Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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.A- - ys ? Ml W.t.WftW'a ?- ?*? ?*w -- - -- I 1IRIM M. L- DOVALDfOW. Meter* N. P. Wkitmirt, J. P. Ptyler and J. II. Latimer, Committee: Gbxtlbmbs:?1 have vour letter wilb th? enclose I resdulion passed hjr the Oreenville County Alliance at tie 1 mreting : "To oemniunica'e with Qov. Tillman end request Ibet he return answer, whether the nowe per report* of Mid blacklist be true, ead If tree te At-niah hi* reeeoo, a* given to Pre* id en t Cleveland, for hi* actien toward* M. L. Doneld*eo, our State Preaidaut." Similar MiaaiuniMllA>a haan ; me from the County AUiaoce* of Plokeaa and of Newberry, and I ahell furnish thi* letter to the Lbtten Plant as to answer to all: The effort appear* to he made to link Mr. Donaldson a* a oit'san with Mr. Donaldson as President of the Allianoe, and I premise my answer by saying that ilia Alliance naa nothing to do with it, either ditactljr or indirectly, except in no far a? I felt jo* 1fied in preventing it* further betrayal. To nnawer your queetian categorlcallv, I did aak Mr. Cleveland not to appoint Mr. Donaldson to office. My reason* were these? and again they have no reference lo Mr. Donaldson's private character, but to his public acta, and I dieclaim any feeling of perional resentment or desire to injure tiini : Le t spring when delegates were alected to the May Suite convention Mr. Donaldson wan repudiated by the Democracy of Greenville and ha failed to be elected u delogate either to hla county conronlion or to the Nta'e convention. Ho appealed to his frienda in othor parta of the H'atu to help him retrieve Ida failing political fortune, and a small caucus of lending Aliiancemen from other counties went to work and lind liiiu elected member of the National C'ommit'ee It wuv presumed, by the convention at leas', that he was in full sympathy with its opposition to Mr. Cleveland, and rertaiuly he neither aai i nor d d any thing to undeceive the men who voted for hi in. You are familiar with the instruction* given our dclcgaiion to Chicago and our action under those instructions. Wo not only voted ! a * ~ nt 1 1 A.I I'll , MtYi'lUUU, UllV nui n?<i ?<? him, with two exceptions. Judge then our surprise oti rniclniig Chicago to hoc Mr. I)en*1ds3ti in open nthlialion with the ('levc lunil lenderi*, striving with might and m.iui to defeat ttie purpose <>f tlio conToiition which had elected him on the Nuti nnl Committee. Again, when "lie .State Alliance met shortI j elf reward*, to my surprise I saw h?m electefl President of Iho State Alliance When I a?knl on explanation I wm told that it was the on'y possible way to defeat the candidacy of an avowed Third party man," and that Mr. Donaldson hid pledged himself net ti seek any o III CO, but to devote hla energies to building up the Alliance. I was not surprised, however, when two week* later he entered the lie Id a* a eitndi date for State Senator from Greenville, foci- I ing, I suppose, that tlio double endorsement of the Statu convention in Mny and tho State Alliance in July, would reinstate him at heme. Ilut the people of Greenville were (rue to Ihtmsvlvee nnd lie win a t elected. ll will thus he aeon that Mr. Donaldson played false with tho May convention by liia action nt Chicago, ami brake his pledge, to the leading Alliancenieu, not to seek office. Now, in addition to that, when I remind you that Mr. i>onnl<lsou, as Senator, was the means of incorporating in the railroad I bill in '',11 the two objectionable features | which caused me to vein it you ctnnot be surprised ul my action. It was upon bis motion, nt tlio suggestion, as I was laid, of Hunch Mcllcc, that the right of appeal to the c mrts wss put in the bill, lie also championed that feature of the bill which , kept the elec'ion of llniirond Commissioner I in the hands of the General Assembly, J - ......... i- iiu..uL _i->r > ,i I t mil HI j i" uifi .iidiiiii |nm IVI in, nan '<n willingness to atiflc the trill of th" peoplST* ^,11 of these things (akin together lire NuHieierfivi" ' '? warrant my opposing his uppoi.toUUlL'^LiUJa^tiWHtt ' tntivc of the "Reform Party" or of the Alii ince. Self-inlarest ratlirr tlinn patriotism appear* to hate governed his actions, na<l ns the Alliance has boon side-trucked iu nearly every other State by self-seekers, find has been seriously injmo I in this fciute frotu the same cause, 1 couhl not conscientiously stand silent without protesting against his being rewarded for troaohery to tlio people and to the Alliance. Regretting the necessity which has forced a rehearsal of thisr undisputed facta, which of themsoWcs ought to hate prevented Mr. ltonaldson's elevation to the position he holds, 1 will submit to (he verdict of the Reformers and Albanaemeii of the Stnto in to the wisdom and pp priely of my ao'i>u. Respectfully, II. K. TlI.I.MAN. 'I'll K UnITKII Sl'ATKS Sl'I'RRMH Coiht Auainst rnk Sim:iui is.?Washington, D. t'. ,\pril 24.?The Supreme Court has denied tlie petition for a writ of huh?,n? rorfw in the South Carolina yailrotid tux case. This decioiou leaves the louiter in the hands of the South Carolina Pa ieral courts and the sheriffs will have to stand the punishment ordered for con lain pt of court. The dec siou was delivered by Chief .lus tice Fuller. The cane came up on petition of Shvrilf Tyler, of Aiken county, for a writ of httl>ea* cuij>u.i to icltaso him frotn iini. .isii'i i? h n I miller ilie iii.ti-iiirnl at" f!i? Circuit Court of (lie Coiled Mutes; thai he ho lined jjiotH) for contempt, lie hud seize I i t c iin on tliu Snulli Carolina t ail road upon .? wuirunt issued hy the Statu authorities ; r oj!!re!tc:i of iriiicii were in (.ontrotrersy. The road ens in the hands of a icceiver appointed hy the t inted States t'oiirt and he was adjudged guilty of contsnipt for failing t? release the property under order of that court. He came to the Supreme Court fur re'ief. t Justice Fuller read au opinion containing nticlt stronger language than is usually Jottnil in such documents, denying the application of the petitioner for the writ, lie said the seizure of the property hy force rrsi unjustifiable and could not he doftnded. The claims of the State for tints are But superior to the genera! rule which makes property placed in the html* of a recriser subject to the orders of the court ; they art to he determined in the regular nay and in a proper manner. The action of the Circuit Court, Chief Justice Fuller said, was in no sense an notion again*:, the State of South Carolina, which, it was concluded, cmld not be maintained under the eleventh amendment to the constitution. in couclus-on he said the Circuit Court was equipped with the fullest power to protect its ujgnny mm 10 emorce lis mandates. ami us .use of these powers in the ca*e in p'oinl cmld not be rev iewe I litre. Therefore, the petition for a writ of habeas corpus was denied. The same judgment was uniinoucrd in lite cases of Shciifls lliaer and Haines which emtio to the Supreme (.'unit of the United Slates with Tyler lor relief. ? Sol'riir.u.n Baptist (V?n\?.n i ion Nasiivim.k, Tknn.?There promises to he a very large attendance on the Southern Baptist Convention nt Nashville, Tenii., which will occur in .May next ; and as usual, the llichnioml nrd Danville It. It. is making all the arrangements for a comfortable and pleasant trip for all those who wish to a'tenJ from this section. Special low rates and excellent service are offered to its numerous patrons for this occasion. Any of the agents or officials of this great system will take pleasure in supplying all desired information, and will give the business their very best attention Write or c ill on 0. L. Hoi-kins, H. W. Hi nt, Trot, l'ass. Agent, Trav. I'ats. Ag't. Charlotte, N. ('. Audita, Ga. / fcite Weekly 'Union Uiineg R. M 5TCEE", . Editor Friday* April M, IMS. SUBSCRIPTION, 91 ftO V?*i? ANNUM POtT OFFICE DIUOTOBT. Tli? 1'. 0. will be opened for business .*.cr. S A. io u.w *. <*i> Tbe Money Order Department will be opened for business from It A. M. to 4 I*. M. Mail going Houth will close promptly at 11 A. M. Mail going North will close promptly ?> 6.80 r. M. Tlio in nil will !,?. ink en from the street box ]T, minutes before closing each mail. Any im?f lent ion or irregularities should te reported promptly to the 1'. M. J. C. IIUNTKH. V. M. yfjf~ Our letlar from 8?nfuo this week was missent au<l did not roach us until tho paper was nesr'y ull in type. We wolootne to the sicloty of Union Mrs. Paul W. Mcl.ure, ntr Miss Munie Nowol', whoso marriage we announce'! Isat week, a a*! extend to the happy young coup'e our most sincere wish that happlnesa and pros|>tri'y mny ha their constant companions all along the path of their martial lift, 0*0" Wo refer our renders to Oorernor Tillman's reasons for blacklisting the President of the Mliite Farmers' Alliance. Wo coiuidor it the weakest public paper that Iiiim yet coma IVom the (iorernnr. It looks rery much ns if ho found he hud got into muddy wu'er and was tiounderlng about to get out of it. - ?nor A serious accident occurred at the work on the factory silo I*ut Monday, by which Iwt colored men employed In the excavations cam# very near losing (hair li?r* It appear* that thev had undermined the earth lor tIse purpose of (blowing it by (ore# from (lie lop, about ten fret, ami when i( fi ll it buried IVnller Hopkins and John Jeter out of right They were extracted as piick tie possible, but belli hml received s.riotis injuries. Jeter's jaw was badly fracturod, and it is feared he received internal Injuries that may terminate fatal!y. Hopkins' injuries weie flesh wounds and although not dangerous arc very painful. ? tlnelc (lullic is dead ! Who ill this community did not know the faithful, the respectful and the honest old colored man who for more than twenty-five years was Mr. J. (1. Fnrrar's carriage driver, in whose rare for so muny years, the Indies, old nnd young, of Hint family, always felt safe from evil or harm, whether alone at their country homo at 1'inckney or on the long and lonely ridos to town. Old ColMo, the truo and trusted servant who never betrayed a trust repoeed iu him, and despised a dishonorable act, committed by any num. white or colored, died at Mr. Farr.tr'a nl I'ineU ney, l ist Monday, nfler a short il'ncss of 7 days, aged about SO years. No mnn in his station of lirc ever held more (irmly the respect and cnnlidenc^.' of hie ciuple.ver^ivi-^VrV.U^sv^.Trt him thou Jj^efridt'ollie, and in his last hours ??MTic kindly ministrations of ilmse of both sexes lie had served so faithfully, testified their appreciation ?f his faithfulness by unremitting attentions nnd by the tears of ?orrow thnt (lowed freely ill his bedside when the dickering light of life went o:;t. Old Collie was a true nt.d unswerving democial. nnd felt somewhat indignant when the lull 11' el the Mxeentivr t ' iiiniit I e?? denied him die privilege of voting nl the last primary election. I'r. Keoly, (lie discoverer of (lie chloride of gold, as a cure fir (lie taste ef sl<* iliolic stimulants and (lie morphine habit, has soldtoul (o a syndicate for $10.01X1,(KX). I( is sopposcd (lull lie had anuuse I a fertunr of $.'?,( KM I, (MM > from his discovery before lie sold out to (lie syndicate. We ure of en I >1 i that (here must be something wrong in (he government when individuals c m amass *-n?-li imintuse fortunes. Will some one loll us ivhercin die govern menl can be charged with wrong in l>r. Wesley's good or great fortune? If >ve ere aot mistakec, I).*. .Macune, of (lie Xiitionnt /'ionon.i.-i, a fe\< jeuia ego, when Uf ims a pour nan, and the groat light of (he Alliance order, played vigorously upon (hut airing, attempting to show (he tendency of die government to make wealthy in'-livifSiiaU ui die tost ot (he masses ; at the same time he wss getting independently rich out of the gies' patronage he received I from (he ' poor and oppressed farmers, as he sycophantly called the farmers of the South. And today, so we learn. he is living in highest style at Wasliingtcn. There whs no harm in his getting rich. The government was not to blame for it: and there s not a man in the country that would net have done the very samo thing if he had the sense and tact to successfully pursue the same course. We are alb from the poorest even to the richer, trying ( make money?the poor to get rich i*tid tho rich i get richer. It ia human nature, and the tendency of a g1*er.intent that did nut stimulate the r.mbit'.on of it* people to become rich, would fcc -o make n nation of poverty striekeu dolts. It ia n? more true that the labor of tho poor man make* tho rich man richer, t Iran that the wealth of the rich man ia the menu* hy which the poor man become* rich. I1 there wore no ticb people in the world there would be no factories, railroad*, telegraph lines, shipe for oiniuerce between nations, or anything elee requiring concentration of capital, or to axcile to action the labor, Iho skill and the inventive genius of the poor man. And we believe it would he a hundred-fold worse if there were no poor peop'e If all ?f 11 nr *? - . ?. V ?lima, nviv 111*11 llie human raoo would become imbeci'e* lor waut of employment for themselves nod money. We believe the Almighty has arranged the wlule matter much better for our peaco and happiness than the tinite minds of socialists, anarchists, Ocalaitcs and labor organizations could possibly devise. At any rate, although a poor hard working man all our iifo, we prefer trus ing our present and future hnppiness and welfare to His fnS&iie wisdom and justice. ?nr ?. TU Mrivtll I?n?r j W* o*o from* no exouso in our aind for lb* lynching of tb* negro, Job* Peterson, ?? n????rlr !; BsTuwru w? ?/, U< ftBlfl hold Governor Tillnan blatnelesi in tb* tootle'. When ih< hegro board i hat o craxy, infuriate] nob wss o/lor bin, bo iroot directly to the Governor nod naked for protection, asserting positively that he was innocent of ht >U.gvu, sou M&ci to be eonfronted by the young W-'y that had been assaulted. Tb# Governor, instsid of requiring lbe young lady to appear hefbre bin in Columbia, to identify lhe negro as ber ' assailant or clear him of the grave charge, sent him iuto the very jaws of the mob the poor fellow was asking the S at* to protoot In tit from, with the equivocal Injunction I* me .1100 10 i'? sure anu gei me r.gm man, thereby ind rectly countenancing mi act of \ lynching in the cm?, < The negro w is taken before the girl at ber ] home ii'ar Denmark, in presence of a com- t mitt';* of respectable citizens. She em- I ph ? ice)Iy declared lie wai n?t the guilty i paity, and her brother, who was present I when the assault was inade, orroberalcd I her statement. They were the only persons i prcenl when the assault was made, conse- i quenllo they were the only competent witnesses. That testimony was repotted to the inib, I but it had no mllucnce upon the deteruiiiihI on nlreadyjinnounced, that tome one MU*t > die for the a<smil, and in their fury and i mudness they ruthlessly murdered a man declined to be innocent by the direct and i uiie<]uivjc.1 testimony of the only cuiipetent witnesses. The not of lyachitig, under all the circumstances, was brutal and a disgrace to Ihirnwcll county and the State of Siuth Caro'iiin. (1 vtiiior Tillman cannot escape the blaiuc i that must attach to turn far this horrid crime. John relets .n had plated himself under his protection, us Chief .Magistrate of Ike Slate, und whether Pi lemon was guilty of the crime charged or not, It was the duty of the Governor, not only to protect hiin against (Urenlened mob violonce, but to protect the digniiy und ? > I nimo of the State by prer n ing or suppressing lawl?asne-8. In Mm I of doing that he seut the hunted I'elerion, nnprotocti il, into the midst of the exei fd ino'i, n? a lircbrnud to feed its mail < furv. Personals.Mm. J. N. lloolli has gone lo llaleigh N. 1 C.. lo visit lier people. Kcr. JSenj. Aileton lust returned from n trip lo Abbeville, ivhe?o lie JielJ difine services last Sunday. Mr. It at tliat, n former I'niou boy, was married nl Newberry on last Tuesday, lo Miss MeCaughran. Mr James 11. Hunter, one of Ihe most popular young r??cn of this town, was mar- | rird la* I Wed ncsday to ill;: Carrie K, '.lilibe*, daughter of llic late l)r. Itobi. liihbo, Jr,, of Columb ia Mr. Hunter was accompanied to (Vuiubja by Messrs. It. 1'. lljury,"'i'lio?. If Duller and W. IV, Johnson, who ac'ed us best men. Miij. K. I'. Mckissick, Manager of Ihe ' D.iHcry Dark Hotel at Ashcville. spent a flay in Cni< n lh|-< week among his frien<ls. Me*sr?. T. If Duller ami 0. M. 11 rah am, of the I'lium News Dureau wont le I.ocklrirl Shoals one ?lay last week for Ihe purpose ef writing up tl>c place and giving Ihe people some information concerning this great water power. Mi. II. j'l. fee Dridgeham, of the Columbia l{ri/i.ittr, \vahere T.iCjdtiv. Mr. H. I', tiarreit, of Spartanburg, was here a day or two this week Mr. I{. T. tire wont to Clinton Monday. Mr. Chas. II Normnu, of Wlijtniires was here Sunday. Everybody in Union remember, Captain Thomas l.ec Thorpe. and will be glad to bear at' bin success. It is lesrned (bat be has left Whiunires, where lie has been staying the past year, and lias gone to Texan, te engage in the inmreiicc business. Miss Minnie (list went to Newberry this week te attend the marriage ot' her brother, Mr. Nat (list. The Union Minstrels arc practicing and getting ready to give another performance during the week of Clifford'* Seminary Commencement. XI <a. Tanner, of North Carolina, has idotm to { oc|tha" Shoals, and opened a hoarding house. Mr. anil Mrs. II. I., (lass went to I'otiim* D a last Tuesday*. Mr. Smith and family. of Vork county, are visiting at Capl. Fair's. The quarterly installation of oflioors of the flood Tempi ins will be held in their hall next 'Tuesday night, to which the public is cordially invited to attend. Mr. W. S. Smith, who has ha 1 charge of tlie \V. I'. Telegraph otlicu here for the past eight mouths, has been promoted to a better position at .Spartanburg, and left en Wednesday for Iliat place. Mr. Smith and his ' estimable wife made many fiirnds during ^ their stay in Union who regret to sec theui leave. ! Mr. S. S. Brown, of Columbia, will take Mr. Smith's place here. Commencing May the l-'iih the dry goods ( houses will close n' ?j p. a.., thus giving (he i clerks scute jfc.et.tion i Bird" We are requested to minouiire that the J^euth I'nion Inter Township SiimUy School Convention will meet nt North ' Hebron church, Friday before the "ml Sun- , day in M?y. nt 10 o'clock n. in. The pro- ( gramme will he published in tlic Ti.mrs neit ' week. Thi? Convention embraces nil Sunda v Schools in I'nion. Sanlttc. do-dun Mi l. Fish Dam ftti'l l'tnckney townships. Kncli I school within these townships will please * send thrcv or mote delegate*. The Christian Endeavor The Sta'f Convention of 'lie Chiislinn ' Endeavor ni 1 meet this i Friday) evening in the l'ieshyteriun church, ami continue ? until Sunday night. I The public is cordially invited t > attend the d aily exercises. SvjJ"- .Mr. K. I?. Kerrisen; probably the widest known and most highly resfccted ' dry goods merchant in the South, died in | the city of ( hse'eston last Saturday, aged I ? years, lie retired from active buriuess I '> I u few ycaii ago. I 1 I flKtw ad Iwttirt thaala. Tblon who hare oarer km to Lockhart lk?*ll ikMld Tilit spot. Union etrly la tk? morning?spend ar at Ave hour* enjoying (W krwij atmee>here. ud sight-see* ag at Uw shea's ?id tiara k?at tba same day. Look hart shoals U on brand River, Uoian w?u?tj, 12 miles aartkaaat of Uniea, -Jo nilca eentk???? of ?<! IG uiiiei rati of Chester, thus ahawing that thrao iboala and wonderful wtter power lie in the Mat farming taction, and decidedly the laaat eaiiaa taction in Sontb Carolina. Tba p laca can anally ha raaabad by wagona 'ram 18 mites aast ta want, and by wagona ind email boats from 'lb mitaa north sad leutb, making a trip of only oae day. am MiaroaicAL old mlacv. Lockhart Shoals is no now place, but it tall known to all tba aldar peepia of tba leunty. Ills, in fact, a very histories! aid j'.ace. Three miles above tba sboals it the awn af old rinckney, Milled by emigraota Tram I'eaosylvania, and was the first county i^ml mt I ninn nnJ sal?a?-? I Km a!,I %a?1 Hands. Two mile* above the shoals ia ath? homestead place of the Farrara,' a family of the fioeit old South Carolina caste, and the most prominent people in (he county. Twe miljs below the Hhouls in the eld place where fievernor David Johnson, of thii State, wm born, and where ho lived for i long peiiod. A fur Governor Johnson's (Jeatb oX'Uovernor Thomas U, Jeter came in pos session of the properiy. About the yrar 1818 the Slate built a cans at Loekhnrt Hhoals, for navigable purp'ses and the soli I masonry ia still there, and verj interesting to look at. Thia canal waa buill of the wry finest kind of granite, and from (lie appearance of the way the rocks art dressed aad put in, it can readily ho seer that it was a first-class jab, executed bj skilled workmen. It is said. to have cos the Stats ever a million dollars. Leckbart Shoals is a beautiful place. Tin scenery is perfect, reminding one on either band of the "Iloauty Spots" depicted bj Turner's Landscapes. It is at Lockhar Shoals that, the tr'iudv, laden with the per fume of rfowsrs, Mows softly over a largi grassy lawn just above the shoals, when there ia soon to be a town. The climate is good, and sickness aripinj from climatic influences, or malarial chilli or fevor are unknown. The place Is inon cievaicu mm on/ empr poini on me river n*d for this reason the summer nigh'e art cool, which ill-wres refrojbing jleep. U. M.G. ? _ Aooident at tha Railroad. An accident occurred on Iho railroad a litis place lav) Saturday that should he i warning to the bo/a qst jumping on Ibi cars while in motion or while standing a Iho depot unload'tig. Charlie B. Counts, a son of Mr. F. 11 Counts, and the felcgrnph messenger, v.u sitting on the platform between two cars o the material train that was shifting at thi depot. His legs were hanging puj. on tbi side when the tra'n backed and his foe struck a post in the pnssw?y t? the pa?sen goi depot and il/?cw him oif. In hia fall hii foot rtruck a sharp cotnc? of ti,o post, tear ing off the flesh on one aide, and throwing hint almost under the cars. Il's b*ek nn< he?i| era also struck as he fe'l, and he i now suffering bom ti>e wounds and tin effect of the concussions. It was a jiarrov escape for the little follow, and if he hat n?t had the presence of m'nd to move hi bidy quickly from under the cars as he fel' lie would have been crushed to drath Fortunately no hor.es were broken, ant Charlie, although suffering great pain, is ii a go?d way for t.b?e resume hi duties. Correspondence of the Timks. JoneevilJe hjoving Right Ahead. .1 onf.3VIi.lb, April 'JO.?We h%ve passe' through the cold snap without much uppai ent injury to the fruit or crops, which i due. no dcubt, to the very dry condition o cverything*nnd the wind blow most all th< time and kept the frost off. Farmers -Art about douc planting, ant corn that was planted early it at a pre't, food stand. Cotton is not up much yel 'he acreage in cotton has boon increased i little above lost year?I suppose from 15 ti 20 per cent. The cotton factory committee are movinj around looking at the different sites the have been offered, but they have not decidet yet where they will put the mill. We thanl you, Mr. Kditor, for your words of eu oouragement and advice in the last issue o the Timkm. We will certainly receive it n inf.rmst'on J? has b??n ?nr intention ae to wait till we get eve.y dollar subscrihe< that we wa it, but i? commence when enengl is assured to build a small mill and ken pushing ?nd Increasing until we get * Urg mill, and we are glad to know that yi am others concur with us and are fricudly t our enterprise. Hev. J. M. Friday spent last Sunday I our town, nt'ended Sunday school morning and cvenio^ preached at the Methodic church at bight. Messrs. Bo war and Pat ton came dowi from Achcyille Sunday and started ou Monday morning to locate the Leckhur Soals railroad. 1 understand a largo ferei of hands will soon bo put to work en th< grading. llev. J. M. Boyd. P. E., came down fron Spartanburg lest Friday and went down t< Foster's Chapel, where beheld Ouarterli I'onf^renee Saturday. IIis father accompau id him. They returned through Jonesvillr Iliis week. "Unete Mark" looks fresh hud sprightly and is certainIjr a grand old man .Icing goo I wherever he goes inspiring ami -nthusing peoplato live aud work for their Master's "kingdom* The arbitrators of the Jonesville r.nH Kolton circuits mek in Jonesville lest Mon lay and made a division of the l'arsonagi property belonging to the former Jonesvilii ircuits. J. A. Chambers and W. II. S Harris represented lite two circuits, and hey chose their I*. E., Kev. J. >1. Iloyd. a* heir umpire. Their report is as follows : Value of property $800, divided on the Pillowing basis : Jonesville circuit alj; pet sent., or $ 117 ; Kelton circuit, 1*?^ per cent ir $383. This report will he submitted U pitch circuit. Mr. T. L. llaroes' strawberries are tipc tnd in abundance, lie will begin to ship licin in a few days The people are feast t>g oil tlictn now. Mr. Haines is surely a drawherry raiser, for he has prove 1 it hy is tine patch and abundant yield. Mr. bain bitilcjohn has returned from hi? leorgii> trip.. Trlkphonk. Uet>" Judge Mitherspeon has ordered u icspeusion of the judgment and senteuce igninst the old colorrd man. George Kinard Cor an assault on ? white ~vruiu iu itichiatiii :ounty. pending an appeal of the case to the Mipieme Court, which cannot he hoard until lie November term. | AN INNOCLNTJIAN LYNOIW) Tke Stgro Ffttribn J'ut t* Dntth. by Ihe Dm mark Mob, JHlar kit fnmaeemce Mmd bar Cl+arly FMobU.fxJ '* Dexmabk, 8. C , April 24.?When a fei <l?je ngo, toe of the beet (?) men of ltnra well eai?i in Ihe ma'.irr of the asaault upoi i hum kmi* ?**? ? >?? ? i Barnwell countj was at stake, and by Oo< somebody must di?," the people of Ike 8'at bed ae idea of how very eoon the borribl ' realisation of thoee words was to fellow The crime bai bten evangel, hut aa ap patently iauocent man has been butchsre t and his bloo<l now stains the scene of th fearful crime. The horrible tragedy was enacted tonigfa ' in tbe moonlight which made it neir y a bright as day, and there was a crow-l of a least two thousand people composed of ever; class of men in Dirnwell county. Thi 1 crowd occupied the embankment nade ' which the scene was enacted. Thousand I of bullets literally riddling the men fror , bead to (hot. trie fired into the body a ! aoen as Mrung up. The peeplc had grad ualiy been working themselves up to tb frenzy pitch for the past two weeks am when they got ho'd of a victim today, the, , were in exactly the condition to believe an, one guilty. Somebody had to die, and soins body has died That is the story. Man; 1 of the citizens deeply deplore the deed ? tonight; tlii-y did nil they could te preven , it, and then they let the mob take its owi way. In this connection I must menlioi 1 the heroic and cool conduct of Senator 8. U i May field, lie stemmed the tide with geo i uine heroism until it became a wave an swept eveeything before it. Standing r his elbow were ex-Senator Sojourner an scores of other men of prominence. The I w ?re the oldest men in the communitj ( They wanted to see the right man hung an r used every endeavor to get hold of that mar , [We have not to nn to publish the cvidenc , given before the Judge Lynch court, which j however, was entirely circumstantial and, a , far as wo could understand |t, in nowis r conueoled ths prisoner with the assault upo , Miss liaxter. A committee was appoints 1 to lake lit B prisoner before Miss Baxter, which was jut what the negro requested to be done.] . The following ia the report of what tram , pi red when the negro was confronted by th young lady ; We went in and met the young lady. Sb # is quite small, nb-'tiL fifteen years of ng( b and of rather prepossessing appear nice. Mr. Sojourner took the girl off to hersel and impressrd upon her the importance o bsing abselmc'y certain that lie was th 5 right mnn. He said : "Now, if you can sa s that he i? the man, why, do so if not, say sr This man's lifp you hold in your hand.' rue negro ea* men inotigiit up tue steps n_ Constable Week*, lie etoed juit inside th hn'l, while the young lml r stood in the par lor doqr. He faced Ijqr with absolute fear lessnesa and looked Iter steadily in the eye She did the same and did not display th I slightest recognition. The negro was mad to pull of his hat and put it in various posi tions. The young lady had been instructor ' not to say anything until he was taken out I He was a^ked some questions by Mr. So journey so {hat sl(e couiu heat'his voice. When the negro was taken oijt Mr. Si ' jottrncr asked the girl what she had to say 1 Every one listened with breathless attention f She said : "1 don t know liiiu, sir, that don' p look like liini nt a'l. lie is the same color that's all. lied mt talk like the man; h B is th'nner in tho face, aud was as dark a t this man, hut his ryes don't look like hint.' Mr. Mayficld? Pecs this man look like th , right man ? No, sir. Could you tcil him it you saw him? \es, air, | c ;jld. Ij" the right man wa 1 here 1 would know him. g The little boy who whs with his sister ti the time of the crime, and was neuly chok L> e 1 to death, was n-ked what lie tboughl ' lie sai I. ' The other nun looked more lilt 1 liiin tlinu this que. { wquM kqoiy hiui if . saw him." The party, after this falluro to recogtrz ' the man. ciiue hack to town. Just before the negro got back to towr 1 the girl s father canic up and dramnticall ^ declared that the girl would never he abl to recognize the man. The oi l man brok s down and cried. It had a great effect o the crowd. McClendon ran out to the fron nad said ho would heal uny twelve 11 lync the negro. Twelve men ^soon arrayed then selves alongside. Some one cried "Let! I lyuch both the negroes." McClendon shou ed( "Somebody's got to die fortius thing. 3 and seemed very much cvcited. About thi f lime Marshal Weeks drove up with l'etcroir " t no uuggy whs quicmy surrouoaeu. aii May field made n spooch counselling a wai 1 ing policy. y MoClendon g ?t on iho buggy wheel an > made a red hot speech. He concluded b saying: "\Te will lake this evidence an kill this man. The man that says this. J. D. McClendon, and I don't caro wh 5 knows it." The marshal drove off to pi the poor nogro in the guard house. As h 1 did so a brother of the girl ran up behin t the buggy with his hand in bis pocks The marshal said with determination, tin 1 he would kill the f.ret man that put li s hands on the man. The m?? was lukru i 1 me guard house and locked up. k M.;;,n lit. K' 1st! N". ? (iaffnoy CitJ P April 18.?Kiirioje'.' of ths AUlouco an ? some preten trd lteformers are playing ^ new role. A numerously signed petition I 0 the Postmaster General left hero today pit testing against the appointment as post us a " ' "t this place of Mr, J. Ed Jefferte*, _ ,v* , T ? laffai i? eon ft Mate Alliance Lecturer, o. v...... 1 ies, because young Jeffories is not a res dent of this place, and that lie is a son < 1 the State Lecturer of the Alliance, partici lar stress being laid on this latter deJaratioi ' The blacklisting petition plan was cor f coded to cut him out. The busiest man i F circulating the petition against Jefferics liti pretended to bo a friend to the Alliance an 1 a great lleformer. but now curses I lie whol movement i\nd says lie will fight Jefl'erieti ' to the end. Jeti'criev is not a politician mid has a cei ! tificsie from, his old employers, who sr ' amis, that he never participated in politic: registered as a voter in Uaffnty, paid hi ' pell tsx in this place and has always bee regarded as one of its citizens. Mere thn a hundred men signed his petition. ? Co ' Ito'HHi,. ^ That sounds not only funny, but very mi , reasonable. The people of <1iftney aro mc fools, and ibeiefore would uot be likely t ' oppo'e any worthy young man npen III ground that his father is a prominent an , influential member of the Alliance, tli r meiiihers of which ure their immcdiat neighbors and the best customers of tli ' town. No. no, that dodge won't do. If one c > your own kith and kin h is turned traito "and now curses the whole movement," i is a very transparent political dodge to Is. the blame upon the shoulders of the whol i c immunity. Perhaps our old friend Slielton is stirrin| up the county against the town strife again ii order that lie may e'tcli the plum. It seem that. Gov. Tillman's plan cf blacklistinj 1 Alliance men is being followed out all aloni i the line, and, line hi in, iliey arc tryiug t I shift the odium on te <? her people's shoul ders, Tote lair, gcutlcuicu. ^ I 4.'jlUF #" .* J@^4 .v > TEACHERS' COLUMN. JAB. L. STRAIN, Editor. KtU J mm, a C. ,. MM. B. G. CLIFFORD,) > AaUtaota. * * L. W. DICK, ) r Programme ef Mext Ttuktri' AitnUtiti Meeting May 6 IMS. B. I. South Hirtiry L w n?rj F. L. Wi'sen, Min Sue Jeter, e 2. Music. * Recitation. 4. l'raetictl English in the School?Mrs H. 0. Clifford, E. R. A/cock, Miss Cnrrit e Foster. 6. Music. '* 6. Recitation. lt 7. Music. y liusioes*. Adjournment. r Master Oland Macomsoo, of Mercer, als< * answered eur last two arithmetical prob 11 i ^ lean. " The Teacher's Coluno, so generousl] j | laced at our disposal l>y the proprietor o y this paper, should be made good use of ii f adrancing the cause sf education in tL< ^ Count j. '[ Arithmetical n A horse, buggy and harness cost $160 n The horse and buggy cost $141, and th I. hnrso and harness $117. What is the cos of each ? d it A., B. and C. rented a pasture field to $20. A. put in 4 cows for 8 months; II ? put in 0 rows for 0 months, when he took d cows out ; C. kept 2 cows in for the wliol i. year. What ought each ts pay ? ? As it is impossible for us to get the an ' swers from those readers at a distance a o soon as from those nearer home, we havi concluied to wait a full week for our patron (I to answer our problems before we publisl the names and answers. t We are satisfied that there are man] Teachers and f.iends of education in th< i* county (and out ef it, tea) into whose hand: e Thk Times makes its weekly vinits, who, bu for diffidence would contribute to the Teach c era' Column. They are afraid their efforts will km If their way into cur waste basket, and per f haps be picked up and canvassed by curios c ity hunters. To a'l such we wish to say ^ don't be afraid of that ; we will not "give ' you away." If we fail to use your mauu P script we will return Jt to you et our ewi e expense?mark that. Hut we reserve the . right to curtsil any manuscript we use, if wc can do "si without destroying or changing e the authoi's meaning. We must econonrzs e space wnen we can uo so. j XVc receive many letters in which we an ashed not to shew hew .silly and ignornn the writers are, etc. Don't ho uneasy friends, but try our department, and yoi will be surprised te see hew well youi articles appear in print. Make them short, 1 but as lull of meaning as possible, and wt ^ will guarantee you will succeed. The editor: g do not propose to monopolize the Teachers' " Column, or appropriate it to their own usee * It is for the teachers and friends of cduca tion to discuss the imp irlaot nieasifres tending to improve and clevnto a noble calling. s Let us use it freely for that purpose, ? ? >t Self (lomtrel. With the young chill this principle is kept out of s'glit to a great degree ; but as h< [ advances in ago lie is led (o depend leis and lets upon othurs and more and more upor c himself. It is, therefore, for us to placs before him higher and lrghcr motives o y action. At best, we should not appea1, at le many do, to such low motives as the fear o e punishment ami the desire for high percent ( marks. We should encoutage, so far as wt h cau and so soon as we caa, the performance ? of duties based upoa the principle that tin * child is to exorcise self control an I sel denial, because it is best for him to do s>. it The school is a miniature world, and then > are few trials, per| lexitjes, privileges, am '* enjoyments of active life in the world wbici are n <t experienced to a greater or le* d degree in the school room. y Whu are the best citizens " Tbov win govern themselves. I0 \VIio are the most useful members o it aooiety ? They who look to the comfort o ie others. ^ Who are best prepared to meet the difiicul u ties which contact with the world is sure t< is bring? Certainly those who have n?i iu msstcrcd similar oDes when they wen young, 7 Self government and a sacred regard fn id the welfare of others should, therefore, b< * the guiding principles in the government o 10 schools. ^ 5" Punishment. Few schools cin be conducted for nnj i .. / . ''' ""t nooishmcDt of sot?u j. length of tune , *.? ? vi >f ferm . and the success or failure of iht '* teacher depeuds upon the manner in whicl J' the punishments are inflicted. It becemei n a matter of some importance, therefore, t< ie know how to punish judiciously. ' A statement of a few principles and cau Gone may not be out of place just here: 1. Kindness, firmness and justice sboulc r- character!** every punishment. Tunieh 0 meuts which tend only to irritate or disgrnct the offender should be avoided?such a^ IS n pulling the hair or ears, cenfiuing pupils in ri a dark reoni, compelling them to wear i ' dunce'e-cap, using ridicule or sarcasm. '! Punishment should never bo arbitrary 1 hut should. ns ?rarlj o? possible, natural!' '* follow I lie offence. Extra tasks should nevoi he given pupil* far misconduct, not onlj e because tlieic is no connection between tin ' offence nml the puiiialmcnt, but htcause sued 0 punishment lends to cause the pupil to dis e like smi-Ij. '!. Penalties should he consistent and uniform; that i?, an offence should not b< ^ punislied at one time which is passed ovct 1 in sili-nce at nnotlier lime. Never ihriaten ' or, at least, never promise what oiu't lit ^ c.v ned out to the letter. Inconsistency ami 6 vasci lotion in the matter of pun shroent haa caused more failures iu discipline than any ^ thing else. " 4. Whde the power to punish corpo ally " should net be denied trachers, such punish ? ment should Iu given hut seldom. ATeacliei ' who teaches well, and who is able to keep bis pupils constantly employed, one nlic is <juiek to delect the signs of disorder aal 1 , ji who U akillful la pmratiag it. b Hkal* ' ertr to urt a e*H of corporal pafebtaaoi. 4 J Others, through osot of ozporisaass sad tact. ay ho obliged to corporal paaiahaaat to *1 aioUia thoir authority. If sack poabh- j noat is uuTiidtblt, lot it bo clearly keowa i I what it is for, sad let it be dispassionately j g Correspondence ef the Timh. j R?wa fmi Iwtk riMln- - | Etta Jaxx, April 24.?Wt regret to slate J ibat Mr. John McKewn, son ef Mr. J. W*?- 1 lay McKowo, ia lying rrry low at thia tiato a with La Grippe. From what we can leant bio recovery is extremely doubtful. We eea assure his father that he and his family have the sympathies of all bis old army comrades whs read this notice. Winter s ill lingers in the lap ef Spring. The last few days have beeo extremely windy and co?'l with frost. Vegetation leoka ~ 9 sickly, and the high winds and sunshiy' have completely dried out the effect ef the ." ^ last rain. Planting is pretty well through with. Our friend, Mr. J. >V. Nance reports that ' f ho has planted a portion of the land ho had f prepared for cotton in corn. Ilia heed is level on farming. At Skull Shoals post office the old flag 8 staff upon which the first secession flag wan hoisted in this section, is still standing. ^ It is about 11 fert long and is fastened to the gable end i f the storehouse It wdb hoisted '. by the Tullahoraa minute tprii before the e beginning of active liostiljirts. ( It has a history thai is worth learning, nod we trust that owner will ceaolude to turn it overdo ilie Union csunty Surviv-* ors' Associstjli as a relic of the "lost cause." r A pLopl? cr.thout nieounients are a people without memories, a people without mem4 ories are n people without history, a people e without history arc a people without patriot- lstn nud n peop'e without patrioti'tn are a people without love. The busy season with fnrorers has set in and they iney look for he itenerant, unsettied laborers to becin lurkine efF from their 6 contracts. Hie suu is getting loo hot for s them. , l)r. J. E. Garner line had the mill Skull Shoals repaired, and expec's to some good work for his customers this year. (June a number of our North Pocolet peor pie went lo town lost wook 10 st ead k court ? of refereure. s The Salem cotig-egaion expect to get t Rev. D. G. Clifford to fill their pulpit the remainder of this year, at least. Her. J. 11. Swann, the former pastor, has been called to work in Bethel presbytery. I Mr. S. F. Estei is attending Presbytery . at Laurens C. II. this week. By a misprmt we were made to say in lsst week's paper that ltcv. J. I*. King would preach at the residence of Mr. R. M, E Patrick on ilic Gtli Sabbath. It should havo . been Re*. J. 1*. Kuox, Several dogs bitten by a rabid one that 1 escaped from tli;s neigltborho id last week * will be killed. i The hawks are playing havoc witli^B little chiokens. and as soen as we get a rtmi we expect the crows to begin on our corn, 1 now coming up. "Misfortunes seldom come sing'c." i Miss Carrie Kstes. of Cross Keys, is visilt ing friends in Ill's scciion. A few fish are being caught along the ' rivers in gill nets and by set hooks. Wo 1 arc to'd by Mr. W. II. Mercer that at bis r place, formerly one of the finest fisheries on Broad river, thcro hasn't been caught as ' many fish in two years as lie caught in one ? day. ' Our friend, Picrci Y. Poole was seriously hurt some time ago by his horse falling on him, but is all right again. Our Sunday school was well attended yesterday and several new namci were added to the roll. Wc are trying to hive th? largost and best organized school in the county ; and are going to have it, too, if our frionds will get to work and do their duty. Vox. i For the Timk*. > Our Municipal Eleotion. I Mr Eiutor ; ? Permit nie to suggest to the citizens of Union that it i? about tiris they took some interest in the Mitnici pal affairs of the town by making their own f nominations fur town oflici-tls. It is well s known that f?r years the nominations litre C been mad* by not more than a 1lt7.cn individual, and it. has seemed to me that no one had the right or power to oppose those noin5 inntions without bringing upon their lteads j "curses loud and doop." Now let tho people take a stand again*! this clique dictation and make t'heif own ^ nominations. Let the so id citizens mco( together and select such men for their t>wn ( officers as they think are best tilted for tl(? I positions, and then let them combine aqd e'cct them. We can do i^ if we will mil 1 together f>r tho good of the tewn n'ene, 9 Lot us stop this practice of haying votes witli whiskey, by nominating men who will not treat. We can elect thcin if we will organi/.e aud work for them. There are many good men in town who f would fill alj the offices for the very beet f interests of the town, but I tndiere the best ' inan for Intendant would he T. O. Duncan, Presided of the factory. He's a business ' man, a pushing man, and w>th a Bonri of > sterling young men as Wardens, 1 honestly 1 believe thev would gi?? this beautiful iowu such character and progress at it never had 1 before. It is only a few weeks to the election and r I think wo should forest*! aT c iiptes^Jp^ p meeting at once, orginizing and putting eur ticket in tho Who will c^ll together* tirsupss. \ ?. -H State Banks in Tennessee.?Chattanooga, Apiil 21.?An act was passed by the LegiaT lature of Tenocssec, and since approved by b the Governor, giving authority'to Sla'e banks io issue C!rC"!"""" ,no',iu'?. f',??ct requires ' a deposit of United States. State of T CU"M* 1 see or county bonds, and currency will be . : 1 c * I u I. * 1 - - a > isaueti |ur 111c uiiutv uu imcs: a*ourui?s, lioi > it) excess Qf ' ?(/ per veot. of tfiejy n,?rkef value, Die till limits the currency ( b? issued by the Stele to $&">,000,000. l*rri??*|-. ical examinations of banks, redemption of the currency an<l other features of tho 1 national banning law are adhered to. A bank m"?' redeem its ciicu'a'ing notes on demand in gold or silver. 1 No county bends will bs accap'el where i the indebtedness of the county exceeds 5 per cent, of the taxable properly, and if t the county has defaulted any liine in yctrs^^^ prior on its interest. The circulating medium is t> be slgic I , the president and cashier of the bui?k and i counteisigued by the Stato Comptroller. The not says : "The object sought by this legislature being to furnish the eiti/.'ns of r thin Sta'e a sut>J sound and tmMwunl|y i currency, pessessieg sutlicieut o'nsticuy lu , meet (lie ueuiaud* of manufacturing. tanning ami business interests and ftte exigencies of ilie limes?a currency biscd on some secuiities lie stability nml sufficiency of I wh cli no one can question or d ii'il, to b) > oeerlooked, supervise I and guarded by ilie Slate's chief ofliorr, far the b-netit and perfection of the public." .?.* * ? ( llnstling little Hock Hill lins secured the greaiest prize given out in thie- Slat* in ' many years?the Indiistiial C.illcg . Tl|0 i magnificent manner with which her people hare worked for this co.legc tc'ls a stery of a united and energetic pe >ple There is no division in (lint town ; no quarrel, i e petty jealousies among holiness nv.-n. The auit>}tioii of her people is the ivlvanocim nt their beloved town. For years tho eyes the people of the State have becu on this live place. 11 cr course will now le waiohed ' with more interest ?Columbia I'.rciiinj Journal, i '