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j, [The following beautiful lines, taken from the New Orleans Tim**-Democrat, Is from the pen of a young lady that spent some months last summer in Union, whose intelligence, grace and high social at'ributee won the respect of all who were so fortunste as to make her acquaintance. 1 PUBLISH KD BY BKQUIkST. Twilight Reveries ' . When darkness creeps s'ealthity ioto my room. Through the windows who?e panes in the morn were so bright/ It tils hut the coroers with thadows and gloom, For from the warm hearth shines a circle of light. If 1 were a child, full of fancies and dreams, I'd imagine the room filled with fairies and elves. And I'd fancy the firelight's bright fitful gleams The cause for not seeing their dear little selves. Or again, when the wiud goes whistling Turnout, I'd think 'twas the neighing of miniature steeds, In a passage of arras, or some gay, friendly bout 'Mongst ice-elves, contending in bold knightly deeds. But to-night, as I sit by the fire's ruddy glare, I aee many a face ia the bright glowing embers, The kind, loving g ance<, lha smiles thai tbcj wear, Froth those days of past joy that my heart well remember*. Thus, hour after hour, iu the fire's flick'ring light, With ray thoughts for companions, I silently sit, Nor remember the hour nor the deepening night, While ghosts of the l'ast round my musing head flit. Luot M. Flowkr. Lamar's Lash.?The death of Justice Lamar has recalled his well known devotion to the Confederacy, and his love for the lost cause was productive of ono of the most dramatic scenes in the history of the senate. The Mexican pension bill was under consideration >aud an amendment pended extending its provisions to all veterans irrespective of their course in the war between the States. It was near adoption. Congrass, it was said, eould best show its dcaira to forgiva and forget by extending the bene- I fits of the measure to those who bad once | - The amendment was near udoptiou when Saoator SSaeh Chandler came to his feet with I a ahnrL soeech. in will h tip itiil llint while I in the main he agreed to the general tenor ef tin amendment, yet under its provisions even Jeff Davis would bo restored to citizeuehip. "And," he added, "1 am not prepared to go so far as that." Lamar arose. His intense excitement was evident. Between him and Chandler n strong personal autugonism existed. An outburst was expected, and it came. "Mr. President," said the the Missirsippian, wi h outstretched finger pointing at his foeinan, his tall form trembling with emotion, but his vcice bell like in its clearness and without a quiver iu it, "When Trometheu lay bound to the rock it was not the king of beasts who availed himself of his distress. It was not any other of the nobler brutes of the field or birds of the air. It was the vulture, the scavenger of the animal kingdom gluttoning upon carrion, which preyed upon his vitals, knowing that in a defenceless man, who could move neither hand nor foot, he had one into whose vitals he could dig his beak." II? sat down amid a stillness so nruAjutyl ? Cmftrttorwas deadly pale. Drops of perspiration stood upon his forehead and he clinched the arm of his chair until the strained wood creaked. It was expected that be would reply. Tw.ce he half rose then sank back. He did rot reply. 1'koiiibitiomists to the rk3cuk.?governor Tilimau had something to say yesterday, tbat will be of especial interest to some prehibitiouists. It will make Good Templar Brunsoo and soma of his followers think a little. For some time there has been* talk that the prohibitionists and out-and-out anti-dispensary people were going to combine and prevent the dispensaries from being established, by withholding the signatures of the majority of the freeholders. Here is the statement Governor Tillman made to the press yesterllftV "It is iuj opinion, and it maybe taken for what it is worth, that any prohibitionist who refuses to co-operate with me in the establishing of dispensaries by not signing the petitions of the dispensers and assisting the government in eve?*y possible way to enforce, rather than to pravent it going into effect, they will regret it. "The threatened alliance between the whiskey men and other political opponents, who are in favor of it, tssy bring about such a state of dissatisfactiou as will seriously cripple me in my efforts to help the cause of temperance. "if the prohibitionists are barabeozleJ by the opposition into lending their aid ta this and, they will be likely to find themselves in the condi-ion of the dog in the fable, who, aeing kis shadow reflected in the water, snapped at it and lost what he had. "l'here will be absolute prohibition in every county whero the sale of liquor is prohibited by law. Not even druggists being allowed to soil it for medicine, nor can it be shipped into those countries by express or otborwiao under the new law, auJ. I lie refore, the experiment as to whether ttie people will stand absolute prohibition will be made in at least six counties, and 1 shall take particular pains to see that the Uw is as strietly enforced in these counties aa it is anywhere t lse, let it coat what it may. 'J* Trill bglime enough for ik- r. lien lets to advance to a stronger position after they have found that thrj can hold WJai has already been gained-"?The Stale. ? Union Dissolved.?The Union Store Company, which a few months ago rnteicJ South Carolina as the backer and furnisher of Alliance stores, nod was announced with a loug toot of the bucolic rum's born ns tha great moneyed concern wh.eli wan lo free tbe farmer from dependence upeu tbo extortionate native store-keeper, is reported to have bad enough of it* experiment nnd as being about to abandon Ike bold and close its five stores. The company, it is said, finds that business in the South on the Alliance basis is unprofiiablo. We are not surprised at Ibis, nor are we grieved. This Union Company nought to be a monopoly, and had it succeeded it would have broken down hundreds of merchants by absorbing the trade upon which they lived. It would have decreased the number of independent citizens aud decreased the clasa of population which builds towns and factories, and pays extra taxes for good sohools, and contributes to ibat diversified -r ; industry which the Siato so much neeeds.? T/n Mate. Doted Negro Colonists.?Dennison, Texas, Jan. 26.?A large oolony of negie families passed through here yesterday en route to the Cherokee Strip. The head ol , eecb family had a bogus certificate entitling them to 100 acres of ch >ice land. They fay they paid each for the land certificate, and that the lands had beeu located fur litem by a colored minister. They cime from jfortbwestera Texas, jSj- * 1h %>a X-, ifie Union ^imes R. M. STOKER, - - Editor Friday, Februry 3, ISM. SUBSCRIPTION, (1 50 PER ANNUM POST OFFICE DIRECTORY. The P. O. will bo opened for business from 8 A. M. to 0.00 P. M. The Money Order Department will be opened for business from 0 A. M. to 4 P. M. Mail going South will close promptly ai 11 a. m. Mail going North will cloee promptly at 5.30 P. M. The mail will be taken from the street box 15 minutes before closing each mail. Any inattention or irregularities should fe reported promptly to the P. M. J.C. HUNTER. P. M. Hwjf Rev. J. N. Booth, of Edgefield, will preach iu the Baptist Churoh next Sunday morning at the regular hour, 11 o'clock. JOT" The spur of the rdBroad that runs from the present road to the factory site has been surveyed and grading will begiu at an early day. J?r Senator Vance's son, David, had seven of his toes amputated last week, in Spartanburg, in consequence of their being frost bitten from exposure one night during the late cold weather. JUST Tuesday lafct the nuti-option bill passed the Senate by a majority of 11 votes. It will now go back to the House and its fate in that b:dy is considered very doubtful, notwithstanding it is the same bill that the House passed last June, but with many Senate amendments. A temperance meeting aud installation of officers of a temperance organiiaizstion will take place at Pacolet tomorjow evening, 4th, at 7J o'clock. There will bo but little use for temperance societies in th's State after Got. Tillman gets his State Dispensary law in full opera'ion. After that there will be no more durnkards in South Cxroiinn, and Kecley will have to more his Insti uto to another State. S&~ Messrs. Atwood & Unger have orectcd their portable Thotograph Gallery building 011 the vacant lot belaw^AIp- H. T. Gee's sr&re. TImic geuttemen fiavw-?rfdoady come to stay with us somerr.timer *It is a very neat and comfortable affair, and arrangel to give the best possible light for taking pictures. Their work is spoken of in the highest terms by tho Winnsboro paper, where they haTo been doing business for some months. S&~ George S. Turner, who killed his brother-in-law, Kd. Finger in March, 1890' was rosenlcnced last Saturday, by Judge Norton, to be hanged 011 Friday, June 2. The case has keen to the Supreme Court twice, and both limes the verdict of tho Cir' cuit Court was sustained. lion. George Johnstone, of Newberry, and ex-Judge Samuel IT. Melton, of Columbia, were Tur ner's attorneys, but with a'l their skill and ability they could not save him from the just penalty of his double crime of seduction and murder. Turner is a man of wealth, WSSftfe'e Yfial money and friends could command was brought into play to save him, but all of no avail. The jury, the courts, and we may say tlie public, demand that neither riches "aor high position shall shield the guilty man from the vengeance of nn oudagod law. J8$a5~ >Ve invite the special attention of our Formers to the advertisement of Mr. W. E. Thomson, President of tho Union Oil & Manufacturing Co. Cotton seed is fa*t becoming as important an article of commerce as cotton itself. Hut we are not well satisfied that the high price it commands will prove greatly beneficial to the Southern farmers. lYc fear it will invite an increase in the cotton crop instead of a decrease, and, as a natural consequence, reduce the price of cotton to the lowest point. The farmers must tike out their pencils and figure closely on the question, whether a large crop of cotton at 7 cents and 20 or 25 eente per bushel for the seed will be as profitable as a smaller (say one-third less) crop of cotton at 9 to 10 cents and seed at 15 ccnte. Or, whether a small crop of cetton that will, of course, yie'd a small crop of seed, would not command a still higher pries for both cotton and seed, and be more profitable to them ? We are strongly of the opinion that, when practically tested, the small cotton crop policy, with plenty of home-raised meat and breid, and food f>r the stock, will conie out away ahead in money nn<l independence on the farm. _____ ? _____ fl&g? Since the building of a Cotton Factory at this place has become an assured enterprise, real estate has increased from 15 lo '20 per cent, ia value, with a disposition to hold on for fair prices. Business and , nmT or an am erg have a fivaliar and more hopeful look, and we already see many new faces on our streets. There is more bust'e and move among all elassee. And all this change has come before a brick has been made or a stoae quarried for the factory. What may we not expect for this beautiful and remarkably healthy town, from the time the ring of the first trowel is heird on the wulls of the mill until the whirr of the spindles is heard in the building ? The Union Cotton Mill is now the attractive nucleus around which every man, young and old, ricli and poor, in the town should gather. Oivo its young and erergetic President crery encouragement and sub sinimui noip iu tuiupieig u noon, an 1 luttt it an honor to the town and an cnterpr a* ntended to benefit the county at large. Let us now make the county scat the pride of tha county by oar enterprise, and wipe out the prejudices, which demagogues hate excited against us by liberal, fair and just business trnusictions with all who come to us. ? #. BARGAINS ! BARGAINS ! !?Wo have me wonderful bargains in Shoes, to offer for the next 16 days. Call at once and aecure them GRAHAM k Sl'ARKS. A big lot of Ladies' Hose at 6c per pair, to close them out, at GRAHAM k Sl'ARKS. *ar In ur opinion, thero Is nothing so w*H oi'o iUicd to rtta'd mod di serious injury lo the advancement of any cause, polities! or moral, as extrems i less, extreme measures nad, worse then ail, extreme and intemperate advocates. They do not io spire geniality of feeling or invite c>?l and citifideot cooperation. Such men hnvo no soundness in them sad their oitreiuo utter meet, when fut in print, generally rctd more like he madness of fanaticism than round reasoning in defence ef the cause they espouse. Such a man and such are the utterances of Congressman Tom IVa's n, the would-be populiet loader ?Ustr|lai|l is an extremist of ths most r.?l>T! Itfcd.-^VSX" can speak or think of nothing .in poltics with eithor moderation or disoretion. Even in de'iveriug a eulogy upon that gaol man, the lamented Congressman Stoc'.ihousa, in Congress, a few bays ago, he tmbneid tit* occasion to cvt his venom at iho white Democrats of ihe South, by pandering to ihe lowc-t sentiment of the extreme northera wing of the Republican party an 1 the Southern negroes, in the following extreme langnnge of the demagogue : It was not only a eulogy of the deccueJ. but it branched into a discussion of the Southern question, viewe 1 from the Populists' stan I point. The question, he said, was not yet solved, but it was in course of solution. The true solution of the Southern question aod Ihe true foundation upon which to build up Southern prosperity was to give to the negro a free ballot and a fair count. IYIisb UmI tioaa tk?r? would be opened to the South?not to some of its pe >ple, not to route people of a eertain color, but to all?a glorious future. The Looal's Corner. The house of the late John Rodger is being rcpiired and hnndsomc'y improved. We understand that Mrs. Mary Murphy, of Charleston, who was n Miss Dunn, and formerly of this county, will occupy it. During the snowy weather a negro gir stool on the G. C. & N. R. 11. trestle and only stepped on one side on a cross tie, when the train came aloug and knocked her off and hr.ke her arm. When asked why she didn't get off. she said, "I wasn't^ going to get off in that snow." ? ' + The house of the late Henry Worthy, across Brood rivor from Worthcj's Feffy, insurance on it.' It was occupied by Mrs. Worthy and her children, some of whom mmlc a narrow escape with their lives. Very little was saved from the house. The Co'umbia Cana\ so long undeveloped, promises nt last ti be utilized. A 5700.000 factory has been chartered and work is expected to begin on it soon. Unfortunately a serious break last week in the culvert running under the caiia', will probably delay the work some time, as it is supposed a new culvert will have to be built, and the water cannot be turned into the cuial until 1 the culvert is repaired. The next U. S. Senate, it is now almost I definitely known, will be Democratic. Wit! an almost, unanimous Democratic house a Democratic Senate and the greatest i'resi dent the people of the United Sta'cs hav< ?1 a/rt AiI aingn T? ilrpew -- - - ' ear that tne country will suffer. On the , centrary, most, if not all the reliefs asked for will he grnnted. We do s;ncerely hope the next session of Congress will repeal the iufamous McKinley Tariff Act. That iniquitous measuro in itself was enough to defeat ilie candidate of uuy party ruuning on such a platform. Gen'l M. C. Butler our senior U. S. Senator is talked of for a cabinet position under Mr. Cleveland. Ho is being earnestly recommended by his Democratic associates for tlio Post Master Genoralship. lit is slid to be quiic favorably spoken of for the position by all parties, and it would be as honor worthily bestowed should Mr. Cleveland offer him the place. V/e do not know whether lie would Accept I he position if tendered him, but wo unhesitatingly say, if the South is to hold a cabinet position we know of no one who would represent the whole people with more distinguished ability than Gen'l Duller. The liquor men have lial a meeting in Charleston, and appointed committees to engage legal talent to contest the validity of the Dispensary Act. They seem to be in earnest and expect to raise about $100,000 to conduct a law -uit which they hope will protect them and their property nnd calling. The first gun wm fired in the Supreme Court last week. From the many law suits that seem to be pending in which the State wil be a party, it appeirs to us that additional counsel will have to be retained to assist the Attorney General. Moro costs for the State to pay, but we must remcmbor, it's money to some of the faithful. Theatrical News A great treat. Is in <?>? -people VI Union next Tuesday night, Feb'/ 7th. Miss Adelaide Wescdt, of New York, wi 1 give her entertaioioeut, entitled "Swhzerlind," a dramatic monologue 111 four acts. Miss Wescott carries the highest nnd best endorsements of the pross and pulpit of this country. She has met with instantaneous success everywhere. Miss Wkmott.?The following from tho Nashville, Tenn., Jiunnrr, in it* account of the close of the Montcague Chautauqua speak* flatteringly of Miss Wescott anil cf Iter play: "Miss Adelaide Wescott, a versatile and attractive young woman, captivated the audience the uiouicnt she stepped upon the stage. The program announced was a four part monologue, written by C'harlolt M. Allen, representing a trip through Switzerland, wherein Aunt Jane, her neicn and the Count weio the priucipal characters. Miss Wescott first apgeared in a charming red traveling costume and hat, on hrr way from l'aris to Geneva ; next in the costume of a Swiss peasant and then in lha dress of a naughty child in a hotel, and lastly in au evening dress." Usual pricea. Tickets on sale by 0. M. Graham. Oxk Hundrbo a.hd Thirtt Livks Lost.? Vienna, Jaa. 26.?All hope of resoutng alive the men entombed by the explosion of firedamp in the Porthscrilt mine at Dux, Bohemia, is abandoned. Investigation of the list of employes reveals the foot that 130 men lost their lives in the disaster, as it is generally couceded that those who were net killed by the explosion uiust bo suffocated by after-damp. -T. Union's Cha*ee 1* VowCopt. V. E.McBee, the Goo'I Sup't of (ha C. & G., 0. C, & A., 8. 17. & C., and the Spartanburg. and Aahevillt Railroad a, aocompaniad by 0. T. Willianfs, .hU private secretary, wpe in town this week in his private 'tar. Ca| t. McBea ii one of the best railrekd men in the South, a mast pleasant gentlemen and a brilliant man. He came fare in the interest of the proposed raivoad to "Leckbarl Shoals, also te see about tip building of the short spur to tho Union yo"ton Mills. taipt.MoB#k met Mr. C. D. Farrar, l'reaidoai Mills and the Lockbart ' and they talked tho mat t?v Qter, buf^ttbiug definite determined cn, as Cspt. McUee woo called to Washinglon before ^te conc'uded his negotiations. From what wCcan gather, the railroad will be built to ^eckhart Shoals, and with a man like Cspt. MoBcc intoreeUd in it, the prospect looks blighter than ever for the rnilrov) and factory Now, why don't Union, which needs and really ought to lia?e this road, and all other roada it can ge|i, lave a committee to meet Capt. MoBee ami President Farrar and secure this read fer Union, We understand Capt. McBce is going to return here at an only day to perfeet arrangements in regard to the building of the road, and let Union men meet him and ere lfltoaa'tbe ftwrly shown that it is to the advantage orsdnT*^<oc'(t,art factory as welt as the railroad Jp come here. With a road running to LcgHMfe^lioals from the S. U. & C., road there Is "a probability of it being carried on tb Chester and Catawba Falls. Let us get \this road, if it is to be built, and wdV factories at Lockhart, Union and Mureliy's Mill, the whole county will be on a liVely move; and while it is going up let ev^ry man in town and couaty lend a helping hand to shove old Union to the front. Factories w ULause cotton to bring better prices, the country peoplo make the cotton, they want good pfriccs for it, so now is your time to help yeimclvee. Lay nside all factional feeling, Owlet us all join hands in these grand aud highly beneficial business cnterprisetL^a^ /k ii*. ^toWr^joUaco ho? returned from ChsrlottisVW^jte lisj >???W"fn the cotton business. ... " Mr. B. F. Tcwn.srtid has gene to visit friends in Greon^ille. Mr. N. C. D-icfts, of Greenville, was in (own last week on business. Sheriff Long lelft here Tuesday and tarried his son James (o Furmnn University at Greenville. Mr. M. W. Colen nn, of Seneca, was in town lost week oto business. Capt. V. E. MABco, General Superinleni dent of the C. S U. & G., C. C. & A. I and Spartanburg and Asheville railroads came up in hi" private car on Monday and remained ovor mail Tuos-laj. Mr. Frank vfhitleck, alius "Riverside 1 Joe," has gene with his family to Fort ' Smith, Ark., to live. Mr. Willie Wllkips left last Monday foi Columbia, where he has accepted a position ita tuxs x trgmpTj Attorney General Tewusend is Tn town looking after important cases in his extensive law prac ioe at this bar. Mr. Maurice A. Moore, eon of onr old friend, Dr. M. A. Moore, was in town this week. Maurice is representing the extensive Drug House ff Stewart, Rslph k Co., Philadelphia. Mr. K. A. Eison, of the Pelhaua Mill store, was in town visiiing friends this week. Our talented young fiiend, N. Gist Gee, has entered Wofford College to complete hii education. Mr. U. L. MoNaily has returned from Alliens, Ga , a full Aedged cotton buyer. Mr. R. F. W. Alston is visit iug friends and relatives in Baltimore, Md. Mr. J. D. Humphries has taken a position with Fitrr k Thomson. GRAHAM & SPARKS will offer all win ter goods, /or a Jew dnyt, almost regardles; of cost or profit, Ca order to make room foi new goods. \ Inereaae of Cotton Factories. We noticed in rite Textile World, a manufacturing paper, in speaking of the "Increoat In Cotton Manufacturing," that South Car o'inn stands socond to Massachusetts in this great and growing industry. Last year South Carolina established more mills than any three of the Southern States. Thera were eleven new mills, and 2.060 operatori employed in these new mills. We can set that the wheel of the manufaeturing interest has just started in the South, and lei Union, with its magnificent water powers aid many more spindles to her factories and thou?ands of inhabitants to her county town that has, we are eorry to say, been at a inait ?tin TO" Tong. Wby can's x.?*ki>?ri Shoals be developed end male a "Lowell" in South Carolina? There is a mile of an already built cinal that can be easily utilized nil the way. With the proposed $600,000 mill others will come, and there will oomc a prosperity in Union cotfnty unsurpassed by any in South Carolina. New I. 0. Q. T. Offioers The fullowiog officers were elected last Tuesday night in the I. O. G. T.: C. T.?J. It. Metliis. V. T.?Miss Annie Brigg*. Sec y?T. McNaUy. F. Scc'y?A. E. Harry. ireas.?Mi<8 uora tuuuii. Marshal?J. T. Rose. Chap.?Dr. C. T. Murphy. Guard? J. J. Eison. Sen.?R. A. BeUill. Captains?Miss llettie Murphy and Miss Annie Briggs. Bis Farewell Set men. llev. 11. C. Lauipley will preach his fare well sermon in the Baptist Churoh next Lunday night. No boubt there will be a large congregation in attendance, for Mr, Lttnpley is one of the ablest aod meat popular ministers in the county, and his determination to leave is generally regretted. Ife has accepted a eall to the Baptist Church at Greenville, Mississippi, a larger town and a iarger field for his labor. ' " " > V f'j?,i ' * ? * ' ." "' ?. .;>?V ' *'*w s C\ "V, . . .. ; f" ' ': <jj Correspondence r( the Tmrs. Union laptist ? I. Association. 8AXTUC, 8. C-, Jen. SV.?The26th aeetiea of the Union Count/ Bvptlst Sunday School voiiTiolhi convened on Friday 27th, lost., with the Saloon church at thia plaoe. The oScera generally were promptly at their posts, and the Convention was opened with devotional exercises conducted by Rev. J. 1!. Yarborough. A call was made for schools to report. Only eight J school i reported, but all were well representel by delegates. This being the meeting sot apart for the tleotion of annual officers, the following were electa! : President, J. I!. Rao dolt h, re-elected ; Vice-President, J. Yf. Sanders, re-elected ; Secretary, K. W- Jeter, re-elected; Treasurer, J. C. Sorter. A1I of the conimittera were duly appointed, and were composed ef good workiug material. As will be seen, this was the 26th meeting aioco the crgaoizatioo, Jan. 29th, 1887, six years ago, and while it waa net so largely attended as some meetings in. the past, it was one of he best and most interesting in point of disoussion of subjects. The speakers handled the qurrries with much interest te the audience. There were four ministers prrscnt. Rev. E. W. Moure, the Methodist minister here, accepted an iovitalion to take part in the discussions, and he added muoh interest to the deliberations. This Convention is doing much good in the advancement of Cud's kingdom, by educating many in their duty to themselves and the world, and by aetrling some good contritutions to heathen fields; and it is a pardenab'e pride of our denomination. The eight schools seDt up orer fourteen dollars at this meating, and.the odlsctiou on o?*v fftt, mating OVer $22, to be equally divided between the Connie Maxwell Orphanage, and State Missions. On Friday night there was preaching at the church by Kev. C. C. Vaughan, a young and receutly orJained minister. Quite a large congrogatioo was out to hear hiin. On Saturday n<ght the Superintendents' Conference met, and not only did the superintendents discuss the subjects assigned fur this meeting, but mauy visitors took part in the same, and it was equally as good, if But batter, than the subjects of the Convention. On Sunday, Rev. J. H. Yarborough preached a very fine missionary sermon from Rotn. 1: 19-20. iuv pmuo aitvi |>n>^r?uiuia u i iu? uqai meeting, lo be held the Friday before the 6th Sunday in April, has not yet been decided upon, but will be sent to tbe Secretary soon. I would like io g to a more extended aocount of tbo meeting, but space and the fear that it will not interest a'l, forbids ; but will ay 1 believo all who'failed to atteod, lost a treat. There were a i*w rrw..? -? - ?.?? never attended one of tbo Conventions, who pronounced it the b;st aud most eiyoyable occasion they ever h id the pleasure of witnessing. general n kvts of santuc. The ice in the rifor has nil disappeared. Last Tuesday, the 231, the ice on Jeter's mill pond was still thick enough for walking on in crossing over to an island. Mr. Anderson Johns, who has bocn confined to his bed for eight weeks with paralysis, is improving considerably. He has been attended by Dr. E. C. Jeter. Kcv. J. II. Yarborough has moved his family over from Chester, and new occupies the Baptist parsonage here. He has a full field in thia county. He will preach at Salem next Sunday, at li o'clock a. in. Miss Drue Smith, au interesting youag lady of Baton Rouge, Chester county, is visiting rela'ives in and around Santuo. ( Mr. Jos. II. MoKissick, Clerk of Court, waa in Santuc yesterday. E. W. J. Correspondence of the Times. News from North Paoolet' Etta Jave, Jen. 30.?Your correspondent r mm*?/ fins letter is a failure The Hiiow h*s melted and we are now in the midst of a spell of worm woilher. ' On Monday of ln-t week Bill Guyion, a i colored man, wa kvd across Broad river on the ice, at little Hamilton shoals. For a week Broad river was blocked with ice: but last Thursday and Friday it broke loose and floated off. I On account of the bad weather the meeting of the North Pncolet Alliance Union, which was callc I to meet at Dawkins mill en klst, ' was postponed until Saturday 11th of Feb'y, > when it will meet at KIBethel chureh. A full turn out of members is earnestly solici, led. Mr. Mike Sellers is now the recognised weather prophet of NorthPacolet. So much t confidence is placed in his prophetical ability that some peeple call the last snow "Mike Seller's snow " Mr. Waddy Osment, another of our knowigg men, siys that if house logs are cut on the "new of the moon" the building will never be infested with bed bugs. i The Wilkinsville Literary and Debating r Society meets every Saturday night, at Mr. G. W. Whisonani's store. The query last Saturday night was: Kttolvtd, That the people of the United States would be better off if there was no whiskey here. The question was argued ably, j>ro et con, but > finally decided in favor of the affirmative. It was a victory for the prohibitionists. , The next query is : Rttolved, That there is more pleasure in pursuit than possession." We would have been glad if the i committee on debate had stated the odject i of the pursuit before we attempt to discuss ! that subject. It is a great pleasure for us to note the efforts being made by the young men of this community to inform themselves en the l great and absorbing questions that are disturbing the minds of our leading statesmen, ' as welt as other questions concerning the ' business affairs of life. i Our farmers differ in their opinions as to , the effect of the late frceae upon the smell l grain crop. S>me think it is "froxen out," more or i?m, while others think differently. This depends muoh upon the kind or soil, i we think. We regret to learn that Dr. M. J. Walker | speaks of go:ng to Trongh Shoals to praitiee medicine. This will leave this seo>ion with1 out a physician ; but, fortunately, we live in one of the healthiest parts of the State. Should he decide to go we assure the people among whom he looates that they will find him able and faithful in hie practice and gentlemanly in hie dealing*, and bis wife ' ono of the beet ladies in the land. Our best wiehes attend them. We hopo that none of the eld soldiers in the couniy will forget that next Saturday (4ih Peb.J is the day set to complete the roll of "Survivors," and we trust every one will bo ourallet so that we may be able to publish a complete list of them at onoe, as the Kdtlor of this paper has kindly consented te do for us. For several weeks Luther Donald has been confined to his bed with inflammatory rheumatism. . He is a good boy and in his a (Diction ho has the sympathy of his host of friends. Vox. Guakahtkkd Cube.?We authorise our advertised druggist to sell Dr. King's New Disoovery for Consumption, Coughs and Colds, upon this condition. If you are afflicted with ? Cough, Cold or any Lung, Throat er Chest trouble, end will use this remedy as directed, giving it fair trial, and experience no benefit, you may return the bottle and have your money refunded. We could net make this offer did we not knew that Dr. King's New Disoovery could be relied on. It never disappoints. Trial bottles free at B. F. Posey's Drug Store. Large siie, 60o; and f 1.00, TEACHERS' COLUMN; ~ ' J AS. L. STRAIN, Editor, - Ktta J*n?, 8. C MBS. B. O. CLIFFORD,) > Assistant* L. W. DICK, J Erery teacher should bo thoroughly rersed in sooto good work in Montnl Ariihmetio. Prof. Davie's In'eUeoiuel Ariihmetio is probably tbo bsst that has been prepared. It is not enough IkaTlhe teacher is nbln in some way to obtain the answers to the ques > a u l i l? .kt. ... nuns no ouwuw v in a clear and concise manner, the reason for e?erj etep in tbo pr- o??s ha takes to obtain tbem. It Ii this which constitutes the value of this branch as a disci pi ne far the mind. A knowledge of intellectual philosophy is necessary for the teacher. His bu-inoss is with the mind. He, of alt men, should knew something of its laws and its nature. He can know something indeed by observation nod introspection , but be should learn by careful study. Ilia own improvement demands it, and his usefulness depends upon It. " A knowledge of moral philosophy may be insisted on for the same retsons whieh apply to intellectual philosophy. It is so important that the moral nature of tho child be rightly dealt with, that he is a presumptions man who attempts the work without the most cireful a't ntien to this subject. The exercises of tho schoolroom should be made attractive and pleasant, if we wish our scholars to succeed in their studies. Punctuality and droision on the part of the teacher, together with that courtesy towards his pupils that wilt make them feel that he appreciates tho responsibility resting upon him, will guarantee their confidence and respect. Pythogoros compared life to the Greek letter gamma, whose different branches represented the different paths open for youth to ch -ese. Th > farther one goet in the wrong path, the rarther it it to the right path, and the greater the difficulties in getling right aga;n. It's hard to unlearn our errors. The teacher should remember that youth is like seed time. The harvest depends upon the seed and the tillage. There comes a time when it is too late to plant over, and change the harvest. Not to plant good seed is to ensure a harvest of woods and brambles. If in our work we could maintain that faith necessary to remove msuntains i< would be mueh better for us and our seholartyjoo^ than to employ a cirps of oxpenThe future is the fruit of the present, and "A servant with this clause, Makes drudgery divine; Who sweeps the room for wisdom's laws Makes that the action Jine." There is a French maxim that tells us that "itia the first step that costs." It is a pity the proverb does not finish the thought, and add "it is the last etep that pays." The teacher is to his class what ths shepherd in to his flock. He must feed, watch nvnr. defend. train, and lead them in the right way. There come* a "too late" in life, when the possibilities of youth are no longer poseible. ? SCHOOLMATES TKIBUTELRK PALM an LITTLI. Our community was greatly saddened by the sudden and painful death on Thursday, Itfth nit., of 1/ee Palmer Lifle, one of the pupils of our school, a boy whose lovely mvpesiuuu enuvarcu dim robir. i On Friday afternoon, while the soft, white enow, fit emblem of his pure yoang life, covered the hillsides, we laid him to rest at "New Hope:" the sinking sun turning our thought* to that lievreu, whose gates had opeoed for hini. "After life a fitful fever, he sleeps well." At the first reissembling of the school literary aocivty, the pupils adopted the following preamble and resolutions : Fines it has pleased Qod in His wise proviJoncc to lane from our midst, Lee Little, in thebleom of eirly youth? Resolved, That our school has sutiained a heavy loss in the deaih of one ef its moat belovod members. Resolved, That he will be greatly missed in our society, of which be w*s the valued secretary. Resolved, That we offer cur sympathy to his mother, his brothers and sisters, our sohoolmaios, and the rest of his family in their lots. Coaa OetsaiT, Narria Whitloce, Kobkrt Scott, iliii Smith. Cerrespondence of the Timks. Telephonio Brevities. Joeksvilli, S. C., January 81. ? The celd wave has passed a good rain uas wrrivu mnmj mi IMl 01 in* now and a general tbaw baa fallowed, aad every(bing Hems to be lika a loose aoraw. Several of our good ladies leet tbair flowera, others loat tbair eanned fruit, wbila some loat their cabbage and potatoes. W.a base bed so many mild wintera tbat iha peopla rather presumed too much on i be weather, and became earelees, and the blisxard of I89S caught them unprepared. Today is a lovely day and makes the goad housewife begin to think about gardening. Mr. Golden llarman found a black snake last week crawling en lop of the snow, and ^killed it. 1 think the snake ought to have been let off if he could get around in such weather as we have just passed through. We have bad ne fire buga in our town since the arrest of Butler and Abo Jofforios, and we think the elan ie bars ted. We are about te bate a Ledge of the Knights ef Honor in our town. They expect to organise tomorrow night. The public schools are all running in onr township. The trustees expect to give four months ibis jear. Mr. J. W. Crawford has sold out his first bunab of mu es and b>ught another bunob. John is a hustler. It seems from the way the cotton seed ia rolling into the market that there will not be enough lrft far planting the n#xt orop. The fanoy price is very inviting, and causes many farmars who never said a aaad before to put tliair aaad on the aarkst. Messrs. D. A. T Farr and 11. Fraa of our town ara both tiok, hut wa hops net seriously ill, and will ba all right in a day or two. Thay ara absut tha only siek parsons wa hava at prsssni. Mr. J. A. Chambara was in our town yesterday. He is looking round over bis terri lory m ijounty Commissioner, to see what io nocded in tho way of rondo, bridges, otc. Yho Jooosville Litornry Society is moving forward and bas many additions of late. Tho sooiety is calculated to do much good among the young people. Mr. W?. Jefferies spent a day and night in town Isit woelt. Miss Anoa Haines is on an extended visit to relatives at Homo pestoffioe. Tslbphorb. - . We have just finished taking steok, and have found ourselves overstocked in some linos of Wioter goods. These goo ds will be oloosed out at once to make room for Spring stock. GRAHAM fit 8PARK3. . i i ' > * * * *, t p Correspondence of the Tinas. Frta l?w Riverside Jee * IIt. Tadou, Jen. 80.?Mr. Editor.?At ' the suggestion of "Hivereide Joe." I have decided to give you a dot now sad then from this part .sT the eoun'y, pro?iJel you do not object. Our neighborhood is soon to be one of I bo most busincri-liko seotion of thft county ; for are we not near Look hart Shoals 7 Our factory and railroad are now things of the near future. Work will begin on both in early spring, and soon the rush of tia'ns and hum if wheels and spindles will bp heard where now is only sLenco and waste of valuable water power. Applications hare already been mods for building lots. ^ The house of Mr*. Thomas Worthy with almost all of its conteus nas destroyed by * ? ~ iL. OI.I .. J* tl.:. iL ma. .. nro uu iuo ^i?i vi tuiv muiiiu. 1110 Dro Mean to have originated in the upper stsry of the bui'ding. Mr. Dan Smith has taken a situation with Mr. W. A. Moor head, at Mi. Tubor. lie has gone to work in earnest and already appom quite at home behind tho coun er. Aunt Tildy Scales died last Saturday,28th. Ilor church and the oommunity have lost one of their most valuable members. Mr. Prank Whitlock (the original Riverside Jon) is now engaged iu business at Fort Smith, Atkansas. His fauiiljr followed him last Thursday. - Mr. snd Mrs. Whitlook will be greatly missed from this neighborhood. They were slways ready to lend a helping hand to every good enterprise. The sohool near QilmoDS has nearly forty pupils on itaroll, and tho Mt. Tabor sehot-1 has tifly-six. Surely tho trustees and patroos of such flourishing schools ought to s?o that the schorl houses nre mado more oomfortable. Why shouti nut the oounty school houses be made as neat and comfortable as those of the town ? About ten of Mr. Felix Wbitlock's oalves and one of Mr. Moorhrad'a a>e missing. The most diligent search hne been mado without any tiacee bring found. Any one finding the stray brutes will please notify the above gentlemen of the fact. Oo -d n'ght, Mr. Eiitor, 1 will l>e brief this time 1 ours respectfully, * Nrw JOE For the rmse. Will the Hews and Conrier Answer T iiB Editor Union Times:?Has it occurred to yeu tbai the liquor men appear lo ihiuk that 1 the Di?pcosary law is well fortified behind constitutieual wnlli of defence, ns is cTideul by the arrsj of legal talent iliej propose marshaling against it f 1 Then, lei me ask the News and Courier whether such men as F. W. Wegener & Co*, are b g bar keepers, iu the sense in wbioh that paper says the Bute's Dispenser w ill so, does the New* and Courier mean to j \ sap that F. W. Wagoner & Co. are engaged ' in a disreputable business ? Does the News and Courier intend to question the respectability of the liquor men and the liquor business at the same lime that tbe "old lady" is fighting for tbis interest 1 Or, is the Ntws and Courier sincere wlieu she says titat the State is soiling ber garments of purity and respebtnbility when she takes hold of the liquor business that the diste may tbe belter control it in the iutertst of good mora s T . Or, uucs the News and Courier propose to take the position that it is worse to do a thing yourself than to liceuse somo one else to do it? Is the News and Courier a prohibition sheet of the Bleaie-Duuc.ui species ; or a prohibition sheet of the 8am Jours kind? or a liquor advocating sheet; a defender of th^se wuo go into toe business for a profit, and at the same time a ciiiciser of the State as soiling her hands by touching the business to reform its abuse a. till! you please giro tne j\eic* ana courier an opportunity to answer tli??? n?estion?, and oblige a ??r-1?^ -?k ..... Jj ilKruKMt.11 AND PaOHIBmo^Ii^j "" "T3| Cl.KVai.ANU AT TilK GEAVK OF IIAYKS. ? The manly sentiment of personal obligation to show respect anil esteem for their country's illustrious dead, which 10 nob'.n minds become a public duty, has been seldom more foroibly tr gracefully expressed than it was by Urorer Cleveland letving hie warm fireside and his pleasant winter retreat among the sheltering pmes of Lakewood to mnko the long, so'itary jourocy, in the moat forbidding, ine euient weather, to tho opca grave of ex-President Hayes at Fremont. This act of Mr. Cleveland's is curiously consis'ent with his clisractor; it is wholly consistent with his refusal to go to the dedication of the world's fair at Chioagi beciuse his presidential competitor, Mr. Harrison, watching at the deathbed of bis beloved wife, could not nlso go and receive the greeting of the people upon his way and there. Mr. Cleveland's refusal to aceept political advantages in ihe midst of a presidentini campaign which, by reason of nfli ction, his com pell to i corner "not suaiw eiiir bm,? sharply criticized at ihe tiino as the crafty act ef a politician seeking through hie letter of declination to ablain puolio Uvor and applause. Selfish political expedieney would have induoed Mr. Cleveland 10 go to Chicago, and saltish regard for his own comfort and convenience would hive induced him not to go to Fremont. That uuselfishness and that manly courage and simplicity whieh are Mr. Cleveland's most striking characteristics would not permit him to go to Chicago, and they compelled him to g-> to Fremont, lie knew that in both c ises his purpose would be critioised, misconstrued and blaxoaed forth as something it was not, but be did in either instance what he believed to be tight, and that is what he oan be always depended upon to do under auy possible circumstances.?I'hiladelyhta Ledger. Cubai' Katkh to thk Inauguration.? Grover Cleveland, for the second lime will*' stand in the portico of the beautiful National Capitol?on March 4th, 1898?nod be inaugurated President of the United State-'. What a great event that will be, and what a countless multitude will be there ! A vast number will come from tbe South and Southwest, and most of them will take the iliehmond & Danville K. K.?the greatest Southern system. Its regular acrv.co ** if three daily trains, running solid, between the South and Washington, inoluding tbe only veetibuled limited, composed exclusively of l'ullmnn Palaoe drawing room and a dining cars, will, on this occasion, be granily m augmented by the most complete arrange ment of extra service ever offered by tbie V model system. w Excursion tiokels at ths rate of a fare and 1 a third for individuals, and one fare for party of military, twenty-five or raoie, will he sold on March 1, 2, 8, and for train to arrive Washington by noon of March 4. Valid, returning, until March 8th, 1898. Further ioformatlon obtainable from an/ agent of this system or of it* connections. 8. II. Hahuwick, ' Asst. Qen. l'sss. Agonl, Atlanta, Oa. " ? 1 ' f& A Nanao Kobhkk Ltxohkd.?Quincy, FIj., Jan. 28.?Pat Wells, a negro, was I/iioIi t?l last bight, Ave miles souihwett of this town, lie had robbed the house of Ueorge Fi t?h ? . while the iatter'a barn and stable were burning. Officers were bringing Welts to town, when he was lakso iwaj f#om them ?>y I lynchers and hanged. Bucklbss Abb to a Salvn.?The best salve in the world for Cats, Bruises, 8orrs, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped hands, Chilblains, Come, and all hkiu erup lions, aod positively oures Tiles, or no pay required. It ii guaranteed to g>re perlect satisfaction, or money refunded, Trice 2d oents per box. For sole by B. F. Posey.