The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, April 24, 1891, Image 2
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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!
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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.
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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.
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' * 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.
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