Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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W; ? y v* '$* ,/ ^ . ?HEC-?rr<ioaow?a?' comazti Ati-axta Cowiiton, Oit. CO.?Foriy cotton grower*. repteaonting four South ru it* es, bel I a oohferonce Hi lh? lapltol ycsItr'ay, and oircussed praclctl qucstiions conntctoJ with II eir ? coopnth n. 'J h? Cotlon Aoroogo Coujrmi wn* ti<o mme adopted. The ii'HS'oni ?cro in the Senate chamber. Col. J. O. Wsddtll. preiideni ?e .?.C?vi|ie agricultural Society, called the con* gress lo orJer at 9 o'cl-ck. He siavd thai the purp< ee of the conventi. u was t > devise ( tome pi in by which lio acreage of ca t n can now l>o reduced, the annual orope now heli>a greater tlisn the world'*consumption. To this ovrrsupply of coarse is due the low prices, and, its every one knows, tiie planter is currying on mii uojrWHible busine-s. With hint the qurstioo is how oni in >r* mourny be made out of cotton. 11any believe that the only way is to plant less and loluc* lite crop, Hauih Carolina's agricultural w ciety first pioposed lint n congress of tbis hi id bo hell to dixcu-n the reduction of the i number of acres | lituro i. (leorg a's ngricultural socicy took up the qucsti >n and c decided ami suggested that such a convention should he called for Allan*u. Col. 1). 1* Duncan, of South Carolina, wuh elected chairman of the congress and Col. Jiiui'H 11 unit, of Uicntnotnl, Mat chosen secretary. CjI. I.yon?, of Carlcrsvilh', ofencl lite di-ousriou in a speech urging reduction of ac cuse. It would not do to cut down CO jirr coot, tiio first year, lie Haiti, hut the reduction idiould ho inalo |t.r.>duully uud exIon led over a series of yearn. Mr. Urown, of A'abmnn, ttaled that in I lie h'nek belt of his iStHio it would he a hard it alter to gel co-operation on any plan to plant Iohh. Mr. Smith of Butts county, tnado a short ?\>reoU advocating tlia auh-uuav.tey \dan. Col. LIviagHon I ha apaaoh or the day. It was full of good point', and, although not meeting the views of all in coriaiu statements, was in the main a mod liiieicsting and praclical talk oa peking and ginning and preparing f>c iu?rk<t. "In my eirly days cotton wiih handled It Iter than it is ii -w, 'l'liese days t lie rule sroins to In*, melt in a hurry, gin in a hurry and sell in a hurry. "What ilo yotl think, he said, of 'Jh.OK) hales of cotton from simples in New Orleans ii ii'ie seas n? Why the liand-oino c dt n? exchange I.milling in New Or.tuns was lin.lt i'rom simples." Col Miel Livings'on ileniaiuletl a new sys 'cm of elii-silu niinti. 111 h l * 11 -1 ofhnviug from Iwe'vc t'i Hi'Wtitot'ii vIuhiio, four wool I be enough. lie declared, u,id Id limn l o known .a fir-1, second, third mid fourlli. 'ihcavcr go pla itor cannot lull anything uluut coti -ii^'Iiuii it gtci under innld.iug. Am t'icr sugg- at on of t'ol. Livingston's wiib <1 ut tlio count lea liavo sulca iluy s hii-1 Il>nt t'10 c'lissficulich in cnuli county bo Ions i-y worn exports. I'tinrn i* J cent lo I i i tin i-'iliciti-iii. uinl ti nt moans $'JO,OI!(),000 on tIio cro|>. To cni|iloy ili>iiil?'c<itc<l experts in every county wi-uM <o.-it only n *Ria I p irt ot tluit sum. Mr. tlregg, of Sou Ii t'uroluui, nit ro luortl the following resolutions : Wli.-rena, Tins Soiitlioru St ilea i>f Auicr.ci have reduced I ho pries of short staple cotton below n remunerative product on ; tlu refire be it recommended by the cotutni tee <-f cotton growers: 1. 'flint wo hereby pic Igo oirselves not to plant iiioio lli.in twelve ucre-1 to ilu* plow. 2. That we will not rent more I itnl for wis ii t -i ii|5 in e ton than twelve i.c os to the plow, run by tenants. IS. 'flint wo wi 1 ii-o our i u< 1 i v i -1 u;i' offoiti to oiifirco tha above resolut ons in o ir ivspcc11 vr St itos. After a short discussion on these rest ilnsions, Col. Lyons ottered the following, which tvii i lulople I: Whereas, 'I his cotton acrcago convention, nsseinhleil in the city of Atlanta, Ootocer lS'.tl, realizes the necessity of taking some notion in regard to a reduction of the cotton crop in the several cotton growing .Slates; therefore, ho it ? ?|umi)|i 0 jim ii< Jit it'll, lly tlib CM.nv(*i>l \.\n tl.vv - recommend that each ol the cotton States call a convont^ou in (ho near futuie and adopt resolutions looking to a general reduction of the acreage, so as to kaop the number of bales 111 signr ei i,iaiv,wu, mill iiiur lis iouii ns the tovoral Stales Jiuvo taken such action (lint their scoretnrii'8 report it. to tlio secretary of this cotivoulion. Hint it in iy have general circulation in (lie cnttmi Stales ai to tin* n lopt'on of these restilutious. W'h.lc ili> increase in mills is going on every year, the ucreagj is increasing at a more rapid ra'e. t'ol. Duncan believes I tint the Aincrieio cotton growers can regulate the prior it tliey wi I nn>t uii'l mi in eoticert. Aiimrici's Cotton growers are the inosi intelligent in ( tlio w n hi, anil their e nton is far superior to tlio Egyptian ami Indian crops, which are short i-i fibre, | oor in ijiiality and badly propared lor market. " I'iie South ii.list hive mo e mdls an I spin im-re of her own citoti. In Sinr aub.irg emnly, Souih I'lroiina, where there are "21"J,00(? spindles spinning I uO.t'tHl hales a year, iho factories pay a >pi trier of a eeir mo.e per piniit than any oilier fuiorius otror. I he fac uric* will u I hi h one grown eittouhi -hi, ped aw-v tin I toey go' al they wan', ami tlii i home ? ont~iuiipii .il is a great tie tie lit to the eommuaity." Upon re-j?ssemh'ing at d o'clock the c 111m:f(o - made a rej ort reroinmoadi'ig a reducti i of ,1:5? i er rent 'r. ;c *ugn ?-.\ ei i hi cisoj d intrusive firuiiiig, ant there t iclve i acres ta onomu'c was rec mime ule I as the maximum. ( renter eare in picking a id handlili:; was l cco iin oiided. and a demand was inn lo t"!?t Hie oli s s of co'l mi In* fair, to lie known by milliters. Tlie.s s rocoiniiieiiiliii:o is wo e a I j*t? ??. anil the con .'ress iiiljniri.iil .-ulj-el t i tins on 1 of it; ilia'riii in in o ait 114 nlioiit ill' |ii'olno ion ofo-.tloii 0 folio'. Uiiiienn c il'oil niioiiti 11 10 a |>oiiil wlreli none of the s.'. aki-r- h i l ill' 11 I?.* I t > 111 ill eo:i.;fe s. The p i:it :* ili'.s : It s esti 1:11 e 1.nit "lie iv tm'.i s| iml c< baie'y exceed fo irtecu million iti 1111 mi I or. ami Imlf a bn'o ;s n indie's rapacity. 'I'll. re fore. ilie World cuunit spin aniijlu mill 01 1 nl or p. !' 111 \Vi:i:k iv ciii ?ii n ? flicker, S. (>c . -1 >.?Tlithirteenth nimiail fair i tin* Ajr<ie ill lira', ii rlT* ilni'iil an l tlcchanio.il Arsoei it'on of clie-ler. York, Tairiie ! 11 ml Lancaster Comities ivis 11 I il here llii- week and wai n i'ijio t > < ! jiloia m mic.c s 'I lie cxhibts in Itie va ioii< il-j in tineiil** n o iiiinicrous Ami li 1m" emir e 1:11 In i es ilr | ]iartiii9ni i< ill - lie -1 in Ilia s'ioiv. it emtains in my samples 1 i ilie beautiful work t<1 ill Cii'i l>e On e by 11, e dill fingers of limi-e 1 wives. The Sandy II \\r Iku.d, ?n cxe I < lent ortani/ala>n. ma le thinys lively at tinFair Or Jiinds. ' ? ? SM ik KMI?s IW |?n:t \ M i I.Sj>. -illj?- . toii,'VI. ?'?1.?'I Ii>* or ' ii:ii (> i!i? is 0:1 I' the War 1). pari ii (Mi l Ii recently in t le <<>n i * suitikeh .-s powder u ill lie!'! guns, an.) a'. ( 11 lie I v ry v.lisfn lory i\sult? ihcqnaii | ti'y <?I MiiokcU'ii i -iv. ilei", 11 lit'l cli , 1 , gave the sun r ?e o ily ; s d<uih'c I lit* amount of Ii nek | "'.viler, while :? lull charge <1 s nuke- 1 1 s< poiv Ice gave a velocity ol' 2,<rV,> ft el per ( B2.mu<1, with perfect safely to die gun, which i is 26 per cent, m ire limit can he oVni-cd wit i the aimie quantity of ordinary powder. . . ? ijivklkn's akxica SAi.v'i'llChe t Mllvi in I he world f.rCnis Uruiscs. S res, I'lccr, f ."" il K lie ii in, l-Vvci" Sores, Teller, ('iiajq e I ? h inds, I'uilh uiiis, Coins, and n'l S?i t K ujuio' s, ami pos lively cures I' les. or ii. p y icipiirrd. I' i? guaranteed lo give peril t .sntisfuct'on, or nioury refunded. I'ri- < ' 26 rcu<* f er ? ojt I' ! ii :c hy U. K. I'< sey . April Id. g (Ilie iUcelily Union (limes R. M. STOKER, - . Editor ] 8. 8. STOKES. - Local Editor |! Fridaj, Jr?r?nbcr 6,lHttl. *; tf /'Mm AH SUM POST OFFICE DIRECTORY. The 1*. < >. will he opened Tor buHiiiesi- ' rotn 8 A. >1. lo 0.00 1'. M. '! The Money Order Department will be opened for buslnena from 0 A. M. lo 4 I'. M. The Northern mail will clone a* 1*21'. c M., and the Southern Mall at 15.00 1*. M. Any inattention or irregularitice eltould re reported promptly to the I'. M. J. C. II UN I Kit. I'. M. " The Cotton MarketMarket somewhat livier than ln?t w.eek. Kales 620 bitI* h. Price* from 7j (b> He. a**- Ki ]? resident Hayes passed through ? here ou his way to Columbia iast Wednesday nigh'. - 1'uio Linen Tonrelg l.'Jc oicli. Goodyear ft'ililwr Diaper 16c a square. nt II. M. COIIEN k URO'tf W?fc. Wo regret being compelled lo postpone nil iiuuHUul y spicy ncm letter from K. W, J., and a letter from Iter. ('lias. It. Willeford this week. Tliey will appear next week. fliftY" The Stale's Crcenvillc correspondent in Inst \Vnln? tlikj'H iioiu, statu* llnl this Merchant'?! of that city, wiih one exception, hive liehl an informal meeting and determine! not tigive credit I'or supplies next year. We hear, a's >, the Spartanburg Merchants have about determined upon the hiiiiio course. BftX- 'lev. W. II. Miller occupied the Presbyterian pulpit last .Sunday morning. It was the first sermon wo bave bid (lie pleasure of listening to from Mr. Miller niitu lit' i??^ uvt'il 111/"lint."i iu |iiti(tn, 'iii'i nu I in list say ilril il wits fur nhovc the average in force nii'l uliility. Mr. 11 lei- in a very earnest until, itii 1 wo } ivdict a blight field of iiHvfuliicms lor hiiii. I ?" i Men's Hoots No'h 8 to II at !j*I,f?() a pair. " Sen in l* M^ Sus|iomlcrn at 'ioc " at II. M. I'OIIKN IlltO'S. < A Series of Uouliugs llev.C. C. Itrown, of Sumter, began a series) ?f Meetings in lho llapii't ohurcli last Monday trgli', wlt>ch will Inst until next Sunday night. "I least. Mr. Urown is a very forcible speaker, ami his arguments arc very convincing. We I rii much good Will he accomplished through I lie to meetings. Bnri'd Hero. Mr. .1. Mum* > ImiiiI, formerly of this p'uee, hut now living i;i tIreenville, brought the rem tins of liis youngct daugliter, about live je us of age, here for intermciit, last we k. We symp dliizo with tlio family deeply in this visitation of providence, hi it roni'ivet from the family circle the youngest ' memher. - -? Nursing Corseia No's. 1M tiL'S. 80e. Dr. Warner's Conditio C.itsct. Mae. at II. M. COII ION' & IlltO'S. ? ? Death of au Infant. noiinoe the de-ith of Ueorgo Clillord, infant son of Mr. und Mrs. (bo It. Oclzol, aged (j mouths, wliirh occurred hist Saturday night, iificr a tirief illness. The lift e one was laid beside the remains id* his g an (fattier, in the vil'ag i gravey ird, on Sun lay. and his grave win literally covere i w lh tl>iwer-?, placed there hy ailed ion's li inds, and in ten ler sympathy l'or the bereaved |ureal\ r> - Dontli of Mrs Lostcr Mrc Haiti') It. Lester, wife of the hclov i'I Mini-tor, Iter. A. Ik Lester, <liel nt. t'.irteisville, Florence Co., last Fiidav. Her remains were taken to Columbia ami inter- i re'l in LI wood Cemetery, on Sunday. Mrs. L-ster wi I bo remembered by a hfj?e nttuih-r of tlio citizens of this t?wn, with feelings of kindness, and the announce- i ment of Iter death will be received in sadue-H and v i nee re so* row. ? . . . .? ? 1White bed Spreads 8f>c. Linen Towel Crash tl.'.c ? yard at II M: COllLS & JtKOS. - Ttnotw. ;ji0 Country Mrs. N niey T. Trace. widow of the la'e O. It. Tracy, die I ?n Mt Tabor, '.a>t Friday* at the ripe old age of S'Jyeits. Mr. .las. Crawford died at bis residence near Mt. Tabor, lo.-t Tltnrsdiy. Mr. (leorpe llai ey, one of thn most pr miucnt and best Farmers in thin County, died at his residence nil <Wt six n:i'?->: liel.ivi lliis town, la-;! Tucsi'uy ni^lit, at'e-r a protracted i laess ft oai cattc-r. 4? ?- ? Sore-hcnd in Poultry A I.-hIv trii-n I ii'i|iu'sti us t.i mI?\t?* tliat she never failed in cnra the i hic-Iiiml in ! Turkey's and Chickens, a solution ot' J hlue .?t<?ne. Citeli the i liiokcn mi l with a j clotli dipped in the tuiliuiou. <!<<!>, not nit>. j he head until it -a well snaked in. Apply j the solution thus everv tnort. i'lj; for three or i four i| iys, iiiul iim lie id wi 1 he as clear ef j disoi se as if it never ha I hcon alloeUal. ... . o Oysters and Tossum. , i Cur frieuds, \1 . II. Hay X- have ope led i e i !!,-statu aat lor the W'tiler, nr.I last ; Snturd i\- ~'-nl. it a .specimen of ivlia tln-v | ire providing tiieie la'coiis, in the shape , if a fnt-'in not a saucer er p'nie of ud'litI ibly sto.ve i Oysters and Jm'' a 'prsiini. | hat had evidently heen eat.';i'nt. p ? pared ' la t cioke.l necor !'iiif to tin- Stu th < tt 'ook.ajra ' I'jssu-n" rules wliieu "'e piihlo-ho I , as?. wejh. IV ? natu'illy I.est ti-lel the poa-iiin, tlieu the oyMer-1, th.oi the oyster. ; , lieu tlie )irsMiin. (Hvnli'';-; ? | rr.uiul. until | ireJ?*Hi*il l>:ick in i>iu chair fully saiistittl i lliul notiling coiiM lent llmt *.<///' 'posMin: | !Soej?: i' wii.i a ii In If olio, ami c?h k<il i" | hay \ l'?> ? fp'oii ii?l Kyle, while tliort C'ulil ( i i. lie much improvement. cither in I lie I I iniiiiiy or ijiitt ily of ilioir oy.-tcr mew, * '" | : jit. jKoliipi, :ii iiijoyuig t.ieni ihrcci fr "in lie stew ' a i. Wo aJvi?c a I cur 1'iien I* i vim I >*e gout' living to lull at Kay Oc (.* ' * 1 Soilnur iiit ami try a btvilo I | ai"la iilgo. ' mild >teik, or a j!at<" "f ruv, tricl t?" y o ve 1 (Jysterj., > lim>J Teachings. 'iIk> ii 'if?l t'ir |! who hnvifl i,l i:n?l n I.Ir chane m It < > ? m bo r timi hns t no neg eeied. i r ? real wnifa ) the purl jr. It is nut ** i* do or omt?rB lut tint ep?rpU in h ii ? ii< I i a rioll il nil lb?/ Vltt It iert< >h>' oiinirj IbsjM re not g'dng to do a ?tii?e iW?? ii toe/ *oow i<. i il-y kit"* thai iuies me sadly outofjomr '.? en 25,000 OM^I (lie United Bla'ea own m much pro|>fi^| . 11lie i llier 63,000,01)0, ni ?h*? tbntr I fiii m ?|p?ili'jr ilepiecile in value.?Chert** I Tne people see lU?t tue waaUlt ioun'rj i* drifting moreen I more afVjrranP he firm Into the ban U of the capltfllete and nnnufao'arers. They *<e thet nowhere ? ogr culture prosperous while everywhere t'lieri make money. 1 lie uiisdnn of the klli nice is t > And ili-t ca'i?e of this?to vmedy e?il?, whether in customs, manners >r lieh.?Sparlanlmrt/ Ifrrul'l. It it just such fulsome and g'oxny read. Ill/ liH llto iiluive flint ii rnuaini/ nil Ihn (lis. rust, unrest nml despair that now exists iiiion/ the Farmers. We very seldom see t bright Iij/ht of hope held up to encourage hen to make peisonul and practical ctfirt o dispel the gloom in which their minds are mshrooded. Instead of impressing upon sarli individual Farmer the rcsponsibil ty hot re-ts upon his shoulders for his share if the depression in Agrcu'turo, and urging, ipnn him the icccssiiy of adopting a quick heap and sure plan of relief, by rcver-ingthe irescnt order of things, whereby the Farmers nny become sellers and not buyers of those mi; p'ies which could and should ho made on heir firms, they are led off^t.to gloom* of poliiiMl and that will require years of Hoot to rolv<*. No bright examples of successful farmers ire held up to tlicm for their emulation and 'ticouragemciit. practically showing that vliilc there may appear to be "someliiog out i f joint" in the distribution of for* lime's favors, the "tickle jade" only requires t? ho prnp< rly woo-d to ensure her smiles upon Farmei.s as well ns thee of other occupations '1 here sscins to he a sot purpose among those who assume to lead and instruct them, to throw nroitrd the farmers' 1 fe ond prospects clouds of doubt aud appehension for the future, creating a morbid distrust in their own nl> li|y to do anything to extricate llrmsylves from the inevitable ruin they are li.ade to believe is staring tlieni in the face, llenco they nvirlook perhaps tlie greatest cause of their I roubles, for they are taught to charge it to everybody but themselves, nu I to look to ether sources than their ofeti industry and intelligent management of their own farms for relief. Instead of pointing tliern for encouragement to such noble practical examples of successful firmii g as our esteemed friend, the late .Itsiiih Foster presented, who began life au obscure tn > 11. without n <l?>11 :ir in his | ocket, hut die I ni the ripe old ago of 8!1, ono of the richest men in the canity; who inndo his money entirety liy farming, (and there are many mioIi bright lights in the country nod Stale,) who always had corn, cats, wheat, and generally uicit of his own raising, to scl', the Farmers arc being lunghi to believe there is no blight s ilc to their vocation, that every other industry is prosperous hut theirs, and they are lilted with gloom and despair, distrustful ami susj iciaiis of nil who have the hone.-ty to point them to their own reMonfairs and to remtMBK^ mainly in their own hands. tj Because SJo.OOO individuals arc ns woalthy us (>.'!. (HhUN'O. is no n'gn that the time| are out ofjoint." It wosso in the days of fling Solomon, ii'ol has continued so, e mparativcly ever since ; and all the legislation thnt could he devised we do not believe would change i?. The same comparative condition is seen in townships, towns, counties fcud Stairs. In all communities, large and smitll, there are a few individua's, from many legitimate causes? lastly from their ofltu business tact and sagacity?whose aggreg^to possessions arc as much cr more than thoie of all llie r t,"'iL'hh"iM rorn'oiue i ; and that docs not argue tli ,t there is anything wrong1, or that their neighbors are any poorer than they would he if they were not so rich. On the contrary, such case. act as stimulants and incentives to nil ambitious, ttclf rolhnt %?>ar| to make greater exertions to reach t ho sinio prosperous cotnli'ion?the only limit bjing the ability to successfully operate in small or extensive fields. Vou cannot prevent some men getting riclu or legislate a limit to their riches ; nor can you moke some men rich, even though you place them in th * most favorable positions for act utnu'at iug weal t It. The fact is, ihe p> litic.l literature which is now flooding and exciting the South is humiliating ami do* asing. It comes, in most cases, f om mere political hucksters, who, im-lcad ofappealittg to the umuliood ami praelieal common sense of the farmers, to try the manly remedy of making their Inrais self-supporting, as a cure for t lie evils that ntilict them, I hoy truckle to their pr.jmliees and (ill thiir minds wi'h envy m l ma ice rgninst their neighbors ; tVeiing tl eut all the time with the negro's ; rotirse to li s poor, starvirg horse in the dead of uintir,?"wait, horse, Vol the gr.us grows, then y >u shall ha?e SOtliC.' ' li e arc told tiic oiigintil mb-trcnsiirv hill is .lead ; we also rod that IT. * dent l'olk ?<ys thirty otic S'a'c \ ltati'cs have cinbirsidllie ( h'.iia plat to1 t.i. which ttc'iidis the i -11 iMMivv pi in <-i if :et, i. n virtually lakes lii:tl it in 111*1 mil ?> 1 I! i ;* |?:i" *? of i| ciiss on l>y oit-idcis, anil we lnvf ::?i inclinalion to fiito" a roiiii >1 ilia* f mi !>rin:? no prae lie.il r? . ills; lull in t in* ire Ultimo we invoke I lie help i f 11" e Alliance of liiis Coiiniy to I'l'iiijS ll??? mill Is of the niemle rs hack to ilic in livi lual 11r.ic ical a llair? of their firms. No mi. can deny th>t llf Alliance Ins lone vr at good to tin* Psi'iacr-, liy i'? vy[' in el' purchasing supplier through in ecu* cs I'n.I is their vmliiioii i<. IV .m lliclow price of eotlon, it would have t eon it least per cent worse !i 11 it in t he n ror the a Ivanligessecuie I through thet >r ler in reducing the cxi enses on iliefir n in t' e | |nirchasc < f supplies. 'I he practical hcucli s thus dciwcd f'oin th- Alliance, sole \ limit r the wini> iug of its taisinobs, s ni A an > , p Incntionnl | I.in, witliom help f><v!i anv Ill ' I'roinisfil relief measures. a?e soprc.it aa ; -o :ippirciii t> every meiiiher ?i t >e?).iler. i tlint we hope they will combine, w tli ihe j Miine h(.iie.'t ai ii earnest purpose, t ? adopt hat eipaillv .nip riant py-teia of relief, the nising of f ria supplies to bill, instead ? f ' my tip t hem. We ore p ad to lind cur intelligent Alii- j ince correspondent "Joe" tsk s tiie satue 'icw of the situation that we do. - j UalnnjVAl Jnt liia i>c?M male to l!i? fc'tate ff ^^HKEr Kuilr >sd 0>a?in?M:on?,n?. tl>?? 'h>re j ^^Mgflji.pp'-r ho-ise on (lie through li e |?g and Cincinnati, srhrie otu '. iHSiiw m ? =?!. ibe com- AU ^ ini bjr ? pKkloa p?d jr| Hy-flre persons, Including meny regn- c ?i thai n tapper boaee be eUb- ?h > ^ attbfs p>int. 'far |^K anma>ii>e loners referred (be petition to ^ i'.r- " e? itlln f, ' n V^B^^onic time ago, and (Abed bin to grant thereqiue', but that official dor a not * seem to think that the schedule will allow of ? > P" tha usual 40 minutes stoppage for meals, {es either at thi? or anr other point on the line, ' ,\8 uowiierc c arc rn'ii. \ Tlioro love in purity appear; Ab gold williont alloy; Anil ihose who oil have sown in tears, May reap co'estinl joy. 1 Our people very wiiore are crying out ' 'Hard .times now, and worse a coining" n,t Scarcely any pets >11 can he found who hasn't '' ' all the prospective troubles of the next year, ^ If not lite next live yenrs, weighing heivily > c on them now. Why can't wo as well go iuto j* the future anil cull its pleasure* ???' ?-?joy ([i l"tik lt?>'uva nvo t\ue? Wo 11 |HIS8 fcifci question ?rm?ml for some philosopher to ? answer. |'a Mr. A. K. Kcti'lrick is doing a good busi- t>w ness t ow, ginning for his neighbors. Me W<!l:ara is vi-iting his datightcr, Mrs. Isabel'a Horn, at I'acolet Mdls. Mr. and Mrs. James MoKown and Mrs. Dr. McCluncy vis to I I'aco'et Mills Inst week 1 Mrs. J. A. Donald, who wo reported as being struck by lightning last Summer his . 1 nearly reovcrod. She 1ms a largo soro on 111 her breast where she wns burnt by the lightning. She is able to miuago h-r do- '* inestic n(fairs. j 00 Mr. Thomson llobbs, who lias been ra;l- . roadiug in Virginia litis Summer, cunohome , 1 " last week t> sco his s.ck mother, lie has ; about comp'e'cd his contract on the railroad. We met a -riveling sales nan last week, a j I"> Mr. Watkins, representing a (liclintond. Va , 1 bouse, lie is an old Confederate soldier, | and a Virgiii in, and kindly oflcrcl, with- j ' out money or price to take his horse and , ' 1 buggy and take us over the old bittletiul Is I around that h s'oric city, if wo would only , visit his home. Oh wouldn't we like to go ] p'". there an I take nnr old commander, Co', j i MtrlTrwtV; with us. 11 would cure his rlicu- I I matism, and pcihaps wo would find u ir l?si ! ' '?gllev. J. I4. I la's ley preached at Abing Ion , j ('reck yesterday. Ilis s il>ject was the per- 1 I sonal character of Christ. ilis text was j ! John 1st ! "?. Je* is of N i/aeetli, the ?oi of j. i Josouh." \".?x. i... ... ? j I Wli e Wo.! K iinic', 17 '. J n yard. W ! He I - ' 10c " * 1 !m X ai II. M. ('Oil MS & IlltO'S. - "" ?- j; ? Ones >ml 'ii.'t> to ilio Union TiMij News from Pacolci. . i*r; I'Acnl.r.r. O.t. ill.?Col:<>n li is boon cm- I ,,v, in?? in r ?pi lly, but i'ii-iiits in this neighbor- J li. oil siy Ibal the crop is n >t in nv than | ;l | ' half an iivern.*'Mr. K. ('. Kim >r<! li h hi ivcl to Cil'oa, r,.. Intake c'la'o- of ihi sell ol llicri1. We 0 | were nil very sorry to sen Mr. K iiu re leive. jt s Mr. .1. A. l/itlcj >liti lias move I lo Anbury. j Mrs. /.i.iniii'rin iii is going to tu ve b.ict to tl) l> 0 l"'- an Mr. II. 1'. Wood has move I b.ck n his , -Tftoi" 'i'mi.i y>ie*e Street. Ci, \ <Mi i*e a'H nimhing sdiool liere no v. ,;| M-, i'r okcr, of Snn'ua, is comuin I I* .c >le , lo oil icatc his children. nj() Mrs >V. (). I.ipsoi nib, of Oafln-y City. i< visi- W11 in,; her parents, Mr. ami Mrs. Moh's Wool. ,, Miss Lula lDckso i, of Oconee i? v.sit ng relatives here. I,.? Dr. 1>. 11. Drown mil Misi Lcili 15. U'oml c were married,Tuesday evening October 'J7. - * I'lloxoobat'tt." IS | although I lie c unvoting roads telow here ri*" agree to leave Columbia fifteen minutes later Qr) togivellio accommodation to the traveling 8, public. Up to thin time the It. ft D. has cer refUsed to allow the stoppage. un yOl Well, if the trains don't come within the ^ schedule time any nearer or ofener 'bat All, they have of late, wo can't tell where would or be the bed p? int to locate the supper bouse. co' We quote the arrival of the pnssenger tra'n ^ from Paint Hock, nt this point, for the pait nji three month*, any limo between 7 o'clock nt night and 1 o'clock in the morning. We are taking order number 3 now for Children, Ia li ;j an l Men's Lamb's Wool j" Insoles, a'. 40j a pair. See sample at our | Store. II. d. COHEN & MHO'S. L Cuanok OLSuiteiittLa. C. & G. Division, ^ U. T?U!ng ^ (| nil er 1st, 1891, there I), will be the ^^^(5 changes in schedule s' of Columbi > an Mlresn ville Division, information of wlrch cm be obtained from Agents an Of that division. Through trains wi'l bo operated between Columbia and Greenville, of S. C , via AlHon, Newberry and Laurens, as follows : ?? Leave Columbia 7.00 A. M., AI Is ton 7.GO fif A. M.t Newberry. 8.45, A. M., Laurens, go 10.10 a. M., nriivo Grcenvillo 11.30 A. M. ^ Returning Icwc Grcenvillo 5 P. M., Laurens on 0.20 P. M., Newberry, 7.59 P. M., AllstoD, bh 8.55 P. M., arrive Columbia. 9.45 1*. M., connecting at Newberry with trains Nos. 17 and 18, to and from Greenwood, Abbeville, Belton and An Icrson. Trains Nos. 18 and 14 K. will run hot ween Columbia aud Greonvile, Hit via Helton, as her t'forc. Trains will run as via Greenville Seneca and Walhalla ns t|, heretofore, via Helton an 1 Anderson, con- s.n necting at Bolton with No. 18 for Green- 'o twoofl hwt atl O. G Points east of Bolton. m i?c m v . i r. in k.i.. (V . irums i?? mi i iw, ucinvcii luiuiuu u III and Spartanburg, making connection between L( Charleston and Cincinnati, carrying through >* sleepers will be operated as heretofore. ?- w< Correspondence of the Times. |v News from North Faoolet. yj Etta Jajje, Nov. 2.?Mr. Tlios. McClunejr cli is running a regular beef market, lie gives vn good prices for beoves on fool, and retails pc the beef out at 4 and 5cts per pound, and saytc he makes money by the operation, tuo. [It takes 8 and 10 cents a pound for ot'.r butchers to inako money. | Kd Time-'. When a new and good i lea strikes u-?, wo always want somebody else to know it. A few mornings sgo wo found an empty plate sitting on the stave where Mrs. Vox was cook ng. Th'iiking she liml forgotten it, wo ^ asked her what it w is there for, ami she said she was warming it to keep the biscuits from sweating. We got c ut of it by saying "Oh Yes," but never knew before that that e-,??<r a inrtfTU'iy to keep bread from sweating. \ Last week was an excellent time for pick- w ing cotton. In a few days more with ilia c* same kind of weather, the bulk of ilie cotton *vj crop will be open and p:cked out. * Mrs. Capt. Petty, of Spart in burg, with . 0 her sister, Mrs. William llycrs. visited their ls family burying gr nod at Skull Shoa's church one day last week. There is no place on 1 earth so eadly dear to us as where our loved t! oucs arc buried: u'' "Its solemn, y. t its verdant bowers To us ate always green ; ^ , Tluro grow such sweet and fragrant tlowcrs i . . _ toi v, . r-a v > euco 01 ae i?Atu. ews at the Ba?7 Pea Rtdje Metropolisw r.f.rojr, Not 2 ?Mr KJ ? ? , wc are lr??line weather for g>theriog c itoo and er crops. an I ?? ha ifc??wfwi eighty 0"d, the Creator giver a ? I prrrer <f all goo I ihinge, that lie Ins 01 n'ed o? such ?uitat>le weather for taking it 9 of the p oducis of our labor. We st aid tbank (Jo 1 hr s i thiogs, but I fear ai I usojr n#T*re?rn think of giving chaoks fr anything. "Oh ye of little f?iib; >ou ul re turned your becks on the past, stiut ' - -? 8reedi,y * Mow brother .fafhvcre, let ns faee the past, ti >p our cjrin on the future aod guard the f )<en>, and. as I bare said before, raise v ootlon mil more bread stuffs. tl When wo r?i?c rur own supplies we can s --I >.>.! liannv iinil?r our own n i e and fig tr- e" and n~.t be dependent n nny p<non, tut independent of any umi, h farn*lo>d for man and beast is con- n ncl. Now, iny fiiends, 1 want y?u to w ders and that i do not favor reducing b iir cotton crop lower than you can a and, It t to toko a few acre of your cotton land b J plant tiiein in corn or sow them in wheat tl oats. Home say plant only leu acres of fi ton to the mill", but I do not think that b II do. You wilt find my reasons in a s ;k number of this paper, therefore I will ii t repeat them li?rc. u L?st Tuesday .Mr. Willaui Going's giu <1 use was burned to the ground, the tire s >ke out in one corner of the lint room, t e loss Thero were G bales of t .ton entirely lost, belonging to 15. 15. Going, t T. Go ng, and Gi Garner and odiers. c ere was id insurance on any of the prop- t y destroys 1. c The coufcrence yea* is drawing close lo 1 end, and we of the Joticsvil.e Circuit t low that the highly esteemed past >r, Kev. | 1'. Boyd. wdl not preach to us next year, < let us pity all claims that is made upon us t the Church, s> that he can make a satis- t dory re; o: t when he goes to Conference | 1 our record be clear. t t Brother B<yd has been a faithful servant t God, at least for the last four years, that is far back as wo h ivc kuuwn him personally. 1 other Itoyd will preach his farowell ser- < on to the Foster Chapel people on i lie I III Sunday in November but wo hope the I oil and faithful brother will have a chance > preach to us in future years, but if he I es not we hope to shnke hands witli him I the -'happy golden shore," where the < est meet to ( art no more. i 'J lie Sunday school was re-organized yes- i rday at Foster's Chapel, with J. \V. Ilartis i Super n'.cudcnt, James Ivoy as Assistiut iperi'iteii cn', Lewis Maine, Secretary; K. N. Fowler. Teacher first Bib'c class. | Demosthenes, when aske 1 the first requi- 1 e to eloquence, replied, action; when ked the sccon I. lie roplied action; and to the ird he replied action. Industry bears tho me rel uio'i lo agriculture that action did I eloquence in the estimation of the A"he- ' *n orator. With industry the farmer may ! complish aim irt everything conducive to I s welfare, without it he can do noihing < si us then study the value of liins. Tunc ' h<s great c ipiial, and should he actively 1 id condnmly invested. The wealth of the 1 jild, its high civi iza'ion and all its mag- 1 ficcnt improvements have been crested and duoned ty ttic industrious labor of man. 1 ic poorest so ls and nrst unfavorable ' iuiate are scarce impediments 11 the ad- ' ncement of an Industrious aud cicrget'c iople. Kki.ton Wiiekt. ' - ? I.udies Silk (lirter Klastic 20c yard. " Cotton ' '* f? and 10c a yard, i t H. M. COIIKN & HUO'S. ?- - Correspondence of the Times. Model School Teacher's Lotter to Telephone J one 'Vi i.i.k. Nov. :>.?Below I give a verhail copy of a leit< r written to W. II. S. Ilars, ik school uus'uoot Jonesvnie townsliip, liieh wi'l sh ?w for itself. The spelling is actly tlic name as that of the original. I ill first give the address upon the envelope, licit was Ill's: "Mr. 11 11 Harris K<q nes Ville SO School Trustee." And here i he Id cr: Oct l.'lth 1 SO I Hon Mr 11 Harris Jones ile 8 0 Dear Sir 1 wish to come up and toll the colored school that is 1 wish to get i an 8 months school with what public >aey you pay. I tort (lie pnMic school re ? for 4 y-s nftcrwnrJs I tort the grille liool sit?S I' for 4 yrs. Sience that time 1 rt 2 yrs in the Town of?mil now have turned wlnr 1 w:is Raised and wisli to get e Jones Ville sclio !. 1 am a marrie 1 man d am ;M yrs of age and have been a teacher r 10 yrs ami if the Hoard of trustees wants now anything about me As an obedient in write to Mr? SO or Mr?1' M Mas'cr ?S 0 and if this applic ition is sustained the Bond of trustees please write t> me ion so that 1 can conic up and sec the troas while m-mry it in cirenluteon and y to ttiho a lion Ireil "dollars" to Add to e rmonnt of "money" that the cou'.ty pays i he "co'orcd school" and by so doing I n gel a anther teacher" this will give ro tench ms If the county pays one hundred 1 liars" nail 1 cm vn>?'* c-c liuud.cd "uoirs" this will gi?e two hunircl "dollars" hich wi.l lie ft | len'y id' money t > pay 2 ai hers to w rk in the J . nes Ville scliool months.' I onrt the name cd'tho writer as well as c names ami places of others referred to tiie lettir. b it the up lling is the same. The wnitinr is line, but money scarce, ide dull, and the poop'o generally disurage I at the present outl ok. Mr. St-adrnm Fowler, win has been conic'iron 'lie (' -1 iihit.i i ami Laurens Kailal. is vi ituig bis pirc.il< in Jones'illc. S mo f o ir Town people are s ck. but e a*e s ri >u ?'y ill. A e dored w man. the wife of Ben Fo tor. ed in o;i'-town list Saturday. She had ea nurse and ci k f r Mr. T. L. (lames the last 1:5 years. Mr. \V. II. Murt-'sh iw, wh? for some irs lived near Jonesv I e, but now of An si.-i, <?;?,. has t' r mimi time hren vi>i ng ends near ,'oiiesv.lle, iv'i'l looking after < pltntn ion in thiseo iiumnity. 'i ki.kimion::. t'of:esplmlenco of the L'ni u I'im us. 53" SUowj the Way Our of tne Wildtraess. 1 vi;iisii>::. Nov. Koir.m:? I \v 1! ve y t<ri f>n i'ti? o.'Cision, having hut I'o news, (iii I ,1 .> (. 11 is what \ on ait. if 1 10 1 I you n igiil. S ' i i' if hi 1'e V' yon. n > ilouht. l!ii ik are ve y liar I o' lei-standing V011 re ex 11 lly i jt'u. 1 ! c?*ity is 'lie roil! of w 1." If I nm no 1 o* you should nl-.viy rnik- me In ief 1 fo e read ng 11 lottor ill (tic* I'imks I g 11* I illy look a' 1 lie luu'ill. If t 1 > long I -kio 1 r llie whole thing: if short 1 always re id | It-it this is lint no vs, ? titer, i< :t .' h's 1 ot nil the Mime A killing frost hi 1 ?rl crops of rot on is the ;u .^t we hive to I 1 rt. Upland corn is t reily well gstlicr: the yiol<l i< vcy g >ol, luit not lnlfivh.it h >11 il he. 1 in1 vi r s iw farmers s 1 isiiivei.-nlly agreed iiin'ie iln? fiimi se t" si.ip rti 1;;. Tie bc*t \ I cheapest ir iy hi rf i this, would he u goo 1 1 ject f r disui'-ioii a' each suh-n Imoce. 11 ere i.s something e'se in the Al mice other t iii politics, nutl every individual wiU have I ivork out Ir.s own solvation, Cheap g.n.ds I no will not do it ; the relucti 11 of tarifl n 1 not do i' ; free c image al me will not do ? There has got to be a "git up an 1 gi>" c the firm. Our supplies must be u>a lent I no. Cotton w-11 not p?y for cvoryliing tended en tlie firm. Ketrfnohiiieat, r - I ni. al oig w t!i tne ino-t rigid economy, c die wa'cltworJ. Joe. tor the Tinf?. A Worthy Tribute to a Voblt *-M. NoIjo ______ doubt i lOUN B AKDOLPH JITII. -?-r-' rnlerpi There is one ocosi'n io the proceeding* of It is p< ir lives when p? souti l of tumult come b the pro i mar it* deoorum or disturb it* solemn engash illnvs: That is the ?.bituiry serrije we i or Jul re accuslome I to perform when one of ojr I h<>U'?I c te?ds end neighbor* lia? yiel led to the ten f .u I'iuiate aopoiptmeot of our ru e md gone oppress the way of all the earth." Kev reoce i-e a m ?r the Deitjr. ro.'pefil Ctf" mirlinl v religion. genera r^-rt u twr tne dead, and a fjroed rec gel- ? ju w ion of oar own morta ity more ue to |H| >rta these and dories. occupt Our attention is arrested, clamor cets-s, nose ol lie proprieties of dignified silence are oV wards I erred, a id we cannot escape a serious and and wl rofound reflection. The ocaaaio i is once their f i>re upon us, and 1 obey i lie impulse of my in* in eart when, parlicipating in these cere no- agricul ? r ?* ? m? l? n mtitn run I ri hil I ion to the It is rork of this sad occasion, and attempt to firmer ear tesliminy 10 tho worthy life and excel- poorly at character of a departed f iend aud banish rother-in-arms. It seems very appropriate is cone liat I should il i so, for I knew him ai but occupi ew men knew Mm?I kne* Irm from ray better oyliood. We were birn and rearel in the This is aine community. Little would it have been drift o mngined years ago that I shoal I bo called the cit ipon in this presence to perform the aid The luty which I now contempt re. L fe is he is p trange ; personal history is mysterious ; tho tive'y ran?itions, the separations and ? uniin', rent ar lie changes of the litnos and our changes in with p hern, the innumerable strange things that tanca. ame to pass along the journey of life, and cotton, lie fillings by the way side, the scenes aud that tli ircurnstances which attend the "inevitable what tour," the periolsand methods at nnd by thinks sh ch we arc taken off, tiio inscruteble pur- handh pose involve I, nil carry with them the:r and hi iftcn end and al*avs instucive lessons, envy I itid serve to impress upon the minds of dolltri liouglrful men a confirm ition of that keepei philosophy which tciches that; "There's a sand t livin ty that shapes our o:<d-?, rough-hew cash a hem as we will." rt-flect Whether I can uow speak of Irm ns I done tvou'd desire or as become) the occasion, tuy family tribute is at least sincere an 1 hca-tfo't. "In the en litis dark world of ours there is no richer modes gora than sorrow's diadem?ateir." lean, m>n ? nd'ed, give to his mem try that "test of nf- nearly taction," and s ?y of a tru'li ilia* I deplore of the his loss and grieve tint he is no more. IIis to five ilcatli was not unexpccfel to me. for 1 ob- nary < serve i with const w.t silicitu Ic and incrcas- stores ing apprehensions tho fearful inroads which hecair a dreadful and fatal malady was rapidly fiel i: making upon his strength and constitution : counti A few days before his death, when I hid him hire 1 good-bye, I felt and fcired it was the last bales lime I should s e him in the flesh. pail t JOHN RANDOLPH JEL'ER was born ,cerk i December 4-t, 1830 and died October 16th, by the 1891. He joined the Confederate army as a usuail private and served throughout the war. out fr His tirmy life inoint actual service. Expo- he hv ted to danger, lie always had "a place in Hie self as picture near the H filing of the guns." N ? spoile man made a better record as a soldier. His who c :ourse h is bee i uniform ly commendab e, and c< 1.. 1 ? 11 ? , iiiuiiiY, ?uu nc I'ussfWf ? iu an i ? pre unusual degree tlio esteem and cwfidcnco of selves those w Ih whom he has been associated. those without regard to race or color. Exemplary more conduct, dai y walk and conversation exc>*p- few. Liiuially puvc, liahits disc-eet and lion- We orahle, a correct and stain'ess private 1 fe cs imi is univc sal y affirmed of huu. lie was and h quiet, observent and thoughtful, a'custouiel does, to a c ireful and considerate analysis of the after i right and wrong of a measure. lie was not and 1 etilictc 1 with any undue or indecent eager- them, Hess for mere public utterance, but spoke profes only when actuated by a sense of duty and weigh the necessity of the case, and then eirnest- and g ly sil l honestly, lie was singularly free with I from any disposition f r more empty diss to be. plsy or artificial appearance. He disdained disguise an 1 demised dissimulation. He I'm was a thoroughly earnest mm. Ho was on tb sife, accurate, sound and practical; he was inga I'lHitivo. anil n?ioful j nlwayu tru 1- iuiox ed, never doubted. In him, whenever a desirr true man was wanted a true man was found, now He was a devoted husband, a kind and affec- I ility t ionat e father. Ere long and the time wi'l legis] conie when each of us shall also "sleep witli in tin our fathers." May we profit by his exam- this i p'c ; live a life of equal rectitude. We truly coiid sympathise w th his bereaved family, this In May the God of flic widow and orpliau they < guide an I protect them, in their great loss major and distress, is the humbie prayer of a tutc. friend. A. E. Fant. sion s * * re fere More Progressive Legislation thein Mu Editor:?is it a fact that a bill will be Cverv brought up at (lie next session of the Legis- that'll laturo to prevent laiy, big-talking fathers p0pul from standing around discussing the tariff s(0ck the snbtreasury and the miserable condition jj^t a of the farmers and laboring people, while was 0 their children, from tcu j cars old up to tioiisxl twenty, are supporting the whole fami'y by to a* working in cotton mills? That's the talk in Sent ?l A.ltl na.nl.l.,nl./v?.l ..wl ..II U f . uui nuuu, f?uu nc ?'u uu in iuvui ui |)llt tl it. Now tliera is Jake Sizewcll. Ho lived judgu near I lie Cross llonus a whet end was never (j,c j, much. He dil not have any spirit in him. timet Bui he managed toget on, principdly by 11 >t ,jic p, paying his debts. When he got about four Je?;?). children bier enough for the fui.tvi j he moved in. His wife docs the cooking, washing and (l j)ar patching. I understand that his oldest girl moml makes $21.50 a montli and that the four partit make about $55.00 a month. This pros- v,?te t perily Iris developed Jake into a regular such [ oli iciin. Ho attends a'l the meetings and t)ri will In k n'l day about great public matters, of tin lie has not done a steady day's work si-ice js ,l0( the 1st of la-1 January. Tliey tell mo there phy-i is a considerable cliance of such fol ows as abate Jake about all the factories. They say sune ajc fl of them spcntl one-tenth of the r children's nU( a earnings for whiskey. That is why I am in* bined fsvor of the biw and I hope our Spartan- earth, burg members will work an I v te for it. I t.? Then I think there ought to be another Bmj | bill passed. You know, Mr. Kdi o;\ that we of* ilie lia?c a law aga:nst working young children pCO p in factories, or longer than a certain a law number of hours. That is all well enough, <iorse? But we want a law to prevonl fathers from per HQ making their children under twelve years of an,j ago pic v colon from amirs: to su isa\ If amp Tlier's Tom llobget. He d?u't lire fa" from inc. II" !:;.i some (puck, .-mart chiUict. T|,e lie brigs on their cotton picking and will .| ,,, point out a little light hairel gi<l, not (piito |i,it p ten years old. wlio gets a linn had pounds a j,.. ,,,, day. He is v?ry proud of her ii?ul says, " \yp Why sir. -lie cm pick more c it ton t li in m .' , u,.c j The lazy lm k of a ra-cil never tried it ail ,,j- c d iy. I nuiico that the children are soat pcoph to (lie field at sunrise and th y do not get 11 u ent until dns. It iho sun isbli-tcr rig hot tliev I c, have to pi k. ami fthe mornings -ire frosty t. iho picking g->- so>. Now then arc linn- , |4.|tt tireds of j cop e 1 ik-s Hog et. 1'liey make i siives of tticir ch 1 tren. T ! y give tlYou n J. V chance logo to siliod, or to li ve i 1 tt o | 11 is M k ? wor*. ?v?>rK nil the time. Si if ai alt lome of our members will introduce a bill t ? wlrcU ^ive lac boys an I girls a chance, lie w I mi i y receive ilicir thanks and gratitule. \Vi?i wat.ir we are liaviiiz protective l> 'gis:nt >ri. let in diiliu live in ire of it.?'JmiHtoiMMii, in S/>ir(tin. pram, - mm |,n For the Timks. given. A Prohibition Mass Mecriug. Two Mn Kiiitoii : A'pr diibition mass meeting planed v is lie' I ai I'liil pi cluivfi 1-et Sunday ihcai, iigh\ A goodly number was in at tendnuc the st i'i<i some very Hue speeches were mad* bv placed hose favoring^prohibili ui."No hissing wa* run ii: icaidj against it l'rof. Morrison, of tlie My Union tlr.id-d School, irented the audience I > wo kii i ?-ens l>l pacticil lals. His nrgu nenls the ba verc conv nci-g ui I uuarmvc able. Nearly fully i ve y one present signed tin pe ili >n for one hi >1 oh biting llie sale of liquor in the Smte. In i I'lie nuts es ure nearly all iiijfavor of prolii- nearly > t! > n. It is high tune (lis great curse t> the ed l?i z iti iu wash*e ngjdrifon from the state, quires UttouM.^ UtralA V'</U**<4y ?*u Vltjr AUwvlUVldy *li uudrr.-laud-> the fvtg iiu h*t furim-rs in this country deserve d will and help of men of all oili?r I'.i . T-? lounuviou 01 a t hue oes* 'isM are built on our agricui'un. irticularljr so under the oper-tioas of >'eetire tariff which prevents ugQ^o ? ig extend re'y in foreign commerce ing business on the high sen. N ? >r sure structure can be built on rot* ndati>n?. If the farmers are poor or i*<i or working a' a loss it w ll ot ly alter of time when there will be a lions and posl'i 'os, whether the boilr farming is s> po >r in ngoiaise ?r relhat it ciouot be e n'inued profitably, tether farmers will be foroed fro a rat to seek some other meififlpflivsuch 'numbors as to diminish the 'ural productions of the country, amat'ervery hard to decide. The is told that his business is the m >?t piyd of all, that the oppression and ips of our whole commercial syste n entraled again?t him, that all other lions nre more hopeful and gn^r-illy than hi*, until he comes to beliese it. one of the facts explaining the ste idy f population from the rural districts to ics. trinh is. die avenge farmer think loor'y off brcause he takes cmipsr i little account of the matters of house JK| ul fool for himself mil family, which eople in the cities are of first imporThe farmer who makes ten bales of ' , for instanco, sells them anl finds eir entire proceeds arc iissi in paying he owes for supplies and clolhiog. he tins I >st a years worn. lie uas , .17 sd only about four bundle I dollars 4 -5 is sc -n it all g>, and ho is d sposel to ^ ;hc mechanic who earns two jjx a a day and to regard the clerk, r or lawyer who receives from a thou*. 0 (wo thousand dollars a year in dear * ;* 3 a rich niau. He docs n 1 atopic . that each Of th< so people has r^^H. only wh?t he did?supported nud c ?ino out even or nearly eve^W^ 1 I of the year. The rent of a very m t city hoifc?the more r >of to cover a md Irs funily frini (he weather?ii r as much ns the total living expenses i snia'l farmer, representing from three n* i bales ofcitton. The food of an ordi- :ity family compelled in live from the is as much more. Clothes cost moro so in town more of them are needel; s a large item in town while in tho ry it is virtually nothing. A servant and boarded rcprc?euts easily three of c >lton. When all is figured out and lie c ty man, working six days every n the year and bound down to minutes > clock, at a hundred d >!la-s a month y congratulates himself if he comes eo of ocbt after spending evi^t cent 1 made. Yet lie docs not rrgd^piiira! having been oppressed, degraded or J* d. Nine-tenths of tho men in towns an support their families in decency <' omfort and carry life insurance enough * vent want in case of death think the nlucky. In cities as in the country, who accumulate some money and have of it than tliey actually need arc the believe if the average farmer wou'd ate the value of the support of himself is family as the average town resident he would find himself not so badly off ill?tlia' if ho would count his time tbor and the practical rosu ts from as mechanics, clerks, merchants and ssional men u-c forced to do, and j'' advantages and disalvantagc*, losses \lr. r.ns, lie would he less discontentel . . Itis own lot than lie is gcucrally disposed ? Greenville Neics. * * on 1 niTiox.?A bill is now pending and . ' 41 1 V rvt 1 art nolo ti <1 n ? iu 11 Ii <1 nSanr nf naea. v vuximui " r?B?~ I iw for the prohibition of the s ilo of o?ma in the Atnte. l'htl 8U0ll ll law id ^ iblc nil will admit; that it is possible is the question: the only bar to it possi-. j*' ia found in the mind of many of our *J f at >rs, wl.o honestly doubt their duty b premises. Not having been o'veted on asuc they assume they would bo trnnsng their power us legislators to enact iw. They, or many of them, decliro if c>uld be persuaded it was the will of a > ity of the people they would n t licsiThcy think that tho popular exp csliould be had at the ballot box with snce to this matter, in order to guile in framing such a law; but d >es not > law offset tin people ? Is it tho rule .? Iiiestions of State are referred first to nr vo'e before rulers make laws ? The law, fir instance. Was it not known 1 majority, or a very lnrge minority, pposcd to its enactment? It was sec, it was grinding (or thought so to be) number of our citizens. Our reprc;ives were not instructed to its p.vvange, ? rtcy did so. Why? llccausti in their lent, it was best, ami would be best for devest of the State in all its parts, in all o conic, anl hence innde the law for eople by the rigid inherent in tiR> s is not a question which sli >uld mike y or divide a party. It is question of a and belongs to all ptities, Oceansj nil s stand vugigcd when in p iwrr to clehe morals of tlie people by framing laws as arc best suited to that end. inkenncss, as a crime, lias tli^Amtion 5 government. As n widesprctu^vil it recognized as a disease, moral and cal. No provisos! is male for iis ncnt by those whose duty it is to ercpure nioril at nio-phcrc and 10 stamp disease more noxious tiiun nil the coin* plagues (lint have ever visited our i'I. therefore, on the hftuorablo Senator n-|inanili nes "I uus coillliy l<? II11I1K i position wliicli they tceupy to ilieir s mid t i do their par' io the pnssigc of that will relieve t lie St-ite fro ill I lie oane-.it of n business ihnt is degrading to nis and which bringi disease, sutfeiing Bath into many liouseh ilds.? I.rttrr to ton Guardian. following is an extract fr nil an cditoilie t'uttnn J'iant, Oct. !?1 : We think lie lime ins e in ! for a forwird step r poojd-* upon a I moral lines, cilier the bill pi-tiding in the Lejn-dns in the best sbnpe for die a t;iiiiino?*? purpose, is wholly inniia er.nl. j want prohibition?and in our jiia^^^P tiny should wtiui it?ih y m i_\ sufcl^^^ it tin ni-c'ves with a jcc-I r-ln n to licet, mid lcivetne legist >ture 'o f nine that will make ilnci w.ll etlee-ivc. i, Oaiiiikit Anns an ATr.vniMKXT to aiTon.? ). \V. (larre I lias in-cnol icilutcm t<> his no v thill iim nmtu* wil greitly inert-use its |rutiod It it at air.ioffcmeii1 for r.idng fr?in i ratming sire int. It i< rather It t > gi e a description without a -;iaso only an imperfect out! tie of tt>o ne and its mttnnerof work ng c.iu^p tint boats joined by stout li ubcrs are in tlie f.tivain, too dist m -c between of cours i depending 01 the wihli of tearn. At the end of the boats is u br.ast wheel which ilio f.roi of the ig siicam causes to rev. lve the revolotioo of t!io wheel a pump is 1 forcing 'be wat-r to the motor on nk Tue machine will work ii any Hream whos : veloci-y is over de pt r hour. li s way water can bo raised from any stream and willgrouly increase iciency of the motor wliish now roa fall for its operation.?^partinburg % ?