Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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m M yUlMtupIti'. authorise me l# tUi* the There ere causes for this low price com f from legislation bow in force, end there re etaer eiuisee. comiog from needful legislation jrft to be enectcd. It is certain, how- | over, that these caosee cannot be remediod in time to effect the price of the crop now J bout to be p'aoted, even indeed, if their foroe ever eon be entirely destroyed i The cotton formers must, therefore, for the present, resort to such remedies or ; palliatiees for lew prices ss may come of their own action independent <>f legislation. 1 ?? /1 ami DH I... I., . i.? I ! ? 1N> VIVU ^ I UV4?-J U?B iMVUj^iii u ni|n?i price thsn tne proceeding one. This result- t d from the fact that it wm much smaller. The price weuld hare been higher if there hail not been a large surplus 1 ever the needs of consumption. coming from the eery large crop of the preceding year (1891-92.) The natural rise in the price of the erop 1 no* being marketed has been largely impeded by the great atrike among operatives In the cotton factories of KogUud. In this etrike sixty thousaud operatives, working twenty-one million spindles, have stepped work. The effect ef this strike, up to this date, has been to decrease the amount consumed by llritish factories since September 1st 522,000 batra, and is likely to amount in the near future to be mete than 100.000 bale* in addition. This decrease in the demand has by the certain law cf trade, diminished the prieo, or, which is the same thing, prevented tho full rise which would otherwise have come from a small crop American spinners oarrieJ over aa unusually large sleek of ootton, having bought nt the low prices prevailing in the spring and summer, and whilst deing an exceptionally good business, they have taken ?u f*i r?">0.(>00 bale* irss than for the same period during the last season. This also increased the eurplus. The prespect of another large crop coming from increased acrenge, it that should happen, would not only be an effectual bar to any risu in the price, tint would cause a till further decline. So ihnt now the cotton raiaers of tho South nto confronted with thisaerbua question for solution : Shall we, by increased acreage in the crpp now being planted, as compared to the acreage of the Inst season, rnise n crop of nine or ten million bales and theroby glut the markets of the world, causing a fi t to the low priors of Wl-fi!, and pothapti even lewer, or will wr, by red ticing tho acreage I te tlie extent to raise all our foed and forage crops and work animals, especially our meat, corn, heroes mid mules, increase I lie price of our cotton crop anil at tlie same time diminish the uses of the proceeds of the crop by larger reduction in the amount harrier-re applied le buy supplies? There can lie hut mm answer to this question in the minds of thoughtful men. if it be said that among so numerous a class as cotton raisers it will bo impossible to get up an ogrenucnt which will result in combined action to plant reduced ucrraga iu cotton, if this be conecded, then the situation appeals with still stronger force to each individual farmer to decroaso his own crop to the extent needful le raise his supplies, for, in case there shnll not lie such diminution in the ecreuge as to effect materia lly the price, eo that the next crop is to be a low pricod one, the ndsantuge te him who has wieely raised hie own supplies will bo clear and manifest. He will nut liavu to buy high priced supplies with the scant proceeds of low priced cetlon. These proceeds will then be in the main a surplus, or nosrlr so. On the otlitr hnud, if there shall be .such geneial movement in the dirtciion ol raisings (mailer crop as to raise the price, then .1 mil whe contribute te it in the tnunnei herein indicated will enJoy this increased price as ? . the result ef their own wise action and at the sama time be exoiupt from expenditure for supplies which they have ho raised. After much reflection upon data colleoted from all countries adapted to raising cotton, I atu satisfied ef this painful truth : That we are never, nt least in this generation, to have generally the high prices for cotton we once hud. Cetton will never, but in exeeplienal rnics and for short periods, be high enough to warrant the producer to rely upon it as a means of purchasing supplies which can he raised at home. Very respectfully, J. Z. (jp.oitur.. ..... >.? A Sltcksskui. Fakmkr.?I nm satisfied, by careful observation, that a great many fanners are to blame for their boys leaving the farm. 1 have studied this matter to timl where the fault was, for I myself left the farm whea a boy and 1 thought for sullieient cause. 1 iuado up my mind to profit by iny own experience, us a boy at home and, a boy away from borne. 1 went to farming again when 1 was 34 years old determined to make it pay. 1 em satisfied with the venture. My only bey, now '21 years old just past, is a thoroughly trained farmer and business man, and is in full control of the farm and all its management. I hive turned it alt over to him. 1 could name five or six of Oar roll county s successful farmer* that 1 nacn CUDUli V, IflRl- lO'JK 11113 p Ul fl Willi their boys nnd in every instance it has proved a success, their noun arc model fat-wore, good businevs nten. an<l solid citizous. The future of agriculture, whether it be profitable er unprofitable, depend? upon how we train our beys. !f jou waui to gei a boy interested in your business I know of no quicker nor better way than to giro hint a share in it. Ask his advice in the business and if his ideas are bttter than your own, (which will soiretiints be the case,! be honest with hitn and tell him so and thank him for it, teo. If otherwise explain te hint why lie if mistaken. Don't say to him "What do bain know about (arming* 1 don't want any ef your advice." .Such talk to a bright, intelligent boy discourages hint. If yeu want your bey te be a success don't be continually telling him that farmers arc slaves for the rest of ntnnkind, lor it is not true. 1 say that if you consider yourself a elate you have made the condition and accepted it, because yeu have not the independence (or ssadi te he anything else. Don t peisen the miDds of your beys with such stuff. A successful farmer is the "early bird," etc. He has but little use for the almanac, be gives up the entire slock ef "chances sad hoodoism" to tho weaker "brethring." To be a successful farmer, is to briag to his aid all the informsiion that can be gained from scientific investigatioa and the philosophical reasoning from cause to effect, lie does mot read agricultural papers and then blindly practice all he reads, but he sifts out that part that suits his seil. and special WUU1M0II9 ana met it in his practice. Ha cheerfully takes up llie -'order" from tli# Greet Creator "to replenish (lie earth and eubdue it.' ?Jaintx Haslet in Farmers' Guide. ... - 1 Local It kcom m en i> ati on s J t k?r i~ 11: at >.? ' Washington, March 1">.?The l'retidentinl postmasters sent to the Senate today. *i?e in ( number, comprise all of the cascs now complete ftinl ready for artiou. The I'oatmaster j General has notified Senators and members of the house that heresftor lie will require, in addition to their recommendation, pome local expression of the patrons of the ofhee aa to the fitness of the applicant. t ' i Liqi io and Hut Measi hi..?No table of liquid measure in the books stat?? the fact, ' bui ? person, it he trice, can get a peck of I trouble out of a pint of wbisky. I ? f fir JDeefifij %niotti^|^K8' .. , ? , r ? m R? M. STOKBfl, Editor H Friday, Miircb 34, MO*. w SU11SCUIVTJOS, $1 60 I'KR ANNUM " All pnwrorric* The I*. O. will be opened for buelne** ? 'roni 8A.M. to 0.00 P. M. bi The Moucv Order Department will be i, .poned for business from U A. M. to 4 l\ M. Moil going South will close promptly it II A. M. >? Moil going North will close promptly at tu S.80 I?. M. p, Tlio mail will be taken from the street box !f? minutes before closing each mail. Any inattention or irregularities should b e reported promptly to the 1'. M. c J. C. HUNTER. P. M. , lew Advertisements 11 Spriog Opening? tinhorn A Sparks. Spectacles and Kye-lllasses?Union Drug I' L'o. Rank Slock for Sale ? I. 0 Long. F I inal Discharge? J. Vf. Scott. Condition of M. \ 1'. Rank. i ? - t KK&' Mrs. ( rant has gana to market to , purchase htr Sfring stock ef Millinery ? Now. ladies, loek tut for something nice ? and natty in the way of heal bring* ? 1 There it a ntw and very important more on foot that will, if carried to com- , pletion, contribate much to the business prosperity ef tins lawn. Ear goad and , sufficient reason, we are i*t quite ready ta t "lei the cat out of the bag " If any one j wishes to secure ttmc ef the cream of the , "good tune coming" in this rising and \ growing town, nrwitthe time fer them to strike lor it. , * i Pa*' A II doubt as to tx-Stnator liamptin a I appointment to the alhco of Commissioner of Knilrrnds was rumored last Monday by g President Cleveland tending bis nomination j to the Senato and its prompt continuation by , that body. Only within the circle of a cor- ( tain poli icnl ring, or clique in this .State, t will (hero bo any fueling but that of rejoicing at the appointment of the beloved hero, statesmnn and citizen. Four fights ami a anew storm made I things in thia town pretty lively last Friday. It is n long lime since the people of Union aw so much "blood on tlio moon." 'J'he next day was no less remarkable, but less warlike, in that we expcriouced the weather of all seasons of the jcar?aleet, hail, snow, rain, sunshine and frost, alternately. Friday and Saturday, March 17 and IS, I81H5, 1 will be memernhlc dnys in the history of the town of Union, S. C. I * * . " * In a letter trein Mise Hattie Oetzel, | when in New York, buying a stock ef millinery for A. II. Foster & Co., to the ' ludiee of t'nion, she s?ya duiih-i/ rar.i and bat wings will be fashionable trimmings for 1 ladies' bats. VIhew ! Donkey ears stick ing up on a young lady's hat ! Wc once ' heard of a gentlein in s hat ceveriog a psir, 1 indicated by the sound beneath, but under or over a lady's hat, never. Hats and ewls will find ne vacant resorts ill Union in a few inenths. * pt?f" The holes in the street, of which we spoke lest week, arc getting longer and deeper, and the sides of the street is now traveled and getting eut up by vehicles to escape the holes. Ilemeniber the old adage, ' a stitch in time raves nine." Wc would further oill the attention of the honorable Town I '01111111 to the heaps of debris from the yards and gardens thrown into the mid lie of ( hutch and other back streets. They are not only very unsightly, but mast be unhealthy, and there is a town ordinance against throwing such natter en the streets. Wo tliink it it time (lie Titru Council wan doing tjoine work oti tlie etreei*, for they need working ba lly, ultd if not attended to mooii it will co?t twice i< ir.\icl> as it would now to juit tbcm in decent condition. They never can lie ke|>l iu govti condition ?e loeg as the practice of throning debris from the j yards and mild from the gutter* is permitted. The Ortxnd Jury ef the U. S. Circuit ' Court st tlreenville, composed ef men of all ( shades of politic creeds, did mere to in- * augurate "(he era of good leoling' among (lie people of (his (State, than nnythiog we ' have see* or read of, the past three years at least lis well timed and well merited ceinpliiuent to Judge Si moil ton whs an agreeable contrast to (joveruor Tillman's snarling to- 1 caption ot the Judge's excel I an t decision in the liquor injunction cases. ' The people of tliie Stale, of all factions, are heartily tired of the bickering and strife ' that line been kept up botweon thorn by the 1 politicians. They want peace and harmony * iu their ranks. We honestly believe tke time is verj close at baud when truo Deni- ' ecratn ef South Carolina will unite At the polls and rebuke those pslitisians who have J rode Jnto oflice under the people's banner c of "reform," but whose promises of reform ' havo proved to be only a change of eflicials ?a prostitution of reform in government to |j me greed or unscrupulous ottice seekers? and whoso offiicta! terms depend solely upon the length of tiiue thee cin keep the preju- e dices of the people excited upon clues distinctions and interests. ^ <>n every hand we find a kinder, tnore ^ liberal and a more tolerant spirit animating the people in their political beliefs than has existed sinoe 1881'. They are fait kicking out of the harness of the new Columbia ring. They are fust learning the lcasuu that a change of officials dees not necessarily carry with it a reform of government. tl Editors is Luck.?The old saw that the t( pen is mightier than the sword may be true sr net true ; hut the pencil lias its innings in P1 ihese piping times of record breaking. T Indications point to the suceess of Editors ion/.ales and Crews in their aspirst'ons to ft| terve the Government. Beth are good and rue men and the service will not suffer in heir keekping. The Government will gaiu what the press loses. ? flr'tiwilU Xttr*. c If President Cleveland don't wake "ex- ti reases meet" in the above appointments, wo se Ion t know what extremes in South Carolina politics mean. We. however, will right r ?lad if friend Crews doeo get the Lauren* postmaster plum. *" ? i' :aW>g ' r tkff* rrw!4^t ! lUea extra M?i'?a tf C?w|refs,*> mimm ?t later I baa 8apsw>bac fat, Ilia objee* Ito rtptal Iba Moftinle/ viarlf law aa4 ibstltuU for h a tariff lair ia/iec >rdao?? lib the Chicago platform. Ha alao wishes le Sherman silver law repealed and a subi'uta for it enacted. li I* enw n***"1'" " *^;r;!vvu in i* inii" igioo (bat ox Congressman ilampbill will t appointed one of the Judge* of ilia new ieirlcl Court of AppeeK \lf. Hemphill t* the liigheat endorsement* fro in all the ndmg Democratic Senators and ltsptelcn* tire*. ? l > bis ahiliijr and fines* for tbe Haitian. ,Tt-c President rary einplm'icilljr defioad is riews on nepotism ti a Western Cobrc**man nlio solicited an appointment for constituent. Ita told Mr. Cleve'and that te applicant was a goo I Democrat, n good How, and. furthermore, a relative of the icm lent !uni?clf Tl?%t rettles it." Mr. Clevelsm' is reoned m saying. "Ilia uaiwe cannot be onsidtrrd," and thro the Pmsident ia saiJ i> have read the I'oDgaessman a lrc'ora on he latigor of appointing le'ativts la ifhca. n which ha placed hituself on racard aa n*t cepetistn in a I its shades. meaning md a| pi cation* ? ? factory Hotai The liveliest place in tawn is at the factory ai'road *ud none quarry. kept. May is putting the work cn the ihaaJ e? ?w ??? ??? There's na idle uv?e spent there Tha negroes and mules Ion t feel the lea?t like frolicking whan hey >>vt wotk a: night . ?ud one inuif lest iVtdneiday afternoon looked aa if he wauld |uil work forever if they didn t give him a ft 50m. We looked nt that mala and neiitvllyihaukad our stare thai we are, not i railroad^muie Mr. Qtant ii pushing the work in tha ilouc i|Unvry with his usual industry, and tas already hauled a large ijuantity af rock or the foundation on tha tnill silo. The inarry is enly one or two hundred yards roni the sitc. I.umhcr is being rapidly hauled on the [round, and Mr. Sharkey is preparing for nrork in that lino. Everything is working ogcilier in harmony, and when tho "fill" n I lie railroad is tini-died we may expect to lee the mill huil ling and operatives housos [o up like inagic. 011 Union is putting oil tha proudest and no?t hopeful kind of airs, and her business )co|>ip nro j'tst opening tntir cyes, tlieir toons ami llicir purser to everything and .11 jrtItink for tlie general g#od. Remain bcr, wc have a fin# lot of large "rained painting*, to ho given aivny to cash itiyers. ("all and get a ticket and tree the ic'iira*. GRAHAM it SPARKS. * - Stat# Dispenser Appointed Gov. TiI1 ma 11 Ins appointed L>. II.Trailer i wealthy merchant of 1 itiimonsvillc, Florence county, the Stalo Diapetiser, under th< dispensary law. Tho Governor has been active and e'icrgetio in making all prepara< tiou necessary for the cnforccinent of (In law. While we cuinot endorae the law believing it to lie wrong in prineiple, am lint while it may correct an ^??il in ?iai a*es it wiil crrato greater evils in many ways, we 1. >pc tho people ^throughout the Slate will tcndvi lli? olf:ccrs appointed In Mifoice i' every n-s:*tunc# to giv# it a fi?'i ind hone*t (eit. We recognize both goed and evil in ilt< aw. but if the elements for geod predorni late, or can ho so directed or managed aa t< <ecp in eheck the grcit evil of iatemper ince. upon the doctrine that "no iaay d# evil that good should come, ' we shall cordial ly accept tho law as a long'atep in the grant march of in.;vol poforoi. "Try all thing: and hold fist to that is godtl.' GRAHAM & SPARKS can show one o the prettiest iities of Dress Goo ls aad Trimmings in the State. Sonic special prices fui cash buyers fall ami see them. ^ - ne Loun Tl.'e March term of ciurt was adjourned >( Saturday in >riiing. Th? caao of J. Richards against (?. Kpps Tucker was withdrawn, as (he testi nony upon which (ho Plaintiff bused his uniplaint wns found to he utterly uureli tble. The following sentences were imposed by ludge Nerton i Jolvn McMahan? Lirceuy from tlio field. mi months iu penitentiary. Butler Jetfcries?Arson. leu years in ha penitentiary. l'ho Same ?Larceny. Twe years in tin penitentiary. Charuer Thomas. Arson?Burning Mr diehard s dwelling, barn, stables, gin nouse ind other raluable properly. To be haeg>d the eth day of May urn. William Jeter ?Manslaughter. Two years n the penitentiary. In the case of C. P. Siiue against TV. T. ones, the jury, after being out "24 hours, ould not agree, and a in striil was ordered, 'his is the second mis'rial in the sumo cue. - ? Mr. L. 1>. C'bilds, of Chester, was here Ins neck. ? The Good Temp'are are arrraugitig for an nteitainment to be given in May. Mr. li. 8. Lylrs, of tbe penitentiary guard tree, came up from Columbia Inst Monday ud carried back will) him tho three piiscers who were convicted at {he last term of ourt, to nerve the sentences impose ! on tern for their offences. TO THE POBUC IN GENERAL. We have learned from long experience lint the only successful way to do business on a cash bnais : so we propose this season > make our goods at the very closest cash rices, and offer some big inducements FOR HE CASH Now, if yen happen to owe us something ud can't pay it. and have a little money to >end. rime and spend your cash with us, id in that way you can show your appreatiou of our accommodation in the past, ad at the same time make money for yourlf. We have the goods, and the prices are giit. Come and see for yourself. Respectfully. GRAHAM & SPARKS Cash Store. H IDHP I / of Ob tnm.^f I 8a>rr?c, Mnfrofa 20 ?After erorsl dsjn ef bright, MMHUJ twllitr, M fill! |I?MU/ eoldgr fan Week, B?tn<?twl?j, whs* ? VM ttMt?4 to A H*w storm. Tho flakes wors largo so I foil thick and fast. It hsweoer cleared off before night, bat Haodaj morning ersrjthlng was white with timmt?* Us hub a-' ZZ- tt-i r?sM wmm froion, which mods us orings for tho f?ult buds and blosam. Still it is bopod that thors will bo eftsbgb later blooms to eosdre a ?9d?tsioaw|i Ouaao ie being fcsn'ed to the firms Tor/ ei ten sirs!/, and lbs indications are that a largo crop of cogon will bo' planted: Wo wendrr if an/ ofltbs fertilisers will bo ue?d to locrosoe tho bog sail hominy crops, or will il bo solely to farther tho so-eelted ever pro faction of oolton 1 t loans is rather high compared with the'prodkli>ao of what the price of osttsn wi'l bo neat felt. If colics does com* down is six sr seven scats, or perhaps lower, how will lbs ffirtnera manege is pa/ fotguane and lbs stiff prices for basils soil provisions to run tbsss, If lbs/ overcrop tliemsslvcs, is so effort Is make a big crop, ?nd 1st lbs gross tabs It, and Ibvn on!/ tasks a half sr three-fourths crop. 1 think thit it something Is think teiieusl/ upon. According Is my opinion, i; will not pay to use commercial forliiissrs, unless a small acreage of lbs *eit land it planted, Isriilited ws 1, and weUirorkal, and thai not put in ceuea. to flit in c m and pens to rait# hogs, in order Is stop that heavj drain upon lite farm of buying no much high priced bacon. \ tsisrday lbs Siltm church end Sunday -school sleeted its officers for another twelve months, as fol'ows: J. II. Randolph, Superintendent; 0, IT. Austell, Ana't 6npt.; K. W. Jeter, Secrvttry and K. II. Jfhae, Librarian. The SecreUT/ or the County Baptist Sunday SchonrCeaveMdh ban raoeived no'ice from the committee en pines of next meeting, ihat the place chosen was Bealnh, es that school and church had voted unanimously for it. Bdulah always lovea to entertain it. The next meeting will begin Friday before the 6th Sunday in April. Rev. J. H. Ynrberough preached at Salem yesterday morning and at Carlisle in the afternoon. Good ^congregations were proscot m beih place*. Mr. J. Leon Butltr, of Mt. Taber, wes in Saniuc Saturday, and reportad things getting ia thorough working order about the Iiockhart factory.. Messrs. Themes end Culltne Hebson. who came out nere from Mississippi a tew months ags, imve returned te that Slate. Mies Eva llebson returned last week fretn Clinton, where she had gone to visit relative. M et Fannie Withers, of Clifford Semi* nar.v, was visitlajflu fttntue SaturJay and Sunday. As variety is the spice of life, 1 will sand you for the benefit of your renders, a lover's roproof (no doubt)?from a girl to a boy? which 1 found recently. 1 will give it as it wns written, punctuation and cspitalizatien and all. 1 an n# prepared to say whether the parties wcre^n^tl or colored. Names at e reserved, of^^Eff.: My dear i thought te inform you of nay He' -*ts .Well at the time aud ! l*?l ,n?"^\ooiu? te Hand it.i Qsjaio'l J"?UO 'o^l^ant to ask yo 1MS!J Ml*"" * y#u Say auul ?!?i J niftooj j vu}|qnop j about mer' oj tianoO,6no| anuj, jo.f toj ,at you Say uiui j.vj 05151 *oorj,, 'JAjJutloJ lid so i i Waun 4,4;oii jo I]if jq oU j ji j.m^ thiuk 1 that .ttit|M u ut t?Wiu) puu pjo steoX * Want oi ejuoduu jjujiij, "tuft for '. Wnnt tip iiojut v'jtju poifjutp avou .'*2 > 5 am i^p q oj?'|p^ putt ntjof 'e.Co?i , A ijpmh i?o<| } h.djuiii oq? ptus Qj . 1 Sum! )tj/fioi JOAO JOJ A >vf w111x\ ,u ' 4 ?" %a0it.c-sf^,..^beg:t ~ ^^Bf-sworn to devote thcmselvo? ' '"^phot's cause, catne at General *,lal ' day- W"*r?f0,- ,nari,1?-S rai? r*?tout linesmen as if we ba?.uj,0 a war ,jpn to frightened by n crj/Miiug ; sevei?1?5* patchwork rags, witvo had . a ve:?"cd heads, many armed wit 8o? weapons than stick?, thr? have madeBl in front of tho fire walk croP is ^"''''wvn thev went by scores at tta SiliX".""' i"Iick|y totf "i'"" 'e , L..r ,,s- i ?* ... win. farmers. the ground was 1 in preper qondilBgt^o plow wasi HI**** use of. Our Not? Ph?olet people, generally, i laid in their aurao and commini?<><i nnni r ialio* for * big. oitlon orop this year Soma of them ars fixing to g?L back jo the r oM rut of all cotton and nothing else, except Jrblo and poverty) As our friend Fagan Martin would say ^r" watch." Wo know aomo burnt children, however, I who will not go loo near the fire again. ' Kcv. J. 1$. Swann preached at Snlem yesterday. Ilia text' wus Matt. 25: 14 to 30 verses inclusive. The announcement was made that the communion services would be i hold the 3d Sabbath in April and Saturday before. Kcv. Mr. Sams was toe unwell to preach at Abingdon Creek yestemny Seme people hare commenced gardening a little. Experience of late years has taught them that too early planting is not always best; but it will nercr do to let Good Friday pass without doing most of their planting? > weather or no weather?and, by the way, Waddy Osiurnt says il vriii not do to plant ) anything on "rotten Saturday," that is, the Saturdny following good Friday.. Gardeners will please tako notice and thank him (not us) for the information. i One day Inst week ene of our neighbors thought lie would burn off some grass and litter while the wiad was up. A strong bleut of wiud blew tfie fire in every direction i and it bccaiua uuq|(A&?oablo, ft took to the woods and ambng the pint tops and broom sedge, and made snch a roaring and popping that it put some pesple to prnyiag. They thought their time had come. It's n vcrv bad oomethintr that has nn troml at all iu itS All is weljtbat and* wall. Wo find tlmt sweet potato aaed is Tary scarce this season. Our tbnnks are due Mr. W. C. Kirby for enough to p'ant our crop. Coleman Kirby is uot often caught napping on anything that pertains to successful farming or gardening. 11. A. Foster, J. F. Kstes and Joe Kslee wero appointed delegates to represent Salem S. 8.. at llio township convention, on the 20th inst. Mr. Willie S. Wofford cut his foot severely several days ago and we forgot to make mention of the fact, but he has our sympathy all the saa;c. He is one of the young men upon whom the future of tliia country depends. Vox. Who ion Govrrxor .'?It is generally talked that Governor Tillman, in order te place himself in a stranger position to make the tight for the United States Senatorship, will run again for Governor, end be elected, having whom he waote for Governor placed on the ticket for Lieutenant Governor. The idea is for him to resign the Governorship afisr the election has served hit purpose and let the Lieutenant Governor step up. Isn't it about time the people lind somet ling to fay about who they want fur Governor. One of the most prominent charges made by the Reform caodidatee was that under the former State organization, the people had no choice in eoieciing a candidate for Governor ; but that wae cut and dried for thctn by the Columbia ring. 1/ow is it now ? i * / -v 1 7 " . T^A. OirBRfl* COLUMN. J AH. L. (TRAIN. Editor, KtU Jane C X0.Il. ?. CMKFOKD.) * * VAeeUlaot*. L. W. DICK. ) Preg raaame of Tttektri' Aeeoclatioa The r*(u'ar mtrtmr T.?.h? A.ovciailon will lake place in the Gra< .School building at Union. on the let J ?y April next. The following in Ilia p gramme : I Mueie?SI inn Snllie Monro. Arithmetic. Urd year?Mr. W. W. Urn Mian l/orena ffnwkin*, J. I.. Strain. Munic ? Mi?n Johnnie Senders. (Juration Ilox. Muaie?Mii* Sallie Munro. International Grammar Werk? Mr. K. Wilaon, Mrs. M. K. Uritton, Minn Hram Rodger*. Mueic ?Minn Metlie Murphy. - ? We hope the oeraer ntene of the teache library will be lai I at the Apr<l meeting the Teachere' Awociation, and that heft the Summer enJ* the Asiocintlon mill her library wit ch will reflect credit upeo h< the cause and county. A* soon a* frisnds i<f o-luostion see that we are taratet, and need a library for our w >i book* will pour m by the score, if net hi dreds We" i! nuke the effert, anyway. ? ? The maxim, "Ideas before words." m not he a nsee?*ary principle, eren of ptimi iaatructien. hut it is sxoellent advice. 1 object should bo to teach both the idea i its sign, and especially to eonucct th indiseelubly together; aud te make t eoaaection sure it is teaeh the i? befhre the word, whenever it can be dot The feoilil/ with which children lea wards, especially as sounds, is oenstsn giving thsm new words which to them hi tie meaning. It is the tetcher's impsrsti duty lo see that empty words ure filled w their ideas, and especially that all n words, learned and used in schools t associated with clear idea*. To this ei net only ell primary concepts, hut all c< cepts that involve primary concepts?whi art dim or blurred, should be taught jeclivsly. Memory Lessons The lesson tuiy lis defined ns a tsaclii axarcise whose aim is instruction, or dri ijr both. When instruction and drill a united or blended in a lesson, the one usually mads subordinate to the other, teachiog those arts that involve manual m vocal skill, as writing, drawing, singing a reading, instruction is preparatory and li a lets prominent place thin drill. It imeuueu 10 g'w ,,,e pupil * cienr rica what he is to dv, and how ho is to do Knowledge is needed for guidanec, and I clearer the pn;il's grasp of this guidi knowledge the more fruiful will be I practice But. in imparting skill, knowleil mast be supplemented by c>n<inued n persistent practice. The child's mind should be increasin tored with beautiful and vitnl truths, p reased in choicest language. Our F.og literature sparkles with gems which bcc< a rien treasure in the memory, It has b Argued that u child should never memo language which lie doei not fully uni tand. The writer it glad that such a r vras not observed in his early traini There is much vital tru?h that \vc ne fu'ly comprehend until experience unloi the meaning. This is specially true of rigious truth, which we kuow at first o in part, and whoso meaning grows clea and richer with our ycara. The quest involved is clueily oaH of degree. It d net eubvert the iropoitant principle of < nientnry teaching that the memory she wait uporj the understanding. :* ? First Rsading Simplified. As given lu a late nutnbor of (he Sch Journal. The new nrrangcineut of the I'honctic it Word methods of teaching that has bi succesefully tried)and is now being ge ra'ly introduced in Brooklyn is, in pructi at follows , I. About eighty words art (aught by i word and sentence method. The words m be selected from any book?no chart primer reading is required?they may related to any subject or subjects the t#a< er clioonos. They must include a nuiut of nouns, verbs and adjectives, the m common prepositions, and ether parts speech needed to form n great variety sentences. As a rule, phonetic words a avoided. II. Whi'o these eighty words aro bei alowiy acquired, the phonetic method introduced by a series of very careful st#] Those sounds arc selected lor the first dri that run into each other easily, as f, in, I, n, s, w, (pronounced oo) n. If I, k. any other explosive is used, it is put at t end of a word. Children sound "mat more ea?ily than "tame." The syllable, i is taught as one sound. These easy some need no practice, but may be assocint with their sjrmbols. This is done by raj blackboard drill. The teacher writes t lists in different columns and the chil li call off a? she points. These symbols i taught one at a time. M and n, f and s : separated as far as possible, to avoid cc .l- -t-:u uiaiug I lie i; 1111(1. III. A third line of work proceeds siini taneously wiih then two. This is o practice upon words composed of the soun in this list and spelled with these lctte The teacher gives the sound and the pu calls the word. This practice is continu with increasing rapidity until the unswt ars instantaneous. The words given wi the first list ars ns follows : Ail, jail, et ate, mats, etc.; lake, rake, etc.; aim, lam etc.: may, lay, etc.; safe, waste, wait, fail ring, fling, sing, sling, and each of the with the addition of the sutfix "iog ' IV, When the oral practice of the words has been made perf cl, and the syr bsls are so thoroughly ass-ciited with the sounds that they may he called eff instant ?absolute perfection is essential at tli point?ths words are written on the bosr one at a lime: their si'eut letters arc ra celled, and the children led through tl "sounding" precc?s t o find what tney ar This soon becomes interesting, and ti wordssre then introduced in sentences. ?: at a time, carefully marked, and are re: without diflioulty. The work it tim< that the completion of this pail of the ph I _ . nolle work coiaci !es is time ?itb (bat ml the IrH eighty words taught arbitrarily. It I. C requires time end patimce, but wkM this point ie reached, "the bick of leaning to read is broken." Af>er ibis the work pro = coeds much tn?re rapid y, though tbo same step* ere taken. led 'h'* ?r,t ''8t ?' P'xwl'C words 0f is being familiarize I io sentence*, a second >ro- is made the subject cf oral practice. This list contain* but one new sound, anl ths ce sj rabol is not taught until the oral work is completed. Then it :s added t? the first list of syipbuls, which are ons'aul'y being drilled upon to keep up the rapidity of I association, and the words are placed upon ion the beard, and studied out by the chi drcn as before, whi'c a new set is taken up for oral practice. This succession of operations is continued through list after list, while 0f unplionetic words ore coot nuaUy being r# tsuglit ty ilie word method. The second Q K list is similar to the first, substituting rr or >lj( e.i for a. Eat, eel, east, etc., with the auffir the '" f ,ft them. The third hat is male from ths words i o ^ alrrady known hy adding tr. It wilt be found that * it a difficult initial HO* teller, and or the short rowels, ? is the hardest to manage. Teachers trying this ay system will therefore do well to make their try own lists and, from this point en, observe i'he the ptineiplsa laid down, and taking advam** ind tage in eash new list of all UMMUttjaMfflH em After the long vowels and J^HmjjB^H^m p, g, at the lea hausted, take up lhh^^HH^B|HPp^ne more diBeult oombinfc*IHMH^B^^Wnd?. rn There Is room here fe r"eVeice^PWWrrSff4 tly Thirteen huudred words is an ordinary ive number to bs taught by this system during vs the first term. A thousand may bs adopted ith as the minimum. e w ? ? Arithmetical A dealer invested $090 in flour at a cer'J inin average price per bushel, lie sold n on- number of barrels for $"216, a* $6.75 per ch barrel, losiag 10 per cent, on the cost ef the . amount sold. At what price per barrel must ob- , ,, . . r__ }' ii* a*n mo icinuinucnu iu tinr ? )\i on I he whole ? A servant agreed to work it year for $215 ng and a watch. At the end of five month* he HI had earned $75 and tho watch. \Vh*t wa? ' the watch wotth ? >r# ? '* Correspondence of the Times. 8now?Death?Personal! in Jonesville Jonesvii.i.e, March 20.?Today is rtlhe'r nd oeld f ir this tune of the year, hut ii is quite ias an improvement on last Saturday evening The snow fell in regular winter s'yle. The ls ground being wet from the rain that pre*1 ceded it the snow did not lie, or it would it. have been an inch or two deep. (I,, Itevs. W. C. 0. Humphries and Dove Tiller filled their respective pulpits in our ln^ town yesterday morning an 1 evening. I|;s The Rosebud Society inet at the Method'*! go church last night anil attended to routine inij busine?s. after which ltev. 1). Tiller read a very impressive paper in regard to the convcreioa ef a Jew to the Christian religion, which was brought abcut by the prayers of ox- a soldier hoy and a g iod Chris iiu woman. Ii?h Mrs. John T. Fowler died at the home of her lather, C K. Fowler, a' Joaesvil e, last >,u' Wednesday. Mrs. Fowler's dettli wn* net *en unexpected as she had been in declining rize health for eome time. Not long befire her jcr. death she was removed to the house of her parents, to d e in the home where she was 1 born and reared to womanhood. Her re>ng. mains were buried at Uilcad cemetery ou ver Friday, and the burial service conducted by eke ',cr pastor, Rev. D. Tiller. Her husband told ine since her death, that during the ie eight years of I heir married life no discord nlJ ever crossed their pnthway, nei'her had she rer ever grumbled or complained of troubles, ;on trials or nttlictions in life. A husband and three sweet little boys, besido many other 00,1 relations and friends, arc left to mourn the loss of tins sweet tempered Christian wife. nlil niAlhar ?1anrrltf on.I fvian/l Last Thursday Mrs. James Gibson, whe lives ou Mr. D. A T. Farr\. place, on 1'acolet, Save birth to a child with the left arm extending a little below the elbow. It is a ocl well-developed male r.hjld. except this short arm whioh, looks as though it had been atn- , -a put?ted ami bctv'ed up. Neither of the par- | eats are deformed in any way, while the I ,,n met her can give m reason for this string? I tie- freak of nature. cp. Mrs. Sallie Lindaey, who has bccu in i feeble health for some time, is improving. Mrs Dr. K. M. Littleiohn is quite ill at ,be present. " ' *y Mr. 1?. Free is up end going about, or Mrs. Dr. Orr is viet'ng in Jonesville. t,c Mrs. T. L. llaroci is visiting her Gaffuey . City re'atives. Mr. John Archer, of Spartanburg, c?nie '8r down te Jonesville yesterday, and went out ost te aee Mr. A. G. Means' family. 0f LeConte pear trees and a few of the peach end plum trees arc in bloom, but I fear they are killed. The rest of the fruit is safe thus re tar. Tn iriicNE. ne For the Times u News from an Old FriendElm Grove, March 17. Knrron Union Times:?My Do.ir Old 'lis Friend?Though absent, you are "siill to r, my memory dear." The visit of the Times #r every week brings to my mini a sensou of , refreshing. I.ong may you live to wield a * dexterous pen lor the best interest, bdh et' 8 your county end State. "Days should ng speak and multitudes of years...Jjpaob' wi?ide dotn. ' An>l you have boththuege aud the experience to glide and * wisest conclusions for jod ?f )id yeur readers. 1 he Tbc condition of our section is now hewer eB than it lias been for yeara. Our fanners, f r tbe most part, have raised a supply belli " of corn and inca', and preparations ore ire being male for ft repetition of the wiip n- good conduct far the present year. The cotton acresgc was heavily dimiuishe 1 last year, and the present will not make much, if any, increase. Our people, though late, ral are beginning ',to renliie the fact that hum# ds eupplies should be rnieed at home, as this is evidently the only logioal and true source of prosperity to the agricultural people of l'1' the Piedmont country. ed The farming interest is nt present in a hrn back ward condition, owing to the lae and |(^ unfavorable season. However, a 1 seem to be intently in earnest to redeem the time by c> applying IhemecWts t> the work with ree, doubled energy. The motto in this section, r,tf i?. "hop? and persevere; do your whole <e duly mid the dark clouds of adversity will ere long be chased away by the brilliant sunshine of prosperity." $t The rough weedier still continues with n. ue. It has been 'nowing since early inorn, and still continues, though it melts as rapidly as it fads. I th uk after diis this spelt 'v is over we will have a season of fine we dliis er. "So moo it he." j Our politicil horir.on eocins to ranst of in to be brighter than il lias he.mi f.>r many 11 years, and the o d -h p of Slate will in a 10 short lime rotch the much desired haven, e freighted with her most cherished le Long may 3I10 flourish on her sunny wsy, |# Until she strikes a brighter gdden >Uy ; , When meek-eyed peace shall cover all our earth. And milliens praise the land that gave thein 0- b rib. W. M. Fostkr. % ?fie Otli ju.lici.il ?li?ir.rt. It ? lUtH aa t rumor, but whit is g ran in cobimUw with . It ?rc fu L It li well kaovn that all ?f th? Judres who ere not on "H?U _ re elated f r decapitation, and ia keeping with this scheme, an-l expecting It ? ha tarried out, candidates are already beginning te appear. Ia J edge Wiiherrpoon's dlatrtet he Will hare as opponent, Awlstaat Atttfr ney (ionera! Buchanan, and it is ikonghl that Senator l>. K Finley, of York, will eat<r <1! the conies', liereinfere Senator Finley has expressed himself as being in faror of Judge Wiiberspoon's reelection, but acording to n well informed source the Senator wi I be n candidate himself. Ia the same connectien it may be oWted that Attorney Gene.nl Townsend ia a candidate for Judge Wallace's position, and those who are on the "inside" otate that L*s e'eetion is sure. it was Warned from a pretty good source that Congressman McLaurin would be a candidate for the Associate Judgeship in place of Ju< *? McGeaao. It has been en open political sreret that Speaker Jones ha I k... t.-.1 r._ <k:. .1... l v.j li. .1.1-. >'% vw v w*?u ! /? a ( o y i?nu umm mv 11 lr 8 clear, but Ilia advent of "Curly-Headed Johnnie" in ihc arena adds additional interest to the fight. The Congrrssman'e friends in Cilumbiit admit that his chances f?r reelection to Congrcra is rlim indeed, for be has hem openly accused of having used sharp methods to ebiain the nomination against the Hon. W. D. Kvaua. In consequence of ibis the Hon. J. L. MeCkmin'l i 'u1.1-;;;.::1 <_ W^ffVl^HEfked about, all cf wbich^tnay be the result of the dickering f>r office in Washingten.?N??a and Couner. ' I ?|bN<w^ t-J^jrow Egyptian LVrros Hkrk.?Washington, U. C., March 15.?The Egyptian in cotton need purchased by Secretary Rusk through the United Stales Censul General at Cairo, Egypt^ has been receieed at the Dft partmcut of Agriculture. The purpose of this iniperi.vian of seed is, as sot forth in Husk's laM report ns Secretary of Agricul- V tun-, to tinderiako, with the co-operation ef V expert stations in the cotton States, experiments with a view to producing c d'on of a home growth which may scrre as an efficient substitute for Egyptian cottso, of which during the Ust fiscal year, more tliaa three million dollars worth was imported into this coun'ry, an increase of 15 per cent, ever last yeHr and of considc ably more than 100 per cent, over the year ending in 1800. The .. ll/in u AA. I I - I lt,? T > --- sisis of two of the hest Egyptian varieties, "Afifi ' and "llaoiiaH." The distribution will he made to experiment stations in the ootton States, aud also through Senators for those Six lea to planters whom they m?y reoninmond as persons well qu&lifhd and willIng to give Egyptian seed a careful trial. A ^ I'^n report on the conditions of soil and climntl^fe^ ami me'iiods of cultivation of Egyptian cot-^^ i tou is being prepared for the Department, . under direction of our Consul General in Egypt. Ktv. J. D. Mi quins' Plain Talk.?Tha .^5? Hcv. J. 1>. Muggins, of r*co'et. the past*r of several ltnpiist churches, siirpiires hie people now nnd then with hi* p ain, every- .? day got pel preaching, lie has a f..ir tdticat eu and a pleasing a Id cms and is a lively , pastor. On one occision he t-U his people to spend all their spare momenta in reading go<>d books an t papers and trying t> learu ,.: jsomething of wh?t wan going on in the .J world. A few da^s ag-? lie denouned the men of his congrcgatio i at one of his cliurehes for neglectiog their farms and homes and wasting their time ruqnpi^ around to Alliance and pdi'loal iqee'luge when they ought to be at honif. Ije-Sy4 ? ? them ilint "you a'c continually halting that the farmer is tlio prop and support ej all other enterprises, aud hero yoa aim n<H supporting yourselves and families jj a decent, manly * ?rt of w\j. o Such preaching as that, cimiug from a man of c insistent character like Mr. I (unguis, will de good in ;he end. l(e does nut imitate tlit sensational preachev, but ho drives plain truths and fic's home to plain reople, whose habits and charao'ers he understands.?.Spat i>wf>ur:/ Cbr. tfctvt nn<i Oowit.. Why IiUavk tub Farm??"Why are ss many yeung men flocking te the oily?" "1 will tell you," snid n gentleman who I invilglll HIS lawiljr 10 1110 eitj from an lutei-mr (.Jeorgii town. "The boya are not being taught how to farm with p.rftfp. They liave come to believe, and the calamity howlers hare confirmed that belief, that fanning is an opressed and profitless calling. Thoy hear the merchants, lawyers and railroad officers denounced as plutocrats?and tliej immediately want to get to town, acj quire a professional or iqereanti e educatlsu I and grow up t> be pluloorats themselves. If we cou'd inakc our country hoys feel the 1 dignity of agriculture, teach thctn intensive farming end to be con'ent with ama'l beginnings and strict business maaageinrnt, 1 am sure they would soon see the filly of their ainbit on to keep c truer groceries an l bang around justices' courts. Nothing is mbr< needed in (leorgii today than a wide-spread enthusiasm among the young me t for the cotnfoilt and peace of a practical termer's life." ?. 1 / friiitu Constitution. ? ttu As to Hami'ton*.?We have no idea the most ardent Adminutratienist in the Siate 9^^ would deny that ex-Jieniitor Wnde Hampton's record is ono of unfaltering love end loya'ty to South Curoli-a, ami yet it is lamentable to observe that the Tillntanite pipers in the State have not had an approving word te say of Mr. Cleveland's reported deienniuation to give Senator lineup on s, lucrative place under the uew goveihincnt. This is strange ! . What is the Qeneral's crime, gen<l:nirn, ^ that you would not be pleased to see an old man who hoe grown grey in the service of liis Stato, ami whose name nnd fame will be au inspiration to generations of Carolini ins unborn, well cared for by his government >n the declining days of a long and eventful life, marked by heroic deeds and an unqueiichahle and incomparable love for the home ef bis fathers and concern for the happiness of the people of bis native State? I'ray tell ii* what bis sin may be.?Rod 11,It //rut,I. An hl.K04!CT COMPMMMT to lUMPTOV.? The (irrrnvillf Xew? greets United Stiles llailw.iy Comnii?siener lien. Wide Hampton. President Clove and honored himself when he honored the greit Carolinian. Jl". Cleveland aseertc), so it i* ve|orted. I tin ( he would appoint to oftice only young, vigorous men. Hampton in his ?M age, is the peer of the yoiinge't and most Tig>rous. South Carolina rejected Hampton, the United Stales adopted him. He is to? big for one Stetc. - ? ? Answer This <h kstion.?Why do so many people we see around us scoin to prefer to sufl'er and he made miserable by i'-digcslion, Constipation, l>iz/.iius?, boss of Appetite, C -ming up of tlic food. Yellow Skin, when for 7o cents we will sell them Shil di's Vi'alizcr, guaranteed to cure them. Soil by II. K. Smith & Co. Silicon's (' \TAUllll KI1MKDY. A marvelous cure lor Catarrh, Diphtheria, Canker mouth and Headache. With each bottle there is an ingenious nasal injector for the inore successful treat men', of these complaints withoutcxtra eh irge. Price i?0c. Sold by II. K. Smith & Co. | * * * * . 1. n>. ' A * \? ri