr senses intensified, tbo sense of smell r. eing particularly delicate. The occurrence l,:i i a rare one, certainly, in tho realm of ear umb animals.? Greenville Neict. cir . -. Hicklfn's Arnica 8ai.ve.?Tiik Hest 0 ai.vk in tho world for Cuts, Hruises, Hon lice:-, Salt Kheum, Fever Eores, Telttr" happed Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and ail kin Eruptions, and positively cures Piles J r no pay required. It is guaranted to give rec erfect satisfaction, or money refunded. Tin ric#> 2-i cont* per box. For br I'oocy I sht Oro. Fob. 10, -1 jr. I wni Ifiti Tom Berth PaooletStta J ah ?,/April 16.?The dry spell i? te an last Saturday evoniog. | oe thcp/^wt hail bad one of Unole iokej,Vr Woodruff*a drinly drossly spells, I vegetation is jnfeeh imprevrsHn appearse. Mostef our farmers are ready to ft thpir crops, wh?, haven't done se. Ion/ of the people tell^us that they rey't seen sueh a Spriog for work sinoe >6? This Spriag will be long rememred for the damage dene by fire. It is II up to 1866 in this rospect. Should the n stop now and tha weather oloar off ,rn we wonld be glad for the little obilbo, end elder persons too, who hare been nt up in cities, towns and villages during ? winter months to visit our bsautiful seon and acquaint themselves with the alities of country life; see the bread res of wheat and oata that- have spread eir carpets over 'be earth while thsir adsr blades rustle in tho passing hessie d promise the husbandman an abundant rvcoi, uuir iiiv luuuoi viuii" piunuiuu he follows his time-honored occupation. d which all other professions and oooupa>ns are subservient,) whistling or huming soma tuna he has learned at the Sab,th Sohool, orj>orh?ps at a country frelio, w *Ki?K i? ^ --"(I ,>? (??. ly by "gee-haw," "woo whow, here," &e.,' bile behind him the bosom of the soil is ened to receive the aeed ; or look upon o foreat, where each member ef the syl,n family baa apprared in royal atyle bore the King of Nature, and see the streams they hurry their waters pell-mell over o rocks to waits in the eddios below, and id the thousands of wild flowers that line e banks wave their beautifol oelors and nd forth their fragranoo in obedience to iture'a immutable laws. Truly, amid such enes oan the Psalmist say : "Let the floods clap their hands and let is hills together joy declare." Well, we had another wedding. Yesterly Mr. Munro Garner and Miss Sallie ipscy were married fey J. L. Strain, Notary ublic. Mrs. "Vox" said the bride was 10 prettiest ono that lias been here yet. othing unusual marked the event, only iat George Petty silent long enough ir the ceremony to be said. One of our friends gives us a plan for using meat that meat people liko to eat? streak of lean and a atreak of fat. lie iys, "feed the koga every other day." He i a man who has made life a success, but ir readers will form their own conclusion I to his plan for rw:sing hogs. No doubt our lady readers experience luch anxiety about their garden plants ettiug frost hit. If thoy will have these stored every morning just before sunrise, ley will lose none of them by frost. Use resh well or epriug water, and if tbo rea'.heria not frcexing cold they will be II On account of rain wo had no preaching t Salem yesterday. The communion serice is expected to begin Saturday before he second Sabbath in next month. l^^^^-^very will. and beys whs form ne small art of our community, bid fair to make aluablo members of society soiae day. If one-fifth of six be three, what will onebird of twenty bo r Vox. 8. Of T. At SantuoSantuc, 8. C., April 16, 1889. Ma. Editor.?The Santuc Diviaion 8. of '. met in the Santuc Academy Thursday veiling, and all of the officors, for the preset quarter, were installed, exoept the Chap tin and Ass't, Recording Soribe, who wero bsent on account of sickness. The ofhoers re as follows : W. P., D. B. Fant. W. A., J. II. Randolph. R. S., J. W. Gregory. Ass t. R. S., Mrs. U. R. Willeford. F. S., E. W. Jeter. Chaplain, Rot. Chaa. R. Willeford. Treas'r., Kcv. jfyhi.-Friday. Con., It. 0. Hohson. Ass t. Can., Mrs. Mary R. Fant. I. 8., 8. W. Sims. 0. 8., R. H. Johns. The Stale orgauizcr, Bro. Gfcas. Douglass, ' Columbia, was present and ofhoiated in 0 installation of oRicers, after which he diverod a very interesting and impressive dure on the history of the Order, its rth, growth, and future aims, which was itened to with undivided attention. We so had with us Bro. S. S. Stokes, of the nion Division, who has been appointed )?nty Organizer, and Mr. 8. J. llatnond, of Abbeville. iVe have only two Lodges of 8. of T. in this >unty, both of which sooms to be doing >ble work in trying to suppress tho evils of temperance; but with a County Organizor nong us we hope they will spring up in ory cojnouip'ty*. ??d .that rapidly, too. 1 hope Bro. Stokes' success in*organizing ill greatly surpass his or our sanguine pectotions. E. W. J. Compliments, with a Knotty Problem. 8. C. U.njvkksity, Columbia, April 15. I can but admire *tho commendable ni shown by the correspondents of the mes in their pleasAut And humorous comunications. Hicre hasn't been an issue the Timrs without a communication f'om me of its numerous correspondents. I it read with a great deal of interest all the communications, and especially those >m the pan of "Vox." In every cemmu:alion from bim yau not only find all the us froth his section, but Also comments the general topiee of the day, and queens on various subjects. So assured am I of his good nature that rill intrude on bjs dominion by propound\ a problem, without fqar af burting hit lings : Drsw s circle of radius 6 inches, and >m any point on |bo circumference of a circle construct an aro of a circle of ne ratiiup, tiffs arc being limited bj (be oumferuocu of the circle first drawn, w find the urea of each of the parts of i circle. Very respectfully, A. F. McKiseirx. I. \V. 1'oscy & Itro.. Druggists, have just eiveJ a fine line of assorted lamp goods. u\* can now supply you with any kind of ties, chimneys, burners or wicks you ut. Iluy their White Oil. Use uo other. Presentment to the Reform Court. Mb. Editob.?Tbo Grand Jury of tho Spring torra of Reform Court beg loave to make tbo following presentment to his ox- w cfcllency, Judge Sensible, presiding: w Wo, your Grand Jury, vieited your town w last Friday and found oeveral things to e, which wo esrneolij oall your attention : js On our way wo found that one, an exeuse |D for a farmer, had thrown tho manure from a. bio so-called stable out at tho door, as ho 9 said, to leach and keep it from burning his (g; ootton. Wo know that suoh acts are folly, a| that manure needs no leaobing aud he Bhould <] havo kept his stable well littered and made jt ton timos the amount of manure. y Anather had composted his stable manure u with cotton soed letting It boat till it had ^ well nigh become worthless, becoming 4 white and in bard dry elods. Ho was 0 drilling it amid gullios and rook piles. ( Suoh aots are flagrant outrages on tho 0 science of farming. Ilo should hare put ? his rooks around his hills in terraoes, and ? never allowed his compost heap to have ? boated. ? We also state that it is an erroneous idea j that a man who is not competent to fill any c other position in li'e can mako a farmer, j And wo furthor assert that as muoh intel- y any other avocation. t We recommend that your Honor, Judge { Sensible, have oreoted an agricultural ool- , lege on every farm, in order that praotical ( and profitable farming may flourish. ] Nothing is more grateful than old mother ( earth. If we feed and dress her oarefully we are sure to always have plenty. We visited the County Alliance at their last meeting, aud found it oomposed principally of intelligent, honest and energetio men, furnishing meat to the hoaest poor man at 6 cents per pound, en lime, less than last year ; corn at 26 cents per bushel' on timo, loss than last year, &c. Foi the good of honest men in every calling we recommend that tho Alliance he encouraged in their efforts to bring about reform. We further recommend that each delogate to the County Alliance, eat no mackerel on the morning he sttends ths said Alliance, or else bring with liim a canteen of water, for a few became thirsty soon afier ths opening of the Alliance, and we don't knew where they found a drink, but fear they stumbled into sono of those flood-gates of misery with whioh your town is ourssd. We recommend toovery delegate the Soripluro injunction : ' Avoid the vsry appear auco or evil." We farther recommend that belter and more appropriate signs be ereoted in front of the aforesaid flood-gates. We think they should keep a cauldron cf tar and brimstone burniog at their entrances, to plainly picture the destiny ef those described in 13th verse of St. Jude, as it may slightly accustom and prepare the advocates and supporters of the flood-gates for their final abode, when death shall place them apon their victims' impreoatien, and bear them to. their home down that mighty river of tears, wruiu^mo the broken hearts of . f.nT mm ??I " aren. All of which is respectfully -submitted this, the 10th ef April, 1889. N. Q. Littlejohn, Foreman. Resolution of Thanks, IIai,l Union Division, No. 28, S. or T. Whereat, By a resolution passed at the last mooting of this Division, a committee was appointed to solicit subscriptions ef the citizens of the town to the Stato Propagation, fund of tho Sons of Temperance, and, Whereas, Said committee in disoherge of its duly, met with gratifying sacesss. among our citizens who liberally contributed to said fund. Therefore, he it Reiolved, That the thanks of Union Division, No. 23, Fons of Temperance, be and f hp. nn.inpn.rp ltaroKw tanrlawA/1 th.? *? at. - ?? ?- ..? ??vuu?l?u IUOUI l?r IUV liberality and the courtesy extended to tho eonimittee. Iteaolved, That these resolutions be published in the Weekly Union Times. Titos. B. Butler, S. S. STOKES, K. 8. W. P. Will Gait Cocrtinat Lrayr the State? ?Birmingham, Ala., April 12.?Wm. A. Courtenay, Ex-Mayor of Charleston, and oae of Seuth Carolina's most distinguished citizens, has been elected President of the Bessemer Land Company, and will in future reside at Bessemer, Ala. Mr. Courtenay is one of the trustees of the Pcabody fund, and was Mayor of Charleston for eight years, including the memorable earthquake period, when he became know to the whole country. He ia a valuable acquisition to tho rapidly developing mineral districts of Alabama.?Nex?a and Courier. PinkStraw Baooino.?Wilmington, N. C. April 12.?rNegotiations have just been concluded between the Acoio Manufacturing , Company of this city and outside capitalists fur the immediate erection throughout the pine region of tho South of factories for manufacturing pine straw bagging for cotton and the projectors claim theso factories will "| iuv ui- run in m? interest or an/ truat, but on business principles for legitimate profits. It is believed by thoso who fairly testod the pine straw bagging last season th&t it will , provo a fjrmidebio rival of jute bagging. J. C. HrxrifiLL Manaoihi or Tub News , and Courier.?Charleston, April 10.?At | a meeting of tbo stockholders of the Atws and Courier Company bold to-day, Major J. C. Hemphill was unanimously elooted manager to fill the vneancy occasioned by tbe death of Capl. F, W. Dawssn, who was inur- j dered on Maroli 12tl?. It is not probable that there will he any further changes in ! the staff of the paper, at least for some to coroo. Major Hemphill has been city editor and chief of staff for tne past five years.? Col. Register. A Nkuuo Commits Suicide.?Coroner u Dukes received information from the Fork on Saturday that Feel Donaldson had killed f himself. The Coroner repaired to the scene ? of the tragedy, empanelled a jury. The gist fa of the evidence of his wifo and two dough- p tors was that he deliberately pulled off one 0 nf Kin alirvou nltmotl tue a? eW~ 4-l ? ? , r...v.? >V< via mo trigger 01 the gun, nnd killed himself. It wee thought that the man wai deranged. The moat ? pecul ar feature of the occurrence ia he ?u a negro?an unprecedented event for hie race.?Orangeburg Timet and Democrat. ?? A Lono Cotton Row.?W. O. Guj, living tl nrnr Lowrysville, in Chester Count/, la an 8 Active, pushing farmer. He baa entered n the oontest for the priae of $1,000 offered It h/the8tato Agricultural Department and li the American Agriculturist lot the largest tl yield of corn ner acre, and will, with flavor. It nble seasons, either win or mnke sotaebedj il hustlo. He saya he hM, perhaps, the long- I: cat cotton raw in the State. It la laid off w in spiral form, and is fioas end to end four a upd one half miles in length, tl % Growing Blnokoborg. Blackbbcso, 8. C., April 16, 1889 Mb. Eoitob.?Wo long to see the day ben Union oholl awoke from the torpor in ^4| hi oh for yeoro oho hio boon prootroto; of hon her cltiseni, roolioing the foot thot Br rery Uttle town whioh springs up neor her ^ on iqjary, sboll bo oIIto to the bnsiness >u iteresta ond promotion of her welfare. . t no time would suoh o departure bo more pportune thon now, for when the Augnsto B] ivision is built, new towns will spring up ^ II olong the lino, and Union will thon bo a sad place. The some fate whioh is now f upending her threatened Oaffnoy some yf ears ago, when this and other plaees along Jn to Air Lino began to spring into existence, ^ ut her oitisens becoming aware of their con- ^ ition in due time, saved the place frcmseri- . us injury by indomitable seal and oourage. fnion as a cotton market, has been seriusly injured by Qeffuey, and sinee the iuilding of the Throe C's. Railroad by ^ liokory Grove, whioh means, to her rniaforuno, a considerable depression of trade. Jnion will now have to leek to menu- ^ acturinx resouroes to a larxe extent, in . irdtr to (row and be ranked among the progressive towns springing up around her. iYe think she has ample means te compete rfiib i>n tititr <??m, and feel confident hat with the building of the Augusta dlvl. lion will dawn this realisation ; though not inless her oitiaens step forward with untiring energy, combined with thrift and liberality, tbo two indispensable requisites to a forward movement. A professional pick-pooket having failed to seoure accommodation at either hotel, the other night applied to Mr; Woods's boarding house for a room. The latter was also orowded but suooeeded in ncoemmodating the e'rangcr in a room occupied by Mr. K. II. Oakman, a regular boarder. The latter on awaking next morning discovered that the atranger had absconded, and that his watch and pocket change were missing. As a South-bound freight on the upper division of the Three C's road was passing under a trestle on Sunday, 31st. ult., a oolorrd brakeman who was sitting upon one of the brake wheels with his back to the engine, was knocked between two oars upon one of the rails and seven or eight cars passed over the middle of his body, oemnletelv severinir it. Mr. Kinsley has about finished grading for ihe Three C's transfer switch, and will begin laying the track in a few days. A spacious oil room has just been completed in three C's yard, and work upen the Railroad shops is now in progress. Dr. J. R. Hopkins, a young physioian of Hopkins, Richland Couatjr, spent Monday evening with us. He has been prospecting with a view of locating at this place. Mr John T. Darwin, who graduated at the College of Pbysioians and 8urgeons at Baltimore, this week, has returned to his home at this place. Col. White, of Philadelphia, has returned and is now at King's Mountain examining the iron ores of that vioinity. A little cyclone, the highest wind ever known to visit Blaoksburg. passed through here last night about 12 o'clock. The .u/JialULjk ^ It*V |><se* t**e | MHBW"fWTthe thermometer has indicated sum mer heat on several occasions. M. .? Bantno Notes. Santuc, 8. C., April It.?We had a good rain yesterday morning, whioh was greatly ncco ta mis seotion of country. It oon(inuea aprinkling all day and night, with the w'md blowing cool from the Northeast, which made fires Tory comfortable. Before this rain the ground was becoming so hard on all clay lands that the farmers wore compelled to quit plowing until it rained, er else throw away their time and work in just half preparing them. But they bad not stopped work, for they bad bottoms to ' prepare, wbioh were getting in fing con- i dition for plowing. There are some farm- ] era who hare planted a few acres ef ootton in order to .bare some coming en while ' preparing the other part of the land and ' not hare all to come en at once, prorided, a < cold spell kid not eeme and destroy it. j There a great many aores of upland and branch bottoms planted in corn that is just ' now ooming up, and this rain was a great benefit to it, if it does not continue toe t wet. | Telephone, in two issues ago was rather hard on the road orerseers. I am one of that persuasion, and woald say the reason 1 the roads were not worked sooner, was, I that we did net wish to be like a duck In a ( pool of water, nor like the sow in hor wallow. 1 I am in possession of an inrttation, ? picked up in the road, wbioh shows the great value of a little educatisn. 1 gire exactly as it is written : r? i- *? ' uiiw 11nut/is j\ju in Mr. Jennings tr 1 invited to a pound paarty Sadday night li in you most Bring a pound Cnko fannie a Farre." Mr. S. J. Hammond, of Abbeville, is ' here with a steam renovator, for workiog over feather bede ; and those whe have had s werk done say their beds are surely reno- g vated. His agents are gentlemanly and ? courteous. They have renovoted over one hundred beds during the week they have (l been here. E. W. J. u c Sitamkful Fact.?Were it not for the ^ church vole that protects it, the saloen would now be in a resurreptionless grave. ? in qu ite all the elections wherein tbeaaloen S is on trial for its life, this vote is the factor Q that decides the day against the home and 0 Tor the organized institutional evil. The liquor makers and sailers are in the r minority and cannot alone keep the saloon 81 ilive. Tbe chureb vote?a majority rote w ?is the guilty to to. Why is this? fc'iinply t >ecau*o with J ho general run of oburoh leople, loynlty to party bas larger influonoe w iter their ballots than loyalty t# Cbrist. w Tbe saloon and its minions are a unit in n dFcativo and defensive warfare, while tbe &] iliuroh and its adherents are' not so wise, >ut divided into factions, a fragment true ni o principle, and the bulk sacrificing right ipon the altar of selfish expediency. st Thus tbe moral elements in society are 5, orced to occupy a position of humiliating . reakness, nod lienoe we so often h*ar the andied sneer that the saloon vete is more B< riied by parties and pelitioiaoa than the 01 bnrch votf; n, b< Sbvssb Storm ar Lasoastbb.?LaooaiUr ~.tl 1R A L?... ? A. _ ?v.?4k i>?*y awm nraoft iO(? pi?OV 18:46 Saturday night. The ditplay of . leotrioity ?h torj great, and m tho dark T nd angry looking oloudo drow noaror the * lootrieity aoemed to cover and play oror ?. 30 whole earth. All of a auddon, juat at 0 :46 o'oloek, a heavy rain and hail atorm *? m iiaborad upon ua, aooomptniad by a rciuendoua eyelone. Tho oyolonc only mod about a minute, but in that abort me much d?piag* wee done building*. rick houaea war* unroofed and fr*n hqnaaa he irown down. The roof* oror the *torea of Hi ieath, Spiinga k Co., and'William 0 an ton *t ere blown off, and the heavy rain iaamedi- th loly following raoulted In great damaga to iraetw) Imuionee atook*. do "S Correspondence of (he Tin ice. The Great Metropollu. New Yosk Citt, April 10.?This oity is idem Nineveh iu extont^and before many are it will contain the largest population any oity in the world, with ne exception, ooklyn, with 860.000 eouls, Jersey Oity,. ng Island City, and many other outlying J* burbs will one day, it is confidently hoped m New Yorkers, bo merged lal^oaa- -vrtt ?myL ... inioipality. In a few years the pity of rooklyn, if her census continues to insane at the present rale, will alone oenin a population equal to that of the whole Sonth Carolina I The population of Now >rk has inoreasel 700,000 sinoe the breakg out of the olvil war. When we wit^ iss this great New World phenomenon, e first question we are to ask is, "what ith caused the waste plaoes to be built up id made the wilderness blossom as the >80 7" Wealth? Yes, in part. But the foun Iliou VI inlo luiiuuuav o g'myu ut nciuvu as immigration. I visited Castle Garden tho othor day. It the great receiving and distributing staon for all the immigration that roaches us em foreign lands. It resembles a vast ingregation of all nations, and strikes a .ranger as being one of the most interesting ad eurious sights Mow York oity affords. Imlgrants are Booking to tho United States ej Ills Spring by the thousands. Just think of ;! 18,000 Europoans embarked from Liversol for this pert during tbe past weok ! 'hese people will all arrive here at tho batiry, from whence the greater portion of hem will start for?whoro ? The Groat lorthwest I They willseok s cold uninvitog elimate, to till a poor and unproductive oil, while the fairest and richest soil that iod ever created, and tho balmiest and isallliiett climate in tho United States, he Sunny South, is passed by "on the ther side," and we sit forlornly raiting for the good Sainaritau to come Jong 1 Industrious Swedes, Germans, )anes, Soots, Russians, and other nationaliiea are dailv flookintr bv tho thousands to he shores of Freedom. They all oomi proridcd for, too; for if not well to do they are ible to take earo of thomselves until they tan locate. And they ate all worker*. * If the tide of emigration ever turns Southward, which it is as certain to do eventually is the sun shines, it will engulf ue with a tide ef prosperity. It willchango the aspect ^ ?f things so greatly that it will bo impossible for a white man or negro to make a living without sweating for it, and that's what wo seed. A new spirit must be infused?old ruts filled up?methods changed?and modern ideas embraoed. Firstly, wo must "blow our own horn." As tho merchant extols his own goods, wo must show up the good points and advantages ef our country. We need factories?we can build them. We need rail facilities?we can get them. Then oheap transportation and judicious advertising abroad. The result will be inevitable?an influx of emigration, and a consequent era of growth aud prosprrity. I hope to be able to live and see the day when such a thing as "old-field" and "worn-out iahfl" win no sa unknown legend in South Carolina, and blackberrio3 and persimmons will be the only crops that can be raised and harvested without labor and attendance. Well, se muoli for that subject.. New York is preparing for the greatest exhibitien she has attempted for many years ?the Washington Inaugural Centennial. And when the New Yorkers set their mind en having a big thing, they can eclipso the - ' werld. On Monday the 29th of April, the celebration will opon, and one daily paper estimates that there will be 700,000 visitors uwrc uuring uie time, rue proeenl population ?f t ho city is about 1,600,000, and tho leaat calculation places the actual numhor of persons to bo prcsont, especially on tho 2nd day, it 1,800,000. Theie is no city >n this aide of the Atlantic, ears Mow York, in which such a mighty throng tould bo assembled. Every patriotic New Worker ia now hoping for tine weather iext weak, and if the signal service prodic.ions are correct, we are promised that. Your correspondent will be on hand and write up tho Centennial in a very few words, Trom his own stand-point, so that your readlors con gain a slight idea of what is conlidered a "big time" in the great Melrop>lia. Jay. Shooting Affray at Xt. Tabor. Riverside, April 11.?A shooting fracits ook place on the faroi of Mr. W. A. Moortoad this morning, botweon Mr. Joe Orr tnd a oolorod man named Sherman. The use originated in the field yesterdny loornng wi.ero the farm hands were plowing. It earns that Mr. Orr had ooonsion to cerreU Iherman about his bad plowing, whereupon iherman become indignant, and drew a rook o knock Mr. Orr down, and threatened to ,so the deadly weapon there and then. Mr. irr then mounted his mule and rode to Mr. loorhead's house to arin himself. The egro roue off at the same time ami was one half a day. When he returned Mr. >rr was plowing, but the negro seemed bent n a row, and told M r. Orr that he was eady ffr him, at the same time hiding him?lf behind the mule be was plowing. There ere several other negroes in the field at hetime, all of whom were in sympathy itb Sherman, and some had concoalel eapens with them at the time. Thero was o row just then, nay more than the use of laspheraous languago on the part of the sgro. This morning howevor, the troublo roke out afresh. Mr. Orr fired two gun tots at Sherman who turned and ran off, 1 it managed to fire three shots with his p fell as he unceremoniously tore bimselfaway, >t taking time to tell whoro he was going ' when he would return. Mr. Orr wse >t hit; but the negro was thought to bare J ll. .L.i ? *?? wm?hw n vm ouvii .#. ? Akkkitkd on a Smtioun Chauor.- Grocnlle. April 8.?Charlea Baoikter, a yuuog biU mao living about six mi es from lha tjr, wm arreste 1 and put In jaii to-day, ^ larged with having deflowered rituio Dub- 4 o, the twelve-year-old child who was abided into a butiee of ill-fame laat week. A Dbcnkin Riot at Kkiisiiaw.?Lanoss- A r, Apiil 14.?A telegram w>?a lOjtived Va re about 0 o'clock lmt night f..r Sheriff uutcr to ponte to (he t..*yn uf Kerilfy* g onoe, and bring a potue of men wilta hjiu, at the cititcne were in n rogu'i.r drunken '% w, find iInco nf lliam were >Tr.mly sh-.t . wn?two dead and the ollur wuuld die.