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** ___ ? . Mobla im a Bad KolaColumbia, April 17.?Balow will be found a copj of a letter received a few days age by Governor Tillman from beeretary Noble la reference to thediapoaition of the money appropriated by Act of Congress for the benefit of collegee of agriculture and mechanio arts: daraavmbnt or tub Ivtbbiob, \ Wasuirqtob, April 1-1, 1891. I Mh^^Boa. B. B. Tillman, Governor. Columbia. I>aar 8ir : I am anxious to dispose of the Binds to which your tilate k entitled under the Act of Congress of August SO, 1890, respecting the oolleges of agriculture and eaeohanio arts. 1 do dm consider the action of yeur legislature covrolliog my efieial action or judgment relation to this fond. As a recommendation it has the highest consideration, and has had all due deferenee, but it is for the Seoretary of the Interior to determine these questions. I cannot consent to divide tho funds evenly, as reccommend. ed by the Legislature, between colleges for the two races, where the per oentage oleohoolage for the white is 39.82 per cent, and 60.18 per cent for thecolored. If you are willing to receive my construction of the law and my decision, 1 eh^t be very glad to send you the fib,000 now, and f19,000 more for the second payment as soon as a satisfactory report In received as to the disbursement of (hit firut inilslmonl Youra most rcspaotfully, Jouv W. Nomli, Sooretory. To the above Governor Tillmaa replied as folio wa: The lion. John W. Noble, Secretary of the * Interior, Washington, D. C,?Dear air: Tour letter of April 18, in reference to the dispoaition of the money appropriated by an Act J " yri^VUJI UVS'AHgUBl OV, lOOV, JVi liivvvavnt of the colleges of agriculture and mechanic arte," has been received. I had supposed that correspondence on the subject was at an end, because Section 2 of the Act provides: "The grant of moneys authorized by the Act are made subject to the Legislative as ent of the several States aad Territories to the purpose of said grant." Further, in Section 1, the laoguago is: "The Legislature of auch Stato may propose and report to the Secrete^ of the Interior a just and equitable division of the fund to be received under this Act." It is clear, therefore, that this matter must be determined by our Legislatures, and not by me as Oovornor ; and, to my mind, it is equally clear that you will be straining the power given you under Section 4, if you continue to claim that an equal division is not an "equitable" one. As far as this State is concerned, we have complied with allthe conditions imposed in {lection 1, where it is expressly stated that "No money shall bs paid out under this Act to any State or Territory (or the support and maintenance of a college where a distinction of race or color ia made in the adtnisaion of students, but the establishment and maintenance of such collegea separately for white nnd colored students shall be held to bo a compliance with the provisions of the Act, if the funds received in such State or Territory V>? - - ' ~ ...... ukiucu ?1 ucro.uautr sei lorm. South Carolina has given one-half of the proceeds of the land script fund to Claflin ? College. There is a special annual appropriation of $5,000 from the State treasury to that eohool. Wo now proposes to give it one half of this fund, aud consider that it is "equal," "equitable" and "just," so to do ; and 1 hope that, after studying the Act more closely, you will agree with me. I am very respectfully your obedient servant, U. It. Tillmax, (lovernor of South Carolina. ALLIANCE AIMS. > Hot Instituted for Political Purpose*, but l? Help Farmer* Industrially. fiod if I can impress one thought that will divert the attention of an honorable class of citizens from politics. The field of politics is not en Eldorado for the sun-browned, sweat-stained yeomanry a " of South Carolina. If it was the intention r f the founders ol the Farmers Alliance to promote the best in' terests of agriculture, 10 encourage ccon oroy, unity and harmony, to preserve honoi and to bo in alt our dealings honest and square, the efTorts of the original projector* have fallen far short of their aims. The organization wus intended to benefit and not to injure an already debt-ridden people It was to devise methods of gaining n independent living; of buying less on a orcdil and selling more for cn?li; of making markets, creating demands, and furnishing supplies ; of improving conditions and placiug an honorable avocntioa upon a plane of unquestionable integrity. It was not tateaded to be religious or political in its workings; and for its patrons to wrestle with question* of church or state will eventually bring dieaster upon the order. The one desire of everv nlnntor ia to im provo his financial condition, and with caln reflection every thinker {will see at a glanci that this can be done by diligent attentioi to the duties of his business. No other plai can be better. Politics and planting are in computable. By this baneful mixlun friends are lost, money ill spent, buttnesi neglected and embarrassment results. Wha special benefit will accrue to one farmer in i hundred if tlie sub treasury scheme sue ceeda ; or what permanent injury will b wrought if it fails ? What will it matter ti the averugc planter whether Governor Till mon or the Coosaw company succeed ii their mining contest? The condition o how many AUianccmen will he improve! by W. J. Talbcrt beating his plough shari into a political pruning hook, and using tin order as a vehicle to ride from the growing fields to the cushioned office ? But wage workers and bread winners wil fail to read the eorrcct answer. Then wlij grow so restless or be so oagcr to sow soedi of discord ? Why not sow to renp a harvest' Bow to pay accounts already made befori _,r -f?"? ink ?rf m creditor fbr good through "the Exchange." The cool, cnlcu lating, conservative Allinncemeu are citi zons of integrity and are gonerally mei not in debt. Tho hot-headed, unsafe agitn tors and kickers are to a unit "behind,' low pay, unsatisfactory, and, to the met chant, unsolicited customers. The Allianoe, if made what it was desigoc ror, is, without a Uoubt, an order of merit and would benefit any community surround ing it, and it doe* not deserve the abuse t which it is subjected by selfish trickster and deocitful achcmors. Silas Johnson. A Safe Investment.?Is one which i guaranteed to bring you satisfactory result! or in case of failure a return of purchas price. On Ibis safe plan you can buy froi our advertised Druggist a bottle of Di King's New Discovery for Consumption. 1 is guaranteed to bring relief in every case when used for any affection of Throat Lungs or Chest, such nj&Consumption, In flammation of Lungs, monchitis, Asthma Whooping Cough, Croup, etc. It is pleat \ ant and agreeable to taste, perfectly safe and can always be depended upon. Tria bottles free at B. F. Posey a Drugstore. ?. English Spavin Liniment removes al Hard, Soft or Calloused Lumps and Blem ishes from horses, Blood Spavins, Cure | Splints, Sweeney, lting-bone, Sliog j Sprains, all Swollen throa's, Coughs, eic f Save $50by use of one bottle. Warrnnt ( the most wondrful Blemish Cure evo ; known. Sold b J. M. GIBBS & SON Druggists, Union. Me 3D eefify Union limes R. M. STOKER, - - Editor S. S. STOKES. Local Editor Friday, April S4, 1S91. SUBSCRIPTION, fl 60 PER ANNUM Row Advertisements Raeket Store,?Don't be Deceived. Graham It Sparks,?What a Crash in I ho Prion of Dry Good*. W. D. Bewley,-?Buggies, Baggies. W. J. Booty,?Motion to Creditors. J. W. 8co?t?Motion to Creditors. Citation?Estate o' Felix C. Hai'c. James Munro?Foreign Summons. Mr. Willie II. Gist has been appointed Postmaster at Fish Dam, in plane of Jamon G. Rice, resigned. g^U We sen that very nearly every town in the State will hare an Arch in the display at the Columbia Centennial. What will Union do T &? &_ Rev. Mr. Crout, a student at Wofford College, oooupi(d the pulpit at the Methodist Church last Sunday Morning and evoaing, in the absence of the regular Pastor. g^* The young people enjoyed a pleasant German last Thursday evening, given at Mr. Robcrson's in honor to the visiting young ladies, Misses Moore, of Spartanbum. and Miss DcUamp, of Schenectady, N. V. The State Convention of the Y. M. C. A. held in Charleston last week was a grand success, and it is confidently hoped that plans for wsrk were adopted, by which much good will be accomplished during the next year for the young mo of our State. So mote it he. noQu A family of five persons, named Baldwin from Tennessee, on their way to Texas, while camping in Baxter Co., Arlc., were poisoned by drinking coffee from a coffee pot, in which was afterwards found the remains of a large centipede. They all died in awful convulsions. Mr. David Gordon, father of Mrs. J. I. Harris ef this town, died suddenly at his residence in Roek Hill, last Sunday night from heart failure, in his 66th year. Mr. J. Austin an old and honored citiaen of Johnston, Edgefield Co., aged 81 years, died last Monday, from dropsey of the heart. Ladies, you can buy a nice (rimmed hat from OUHAM k SPARKS for 60c. Call at once and secure ene. MT We regret to learn that Mr. Camilus Little, son of the late Dr. Robert Little, was badly injured by a kioking horse at Kelton last Saturday. Wo hope he will soon be able to be out again, although his injuries arc severe, and may confine him to the house for months. At last accounts ho was doing well, but suffering much pain. A red fox was ecen loping through an oat pateh in rear of our residence early last Friday morning- Just before old Rey? nard was seen there was a great commotion in our chicken coop, but he didn't get his r. .1 ~ ..1 iwn I one or two of the lower Counties are going mad, and have openly attacked and bitten a number of children and grown persons. That being the case, we think it would be dangerous sport to hunt them, for a bite from , a made Fox may mak it necessary to kill i . pack of valuable hounds. We honestly believe that Rsprosenta 1 tivs Godfrey B. Fowler would mako a fai [ better State Lecturer for the Alliance thai I Superintendent 1 albert. It cannot be de nicd that Talbcrf, by his very extreme opinions and arbitrary enforcement of them, ' has created a decided breach in the Allianco rank, which is destined 1( ; grow wider and harder to reconcile, unlesi a mora conservative and lesa dogmatica representative of true Alliance principles i and objects is put into the field at an instructor. While we think beth gentlemet have a congressional "bee bussing in thei \ bsnoeis" and would, perhaps, make ?h s position of Lecturer a means to that end 1 Mr. Fowler would be more likely t 1 strengthen the Allianco column by advo B eating a generous and firm "touch of th ftlhmv" nil fLlnncr tlinlinn infttnnd of Aftaumin 1 the autocrat and making dissentions, by at I tempting to force members to think as b B does, on all Alliance measures and mattsri 0 or come under the ban of bis autocratio dii * pleasure and be requested to step down an | out from the order. 1 There is in the breast of every free Aincri a can citizen, whether he belongs to the A e liance or not, a natural disposition to indif ' nantly repel any attempt to invade th | sacred fhnctions of his own conscience, h r the arbitrary dictation of any one, and Mi J Talbert certainly lias not, to say the leasl , pursued a conciliatory and liberal coursi i toWmrti tarn* ml wptcUW* aunlnr c the Farmers Alliance wbo do not agree wit '* him, upon oither tho practicability of adop II ing or the good that will come from certai > measures. Consequently ho lias dona moi ? to create dissensions than to infuse a spir of unity and harmony in the Order, nnd w d bclievo a chango of Lecturer will be bene! |. oiat to llio Alliance. 0 What wc have snid is solely based upo s what wo have gleaned from conversation with good Alliancemen men. Not bein eligible to membership in that Order, in coi sequence of our vocation, we cannot spea ' "from authority," but we do speak from tL e general tenor of conversation with Allianc n men on the subject; and without tho lea: personal prejudioe for or against either M: 1 Talbert or Mr. Fowler, but candidly an honestly because we are a friend to tbo A - liance, we presume lo express an opinio ? in the matter. i- a - > The Con traot Closed. Just before putting the Timis to pre yesterday, the contract for building tl Oraded fiohool house was signed, scale " bonded and delivered ; our good friend M s Jas. Grant, being the contractor, who wi h commence work at once. Next week we wi ' speak more fully of the contract; but in tl * meantime, Mr. Grant requests us to say 111 brick and stone Mnsons, laborers, teams, &< , will find employment wilh him at fair wage Toe Investment Company Crams. Tli s community is ruaoiug wild on "In* vestment Companies," and wa are informed g' by persms who are "behind the scenes" f0 and kuow what is going on, that at least 96,000 are sent from this town, of 1,900 in- M habitants, ertry month, to pay installments in enterprises or companies organized to establish and build up towns and ta loca'.itlos, to establish and foster industries < hundreds of miles from here. The excuse l! for this is, "there are no entsrpsiahai In 4, Union in which to invest the capital ortisMb *y in Unioo, from the business of Union, there- * fore we base to send what surplus money * we hare out of Union for profitable invest- t ment or speculation." d Just imagine, a people living in a dying 1 town complaining that they are too poor to J contribute anything towards restoring ber to life and strength, sending $75,000 an- s numlly to other towns, to give them and their b enterprises lifo and healthy progress ! * Wonderful consistency ! How long will ^ this town stand such a drain upon the vitals | ef her business system ? 1 The last enterprise in which Union men t. anu money piny tho most prominent parta a is "The Carolina Investment Co., of Bristol, p Tenn." This company lias been organized in Union with the following board of officers, all of them being citizens of (bis e town: 1 r. M. Colicn. President ?wl *? ?? * . * W. D. Bcwlcy, Secretary. i Direetori.?William Munro, J. C. Hunter, t P. M. Cuben, C. C. Culp, W. E. Thomson 1 and John A. Fant. t This is n strong head, linanoially and in- 1 tel ectually, to any enterprise, and insures c ability nnd fair dealing in conducting the I affairs of tbe company it represents. h But don't let us forget that in two years c Union, |with tho present drain upon t% her resources, will have invested $lf>0- 11 ,000?the amount imperatively demanded P a fow years ago (o establish a Cot- f< ton Factory here?to boom up and build t towns, factorios and other enterprises, in f towns, many miles away and in other dtates. 1 And further, don't forget that while this I great drain is going on property of all kinds in Union is rapidly depreciating in value, ^ good citizens are arranging to lcavo for the p new "investment localities," and a general poverty pervades all classes. Wo can find $75,000 a year to build up and malto prosperous other places, but can't find a dollar to invest in any enterprise to ? build up our own lovely town and make it 1 prosperous! And why! Simply because ' there is no unity o? feeling and action among our citizens upon any matter for the 1 public welfare. Wo are "a house divided agninsl itself" and must, inevitably, fall. ( Scarcely a day passes that an Agent of ^ some Western or Southern Investment Com- I pany is not among us "talking up" the great prospects, euro, quick and magnificent ? profits to he realized from investments made 13 in the enterprise he represents, and cvory citizen that has a dollar, or can borrow one, a swallows tho bait aud.goes into the specula- I tion to the very last dollar he cm raise.? y Some are going to make a pile, and some are j going to "bust." That's our fool opinion. at Q? All AM & SPARKS. .Call ?nd get a Fashion sheet. Or. Munro is a Demoorat. 1 In our last week's issue we quite uninten1 tionally, place our friend, Dr. T. Munro, k among some strange political bed-fellows ? but we were misled by the report of tho proceedings of the meeting of the White Republican League, as published in the Columbia daily papors, and it givos us 1 tbe greatest pleasure te publish the fallowing refutations of the report, which is all ' that is necessary to place him right before ' his follow democrats : 1 Only a Spbctator.?Union, S. C., April 18> > 1891?Editor The Stale : In the report of tho i proceedings of n convention of Republicans, [ published in The State of the 10th inst., my ' This is a mistake. I happened to be in 1 Columbia at the time end was present in the i convention as a spectator only. I bare been r a Democrat from my youth up. T. Muneo. "Not in It."?Columbia, 8. C., April 18. ' ?Editor The State : The newspaper accounts 0 of the Republican League meeting of the 16th - inst. erroneously stated that Dr. Munro, of e Union, was p resent as a delegate. Ha merely accompanied a friend as a spectatro, and s is in no way reponsible for any action of said - meeting. Respectfully, e V. T. Clattow, Secretary Rep. League 8. C. ?* A Job Lot of Shoes and bats will be eflferd ed for sale very cheap for the next week at GRAHAM A SPARKS' Cheap Cash Store. l" Cupid's Happy Work. The residence of Mr. J.C. Edwards, two * miles belew Union, was the aceue of a bappy event last Wednesday morning. Miss Inez Edwards, of this place, and ' Rev. W. E. G. Humphries, of Spartanburg, were united in the holy bonds of matrimony ^ bj Rev. 11. U. Lampley. ^ The affair was very quiet, only a few friends of the bride being present. The happy couple left on tho afternoon train for Charleston, where they will spend a short while, oarrying with them the best wishes of a host of friends. ro 1- The Tonng People's Christian Endeavor Society. n The young people of the Presbyterian is Church have organized a "Christian Endeavor g 8ociety" with Msstsr Allan Nioholson l'resii. dent and Miss Virgie Littlejohn Secretary, k Tho object is to assist the Pastor and officers ie of Iho Church in their work among the e young people of the congregation, and to ut advance tho Moral and Spiritual oondition of r. its members, generally. | A Homloide Last Tuesday, John Oiat and Walton Jeter, D both eolored, living en Mr. Joa. F. GUt'a pl?oe, on Broad Hirer, had an altercation, in which John Oiat ahot and killed Walton c8 Jeter. We hare not beard the full particuIC lara of the affair. ,1 Gist came in and surrendered hitrself r to the Sheriff, on Thursday, and ia now in HI Jail. He claims that he killed Walton in HI self defence. > -? ? n) Ladies, buy yotir hale before the styles are picked over and romember that GRAHAM A STARRS are headquarters both in quality s. and price. i 'i')1 } Tax Doniwi,^ correspondent of The ate submits soma^khles giving the rot urns u maneys and akHlts in M?i county of I a >oth Carolina hbd the amount per capita a r each county. ii Of court# tboaa figures are not the latest, d i Ike Utter thews, and cannot be aooepted p i precisely accurals at tbe present time, c it they serve the purpose of illustrating s ?w great a discrepancy there is between the x returns efoouniisland individuals sowing to our system of tecuriog data for tration. Nobody in his sensss believes that nd ths enforcement sf it are simply prepea rous. The burdsns of supporting the govrnment are placed upon the boqest, and the ishoneet are relieved from responsibility, hs whole sysiom moot be ebanged before re can have fair play in this Stats. Much, kowsvsr, can bs done through the county iz officer*, and this the Comptroller General hould insist upon, st the same time that e insists upon full returns of the bsnk took. It is not fair that the avcsge iulividual citisen of Marlon County shall reurn his moneys and credits for taxation at 10, while tha Marion bank is foretd to renrn its stock at par. Let ua have fair play all round, as far as he law allows it, until tha Legislature meeta ; nd than let us Lavs tax lawa that will not >ut a premium upon disbonesly.?The State. *Nor will anybody believe that the people f Union hold f 19.44, per oapita to Richend's |5, Edgefield's fS, Leuraps' |9, aod $2.?>0j aA the table published in The Stau repfcssnio.-^Sy^nble it' appears bat Union stands sixth, per capita from the lighsat return of rasney and orsdits, made ty the oountice In the Sta'o. That does not 00k as if the people of Union can he justly barged with the practice of "tax dodging.*' tut we wiah it diatinctty understood that even a this County thsre arc flagrant individual asea of tax dodging mads possible sod prac cable by the very porous law governiag the tode of making raturns ef taxable proarty. We agree with The Slate, in asking or "tax laws that will not put a premium ipon diehonesty"?and we may add, in high ( laces, for tbcra is where most of tha dis muvn returns ui personal property is to is found. ? Ladies buy your Fine Shoes from ug and 1 are buttons put on with our Patent Button < 'aatner. CITY CASH STORK. 17-2t. Correspondent for the Union Ti mm. i Doings on Pen RidgeKslton, April 20.?Mr. Editor.?The , armors are in n better humor at present ban they hare bceu in for some time, and ha gec-baw of tha plewman is hesrd on very sids. The cotton seed wili be put in lie ground in a hurry on Pea Ridge. Dr. M. W. Chambers has returned from leorgis and brought with him one of , itlauta'a prettiest flowers aa his life com anion, nte Miss 1'aniine Rogers. lira. Polly Adams died last Saturday.? the was attacked with Pneumonia on Friday light and died Saturday. As my frisnd 0. W. Going will expect an nswer to his question through your columns will try to1 oblige him : lie says that A's rindow was 4 feet square and he wanted it ust half as lnrge and just as hiph and just ,s wide. If ha wanted it ha- largo it to 4 fset squarh again, so he wanted the window to stay just as it was. Now I will ask any one who wishes, to answer tha following : I hare takon certain figures, sr. reversed them, then subtracted | the smaller from the greater, then multiplied the remainder by five, then I cancel one of the figures, and the remaining figure is five. Now what figure caa I cancel? If any one does not bolievc that it can be satisfactorily answered, let them work one the same way and tell me the remaining figures, and I will prove to them that it caa bo dont. I suppose I had better give an oxample: Numbers,....., 732 Reversed 237 405 Multiplier 6 ~ 2476 Now I Will the figure 4. Kilton Whirl. The Editor himself confesses that he cannot understand either the question or the example, sa far aa it makes the "remaining figure 6." Unless he moans that the last figuro of tho remainder is fivo. In tnat cess, it is no problem, but a natural result, and we can't seo what tha cancelling or "one or the figures" has to do with it.? Of course, we expect' there's a catch in it. . . ? If you want ene of those twenty-fire cent Straw Mats, for men call at onoe, they are going like hot cakes, GRAHAM A SPARKS Personals. Mr. B. D. Culp of St Louis, Mo., is risit. ing friends and relalives here. Vr. B. F. Sims, of Cfdartown, Ga., spent sererai days with fjjind. in Union, this Wo are glad to-me it our old friend Mr. James Grant on the streets. lie iooks well and ready to build the Graded School building in short crder and in workmaolike manner. Mrs. L. M. Feuohe aud daughter, Miss Lilly Vinson, left for Knexrille, Teun., last Saturday, where they intend to reside. . Messrs. P. M. Cohen, J. H. Rodger, and J. A. Faat left for Bristol, Tenn. last Saturday. Messrs. T. C. Dunean, W. W. Hughes and E. H. Scaifo, attended the land sale at Greenwood, Wednesday. Messrs 1). Johnson,.Jr., and S. T. McCrary, of Spartanburg, were in town en professional business this week. Young moti, you cannot aland the hot weather without one of our Black Straw i Hate. Largest assortment in. Union. ; STORE. 17-St. A LAwran'i 8*o?t Will.?The will of H. Sidney Biddle, (be distinguished Philadelphia lawyer, was admitted To probate Tuesday. It is probably tho shortest on rooord, being as follows: "No. 206 8outh Fifth street, Philadelphia. This le my laet will. I leave all my property to my wife, and make her my exroutrix* Signed, seeded and executed tlii* (Monday) first day of July, 1889. (Signed) A Sydney Biddle." His eetete ie valued at "onder $100,000." Large men come to the CITY CASH STORK and get a euit of olothrs. We can fit you. 17-A. W vj Sputtimq tbb Dkmuckatio Pa*tt. It il nfortunalo that soma of the Alliance leader fa ualng the sub-treasury echemo aa ai Blaring wedge to split the Democrat io part] i the South. We do not say this ia theii reign, but it is the inevitable effect of th resent agitation carried to its logical coo insion. The Alliance cannot be united it entiment on the propriety and advan age of the scheme. Oevernor Tillman i< lecidcdly opposed to the scheme and think > majority of the Alliance members woult epudiate it. The president of the Stat illianoe?Stokes?and State Leoturer Tal jertsM^to ihiult it is a demand tbo obtain 8$Uf"^WTeh ia the sine qua non for th llilaooe'a oxistonoe. Would the success of the scheme put an nore money in circulation and put the poore ilass of farmers in any more advantngeou position than they now occupy ? The object i .0 enable the farmers to borrow 80 per cenl ?f tbo deposit in the national warohouso a L per eont. Tho man who is under tb lecessity of borrowing money on bis cro sill raroly ever be able to raise tbo money t redeem it. In that case the government wi icll at the end of twelve months and th farmer will find the proceeds frem the 2 per cent, will usually be oonsumod in costi ;to. It is truo tho person holdiog tbo ware louse receipt for deposits can sell, but th imount realised would be uncertain until tb ixperiment of conducting a warehouse i .borougbly tested. The reservation of the 10 percent, would indicate that it was fo .ho purpose of securing the govcrnmen igainst possible less, and government official ire not noted for economy and generosity We liavo no personal interests in tb lohema, cither for its failure or its succere inly as a journa'iat to warn our readers t be oautioua bow thoy tor m whirlpool tbi may swamp tbo Alliance ship. The interest jf tho pooplo of this section of countr aro indissolubly connected. If the farmer prosper everybody else will partioipnte i tho fruits and rejoice with them. Thcr aught to be no antagonism between tew ind country, professions and vocation in the samo oommunity, all Bharc in prot perity or adversity. If wo could sec hoi ;he sub-treasury scheme would benefit tb 'armer wo would be an ardent advocate c t and its enactment into law would bo soosummation dovoutly to bo wished.Uorry Herald. Ladiee, seo our 5cts. and lOcts. Haadkei jbiefs ?tho world beaters at GRAHAM & SPARES, Cheap Cash Storo. A Bold Odtraqk in Charleston.?Chat lesion, S. C., April 20.?To-night about t'o'ook Miss Liixie Sullivan went for a wal with Mr. Dixoa Clifford. While atrolliu through an isolated neighborhood near th northeastern suburbs or the oity, two negroe suddenly appesred, covered Clifford wit revolvers and ordered hira to leave. II obeyed, but immediately sought help. Meat while the negroes drsgged Miss Sulliva further towards the suburbs, ktepiog lit quiet by throats. While pulling her aloo they robbed her of her mouoy. Some distauco from the starting poin and when about to cross the railroad tracl Miss Sullivan saw at a dist&uee two whil men, and cried, "Thero is iny brother! The negro rsn, leaving her in a feinting 001 ditioa. Ry this time Lioul. Hoidt had been a] prised of the outrage, and, with other officii and a willing posso of whites, some fifty i number, was searching the neighborheot The posse met the rescued lady, who gai the officers a description of her abduolors. Detectives are after the right pariie: assisted by people in the upper wards, wh are much excited. If the scoundrels at caught thero may be a lynching Miss Sull van and her escort are highly respectable Special to The State. ^r^!5f!T??Rn^5!?irRWTriT5oy'TT' Children's Clothing in tho City. CITY CASH STORE. 17-2t. .#. Ritsiiiru Work at Clemson.?Col. J. Orr roturncd yesterday from a meeting the executive committee of the board trustees of Clcmeon college. Tho frcquc meetings of tho committee are to keep t werk at Fori Hill going. Buildings of nil kinds arc going up rapi<1 and 25,000 brick are being made daily the grounds. The large building for t laboratory is now finished, with the cxcc tion of a little work in the interior. It 150 feet by 100 feet, three stories high a of brick. The rock foundation for the n obanical ball are now heing laid. The hi will be 150 feet by 50 feot long. Two pr feasors houses aro complete and the oxcar lions aro being made for the dormitories I the students. The excavations are a! being made for tho main collego buildi and the rock is being out for the foundati for P. The scoae at Fort Hill is a buey one. Hundreds ?f workmen are engaged a there are no idlers to be scon. Tne'eo mittce is satisfied with tho progress bei made.?Qreenville Newt. * Rest assortment of Ladies and Misses ( fords and Slippers, from 60 cts. a pair $2,25 CITY CASH STORE. 17-21 "Dok'toitkr the Reward."?Goveri Tillman has received a remarkable lett It was written by a man in oao of the up] counties and asked the Govornor do' to of a reward for tbo capture of a white man w had killed a negro, end for which a rewi had been requested. The writer stated tl the man wanted was living in a certain sp and his friends were only wailing for i reward to be offered so that they could clt it and use the money in defending the fell on his trial. Inclosed was a map show: where the fellow was hiding. The Goveri will send the letter and the map to the she of the county.?The State. The hot weather reminds you that it is ti for an Alpaca Coat. We have them in Li j _flhrwa-A1 urnei! * - Jituor Lynch in Kinticky.?Bowl Qreen, Ky.p April 17.?William Skaggs colored boy, mot drath early yesten morning, a victim of mob violenco, in country, about two miles from this c Skaggs on Tuesday went up into A1 County on a visit, and while there boci engaged in a difficulty with a white i named William Kirfcy, resulting in Ki being fatally cut with a knife. Yesten seven masked men hunted Skaggs up, i while he was trying to escape be was met a volley of bullets from the maskers i fell dead. ?? Brilliantines and Cnmel's Hairs, redu to the low price of 40cts. CITY CASH STORE. 17-2 Editor Pora Rksiovs.?Col. John W. Pope has resigned tho editorship of Columbia Register. Col. Pope has Tor n ral 7ears edited that paper, and has aer it well. He h'rtlwaya favored an tipr 1d could Dad fault, ?n<1 bis resignation cre> some surprise. He was seen Isst night, said he bad resigned last Saturday bn on that day bis salary bad been reduced $81$ per year. He had also other real for resigning, but ooly eared to give abeve, which, be says, is the main one. place it is understood, is tebe Ailed by Jaolcson, a Northern man.?The Slate. A Prikst Assassinaivd at tub Altai Vienna, April 17.?A shoemaker at Ifa kiiled a priest in tho cathedral by shoo him with a revolver, and then killed him The motif es were revenge and jealousy. i Correspondence of the Uulou Times. * Important Telephonio News. I * JoNEsvitu, April 20.?The eitiiooa of f tho (own hed a mooting on the 19th lost , ' e (be object of whteb was to lake soma aotion * in regard to securing, if possible, the build- i | ing of a rai'road from our (own to Look hart i Shoals. J. JL. McWhSrter wee colled to the s chair and Dr. W. 0. Southard requeetod to 1 aot es Secretary. The following resolutions e were offered by Hon.G. D. Fowler end unanimously adopted, which will show the seose 1 * of the meeting : "In view of the fact that our eeelien ia y fast beooming a manufacturing country and r destined to compete with other manufac8 turing sections, it is nccosaary that we on18 courage the development of tho water powers ^ that flow through our borders, affording de1 cidedly tho cheapest power for the roauue fxcture of textilo fabrics, farming impleP mcnts and a'l otbor agricultural products. ? Therefore, U behooves us ns citixens of ' Union County to give our influence to tho ? development of tho great Lockliart Shoals " water power, thai flows through our county : '? Resolved, l'hat wo will favor any measure '* that will lead to tho development of our e water powers. 0 Resolved, That wo will lend our support 8 to the building of a railroad from Jonesville 1 to Lockbart Shoals, it being the most direct J" and decidedly the cheapest route that can bo had to connect that water power by rail 8 with tho R. and I). R. R. * Resolved, That tho Jonesville route will 0 pass through ouo of the finoet farming sec'? tions iu this county, and will not cost by 0 two thousand dollars per mile as iquoh es other route* contemplated, there being no 8 water courses to cross, no trestles to build, ? no bridges to build and kocp in repair; no 8 land slides to contend with and no washouts n to repair. Such being tho case it certainly ? will afford the publio cheaper freight ra?os 0 for all time to oomc, which is tho greatest 8 public benefit tliet a public carrier cau give. n The weathor is flue and has becu for some o days, and tho health of tho communiiy is good at this time. Farmers have worked * with a vim for tho last two weeks, and with a few showers of raiu and two weeks more of such push and vim tkoy will bo up with '* their work and ready to forget that they wevo ever so badly behind aud so mush disoouraged. Cotton planting will be the order of the day this week. But little has been planted 8 yet, though a great many are ready to plant. * We ere going to have a fow poaohes and g plenty of other fruits, providod it is notdeis stroyed by some unexpeeted event. " The elecion for Town Council ostuo off ? last week with the fol'owing result: n For Intendant, C. R Long, ir For Wardcnt: J. W. Ba'cs, P. P. Williams, g Sam Lilllejohn and G. F. Long. t Mr. Dallas Burgess, a young man formorly of Jonesville, who had recontly gone to te Trough Shoa's to work in the cotton mill there, died at lhat place last Saturday, of 1 typhoid pneumouia. j. Mrs. Bailie Worthy, also of Trough Shoa's, rs died at her home last Saturday. She died n suddenly although she had beon complaoingsomc. Heart failuro was supposed to be the cause. s; Miss Victoria Free, who lias been sick so ; .long, and whose rooovory has been vory .* doubtful, is somo better, with a fair prospect u of getting well. Miss May Konnedy, who has been quite Miss Hattie Koon, from near Union, is visiting relatives in Jonesville. Mr. John J. Liltlejohn, who is traveling 0[ salesman for Drapor, Moore & Co., Of mt Atlanta, dropped down in Jonosvllle yesterhe day to look at tho place of his boyhood, but only for a day, as ho will be off agnin to-day. oa Dr. Jurncs Long is spending a few days ho in Joneevillc and vicinity. >p- M iss Cariie Eison is on a pleasure trip to '? North Pacolot, Gaffnoy and Spartanburg. "p Messrs. D W. Fowlor, R. A. Whitlock and til Munro Whitlock went down t? Columbia o- last week on business. Mr. D. P. Duncan pessod through JonoslB0 ville last week on his way to North Paoelet, ng whore he was going to work in tho interest on ?f the Alliance Bank. The Allianco at Jonesville has aet square n4 down on the Bank. ta- Work has been resumed on tbo Presbyng terian Church, and no doubt it will ba ready for use in the near future. TELEPHONE. to Correspondence of Union Times. Paoolet News. or Pacolbt, April 18.?Sinco I last wrote the mr sid death of Mrs. F. C. Ila'de, lately of far Jonesville, occurroi at Trough Shoals.? Mrs. Haile wasthb widow of Mr. Felix Ilaile |1Rt who lived for many years at Jonasville. iot, She wns a pious, christian lady, and had the been a member of the Bapt'st Church nearly all her lifo. Her many friends in Jqnet mg ville, Trough Shoals and elsewhere in this lor seoiion, will sympathize deaply with tho r'ff sorrowing family. An examinatian of the fruit IrefB io this me section rovenls the fact lhat the peaches >ng were not all killed as was at first supposed, U. ij mi imiij j n bo hvsssd with m Mr orop Farmers about here are working like mS heavers to got their crops plsnted. 1 " if. ii i. ? l? i - # t.??:ii. :. llfty ?*r. uaiiKB runiwi, vi uurn y uic, in the studying telegraphy under Capt. F. P. Yates. >tj. Misses Leila nnd Bcona Wood arc vDitiug ime rc^''TCS 'n Oaffney^City. nan Rov. T. M. Dent has returned from a visit rby to Nashville, Tonn. day Dr. ('. M. Litllejuhn and family have a?d moved to Gsffney City. Pneolet regrets tc and g've them up. " Sraton. Th? Louisiana LoTTanT.?Now Orleans, CC(j April 17.?It is believed horn that the Supreme Court will decide the lottery ease , against the lottery company. It has been ouo or the current rumors that ex-Uovernn McEncry had llirojvn his vote against the loti tery, thns winning the case for the "Aotis." Tho efloot of suoh ? decision would be lc #Te* force the lottery into the field to eleot the 7, next Legislature end bring about epothei W. constitutional convent <ji>. and TnK PaVty Sckkm*.?Atlanta, Oa., ui?e April 17.?Al! indications point to 8outhera Alliancemrn igooriog the call of Presidenl iooh MeOratli, of the Kaneas Allianoe, for a third tho party oon?ontion. President Livingstone His ?' 11,0 (^0"rKil1 Alliance, says formal donmndi y r will be made oa both of the old parties. I ignored, there is a possibility of a third partj being formed. issn Itch on human nnd horses and all animal ting ourcd in 80 minutes by Woolford's Haflilarj self. LoiLiu. This fftver fails- Wold by J. M (JID08 & SON, Druggists Uoion 8. C. . I- .tin . CwMponvlwce tf tUo Uulon Tun. News from North Faoolet. K*tA Javk, April 20.?Tho closing exar- ols? or tho Unions 8abbath School ye-torday was ? opeoial prayer Tor Rot. A. A. GUbsrt. of tho M. K. Church, who bos boon prostrate fiom sickness for some lime. Af or erhioh Roe. 0. S. Robinson thtfn Announce! his purpose to preach a sermon as a remind- / sr to thoso who expected to tako part in celebrating the Lord's Supper at the nex t meeting that they must make the neoesssry preparation beforehfad, if they would per-' form that work acoefrably in the sight of God. Ills exorcises, fwere opened by the S congregation singing: "Praise Q,od from whoa all blessings BoW." His text wu Luke 5: 2, in ooimeeiion with Matt. 4 t 21. He snjd o*orv ^vent in the world's history that bad proved asuoo'ete hsd been preceded by % s'ate of thorough preparation. God Himself was 4,000 years proparing tho world for tho coming of the Kedoemer. H e was 80 years in preparing Moses for the work assigned him, God noycr lias ahd never will employ idlers or incompetent agents to do His work ; but having p"?p?rod thorn for His wotk Ho will see that they peiToiiu it, or lie wi 1 hold {hem accountable as He did Jonah. He knew not wha t it wee but each of his hearers no doubt had some besotting sin that they must have removed before they can ever persuade men to oorae to Christ. A largo congregation was present an l tho s-riuon was listened to with marked attention. '. JajSJfe Tho announcement was mado that com- . , J V.. munion services will be hell on the third sabbath of next month with preaohing Saturday before at 11 A.M.?two sermons. Soverai ca*os of severe ooughs arc ill our community. Some poap'c call it ''French * A?y Whooping cough." But we will let the old 1 J led its put their own ftftiues to it, for we aro ^ li not posted on the cat iloguo of diseases. All " ' wo know nbout it is it's awful had. Everybody is planting. A shower of rain would ploase the farmers mightily at thin time. Wheat, and oats especially are needing it. We were pleased to moot our old friend and neighbor, Mr. II. T. Scitt, one day last week. He lias rented out his farm and it now liting near Cannon's Camp Ground, in Spartanburg Cuunty. Mr. Thompson Robbs is with Ormand & Gofortb, Railroad contractors, at Rocky " % 'til Mount, Va. * Our odored friends haye org mixed a Sunday Sohool near this nlace at llioir School. house. The elder heads arecoming together to improve the moral condition of their raoe. We wish thorn succees. The nights for tho past week have bee* warm enough for one to sleep comfortably without covor. That suits the farmers.? They say crops, pnrticular'y cotton, won't grow until they can <lo that. .vlgjS Pome of our formers havo ploughed :V?p~? their stiff wetland too deep and, as a con. sequence, have sun dried clods to work with. They will savo their stock and put thesa lands in much better condition by thellow A ^ plowing. -?*F' ~{$9 Our Trial Justioe Court has been forced to tako a recess in consequtnoo of people learoing how to attend to their own business. We can't scare up a wedding, oven. Miss Nnunio Kendrick. who has been employed as assistant teacher nt Clifton, is at her home now. Her school is suspended until Fall, in consequence of sickness, etc. \ Misses 8. F. Kstos and C. <V. Whisonant - r-S attended the Sossion of Ern.reo Prosbytery, at Gnffnoy City last week. Among the recommendations made by thnt bo iy, we lenru, was that leachiug tho shorter catechurn in our families and Sunday Sohools received spec'nl emphasis. Oue of tho junior Vox's gives this question for our mathematical corps this week to . ,) work out: Asfrog in a well 80 feot deep, tjuinps up 8 feet dveryd ty and falls bask 2 feet every M i*i * m H11 Correspondence of the Union Tikes. Interesting Letter from >eador. - Mkador, April 12.?We are still having clear weather. The last few days have been remarkably hot for the time of year. The grouuh is very dry and hard and we ere beginning to need rain. Last Saturday afternoon, bctwrcu throe and four o'clock, a singular noiss resembling the report of a distant cannon or a heavy rook bla?-t was dutinctly heard hy the citizens of this vicieity. It is supposed to have been causod by tho falling of a meteor. The report was in a south-easterly direction from here. - 6j Mr. J. T. Coleman who has been suffering fordhe last few days from a bi'.lious ittaok, . J is slowly improving. Ilev. J. D. Mahon filled tho pulpit at Beulah last Saturday. A good sormon, was the ver. diet of avery <ms KIs .. "'d remarks was takon from St Mark 12: 17. On 8unday Rot. B. C. Lamf ley preached e^ fixoellsnt sermon from 8t Luke 6:88, to " an unusually large congregation. Mrs. Amanda Far.t, of Union, is visiting relatives and friends around Mrndor. Miia Mo'dio Coleman is spending a few days in Union this week wilh Rev. B. C. Lnmpley. Mrs. M. D. Mcador in with her mother, Mrs. MaryQibbs, near Gibbs P. 0 , who ii mr sery sick. Janus M. Gee, Esq. was before the Trial Jnstico Court at this p'aco last week. W. B. C. Correspondence of the Times. Cress Keys Gleanings. Caose Kkts, April 21.?Mr. Editor: since writing my Inst, the farmers hare planted some corn, and those who had planted before the dry weather set in hare had to plant over. Brother farmers, let ne i not get discouraged but plant more corn instead of cotton. We have planted seven oent cotton long enough, now lets plant for ten this year. Somo nro hplding Icat year's cotton for a bettor pr.co. I thiok they will [ put this year's crop on the market as eoon h gathered, but unlees it rains toon we , will not got a goo I stand. We had Preaching nt Padge'l's Creek lost Saturday afternoon, also Sunday loornfog and nfurnocn '* . i wc had bible reading. The subject wns the , par.ible of the sower. It wns very interest- v mg, niougii some or the young inen wore * somewhat surprised by Ihe l'sstor asking .. them some questions. Mrs. Marin Hobo and daughters, who ' livod near Podge ts Creak hove moved near 2! ' her eon, ot Cross Anchor. Tboy are mined <? 1 in ltio Church and Sunday School. Miss Lula Cobb left us last Monday fog .j her- borne in Woodruff. Vou enn imagine ' J y she loft some sad facts, especially among ' the young men ; but wc liopo abo wil coa t ' again to brighten tboso sad fac< s; so young men Jlvo in hope; thai Is tho iih>Uo of your mmu > ? < , risit:ng Union for some time has returned to t her home at this place. B. I ? _ ... ' * Brabham, mr, mubiutaxr or More a, ' *^<$8 > CoBvaottn.?Charlotte, N. C., April 21.? ' The case of the State against Henry Drabf ham, chargod with iho murder i f John B. ' Mocci, was oincluded In tba criminal court '.* this afternoon. The jury *e-e enly out -j twenty-Are minutes, wbon they brought in JL t a verdict of guilty. Injustice t-. the negro 4w ir element it ran be aaid that they r?jo(ee alike with the whites io htinging the crtmi- 7* nal to justice.?The Stall. *'l