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THE 8TATE TICKET. FOB GOVERNOR. B. R. Tillman, of F.dgefteKl. FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, Eugene B. Gary, of Abbeville. FOR SEUNSMOIY OF/YATB, "? j. K.Ttndall, of Clarendon. FOR ATTORNET GENERAL, Y. J. Tope, ol Newberry. FOU TREASURER, W.T. C. Bates, of St. Matthews. FOR COMPTROLLER GEN KRAI*, \V. II. Kllcrbev, of Marlon. < FOR SUPERINTENDENT OK W. D. ??>'told, of Greenville. w j avj VTANT AND INSPECTOR GENERAL, II. L. Farley, of Spartanburg. COUNTY DEMOCRATIC TICKET. FOR SENATE. Glenn D. I'cake. FOR REPRESENTATIVES. Robert Little. John It. Jcfleries. Godfrey B. Fowler. TKF.ASURK.lt J. B. T. Scott. PROBATE J U DOR James M. Gee. COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. Thomas N. Kelly. . > J. A. Cliainlwrs. SCHOOL COMMISSIONER. J. L. Walker. AUDITOR. I Nail IW-Miinmn, . __ Goon Koahs.?A i?rontinent cit'zen of this Sintc recently remarked in nty hearing, that lie would ra'lter know that there wan 11 be made a good road from his county sent m every other country town in the States, than that the State was to be intersected by railroads sufficient to entry its products and have our roads remain as they now arc. I do not think this expression at all extravagant, ns under this condition of things the interests of the State nnd the interests of individuals would bo better served. now incsc roai are to t>o obtained ii the question for the people t? dccrmino. If under the present system, a very marked change in iU applicaiion must take place.? If under an improved system, public sentiment in Georgia must be very considerably aroused before the improvemont is begun. It requires but liitle insight and calculation to determine the importance and value of good roads. Earth rosds ??c easily affected in condition by rains and subtft y-fi Ttiav arc almost always in ruift if of clay, ana soft nnif lieary rr of sand. These conditions determine unfavorably the b-ads to be driwu over them, and very much depreciate the va'uc of teams and vehicles by unitecctsnry hca?y drafts. AFRAID OF A DIRECT TAX. Farmers are toi apt to object to n direct tax to build improved roads, while in the wear of wagons and the abuse of stock, they arc submitting to an enormous indirect lax to hnvc bad roads. This is just the nature of nil cur evils The burden of the tariff conies nt us, not directly, but covered up in the purchases of masks?forty-seven per cent. ?f t he amount paid going tc an indirect tnx, and only fifty-three per cent, being the legitimate purchasing price of tho article bought. The farmer very properly objects to a tux of ten dollars to protect a manufac- ' luring establishment in the sale of its pro- ] ducts, and, yet, he quietly submits to nn indirect tax for the very same purpose by nllowing the government to increaso the price of the manufactured article to such ' an extent as to demand more than double that amount of tax in its increased sale. So we find it with roads. The farmer objects, j violently, to paying a tax of twenty dollars to establish a system uf improved roads under the direction of the tilAte-JTfJa 7 'and tear of lenms and loss online,Ttecauso t ?f the in. This is a matter to be discussed t by organized farmers in the interest o economy. Shall we have good roads under a reduced cost or bad r?? ds and pay the heavy penalty indirecily u .'.or the losses on f the farm ? outside the matter of inonej, the satis- J fact:on in traveling over good ronds should 1 1>c some inducement to hnve them. The ? heaviest cost would be in their original constructor 11. Once properly built tlioy became, in a measure, permanent. This subject is worthy of agitation and nciion by the people. ? \V. J. Nortiikbn, in Southern Cultivator, ; Road 1 mrnovKMrnt.?Sinco the agitation , of the road question tome over ft year ago, which resulted in a llotid Congress, the discussion < f a system which would bring an improvement, in tho high ways has gradually waned. Political questions seem to bnve overshadowed nil mntcrinl matters aad along with them the public r.a t matter. But it is time now that the discussion upon i this subject was rcopeued. If nothing bet- ; ter is accomplished it will have the effect of h'illiways, and while tlie discussion is 01 av nns suuwii uiinug me noun i ongress, n temporary betterment of the roads themselves will l>e secured. Numerous plans have becu suggested, but cf tbcm n'l we think tlmt which looks to a general system of inter-county highways is the best anil will he the mos'. lasting in i*s benefits. In brief, the ecvcrul counties of of the State will have public roads running in various directions, north, cast, south and west, and meeting nt the county line similar roads from adjacent counties. These roads are to be kept up by the couutics themselves through means of a commutation tax and the use of the county convicts. From these main highways the branch roads will diverge, leading into the various neighborhoods of the county and kept tip by those who reside upon anil use them. Tho system is a simple one. The county keeps the main trunk roads in order and the brandies which converge to them Are kept in order by the residents on these roads. This would give outlets to mnrkel towns in all dircoiionB, nnd that ia what the farmers want. As a consequence a number of crops, not now cultivated to sny appreciable extent, would become profitable adjuncts of every farm : ctunly towns would build up ; tho value of lands would increase ; new iwiiiMrics wouia spring into lite ana ft | general prosperity prevail. An improvement in our public highway* is needed, end we should endeavor to aseertAin whnt system wi 1 secure it.?Southern Cultivator. Eitki'sy.?This is whnt yen ought to have, in feet, you must huve it, to fully enjoy life. Thousand* nrc searching for it daily, and mourning because tlicy find it not. Thousands upon thousands of d'dlars are spent annually by our people in the ho( c that they may at?a'n this boon. And yet it may bo had by all. We guarantee that Electric lliiters, if used according to directions and the use persistod in' will bring yon (Jood Digestion and roust the demon Dyspepsia and install intdcad Eopepsy. We recommend Electric Hitters for Dyspepsia and all diseases of Liver. Stomach and Kidneys. Sold at f>Oc. and $1.00 per bottle by li. F. l'osoy, Druggist * Linen Toweling, or Crash, nt til cents per yarJ, at II. M. COHEN & BRO'8 liADIFJ Needing atonic, or children who want build ing up, should take BROWN'S IKON MITTKRS. It is pleasant to take, cures Malaria, Indlgcbtiou, UUkiusucss and Liver Complaints. l&e IccMnion limes ' _i_ r " 1 rt R. M. STOKER, Editor , 8. 8. 8TOKB8. Local Editor n Friday, September 80,180O. SUBSpRITTIOtT, 91 60 rERAMW! * *o?T OriflC? Dia?CT0ET. 8 The P. 0- ?ttl be opened for business a to 6.80 P. M. |! The Money Order Department will be opened for busiarts from 0 A. M. lot4 P. M. The Northern mail will closest 1 P. c M.. and the Southern Mail at 1.80 V. M. V Any inattention or irregularities.should re reported promptly to the P. M. ^ J. C. HUNTER, P. M. J - . - w? 11 The Cotton Market 1 Not reporting. the market eince it was 0 opened this season, Mr. William*, the cotton weigher gives us the following comparative ? statement of receipts up to the 26th of 8epi. ' in 1889 and 1890; f Sept. 26th., 1889, 106 bales 1 Sept. 26th., 1890 499 bales i The difference in receipts may be from the 1 earlier maturing of cotton this year. ' The prices in this trarket. no tojtfieterd?y,_ * rnmrnmm ft-- ? H O ?i vdo. - ? II A frct?li lot of Thurbcr's Shredded Oatr, n nt 11. F. 8CA1FE & SON'S. c ? h The Cotton 8eed Oil Mill has re- ( sumed opcruiions. t, You will find the bast stock of. Jeans in town nt RODGEIt & PURCELL'S. e Wc regret to learn that the conlin- " ued riyns have seriously injured the cotton in the field, preventing picking, washing it P out and causing mash of it to rot. We are now passing the equinoctial rtorin < season and we hope more favorable weather will follow. * . a: Just received Ladies Heir Ornaments and b Shell Rends nt lOcts, at H. M. COHEN & BRO'S. The third Primary Election will be he'd on Tuesday, the 7lli of October on the snmc day appointed for the second con- ^ gressional primary. The same Managers of and the same Rules that managed and 'n governed the first and second County Pri- cn ninry and the first Congressional Election, A will manage and govern the next election. ... * RODGER & l'URCELL have just re- ceived a beautiful line of Fall goods. Bev. John M. Carlisle. Wo were pleased to meet on our streets this week, the venerable Itev. John M. Carlisle, of Spartanburg, who is visiting his many friends here. I He is always a welcome visitor in otir \ midst. J. C Something new. Initial letters 25 eta a ( ?ro?sat H. m. COIIKN & BRO'S. I ? 1 Ira Grant's *?? n~>- ... w ?J o exhibit them to her old friends and eua- gj onters on Tuesday next, Sept 80th. U( She assures its bor stock this year is Qf argcr than before, while the styles aro handlomer, richer and more tasty than for ^ roars. Her advertisement will appear next week, but the Ladies must not neglect to call ?n her next Tueslay. ?? ?.| A good Salmon, 15 cents per can, at II. F. SCAIFE & SON'S. Dl Mrs Fonohe's Millinery Opening. We find it impossible to orowd in the ad- ^ vertisement of Mrs. Fouohe, nee Mrs. M. Vincenl, this week, hut will state to the Ladies of the town ami country that she ^ will open up for inspection on Wednesday ^ next, the largest and most exquisite stock of ^ Millinery, ever brought to Union, and invites aM to call nnd see the beautiful new styles, g^ She has moved into the store formerly occupied by Mr. 0( Lidics Ton Button Shoes reduced from $1.60 to $1.20 a pair at A It M rniipm t. nnn'fl Fine 8took? and Cheap Gooda. !n ||| Id Stocks and prices of Dry Goods, the ^ merchants of Union can compete with any market in the upper counties of the State. ^ Among those who hare received their new Fall nod Winter Stocks we refer our readers jj1 to the advertisements of Messrs. Grnhnm & Sparks. 1 " Rodger & Purcell. ? Foster, Wilkins & Co. ?' " II. M. Cohen & Iiro. Mr. J. W. McLurc, Agent. ui IN HARDWARE, No more complete Stocks con be found, or rc lower prices than are offered by Mr. W. D. Rewley, or '' Foster,' \f iikins k Co. n IN FURNITURE, And everything in the least connected rc wiiii mat tine of business, we call the special attention of our reiders to the ad- Pc vertieement of 44 Mr. Titos. E. I1aii.it, who carries as large a stock of all kinds of Ta Furniture, llcdding, Window Shades, Picture ?E Frames &c.,as can be found this side of Charleston, and as cheap as anjwhere. 19 in nuocr.iiKs, Vou will find our friends, yj II. F. Scai>k & 801* lh keep as good, select, cheap and varied a etock f<> as any store in this part of tLe State. I" We have the finest etock of Clothing in 81 Union. KODOKK & PUKCKLL. Wl ? Pi English Spavin Liniment removes ' all of Hard, Hoft or Calloused Lumps and Blem- an iahcs from horses, Blood Spavins, Curbs, Splints, Sweeney, King-bone, Stifles, Sprains, all Swollen throats, Coughs, etc.? io Save $f>Oby use of one bottle. Warranted se the most wond rful Blemish Cure ever si| known. Sold b J. M. OIBBS k SON, ej Druggists, Union' Ca ,0, re Come and see our "Dandy" Crochet ease, contanrng 6 articles for 10 cts. at H. M. COHEN & BRO 8. l# nU of Dr. I?X. Meador. ?| Probably m death Mi this ?own ortr caused^ M>r? |M(nl tad profound feeling of aor?w than that of Dr. Lemuel E. Meador, kkh occurred at his mMncft it J.We'ock last Fatnrday morning, after an ills est of about two weeks, from inflamniatlpi| f iho bowels. ^ Dr. Meador was bora in Fairfield Coidff^ nd win in his 8Istyepi^^^i^^^|bjK|i From elf upon the minds of the people of Uniog; s a pure christian gentleman, commanding be respect of all, (bat respect increasing s his intercourse with the people grew loser and bis lorelj character became belt* mown. We nerer knew a man that we beliervel assessed and practiced in the daily walks ol ife, more of the virtues of a true' chriit lan handid Dr. Meador. Truly can it be1 raid f liim, his "walk was close with Godd'-'i He was a strong pillar, a bright and shin* og light in the Baptist Church, where 'his o?a will be sensibly fe't. He wan, sveb liiisen as no community can lose without ensibly feeling the loss, ife enerle d a gen'e, silent influence for good wherever he rent, and In this respeet, above aTf oDidr*,' Jnion has suffered a sad loss in the tftkth oi )r?. Mbadofr ' ^4| nie -pw'tihe of his patient reatgnatfli inder intense suffering upon 4a bed of siek,irss and the bright oenfldent. hopy that heerrd him and left a smile of victory upon lis face as his spirit winged its flight up to he God who gave it, we will leave^for these o portray who witnessed the inspiring ccnes at hia bedside. * 8ucb a man could not be other than a good, ven a model husband and parent; and iierc, in that once happy circle, is his loss ruly irreparable; but that God in whose romisos ho put his faith, has promised to be husband to the widow and a father ?the fatherlesa," and while we aincerely ftnpathiie with them in their gTeat sorrow, m prnj-crillliy leare.the gentle' loving wire nd three little children in llis comforting amis. His rem?ios, after eery impressive rc^ gious serrices in the Bapiist Church,--By 10 Pastor, Her. B. C. Lampley, were taken t charge by the members of. the Masonic >dge, and burial with the funereal lionors ' that fraternity, ia the prescnec of the rgest assembly of people, on similar ocsien, s'nee the death of the Inmeolei'Dr. . W. Thomson. iturns of Primary Election In the 4th Congressional 1) is trie i. September S3 1890. BOXES. a !? ^ ! is .3 1 = S I o ? 53 o s la to Jnion 041 GOi 2 181 1 :nntuc 3:11 211 1 8 loncsville.. 110 20 27 1 'roe* Keys 03 28 0 1 libbs' GO 8 1 10 >Aj loshen M IL... 7 28 - 8 dK lughes' 10 fi /I . 28 felfon 100 82 ...?. ^ tell eeeeeeese* epeee sleesssse eeeees J'JjHR.*. * tnenn her Sly LArnaxH. ' * ' - tell mean UOU Iher candidates 14 srAHTAXBuao. tell 811 mean 2,305 '.her candidates 658 fAlRFIEI.D. tell 321 unran 01 her candidotes 1 BICBLAXD. tell 043 mean 078 her candidates 03 11 WAPITI'I.ATION. ell 4,080 4,70fther candidates 1,018 Splendid Opportunity To make a enfe and profitable investment this county is now offered by the "Lock* trt Manufacturing Company," at the celeated Lockharl Shoals on Broad River. As we said a few weeks ago, not only does o location and surroundings?the almost ilimited and never failing water power untubted healthfulness and the splendid farmg lands around?give the Company advan. gee fully equal if not superior to any her similar enterprise in the country, but ie gentlemen having control of it are safe, liable and experienced, and can command ilimited capital, npon their individual putation as business men. Kn? 1. It.. 1-- l .,vn to >u< ?<u? -V mono iDTfBiincnti in t stock of the Lockhartghoa^s Manufocturg Company. Everything is cheap ' around ; but in two years from now, with a railad built to it, one or two Cotton Mill* arly, if not quite comploltd, and a ipulation of from 1,500 to 2,500 inhabi. nts, the stock of the Company will eomand 50 per cent premium and the due of the property in the vicinity will be ihnnced in the same proportion. The onlv inger to the investment, that we can see, I the probability of Rroad River drying up. Fivk Hi'skhen Max Dsownkii.?London, spt. 19.?Advices from Hiogo slate that e Turkish man-of-war "KrlogrouT' lins underrd at sea and 6(10 of her crew Itislied. The "Krtogroul" was a wooden frigatelilt cruiser cf 2,844 tons displacement, is mounted 41 guns of sma'l calibre, and is built in 1803. Osmano l'asba and AM itb-, envoys of the Nultan to the P Japan were pa?ww?^B?-^?r'*.rn g. id were drowned. Down ox rne Coxa an Labd Bilu?Wash- j gton, Sept. 20.?Senator Blair to-day prented the following telegram, which was gned by about fifty names : The undergned delegates to the State Republican ->nven'ion of 8outh Carolina respectfully 'quest you to protect the interests of (he ilored farmeis and laborers of the Bouth / using your influence to defeat the Cor ger rd b-ll. Sack. *>1 St I he Allowing from the Cotton ^Tlast Week, end camssead the very j kNTjHdocti ioe It inculoatea to those of our | nAJ\tft)9;lhiDk, because 'agriculture is I of the eountry," that it is enpendent of, end eon be just as pros> ^HB Without as with those who follow the*' ;? ^^ Bmb other avocations., and who pur- 1 ^^HpwWbducth of the Farmers' labor* ^^ PH^^pneFreiigaged in the abso- < yuiOgrperotM^lpPohnmioU and employments 1 '3SS& unthinking persons of tbo "back- I j bone", j ill consider how utterly useless their^own backbones would be without thoir I brains, their bands, and every other faculty ' that goes,to make up the huosn body and , eupport the backbone, we think they would ] stop such foolish talk as denouncing the 1 inerelmntt, professional men and others ( tiring' in towns and citits, as enemies of the 1 Fbrmers and fheir cocupationk ' opposed to j ,thei fsrtning<|nU>rest. There is not a legit i- ' ma'e proiWion or omployment that does 1 net poatrtbat# its- shareto -the prosperity . t and advancement of ovary > other profession a^dj eWp^gyWvn', and each is essential to ' | ha ac<ise lift of the otherj. _ Ood made it ^ i " wigtit' ever^ ohAracler ?f min(1 MKjt^Tstro^omW,bF^erform the 1 TftSI of any or all the other classes and | I aammwUM- /m anmn asnm #a llairllr rm fiTTr/ vr-.-?? ?j , can) e .effort,^, bound to seriously weaken the *1 fores of those attempting; it. if it 'j ' doet oftdestniy it entirely, from ehere unnati 1 taxing and application of the facul^ tics. ' " 1 A nit thit the farming class is the ( mafcfity of the population ant produce all ' thft the reioU population eata and wears, 1 imt does sot make them independent of td classes that buy and sell, eat and wear, ^ d-manufacture into merchantable fabrics , net ia produoed on the farm, f Vie hare nejpr been able to see the feeifte 1 rjualM^of arraying the town agaiost the xfwtBtrjr^prlns.country agaiost .< the town. Cirtainly it is not the interest of the town ofsey anythihg to the iiyury of the ^Spi^tTrTfrc country ; and when the people of-he country want furors the town has al>tayg been rskdy-to grant them. Let us stod this baulky wny of working. ' It is bor% of prejudice, the offspring of ignornneo, and is unworthy a place in the hearts of good neighbors and intelligent citizens. Let ua all pull together for the good of all. If we all would read more than moat of ua do, we would not see things in the - light that we aopietimes see them. . I dinve heard men make Such remarks as this: "There ore too mauy merchants ia town, let them lake to the plow handles." Now, Brethren, that is looking at a thing in the wrong light. .1 am n farmer and hare no money iuierestel in the town or city, yet it is to my interest to see thaAewn build up. We want a good market andif we wore to get the merohant f into t sanation to leave town and follow the plow* are twewld eoon see our mistako. If I we hare.JBCbody to consume all that we tieed for war 1 NRS^^^BCnd building up of our county adk vfl^fniany of us are thorawho would like iffeo* our county seat and see half of the atjrp dosed ? I will answer, very few, if it be looked nt in the right light. The country feeds the city ; the city is a great convenience to the country. One cannot well exist without the other. Why not then pull together? Let us begin in the lodges by getting all the information we oan, . by reading our papers and books and thus expand oi.'r minds, which will make us more liberal to all men. With good wishes to our State Organ and all the 11 rethrcn. A. L. Ewbank, llomefield Farm, Greenville Co., 8. C. [This brother certainly carries a level head on kis shoulders. There can be no dopbt, we think, that the true remedy for our ills'lies in larger, broader information ; and wc are gratified to have his endorsement of aur plan for bringing it about. We are forMbly impressed with the wisdom of his subs aot upon them.? EwrvWoa riant.] ? -If Onr Graded School. "There in a tide in the affairs of men* Which, taken nt the flood, leads on to fort lino; , Omitted, all the voyage of their life ( I.. I. 1 li. ..U-H J I I d lAiuii'i in oiinuuns ana in miseries. Likewise th#rc is a crisis in the history of every institution which, when once passed, its prosperity )t it Iter inereses or wanes. Such a turn I ig point in the career of our Pitblio School res been reached, I believe, for several rca ons : let, because it is high time ; 2nd, because tho co-educational plan having been a^pted more room is necessary for its perfect i access than the present anconimoda'iuis Word, and tlien, because our people are * waling to the sensitdKty ' of pride or, bmeKyerhaps, of shame. There STpopular fallacy abroad, that the sitnjac]eold( fyt the location of the Oil! Mill has injur# the l'ublio School interest. Jly no-tueanat Al'lfue. 'Rathet should it be a ubject a congratulation that the town enjoys sojfoodly a screen wherewith to cover its defects. However, the Oil Mill tenches us la lemon, the moral of which will be pt tent to all. A few enterprising citixens in one year collected $20,000 capital for a bui Iding in whioh Io make money, while, on .the other hand, 21 years, dating from the wt r, have not been long enough to raise one-ha If I that a mount for a building in which t o 1 mouiu mioua au<i rosn. I It is a drily incumbent upon us as citizen*, not to say parents, to see thnt our children enjoy advantage? superior to our own. Let ua fellow ci'iscDs, ponder that memorable seity^^^of.ihe treat American J)hjlarUhj||BiM^ > frW fiZTZTi? | futiwPgcnerstion*," and inquire if we are doing anything to liquidate that debt. O. Thj4 OreenviHe Daily Xeim and Charlttlon Worlk, on sale at 1 H. 8CA1FK k SON'S. Vlioner^f^ny 1 Persons are broken low, ^^verwork or household cares. n"7^^Vfron Bitters Rebuilds the ysifn., s^Bdlaestlon, removes excess of btls, ant corwlalarla. Uet the genuhw. yu. ^ - - " * . . Corrotpondenco of Union Times. Paoolet Booming with Business. Paoolet, S. C?? 8?pt. 22.?Cotton is coming n n vary rapidly nt Ibis place end Trough Sheels, end business fs beginning to. weer e >risk'aspect. Considerable interest is being maoifeited a.the Coagrrssional election, which takes jo {.lace to-morrow, bat very little in .the in >onty primary, which occurs at the same Ui _P*coi?^^laokinrfjoin a business way. Si rod sales Jeorge Brown residence and will mike his HI boine at-Pscolet. He will remodel and add sii to the house, making it one of the prettiest rod most Ciraf-rtnb'e residences in the co own. ... fa Our morchants hare full st <cks of goods at Tor the Fall aod Winter trade, which has commenced in earnest. pi Mr, Bernard U. James, who has been cm- ? ployed by Mr. Chsrles Littlejohn ss a book- in keeper and salesman for the past two years' cc has accepted a pirition with Messrs. Walker, Fleming & Sloan, and will be looatel for to the cotton season st Newberry. Mr. James, of who is a blight, energetic young man of Bne business talent, will be sadly missel by is his friends. - We wish him all success in his fa new position.- * . . . n Miss Annie Wood has returned from a w visit to friends in Spartanburg. g< Mr. Monroe ^tilcy, of Spartanburg, spent m Sunday in Paco'et. ' . Ct Miss Nannie Wood has been visiting her at friand, M?. Morgan, in Spartaoburg. pi Mr. D. B. Wood lias returned 'from (be (u Northern maikcts, where he se'ected a large Tl ise mh! i mi i i ima ret- ?? ? nmnsi manu- w tincturing Company's Store. R Miss Mamie Dent, of Columbia, is visiiing in the family of Rev. T. M. Dent. hi Miss Sunid Littlejohn, who has been tench- in lop near Eooree, is at home on a short visit, tl Mr, A bert James, of Grcenri lo, is visitLog h s parents nt this place. 1i Miss Leila Brown has returned from a II risit to the family of his uncle, Capt. Ran- ?j lolpli Brown, at Cowpens. tl Mr. F. P. Yale*, our new depot agoit, is w quite popular. His efficient assistant is Mr. Wash Ilarc. Both of these gentlemen arc hi from C?rjr, N. C. il Mr. Bird James, who rents a farm from ai Mr. Charles Litlejohn near here, has the hi prettiest crop I have seen this year. Hehss M six acres in new prcuod corn which gives le protnise of a yield of 85 bushels to the sere, sod 15 sores in cotton which w?U ir?ske s n< bile to the sere. Mr. Jsmes did sll the di plowing for this crop unsided, and received. I very little assistance in sny way. He is s progressive farmer, snd deserves praise. I] Correspondence of the Union Timks. Irresolution. Mn. Editor.?It has been some time since you bsvc had a communication from me, but I see there are two other correspondents ci from Pea lli'lgc, who, 1 suppose will givo c you the general r.ews nod crop reports, so I s will try to write s few lines on the abstract li subject of Irresolution, which is n liabit that n insidiously creeps upon its victims w.th 1 fatal certainty. It is not vicious, but it n leads to vice, and many a fine heart has paid ? the penally of it at thcscntfold. Trifling as it appears in the wavering steps of the j young, as tlicy grow older its form changes i to that of a hideous monster, which leads s the? to destruction, with their eyes open.? i The idler, the spendthrift, the luxurious, j and the drunkard, nro among its victims.? 1 Perhaps in the latter i s effects appear in i the worst form, lie knows that the goblet i which he is about to drain is poison to both i soul anl body, yet he swallows it. He t knows, for i-s effects upon thousands have i Sainted it to him in glaring colors, that 1 will deadon all his faculties, take the strength from his limbs, and happiness from 1 bia heart; oppress him with f. ul disease, and j jasiu id tmi itmipunf};mipii."yn^6TcV(i- 1 ish eyes have fasoinsted them. IIow be?u?iful , %n.d manlyf 8 that power by which the reso- , JttlS. _p\gu. ^asaca--unmoved through thcc i dangers. "Xlf.VTttjf Whkkl. i Personals. Miss Minnetto Hayne, of Fort Motte, is t visiting the family of Mr. It. IV. Hamilton, near Grindall Shoals. 1 Mr. Clarence E. Johnson has roturnod to rharlofttnn nfior * fnvr woaItj visit 1.... Miss Annbel Johnson lias gone to Colum- 1 bin to enter the Wimhrop Training School. 1 Mr. W. E. MoNcace and family, have re- ^ turned front I heir summer home in the i mountains. } Mr. Herndon Moore, of Spartanburg, is J on a visit to relatives and friends nt ihis place. Messrs. Walker and Maurice Moore are t spending a few days with their pirenfs, Dr. f and Mrs. M. A. Moore. j Col. A. Q. Rice lias returned from St. j Catherine*. Canada. . tll, 1 Mrs. W. D. Arthur and ion accompanied J by her uncle, Mr. A. II. MoContbs, has , returned home. ] Miss Johnnie Hinders has gine to Cincin > nati, to attend the Conservatory of Music in j that city, one of the very best institutions , in this country for imparting thorough I musical instruction. Miss Sanders is already a fine performer, but being an ar- J dent lover of music, she Ins the very laudable amb.Uioa to be as near perfeet as posaible, if not 1o excel, in that delightful accomplishment. Miss KHa Whitlock has gone to Gaffney City, to take a position as teacher in the ' Gaffney City Institute, one of the most flourishing sc' "ols in upper South Carolina, of i which Re<.0. T. Greabam is Principal. Mias Kate Moorehead has gone to La Grange, Gfc.; to enter the Female College at that place, as a pupil. We regrot the absence of Miss Kate, but our kindest wishes attend tier. > Mr. Q. S. Kirk has ended Ids visit to friends in the Palmetto Slate and returned to his home in "the lend of flowers." Messrs 0. W. Whitlock and C. C. Vaughn will leave for Furman University this week. They nrc young men of fine characters and naturnl abilities, anl their friends anticL pate bright anl useful futures for them. Young men, don't disappoint your friends. Mrs. J. II. lliease, of Newberry, is visiting her daughter, Mrs. L. N. Rodger. The Local returned homo last Tuesday, after a ten days trip to Greenville Cuiinty. Mr. T. B. Butler has gone to Spartanburg ti > witness a friend put his head in the tnatrinumial noose. Look out, T. H.^^triiuonial ^MpL?''gtirg?nrrwrl ptfin^RuPusl/ to catci't unsophisticated handsome young men. Mr. H. L. Gosa and son, Russell, went to Colutn. hia, last Tuesday. Mr. vCbas. If. Norman hss gone to the City of A nderson, to lake a position with Mr. D. & Flynn. Mr. Fran * Peake. of Bogansville, has accepted a post '*on salesman at Mr. W. T. Beety'*. Mr. W. W. i ohnson is taking in the Gala Week at 8paiiMk''urg. Correspondence of the Union Timks. By Telephone from Jeneswille. r. Meador* Death?Unfavorable Cotton Weather?Jute Bagging ?Jonesvilie High ? School?A Healthy Town?Pereonal*. ] Joxksa'ille, Sept. 22.?The people oj , nesyille were greatly shocked upon beer. 1 g of the death of Dr. L. ?. Meador, of | lion, last Saturday. The Dr. waa a man , eful in liis profession, his Church and the mday Sohool, and one to be admired by , ^ho kc him fur ,liin giKiU, htnit tto^trtHw andtoright man and Magon. : is bereaved widow and litt'e ones have the icero sympathy of our entire town. The weotber is very unfavorable for , t'oo. It ia opening and boing picked very , st, and a good many farmers are ginning | id ael'ing as fast as they pick it out. The Messrs. C< lrman are running two ns and are kept busy most of the time.? haven't seen but one bale that was covered , white bogging. The Jute Btems to be imlng in use agaio, to a large extent. , Professor N. Q. Litt'ejohn will move in wn this week and open his school the 1st ' October. Our town is exoeedin' > healthy, which really a natural consequence, from the ct that it is situated exactly upon a ridge inning nearly North and South. The ster falling on one side of Main Street >es into the Pncolet Rirer, while that fa'lig on the other side runs into the Forest reek. Eaoh one of thrse streams being >out five miles from Jonesville, it is very lain that wo have plenty of natural drain* je, wh oh is very necessary to good health, lien we have rhx'r ' s?<"t free-stone tee, nti'i are in fall view Of the Illoc idgo Mountainsyot we never get too cold 1 winter nor too warm in summer. We svo never bad any one to freese to death 1 winter, neithor do we have sunstroke in te summerNow, if any family in the country would kctosond their sons or daughters to our igli School, they will find this as healthy a tot as any in the world, and the people of le town are ready to accommodate them ith pleasant himes and good btard. Mr. Gadberry MoWliirtar, with his fami'y, is movod from near Joncsvillo to Texas, e loft last Monday. He has one brother id two uncles in Texas, all doing well, and b concluded to cart his lot with them. Mr. [cW. was a good citiioa nod we regrot his aving our coun'ry. Mr. P. P. Williams has gone to Walhalla, it exactly on professional business, but, no oubt, on vory important business, of which may write again. The Presbyterians will commence building toir new church in a few davfr .nnrm;-1 - Correspondonco of the Union Timet. News from North Paoolet. Etta Jank, Sept. 22.?YestenNy the elobration of the Lord's Supper by a large ongrcgation was the closing scene of a cries of meetings which began at Salem set Thursday night. As formerly anlOunccd in this correspondence, Rev. B. P. led assisted Kev. R. 1'. Smith in this werk, nd the programme bcrctoforo pub'ished ias literally carried out. For us to describe the six sormons ireachcd by Mr. Roid during these meetngs would be extreme fol'y. Su?c? it to ay that each was a powerful appeal to the iuconvertC'1 as well as n warning to the irofessing christian. The meeting began Ihursday night with a stnn'l congregation, vhich increased at oscli consecutive service intil yesterday, when, notwithstanding the ui 11 fall, which continued at intervals hroughout the day, scarcely sufficient sitting 'oom could lie found inside the churoh milding for tlio congregation. Although a young man, the tiuie is not hr distant when Mr. Ileid will occupy a dice at the top of the ministerial ladder.? ? 0 ' ?nr tns Cldso'or Meh Sermon with well prepare I remarks which supplemented the profoundity of the 1 scourse and left no possible doubt in the ninds of unbiased hearers. Wo are satlsicd *that the joint labors of these minsters have opened to our church members a norc intelligent understanding of their dules as such. J lie rain has put a slop to farm work Phc cotton crop has already been damaged, ind the fodder and hay in places completely tuned in consequence of so much nin Mr. Willie Bhultz, who is engngod on a ailroad contract near Morrislown, Tenn , s now visiting his family at this place. He sr>11 return this week. Mftstcr Worth MoCullocli, who was aocl: lcntally shot by his brother Davis, some ireeks ago, lias about recovered from the inury, although tho ball is still in his shoulder Mr. J. Buice has a severe attaok of jaunlioe. Aunt Jane Millwood says twenty people wero there yesterday morning to see Mike teller's yellow jacket nest. Mike proposes n a week or two to put on his "bee bonnet" ind hive the "critters." Mr. Edi'or, will rou please speak to the coroner and have jeforo, or they'll never recognize Mike afterwards. Mike sent us word last week that 10 wanted as to come up end see the nest; ind he wanted us to spread ourself. Perinps ho thought wo would wish to do some | ying about it. Never mind, my friend, wo'll never scl ct such an unfriendly institution as a yel'.ow jacket's nest to lit on.? Mr. Lorn Brown proposes to take the nest up "root and branch" and put it on your table, Mr. Editor. What do you say to that T Vox. A Pastor's Tribute to a Faithful Member MRS. NARNIR A. COURTS. airs. rsannie A. counts. [nee Htnnent) who Icparted this life on the 11th <1 y of August pott', was born in Fniifield Co., June 18, 1848. She professed faith in her Saviour tt die age of sixteen, nnd was baptised into tlio fellowship of the Little Hirer Baptist Church, where she remained in full fellowship nnd good standing until her re(novtU'to l/nton, in IHtin, when, by letter she was received into the Union Baptist Churoh, of which she remained a faithf.il and devoted member until Qod called her to her laU reward. Mrs. Counts was marriel to Mr. F. II. Counts, Sept. 24, 1801, to whom she proved a true, dovoted snd unselfish companion for 29 year*. He. with his six children?4 boys and 2 girls?to whom she was not only a loving and self-sacrifioing mother, but also a true nnd tender companion, now mourn their irreparable loss. In tlie walks of life Mrs. Counts was quiet and unassuming; she was of a mild temper and sweot disposition, kind and tender aa a friend, and affectionate as a companion ; as a christian, she loved and feared her Qod, honored His name, was devoted to ber church. Ilor grief for months before fier death w?s that she was by the hand of affliction deprived of the joys of meeting with Uod'n people. Death had loaf for her his sting, and her care for living longer was that she wight prove t0 blessing to those she loted. To the weeping ones we would my, "'Tie the Lord, let Him do what seemeth good." The following words were contributed by a friend, to the weeping daughter: "Standing by the" river, We closed the weary eyes; In Jesus' arroe we laid her down, A lovo'y jewel for His crown. He liore her through the river, And clothed her in a robe so white, Too beautiful for mortal sight, And took her to the skies I" Bastok. * t j For the Times. 1 Moving CorespondentMn. Ennon.?I take pleasure in giving ] fou a few ilema of news, *n<Mor the benefit 9 f my friends who are readeregff the Union .A I'm us. After attending the baptism of nine- 1 teen converts at Padgetts Creek, went few J J New Hope in Spartanburg Countyf encounter' i lug a severe rainstorm on ' our way. * We i Kint a pleasant night with the frailly of Mr. os. Bubo, to whom we owe -mpny Jhmh ^ . J my way through IssMtfefipM^. | Pessiog through as hurriedly-las J did,- it- Jm was almost jmpersible to giye Apy news in h regard to-crops;-but from what could be seen from a flying " t#ip, the1 farmers will m gather an average crop of cotton^- with fair a ntn on low lands. a Four hours drive brought .us over to the ' -i line of Abbeville, and from the number of 1 oreeke and small rivers and rivulets we orossed, one would eonolude that any country so well watered and tolerably . Jevel would 4R be a fine farming country, with a mixture of brains and elbow groaso to insure success for the farmers, other thingfbeing equal. Passing through the village of Ninety Six after a f-ur hours drive, we were g ad to I see so many signs of thrift spd enterprise J along the line of the O. & C. R. R. Among other things, I will mentidn the huge cotton seed oil mill wbioh is in succeftsful operation in that growing town. This is sufficient to prove that Ninety, Six is not far behind some of our largest towns in some business enter- d prises. I might tell my farmer friends in^Union s.^me other, thins* about, the Jawm, anjT ?dun- i try around 96 but will not tlTts.time. An hours ride brought us through Abbeville in. to Edgefield and wo are now very comfortably settled on the farm of Mr. S. S. Addison, aqd I can a?suro my.friends I wil not gel lonesome with seventy hyad of cows, about one hundred and thirty of sheep, a dozen or more hogs and several horses and mules to keep mo csmpany. The noise of these combined with the rattle of the mowers, rakes, reapers and binders, sulky plows &o., makes us feel as though we had been droppel on western soil by apassiftg oyelone, and we might insist on its being so if wo did not aotually know that it is no whore but Edgefield. Seek not ye sons of toil, In other fields to reap, Coutented be and live in the 8outh, And raise the hog and sbpep. P. B. B. ? Correspondence of the Union Timks. j something about the publio roads. ~ We oelieve it is generally agreed that a revision of the present road system is a crying necessity. The system >s almost a dead letter. The highest ambition of the average road overseer is to get out a squad of hands, commence work at 9 o clock, etch armel with a^fuioralixed hoe a mattock of revolutionary fame and a soro back mule, with a set deter, minnt'on to "finish up the job by dinner time." The consequence is, poorly worked roads.. There any be e&wOptlcns to this rule, but they are few. ? Let us see some of the benefits to be derived from good roads Carriages, wagons, harness, horses and mules would last oearly double the leog'h of time they do now. We would need fewer horses to do the work no ? done by a large number. Tho saving of time in making journios would be considerable. The conveyance of larger loads would furnish no u!>cft?>atd?rahlo saving of expense. <kod roads would enhance the value of landst 7n Georgia, real estate has been kuown to incrcsso in value from 100 to 40Q T>?r a cunt where the publio roads were properly worked. ^thc Hood Congress held in At'ama, "-"8d. That the labor of the Slate be ir its fair *4 propotion of the burden. fid. That the property of the State sha'l bear Us fair proportion, by an ad valorem tax. v 4th. That a large discretion be left to each county as to the amount and character of the work to be done. 6th. That in any law that shall be framed the interost of the public shall beir against and not with the person in oharge of the road work. Yes, Mr. Editor, we need better road". 1 h&vo known the publio highways leading froffl this place to Union to bo simply impassable for vobiclei of any kind, either with or without load. What we want is a hard, imoothe road, as nearly level as possible, to shed the water from the orntre, ant fully dO fret wide. How best to secure this is worthy the careftil consideration of members Ihe approaching legislature. Joa.JJ ?#* ? "vi jtbooioi d. d* ioqtoiuioiiThe North Pacolet Interdenominati >oal Sunday School Convont'ou, will meet with ^ Salem Church on the Bret Sabbath in October proximo, at 10 o'clock A.M. MfBk exercises, the reorganisation will tike plaoe. The lopica to be disouued, together with the speeches, will be introduced as fo'lowa : 1st. What constitutes the law of forgiveness? J. It. Jefferies, C. W. \Vh<sonsnt, Samuel J. Hammelt, and P. 8. Webber. 2d. Why do so many churoh members absent themselves from the Sunday School? C. 0. Roberts, J. P. Vaughn, it. C. Patriox and Davis Jefferies. 8 J. Is novel reading injurious to the course of Christianity ? T. M. Liti^Sho, Wni. Jefferies, A. A. Sarrattand C. P. Huggit a. 4th. Essay by N. 0. Littlejohn. 5th. What is the duty of the Sabbath School teacher, and what is his reward for faithfully performing it? This subject will be discussed by the S. 8. Superintendents aod others who wish to take part in it. Each school is expected to send at lesst two delegates; and all persons frioodly to the 8. S. Convention are respectfully invited to attend and take part in the exercises. By order of the Convention. " Divlii JoffuriH jam i. atriiv See'y'. Pros'l.' Nkchom I)rad ard Drixo.?Birmingham, All, Sept. 17.?On* hundred negroe* were poiaoned Sunday last, near Collerine, Dalian County. Two of then? died (hat day and six other* died yeaterday. The laleat newa from the neighborhood is lo the effect that many others are daogeroualy ill and tbel^^ death* hourly'ex pooled. A big revival bad been going on f> r week at a negro church near Coileiine, and it waa decided to give a dinner on 8unday lo all who attended. One courae of the dinner coosiated of barbecued joik. Physician* examined the pork and found in It traeea of arsenio in large quantities. An investigation la being mad* by the coroocr, but ao far he baa not learoe I who placed the poison In the meat. Hamptox to br Ra-tLr.cted.? Col. L. lileaae, Esq., one of the next legislators from Newberry, eaya that Wade ffamnton will be e'ected without opposition aa UnHed State* Senator to aueoeed him?elf by the next Legislature. Mr. Dleaae aaye he know* whereof he speaks, end we have no reason to doubt him .?Herald and Newt. The Saluda Allinnoe, of No. 0^ftMrm*hin. Newberry Coun'y, Kit meeting 3aturd?y Afternoon, passed a resolution requir ng its members to hare the r cotton weighed at Prtsperitj by the Alliance weigher. member not carrying out thete in-troct9* will be dealt with ss the AHlanoe sees At;