The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, September 11, 1891, Image 2
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[g ASOTU?hL , .MuJADS^t VMIU, ?Ill I'billA
R over a wol-V. ag v-e i .:?d >it .u'eou i
of an ico cteam fo-t val at MioMvii, Conn..
which jifQ^uwil giuil seii.dsl lY.-nt the fitl
|H that ttraw- woie jla-el in the U>nioa?do by
tba y? ui g sinaip win utUnded 10 tl*?*
M making of it. The T?ibnne, < f course, circn^HK
late largely nl 0!j "inpus, as < lse where, and
j^H the artjole was fn I by ?* jybody of nn;
f^audiog in tbe tillage. Diver* views were
taken of ilie occurrence, but in one period
only aro?c tlio s nful desire l uiuUt or e\0?ed
the example of the d sUocorable ' Ike"
W Cat peuter, of Sheltou. This was Deaaon
ftuOile) S t> v, l opuiuvl; known n-. "I'.-.il
PPPNtw^M1 BNfWMui vdf r? h the nevonnor t**
' ^heltoa n(fair than i.e dvtenniue I that lie
jiual du ivuulJiiUf l? d'lliiiiiuii'i hiuuolf i?t
"e*t? (fouling ico cfeum fes.iv.,1 at Olympus,
f 11:11 knew that neither he n r any o her b-?y
1* would !?.. trusted to make the leim na ie sine*
f ilia 8helton cxposui c in the i i i' nnc tut Ins
[ secret delight was tint oitn ied wl.en he
f tind tint bis mother li d l??eu Appointed
f.rlb.ii ia.lv. Dill knew thni In- u nM h>
? c'n . led upon to carry ilic water lr m the
": W? 11 to the | HVSi lu-gc.
iaturdny evening f. und something ever
fifty persot s si-stcd r.iound tie tallica 11
the o d-fisliiunod amhr tml dining
view of thj minister's house. The ice
ere am ni.il cake wcie tnst pi* red f r mil.
au.l then Mis. lMutnlry and a coup'e of
ass status c?mc in cae'.i w.ilt a. tray of lent inade
in demure tumblers "There are n
hu?>?h in th,s leluonndc." said Mr*, l'lumley.
"And it was all stirred with a Bpouu, too,"
I added one of the young lady assistants
| Deacon liarg'avc was the fii.st t< f.ste tlie
L lemonade* Ho started slightly, tusto t again,
I imttokul'llll Hps and l^?U wiuking violv'nilj
aVDttcn llaslry. Mr. Ha'sey took
Uj> his gbiifi atul drank two thirds of it vr it liiJt?V
rrsfod. Others t ie.' it and Deacon
K I Pi! i-:i?e passed up Ids glass for more.
k Stiiio of the la-lies thought It tas ed a ii-tle
J leeu.iar. Mis. l'luiiilcy sold it was be au=c
ub w uir was low in the well?she thought
ill came fro ii tho ui?ss < n t o stones Mic
? -iicii weti' 1 auk to the kucli n ml began
nixing ni-re lemonade. ilie dciuaod wis
5 trge, and she was kept very I usy. The
.r.-l alarming i licit w is noted wlien .Mr.
v .'riy, otic nl the church trustees, who had
iV'l four glasses, otfere I to hct tlint !.i* ..
%'ias -i M colt could bent any cull in tho village.
M *udy paid miich alteiiiiou mi', however,
id -non De.e n lia-lry 1 . gvi ti s-ig
"Marching Through Georgia. Me l ad ha
.i*e gin-see. In twenty miuute* Mr. i'erry
?f t? singing "The Mine .laniata,' while D
c > i il.ngrave was wicstii.g w iili ths
' tlie "Suwuinie Kivcr' to the . f"-rls
S.. * -* 5.1 f.r the Shore." At thev tune it
out I'hunley was. pouncing -ihe'. i:.e l)erniif:
t ind i neon rout re ^3 w,!l'
f -s-u up ueahi." fv' ,*'**' 'V05-J"
eight J ails of water *,,:n brought
nsiir rlsmooad' , l9r his J*? ??
? rr^nr & 1 it: '*'.'l'i'*. jlc^pavluV"
a-i id* chairs and : .hies were remove I
-netr.g togun. More Iciuo indo was
ailglit in and stj. 'l along on iDo inanr
Mpieoe. This wcut on until uii.ii dght Mr.
''scry sit upon the c?U?M- tabi'j wud"eftlle 1
r , ;Tl. .'.',e 0,sal*ice[\il se n j en ieu with the I
:'U Xe"'t while Deacon l.ardcl i
[ dleen lajel < :i the. tli,or on his
.a an -"aig "Vi'e won't <"lo iloine 1 ill
laruing."'
Tho next day llitro wis co:t?.to'nii'ijn n
:jl,mi ns. There was tio doubt about the
caudal and tho d sgracc ti.is time. It was
? f.ll to-i evident. I'm vlv,. %<is io ldatueV
lis I'.uuiley was beyond nit*i ieicti. i'.ui
i Mil, unforiuiatoiy, was r.ot. He wj.? enpi
irod Mid the triuli was wonted from him.
!c had adiled two ijuarts of good ilollar.dgia
? ea h pail if water ! Hut where did lie
^,et the gin ! l'bis lis refufo 1 t> tell Hut
is iumorel that it came from the 1'lutnly
cellar, where the deacon is said to have
.mole jugs of it stored, lie will ho given a
vaurcli trial, and the trutJi bronchi out if
K '
P^' cefoi in itory. We hope to hcur that lie lias
f been sent there.
J JKinvscial StATfs or rnaSoi iii. ? H.ilii
.. .v. i.?mo iMrtnaui. uror* Kecord
of this week publishes nix pages of special
Ijttcis from loading bankers of tbe South ua
> |ho financial condition and prospects of
t ie business and farming interests.
Three icports uniformly show that immediately
of er the llaring failure Southern mer'iaut?
pursue 1 a very conservative policy,
and ct ones commencei to cattail ail their
ipcrtiliuiis unJ to uiake prcpirat mis for a
; >:ig j eriod of momtary itriugcncy, if it
iio .1 1 coma. The effect of i liis while lessening
t e volume of trade, has been a rcd-icti m
of r.dcbiedness and placing business on a
.inry sold ftnatic al basis. It aho resal e I
m the bjrrowing of less inou y by c t on
u nntots than f >r year', tir.d hence the present
ir p lias less i dehtcdiic-s against it
* . than the crops of former ye.n s In nil p rts
of tlic S mill farm vs are less in debt th in ,
for vonr-', due in part to enforced monetary
L-,, - *Wl <le
pendent upon ?ther .sections tor corn nul t
wheat (ban ever b fore. It is e timatcd that |
grain cr .ps ot the South this year will aggregate
over on? lutndtcil million bushel t more
than n 18'JO, nnd tins aiile 1 to the large '
j - y:c!de of fiu ts at d vcgettb'.fS ?vill keep a*
home at lent <>00,UhO that last y ar w< nt /
y ?th .iiJ Wfsi f.ii- food s'tiffs. This ivi
fill y otfs.M the low pri o of cotton, and if
cotton should advance would be a clear gain
i.o S it horn farming hit rets. The yields
of when', rjc and t bacvo promise toexceel '
the cvop of lfct'.K) and io ad i largely to tli - I
general prcspsi ity of the So itli. * w
I * Bank rs tu nil sect ?: of the South rep i t
that, w tli business oti a s li 1 baa's, with ?
i leu ii.drbto lues on tt.e j art of f irnu-rs an-t
uio-chants than for yens, and w th go >1
crops >smicd. ilie prespects for ihe f.11 an.I
win cc have never been nivro favorable. A
period < f giest activity in sol d aubstinli
dev. lnp nent is univcnoily pivltcic I.
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cai OilBI) TflK I'OUfK Illl.L. A! lant ?I,(J., Sept. 1[;
i f?.?l>a?;.??gc of a resolution l?y the :iic < >m a _
, filMn I'll1 ill" ' I1"', lit 'lltl'
PP under debate in ilie Senate, i* supposed l-y
Alliance men to Imvc Imd niucli t > li? with W,
dofent.
It hassince boon changed lint while the Go
rtM/liiyon was befrc 'hit h<?ly President j
Living-ton, of tha Goorga State Alliance,
and now Domirr.tic co'igrc?.s i aii-clrc" Inm 1Nl
Mi i capital ?listj-iot of (i n>' .. i i, w r :o a re-o- f
lution favoring the for jo l>l . hit tint i c :miv ii n
ii up. It seems that p cees icm put to- |10,(
g -thcr again, anil the J until of this city to- 1
flay printed a f.ic smi'e of it, iuac he- with a Atle
letter fronfox-I'rtsidei.t Hall *tli- M svmri I'011
State Alliance atusiiiig iho corrrctn's< of Tim
the incident. Mr. Ilnllg o i i>> siy tint j-.()||
while he was fighting the fo ce hi!!, i,i\ingn
on was iii constant c nfrrei.ee with 'lie lie- A
R puhlt am on thoflo t and tii*t i: was only '
after some sharp words of iepn o''troin the belt
Miss )Uri in that Living-tan d s sle I in* <
r. Til J latter admits t<in' he writ.- the ir->Jutio
i as charged, bu'?rl lims that lie merely "
did it as an nuanuen* e f-f a Miebii/in ' '*
_ ncr will wuh not linn-ly wit Si tliA jo-i. o> or
]{.WAOfts' or Typiioiu. - rukciis, ptif
8?pL 7.? Miiw Nftnii'o S'cw.r* t'n* < !<1 est n(| (
dnughtcr of the lite .folio F. 'Icw.irt. <li< <1 on
tl?f Urtl i x i m r. fr in 'ypli <i'l J o v i p. il> r fit If r l'r,M
die I oil tlio'Jt i ( f Aii^ii i . iii<l Ii r motli.r ^
on the '.lilt of July l<w, from tlio mie l.vo\ It
ft' 1'icken", 1'ftving nann children.
On Monday wo are to Imve n inilro-id ,
j^^^fnetirr^ m Hi" em I Irno 11 la'. no ? in 1
i h 1*?i)t I!.i i i v. il 1 (
^oi^ht mile*. ^.an <
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I ific JOcclily Union dimes
R. M. STOKER, - - Editor
S. S. STOKB3, - Local Editor
Friday, September 11,18111.
SUBSCRIPTION, 60 PEtt AXXt/M
PCf (Jov. Tillman has uppointel Mr. A.
(j. Be alley, Trial Justice at Ke'toe, ai.d, 0.
l\ Sims, Trial Justice ?t Sanluc.
'Tillnge graveyard committee" to earnestly
beg nil owners of squarei in the yard, to send
a hand oa next Tuesday, to clean ofF tlicir
square, an 1 by doing so aid tho committee
io leave the whole yard and walks in
thorough g >< d o*dcr.
We soe by the Charlotte newspaptrs I
that the Richmond en't Danvillo It, U. Co.,
. offe: 9 a reward of *-$10,000 for tho anvst
and conviction t-f the peraon or persons who
removed the rail from the track of tho W. N.
C. 11. 1?. near Bosiian's Bridge and cntaod
the terrible neoident on the night of August
i'Gih."
?.*&" Decidedly the finest apples we have
ever seen or tasted, raised in this State,
wee placed upon our table last week, by
our friend, W. Aloi>e/> Wi*, from trees growing
on Ids farm., fn sine. General, nvu>e~?
....... vu mmJiiHgomcu pictures exhibited l>y
fiuit tre?peddlers in glass bottles, tliau any
we ha.xo seen produced hero before. We
mean exactly what ws say : and tiio specimen
Mr. Wix gave us was not one or two,
but a whole peck.
For the largest and -JW4 aUOof ^lioes and
"oois ni the lowest. n.*.*.*, call on
vRAill AM & SPARKS.
F'-'i I Upirord Seminary is putting
" 1 '..?.Ay and lovely appetrance. .Vicea ty
'\ove than hCf the rooms arc tilled ;u:d new
and o'd pupils fion all over the Stale are
ar.iving every day, with n pretty good
sprinkling if day scholars. They are being
arranged in classes according to their
advancement, and all, from the Principal
d >wn to the cook, ore atoftidily settling down
to their work.
T.i us iL l joks as if this, lr-.tl ho the, most
successful year of the institution. Ne.arlv
all the oid pupils will return, many of them
bringing now ones, which is iho best evidence
of I lie [ npu'ar'ty nn?l good work of the seminary,
while atmy ,?ra rapping at its doors
for almi-i.'ion. but we fear there will not be
room fur all this year.
"Msrihsuse knitting Col'on, Ic a baU,
"Dexter"' " 7c a bull
nt II. M. COHEN & 15KO'S.
A Hulo Thief.
Last Monday night Milei Woodi, living on ,
Mr. S. S. Farrar's place, at l'inckney, stoic
a tnu'e from Mr. l'nrrar's pasture, and
started to Chester Conn'v, but fortunately
he was rntercepted on the other sido ef the
river by Mr. lien .Moore, who recognize.1 the
mule as Mr. Farrar's, and brought mule and
thief hack t > Mr. Farrar. Woods it: in jail
To those Entitled to Pensions.
C'crk of the Court Jos 11. MeKissiok in.
forms us that l.e h is received the Comptroller
(Jcncr.ii's warrant for the amount due Sta'c
Pensioners in this County, und requests us 1
to invit all who a-o iuiitied to pensions to I
call ?t his oflieo on 1 get their money. lie 1
als > rcqii'sts us to say, that he will be nb- '
sent from his ofliie, en. olhrial business, to- '
morrow, Pa'urday. I
Death "f Mrs HoDermid. t
We regret to ftate tli.it 7?Ir*. Marion 1
MoUermht. wife of Mr. It. M. McDtrmM, n
2i >' 1 ut the reshlenc! of lur Itushan I in
his town last Thui 8-lay night, at 11 o'clock, ^
?ft r a protracted iilncss. '
Mis. McDerniiil, was formerly Miss Ills'?, h
oT Charleston. Although she load not rcsi- 'i
Jed in L'nioii a great while, she had gathered 11
intundjif " ?
Hi-l fi lends, by whom she will he greatly '
missed. The attlictetl husband and family
mvc ?.nr deepest sympathy in their ntlliction. C
The icmains were taken to C'hnrlcktoii for el
nteiincot last Friday evening. 'li
Innual Meeting of the Union B and L Assosiation
, j(.
'1 he annual meeting of the Union lltiild g
and l.onti Association was held lust cj,
ucS'luy, in the hall of the Association. m.
The tvp rt of the Secretary and Treasurer
is i cry satisfactory, representing the affairs
' the Association in a very healthy and
oiifishing con litioii.
The ol i Ih a.id < f Directors wore nnani- Mn
oti-ly re elected, as follows : I'll.
I,, (io s. J Hun er. II. M. (irimhall, -dft
\. Fan', IV. II. Sarto", W. M. Thomson, K"
. I>. IIjtv 1 ey, I,. (J. Voting and W. W. wm
iglies. ^ tab
I,. (Joss was re-clceted President and IV. hef
(Inches, Secretary and Treasurer. '
ed Heal Work
Sitanlay Mr. Win. Jefferics, who
)s on the invu road from her j to (J.iffney H
y, near Ilo ne P. ()., c illel on ns aud w is l?is
in unusually good hum ?. . Ho sail he fore,
eJ, wiien any one wisli ,-d to draw public dela,
ntion to the bad workiig an 1 bad condi- possi
of the roftl-i, through the c damns of the we i
r.s, w.'would take special pains to exempt loidi
u tint charge the 11 ?nd Overseers and the put
d Workersoa the roid leading from Union Tues.
is placi lie says ho but never seen h?ah
r wo'k on any rea l, or a road in bet- We c
nn Miion. with very f s* slight excep- c>t li
th'.n tlmt road now shows* tint large
a plcssurc to travel that roid. not '?? vl"
m crs and hand* are entitled to Hie fIt ink* we lin
he p'ople who ira-el it f r tlie faithful tcriM
bt mm re of thc'.r du'y. It i* certainly ROS<!
i lot of tlic civil'/.ltio i and public color- -jeriei
3 of I lint p'ri of our courtly. find l<
bile ko many are retorting to every tiiimn
rrfugc la evade doing road eliity, it it Call
use re to tecoid this exception. We 'iJit
i* n I that land along Hie (JntFney road
oininiind float *2 to an acre more
>n any ether load in the GYuiily, Uoii
Another Alliacoa DemandWe
l.cl o-u tnat not a sp- o *go lue
ah to Alliance consented t isi tie j<?'oir 1
Alliance itudcr its pater:i-.'? .1 inn', pr-loct:on,
an I oiunseled tlie < io c I ivmbin,
as the labning and tenant de cr in; t class
offrrnurs, t-? "plow on," r. t jave it to
thetn t? formulate certain dematulB aud conir
1 tlie official positions nn i r ?vycr to secure
these demands by legit-bvi a enactmentsThe
colored Alliance-Tesnair rd passive aud
iiniir m$fm
sl c ^'h in numbers, an t 'o*.roiog wisdom
from their more oxporioijcM au-i enlighten"
od wlirio fellow farmer-, na'.l finding their
peculiar race interests igtnred and but
liti'c of practical benofit to uUrge majority cf
then promised in tho Mnovmc-Ocala platform
and takng their cue fror.i their vrh'to brother*.
til. y have conclude i to formu'ate a doit
aud. not npm Congress, f> r a llexible curicnc/
or for special legislation, or to the
voters with a viey of tiding into place
nndp.aer, but uif rely to secure to thems-lves
sthit they conceive to be a just and
fair sli're of lb i crop that tluty Urge: y
help t i make sind save fv?r their fellow
Alliancomvn.
The demand, it scorns to us, is but carrying
t > its legi timate result the sggrariau
| dcctriuo n-> ? eo generally inculcate J by
demagog ueH, and becoming; to popular
among certain classes of 'lie people, that the
'"i*y ill. ,tx?tu* jwwvWrSto* nf.^ob^.ftrq, ,j\?J
j 'ho capital invested for the employment ol
lal.or, and t oe man who performs tiie manual
tboe.
ft i:i true, tluir demand of '? coats a pound
lint col'oa o> d bo?rd, is out df all feasor.'
a nl will rover be allowed, ami has not even
the great baok doo? of the sub-traasury to
creep out of, c., "givo us lhat.or something
belter,'* nevertheless they appear lo bo pretty
woll organized for making the demand, or
.tonirtiiiii'i H-nrss, with ..'JO,000 Alliance members
io back tUein. These secret organizations
when they run into po'il.ics, generally
cr t like atwo-eJg.nl sword.
If, how-ever, tho demand of the pickers
is pc s'st.nl i i i?. will put at end to the
r vcr pro lurtiou of cotton in a very summary
manner, forni Farmer will ihpn nlu?> m-..-..
co lon than lnaiseif and the w igc* hands on
il.u farm tan pick. out. Anil oltcn not that
nnicli, for when cotton picking time cnine
-ihrnrlXnTnU^ nf tVn? tarrrtlv wtJTiW
"strike," for ilie liigiier wages tliey can
make in the cO:ton fields.
Wo nro afraid tliis move of the colored
AUiiiiio lias a deep significance, and wid be
a serious proble 3 for tlie Southern farmers
to solve, el en it n compromise is effected.
fiALVF.seox, Sept. <?.?It is raid that tlir,
colored cotton pickers have organise! and
that I hey have ugreol not to pick coit>n after
September JOth for less than ?1 per huadre
1 pmods nod board. This organization
has VieO'i perfected through the Colored Alliance
and now nomhers more than 500,(MMt
members, with thousands being added every
day throughout the Southera States, tienernl
Sii( iCrir,tendent Humphrey, of the Colortd
Alliance. has admitted the existence of
the orgsiiir/n'ion. A secret oil cuiar ha* been
made I t? fiery rub- .1'innce ihrougltout
the cotton halt, fixing tlio date when the
strike of co-Ion pickers will bo siciul'nnoous'y
inaug-jirntecl.
till )l"u' - ' '
Unt^tt-Boys^ Bocining-.
(liven Union boy of wen grounded moral
character half a cliaac, and ho as na1 orally
rises to the lop in business and social spheres*
is "sparks Hy upwards." Lot liiai once
;ct out from tho old beaten track of "eomolav
go-day life" in which he has been listrssly
plolding a'oag, and place hint in a
ively. itirriog, gc-nltoud cominuiiity, whctc '
act, ir.'ont and indomitable | tub insures
lueoefs, he is bound to win his way am .ng
he foremost of tlio prize winners. And it I
Urns our heart good to record such successts 1
is the fuUowiu^ : '
Dr. C. A. Jefferies, a graduate iMVotToid t
-o'lrgo, iu Ilia class lSSd, an 1 a grrdtnrc of i
tilane Univ usity, S -w Orleans-in 188'.?,
ris been elected and lot i accepted a pos t ion "
u the rye, e.f, nofc and thr>.?t department, ?
i the New Orleins City Hospital. His ad
wmnnn lutmpui SC; fiew fir. I
MIIS. f
.Mr.Ci.ibk.ncs 11. Joiinsox, youiigct son of (l
ol. David Johnson of this town, has been
rcted iu the chair of Kuglish L I nature, in
le Citadel Academy, in place of Lieut. J. 1'. "
inard, resigned. I(|
1'rof. Johnson gr-duat.ul with dislinc- In
in from tho Citadel Academy, in the clas'j of ''
8'J. lie is a young man of purest moral j
aracter and we consider him ? >? ?i-~ '
? ',,K p"
iglitcst and most promi-iug young men te
the Slate. 'n
? w>
atli of Mrs- Jonathan Edwards. *k
We regret to letira of tlu death of Mrs. '' ^
try K1 wards, uid.w of the Into Jonathan |10
Edwards, which cccnrre I very stid- rcs
ily at the re-idonce of Mr. II. P. Moisick,
list Monday evening. Mts.JKlwards ^
? in usual head It aad spit its at the supper crc
le. bit' in i? low ininii es afterwards aim., _f^u
j nik^n sick an J called for camphor, mi l cut
are aid could bs given her she was deed. !.'u
n n
'ito bereaved family has the sympathy of ()ru
community in their affliction. nno
atirt
TO THE LADIES. wnt
'e have decided not to lisve an opening 011'
' man
season, ar we have bo to da:ng her.to- ,jon,
, f#ra greit many of our go's have been gooi
ycd in coining in and it would bo im- ' u"''
iblc for us to get ready for it as early ns j
tsually do; and ruhcr than keep the j I
cs wai ing on us, we hate decided to law I
our PATTERN IIATS on d splay next fij?
dny ; s? on and oftcr that dale we w II
J not a
i e to show you everything in oil' stock. |0 |j,
oi? ccrtft'n'y show you one of the jrctii and f
r.t.? ( f PATTERN HATS, and one of the
st Mid lest selected stocks of Ml Lid- ^ c w
tcspo
V, Dress Goods mid fancy goods tha'
t?c cvtr had on exhibition. The pat
triuniii'U i>y (iir Mi linor, .MISri
i SWOPH, who hna lin'l very largo ex11
'UM
ice as a t: iminci', and who jo i w?l! Itj j s
>ic one of llio finest an I ii o^i lusty (vy ra
eta we have ever had. Iiou*p
sn<l cx"ininc our slock and prices. 80:00 i
rikiiij; 3on f- r past favors, wo arc.
Vciy Kespocl fully, (' ''r
(iRAHAM A SPAKKN. *j!^[
n, S. >c t. 10th UOI.
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Corrcepoudeoo* of the Time*.
Mews From FrcgrefjiYe Facolet.
V.VCOLRT, Sep. 7.?1 he Union Sunday School (]
Convention at tho Ba, (tiiCfcuroh on Satur- | .
?lny. the 20th tilt., vh Well attonded, Rev. ^
?!. (1. Coggin* prcsl Jed, And addresses were ,
delivered by Dr. B. R. Brown, Hers. Dent, .(
Finob, and others. Miss Leila Brown road ^
an interesting osssy? *. .
Kov. T. M. Dent, asai?ted by Rev. Mr. y
Bcthe?,*of Spa fan burg; los been conducting '
* very intcro<tinx meet sc. which was woll )
I n'tcn !(*), ivUAvilbstoejyjt^h" .cant tortious r
An u Mian co meetj#g wa^TioH hire "bn ^
Sttutdar night, thct?h inst. on which occa- ,
tien speeches wqi^ matin by Hon. Godfioy j
]). Fowler, of Jon?#*il'o. Dr. B. 11. Brown,
Messrs. A. >V. l'o<or, William Colenmi, and .
David Scan. 'J'l* meeting which was pre- f
sided over by M'. W. F. Brown, w->3 not
c impose 1 exo^'Tely of Alliancemon, but |
the public wn#?tivitod to attend and paiticipate
in a diversion of the various matters of
tinance wbichhave become such important
is-ucs in tits >o'it cal world.
Miss Kva-Vond, of Goudeysvillc, has been
visaing relfiives in I'acolet. (
Mr. A. Warren ar.tl family, of Florida, arc
visiting thefainily of Mr. T.0. Brown.
Mrs. A. *. Will antson, of Lancaster, is
visiting thtf-unily of Rev. A. A. James.
Mr. An "HI, of Gntlhoy City, has been
visiting the annly of Mr. \V. L. Wood.
Miss KittjWh tman, of Jonesville, is visiting
re'otioosherc.
Miss Etta I, ttl jobs, of Jonesviilo, is
paying a vi-i to ro'ntivoa at this pltc?.
Mr. W. T. Inyites has just returned from
Laurens.
Mr. and Mrh ^ugeno Garrison, of York
ffnu volativcs
Mr. W. M. Miller fr Atlanta, has opened
a jewelry and watcn establishment in the
store occupied by MrlW. E. BUck.
Mr. J. N. I.itt.'i'johij Irst a ?aw mill near
Uriiidnll Shoals, nndf is sawing a large
quantity of lumber. i
A saw mill is beinq successfully operated
on Mr. A. A. GaultVholaniation, near Fair
Forest, by Mr. Smith Wood.
Our school, under /ho efficient management
of Mr. Elward D. llyers, (is moving
along nicely.
Mr. Bernard B. James lias just returned
from n pleasant trip to WaytK-svillc, Aslieviiie,
and other pleasure resorts of North
Carolina.
Mivs Liz/.ie Liiflejolm b.:s been v siting
friends in Greenville.
Miss .Susie I.itilcjoiin hag charge of the
Wcodville. Georgia, Aende ey.
i\irs. 'lice, or Piedmont, has been visiting
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. II. I'. Wood.
l)r. llichard Sloan has just returned from
Campobcllo, whither he wsu summoned to
attend his mother who is quite ill. Mrs
Sloan started to the North Carolina momUlaa
far U?v U?*'ot>, Iwt take" ill bof,,r?
reaching her destuiati >n.
Mrs. James Wood is visiting relatives at
Gnfliicy City.
Mrs. Hilton Ins been Yisiting the family
of her father, Kcv.,11. M. Ilaynes.
Capt. and Mrs. W. D. Wi'.kins hare been
visiting relitivis an 1 friends here. (
Mrs. J. C. Harper Ins been visiting friends
in Fairfield County.
Mr. Wade Harrison, of Abbeville, is visiting
ttio family of Caj t. Bonj. Kennedy. ^
Mis? Anna llatncs of Joncsville h?s been ,
visiting the family of ltev. A. A. Jatnc*. (
Mr. Cbarlos T. Uecknell, who visited
I Texas recently, was much pleased with some
portions of the northern part of that State.
lie says he raw sotnc cxcellOul wheat lands ^
in the Pan llnndlo county, where a hand
could put in about loJacrei;' an! the yie' l (
was said to be very largo, < J'hcrc were some ,
drawbacks, howevcr.jwhijfe the inducements
to immigration which w<fro offered, were in
many jdaeos inviting, tv'uko it a 1 in nil
this I'iedninit sect on isla very good county,
and wh lo the lan Is srl not us rich ns come
. a. ?
Correspondence of the Times c
Two Works News from Pea Bidge. "
Unfavorable Weather for Crone?lltliyiou* Meeiittgs?Kelton
Alliance in llnir Netr Hull "
Prosperous School?Shocking Accident of a ^
Saw Mill?Sandlapper endorsed and netr ft:
ideas advanced. I'1
t'1
Ivi i.tox, Sej t. 7.?Mr. Biutor :?tfior H
hoing aluent from your columns two woeks, h<
I appear again this morning to tell the newt m
lhat I have gathered iu that time. p,f
Wc have had a very unfavorable season bs
brsav ng fodder, anl ill re hos been a ha
;re?t ileal of that valuable crop lo-t or fr
lamagol to some extent. ab
The cotton crop in this vicinity has I con
sot off to a considerable ox'tn: by the cold ]jn
.vavo and excessive rains, p0(
Hevs. 1). 1'. Bov I and M. I>. Kelly closed on
i protrac'od meeting at Flat I'.oek church on bo
lie first day of September. There were six |jv
.cofssi'm?. On the fifth they began a scries mo
f mt-e tiiaiajU-Jti th'.ukcic. JV*1 " * .uoyd " ,\|(
reached by rcqucs', yesterday afternoon, sin
torn Bevel it ions <?: J 7 ?"For the gr.-at day \j,
t His wrath is ciuc; and who shtill be able .,ai
> stand?" C
1 he inetnliirs if Ke'on Alliance hchl a heir bee
rst mcit ng in dirir new hull on Saturday I ?.,,i
ic fifth of S-ptemlier. i a.a<
Mr I'l. 1?. Aycock lots something over one jH r
Ltndrcd tuioilf in his ??
. ? |ircscui, nnu | ijfo
is empl >yed *n teacher, Mrs. Dr. , fess
indcr, of Union. j grc:
Mr. Frank Horn, while working at a lnm- I pi-u
trtnil Inst Saturday morning, accidentally j for
ac-d his fa t in-id? iliostw fr?nio and was M
rrihly inanplo 1 l?y fa lin^ upon the revolv- l?w
g raw. He was cut fr>ni just shove the p.i?c
risi to half w iy he'ween the c'bow and ,-ovc
uuMcr, then it struck hishodv running up ,-i |c
i side and a'uio>t seveiiiig Jiis shoulder Alibi
mi his body. Mr. Horn .was a good Miss
nest hard working tain, and highly nnd
peeled by all who know him. M
Mr. Ivlit r. .Sa-dlappcr invites his brother is <jfl
iners to give a plan by which every man Mi
i hold his own sand an 1 thereby let the oth?-i
eks wash ou?. Now I wfl throw out a M<
i i.Us> ?i?M*~thnl Wno T.jl every farmer Dr. .1
hill side ditohef: on the upper side of Tole|
so d lcl.es uiai.c what 1 call strainers, by cooet
t placing a row of poles, place pine Hkos
s!i upon the 4rst row of poles; then
tlicr row offices and brush, but n li'tle
vc the first rdw. That will let clean
cr into hi* dish. Tlien fill evey gully ^
lis land with/ ine to|>f or Konic other | ' 1
mini Hint ?il hold sand. When this is ted n
e it w it! not i< long until we will have wi 1 b
1 banks inalj our crocks ami hraucbe<, fine y
even the tivlrs will wash out, mid a . ;
in land ciod of corn will bo pretty cer- !'a n
Mis
llrnk our legislature shout 1 make a Jacob
lh ?t would coiipel every land ownor to j|j3
*1 the gullies <\i Ids premises with some;
that would m\ji the sand at homo, and ',r' 1
Mow it to ti l tin creeks and branches ^'ri;
brim, overflowing his neighbors' lin I, llrs'o'
etlingsnnl up\i them, making lis yj,.
rnsfit f r nothing,Votcyen for pa'turo. .
ould like to hoar Kyra o.ur brother c>r- '8V
ndo'its upon this important suhjocl. lives lit
Kk.tom Whirl. Mr.
~; ? .... .. aAvwkis
Mysterious Firo in the Codntry 'jositioi
a J.axk, Sept. fi.? Mr. JoflPr-George'a . .
was Imriic I this in ruing with riorly 11 ,c
c n'outs. The lire was dnflt>*er. <l be- Miss
I and "> o'clock, in a portion ot the of Mess
in which there hid been MB firu for pnrtmor
lime. Vox. .,
7~~77 T "* . . Hill, a
ffCi, I wi l sell you the s?m$ eight d?y .
hat is now being so!d from the wagons 'im' '
-eling men in this County f,.r $18 ^r- II
S. M. KICK, JR., G. U. the cott<
aflwt'
m
if
ii
For tho Timks.
New* Ficin North Paoolct.
Etta Jamb, Sept. 7.?Iu the lo t issue of
I o Tim its. our Uculeysvillo "Sandlapper" t
its tbo da'1 ou the hotel. Such logic is well 1
rort'a its room in any ptpor as well as
lie consideration or a rotding public. Tiro }
< a in titer (hat will in the near fuiure, yea
ven now thrusts it<clf upon our people, and '
f souio measures nro not adopted te carry <
ul Sandliippei'd wholesome suggeetion, those <
i-ho own thee Voids will fiud themselves I
and poor, indeed, if it isn't tho ca*e o/eu i
10 w. '^it ,m
llrs. Robbs and the ehildron of tho neighborhood
a goo l fright.
Miss Sa'lio llighaiu's school arc prep-.rng
li five a public exhibition sometime
ibout the last of this month.
Oar wide-awake school commissioner, J.
L Walker, Esq., lias beeu giving tome
mathematical problems to your corresponlent,
ouo of which wo will throw out for
tfce binofit of those of oar readers who w'sli
to try 'u :
A bill 0 inches in diameter is p'acod in
the corner of a r-oni where the walls and
lloormcet each o:herat right anglci. What
us the driaictfr oi another hail placed Oesnic
III r 0110 that will touch it ami both walls
ami tlo >r at the fane time ? Our answer is
'22 3'.) inch-. 2. I;"''- boar from some one
else.
Mr. W. C. Kirby his the finest cow wo
know of. She gi?es 4 ga'lons of milk per
?lsy. Ho isn't anxious to sell her for $30.
"She's a d-ii-y."
lie*. J.{ D. Bailey preached at Abingdon
Creek yes'erday, from John 12: 32.
Lest Friday we had the heaviest rainfall
rivers and'crcckYTjse'fajndly and all the
low lands were under water iu a few hours.
We ic.rr?t to learn that Mrs. Cloary,
mothor of M'S. W. C. Kirby, was thrown
from her bugsfj some time ago and hii't.
The happiest man in this community is
our friend Mr. Toin McCluuey. It's a boy
?Thomas Franklin Alexander?hope the
name i*n't too much for a boy of his sir.e.
If wo fail to have a welding to reeor 1 in
our next letter we will say there is nothing
in "signs."
Wc had a number of visitors at our Sabba'h
School yesterday morning who took an
active part in tlie exercise-".
Wc arc no braggart,but wc venture to say
wc have a class of Juveniles from I to 10
years of ng? who are second to none of their
age in the county, for Sunday School work.
The Mot tt? l'a'olct Interdenominational
Sunday Sch nl Convention will meet at Wilson's
Chapel on the fourth Sabbath of this
month, 27th. The following is the program
mapped out.
At 10 o'c ock the exercises will begin by
the children singing, "Itisgiod to he here,"
repeating the 133 Psalm with the Lord's
prayer. A'ter which the scholars and delegates
will lis enrolled.
The first subject .* How can we create
more interest in tlie Sunday School work?
will be opened by Win. Ji-{Tories, with J. A.
Unities and 11. t,\ L'll'cjohn.
Second. Who nm tiio proper objects of anr
Bare as Sunday Sclicol workers? by 0. W.
Wbisonant. wi'h It. C. Patrick and J. H.
Wilson.
Third, What shall we expect as a final
reward for our faithful work iu tho Sunday
School ? by P. S. Webber, with H. 11. Alcxaulcr
and J. M. Osmont.
The cvetiing exercises wiil consist of
mug serviee l>y all tlie Scholars. J. F.
1'atighn will conduct th'S cxeroi*e. After
which the question l-nx will be opened.
An opportunity will then he given any
>ne pre'cnt to apeak upon tiny subject h?
nay select that < crtams to tho school work.
15-ch scho 1 is entitle 1 to three delegate-'.
Vox.
? .
Corros i.uidetice of the Tim us.
ViniLVwitfk VlUfttr "
vl.o lived on Mr. T. L. ft Pks' plantation,
ibout four miles rrom Jot /Jville, Ml on a
lircular siw ivhilo in ina'.li last Saturday
Horning, and was so ba lly sawed ar.d rauilited
that h? dio I last night.
Mr. Hurii hil been living iviiji ,Mifailles
for twoii'y-six years, and to his euro
tr. Haines entrusted much of h's business,
i he kuew tint it would bo iu safe and' 1
anest lintidt. Mr. Horn purchased a third 0
iterest in t!.c Steam Saw Mill of Messrs "
times and Jcff-rioi last Spring, for which e
? paid the cash. He was foreman of the 0
til and did tlio sawing, although about 11
teen years ig > he was seriously injure 1 by t'
i'tg caught iu the stws of a cotton gin, 01
iving one awn badly disab'cd lbr lPo' "
>in which he 1 iy a dreadful sufferer f,'r
out three months. Si
Altli -ugh of poor parentage, with a very P'
li'ed edu a ion and a largo family to provide c
, yet ho wis < ] -a'- oflc'tt, and was get ing oc
well in w. rid y afl'iiis, while no moro C(i
nor.able, upright christian gcntlonvin over o\
cl to adorn tlie Society in which ho he
'Y?'1,. * iiaihtint member i f the >c
Church at Jouesville. Not long ro
CO ho insured hs life in the New York wl
llnnl f..i> SI ru\.\ ? ...
v.,,rv?/, on wnicti ho had only
il ono annua! installment, his ilealli havoccivrcl
bero-c ihc second payment tt,T
nine due. No ons was lo blnme, as llio
affair was entirely accidental. Mr. Horn vel
i not cm cious after he was hurt, yet it
easonable 11 presume from the considcot '
he had lived, and from his ohristian pro- "0
ion that he was prepare! to meet the sipi
it change froui time to eternity, and had
dently provided some temporal nieaus r
his be*ca?e I family.
lr. H. M. Penny, who has been very ""
with interception of the bowels, is ?ur co
d to liave passed the crisis, and will re
r. Three of his brothers aro at hi' fool- m*
?one fr<m Piodinmt, and tw ,'rpnIn aii'
eville. Mrs,,8. A. P rior and da " ,lt C*J
Marion, ?.f Sintuc, hare hcpi, |Q soe
minister to the suffering r j >|( "
,. J. F. Alinan. who is wi(h fover ? :
ling very weP.
r. it. A. Wiii'lock ^ little son and tome ?fo0
rs who have been gjck are np improving. flof
:ssrs 11.X. Siv lth. w. T. Littlejohn and
L. Jeffert?8.( have returned from Texas. cloI1
hnno has r 0t fully interviewed tlicin, Hjrn
iijuently l*.e cannot report as to the r jt v
or dUUVts of tlto Wosr. era
Tki.ui'iio.vk. 1iou
~ ~ 7**7' aino
Personals. the
. 15 L. Kison, of JonesTille, lias nccci>- wou
position witlr Mr. 11. T. (?ee, where lie M"'<
j plenstd lo seo his frionds. Kd i< a
L?
oting man, nnd we are glad to welcome
? prtet
niong us again
s Ssnora Nix, of fork, is visiting Mr. ]<v
Ivicc and faiuily. s?'
i unura Illcnsa, (if Kewherry, W visiting liani
id Mrs. L. K. Rodger. wonri
" (It ,
and Mrs. J. II. Rodger, returned from |[0 w
I, last Friday. I in clu
and Mrs. Tlicrnton Slrmgfellovr, of | tree
i'le Flo., are visiting friends ait I reli
?ro. j there
'olinuie Wilron of StccU Creek, J was ti
uburac Mm, *. ST.r ha? accepted a j *l!oa
i with Messrs. Harry fl B?lk, at tlie |0 (*e<
Si ore. . #un(l tr
UoBa Swope, of Jlaltirnoro, has charge aet'sn
rs. (Irahain k Sparks' Mllincry Doit
this >o*so:i. His
s Miry an I Carrie Duncan, of Goshen 6.?T!
re visiting Mr. T. C. Duncan and
Hotel.
t. M. Mcl'hereon has returned for it- Tt
>n acoson. 1 ?00,? "
Correrpon Icnco of the T i.mils .
Ilappt nings at ndor. 3
Mkadou, Skit. 7.?Chills and fcv?r, End
whooping-cough are raging in this ouimulily
at preseut.
The early fodder is nhout all pulled, not- 11
withstanding the very unfsv r?ble wcithor. u
Joe Ois", a very old negro living on Mr. R. c
r. DtVis' place, was found deal iWWelnos- 1
lay morning, lie left his house la'o Tncs- "
lay afternoon to ge t some wood Though
lie did not return hi* folks tbo'ight nothing '
of it, supposing ho hadgouo to his son's, noar |
ly carried it a short distance and thon sat c
down l>y a tree, whore ho was found dead '
next morning. Heart disease, is supposed 1
to be tlio c-.u-o of his death. Cotonor (
Gregory hold an inqu'st Wednesday after- 1
noou.
A. Mr. Opossum met ni'h quite a singu'nr '
doath near here a few nigh's azo.' It '
seems that his supp'y of provisions ? is get- 1
ting low, bo ho concluded to html for somo- 1
thing ; accordingly ho went to a trco in a
colored man's yard near here which was *
filled with chickens, and minuting it, {
he fcrsbbeil a I irge hen, but she proved too 1
much for him, and in tho struggle they Ml '
from the tree. In falling the oppossnm fell
on the spike of nn old handicaps "goose- 1
neck" hoe, which went through his hody '
and killc I him. You bo* he held to that '
hen as long as he cou'd after ho fctl.
It is very evident that something around 1
hero likes to feast on young turkeys. It 1
can't be oppossums, nor' can it lio owls,
foxes, minks, or any other kind of varmints,
for they would leave somo sign of ra'ing
in one night, which has been the case two
or three different times lately in this community.
No, Sir. It's noting hut a tot of
two legged rogues, who are ton lazy to work
and depend on stealing for a living. We
hear of from one to five, and in t w > or three
eases seven, being stolen every night. I
think if somebody would give them a big
dose of lead it would check thorn. Hut the
worst of it is, they can t be caught up with.
Mr. Judson bishop is tho boss crane kibcr
around hero. He killed one a few days ago
that measured six feet from tip to tip of his
wings. One tiling that crane most, have enjoyed
while living, was tasting his fish all
the way down a neck two feet long.
Mrs. M. A. listes, of Fairfield Co., is visiting
her brother, jl?. Stephen Crosby and 1
family. W. 1$. C.
5 knitting no-d'c3 in a wooden cabinot,
oc. A package of laoc containing I'ivds. 10c,
nt II. M. COHKN & BRO'S.
Correspondence of tlio Union Tim its I
Life at Santao. I
Sa.ntvc, Sept 7.?We lnvo been having 1
sonic heavy rains in this section of late, and
a largo quantity of fodder has been greatly '
damaged, after beuig pulle I. Tlio weather J
is fair no ?, and if it remains so this woek will
witness a large amount being saved.
A large lamp exploded Saturday night in 1
tho house of Morgan Fuller, colored, ct this
place, and came very near frightening his '
wife to death, who was sick at the tiaie. One 1
side of tho house was badly scorehcJ, was all '
the damage done. '
Another street lamp has been put up iu '
this little town, which now makes seven, 1
including the one in the Salem church yarl. 1
The C mncil has just graded the streets to (
the baptist and l'roshyttri-m churches, and 1
the other btreets arc being improved ns rapidly
ns the Coutic 1 c.aa afford. 1
Mrs. Robert lien Ion. of York, is visiting '
her parents, M?j. and Mrs. J. A. Fan I. '
Mrs. It. G. II tbson will laavc for Spartan '
lung to morrow, to have her eyes, which s
nave ncen i irinj r ?r sum time, medically
(reateHerbro'licr. Dr. E. C. Jeter will
accompany her. Mr?. Hub ton is a most csh,ljt
Iw.._ ^UujgUji . J-*--"-p
B. W. J. |
We have something special ti. show you ?
ill clothing. Call at oner. '
UHA1I VM & SPARK3.
? p
Moxry is Ciuoui.atiox.?Washington, '
'ept.l.?The Sorclnry of die Tren?ury has
rep.arel a pa*nphloi In regard lo the volume j.j
Mho money in circulation in nh'ob he says: j(
'In recpoiisc to ininy inquiries from differ- (.j
nt sections of (ho country as to tho am Hint ^
fvarious kinds of money in circulation in
lie ifnited Stives at tho prc?ont time and in .(i
irmer years, tibloi showing the facts for ..
ldi year since 1800, have been prepare 1 j j
li ter my instruction and aro published for .
ie information of tho people of the Uuiird
la'c*." Tho tshlo is embodied in a pamIll
tit shoring the amount of money per , j
ipita which formed the curroney of tho
mntry and the amount of circulation por t.
ip'ta for each year from 18flU to 1881, i' ji
naive. Tho Hinallest amount under ' i*
sad was In 18i?2, hong 10.DiJ nndj ' .,)??,.> cl
spectively. Tin largest ameuti* "J " |,
no/ por cnpiti was in 1888, b . ?? .^U)T. i:
lien the circulation whs mo'S? -n' oi
rgest circulnti >n per enpit , ... , ,e (D
o present year, being ' credited to
loiint of currency is *2fl3-46,\ wh,1? ,he hi
ns for the year, J ' *S2f ' ,0. VroPor' w
j ' 088 and lH'.tl being re- j
'Oiral" , , ~o~ 7. r r ""
i_. slay binding, '2 rolls for bo. ,i?
oodveo* . ,, m ,i ue
s Diaper Kiibbor Cloth, olio u
"lrj* nt II. M. COHEN & DRO'S. ,0
Tur. Si'II-Tukahpuy is a Nltsiiki.i..?With stu
t money, thors is no use of the government n i
Meeting any revenue at nil. Taxation can we
abolish-d. Sitnoly let tho federal givern- ity
tnt pr nt enough flat money to pay the the
.vies of its ofliee holders and nil iis other the
penscs.?Mobile Register. us
I'hi.s is tho whole thing in n nutshell. J
irt tho presses to work, stump paper and fiat
i' off tho hands in duo bills. When these nev
I due issue more due bi.ls. Instead of blot
people supporting tho government, let com
government support the people. This is "tb
inoe.?Augusta Chronicle.
That firoplifies this whole complex qucs- *H
i. There lis beou nu intense mental 2 f >
dn for months and this ought to break it.
rotil I eo'lo tho tariff and piliiic.a nnd gov- JJ
incut would become matters for leisure rRO
rs. Congress might vote a rcrta'n pott
unt of money every year on every poll, tiios
government print nnd distribute it. This ( min
hi then he a jolly, hippy country.? cans
rlottc Chronicle. ?nr,j
- went
ur the ii'ce-t Dress Hoods at (he lowo t . riist
\s, ci'l on GRAHAM & SPARKS. Iiaro
i aro t
mi IU50 a MiiHUKiiii,?Nashville, Tenn., f?vor
3.?A special from Atlmtasavs: Wil- 'win
Allen, the negro who shot and fatally bio el
ulc I K. J. Myers, marshal at Guytoii, * ''
paid the penn'ty of his crime ltutt night. l'sl '
on taken fr on tho otiicers who had him ur<>P
ar^6, carried to tho woods, chained to ^"8S ?
tan I shot to death. Ilo was captured 'he ('
lylon on Monday afternoon, and Hherff diseoi
cs ofTnttnall County, wont nficr him.
i was hu> Int!o von stance, end ilio negro '
iVenaml caivMsi- atewrt UH<ar? } * * ,
lie was pnT to death. Ilo was **kad ,l'1' "
tad anything to sty. He prayed God t',nt *
tr.>y (ho wor'd and blot out humanity, >v,^,
dd Irs execationors to go ahead. Tlie faii'lr.
of the moil was generally approved. '',0
*. congre
* ~ * ospcci
;KootCuusiikp.?Haiud*. N. C., Sept. hyinan
lis afternoon whilo tho passonger quent i
tss slowly coming up ilio inouniivn? verso.
Hawkins, a waiter i?t' the Mountain places
tried to get on ilio engine, hut missed \|r yr
10 whoel of Ihe engine passed over his McCtill
hich many cause amputation. Johns)
%
9
! 4*
Fvr the TimM *
?roocodiug? of the Union Co.. Baptist 8. 8
ConventionSaxtuc,
Sept. 6.?Mo. Kditoii amd Fsirnds. t
?There are daises in Ibis dosort of farm life,
m l to' break ibis monotony and gratfy
nra thir?t fir enjoymvut. 1 hare recently
trussed an om?is, and feel greatly revived
horofrolVi. This mas being permitted to
ittmi the nmeieetb session of the Union
,'ouuty llaptis^.Sunday School Convent.on, ?
%Itich was lid|tL..arl'li tbo M?. Libation
Church, Aug1J?|pL inolusivo. and 1 wish
o make a li^ftr 9Poc<dte*rityyjUgH jhb,, "traja- v
lout, 8t6reS^^an^pWi?*ir" aSo* nanJ>ouu
ropresentatieuTfom nearly every sohool
ti tha Association, wcro present, and tue
jouveutiou started off smoothly ; and smooth
ivus the enliro proceeding* throughout.
Again i must refrain from giving the naniot
)f dclegttes, us it would require oous d;mble
space. All were very prompt an t
itteotive. Severtl lidy delegates were in
itlettuai.ee, a.so.
Tltetc arc twenty-ono schools in thi* Association,
and of theso fifloeu were represented
by delegates and reports, but not qu to
\s good a representation as that of tbo May
convent.on, nor quite so good a collection.
The statistics show tint i t those iiitecn
cituols thcro are 711 schoUrs?354 malts
tad dtil fetua cs?with an average attendance
of 415. it wi:l be soeu that lite males are
in excess, and it itas been found so since the
organization of tbo Convention. The small
average attendance was reported duo to so
many protracted meetings throughout the
County of Into. There is also shown a largo
amount of ciiuroli literature uved by theso
schools. Thtv all ondvavjr to hav? enougU r
ol that in possession.
Although the times aro hard and money
scarco, $6ti sentyo Convention, and collected s
on Sunday, was iho result of this meeting,
mil will go into liotne Mission lields.
The usual iuvi'ation was extended to all
vi-itiig brcthro i, of any denomination, to
seats in the convention, aud to participate in
its deliberations. The subject* discussed
were all good and solid, and were well handled.
The speeches were to the poiat, and
delivered with feeling and en'liustnsin, and
were both interesting, sud instructive to the
listeners.
There wens quite a number of now aud
young speakers, whs uequitlcd themselves
remarkably well, in laying their corner
stones" f"v groat future ttsefu iiohs.
Oil Saturday afternoon, the tiuio generally
sol apart for miscellaneous bus ncss, all of
the committees were r.udy to report promptly
1 do not know that it is generally kuo.vn,
but a', the meeting iu May a reaoluliou was
tdoplel, requiring tlie committee ou mogrninuie
t-? be uppoiuied at ono meeting and
io report at the uext mooting the prograsmo
for the next following meeting, which gives '?
lite committee ntnple time to make it up;
consequently, the promptness at tliisma*rin.?
a.
fliis is considered quite an improvement on
Ilt<9 old w?y of requiring the committee t0
report then and there.
A vory important resolution whs passed
it tlits meeting, refusing t-j ncoe.pt, as a
representation of any schoil. a simple report,
inlcss accompanied by a delegate or a contribution.
This is intended to prevent, as far
is povsiblc, carelessness on the part of delegates
in rogarcTto atteuding, or a lukewnrmie*s
on the part of school* in regard to ona
if the grett objects for wlro'n tlio convention
,vas dofiguo i.
A very important feature of this meeting
vas that of forming a Superintendent's Conorctico,
wh'oh will bold its first meeting at
Doulah, on Friday night before the 6th
Sunday in November, dating the next sesiuiii
of the Co ivett ioa, as tin latter bi-ly
Mil meet there. After tnat tho Confe.*cn<u
viil hull separate and 'J^iiuct Hirelings.
Au imporiant subject was set aside for Sunlie
question could be dianoacd, and ei.be > "
he deleguta to gi homo 111 the afternoon '
or which the Convention wis vory thanlfc!
After tlio diso i'siou, Rev. 0. ft. Will' .
reached iho missionary eoriuuu fi" ,
lift found in Kpb. G;ld. jaa
As 1 have s'a'oJ, tho d?lQtrati<>? . ,
ud tlio uinounis Oolhciod, war J 1,1 '?8C
rge as at tho ; rev ous nice' J *Vt I11"0 80
lit be said, that .t was ne' -1"* : bul 11 c<n*
al, an I ?s interesting * a' ?? >d in m ,,c*
gloming iuformaU*' n??r !>&' tlio a mrte
.-tructivo than u* ' ? Wfta ,0'8 *?h abl? -r
g?, and all see*' J of ,1, ! prcvio-n mootid
by their K ,etl to rcn^l'r thaulcs unto
gli tone of <ight and diet-full faces, their
uj olaa* spirits, their waroi an I burly
"bow .ung, given in brothorly love, ly
Q e people, delegates and vi i ors, when
our of depirturo rolled arouud, for the*
.idoevs of 1'rovidonce, in being per mi tsd
i attend and enjoy suali a deiig.nful meetig
A vote of tliniks was extendi) 1 to tho
liurcli a.id cominunity for tt.o'.r g niiv.us
sapitu itv unto ali, which win so deeply
uprinte I upon tlio minds und lioirt* that
ie c >tii J not help fee iug lolii to leave. Let
c individually say here that I lia l a mo t
.joy.ible time, after i eating from a long
id weary drive. Myself and loupauiou
ere assigned to the hospitality of Mr 1*.
Mcl.atiglilio, anil his ostimitile wife, who
m ly say is au acquaintanee and friend of
i*>y years, and of course I fe't, with their
sire to do so, quite at ease.
Saturday, ilie saeond day, ?c were L.V'itrd '?
spend ilie evening and niglii At Dr. 11. F.
i ker's, where souic other delegates wore
pping,?one u young ministerial stulcui,
varni friend ef tlie writor?and wo all
re recipient* of the most cordial liospi'alfroin
our host and kostiss. together with
i pretty and accomplished young ladies of
house, and their lady visitor, which gay*
a most delightful time.
Viihougli that is a hilly country, it is a
i one, and needs a luilroad tally; but
erllielosH pretty, and fascinating 'flowers'
on up there. 1 took with me a youngor
ipanion, ami lie dil not fail to seo a few
in,s!" ?. W. J.
.oond Linen Corset Lacs 2Jvds long,
r nets nt II. M. COHKN A IIHO'9.
ni'a voraulh uei'ohis ok tmk cottox
ra. - St. Louis, Sept, G.?Tho cotton re<
this week nro even less favomhle (ban
oof lost. They vary only in tho eiI'd
amount of damage done and in the
o of dmaee, In one section worms, in
her rust, in others wet wcither, cold
her, or drought, and in somu worms,
and l#ar weather combine I huvo played
e with the or<>p. Few and far hot wo in
he reports that may be omoid-'ivc at all
ah'e. In Tennosoa col J weatlio lis*
id the p ant brown aud caused corieiderloddiiig,
add tho same agency lias changio
conditions ia North Alabiair, wl? cli
veoK Hont iu gosd reports, seducing tho
prospoots', and in southern Alabama a
f 25 per cent, is rooordol. Geo gia,
arolinas and Florida reports are equally
.h.MWi .
: I'uinrfor Mam.iia. - .S.luln, n- ,
-?l'eeched upon t.be mnnai't <>f Sunset '
i tho beantiful 11 t'o Kpiso -pal Church
as dedicated yestc-rd-y. Tue building ?r
bjiiii just two ycaas ago, an I t-Mlaw a
i nn a monumont ti thu trtiirin? effort
Rtr. E. II. MoCullouyli, rmijit-d bjr lna ?
gntiin. Th* Hrrvices yesto dnjr wer?
?Uy roloron rind nppropra o. llishop
i, of North Carotin , preached nn ol'lermon
fr in Exodus 'itftli chapter, 24th
The following minister nlio rccipied S
insult- tin chancel. I> shop Now, .^'jx
ntlon, Mr. Kcr.<baw, Mr. ihron. Mr. Am
ough, Mr. Duboue and Mr. John