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w mm P CONSTITUTION Of TBI . < 0' SXKOORATIO PARTY, It OF SOUTH CAROLINA. ?' t ADOPTED IT TUB DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION n HELD IN COLUMMA, IN 18'JO. i" ' g' I * v ' * I. TL;;; .L.? '? ??? v> wvr? u Dtmeeratie elnbe orgsoiied In o?oh towuibip a r ward, eeoh ofwbioh olifbo ?h?ll bin < dWtlnet title, 'The Democratic ol 5"' u" ' " n'fl"'*ywl ct ? president, ode or Ki BVll ii')Wffii(lent?, and a recording end a corresponding secretary and a Treasurer, cl - - ' ??? UI_ , Mil IOt'1 litTI IB? IVUVHIU| RVIKM'B VWU" /, roittees of not lets than three nimbtri eaeb, ?< fit: A oemrnit os on registration, an executive committee, and such othor cem roittees at c> to aa?h club may a?am expedient. ii Artie!* II. The meeting of the clubs should be frequent after the opening of the oauvss*, a and aome member of the club or iuvited c speaker deliver an address at each meeting, ? If practicable. '1 Article III. The president shall h'tve n pewer to call an cxtr* meeting of ths 1 club, end on* fourth of the members itha'l constitute a quorum for the traussction of t business. i Article IV. The clubs in eioh county hall be held together and opera's ander the i control of a county executive committee, i which shall consist of one member from esoh i club, to be nominated by the respective clubs and elected by the couuty convention; < but these powers to the said executive com- < mil tee do not carry with them the power to i pasa upon the election of members to the A oouuly convention or their qualification to i f i - ? - ifc, Miwuit,-gi iftpvtO/l tumMm, intjtiyr appointment aud action of a committee on J ? .J.I- ...?.? .I... 11 | .. I Vivuvuiium, niiuoo result uiii i?u "vivi upon to the members of tlio c nvention may aaeni proper, 'ilia executive committee, when elected, ehall appoint lis own officers, anil fill all vacancies which m*y ante wlion the convention is not in session. The tenure of office of lha executive cominiltce shall ho , until the first Monday in Mny of encli election year, at whioh time the county conventions shall be called together to reorganize the party. Kvery Presidential election year these county conventions in May shall e'eel delegates to the Btule conventiou, ctiled for the purpose of electing delegates to the national Democratic convention, and to clod the member of the nutioiisl Democratic executive oomnuttco from ihisHa'e, and sueh elate convention shall exercise no other power. This State cinvention i-hnli lie called by tlio State executive commit tec to meet every Presidential election year ?m the third Mouday in May. Another State Denu,cratio nominating convention shall be called hy the Stale Democratic executive commi'teo ev '' T '.tk4"^* Wednesday jn Septetn^ , s Artiole, v. County Democratic convenjfc* .* 4 tloos Shall bo composed of delegates elected by the several local clubs, one dolognte for . "* every tweuly-fivo members, and one delegate for a majority fraction thereof, with Die ?... r'fbS to eaoh county convention to enlarge or diminish the representation according to circumstances. The county conventions shall he called together by tlio chairmen of the respective executive committees under Htieh rules ir-t inconsistent Willi this constitution in em-.li county may adopt, and wliouna.scinl.dod shall be celled to order by iliu chairman of the executive committee, and the convention hall proceed to nominate and elect front among ita members a president, one or more vice presidents, a secretary and a treasurer. The clubs recognized by the respective county conventions which eoul delegates to tbc Slate convention which met on the 13th tlay of August, 18','U, shall be recognized the only legal clubs, provided, however, that any county convention may permit the formation of n new dub or clubs by u twothirds 70ts of its members; provided, further, that in all cities with a population of ft,000 and over, there may be two clubs in each clubs they shall have representation in the county conventions, t respectively, ns said conventions shall declare iu accordance with this Constitution. Article VI. The State nominating convention for the nomination of Governor, Lieutenant Governor end other State nth cars in 1802, uud thereafter, and for electors for President aud vice President in I ho same year, sad evevy Presidential year thereafter, shall be coiimnsed nf z. 1. county in the numeric ?1 proportion to which uch county is entitled in both brunches of the General Assembly: said delegates are to be cboacn by primary elections to be hold on the last Tuahday in August of each election year, the delegates to be elected to receive it majority of the votes cast. At this election only vrhite Democrats shall 1? allowed to vote, except the negroes wlu voted for General Hampton in 18"l?, nnd who have voted the Democratic ticket continuously since, may be ullowel to vote, 'flic club rolls of the party ahull constitute the registry lilt, and be open to inspection by any inemI ber of the party, and the election under this 1 clatise shall bo held and regulated tinder the _."*?irv,rttsnernl Assembly of this State, | approved December 22nd, 1888, and any subsequent acts of the Legislature of ihis , State. Second primaries, when necessary, ' shall be held two weeks liter. Article VII. The officers ot the State convention shall he n president, one vice preai- j dent from each congressional district, two ( secretaries nnd a treasurer. Article VIII. The State executive committee shall he composed of one member from each county, to be selected by the respective delegations and elected by the convention. When elected, said executive committee shall choose its owu officers: shall meet at the call of the chairman or mv ' ?a ? , at such time sikI place as lie <>r they may , appoint. The member of the National Democratic Executive Committee from South ('aroint shall be olee'ed by ihe May State conven- ' tion in lb'.t'J, ami every five years thereafter, (l ami when elected shall he ex officio a member of the State executive o immitlec. Vacua's ciea on said executive committee by death, J.' resignation or otherwise, shall bo filled by ' the respective county executive committee*. The State executive committee is charged ( with the execution and direction of the policy of the party in the State, subject to this constitution, the principles declared in the plat tor in of principles and such i 11 -1 ? " tions by resolution or otherwise as a State " convention may, from time to time, adopt, and shall continue in otlice for two years '' from tbe time of election, or until the asscm- " hling of the State uominitiiig convention, which meets in September of each electi n i jj,1 year. If any vacancy shall occur on the J State ticket or for electors, by death, removal 11 or other cause, the committee shall have t 10 power to fill the vacancy by a majority vote of the whole committee. u Article IX. When the State einvention ai assembles, it shall be called to order by the sl chairman of the State executive commi toe. f(, A temporary president shall be nomina'cd a, and elected bv tlie convention, and uftcr its j>, organization the convention shall proceed f, immediately to the election of permanent u, officers and to tho transaction of business; j? ,w'** " im- has been concluded it p( L? 1??ii sine die. it Article X. There sbull be n primary .dec- p tion in etch Congressional district in litis State on the last Tuesday in August, lN'.i2, and every two years thereafter, to rumi nate candidates lor Congrest, to bo conduce! I! and [managed as is heretofore provide 1 M in the election of delegates to tho Si uu con pi vention. The vote to be received, tabu'tied an nd announced by the State executive en k ittee, to the chairman of whom the remit JTI to be tiansrnitted by the respective county iftirtncu by the first Tuesday in September, WW, and every two years hereafter. The o eetion of Solicitors of the different circuits tall be by primary, subject to ilie emne i!os end regulations; ana to be announced i the aatae way, as before set forth for Con ressiuen. v ? Article XI. before the election in 18M, aUl id tech election v*ar "'zli etnocretio executive committee shall issue ca'l to all candidates for Stats offices to ... Idress the people of the different oounties . f the S'ste, fixing the dates of the meetings. 1 ad also' inviting the dandidate* forCongrese j nd solicitor in their respective district* ami "''."j. ircuita iU U? prciKUl ?IIU 'IVI v?? ?? rw-r--- r|0n t such meetings only ths candidates above . gt forth shall be allowed to speak. . Article Xli. It nball be the duty of each ( g' guuty executive committee to appoint ineetigs in their respective counties to be ddresscd by the candidates for the General istembly and for tbe different county office, all of whom, including trial just-ccs, ( hall bo elected by primary on the last wj, 'uesday in August of cicli election yetr, cc? tudor the same rules and regulations w? icrcinbefore provided. j nj Article XIII. Each county delegation to i State convention nball have power to fill j,ftj my vacancy (heroin. oih Article XIV. This constitution may be intended and altered only by the Stato nominating convention which meets in Sep- ^ tomber of Mob election year. . Article XV. As to organizing under this ^ constitution by county conventions, any county failing or refusing to organize under tbe provisions of this constitution shall not have reprrecntion in 1)10 State Democratic . ' convention. In' Wkkp hot ron I'AITlky.? i no common ccl li'yi'l'-r is .still harpiogon "thegallant llcgli L. Farley," and indulged yesterday in the gc following outburst of hysterical sontiment : m, "The Sta'c is full of men of military oxpcricnce who have fine through the j wliolc war. Many of tlicin occupy proini- *|',j nsnrpositions in tho militia which they have been liolpiog -o keep up for years. Among thorn the pre-cut Adjutant General can be numbered. No matter how proinisiug lie ^ may be. is it not an outrage to put a boy '.il years f nge, who lias never rendered any services to tlioState whatever, in the militia or out ofi t. except as a beneficiary of the Cilalcl Academy, over veterans of the militia tli and army?" el. If public sentiment ill South Carolina had .. rctured to its normal condition and if other things were eipia', we should say that it would be "nn out) ago to put a boy 'Jl years of ago over veterans of the militia and ''J arniy," but we have high authority for say ing imil gr.vuiiMo uoci |?rum|iv ? uuoinesH haeod on kiirlncae and charity," and it will bo onlirely in keeping with tho poltcy co <?f the now rcime if the llujjh J" _?t, ly, such a disposition of Farley, hard though it might bo on Farley, would not. be near so pi much of mi outrage a* wai the shameful elevation of Sonator Irby?a young man !M years of age, who had rendered no service to the Statu in war and nono in peace, save the service of dividing the white people of l" South Carolina?over that greatest of all cli veterans, Wa'e Hampton. Nor would the q, dotation ol' young Dixon over the grizzled c(| and Imtllc-ecarred Farley he half 90 much of an outrage as was the o'ovation of Li. K. Tillman to the ollice of tlovnrnor over tho genial, gallant, lion-hcirted John llrallon. The IIfii*(rr did not shod any tears over 1? Undo Hampton's defeat It did not protest when John liralton was ordered to the 1 car. It should not ge into hysterics over the hard fate reserved for the gallant Farley. The |n "old soldier argument" has lost its elfcct in (| South Carolina. In Ins speech at Aiken during tho campaign of IM'JO tho present 's' master of the L'finfer.' (lovernor Tillman, M declared thepoiicy of those whom ho represeated towards I lie old vold'ers. "If there were those," said he, "that though that the men who rode with bee and Jackson should ?c be kaut I'nr ward I'.iratai- lioua-uuur* u Tho Ii*</ister eh uld cease to weep for the gallant barley, lie will liud good company J. in his roli rem cut. 1 lie Aett's mill Courier could have skolched tho snake nearer the llf/ixtrr'e own doors, ap oy caning on it to she 1 tear* over ilia defeat it of Assistant Attorney (lenorul, Mnj. 1>. A. He Totvnsend, a veteran soldier and lawyer, by mi the stripling W. I.. Mol.uurin. Tliul, wo 11, think mi the "unkinlest cut of all but \v? being "in the boss's ftmily,' as it wcro, we \vt sup posed he claimed the right to select an Hi Attorney lien oral to suit him. Tr.s St * ri:s Stiik.m Swift.?Chicago. Apiil Ueports of yesterdny'e storm "" show it to have been the moat general as to the extent of territory for ninny yeara. The Slates of Kansas, Colorado, Nebraska, Iowa. Mi-sourri, Texas and IndiHiitia were swept by a furious s'orni of wind, rain and hail, in some places rising to the force of a tornado, ea and nowhere ('tiling below the danger line of velocity. un Kausss City, April 'J.?With the going gt, down of ihe wind, the telegraph is again brought into service, and the storm-alricken C01 hstrict of Kansas is heard from. The wire lorvice is still very bad, but there is enough tin hows Coniinir in tn ihnw tlmt tin* ti.neJi?u bV ivork wm fur-reaching and Tory destructive. V eiircl'til estimate regarding tl><* namhc" of silled and wounded throughout the State, lie result of the wind's havoc, <nr>n?* it iin nearly I"" and between '_'00 and IlOll injured. trii The reports in are : South llavcn, S dead and !'J wounded : Wellington. -I dead and li'J injured. ; en farms between these two towns, 1 " dead and S injured ; Towando. 17 dead pp i: d l"> wounded : Augusta. 7 dead and I'd n. wounded ; Homestead, "> dead and 7 injurtd : Strong City, - dead and S wounded'. 0,11 Nilinn, 1?'? injured. fatally. There towns oil ire the only ones front which anything lite ne i definite report has hoen ohta:ncl, and tho >ossihilities are that wheu the western towns did viHtage* are he ird from, the deitlt list ,n' rill he swelled to nearly !( (?. pre Among the strange stories toll of the u n ticer actions of tho wind is lliat of dlisa j. Ma ffinrntoti, of Towanda. who was blown way by the storm and carried a distance of ' all n mile, carry ing a pillow. She was the lown through the side of a wrecked ham |,jni ad dep sited on the back of a horse unhurt. 1 raw Topeka, Km., \pril 'J.?Seven person* 1CI( ere fil'el :iiii| ii d /en others badly i. ijttreu i>\ (he toi undo of Thursday night in j ie ' it I lo low ii of Waniego. 'I'll? Storm Irv- iuu' I tl?o h .u*e of Albert Fggcr* mi I carried j if inmate* a distance of 'JOl> fed. The fci j ly < I" Mrs. Kcgei^ w.?* ouinl at a eonsid- (ls | able di-l nice from the ruins of her home. j( , ( he lii> ly of Iter youngest child win tigluly ispod in her anus. . oil favo Oil. What \ t'oii.u. Will you heed the "* a ruing. The sgnal {crimps of the sure mil ( roach ot that more terrible disease. ('?>n iui|itiuii. Ask yourselves if you can allord s .. . r the srke of saving 60c, to run the risk ' nl do nothing for it. We know from ex- ' ls Mience that Shi oh a Cure will cure your looki nigh. It never fails. This explains why frorn ore llinu a Million bottles were so'ol the j ?st year. It relieves croup and whooping ottgh at once. Mothers do not he without otnil For lame back, side or Chest use Shiloh's otlici orous Piaster. Sold by 11. K. Smith & C.o on ,] fronl Tin Lashi i-iiim; I'iiosi iiatk Isnt sruv.? buv? eiuifor:, 8. A|iril '2.?Tlio Farmers j|icjj iiiing Cinipany have suspended mining i(isphute rock, laid up nil the r dredges *' d wa-n l> tits and discharge 1 ?!! their !!'i' : ij! yeo. aic i le ilJeefify -Union limes "< M. STOKER, - - Editor 4ie Friday, April 9, 181Ml. . - fct HSCR1PTI0N, ?1 60 PER ANNUM in post office directory. we be P. O. will b? opened for business Ft ? 8 A. M. to 0.00 P. M. u, he Money Order Department will be . ned fjr busineee from 0 A. M. to 4 P. 11. be Northern nod Southern mails will 10 at 1 P. M. Meil will be taken front ull ?tract boxes at 12.46. D( ujr inattention or irregularities should . reported promptly to the P. M. ' J. HUNTER, 1*. M. pu MONEY WANTED. c? )ur necessities demand (/'ash every day ; ile our subscription books disclose tiO per it. i f our subscribers in arrears. We ni ill money badly. Perhaps yon cannot r all you owe us, although it is a very ill amount for each, but you surely can ' f half, and that will help until money is ai icr with all of us. W'K MUST COLLECT. New Advertisements- w Poster Wilkine & Co.? New Spring Goods. iruham & Sparks?Cheap l?r> Goods ' ocs and Mi'luiory. o I. W. Mo Lure.?Prepare for Easter. K Cfcrjy*" Tomorrow is the last day for return- 0 5 propei ty for taxation, before the 50 per 0 lit rcually is added. lf*L. We are glad to hear that money is y (ting iiioic plentiful, nnd wc would be 0 ore glad to /eel thai it was ao. p See our La-lie* Ilntton elioes at $VOc. ey are hnmmerf. GUAM AM & SPARKS. t * w- j. tiaUr Mrs. .las. Grant has returned from Q iw York, after purchasing her Spring ( ioW I.!* \I i llitiorv I ... Diikss Cittini;.?Ladies desiring to lcara o System of Dress Cutting will receive iu* c ructions from a competent Teacher, at tb? r uiuii llotol. l'rrserve your Winter goods bom Moths r u.ung Molli Hal s. lb cts per bo* of 40 ills, at J. W. M.LUKE, Agfa. f ffio),.. The .South Union Sundsy School uvetitiou will meet at Mt. Vernon Church, ' ^He"yrf%TJttiCW* th*pi?i.S?nday in May. J tbliehcd iu the Timrs next week. ^ fimT' Do not forget that Enomc l'resbyry is now iu ?eesi<>n nt Jonesville, and will sdicnte the j icily now I'resbyterian ' lurch at that town next .Sunday; the elolout Kev. N. J. IH.lines to preach the dediilory sermon. ? ? Ladies call and eec our Dress Hoods. We tvo a beautiful selection and our priceo werthau tho lowest. (! It All AM & Sl'AUKS. - ? We uro roi|uenle<l to state that the j eiiM to the Itolie'l Ivl wards estate, lying in 10 City of Now York, who are living ia niillr Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia, li-sissippi, 't'exno. Tennessee and Kentucky, ill meet. for the purpose of forming on asciaiiou to establish their claims to said tale, at Union C. it. oil the 11th of April, rnu ? '" "j Black lersoy Mitts lor only 10 ceuts, at W. McLL'UK'S, Agt. Since Mr. Thomas It. Itutlcr was I | (pointed a U.S. Commissioner at (his place ( has been intimated he was appointed by a j publican. As will be seen from his comssion, lie w is appointed by the lion. ('has. ( Simontoii, a L>etirocralic U. S. Judge, who , is appointed by Mr. Cleveland when bo is President, on the resignation of Judge ynn. ? - i t We have just received n big stock of s ittorick'a Patterns. Ladies como and 1 ike your select ions. (iHAIIAM & .SPA11KS. r i ... ^ &)Or~ The decision of the U 8. Supreme \ nrt in favor of the JStalc against the Coow Mining Company, while not unexpected l many in the State, is emphatically a tri- j, rplr for Gov. Tillmon, particularly as the ? lie holds a good $-">0,000 bond against that .si npany as endimnily against any loss or nnge the State may sustain by reason of ^ s litigation under an injunction obtained tl the company. We wish to call special attention to our t e of Dress trimmings in Jets, Passimen- '' .. is;,..,,- v-:i ii ? i ? -> il v?, ? wmi?i ii?ii iivhui iiim union. x> .1. W. Mold' l<! ', Ag't. Our friend, Mr. S. S. Farrar. of I ( nckney township; had the pleasure last t, esday night of capturiag the now notori- ? i train wrecker, John ltoyd, who with six 11 icrs, cecaped from the Cliarloti# jail last ok. Iloyd once worked for Mr. Farrnr, I die hands on the place knew hint and ^ brmcil Mr. Farrar that lie was on the nriscs. Mr. Farrar immediately procured 1' arrant and arrested him, and brought 11 i to jail that night. l'' he next morning after telegraphing to authorities in Charlotte, Mr. Farrar took v* i to that city. \Ye understmd a large ,l ar>l was offered for lis* recap:mo ami 1,1 irn to the Charlotte jail. pi ioyd is ipiito a young man, noarly black, stout built 11 M isjy Some complaint* have been made to 1U ately that the Times is not left regularly ,| lie carrier at the residence* of the sub- a hers in town, and we shall consider it a ,f i* if every such otuisaiun is rcportod to i no untnc or each siibscrilier is plainly j c, ten on th? paper by a raretul person ? re tlie carrier takes theiu I'r.iin the of I l>, but we do not claim infallibility, ami Cfl like ly that >>ne or two names are ovcieil <occftsionlly, but it is not probable that i sit to twelve arc omitted in one week, tho carrier, who knows when a name is A | ted, should report each omission to tho u. It is .suspected that some papers left lio >in7./.as or thrown over the fence, in In I of dwellings. arc sioieu by parties who y, not llie fear of the Printer's Devil in in hearts. in that case we will try and p|> ? tho thief, and in any event, we w II '* u* o j'lovcoi Die trouble hereafter, if we w lotified of it. \ Beta's Letter. Ve bare but Hi tie iuclio .tion to rsp 1/ te . C. B. Bobo's effort lo arouse the pi>jue of (be unitjiokiog voters of the firming I other laboring classes of Baton agniost and ?U who d > not fall dowi^aod irorsblp the sbrine of tbe l'olk-Peffer psrty. Mr. Bobo dees bis effort ti oovioee tbe people tint are noir or e*er was oppose) to tbe rmors Moveweot, aod that intended do injustice to Beda'ia Alliance, for be 4^s it is not tl-ie J He l^Hiot point a Hue we hive wrl-tea or a word wa have lered agai'ift tho Alliano# orHtis reform ivemeot. We cannot do a* some are dohowever, fut'ow Tillman bliadlj at the ire and undefilod embodiment ef all tbat righteous iu the reform movement. We n and do recognize tbe fact that a change >es not ulwnys carry with it a reform. The people's iiilerest, euibraeiag farmers, echanics, merchants, laboring .seen, with iblic institutions and privet* enterprises hi ploying capital and libur, in our opinion, re so iuterwoven that they cannot be eeparaid and the country he prosperous, therefore e hare not j-dued indiscriuiinatily in the uc and cry sg'iiust capital nnd corporation! - - ?? ? r-i*-- <i -....i. i*t give proiuanie employment i? iii'iuo?nu< f our ineu uud women ami provide the muey to purchase the products of the labor f (lion-amis of others. The great mistaki f the politics of ike day is in not recognis rig the tuct that while capital cannot Ik ray 11ml'facto lies, I a i IroufsV slfRrill' aJl'f al iher important indnstrial enterprises cat ossibly he bul t and operated is by conccn rating mid vncorporating capital. Mr. ltobo's assertion tint any ono is aternpting to kill the Allitncc, we pronouuc ratuitinis. There is only one way, in oui pinion that the Alliauco can be killed, au< bat is by its leaders taking it into pari, >olitci, wLiclt we frat- they are now doinj )uce commit the Alliance, either aloue or i uinbiunlion with any other organization, t i political party, mul its doom is scale ipeedily. That lias btoa our warning froi lie time die Alliance was first organized. Mr. Itnbo is a conglomeration of politic iariifs: ' A Calhoun-JeferHooiati denn irat," "an Abe Lincoln financial republican, disdains any alleglanco to tbe so-osHc vttionul democroy or tcpublicanistn," an irotests that he is no third psnrty man. He SflW#PW4?jjPnil|? 61. LoAt??nveiil?oi it comniiUed iiSf""toni! 1'hirJ Party. Whero sAo* we put M llobo? Being neither a natioftll dcraocri or republican, lie wi l not of cqurso vote f< either tlio democratic or republican cand date for Ptesident. Whore will lie go ti The only opening for him tliafb^e cati see in the Thirl Party, with PolJ^gud the otlu Alliance leaders who arc leading tire Allicni into that purly ai hrenk-neck s^eed. Mr. llobo's assumption that w< aru oppoi ing the ctrort of the farmers yul laborit classes to free themselves from .(lie Aom/o, ninl serfdom fastened upon theinby inonop lies, corporations, goldbugs, cto., is ti transparent to our readers to require t answer from us, but placing that pai of liis communication of two \ weeks ag lo which eye alluded, side beside wil ?.li^ .a, '.V1* ii.iM?ip^nnWffu..y'i""ii liu-J not reason for asking if the Sedtli rMiianco endorsed the People's Pariy; pa Licularly when Mr. Bobo stated that Uoi Trey H. Fowler, an avowed Third Part candidate, proposed tho Sed-ilia mass lueel ii>K for the purpose of endorsing the SI Louis convention and the mats meeting < lhut convention which unanimously endorse he Third Party : Mil. 110llo g LKTTRR. I K1HT0RIAL INTKRUOt At the remits r nicelimrl if Mcdalia Alliance ImI Arc wo to understate atnrdsy, our Slate loct- from Mr. Bubo's report i iror, Jiilui It. .telle lies, tim meeting of the Bed: leiivered oneofhi* char- ||a Allistticft at wliic iclcristie lectures to uiiiState Loeturer JeiTerb ipi?reoirtive audi e u e e, Lipolie, ;lQd tlie mass tiieo oinposed of members n'ting called by Mr. U. lie outer and ttie citizens l-'owler, that Sedalia All tenerally, together with auco (indorses the Poop! i iniinbcr of Indie* who (third) Party plank ill tl traced the occasion by <<( Louii Convention. Iieir presence. Wo can Jiardly bcllei !? ??? * ? (ha, ihe~stnunch ol After t he speaking clos. democrats of any )>art ' d. on motion of lion. O. t;nm Koysllownahln ca l. Kowier, a mass meet- so fur foreswear their ? ufj was called to consid- n.^iancetn flie ileiuoerat r the propriety of en- ju party, aslo allow then orstng the St. Louis con- selves to bepoaxed out r f ntion. Aflca a brief (i i,y a f,.w dlscoiitentc tateine'ii of the work disturbing jKditical a one at that meeting, by pi rants, fhe third tun lie cliairman, jour cor jy more falls into liu I'spoiident, the audience! with tlio defunct grocu iiaiiiniously emlor s e djt,ack party, and, like tin lie action of the eonvon-jpurty, is totoiuUil to ?li ion and mass mectinc l-idc Ulld deleat the den } ,i rising vote. Not ocralic pariy, io contit nly the brotherhood iii|l)e t|?. Republican part his section is solid oiitm power, lie demands of our order, j ut the citizens generally | re iii close sympathy| .ith us. A big drivs iti Ladies and Childrens Tai Ixfordn. Goods woitli J?l.oO, will be cldsoi nt l'or oO cents per pair, A full line c izes on hand. Cotne early before tbo stocl i exhaust c I. J. W. McLUKK, Ag't. :ev S. R. Hope Last Sunday Uev. S. li. Hope, paator o ie l'rcsbyteiian Church, lentlcred bia resig at ion to iho congregation, njic^. askei ie congregation to join him in n re> icat to r.uoroo rrcshytery, which Conines at Joncsville to day, to dissolve the lationahip as pastor and people, which npiest ttic congrogntion rcluctnntly comlied with. It hat been known for sonic tune that Mr. o| c had offered himself to the Foreign tvi. ii Hoard, and that lie had beer rccptid, and a licld in Japan assigned him, terctnre hi* resighation was not altogothci turpiisc to liis c mgrogalion, but the quest was reluctantly complied with, foi iring the four years of his Pastoral scrvi - here. Mr. Hope lias, by hit ability, hit naistent c'.iristiau walk and example, ulcsred himself to his people, and (lit entire uimuuity will regret to sec him leave. The resignation is to take effect in Juno. - i White robes for Faster, bo'li in I.adies, isses and Children, at J. W. McLi'RK'S, * llvs pkpsi a \xn Livkk Com pi, vijtf.?Is it >t worth the small price of 7"?c to free utrsolf ef every symptom of those distrcssg complaints, if von think so, call at our re and got a b ttlo of Shiloli s Vitnli/cr. v- ry bottle lias n pvin'cl ^uunniico on it, .ec it dingly mid i: ii docs you no good it 11 c st yon nothing. .Sold by II. K. Smith l/o. i Town Talk and Town Doings u atm kb el' uy ocr ukporter. Tbe Kpworth League is a Society recently organized in lh|[ Methodist (Church, by Iho Boy. ?. E. Morris, the pastor. Profeesor Mnrr)??? i;;; ;!;;U* ligious meetings are bold in tbe Methodist Church every Hunday afternoon at 4 o'clock. Prof. Craighead, of Woford College, has been invited to addreartha League. He has aeeepted and*will deliver an address before the members this, Friday, uiglit, in tbe Methodist Church, to which everybody is. invited to attend. It is not known on what ' subject he will talk, but it will, ne doubt, be agiod one, and rorth listening to. Last Sunday morning the pulpit of the j Methodist Church was filled by Bishop W. W. Duncan, of Spartanburg, who preached au excellent mid c'oqucnt sermon ti quite a largo congregation. At night the ltev. J. <? ?.| I.?pi.t** nf this Circuit. I .wariou ii ju, i i wi.i.wj ........ - delivered a:? ablr and forcible sermon to a full congregation. 1 Last Monday being salcsday, quite a large ' crowd of people were in town. ' Hon. William Jcfl'erici, of Home, was in 1 town this week on business. 0, 1\ Garrett, formerly of this p'nee, but now of Spartanburg, was iu Uoiou this week on business. 5 Union has a number of secret societies, I . U I --V Good Templars, which was instituted here ! Inst fell with only a small number of Charter membcrs. The ledgo is in a flourishing condition, arid growing very rapidly. It has now over 7-? members, and new ones arc 0 receive! at every meoting. Meetings arc r held every Tuesday u ght and nro well 4 uttended. They nre made interesting by y each member taking an active part. The mauy friends of Mrs. Minuie I.aiiipley, u wife of Kev. It. (.'. Lautpley, pastor of tin o Baptist chinch, will be glad to learn thai d she is rapidly recovering from a very severe - '1 - -* wI,i,?li was inmitionnj ii ai (illsa. ui jmvuiiiuiii , ?u.v.. in last week's Timks. l' Mrs. Kolnjrt Morrison lias been sufleriuf with an attack of LaGrippe, but alio is nor improving viry rapidly. Prof, ltobsrt Morrison. Superintendent oi ^ Ike Union Grailcd School, attended a iucet ' iug of the State board of education held in J' Columbia last Friday. Jle Tunmf. k u?.W? v??vu s pupulfti r furniture dealer, and perhaps one of the largest furniture dea'ers in tho up country }r has broken earth on main street opposite th< j_ Depot, where lie will at a very early date begin the orec'ion of a l uge two story bricl I building for a store room. He has com mcnced hauling the material and very soon er ' o the bricklayers will bo at work. L. 15. Carson, the Barber, who owns tin lot between the Hotel and J. K. Vounz'c ?" store, will very soon erect a small bricli ig , building on it, which he proposes to fit up in ^ handsome style for n I a-bcr shop. J0 Hon. William Munro mi l Col. I. G. Me IU lvissick, of the Union Bar, attended court a rt Newberry last week. 0, Major D. A. Townsend came up from 1. n?i,?n>k;n ?i.? r... < ,r n.;. ....I |^_ 'l'ha i-nifiii-n' examination of white auii ^ colored Icaclitrs to t-ncli in the pubVi * schools of this county was held in tin r" County School ConiaiisMoiicr's office las 1" Friday. Quite a nuniher of teachers wen 7 present. The result of the examination ha; 1* not yet been announced. ' ? jf The following requires no coiurtlen ^ from lis. The people of 1'aion County know Jiulge Wallace. They have tried and trust el him in the most trying and critical time* l of their existence, and ho has never disap pointed or deceived them. Such sycophantic ' deinagigisin from a subordinate, p'aioly in i- tended to tickle the fancy of a superioroffl? cer, is too transparent to pro luce any feel nj es but that of disgust in the minds of all n ut men who know all the parties : [? The Columbia corroespoudenl of t lie Till i?f man organ of Marion refers to Judge WaV n lace as "the avrogant usurper, the Judge _ Jefferics of Soulh Carolina !" This corresi. pondent is understood to he Chief Clerk >f Norton, of the Comptroller-General's oflice, ? likewise a member cf tho House of Representatives. What do the people think e of this charactarizatioii of a pure and upright judge ??The Slate A11 *t.: i rm nut gruwi um oi ouuge uaiiaee s coni. etruing the Inw removing Supervisors ol y Registration. contrary to Uov. Tillman's construction. It' Judge Wallace is "an arrogant usurper, the Judge JelTerius ol South Carolina,"' by parity ot' reasoning, all ? the Judges upon the Supremo and Circuit J bunches of lite State are arrogant usurpers, for they fully endorse Judge Wallace's decision. It has got to a pretty pas*, when nil the Judges of the State nre denounced for construing a law contrary to the wish or opinion of a ISovernor, who is in no sense, a j. lawyer. ! A Union Man Appreciated The following will be pratifying intelligence to the hosts of old friends and nwociatcs of Prof. A. Foster McKiesick. Th??cave hut fc.v snore talented young men in the South than Foster McKissick, ami certainly there is not one whose moral character is blighter and purer. He is a student, a scholar ntul a gentleman, and is bound to occupy a position among the most profou d scientific men of the world. He is an honor to his native State and County. Foster MoKissick, the professor of dec ' tricity at Auburn university. has been ' offered the place of director of electricity at the great Northwestern university at Lincoln Nebraska, which is a .similar position to the director ofehctricity at Cornell university; where he graduated. Mr. McKissick is also ' a graduate of South Carolina college, lie is young and rising rapidly. A I'omcrman Shot.?Charlotte, N. C., April 2.?James Moran, a policeman, in attempting to arrest a negro, who had been stealing Hour, at 1 o'clock this morning, was shot and mortally wounded. The bullet entered the right Irea.'t an inch below the nipple and was cut out of his back. The officer ! lingered in great pain and died the next day. A big stoi-V of Spring and Muiuner I try Goods, Shoes ami Millinory goods just received. Remember wo are offering big induoenienti to cash buyers this season. UK All AM Si Sl'AKKS. Corrrepondfcut f r the Tmr*. Farm Work and Ifswa ia Santce Sanrrr, April 1. ? A'though my hands ar< loo at iff lo writ', for 1 hare been doing fori bard work ditching. I wi 1 try to write a for thoughts, and what local news I can think of I hare cut me a "canal" to dam up i whole piece of hollow bottom, to ca'ch mm to save eonte good land, als> to tu<n i la'ge amount of surface wa'er. i believe if more attention was given I such places ir.ore cultivated lands could b had tu the n:.w*alm??t ute'rs* hollows an narrow bracch bottoms, where it would b made-earth of mud, leaves, settlings, ete making | ezcel'ent corn land, and whti pumpkins could be raised advantageoualj "Large breakers cf brush and logs put aoroa and renewed year after ye?r, as they rUte ??? to mi?e eu! ?n<i teiticuuunu, ? placen, bul initio bad to have a dirt da on the brush to turn the water. The recent henry and steady rains hai caused a kin i of"hdch" in fanning oper lions, stepping the plows for several day when the tanners are jnet "tingling" lo s I Item going. The land is drying off re slow. Kvery body seems to he in a 8t r tr ing to keep up, or ahead of their work csj ccislly plowing,?-and they arc alien comparing tin; amount done now, to that the corresponding period of last year. Loafers cin still he seen and heard of this section, some of whom sti'l "visi'," t wili not do the smallest job for their Uinn and s nie who have conducted themselves bad y trying to brat their creditors out what they owe them, in years past, thattli have no oae to "run" them, so I am iuformi Often these can he seen idling around t houses of the industrious colored man tryi to borrow someihing. All of these have inner monitor, whose demands h.*'*,** ponci 10 lottKti mem iiustie a little soi: times, to satisfy its cravings, and this b rowing is their hustling. They a1! have malady, a kind of muciliganoous offcction the fingers, to which chickens, ducks, el will stick uwt'nlly. Mr. \V. T. Jone< is having his l>nd t raced, Mr. 1'. (J. roguri, a professional Spartanburg has been employed lo lay it and superintend the work. Mr. 0. A. Jeter is havings well dug bis farm, which is badly nco led. to ei going a half mile for wa'er. 1 Sometime ago Mr. \V. (). Jeter, spraii ? liis ankle very badly, and for some time I t to depend on one pedal extremity to round on. Well kept poach orchards are in bloom now, mid they present n beaut picture iudced. I attended the c.unly alliance nicetinj ' Union list Friday, and enjoyed it very inn ' as 1 always d>, and liad the pleasure of sh iug hands with many of my iriends ft ninny parts of the c unity, who gave int warm liar J clasp. The President, Mr. T. Jeter, adopted a good plan to get^at i standing and interest of the Subs, and reports show that they nro not dead, as heen venortcd bv ihe aoitosition. The Si p Lecturer wm picscnt, and gave us st s information that was gladly received. Sometime ago Vox said the people there were going to economize, work h i and wear patched clothes if necessary, ' order to pull through, and 1 believe that ; the sentiment mostly in our sectiou, some colored farm era nro economizing stock fc-d so closely that their poor aniu walk reelingly. 1 tnw it verified to-d 1 have hired out this year myself. 1 working for wages with myself, and if 1 would see any while man in my "pate 1 with a flopped ha', some much patch i clothes, a pair of half-hand cotton gloves i to keep off a blister, and in warm wcathi pair of well ventilated shoes, probabl, pair of brog-ttH, avliv, it will bo K. W. J ? ?- ? ? ? WAIJTED.?Everybody to inspect Straw 11 At s in blacks and whites, in the la'est sbaoes just received. J. W. MoLUUK, Ag'i i - . Correspondence of the Turns. } Rippling* by Riversidet Mr. Eimtok.?Farmers have goncri availed themselves of the propitious seas ? and we arc glad (o report farm work in g ' shape. Most every one has an eye to pie of bread, peas, potatoes, e'c. Sorghun receiving more than ordinary r.ttent The fellow that don't make his firm s t supporting now, had better sell out r make room fur some one who will. One of the most pitiable looking sij imagiuab'c is r. fanner g 'ing from house ' house begging the merchant to take a lict his cr p. or a mortgage on n'l ho lias, to cure himself in advancing the farmer (exc me. not a firmer, only a p outer) the br ?nd meat he should make in abundance hit own farm. lhi? yeai s experience will be a last lesson for a great many and will prov blessing in disguise to those who are ha7 the hitter pills to swallow. You would surprise 1 to know how cheaply some peo can live when necessity compels them. In my humble judgment, the first tli the farmer should do is to stop his wnsl terrace his lands and rcc'airn his worn soil*. David Dickson said it would not ] to work poor land, lie never told a big| truth. It is the folly cf follies to allow rich top soil to wash off, with every rain t Comes, into the hods of crocks and rivers Now, let nic tell you ouo of the cottntr greatest needs : It is education for tho m: ; os. We want belter country schools, r how arc we to get thcin ? Move mossy is neii liiing. ami where is it to come fro (iov. Tillman s ideas were clear on the ecli question. ' Fewer schools ami better one Miss Kntic Moorliend lias ? very inter iog school at Mt Tabor. and the little bri eyes uro getting along nicely in tlieirstml .lor Correspondence of the Union Tim km. The Wheel Still Rolling. Kkm-ton, April 1.?Well, Mr. Kditor, as have been ubscnt from your columns for I Inst three weeks 1 suppose some of y< renders think the wheel has ceased to ro but 1 assure them they are mistaken. I still rolling, and is freshly (died to l round among the emdidates when t tints comes. Now t will suggest .1. l\ Thomas as a ct didntc for a representative. When lie s and knows a measure is right, lie is as so as a rock on it. Mrs. Mary Adtuus, the wife of J. Adams, died March "JSth, and was buried Foster's t Impel on tbc '2'.uh. The fune services were cmiduc... 1 by P.ev. l>oveTill The grieved hit-hand and four mothcrl children have llio sviimotliv ?.!' ilm .> >! community. Surveying of tlio Lockhart Shoals I!, will commence to-morrow, with the 11? Glenn I). I'eak as Chief Kngineer. Mr. J. E. Kelly, of Spartanburg, lias be very sick for some lime but is bct'er I lie Kei.ton Wheel. Wiio is iiii: Farmer's I'iiiknk??The C ton l'luiit publishes a strong article telli of the advantages of ollon factories to fi morn. Vet one of the chief grounds opposition to an bonost man and good ci zon who is nominated for oilico is that he the | resident of one of the biggest colli factories in the State. When a man to be disfranchised for managing a in giving a borne market for thousands of b3: of cotton, and people ate being urged to w against pital. v.bat use is there for t Cotton 1'lant to urge the building r.f fuel lies ! 1 hey cannot be built without mon nor managed without brains, and brai must be paid for if their use is to be secure ? (franctilt .\'ctct. Corr spon Use* of the Times. V(vi From Forth Fseolot. Etta Jaxk, April 4.?If s newspaper core respondent is Vvrth aojthing at sll to him' self or his county be sbsuld show it in his attempts to furnish his readers with fwod * for thought; aud in r.ew of this fact this corJ ?..*?..???.**??. ? "o?(>? am* ~ ' * --a? m "* ?J O J 1 something to elevate the minds and morals of such as uaay think his pieces worth read0 inf. This is our excuse for lecturing cur * renders occasionally. d If anything will disgust rexdsrs and make * a newspaper an unweldome t sitor in our homes it is the s'erolyped complaints-of is "? coutributors about the hard limes, bid f- weather, etc. What has become of all our ' weather prophets ? Toey haven't concluded to let the weather manage its own affaire, surely. Somebody had better hunt up a n> wasp nc?t and let us know whether we arc to have a?y high water this year or not. re L. C. J ? article in last week's Times has R" our earnest and unqualified endorsement " Miss Nannie C. Kendrick, who has been uc lenching at I'urris. is now at home. "Aptit fools" are plenty just ai this scay~ son. U. F. llates, E<q., if Uaicsrille, Trial l,'? Justice, paid us a vieit last week on otficial business. " C.ftnnvlv Clf III it. Mr, Julio nic??nuci, "".vj ? " County, ami eon of Opt Win. D. Alexander, ?ut has moved to the "Beauty spot" place, and er, expects to farm ihcro this yenr. s i Mrs. Mary Kstes has been confined to her room several days on occinat of sickness, ey Mr. W. A. l'eeler has rebuilt bis garden sd. fence on an improved j lau, using wire l,e instead of railing to support the palings, 'lg Messrs. 1\ i?. Weber and James Burgess au have the agency for this patent fnice. .It is vi ivuce nuu can uc lcpairci li0* with en<e should a paling gel broke. or* We have never seen the peach trcos with 1 a such laigc blooms us they have this year. Notwithstanding we have had sonic severe lc., weather, tho crop so far is uuhurt. The present spell of weather has started c,~ vegetation to growing; and in a few days we may be able to get a few fish out of the u?< rivers and creeks. Fisheimcu tell us the fish supply is "skasc." Vox. <?> ? a.ve For the Times. 1ct* Mb. l'hutob : After reading the repoitof ,a'' (he recct c invention, and your comments, e" one over-credulous ;uiight couie to the conclusion that the whole proceedings are sucli full that everybody would fall into line and bo iful carried along by some secret irresistib'c face. But things are uot always what they 5 seem to lie. Tlic fact that ilia convention IC''? w:is originated by Id uien, enemies to Tilla*" man. uufricudiy towards the farmers tnoveoin ment, is sufficient to create distrust in the i a minds of the labeling c asses. We are still W- sore and chafing under'the ridicule, abuse lite and contempt heaped upon us two years he ag0f niuj (hat too, by the same party who 'l,B now arrogate to themselves the privilego of ate doing aa thoy |>Ua?o whether it be dcuio>me cvatic or not. Had the counsel uf General llavle. Tillman's magnanimous patriotic oppoUP aent two years ago, been heeded, the conRrd vont'on would not have been licid, nor the \n bitter warfare against Tillman's airoiuistralion been waged. Hut time will provo the but wisdom of Gen. Etrie's advice. 'n We are satisfied that the ultimate object ,a^ of this advance movement is to create disl"J atl'ection in tho Farmo's' Alliarce by alluring as many of its members into it as possi^0* ble, and by dint of perseverance, fiually kill it out. Hut the'party Ibnt thinks 10' the farmers movement will down at its bidoU ding, docs not comprehend its slrength and era determination. y a 1 am sorry to state that on the strcits of Union the other day, one of the Anti-Tilluian big guns opened fire upon your correspondent with third parly canister. So far ns our Stale politics arn concert cd I tuink I am as ail far from flic fold of the third party a? any man in yottr town. It appears you furuiehed t. the amunitiou in|your comment, up?n U?? Pcctiiiff held in f-rnas Kevs a few days ngb. also sec in tho Timks, tlie Spartanburg J/crald had been misinformod that n sub Alliance in Union County had gone over to tlly the third party. 0,18 Now, Mr. Editor, while your comment ??d upon the mass mooting in Cross Keys and n,y criticism of the St. bonis convention is } '8 partly interrogatory, yet it lias made a false ton. impression, ami don# injustice to Scdalia 1C?- Alhande. In the first place tlie meeting w?s n,ul not an act of the alliance. The order win not in session. The lecture was spoken to ?''t> a mixed audience. Tho mass mcetimr was . # # % O 10 participated in by the same audience, as was 1011 plainly shown in the report. Why yen ,i0* should so frame your language that a false ll,se impression might be made upon your readers, cud j cannot couceive. You profess to be a on frierd to the firmer and yet you oppose his effort to free himself from that bondage and in6 serfdom being gradually fastened upon him ? * by monopolies, corporations and gold bugs; mS controlling and manipulating the legislative 1,6 department of our government in their intor'Ple est, to the jnipnvo?-i.>i,???o.?4. >>f ? ?*? laboring classes. In your criticism of the iu3 St. Louis convention, you have exhibited a ' s? greater amount of ignorance of its magnitude 0"' its material, and the mighty power behind it >aY than I ntn wilting to give you credit for. You Sor have certainly allowed your prcjud cc ng iost t',e the reform movement to pervert and l>el >u 1 ',at yonrjudgmcnt. "A few discontent! if, ilislnrlinn I'oltUca! o.yicants, indeed ! As to h mg y s "coaxed" out of the democratic party, the ws* labeling classes of tins country are upon k,,<' the eve of heing forced out of the d amn mi'. tuu parties by unjust, corrupt class legislation. 1,1 "Self preservation is the first law of nature," l0"} In conclusion, i am a Calhoun .Iclfcrsonian 3- democrat, and financially an Abe Lincoln pst" Hcpublicin. but disdain any allegiance to K1'1 the so called national democracy or rcpulditcs. canism, whose suicidal financial policy is ' rapidly destioying this government. "If that be treason, make the most of it." C. 15. llotio. , j For the Timks. lie Mr. Editor.?1'lcase allow me space for >ur this letter to the people of Union County. 1 11 . am glad to say that we have such a man as t is Mr. J. b. Walker to serve us as School Co.ii >11 missioner. He is a man of business and lie fills the office with ercfif t? himscif and j satisfaction to his people, lie knows no in- ; man in the discharge of his duty, and serves ccs the whole people, lie is the kind of officer lid | the pcop'r need. When not in his office he | is at home working his farm, and sets a gxd S. example to school teachers, and a'I others, at I pray for tho success of my people and that ral j they look to their future interest in ibeing cr. ii School Commissioner. e*? Mr. Walker (ills ilie ofTieo with into'ligeiiC'J ire mid economy', let us sustain liim both in I lie priinaiv and general election. It. ' J. II. Bit own. Our .Milliner lias nrrived with a la'go ' stock of Mats and Bonnets, for Spring and Suniinur. Our prices are cheaper tliao ever before. Anybody can gel a bit at present pricos. GRAHAM & SPARKS. I'i.ans to Bi.ow Ur.?St. Louis. April 2.? j. Dtvelopnients occurred hero yesterday which show that August Arndt, wit > shot his wife and killed himself l ist we-k. nfu-r selling fire to n large amount id valuable property, had luil complete plans for blowinj; up a large pntt of this city with dynsiics mi,C ?p * lie Wo havo a speedy and positive euro for lo- catarrh, diphtheria, canker mouth and ey hcadsehc. ia Sit I L< tll'S CAT. \ UK II UUMI1I?V. A nasal injector free wi Ii each Letile. si. I'sc it if you desire health and sweet breath. 1'rice oUc. Sold by 11. K. Smith & Co.