The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, March 17, 1893, Image 2
TO THI PLANTERS OP THE SOOTH .
'Within the post ten Xtatp cotton
cr?p of the SaSMhten Slate* hm MM now
for J....^....f3,39l<10p,854
Va'ue of cotton ofporlo-i to
Europe bus boon ..?. 2.287^27,0^0
1880-90?7. 307,211 D C ot
tbo avenge prion of 11.5S
brought 873,101,831
1800-91?8,052,597 D 0 at
tbo avenge price of 9.03
brought 429,792,047
1891-92?9,035 379 B 0 at
the average price of 7.50
brought 391,424,715.
'A little over aevcn million ba'es in
1889-91 sold for nearly as tuuch as a crop
of nine million boles in 1801-92, and, but
for the ODoruioua over production during
the past two yearn, the planters would have
received highly remunerative prices last
year.
The South produced last year about 82
per cont. of tho commercial cotton of the
werld. and it has been in universal use by
nearly all ike inhabitants of the globe.
The Boutkorn planters are in position today
to make the price of their great product
highly lemunerative io themselves and I
without disadvantage to any ouil.a<Ua?^TT"
fact, there jaJiMAWiniT*dealer in cotton or
I III I mi imhiiIii op any in?ll throughout the
United Mates, who would not prefer that
cotton should sell at much higher price*,
fer, should it do so, all kinds of business,
particularly in the South, would be quickened
and rendered more profitable ; while at
the same time it is a fact tlinl, should a reasonable
advance in cotton occur, it would
scarcely be felt by the consumers who wear
ootton goods.
"The foregoing aro simple facts?they
have beoo stated repestcdly by us and by
othrr commercial meu everywhere. Now,
why is it that low pricos for cottcn prevail,
and distress and embarrassment of so many
planters is so pronounce I ? The solution of
this question is easy. The planters stake
all they have on cotton, over produce it,
and do not diversify (heir crops sufficiently.
Cotton, under thrsc circumstances, goes
down, and the planters pay out aunually
millions of dollars for mules, pork, liay,
com and other necessaries which c?n be
readily produced much cheaper on the
plantation than they can be bought elsewhere.
"Why will not t lie planters stop for a day,
or a week, if necessary, and think over a
business proposition liko thin T"The
whole financial welfare of the South
depends upon cotton. If the planter can
get nearly as much money fur the production
of n crop of 7.500,COO as he can for one
of 9,000:000 bole*, why should he expend eo
much lime and labor to produce the greater
quantity ? Why will he produc 500 bales of
cotton, worth S2?>,000, when it cost him
$25,000 to raise it? If lie had to work as n
day laborer lie might make some money and
keep out of debt, but just so long as lie
overproduces cotton he will be kept continually
in debt, and the interest alone upon
his indebtedness will sootier or later ruin
him.
"It would be far belter to decrease a cotton
crop of average size 1,000,000 bales
than to iticrcsse it 500,000 boles.
"The statement of such fuels cannot be
queetioucd. At the same time it is natural
fer farmers to ask how the present situation
can be changed fur the better? In answer
to this question we would say: Abandon forever
the oue crop idea?cotton. Adopt new
methods and new things. The planters'
present mode of doing business is wrong?
experience sltows it. C hange it immediately.
Organize farmers' club", associations and
meetings and discuss cation, particularly
before the planting time. Keep your organizations
entirely free from peiitics ; do not
rsly upon the Government to grant you
assistance. If it gives you aid, it must
irrant everv other i>iti?on .o.i.i.../. ti.?
people support the Government, but the
Government does not support the people.
v- Avoid. elLechemoe that politicians get up to
cmteh oto?. Helj upon your own opinions
and do not run after impracticable ideas.
Consult your Congressmen or write letters to
them urging that the functions of the Agricultural
Department at Washington be enlarged,
and that liberal appropriations be
made for this purpose, in order to enable
that department to keep the planters frequently
and fully advised aboui the production
and consumption of cotton. Have the
Governors of your States impress upon
the Legislatures the necessity of increasing
the scope of the State Agricultural Department,
and have distributed to every couoty,
town, precinct and neighborhood information
touching the future prospects for supply
and demand for ootton. With proper energy
and vim, these departments could distribute
information to every plautcr i*i the South,
which would eDuble liirn to know, in some
-degree, wlint the requirements of the world
would likely to be the next year.
4,We ore aware that no such plan as this
would absolutely control the amount of cotton
produced, it might iufluence the oiuount
that was planted. In any eveut, it would be
a step in the right direction, for it would
lessen the planter's risk. It might be said
that ten men in the neighborhood would
reduce their acreage of cotion, while two'
athers might iocreose their acreage, but this
would not last long, for any man whe would
endeavor to seek gain at the expense of the
community would soon bo frowned down.
l'ale*s some change is mado in the present
practice the Southern planter cannot pros- ,
per. If a radical change is made, the future
is fright, full of premise and prosperity, <
lor when cotton becomes a remunerative
article to the planter nil his obligations can
bo met promptly, lie will be speedily
relieved from debt, and his lands will rapidly
enhance in value. His credit will be
strengthened and all difficulties that stir- 1
.round him today will bo removed. God lias ,
given the .South virtually a monopoly of the
production of cotton, nnd there is no reason
why ihis great article should n.-t yield '
handsome returns to the planters of ilie
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^vu?u rt aiu ITUIA PU 1KIIU IU JIIUUUUC II.
Immediate consideration of thin subject is (
important, for it realty involves the prosper- (
ity of our common country," "Yours
truly,
"latiiam, alexander & Co." *
Here it is Again.?The 1 lap tut Courier t
says, alluding to the Evans Dispensary law :
It is a pity that the State has created an 1
an office (that of County Dispenser) that no 1
christian could consistently fi l." t
On the contrary it is an office which not (
only might be held by a christian but ought
.to be held by the highest type of christian.
?Edgefield Advertiser. 1
If the office of liquor dispensor is such a *
very nice one and ought to be filled by "a t
good man," why may not a good woman fill
it? The office will not require much work
and wilt pay weli. We don't advise this (
by any means, but simply ask the question : C
If "a good man" can se'l liquor, why not a b
good woman ??Newberry Observer. |j
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Business Men Barked. ? Washington, I
March 1).?Postmaster General Hissell is s
accredited with the announcement that no $
Will huilnaaa mnn nan/I on?lo I
w??.?woo MJVM M?VM ?y>iw? p'fovuinvca i;
under his administration. He objects lo
commissioning local bus.uees men us port
maulers, for (ho reason that the actual o
duties are performed by irresponsible aed F
often incompetent clerks and substitutes, r
Postmaster* under Mr. BHsctl must premise h
to derote their (entire time to the work ]<
personally and keep strict office hour*;. a
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An immense fire destroyed property in ci
Boston last Saturday, aggregating $4,500,- 6
000. The fire broke eut at 4 p. in., iu the
building owned by K. L. Ames, corner of
Essex and Lincoln strrets, and practically Q
the whole square tvas destroyed. Ci
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?Rc 3D edify Mtiion tSitucs
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R. M. STOKER, Editor
Friday^ March 17. I8>S.
SUBSCRlpYtON, $1 60 PER ANNUM
POST OFFICE DIRECTORY.
The P. O. will be opened for business
from 8 A. M. to tl.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 going North will close promptly at
6.30 P. M.
The mail will bo taken from the afreet box
1o minutes before closing each mail.
Any innttention or irregularities should
re reported promptly to the P. M.
J. 0. HUNTER. P. M.
BEV. J. N BOOTH'S APPOINTMENTS.
The following appointments are__jjjXinounced
by fUf Ihe mtormi
linn lH1frCMgr?|tUoB? under hie pastoral
charge :
UNION BAPTIST CHURCH.
First Sunday in the month, morning and
night.
Second Sunday afternoon, at 4 o'clock.
Third " morning and night.
Fourth " afternoon, at 4 o'clock.
LOWER FAIR FOREST.
F'ourlh Sunday and Saturday before.
HEBRON.
Second Sunday and Saturday afternoon
bofore.
New Advertisement*.
Watch this Corner.?Racket Store.
Fine Mill Site.?John D. Long.
Ciia'ion (or Administration, on W. B.
Lcmmons' Estate?J. M. Gee.
8Sa)r Solicitor O. L. Schumper, of this
dielrict, ia a candidate for Unitod States
District Attorney.
Jt&' The storehouse belonging to C. P.
Sims, at Santuo, was destroyed by tire last
Friday night. Supposed to be the work of
au incendiary.
fit??"" II. M. Spnrks, of Qraham & Sparks,
and W. S. McLure, representing J. W. McLurc,
Agent, liavo returned from the New
York nutl other Northern markets, where
they went to purchase Spring goods for
their respective houses.
Bk&" A private letter from Charlotte informs
us that building of every kind this
year will be more thau double wk-it it has
been any year before, in that city. There is
no doubt that Charlotte i? gr>wing faster
and on a more solid basis than any other
Southern city.
Bticf* The following visiting lawyers of
neighboring towns have been in attendance
upon the court the past two weeks : ExJudge"
Melton, R. W. Sband, Esq., of
Co'umbia, David Johnson, Jr., D. It. Duncan,
Judge Nicholas, of Spartanburg, and
Frank Bynuin, of Newberry.
{tajr We call the special attention of our
rendrrs to the article on the first column of
this page, headed "To the Planters of the
South." It seems to us that with such practical
statements as thai artiole gives, there
should be united action among the eotU)Q
planters to reducs the acreage of cotton 'cultivation
to secure titeukr | rotiU
IfctT" Mr. Tliss. 13. Butler left far Washington
last Tuesday morning. We don't
know what Roth is aftc-, but we'll risk a
pint ef pinders that lie didn't go tbcro for
nothing, lie is neither a merchant, editor
vi n iui uivi vicfCiauu upjiomvcc, bu lie nil
no incumbrances of that kind to keep him
out of office, and in every other respeot we
think his chances for a good aize plum are
cquul to any young aspirant.
ffi-riF We return our thanks to our highly
esteemed fiicnd, Mrs. P. Q. H. Jeler, of Zantac,
f..r a fine bronze turkey gobbler. If nothing
occurs to prevent, we intend it to grace
our Easter dinner, at which the kind doner
will be thankfully remembered. To see the
majeetic bird strutting about our yart/, yon
would think he apprcc ated Ids promotion
from a turkey of a correspondent's family
to a turkey of the Editor-in-chief s family.
Bat pride will have a fall about Eastertime.
jy- We would very respectfully call the
devout attention of our Town Council to a
number of break-nock holes in the streets.
The worst are on Main btreet in front of Mr.
Jacob Rice and Judge Wallace's dwellings.
A few loads of gravel prayerfully distributed
by Parson Sullivan, just now, wouid put the
streets in splendid condition for years.
We would further suggest that a few large
boulders, sticking up iu the middle of the
streets be broken up. Vehicles, in passing
jither way over llicm, make holes on both
tides.
jfcjf Wc call the attention of the County
Commissioners to the almost impassible coalition
of flhnilt rut wirilu nf Ilia nn
Pinker Creek, about a mile and a half from
own. A 4-roule team with 26 bushel* of
:otton seed in the wagon were stalled in
lint beg a few days ago. Our town authorties
should interest themselves about it, as
to one will come to town over that road, if
hey enn avoid it by trading somewhere
rise. It would pay the town well to have
hat place put in a permanently good coalition.
Oood roads to a town are the most
attractive advertisement for the country
rnde.
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Til e Treasury Filmnh Rapidly with
old.?Washington, March 10.?Secretary
Carlisle has received offers from Chicago
ankers to exchange $3,000,000 gold for a
ike amount of small treasury notes of deominations
of fives, tens and twenties,
ntimations are made that the amount of
mall notes that will be Deeded will reach I
10,000,000 for which gold will be paid,
le will forward the small notes at once.
hiuin.i'vn ? *? Tm> W n U. 1
?? . v. o?un?ii, I
ne of the large parly who left the Handy j
1st tection of this county fur Texas, has i
eturned to his former home and says he <
as enough of Texas to last him. He has a i
>ng story of discomforts, disappointments t
nd general unpleasant surprises out there, i
nd says several others of the party will
jmc hack to South Carolina if they can.?
brenville Jfor9:
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J. M. Tankersley, a former resident of 1
affney City, Spartanburg couniy, di.ed at I
hildrese. Texas, last Thursday. ' t
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Mttait?i?- y -f rr mm in
ThlW ?f til* Court. 1
OS the most interesting casts tried I
J ~iZTT ~ ?ih* i rial nCI
Chanter and El. Thotaa* forth e burning of
the gIn boose, dwelling and boras of John
C. Richmlr. The barning occurred last
fall, and Mr, Riobarde believing rit lo be
incendiarism went to work to try lo cftch
the criminal4p-Charner Thomas was tuspected,
and consequently aires ed. It
seems that Charoer was under the impression
that if he would impliojte others and
then turn States evidence he would
save himself. This be did, almost by the
wholesale, implicating among others his
own brother, Kd. Tii'WfP^ aod Mr. G." E.
Tucker, one of the weahMi&tfeung men in
this county. Charner Thomas^after
arrest, made a confession in which "wft'Wajh. ]
that Mr. Tucker paid him and Ed ThpftSfe
the turn of $300, to burnMr^JUthtfrd's
properi.! flf Will I Til liiMini 11illin i ml Charner's
story, relative to Mr. Tucker liiving
anything 'o do with the burning, but Mr*
Richards, who was determined to proticute
the case, and brought suit agaiast' Mr.
Tucker for $20,000. \
When tho prisoners were put in trialjlast
Friday Charner Thomas pUWi guilty and
i.<i. i nomas ptcaa not guiit^v
Ed. Thomas was reprp^K 1 by James M.
Gee, Co'. I. G. MoKisaio^p d David Johnson,
Jr., of Spartanbnvg The trial consumed
the entire da/ aria "was quite intern,
esting all through. Ttye counsel far Ed.
Thomas labored verj hard for his acquit&l.
It was a hard fought battle, not even the
Moornian-Scbultx trial came up to it. The
argument made by Mr. David Johnson. Jr.,
deserves special mention. He covered ever/
point in the testimony to the advantage of
his client, and his address to the jur/ was
one of the best hoard in our courthouse for
a long time. Mr. Johnson is alte attorney
for Mr. Tucker in the damage suit brought
agAinst him by Mr- Richards, and he knew
Hint if he succeeded in clearing Ed. Thomas
that there was but. slight chance for Mr.
Tuokor to lose bis esse.
The jury was out about one hour and returned
a verdict of guilty ns to Charner
Thomas and not guilty as to Ed. Thomas.
The jury did not recommend Cbarncr
Thomas to t}wi piercy ef the court and
it wi 1 be the duty of th* presiding Judge
to pass the sentence of death njion htm.
The ense of C. P. Sims against the estate
of ilie Into J. Tyrrel Jones, on a promissory
note for ?1,503, occupied the time of the
court throe days this week. A large number
of witnesses on both sides were examined,
uud the ca"e was giv*n to the jury
Wednesday afternoon, but aflor being out
ad nijslvt that body Lad not been able to
agree upon a vevdjet at the time our paper
went put to press.
This case was ably conducted and ovgued
on both sides. Ex-Judge S. W. Melton and
Attorney General Townscnd represented the
Plaintitt, atfd David Johnson, Jr., of Spar.
n ,i,l \l nnw\ i. nf ll.i..
appeared for the defeas*.
So far, the curt hai done ,but little to
relieve the heavily burdened Common Pleas
docket, and as only two days of tbv# term
remain, it is pot possible that it
much more tluuyutteBiito K^iiy
pa a widths, W???cal
Laeenie*.
By apecial invitation Bishop W. W^Dun*
oan preachel in tlio Methodist church Sun'
day morning and night. His subject was
"Miseious." Tbo service Sunday night was
in the interest of the Womsns' Missionary |
Society. The congregation at both services
were large and the Bishop prevented his |
subjects very plainly, and only those who
heard bim could approciaic their importance.
?;?.?
Prof. II. L Scnife, formerly of this town
but now one of the nssistauis in the Graded
School at Rock Hill, paid his parents a
visit this we- k 1
?* '? ?? 1
It is understood that Congressman G. W. '
Shell will be hero one day next week for 1 j
the purpose of settling the question as to j
who vrill succeed J. C. Hunter as Postmaster. 1
Mr. J. C. Wallace of this town is a racdi- I
date for the appointment of Comraeroial 1
Agent for the U. S. in the Congo Froc State. J
Mr. Wallace has strong endorsements. ,
l
Mr. W. M. Gibbes lias returned from (
Washington where he went to present his
o'isinis to the new administration for the '
Post mastership lore ,
Very little cotton is being sold here now. y
A few bales sold (bis week at prices from
te 9 cents. 1
Mr. C. M. Orahnm has sent quite a num- ]
bcr of sampler of cot'Qn gvown by the
most prominent farmers in (his coppty te '
the manager of ihe collou exhibition for .
the World's Fair. v
The Epwerth League has been reorganized,
with Maj. W. T. Thornton as presi- I
dent. The weekljr meetings arc held at the n
Whiteside house every Monday night. The
services are interesting to both young and c
old. c
r / (
The Good Templar lodge hire is on sojpp- I
what of a boom now. New members are 0
being initiated eTery Tuesday night. This
lodge must not be a failure, but should be f
built up and stand as a monument te the d
memory of Mr. Robert Morrison, the good jj
man who organize I it and wotked so liar J *
for its success. t!
(leaders, look out fir ihe 8mud of welding
bells. We hope to announce nearly
half a dozen weddings witlrn two months. _
Mr. Harry Cohen, formerly of this town, jj
but now of Philadelphia, is visiting liis e:
brother, P. M. Cohen. c<
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Change of Appointments.
On account of a conflict in appointment
betyecd the M. E. Church and Uni'y, be'ler
known u Brown's ?V?e]c church, I have cor.- 1
eluded to change my Apf oihtmont at Unity b:
4th Sunday to the 1st Sunday in euch from
month, beginning with April. We give to the
all a special invitation to attend our worship
at that time. Very respectfully. ?'
C. C. Vacohak. r
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Ooot> Solid STurr.?There isn't a figure- Bt
liead in Cleveland's Cabinet. When it is conrelied
there will he as many brains around 1,1
lie table as can be found in any other as- '*
teoublage of e^uel size.?lfotton Globe.
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UrW? ft^ffi|pdaUoa of U?a IMm ColtL I
Mi'l- TbTOS t sound U<1 **Wd fo?*q
dation ??JwjjM work. H else gives us'
hope thstf^a, t,,ent lab#r %lU u\
employedJujp^ u possible, in bailding ?i
working tK nM.
Capt. ML'y j, vorki^g force for ell
tbey oen Ifo, in gr?<jiBB the rood to the mill
site. TerWs oottsl pipes here been plsaed in
thedeep-cit and every band that can be
employed <vl Yeotageouely |a new at ;worif pa
*** 1^* weather con'tfoilea
* * ><?6T^vin twe or three deye the reed
-fcfcd will be ready for the rails, and work
on the mill building will be'ootnnienced.
In tbe'ioeantiae, President Duncan is
fllllng him iplf chock foil of prMtioel information
o?< the economic management of
oottoifm^ories, impelled by the laudable
ambition ?o make the Union Mill a grand
financial a accrue, for the stockholders, as it
will be a monument to his owl energy and
fine businfas abilities.
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fBIBUTB OT RESPECT.
AllBHOUR A. LSI.
At a da 1 meeting of this Allianes held
today, the following preamble and resolutions
war* unanimously adopted:
Whereaa| it has p eased Almighty God,
who is invito, eternal and unohangoable ill
Ills being/wisdom, power, holiness, justice,
goodness ^pd tiuth, to romoTS from
our midst our brother, Ambrose A. Leo,
therefore be it
Rttolvtd, That we, the members of Etta
Jane Alliance, No. 1077. do bow in humble
submission to His divine authoritj and say,
"Thy will, oh God, not ours, be done."
Rrtolvtd-, That a copy of these resolutions
be spread upon our minute book and that
the Cotton Plant and Union Times ho requested
to publish the same, and further,
that a copy of the same be furnished the
family of our deceased brother.
W. C. Kibbt, "I
T. J. Estes, J-Committee.
J. L. Strain. )
Etta Jane Alliance, March 9, 1893.
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Delegates to Vt*;e 8 Association.
Mr. Editor i?Pleaso allow mo to sta'e
for the benefit of thoee interested that at the
last meeting of the Uoion County Sunday
School Convention, the following brethren
wore elected as delegates to represent Union
county at the Slate Sunday School Convention
which meets at Abbeville, S. C., Thursday,
April 4tli, 1893 at 7:30 p. m., to-wit:
IV. A. Kmholson, R.^L. Coleman, R. T. Get
and J. H. "Randolph, with J. IT. Gregory,
S. S S(okes, S. M. Rice. Jr., E.- U. and
P. P. Hamilton as alternates.
Township Superintendents are requested i
to forward their assessments or so ihuoh of
th# s^ms aji (1)07 have co^ccied to J. W.
Gregory^ Trefsu/er, 8%qtu.o, S- C., at onpe,
and he WU receipt for ft qnd repqrt tfye
same to the State Convention.
Respectfully,
J. L. Strain,
Hoc. union County 3. ?. Cvntvtilivj.
1. Alliance tiglo# lfeetfnr.1
Hon. W. N. Eider, leolurer of thp 5th
district, will meet the North Pace let Alliance
Union on the 2o^h inst., at ElBothel church,
and make a publio address. '
iuriiftd Jq popie and most especially are'the
ladies jrequeited tp yjeptj io|) phcer the
occasion with theft presence and ?m}les.
<f V-W
Correspondence of the Ti*as.
Telephonic Wews frontages vllls and Leek.
I will try
This morning begins to leok like spring.
Everybody is moting round in a hurry as
though they meant business.
It seems that the work on the Lookkart
Sboals mills and railroad he* begun at leet.
Some bande went down to the 8boale loot
week te work and oihere are here ready to
go. There te an engine on the eare here to
be unloaded today to go to Lookhart fer use
by the <v>notruction company. Freight baa
been arriving here for several days, addressed
to the Lookhart Man'fg Co. President
C. D. Farrar means business now, sure.
Farmers hare been hauling awey their
guano with a rush fer the last few days. There
has been but li'tle p'owing deae yet, but
everything is ready and when the ground
Joes get iu order it will be stirred in a
hurry. If the farmers can find seed enough
I think they will put a pretty fa<r acreage
in cotton, though the corn crop will bp
large a'so, as the wheat and oat acreage is
troaller than usual.
iti wjr vuiuiuuicaiiuu 1Mb noci i mentioned
the'death of Mr. W. B. Lemmoos,
prhich occu.rod at his home nesr Keltoa on I
ho 6th list. Mr. {jemmoas ?n well j
(mvd throughout the county, as ha has ]
lone business at Jonesvill# and Union and
taught school in several communities in the
sounty. 1
Frankey Floyd, aq elderly maiden lady,
lied near Jbnesville lest Tuesday. ,
Harper lloyd lost his baby, only a few
nonths old] a few days since.
The heabn of our town and community is '
rery gcojl ai present. i
Miss Kat^ Blshep, of the Clifford Semilary.
wis id onr town yesterday, and atended
ohuich aod Sunday school it the
iletbodist and Presbyterian ohurohas. 1
Mrs. Dr. Orr, E. L. Eisen, Sam'l T. Rcid,
3d. Littlrjehn, Mr. L. C. Waring, a couiqerqial
traveler, and his yonng bride; Thos,
i. Gore, w fli hi* w?f* and two children;
rere all in' Joqesville yesterday and atrn
led ohurob
Quite a sensational affair oooured at the
ligh Soboot Ahh morning. Two boys, one
> son ef Mr. F. 0. Briggs, the other a eon
>f Mr. A. A- Gault, had, by the help ef
erne other boys, taken a great notion to
migrate to Tesas. They had packed their
lothen end made arrangements to leers on
he erening train, but by some means Mr.
triggs was made acquainted with the plan
f the boys, and he come over and ioterepted
them. The toys are both abont 16
ears of age. They had neyqr been very
or from home, and if they had got away no
IaiiKI I haif WTAltlrl Kawa haan
WMV? ? MVJ nv?iv* H?T? wvu VU |?V
nek to their 4*ddies' house before maay
>x%s scenes b*4 passed before tfyeir view.
Ir. Briggs is very mneb wrought up over
lie witter, and talks like going for the large \
oys who were assisting them to get of. <
j ' > tswboss. 1
iVkorors i?| Hopi'laxt Fob at on Laboiiss.
-PiUabnrg, iPa , March 14.?About 250 ,
egroes from (be South arrived at Orinton j
lation yesterday afternoon. Cdored labor- (
i*s will be given first ehanos by the Carnegie (
xnpany at pll Hs works in preference te <
ireigners who apply for work. ^
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A poriion of the new Krskine College
uilding fell at Put West last Satordsy. (
Ire eauae, it is supposed. was a too bsavj f
riok wall reeling on en iron girder. The e
>rg 11 be QVfjt |6f000. c
Utspkiuia agp I?t*nit CojfspAiirr.?fs It f
ot worth i he ?m?H price of ft)o. to free .
ourseif of every symptom of these distress- |
ig complaints, if ten think so oall at our j
ore and get s bottle of Shlloh's Vitalijrr, ,
rery bottle has a printed guarantee en It, j
te accordingly and If it does yon ne good ),
wi'l ost you nothiog. Sold by H. K. p
nith & Co. f
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L TEACHERS' COLUMN.
K ?ra#:_.T2
r" -?r?. "vrw - r?*? r MRS.|.
G. ClMD,v'jJ
jvHjti Vrv
v TH^T^rkr mating of the Te*eb#rs'
Association will take place In the Graded
School building at Union, on the 1st dajr of
'?W"B *h> Pr?"
Musio?Miss Sallio Munro,
Aritbrcetio, 8rd year?Mr. W. W. Bruoe.
Hiss Lorena Hawkins, J. L. Strain.
1
. Ilnaio Uli? Msliie Monro.
Internntinnal Grammar Work?Mr. F. L.
Wilson, Mrs. M. E.- Britten, Miss Brandon
Rodgers.
Music?Mis i Heltie Murphy.
METHODS
."We ought to wake up down here in
South Carolina," said an earnest, wideawake
young teacher to another not long
ago. "When we get away from home and
they begin to talk of "methods" we do not
know what they mean."
Well, fellow teachers of Union oounty,
suppose we Uke the hint and, rubbiog
onr eyes preparatory to waking up, think a
little about "methods." "Why, a 'method'
is only a tea;/ of doing a thing," do you say ?
Bo it is, nod there are as many ways of
doing as there are persons to do; and, in
the hands of a poor teaoher, a good method
is worse than a poor ooe in the grasp of an
earnest capable worker.
After all the Important thing is the workman.
Tut a real live, wide-awake laborer
in a tight corner, giro him poor tools and,
in eome way or other, he will manage to
turn eut good work, and without a doubt
the opposite is true.
Just here I turn aside to whisper a word
to the toachers. Other people will please
pass OTtr to ths next paragraph, I am an
old teaober, and hare been in school, as
papll and teacher, all mjr life. I know that
the most depends upon the pupil. Even a
good workman must hare the right material
to ?urq out a first class article. Tho world
has grown *rry pieyej; ; ahayp enough iudeed
to do a gre'tt n any wonderful things ;
but it is still pondering that old, old question,
How shall we make bricks without
straw ?" and I do n<>t think the school
teachers will find the answer for it.
Bat, going back to "methods"; a wideawake
teacher trill find a good method. It
i*j not.be the particular one used at Q'liney,
Mass , but being made especially f >r him.
it will certainly fit htiu better than one
made for another man. Methods are apt
iff be like glothev. Jf you take poe that
belongs fo somebody pl?e( y^u mu^t satisfy
yourself as to the jil before you go into
company.
A great stir has been made about the
best way of fetching this, that or the other.
Everybody saeroa to"feel like rtjiibiog to tye
frent with a "pi in" for making a "royal
rood" op tiie steep 111'! ?f
Sometimes it seems like going eut among a
111.,I nt friar..*. will. ..... .... .1... ... !_ .
v. ^ivuup MHII J VUI ! ?? MVIUC up 1M m
sling, pod gejpqg a remfdjr ftr yoqr sprain
from every on* you meet. You fe*l si confused
byeonttlcting advices that you ar*
fqk* care cf itself.
Y^JP^Letlniniy be in a sad condiihn
If you at^^-te try all the various methods
% hose praises are stfwg by their ingenious
originators.
Those who were at the "State Teachers'
Association" last Summer, may remember
"The Syothetio System of teaching Rsatbiog,"
so tastily illustrated in colored chalks
upjn the portable blaclcboerde.
"We ar* only agita'lng, not advocating it,
by any means," said a bright progressive
teacher, in answer to my inquiries,
Meeting tho "agitator" some months
later, aud asking the result of the agitation,
I was told "The system will not do at all.
It is a complete failure; at least it was with
__ - >1
me.
And this is to he the result of many an
experiment with methods that come highly
recommended*.
The "Phonic Method" of teaching reading
has bean greatly in favor with many
good teachers. Some contend vehemently
fqr the Word Method, while many, looklog
back upon their Childhood, pronounce
the A. 0. U. meihad quite good enough for
them.
I have known oac who bodly announces
i decided preference for the three plans
judiciously "mixed." The proportions,
however, like those in the racipe* of many
a good hausckecper, seem ta depend upon
oirou rasinncos.
Notpithstaii'ling all these have been
pronounced satisfactory the Assistant Superintendent
of the Brbok'ya school reports,
"refinement of the Phonetic and Word
methods, not yet fullo developed, but full
if achievement eron in its infancy."
TI)U new idea is lei b?g for Gps issue,
lut will be presented in full ne*t week.
Meanwhile we oan draw a good long
ireatb as we reilize that the commotion
>ver methods is largely confined to Primary
tod Grammar grades. When we reach the
leeper waters of the college course we find
I restful calm and a profound quiet. Stulente
are there bending over the pagee of
heir text beoks and gloaniog knowledge
ind budding character in very much the
mime way that thtjir fa'hers did.
The Seheel System.
The Teachers' colqmn in the Times aplears
liite a iopg new patch on our old wornKit
school system. I doq't iqesn school law,
ror w? b%re a rpry jusf. and rr^onabls
tohooi law if it was put into operation.
Very f?w persona have erer read the
'chool law or know anything about it. A
'ew individuate are permuted to tike charge
>f the school busioess and manage it to suit
hetngelees, without any regard to the
|csire or welfare of the messes of the peo>te
for w)iose benefit the public schools
vers established.
The standard for district public school
etchers if not high The requirements are,
b bo''a relatlee'Or friend of the school oAfter*
and to have a certificate from some
heap luaNllf school, showing that thay
lata boch attending it a few months and
tarapd by ^4three br four studies. These
[irl and boy teachtirs know ahoiit m well
tow fo apply tj?air litila knowledge to teachng
as a child, that has been (aught the
dpbebat hp heart knows haw ta apply the
alters to spoiling and reading. |t is a wall
mown fact that many children attend the
ublic schools for wooks, months and years,
riihout ever being taught to read a line.
. >>? r* ^*v - .y .
No wodfler iUmKI^^HmiUi prefer to keep
M??l* 0h?W*p at Jl^Bkt](Dor4Q0?. **ther
than send itWm to k?W. P*ir
mind* d tiled and nyirw , fry puMyii
i teaching./! f ... ?A J
Muck is being mid and wrliltn <ajbd?g|
cooperation Of parents with leaclgrs VWI
| ecliool oftcora, an additional taxJKdjKlbacription
to lerigtheu the public school torn.
The most needful oooprration Is to too that
the present sonool means n?e properly and
lawfully applied for the benefit of the
schools. Surely nothing seems more needCI
in the Teachers' Column than the ecbool
ws of this State.
Before people can improve on any subject
they must first knovaod tndersMid,'tbt
subject: Every schoolboy and schoolgirl,
and every oiher person should read and
know the rohool laws of their Stale. Very
few persons can get eun a small circular
copy of the school latr, which gives sufficient
inetruction for general use, ant it is very
plain to understand that our school system
in the South has advanced at almost a useless
dead rate for over twenty years, and
every year dooms many to the most bitter
bondage?that of ignorance.
IV U ?... I. on/1 .?nnA:rt1lM .Uo
"UCU J'ttivuio, BIIU vopcvinilj IHC UlVkUCIS,
have felt that divine awakening influence, of
duly and responsibility wbioh our Northern
and Western sisters have fel', then there
will be a proper and lawful school system.
School officers having ? true regard for the
cause of education will be elected by an
honest vote of all the people ; district trustees
will be elected every two years by the
voto in their respective school districts.
Teachers having a proper regard f?.r truth,
piety, good morals, good manners and good
school government, will teach the public
schools, and loavo their impress on the
young.*
Let all hope the time is mar when ignorance
will no uioro oppiess our people as at
preseut.
It is eueouragiug to know that the Editor
of the tcaehers' column has dona much faithful
work in the schoolroom, as a public
school tesoher, and is well acquainted with
the present school system, lie also lakes
sptcial iuterest in church and Sunday school
work, giving his attention to whatever he
undertakes. He wears the mark of the late
war and the lost cause | like mauy others he
has failed to reoeive the honor due him.
Only a few of those brave honest heros arc
providentially permitted to remain among
the living and they are well deserving all
true honor and sympathy ; ospvcUlly when
they make themselves monuments of usefulness
to every good cause.
The public schools brlong to all the people.
Pi operly managed, they are tho best
wealth of the people. U is the duty of
every one to hulp-iu establishing a better
and more useful 'ici)0"l "
Elika A. Gjwiksh.
The Bible In Sohool.
Some people object to the bible in the
school, as a text book. This is wroug.
Where the teacher has the power and disposition
to cultivate a reverence fjr it, belli
by precept and example, it is the very book
needed. But unless he cindi this it will
bit Hwnffuriiiiti in nltnc if vtIipi a If w II Ka
?0 - cr? 7 r-"-p ?- vtreated
irreverently.
.Should it be studed on'y for il^e saki ot
nrgmueai iu sp!riti)?l metiers, without any
disposition to bifild character, then its effect
will be rpuioi)* to the pupi], Que
among ine oest criminal lawyers tlie wiiter
ever knew said that the bible was the best
lawbook in his library. Wben bo could
g.ve holy writ as his authority ho never
feared the result o a trial : aul yet that
mail lived and died ari intidel.
Christian toughers are the world's bible,
or ratlier t'hey arc iiie world's commentary
upon the bible i'sef.
The bible leaobrs that which no other
book c?u, anij the bible student cm truthfully
s^y ,
' I know not where the Islands lift
Their frondod palms in air,
I orilv know I cannot drift
lieyond Ilis love and caro."
Correspondence #f the Timbs.
Mews from Worth PaooletEtta
Jahk, March 13.?The weather the
past few days has been spring-like, and our
farmers are getting ready for planting operations,
If the ability of guano ordered this
spring ia*jjBndioatiou, we may look for a
large ooitontrop to be planted. It is hoped,
however, that muon of it will be put under
oorn.
The schedule en the mail route from
Union to this plaee he? beau changed eo as
to leave Union da'ly at ti a. m., and arrive
hero at 12:30 p. in. Leaving here at 6 a. m.
it reaches Union at 12:30 p. m. This ehange
prevents the mail from lying over at Union
all night. This change was one of the last
official acts of Hon. J. J. Hemph II, our lve
member of Congress, who expressed a hope
that it would prove a convenience to the
patrons along the route.
The North I'acolet Interdenominational
Sunday Soliool Convention will meet at
El Bethel on the 4th Ssbbath of this month,
at 10:30 a. m. The followiog is the programme
:
1. Devotional exercises, conducted by C, '
C. Roberts, Chaplain. 2 Enrollment of
schools and delegates. Repot U of schools. 1
4. Miscellaneous. '
R .1-- ?.!_ . 11
w, - ii um arc ui? uixuesi cTiaences oi ?ur *
acceptance with God?" Opened by Wm.
Jefferies, followed by C. W. Wbisonaot end
othera.
C. "The oiEce of tooclier and the duty of
acholar contrasted," by J. M. Oreer and
N. Q. Littlejohn.
7. "What blessings do ohrist*ans derive
from their professions in tbis life?" Opened by
J. A. Humes, fo'lowed by 8. J. Hammett.
8. Question box. 0. Miscellaneous. 10.
Benadictiou.
Tbo exercises will be interspersed with
music, and all friendly to the Sunday School
cause are invited to attend and lake pari.
Each Sunday Sohool will be entitled to three
delegates.
The death qf Prof. Tankarsley. formerly
of Gnffney City Male find Fouiolo Seminary,
has cuat a gloouj over many homos in lU'S
community whore ho was well known.
While he remained at Goffney City, he never
failed to meet our 8. 8. Conventions when
he could conveniently do so, and much of its
success is due to his wise counsel and
encourjgement. He woa truly a tower of
strength in the community in which he live I.
Mr. Bud Molt died Sunday and was
buried at Skull Shoals today.
Rev. J. B. Swann will preach at Salem
next Sabbath at U;80a. m. Sunday School
wil* meet at 10-30.
We hid tbe pleasure of meeting several
old fiiehds and acquaintances' at Union lost
Monday. Among1 jhem Vfo're "Kclton
Wheel" and "E. W. J." In both of these
wide-awake c >rresponden*s we recognised
determination |o ro^ke GfO Tmss a cyclopia
lia of n&ws and genepal Iqfqriqition.
Last Monday a young man from this section
heard a oourt crier fir the first time in
his life, snd was utterly surprised to think
that Mr. Greer would call a man as loud as
he ceulJ twice, and then tell hitn to "don't
answer.'*
A neighbor of ours, who bss some non- j
bearing frul'Jtree*, has been advised to J
A-*?- in * - - ? - *1
uni? iv pvaiij ii*in iiirviign me otmcr or
ihe heart end then Ihej will got to work.?
(All nonsense.?Ed ) 1
Mra. Mildred L. McDeniol ia rls'ting a
friends nod relatives in tbia a JghborboeJ. a
She has a cordial wetoome. Vox. f
-T * ? ? ?r 0
Tili.ma*'* W^y.?Cjoe. Tilluian errs in p
speaking of his p ditlonl opponents as his I
"enemies." Th?-y ipigbi o? his derated a
person*! friends ?*(* ! jrot oppose his po ilioal p
riewa and purposes, feet's allow fqr honest I
difference of opinion ia pablio ahsir* and ii
all atker affairs.? Sumltr Drttmnn, I
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C'erroepondence of lh? Tins*.
MT , |* HOMtiblttar from KewJoe
^moisakbtwfc 'hutch 12.?m?. editor: ?
Htjtfd Jik* to ?ee something that
AiMMa forgot y oar* elf in admit*- #1
obit to the eltj of Mt^
||HHKj|V. A. Moorhoad's t?rhis
dwslling house.
Truly, "tooal feline of boauty."
Mr. Perry visiting bis
brother, Mr. J. LtoD^HkJU asyi irtt ling
agree* with bun kn|t<^M^ ^
Miss Eat* Mooghead 04R?^Mj^mw
iliokory Qrore last week, and
or two with hrr parente. Her fsoo is Itlftr^^^H
a sunbeam, sai she's ?? worry and mischieVi/us
as evar. ' Being a schoolma'am
bas not mad* any difference with her.
TT.Tr-ojr fs spendiog a few day a at
(he homo of his father before aottling down
to bosineas again.
Mr. A. F. Walker, from Massachusetts,
is employed by tbe Lookhart Shoals Company
(o lay off a plan for their town and
mills. Mr. Walker stys ifyoM, Mr. Editor,
will oaII on him in about a month ho will
show you how he ..has bsen spending hia ^
time.
Supt. Tanner, from Spartanburg, moved
his family down tbia weak. Things ara getting
lively her*. Already wo ar* aroused
iu the mornings by imaginary whistle# and
roarings of heavy loaded freight trains.
Somebody's mail was so heavy last Tuesday
that our mail carrier's' "gig" broke
down in the big niifd boJe beyond Mri Jim
Brown's. The faithful horse was so oytr:
1 come sfter slruKtt'ias out with tbst heavv
mail that it ha-fto take a nap by the roadside
It had paitiaUy ncovered by tl|?
afieruooo, however, and wee seen nibbling
the eats quite cbeerf\il)y? I think, if Mr.
Cleve and oould litre seen how worn out
that horse Joqked h? wpuld hare pensioned
it for life. Th^ raqd hp'd ia a dreadful
plaoe and I am fjuite certain 'more 'h** the
mail oariier's h'.rse would be glai if the
County Commissioners would too that it if .
improved.
Miss Lizzie Moof-li6a<|, sister of ?.qr most
enterprising merchant, and Miss Irene i>qa?
oan paid a flying visit to Silt. Tabor
Soiqrday, They hare recent j arrived
fr.?m Peris. Tv^qs.
We wero'very glad to h*aFi from tiOld
Joo" through iho Ti>|g* last Week. Wo,
also, wish >0 tl|*nk him for his pleMtql
mention of his sucoestor in the Times.
Naw Jon.
Correspondence of the Tinas,
firs and Farming at flantaoSaktuc,
Maroh 13.?Mr. C, P. Sims had
the misfortune to lose his store by fire last
Saturday morning at 3 o'clock. All of tbo
contents were lost, inoludiug a grist mil],
cotton gin and jurtys, qs' lie hall cobveftqii
one cud of the building and tlfe'ball upstuirf
into a mlil and ginnery. The lire was q S*
co?ered by two colored boye who were sleeping
in the building, and who had to juuip
out of ibo windows to save themselves.
The combination of the safe worked whrlj
it cooled off aui c mtm'e ware found
intaot
The origin of lift fire is uuknoifn. There
bad n? ,I]rj in iho eogiu? or iu 'thq
eiope for eeyeral day's, l'ijoro Was ho jqqur;
anee ou the building or s'ock,
Wfin work has |teeq v|goroqviy pushed
tbo past few days, but we are bid'y behind
yet. name farmers hqve upne cousiderable
plowing wlide others have done none up to
da e.
Spriog oats ate looking promising alrra ly,
but fall soared nqg IqaW I k? ? ?"? lUPO- ' '
Wheal in this section is beginning to look
healthy.
IspruVCSiiaia ?i'? otiii being uiaile in this
little l"W?: Mr. V/. T. Jonss has hr.d his
home, foimery occupied by the railroad
agent, Mr. G. A], { 'niiuraiqg, nipoly paintedMy.
L. 1). Jeter is having quite a'I'-irgo
barq buil}, ' ' ' 1 ' 71 1 *
MV- W. O, Jeter Is erecting a blacksmith,
wagon and general repair ehop. " "
Court hu made quite a drain upon th's
community, both for witnesses and jurors,
and the towq W quite dq'J.
Mr. 11. G. A. Jeter was ended from Pup;
man university last week as witness at
court, ani| bo oame to Hsntuo te see his
parents, brothers and sister. ?. W. J.
Sknator Uutlkr's Position.?My pqsW
tiou in regard to the Federal oSloes in South
Cavolina oitght to have beeu thorough'y well
understood, as 1 have made no ounce .1uient
of it since Mr. Cleveland's election,
1 have said, aqd qow repeat, that aq fhr aq (
ha<} qny voice iq regard to them, 1 d-d not
intend IP preterite any good democrat >n
South Carolina because of his action in the
last State election, and that 1 would not
permit any dethoerat to be prosoribel oi
that aoeount.. 1 did not wish to transfer te
Washington the fhotlonal differences in South
Carolina, but to do everything in my power
to unite them. If I bad been met in that
spirit by ail ef my colleagues, as I am gratified
to sav 1 have been by some of them,
we should have had ne difficulty in adjusting
the differences which unhappily exist.
But when I discovered that some members
of the delegation proscribed every demo*
ot at who chose to differ with them in the
last election and aince, and who exercised
their own judgment as to meu and measures,
I determined, as far as I could, to too
justice done to all parties. 1 do not know
what source ef information Mr. Cleveland
and his cobinet will eaek in making up iheir
annus as vo wno iney win appoint In Booth
Unroll na, but whtnivtr my opinion kg reguested
1 will advise them frankly. I
ihall coriainly no dsicbarge a grata publio
luty by lot, as has been suggested, nor will
L enter into any bargsia to secure aabody's
ippoiottneot."
All New Mn.t to bk Appowtisd.?-Washngtan,
March 0.?Representative dpriegrr,
if Illinois, who was one ef the l'rcdidentfa
jailers today, asked him if the rule of not
tppointing meu who had held office under
niin fcur years ago was to prevail, as reported.
The President replied ta thg
iffitm itlve, and if ben asked "jf the rqlo wqi
utlejtiblo, Mr- Cleveland responded that it
could be ao substantially. Tucre might ba
iiceptioaal and ealraordioary oir. unsstaoeaa
wblob might cause soma dspanure from it,
wit he could not call to miod many possibilities
to justify tba change trom the pol cy
lecrfed upon.
Mr. Springer asked if the rule wss a!eo
o apply to fourth* class postmasters Mr.
Ulevelaud's response was that he had not
.bought about tnat, but be gave the Decided
tapressiou that it would prevail to as great
id esteni as peseibls with these small post*
nasterships. ' " ^
La Gkippk?During the provaUnoc of
ne G ippe the past season* It was a noticeiblo
fact that those who depended upon J?r.
aiog a New Dissever/, not only fend a specify
ecu very, btfi e soaped nil of life troub'd:
ions after off tele ot tup pieMj- Tliig
-einedy seem* ( tinee a popular \ ower iu
tlTeciing rapid ouree not only iu oases of
!?a Urippe, but in all disejse* of Tbroat,
-best and Lunge, aud lias oured cases of
Istbma nod Hay fever of long sian ing.
I'ry it and be couvioeed. It'^er^n't dieair
mint.. Free trial botties at B. Yi-^Toany ?
Jrug Store. -jfrT,j
11^ HI - ? . M\ * - - 1.-'
vn, <MIM A VUIUII.?will you heod th?
rarniog. The signal |erheps or i U? wri
^pproKoli of (hit more terrible dUoase, Cvnumptioh.
Ask jourselrss if jou eansfford
or the s?ke of siring 40c, to mn the risk
>ud do nothing for it. We know from 'ex1
ierif noe thtt'ghit'ob's Care dilf curt yuifr
tough. It qererr fais. This' explains -Why *
sore then a Allie n boti)#i we?a stilt) tb'p ^
est jear. It rel)eros croup aud Whoqni?a
tongh a) onoe." ,\)qtliera do not be WMti ?u)
U for lame book, side or Chest use Htnl ?h's
'orous i'iaster. Soli bjr 11. K. Smith k Co