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jpr a diflculty '. wW?lSMBBkiVfc" ^'loVorVot? R. no Uwi imposing a sufloieut tax on doge, and MUMqvntT; th# country |? overrun y wifh them. The negroes erpteiattj have a <t penchant for canines and always one and j often half a dotcn miserable cure will form n ,r part of Ibeir family group. White farmers ' "'.j of the poorer class are similarly equipped. j,-# The dogs range over the country destrjying sheep and poultry, charing and often biting horses sod cowi, ana killing vaiuamc dogs owned by the better clnee or the peo pie. Their depredations are com inns', and a constant mennce to every thrifty rsrmsr. . On the mountains and hills of the Tennes- ' see valley, vfliich seyn peculiarly adapted to the industry by reason of abundaoco of good grating land and pure water, as well P as a most favorable climate, shtep-raising as a business has been tried a number of limes, and io each case the losses occasioned to by dogs killing the sharp has been the prima reason lor abandoning the enterprise. Cases are known, end not by any menus aI ezeeptional, where in one night out of a flock of some two hundred sheep twelve or more have been killed and others injured, re and this when tbe nearest hou*e was three CI miles distant. jj Even in middle Tennessee, hue of the finest and best cultivated sections of farm land in the country, there is annoyance and Ibss from the same cause, indeed, it is doubtlul if any (Southern .Stnlc is free from si it, and yet I lie remedy is simple, merely t| passing an uct imposing n suflicisiit. tax on ft| each dog. Were such uu act pissed it would surprise the legislators lo hud ilie small number of dogs which would oe claimed by their owners and the very large number which would belong to nobo ty. ' These lalter are the ones which do the harm m and which unquestionably, ss will lie veri- j, ficd by everyone who lum tried sheep-rats- ^ jng, have done more to cast it into disfavor than any other cause. ... It aeeins absurd Hint such nn important ti industry to the South us sheep raising should bo retarded by such cause, and ye ? (hie to literally the tool, it 1 tuuin ^,t5_h_ejie ve_ ihit otlorls to I which Ibey have been introduocd, and this a too, is fact. In nearly every State efforts have hern made to do n*ny with the dog j. mi snnce and at the sumo time add to the Sin e's revenue, but have not been successful. If dmungCM of equal va'us was annually done by tramp* the governors a< d legislators would he overrun with le'trrs 01 and deputations deuiniiding some means of w preventing it. Ilut it is enly the dogs, and t, those who sutler arc only the tlnif.y firm- , ers, who, unfortiinuiely, are in 1 lie minor- " ity, and the benefits which might be derived * from sheep raising are on y prospective, nod voting for a dog tax inigln he objected to by the ne?rn c institucticy, so the ma'ter S has been, is and will he shelved until the c, legislator can ho compelled to recognize the necessity of ii.?MaiiuJ\icturir'x 1,1 Sheep riming is one of ihesmnt profitable f" brandies of husbandry. The complaint of h the correspondent voices the (| experience of Bhcep raisers elsewhere. The writer spent some several years of his Cl life in ibecp raising in the West. There r wolves were ijuiptft 41 ftjytJ-vto ) lo be Tlie best wolf law devised. We would ei suggest in use in dealing with dogs. When nI a dog has killed a sheep lie will invariably return 10 the carcass the next or following ' night : a few grains of strychnine inserted St into the dead body will kill every dog that 1\ touches it. Of course, one's own dog should be tied up nod when the work is Jono the 1 poisoned remains should be h unt.? II'nlnu- 0,1 </a Vallci/ Xew*. lltllT, LaTIMRR, jst1iait& C? s A it k \ i. to t0 tiir Puesiuknt.?A Wnshinglo i special to wl the Savannah lYctrs says: The "reform" pr Congressmen from South Carolina cent the |(| following letter to President Cleveland tonight : Mr. President : Vou are nwarc of Ihc in nnfurtuuHtc factional division of the Demo- t|, erntic purty in South Carolina. It did not arise by reason of any national issue, but 1 was the result of an effort looking to the >" reformation of the local government in tlint State. The factions are known as reform and anti-reform. The undersigned members h? of Congress represent what is known in fu .Mouth Carolina ns the _reforti\ ,oJ^4UUm?> "* 'arti'ae fh?T"JWr?wifi?? of*" our State in a de:- f01 ejation meeting, but fhiled.on account of the minority refusing to co-operate with us in the proposition in line wiih the eustoin that '' i has prevailed iinmemorially in Congress. ?u It is now your province to settle this mutter according to what to you seems good and proper. * liv \t a meeting of the undersigned. it was m, iiM.inimously ugreed to recommend the Hon. . St. Pope, of Newberry, S. C., It r the position o- Marshal; lion. I. II. McCnlln, of Ahbc- ,(M \ii county, for the Collector of Internal sat K venue.; lion. Joseph II. Marie, of tireent . for United States Distiict Attorney ; and the lion. A. M. Youmnns, of Hampton. ?* S. C., for Collector of the port ?,f tt??tjf?ri. ios VII of ihese names belong to our faction tin e .cept the Hon. J. II. llarlc, wlm was the luj n 'itnee for Governor of the other faction : c tinst I>. H. Tillman in 1h?im. Hi.-attitude t.g.iiosi our faction since that time has been . i at of a conservative, in the strict sense of t'tc word, and he occupied the peculiar and *S;l si iking position of standi ?i? k?i?? ' _ . P, ..v.rrro'l ???- jr I V i o fuel ion? enjoying the confidence ami ca, i ?pcci of brlli. We concede this position to . Imiii because we know that his appointment w 1 ?ould give universal .satisfaction and pleas- wt> nrc to botli factions. Hr We honestly believe that we are cn'illrd t > three-fifth of this patronage on account of ^ itie numerical strength of our lac i in. it ,KM ocing tiOJrOO out of'.tO.tllH) white ltemocr.it ic n '' voters of the Slate. We hope (h it you will cou regard this as our final appeal for the recognition of the Democrats whom we have the j honor to represent in our Stale. Willi the an j hope that this unfortunate division may he satisfactorily adjusted, we beg leave t ? sub- ^ cribe ourselves, very respectfully, your I'm obedient servants, John I.. M. Irhy, A. S. (Jet Latimer, John L. .Mcl.uirin, W. J. Talbert, <j.(|C T. J. Strait. 1 indorse the foregoing, with the exception of J. H. MoCalla, for Collector of Internal ' tr Revenue, having alrcidy indorsed the peli- are lion of Mr. Terry for that place. G. W. SIIKLL, M.C . - tn'' SLA.shKiiot s Emroits Tiiuasiikii.?Shell sen Lake, Win., April I.?(1. L. Jones an 1 J. K. and Jones, editors of the Shell Lake Watchman, were soundly thrashed last night in a public g caucus, aud before five hundred people, by ( Dr. Win. Beck, a young physician of this city. Dr. Beck was chairman of the caucus, ,f>w and publicly demanded apologies for niiiuer- II ens alleged slanders published weekly for ()uu| the year past. Tlicy refused to apologize. I( and each of the Joneses drew heavy steel bars from under their coats, piepared to ^el make an assault. Beck wrenched the steel M bar from the younger Jones and pounded ?.tll them both uuinercifuTy. Public opinion is greatly wiili Beck, as the c lilore have been severe in the.r attacks upon Beck fB well as Other citizens. thos :/ ; > y, '-V ' ' \*M i ?A???* I* HJtc&fj 'Wniou Uimeg r R M. 8TOILER, - . Bditor **BR~ANNUM . . r -a? m port o?*tn? giitntnw rhe P. 0. will b? opened for buaineea m 8 A. M. to tt.00 P. M. The Money Order Department will be wed for buelneee from 0 A. M. to 4 I'. M. doll going South will cloae promptly II A. Mi 1 dait going North will close promptly At O P. M. The niail will be taken from the street box minutes before closing each mail. \ny inattention or irregularities should reported promptly to the P. M. J. C. HUNTER. 1'. II. ggf Ileal the New York Racket's new rertlsement. gtgy (Jorernor Tillman has appoioted R. Townsend a Notary Public. .o* tST ('arid Johnson, Jr., Esq., wis in wn on Monday, on professional business. c were glad ?o meat liiui in our sanctum, id looking 10 well. Attention 11. A. Maiena ! The gulnr monthly Convocation of 1'oiosette iaptcr, Ne. 10, It. A. M., will bo held in nsonic IInil this, Friday night,at H o clock, full attendance is necessary. 8W The llcv. Mr. McAlpine, our ntiaonnry from Japan, will conduct services in ie I'rr abyterian Church to-night, (Friday), . 8 o'clock. He will use stereoscopic viewi lecturing on Japun. All are invited. ? Sn)1 (iorornor Tillman lina granted evelle, the oft-sentenced Charleston wifi inrdcrcr, ano'her lespite till April 21, ai v. Ilahcnck of the Aaylum will net he ablt > report as to his sanity l?y the day ap jintcd in the former respite tar h:s execu Oil. ?- * The stock of the Merchant* and >J?mtors National Hank of Uuion at ill lands near the top of ?J?a Judder. Fin 107, notwithstanding everybody ia fiVvesV ig every dol ar they can raise in Catloi 'aclory stock. ? U<ay" Me regret to learn that on Tnesdaj turning last an interesting little dauglilei I .Mr. Wmldj I'ultrer, about 14 month* old ns drowned hy accidentally falling into i ih n| water. I lie child hud not bean lefi lone more than live minutes before sin as found dead in the tub. IMF The indications now are that the U . oiij'ri'inc i ouri will deride (lie vailrond in* from this Slate nit<1 argued before il isl Tuesday, in furor of the railroads. In u*t, wo tire told t lit I iii? State s Attorneys live about given up the cise as lost, idiotic li il?c court lias not rendered its dc si on and may not do s > for some days. It'c have not rend any denial from nor Tillman and himself black listed AII5tcc Democrats, M, I,. Donald urn, 15. F. srry nud It. \\ Harris, hrfort La*timer, ruit and Mr Lutein were put on the Third irty black list by conservatives Juniors in ditics should not pay with tools that can it both ways. Btn>" To show what strides we are making wards building a $'i*>0,00t) factory and tat confidence others put in Pnion's entcrise and sagacity, but Tuesday I'resi lent mean received $'Jo,OtH) subscriptions to the itory slock from two capitalists, otic living New Vork, the other in lhiltimoro ; and at is only a commencement of the good >rk the President and Directors are doing that line. wr t. Stobo Farrow, of (jaffney Citys secured another good plum under t'levcid's ndiniiiistralioii. Lest Monday bo was >u. onnsry *?,oHf. SThWttie tftJt. "STKIff ra place be i? pretty sure to get there, I often before any one else knows that be s si.uieu i> nsnuigion lite ami c'imatc Us llie Col. Hi-j)'" Wo learn thai Mr. R. F. Yuughun, iiiS? ',l l',e neighborhood of Mt. Tabor, t with the misfortune last Sunday morning viiig his l>mi, stable, storehouse ami conits completely tlestroyeil by lire. The fo in which his books 11 n<l valuable papers re deposited had been unfortunately left en. ooiise<|uently everything in it was We have not received any details of a tire, how it originated, or the lass eusined by Mr. Vnugltan. We are informed that a Knights o bor lodge was organized in this town lust furuny, by Auditor Klauton. He has not en in the open .sessame'' yet, so we i t te'l our rcii lers who's who and what's at. in the order. We may say, however, saw tiro >/o,if.i harnessed to a cart on the irts that day. Among tlio many inmi ions of la'c years, we suppose the v order is to tide hthnnl the goat and oil him, We'd like to see the billy that Id carry our Auditor Trial Justice Stokes has handed us 111vivillioii lliat liereceived from Msj. I'.. 1*. Kissick, the popular Manager of Battery k Hotel, Asheville. N. !o a'tend h nmu given at that grand hostelry on sday I>tht Bring a conscientious I'rescriau Beacon, the Trial Justice does not ip it on the light fiintan<lic toe,-' and we turprieed At tho Major'tt want of intellit discrimination iti not sending the invion to the lid it or, who?e conscientious iplcs would not prevcot his accepting it taking his best girl with .him. tjy" Our Jones*ille correspondent rends i ehapter of sad occurrences in that n and neighborhood last Saturday, is account of Mr. Kelly's accident is no hi as full and correct as could ba g ven, e obtained his information direct from Mr. iy, Mr. tiault and the 11. It. conductor, r. J. 1>. Foster's loss by tire was a very ous one t? him, particularly at this parlar season. lost sincerity do we sympathize with ic gentlemen iu their gieat misfortunes JUtrialbial '? There nun be sdmelhlag wrung la tba reform ruk?. It doti not aeeaa to be ell ret harmonious. On the Till?a?-lrby block w( Jlei, wc^icd the names of B. F. Terry, tke What crimes those gentlemen hare com- m{ milted against tbe ''dominant elemoot" of |C the parly, we are at a lose to disoorer, unless it be ikat they stand io the way ef m the ling e plana for the distribution ef offices, ra both Federal and 8tate. We ean only surmise why Terry was r( black lis'ed. Senator liutler has endorsed r; him for Revenue Collector, and, of course, it j; would b) base ingratitude if Terry did not suppoit llu'ler for the Senate. ro Hut what has the Tresident of the Far- n mors' Alliance dona * Wa have heard of bis ft being a candidate for the Senate also, and spoken of for Ooveroor. Will he interfere ii witli the ring's slate, in running for either $ of these positions ? Very likely ; for it is $ ?-II . n.l?r?iAfnt Mm! other men have been ? cho-cn by the Columbia riog for those po?i- p lions. t But what. in llit naoor of modern reform, lies CongrcxTnan ? ??ll forth X sucli blasphomy and ungcntlemonly denun- ? elation as the following dispalcii reports that t Irby applied to hioi : t Washington. April 3.?The nomination ( today of t'ol. Farrow as Second Auditor of , the Treasury and of Mr. Prentiss, as postna*ter of Beaufort arc plums of Senator But- ' ler'a gathering, i Irhy and brethren ore sore and somewhat 3 > rallied. Surface indications to (lie contrary, list ninny docs not exist in their household. | Mr. W. J. Scrctcn, of Spartanburg, freely I reports lint when lie a.sked Senator Irby for bis endorsement fir office, the latter, on ' finding that be was a i onserratiro, porcinpi torily refused, and when told^jy Mr. Screven ? 5 that Shell Ind signed his papers, replied : "Oh, that (1? d? cowardly scoundrel will sign anything. We ftar Irby lias lost his religion and "taken to his cups" agiin. G. W. Shell has I more honor and manhood in his little tingcr I than .1. I,. M. Irhy has in his whole body. ? Wo hare known tlictn both from boyhood. ^ JUKrf ??"r it.Mv ?* * T tj _ , pblci lying before us, under the title of "The Black Man, or the Natural History of the ilaiue'ic Itoce," by Jtcv. Joseph E. Ifayoe, D. !>., ex-Bean of Theoloiry. Allen I r University, Olumbiu, S. l\, and nuihor of ' The Negro in Sacred History, or Ham and 1 his Imocdiatc Descendants." 1 Tlic author is pastor of the A. M. K. ! cliuicl? of this town, ami has evidently reccitoI n nine complete education than a majority of Hie educated men of his rnco, I and his |>n in pit lot shins it. ! From his rare standpoint the author makes a formidable defense of the intellectu il, moral and jnliii'iil capabilities of the negro, cm; tiring liiin favorably, from evi* deuce of iiiMimeriihlc authors, as welt as ancient and modern history, with the Anglo Saxon, 1 lie pamplTct is well written and does the author credit, rotiviilistanding its p>%}>'" We call special attention to the ( Teachers' Column litis weak. 1 he report of i the proceedings of the Teichers' Association, while giving an insight into the work of that impoitant organization, docs not do full justic; to the spice and spirit of the meeting, nor does the writer present the claims of the A?sccia'ion upon the time and encouragement of the public tes zealously. It is one of (lie most truly important organizations in the State, and should engage the earnest and hearty participation of every intelligent person who cm appreciate the blessings an I advantages of education based upon sound practical foundation. We were aot present at the last meeting, but hove been told by one or two gentlemen who wc*e there, as visitors, that it war indeed a meeting of interesting education t> them, blended as it was svitle delightful music, Mr. Willie Wilkins camo up from Columbia last Tuesday, and left Wednesday for i itnicigh. cs. t;.f where lie litis atcepteil ft J )>os it ion us operator. Mr. II. J. Ilnmeft, with J. I.. McWIiirtcr, . at Jonesville wns in town Wednesday on I business for Mr. McWIiirtcr.. Miss Corric Whi'Cdde returned Inst Satm-day from Dorroli, l.uirens Co., where she | ha?l been teaching sclio I. t Mrs. .1. C. Farriir. of l.ockliart, spent ' Easter Sunday with her (laughter, Mf?. It. i 5'. Artiiur. < Mr. ami Mrs. \Yulk?r, of l.ockliart, spent 1 Sunday ami Monday in town. Mr. Walker 1 is engaged in building the l.ockliart Cotton } Mills t Mr. W. .\. Nicholson left list Tuesday ' for Abbeville. to attend the State Sunday n School Convent inn. I Mr. Whaley, architect of the I'nion cotton n mill, is in town. i . o Another Fire at Jonesville. " About noon Issr Wrdrcdnv lire was discovered among some hales of c< tt?>n at II. J* A. W hillock s mill, which was not chocked 8 until it had a'niost dostrnye I live Idles. 1 The tire is supposed to have riginuted from r sparks from the mill - . - c Easter Election At lilt* flltllllfll l?HM?l nt? nl' I i? ? I '.? % (Soon.! _ *1 lion of The Church of I ho Niuvity, held '' li??t Men Uy, the following cllicers were " elected to serve the present year : ? W'ttribitx ?J. W. Mcl.ure, .1. I\. \ lutijr. C- itri/mfii 11. p. Arthur, \\. M. liibhe'. '' IV. S. MeLtirc, tleorge tied lev. 8. IV. Porter. ai Sterr hi n/?W S. Mcl.ure p, /blri/tito to Convocation J. U . Mcl.ure and George Gcdles. /tclcyatc* to the Convention.?J. IV. ,\ic* liiire nnd B. F. Arthur. I,( .1 l>. Ilinnanl, a Spartanburg boy, won first prize, $100 in gold, at a telegraphers contest in New \ <*rk city last Monday. The hi prize was ottered by John IV. Mack ay, the to millionaire table owner of Ca ifornia, and I |) was open to the world. at We congratulate our young f. icud on his ol triumph. Jimmy llinnant was the opeiator j at this place many years ago. when lie was a "short" little hoy. consequently lie is well ''1 known l>y almost everybody in this community. So we can say a South Carolina boy beat the world as a telegrapher. l? n>? nHm4 U*or] It bow ad y for tho cn?HtoiiMlrN, ud (M I im rrooldoWt faM)|h ?t that to i wook lor tko lumber arvieoo bo\itl bare twenty 1 riant houses closed ia. \ . 1 Tfao excavation for the fouLlation of Ibo ill building ia being pusbet forward aa ' pld'y as twenty good hands e%a do It. Mr. Grant ia gettiog out the host kind of ck for ilio foundation, and noit wook tho ng of many trowcla will bo begrd on tho Lion mill aito. President Duncan is,a butllikg, buainosa f mi. and we will guarantee that ieitber lime or monry will be wasted underlhis watch- ' il eye. \ f One year from now every dollar of alack J > the Union Cotton Mill will Vo worth ' 1.26; two year#, $1.60, and tbrte years 2 00. What better or surer investment an any one ask. That has been the rate of rogess of every well managed factory at < he South, the last few years. I Every young iu>u_in the town should I dcqpfy hintse.ll-at>y>^w<4aiflxy tvy fak^-w - >ne or more snares of itoek in u. TT will ie a good saving bank, bearing from two to hree times as much interest as any regular avingi bank ever paid, and it always cernuands its face va'ue la cash, or is good iccurlty. j Easter Sunday. | In consequents of ?o intny ladies having lost their floweis by the sever# winter weather, the chm-ches were not so elaborately decorated past Sunday as on former Easter Sundays./ Notwithstanding the dearth of flowers the Church of the Sliivily was testily decorated with evergreenaVnlerepereed with such cul iratcd and fores floweri as could be gathered, and really looked pretty in i's simple cheerfulness ef fliving green." The music waa superb ; every pioce being rendered admi/ahly and with great effect. The choir, uUer tj?# leadership of Miss nnnto Rriggs, (V|oTfanui, dl<l itself great credit in its execution of simi very difhoult pieces of sncred mush-. All the servicM wrre appropriate and ew rosKlcnce on main street. i Mr. It A. Whitlock has established a , milicr yard here, and i?? ready to supply ay demand in that line. I>r Southard has a very sick child ?iili ! iieumunia. < .Mrs. I), B. Free has been quite sick, but ic ia better. Farmers will plant a good deal of ?orn lis week. They will not plant cotton 1 fore the ;:>i44le-of the month. i Tr.i.r.i'iioNC. "T *" - ? Bo; Sii.k or Ota Statk. Bonos.?Colum 1 n, S. t'., April 3.?The State treasurer t day received a telegram from i'resilewt t avi Ison, of the Baltimore Trust and Cluar it< e t'ompany, raying that $000,000 worili the new four and a half State bonds were ? 'd today at 102J. J i It mt!?! not oe forgotten by the people t at thise bonds were sold to llie Trust t'orn- t my for. practically, !?7J cents, ?<> that the s ,c premium does not go into tbe State > impre?9ivc, the eerneon of the Rector being of uti usual abili'j and force. In the afternoon Ihc teachers and scholars of tlie Sunday Jechool ce'cbrated the daj with selected 90119 !l'"' 0,'ier exercises. In the Meihodist church the eervices were solemn mid appropriate to the day, and the choir, lead hv Mrs. (Joss, rendered some fine anthems and hymns in admirable style.* Correspondence of the Timks. A Chapter of Disasters at JonetvllleJoskhvii.i.k, April :i. ? March went out ralin and serene, but April coiuc in with a blow. The first day of April was an illfated day in this part of the connty. Mr. Joseph Kelly ami .Mr. CS. T. Unult, ion'A* iA"^J)smtr suiuliJiiy^'jm'l _ ttnrffl at the big cut about two and a half milrs above Cnion, near Mr. ISorundcau's tlisy met a nintcrial train which frightened their b< rse. They both got out of tlie buggy to bold the animal, but before the train had entirely passed the horso n ndc a surge and into 1I10 cut he went, carrying Mr. Kelly and the buggy with him. The horse fell under the wheels of the cars and was ins'nntly killed, the buggy was demolished, and Mr. Kelly was badly wounded. Fortunately Mr. Kelly did not fill under the cars, or he would certainly have been killed. The conductor. Mr. Gibson, took Mr. Kelly lip and brought him to Jonesville on his train, nnd employed Dr. K. M. Littlejohn to attend him. Ilia left arm was broken, his face bu lly bru'sed, nnd it is feared he is hurt internally, though to what extent could not ho ascertained. He was carried to Mr. T. L. Humes' nt Jonssville, where he was kindly entertained until yesterday, when he was tsken home, and we now learn is doing very woll. ntmWtt-fbnr lOUU' cow, 11 buggy. Cart, hack, harness, gears, farming tools, rorn fodder, stock feed, anil many other smaller things were all entirely licked up by tho tinmen. The fire had gained such headway when discovered and iprcad to (rapidly that nothing could be ......I Tl.. nil i n .1.11. ... .1 [lie cow wus in (lie lot, which was no small hat it was completely enTeloped in the l imes, so that the poor animal could not ?ven he rescued. The people soon gathered liut could do nothing but stand and ice the poor dumb brutes perish in the nowling flames. When Mr. Fouler and his two small "ens iic/.iie and Aleck, ted the stock vu Satueday evening, about night, everything was right ivith them ami they expected to find them here to feed Sunday morning, but when norning ramc they had nothing to feed and iothing|to feed with. The chnrred bodies of lie animals and a pile of ashes was all that cmninrd. The origin of the firo cannot bo ccounted for. It certainly was not the vork of an incendiary, as there is ne rouble between Mr. Foster and any ono : md then it was so enrly in the night. Mr. 'osier had not gone to bed, and yet how it riginntcd is a mystery that will perhaps icvcr be solved. There have been several forest fires in the mintry, doing much damage to fencing anil im'.ier lands. Several dwe'lings were barely aved from being consumed by these fires, 'lie first day of April, 18IW, will bt long nncmhercd by the people a 1 over the ountry 011 account of its disasters and ontlagraiions. llev. J, M. Boyd our P. K., preached at ic Methodist church Sunday night. Bio. ioyd always preaches a practicable, edify>to?|>el sermon. Mr. J. F Alnmn is preparing to build a 1 TEA.OHE*S' COLUMN. ' -? , f AM. u Ultor, - Etta J>H & C p?i MM, B. G. CKlfFOLD.l *? L.w. m<*r^ * Mwn. D. B. Fut, of ttantuc, J. J. Th ML mtKimrn'm Cr-r^. ??d w i n-r ^ ilf, Ecu Jane, Iut? n?( correct tamri ^ ? tk? arithmetical problems published in <i| be issue ef.the 24th ult. The flour must be j9 eld fer $8.73 per barrel ; and the watch ie rerth *2*. la order that the study of Geography >y ?sume a healthy attitude in the pupils' aiad no belter plan can be adopted than to dlow bim to draw the outline of maps, leoate Tt he towns and mark out the course of the irers; shew the course of the uioantain * wages, their highest points, etc. This will [ire tl^pupil a full knowledge of the sub- ? ect, ana stamp indellibly upon his mind in g< i few hours what, otherwise, it will take ?' n oat lis, or, pethaps, years to aecomplifh. Arithmetical A school of 40 scholats is kept open 44 ?< weeks during the year and 0 days during Lbs week. The children pay nothing for Lbe days they attend, but forfeit 2 cents for ^ vary day they are abeeui. At the end of the year the payment for abscences amount- li ed to $27. What was the arerage daily c attendance T A milkmaid has a vessel full of milk. ; alio j; draws out a quarter of it, anil fills it up j. with water ; she d nws out a quarter of this, k and again tills up with water ; she does this S altogether four times. If iko milk now was '' separated from llie water what per cent, of ^ the vessel would it fill ? c ? - t> Young children are eager to learrt sornethiag, and hare a wonderful aptitibde for '] gaining knowledge from objects ; for this ti reason they must be taught objectively. ' With them the tcucher is everything. the , text books nothing. t The first jears of a child's school life i should be devoted to gaining that sort of knowledge and mental discipline which will j enable him in the upper grades to come to ( new knowlelgc by thinking rather than by i reading what others have thought. For this reason, geography is divided into two parts, 1 the elementary and the scientific courses, j The first is divided into the upper primary i and intermediate grades, the second into the grammar and high school grades. Silent Work in Arithmetic. i This may he adapic 1 to almost any .grade. | (iive the pupil a set of fractions wh.;cli he i msy w rite in a column enclosing each- in a square. From each lie may draw a line of squares to the right and proceed to till iliem with fruciions equivalent to that in the first square. Beneath, in tho next row, he may arrange equivalents t? (he second Riven fractions, and so on. The set given may be miscellaneous, as those in the first columu of our suggestive table below, or they may follow one denomination up to unity, as 12 3-1 4 4 4 1. eawi.w or niBir.tKxsT hmVrioMS : i > ? ? . - ? n . _ u i >? > t n "J iu I ii 8 10 12 14 Hi 18 20 1 'J :! 1 5 ft 7 8 U 10 ft .? rj Ift 18 21 24 '27 80 2 4 G 8 10 12 14 1ft 18 'JO "ft '.i 12 10 18 21 24 27 00 1 2 :J I 5 G 7 8 10 ?4 8" 12 1ft 20 24 28 82 80 40 1 2 ? 4 ft 7 8 <> 10 5 10 15 JO 25 80 il5 40 45 60 1 2 .14 5 G 7 8 0 10 0 12 18 21 80 Gil 42. 48 54 GO An Interesting MeetingThe Teachers* Association of Union county met in the (.'traded School building on Saturday morning, April 1st, nt 11 i t/i earnest wortcers were present and nil the officers were promp ly in their places. After singing by the Association, led l>y Miss Carrie Foster, and prayer by Mr. L. W. Dick, the meeting was opened Jbr business and the program carried out. Papers on "Arithmetic iu the Third Year" ncre read by Mr. IV. \V. ltruce, of Sautuc, and Mr. J. L. Stiain, of Ktta Janr. and practical illustrations given upon the blackboard. Mr. Bruce endorsed the Grubc method of teaching arithmetic, and emnhs'uzsd the necessity of teaching numbers concretely rather thui abstractly. Mr. Strain agreed with the views expressed, and called special attention to Ilia manner in which addition, subtraction, division, and multiplication cin be taught simultaneously. In the discussion that followed. Mr. Dick directe I the attention ef the tcvclrer.s to the fact that mrmori/ work is essential in Arith* luetic, and a thorough knowledge of the tables necessary to success in making <\*leu- , lations or solving problems. After the opening of the t/ucstion Box, 1 the Association enjoyed the duct, ''liaise tne. Jesus, to Thy bosom," which was charmingly rendered by Miss J. Sanders and .Miss Lizzie Gregory. < The next subject, "lutcruatioual (ii'am- ' mar Work," was treated by Mrs. M. II. * Britton, and the plan of diagraming, as t t uiglit in "Heed and Kellog" brought before t the meeting. The tendinis were by no f means " igreed' upon this method, and a rery lively discussion followed, in which s the tcpult of many earnest efforts were J ?iven, and the "pros" and ' cons'" of :l liagraniing strongly brought out. Messrs. Aycck. Bruce, J. L. Walker, S. M. .'iice, r l?ick and Mrs. Clifford had very decided A riews upon the subject and cacli eeuld >*eik with authority, having personally ex- c pei iinented in this line of work. No tote * vas taken ?t th?? rlnu? ,.f #1>- i; " - ? - v.v?v MI v Mi*t u?r i?*u, >ut the Association gave indubitable evilence of intcre*' ia ttic subject. c: The Association then adjourned to meet y n the firit Saturday in May. Alter n fow i uiniit** of social chatting mo members went ' t*: lieir several ways with the conviction tint . in he I'nion t'ounty Teichers' Association js | c? > hr( organization and )?roini?es to bo * tu >o*i'i fur good in liio comity. ] in It w is very |>iewianl t^ note the i'rcs(u-.o j u ao puy visitors. Tha meeting* nre ! en to #Tery fiiend ef tduaiioa. and it h, rlufi, km; goidliai lo any that aay " d t!l ?uv?' are terJU'i* u*tt?i i? WB any Una and baa nan regular member* if coi rjr faal aufhciently interested in ibc work. a obj^t of tba orgaaustion ia to further w * educational murftu or ibe county, to <)*, re aid and comfort to the teacher, and ho >ooin" the geoerallr. Lend a hand, if eh u are intereeted in educational matters. fu Y Z- Cr Correspondence ef the Tim at. Mewi from Verth Facelet- c}, Ktta Jam?, April 3.?Good Fridajr has aD me aod gone. Gardeoa aro planted, and c? a owners can ait down now and watcli the th suits. ati Some of our people, however, disagree xt ilb the aliuanac makers and say that Good Wl rid-ty is the first Friday aficr the fourth n,, ill moon in the year, and that next Friday jn ill be goo-i Friday, so, we will have two |e -~i r.i.in,, n>b Year. We would be very ?f jjuu r w ^ - ad lo hav? the "good Fridays," but we tc on't want so many "rolten Saturdays." p, From present appearances we will have j ] a abundance of fruit this year, although we re informed that it will be scarce in some p; ctions. Tl Our chickens are hutching out all right. si We are planting corn every day. Our (| nmeJiatc neighborhood hasn't rescinded its In Bsolve lo make corn the leading crop. From a private letter we learn that Mrs. w larriett Harvey, nee Osment, died with a e ongestive chill, at her home in Craighead ounty, Arkatisas, ou the iWd of February, 8I sat. She was a member of the Baptist g hurcli and was fir-t attacked by I his dreadj! malady while attending church on the abbath before she died. She was well \ nowo to many of our North Paco'ct people. f| ho left here a charming young lady with j >et father's family timing that unfortunate (( leriod of 1871, which has gone into history (| s the "Murrill reign." ller family, and a specially her aged father, has our heartfelt b iym pat hies in their loss. f, We had the pleasure of attending the e teachers' Association at Union list Sa'ur- || lay. Although we fell <juito indisposed s 'rum a bronchia' aftectiou, yet wo must 1 ulmit that we in a great measure forgot our b rouble while enjeying the rich feast of l, /nought and diligent study served by the 1 members and friends of the Association. Ii Fcvcial prominent citizens of bo:h town r rod oounty were present, and somo of them f it least, were iaipressad with the idea that ike Union County Teachers' Association is s bo "one-borse concern." To our vigilant c School commissioner and ether officers of \ ihe Association, too much credit cannot be c given lor their di ligent, self-sacrificing work r in bringing it up to the prcseut high stand- < ird of proficiency aid usefulness. Mr. Editor, at the next mceiing. the Oth ? of May, we hope you will he present and see ,i and he ir the proof of what we say in behalf t of our teachers and friends of education in t and throughout the county. You will then go buck 11 your sanctum and tell your readers that "the half has never yet been told-" " At present it sccuis that the weather has ' settled down to veritable spring, and all i nature seems t-> rejoice at its coming. The 1 fields are fast spreading their carpels ot 1 green, bedecked with flowers of almost every < hue; the binls. like living meteors, are flitting from tree to tree in quest of food or material to build their nests, wli le their notes mingle with the song of the merry ploughman as he drives the relentless share through the generous soil. Iu fact, everything in the animal and vegetable kingdom, is furnishing its contribution to the bo>k of nature s poetry : while nun alone will sit down on the stool of de-nothing and comr ----- o ? ? 1 ? -V?* tiis misfortunes, of wliich he, himself, is the sole author. We arc glad that our brother of the quill, "Telephone," has discovered a suitable man to take charge of the very rosponsibte otlicc of "State luster" under the Dispensary act. We cau safely endorse the applicant and recommend him as a man who will "stick to business." For this oflice we think friend "llarp" will get the solid support of the county. George 1'ctty is a first-class kidnapper, lie left home yesterJay morning at 1 o'clock and returned at noon with the firuit of his conquest?a little girl six months old. Although we were not on the ground at the time that the accident occurred, yet wc witnessed the evidences of the sickening sight that took place on the ruilroad two and a half miles above Union last Saturday morning, in which Mr. Joseph Kelly lost his horse and buggy nnd narrowly escaped with his life. Wc no not pretend to say that it was the fault of the railrond company altotfrV'fiit.Wt'tir film Tt is a great one However, j we are glad to know that lie lives in a county and among a people who are always ready and willing to aid nny one who has met with such inisf-rtune as he has. Vox. For the Timks. Important Alliance ActionGowof.Y8VII.le, April 1, 181?3. The Alliance met in the Academy at 3 o'clock p. in. After prayer by chaplain and the usual ceremonies the minutes of last meeting were read and approved. After being fully discussed by r. inioiocr of the brethren, the following resolutions were unanimously adopted : /Ifsoh'ril. That we condemn the practice of trade agents of sub Alliances who order goods through the State Kxchnnge for parties who are not members of the order, or for those who are not in good standing in the order, but more especially for those who are known enemies to our noble order. Itr.'olvnt, That we ask the cooperation of all members in good standing to | ut a stop to it. The doots of sub-Alliances are always upon to farmers and other worthy indi viduals to cuter our grand and noble order, md to secure the many lencfits it confers upon its mcmbei s. Rmolveil, l'lmt these resolutions he sent i lo the Union Times for publication. J. M. Uiieei:, J. T. MOOHII HAD, < Scc'y. President. i - The 1'omim# Ki'lii'se.?The total eclipse f the sun which will occur on April lo and |ti lH'.e*. is to he one of the longest of the 1 entury. The greatest duration of the ! oddity will iie four minutes, forty-six sec- ' nds. The lute of totality commences in lie Southern Pacific and passes in a north- ' asterly direction across South Ameiica. ' merging at the northeast corner of l>rn/il, n latitude llirce minute, forty seconds ' outli. It crosses the Atlantic anil enters U'rir i in latitude fourteen degrees n ?rtIt. ml finally 111v sli uJow leives ttie earth in lie interior of Northern Africa. I'artics of strouomors will lie prepared to observe the ^ clipse from Chile and lirar.il and 11*0111 s ifrica. In speaking of the oldest I jcomolivc being 0 xliihitcd lit the World's Fair, ilia (irecn- v rood correspondent of the Abbcvillj /Vw " n>( liannrr aptly suggests that tlie first cngi- 11 eer in America and the oldest living one io a ie world be g ven a prominent place in tlie 1 iliibit. Mil name is Jo: llatton, ngrd " ears, and lie lives at Greenwood. 11, a'l means, let our old friend Joe Hal- r in stand at the throttle of the oldest engine i the world nt the World s Fair. The oi l- 1 t engine in the world u ay be preserved 8 id exhibited a hundred years from now, j nt it is not likely tha' the engineer s i j. ear i's own age will 1-e living. l'l Bamti.i*ii Ku. tso.tud?Slag Msg. It. , April r-J?W. Hamilton. TtMkr tad eoevieud wife mnUnr, 5~ .-, r is tht Eleetric chafe today. The death riMt was tmd by Vtf4w Browi, la tkt idtkBtd BOM'a o*ll. DmiUm Mi a* I be 1 ud showed seme signs tf smsrlwg ten the document wss rtnd. . U..lltM Mlk*A ? SHM^ni ath chamber. Two.priests walked dUjM^j sir with a glsoee dflwisenlrT^MPK.^ rreundings. His lips moved in reopenes ^ the prayer for the lead, which rather cedes repented, but no word c uld he nrd. iismilton was quickly strapped in the air. At 11:10 all ceanectieas were made d Warden Drawn gam the sigaal. The rrent of 1,740 rolls was turned on and e oictim in the chair jumped upward, raiding at the streps, and remained rigid. te crucifix which he held is his right hand as clasped still tightly, but his lips stepped oring and all signs of life ceased at the slant of the contact# The current was ft on for sixty seconds and then turned r. The physicians stepped forward, tinned for the hcar-heats and felt for the ilse. They declared the subject dead at 1:18.10' This electrocution differed from all its redrcessors/at only one shock was giren. here was no scorchiog or scalding of the tin or steaming at the electrode, and while if man wes aboro medium height sad of ms?irt build, it was erident that death wm istantaueous. Such was the verdict of.all htf were prerent wbe had seea former xecutions in the electric chsir. Electrician Davis said it was the mast iccersfrl at which he had officiated. Ha are voltage at 1,740 and amperes at 76-10. The Black Clouds or Ciiolkra.?London, pril 1.?The Eistcr vaoation lits begun in lie shadow of on approaching cho'era epiemio. In Itussia the authorities have been troixl ti> nokiinwledere the nresvnce of th? is*asa in several cities and provinces, which, ccording to nil fmner official reports, have een unatfiicttid since December lath. In nirieeii Governments t f Southern, Hotuhastern, Eastern and Northeastern Russia lie deaths have been numbered by the core every week for the last six months. 'hesc (iovernmcnts include within their oundaries mo-t of the black earth region, itnds which are known as the granary of lussin, hence to the horrors of the epidemic ias beeu added the appalliug prospect of a eturn of the famine, with typhus and other overs in its wake. The deplorable results oft the Russian ystem of deception in health reports beotnet suddenly apparent. In eight Oalician ullages, near the Russian frontier, the liolera has already shown itself, and in four norc suspicious places, ciscs of choleraic lisrases have been isolated. Physicians in Vienna and Berlin are already prophesying that witbin four weeks ill Central Europe will be obliged to revive he active campaign of Inst summer against he epidemic. ? Gkttixu tiib Barroom Reai>y.? mr.^i I't-ixicr is rushing his work at the State bar* nom, and having Agricultural Kail put it perfect condition. A track for trucks ftill be laid its entire length and an elevator put in, runniug through from the cellar to the third floor. A s?wer is to be laid connecting with that from the Greenfield building, to carry off the refuse from the bottling establishment. The offices f-?r fhe bjokkcepers, shipping clerks, etc., avill be in the extreme rear cf the first floor. Two-thirds of the ground floor in the rear will be used for storing whiskey. The first part will he devottd to the storing of the stock of wines. About in id way on the north ?ide will bo located i>? aiaim washing machines and troughs and the libeling nnd bottling department*Tiiis will he run with a gasoline engine^ Young white girls will be employed in thrill,* .. . labeling department. Mr. Trailer hopes to have everything ready on time. The Slate chemist is preparing to begin the analyses of the samples, lie hopes to begin to get his slock in by June 1st, and says in thirty days' time he can get nil the stock bottled and labeled. [In nil this we don't see any provision made tor our friend, Harp Vinson, as Slate taVcr.] Til novo it a Trsti.e.?Atlanta, Ga , M&reh 31 ?A special to the Constitution from Jug Tavern s?vs : A train on the Georgia, Southern and Florida Railway went through a trestle a few nii'os from here this evening, a id was totally wrecked. The engine re-' mniued on the track. Fight freight and two passenger cars fell a distance of fifty fret and were torn into splinters. The injured arc : Conductor C. F, Moss, uiuacu, Km uiuiatu luieninuy ; . v>. loryj ?~ express messenger, slightly out nnd bruised ; Rev. J. II. Wood, of Jug Tavern, badly mnslic I on head and body And internally bruised; Miss Williamson, of Social Circle, dangerously hurt, not expected to live ; Mrs. Anions Nowcll, of Hoschtons, slightly bruised ; George Lyon, (oolored), train hand, badly hurt; Steve Thomas, (colored), train hand, has since died. [lucre s more sai wrecks near jug tavern than at or near any other plice in thin wile world. Anil yet the State is about to establish a,jug tavern in Agricultural Hall at the Stale Capital. The location is significant of raising both corn anil cain, by noil among he pe 'pie of the State. AN ALLIANCE TRIBUTE. - It. MOTTK. At a regular meeting of the Piuckney Alliance, No. 580, held April 1, 1803, the following preamble anil resolutions were unanimously alop'cl : H'/irrrrm, The Supreme Architect anil Ruler rf the universe, in Ilia inscrutable wisdom has taken from our midst eur esteeoied brother, J. II. MOTTE, who was a faithful member of our order and also a member of tlie Alliance Brotherhood, and we desire to place upon record a testimony and memorial of respect for our deceased bro'her, therefore, he it Jtrrolced, That in the death of brother Motto there has been taken frdm our midst, in the moili ng of his usefulness mil in the tirengili of his manhood, a good citizen, nn<l I'uukney Alliance lias lost a faithful member. Jtwjlcril, Tlint itc bow with sublines on to lie will < )' Him who lui* Miiiimonrd our Mother home lo await the rcsurreci mi. /?'- <o/cr?/, That a copy of these resolutions ?e pent to the Union Tim km for publication. ? J. A. Ciiamiikus, i J. 1>. Going, j Coin. W'.M. G A IIN Kit. J CoMl'| 1.1 Ml INTK.ltkhtixu Inkoiim ITIOJI.? \ asb ngton, March 81.?The clerks of the >en lie ami the House committee on appr>riafi mis are engaged upon the compilation f the legislation of the last Congress, rliicli, when finished, will sit >w a 1 the ppropristions I lint have bc-n made, the lew offices tli it have been create 1, offices h dished, salaries increased a id salaries educe 1. The work will be cnnplctcd and eeompanied by an index that w II make it lie of ready referent* J. It w II not be oa iy before the 1st of May. _ . ? ?? Six Thousand Assoiitkii Citi/.rss.? New oik, Apiil I- ? Nearly six thoiismd emirams arrived by the steamships which cached here yesterday a'tcr.io mi and this turning. This is the largest nlimber s'nee -Jki* i?t October, when cholera wis broMgljt here roiu Hamburg, j