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* An Editorial Fracas. Marion, F. C? Fob. 6.?The l>* Drr Jndrx, publisl td Ibis morning contains the following story of a sensational affair which 1 occurred hero last night: Last night about 0 o'clock, everything j ^ being quiet and atill upon the street*, as the editor of the Index, (\ If. Ilamtr, was eitIn hta.cfTU-e atone, soroo one rappod at doo^/' ^|r- Jirtamr vrent to the door and as be did so he was afackcd !?j Junius 11 Evans and IV. J. MoKrrall. editors of the Marion Star. Evans and McKcthII . l oth caught h?ld of liitn and one of thrni struck him. Mr. limner attempted in defend liitnvelf, but was dragged front the office by the two mru. In the moles he was thrown down on the H or. In his efforts to legaiu li s feet he w.is thrown down the steps, liis head striking either one of ti c steps or some hard substance in ti.o yard. From thctffecis of tin's li'oiv Mr. Ilan.cr was tendered unconscious, and does rot veroember what subsequently occurrcl. During the fight K'tius Iticd to ftrcc an apo'ogy from Mr. limner for the arnc'o publishc 1 in the Indrx last week concerning the Ftar, hut this was steadily refused, and Evans said: Let's heat h;nt until he dees apolo gize or gi?-c up." No apology or explanation of any kind was ma io by Mr. Hunter, as l.e had made up his mind that ihey might kill liitu In fore lie would retract or A' o og zc for nnytiung that ho had said. * While en the lloor Evans and McKcrrnM kicked and cholted him while vain'y endeavoring to make him either call for help or apologizv for the objectionable nrticlo. li was impossible for Mr. Ilamcr to defend Limseif successfully, as he was wholly unarmed and as either of his assailants is his equal in physical mnuhoul. ct ir^vas au attack upon the white citiznus, the Hsu^oojjgs of tlie town, on tho subject of tha.reoAai.Aud last year's town elections, charging frnndjtnd bribery to our hcst'citixcpc&iid undtJitMrt'flucncS upon our colored Vmcrs. The Index icplied to . that tuliclc hist week, the 29th, ult., in dc' iMtCelif tne town,'alleging that the Star had aHi.ed ns<df with the negrues, and iti abusing the whites of the town was in full accord with the most radical of Hadicnl papers. This, it is alleged, is borne out by the fact that the editors of the Star, in each of the two hist elections, were very actfve In defeating the regular uotuinat ton of such men ns U. A. Norwood, president of the 11 ink of Ma<ion; .1. 1*. Pa'is. County Trensurei; H. J. lMnckwcM. merchant; P. A. Wi'cox, lawyer, C. A. Wilcox, merchant; E. T. Elliott, and ether leading cit zens. The tickets elected were nominated and clccicil by the solid colored vote; with only the few whites who favor liquor-selling iu our tlry town. Ono of the clitnsof the Star has been clerk, the only paying other, tinder both I paper have been strongly tinctured with flattery of the negro: hence the attitude of the Index. Af-cr waiting untd the last niomcut of the week following the | ubbcation of the nrticlo in the Index, Junius il. Evans nn l W. J. McKcrrnll went to the office of the Index and committed the assau't as reported in the Index tc-day by Mr. Ilamcr himself. M. 11 ? mi. iitmcr s omce was the scene of a perfect ovation to-day, most of the lending citizens calling nod expressing the greatest indignation. A | ctition for the removnl of Junius II Evnoe from the office of Trial Justice has been circulated end signed by nearly all of the white citizens.?Col. Hryister. Com mru 1*1 At. Fkhtili/.krs.?Compost heaps should have been made last month, but if neg'ecied or p>stponcd, the work may yet be done in good time. The longer the heap .of coarse, rough ^^ jHtt^jSjttud.kept mijishthe fetter, up to But 'a met** manure, scrapings and other ^Jw^^^^dkoutthe yards and lots, be mixed in ' any particular proportions. Get- all these together and then mix with the chemicals a-- I c >rding relative q'lolity and ?iuautity of each. I Most tanners limit their investment in the | ingreuiems n?i must do purchased according to circuntstaucos. Cut il is important llint ilie coaceutratcd ingredient*, llie acid phosphate, potash sa'ts, cotton seed meal, etc., bo adjusted in relatire quantities according to some rule. For general purposes ?. ?., for uRe of corn, cotton and other summer crop*, the following is a good formula: No 1 Acid Phosphate 1,3000 pounds Cotton Seed ineul f>00 pounds Kainit 200 pounds then the following:. , No. 2. ' ' Acid Phosphate 86.1 pounds < Cottou seed (33j bushels) 1,000 pounds Kainit 135 pounds Total 2,000 pounds If murine of potash be substitute! for kainit, then? No. i Acid Phosphate 1,400 pounds Cotton seed meal 540 pounds Muriate l'olash 60 pounds Total 2,000 pounds If cotton seed lie substituted in No. 3 for cotton seed meal, then? No. 4. Aciil l'hosphate 000 pound* Cotton Seed 1,000 pounds Muriate of Potash 40 pounds Total '2,000 pounds TJio commercial and, approximately, tbe fnmurial value of ilio different mixtures would tear the eunte proportion to each otuer its their respective content of any common ingredient in any two that may be compared. Acid phosphate beiug an ingredient of each, then the content of acid phosphate In each formula represents approximately, the rolntive value of that formult, and may ecrve as a guide in determining the nmcuut to be applied. The foregoing formula* comprise the comtnerc al ingre lients moil generally used in composting or mixing at hoinc. As already indicated, these ingredients when provided in the proportions given, may be mixed with stable manure and o'.her crude or bulky home materials in any convenient proportions ef the latter. Ihe larger the proportion of stable manure, etc., tho grcator the dilution, or weaker tho rcsultiog mixture, and a correspondingly larger quantity should uv ufpi cj per sere.?southern Cultivator. j Kakt to Pi.basb.?Trsmp?Haren't you got something for tne to do 7 Former?No, I guess naf; there it\ not much work just now. Tramp?I deu't need much. Y?m would be Burprisetfrfo rce with how Jiitle work I could worry along. To bk I'itied*?"Ma." e iid Wil.io, who hod been to I ho tnlsiuiary sewing rociety with his mother, "I feel s iry for the pior little heithau." "That's right, Willie, I am glad to see jou show such a spirit." Ves'iii. I'd feel soriy for anybody that bos to we ir the clrthes that you people were unking to-day. * ( T lf?c IDce^fy Union limes rT mTsTOKER, - - Editor s. 8- STOKES. - Local Editor Friday, February 31,' 1SOO. 5VINSCRIPTION, *1 60 J'F.R ANNUM row prricE directory. The 1*. O. will be opened for business from 8 A. SI. to 6.30 P. M. The Money Order Dcfartment will l>c opened for business frcm 9 A. M. to 4 P. M. The Northern mail will close ai 1 P. SI., nod (lie Southern Mail at 1.30 P. M. Auy inattention or irregularities should oe reported promptly to the P. M. J. C. HUNTER, P. SI. FARMERS' MA8S MEETING There will be a meeting of the Farmers, and thoso who are in sympathy with the Farmers' Movement, at Union C. H., the first SI on lay in March next, for the purpose of el cting eight delegates to a convention to bo held in Columbia March 27th. Feb. 18th. 1890. J. W. Gnioanv. IMu Some communicitions intended for this wcok arc unavoidably postponed. ? ? u directed to .Mrs T. June Young. gtgT Cap!. G. C. May took a trip to Grtcnwood this week and returned with John Cunningham, a material witneaa in the Susie Fernandez murder case. We hare a ocauliful line of Spring aam. pies from a Fashionable and Low Priced Merchant K-tsblishmcot and we will give good (its. This is something new for Union. Call and sec our samples. FOSTER, WILKINS & CO. gtsC" As wc have been often asked for the postoffice address of Delnvan Yates, tho Supervisor of the 2d Census District, but could not give it, wc now state tlint Mr. Yates' Postoffice is Aiken. LOST.?On Church, or Main etrcct, last Sunday, a chi'd's gold pin with tho initial^ -rrsr^r, cngvum Mrit." The fintlcr will be liberally rewarded by leaving it at the "Titnrs" office, and confer a great favor on the loser. B>gg- Our tnlenlcd young friend, Mr. T. It. ltutlcr has been appointed Paymaster of the .Id. Reg. Infantry, 2d Brigade 3d Div., with rank of Captain. Capt. Butler's commission came to hnnd last week ; but he says his Regimental bank account does not show him tho least chanco to make n spec out. of It. S.tnnt.KRT.?We make a specialty of Saddles, Blind Briddle and Breechings. FOSTER, WILKINS & CO. A fresh lot of the Eagle Brand Condeosed it fe'expccted tjie grading to IJlncksburg will be finished iu ej* .months. Mu Mr.vffw*fecid,'of Baltimore, is here representing Northern capitalists wlio arc interested in Mining. Ho visited the Thornsou Gold Mine last Tuesday, and we hope lie will not leave until lie has taken a thorough survey of the other valuable mineral lands and mines in this county which only require cupital and intelligent work to develope and uiKkc profitable. Siioxs, Suors, Siioks.?As usual we have a soendid stock of shoes for Oents, Ladies an l children. Latest styles, Zeiglers genuine hand sewed for genie only $5 call early and get your nimhtr. .1.- i;?? .? >k. v \i r< i 1 V^IIIUI U'??J MIVVHU^ V % IU~9 * IU? # \vill be held next Tuesday evening, the 24lh, in the'ltooms of (lie Association, at 8 V ' * ' o'clock. A full attendance is requested. ^Religions cervices" will be held in the Hall next Sunday, afternoon, at 3 o'clock, to which all of the gentlemen of the town , are invited. ?? Among the jurors draw n last week to serve at the August term of the Unite 1 Stoles District Court wo find tho names of Net Dunbar and William Holt, of Union. We don't suppose it makes much, if any, difference to the Court as to what County in the district the juror lives in, but we take the liberty of stating that William Bolt does not live in Union. lie left here many years ago, and now resides at Greenville, we believe. * - VaT We are under obligations to our young friend, Ciuudc Grahaui, iho pleasant 1111(1 lirfoliminilnt i nir f'lcclr in tlin - ' I fur a number of valuable papers from b' A "(lencral News Depot," which ho ha<-( e9. tahlishcd at tho l'ostnlfioc. Claude is a worthy young mv |( anj his Xews Depot should l>o encc jrilgC<i, Ho will send for any paper or inngftZinc, published in this country or Kngland, that may bo called for. W A shocki* g'ftffnir occurred in tho city of Charlr^- jn laflt Saturday night. It appears fr'jTn tjie acc0llnt published in the Papers of Vunt city that a man by the name ?^p-pol?0- .1 I.avelle, who had been separated ^r.Oln bis T /ife fur sumn ?iinn- rutted at tha resilience of her uncle, Mr. Ji. Fehlman, with wh' oiX sho wm I^Rdlngi and upon his wife su iwsrina ths dUr belt ewtt he *?* k?r i?? f .he neck, severing the carotid artery, and a; , 8|,c fcll fired at her ngain but misled Mr. Feldmnn, whose atore ia in tin first s tory of the house, upon hearing th( briny rft? ouj An,l asked l.nvclle what h< WIW firing at, when the latter turned an<i ''i'0' Mr. Fehlman, tho hall entering the lef i of the neck just above the collar bone Irs Lavellc died Tuesday, but Mr. Feldmar is hoped, will recover. Laveile Is in jai * ud feigns iusauity. The Good Work of tko AlliaaeeWo hare almost doily evidences of Iho good work the Alliance ia doing for the moral and material welfare of its members and Iho business interests of the oountry generally. It is accomplishing more for the Farming class than any homestead, lien or other so-called relief law could ever do. In fact, it is fast correcting many evils whioh those laws have inflicted upon every class of people, but in particular it iai restoring that high standard of moral honesty wlush was the proud characteristic of the farming class before the lien law gave plausible excuse for the exorbitant prices charged for money and supplies, nnd tempted honest men who were compelled to avail themselves of the time which the merchants gavo them, under that law, to practice doubtful methods to evade paying the enormous bills that mot them and swallowed up their crops at tho end of every year, leaving nothing to encourage them but another year of labor, self denial and dependence upon others for the necessaries of life for theiusolTes antl families. To-day, usedcr tho Alliance organization' those high prices are tumbling down -to a "live and let livo" standard; farmers are seeing a bright nnd encouraging prospect of lining tho mortages from their farms, and getting square with the merchant for past favors, wi h something ahead to help them and reduce it to the old standard 7 per cent., when honest dealing, peaco and prosperity marked South Carolina as one of the most solvent States in the Union and her citizens the most reliable, liigh-toncd and patriotic people. ltusincss methods, as we said some time ago they would, arc changing and becoming moro satisfactory to tho buyer and seller, by resting on a sounder basis. Honest and legitimate competition is putting prices down to fair profits, merely demanding moro economy, system nnd industry in business to secure profitable results. We are coming nearer and nearer a cash standard of business every year, wheroby confidence will be restored and men of limited means, but with entcgrity of character, industry and business abilities, will be recognized and cnoouraged in business circles, and their characters received as guarantees of fidelity in business transactions, and they enabled to successfully ?Nw> lue nciu oi competition with thoir high characters no capital, against the money and credit of wealthy capitalist*. Heretofore, under the lien law, nearly all the mercantile business of the country was arbitrarily confined to and controlled by men who could command capital and credit, based upon tho highest rate of interest the laws would allow, and thoir customers were made to pay it?hence one of the great causes for tho high pricos paid, llut fow men hod the means within theinsolvcs to conduct any ainouut of business upon a year's credit, and such business was liable to so many unforeseen dangers that it was always considered too unsafe, for capitalists to risk their money in it without being secured by ironPP^^mon^nsrapidly changing all HtW ' |od' bringing" about a more wholesome state of affairs, in which all classes will be equally benefitted. When prices at home have settled down to a "live and let live" standard, we believe we shall hear of but very few ear loads of supplies being bought by the Alliance. The Farmers and Merchants will come to tho conclusion that they cannot be happy and prosperous by attempting to crowd a year's work into six months I time, and buying and selling at. high prices, to pay for loafing about one half the year. Another Homloide. Last Saturday afternoon, about^2 o'clock a lamentable homicide w*i committed in Goshen Hill towuship, by Mr. James H. Sims held on Monday, as follows : Sims met Zacli. Rodgcrs and James Mobley in the road near his home and ordered them to plumb the aoad, meaning to wa'k in the road, which they did, i\nd when they hod gone About fifty' yards, Mr. Sims, ordered James Mobley to stand aside, and fired at Zacli, the ball entering the back und coming out in front of the Ixjdy. Rodgors died Sunday afternoon abou'H two o'clock. This afiair is gr eatly regretted by the people of Union Corjjty, and it is generally believed there wr/? some great provocation for the shooting, not brought out before the Coroner, as ,*Ir. Sims in not a man likely to commit su?jh an act without some strongly impelling^ cause. Foster, Wilkixa A Co. ji ' This old and popular establishment this week renews its invitation to the publio 'to ca" *",id examine their extensive stock ol ?p.y Goods, Hard* rare, and almost any everything else you may* want in the house, the shop, or on the fatm. The old firm of Foster & Wiikins established a high reputation for th:s house for honesty and integrity ol dealing, and the two young men, Messrt Arthur and Oetxel, lately admitted as members of the firm, are equally as tenaceous ol their business reputation, and are equally worthy the confidence of tho people. It it undoubtedly one of the largest, most reliabh and complete business establishment to buj from above Charleston. Another Fine Hog. Mm. Green Lee, of Goshen Hill, sends ui the following report of a splendid boj raised bj her: r t- Age of hog, 15 months; net weight, 421 pounds; amount of lard, 17 gallons. . The inoet remarkable feature about Mrs , Lee's hog, is (be amount of lard it ren > dered. Lord weighs 8 pounds to the gallon , therefore, 17 gallons gave 13(1 pounds, o I within a fraction of one-ihird of thr wbol I hog. Tartics wanting Road Carts, Buggies, 01< ' I Hickory Wagons and Farming Implements 1 should not fail to call on K. 8. LIP8COV11 J A CO., Oaffnejr City, S. C. 8-8t. s The &i|tiu >i?MSjrill be BaUt We We rec?Ved, from what we consider reliable andjeermofficlel source, such information that to em mtjui places the building of the Augusta Jlfrnch of the 8 C'e road beyond a reasonabmdoubt; with the further gratifying infors^Ln that work will be commenced on it few weeks. The managers Ue road, it now appears, never v||itfMj|^HU>andoii this Important to them^Ivesit^rmwpmetl the bcfly policy>to suspend opern(io)WiiiitU,certaiiy movements on the railroad boat* had been made. We arc now tol\ that the clouds hare rolled by and the wnyhf cleared ot all empediments to the commencement ant! speedy completion of thie great feeder to He main lino, and contractors and others now engaged on the C. G. & N. road, are propping to move their forcoe up here, as their, work on that road trill noon bo finished. We hare been eo often diatppointed in the bright promises made to us Ita* work wou'd soon bo commenced that noy even with nlmoat a certainty before us,/e are afraid to renew the hopo in the Jrearta of the good people along the line, telling them that we hare the strongeys'surance that the Augusta branch of tire 3c^( from Blacksburg will Ite built, and Inat lie work will commence in, at mosli two iroifths from now. If thelirigh't outlook ftila us this time/jwe confidence fn tflC^rotcments of railroad contractors than wo rf in th'i'hind legs of tlipir mules. j The Town Graveyirdn is with plcnstrc we lca*n that the ladies Who are interest el in the Town graveyard have resurrected their old society, passed resolutions and goto to work la earnest to improve the placeand make it both a credit and an ornament to our town; and intend to keep it hereafter, snored to the dead. They have enlisted the interest of a well known engineer o( the town, who with his good taste and unerring compass has brought beauty out of confusion and disorder, as will be seen by the unp of the work he lias done; though to the un- killed eye of thoso who stroll around the grounds nothing is seen, as yot, but, innumerable stakes, (narking points at which the yrtflh will intersect each other. When ^e9<T*flfMP*!!9lkcd out aooording to the plan and gnMJTeil; we - will not knon ine oiii piace. We under* .nd, they liare ordered a neai galvanized wire fence, which will soon en close the grounds ; ond as a still groatcr im provoment, they intend, when the old build ing is removed, to sow blue grass on tha part of the yard and have gravel walks laic out through it; and we yet hope to see pic turesque bowers adorn and beautify th sacred grounds. Wo sinoeiwiy |hope? the Ladies who liav undertaken tbiafvery laudable work will re ccive the hearty! co-operation of every citixei oftho town;" Mid as the graveyard is th sacred resting prince of relatives and friend of n&any living mi the county, we feel sun they will esteen it a privilege'to share ipih work of decora&u and npsrfflgving Uie hal .. CllKSTKB.?Los jjSciliOCKIRO Mnw Bitililij Gov. recen^^hei follow ing startling telcft-ain ft Chmtbb, Febrlry V"~Td son, .Governor, nJolunK. * * ? cgraph ro ordfr to remove hrecnfJro1wn to Cohimbi jaiT He uJSft jifcl forBurdenng my fathc. 11- >:ii Ka lon-twLi tf Vl removed at onc? He will belyncMd if K w ? HoqI) gIie)ftf Chester County. The prisoner vu tnln to Columbia thi evening under a stroo#,,ard' and Placcd * (lie Richland jail, u#er ,he c,rc of ,h< model officer, Samuel ft<>'wandThe following is al8Ucclnct acoount " the terrible affair: 1 . . _ .u. murdered man, we .? ???d of two lea. the father of Shjtff; u<| w? &boi ,ng merchant* of CbJ (own. jr^ ^ EE ^ ? wkh*? ???. 4SS39 ^# morning his body was street leading from Pinchflpifra 'o vCpnt,! street, and within two hujmred yard^, Pinckney street, which is^lhe priqcip. street, lie had been killed by two gunsli wounds, the mixed bird and squirrel sh scattering from his neck to" his knee A jury of inquest was summoned and c' dence adduced whioh led to the arrest a colored man, nnined Green Brown betwei 1 and 10 A. .M. . A report was afloat Sunday afternoon tli Brown had confessed his guilt in this wa; He had suspicioned another party wi criminal intimacy with his wife, who lives a little house' on this street; that he (Brow was watching for his expected visitor, an taking Mr. Hood for the man, had kill him through mistake. |f The Times Looking Up. It is truly gratifying to us, and we kn it will be equally as ploaaing to the frier of the Mftif its subeoripti list IS rapidly increasing. About thirty n names have been added to it this mon "and still they come." * Another thing is still more gratifying, ? 1 showa'thc healthy influence one of the fum mental principles of the Alliance is having i its members: A large number of suhscrib ^ ?members of the Alliance?who had n 1 lected to pay for one, two and even tb years, hare come forward, paid arrears ai ' in every single instance, renewed.' ' r? ?? ? i Personal*. > Mr. W. G. Addison left us lest Monc ' tor Greenville, te take a position w Messrs. Poo & Co. Mr. Thomaa B. Bu'ler rslureed fr Greenville lest Monday where he bad b< >' *vattending the t). 8. District Court. 5 ^ OiU of twenty-four panes represented hmi f<? the defence,,oeauocecctea to obi* ing LAXDtitDr^HiM Low.?Wea?srrl ' Cel., Feb. 16 -Wfst la Jnat receirei of< ' of ihe biggeat^Kdafydea eter known on > Fnoifio const,jrhioh. occurred fifty n? r below here ? tmL day* *f?- The 'an<* . into the Trlnii j Rieer, raising the water n depth of 800 feW^nd becking up the rl fourteen milec. She eliding mate about a mile loofKeod 400 yard* w 1 Many bnildiage waA nwept eway with ll '? entire content*. TtK Chinamen were bu fl in the debris and ssnyral persons barely j^r (Oorfespondeoeofthe Union Times.) Hews from North Paoolet. Etta Jams, Fob. 17.?W? feel called up< this week to repeat an expression made li somo cruel wag, who we think ought to ha' been lynched for it, whon he said, "tl women have involod every profession folloi ed by iuen except that of climbing telegra] poles." . Quack doctors of the ffcnnne^gciyler a I now seuding circulars and samples or^Pjj , medicine through the mails to supposed si fering women. 'Last week Mrs. Vox got or of those packagos, together with a lcttc from tho sender saying that "a friend hi informed her" (the writer) about her (M V's) condition, &c. Since then the old woinn has been looking around to find out w! this quuti doctor's informant is, and if s finds out sho will have something quite poic od and exciting to say to our readers, abont Wo hope cons n William Arp will loai his "Ocorgy" women better than to bo di turbing the equilibrium of our domesticity 1 passing themselves off as medical oxperts. 1 doubt innny of our lady readers know Ik to sympathize with Mrs. Vox in this matt by this time. The minks have caught all of Mr. Lc Brown's ducks, but five. They aven to< "old white granny" one night last woe Wouldn't bo surprised friend Brown if tl minin ?i ?" "tH!S"year. Gentlemen, you Won't lose an thing by depending on your own exertion Ilired labor in the denreat commodity y< hare had to contend with for years nnd 01 acre of corn or cotton well worked by yoi own hands is worth more to you than 6 acr Worked by a hired laborer, if you treat hi right. Take courage; you're not hurt ye Rev. F. C. Iliokson will proach at Abin don crook next Sabbath, 23d, inst., 11 A. ? Itev. R. 1*. Smith preached at Salom yeste day. His text was, Matt. IV. 1. Mr. 11. F. Smith was married last week Miss Wright, of Linieatono Springs. Tl newly wedded couple have our best wishi for their futuro success nnd hnppinoss. Miss Alice Morgan, one of Union's mc excellent nnd charming young ladies, is vi iting this section. Sho is one of our Nori Paco'ot girls, and it is not necessary for us say that her manyfrionda and aoquaintau? 'are glad ta_. bane > > ????**? ? Mr. Millard Wall, who has been in tl section for several days with his brother, M George P. Wall, selling mules, starts to-d for his homo, in Washington tcrritorp. win he has been living for six years. We give our young readers an old qui tion this week for them to work out, a j send us the nnswer. A man had 9 pigs, and he put them in pens, with an odd number in each pen. lb 0 did he divide them ?'' He had a differ* number in each pen, mind you. Vox o Correspondence of Union Times. c Tolephomic News from Jonesville3 Jonksvu.lb, Feb. 17.?Joneeville Is ba< 0 gripped snd ?o for some til The disess?fl^^^HH| the tight on* woes added, c hold on, vefVfiOt prort^PPaWWlny east here j t Farm work' is progr.cayntfwell, as woat.^^ns been il hardj^Cllat In is tioijJBBfccr the win l- is oTcror not. Some jvCTpTe think win ? is to come yet. They are like the old nej a they think winter weather must come i j' don t come (ill August. The Farmers are hauling away a gr deal af guano. Some of them aro buy *' through the Alliance, while a large num n arc not. it Mcrsre. Spears & Altnan, of Kelton, h opened a store hero. They bought out >f G. Smith. 1 suppose they are to furr the Alliance. ^ Johnnie ^Litilajohn, of Spartanburg, lgt OQ^^^^^t^rfor Bjrmi re* CnWro1^We?KDuoB5Baero)^aI tl fi't abad better hold on to old.Sdoth ^Carotin a*? ^PtMiss Kiltie Whitman is rililiDg relai 0 V U T? 1.. 1 -iu me norm i ncuict uvuuirj. <*** is. , -TiELfcrtiffl ri- * J of >' sn A Vsnr Wholksomk Conplaint.?Or tile, February 10.?The gatnd jury in ||(t District Court made their final present! y . and were disoharged. In their presenli (I1 the jury called attention to the Tory 1 ju nurnbor of trivial esses before them, < n\ which were described as "without merit, j which should hare never reached this Coi e4 They recommend that some action be ti which would in the future prevedt sit esses from coming before them." In bis address to the grand jury Ji Simonton endorsed their recommendatio ow the trival coses sent up to the Court l(jfl commissioners, and suggested that, in next presentment, the grand jury sh icn. designate by natte tho officials whom i er shall And responsible for suoh practice, th, We have also beard it suggested that a very common praotice in the Die tit Court to iatroduce witnc<roi to swear da' they would not believe witnesses for up* prosecution under oath. In eases of r ers testimony, and, as is ofien tho casr, w only one or two witnesses appear fur roe prosecution this is easily done and in nd, way a large number of prisoners get cl snd, it may be that some esses go to < with certain witnesses that suoh woul the result. Unele Sam pays the bill. my ; itb Reaolutiona of Wtleomo. 0 At the laet meeting of the Board of 1 ten "l0 following llesolutions of welcome unanimously adopted : # Whtr*a?, We hare heard, with plea ' that Mr. R. M. McDcrmid has coino am 'n- ua tor the the purpoae of establishing a lie, eiatlng the benefit the community will cl i - ..MiIah one from suon in wijiuiiiiivii, the Retolvrd, That we, aa individual ilea ben, and a? a Board of Trade, do exte *lid the Raid Mr. R. M. MoDermid, a li to welcome to our community, and do li irer promise to use our influence to exter was business, and, so far as our influence ids. do promise that liis Machine Shop slial heir success. Tied F. M. FARR # - Pres't. Eotrd of Tr B. F. Akthcb, Sm'j. W& -N -x. .v- ' * ; :rr* >" y CorrraponJvnco of the Union Times. *fcivorsxds Hippies. m Rivsasuia, Feb. 17.?"Men born of women ,j is of few days and fUU of trouble;" Job. 14:1. rs This has been the sad experience of men ie since the days of father Adam. Riverside f. claims the distinction of having e gent who D. n^own has "taken unlq himself ir Rev. D. P.W1 Boyd officiating. [It was not our good fortrs uno to witness the ccromonies or sample the hi edibles that were served in such endless proIto fusion, but wo arc told by one who did, that ho tho affair was in keeping with the spirit it" of the age?this tho latter part of the cvenif ing of the 10th century. We wish for them n both a long and prosperous journey over i8. life's turbid billows. >y As the big men and the press throughout \To tho country nro discussing the destination, >vr the emigration nnd the migration of the color orcd populace, Sambo niojcs along in his usual quiet way, pencably and orderly, and tu we think this subject should- be called to a ik halt. Tho reading public have had about k. enough of it. Timo nnd circumstances will i0 go a long way toward helping to solve this w aucstion. ,-r ...., y_ Fed" Gist, a venerable old gent of sonie 80 s summers. Tho old fellow claims to be iin JU menscly linppy in Ins declining year?} he gets t0 enough to eat and good clothes to wear, and Jr nyoiccs in the hope of lifo eternal. IIow many of us can beat that? m Riverside has had some sickness this week t and lust; some of n very serious nature, but g. all are improved. The grip aud the rnngtang aro the most prevalent. Now, of all of ir. the diseases as mortals nro heir to we believe the rung-tang is the worst, since none but the t0 aged, the bow-legged and the knock-kneed je aro allowed to cscnpo the malady. BS And, Mr. Editor, you say the Devil has the grip. Well, a lady friend wants to know (Jt if his Satonie Majesty did not meet his match ;g. foronco? >4. . Lh ricas o let nfo say to a number of my to fri*^hy Uiat 1^"' the person in contract vcrsyto ^soape jj8 Ml^Wix is a^rashinovor, and dj^ certainly [r> make a big crop. Ollfljrs might do tho same ay thing by complying with the terms. I will ,ro never think that Carolina Fertilizer made the cotton. No doubt it did some good. Mr. cs. Wix exercised good judgment in the manngoU,1 ment of his crop, and this, in conjunction with nnother wholesome fertiliser, called 4 git-up-and-git" will invariably give gODd reQw suits. Job. >nt * Union Meeting of Broad Biver Baptist Sunday Schools. We give below a synopsis of a programme of a Sunday Seheol Union Meeting wbioh we hope many of our readers will bear in mind and light up the occasion with their ^ countenances at the proper time: ne> The Sunday School Union Meeting of the no, middle section of the Broad River Daptist g0 Arsociatiqp will meet with Paeolet Church, No^OtfkuILShoalH,) on Friday before the i frtftXRUllf'TTn March. 18110. .Rev. F. 0. >w-Q ?fl^gnpF>foh (be tnlroluuiory sermon; ret. Rj^^^pTuailey a'tcrnste. ,b* ^iEaI ^1 " is Siibje(^i'for.diamj|j|to,!' (lee HoW can wo ec^^ETastora and Church members lo tdiRWBBWpterest.tn our meetings? Jar. Mi'-OTxjrat 'wJK^Mn the di?!r0' mission. f it Sister's influence. Opened b^Wpt. wm. D. Alexander, oil Question Box. jQr Second Dat. . J. What is the true meaning of Sabbath 01 obscrrance? Opened by Capt. John It. Jefleries. are Is tbo use ef instrumental music in our ]{, ohurches in accordance with Soripture? . k Opened by P. S. Webber. 1 Question Box. . a '8 Race Row in Abbeville.?Greenwood, S, C.; Fob. 14.?Intelligence is reoeived here iogd k tc-dav^^serious diflic^^^^^^^^i^ltes ^ negro ihough^^Miould an 1 the latter beeon gnu cursing J?m whereupon Mr. Kenedaj the struck him with a whip. At this the womet nent began screaming and soon whits mm wen nent surrounded by an angry mob of negroes, arge armed with rock;, guns and pistols. Tht :asea white men, being unarmed, were untirelj and at the mercy of the mob but made the bei irt." defense they oould in the fight which ensooc iken in which John Burnett was shot in the faoi nilar with a gun, Robert Kcneday was considers hly bruised with rooks and James Kenedaj ndge was the worst hurt of any, receding sevora n to severe cuts and bruises. Ho is still id i by critical condition. All would probably havi tho been murdered but for the timely arrival o ould Tatuni Burnett, who by firing in the crowi tbay with his pistol diapsrmatl Uts mob. U? negro ia reported shot and another out. "N It |s arrests have been made an I further troubh itrict '8 exPecte<**?A.J. 8. in Qrunville Newt. that Goon and Enguoii or it.?Tho assassins the lion ofadupuiy marshal in Qadsden, Fla tegro is a crime which will find no justification o , defender. If it were for a political effect i ' cre is a blunder ss well as a crime, for it is a di th* rect challenge to a power alrosdy anxious t this take offence. As a crime it is no mora aggri car . vsted than many similar crimes North a ' well as South, brutal and cowardly, arout :our iog the anger of overy good man to brlo| d be the perpetrators to punishment. As blunder, it proves how dependent the goo name of tha South, the peaoeftiinets of ov relations with the government, the barmon of our intercourse vwith other aeetioDS, Is i Yad<y I 'be offriy'sfAresponsible men who have n stake in the wffWe of society, who take t WlKTlil|miS0>>ltrthi7 perpatrat ortwI^ervlMnnvw^mtha subject of^the solic Icnw'jHHiSSP' suffer until Slat* ?uthoriti: f^rJWfpwld of the matter with strong hen< nillrp JflJWetermine that the peaee and happlne iVfPo^ jDTOe whole people eball not bs at the naeri igrfFj-y ,ef a few cowardly misoroante.?Athttl Citizen. goes, The lft'e Adam Forspaugh never smoke 1 be a chewed or drank, Instosd ef investing | money in these expensive habita he put , into re*l eslate, and when he died be own ad?. two hundred houses in Brooklyn end o hundred in Philadelphia, THE ALLIANCE DEPARTMENT. N. G. UTTLEJOHN, - Editor. M. B. KELLY, 1 Ed,tor. W. H. MILLER.; Asisstakt Editor.. LAJVD POO*. Wo make the assertion, without* H truth'. oontredicting,^ nine-tenth. Ing 906 lb., on IS urw of land, and I doubt if the farmers of Union County, averaged even the reverse?12 bales for every 28 acres. One of tho most diflcult of all undertakings is to convince the farmer that ho tries to cultivate too mitoh land. He may and often docs, acknowledge that it would bo more profitable to tend less land, and to prepar e better, fertilize more, and cultivate in a scientific manner, but his acknowledgment is but litt'e evidence of his conviction, when he continues his J^y-incr system of farming. In the older countries a farmer that owns ? 6 acres of land think, he lins a good size farm, and will maintain a family, educate his children, and jiakt money out of it. In America, instead of five asres a farmer w?fits^gb<" AjtjflW acres, from which 'ofteh\imaffjS^^qD> or don't, obtain VAng. ujrlW^flTIITtfW In Ignorance, and finally becomes a pauper. ^ ,, Alas ! avarice among the faraiegs, as well as among others of different avocations of life, has been the ruin of many. What you and I most need, brother farmer, is more practical sense that will lift us out of the old ruts that tear tlio forests from our hill sides and wash them into gullies?a practical senso that shows us that quality is better than quantity in all that we thin](, and say, and do?a practical sense backed by enough energy, to prompt us to see what each and every acre we cultivate can be made to produce. Then we will begin to realise that farming is not mere drudgery; but is a profitable calling and will give us more pleasures than any other (tailing in life can. TXS INTENTOB 07 THE COTTON GIN. *tt ^moTTtmie little liaratfk of Westborough, Mass, (now a town of 6,000 in* habitants) the son of a poor farmer first opened his eyes upon the light. Tho puritan parents soon christened thJV babo Eli. The bright little yankee boy soon adjusted himself to his surroundings, and became tho fond hope of his parents, and a wonder to his companions and school-fellows on account of his ingenuity in manufacturing toys and play things. Imbued with that craving thirst for knowledge which always possesses great minds, he went to Yalo College, Conn , and there developed the latent powers within him. While ioXCollcsrc he used to repair the pliilosopllKIW^paratua with remarkable nicety, to thereat admiration of professors and student^ Having in 1702 worked^lils way through Cqjlogq itedby one of his patf55r^?Mfi**Nathaniel Green, wife of the famotg*ycaffi^C03Lokthc ' Revolution, to reside at lief hoiis should recover. ILl.*'-A' Ono day in the Fall, of 1702, several ' t Georgia planters assembled nt the house of Mrs. Green. Some of these planters had , ? . been officers under the command of Gen. &. Green, and they had called, naturally enough, to pay their respects to the widow of their beloved commander. The conversation turned upon the depressed condition of the Southern States since the close of tlio wiua (How have these events returned to us aftff the lapse of 98 years.) The planters w^e generally in dsbt^wtheir lands were inert- ^ ff?nl<vl ll,tle MS fife and mltjflMftflffWnmrer and the seed. The fibre of tho coftwftdhem ho ?; tenaciously to the segd that to get one pound of clean cotton, without wasting any, required a \chole day's labor. It was this fact that rendered the raising of cotton so little profitable, and kept the Southersf States from sharing in the prosperity edM joyed by the 8tates of tho North after thjflP close of the revolutionary war. V After considerabe discussion, ono of the gentlemen remarked that perhaps the work could be done by a machine. V/. Mrs. Oreen then remarked : "Gentlemen, ^ apply to my young friond, Mr. Whitney, he j can do anythiog." * During his residence with Mrs. Green he '*' | had made hor children many ourious toys, + and e'ifA tcr to * tsatma-on a new ~~ o and much improved principle; hence her ? advice, "apply to my young friend, Mr. Whitney, he can do anything." t Few words have ever been spoken on this ,, globe that have had such important and r memorable consequences as this simble observation by Mrs. Nathaniel Groan. 0 She now introduced Mr. Whitney to her i- friends, who described to him the difficulties { * under which they labored. He told them he had never seen a pod of j cotton in his life. Without making any d promises to them, he resolved te procure ir some raw cotton immediately and see what 7 he could do with it. Searching around the q neighborhood, he nt length found some un. ia clean cotton, and taking home abu?ftfc<r1ff"Yt?"" * in his han^Ji^i,akstlr*ltthia'elf up in a room and set to work, dtttrmimd ia a servants and visitors wonu?Qered what he eould be doing in the base* rittent all alone, but he said nothing, and WT Kept on thinking and tinkering and hammer* <17* early ia the Spring of 1708, he had lis completed his work. Setting up the myste^ rious machine in a shed he invited a number A n# of planters to come and witness its operation* " It? success was complete. The gentlemen . Vl:.