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(ri'BI.ISllKD BY Ilt<jCEST.) ' CONGRESSMAN MILLS ON THE SUB-TREASURY BILLS. Washington, D. May 12, 1800. Mttrrr. J. N. Burbtr, ami John M. Randolph : Gentlemen.?1 have received your letter ^ of tho 12th of April, enclosing tho following resolution adopted hy the Farmers' Alliance, of Milam County, Texnx, on the 8th day of April, 1800: ? n/ierea*, llio Ml lain county rainier* Alliance iliil unanimously endorse II. 11. bill No. 7102, and Senate bill No. 2806, now pending in Congress ; and whereas, wo are eery desirous that one of said billp be enacted into law at the earliest day possible; therefore, be it resolved by the Milam County Farmers' Alliance, in session on the 8th day of April, 18W, that J. N. Rnrber and .). M. Randolph be, and tbey are hereby appointed a committee of conference, and are hereby instructed to lay before our Representative, Honorable R. Q. Mills, a certified copy of these proceedings by mail, and request him, at the very earliest day possible, to inform said committee whether he will support either one of said bills; and, if so, which one ; and that said committee at once make known to the Farmers' Alliance of Milam County, in nny manner thoy may see proper, such reply as ihey may receive from Hon. R. <J. Mills, and that the same be asked of Hon. J. II. Reagan and Hon. lticbaril Coke." MR. mills' iif.rt.y. The two hills mentioned arc subs'antinlly the same. They differ only in unimportant details. They both provide for the erection of a Government warehouse in every county, in every Stair and Territory which, during SoTd colloO, corn, l,ntm, nni| in excess of live hundred thousand dollars in value, that the Secretary of the Treasury shall establish a suh.trcasury department in each of snid counties ; that a manager shall bo elected to take charge of enid sub-treasury ; that the owners of corn, wheat, oats, cotton and tobacco may deposit (lie same in said Government warehouses nearest the point of production and receive United States Treasury notes for 80 per cent, of the net value of said products, said value to be determined by tho manager under regulations prescribed by the Secretary ?f the Treasury based on the prices current in the leading cottou, tobacco and grain markets of the United Stales ; that the Secretary of the Treasury shall have prepared and issued Treasury notes in such amounts as may be required for the purposes of the oct; the notes shall he full legal tender l'or all debts public and private and be counted as part of the lawful reserves of national banking associations; that lite manager shall receive the products provided for and give the depositor a receipt for the same, slating the amount and value of the products deposited, the nmniint nf mmw.v ml va ?,.?.l <l.~ nud insurance nml oilier charges lo lie paid. The receipts nrc made negotiable by indorsement and the holder is permitted to redeem the products deposited by paying back the money advanced, with 1 per cent per annum interest and other charges. In case they are not redeemed within 12 months they arc to bo sold at public auction nndtho proceeds of sale are to be applied to the payment of the money advanced with interest and charges. If there should be an excess after such pnyment the tame is to be paid to the holder of the receipt. Tlio sura of $>0,000 is appropriated to carry out the provisions ot tiio till. 1 cannot, in the scope of a letter, recount all the results that would follow the passage of either of said bills. It will lie sufficient to notice a few of them. The friends of the measure tell us that it will only be necessary to build somo 800 houses, to store these products; that there are only about that number out of the 2,400 coun?i?9 in the Union, that produce and sell these named articles in excess of $000,000 annually, But these 800 warehouses must he large enough to hold all of these five products, raised in the counties whore they nrc situated, and such products of the other counties as may be deposited. What will these warehouses cost ? =9r&tl|f4tfk4f &<W by which one may determine that matter, it will require a very large sum to begin with. The Government had erected one public building in the ninth Congrcs-ionsl district in the city of Waco at a cost of one hundred thousand dollars, and T am sure that if it was filled from cellar to garret it would not hold one-tenth of the cotton raised in Mc i.ennan county, to say nothing of the corn, wheat and onu. if the houses could he built at an average cost of ? UK),000 it would require eighty million dollars to build them. This is the smallest objection 1 have to the sub-treasury system. If its effects were otherwise good I could support it over this objection. Rut supposo the houses cost nothing, would it then be a wise policy to adopt? The most prominent feature of this polioy is the entire adsorption of the private business of the people by the Government. The Alliance tell us that our farmers cannot support themselves and those dependent 011 them, unless the Government will take these products and lend tlicm money 011 them.? Rut if that be true how much better will he be the next year than ho is now? lie will have to borrow again, and as lie is notable to make his income meet his out go without borrowing he must get worse year by your, and sink nt lost into bankruptcy. When the Government begins to take charge of tlio cotton, wheat, corn, oats and tobacco, it will go on, and bacon, pork, beef, butter, cheese, lard, hay and all other farm products will demand of the Government to take their surplus and advance then 80 per cent, on it. And in periods of manufacturing and mining depression iron, siecl, woolen and cotton goods will demand to he deposited and taken care of and lnency loaned to the owners, and so will coal and ores and lumber. If the policy is adopted it must apply to nil, mid the power of (hose interested in these product* will compel the Government to extend its paternal rare to them. How much money will it take to make the 80 per cent, advance on lite live articles provided for by the bill ? Its friends soy it will require enough Treasury notes to about double our present circulation. The amount of money in the United States today, outside the Treasury, is about ?1,400,000,000. Will it put this amount of paper money in circulation? Fay that it will increase the Circulation one-half of that amount, the first effect would be suspension of specie payment(iuld oiut ??! ? * quickly leave flic channels of circulation, perhaps leave the country, and the business of the country weuld be floating on a v?u, illnl ilir, Wftllltn* nf r.ni.ow A 1' ' ft ^ " "ii prices would rise in proportion*^ tlie increase, nnd (btn, as (lie bill provides for (be destruction of I lie money jvhen it is paid back to the Government, thore would lie a contraction efjual to the expansion, and prices of all farm products, wonld fall, in company wi'h all other property. This measure provides for an annual conlrac'ion of the currency. That itself would bring incalculable disaster to the country, and no class of our citizens would feel it more severely than our farmers. When the business of the country is on a vacillating paper circulation it is expose) all the timo to the perils of speculation and gambling in the products of labor, in which game the working people of the country are always losers. The policy which the sub-treasury system will inaugurate will lock up and keep out of market the products neswMry to fend and clothe human family, ar.d of course, it will bring with it distress and suffering among all the pooler classes of people who live by their daily toil, and must receive their daily supplies from the market places. Why Southern farmers should go into it I cannot comprehend. They buy their bacon and flour from tho Northwest, and if the producers are enabled to lock it up and hold it for higher prices it will be at tho expense of tho cotton grower, llow is ho to be benefitted 7 When he locks up hie cotton against whom is he contending? All his crop is sold. Twothirds Ck it goes to Europe, and the other to cotto 1 manufacturers in the United States. If the cotton grower expects to sell al the market price, and tries to force the manufacturer to give him more than the market prioe the manufacturer to give him moro than the market price, the manufacturer can closo his mill, turn his working people in the etreot and wait until the grower is ready to sell, lie can stand the strain longer than the fanner can. His employees will drink the cup of suffering toils dregs but it will not come uear his lips. In the meantime the cottou grower will be paying the warehouse combination price for liis bacon, lard and Hour, and if he holds his cotton for the year provided tor by the bill he will put two crops 011 the market nt once, sell them at half price, pay interest, insurance aud oilier charges and clo?e tip the transaction a heavy loser. Let us look at it from the position of the commmor of farm products. AVhat arc they to do while frti.m tw,\,liinto own Inni'Ai] m\ nn tlin otitt.ti'uuu. ury ? AYliat arc they to do for daily subsistence? What have tlicy to deposit upon which to draw ?0 per cent, of its value with which topurchnso their daily supplies? They are entitled to equal considerations with the rest. As Democrats, wo all believe with Mr. Jetlerson, in "equal and exact justioo to all." Our wholcjsystcmofl'ree government is founded on that cardinal principle, and tho Democratic party was organized at the beggining to secure it. All the bnttlcs it has fought and all the victories it has won have be?u to favored clissTcgijain>n-w4u n?rtv has never When any measure is proposed for their adoption it must imposo its burdens and bestow its benefits alike on all. 1 am thorough: ly convinced that the sub-treasury scheme winlBjuro runnersana ail omcrs, out i am presenting it to you iu the light in which its advocates present ;t? as a measure beneficial to the depositors of tho farm products, but injurious to those who have to buy and consume theoi. There is another objection to the proposed scheme that 1 am afraid was not considered by my Democratic friends in Milam County. It will require ten or a dozou officers at each of the sub-treasuries to receive and care for the products deposited, return to the depositors, and make settlements for advances, interest, insurance and other charges, or sell theiu at auction and account for proceeds of sale, to render accounts to the government, to receive its money, keep books, make returns, ami perforin such other duties as will be found necessary iu conducting so large a business. The bill only provides for one such officer, but that is manifestly insufficient and the Government, if flic bill is passed, will provide force enough to execute its provisions. Under the Constitution they must be appointed by the Frc?ident or by tlioss under his authority. Have my Democratic friends, considered what would be the effect of filling tho Southern Sta'cs with Republican office holders dispensing hundreds of millions of money ? Do you want te return to the period of reconstruction again? Have the Democrats of Milam County forgotten tho throes and convulsions through which wo passed during that time? The Republicans in tho senate and House arc holding nightly caucuses t* agree upon a system of Federal oontrol over our ballot boxes, in order that thoy may take control of our elections, and by returning boards, np pointed by Harrison, have republicans placed in office, instead of the Deinoerata wlio have been elected by the people, liver since they secured the Administration and both bronchos of Congress they have been busy devising ways and means to overturn the Southern State governments and put them again in the control of a mercenary Lord of adventurer? worst than the locusts and lice of Egypt. To pass either of these bills and inaugurate the sub-treasury system would be to prepare the way and make the paths straight lor the restoration of that control. It would bring to tlit South a period of corruption and opnrcs.-upn.tbaL bv contrast would, make iiu If ad the hou?es provided for by this bill could be built without cost to the Government, and if all the offices necessary to carry it into etfect, could he filled with Demo. crals, ?ml if the Government had a thousand millions of"fco?fl and silver to lend to the farmers without interest, and without inflating the currency, the measure would then he full of evil and destitute of any compensating good. Tho throwing into the circulation of a thousand millions of gold and silver would raise prices very greatly, and while the products the farmer had to sell would be greatly increased in price, so would that which lie had to buy. So that exchanges would bo lifted upon a higher plane, but their relative value to oath other would be just the same. The relief for which our farmers need is the relief for which Cleveland fought and foil. That re'ief was to give them more markets and a greater demand for their products ; that greater demand would raise their prices and put into their pockets more than a thousand millions of dollars annually not of borrowed money, but of money tlint belonged to them, and which did not have to be repaid to any one. AVliilc opening the markets of the world to their surplus products would increase the value of what tliey liAfl (a unll W waiiI/I ? ? - a- ? - 1 ?v. .v <<vuiv> ui iuv cmihu uiiiu uecresse the value of tlie things Ihej liod to buy. This policy would begin a redistribution of tho wealth of the country ; and the wenlih that is new piled up in castles would be distributed in the pockets of the producers. The only way in which Congress can emancipate our farmers is to reduce, greatly reduce, taxation on all manufactures and other things which are imported and which we have (obuy, and thus let in five or six hundred millions of foreign products that are now kept out. When these come in an c<]unl amount of cotton, wheat, corn and other things would go out to pay fur them, and that would make an increased demand which would increase tho value of the entire crop many hundred million dollars. In 1881 we exported $730,UOU,000 worth of agricultural products. That is the largest amount we have over exported in any one year from the beginning of our Government. The greatly increased demand for foreign products made high prices. If we take the prices of corn, wheat, oats, rye, barley, buckwheat, potatoes, hay, cotton and tobacco for the year 1881 aiui anulv .&? *- " \ urunncre ov Tlie vmp 1 ftKO ?<ii < -? . - ? * -- ? .. oov thai llie crops of 1889 would have been worth $1,570,000,000 more than it was. Why did we not have the prices of 1889? liecause there was not the same demand for exports as in 1889. Wo only exported $032,(MM),000 worth of agricultural products in 1889, which was about $8 per head of our people, while in 1881 we exported about $14 per hotd. Hut why did we not export a lar- | ger surplus iu 1889 than in 1881? liccauee we put high duties on the manufactures of France, <1 asm any, Austria nud other countries and in the last ten years they have been retaliating by putting on high duties on our agricultural products. When we reduce the duties on their goods they are rendy to reduce the duties on our-agricultural products. It was to accomplish this that Cleveland drew the Democratic blade in J8g7, and it is to accomplish this that the Democratic party is embattled to-day. It is painful to inc to doclinc to susportany measure urged on mo by my constituents. 1 am deeply sensible, at n'l times, of the a>'?'*tjidc 1 owe to them. . They have conferred upon m6 nonors anrt dmnanvm 1 yond my merits. They have supported me with unwavering fidelity through a long pub% lie service, and it would bo a groat pleasure to [represent them again if lean do so as a Democrat, standing on a Democratic platform, and aiding in carrying out Democratic principles, which 1 believe to bo necossary to perpetuale the blessings of free government. But if my constitneuts have grown weary of Democratic principles, woary of bearing the words of Jefferson demanding "equal and exact justice to nil men," as a fundamental condition of ft-ee government; if they want to embark iu class legislation, and inaugurate a war ol interests and of classes ; if tbey want to sua render their private business to the contro of a centralized government a thousand mile away from them ; if they have lost jTsith ii their capacity to govern themselves bettei than they can bo governed by others; If thej have ceased to believe that that government i best that governs the least, or, as Samuel J Tildcn most happily cxpressod it, "The Qen oral Govermcnt should not do for the Stat what the State can do for itself, and no govern msnt should do for the citizen whet he eai do for himself," then I must give plsc to another. I ain toe old to change the ooo trim Sane nf a lifa ftnta I o?? m llamnawat cause I believe the great sum of woos vrliic humanity suffers comes from a disregard c Democratic principles. I am a Democrat be causo 1 believe that the happiness and pros perity of ourselvos and our children depen upon the triumph of the principles whic woro declared by Jefferson and supporte by Madison, Monroe, Jackson, Van Buroti l'olk, l'icrco, lluchsnnn and Cleveland, have given the best years of my life to m State. I bave served her faithfully in wt and peace. I have never done an act thi my convictions told mo was detrimental \ her interests. 1 am too old to be tempts by any position to abandon a post of duty < piove recreant to a public trust. I cen a ford to retire to private life, but I cannt afford to share the guilt of participating in i miURTTs orrtfy teuoVrtrrvniWkHd .sufferinc t Very truly yourtf ~ R. Q. Mitxs. Ific JDccIfy Knion liittc R. M. STOKER, - Edit* I S. S. STOKES, - Local Edits Friday, June 13, 1890. t SUBSCRIPTION, $1 GO PER ANNV POST OFFICE DIRECTORY. '"'lie P. O. will be opened for businf fron. 8 A. M. to 6.30 P. M. The Money Order Departmcnl will pened for business from 0 A. M. to 4 P. ] The Northern mail will close at 1 M.t and the Southern Mail at 1.30 P. M. Any inattention or irregularities shoe re reported promptly to the P. M. J. C. HUNTER, P. M. 1 ?" Children's Day was celebrated la Sunday morning at the M. E. Church. T pastor, Rev. W. I. Herbert, preached a s< mou appropriate to the day,- and in t evening he proaclied an exoellent sermon Sunday School workers. 1 J of a ream Note paper 16c., or a wh< ream for 50 cents at H. M. COHEN A DUO'S. ? The subscriber respectfully annou , cos io the good people of Pea Ridge, that , has opened a Photograph Gallery at Jont ville, and will remain at that place from t , days to two weeks, and longer if the patrc ' ago warrants it.- He refers to citizens . Cross Kevs and vicinity, and his work do , there lately.* R.D.BINGHAM. , Men's and Boy's Straw Hats 2 for 5c. at ; H. M. COHEN & BRO'S, i t is curious how things get mix up by newspaper correspondents. Li . six persons as being candidates for Congr< in this the 4th District, in which the on candidates then known, Col. I. G. McKissii of Union, ami K. 1). Smith, of Spartanbui were conspicuous'y omitted, i Again, among the distinguished gent men attonding the campaign meeting Greenville last Tuesday, we see the folio ing : "Col. I. G. McKissick and Represent tive Godfroy Fowler, cundidatet for Congrei interested lookers-on.'" Wo heard sometii ago that Mr. Fowler was debating in 1 own iniml who*her ho would run for I State Senato or a seat in Congress, and i suppose he has decided to go to Washingto Lucas" Ready mixed paints nre the bo: for sale by FOSTER, WILKINS & CO. JWSJP* We ask every man who i? in fav of the Sub-treasury or Warehouse Bill, no before Congress, for the relief of tho fari era, to read the reply of Mr. Mills, of Tcxs to his constituents, unon AVo fear tliat many gooil men hare bc< induced to favor that measure upon the d lusive light it holds out of offering to tl Farmer 80 per cent, advance on all hia pr ducts, at 1 percent, interest. It is a vei attractive bait, but Mr. Mills, we think, la} hare the tlngrnnt iniquity that underlies tl siren promises of the scheme. Mr. Mil backs his patriotism and judgment by tol ing his constituent!, "I cun afford to retii to private life, but 1 cannot afford to shai the guilt of participating in an act that wi bring distress and suffering to millions of m fellow citizens." Ladies and Gents Summer Underrasts fo 25 cents, at II. M. COHEN & BROS, Wai?~ "Remember the Sabbath day to kee it holy, &c," is one of the great comment monts from Ged, and we firmly believe thi no individual ?? ??* ?"~v "vl UTtr~( ever will have permanent prosperity thi wilfully violates that commandment, an the senior sincerely hopes that the newl elected Town Council will continuo in tli omrse they have started upon to faithfull enforce the Sunday law bv annnra??iner tb sale of whiskey and closing stores where a1 other beverages aro sold, and will exten their edict to the ltarber Shops. Tho Barbers tell us they keep open unt about 12 o'clock Saturday night, but after or 8 o'clock, they have but little to de; be Sunday morning llicy arc crowded with cui toincrs until after 11 o'clock. New we cor tend, if the "City Fathers" w'sh to be cob sistcnt they should stop the Sunday shai as well as the Sunday dram. Men can jui as easily take home a clean face on Satnrda night for Sunday, as a half pint tiokler, fo a Sunday dram. Itchj Manga, and Scratches on human c Sanitary Lotion, 'fhls never fails"' tiSia !> J. M. <11 BBS k SON, Druggists, Urtion. T i. Inspection of tl? Johnson Eiflee. Gen. Bonkwfi^MJutant and Inspector General, inspecQ^Bie Johnson Rifles lost . Thursday'afternoof on the Court House * -Square. There wero twenty-eight in liqe, and three pomaraba^^oficcrs, under command of Capt. M. AyAilp. The drilling ojU^Ruarc was pronounced to be equ.1 heretofore ex ecu^ At night i^^^^^^took place in the Court ilouad^^Hfe^h^e'of a large as > At were about ? eighteen contestants, seventeen of whom a gratLally dropped out of line, at the decision of tfo Judgoe, leaving Sergeant J. M. Aus'* tell the successful contestant, to whom the * Plume wns presented by Gen. Bonbatn. ! After the drill the company and their * n.^utu wanateuul la iL. lf-i-1 1 ^ A I v iv vuv Jiuivi, nunc vop, 1*. M. Gibbes had prepared a most excellent ^ sipper, of which all present partook most >f biartily, and gaTe "mine host" Capt. Gibbes >- a ell deserved praise for the manner in j nhieh the supper was gotten up and (served. b The iuner man being satisfied, Capt. M. d -R. Culp offered the toast, "The Volunteer i. flddiory of South Carolina," which was re* spmded to by Gen. Bouham in his usual ^ eltquent style, paying a well deserved solit dier's tribute to the Volyntecr Soldiery of lo theSfhte, whloh was received by the RifleJ * u men with applause. f. Th).loast, "Tbc Johnson Rifles," was re>t spondcil to .by Capt. C. C. Culp, who gave a to brief of tl^e Johnson Rifles from ?T their first orauiisat ion, before the late war, "* WriiiDg. Ueserve^rib' to and in (he flehy of% action?the onlyfeur^" viving one being vnpt. R. C. Johnson, who o was present. Capt. Culp did himself and ? his comrades great credit on this occation, jr eloquently and feelingly reviving sad and 51* pleasant memories that had been dormant _ .for the last twenty-five years. The toast, "Woman," was responded to by Private William MoGowan in a moat graceful manner, lie cembincd iu woman ? sweetness and bitterness, concluding by paying a beautiful tribute to tho Mothers, Wive, Sisters and Sweethearts of our coun588 try. . it !.. Vl ... ./ > qq >uv ui i liTiiu luwuvnau o i vM. marks tbo company disporsed and pronouncod tho occasion the most pleasant over ] j spent under the auspices of the Johnson Rifles. ~ The Sunday Law 10 be Snforeed. The now Town Council was sworn into sfflee frst Friday. One of their first actions >r" was to provide for enforcing tho Sunday 'law which is on our Statutes, and also ene to of the Town Ordinances. We feel it to be our duty to state that it became actually necessary that the Council should take tho matter in liaud. It cannot be truthfully denied that for somctiino pas there was apparently ne regard paid to tin Sabbath day. Certain plaoce of business Jg_ were as mush open on Sunday as any otlici en <l*y> which was often nlludol to by strangori >n- and apvko very badly for the morals of out community. But we hope that such a state of thing) will only apply to the past, aod that tin , council will hereafter strictly enforce tin law, frem the selling of whiskey to tlio sab Clj of ioe, and even to the closing of th< Barber Shops. "aik.fc^rnionaw"*; ?ss I ?M?meno#d last Sunday, and with plossur< j *id the Ceuacil in the pcrforinanco of thoii uuuu, uuisoau nereatter claim it tobeoui duty to the publio to call attention to any viola'ion of the law or any luck of finance le. on tbo part of tbo town authorities to detect and punish violators. w. Admitting, as we must, that we too, have 1|U heretofore been very remiss in our duty to J9 the publio in this particular, we are deter. uc mined that in the future we will call public l-s attention to such ilagrant violations of tha jie Sunday law as existod in our town up to two woeks ago. n So, gentlemen, you arc forewarned, in order that if you are charged wiih allowing st; the law to be violated you may mako your defense good. or Gents Soarfs at 10 and 15?, at ?w H. M. COHEN & BRO'S. n- V"*" *> We heard a very intelligent gentleman say a few days ago that the inhabitants sn of the town of Union were tbe moat corne pletely satisfied set of people he ever ming le led wiili. They are perfectly satisfied with o* their past and present oondition, and as to ry tho future, they don't seem to allow that to t*e giro tlicm a moment's unrest. He found ie more men in Upion quite satisfied with the Is unsatisfactory and unprogresaive condition of 1- "making a bare living," than he ever met re in all his life. He acknowledged that it re was a very happy state of mind for the elderill ly and old people to be in; but he would not iy be willing to have his sons brought up undor such inert and indifferent business influences. It won't do for us to say that the above is strictly correct, but wo may be allowed to p tell a Juh story ; which, being condensed in1. to the scaliest space, is about this; , i . . ' / a-fc ? II?|* to Jy" "one spot? Mrt nsTcaught nothing. * A friend it asked him what k'md of bait be used, and <1 he replied, "a red rag." His friend told y him-he never would catoh fish in that stream ie with thai beit, that those above and below j him were using worms and prepared dough, 10 and they eaught fish right along. Well, said 11 the fisherman, if the fish won't bhe at my bait they may go to hades: I am not going to the trouble of digging for worms and II nixing uongn wun cotton 10 mime it Kick 7 on the hoofc, just to please the durned fish, it I'll ait right hero a week without a bite rather than ohange lay notion about i. whet bait the flakes will bite at. :* ?-l e For tba Time*. (t Faeolet Hifk School Exercises. y The oloeing exercises of I'rof. Klmere's >r High School, at ftcolet, will be held on Friday, the 20th inst., at 9 o'olock A. M.? An interesting programme, consisting of >r recitations, declamations, essays, music, etc., f U tttflfr,' yfll'g'w^'y'OSMtHJ i Jiff,'1' 1 'r^-pu Utrf are cordially SnvHed. Treating at Elsotions. If lliero is one practice more demoralizing nod unjust than another, in the present way of electioneering, it is that of treating, either to whiskey, dinners at the barbecues, cider, or anything clae.^to influence yotes. The custom is so palpably pernicious and demoruliziug that we have not heard a person, whether a candidate or not, who does not eniphatioally condemn it. The surprise to us is that the people do not combine to put a stop to it. We hare no data to base the assertion upon, but we belieeo that trailing to whiskey at elections has been the cause of raoro drunkenness among young men ilian anything else. Kut the most degrading feature in the custom is, it carries wiih it tho supposition that tho vote of an intelligent free white citizen of Union, can be purchased with a Barbecue dinner or glass of whiskey. To us it looks like insulting the good sense and manhood of nil honest Totor, and should ba spurned bj every one as such. It is also unjust, for it gives tho candidate with the fullest pocket book a great advantsgc over one who is poor and probably needs the emoluments of tho office he seeks, to support hiuisolf and family. It is not only wrong in principle, but in any light you may place it, and has not a good feature to commend it, and should ba condemned by the people in the most emphatic nnd effectual manner. It has driven and will poulimto tcL.di'iv more good, honest aniL capable men from tha offices of o^Fl&flCkiid County tKSuany oilier 0UStQU.jM^^tapacnt in tho contest for versiTC of a fair, free and intelligent choice of the people, in electing men to office. W< call upon the people of Union County to sci their faces as (lintagainst the practiceAttentien Deraooratio Clubs. County Chairman, T. C. Duncan, requests us to annouuee that tlic Democratic County Convention will be held in the Court House at noon on Thursday, the 20th iost. Township Democratic Clubs are notifici to meet at- 12 o'clock on the 2<5th, to elcoi delegates to the Coubty Convention. Tho County Convention will olect a Countj Chairmnu, a County Democratic ?xscutiv< Committee, and delegates to the Democrats State Convention, to be held at Columbia or the 10th day of September next. Democrats throughout the County ari earnestly requested to atteud their Townshi] meetings to assist in reorganizing thei Township Clubs, and olect full delegation to the County Convention. 11 9 1 Churoh Improvement*. The repairs on tbo Baptist Church ar ' nearly completed. The improvements insid are certainly great; addiug much to tho ap 1 pcarance aud comfort of the ohurcb, an 3 when completed and furnished, at contcn: ' latcd by the congregation, it will ho one o ' the most convenient and comfortable churchc 1 in town. r The painting and other improvements o the Presbyterian Church are noaring con 5 pletion, also, which will greatly improv 3 the appearance of that church. 3 Upon the whole, Union can boast of t : fine and substantial churches as any tow 3 in tho upper part of tho State. lor the Alliance dcparlmei i did not reach us this week in tiino fo * this issue. IVhen the Augusta Division of tli ' Three C's gets to ruuniug, the Times and th Alliance Editor will bo nonror to each othei i We received Another capital letter froi our esteemed correspondent, Cosmopolite but it came too late for this issue. Lik i good wiue, it will lose nothing by keeping and wo bnve filed it among tho first for ncx week. i Car old and familiar friends, Vox, nn i E. W.J. must not get angry at us far omit ting their interesting favors this week. W< could not possibly crowd them in. Attention K.'- A.-. M's.". We are l equcsted to announce that P. C II. P. Morris CUrko will visit Poinsett Chap ter,No. 16 , R.\ A.-. M.-. on Monday, th 16th, insi., and a special convocation w il then be held for the purpose of conferrip] Degrees. It will be a very instructive euiiTni>.nii?n and all R.*. A.*. M's.\ who possibly cai should attend. Key FoundFound, on Church Strcot Inst Sunday, i Rim Dead-lateli Key, which the owner cai get by cilliog at the Times office and payio| 25 conts for this notice. .? Pio-Nio at Santuo. The Local bad the ploisure of attending < pic-nio at Santuc, last Friday, given by tin pupils ef Miss Inez Kdwards' school and the Temperance Division, llev. 11. F. Ghreitz berg, of Columbia, delivered an able addreei on Prohibition. The occasion was a pleasant one and greatly enjoyed by all present. A Pound of GeW andao^Milhs Times to wliicli I give the following anewers: 1st. A pound of gold nod n pound of cob ton each have the same weight. * 2d. We say the pole is 10 feot long. 3d. When n clock strikes 15 it indicate! that it is time to put it in the hands of a first, rate Machinist. Yours, truly, J. Sanders Hcntf.r. * That's a slight mistake, which manj fall into. A pound of gold is twelve ounces troy weight, while a pound of cotton ii sixteen ounces, avordupois. The answers It the 2d and 3d questions are correct. Epoch.-?1The transition from long, lingor< ing and painful siokness to robust healtt marks an epoch in the life of the Individual Such a remarkable event is treasured in iht memory, and the agency whereby the gooc health has been attianed is gratefully bless ed. Hence it is that so muoh is heard in praise of Electrio Hitters. So many fee they owe their restoration to henlth, to thi ase of the great Alterative and Tonic. I yon are troubled with any disease of Kid neys, Liver or Stomach, of long or shor xA'r.AwtTnrwnreiW.1 in*u"*r OUC.ind H pei bottle at ID F. l'oeey's Drug Store. (Correspondence of the Union Tins*,) By Telephone from Jonesville. Jonesvilek, Juno 10.?Wo had a fioe shower of rain last night whioh put the land in good working order. We need no more rain at present, for wo have had rather too much rain of late and the grass is getting pretty good hold in some of the cotton fields around here. Small grain is being harvested and the wheat orop is a hard btrgnin with most farmers; many think it will not pay for tbo harvesting. Oats are good. Corn and cotton looking well, on'y needs <werk just now. Mr. J. II. Coleman died last Friday night and was boriod Saturday at Gi'e&d Church by Prudence Lodge, A. F. M., of which he was a member* lie worked faithfully at the fire in Jonesville on the 8th March la?t, nod shortly afterwards he had an a'tack of the Gripp, which lasted until his death. Healso had a severe attack af Dysentery, which wii.li the Gripp was more than his constitution could resist. Last December Mr. Coleman took out a $1,000 policy in the New York Mutual Life Insurance Co., and had only paid one premium, about $05, when he died. Mr. Geo. Munro, the local agent of the company, came to Jonesville the day after Mr. Coleman died to procure the proper certificates for the company, and there is no doubt but Mrs. Coleman will recoive paymout of the polioy inside of thirty days. Mr. Lemuel Sprouse lias been very ill; his affliction being of the rnme nature as that of Mr. Coleman. Mr. J. F.'AHmsn is laidjup with throat affection. from which ho it suffering considerably. Mr. T. L. llnmcs, of our town, and Mrs. William Jofforios, of North Pacolet, are visiting relatives in Gibson County, Tenn. Mrs. Ella HowclMiaving closed her school at Cross Keys is at home again. Mrs. Clough Bishop, of Cross Keys, is visiting friends in Jonesville and vicinity. Mr. Munio Ward, a young manfrotnncar Jonesvillo, who went to Texas some few months since, has returned fully satisfied with the "Lone Star * State. ?_.i ?< 41,a ?n?n? ..r - ?rv? u bpmmtt. , ville of late, but Telephone has not been able to keep up with their movemoots and therefore, caa't report their doings, t Telephone. Correspondence of Union Times. The 3 P's-Pretty Progreaaive Paooleti Pacoi.et, June 9.?Our Township Sundaj School Convention met here on the 31st ult., Mr. J. R. Sentell, of thi Trouih Slum's ' school, presiding. The following offioera wore electe<1: Rev. A.' A. James, Preeil dent, and Mr. A. N. Slallworth, Secretary, t The session ocoupied the entire day, and questions ef iuterct were discussed by Revs. 1. N. Newberry, II. M. Haynes, Rev. Mr. f Thacker, of Wofford College, Messrs, J. R. 3 Scntcll, M. Q. Stone, J. Coke Jennings, II. 3 Perry Wood, Mr. Henry and others. Rev. T. M. Dent and family, accompanied 1 by Miss Alice Dent, have returned from a visit to relatives in Columbia. Miss Ilcsaic o Dent will remain aouie lima longer in Colump h??Miss Sunie Littlejolin, who is teaching r at Woodbury, Georgia, has returned home o for tho vac lion. Rev. W. T. Tate and family, and Mis: Melissa Brown, of Marion, are spending th< summer hero. Misses Nettie and Eva Jeter, of Santno e are visiting Miss Leila Wood. ? Master L. Albert James, of Greenville i- is visiting his grand-parents. Albert is a j pupil of the Graded School in Greenville jtud was awarded tho honors of his class ii l" deportment and studios. 'f Misses Mollie and Janio Brown, and Mis; '3 Eunice Littlejolin, who have been attendini the Clifford Seminary, are at home for tli vacation. Miss Mollie has been quite no n well, but is better. ?- One of our progressive farmers, Mr. Mose o Wood, has one of llio finest gardens I eve saw. I do not think I exaggerate when say he has turnips as "big 'round" as a; ls ordinary dioner-plate. n Crops in this neighborhood hare bee carefully cultivated and are looking well Rev. D. A. Brown and wife have bee: visiting the family of Rev. II. M. Havnet it a SATO N. r e Baptist 8.8. Union. c Programme for S. S. Union of middl section of Broad River Asaooiation. Tlio Sunday School Union of middle sec u tion of Broad River Association will met with the Brown's Chapel Churoh in Spat 0 tanburg County en Saturday boforo the dtl Sunday in Juno, at 10 o'clock A. M. Al ? churches and schools in said bouuds aro rc i quested to send delegates. proorammk. tl 1. Reports from Schools. 2. Organization. 3. Miicollaneou8 business. 1st Question. Can it be possible that i church member is converted who does noth ittg for the advancement of the cause o Christ? T. O. Chalk to open discussion. Question Box. Intermission. Question. Is a Baptist Orphanage in thi 0 Stste a necessity ? Rev. J. E. Burgess t 1 open discussion. g Question. Is it right and Scriptural fo the member of a Baptist Church to partaki of the Lord's Supper at the table of anothe > Baptist Church? J. 11. JefTeries to npci a discussion. Question Box. Miscellaneous business. susoat 11 a. m. a Missionary sermon by Rev. J. 1). Bailey a Rev. J. E. Burgess, Allernato. 11. B. Spkahs, * Secretary. . Sunday School Convention. The 14th Session of the Union County 1 Baptist Sunday-School Convenvention wil 9 convene with I'bilipi Cburob, on Friday i before the 5th Sabbath in June 1820, at . 10.30 A. M. Rev. Chas. R. Willeford to preach introductory sermon. 1 The following quierios will be discussed: mi. itniti is me reiauon or pastor antl 1 people, their relativo work?" Introductory speakers, Dr. R. Little and Rer. B. C. Lampley. ?m vuu.Hj to u&vtnittll fiunday-Hchool work?" Intro1 ducto/y apeakers, Rev.??Humphries; J. II. Randolph, and F. M. Adams. 3d. "What would be the result to the denomionlions and Zion, if eaoh professor of Christianity were employed in some spiritual work?" introductory speakers, D. N. Wil1 curn, Rer. J. D. Bailey. ' 4th, "What is the source of religious belief of the professed follovd;? of Jesua Christ?" lutroduotry speakers, C, B. Bob>, and Iter. 0. R. Willnford. r E. W. Jstrr. Secretary. , > For tbeTiMKS To Baptists- 8- SuperintendentsMil. Editor.?Allow me space to ioform > the Superintendents of the Baptist Sundaj i Hohools of this County, that each school is . earnestly requested to eleot, at onoe, de'o> gates to the coming Convention, that will b? I k.i.i <i.;. __J * ? > i iiv.m kuia UIVUIW) ? % A Ullipif BUU ivrfsni lUfll ' names to Mr. F. M. Adams, Ml. Tabor, i Union Countj, 8. C., io ordtr that the Coml miitec on entertainment may assaigo theqc i homes. ? f Please betr in mind that this 4s rery neeessarry, as this cburoh is ?ery anxiout t u hare tfre meeting wifftUwa t^et r upen litem, by oomplyiug with this request E. W. Jma. 8eo y. . ^ 7 - /t For the Times. A B#ply to "Piokot" Editor Union Time*.?There Appeared ah artiolo in your paper of May the 80th, ilia writer of which seemed very anxious as to tbo welfare of the Alliance concerning the political issues of the day. Now, in reading the article referred to without notioing it rery closely one would arrive at the conclusion that "I'icket" was an Allianoe member, jP*1 and was endeavoring to point out lomo of the dangers into which the Alliance might' be drawn; but 1 think, after reading it more carefully, ano can very readily see that Picket is not au Alliance man, or if so,' he has failed to post himself as to what tho Alliance lias done, what it is doing, and wh*tw* ?Tp<w?t In Accnmpirsfiy1 . ? ( At For the benefit of Picket, or any other-*!^. person who hns any doubt on the subject, I ^H9h| will state that I have attended very nearly y '-57* all the County Alliance meetings sinoo its organisation and 1 have never yet heard politics, as far as candidates are concerned, discussed. When it conies to measures it is a very different thing, and I contend it is our duty as well as our privilege, to endorse or reject any measure which on the one hand weuld benefit us, or on tho other bo detrimental to our interest as farmers. And tbon again it would be our duly to only support such men for office, who would advocate these measures. Now Picket oites you to tho politics in Alabama end Texas. At to tho former State, which Picket says is sp'it into two noliticat parties, ray recollection of the con vention is (lint when Hon. Kolb knew that Col. Jones, hW successful opponent, was nominated, he said to him ho would go with him and assist him in stumping the Stalo for true Democracy. I ask does that look like splitting the Domocratio party of Alabama ? As to tlio Texas affair. I did not know there was any politics in that at all. 1 think it happened in the city of Dalla?, and in any other enterprise it would have been called a business failure, just like we ' are reported in tho newspaper nearly*everyv ^ day in other kinds of business in different t? ' HuitetLStates. But let the Alliance make just mux,, ^ nTrnr io .. people who cry out at once,"! told you so." Wa do a?t ' claim to bo infallible, and the Alliance would certainly be one of the grandest and most Jierfcct organisations that has ever existed f it should be so fortunate as to moke no mistakes in its its businsss undertakings. Now, Mr. Editor, I think Picket need not be alarmed as to the Alliance going to pieces on the question of 8tatc Politics; but if ho is alarmed because id thinks they arc going to support Capt. Tillman for Governor, 1 will say right here, not as Alliance men, but as farmers, he need be, becauso they are going to do it, notwithstanding he thinks thoir ardor is somewhat cooling. Picket expresses a great deal of anxiety as to our business enterprises, and is very fearful we arc undertaking much. For reply to this I would suggi. J that lie subt scribe for some good Alliaoce f nper, read it.teri | carefully, and I will wager an apple that in less than two months, if his mind has not been, warped, twisted and contracted by >?.Ai.aii?A ha well haaantA A aAnwawtail cmivdavs* |??woouiu| uo n?"? wvwtuv ?? vvu**4,vw man on the business of the Alliance. 1 We know we are looked on by some people as a set of blockheads, and for that reason ' they think we can be pulled about by the 5 nose wherever they cliooso te lead us; but I will say right here that that time is rapidly ' drawing to a close. The Alliance has taught men or farmers to think, and they wfll ww- 1 ?<* longor be influenced by scheming politicians k but will oast their votes for those who will ' work for their intorcst as well as the Interest 1 of all other classes. Alliance. b '?" 1 Gen. Y. J. Pora formally announcos him0 self us a candidate for Attorney General, "upon the ticket vf Faiairi' Movemont." ? He says: 8 "I endorse the platform of principles ? * adopted by tho March Convention. I endorse the candidacy of Capt. II. R. Tillman a for Governor, and shall advocate the wisdom of liis election. To be more explicit, I rise n or fadi with tho candidates of the Farmers' ' Movement." Q This niakos the Tillman ticket, so far : run uuvblkok, D. 11. Tillman, of Edgefield. for attorney gen kb a i., t Y. J. Pope, of Newberry. E. 11. Gary, of Abbeville. for adjutant general, I Col. Hugh L. Farley, of Spartanburg. r Ij This gives three lawyers and one farmer, . u II two colonels, one general, a captain and no privates. Symmetry would bo promoted if Colonel. Gary and General Pope could be aorter spread out over the ticket. Two men covering one place is a little awkward. Rut tho campaign la progressing. The fun hae jOst begun.?Greenville Newt. a | Tillman Must Answer.?I have just been f shown by a frie..d Commissioner Butler's open letter to Capt. B. R. Tillman, publish' I ed in The Newt and Courier in reply to charges made by him in his Audorson Speech. I em s free te confess that 1 have been a warm eup0 potter and au ardent admirer of Copt. Tillman because I have be'ieved him to be a sincere r and true friend of the former, and that when e he uttered the charges of "rottenness, oofr ruptlon," etc, etc, against the State officers, j he lied iodubitablo proof, however muoh we might regret it, aud that they would sustained. But since read'itg CommissiMn' . Butler's calm end dignified reply, and which * seems to me so truthful, that 1 am convinced that Capt. Tillman must bring forth positive A." pro jf to sustain the charges inado not only .'M against the other Stato officers, or he will and must go to the well. _ , Merc aocusations will not do, If the charges are not sustained by positive and undeniable proof. I don't belicvo that the honorable people of South Carolina will elovate by their 1 votes any man to rule over them who will deliberately make false oharges to tho injury vi ?> ? guuuciuou w 110 nave been placed iu the highest offices within the gift of the people?men who hare served their country so well, both in peace and war. The true men [ of South Carolina will not permit any man . to go into the high and distinguished a/Boa *? ? Oovernor over V? jT" auu unsualnineu charges. Cept. Tilltnon mast reply to Commissioner Butler's letter of /. $ denial, with proof, or ho will or must go down ? to posterity "unwopt, unhonored and un- ' $ sung." He cannot, he dare not, try to esescape by remaining silent ; and if he fads 1 believe every Irnt son of this Slato will use every efTort to defeat him, and will defeat him. W. W. Wiuoir. ' 4 i Notice to the Exeoulive Committee of the Upton County Sunday Eohool Convention. j?jj The Executive Committee of tho lipipn County Sunday School Convention is requested to inept mo at my office, at Union, S. C., at 1 '2 o'clock on Monday, (Salesday,) juiy mii, ior m* purpose or considering a communication from tiie Stat* Organizer, Mr. G. L. Fiko, and to arrange a programme , for tho annua! convention. , Any community or Suudny School in tho county desirous of having tho Convention d nioet with thorn this ye ir, will pltase malt* , It known to the Riecutive^CQmcnittce at oncp . Tho following named gentlemen comprise '< tho Executive Committee: John R. Jeffcrle*. J. L. Strain. 4." " , K. W. Jeter. 8. h. West. 8. M. Rice, Jr., ?. U. W. II. Miller. 8. 8. Storks, Mm i Pres. U. C. 8. 8. Convention, j " up, XiTiit recelvVi at " H. M. COHEN & BRO'8.