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L*auor Better*' Association given lb* following advice to their : Afe advise your committee, and through Mr associates, to prepare <o meet the Mas valid and constitutional, and that [d after the let of July, 1808, it will be view ef the heavy penaltiea and Rment prescribed by the statute, we ^Btvlse you te continue si lling llUr ?tBJuly, 1808, but, en the contrary, nfiayv r...u ?cie terms et iu? ^pBpdlHI it bae firet been adjudged inteat Jbt question of the conslltntionalify of the statute on the point ef Federal prohibition or discrimination, we adviie that proper proceedings be taken to teet the question, but that pending such proceedings aad the determination thereof the provisions of the Act be carefully observed. inc UBIUIWt BU mr ?!J W? w?u ovw, V?M VM.jr 4pbe tested after the 1st oftJuly, 1803, by qhe attempt of the Htnte or any of its officers . to s?iie and sell liquors manufactured in another 8tate nnd exposed for sat* here by some one who has obtained nod holds a Itoensc to sell liquors for the whole year. Tho Sun epitomir.es the ndeicc of the counsel as follows : ? Tho liquor traffic is not a legitimate business. la every cily and Hiate in the Union the business is subject to legislative enactment and police regula'ion, and against that Tie" -* there is gotbing to d\ We advise the liquor dealers of,the state not to spend five cents iti ftesiqfof the law. ^ - f The resiilt^Evihat lf,e K? 'n,? ~ tfteet tfnreslsted, for tha.ndvice of the counsel of the n*soci ition was given after the most thorough nnd careful investigation of the whole matter. Whether the dispensary system will prove a blessing or a curie remains yet to be seen. Its friends nnd opponents linve most positive and diametrically opposite views on (lib subject. Time will tell which arc light.? Columbia llr>ji*trr. ?? - Til k Tni<i;v: Cm it a t i.iki a i> t? nr. Com* plktku.?Philadelphia, I'enn., April 7. ? It was loomed today that, there is a strong probability of the early completion of the Charleston, Cincinnati uml Chicago railroad. A syndicate has been formed for that pur pose, anil a iletinite odor litis been niude to tho present owner* of the company'* securities, chief among whom me the Fintiace Company of l'eiinsylvani i and I lie Investment Company of Philadelphia. The offer made to the Finance Company win accepted today at a meeting of tho hoard of director* and a similar offer will bo coneideiod by the directors of the Investment Comptny withlIt ft Tow days. I IIP nil ti.?* v'**iiio*ition have not been made puhlie, Imt it is said to bo a \c?y favorable one for itic security holders, Tho scheme is understood to include the formation of a new company to complete the road, tho capital for this purpose in ho furnished by the suydioatc. The securities of the Three F's will be surrendered by their present owners, who will ivceive in return therefor securities of the now corporation. Certain guarantee wid, it is elated, be given to tho investment mil Finance companies, and they will be amply secured from all possibility of lost other than lias already been incurroI. The immediate effect of tho exchange of securities will be the irsnsformaiiea of what have always been unavailable and almost valueless assets into an investment which nt least promises future returns. The names of those who comprise the syndicate have not been given, bill a number of them are | Southerners, with large interest* in the area . iff which the Three <"s when completed will If lr?rer?e. ^ iff? Cyclonic th^^Ncrs.?Chicago, Apiil 7?Reports from jfliij'8 80,,'b hero indicate that a gale almost 'j I'd'ohmc in severity is sweeping .SoutncrTf Iowa and Missouri, and that much damage has been done. Tho wind lias in a great measure prostrated tho telegrapli wires, aud full reports are not attainable. !i is feared 1C..1 : ,1 t . uiiii aii iciuuif nouiiuin inn o limy H'lTO UCCtl lots of life, although so fur none has been reporlc t. The weather lias suddenly turned oppressively hot, and the wind is blowing from the southwest, the direction in which tornadoes and cyclones generally originate. Along the lakes in lower Michigan also there has been much loss of property. Similar reports come from Nebraska, with the addition of widespread prairie tiros. The Plymouth llotel. a World's Fair hostelry at Seventy-second street and Stony Island nvenne, collapsed during the wind storm that prevailed this morning shortly after midnight. The building was one of the largest of the World's Fair lintels, and was almost completed. In its fall the building crushed another structure, which was to have been used for restaurant purposes in couuccliott with the Plymouth Piot'u buildings were owned by WilPatu dearies, of Plymouth, Ind., and were valued at $'Jo,Ol)0. This makes three World's I'air hotels that have hceu destroyed by wind and tiro in as many da} s. Thk Oi.iveii-Dki.anky Thaui.ov.?l.euisville, Ky., April 0.?A special t > the Timti from Morgantield, Ky., says: tieorge II "'envy, tieorge Uelauey, llenry Detnncy a t Frank Holt are under arrest here l\?r | t Oliver murder. They claim their intvi- j v mic, oui. are posuivciy I'leirmeu oy ii-.h. Oliver, who caused tlie warrants ts be issued. T ic iiicu all belong to prominent families, . id if any altemnt nt lynching is sonde the be i lily will run red with blood. Mich nut it is under u body guard. The lynching talk is subsiding, owing lo absence of proof .her ihun Mrs. Oliver's ideniificutioii. Taylor Oliver is not yet dead, but the end is not far ufi'. Sturgis, Ky.. April 8.?This city is again ablaze with excitement over the o;i?er-l>ol iney tragedy, owing to the confession of Lewis Land, who in a very i|tiiei young man nd had hitherto been unsuspected, lie was apparently a warm friend of the Oliver family, and acted as a pallbearer at the t'uneral of the girl, and had boon a constant watcher at the bedside of the wounded man. Afer watching by the bedside of Oliver all uiglit Tuesday night he broke down yesterday, aud sought Policeman Perry, to whom he made a full confession. The confession implicates all the prisms under arrest, wiili the exception of tlrorge P. Hoary, together with Alex Thompson uud IV ill Holt, who were arrested late yesterday afternoon. Mo'n violence is expected at any moment. A Fkariui. Aoctnaxr.? Yesterday the sad news reached the city of the accidental killing of Mr. J. M. Owing-*, the brother of l)r. \V. V. Owing*, of this city, at hu hoiue near iStrothcrs, iu 1'airlicld county. It eceuis that on Friday ulttruonn Mr. Owins was standing in the ue ghborhood of his barn, leaning on the barrel of his shotgun, talking to a friend. The gnu barrel rested on bis left side. In -oine way he knocked the hammer with his knee, and (lie gun was discharged. The load made a fearful wound, tearing away almost the whole of his tide and breast. Toe wounded man lingered till yesterday morning when he died. ? The .Stair, \uh. met. Activity oi Sraxtsn Anarchists. ? Madrid, April 8.?The government has discovered an alarming conspiracy of anarchists at Xeres, evidently having for its object an insurrection against the authorities. A rail was inatio uu a farmhouse near Xercs and the cjiwpiralors were captured. They were arme l with i iIIes and large knives. The document* cipiurcd showed that preparations bad been made for another outrage in revenge for the cac cution of February 1 ? I I llle IDeelfg -feniort limes R. M. STOKBfl, Editoi FriitoT. "April T4ri?M. SUBSCRIPTION, fl 60 PER ANNUM post orrioi directory. The P. O. will be opened for bueinesi u a u iA nnno ? . The Money Order Department will b< opened for buslneea from 0 A. M. to 4 P. M Mail going South will cloee promptly at 11 A. M. Mail going North will close promptly ai 6.80 P. M. The mail will be taken from the street boi 16 minutes before closing each mail. Any inattention or irregularities should re reported promptly to the P. M. J. C. HUNTER. P. M. New Advertisements. A. II. Foster & Co?How about your New 8pring Hat and Dress? Dissolution of Partnership?Smith k Cist Meeting of Wage Workers' League. Taa Levy of Town Council. Citation on Estate of 1). F. Kison. Itr OurSunhto correspondent gives ai account ef how two tramps relieved Mr. W T. Jones of $80, by boring into his ssfe. HoT The State Ceuvention of the Chris tiuti Fndenvor Society w 11 he held in Hi I'resby terinn Cliuroh, in this town, begin ning Friday night, April '28, J8'JJ. tfcriV" An earthquake wan perceptibly fel bint Friday morning, about t? o'clock, a Abbeville, Columbia nnd Anderson in (hi State and ono or two localities in (Jeorgia. fiwy The following buvo been drawn a jurors from this county for the August tern of the t'nited Slates Court in (iieenville : CI rand Jurors?Wat. Jones, IJowdeysville J. It. Liltlejolui, Asbury. I'elit Juror?James Smith, tiibbes.' ? fl*&y A cold wnfc struck this parr of th country last Tuesday and made the ncv Faster clothing vary uncomfortable. Thert win a general gathering around fires in day tiiue nnd n pulling up of blankets at night For a week before the weather was unusu ally warm for April. C?r"i>? The building where Senator 3. 1/ M. iiby was born, in I.nitrons, wns totall, destroyed by fir# Just SunJay morning, I was owned by Mr. N. It. IfinJ, who with hi family barely escaped with their lives. I was a great loss to Mr. nnd Mrs. Dial, th< latter losing a large amount ia Tiilunblt jewelry. fltay Twenty years ago tomorrow nl5!'0 ing, the 1-ilh April, 1871], a severe froe killed the limit >ml mwi.ro bin.I ? vegetation. Keen the trees looked as if i lire Icid scorched their young nad tende leaves. If we retueiiibcr right, however the farmers made go id crops of cotton am corn tliat year. ITc take the t'ollowiug from a Wash iiiglon despatch to The Slutr, and havcunl; thi* to any: IV# think A (lorno^ Genera Towusend^nd Mr. Irq Jones ^n?w thai ninr^fillnisn, well enough to believe that i jJ^Buld he only waste of breath and perhup dangerous for them to say anything that di< not accord with his view of what law o equity is or ought to be. We'll bet a ?ha< from ('ul Cuughiuiin's tish trap, that Tillraai did not consult either of them, either befor or aftor lie ordered the suitjto lie instituted : The fee of J. Itandolpb Tucker iu tIn railroad case is ?'2,000. Governor 'i'illmai paid him $500 out of bis contingent fund and will have to pay the balance, ?1,501) from tlio name, lrby told Attorney Genera Town send and ha Joucs that they* wcr afraid to tell Tillman that tliey knew al along that they could not win the case. ? j$v>y IVe really don't see how a town oat prospor when its business men and citizen of means, generally, make it a rule b send their money to other towns to pur cha?c what the}' can huy at home, of tin same quality, and if not i/uitf as cheap, it c?."U, is really cheaper when it is considers tint tlio money I at h tine is . prut a home, and contributes to the profits am prosperity of every business in town. Kvery month we are reminded of tlii injustice ami utter want of business tact, ht the presentaiion of merchants' bills mad out on hillhesiU printoi in Charleston. Co lumhia and other oilic. for which they pa; spot cash and from which neither tlmmselvc or unyone el?c in town receives a cent o beaetit. We have offered an I still offer t< duplicate any job of ordinary lettn-prer. printing that the citizens of the town am county of Cnioti may require, at the sam price that they pay tor the same quality < work and material iu Chrlcstou, folumbi or nny other town or city iu thie State. There ia r.ot much o iccurajenient for i man to hurrah for a (own and its people when he finds (hat his honest share of it! business is persistently sent to other towns fti iMirinh ttlrnn.t*)^ wh* Jo nni i baubee whe Iier tlie town and its people sink or swim. Tillman Asked to Explain. The quarterly meeting of the Greenvilb County Fanners' Alliance was hold las Saturday. at which representative furineri from every part of the county were present the following resolutions were unanimously adopted : iVIirrras, it has heen stated in the puhlii press that Governor It. It. Tillman ha< written a letter to President Cleveland it which he requested of the President thn certain citizens of this State be not appointor to any Federal oftico "at home or abroad : and whereas, the name of the lion. M. I. Donaldson, tlie president of the Farmers Stale Alliance, is reported to have been oik of those thus blacklisted by Governor Til! man, be it "/{rsolvrtl, by the Greenville County Alii ancc in regular quarterly meeting assembled, that not having seen any denial of said allege 1 blacklist, we deem it but just to ihe honored president of the State Farmers Alliance as well us to the order itself to taki cogniience of the matter and takosuch step; as are necessary to learn from Covetuoi Tillman himself whether the public state uictits its to the blacklist referred to b< founded on fact or not. "llrtoh'fd, 1 hat a committee of three members of tins County Allianco be appointed to communicate with Governor Tillman and request, that he return answer whether the newspaper rep its of sai I blacklist be true, and if true to furnish bis reasons agiveu to President Cleveland for hie action to wards >1. b. Donaldson, our State piesideut. ' fMtwj Frogross i Mr. J. It. Rodger boo fine to Bristol, Toon , for o brick making mochino, nod no 1 soon m it nrriroo bo will begin miking brick for Ibo factory. The briok will bo mado near tbo factory oito, where tboro U ( f Tory line briok cloy. e force of hands at work on the oxenration for the foundation are ranking fno ) progress. President Duncan is pushing matters with his usual energy. The only trouble be finds r is s lack of hands. Did you ever hear before of the scarcity of bands iu Uahn ? 1 Heretofore, one could find as maoy bands as < he wanted loafing en the corners and balding dry goods boxes down on Main street. I Mr. Sharkey is shoriog matters on "Fac lory Hill" Already he has nearly half the operatives houses framed. He has a large force of carpenters at work, and says that by tha first of June be will have all the bouses ready for occupation. Thirty houses will ha built. In kririn witli The* will ha two staries, with three rooms an each floor. Mr. T. K. Foster in ou the ground, boring the well*, and not many days will aUpsa be Tor a the walls will be raady. Can uny one complain now and say that Union is dead. We think not. The right men are nt the helm, and we say keep them e there. Our prediction new is, Union will henceforth not only be recognised as one of the prettiest and healthiest towns in the Sta'e, hut one of the mest progressisc. ' President Duncan is daily expecting a ? force of hands from Sup't McUec to put 14 down the track on the road bed to the factoiy. Local Laconlos 'flic counselors of the liquor man intimate that after July they will lest the constitu' tionnlily ?f the Dispensary aet. More litigation and expense for the State. "It is a'l right so long a< it is right." This is a 0 "record breaking your" and each one of us r will be called on to pay our share of the , unnecessary co*ts caused by eomo one's utter fedishne-s. - ? ? Souie of Union s best amateur players, 1 under tlio unepious of the l'eiapcranco Heciely, are preparing to presont to the ,. public about the first of May. a scry Intery eating piny, entitled "A mtnjj ilia llranlrnpq M I t The pinys peccnlly gotten up under (he s same auspices have been decided successes. . and ".Amoner the Itrrukma" iirninNaa in lin j flic most 'Making" of any. Our young friend, Mr. J. C. Wallace, who desires, ns few men do, to go us Agent of tlio United Stuien ul (lunar, Congo Frco I Africa, is now in Washington, and it f is very likely iie WU1 get tlie appointment, for % ho fur lie has no opposition. Xlie cmolur mcnts attached to the place tire $5,000 per annum ; and unite a responsible position it 1 is. Our best wislnM arc with you Clough. Aspirants f.?r high Municipal honors had hetier begin to look around now, y for responsible places will have to J be iiilod by an election early in June. We r can speak for some of the present a'dernson t that rlliors w II have to fill their places, as s they have no dosiro to v?ea.r fheso honors i any longer, and believe in "rotation in tir tice " We woul l like to make a nominaI lion, but from a ssnse of delicacy must rca l'rniri ? we are net thinking o" iionunaiing e ouree'f or any ivln'ive. 'J lie I.'.cal I his week extends his very , grateful ikanks to some modest young lady , at Converse College, for an invitation to the '? unuiversary aijd Arbor 1?13* exorcises 011 mo jisi niiti. ih sav iuoue*i, uecauso eiie e I iliil not give us her name, but only nrote in oue corner, "conic." (lov. IV. J. Norihen. of (ia., is to deliver (he anniversary address 1 at the laying /jf (ho corner stone. Tlio invia tatiens uro neatly go ten up. The Local u promises to be on hand with his best smile, and hopes his modest friend will make ' herself known in some way. i - . I The people of Colon, recognizing (lie I great advantages derived tiotn (he Clifford .1 Seminary, always lo do with great pleasure to its annual commencements, Hoys put s on your best looks and get ready, for you ; will have an opportunity in about two e months to attend commencement at this popular institution. Hon. C. A. Stevenson, r n brilliant young lawyer of Cheraw, will s deliver the annual address ou Wednesday, f June 1 1th, and Jlov. I). I! Jordan, of Abbe> ville, will preach the b ??.c iliuuento sermon on ! he Sunday be tare. Mr. 5>?ovet.son is a il cousin of the Vice President of the Unitod e States. ,r - ft Personals. .Miss ?ssie Tate, of Columbia, one of the teachers in tlio (?ra le I School at Spartan burg, span! Saturday sudSt/ndiy iviih her , friend, Miss Annie lb big*. Mr. J ernes Munrt has returned from a ? short trip to Washington. W# netieo with pleasure lint Miss Minnie (toe has taken the litsl honor, nn I is President of her class at t'onverso College. I'nien young ladies generally make their 5 murk at collego. 1 Tlioa. B. Butler, K*ij.t has returned from 1 a three weeks trip t> Washington. lltlti more and other place of interest licit li. Of f oursc he saw an ( shook hands with one of the greatest Presidents the Tinted States c ever produced. ' Mr. W. K. Pay has returned from Teni J , nensee and Kentuoky with some very fine I horses. Mi. II. I,. (Joss went to ('o'muhit last Monday on impertaiit business. , "Kclton Wheel was in town Monday, on the sid business of procuring a coffin for his former neighbor. Mr. William Hurt. II. W. Harris and Papt. W. M. (Jibhcs j hare returned fr on Washington, but wc ; ; have not heard which is the fortunate I holder of the commission as P. M. of this town. Both say they have got it, sure. . Attorney (Sencrtl Towusend spsnt a d ty or two at home this week. ! - ? Cum .anna's *i>(.HMKK> Mn.i.. Columbia. ' ! S. April Several Massachusetts mi l ; men representing the head men of tiie Co- I lumbi.a Water Power Company arrived here I today with contractors f>r llio purpose of t In ginning the erection of a *ix lioiultel thousand ?l >ll:ir ?!ducking liiiii on (lie canal. Ground will bj broken within the neat week. 4 V mr?t *' *> frtu tag Vi/|k||| At (h? Quarterly meeting of tfc* UHtof&l* County Firatri* AlliaafS, bet Col. P. P. Domu, MUu|*t Of \k%jLf Allloooo Eschaago, osplabed tho vgrUggo of (ho Eschaoge tho avgo* logo* it offrrod unEsbort, *hui?f~fl?s course of bis addrdl ho liyihii (ho opinion lb?t the Alfjgoco should b^uma aa "7-- % mm uouffi ? togitiflBjiwyys I requiro oocrso y. _. "^;0: Wo holier# Col. Dan son loodjP^^T^ month. n advance of tho dooislon Of a majority of tho moot iatolligoat momboro of tho ordor, in tho "opinion that tho Alliance should become on open body." Exporiooco is fast tosebiog that socrot organisations mainly organised for (ho advancement of class and political legislation become hotbrds of the most conupt political intriguers and demagogues. Correspondence of the Times. Interesting Doings at Joneeville. J on csv i li.c, April 10.?Tho thermometer has been up into the eighties f?r several ilnvu anil iKa formari art anvUtit Id fiiit their cotton seed in the grotiod, but want a ruin before doing so tut the ground is very dry. A warn shower is eery much needed It is very probable new that wa wilt hare a fair fruit crop this year. There was a meeting of the citizens of Jenesville last Thursday, the object of whieh was to talk about u cotton factory at Jonesville. Mr. T. L. Ilauios was/ called to thp chair and J. II. Qault acted, as secretary. From the few men that were prreent about ten thousand dollars was pledged, with the promise of still more from the same parties. A committee of seven was appointed to work up the enterprise. Four different rites have been offered the committee te be put in ns stoek at a reasonable valuation, I will have more to eny abeut this enterprise iu the futuro. The Knights of Honor initiate 1 six candidates at their meeting Wat week. Capt. Kd. Bacon was down frem Spartanburg and assisted in the work. The Masons held a special communication Inst Sa'urJny night for the purpose of confering the F. C and M. M. degrees. Dist. lleputy Grand Master. J. H. McKissick was present, atso I*. M. T. 1(. Gore, W. K. McNcsoc, J, H. McNeaoe and sovaral other visi'ing brethren from other lodgeo. Tlie annual electieu for Town Council come off today. There was no issue aad only one ticket was run, which was elected, as follows : Intendant, \V. II. S. Harris. Wardens, T. L. llnmes, J. B. Free, I'. P. Wiilioins ana j. w. Mr. Harper Vinson thinks Got. Tillman linn rather gone back on him, in he did not tsike kini aloug Inst week whoa l>e went up to Cincinnati to Uy in his stools of liquors for the Stale dispensary. Hq' don't think the Governor is dispoted t^-'-'tote ' fair with him, but is doing his <^n tasting. "Old Paid" don't doubt th^ Governor's ability ns a competent tu*t?r,-but ho don't think ha ought to inonopb'ize the whole business and try to gobble up all the luxuries of office. 1 unde.'staud Mr. Joseph Kelly hts gangrene in his wounded arm and is in a critical condition. All the sick folks in Jonessillo are getting well. I'.cv. A. A. James filled his pulpit here yesterday cvoniug. Ho announced soiemuniou services at his next appointment. Mrs. J. J. Drown, of Uaffuey, and Mrs. Dr. Hates, of Cliftou. have been visiting the family of Dr. W. 0. Southard. Mias Carrie Southard cime home from the Gaffney Seminary to see little sick si?ter, but has returned. " Mrs. Hula Calaway, of Gaffney Ciiy, is vi. ;ting tha family of Mr. T. L liames. Hoy J L. llamas . ?iuc over from Gaffney yesterday to see his parents and many friends in the c ty of his nativity. Mr. J. 11. Hislep. of Canton, Ga., has established an office in our town where he proposes to sell tombstones, monuments or any work in that line, lie has samples of I.. I ..l.nl,,-^. ~l.- .f Ik. wnvli 11 gVVUa uiiu j'uyiu|ioj#u# w% ?*w nv?tt. s?v sells from there uud has his work done in Marietta, On., from the North Ua., marble, and guarantees his work an* material to coma up to representation. His prices are very reasonnb'e. Tki.ki'iiome. ? - ? For the Timbs. Kelton Notes. Kki.ton, April 11.?Mr. William Hart, who has been in feeble heiltn the past four or live years, died at his residence near Koltsui, yesterday; at the ripe eld age ef 76 years. I rogrct to say that Mr. Joseph tiaily is lying iu n very critical cindition, and suf* faring greatly Irom the injuries lie received in the accident at the railroad, reported Inst wiiek in the Times. Jle then received severe internal injuries, from which it is feared he wi'l not recover. Urndy Moore had the snd misfortune to have his eorn-orib and coutsnts totally destroyed by fire la-1 Thursday night, about * o'clock. 1 he crib was at leaf *JOO yards from any dwelling house, aud there had been no firo near it, so its origin is a mys (try. sonic uuna tnni pcrnaps a rai una Htolen a match ami took it into (ho crib, and in nibbling the phosphorous set fire to the place. some suspect nn incendiary, hut ^fcimot "spot" him. To nty mind there nre too many un tccounti.ble fires now-n-daya for nil of them to be' charged to rays ar.d matches. Carelessness in butting brush 6t from other fires in the open air has no doubt, much to do with such accidents, but incendiary ism is becoming alarmingly common in the country. We had two forest fires" near here laat Saturday. !l is gelling too drj *or picking, ami nil feuws t) ieg'tatiiin is beginning to suffer for want of raji?. A good deal of corn and some colyoij ^.as been planted in this neighborhood. KElton Whebl. ?? Sot tiiaitx IJaitist Convention Nasiivii.i.e, Tknn.?There promises to be at very large attendance on the Southern baptist Convention at Nashville, Tenn., which will occur in May next ; and as usual, the llichmotid at d Danville H. 15. is making all the a. raLgejjients for a comfortable and pleasant trip for ali those yho wi-h to attend Special low ra'es ami excellent service are offered to i's numerous patrons for this occasion. Any of tlie agents or officials of 'his great system will lake pleasure in supplying all desired information, nml will give tho business their very best attention Write or e>ll on t'. 1>. llol'kins, H. W. lit nt, Trav. l'ass. Agent, Trav. Ag't. Charlotte, S. C, Augusta, (la. A Card of TkanksJonksvillk, 8. C., April 8, 1803. UniniR Union Timks : l'leuse allow me space in your columns to return my thanks to the people of .lone-mile, Union and surrounding country for their kioilness and liberal contributions to mo since my sad experience and loss by fire on the night of lie l?t of this month. 1 haven't language to fully express my gratitude to them. Truly it is a great privilege to live in a chiistian land among christian people. With this experience I take courage an I go loiuavd. m?iv determine! than ever bef.ic t d>> my whole duty as a citizen. .Sincerely, J. B. Fosrtn. : ^ *' * r. i i I. TEACHERS' COLUMN. JAM. U STKAIN, Editor, KtU Jam, A C. MM, B. 0. CLIFFOIiD,) UaMuli. i l. w. mat. f a? i n , .1. i . i. PrtfTUUM tf Vest TtuXiri' AunlitUi iNtiif, m?7 . im. 1. 8<mtb CeroUn- t.' w V. L. Wileen, MiM Sue Jeter. !> 2. Mneic. |V*. Re<tilMi?e. 4. PratOwl English in the Scbeel?Mrs. B. 0. Clifford, E. B. AjcocY, Miee Ceriie Feeter. ^ 5. Music. 6. Recitation. 7. Music. Business. Adjournment. Roll of Honor of Rooky Crook Aesdsmy, for March, 1803. 4lh Division?Hnls Smith, Maggie Belue, Martha Scott. 3rd Division?Lula Little, Aooie Little, Bessie Qallmnn. 2nd Division?Zsnto Bevill, Robert Little, Henry Miller. 1st Division?Amelia Qallmnn. Mr. J. J. Wilburn, of King's Crock, answered sur arithmetical problem of the 3lst ult. B owes A 32.} cts. Mr. W A. Hnmmstt, of Mercer, has sent us correct answers to our last week's arithmetical questions ; i. t. : The average school attendance is 33 19-22. The answer to the milkmaid problem is 71*256, or 31 41-64, if the vessel is full. Arithmetical 1. Three men hired ahorse for a journey from A to B and back again. Half way from A to H they svertake a fourth man who agrees to pay his share of the cost for the distance lie rides to B and back half way to A. What should lie pny, if tho whole cost of the horse is $5 ? 2- Three limes the sum of two numbers is 312 and half their eum multiplied by quarter ef their difference is 101. What arc the numbers ? We wili publish the names of those who give the correct answers, unless we are requested to withhold the same. Let Us Coadsnse. Mr. Editor.?With your conseRt I will quo e a bit of verse, which is brimful of sound ssnse, as well as poetry. It is se'.id wisdom, tightly packed, that could not bo expressed better iu volumes. Let every one whose eyes may rest on lltaoA lines ImlK in It 1 u ni? Uaw nn??vA?.o?< or when pen or pencil in used, deeply drink Us meaning and profit hy it : "When jou'tc got i? thing to say, Say it ! Don't take half a day. When your tale's got 1 ttic in it, Crowd the whole thing in a minute. Life is short ? a fleeting vapor? Don't you fill up se much paper. With a laie which, nt a pinch, Could be cornered in an inch. Boil her down until she limmerr, Polish her until she glimmers. When you've got a thing to say, Say it ! Dont take half a day." ?N. G. L. Pronunciation. Alio filitors of Teac/im' Colu... : 1 have just read your article headed : Straws Shows Mow the Wind Blows," in tyhicli pou justly criticize the present craze to change the spelling of to mr.ny wards of our grand old Anglo Saxon derivatives While wc admit that the style of our Iangunge ahoiitd ho in accordance with the best speakers and writers ; and while the peop'e of ; Ilcr Majesty s realms, pattern their rhetoric after the British Parliament,' yet may wo Americans be sa*ed from the Babelistic tongue of our legislative hall*, or frem the craze of so many would-be reformers of our style. Let the present spelling and preuunei?ucu ef ;ur words be changed only by the sanction and rocommendauou of cur wisest ond moit thoughtful teachers. It is almost embirrassing for us of an older generation to try to convorsc with the hoys and girls from some gf our present high schools and colleges, where the mania for the oriental and modern pronunciation has crazed teachers to deform the pronuncition of so many of the grand old words given to tia by our parents and teachers, Besides, there seems to he no unnnimi'y in the innovations that aro male by these modern linguists, even in our simplest worJs. 1 cannot better illustrate than by copying from a recent number bf the Boston Globe !:c rhSefciii our cuucuted New England brothers and sisters pronounce the same word, even among themselves: "e'e ,Sm n? a log by the river li ic, | Mass.) And nei*r h?ni Set bis premised bride (Me.) They Sut there proud and Satisfied, (N. 11.) To Sit like that until they diet). (Conn.) But as they Sate upon that log, (K, I.) Up ancakrd a farmers setter dog. And Sot his tcoth into Peter's hide? (Vt.) They Sets no more by the river eide. (N\ J.) As the Teachers' Column hadn't a more diligent s< t of readers than the boyd and gi?!?fi.io who;e homos ilie Timks mukes its weekly visits, thcreloie wo j;ave i. \/ord i'or them : A Word to the Boys. lloys, be kind to loved ones at home. Don't wound your parents' hearts with words of impatience a*id disrespect. Kc member I lie love ami care they have lavished. and will continue to lavish on you, from the cradle to the grave. Remember what your life has caused them?how many sleep-i(,?s nigl ts and dreary days have come to them because of their love for you. Roi,'t come into their presence with an njr #f disrespect and self importance: don't imagine that because you came into the worl 1 several years after them that you are therefore wiser; don't gel impatient and resentful because they faver you with some of their dearly bought experience and wholesome advice ; don't expect them te see things from your standpoint or sympathize with you in all your little disappointments. Remember, they have fought life's ficroest battles ijnd hive been sorely wottndod therein j and they knew you as yet only on the skirmish line. Don't be loo eager to leave the home nest. | Of ceurse it is natural and right for every tioy. when the proper time comes, to think and tlau f.r a home of Irs own, but don t | imagine that time has come when you put ou your first swallowtail and ci;rat. No matter how well you may premise to do, tit# day you leave the old homestead to start for yourself in the world will be a day of mourning to the eld folks therein. ?\> he careful and don t remind them 011 every occasion that the time is coming uud that you ore anxious for it to c>me. lie cjuiteous to your ?ister. There is an ' m ^ Hfrresp IWw$ of the Tian. Craefcsmea Tisit Saitae. Saa-rTc. April 10-U.it Friday night burglars broke mU Mr. W. T. Jenae' eior.*, drilled milp the combination ef the eefe aid i stele |M eavli now it. Tbey alee brake into the depot but fuuod no meaty, and maliciously broke the ticket cabinet to * pieces. It appears that the * *? ureae inio me railroad tool house aad took out a pineh-bar, a hammer aad several other tools, which the/ used ia breaking late ike depot and eto>e. They left theee teeis ta W, Mr. Jones'office. They are. ,p* doubt, pro- ^ fessiooal crackmea, fer tbey accomplished sheir work quietly and ia the neat eat style ' 'of the art of burglary. Aboat a week age two strangers stopped here a day or (wo aod made themselves qaite pleasant add familiar with Mr. Klemijog, the R. K. Agent* On the nfgkiw^f the burglary two straagy ^0^ men were seen by several petam^leeiTging about, an 1 it is now thought they would haro euterod Mr. L. U. Jeter's store, but Id "that u tb? boy trea*a bis ~S51 so (hs man will trest bis wife." 8hoV your sisters the seme kindness sad courtesy that you would Ike fairest lady in tho laud. Don't soap them op whoa they ask jrou a question, or answer tboin as if they Wore idiots, incapable of comprehending a sensible reply. Don't go into tho room which tboir careful bands haeo made tidy aad throw things srouod so as l? ?? ? cariosity shop, aad then wonder wby your "things are not always in order." A gentle boy will make a gentleman, and thora is no surer evidence of a b->y's character thin his conduct at home. The Perfect Girl. Girls, rem amber that the perfect woman, like tbf^erfect~p?n?h or the perfect reas, should not be judged to" mueflfby wbat e>e is as for wbot she hopes or aims to bo>*Bhs lores the beautiful, tho rofioed and the artistie, aod her wishes aud endeavors are erer reaching out to get them ; and yet her environment and fate bare placed her within certain wal's beyond which she cauaot pass, and so her passion for beauty that might hare glowed in painting and lived in sculptured forms takes on another form and appeals te the world in blooms of house plants and in the adornment of her tidy homer. Music that might have charmed listening thousands from the tnimic stage lulls infancy to sleep ; castles that filled her girlhood dreams lire in needlework on tidies and aprons, and the noble prince who wait- I ed in the courtyard for her ceming now reigns her king and lord in the husband of her choice. In fact the perfect girl is she who can moke the best of what sne has, and ennoble the low and common, making them sacred and laudable. So lor today ^und in the coming days the perfect girl must be one who cin do all things well, who can turn the churn crank or play the piano aud harp, or stnnd over the steaming wash-tub nud crown her head with the soapy rainbows of the Monday's wash. This ia the girl that tho world wanta today. It will waul her still more tomorrow, and more and more in years to cumc. Correspondence of the Times, News from North PacoletKtta J ink, April 10. ? Yesterday, Sunday. Ap il '.'ill, was iho 28th anniversary of the surrender of General Lee's Army. To us the days hul a striking similarity in some respects but a dissimilarity in others. In both, a blessed Sabbath, typical of that rest that reroaincth for the people of God. On the one hand the battle scarred veterans who had for four long years of bloody warl'ure held out nga'nU the cotnbinod powers of the world, laid down their arms and gave up everything but their honor. On this day we see their loyal descendants marshaliug their forces unor the King of Teace and marching to a contest that involves the redemption of the world. The sacramental meeting will begin at Salem church next Saturday, loth iost., at 11a. m. The Lord's Supper will be administered on Sunday. The Salem Sunday School reorganized yesterday by electing the following officers : Superintendent, J. L. Strain ; Ass't. Superintendent, S. F Kstcs ; Secretary and Treasurer. It. A. Foster. T. J. Estcs, Miss Snllie Bigliain ntid Mrs. M. K. Strain were elected principal teachers. To the primary classos a fine pocket bible is offered as a reward for regular attendance and proficiency in the study of .Shorter the Catechism. The competitive examination and awards will be made October 1st by a committee of competent teachers to be chosen outside of tho school. A good deal of corn lias been planted and some is coming up. Moat ef the whoa', and oats are beginning to need rain. The greiiDd in muny places can't be plowed until it rains. Col ton plautiug has begun. There will be plenty of fruit Ibis year if 110 disaster comes upon it. The low prico of cotton is rather discouraging to those who have hold it since last fall and winter for better prices. Experience is a dear school, but some scholars won't lcnrn anything, even injt. Ephrnioi is joined to his idols. The Quarterly meeting came oJF at Wilson's Chapel yesterday and day before. The fishing season has cuiic and some of our neighbors have nmde good use of it. The sentence of death has been passed upon an old hen in our community, for crowing, a crime fir which death is the penalty. The poet says; "A whistling girl and a crowing lien, Is sure to come to some bad end." Mr. Eroslcy Osinent, who has been spending some time in Spartanburg and North Carolina, is on a visit to relatives and friends in this county. Everybody likes "Uncle Ems'ey" and lie lias a cordial welcome in our midst. It is a great misfortune that we haven't more men like him. If the reports we hear a re true, we need soino missionary work ?t>ne "North qf Pacolef ." Dr. J. D. Orr has returned to his old homo and resumed bis practice of medicine. He, with other physicians, thinks tho country lamentably healthy nf this time. Vox. For the Times. Farming and Fires on Fea Ridge1'ka Kiuuk, April 10.?After a very severe winter we are now having ns warm and dry neither as 1 ever saw at this time of year. Nearly all of tho farmers on the ltidge are ready to plant their cotton seen. .Most of them have finished planting corn. I have heard of some intending to plant part of the land they prepared f?r cetton in corn. There iias been more Ian 1 prepared for cotton on the Kidge this year than last. Nearly every fanner made ciiuugh corn ro do him this year, and let nie say t> my brother farmers, plant enough corn this year to do you n?t. even if you have to plsnt corn in some of the land you have prepared foi citton. The calculation now is that thore wDli be nine or ten million hn|es mule this year. If tint be true the price will be lower next full than it i.s now; ami if we caii get the same umount of money for seven million bales that we can get for ten, why clo we want to make the three mil-ion laics extra? brother .^llnncciiicn, stick t , the result! lions you have unanimously passed, to plant lo*s cotton. Soiuo time ug?, about H o'clock nt niglit, Mr. II. S. I'otier discovered his corn crib on fire, but with tin elv aid it was ex?inguislied und did not do inticli damage. Mr. Porter says tlmt lie cunnot account for the lire. Last Thursday night, about dark, fire was discovcied in mi outhouse belonging to G>ady Moore, colored, anil before t|id coujd run oh the spit lite lire was under such headway it could nr?| be slopped. Moore lost -lh , bushels of corn und about 7-"> bushels of c'ttnn seed; A. S. Pent Icy lost thrco hundred bundles of fodder, and property belonging to other put us was burned. Moore is u bind working, honest negro. The firo is thought to have been the work of an incen-liiuy. I.<st Sunday evening, about sunset, near the residence of :\. (J. Heiuly, fire was discovered in a broninsodgtJ field. Tito alarm was given and I ho neighbors gathered and stopped the fire before it did much damage. Soon after the fire was slopped, Mr. llcntly started towards his house and stw a negto concealed in a gully near his house. Mr. llcntly asked him what he was doing there, lie replied by asking Mr. Uumly win h? was. Mr. Ideally a kud him several <|iirslions, but received no answer, lie tlnn called to some otliers neir by to come to him. when the negro got tin and ? >,? ?))', They chased htm nbont a mile, hut lie got away. No one knew hint. It is thought thai he -^ct tir to the fie'-l to gel a chance to plunder dwell ng? hi tae vicinity. Ou? fun Nl?. one 01 inem saw .nr. Jeter g ciers eiwr me store by the front rloor, but did not ece him come out, end thinking that he slept in the store, did ne: cere to risk their work ia suoh dangerous proximity. Mr. Jeter's store appeared to be particularly interesting to the two loafers of the week before, and no doubt would bare been visited bj the burglars Friday night, but for the fortunate appearance of the clerk at the lime. Quite a number of "green goods" circulars have been received t>y citizens here, in which some very flattering and tempting offers are made. 1 hepo that none of our pe>ple will "bite" at it. Considerable cm has been pianist, and many arc pluming cottonseed, urged on by the inviting warin weather. Tne sun has been shin ng no warm and tho wind being so bigli as to dry out red lan I, making it so hard that it cannot be worked. Wheat is looking fine, so are oats, but it is thought that rain would help them. Krery body is bue-<yxcept those who are too lazy to work. Miss Irene Fant, one of cur mnst charming young ladies. who has been oa an extended visit t i relatives in Sparlinburg and Vorkville. came home last week, bringing and additional ray of "light" iti our community. /^m Miss Mnmio Townscnd, of Union, spent a (H low dajs with relatives iu Sautuc last weak. Mrs. Amanda Fant is visiting re'ativos in Sautuc. Mr. G. W. Whitman, of Jnnesville, w is on our streets last week. ltev. and Mrs. J. H. Yarborough are visiiing friends and relatives in Chester county. Mr. J. Mobley Jeter is now in Charleston, serving as a U. S. jutor. Dr. K. II. Jeter, of Whitmires, Newberry county, was in Santuc a few days last week. Mnj. J. A. Fant is now conGned to bis home by eicknoss. Mr. E. W. Jeter has been appointed weather and crop reporter to tho South Carolina weather and crop service of the U. S. Department of Agriculture for this section. E. W. J. PROr. ROBERT M0RRI80N. resolutions apoi'teo ut the state iioaru or examination on his heath. The following resolutions on the death of the late l'rof. Robert Morrison were adopted by the State lloard of Examiners at its meeting on Friday night: Feeling deeply the great loss that lies befallen the State in the death of l'rof. Morrison, we, tho members of the State llonrd of Examiners, of which l'ref. Morrison at the time of his doatli was a useful and honorale member, desire to express to his family and friends our warmest and tenderesf sympathy. His relations with the board were of the nnst delightful kind. He was, indeed, a lovable man, and won the hearts of those associated with kim. Ho was but 25 yetri old at the time of hia death, but had always held honorable and responsible pos's hia chosen line of labor. Ho left the impress of It in strong christian character upon i lie minds and hearts of his pupils. Hundreds of boys and girls throughout the State w 11 remember him with gratitude and love. He was t? moral power in the communities where he taught. He was a bold and courageous thinker. lie stood up maufi{lly fdc ? temperance, for religion, for pure and honest government. He belongs to those m^n of whom Christ said "\e arc the salt of tlitj earth." lie died with his arhur on, bat. tling for the right. For the two fithtrlest children and their bereaved mother we bespeak loving sympathy of the people of the State in which Robert Morrison lived' and labored and died. K. B. Craighead," W. N. March ant. Committee. Tnt: S. S. Dbi.kuatRs Return.? Mr. .1. M. Boozer, Secretary of State Tin lall an?j .Mr. J. S. Berg, the local delegates to the State Sunday School Convention, Kelt) at Abbeville last week, are home again. Titty ray it was the largost and be.<t Sunday school couvcution ever held in the State: there wero seventy-five delegates present. Among the prominent men there were Judge J. S. Cothran, Dr. llaiumill of Alabama, lUv. T. II. Law, Dr. Wilson, of Barnwell and others. Sevtu or e gltl lady delegates were there, among them be ng Mrs. Wh'bien, of Ch&rliSiou. I'mticu tw attention was givea t- .w- ^liwws|#n . 'J. a ptiin wncroby the young mett might be brought iuto the Sunday school and kept there. The uciegAtes were much impressed I with the amicable feelings displayed amen i me several denominations. Tho coiivcr .ien lus'ed tv^o ?ff,yfe, fs.ii 1 the de'cu.ites werb' royally cnlctta-ued.?-The Sta(*. Senator lrly sijs lie did not say ho wanted strife and division in the Lhmocrntic party of this State cont inued. According to the State newspaper two reputable citizens eav he did say it. Now, what is a newnpapcr which wishes to ileal fairly and objects to having its head punched to do ? If wc accept the Senator's statement we uiust say that two men hare lie I ; if wc accept t heirs \ye must say ho It as been guilty at' flagrant falsehood. Ua general principles it is always safer to pick a row with one man than with two, hut in this c>sO we believe we will get up on the fence and await testimony.?(irernville A civ*. Without wishing to cast the slightest shadow of doubt upon the honorable Senator's vt racily, we respectfu'lj ray we are c impelled to believe I>r. I.andruni. who sav; i lit Senator dit| say it. 1 (I ? - Skk tub WoKt.n's Faiu run Fiitrkn Cknts.? Upon receipt of your addrcse and fifteen cents in postage stain pa, we will mail j i'm |mi9ijmiu uur cuuTQHir rui n Mil) 01 tnc World's Columbian exposition, the regular price is fifty ceDts, bin ns we want you to hare one, we make the price nomina'. Vou will find it a work of art and a tiling <o be prized. It contains full page yiows of flip great buildings, with descriptions of swno, and is executed in highest style of art.. If not satisfied with it, niter you get it, wo will refund ihc stamps ami let you keep the book. Address, II. K. Huck'en it Co., 111. AT.i. Fare.?Those who have used l>r. King ? New I'i?CO\try knew i s ?alue, and llioxe who have not, have now ihe oppor.'unit, to try it free, ('all ori (tie nisertiscd di ugg st nad get a trial bottle free. Send yenr name and address to II. Iv. Ituekleif A; Chicago, a ml grt r? satni i? box of l?r. King's .Y w l.ife 1'ills free, as well as a copy of tinide t<> Health and Household Instruct- J[l or free. All of which is g i?i anlcc i 10 do you good and cost you no'liing. It. F. I'osey Druggist.