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PRESIDENT CLEVELAND'S] JpSJr ME8SAG^ I financial Plight Dh* to the Sherman Aet?It? Moil Operation* H9|Bsfht<' ?Prompt and Unconditional Repeal Demanded. Wanrixotox, Aug. 8.?The following ii (he me?engo of Preeideot Cleve'nod sent to Congress at 12 45 p. m. to-day. The esUteneo of an alarming and extraordinary business aituation, involving the velfhre and prosperity of all our people, has constrained me to call together in extra eea#ion of the peool*'? ' j>r*?;..,?Mves in Con- j grTHi to the end that, through a.wlee and palriotio exercise ot the legislative duty with whioli they solely are charged, preient Vila may ba mitigated and dangara threa'ening the future may be averted. Our unfortunate financial plight ia not the reeutt of untoward events nor of conditions related to our natur&l resource*, nor is it traceable to any of the affections which frequently check natural growth and prosperity. With plenteous crops, with abundant promise of remunerative production and manufacture, with unusual invitation to safe investment, and with satisfactory assurance to business enterprise, auddeoly financial distrust and fear have sprung up on every aids. Numerous moneyed institutions have suspended because abundant as*??" were sot i Sauted !uU!/ availablo to meet the demands I of frightened def osilore; rurviving corporations and individuate are content to keep iu hand (he money they are usually anxious to loan, ami those eogagod in legitimate business arc surprised to fiad tint the sccuri'ies tlicy offer for loans, though heretofore satisfactory, are no longer accepted; values tupposed to be fixed are fast becoming conjectural, and loss nud failure have invaded every brunch or business. TIIK SIIKBMAN LAW TO IILAMK. 1 believe Iliceo things aro principally obargoablo to Congressional legislation touobing the purchase and coinage of silver by the general government. This legislation is embodied in u statute passed on the l'ith day or July, ltt'JO, which was the culmination of much ugitation on the subject a involvod, and which may be considered a truce after a long struggle betweou the ndvoj catcs of free silver coinage aud those intond, ' iug to ho more conservative. Undoubtedly the moutlily purchases by the government of 4,0(K),000 ounces of silver, enforced under that statute, were regarded by thoso interested in silver production ss a certain guaranty of its increase in prico. The result, however, hits been entirely different, for itunudmlely following a spasmodic and slight rise the price of silver began to fall after the passage f the act, and has since reacted to the lowvst point ever known. This disappointing result has lod to renewed and persistent effort in the direction of freo silver .......... uu> ?"V ",v effects of (ho operation of (liu present law constantly accumulating, but (lie result, lo which iIh execution must inevitably lend, is hue.uiiing palpable to all who givo the least, heed to titiaucid subjects. This law provides that in payment for the 4,hut),00 ounces ol' silver bullion which the Secretary if the Tie is. r*. is comma tided to purchase uiouildy there shall he issued treasury notes redeemable on demand in gold or silver coins, at the discretion ol' the Hoc rotary of the 'ironsury and that sail notes may he reissued. It is, however, declared in the act to be the established pvliey of the United States to maintain the two metals on a parity with each other upon the present legal ratio, or such ratio as may he provided by law. This declaration so controls the notion of tho Secretory of the Treasury us to prevent his exercising the discretion nominally vested in him, if by such nolion the parity between gold and silver may be disturbed. Manifestly, n refusal by the Hecreiary lo pay these treasury notes in gold would necessarily result in their discredit nnd depreciation, as obligations payable only in silver, and would destroy the parity between the two metals by establishing a diacruuiuation in favor of gold. Up t* iho loth day of July, ItS'.b'!, so notes had been issued in payment of silver bullion purchases to the am tint $117,000,OOO, while all but a very email i|'iaotity of tli s bullion remains uttcjined and without usefulness in the Treasury. Many of the notes given in its purchase have been paid | in gold. This is i I Inst rated by t he statement thai between the 1st day of May, lH'.rJ and the lTilli day of July, ISOll, the notes of this kind issued in payment for silver bullion amounted to a little more than $">4,000,000, mill lliill iliil-in.r ll.? ?..?:^.l *.411 u..v. ....I l>>^ I1IV CIIIIIV |'U I |U<| niMllll 000.000 wore paid by the Treasury in gold for the redemption of such notes. The policy necessarily adopted of paying these notes in g ild lias not spared the gold reserve of $llH),(MH>,(KK) long ago set aside by the government for the redemption of other notes, for this fund has already been subject to the payment of new obligations, amounting to about $150,000,000, on account of silver purchases, and has, us a consoquencc, for the first time since its creation, been encrouched upon. IIKI'LKTIO.N or UOI.Il MAI?K K.\"V. We have thus made the dep'ctiou of our gold easy, and have tempted other and more "pprco'a'ive nations to add it to their stock. ; li it the opportunity we have offered lias i been neglected is shown by tlio large . ..units of gold which have been recently . i\vn from our treasury and exported to in -ro se the financial strength of foreign i i'i >ns. The excess of exports of gold over mo imports for /the year ending June .'>0, iMSid. auiountcd to more than eighty-seven .. d a half millions of dollars, between the | i .i day of July, 1 MHO, ami tlio 15th day ?.?" 1 -!y, IH'JJJ, tiio g '1'1 coin and bullion in our Treasury decreased more than one hundred an I thirty-two millions of dollars, while during the saine period the silver con mid bullion iu iiio Treasury increased mora than tine hundred ami forty-seven millions of dollars. Unless government bonds tire to bo c instantly issued and so'd to replenish our exhausted gold, only to be again exhausted, it is apparent tliut the operation of tlio silver purchase law, now in force, leads in the direction of the entire substitution of silver tor gold in the government treasury, and this must be followed by the payment of all government obligations in silver. At una stage gul 1 ami silver nuiat part company. ami tin* government must fail in its established policy to maintain the two metals on a parity with each other. Given over to the exclusive use of a currency greatly depreciated, according to the standard of the commercial world, we would no longer claim a place among the nations of the first "Ns", nor could our government ola'un a performance of the obligation, so far us such obligation has been imposed upon it, j to provide for the use of the people the best and safest money. If, us many of its friends c'aiin, silver ought to occupy a larger place in our currency and the currency of the world through general international co-operation ami agreement, it is obvious that tlie United States will nut be in a position to gtio a heaving in favor of such an agreement so long as we are willing t? continue our attempt to accomplish the result single-handed. Til K SITUATION A M TSIIKM,. The knowledge in buriuces circles among our owo .people that our government einnot make its liut equivalent to intrinsic value, nor keep inferior mo icy on a parity with ! superior money by its own independent effort, has resulted in such a lack of confidence at home in the stability of curreucy values that capital refuses its aid to new enterprises, while millions are ne.'uilly withdrawn from the eh tunels of trade and commerce to become oiic and unproductive in the hands of timid owners. 1 ofeigo iuves Trifle? " ^ ton are especially alert, and Bol only decline to purchase American recuritie*. but woke null to mctiIIm It doee not meet the situation to say the apprehension io regard to the future of our ftniDors ie groundless, end thai there le no reason for ta* jf evandtnot in the purpose* or powor of the government io the premises. The very existence of this apprebonsfoa and lack of oooftdenoe, bowsver caused, is a menace which ought not for a moment to be disregared. Poseib'y, if the undertaking we have in baod Wore the maintenance of a specific and known quauti y of silver at a parity with *old 5M1. *'7 i: Si oe estimated and gauged, and perhaps, in view of our unparalleled growth and resources, might be favorably passed upon, llut when our avowed endeavor is to maintain such a parity io regard to an amount of silver increasing at the rate of $60,000,000 yearly, with no fixed termination to suoh ioorease, it can hardly be said that a problem is presented whose solution is free from doubt. The people of the United States aro entitled to a sound and stable ourrenoy, and to money recognised as such on every oxchaogo and in every market of the world. Their Sovcrnment has no right to iqjure them by nnncial experiments opposed to the policy and praoiioeof other civilised states, nor is it justified in permitting an exaggerated anil unreasonable relisasc cs suf national strength and ability to jeopardise the soundncss of the people's mono/. This matter rises above the plane of polities. It vitally concerns every business aod calling and enters every household in the land. There is one important aspect of the subject which especially should never be overlooked at times like the present. HOW TIIK LA DOR Kit Sl'FrKUS. When the evils of unsound finance threatens us the speculator may anticipate a harvest gathered from the misfortune of others. The capitalist may protect himself by hoarding, or Tumj eten iinu profit in the ductus- , tion of values, but the wage earner?the first to be injured by a depreciated currency ' and the last to receive the benefit of its cor- ] reoiion?is practically defenceless, lie re- , plies for work upou the veuture of confidence nud contented capital. This failing him his condition is without alleviation, for i he can neither prey ou the misfortunes of others nor hoard his labor. One of the greatest statesmen our country has knowu, speaking more than fifty years ( ago, when a derangement of the currency had caused Sonimeroial distresa, said : '-The ' very man of all others who has the deepest interest in a sound currency, and who suf- i furs most hy mischievous legislation in money mutters, is the man who earns his daily bread by his daily toil," These words ....... A.I It... .In., II...., uru no |>ciiiuviiv uvn *?o vu mv v??j ?,uvj were uttered, and ouglit to impressively remind us tluil n failure in the discharge of our duty ul this time must especially injure those of our country, the men who labor, and who, hcosuee of their number and condition, arc oniitlcd to the most watchful care of their government. immkimatk hki.ikp hkmaniiso. , It is of tin) ntmost lui|iortnnee tlial such rulicfnn Congress cult alfoid In the existing situation lie it (forded ?t once. The ninxlin, '"lie Rives twice wlm Rives ipiicklv," is directly H|i|ilicnlile. It may lie true Unit l lie ciuharnisaiiiuut I rum which the luiniiiuks of the country is sufierlng arises n? much from evils ii|>|irehenilisl as from tlmse actually existing. We limy hope, too, tlint calm counsels w ill prevail ami ttint neither the capitalists nor the word earners will Rive way to uureitsoiiliiR panic ami sacrifice their property or their Interests under the liillueiice of exaggerated fears. Nevertheless, every day's delay in reinoviiiR one of tlie plain mid |irineipal causes of tlie present state of things enlarges the mischief at ready done and increases the resnoitsihlllty of t he Rovernincnt for its existence. Whatever else ilie people have a right to expocl from Congress, they may certainly demand thai legislation condemned hy the ordeal ol thine years as a disastrous experience shall lie removed from liie books as soon us their rcnrmeii?n|ivc? can lugitiinntely ileal with it. As TO t.lltlPK Itl'.POItM. It was my purpose to miiiiiiioii Congress in special session early In Soptoiulier, that we might enter promptly upon the work ol tarilt'reform, winch the true interest s ol the country cleaily demand, which so large a majority of the people, us shown hy their siill'ruges, deslru and expert, and to tlie accomplishment of wlilch every fllort of the present administration is pledged- Hut while taritr reform lias lost nothing of its immediate and permanent Iniporlnnee, and must in the near future engage the attention of Congress, it lias seemed to lite that the liiumcial eoudili in of the country should at once, and hofnrcull other subjects, be considered l>y your honorable hody. ? I earnestly re <oiiiiueinl the prompt repeal of (lie provisions ol the art passed .Inly II, I mm, authorizing the purchase of silver bullion, and that other legislative action may put beyond all doubt or mistake the intention an I the ability ol (lie govern incut fn Iti 11 its pecuniary obligations in money universally recognized hy all civilized countries. I iltox Kit fll.KVKI.ANI>, I'Ai eutivc Mansion, August 7, IS'.tt. lltstiof Capkun I't'T ts CiiAintK.?The following; coil.miiuicatioii of the llighl llcv. Bishop IIowe lo llic members of his diocese, IrunsferitiR atilhoriiy over the satuo to his Axi-tfini lusnop, mo ucv. r.iusou * npcrs, was givcu to tlie public jenlcnliy : Samoa, N. 0., .Inly lb'.'.l. To the Standing Committee of the Diocese of South Cnroliua?Dear ISrethrcn: Uuder llie provisions of the law of the Church I hnvo assigned to the llight Kev. Kllison Capers, D. D., the Assistant ltishop of the diocese, 'n'l such duties as properly belongs to a ltishop in the Church of Go I within the diocese of South Carolina.' and accordingly I hereby withdraw the authority and commission which I gave to the standing committee, whereby that body was duly exercised the ecclesiastical authority of the diocese. Given as above dated under my band and seal. W. It. \V. Ilowo. ltishop Diocese of South Carolina." ? Tim AllMINti Ot Co.N8TAlll.KS Ext'lTKS TilK IYiii.ic.?Coluinbin, August f?.?The official statement male through the press this morniog that (!>? State's cuusiabios were going to he armed with Colt's revolvers and instructed to use them whenever they deem it necessary has been considerab'y talked of. For some reason there seems to be nn idea that somebody is going to get hurt as a rcsu't of the instructions to the constables and that some innoceut person will probably bo m.adc to suffer. Although there lias been no breach of the pence i 1 Columbia, the idea'hero seems to bo that the tension of public feeling is drawn to its utmost extent and that it would be as unsafe for the constables to attack anyone at it would be for nn outsider to attack a constable. Altogether tho situation is regarded as unsafe, and people are afraid that some hot-headed poison will precipitate trouble. Of course nil law-abiding citizens are in favor of allowing the constables to go a'ong with their work uninterruptedly ami would discounlc nance any attempt to interfere with them, but if a constable or the friends of tho saloon men start the row there is liable to be considerable trouble. It would bo well if constables and citizens alike wou'd keep an even temper ami let tiling* get al nig quietly.?Suntlti'/ Xttr.?. ?Thk Excitk-mknt in Si'mtkr.?Sumter. j*. C., Aug. 7.?Sumter is on the </iii rict this iii'Tiiing and developments of n startling nature arc expected. It is sure that nine of our citizens will be arrested soon, and it depends upou who m ikes the arrests and the manner of making them whether there will be any excitement. I'onstablo .1. It Kant, of Anderson, is in the c ty in charge of the constables, and ho seems to be the right man in the right place. IIo is conservative and fays that reports of Thursday's ri it were very much exaggerated. No raids will be made today, so we are reliably informed. <i ivernor Tillman's utterances upon the shooting down of citizens lias been severely criticised on the streets, and many prominent men are very indignant at his effort* to stir up strife among our people. Tho same blood runs through the veins of our people as couised through the veins of tho patri ts of 177t> nml LSi?l,u'id tyranny will he doiIt with now ns then.?C'v!umbia J</ur?<jl. ?F)<w??Pe? VK'lV V-iWttijJ UMlVtl Vlilltc R. M. 8TOKBA. ~ - Bdito Friday, iMMt 11. !?e;r SUBSCRIPTION, $1 60 PER ANNU. F0?T OFFICE DIRECTORY. The 1'. 0. will be opened for bueinet from 8 A. M. to 6.00 P. M. The Money Order department will t opened for bueioeee from 9 A. M. to 4 P. I: li-ji wiii ci<*?e promptly i 12.40 P. M.; going Weet 1 P. M. The mail will be taken from the eireet bo etch da/ at 12.40 P. M. Any inattention or irrecularitiee thool re reported promptly to the P. M. R. W. IIAKR1H, P. M. ??B ?? it i > rm Hew Advertisement*. Darbacue at Look hart. Primary Election.?A. C. Lylos. To All Indebted.?T. L. Ilaniei. Land for Sale.?Dr. K. 8. A. Pearsan. To Carpenters.?Count/ Commissioners. South Carolina College.?.fames Woodrow. Summer Clearance Sale.?Qrabam A Spark* Send for Your Watches?Albert Williamson Last Notice to ltoad Overseers.?Count; Commissioners. SW' An/ tracher in Union count/ de siring to start a school llbrar/ will pleast write to II. L. Scaife, Union, S. C. Ladies Uudorvosts 60 each, for cash, ai OH AII AM & SPARKS. fika/' Two keys upon a patent brass kej ring, found at Uobiuson & Allen's shop lssl Monday, havo bean left at this office foi their owner. oeatr" tvo regret to state that Mrs. Wilkins, wife of Mr. W. D. Wilkins, Iliilroal Agent at this place, is now lying at the point of death, from that dread disease, consumption. ? A Picture of the Jonesvillo High School can be had by sending 50 cents to E. JAY AT WOOD, Sicif' We regret being called on to announce the death of Mr. Jan. P. Gibbet), a gentleman well known and highly respected in this town, as a salesman for Joluison, Crews & Co., of Charleston, which event occurred in that city last Saturday night. fcif" Mr. W. 11. Wnllaco, the retiring Editor of tho Newberry Observer, offers hit half interest in that flourishing pnper and compute job printing oflice for sale. Wt don't know of n finer business opening for t wide-awake young man of tact nnd talent with industrious habits, than to step inti Mr. Wallace's plaoo in tho Observer office. fltdy" Col. lt.C. Watts has sold his lnterea in the LaurtnsvilU llernlil to hie talcnter partner, t'npt. T. 11. Crows. While we an not fully in political accord with tho llerah wc have a high personol regard for Col. Watt and Cttpt. Crows. They arc honest and tru men. deserving the coufidenco and rospec of the people in whatever position they ma; occupy. 1 I.ot of Summer Dress goods wotth lOi yard, now selling at oo to close them out. ( ll.VflAM & Sl'AllKS ?-??" The County Comnilssionos held thci monthly meeting la-t Tuesday and trans acjcd much important business. We con eider the present Hoard of Commissioner: equal in every respect to any board tin county has ever had. Its business is trans acted in a strictly bueincss-iike manner am every intere-t of tho county propcrl; guarded. Kftii" Mr. Thos. ('. Scott, of the Thorn well Orphanage, c tiled on us last week He has been with that truly philatithropi institution ever since it was started, am has worked hard and constant fsr its we fare. The ornhan.'uro is riolilv cntiiloil ?n support and confidence of every nmn an woman with magnanimous hearts and prop orly appreciating the behests of pure an cnuobliug christim charity. We are glad to hear that Mr. Scott le I'nion <(iiite pleased with the liberality t her citizens. ? Mr. Wallace 0. l'e'glcr, au indu: trious young Fanner, living just below thi town was so horribly gored by a bull la; Wednesday afternoon that it is not probabl he will recover from it. It seems that Mr. l'eigler had chained th bull around tho horns to a tree, and was ii the act of putting some c'oth under the chai to keep it from rubbing tho animal's head when the brute turned upon him and tossei him in the air, one of his burns panetratin the lower part of to? "tcr?-.vii and body, terri b!y tearing the skin of the abdomen am bruising his body in a horrible inannor. The animal had been worked sonio year by Mr. l'eigler, and was getting old an vicious, and Mr. l'eigler h id frequent warn iogs that he had become dangerous. W? hnvo often seen and heard c boys being egged tin to it figbt by thei schoolmates, but tin? charge that it Unite States Senator ami the Adjutant ami lnspec tor (leneral of a State were "egged on" t mortal combat by certain "/(influential news papers is too contemptibly absurd ami to insulting to the honor of those gentlemen I be accepted by any but abject politicians It certainly lias no weight with those wh know the two men In the lirst place, tliej are not such fools as 11 allow newspaper politically opposed to them to egg them ' o to do an act that would cause them to for swear themselves, forfeit their ullices am deprive them of the right to hold uflioi thereafter. llravc men require no prompting or egg iog on to defend their honor and good name but would be very likely to indignantly sa; to any otlicious interloper, from either side as Othello siid to lago an 1 Kojlcrigo, "Wer it my cue to light, 1 should have known i without a prompter. 1 L t Ladies Slippers, only cert tin size left, which we will close out for the crsh ii less than cost, at tillAIIAM Sl'AKKS tin\?sii(?rrKti 1't.M in Ai.aiuma.?Annis ton, Ala , Aug. ti.?(irasshoppers have aj i eared iii great numbers in I'hoccolocci Valley, live miles Southeast of this pi ice Corn, f >t(cn. grasses vegetables nml ever green thing have been destroyed on mim farms, ami even trees and shrubbery are no spared. The leaves are eaten oil ami lb tiers left perfectly bine. I. Mr. ud Mr*. W. H. Sartor in roerra'iag - ia the mountains (hit hot weather dl*i T Mrs. f. U. Farr ia nlrriM ?* - ccc! Jj,, trmwm ac aatoda. Df - Mr. Ooorgo Monro U baring a month's mat rest from blf oosotaat dotiao to the bask, in tho mountains accompanied by bis wife. ^ M Attorney 0 an oral Towasced apoat a day goa or two at borne thU wook, to raat. Tho grai >e arduous and oxaotiag duties of tho '* .Zv. ?rp?ar to agroo with bin admirably, oar] kt If it io true that "practice makoa perfect," we z wo think the Attorney General's official it U practice should make him a perfect lawyer, able A _ .. . o - Air*. N. 15. wo well and son, or uanney, met are visiting Mrs. N's sister, Mrs. 11. F. wor Soaife. enfc Miss Frances Murphy, of Charleston, is lion visiting Mrs. W. M. Gibbes and Mrs. Klniira tor i Rodger, at the Union Hotel. We Mrs. J. C. Farrar, of Lock hart, is visiting gent her daughter, Mrs. B. F. Arthur. whil Misses Maris Clifford and Lillie Harris aot have return <d from their visit to Laurens, thsa y Mr. C. J. Puroell. of Nswb#i?-( piid I.U be e brother, Mr. J. J. Puroell and family a disc: ' visit this week. reqti o Mr. D. C. Flynn cams over from Augusta that last Tuesday, to see his family, who are it is speeding the summer with Mrs. Jas. Grant, the 1 t Miss Corrie Whiteside has gone on a visit peop to friends and relatives at Dorroh, Laurens bust county. W ( Mrs. Morrison nnd Miss Mamie Morrison, iosul widow and sister of the late Robert Morri- and son, are visiting the family of Mr. Ira Harris. It w Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Harralt, of Qaffney, will aro visiting their daughter, Mrs. 8. M. Rice, quea Jr., E. U. Mr. S. called on us and made us they fool happy. takci Mr. I. D. Page, of Jonesvilte, called on us W< last Monday and left us with a $1.60 smile on read our face. were Mr. J. D. Jdiaries, of Asbury, called on us on b< last Monday and deposited his annual cou- do n< tributioQ to the support of the Timis. arms Misses Mary nni McCarlcy of Winnsboro struc nrc visiting tbeir friend, Miss Josie Garner, who at her houie at l'inckoey. ted t< Mr. S. Means, of Florida, in visiting the for t family of Capt. A. II. Foster. hcrci Mrs. Dr. Means, of Spartanburg, is visit- Th . ing tho family of Mr. W. E. Thomson. prov i ic an I have made arrangements to go to uoor- . ' gia after the l"?th of August. So anyone ,e 1 i wanting work don't try to make yourself cons t believe I am going to stay ncre this fall, for for i you will be disappointed. Now, if you wnnt jlftrs ' some of tho finest work procurable in the .. } State, come before August 15th. Item ember, the price is in the reach of pcrs everybody?tho finest Glace Cabinet Photos sons t for $2 50 per do/.cn. *itun j I wiil finish and deliver a'l work before . leaving the place. K. JAY ATWOOD. an(1 e _ mori Y ~m If we had the power to control the 0,lt'f 8 r .11 ] c action of Congress now assembled for the t ostensible purposo of enacting measures for l'mt relieving tho present financial and business depression of the country, we would say to that body, first, pass a graduating income Jr 3 tax law ; repeal the 10 per cent, tax on the g??d .State banks, that, would give us a sound *re ' ? too t flexib'c home currency, with proper and js si r rigid restrictions thrown around the State auto - banks; increase the volume of circulating on ^ medium to $50 per capita; repeal the Slier- Wft's s man law, nud nllow free coinage of silver Binc c upon a parity of 16 lo 1 of gold value. mail There can be no great objection, in our RU<* prcfl 1 opinion, to the free coinage of silver ; but we J.r|e] y never have been abb to discover how that is fom goiug lo benefit the common or laboring M classes of the people. W'c can see plainly how it will benefit tbe Western States and their silver mine owners. It has never been turr c contradicted that the coinage of all the silver by i * produced in this country would not increase the circulating medium more than 35 cents ^ per capita. The politicians and mine own- Key 6 vrs have got the people to believe, however, gom that England has been robbing the Southern . - . ... . . . wiHit farmers by buying their cotton on a cheap silver basis an 1 Helling it on a high gold fron basis. Well, let us try free coinage. Wo 'ont' 11 don't sec that it can do the South any harm, sft^ and it will, without doubt, do some other fttt0 sectiju of the country considerable good. Spa: j. Wo don't expect to see one dollar of gold. ^Iso is silver, or paper money come to the South beyond the amount of what we hate got to a(jCl 0 sell, and if an increase of currency will give M us a corresponding advance in the price of J e cotton or other products that we may have u for sale, we shall be benefitted, provided, ?p n that, from the same cause, the prices of hcr< everything wo have to buy (and that's nearly Krcfl d every thing we eat, drink, wear and use) is g not increased correspondingly. Tunc is evCi [. always two sides to an argument, and we be n j cannot help thinking that the Southorn a ,0 farmers have allowed themselves to become ^ 3 unduly excited upon political theories, perl ,] amounting to vagaries, which give them do ^ promise of any practical relief at present, 4n,j and it is only problematic as to what good of a they will produce. stril ?f ^ pie I r his I 1 ? T? ~ ii a; 2 "2 J?t f -2 2 ? s '? kno' oC3a!.S 3 ^ = ~ 3 ? ^ ^ a o ^ i O UP? & S ? J ~ - ?g8 ~ g O set. = f .'S?3 i; * ? ? - o. r l'r,P - ijsjsi.s? ?? III 2 i? 0 .1oO. .2 o < get I 3 -5 **" N ^ y 'Zj r?? |r ^ | \. a 2 ~ o 2 ? ? g ? . ??m: . MfuitfJ* i%zY r 9 si? ^ 8/S g * U"?a st<>P s v a * ^ a 2 a ^ ? ? 3 1 i. ,? o ? ?.8 ., ??-~ <5 ? 2 ?? 1 =3 5 2 > >.S o-Si's55 i 2 o csp-asa-a ? 5 2 S-2-S will Ilicl ,_ t i?n There have been eight criminal assaults "'c' ' upon helpless woiuen in Chester county, l*ft., into Y since May 1. The citizens are considering wou the advi* tbiiity of a little lynching. P?rl c We find the abovo in a Philadelphia paper. *0.n' ... , ?... uoin t Purely there must be something in the ,uuj atmosphere to causo such a chocking in- nold crease in the number of "criminal assaults upon helpless women." in every section of ...^ it ' 1 J l.lec the country. It is harlly possible that the |iir Columbia indignation meeting or the edi- aino " torials of South Carolina papers upon the coul ( Peumark lynehing, could have incite! the outrages in Chester, Pennsylvania, and in mc(1 y other distant States! cure Y ? ? tion t As ia'1 lot of Men's Straw Hats, which wo Sati e will c use out ul most any price for the next tin !o '. )9 for cash, UKA11AM & 81'ARKS. oOc. labrrtif tte MtftuMT U* Tbs spirit of oolltwr; with which t] pni?i7 Uv is rtprJid la some cities i State be ~m><L tst MUeut ere* that a gnat aijorKr of the ciiixoi Booth Corollas will back Governor Til i la whatever heroic measures ho ms ik necessary to adopt to make the dispei r and the dispensary officials proper' woted. Moot of the good eitiseos th Carolina think the dispensaries are U improvement upon the open saloons. ilyit, Mr. tleguter. The Pispci r Act Is a law of the State, and whet hi approve or disapprove of its mandate i the patriotic duty of every honest, lai llsg citis n of the state to not only ob? n, but re*peotfully countenance ever tby and respectable officer apoioted I tree them. The great danger of oppoe to the law generally, lies in the chars of the men selected to enforoe its dstaili very seldom see a prudent, discreet an letnanly officer molested or insulte I* in the discharge of the most unpleaj official duties, llow imperative it ii i, tbst greet ears nod prudnnn* ;hou! zeroised to select tho coolest end 001 reet men to discharge the delicate dulit tired of constables under this new let naturally meets with opposition becaus intended to enforce radical changes ii habits and customs of a mojority of -th tie and will destroy a long establishet ess., e have no sympathy with the violent am Iting action of the crowds of Ckarlestoi Sumter, towards the State constables as wrong iu principle and policy, am probably recoil with serious conse ices upon those cities. In Charlestoi have already seen their mistake am i steps to correct the mischief done. 9, however, think, from what we ban of the occurrences, that the diffieultiei caused by hasty and indiscreet sctioi )th sides, iiul, be that as it may, wi at think Gov. Tillman's display of fire for the constables wvith threats to in it thono officers to shoot down citizen insult or molest '.hem, is at all calcula a impress the people with greater respec hose officers or to prevent difficultie zficr. ie law is so unusual and many of it isions appear so arbitrary, un-dcmoor.it d un-American, thai we cannot expcc eople to fa;l in love with it at first eight e<iucotly great allowance should be mad indiscretions in opposing unnccessar; hncss or rudeness iu executing those dc which may appear os innovations upoi onnl rights and (he confiscation of per 1 property. In that rational view of th kti-n, official respectability, pruilenc forbearance in enforcing the law will d s to allay excitement, crush so-callei iwry and crcnte respect for the law tlia lie Colt's revolvers and official mandate can be issued to the constables. Correspondence of the Times. Progressive Jonosvillcinksvii.in, August 7th.?We have ha I rains in our community and the crop loing fine. A few complain of a littl much rain for cotton. 1 see the cctto icddiug some, but I don't think it wi tint to much. It really has more frui 1 than it can carry through, rs. I'ack llogan, of West Springs, wh scut to the lunatic asylum a few month e, died there last Thursday. Her r< is were brought up ou the train Frida buried at Dognnsvil'c Saturday, in th icnco rf a large circle of relatives an ids assembled. llev. D. Tiller pci led the service. Ir. 1). W. Fowler and his dauglite s Heaunic, arc in the mountains of Nort >lina for a while. Ir. R. A. Whitlock aud wife liave n icd from West Springs greatly improve ts healing waters. Ir. J. L. SlcWbirter and family are ! nn Springs for a while. [iss Carrie Southard has gone to Croi s on a visit, and Willie Southard h: e to Clifton to visit relatives. Irs. E. 1). Cumptsey, of Columbia, Ling the family of L>. W. Fowler. [cssrs. Crawford & Briggs have returne i Charleston, where they sold their ca . of oattlo at very little profit, so the rof. E. R Ayoock and his "gude" wi: nded the State Teachers' Association i rtunburg last week. Mrs. M. E. Britto attended. Ir. 1). A. T. Farr and family liavo gon io men- summer muue oil lucoiei i< it a month. Irs. Sallic Lindscy is visiting the fatnil . II. Littlejohu near Gowdcysville. ev. D. Tiller filled his appointmeut hei erduy morning. lie colored people are having a big tiur 5 now. Tlicir August meeting is one i it preparation with them. They woi est like an army of locusts yesterday, know nn aid guuiieman who says fi y foggy morning in August there wi i snow the following winter. There wt ig this morning. If anyone will tak pains to count tiio togs they will kno many snows we will have next winterinps Trlki'iionk. ?^i I'st Rktriuution.?"Did you hoar abot y?" asked one remini-ceut Western* nother. "No?" "Well, Andy made co of s;xty-five thousand dollars at Crij Creek. As soon as he got the money i liands he went down to Denver an r it in. Kuu> cards and fun. Yo iv how it is. The morning that he wok ober and found nil his money gone li out to punish himself by walking I pie Creek, lie wouldn't borrow a cen How who was teaming for me evortoo and olFered him a lift, but he wouldn ~ .1 h ? I - ? ? in, nun uc }>iii?gcu uioug. mini eriilg I self: "Walk, curse yer, walk. Hie our dust, will yer ? Theu walk, yo It II do you good. No, you needn' at no spring. Ain't you drank enough Iry, you son of a gun. Light out an c, you durned jaokass.' And he did. : Flagranti: Dklicto.? Greenville, t August "2.?A special to the Acwa froi iaraston, S. C., says that that night Joh (8 caught his wife in a comprosing pos with Jctf Reynolds near that towi is emptied both loads of his shotgu Reynolds' side and abdomen, iullictin nds which will cause death. All th ics were respectable people, and th iun had not been suspected of wron g. Hicks will probably not be arrcste public sentiment upholds him. Key s himself says Hicks did right. ? ?# Lkmikii.?Since its first introductioi uric Hitlers has gained rapidly in popt favor, untli now it is clearly in the lea ng pure medicinal tonics and alterativ* aiding nothing which permits its use a vcrago or intoxicant, it is recignimd n best and purest medicine for all ai ts of stomuch, liver or kidneys. It wi i sick headache, indigestion, eonstipi , and drive malaria from the systcu sfaetion guaranteed w>?h each buttle < money will be refunded. Trice onl per bottle, 5>vlJ by I). F. Posey ; TEACHERS' COLUMN. 10 of ? JAB. L. HTKAIK, Editor, Etta Jane, 8. C. * MM. B. l?. curroco.) II- > Atsistaala. j L. W. DICK. j Arlthmslleal. of A squirrel cost 16 cents; rabbit sad bird * cost 8 limos ss much as ifca sonirr*1 ^ rsoott sod squirrel cost 2 times as much ss ** the bird. Find the cost of each. IT a How long will 6 men require to build 6 r' boats, if 7 men build 3 boats in 12 weeks. ' What art is to the world of matter, liters ? lure is to the world of mind, to .?? ** * *-??- a 1 -i a ?.H A it-. I* urrsi iuon 1'nffi bivw ?j ?uu iv< nwv o- noiselessly aa the gods whoM f??t were shod l. with wool. J It is to us a perpetual wonder that anj child's love of knowledge survives the outg rages of the school house. d That roan will be a benefactor of hi* race >1 who shall teech us how to manage rightly ** the first years of a child's education. w e Greek ia perhaps the most perfect instrua ment of thought ever invented by man, and e ifh literature has never been equaled in I purity of style and boldness of expression. The student snould study himself, his ^ relation to sociciy, to nature and to art, and D Above all, in a'l, and through all these, he '* should study the relation,of himself, society, ^ nature and ait to God, the author of them " all. Q _____ ? 1 Oue-lialf of the lime now almost wholly wasted, in country schools, on English gram0 mar and other higher branches attempted at s too early an age, would be sufficient to teach 1 our children to love their oounlry and bee come its loyal and life-long supporters. He who would understand the real spirit s of literature should not select authors of any one neriod alone, but rather so to the foun t tain bead, and trace the little ril's as they g course along dowu the ages, broadening and deepening into the great ociau of thought which men of the present are cxploing. It is indeed an uninviting task to bubble I up sentiment and elaborate thought in obe? dience to corporate laws, and not infrec quently these children of the brain, when y paraded before the proper authorities, show " by their meagre proportions that they have II not been nourished by the genial warmth of * a willing heart. The true literary ninu is no mere gleaner, 0 following iu the rear and gathoricg up the j fragments of the world's thought : but he ( goes down deep iuto the heart of humanity, watches its throbbings, analyzes the forces at work there, traces out with prophetic foresight their tendencies, and thus standing far above his age he holds up the picture of what it is and is to be. d - - ? 'S The old necessities have passed away ; we e now have strong and living languages ; rich [J in literature, repleto with high and earnest it thought?the language of Bcieuce, religion and liberty?and yet we bid our children 0 feed their spirits on the life of the dead ages instead of the inspiring life and vigor of our y own times. We do not object to classical i? learning?far from it?but we would not ^ have it exclude the living present. New Hii.ks ton the Dispensary.?Coluinj' bin, S. C., Aug. 4.?The dispensary rules " have been nmended so as to require applicants for liquors to state in their requests for whom and whose use the liquor is want'' ed, and whenever au application is falsely made for the use of a minor or for a person who uses intoxicating liquors to excess u warrant will be sworn out by the dispenser ,9 against said person. (Jouuty dispensers 19 will not be governed by a physician's certificate iu making sales at night, but by their 19 knowledge of the applicant and his character for truthfulness. The dispensary must not !(* be opened after hours except in bona fide r" illness, requiring liquor as a medicine, and y wliere a physician's certificate is presented, liis character must be considered beforo fill? lD6. It m ?n Loapf.i> Down with Silver.?WashingIon, August 5.?Inquiry at the treasury detc partment elicits the information that the >r government has now on hand about 130,000,000 ounces of fine silver, costing $118,ly 000,000. The coinage value of the bullion on hand is about $107,000,000. If this c were coined the government would realize a profit of about $48,000,000, against which ic silver certificates could be issued. It would of take, however, it is stated, with the present re coinuge capacity of the United States mints, about five jtruo to eouvcrt this bullion into >r silver dollars. Silver certificates, by law, 11 could only be issued on profits as coined. e Alabama's School Tax.?The Lcgislaw ture of Alabama lias presented to the vote of ? the people a constitutional nmondment providing that the school taxes of the white people shall be devotod to the education of 11 the white children, and that the schools for !r the blacks shall receive for their support a only the taxes paid by the colored people. ?' If this amendment is ratified there is n dark " outlook for the colored children. It is csti" mated that now fully 8o per cent, of the u money spent on the colored schools comes e out of the white people's pockets. ie . #?- * to Barrett in Tuoiblk Aoain.?Spartant. burg. S. ('., Aug. 4.?C. P. Barrett was ar k rested lo Iny by United States Marshal Kirby 't for tampering the mails. There are two 0 charges against him and Commissioner Calw vert fixed the bond in each case at $1,500. u A postotlice detective has been here two t weeks working tip this and other cases.' Barrett had not giveu bond at sunset. .Mar<1 shal Kirby has him in safe keeping. An Historic Cannon.?Greenville, Ohio, 5. Aug. *>.?Eight miles north of this city today n John NefT found a cattuou captured from St. n Clair's soldiers by the Indians during the i- retreat from Fort Recovery to Greenville in 1. 1791. A derrick was used to extricate it a from a hole clcveu feet deep. It is brass, g six feet long and shoots six pound balls. c ? e Cotton Sef.o ash Sheet.?B. F. King, of g this city, has been frequently nsked whether d cotton seed products will fatten sheep. He has recently tiied the experiment. Thirty sheep were penned and fed thirty days on cotton seed meal ami hulls. They not only i. relish-d the d et hut too't on flesh with rc1 niavknble rapidity, gaining an average of d thirty pounds apiece.?(Jremvillr Xeicif. - ? ks Buck i in's Aiinicv Sii.vk.?Tlic best s Salve in the world for Cuts, Bruises, Sor.-s, 1- Ulects, Fait lUienm, Fever Sores, Tetter, 11 Chapped Han Is. Chilblains, Corns, ami all i- skin eruptions, ami positively cures I'ilts, i. or no pay required. It i* guaranteed to >r givo perfect suisfaelion. or mnicy r>Tnmly e l. I'rice 'It cents per box. For 'ale by B F. l\s y Correspondence of tk? Tun. Children > ? 5mmmmj MNL Etta Jamb, A?g- 7.?The childroo of Solorn 8uad?j School and North Paoolet, m- Jfjy orally, together with n largo delegation frets Western York scored soeoes* at Mm church laot Saturday in the obooroaaco of "Child'oa'a Day." At 10 o'clock ih# grounds woro literally covered with vehicles of all kinds, which had broil?*' :i;l. mwmllniins oi iiTtag freight as well as edibles for the eeeesiea. The BlairsviUe Cornet Band, tain Willie Piexlco, was present ia fall fares. The readitioa by the choir of "It Is peed to be here" followed by atusie by the hand, j was a signal that the exercises were about in open. The superintendent announced the program and invited all the children irrespective of school or deaosrtnation, to takn state on the right and left of the pulpit and la front, while the band look ita position Intkn gallery and too choir on the front pews *ef the middle aisle. The choir sung "Jesus, blessed Beck ef Ages," and Prof. IV. F. MoArtbur, of Qaflaoy City, led in prayer. The superintendent then Wvlowwmu iae children nod invited all who fslt an iatoreat in the occasion to take part in it. 11a Mt assured that a triumphant victory wea la store for the chjldren when he looked iato the faces of the representative, people of Union, York and Spartanburg couutiea thera assembled. The first exercise was by seven girls rep resenting me seven colors or ma raiutuw, to-wit: Maitie Estes, red; Mollis Bratton, orange; Montio Davidson, yellow; Ethel Strain, green; Qregou Estes, blue; Jeesie Strain, indigo; Maitie Lee, violet. These inarched imo the ohurvii eaoli wearing a badge of the color she represented. The next exercise was by 15 girls, the van guard of the "Little Crusader'sArmy." These marehed into the church in sing'e tile, eaoh one displaying a palmetto fan with one of the letters making up the worls, "Lima Cbvbadebs," lu-ndtd by Sam Strain carrying the flag of the Salem Suuday School, on which was a large yellow star ; above it was BrriiLKitKM in blue, and below Calvary in red letters. This line was oounter-marohed and halted in front of the pulpit. At the command "froDt face" an 1 "display your colors" the congregation could read on the fans held up by the children "Little Crusaders." The other children marched into the church in "colutuu of twos." The choir suug '-What a gitkering of the faithful that wilt be," and the children then sung "What a friend we have in Jesus." The congregation sung, "Praise Qod from whom all blessings flow," and Professor MoArthur led in a special prayer for the children. The 1st class excrotse?"Jesus our light" ?sweetly recited by five children. Choir sung : "When the voyage of life i* ended," feliowed by music from the band. 2ud class exercise?"Our hope is in Christ,"?recited by six children. The clioir sung: "My hope is built on nothing less," followed by the band. 3rd class exercise?"Jesus our Saviour"? recited by eeven children. Choir sung, "Now crucified with Christ I am," etc., fol- ^ lowed by music from the baud. g 4th class exercise?'Jesus our shepherd" | ?rtci'cd by seven childreu. Choir sung, "Down by the Cross whore the S iviour died." 6ih class exercise?"Jesus our Master," reciied by six children. Choir sung, "Lo f the golden fields are smiling," The superintendent auuounced that the exercises of the Salem school were now closed, and that au opportuuity was open for other schools who had anything to eay or to do. But there being no response ho in* troduced Mr. G. B. Fowler who made an excellent address to the children, and also to the older persons, cxpressiug his hearty approval of the exercises and complimenting all for the good work they had done. At the conclusion of his remarks, Prof. W. F. McArthur gave a short address in which the echo ars and ail others present received some substantial food for thought. Both of the speakers were listened to with attention as were the whole proceedings of the day. The superintendent announced that the hour for diuner had arrived, and that tho visitors invi'ed he taken care of by th? Salem school, also that the afternoon would be spent in the most pleasant way possible by each oue present. Ho then thanked tho congregation fur their kind atteuti?n during tho exercises. Tho congregation arose and sung, "Meet me there, meet me there," followed by the band with "God be with us till wo meet again." And ilnis closed oue of the most delightful occasions ever witnessed nt Salcin during its long aud successful history. No one felt happier than the superintendent did wlcq the oldest and bcstcitizons of tho county?both male and female?grasped his hand and congratulated him upon the success of the occasion, while he could read in their eyes a burning zeal for a just and holy cause. The ouly decorations of the church was a rainbow 18 feet long spanning the speakers stand. On the upper edge on the violet color stood in large white lct'crs: "I Will Ucniembcr My Covenant wiUi fhee." Above the rainbow was "Welcome, ' and under it hung the banner of the Salem Suuday School, which was made and presented to tho sohooi by Mr. F. C. Willard, an employee in the Timks ollice. The rainbow was the handiwork of Mrs. May Kstes, Mrs. Mildred Mc Daniel and Miss Linwood Miller. It was made up of the seveu different colors. Mich u'uiiu woie a badge exquisitely executed in the Timbs job printing oilice. Dinner, watorinelons und a pleasant time generally, were enjoyed after the congregation w:ts dismissed. in the grove, in the afternoon, Miss Eliza A. Garner read an ad lress to the ladies, f jtfT after which the band played several pieces and then bid adieu to the pc >ple of Salem > and North Puoolet. l' The members of the Blnirsvillc Cornet Band are among the best families of Vork county. They are the wqrtby descendants of noble parentage and we bespeak for then} the patronuge of our people when their ser? vices arc required. A prominent citizen said ho thought the superintendent ought to cnll for a vote of (hunks to the choir who had been so hard worked all day and ltal done so much for the success of the occasion, lie was promptly informed by the superintendent that the choir belonged to the Sunday School and they were home folks aud had only done their duty as they understood it Vox. Tub B.uikktt Swindlk.? Spartanburg, Aug. 7. ?The preliminary examination against C. 1'. Barrett and J. IV. Owena, be?nn Kntnrlnv (Inn \u W nit ma I II L' n ?v ? ?? ?" nings, wus sworn. Today five others tcstiftetl. Two of these said tlnit Barrett tried to get tbctu to open postotTices in ilte country. stating ihut they could mako money by ?*. They refused when they uudcrs(.oqd that the methoils were doubtful if not fraudulent. They were 0. P. Lowe and W. O. High. A. S. Jacksou and William Hatcher, neiglib >rs of Owens, gave damaging testimony against Owens and Barrett. It. J. McKlrath, an ex-postnias'er, also showed that both these defendan s were very crooked. Sever >1 other witnesses are to be examine 1 tomorrow. Parrott is s:ill in jail unable to procure bond. Judge Hudson lias filed a supplementary opinion in regard to his last decision in the Darlington dispensary ease. lie says, among other things, that Justice Pope's order was not intended to dissolve his (Hudson's) previous order of injunction, but was intended to stay proceedings : nt??, shut J. ' t Floyd, the dispenser, was guilty of coutempt in violating l.is order of injunction and violating Justice Pope's writ, of supcr.sn- Mt/ deas. The decision does n t alter lb ?t itus ^ of the case. ? * il v*.. u