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MVmTo.l,r ia assigned in the causo^^^^^^H^^H| while no inconsiderable worms, lice, etc., is also re^rtedT The prospects of a good orep in much of the cotton territory ere, however, improving in censequenoo of tnore favorable weather. Tlio average condition of the crop m the consolidation of the reports is 8">.t> compared with 86.9 lost year. The State average is a? follows: North Carolina 96 South Carolina 86 Georgia 88 Florida 87 Alabama 98 Mississippi 82 Louisiana 8t> Texas 87 Arkansas 82 Tennessee 80 Tbc returns show only ? slight instead af a large increase of ncrcnge p'unted as compared with last year. A considerable reduction of the area neiunlly planted resulted from river overflows. Tne average percentage is 100.5. The State j ereentuges of area in comparison with the acreage of last year are as follows : Virginia 87 Carolina.' 184 South Carolina 104 Georgia 102 Floridn 109 Alabama 100 Mississippi 98 Louisiana 101 Texas 102 Arkansas 93 Tennessee 95 it will be seen that the status of the cotton crop as compared with 1892 has not materially changed, The noreagc has been s'ightly increased but the conditions have correspondingly slightly decliucd. DeMUKKATK A TTt.MlT AT As'.VSSINATlON. ?News reached here yesterday of a dastardly atleiniil. on tiio i??ri nf v-r.. V??l? . - r I .? negro laborer, to asgasssinate William Allen in bis home, in Gustou county, N. (J., near the York county line, last Friday niglit. Mr. Allen recently bad occasion to rebuke Necly for shooting at his chickens with a bow and arrow, and the negro sought revenge through assassination. His plan of carrjiug out Ins devilish purpose is described as follows: Going to Mr. Allen's house late at niglit, Neely found the door locked, with tho key ticking on the inside. Having tirst sniffed under the door a cotton rag to mufllc the noise of the falling key, he pushed it out of the lock with a small stick and allowed it to fall to the Hour. The tag was withdrawn and with it came the key. Unlocking the door, the negro entered the house and passed through the rooms iu search of his victim, at last finding him in his bed sound asleep. There was a revolver in the house, belonging to some member of the family, and picking up this Neely fired a bullet iuto the sleeping man's head. The bullet of the assassin struck Mr. Allen in the back of the head and followed ?errcnid tho skull nearly to the forehead, iutiicting-e. very gainful,-though not necessarily dangerous wound. It was removed by Geo. 11. Patrick next day with very little difficulty. After firing the murderous shot, Necly made his escape and ran away, coming over into this county where he was nrrcsted next ' day. He was afterward committed to Hallas, N. C., jail. ? Yorkville Enquirer Surprised the Town.?Shelbyrille, Ind., uuc 11.? liBio yesteruay aitcrnoon, "liabe ' Hawkins, the desperado, with a gang of thirty men, armed to the teeth, surprised the town by appearing on the streets fer the purpose of avenging the death of his brother, Charles Hawkins, who was lynched a year ago for ehooting the city marshal, lie first met cx-Shcriff McGill, and informed him of his mission, and then started on a hunt for ex-Sheriff McDougall, whom he satd ho would kill ou sight. They met on a corner, and a desperate struggle ensued, McGill rushed to the scene, and was fri ed by Hawkins, who blew a whistle which brought his thirty men to his rescue. A melee followed. In the rush, McDougall's leg was broken and several knife wounds inflicted on him. The citizens came cut by huodreds. ami a general tight ensued. | Ex-Sheriff McGill was stamped into unconsciousness, and is in a critical condition. McDougall held on to Hawkins until lie was disarmed and iu the custody of I lie officers. Habe Hawkin's wife also waded into the fight with a knife. The officers hurried Hawkins off fo the city court. Over five hundred men gathered nt the scene, and a lynching was looked for. Justice Craycraft held an examination a d l ound Hawkins over until June 30lb., a .inlet* it $500 betid. This lie secured, and guarded by his gang, he drove off. lit.volt of Convicts.?Ca:ro, Egypt, June . 1 ?Fitly convicts, while returning from rue quarters to Tourtih prison, near this city, ? vcrpowered the mounted guards and tried t<> escape. They constituted the last squad if ? gang of six hundred, and the guards n.iead did not know of the mutiny until thu men had captured (be rifles of the reat t wards. As the fifty convicts fled, eleven of the advance guards started in pursuit wenfy-five guards left with the other 560 convicts kept tliein quiet by firing repeatedy over their heads. Half a mile from the spot where the IV mutiny broke out eleven guards overtook & eiifc fugitives u*ii ordered thorn to .surrender H The ooavicts who bed arias, answered with r ii volley, which wounded two men and kil'cd three horses. The return volleys of the guarda killed thirty-nine c nvicts. The I other eleven convicts esctped. I The convicts are believed to have been eneouraged to revolt by the recent action of k the native courts in punishing guards who shot at iiinawiir prisoners who hnd been H committed lo tbeir chnrg?. Hr ? The brightest light of South Carolina journalism is 10 be withdrawn. W. 11. Wallace, of the Newberry Observer, is to retire from the editorial control of that newspaper to accept a professorship in the Columbia Fe H male College, (lis wife will occupy another chair in the Manic institii'ion. Wo con few to envy Mr. W .J lace's furHHH tune. Journalism in f-'outh Carolina just |BH now is not a congenial occupation for a man B|B who wishes to he on pleasant terms with his HH feilow men anil who values his own soul and B love* the truth; There are new nn<l strange MB an<l distasteful methods to bo encountered B| and menu thoughts, purposes, methods and men to be dra t with. it is nevertheless a distinct lo?s to the State that her foremost editorial thinker and writer, a man who thinks high thoughts, ^^^B lives a high life and is brave and honest and far seeing, is taken from the profession he ^r ado^rs-wnd ftom iliv sphere wherein he is H^B doing noble service. The cordial good wishes Of the Qretnville ^^B A'eirs and of thousands of the goed people in ^B every part of the Slate will go with Mr. Wallace in his now and more pleasant life. He IBB ie the kind of man to make a success of j^^B whatever he uudertakes.?QrttnvilU Arte*. Department 9 A. M. to South will close promptly WWITi. Mail going North will close prompt'y at 5.:i0 P. M. The mail will be taken from the street box If. minutes before closiog each mail. Any inattention or irregularities should re reported promptly to the P. M. R. W. HARRIS. P. M. New Advertisements. Sheriff's Sales.?J. O. Long. Mortgage Sale.?Joseph F. Oist. Delinquent Tax Sales.?J. Q. Long. Cancers Cured.?Dr. Jerrome Miller. Cane Mills and Evaporators.?A. II. Foster & Co. Bk?F Court will convene here on the 8rd of July, Judge Wallace presiding. There will be little work done, but criminal business There is one arson case to be tried, the only capital case at this time, so far. ATWOOD'S is the place to get tine Cabinet l'hotos at bottom prices for one more month, ending July 1st. As 1 said before, if 1 don't do as I advertised in giving you the Arista G*ace fini-h work at bottom prices, 1 will give you $10.00 a piece for each one you have taken. E. JAY aTWOOD. The Hampton Guards, of Spartanburg, of which John O. Wcslfield is Captain, with companies from Greenville and surrounding counties, will, on the 4tli July, have a competitive drill at Spartanburg. Judge Wallace has been invitod to deliver the prizes. (Uay- The Local mnkes some apologies to the public for the make up of the Times this week as the Senior has been quite unwell fer three or four days, but is now about well, and I he work lias devolved upon the Local and young men in the office. Wc hope to do better with some practice, if an opportunity necessitates. Mr. J. C. lluutcr, who hss held the position of Postmaster here for years, turned over the office to the newly appointed Pestmnstor, Mr. R, W. Harris, last Tuesday. Mr. lluutcr has been an obliging officer, and wc wish for the new Postmaster a pleasant and profitable term of office. There has been no other charges in the management,as ye*. BSoy It is rumored ihat State liqucr commissioner Trailer wi'l rosign his position, lie is now sick and Governor Tillman is managing the Dispensary for him. If you go to Columbia nnd don't find the Governor in the State House go to the Dispensary a?d ask "if the boss is in," and you will find the Governor. As Mr. R. W. Ilairis has been appointed Postmaster he will resign his position as a member of the House of Representatives and an eltction will havo to be liald this summer to fill the vacancy. We trust that the chosen will be elected on his own merit and not because he has been a blind nnd blatant follower of any man. S&" Cnpt. Charles C. Culp, who delivered the address to the Monroe High School has returned homo. As we predicted, he captured the audience completely, as the correspondent to the Charlotte Observer says, by bis "able.eloqucnt and practical address." The Captain is more in lore with the young ladies than ever, for he was presented with a very handsome bouquet, prepared by the young ladies and delivered to him through a speaker. Judge J. 11. Kershaw voluntarily retired from the Bench ou the ">ih inst , at Camden, his home. The Judiciary of South Carolina iu losing Judge Kershaw loses one who has added much lustre to the Bench and Bar, for he has been an able, courteous, upright, honest, conscientious and iucorruptable Judge; one that the entire Bar of the State admired for his legal acumen and gcntlomanly bearing. The Bar can but fail to feel the loss of such a Judge and wo wish for him a long and happy life. At a meeting of the congregation of the Baptist Church at this place last Friday, the following emphatic disapproval of its members aiding and abetting the sale of whiskey under the dispensary law was unanimously adopted: "We, the members of Uoionvillo Baptist Church, in conference assembled, desire to emphasize the belief that the whiskey traffic is evil in its influences and inconsistent with godliness ; we therefore earnestly disapprove of our members aiding and abetiing the dis-' pensing of whiskey in oar midst, officially or otherwise." .Several young men met last Wednesday afternoon for the purpose of organizing a rui itary company. A temporary orgmiza ..... .. ..O Jivumiu i >jr tug riccuuil 01 1i10s. B. Duller chairman and T. M. McNally sccre tary. A committee was appointed to get up a membership and report at an adjourned meeting, at which a name for tlio company and officers will be selected. The company will have a social feature added to it. There will Iks a c'ub room?not dispensary? bath and reading* rooms on ono floor of the armory and everything will be done to make it pleasant for the members. The old furniture factory will he titled up, both floors, for the use of the company. 86#** The retail liquor men of Charleston have employed Messrs. C. S. Rissell and J. P. K. Bryan, of Charleston, to fight the dispensary law to the bitter end, and they will at once apply before Judge II. L. Bond, at Richmond, for an injunction restraining the State from enforcing the law uutil the mailer con be decided by the Supreme Court of the U. S. Such a rumor in Columbia, it is said, created quite a flutter iu administration circles, very necessarily so, because by the first of July about $:!00,000 will have boon invested in liquors and preparation for the dispensary, an i if tbia was tiol up until fall it would be a heavy blow, but liquor is best after long keeping- We predict hot fighting on this much discussed subject, i sign a petition for a dispenyou can havo your name Attorney General decides to as follows ^H|^^^Coluinbia, S. C., June 13, 1893. ^Br*' ?? > ^^I)?*rSiu: In answering your letter of the Sth inst.. I beg to say that you cannot re quire the erosion of your name from the petition In question. In signing the petition of an npplicnut for the position of county dispenser, you act in o dual capacity. You not only recommend the applicant as a suitable person for the position of dispenser, but you vote for the dispensary ; and you have no more right to erase your signature from the petition than you have te open the ballot box nnd take out your ballot after you have cast it. Yours very truly, D. A. Townsexd, Attorney General. The Senior muet be excused this week for only simply announcing that the following bright minds arc about to be lost to journalism in this State : Mr. W. II. Wallace, the founder and able editor of the Newberry Observer, has been elected a Professor in the Columbia Female College, llis talented wife being also cbosen to another chair in that institution. Mr. J. L. Webber, ene of the ablest men on the editorial staff of the News and Courier hns been sleeted a Professor in Trinity College, at Durham, N. C. We extend our sincere congratulations to those gentlemen, in being relieved from the unsatisfactory and unrequicicd duties .of newspaper life of the present day. We shs'd speak more fully our opinion of tnein hereafter. Their loss to journalism in this State will be deeply felt. jgfciy" The Columbia correspondent of the News and Courier says a prominent Reformer tells him the following incomplete slate has been determined on for next year's Gubernatorial election : John Gary Evans, of Aiken, for Governor; T. J. Kirkland, of Kershaw, far Attorney General; M. F. Tighe, of Charleston, for Superintendent of Education ; J. W. Gray, of Greenville, fer Comptroller General and J. E. Wannumakcr or E. It. Walter, of Ornngobnrg, for Secretary of State. You will notice all of these gentlemen are lawyers but two, yet it is a "farmers" ticket, and heretofore great opposition and war has been waged againBt lawyers. Tliiogs nre getting considerably mixed. According to the Columbia Journal, Congressman Shell won't run as a candidate for Governor aga'nst the Tillman-lrby caucus nominee, as a reform candidate uuder the Farmers' Movement. The Journal further states that, from "reliable information," Governor Tillman's blacklist is increasing. The following gentlemen have been aided, who have been identified prominently with the Reformers: W. D. Evans, who is too ambitious ; Attorney General Townsend. to make room for Benet; Jatncs Norton, because he kicked when McLauria beat Evans; Adjutant General Farley, because he tqjks ?f opposing Stanyarne Wilson, who wants to ruu fur Congress ; Roper, o( "Ilopor's Dill" ftme, because he is Private Secretnry t> Senat >r Butler ; Cole L. Bleasc, because they liave n > further use for him ; L. S. Nettles, because he is a prohibitionist. The blacklist grows day by day because some Reformer don't do exactly as Governor Tillman says We predict lively times next year. t@T T'he effort of the State administration to mix temperance with dealing in whiskey is like trying to mix oil and water. It can't be dene. The man that deals out whiskey, for revenue, in a dispensary, under the State law direct, can no more be u temperance men than one who sells it under a town or city license in a tarroom, authorized by a State law. Neither can you mix dignity, morality and happy prosperity with whiSkey selling. Show us one man that has died rich from selling whiskey, even by autherity of law, and we will peint you to hundreds who, after making money frem the traffic, have died poor?often miserable?leaving their innocent families with no moral or social standing in the community, and a stain upon their clmrncter that years of exemplary conduct cannot erase. Look back es far as you may along the corridor of time, and the same results from the same evil are plainly visible. Wrecks of men and women, fathers and mothers, sonti orwl ,1 -o ...k.l. f II! r -I ? MUM u?ufttn?,o, w uvio Ktuilltra ui IIIU WOIBKCJ sillers, as well ni their victims, the unfortunate whiskey drinkers, are strewed along the whole pathway. Right here, ic Union eouDty, the curse can be painfully but truthfully pictured from past history. And all this ruin uud demoralization has occurred to individuals, aeting under authority of law, and can wo expect anything better for the Stale nt large, when, unclei its constituted authority, it assumes the whole responsibility ^ for the evil traffic, thereby defiantly inviting the curse to fall upon the whole commonwealth. And in the face of such indisputable evil results, we find leading temperance men and women, influential members of the church, seeking positions under tho dispensary law, to sell the accursed stuff, with the impractical, (if not sycophantic,) plea of controlling its sale and to prevent drunkenness. We eanuot think that Mr. Trailer, the chief dispenser at Columbia, a christian gentleman. does sr can raise his ejres to heaven and ask God's blessing on the barrels upon barrels of whiskey, as they are rolled into the dispensary, if it will not stand that test it is morally wrong, and 11 > State law can make it right. As we said once before, we believe the dispensary law will prove a serious disaster and stumbling block to the genernl welfare f the State. We can see no good but much I avil to arise from it, and we are truly grat ified to And that church congregations of alt denominations, have set their faces solidly agaiost their members giving countenance to the law; and our sincero hope is that tho church will continue to stand solidly opposed to it, in orory way. In our opinion the church should preserve a distinct, diguiAed, and united attitude against the law. Her action should be of and within herself, actuated by a pure christian duty to Qod and man. Let the outeide world Aght the war of words and factional strife, but let the church stand alone, quietly exercising its benign iaAuence for the peace and henor of i our beloved State, 1 IiMkl Laoentes Beginnng with next Sunday the schedule ef the ap^a'sengcr train will be changed. The op tidp leaving Columbia about eleven and reachfag here at about half past one. Thiaobaageie made fer the benefit of the "lummer swallows" goiog to the meuntains. The down train will reach here about the ufcual time. Mr. Qibbes is having his dinner bnise neatly renovated, and pas* aengers on (he. train from Charleston will lalc? dioaerhcreThe exotfnjoa to Salad* was a success. A great many Vent and spent a pleasant day in the mountains. We understand "lover's lane" was the most papular walk far the young peepl# Quite natural, we think. The Town Council are having seme necessary work dqaeon the streets now, the last heavy rains hiving washed tbeaa badly in some plaees. Mr. and M-s. Qibbes entertained in a handsome and charming manner quite a number of }9*ng people on last Mouday afternoon. ,J Tho qucstioi agitating the minds of a great many petple in almost every town in the State is. "aill wo have a dispensary ?" Muoh has been written in the papers about Union's prospejt in this lipo, but we don't see any present prospects for having a State barroom bore. There are 109 freehold voters, and it ^nuit take fifty-five of these to have a majorty, and we understand Mr. T. K. Palmer his only about twenty on his petition. Mr. Jos. GratU has secured the contract for putting in lb* foundation for the cotton mill at Soceca. A pleasant euchre party was given last Saturday evening by Mr. and Mrs. W. 8. McLure to a nunber of friends. The ootton and corn crop was damaged considerably by the recent heavy rains. The cotton had dona but littlo than, but since the rains both of these crops have grown at a surprising pate. Cotton looks well and the corn crop,is. reported very fino sll over the county. The ladies'b^Sil)* Village Cemetery Society have made manj'iwprovements in the cemetery, clearing off the grass grown places and giving the graves of the beloved dead the attention they merit. The Town Council have levied an annual dog tax. to go into effect the first day of August. 'Every person owning or keepinga dog in the corporate limits of the town is required to paynn annual lax of $1.00, and the dog must wear a collar and tax check, the cheok being purchased from the Town Cierk. If a dog is caught after first of August on the streets without a tax check it shall be impounded for twenty-four hours and advertised, fend if not called for will be killed, and when the dog can't be caught it will be killed, \ This we think is a capital law and on? ihai sliuuid he enforced, for there are a number of worthless curs roaming the streets committing all sort of depredations. Enforce your law, it is a good one- . i Tho "local" will/ explain to the "Senior" why the electien (lir town Treasurer was not held at the emhtime other officers are electeJ by the fVftl Cbuncil. An act creating a town Treasurer to be eleoted by the council was pessett about three years ago and of course, went into effect about 1st of January after its passage. After it went into effect the council under the law elected a Treasurer in February for one year, hence the Treasurer holds office from February to February of each year. We think it would be a wise law to allow each council to elect, when sworn in, all its subordinates. The first fire kindled under the brick, which is to compose tho factory walls was built en Monday morning at 12:0b o'elork. Invitations to attend were rather general, but owing to the early hour few attended. Ciemson College will open on the Gth of ,. July, and it is thought quite a number of students will enter. Rev. Mr. C. A. B. Jennings went to Clinton this week t? deliver the address at the closing of the Presbyterian College of South i Carolina. The correspondent of the Stalt has this te say of "Mr. Jennings' address: ' "Rev. C. A. B? Jennings, of Union, the alumni orator, addressed the students on "Education of the past and its present problems.'7 He bandied his subject in a masterly way, ann shewed that he had studied it well. While Mr. Jennings has been absent four years, yet the influence of a christian life, spent for the promotion of Christ's kingdom and tko betterment of his follow students his been handed down to us, and wo yet feel the effects of that christian influence." S&" la n correspondence from this place to the Orttnville Newt and the Slate, there is n misleading and unjust reference to the action of a prominent gentleman of this town in regard . to the dispensary law. True, no name was mentioned, but there could be no mistaking who was meant by "the man the liquor sellers feAred most," ' and wo called upon him to get the truth of the matter. He readily informed us that there was no truth in the report; that be had net signed a petition for a dispensary or a dispenser; that no petition bad been presented to him lor bis signature; and further, ihat he had no knowledge of his oeing appointed "cuici cooic? and Doltlo inspector," as Ibe juvenile correspondent called it, upon the board of control for this county, until the commission was presented to him by Mr. MeKissick, Clerk of Court, when he promptly returned it, respectfully declining to accept the position. lie says, on looking over the names on the petition of an applicant for the office ef dispenser, there is one with the same initials and the lent syllable of the surname as bis, and it is probable that some one seeiog the similarity, and without examining it closely, inconsiderate'/ reported that he saw bis name among the list of signers. It would be quite natural for W. A. It son to be taken for W. A. N son, upon a casual glance orcr a list of wri'ten names. Man/ a child gees astray not because there is want of pra/er or virtue at home, but because home leoks sunshine and a goad moral atmosphere. AT WOOD doesn't make an/ sittings after Jul/ 1st, but will finish and deliver all work as sojn alter as possible. ' # V. Personalsliiss Mar/ Geddcs, of Spartanburg, is sisitiog her brother, Mr. Geo. Geddes. Messrs. James Farr and Charle/ Clifford hare returned from Daridaon College. The latter is quite sick with rheumatism. Misses Nannie Ma/ Otta, of Meeres, Dais/ Creaby, of Fairfield count/, and Josie Garner, of Kelton, are attending the exercises at Clifford's Commencement. Mr. Gist Gee has returned from Wofford College. Mrs. D. C. Flynn and ohildren, of Augusta, are risiting in town. Mr. Eugene Tinsley, of Rioh Hill, is risiting his parents in town. Among (liegraduates of Converse College we notice the names of two of Union county's young ladies, Misses Mettle Jeter and Minnie Gee. Both of these young ladies took a high etand in their classes. These young ladies are at their respective homes ; Miss Gee beiog acoetnpanitd by two of her Criemls: Misses Rebecca Wilson, of Mayesville, Sumter county, and Miss Mildred Perkins, of Virginia. Miss Sallle Fowler, of Kelton, is visiting Misses Lulah and Lizzie Vincent. Mr. Hazel Sca'fe, who has been teaching m the sohoqls of Rook Hill, bos returned home for vaoation. Miss Carrie Foster has gono cn a visit to friends at Greers and Williamslon. Miss Lula Wood, of Kelton. is visiting in town. Mrs. Willie Ruff, of Newberry, is visiting at Mrs. Ann II. Jeter's. Miss Bell Wise, of Chester, is attending Commencement czercises a). Clifford Soroinary. Mr. Adam McComb, one of the most pros, pereus farmers of Mecklenburg coun'y, N. C., is visiting his niece, Mrs. W. D. Arthur. Misses Minnie McFadden, of Sumter county and Kva Gregory, of Cross Keys, are attending Commencement exercises at Clifford Seminary. Miss May Foster is teaching school temporarily at Ml. Tabor. Adjutant and Inspector General 11. L. Farley was in to vn this week. Mr. Miles Craig, of Laurens, is attending Commcncemen exercises at Clifford Seminary. Mr. anil Mm C A It .tnnninn. ??nl I. Clinton this week to attend the commence* ment exercises of the Presbyterian College of South Carol*nil. Mr. S. M. Rice, Jr., is spending some time in town. Mrs. T. W. Smith, nee Miss Ermie Mabon, of Newberry, is visiting her sister, Mrs. Minnie Mcador. Mr. R. W. Harris hos moved his family to tewn, and occupies the old Rodger dwelling, and is being visited by Miss Carrie Ray. Judge David Johnson, of Spartanburg, was in town Tuesday on business. Meeting of the Bible Soeiet* The annual meeting of the Cuion Bible Society will be held in the Methodist Church June 18tb. Both the morning and evening hours for worship will be given to this one object, and all the congregations in town are invited to be present. The services will be as follows : _ 11a. m.?Sermon by R%v. C. A. B. Jennings. Reports from Depontory and Treasurer. Enrollment of members. 8:80 p.m.?Religious services, followed by hort addresses. Election of officers. Collec'ion. Petit Jurors for July Torm, 1893. 1. W. K. Thomas, 19. T. M. Littlejohn, 2. W. 8. McLurc, 20. H. P. Murihr, 3. J. H. Wilkios, 21. J. Q. Howell, 4. Z P. Willard, 22. D. N. Wilburn, 6. J. M. Hodge, 23. John McDanicl, 8. W. T. Stokes, 24. Taylor Petty, 7. Clarence Jeter, 25. J. H. Lee, 8. Charles Hart, 20. Thomas Charles, 9. E. Harrison Wood, 27. J. W. Meng, 10. B. G. Wilburn, 28. Q. L. Inman, 11. J. H. Parr, 29. D. B. Fant, 12. John Easters, Sr.,30. G. L. Hollis. 13. M. C. Deaver, 31. T. C. Patterson, 14. C. H. Burkett, 32. W. T. Joaes, 16. John S. Pickens, 33. W. R. Briggs, 16. R. H. Stewart, 34. J. T. Morehead, 17. J. M. Turner, 35. J. R. Jonss, 18. W. J. Aughtry, 36. F. S. Meng. J. II. MCKissick, Clerk of Court. j-fifi ii $ ?? e ^ | u | fc? 3 2 ? 9- O 51 ^ O ? fe g 5 o j. X fe ~ o ^ 5 a * to ? -s s X * ? 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Clifford, Hew Cassel, Wis., was trotibled with Neuralgia and Rheumatism, his Stomach was disordered, his Liver was affected to an a'arming degree, appetite f?ll away, and he was terribly reduced in flesh and strength. Three bottles of Klectric Bitters oured him. Edward Shepherd, Harrisburg, HI., had a running sore on nis leg or eight years' standing. Used three bottles of Electrio Bitters and seven boxes of Bucklen's Arnica Salve, and his leg is sound and well. John Speaker, Catawba, ()., bad five large Fever sores on his leg, doctors said he was incurable. One bottle Electric Bitters and one bor Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured bim entirely. Sold by B. F. Posey, Druggist. When we say a person has good sense about most things, we mean, of course, that about most things he has good sense to i agree with us. / Clifford fteminary Commencement. Since the foundation ef the Clifford Seminary, the pride of Union, muoh interest has been manifested in this popular and growing educitlonal institution. Kaoh comorencemeot has sent out graduates, to their respective homes, in nearly evory county in the State, and in our sister States, as well. Commencements are always interesting to the young, and the older taking naturally an interest in their children, hare from the first commencement made them pleasurable to all. So with this, the Oth commencement of Clifford Seminary, of 1893. Before the time was really on, the alumni and friends of the institution began to come in to witness the interesting closing exorcises. The commencement proper begun on Sunday, the lltli, in the Presbyterian Church, with the baocalaureale sermon by Iter. J. G. juruan, 01 ADoevuie, who preached an abla and practical sermon, giving much splendid advice to the young ladies, and food for thought for the entire congregation. His text was Isaiah 22d chapter and Inst clause of the 13th yerse?"Eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow yo shall die." On Sunday evening, in the Prcsbyteriau chnrch, Mr. Jordan preached a logical sermon. On moaday there was a happy reunion of the members of the Philomathea society from 4 to 0. Deginning at 8.30 o'clock the class exercises of '03 were rendered to a large audience in the hall at the Seminary, as follows : History of the Class, by Miss S trail Belle Leinmon, was read in a careful and intercs;ing manner. A Biography of the Clavs was delivored by Miss Estelle Bradley, which gave a correct and entertaining account of each one of the class of '93. The Prophecy, by Miss Kathleen Bishop, was very carcfu'ly prepared and well rendered and many were the amusing incidents prophesied in the lives of these young ladies who have just begun life. A beautiful Poem was read by Miss Minnie Gregory, full of interest and beauty. Misa Carrie Cain, the valedictorian, showed much preparation in her admirable paper. Sweet music and songs delighted iho audience during the evening. Tuesday, Art day, was a pleasant one to tho large number who attended the art room and witnessed the splendid array of fine pictures, which evidenced much painstaking care, study and talent. The walls, in two rooms, were literallv lined with tlinsn m?tr nificent handiworks of ilie young ladies. This department is of special interest ; each painting or drawingshows a great amount of taste and most careful preparation. Erch student has on?, or more, pictures reflecting muoli credit on their skill and attention ol their instructors. The concert at Nicholson's Ilall was a most decided success on Tuesday evening. Those who have been fortunate enough to attend the former orncerts given by thii school remember happily tho interesting programme nlways carried out, and Tuesday evening the liall was packed to standing room- Each one performed her part, indicate as some were, with much grace and ease, which showed the most careful attention and much preparation. The audience were delighted with the evening's performances, and, though the evening was warm, everyone regretted when the programme was brought to n close. One of the happiest occasions of the commencement was the graduating exercises on Wednesday in Nicholson's Hall. At an early hour the hall was crowded with anxioui spectators. * The stsge was beautifully dec orated with the choicest flowers, among then were some lovely water lillies sent fron Sumter county, to one of the fair students by friends. On the stage were the orator of the occa sion, Mr. W. F. Stevenson, of Cheraw, Rev B. Q. Cliflord, Rev. T. E. Morris, Col. I. O McKissick, Rev. Benjamin Alston and tin five graduating young ladies. The services were bsguo with a song bj the school. Rev. Mr. Morris then delivered a pccu liarly appropriate prayer, after which Col 1. O. McKissick introduced in his inimitabh manner the speaker, Mr. Stevenson, a brain] young lawyer frern Cheraw, whose subjec was "Fiction and its development of iaflu erices on man at this day." Mr. Stevenson's speech was well deliveret and was n most carefully prepared paper showing much study and research, and hi reasoning was very logical aud practical. After the conclusion of the speech musi was reudered ; then followed the gran'iog e diplomas by Mr. Clifford. Before so doing however, giving them a giod sound am sensible talk. The graduates were Mies Kathleen Bishop of Jonesville ; MissKstelle Bradley, of Sum tcr county; Miss Minnie Gregory, of Cros Keys ; Miss Carrie Cain, of Sumter county and Miss Sarah Belle Lemmon, of Fairfieli county, who received the degree of B. A, The class song was sung with much feel ing. Mr. Clifford then delivered the Nroh ol?on prize to Mits Carrie Cain, of Sumtei as the one who had made the highest grsdi of any of ths four year students in the grad uating class. The badge ie a very pretty on and has the fallowing inscription : "Th Nicholson Priie, to Miss Carrie E. Cain fo 1st Honor, 1893 " The flowers the graduates received wer lovely almost boyond description end eao graduste was compelled to have assistanc in carrying them. The calesthenio drill on the cimpus h, the school of fifty-six young ladies, on Wed nesday evening was particularly interesting all the different movements were gen through without msklng a single mistake in each movement thore was perfect unnnim ity. After the drill, which lasted abo^ half an hour, the rtceptiun, always lookct forward to by all the young people as th most pleasant part of all commencements was held, and many wore the honeye1 words and swcot sayings poured into th young ladies ears, and many good wisbet for a happy vacation and a .longing for '.'letter" in the summer months from Ih loved one. At 12 o'clock the boll rang and the visitors r'ltparled, t?U uniting in th votdict that, (ho Oth ooramencement of Clil ford Seminrry was a most pleawnt 01741 . TEACHERS' COLTJ&S^^^W J AS. I j. STRAIN, Editor, Etta Jut, & C. MRS. B. O. CLIFFORD,) [ Assistants. M L. W. DICK, j Arithmetic and How to Teaeh It. Writing makes Uto student exact. Many people hare good Ideas, but to wrltjp thorn concisely one must have thorn clearly defined in his own mind, and then understand the rhetorio and the grammar in wbioh ho writes. It is muoh the same with mathematical M solutions. Mapy teachers oan get the an- V awcra to the problems; they havs the idea*, q but they Tail to have the solution of the -j problem standing out In their minds in all its logical proportions?each of the steps arranged acoording to its relation to the others. ., . ^ We bate heard many teacher#\.say, "I >w^' can gel the answer to that prolgjem, and .Oft* understand it, but I em't arrange the S?to- Jg lion so that it will moke sefise ef JU The the same relation to has to litoratnro. very common for teeo^en^^^^^BHjH^ their pupils the rules and these them. It is not unoommon to find teapOT^^^^^ who, when asked why, will answer, "fojoause the rule eays so." It will be neei^f once that there is little discipline or ortgftmmty in following a rule. For example, the rule for finding what per cent, one number is. of nnother, is as follows : "Divide the percentage by one per cent, of the bate." Very little die- r. v- ' ciplino is given to the mind by following this rule ; the pupil knew before how to find one ' ?, , per cent, of a number. He also knew hew to divide. Hence the method can claim but little merit in the way of educatiog the mind for original thought and investigation. a Objections may be made to methods'that would do away, to a great extent, with rules jB and "short-cuts" oq the ground that such " methods are not practical?that they do not meet the demands of businoss, eto. This js|H may seem plausible, but two things are true: ^ 1. The pupil that knows a subject thor- % oughly and is master of its underlying principles can make thort prao icil methods. 2. The pupil who is taught the practical rules and short mot hods, is very likely not to know much of the underlying principle*, and not master of the subject. Government This is one of the plain every-day subjects, and with some it means wonders, with others very little. The importance of the word depends a great deal upon the education ono's mind has had along thia line. What, then, is GorernmcntT It is only order brought about by methods and for the general good. Whon the world was created everything was chaos ; but the strong hand k of Power soon brought order out of confusion, and the sun and moon were fixed in ' their paths?the one to govern by day, the 1 other by night. So through all these oyeles > of years this beautiful system of order has reigned and man, the greatest of creation, ? looks confidingly to this government introduced from the beginning. ' Nations in all ages have had rules. Setnotimcs they, governed by absolute power, 1 sometimes by limited, and sometimes by common consent. So it is now. All three have their advantages, all three their fell1 ings. / -? From these we turn to the school-room, which, as a factor for fitting mea and women 1 for their different positions in life, is second ' to none. There, too, must be some one to make J laws or rules and see them carried out. A school-room without quiet and order is 1 a poor place to train the minds of the cblt1 drca intrusted to the care of the teaeher, ' who, perhaps, fiuds a world of dificulty in exerting self-control. But whea this field of labor has been ohosen, one must do all that * the position requires. Sometimes this is a * hurculean task iu itself. 3 I hnve found plain, practical talks on duties, from oue soholar to another and to r the teacher, often beneficial; but (he teacher must not think all the duties are from the pupil, and that he is a diotator. Promises must be kept; a constant desire for the * deration of the child, shown by words and P acts. Let the children feel that they hare 1 a true friend in tho teacher. Listen atton* lively to a child's troubles and never speak er suffer a pupil to speak slightinly of the par* * ent of any child, their ways or their hones, > it their all. Use no partiality with pupil*, 8 and let this not be affeote l. Educate your . heart to put yourself in other people's c placet, and while one child may come flrom ;? f a home of refinement, one may come fro ml/ j?n '? rough, uneducated surroundings, strive to ^ hold the soales of justice equally baljn?4j|^L___ between the two. ^ '? Try to impress upon the pupils tnl^ you '* want to return them to their parents ab jhe 6 end of tho term improved to the full amounf^ of the money which they are investing; ami ^ let them knaw that you intend to have order, neatness and politeness. Do not, under " any circumstnuoes, tolerate impertinenoe l* Let your punishments fellew every fitful gffk '? vio'htion of rules. Da not fly into a passion 8 and punish indisorimiaately. Do net pun* '* ish a sin ill pupil for what you tolerate e large one. Do not chastise poor Fsep^flSSgtau * children for faults that you have to be to in wealthy patron'a ehildrao. Doj^NHHHK make yourself so little as to bs depenS^HeHRj 8 upon the whim of any one patron, foflptf ^ of a few dollars shortage in salary. it is well to listen to Advioe from trusteejy. ' nnd patrons of a sobool, as different nelgMM J borboods or towns have, sometimes, j rocks on wliicli a split in school might occur. 4 " Never accept a position which you are not competent to fill; but be fitted And then ge ' on, bravely, cheerfully discharging duties; I ^ folly earning your money. -s I De not hesitate to compel obedieneo, by e gentle means if possible ; if not, use Ike ? rod, not as if upoa a brute, but with a dig* 411 \ nity that will oonvlnoe the ehild that it Is c not because yeu can, but tint be must be ^ , attentive to studies for his own good; that m | all other methods have bion faithfully tried. i? ' -7H c and to ibis h e must yield. i I If the age of i he pupil exempts him frem M e sueh humiliation, de not hesitate to send him home, for one er two pupi's of lhot r stamp are sufficient to dcm >rsi'ce a who^o school, U v