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The Cotton Qneouon. In the proceedings of the meeting of the Notional Farmers' Alliance we find the following very important action; Aside from the election of officers, the most important feature of the day's work was the report of the co-operati?e committee on the much talked-about cotton question. The fact that the report was adopted by the convention by a unanimous vote proves that the proposed method of improving the condition of the cotton trade bos made a favorable impression on the rank and file of the Alliance. Following is a copy of the official report as anwroved bv the convention Alliance Cotton Co-Operativo Board.? Flan of Organization : This board shall consist of one member from each of the cotton States co-operating in the work. The delegates comprising this meeting inay elect the first board, which, when ratified by the president and executive committee of the State alliance, shall hold that office till January 1, 1H'.14. The regular term of office for the members of this board shali be for one year, and shall commence on the 1st day of June of each year. The board may divide the work and employ suitable managers fo> each department. Two distinct lines of work are to be conducted : 1. The cotton producers are to be organ ized into three divisions: (a) Those win raise less than 40 bales ; (b) those who raist 40 bales an I less than 100 bales; (c) thost who produce more than 100 bales; tliosi who would be in the second or third divisior may bo secured from the Alliance countj secretaries, and they may be called by tuni to a point at which a full representative meeting can be secured, tiiat they may bi organized through the sub-Alliance. The co-operation of capital is to besecureil Dy too election of a combination of on* from each cotton State, an J when there is t business agent, if it is practicable, he shouhl be the representative, and the ceinbinatioii of one from each State shall elect an execu live committee. These two branches of work are to bt kept entirely separate, the object being t? enable a joint line of work, the second anthird division to help themselves, an 1 bj the aecond line of work te assist ami hel( the first division by advancing on th-.-ii crops and emancipating them from practica industrial slavery. We suggest that circulars from Stan Alliances in the cotton States, inviting a', farmers and plauters interested in the pro dacticn of cetlon, to meet different loca Alliances in open sessions in neighborhood where Alliaucos are now established, fo consultation, as to tho business of proJuc ing, handling and making their t redacts a a profit. Where no Alliance exists ii neighberhoods, invite farmers and planter not connected with the Alliance, to hob similar meetings, elect their otticers am furnish the required information to th national cotton combination on precise); the same footing as if connected with th order. Circular forms of questions on which fill information shall be desired, to be preparein a form that cannot be misunderstood ciuuruciiig every point as near as posstoit such as follows: Enrollment of name each lauded producer; uuuibsr of acres c each iu cultivation of c >ttou, corn, peas an hay; number of mules, number of hand employed and capital available to run tli farm for next year; c;iu increased c&piti be secured locally? Is ao, at what co*l and all ether items the board may conceiv of the slightest importance as information se as to actually determins the needs of thi cotton producers. Ask in circular suggestions as to the bes 1.?ei one man uo appointed iu racu ctflur'j when organized or tho services of om interested. 2. When net, by the president of end State Alliance, to work the matter ami obtain reports to forward direct to the cotton combination. This scheme was adopt, d by the Alliance. Tind.vl ox tub Allianck.?Secretary of State Tindnl and Col. D. 1\ Duncan, the representatives of the Seuth Carolina State Alliance (e the annual meeting of the National Farmers' Alliance in Memphis, Teun., last week returned to the city yesterday. Mr. Tindal was seen and asked about his ideas en the final eflfeot of the Third party people getting control of the Na'ioual Alliance, and for a genaral expressien of his viewa on the future of the Alliance in and out of politics. In replying he said: "I hepe that the election of the officers will result all right The public seems to have somewhat of or errouaous impression of the results of tin maelins .All I <iai** to tut.* i? thot whet the Alliance first met it was soon ascertains that a party of outsiders connected with tin Third party wore working to try to make tin Alliance a kind of nunex to the Third patty 'I'llii was very strongly opposed, and I iliinl (hat when (lis All anct adjourned it win thoroughly agreed by all parties, thai tin Alliance must be kept an entirely nou-partt san organization. There was no objection from the fir-?t t< the officers elected, hut only to the use o the Alliance for any political porty. Hit friction was all caused there. 1 think thai after all that has transpired, the Tlur I p.vtj offiesrs will not attempt to use the All.unci for tueir politicll pnr'y ends. "I think also that the nttocks tu oii L?r, Macune origioate 1 with these outsiders; Hit protest was made l.y the conservative members, and alt excep' two or Ihreo of the extreme Th'rd partyitesc tnolo I Dr. .Mac ine .? entire innoeenca of all the charges brought agains lhim."'-7%e State. _ _ . Fisiiino ton a Pk *i ii Kkunkl ? Ihiltimore. Md , Nov. 24.?L. Heard, of Locust, West Virginia, lias just rec ivcred from a rornai kahle surgical opt rat ion perf irnicd at the Johns llapkins University. (Ju Sept ember 2 be swallowed a pencil stone, which Indited in lii* oesophagus. Urn. Ba)sum and Ilurkvr cut an entrance into the ce-opliagus , (hen u string with a snare arrangement wits taken in at the mouth, swallowed and fastened to 4lie sloue and the obstruction thus removed through the mouth. . ? ? Gave t p the Giioji.?Allan's, (in.. Nov *21. ? The Daily Citizni, started here by striking printers to tight the t'on*tilation, died 1iday. The strike wis dcclured off two weekago, but s nee tlicti a few printers have been trying to carty it on. "? A Lyxciitso in Iork County.?( >'uinl>ia. S. L\, Nov. 20.?At Tiger Creek, in Y??ik county, Nathan White, a negro, was sli t to death hy a mob. WJiite had set tire to u barn, and was being carried to jail when the mob look hiui. Kunnino a Race Mouse uy Electricity.? Chicago, Nov. 24.?Jo-key Kulin was caught stirring up little Crete with the electric battery at Koby, tins nfiernoon. as the Intscs came to the poet for tlie third race. The aliention of the judges being- attracted hy the unusual activity of the horse when he cam* in contact wiili Kulin's heels, the.jockey wits searched. an i muter hi* jieket wns found a broa! belt will caitrHge-slinped .attach men's, cacli of which conlainel an electric cell with w ret tunning to tin spurs. Nothing c>u!d he done w'nh Kulin uu<'er th* rules, but the judges immediately amended tne regulation* so as to co m r tin caa*. I Cite JUcelfy IHuioti Uimes R. M. STOKES, - - Editor rridaji lleccmber 2, 1892. SUBSCRIPTION, fl 60 PER ANNUM F08T OFFICE DIRECTORY. The P. O. will be opened for busiqess froui 8 A. 11. to G.00 P. M. The Money Order Department will be opened for business from 9 A. M. to 4 P. M. Mail going South will close promptly at 11 A. M. Mail aninrf Vnrll? will nlftea nrAmnilw ? 6.80 P.M."* The mail will be taken from the street box 15 minutes before closing each mail. Any inattention or irregularities should re reported promptly to the P. M. J. C. HUNTER. P. M. A PROPOSITION. A Farm and Stock Paper FreeTo any subscriber to the Times who will jwi/ all arrears aud ouo year in . advance, aud auy uew subscriber paying one year in advance, we will send for one year, TIIE EARNER'S GUIDE, AND ! HOME COMPANION. A practical Semi-monthly Stock r Farm Journal. 1 Now is the time to subscribe and j reucw your subscription to tho Times. I Our Cotton Market. . Sa'cj for the week 500 bales. Prices i from 9.50 lo 9.05. I | A CHRISTMAS OUT ()*er two-thirds of eur subscribers are in * arrears for subscription, and it is not much | better with the purchasers of property at r legal sales, consequently we are driven into i very close and uncomfortable quarters, and r earnestly call quick aud help us out of our ' iroub'es. t Wc will be force I to raise money pretty 1 soon, and surely the 500 delinquents who owe us from $1.50 to $5.00 each, are able I and willing to pay the trifling amount due. ,. We ask for no oilier or better Christmas gift - than to colleet 75 per cent of what is due t us, si that we may be able to meet the LandII lord, tlie Insurance Agent, the Tax Collector, j the Butcher, the Grocer, the Doctor, etc., i etc , without fear of being dunned. y j&jgT" Maj. 1). A.Townsend was formally 8 inducted into etlice last Tuesday and is now I Attorney General of the State of South .1 Carolina, in /net. , Br. Joseph Hill, of Spartaugurg, f and well knowu throughout this county J died in that city on the "Jdtli ult. He was 3 about 01 years old. p ?? Wo ore truly gratified to state ilia !; Judge Wallace has so for recoTercd from hii ? resent severe illness as t j be able to ride out ' and is in ths best of spirits. Mrs. G rcgory, the good wife of oui 0 mouths old. That's better still. fisThe County Commissioners met las Monday and accepted the bonds of thi Shcritr, Clerk and Coroner, who were electee Nov. 8, as being good and euflicient; bu paid lie money, from the fact that the Treasurer had uot veporto 1 any in the Treasurer/. We regret to slate that Mr. Morrison, Principal of the Union Gradod School, ^s still lying very sick. Dr. Davcga, ol Chester, his old family physician, came over this week to visit him and consult with his physician hero. Ws sincerely hope he will soon recover and be at his post of duty again. ' In consequence of Mr. Morrison's illnsss, . ln&itcr for the "Teachers' Column" has not , been provided the last two weeks. } tXD wi. * puruou a tlio negro hoy Wade Haynes, who was con s vide J of murdering Mi;s F1 >rence Ilornsby, ^ in Richland county, and sentenced to be , hung some day in this mouth. The Govi* crnor said "he could only pardon or refuse to pardon the boy. There was no middle ground. If the boy did not commit the I niur ier it is nn outrage to put him in the ; penitentiary; but if, as all the evidence ' 1 id b t' re him indicated, he was guilty and ought to hang." - fisajf* The luembes of the Legislature from Uniou County arc on the following Committees: .Senator l'eake is Chairman of the Committee on Railroads and Public Improvements. and is also on the Committees on Agriculture, littles, and Public Huil lings. In tho House. John R Jetl'eries is Chairman of Committee on State House and Grounds, and upon the Committee on Railroads. T. C Duncan is on the Ways aud Means Committees and Enrolled Acts. II. W. Ilarr.s is en the Penitentiary and Commerce aud Manufacture Committees. BM)u The State canvassers of the Congressional vote in the 7th district have o?err. iden tho decision of the county canvassets, who lial decided that Gen. Mo;ee, an able and eloquent conservative white man, bad bee i elected over Georgo Washington Murray, a ccftl l.lack, uneducated negro, and given the certificate of election to Murray. It appears t .at a large number of the Mur my vol en wcro three-sixteenths of nn inch shorter thnn (he law prescribes, an<l the canvassers at (lie precincts where they were cast threw thoiu out, as was the case in other parts of the Stale, under instruction from State Chairman Irby. JJul the State canyassers, for rcns ns b??t known to them.* selve?, saw fit to ignore the plain letter of the law, an l counted enough of tho.S5 un lawful votes to give Murray 4i! majority. | So (leorgc Wnshingion Murray will lake his aeit in Congro-s. There seeins to he a very bitter feeding still nursed against these Democra's in this Sta'e who dared to havech ice of cindiJates i > opposition to the dominant w tig of the Doino r.i'ic party. To us it looks very much liko a determinali >n to keap the parly split in order to let the Third parly pas* in. tlrir Many of us well retnsmber Mike McXally, the "broth of a bay," who came from Ireland ten ar twelve years age to clerk in the store af "me Uuole," Thos, McNnlly. Well, after roaming the country over and "bringing up" in a clerkship in one of the departments at Washington, and obtaining a short leave of absence.he is here among his "Amerioan cousins" and friends again, the same bright faced, open hearted, open handed and fun loving Irishman that he waeC when a boy. Mike says he has "sowed all his wild oats" and settled down te "strictly business," with the "mental reservation," however, not to miss any opportunity te gather as many of the roses as he possibly can from the briars and thorns which are always strewn along life's pathway. a We refer our readers to the communication from our immediate Representative, Mr. John R. JeflTeries, and one from our old School Commissioner, Rev. W. M. Foster, now a Representative from Spartanburg, for Legislative news. These letters give as mncli of what has been done bj the Legislature as we can find in the daily proceedings publiahtd in the Columbia papers, except, perhaps, an occasional sparring nmong the members, realty signif/ing nothing. Not one important local or general bill is so far advanced in either house as to warrant any reliable indication of its fate. All such measures are now in a very crude state and, if (hey are passed at all will, no doubt, be very different, in many of their most impoitant features, to what they are now. They nre very much like a nest of eggs under a setting hen. You con't tell how many will hatch or how many will be cockerels or pullets. We hope both of our legis'ative correspondents will continue their kind favors to us and our readers. They are highly appreciated by all. . Santa Claus' Headquarters. From present appearances the venerablo old SniHa Claus has established only cue depot in litis town, from which he will distribute his generous and joy-producing gifts to the children this year, and that is at S. M. Rice's store. It seems that Speuecr has loaded himself down with all kinds ef Christmas "doings," from a penny whistle to a handsome Parlor Lamp, and ho is goinz to sell them, lie says, away down below holiday prices. Just go and see what he has got. Personals. .Mrs. J. II. Maxwell, of Greenville, is visiting her parents, Mrs. and Judge W. H. Wallace. Rev. C. A. II. Jennings went down to ( Columbia on the Tuesday morning train. , Rev. T. E. Morris returned from the cenlost TiiaaJnvr W? -1- 1 * - ? -...J. ii? ?i? pieaso'i iu knew lie is stationed here for another year. Mrs. Manning T. Smith returned frem 1 Mississippi last Tuesday evcuing, after a 1 two months rieit to relatives in that State. > Mrs. F. F. Caper?, of Greenville, is visiting Mrs. T. C. Duncan. D. E. Ilydrick, Esq., of Spaituuburg, was in town this week on busiuoss. preached au excellent sermon in the Methodist church Sunday meriting, taking for his t text: "Ye are the salt of the earth; but i if the salt have lost its savour, wherewith 1 shal1 it bs salted ? It is thenceforth good t for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be > trodden under fool of men." > 11 o preached in the Baptist church Sunday night, taking far his text: "I would rather be a door kc?per in tbe bouse of my God than to dwell in the tenia of wicked. ness." It is impissible to describe how excelleut this serni n was, and it certainly will make a lasting impression on all who heard it. Rev. Beuj. Alston weut to Spartanburg on Tueaday to attand tbe Episcopal Convention. Mrs. Foeter and Mrs. E. C. McLaughlin, of Spartanburg, are visiting Capt. A. U. TUIlfl ?tiu . | j| Miss Sallie Mil tire's Club will meet at the residence of Col. T. C. Duncan this i (Friday) evouing. Dr. Jam^a II. Carlisle and Capt. J. W. Carlisle, of Spartanburg, arrived to-day, and are at Prof. .Morrisons who is dangerously ill. Mn. N. A. Kadlb'h Drkam.?Mr. N. A. Kadlc, who lives over on the Kdisto, had a dream the other night, and it so impressed him that he didn't rest until he came up to Aiken and paid his printer's bill. Here's the dream: I dreamed a dream the other night, When everything was still: I dreamed 1 saw everybody, Pay up their printer's b II. Oh, printers, do not cry, Hut laugh, laugh, laugh ! For there's money plenty laid by To pay you one dollar and a lia'.f. A Sbmmkrvii.i.k Riot,?Columbia, Nov. '2d ?A special to tlio Register states that Trial Justice Sweeney, of Summerville, seat two constables to arrest five negroes living at Wassainaseaw, the Dahomey of South Carolina, charged with attempting to force opeo the poPs en election day. The negroes rose in arms and the constables, .when they attempted to serve the warrants, were de&c^ by a body of fifty or sixty negroes armed with muskets, rifles, etc. The sheriff now has the warrant and will arrest them if he hns to call on the Governor for a large detachment of militia Ax Aovanck im tub Prick of Cottok uoons kv ttt* Corrav Minns.?Augusta, Ga., Nov. *J4.?All I he large cottoi; mills located hare advanced the price of thair brown go>ds owing lo the heavy demand for them and (he marke' advance in the piici of cotten. They are quoted an follows: Fourquatter yard goods, 6 cents; seven-eights gioda 6 J: three-quarler go-ids, 4|; thirtyinch drills, G to Gj). The advance in goods has not, however, up to Ibis time been equal to the advance in cotton, but the mi le are demanding full prices for new eontraots, es i hey have roM nit etoeke on band. 1 i?_ ?X Santa Clans' Headquarters at ' ! f, M. HICK, Jr.; E. U. Dkath or an Old Citizbx.?L. T, Levin, one of Columbia's oldest citizens, died last Sunday night. He was born in Charleston in 1818, nud moved to Columbia in 1834. He wis manic 1 lo Miss Charlotte A. Wool IT in 1814. He took quite a prominent part in the late war. and was for years bill clerk in the Senate LEGISLATIVE CORRESPONDENCE Coluxbia. 8. C , Not. 26.?Friond Stokes: Thinkkg perhaps it would bo a matter of inters*' to your readers to hear from their BopraontatiTos, I take the liberty of writing ymi a short letter, knowing the readiness and willingness you always accord to our oo tnnft moat ions, when they contain anythingViinformation to the people. The Hettfo was organized Tory promptly C^ttpBJ^wiihout any friction, on TueaWay, anorW first message from tho Governor was rsceiy^U BD^ referred to the proper committees. This message eras well received and favorably commented upon by everybody, as an able State paper, and the spirit of reconciliation and fraternity exhibited, hits alrotdy had a glorious effcet ia drawing our peeple closer together. A great number of bills were introduced on Wednesday ; the first of which was the great Prohibition bill of Cole. L. Blame, of Newberry. A large number of othor bills looking to Prohibition, in some form or other, have been introduced, and in a few days we will hear the roaring of the cannons as they belch forth the long pent-up eloquence that is to drive conviction to tho hearts of thoie who fsel that the voica of tho "dear people," as expressed at the ballet box on the 80th of August last, has no claims on their efforis or their ballots. But a move waa made today which looks like aide-tracking the measure, A resolution passed to submit ell the Pro hibitien hills to a special cemmitto of one from each county, instead of tho regular committee. A prediction is in ciiculation that this large committee will disagree? will formulato a bill from all the bills, will bring~lfi~~a majority and minority report, oreaiq a long, biticr fight, and finally frazzle out the lime ef the session and be continued to another session. On Thursday we had the regular Thanksgiving holiday, which was very generally ebserved. A great many of the members took dinner at home. Some went lo church in the city. Your humble servant visited the penitentiary t> sec how the convicis, who are always given that day as a day to frolio in, spent the time. They all seemed happy ami were certainly unrestrained in their eqjoyment, each one being a'lowed to do as he pleased in ohoosing his manner of spending that day. Some were in the chapel preaohine and nravitttr. smiii Dlavins mar bleu and ball, and nue set had formed n comic troop and were amusing the crowd with a regular exhibiti in of comio scenes and original plays, fully illustrating the negro <9 all his love and zeal for play and frolio. In the afternoon a large company of us visited the asylum and wore shown tho greatest, civility by the attendants, who conducted us into every department. We could no^^elp Ming gratified at the great care liflWfed Aipcn these unf -rtuuate waifs of our gevernmert, and it made us feel prou 1 of our eld Sta'e when we considered her wonderful benevolence to these, her unfortunate children. We found them there atllicted with every imaginable mania and in every stage and condition to which the human family can he reduced. Oh, how thankful we should be that we are in possession of our senses, and how careful we should he of this mental and physical structure which a wise Providence lias givon.ue, and how temperate we should be in all things for fear the demon might get possession and dethrone our reason, and in ike a pitiful wreck of the noblest of all Gcd s creation. Friday was spent in introducing more bills, which seems to he a mania with our members this session, and attempting to bring on the election for a Judge for ilie 5th circuit, a Superintendent of the penitentiary and four Directors, and during all this time n va?i aiuuuui, ?f ' ;?Aing en for the various places. What a pi?y - ywpYitfkMtf eifleHifunQir^pi^ifeKi m offices. Satu Jay morning the concurrent resold tion, fi ing the time for these elections, wai agreed ,o, and one o'clock set for the twt Houses to come together for the purpose ol hsldinj the elections Hon. Ernest Gary, son of )r. F. F. Gary, was e'ected to succeed the oleyWar-horse, Judge Kershaw; W. A, Neal, Io succeed Hob. \Y. J. Talbert, Con. gressman-elect from the 21 district, nnd'foui Directors of the penitentiary?all frem ths up-country except Mr. Alderman who if from Aiken. These elections seem to giv? general satisraciion. since it was known that Judge Kershaw would not stand foris-election. After a five and one half hours session the House adjourned until Monday. The Sabbath was spent in church going. 1 attended the First baptist and heard u graud sermon from Rev Lindsay. Monday's session only brought forth another and perhaps the most comprehensive and orohihitorv ProhiMilnn Kill ?n ?. "?v? ?'#?? ft'l. II. . by the Executive CsmtulUee lieu. liop^r* We will Use what A Divorce bill was also introduced today. Its previsions are being discussed with seme degree of favor. Tuesday is set for the inauguration of Gov. Tdluian to the second term and all the State ortiecrs, except Maj. Townsend, who will be inaugurated his firet time as Attorney Gencal. It is to bo a vary quiet tiff* r? quite different to the scans two years ago, when the first Govornor ever eledel by the people was placed in the gubernatorial clitur. The Sta'e officers have all rendered in their annual rep >rts, which mnae a very fair and satisfactory exhibit of the condition the State is in. It would draw out this already toe lengthy le'ter to attempt to comment upon these reports. Suffice it to aay, the State is not bankrupt, nor retr igiad-ng in material prospe-ily or moral improvement. Now, Mr. Editor, pardon me for trespassing on your valuable space to such ?n ex'ent. If this doss not g? into the w^ste basket, I promise to do belter in the future. Accept our thanks for the copy of the Times eout to our desks. I assure you it gives us pleasure to rsceive it. Ask all our ftitads to make suggestions to us as to new laws, changes in old ones, etc., eto., and to command us when they have any business to a'lend te here. Yours respectfully, John K. Jarranixs. A Letter from the Legislature. Uoi.UMBlA. No*. lib.?.Mr. bditcr: Perhaps you would like a brief outline of (he (loins of tho Legislature. Many bills ami joint resolutions liara been brought before the body, but as yet nodefinite action has been taken en them. There are several iron clad bills in reference to the prohibition qnrstion, but it is no easy matter to c mjecture the final result. However, i' Is manifest, that the most strenuous off its will be made to :tejr tljs i-*VQges of the fell deeti oyer of liuinaa happiness qnd'pro'per- | iry This is certainly one of the absorbing questions of the day, nnd froin the general outlook our Legislature will certainly make every effort possible to pass the best proh.bitory law that their wisdom and genius abiJjt^VT qiTte as muehdifficuHj^ofsolutSP trtHhV vexed race question. JPllenre pouring in every day, end if they jail should bscome laws ths s'alute book would be swelled te a prodigious magnWu Is; but fortunately the waste basket will receive en qbqqdent supply of ''scraps" from thu suiroe. Hi Is are coming bvfere tho bo ly to reduce tlio sa'ary of e*try oftioer in <ht Siaio, an i frmn pr?H?nt indications nmt action will bo taken in that behalf From clot* observation, I think w* ha*# a Legislature in whos* hands (ho weH-bein; I I > of tli* Palmetto S<at* will not b* disparaged, itber financially *r politically. I think ih* farmer element in tb* body predominate*, and a* a general rule, this element is frugal, rigilaat and economical in regard to the monetary interests of the State. The body ie composed mostly of new members, there being but forty of tb* old ones returned. Though South Carolina ie a poor Stat* for utvorce laws, a otu win come before (be f House this sessioa to allow a divorce only in ' case of adultery. Thie bill may probably j become a law, as it has the sanotien of Hcly Writ. ; . Sinee I bogan to write this morning a ohange lies taken place, and the following ' persons have been eleoied by joint ballot of ( the Legislature : Ernest Gary, of Edgefield, 1 elected Judge of the Fifth circuit, in place of Judge Kershaw, resigned, by a vote of 121 to 21 for W. L). Trantham, of Kershaw ; W. A. Neil, of Anderson, Superintendent of the Penitentiary, by the following votes : Ne.il, 94; Jaruigati, 39; Hunter, &;?Kecl?, 8. The following were a'so elected directors of the Penitentiary, viz.: F. J. Cunningham, John W. Liles, It. T. Riggin and Alderman. W. M. Fostbr. ?- -? Correspondence of the Times. News from North PaeelecEtta Jane, Nov. 29.?Died, yesterday morning, little Minnie, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Giles Hill, nged 1 year 10 mouths and 11 days. The immediate cause of her death is rather a mystery. Dr. Walker pronounced it gangrene, but he could find no cause for it, unless she had been bitten by some poisonous insect or reptile. She lay ono week in intense agony before she dte l. Mr. and Mrs. Hill have the sympathy of our whole community. Thanksgiving day was observed by the Sa'em Sunday school last Thursday. The Thornwell Orphanage was remembered. A few mornings last week was trying on those engaged in sowing wheat. l'lic ground wa? frozen hard and the wet wheat would neirly freeze our hands, but we remembered that Solomon said "The Sluggard will not plow by reason of the old. therefore lie shall beg :n harvest and have nothing." Master Judson Sarratt is cinvassing for a book entitled "Coluiubus ntul Columbia," which ought to ba in the hands ef every Amtricau reader. The price i? from $1.60 to $5.00, according to style of binding. Tarry Kites and Jimmie Strain each trapped a large hawk last week The former measured 2 feet and It) inches from tip to tip of its wings, and the latter 42 inches. As Sam Sykcx said about o'.d Maze's eyes "they were whoppers,". Mr. "Sunny" Reynolds has rented Mr. A. A. Sarrati's Bread river place nud is sowing for a large crop of wheat on it. Our farmers will "either make a spoon or spoil a horn" n?xt year in the wheat business, we think. The North Pucolet Sunday school convention will meet at Mesopotamia on Christmas day. Mr. Noah Uuicc has rented the storehouse and farm of Mr. W. A. l'eeler at Skull Slioa s. "Noah" is a first class pbotogiapher and wilt do alt kinds of work in that line at ptjees that would starve out a New York artist. He don't yequiro customers to take work they don't like. Most of our public schools wifl start before Christmas this winter, if everything is ready. We expect to u>c a quantity of lime on our wheat as a fertilizer, next Spring. The publics' thank" are due Mr. W. C. Kirby tor repairing |he gully bridge at the Davidson p ace. If all our farmers and road overseers hud'tho "go ahead" about ihetn that "Coleman" has we would have less cause to otnp uin of our roads. While some of our friends in the West i ate dissatisfied and speak of coming back, others would not come under any circum. ? a. j,,,1;;,!. u^V" The writer says people in South b'arelitia ( knew nothing nbou high living. ^Dear ( friend, if living is any higher there than C here we don't wish to try it.) In last week's "Ti.mks" "Seaton" struck I ilie key note in sneaking of the failure cf our schools to do the work expected of them. Regular attendance is the secret of the scholars success. Mark that, dear 1 eider. All the (white) teachers in the County ought t? join the Teachers Association and work lor the success of their profession. From the able pieces we have heard read by uilTercat members of the Association on various subjocts we feel that much good may be done by a concentration cf thought on the subject of cducaiion. With a column of the Timrs at their disposal each reek the teachers are in a position to systematize their work and make it what it should be? a success. There is no position in the land to which such grave and far reaching responsibility attaches as that f the teacher, lie (or she) is mainly the architect of the characters of Tnau proud hark lest, ot* seamen's woe , Or battle tiro, ur tempest cloud, Or firry-bird's shriek, or eeeau's shroud, The shipwreck of a soul." Vox. Correspondence. . The Comet, Law and 9,000000 Bales, by Telephone. J on f.sv i j.i.i. Nov. 28.?Last night was cloudy, so our people did n#t get to seo tho great meteoric shower that wtfi ndrer.'Ucd to occur. We had a very col l sna-t Inst week, but the went her has se't'ed hack to moderation again and everybo ly is busy winding up their year's work. Mr. T. L. Hatiies returned from tho S. C. Conference Satuiday night, lie speaks in great praise of the hospitality of "the Ci'y by tho Son." It seem* that tho philosophers, nstrouoniers, wont' or prophets and doctors have all comh'Dc I to make unfwvoi able predictions for the future. They tell us thai the earth ami vallirn willi lii* rlniN '.nniiw in - O'* ft " vwt4 junction * bad unwholsoine utrno?ph?re is ground out, wliich, in the near future, wi'l bread microbes, and that these will cause di?e and deat.uc'ivc of human life and proper*jr. therefore the wevk minded and some ef the etreng minis, too, are troubled and apprehensive of the consequences. I guess we had a'l better keep calm and serene and he read/ for whatever may come. A cob:ifd man name 1 Frank Meng, who lived nbout lonetvilie, was c inmitted tojnil last week by Trial Jiistioc J, 1 Ward, for stealing corn from the fiel 1 of J. ( , MoWhir- i tor. Mr. W. T. Ward was passing by .Mr. i MoWhirter's field bii I saw Frank gathering in the shcavi s; so the pr of was point blank. Messrs. Wm, Munro and J M. Gee j wera in Jonesvil'e list .Saturday on professional business in Trial Justice J. L. War I's < court. It was rather a big case. The par- < ties were IVfr. if. P. McKi-sick and James ; I'lejico. A roie'rial wjpi the result. Dy consulting (he almtnae for '93 I ess tlie moon will "full" twice in January and < I twice in Mfsli, but there will be no "full" < in February. Also tint five months in (be r Mnanrtll bave Are Sundays icIi. Flies* I ^^JBnon't twnr often. [ I hfcud a farmer esy y ester J ay that he 1 intended to now 150 acres of his land in i oats, and .sell fi?o of Inn mules, but since ilia j rise in cotton he concluded not to sow the 1 o ils or tell the mules, but plant the 150 acres in cotton. Look cut for 0,000,000 bales next year. j Mrs. LI I a Bet-ill, of Cross Keys, is on n > visit to her paren s in Jonssville. j Mrs. O, B; Fowler has just returned from t a visit to Spartanburg. r Mr. J. H. L tllejohn, of Ashury, was in M Jouesville last week. Telm'iioks. c ' r I ' Correspondence of the Timbs. Interesting From 8antuo Santuc. Not., 28.?There is but little lews in this rloinity. The farmers are ibout through gathering oreps. and are precaring for the next. Considerable small train is being sowed ; more whea' than for nany years, and it is hopee that it will not je used for winter pasture4, as in Vex's neighborhood : but some people here are pasturing hogs and other stock on their neighbors' ungatberod corn. There is more corn in this sectioa than for many years, snd some farmers bare large quantities of peas to help out. All whom 1 hare heard talk, say that the advance in the price of cotton will not induce them to neglect the farm supply orops. , Tk.i'. ik? 1 Quit* a sensational marriage took place hero yesterday. The contracting parties were Mr. W. T. Jones and Miss Marion Porter. Miss Porter left the services at the Baptist church, oiaiuoiug to be sick, and met Mr. Jones und the officiating minister, ltev. J. I). Muhon, at her mother's residence, and was mariied iu the presence of only three witnesses, Mrs. Porter not knowiug anything about it until they were on their way to Charleston, en rout# to Florida. The occurence is the topic of conversation. Mr. T. K. Foster and Mr. 11. E. Palmer sre in our comrauniiy baring wells. They are now boring one for Mr. J. P. Jeter, and curbing it with substantial terra cotta. Mr. Foster is well known in the business in this section, ann his work always gives satisfaction. Since my last, I took in the State Fair, and would like to give an ncoount of my trip and the sights seen, but have not time nor space, and fear it wou'd be of no interest. 1 can say that the horse show and the poultry exhibit wore the finest and largest that I had ever seen, and the other stock 1 exhibits were equally at large, as at other times. The coumies of Chester, Fairfield. 1 Lexington and Kichlaud had county exhibits that, was fiue and tistcfully an angad. Why cin't Uuiou have an exhibit? To make the Fair more enjoyable, the weather was mild and tdcasant. Miss Theopia Sartor, of Union, is visiting her sister, Mrs. M. U. Kelly. Miss Annie Humphries, of SarJis, is now staying with her aunt, Mrs. L. C. Crocker. Miss Ida MoOanicl has gone home t> prepare for an eventful festivity. Mr. J. 1). Jeter and family will leave this week for Pacolet mills, where he will run a truek furm and meat market. E. W. J. For the Timbs. A Warning to AllCross Keys, Nov. 24?Mrs. D. J. Davis, through mistake, gave her daughter, Miss Mollio, a dose of morphine for quiuine. They were away from home and prepariog to return when the dose was given. Neither of them discovered the mistake until they were several miles on the road when Miss Mol'ie was tascn sick nigh unto death. Mrs. Davis thought of a compound she happened IU III1VU mm I!?r, unit luni in ntige jjui lions until it caused the young lady to vomit. If it had uot been for vomiting Miss Mollio would, no doubt, liavo died before reaching home. L)r. I'ool wa? summoned and they kept iter awoke by continual talking to her and giving her sirong.coffee ail through that day und night until Friday d nner. She it recovering rapidly and hopes to be eut soon. Headers, think how unthoughtedly this was done. No one knows what a day wid bring ful til. Ji'duk Kkrshaw Rrtires.?Camden, Nov. 21. 181)2.?To the Editor of the State . Kindly oblige me by publishing the following announcement : The condition of my health for a few years past induces ihe belief that 1 shall not probably be ablo efficiently to discharge my Twroiei it'rin.1 wij'p>imii!lNiw|t'niUi|.jiw the 7th day of June, 18<J3. I shall endeavor until then to discharge the duties ef the office to the best of my ability. I am mosi truly grnteful to my friends lor the uniform kinduess and confidence reposed in me heretofore, and shall retire, when the time coroos, to?ihe shades of privute life, onlv | regret'ing that I can render no more service to my native State, which I have so leng and so lovingly eo. ved in the pa?t. Very respectfully, JosErti H. Kershaw. Upon renliog tho above we do not think we can more fully express our own regret and the feelings of the people of South Carolina at the retirement of Judge Kershaw iban by cordially tndersing the roUowing jusi tribute le die noble so'dier and ino>rruptible Judge, whioh we take from the State: While the announcement will be received wmii regret by nil those South Carolinians who know bow to value (he services of oue who is brave, able, pure and just, it will Tug TMTAtlBfl iu , that bus always dlsiiogui#ue<Ju^n among 1 he best of tnon. When he retires to the "shades of private life" Judge Kershaw will have a right to fee! tint there is reserved in the hearts of his fell iw-citizens a place that is all hip own. In wishing that his life of usefulness may long bo spnred we have in miod the good of the whole State as well as himself. I ? ? ? . % Insidious Typhoid'' Assuming Ai.^rjpng I'ropoptioms.?St. Louis, Nov. 26.?Up 10 2 o'clock this afternoon 170 new cases of 1 typhoid fever w?re reported to Chief Sanitary Officer l'ranois. That ottici il es'ima'es that by nightfall there will bs thirty addi- 1 liuinl cases icported, making a total of 200 new casea to-dny. The total number of new cases of typlio d fever reported this week reaches il|c alarming aggregate of 027. This means, beyond oil further doubt, that the insidious disease is spreading rapidly, and indications now are that Monday morn- 1 ing wiil bring startling reports. ~ Two Murdrrs at Grbknwood.? Green- ' Wvod, Nov. 20.? At 8 o'clock to-night a colored boy named Hubert' Tarrant, was shot twice and instantly killed by a white mm I named Fuller, an itinerant photographer. The treuble occurred at the "flying jenny" on t lie public square. The negroes arc indignant, and violence at their hands may ( not be averted. Ful|cr shows a aevere cut on the he id, * inflicted, it is suppled, by a bq'tln or a stick, ilo is in 'ha bands of doctors and prot'd >ra of the | eace. .Midnight.?The coroner's jury finds the f nr i nnpf aF I!?A I*:IIS? -m - r. e....v v. 'ub rviiuiig DI aectas^U. Qivtnvrao 1, No*. 27.?1.80 a. m ?At 1 o'clock the Maxwell GiurJs havo been a ordered by Governor Tillman io escort the prisoner Fuller lo ja'l. Everything is quiet. ' An A(iP.n CuLonpn Man Mcrokrrd.? Jreenwood, Nov,, 2?j.?A foul murder was joiniuitted near Mount Moriah ohurch, ihout six miles from here, lest Wednesday. Henry Warren, an nged colored man, had Men mining for several days, and to-day J iVinston Mooreton, colared, wan arrest a l I 'oe tho deed and lodged in tho Greenwood tl giui'dh use. upon the testimony of Aaron demon, also celorod. lj - si BvdKLKKS Arnica dai.VK.?The best na've n tho world for Cuts. Bruise*, Sores, Ulcers. ?' <alt Khctini, Fevet' Sore$, Teller, Chapped ? lands, Cbil dains, Corns, and all' 8lfin crup- '< ions, and posi ivrly cures Biles, or no pay cquired. It is guaranteed to give periect utisfactioa, or money refunded. I'rice 2-> j ienu? per box. For sale by U. F. l'osey. I Kblton ALi.i4mcb.~The Keltoa corresondent ef the Columbia Regitttr hji : The illienee here seem* le be on a boom, end ia rdering flour and other groceries by the nr-load. One of the members says, "While . re have lost some few members, eur volume |H f business is larger than ever before," and dded, ''Tell the press that those who ropped out, in a large measure belong to he class who joined the order for ouriosity. is for the third or People's party hurting . he AHianoe movement, it is all bosh, m pplied to the Alliances in thisneunty.^Hra J Lilianoe here is the target one lounty, and net a single Weaver tloket was ast here last Tuesday." fl Dyihq from a Doo s Bitb.?Danville, VaV So*. 24.?On September 16th the little son M if J. A. Lee, of North Danville, was bitten >y a small dog. The dog also bit forty or fl ifty other people and flee days later died, M ihowing symptoms of madness. Two days igo young Leo wsb taken sick and to-day teeeloped a eenuine cose ef hvdroDlio'oia ind is noi expected 10 live. As so many Mhsrs wsrs bitten by the dog Danvills pefple ire in a state of great excitement to-night. wlnston sl'I.kndid llOTRL burssd. Winiton, N. (J., Nov. 24.?Winston's fine hotel, the Zioxtndorf, was destroyed by fire to-day. Fhe fire oiigioated from the explosion of a [asoline stove in the steam laundry in the H rear of the building. Loss $125.000; in- H lurance $100,000. Less than two hours after the fire caught the building was in ^ ashes It's the heaviest blow Winston has V srsr had. fl On, What a Cough.?Will you heed the warniog. The signal perhaps of the sure ' approach of thai moro terrible disease, Consumption. Ask yourselves if you can afford fur the sake of sxviug 50c, to run the risk and do nothing for it. We know from ex- * pcriencc that Sbiloh's Curo will cure your v Cough. It never fails. This explains why moro than a .Million bottles were sold the pasi year. It relievos croup and whooping Cough nt once. Mothers do not be without k it. For lnuie buck, side or Chest use Sbiloh's Porous Piaster. Sold by II. K. Smith & Co *. A Serious Matter ?St. Louis, Nov. 24.-^^B This o>ty is without doubt in iho grip ai^^^ epidemic thai may become a pestilonee. A <hundred new cases of typhoid fever have been reported at the health offioo. The city seems to be in a poor sanitary condition. Between 000 and 1,000 cases have been reported in two months. One prominent physician says the disease is the forerunner of i cholera, which is sure to make its appearance uext ye?r, and lie advances scientific reasons fur his belief- The board of health is elarmed. South Carolina Railway to bk Sold.? Banluo, Uuion Co., 8. G. | >ec 2 49 tf ft MASONIC NOTICE I rllKKK will be a Regular C <mimnica'ion^^HH of Union LoJge No. 75 A.\ P.\ M.*. ^wB old iliia Friday evening at Maionio ha'l 8 t 7.15 clock a full attendance is requested S s there will he a t election of officers for ft v lie ensuing Masonic year. ? W. D. ARTHUR, . t Ji i>??- ? 4ft i'; LAND 8ALE; y. r WILL Mil before the On*". ll L^^r Jj |) L at Uaien.on Saieedny. iwDe Mother, to following deioribed lanl, to-wil i^^ftr ^>3 AH that cer'ain traoi or planted n of land ring, being and situate In Cross Keys townHp, Union County, known as the "Myers lace," adjoining lands of IVigclt Creak lurch, Wiley Murphy and other*, ornta ntg two liundret aai eightv aciye, n|qr* <Jt M. ' ' TRRMS OF 8.VLB?rOASR, 4* P. M. AUV..R80N. Union, 8. C., Not. *28, 1892. Doc. 2 49 U. :/:'2 1&n9i , . # " *.v' tyiiariesion, nor ?111 IM united BUtW Circuit Court, Judge Simonion filed hiq decree to-day ordering the South Caroliua Railway to be seld for tho benefit of it* creditors ?t the euit of Frederick W. Boiwd, Henry Thomas Coghlan and other*. Judge Siraonten holds thai the read can- * \ not be sold in ( arcels, but must be Bold as au entirety, and that under the circuinstanoei surrounding the road au early sale of the road us an entirety is not only advisable, but necessary and proper. ? '?? We have a speedy and positive euro for catarrh, diphtheria, canker mouth and headache, in S111LOHS CATARRH REMEDY, A nasal injector free with each bottle. Use it if you desire health and sweet breath Trice 60c. Sold by H. K. Smith & Co. j lv>*i<Kt> AN Rihtqb.?Gainesville, Fit}., Nov. 20?Thomt JU Stiingfellow, a leading merchant, rliot and instantly killed Chirlts H. Trait, editor of the Leader and a prominent Stale journa'i t, lite last night. , ..xiftwn ?^3 of Groton, S. D., wo quole; "Was taken with a bad cold, which settled on my Lungs, cough set in and finally termiuated in Consumption. Four doctors gave me up, saying 1 could live but a short tune 1 gave my.-elf up to ir?y Sayiour, determine^ if \ could not stay with niy friends on enr?h, I would meet my absent ones above. My husbaud was advised to get Dr. King's New Discovt ry for Consumption, Coughs and Coble. 1 gave it a trial, tosk in a 1 eight bottles; it has cured me, aud think Uod I am now n well and hearty wornau." Trial bottles free at B. F. Tosey'e Drug St ire, regular size. 60c. and S;i no Siiilou's Consumption Cuke.?This is beyond qucstioo the most sqc^etjsful Couj^U Medicine we lmve ever sold. A few dost)s I invariably cure the worst cases of Cough, t Croup *ud lironchitis, while its wonderful success in the oure of Consumption is with* out a parallel in the history of mediotno. Since its first discovery it has boen add on a guarantee, a test which no other me iioine can stand. If you have a cough we ear- Mr ?irT j' p m > lame, use ShUoIrs Port.Ji'UfOB on; cy\ H. K. Smith k Co, r MARRIED, 1 CHARLES-MAYES.? Matried, on the 10th Nov. 1S92, by Key. A. A. Junior, at l'scolat, Mr. F. E. Charlei, of Union county, S. C., to Miss Elizabeth S. Maye<, of Trough Shoals, Spartanburg Co. Married, on the 2Gth Not. 1892, at tlf# Kelton Baptist Parsonage, by Hey. IV, W, CI. Humphries, Mr. G. E. Prnitt to Miss E. Smith. "4?^ Married, on the 20 li Nov., 1892, by A,a Smith, N. P., Mr. 11. J. Griliiu to Mrs. M. A. Norr'.s. i List of Letters Remaining in (lie I'ostolljce fit Uqiqq, foy .lie week ending Dec. 2d, 1892. Mr Hobt Glenn (coi) |Mr W C MoQuln. 1 Persons calling for the above letters will j >U-use say if advertised, and will be required I o pay one cent for their delivery. J. C. IIUNTEll, I'. M. * 4 \ 2-HORSE FARM TO RENT. I A GOOD Two-Herse Farm, together with |j Z\_ the family resideoce, to rent. Apply I o MRS. P. C. TUCK Kit