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w * F' A Pobqid Letter Causes a Yovso Man <z 10 Leave Home.?Fineville, N. C., March, | 1?.?Brown Rogers, a young man wlio lms been in Pinerille nb >ut tliro > uiontiiB, attend- p lag Professor Scott's schoo', left suddenly and uoszpsctedly Wednesday night, under rather peculiar circumstances, lie was from Van Wyck, 8. C., und is a sot of Turner Rogers, one of the most prominent citizens < of that piece. A few days before he left he received a letter purporting to be fioni his father telling biui that he Lnd die rakts fintt v nnil (hilt kn notot* wanted to sec liiiu again, osd forbidding him to ever come to his house. The day he left he wrote to his sister telling her w r about getting the letter nud that he would carry out his father's wishes, and tlist she c nor any of the family should ever see or hear ,| i..." from him again. The letter was a great surprise to the family, as the father had not t written the letter spoken of above to his son He was overwhelmed with grief and came at onca to Pinevillc to see alnut his son. lie telegraphed to several points to-day, but v could not hear frotu him. Tlte letter young Rogers received was a forgery, and it is sup- v posed to have been written by simc ouc as c a joke on the young man. lie was a quiet 1 sober young man and made many friends I during his stay hero. His family is almost 5 overcome wi'h grief ou account of the untur- I tunate affair and arc anxious to communi- < cate with him. [Copied from the Charlotte 0A.tr/vrr.] The distressed father is to-day, (.Monday, the2lat., instant,) in Foil .Mill in search of j his boy. lie hopes the above will be published in your paper, and in (hat way lie hopes to be aided in finding his boy. Other papers please copy. REV. J NO. L. IIarlky. Fort Mill. S. f\. March 21. lSft-'j ? aaj wo see reports from North Caroliuauud tieorgin to the effect that various alliances arc pass- | ing resolutions favorable to the Third I'arty. The last report is that a Union County, South Carolina Alliance has made n similar en- ' doraement. This question is co ning, liven conservative South Carolina, tin home of democracy, will be called upon to piss judgment upon the democratic party. Even row insidious ' whispers are Lord. New doctrines are in vogue and there are always to lie found disgruntled office seekers who have failed to receive the popular endorsement for office, under the old party, who, leaving all the gain, arc ready to come in on the ground floor if the old party cm be debited. No matter what this new party promises, no matter what issues are luggel in, South Carolina can aflbrd on no pietexts to desert the ship that has carried licr safely over the shoals. If there be measures of relief for the people, they can be accomplished through tlio parly of the white people a id II who seek to lead members from the fold, / be wolves. The man who advocates political action In South Carolina, outside of the regular dem. ocrniic party, is driving a welge which will in timo accomplish the destruction of tho beat interests of the State, separating those who of all others should stand firm against a common enemy.?Spartanburg ller a hi. Took Poison and Threw Dies Until he Died.?Akron, O., MarcU 17.?Guy Clifton Wright, of this city, a traveling salesman, entered a saloon here late last night and called for a glass of seltzer, lie poured into it three drachms of chloral hydrate and coolly stirred the mixture as lie laughed and talked. Then lie drank, the deadly poison. Turning to the proprietor lie said, with oonsumate coolness : "I'll be dead in five mi nut is: 1 want oue more drink. I'll shake you dico for it." Thinking Wright was joking, the sa'.oon keeper replied banteringly: "1 don't like to take chances with a dying man, but I'll go you," The game began. Wright won tho first "horse ' and the saloonkeeper the second. The latter smi'ted as he threw four trays in the final round. Wright's first dash yielded JkWT^#vesTr"8^d he ; "I win" and placing his hands convulsively to his head he dropped to the floor unconscious and died in a few minutes, ilia wife's desertion of him led to the suicide-?Arw York World. Tillman Wants tub Money. Is it a Back Down ??The game of bluff, brag, bluster and tyranny begun by the Titlinau administration against the banks and the railroads, don't seem to work somehow. The banks went into the courts and resisted successfully the "tyranny in taxation." The railroads have a'so gone into the United States Court to resist the collection of an "illegal and unjust" assessment. It will be remembered that some time ago the railroads tendered the amounts for - taxes, ba^ed on their own returns. These amounts were refused. The State refused to accept them, claiming the lull am >unt based on the increased assessments. The result is , that none of tho railroad taxes?except one ^ or two very small amouuts?have been paid. Meantime the Tiilnian autocracy at Colum- ' ? ' bia needs the amount of taxes n it paid by , the railroads, amounting to considerably over $100,000, and, not knowing where to turn to borrow the mnnov tin* ???v? that it will more before Judge iMmonton iu 1 the United States Court on Monday next, for \ an order requiring the roa!s to pay the c County treasurers the amounts admitted by . the roads to be due for taxes last yeir. What a come down, O, my people! How a . Babylon has fallen.?Sumier Advtwe. c * ? 1 Cause ok the Low Price or Cotton.? c The Cotton Planters of the South will find ? an easy and reasonable explanation of the cause which have led to the low prices of 0 the staple this year iu the official report of 1 the statistician of the United States Department of Agriculture. The prices have not been affected by the volume of money in circulation, by the absence of free stiver coinage ' or by any other of the many causes alleged b ? by the economic quacks who have attempted tl to turn the present condition of the farmers n to their own pol tic il account; but they have i?c*u rcgiiiuieu oy tnc law of supply ami 11 demand. This point is made clear l>y the c< report of the statistician, who says that ' in w two years this country has produced an I(] excess above the normal requirements of more than "two million bale9." and that tho ^ only possible remedy for this condition of affairs is to be found in the heavy reduction ci of the cotton acreage. The cotton States, says the statistician, must be agriculturally self-sustaining and new crops must be intt-j- _ duccd, as the agricultural population has it outgrown the capacity of co'.tou to support rr ^ __ hi Oil, What a Cough.?W ill you heed the ^ Warning. The signal perhaps of ihe sure approach of that more terrible disease, Con- tli sumption. Ask yourselves if you can afford ca for the sake of saving 60c, to run (lie risk and do nothing for it. We know from experience that Shiioh's Cure will cure your 00 Cough. It never fails. This explains why P> more than a Million bottles were sold the past year. It relieves nrmm nr.. I ? 1 ?T??vpiUjJ w Cough at one*. Mothers do not be without J it. For lame bock, side or Chest una ghiloh's ^ j Porous PlMter. Sold by II. K. Smith & C.o po Another Suicide In Charleston.?Char- D( leston, March 18.?The suicidal epidemic is again on here. This morning Albert Kiok, a young clerk, was found in Columbus street a with a bullet in his brains nud a pistol in his du hand*. Kink had been indisposod for some hi time and mental depression is supposed to have caused him to take his life. This is the second suicide here this week. 11. I Fie lOecltfy million limes I. M. STOKER, - - Editor Friday* March 25,1892. > UBSCliI/'77ON, $1 60 I'EH ANNUM POST OFFICE DIRECTORY. The P. O. will be opened for business rom 8 A. M. to 0.00 1?. JI. The Money Order Department will be pened for business from 0 A. M. to 4 P. M. Tho Northern and Southern mails will loss at 1 P. M. Moil will be tnken from lie street boxes at 12.46. Anv ixnllnnllnn "J .. . VfcU.lW .WVO 3..V7V.,'. c reported promptly to the 1'. M. J.*C. HUNTER, P. M. MONET WANTED. Our necessities demand Cash every day : vhile our subscription books disclose 00 per :cnt. of our subscribers in at rent s. We vaut money badly. Perhaps you cunott ay nil you owe us, although it is a very !tn ill amount for each, but you surely can [>ny half, and that will help until money is Msier with all of us. AVE MUST COLLECT. New AdvertisementsHave A'ou Heard the News??Young .V Hunter. The New York Racket.? Harry & Bc'k Consult Your lutcrest. ? J. AV. McLure, Ag't. To Townthip Chairmen.?A. C. Lyles. Administrator's Sale?AV. S. Lipscomb. sen "v van pimiraiar attention to the Administrator's sale of the personally of the lato George McAbee. AVe ore told that the hogs and ca'tle are very fine, and ia the best condition. 8Mr. Thos. 15. Hutlcr has been appointed a Unite 1 States Commissioner for this County. His office is iu the second story of Law Range. Col. David Johnson still holds his commission as U. S. Commissioner, with his office in his dwelling. The delinquent taxes of Newberry County amounts to $545, do on property and $578 on polls. That is a splendid showing for the peoplo of that county, and docs not indicate such awful hard times there, or mulls m uijj^uijr cuiuiiiouuaoic spirit I J incci 'lie honest demands made upon them by the biate. OS*- In speaking of the burning of the Military Academy last week, we stated that Cadet Scaifo was among the fortunate ones who did not lose any of their property. We regret now to learn that Cadets Meant Deaty and Edwin Wallace, from this town, were among the most unfortunate ones who lost everything hut Die clothes on tlicii backs. JStdjr* The coldest spell we have had this w.nter was last Saturday and Suuday. Al most everybody come to the eouelusion thai the fruit and all vegctab'es in the gardei were killed. We, however, are glad tostati that we were "more scared than hut I." Bu few vegetables were injured, and we art told that the forward peaches and plums art only partially injured. The administration advocates wh< crtnTnced (lie March Convention in 1890, as undemocratic, to he holding a March Convention iu 1892. But, we ask, is it not equally as inconsistent in those who hcid the March Convention in 1890, to be opposed to a March Convention, in 1892? Surely gentlemen, what is sauce for th? ZOOSC lUUSt ho s.niort il.? ' ? w -??w *VI *11 v gniiuor. ?1?*" Well, (be Committee appointed to call for bids and determine the location ol the State Induvtrial School for Women, hats selected the city of Anderson, the liberal citizens of that prosperous city having offered a cash subscription of $75,000 and a cite for the building. If that institution ever gets into successful operation, the people of Anderton will be well paid for their liberality. It will be no small affair, and the lowest estimate wo make of the attendance s 300 pupils. It will be a good thing for Vnderson. Hut, by the time the first bntobai of gr.nlmie/t are turned out from the Cicmson Colege nnd the State Industrial School for iVomen, it will be discovered by the people if the Stn'e that these pet schemes of the ealcr of the great Farmers' movement have addletl them with an additional annual tax f 2 mil's for the mere name of educating heir girls and boys in so-called industrial tolleges, the benefits of which will not bo radically applied by ninety out of ovory uc hundred of those who are educated in hose institutions. Of course we can give none of the proceedings of the convention held in Coluntta yesterday. We believe every county in lie State elected delegates, and from the attics of the delegates reported we believe tic spirit of the convention "ill be highly mscrvnfive ttud just iu its notion - bnt it j iil present a firm and nneuuivocil demand | ir a primary election, to nominate a State i well us county tickets, as the means of storing harmony and peace in the demo atic party ranks. The convention will be composod of men r more than ordinary ability, integrity and iflucnce, and we feci assured that nothing ish or prejndicial to the harmony and iguest interests of the democratic parly and le Stale will be asked or adopted by it. e have no hesitation in stating that with ie Alliance and Farmers Movement advo,'cs there is a strong and increasing desire r a primary election to nominate Stale, unity and all other candidates. With a itr.ary nomination nil classes of democratic iters must be satisfied ; and all democrats ill unite in supporting a ticket so chosen ' au honestly obtained majority of the irty. saths in the Country. Mr. A. C.(< berry) Humphries, who lived iout 4 miles from here, died early last Suniy morning from a stroke of paralysis in s ? year. Mrs. Douglass, wife of Mr. tVm. J. Dougsp, at Goshen llill, died last Tuesday. The Christian Endeavor Anniversary- ] The Youn? Peiplcs Christian Endeavor Society of iho Presbytoian Church, held 1 its Anniversary Meeting in the Presbyterian ( Church 'ast Suuday evening. Tiie meeting was presided over vritli case i and diguily, by the President, Master Allan Nicholson. The session wis opened with a song a-ryice by the members of tho society utid prayer by Hev. Mr. Morris. The services were interspersed with recitation* of scripture verses by the members of ibe society, and responsive reading, which was lead by the President. Dr. Miss'edine, of Saluda, N. C., to whom the Society owes its organization, briefly addressed the meeting, giving a short and interesting bis'ory of the Christian Endeavor organization and the work it Ins accomplished in the last eleven years. After Dr. Missc'.dine'e address, Hev. B. G. Clifford, on behalf of the Society, sta'ed that ihe Society desired (o take up a collection for foro:gn and domestic missions- and ky a map showed tho extent of Christianity in hen' hen lands, and how the money contributed would bs appropriated. After which u liberal coliectiou was taken uy. The report of the Society for the past year was rend by the President in a very I distinct and intelligent manner, and it spoke volume* for lite Society, as well as allowing that the members bad the work at heart and were in earnest in their endeavor to do Too much cannot be said in prnlso of the yonng President, Master Allan Nicholson, t'er the great interest he takes in tho Society> and in prosecuting its object to its beneficent end, and tho Society should rcceivo the suppoi t and encourgcment of all the christian people of tho community. A Model Farmer. We have before us as fine a spccimcm of home raised tobacco as we ever saw. It was given us by Mr. It. (!. Black,of Draytonvillc Township, who informs us that lie always raises his own tobacco, and, if tho law permitted him to sell it, he could make twice as much on tobacco as any man in this county docs on cotton. Last year he made 321 lbs of tobacco on a patch measuring nbout 15x '20 yards, and Could have readily sold it for 12J cents per pound "in the hand." Mr. Black only plants 8 acres of cotton to the plow and in only two years out of 10 has lie bought corn. He raises hie own bacon, also, and lias not bought 201 bj of western meat since he first went to housekeeping, 10 years ago. Up to the four last years ho had Dot bought a sack of Hour ; but ' the tly and bad seasons the past four years ruined his wheat crop. At this time, lie saye, his wheat looks very promising. lie buys scarcely any commercial fertilizers, but always 1ms largo compost heaps of rich matter to apply to ins crops. lie aiivii)'3 iiHi plenty of uuilk nil butter, chickens and eggs for family consumption, and sella enough of tlio two last products at Gaffncy and Limestone to buy many pounds of sugar an 1 coffee aud many yards of calico and homespun. Mr. Black is a tenant farmer, and had not sicklies and other providential causes prevented, he would now be one ot liie i most pro*pcrous farmers ija the unnar na*t c?rrgy ,a- u says "he wnl como outar right yet, if his life and health arc spared. ? .a. Gen. Milton y. Little field, now on trial in New York for swindling Mrs. Stephant, ! was cal ed. just after the war, the Jay Gould of the South. He catno South us commander of a negro regiment in the Federal army and established himself iu a magnificent residence near Jacksonville, Fla. He undertook many extensive railroad , schemes and was for a time successful, but r at last failed and became puitc poor. ( Why. Gen. Milton S. Lilt'cficld I "You I are there are you, old true-penny," and at your old tricks, loo. We had lost S'ght of i you for some years, and supposed that you had paid a debt you could not avoid?the dcabt of nature, like your old partner iu iniquity, George W. Swepson. it c lougiu your swinuung raiiroau schemes ia North Carolina, but we were too poor to stand long against your money and moneyed influence, and you got us out of your way by j>ro/uisi/)i/ to buy the oflice from its owner, and you even cheated the parties you engaged to take our place out of their pay. You robbed North Carolina of many a dollar, old fellow. Our old friend J as. G. Gibbes, of Columbia, perhaps, "could a talc unfold" about your rascality in those Florida railroad schemes. Swepson & Littlefield are synonymous with .railroad rascality in Western North Carolina. Bo you have got down from swindling a whole State, to swindling a single woman. Well, the decjinc was natural. A Call to a Sad Home Last Saturday Ilcv, S. R. Hope, Pastor of the Presbyterian Church at this place, received a telegraphic despatch calling him to the home of his parents, nt MeConnellsville, Chester County, where his Mo'her was lying dangerously ill. He immediately responded to the call, and reached the bedside of the loved parent only about half an hour before sho brsnthed her ln?t. \ | The sincere heartfelt synj/tfflTy of the I people of this community goes out to Mr, I Hope, in his sad bcreavcuicnt. The Tax Book OpenedDr. J. P. Thomas, the newly appointed Treasurer of Union County, having filed a satisfactory bond and received his commission, is now in full possesion cf the Treasurer's office and requests us to inform nil who have not paid their taxes, that he is now nrenared Ia masik tli?i>> ?-' -:,i t? found in his oflico every day, except Punday, until the day lo whioh the payment of taxes without penally shall be extended by the proper State auihority, of which due notice will bo given through the Times. Dyspepsia and Liver Complaint.?Is It not worth the small price of 7oc to free yourself of every symptom of these distressing complaints, if you think so, call at our store and get a bottle of Shiloli * Vitalizer Every toltie bos a printed guarantee on i>, use accordingly and if it does you no good it will cost you nothiug. Sold by II. K. .Smith & to. C K. * liclow we gjte Ihv [*^writtcT a Chnt:ioo'gn, Tcvll" b). K. WiUrf jrd t? he New* and Courier. fyQkktn io conntoiioa with the numdfoua douMflbfl financial tranetclions brought U light- etuce he left, iu ^ which the Hot. gentleman U reported to , , , ( i.-. i< . . . .. ?- .i. tl nave uuen engage i, tvf Wtnf CI* leucr w ? ^ peculiar pij <?r; and nlust create the impression that his mind isjpbalanced ; that ho is J a victim of nnptwuJh 'oa|Ctnoney matters, thinking he has- money in various backs, 1 upon wh'ch Ti4* draws at pleasure. We throw that macfle of charit^over the mis- 11 deeds of the uxforluua'o uim, with the re- * mark which Mio "circumstances surrounding all his conduct sugg^ets, "thera. is much ? method iu his inudncss : \ ' Chatt.\soooa.\Tk.sx, March 1(a 18112. m . ? i ,, ?il l-A-.l u. . ? ? nit? arits wwwirrj v>iinricstuii\ o v.? Dear KJitors; I left my home, Saatuc, 8. C., ou MurcK 9, unexpectedly to nil nkd very J much to iny regict. I have never 1 before ; had any trouble in any way, but Instead prosperity has smiled upon mo. Tioublea n have, however, come upon me at last. Last 1 fall 1 concluded to merchandise, and n or- J der to conceal myself as the owner >f the ( business 1 associated J. L. itay and nr wife, Snra K. Witleford, funning the firm ' f The J. L. Itay Company, lltmington, S. t. So 1 far as money is concornod, J. L. Itqy nor Sara R. Willeford lias a6y invested in the , store. They nro soot free. , The business moved along nicely for a few 1 months, until a b'll fat drv\goads to S. Wi t- < kowsky, of Charlotte, N*C., fell due. Heat t ..... .. n.^ - ij^p-n VT II TFTjL J 70t), endorsed by oui^^olomqn Orogory, ] This went on all right fo* three weeks or longer, when Wittkowsky came to my county , aud began an investigation, going to the wrong Solomon Gregory. He then reported * all over the country that 1 lmd forged the name o( Solomon Gregory, which 1 am glad ' to say was a lie. Wittkowsky being dissatisfied I wont ovor to Mrs. Ray's ,my mother- i in-law, and asked her to endorse a paper ( with me. which she rradily did. 1 then thought everything all right until October 1892, but, to my surprise two or three I days ago Wittkowsay and Jim Long, an uncle of my drife, got together in Union, 8. C., and agreed to hovo mo arrested on the charge of forgery This they could not have 1 pnoven, but beforo I would lie in jail for two or tlirec months I would run away, which I have now done, aud when I nut cauglit it will make that trifling, rasctl Jim Long, taugu. I wish to say tojiny friends that I shall never return to South Carolina, but be assured evory one to whom I owe one cent that I shall cortninly pay you. Dou't be uneasy, for 1 have the moAoy in the hanks and will pay you. To Heath Sprtnfcs & McDonald 1 wish-to soy thru tho ?350 gotten from them will be returned wi h interest. I had to keep tho amount in order to get awny is the reason my check wdl not be honored. I will pay that, however. I have made these state incuts, not knowing that it will be appreciated. However, 1 stale the truth. Now, to my friends I say, farewell. I Imvo a wife, one of the best women in South Carolina. IVhen I am permanently located, I sincerely trust that she will come, and live with mo. Sara is' a true girl and wife. Well, in eternity and there alone will the guilt of some one be fully revea'cd, which I know I shnll see. Please publish my statement, and I ask the other papers of the State to copy. Yours very truly, ClIAS. 11. WlLLKFORD. A Monstuoi's Tjieouy.?Some remarkable campaign roatcrint is being used just now. We have n letter from an intoll'gcut man in the country who says, commenting on Col. Orr'te speech better |U?. rv-i - j-U- JtM Co gnirnj or petty sp teugaiost tuc governor." Now we have no doubt this man believes what lie says. He does uot know all the facts a-d believes what somebody has told him. The impression he has is a natural result, of llu> nllanb n.a.l,, ? >?. > 1.~ 1..J i._ _ Il.vj JUUJ^O IJJ the governor's messigc. It is a strong illustration of tho daogor wc are in. The confidence of the people in their judges is being destroyed. The next natural step will be to replace tho present judieinry with one more agreeable to the reigning powers. Our correspondent did not stop to think how absurdly impossible it is that a man who has lived beyond uiiddlo ago without a stain upon h;s name; who as sold er and leader of the people, lias risked his life in the State's service a thousand times; who from one end of the State to the other, and among friends and foes is known for bis purity, courage, nobility of character and dignity, should dcliboratcly perjure himself and drag his spotless ermine in the dirt to grat fy a "petty spite." Aside from* that, he did not reflect that if Judgo Wallace could bo iufluencod in his judioiu^ acts by personal or solfiah ln?tjves he wvuld naturally have tried t? pkose the governor, who to tuc time of tbe Cant well decision was known to favor Judge Wallace for elevation to the supreme court bench. The truth is, wc think, Unit Judge Wallace decided that case against bis own interests and knew that lie was doing so, if he considered that nn Jlcr at nil; and that he was punished bedUse tic did his duty as a wise, upright and fearless judge.? drienvillt Newt. To our mind, the only pctiy spitefulness that we have discovered in the Cantwell case 1 was in the undignified and spiteful manner 1 in which Gov. Tiljmnn singled out Judge \ Wallace as u target to shoot at in his Message to the Legislature. In that Gov. Tillman j pointedly disclosed bis aulocratio dictatorial nature, which, has been so prominent and, < to our mind, so injuyous to tho best interests < o! (lie State, throughout his administration. With scarcely a single exception, Judge Wallace's decision in the Cant well ease was sustained by thof circuit Judged throughout the State, and the Supreme Court decided that Cnotwell was entitled to his salary tip to the time the Senate acted upon hip removal, which plain'y said ho had not been legally removed by the Governor, The law regulating the appointment and removal of Supervisors of Kegistralin is so worded as to prevent the removal and appointment of those officers just before an election, for individual ayd partisan purposes. The case of Cantwell shows the wisdom of the law in that respect. A political faction in rnarleatnn clamored for his removal from jj llicoflicc of Supervisor of Registration, mak- Ii ing no charges against biai, bat that fee did V not belong lo that faction. The Governor * win cnllcd on to remove him, which he attempted to do; and wo have no doubt he p thought tho law gave him the power to remove; but when the law wis subjected lo an impartial and able legal test, it woe foUf>4 ^ that it did not give auch autlibrity. j ?: i: Buckler's Arsioa. Salvr??The best salvs p in the world for Cuts, Bruises, Sorea, Ulcere, n Suli Rheum, Fever 8orcv. Tetter, Chapped hands, C'liilblnins, Corns and all Stele Hrup- tl lions. and positively cures Piloe, or ?o pay required. It is guaranteed to giva perfect h satisfaction, or money refunded. Piriee 26 h cents per bo*. For sals by B. F. l'esey. H rPi roceeding* of the Detrocratio Mooting held * last Tuesday. Ia ro?poaso (o the call signed by ten roUd .nuero of this county, published ia last oek'o Turns, about ouo hundred and fifty tUeoe, a majority of whom were representee farmers from nearly every section of 10 county, assembled in mass meeting iu ic Courthouse here lost Tuesday, for the urposo of sc'ectiog delegates to represent inion County ia the March Convention held a Columbia Jest night, the 24th. The small at!cnd?ooe was due to tbe fact rant tho meet'ng was very late advertised, nd was not as thoroughly canrassed liroughoul tho couuly as it should have bcou, nd another thine that kept a good many ?r*ners from attending, was the fine weatber or form work, wli ch formers wore Inking dvautagc of, prepariug for tbis year's crop. Soon after 11 o'clock, Hon. William lunro called the meeting to order, by statng tbc object and purpose of I lie meeting, ind nominated Mr. W. S. Lipscomb, of JraytonviPc, Chuiruiao, and Mr. S- M. Itice, lr., of Goshen llill, Secretary. Doth gen-' lemeu were unanimously elected. Mr. Lipscomb read the call for the mass neeting with a few romarks. On motion of Mr. William Munro, the neeting proceeded to elect delegates to the IIarch convention, to be held at Columbia >n the 24th, which resulted as follows : IV. S. Lipscomb, William J cileries, 3 ft' ii ^ 7 MoWhtrCrr, b. J. Drowning, Kd 11. Jeter, The following were elected Alternates: T. L. llarors, D. H. Miller, J. II. Hamilton, W. 11. S. Harris, 3. J. II. Howell, M. C. Kay, I. 0. Going, W. A. Moorchead, Captain Charles C. Culp was called on ind amid much cheering, he arose and made a very brief but eloquent speech. He was heartily in sympathy with the purpose of Lho meeting, and was glad such s'aunch representative and conservative citizens were elected to tlie Columbia Convention, and he folt sure the County would bs well represented. He was dcrirous of having a Primary for a'd offices, from Governor down. Hon. William Munro, was also called on. He stafod briefly the call signed by himself, and twelve other prominent mea of this State. Mr. Munro declared that he was not seeking office; that 3 years ago he had abandoned polities, and intended to devote all of bis time to the prac'ice of his profession. . He entered into a criticism of Governor Tillman's administta'ion. He called special attention to the many law suits which Governor Tillman and others of his administration had involved the State in, and the great expense the Stnto is put to on that account. He also ran over a few of the many pledges of Governor Tillman, which he has failed to carry out. Not a s-ngle office had been abolished, but instead, many new ones hare been created. No salotjcs bare been reduced, but in some cases they have been added to. After Mr. Munro finished calls were made from all over the house for Col. I. G. McKissick. Col. McKiesick walked around in the center 01 me Dar, nua oegan uy saying mai he had hoped that the "old pickwick" plowman would not be ca'lcd on. Colonel said U? j-w' iaiHTrd lrT'every particular. nnd lie thought TH'rasn had better give up the gubernaticnal chair nnd retire to his farm, as he was the owner of a large farm nnd was a first rate farmer. The Colonel endorsed what the other speakers had said, and was in sympathy with the purpose of the meeting. He pronounced Tillman's electioneering charges of fraud and rottenness in the prist government were utterly false. Colonel said he had served his County in I lie Legislature for years, and the present government was the worse since 1870. Colonel closed by saying he wanted to see old South Carolina redeemed. The following resolutioas were offered and unanimously adopted: Resolved, That B. B. Tillman lias failed to fulfill ihe pledges made by him to the neople in 1890. in his cmvass for the office of Governor, and upon which he was elected. Resolved, That he is not entitled to the upport of the people for r?-clcetfou. Resolved, That our delegation be requested to urge the Convention to use all proper means to secure the nomination of State officers by a primary election. The meoting then adjourned. For the Times. Mt Joy and Xelton Rote*. Mt Joy, March 14.?The planters of this section have gone to work with more onergy this year tjisn any year since the war. uu t? great Harvest is expected. Full bams an J smokehouses will make tlicm feel indepsndentand keep them from being depressed in spit it and always looking for n levying officer. They are more advanced in the preparation of their lands than tlioy have been for many years. W. Q. W. Going, who has been very sick with the chills and Grippe is able to be up 'gain. Mr. It. B. Bailey lias been very ill with umte rheumatism, but is improving slowly. Miss Helen Greer's school closed last Tuesday. She ho? we}l pleased her patrons, ind promised them to return in thedummor ind take charge of the school again, Albert McGowan is confined to his bed villi fever. Thursday week last, at tho residence of dr. J. W. Smith, of Kelton, a number of the odies of Ml Joy church met to quilt a haudome quilt pieced by them for the Connie daxwell Orphanage, at Greenwood, S. C. *8 (tier fere all exports with tho needle the rork wee eoou finikhed. That night a happy band of the young hike of the community met to have a rainK>w party, and the young men gave the 'oung ladies to understand, by their excclsn? rowing, that if fate should dcoree against hem tney would able to sew on their >uttnns. When the aprons wprp all nicely lemaied the young men escorted tho young ndics to the table to enjoy tho pounds which irere purchased by them. Everything was rcll arranged, end from the verdict pronoun* tu ujr an wno attended,! real safe io saving hat it was one of the nioet plea*ent erenugs spent in Kelton for a long time. , J. D. G. 8hot Dsad im th* Pulpit.?Augusta, larch 18.?At Allendale, 8. C., last night, lishop Jones, ap Augusta negro preacher res assassinated. At tho ponclusion of a rayer, while in the act of rising in the put* ft, be was shot by a negro who flred upon m through a window of the churoh. The assassin was caught, but the cause of lie murder is unknown. Jones was a mean egro, and io the last munieipel campaign ere he was run out of that city; at least a.lafi when he learned Mr M P ? ; ? a. A VIVI I 'm aflar him with a ehoigun. I CorreSf puJruce of tho Tints. News From North Pacolet. Etta Jank, March 21.?Although lift Friday and Friday night we had an old to fashioned Virginia fune, we arc glad to say a all the fruit isn't killed, (jardetiers began 10 s< feci "squally" atom their plnois, but as " yet 1 h tve heard of no torions damage being s< dono. h Mr. Johu R. Millwood's fauii y liare been ol seriously afll cted. Miss Anna lias had a n long serious pell, from which she is jual A getting up ogiin, and master Mason bad a 01 severe aitaok last week, but I sin (lad (o ii stele ho is better. Yesterday, Mr. T. J. Ester, Miss Fallie \ Bighorn, M its Mollie Kirby, and Miss Mattic o< Es 03, wore elected by the Faloai Fun Jay a school to rcprcsei t it in the North l'soolet it Sunday school convention on ihe 27il? lust. it The report of the Ornnd Jury in reference 1' to Jas. L. Wa'.ke , Esq., School Commissioner, C won't shake tho confidence of his (r ends iu a his personal or oilicial honesty and integrity, b Our farmers are getting indifferent -us to h whether they sell what cotton they have oa b hand just now or not: Hut little of it will h go 011 the market at present prices. M'?st of a them nro disposed to patronise the Uuiou c market, as they ray they get better prices there than elsewhere. ti Mr. Editor, you arc pretty good on a s guess : What docs it imau when girls (who have beaux of outsc) arc found reading o the law books?particularly about tho age a girl is free ? Some corn and sugar cane seed was plautcd lost week. We bleicvc a belter era is beginning to dawn on our county. It has principally been brought ubout by tad misfortunes folktff'Btli} t?~Birfselvcs and Tel Hi win 6 tY.1 "Lu- e teu to what Longfellow soys: * Saint Augustme I well hast thou said, 0 That of our vie s, wo can frame A ladder, if we will but tread, ' IlcueatU our feet each deed of shame ! Nor decui the irrevocable past, 0 As wholly wasted, wholly vaiu, If, rising on its wrocks at last, J To something nobler, we attain." The lesson of business is the hardest tho 1 world litis ever tried to learn. That men 1 should persecute those who imperil their a position, their olbce. their business, their cheri-hed opinions, is uatural, but it is none 1 the less a crime. Uood uicn have persecuted ' others with the siuccrest motives. That, loo, 1 is a orirne. Let truth have free course, and cope wiih error. Make error itself, by its 1 attacks, the menus of making the truth * known. But it is well to have a cleur idea * of what persecution is, nnd is not, aud it is ' necessary thai truth should speak, and not 11 keep silent. ( .Miss Orrio Kcndiick has returned from All-Healing High School on account of sick- 1 ness. ? Itev. Mr. Robinson preached his last ser- 1 nion at Salem yesterday. Tlio congregation bate very much to give him up. lie has ' been a faithful servant, an I made a host of ^ friends outside of his own charge. He is a man of no ordinary ability. We congratulate the people of Lcxoigton Presbytery upou the acquisition thoy have mate to their ministerial turce. He carries with him our best wishes, aud our prayers for his future usefulness wilt attend him. To our brother, Iv W. J. we would say, tint wc are satisfied Hint lie did enjoy that music hugely. But no doubt it wus the < words that struck hiui most forcibly, par- ' ticularly if tbey were tendered in such ( nonosyluhles at: Ves sir ! "/ will be yours , if you will be mine." What says Bfc'r "Joe." Here is u sum for the boys anj girls that , we waut to interest, if possible. N\ hat is the difference between the major and minor proportionals of b anil U multiplied by the difference of their numerical values .' Vox. Correspondence of the Union Times. Jon Kssii.LK, March 21. ?Last Friday night was nun of iho coldest nights for this late in March ever experienced by any of our present generation. The peach, pear and plum fruit is much injured. Some early gardeners have suffered in the loss of early vegetables, though this damage was light, owing t > the lute Snriuz. I tfavo n?t of nny complaint about the oat crop, and , therefore ilon't think that crop has suffered on account of the cold snap. The farmers were about ready to commence planting their early corn, and some hud planted, bui they will Itavc to defer Anther planting for a few day?. Mrs. Gallic James, the widow of Mr. 1 Darid James, who lived near Joncbvillc, died last Thursday. Mrs. Jones' maiden name was Scott, and sister of the late Munro Scott. She had many years eince been a great sufferer with rheumatism, from which, however, Bbe had recovered. She was. about 82 years of age, and possessed a fine mind, and was very inteligeot and entertaining in c luvcrsalion. Tho immediate cause of bcr death was grip. _ Mr. W. T. Littlejotin, who had a stroke of paralysis about a mouth ago is improving, and will doubtless rocover from the present stroke. The grip is not so prevalent as it has been,* but uow and then it has its victims. Master Laudy flumes, son of Mr. T. L. Humes, has taken a posi'ion as Clerk with J. 1). (Joudelock & Co., at Gafluey City. Mr. Wm. Jefferies was iu our town a day or two last week, closing out h<s cotton crop of 1801. He told a lot of 37 biles to Mr. George Miller, of Union, for (J 1-10 cents. Mr. W. G. Stouc, Superintendent of the Spartan Cotton Mills, and l'ucolet Manufacturing Company, accompunied by his wife, are in Joncsville on a visit to tho family of Mr. N. G. Intllejohn. Mr. Stone is very social aud plensuut, and is a man of business and enterprise. County Auditor, Dlanlon, was in town last Saturday, assessing property, as the frtrmfti* A ?/!<?-.! -?* * mm nui rencnc i Jonesvi'lo s before lie wns "called in." 1 Mr. Daniel Ducello's new United Kuter- c tainment is in town, nnd will show at the v academy to-night. 1 Very ugly reports against the good nonie of the llev. Charles II. Willeford, have been s in circulation in this community for some s time, which nrc very painful to Mr. Wille- i ford's many friends here, and it is hard for d them to b lieve that he has done any- n thing very crooked, and it is hoped that a he may boaMe to vindicate himself of these charges. Tklkpiionb. Wobli/s Fair Work.?The members of j the Stale Hoard of World's Fair Managers fur this district, Dr. J. W. Murray and Mrs. Clark Waripg, evidently mcin to let no time ^ be lost in arranging for the inammriLiinn ?r _ ? O ?|> telling work iti the Fourth District. Yes- r teril >y they mailt appointments of county ( chairmen for the various counties in (lie _ district as follows: | itjchlaud?Col. 'J. A. l'earce, Dr. W. C. *; Fisher, Mibs K. 8. Julmore Fairfield-Col. T. W. Wbodward, Dr. W. V, li. Ailtcu, Mrs. Henry Qaillard. ?. Greenville?James A. Hoyt, J. L. Orr, Miss Caroline Dawson, LaurensN. P. Dial, M.S. Bailey, (CUaton) Mrs. B. W. Ball. ? Union?W. A. Nicholson, Charles D. Far- ? rar, Miss Margaret Munro. " A perusal of the list is all that is needed to show the exoollenoe of the selections (< mauc. oucn promptness On the part of our representatives in the State Board is com- '> mendable and promising.?The Stale. ?i ' - '1 We have a speedy and positive cure for '? catarrh, dipbtlietU, ' canker mouth and ?! headache, in SIULOI1S CATARRH UE.MK- it DY. AnM8ftliiijeotorfrcewi.il each bottle. Use it if you desire health and sweet breath, tl Trice 00c. Sold by II. K. Smith & Co. P % For tbo Times. God's Kingdom atill Standi. Pacoi.et Mills, March 23.?There comes i us news from TJnion Ccunijr of the fall of Baptist Minister ami along witu it bouiu snd up a wail Of dospair. Oh ! thoy say, it is going to affect the good work very ' sriously." Wi-ha significant wag of tho oad, they would insist that the great work F redemption hat suffered a back-set. It lust be a poor thiug if such arc the results, ny man w lie so faith is shaken by euch aii ocurence, has his faith in men, and not 1 Qod. If the downfall of a man could injure the I aster's Kingdom, it would havo suffered omp'eto defeat and devastation when Judas jiumiued suicide. How much the Biblo islets upon the placing of our confidence i God aod no' in man. not even iu princes, aul made special effort that tho faith cf tho orintbiaos should be in the power of God, ud not in the wsdom of mau. No, uiy rethren, we will not trust iu princes nor in orecs nnd chariots, nor, yet, in nations, tit our trust is in the Lord, who made enven and earth. Iu Jesus Christ, who is bio to hold aiulto keep thai which wo havo ouiuiittcd to Hun. ' Therefore, will not we fear, though tins souutaius be carried iuto the midst of the e5t" ***** "The Lord of hosts is with us; the God f Jacob is our refuge" J. D. Hlqgins. Affection's Trlbuta. Hall of Piulomktiiia Society, Clifford Seminary, Union, 8. 0., March 6. ' - JfeKygap After the opening exercise, the death faff J'ifa flb'Cf flffe d ; "WYicreiipon' a committee vas appointor to propnrc suitanio resolutions >f respect, and report at oner. The following was proposed, and adopted iy o rising vole " ll'Arrrar, The angel of death has visited >ur Society and taken away from our mini* icr, our beloved cx-Prcjidcut, ANNIE STONiY HEAL), therefore be it Resolved, Though wo have been so sadly (crcavcd, yet we bow in humble submission o llini who liath called bcr unto llimself, iud"wlu> doclh all things well." Resolved, That in the death of our sister, lie Society has lest an carueat worker, a * ise counselor, and an efficient au l honored ifficer. Resolved, That as a Society we extend to he deeply afflicted parents our hcar-fe.ilt lympathy, and while we weap wi ll them for me so dearly loved, we beg a merciful Father to give them the peace which posset li ill understanding, and the comfort Ilo nlono :an give. Resolved, That a page in our. minute look be set apart in mcinoriam of our sister, ind that we wear the usual badge of mourn* ng thirty days. Resolved, That a copy of theso resolutions ie sent to Mr. and Mrs. J. Harleston Ileal, ilso to the Union Times and the Georgetown Times with request that they be publ shed, Isadkli.k MULDHOW. j Minnie Gregory, V CommitteeCarrie Cain, ) The Society adjourned. Mahy Osiiorne, Frc'e. Cora Carrol, see . Marino More Cotton Than the Would Can Usk.?Washington, 1). C., March 18.? fho March report of the statistician of the department of agriculture issued to-day shows that the production of ootton of the world exceeded the consumption tnoro than a million and a half dales in 18'.H), nud a further greatly enlarged excess in 181)1, gluitiug the markets and increasing the visible stocks during tho put year inoro than 1,100,(XX) bales and reduomg the Liverpool price of middling upland from tt 1-10 pence in January, 181)0, to 4.J ponco in Japsjiii.yssn mal requirements of move thuu two milieu bales, and indicates a heavy reduotion in the acreag eas the only possible remedy. Otherwise ilie agriculture of the South will suffer worse than western agriculture over has. It declares that the cotton States must bo agriculturally self sustaining, that new crops must be introduced as the agricultural population has outgrown the capacity of cotton to support it. A Sensational "Grip" Stohy.?Vicksburg, Miss, March i7.?Two cses of sudden blindness resulting from gup have occurred here recently, the sufferers being well-known persons. One, a lady, has consulted the most eminent oculists in New Orleans, who anito in declaring hep cose hopeless, and intimated that they were ignorant of tho muses that occasioned her loss of sight. The other is that of a boy, a son of a well known merchant, who wus attacked by the disease and lost his sight in a few hours. An operation promptly performed bus pariially relieved htm, though M jjt he j>a . uiUr distinguish t*st*s from darxness. His physician has hopes of his recovery. His sase began with n severe chill, culminating a muscular rheumatism. The lady's symptoms were similar, except that her liutbs >ecame gradually swollen and there was no 'heuuiatism. In neither case arc the eyes mtwordly affected. Several similar ca-es ire reported among negroes, but not well lUthooticAied. Murdbrkd at Midnioht.?On a bloody iituncu oca ma pluluiy-furuished room ot a 111*11 frame house, whioh stands ou the Dorihestor road, about seven miles from Cliarts'on, llio dead body of Mr. J&uies O Rouke vus found early yesterday moroing. His acc was so covered with b'ood as to be icurcely recognizable, and his head lay iu a tool of blood. His face and hoad were plentiully marked with buckshot wounds, which nuiely told the story of a tragedy. When found his body wan still' and cold uid life must have been extinct for several tours. The furniture in the room was un* listurbed, no article was missing, and thero yus nothing which could throw the slightest ight u non the motive for the crime. The body was discovered by a colored man vho sleeps ou the premises, and from the tatement made by him yesterday nltcrnoon t would seems that Mr. O'Kouko was mmlered in cold blood and that rovenge was the not1.ve which led to his assassiuatiou.?A'ews nil Courier 1U/A. La Grii'I'K Again.?During tho epidemic f Li Grippe lust season Dr. King's New liscovcry for Consumption, Coughs and iolcis, proTed to he the bjst remedy. Itsorts from the many who used it confirm lis statement. They were not only quickly elieved, but the disease left no bad after e csults. We ask you to gife this remedy a rial and wo guarantee that you will be sutifie<l wifh results, or the results, or tho urcbase price will bo refunded. It lias ni quul in Ln Grippe, or eny Throat, Chest r Lung Trouble. Trial bottle fres at U. K. osejr's Drue 8toro. Lerire hoitl? ??>'' l.ou - . Uom. ). K. Tikdal.?Clarendon county irnishes (o the Tillman cabinet the liuuorale Secretary of Slate, but it does not tereby furnish Governor Tillman with rotten drift wood," nor a mero figure head * t carry out hie automatic behea e. Mr. indal haa proven a oapablo and worthy oadof hie department. He is a ropreaeniave planter, an educated accomplished goueman, and a conservative politician. In is administration of his office and matters r public interest connected Indirectly with , he has shown the utmost fairness nod ibibited fine abilities, and is respected as te head of his department.?Clarendon Enter' riH.