The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, April 26, 1889, Image 2
NEW YORK'8 GREAT FIRE.
New York, April -11).?The biggest
nod fiercest lire New Yorkers haro ever
witnessed in tbis generation swept the
East bauk of North Ilivor clear yesterday
from Fifiy-ninth street to what
would be Sixty-filth street, if the street
ran to the river there. It destroyed
morothan a million and n half of property
belonging to the New York Central
Railroad, and at least half a million
^ dollars' worth of stores of lard, flour and
the like belonging to othor persons, notably
N. K. Fairbanks, the groat Chicago (
lard merchant. It destroyed tho two
big elevators. A nod 11. of the Yandcrbilt I
system, a big brick building stretching
from Fifty-ninth street to Sixtieth street 1
and occupied jointly by tho Fairbanks ?
lard refinery and stores, and wiped oui
tho dock property of tho New York j
Contral System from Fifty-ninth to past
Sixty-fifth 6trect. Tho total losses
will nggrogato ?3,000,000.
At Joast ono man was killed in his c
headlong flight'from tho tiro at tha first s
outbreak. A number were injuredjumping
from the windows during the tres
meudous conflagration but no account wa 1
kept of them. At least 250,000 pco- a
plo turned out to watch the brilliant ei
sight. ^
The Arc broke oui. in the southwest
corner of Fairbank's refinery, where ^
the workmen were busy at tho time ^
putting in a new lard cooling apparatus, |
how now no one knows, and probably
no ono ever will know. Soaked in grease !"
as the old building was aflame in an in- 111
stant. From the ground floor the lire
swept upward to the roof. Tho uicn
at work in every story dropped their m
tools aud ran for life. The stair-hole
was a glowing chimney of fire. The
wiudows wero the only way out. Men
fluug themselves out by scores headlong,
and bohind them burst out the *
Amies. IIowuianyw.ro there no ono
could toll. Those who cum out were s|
picked up nud cirricd away by their U1
friends, shuddering to think that sumo Nv
might have been left. |0
Tho fire swept on through Fair bank's
refinery to tho old establishment of W. .
J. Wilcox & Co , up on the water front J"
between Fifty-ninth and Sixtieth Strocts ]
occupying half of tho building, 200x200 Sl
feet, that filled out the block.
Ilut llamcs fed by molten lard bum \
fiercely nod leap high. They leaped j-,
above and around it and reached across t.
Sixtieth Street and tho flip Over there
Hood the fir't and biggest enormous
grain elevators of the New York Central
Railroad Company.
Tl.o tremendous heat from the fire (j
across the street dried and warped the
wood work of the big frame buildings.
It shrivelled up like withered leaves,
tho slates fell from the sides in a red hot '
rain, then a blue smoke arose from its "
roof and sides, a wreath ol something p
darker curled from one ?>l tho dormer '
windows, a dull red light showed be- *
hind it, a shout went up: ''There she . v
/in(foreuav9rf,iS??cam'J a burs,1 fom ha^l ?
!_ ^ ^ at onpo * nrl i h A K?* -'The
Itoasitor stores still stooi* jark f
anil with closed iri>n Bhuttars, 1 jUt, I
wau-r tl,,o,D by Xd ?d .<
wbhin touc'Vod Uiebr.miog beat ,
rcfiu*- S * prand but afffd 1 aijrbt. Tlio _a
.y ami lloesiter stores still burnvii
fiercely n"d wickedlv. The boat wn9 t
fo lie!co even nt 200 feet that it was t.
thought prudent to elear the stockyards v
altogether. Tho sauio precaution was t
taken with the sheep huv.so, along thrceMi'iv
building that presented its gablo
cud to the burnirg; refinery. It Would i
lint have siotd for n halt hour had not t
tho wind blown fium it. Thus it was ; t
saved.
Klcvatur A contained lllO.OOO bush- , t
els of grain, chietly oats, worth probably t
10 cents per. bushel. The greater part j
of the small quantity in elevator 1> was
* barley. The two elevators with a ea- j
pacity of 2,000,000 bushels had barely (
150,000 bushels in them, worth less than
8100,000.
The losses are as follows; llossiter
stores ami contents, $000,000. Wil- '
cos & Co, elore, 8-150,000. Kiev.tor :
A 8800,000. J'Jevator n, SiuO.OPU.
1 hick A, contents, ?200.000. !><?ck *
A. ?350,000. Wilcox building, 82-0, 1
000. c
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A liEIKiAR WITH 838.500 8 TOWED
Away.?New Orleans, April IT.? c
l'Micio \ iart. aged 72. a profess: mil j
beggar, died hero two days ago oi debit- .,
ity and neglect in an old chanty in the n
rear of tbo town. 8i.e bad lived there j x
for over twenty years in abject pov- j
erty, supporting herself by begging. The |(
Coroner, in inspecting the circumstance# j
of her death, discovered hidden in and j
round her shanty 838 500, of 82 500 '
was in gold, secreted in an old flower 1
it in the yard, and ?30,0(10 in good
iuds, stocks and securities, secreted in
i e walls The woman was belicvid to j 1
! in destitute circumstances. She cutnc
here front France, and Iter only heir#
and relatives live iu I'aris.
L
Homeless and 8tahyi.N(;.?Jhwville,
Ya., April 10.?Judge A. M. Lybrooks
and other prominent < tizens of Iti,J.
County will publish to-morrow a j ithctic 1
vppoal for aid for the i'jtrieic Cun'y 1
peoplo who suffered by the recent i'.r.--:
fires. The letter nays hundred' of per
r> e are 1 ft housc!o?e an J utterly d -t
of subsistence. 'J'hev must hove ail or
f-inrve. as everything they It ] was entirely
consumed :.::d their ?:?-i-'? hi m ar?- '
not -bit' t>> Hjjpj.'y their They )
! avc neither I" ?i;<'. eloihino : r provi '
toons. All contributions shouM bo ?-oti' i
in Uan^ely ?v I'nrkins, S'ui'l, I'.itriek
County, \ a., who are eutirciv ic.-p< nsible.
Tim i'tinr Nkwsi a.?Iu!a, Kans.,
April 1 th?i ho iir-1 number of the Ok |
lahouri Titnts will be issued at Okli
homa ty on the 22<i by A. ('. and
(). W. Scot' Ii rincrly ?.l" I i.e
lir, of this jluc. '111? 7 Ail' 'v;:i be
Ib publicai in |olilies, an i wil !. r .in; |
< to a foU'p'tte bteuui pi-id
Hie lUcelfy Union Hirncs
R. M. STOKER, - - Editoi
Friday, April 20, 1W?.
SUBSCRIPTION, $2.00 PER ANNUA
POST OFFICE DIBECTO&Y.
Tho I'. O. will be opcoc<l ,for busincsi
front 8 A.M. to 6.30 P. M.
The Money Order Department will b<
>pened for businees from 0 A. M. to 4 P. M
The Northern anil Southern mails wii
?otl?*c!ose promptly at 1 P. M.
Any iuattcution or irregularities vhouhl
be reported promptly to the 1'. M.
J.C. HUNTER, 1'. M.
lifJX- Wo regret to state that Col. I. ti.
dcKi-sick is quite sick, from an old ailment
?sore mouth.
Mr. Thomas S. Moore, of Kershaw,
ommilted suicide on tho 16th by taking
trychninc. No cause aeeigued.
Ot?P Wc regret to slate that the veiierh!c
and much loved Judgo .Monro is lying
t tlio point of dcntli. The physicians conider
liia death only a question of a few
oura.
itctf Not thorn enpita'ists havo taken
250,000 stock in I lie Spartanburg Cotton
I ill, which swells the stock to half a milon
dollurs, and make the mill the largest
l the Slate, running 150,000 spindles and
icreasing the population of the city 1,590.
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0*r\? The Baltimore Automatic Transit
otnpany ia conducting a series of oxperiouta
by which they expect to transport
ail mutter and light freight so quick that
person inny sit down to breakfast in Atlani
and Chicago and read the Baltituoro and
ew York papers of tliot morning.
..? ?
E^jA.'i'he advertisement of Mrs. M. Vincent
lould have appeared this week, but was
rglcctcd until too laic. It will appear next
cek. In the lucrtmiine all who want the
test styles of Milliuery should call and
camine the beautiful assortment she has
ist received, at 11. M. Urituball's store.
It has been many years siuee wc had
ieli fine spiring ncather for farm work, the
firdcns and 1 rt. it, as wo nre enjoying this
ear. In the gardens everything ia growing
ne'y and give premise abundance in a few
uys. 1 lie Farmers are all hard at Work
ti l in a good huu;tr. Most of them have
in-lie I planting cotton and upltiul ecru.
? .*.
f?At the l.'oro ncr s inquest over the
eail body of Jasper Lawson, the evidence
ilducci wax. ilint \ r. Lawgnu had been o
ns>uud initi-1 for sf nie time and his friend:
ad kept aclo.se watch on hitn. < ?n tin
torning of his suicitle lie was seen by hii
raudsou, Kirby, going across a field toware
yger river, ar. it ho called his father's (tiilei
irby) a'.tent .on to it. Mr. Kirby, win
villi his son nas at work on the roof o
licir dwellio g, tobl his sou to watch him
ow antl got cut of sight. They with other*
bl'uwc I li J in ami tracked him to tin
lunk of the river, where they found his liat
march whs immediately ma le with Looks ii:
ho river, ami about two o'clock h:s bodj
vas lo'.md by Mr. 1'inciter and Kiley Law
I?r. M. W. (,'ulp exainined the body, and
estitied that iii his "opinion the deceased
nine to Irs death by drowning:" aud the
aidiei el lite jury was that ja-per Law
asiiO tn his death by diowniug hiuisclf."
Vic have always said there were two
usiti ns v.o would never occupy, if we
: tild avoid tliein. i. e , a incniber of a Town
'otincd or a (.'utility ('uiiiuii.ssmticr. 'l'hej
ire ttie in rat piid, the most important ami
Ik' mi si uii tli ii iii; in I otliees of any in tlu
pit of the people and we are real'y sur
nised at so litany nieti seeking tiicui.
If tin-y do what lluy honestly bolicve t?
>c for lhe Levi interests of the town 01
jointly ti-uie wise-acres are sure to boh up
iml charge them with juriiality to persona
>r sections, want of common souse an 1 hon sty
oml other crimes of heal ami heart ;
nu if they should uce-dcmnlly inukea wr -ng
itep: whew; what a line and cr)! The
vholepicit saris for them; and once on
heir trail such a hoiking, shouting and
ni'Miig is rah el at tluir heels us woull
cni[ t many an honest man to tly from his
ountry.
tn>r j resent board of i aunty Commission rs.
however, are not of iiu dying sort.
1'hey are mile of sterner stull, and
ippenr determine I to do their whole duty,
LCeeiding to their hoaeil o -n rijt: >n i of
shut is right and just, and hrave the oon:?e_
luenccs. They have t ikon h >1 -1 of cur
'oiitilyalfiitM with gloves oir. and intend to
am them w t'.i energy and all the economy
>>s?iMe. Tin-y have searched the i(Cord-> < <
heir i fhce. and tr.a le themselves ic jaaitited
kv it li the (loin Is of it-- reijuireiiients and their
luties under the.o, and nothing j as-.es ,v ith
nut the closest ret".tiny.
t'o far we have heard no Complaint o
their actings an I doing*, an I we be'.ievi
they deserve the confidence of the (coplo
The Dime Heading
Tiie liiuio Km lino ' I.
nl Mr*. iHwUiiis" i *1 r i i'lifslity evoniii^. I v
the Kin;: I'.uigiilci.s, was-; 1 ! 1 .'ir:j . a-. I
grai.l s , funuici il!y mil 'fc! . 1 y, si. i
rcflecteJ ibiicli eici'il vii tlm-e in .
.
S11o<?tin Aitiuv.?V. inr.j."ior<i, AjriiL'".
?fjr? r J'Iwuix- \\.i? -hot this inortiiiiji liv
Jor.is McKAy. l>o:li | ?r:ipsnro while ami
n -. ivi.t- oi Whim ? .il. Mil? raiisc oi' the
Jill.cn'iy, i I iy ti.i* Wniifiilc^ mill.
!- a- fulI? i%- : ('u ! it ;r y hp IVliil Moblcy
li:i>l li iii-jililr iiln.nl a fl. p I ? i lii
iM iihvar", which l.:: l ! ri ll Iii "itoil in a vcr-,
irw'i maimer i;. Mt.hiry. M ,1 cy nf.!otfi/.cl
f??r the IicM. h rt i I li r.iuiicil. i?;i J
Mr. !'> it wart ?jM lr.tti ii ' ihn: w ?? iin>
ii -i oi' ilio ii.".!-tr. in. I \ it no further
foiiriilfrilii.ii. I hi.s ini'i iii: whi'o jririi>
to hi* > ii.ic m \V liiiv i ?.*?!{, lit- i*j i Muh'i-y.
wlin fii'fi I.- I.in: nl.'I lu'.ii hin in i|i tVml
liiiu-f f. i f ?.i' ;'.n n/ i i ? '>! Kim.
Mi.hi - y, w: I h ul further >i I , lir?-iI three
times oi r.i.uliviuf with ii i| mt'le 1 iirrcl
ili iirnn 111 ? I w.ih I'lick-Vt. At the
I i in o i'f I hi* rlii" till}; Mnl Icy (i tii'l no! have
I f fll i: f I f I il' II I IV:-IilV - If i hU I ' 11 .in I J,!'
u'j.s-l if Ills Wfl ill. .'M-Vi Tfl II'T'II* V r
|.r? i n I. i no i I i* I 1 i. ii iii">> n fiiuiif |
ll'llll W II I' 11 l.ijt II ? I "V i. 1.1 '
Easter at the Churches.
) Last Sunday was all tha'. could be desired,
for blister Sunday, in the way ol
r weather. It was a bright, clear and braoing
dLy, and the churches in Union were wol
filled with devout congregations. Th?
Episcopal and Methodist churches nevoi
presented moro tasty and cheerful floral ap
' pcarancce.
Tin Episcopal CiiVRcif,
from the rear to the altar, was decorate*
^ with exquisite neatness and refined taste
The Altar, Railing, Chancel and Lecturi
j were smiling, as it wore, amid evergreen:
j and beautiful flowers. The whole cburcb
looked the occasion?joyiul and lovely ; nm
I the only distinctive decoration that we cat
spe.ik of was the window at the pew of thi
late I)r. J. M. Gibbs, which was surrounded
by a chord of evergreen, a large cross am
anchor, with "In Memory of J. M. Gibbs'
in rai-c<t gilt letter; upon it, entwined by
pure white flowers, and surmo noted by i
white dove, was suspended in the centre o
me window, wuii a smuil white crosi
nestling iu u bed of moss, tlowprs and ivj
at its base. It was very pretty and np
propriulc.
Tlte usual Ivistcr services wero devoutly
participated in by u large congregation,
and a sermon of great force, appropriate
to tbo day, by the Hector, Kcv. McN DuHose,
whb listened to with marked attention.
Tiik Mhtiiodiht Church.
The Methodist Church wu very tastefully
decorated. In rear of the Pulpit, over the
raster's Chair was placed a Cross, made ol
Kvcrgrcens, while tho Altar and Desk wer<
fvstoned with tlowers of all kiuds, tastefully
arrange I as only Ladies can do. In eacl
window was beautifully arranged flowen
and evergreens.
In the morning the l'astor Ilev. S. A
Weber preached an appropriate sermon fron
Psalms lldth chop. 1st verse, Horn. 1st chap
-It It verse.
In the evening tho llcv. M. B. Kcllj
preached from tho C8th Psalms, 10th verso
"Blessed be the Lord; who daily loadcth us
itTf/i lunr/its; tven tho Cod of our salvation.
Selah."
Mr. Kelly, handled his subject in a cleat
and logical maimer, exhibiting deep though
and research.
i Eastkr at tub Bktiiel A. M. E. Church
i The anniversary of tho resurrection ol
our Lord was strictly observed. The Church
was beautifully decorated with ilowers,
evergrems, crosses u '1 wreaths.
? The Pastor deliver a very forcible scr
moo, appropriati ino occasiou from thi
text "lie is not here, lie is risen as He said
Come see the place where the Lord lay.'"
s At b do P. M. the church was again
1 crowded to participate in a sacrod concert
? Collections for Home and Foreign Mis
si ens. $"? P-.
Easter Elcotiou.
At a congregational meeting, held in tin
3 Church if the Nativity last Monday, th<
r following were elected oilicers of the Church
for the ensuing year:
' ? ... i ??' ? - y - (v * t
I lOUtlg.
j Vkstbymkn : Win. Monro, Goo. Geddes,
Jas. Monro, A. It. Stokes, II. F. Arthur,
i II. M. Griinbtill, S. A. H. Par ham.
r Dt:i.Kii \ti:s to tii* Conykxtiox. Win
Munro, J. W. McLuro, Geo. Geddes, A. It.
Stokes.
1 Altkiinatks. It.. F. Arthur, W. M
i Git-hcs, S. A. E.Parham, H. M. Orimball
ll|;l.?<IATf.9 to CoxVUCATSOS. It. II. Gi'obs
W. M. (iibhts.
Ai.tkkxaif.s. Geo. Geddes, J. K. Young.
1 C'u)"' The Town Council of Union is do
irg splendi I work on the streets, for which
> they deserve the cirliil thanks of our citizen
s. TJiey have put the sidewalks in solid
1 condition, rovcrcd the street crossings
: with heavy plank and cleaned out the g ittors,
so that pedestrians can traverse the
town dry-shod in the wettest of seasons. Wj
> hope they will not stop their good work up
on the m lewalks alone, but will get into tin
i streets, fill up the holes, level them off aud
i put n "hard finish" to the streets also so thai
riding ruay he as smooth an I pleasant as
walking. W are, individually, more inter
ostcd in having smooth streets than good
I siutn UIH3, lis we :ire UliauIC 10 use tUO SUlCI
walks and our oi l hones get awfully shook
i up in passing over holes in the streets.
We are assured, however, that the Council
will do their best, ami as soon as possible, t<
j ut the streets in tirst class permanent conilition,
so we have nothing to say except tc
pra se them. The "ways" of Union liavt
undergone great improvements the last twe
months, in more icay* than one, and w<
hope the honorable Town Council will con
linue to do its shave toward making tin
town not only attractive to the cyo, but pro
foun lly peaceful and highly commcndabh
in its morals.
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Personals.
Mrs. t'. W. Pry or, nc Miss Maggie Tins
ley. of l.owrty-ville, Chester County, it
visiting her patents at t'ois place.
I Mi^s hi/'/.io MeNally has gone to Metn
f 1 phis. Tenn., ma vis t to relative*.
: | Mi-s Agues 11 ce, ulm is levelling a largi
and tloiirisliing seh .< 1 at Peak, eame tit
1 1 ... .... ... I 1. ... . . r - i
i v.?i .v .mi rj'i-i i i ii-w imys nil II hei
' br.'tlicr, Mr. S. M, Hicc, Jr.. K. U., nmi
, family.
Our young friend F. . Monro left u<
!nit Monday I'll* liirkiiy (irove, N. C
U a ker said that lie w-.ll g? i:.t > business ul
. I rhat i 1 ice.
Mr. W. I). Artluir and Mr. J. 1>. limn
j.Iirios went to Charlotte !u?t week on nu
i / oniinl business.
Messrs. W. II. S. Harris. I'. I*. Willinms
and .). I.. McWhirter, of J "iissvil'e, were
in town ties week.
Miss Maggie Swygert, of Peak, vis'tod
t lie f a in i 'y of litr cousin Mr. I'. I!. Counts,
I lust week.
Maj. S. P. Hamilton, a leading member I
the Chester Par spent, a few days 'r.st week
among his friends in Union.
Vi?? Mary Duncan, of Urshen lliii, is on
a i D:t tt the fnni'y of Mr. T. C. Duncan.
Mr. T. Stolo Sim[ s-ill, of Spartanburg.
I was hi town ibis week on professional bu-liiors,
as sjircia! Pefiroe in the case of
I'.i Sue v l'o ike.
M< srs. I. A. Punt. Toinmie Iiico and \V.
II Sartor nre - taking in tlie Floral Pair
at Charleston.
Mis- P-o-sio Farrar, of linclney, has
I celt spending -i f w days with her r-'atives
a I'd many friends here. Itessio .8 always a
, we! oiu ?i- tor
Jotting* from north F*ool?tEtta.
Jams, April?23.?Notwithstanding J
[ we had a goo/rain IhJthe 14th iust., and jn
the ground wo* too n. i plough for two or
three day* last wee *: oats and other
' vegetation, partioulWpj a needing m*1
? it again. ri?otu>*Ietmann jftg ?nelj mei
r "J^"re,k W,ILX?W*. * entitUT?" The
- ?eed in the ground. Yfc to 1 gar
partloolarly^f^o^^V. pic
1 TVir Arkansas ftleada write that whey are \
getting along with their farm work\very
well, and that their cr<Sp prospects <ygi> bet- UI
1 ter than they were a ye\r ago at tlits time. Tot
s W# thought wo would \iake an lAnborate roa
, reply to au anonymous letter rcoeured last j
I week by one of our best citizens,'but space .g ^
forbids au extended notice tvi. this time.
1 The letter is written, (or pttewpled to be 'ew
s written) ostensibly in tlio interest of the thit
I .Mormon faith. The writer handles us <]
j with glovts off and recites a'l our sins of ^
omission and commission, foto'gn and domestic.
What wo have said in those ooluiung
from time time about these modern 1
i Lamechites is a bitter morsel under his |?0,
f tongue. We must, however, give him
credit for making Ito attempt to disguise
* those mammoth auricular eppeadagos that B,lf!
r are an uhfai!iog index to his assinine pre- J
_ clivities. Though we dont wish to cast any fht
reflections upon the faithful mule by briuging
his pateruat ancestor into this defaming
comparison. This writer twirls some of cn
, Pall's sayings around in such trapezian 1
. Btylc that tlioy represent a crazy quilt
rather than a \ wncatenation of p
sariptural truths, goiogl^xuppori the im-*
ported heresy he woulsL-'ve ow people *Dt
imbibe. Throughout,jt?e wholo letter gives ma
r evidence that its author is a first-class ?
blackguard rather tbau a teacher ef Scrip- t
tural truth and a practitioucr of moral der
cency. He makes a fruitless attempt to
s switch its authorship upon some colored bui
r man?pcrliaps Wallace Fowler. But wo ]
will state that Wallace has beeu too well Bot
'raised to descend below tho surface of
* propriety aod exhume such disgraceful langunge
as is therein set forth On a future oc- be:
ctsiou we will bring this mailer up in wc
better style, and refer to such points as
concern the public weal. Wc will feed this
' polygamic disciple on alterative doses of Bri
decent languago until tho effect of his soi
r moral leprosy has disappeared, if possible.
Wc are glad to find our friend Air. A. F. j
McKissick among tho contributors of the
1 Times, and assure him that wo have no
disposition to fa'l out with him for "invading
our dominion." His problem is ono his
well calculated to stir up our geometricians ^
and put them to studying. My young
1 friend, you and your efforts will always Vl'
find a hearty wulpome with us. We hope
some of our numerous young friends will
answer liim. We have already figured out
' our answer and will put it before our readr
ers in caso it is necessary. re:
i A distiller sold his whiskey, losing 4 per ue
cent; keeping .818 of tho proceeds, he gave j
the remainder lo on agent to buy rye at 8 e
per cent, commission ; be lost in all $U2. W1
i> nnt wan me wiusKcy worm :
s We presume our Bible readers foutffl the yC
scriptural quotation in the International
Sunday School Lesson of April 14, in tho
li'Jd anil 23d verses of USth l'salm. w<
1 Rev. Mr. Hiekson preached n practical as
sermon at Abingdon Creek last Sabbath. i0
His text was Rev. 1st chap, and Gth verse:
' And hath made us kings and priests unto J
God II is Father." Vox. la
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A False Tongue . w
Mu. Editor.?For many years I have
L painfully thought over ono of tho great w
' curses to our country?the false tongue, bi
Audj^o.<trcntlyTii?4 dotest this dangerous tL
thought I^voukl^iCfc^W 1
through the press. 1?
1 dread the false tongue far, far more than w
the burglar or thief, and was so taught by Ji
my mother. We can lock our homes again:* a,
tho one but not the other?that strikes i,?
stealthily and with fatal aim at character. ai
In many cases in our courts we hear so ai
much false testimony nmminlinir to nnrin.i'
J o " l"-J ;
> that no wonder the juries uro oftea puz- ^
zled as to whnt arc the real facts, and that (0
they could but fail to give justice. I am bt
one who bo'ieves it to be the imperative C(
duty of every one claiming to be a friend
to his country, to he ever ready and willing tli
I to go into a case, with a conscientious de- rg
termination to truthfully testify, and in any
peaceful way give aid to sccuro justice be- l?
tween parties in thecaso or in any matters C's
out of it, in order that truth might prevail he
over falsehood, aud that honor, society, re
Christianity ait^l civilization may rise to a fttl
higher plane ttnftT to drag through tho a
^ dirty scum of the false tongue. M
If a tiuo gentleman, from some cause, kr
should happen to speak ill of another and UI
afterwards find his charge uutrue, he will Wl
at once sincerely retract and ask pardon ; jfl
but if he be not a gentleman he will never w
retract, although discovering its untruth ou
unless he he coerced to do so, Tho latter g?
is ever ready to catch tip harmless circum- nc
stances aud nmuufactuic them into a shape
for another's injury. L. McArtuik.
? TJ
Am, tiik V?otti.n Wtu, bf. Glau.?New
' York, April 2*2. ? Fundi, Edye Si Co*, agents
) of the wrecked stenmor "Danraark," reeeiv- ^
. ed a cable dispatch from Lisbon about four
, o'clock to-day, saying: "The passengers Cl
and crew of the steamship 'Danmark' land- nc
? cd at Azores. Three hundred of tho pas- k
J sengcrs a^e on the steamer'Missouri'bound ^
bound for PJh'Aadelphia. ltest to follow by
next steamer. . *-?* pji
Copenhagen, April 22.?A telegram from in
Lisbon to the United Stenmship Company 0f
t announces the safety of the crew and passengers
of tho steamer "Danniark" The
good tidings reached Lisbon from tho Azores. Pl
It is stated that everv ono who mu on lK? tii
1>miimark ' is safe, anil that only the cngi- |,u
; neer was injured. Some oflho passengers
> arrived at Lisbon to-day. A number aro '
r on their way to New York and the remain- ( r
I der aro still at the Azores. a j
Delaware ldrcnK water, April 22.?The wj
, steamer "Missouri" sailed henco for IMiila- j
delphia at 7:30 o'clock this morning with a
l number of the passengers of the steamer
"Danmaik" on board. toj
1'hiladclphi?, April 22.?The stenmshif ,jj
"Missouri" with oC"> of tho people from ;
the wrecked steamer "Damnark" nrrired at !
the American Line dock at six o'clock tliia ! " '
1 evening. All were well on board wnh the I No
1 exception of three persons who arc ill but ! |,j,
doing well. Allot' tho "Danroark's" pas- j
sengoi s look licrfrty and bright and show j *"
no hardship^ which they mnst ; wr
have necessarily Imur>aj. I "b
Mr Lam>kh for Brazil.?The llcv. John cc.
i M. I/inder, of Williamston, has decided to
herd the urgent call of the ohureh, and go '
! 10.l11i7.de For a, Brazil, to f ur?1 a school .rifi
J f<r D>c Christ an education ef boys and tin
young men preparing for the I'rotesmnt
ministry, lie expects to sail from New ( f
York on the f?th of June. Mr, Lauder is "r
cue of th'* most energetic and br*:nie?l
members of tbo South Carolina Conference,
and in bis new field oflabor be is bound to
do much fuccessful work for the cause of ]
Christv lie will carry with him the pray- r
1 eiM oft our whole people for his sticccts, 'ir<
health and happiness in his new home.? w''
Anderson /nltlh'jcnctr,
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k
Th? Itwi at Jonesville.
onhtillr, S. C., April 22.?Farm work
this community is being pushed with t
rgy, and every horse and hand is iu de- c
ad. But few persons, if any, can re- I
mber a more favorable Spring than this. <
> fruit trees are heavily laden, whilo <
den sass is very promising and will soon i
in. Everything is lovely and lively and (
nics are in order from this date till Fall.
Vo have a corps of feather renovators in |
town. They arc all young men from i
rk County, except one. They are just 1
dy now for work.
dr. J. L. MoWhirter's little daughtor y
rery sick with pneumonia. There aro a i
' cases of measles in our town. Except
i are very healthy. <
'ho following ticket was elected the
er day for town councilmen :
For Intendaut, w. II. S. IIaiihis.
?"or WarJens, J. L. McWhirter, 0. B.
nlor, II. C. Smith and Sam'l. Littlejobn.
P. Williams was elected clerk and marill.
i
lonesvillc is putting on cit y airs just now
b Baptist church is using the cornet in
choir, Mr. P. 1*. Williams performing |
it, and he does it well. . <
['be new church building at New Hope
moving on towards completion. The I
stor, Kev. D. P. Boyd, has tnkou great
?resl in looking after if, as he is chairin
of tho building committee,
rhe Presbyterians have their church lot
ked off. It is a beautiful lot donated, by
8. N. B. Eisjn. May they succeed in
ilding at an early day.
During the dry spell just past wo had
uo bail forest fires in our vicinity
lich did much damage to lands and timr.
No dwellings were lost, while several
re in much danger but were saved by
ithful hands. Fire is one of the many
sat blessings to man, as well as a faithful
rvant, but a sure aveugcr of carelessness.
. here was quite a pleasant musical cn-taiumcnt
at the rcsidenoe of Mr. J. B.
ster the other night.
Maj. Wm. Webster, who has been visiting
i daughter, Mrs. U. N. Harris, for some
ne, has returned to his home in J oneslie.
. Trlkimionb.
Dots from Kelton.
Mb. Editor.?As you have so many corspoudents
from Keltou it leaves me no
ws to write; but some of them probably
n't farm, and they havo ample timo to
rite up Keltou.
Farming work is in advance of former
ars aud if the beautiful weather holds
od for plauting we may thank God that
s have not suffered the ravages of storms
many other sections have. Wheat is
oking fine and promises a fair yield at
eseut. Oats are looking line also, and a
rgo amount has been sowed in this scorn.
So, taking all things in consideration,
have flattering prospects for good crops.
The members of tho lvelton Alliance are
ell pleased with their arrangements for
lying goods. They buy much cheaper
tan usual; but they must bear in mind
b.fiWuu.
ive sold goods at a smaller profit. But
hen a merchant fails to collect what is
no him he had better rjuit sellin*. The
tuohanis arc well pleaeed also, for they
ilieve that thcie is a greater determination
moug the farmers to be more economizing
id more prompt in paying up.
As the Supreme Court has decided that
ie towuship Bonds are valid Koiion oxpccts
sec the iron horse como puffing nlong,
inging us guauo, aul carrying oil' our
itton, but mot to bring meat and corn and
>ur, for wo ought to raise it here, and I
ink the farmers are drifting in that di.
ction now.
Mr. Editor, I seo iu your issue of March
>th thai Mrs. M. A. E. boasts of her South
irolina collarJ. I fully agree with her in
diling up fur her State; but she must
member I did uot weigh my largest eollard,
id mine grew iu a garden. She calls hen
pntch. Why did she wait until away in
arch 15th to tell of hers, after 1 had
outed my big eollard ? l'oor old Joe,
ttlcr a Georgia eollard. Mrs. M. A. E.,
e will try it over next Fall, and report,
ic admits that he has uo collards, and we
ould suggest to Mrs. Joe that she get him
it soon before breakfast, to work in her
rden, and sho will have collar Is to eat
ixt winter, just as Mrs. J. T. A. does.
J. T. A.
te Outlet, Inlet and Outcomo of Cross
Keys.
Cuoss Ki.ys, S. April 'JOth.?Cross
eys lias, at last, another outlet to the
vilizcd wot Id, in the shape of a new bridge
loss Tygcr IUver, at the old crossing
nown as the Murphy Mill place, and note
is only twelve miles from Cro?s Keys to
uion C. II. An outlet also serves as an
let, and tho traveling public on both sides
the Tygcr nro nccoinmo late I. Wo also
tve a promising }uung Physician, in tho
rson of Dr. Yancey L. l'oul, who is to try
3 luck near I he centre of the township, as
hung out hi3 shiny lr at Mr. \V. A.
ly'a resilience, less than a half mile from
ess Keys proper, last week. Dr. I'ool is
poung man of tine moral character, nn I
11 ho quite an acquisition to the commu y
Tho Farmers' Alliances sec.i to hang
;elhcr very we!!, an 1 it is sjiil they ha*e
no inucli in (ho way of reducing the
ices of tho necessaries of life. The
srehants keep full Motes and sell cheap,
iw, if the young Doctors will lake the
it. nnJ attend closely to business, make
isonuble charges, and provo themselves
>rlhy of the confidence of the people, the
otic nud sinew" of tho country will help
:tn along. The farmers, iudircct'y, but
I liuly, pay nil thn expenses of the
vcrnment, and wlrlo they are treated
;ht hy those who live oft" of their labors,
>y are willing to toil oil, ami toil ever;
t the day is not far distant when the rt- j
ti'jntr will have ta seek another country,
ty a just God speed the time.
< )COASIl(NA I..
n - Fntr.ni>
stokks. ? My answer to Vox's
ihlem of, ' If one-fifth of six be three,
at will tho iInr I of twenty be," is
J. LI. htKcAsrtu.
From tho Fountain of Health. Th
West Ffbisus, April Iff.?Bogonsville,
hough for a long tune silent, is by no, th
neans the leant among her sister townships ; ca
for she is to-day developing from her in. pl\
exhaustible metallic resources more actual re
ash thnn all the other portions of the en. fa
tire county. She is, doubtless, tbe grand m
California of the Eastern country, and her be
resources will continue coextensive with C<
irac itself. Outside of her mineral wealth V<
she is also a formidable competitor with ef
ler agricultural compeers. in
The farmers arc pretty well up with their at
ivork, and the refreshing showers of heaven ill
?re now giving promise of a glorious liar- w
vest in the future. Labor overcomes all d<
difficulties, surmounts all obstacles, and, si
like Faith, removes mountains. Our farmers
are now bending to tbe oars, and there b?
seems to be a generous rivalry for the lc
championship of agricultural and horticul- k
tural excellence. Garden sasn is now nbun- fa
dant, and West Springs water is a good 01
stimulus for its consumption. b<
Tho West Fpiiogs water is certainly a le
iuudinin icviiuug wmi iicuii uuu\;iiik *?
properties, giving tone to the buoyant spirits fa
of the young, and invigorating the aged ?^
with youthful emotions. The celebrated k
Spaniard who traversed a great portion of t*
the new world, in quest of a fountain that tc
would clothe him with eternal youth, surely
missed West Springs in his wanderings.
Nothing but a lack of energetic enterprise, c
causes this spring to occupy any other than F
the front rank of health-producing summer F
resort8 in the South. h
To suffering humanity, we would say, F
come to West Springs, whose waters are a p
specific for all stomach troubles, and a grcnt d
promoter of digestion, and, for the blues, r
the venerable sheriff, a fixture of the place, J
with his ready-flowing wit, is a present
euro. West Springs now has a large and t'
flourishing school, with Mnj. W. T. Thorn- 8
son, of your town at its head. Tho Major
is possessed of a scholarly ability in every h
way well calculated to teach "the young t
idea how to shoot."
Mr. Kditor, should you, or any of your
acquaintances, presume to think that no
good can come out of llogansville or West
Springs, wc simply reilerato what Philip
said to Nathanial, in reference to Nazareth,
"Come and sec." To my farmer brothers
1 would say, let us all economize a little
more rigidly, and work a little closer for
the next three or four months, and a kind
Providcnco will surely reward us for all
our privations and arduous toil.
The farmer's lifo is hard to boat,
If he should raise his bread and meat,
And on his income leara to live,
So as to lay up and to give.
W. M. F. 8
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Biverside RipplesRiver
Sinn, April 22J.?Mr. Editor.?I
have been trying to think what kind of
material that person must have been made
of who said, "Spring-time has no charms
J for me." llo must have been the worst
kind of a dyspeptic, and one breatbiDg
city dust and surrounded on all sides by
brick walls. Certainly he knew nothing
about country life. Is it not a high privilege
indeed, to breath the fresh invigorating atu?uajjiicic,
swecteiiou au a by tho
beautiful flowers that so richly and promiscuously
adorn and beautifys our Uod-given,
heaven-blessed country?a country that hat
no superiors and but few equals on top of
this great earth, with soil and climate adapted
to the growth cf almost every conceivable
plant, both in fruit and flowers, as
well as tho staple nnd monied crops. There
are some cotton planters who will, perhaps,
differ with me in this ; one of thoee cotton
inauiaee who plant nothing but cotton, year t
after year, until ho has completely exhausted
his farm lands and is now growling
under mortgage and lien laws. Well, it docs ^
look like hard times with a fellow when he ii
has to mortgago his farm and sign a lien on 0
his crop for the bread and meat ho should
have raised at home. But who are to 0
blaroo for this slate of things ? Only the '
improvident, short-sighted, tho would-be ti
farmer. j
Just now wo are inclined to take a more j
hopeful view of the situation, and think
the farming classes have about struck but.
torn, and will now strike for better wages, m
that is, bettor crops. ?,
We are glad to note that some of the road
workers are putting their roads in good
condition. Some, howovcr, are slow, very '
slow, to move up in this important matter, n
It is certainly a very great pity that road u
overseers do not possess enough of public .
spirit to put their roads in a passable condition.
There is a road leading from Wood's M
ferry that is well nigh impassable, whero a
the road crosses Big Brown's Creek, there
being a washout hole and quick saud. We t|
know of several passing over this road who
either had to swiii or drown at this very *
dnngerous place. Will not the County k
Commissioners take notice? n
Wo wero trying to get subscribers some j
days buck, for the Southern Cultivator,
which is about the best Agricultural journnl
published in the Southern States, and made
a very slow out indeed. The cry is "we
have no time to read." la it not better to ^
lake time to read Bnd post yourself on the
advancement in agriculture, than go groping ^
in darkness all your life? How would n
farmer liko to employ a lawyer to defend
him er his interest who never had timo to
read up on his profession ? Wo think the 1
April number of the Cultivator contains in- J"
formation worth at len^t the price of a
year's subscription, and perhaps ten times
as much. 1 ei the readers of the Trur.s ^
read Mrs. J. 1!. Thompson's letter to the y
Southern Cultivator on page 177 ef the
April number.
River Side was favored with a visit lest
week by K.v. 1). 1'. Boyd and wife. On
Sunday Bro Boyd preached an liaster Sermon,
from Matthew '28th chap: tith verso, ''
to a large and attcntivo congregation, not a
few of whom esteemed it a privilege to (j
listen to the forcible an I practical discourse |
by the servant of the Most High.
Now Mr K.Iifin* lot ?'*? w
. " vw,.... ..I JUH (|
on the improved Appearance of jour welcome
week v visitor, the Uri'on Timvs. j
Mrs. Joo look special intctest in the f>?ie ,
of "l'oor Little Kmily." (l
The exposition of the Suad.ny School y
Lessen is .good, and ought lo he read bj
every subscriber to the Timk*. Job.
tiovernor .1. P. ihgle, of Arknn?ns, has
written a ietier in the llev. T. lhiil'j, ^
editor of (lie Ka'.oigh llihlical Kccorder, jj
which will prove a check to the exodus ^
movement mil ng the negroes from litis
S'aic to Arkuim*. The (iotcrn >r says the ^
pr< luises 1:1 ?de by emigrant agents aro extrivagnnt
stud cannot be relied upon, lie
very foivih'y drscrihe I the situation in
his S'stle, and a I vised the negroes who .
have homes in North Carolina to stav
there. Jj?
I h
Now Nature Speiks l'.eautj?tnako your ih
home beautiful hy the judicious use of White- in
wash, Paints ami Varnish, Paints, Oils, as
Whitewash Hrnshe*, Paint finishes, Ac., Ac. sa
at J. W. l'osey A IJro's Drug .Store. /f.
io Outrage at Piney Grove 8aoday School.
Mr. Editor.?In tbc Greenville Newt of
e 10 ih inet . there appeared a communitioo
from Gaffuey City, over the nom de
ume of "Voxwhich I think demands a
ply from me, as it contains many flagrant
lsehoods implicating myself and some of
y family in the unpleasant estrangement
itween one T. B. M. Perkins, of Nelson
>., Va., and his three children. Of course
ox is interested in making Perkins' side
the ease appear the better. He got his
formation entirely from Perkins himself,
id Perkins is a plausible fellow, who,
ke the "confidence" men of New York, is
ell calculated to impose upon the confi;nce
of a stranger by bis very gracious
id confidential manners.
Vox, or Perkins, would make the public
A innn Hull \ ont i r?rwl Porlrinn' rliililrpn i?\
ave him, nn<l that I was interested in
ceping them wiili roe. This is a malicious
Isehood. Tho children came to me withit
encouragement from me, and asked to
} protected from ill treatment. I admitid
them to my home, as my sister's grand.ildrcn,
and they are free logo to their
>ther if they are willing to do so. I, howror,
with the lights boforo me as to Perins'
habits, candidly confess, as the
ustco of their property, am not anxieus
i relinquish them to him.
TilK OL'TRAQK AT THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Perkins says he went on a visit to his
hildrcn, accompanied by Goorge W.
owler. Why did ho take such a man as
owler to assiit him in a friendly visit to
is children, and at the Sunday School too T
erkins, Fowler and nnothcr man, had boea
rowling around the neighborhood three
ays, watchiog for the child ; Perkins rep- *
esenting himself to my neighbors as a Mr.
ones, connected with a railroad survey.
At tho Sunday School Fowler went to
he window, but seeing two boys about tho
ame sizo sitting together, he asked Perkins
-who was sitting in a buggy a short disancc
from tho house?to come and show
dm which wns his son, as if he, Fowler,
tended to go in and take the child out by
orce. At this Perkins wont into the
louse and took hold of his child, who got
.way from him and ran crying to his sistor,
with Perkins following him, when Miss
'arrar spoke to tho child saying "this is no
nnu lor urging. 11 you uu uui wiiui iu go
villi jour father, Btop crying and say so,
iko a man." Then the boy said to his
athcr, with tears in his eyes and with
uuoh spirit : "No, 1 will uot go with you.
f it had not been for your drunkenness
ind ill treatment, 1 would not have beou
icre now." At this Fowler said to Perkins,
'he is your child, take him. If you aro
ifraid to tako him I will help you."
Of courso Miss Farrar became excitod
it such outrageous couduct, and so wero
ho childrcu, some of them running out
gioutly alarmed, and the school was brokon
ip for that day ; but t) say that Miss Farrar
'had the boy speedily removed in charge
>f her brother," is filss. lie ran out and
got into the buggy himself, and Mr. 9. 3.
rarrar again told hira that he could take his
:hoice, cither to go with his fathor or reurn
with him, and the boy again said he
vould not go with his father. Can ho be a
tind, christian parent, whoso children volintnrily
leave him and refuso to return ?
[s it natural that not one ot the three cbillren
will return to him, if ho is a kind
mrent, and worthy their esteem ?
As for the certificates of the officials of
felson Co., which Perkins says are now in
ho hands of his Attorneys, in tbis Stale,
s to "his standing in the community wliero
io lives, " if they are similar to those I have
n my possession, from snmo of those samo
fficinls, and a number of other good
itizens there, Irs standing is anything hut
linl nri>..l.i>f I..I ... i
v. .. n ***<* | iviua 111 migviii ;ri'i Ciiriuian
parent ami citizen. Ilia "indulgence"
9 of the wrong kind, for it makes him a
espised and oftentimes a brutal parent.
Mr. Elitor, if Perkins and his parly
rerc not intoxica'ed, their ouJnci at the
School house belied them.
I received the writ issued by the two
'rial Justices at Gnffucy City, demanding
10 to produco the hoy before them, au d
pon which one of those self-same Trial J
ustices afterwards endorsed "ilmt the
ritlain writ was issued without jurisJictiou
nn these proceedings arc null and void."
If Vox is one of tho Attorneys who made out
lie process against me, his knowledge of Mr.
erkins, of Vu., is about as correct as bis
nowledgcof the law; an I what lie says
bout mo in his disrespectful way, nnk?s
im quite a congenial companion for his
iend from Virginia.
J. C, Fa it it Ait.
uonvkrston of ft Raiiiii.?Montgomery,
lift., April 13.?Rev. l>r. F. S. Cramer, a
oung Rabbi, who rccenily came to this
ity from Ijiuisiftna, has caused a consider*
ble sensation in religious circles by nnouncitig
that bo will renounce Judaism
nd embrace the Christian religion. lie
ailed on tho Rev. Dr. M. 11. Wharton, pns>r
of the First baptist Church of Monlgom*
ry, to-day and stated his case plainly, exrossing
a desire to join the Raplist Church
rul be baptized. lly invitation of Dr.
riiarton lie wid attend the baptist Church
srvices to-morrow and make a public statcicntofhis
conversion.
Dr. Cratner is about thirty years old and
very intelligent young man. lie has di.
lomas slio ving he receive 1 a fioishe I edit- gp,
uion in the first colleges of Oertn tny and BL
as educated for the ministry, ll.ieavo to
lis con try several years ago an I has resied
mo't of the time in Dottishuia. where he
as at diflercnt times rahbi of one oranoicr
of several Hebrew congregations, lie
lys he has given llio subject of religion a
eep study, and after reading the bible
losely lie lias been thoroughly convinced
iat Jesus was the true Messiah of whom
loses and the prophets wrote.
AnoTIIKH Ol'TUAIlK in VoilK Yoikville,
)>i*i 1, lf?.?A colored boy about 18 years of
?e made an attempt (o ouli age I lie rix-yeard
daughter of a respectable farmer living
i the outskirts of town on Saturday night
cr crie.s frightened him awav, and he male
IS escape.
The name of i ho vidian is known ooly to
io father anil tho authorities who i-suel
io warrant.
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1 n Spartanburg County, South Ctrulina,
ere are cotton mills in operation, or under
instruction, with a total of rJl',0(N> spin- ^
?s, Clifton leading with nO.tNlO, which is
e largest nnnther of any ootloa null in
e Soul It. There ate many other counties
the South th ! e ii'd do equally as well
Spartanburg if they wott'd display tlm
toe energy. liiltiimr ilaiiu'iicttirertt'
c cord,