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^ TBI TRAGEDT Of THE CAVE.
a mvs mmaui wb1ttsm bt dt1x0 sol*
diu a hi'soiled team aoo.
Riadiio, Pa., July 15.?Editor KmImi,
of the Chester Valley Union, sod W.
W. Potts, of Warwick, Superintendent of
one of ike extensive granite quarries at
Falls of French Crook, furnUh here to-day
one of the strangest stories on record and
oneh for its authenticity.
Recently while a new quarry was being
opened at Falls of French Crook, in a wild
section of conn try, a oavo was discovered
Jgl'' 1'-*-*?**A?'?-V H.4 MMranti' tht-AVt
Potts took possession of it.
la the evening at his home ho opened it
and found a manuscript, faddd and discolored
by time. The manuscript is ad*?!?
vi ul. v ?_i_w bi.i.
vi(T9ovu w iuiog v ir^iuia ivcuuv/ifu, ui IVIVJU"
Bond, V?. The writer eigne himself Arthur
L. CarriBgten, of the seme piece, end h?
etetes the! he wee with Wesbington et Valley
Forge in 1778. He goes on to say the!
be weeeent out on e foraging expedition to
the neighborhood of French Creek, when
he received word thet the Britieh bed sent
e considerable force to cut him off. The
writer rajs thet his men took refuge with
friends while he niade bis way to the cave,
where he bed hidden before. It wes
marked by e rock just over the entrance,
so nicely belenced thet e man could
move it slightly with one hand.
The fleeing patriot took shelter inside
and bad hardly done bo when the enemy
came near and fired three shots after his retreating
men. The concussion must have
destroyed the balance of the stone above
the entrance, for it fell and held the writer
a prisoner. A ray of sunlight alone
streamed through the top. The manuscript
proceeds to say that after many weary hours
the writer became oonvinced that he would
have to perish there. He feels the fever
coming on, and with reason almost dethroned
indicts this letter?having writing materials
in his pocket?with the hope that the world
may some day know bis rate. lie speaks
pathetically of the memory and lose of his
betrothed and concludes as follows :
"He who has created us must know what
is food for us and tie can only submit and
trust. To know your heart is mine atones?
far more thaa atones?for all I hive suffered
or can yet suffer. My life seems to
* have begun with our love ; only since then
have I truly lived. You have shielded me
from every evil thought; I have been in
every way a hetter man since I loved you.
When I gazed into the pure depths of your
dark-bule eyes doubts and shadows fled
from me. Oh, Virginia. Virginia. 1 am
looking into them now !
Qod is good ; God is merciful to let you
seem so near me. You are prayiog for me
now, at this moment, I feet it ; 1 know it is
so, my beloved. It is not farewell?1 cannot
say farewell?there is no farewell to
love like ours. This agooy will soon be
over and 1 will be free. 1 will he waiting
for you in the land of the here after. Virginia,
my best beloved, I am almort there,
and something tells roe I wiil not have to
t? -?i?
IVU]^ tvi J WUl VVUIIU^.
No ono should ever doubt the goodness,
the love of God. I feel his troys ore the
beat. He bAS bound our souls together for.
evermore. Blessed be bis holy name!"
The dote of the manuscript is May 20,
1778. Mr. Potts soys he wrote to nu old
friend in Richmond. This friend sent him
word that her grandmother's maiden name
bad been Randolph uud that iu an old
family burying-ground, near her house, was
a monumont with this inscription :
Died of o broken heart, on the 1st of
March, 1780, Virginia Randolph, aged 21
years and 0 days.
"Faithful unto death.
This friend also seals Mr. Potts two old
fetters, written 110 years ago to Alice Peyton
by Rachel Randolph, in which the disappearance
of the young mnn is referred to
a?d the approaching end of the young girl.
Mr. potts concludes his statement as folic
be removed auu wiii soon rest by the
aide of his beloved Virginia."
Mr. Potts ssys that he has the original
aianuscript, and Editor Kauffman gives the
entire story a strong editorial indorsement,
Excitbmknt is Charlotte.?Charlotte,
July 18.?Tho arrest of Squire John 1'.
Hunter here yesterday evening has been the
subject for town talk to-day. Notbiog has
caused 90 much excitement hero in a long
time. Hunter was not locked up last night,
but a friend volunteered to go on his bond
to any amount, After his wounds were
dressed he was takoned home and his trial
set for this morning, bui when the lime arrived
a messenger vtine, saying that the
justice was unable to leave his bod, and his
physicians regard his case a serious one and
say it may prov? fatal. The blow was a tremendous
one and "was heard fifty yards away.
It made a terrible weundonthe magistrate's
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uama, ana cae DiooJ, which flowed freely,
thoroughly saturated his garments. The
trial has been continued until the 30th inst.
Sergt Boyle, who struck the savuge blow,
was to-day required to give bail in the eum
of $350 for his appearance. He has also
been suspended from the police force. Heporte
from the country say the farmers are
greatly indignant nnd many publicly swear
vengeance against Boyle. They declare that
Hunter's bad treatment was due to the fact
that he is a countryman, and say that 110 such
treatment would ever liavo been meted out
to a citizen of Charlotte. They arc eery mad
and openly declare Hunter's treatment to be
a groas outrage. A farmer from the magistrate's
neighborhood told your corrcsspondent
to-day that the matter was net done
with yet and would not end in law. He
aaid that trouble might be cxpecteJ at nny
moment. Hunter has employed able counsel
and will enter auit against the city for
heavy damages, on the grouuds of unlawful
arrett and inhuman treatment. The case
is exciting great interest, and public sentiment
is strongly in favor of the much
bused justice o* the peace.
Exci.ani> Invades the South.?a distinctive
new era in the Smith's iron and
steel industry is mnrkeJ by the organization
of English companies, composed of
capitalists of Great Britian, to build extensive
steel and iton works, intending four
furnaces, a steel rail mill, etc., at a new
town at Cumberland Gap, on the dividing
line between Tennessee aod Kentucky. The
name of the town is to be Middlcborougti,
Ky., and for over a year the work of buy
ftjg uiiuvimi luuun, |>i uj"?i iii^ iur l unruuu
connections, etc., has been vigorously but
quietly pushed by the Atueiicrtu Association,
(limited,) which is the name of the parent
company. Over $4,000,000 iu cash has already
been paid out, and upwards of 00,000
acres of mineral laud has been purchased,
and over $7,000,000 lias been
pledged for the new enterprise.
'In addition to contracts for four furnaces,
steel works and rolling mill, pipe
works, etc., to cost in the aggregate $3,000,000,
there will be a $75,000 hotel and a
sanitarium, iu which many of the leading
physicians of Euro)c nod this country are
interested ; three hotel", to cost $200,000 ;
four coal mines, representing $-300,000, and
a $600,000 tannery Other enterprises, including
electric light and gas works, saw
mills, brick yards, railroad slions. etc..
have been arranged, and the total investments
already secured aggregate $10,000.000
in ctuth.?Mnituftitlurers' Rrcord.
Commissioner liutler litis culod a meeting
of the Commissioners of Agriculture of
nil the .Southern Slates to be held in Atlanta
August 1st to consider mutters affecting
the agricultural interests of the South, including
fertilizers and cotton bsle coverI**
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Wie IDeelfg -Htiioti kitties
R. M. STOKES* - - Editor
8. 8. STOKES, Local Editor.
Friday* July SO* IMS.
SUBSCRIPTION, fl 60 PER ANNUM
The P. O. will be opened fer business
from 8 A. M. to 6.80 P. M.
The Money Order Department will be
opened for bueinees from 9 A. M. to 4 P. M.
The Northern and Southern mails will
both close promptly at 1 P. M.
Any inattention or irregularities should
be reported promptly to the P. M.
J. C. HUNTER, P. M.
?&. The Sacrament of the Lord's Sup- I
per will be celebrated at the Presbyterian
Church next Sabbath morning.
I Our good little friend Wallace Smith
brought ua a bucket of the fiaeat peaches we
have eten this year. Now, Wallace, that
milk shake shall come the next time we
meet in town.
t?gu Our beautiful town presented quite
a lively appe arancelaat week, from the presence
of a large number Minister and Laymen
attending the Spartanburg Diatriot Conference.
It was a truly pleasant meeting of
^christians forking in harmony for the cause
S>f Christ aM the salvation of souls. ^The
Conference closed with the Sunday servioeB.
?ar We are somewhat inclined to move
into Cross Keys township, for we receive so
many kind favors from there, partioul arly
from the ladies. Last week our lovely
young friends, Misses Eva and Liisie
Gregory sent us a box of splendid peaches,
for which wa, us and family return our
sincere thanks.
While sympathising with Mr.
Rodger in his misfortunes, we rejoice with
our friend. Levi M.alone in his good luck,
in having, we are informed, drawn a (500
prize in the Louisiana Lottery. Wc hope
our friend Malone's luck will not set anybody
crazy and cause tlicm to invest heavily
in Lottery tickets. Remember the old and
trite saying: "Nobody ever heard of lightning
striking twice in the same place."
HaT Mr. Webster Wilbvrn, of Bogansvillc I
township, died last Mon lay morning after
a severe illness of only three days, from
cholera morbus.
The Thursday previous, Mr. Wilburn, in
company with others, went seining in Fair
Forest river, and they caught an unusual
number of fish, and Mr. Wilburu eat very
heartily of thcui. During the night lie was
taken sick, and continued to get worse until
early Monday morning, when he died.
I?-Among the names of those gentlemen
of this State who have announced their
intention to competo for the $1,000
premium offered by the American Agriculturist
nnd the Department of Agriculture
of this State, for the largest yield
Rice, at Fish Dam, and D P. Duncan at
Goshen Mill. Well, gentlemen, thi* yriir
we predict it-will tike 175 bushels to win.
SOT Our good old friend, Mr. John
Rodger, lias struck n vein of bad luck lately.
First, lie lost a fine colt, that had its log
broken by a rock thrown at it ; last week
one of his horses became frightened while
plowing and ran away, fell down and broke
his neck ; and two days after that his finest
milk cow. deliberately laid down nnd died.
While wc truly sympathize with our
friend in his losses, we may console him with
the old adage?"three deaths and stop."
lie has had three deaths nnd may expect his
luck to change. "So mote it be," old
friend.
OgX?Webavc received the first number of
tho first paper issued at lllacksburg. It is a
large 8 column paper, and edited with the
welt-known spirit and ability of our old editorial
friend. F. I*. ltcard, formerly of Camden.
Now, Frank, did you consult your wife
wheo you advertised for two young Ladies
to set type in your ofiicc. If you did not,
do it at once. We have lived over 40 years
very happily ia our domestic relations;
but we never had ycung Lady printers playing
the "devil" and making "pi" in the
office.
Mr. J. A. Flint lyul quite an excit
ing encounter with n mad dog on his premises
lust Monday. Wlicn first discovered the
dog was running furiously about the yard,
foaming at the mouth. On being attacked
the animal ran into tlie house, where Mr.
Font's wife nnd children were, and got into
a closet, when two pistol shots were fired
into liiiu by a colored servant. Ho then ran
into the yard again, when Mr. Fant finished
hint by putting a ball through his heart.
Mr. Fant says the anjtnal neither barked or
yelped when jrtruck by the balls fired into
him.
The terrible excitement in that family,
with u mad dog in the house, can be better
imagined tlmn expressed.
Ifotit" We have never had more flattering
reports from the crops than we are now
daily receiving from every section of the
county.
Upland corn never looked better, and that
on mc imi 101118 in iii.-ici looking line. Wheat,
generally, turned out well and wan saved in
prime condition.
Cotton looks promising where weil cultivated,
and is gcnci?tliy "laid by'' clean, well
fruited and with healthy growth. If no
disaster strikes Ibis county, there will lie
food enough Uiftdc this year for man and
beast, nod some to spare, except bacon,?and
we hope next, year we shall raise enough of
that, or nearly so. With plenty to eat and
the money for their cotton in their pockets,
or debts |itiitl, we shall hear but little about
tllO delire.SMsl ?'Otnlilio? of om* Iturrann
the Agriculture of I lie country, in a yenr or
ttvo.
A frcfelt lot^T?f Turnip Seed at
l'oaey's Diug .Store. i
Frig hteaed at a Otfla.
Last Tuesday morning a small colfin, about
a foot long, covered with black cloth, and
evidently made by one who knows how to
make a coffin, was found at tha door of a
colored man's house, on the Spartanburg
road, near Mr. Fhilip Dunn's residence.
In the coffin was a 88 calibre cartridge, and
the following written warning:
"The way of the transgressor is hard, so
make ready and flee from the wrath that is
? $f*e*Alfller, aF"wEese door t)ie coffin w
found, look /right and loll that afternoon. It
has since come to our ears, from the beet of authority,
that the day before he found the
coffin he acted in an outrageous manner,
on the premises of his employer, Mr. Thad
Foster, in marching through the front yard,
gun in hand, in sight of Mr. Foster's wife
and family, cursing and swearing vengeance
against Mr. Foster, and threatening to
burn down the house.
The difficulty grew out of Mr. Foster refusing
to give Mack more than his
share of the wheat straw on the farm.
At the time Mr. Foster was neither prepared
or disposed to have a difficulty with
him ; but it is well, we think, that the fellow
took the hint as promptly as he did, for
his conduct to Mr. Foster and family indicated
that he intended to do them serious
injury, and aroused a feeling of uneasiness
Ami ill?t in<li<rnnttnn ?mnntr Iks nunnlo
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Thb North Carolina Asylum Scandal.?
Raleigh, N. C., July 20.?The board Wt At
factors of the IntauM continuous
investigation for three weeks of the
charges against Dr. Eugene Grissom, super,
iniendent, charged with immorality with
female attendants, cruelty to patients and
misuse of public property, to-day rendered
a decision of not guilty on all the charges.
The vote stood two for conviction and six
for not guilty.
It is really none of our business, but if
the case had occurred with the lunatic
asylum of this State and the verdict of the
board of Regents or Directors was "not
guilty on all the charges," and 25 per cent,
of the l>oard considered him guilty, we
should think him guilty of tome of the
charges, and for (he good name of the institution
we should insist upon a new superintendent
being elected. The charges
against Dr. (irissom were of more than ordinary
criminality, and nothing short of a
perfectly clear record and a unanimous decision
of not guilty of any one of the charges
should be demanded, if ho is permitted to
remain in his very delicate and important
position.
Our energetic young friend, Jas. H.
Rodger, lins got Jiis brick yard machinery
into working order, and is now turning out
first-rate brick, much in the same way that a
sausage grinder turns out sausage, at the
rate of about 20,000 a day.
We visited the brickyard Monday afternoon
and found Mr. Rodger as busy as a
bee in a buckwheat field, and about ns
happy. We know no man in this community,
so well fitted for conducting such an
enterprise ns Mr. Rodger. Nature made
him n first-rate mechanic, and with it he
possesses unflagging industry and energy,
and if there is money in that brick factory
he will grind it out.
IMIVIIMVU uo vuffr tllu \JI
iiis yard is very superior for making smooth
and hard bricks, and after he lias made
enough to build the Oil Mill ami Graded
School buildings he hopes to commence
making for n Cotton Factory, and during
that time lie expects to establish a reputation
for making the best, bricks in the
State.
?
OgL, Upon inquiring of our Grocery
Merchants we loam that the vjlums of business
done so fir this voir, ia that line, his
been fully twice as large as that of any yctr,
iui iuv oaiug uiuuuia, 1V1 will/ jrviirs JI1SI
In fact, some say it has nevsr been as largo
since the war.
While this proves that our tow t is not
dead, it is conclusive evidence that in the
general cutting in prices for provisions, the
Union Merchants have cut as deep and sold
as lew as in any other n arket. If they had
not, the keen eyes of the Alliance would have
discovered it and made it known, and instead
of an inorease of business we should
have had the bluest lot of Merchants in
Uniou ever seen anywhere, for want of
business.
JBkjf While we are hearing of much sickness
at many of ti e "hea'th resorts" (t)
and in the towns at d cities for many miles
around us, of boasted "healthy locations,"
we have not a cose jf sickness in this beami
ful little town of Union, nor havo we had a
oase of siokuess this year that could in
the least degree be traced to any locil cause.
Our friend Uallaglier, the splendid Photographer,
went to Salisbury, N. C., a few
weeks ago, in quest of hrnlth, but he found
ro much typhoid fever there and in plaecs
on the wt?y there that he hurr'cl baok to
Union, where he knew he would enjoy per
feet immunity frem all kinds of sickness.
Te School Trusts es.
Wc invite the attention of the Public
School Trustees throughout the county to
the call of the 'School Commissioner for n
meeting to be held here on the 22(1 of next
month.
From what the Commissioner tells us, it is
very important that the Trustees should
meet at ns early a day as possible for the adjustment
of sonic matters that are now working
injustice to a large number of schools in
the county, and affecting the Schools generally.
Divine Service*.
On Sunday, July 2Sth, there will he services
in the Church of the Nativity, morning
and afternoon, by the Hev. K. C. Isigan, of
Wclford, S. C. There will be a celebration
of the Holy Communion at the morning
service; and the offering will be given to the
rebuilding of tho Church at Johnstown,
Pennsylvania.
Great Fire at Aihevill*.
The following was reoeived here on Wed
nesda;:
A*iikvii.mc, Jul; 2.1.?A disastrous fire is
now burning. Williamson's wool-working
factor; is loiiill; consumed, with all its valuable
inachmer;. The formers'tobacco ware-"
house, the largest in western North Csroliua,
is now burning.
3! pMi *Mk has \
been mere; no rain p
and kiTi .(MO* 1,1
jkivanti^^^^^^^^Hmro{ui in feliy
elaan co^^^^^^^^^Bnsver muoh !{ * at
t?ft ooic^^^^^^^^K fhr, and
all (hat all farmers
know we oao't *
jndgt ir t^^^^^^KpIoetifrl V** "?
tar peopl^^^^^^^^^Eitsffc of P kjr tl
canning aM^^^^PH|niaot mndo ul
mortaro n with
piece of olol^M^jjj^^feag, 'on tlio
mortar and let lit-dT*,Xwi*\5oswer much tl
hotter for drying frtiit thai iVthe euu. If
the fbrnaoe is then Covered H?h a slid- A
ter you oan dry fruit a ra'ny Vay as well It
as dry. Upon a furnace Wbout :? x ?
6 feet, twe hendu can-Ury a buAelof fruit u
a day ritln or shioe. Df course t will take )'
a littlo (rotable to build the fui ace and a v
little wood, but tbr furnace wi last a life
time. I think it is better to dr (he fruit t
then to buy it. >
Our Town is oomparateeriy ealtby, al- r
though the we&thtr is very hot. 1<
Mttf. Wm. ATobsterdiod last SalurJur. He I
was burled by Rev. D. P. Boydl according
to Methodist form, and also;wi& Masonic 1
honors, at Peoolet Depot on SunAy. a
Rev. J. ?. MabaOfey, of the CiintVin charge i
preeohed in oar Methodist church tb a largo 1
congregation last Sunday night. ] i
Uncle Mark Boyd, father of Rev. l)Al\ lloyd
is on a-visit to ourTown. He is well ripo
in years though he gets about quite brisk
for one of his age. lie is full of religion
and carries a smiling faoe and Is ever ready
and willing to speak words of oo< tfort to his
friends. It Is really a benediction to be in
his oompany. .
some time, has H9trod to his home in Georgia.
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Little Carrie Pet niogton, who had an
arm broken on the th inst., is about well.
The new Metbodi; 1 eWrch at New Hope <
is finished, except paint, and tbie will bo 1
done before the County Sunday School Convention.
1 expect to,, say more about this ]
ohurch in tho future.
The colored people >{ Baptist) of our Town i
have added a bell to their ohurch lately.
The Presbyterians expect to commence
building their church at an early day.
lELKl'IlONK.
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Goinq to Bitatx Again.?The Observer
remarked some time ago that the Three
C's took all -the winter time in getting
ready to go to work and all the summer
time in talking about beginning.
We see front a Union special to the Neirs
and Courier that they are going to begiu
again. They give tlienitoives mere margin
than usual this time. Heretofore work was
to begin in thirty days er,. at other times, in
sixty days; thiv time it Is in threo months.
If the Observer were asked i? say when it
tnougbt' work woum reaiiy negin it woum
say:
"On tho thirty-second day of the thirteenth
month of the eighth day of the week,
On the twonly-fifth hour of the sixiy-first
minute?"
Or sometime thereabouts.
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The Augusta branch may be built?we j
havo tried to think alt along that it wouM j
be ; but it appears to us now extremely j
doubtful. At any rate, having no tnxe* to j
pay for it unless it be built, we can ocasa to ,
give ourselves much concern about it.
Tbo Three C's people uecuso the counties
of Lancaster and York of acting shabbily
in preventing tlieir getting the township
bonds they arc entitled t> in thosa counties.
It is shabby; but have not the railroad
people treated us about as shabbily? They
havooollectcd three years taxes; they have
made solemn and repeVed promise to build
^haft*r in tho way
and they are just aa Thr^WfllLk!fMVLL',?9"
they were at the beginning. Tlicy havo
dono absolutely nothing but run lines and
make promises.
We are very much of the opiuiou of our
neighbor of tho Newberry Ohtcrvcr. Three
months from now the working hours of the
day will be from 1 to 0 hours less than
now, and from that time on till lata next
Spring the weather will bo buoU that oncha'f
the lime railroal work will he almost
impossible. Hail road Companion au 1
contractors do not select the shortest and
moat unpleasant days of tho year on which
to eommenco thoir railroad work; so we
may rest satisfiod that we will not be called
on to pay taxes on the R. R. bonds uutil
after (be next Tax Collector is elected.
Ferstt^alt.
Miss Emily Galla?hft(\of Su John, Canada,
is on a visit to her brother, Mr. W. C.
Qallaghcr. )
Mrs. J. D. Jones, of Gaffuey City, is
visiting relatives in this county.
Mr. James II. Maxwell returned to
Greenville last Friday.
Miss Mary Duncan, of Goshen Hill, is
visiting Mr. T. C. Duncan sud family.
jmiss may Jcier, or s-jntuc, ana Miss I
Sarah Bailey, of Kilcnton, Barnwell Co., nro i
viailiog tho family of Cil. Jas. T Doug- j
lass.
Messrs. Joliu N. Lemaster and Julio W.
CrawforJ, of Jooesville, were in town last I
Monday.
Misses Eva and Minnie Qrcgiry, of <>. ss
Keys, after spending several days in our
midst returned home Sunday.
Miss Ida Jones returned to her home in
Santuo lost Saturday.
Our young friend K. W. Gilliam, of Columbia,
is spending Several days with lii<
friends here.
?
Misses Mattie an 1 Annie Jeter, of
Meador's, visited friends at this place last
week.
Mra. S. M. MoXeol and M-ss llulda
McNeel, of Yorkvillo. ara visiting tho family
of Mr. J. K. Young.
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JtrsrBfFORK CjRpkbknck?If you have
tears to shed, prepare to shed them now
A mink, wesssi, or other "varmi... visited
tho editor's poultry yarl on Thursday
night and killed two cbiokens. It oaino
back Friday night and killed twelve?all
frrin.v ainn TKa nKtnlfana musn fa. . .. 1 \ .
ing dead in the coop next morning with
hardly a feather milled and no mark of ?iolence
sore a gosh in the neok through which
the blood had been tucked.?AVk7< cry Oh. j
trrvcr.
We hfrc always a aapply of "toa'a t >
tlicd" for the misfortunes ef our brothers of
the pencil, and in your particular rxsa, r ?
spooled coiempviy Ibpy 11 >wc lo >p?o:??ly and.
in all sinoerlty, upon reading your irrup-ir - i
ab!o lots of so ?*oy>*frywi'"3f<i cliio'xoos " j
Had your venerable neighbor, end ex-oJitor,
T. If. Greneker, mitt with ?u :hV lot', ino-e
serious results W>uld lt%fe foflosrol, f > ;
Thomat euee loved a plafflp'well koifrid i
club ken better than nnyihtug you vco il I set
befiro him, and ho could "xlotn^^uay'" h*
muoli of Mmy <>uo we ever tt* inM^ken.
Haooke "'Tof Notch" Ofemr* for sale ?t
Polity's DrugNtoic.
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New# from North Paeolet. ]
Ivn v Janh. July 28.?The weather for the
tat wftek has been very hot end.dry. Our j
nufcfs are totting through with their work, p
aoy 6f thorn will hardly find their cotton
picking time, for the gross, and with some
ic cowi top# will scarcely be above the
cedent fodder pulling time. That'a the
a/ some people firm, though. J \
"Ttt speaking of the Thomson Mill some '
rwo ago vrc wore made to say 40 to 42 pound#
\ "head" flour to tlio bushel, when it should
i?vo been <jood flour.
Uev. F. ('. Hickson preached at Abingdon
rock last Sabbath from the text "Then fool,
its night thy soul shall 1>e required of
ice,'* Luke 12 r 'J.
They have n flourishing Sunday School at
.liinvilnn I'n>i>k Tlio riirlit kind of neoDle
avo Tmld of it. There is vim and energy I
i their loaders. If all our schools had such
corps of workers we would have fewer of
tro. Gilbert's lobsters to be swimming bookrani
nil the time, instead of forward.
It's uo wonder Hro. Stokes loves to brag on
lie Union School Girls, of whom Miss Mattlo
luCulloch and Misses Inez and Annie Saratt
arc specimens. lie is not yet too old to
avo beauty and appreciate intelligence
>y u long sight.
We had the uwfulcst row in our family
ast Sunday that 1ms taken pluco in our abcucc
in 11 longtime, if ever before: Mrs. Vox
bund n "Pilot" snake gliding around in
icr cloret. She raised the yell, and the
aithftil old Aunt Tildy Lipscomb came to the
escuo. The closet was cleared of its coueuts
leaving his suakeship "quiled" up in
>uo corner and in undisputed possession of
ho premises. Aunt Tildy gave it a bath of
boiling water. Its experience was someivhut
similar to that of its renowned ancos:or,
nud it shot through a hole in the floor,
followed by a fizzing stream of boiling water,
ivliila with its caudal nppandaao it w??<t a
v aintrnignr"yntTCT" Tom
:amc across it in the cotton patch and finished
tip tlic work so clovcrly begun by Mrs.
Vox and Aunt Tildv.
This circumstance will fbrnisli us an excuse
to keep a little snake bito medicine on
Itnnd.
Now that the Times lias been reduced in
priec and opened its columns to the Farmers
Alliance, there is no excuse why it should
not l?o u welcome visitor in every household
iq the county. This new department will
succeed with such n man as N. G. Littlejolin,
Esq., at its head. Vox.
A Oi.OUD-BLUst ix West Viroixia.?-Pittsburg,
l'n, July 19?The greatest disaster
which ever befell the Little Kanawha Valley
camo last night in the shape of a terrible
cloud-bnrst, which has completely flooded
the couuty, destroying many livos, carrying
oil tuousauUs or uoitard in property and
ruining crops for many miles. The delude
foil hero about dusk and continued to fall
in torrents, doing much damage in the city.
The worst of the storm struck the lower
side of the Kanawha filling tho small tributaries
from bank to bank and ending in the
worst flood within tho recolleotien of the
oldest inhabitants. In three hours the Kanawha
was raised six fost and ran out
with such velocity tlint it carried everything
before it. At this point thousands of
logs and a number of boats wont out or
were sunk.
At Chestervillo. a small town about ten
miles above, half the r.^deoces were carried
oil' bodily and left in .'lie corn fields.
I be worst ftcy of all comes from Morristown,
i\ small village noar the head of Tucker
Greek, where the cloud-burst concentrated
in ail its fury, couiing down in the village
ah.nit midnight, totally destroying it,
together with m*uy of its people. The first
report, gave the loss nt eleven, but later
news seems to fix the loss at a greater number.
The houses of tho citizens are said to
litre been picked up and hurled against
each other in such a short spaoe of time
that no chance to escape was given to the
people.
- ? -
River at this point is thirty foot, high and
rising. The low lands tire all inundated
anil crops nra entirely destroy? 1. The dam.
ago to the cotton any alone in this oounty
is estimated at half million dollars,
l'eop'o arc moving t> the high land
expeoting to be washed oil every hour.
It hat been raining here for three week.
Oncfmtof liso more will cut off railroad
communication.
Reports cm'iouo tr coino from tho surrounding
country regarding tho high water.
Lives are known to have been lost. Information
comes o! tiio drowning of i? boy at
Leaky. Two men attempted to cross the
Dry Frio and were drowned on Siturday.
ldolh of tho Frios are higher than ever before
nni the destruction of properly is
great.
simum: or a Yowso Wikk.?Asheville,
July 18.?A aid suicide occurrod here
yesterday. The b>dy of Mrs. Fulraer, the
wife of Kngineer Fultuer, on the Duoklown
branch of tho Western North Carolina Railroad,
was found in a pond in the suburbs
of the city and near the Fulmer residence.
The deceased, a young wife, oonoeivoi the
idea that her husband did not show the
same atUchmcnt to hor that he formerly
did; and leaving her room about midnight
slic threw herself into the pond. Tho coroner's
jury returned a verdict of suicide under
temporary aberration of mind.
Tnr. W ii.ti-.HUono Uaii.hoau.?Walterboro,
juiy ~i.?.Air. A. S. farrow has just returnc;.l
Irom llarnwcll, where lie has been befpre
Judge AUrich in iho lu'crest of the taxpayers
of Colleton County nraying fpr an injunction
to restrain the county commissioner,
froiu seVing tlie tlreen l'ond, Waltcrboro
ami ilranchvillo Railroad to Mr. J. C. Mailone
An wni expected tho injunction was
readdy granted. Much interest is manifested
in the meeting called here lo-inorrow to take
ftoti -n in regard to the proposed sate, and
a large attendance of taxpayers is expected.
The ru I road sale is the topic of all conversation,
and some very harsh criticisms are being
indulged in.
*
KujX'.ks o?t TntAt,.?Louisville, Ky, July
20.'? At Elixnbethtown, Ky., yesterday Editors
Stovall and Duncan, of the Hardin
County Tndt-j-rml'iif, mid Editor Oivenr, of
tho Wrlcim Tiding*, wero tried for publishing
a letter signed Judge Lynch, threaten
iog punishment to a young inau, who, it is
nlioged, ha I killed bis wife, but had beea
Cvllll'.wwl.e.l 1... n t...... Q??. II 1
..... ? - v. %-j < vvi VJV( o JUIJ ovumil DU'l
i>u:tcin v.cro convicted by Justice O'Mearn.
Givi in stvorc O'Mearn off the bench and
ti.c 1 by Magistrate Terry, who dismissed
the prisoner though tlic offence and evidence
were the same in both cases.
I'ubUo opinion is said to be with tbe editors.
'i'.i at Memi'Uis Sca.ndai..?Memphis, Tenn.,
July 1^. -Attorneys for Mrs. Mary Pillow
tiled a bill in I he Circuit Court this morning
against Coluuei Clay King for $100,000
damages for defamation of oharaotor and
*1.wider. The prevent suit is the outcome
of a suit commenced in Chancery last month
l<y C-douol King, cijdning Mrs. Pillow from
taking possession of certain property in
<ii Aiiutu ? men anu uinimvu iiai oeen (looted
liur )>y King. In his bill he mada eoino
lovers charges against Mrs. 1'How.
M'.-. Pillow is fho widow of GsbSi.'tl
01. K. Pillow, of </oofcdorate fame, and
is c; n no clod with some of the best families
in TenuoBsec.
gpifibos Im.niw.1 or Pit. W. R. Junks?Dr.
\V. R, J olive is lying At bis home at the
puiurf uf death And bis life is almost de?pi?i
? l of. A stroke of pKrAlysis a short
t'Uio uj?o left In* rig!il Hide helpless and he
is umb'O to siienk. Lc/iona of friends
. ii'uni ily liopeHmt lio may yetroootsr from
the tUWCW.?(JrtrhCitft Arte#.
Riverside Hippies-Model 4-Herse T*XM, he.
Kivbbsidb, Jnly 28.?'' Will fwraidj p*yT" ?
La a question that ku baw often asked, sad v
various answers have^>een given to it. and >
It I* a lamentable fact, that if four-fifths of M.
the farmers were to base their answers oa W.
their , awn peat experience, the universal
ory Would be beard, and echoed from hill
and dale, that it dta? not. There are a few,
however, who oaa answer to the contrary.
The general conolasion now it that Cam- (f
ing will pay, only when It Is made to pay,
and that the secret of sueoees Is "in the w
man, and not in the land." Before maximum
returns can be looked for, there most of
of neecsoitv be a change In the mods* ^
operandi. The worn, washed, drenohed and
impoverished hills and dales mast be low
provea. l
this oonelusion ; only, however, after being th
driven to it by the stern hand of neevrW. I w|
Wesrenotlnthehsbit of oonntin' '.v
befoie they ore halohed, but n^J?J /
what will probably be the
hone farm, should the seasons
and let It be understood, these
aggeratcd figures : a|
800 bushels oals, ? 60o $-^00 00
2,000 ?' cero, ? 70o 1,400 00
20 bales of ootton @ 540 800 00 w
65 bushels of wheat 8 00 It
Total 82,868 00 ^
This in addition te the various truck ^
patches, a fioe lot of Johnson grass hay.
already gathered, aod more to fol ow ; 5800 **
or $400 worth of hay and fodder would not si
be a very high estimate. The best part of
this exhibit is the fact that it is made at a
cost of 5000.
We would mention the name of the
gentleman owning this crop, bat Mr. li
W. A. Moirhead is entirely too modest a ,
man to have his name conneoted with suoh .
> lettering prcapoole.
A colored man named Wallaoe Porter, ac
eidentally shot himsolf in the arm some fi
days back. The ball has not been removed |]
as yet.
The publio roads leading from this place
to Union C. II. are getting to be almost im- c
passable.
Crops are generally good?corn unusually
so. Cotton is fruiting well, and grass holds
its hold with a vengeanoe. There should
be very little corn sold in Union next year,
if the present crop meets with no disaster.
Jon.
Correspondence of the Union Tuns.)
Who Should Teaoh Our Children 1
IIomk, July 22.?The College Commencements
are over and we have heard and read
very high sounding praises from all sides, of
both Male and Female Institutions. This is
Yurjr grniuyiilg luuecu. 11 ioresnauows a
bright ftiturc for our section, and goes a 1
great way toward building up the literary
and soientifio institutions of the land, where |
young meft and young ladies may be educated
to take our places, and doubtless better
prepared to fill their alloted stations in life 1
than their ancestors were. But there are <
comparatively few so situatod as to be able |
to secure the great advantages- of College
training. The great mass of our children,
if educated at all, must be educated in the
Froo Schools of the land. What is doing in I
that direction ? Wo have all the modern ap- j
plianccs at hand?the patent desk, the pat- .
ent pen nnd inkstand, the maps, the school
houses, &c.; and then we have the Prepara- 1
tory Schools for Teachers, and nil the neces- i
snvy machinery, such ns School Commis- |
sinners, Trustees, &c., and an almost endless
variety of school hooks. But after all, I hear
some old and wise men say, all this will not
make scholars of our children. The teacher, J
at last, is tlio one from whom the children j
must obtain their education. But they are
not all teachers who keep schools. Going to
college is a nice thing, and often makos
capable teachers, but not always. A
teacher, like a preacher, has his "call." He
or she is fitted by nature for that purpose ;
nnd by training, either in college or else1-j-i*
-1-i iwnficiaot. A..tMi>)<w.nuiit
know thoroughly what he proposes to teech.
Illlf Ilia 1rnAitf1a/)?A a# ? 1-*? * *
...vni?ugv VI uuusg ur liia III cm HI
training is not all that is necessary.
The fact that he has a "First Grade" certificate
does not make him a teacher, in the
true Hensc of the word. He must be a man
of high tone of character; he should hara
the power of complete self-control; lie must
be broad and liberal in his views, catholic
in his spirit, firm in his discipline, communicative
and easy of approach, suable and
kind-hearted; and above, if not equal to
all, lie must be of irreproachable moral
character, that lie may leave its impress upon
the character of the children committed to
his care.
The teacher is u,ext in order to tho parent.
In fact, in many instances, more is dependent
upon the teacher, so far as meutal and
moral training of tho child is concerned,
than upon the parent, on aocount, often, of
the ignorance or immorality of tho latter.
Children ordinarily reflect tho prominent
characteristics of teachers at an early day,
no matter how well cared-for and taught at
home. Mow that your publio schools, that
roach the great mass of our people, are
about to be thrown open a little while, it is
<l>a ?? -le? ?* -
?? ?< / v> moij uiucvr, mu ine auiy 01
every parent, to see that those persona selected
to instruct the children, are what you
wish the children to be when grown up. I
dare say there is no parent but that wishes
his or her children to be equal with the best
in their section ; then, surely, they will see
to it thnt the very best of gentlemen and
ladies, both morally and mentally, are secured
to teach their children.
Prooress.
.
CouNTRiu'ciTsns Caitu kki).?Dayton, Ohio
July lb.?Captain Abbot and seven other
seciet servioe men this morning made a descent
on the United Stn'es hotel near this
city after a gang of counterfeiters. Officer
bounella was wounded twice in the head
but not fatally. An escaping counterfeits r
was shot in the side but the extend of bis
injuries is not known. Two carpet saoks
of ten dollar bills were found at the hotel
and the search is not ended. The hotel belongs
to Nelson Dwiggs, an aged and notad
counterfeiter.
Tub SoimiKH.v Situation?lias boon a ,
puzzle to the President, and many would- (
be statesmen have nired their petty (
opinions through the press and on the stump*
A question of still greater moment is how ,
shall I rid inysolf of malaria. The question
is ea?ily answered if you will take one
bottle of Westmoreland's Calisaya Touie, ,
the greatest ali-poriodio and stimulant of ,
the age. It will purify yonr blood, give
you an appetite and make you feel liks* J
yourself again. (
This remedy is sold by J. ff. Posey & Bro.
WllKRKTMK MOXRY wrxt.? A MASSACIIU
sells manufacturer is alleged to bare paid
recently to his army of laborers seven hundred
bright, crsp ten-dollar bills. Kaoh
roan received one with his pay. All were
marked so as to be reoogniied. By
Tuesday four hundred and ten of these bills
had been deposited in the banks of the olty
by tho bar.keepors.?Ex
Tint Statu h as a Film.?-Columbia. S. C?
July 15 ?The large twelve hunndred dollar
ham of the State Experimental Station
about two ndics from ihe city, was a?C en
(ire early this morning by an aoknowa
parly. In ihebvrn were a horse, two mulea,
> ww, ti|ri<vii iiimurou uoiitn worm 01 j
machinery and farm i in pit meats nd * tsVge
quantity of forags, all of which wort destroyed.
Uninsured. Suspiolon roots OB two <
nrgro employees. 1
Tho lUliirm-re Sun nays: "The wholesale <
merchants of Cineionati hare started a flsnd I
to supply their country suborners with rail- l
'roft'l tioko's. T?n motohaats hats Mb- I
scribe 1 $0,000 esoh,"
' ,.: V < ; ; V '
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rHB allullcx
q. littlbjohn, kditm.
5'."u1b.} atiuwtavt editor*.
k? - ?- . M..J 1? Ik. u.,1^ _
1UB. ADITVS.?O* nm? w ifwna the
Alii en oe column I will tsll you an
tj Way to fires ohiokens from mltse:
Take a shallow tihi! (I took the bottom
an aid stove,) and futon ft on tbe'pole
at laada to tka rooat, than pour la a small >i
isatity of karosaao oil, and tho ohiokene
i they retire in the evening will atop into
0 oil. and their feet beoomieg saturated
ith the oil will drive the settee from their
tlioa. I wee amused the drat evening
tried the experiment. After several .
paused orer Ihe oilj road, J
Wychantiolcer aseended the poll, aod~--^Xt
fter ejtiog for a moment the newly ar- ""
mged impediment ha aempled the eootente
ith hie month, and with an instantaneous
tap to the ground he wiped sod re wiped
ie bill on old mother earth's bosom, w'th
1 mueh energy as a young taper usee his
endksrchlsf when he issues from a bar
>om after be has guide J down bu popkail.
B. L.
Pkach 8ho?tuakbs.?Take bUoiit dough j,
ad rell thin if te make a pea-pie; take ?' '
iro layers, puttlag butter betweeu, to pre- ; ' ,:?.
eat their adhering, and bake nioe and
rown. Then harot raw soft peaohes,
weetened to taate, and tak the two layers
rom store, open them, putting batter oa
hem while warm, then put on the peaohes,
nd yea will bare two pies that will far exel
thoee thai bare the peaehes cooked.
-- V M. E.
~ *""??? .?BEWAB*
0* 8WIVSLZB8. -?1 ^
I would warn erery member of the Aliance
against the agents that are going
hrough our county swindling the unsusmeeting.
Two big stout looking mon in a
pring wagon have just passed through oar
notion, soiling to ths unlnformod bat hon- . f-.
nt poor man a $2 60 white pine olook for .
510, and a sawing machine for $15 that Is
to better than the one sold by M??srs.
Poster, Wilkins & Co. for $10 60.
Brethren, use the means within your
eaoh end protect yourselves from taeh
mtreges. I. admit there are some good ; v!
lonest men who are agents an 1 would eoorn
o take advantage of the anaaapeotlng,
)nt be very oareful and know who you doil
rith.
Again, I am tild by those who havo tee- V
led it, that this Feather Renovating bust. ?
less is a perfect fraud. Two persons in my
immediate vicinity who had beds renovated
lay thei r beds have paoked hard and lost '
ail thin elasticity. Does not reason teach tht t
ihtk nottiPft] nil hAinir atnihmAd nni tkt
feathers they would beoome brittle?
P. 8. Sinoe writing the above,a lady has V,just
called in and sajs she had her beds
renovated and they are just ruined.
THE VALVE OF COTTON SEED.
In the matter of the value of tho hulls
the foots as to what they have positively accomplished
in fattening oattle are incontestable.
The exact proportionate value is
lows : 63 per cont. fats, 47.12 per oent.
crude cellulose, 88.67 per oent. carbo-hydrates
and 2.19 per oent. proteine. Their
value as cattle food, as rated from thia
analysis, Is as 1.80 to 1.60 of timothy bay,
and 1.60 of graio, though aim* users
claim that the nutriment is "more available,
and that praotioally they are better f r fattening
than the best hay.
Their preseut aaiiiug price for inis par*
pose will average 84 per ton, though, a?
compared with the items above, their real
value is more, and a higher price ought to
be and probably will be obtained. The in
oouTemenae oi tueir ouik ootuu no rciiliiy
done away with by pressing them into a
condensed form.
First aa a cattle food end then a/* a fertiliser,
Uses3 hulls bare been pearls of unknown
*alue, but unfortunately (hey bare
not been enough cast before swine. Tbe
raw seed contains about 60 per cent, each
of hulls and meats. The value of the decortioated
seed or meats, taking into consideration
tho fact that their reduood cost of
reights, greater convenience In haedliog,
and their more direct availability in oil
manufacture will more than compensate for
the loss of the liut, isoomputed on a reasonable
basis to be twice thet of the raw seed
per ton, or in other words these meats frdtn '7
each ton of seed will sell for as much es is
now realised from the entire ton of eeed
itself.
8inoe so many loos! mills are now in pro- ,
AA.a X? tLU Oi-I- ?i? - ' - ? ? '
wujo v* vrooiiMU U UI13 ObllO, IOQ IDirftCi v/|
will be a sure and accessible one, sod there
is no room here as in the ease of the hulls '
for an advance over present values. Thus
at the lowest est'mite our planters can got ^
34 more per ten for their aeed than the/
have previously obtained. In Ibis oa'eulation
ne allowance la made for the value of
the lint whioh remains on the reed after
ginning, and whioh, after being taken off
by special gins made for the purpose, yields
an average of thirty pounds per ton, wotih ' ,
from fire to six oents per pound, $1 60 to
$1 80 per ton of seed. Of course this lini - j
is valueless as oattle food, and the hulla , '
would not lose in value by its separation
from them.
Thus common sense would seem to dioUt? - ^
the provision of means for tho realising of ?y
the profits pointed out, and the utilisation
at boms of all the products cf the cotton . ?jj
seed will yearly odd thousands of dollars 1?
the wealth of the country in whioh they aro
produced.
It has been well said that no country offers ?&
a better field for cattle, stock, hog and
sheep raising than our sonny South, and
the only obstacle, the providing of a cheap ,jgj
food supply, seems to be met hy the never
exhaustible oountry of "Qrtst^King Cotton."
w. h. a., jn.
Columbia, 8- C., July 18. . ' "'HiSf
Eoas for Dtskntrt.?The egg in oowsIfA ^2
done of I be beet remedies for dysentery. ?
Beeten up lightly, with or without sugar,
tod swallowed at a gulp, it tend* by its .
jmollient qualities, to Issteu tli? iatUmtt ipi
?f lbs stomsoh nod intestines, and by feres
ing ft transient ooating en tbWJ org to* t?
inable nature |6 resume her healthful ?w*y
?Ver the dUeaae-l body. Jwo. sdr. ei moil, -fS
hr?t egg* per day would bo a'l that to rojulred
io moot ou?i tutd etaos tbo egg to
lot merely medieine, bot food m well, tbo
ightortbo diot otherwlie, ond tbo noleter
he patleat to kipt, tbo wore certain and
rapid to the reoorery.
u
To onro a dog of the evil practice of enokng
eggo, toko on egg, break the obeli alight- SSnH
y, and grate in it an Indian turolp; pui it Jg?H
obore the dog will likely ion acMfe It.
do will ootinoal of the egg before the turlip
begin* to bars, and If yon are fond of
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