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m | __ avis* ;^r*TA"' ff Tb# 8lata board of oonlrol have issued the following rulos for the government of ^ BP-" ih# dtspewMr/: 1. The county dLspenssry wM be open f ?r the sale of liquor* at *i o'cleok a. m., April _ lsttoOoteberlstnndclosentCp.ro. lhe sU reel ef the year the hours will be fr**> w *. m. te 0 p. m. In case of illness en'y, sale may be made at nlplit. f|.0 III. When the applieant for the purchase 1 ef liquor is unable te wrhe he or she ean 0p< make a moss mark and the satue, a*tested j by the county dispenser, will be received as nt if wade in accordance with the act. Ap- ; plications must not be filled for one person f?.,*j oftener than once a day. IV. Applicatiens esu lie filled on written orders made in good faith when the name of the applicant ie authorized to be signed by t e the county dispenser and persons known to said dispenser, er his identity is established <_ 10 his satis faction. N< V. County dispensers cnn carry en their legitimate business in connection with the sale of liqaors in the same store, by peyiag a proporti mate share of the rent, but III s done not affeot the time of closing as fixed in rule I, All liquors must be sold for cash - l--l- ?U -'..I.I and ineiuy aepeeiieu 111 nun* e?^u VI. A member of the county board of H, central must be present when n ihipreent to ^ a caunty diepeassry ie opened, to certify to any breakage of bellies in transit, else no oleim of that kind will be allowed by the ^ mNeftfo el!?pp,e3liVck aflTnce. AnJ'Tosl' HV ' damage will be charged to tiff county diepeneer. ti VIII. Any liquor, not in sleek nt the p connty dispensary will be purchased by the ( fStato coniuiK* oner oil npplicaiivn through the county dispenser or furnished from " Columbia. IX. If the county hoard of centre! or county dieponeer suspect any infringing of w Iho law, a tStaie constable will he detailed t at once to investigate and make arrests, ? upon application to the (jioeernor. The same will be done when notice cunos to the Governor from eny reliable cili/.en. b X. l'rices of tlie various brands of liquor en sa'e w:ll bo kept posted in a conspicuous i'iravu mi vhvii ivuni/ lu.ijivmnu.;. h deviation from these price*, if reported, will cause die <1 miui.ss? I of I lie county dispenser. XI. Dispensaries will u<>t bo established at ' more than one plitcu in a county until after r consultation with the Stair hoard of control ,v and by permission. XII. The quarterly expense Account of etch county dispens-uy must ho approved hjr each county hoard, mid submittal te the State hoard for en lo vciuciit before it is pnid hy the county treasurer. County dis- v pensers nro required to conduct their hu?i- i, ness with the nunc economy as riuiilar stares nre run under private ownership. They will be allowed asistniico only wliau 11 the iniignitu le of the business warrants it ; a and the Smta hoard will issue a permit to g employ a clerk upon it proper showing. I( XIII. Alcohol will bo kept in stock at Columbia or ordered from the d stillcry by l? the Staie commissioner when lh<> order comes through the county dispenser for barrel packages. .1 XIV. In counties where no diepenstrics are or can he established (ho county boar<l ^ of control cm receive no compensation; their appointnieut is for the purpose of Cl soliciting their aid in enforcing the law. . ? . __ This is Sknsk. ? h'ifilor Lesiitylun Dispatch : I don't waul you to think that the 0 , AUivuce JHjiot a fffliL thing juid ilWl V and die whole^body to suffer. J lij- 1 when our business fails lie .sutlers and'wlien , he fails wo suffer. You can t cut oil your blt.c fiuger unless your wh. lc i.oly suffers trout it. So you sec plainly u is an error > me /?ninuco iias fatten int >, when they > thought they could cut o(T nil small business t and it would be a lidp to them, Ily cut- , ting utt' middleiuun tliey arc now suffering by getting comparatively nothing lor their produce. Nearly all sunall merchants and middlemen arc now raising their own supplies. They have become producers instead " of consumers. Newspaper men, lailroad c men nud others arc doing likewise il Lot US nil trade at olio stare aud what (, will become of the rest of the merchants'.' Let us alt subscribe for but ouc newspaper * and what will become of tlie rest of the J newspapermen'.' Let us all deposit ui one n batik and what will become id' the rest of | (j the hanks '.' Let lis nil employ one doctor, j one lawyer, and one preacher and what will j M Vtou miw V\o?o Trnudu'tnj; tlt??\wvw, \ * and preachers!* Krory man s/tou </ si ills tribute his money as t 1 keep it in circulation. Our Northern brethren, who are now hi constructing a large cotton mill at Columbia, say they w.uld rather have f<ec labor at double the c >st ol convict lab >r us the money a II he distributed among our business men, ? a d our business men must feel that they o.ight to buy their goods from >uch men. I ^ i ave ploughed eoru wlieu the ground was i.i i wot and killed it. Whcu I saw my error I snipped and I hope von all ? !! To like v.'i.e. I: Yours 11uly. I'. J. Uvi kmi. S( ' A i.i. Mi m:i? I p.?A representative of the ?V?v/ir?//r u\i asked l?. F. I'erry how he g! Happened to he in Columbia at the confer- p, nice of administration leaders. Mr. I'erry replied that his presence there nt that time was accidental, lie had he,*n told nothing of the meeting and knew notlii ig ot il but what lie had heard since, lie t idicated that the people taken into Hover- 1' nor Tillman's confidence now aro very few j anil that a moot main/ ....... ....... ' - H? J |?wm-n 10 lie J. closely itlciii itieJ null i lie nil in i nisi ration arc lett out in (lie col<l when iimitcrs of ini- " porlanee are to he considered. le "Have you ever found out why Tillman || b'ncklistcd you lie was asked. ^ "No,"' was his reply, "but I suppose it ^ was bemuse 1 supported Johnstone and la llrawlcy. As far as that goes, though, it' ni there was to he blacklisting about tha?. Till- pi in a n ought to have blacklisted himself, for .. he supported tleoige I). Tiiiiuin, who was in the same boat with the other ("iingressinen [ *' and was fighting iiie Alliance candidate. | w Mr. l'erry said that he laid heard that the , k< conference a< Columbia was called to con- ||| sider the ijues'ion of an extra session, lie ; lind struck some of the crowd going down? met tliciu at Greenwood?hut said nothing to ( nc them, lie and Senator Irby arc not on ' speaking terms. "Holy Smoke!" saul the astonished '// ?? | ) (?i iuUr Xncx man?"you and Irhy don't speak: i Irby and the (frteitrillr Artr* don't spesk: Shell and the Grrenvillr A% ?>.? ' I ini "Well, Shell and Irby don't speak to each leg Other,*' added Mr. l'erry. fol "IVell, what is this country coining in '.'' tr< he was asked. "Here are all our host pcopie all split, up. H a best poople s cetiven- lvM^ lion was called we could do no nothing ' because none of us arc on speakiug terms .' with each other.' Wl" Air. l'erry smiled a rather sarcastic smile Cl and sai-l he didn't know exactly what the !<t,c country was eoming to. ? Hrrnntlt' .Yew* or' oft How Lrjirii haw Hi itrs.?Lynching* not 5.^7, only break the peace of the State, and some ville iim*s sacrifice the lives of the innocent, are I but they deaden tho onsc'imce of the com- the 1 munity, destroy ail respect for law uui lead in t to anarchy.?Atlanta Canttttulion. tjrc ie 20ee6fij Mtiton IJimes. | t IVW M. STOKER, Editor Friii# Itoy ?? l?? DSCRI I'TION, $1 00 /'.ff/Z ANNUM w? POST business * * in 8 A. M. lo fi.00 P. M. pe I'he Money Order Department will he '1? ned for business from 9 A. M. to i P. M. wl Hail going Houth will close promptly ... II A. M. Nlnil going North will close promptly at 1 (0 1'. M. I'lie mail will he taken from the street box pi minutes before closing each mail. cj Any inattention or irregularities should reported promptly to the P. M. J. (J. IIUNTEIt. P. M. ?' t. sw Advertisements. , The People's Ticket. Notice?Munro & Munro. 8 Packet Store?Harry Sl Itelk. r SI.00 Free to Anyone?A. W. Green. u Notice to Bridge Builders?Chen. llelt. c ttuF Bev. J. N. Booth is now holding a eries of interesting religious nettings in ' he Baptist Chureh. 1 gofir We are informed that Mr. Then. K. " " - ' - -?-? nl III.. | ['kttn*r In a MBdUikK ror^no ??"? - 1 ' T^?r ln *&" Ifnv v-tr." rrmnn J.~r Vallaee if tho enly candidate for the poaiion of U. 8. Agent at Henhain, Congo Free Kate*, if a great mistake. Mr. Wallace lite hrec strong compel Horn, but in hopeful thai e stands at (he head of the clans. ? M$r Mort sincerely do we sympathize rich .Mr. A. II. Widiains, Klitor of the 'IrteiiYillt Newt, in the lees ef his honored ether, Maj. It. A. William*, who died in ialtimore last week, admired and respected y ti 11 who knew hint, for his | urity of life. ? Z,tiV" Our kind friend and long lime subcriher, Mrs. Julia Young, ecnt us a liberal peciinen of the magnificent "white globo umips she is raising this year. They tiro emsrkiihly fine for this early in (he season, nd were a treat to "wo us and family," dm unite in returning thanks to Mrs. oung. flOY" I'robablj a century from new there rill he exhibited among some of ill* eol:ctioiis in this and other countries, half iut, pint and <piart bottles, witli a palmetto rec and the letters "S. C.," blown in them, s indications of the moral paternalism the late ef 8outh Carolina exorcised over the a'nts of her children in 1893-94, if not Higer. Last Sunday morning, Hot. C. A. B. Minings, pastor of the Presbyterian Church, ale the grstilyiag announcement that iren new meinbers liad been added to the engrcgation. Mr. Jennings in a young man, but has very ipiality of head and heart to make no of the mest influential ministers in the ulrtit. aclorjr^aboiit seine trifling matter, when ^?*?ar fii/. "j?n the iieud with a wingletree of a cart and lail him out ircwj com. i\i( was unconscious for u lay or Iw i, "Crowbar was lo lgcd in ail, where lie now lingers, somewhat anxoue > know whether die swiugletroe and ope will be the d-atli el' two colored gentlenen, or not. m ? He are told Gov. Tillman intends tppointing 50detectives in each county hollering on North Carolina or Georgia, to alcli those lawless fellows who dare to bring | heir whiskey into ilia State by any oihcr h.'inncl than through the Trailer dispen- | try. Pretty txpsneivs, Governor, unless , on pay the detectives in a certain per centre of the whi<key they seize. In that case v ie detectives will get rich, anl the office , ill he aought for the fees; hut thebnsiaces , t v>tv nn\ , !*UTt. Bi-jV" Mr and Mrs. Dr. II. F. Hauls, who ^ ?v? been visiting their numerous relatives a I friends in litis town and vicinity for a ' mv weeks pas'. l?ft for their home at Ashe- ^ die. last Tuesday. We were pleased to see these venerable d citizens of Union allowing the traces T; r lime so lightly upon their feces. The r. lias pissed the slst cycle of nature s asoitb. is well preserved, and looks geod r many years to coiuh. It must be truly rat gratification to these aged parents, to allow# I te spend their lait days on earth trrounded by their atVaciiou.V e chi' dren. ? B*jJ" We bad a pleasant vis t last Tues?y from our friend, R. > . Thomson, of the ) acclet Manufacturing Company. Webb >oks if lie was enjoying life at Trough hoals. and getting fat en the geotl tilings icrcabout. lie says the place tinea not ink much like it did when we were list icre. forty rears ago. The little saw and list mill hai given place t > a large cotton otory, giving employment t i a busy, thrift v ld happy population of nearly 1 peele. We intend visiting Paeolet sion, to see c great change which energy, enterprise nl capital have wrought in that once wil Ioods place. It is now n great cotton mnr!t, and we cannot sen what common sense ere is in arraying our farmers against ose wln.se capital and enterprise built and is control such industries. ^ ? ? ? We don t believe the ^tale will he tk ! iuhitrse.1 one dollar of lite expenses in- l" rreel in tin* railroad litigation by iiicreas5 ilia taxes on those roa la involve*! in the *" ;nl tight, f<r it is very apparent frem the J" lowing that the roada, ami not the State, '?*' i in the better position to inike reprisa's damages incurred : here scetna to he no doubt that the South 0,1 olina and Kichninud ?fc Danville roads ,x< 1 bring suits for damages against the hot riffs who locked up the railroad rolling k in obediance to Oovemor Tillman's t jrs. As near as can Lc learned, (be ?uils '.(Ml he South Carolina road trill amount to the tHK) and those of tho Kichmond \ Dan- <mu to >>;{ '{,(KtO. It is said that lhe?e anils bor< tias-d ou actual estimates ol' losses t ? can oads in the tvin/ p ..f ihaii stuvk and mak he de ny of matter in trannit. ? Cor. i aiei lii'ltr \> u,.i. I f(ji~ j Municipal Ticket he licket aon ioatci 'as' Monday at t'?a II n and natt b? the :led. 8>nieinay personally suggeot alight aio ng*e, but it fa doubtful if such tbaogaa ia ; ild be much, if any Imprneoaitnt. is Tha netting that made <ht nominal i?ne hui a composed af a larga number of claarly pr< iresrnta' irt men af the town, of balk ta nr?, consequently it is eqnpliaiinal'y the p< ople's ticket, and upon sound democratic ctflne, should cornmind the ruppert of all at a rtcgnixa ilia pa*am mat right of the d< ople to meet and nominate such man as Tl ey wish to conduct their public affiirs. b< Wo cannot think, after such a fla;nly ai u resscd wi*h of so respectable a number of n t'rene of (be town, that any other ticket a i 1 be brought out ; but the great fault of ? 1 itr r<prct?nlMive people lieretoi ire, ua* ? era ia not keeping well organise! up to 1 lie very hour of the alee ion, an 1 tha re* ' ult has often beta Ilia alaction of a tickat < epreseuting the in'aresi of a very small i lumbar of parson*. Tbii must not be tl a use this year. We liura nothing unpleasant to say of any of the p.vt Town Councils. Wo are new advocating an<l supporting tlia nomination rn * 11 a by what wo honestly beliera was a well attended public masting of the citizens 01 JAU^ftlViniV"!f&frhg men, an J they arc all good men, Mid we appeal to all (lit voter* of the town, n* tlieie is no npccial issue involved in the election, te come together for once, nnd elect a Town Council pledged to no mnn or men or tiny special interest, hut culled by the people at large, to repra scat llicm lor the pence, the honorund the general welfare of ilia town. IVc talievc, if elected, they will do their whole duty faithfully ; but if they don't, next yenr w* shall go for "turuiog the rascals out," sure. l et us give the young men a chance to show what kind of stuff they are inadc of. ' """I'" ? ?? 1 .1.. Al imiiiw iV u,>ur,u iinvc rcuuteu niv price en Cabinet Aristo Glace I'liotos sngle figure standing of grown people to *"2 ."?# per ilo/.. Tins holds good until June 1st. Personals Mr. A. W. Thomson, of Columbia, spent a few days in town this week. Messrs. .1. 1>. Arthur and IT. T. IJca'y, del gates to the (Iran i Lodge K. of 1'., which met in Greenville, have returaed home and report a splendid time, as. well ss a growiagand popular order. ("apt. ('. C. Cnlp has lieen inrited to deliver the anuuil address on June Oth at the Monroe, N. C., Ilige School. Miss Ma'.y Withers, of Chester, spent a day or two with her cousin. Mis. L. K. Mead'T, tins week. Miss l.ir./.ie (I Gibbes has returned to her h.-me in Augusta, (la., also Miss Annie Furiiian, of Greenville, has returned to Laurens, where she is teaching. Mrs. Anu II. Jeter left today f-r Newbciry to vis t her coiiein, Mrs. V. J. l'opc. Messrs. II L. Coleman, Itev. Y. li. Moras deleglies to (he D.s rict Conference e? the Methodist church. Joncsvillo was selected as the neat p'nee of holding the Confen ace. Mr. J. W. Audirson, of Greenville county, was in town this week on attentive business. Mr. mid Mis. L l>. Cliiids are in town. Mr. and Mis F. G. Tref/er, of lilberton, Gn.. were in town this week visiting friends. Mrs. Lmslie .Nicholson has gone cu a visit to I'rl iiires in Mississippi. Ilcv. Guuy dice, of Johnston, is visiting his brother, S. M. Hire, Jr. Mr. Iv C. Flint, the s-pright'y clerk of the Lattery I'ark Hole!, Asheville. lias r>iiim>.t h:s duties nftcr a pleasant risii here. Dr. .1. B. O. i .and mm, of Landrum, ipartnnhurg Co., was in town laet week 'isitiag his daughter, .Mrs. C. A. B. .IonMrs. C. A. B. Jennings has gone to Lao- I ruin's to wisit her parents. ' Miss Nora No I has returned to her home ' 11 Charlotte 1 Mrs. J. A. Fant and Miss Faunio McLure ( ioto gone on a visit ti relatives in Chester. Col. 1. 0. McKis-iek has gone to Ilich- t lond to attend 'lie J oiler son l?svis tune- 1 *1 services, and from there lie will go 1 iortii. 1 Mrs. A. T. Stimney Wss returned to her , onie in Ashevilie. Mr. C. T. Hawls lias rceturned to Asheille, with his parents. Mr. C M. Graham has gone on a trip to 'harlolte and other places. Miss Nivia l'atton. of l.aurrn*. is visiting ' di?s Corrit Whiteside. i o 41 .; A s ? - 1 jis s e ".s.: o . > >.* r ? c? ic -a o -a 5 -r ? 2> * 4 fe S. v -* e, ? _ ? ?=? -1 -Z* >- ~ ~r: ~ ~ is . ar> ????? % ? 7 ^ S, 3 - ? " -5 r t ~'t - *> ~ ~ ' c ^ I 'i *L J* - - -7> ? H! - ? ? D ? - 7 - ^ '" - "3 J] 31 C ? ' 'J :? 4- ?' V . 11 ?J .t ^ ?5 4? ? . . y " s -? 5 '- a i? ? ? ? t H n ggjoofilujs^? ? I ? J. * * T "" ? "~ J a (I *4 a a - "r i-'i t T -: ]j 0 3Ufc-c? "if ? ?; O bll - ~ ? - ~ / f . * - - - . on't Forget to Register No person will be allowed to role nt the i\ a election to be held on Tuesday, June ' if they have not registered their uemes; id next TuejtUy, Wednesday and Thurslie y nre the la*! days allowed hs the law, ... " of r register.ng. Hon t forget to ivgis'er. 'IC Mr. W T. Itcf.sill, of Cross Keys, called H? us Wednesday, replenished the llditor's an jhe.|uer, as usual e?cy year. and went bei lie a hippy ninn. Ml * flu vc might hare aul yeete-day tliat :: o! ... hut 'i.tKht guards would )>e required hy State Administration to pieveut the an< iggling of contraband liquor over the car Icr.s of the State. When North Carolina |>,n sell corn whi-key at *2 a gaiion and |( M e a lisod?outc profit, the border counties not likely lo pa> to State dispeneiir.es '' 1 t. ? l'/.i Mutt. in ot jmg I IXlTllNI tf <ti?l Sigh Sekeel. ?j I wu Ikt p'twun 9t*'y >Mtl" u attend Gibbea' High MnI exerciser ??J p;c J AH en the 18<h tan. iiu nourwaiag Nw?i j prtiidti ?i?rby JVef. H. L. Wilton, end situated tight aiM from Union. Tht u ? it ding U a twe-efei? frime, with flattering mpte't of hating aa addition made It it Th meet tht gravity publle Jnterest of iht BVXt The pie aie gi*ta that day was largely landed atd mteh iotertat shewn in the ^ ? teal >| meat and tducalita tf Iht joang. at day was plaaaant ta at, tad a most 11 juntiful dinner waa aerrtd In tht afttr- b'tl( oon a game of hall was played lo the enjoy- scb( ttot of ail. The programmt, as handed u?. ias carried eat in an interesting manner. ^ Recitations bj Master Wallace R->bin*oo, B diss Dora Suuintr, Miat lllaacht Oihhta, Hester Wallace Smith, Miss Kiatline O ihitlds, Mise Carrie Smith, Miss Carrie 1 tfibbea, Mils Mary Sumner, Miss Mary Rob- pr< iason, Mr. Clartuct Lawton, Master lieyd O'Shields, Mr. Jason Norman, Miee Florence O'Shields. Mr. Victor Lawseo, Mise Catlie by n'iKhaa. Miss Laura Sumner, Master Wallace Smith. t? Then camt a concert recltatioa by four little (iris. Recitation by Master Wallace Haojsrfc.. B. butler I f0 end C. C. Calp. 0j The fallowing programme was carried out ^ with great credit te each pupil : Metlier Goose?Dialogue by little ones. ^ How to Get Rid of a Bore?Dialogue. Contrast?Dialogue. ^ Wooing Under Difficulties?Drama. The Hough Diamond?Drama. ^ Funnibene's Fix?Drama. That Rascal Put.?Drama. A Bad Job.?Draiua. 11 Sweet music iateriniogled the eierciees it and added much to the pleasure of the occa- t< aion. tl We think wc are safe in saying, if the t good pcop'c of RigansTille township will 'I continue on the high educational plane they t hare begun lliry will have a sebeol that will ? reflect credit oa them, aad he of inestimable c a'ue to that part of our county. Local Lactate*. ' Mr. James II. Rodger is a week behind in the manufacture of brick fur the factory, owing to some machinery breaking; but with good luck And no more breaking lie will, at the rate of 20,000 a day, turn out a ' atiflicicnt supply to complete the building. If you have not seen the machine work, go and see what pretty brick it turns out. The railroad from the S. U. ?Sc C. road to I wwlsltaa* QKaaIu Ima 11 ma* n an rva vail anil ft fourteen mile line definitely determined. It is expected that work on it will begin i soon. ! Got. Tillnian lies token the b't in his 1 mouth, so to speak, nod c>mmuted to life imprisonment, Nap ileon Lavclle, whose lite his been hanging fire so long, for the cruel and wnntom murder of/his wife. The doctors appointed by the \GoTernor to investiunnueu wue muracrer (he benefit of the doubt. ? i I Martha Tucker lies been arrested and ' | lodged in jail on the cliarge of burning the ' corn crib of Mr. C. A. Joter near Carlisle, ' some time last month. Her husband, Will ' Tucker, was lodged in jail with her, but she H hat confessed to the burning, which exonerates her husband. She assigned as her in uirc that she was mtd with her husband P and had heard hiai make threats against ' .Mr. Jeter and thought if ehe burned the ^ crib lirr husband would be arrested and put ' out of her way; hut at matters hare turned 'e out, she is out of her husband's way and lie at home enjoying tho freedom he is entitled n to. in Work on the fictory is progressiag bravely. Thirty-seven operatives houses have been framsd and enclosed, and are now painted. "West Unioitl is oo n" Watcn; 1 iu;itnr?u s nth er* to I nlon Uj has just begun. There are three or four mow ^() 1 welling houses in contemplation, and work wc will begin on them soon. Look out, eister {|i( lewns, we are coming. n coi A pleasant and "cool" ice cream festival Kr< aas given by tlie King's Dnugthers of the an t! I* . i.~....?:v..i ? ? *? ... ... v.iuivii uii mo vcnutuui mnn vi Mr. j \yg 11. L. <ivea iasi Itiesdny Temng. Let us if iave more of there, '-Daughters." town Meeting lu obedience to a call a large number of :iti7.ene, white and colored, met in the U* Courthouse on Mondaj eveuing last, to lominate a ticket to be voted for at the ? Mention en June *?th for Intendent and 001 Wardens of the town for the ensuing rear. orl Mr. >Vro. A. Nicholion was made chniri man and Thos. II. Dutler secretary. The fol- ^ . owing ticket was nominated after ball -ting : . tn'rwlant, J. A. IMNT. Jf' Wurdnu, . If. Sarter, J. D. Arthur, 10 ['hos. 11. ltutler and W. T. Deaty. ^ The meeting was well attended and liar- ^ nonious. h is said by some that this ticket art s running on a ' prohibition p'atforni." ... . . *1'1 brie is not % word of truth in such a state- ?. , , . , . , la| neat, ouch aa issue cannot be raised now, , s I Itc Stat# dispensary law hat taken at te- lt nte control of the whiskey business and | le next council will not he allowed to grant ^ censes. . I#, _ kn< gsr,y" The Greenville Atics, of Sum lay. II st asks, "Anybody got snap heans yet ave nl then tells its readers that "Mrs. It. K. con shury picked them from her garden suita- and - for cooking." Why, blest tout heart, chil iend Williams, Mrs, It. M. Stokes placed nen Tore us at dinner last Sunday a "bi<j inf.11'' odu m tender anJ lucious tnap beans, from T r garden, as was e?er cooked with bacon. Inun ?r crop of peas gave out over a week ago, able d we are now -reveling in snap heans, bosc rts and splendid ripe Irish potatoes. Wi h rese rs. S. to p'ao and say when and how to up 1 n', and our fai'liful r>Uf|il gardener, i.et 1 5 1. to obey order* and wield "the shovel his < I the hoe," wc generally have as geid, as sleeji ly and as prolific a garden as most people. his t if rain does r.nl ccrse soon, WC fenr our inigh a! supply will be cut abort this year. Iliou ^ wry dry now, tlio 23d, and the ther- suhjt uctcr at in the shade. tuedi ] 'BACKERS' COLUMN. ? DO L. 3TKAIK, Editor, Etta Jane, S. C. daf MMo, a. u, l,UtlVUv,'i ','1 -AnUtsot*. Ik, L. W. DICK. ) "" TtMhtri* AaaoelaUon following is tho Programme of the Teachers' ^ssocia'lon, to bo hold Hat' y,June 3d : boot Discipline?W. W. Brace. Mrs. M ?? irltton, W. N. Jrfftriee. e' uaic. Recitation. e< oea tho benefit derived from schcul oxhi>na compensate for the loss of regular * >ol work ??Miss Ida Knight. H. M. Kice, * J. L. Strain. < losic. Recitation ' ( one girl* wh ? don l fancy work do fancy , rk. [)on't giro tke devil hi* duo if you can treat it. Foole n easttre actions after they are done Ike treat. Some woorcn go to ehureh to study the xt, and eonte to study the textures. Arithmetical /-vrr-ioti-erflrW^ifitn "2-T"?)r "fftfl iVieep r $23, and by so doing lost 8 per cent. ' their cost. How niniy of each ?lid he iy Using my walking stick ns the unit of ngth I nteisnre the width of the street nd find it to be 30. 1 afterwards find lbs ngllt of my walking slick from which I ilculated the width of the street to be 77A ret : how long is ihc walking stick Our fiicud Aid co laborer, Mr. J. J. rilbura, who is teaching at King's Creek, l York county, writes us : "1 have been caching only a short lime and do I't know sat I could gire 3-011 anything on teaching bat would be interesting or instruct ire. 'Itcrefore 1 think your limiied space could ind should he tilled ercry week by experi nced trachcrs who ctn advance idea* that oa'ain instruction that would hrlp ns all." Ilere tlto experience I (cachm hare their lu'y pointo 1 out to them, nnd we hope it rill not be long before tliey will come up " 1 **?" ,u-:- "AowAnu'.KIIl Vi w rrivin rr their lUU [BCi; lUfii I^|"iu.^I<HII?J vj to n uniors tke advantage of Ihtir experience, jet no one hidi his talent but put it out ipon usury. If we fail to make our county >ipir a public educator tbc responsibility will be with the teachers and net with its proprietor. ? The teacher who wai's for appreciation penerallj gets it in the shepc of an epitaph. All the good he does in life is talked of after ke is dead, ltight here parents often stand ia tke way of their children's progress and future prosperity. The teacher, though he (er she) may do a'l he enn to advance the children, yet, at home the child eften hears some caustic or d;srespectful remark made by its parents that impairs the in fluenco of the teacher upon it, and thereby ullimu'e ruin, lint few people seem t{ appreciate the fact that the teacher is the hardest worked, poorest paid and least hanked public servant in the land; and at ast one of the most indispensable factors n society. Parents give yeur teachers your upport or else keep y ,Ur children at h >m?. ? In the issue i f the 12th inst. our first robleni was correctly answered by IV. T. lalten, J. J. Wilburn, Mi?ses Minnie Mc enal.l and .losie Anuit. The weights are , 3, 'J and 27?40. Applying these weights ? a pair of old fashioned scales or balances ic student will readily see how he can igh any number of pounds from 1 to 40 elusive. several answers to the 2nd problem were nt in, fc;:: a'! of thcui difterent, as well as correct. The sum of the; fractions given ike a total of V3-10, which is supposed to riding by 2 wc find the work don# supscd to be equal to 2.1-30. From which ! rubtrict each fraction alternat'y and s fractions remaining, when reduced to a mmon denominator, give numbers which ; to each oilier as their numerators 5 d 10 equal 23, and iu proportion to which div!.l? 570.3.", miking A's siiaio .Jos s $17.2">, and C's $27.Git. Learn to Sptll. Those children of ours are learning some eful things in the public schools, but rdly nine out of ten of tliem are learning spell. Spelling threatens, indeed, to bene a lest art. The columns of our newspers, cvea, present some picturesque ihegraphy. l)no of our well-known literary men is a ining instance of this failing, lie cberes a college diploma, yet iu an article m bis pen now before the writer, the dling would disgrace a chil i of lea. iden'ly the proof reader was in haste, f.?r i blunders arc left uncorrected. The iclc contains less than fifty lines, yet ic errtrs in orthography find plates in it. fiestry is repeatedly wrilieu "lapistry," cginic i* uisiiiirrgrau', ag^ravdtlug f<rri?Hting," niitl so on Tito friends of s author laugh at his failing, especially rn lie subscribes himself, hs he has been iwn to do, in haste, "Yours cincere'y." leod spellers may ho born, as the proverb rs, but hard study will fix Towels and sonants in line, in any brain, aud parents instructors owe it to the future cf the dren under their charge that due promice be given to this homely brtncli of ( cati?n. he unfortunate person who is already < clied upon the world with this lament- ( defect should inake the dic'ionary his ( m rompanion, and if in earnest in his ' arch he should not be compelled to look u lie spelling of a w. rd a second time, o litre opeii it to hiui'cit as lie walks to ^ daily business, ami spell hini.se'f to i with it until it is fixed for all time in mind. A list of troublesome words g I thus go about with one, and fill ihc u glits more profitably I ban d? half the |*(| rets upon wliicli hiimntily is prone to at tale. Many trids and much ridicule $> ia wait far the -'oiigioal" epel'er, bat disadvantage biu been discovered up to t? in knewieg. as well as Noah Webster ^TT tf u? use'f. how to spell every word between t dictionary covers, from "aa-n" to much ylhuut" ytar. Ib Fer the Teacher*' Column. ibe c Botaay as a School Study very* There is one branch ef study tsught in to schools ef our cities aad large towns, fe|). atirely neglec'ed by the scheo's in the Nc ountry?the study of botany. The average child is without any scientific tnowledge of plant life; yet there is oe grov lubject on which it is more nece?svry that heai :ountry children, espeeUlly. should he informed. City children, ai a rule, see wry a|.e Tew flowers, and study them und?-r many We disadvantages, which di not exist in the 'his country. They also, bring in no danger '''* from poiseaeua plants, hnve less nerd to es^ ka'wtln distinction between useful plants "bi and pernicious ones. Should they under- <*'< stand how a wild flower ia converted iato ffl is. the wonderful prolucti.ns of the florist, (1? and our country children remain unacquain- *r? ?? *1 lei with the structure of the simple ?nu ? beautiful forme which they sec daily ? tll This study also traioJ the mind as all ar scientific knowledge doe?. It gives the ftt - - . ? 4? wj xiirn rigllC" names, ao<l cultivates a taste for gardening j? and other useful pursuits. There is another tulvansnge, which helongs to a'l studies of this kind, where 11 things themselves are studied, uot theories about them: it early trains the pupil to J< verify his c -nciusions l>y facts, thereby H forming a habit of correct thinking, wltich will surely prevent that big dry and narrow- ^ mindness to which the human mind is p: easily inclined. T A geod p'an is, I suggest, when a c'ass has finished a]priroa-y physiology, to begin Cl the same class in a botany of tlte same guide, t and when the botany is tiuished, begin the next grade physiology or any other sc'cnce. ?. B'ackbotrd illustrations are very ttsefu', and each child can make a neat note book h front ordinary wrapping paper, and copy ' them in l?. I.et eacli member of the class T have a |l*nt to raise in a pot, or give the j whole class a box of small plants. That ? will interest llietn as nothing else will. The schoolroom will thereby be ornamented, and other children will bo encouraged to grea'cr diiigenee by the prospect of engng- si ing in a study so p'easant. T And who can study tlie'o fa;r forms of ^ life, delicately tinted like the morning sky or gorgeously colored bko the sunset, with- t out cultivating his perception of the beauti- " fill in every ether direction? What but a f flower could inspire these prttty lines of ( liUUici>un f } , "All lib ul in th?y arc growing, j Some like stars to tell us Spring i? born, , Others, their blue eyes with tears o'er( (lowing, i Stand like Ruth amid the golden corn. L And we look with childlike, foud affrotion, wo spo their tender buds exrand, , Emblem* of the bright, I lie belter land." J. M. | ... - j For the Times. ( The Farmers and Improved Agrioulture J JOXESVII.I.E, May 17, Eiiitor Uniox Times.?Did you ever know 1 so much cold weather in May ? llow the ? farmers are to be pitied ! They have worked s hard and have their crops in best condition, but now the old weather is blighting their l< prospects. When portions of a ci'y or town n are destroyed by fire or tloid, there is great sympathy expressed, though two-thirds or k three-fourth covered by insurance, but the w silent way in which the farmers have had V their prospec s for a crop (listroyed causes p litile to be said, if much is thought abiut it. pi Mr. Editor, if you wai\t to see manifest tn evidences of improved methods iu agriculture, leave your tripod and travel through m Union county about this time. 1 have had 3 occasion to pass through North I'ucolet and w Tea ltidge iccent'.y. On almost every liill of or iaciined plane you can see terraces, and IV where you do not find terraces you will see re ,1,wiucti iu a way to prevent wasu- ui ing. By this method of cultivation the hills no and sloping lauds are made to posesses all th the advantages of level surfaces. In the Hi section of county meiuioued the corn and lai cotton hold undisputed possession of the fields, nnd only await a chance to grow when co sufficient heat is furnished. There is hope an for a county that can boast of so many small Cli ar.fi wot! eulii?i?icu farms as on sees on a ? "dear old l'ea ltidge." We don't like the wi idea of large plantations and uiany tenants ; it savors too much of landlordism and is too close k:n to monopolies in other industries. To the Alliance is due the credit of bringing about the improved methods of agiicui- in; lure referred to above. The farmers now Cli read agricultural literature, and profit by lit what they read. l$y the way, the writer bought a large fish, str caught mil of l'acolci river, and found that it had been rating strawberries. Perhaps lor "Telephone" can tell us where the tlsh got them. SruscKiiiKtt. .Mi . . ?. Correspondence of the Ti.mks. Crops. Roads, etc., on Fairforest. Ma. Ki>itok :?After having been silent for soma time, 1 wilt endeavor to give your readers a few hints of what is going on here. The weather for the past throe weeks has been rather cool anil ipiite nofavi;i" ?blo f r you n g Cotton. Cotton chopping is fairly I begun and sill uwiilnblii bauds are called lo gj, the field. The acreage in this section has i)? teen somewhat increased this yeur, due. \|,| perhaps, t<> the rise in the price of cotton (jjj last tall. Notwithstanding this, a great [jjt deal of ii| land corn has teen planted, hut it yj,. does not 1 ok vcry promising on account of the cold weather. Fall oats arc fine while Spring oats arc \\? not dong si well. (This is,just the oppo- j site to what other cotrespondents give us of the Fall an I Spring sowing ) Willi tlie exce| tion of a few p'aces. wheat j is n'ni"St a ftiluic. (This also, is d.lleroiit W 11 o what we have In en led to believe.) I,.,v I am reipiesie i to call the utieiitiui of the ?inl ouiiiy Uauiroissioiters to a section ot the boa mbiic road commencing at Cedar (Jrovo or Hie Japt. A. li. F s ci s plantation, and run- hols ling into another public road a few liua- use Ireil 3aids above Fairfurest I'resby terian app liiirch. This r?a I Ins no overseer, the T ne ai'poin ed being ?,v*,B!pt fre,*..J duly, lent \'c would bo glail il the ('01111(3' Commit- uml iouers would vie to it at onco. J. C. L. suet his A little spark and a strong southwest 1 sic Mat 11 rday nficrno 111 between i und 7 *a>:i clock resulted in a very destructive tiro a je t Saginaw, Mich , and toe fairest portion grot f the city is It 11 a mass ot smouldering man ?he? and debr. The losses will aggregate roiv 700,000 mtlu ? .. ? , * Correspondence of tko Turn. Vow* Arm Wortk Fmoolota Jank. )i*7 22.-Tk? cold woitkor t wook ho* |l>u place to Iko Mr* jr. i L sp?iac-l?ko and growiog MA son, on desired by for rers jum at Uiu tin* 01 many places, on gray lands sopec'ally, uton b*s dia l out until tke stands aro poor, and In sows p I Ansa, far mora **'? . n-u:. a diicourogiag J ?a OT?r. imo ? <| _ ?k for theT rrmio cotton reiser* ??t i complaint hu yet beti raised about 1. rhrat crop ; only that the straw will bnw er short. The heads are generally well I. awl in many piece* It is "thin on ths ind " There is ao ru*t thst we bava rd of. anurrs have finished pi*wing and mast lie crops have been worked over. 8ome p'owiog corn 'he srcjnd liar, now. feel that with a good crop of cereals i year our profle will breathe easier in future. iotwitlistanding our venerable and highly eemed Kdilor is now and then erying out roke" and all thai s rt of thing, we i surprised to find that the Times is id by so many people as what it A stnall notice in its columns recsling the surviving soldiers of the Into ir. who are uow outside of the county, and 10 wish to become membe s of the Union ninty Survivors' Association, to send in cir names lias brought a deluge of letters id po'tals from different counties and even .ates to the secretary's -j Mme'i are all regular sabribers or not we have no means of knowg. be that us it niny they should never muir.le tln> ox that trends out ibo corn," it show their appreciation of it by givin* their support financially. W e have received the 1st and 2nd nutn!ri wf volume 1 of The Confederate War itirnal," which is edited by Gen. .Marcus J. riglit, nnd published month'y by the War junnil Publishing Company, 110 Fifth venue. New Turk City, ft is a paper Inch has tor its object the collection and reservation of the history of tlio la e war. "c Prlce $1 1'er year. It is a work that ippitcs a long neglected need and we hope i ...... ..r ...... l,r, irhn wiah tn n.( ? ... V. .V.. - ^ ??w " ? "? 8'" jurct account of thai terrible struggle will .ke this splendidly illustrated magazine. " 1 Iter B. G. Clifford proached at Saletu esterday. Notwithstanding the fact that sere was preaching at several of our neighuring churches a large congregation met to ear him. lie is expected to till the pulpit here once a month for_thejreuiflinder.ul Una Mrs. J. J. Horn, of 1'ncolot Mills, and Irs. Mildred McDowell, of McConuellsville, re timing relatives and friends here. Miss Josie Garner, of l'iuckney, cue of ur accomplished Union coun'y tochers, fas at Salem yesterday. Mr. S. F. Estes, one of our btst fanners ,ud Alliaiicemcn, has just returned from a i?it to the lower part of this county. JIis eport of the crops, especially the cdton, is ;lowing. N'c regret that we were unable to nt'ead he exhibition at the llocky Creek Academy^in the 12th inst., to whioh we were so kiud*^. y invited. U e assure the teachcra, pupils V uid patrons of that progressive school that >ur heait was and is with thcui. We don't tlnnk that our brother, E. W. J., a i I be like'.y te need our help just yet ; but if those tiautuc girls don't treat hitn craetli/ we will udsiie him to remove his washing ts the noith of l'ac let, wlure we will see h>ui out. We have a let of pre.ty and smart girls up here who wuit to marry the worst sort, hut are rather choice (as they should be) about who they get. We are satisfied E. W. J. will fill the bill, though. It has bccu reported of one of our neighbor farmers that dining the late cold spell having heard that jint. a person could do so. The result was he al owed himself to nearly freeze trying to ^ ' 7v, , . VVUl 'n onou?U for co ton to -,t; o r? . yotl thiBk of that. Mr. , ,' , t e a ,,ar'' fighter? Enl v ' *\i ^.cbsle,'? Esq., of S( ananbuig, and l\m Mchowan, Esq., of Unisn, were before J.ri'11 Ju?ticc Court last week on profesloiuil business. Ml... IS . in inn .mi'iic ivu'3 made a visit to Cross icys lait week to see oil friends a id make iew ones. Mr. lieorgo 1'iidinore Ins introduced a nitting niHcliiac into this community that 'ill turn otV ten pairs of socks per day. i'e woulln't be surpr.sed to find h m i>i ossessiun of one that would average one sir per day with which he would be iniich titer pleaded. The Asbury Chapel Sunday School has adc a special request of the North l'acolei , S. Cooveution to held its next meeting itli it on the 4th Sabbath in June, instead Salem, as Ins a'rea-ly been designated. liile wc des re that the work of the Cone ntion sliail be for tlie promotion of this sposct iu unlit iiiik .. .... . . . iw will be a source of contVsion rather au strength and vitality to the ctuss. owevcr, we are rea ly to yield to the pojur will. There are no people on earth who will me tip an 1 do their duty with more zeal d christian devotion than lho?e of Asbury t'ipcl. aud while we doubt the propriety of thange just now, we hope seou to meet th ihem. Vox. For the Timks. A Delightful German. A delightful dance was given to the vUil* young ladies by ilie L'uioii Dancing ub last Thursday evening, at the Union uel. The music was lurnishod by the Columbia ing band. ?' ' I lie awning was a very enjoyable one, ig to be remembered by ihisc present. The German was led very graceful y by r. and Mrs. J. E. Hunter. The Couples were arranged as follows : Mr. ami Mrs. J. E. Hunter. Miss E-zzie Gibbes, Mr. 11. M. Monro. " Ida Greene, " It. 1'. Harry. Helen Kenib.-rt, Mr. T. 11 H itler. ' Ktlielind (Joss, " 11. F. Townsetid. " May Duiicau, " C. T. Murphy. " Mil lred Senile, " J. E Scott. Mr. and Mrs. W. S. McLure. Among tlmse present were Misses Agnei 5e, E ds Mcdowell, Lit la. llenty, Carrie ncan. Mary \Vi>son, Maggie and Sailte inro ; Mrs. Starks I'oiter, Mrs. Moultrie ibes, Mrs. 11. L. Go.ss aud Mrs. E. W. k ; Mr. and Mrs. L. G. Voting, Mr. and s. \V. 1). Ait bur, Mr. aud Mrs. George into; Messrs. Emslie Nicholson, E. 0. it, ('. II. I'eake, II. F. Mcl'hersoti, J, C. llnce, J. Dogan Humphries, Horry Uoss, A. Young, II. E. Eison, and ether.-'. A - 1 )i.?i-r:ssAKY (H r.snoN.s akswrrkii.?-Ooibia. S. t'., May iW.?Attorney General viisend h is furnished the Governot h answers to a number of <|ticsli>n< tint 0 aiiscn concerning Hie diupon-aiy. II* wi that, it is not obligatory on a county id of control to aj p >int as dispenser one who secures a majority of the fres1 volets in a Sown, but ihe board iuuv its discretion and reject any i nproper liciiiil. lie tue<c fai t of a aiau being nit exbar |,r would not render liini mu igible, but ;r tlie act ho uiu-t hsve relinquished i bu iue?s two years previ >us to tiling petition. ne holding of real e<ld? ?s trustee to ,ci rents does not qualify a man to sign i it ion. Husbands can not sign oil Hie iml that tlieii wives own re it estite. A who owns icat estate but who is eiomi I i po I tax on aeosunt of inability t ? tl? ual labor may s'gu au application, <a t.u