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ss i -As Impsxdiso C*ash.?London, Marsh 9. ?Lord Hindley, who masks behind (his queer name the more familiar identity of Allsopp, was yesterday for a second time fhcing an angry meeting?of investors, who hold themselves to have been swindled by the terms under which Allaopp'i great brewing business was turned into a limited liability company. A committee of inquiry has at last been appointed, but there is not much hope that it will do anything to help those who have been duped, ltefore long public - opinion bids fair to become heatedly excited | upon this whole question of limited liability companies, and if a picnic does not result jfromit careful observers will bursal ly aurhM been crowding Into all sorts of wild-cat schemes here in London, is literally incredible. A very ' large proportion of those ventures haro been engineered by American promoter*, and many millions of sterling British money have been carried across the Atlantic as a consequence. Some of t'liis, I daro say, has been well invested, but over and over again I have seen property floated "on the market here in the form of a limited liability company for twice and thrice what every American here knew to be its real value. American breweries have been put into capital here for $1,000,000 without the slightest difficulty, upon which it would have been cry hard work indeed to raise J300,000 in New York. Nothing is clearer than that this carnival of fox and geese roust come tc an end soon; and a conservative American banker here with whom 1 talked the othei evening predicts that it will be the mosi widespread and damaging crash London hai experienced in a generation. Thk Mississippi Floors.?Washington March 14.?1 he rain storm of the past foui .days in the lower Mississippi Valley ha couraging prospects for any portion of thi lower Missisaippi Valley. The stage of th< water at New Orleans is now three-tenths o a foot above the highest ever known, am last night touched six-tenths above. The river has fallen slightly at Cairo bu sharp rises at St. Louis, and particularly a Cincinnati, Louisville and Nashville, mak it evident that the recession at Cairo is onlj temporary, and that thence southward tin river must continue at its present high stagi for at least a week. Although the stage of water at Cairo anc Helena is about four feet below cxtrenu floods in the past, yet the prospects ire verj decided at even these places that the great est flood ever known will obtain during tli next seven days. At Vicksburg the river is one foot two in ches below the great flood of 1882, but i very high stage of water in lower Arkansa.1 renders it certain there will be no relief a Vicksburg unles?; indeed, the whole countrj should bo flooded. A Bravk Litti.k Gmt,.?There is on ^ brave girl in Chnrlottc. Slip ia Miss Lul ?? smith, the pretty little fourtcen-year-oh daughter of Sheriff Z. S. Smith. At i o'clock Monday afternoon Miss Luln wa playing near the jail with sonic other chil drcn, when she happened to sec a prisonei slide out of the jail through a newly mad< lio'e in the wall. The littlo Miss knew thn would never do, so she rati quickly to tin side of the jail and picked up a big stone She began to pound a second kinky head poked nearly through the hole, and in tlu act of escaping. Only a few licks weri necessary to drive , the prisoner back Standing l>y the hole on the inside of tin jail were a dozen prisoners ready to craw through the hole and escape, but tho littb woman stood guard at the outside, dare< tlieni to poke out their heads. She gave tin alarm, and soon her father was on the seen* and the prisoners all locked up in their cells By some means or other the prisoners hat cut a hole through the thick brick wall, ani had it not been for Miss Luln a wholesale de k- livery would have resulted. The prisonei , that succeeded in getting away was a negrc boy, in for a trifling offense. Tub Astob Estate.?Tie distinction o the lute Mr. Astor was m-tinly due to hi great estate, which made l>.-- name knowi throughout tho world, lie uai not a mai who in any way sought publicity, and wa altogether without the vanity of riches o ma grceu 01 notoriety, nut uy ins thousand of tenants and by all with whom lie came ii I crsooal contact, he was just, able, and saga ciour landlord and administrator, a quiet am unobtruives gentleman, conscientious in tin performance of duty, and of a cominendabh public spirit. The Astor estate is probably the richesl estate in the world. The only other compar able with it in that respect is the estate o the Duke of Westminister, though the Duke'i 1 income is much less. Several years ago the Astor income was computed from a carcfu examination of tax lists at one million dol* lars a month. In the estate there were 2.70C dwelling houses alone, of an estimated value S of $2,000 a year oich, to any nothing of the vast amount of business property and personalty. The estimated income of $12,000,000 a year would therefore seem to be not excessive.?N. Y. Sun. Tiik Affair at Spartanburo.?The municipal and county authorities of Spartanburg divided the honors of a bravo and gallant uollnn . - I - -vv.v.4 j iicj u^'jaui iu iinvc uemoist rated their courage and firmness without rashness, the result licing that only good ca ue from a dangerous situation which we ikness or folly would have developed into a horrible tragedy. The mayor and the sheriff And their assistants deserve the thanks of Spartanburg city and county and of the State. Wc think there are two lessons to be learned from the affair. The first is that if sonu of Turner's friends and neighbors had noi rallied so warmly to his support when h< killed the old Gerinnn|a year or two ago Tur nj.* would havo been deprived of the opportunity of taking nnothcr life and enough con fi lence in the courts would have existed aruong people generally to prevent the nt ^^^GBmj^UaUjnmhing ; the secmjd^is^tJb^^tiH taken that the offices are filled by men who have the intelligence to understand their duties and the courage to execute them promptly and humanely.?Greenville New*. Cotton Sbbi> IItm-h ani> Mkai.?Bulletin N'o 3. of the Tennessee Experiment station, contains the investigations of professor Stone upon the subject of cotton seed as food foi attle. The following sre the condensed con elusions : 1 The practice of fcediog cotton seed hull* and meal as an exclusive diet is well estate lishcd, and increasing in the vicinity of th< cotton seed oil industry. All the inforuia tion availab'e indicates that the practice v economical and profitable. 2 It scetns in no way harmful to the health of the animal nor to the healthfulness of the products (beef aud milk) resulting. 6. The diet seems adapted both to the production of beef and mutton as well as milk, ' 4. The average ration should coosist of 26.3.r? pounds of hulls, an i five-eighths pound meal daily. The hulls arc a cheap and effective substitute for hay. r ? mm ii) hiim in hi I feeding is an imporlaut factor in considering i its profitableness. Cotton Hanging Uxprofitadlk.?Augusta, (in , March IS.?At n meeting of tho Southern Manufactuters' Association tonight it was resolved that cotton bagging and othar light material for packing is unprofitable. The bonus of ten cents per 100 pounds fur cotton so packed will not bw allowed on the next crop. k - Ific Jttafcfg ^Ittion W RTM.STOKBS. - - ?"*or I 8. 8.8TOKB8. - Locai Editor ^ Friday, March 81, 1M?. i , SUBSCRIPTION, %\ 60 ANA UM POST OFFICE DIBICTOKT. The P. O. will^beopeDe^fo^buelM?^ The MoneJ"?6We^De^^alnl "HI be opened for business from 9 A M. to 4 P. M. The Northern mail will close at 1 P. M.. and the Southern Mail at 1.80 P. M. Any inattention or irregularities should be reported promptly to the P. M. J. C. HUNTER, P. M. PLAN OF JONE8VILLE CIRCUIT. 1890. i>. r. botd, r. c. Foster's Chapel, 1st. 8unday, 11 A. M. Flat Rook, 1st. Sunday, 8.30 P, M. Regans* ille, 2d Sunday, 11 A. M. Jonesville, 2d Sunday, 3 80 P. M. Wesley Chanel, 3d Sunday, 11 A. M. Piney Grove School House, 3d Sunday, , 3,30 P, M; i New Hope, 4th Sunday, 11 A. M. r Bethlehem, 4th Sunday, 2,30 P. M. x. n. kf.lly, jr., r. Piney Grove School House, 1st Sunday, 11 A. M. , Wesley Chapel, 1st Sunday, 8.30 P. M. r Bethlehem, 2d Sunday, 11 A. M. New Hope, 2d Sunday, 8.80 P. M. II A.M. e Bogansville, 4th Sunday, 8.80 P. M. s Elford Grove School House, 1st and 8d f Snturday's at 3.30 o'clock P. M. J *?se??==*? t 9&~ Col. J. A. Hoyt, in an able and t sound Democratic article, withdraws from e the canvas for Governor of the State. 9S JMT Mr. H. F. Briggs has commenced work on the addition to his store and dwcllI ing. Mr, C. R, Willard has the contract. ? ' Waif' Wc regret to learn that Judge Hud' eon has been compelled to go homo from his C duties on the circuit, suffering from in* - soinnia. \ * ? The A cts and Joint Resolutions of 1 the General Assembly of 1889 are now in f the hands of Clerk J, If. McKiaaiok. and the Trial Justices of the County will call e and get a copy of some. 0 a ______? j Wt?T~ In the election for Mayor and AlderM men of the city of Cilumbia, last Monday, - there was only two votes difference between r the two highest candidates for Mayor, Col. ' J. T. Khett and Col. F. W. MeMnstcr? ' Rhett, f>09, Mcllaster, Gil. ??. ( V^Du The innttcr for the Alliance Column 8 failed to reach us in time again this week. Wc e shall have to build a railroad or somo other* j mode of quick communication between this 1 office and the City of Ashury, so that the Alls liauce Editor may not bo "tied to so short * time" in preparing his matter." .?. _ .. The report of the business of the 1 Union Cotton Seed Oil Mill and Fertilizer I Factory is highly satisfactory. Tho company | cannot supply the demand for Fertiliser, , while in every respect the management of the Mill has been so successful that it has proved to be the most profitable investment ' of any in town. s 9 Mr. E. T. Coleuian, on the Gih of s this month, about 6 miles from here, killed r a large conchwhip snake, that measured G " feet 3 inches in lengili. It was a warm day for evon March, and his snakeship had evi1 dently crawled out of his winter quarters a sniiiawhnt n renin tore' v. for lie moved slowlv ' in tlio chilly atmosphere anil on the cold L ground. C Pd&~ The congregntion of tlio Methodist i Church at (Inffiicy City were much sur> prised Inst Thursday evening on entering ' the church for praycr-moeting, to find a hand( some new organ standing in the place of the old one. It was a change greully needed and 1 solely through the liberality of Col. A. X. Wood, of the Wood llanking House, the charge was so secretly and handsomely made. It is very probable that we shall be able to rccor 1 a remarkably similar case to the above in this town, soon. During the last two weeks we havo received as many as twenty complaints from subscribers who receive their naDcrs through the mail, that, the Timks for thoso > two wecke failed to reach them. > We do not know where the blame lies ; ' certainly not with us. We printed an extra number during those two weeks, for the j purpose of providing copies to those who wished to see the Court proceedings, and 5 had only the usual number left after the regular edition was mailed. It is a peculiar fact that whenever anything I of unusual interest to the public is expected ^ or appears in the Timks, we are sure to re, eeive complaints from subscribers that tba ? particular iisue of the paper did not resell them. ? ATTEND THE GRAND OPENING. i We will make a GRAND DISPLAY ot MILLINERY GOODS, DRESS GOODS and i FANCY GOODS, on next Tuesday and Wednesday, 25th and 2Gth. We will promise to show you the latest novelties of the Season, and the largest and prettiest Stock t of Goods that has ever been on exhibition in Union. Every Lady in the county is i < cordially invited to aitend. Miss Vcnie Driver, of Baltimore, Md., * and Miss Corn Counts, of Union, S. C., will show you through our Mammoth Millinery i Department. Very respectfully, > GRAHAM & SPARKS. At the Bndside of His Acred Father. A postal front Re*. D. 1*. Iloytl last Wednesday says : "I am called to the bed. side of my Father, who is critically ill at Newberry; but my appointments are ar UUUlfti fgf H wfew Hdpe HTld . Jonesville. My Father is in his 85th year. < I will stay with him till there is a change." D. P. Boyd. IOnr kindest sympathies go with our esteemed christian friend, in his mission ol filial love. ?- ifi ? ?? Don't fail to attend the Grand Millinery and Dress Goods Opening at GRAHAM & Sl'AKKS, next Tuesday and Wednesday. * r he Destructive Irnm ? W# doubt much If he?we-ke?pcrs and ardeoersever mot with greater disappoint- * icnt than thoaa in this vicinty ezperienoad it fter tha eevere ftraaiaa an Sunday and lion- it lay last. Paaa that wara thrifty, healthy i rnd strong on Saturday, by Sunday noon 1 looked as black aa If a pa*rie fire had paaaod over them. Lattuea, radishes, cabbage and*? tomato plants, where exposed, were all kiUjfcil and the gaadens, on Tusday, were al living vegetatian as if no seed had owed in them. But the diagppgjj^M are again at work replanting ; hoping for better luck next time. - " ' We are now satisfied that the oats hare been seriously ii\jured by the freezes on the 3d and again on 10th and 17th, We haYe a patoh of Yolunteor oats that three weeks ago wore as promising as any we ever sthr,^ but they now look aa ysllow as if ready for cutting. We hare no hope of their "coming out." Another patch, sowed in November, docs not promise much better. And every day the news from the crop in tho country becomes more discouraging; although it is still hopod by some that those sowed in the Fall will yield half a crop, and the Spring sowed will do better, if no ftirther dicier overtakes them. If nearly all the peach trees are not dead, they are later than ever before in showing that thsy still live. It is now the 21st of March, and we cannot see from our window a neach bloom in three orchards fullv in winter, but on the contrary the winter lias been unusually open and favorable to early blooming and forward vegetation. In our opinion the tree* have been filled by the borer, which either lies dormant or is killed by Bcvero winter freeies, but in the past mild winter it has kept alive and actively at work upon the trees, just below the surface of the ground, completely "girdling" and, of course, killing them. We fear it will be found that the mild witcr has not only kept the insect enemies of the fruit trees alive, but unless the farmers can devise some precaution or preventive, tbey will find a large army of parasites alive and attacking the crops in their tender growth. , Some weather prophet predicts a terrible storm on the coast of England this week, that will reach this country about the 22d, doing great damnge by wind, extreme oold and terrific rains. The Newberry correspondent of the .Ar?tr*and Courier, on the 14th said: "The grading force on the Charlotte, Union and Laurens railroad began work here on Wednesday." While th?t is the very road we have always been contending for, as the best for this place, we had no idea that even any prelim1 inary s'eps had been taken towards building it. No doubt the correspondent intended to speak of the Columbia, Newberry, and Laurons road. Or it may be possible that that the Managers of the Three Cs road have taken our advice and intend to extend the Augusta Division to Charlotte. In that event, instead of crossing their main line ..at Blacksburg, they would strike it between that point and Yorkville A branch road from two such important points as Charlotte and August*, under the control of the Thrto C's management, and crossing their main line would be a valuable feeder, to their road from the many great Northern and Southern routes diverging from thoso growing cities. Po?T IVe learn that Maj. D. A. Townsend, of this town, has been elected to deliver the annual oration at the Commencement of Davidson College, next June. Maj. Townsend was chosen to the same honor able duty two years ago, but was compelled to decline the honor in consequence of the Court for this County being in cession atthat time, in which he had many important cases. Maj. Townsend graduated from Davidson College, at the head of one of the largest classes that ever graduated from that grand old institution, and those of us who hpow his fine abilities can aafely promise that in discharging the duly ssiigned him at the June Commencement, he will do honor alike to himself, his Alma Mater and the town and county of Union. a ? J0T We had a pleasant call on Tuesday, from Mr. E. O. Evans, of Pendleton, who a few years ago, carried off, by concent of all parties, one of Union's loveliest flowers, Miss Nannie Qlenn. Mr. Evans says, "Old Pendleton" is just forced to come out of-its shell, and show its , beauties and advantages. A new Hotel, with , all modern improvements and conveniences, [ is one of its necessities, and Mr. Evans , says the people havo determined to build it. A Cotton Seed Oil Mill and Fertilizer Factory , is also to be built there, and a Cotton Factory L is seriously talked about. The Oil Mill seems to be the favorite among the monied men, although we venture the assertion, that it , would not be near as beneficial to the business of the town ns a Cotton Factory; but th? Oil Mills at Anderson and Greenwood report 50 per cent profit to the stockholders; p and thereby hangs the attraction. gtOff" ?e understand sir. J. u. ttetzet intends building a shop and supplying it with > all the necessary and roost improved tools for repairing furnitu re making picture frames, , and doing all kinds of Cabinet and Joinei work. Such a shop, and such a competent work' man as Mr. Oetzel, has long been much wanted in Union, and we are confident it will receive the cncouragemoot of the people. There is plenty of work here for such an establishment to commence on, and when the people experience the advantages and con vcnicnco of having such a shop in their midst, where tlicy can get their work done quick, wall, and at reasonable prteev, U?ey will so drowd, It with worE^To repair and orders for new work, that it will require greatly increased facilities and the employment of a large number of workmen to meet the demands upon it Bismarck Resigns.?Berlin, March 17.? The Cologne Gazette states that I'rince Bismarck has resigned all his offices, and will spend the remainder of his life in private retirement. ' - HI The bodge $Mr4 is M Sad ktMljr ooedjutorsMO&of^jA^^^^^^H young men who ere found nW Monday night, ready to eaJH^^nfrtime and menus to rid this oonVnuuity of the 0UI great evil, intemperance, wh?h Is steadily the on the increase in our midlt. While we wot cannot expect to eradioatt t|e evil from our town, yet we bare always contended in? that by agitating the subject, ?Ud in this eg( way eduoate the rising generatiWi in torn-- Foi perance principles, will the time mt be far distant when the great evil of intmiperanoe with which this generation has tr] contend poi with will be almost a thing of the jkst. the Some may ask, how is this to belone f One sure way is, as we hare indicated, lh( support and epcourage any orgs^'.jstion no that has for its object the edcmstiOQ of the op rising generation in tboss /principles of moral conduct," the influence If which will restrain them from going lu tie wef of rlco, B1 Whioh is too often fonJlorodnainaoccot, but co< There are a greaT many young men in our community of n&li traits of eharaoter, . *! who, if the proper tjgdueuee is brought to boar upon them, would unite themselves with ^ those who are striving to suppress the evil, th< and exert a good influence upon their asao- an oiates. But this influence must come from ^ the Ladies, and we hope they will exercise to It. w< ? to The Y. M C. A. or There will be a me cting in the Hell of the fo: Young lien's Christian Association for young men, this Friday evening, at 8 o'clock Mr. n' L. A. Coulter, State Secretary, will be prosent to address tho meeting. gn All the young men of the town are earnestly requested to attend this meeting. At a recent meting of the Y. M. C. A. Rev w W. I. Herbert and S. 8. Stokes were elected V d etegaten to tbe Slate Wslll^f^ be held at Orangeburg on the 10?18 Apyil next. ^ '?w - * ' ri Mr. R. M. McDermld has finished his Machine Shop and is now receiving his ^ tools. In a few days he will be ready to do <j< any kind of repairing of Threshers, Gins, ta Grist Mills, Engines, Saw Xlills, Boilers, and any other machlnory. j^j Mr. McDermid comes to Union with the 0j highest recommendations-as a high-toned hi worthy gentleman and one of the best work* Cl men in the State. We sinoerely hope the ?' people of Union County will extend to him je every encouragement, in the- way of giving him all the work they want done in his 1/ne. X If we wish to build up a town or Codnty the first thing to do is to enoourage small in- 8 dustries in the hands of ihdustrious,bushing ? men, like Mr. McDermid^/ IKBPKCTOM All ?(Uffnnw City, Spartanburg Co./ Mircii 11.?Sometime ago one of "Unole 'Sana'tl' poatoffiee inspectors called on the poatmahter at Sua Jane poatoffiee, Mr. J. L. Strata, and pro. posed iu purchase $100 worm of stamp*, provided that he could get that amount in atamps for $90 eaab. The postmoeter bit at ri the bait and accommodated hia customer, p who at onoe arreatod Mr. Strain for dispoa- p ing of stamps at a discount. Mr. 8train j, has been peatmaster for twelve or fifteen years, also United Slates Commissioner, K and woe a prominent candidate lost year for x the office of United Slates Marshal for f< South Carolina. * If we are not misinformed, there is a much brighter side to that matter than is K given in the ebove. At any rate it looks |j very deubtful that a small country post, office like Etta Jane should havaouhsnd b f 100 wo-th of p>stage stamps at one time. * While it may b^^nlr^rytglkp postal regu- '' lattons for a f>o?tc stamps 10 per cent. loss tnao He depart, ment charges for them, we don't see anything very criminal in the transaction, par tieularly as Mr. Strain did not go to Canada with the $90. ?: ti Per* onus. 1 Capt C. C. Culp left for St. Louis. Mo.; on I Sunday, in response to a tela gram, announcing the sorious illness of his youngest v brother, B. D. Culp, from relapse of h pneumonia. J Rot. S. R. Hope leaves to-day on a visit to his parents at Chester. Mrs. M. Vincent has retnmed from Baltimore with a beautiful line of Millinery fl goods. J Miss Iaura Gist, of Gpsbsn Bill, is spending a few days with relatives hero- i u. v v k>. - *> u .1 nr. jc. w. Avniwvmi nof km*m v#?vokw? t on a visit to relatives. , ' ? nt-r. unuiMjn .WW *w York on a visit to bU brothers, after an absence of twenty-four years. Mr. F. B. Culp U on a visit to relatives \ here. Mrt. F. M. Farr is on a visit to relatives \ in York county. * Miss Ann E. Furman and Mrs. T. IF. i Hutsoa, of Greenville, in visiting Rot. and Mrs W. I Herbert, Mrs. Dr. M. A. Moore is visiting bor brother, Copt. S. 8. Walker and family, near Sunny Side. Miss Belle Moor* is in Camden, vlr'ting 1 I her uncle, Dr, A, A, Moore and family. J W. T. McLnre left foy New >'ork l'hure- t day, to buy a Spring Stock of Goods for J. i IT. McLute, Agent. j La Grippe. V /; , c There have been a great many eases of 1 (; r i FaiMraa at Yorkvii,i,b.?On yesterday Mr. J. C. Kenneday, doing buolnese in Uiis I place as a groped made an aaaignment foe 1 the benefit of his fyeditora. Hie liabilities i amount to $800 divided ia s^aJJ eijtns among a long list of oreditors- His aeoote consist qf the Stock of goods on hand, m. t. McDonald, Esq., is named as the assignee. Y?rkvtli* Enquirer. * mat. ' 'Wr JK a #; ffjnhelcrengc is for bclovfVQHHBP cowi irs. * even Phe mjsterious disappearance of some of Fa neighbors' dogs has led to the conolnsion hnni t rabies is "abroad in the land." We are | uldn't be surprised if somebody's hens are of b . laying poisoned eggs, too. We loam 8ma m a reliable source that a dog "clotne" up been o Mr. Lem Brown's barn and sucked 10 Tt pi for his ten toed muffled dominicker. treri r all suoli outrages we would suggest a inse< it-class lynching. M rhe man who takes stock in free fights whil lerally makes poor investments. The You lit ion of our Alliance editor and that of R ? Gaffney City correspondent, "Gloam," Mr. s both well defined in their recent articles, wee ? don't know who "Gleam" is, but wo arc and >roughly convinced as to bis conscientious- ?< ss, and ico fully concur with him in the han Inion that if the cause of temperance is to take advanced it can never be done by boy cot- talk ig one market or place where the sale of G uor is tolerated and patronising another, vere ot the whole thing out of existence or boy- T It every institution where liquor is sold, ney -SSASMNwlSS. SJ nixed. not Well, the Ladies entertainment atGoudeysle on the 16th instant was a suporbly grand air. Notwithstanding the cold icy wind st blew a perpetual gale all day Saturday d all night Saturday night every part of ^ eir work went on as if it had been a pleas- not t May-day affair. grot The swollen streafflTs prevented a number yea: >m being there who had mado prepajation th? do so; yet bctwocn 160 and 200 persons ire present and enough catiblcs wero left 'u 1 hove given the crowd another meal. Good fine der prevailed and everything was in style. The Everything that skill and taste could per- f-a! rm or suggest was carriod put. Detweon sna !5 and |80 was realized, which goes to fur- as \ sh ihe parsonage at Gaffncy City. Tho' 1 lirit with which other denominations acted mci this matter shows that ours is a broad- ??cl luge, liberal people. Son Our thanks are due and hereby tendered th"' the kind ladies who so substantially re- RKa embercd the old 'oman and tho little Voxcs pre itli samples of their workmanship, Mrs. I ox pronounced them first class, and wo 1 link she's a woman of fine taste; ~ . > plai Rev. R. P. Smith prcaced at Salem yester- of i ly. His subject was the Parable of the jnm ch man and Lazarus,?Luke, XVI, ehnpter >ng )th to 81st verses, inclusive. I P Rev. J. D. Bailey has been elected to fill of to pulpit at Abingdon Creek for the remain- 1 b Br of this year, Rev. F. C. Hickson having In iken oharge of the school at Gaffney City, ton . is expected that Bro Bailey will begin his ma Mtoral work on the 4th Sabbath in April, nia [r. Bailey has many warm friends outside bal r his own denomination who will welcome thr im to this now field, while Mr. ltickson ' irries with him the confidence and esteem frit r the people he has sorTod so faithfully, my Miss Mandeville Ooudelock we are glad to *at urn, is improving. Vox. ^' o Sunday Sohool Township Snpsrintendents lUft At the last meeting of the County Sunday aer chool Convention, the following Township Jo! uperintendenta, were appointed; Union, W, H. Miller. Fish Dam, W. T. Jeter. wo Draytonvllie, Charles Jefferiea. ori Cross Koys. J. W. Sanders. tl Ooshen Hill, Dr. J. H. Hamilton. . Jonesville, W. H. S. Harris. 0f Ooudeyavilte. J. L. Strain. Pinckney, F. M. Whitlock. ru, Santuo, It. C. Farr. gt( The several Superintendonts are earnestly squeated to visit all the schools in their res- ; ective Townships a? early in the Spring as ao oasible, advising with the Superintendents t|)( a their work. m( In those Townships where there is an or- ^ anized Convention, they will call upon the ^ 'ownsliip Executive Committe to arrange an )r the annual Township Conventions, which ^ re usually held in the Spring. b_ In those Townships where there are no or- ji( anized township conventions, they will w| leaso take steps to organize suchcooven- au ions at nn early day. wl Urge all schools to send representatives to aJ oth the Township and County Conventions, ^ rhich will meet in August, and let the comig county convention De one of the most pros, erous wo have, ever had, ' SAMUEL 8. 8TOKE8, ?" Pres't U. 8. S. C. W. II. Mim.hr, a1 Sec'y. J , 9 . ho Sunday Sohool Convention, The North Pacolet Sunday School Conven- lot ion will meet at Abingdon Creek Church at pa 0 o'clock, A. M., on the first Sunday in vii :i 1 < i J?I II. J '* The following is the progrsmmc, in which wc isiting brethren nro invited to take part: tw Devotional exercises with responsive read- in> ng of n portion of the 6th chapter of $9 latthew. fl Singing. gii Enrollment of schools and delegates. Miscellaneous. it Firet subject for discus-ion : Parental inluenee and its sesponsibi'ities?by C- W. Vhisonant, T. M. Littlejohn and Win. Jof- A; eries. cd Second. The sabbath School,a field for ntellectural and moral improvement by 0j, rkK. Jeflferies, A. A. Sarratt and C. L. N. fa] j*M, hii Jjiter filiation. br Artiasoos Bsssiotf, nr Heading of Essays. dc Third 8ubject.?Policy, the bane of our jj, eligious institutions,?by P. S. Webber, J. j,n d. Osment and C. C. Roberta. na p ii. tru- it :i k.. ruurtu* 1110 i/otii m ? out ipw/niuu,?ujr jj(] V. D. Alexander, Davie Jcfferiea and K- I*- ati ilacomsora. Wl Qucstestionbox. Miscellaneous. Dismission. m By order of the Convention, JAS. L. STRAIN. President. ^ ^ (h Sunday School Convention- p, The next meeting of the Union County *' laptist Sunday School Convention will be } leld at the Mount Joy church, on Friday be- 'l ore the 6th Sabbath in March. At which inie the following queries will be discussed. <1? J. "What is the relation of pastor and peo>Je, their relative work ?" Speakers, Br. R. .ittle. Rev. B. C. Lanmlev. bu 2. "What are the hindering causes to sue- lb essftil Sunday School work ?" Speakers, J. wl I. Randolph, P. M. Adams. to Bailey. r? 4. "What is the source of the religious bcief of the professed followers of Jesus Christ?" tpwker^C. B. Bebo and Rev. C. R. Willo- V KWrlm, L. E. MEADOR, . * th Secretary President. h< Remember the CktndQpenbig at GRAHAM fc St SPARKS, next Tuesday ana Wednesday. lc yet. bee rmere ere push log their work on every ren Corn ie being planted ; cottoa bede in getting in ehai>e, and good preparation fell oil is more general than for common. II grain is doing very poorly, baring set back by tho last heavy freese. ie peaoh crop will be a failure, and i have been considerably damaged by pie sis. yoi iss Annie M. Hughes is sponding a e with her city cousin, Miss Helen ng. and relatives in the town of Union. w" iverside had the honor of a visit from th< W. II. Young, now of Atlanta, last jjt It. Mr. Young is very fond of hunting is certaiuly an expert shot. iy I look here, "Vox." You ask me a go 1 question. If I am noL too badly mis. an u Simon Peter was the last person to 0f to Christ individua'ly. . ive us, Vox, your comment on the 25th e of tt>;21sl chapter of St. John. *? be Townsnip Superintendent for Pinok- ih Township will try to visit Piney Grove rlkjr Set. vol on the Oth Sunday, fnet., I . I Mt. Tabor on tho 1st Sunday, prox., if providentially hinderod. - Jos. Pr ho Correspondence of tho Union Tinas, (0 From Kelton, on the 3 C's Road ho< [r. Editor.?As news is scarce I bare much to write about. Farming is pro- p0 issing finely and is in advance of fbrmor rs. The wheat crop has been injured by fly. There are spots 10 feet square to hout a stalk. The acreage is smaller than sh ormer years. Tlio oat crop is looking jn , and a large acreage has been sowed. _ Fall sowed oats look very fine, but it is ed they arc injured by the present cold * p. If so, it will be hard on the farmers, tb t is too late to sow again. 'ho farmors in this section are using com-cial fertilizers extensively this year. It sis that they go by spasms in iis use. 30 years they use none and fail in a crop; .' n tbev trn in extremes in its use, and fkil *' in for the want of the right kind of paration and cultivation. ' will givo you a", little of my experience a small farm eimy olha t In 1887, I . nted 16 acres in .ootton, usad nine Racks acid on the farm with some home-made m nure, and made 7 bales of cotton, averag600 pounds to the bale. The next year lanted 14 acres in cotton and used 7 sacks acid with home-made manure, and made ?j ales, weighing 615 pounds to tho bale. . the year 188U, I planted 11 acres in cotand used 0 sacks of acid, with homede manure and some raw cotton seed, and de 7 J bales, weighing 522 pounds to tho 111 e ; and my land has improved during the j. ee years, I think, 33 per cent. , For fear I get into a controversy, like my and Whitlock did, 1 will stop. 1 will give n< experience in the pea crop and its reno- ?' ing properties in the future. 3eorge W. Going lias been appointed ? Btinaster at Kelton, ia place of J. F. Al n, resignsu. dev. M. B. Kelly p readied an impreuiTe 1 nion at Foster's Chapel yosterday, from l. iiu 5: C. Novs Veronb. " l'nk Comtlaints or the Farmers.?b%rn- Z 11 bas always been a straight-out Demo- a itic county, has always stood squarely hy 8 8 party nominations, and has never given oouragoment to any attempt to act outside tlio party erganisations in either county State elections. If Ben Tillman wants to y r. for Govci uOr lei hiit oruie before ine its Nominating Convention if nominations ^ s to be made in convention, or before the 1 imnrios if the primary plan of making 81 minations should be adopted. Wo are of s opinion that the primary plan will give , ire general satisfaction, while we see linly tho disadvantages of the system. " e farmers complain that their interests j* 3 not protected in conventions and that P 8 conventions are sometimes manipulated ^ cliquos and rings to their detriment and 7 (advantage. While we do not see it that iy, the effort should be to give satisfaction * <1 keep down the spirit of dissension, lioli. like ftanquu's ghost, will not down long as their wishes are not regarded.? 'letulale Enterprise. ' c 0 Cotton Fiun a^Peusbk.?Greenville, v arch 12.?A heavy cotton fire oeeorred at Iter, sixteen milesJMlow this city, to-day. " 3 o'clock this afternoon fire was discovered * one of the three large cotton storage ware- u uses of the Pelzer Manufacturing Com- 0 ny. In the building nearly 6,000 bales of ^ Iton were stored ; but the fire was not al- * ired to spread beyond one of three com- ' rtments into which the warehouse is di- ^ led. This contained between 1,800 and ^ MX) bales, and all but about 500 of these sro burned. The loss is estimated at beeen $60,000 and $75,000, fully covered by ( surance, as follows: Union Mutual, I 0.000; Liverpool, London and Qlobe, V 3,000; Niagara, $1,600 ; Home, of Qeor- t 1, $3,300 ; total, $108,000. j It is not known how the fire started, but 1 is beliovcd to have been purely accidental. ( f Oh Lori> ! You II*ra Killko Mi. 1 iheville, N. C , March 17.?News has reach- * I this place of a horrible accident near Hot 8 trings, Madison County. A twelvo-year- 1 i son of 8. D. Chambers a highly respectable 8 rmer, accidentally shot and instantly killed 1 s mother. The father had been to Hot Springs ingiog houie with him a valise with some . tides for the family in it. He put ^he valise iwn in the house and stepped out, when i e lad looked into it to see what his father ' id brought him. He found a pistol and . id to his mother, "See what pa brought >me." The pistol was discharged, the tell riking his mother in the breast- Her only j ords were : "Oh Lord I you have killed : liunisn By Proxy.?Albany, N. Y., Maroh ] I.?The livening Journal publishes a story is evening to the effect that Lester B. kuiKner, wrccKer 01 me uanvuie ixni, tio is supposed to hare died on January 7, still luring in Mexioo. He availed himself, is said, of the desth of bis gardener ..to ve the body buried as bis own and" lietly left the ccruntry. Chbatino Tiik Vihoinians.?Fredericks, irg, Vs., March 18.?It la rumored here at one of the biggest attempts at fraud, in h 1 ch ? v ^ ^'t'* in*o'ved. is soon Firs iv NawnaaRT.?Newberry, Mafoh- 1 7.?Fire broke out to-day in the heart of t o residence part of the city, destroying 1 io dwelling of Mrs. 0. Hovlord, with house>ld effects, watch and elothinf of the tnily. Mrs. Hoviord was only insured i r $800 on the house, all else was a total I we. < this position ; for, m ! only tlic boys who starn^ well heir studies and are popular with their ow-student? that gain these positions." A - i !* n olosing the above letter, the writer s, in effect: I am sure yon will be _ ised to hear of the high position thesf, ing men have taken in college, and be as dy to award them the mede of praise Ich their talents and moral worth entitle ^ m to, as you have to other young men of ion. . , fes, kind friend, it does our very heart >d to be able to speak well of the moral d intellectual standing of the yonng men this good old oounty, who are away firem me, preparing themselves lo beooms good d intelligent oitizens, capable of filling ? h ghest positions in any sphere of life whioh time and circumstances may ctll sm, with credit to themselves and to thro Mo of those who nartnrod them in ohildod and ao hopefully watchd their progrea* the high responsibilities of young man* od. Had wo known of the highly creditable aition your young friends hare attained college, it would not have been neoesaary remind ua of our duty to them, for we ould hare taken delight in placing them the front rank of Union's worthy eons. e barely knew that the young gentlemen . ,/ ?re at Davidson College, much lees of sir progress and standing. "wE^T ,.' Correspondent of the Union Tmaa. 'VjiJ Mere Mention, from Santae- ' . Sairruc, March 17.?Wo hare some 'mora -? nier down here. I think Sunday tras the V* ''* Idest day of the winter. The ground was oxen hard, and Monday was but lUU*-hwt?~- " ' ~ 1 r. I suppose rhoso wholtad planted, .oom I hare heard Of at least one?wishpd they id not been such "early birds." But despite the winter weather* the far- /*'" * ; era arc pushing their work, so it cannot be m tid that the work is ahead of them, so fkr. J It is feared that there will be no-fruit this 9 oar, especially peaches. Some trees lurre ^ )t as yet put forth a single bloom, and the > , " w that did, were "nipped in the bud." It ' ,'eas thought for some time that all the treee ere dead, and it seems now that a great * " **-. any are. There have been nothing heard, aa yet, viu the Sunday School Convention that lould have convened the last of (his month, wording to the time set apart for it at its rganization. It is thought by some that it i in a dying condition, brought on by tho jtion taken in postponing it lau Christmas, ut the Salem Sunday 8chool of this place ill not die with it, and will send its usual uarterly contribution, which it has here* >fore sent through the convention, to Mison8, &c? and as it did in December. Dame Humor has it, that some preacher , ill likely "get a job," in changing son f beau" knots to "altar" kcets. Slso talki e? great deal when she aught not, but thif ^ he tells with emphathis. E. W. J. , . Irrspressiblr Wiqgiss's Storm.?Ottara, Ont., Meroh 14.?Professor E. Stone i'iiftni ha* addressed the following cos- ' lunication to Mr. William Smith, Deputy linister of Marine: "A storm of unusual srsrity will occur on the coast of Europe n the 17>h to the 19th inst., snd on the iinsrioan coast on the 21st to the 23-1 lost, t appears to ma that nothing short of a liracto will prevent the destruction of shiping that may be caught out of harbor, eg. eoially the coasting fleet in the Oulf ot St. ivwrenoe and Bay of Fundy. Subsequent oleanio eruptions and earthquakes in the iorthern Pacific and probably in Europe / jr> rill eufficiently demonstrate the planetary .. r'.gin of the storm." * Tun Whitks Wili. Lkad.?Since the recent aning at Claflin an old colored preacher, ne of the few of the ante bellum days, rhen he heard how the rtudents oMllaflin ad threatened a rc/w in case Professor Do- V 'revilla attempted tt> :*etn?ta to his Wflpaes, , aid to his congregation^: ffMytfetfrfn, no iso for such foolishness as dat. We ni<nrera -- an't 'pete wid de buckra no how. redrin, day is Kitten ahead of our good jord and Master, for de Master has to hab reeling wedder to make ice, when" -A}' t a >uckra make um in de hot days of July ai^d Lugust.'-?Orangeburg Spectator. A Qekuikk Boom roa Charlkstos.? Charleston, 8. C., March 17.?The stock- * i old era of the Union Cotton Compress aqd Vharf Company to-day confirmed the sale'pf heir property to the Neill-McDonald epm; any of New York, at the price of ?150,000. -P rhe purchasers hare already paid 926,000 guarantee on the property. The oity has granted the purchasers the right of way hrough the streets, and they will build a elt line radroad, running arouod the Kast hore water front and conecting with all the rharres. This is considered the biggest itep forward for Charleston in the last fifty rears.?Got RegUter. ACoNrsDRRATB Mcsatm?Richmond, Vs., liaroh 14.?The Ladies' Hollywood Memoilal Association will petition the oity eouneii to tare the house occupied by Mr. Da*Is during he war preferred from destruction and iu. a :.u? ?. u. ?x 1 rwiuvu v i v? w i mo noowianui! IU WO U99Q i museum of Confederate relies end e memorial hell. The Association invokes the estistence of ell who ere interested in such en sndeevor. end esks them to contribute to .he enterprise end to fiynish memoriels end relics of the lete wer to be p!?)ed in the building. i- The grand rnsh for the Cherokee strip, in the Oklehomo country, reported from Kansas yesterday, has met with en obitruotion of the moet formideble ohereoter. The President hes issued his proolemstlon ell eoneerned thet the strip Is not >pen forHU^m?ot, end thet sll who unlaw* 'ullj unlet lOW Immediately renosed. In eonneetloiiwlilNA?P'*,'*rnB,|?>* irders have been issued framT#0rf*r U*~ for the use troops, if Mot ottoa, 'imtgbloFS^pounli"ea?h7 ^ 11% BUUdied mth< '?r. Mtftin Bolder, >f Die) township istlMihampioo Ml k two. 10 no farm. II a clewed lait year, a bora ill expenses, $1,400.^ Jf litis reoord can bo * , jroktn lot us hear tf.t?Luuren* Advert iter. r . 'i c?| t. 0. W. Shell states that all the rait- ] re ids cf the Stale hate giten redufel rates !o delegates attending the Famine* Ceavea- w:; tion la Columbia, <vr'' ' ?+ ? ' I ;;J - "5 iiii " *!/*> 1 %>? f _i nirBi dtr>M