Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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' F- K B1 n.. gK*o?-~" te r""' ! ?beo\Ap** n oTS,n.t linon the pltlJ .^^ fa'fvrftf'BNrTnenaccahie mark who-e'cr it laid iu band, and its liand aeetns to liaTe been well nigh omnipresent. Mot that the organixaii >n entered aetively end distinctively into the po'it'cal arena; for this it not true. Its potency bee into actual and expressed itsc'f in the main through the old patty organ zati ns ; but it was none the less the wink ?>f the A1 iance . ns a great cducat r. The lea~cn stimulated by the work of the Order, like all true leaven, worked np and worked outward.? Kven the lordly Senate, the least sensit've branch of the QjTernnt?nt, has pa*sed < tie nf the most rmliivil mensoris demanded liv the A I'nnce. and those members who stood out most stoutly against cMt'iin < tli-r measures demanded by the Alliincc, up in * grounds that involved fundam rotal and radi cal principles, are much lvss clear ns to their duty since the people have spoken Does nnv Atlinnee man filter in his faith, in vtw of these facts? Does any Al'isncc man in South Carolina permit his 7.-,i?l to grow cold at the very moment when the conliiet !, rnminir tji a Oris s .Q ilit all the Olid? IM thcught. The i a-t is rn'I of inspirati n, and the future is inviting. bet us rouse ourselve", an I gird our loins fir the crises that aie surely coining. As one of the fir.it ami most r.oeesiary Btejsin this dirrcton le' us correct and purge our rolls. Those who arc n? t eligible io merohi rship should be dropped from the tolls and notified by the secretary. Head over carefully the eligibility clause, and apply it faithfully. By the action of the recent SupremeC uncil, the word "Country" when it occurs in this connection means those who live in rural dbt'icts and unincorporated villages. This excludes workers in factoiies ami a'l editors of papers that are not agricu'turnl strictly, and that do not support nil the demands of the Al iancc. AT who have been received heretofore who ar.? ineligible sit'til l be dropped from the roll, and notified hy the secretary of the fict. Let ns get our forces together in compact and homogeneous mass, and then be ready to pre-s our d minds effectually, l'ut your lecturers to w rk in every county.? Let the c unly Alliances provide for the frsytrrrr or reeftirrrs, and let e?o/? Alliance put its lecturer to studying anil working. As a neces-nry stop to li's equipment fir his work he should have the Cotton J'tant and the Xationnl Economirt. Let the Alliance supply thc-e papers to him if need be, and then require of liini some work. Let all hands then srbscr be for the Cotton I'ftint at least, so that they may know whether he is talking the right docttine.? Biethren, let us get together nnil get to work. The prospect befoic us is limitless, it really begins to look tike the farmer is going to have "his inning" new after all these years. Let us use wisely our opportunities. But to use them wisely we must educate ourselves, and there is no b* ttcr School than the AU;ancc for farmers. Brethren, take courage and lend a hand ! J. Wm. Stokes, President S. C. S. F. A. Call and sec the Big Bargains offered at GARRETT'S. My entile sUck of Fancy good*, China and Crockery Ware, is going at sight. Low prices will sell. to*. Mrr.ka ox ths War Path.?When Jefferson Davis was a prisoner of war at Fortress Monroe, (Ten. Ne'son A. Miles was the commandant of that Post. The indignities with which the Confederate President was treated during h!s i- ?arceration have been testified to by wcll-.i -redited witnesses on both sides, and Mr. Davis himself bore testimony to the outrages which were practiced upon him by ilie Federal military authorities. In the history which she has written of her husband's life Mrs. Davis snys that Gen. Miles subjected Mr. Davis to Various and unnecessary indignities, among them being confinement in a vermin-infected cell. Gen. Miles has replied to Mrs. Davis's statements in terms which show liim to be more of a brute than a soldier or gentleman. "Of course," lie says, "the woman feels bitter toward me, as she probably docs towards many other Northern soldiers, and it is only to be expected that she should."? And, again: "There is not a particle of ?<?u iu me sxicmcuti umuo uy ins ^ Mr. Davis'a) wife." It was not to be^expo. t; l| tha' (ion. Miles wou'd confess that had be used liii power at Fortress Monroe to abuse it, or that l^e would acknowledge that bis conduct towards Mr. Davis was a disgrace to the uniform which he wore, but no plainer evidence of his capacity to do the things charged against him could be desired than the language which be has used in regard to Mrs. Davis. A soldier who would seek to insult a woman certainly would not hesitate to heap indignities upon a prisoner of war committed to his keeping. Hut it is not to be wooder^d at that Gen. Miles, fre?h from the slaughter of Indiao sipiaws and babies in Dakota, should seek to insult the widow of the late President of the Southern Confederacy. Hir distinguished services iu the campaign against Mrs. Davis will probably entitle him to another brevet, and lie considered an achievement making bim worthy to be included among the "Heroes of the Nation."?Xtirt and Courier. Go to the Times oflice for your Hill Heads Note Heads, Envelope s, &c. Deatii or Ahmirai. PoitTrn.?Washington D. C., Feb. 13.?Admiral Porter died suddenly at 8.15 o'clock this morning at bis residence at 1,813 II street. His death resulted from fatty degeneration of the heart Which relentless disease asserted its fatal clutch upon him at Newport, Kliodc Island, last summer, when, contrary to the nereis. tent advice of hi* physicians, he ov.er'ft*?a. his strength by taking violent exercise n wm stricken down with ft complication of disease*, including congestion of the lungs M?'herfaP.miy were made aware wceks ftgo I . ..4 . -ffoa from pam as poesi That Wattkrsox Lvttm.? l^uisviflo, Ky., Feb. 12.?On returning to this city this evening, Mr. Wattcrson, in response to the request of the Associated I'ress and in answer to some hundred telegrams which have come to Louisville in the )a?t twentyfour hours, gave the following statement for publication : "Louisvile, Ky., Feb. 12.?I wrote the ( letter to Governor llill, and I was impressed to do so by motives the sinccrcst and the ' most disinterested. There appeared in ' many of the great newspapers last Sunday J a sensational account of how a mucus of the ,| United Stales Senators had resolved upon .| retiring Governor Hill from the P - - - . vmuouunl I ...wiu. oi now I had teen selected as the n iostrusieut of these Senators, ( tc ?J" \r\ " i?? tuwg\? ^ __ Kditor\ FS?S5T -' ^Bar \": Friday. 7<TTfr askvm\9, : "Hi .ig?.a >1" <^1*0 ... --?,. ^CTSjT Scrim 40 inches wide, 10 c's. y*r I. at II. M. G'OHJKN & HltO'd. 1 ?tgr A Lodge of the Knights of Pjthias was organized in this town Wednrs 'ny even- I ing 1 mi. < Hay- I .oik out for n long and interesting J advertisement of mr friend, S. M. llice, Jr. K. U., neit week. It crime too late f>r thi* i?sue. HOT Trial Justices and others eutitlcd to I copies of the Acts passed by the last L< g'sla* ture, can obtain them by calling on J. II. McKissick, (berk of Court. Ad?" Don't forget that J. B. Porter l.ns removed from the Little Green Front store to the Inrge and handenrno'y fitted up store la'e'y occupied by the late John Lodger as a Cnrtiege and Harness Shop. ?I havejurt added to my business. * fine stock of Sewing Machines, Organs and Pianos, auU do hereby respectfully ask iny friends and patrons to call and examine these excellent goods. Our Mr. Oluzcncr is always ready to show, and explain to any one, whether or not they want to buy. 8. M. HICE, Jh. E.U. Feb. *20. 8 if. t?ar if our Farmers want cheaper bacon than they can now buy in this market, tliey will not be cootentcl until it is given to thctn. A genthninn from the country told us last Sn'unlay that he bought 2001bs at 5.i cents, cash. At the Inst examination of the I South Carolina University we notice among the students of the Henior clnss who highly distinguished themselves the name of our friend, E. O. Sanutt ; and among the Freshmen, who ate marked proficient, is the name of <nr yourg friend, Robert F. W. Alhton. R?*?w> An intelligent friend in the county suggrsts that the Juries, eapec'ally the Grand Jury, should be drawn from separate boxc for each township, and that each township should be represented, oa the Grand Jury, at least, according toils population. We arc inclined to coincide with our friend but have not been nb'o to give it much thought, as yet. We arc requested by the colored Odd Fellows Lodge of this town, to correct an trroDcous report 'hat has boen published in ihe da'ly {apers, to the effect that the Ledge wou'd supplement Gov. Tillman's icwnrd of $75 for the arrest of D&vc Flow, with $75 more. '1 lie Lodge's offer was $26 in addition to the Governor's tffer of $76, making the Io'al reward $100. Linen Chiimbiitjs plain and figured at If. M. COHEN & RRO'S. jir ? ome Newspaper Correspondent at I 1 this p'acc has fublishcd to the World that l there were ten ruse* of homicide en the i locket to he t'ied at the noxt court for this ' coun'y. That is not the truth. The best is had enough, and the citizens of the county do not thank aoy one for reporting matters as being worse than they really are. There are five cases of homicide on the docket, and ono of them is the case of a homicide committed 21 years ago. All the parties implicated, except in the latter case, are ( negroes. ,* Tailor Mark Clothing, at wholesale > prices. A beautiful line of samples from ths \ cheapest to l\it finest; all of the latest styles and patterns ; tit guaranteed. Samples on exhibition at T11E CITY CASH STORE. Feb. 20. 8 4t. We feel constrained to dissent from I our friend, A. C. Lyles, democratic county chairmao, in charging $5 for announcing a candidate for the Legislature, in place of Dr. Little, end for Supervisor of Registration, in place of Copt. Comer, deceased. The < time for advertising is so short, and so < many complaints come to us that our charge 1 actually drives good candidates for both ofliccs from the field, and thereby is unjust < to the people, that we have determined to ; reduce the price to $2 ">0 from now to the j primary election; and in consideration for ( the extra number of insertions of the candi- | dates heretofore announced in the Timks our charge will bo $3, and we wid rofund the $2 overpaid. BW Our friend, "Helton Wheel" puts a very low estimate upon the intelligence and ( manhood of his poor brother Farmer : We entertain a very different opinion of them. The "ragged" farmer he speaks of is a rare sight, in this County, and we see most of ' them when they come to town. Wedon'tknow a class of inen that exhibits more shrewd- ' ncssand independence in buying and selling, ' or more intelligence and caution in other business transaction*, than the Farmers of 1 Union County. It is true there are but few ? "cotton buyers that sell goods," now-a- ^ days, and we only mentioned Hie case last ' week to show that some Farmers are as 1 i . ni? selling as some cotton buyers are 1 iWssBeawsri; . Jth.i ??? ????", ?"?>>?' b. ??.?. , L:^?.rk.lp..r!^r mM io ! day and time is (he veriest ci?p-n..r. h There is no man in thin County so poor (hat r he docs not dcinaod and cannot obtain as H high a price for bis cotton as his riohcr neighbor, if he will make (lie same effort, and use the aame tact. Our observation in P1 this cotton market is, that a poor man, in ni ilebt to any merchant here, with one or more 8U tales of cotton, has the advantage of from 1 to | ct. over any man that docs not owe a djj lollsr. We liavo often seen merchants buy ' lie cotton of a customer at }ct above the wi tarket price snd in less than nn hour roll it Mo i a buyer at the regular market price, cou B..IU. ! S " \ ft b?..?* ??? fr.?> \ B prevalence of UjnUy an?l 1 p ??kab\. W * nWfl ???" ^cob,. ?-?H\ '..'i ,iu.i w?w ^SHpocal cnuwyTlW le^prwR^TOy 1 J5-?Vwr Ihe "grip," they have not boon I aorae than ordinary eo'de, yieldiug readdy 10 tlio simplest remedies. If nny weaher i would severely test the natural hcalthfulne?s of a locality we think the weather we Imvc hal since Ch? is'in is baa tdon trying cr.ougli to establish ti c character of any 11 icc ns to its henhii. And tho town of Union has passed through that trying or loil and presents to the world a purer record of health than any town or c:ty within our knowledge, judg'ng from them st rrliub'c reports wc recchc from a 1 quarters. It if a J cculinr fact thnt of tho few enses of typhoid fever or pneumonia that wc have bad here, the past twenty years at lens*, i' can be well established that hardly one of tl cm originated here, but woro brought hoic in the systems of the patients from infected localities; and another^ important fact can be established : tho-e disc tees have rmvaita tft?tabi?nf' ihVn'V nsrUoaimcs"1 where tliey originated. Perhaps our Doctor* should receive a great share of commcudsticn for that. Of the deaths which have occurred here for many yeats, a great mqjirity of them were of aged persona and from physical or ether causes, not in the leesl traceable to impurities of atmosphere or water, or from any mn'ar nl influences. Wi'h ilie grip, typhoid fever nnd pneumonia distressingly prevalent all around us, lie citizens of this (own have great cause to rnisc thair hearts in earnest thankfulness to Almighty God for the remarkable degree of health which the town enjoys; and our hearts should go out in tender sympathy to those stricken communities less fortu nate in that respect than our3elvc8. Death bf Mrs. Parham. Again lias death entered our midst nnd aoa'olied from our homes one of Union's bright christian women, hy removing from us Mrs. Mary Parham, tho devoted wife of Mr. Stephen A. E. Parham, which occurred at tho family residence list Saturday night at 11.15 o'clock, after a pro'vjeted illness. Mrs. PmImu came into our community seventeen years ago, a bride, and hy her amiable deposition and chris'ian character rite endeared herself to all who knew her ; nnd she very soon gathered around her a host of f iends, who loved her for her own high social and christian virtues. liming her illness shu often spoke to those around Iter of the hopes she had of eternal life ; frequently admonishing those who listened to her dying words to prepare to meet their G< d. She 'cues a hust anl and five chihl cn to mourn liar low, who have the sympathy if * the end: e c immunity in (holy sad bereavfcp inonf. ?< \ May the God, in whom she trusted, comfort i lie hcrcavod husband and children and let llis bles-lngs shino upon them ; and may they walk acc -riling to llis commandment J, that when He c?Us ihcni they may ine-t th* ilevotod wife nnd mother, on that shore where parting will be no more. Blair The City Council of Columbii nnd the jcop'eef that, City geDcru'ly, came very rear gring dalt over tho propesition of W. P. Hix and two other representatives of a New York Syndicn'c, to buy the canal, , that cost the City and State together ?800,000, for ?200,000. A few cooler and, wc think, wiser heads ?rc strenuously opposing the sale, mainly upoo the grounds that the price is altogether too low, and the terms entirely un?ntisfactory. Jasper Miller, who has just, returned from the North with subscriptions fully assuring the bui ding of a ?500,000 [lotton Mi l, to be run l?y the water power supplied hy tho canal, is most emphatically opposed to the sale and says: n is riaicuiouH 10 ininit or mrowing away the canal, which has cost the city and Biate ?800,000, for the almost trifling suin jf $200,000 and that without any restrictions. The canal is worth at lost a million lollara and should bring something 1 ke that imount. If the canal is sold to these parties they have the privilege of waiting three years before they erect mills. We want to go right ahead and secure mills to utilize our 1 water power at once, which wc can do if the city will put the rate of water reut at ?5 1 per horse power and offer mills exemption from taxation for a period of ten years. Other parties have published very forci- ( blc arguments in the City papers in opposition to the sale, and the good people of that goodly City arc getting less hilafious daily over the proposed transfer of thKt valuably adjunct to the City's future progress. < The rain continues an 1 (lie streets | sod roads are swimming. The farmers are becoming discouraged at the long delay, occasioned by the rains, in commencing their | Spring work. It is now getting too late for Spring sowing of oats, and but few farmers have been tble to put ia this vory important feed crop, [t is now the 20th of February, and not a 'arrow has been run for the next crops, vith the ground soaked deep with rain and 1 he clouds thrcateuing to pour down more. We have cotno to the conclusion that the lest of work could not have prevented th? irescnt terrible condition of our roads and lr?ll Tbelonl Mttam* ??4 !.<?/ , oads into Ii"*7T#i> llNpftfVNfllMI^^^B^^|Ma t og Stealing. ' Throe weeks ngo Mr. Phi'.ip Dunn killed e reo large hoge?hie year's meat -and laced them away in bis smokehouse. At gi I'd some one broke into the house and | pplied themselves with a year's meat at nt r. Dunn's expense. fr oner ! Dinner ! The Ladies of the Union Baptist Church 1 give a Dinner in the Dunn building ^ ndny end Tuesday of the first week of roa rt, for the benefit of tliecburoh. me to evh*? ^^ ere"*8 many *J^Hold buslnes"; % ,*v?s m^nJ *? >" buslnsaa; __jj ?w(riH u'O^ busines"; Secure* business; And bul ??r8? business; tbo*t tiy^8 any busipess. c?Pl JmBt of iIn merchants in Union "9 *l %v ?^Buths and profit t-y (hem. To V9 11 in I be ovunty newspaper a^JH ^business to a (own in & plain bteed upon the cxperaB^^^^Wy^mercbant nod every town tWnt hat ever t ilpd it. Instead of being liberal in their support of the cou ty inner, through wliioh to invite oustom font all part* of the connlg, they adopt every means to evade ndvertis. ing in the paper or paying a fair price for it ; and we hare knowu merchants to pay high salirios to clerks from certain neighborhood* (good in it^e'f, we know) and quibble over or refuse to pny $10 or $16 a year foi an advertisement ih?t would, probably, bring them customors from every neighborhood in the county. By this contracted fyatcm of inviting trade, the business of the town of Union is confined to customers living within an arc< of a few nrles immediately around th< town, while the merchant* of Spartanburg and Laurens, by liberal advertising in their county papers, arc bonding of the profitable patronage th-y icoeivo from Union, and caU?, this "ooe-horso town." "Hoonoo Storiks.?A guest at iiie Hoffmnt House Sunday showed the left bind foot o an Alabama rabbt handsomely mountod ir silver nxid onyx, which lie carried in hit pocket as a cliarm. This chnrui is not un known to po'itical fame in bis own State which is Mhsitsippi, and is regarded with an almost superstitious veneratiou by the negroes on hi* plantation. Tlicv mil mo n hoodoo," said ho ycsterdny. "There an quite a number of prominent white incn ir the South who are regarded by their colored ncquaint inct s ax possessed of some supernatural poto-cy. I heard a good story ol Governor Nich-dls, of Louisiana, apropos ol this. Governor Nicholls has lost an arm aud leg, but so deftly have the artificial member; been fitted to tho stumps that few people are in the secret of his loss. His colored body servant, was left behind on the occasion ol his last visit to me in Vicksburg, and I put at his disposal during his stay a likely young lad who wasUiu to try and take the old body s'ervnnT^^pTuce That night, wher Governor Nicholls was ready to retire, lit stretched out ono of his legs to Ne-1, my servant, and said. 'Ned, nnscrew tbat leg.' Ned's eyes began to open with horror, but he obey cd and took the leg off. Governor Nicholls then said, calmly ePochlng out lils srm, 'Ned. unscrew lh?t nrtn.' Tho boy rolled up his eyes until nothing but the white: could be seen, but be obeyed and unscrewed the arm. The governor, who now realised his condition of mind, determined to have a little fuo with him, a> reaching out h;s no;k, he said, 'Ned, unscrew thnt head.' Hut tlx boy never waited to s?c whether his head would come off or not, nnd 1 never succeed ed in getting him to go near Governor Nichollagain He si.i t he was a worse 'hoodoo' than 1 was.'" We/Mill have a few of those Hod Flannelleft, coll nnd got some of them before they am nU sold. Tlioy are one of the biggest *" Monfs xaotiu.k Tkok tu* Spaktandurc Almasck.?Tho Spirt inburg com spondenl of the A"tW4 and Courier, sfior speaking ol certain cases before tho court, now in session, says: After that case his been docidel the next will be thft' of Dr. S J. Hester, ex-bns'ness agent of the county Alliance, against the Alliance for certain damages claimed by him, because he was turned out of oflico. In the early part of the yoar 1889 he was their business agent. He went to work and made arrangements for guano at reduced rates and began to lay his plans for purchasing such supplies as would be needed. Owing to certain acts of ilie agent the executive commit'ee dismissed him and elected Mr. Zimmerman in his place. Dr. Hester claims that ho was considerably damaged in I fs business prospects by this proceeding, ,n<l he has brought suit to recover about $lt ,000. Dr. Hester is represented by J. K. Jeinings, and Nicholls & Moore, wlyte pucsnic Sanders represent the Alliance It will be~"rflW*r difficult to1'*.! a jury out of the present pome1, for most of them are fanners and connected with the Alliance. I?- I Comi'i.imkxtino Hampton.?In considering some notable elections for the United States senate recently, the Philadelphia Pvti says: "General Gordon, of Georgia, was anxious to be returned to the United States senate, and in order to win the prize he repudiate! his own utterances and gave Ma ndhesion to the Farmers' Alliance platform, which he knows is unsound and full of danger to the iuiiik rjr. "Wnde Hampton was tempted with tlie offer of six more years in llic senate if he would turn back on bis record aod advocate principles tbat he had always opposed. He rejected the price, stood up manfully for his convictions, aod went down in defeat. "Senator Ingnlls was fascinated with- the glamour that surrounds publio life, and when threatened with retirement to private life he threw principle to the wind nnd hfr rapntijlnn on one throw of success. He lost, aod, like the gambler, finds himself bankrupt in friends and reputation." lioforring to the aboTO the Cincinnati Commercial (Jazettr saya : "It is not difficutt lo designate the man of these three who is the easiest and the proudest in his own conscience, nnd who stands highest in Hie good opinion of bis own countrymen." If yon want Visiting Cards printed come lo ibe Tjmks office. Men's Women's and Children's Shoe?, and heavy Winter floods cheaper than anybodya. A few Boots left which wc arc compelled to get out of the way; call and get a pair, wo can fit you. GRAHAM tit SPARKS. Personals. Mr. J. II. Allan, of Chnrloaton, is vi?Hing Mr. W. A. Nicholson and family. Mr. C. T. Murphy, Jr., is now at Muoro, tons and Annie Brigge have ne ' ?'4Lptoke9, accompanied by her < j''' Robert Stokea, returned 1 . -?{i, v/., on Aionaay. am Charlouk wrtHB 8u?TAi.??itD.? Washing- ? Oor.oNKr, Foffhe President and Secretary ?. Fob. 12.~lis(ained Colonel Foray I he's actor have Vtie Wounded Knee engage- 1 nageneot flAthe a4*J?0 of General Miles. , nt contrary'! W Corrrapoadenca of thv.Union Tins*. New* from No.'th Paoolet. m Etta Jank, Fob. 16.?As Ash Wednesday E?m no exceptionally Ado day, compared Kwith the others of lost week. we presume ^hat some of our wheat growers ate in hotter Ihub that n good wheat crop is in store for 9Bi ihia year. So mote it be. jit regret to lie?r of ibe many cases of sUKcss reported in various sections of,il>e oouUk La grippe-pneumonia or deepseat^H<dd wan not more general* last year ihaojpin now. although o^Hbeighborbood is ji^jKonipatatively frejmiJKlhis melndy. o. o. at Salem ^rceterday. li s lox^roulutl. V : H, .to and 10 verses. Addressing himself more particularly to tho professing christians ho divided lii? subject into three brads: 1. True re igton is a reality; 2d. Christian piely is practicable ; and 3d. A pious life is eminently desirable. He said in subs'ance : that the christian's life has a reflex influence; that our influence for g?o I or bad went on down tho ages of lime to uiiko up our reward for eternity. 1 But, sl*B, io> many c>f us have certain pre' conceive I i l< as ns to lvhnl religion ought to be, instead of knowing at what it really is. One inconsistent habit or vice will leaven, permeate and neutralize our profession and render our whole life a nullity, so far as re5 ligious intlucocc is concerned, i The mo-chant's success depends upon the i manner in which he advertises his goods and condue's his busiucss. Ttie pliysiclnu ' who successfully administers to the needs of the afflicted must tic ablo to demonstrate the medicinal propcitic9 of bis remedy and its immediate or remote influence upon (he pntleii', as w. II ns i>s adaptability to bin core. | 1 And bow cm wo bring lost souls to Chiist, ? unless re can convioco them by our actions I rtMfitert will preneb nt Meso' pouBBn and Her. J. D. Hniley nt Ab'ngd n Creek next Sabbath, '22d inst. Our young friend Master Judson S3rraf, I has shown us a veritable white robin, wbioh f he ki'.lc I la t week. Its breast was red but i its wings and back wero of a pale white, j Mr. Luke Hull ck and Miss Ida Georgo . were tnnrri-d Inst week by J. L. Strain, N. , P. i The po'sonnl property .of the e-tstc of ! W. E. V. l-hres, deceased, wore sold last \ Satuvday. Mr. Jnmcs M. Osmcnt is a first i rate auctioneer, and we recommend liim ns i such to those who need his service. I Kc'ton Wheel gives his answer to our question of week before Inst. I presume r that the pr ntcr makes him say ihrcc-fif' tecnths instci I of oue-fificcntli. If so, ho I is corvoc'. i Our fi ten I S. P. listes has also given us a i correct answer. We hope s >me of our teachers will give us f an answer to the fol'owing question: I There have been two equal annual pay; rocnts on a (i jcr c*nt. note for $17o given I two na? ?biw day. Tift balance is t $154 ) What was each payment? s Mr. W. C. K rby hns been qu te unwell with ye'low jaundice, i Messrs. A. N. Wood and R. S. Lipscomb. . of Gnffney City, arc running a paw mill neqv i Gilky's Mountain, (Drny lonville,) by which every part of a linic barrel is sawed out 1 ready to pet up. This is something new i under the sun and properly belongs to Col. 1 Irhy'a "record breaking" catnlogue. It I has made a mark-t for every stick of timber that can bo breught toil regardless of c'ther size, shnpe or quality. Resides, it lias given > permanent ami paying employment to a mim1 ber of laborers who can earn a good living. These invu lire in t ? fluid to iuTC i their i money in developing the resources of fhp:r 1 county. If we had move such men ns A. N. Wood aid R. S. Lipscomb we would have a better anil fur n ore prosperous c lutitry. i We liavn't foregone our desire to give our , > lady readers a lecture on "Fashion. ' This | we may du by the time ilia Boston and ] | pendencies invite them , tolmlWMlBlrof soUbty. We overheard something like this a short lime ago: I" Young lady to elder one?"W ho is that , old white healed man ?" Klder lady? That's Mr. Ulank, and he's a t o. Young lady: I just thought that." 1 Among the many kindnesses of friends ' towards 'we, us and family," we gratefully acknowledge that of Mrs. F. A. Goforilr V,i*. For the Turns. MOURNFUL AND PLEA8ANT MEMORIES ok tup: okatil of mbs. u. j. oaob. Aikf.n, 8. C., Feb. 11, 1891. M* Dkah \l b. Stokes.?Wo have just received, with n three hours of the sad occurrence. the intelligence of the dctpU of Mrs. R. J. Gage. The news is not altogether unexpected. Its effect is to revive u.emeries at once mournful and pleasant. I Tl ItAUr llivvA w -1 * " - yr_ .tins since i nrrt Weill to TTnilon as Vrinclptt of -i'-i TTninn Mai. Academy. From then until the present, in* eluding nl different times three pastorates of (he Union Methodist Church, 1 and my wife and childreu have been closely identified with Col. Ungo and his most hospitable and refined family. Their kindness a'l these yenrs Has been well nigh oppressive. The memory of it is a sweet experience and 1 trust and believe it will bo an immortal I ossess-ion. .Mrs. Orge 1 regard ono of the most remarkable persons I have known. Her wondcrful will-power must, with tho blessing of Cod, have kef t her alive for years. The range and c!n?s of her rending and stidles were very unusual for one of her age. Her undo strength was in the goodness of her hoirt. She seemed to be ever studying to do some kindness and to Rpcak some kind word to those with whom she came in oon* tact. Wlnle her heart was full of charity, she yet had her candid opinions and honest convictions and never pretentod to like anything she disliked or to approve any one whom she was in conscience bound to con dem?fc- Her'a was an humble, earnest, transparent Christian character, without affectation and utterly williou gni'e "What shadows we arc and what shadow* we pursue !" Samukl A. Wkbkr. Tillman Sorprisics Charleston.?Charleston, Feb. 13.?The appointment of B. B. G'Ned, Qco. W. Williams and Jacob Small, all baiik'presidenlr, as commissioners of registration for Charleston has stirred up the politician* here and the pot is once more boi'ing. Both factions of the democratic party, rings) ers and reformers, profess to be satisfied, although it is known that both sides had sent oilier namrs to the governor. The three commissioners, I). A. J. Sullivan, Jno- B. Beeves, and Henry Scliachfc, rent in by the county democratic executive committee and endorsed by the Charleston delegation in the legislature and had been codois ea I>y hcnator lri.y clinirmnn oftbe democratic Slat* commit toe and by Congressman Shell, the father of the farmer's movement, and it is said that this was in nccordanoe with tlie deal mado between tbc regulars here and the Milt campaign. GovernorTillman, however, refused to deliver (be goods. The reform, or Ti'lman faction, ha J also V lent in three names. These were also thrown s >ver by the governor. None of the new ap- o mint men tee* were ooneultsd and their ap- s xrintment was as great a surprise to tliern as t t was to the public. It is probable that all '.t hree will consent to serve as everybody u leems eatisfied to have it so. w See the bargains we are offering in Gont's w Jnderwcnr, they will do you good. w GRAHAM & Sl'AHKS. to > '? Correspoadence of the Union Tim a. Hotei from the Ridge. Kkliow, Feb. 15?You wi 1 plons* cor reel my mieinko in answering Vox'e prob lem. In piece of saying, "If 6 holes wil empty n vossel in threo and iliree-flftl hours, 821 holes will empty the same vessel in three-fifteenth* of en hour," I shouk hero snid, It <i hole* will empty e vessel in threo nud three-fifth hours, 824 hole will empty the seme vessel iu ooe-fifteontl of an hour. Sickness is still r jging in this seotion ? Thero nre two sick wiih I'noumqnia in Kel t-n?S. J. II. Howell and l>r. M. W T iran?>rw??r ^??* " v?? r\ J . Tir;ti?J ? Sims, who practiced on the Ridge some years ago is waiting on them. There hns boon but very little farm worl d?nc up to date, and fnrmors are getting very uneasy about so'much riin. They fear it wilt not ce'se raining long enough for them to sow what few oat* they want to pui in the ground this Spritig. Mr. J. K Kcllv intend* to p'ant a lnrt< ncrenge iu oats just a* soon a* Die wcathci will permit him to plow. I think hoimondt sewing 25 acres in oats. Now, Mr. Editor, you say if a man knowi how to sell cotton, he will not allow a buyei to tear or injure hi* samples; but how, i some fellow couics in with u sample and hi looks a little ragged, and the buyer tbinki lie i* compelled to roll hi* cotton and tin poor fellow says anything about the buyei pulling his samples to piores, and tho buyei should say, "here, take your coltou. If yo< will not allow tnc to exninino your cotton ni 1 wish, 1 will not hove anything to do will you or your o.Hton cither. That's the waj things ruo. Now, what is that poor felloe going to doT Ue owe* the money his cottot will bring, and perhaps mors, and it muM roust play "shut' mouth," or n..t soli hit cotton. As to pleading, Mr, Editor, tlint'i do talk at all in this day and time, for i poor man And as to the eoiton buyer selling goods, there arc but very few that scl goods in Union; si I will not continue t< argue with you after this date. KKLTOX WllRKtu now a MrumcRKH Was Cauoiit.?Spar, limbing, Fob. 13,?J. 11. Williams, th< s'aypr of W. A. Williams, of Greenville, nr. rived hero to-night on tho freight train from Ashc?ille lie wa* captured ten miles fron Wnynosvi'lc, N.C., at Hal-am Station. After tlie slio ting Marion Simmons carried Williams twenty miles above GroenvilU ??.! ...I ? ' ? - - ...... ...uu.cu, n.iu linn wnai mo nna done, Halfs cariied h\ni to Green River, and or his mrt the Gilrenth party and showed (licm tho route. Wi'liaroN then proceeded by way of mule and wagon with a man n&incd Barbary.? Sheriff Gdreatli, .lack Fisher and John Greer left with patties nnd got on his track. A man nnnted Reno, of Pigeon River, with e party, a>.a? (nit'i tiVO Bl'ITllllllffiB, u short dis'ance ahead of Greer and Gib rcalh. Williams was travelling under the name of John Simmons, and otter, d no resistance. He yef\ise* to tell tho psrticnlars of the shooting. Self-defence is h:s plea. He sayf that nobody was in the room but kinisc f, W. A Williams and a negro porter. lie lo >ks considerably worsted and says he is sorry lie left Greenville. He had n rough time in (he mountains. GRAHAM & SPARKS., have a few Ladies Hats, Birds- and Trimmings, which you can buy for a mere song, for tho cosh, ?? r*-t - Jtot.niNU Two Orrivim.?In irylj to r. gentleman in Oconee County, yvho writes asking information as to whether a man can lio'd the office of Tiinl Justice nnd postmaster at one nnd the same time. Assistant Attorney General Townsend says that whilst there is nrthing in the Constitution and laws r-f the State prohibiting suob a holding, yet fri jjjyfik ' -f ' -? um?? such a r rouri nro incompatible. To decide as to whether they ore incom patible or not, reference must be had to the authorities, and tho Assistant Attorney General therefore quotes fiom eminent, legal authoiitios showing that offices ate incompatible and inconsistent so as to bo executed by the fame person, when from the mul'i plicty of business thoy cannot ho cxccutc-l with care and ohi ity, or where, thoir being sit hot-din ate or intorferiug with each other, itiuducosa presumption i lint, they cannot he executed with impartiality or honesty ; or where the na'ure and duties of the two offices are such ns ti render it improper from considerations of public policy for one incumbent to lmld both. The letter of the Assistant Attorney General concludes by advisit g the inquirer that it is better for a man to be satisfied with oue office and thus avoid even the appearance of evil.?.CW. Register. Wo have a snia'l lot of Ladies, Misses and Children's Wool Hose, which ivc arc selling at and below cost for the cash. Call and see theiu as we have only a few left. GRAHAM & SPARKS' Si,avkuv not Ahoi.ishkd attiik Noutii.? Chicago, lib, Feb. 10?Henry Slocum, ol Pckin, China, now at Itio Palmer House lel't of nu experience lie had in San Francisco n short Cine ago. He was invited to attend "a snio of some choice Japs," and thinking Japanese bric-n-brno was meant readily accepted. Arriving at a richly furnished L house lie found several well kuown citizens and a number of old womon in the parlor. .?i one tini 01 1110 npanmcni was a platform [ raised some fair feet above the floir. I "Suddenly," raid Mr. Slocuvn, 'Mho fold* | ing doors at the further end of the parlor were Hung open, nn l through them cume 1 about twenty young Japnoeso girls, none of them more than sixteen ycaia old. It was with evident reluctanco they entered the room, and most of them hid their faces in their hands for shame at the paucity of their clothing. The girls had just arrived hero from Japan, whence they had been oaticed by unscrupulous wretohes with promise* of easy sud remunerative employment. They were auctionrd off at prices varying front $40 up to $500 apiece. Such sales ocour every month or two, but nothing is done to prevent thrni." ??- ? TiiKTr.ACiir.us' AssRwni.v.?Columbia. S, C., Feb. 12 ?The organization of the State Teachers' Assembly has been completed by the election of the fo'lowing officers : President, W. J. ThockHon, Columbia. Secretary, J. F. Drown, Newberry. Trea?urer, K. P. McKiaeick, Union. Directors, Henry P. Archer, Charleiton ; D.H.Johnson, Columbia; Patterson Wardlaw, Darlington ; Robert Morristnn, CamJcn; J. C. Cork, Ninety-Six. One director from eachcmniy to look after the interest of the Association will be sppointel in a few days. Greenville and Dlsckshuvg have nlready offered $1,000 each and and all necessary laud for the locat:on of a permanent home for the summer meeting of the assembly. The president went to Charleston this evening to visit Sullivan's Island to see what inducement* will be offered to establish the home on the coast.?Special io Oretnvilh 1 ?. . l'aooRiKsiTa Ciiari.ottb.?Brown & S"cdOinfcton sro contemplating some extenive inirroTcments to Ihcir hardware atore n K. Trade street. An addition of two tores will be mnde over (lie rear portion of h<3 atore, which will inakethc entire build* ig throe H'orloi high, and give (ham the ac of ihrcc floor*, each 108 foot 1 >ng. The arehouse, which is in (lie rear of the store, 'ill also te connected with the building, diioli will unite one of lite largest hardare estab'lsli orients in the South.?Chron U. For the Tim as The Rains Gats all the Blsma for Bad Roads. Cross Krts, Fob. 17.?Mr. Eiltor.?Ir - your la?t issue I noticed that strorel of your I correspondents seem to lake great do* i light in sta'iog the condition of the roads? I the mud, slush. Allow me to make a few ' ; .r 1 remarks about this portion of the ounty. I We a'# all quiet out hsrc { but the idoMeems ; < very strange in Iced, t> me. that thol^ibori respondents should lay all the blsmo of bad ' roads on the County Commissioners of the past, and never for one moment think, or sey, or apeak of the longest spell of rainy Va? weal fur that any of the present generator T was hi your town not long since, and l while thoro heard a man remark that tho . ... ; fanners were derelict in their duly, or they would not have such roads. That they hava -Z been taking too muoh stock in politics and t neglecting ihcir own business; and now they would psy fori', if they would count the b cost of several thousand dollars in hnuiittg r their fertilizers from tho dopot. Toniymind i that remark has very little reason or go->d sense in it ; but it prove* very conclusively 9 that we have s >me men who are wise theore'ir ca'ly, but prncticilly iliey are below the f average. 9 I think the present road law one of fho i most unjust laws that ever was imposed upb on a free people. 1 know of a number of C men with largo fami ies, who, if they woro r forced to work the road the full twelve dajs, i or one fourth of that time, would cause their i families to suffer. Just imagine a poor i honest man, working for day wag#, or unr der a lien, going on the highway with a bucket r on his ar the contents costing him not i than thirty cents, his poor little children at 1 homo in ne:d, it uiay be. of the i drive over while living, and the only ehaaoe j ho may ever have to ride over it will bo &?? i when he is in his coffin. It is ui\just I 'lis * not right, for those poor honest men who ore I trying to make bread for ilicir little oiios, to $ > give so much of the time Qod has given them in which to battle for a living to tfco >,ii1.ii. r~~ iL- ..I. ?. I'uuuv, ivi iuo buw uonCQl or IU0S8 morw favored by fortuue, noil who have horses wagon?, buggies, nod carriages to travel tb^^fc ) roads. It ccems to me that it would be far i better to work the roads by taxation. I i don't tuaan that that would make the road* good in had weather. Wo will never tee the time whon the roads are rained dry. i I can imagine a mnn sitting at a desk or in his office theorizing and supposing and i even planning how. suoh a nice job could bfe 1 done if tbe County Commissioners would or could be induced to do their duty, llut for> tunntely for us, our Coun'y Commissioners are aU formers and are good common sensa men, and kuow that we poor uncivilized c'odhoppers liko themselves, cannot afford to spend SQ UlUch high. J--& way. The very men who aro kicking and grum> b ing at the badstitoof tho roads lud be1> ter make s >me suggestions to '*tho one wUcs rules tho heavens and the oarth," and n<4fte< i sinuate that wo poor fnrmcrs are un? i civi izod, beonuse Qod in His wisdom set* , proper to let the rain fall. 1 enid in the outset that we were quiet i over here. 1 will sty that everything baa , stopped, except expenses. We havo in our midst one of the best schools in upi or South Carolina, fought by i frof. W, F. llla?ingatne, of Greenville, S. C., i nud Miss Ibex Edwards, of ottr own Counljk We have on tbo roll seventy-five (75) schcv'arsK and would invite all interested in education to send their bovs and girls here, Hoard is _ . [ cheap, tuition reasonable, aud it is on.a of the hetlihio t place* in the Piedmont sec-, tion. Very tru'y, Tiiomas II. Goas:v i Sam Joxss ox Tampa.?The fr|h?wtog what Ssro Jones said of Tampain his sir men T on Suoday, as taken from t ho Tampa Jo?rnsh^rfl level of ho'l. If you should Transfer saloon keepers from Tampa, they wauhl i meet nbout as much opposition in que p'aco as the other. . I "If your mayor was tho devil arvl every counci'nian an imp of hell, it would be no worse than it is ; bawdy houses flaunting it* the streets, saloon doors opcu on Sunday (a voioe, "building a hotel on Sunday."') V?, s? in love with II. 1). Plant that yon ir? , willing that work should be done cu Sunday to complete it. If tbe question should bo submitted as to whether tbe limits of lioi\v*<* , should bo fitlflntln/l os* oo ?a *?' - s- u* ? . - j .? n*? i\\ ??wp? or to have the l'laut hotel, you would va'O " i nclid for the Plant hotel." Don't fail to attend the Cleoraivo sale of Winter goods at GRAHAM A SPARKS. _ i They will save you money. Exciting Methods ov tun Whisk rr Tauirr.?Cnicago, III., Feb, 11.?Geo. J. Gibson, secretary of * lie whisky trust, was > arrested this morning. He is charged with nn attempt to bribe an official of the g >rern? nn-nt. It is assorted that when the (acts In ?i.T-r1-?--* "--r --V ' . "** ' ' most sensational character. Wh?n arrested > Gibson had in his possession a grip-oak i which is said to contain all the evidence* of i his plot. The name of the tevonue officer to whom tho bribe was offered is lie War, U : is rumored that Gibson has mule i oonfeseion. Gibson was taken before Unit el Slnloq P immiauUnos A"jl ?" * _ _ .?m.??ivuvi la'ijuv i'uu, wuylujj i examination, was held iu $'JO,0l)0 U>o<l , Among other rumors in connexion with the a'rest of Gibson.it is s'a'ed that a plot to blow up Shufeldi's distillery, wl\ioh is not in tho iriint, and which has boon fight in^fc, is unearthed, _?? . ... Tub Last Call Without Moms Monet.? All parties indebted to roe by note or aecount mutt come in and se llout once, or take the consequences,?X mean ??w. 1-tf W. D. BEWLEY. i Govebnoe Tillman's Nbw Orrumes amp Aides.?Columbia, Feb. 18.?A general order ^ , \ was issued through the adjutant geieral's office this ovtuin* appointing the follow MM? i General officers with rank of ooloneli t-j; Quartermaster General, W. D. Starling, < Columbia; Conisiissiry General, E. A. Tioda', Summersille; Eng neor in Chief, George K Ladshaw, Spartanburg; surgeon , genera', W. C. McCrcight, Chert w ; paymaster general, W. A. Neil, Au lesson; judge advocate general, John Gary Evans, Aiken ; chief of ordnance, John L. McLourin, Bennettsvil'e. _ Tbe following aro aides with the rank of lieutenant colonel: D. Gaillard Dwlght, Winnsboro; Charles J. Purcell, Newberry; John D. M. Shaw, Laurens ; P. M. Mixeon, DlackviPo ; Andrew Bates Watson, Baleaburg; T. M. Berry, Cbe-ter ; G. 8. Biased, /ii !-- rx n "* ' vunnrniuu ; X. V- l/UBCWi l/riod. gax. 8ntbmak mot a Catholic.?Now York, Feb. 18.?A morning pape?- publ'nbM . an article to-day to the effect that Geo era I L Sherman was admioirteri<1 the extreme , unctou yeaterday by a Caiholio priea^a^^^J the apeoial r?que*t ofthemo^|M^riMfl|^H| % >on of ua'ion in the artlole jH lie "ftye that the General hai n tOMnPHv eat hollo and U not ooe now. The member* of t ho fami'y are Catlii llee and ihe Prieal wa? eilled in to conaole theaa H in their hour of grief. Mr. Sherman aaya the extreme onclTon wae not aerveJ, and f that the Prieat catno and went publioly. A. R. Taft, one of the o'desl and moat prominent and rea pec ted oitiaena of Cbarle** ion. died on Saturday. He wae born in tjjI Uxbridge, Mass., in 1809.