Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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SP__. SSSCCmTS mvvmi vurnAll 9 AMD THB MAT10MAL DBHOCKATIC . rLATfORM ConvtiT'oa Hall, Cixcm'xvri, 0., Au| 10.~Thc following platform ha* been adnpte* jfe. unanimously bj the Democratic State 001 *'We have hereby adopted the p'atform < ^f?wnMi? purry male by tie nationi Proonventlon at Chicago, and especially thoi portion* of it referring ti the tariff and I /JSP earrencyflegisletion. We congratulate tb country upon the early prospect of measure ' ef ret ef as outlined by the president's la HA message to congress, and we hare confident ^ that a democratic congress will devise lai to furnish auoh relief. The fioanolal situi Ption is the unfortunate outcome of republics -ftdmioistra'iou. It is tho natural result i the MoKioiey tariff and Sherman silver law the extravagAnee of the republican part recently in power and tho creation and foi taring of trusts and corporations by thi party, all combining fo shake credit, to on ale distrust In the money of Ibe country an to paralyze km business. we recommen lbs! the nation:;! bank* may u? permitted t Issue their currency to an amount equal t the par value of the United States bond which they may deposit with the treasure of the United States, to the end that tli volume of ourrency may be immediately ii creased. The interest of every true soldier an freeman demands that the pension rol ssouM be made and preserved as a roll < honor. We believe in a just and libers recognition of the olaims of the veterans an favor granting them all that patriotisi oould ark, ail that I lie nation's graiitud would demand; but the granting of pension on fraudulent claims or f>r partisan purpc aes on department decisions in contrnvcnlioi of the law as practiced under the Inst admini: trat-on needs to be investigated aud corrode so that the unselfish patriotism of America soldiers mav remain untarnished. Tli democratic party pledges itself that th rightfUl claims of no Uni m soldier to a pen aion shall bo danied and that the nllowanc of no worthy pensioner shall bo disturbed. "We eondenin the unbusinesslike admini" \tration of State affairs under Oovcrnor Mi Kinley, deplore the oflicinl scandals and di falcatnns under it and denounce the condoi ing of (.fiicinl crimes which h.\?o brougl humiliation noon our neonlc. Wo denounc tho reckless extravagance of the large r publican majority in the general assembly which appropriated for current expenst about $C(>UtOOO in excess of tho current rev nue and added almost $.T),000,000 to tl lood bonded indebtedness of the Stale, I law in the main unconstitutional. Wo d maud that an end be put to such robbing t the lax payers. "The democratic party expresses its cou , denoe in the ability of the Hon Calvin Brlcv, ot the VnlU'l KtMv* senate, to mitlci ally assist the democratic majority in t cougrcss of tho United States to exlricn the great commeroial interests of this count from tho present distressed condition. "The country has abiding faith in t integrity, patriotism ami exulted c Mirage President Cleveland. True to the pooj aud watchful of their interests ho will f force honest and economical methods in t conduct of publio atliiirs and Hccure to evel section of the country the blessing of go government." Clo?e attention was paid to each pal graph as read by ihe chairman of the co mittec on resolutions, the lion. A. J. M Malum. There were no manifestations approval until the eulogy of Cleveland v reached. Then delegates aud spcctalu cheered ngaiti and again, shouting and yt ing until it seemed as if they wuuUl ncv stop. Lawrence T. Neal, of Chillicotbo, w noniiiinted for govurnor. Neal was nominated on the first ballot. Col. W. A. Taylor, of Columbus, was nor natcd by acclimation for lieutenant govern*. ***** TRADE M ARK FOK COCK TAILS. UOVKHNOlt Tit.i.man wants To l'WOTKOT T 8tatk8 whiskky i.aiiki.. Washington, August lf>.?Governor T man, of ?oulh Carolina, ha? applied to I United States Patent Ollice for pcrinissi to uno the "Palmetto" as a trade mnrk the South Carolina Dispensary whieki The Pntcnt OHicers arc reticent i>n the si ject, and say that it is not the proper thi to give out information concerning trn marks until they are issued, then the si ject is a public one. The facts iu the ci are that some time a ago Attorney Gene Townsend, of South Carolina, came to Wut ingtou and it is reasonably thought u that his mission was to secure the trn mark desired. The examiner to whom the npplicati was referred denied it. lie maintained tl the statute provided for the issue of trn marks only to persons, firms, and corpo lions and that a State is neither. The torneys then app'ied to Commissioner Pateuts Seymour. Their brief sets fo that a trade mark is incidental to the rij of trade and that a trade matk cannot denied a State without a denial of a Stat right to trade. It then reasons that right of a State to trade is not disputed, r cites the mail service, the government o trol of railronds in Germany, of tobacco France and of wines in Hungary. The Commissioner s decision as to whet I the trade mark sought shall ivsuc wiil e aJepublic within n fe?v days. Yki.low Fkvkk in Fi.ouipa.?l'ensaci i ,m -ei... i.:? .......... i 1 a t'< 1 uv iisvauiuiii tuuuij nuiu u health has issued the following ollicial rap The board of health regrets to annom tint two deaths have oecurred in this ei that of Rev. C F. Aitciind Ellen Wood, hi p'ouounccd yellow fever. Uout'.it r W. 11 \ it it i * . I'resident Hoard of Health. So New Cases.? Washington, 1). C . At 1 ?Surgeon (Jencral Wyinau this inorni received the following telegram from l'en ? > a, Fla., touching the yellow fever o hicak there: "No new new or suspicit . .iscs have appeared siuco the two deal a.ready reported. Tho excitement is rapit subsiding. Quahantink Ai.aissi Yf.i.i.ow Fkvkh Cbarlesion, S. C., Aug. 12.?Two passeng on the north bound train from Savum were turned away from this city and s north via the Atlantic Coast line to d The men were from 1'cqmicuIu, Fla., t had tiied to stop at both Savannah i Beaufort. So thorough is the <|uaraul system that the healili ollicers here w notified of their coining several hours hef the train was due and they were stopped Ashley Junction, seven miles from tlie ei All the railroads have been notified t notiuiiiuriiro iVom 1 *s??i1 ? u ?1 1 n?i !??? .?V..SV.U ....... . V.IOIIV1 . "Ill ?<? "I' | milled to come here ami that they will held responsible for a violation cf lite li indifference for horn'^"f? ?'(''s p'tice a HhiffgiaU b'ac'.i . ,u ''*'s rioming "gat inches W.' -"?&* ?!'? are arrived I. I'fflm **,fy^r'v Ir"1" were immediately seat *^Tne Hound Island ijuarauiiiic station. Aioista, (J a., Aug. Id.?The Angu 15jar I of Health <|Uarantiae against Pen eola until December I. Savannah, Oa , Aug lo.?Savannah < clarcd quarantine against Pensaeola to d< All trains arriving from Florida have be inspected and a rigid detention of Pensaei fugitives will he enforced. kriimimiht.tf, Aug. 10. ? IJirinii ham has daelared quarantine against Pcui coin, Florida. A Ciatt'd Hi nat in Him;ary.?Vio?i!i August 1>'5,? A cloud hurst played havoc the Kperics district. Hungaiy, today. Fff persons and many head of ciltle we drowned; one hundred hou?es and sever bridges were demolished, and much of li baivested cr >ps were destroyed. i -. , '' f tic IDee&fy Union "Simes. 1 [. R. M. BTOKBfl, Editor [. Friday, A?gwi 18, IMS. f SUBSCRIPTION, fl 60 PER ANNUM 'J Maw Advertisements. o Master's Bale*.?C. H. Peake. ? Pre* Silver.?Young A Hunter, is Administrator's Nolle* to Creditor*.?S. 8. te Stoke*. r* A FALSE KEPOKT.' I hare lately been informed that a report of 1* prevalent throughout the oountj that thi* ' paper, THE UNION TIMES, 1* -run" and b controlled by other parties, or rather, one otLer party, than myself. I respectfully d state that the report is unqualifiedly false. ^ So long as I own the Timks ?ud iny name o appears as its Editor, I shall "run and * control every department of its manage- ' lr 9 ?? nient. And let me stats further, I am not cond trolled by any other person or persons than ^ It. M. Stokes. I belong to no man, and so ^ kJ long as I control the Times it shall not bo f n tho servant of any man. It shall espouse " e nud defend all mtanurtn, for the moral and ' iote'lcctunl elevation of the people of | n Union and the betterment of their general * . ,1 conditiou. I mui getting pretty well up in t " years, it is truo, but I am able to stand alone ie ie 7ct- * H. M. STOKES, 0 Sole Editor and Proprietor of 0 i. Union Timis. o j. BtiV We are compelled to omit thcToach- . ii- crs column this week. ( it :c We regret to state that Mrs. W. S. I 1 u" M:Lure is lying very ill. at the residence of n ^ Mnj. J. W. McLure. *0 Mr. L. E. Hodge, living about one ,y and a half miles btdow town, has left at our j o- otlice the finest pear wo have seen for yoars. ^ ''f It weighed lJ|lb8. ^ talf" Tliroo prisoners, It. C. Wyatt, Clnr- ' enco Lee and Ilosrn llright slipped through |l0 the bars of the Hpartanburg County jail laet ' do .Sunday night and got away. They first 1 v itioi one oi iiie winnow imrn in iwo. ',0 Photograph work at ATWOOD'S llnllery ('f in Union will give tho bust satisfaction of any "e work in tlie Stale. 1,0 We had a ecvcro storm of wind and I rain lust Monday. It commenced about 4 o clock, a. in., and lasted until near noon. ra- The rain then slackened, but a "Scotch milt" [n* followed until near dark. The wind blow I c* ()j. down much cotton and corn. With thnt exfas oeptiou, it was u very welcome and benefioial >rs rain. or Sri?" We would seriously and feelingly suggest to the Faculty of every .Male College, thnt, ns an essential, each pupil shall ho taught to write legibly. We have two coin-l ni- uiunieatiuiis now before us, from CoP >r' graduates, of such artistic chirography ^ it took three printers, a Trial Justice. ^o "K lawyers and an Assistant Postmaster to^i )1(,j cipher half the words in them. vy . die * jou It would very naturally follow that for tho State should go into the school book busicy. ness after going into the whiskey business, hut it would be fur more crcditiiblo. A South U ff j* Carolina trade mark on a school book might ib- oreate a smile of derision among book pubUshers, but a South Carolina trade mark on a half pint whiskey bottle would bring a 0 blush of shame to the cheek of every proud ido ci'i/.en of the State. ? ion ATWOUl), the people's l'hotographer is liat with you until Oct. 1, so dout forget to have ule your picture taken. ra- *- * at Wei!?" We arc requested to uiiuviinco to the ?f public Ibat rJh Til E 1IAIU1ACUK aiiiuiinted to Lake nlace at Lock hart Shoals c'a tomorrow, Snturday, 19th inst., in intended ho or. ly for a social gathering of the people who kD(' choose to attend, and lies no political signifll,n" . ?. . . . jn canco, whatever. No .speech-making is expected. and no preparation will be made for it. be ? Itsay" The colored Teachers' Institute of 'I*1* this county is now in session. It is pro sided over with dignity and ability l?y C. C. Iice .Scott, of Spartanburg, assisted by Miss M. ty, L. l>ays, of Charleston. Its sessions are a|l' well attended, very interesting aud instructive. displaying a much greater and more commendable interest in the great cause of education among the colored teachers ef 8* Union than is generally evinced by the white teachers. "'s The three Presbyterian congregate tions in the city of Greenville have made lly all the preliminary arrangements for establishing a college for girls there. Chicora is ur>j the name selected for the college. Prof. J. F. l;il, Me Kin noli has been elected President, and ent an executive committee chosen, consisting of aJ'j Kev. N. .1. Holmes, Geo. 11. Cliapin and W. I A. Hudson. The residence of Mrs. Marv inC Dean has been secured for its location. We ere see no re is >n why Chicora College should ore not be a success as a distinctive Presbytcj(* riaii institution. ha( ,l''" Kveryttiiug !lie I'nion Cotton je Mill Im progressing smoothly Vnd ss.tisfaclorily. The on'y drawback w as I he ilistolh,ust '"// o' about .'50,000 bricks on the brick yard ere by the rain list Monday, On Tuesday the lo same men and wheelbarrows that carried 8j the nicely formed bricks I'roni the machine 01- to the yard were busily employed carrying them back again, but without shape or form. l'e~ It only took Mr. ltodger two days to repair the injury dono by the rains, da The bricklayers are now about lo the top of the windows of the second story. Nearly '8' all the wood work Is reidy lo be put in ,a" i place. President Imuran keeps things moving actively and profitably. We believe we will hi hear the whir of the spindles by the 1st of ly November, re Anyone wishing to see a grand sight, ie should go and look nt the hurning of the large brick kiln ut the factory tonight. )eath if Mr*. Wllkiaa From our nolieo of the rerious illness of tire. Wilkin# last week, our readers will not >o surprised to hear that this oohla chrisUn woram, wife and mother, bat Vgone to ter reward." She ealmly breathed her laat iooui 11 o clock Sunday nigh', her devoted lushand and children aorrowfully au<l lov* ngljr watching and weeping around her bed is the last fitful breath of life grew flintcr tod fainter to the end. Mrs. Wilkins was a woman of more than >rdioary personal and ohristiuu character tnd influence, and her death will be seriouaj felt by the loved ones of the fami'y cirole md in the active work of tho Baptist Church, if which she was a devoted, Christ-like mem><jr. All who canie within the iuttuooce of ter gent'o but emphatic christian coumel ind practice instinctively* lore I her nud rera Imnrnunail writk tl?o aueltu nf l*a? ibaractor. Iler remain* were taken to Poodct and turitd there on Monday, after rcligiouH ervices in the Baptist Church at this place. Death of Mra. Free JexMviLLK, August 10.?Mrs D. B. Free lied lost night. Her death was not unexiect*d. Mr. Free and his family bate the ull sympathy of the entire town and community in the loss of his affectionate wile, t will be remembered that Mr. Free lost wo sons last December from typhoid fever, t seems that grief from tho loss of the sons vercmic Mrs. Free and no doubt invite 1 he disease that ended her life. Tei.ei'ilONB. Personal*. Mr. Kugone Ashcroft, who has had charge f the mechanical department of the Times ffice for the post oight months, left last aturdoy, to tnke u position with his brother, a publishing a paper at Iluthcr fordton, N. 5. Mr. Ashcrofi is not only a first-class irinter, but also a first-class gentleman, >nd we grcntly regret parting with him. M rs. Warren 1). Arthur left Thursday to 'isit her mother, at I.odo, N. C. Inteudant J. A. Faut and wife, J. D. lumphrics, W. I). Arthur, Conway Young, f. 11. llailey, Itobcrt Muuro, Harry Ooss, iVillinin Munro, James Muuro and 1). T. Ulnck, left last Tuesday for the World's Fair. Mr. K. Ferd (iilliaro, of Columbia, spent i few days in town this week with friends and relatives. Misa Lulu Vincent, Mrs. C. L. Allen uud her two sons. Hob nml Lawrence, left Wednesday for Cherokee Springs, to ppond two weeks with the family of W. W. Johns. It. W. Shnnd, Ksq., of Columbia, was in town this week on professional business. Attorney (Jenernl Townscnd cauic up from Columbia Saturday on professional busiuese ami returned Tuesday. Mr. I-'ertl Gilliam, of Columbia, joined the party from this place on Tuesday for the World's Fair. Mth. S. Striitgfellow, of Florida, is visit ing her relatives and old frieuds here. Sh< is staying with her ncicc, Mrs. .). 11. Kod ger. . c> If you wnnf your picture taken dou'l delaj a*"0 1'uton and havo it dohe bo fort V 1 K JAY ATWOOD. inqg , v . t BI tfjoiaoi u KIC(U ?r S'C11*1 n LiimIii's. '.,p extract from an editorial it is u nil,;;*,//, AY mm of the H:h, upon tin rvcsw cut's message : After a long, hard and heroic struggb Clevelrnd has brought his own parly am the country ftee to face and then to uuder stand the tarill" <|Uestion and has made i possible to coireot the iniquities of the Me Ivinley .system. If the democratic party cat lie split or deflate! on the silver issue th republican party will lie raised from defea and death to triumph and power. With i force hill and some other legislation tit fools in the South nml West can he bourn down to another unlimited term of servitud to the protected ninnufacturingfintcrcsts. Against all these forces the l'rcsiden stands. We hope uiul helive he will Lav with him the mass of the sensible, hones working people of the country. When w pay "working people" wo mean people o all classes wtio earn their liviug by work and not the gamblers who live by their wit ijj Wall street, the politicians who live b jaw an.I confidence games, the straggtin army of miscellaneous bummers and .lea' beats chronically in pursuit of soft jobs, o the beneficiaries of unjust laws who gro\ rich at the expense of the public withou the use of their own industry or talents o sagacity. The President's position is really tlio posl tion of the democratic parly. We do nc wnn? nn nil gyld ;>r n:i all silver cm moy o cither metal to drive out the other. We d< not want a currency which can be rontrollc< by a fow rich men and expanded or con tre.eted as their interests suggests n-gardics of the rights or interests of the public nor a currency based on nothing and subjee to distrust and discre lit. We want a cur rency based on a value as near uniform ant unvarying as any human possession can b ?-a currency beyond individual oo sectioun control hut representing when in the hand or pockets of tljo people a rval vah.o an< good for its face amount in any civilizei country in the world. 11 seeujs to us tlia to meet theso requirements gold and ail vol ami paper may and should all be used, bin that the system we need must he the resuli of careful thought based oil knowledge am calculation based 011 fads and experience The first step is to undo the mislako tlia that has been made, to Mop the drain that i taking strength and vitality from us. Tlia is the iiicantug we find in ibe message sen iu to the cougrcMO yesterday ? I make all the litest style l'hoto work am at bottom prices, t'alb cxamiiie sample and bo onviuced. Iteuiembcr everything lake here the last few days of this run I wil finish and deliver before i leave. i:. .1A Y AT Wool). Tiik DierKNsAUY lloo.Mixt;.?t'harlestou .I'lgusi i i. ?1111; uispeusary i> uiossomiug i ('harlcstoii in great shape. Meyer. the firs *nui> yi pointed has ordered his stock of Pal motto cocktail, ana will open a Stute rur mill in (lie upper wards tomorrow Pli'chei the Chariestuu liotel dispenser. will open Meeting street, opposite that hotel, today M. \V. Powers, the third man, tiled his pcti tion, with TO'.' name", and tomorrow I'harlr II. Steinmcycr will have his petition lilcil There are still six vacancies, an 1 they wil he filled, as the freehold voters of the citj appear to approve of the dispensary. * | ? I, V Kit ft* KM EX T. | To The Grand Jury I heg to call the attention ol the Gram Jtirv to the practice of the crime of u In! '.try and foriiicHion In the town of I nioi imhlnsbiiigly carried on over the old t'oltui store and over the store lately occupied by J. W. Swtnk as barroom. i 'in/i M OCTOBER J ST. AT WOO Id. / Correspond*** of tho Tinas. Telephone ?m Hl? Travels jojimvilli, August 14tb.?It bos bos raining for about four bourn tbis mornin sod everything is in water. We bsd s goo shower last tfrlurdaj nod were not suffsriq ill fir vi mo. crop* are good 1 this community, and the farmers as a rul bare mads their aeeoonts as small as poss b!e tbis year. If n good price, say 0 cent ooutd be realised for ootton tbis fall on c luntry would certainly get ^n pretty goo condition ; but there is where the troubl will come io. Cq4to% will no doubt be rei low, which will bring a great many out b< hind, as usual. I know, Mr. Editor, that you oautiooc local correspondents not long sloes to mak their communications short and conftn thetn to local news matter, but 1 must ask departure from that rule ihls time, as I bar been from home for the past week, attend log U. H. Court iu Greenville, consequent! 1 have bot kept up with local news, bi would like very much to tell nf anm* thing I saw and heard wbils away. IJaviog a spare day from the eourt I ra up to Marietta, a little town fifteen milt above Greenville, on the C. K. & W. R. R and spcot the day with relatives. I don' think 1 ever saw more fine corn in fiftee nules travel than I saw on that trip, avd was told that still further up on the miadl and south Tyger rivers it was like Egypt ii Joseph's time. A friend of mine at Marietta has bee running a leant up ia the cove botweei Giusnr s Heal and Table Ho re It mountains He 1b doing a peddling or barter b?*s!sc;! and says there is plenty to eat ia this cor and very cheap. On one occasion he bough ne hundred pouivds of buttor from on man at 5 cents per pound. Honey is plentl ful at 0 cents por pound ; fowls of most al kinds, eggs, cattle, hogs, sheep, etc., ar there almost without number and ver, cheap. My friend said one man told hii be owned 140 kead of hogs. Wool is plen titul at 20 cents per pound. The corn am fruit crops are immense. A man, if he wa not supposed to be a dispecsary spy, migh get a little mountain dew in the cove, have concluded, if ever 1 get short of ration at my house, 1 will take my wagon and few dollars and make for that core. It i only about seventy-five milei from Joncsville Spartanburg also has fine crops. Thn county made the largest crop of wkoat thi year they cvsr made, and it ts selling in th city at fifty ceDis a bushel. I don't se much cause for starvation in this county. Mrs. D. 15. Free had a second stroke t paralysis last Friday, from which she is nc expected to recover. Mr, J. F. Alnian has moved into bis ne residcnco. Rev. A. A. James filled his appointment at Urindal and Joncsville yesterday morr ing and evening. Rev. I). Tiller hs| a meeting in progrc? at Nsw Hope. The colored church here had 21 addition - and baptisms last Saturday. I Samuel T. llcid, one of our Jonesvii boys, now at Spartanburg with D. B. Woe Bro., has typhoid fever in that city. 1 Mr. J. T. Fowler, of Kclton, has taken position with Harris & Foster, in tho mus i business. Ross is a young man who has s , ambition to rise in the world and he hi started out to "get there." TeLU'HOKK Correspondence of the Times. News From North Pacolet. > Etta Jane, Aug. li>.?Wo have been a sent fiom the news columns of the Times f< a short space, but fortunately our roade understand our position. Since our last i have attended the old soldiers mooting, ac . liud them willing to forego the pleasure tlie proposed excursiou to Virginia until tl money panic is over. g The partial rains of last week brought r ! l;of to us. Portions of our orops were mu< revived by it, and on the whole we think i 1 have a fair average crop?of corn especial! Fodder is ready for pulling this week, at c will no doubt be attended to. j A few cases of sickness is reported. Mi Lizzie Mitchell is lying in a precarious co t tt it ion at present. Mi?s Linwood Miller, of Ebenezer, 3 teaching school for us. She has a full sclic P attendance. t Miss Sallie Bighorn also has a good echo a at Sunnysido, and she knows how to mann (, it, too. I Her. B. tl. Clifford will preach at Sale 0 next Sabbath?20th inst. The Plairsville hand will be at ElHcthel 1 tho 31st inst., to furnish music for the grai 0 picnic given by the ladies and citizens gent t ally of North Pacolet. Prominent spcake c are expected to bo there, and a general ,f good, linjo la in S t: r C for those who uiieil No politics on this program. % A successful meeting has just closed y El Bethel. Soveral joined the church. Re ^ Mr. ("rocker was the preacher. A meciii ,j will go on at Skull Shoals this week, ai ,. much spiritual interest is manifested in v We attended the meeting of the Coun t Inter-denominational Sunday School Conve ,. tion at Foster's Chapel, last week, and pr nouuee it eipial if not superior to any i l_ have evor attended, in point of numbers ai ,1 interest. Our home was with the family ,. that ctv.;nc!; ci'-izcu and cmcicm onieer, 3 A. Chambers, Esq., whose hospitality i j enjoyed very much, and to whoin we a ?.n(or.,l I- I (> ?"" $ T'ic luuuiucis of AbiugJou Creek ebur expect to postpone their protracted mcetii t late in the season?perhaps December, wh they will hold a three or four days meet in j The rain this morning is a welcome visitc e Wo need a season for sowing tnrnips, etc. 1 The evangelist, (juattlcbaum, has erect 9 a tent at Mt. Vernon church, near Ilicko ] Grove, and is holding a series of meetin j there < >ur people will attend regularly, t Mr.- . Vox and family arc loud in their e r pression of thanks'to Mr. C. C. Roberta for l mniiimoth watermelon. The old'oman t>&; t it was ahead of any she has seen or taste I this year. We cannot undertake to write up all tl visiting going on here. Mr. William Fowler and his force descr the thanks of the traveling public for ll manner in which they have worked the pu lie road. Vox. j . ... ? ? Tim Sr.vrK to Sf.li. ai.i,tup.School Hook --President K. 11. Craighead has dropni into line with tho Reformers most rcadil In fact as natural us though he had been o of them from the first. He steps to I front with a plan for the handling of t | school books of tho State, which if adopt ( will knock the booksellers out in the fn round. llis plan as slated to The Sidle report yesterday is for the State to establish a <1 | pository in each county under the control the county .chool commissioner, who is j] sell the books to ti.e patrons at only 5 p cent above cost pi ice. This he estimates w prove a saving to the poor people of thcSfu j of thous inds a uutally. The plan will be submitted to the Sta Hoard of Examiners fur their approval m | recommendation to the next Legislnturo f< | enactment into law. Whetlier tlie bom j nib approve or tho Legislature enact in Jaw ur not remains to be seen. If tl I scheme meets with Governor Tillman's a proval, anil it no doubt will, i?ll will be w* 1 with its future, i I have concluded to do work in Union eliovt lime longer. The gentleman I oxpc to go in partnership with in Georgia, is goii to sp< n I a month or so with his family, i I will do Woik here uut'l Got 1st. L. JAi ATWUUU. Correspondence of the Tinas. Crops. WMtlMi. Bmi Ball atSantac i Bamtvc, Aug. 14ih.?We bad a very ban I rain and the severe* t wind of the pear thi morning, beginning at 4 o'clock. The rain g fall vai eearlr 8 inches in one an.I K?i n boura. Corn and cotton ?u general iy blowi le flat on the ground. I- The favorable weather the past tnree o I, four weeka haa been a great benefit to a ir crape. Cotton haa grown fast, and youn d corn haa improved much, but peaa are not a le promising as at the corresponding perio J last year. Fodder pulling is on hand no< I- and very likely a good many farmers woul have started today, bat the rain interfered d In places it is beginning to born. ;e Fruit drying here has been in order ol * laia V...I tlsa aliii.l # k.. k.. ! !.. v imVf vui> imr VI /U'?J ubuim wonwuvr nw luici * fered somewhat. e The Santnc and Whitmire Baseball learnt 1- played a match game here on the 4th, result y iug in a score of 24 to 8, in favor of Saotuc it It is reported that the picnic given in on|! section, tuu fur iuu ucucui uf iii? game wai anything but a success, n 1 had the pleasure of attending the Count; >s Interdenominational Sunday 8chool Conven , tion, at Foster's Chapel (Kelton) on the lOtl t and 11th, and I assure you, Mr. Editor, ] n was more than well paid for being there. Ii I was the most interesting meeting of the kim e I ever attended. Of course you will be pro u tided with the proceedings, so I will onl; express my personal gratification at what n saw and heard. 0 I was assigned to the hospitality of Mr i. II. 8. Porter, and you may be sure I ws , the reoipieut of the most generous hospitality e from this warm-hearted christian family, t remained over until Saturday morning t< e come home with a better opinion of, au< i- more in love with the place and all of th< 1 people than ever before, feeling more thai e paid?doubly paid?for tbis my last trip, stil y hoping that it will not neecssarily be reallj n the last. E. W. J. 1 Proceedings of the Union County Inter-de 9 nominational Sunday Sohool Convention. I The Union County Intcr-denorainationa Sunday School Convention met with Foslcr'i " Chapel Sunday School, August 10th aut ? llthAfter devotional exercises, conducted bj I Rov. C. F. Clarkson, the roll of schools wai 'g called and forty-four schools answered, re presenting a membership of 2013. c On motion, a committee of five was ap pointed to nominate officers for the ensuini )f your. (l The following named gentlemen wer< nominated and olected : President, S. S. Stokes ; 1st vice President R. L. Coleman ; 2d vice President, R. T Ooe ; Secretary, J. L. Strain; Treasurer, J ' W. Gregory. Executive Committee, S. M. Rice. Jr. E U., J. W. Scott, N. G. Littlejohn, E. W Jeter and C. W. Whlsouant. The address of welcome was mado by 8 M. Rice, Jr. Esq , and responded to by 8 je 3. Stokes. The reports of schools were road and dis cussed by several members of the conven tion. j The several queries on the programm were discussed by those assigned to disous them and others. The query, "Are we not deponding upo: llio lo^tan " llnlitvi" Inn ntnMi in nrnnnnn . x- .?- ? fvl'-? the lessons, to the exclusion of the bible n a book," brought forth much discussion After which n committee was appointed t draft a resolution upon the use of the bib! in the Sunday school, b- At the suggestion of the committee, th or following resolution was adopted : re Resolved, That it is the sense of this con ve vontion, after having heard the reports < id the various schools represented hore ; th? of the use of thw biblo in some of the school lie is being neglected ; and that this conventio recommend that nil the schools supply them o- selves with bibles and use the same iu it oh structing the olasses. ve An essay by Miss Lizzie Gregory, o y- -'Musio in the church and Sunday school, id was rend by S. M. Rice, Jr., Esq., whic was enjoyed by the convention, and the fo rs. lowing resolution was adopted : u- Resolved, That this convention apprccial tho beautiful and instructive essay whic is wns composed by Miss Lizzie Gregory an >ol rend to us by S. M. Rice, Jr., Esq. The programme was disposed of, with tli >ol exception of one subject, which was le ge over until the next annual meeting. Mr. Al'an Nicholson addressed the coi sin vontion, giving a very interesting account < the National Convention of Christian Et on deavors, which was greatly enjoyed by tli ad convention. sr? The fol'owing resolutions were offered an rs adopted : dy Resolved, That we hereby tender than! u. to our efficient president, Mr. S. S. Stokei and faithful secretary, Mr. J. L. Strain, ft at the admirable manner in which they ha\ v- discharged their several duties. Wo believ ng there are none among us who would fi nd those positions better than they have doni it. We promise them our faithful and earne! ty support and wish them greater success i n* the future. o- Resolved, That this convention do now ex yc press its thanks for the cordiality hospital id ity and interest manifested by tho people o ?f this community during i?? ?oao5n?>. J- Messrs. II. ?,. Coleman, J. L. Strain, J. IV *8 Gregory and C. C. Roberts were electe re delegates to the State Convention. Tho following township Superiotcadaa! ch wore elected: ig Draytonville, R. C. Littlcjolin ; Gowdeys en vdle. R. C. Patrick ; Pincknoy, G. T. Gault g- Santuc, J. W. Gregory; Fish Dam, M. t >r. Deavcr; Goshen Hill, S. M. Rice, Sr. Cross Keys, C. R. Robo ; Bogansvilie, J. M sd Whitehead- Joncsville, 11. W. Gossett ry Union, S. M. Rice, Jr., E. U. gs There being no further busiuesss befor the convention it adjourned sine die. x- J. L. Strain, S. S. Stokks, a Sect'y. President. ' ' Am, Rot and Bosh.?The idlo talk thn 1C soiuo of the Republican journals of the Slat and county are indulging iu is enough t vc make the heart of a Democrat tired. The hmic full Wbll llint in iltoir imi'lo ?ilnrwt ? HC ",,w" ? ,*',/1JV (he credit due for (he financial condition o the country to-day. Willi unwise lcgislntiu extravagance in the management of the got eminent and a billion-dollar Congress, th condition of tho country at the presen 3. time is only what might be expected and i Ed not at all due to the fact that a Pemooifi y has displaced a Republican at Washington ne It is idle talk on the pint of the Republics ho picss and their leaders, he it took Harrison's administration fou ed yeirs to produco tho present financial situn "?t tiou and any sensible man knows that it i expecting too much of President Cleveland t cr rebuild in three months what it took the Re Is- publicans four years to make. Resides, it i of an oil axiom that it i-< much easier t lo destroy than construct. We now have th er President"s message before us. It is straigh ill to the point and let not Congress waste tint to in useless display of cra'ory. Action, am that quickly, is what the country expect lc and what it must have Last year the pen id pie saw the impending crisis and they kuc\ or if they re elected H arrison ii would be tei rd times worttc lln.n it i- nun. They ha I grci to confidence in Cleveland, they elected hie he and he will save tho country.?Rcsinkss, >, p- Charlotte Ohfrrnr. Miockiso Death or a I'aixtkii in Si ah TAMtt Hii?Spartanburg, August II Thi a morning Charles Iieri ienlt. a young v.lrt ct man, while painting the front < f Carlisle o ig Cannon's store, foil from the ladder scall'dd so striking on his heal on the siniii' p'tvi-incut and was iii-tantly killed. Ilts skull wa crushed in several places. DurnuiT Fiona as ihi Fibst Moxth. ?The first statement of the S?ale Dispenser , "..given out by Governor Tillman last 8aturdsy. It includes three statemeuts, one of * equipping ahd running theHtate Dispensary f for the month ending August 1st last, which itemised statement is published in full n below. The other sheets show the sale of liquors II to the Coast; Dispensers by counties. These show that the reports of purchases tor the * Hiate Dispensary hare been considerably ex. aggerated. ' The total amount of liquors purchased , other than beer was $88,687.67. The total . amount of beer purohasei was $4,061.60, making a total purchase of liquors of all . kinds of $92,689.17. The total sales to County Dispensers has been, up to Aogust 1. $46,634.14. What the sales of the seeeral County Dispensers hare been is nor.sbown. This will be a disappointment to those who are interested in the success or failure of the experiment, fsrths saloa of iuw County Dispensers are necessary to give any idea of what the County Dispensaries are doing and what She \ experiment will likely prove. l It will be noted that the cost of equip' tnottl tu llrrKl namnarnil ?ntll> tkn A. r auvu* ?? *<guv WO vviu|;?l VU TT 1VII IUV UAJ'CUOB of running it, but of these facts the reader , may best judge by a careful analysis of the expense account to August 1, which is as * follows : Expense Account. Paid freight $ 7,705 50 Insurance 784 00 B Oil 10 70 8afe for office 102 45 I Sundry bills, fixtures, &o 371 15 } S. 0. Penitentiary 1,027 40 1 Constables' badges 50 00 e Lumber 21 17 j U. 8. Kevcnuo 800 42 Stamp 18 50 r. Coal 135 60 Stationery and Printing 251 00 Ice 4 26 Labor 3,413 06 Electric Light 2 00 Stale Constables 2,004 07 Telephone Exchange 50 67 ' Telegraph service 28 36 L Furniture for office 21 75 Hauling 208 67 7 Express service 32 65 ' Machinery 180 73 ?20,014 78 Governor Tilltnau says he sees no reason why as soon as things get into working order this month, the county dispensaries cannot sell at retail 40,000 gallons a month. He says under the former license plan the i* retail sales amounted to over a million gallons. He says lie has always contended that the amount of revenue depended entirely on the number of dispensaries established. He says he docs not now think under the condi tiou of tliiDga considering the number of disI peusaries established the State will make I* that half million of dollars profit for the first six months, but lie thinks the profits will be that great for the first twelve months, when the system is in full operation. He says the operation of the law bus reduced the consumption of liquor in this Slate by one-third, and probably more. The operation of the s dispensary law in Kdgefield, where he has n closely observed it, indicates that there is a lsrge shortage in the consumption of liquor, ^ and lie says lie is glad of it. Governor Till1 man coucludos thus : "Considering the ^ number of rooks, stumps, injunctions, etc., ^ that we have been stumbling over iu the last thirty days, 1 consider that the dispenc sary system is already a howling success." Ciiolkua Gainino is New Vobk Uariior. ?Quarantine, S. I., Aug. 12.?At midnight kt Friscona Mola, aged 27 years aud Mariana ig Uobcrlic, aged 43 years, died of cholera at u Swinburn Island hospital. Their remains were incinerated in the building before noon k. today. The following suspects were removed to Swinburn Island for observation and n treatment : Francisco Coiva, aged 31 years ; " Francisco llouato. aged 34 years; Francisco jj Gaiola, aged 34 years ; Paolo Mariani, aged j. 27 years; Anielo Gaito, aged 30 years: Giavanni Baudi, aged 27 year: M&chiali c Catati, aged SO years; Leonardo Laroso, jj ageil 11 years ; Trsito Olodo, agod 17 years. (j Bacteriolgicol examinations prove that all the patients removed yesterday were chol)C ora, Asiatic. A census of the hospital toft day shows seventeen patients, one of whom is convalescent. Flight of these have been j. biologically confirme t as cholera and nine nre suspects. Wm. L. Jenkins, 1. Health Officer. .? - 1 CuotKRv Baouim in His Ststim ?New . York, August ?.?Health Officer Jennings of this port gave out tonight the followiug statement: "The bacteriological examination of LorcDzo Maracio, a passenger on the 8' steamer Karamania, who has been isolated *r ou Swinburne island shows the presence of cholera bnccili. The patient is recovering, ,L. and is now able to be up and about. The 1 other passeuecrs of the Karamania who are ou llotfmnu Island, are in good health." n Cuolera in New Yobk.?New York, Aug. 10.?Vinceunezo Claigroso. aged 23 years, died at Swinburne Islaad Hospital last night ? nf a q5n iflinlhva 11 ? ? "?" J . ??o uuu u, lug pusI seneers who arrived cu the steamer Kurar mania from Naples. Later Hours rou tub Dispensary.?And - now they Raul the Charleston dispensaries to remain open until '.) p. m. "for revenue only.-' Very preceptibly the Kcfawm Ad. ministration is advancing to the conclusion i' that if the State wants to do a profitable barroom business it must do as tho barkeepers [' do. It must multiply the dispensaries or the . blind tigers will "catch the trade.'' It must keep them open o'nights or people wont e drink to a profitable degree. It must sell to everybody who applies or it will "lose custom"?and this is the rule now iu Columbia, at least, where, during July, no application for liquor was refused at two or three of the dispensaries. When the Legislature shall i- have further ioosened the rules of tbis "first c step towards prohibition," and we have a 0 State bar room for every former private barJ room, it will bo easy to discern for what 8 great in <rnl pnrposo this strange thing was '? created.? T/u Stall. n ? ?? Charleston Collkuk Scholarships.? c Superintendent of education Mayfield has issued the following circular to the county 8 school commissioners throughout the State : ll "Dkah Sir : The Charleston College otrcrs three scholarships to the young men of the u State, l'lach scholarship is worth S'JOo per annum, and is good for four years, orgradur ation if the holder graduates iu less than l* four years. 8 'These schol irships are to bo awarded iu 0 competitive examination, and are open to the young men of every coumy if we will s consent lo coniuet the examination free of 0 cost to the college for our services. The co'.c lege will furnish the questions and heir the 1 expense of advertising. The examination ? will embrace three davs. fiv?- Imnn i~ ? ? ....... J ,'Vl 1. 'J J The schedule will be thus : 8 ' October 3d. Ihif?li*h and Mathematics: October 4th, Latin and tlreek October 3th, v French and (ionium; from i0 a. m. to li::;o " in. each day. 1 The exuiiiaiug'boird Jw 11 n >t have to 1 j> is.-. on I lie merits of the paper.-,. They will " be sent to the faculty, who will criticise all the papers and award the scholarship* to the three who put up ilie best paper* of all . the applicants in the State. s Will your board consent to conduct the l% e\animation for y nil county .' ^ l'leaso see tlu < her nit |ii?.ei? and lei no know at once, ami if tor any ivivoii ^ ,ni b >ard cammi gel the en-tent of three s relia >le pviiiletuen who will ami furnish mo with '.he i inuivs 7S0M COWOKESf. Tiim Fiout on tie Silv kk Qunnoi Commrxckd.?Capitol, Washington. D. C., Aug. 11.?The home ibis morning wm in ft bustle of intense excitement. Members met iu groups tsitiug user me situation end (lie universal question was : '-Havs the silver and snti silver men reached so agreement ?" Silver was on every mao s tongue and silver will be on evrrj man's tongue for the next fortnight, as the conference has praotieal>y agreed to limit debate to that period of time, the debate to begin immediately after the * reading of the journal today. After the reading of the journal, Wilson, democrat, of West Virginia, offered for present consideration ''a bill to repeal pert of the act approved, July 14th, 1890." the Sherman act. It provides that so much of the act approved, July 14th, 1890, as direots the secretary of the treasury to purchase from time to time silver bullion, to the aggregate ESOSSt Sf 1,500,000 CUiivea ut eu much thereof as may be offered iu each month at the market price thereof, not exceeding $1 fur 371J grains of pure silver, and to i sue in payment for such purchase treasury notes of the United States; be and the same la hereby repealed; but this repeal shall not impair nor in any manner affect the legitimate quality of the staod&rd silver dujlars heretofore coined , and the faith and crs<fit~~ of the United Stales are hereby pledged te maintain the parity of gold and silver ooin nf IKa ITniloil Sfnlnw nt thair rtrnuon 1 Uml ratio or euoh other ratio us may be established by low. Representative Uland offered the agreement made this morning goveruiog the course of ibe debate. It limits debate to fourteen days, the sessions continuiug from 11 a. m.lo 4 p. m.. and night session for debate only, if desired. Bland demanded the previous question on his order, but this was antagonised by the republicans under the leadership of Cannon, who wanted time to debate the questien. Mr. Cannon secured sufficient support to secure a vote by yeas and nays. The vote resulted yras 217, nays 100, so the previous question was ordered. The republicans generally voted with the democrats in support of the motion. The resolution was then adopted. At five minutes after 1 o'clock Raynor, of .Maryland, began debate in support of the Wilson bill for the unconditional repeal of tho silver purchase clause. Raynor was reiuforced by Brown, of Indiana, who in a brief speech advocated thq repeal of the Sherman act, conditionally or unconditionally. B'and was put forward to return the fire of argument and eloquence and ho performed his part without detracting from his reputation ns the leader of the siiver forces on the floor, lie was followed by the populist member from Colorado, Pence, who constituted himself a bulwark for the protection of silver, and by Wheeler, of Alabama, who demanded a greater volume of currency. The fight was still on when at J o'clock tho house adjourned until 11 o'clock tomorrow. FOl'R IMPORTANT MEASURES INTRODUCED IV Tilt SENATE. Washington, August 14.?Four notable bills were introduced in the Senate today, as follows : Mr. Hill of New York offered a very brief bill, repealing the Federal election laws, the repeal, however, not to affect any proceeding or prosecution now pending under said act. Mr. Duller of South Carolina introduced a bill repealing the State bank tax. Mr. Pett'cr, of Kansas introduced a bill providing for the new issue of $300,000,000 of fiat money, exchangeable for government bonds at par. Mr. Chandler introduced his bill of last Congress establishing additional regulations concerning immigration to the United States. Mr. Gordon offered a resolution declaring it to be the right of the people to expect, and the duly of Congress to enact, suitable legislation for restoring the metals of the Constitution to their coordinate part of the monetary system of the government and on a ratio or plan that shall secure their parity of exchnngo ability with each other; nnd instructing the finance committee to report, at the earliest day practicable, a bill or bills repealing the purchasing clauses of tho Sherman act, previding for tho use of both gold and silver as tho standard money of the country and fir the coinage of both gold and silver without discriminating against either mctnl; and repealing the prohibitory tax on State banks. Mr. Gordon asked that the resolution lio on the table for the present, nnd gave notice that he would hcronfter address the Seuatu upon it. . Casualty at Clkmson.?The Greenville News of the 11th says,?Regarding rumors which reached hero last evening of an ncci- , dent nt Clemson college President Craighead, with his usual good sense, sent particulars last night as follows : Calhoun, S C., Aug. 11.?The barrack bridge gave way today while some fifty boys were on it. Tho following boys aro not seriously hurt : J. T. Bradley, J. T. .lowers, W. J. Reynolds, J. C. Raskin, P. J. l'euriuau, A. P. Caldwell, C D. Whitman, F. B. Koiin, F. W. Lawsou, J. E. Brogden, W. 1*. Wright, O. Chappells, J. F. Barnes, J. K. Uluier, L. L. Harbin, J. V. Mnner, M. B. Jennings, P. R. Earlo, J. A. Doutheler, R. J. Woodsides, J. W. Scully, F. L. Bryant, II. I'. lUlSBOll, J. W. Pitts, Mt J. A. McDavid, W. 11. Long, II. A. Powers, J. D.Johnsoo, O. W. Donnelly, M. A. Witt, A J. Lowcry, W. K. Henderson, L. I,. Todd, H. L. Todd, J. F. Duke9, S. F. Dantzler, L. 15. Dunn. Tlic following are more or less seriously hurt: W. S. Yoe, internal injuries. A. P. Norris, right leg slightly bruised. W. L McDov.'cd, wrist out of pla6e, leg bruised slightly, head also bruised. W. J. Strawu, chin cut, teeth shattered, C. P?. Mahaffey, fractured thigh. J. W. Lancaster, fracture and dislocation of ankle and scalp wound. M. A. Ilolstcin, internal injuries. S. T. Carter, injury to knee and hack. E. S. l'egues, dislocated wrist. E. 15. Craiuiikad. The dormitory or btrrack is bnilt on tlio side of a lull to ilie west of the main collcgo building: in order to get a level for ihe founda'ion the hill wis cut away. The basement, in which is the dining hall, etc., is on the west side, about twenty feet below Ihe hill top. whi'c the other end of the husoracnt is not beneath the level of Ihe hill. The hi 1 Sv put AW(|(I , i ... a .. c ?... .... iui i.inn^ ui nvoiny nve leoi from the basement walls, in or<lcr lo allow plenty of lijjJit to enter the windows. This huge trench is bridged over, the bridge entering the second story of the dormitory. Aficr supper and at leisure moments iho boys are fond of collecting on this bridge, which is tool and air' . The bridge appeared to be strong but g;?ve away hist oiglit wlii?6 a crowd w is collected upon it, with the rc? suits stated above.?/?V</i*l r. Itiniu.r.i* Witii lit i.lkts.?Wnycros*, Ua., Aug. 10. Jack Chambers, colored, was taken from olliccrt ypencc an.', Clayton last night and lynched between this place and Wnrcsboro. Chamber's body was riddled with bullets He confessed to having taken part in outraging Mrs. George Warren, t'iQ , wife of a promgieiit farmer at liohoknn, (>a , list year Chambers is the third nogri who lias been lynched for that c imo, two others having biaai stint down in the house at the time the outrage was coiutnit'cJ.