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liirrr.i Ur \ < ^^5hero )im al*a/i bee*^^^^^P^l'rougho-it ik* Hojlfb *'bluo gum Btji/ w.aJjMP**** '', lt *>f >v ratt ermvifc. been lb* rupvrs'ition LV*feJ|^^^W? doubts about the existence y^,S|H^guin uegro." Many people know ^Wier people who have seen the so callod v ^Poisonous negro, but few havg er*rT?een ?1 /foiinil who have actually stcu such a jerV ( em. Ps-V The fact that such nil individual really exists end that bis bile ts poisonous lias been fully estab'ishrd among tho people along Saline river, south of Warren, Ark. For several years (here has lived a fami y of nrgrr.es hi a cabin on the banks of tiio river who have eked out I he usual poor negro ?xi-tenve by fishing and hunting, the smite as hundreds of other famil.es have been doing for years, in the same neighborhood. Tlie taoiilv has never Leon nntml fne ?nv neon. I liarity, but recently there lias grown up a i young niau who developed certain vicious tendencies which were foreign to those of his fondly, lie has been in constant tioublc with bis neighbors and with the authorities on account of certain thieving and tiglhing tendencies Ho got to he looked upon as a "bid nigger," and wn? asoit of despcado who was shunned by all tight minded people of his iac?. llecently he got into a light with ano'her hid nigger" who lived in another neighborhood and whom he met at a dance. In the tight he bit his opponent through the band, with the result that the bitten man became deathly sick in a few moments ond in about three hours died fiotu the poison in the wound. Afterwards, when the negro ing the wound. This strange incident caused an examination to he made, and it was discovered that the negro was a veritable "blur: gum negro," ami tlie fact that the three death* followid so surely and suddenly after the bite convinced the people that the man was u >t safe to be left alive, and tlie result was tluit the night following the deaths lie was taken from the jail and hanged to a tree. - O Mom: liicuiT os Titk (litoni..?"John M. Payne" lives in Orangeburg county. We write to a friend tlieie making in<|ui i's a* to who that individual was. I'lie reply justified the rather poor opinion wo had formed of the said "John M. Payne." Our infoimaiit said th?t the man in question was hard to locate, it I ciiig difficult to find any t-ne knowing who lie was and where ho was. After considerable invc*ii<ralion it was found III. .. nl... M II ---- - . - I .... i tt^ync spent it purl ol liis l lime in Mtfet-duig 10 n little mill 111 h remote prttt. ol' the county. Ilia ne glibors knew but lit He <>|? his f ast life, lie C4tne to Seuih j t'iroliiis nnd to Orangeburg a<< a camp Col- , lower nnil bummer ot the infamous .Sliernun's army?an at my that destroyed our ' croj s. luirnol our homes, insulted our 1 women?tells nothing of his former life and 1 asocial one. holds ah of from the people of his neighborhood, is reputed to be an infidel or an atheist, r ile temperance as a hobby and fails to practice what he | reaches, and gathcra his ideas front the reading of north- ' crn and western literature?an anomalous t character that, seems to have been trar.s- , planted to a sunny climu that presents a range contrast to the disposition of the being. We submit that it is unbecoming in a man hke '-John M. l'ltyne,' or one of his stripe, to crit cite or abuse the record of 1 .lames J. Orr, or any other of CaroliaaJa < honest sons. The whole drift of Payne's tdlusiOO ia ao I aliorlivc and senseless ctl'ori ta persuade ' somebody that the Junior JaniM JL ,0*T ( should Le disqualified from btiogifcjys?ti? \ of the people becauso Le is the aoo of his ail I boi' no rrvi,?- ftud it-?- ? lie MiUifl by maligners tirid slander mongers, i "John M. l'aync" opeoa hi* article thus: , "Some years ago, (that i* to say in th? years of good stealing) I was in the city ofColuin- 1 bin," etc. What was he there for ? Doesn't g that sentence suggest the key note of his character ?Anderson Intcltiy'.nc(r, t Tiiky Make Him Swb ib.?litre is a sam- ^ pic of Governor Tillman's diguity. A young S gentleman from Durlington, who attended <] the convention of the Young Men's Chris- v fian Association at Spartanburg last week, stopped ovor in Columbia on his return home. c While in the city he chanced to meet with i Governor Tillman, who took the occasion a to interview him on the status of politics in Darlington county. lu answer |to a question from tho Cover- ( nor aslo how matters stood the young man told him that the town was unti-Tillman ' without doubt, while there was no certainty t mat the county as a whole would go in his , favor. . "Well," said Tillman, they msy heat me over there, but they couldn't do it if I hal 1 a leider there who was worth a d . j Spartanburg and Darlington arc the only , counties of which I have any doubt, and if I had leaders there who had any managmcnt 1 about them I would apprehend no dander. c Continuing Tillman said : 1 know that c your man minucrs over 111 I'nr.'ington (mean- it mg Trial Justice Sanders) worked against * me in tiie last campaign ; bm I reippoiute I lum in the hope of healing the bread). I find, however, that my action failed of the J desired effoct and lie is still fighting inc c Now, 1 would sec Sanders an 1 tlie whole town of l'arlington iu h?l' before I would ? giVeOiat place another appointment of nny a soil. Ile??ift<r my appointments will to given to my supporters, who a'onc shall l enjoy the patronage of my otlice." n \ This is no fancy story, ?.*ic for pUi?i. ! c cal elleet. The young genlleinan reu,,.e(j to I I is no poibician. Ilo ih very conservative in 1 i his political views, beside*, he is a young man of character any christian proclivities. | And the story is given ah'tit as he related it in a conveisation. in which he spoke very 1 Min-lly ?f th? liovernnr f<>r the hospitable 1 manner in which the latter treated liiin j while in Columbia, lint ilie young Darlingtouian said he was thun ler-Hruck wben Hie flovernor began to talk about yoVniei and rip out those red-hot oaths, t Hvtliewav Mr Mlhiiun^falltl jion to bin - leaders in harlington poor complim#** to the lion (?) Ilea* .r*imy Kuril ai>-* o'her coat-tail swiiio^*"" i""1, in H-? county? / A Vomer Mity"* / ^ e 'l liHltlC lll*l?RII? Axil Til III IV-TllRKK l?Ul,. f !_/ i aba a I>aT.?Just think of it?J. L. M. I Irby, the man who was elected ns a Reform l I Sena) 01- from fhis Slate, only occupying his / seal ia Congress fix days out of four months e / ami a half. For six days' service in the * Senate of the United Stales J. L. M. Irhy j, I ^has been paid about $2,00!), and yet this man and his followers presume to talk abiut reform in the Government. Who ever heat d 11 of Wade llAmpton neglecting his duty in so tt gross a intnoer? and still he has been n turned out to make room for an umeritpulous whipper-in at conventions and a man not respected by the best people of bis town, who now goes to Washington and is paid at ^ the rate of three hundred and thirty-three , dollars a day for his services. If this thing f continues much longer, what will become of Q the country ??Chtraio Reporter. ii ii DYSrKI'SIA A.Nll LlVKR COMri.ai.NT ?Is it not worth the small price of 7*>c to free yourself of every symptom of these distressing complaints. if you think so, call at our J store and get a b< ttle of Shiloh s Vitalize!*, ti Every bottle has a printed guaraatci on i\ use accordingly and if it does you no good it will cost you nothing Sold by FT. K. Smith 8 & Co. I flfte 10 edify Union Him? R. M. STOKER, - - Editoi Friday, May O, 1892. suBsamiiTiox, $1 60 PER ANNUI POST OPFICK J) I RECTORY. Tho P. O. will be opened for businof from 8 A. M. to 0.00 P. M. Tbe Money Order Department will I opened for business from 0 A. M. to 4 P. N The South bound mail will close at V2.2( P. M. The North tound mail will close ut 1.1( P. M. S?rcot boxes will be emptied etery da at 12.15, P. M. Any inattention or irregularities shoul re reported promptly to the P. M. J. 0. IIUNTKR. P. M. SeTcral farmers in Newberr county have lost mules lately, fiom b'im staggers. Hcv. A. It. Jennings, licentint of Kiiorce Presbytery, will fill the pulpit i tiic Cresbyterian Clmrch next Sunday. HMflu Mr. Geo. Geddes is erec ing a ne? cotlago on the lot betwten Mr. John 1 Cage's residence and the 1'reshyteria Mancc. The Tax Collector has clesed bi book and turned about 600 delinquents ore to the tender mercy of the Auditor, who i now busy preparing the delinquent list to hand over to the Trial Justices. ? BMju In the u>ultipliciy of orders an changes in the Tax Collecting department ( litis County, it mny not be understood thi the Treasurer's books ore still open for th collection of unpaid tuxes with the 15 />< cut penal/if added : but that i> the core. The announcement of Mr. 1*. 1 l.ove as a candidate for the office of Auditc has been omitted by the Foremnn of tb office for a few weeks, anil Mr. Lore think we ?lid him an injustice. We rest-re it Ibi week in better shape, we think. ^ Irt" We arc requested to announce ths in consc<|uence of the absence of Iter. D. C l.> *>, who Is now Attending the South ?rn Baptist Convention at Atlanta, Iter. W it \t:n i" ... win prcicn in the ISnptiit cliurcl lure at 8.30 next Sunday evening. 4klY~ A postal from Dr. Dabeock, Super ntvndent of the Lunatic Asylum, to Mr. II F. Gregory, at this place, contradicte thi cport that his brother William had died it hat institution, lie is at.ve "and in usua air health," is tlie Dr'e report. 0Ma. We are requested to announce the he Wa'erloo Literary Society of lleckj -reckAcademy, propose giving au entertain oeni during this jWouiIi, which th? Friends of the AcaTVn^ and the public generally arc iuvitel t? a'trnd. The datt ?hl be given n?xl week. ibljr employed, and encourage the firmer tnd theif .wires to laise vegetables for it s non tit inventus. Time aud mon'"' lost entlemen. ' Par With sincere sorrow we announct hat the estimable wife of Mr. T. II. Gort lied at her residence ue >r Cross Keys, las Sunday night, after an illness of only a fee lays. Most sinceroly do we sympathizi ri>li the bereaved husband aod three stnal hildrcu?the youngest not two weeks old? n their loss of so faithful and devoted a wif aid mother. tJQX. Moat sousonable rains have fillet he past week in this section, greatly re ieving the anxiety of the farmers who begat o fear thnt the dry crusted earth formet lpon the cotton planted before the heart leafing ruins of two weeks ago would pre >ent its cotriug up And cause it to rot in th< ground. NVo a'so rejoice in having a litth warmer weather. So far we have had at tnusually cold spring, retarding the growtl if nil kinds of field and garden crop*, ex opt oats and wheat, which we arc told ari ooking fine "So mote it be" to the harvest j(wjT The Grcenvillo Arms last Saturday mblished a numbrr of excerpts from i opy of the old Greenville Mountaineer, is tied Sept. 1839?nearly 53 years ago?ant miong the extracts we find (the following; Win. f5oss publishes a card announcinj lint lie intends to leave the hotel at Lauren ind go to Charleston, believing that tha nty is "destined at no distant day to rani list among the cities of the South." W< ope Mr. (lost was not disappointed. Mr. (Joss was the fsther of our fcl ow-iownsman. ~ n : q?,j, ifC( i,ow ever, did not go to Charleston, t. [Tnion and kept the hotel here un'i* he died 11 February IHf>5. j^y- \vP /!??? before us a .sample of th< :ofinjn?*tfScd by electricity. A few week! 1'rof. A. Foster McKissick, of the de miiinent of electrical engineering |of the igr icultural and Mechanical College a iuburn, Ala., first successfully applied lectrical power to a cotton gin 3,(KX> feel rom the dynamo, or electric plant. There nre two importa-H points developed y I'rof. McKissick in his experiment, i. e xemption from danger of fire at the gin lid a cheap power. We shall not be aur rissd to see in n short time, an electrio light lant at esery County se*t, not only to light p the street*, but to supply electric power j run Grist Mills, Cotton Gios and all other lacbinery either within or on the suburbi f their incorporate limits, . Fatal Accident. Spico Long, a eolored woman, jumped rom the cars on the down train, while in >otion near Joneesille last Wednesday, fallig upon her head on*a cross tie, and crusbig in her skull, from which she died in a The Conductor, oa usual, when neat onceriHe, announced Iba name of (batata ion. at whioh Spico quickly rote from her B it and hurried to the car door, and befors ho could be etopped jumped from the plati>rm. Respectfully Presented ) Wc would Most respectfully celt tlaS attoa'ion of o ir Town Council te a few ugly pieces in our streele whioh ouly need fed hours woik to make them comely and com plete the be <uty of the town. V First, we call attention to the gul'y tha is growing wider at every rain, in frcnt c SIR John K. Young's and Mr. Qeo. Ootid' Residences on' South Street. A little judi 15 cious work there now would prevent tbs ,c | art of the town from becoming impaSeabl [. and save some money to the town in th ^ rear futuio. , Then, we think Warden Tinsley shoul take enough pride in his part of the town It y bare the holes filled up and the stres ( j beyond the Episcopal church to the forkt of <he road made safer and lo?k mors civ i i/.ol. - Then there is a ssry ugly placa in th j street oppsite Mr. Pcrrin's resideost j Large rocks have beta thrown down ther and left in the middle ef the street, enden goring the safely ef rrhloles. If the rock c were brokea up and acsttered, they woul < ue a tencni 10 ma street instead of ai obstruc ion. Those nre the worst places we know of ii > (he s'rcele; and really rhould be attended t at oner, for the comfort of (he people, an 11 to save greater outlays of money hereaftei l9 to compliment the Town Council on th r splendid work they have done on the strei js from the gravejard out. The sidewalk i s not only well mado, but is a great conveni ence to the people, and adds muoh to tb appearance of that part of the town. Now d gentlemen let us ask you to complete th >f good work the?e, "by filling up the dee| it holes and otherwise improving the middl ia of the sires' to the corporate limits, rr Permit us to suggest that as the streets it the center of the town have rtoeivad all tbi work of repa'ua for the past four or fin years, and are in | retty good condition, onl< ,r wanting some holes here and there filler >c with grave1, suppose a little time and money 8 be sprn< in improving the end* of the atreela 18 Th?ro is anoher matter to whioh wt would invite attention of the Town Counoi' |t A few years ego an ordinance was pasaed forbidding all parties throwing debris on tht streets. IT wasa good regulation, nut ha, become almo t a dead letter. L'tter o ( every description, ewaepinga of the yards weeds and dirt from gardens are dumped into the mid lie of the streets in many placet The consequence is, when wiuter travel sett in our streets are c-vatcd with a thick coai b of soft dirt, which is worked into th* hart l read bed by the frost and raina of Wintei 1 and Spriug, and deep holea cut by vabicles with mud galore. if we are poor, we van be clean aud mskt a vorv hanJion a a tinea ran e# and at Ititij oxptnit, . Tha Damooratio County Convention i The democratic County Convention met in s the Court House lsst Monday. County Chairman Lyles called the convention to order, and explained the object oi , , | n ^ Otis requeued to act as Secretary. ' 1 Tbe "following committee en credentials ? was appointed: C. C. Culp, J. W. Gregory, - J. T. Moorheid. Y. S. Bob> and I. M. Mobley, whorep>rted that all the County Clubs j were properly and fully represented. t On motion, the temporary officers wera I made permanent officers of the convention. r The fo'lowing delegates to the May State j Convention were put in nomination by Mr. I R. W. Harris and elect-d by acclamation; R. W. Harris, A. C. Lyles, 8. Wilburn.J. e T. Moorhead, J. R. Ulaoton, W. T, Jeter, J. C. Otta, C. B. Bobo. Alternataa, T. K. Palmar, J. W. Gregory, i II. C. Lawaon, J. M. Greer, J. 3. Welch, J. * M. Mobley, J. F. Beaty, J. O. Tate. ? A. C. Lyles waa unanimously re-elected 1 County Cbairmau. r The followiug were elected (be County Executive Committee t Y. S. Bobo, Wm, Smith, I. M. Mobley, J. O. Tele, R. W, e Harris, E. C. House. J. F. Haney. i Col. P. P. Duncan, Hon. William Munro, t C C. Cutp, Esq., and Mr. O. Walton Whit man addressed the Convention on the issues * oi tue day. Harmony nnd (he brat of feeling characterized the proceeding* from the opening tc f the cloze of the convention. a - ? PST The niembera of the 1. O. 0. T. ] enjoyed u delightful feast of good (bingaand aocial gathering last Fiiday night in Iheii ? hall. The aupper aa> bountiful in everj a thing to please t|>* i?a/e, admirably prepar' ed, and served in that elegant JasJe and ' style for which the Ladles of Union ar< noted. After Supper interesting temperance . speeclieH were made by Messrs. T. B. Butler, i S. S. Stokes and Geo. Manotte. All passed ( ott in perlecrbarmony and to the delight ol every one present. Not being a member of the Lodge, wa j obtain our report of the evening's proceed, ings from those who weye present ; but we believe it would ail the good cause jf tlje . regular meetings were made interesting t and attractive and similar social gather I uigi were more irequeni. uerMiniy tliri t are but few if any families in the town who would not g'adly and willingly eonl tribute to such occasions. Donth of T- J. Orr. ' We are compelled this week to omit the Masonic Tribute of Skull Shoals Lodge, No. 113, to their late moat beloved iirotfcey nnd worthy fellow-citizen, T. J. Orr. It will appear next week. We kuew Mr. Orr well, and can safely say 1 we never knew a man of purer impulses and truer devotion to truth and justice. When he died Union County lost one of its beet I citizens. ? ' On, What a Coloh.?Will you heed the warning. The signal |erhaps of the sore approach of that more terrible disease, Coai sumption. Ask yourselves if you can afford for the ?ke of stviog 50c, to ran tho risk and do nothing for ft. We jjto.pw from experience that Shiloh's Curt will care /our Cough. It never fails. This explains we/ . more then a Million bottles were sold the past year. It relieves croup and whooping Cough at onoe. Mothers do not be without it. For lease baok. fide or Chest oseghMeh's Porous Plaster. Eeld by H. K Smith ft C-o Ne^rid last week bjr Schoej^^^^Heaer Walker, who handel it tot t^^^^Bfeation. It explains self and unity for a respectable coun'y in the State, Qa Umi^^H^^Hsecure a Brat educnf lion* college, at a moderate '|u; i* ^MSn :?the kuthoriiies of Converse J* | it Cojrlege>utborf*e me to make the following poi c efler of one eehelarthip of free tuition in (),? the OntfegtaU Department of Converse Col- fn * ' 8eJr#n* y?ukg woman in eaoh County in b0, the Bate ?f South Carolina. Each scholar- g0( d ehip/a worth foO and is good for two years. |at: j liThe applicant must be at lra?t 11) and nn, not more than 18 years of age and must be. ra| A ofjpod moral character. ftr, I I. The examination must be held at each pu . conjty seat on Saturday, July '20, 1802, or 0(| as tear that time as will be convenicut to theSchool Commissioner of said County. Th * II. Applicants must fass a written ex- WJ t. aadbalion on : let, Arithmetic and Algebia 0D e te ixualions of the seaond degree; 2d, Geography | 8d, U. 8. History; 4th, Eu- jc glial Grammar and analysis : and the np- |m plioant passing the best examination shall be |]t d entitled to the (aid scholarship. i,y n IV. The 8chool Commissioacr may deter- ?? mine .be successful npp'icnnt or appoint a committee to examine the papers of the apa pi i cants. j-'e o V. If there ate no applicants for exsmi- tj( d nation on the any appal-1 ted the School Commieeienej of said County shall have v|, power U> appoint one young woman to said e The^Bctioot Commissioner of each County on it will pWase report tJ" the President of Con- on verse Colteire a< innn >flnr ilin ?>minnlinn 8 as possible, officially certifying to tho sue- w] ceisful applicant or appointee. st, Your attention to'litis and your care in baring this offer matlc known through your p0 ' county paper will be greatly appreciated. ^ Very Truly, P B. F. Wilson, l'resdent. Converso College, y, e . thb committer to examine. (y j The Sobool Commissioner has nppoiuted tIt ? Mr, C. H. Peake and Prof. Hubert Morrison \V q as a committee to examine the papers. For gn r partieulars write to J. L. Walker, Scbotl wi I Commissioner, Union. an , . A Noblb Work.?The congregation of the , First Presbyterian ohuroh raised $00f>.50 jj 8 Sunday morning for the support of the Rer. S. It. Hope, who goes to Japan in August as ji( , a missionary. Mr. Hope goes from Union, W( , and is tent out by this Presbytery. The "u" ' c-j * > V- i,--'"ht? riiy ,n port, wiiioli will cost about $1,000 a year. { Tbia is a noble work, and the Presbyter ans (() , are to be oopgratu'atcd and oominendrd.? ^ I Spartanburg Cor. GretnviHe jVVir*. Taken by itself, the above may create the ia, , impression in the minds if these who are t not acquainted with the facts in the case, I'1' I thet the Union Presbyteiian church is not r doiug its duty to its beloved pastor in that )o< matter, fiom tome cause; but that is not at all the esse. The Ui ion Church sometime 'V: , ago-took under ita special care, Rer. ? Ful, ton, who is now a missionary iu Japan, he near where it is supposed Mr. Hope will be an stationed, and is doing its full duty in sup- 811 pertiug hiin. While the Union Church would like to assist, at least, in the support no ef Mr. Hope, and no doubt aid, in soma way, Co the congregation dees cot fee! ab!e to *?#u*o? tho responsibility without taking something ^ _ Jron^My. Fulton's support, which tbay soi wan"\ f?I It ill noble work fur both churches, in be which, |(o Doubt, the moving cpirit of trail- Ur latioa will bt, wbich will do most for tbtir representative in the great cauie of christian missions. < v . Peraonala. ' Rev.-W. D. Bcalry, pf tlijs town, and Mr. D. Wilburn, of Cross Keys, are attending the Baptist Convention at Atlanta. j Dr. B. F. Posey and wife, of Laurens, arc I in town, on a business and pleasure trip. tin Mra. JJ II. Maxwell, of Greenville , is visiting bar parents, Mr. and Mrs. Judge Wal- jotl lace. ha Mra, J . D. Arthur has gone to Hock Hill, on a visit to her mother, Mrs. Moore. ' Miss iVilloe Arthur has gone on a visit to her fr ond Miss Agnes Hice, in Abbeville County. > de , MfSiJf; 4?- V<?ud$ has gone to visit friands ' in Fairneld Coppty XI, MftTA.nn rf. Arthur has re'timed from an ori extended Visit to her sister, Mrs. Siring- ,e1 fallow, and family, in Florida. bc 1 Mr. J. Waddy Sincla'r, of Blua Ridge, CA| Texas, who left this County many years ago, all is now visiting re'atives sad friends hare. "j ' Waddy looks as if lie di l not live in tho W1, dronth-etricken eecdon of the "lone ila*,' As Stats. w? I Mrs. MoNnir, of Cheraw, is visiting the th< family of Judge Wallace. "nC( r Mrs. F. M. Farr and Mrs. Sallie Townscnd |OI are visiting friends at Yorkville. eh , i For the Timr.s. di? Choreas Dpy at poster's Chapel sii i Mr. Editor i 1'itmc apn.Quncs ?h*t children's day will be observed on (he Jouesvills f.11^ ! Circuit op ?>>e fhird Sunday, 15th inet., at ' \ o ' motl Tor cimJren, at 11 o clock. A. M.; *n children's sort ice beginning at 2 o'clock, 1'. ! M. These services will be conducted in ^r( aocordnnoe wi'h the plea laid down by our 11,11 church. The invitation to attend is genera], with the rvquest to bring your dinner and 'hi spend the day. ho W. II. MlLLdR, J. P. *' ? t0 CA*D. ref Oowdrysvillr, April 30th?Mr. Kditor: oni As North Pacolet claims a reprssobiaiive on git the Board of County Commission/ for the ser nest two years, I will, wiihouy' consulting in bin, suggest the dame of Thonfhs J. Hstes AVI for that position. / Jol Mr. Estes is not, and never has been an twi oftoe seeker, and assy not accept the nomi- ] nation, but wa can force hies to rsfuve it. He mu ia a young nan of spotless character. Al- ] though he is an Alliance nan, yet ha does mil not t?inlf ibef /!>? A1."*0''8 ehould ride ex] rough-ehoddvsr other jcTasfei, ^rho hare a* rauci^jyUt'Cot iifilaki aa the formers. ''E^J^MitariMRfr and special privileges to now* fi his mtito. So shoot off his anme-and 1st as hear the report. ^ jr * ' Tns Echo. dut f- -yW* f?r Fohnn McKissick's Liohthimo CoiiuN.? rer Washington. May 1.?Representative W. G\ p? Oateeef Alahana has received a sample of 1 the fitet cotton ginned by eleetrioily any- eel where in the world. This was done by the so Department of Electrical Engineering of the Ira Agricultural and Mechanical College at mo Auburn, AUbems, n polytechnic institution '?n of high rank. if if thought that if this oui method of ginning cotton can ba dona cheap- ab< ly enough, it will revolutionize the cotton yet humnfM tnit hitn r?tnr? dm flaenv *tmll sU I to iu oBoiiuo kl?|t/ throne. 11** ) Correspondence of the Union Tmrs. News from North PaeoletStta Jaxb, Mny 2.?The recent high ter in Thickety Creek damaged the Jge ot Qoudelook'e f. rJ, eo as to render it u mesable, but we learn that Mr. James 0| rner has the contract for repairing it. jj While we don't with to ask our county com- w uiioners to contract more debts under the >ressed financial condition of our county, |a , we do hope^they will eee-Tlie propriety |) building a goUl substantial bridge at that v| nt in place of the little dangerous trap 2it has born la use there for sever*! years, e Star Farm and Uoudeysrllle ue ghbor- y\ >d number among their citixeas as many c, >d men aud women io proportion to popu- p ion as any part of the County or State, 0| 1 pay their taxes as promptly and as Lrioticilly as anybidy, and we think they |a s entitled to as good, safe and respectable blio conveniences as the people of any ^ ter port of the ouhty. ii T. J. Orv, Esq., died at hie home last ursdny night, after a short illness. lie 0| s nn acting Trial Justice, and we think r, c of the most conscientious men we ever p ew. Of lite circumstances attending his tI1 nth wc nrc unable to speak at present, 0| t will, perhaps, say something hereafter. ? was buried nt Skull Shoals last Saturday r, the Masonic fraternity of which he was a ti smber. At Howell's Fcriy last Friday, Willie t] ister ki'led a Jog suppesed to be mad. Cl veral parlies were in pursuit of it at the ne. ? One of our neighbors has lost several tl eop la-ely, killed by dogs. Wo woulk like d P. S.Vfl .niP'lib Af.of A'?lvoJ,-Cw? ?i?njtr. ? .. ?? .* ? IV uw ill euv'1 OiSfS. lilt IftW ly authorizes killing the dog while found i the sheep. If the owner of tho dog is ^ labte or unwilling to pay for tho sheep r rat enn we do to get rid of the dog and ^ ep this destruction of the sheep? I A Sunday >cl?o ?1 was orgauized at Mesa- ^ lamia yesterday with 17 names. Mr. F . Ooforth is Superintendent. Uev. J. 1). Bailey expects to attend the ? iplist Convention at A'lanta this week. ' The consequence of what seems to be n J pographical error in tho aunouneemenl gj at tho County Teach;r's Association will ^ eet on Saturday Hth of May is luisletding. r o don't know but iliink it n intended for ? turday i!8th of May. Hope tho correction ^ ill be made in tiuio to prevent confus:on 0 id secure a full attendance of teachers. U We noticed Jim Parker's siga for dry ^ ;at.her tho other night, viz : "The "big ^ sr" pa?scd on the north sido of the moon." 0| in was on o'd boa'man and belonged to Mr. R| esc Parker, who went frciu this neighbor- ^ >od to Arkansas in I808. Our readers esn ^ itch the sign for themselves hereafter. If reports be true we bavi some cMskena' ^ this neighborhood, which when they hear |( iaw" and "gee ' know that it means for otn to come and pick up the worms after ^ e plow. ^ Sam Lee says that ilie evglo we reported ,r it week was a fish-hawk. Cotton is coming up very well uow but s crust of eat tl? is getting rather hard for jm to get through. .0 Wo regret to learn thut Mrs. L. Goude- q ;k is quite unwell. jn In our Sunday school lessou yesterday we j irned that many m ule a inock at David's i who say nothing of his repentance. It y enough for I hem to rotd in one place that *, was a man after God's own heart; and in jt other that ho committed these great sins, w, d forthwith they turn the battery of their ^ >rn on the religion of fdie Hide. But all w sit procedure js qure tsonabje. David <|fd |,( I sin because he was a map according to d's own heart, but in spite of bis boing c,| while if lie bad not been in the main a (o J ly man lie woulJ have remained in his w| i, nnd would have taken no step of any ^ t to acknowledge hisgqijt, er to raise him- (w rem orse or despair, but It is not repsn100. pj "Our lives are aoncst God writes tho fc. ~ ' U! words, And we set theui in music at pleasure ; ?( And the song grows glad, or sweet or sad, As we choose to fashion the measure. ?] IVe must write the music, whatever the Vi song, P? Whatever i s rhyme or meter; th If j' is s d we can make it glad, ar Ur if sweet, we <xn make it sweeter." os l)ur friend, K. W. Davis ea/s he used w; ec tons of commercial fertilisers fist year Ih no profit. This year he is using ten m )) tons of economy and hard work, and he II iks for more satisfactory results than be has Si d heretofore. Vo*. H Correspondence of the Timks. All 8orts from Joneaville- m Josksvii.lk, May :ld.?May came tu most St lightful and has continued eo to the pree- to t. Farmets are nearly done planting and St ne are plowing their first planting of corn, cr e cotton ia cowi-ig up and the prospects th 5 good for a stand. The fruit crop promi- et i to be pleut'/yl.' m Jur Triel Justice, Mr. J. L. Wiprd, has fh ?n rather busy of late iu hie official w; paoily, but the wafers are calm again and d< \m And iftrAnn. hut ihn rtn1ttl/>*1 Sf II begin to boil toon, and lite ca'm I fitr II bo broken again. II Tlios. J. Orr, Esq., (lied at his home near fa bury, 1'. ()., last Friday. Eeq. Orr was fo 11 known throughout tho county as one of ?o e old lino Trial Justices, and one who to ver tried a en so that could possibly bs Pi ilc up. He was a farmer and also a Tay: by trade. Ilc was buried at Skull Shoals uroli last Saturday with Masonic honors. 21 Mr. Sheltou MoWbirter, who moved freni la ar Jonesvil'e to Texas about lf> years ago, >o si in that State the other day from a Ft oke of paralysis. fo Mr. Johu N. I.ciuaster Ins returned from lh ? trip lo Charleston and Florida. oi lib. Tlj s. If. Qore of Cross Keys, has'the v< ~r.tl.jr nf (tin man/ friend* ift .|oi)*8Villc l'l the lcss'of his wife. Mr. W. E. Alman has moved hie dwelling hi >ui Chureh lo Haines street end ie aldiuw VT iny iinprovements to hit house and BE Mr. W. Waddie Thomson ?~J wife passed -pa rough Jonesville ,k? other day to their pi me in 0?w,.ey City. They had been on a or it to Mr. A. Q. Means. Mr. J. Hendrix McLauc paid his respects ah Jonesviilo last week. The reformed fri u.bjioans I ad p meeting which he attended *h i elan rne'iln A. ar.flaals l? - ? *|(WV|ti *i ' C UDIU" en were elected et this meeting 16 rppre- wt it Uaiun county in the Convention to meet en (irecnvide to-morrow, as follows.* Munro ?a ihlock, D. W. Fowler, J. 0. Hunter, Rev. by in WttlUce end Edmund Foster?the lest pa ) colored. on Nearly ell the sick people in the com- W n ty eie improving. in tire. Clerrisse Oeult, who lives some four ge les from Jonesville is very ill end not pe leclcd to recover- TeLiraoxi. re, Correspondence of the Tiers. * i Herd Times end Xeottoai^' b# iVilkinsvilli, April 30.?After having e co >1 time from e pretty long wet spell, the f01 men of this section ere beginning to feel ived by fair weether end e brighter pros* or it. J The fermeis almost avarvwliaro kait hun ell loing tbe "hirJ limes" ory, that timet are bu herd; but I find that bard time* are rning tbe people of thie seotion to be re thrifty than ever. 1 tell you, if hard in tea would come along more frequently, 8a r people tycuh) toon learn something ha >ut economy. I know <<t fanners this tic ?r who are getting along very well *ith re >ul one-half of the expense iLat it foqk aa t year. J. C. ot THE BANK'S TRIBUTE ) IT* LATK rneSIVUJtT, KDWIN R. WALLACE. At a meeting of the Board of Di'eclorg of i? Merchants and Planters National Bank, ' Union, South Carolina, held May 81, 192, the following preamble and resolut ens cro unanimously adopted. WAereas, our associate and friend, the te EDWIN 11. WALLACE, President of re Merchants and Planters National Dank r Union, B. C-, departed this life on the Itli day of January, 1802; be it Resolved. That in the death of Edwin Rl 'allaoe, this Board has lost one of its most tpable and effic ent members, and this ank an officer who devoted the best years r bis life to its service; and whose work, >ility and unswerving integrity contributed rgely to its success. Resolved, That in the decease of our friend, e renlize the loss of a man who was honest i heart. tVa-ie-s in discharge of duty, and uthful in nil thing*. In the private walks r life his character was pure nnd cxetnplaf. As a citizen he was progressive and atriotc, commanding and securing in a mrked degtee, the confidence and esteem f his fellowuten. Indeed it tray he said of him, that in all stations an I duties of life he held fast to -utli nnd kept his honor sacred. /{tsolved. That the heartfelt sympathy of iia Board be extended to his family in thoir ore bereavement. Resolved, That these resolutions be spread pon the records of the bank, and a copy Hereof be transmitted to tho family of the eceased, nnd n'so to tho Union Timrs for ..in.. A' IlonniBi.a Chimb.?April 28-?A torri'e orime, followed by swift punishment is eported from Qoodletsvilie, ten miles from [ashville, on the St. Louis branch of the ouisville and ra<hville railroad. The toll cepir, Lee Bruce, living a hair mile from )wn died about a month ago leaving a wife nd daughter nearly grown, Benin, aged 16. ast night a cousin of Senia, Mary Bruce, pent tho night with hor, and ono or two I her women were there sitting up with a ick child. About 10 o'clock Iwn nm>r.ii>a ? - ? roke into the house, And after robbing two boots came into the room where the g rls ere in bed. As if by premeditation, the rates put out tho liglil,aud cacli siezed oue f the girll who ncreaturd and resisted until icy were ovorpowcred, the elder being adly injured before tho brutes accomplished leir purpose. The women lilting in the [her room, instead of rushing to their assistive, were frightened, and ran rw*y from te house for help, tho nearest hou?e being, alf a mile distant. KM at VIIUO lustli tiled, uii.t ataylight every man in and around Goodttsville was on the hunt. Five negroes ere captured end taken before the girls for lentificatioq. One proved an alibi. Henry rizzard was identified and banged to a ee. The other three were sent to jail to voit devclopmsn'a. before he died. Henry rizzard confessed his crime and implicated !ack Harper, but the girls wrre too excited positively iden'ify Harper at the time, o Grixzard's bidy was pinned a card read- , g : "Death to the man who cuts the boly i iwu before midnight." Detective Morlou of the Louisville and ashville Railroad, secured a team and i artcd to Knshvi le with ?ph Grizzard, ! >hn Grizza-d and Mack Harper. They , ere pursued by the mob and overtaken a I mrt dis'ance from town. John Clarke, i ho was driving the team, whipped up his irses, but the mob fired on the party, i oundjng Moj ton aiid Clarke, they (hen i ptured the three negroes, tqok tliem back i town, and tlienqe a |mi e out on the opoek < Ijoro ljonry Grizzard was bqoging. A(ack i srper was <|uiokly hanged, and the other . o men were sout to Nashville. y. lTfir5ear lo Tvery Southern heart, I ] id to-day is made more memorable by tfie esence of a veteran wfio was one of the j t leaders of the Southern army. Cliiaf- - in, statesmen, patriot, gentleman, no man L end* higher than Wade Hampton. h Col. Charles C. Jones, jr., said of him : Hosier of hors# of the Army of Northern irgiuin, governor, senator, deliverer of his ? ople from the domination of the ignorant, it e alien, and the free biuter, he challenges (] id receives the highest respect, the sincerest teem, mo>-t unstinted gratitude, and s arrocst admiration." < Wade Hampton is one of the purest anl < oil slrikihg figures in the country to d^y. e eras pre eminently the man Who Saved ; >utl) Carolioa from corruption and misrule, o was the idp| of his people. Iljs word \ as law. His honesty and conservatism ? on for him and hla Stats the respect of the hols nation. It is one of the greatest com- j entar.es upon the history of the Palmetto | ate that any body of white men could be uod to defeat Hampton for the United ] ates Senate. It was a demonstration dis- 1 editable to the people and astounding to e whole country And yet during tho 1 rugg'e for liis seat Governor Hampton i i}? no appeal for support, did not go near eSfate'houte jo Gtdun}b|a, and behaved 1 ith such Ijigh digaity 'tl^at he became udder i feat ii more striking figure than' in the mate of tlje United StaUe. < It vfc)ul<} be useless to say that Wade i ampton is welcome'}u St>vantiali. If# is a 1 vorite wherever the southern cause had < llowers, and wherever the memory of tlie uthern cross is cherished. Hie welcome -Jay will amount to an ovation-? Savannah '* ret*. Thk Pkoi'lr's Party.?Washington, April >.? Hon. Thomas Wa'soo of Georgia, the ader of the Third Party in the House, sa d -day, in reference to the circular of the iriner's A l ance ottioers calling a meeting r next month to consider parly matters, at the Alliance people need teel no alarm -er their ho'ief that the Democratic conirts to the Third party sovemgal were tely to go back to their allegience. Mr W^tspn, jt will <\e reaoembvrd, serored s reU'to* with the Doruoctats oincfi~TO? eient session of Congrsss began, and loeunced himself as a straightout Peopls'a rly man, and as such reee.ved the o?mim after y vote of the members of that gamzation for the Speakership. Mr, Wntson said that, instaad of feeling trmed cjver the prospect of desertions >m their ranks, the Third party people ould (eel elated, for the losses were all in e Democratic ranks. The people's perty t* steadi|y gaining in numbers, he said, d in the South thk o|d Democratic orginlHon had become so weak tu?t it "M only taking men of no prominence that catnign commilteas could be formed. Any e who road the newspapers, said Mr. ? alsou oould set the ^disintegration going on the Democra'io ranks and the constant in of the Th rd party. He was sure the jplc's party had no cause fjr (ear in this gard. Tillmamism is the Test.?When there ie raoanoy iu an appointive otBee in New4 , ryj (j jun^j, Oovoroor Tillman aeki the ( urity deleg?t|oif (6 rpoom<nei}<} %<ne one t r appointment. When there 19 a vacancy t Riohloud county he does not permit the ( tinty delegation to rcoommeod. Whioh ( owe that what the Governor demands of ( offioera and ail people ia, not Pemooracy. , t Tillraaniam.?Ntwberry Oburvtr. , Bvcklsxs Aemica 3alvk.?The best salve I the world for Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, It Rheum, Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped nds, Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin erup- < ?ns, and positively cures Piles, or no pay I quired. U le guaranteed to give perfect ) Refaction, of mobhy refunded. Price 26 ' nts per box. For sale by B. F. Posey. 1 Tor. Favorkd Class."?Til? RrgUltr Wv** reporting Lieutenant Governor Uarjr'flK^ speech at GreenvlB*, said: "lie tbon'Blg; spoke of the ruling of the fsrored class ia^^B South Carolina, white a few men had tbo ^BL* refusal aed disposnl of Slate aad county * g offices." Well, Hie Qarjrs seem to bo with the , "favored class" now. There aro : K. B. Qsrjr, of Abbeville, lieutenant governor. Earnest Gsry, bro her of the lieutenant . governor, member of the housa from Kdge^_ 1 **FVnnk B. Gary, another brother afib'e lieutenant governor, member of tbe house' from Abbetllle. John Gary Evans, a cousin of the lieuten ,nt governor, member of the house from Aiken. John Gary Watts, another relative, sssla* / lant adjutant general. Again there are : jk J. W. Gary, olerk of the house, and 8. W. Vance, his brotner-tn-law, assistant clerk. -> Again there are throe brothora; lion. Y. J. Tope, associate justice of tho supremo court. lion. Sampson Pope, clerk of the sonatc. Dr. 1). S. Pope, surgeon of the penltcutiary. The list might be extended; but theso suffice. Tho Obttrvtr hasn't a word of objection to the above named officio's?not a word. It only wants to point out some of "the favored clans" in oonflrmatiou of Mr. Gary*? Newberry Obterver. Shameful Neglect or Duty.?Somo roeml . . f iL Lv.?. of I C])lt*rlltlMtv?( should tuake it his business to have * roll call every day and tho newspapers of each congress district should watch these calls and announce whenever their representative is absent. There is no t'cnsoo why tho members of tlte house should hold themselves t? be above or exempt fiom t lie rules regulating the conduct of ether persons iu the public service. A man sent to Washington to represented* constituents in either f \ } house and paid $ >,000 a year for his work ought to feci that he is as much bound to be at his desk on time and to remain nt work, until the house adjourns as if he wss a clerk at $1,000 a jeer? The democrats havo far more than a quorum of the house. They have no right to expect the republicans to help them do business. Their duty is at their do<k?. It is Bhameful that they go away by scores (o races and ball in itches and 'other ainu-eroents and leave the business of the peoplo. which they are paid to do, to be neglcc o 1 and impeded. There is no excuse for it. Every member who neglccis his duties ought to oe known and punished A year or two of o ireful weeding would give us a lower house of congress compose 1 of men whq go to Washington to oarn their salaries houcstTy aipl who will S'ick to their good resolutions. ? Qrtenville Newt. Axotiikr Evidence of Tillman's Sklfish Vjndictivk.nxss,?Columbia, S. C., May ? Governor fiUmm's appointment of speqke^b of the house, Ira H. Jones, to it with Tfl^x supreme court in the place of Justioo Pope, dlsqua'iftol, has put him in a bad box, Tho Slate to-day showed it was a clear violation of the constitution for a person exercising the functions of one department of the Steto government to assume or discharge the iuties of any other. Tho At tide was rea l by Speaker Jones, who at rived here list night to take a scat on tlie bench tc-day. Ele examined into the matter and addressed :ommunications to ths Governor and the :ourt, declining the appointment, stying ho ippi clearly of the qp pion th'it 'l,o Wi\i nqt pialitied to sit- It was the in'ention of the ittprnoys in tlje otso to dtntur had no*. Mr. tones declinedThe action of Liculenaut Qosornor Uary, *hWb*e.|">JP rhe Govaroqr in dqw (?? WesblSpan. ^ The appointment by the Governor of I*** ere outside of ilio judioiary, wbea there rcre plenty of eligible judges on the olreuit tench has nerer before heon known in the listory of the auprenio court. Statr Press Association Mertiko.?The liulh Carolina Press Association will meet n the city of Anderson on Wednesday, Ja y ?, 1802, at 8 o'clock p. in. The ful'owing are the subjtcts for di-cute ion?to be opened by the members name 11 Country Journalism j" by Tlios. B. Crews, >f the Laurensvilte Herald. "Foreign Adveritsewsdts; " by K. 111^ \till, of the Newberry Herald and tfeici. "How to conduct a Newspaper C-iutro-; foray ; " Uy llartwell M, Ayer, of the Flgr- ^ ipce jine*i "The Rein'ion of the Country Nowsptpers to the Dailiet; " by J. C. HempUM, of T| die Charleston Newt and Courier. "Modern Mechanical Inventions und Improvements of tba Daily Newspaper Office t>y Jno. 8. Reynolds, of the Columbia State. "The Country Editor as a Journalist and Printer: " by Hugh Wilson, of the Abberllle Preu and Banner. Gen. K. M. Law, of the York Bnterpriee, will deliver the -aijnu&l address before {.he isiociatioi) All members of the astqoiation are re-, luesle I to'be present at the opening of tl|o tessiot), and editqrs and publishers not mem-, tiers are cotJt^'ly inyitc4 V' j"'1! tlje ^ t,o-. i at ion and mien.I the meeting, Tim C ovdaok Tnt'st.?Now York, April JO.?Tho Herald says : The National Cord?ge company, popularly known as the Cor lago Trust, has been paying John Go ?l<ytluv millionaire inventor ami twine inanulMflt ,urer, $'?00,000 a year to keep hie mills shut down, and it lias hchl an op ion, sail K . ) l>e for $7,000,00(1, on h a plant, which injuries a new twine machine that is exp?ctol o revolutionize ihe trade. The trust announced semi-oflicially some rime ego that this option hari been taken up, >ut it leaked out that Mr. Goods has notified he trust that he did not consider his onracts binding; ami that he wquld again ijt* vMtta'iftrq tmrTtrtn) open tygm' isked about it Mr. Gqode ackn 'pledged hst be bad severed his relation with tin Jordage Trust. H e sail: ' "In a very short tune I con perfect ar-angemenis to turn out enough ropo and wine to supply half the demand of the Jniiel States, aud let ine say hero that, taring declared to resume operations on mv two account, I am going to fight it out ou hat line for many summers." The Mkcki.cn huso Ckledkatiun.?Char otte, N. C., Appl 8Q.?The (tnqlecpiary t>{* _ he dec|aratloq of independence will bft jelebratcd in grand sty|ia in CUarloite. The pais dq/s will be the 18th, 10th and 2Qth of tfay, Our people are Sparing no pains to make hese three days the greatest in the history >f the Queen City. The attractions that , tavebeen booked are many, and will draw a arge crowd. A theme which touches the Kb&raS enderest chords in the make up of 4he charlotte oitissn is that of the historic event v>" hat oeeurred on the main square of thia lily, rightly nsmsd Independence square. Senator H HI and cfbsr pfominenj, men hays i*ciare<i tn?tp |ateotlQi) or h*taf }n <>h'arl?U? >n the 20th, and tneir dslt to tho Cjueeu 3itj it tn asauro I fact The bue nee* men - *? if the city ere taking an aclies port ?n iht rarled attractions f.y (hit specUl occasion, tod in fact, all acem to hire no higher amotion than that of seeing thii noted erent teralded with all due reject and homage. We have a speedy* and positive cur a for istarrb, diphtheria, canker mouth and " itadache, in HHILOfl'S CATAlUltl RKMB-> >V. A naeal injector free with each bottle. *! Jee it if you desire health and swort breath, Price OOo. ?hW bT H. K'. Smilft & (! >; \'r