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007. TILLMAN'S NEWBERRY SPEECH, of As tho Governor came forward he looked 8,1 pale and feeble froiu bit recent sickness, and it wa? evidently ao effoitas well as a risk lie made in fitliug his engagement to sj cak so m< soon after gettiog cut of a sick bed. Keeling l'' that be ba t noslrengtli to waste, he stsrted 'j1 into hie subject without moob pralitninrry ^1 and spoke in a low and calm, but porfectl/ distinct voice. H*a appearance was greeted >n with considerable cheering. He rpoke as m follows: v I am just out of a sick bed Yesterday ?n was the first time in trn/lays 1 have been * ' out of t ho house: and but Jbr fear that you 8'" would have oorne heie to heir me to-day a' and gont home disappointed, 1 would not haeo come. JJ I atn always glal to respond lo the call V' of 'he ci'izeus of any county to confer with tlicm on auy subject that concern o1 the public welfare. 1 linve been invited here to discuss the agricultural outlook, the ?* cunuiiitm 01 me lurining nuertsu) una ouitr ^ kin<1 r o<I topics bearing on agriculture. ^ A . icu.tu' o is the basis of all wealth: the ' ns * on which all society tests. 1 act toll B" i bat 1 am net expected to touch on politics. The subject for discussion is a dry oue, but more important than politics, because it affects every individual and household. Advice it superabundant. Kvery tnan is " ready to give advice on any and all occt- 11 stoas. lJut few take it. As Shakespeare a says: "1 can easier te'l twenty men what 11 is good to be done than to be one of the * twenty to follow my own teaching." " We are controlled with a gloomy cond.- J" tion. Never within my recollection?cer- 11 tuirily never since 18o5?has thcr e beca n r more gloomy prospect. 1 huvc heard often that in 1848 and 1819?when I was a baby jj inUie crailljk-JUr:-a_a;a#_a. ^puol4rxo"iUtiiw. ' But other things were different then, and } the people were more able to meet the low price of cotton. Then nearly every planta- d ion was self-sustaining Wc bought very iitl:c necessaries?we produced them?all 11 except sugar, 8alt,sho'>s for the negroes and ' one or two otlter articles. We have reversed tho condition then existing, wc have a changed the ccooomy of farming, and now wc devote our energies largely to producing one crop, to buy nearly everything we aro ^ compelled to have. iii-j pvo.11'111 cuniuiion 01 over-prouuction, or (lie raising of loo much cotton?more than the world will or cm consume?was seen by nic seven yoirs ago, and predicted by me in a speech at BenneitsviU<*. And 1 (hen set About to effect a chnngo by public discussion of the subject. *What bns produced this revolution There ^ are several causes lliat liavo fostered, b encouraged and almost driven us to the* cul- b lu'C of cotton. One cause is the lieu law, * which bases credit en a fu urc crop. It h is placed the honest and tho dishonest on the 0 ennie footing, the in'clligcnt and indusui- ? ous alongside tho ignorant and lizy. and 7 has compelled the ruising of a lnrge cotton crop. Farmers and renters contract for so much cotton. Our legislation is largely 11 resp nsible for this condition. n The effort to make cotton to pay for everything else, ou :he renliug system?especially B wheie the negroes predominate?brought about the demand for the stock law. It was F claimed thut we could not make nnjihing b out of stock, and that the fences were too expensive to enc'oso them. I was uu advo- 9 ca c ' f the no-feuce law, and believe it is a I" blessing. It did not necessitate doing away " with stock, but that was largely the practical result; r.nc* thereto 1 c it caused mo'o v attention to be given to cotton culturo. We n turned a blearing into a curse, because our c people do not know that by summer pasture ( and by cotton seed meal or cotton eecd in winter, we can produce beef as cheap sb the 1 West, You have read this many a time, but 1 pusses out of your mind and you forget it. c 1 have raised hogs and kept u strict account ^ of their cost, and they cost me less than to ^ buy tbem, 1 Our syetem of farming has brought nn c inci cased use of commercial fertilizers. We r pay net caah over $3,000,000 a year for ferli-j lizcra. Our lands are subjected to cotton I _____ culture year after year. There is no rota- D fon of crops, no preservation of the humus e of the soil, and our hilly lands are washed )' into a thousand gullies. 'Die production of 11 It uno manures lias come to be almost a lost art among us. We kill grass nine mouths in the year a: d then lots of us buy Northern hay. I n don't propose to lecture you. 1 don't 'j a'ways follow my own advice. c Foreseeing this condition of tbo farming F interests, 1 and others have struggled to 1' bring the farmers to think, and to ibis end F have secured the establishment of a college '? ?Clcroson?where diversified industries may 9 be taught. Hut the college being still "in the sweet bye and bye," what ate we to do " ?(.? ? The way appears to mo to be plain. 11 It needs no conventions and no mass meet- * nigs to point out the road. We certainly u pro luce more cotton than the w< rid will buy ai lcmunerntive prices to us. Whether spccu- I I ulntion and financial depression have any- | 11 iiiuij iu u?> wun me price?atrl J believe F they are portly responsible?i he price of cotton now is less tUon it costs to raise it. If we raise cotton at /. cost of 7 cents and ' so l itatO, Mnl don't raise our oWn food pro'jii<"L", jftli I then starve, it is our own ^<fnt t , Tim they say the people arc in debt; Will C it pay debts to raise cotton at o cent a pound b more than it can be sold fori* It it non- y sen-c to expect it. w Credit ob'oioed too easily is partly rc- |? sponsildc for the condition of affaire, by h tempting farmers to go into debt. No<v n crent is not so easy, t'eople with money g will trust only those who will pay it back, c If il.c i eople don't raise their own provi- 1> sions starvation is inevitable. That is the s long and the short ami the whole of it. 8 'J h s condition of raising too much cotton n ? caused by ihe lien 1 iw ami the stock law? b lias brought half the land under contiol of ! li men too ignorant to run any plantation, and tl ha* icnda our people forget that if tliey ilou't p work s x days in the week there can be no | surplus The three months between plant- h ing and gathering, which should be spent n in mal.iug manures and repairing and c can- * ing up are giveu up by half the people to a rioting, foolishness and idlene-s. We have d got to be more industrious and make our a r it ions at home. There is no use talking, h It is as sure as 2 and 2 make 4. ai U b. t about the financial side? Many j. he ievo ?and 1 agree with tliem? that the ti low price of cotton is influenced by two cm- il ?cs b rides over production. The demoneti- st z ill n of silver and the eoadoct of our financial sy-lem in the interest of Wall sirect. %V c aro being used as licwers of wood and < JJ drawc-s of water to make a few mcu richer i|t while wo sweat day in and day out. We C : ro 1 -rgely respons b!c for it, by want of h industry and eccinouiy, but at the same time in wc are robbed by the manufacturing indns- W tries to make money kings at the North. hi I have pointed out what we are to do at ?; Iiciuo. What are we to do abroxl ? What A willi (lie government? This is a big coun- at try with 05,000,000 people. We in South M (/iii 'ilina are only 1,000,000?only one sixty- la filth i f the whole people. This ojuniry is *e. the garden spot of the continent. There are ti< va-t and diversified and conflicting interests, at Agriculture, by reason of luck of organiza- ?>i ti n and lack of inielligence among those sn wh > represent us, has been systeinati' a ly rob tli bed through the tariff and by the owners and Tl contractors of money in Wnll street. The at cry goes up from many a million throats: th ' Give us relief, or wo perish." The Alii- 4.' or.co sprang into the arena, asking the government to give relief. If tlio Alliance go Joo fur and trench on ugrarianism, paternal- ca i - in and centrnlizaiion, i feir that t ho bow h< of promise will disappear from the sky. If I) it be reasonable, if it com bat lying and sub- II ?^idised newspapets; if we vote f r mev.cns l't relief?if we do rot get all, we w 11 get mcthiog from this agita'ion. We want a ourrency not carried to New >rk and let oat from there, where a few ] m can oontraot it and then expaud it alter e products have passed from the bands of e produce's. How are We to get it T lis is too broad a subject to tackle to-day. , Look at the condition of afTnirs in Wash- ' gton?more than a hundred and f#rty jority, aud the Democratio party parazed, split into factions and quarreling with is another. Herecomoinaloctl enl diver- ^ Bed interests The Detnocra'sof MassachuUs and Nebraska hsv* cot the same intcrc ts ( the Democrats of South Carolina. Whether e country is to be divided on lines of South id West and North aud East. I dou't know ( io trend is in that direction. The orthwesteru men are saying to us "Coinc ( er," but we, who are confronted with the epjbliean party determined to force negro iterument upon us by a force bill, ha*o >t to stand by the Democratic party of the _ ? L 1 IV.-a urill null LWl. But 1 nra getting int<? politics, and mu^t >P- , , . There cannot be any reasonable and just ntagouism between the Alliauce and other asses. Our interests are all identical, ulvss the farmers prosper all go by the ovid. There is no autagonism except with lie bondholders and bonkers of the North nd East. There is no reason why we should ot all hold together. There aro divisions of cotiment iu the Alliance itself as to the est ends. Many dispute about how to etch a point ; but v?c should net tight iccause we may chooso to go by different > ads. The third party, that was born a-t Fait and was endorsed at St. Louis ay before yesterday, has no considerable allowing. If the rfDeujo.crat.ic_.r9?"JiX, tli.YS f the Northwest proves its words by ts acta, then w? can cast about what to [ ?. Till then we must stand shoulder 0 shoulder against the force bill and igbt for white supreinicy and for home and lod and native land. The ape cli occupied thirty-Bix minutes ud was attentively heard by all present. On moti'n of Dr. Pope, the thanks of the udicnce were extended to Gov. Tiilman for lis able and interesting address. TO THE WOMEN OF THE STATE 1 Circular Address Issued by tuk World's Fair Club. Mrs. Clark Waring, the president of the 'entral Stole Woman's World's Fair Club of 'olumhia, has issued the circular address o the women of the State. The crcul&r is rimtul of excellent information and is as ollows: Magnitude?Don't think of the immensity i me iin<ierinKing. consider that jou arc nly responsible for a part of it?your part -and that part, howcver.sinail, if well done, i bound to tell in tbc gr ind turn total. Object?Wh tt is our object ? To acquaint lie world with what we ore and what we re capable of doiug. Meaning?We mean business. We are oing to prove that the women of South Carolina are just as capable of niakiog this irnctical effort iu the great labor world of o-dny as the women of any other laud. Steps?Our first step is energy ; our second tep is energy ; our every step is energy, '.uergy is a mightier power than money ; it aakes money. The w.iy?Organize. Seek out every romnn of energy and perseverance in your aidst and get her into your olub. Give her ongcuial work. Congenial work is wcllloue work. Ou the Committee?Who has composed a lieco of music, or writteu a book? Who is he lucky owner of a colonial relic? Who an wield a needle, or a pencil, or a brush ? Vho can do artistic work in wood, or in the iousc, the pautry, the da ry, the garden, he field ? Find out and indues her to furlisli for this patriotic cause a perfect specinen of her skill. Money?Money is the only thing thai >ays; so mike money. Appoint your amuseaent committee as s >on as possible. Give liter.ainmen's, in privato houses and pubic halls. Charades, nuisicales, dime readtig, tableaux Yivauts, pink teas, garden paries and what not. Make money. Committees Needed?Amusoments, re i-eshuienti, colonial display, literature, art, eedlework, music, educational, philaniropy (that is collect data of women's exliangcs, lolging houses, humane S3ci?ties, rovidcnt associations ec.,) chaii ies, (reef societies, orphan asylums, homes for old cople, hospita's. Sisters of the l'oor, soup ouses, etc., domestic industry (pickles, wcetmcils etc.,) lmme decoration," indusrial products (nee, silk culture, etc.,) farm, airy, floriculture. The educational com>ii'tee will not only collect data but endeavor o induce every head of an institution to get p nti exhibit of his pupil's work. When to ho ready?As soon as possible, -ate arrivals, in the shapo of exhibits, will tot be admit'ed to the great Columbiau Kxlositi in of 1803. ,?.--Mus. Clark Wakino, l'res dent Central Club. Columbia, March 3, 180*2. Uk Brocuiit tiis Last Cargo of Slavks o Tins Country.?Mob le, Ala., March 8.? apt. Timothy Meaher, a venerable steamoat mm, diel here this morning, age-1 79 oars. He was for many years identified >ith business on (lie Alabama an 1 Tom ighce Rivers in the palmiest days of etcainoating. ilo wait n ted as the importer of lie last cargo of slaves brought to t lie United talcs This was in the spring of 1801. He bartered the schooner Clotilda which i ought 100 negroes and managed to pirit tiiein into a cine brake 100 miles tip iream. News of the importation soon got broad and Menher was arresicd and tried, nt proved that he had made cvery trip on is <>wa boat Toney and the inference was hat ho had not liiuo to receive ncgrjes and cisonally superintend tlio hi ling of them. Ic was discharged If convicted he would avc suffered the dea'h penalty. Thirty egrocs fell to his share. He settled in a ithttrb of this city where, being freed shortly ftcr their arrival, they and thoir desceuants have remained. They have uorcr -socatcd with other negroes, are but alf civilized, s'ill use their native hugnage n<l are ruled by a queen of tho;r own cltoos>cr. Thovcniov a 00ml roniitntinn fur it,dn?. y nn l honesty and the r co'ony is one of ic curios tics m >st eiger'y viewed by eighties. - - . < ? Gkoiuih W. Cunninoiiam Found Dkad in ki>.?Hie community was shocked jesteray morning by the news that Ge>. \T. iinningham, the well known cotton buyer, oil been found dead in bed at his residence i College street lie h id bce-i on the street 'c Incsdsy and did not coinpl tin of feeling idly. lie went homo about 7 o'clock at igbt on 1 then complained of nervousness, bout 9 o clock a physician was called in, id to produce sleep i-ijcctc I morphine, i r. Cunningham's wife and mother sat up ( te and occasionally visited the bed room to o if be was sleeoinir wall or neediwl >11. They ti.-ite<l hiia last befne hi* de?th 2 o'clock yesterday morning. He was ' cUli<ng keenly, but gave no symptoms of 1 ifFer.ng. They did not feel aH>U?J, an cy had neon hiin before io that condition, icy retired, but ngain went fo Ira bedside I r> o'clock. The shock vras intense when ey saw that he was dead ?GrttnvilU Ktirx ' /, ! - I We have a rpecdy and positive cure for ; itarrb, diphtlurii, canker mouth and < tadeche. io 8HILOH'8 CATARRH REME- ( V. A nasal injector free wi h each bottle. ' se it if you desire health and sweet breath. ' rice oOc. b'old by II. K. 8mith & Co. I 5f?e iBeefcfg In ion ItrajsP R. M. STOKES, - Editor F* Friday, March II, |?ML | SUBSCRIPTION, 91 60 PRR ANNUM y POST OFFICE DIRECTORY. B The P. O. will be opened for business 4 i tout 8 A. M. to 6.00 P. M. '^ Kjh The Money Order Department rill uttjL tpeued forbusiuess from y A. M. to 4 P. Mr * The Northern and 8ontbern mails wiif ' losi at I P. M. M?il will be.taken flroef 1 he i-treet boxes at 12.46. ' \ Any inattention or irregularities should e reported promptly to the P. M. J. C. HUNTER, P. M. ' MONEY WANTED. Our niccssities demand Cash every day ; while our subscription books disclose 60 per cent, t.f our subscribers iu at rears. We want money badly. Perhaps you canni t pay all you owe us, although it is a very snnll amount for each, but you surely cau pay half, and that will help until money is easier with all of us. WE MUST COLLECT. Miss Mildred Strain has been ay- ' pointed pt s> mast or at Etta Jaue, vice William Strain, deceaied. We arc requested to announce that Itev. W. E. Q. Humphries will preach at Pbilippi Church next Sunday afternoon, at " \ BgjU The "C" egg, which our correspondent Vox spoke of last week, is in the times oflicc, f >r i he inspection of eggology curiosity hunters. It is truly a curious freak of nature. The letter C is plainly raised on the shell as if it had been placed there by an cinbo'S'ng press. One cf the most contemptible acts of malicious mischief we have ever known was the breaking of one of the large panes of glass in each of the two windows of Win. A. Nicholson & Son's Banking house. It was either ilie act of a spiteful coward, or done through there wantonness. A telegraphic despatch was received from Chat lesion last Monday morning to Mrs. Wni. Muuro and Mr. II. M. Griiubatl, announcing the death of their father, Hob. John Berkeley tirimball, which occutrtW^f his home in that city the night before, at the venerable age of nearly 92 years. We regret that we have not room this wctk for nn interesting synopsis of the life of this noble "prcduct of ante-bellum Southern civilization," but we have clipped it for next week. iter It is again announce! that Mr. Thos- II. Gore has been again appointed to fill the unexpired term of Mr. Scott, as Treasurer of Union County, and the time for paj ing taxrs without penalty has been extended to April 8th. We siucertly hope Mr. Gore's bealili will continue g>od, so tliat lie will bo able to accept the uttice nnd perform its duties. Until ho takes p issession of the office and commences rtcciving taxes we shall not put up a cent that Union County has a fully equipped and lawful T*e?ourcv. ? ^ -7?*.^...,^ The large congregations that assembled nt the l'rcsbylet i 111 church last Saturday and Sundny to hear Her. N. J. Holmes, were greatly disappointed at his not arriving, nnl much anxiety was expressed about him, and the cause of bis non-appearance. But not until Tuesday was that anxiety relieved, when a letter was received from Mr. Holmes stating that on Friday, when abaut Ffteen miles from Laurens, on his way to fiil his appointment at Union, Mrs. Holmes, who was with him, was suddenly taken very sick, and remained eo for two days, when they lmd to return home. We are all anxious to hear fora him, and sincerely hope Mrs. Holmes has recovered. 8?. If we may judge from what the few farmers we have talked with this week sajr about the present con lition and prospects of firming in this oun'y, the farmers are at least three weeks ahead of what they have been the tro lost years in tlieir farmworX. There is ano'lier hopeful outlook: They have generally commenced a new system of farming, by reducing the acreage of the cotton crop nt least 20 per ceut, nnd increasing the acreage of >^e corn, wheat an 1 oat crops at least 20 per cent, Buying from one-third, (0 one half less guano than last yesr, trying to rnise more bog*, nnd paying more attention to the garden, the poultry yard and the dairy, for home supplies,to reduce store accounts. Sincerely do wc believe the short crop and low price of cot on lest yenr will prove a uivrsiug hi mammal: 1. j 1 lie people 01 1111s sec lion of our country. Lockhart Shoala R R. Meeting. In pursuance to the call of the corporators of the Lockhart Shoals Railway Co.. a meeting of the stockholders of said company was he'd at Jonesvillo Inst Saturday, rho oth, for I he purpose of electing officers and organizing the company for immediate work. The following Hoard of Directors were elected Joseph Walker, Dr. C. H. Fleming and. D. It. Duncan, Spartanburg. Tiiad L. Hamos, W. II. S. Harris, Jonesvi le. C. D. Fnrrar and J. II. Spears, l'inckney. At a meeting of Iho Hoard of Director*' Mr. C. D. Fariar was elected I'resi lent of the company. Steps were immediately taken to have the route of the road surveyed at once, and Hon. [Ilenn D. Peake was elected chief surveyor Blicctric Bittkra.?This ranteJy is becoming so well known and so popular an to need no speoial mention*' All who have used Fleet no Bitters sing the same song of praise. \ purer medioine dots not exist and it is ^uurnuteed to do all (bat is claimed. Kirch io Bitter* will oure nil diseases of the Livrr ??* Kidneys, will remove Pimples, Iioils, talt Khrum and other affections caused by impure blood. Will drive Malaria fiom Uie lysteni and prevent as well as cure all Malarial fevers. For cure of Headache, L'onstipst>on and Indigestion try Klrctrio Hitters. F.ntire satisfaction guaranteed or money refunded. Price bOets and 91.00 ptr bottle at U. F. Posey's Drug store. fits Court^ThoC uri of General Seniors began Montar morning, Judgo T. B. Frasjr, presi ling, i thi (Pant Jury w#s organized with T. | I ? l>?n can, Foreman. Judge Fraror charged i fce Or nd Jury coneiae'y but forcibly ou ' reseral ma* tore. I Aolloitor Schuropert ga?c out the follow- i gbllla to the Graud Jury, which were conlldared by tlint body and returned to the *4mJR^P^ws. James Sims, ExoU Jct^iyBoa-lo?" jpil,?Grand Larceny. Tiled, and a% terdict of not guilty m to Sims and Jeter; but gui'ty na to Hi 1 wns rendered. The Stato vs Jan. Whitmiro,?House breaking. No bill. Tho State to Jurcph Gull man, Joo Dogan F.ubanks,?Shooting in train. Tried and found not guilty. The State vs N. B. Eison,?Assault with intent to kill. True bill. Continued. The St'?to vs Jeff Koon,?Malicious Mischief. Tii-.d nnd acquitted. The State vs. Thus. Murrab.?Murder. Not guilty. The 8tate vs James L. Ward, Sam Littlejolin, Munro WarJ, N it Moore, StaLs Davis, ?Riot and Aggravated Assault. No bill. The State vs. Geo. Bates, Wni. HuUon, P. R. Davidson, Newton T. Burris.?Tried. Geo. Bates plead guilty. Nol prot as to Davidson and Bufiis, nnd coutinucd as lo Hutson. Stato vslfeurv Mooihcad.?Murder. Troe ts John D. Norrjp,?Obtaining goods j under false pretense. True bil'. Tiie 1 not guilty. | Tho Grand Jury finished their labors fi r jihe session, mode their Presentment oud mere discharged yesterday, Thursday, about )>oon. The court of Sessions was also Adjourned nt that time, nnd the Court of Common Pleas was opened. I The Presentment of the Graud Jury is one of the most e'abtrate of any for many years, and brings to the attention cf the court many irregularities that have been overlooked heretofore by tliul high tribunal of inquisition. It will be published next week. God oalled her in Hor ParityDied, on Jlr.rch .lid, 1802, at the Clifford Seminary, Union, S. C., Annio Stoucy, daughter of J. Hurler ton lteid, Esq., of Georgetown, in the 1 Stb yosr of her ago. lTC?re?6(iTVhft*e so stirred the hearts and oxoiWd the sympathy of our coinmuniiy, ns the illness and death if this lovely girl. Fmnk nud ingenuous, guileless and free from selfishness and arrogance, gentle, pure and true, tbe Insensibly drew to herao f all who came within ber influence. From early childhood she had received the unsolicited adroirat:on nnd devotion of young and old, tut still rrmniucd the sweet and gcnllo child. Tho pride of her home, she brought sunshine and joy wherever she went. Sho was> of those rare spirits to whom we can apply the words, "To the pure oil things ere pure," for contact with the world, left no stain oc her pute character or marred the beauty of her soul. Strong in her Faith and love to God, she I ad the implicit trust of a child in her bav)our, and never doubted the wisdom of'^Hie Love. In ber was evidenced ^^Fsa!?i?:s eeuranfa : P^^^ffhRWek will Ho' guide in judgmen', tttlrl tli* n,c??L. !'! II ? It:. " T?- I 2a We are assure 1 that she lias "passed ftoni death uoto Life." "Calm on llie bosom of thy God. Fair Spirit rest I lice now ; E'en while* with ouis, thy footsteps trod, Ilia seal was on thy brow. A. i n noticing tlio fact that Mr. Fainter had declinod to accopt the position of Treasurer of this County, The Slate, of Tuesday, says : I Gov. Tillman says that the removed treasurer has used all the funds avai'ablc for this yoar, and nothing is left to pay the salary of any person appoimod to fill the unexpired term. No more salary is available till next year, and the Governor intends to try and get some one to do the work as a labor of love. '' Msny people may construe the above into a charge against Mr. Scott that he had wrongly^nr.fraudidenllt/ "used all the funds available for this year," eto. ; but that is far from the truth, and those who so cons'rue it. do great injustice to Mr. Scott. The facts are as follows : Toe t reasurer's silnry is paid in Cotnmissi< ns upon (ho amounts ho collects, and cannot be over $800. Tbe commi'sionB are graduated M fotlows : Upon (lie first $10,000, he receives 4 per cent, upoo tlio next $10,000, 2 per cent, nud on all above that 1 percent. iMr. Scott had collected about $40,000 when ho was suspended, And the law plainly entitled hitu to the conmissiotis upon the collections he had mnde. The ; resent condition of tbe nffiirs in the Treasurer's ?dice oertninly shows a weak p -int in the system of paying the sa'ary of that office by commissions on receipts, mere esprcia'ly tho gra ing system of thoso coni" The1 fact now stares us in tho face, that we liave no Treasuror fo Collect taxes, ??u n? money lo pay one, lawfully; and tbe man can't >o found to accost ihe position who can, or is willing to, give a $20,000 bond for the pri?ilege of assuming the great responsibilities of the office and depend upou the liberality aol mercy of a Icg'sUtura yet to bo elected, whether he will get a dollar tor his services or ml, KlLI.Hl> BY A MkTHOOIST l'llRACIIRB.? Birmingham, Ala., March 0.?Key, John C'ahin, a Methodist preacher in Groan County, this morning shot and killed William ilordy, a deacon in the ohurob, and fatally wounded David Smith, brother-in-law of Her.ly. Iterdy suspected Calvin of bsing ? .iW l.l- /li i->-v ?m. - ? ....... fito incrujr ?) inif, nnu 81tnckel him with a cane, when Calvin drew a pistol nnd fired five (bote with the above remit, CsIShu in jul nt Kulaw. J<ouou.?AVill jou hoed the warning. The t'gMl ferhepe-of the euro approach of thet more terrible dieeeee, Consumption. Aik jourselvea if you eao afferd for the aske of sasiog 60c. to run the risk and do nothing for it. We know from experience that Sbi'oh's Care will cure your Couglr. It neTtr fal's. This explains why more than a Million bottles were so'd the past year. It relinves croup and whooping Cough at onoe. Mothers do not be without i'. For lamo back, aide or Chest Shiloh's l'uious l'l as tor. Bold by II. K. dmith & C.o J The Fraternal GuardiansA Lodge of tho above Order was orgsnited bote last Thuud 17 night, by Mr.Jno. R. Matbis, Deputy Supreme Organ's1 r, as- b< listed by chcrff, J. 0, Loog, and otliers. U fhe Lodge bus tweu'y members in ibis d place. The following are the officers elected d end instated to servo f.?r this year: T C. G., J. G. Long. b V. G., Dr. C. T. Murphy. it P. C. O.. J no. R. Matbis. M. 8 , Ti J. W. Broom. . p P. 8., Geo. L. T. Mafotte. a Treas., Capt. J- T. Douglass. Chap., 8. M. Rice, Jr., B. U, b 0., Jno- J. Eison. i< I S., Levi F. Malono. II O. 8., N. P. Dunbar. o Trustors: C. II. Burkett, N. P. Dunbir, r J. H . Matbis. M. E., Dr. M. T. Smith. c. Mr. Matbis informs us tliat tbo next meet n ing of he I.o-lgc will be in Foster's Mali, on ti tho 3rd Wednesday night in this month, v Me alsi says that those who contemplate ? joining this Order, can emie In any time be- b fore the next moeting as charter members and 11 gel in 0:1 (he application fee f >r cbartor mem- t bora, $ >. Alter this meeting the initiation f will be increased. r This Order is an insurai ce association, a c little out of tho usual. This Order insures on the 28 year basis and divides the time and t tho policy into eighth parts, and proposes to > p*y 4 01 me po 1 -y ns each eight hof tfie time ] (28 years) pmses. A person can insure for I from 1,000 to 5,000 dollars. The members ? all seem to linvc confidence in is nbiitlty to i meet its obl gations. If it is a success, it { will revolutionize Life Insurance. No Treasurer Yet. 1 Soon after ? ur paper was issue 1 last week j wo learned that Mr. T. K. Palmer liad de- | clined the office of County Treasurer, offered | him by Gov. Tillman, iu consequence of d<s- i covering that it would ho, to him, a position j involving utuch hard work and a great . financial responsibility, but very little pay. \ Wo cannot blame Mr. Palmer, but it places ( the County in a very crippled condition. The , School Teachers and the schools are suffering for the money due them, the inmates of , the Poor House will soon be cut down to t half or quarter rations, and aH other creditors of tho County are becoming mere than anxious about when the County will be in funds. In the meantime the County credit is declining many points every day. The only people who don't care "a continental,". 1 are those who have not paid their taxes, and hold no claims against the County. Of course they are more interested in keeping the Treasurer's office closed than having it reopened. Correspondence of the Times. Bailroad, Grip. 1'aralyaia and 3 Cent CottonJomksvillk, March 8.?Tha corporators of the Lockhart Sltoa's Railway Company, met in Jones>ide last Saturday and .organized for business, by cl'Ctiug a President, Secretary and Treasurer, and a board of Directors. Joseph Wa'ker, D. 11. Duncan, C. E. Fleming, C. D. Farrnr, T. L. Horace, W. II. S Harris, and J. 11. Spears were elected Di-ectors. At a subsequent meeting the -JUuasLors Selected C. D. Furrur President, and Secretary and Treasurer. llrsoluiions were passed to have the route surveyed as enrly as possible from Jooosvil c to Lockhntt, by Kelton, also to issue certificates of rt>ok for the amount subscribed by Jouesville and Pinekney townships?$20,000 etch?and deliver to the trilfttlrn l-pnr.nnntini* ?I. arc T. L. Ham?!?, and J. C. Farrar. Also to open books of subscription to tbo capital stock of said Hallway Company. Messrs. Orman & Goforth, contractors, were present, and said they were looking; for work, and were ready to lake the whole line and put a gJ?i force to work right off. Messrs. Ilico & Coleman were also at MrJ. C. Farrar's the day before the meeting, looking for a job; so as eoon as the su.rey can be made and the road bed looeted, the work will begin, which means a big thing for Unieo County, beoause the railroad will bring the Factory and the two enterprises will bring in the next few years a million dollars of working taxable capital into this county, the greater part of which will come from outside tho County; and it will bo here to stay, as the enterprises in which it will he invested will be permanent and paying j enterprises. 1'iisi ?rcK ma wcwner was delightful, and formers got in a good week's work. This week, however, conns in rough and mora like March. Mr. W. T. Littlcjohn, one of our prominent cuiieus, hod a stroke of paralysis in connection with thogrip a few days ago, an ! lie is in a very criticil condition. Hi* physiciins think, however, tha' he may survive jhis tlr.ko, so as to be up and about again, Mr. Littlejdin's mother, who lives with him, hnn also had a fovere attack of grip, but she is improving. There are some other cues of grip in the community, hut none seriou*, that I know ?f. Some guano is being shipped to boro and hauled out, and o'.ion land prepared, but th* formers declare they will not use near eo much i-f 1?, nor plant a? much cotton by one-third, at leaet, as they did la*t year. A Pea Ridge farmer carried three bales of cottou to tho Fac ?let Mannfucturimr flnmnanv the other day, and was offered 7, 5. and 3 cents, respectively for it. lie took the price for the two first hales, but complained of the iffer on Ibo third bAle, 3 cents. The company told him they did not want it at that price, and would giyebim fifty cents to relcoec them front >he bid, and the farmer took them up, and they psid him the fifty cents and he hauled his cotton back home. TbLIPUOBB. ???? -. ? . ? Tub First Step.?l'erhaps you are ran down, oan't eat, oen't sleep, can't think. can i uo euyining 10 jour satisfaction, and yon wonder what ails gpav^ou should heed the warning, yon are taking the first step into Nervous Prostration. You nee I a nerve Tonic, and in Eleotrio bitters you will find the exact remedy for restoring your nervous syvtem to its normal, healthy condition. Surprising results follow the ase of this great Norve Tonic and Alterative. Yeur appetite retorns, good digettion Is restored, ann the Liver and Kidneys resume healthy notion. Try a bottle. Prico 60o. at II. F. Poseys Drug 8tore. Correspondence of theUiion Tints. Notes From the Pea Ridge CapitolHilton. March 7.?The farmers have eon at work, with a vim ami a rush for the ist work or so. I here hat been mors work one up to dale sinoo Chii-tmos than va^ one last year up to the middle of April, he farmers soem to he ve y cautious abont\ uying gua'io tbit yea>-, and they have ciu<? 0 be fearful. Outs are looking well; wheat is not so 'oniiaifg. but it has a good chance to stoke Joed erop yehs A Mr. R. O. Ilaoey says that heretofbre /lie as been trying to make money but now he 1 g'dng to work to make a good living. Mr. (any is preparing in the right way to carry ut his intentions by brcakiug, boiling and ebedding bis land. Uncle Witch Gault, as he is generally tilled, is not much of a railroad m>n. lie is ow in his eighty-fourth yeir, and ntvor jok n ride on the cars until a few days ago, rlieo he took ft notion to visit some of his Spartanburg friends. He had mi only irothoc who lived t> bj 7*? year* oil and icver rode on ft railroad; so you can see hat the old sot cf that large and respec'ab e amity ofGnuMs were 111 glu'tons abiut ni'oftds, and most of the younger ones arc :lrps off the old block. Mr. J. ?. Kelly and family is on a visit to 'rienJs and relatives on Pea Ridge, and will eturn to Spartanburg tomorrow. ;\ow, arr. Editor, you suit! I forgot the ariff io my division of profits; you further nid that it was the foreign goods that come n competition eiili homo manufaoturcd 500 Is that had to pay the tariff If that be he case the home manufacturers ought to fell homo mauufailure'! goods as cheap as 'oreign goods. If I understand your lau?uage, there is uo tir'.ff on homo manufacured cotton cloth; but there is no use to alk about such tilings so long as we oloct men to make our laws who are more for money than honor nnd the good of the peo pie. By the way. that makes me think of the various ptig. uui uotiCco that I rea l in different papers, saying "honorable" so and jo was at a certain place at a certain- time. It should road in many of the cases, honored fo and so, for there is many of them who are ouly honored and not honorable. * Kkltov Whbel. Correspondence of the Times. Matters and People at Clifton. Clifton, S. C., March 7. 1892.?Little Addis Emory a daughter of Mr. Davis Emory, met with a sad acoident la?t Saturday morning. While s anding near the fire p'ace, her clothing ought fire and before the tlamoi could be extinguished she was seriously burned. At last accounts she was suffering considerab'y, but doing as well as could be expecte i under the circumstance J. Miss Urighaui, of lloeton, is here fur the purpose of establishing a rending room, or something of the kind. It is her intention to donate quite a large quantity of literature iu the event that such an org n<zation is perfected. She has on hand quite a large quan'i-y of juveni>e literature of tha very highest order, besides a number of the best magazines, such ns Scribner's, eto. Such a venture will doubtless meet with favor. A literary circle has been formal ?t th!i place. Mr. Thomas Digby, a popular cit;zen of Clifton, has moved to Whitney. Miss Nel ic Smith, i f Clifton, has been visiting relatives nttd friends in Spartanburg. Dr. Hnimick's new store is about com pletod. It is much larger tbau the one which was burncl. iiift treismger jf) nuuuing a uaudsomt residence on Main street, near Mr. Cash's. I have been toM by a correspondent ol another paper that out of 200 men inter viewed at this pi ice, 199 are for Clevelnm for President: Seaton. For the Times. ee-Auditor Morgan's ExplanationMx. Editor : Please permit me througl the Timis to make a brief explanation of th< investigation made of the Auditor's bjokf at my request, conduce! by Mr. Leonari Williams. Treasurer Seott and Mr. Williams boll fail in ooa particular, whioh I will show is my siatemont, to exonorate and do justict to me in the credits allowel by Auditor or tbe nulla bona and non est executions, or ] should have remained silent. It is charge! that the Auditor gave the Treasurer a credit for the fi?cal years 1886-7 1887-8, 1888-?9, of $G9,70 more than the Treasurer was entitled to. Just at this poln expot Williams and Treasurer Scott shouh have slated why Auditor allowed tho credit of $69.70: which wissimp'y from the fac that that amount was A'lowcd by the Sheril and so endorsed, as all the other credit! were, iu the Sheriff's own hnnd writing, am if it wm an nrp/i* almnm ?i?a w ? .. vtiv nuiu<vr vj\ mrvde responsible, in face of the fact thattlu Sheriff*s endorsement is lie the Auditor*! guide ? The Auditor is charged with not addin{ 50 per cent pena'ty cu delinquent !?3 rifuint, an i in almost the saure breath th? expert tays the Auditor kneip nothing of il until paid, ami rcporte 1 by the Treasurer Then, ho *, I ask, could he attach the penalty 7 Lastly, it is charged that the Auditoi failed to furnish an ubstract of the additionn list at the j?r -per time; which the Auditoi admits is correct, but claims that the delaj was caused t>j a protracted epell of rick nisi Thoso aro ih? "finding*" or charges agaiosi me, after a close tbrco weeks' inrt et'gslioii of the books aud paper* of the Auditor"! offioe, for six years work of the Auditor ; ml of which I trill more fully explain at tin proper time. This brief statement I most respectful lj submit to the tax payers of UnioQ (^fioty with no HI will to tiny one in the matter My so'e object is to exonerate myself frotr the errors and ml stakes of others. Respectfully, N. D. Moroam. Buckler's Arnica Halva?The best salve in ibe world for Cuts, Bruises, Horet, Ulcer*, Sell Rheum, Fever Soros. Tetter, Cbappcl hands, Chilblains, Corn* And all Skin hruplions, and positively corn Piles, ir no paj required. It ia guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction, or money refunded. Price 21 ceute per box. For sale by B. F. Posey. For tbe Timfs. Mr. uuit^r : 04 ray return from Die .' $! upper portion of the State, <-n the 4th iu t., a communication heado I-aA Corrocti u" and * signed bjr J. \Y. Gregory, has bo-n ca'led * -?~i; to my attention, in your paper of the 12 h of JCRL February. As the regular eoTeapoo Jont or J Tmr State, en i baring written tint artic'^^M^B of the 27tU lanunry in The State, which seem)^^*"4 to hare given this linmnc ilate non-oiiico j seeker so much offense, I deem it my .duty to 1 3 The facts seem to be against Mr. Gregory. "%i Mr. Gregory did not rrpiy to my. anlde .,^7 until after Gov. Til'man had not app^fhtod " -A Mr. Gregory, and seven or ten days after my 1 piece came out. I had heard the report <& . .t all sides, and in toy article I said "I had V Y been rebably informel" about Mr. Gregory's wanting the Treasurer's positioo. And I will say her* I was not informe 1 by any on* "jWt_ but a string Tillinauito. j Since my re1 urn I have been informed by I a very reliable person that Mr. John \V. i Gregory, who yah* w >s not a candidal* * J for the position of C<-uuty Treisurer, ica? a candidate, and made bis application nnl wants known in the ofloe of Mr. A. C 11 ; Lyles a few d?ys before the delegation uiet at Jonesvillo. My informant, No. 2, sail, "when I saw Mr. Gregory's p'eco I thought afe* ha was walking on slippery grmnd, because I knew he was a candidate." Mr. Gregory, think again. Don't say you yotr were tlbt a~'c4oatta?o, beeiuse you ~ * didn't get the place, for two gooi mon ? Tillman men?toll me you were. I don't know myself, but have every roason to believe you wero n candidate, after what I have heard from your own frit,id* and tupporlert. Mr. Gregory, the non-office seeker, wi I not deny he had a talk with Mr. Jefferies at Santuo, the day Mr. Jcff rirs cam* up from ' Co'umbia. Mr. Grogory, wi I not deny ho loll > Mr. J. B. T. Scott he intended t.-? ., him in the race (his yoir. Mr. Gregory, truthful as ho is, will not deny he endeavored to get Mr. 8c dt to *" promise him he would not oppose him. I do not c insider there is any question of veracity between Mr. Gregory end myself, for 1 wes "reliably informed" eud knowing both my informants and Mr. Gregory, I am i force i to say, in behalf of my informants, their re'iability has not been impeached by ' John W. Gregory taying ho was mta candidate f>r the position of Tieisurer of Uq?k County, Respee'fully Titos B.BoTLKft* For the Times. Riverside Ripples. Hivkrsidb March P.?Mr. Editor.?News, cotes on Riverside are few and very scattering. Farmers sre busily engaged preparing for nnoiher crop, and farm work is now about 3 weeks in advance of last ycor. Le?s guani will be u*ed and less co lon will be planted. More hog end hominy on the one hand and greatly rcdnced expenses on the other, will put farmers in better shape another year. One great trouble that confrons the farmer is buck indebtedness. All ngreo th >t cotton cnunot bo grown at G and 7 cents, but say, ou top of this, that they mutt make cotton iu order to pay debts. Times are a little ^ hard, but nothing like as hard aa they aro * in Russia. Yet we have reason to be proud of our good old State and county. Wo can i slwnys bear of starvation in'other couutrie*, but never in old South Carolina. . Mr. Mitchell Love, of Chester, loft for Texas yesterday. Mr. Love m?y dud a rioher country, but one tint's very inferior i in other respects. Jon. W? ' For the Times. Death of Mrs. Lissis CnddMr. Kditor.?The icy hand of that dr.tided monster, death, hns been laid upon tins community, and remove! from am <ng us 5 Mrs. Lizxie Cudd, the wife of Mr. F. M. Cudd, who. after a long and painful tl'ness, f which she bore with christian patience and fntitude, departed tins lifo, the 2$th of February, leaving a husband and four stnajl 1 children- The afflicted family hpve the sympathy and prayors of a host of kind friends. The remains were interred at Wesley Chapel, on Thursday, the 2(lih. A largo i cros^d was iu mtenl^The religious services were conductejr^BmTsn. D. Tiller. 3 illtf. f!ui>4 wi?i hrrrfThj alTof Ui nmgubors, for to know-her *11 to esteem her for " v /hrr christian example. 8ho was a con-isteot member of the Methodict Church for a number of years and died in a full realisation of tho fact that the had made h'er peace with pod. She raid ehe was willing and prepared to go when the Matter osCed. Fbikxd. ?. AFFECTION'S TRIBUTE. I>1EI), OX MARCH 8, ANNIE 8T0NEY REID. IX HER BidHTSEXTI1 VICAR, The members of tho Junior Auxiliary would put on record their grief at the loss < f one of their members, most ooLStant in attendance and interest, and ever ready to aid in almost every work undertaken by them, therefore? Ilesolved, That in the death of Annie Stoney IteiJ, we mourn one wh> was endowed with all sweet gifts of nature, end a strong and noble character; one whose iife was a pattern of gentlsnoss, love and purity, blesting those oong wbom she lived. s She is not dead, dear obild of cur affection, But gone unto that school Where she no more shall need our poor protection. And Oboist Himself doth rule.'.' J ? r X Dkcrkakbd usr or Prmtdmrbrr?Char* lesion, S. C.; March 8.?Lrtest statist?^ show that there will be a decrease of fr^^B ""V 40 to 60 per cent in the fertiliser trade^B Charleston as compared With last year.. Frank K. Taylor* a fromioett mauuf'scturtr < f t'lis city, iu a letter to the Atwi and Courier ?aja that It teams to be e'ear that t Lore will be adeereare in tho aortage cf antlon, owlog to the extremely o nsenratire way in which all merebanta throughout the , entire South nnet neeeasariiy conduct their i businese during the poeaent year. Dtspkpsia avd Livkr Compi.aikt.?If it not worth the amall priea of 76c t free youretlf tff every ajmptmi of thee* dislreee, tog oomplajnts, if you ihlnk to, call ?t oar ?*:&S2 t?re and got a b. ttie of Shiloha V.taUwr. Brery bottle bit a printed guaran|?* on }t, 1 uao accordingly and if ii done you no good it * wijlojtt you nothing. 8old by II. K. Smith A Co, Cacturkd and Taker Dack. ?Di mlrig' i ham, Ala., March 8.?The t.egro who bail / ' i ho two white women in Lendrrdai* O^HT ^ I yaatcrday waa captorad by a pursuing po8-e > eariy thia woruiog and taken book io iha & ' place where he cooimiMod the enrage, At I nightfall hia fate waa not known in Florence, ? but aa one of the women died to-d y it i? . 4 aaaumed ha la dead.