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________ ATTENTION. DEMOCRAT8. AN Al'DPEiS TO Till DEMOCRACY OF SOUTH CAROLINA. Id Accordance with the instructions cf the Deuiocrnic Conference which roei in Columbia on July 10th, the following address has boen issuei by the Advisory Cotnmi'tee : To the Democracy of South Carolina : All whito Caro'iuans woithy of the race fiomwh:ch they sprmg and of the name they bot.r, and entitled to shnre in I lie tradition of the past, the prosperity of the present and the hope of the future, are m Democrats. To such, and only such, we carina-ly and confidently appeal. All that Wo have and are, all that wc liore for and desire to transmit to our clii'dren, depends upon the cpntiuunnce of white supremacy in this State; and this supremacy depends upon our devotion and loyt'l y to Democratic principles, unity, barmony and organization within party lines, obedience to the rules and faith in the justice and success of Democratic aims, p irposes and im thods. To each sucoecding generation of our race is entrusted the ark of civilization, and upon each devolves the sacred duty of defending, preserving and transmitting our racial heritago of civil and religious liberty, the fruits of labor and of thought, the gar. nered stores of material and intellectual wculih?all that is gool of what our raco has won and held !>y hand or brain, by valor, industry or wisdom, throughout the ages. Is tins generation of Carolina Democrats equnl to the trust ? Judging the future by the past, we unhesitatingly answer, yes. It is however, true that "eternal vigilance is the price of liberty," and tho least vigilant Miint in ???^pending .over us.**At ** tune when our State is prosperous beyond precedent, waxiog each day stronger in material wealth, leading in the race f >r mechanical and industrial supremacy, our people living and thriving under laws made hy legislators, interpreted by Judges and executed by officials of our own race and choice, with peace and security at home, respect and credit abroad, we are sud-iciCy confronted with such danger as has never bef-ro threatened tho Democracy of this S'ate ; ths danger of division in our own ranks. Infallibility and perfection are divine at tributes, and have never yet been granted to human wisdom or hum.n institutions. If injustice lias been done, crrois have been committed, or mistakes have been made, remember that to err is human ; aud remember also that the great party to which wc belong is broad enough, strong enough, wise enough and just enough to right all wrongs, correct all errors, rectify ail mist ikes and mete out equal an l impartial just co to all men. Remember that all true Carolinians are Democrats, ami as such entitled to a full, free and equal t-ha-e in the management, contiol and policy of the party, and that it requires the combined and earnest efforts of n 1 Democrats in the State to keep the Republican wolf from our door. As Democrats, we know 110 class. Brothers in blood and race, destined to stand or fall together, wo deprecn o all efforts, fr >m wha'evcr ( source, to destroy tho unity and integrity upon which tho strength and life of our , pa ty depend. In order to better undcrstind tho position wo uow occupy, let us rcoa'l the lii?tory of ' Cue movement which has leru'tei in the condition now?confronting u?, and take counsel togother on 'his extraordinary emergency * in our pnriy affairs. a :? 1 " ? wmcu iuu ouuiposeu ci iirmors rcpro- I seating not less than twenty six Counties in I the State, held in tlio city of Columbia on i December 1st, 1887, unanimously adopted the following resolutions: "Resolved, That it is not the puyiose of the Farmers of the to ?nab?[ their organization ^^y^noniicnu body hostile to othp?, classej^ yjiMHtS, ja'.-jt . their intention to atlack. (bp ^iflWnilxo^Sld ' latatoiafl&jw^ aor-tbeiispthtf iawfi dictate to the Legislature. "That we belieee i^ the thorough organisation oftfit^hrmers of the State with the 'object and firm purpose of developing its agricultural resou m \ These resolution * ^rioVtod by B. R. Ti 1man a^yrnjrmnn ot cominitteo on resoliftidU^irere adopte 1 without debate nt his tequhst, and expressed the purpose and scope of the movement inaugurated by him (aud the will of the people represented in that movement) In November, 1888, another convention of the association of tho association was held nt Columbia with small attendance, which elected a new Executive Committee, having G. W. Shc'l as president and chairman ex.oj/icio. I No meeting of the association was called or held in 1889 und tho Shell commit- ( tee held over, their successors not having been appointed. In November, 1889, this I committee met in secret w thout instructions fr mi or uotica to tho association, and authorized G. W. Shell, as chairman ex-officio, to issue a call for a convent on to meet iu Colurr- ( bin on the '27tli day of March, 1890. Perverting the authorl'y thus given and in willful disobedience of the expressed will and purpose of the association as set forth in the resolutions of 1887, 0. W. Shell, over liis signalure in his official capacity as president and ex-ojjlcio ohairman, and with the connivance of B. 11. Tillman himself declares issued the call now known ns the Shell Manifesto, in which lie says : "We will draw up the indictment against those who have been and arc mi ill governing tins State," thus seeking to array the farmers in a position of hostility to other c'a?scs of Democratic e tizens and to noieon llioir minds arm inn I tlia AfFiniata ?.? whom that party had entrusted the administration of I lis State government since 1870. For his own sc fish purposes, the farmers have been taught that to criticise Tillman is to abuse the Farmers' Movement, tlia' to oppose his methods of nomination is to oppose farmers themselves, and that to declare him unworthy of support is to say that the farmers huvo no right to meddio in politics or to suggest either men or measures to the party. We beg our brother Democrats to disabuse their minds of all such ileas and to listen to us ns friends who are equally interested with them in the true welfare of the State. Not one farmer in ten believes charges made in this campaign against tho Demosratic party or its officials.? Kvery fair-minded advocate of the Farmers' Movement sincerely regrets that such obarget have been made and rejoices that they have not been sustained. A majority of the Democrats who are embraced in this movement linve begun to realize the strength of organization and to recogoizo the fact that in llirir hinds rests the political power of the State under Democratic control. We beiieve that they endorse neither Tillman nor hit statements or methods as such, but tha? their ko!<j desire is to promote the success of their own movement. This brings us to common ground. A majority of the furmers in the movement csi-e not so much ?'or Tillnisn as for the success of the movement; the great majority of o'her Democrats do not object to tbo movement, tint do object to Tillman. We all agree that within Democratic lines the farmers of the State have a decided and available majority, and can, with the assistance of their Democ'ft'ic brethren of other avocations, so control the policy of the party as to secure to all c'osses their proper share of inflnenoe in the administration of the government. The attainment of this result require! the free and cordial c-operation of all elements of the Democratic party. To secure such cooperation it is essential thai the nominee of the party for the high office of Governor of thii proud old commonwealth should not be a mail who h s besmirched her fair fame, slandered her officials, distorted her history, outraged her diguity, betrayed the confidence if h 8 own supporters and endangered (he integrity of the Democratic party by rowing the reeds of dissension among rs numbers ; and there are grounds for apprehon-ion that in the eveut of a refusal by iho August Convention to crder a primary election, ail I of the nomination of B. It. Til'man by the September Convention, a large number of his opponents, while acquiescing in such a result on grounds of party feulty and politic?1 necessity, cannot be induced to give to him that active support which alone vrill insure the election of the Democratic nominees in case the Kepublkan pany puts a ticket in the field. In the eyes of all true Democra's, ,tbe maiutinieco of white supremacy in the State and the pioservation of the blessings of which that supremacy is the only guarantee, are paramount considerations, superior to the aspirations of any individual. The free and untrninineled expression of the popular fill within the Hues of the party organiiao > will constitute an authoritative declaration which must cornm tndready and willing obedience. But such au expression can only be obtained by iho a'o.tion of the primary plan. This plan has been demanded by the March Convention ; the demand has been reiterated by the Democratic Conference which assembled in Columbia on July 10th, and we express the confident hepc that it will bo further reinforced by the voice of a united Domocracy. From a verdict thus rendered there can bo no appesl. The crisis confionting us is the Rrivest thnt lias arisen in this State since 1870. Tho highest patriotism can alone prove equal to its exigencies. 1^ is time for demagogues to be sent to the rear and loyal and unselfish citizens brought to the front. It is wi'h this conviction nod in this ?p:*"it that inmo household of political faith shoulJ be nl cnated liom each other by iho avtiSces of anibit:ous.politicians is as dangerous as it is unnatural, and must redound to the lasting injury of the party and the State, unless the breach is healed. J. D. Kknneby, I Iredell Jones, Kow'i) MCCrady, Jr., |L W. Youmans, J. S. Fowler, T. W. Woodward, W. 11. Davie, |W. D. Johnson, Walter Hazard 11,c JDoelfy Union limes R. M. STOKES, - - Editor S. S. STCKES. - Local Editor JFridiw, July 25. 1890. SUBSCRIPTION, ?1 50 PER ANNUM FOST OFFICE DIRECTORY. The 1*. 0. will bo opened for business from 8 A. M. to 6.30 P. M. The Money Order Deportment will be opened for business from 9 A. M. to 4 I*. M. The Northern mnil will close at 1 P. M., and the Southern Mail at 1.30 P. M. Any inattention or irregularities should re reported promptly to the P. M. J. C. HUNTER, P. M. BQM. A straight out Democratic Club lias ocen organized at Joncsville. A new lot of four-in-hand neckties justrc:oived. They arc daisies. II. M. COHEN & llltO. We are requested to slate t hat a protrac.ed meeting will commence ihe Friday before tho 1st Sabbath in August, ut Mi. Tabor. 5^. The 3 wi" be a b'g bt> hecue at Pacolot on Saiu-day, "nd of Aofnsi. Co ia. big c-owu f;oin both coapfoh VilLfto thefo. Just icccived, another lot of our famous $1 Ladies Button Shoes. 11. M. COHEN & BUO. BST Two communications?cnefrom'-E. W. J. " the o'lier from Scaton?camera hand too la?e for this week's issue, but they wi!' appear next week, D. V. a Cream and Red Crazy Cloth at 7 cents per yard at II. M. COHEN & BKO'S. A splendid and opportune rain fell here hv-t Monday, commencing about 1 A. M. and lasting I ill noon. Everything in ihe fie'd and garden, that was not toe far gone, took on new life and is booming. m fltejy IV e snggest that while the candidates for congress are required to pledge themselves, if elected, to suppott the subtreasury scheme, they be n1so pledged to oppose any larltf upon a'liclcs of util!ty and use upon the farm, in the workshop, or that is necessary for home comfort. There seems to be a kin ! of Union League organizat on among the Tillman fol. lowers 1 lie tame style of proceedings and resolutions, with slight changes in the wording to suit time and place, arc passed at each meeting with singular unanimity, as if thry came from headquarters of the b)ss, who says publicly, "I am running the Tillman Machine," and "I am the dog that wags the tail of the party," and any man that opposes these resolutions sent fiom these headquarters will be nad out of the party. Occasionally some one, fearing his fidelity to the Tillman cause may be doubted gets up oue or two extra resolutions, raoro denunciatory and bitter agninst the democratic party and its o'd members, and has them attached to the may-be authorized resolutions. A nice lino of Gents Windsor tics nnd Bells at ten cents each, just received by II. M. COHEN &JBRO. Some persons are eo completely wrapped up in Ti'lman that they accuse every man who does not endorse him and his methods, of being opposed to the Farmers Movement, and straightway go to abusing and threatening them for not opening their mouths and swallowing Tillman whole, without asking any questions, as they are doing. They have become so jealous and suspicious tlnii vmi t'innol fimoftlf f.ivnrAhlv nf o hswlu unti-Tillmanitcs, but they immediately think you are casting a slur at dclcgutcs to a Tillman convention or meeting, and hold up certain of ihein and ask if anything can be said against their democratic integrity when ootlitng of the 1 ind has been even hinted at.? When a man or party gets to begging the question so pitifully as that, we begin to think they arc getting scared. Don't get frightened gentlemen, Tillman is not defeated yet. . . ? Cary Bras', wall paper factory, the largest in the world, w ? burned in Philadelphia Sunday. Curry Combs at 60, at. H. M. COHEN k BKO'8 Democratic Convention. * At the meeting of the Democratic Convention la-t Monday, on motion, the delegates j cho'cn by the County Convention on the 26th I of June, were authorized to represent the ] democratic parly of Union, in tlio conven- ' tion of the 13th of August and the nomioat- t ing convention of the 10th September, The following prramb'c and resolutions t were int -oduce 1 by Mr. J. C. Oils and adopt- t he ad ninisto*^ Sia.e; and whereas, the platform of prinolI nles adopted by tho March Convention are \ in ccooiu with our views, and believing that a a change in our mate affairs is necessary to a remedy the abuses (bat exist, thereforo be it p Retolotd, 1 iiat *e hcsrt'W endorse the t a-t.ion of tho March Convention. I 2. That wo will uso ail reasonable means ti to secure the nomination of D. R. Tillman c for Governor in the September Convention, t However, we pleJge ourselves to support s the nominee, whoever he may be. 3. That we will not give our support to t any candidate for office, Federal, State or e County, who opposes, by word or action, or u has not already expressed himself in favor s of the Farmers' Movement and its demand i for retrenchment and reform. d 4. That wo will not support any candidate t for Congress who does not favor the sub- o treasury bill, or one of siuvlar import. ^ ' r r *vi j nmr nv wtnivui i tnv nwivu vt vjcu. -1 Wit le Ham [ ton against tho Farmers' Move- g men*, its candidato, and- his frieods who liave honored him so highly nince 1876. ti G. That wo condemn the action of the p HasVcM Conference held in Columbia July a 10th, a* unwise and undemocratic, not for v being called, but in the result and effect it is calculn'ed to have upon democratic unity h in the Siato. 1 7. That any person or porsons, whether o in private or in publio, who intimates in any tl way whatsoever anything calculated to be a t: reflection upon our being full fledged Simon, a pure Democrats, intimate and insinuate d w'uat they know to be false. e County Campaign Meeting*. M The following are the plaoea and dates of the Township Campaign Meetings, appoint- ^ ed by the County Democratic Executive Com- J it.ittco a' i s meeting last Monday : Union, August 5. Santuc, August C. F eb Dam, August 7. Goshen IIill, at Dlack Rock, Aug. 8. ^ Cross Keys, August 9. Legnusvillc, ai-Gibbs', August 11. Jonesvil'o, August 15. Droytonville. nt Timber Cldre Aug. 16. ^ Gowdey6\ille, August 18. Finckney, at Kelton, August 19. Tlio imarv Election will be held, Wed- , la nesday, August 20. Tnis talk about ep'ilting the Demo- u cratic party, defeating Tillman with >' negro votes, and assassinating him, ia all 0 political clap-trap, and is altogether S too freely used in this catnuaign. We claim " he right, to oppose the nomination of Capt. oi Tillman, an 1 shall exercise thst right, as a true democrat, and wo lion\siV' accord to ^ Tillman's friends the r!ght to use I'1 " Mdlhii&kla . in ? *1? w??4l ? . .ia tion ; but when the nomination's made, the democratic ranks must, oud we believe will cl be, c osed up. The factiv, we cannot afford S to either split the party or affiliate with the ncgroc, and as to assassination, that is too S revolting, tco dangerous to be thought of l'1 and Tillman knows it, If that was io occur, h r r if it was even atiompted, there is no know- ol ing whore the killing would end. Our lion- 'J est opinion is, the only killing that will be b done, will bo polilioal, by the people, two E years from uow, if Tillman ia elected, when ft they rea'ize bow og.'ogiously they have been bamboozled. c< No, no ! Thero will be no split, no resort b to negro votes and no assassination i.) the 9 11. ~ f.-Ui A I. -1 uciuuvmviU lUUfto. 4 IIV U1UUI UU IIIVUC before I lie nominat'oD. After the Stale tick- a et is fairly nominated. by the State Democratic Convention, ?o wedge that now c"aides the dcmocva.s of this S.tte wi' be o wt?Vidrt?TT-i, ami we stinTl nit come tsgerhCF f ns i >itu si rs "falling off a log." It must n not bo supposed, however, that the reckless o cbe ges and trickery of TiMman and many of his followe -J wilt be forgetten. . h We ca'< a ie.ition to the resolutions f passed t?y liie County Convention, and b'u- * ply ask if ostracising democrats for their y opinions on public measuies, and condemn- ^ ing other democ ats for peaceably doing t' what they had a perfect right to do individ- !' uully and collectively, is Simon-pure demo- a c.rcy ? C If it is, then Jefferson was a fraud, and the C i doctrine of "cqua1 rights to all and special *, privileges to none." is only a bait to catch v gudgeons. e Would it be out of order to ask from what ' full-fledged Sirnou-pure stock those reaolu[ tions carae? Having been a Simon-pure democrat for I over 60yeorsand now standing aquarely 1 on the Farmers' Movement platform, but not ' endorsing the undemocratic intolerant and c ..IMan/lin. ll.~? <1 .1 dcu-|?uuh?^ oj'aiav ?imiv poiinuro IUWJU i nu- U lutions, we; would like to know if we are read '' cut of the democrotio party by them. B0U We hare been requested to publish the following preamble and resolution, passed by tho Jonesville Democratic Club: Inasmuch as we demanded primary for the nomination of Slate officers at the be* f ginning ef the present catnpagn aud said j demand was refused for partisan cmsidera- ? (ion and whereas the rant faction of the ? party which then refused our demand now | themselves demand primary because tbey a have discovered that a convention will not c subserve their purposes, j, Resolved: lhat we the Democratic Ciub j, at Jonesville. Union County, do proneunce c against yielding to said demand, while under H ordinary ciroumstances we pledge ourselves v in favor af the primary for all State and p 1 County officers. ** 4 Signed, j| O. Walto* Whitman. fl W. A. McWhirtkr. English Spavin Liniment removes all Hard, Soft or Ca'loused Lumps and Diem- i ishes from horses, Dlood Spavins, Curbs, ? Splints, Sweeney, Ring-bone, Stifles, 1 Sprains, all Swollen tliroa's, Coughs, etc.? t Save $60by use of one bottle. Warranted r tho most wond rful Blemish Cure ever s known. Soil h J. M. 01DB8 & SON, c i Druggists, Union \ k I ?- f Xtuiris, not Man." A Tory erroDooui option his bean im>aessett upon tha minded many good, honest md wdl-moaniog m^jin this Stalo that opweitlon to Tillmftr is owgaUltoi to i'io 'Farmer* Movement,'1 or omhtlion to tbo arming intvretts hejr nill^OTe i If there i\oae rte iiure mo~c dirtc?'jo*w >osed to tbol vitil/iutervsts cf the if timers nil all oihctiolUie wo-king c'assov, :Lf i .nother, thitbneasurc is the b'gh t\. Iff or rotection poll? unanimously advocated by ha Republican in Congress and endorsed y all nionopol tis, manufacturers, and spectators, who orm trusts and coxhbiues to aercilessly ei >rt the highest prices from ho working c isses for all the necessa iej ,nd comforts cf liftThe pro'cctioi policy inflicts an average ax of 47 per c?>t.upon everything a fa ner ats, woars and u^s that he cannot produce ipon his farm, sjM gives the manufacturers ,nd speculators/monopoly of tho poducion, silo and mice of those art cles proluccd in i'us cruntry, and they amass heir m It ion# out of (he Farmers and llier con sudors by. adding to the egular profitf^^ibo articles made at "t*1' ivreij;u ;oods by theprot' ction tariff. Capt. B. R. Tilll an acknowledges himself ?be in favor cf ehigh lari-T or p> election olioy, and his br ther, now in Corp ess, we re informed by gc d authority, always votes riththe Republican on the tariff question. We may be told hst the oflico of Gore. Dor as nothing to do kith tho Federal tir.tf. Vr it, that is a fact ; but connec :.ng past iroum8tances as they lead us slop by step to he present campaign; euch as ibe oppnt.on loQ. D. Tillman it the last elcc on ou ocouotof h'sprotection proclivities, ad the anger of a'ronger opposition lliis year ; the stablishment of n "rrotcclion" organ ia harleston, mainly owned by the Jute bsgiug C( mpany of tint city, and .bat : .at aper is now the organ of tho T lima a arty, with ('apt. Tillman's nn jouccemcnt iat hi was "runniog^ho Til'mnn machine" -that he wai "the dig that wagged the tail f the party," snd the furilior.sUojgcr su? icion that the l'rolec ion bill bns 'he-M ugar-coaUd over and adroitly L'diica ? o a is Farmers view with tho ftsc-?a ng bat1 npraiiicablo sub-treasury sch' .ue. a id that ruers have been passed along tho 'i io iat 0 candidate for Congress shall receive the d'man voic ud1c3S he pledges bhoself to iipport that cchenie, appears to us as IT ibis ian-worsbippiug Tillman boom, is .1 feep ltd scheme, concocted in Was njoi:, to bambooclo and debauch" the i.oncst u<id osuapec g Fa*Jicrs 0* bo.- 1 K i .r i*o suppo' **x a tr.ru *OUw i whose ue-co, je'ore r id a er I-'b elei :oj, .no i'c all* be oon ni tod o a m;a.i:re 1:. i?'fas en vp in ihcman infrmousl/ \ rjs wron^. Tbe men or tnen wbo says that we have it been anu a~e not now, a tiuo lenu to 10 Fa mc'pays whs. wo can prove Is cot largos i^ainst^^^S^^^'^^^^^^^'aud 13 oil"cir's. involving tho honor andiote_ty of irany of tho voiy best meu iu the ite, s uo'gwbom we emeu wohod know 1 orored anu .rustcJ for nearly bi'f a cen1 ?, its it.'ge "'d 0l'r to' c* * 1 1 lie honesiy 1 any man and wc Wfai'pc for pu ioves.i1 on and a radical olian~c ; but by be aid able r d pe s'seni pvobi ig of lien, arlo dui' ig .be v.mp/gn, M . Til'nan has t'leu ie prove the i *u 1 of a single charge; ut, on the cont-a-y, has ei her acLnowiJgeu them to be u^fmnded, or they have ten proved fa'se by hcon.rovcrtible figu.es wl Our do nocracy ir "measures not men," ad "eoua1 rigbn (o all, special priwleges > none," consequent/ we feel it to bo a iiiiicien ious duiy 9 oppose tlio notwr.clUn f any man who ii Hji favfl*"Df a measure fail ihtra th? poopt* 4} (jwrtmrnnr tBt'' ecessarioi of life for ho "special" bcne3t f monopo'es, trus s ind speculators. ^ Dhatii or Cop. Whit. Walks*.?News <18 reached here of the death at Jacksonville 'la., of Colonel Whilfeld Walker, a foi mar esident of Colunhi* and a brother of Mr. Coleman U. Walker of this city. Colonel /alker was b >r| in Laurens and was nearly 2 yenri of age. For a term of years before be war he was a resident of Newberry and zter of Coluinbu. He served several terms a the Legis'atu/e, and was the first to paise n independent company for service in the Confederate army. This was a part of 'reK89 First South Carolina Regiment. <iter ho commanded, as Lieule it colonel, I10 Third A'alama Roservos, and after the rar remained in thai State for someyears as n extensive cotton planter. He h ?s beon dentified with Florida since 1874, first setling in Sumter County, whero he hed a urge orange grovo. He represented that County for two So-iab as Senator in the 'lorida Legislature. In 1887 he received bo appointment of Collector of Internal levenue for Florid* and served acceptably intil President Harrison appointed his suoessor. Col. Wa\kor during his long rcsilenco in Florida lad made himself one 0/ er most prominefet citizens and his nobili'y f character and unflinching integrity aro igbly eulogized by the press there. For the Tin's. Mar .lags Sells at Home. Mb. Eui~ob.??Ou the 11th lost., st the es:denoe of the b? ide's fethr , Hon. W#''am efleries, Mr. Charles Al'on, one of the dost popu's and pronn, it young uusWeca nen of Greenvils, wee un.?ed in marriage 0 Miss Nannie Jeffe ic, one of the ewes est nd most : itelleetuel of Union CorMy's hnrmioj youog ladi?s. Rev. J. A. C!i ion, n that ao'emo and impressive manner which 1 so characteristic of bun, conduotrd the eremony, and at its conclusion the iitndome yourg bridep ooin and his fair bride rere the recipients of slaoere co"g atula'ions tO u I hot; many relatives and iniinWrtWafiondfl rscmU|g4^jytie young coonle ledtffr, tbafcl iTne loTlreenritWfrom wrence <they."fc?'H ;o to Asheville for l'io summer/ n the world for CuU^Bflniii^Bfe^ffiirs, la.lt Rheum, Fever Bores, Tetter, Chapped lands, Chilblains. Corns, and all Hlcin F.rupions, And positively cures Piles, -or no paj equired. It is guaranteed to give perfect atisfaction or money refunded. Price 2G ents per box. For sale by B. F. Posey. April 18-ly. Correspondence of tb? Union Timo*. ? Revs From Hprth Paoolet. Etta Jans, July yf.-?Mr. W. C. Tbooias hH had a now Ferry B 'at built and launched at Howell's ferry. It is the work of Mr. McAll ster-apd is built on a now and Improved style ' It cost about $100. The wounded man of whom we1sp)kc last jweeit (lird on Wed ewday 10th ln?l,^ 4 jury Jfrf Vaguest waa frmed by James^Cr Sixain, y ' V^tfilaifcaot^g Coroner. It oagMLed i-jr^l th^jd?twoW^ while and two ooloreA? a p ut >1 shoi wound from the hand of Geov?e Orange, alias. "Spider," against the pccce and dignity of the Stnte." The slayer made his escape. Rev. U. P. Smith p. cached to a large congregation at oalem yoiterday. His text was troui Roninns 1:1(1: "For I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Cbi<*t, for it is power of God unto Sulvntion to every one that bclieveih." The afternoon service was a review of the Sunday School lesson of the day, whioh the speaker analyzed, and aunplitied greatly. The dry epell has come to an end, and wl.al cna.ua 1 ? t .W ,?.n .o inning -I tbis writing. Crops, where they are not toe far spent will ia all probability take new fro We expect many of ourold soldiers, their wivos aud children and the children of our fellow comrades to visit Yorkville nexl month, to witness and to take pa-tin the re< union exero ses of the Oih. S. C. Regiment. Patriotic old York, true to the memory ol the Emit Cause, extends a cordial welcome to nil. Ouppuse il?ve* .naUoo, vnvll A fttt ? ?l lcDg li, were to catoh each other by the tip ol the tail and form a "Ring" 12 feetinroiroumfercnce Now suppose each soake would swallow the one directly in front of hiui how would the original ring be oTeoted. And what would be the area of the figure produced ? Vox. Cor.-capondencoof the Union Times. Kelton Happen! agsM.t. 1<> o-*..?T have bee.1 snent for some iiinennd whi'e the gerial eoowes a-e faMing el ou; dry and thirsty fietus I vili >ry and g'vo you a few do.'s from Kc' o 1. C'ops a slooL'ng we'l aru ovo laid by in good condit:on. Some sections have BuFored for : ai.i ; the showe-s have been pavt:al, butl.'?v>k we ate now having a general ;a?u. Many fa.mcis p'an'ed peas aficr wheat and they have them (o work out yet. '?0 f \nd:dates arc begmniog to swarm through our section now, after it is too late to use thohoc. Mr. James M. Cee spent two days among hit friends electioneering, but in pushing the hoi<sc%f the writer and seeing the benn patch exhausted for lire want of rain he made no stop ; but if could have seen the melon patch things would have looked different to him. I think. Tillman and the rnilvoad a-e the topics of the day. I think it wise to hear all the candidates rnd their issues, the 1 decide who to vote for. We have not' log to judge a man by, except his me-'ts, b:s promises and li*s qunl.locations, so let us judge wise'y befo:o acting. Mr. E. R. Mcllissick lir.s "ound a well foi ined sacko.* of cotton A.om a la-t year's root. It is now about 8 inches high and lias se?c al forms on it. lie is uu-sinj it to eeo wliftt it wi'l do. So look for it at the next S 10 Fa:r. Mr. C'inrles Garner bail a calf bo* n minus n tail. He lives inC'esIcr ceuoty and thinks no tan boil the county on bob. ail calves. Ii has a small bunch of hair whfo Iho to"' should be. Pjv. Id. B. Kelly preiuihod an intorcstinj e**mon at Foster's Chapel on the 20th inst. f.om Deu'. 11 : 10. Nous Vbruoss. PWMMll. mm LVK Wood, oue of Ke"o*!r mm-w yourg ladies paid our tiwn a \Is"t i ' wee'.. Mr. FreJ. Plumb, of Aug ? ?!*, (a, ?i vlsi ng Rev. B. C. Clifford and family. Mr. G. W. Cis on, of C lestcr, was 'n tiw. on bus'u' .3 last week. Mrs. J. Clir.ppo' of Newbeivy, visited liei sis>.*. Mrs. L. N. Rodge., th's weok. ll'.'i A n'.c E has gone to Hondo: sou \lMo. N. 0., oi I a* *it *o her ir.cad Misi Lessie Anderson. Mi j Amv Alloo, of Charleston, ?s visli:n<i *./ . W. '. Nicholson and "htrMy. M a. .1. P. Al'an and son re u^aed .'o k* home at Charles.on l?3t Monda**. M and Mis Plumb r id son relu med c A>c,? si v las- week . Master Charles Clifford has gone o i a visit to roladves in Augusta. M.s. A. J. Douglass, of h'eri. ? tlnl. 1. fl M(l.'i*fiii*li_ ir* ft roil" ^ Mrs. 1^^ Young,"frf.V^T.Le.i%M.s? L:Ho Eeaty, Miss Sims, rnd Mr. To.o:i . Munro, have gonJfb (he inoun'ain3. Miss Corrie Whiteside has gone o Wid?< Oak, Fairfield County, to visit rela '.ves Hon. W. O. Ca!n and wife, of Sumter, nni Miss Minnio MoFadden, of Clavondon, a.< on a visit to Rev. B C. Lampley and fnmi'y Mr. 1). B. Font, of Santuc Division. Dr Al. W. Clivmbeis, of Kelton Division, nn< S. S. Stokes, of Union Division, went ti Columbia to attend the meoiingof the Gram Division of the Sons of Temperance thi weok. Mr. J. L. S. Hill, of Okoloni, Miss., ii v'siting friends and relatives in this county Misses Barbara and Evie Chambers, o Pinckncy, vi?itcd Mr. B. F. Foster am family this week. M *8s Lula F. Coan, of Ridge way, Va., i visiting relatives here. Mrs. W. H. lloseboroogh, of Chester, i on a visit to her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J W. McLuro and family. Miss Bella Smith, of Qreenville, a id Mis Lillian Murrah, of Anderson, are spendiu some time with their friend Miss Teres Sohoppaul. Mrs. Ann E. Arthur lies gone to Ashevill for a month. Mr. Dogan Humphries is rusticating in th mountain fastnesses. Mr. and Mrs. Jan. Chapman, of Spartoi burg, are op a visit to Capt. A. II. Foster an family. For tho Times. 8 "> rue, July, 19.?Tie Sanluc Democra . Club a .is pt-inan- i?ly o-ycui'ed, by elec'"n io-'ay, Dr Job 1 1\ Thon as Prr-'t. an I). C. Fant, Seen i.ary. One hundred an .orty- .vo (i4*) nrmes eero enro1 ed,?H I ^r lil'nftp i id 2 i n '-Ti man. L /oJ^tUtuaoUJon wis i lan'mo1 ^ " j c' * the only W V-.rd for (be Damoora io "an of South Ca oF la. JUtehtd, Tint we pledge ov ~V??oittu.i by the action of the Sta> D raoe at'j , ventlon, whoeve it aay non ' ;ct... i John P. laoMae, Prrv t. D. B. Fant, Sco'y. . Geo. John C, i i-euiont died at his re > idenee 49 Wosi 26th Street, New York, i 4 o'clock Sunday afternoon, of peritoniti Ilia death was sudden and unexpected. Cort^ondHct ef the Colon Two. Santuc, jclt 19, 1890. Mr. Editor.?It baa been so long sine* I aid anything, save a ltt<le about the last Sunday School convention, ihat I bare become /a a lent member of your family of correspondents. / I have boen so absorbed with work, and so stiogy with time, that I can now see, faintly, the other side?of the field,?and hope it will not prove phantom; se I wiH try to send in a little news. This place is bring improved somewhat. JSpmo dwellings are being painted, and the ? T^ayehon*?a?barnv. A)Doea. &o., whitewashed, 'YirkTch aids greatly to the place. Mr. C. W. Austell, our druggist, al?o a dealer in geni era) merchandise, has put up a large and i powerful street lamp in front of his store f>r the benefit of his customers and tho lar5er part of the little town, as it throws a eal of "light" on tho place. The Santuo Division S. of T. held their rogutar semi-monthly meeting on Thursday night, tho It th and had a very modest litCo lamp-light picnic of their own, which was more great'y enjoyed than any out-ofi door picnic could have been. These suppers are given quarterly, on every installation I night, but on this one, other business ocl cupied so much of the lime, that ths instrl lation of Officers was postponed untill the ' next meotiog . Be'ow are the Officers to be installed : W.P., J. W. Gregory j W. A., R. II. Johns; R. S., E. Claude Jeter; A. It. S. i Mrs. C. R. WiHeford ; G. S., W. E Corn well; Cbap , ltov. C. R. Wi'loford; Tras., J. C. Sartor; Con , YI. O. Jeter ; A. C., Miss Ida F Johns ; I.S , Travorso B. Jetor, O. S. Woods Mitohel. , It is expected that the Division wiP soon t UUo ft taorr p roertK, cm eovm\ U?o onprood ' ed a dostro to uni e with us, md tho busy working soason will soon bo over. To seo so many boys just growing up, join:og is a good sign, and is encouraging to those who faithfully "stick" and wo'-k. But for any yonng man or boy to quit a good Society, and ho? mean it, trying to "root the fence down" to let out otkor8, is a very bad sign, and looks suspicious?me worm wit suspicion. Such characters can bo met with almost overy day, and almost everywhere. 8A.NTCC ALMAN'CH. At llie last mcct?-gof the Saatuo Alliance, nearly all of its Officers were installed. Somo were absent and will be icvallcd at the next meeting, SaturJny before 2nd Sunday iu August. I giro tbo names of the Officers so that the other AUmnces will eee what good material wo hare and know what we are doing in that line : - Pree't., J. W. Gregory ; Vice Pres., J. C. Sartor; S03., E. W. Jeter; Treos., Dr. J. P. Thomas ; Chip. J. II. Itandolph ; Lecturer, J. C. P. Jctc; Aes't Leo., D. II. Fant; Door Keeper, A. Mitchell; Ass'tD. K, Wm Taylor; Stewart, J. D.'Jetcr. There bare been several picnics around since I last occupied a tpaco la these columns. Thero was a lvgc one and a fish stew at Jeter's mill on Broad river on the 11, which waj froely part cipated in hy the young and rao'e matured irotn both sides of the river, who, it is said eojoyel themselves to the fullest. There have also been several nightfish s'ews there by the men folks of this section. It is very dry down here to date, we not I having had any rain in three weeks, only a litt'e shower tbat birely laid the dust, and as a natural consequence crops are p burning badly, but tho farmerj are diligent' ly at work, trying to lay-by, and are putting their crops in excellen condition for t same. t Rev. C. R. WilleforJ will begin a scries cf , meetings at Salem on fourth Sunday, and they will then be extended to his other chu.ches in their turn. E. W. J* i *?* ;? k Correspondence of Union T nss. Telephonio Vikrations. JoMvinm, July 21. The long dry spell was proken last night t t* am Easvewtn that. :iii 'M^aliu?k vifi) oVookr < and continued up to nocn; to-day, with a prospect of still more rain. One man, who has a River plantation savs it has nlreadv ? rained enough fur him. The rain come just in the n<ck of time, for the crops, in some , places, at least, were fast giving out. Our Town is healthy aud moderately quiet. If wc had no politics on hand we would r certainly liavo peace and quioincss. Dr. W. 0. Southard l as returned fvom . the New York medical Lecture* and is ready to give his medical attention to all who mav need his services. Mrs W. II. 8. Harris, J. W. Bates and ; family, and part of J. B. Foster's fsmi'y are nil at Olenn Springs, trying to recuperate their health. Mrs T. L. Ilames and Mrs J. L. McWk'rter have been to Glenn's also, but have returned, i Miss Lizzie Littlejohn, of rocolet, has been >'siting relatives in Jonesville. A Democratic Club of the Straightouts or 1 A iti-Tillman men, is being formed here with a good many names enrolled?many more, , than one would th'rk from hearing so muoh of the Tillman orozo. Tiursoxi. _ ' (Correspondence o f the Union Times.) 1 Happiness all round at Eiverside Mb. Editor.?Wo are privileged to report ) this week l bat one soul has boon made happy ; yes, two souls made to rqjoice, and we might say there are ?'Two souls with but 1 a sicglo thought; two hearts thai beat as 0 one." On the 17th invt., Mr. Jim Moor. head, of Mt Tabor, was united iu the holy bonds of wedlock to Miss Fannie Werts. of . Newborry, llov. B. C. Lamply officiating. This entire community has beon blessed 0 with the inuoh needed rain. The orops were 1 beginning to Buffer severoly from drought. g The outlook now is fir more rain and a general wet spell. Cotton, wo believe, is something nbovo the * avtragc ; Corn very little betier, if any. . Thoro are soma very fine fields of corn ou f the River, and if we are allowed to escape . the floods, will rozp au abundant iiarved. Misses Helen and Magg'e Young of Union, are visiting their relatives, the Misses s Hughes, on Riverside. Mr. Hughes Worthy, who has r. very tine Bermuda grate pasture juttoverin Chester, anJ is running astoek farm, has bcea very unfortunate in looking 17 head of cattle from some unknown cause. Jon. A Safe Investment.?Is one which is B guaranteed to bring you satisfactory results, a or in caso of failure a return of purchase pi ice. On this safe plan you can buy from our advertised Druggist a bottle of Dr. * King's Now Discovory for Consumption. It is guaranteed to bring rolief in every case, e when used for any affection of Throat, Lungs, Dion chit is, Asthma, Whooping Cough, Croup, etc., etc. It is ploasanl and agreeable to taste, porfectly safe, and c?n always be J depended upon. Tiial boliDs free at B. F. Posey's Drug Store. Merit Wins?We dc-.'re to ray to our c " izens, ihat for ycais wo have been se'l'Dg g P.. K'ng's New Discovery for Cmsumption, d ' .Ling's New Life Ps'ls, Bucklen's Arcita u dve mid h.cctric Litters, and have never 0 nt'led .a nedics that sell as well, or that . are given such universal satisfaction. We > do not hesitate to gi'tisn'fe them evory c'me, and we siand rr -dy to* refund the purchase Is n dee, " i:\tiafaetory reset's do net fo"ow y 4heir use. These remed'es have won tbstr preat popularly pure'y on is' mer: s. ie 11. F. Pcsey Druggis v i Deli, Mange, and 8eratehsa on human or animals cured in 80 minutes by Woolfird's Sanitary Lotion. This never fails. Bold by J. M.. Q1BBS & SON, Druggitts, Union. si J of a resm Note paper 16c., or a who's s. roam fcr 60 cents at II. M, COHEN & BRO'S. ? * For the Tints. ; The farming interest of this country in - the foundation rock on whieh the prosperity of every enterprise and every iudividuil roe's. None, therefore, but a downright fool would willingly throw un obstacle in the way of'its success. If it was needful that any ooe industry should have the preference over another in our legislative > v enactment, with ooe consent all would say let it be the farming interest. But is it not manifest to every thoughtfhl mind that there can be no real prosperity or wb'te supremacy in South Carolina wiUiout^^jV^aK^ S happy blending aad mutual prot?MBBHH|^^MMMh all the avooations that oontributo oharacler or strength to the State gorornmeat? The exciiement that is now coovu sing the State seems to have been born of the idea that the worth of the farmers to the 8iate has not been fury aprreoiatod and consequently they are suffering from legis lative oppression. 11 mis is me uie germ from which sprang the agitation thot lias torn our peoplo asunder, ihen I submit that the blame lies at the uoor *>' the farmers themselves. Four years ago Congress was in the hands of the democrats and tbo country hold them responsible for tho laws they enacted, as the republicans in turn will be held responsible for the laws they are now "making. By parity of reason, sinco the farmers are in a majority in tho legislature they are responsible for the laws that appear on our Statute Books. And the accusation that tho farmers in tho house wero bamboozled does not shift the responsibility. Tho farmers pay threo-scvonths of tho taxes, have four-serein lis of tho population, and five-sevenths of the ropr oscntativcs. No oao objects to this inequality of representation. They Imvo had the ltoos eharo , in tbo law making department of tho 8tato since '76, and when their selfish desire for the whole carcas is realizod, we only hope that the wisdom of their enactments will bo equal to tbo greatness of their responsibility. But wo tremble for the honor of South Ca-olioa if the prevent class agitation is a forecast of jwhat tho fu'uve will bo. If it had been the deliberate and studied purpnso of the farmers in this movo to destroy tho unity of the while raco and disintegrate tho democratio party, they oould not have hit upon a plan that would havo been moro successful. Thoro is no objection to the farmers holding oonveu'ions and embodying their views in platforms. But tho friction ihat caused the blaze of opposition was tho man that they put forward as the exponent of thoso principles. It is well known that Capt. Tillman was an extremes! and inlmica' to a largo number of our oitinens. And tho very state of things that now exi-t in tho State was predicted beforo tho March convention met. If some ono of our able conservative farmers bad boon nominated the race would doubtless have boen made without opposition. Objection to Capt. Tillunn | aocs not mean upposttlun to tluj Tanners Movemont. I presume, however, that Copt. Tillman was put forward for guberaatioral hono-'s, because ho was the first patriotic watch-dog whose false bark led tho peoplo ^ , to suspect that the public crib was bsing plaulcrcd. His claim to exaltation rested in the presumption th?t he had detected wrong doings among the State officials, and that lie had the brain and the courage of his conviction to expose the corruption to public gize. Virtually, self nominated, watch itim, with his eye riveted on the goal of office, 88 he, step by step, proceeds to disintegrate the democratic party. His design must be kid from the farmers, and at the very outset he attempts to cover up the truth under the debris of such epithets as bamboozle, debauched, leprosy and the like. His first oharge was that the democratio government of South Carolina was permanf oH uiliK wa! !?!/*?! 1 ? . rvi.uvn ivprusjr. ine Donor |^I_the party, tho iatogrity cf tho Statu. ?n<l the honesty of her officials demanded thit this charge should be refuted. He was made publioly to admit tha'. his accusation had c.istcnce only in ihe unoie jn nf hta ItotSjflcHRh. ' ire dud Ms Tan of lawyers tbul he claims to wag, then tura around and say you are responsible for the oxcitomcnt in the State. If you bad not replied to our charges there would have been no cruse for excitement. Yon should have lot history construe your silence into guilt. To hang a man without a (rial is a specimen of reformation that stands badly in uoed of being , v v' reformed. His* Jnext thunderbolt is launched at the members of the lower house. From the stump ha t ho deo'ared tbnt they were debauched, bamboozled, etc. Now no honest man believes that McKissick, Sarrutt, Thomas, Fowler and Bcaty sold their vote for a bottle of whiskey or a bc<vuy-do. There are men who are not right themeelve", ever ready to tuspect better men of wrong doings, lie next empties the tial of wrath in the Senate chamber and declares that those honorablo men are guilty of perjury. The animus of that charge grew out of the fket that certain Senators refused to burden our people with sixty thousand dollars for taking an unner*"/* census. By waiting a few years the other Ma?A^Aiuipv4Ua4 U.??i Oaia? ^ plnr^ onu, but Capt. Tillman, believe * T field or the State has suffered di triment because of this delay? In the next p ace be turns his guns on the ladr iad commission. He declares that these men were tied up and tamed as a wild animal. Meaning that they were bribed. Stnnge enough he forgot to tell the farmers the immense benefit the commission hod been to thom. Before the commission cftme into ox stance, tho taxes or rate of freight oa the Columbia, Ch at lotto & August rond for 10 ton* each for 60 miles was as follows : Ferti Izers, $80, Cotton seed, $'21, Cotton seed moal, $60. See the difference to-day, nnd notice the mense saving to the farm rs: Freight on v ferti izers is $20 60, on seed, $0, anion ootton soed meal, $20 60 A saving of more than 60 per cent. Hut is the way these lamed men liolpi <1 the farmers. His next blame falls on the friends of the S'alo University and the Citadel. He charao erizes their graduates as dudes and aristoctals?Men who led ua gloriously to victory or 'he ensanguine field during the war and safely guidod us when the storm of human passion ran highest hi *70. If those men who fele the touch of our elbow in war and in peaoe are dudes and ari-tocrats, then give us more of the same caUber. One would now iman'.nA that hf Kail oinnliiul 1,.If nf nil liis pent up wrath. Nut to. His last blow ia a drive at tbo bard earned honor of our sold ers as they charged ioto the jaws of death. The men who followed Lee and Jackson and bore aloft and uosulliei the flag of the C nfederacy, he now tolls us have been honored enough. Did any Carobnan imagine that the time would over come, when we would be o?lled upon to repudiate the soldiers of the Lost Cause. And in ibis same cooneoiion lie points in glowing terms of self laudatiou to the part he took in the Kllenton riot, as though it was comparable to the battle fields of Va. The foregoing is a picture of the man who is posing before the people as the farmers fiieud. Hp has 40 head of Jersey ca . e, 20 head of mules, and owns 180O acres of land, and is independent of the 1 e<t law. Ho may be a friend to the landed fn'm-r, but what about the tenants f?the cliss that he wan s lo^boss as hirelings. To whpnt he fin say / go and they must g ?, or come and they must come. I ask the publication of the following letter that bis frl-ndhip for linants may do koowb. n me mriuers port at in trying to foroe Capt. Tillman on the mm lie haa alanderod and villi Bed, they will be re ponaibla for the'negro suprcroaov that will inevitably follow. 01 and 76. Tillmak aud tue TswAxra.?Columbia, July 11.?Special: Cnpt J. Press Blackwell, of Plumb Branch, Edgefield County, who It known aa ono of (ho gemot men in lh?