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ih. THE STATE ALUAHCS BANK. C To lh t Html ti i of the Farmtre A Ilia net of South Carolina: I Drar Urkthrrx-?Tbe trustee-stockholders of the Farmers' Alliance have decided to loca!e the St?>* Exchange in the Cltj of Columbia end if) connection ihervwi'h to mtablisb a Farmers' Alliance Uanlc. After careful comid*raiion and tlijurough investigntior of the plan under nh^JbjNhe Slate Exchange was organized it ha?>^gn decided that there is nothing iu said ply nntagonielic to inventing the capital stock |p a bonk to be controlled and used in connection therewith. 4 Arraugemeute have been rondo to ?pp'y for a chartet for the bank, ond^^npss books of ?ubscrtj>tiA?.AmeMi what its name It is t'?" 17^ farmers' Alliance Bank, to be wiied and controlled by the members of the thatThf F |I,nCe,.WUh ,he untl?-*??nding !? havc ft con.rollinS interest. All individual members of i|,c Al tance, tbe State Alliance and County A!liauees, in possession of surplus funds, are ur?ed',o * ??? * k.ia ^ - llih instant, the undetsgtieJ wc*o appoi>tcd u committee to issue an aldrest to the Alliance membership calling their attention to the fuels stated and to urgo upon them the prompt payment of the It dance of stock duo the State Exchange. The State Exchange was organized under most discouraging circumstances. Only one-fourth of the subrcribcd st ok was called for. and this cult not be uacd on'y as a Insis of commercial rating. 'lhe board of d'l'CCtors were instructed to tei{iu business and thus enter the c tnmercinl fie'tl in which there is much ability, experience and sharp competition, and this without a dollar sate a small atuouot as interest cn that part of stock paid in. Everything was new and uutr'cd. Opposition met them u cvciy tuin. Wholesale dealers ami manufacturers regarded the movement in its proper light as an experiment and acted toward it accordingly. The days were dark, as well as the nights, and oftimes ii seethed as though the enterprise would have to bo nbnndoncd. Expenses nud debts nccumulafcl day after day and it eccincd nlino-t impts-ible atone time that we should ever be able to meet our obligations. We thought seriously of asking the Sinlc A1 iance to help us over our financial difficulties llut during nil these dark days there was one thought that insjircd us. It was the faith we had in the loyalty of the Alliance membership which wns a sheet anchor to our hearts. Tibs gave hope and promises of a brighter future That future came and with it crime light ami jay. All is now bright before us The hardest batt'ei have been fought, the darkest days have passe 1 away and that some loyalty to this good of ttic membership of the I Alliance will, wo believe, make the Exchange what it is inteud'd to he, a means of earing to every Alliince tnnn some rf the profits on articles produce! and sold by bint, of cheapening a'tides pn.chased by him, and of re iucing the rate of interest on money borrowed by hint. Let each member of the Alliance in paying his dues to the Exchange take in'o the account the probable and possible benefits to nccruc to him in this business, and sea if it does not promise to be the best investment mrule by him. Much credit is due the Slate manager for the success attained by the Exchange. In fact lie has dono the hardest work and has come into direct contact with the many difficulties and great opposition to the enterprise. Leaving his own husinesp, nnd with a salary contingent on the success ' of the work lie is deserving of the confidence 1 and esteem of every Alliance man in the , TJio business is growing, and our j ' m*D?ger with, those of other Stales are now I ntTtingrfiglo'ftct together or in concert with j t ea-sh other whenever this can be done ad van- 1 ( lageously to the Alliance membership. What a power and influence is this for the I elevation, training an I financial success of 1 the farmers of our country. Let us aeo to I it that our Exchango s ..V.l not be behind j others. With tho 73 per cent of unpaid stock to the Exchange, and with a subscription from other sub-Alliances which have not as yot subscribed, tho State Exchange can put into the bank tif?y-five or sixty thousand dollars and the capital (took of s-iid bank from its individual Alliance subsciptioiK with what County Alliances and St.ve Alliances may do, can easily be run to one hundred thousand dollars. Now stop to think what a vast banking business can be run on such a capita', and wln.t n power this will be in promoting, divectly and indirectly, the interests of the farmers of the State. The State Exchange niu-t have salaried officers and employees to do its work. Every bank must havo the tame ; throw those institutions together mid place them to a largo measure under the same management, and sec how economically and with what great paving of monoy the work can be done. Is there anything to keep the Farm- 1 ers' Alliance of the Stito of South Carolina i from saving money in managing for them- , solves an Exchange And Bank, two lines of business in which so many others make themselves fortunes ? The trustee stockholders of the Exchange will meet in Columbia on tlm ''Rih nf n<?*? January to perfect arrangements for e?tablishing the Farmers' Alliance Hank, ami it is of vital importance that every cent of sub- , rcribed stock should be paid in on or before that time. Brethren, the successful opera- | lion of the Stato Exchange of the Farmers' Alliance of South Carolina depends in a great measuro upon the prompt payment of , this etock. Can we not hope that this will j be done, 8ml that oilier giib-Alliancea who have done nothing in this direc'ion will in like manner send in their subscriptions ? The State Exchange, desiring to be just to sub-Alliances in this connection, at its meeting in Columbia unanimously adopted the following resolutions: Ktsolvtrf, That sub-Alliances which bar# subscribed two or more shares of stock to the Stale Exchange and bare paid a part of the same, and have since making such payment been reduced in membership below the constitutional number upon which said subscription was based, that all sub-Alliances shall have the benefit of such reduction in membership and receive credit front the State Exchaccro on their stent- fer -o- - "J amount tli 119 overpaid. At (lie meeting to be held on the 28th of January, 1801, not only will the banking ' bueiuefH be discussed, but this will be dig- 1 cussed in connection with the future management of the State Kxchauge, and it is highly probable that many changes will be made in the rules which have heretofore t governed the management of the Exchange. 1 The whole business will be discussed, and an ? effort will be made to reach the wisest conclusions. Let every member of the Alliance regard the subject as one in which he is C most deeply ini greeted ami send in auoh p suggestions to the meeting as will in Lis n opinion most likely lend to ihc best results. But, over and beyond every oilier conrid- ' era'ion, let every truoand loyal member of b the Alliance put forth his best efforts in a seeing that the money due the State Exchange from sub-Al'innce.s be promptly paid and reported on or before the 28th of Janu- ' ary, 1891, s With this money in band there is a bright } future for the Alliance of South Caroline. If it is not paid, no promise can be made. Respectfully yours, / J. A. Suou, t c J>. P. DtsrAs, V Com. n ^W. H. llMMSBMANkJ IDeefcfy Hittion .Hintes Et. M STOKER, - - Editor 3. S. STOKES, - Local Editor Friday* January l<th, 18Q1. SUBSCRIPTION, fi 60 P&R ANNUM POST OFFICE DIRECTORY. The 1*. 0. w?U he opened for business from 8 A. M. to 6.80 1*. M. The Money Order Department will be opened Tor business from OA. >1. to 4 I . M. The Northern, mail will close at 11. M., and the Southern Mail at 1.30 1M1. Any inattention or irregularities shoultl te reported promptly to the 1*. M. The p.oi week has been a liecly one in this | market, and all the buyers hatebeen k?*pt busy Sales, 988 bales, at tho fol'owing prices for grades: Strict gcod middling '!(?/'$ Good middling y (?) Strict middling. 8i(?> Middling Tinges .. j@8 Sta:ns 5 Low Grades, dull. IQT Col. J. II. Wharton was elected last Tuesday Clerk of Court for Laurens Co inty, by a majority of 114, o*er T. B. Crews. B?t}?. By the Inst will of (he celebrated Emma Abbott, lately decoased, (lie Citadel Square Baptist Chinch of Charleston, is to roceivo $">,000. Don't fail to see our all-wool Red Flannels at 12} rts. per yard ; we also hare some big bargains in Dress Goods, Cassimeres &c. GRAHAM & SPARKS. a # a ?fits&~ Ilydrick, Esq., ofSpartanbu'g is one of the counso' for Mr. Ilcrlong, in the trial of the latter, nt Orangeburg, for the kil'ing of Frank Wnnnamaker. CtaF" The Pension Board for Union County will meet in the Court House next Monday, the 3d Monday of January, according to law. J. W. Scott, Ch'n. ft- Assistant Attorney General D. A. Townsend requests us to ilnto thit he will be at his office in Union every Monday and until noon on Tuesday of each week, until further notico. All p err one indebted to us are requested to settle at once, as we are badly in need of money. RODGER h. VimOBlA.. Comptroller General, Ellerbc, has sent out circulars to the County Auditors instructing them to enforce Section 173, general Matutes, which provides that all personal property owned or controlled by reeidents of this State, either in or oul of the State, is subject to taxation. Boots and shoes will be slaughtered for the next few days at GRAHAM & SPAKKS. Mr. Jos. 8. Sims', sod of the late J. Sturks Sims, und anion well known throughout tlrs county, died at his residence near Jonosvillc last Saturday. Mr. Sims was one of the best educated and best read men in tlio Stele. He leaves a wife, a sister of Fudge Wallace, and a son to mourn his Joss ? - Attend I ho oltartuea aala of tt'ialw ! A GRAHAM & SPARKS. It will be a Douinin for buyers with the ca?h. 1^. The Knights of Honor of this place had a pleasant social gathering and Supper last Thursday night, at the Union Hotel. We are informed that the way each member displayed a strong and liea'thy condition of the digestivn organs, di l not indicate any dinger of nn assorsmeot being called for, on their account, for a long lime. Save money nnd buy nn overcoat and a Winter suit from UllAH AM & SPARKS. tff~ We learn that Mrs. Clifford intends taking as many of the pupils of the Clifford Seminary as possible to the Augusta Carnival, which will come off next week. It will be a delightful trip for the young Ladies, and Augusta will be honored by a bevy of the brightc-t and most fxsoinating girls that ever graced her oity limits. If you want to see nnd hear some- j thing that will open your eyes and cars with astonishment, go to K. II. Gihba' Drug Store and drop a nickal in the slot of the Bdieon Phonograph, and it will ring you a song, ut- ' tering the words almost as distinctly as if spoken by the human tongue. It is cortainly the most wonderful machine ever invented, and comes so near talking to you that you can't help thinking it is "that other fellow" speaking. It is certainly an entortaining scientific wonder. Every gentleman should see our line of neckwnre. Call early as they are gong like tot cakes, GRAHAM & SPARK8' IQu "We learn that Dr. J. T. Layton has noved from Cross Keys to Spartanburg. We ire a little surprised at the Dr'e. moving Trom this county, for he had built up an extensive vrai. .oe and established a reputation Tor proCessionnl ability equal to any in the Tounty. lint wo suppose the I)r., like all progressive men, wiili laudable ambition, tou ght a wider anil more prominent field, Hid thi nks the progressive city of his native sonnty is the place for him. Success attend y*u, Dr. Colt and see our $2 hats for men. We liave just received n solid case of them.? Vow is the time to buy you a hat. GRAHAM & SPARKS. ? ? KP0U Upon the opening of the Orange. >urg Court last. Monday, after Judge Norton tad delivered his charge to t'ue Grand Jury, i point was made by the Counsel of M. L. ferlong, who kil ed Capt. Wennamaker last Ictober, as to th? legality of the Giand and ' tit J arie?. Th? point raised waa In the turn of a challenge, based npon three uipo aint allegations that tlie Juries bad not ieen legally drawn. If the challange totbe rray is sustained (he result will be the dishnrge of the present jurors and failure of tie present term ; and it is contended by onie that the re con be no legal Grand Jury n that County during the present year. Tub I,ast Call Without Mors Momxy.? ill parties indebted to roe by note o-r acount >?u*i come irr and se'tleat one, or take to consequences.-*-], moan you. 1-tf * W. I>. BEWLEY. L thanes for a Cheap Homo. I We call special eitenton ti tbo Advertissinent of Ibe role of building lota ?t tbo 1 Fair Grounds, to lake place nest 8aleeday. ^ Tbls property woo to be eo'd lost Deoesa- |^( bar, but for satisfactory reasons the ta'e was postponed, Tbe ra'e will yosi'ively lobe place in the first Monday, sale*day, in neit month* < will present the beat cl\a:ico ever oflVed I? )Q ibe pea| le of this Community, yiiniwitst means, and these living St a distance who wirh to lire near the County Seat and avail themselves of the advantages of good SgjuWHi 1 for tbeir flourishing town nl ways affords, without id- CJ curring the bigh taxes and other evpenses incident to a town government, to buy a building lot for a lu-nie, cheap, and on 01 rmmmn.UlIna J| u( 1 lie |ropeity will be laid off in town lota, with wide atecets, each lot fxcing on a atree', M and will mako a pretty and convenient aubur- ^ ban town, with all the advantages and com- , forta of country life. ir y A Founded Pastor. t< Dming the ho'idays the congregation of c tho Dapiiat Church gave thiir belovod pastor, * Hcv. 1$. C. Larop'ey, a pounding of many pounds of groceries &c., to which he aub- \ niittcd with true chrittian meekness, and ( for which bo returns his thanks to the r docora. 1 heir kindnras, will give him sub- , a antisl cause to remember them for many mi nis a? d day a to come. ^ _ < Thai's tho way for cburch members to prevmt the epiritual Lamp-ly-ing dormant. t It is the natural oil that keeps it burning t brigln, and eheda a cheerful light along the 1 path of both Minister and people, as they ^ journey together onthe same rotd,to tho end. r ? I Remembered Their Pastor- 1 The Ladies of the Prestyteri ?n Church at this placo presented their talented and faith- ? iui pastor, iter. ?. jk. Hope, with a band- J otine L< ungc, as an evidence of the esteem s in which he is held by them. * A more Hopc-ful evidence of the tuoceis , and appreciation of the services of a faithful ( patter could rot have been given, than to i proviJe him a pleasant place of rest from his labor*. . ?. Ladies buy your bats from GRAHAM & , SPARKS, nliuoMt at jour own price, only a few more left. ? 1? ' " I nst Monday, Tuesday and Wednes- , day, Main Street, from W. II. Sartor's corner ( plumb to the cotton platform, looked like I "old times come again." It was evident the 1 cotton blockade had besb ra:aed, or the farm. . era had "run through it," for the cotton wagons lined the street and kept tko city marshal busy dealing the way for other vehicles to pass. Although we have not re* ceived the benefit of one dollar from the heavy sales made, we hope it will do soma people good and break the ice that has kept the money of the county "tied" up in cotton bales, to the great iojury of every class but the rat ney lenders. We doubt much if the I'm mere who st red their cotton and obt nined advances oa it made a dollar by the operstiin, after deducting the interest rn the inoi ? j rdvanced, and the charges for *" ? - } ?? V?e earnestly appeal to all Indebted to us I in out/ iraff, to make payment ax toon a* poxtilth, fir we are, seriously, in great trouble for the want of uioccy due us. Every dollar is now of great importance to us, and ws bope no cue individual subscriber will postpone laying because of tho small smouut he owes u*. Wc havo over 300 $1 60 debts in this county, thai we consider perfect'? gtod, amounting to$450, ancl we trust to the ^ honor of cnch one for payment. We never ? did sue any one for subscription. ? Rend RODGER & PURCELL'S Adveitise- a incot in this pater an 1 "govern yourselves accordingly." ] Our Local entirely overlooked the celcbra'ion of the anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation, by the colored people * of this county, Inst week. Ii was one of the "j large-!, most respectable and orderly gstbeij? ings of colored peoplo we ever taw. T<ie c assembly was too large to meet in the CouVt E IIouso and was addressed from the Court House balcony by J. L- Pant, Charles Jones, j Revs. Bird, Jenkins, John and Winter Wallaco, and the Emancipation Proelama- f tion was read in good s'yle by Jesse Ligoti. * The speeches were conservative in spirit, and full of sound wholesome advice to the t colored people. ? Children's Wool Hose st 20 cts. a pair ; Ladies at 35 cts , at II. M. COHEN & ' BROS. 1 1^. It seems that we arc not tho only person in this town that fee's tho soarcity of | money from the cofon blockade; but we | find everybody complaining. One merchant i told us that such a scarcity of money had ? not bcrn a-ainca Iftgfl, apj J | it was beginning to be a very serioua matter j ameng those who are doing business on liroi A.t ...:u ? :>i. ? i i 1 | jiou wa|/ivaif nun uv imgc UUU& r?3CTTe or otber resources to tali back on. We hope the heavy eales of the week will relievo the J depression now felt in ell businesses and j. occupations. i i Remember, that the sensoa is Advanciug, and now is the time to buy Millinery Qoods 1 cheap. We will sell you ladies lints almost f at your own price, as we have a large stock 1 | on hand nnd they mutt t>c told. o OKA HAM & 81'AKKS. L ??-. Pergonals. d Our young friend, Charley Smith, now 1 j with Lylea & Floyd, at Spartanburg, dropped ? i ia to seo us lsst Monay. Charley raid be 0 cause down to visitliia mother, and we could e ' not help thinking that we never knew a 1 young man wbo was good to his M otho^ tha' " did not have a heap more of good than baST"j in bim. '* | Mr. W. A. Nicholson hasgone^on a buai- * nesa trip to Cbarleatoo. We had a very pleasant call laat Wedoes- ( day from our old editorial friend, Til man K. g Gaines, of Aaheville, N. C. Mr. Gaines is 1 now conducting nn attractive Monthly ti Magazine under the name of The I/yceun, ' at the low priee of $1 per year. It it worth 0 double the money to anyone. * . Children Copper-Tip Shoos, numbers 5 to 0 at 46 eta. pair, at 11. M. COHEN k BR<9'S, I ....sty, jgWy v;,>: ^^^mrrapondcoce of tho Union Tmxs. from Forth Pacolet. Jan. 12.?There aro many In. have transpired since our lis', necessarily he omitted in this we Qiake it too long for an ordi(^^^Hipon dance e, general'y, bare enured upon the new year with a doicrn-.iI^^Bniake tho brst possible uso of i?. ^^^Btnning and stioging effect of the ^^^Bon has (raclieably tubsided. ;*^^^bbor is scarce, and unless people lilies of oats a large area of , lie idle this year. Commissioner,- James L. cjred ?jp/n his official ^1^^W^?dr^Taation to work ilie sys?J?Tr* ' tkorth, for the benefit of the ,j ' * praotioal teacher, ond louM have tbe hearty co-operation of all iterated in the cauaeof education, hliss bal ie Bigbam, of Sharon, is teaching ir school^here. She took a high stand nt no s Srniin try, N. C., and comes mm ng highly tfeommenJed by that Institution. Henry the infant eon of Mr. and Irs. A. A. Barrett, agtd about two months, ied last Tuesday, after a short illness? er. A. A. filbert was present at the funeral n edncsdat, and in his usually pathetic tenner Bf ?kl of tho providence of Ood in isiting our Ames and taking our lored ones a His ownlosom. All the comfort that mid be drain from tbe melancholy eocne ras given tA serr iwlag parents, family od friend*. 'What tha little angel wae now [uaffing frontlthe crystal fountain of the rater of life tons co'ud deny; and that bid's metoy aid not Ilis wrath was the noving power Id the scene before us. Hev. G 3 ltlbinson will preach at Salem text Sabbath, i mli inat. < ?- ?? Mr* ^bella Hoin, formerly of this Pncolth Mills, nThmicumbn'h." M^N. B. Osmcnt, <f Doc, Ark., has reurned home from a short visit to this socions Ho is looking as though the irausdisassippi malaria lind tbe best of him. M&s Nora H'ilkersbn, of Pacolet Mills, is isitmgour section Seteral families from North Pacolct have emoted to tho different Cotton Mills, and >ut their children to work under the new aw, . We have on foot the organization of n new ub-Atliance nt our place. This will prove a great convenience to this section, ae the nsnibers heretofore have been too remololy iluatetl to attend thuir respective Alliances egniarty. . A meeting of the Alliance forces of North >aoel?t was held at El Bethel last Saturday. Japt. James T. Moorliead presided, and natters cf special inierrst to the order were ibly discussed by the different brethren. H?t. J. 1). ltniley lias been engaged to each the Abingdon Creek School. He enered upon that duly last Monday,. 5th nat. Boy*TIntS H ts again : A man purchased a hat for $2 and handed be merchant a $10 bill. The merchant ook the bill to a broker and got it changed ind handed the customer f8. Afterwards he kill proved to be counterfeit, and the nerchant had to redeem it with good noney. What did he lose by this traneacion beeidso hie trouble ? Vox. For the Timbk. Capt. J- T. Douglass for the LegislatureFair For est, Jan. 10, 1891. Mr. Editor.?I notice that suggestions ire being made in regard to the Tacancy in ho Legislature caused by tbe and death of be lamented Dr. Robert Little, and the tames of some excellent gentlemen hare teen mentioned in that connection. We have among ue many true and capable nen who vyould represent the County of Jni<-n in a Runner highly croditablo to beutselvcs and-aAtisfacory to their constituents. In seeking for the right man it would te difficult toy select where several have art .rir'ptiBi aWi'isMrttft rno shall represent iheir interests at our State Japitol, yet I cannot but feel tbat the samo f James T. D'ocui.ass will touch a rei-ponive chord in tbe hearts of his fellow-oitisons, ,nd that no man will guard their interests aore xealously. or act with more wisd >m nd prudence in the legislative halls than he. [lie writer docs not know whether or nd 'apt. Douglass would consent to serve in his capacity. It is cxiremely doubtful rhetbrr he would accept the position if tenlerod him, but that is ono of the rcas ns ?by we want him. Wo want a man who is tot looking for the position, and who lias ne 'axo to grind." Capt. Douglaes is capable rorthy, and "the soul of honor;" let us sk him to represent us. Jtwit's. ?? looting of the North Pacolet 8. 8. Convention. The Eieeutive Commiitce of the North O a n. if A -A fin -V a u. o, vuuiruu in mui ii r.inouiei, r*n. 10 1801, and selected Mesopotamia Jhurab asjhoplaco, Mid Sunday, 1st. Feb'y., is^ne tT5llOW?rTBo tnyu quarterly meeting if aaid Coovootlrn. The following prolamine was adopted : 1. I)e?otii nil eioroisea at 11 o'clock A. M. 2. Enrollment of schools and delegates and tearing reports of same. 4 First Question ; lies the Sabbath School iccomplished any good ? If not, who is reponsible? This discussion will bo opened >y Wm, Jcfferiee. Second Qutttion: Is the study of the Scriptures essential to the attainment of a oientific or a business education f Opened y C. C. Roberts. Third Question: How should our Sabbath Ichoo's be conducted, so as to seoure the iest results? opened by J. R. Jefferies. guestiom box. m1scbllaseous business. benediction. All 8. S. workers are respectfully invited o attend and take part in the exercises. It s hoped that each school within the bounds f the Convention will bo represented by at east two delegates. - 11 WW Sec'y. Chairman. A State Pater in Columbia.?The Record >? ?u?i Mr. N. C, GuiUairu, Vrilu huS iiotu ctive in gett ng up the company, stated hat tbe declaration would be filed in the Secretary of State's office Ibis evening or tonorrow morning. It would be signed by a lumber of prominent citizens, and ask for > commission to organize the State Publishn iv ll/imranv TKa #?AW??A?altAn So 1a Km ormed for the purpose of printing and pithisbing one or moro newspaper* in the city f Columbia and conducting a general printng and publishing business. The capital stock will be fixed At $30,000, lirided into shares of $100 each. Over wo-thirds of the capital has been subscribed r pledged, and over $15,000 will be secured, nth which amount it is considered safe to mbark in the enterprise. It will be an ight-pege paper handsomely printed, cona'ning full press reports and State news, nd will be in every respect the best journal j^rDubdshadii^^^^^fc^Uwill be con'ower. oat as early ia Februry as .f Bwc^^Bawiuoa Salt a.?Tlie Best Salt n the Cuts, Bruises Sores. Ulcers hit Ri^^keyer Sores, Tetter, Chapped landfr^^Kdn,, Corns, and all Skin Erup'?n*, *^^^Htively euros Piles, or no pay equir^^^Bj guaranteed to give perfect atisfa^^^^Hr money refunded. Price 25 ents por eaio by B. P. Posey. Aprt^^KgOO. J^ ?e> Qloves, abig Briveit 25 cts. 1 COHEN & BKO'B. For the Timbs. * A Fellow-Member's Tribute to Dr. Little. 8tab Farm, }. C., Jan. 12, 1891. R. M. Storks, Ksq.?Diar Sir?1 enclose jou a tribute to the memory of the t? lute lamented Dr. L:ttle, by llev. T. J. Teylor, written to tho liaptist Courier. It b filly, but veiy concisely poitrays tho it christian character of the deceased, sod st showing as it docs, the real he always maoi- at fested io attending to his religious duties, n< and the groa' ctteoai in which he was held by the community in which he lived, and f? express ng how radly he will be missed by ol the young, the old, the white and colored, ai and coining from a creditable eource, and It from one who waa ao intimately connected el with him, I thought no better mewen'o o could be 1 id upon the alter of sacred affec- le tion and love, and therefore ssk you to in- si sert it in your paper. K Mr. Editor, whin we sec tlio youth, before ei he has ariivod at the nge of discretion, or a; e'ev he has made a mark on tho mods of \> lime, or when wo behold the aged who per- L haps his icached his three score and ten, Ic after he lias enjoyed all the plcisures of life ii and li*ed to see tho worx of his hands aj prosper ai d t > see his generation pass nway, si die and g > the ' way of all tho earth," our ii hoar's nro saddened, and we turn ourselves p about and say it is bat natural, aod we nc- b cept the truth, as a matter of courso; but when we see such men as Dr. Robert Little 11 taken from us so suddenly, and in tho vory p prime of his manhood, just in the full en- ri joymont of his usefulness to his follow-nten* si our philosophy is put to the test and we tt can't sec why or how it is so. But we are sj reminded (hit a great and^omnipotcntGod is in ii nl' and, as earthly oroiturea, we are ra not nllowail In inanimui Sion UUOS'l '51 "Tliou Mils 7 Under these oircumstances. it becomes us as ioto'ligent beings, to accept g< the fiat of tho Great Almighty, and try to li draw |->mc lessons of usefulness and hope N from tlio life of the doccased that will bene- fc fit us in this life and fit us for the better life, ui Our first lesson, then, is that the deceased o was honest. In being honest we must do unto !< others what wo would that they <lo unto us. ni He did this even/ time. Our second lessen is, n he was Industrious, making his brend by the sweat of his brow ; not slothful, but fc- tl veni. Our third lesson is, .lie wis liberal a ?always distributing to llic nccos?ities of those around him?rejoicing with those who K rejoico, and weeping with those win weep, h Our lost lesson ia, ho was a Christian?ran uvriuK uum u'lu me inings him nre uou s and to C?o*ar tho things that arc Crasar's. it And as some one has said, an honest rann tl is tho noblest wrrk of God," so it was made manifest in the make-up of Dr. Little, that ft God bad tried his hand in bringing forth one of his Xoblnnen. p But, Mr. Editor, I desire to speak briefly tl of his cliirnctcr ns a public servant of his people. I fuel it ray duty to his constituents a who so sadly mourn his loss to say thai they o1 placed him iu a position he did not seek, c Oniy one iuccntive prompted liitn to accept d office at the hands of his people, that was his a fore for his native County, and a strong de-, p sire to be <-f route use, in his day and gen- tt eration, in helping to bring about such needed reforms in our system of government ns y he thought desirab'e. Often have I heard 1 him say he wis no law-maker ; that he w;is h in the wrong p'ace; but tho voice of his fel- f low-men called hiin, and by tho ho'p of Gad a he would be found at the post of duty. And I so it was. Dr. Little did not fail to bs at his h post, on I the Journal of the House will show p that he only missed one roll call.; that was b on Tuesday morning, the 23d December, the ii day lie left Columbia nover to return. Ho whs faithful, he was watchful, ho was thoughtful; always considering the welfare of his Sta'cnud fellow-citizens, as paramount C to bis own. 'thus he lost his life. Had he b been more thoughtful of self, he might have ti been spared longer. The effects of the close h heated air in tho State House, during a very e trying session of bath day and night dura- st tion, and sudden exposure totlig bleak wiiy] ft aiw M.% ~ moro than an < rJinarily weakly man could t< stand, and his cinstitution, which was natu- r rally wcnkly, had to ruccomb, and tlic fell destroyer of the peace and comfort of so n many carr c 1 its victmtohs Dst resting s< place, prematuro'y, and to the dismay of al! g who knew hint. tl Dr. Little was sick fop two weeks with s severe cold. On Monday night, 22d Dec., t< at 10 o'clock, he took n severe chill, and ft left the Slate House for tho first time. Tlis ? Session adjourned at a few minutes to 12 t o ciock hi nigni, ana wnen i arrived at our t room I fouiul ilie Dr. in a liigli state of do- 0 lirious excitement with a high fever, ami very b sick a* heart. I asked liim what 1 must do? v Ho raid, '-tell Dr. Strait, Senator from f Lancaster, to come up to see tro." Dr. g Strait did not come in from the Scoate cham- f bcr until next morning; but when he did come he exnmiued the Dr. very closely in n presence of Senator I'oake and myself, and 1 said he could see no signs of l'ncumonia J about him, and wrote a prescription for me a to go to n Drug sioro and have tilled for c him. 1 suggested to the Dr. to advise Dr. v Littlo to go borne. He said, as the Session a was now about to close?only one more day remained?he would consent. I forthwith set about getting rendo for the train. The Dr. was very feeble, on 1 I feared lie could t| not siand the trip; but I put him on the (] car, and placid him in the care of Mr?Bowon, a young roan from I'ickens County, who was v on his way home from attending Medical j lectures at Charleston, who promised to carc a for him until he arrived at Union. I Little did 1 think that I would ncvor see j biin again when I shook his hand at tlio t| depot in Columbia. The last word ho over spoke to me was "good bye, I think I can get j homo." And so it is. Ho is at home, aitor (| a life well spent in service for his followmen ^ and his God. I claim ho was my friend, and I enjoyed the last kindness aud friendship he was enabled to dispense on this earth. e Let us emulate his example and let our lives end as his did, and we shall rcccito a ^ "crown". [ ' Mr. Editor, I lay this as a tribute to his ' memory and in doing so feel that 1 have dis- ' charged a duty, though imperfectly, yet whh ' a true devotion to affection, and with a |J longing desire to b nofit some one, and affoid a smnll degree of comfort to some of bis ? afflictod an I bereaved family. Let us join e our sympathies in extending to the boreaved Q whatever of comfort we can in this life, and let us point to the life of the deceased as one in every way worthy of emulation. Yours truly, Joiin 11. Jkffkkiks. It is impossible for us io publish th? t?ibute of P.ev. T. J. Taylor this week, but will ? do so noxt week. ?1 v The interesting statement is invdo hy one C of the regents of the Slate Lunatic Asylum t! that, by caieful and pmdent ronnagemont n the cost of maintaining the inmutes has hern p so f?r reduced that $280,000 has been saved b to the State Government in the past eght n years. This means a saving of $.">,000 a tl yair?or three and a half times as much as e would havatae?? e??sd hw?h? . . at the last session of the Legislature to cut down the sa'arios of Siato officers?and certaiuly speaks well for the administration | of the affairs of one 8'ate institution, at j least, under the rule of the "Ring."?New* $ and Courier. f ? t Vahcb Will Sucokkd Hmsar.r.? Raleigh, 1 N. C., Jen. 12.?Senator Zebulon Laird 1 Vance to-night received the unanimous vo:e of the Democratic caucas of the general as sembly to sneceed hsmself in thd Fifty-sec- < ond United States congress as senator for North Carolioa. , ( riLLXTS OP KAHBA8. THB NATIONAL " LBCTUEBE OP THE NATIONAL PABX8B8' ALLIANCE. Hon. J E. Willetts, of Kansas, i* a cbaraor worth studying. His name was one of those m st often card at the National Adianoe Convention i Oo'il*. Ha is a rigid reformer and a rn ghtout third parly man, but for a'l that i modest, unassuming gentleman sh one eed hope to find. Although he was n t a oaudidate, he detaied Ben Terrell, of Texas, for the position f National Lecturer of the Farmets' Alliice. and he is expocted to defeat John J. igalls for the Unite 1 States Senate. His eetion n- Lecturer was said to he in recogition of the fight that he made as the adcr of the people's movement and to oast him in his contest with Ingalls. All the Ansae delegation declare lint Ingalls could trier jump the Atlantic Ocean than leap gain into the Senate. According te Mr. filletts, this is about the complexion of the egislature in Kansas: 8S ato necessary i elect; 91 were elected on the people's cket and are openly and squarely pledged gainst Ingills ; there are 13 Democrats bedes these in tbe liouso and three or four i the Senoto who ore very apt to prefer the eop'e's candidate to the soured Southater. Mr. Willetts served in the Lcgislo'ure in 871 and 1873, and this covers his entire olitical experience, previous to his great tea for Qovernor. The Legislature of 1878 snt Ingalls to tbe Senate, but Willetis rclins tho proud recollection of having voted gainBt him. In reply to a question as to his early ovements in the leoturo field, Mr. Willeta tm-:? iMiwivuJuq IN| liiu | 111. Ufa "I am a former. And I must go home and it things so fixed up that I oan leave. I ad no idea in tbo world of being made ational Lccurcrr, and I'm not quite resdy >r it. 1 fid the place of a regu'or hand on iy form, and some disposal must be made f the work thai I would do beforo 1 can lavo. Then 1 will consult President Polk nd other Alliance leaders, and start out on iy rounds.'' "How do you account for your election to io position of Lecturer without your having ny designs on the office?" "Well, 1 suppose it was a compliment to Ansas and a sort of comp'imoot to what I ad done in guiding the Kansas movement." You ore a strong peope's part/ man?" "1 tnado iny race on that ticket. 1 believe ; is the right ticket, and that it will win in is ond." Mr. Willott's reply to the next question irniihcs food for tliiught. "Will you advocate the third or people's arty in your lectures to the farmers lDugh ut the country?" "1 wilt try not io mention the word 'party' t all. The doctrines of the Alliahoo exludo partisan politics, and I will steer ns lear of them ns I can. Of course, I will iscuss all the measures beforo the people, nd it is but oatural that as I am a people's arty man, my speeches should, tosomo ex5ot, reflect my sentiments." Mr. W'illetts spent the first twenty-five oars of h<s life in a tanyard in tho State of nd ana. For the lait twenty-three yoars e has been a farnior in Kansas. He was a lepubltcin before ho reformed and became n advocate of equal right* to all c'asses, le impressed me ns n typioil farmer, plain, tonest, fearlcs?willing to stand in bis lace and fight like a man for the cause ho elieves to be right.?Cj.aunr. N. Bknnktt, i Atlanta Journal. A Sinsatiqm About tuk TiirkbC's Road. -Several capitalists interested iu the Three !'s R ad and its liuga'ion cine to Colum in quite unexpectedly late to-night. Among beso are Col. K. A. Jonnson ana David it. lisley, who claims the road. It was learnd that the object of Mr. Ris'ey's visit here ras to interest the stockholders of the roifl n assignment. It is said that Messrs Melan & Melton and John WingUe have bee'i stained as his attorneys. It is known that ho made n proposition t ? ight to a gentleman of Korsliaw, who reprconts $100,000 worth of the stock. This entleman, however, declined to be let into be arrangement. From what Mr. Risly Aid it will bo his object, among other things, a make the Construction Company account jr all the securities drawn from the Boston >opo-it and Safe Company. He estimates hat the 230 miles of constructed road and he ninety miles of simply graded road cou'd nly liato cost about $3,600,000. He also clieves that tho Construction Company has withdrawn $ld,00^.000 worth of securitie* rom the Deposit Company and that the as. ets of the company sdhuld show the deference, that is to say, nbout $11,000,000. Mr. llisley declined to give the exact uelhod by which he proposes to proceed, 'he proceedings will begin about the 12th of aouary ia the United States Court, lie dso said that he had already made nn npplintion for a copy of the Assignment schedule, rbich he supposvs to be on tile in the Unite i bates Court at Charleston. Ghkat Britain and tiik Continent Fkozn Ovbr.?London, January 9.?It is now lie seventh week ef the prevalence of frtst lirougl.out the United Kingdom, with no gns of abatement of tho severity of tho reather. From John O'Groal's house to and's End the country is wrapped in snow, nd the canals and streams are icebound. !vcn a number of tidal rivers are frozen ist. For tho duration of the frost period bis is the groa'cst winter of the century, nd, in point of severity, tho wint-rs of 813 and 1814 alone exceed it; fairs were lien held on the ice on the Themes, Severn, 'ine and Tweed- Booths wore rotred on be ice and all tho usual fair frolics were eld thereon. Numerous deaths lisve rcsu'ted from the xtreme cold, several of them at the very ates of the work house, whero groups of oor people were waiiing for aheltor. Midind newspapers deolare that thousands of arsons in that region are in a condition of ami-starvation, many lub rers being coinula rily idle without tire or feed. Th* >ayors of'cities, with the aid of local hoards, re dirccicg an or^micd distribution if read and "oal, and are starting relief hitches. tit It they jail to reach a host of oa'os f distress Numerous instances occur of oroncr's inquests on tho bodies of people >und deul in bed, whero the verdict is that eath resulted from cold or hunger. In very country on the Continent there is ruf Bring because of sevore weather. Ai.manck Aof.nt Short.?St. Louis, Jan. .?1 special from Lawrence, Kan., says: L. II. Corse, Alliance Exchange agent in his city, is fehorl. It seems the farmers rho had shipped farm products through Ivrse, ore out $4,000. Corso claims that he louses were due to the fact that the shipments wore made to unreliable firms. The roducts were Sold in Chicago and Denven, lit the commission merchants faded to remit. A committee has been aproinled by he Alliance to investigate the affairs of the xchnnge. /En glish Spavin IdTiTTTTrtit ? miki m Herd, Soft or Calloused Lum|sand Blem iehes from horses, Blood Spavins, Curbs Splints, Sweeney, lting-tone, Stifles Iprains, atl Swollen throats, Coughs, ete ? lave $50 by use of one bottlo. Warranted he moat wondrful Blem'sh Cure ever cnown. Sold b J. M. GIBS & SON,, Drttgg ists, Union. Itch on human and horses and all animals cured in 80 minutes by Woolford's Sanitary Lotion. This never fails- Hold by .1. M. 3IBBS & SON, Druggists Union 8. 0. Fosxeal or Gapt Gsogoi D. HUllacb - r Yorkviile, January 7.?The funeral services si o( lb* lamented Capt. Geo. D. Wallaoe w?re f conducted at the Presbyterian Church ibis g morning by the Roe. J. C. Ge'lo way, assisted k by the Rev. L. G. Patrick, chaplain of the ?. Jj Jenkins Rifles. The oaaket, which was jf draped with the United States flag and i e jeered with beautiful floral offering?, rested J immediately in front of the aitafTgfo^jyd . *7 by sentinrls at the bead and foot. military guard was relieeed at 11 o'olook "JIS&wM Gen. E. M. Law, chief marshal, and the. ' pallbearers , ' * j As the family of tlie deed soldier snterfd ' the eestibule of thi church the ohoir, led by J Mre. P. R. Brat ton, eang: "Gome ye dlseon- >1 aulate, whe't-r you languleh."' After whioU a touching prayer was offered by the Re*.Mr. Patriek, and the oboir sang : "SVrridVmy God, to Thee." The Rev. Mr. Galloway then delivered a most impressivo and eloquent aermon on i the exalted character and the high and J manly %virturs of the heroio dead lrom the T text: "All ye that are about him bemoan him, and all ye that know his n*me, say : ' How is the streng staff broken and tho \ beautiful rod." At the oinclusion of the services in the ( ohurch the fVineral procession was formed, { with ths Jenkins Rifles, C*pt. W. B. Moore, as ercort. Businoss was generally suapen- ; ded, and the entire community joined in the procession, which was met at the cemetery by the teachers and pupils of the graded j scho >1 and those of Miss Fanoi'e Miller's , ' private sohool. After the usual ceremonies at the grave s i salute was fired by the Jenkins Rifles. The grave was beautTfuUydeqprat^U^t^ru|MgMM to the gallant dead. Tho flag of ('apt. Wallace's troop, In which his body had been wrapped when tsken from the field and which bad drapbd the coffin during the journey to this place, was placodin chariro of Gen. E. M. Law. br the family of tbo deceased, to be pre*0Dted to the Jonkins Rifles u a testimonial of tbeir nppreoiation of the respect end honorshown the deed hero. This flag will be pre*sealed with appropriate ceremonies et e fa- y turc lime. Educate thrQisls.?" Educate the girls,' seys en exchange, '*end the boys wl'l soosu be there." They will, indeed, if the girls, ere tolerably goud looking. And they won't* wait until the course of instruction is tally completed either. I here known a young men to get moro than half through courting before bo thought to ask his girl whether she lied any education or not. 80 it won't de to depend too much on suoh maxims as tho above ; thoy are apt to mislead. Should the .?^ fa'her of an attractive.. daughter defer her , education, thinking that the boya would keep away in consequence, he would find that he had made a mistake. Tbey will ooroe just as readily as they wou'd were the a whole female seminary of learning. Then, on the other hand, if you pash the education of a homely, disagreeable girl with the utmost diligenco, will the boys there?" Mot much, they won't. They w>11 go around tho corner end sit up with the pretty girl who never saw the inside ef a school house in her life. This is perhaps wrong, but is the way the world goes with the young and thoughtless. When Adam was courting the fair Eve, did lie inquire what seminary she graduated from? Did he examine her in arithmetic, English grammar, logic, geography, and the uee of the globes? Of course he didn't. He didn't onre a cent whether she knew beans or not. She wasn't eduoitod, and yet Adam was there, Eli. Educat on is a very good thing for gir s to have, but yon can't bank 00 it altogether in winning husbands.?Texmt Sifting t. Watlaio in iiis StokiI^A most dastard- A ly attempt to murder Mr^jL C. Poyseur fend ' tj .'1staAgrafe "" = dawn he secreted himself Tin the room .in the rear of the store used for dressing coffins. Just before dusk Mr, Paysour went into th's , room fir a chair. The negro, who was secreted behind some furniture, made ?" lunge at him with a knife, cutting through his coat, collar, cravat and and shirt and Indicing a slight wound abeut his neck. The thief instantly fled but left his shoes in the store, that were identified as Deiouging to Jesse, who was arrested. The priteoer at first denied hie guilt but afterwards confessed. Several gold rings end watches which li n.l Hnnh rAAsnHo s*a1?? t* - ? ..^v. wv? nvvivu iivui * ?; oiui ' nno returned by different colored people who t<aid that Ilenson made them presents of them.?Lancaster Ledger. Qith Her White Father's Money.? Richmond, Vn.f January 0.?Det ie Thomae Lewis was to-day declared by Judge Leake to be ihe legal heir of the late W. A. Thomae, whose estate is believed to be worth et least $200,000. Though ber fa'her wis a white mm, Miss Lewis is now the weal liiest colored woman in Virginia. She is a bright mulatto, highly educated and has visited all the fashionable summer rerorts with her father. Mr. Thomas publicly acknowledged the young woman as his daughter. In nis last illness she was his constmt attendant. Ho gave her his bank bo6k and the key to tlio box containing his seonritUs. Sjobo of his relatives contend that this does not constitute a gift of the property, I ut after two years' litigat'on Judge Leake has deeided that she is entitled to the rstate. W . Tub Fool and Hie Monet.?A comspocdent writiug from Vancre eaye every Jhsar s-mebody c ?raes through that cuatrywnd scoops up a'l the money from the negrie*. Tnie year the eloek compear s did Hi They so'd two styles of elooks, ono for $13, the othrr for $18, 'l'hcy to.ik mortgages on every thing they saw, and in the fa 1 sent round a o dlector. Every negro bought a clock, for it is his neture to buy anything he can get on a oredlt. The Legislator* ought to p?es same bill licencing peddlers so . as to proteot tbo poor child-like negro.~ Orangeburg Timet and Dmoerat. aw II IS 10uu al Cuabautku?Mr. Joe Hedden, the Aret man that evor ran a locomoitve in thin State has been iu town several days the pant week. Heeame over from England with the first loouinotive for .the South Carolina railroad and tan this lodomo* , > live for many years bstwssn CharfeHon and ' ' ' Augusta. Stuce he left tha r.tilroiu?on secouni of advsnoing yetrs?he his resided for the most part in Edgefield County, op tka .'jr. oaiuua biuo, tie l? a'tu quite \iioraaa and active,,though he must be fully eight/ yu'iHI old.?Ntwberry Obtcrvtr. u ' '-'ffi&fl A Ghiat Brood Mari?Ge latin, Tenn., Jan. 6.?The great bro>d roare, Kathleen. br IvTinflAn ? D'-1 '' ,,?n oiuu, (awttmrn .property of Capt. Jaraea Prank Ho, thiaBSKi miming. Kathleen waa bred by Mr. II. Alexander. She was the dam of * aw, John Happy, Hettle B, Oeerge Kftinw/ Kennebec, Pullman ?.;d oiher ra?e hoists in Ibis country. Kathleen was 34 years of age. and was in foal to Bishop. I ?IttlJioatotJXConnojV has raae<r There wi'l be four maw tJfTttT&iY. "masiug1 elerea in all- This gives one barr?om to about evfry '2Jo inhabitants, or one to every ** 137 males, or one to ovory uo vutem. ; A 1,1,1 a nth.l>tmorn acv.? Itnloiyh, N. C., January I -.?A rcolution psased the 8?nate * to-day unanini< usly instructing the UnlU& -am States Senators from Noith Carolina to secure if possible the objeots of the reform contemplate! in the Ocala platfctet# Unite 1 Statee Senator Vance was re noiblMifV :-l ed hy acclamaiion with great enthueUga* - j