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J08EPK T. JOHNSON Tut Laurkm Mam Who Will Opposr Shell vok COMURKSP. Wlicu the time coiucii to uo uinatc a candidate for Congress from the Fourth District llio Democrats of Laurctis will divide. 1 lie candidacy of Joseph T. Johnson brings him, of course, into prominent notice, but distiuct from that, bis career lias an interest and a leeson of its own. Mr. Jobnson was born at Brewer'own, in the northwestern section of I.auretis couuty, on the :28th of February, I860, and is, therefore, just turned thirty-four. In his infancy his father, a farmer in comfortable circumstances, died and the sa-ull estate in 'and* which he |lcft was in nrtmA v?t ititwntifti) tl.* ' ' ? ?1 ? - j r?vui; widowed mother to provide, was forced for the most part to make his own way. In his boyhood lie attended the country schools, ay two years and a half in ail. I.. T. II. Droiel, Thomson Traynhtm and II. S. Shumate were his teacheis. When he was fourlecu years old his mother died and the same year, upon the aivice of a brother-in-law, he set out to gaiu a collegiate education and matriculated at 1-irskinc. lie haJu't a dollar, but he had been at work, all of his life and ft It that he could go to college and make a living too. During the first year of the course ho had to depend on the labor of his hands to make expenses, cutting cordw.od aud picking cotton, atuung other things, in vacation. One of his many expedients was hauling freight from the town of Dounlds into Due Wet in an ox cart, wbicli constituted his capital st:ck in business. After the young student litul gained the sophomore class ati easier lime dawned nnl he mauaged to moke ends meet by sclliug hooks and teaching school between ecssisons. The records of Krskiue will show his high standing iu scholarship and the president and professors will testify to the high esteem in which be was hell. The week following graduation, iu June. 1878, he opened a school at Hodges whero ho taught for a voar and a half- Dnriiic tho summer vacation of 1SW ho took the census of Cokesbury township, d.iug tlic ncoc stry traveling on foot. That was the nearest to any political otlice that lie has yet held. In September. 1880, ho cuterc.t Vaudcrbilt University and remained there eight mouths studying logic and modern languages. So much for a youth in which hard and constant manual and intellectual toil combined to make a man. Leaving Yanlerbilt, Johnson commenced the study of law ot Laurens under Col. J. W. Ferguson and was ad mi: ted in 1882. He was successful as a lawyer from the beginning. The public records in Laurens, Abbeville, Greenville and other counties will prove that the firm of Johnson & ltichey has enjoyed a practice which will compare favorably with any in the up country. Its assignment tnTgaftoh. foe iusUnce, a-c weft known to the ro idcrs of the Daily News. While Mr. Johnson has never before been n caudida'e, or even active in politics, close and critical study ltavo made hiin a "specialist" in questions of national politics. On the si'ver and tariff questions lie has informed himself thoroughly, lie favors the free and the unlimitcl coinage of silver and is a tariff reformer in the strict democratic sense. He is a forcible and fluent speaker. If elected to Congress, careful preparation, the samo sort that ho is accustomed to give to a law caso or anything that lie undertakes. as well as great natural ability, will bring to him immediately reputation aud influence. Mr. Johnson is ft leadiug member of the Methodist Church and lias been for years. Whatever the event of the contest it is safe to proiict that Mr. Johnson's canvass will be conducted on a high plane. Anything more or less thuu a business like, earnest, inquiring discussion of the issues is too repugpant to the character o?<?he man to.be at od .by those vej&fl/dMlOW hjni. ^^gfl^^^HHHp^^^nriMnr^itizen,^n?opinion io farmers of Sullivan's Township, of all political factions, who hare known hicn from boyhood, will concur.? Letter to Greenville Ntios. Disfranchising Vsters. serious effect of 11a8ty legislation'. Columbia, April G.?Governor Tillman has had another novel question propounded to him, which will douhtlese involve another lawsuit before the matter is settled. Assistant Attorney General Towcsend, to whom ' the matter has bsen referred, says that no one who|was of age in 1882, and who has failed te take out a registration ticket oau now do so, and that those who subsequently became of age and did not take out their registration certificates in the same year can not now do bo. The decision will debar a very great many voters, and especially a class whom it was especially intended to atrecr. Tho complaints now being received by Governor Tillman eomes chiefly from Sumter county, where some white tnen..?-avihi,cianC'j with rac'mw, as construed by Assistant Attorney General Townsend. To-day Governor Tillman reee'ved the following direct opinion with regard to the law : Columhia, April G, 1892. To his Excellency, 1$. II. Tillman, Governor of South Carolina. Doav Sir : 'i'ho lollop of \V. J. Shaw, of Sumter, S. C., asking * whether a person who was qualified to register at the first call for registration, and who did not register then, cau now register, has been referred by your Mxcellency to the Attorney General for his opinion, and 1 hare the houor to state to your Excellency that such person cannot now register, uor is there arty'provision for his registration. The Act of llegist ration, approved Hth February, 1882, provided that the books of registration .should be opened iu May and June thereafter, after due notice of t he tiui-, JfW ^ nof to be your obedient servant: k v- 1). A. ToriWn I, Assistant/Atrorneyjucneral. i-r.'y^XloTefnor Tillrann^iaa takediHne matter i, . - . under advisement, nod will probably refer to r the matter in his next message to tho legisPlature/ '7' Ribudan Hates to ins Southern Baptist Convention.?The Southern Baptist Convention will be held a' Atlanta, May G-l.>. For the occasion the Richmond and Danvilie It. B. will sell round trip tickets to Atlanta, tia.; and retnrn at following rates froui-jfooints M i s. J ( M.u t >.f ( hurl est on, whoso Inn hand look her child from her juef as she ?i leaving that city on a steamship, causing cene which got into the newspapers. I it arrived in New York. She declined le lal ^ of her troubles for publication. f . Ifie lOeilfy -Utiion film j R. M. STOKES, - ' Editor Friday, April 15, 1492. SUBSCRIPTION, $1 60 PER ANNUM POST OFFICE DIRECTOBY. The 1*. O. will be opened for business from 8 A. M. to 0.00 P. M. The Money Order Department wil^^u opened for business from 9 A. M. lo 4^|HH The South bound mail will clos* at TZ.HO, P. M. The North bound mail will close at 1.10, P. M. Street boxes will be emptied every day at Pi.16, P. M. Any inatteution or irregularities should re reported promptly to the P. M. J. C. llUNTEU. P. M. MONEY WANTED. Our necessities demand Cash every day ; iiiiiiu uui suuainpuuu uuu&3 uigciusc *)u per cent, of our subscribers in arrears. We want money badly. Perhaps you cantut ; ay all you owe us, although it is a very sni ill amount for each, but you surely can pay half, and that will help until money is easier with ull of us. WE MUST COLLECT. New AdvertisementsJ. I'. Thomas.?Time Extended. Jas. M . Geo?Citation for Administration. New York Racket?Ilarry & Belk. Town Ordinance to rnise supplies. Frosh Cakes.?II. F. Scaife & Son. p -nf*?_ A bunch of Keys found near town, on tho Cross Keys road, has been left at this office, which the owner can get by calling for theni. giaS"~ Nineteen years ago to-day?April 1">, 1873?wc had a frost tliat killed all kinds of vegetables, and the next day even the trees looked as if they had been scorched by firo. Obodiah Tate died at the residenoe ofhis6on, O. E. Tate, on Satnrday night, tho Oth, at the advanced age of 97. Uncle Ofce is no more. Dr.r.ss Cutting.?Ladies desiring to learn tho fcivstem of Dress Cut tine will receive iu ftructions from a competent Teacher, at the Uuion Hotel. -< . w . J/mrecfnjr an r published the news of (he re capture in this county, of John Boyd, the train wrecker, who broko jail at Charlotte, N. C., two weeks ago, but the acc >unt published in the Greenville Xtu-s from C. M. Graham the Uniou Correspondent of that paper was the most accurate. nm. Ihe past month has been marked with great fa'u'ity among the colored people of this place. In one family two deaths occurred in one night; ic another two deaths occurred in 48 hours. These we learn, were children, who died from putrid sore throat. There have also been five or six dcathe of grown people the past month, from as many causes. Some after lingering sickness and decorated and the sersicea will be of unusual solemnity : wliilo the choir ie rehearsing some fine pieces of music f >r the occasion. Wa Iflnrii tliftPthe religious aer?ices. including the rauaic, in the Methodist Church will be of appropriate solemnity. lWBu T hirty-one yosrs ago last Tusday morniug. about 4.30 o'clock, we stood beside oar good old friend the lato Itov. P.J. Sband, on the Battery at Charleston and saw the Hash of the first gun fired from Fort John, son on Fort Sumter. Never shall we forget that night and that scone. Wo were standing together in the Charleston Hotel about 12 o'clock, when Col. Chesnut came in hurriedly and was passing up the stairs, when Mr. Shand asked him when, or if, our guns would open on Fort Sumter t to which the Col._rej$e^: n'^ music of | the guns before daylight." With everybody else in Charleston on that memorAble night, wc were too oxcited to think of sleep, and Col. Chesnut's iutimation that firing may soon commence, we went ti the battery and remained there until long after daylight. We shaH never forget the remark of ? man s'auding near us, when the first gun was fired?"that, said he, sounds the death knell to the institution of slavery." The guns of Fort Sumter did not open upon the Confederate forts until after dayi:.I.i 1 >i... u l'- : itgui, nun iiiou iiciiHcpiu a lyuuncri coinmcnced passing in boais between the Battery and Sullivan's Island. Nearly every one on tlie Battery had either a husband, a eon, a broth^ ^adaej|f-leu*, fifteen- ^^^^^^casualties, by authority frotu^i'thjililary headrfuarlers," that tiota man ojfyfltM&flrftderatf forces had Been killed, tmdn^f^nimjpFceme over' the conn cnances and actions of that vast crowd, as can only be imagined, it cannot be pictured by pen or brush. It was then we felt the pressure of our friend s hand on our arm, and heard him solemnly say, "God be praised." i- T,-K. Foster, T. J. IF, 8mitb/j|t6bH^4|rnO^ " Dolo^a'ci to County Conrentioji^-R:1 V * I'nrrie, T. K. i'almcr, J. C. Kdwafds, C. 1 1j U ilUrd, (lias. M. Bailey, It F. Kison, V Kojd, w. Muoro, c. C. C'ulp, Ira Tfnsley. it' t Tun iNiiiuiTora Taster.?Congressman Stackhouao'a bill to remove the duty on al cotton goods will command itsilftoall prd ducers of ctton, of course. Wore thic dom tbo price < f cotton gooda would bo reduced just about half. The ration*! effect oftu| should nearly double the conaumptien of cot ton g)ods. Double 1\ million bales, end yo? have 16 million belea. With the demand ni 15 million bales, where would the "surplus* bo??The Cotton riant. i Wo candidly confess that we never cou'J see the force of the above argument, or tM no increased volume of currefpy j^?tr "IS3 the demand for end oo^sumptida m cottou go->dv, and Iheroby increase price of the raw material. / Wc will suppose, for argumoatt-aod as "a case in point, a man buys two shirts and o woman buys two caltco dresses. Those garments will last six months, under the presont system. Well, they get moic circulating currency, or the price of cotton goods it rctuced one-half by the removal of the tariff, and the man buys four shirts, at.d the womar four dresses. Now, it is not to be suppose*; tbat either of tliem will wear two of thost garments nt one time, and it is a well estnb lidicd economic fact that those garments wil wear longer when frequently changed, so wt can safely assume that the four shirts anc four dresses will lost double ns long as tw< of each of those garments; or, instead of buy ing two cotton garments every tix monthi lie lavties would buy four every twelvi man! lis. Now where comes la the extri consumption of cotton gowds ^ ^ iMi. um says some one, you must not ror get that the styles of dress goods chsngi twice a year, and a woman, if she can afford it, throws or gives away a dress that is nol in stylo and buys a new one. Well, if sb< throws it away before it is half worn out that's downright extravagance, and don'i help the husband or father one ceut, and 1 she gives it away, it will finish the full year'i service on some one's back, who, although not much on sly le, would more than likely have bought a new one, so there would b< no increase of demand or consumption, and consequently no reason, on that score, t< expect any rise in the price of cotton, or any more money in the pockets of the farmers The same rule hoMs g'od with nllfabricsii which cotton forms a whole or a part. Cot. ton g ods, manufactured for any purpose, will last until they are worn out by use, ant if you buy two artioles for one purposo chcaj costs the prioc of two, consequently then will be 110 extra consumption. Tlio oulj save to the consumer will be in buying no greater quantity of the article at thi reduced rate than ho did at the high rate; bu as cheap goods will cnable.the laboring class esto enjoy tuu luxury and comfort of more changes of clothing, for that great reason, as well as many others, we say to Congressman Stackhouae, push yoar good bill forward until you have pushed "the iniquitous tariff" on cotton goods offthe schedule. Extended to April 25th. The Comptroller General, with tho consent of the Governor, has extended the time for tha payment of taxes in this county, befor| tho penalty will attach, to Monday the 2^1 .CTf this month i^Tp-day is the loth, consequently ot^^H| "^sBan"' for tSi? '?'/ i*rge''nun^^Q| J^fffdffrow^^te Treasurer andhi^^^H tant herd to cdlwctand receipt for th^^l usually large number and amount of iati'r even if n nt.cn.dv atrsam 0^^?8Sl payers wns to flow into the office frl now to the last hour of the 2-5th, and those who postpone payment until thf last day, must not expect to ovade tin penalty, if, nt the last moment, when lh< Treasurer calls time and closes the bool before thair eyes, they find themselves in thi crowd of mourning delinquent tax-payers? with cost* added. Unices matters brightei up considerably with us, between now anthen, we expect to occupy a seat on thi mourner's bencli at that timr{ with lota o company. The ' heirs presumptive" to thi $150,000,000 estate of Robert Edwards, om bracing the largest and most valuable por tion of th#^ cij yyfktyfY&sFTuesday and oon tinusd in session thres days. They formed a strong organization to investigate ant prosecute the r claim. The claim is bajet on a 09 years lease, executed by Rober Edwards to certain parties, which expiree in 1891. Some of the claimants told ui that they intended to incontinently "bus up" Wall street, just as soon as their claiu was legally establishcl. We however think that is only a shart dodge (o enlist the Farmers A liance ii their faeor, and to effect a <j?ick compro iniee with thoee Wall Street fellows, at hall price. Reports were circulcaled here durinj the meeting, that the present holders of thi property had offered a liberal oompromist for a final aetileofent, and that the propertj .had fallen 26 per cent in value since th< ?f the c'a manls was pub See our Ladies J'.uttoii shoes at $'Joc /Tney.are hummers. (i IIA M A^fL-SVA RKS. Somk Questions fok tiikOroan.?Col. J. Gary tVatti^the Assistant Adjutant and Inspector (ieneral, will inspect the Florence Rifles to-morrow and (lie Chesterfield Guards on the day aftrr.? Columbia llegater. If Col. Watts, the Assistant Adjutant and Inspector General, and a mere boy, can inspect the militia, why can't young Wood Dixon do the snme ? Moreover, if the Adjutant and Inspector General" cm d> the work of (ho office, why hare an assistant ? Ujr (he way, where did Gary Waits gat hi* war record 1 Maybe, ha inherited it, and he belongsrfio ythe political ^aristocracy.? ^ ^^he ne'ientific Amerioan, published ?futin 6, Co., New York, presents week); / its readers the best and most reliable rec ' of iho various improvements in machini ' while the sc eniific progress of the cout f- can in no way be gleaned eo well as by regular perusal of its pages. JpTMidtnt Polk Deotares for the The Third ^^Balkigh. N. C., March 31.?L. L. Polk's j^Bpcr, The Progressive Farmer, to-day form9m declares for a Third Party, National, not State. SYCah't Bslo.ng to Both Parti ks.?llidiitHjU out of existence the cltiin lhat a iuun l^B>u bo a Democrat at home and a People's ^mrty man abroad. Laugh in the face of (lie ^^fcl or llm^jave whonays a man can belong for Stole purposes and to ~ F-jti' national purposes. No snob ever tan bo known, it is a trick, a SToHKtvdeadfall. A man must choose. Ho r must bo one or the other?not both.?P?a, pi*' * Progressive Farmer. Torn Watson eiys the man who claims t > belong (o oue party for State purposes and another for National purposes is either a fool or a knave. His language is pretty severe, but wo quite agree with hiiu.?Newberry Observer. We fully agree with tho Newberry Observer and Torn Watson , and ns the People's Party i9 now a separate and distinct party organization, we would like to know what jright an avowed People's Party man has in the C'ounoils of the dcuiocraiic party or to participa'e in democratic mee ings more than n avowed Republicm. If he is a democrat ' | he is opposed to a Third Parly, and if he is ' r a Pavtv 111 in lie eannnt he a damn ' erst. lie cinnH be both "pig and puppy" 5 under one liat. It ccrtainlj cannot have escaped (be notice ' of our shrewd politicaus (hat the most ef' fectivo workers for the (bird parly hare k, poliiicinntk and nearly ell l^eirjwork has been confined to democratic Slates, particularly tlio Southern Stales. ' Wo^stiH contend tba'. t'uo great object of the ' leaiers of the Third Party movement is to ^ deiroy the democratic party and strengthen 3 thoVepublicao party for an indefinite lease ' of ^ower. And it does seem to us both 1 strange and suspicious that prominent nod ' luteiligcnt Southern dem icrats should bo so ' blind to the interests of their own section as to allow thoraselvcs to be used as tools to r perpetu ite the power of a party that has " always advocated and defended tlio most ex' tremc high tariff doctrine, which lies at the } bottom of all the unroot and discontent now agitating the minds of the farmers of the South and the laboring classes all over the 1 country. No doubt there cro huudrods of thousands j at the back of the Third Party movement, bat in that number will bo found all the ^ MnunhisCt Of the cohntrr. Arc the people of iho South ready ^ to join with such disorganize , and nssas, sins, And give them countenance in our } sooial and political organizations ? t * Local Laconics. Itead the Times aud lourn all the local news. J. D. Jones, of Spartanburg, a well known cotton buyer, was in town this week. Mrs. J. S. Cunningham, of this place lias none to Glenn Sr>rin<?s mi a vinit. Mr. Charles II. Ilcnry, the clever young representative of the Giccnvillo News wai Bay nnd Friday, and of new names to the it splendid journal. has gme to Riclith's slay, where he irest of the Newport is well_rinv^wtwii ' has returned home during which s and relatives io Abffney^City and Yorkists of this town have ivnl mealing the past The Town Council is having the shade trees tiimined, which will help their growth and improve the appea-aucc of the streets. The fishing season his commenced. A number of young men of this town vie't the "Forest" quilo frequently nud we art told their lucfc so far, has been good. Some very large size fish have nlreulj been caught fro^t tho Forest this season. The Union Township Democratic Club t was re-organized here last Saturday with . 231 members enrolled. It. W. Harris was . eltctWFrfcjident and D F. Townseud Sec5Ptae meeting was very quiet and harmo/(flous. ? / v . For the Times. To the Teachers of Uuion County. A meeting tlie white teachers of Uoiou Couu^fiMKbc held at the Graded School buid|^HHpiJie town of Union, ou Saturday ^^^Eg?>April 23d, for the purcpose of cj^Hpug a JCounty Teacher's Aesoiation. E^^ueaoher in the county is earnestly requested and urged to bo present on that occasion. m0 Flourishing County Associations are in operation iu neighboring counties, aud there is no reason why Union should be behind in a matter of > much import ince to her educational interests. In out c >unty, for example, a Hour siting Association has been in operation emtinaously for six years. Last Summer Oile of the leading papers in-lhe | State published a statement J affairs ^ t liAt Association das largeiyr^^^^^BV^^ ? ii # i ^.L jiii it.: gi aiu/iug euwamuii ui iiuugf. -,r Teach era in different puna of the Count/, hare already expressed an interest in our proposed organization, nnd it is hoped that all will be present on the 23rd inst. to lend their aid. The time for meeting has been fixed at 11 o'olock, A. M, and it is hoped that the teachers will bj on hand promptly at that hour, go that the organization may 1 be completed on the 23d, and arrangements made for regular inoetings of the Associations thereafter, as often as the teachers ma/ decide. ; J. L. Walkpr. *. A Wo.mkR Woeker.^Mt. Frank Huffman, a young ndE^i?ifii6rlingion( Ohio, states that he the care of two promhy|j^^^BKffbs,^And used their. treaimenf^^^^^^Hpnr^/io^ able to around. j|^^^^^^^B|^th>hLgiqaks^L.be o ^ iw3l-Leii I !B HH|^^^^^^Jrotied 10 uso is ^y health. If you base any Chest Trouble try it. WeguHrnVisfaotiou. Trial bottle free by *t B. P. PoM|rUg store. r lo *!. iord Two sons <*9. Roper, 12 and 14 years iry, old. and Ro?rjC0| *U of Bpartanburg, ilry hare run aw Am home. Tney had about the forty dollar?,nK ihsni and were last heard of at St, Correspondence of the Times. Interesting letter from Telephone. Jonesvii.i.e, Apr.l 111li.?Inst Tuesday f Messrs l'esko end Perrin, civil engineers, j with a corps of lnuds, commenced the mr- f yey of the Lockhevt Shoals Railway. They c started out at tho switch below the Depot j on the S. U. & C. It. R. and insdo their way | to Helton pretty uiuoh with the country road. , Other survoys will, of course, be made before c tho road .bed is located. I Ou Friday evening Enoree Presby tery ?2on- c veocd in the Presbyterian Church. Rev. W. ,1 L. Boggs was elected Moderator, Dr. W. P. Jacobs s ate 1 clerk, and J. E. Colton read- j ing clerk. Tbo attendance of both ministers j and laymen was f?ir. The business of the Presbytery was conducted in a very smooth and harmonious tntnner. The preaching | was very interesting a-id edifying, which will always be the result of suoh a taleuled body t H3 cuuji>uio ino rjnorec rrwujifrj. in? f place selected fur ilie next session of the -] Presbytery is Mount Harmony Church, Lau- ^ reus county. ^ Tho people of Jonesville were inuch j delighted with tlnir guests, and many plsas- c ant acquaintances hare been formed, and the ( social aud religious conversation enjoyed j will no doubt he like bread cast upon the t waters, to bo gathered many days hence. t Tbs Presbytery finished its business by noon j to-day and adjourned, and in a short time the Railroad and private conveyances had carried our guest all away, and the town * seemed to heave a sigh of regret for their j absent friends. 1 The township Democratic club was reor- , ganiced la-t Saturday evening. About 77 names wero enrolled. T. L. Hames was f eleotod president; J. 15. Lindsay, vice presi- i dent; and 11. TV. Long, 8ect'y and Treas. n Dslegatos cle ted to the May county convention are T. L. Hames, D. B. Free, and H. 1 C. Smith. There was no biltorness indulged 1 in the proccotings, though at times things 1 were spirited and lively. < The election for Town couocilmen carae off , today. TVhi'e there was no issuo mado yet there was two tickets run. This, however, 1 was on account i f some individual preferences. C. K. Long was elected intendant, and i J. TV. Bates, P. P. Williams, J. F. Alman, g and II. C. Smith, wardens. A smail colored girl that got badly burned in town the other day of wbteh mention was t made in my last communication, died from the effects of her burns to-day. 1 Mr. .'atnes Burgess, who lives on Mr. TV. 1 T. Littlejohu's place, about two miles from r Jonesville, was bunting for a Spring in a raviue near Irs houso the other day und in i digging into the bill-side, where there was a i drain or seep of water, lie found, about six i feet under the ground, a nice Spring of i good wator running out of a solid rook r and uicely walled around with granite. This t spring must have been made there by some 1 of the old,~ptoneets. There are some sigus i of an old settled p ace near by the spring. Mr. J. W. Scott, and his son John are both c seriously afflicted, and have been for tome t time, with the quiuiy, They have both } suffered great pa:n in their throats, neither ti of them having been able to BWallow any t solid food for sercral days, and it is with t much difficulty thai they can even swallow liquid uourishment. t Mr. TV. T. Litllejohn is gradually recover ine from a paralytic stroke. t The cold snap was rather unexpected and 1 some em ly patches of corn that was up, t Irish potatoes and a few other early vegcta- t blcs, havo been set hack by the frost, but i fruit and other things aro not killed or even t much injured. t Some people commenced p'anting cotton during the warm spell that proceeded the t cold snap, but they have gone into winter i quarters ugnin. The oat crop is looking fine, and there is ( an abundance. .. i Wheat is looking well, but there was hot a c full crop of it sown. There has baon a mighty Thintlqg "own-mtfflt?s?l^ lELirHOSi. j Correspondence of the Union Times. t Death of a Good Man?Demooratio Meetiag J, Kelton, April 11.?Planting of cotTon seed will be the order of the day this week, f I suppose, as 1 have heard a greut many 3 farmers say llioy were going to commence c to-day. " When I sat down to write to the Times, t last week, 1 ha 1 hopes of soeing our friend J. E. Kolly walking round among us in a few i days, but instead of that, we were told the t next day thai he was dangerously ill, and on the f>th the startling announcement came < that he was dead. t Poor Joe ! he was a good man, a kind hits- 1 band and a loving father, lie leaves a wife I and four fathvrltss children?three boys and 1 a sweet little girl?to grieve after him. lie f uau pruucnuy iniue provision lor me uupport of his dovoted wife and children by a life insurance policy of $2,000 in the Mutual Insurance Compauy of New York. lai^WftelfT errtcelT'conduoted by Rot. Dove Tiller, assisted by the Baptist Pastor of Mt. Jey. He is now lying where? "The storms that sweep the wintry sky, No more disturbs his deep repose, Than summer's ev'nings latest sigh, That shuts the rose, that shuts the raoo." The Ke'ton Democratio club met at Kelton, April 9th, and reorganized under the provisions of the constitution of 1890. Mr. A. Q. Reniley was e'ected President; J. J. Hughes, Vico President. J. D. Going, Secretary. The chairman appointed a committee to select delegates to the county convention to bo held at Union on the 2nd day of May. The following were teported and elected: W. 11. Gault, 11. C. Little, Gist Farr, John Nance, J. J. Hughe*, W. G. W. Going, J. C. lltta, H. S. Porter, T. M. Wood. .Tl,.rn ........ . r?,_ ,?l.? J!J 1 ?uuv IIUIO n JV-'I |>J VOOIil "HU cmicr Uiu ^ not consider the meeting (o be a Democratic one, or themselves not Democrats, for they did not vote for tho delegates that . were j. pard^sf'Tillmarf or any otlie. man's meeting. Mftiife. Jtr-C. Otts, Win. McUowan, and j others made speeclies, urging the people to ( eland together ns Democrats and not as r Tillmanites, Sheppardites, or any other ( }tes : and I ?ny so too, for we lire in a State ^ where we cannot afford to split amoog our- ^ selves. Wo must vote for principles and not for men. if we do not we are lost and ^ ruined, and this grand glorious government ^ w ll go into the hands, of, who? You need . not ask, for it is very plain to set. Just take a retrospective view of tho past, and see where things stood in the seventies. So , lot this third party. talk stop, and let. us stand as brothers and not as i'illmanites and * Shoppardites, when a township or county? ? guaranteed to do a'l that It olalmed. F.lec- ?i trie bitters will cure all diseases of the o T : 1 lf!.l ?:tt n!?. - ? ? ijivsr >uu rvmiiejB, win romoTt rimpiH, ? Bills, Bait Kheutn and other affections t caused by impure blood.?will drive malaria r from the system and prevent as well as cure all Malarial fevers. For cure of Headache, Constipation and indigestion try Electric Hitters?Entire satisfaction guarantee I, or h money refunded. Price bOcta. and $1.00 1< per bottle ?t B. F. Poseys Drug Store, Correspondence of the Timks. Hews From North Pncolet. Eita Janit, April II.?Hon. John 11. Jeferiei addressed I lie Kite Jene Formers llliaoco lost Saturday oveniug He spoke or two hours hih! llioo said lie had on'y a?ually touched upon the momentous eubccts now agitating this couotrjr. We would is glad to bo able to give a synopsis of his peecli, but such a thing is ontireljr impractiable, and as our readers wi'l hare a chance his Summe^atp hear these questions disuesed, we will ask them to es t, listen and looide for tbeimelees. The frost yesterday morning, put an end, u a great measure, to the pench crop. If t is not all killed it is serious'y injured Mr. John Keistlcr, of Trough Shoals, lost us l>?by lnM neck. It mi buried at Hillock's Creak last Thursday. As an April fool; soma cruel jctor put out lie report here week before latt that Govroor Tillman h id bean killed?assassinated, "ho rumor feil like a clap of thuudor on our icople, and not a few was ready to say it vas just as they expected. One man pro osed to take a crowd and go down an 1 take iut the murderers end lyneh tlicni. We bought the Governor had but few friends 11 this section until this report brought horn out. That is one failing with our cople; they never tell a man how popular 10 is until he is dead. [They have nuother equally as prominent ailing, friend Vox : However strong tlieir >olitical feelings may be against a man, you vould not recognizo any difference between oes and friends in their disgust and dcairo or vengeance upon, the heads of fcny .who n any way would be found connected with i deed of such supreme atrocity; or in any infair and unmanly aot toward an honorailo opponent. Why, Vox, you, a on; legged 'ilimanitc, and we, a lame-backed ami; would 'make things lively (?") trying to get the irst shct at any vidian who would assnssilate Gov. Tillman.?Editor Timks.J Corn planted some time ego csinc up durng last week. In many places we have ;ood stands. Wheat is also maki or a fine show inot now. A few oases of meislo* are reported on he York side of Broad Kiver. Mr. S. F. Esles has just returned from 'rosbytery, at Jonesvil'e, whero he says that loiy had a very interesting and profitable ncoting. Our Sunday school has opened this year tndor mere favorable auspices than formerly. 1 larger enrollment of scholars with new neinhers being added at each meeting. It s our purpose, with God's help, to place it imoug the most enthusiastic and zealous todies of workiug christians in the county. Vhat we lack in numbers wo will make up n diligence. We regreted exceedingly our inability to ittend the Presbyiorial meeting at Jonesville, ivliich closed Tuesday. Circumstances berotid our control prevented our being there tnd we hope this will be a sufficient apology or not redeeming our promiso (o those Viands who we expected to meet there. Last week Miss Mattio Orr was married o Mr. J. G. Hughes, of Mt. Tabor section. We have a good crop of bachelors, widowirs and young men on the matrimonial martot this year, and those young ladies who vish to "join hands and fortunes" but find hemsclvcs hard to suit, will do well tc sond n their applications, with requirements iltaclied, and wo will perhaps be able to fill he bill. Miss Ella C., you are right. Tuo answer o our mathematical question of a few weeks igo is 121-nine hundredths. Here is another : A clock which loses 5 ninutes a day was set right at 0 A. M., Jan. r." What will be the right time when that ilock points to 11 I*. M., on the 15th? Vox. fetter from ? fea Ridge Kace Horse. Pixcknkt, "April 12th?Mr. Editor. I ilive concluded to givo you a few lines from ny .section, vro nan a oig iroai iuio uiurung and I fear a great deal of the fruit ia tilled or budiy injured. The warm spell last week put some of the arniera to planting cotton. The two last rears were very favorable for early planting >f cotton and nearly every farmer is now inxious to plant as eariy as possible ; but his year may be the reverse of last. The cold spell has injured all vegetables n this vicinity, ia some instances killing hemMr EH it or, 1 gave your readers some time igo my views of tho National Trsde'Union? he company that proposes to sell goods to the rarmers and all other classes of people at a ow per cent. My views have Dot changed ; jut there is one thing I am going to watch, ind that is, if all, or even nearly all, tho nerchants are going to work against the demands of tho farmers end laboring people >f this country, and go back to the former srices?then 1 say to that giant corporation, :?- _??a a.. i..nw?? ?? r? -oroc to ngnt 5re with fire. I have nothing against tho merchants or he r business. Most aesuredly we need hem, and I can say in most instances they ire gentlemen -, but how any Boulhern nercliant be can opposed to anything that welters the financial condition of the farmers 1 can't understand. There is not one with inougb sense to attend to his business that loes not know thm if the farmer is prospermis they will be prosperous also, and wo ihould be linked together to try to build up :ach other and not pull either down. Nine-tenths of tlie negroes will spend svery cent they mnke with the merchants ind the liquor dealer, and two-thirds of tho white farmers will spend what they make villi the merchants?save a l.ttletoget theiu k dram ocoasiouly. Tliea ought uot the nerohaata t# do all in their power to help the armer*. I know there has been an ,,ovcriroduction of,merchants arid" if did not work A, an 'overpfo luot^on'-o^f cotton; rani, bey were compelled to charge high "priceyr go tinker. 1 nm sorry to ace almost evefy' ittle merchant with only enough capital e buy a box of croday and a sack of peauitfl, comejout aiptarcly against tho demands f the farmers; and to hear some of them alk one might think they arc some big Jailed States Senators. Mr. Editor I am in favor of the merchants leing united for sc'f protection, and 1 caniot blame them for not selling tbeir goods to ny one who has failed to pay thorn whon hey could hare done . A few words along the line of what ?. W. . had to say in a former issue of tho Times, nd I bring my already too long article to a lose. I agree with him about ' men, especially andidatos. bringing up,oldvWftf'records t ut-i>wauM lika to kay, jj6M?tiffing? Mm* rgoos^ f what I sty. And if I we* not rouoh of a tar horse. I was a pretty swift race horse on hat occasion, ant no candidate?While viewing the past I am still Lookiihi A. Hkad. Ladies call and aeo our Dress Goods. We are a beautiful selection and our pricea owcr than the lowest. GRAHAM Si SPARKS. ' Correspondence of the Tikes. 3 Saniuo Uemooratio Club Reorganised* The Ssnluo Democratic Club was ganized Saturday the 9th, and the fol|otvinf3^B officers oleced: President; P?nt;*i*^k let Vice President, J. C. 8-?rtor ; 2nd President J. W. Jauies; Secretary, E. Jeter ; Treasurer, Dr. Geo. Douglas. Committee on Henislruion, E. G. Tborats. Dr. J.O. Doing, and J. H. Randolph, ' Exccutifo Committee, Dr. Gso. Dojgliu?/^^fl J. W. Gregory, and L. 11. Jeter. H Tbo following gcntlemea were elected, J^B almost unanimously, by ballot, a* delegates to the county Democratic convention ; D. D, ~^fl Fnut, J. W. Gregory, O. II. Jeter, J. \V. .^H James, L. B. Jeter and G. W. Harris. There are now 145 names on the club roll, . V and several more express themselves as desirous of joining, but were uuablo to attend on that date. Of the above number there is not more then half a duzon, if that many, of the "Straightouts." Almost every white flB voter in the township has, or will enroll. ^B I seo that Vox line endorsed L. 0. J's BI article in tlie I'imes of the 1st lost., oarnosl- fl ly and unqualifiedly, but 1 hope he is not endorsing her charges against the church, 9 puttiog it erroneously before the reading . public which will very likely make eome " fl believe that Salem church is in a bad elate fl of affairs, worshiping and trusting men in- fl stead of Qod, judging from her "osrneet fl hope" that this will be a lesson to other I churches, eto. fl As for the churob "getting off the right fl track," I don't think she knows anything about the church, exoept from heareajf, upon 1 which aay onc.OUgot tSaltti4MBBHll|flBMPB[|^B' evntencr cvntrtt be passecuTHBCWB^Ws^^^^fl, not and do#* not fry to hold up any one in flT hie or her "badness," "even though he be, ' "fl or may liavo been your former pastor." W The minute book is evidence enough to prove that. The church did do by tbtir "former pastor" the very best they knew how to do for one who is only man?weak humanity?and do not regret, b?^Bel proud of what tbey did, aud have no^^PIo- fl rriuM to make to anv one. even thoiura" he B ei rod an 1 fell while serving them, 1 hope Vox and the people generally will kindly remember ilio good reputation which the 9 church arraigned in that article, is enjoying in the llaptist convention, and Sunday "ft School ouvontion of this county. Yesterday morning ice an eighth of an iuoli " thick, was seen here, and the ground had a , frozen crust on it, and the corn coming up looked sick.* Mr. 11. C. Crocker, of this town, has paid the license, and is now runuiDg the livery ^ stable, fully equipped for all emergencies. Mr. Editor, 1 had the most pleasant but somewhat exciting trip to Chester county, on Sunday the 3rd inst., in company w.th I Mr. J. A.Johns and Dr. E. C. Jeter, Mr. Johus had a siek daughter on tliat&ich), and >w. called for Dr. Jeter, partly profostiUft. end I concluded to act as guard on the road. ? We started early, and for a little variety, we for ied Broad river at Jeter's rough and rocky ford. We hadn't got far into the river before an awkwurd mule 1 was riding fell down, and such a surging and flounder- J ing nic aid the tnulo had you never did see. The weather was warm and I didn't gel cold. I dried off sometime in the afternoon. We went to preaching at Brushy Fork Baptist church, and heard a splendid plain Rermon preached from 1st Thcss. 6 : 0, by j~ Uev. J. N.'Kntzuiinger. On tho trip I noticed that the farmers were well up wi'h their work and taking much pains prepating their land. I believe 1 saw more wheat, ; "J the distance I traveled, thao I have ever i seen in the same distnnce ovfer here. After services at the ohurch, we accepted ' a kind invita'ion from Mr. John Wools, to j dins and spend the sAeruoon, and we enjoyed ourselves "hugely," gttnding a most delightful evening. 'Hk jSk some young ladies and all of Ihe MU^?e ths pass off so smooth and harVJ^S|l^^^^!if7?W,w,,l*' f fWMwwBfingsr^^^ """ ""^ A button-hole boquet of Chester flowers considerably "sol us off '' E. W. J. . Programme of Sonth Union B- 8- Convention. The Soulh-Uuion Sunday Sohool Convention, composed of (he Townships of Unioo, Santuc, Fish Dam and I'inckney, will meet witn the Mt Vernon Church Saturday, April liOih at 10 o'clock A. M. All the Sunday Schools in the townships embracing the Convention, are requestod to send three or more delegates. Written ststi istical reports are requested. The following is the programme and order of exercises: 1. Devotional exercises, by Rev. T. E. Morris. 2. Organization and enrolling delegates. 11. lleadiug reports of schools, and the discussion of the same, lasting one half hour TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION. \ By what means can the Sunday School be made a inure potent auxiliary to the pulpit, in bringing souls to Cnrist, and oaring (or those who profess religion ? Open by Her. xi. u- K?ity, j. H. Randolpe and Rot. W1). Bewley. 4*Recess for one hour. The convention will re-oonveno with devotional exercises by Rev. W. H. Miller. Topics:?1. Who is responsible for tho Sunday School beiug closed in winter ? Opened by T. J. Betenbai'.gli, N. W. McDerraid and J. II. Savage. 2. School room work illustrated aud eu, plained. (1) Preliminary duties. (2) Op?P ing the school.^) Teaching a class, (a) Securing attention, (b) The nrt of questioning. (c) Application of the lesson. (4) Closing school, (a) Records, (b) Suporintendaut's Review. Question Box.?Where shall tho noxt convention meet ? 8. 8. Stokes, W. II. Millib, For Committor. Correspondence of the Times. 'andu,esidences.\T^9RSti^^B^8feeuht * ?* * "? uotitcgu uyir wcu^ uifv v/imwu wilf soon bo filled iif;| Mr. Ueorgo Cltolk, a prominent morchant and oiiixen of lUvcuna, has been vlsiling friends at Cowpsns. Miss Nellie Smith lias accepted a position as the bookkeeper at the No. 1. Mill. Miss Nellio is weli qualified tor the position, and her friends are well ploosed with her selection. Mr. W. S. Cannon has been appointed postmaster at this plaoe. Mr. Cannon has considerable exporienoe in the postoffioe business, having been pestmsster at Spartanburg for a long time. Sbaton. . 0 StiiLou's Consumption Cubic.?This is be/und question the inqijt . augpessfu 1 Cough Medicine w<J' tfhre. evbr Voltlf^-A fow doses cun If you: bft?e it o.n^li wo enrnc*tlj ftili ^ou to trjr It Price 10c f>Oo and ^1." -If jour lungs are sore, chest, or baok lame, use Shiloh's Porous Plaster. Sold by II. K. Smith & Co. We have juit receive! a big stock of Dutterick's Patterns. Ladies come and make your selections. URA1IAM ft SPABK8,