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t&c IDeetfy Union limes * R. M. STOKES, - Editor Ol S. S STOKES. - Local Editor 111 Ik K< Friday, AugiiMt 8, IS90. y< III SUBSCRIPTION, $1 60 PER ANNUM ai fa P08T OFFICE DIRECTORY. bl The 1*. 1). will he opened for business frnm K \ M fi :u? i> \i /.'? The Money Order Detriment will be at opened for business from 0 A. M. to 4 I*. M. Q| The Northern mail will close at 1 1'. . M., and the Southern Mail at 1.80 1*. M. ? Any inattention or irregularities should n re reported promptly to the 1*. M. tl J. C. HUNTER, 1?. M. 0( W- it is remarkab'c the number of I Registration certificates that have been lost in this county. 8< . w 1^.. The young folks enjoyed a German I 0| at the residence of Mis Dawkins, lost Tucs- ]d day evening. vt " *" n tf*k- It is rumored that Dr. J. F. Kueor C) will be the Republican candidate for Congress 0< from this Congressional District. 0 Linen Towels st 1.00 doz at 0 11. M. COHKN & BRO'S. f< Revs. Hope and Ratchford, assisted by Prof. Kennedy, of Clinton, held a series of meetings nt Mt. Tahot Presbyterian Sl Church during the past week. Jtfffk,,, Mr. W. II. Mil'er and family, Dr. \ L. E. Mcador ami family, Mrs Lcroy Town- * end, Mrs M. K. llix ami Mrs J. A. Brown, 6 rc a! West Springs- Camping in tlic Murnliv house ' (I Remnants of Red ticking very cheap at o II. M. COHEN & BUO'S. p The watermelon crop was excecl- n ing'y good this year. The old crop prophets w say it is a good sign for a goal crop year, . " nnd *c trust that the old prophecy will 11 come true this year. Parasols nt cost at a II. M. COHEN & BRO S fi We have heard a great deal, of late, I c about "rings" and "lingsters," and ive would like for souic gentleman who has seen ^ and knows anything about those fellows to toll us who compose the ring and show us a j "ringster." Wc are among the oldest demo- ^ crats in the State, but confess our ignorance j as to I hat branch of the organization. \ of a ream Note paper 1 -">c:, or a whole r roam fi r 50 cents at d II.M. COIIEN & RltO'S. 0 Our considerate young friends, 8 Kindred L'ttlejohn anil Eugene Lipscomb, ' hive the kindest thanks of tne old Editor P and family for a treat of fine peaches?the only ones we have seen this year. lloys, may you Always enjoy plenty of peaches in 1 . > asou,?and votapc the ??;ya hy correct c induct. c m , c There are ruuiors afloat that all the C c wdidatcs for Governor have withdrawn, r There's not n word of truth in the report' it Tillman's followers would not allow him to c withdraw, and we don't see any reason for a Marie or llr&tton withdrawing after they have so nobly done ti -e\l work of the cam- tl ptign. If Tillman is ununited, which is n now almost assured, lie will be elected, with w all those he al'ows to be placed on his ticket p a- d they will be responsible for whatever si evil or good may result fiom this so-called t< ' campaign of education.'* Cream and Ited Crazy (.'loth at 7 cents t( p r yard at II. M. COHEN & llltO'S. h "We have had no one to light for n, us," was what we heard abusioes* man any 01 a few days ago to a parly of gentlemeu st mding near. Ci And that is just what is the ina'ter with p this town : The business men anil properly s< owners want "#owe one t? Jiff hi for litem." g| 'vhile they do but precious little fighting for yi themselves, or oven give much encouragement to any one to do the fighting for them, it This "waiting for something to turn up," C| r for somebody else to turn some1 hi.ig up, c< i igethcr with timidity and a want of unity n jf action among our citizens, for the publ'c ti welfare, havejbeen the miUstores to keep this I >wn standing still at "breakneck speed." tl .lust icccivcd, another lot of our famous ^ ?l Ladies llutton Shoes. 11. M. Ct ill KM .< itnn fa I # ill Bf%, The Charleston World publishes what ? it (erins the npproxima'c figures of the nine ic oounty towns and townships in this, the 2nd 8I Census district. 'J'lierc seems to be some inconsistency in the figures of Union and Newberry. The town of Newberry, it states, g{ lias 3,Odd inhabitants, and (lie town- g| ship 4.K81 ; "hde (tie town of Union has cr only l,tiOO inhabitants, but the township lias tr 4,373, nearly as many as Newberry. It may (j, be correct, but it seems nit oral that 0j in the same area, with the population jn of the principal town of one nearly double that of the other, there would be gn a wider difference in the aggregate popula- ci, tion. We thimk 1.H09 represents the full (0 population of the incorporate town of Union, ftt which was extended one mile in all direc- gj lions during the reign of Hiram I'. Uiincan, (j, to take in all the radical negro voters ; but wo ctiioui iniiiK 'lie euiiiirris ol ihc town is more thickly populu'C'l tlninllio suburbs of Newberry. m The Township Meeting The township meetings begun litre W' Tuesday. The meeting was held on Craw-. 80 ford's hill, where a burhcouc was served h7 ^ Mess is Gabiuao &. Haruon. All lie can didites were present and fotik ym?t in the discussion of the various political issues of the tiny. ^ A categorical list of questions which had been prepared by somebody, was propounded ?? and answered by iho candid ites, Kvcrytiling passed off quietly. ? hj Straight-out De:noora. o Club. tb A slri:i"hl-onl dcmocratis cluh, with 101 fr members, was organized last Monday even- as ing by the citizens of this town. i Friend C. B Bobo li Yes, old frienil, you were a nictubrr of that * >nTention, and (ho only delegate from this ^ >uuty that voted "no," on the question of g iking or suggesting a nomination. If you t ought it wrong then the principle holds 11 >od against it now, and the enly apology * mi owo is for "fulling from gn.ic." 0 >Ve have not questioned the right of the embers of the Farmers' association to meet i id "discuss matters pertaining to t'.eir wel- j re nu l to mggetl a candidate for Governor;" ^ it you must remember that the call for the , arch Convention was "to nominate a State c rket,'' not to tugge.it a candidate for Governor, ] id lho cn'l was adroitly worded, by inviting c lly thoso who were in tgmjnithg with the ( iject therein expressed, mainly to nominate j State ticket. You cannot deny, we think, ? at, with yourself, tho sentiment of the dcm. ; trats cf the Stste Rt that time, was dee ded- c r opposed to making nominations at the larch Convention. So marked was this g >ntiineot that, although many denmcra's t ho deemed such action a plain usurpation ( f the constitutional prerogative of the regu- , irly constituted Democratic Convention, ( ero not allowed to participate in tho prttary mcotings to elect delegates, simply be- 1 ruse they were not in tympalhy with the bjcct of the call, when the convention met, I n counting noses it was found that a majority | f the delegates were decidedly opposed to t tresmiuog iuc olJ democraticparty by nonii- i ating * Stato tiokot ir ouths iu advance of j te time appointed, so it was decided by tlie p rime movers of tliis scheme, to not only ibstitutc "aaggrat to the democratic conceit- < on" for the objecli >nable words in the Shell- 1 illman call, "nominate a State ticket," but Iso tound it politic to confine the "aug- < cs'ion" to the bend of the ticket < The work for C.ipt. Tillman was done in the j rminry meetings, under the strict letter of ( lie cal', by excluding democrats?farmers and ) thers?front those meetings, who were op- 1 oscd to the avowed object of the originator* nd manipulators of the convention. Ilut | rlten Tillman introduced liia platform of | riuciples and convinced the convention that I would be folly to nominate any man te xpound and defend tbat platform who had ( ot "slept on it," tho scheme was completed, ud he went forth ns the Farmers' candidate, ghting the organized democratic party with 1 counter organization ; and lie lias undoubtJly carried a la -ge majority of the farmers 1 rilh bint, under a shadow of reform that ' as no other substance than turning the "ins" ' nit of office ami putting the outs in. The 'armers wero "bamboozled" by the Shell all, and their delegates "debatichoi" in lie Convention. While the "means" mag not invalidate the iglit to meet, suggest, &c., still we cmnot cno;ae those means if they arc not fair and pen; and icsuhs cannot be pure if their otircc is impure. If there was trickery in ' lie Shell call, we have a cicar right to bus- , eel that tiickcry and unfairness conrolled the convention. Unless you arrogate to the March Convcn- , ion the only democratic assembly cuti>led a meet, in anticipation of the State demo- ( ratio co.ivention, we cannot see how you . an charge iiidependeutism to the Columbia , (inference. That certainly had as much ( iglit to meet as the March Convention, whi'e did not presume to supersede the demo- , ratic convention bv nominating a candid .tc nd adopting a p'utfortn. You will find, fnend Uobo, ami we fear to ( lie cost of the peopte, tliat our expressions ( re neither "thoughtless nor extravagant, rilh nothing to back them but our susic'ons." We iiavc not uttered a word of | usp'cio l that we hue not la J solid reasons ( Is the ? nothing stspicious ia the unconadicied - epcrt that Til'ntan is ta be elected t ) tlio U. S. Senate, in Hampton's place, by t Legislature pledged to him and endorsing j is methods? And will not that give an dditional vote for the republican high tariff c pprestdon in the U. S. Senate ? e Is there nothing suspicions in the feet that , ?ery candidate for congress that refuses to t ledge himself to support the sub-treasury j :hcme is given, unniiitakcably, to underand tbat he cannot receive the Tillman ? ate? c Docs not that mean "elect none but Tillman- T es to oongrcss." And is not that good _ lose for strong tutpicion that Tillman will ( antrol their votes after as well as before te election, or defeat them at the next elec- , on r e Is tliere nothing to support a suspicion in ? le report in the Washington and New York j, apers that the Republicans of the North are 0 (tending aid and comfort to the Tilluian j iclion, with the hope of breaking the solid c emoorutic South ? There may be 110 solid t round for such repoits ; but in these polit- t al cut-throat times, where there is so much ] uoke, wo have good grounds for suspecting r icre must he some fire. t You say the "sub-treasury scheme was j, >tten up by the combine! wisdom of 23 0 atcs, headed by Dr.'Maccune and otlier lead- t j of tho Alliance." Well, that is, perhaps, ? tie, but we also know that it is opposed by ^ c combined wisdom of a very large majority j the ablest and most experienced statesmen ? every State in the Union. As to tho move sing boiled by Dr. Maccune, we can only 0 y that that fact, if ttie reports of his laracter arc true, would be more likely j create prejudice against the feasibility v td practicability of the scheme than to | vc confidence in it ; and the Allianco brc- . ron owe it to thcmselvc to have him f loroughly investigated and the truth or n laity of iho reports given to tho public. p, Over a month ago one of the best A'Unncc T on and ]>urest citizens in this countv - , 0 bispered iu our ear (hut "Dr. Mnccune ouldu t do to rely upon." We a'so reid me ttrangt allusions to him, iu our cx- I innges. hut could not believe Unit such a ' mhtfwl character could become u prominent ^ ajor ia the Adliancc, and, out of ab^fe re- ? >cct for the Allinnce, did not publish or t ten allude to it; but a short time ago the * conomut, an Allianco organ, made charges of ' irruption, a la Tillman, we suppose, against embers of Congress, and an investigation . those charges was immediately demanded j. r Kepresentative Onto#. Iu alludiog to I at matter our very cautious and reliable 1 iend of the Greenville Daily Ntrot speaks ' follows cf Dr. McCune's character : t It is a pity while Mr. Oates was at it that 0 couhl not (lo something toward baring Mc'une, the legislative representative of the Ulancc, investigated. Washington is full f stories concerning his public and private, lersonal and official morals. If tbey arc tot true he is a much injured and slandered nan. If they are true lie is one of the most ompteto and thoroughly disroputable scamps inhung and ought to be repudiated by th< irder of wliich he is a member. Wc do not admit your assumed analogy iclwccn the candidates nominated by friendi n our columns and the candidate tuyyeited iy the March Convention. The latter wert lominatcd by an assembly chosen from ont (lass of citizens, while the candidates pub liihcd in the Times stand before all clasec: if the people upon the good and sound demo ratio platform of "no class privileges, dic?a 1 n or distinctions," and pro*ent themselves i? candidates of no class, in strict oonformty with the laws and usig s of tlis dem>. iratic parly. Wc never use discourteous epithets ii peaking of those holding different opinion t< nirs. If we cannot mstsin our views with iut abusing those who differ with u?, we wil lot sacrifice our own self respect by rosorlio| :o ungcntlcmanly methods. .#. Who Has 200 Aorss to Sslll In the last Charleston Sunday New* wi lnd the following which, no doubt, will find slenty of respondents from every part o he State, not only because the price offeree for the land is good, but because the olass oi >coplc wishing to purchase are the very omi ;rants S< uilv Carolina needs: Colombia, August 2.?Tho coinmissionei ii agricu ture lies rooetvou the fallowing letcr : Kdwksvim.r, S. C., August 1, 1800. Col. A.P.Butler, Commissioner of Agri:ulturc, ColurobU, S. C. ?Dear Sir : A friend >f initio is anxious to locate a family of Germans somewhere in South Carolina, and for lliat purpose desires to purchase a farm ol about 2(H) acres at a cost of not much ovor F'2.000 or $2'500. Would prefer the Northern part of the Slate. Can you kindly put me in the w*y of finding such a farm? The settling of this family may be '.he means of bringing others from the saroo country to our State. Any information you can girt will b? gratefully received by yours very respectfully. E. N. Chisolm. Pers ns desiring to sell such a farm m?y b nimun'catc with Commissioner Butler oi with Mr. Chisolm direct. Connty Campaign Meetings The following arc the places and dates ol ihc Town-hip Campaign Meetings, appoiuted by the County Democratic Kxecutivo Com mittee at its meeting last Monday week : Goshen Ilill, at Black Bock, Aug. 8. Crots Keys, August 9. Bogunsville, at Gibbs', August 11. JonesviPc, August 16. Drayt-nville, nt Timber Ridge, Aug. lt>. Gowdcysville, August 18. Pinckncy, at Kelton, August 19. 1 lie Primary Election will bo held, Wedncs Jay, August 20. County Sunday School Convention. Township Sunday School Superintcndantt tre urged to send in their reports, to til Secretary, Mr W. II. Miller, as early a [mssil le, so that a full report can be inadi .o tbe County Convention, which meets on i7-2^t'i of the present nnnth, with Bogans rillc Church. All Scluols are entitled t< wo or in re delegates. I Mew Enterprise. Mr. J.O. Octzel has just placed in hii wor d shop an engine and wood lathe, fo: turning and making all kind of wood worl from our native forest timber, Mr. Oetzel is a first-class workman, am should be encouraged by the citizens o Union and surrounding country. He make: lie repairing of furniture a specialty. To our urn 1 the present cumpa:gn is i ampaign of abuse, instead of a campaign r 'dueation ; and, from what we hear, the abus s not confined to aspirants to State officei tgaints the State officials; but sonio of oui :ounty candidates, recognizing the foroe o luch argument (?) in the Stato campaign, havi idopted the same tactics, and turned tbeii latteries on the business men and citizen: 5cncral1y of this town. Well, that is not only unkind, but cxhibitt in ungrateful spirit unbecoming a good itizen wbo, himself or neighbors, may have eccivcd many favors from our merchant ?old and young?which, perhaps, now I'and upon their ledgers, unrequited. Wkilo we do not apologize for or defeni lie faults of the merchants in years past, wt an safely say that had it not hcen for them, lot one farm in fifty in this county coulc live boen run for many years after the lose of tho wnr. They stood between th< farmers and the Western Merchants, and be arac responsible for the food and raiment, he mules, iinp'cments and money, neoesaarj o run the farms. In many cases we knos merchants went down under the heavj itrain of carrying farmers on their books foi A noPAcuoiina t\f Ufa . ?"??* ?11 - ? ?. 1VO u. 1IIV, ouu nunc W< mow tlitt many cases of oppression dii ccur, it is unjust and uuuitnly now to at cuipt to ride into office by arraying claai .gainst olass and instigating hitter foelfegl lit ween friends and neighbors, who are no n the least responsible for the wrongs com nitted by others in years pnst. When we aro convinced that any one elasi r any one employment is not dependent lirectly aid indirectly, upon all others foi ts happiness, support nod prosperity, tber re may be made to believe that the Cot tor ''armors are not dependent upon the cottoi pinners ; and the producer* of provision! ire not dependent upon all classes that d< ot produco prov sions, and vice vena. Tbi rrmers without consumers of their product! vouid be no better off than consumers with ut firmers. ? Knglish Spavin Liniment romoves all lard, Soft or Calloused Lumps and 151cmihcs from h< rscs, Blood Spavins, Curbs, Iplints, Sweeney, King-tone, Stiffcs, iprains, all Swollen tliroos, Coughs, c?C.? lave ffi'tby use of one bottle. Warranted he most wond rful Blemish Cure cvci mown. Sold h J. M. OIBBS k SON Druggists, Union* > Bccklkn s Arnica Sai.vk.?TlicBestSalv 11 the world for Cuts, Bruises Sores. Ulcers lal! Rlicurn, Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped lands, Chilblains, Corns, ami all Skin Krup ions, and positively cures Piles, or no jay cquired. It is guaranteed to give perfect atisfaction or money refunded. Price 2" cnts per l>ox. For sale by B. F. Posey. April 18-ly. Corrcvpondenco of the Union Timet. Kiwi From North Paoolet. Etta Jamr, August 2.?Mrs. BjrrJ Molt 1 died last Wednesday frjm typhoid fever, and ' was buried at 8kull Bhotls on Thursday. 1 Mrs A. A. Sarratt and two of Iter children 1 have been quite sick for the psad week with 1 jaundice. They are getting better now. Mr. 1 W. R. Wa'kcr it also sick. 11a is at his mother's Mrs. Capt. S. S. Wa'kst. ' Many voters of Union Cotnty, 8. C." i asks some pertinent questions in the last p issue of the "Tinas." Of oowrse no man who disbelieves the existence of a Ood has 3 any right to bc^glacwd at the heMl of affairs t of this or any ^Iher' commonwealth. How can he take the oath of office, and call upon } a God to witoess who he pronWunces is a mere myth ? Oh consistency thou %rt a jewel Brother, extend your interrogations along - the line and lrt other aspirants have a chance i to define their positions on this nao subject, llains have been frequent "and copious for the past ten days, alternating With sunshine, and crops are growing finely. Cotton is getting too much mud to insuroa good yield, ) I fear. j Vrof. Vaughn began his singing school at Salem last Saturday, 20th ult. It is our object to have first-class church I choir, and present prospects are that it will r be accomplished. If that representative of poeliobuh who has so much to with prin Cng the Times doesn't mind how he handles types and punctuation characters, hewill find himself 9 in the hands of Frank PruKI, one of our fight1 ing lieu'enants, who will make an offioial visit I to the office to see him. Here's a specimen I of his wcrk as it appeared in the last issue : To Srn Farmf.ns Alliances.?The County Alliance will meet on 4th ef August to make arrange me ota for bogging other bus'ness tnai may cotfiW>dfore i" A. C. Ltlks. W. T. JETElt. Secl'y. Pros. By the al>ovc ho would have tho reader bcliovc tho Al'ianco wanted to "bag" every other business in the ooonty. Don't be uneasy "old fellow," they'll be satisfied with a governor and legislature, but nothing less. Kcv. A. A. Gilbert will preach at Wilson's ' Chapel and Kcv. F. C. Hiokson at ElDothel next Sabbath 10th, inst. The Knights of I.al>or, we understand, will hold a moss mooting at Draytonvillo to-day. Several of die candidates are expected to be there aod address ihe people. So far ns we know, they have, as bodv, taken no dccii ded stand for or against the Tillman movement. Vox. Correspondence ef Union Times. Telephonio Vibrations Jonksvii.lk, August 4 ?Wo had another good rain yesterday, which makes tlio growing crops spread out like a green bay tree, f Politics arc at about 94 degrees, with a probability of increasing heat until the State convention. 1 will make no farther prediction. J. llcndr'x McLahe was in our Town a day aud night Ust week on a Postoffict detective rouud, hut it is noised around since he left that there wn| more Polities than P. 0. in his tiip, this, however, rema:ns for the fnture to dovel >p. Our Town is extremely healthy, uot a single case of rcri<jus sfekoeae at present. We have no fruit this year wbifh may have something io do w th it. Another S'raightout has beenaddod to Jonesvillc, he is stopping with Mf. James Brant, our Hail Koad section Bore; he is only about four days old but he's a Straightj out all the same. A pretty good delegation went up to 0 Greenville yesterday to attend the U. S. 9 Court, which convenes to-day. b Mrs E. M. Penny who lias been sick for some nmo is 80 lmproveu as to go ti Huntuc, iu spoiiu inui'c with her mother Mrs S. A. Porter. 0 Mrs LuW CiaWford, of Bailey, Texss, is visiting bcr Father W. T. Littlejobu and other relatives and friends in South Carolina. l'rof. W. F. Mc Vrthur, of GafFncy City, spent tho day yesterday in Jonesville and 1 attended services at both Metbodiaiand Bapr tst c'lutche-". lie was on his way home t fr.un the District Conference at Belmont. ltcv W. 8. Fos'er, of Cherokee, Oa., is visiting his children in Jonesville. I W. H. Murteshaw belter known as"Hooks" f was in Jonesville last week. His mother s died and he came down from Newton, N. C., where he now live*, but ho did not get here unt'l after the burial. He reports pood crops in bis country. II Mrs Lou Littlejotm is spending some tune f with her sou J& ncs, at North Pacolet. c Tklkphonv. 6 Personals. ^ Miss Nora Neal, of Steele Creek, Mecklenburg Co., N. C , is visiting her Sister, Mrs L. e P. Murpliy. r Mr. VictSr S. Gage, of Birmingham, Ala., 1 is visiting his mother, Mre Martha Gage aud family. | Dr. Thomas M. Bcaty, of Dublin, Coahoma Co., Mis?, is visiting relatives aud friends here. 4 Misses Susie Johoson and Lydia Derrick, of Columbia, aro visiting their frioad, Miss Anna Itriggs. ' Mr. It. Ferd Gilliam of Columbia, is visit ' ing friends nt this place. Mr. James Grunt came up from Charleston ' Sundiiy, to spend awhile with his family. 1 Mrs W. A. Jamison and children, ol ( Laurens, are visiting Mr and Mrs E. N'cholson. Master Flunk C. l'osey has gone to Laurens to clerk in B. F. Posey's Drug Siore for a ' while.. r Mrs. Snllie E. Matthews, of Ilorcb, Fair. r field Co., i^isiting the family of Mr. F. H. 1 .f)?St?A * ' Mrs^Hl. Maxwell of Greonvlllo, is visit' ing her parents, Judge and Mrs Wa'lace. s .?. i Ptrftix) or "Tiib Cbrokolk" xim.* in.? t mas.?Augusta, Ga., Aug. '2.?Louis F. 1'ntiPe, jltc Chronicle't Carolina correspondent, shot and killed C. P. Hudson, a dry goods sjerk, to-night about 11 o'olock, in 9 front ef the Arlington hcte'. llotfc men omptiod rsarolvcrs nt cuch other ' nt cloa* range. r Patillo lies in the Arlington with a bullet t hole i* his side. i Hie physicians have not yet found the ball, j Patillo keeps his council. There seems to have l?een enmity btween the men, for they 9 met coming from opposite directions. > Initio has been reporting the Carolina b caiifxitgii meetings forthc Chronicle. Itmt s Hon was u clerk in Daly & Armstrong's. Ilia liont? was in JefTcrson county. Ho was a ijuidt, well respected fellow, unmarried.? Cfiarfetlon World. , Tub Poipit andtue Staok.?Rev. F. M. Hhrout, Pastor United Brethren Church, Dine Mound, Kan , nays: "I leel it my duty l<? tell what wuodera Dr. King'a New DDcommt haa done for me. My luogH were hadlj^Kt^Ht and my pariahoners thought r I dpulcliiVe outy a few weeks. I took flee bottles of Dr. Klog'a New Discovery and ' net sound and well, gaining 20 lbs in wjght A'tliur Lore, Manager Love's Funny F#lk a Combination, writes: "After a thor. oagh trial and convincing evidence, 1 am I confident Dr. King's New Dncviry for oenaumption, bea'H 'cm all, and cures when ' everything else fails. The greatest kiodnoaa I can do my many friends is to urge > tiiem to try it." Free trial bottle at B. F. Posey's Drug Store. Regular sizes 60c. and (1. For the Times. d< Cool Thoughts for Cool Thinkers. & The antagoni-t o position of the farmers OE in this ramp-iigu pieces them in a falso 8? light, or they lire more selfish soil less ! 1 patriotic than I hare taken thorn to be. u When poltical excitement runa tiigh men i" sometimes lose their common sense and 111 jump to conclusions without any process of reason. It is only in this way that 1 can >n account for the antagonism of interest that 81 has been forced on the country by the 88 March Convention. " The ambition of the farmers to mouopo- 8r lizo all offices in county and State may not ,)C appeara? selfish to themes it does to others. * They do not object to thoso of other avoca- *7 tions paying the major portion of the taxes, 0 then why not share with them the privilege J 1 of holding office. The lawyers ou the ' Tillman tickvt is an appendage that the farmers would liko to go. rid of. But 0 prtriotism as well as democracy is un- 00 frieudly to anything that smacks of class m agitation and class legislation. 0 Great n any thinking farmers oppose "! Capt. Til'man, and yet wo hear men say ' that opposition to Capt. Tillman means hos- fll tility to the farming interest. They might Cfl as well contend that exposure of a corrupt P' church leader meant war against Christianity. We must not forget that bad IU men are sometimes the rxponen b of a gool ?. cause. ' For several years Capt. Tillman bas well nigh had a monopoly in acting for 8outli C( Carolina farmers; and when he realized that they were under his mesmerism, he l < began to mould thrm n? the potter docs the . o'ny, according to bis idea of the eternal J"' fitness of things, and that idea, correctly expressed, means Tillman first, last and all ? the time. dl <i.u ;? i...? k? ...? r.om CI the fact that at the cutset of his orusadc P' again-1 the democracy, to inisloid, ha made certain charges against tlie State govern- 1,1 ment which he admitted to Mr. Ancrum wire m false. They had the effect for which they P were made, he raid, and would now be 'H dropped. To do evils that good may come is n departure in morals that the christians w among the farmers might do wc'l to study. 01 It is true Cipt. Tillman denied this cha'gc, ?r but it is so much like his action in reference " to bis charges agninst the Stale officials , which ho d-opped as soon as the State was swept by a whirlwind of excitement, that 18 one is farced to bc'iere llio correctness of P Anorum s s'nteraent. The slander has been *7 hurled into his teeth from every political stump in the S'ato without any attempt on 8 his part t> justify se fool an accuiation.? k 1 Surnly the farmers will see that the cleet'nn of II. R. lillmnn is a declaration to the world that cur democratic government is ?a polluted, our representatives debauched, our V? commissioners bribed and our couits cor- a r'?P<- " Scire men support Cupt. Tillman because they believe the f-tate is us lmlly tax-ridden now an it was during the radical regime.? J'01 For their benefit I submit the following com- . parison : CJ' During tits d years of radicil rule the 1 average annual return of taxable property was $169,239,143 and only ?139,374,328 au during the 13 years of democratic sup-em- , ooy, a reduction of $29,804,815. It is an Cl interesting fact to notice that this reduction of nearly ten per cent, was after the S-atc 'V; had had aevcr.il years of prosperity. Nu- I ?. merous cott ?n faotorios, and long lines of j" railroads hud been ruilt in the State, greatly enhancing the value of property a* adjacent to these factories and railroads, the ?. additional return of railroad property alone c being $11,000,0#0. It is well known that property sold above its market value during the radical rule, as it sells below now. N<i- !1( tice, too, the difference in taxes levied 'n during the two administrations arc 3? mills ' in favor of tlie democracy. It is a shame 11 that tho democracy needs to be defended m i against lbs iguoraoco of its housohold.? ?' Others say there has been no stealing but 1 too mucli exttavngancc, and a change is 1 needed. Well, where does the blame lie? . The last legislature wos composed mostly of farmers, elected largely in sympathy with a i the Tillman schedule, and that legislature is responsible fir having voted the largest ap- c<; propriation since the days of radical sni. And since the state officials could use the or money only for the purposes for which it w was appropriated, will it not show more wis- ?c dom in changing the complexion of the "? legislature tbau the State officers. There ore others still who say Cap". Til'man is a reformer and ought to be elected. Cl He will do wc'l if he succeeds in reforming cn himself. The abolition of the lien law is P' the only reformation that lie has definitely srt hinted at. The lien law does no harm on tho Statute hooks. It takes two to mako a . valid liiwi Tl.n low ?o o? hd or hike a lien. There arc landowners wiio J*.1 prefer giving a lien to a mortgage. It is 1 more simple and less expensive. The land- 0 owners, howevc', are independent of the lion law and would suffer no serious detriment if it was abolished. But the moment you legislate its death the tenant's only sc' curiiy as well as liis best friend, is gone, i I heard an enthusiastic Tillmaniie say, - kill the 'ien law and the A'linnce will take care m of the tenants,'' So far as my observation r0 goes, joining the Alliance no more chnnges ^ the nature of the white man than it does so the co'or of the black man. If he dernan- |u ded big interest and gilt-edge paper on ad- jn vanccs before he joined he wi'l not forget self a her he joins. And here I want to ro say that the farmers have contributed as t0 much to the abuse of the lien law ss the 4, r merchants. n( I neither give or take liens, but amino m position to know that some farmers charge 0( tenants bigger prices on advances than the jj 1 merchants. Tito tenants are led to believe f0 that they are only paying the merchants' ici time prices and the result is that the mer- 0] chants aro made to shoulder the iniquity or Wi the farmers as well as their own. lint the .,j farmers wrong doing is no excuse for the j, merch sols taking advintago of the lien law to oppretta tbo needy. The merchant, how- rc over, runs all the risk. There a great many slips between the planting and selling of a t0 crop. If disaster comc?, the firmer, so far i0 a. mmllo -? *-? *-- * o ij-|/ vuuvp.mcu, f'a? una n nvioir, while the merchant is out of pocket the eitent of the advances made. Thirty per mj cent is about the merchant's average time fe price, and that is about as cheap as lie can fcl do a risky business. He would prefer to j,j turn his goo Is over and over for cash nt w] a small per cent, to selling at SO per cent. :u on tune ; for the simple reason that he gets tir rid of all risk and the annoyance of collect- cv i ?g- pe But to return: The Ti'lmanite went on cj, to say that the tenants were now enjoying gr the berefits of the A'lianoe le^isla'ion in low prioed bacon, corn, flour, and high fv priced cotton. 1 thought! as I lis'ened, ve whnt a wonderful amount of ifuiorsnco a ?. i man cun lake in and survive. The A'iance has been a benediction to the country ; but a]| the blessing* have come ;n part'al, rather c|, than in general showers. The landowners u, are in rpos lion tilake advantage of the g0 benefits of organisation ; tho tenint cin expect no such advantages. I do not believe the Alliance l>a 1 anything to do wi'h reducing the prices of pro- th visions. Three years ag > there was a failure in in tSeooin" op in the North-wist. High tic priced corn and I neon followed just es mi nstin ally as Tillmnu wngs his tail of 0.T10 -- foi seekers. The next year bacon a Id all tho ve way from 7 to 1'J.J cents, nolwiihatand rig w the fact that the Al'lanca was full tlcdged^flr a several of the cot'on S'ltee Some lioiiAt Ti the merchantj had run provi-ion unhand Tl were reaping a perfect harvest. ovn The merchant makes the $SV in dole's per thousand pnuc^^^^^L 124 cents cy | Ilis dollars the mbled. In oilier words, bacon bought at and rold at 6 ceuta is 20 p-r cent., hut ily 10 percent, when bought at 10 and Id for 11 cents. Attho lower figures, for e same amount of money (he merchant indies double iho number of pounds and ukcs doublo tho per cont. It is to hie terest then to handle low priced goods. But tho truth is, the Alliance is stronger tho North-wost than it is in the South, id ihe organization there is fighting just hard for high prised oorn and bacon as e are for low prices. The two interests b not identical. It is eery much like two tys see-sawing on a pole: the big boy tops the lit'le one up at pleasure. The ice of provision, however, like everything so, will bo governed by supply and dennd. As to forcing up the price of cotton, e Alliance had very littlo to do with it. ithin the last few jears a great many colli factories have been built all over the >tton belt, and the owners sought new arkets for their products*in the countries f Europe, Asia, and the Isles of the sea, id the remit was higher prices for cotton, at mnnufuctories increase until the South lies every pound of cotton she grows and introls tho sale of it, and wo may thrn cx:ct to realize the best price for cotton, ut there arc contingencies that may reove the day of this golden harvest to the itton planter far beyond the day of any viog man. Tho force bill may disorganize to labor and industries of the South and mtributc to tlio delay of this better era. The election of Capt. Tillman would mbllt83 check the flow of capital into the late and stop tho growth of cotton factoes. This is not merely the imaginary tcory of an alarmist. The prospect of his crtioa has already caused our bonds to rop from 103} to 09}. His eleotion may eato a friotion in the government that may rovo a serious matter to the tax payers. But iho strongest objection to Capt. Titian lemains to bo told. Tho s'rongest and ost distinguishing feature in the national atform is tho tnriff plank. That was the suo in 18S8 as it will be in 1892 and Capt. illmau's sneering remark that "Cleveland as whipped out of his boots on that issue" ily proves Tillman's infidelity to the demoatic party. We are told that his brother is voted with the republicans on the tariff r the last 12 years. Both of them will )Ubtless bo with that nsrtv In 1H92 Kn an can oppose the strongest plank in the a*f>rm of the democracy and bo a thorighbred, out and out democrat. I hope 6 day will never come when we will elect half horse and half alligator governor of >uth Carolina. Every one must have noticed how Capt. limau has avoided the discussion of the riff during this campaign. It is idlo talk r any man to say wo are not eoncerned iout the tariff when for every dollar of xcs we pay the Siato the national governent scoops in from us $37. The tariff that now oppresses us originai at Washington and Irs evil effeoia have en and aro now fell from tbo center to tho rcumfne ice. And if it is ever reformed, e reforms' ion, which can only bo through e people, must start at the circumference d work back to the center. We do not lieve that Capt. Tillman will ever be a vler in that kind of reformation. Oue more : The March convention that iminated Capt. Tillman though composed democrats, was not a democratic couven>11. If I understand the signification of e term democrat, it csnnnt be applied to iy organisation composed of any one olass . oitizens and hold in the interest of one ass, as was the March convention. And e nomination of Tillman subject to tho iproval of tho democratic convention does >t disguise the opposition that was and is it to the democracy. There is no analogy Itwecn the nomination of Capt. Tillman by ie March Convention and the announceent of a candidate through the papers by ie or many cititens. The latter is simply ie presentation of n choic;?one ss he or *y believe best fitted to represent every ass of citizens ; while the March Couvenon wus a class convention, putting forward class candida'e to represent a single class ' citizens and backed by a class executive nnmittec. Notioo, too, the action of this independent ganizitiou ! Their nomioco declared that e had '-never had a democratic ivetninent. Conventions are machines the hands of tho ring; meaning tic democracy, and wo are going > have a primary so that every man i cast his own vote." The straight-out indidates mil wo aro also in favor of a rimary. What then? Why, Tillman jurt iid, we ma le a mistake. It is not a priary but a convention wo want. Wo ought conventions were michiues in the inds of the ring, but the trick is iu a iraary. So the people arc to bo deuied o right of casting their own votes until me other reformer comes to the surface. OBSERVKR. For tlio Times. A Leader in the Ball Boom. An eminent divine, of greAt experience in e work of God's graoe, was ncoustomed to gard the use of ardent spirits and danciog, two of tho influences most hostile to the ul. With great solemnity, he used to alio to tho case of a young man. a leader the hall-room. To shield himself from the influence of a rival, at that timo in progress, he sought multiply dnnoing assemblies, and to -aw others into them. But he could not it escape Qod's judgemout, if ho oould his crcios. lie was suddonly laid upon a bed 'sickness. Death seemed near. In awful itiess, he heggoi for tho mercy he had hero despised. When thus borne down, hopess of rooovery, ho seemed penitent, became iceeiling joyful, earnestly and solemnly arned his associates, and it was thought by ous friends a most romarkablo esse of atli-becl repontanoc. Hut unexpectedly i recovered. With returning health his li;ion so rapidly disappotred that tho first ing he did was to persuado his associates make arrangement for another hall. Gpdjs us they were, they were shocked at the opi sal ; but his persuasion over earns their ruplos. The evening came, and in the idst of Die glare and revelry of the ball, he II to the floor, as if by the Anger of an of ndcd Qoil, was boruo ft raring maniac lo s home, which he had ecarcoly renche t lien dcmli so iled up his history for the final dgemcnt. The passion for dancing held m yet concealed possession of his s ml, en when death stood by, and friends sup>scd lie had forsaken all. It had been erished in early youth, grown with his owth, nod strengthened with h s strength. Had that youth died when joyful in ft Is3 hope, his passion would have been dclopcd in oternity, beyond our sight; but id sparol liiui, iliut it might bo dono here n solemn wai ning 10 parents who cruelly low a passion to be chori-died in their ildron, which first doceiees and then rows its chains of darkness around the ill " V mm? ?. . . v.v>. nti.im nilRKIi. ?? Tin.man or a Split.?The first split ia. i e Democratic party was mule at themiT'ot g of tho Demccintic Com^ntioa^rFairdd County on KnturdJ^PflPT^Ind it was ndc by tho Tillinani^R Without wai'ing r lie temporary^^gtuitation of lie Count ion, Uiji^WImiurit-a bolted in ft body, g'nffSe'fa Convention of tlioirown, elected county chairman and other officer* and llman delegates to the August Convention, le regular Democrats were in a majority the Convention and have the regular or" v'a.7)D" ','ic Ti"n,an',os "p it because ^pre in a minor'.tj?although they I believe in miyority rule?and took it steps towards the disintcgrati* n of rty.?Newt and Courier. T1IE ALLIANCE DEPARTMENT. N. Q. LITTLEJOIIN, - Editor ASBURY, 8. C. CROSS XXY 8. i'art first. The Alliance Editor risitel tbo Crjss Koys neighborhood this weak and found it one of the best Agricultural sections in the up-country. It is not often that ire can find lerel fio'ds eontsioiog a hundred and more acres of cotton in one unbroken body, but such is to be seen in the beautiful country around Cross Koys. Then ire found it an intelligent and eery hospitable community. We were informed that most of the people were in easy circumstances; that there was plenty of money in that part of the county, and ererybody were perfect gentlemen and ladies; that eron the very poorest hsd prinoiple enough to make their word their bond. Well,| if that bo correct the nsy light of the millennium morning is surely beginning to dawn on that community, | "when the lion end the lamb shall lie down j together?without the lamb being inside the lion." I EXTRACTS FROM PRE8T. L. L. FOLK'S ADDRESS. (continued.) Krery men is in the same boat with the farmer end when he goes down you will sink with him. Even Jay Qould with bis faSulouo rrcallli could not IncWo anontlaas without tbo farmer. it* rt?i?4-1* * * ? *>. uvu(o icno u> mat 11 in over-proauc tion that causes the fioancial trouble among (he farmers; that we nro so poor beoauso we are ao rich: Wonderful logic !?Laying the blame of our troublo, on High Heaven. God never makes mistakes, my frionds. There is, nor can there be over-production inaoy country, when there is a single child crying for bread. They tell us a dollar will buy more than ever before. But where is tho dollar? A tramp in a certain city tho other day inquired where ho could procure his dinner, he was pointed to an eating house, where a square meal eould bo had for only twenty-five cent*. 0< iog off ia the direction pointed, he suddenly turned and asked his informant whero he could procure the 2Gcts ? When wheat was (2.00 per bushel and cotton 20cts. per. pound there was (62 per oapitafer every inhabitant in the United Elites; now when cotton is lOots. there is I f7, for eoc(i inhabitant. The Kansas farmer wou'd willingly sell his corn for lOcts. per bushel, but after the H. B. tariff is paid, he can't realize even that amount. Legis'ation for the lost 25 years has been an iniquitously one-sided affair?to tho interest of banks, monopolies, trusts and combines. You and 1, brother Farmers, have bod aspirants for congreesional honors to tell us they were devoted to the welfare of the people, and all they wanted was for us to place them upon the wa'chtowers of the nation and. they would zealously guard our interests. v We have elected them and sent them to servo us, without partiality, as a common peiple then after a while, as our burdens began to *m eenn riftrt flflBTf*'V"| ** would remember their vows, and ezpeectantly inquire of them, ' Watchman what of the night ?" An d the'r reply would be. "All is well ! P low on r Then, as oppression was grievous to be borne, we again would in sup'iant voice inquire "Watchman ! Whnt of (he " Hi. - xuvjr umuungiy reply, "All it well! Plow on." George Wosliiogton sa:d "oura is n government of the people for the people, uu 1 by the people." A majority of our present lawmakers say : "A government of the ring, for the ring, and by the ring." ****** Let us ever after this, my brethrou, elect these ring men to stay at home. ****** Abrnlnm Lincoln said, "It is possible to deceive a part of the people n'l the lime and it is possible to dooeive all the pro. pie a part of the lime ; but it was impossible to decoive all the people all (lie tirno." And I rejoice to know that we can be i o longer deceived by party pol ticiaus at.d lawmakers. * * * * * * * I repeat, my fricnie; the con'est is to prove whether the citizen or tho dollar is sovereign. ^ Ani we have a perfect right to deinaad the Sub-treasury plan or something better; but the little politician cries out that it is wrong for the Alliance to meddle with > politics, that the Sub-treasury plan is un? constitutional. Little politician, who has more riirht to use nolitiea th*n #h? * ?? ? * You stem to forget that there id a vast difference between tho bonoat politician and the parisan. Unconstitutional'. It is perjteily constitutional for the Qovernment to foster bonded ware bouses where whiskey is seal^ out to poieon happiness, destroy lives, oonlurae homes, and make wiv?s and children miserable, but to store tho produots of our honest labor is nnconstitutiona1. Dretheren, we have been kept side-tracked and deceived long enough. We need sound men, of sound convictions, sound to the core as a heart of ? oak men who perceive that duty is the grand- J est word ever uttered in the dialect of ton- -si. * gues. . * * # * * # ? # The Farmers of this country lisvc got to ? , unite. Put your wive* into your Alliances, anil you rusty old bachelors win "dont' think * wiiumeu should jine the A lianco," st?nd up; I want these ladies to look ?? you. My ?, . fiiend let. the divine form of woman grsoe and rcfjype every aub-Alliaoce. Y< n have novjpneuown woman to injorn any ?Ood jdause. * * >/ \ ??' * . .. Erot'ii.?Tha trans'<tl n from !o*?f, U '-jr ring and painful a ckne "to r bus' health mirk* an epoch io the life of nn Individual. Much n remarkable event is ire<S'ired in rhc memory nnd ilie agensr wherchy tlic good health Iinh been attained in g alefully hlosod. llenoe it is that s> inuoh is heard in praise v. of Klectrlo Bitters. 8j insny feel iliey owe their restoration to health, to tho uie of that Qrrat Alterative nnd Tonic. If y >it ore troab'ed with any disearo tf Kidneys, Liver or gtomaoh, of long or i hrrt sending you will surely And relief by use of Klectric Bitters. Bold at ftOc. nod $1 per lottle at B. F. Posey's Drug Store.