Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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mjr ^Z|^in South Cairo^flHr ' ^^^pHale for the product ^ * ?cc*s!?iou to plant it for ^^jpr- .^m^lware bow sereral progressive ^^^tfno hare good oropo of ramie from ^^RTthey aro obtaining seed in the hope tho plant Will ooon be used. The following oorroopondenoo will ohow that thoro la a company formed which may use Caro) in a s crop of ramie: Ramir Compart or Amsrica. ) Pmi.adri.phia, September 17 1889. f t w off: ii it possible a t?'' ramie fibre carding and apinniag oempany may be organised in Philadelphia thie winter, and I write to inquire the probable number of de-gummed and unbleached fibre wbieh can bo furnished by you of this year's crop and probable quanity of crop of 1890. Of course you recognize the fact that ne matter how many tons of fibre are produced, de-gummed and unbleached, there cannot be an outlet for it till arrangements are perfeoted for carding and spinning it. wnicn necessitates expensive experiments in the alteration of cotton and wollen machi , nery and oousequently much delay. Again, even after tissues are woven a taste for the fabrio and a market must be developed before the manufacture can be u cxlensiveiy pursued. 1). Landreth. In reply to this communication Col. Ilutlcr briefly atales the prospects of ramie cultivation in this State: "Yours to hand; In the absence of any arrangements heretofore, for the manufac- ; lure of ramie fibre, the cultivation has been limited and I might say almost abandoned, but if your company can give some assurance of the organisation you refer to, I am confident that many of the farmers of this State will engage 1 in its cultivation in the year 1800. I 1 will make inquiry in regard to the amount < on hand froai the crop of 1880. I am very desirous our farmers should engage in the cultivation of ramie, and any information j you may be able to give me on that subject will be appreciated." 1 Col Butler would liko to hear from anyone in the State who has a crop of ramie for ale. I , Cyclone in Florida.?Jacksonville, Fla, September 21.?Rain fell hero before dawn and has continued without cessation nil day, the air at times being almost white with heels of rain, much resembling a snow squall. During the afternoon the storm wasnecompanied with sharp electrical shocks of an intensity nover before experienced in ibis part of the State. A few minutes before f> o'clock n small black cloud was seen rolling rapidly toward the city from the southwest, through which lightning played at intervals, giving it a decidedly greenish color. Its velocity increased as it approached the zenith, and the wind became almost n . hurricane. Suddenly the cloud burst and a perfect deluge of water descended upon the city, its volumn being greatest in tho terri# tory bounded by Newman. Foiv** Lxum .? ami st. John's River. The cloud was partially dispelled and disappeared toward the northeast. In less than ten minutes the streets in the locality indicated wert flooded with water, the sewers and 8urface drains being wholly inadequnto to l^e task of carrying it off. The pavement is circular cypress blocks, and tho water forcing its way beneath them made the surface of the streets undulate like the waves of the ocean. Teams and pedestrians broke through and the water spurted up in the air with great force. A surface stream ran , down Pine and Ocean to llognn streets like a mill race, washing the paving blocks up in piles, and in some instances carrying tbcm down nearly to the wharves. Ray street, from Pine to Market, is a mass of ? dislodged paving blocks and is impassable. uutlkl*.'. mci 'lvnu.a.-| ?? j-?' ? States signal station, reports tho rainfall _ the greatest vu 1 vcuni iicro tor n, "Itky duration. The only record approaching it is that of September 26,1885, when from the previous midnight to 11 o ciock i\ iu? twenty-three hours, the raiufall amounted to C inches on a level. m? Dkoicatiko a Church-? Dlacksburg, York Co., Sept. 21.?At the consecration of the Episcopal Church of tho Atonement, here last Sunday, five different churches in the state had representatives; Gatfney, Spartanburg, Union, Newberry and Yorkville. The beautiful ritual of the prayer book, was 1 carried out in full, and of course the 6ervice 1 was imposing and impressive. The clergy robed in tho vestry room, and proceeded to the front entrance of the church, where they were ine?. by Dr. W. 1 Anderson, Mnj- Jno. F. Jones, J. II. Goss, and W. A. Jackins. The procession then passed up the aisle to the church, preceded 1 by the Ilirhop, and repeating alternately 1 with him, l'suliu xxv. < The request for consecration was signed ( byllev. J. D. McCollough in chavge, W. Anderson, Geo. W. Mailing H. K. WaddeM, * John F. Jones, J. 11. Goss ami \V. A. Jack- < ins, and was read, an J presented to the | bishop by Dr. W. Anderson. The sentence ; of consecration was read by J. D. McCol- , logh, and an able and instructive sermon 1 preached by E. N. Joyner. Bishop Howe preached in the afternoon at f> o'clock, and Iter. Theodore 1). Kratton ? at 8 in the evening. Both sermons ex- | hibited vigorous thought, and were full of godly counsel. The music for tho occasion ' was of a very fine order, the organist being Mr. Edward Bacon of Spartanburg. The i singing was excellent, and both were much 1 enjoyed by the large and nttenlive congregations which filled the chuch at every ser- 1 vice. t The churoh building is a entail but neat 1 structure of gotbic architecture, tastefully painted outside, and beatifully finished inside in hard oils. Nearly all the material I is unlive pin*. The trusses posts etc, aro painted a deep warut, brown, the ends and mouldings of seats grained of walnut, all | the rest oiled. The carvings on altar, i chancel railing, and lectern, is very pretty, and artistic, aud in perfect keeping with tho rest of the church. It is the work of tho 1 devoted rector, llev. J. L). McCollough.? t Cor. C/iarlrtloit World. < Lf.t so Ut'ilty Man Em aph.?The Southern newspapers nre unanimous in denouncing the outrage recently committed by a gang of white men on a number of colored I people near Atlanta, and the Georgia papers are most earnest in condemning the lynchers and whippets, and in demanding that they shall be arrested without fail, and ' punished without mercy. There is no dissenting opinion on this BUOjeci, anu Ultra can ua noue. i no un- : offending colorcil people were barbarously ( treated. 'I heir assailants should he made to feel the lash of the law, heavily applied. ' The people of the South have as much < trouble as they cau contend with on account , of false reports of their disposition and conduct toward the colored people. The best answei to these reports is for the local ' authorities to purnish certainly, swiftly i and severely every white man that was con- | cerned in the shameful allair nt Bust I'oint. Georgia, last week, and that at Goldsboro, Louisiana, the week before; the fuels of ' which are as notorious as the crimes them- < selves are inexcusable.?AV/ra and Courier. , * A New Baptist Missionary.?Shelby, N. 0., September 21.?The King's Mountain Baptist Association pledged to support the ' Bev. G. I'. Bostick as a missionary in t'hina with the assistance of the Green .Mountain v Association. This Association gives seven hundred dollars for this cause, an increase " 11 five hundred and fifty dollars over last year, ? Hfte lOcclfg Union dimes R. M. STOKER, - Editor 8. S. STOKES, - Local EditorFriday* September 37, 1899. SUBSCRIPTION, ?1 60 PER ANNUM ~~ POST OPPIci S1JLSCTOST. ' , ine I'. O. will b? pencil for business from 8 A. M. to 6.30 P. M. The Money Order Department will be opened for business from 0 A. M. to A P. M. The Northern and Southern mails will both close promptly at IP. M. .Any inattention or irregularities should be reported promptly to the P. M. J. C. HUNTER, P. M. The Cotton Market* The sales in this Market the past week hare been less than in any surrounding Market; and but few bales hare come in the Alliance costume. Most of the coveriug has been pioe fibre and jute. Sales up to noon yesterday, GO bales ; prices 0 0s) 10.10. IBti iuc worn, on lue w. V/. at 11. x\. i\. passiog through Goshen Hill and Fish Dam Townships, will be completed by the lat December. Kfl?- IVe nrc ngain compelled to omit I sonic and curtail all of our correspondents' favors, for want of room and liecnuec they came to Lao<i uxr fate (Ms week. par f rom last Thursday to Wednesday I it was cohl enough for hres, and on Monday night we had an b hours storm of heavy wind and rain. It is now clear and warmer* e Bffiu Mr. J. D. Jones, will buy cotton, lliis season for Messrs (leo. McFadden it Bro. largo Exporters to Liverpool. He can be fovlnd at the store of S. M. ltice, Jr. E. U. Dudley is a good man and a fair buyer. A full and complote stock of Pure Drugs, Patent and Proprietary Medicines. Paints, Oils, Varnishes, Window Glasses, Putty &o., Ac., at. Posey's Drug Store. To-morrow week, Oct. 5tb, being the "day of atonement," and recognized by Jewish peoplo everywhere as a day to be kept sacred, and all secular business suspended, we are requested to givo notice that the store of II. M- C'obcu & Bro., will be closed on Hint day. ffc^u Deputy Marshall, J. D. Smith routed a gang of colored gamblers in the Hardy house last Saturday night. We hope the authorities will take the matter in baud, and invcstigite, not only tha gambling in that locality, but some of the other gambling dens in the town. We hear there aro some awful scenes at night in Union. ??9U T ho Union County Baptist Suuday School Convention will convene in the Baptist Church in this town, this (Friday) morning at 10 oclock, and will rema'n in session until Sunday noon. The public is cordially invited to attend BA. County Lecturer, Bov. M. II. Kelly, and County Secretary, A. C. Lyles, of the Union County Alliance, returned last Sunday from their important mission to New York, in the interest of the Alliance. Of course we know nothing about their mission or the result, but wc rather think their report to the next meeting of the Alliance will he both interesting and important. Something New?a Self-Lighting Lantern, a novel and convienent invention. Call and see it. For sale at. I'oecy's Drug Store. *asr la our notice of Muj. McKissick, I last week, we neglected to state that he is now the traveling agent and correspondent i>f the AVicaand Courier, and his graphic de ..i- .t,n i.~ i.?? - I * "* " J J.?o nsited. which have appeared in that journal >f Into, arc valuable to the State at large, aw jiving truthful information of the growth, Miterprisc ami varied new industries of the progressive towns of the State, (live the Major half a chance and he will draw a >right picture of the town. glQ&" AVe believe the Hnmic plant will iolve the bagging iptestion. after all. It can >e grown here, ami the length of the fibre is inly limited by the length of the stalk. A specimen sent to us from New Orleaus, some ,-ears ago, was three feet long, beautiful loss-like and very strong. A rolling ina:liine could be invented to separate tlic fibre iml prepare it in a rough state for bagging. I'wo and three crops a year can be cut and, f wc arc not mistaken, it is a perennial dant. lit. Ilcv. llishop W. II. W. Howo laid his annual parochial visited to this Farsh last Sunday. He conferred the loleoin ordinance of confirmation on four ;andidates in the morning, and delivered an ible and impressive sermon from the text, And Jesus said unto Simon, Foar not; from henceforth thou shall catch men.?St. Luke, v : 10. He also delivered an able sermon to a argc congregation in the afteruooo. NVo were truly pleased to see this vensrible and devout man of God enjoying excelent health and in such good spirits. * The County Commissioners have luid j \ lively lime lately. First, their peremptory call for 1*2 "lays of road duty brought ilown upon their heads, curses lou?l and Icep;" then the effort to change certain roads got them into scalding water, ami nothing but a timely compromise saved them front being badly burned. Then, ami the worst of all, was an empty treasury. Wo teard some awful threats uttered against litem for not keeping a full treasury. We itave come to the deliberate conclusion that jvery Hoard of County Commissioners hotihl be organized into a National Hank, trill; power to issue legal tender notes, reteemablc out of any surplus funds that may ic on hand after nil the debts of the county ? real ami imaginary-?are liquidated to the atinfiichoii < /' rii i/ one chummy In he ,i creditor f the comity. Then, ami not till then, will he office of County Commissioner be a "bed 1 f t hornless roses, pleasant ami j ry lit able. J In the Tatar*. We intend nuking considerable change in the conduction of the Tinas Tory eoon, and for that purpose have ordered tome new type and other materials, intending to enlarge the paper by the addition of one column to each page. We have also been promised valuable assistance in the editorial and correspondence departments. While these changes will greatly improve the appearance and intrinsic value of the Turn,' they will, necessarily, involve a considerable outlay of money to commence with, and a considerable increase of weekly expenses afterwnrds. To meet these extra demands we have not a dollar at this time, but confidently look to the hundredI of fritnda who are honestly due us from $2 to $100 for subscription and advertising, to come forward and help us. We never experienced a greater scarcity of money than wc have the Summer and Fall of this year. For weeks and weeks we have not received a dollar from any source, while our expenses for everything neccssnry for the home ami office had to bo met weekly with cash that cost us from 10 to 20 per cent, to obtain. Home may doubt this, but we can assure them it is an honest truth. The fact is, we liare been altogether too lenient. Had we conducted the business of the Tusks upon strictly business principles, we would now be in comfortable circumstancsc and the Timks one of the largest* most valuable ana popular papers in thr State ; but the money that would have secured these desirable ends is "gone glimmering" in bad debts, which stare us in the face?ghosts of dead promisee of faithless friends?as we turn the pages of our subscription books and Ledgers of the past 20 years. We confidently hope for better things this Fall and Winter. The crops are better than for years past ; the people generally are in better circumstances than they have been since the war; and what gives a still more hopeful outlook for the good of all classes, of all businesses, the Alliance with its 1,200 members in this county, demands of each member the honest and prompt payment ol his debts, or his expulsion. If the /backbone of the county" is thus made strong and sound, the whole business system of the county will be in a healthy condition. - Graham & Sparks' Gramd Opening. Our friend Sparks hailed us last Wednesday as wo were passing his storo and asked if we didn't want to see something really grand in the Millinery and Dry Goods line! Of course we did, and we "lit" from th? buggy ns quickly us our old "underpinning" would allow us. He took us all through the establishment from the front door to the splendid Millinery Department in the rear. It was certainly a grand display of nn cle gnnt stock of goods arranged with superl taste. In the Millinery department, the best ol Lady judges tell us, it is unquestionably the richest, most laMy und artistic stock evei seen here, and Miss Diffcnderffer, the Lady o....... nn-. ?? r d.vnvs fined and elegant, and she has the rare nccomplislunent of being nblc to trim any number of liats or bonnets in the most fashionable style, with u distinct taste displayed in each, thereby relieving her customers of that sameness of appearance and taste which so frequently causes Ladies send tc othc. places for their Millinery, in order to avoid the monotony of local taste, and to give variety to that most attractive nart of n Lady's apparel. Ladies, wc advise you to call and consult Iter, before buying. We are requested to eay that the South Carolina Holiness Association will hold the regular Fall meeting at Qaffacy City, under the big tent, commencing Tuesday evening, at 7 o'clock, 1\ M., Oct. 22d, and continuing through the following Sunday. "It is designed, and will be conducted in the spirit of a Union Meeting ; hence members of nil christian denominations are warmly invited, as well ns people of all church affinities, nud degrees and circumstances of life. It is designed, as fnr as practicable, to encourage the cainp-meeting style, so that persons may come in wagons and other vehicles, bringing supplies of fool, and remaining as long as convenient. To this end, the tent, which will 'fat about 1,600 persons, will be located on ground, not only convenient for the people of Gaffucy City, but contiguous to grounds suitable for those coming in vehiclcn of various descriptions, from the surrounding country. A strong corps of christian workers is expected, and all christians aro exhorted to pray for the descent of Pentecostal power in the conversion of siuncrs and the sanctification of believers." A letter from our valued correspondent, Seaton, dutod nt l'aeolct, Sept. 25, (Wednesday) alludes to ft lettor mailed to us by h i*n the day before. That letter has not been received by us, and it looks strange that a letter, mailed on a railroad line, can't go twenty miles without getting lost. Who is to blame, Messrs Postmasters or Mail Agents. In friend Seaton's letter of the 25th he says 45 or 50 balos of cotton has boon ginned at l'acolet this season. Wo expect there was a heap of news, well told, in the lost letter. - Local Items. A drove of English Sparrows have been keeping things lively near the Court House every afternoon for a wcjk. ^ We see rolls and bales of eolton bagging in front of Messrs. Foster, Wilkins & Co., which gives the Alliance people the option of using either Jute or Cotton lligging. - ? - -? The Citadel Cadetship. Ily some unavoidable accident our local notice of the Citadel Cadetship examination gut misplaced last week. At the competative examination which came off on the 1.1th inst., Mr. John I'. Thomas, Jr., son of Dr J. I*. Thomas,j of !*autuc, was the successful competitor Our luiiiM Ontlaafc./ It is very evident, B,?(i elo_ | gant stocks our msrahM^^HBsl i^j, that they ex poet s larger t Winter than they hare An?i we think the' prospects M. ^^fndNiime since we bare lwS&jjqion hare we s^MLJa?|J'"doek?? o* yh taste displayed in their^^C^^,*'~J|*'?tw offered to the pBp by^^MtluiAa, And, in comparing prices Hjp adjoining towns, we find them invariey as low. We can really Bee no gooTMson why the merchants of this town ehdd not receive all the trade of the conatfthat naturally belongs to the county set They are al| young, enterprising, honoiiie and worthy men, who are striving to establish their characters, as business meiupon the solid basis of honesty.and fair deing. Ah we have said before, toe of the faults and wrongs of long past yds can or should attach to them; they arestriving to mark out a new and straight usiness line, in which there shall be no oikednoss of action, and on which they ropose to rest the honor and reputation - themselves, the town and county. t y It is a peculiar fact, that most of our Merchants and Clerks fagan life on farms in Union County, and i^a-hat^reMor them to feel a deep and an ahidng interest in every thing pertaining inc We invite the people of the yintry to oome and examine the ' large, nd elegant stocks of our young Merchals, anc honestly compare prices with othet towns for the same qualities of goods, ""au can not go amiss, they are all honest nia, ant will be glad to see you. In the grooery business there hai bee a much larger volume of trade doa thii year than for years past, but the \?rioe have been cut down to so narrow a mo-git that the profits have ^not aggregated a muoh by at least 10 per cent. In eemo of.h staple articles sales are often made at.luv cost uuu carriage. p In this line of trade, no town in the flat offers groater facilities to buyers, either 1 quantity and quality of goods or prices. Yi know what wo arc talking about, and inrl investigation. > Personals. T-; Mr. and Mrs. W. E. McNetce have 1 turned from their Summer residence Hendersonville. Judge Wallace is at home for a few daj Miss Minnie Walker, of Sunny Side, is the village on a visit to friends and relativ< Capt. F. M. Farr went to Columbia business this week. ' Messrs. John P. Rice and Robert B. Bee left Monday to enter Furman University Greenville. Frof. R. C. Sarratt, the ablo and popul ' Principal of the Jonesville High Scho ^ called at our Sanctum, last Saturday, pi his bill like an honest man, and left with editorial blcssidg on his head. His sclibo bound to prosper, with such a send-off. Mr. W; A Smithy oldest-sou of Mri ^W tures of the Baltimore CoITegs or*Med>ii and Surgery, this winter. Miss Lulu Vinson, a very worthy and i dustrious young Lady of this town, left 1 Saturday to take a position in the Millint department of Mr. J. M. Robinson's lar establishment at Fndnry ? Chester C^uui Our best wishes attend you, Lula. Rcme ber, "God helps those who honestly hi themselves.'' Comptroller General, Verner was lit Tuesday inspecting the Auditor's offi which he pronounced in perfect order. David Johnson, Jr., of Spartanburg, w in town on professional business this wei Mrs. Siinms, of Fairfield, is visiting J T.O... i>.?.wi The 8torei Open At Night. v :> For the leat week, some of the Rtorestown hare been kept open and brigtly Hgb ed a while after dark, which gires Ma etreet alive appearance at night. This Augusta Division of tbb The C's.?The New York Herald of Saturd states that a syndicate of New York a Philadelphia capitalists has purchased $ 000,000 of the bonds of the Charleston, Ci cinnati & Chicago Railroad. Col. Frank Cox, president of the roa informed the Chronicle that the portion < the road from Black's, on the Richmoi Air Line, to Augusta, would le push through without delay. The Massachusetts and Southern Constru lion company purchased the Augusta, Edg field & Newberry railroad. This is tl company that is to build the "Three C' and the branch road from Blaek's. to tl city. If it is true, as the Herald reports, tl the bonds have been sold, Augusta ? soon have another new road.? Auyu, Chronicle. i if i 1 dkatii ok an adlr mlnistcft.?itev. R. Howren, of Jasper, Pla., has passed aws He was in the 79th year of his age. I will be remembered by many of the old citizens of Charleston as having rcsidi here years ago. He is the father of Rev. ' I). Howren, Charleston's young evangeli Mr. llowrcn has been a minister for fil years. He preached first in Charleston, lea ing here he settled in Georgia, and sub: quently Florida. His last words, says, t WorhVs correspondent, was "preach". Mr. Howren left this city three mont ago to attend to his father, who was th sick. He bad been confined to his b about one hundred days before his death. Worl.I. The First Snow. Ncwburg, X. Y., Keptombor 19.?The fir snow of the season fell here this afternoo Danville. Va , September lit.?A co wave struck this section last night, and th morning the weather is cold enough for fir and overcoats. No damage to crops is i ported. Crawford House, N. IT^ SepUebew'j j Snow began falrrag or/^Mou5t~"ifwahinj^v this morning, and is now several inches i depth while the summits near the Orawfot llouso arc white. Vienna, September 19.?Thcfrc was heavy fall of snow throughout Austr to-day. Hundreds of peaaaotei cot tag aro completely snowed under. Afucb dai ngo has been dont to orops. r " /> els., A large factory, foVa,'/ie maotofaMurc pine straw bagging rooejss, is he built at Jaspeg j.'(aid that tl bagging can be tU) '' >f five cer per yard, weigh A 4 i.Vrf 25; Sheb ?n*\ will us good or bettt*10. f-f ?14 40a4 99; lU }&>u4 Hf ' A [Correspondence of tbe Union Tlmet\ J AtfwNd Xm from Jnitvllk Johhtiui, 8. C., Bept. 20.?We had a jj. good rain the 6th Inat, which did moth good to cottou and other crops, exeept cern, U. which was already made. The cotton crop W. has fhllod considerably, and will, in all M probability, fall below an average. Pioking commenced last week, though there was no great dsal opened. " Messrs. J. H. Coleman & 8ons ginaad Hkt ' their flret bale on the 17th. 1 see no Juts (o ( bagging in town as yet. 1 We hare had some eiekness in* ear town ' bf late, and one death?Mr. James Brant's life ehlld, who died last week from dysentery. call Messrs. J. L. MeWhirter & Co., hare ind made an addition to their store-house in order to have sufficient room for their largo we stock of goods. hoi Mr. R. A. Wbitlook's large store-house is if eompleted, except the paint, and Mr. Henry C0| Hames is using the brush on it now. Several changes will be made when Mr. ' Whitlock moves into bis new house. he: Messrs. Harris & Foster hare opened a ha Music House in Spartanburg. Dr. Felix Littlejohn has laid down his p Saddle-Bags and is going to take a position P? as clerk with Mr. J. N. Lemaster. to Mr Hanks Fowler is with J. L. Me Whirter & Co. Mr. Penney, of Abbeville, is attending our High Sohool end also assisting his un- aor ole, our R. R. Agent. th Mr. Carter, of Columbia, is in town, taking iessons in Telegraphy under young M i Mr. Penney. Our High School opened the 9th inst, PT with 36 pupils and now we hare over 60. cl< Mr. Sarratt has great teet in teaching, and UI i Is a. good disciplinarian. We expect under br his management to build up a fine sohool. Misses Atah Pollard, of Laurens, Nannie Fripp, of Spartanburg, Nannie Wood, ef Paoolet, end Florence McQowan, of Skull 1 Shoals, were all in Jonesville last week, , visiting relatives and friends. Misses Pol- y lard and Fripp will remain ovcrforsome time. ? ' Messrs. Ed Eison, of Union, W. A. Smith, it of Bogansville, "Seaton," of Pacolet, and Q Albert MoQowan, of Skull Shoals, were all in town last Saturday and Sunday. Mrs. T. L. Hames and little daughter visited Qaffney City last week. n x Mrs. 11. F. Pennington and ohildren have b s returned from Abbeville. u Mrs. W. II. S. Harris has returned from Georgia. Mr. Arthur Davis, who was one of the 11 contractors of the grading of the S. U. & C. " e R. R., but for the past several years a resi- c ' dent of Bartow County, Ga., died at hie , n home in Georgia last week. rc Telephone. c Sunday School Union. 1 the next session of the Sunday School i Urfion of the middle aeotion of Broad River ] Association will be held with the El Bethel x Church, commencing on Friday before the at 5th Sunday in September. All cnurcnes 1 and Sunday Schools in said County aro i ^ earnestly requested to send delegates. i vkouramme. i Friday, 11 o'clock, A. M., introductory sermon, by ller. J. 0. Carter. on, Intermission. Reports from Schools. Organization. 1st Question for discussion : "With the present general usago, are our international lesson helps really a blessing?" P.S.Webber and T. M. Littlejohn. lar 2d. The ideal Superintendent. J. R. 0lf Jeffcrics aui.C. C. Roberts. SATl'RDAY, 9.30 o'clock, A. m. Q ^Ialf hour devotional exercises. 1st. Question : "Are not we, as Baptists, remiss in the duty of teaching our^dis( < tineiive principles lu Sunday Schools r im Rev. J. G. Carter and 0. W. MoKown. no bers?" T. J. I'atriok and J. T. Moorliead. Intermission, in- 1st. Question. "Should not the Missionary spirit be more carefully cultivated in Sun__ day Schools?" W. N. Rains and Davis 8ry Jefferics. g? Question Box. l3' miscellaneous: m* Sunday, 10 o'clock, A. M. sip Sunday School Mass Meeting. Missionary sermon by Rev. J. D. Bailey. 2t J. D. BAILEY. :re ce' For the Promiskd Land.?Three hundred negroes left Wilmington, N. C., on as ' Friday last for Arkansas and Mississippi, and others are expected to follow tlism. . Most of the emigrants, says the Metsenytr, are bound for the Delta region of Mississippi, but some of them were destined for Woodruff County, Arkansas. Tho latter will leave the emigrant train at Birmingham and go )Q to Arkansas by way of of Memphis. Those going to the Delta will go straight through >l~ on the Georgia Pacific Railroad, which runs kin from Atlanta to Greenville, Miss, its present western terminus, whioh is situated in the Delta. They will then be distributed to the ,BB homes selected for them along the Louisville B- New Orleans and Texas Railroad. The njj emigrant train will reach its destination Q _ next Monday evening. A larger number of emigrants would have gone at this time but there was not room to accommodate a I j larger crowd. The emigrant agents will, I yf iiuvrcvcr, iciuru iu icu u?js 10 lino ouw |(l another party. They take only families, e(j and have places provided for every person before they leave. ic- * * * e "Party Honesty is Party Expediency." he ?A reporter for the Ne w York Commercial ?" Advertiser asked Ex-President Cleveland [lis for his opinion of the actien of several Democratic conventions in npproving the tariff iat reform plank of t ho last National Democratic rill convention. .Mr. Cloveland expressed himila self as much pleased with these evidences that the attitude of the Dcmooratio party on this question was still courageous, con]j sistent and aggressive. He thought that ty" the careful examination of the tariff Uq question by the pople was bearing !er good fruit, and that all indication! B(j pointed to the triumph of the Democra'io II party's views of the subject. He added: "If among those counted as Democrats there rty arc found the timid, not well grounded in (hp fditlt whit Inntr fnr lliA flpuh.nrt(a nf vapp! 1. L luting shifts of evasion, the answer to their >,e fears should be, "Party honesty is party expediency." hs en Tiik Dbadi.y oil Can.?Campbellton. Darned well County, September, 1?.?Special: Our ? community was horrified to-day by the shooking death of Mrs Jas. Q. Wilson, a respectable lady who lived half a nulc from Campbellton. She attempted to make a fire in her cooking stove about 10 o'clook A. M., sl and while pouring kerosine oil on tome n lighted splinters that she held in ono hand !d out of n tin can that she held iu the other 18 hand the can exploded, igniting her clothes ing, all of which burned otfher body. There , p" was no one present to rendor any assistance. Her husband, who i; salesmen for lagukja father, Mr. O. P. Wilson, was in the ( " store a short distance away, and on hear- ( In ing thcexplosion and his wife's screams rd rushed to where she was, only t) find that the flames had already done their deadly J work. ? Cor. Nrtm and Courier. 08 ^ Tiik Tana on Cotton.?Memphis, Tenn., September lit.?The Merchants' and Cotton ' Exchanges are receiving daily protests i against tho adoption of tho recommenda- i of tion of a cotton Convention recently hold to in New Orleans to tare cotton wrapped in I lis jute twenty-four pounds, and that in cott n i its bagging sixteen pounds. The indications are be that tho rule will not be adopted by the Memphis Exchange. HE ALLIANCE DEPARTMENT. 0. LITTLEJOIIN, - Editob. H. iflLLER.} * AMIBTAKT E tobs. HOME. Be it ever so humble, there ii bo pUoe 9 home." A place we can call ours?ours mlUrate, to beautify and eztfoy. Lad where can a more peaceful and happy i be found than on a little farm we can I our own; where we may be the most lependent of any other profession; where need only to till the soil and look up to iren for the rain and sunshine; where, ? ?Kj? fr? from trusts and nv nv u*?*^ w ??? -- w? nbinations. And how Bad to see bo many homes?the ritage of parents to children?that mighl Te been filled with plenty, peace and hapless, pass into the hands of domestic cor rations and syndicates that points directly a system of landlordism and tenantry. I would advise any young man who ii idy to begin life for himself, to get him i tall farm ; see that he gets good titles en go to work and improve it. Of course you can't make the money noi quire the fame that is made in some othei ofessions; but the doubt of uprightnei saves to much of these quiek-made fort ies. Besides, money nor fame neve ought happiness: for "What is fame, an empty bubble; Gold a constant shining trouble." But Godliness with contentment is gren un, and not in stepping upon others to eh ate ourselves, but in lifting up our fellov eings ameliorating the condition of humni y, will make life a success. UKITY. My Brother, did yon ever conceive ho rnch was contained in the word unity ? ringing together of nil forces that can 1 nited? wtiorn an individual unites his physict nental and spiritual v><?ing for the acquir ncnt of some object, the work is half a< omplishcd. The reason you and I have n >een more successful aa farmers, is becau if our half-heartedness. Not, perhaps, th vc hare not given our time to our farms, b rccause we have not taken an earnest at ntelligent view of our situations and ei oracedthe ten thousand opportunities offer as to better our condition. If physical strength was of paramou importance?the only thing needful?I dumb brute that draws your plow won deserve more credit than yourself. But is prospective intelligence unitod with mi cle that will make a successful and prospc ous farmer. Where a man willingly mak brawn subservient to brain, ho is bound succeed. And also, what a vast difference then in brethren united and brethren dividedmuch as there is between noonday and m night?as much as between success a failure. When a class of true men who know tli ftr? nn?. getting their rights as fiOTumn, aside self, join heart and hand for the t * * *-*? ? nf their avcMjati their success is more than half accomplish) but when men of the same craft enter int combination for their general good in a hi hearted way, letting individual intert swerve them from the path of duty, wc m not be surprised to hear of failures. Brethren, I solemnly declare unto y that our ouly hope as an agricultural peo is to stand together as a unit, against power that wealth gives to capitalistic c< binations. Extraots ft am Maj. Terrell's Speech. nKPORTSIt BY J. L. STRAIN. (PART SECOND The farmers must get out of debt. T1 must wear patched clothes, if necessrry, i buy nothing for which they arc unable pay the cash, if they can possibly do with it. They must put patch upon patch ui their garments arc like Joseph's coat, ask the lawyers, merchants, newspaper n and, in fact, all other professions to allow a chance?give us their sympnthy. We not disposed to ruin their business?are trying to injure thera. We don't want th to come to us after we have accomplisl our objects, ?. broken them tiusts, t #i.? in .11 - snits, upon the high road to prosperity, f say, as the man said, who escaped into loft of his house and left his wife to fi: the hear: After she had killed it he ca down from his place of safety, and slapp her on the shoulder, he pranced around s ing, "old woman, ain't we bosses." No, don't want anybody in the loft while fight the bear. The monicd powers are combined agai us, and we must stand firmly together, if accomplish anything. Wc must thorougl organize to fight off these dome die enema and without the nid of all classes, who v eventually be benefitted, wcraust war a lo time before wo will win. And this is w we ask the co-oporation of all our people help us at this particular juncture. If tl won't help us wc must do like the Irishnj on the prairie, when he met the bear: It v impossible for him to make his escape a lie had to fight the bear or take tho con quenccs. When they got into it and t bear was about to prove too hard for hi he called upon tho Lord to help him; 1 finally he said, "Lord, if you won't help r please don't help the bear.'" Now, if t merchants and others, won't help us, don't want them to help the bear. The oppression of high-priced money, n all its attendant evils, have forced the far ers to take care of themselves. They hti stood more than any other class of heir this country has ever witnessed. Li (era speaking, they never sell a bale of cott< They never have anything to say in the cli situation of their cotton, and but little abf the price, when their bills and accounts n due. The merchant sells them his goods his own price, and takes their cotton t same way. Only by thorough organization enn tl evil be overthrown, and the fajmcrs nrc ni left to work out their own salvation. Tli have borne this thing long enough, and th fire now like the boy who was scratchi his head with both hands, with all his migl when his mother said to him: ".Johnn don't do that; that's an ugly and disgra< liil habit, and, my son, don'tdoso'.' "Well lays Johnnie, ' mammy, they jumped on i fust. ' The speculators have jumped on t farmers and now they are giving them a go scratching. And they arc going to keep scratching until they get justice nnd can s what price they will take for their cotto The way by which they expect to brenk 1 this cotton speculation is a plausible or itnd I think they have the grit and pluck carry it out. If they will only unite at keep their doors properly guarded from i lenders and traitors, who are the emissari of those who wish to defeat the object i which the Farmers Alliance was organize 3. t. For th? Turn. The Colored Farmers' Alliaaoe and ths Knights of Labor. Ma. Editob.?Will you allow mo spece io your paper to give an acoount of tbo ooodition of tho organisation of the Colored Farmers Allianoo. We hare the county very well organised . . oxoept in Draytonrille and Gowdeyarillo. I made aoreral appointments to those town. ' ships, for tho purpose of beginning the organisation in those sections. My irst appointment was at Jerusalem, near Grinda! 8hoals. I was met there by a band of men who called them set res Knights of Labor. They took potsetsion of tho meeting and allowed mi ton minutes to speak, and asked thai. I irare in ten : I told them I determined to stay and see and hear. There were two shabby looking white men in the crowd of Knights, who laid down in the baok end of the house and had a crowd of colored men around them, who seemed to be receiving orders from the white Knights. Th? nnenlccrs of the Knights .were two colored men, Eliphus Dawkios and Giles Patterson. Dawkins charged that I was hired by the White Alliance to fool the colored people into the Democratic party. 4 I told them there was no politics in the i Colored Alliance and that polities was not its object. The following is part of Daw' kins' remarks : "I represent the Knights of Labor. It is r a political order. We expect to lake charge r ef the Government, local and national, and j legislate so as to have the land of this country sold, so that every Knight of Labor * can get some." r I asked him where he expeoted to get the money to pay for itf "He said the Knights of Labor expected to take charge of the U. S. Treasury, and wanted to see every colored man in its 1 ranks. We have men enough now for it to i- take them G hours to pass one corner. We r- are preparing in time of peace for war, and . old North Pacolet is solid. We want to inarch the colored men of South I'aoolet into line also, so that when Mr. l'owderly, our commander calls for us we will be ( ready to march at their command. Flames w and floods are in our view." ^ Giles Patterson said: "Gentlemen, we are living here among the white rebels and they >0 are our cncmiee. We must oling to tho people of the North. The white people of il, this section will do anything in the world e_ to damage the negro. His interest is not sure." Mr. Editor, I think these men surely ot rau?t be misrepresenting the intention of so the Knights of Labor; bnl if they have at given the true sentiments of the Order it is a dangerous organisation for the colored 11 sen ef this county to join, id From the very spirit of these men's m- speeches it means violence, 'and when it ed comes it will be the colored men to suffer. j Many good colored men may be led to join ' the Order through ignorance, at the thought Qt of getting land and money; but let me say - * 11 i r ..... lie to itie ooioreu men, uuo? i?> * ??, j?,1,1 any land in this country you will pay for it by the sweat of your brow, and ought " not to think otherwise. is- Those two trifliog white men that set in ir- the corner of that house was the fountain cs from which all the dovilment that get3 into the colored men flow. Whenever a white *? man comes among us to teach us bow to live, how to get along, and how to raiso our> is selves to a higher standard, we thank him _a8 and respect him for it; but when he steps out to teach us more meanness than what wo know, he ought to be pointed at by overy Qd decent man, white and colored, with a finger of scorn. ,Cy The Knights of Labor gave me to undernUnii tK?i t mi,;i make my uppv'iuiusuii North of Pacolct in day time, of which I dc- will respectfully take heed, on. I shall make another attempt to organize ;d; ine ooioreu runners Alliance in Drayiouvilleand Oondeysville. , Joii.s D.Noaus. *" County Sup't. Colored F. A.,*Union Co. ?sts Gidbs', S. C. . ceil Drowsed in a Tin.?A fatal accident of a ou, T8rJ unusual naturo oocured hero on Tues. nle lasto. Ella Muse, colored, who lives 1 just bey nd tho railroad on the right band ie side, went to call on a neighbor, leaving >m- alone in hor house her little child, a boy about tw > years old. When she returned, she found that the child bad fallen into a wash tub containing two or three quarts of water, and being unable to extricve itself > was drowned in that position. When the jey body was found, the feet of the child IUU "v?v "" 1 ' ?<* ?? UUTTUTIUl^S to in 'he tub.?Darlington Nrxct. out Spartavduro to Ba ltimohk.?'What a acn Spartanburg physician has to say in prsirs ug or Westmorland's Calisaya Tonic: are "I am delighted with the benefit I have not derived from taking Calisaya Tonio. I c ncm aider it an excellent preparation. My health )e(j is now better than it has been for years. m(] It tones up the stomach, nud gives life and ur- v'8?r to 'h? whole system." . in(j Baltimore, Mi)., ' (jj0 Gentlemen: Having been a confirmed ght dJ8P?ptic for years, receiving no relief Inc from the best modical attendance, or the i numerously advertised "patent medicines", I tried your "Calisayo Tonic," which I conaider the best preparation before the public we having given mo instant relief after years of suffering, Yours truly. nst OLIVER P. MEKKYMAN. we E.nolisii Cottoji Mills Clomku.?London, "I ' eptembor 14.?Six cotton mills at Blackn urn have been closed, owing to the depreqed statu of trade. "J , Wl?? ley MAll lllEI). NICHOLSON?MURPHY. Married, ?u nj flic 17th September, 1880, at Durnnt, Miss., 1 by Rev. Mr. Ramsey, Mr. Einslie Nicholson, ,'j of Union, S. 0., to Miss Cntlierine Grey, ' daughter of the late Dr. John Murphy, fornit u,crly ?f Union County. uc, 01DSON?VINSON* Married on the 11th ,Ur iost., by F. W. Kison, N. P., Mr. Joseph wo Gibson to Miss Eliza Jan e Vinson ; all of Jonesville Townshio. nil ????????????? D|- List of Letters ivc , j I? Remaining in the Post office nt Union, for 4 jly the week ending Sept. 27th, 1880. ,n Mr. E. P. Mill. I Win. Thomson, 3. Mrs. Helener Rice, 2 | ,?j Persons calling for the above letters will ire please say if advertised and will be required at P?y ?nc cent. he J - C. HUNTER, P. M. Iw Attention, S- of T. ey , , f ev A '''' uicm'jcrs ?f Union Division, No. 23, * x\. Sons of Temperance, arc requested In O I ...... -?,.# iU. i,:..:..:? ||( "VAI I V^liUII t?l I 11U l'l V I9IUII | je' Monday, Sept. 30,at 8.30 o'clock, to considor ,0' matters of importance, and for the election >> of oflicers for the ensuing term. tic order of tho W. 1*. l,e J. K. 1IUXTEH, od ? * Z Laugh and Grow Fat. a. up now have the opportunity of a lifele, JL time, to witness the celebrated play of to "Mother (loose," which will he rendered by rid the children of the Episcopal church, in tho n- Court House, next Tuesday night, Oct. 1st, es at 8.30 o'clock : the proceeds will he for the 'or benefit of the Episcopal Church, id. The usual price w ill he eh urged for admission. .Mc.