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^ TEMPERANCE THE WRECK T sight of the careless nofgor-by Who sees. but not with the sailor's ey The wreck lies stranded high and drj A noblo ship onco staunch and stroii Whose cabins echoed tho joyous sunt; Whose deck was trodden by a happy Gone are bor towering masts and spa That almost seemed to roach the at Con~tkn ' fli Grand officers were inctich one gars a short talk. Brother 'glass also gave us quite a nice little ? ati 111 'fpeech. K . -x')n Thursday, at 10 o'clock a. m., ths second d*y's session commenced. A good deal of worlt was done up to 1 o'clock p. m , when the brethern, being reminded by their appetites and the memory of tbe good di nnor our t'artcreville friends had served up >e them the previous day, concluded to adjourn for dinner. At 4 p. m. we reconvened, and by th.'in p. ni. had finished up our work and adjourn P'l vine me: una mus onus ine session <ji rr the Grand Division of the .Sons of lemperanco of .South Carolina for the year 188'.?. At night a public meeting was held under the auspices sf Cartcrsvillc Division, Brother .S. S. Stokes, of Union Division made a telling speech, his theme being "Woman in tbo Temperance Cause; Her Influence and Responsibility." All who know this brother and failed to hear his speech know they missed n treat, llrother Stokes is one of our most active and energetic workers, und our Grand Worthy Patriarch, 1 suppose in compliment to his ability, has conferred a title upon him, the initials of which arc "D. It." llrother Stokes frequently "browght * dow., the house" during his telling speech. Brother J. W. Stansfield followed llrolh^ er Stokes in a fine address. This brother has a splendid delivery. 1 understand he is studying law; if so, I predict for him a brilliant future. -- Brother Marshall closed the meeting, or the speech making part of it, by a few remarks. During the evening we had some excellent instrumental music and singing, conducted by Mr*. Dk Palmer. Thus ended a pleasant and enjoyable session of the Grand Division. We who attend, ed believed that the work mapped out for the ensuing year will do much to ndvaucc the cause of temperance. CRIMES AND CASUALITIES Cincinnati, July 27.?Great excitement was caused here to day by ihe discovery of the body of General A. E. Jones, who disappeared mysteriously Wednesday, in a manhole at tbc^cornor of Francis Lane and Park avenue. When the body wasdrnwn up it was found S that the face had been beaten out of shape, probably with a club. All his valuables were gone. Chnrles llligh, who was employed as a coachman by Gen. Jones was arrested tonight at Madison, and brought here. Us lias made a full confession and says he fatal)y injured Jones during a quarrel. roisosr.n tir.n iiustianp. Kimira, N. Y., July 27.?Coroner Jsc.ihs has hnil the body af l>avid S. Uanisay exhumed and liis stomach removed and examined. P am say re-marricd a divorced wife, and Buoniy ntterwards was taken ill, dying with symplons of poi*n- *ng. On report of the examining chemi-c wliosr.ys lie found asenie in uamrnjs a KinnmcD, Hie coroner has ordered the arrc?t of Mrs. Ramsay . PREFERRED DEATH TO EXPOSl'RE. riiiltidelphia, July 27.?Joseph A. St trek the Jersey Ccnlrnl Railroad eta'ion agent here, committed suicide to-day by shooting himself with a revolver in the right temple. One of the auditors of the company came ? here last night to look over Starck b accuunte and it is believed that the discovery of a shortage and the fear of exposure caused him to commit the deed. SETTLED IT FOREVER. Columbus, July 27.?Christian 'Weinman and wife were found at si o clock this morning locked in each other's arms on the floor of the bedroom, Mrs. Weinman dead and her husband breathing hie last. A bullet hole near her heart and enc in his temple explained the method of death. They were proprietora of largo machine ~ works and connected with tho best families of this city. They had been quarrelling. roril PEOPLE KILLED. Memphis, Teun., July ^7.?A passenger train on the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad was wrecked to-day at Brighton, Tenn., by a switch having been carelessly left open. The engineer, baggago master, tireinan and Mail Agent Rurnet tvere killed. FIOIIT TKOPLK CRVMIt'D. Chicago. July 27.?By the collapse of a I three-story brick house on the West Side tonight a cottage rah crushed to atoms, and eight people killed. CYCLONE T.N IS PI V N A. Lebanon, lnd., July 27.?A cyclone pass ed through this city last night, wrecking a number of buildings, including the I'ieneer printing eftice Crops are ruined in the j neighborhood. Take "itr advice an>l go and examine I lie | bargains at Flvnii Caloiit in Oir Own Tn_\i?.?English and Scotch capitalists, moved by Mr. Carnegie's example, have made up their minds to use the "American tariff" for all it is worth. The million# which Mr. Carnegie, a Scotchman, lias rung out ef the American consumers, has not failed to excite tlie attention of his j brither Scotch," nor to awaken the cupidity f the lordly English. Mr. Carnegie built Cluny Castle, his Scotch home, with money our tariff rendered possible to hint. Then, too, his magnificent beque*tn to Scotch charities, all of which were got out of the protec tective tariff , is another lesson going to show how plain the way in ruade by our protective policy for foreign capital to eouie in and get the benefit of protection again American-born consumers. The llaltimore Sun of the 2-lih tells us that a syndicate of English capitalists is I negotiating for tho j urchaee of all steel works j in and about Pittsburg. Mr. Nimick of the firm of Singer. Nimick A Co., tells of offers to buy a controlling interest, and other large owners admit tliot negotiations are pending Should the transfer cf ownership take place j it would be but a repetition of what lias ' recently happened to various large Ameri- I caii mills ami breweries. These industries and others have passed into the hands of j English and Scotch capitalists, who will nee , our American tariff for all it is worth. Tho Sun correctly puts it when it savs: "The English capitalist will benefit, of I course, by bis investment in American inOneirics in any case. Il'our tariff is kept j high he will make money litre, and his mills and factories in England will continue, on 'be free trade basis, to bold the open roarketeoftlio world. On the other hand, if we should reduce our 'ariffaad capture the j world's markets he will be hero ninong us i "O suarc ill our pruoprriiy. 11 is uir IMC ronsses of our people, the buyer*, while pro luccra arc looking out for themselves exclusively, to consider what policy will leave roost cash iu their own pockets." But before this condition of things, vvc wonder what protectionists will have to say fnow about British gold. When foreign-bought monopolies furnish the fat for the blocks of five who elect our Presidents, what becomes of the free born American then? Isn't it ahcut time for the j plain American Freeman to ask himself to | nliat all this is lending us?.? f'nt. lift'thr. Three dollars in silvet will buy more I try (i? o Is at Flynn - than five dollars in gold will buy from any other house in the .State. I / i SUNDAY SCIIOO INTEItNATIONAIi UIWSON JUIiY UH. % r. UcNJMtn Text: "Israel Asking i< ft Klnjti" 1 Sum. viil, <t-'JU-(Jol( "throne- Text: I Sam. viil , lO.?Coii mcii'ury ou tlio. f*l ; ' *-^ F08T OFFICE DIRECTORY. The V. O. will be opened fer business from 8 A. HI. < 0.30 P. M. The Money Order Department will be opened for business from OA. M. te 4 P. M. The Northern and Southern mails will betli close promptly at IP. M. Any inattention or irregularities should be reported promptly to the P. HI. J. 0. HUNTER, P. II. Mr. It. IJ. Going, of Helton, was in | town Wednesday. on lii?* way to Ceorgin and oilier South Wctern State*. on a prospecting I tour. |Kt< " Messrs Hum-it l?. .\ 11 It at t and Thus. Murphy have pone to the Columbia ami Charleston markets with two car loads of fine bit cattle. There is where all our pootl lteef goes. BeHT John 1). Smith ntt'l M. B. I.co of tliiB County, have been appointed Watchmen at the U. S. Court and l'ostofiicc building, now in progress at Greenville, We arc told it is a good |>aying position. The Itoard of Trade have concluded to organize the Cotton Factory Company at once, by electing its officers, so that its progress tuny be conducted under an organized lieud and its ultimate suvcess insured ami hastened. Mr. 1$. F. Arthur's new dwelling on the corner opposite tht baptist church, is getting into shape, and fram what we can sec af the plan it will be a very pretty placa. Mr. Couter is the builder, and wc guarantee tbe wark will be pushed forward rapidly, and when done, will be well done. ? ? - Tbe biggest drives of the season in Straw lints nt i>. C. Fly mi s. U'.. I..,.I .. ........ ..i i_?. week from our esteemed friend, \V. S. Greg- 1 wry, Ksij., of Cross Keys. 'I'llore arc but few iticu in this worlil of purer character or more highly reported by his neighbors than our venerable frieiul, ami we always enjoy a chat with him. im. Our kindest thanks arc hereby ten- I tiered 10 llev. W. M. Foster for a variety of very j tine vegetables. Mrs. James (Scant for a basket of splendid Chinese Cling I'enchcs. i llev. John Wallace for a basket of very tine b oine-raisfd white head cabbage. JO>'" Mr l.obert A Kison, who was for many years in thestore of Mr. II. M. Griraball, bas taken the important position of business manager of the 1'elhnm Mills Store at l'elliam, in Greenville county. Ilcbert is a tine business man and we think will fill bis new position to the satis, faction of bis emp lovers and with honor to himself. HaJf" Wc enjoyed a very pleasant visit last Tuesday from our esteemed friend. J. M. Cartisle. Ksrp, one of the ablest and most prominent members of the Newberry bar, and was truly glad to learn from liim that the old town ?f Newberry is going forward in a line of solid ami aound progress nud prosperity, and those of her citizens who nro ! ' -true to hertnicrf^ts are matching forward 1 with her and partaking of her p roapcrity. Bfl.V. C-d. MeKi'siek lias gone t,, West s ( Spring t<> tr-r the value of iis waters in a ease of chronic dysentery, front which lie has hcen Mitfering for sotne time. If the Col. 1 will give the t\'c?t Spring water a fair trial. ( we are confident lie will recover, for it always does nturh good in that disease, and seldom fail- to cure the most oh-tinutc cai-e when iricl long enough. Flytin i- determined to close tint hi-' Mitntiier gnoil-. even if lie has to-ell I Item at half price. We are sorry to -tale that Mr. .Ins. j II. Ih?lger lo-t nhoiit Itt.tKXt out of t>0.(100 green hrick. hy the heavy ruins last Friday and Saturday. Nothing daunted, however. Mr. Kmlger went to work immediately to repair damage.-, and if the rain will only hold up a few days, all signs ?.f the disaster will he obliterated. It takes more titan the (all of a few thousand bricks to crush a man of so much nerve and per-everajteo as friend Kodger. I Smoke "lOl' NOTCH' Cigar*, for sale at l'osey's ltrug Store. j ? - . ... Our I.ocnl has slipped out of the | editorial harness for two weeks. I.a-t week he was at (artersvtile. Florence t'o., attendififT (ha knatiana <?f lint C.ron.l lllt-iwion ?> ilm ---r> "" .... v ^ 8. of T., and from all accounts, ^lie immortalized bimself t >y delrveritig a splendid speech before thst bi<l,V. This week, be is somewhere in l.tiwons County, i acting as a sort of silent Kvangelist. ami I enjoying the hospitalities of the good people of Ilia native county. ? -?#* - tH&' The l"i? -1 <1 il-l wax thrown last Monday. toward hitihling llie Cotton Seed | Oil Mill, ami if dug days" will dry up while, the .Mill ?ite on the Kaslern wi?l?? of the depot lot will he the hmdest place in ' town. We expert when the Mountain tour- i i?ls return they will think. io they look from the ears, that I'nioit has changed considerably since they passed it a few weeks ago. nnd heroine a booming. live, progressive . ... ... A low weeks age we rea l in the ( Srifulijic .Ihi'i'icidi a description of a freak of naturoin (lie way of a perfectly formed | egg within an egg of regular siye and yelk, which wns considered a more 1h\n ordinary | cariosity: hut our friend Kuclijbeit, the Hi- j ker ami Confectioner, lias put ihe New York ( egg in the shade completely : Ja breaking ] the shell of an egg of riot morcj'ian ordina- , ry size ho found two distinct yelks, alss a ] small but perfectly formed egg jnsi le; the small egg only differing with the large one in s'7.e a a J Ihe shell beitig soft. So you tee I'niiin is one egg therel of Ncio Y.?rk, yet. The small egg. can bp sfen at tli< Tun oflice. I X L. wd. >ccinl attention to the Special FOIt County Commissioners to work ^ The Hoard appears determined 4 c npou the work heretofore done i?r a >ads, by exacting all the days of ? ?? &t the law demands and rcquiringthe ?' ?ne to be good and permanent, as far as The rains have played havoc with the roads in many places throughout the County, and it will require all the time prc: scribed by the law, and the very l>est of road work to put them in passable condition. The road law is practically inefficient, and under it our roads arc getting worse and worse every year, ami there seems to be no disposition on the part of the people to assist in making them belter, even for their own convenience and comfort. The whole system of i ad working in this State should be t-linnged. and some plan instituted by which ........ ..i...it ....it...i " rvT' * tribute his iir liei' slum-, either in 1hIn>i-, or its <-i|iiivuU-iit in money, in- tin ??</ ivifc/n#tax mi property, to a general funil for the working of the roads. We don't see the justice of releasing a man over 60 years of age from road duty, who proliuhly uses the roads more than any one else in the county, while his poor neighbor or laborer, who does not own a horse, mule, vehicle, or mi acre of land, is made to work on the roads twelve days iu the year. It is an injustice that carries with it a curse to the State, in the heathenish condition of the roads, and the sooner a road Congress convenes and demands a radical change, the better will it he for the general prosperity of the State and our reputation as a civilized people. r J?i lot* ' -? $ Persona^ - ? g Mr. (!. p. Ituclilicit nii-t son. of Itccatur, Ala., arc visiting the family of Mr. ,1. <J. Ihichhcil. Mr. It. \V. Mii 11itinx lias returned frotu (iaffney City. We think, from the way things are looking here now, he is anxious to get a position with the Clerks in one of Atlanta's big Dry floods' Store. Messrs. .lames K. Hunter, Hubert W. liillinm, William S. McLurc, .1. H. McXcace, and Misses Fannie Mel.urc and Neely .latnes have gone to the mountains to spend a fewweeks. Miss Mnttie Sue Hunt, of Augusta, (la., is visiting her relatives at this place. Mrs. W. II. Davis and her son Hubert, formerly of this place, but now of ISnincsville, Fin., are visiting relatives here. Mr? W A. Gifcbc3 him! ihiiurcn, of Augusta, tin., ore mi n vssit to Cn|it. nn<l Mrs. W. M. Uihhes. Cailtl llnzol L. Scaifc, of the S. M. A., in at home spending his vacation. Mr. Frank I.. Towascnd lias returneil from Saluda and Ashcvillo mucli improved in health. Mr. Thomas 11. Murruh and wife left for Anderson last Wednesday for a three weeks' visit to his parents. Mr. II. C. Miller, of l'ish Dam, paid us a visit on Wednesday and gave <|uite a discouraging account of the injury dene to crops aleng the creeks and small streams ia that part ef the county by tho heovy rains. In response to a telegraphic despatch, Mr. F. I.. Townsend left by the evening train Tuesday f.?r Yerkvilie, where his wife is lying quite stick. A Foster McKissiok is on leave ef absence from his duties at t'dumhia. visiting his home and friends here, and, Dko the true son that ha if. devoting?much ef his?tiimr io uic cart ana comiort ot 1119 sick miner. 1 here are few abler or more promising foung mm in ibis Slate than Foster McKislick. W3u At a meeting of the Board of Trade ast Tuesday. Messrs \V. T. Graham, 1'. M. 'olien an 1 U. W. Tiusley were appointed a committee to examine the roads leading in0 the town and see if their locations cannot ibanged or the present roads improved. l>r. II. S. Ilenty has set a liberal and pariolic example in that direction by <yiW/iy 1 road way for a road between this town and diirphy's Mill, so thai the steep hill near the nil), which has been a '.error to all persons Iriviag teams to town, and caused many to arry their cotton and other produce o other markets, will be escaped and better and shorter road from the Vestern part of the County located. The Hoard of Trade could hardly take in laud a matter of more importance to th? own, and we hope they will push the work vith Muhbon persistence, until all theroids ippronehing the town shall he so improvod, hat they will be inviting paasways for ill Backing a market to sell their produce tnd purchase their supplies. A few years ago we urged this very matter upon the merchants of i he totvn, and t lien itated that JilO.lX'O spent up >11 the run-la ending into town from a'l parts of the Couny would be a profitable business investni -nt: jut we could not induce thctu to take any ictiou in the matter. The new departure is the natural outcirac if the younger and mure energetic business dement in?w cunt rolling the luciiies* <>f the ioivn. and it is truly pleading to ii? to ?cp our f "" " " n.M'l .111-1 |-ill|ll ?||V advuratinp tin- very men-nre* I'm* iprosperity cf ilit? town tvliit-h ?c have been urging iipoti our people for year*. Voting men. you now have the i11-i<11- * ack. ami you uiu>t keep it. if you expett to he niyhoilv or make anything in this town. Cc&~ The familiar face #f our ol-l fri.:u?l. ,1. V. Sartor, now of Itehoboth, .Ma., gncel our sanctum last Saturday. l( is now a hint ten years since we saw him on Irs way to Alabama, where he has been living ever si nee. Jdr. Sartor, like alraavt cverybely that leaves Union, still leves the eld county ami would like to return. Ho says Union lias rs many ativantsges and oppertitniiies f?r?n industrious worthy man as any place lie lias teen, an 1 there is more whole-souled gene, rosily ami true manliness to the stpiaro inch iinong iter citizens (ban lie has found in a 11 liis I rave's. Wc are glad to hear that be is doing well in his adopted State, hut he iiuiUI le wtlomnl lack to his old home among his old friends. Thiiiv-three yart|s of niiislin fur one .|<dlar at Fly nit v (Correspondent* of tU</^niou Tim en) Mows from Horth P*eol?t. Ett\ Jak?, July TO.?WehdT# had an ahumlanco of raio during tbtj past week, and farm work ia practically at a stand still. The creeks and smaller si reams have overflowed their banks and dofla considerable damage to the crops, and uplands arc badly washed in places, Broad River has k<*;>t within its banks and a finer prospect for a crop wc have never seen than is now in its valley. The crops that have not beeu effected by the overflow or washing ruins are good?1m>(Ii corn and ootton. We don't think wc are overestimating the prospect when we say that should no other disaster come upon it an abundant supply of corn for two year I 1 *' a ojtde an this immediate vicinity. *" Last Sabbath the Salem Sunday School elected Thomas J. Kstes and John F. Estcs as delegates, with James Howe and Samuiie Lee as alternates, to represent it in the County Sunday School Convention which meets at New Hope church on the 2Hth and I 21st of August. Our llaptisi brethren of Abingdon Creek Church are making the necessary arrange tivnts to accommodate the Jlroad Itiver Association which meets at that church on the 22d of August. They will leave nothing undone that will give the visiting brethren n cordial welcome. Last Sabbath brother 1'. S. Webber, one of the delegates from Abingdon Creek made a verbal report of llroad River Baptist Sunday School Convention, which met at Cowitciim Inst Thursday and Friday. From his report we are justified in Htutin^r that their Sunday Schools arc in line working order. Hev. A. A. Gilbert, of the >1. K. Church, nssisted by Kev. Mr. Morgan and his accomplished daughter as organist, will begin a series of meetings at Wilson's Chapel on next Friday evening, August 2d. The services will be protracted for several ?Jr j ' For thUTfio f\jtho the Master's vineyard we bespeak n lW ?<ouse of devout worshipers at the beginning <>f the services, and trust that its last day will be its best day. Mrs. T. Jeff Hughes, whose nfflictiou has been repeatedly mentioned in these columns, still holds on to life with a hope and resignation which symbolizes the life of a truly christian lady. lion. A. A. Sarrntt has the finest pea field we know of. The peas were sown broadcast just after the oats were cut. The stubble was turned with themnnd the ground nicely harrowed afterwards. The pea vines and crab grass are now nearly half leg high, (all over the fitld) and the prospects a e that he will get 1(H) wagon loads of choice forage for his stock. On the same ground last year he gathered an immense amount of feed of the same kind, hut this year the seasons have been better and so the crop promises a better yield. The peach trees a**e litcra"v load sl with fruit, but it is no! first-class, b/ any men >s. Mr. and Mrs. W. Whisonaut arc the happiest people we hive met lately?its a irirl. Miss Sttllie Pool? and Miss Nannie Kmdrick nrc st;,l visiting the?r friends here, li wouldn't surprise us to hear of tlu:- Idr.ning a life partnership?hut not with each oilier. A tidal wave of jaw struck this section lately. Home have b its'niess in Spartanburg Court, others in the U. S. Court at <J ecuville. and the rest in thcT'-a' .1 notice Con. is. Miss Mir lie Wn'kcr. du.rroh r of C.ipt. S. S. Walker, of Stir ty Sole, is now at home with her parents. She has beet e.";a;.ed in teaching in the Female College in Co'ttmhia for the past two yea; Mr. Wil'ie 11. Walker, wlm has hee-i ? iguged by (Jinn & Co.. of New York. i- now at liis home at Sunny Sioe. Me wi'l he etiftct* locate in Atlanta, tin. \*n\. . I Correspondence of the I'oioii 'lime-l From Helton-Ra a-Na.row Escape, Ac Helton, July 2'J.?We were visitcu l>y a most terrific sIom) of rain Saturday afternoon. Dont thinMAiere was any very serious damage done p*. bui a few more such floods antrHii fie bo'.iora lands on creeks will be destroyed. News rciohed here yesterday that Dr. Felix Littlejohn, while attemj ting to cress L'acoleCTiTCTf^with Ids sister. Mt&rr MoIITa, ins bateau, accidentally fell out and came rery near being drowned, lie tried to swim to tho boat in which li is sister was I -till sit t in a. tboucrh badlv friehtcncd. but I the current was too strong and swept the ! i boat out of his reach. I Mr. 'C. McGowan was 01 the bank :iu<l j jumped in hut could not rescue the young ; lady. The doctor and Mr. McGowan both managed to again reach (he bank, tan down I the river and found the bateau lodged 1 against a tree or raft near the maiu current as the water was all over the bottoms. They went in and managed to rescue Miss L'ttlcjolin from her perilous position. It was quite a narrow escape for all three of them. There was quite a pleasant croquet party here Friday afternoon givea in honor of Miss Docia Spea*s, of Columbus N. C , who is visiting relatives at Kelton. Mr. S. J.. 11. IIoweTfJof ihe firm of Spears & Howell, hus had his residence painted quite handsomely, which adds very tnuch to the beauty of our little town. Miss Helen Greer, of Union, has been I visiting the family of 11. 1*. McKissiuk for j several days. Miss liuenft Fowler, of Jonesviilc spent j a couple of days here last week with ielatives and friends. One of our Merchants, Geo. W. Going, is I quite jubilant over the arrival of a handj sotnc iittlc stranger at his nome. Not withstanding the clouds threatened j to pour down vain Inst Sabbath, there was I a good attendance at Mt Joy church, and j Kev. ,1. 11. f juch preached a very eloquent I sermon, from the text, "That it shad be | inorc tolerable for the land ol'Sodom in tlic | dav < f iudirwcfi*. than for tliec." Math, 11 ! ]?1'?. CA/a. . . ? ? i Ciik \c;o Usdkr W\ Tr.ti.?Chicago, July 27.?One of the heaviest rainfalls ever known in this section of the country did thousands of dollars' datWl???) this city tonight. The storm cloud catne from the southwest and, mett:tig counter currents of air, hovered over the city for two hours ; and a half, finally passing to the northeast. ; llaiu began about O.dO and continued in blinding-beet* unlit o'clock. The vioI IcilCe of'ho wind tit. times aliiiost readied j the fury of a toriialt. In two hours and ' fifteen minutes tliere was the phenomenal 1 rainfall of I t'2 inches IS iscmciiis ami eel lars were II iedcd all over the <:i y, some to a depth id' three or four feet l?t till John IS. Colimi ki.i..?Clu ster. July SM.?It 'no IS. C irnwell tl:ed at hihome in this County yesterday morning | after a few days illness. lie was a mem her of the legislature from this County 1 in lftM'. V. lien the war opened he went ; out in Colonel Walker's company, of which lie was orderly serpent until dismissed from i service by reason of impaired bcalili. IIis [ den'h is regretted by nil, I ill especially the ' poor el*bin commit ni'y. in whum lliey al| ways found n true friend, lie wis a well to-do farmer mid was about \ e-rs of age. ? A Cor.t's wiiii a Mvstkiiv.?Ijfttira?ter, July ?This morning ilio dead t ody of i .1 oliit llickiin, a fourteen year o'd colored ; boy, was found in I lie cotton field on I ho farm of Mr. I>. II. linwlcs. fivo miles from | Ill is place. Iliclilin was wli e?i through i lie liend, !iis body being di oiv.Tt 1 by a neigh lor who was pissing thiotigh ilic field. | 1 he matter was promptly reportet and an i ; inquest was bold, but no clue to the murdcrI cr could be obtained. v 4' \ I Correspondence of the Union Times] 8*ntuo Gatherings. SAsftc, July 29.?There ia net much news that I can send from here now, for everybody ere so absorbed in grate they cannot create any. The great enquiry it about the crope and grass. So much is this ao that I expect when spenkiog to a young lady, I ahull ask her "Bow's craj s," and then Wouldn't she set me down as a crank of a larrocr. . We are now having too much rain for cotton, and oorn, too, on low land. The farmers are anxious t) "lay by" and take some rest, but do not like to "lay by" in gttss. Despite the grass the crops are looking fine, especially the old corn, which is very promising. We have fruit in abundance, but watermelons, I believe, are q failure with us in Sanluc. According to Madam Kumor, there are several candidates here for the matrimonial noose. This, she says, is among the maiureu folk. Hut, Mr. Editor, if you could only see some of the boys in their teens strutting a'oug the streets with a Duke cigarette, or one cent cigar, in their mouths or botween their fingers, watching the smoke ascend curling into the air. and talking about grown .voting ladies, you would think they were trying to Flame aloft love's cliceriug light," nm. Ilint llii>v ware nrptmrinir In enter (he ruiiu Jane empyrean of connubial felicity. Rev. C. 11. Willeford preached an ablo sermon yesterd..y, at Salem, from James, 3 : 0. Ho will commence a series of meetings here on the 2d Sunday in August, and has secured as his help, his father, Kev. A. S. Willeford, of Kershaw, and llev. B. O. .Covington, of Florence. Kev. J. W. Qucrry, of Spartanburg, will begin a series of meetings at Cano Creek Presbyterian Church here on the 3d Sunday in August. Rev. Wm. Johus, of Cherokee, Spartanburg County, is here on a visit to relatives and friends. ' Miss Jennie Zealy. an accomplished young lady of Dawkius, Fairfield County, is visiting her sister, Mrs. C. P. Sims. Misses Fair Bolt and Kloise Stokes, two attractive young ladies of Union, aro in Santuc, visiting friends. Mrs. Moss, wife of our efficient Section Master, Mr. 11. K. Moss, is at (jrovcr, N. C., visiting her parents. Mr. 11. 11. Jeter, of the Citadel Hospital, at Charleston, is at home visiting his relatives. E. W. J. ?a ? ? (Correspondence oftheUnion Times) Dots from Wilkinsville. Copious raius have very recently fallen at this place, effecting quite a change in the growing crops. How prone we are to grum. ble : Last week, about Tuesday or Wednesday. the clouds at times were hidden below the horizon, nniJ tiic wind was from the wrong direction for vain. The farmer began to walk his porch, wishing for a good r.iia, fearing that if it did not coine the cotton would be ruined ; but since tiie rain has descended in such torrents and the creeks arc oversowing the farmer is on his head again. Never mind, it will all work out right yet. God has his omnipotent hand on the helm. Crops hetc are better than they were this time last yea*. . The seasons have been more favorable, and a closer application of brain and muscle has hceu made. Mules nnd horses are in comparatively better condition than last year. This is an cvidencej of the progress the North Paco. let farmer is making. l'eople are about done work, and are recreating themselves by getting together at one another's homes, cracking jokes, enjoying fruit nud having a big time generally. Scholar. A Commi'xtrv TkriioRI/.rd.?News reaches this city that the white people of Sandy Kun, Lexington County, are in a more or less terrorized condition by reason of the dire threats of a burly negro of desperate character, Lewis Scipio, toburu their buildings and do other damage. This negro has been employed at times by Mr. J. A. Wolf and Mr. Jonathan Knigler. and had some difficulty with the latter, by reason of which lie threatened vengeance in the m?nner-*tareduibovc. The white people of the neighborhood started out to capture Scipie aud he took to the woods, nnd there has been a succession of daily and nightly searches for liiin in vain. He is armed, and known to be capable of doing wlut he threatens. Every farmer in the township is on the watch for him, and one set sleep iu the day time so as to carry on the hunt at night. Vesterday it was reported that a party of tho searchers came upon Scipio, and fired several shots at him, but he escaped, and is s:iid b}* the colored people to have loft for Georgetown County. ? Cot. Re;ii*trr. A Cowiiini.sa CoxTAutOM.?Augusta, July 24.?Augusta was again treated to a senantion to-night, and another pretty young widow and a eowhide figured prominently. About 7 o'clock to-night Mrs. Phiny Jackson, a young widow lady, who lives on the corner of Jackson nnd King Street, went alone to the Georgia Railroad, where Mr. George Perry works, and, after calling him out and having a few minutes' conversation with hitn, commenced using a cowhide pretty freely on the gentleman, who had oeen in mo uhimi 01 visiung ner. After the difficulty your correspondent called on Mrs. Jackson and asked her what was tho cause of the trouble. She very coolly answered that Mr. Perry had been talking scandalously about her to a gentleman to whom Hie was engaged to be married aid also to other prrties. and she called on him this eveuing, and after demanding satisfaction and failing to get it, she brought the cowhide into use. While Mr. Perry was not disfigured, still lie did not like the embarrassing position lie was placed in. Me managed to take the cowhide Ir on Mrs. Jack'on after she had struck him several blows, but be did not use tho whip in return. Tiik Can a hi as tpf.stio.n'.?Washington July 'J'i.?Senator Wadu Hampton, who tia-i just returned from a visit to Canada, said to- lay : ' The annexation question is otic that is heing very seriously considered by the Canadian authorities, and it is conceded by them tli.it there must he some kind of settlement ot the question in the near future, i either by commercial union or by reciprnc ly treaty, which will hind the two . countries into a closer ami more liberal kindness as-ooiation. To liut oil" such an agreement will nnlv increase :he friction engendered by the , fisheries troubles ami the transportation (jue3tio:i. The t.'atholic element, however, mainly composed of 1'ionch ami half-bree Is, viil fii >ngly oppose any annexation scheme whatever Senator Hampton reports the Canadians well posted on the li-hery question and I ivorab!? to Mr. Itayard s trouty, ami says if any serious complications grow out of that 'iuostion tiie New England Republican Senators will bo to blame. A ('\r.r.n'i. Cam.ino.?As a rule the drugg'uis of tho country are the most careful people. They do everything with exactness and never fail to make a lull examination before expressing an opinion. A prominent druggist writes : kmiekton, (1a. (ieutlenien?Please ship by freight another case of your incomparable Calienya Tonic. It is the only preparation of the kind I have seen that fully bears out the promise* male by the seller Wc guarantee it Very truly yours. II. C. T.omim g lmiggiit and l'hysici in. h # [Correspondence of the Union Times] Riverside Boo ming. lliviasiDi, Jul/ 30.?The 25tb ?lo/ of Jul/ will long be remembered b/ the people of Riverside and 8imstown as a da/ of feasting, joy and gladness. The ocoaaien was a picnic gotten up fey Miss Annie Jeter and Mr. S. J. Davie, iu _ beautiful grove of oake near the reside of Mr. Tboe. Davis. It was not our good fortune to be present, but we have it fro** good authority, and those competent to jlidgs, that it was a perfect success in ever/ pttr-_ ticular. The large number that - gathered from all directions were treated to a bountiful supply of the best and nicest of all that could be asked for. The crowd had only one regret on leaving, that of being disappointed in not hearing the speech promised, and eagerly looked for, from my friend T. B. Butler, Esq., the orator of the oooasion. I hope friend B. will be more conaide rate in the Tuture. A heavy rain visited this commuuity on Saturday last. The creeks were thought to be higher than ever known before, and did greet damage to crops. My friend, J. G. Hughe* says that Big Brown's Creek was not eatistied in washing oil' his bottom j corn but swepi of! a g)od portion of his f upland corn also. Broad River was ud and did considerable I karoage to low bottoms. Ruin fell heavily at this place to-day. This msrning the weather is damp and gloomy. We hope to see a cessation of this eery, very wet spell of weather sosu Joit. The Longest Bean. Etta Janb, July k'8.?Mr. Stokes: I send you a sample of Mrs. Tor's garden peas. Some people call thetn beans. If they arc taken in the tender state they are just like snap beans, when cooked. To some people they are a curiosity. Perhaps you have seen them before ; but this one may interest some people who call at your and for that purpose I send it to yeu. A person can gather a mess of these beans without a basket or bucket. Yeurs, rsspestfully, Sic., James L. Strain. The pod scut was two feet ! inches long, and will no doubt be a curiosity to son e ; but we have seen apod very similar, though not quits so long as that grown by Mrs. Vox. which is now hanging iu the Timkh Office. The great question now ia, is it a pea or bean Nothing short ef a Committee of Alliance farmers can decide satisfactorily. Trusts on Trusts.?The sugar trust has sent the price of sugar up three and a half cents a pound, and will probably send it higher. The sugar trust and the warehouse trust have combined. The New York tlrrald of the 19th says: "For more than two mouths past the trust has been rushing the storage of sugar with the Warehouse Trust, and to-day there is esarcelv a drv. clean, available warehouse on the Brooklyn water front that has not some refined sugar stored in it. "Fi-oui all that can now be learned at least three hundred thousand barrels of sugar arc now locked up in Brooklyn warehouses, the val?? of which at present prices is some'hing enormous, and it ie likely to be still more unless the trust scheme is foiled by tho wholesale and retail grecers and the public." The latest is a salt trust with headquarters in New York and a capital of $11 000,000. The Associated Press dispatches give the following account of it: "New York, July 20.?The 'North Ametican Salt Company,' the incorporation of which has boon made publio in Albany, occupies two columns in this evening's papers with an advertisement. The oapital stock is eleven million dollars and it proposes to issue four million dollars worth bonds. "The advertisement states that the object of the company is to 'unify and systematize the snlt interests of the country;' "The prospectus states that arrangements, have been made for the purchase or control f nearly all oxisting salt producing pioperlies on the North America continent, and that these number 150 different works and companies. It is stated that a liberal dividend can be declared. In its prospectus the company insists that it is not a trust, and, a? proof of this, states that anybody may buy stook who will pay for it.' Mr. J. R. Qrinstead, Sonera Ky., says : My children have sometimes had boils and other signs of blood impurities, with loss of appetite, ?tc., at which times I have fetmd fivvifl'tt n mn?at an^AMfnl mmo/lw in ? ? ?"v"j " no instance failing to effect a speedy nod permanent cure. "Swift's Specific is agacat blessing to humanity," says Mr. P. E. Gordon, of 726 Broad street, Nashville Tenn., "for it cured me of rheumatism of a very bad type, with which I had been troubled for three or four years. S. S. S. cured me after I had exhausted everything else Mr. Russell Myrick.ofthe firm of Myrick k Henderson, Fort Smith, Ark., says he wishes to add his testimony to tho thousands which have already been given as to Swift's Specific. He says he derived the mort signal benefit from its use to cure painful boils and sores resulting from impure blood, j When taken a few days, potash mixtures impair the digestion, take away the appetite, and dry up the the gastric juices whio'i I should assist in digesting and assimilat- I ing the food. Swift's Specific has just the opposite effect: it improves digestion, brings apprtite. and builds up the general health. coni'Rnxtv; Garters.?It is considered bad luck to lose a garter, it being the f> r iboding of a greater loss?that of a sweetheart or friend. No part of a woman's dress is said to have such power in changing luck ns her garters. They should never be left knotted together or threwn carelessly about, cither representing eocuiies who will annoy her. If a young lady sleeps in a strange bed she should tio her garters about the headboard somewhere, at the same tune reciting these lines : This knot 1 knit, this kuot I lie, To see my love as he goes by. Then she will dream of her ssreetheirt. io matte it sure sue must tie the garter around the bed post uine times.? Isimrt Hour*. M km I'll is Suakinii.?Memphis, Tend. July 25.? Last eveuing it sliglit shock of earthquake was felt in this city. Crookery and glassware rattled nndinsome instances were thrown from the shelves, but no other evidence was given beside a rooking motion. Houses were abandoned, and the streets were filled with frightened people. A third but lighter shock was felt later. Near Birmingham Ala.. Thursday night, Deputy Shei'tr Morgan and J. it. Ilowton were killed, while attempting to arrest Tom Simpson, a desperado of Mud Creek. Simpson was killed, but two of his friends who killed Morgan and Ilowton are fortifiei in j a gin house and defy arrest. They aie surrounded by a heavily armed posse. A Lawykr in tiib Gussr or tiir I,aiv. ?New York, July 20.?Lawyer John It. Dtitiu was sent to Sing Sing prison to-day to serve out a sentenco of nine years and six months. Dunn was found guilty ef having induced C ishier Scott, of the .M mhnttaii Bnrik, to steal $185,0tH>. As soon as Dunn received the greater part of the steal he advised Scott to flee the country. Subsequently the cashier came back and appeared a-: a witness against Ihinn. THE ALUAlft'E DEPARTMENT. N. 0. LITTLEJOHN, . EDIT... W. H*.Filler.} * ami.TAWED.TO... DOW FBOM OOWDBYSVILLE. The worthy Secretary of the Uowdeya-'' 111. Allied; writes that they nu^1"'^1111, (hen one hundr&d true meojEtiiiou. No numS , . \ I,. HAMLET, in all things essenK*^ ^ ,uot~^ V . . \ DBALtM. ether, ere see^ngV^^,, BaN!mtfr# ^ Alliance. ^ ? They have saved on a\. ~ dollars to the eue-horse I As V pared with last year, and by *i ?A L November next it will reach forty dollars. " ""'"N... He write*, "We are doing a great work, ceasing to "grieve over spilt milk.*' We have put our licaJs together, anl taken for our motto, "De sure we are right, then go forward." We are paying for what we get and believe a glorious harvest awaits us. J. M. O., Sec'y. U'.ll rt 1 it vu vrniv, UV?UCJ."??1IIC, y\JU Will BttVO for your wives and little ones $4,000, eicu if you a'l are one-horso farmers, but I guess you will average more than twico that number. 1 advise you to guard well your door of admission, and if you have any that Are not true members, cut them leoso and let them drop, for it takes as much vitality to support a dead limb as a green frait-bearing branch. With J. L. Walker, President ; James T. Moerhead, Vice-President: J. M. Greer, Secretary : Capt. Thos. Comer, Treasurer: James Osmcnt, Chaplain; Dr. J. D. Orr, Lecturer ; J. O. Tate, Assistant Lecturer : J. D. McCultough and II. B. Spears, Doorkeepers : K. G. IlcCulleugh, Sergeant-atArms, we believe you will stem the tide. Eoitou. WILKINSVILLE ALLIANCE. Mh. Eiutob,?At a meeting of our Alliance, No. 217, held July 20, 1880, the following resolutions were adopted and ordered to be published in the Union Timks : Rrsoh'nl. 1. That no member of the Wilkinsvillc Alliance be allowed to lenve his cotton exposed to rain or wet ground; causing the staple to damage. l{c*o/reii, 2. That this Alliance shall have power to impose a fine of $1 per bale for each bale so damaged, and that a committee of one look after all cotton in bales and report the same. Rttolved, 8. That the Wilkinsville Alliance do not patronize any merohant or ginner who buys, sells, or handles jute bagging, old or new, 1st, 2d, 31 or 4lh handed, llespcctfully, W. A. Wiustnart, Agent. We rejoice to know our good brethren of Wilkinsville Inve taken this bold stand, to sell only dry, sound cotton. I know that men hwo turned all sides of their bales to the raiu and net ground, and then, when they thought their balsa could csntaiu no more moisture, they would go to market immediately after a big rain, because "the ground waa so wet they can't do anything eleo." 1 know also of several rocks, woighing 20 or more pounds, that have accidentally dropped into the middle of bales, and have been found in the crop of 1888; also several that had buckets of water s/'itfr-l in them. But 1 must not think evil of any farmer, even if ho dees not bolong to the Alii lance, because those rocks might hare been meteoric stones, aud no man can tell where hey will lodge. And as to the water plated bales, we sometimes have cloud-bursts and water spouts. At any rate, an lionc*t farmer paid $8 tho, other day for the carelessness of his giuncr with whom he ?eeme*l very much enraged. A prominent mill man told me last week that if cotton bagging was exclusively used the price would be better, and it was nothing but just to demand the taro in favor of cotton bagging. I believe you farmers about Wilkinsrille arc Alliance men who mean hitxinrxx. Yes, Whatever you do Do with your might, Things doue by halves Are wrir done right. Kixto*. BEAUTIFUL, INDEED. We, and oilier members of tlio Norih l'acolet Alliances, are receiving circulars fr >111 prominent merchants, enumerating the many beautiful kinds of goods (hey are receiving. We wish all honest merchants the prosperity and success that energy will surely bring : but we feel ourselves more than in honor bound to trade with Messrs. Carroll !i Carpontcr until the first of November, then we will be at liberty to sec whero the best bargains ran again bo obtained. JACXLEQS. There are poor excuses for fair and good men in every profession ; but 1 wish to say a word to the few little, narrew-tniudod. covetous merchants that era occasionally to bo found. 1 think the vials of wrath you are pouring upon our organization arc injuring yourselves more tlian us. Wo are reliably informed by truthful members, that you are cursing (he Alliauco, And that we can take the summer sun and winter a old, stand in rain and storm, go without dinner, in frout of your iloor, if you tiro the chance to invito us. Was it only for the fleece Hint you used to he so kind and considerate? Were we tiio fabled crow with the cheese, when wo, wife and children, were so caressed ? Oh! the hypocrisy of some in this money-loving world. Well, we are glad to fiud you out, even nt this Into hour. I Surely, Mr. Narrow mind, you can't chnrge | roe individually, with being an enemy to | the merchant, for I have as many beloved brothers, brothers-in-law, and cousins who are merchants, as any man. No, your enmity is nt the chord that binds us in a bundle and prevents your fleecing us individually. Prudence dictates that you keep your mouth shut; but if you will s|?ak, write what y;.u have to sny and sign your name, and we will publish your letter, free of charge, iu the Alliance column.