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t ibv. ^ "* '' i "''' ' *'" A fo?* days ago a communication wm pub* lisbed in the several daily papers from Qeneral Farley, abusing mo for supp- sed wrongs I had done him. 1 can not engage in n personal abusive con trovers y with (ienetal Farley, oj anybody else. The publio are sot interested in such literature, nnd there- j fore do not expect tne in this reply to engage in any such blackguardism. The public, however, have a right to be informed na to tba truth or falsity of any statement of alleged fact that may be contained in General Farley's article. There are otdy two statements of moiucat \n the letter as I real it : First. That 1 dictated to my private secretory an article, which appeared the second week of March in the Augusta Ckronicl* signed "Craddock," without the consent or knowledge ot the person whe uses that nom de plume. Second. That 1 inspitcd an editorial. wuicn was written 115 u.X. crews, 111 ttie Laurensville Utrald. The first charge is rs ridiculous as1 it w false. The idea of r person with a Ibimbie full of sense forging the name of a newspaper man is laughable in tho cf,rC?C; ' 1 an. willing that the public eliouH_ know the whole truth about the Cmddock letter. James 11. Tillman, a sou of Congressman Tillman, was, about the date of the "t raadock" letter, the correspondent or^ the Augusta Chronicle in Washington,and Craddock" waa his nom <lo pluuiw: Ou Sn?urdov just one week after the Inauguration of t lie President, Mai. Wn?. T. flwj. Aucuata. and James 11. Tillman cam# wH my eittisg room at the National Hotel. Major U?rj to Tillman that ?hM H hau told him a fay '''"y.S a long niiTOnnt^rFiuly. who l ad remained J5-??"~Tii Washington aiuce the inauguration. lie aaid that Farley had read hint a long, abusive communication addressed to the reformers of South Carolina, showing that Tillman ami Irby were unsafe, tin wise, extreme aud dangerous lenders, and that the reform movement could not bo perpetuated without throwing them overboard and putting more conservative lenders in front. He asked Tillman to publish it in the Augusta Chronicle with his t Farley's) 110111 de plume, saying that ihe piece would attract great atieuticn, create a great sensation, and that, at the proper time, he would come out aud assume the authorship. Tillman said that he refused to publish it unless be would allow the editor of his paper to know the nuthor. He tohl Tillmau that that was the opening gun of the campaign next year agaiu-t Tilltuan's and Irhy's leaderscip of the reform movement, lie further enid that tho following slate had been arrauged and agreed upon : That General lJutler was to run for re-election to the Senate, Klioll was to bo supported by the conservatives, or antis and milder reformers for Governor, [ and that lie (General Farley ) was to run for Congress iu Shell's district, lie said tliey would lik e to get 1 albert into the combination. but that it could not be arranged unless George l'ibinan would agree to let up and support Talbert, and, iu that way, get the , conservatives to support Talbert for reelection. Farley offered lillmini a place on the ticket ns Adjutaut and Inspector General if he would in * 0 ? ..,ucr ana make the arruugeuiems by which he would not oppose ant support Talbert's re-cleciioa. (At this . *ime every ouo in Washington knew that the (.overnoi- and Col. Tillman were not on W"r Ul(er,"s-) i Mr. Tillman what Jus rep y to Parley was, and he said that h? -^0 Parley that blood was thicker than Ui's r,'b'of; 2E J ".M-'t vf To show you that 1 mean business, 1 11 publish it in full. There aud then he wrote the piece signed "Craddoek." I did not have anyihing further to do with it; did not see it any more until it appeared in the papers; thought nothing of it until the folowuig week, when 1 heard him read a certificate from some one to the ell'tut that he IJiin Tlllnran) had written aud was the author of the "Craddoek" letter. That night in my room between 9 and 10 o'clock, while Dr. Pope anl 1 were talking, Jim Tillman came in, anl 1 asked him to rehearse the whole lale to Dr. Pope, which he did, exhibiting the "Craddoek" letter, and saying that it would go off by telegraph in a few miuutes. As to the piece referred to from the LaurcDsville Herald 1 can only say that I knew nothing of it until 1 saw it in print. The subjoined letter from Mr. Crews on that subject will explain itself. lu conclusion, 1 will ask the public to think of one thing only. Why did not Gen. Farley ask of me an explain tion, if be believed what he pretends (o believe of the assumed wrong 1 did him. The ovident reason lo mo, why he sought no explanation is I hat if be had done so, lie would not have lirt I tlie opportunity to abuse me for political purposes ; far lie knew had he called on roe, n satisfactory answer would have i *1 given liini, his excuse for denouncing me aud Irs chance for ingratiating himself ?i! i the conservative clement would have b >i lo-t. I have it to tho public to say whether I * -its subsequent 10 the 4th of last .March iinot proved that Jim Tillman told the troth when lie came to me with (lie report v this conversation between him and tienern(ii |iire the argument BBfc' ' submit herewith letters M . Tighe, W. T. Crews and Maj. W. T. t .iry, of Augusta, which will prove conclusively that the charges made by General I'irley are false. This phillippic against me is but a fulfillment of the scheme as conc cted last March. The scheme, however, mis amended by leaving out Governor Till t an for reasons which must be apparent to every sensible person General Farloy reasons thus : 1 will abuve Irby and thereby please every conservative in the State and will threaten Tillman and sew his mouth up, and by praising Shell will get enough Tillman ites to beat Stauyarne Wilaon for Congress. With this explanation 1 have done with the newspapers as a means of adjusting differences. I am, very respectfully. John L. M. Ik by, Nkwiibrry, 8. C., July 11, 189:$. Hon. J. L. M. Ikst, Lauretta, 8. C.: My Dear 8ir?In reading the card of Gen. H. L. Farley in reference to the publication of a letter signed "Craddock" in the Augu* la Chronicle, 1 am reminded that during my vv--u:? ? ?-- --.'i ' - : ?ii?7 iu 11 nguiu^i^Hf i uc nuiiiur ui m*?v jf'icutL came into your office (where I stayed also) f with a communication in his hand, sometime k ^ daring Saturday night a week after the in|jH , Vihcn.be jBBk as nearly as possible the conrersation between him and General Farley at the Metro* f>olitan hotel that day. He .uiiheaitating'y and promptly told the following facts : M That General Farley had read to him a Q -communication addressed to the roformers of South Carolina, rather denunciatory, than otherwise, of Tillman and Irby as leaders of the party, aod asked Tillman to haio it pubHalted in the Atlanta Constitution under a nom de plume, saying that as a newspaper man lie could have it done under a nom dc plume and would not have to expose liis identity. lie told Tillman that if the article took well with the reformers he would come out and avow himself as its author. He also said that lie would give Jim Tillman a place on a State'Ticket, to he made up, as adjutant general. He (Tillman) further emphasised the fact of bis authorship of the "Craddock" letter by reading it to me and by saying that he was on his way to the telegraph office on 14th street to send it to the Augutta Chronic!*. He also said that whenever he had communications of this character to publish he used the nom de plume "Craddock" instead of his initials "J. II. T." This information not only surprised me but I was horrified, to think that such things were going on among the reformers, and especially among the leaders. Senator Irby ' was also indignant at it, and asked me, who intended to return home by way of Columbia in a few days, to see Governor Tillman and tell him what Jim Tillman said, for the reason that Senator Irby woo afraid the Governor wou'd not see the Sunday edition of the Chronicle. In paasing through Columbia I went to Governor Tillman's house and gave him the information we had received from Jim Tillman in Washington. I make this statement to you voluntarily because you must have forgotten that 1 knew anything about it, or you would have written to mo ; and because it is due to you and to truth that the public should know the truth and the authorship of this whole matter. Your friend, Sampsow Popf. This is to certify that Senator Irby did not dictate to ma any article signed "Craddock," published in the Augusta Chronicle, or elsewhere, and that I knew nothing whatever of its composition. Jas. II. Tillman, to my knowledge, never disnvowed the authorship of the "Craddock" letter. It stated that Mr. Tillman deme'lrcspo|iaBp|0 ^urffean-ftB^TTillman, to disprove that he bad repudiated any part of it, showed me, and others, I presume, a note in the nature of a certificate, in which Mr, Cauuhman stated that Mr. Tillman declared himself the author of the article signed "Craddock M. F. Tioiik. On Inst Friday, June "JOtli, General Farley oame inio the Herald office, and after being seated, the following conversation took place between myself and .Mr. Farley : Mr. Farley?Mr. Crews, didn't you publull an article in the Herald the ether week in whioh you slated (hat I attended an Allianco caucus in Spartanburg? and wasn't something said about sharpening Brutus daggers for Tillman, cto. ? Was the article an editorial or communication ? Mr. Crews?There was an article of that nature published in the Herald a week or two ago, but the Farley mentioned was not intended to apply to you?it was Lid Farley. There was also something said about "Brutus daggers," and was an editorial written by myself. Mr. Farley?Whore did you get your information from ? Didn't some one here give you tlie information ? Mr. Crews?No, sir. I got my information from some of the daily papers* I am not sure, but I think it was the Greenville Heirs, and the editorial was based on information contained in a dispatch sent from Spartanburg. Mr. Farley?I think you are mistaken about getting your information from the Greenville Hews, as I have never seen auything of that kind in the Hews, Mr. Crews?Possibly I may be mistaken about getting ny information from the Greenville Heics, but 1 am positive that I got it from some one of the daily papers. No individual gave it to me verbally or otherwise. Mr. Farley's questioning mo in regard to the source of my information in regard to the editorial in question impressed me at the time thatAjw and'when he Afterwards alluded to the fact that he had a personal enemy here who was trying to injure him, and other such expressions, without directly naming any one, I could plainly see that his references were to Senator Irby. I then told Mr. Farley distinctly and positively that neither Senator Irby nor any one else had ever mentioned the subject to me, and that I was responsible for the editorial and the reforenoe to "Brutus daggers," etc. The above is the conversation which took place between Mr. Farley and myself, as well as I can remember, and the substance of what I have written and what was said by us on the occasion referred to can be eubstantintcd by threo other employees in the UrraUl office, who heard the conversation. IV. T. Crkws. Offick U. S. Attorney. 1 Sot tiikrn District of Georoia. jMacon, Ga., July 10, 189.0. j Sir?Your letter, dated July 8th, 1893, in which you enclose a card published by the Hon. II. L. Farley, is received. You request me to furnish yau for publication a statement of facts which came within my knowledge in reference t? the article published in the Auguxt* Chronicle over the signature ' Craddock." I have no intention to espouse the cause of any of the parties interested in this controversy, with all of whom my relations are friendly. I yield to what I conceive to ba my duty and do an act of simple justice to you in making the following statement: The article signed "Craddock" was not dictated by you to your private secretary, nor was it sent to the Chronicle for publication either by you or your private secretary. During my stay in Washington I was present iu your rooms at the National hotel when a onvernation jmj had in reference to it aod ; MftMtlfWiSread over to yoti in my preab^fuve it was sent to the j Ifon. J. L. M. Irhy, UnUe<lState^3eoatorT Laurens, S. C. Ci.k.msonh iiK(ii;i.ATiox?.? cuemson e,oi* le?8 has opened with over 300 students and Governor Tillman thinks that in two months there will bs a great change for the better in these farmers' sons. The average age of the students is low, snd very few of them are able to do more than pay their board. They are given, however, an opportunity to earn their pocket money at the institution. The session is going to last ten months out of the year and the holiday months are January and Fqbrijary, The boys will have to rise at 0:30 a. m. and there is something for them to do for six days out of the week. At night promptly at 10:30, an oOioial turns an clectrio button and every light in the big building goos out instantaneously. Buck i. its's Arnica Sai.vk.?The best Salve in the world for Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulecrs, Salt Kheum, Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblaios, Corns, nnd all skin eruptions, and positively cures J'iles, or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction, or money refunded. l'rice 25 cents per box. For sals ly B. F. Posey, gia after the ].>th of Augusf. f^o'anyone wanting work don't try to make yourself believe I am going to stay nere this fall, for you will be disappointed. Now, if you want some of the finest work procurable in (he Siaic, come before August 15th. Remember, the price is in the reach of everybody-the finest Olace Cabinet Photos for $2.50 per dozen. I wiil finish and deliver all work before leaving the place. ?. JAY ATWQOJ>. Hie jjOeeKfy Union limes. V R. M. STOKER. . Editor Hot? Fridny, July 21,1893. M retui SUBSCRIPTION, $1 60 PER ANNUM M ? ~~=== Unlfl POST OFFICE DIBECTOKY. frofu Tlie 1*. O. will be opened for business , from 8 A. M. to 6.00 P. M. The Money Order Department will be " opened for business from 6 A. M. to 4 P. M. is ! Mail going East will close promptly at 12.40 P. M.; going West 1 I?. M. , . The mail will be taken from the street box 8 Vl ' e*ch duy at 12.40 P. M. N Auy inattention or irregularities should He t e reported promptly to the P. M. tion H. W. HARRIS. P. M. N New Adverlnement*. retv Sheriff's Sales?J. O. Long. Master's Sa'es?C. H. Peake. WM School Clniais?J. A. Brown \ Report of M. & P. Bank. j,aT New York Racket?Harry & Balk. p PaiT The Pinck^ey Township Union will I meet with Pinckney sub-Alliance, on the 1st Pnc Saturday in Amnist. at 4 P. M. Sub-AlU- C uncos are rented to elect delegates to the the Uaioo. . Orl A splendid rain fell here Wedoes day son evening, and oontinuei about three hours, and the next day it was cloudy.*"' ? < making it a perfect ^ jPHP^^fl^muelBeard, one of tho oldest To citizens of Columbia, died in thnt city last cat Monday night, aged (17 years. Mr. Beard 0m was sheriff of Richland county at the com- the mcnccment of the late "little unpleasant- ] ncss." sto Wh ?ta>" The District Meeting of tho A. M. j E. churcii, and the Sunday School Conven- a T tion will be licld in Bethel church at this |as| p'acc, next Tuesday, the 2oth. The Bishop and a number of the most prominent ministers of that church are expected to be present, ' and a grand entertainment will be given 'n8 during tho meeting. I"81 --- ? ent< In our last week's issue we merely B;yi mentioned that Miss May Kennedy, of ],on Jonesvillc, ha I secured the first prize la the Qclj competitive examination for tho scholarship () in the Winthrop Training School. Not being provided with an authentic report from the committee of examination, Messrs. J. L.( Walker, School Commissioner, S. M. Ric?, Jr., and Gist Gee, we could only give a partial report as we found it in other papers, and thereby omitted to state that Miss Barbara Chambers, of Pinckney, stood a Wery close second to Miss Kennedy, in a clffes of four as bright aod intelligent young lidica as can be found in this county, end wol the second scholarship. 1 gka?" A jeweler in Charlotte offers a fine gold watch to the first lady that shoots a burglar in thnt city. \ A capital idea, not only for the locality Vf Charlotte, which appears to be infested witlky a gang of daring burglars just now, but as ' an incentive to the ladies everywhere else to become familiar with the uaa of bunnn.,? Tor tncir own proteu'ion . a . "3 i 111 effectual and lawful preventive of the fiend- ^ |h( ish outrages now eo frequent and alarming ^ to the safety and honor of the women of the country, than for a few of those devils to be shot down by the women they assault. ^ ^ ^,,1.1 MHA/ttS AA Vtl O i a1 tliftrtl* CiYery ? < > 111 > 1 11 OilUUlU |flUVIIVV j#?oiw? ?uvv. jog; Ihfir nerves would so n become sc- ^esiti customed to it : and then never go beyond 0,1 01 the shadow of their homes or be alone with- ^iat out having a well loaded pistol at command, m to obviate the necessity of calling on Judge ^ Lynch's court to try, convict and execute refus the brute that would dare "molest or make agaii her afraid." In these piping times of dan- conti ger, there is far more necessity for women poinl to carry pistols or other weapons of defense, than man. cldet ~ a th JWay There op pears to be an erroneous impression on the minds of many citizens (|ic | that if a dog is kept on the premises of the owner, the owner cannot be made liable for jj'. , the $1 license, imposed by the Town Coun- fQre eil. The following section of the Ordinance n is plain and emphatic on that point : s.Qn "Skc. 6. That it shall be un'awful for any person to own or keep a dog within the corporate limits of the lowu of Union without aK<u paying the dog 'ax herein provided for, and to s< any person or persms so offending shall be whe fined not more than Five Dollars or be im- f prisoned not more than five days in the county jail." w'n As some captious doubt* have also been ,n *1 aroused as.to the legality of the dog tax by Pr0' Hie Town Council, becnuso the tax duplicate . is a transoript of the Auditor's duplicate, in can which all dogs are returned and a State and eonaty tax on them is charged, and therefore iocladed in the general muuiclpal tax, q mvra tuiiUfcaw Mi.i ordinance p. n cities and towns undor the same cfnWtB*' stances, and imposed a license of $1 per dog 23 upon the owner thereof, for the privilege of has keeping them within the cirporate limits of 0?' ----- - > nflii the town. Wo think it is a go-id law, and all well disposed ciiissns should encou rage oou it. No one owuing a good and a favorite the dog will refuse to pay one do.'lur a year for him : but the town hos been ore.'run with a ^ lot of worthless, theiving curs, owned by y0t negro boys or having no owner at all, great- ora ly increasing the danger of hydrophobia in C01 the community, besides being nuisances m0 generally mil The present Town Council, wo think, are ily determined to do their duty jn pyeserying ^n' the health, beauty, peace and good order of 5 the town, irrespective of the social standing or race of any one; and while they should 1 oonsider with great respect any and all suggestions made to them, for the gool of the town, they must not forget that they alone Sp are responsib'e to th^ eiti7ens at large for mj all acts and doings proceeding from their l,0< admin'stration of tb?.,dowo aflytrs, and Bi(( suouiu, iiiereiui., firmness, ifs- nf creiion and independence. ah ?t- - nei Home handsome monuments have recently L'l' been erected to the memory of Mrs. Wm. T. tin Beaty and Mr*. W. M, Mead or. The noble 00 lives of these good women merit these loving IC[ tokens of remembrance. The work was expouted bj Mr. L. 1>. Childs, of Chester. # ^^^^^^^VPersonala?nd ohiidren, jPH^^^^RriaiUng relatives at the Union ned t^Ry Lssea IJ^Mp^heppard and okildren hare nVgfljBtfcair home in Edgefield. Charl^^b^jM^ Meta Orimball, two of ing scJ~^^Mr** daughters, hare returned ciS^^Bn, where they hare been ateiting bl^^Rh isa Johnson, of the Citadel, siting ft^^B^her and sisters here. Ir. Jamee^Bkittlqjohn, of Gowdeyaville, has the d^HL**8 *D^ relatives in town, for the S^H*8"' *ont to Seneca Monday. Ir. MesnM?tr88t for 'V^g the foundairncd homWnec* '-"lory. Ir. II. -S^? Beaty, of the Citadel, hat liss BeulaJ^Jhdoore, ?' 'he Columbia bar, e gone o^H's weok *Wling relatives. I0lat. ^Hllarris and brother, H. P., lev. W. T'8't to ^I'4QJ9 on North lolet to^H' Jadet has gone to North Irs. Bland^F*1'*0* has returned from I tana, h's vacation, s. and oiiilJren, of New yb.4?wHP*l Vf. B Thorn- i j'erk din^HLft J| ^ ( Uook^^^BttBt^la acoepted a position, t Bj^^^^K^pie^odlhs at Bley- i IJo^ sPrlnK8- C. t eiyoy / a t whiskey 0<ff8 from " 0 Mr. Robt. clerk at lhe RftCiiet re, is lying ftt Mrs> T c litesides. MT. _ . u. *r - * I W rL* N" Rod?*r Mtura?d from f Fril/J R'8 PM-"' * r p^'VI' ' ?? ?? t? - Local Laoonio*- tl Ir. on J Mra. j l Young gave a charm- P e"?crt%ioinent ,0 ,hc m>rri#(1 ,aW.e9 on b ny afternoon, and in tho evening n irtaino 1 the joung peolpe in handsome c- Tb$ge entertainments were given in }' or of their accomplished daughter, Mis* ?! ie. S ?. at n*4ay lost we. k, while Mr. Gibbes was 11 ng some trosh honied away wilh a mule ^ U own and aae of Mr. Hunter's, the m< ss baulked and backed into a gully: one 1 ' killed outright and the other's back broken. . ~ ?n .rsjjl-i |ii iff *> 1*1:: a? sis ? ?= P ? =3 .SO w " ? ai s a?2' f * ? ? 2 e. ? mc Iss " SS"1; '"'3 8 gM Ms 5 i ] 2. f ~ ? ? ? j| 1! = a - .er U O TS ? - S ? H ? nf* s ?, < <y j;.po ? ? o _ g wo S =i "F ^ ct 1 ? >.? Ink a;? ? ? flu ? laK 2a* " si s.| S&l *? t S ? 5 o~ g ? h-S ? ? a" " ? J ?t2s wd Iflp itfuiTTrau^opulor mill, better known " ^ t Mix mill, \njLhis towu, has boon oom- out ly overhauled lend put in first class the for turning ^qt the best quality of R.^ j . . > have sampled its work, and un- yt| atingly say we have never cat or had J lr table better bread and biscuit than oui made from flour ground at the Harris at this place. < Judges Ahlrict} and Norton have ^ ied to grant permanent Injunotiona , ist the action of the county boards of "i rol of Barnwell and Greenville, in ap- 'c^ L'ng dsponsers. . jj sitker of these Judges expressed a deJ opinion upon the constitutionality of de e dispensrry law, as a whole, but betli 8? inr to think that the section prohibiting wringing of whiskey into this State from to r States, by rs'lroads, is in direct con- all ? lit Ui?.taia AAmmnr/ia <in/1 Willi luioi otlig uvuiutvt yv MUM| ?? ?.? , unconstitutional. So far, Judge Hudalone, ha* rendered an emphatic deciagainst the constitutionality of (he law. i the meantime there is a storm brewing nst the right of dispeosary constables enrol) private houses, reported to them re whiskey is solJ, and the confiscation 11 property found on 'be previses where 01 skey or other intoiicants are discovered, n |uanti(y and eondi'ions contrary to the fi visions of the law. P ?1 I . Picture of the Jonesville High School " be had by sending 60 oents to 11 t K. JATATWOOD, ( D^*H.cf * Oraham Hill. c ARLisna, S. |T fist) Ifl 41 o'clock * i., on Tuesdaw Hill, breathed hfl 1 ISVi -d Residence near this plaee. . Jtm ws#7SWj.eglDning life, being only * years of aga, For foilbtfaars past be i been agent jgl^faatrntoriat the It. ft D. 11 oe here ; anfflfljSwii happens that an oial is accord fEmpw^hWaraal commen- f1 ions as ha rweived. Always ganial, ' rteous, obliging and anxious to please, 8 closest attention to hie duties character- * 1 his entire administration of the oflioe. 1 ih unfaltering seal he remained at hie it' until he had no strength to stand < His i h gave bright promise of a useful, bonbla and noble life. The sorrow of this nmunity over his untimely end is as iversal as it if profoand?each member urning the loss ef a large hearted, noble ( tided, personal friend. His stricken fam- i * ?' **- ? - * .11 .U. 1 have lli? nearireu. sympanij u> mi wuu sw him. '-Tno*e whom th? Goda love it dpeyoop|.',' /' W. W.J. 4 C?rd to Public In reply to mani/'enquiries from frienJs 1 in order to ftyn the public ample time select inyaaifecepHor, I hereby announce it I have warded to Hon. Ira I). Jones, esker of ttye House of Representatives, ' resignation as a representative in tbat ity from this eounty. In retiring torn the office, I return my ioera thanks fc the voters of Union oouoty To so h no dsonp-i y elected rne to lb* invnorle position, and aokoowl edging the feeblqm of the services I have rendered, I trust sy will select t>oe who will be able to ressent.them wtlh greater abilityj at the same ie I feel tluUwitk all ray ebortoorainge one oinld ha re more sincerely desired to iresent his c* istituents faithfully and the it interest of the Stale at large than I re. Reepecl fully, ft, W. Habb?. % x I A Soudtl la Laurens. Some days ago School Commissioner L. 1 Davenport, about 65 years old, of Laurei county, attempted a criminal assault on young married woman, 16 years old, name Fuller. The woman's husband "agreed compromise the matter for $100. The neigl bors heard of the transaction and held a indignation meeting, at whioh a resolutia was passed oalling on Davenport to resig and leave the State in forty-eight hour He obeyed orders." There is considerable mystery about thi infamous affair, in oonsequenoe of very con tradictory reports being published about it but there are also some very unsavory trans actions connected with it, in which net onlj Davenport but other persons of respectabl social standing are darkly implicated, am we are inolined to believe that some politio was in it that saved Davenport from the fat< of the negro Peterson, at Denmark,or the ole negro, Kinard, ef Columbia, for the rams orime. There wss this difference betwoei the cases: there was not a shadow of doubl as to Davenport's guilt and identity. Mrs Fuller is the young wife of a poor, llliterat< man, who did not at first appear to appreciate the enormity and character of the assaull upon his wife's honor, and, evidently through the iofluenoe of Davenport's friends, was induced to compromise the-affair for a money consideration. Mrs. Benjamin, the mnflg wife's mother- however, seems to have >een the only one thai fhlty comprehended he grave nature of the offense and the effect compromise might have upon her character, and emphatically and M hiTs Wis afTiiIi hushed ip irjwn any consideration. Senator Irby became mixed up with the orapromise. by being called in by friends nd relatives of both parties, but in a card rem him he distinctly says : "The two fathers of Mr. and Mrs. Fuller etired to the horse lot and were gone for to minutes and then called me and said that ley had agreed that Mr. Davenport should ay $100 and that the matter should then e dropped. I told them that it was one of te kind of oases that couldn't be settled ith money, and that it would be a comproise of the girl as well as of the whole famy, and I advised against taking it. They, jwever. insisted and said that they would >t be satisticd with anything but money id called Colonel Shaw, who is a nephew of r. Davenport, and told him that they aiild have to have $100. Samuel Fuller emed to te highly pleased with this settleant, especially the money part of it, when advised him that he ought not to accept aoey of this sort. Mr. Davenport gave Mr. .aw his note for $100, whioh was written myself, and Mr. Shaw paid Fuller $50 d gave him his note, endorsed by myself, $50 more in sixty days." There seems to be an inconsistency in Senir Irby's conduct in advising agaiost a mey oompromisc, and then endorsing a te to effect such a compromise. Is there any danger of School CommissionDavenport being caught and lynched for emptiog to outrage a poor but respectable man in Laurens County? Let the law e its course. Untsn County Baptist 8. 8. Convention The next session (127th) of the Union inly Baptist Sunday School Convention I meet with the Mt. Joy church, at Keltha fitli Snnriaa in . "Cannot neighboring ehurches, with- < destroying their independence, combine , mselves into pastorates; if so, how ( F. Bay and J. H. Randolph. 1 "The Sunday Schools as auxiliai.es to isisns."?W. B. Crosby and Rev. C. C. i Mow can we best reach the mosses in r' Church and Sundoy School work. ?. II. Williams rnd Rev. J. H. Yarbor| "Woman's work in our churches and nday Schools. '-Bev. W. E. 0. Humries and D. N. Wilburn, 5. "What are the prims objects in revival .Tice8l"?'t 1). 0. Uregsry and \*, D. RaiMisslonary sermon on Sunday morning, at o'clock, by Rev. J. II. Yarborough. All of the schools will please elect willing legates, observing the constitutional rule vcrning same. Ministers of the gospel are \ tniling member.". Please send delegates' names to the Secrerj of Mt. Joy school, at least ten days ead, so that preparation for entertainment n be made. E. W. Jf.tkh, Secretary. AN ALLIANCE TRIBUTE. Santcc Alliance, No. 147. \ Sahtl'C, Ju'y 8, 1898. J Whereas, It hns pleased God in Ilis iuaite wisdom to call from time to eternity lr bother, Maj. J. A. Fant, and Wiibukas, We desire to place upon record ir high appreciation and admiration of his oble qualities of head and heart, and his delity to our grand and noble order, who rss e*er present at our meetings, unless revcnted by the unerring hand of Provionce, and whose presence was most elevatig and ennobling ; therefore, be it Rttolved, That in the death of Brq. Fant, his Alllanoe has lost a true, energetic and (insistent member ; the community a useful, alued and esteemed citizen ; his family a laToted. loving and indulgent .husband and JUtolveJ, That this Alliance Hoes TTeeply ympatbise and siaoerely condole with the amity of the deceased In their sad bereavesent and great loss. Retolved, That a copy of these resolutions ? transmitted by the Secretary to the fauily of the deceased, and that the Cotton Plant nd Union Times be requested to publish hem. Also that a page in our minute book e inscribed to his memory. W. W. Bares, ) J. \jf. qekuokt, j Com. ; w. james, . ) For the Timks. To the Grand Jnry. Ma. Editob:?I notioe in your columns, he presentment of the Grand Jury at the asl term of court, in regard to parties living n adultery aod fornication. I have in my ind what might be called e den where each practices are shamelessly carried on. It it lituated a few miles souih of Union, near the ewer Rice brige cn Fair Forest creek. I do not lino# whether" the Gran^ Jury'i ittenilon has been called to those parties oi not. If net, it should be done at ence, and proper steps taken to bring the guilty parlies up by next term ef court. We pay legielators to make laws and * -i i-J? / >u._ . .i. |U0g03 IDU juries IV fuivicg mini , tunnvn those who have boys growing up, should come together and try to put a stop to these rice* wbioh is a disgrace to cmiization gfaod ?*ort should be made to put at end to auoh low', de^adin^'lite, VegetUlee Of frieifd or fbep or position in life. CcmeN. -tw Dude Meets#, % mijn of most unsaeorj oharaoter, who figured in the Maei|e-Clav| murder in Columbia, was shot while tryini to burn his dwelling in which bia w'.'e ant family war* sleeping. TEACHERS' COLUMN. p. 18 J AS. L. STRAIN, Editor, EtU Jane, 8. C. a . MRS. B. O. CLIFFORD,") !a J-Asslstauts. t0 L.W.DICK, J . -V - . . , . *?? Q* Some books are to b? tasted, others to h 0 swallowed, and some few to be chewed an ,n digested, says Bacon. n w The Scriptures teach us the best way o ' living, the noblest way of suffering and th most comfortable way of dyiog. Is ?*' 1 Qood books are the life blood of maste spirits emboldened and treasured up ou pur ? pose for a life beyond the grave. f Frsnklin said : If you would not be fore gotten when you are dead, either writ< things worth reading, or do things wortl writing. B . m That life is long which answers life's grea aims ; ' The tree that leaves no fruit deserves n< 1 name. i ? t A man should nevor be ashamed to own that he has been in tho wrong, which is but saying in so many words that he is Mfrei ) today than he was yesterday. t ."Fancy, like wild flowers in. the nlgfil miy But thoughts are plants whose stately growth is slow."?Mrs. E. C. McKftHey. ? ?- 4 Qood books are our best friends^th^ame today and waiting Wo shape tho Ill wuri^^^^m^H|EStie* bias or witqulin|Hj|^V ?? ? If there is ooe virtue that should be cultivated more (ban another by him who would sucoeed in life, it is punctuality ; if there is one error that should be avoidce it is being behind time. aHe who wants to do a great deal of good nt One time will never do anything. Let him begin with small things and large ones will present themselves in the proper war, at the proper time. a? ?? "We should make life pleasant dowu hero below ; Tho living need charity more than the dead," Said an old pedagogue long ago. ?George Arnold. These lines of Dickeos have not yet outlived their truthfulness : In all earth's matters you are right To do the best you can, Provided that you do not try To wrong some other man. ?? -?#4 Arithmetical. Tho. crew of & certain ship consisted of her complement of sailors, and a number of soldiers. 1'bere were 22 sailors to every 8 guns, and 10 over ; also the whole number of hands was 5 times the number of soldiers , and guns together. But after an engage- I ment in which the slain were one-fourth of 1 the survivors, there wanted 6 men to make ' 18 men to every two guns. Required the number of guns, soldiers and sailors. Morality in Behool Government)f 'drAfifff'Mf1'""1 ' 1 " tant part of education, but that it is really | Lhe only end to be sought. To know how to buy and sell commodities, { lo be able to loam the ideas from others through the printed pagan, and to ba abla to 1 cxprasa to others our ideas in writing?all these acquirements are good aud useful for ue to have: but the/ are good and useful { only ee fhr as we put them to a good use in < right living ; only so far as our actions are the expressions of our unselfieh purposes of being useful to others. Acknowledging that moral tra'.oing for the young is necessary, we have first to enquire whether any part of that work belongs to the school. It is said by some that the functions of the school is to cultivate the intellect alone, and that moral training belongs to the homo. There is no question thai the home should have a large share in the morat training of the child. It is a fact, however, patent to all, that there are many homes in almost all communities which do nothing to e'evate the condition of the young, and if examples count for anything, as we know they do, there arc thousands of children today wko are becoming worse rather than better, by constant associ it ion with unprincipled parents. For the sake of these children and for ttaq protection of the community some means should be provided to do what parents leave undone. Butaoine one may say that moral trainiog belongs to the church. j\n t)oqr op two oach week of oounsel end instruction, however good that counsel and instruction may be, is not suffi cient to counteract the bad influences conit cannot afford tosoorn the ass^S'ewhich the sthool 1? at>le to give. We are told that there is a moral power gained bf cultivating i lie intellect alone. I tin is true to a certain extent, but the derating infiucrtco of mental training ii much exuggei atcd in the minds of a great many people- Indeed, when we see the rapidly increasing amoqnt of ^erxo.fhan use'ess literature whioh iffeb&ttgjpad by jiersqhs possessed of tl)c rudinientf uf learning only, we miy well wonder If a IftSla learning is not a dangerous thing. No | ^ it belongs to the echool, and to the school mainly, to lead the young into habile of "complete living," which depend as muoh i upon the cultivation ef the sensibilities and i will as upon the cultivation ef the intellect 1 or the acquisition of knowledge. LlosAcnsos Dooms if.?Uresnvllle. July 14. The county Farmers' Allianoe met today at Terry's Grove to elejt officers and a delegate to the State All ance. Hugh M. Barton, an I avowed People's parly man, defeated XI. L. Donaldson for President, while all the other i old offioers were re-elected. It was a clear i rase, oi't and dried, to knife Donaldson. There was very muoli polities in the pro v celling*. John H. llainron, a strong par I sonal and politisal ppponent of Donaldson, ' was elhotad dditgnta fo ike SfAte Allinnet coneention, whioli means the defeat of Don aldson if ha aspires to re eteetiqn ai Presir dent of that body. t 7b|f i? ano(b^r wo of pojitics injected iinta tha Allianoo. Tillmanwn, Third party ism and Allianeeism seem to run in oni yrooto. 1 Correspondence of the Times. Telephone Replies to * W. J?Jonosville MewsJo EES VILLI, Juljr 17.?Two weeks ago today we had our last rain and since then the weather has been unusually hot. The last week the thermometer has soorsd about 100 4 in the shade every day. The crops are )v,^4 j .beginning to fail under this scorching sun. Last Saturday night there was a good rain from Trough Shoals to Cowpens and out by Qaffney City. A general rain is much neede ed just DOW. Under date of July 3rd, my friend and brother correspondent, :'E. W. J.," would r eorreot me in saying in my correspondence of June 30th, that "the farmers had whipped the jute bagging trust," and says 1 should bare said the Farmers Alliance, or the farmers of the Alliance whipped the e trust. , Well, permit me to say that 1- have no intention to discount or detract anything from tho Farmers Alliance, but I. am not t quite willing to accept K. W. J's amendment. I thought about the expression when > I wrote it. jf* 1 know a good many farmers who do net belong to the Alliance that joined in the Aght against the trust and need the white ,1 bagging, manufactured at our cotton mills. 1 know three suoh farmers not a great way frnm .Tnwaceilla 1 ?4iu nm near one nunareu bales of eotton eacb, that used the homemade bagging. ? E. W. J. asked, "did I help to fight the trust. ?" I answer, yes, I did. I used the white cloth for wrapping my ootiou and did what I could otherwise to lvoT^> in Iho fight against the trust. But some of the Allianoeineo did not join in the fight, and that was k the reason I said "the farmers," instead of , saying the Alliance. j. E.W.J, esys that a boyoot would not reach the meat trust; bgt gays the 1 is working at the matter; and raUicrre^^ f'roTcs me for my igooraace in not knowing t. Well. I acknowledge that j dnn't knno-^'Jl as much as some men pretend fo know; especially about the ?tih-?r??a<Miry| thgi|t^rip^jM|^W aud the free coinage of eilrer. I good many men who cau sit around for | hours and discuss these great questions. One of them was in Joncsville iho other day, imparting knowledge to the ignorant. One thing he said was, that the sub-treasury would* do away with fire insuranoe; and when pressed to explain how it would do that, he said the poor farming c'ass paid far tho town folks' houses when they got burned up, if they were insured, but if the subtreasury bill was passed then tho goveruj ment would pay it instead of the poor man. That is a sample of the information or educ&'ion we receive from these "Smart Alecks" on these important questions. E. W. J. nine asked, "would I join in n J fight against a meat trust ?" To whieh I reply, I have already joined in suok a fight. I haven't bought any meat ^^B this year and have plenty on hand ^^B to do me, and, I repeat, if all Hie farmers would do likewise the meat trust would bo virtually broken, and the poor oity people that E. W. J. seems to be so much concerned about, would get their meat cheap, as the supply would be perhaps greater then tbe demand. I would say to E. \V. J,. that I tnko a * number of papers, political, religious and agricultural, and I read them; but I am not acquainted with the inside workings of the Alliance as that is a secret organisation and I do not belong to it. ' Now I hope that Ibis will satisfy ray friend and that no further correspondence will be necessary from sithor of us on this subject. Cliff Lipscomb, a colored boy, died near loneaville last weok of scrofula. Revs. W. E. Q. Humpries and D. Tiller illed tbeir appointments in Jonesville yeserday, the hot weather to the contrary n itvithstanding. ,d A? lect'a good patronage from Union. Mfreiresu ? ^ HameTvfsUed Gaffney City last . ^ "SSi. B? Fowler^ returned from Cross ^VesUy^Morrow, a rheumatic cripple, from North Carolina, passed ilirough Jonesriile today in a little wagon drawn by jwo goats. A good many pieces 01 com were dropped into his cup. Mrs. ?? Dukes, of Roserille, the mother of Mrs. Rev. D, Tiller, returnel homo last week. Mrs. Kate Haney, of Woodstock, Qt., js on a vieit to relatives here. Mr. Jbhn H1U, of Spartanburg, has just passed through town on his waf to Goshen Hill, riding a bicycle. lie left Spartanburg at 5:30 and passed through Jonesvillie at 7.30. He said be came through mud from Rich Hill to Paoolet which detsiued him some. TrlrmioMB. Union County Inter-denominational fennday School Convention. J Programme of the Uniou County Inter- ^ denominational Sunday School Convention, & to be held at Foster's Chapel, August lOtty $ and 11th. ' 5^ " riBST DAT?THURSDAY. j&g 10 80 a. m.?Devotional exercises, half, MS hour, conducted by Rev. 0. F. C larksoo. Enrolling delegates, organisation and fixing the bar of the convention. / 2 Address of welcome by S. M. Rioe, Jr., 1 to be responded to by S. S. Stokes. Reports of schools and discussions on ihe^^HBk| same. Reports to be read by a deleg from the school. Question box. Adjournment for one hour. Devotional exorcises conducted by Kov. ^Vl|| W. E. G. Humphries. Query?"What is meant by keeping the Sabbath holy, how is it violated ?'? J. W. Greg-ry. J. L. S'rain and Davis JJB A" ICS. V ? Query?"The necessity of the oatechism^^Hf ^ the Sunday Sohool J. V. Askew, i ajcqok, t>. u. ivoneris. ,... %1 .. lvssay by Miss Lisai* Gregory. H ' Adjournment. J SKCON l> DAY FRIDAY. 1 10.00 s. in.?Bible reading for olic-^H JB hour, eonduoted by Her. C. A. IS. Jennin^H ' w Query?"Are we not depending upon |fl Lesion Helps too much in preparing Hie lessons to the exolusion of the Bible as a . book T"?Cob H.|I?. Coleman, D. N. Wtlburn end J. C. Otis. Wort, by 8, B. Ejell, af 8pari*n. Query?"Rhould temperance and missions be speolelly taught in the Snndey 81-hoolT" ?T, L. Hames, Her. J. N. Booth. Wee. Jef fcries, W. T. Jeter. Afternoon Session?Devotion si exercise* conducted by Rev. K. K. Moore, for 10 a?in~ utes. Query?"How ctut the Sun<l*y Sobool b# increased in numbers end spirituality T"? jl I Query?"ITbet nre the Biblical grounds fir the Sunday School T?Hev. C. A. il. Jenning*, R. T. Gee and B. W. Whitlock. Brief talks on personal Sunday School ex* f perience. Iliscelleneous business. Election of delegates to the State Convention, and place ot [ next meeting. In making up the programme, the com, mlttee endeavored to os*ig<i only tho^e to > dismiss the Various subjects (likt thky'fouM A rsly on, and it is hoped thai every on# ygill jgfl be present snd fill the placet assigned then). J M In m#kiog up reports of selfcols, pleat# jE I use blanks sent by tb# Seoretary. ^ IVioh sobool is ro<|ueste<\ to rend three 8 delegates. 8. M. Riot, Ch'? Ex. Com, % vgcji 4-- '* * '