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f/ CONSIDER THE CASE. Tho Union Timm, referring lo the suggestion that Gen. Hampton org*n>zt in this State a division of the National League of Democratic Clubs to assist the Democratic party in preserving its integrity and promoting its purposes makes the following objection* : "We sincerely hope be will have nothing to do with tiiat move. The State Democratic Executive Committee, as now organized, is anything but kindly disposed toward Governor Hampton, with Senator Irby, an vowed and bitter opponent of Hampton, et its brad, and it must be plain to any one i with a shadow of political foresight that any action taken by Hampton to torm Democratic clubs will he hailed wth delight by the Irby or Populist fac'ioo. It would be i branded as an effort to form a party outside the organized Democratic party in the State, i an encroachment upon the prerogative of the executive committee, and surely give them the best weapon to prevent any move- ! mont that would be likely to heal the < breaches, restoie harmony and insure united < nc iou in the ranks of the true Democracy. IV- k ???.. ....... r ? ?. or. u iiu niuuii ur cimnging our ofinion that tlie constitution of the Democratic parly should be so amended that no office-holder, or candidate for any office, Federal, S'ate, county or municipal, shaU be a member of ilie State Democratic Executive Commit'ec." Tl.is n>ay l<c accepted #s a type of the arguments which will he ottered by somo of our Democratic contemporaries against such action as is proposed and which Gen. Hampton now expresses his willingness to undertake ; and we may as well anticipate the reply wc would make to them It ts easy to see that our Union contrinpotnry?wlio.su sturdy Democracy has beeu so often proved as to he beyond the challenge of a doubt?has not yet relinquished 1 I ho hope of a reconcilement of tho differences existing between the white peoplo of South Carolina. It is disposed to drift along, as at present, in the faith that somehow mid at sometime tlicrc may cotnc peace and concord, amalgamation of all iutcrests. a softening <f all asperities and a reunion of ttic elements that a few years ago made the Democratic party of South Cuolinn an organization compact and harm n'.ous in its representation of the white voters of the State. It is a pleasant dream, hut it cannot he realized, wefeir, for many years; and it can never ho rrn iinl hv li-iiim- nlViioj I lie course they >?re liking now. There does not exist in any Mate of the Union ti more radical division in d etrinc and policy than now exists among our people. 1>. 11. Tillman brought it about. as he expressed it. to "take tlii- green scuta oil'' our peaceful polities There is an "irrepressible contl ft." and it will never ha ended save by the complete defeat of one side or the othor. The question of the day is. wheu shall the decisive hit tie be fought ? There is no difference in political purpose between the element in South Curolini rcptesented by Tillman and Irby and the element in Kansas represented by Pcfler and Siinisoii. After the speeches of Tillman in St. Louis and Irby in Washington there wiT hardly be serious que ti n of that assertion. Then, why should they, iu the "tic State, be regarded as Dcuiociats when iu the oilier tlicy are avowed IVptilis s V It is true that in South Carolina, aU.no of nil the Slates i f the Union, th s element controls the mnehinery created lor the ad- j vuuccmcnt of the Democratic party, mid is thus cnab'ed to use :ipai? si the Democracy the very enginery of its own power, lint that does not continue that organization as Democratic any more than the seizure of the Union Timks office and its operation by agents of Populism would mean the contiuuancu of our contemporary as a Democratic paper. The Timks admits that the Irby faction is the "l'opulist faction.' This being so, Populists control that which lias inherited the name of the Democratic State Executive Committee of South Carolina, ami there is jio P?lycra tic organization, controlled by Dcmociafs, to repiv.uut ...? it pariv in South Carolina. Is it not time tlint we were securing such ni organization, some head and center of Democratic thought and power and action? \? hat matters it that Irby and liis assistants in betraying the Democratic paa'y into the hands of its enemies should call it, ns our contemporary suggests, "an effort to form a party outside of the organized Democratic party of the State?'' Of course they will say this. It is an essential part of their policy to claim that they control the Democratic part y. Hut ; what honest man will b Ttcve in the potency j of nst leu name? And how can they re- i present the Democratic party when they are ! misrepresenting itThe truth i- the Dent- j ocrais of the Stale tie unrepresented today by any central o-ganiz itioti, and the only litcstion is whether they will create one or supinely suliiui' to their own betrayal. The l.'-agiu of Democratic flub*, which Gen. Hampton declare-' h < willingness 10 organize, is neither a strange in r a revolu tionnry agency, li is in active operation in nearly a'l of tlie North-rn and scvetal of the .Southern States. It is an accredit!d a ixiliary to the National Democratic con mittee. A protu-t by Democrats, against the organization id' such a league in any other State would he laughed at. "If you 0 Democrats, it is your duty to hand yourselves together for the support of your p my |i'-!tieiples," is what every one should say. s De nocracy in South Carolina sunk s> w that it cannot exercise its rights les: 1'opnlists and deserters object ? Is this to e a State where Dctnocrncy is bo'lt hound and gagged For years we have believed that this meat must come, that this issue must he met. There are two policies of which we ' jt ivc the cho ce. We can d > nothing, and iA-t all settihlancc of Democracy he b'otled tto'ii our political creed?or we out make a U*t fight to preserve the party fa tit as well as iinine, and winning ? as we can win? | ] lira to our brethren in other States and say, 1 We have proved our Deii.oivnr-y ; we have ! done our duty."?The State. j 1 Oli? Notahiks I'iri.k Commissions Cvi.i.rt> ' ts.?Governor Tillman has issued a proclamation calljtig in the cotnnrssions of all notaries public issued prior to 18SH. In lie proclamation he says tlint much i responsibility is attached to the office find that the office requires men ef intelligence k for its proper a lmiiii*lration. 'I ho tenure ( of the office is at ilie pleasure of the Gov- I cruor uiuler the present law, nn<l thero nre j uiauy, ho says, still performing the func itioiis of thcofl'ce who liave iost their commissions. Complaints have lieen roaile, he I gays, of unfitness ami mnl administration. He then declares that every commission i issued prior to the 1st. of January, IHN'J, ; shall expire on January 1st. lM'.tl. Applicants for the offices can then tile their applications. He says 'hat tho-m applications must he endorsed l?y members of the bur, county officers, members <>f the Legislature or at least twenty well known cit zeus. Oevernor Til'man says lie iulen Is to ask the Legis aturc to iiinke a limit of live years to tlie appoint meals. One object in the proc'nmation is to gut rid of a iminber of negroes who are ho (ling commissions issued tliern during radio >1 times. It is hinted by political cnernits of Gov ernor 11 iiniin inm lit* MClicn C i< cue for ' , revenue only. lively con.niijotion c cin I 'J. tfay that llieie nrc ??,000 ii'lnrifM public in 1 ihe Slnte, (lie income woiml be Coii?i<icr;iblo 1 v *'1 loUl you I i go to I lie ilevil with Hint ' hi!'." cxelniiiM'I ijienngiy editor. ' An I I wen'," Hui.l I lie col collector, "bul I lie devil jstii.l you wcie owing him, loo." 1 EPie JUccMy Union ^imcs. u. R. M. STOKER. - - Editor & VT rridayi November 10, 18921. SUBSCRlPTiOA', $1 60 PER A A'A' I'M ?' POST OFFICE DI&ECTOBY. 0< The P. 0. will be opened for business from 8 A. M. to 0.00 P. M. ' The Motiey Order Department will be A opened for business from A. M. to 1 P. M. ni Mnil going Last will close promptly at w 12.40 I'. M.; going West 1 P. M. is The tuail will be taken from tlie street bos Si e tch day at 1*2.40 P. M. bi Any iuattentiou or irregularities should w re reported promptly to the P. M. d< R. W. HARRIS. P. M. fa ^ = * : W Sew Advertisements. to Citation ?J. M. Gee. Sold Bracelet Lost.?Helen Greer. " Notice to Trespassers.?Vouug & Hunter. l j A "Run" on Winter Goods.?A. 11. Foster 01 & Co. e? - - - - 61 Cotton Market Low grades OJ (u> 7. ai Middling cotton 7^ (u\ 71. iu Good middling 7.06 it; Sales for the week, 260 talcs. m Cotton Seed. 1GX cents per bushel. tli IN GREAT NEED. I atu really wanting money to continue nty business, and call on all who owo mo for subscription, advcttising or job work to come forward promptly and pay their indebtedness. 11. M. STORKS. The Treasurer's office will be open tli from Monday Hi o'clock to Saturday 11! si o'clock until December 1st. tl Don't fool yourself, but remember for two weeks only Cabinet l'hotos' at $2.50 per d sen at SQUIRE'S Gallery, Union. SUsff" Wo arc beginning to feci the ap- I fa pronch of Winter, and our wood pile is get- to t ing alarmingly low, and we request those tl who promised to bring us wood for sub- la scription to do so at once. hi XS&f" J- Minis Sullivan, who murdered ,| Herman G. Gilreath, in Greenville last June, l( was tried at the late term of Anderson (| ouriand found guilty. Judge Wallace refused an application for a new trial and a. "J sentenced Sullivan to be hanged December 22d next. si II5*3?" The fdlowiug gentlemen callcl on tl us list Monday and paid their annual con- P tr.hutions to the Timks exohequor: \V. Jones, bi Ashury; J. S. I'lidmorc, Grindall; S. G. P I'ri Imore, Star Farm: J. E. Jellcries. Gatf- ol ney, and on Wednesday, Miss K. E. Gault. hi Relluti, sent in her help. h ? tl In conversation with some of the r( leading merchants of this town, we found ali agreeing that their cash sales are bet'er w than at lite same season fur sou.c years back, (1| ivItile collections of past due debts arc much c< worse. Money is still very scarce, as all lakcu over the counters has to be forwarded to meet stipulated obligations of the mcr- j chants, and but little is left to circulate ^ among the peop'c, consequently those of us who have no daiiy salei hut weekly payments to make have a haul time to meet cur- w rent expenses. tr " c II VUlv^' 01 s ccn,s t<IIA- y Jg-ri?" I-ast Monday was wet and unpleasant nnd unusually dull for a November j, salesdny. Hut few strangers, comparative- ftl ly, were in town, and but little business of c| any kind was done. What sales of real j, cs'atc were made ruled very low in prices, ), The best transaction was the renting of the ,, tieo. McAhee 'and, escheated to tlie .State. \\ We learn it is a roinarkab'y rch body of ^ land on i'acolet river, containing tioO acres. a. It was l id oil' by Mr. James Munro fir a, 5j?:?S0 rent for next year. A gentleman who it well acquainted with the land lei's us that while the rout may he considered j, pretty steep there's money in it for the jj renter, if properly mnuaged and even half ), a crop is made on it. I?id you sav Shoes? Well, von Inotr lm? it we staii'l on shoe?. A. II. FOSTKK .V CO. T A & &" There's trouble brewing among the faithful few in the "Dark Corner" section of Greenville, growing out of an attempt to . enforce the provisions of the dispensary . law. At the last elect ion that section went n almost solid for Tillman, but they are now btrby stirred up against the Governor's pet law, utnl it will require one or more visits of the onr-'/nllii.s Governor among the wool (| hols of that part of Greenville county to , convince them that the dispensary law is . just and right, and to remind litem that, as ^ their Governor, he can do no wrpng. It jj will be hard to convince those mountain ,j. boys that any restriction upon their privi- . lege to buy and drink the "mountain dew" ^ jf their mouDtniu homes is not an unwarpi rutted and arbitrary infringement upon ^ llieir natural and legal rights as cit /.ens of ji( i ftee c ijniry. Can wc live at thes^ prices, ?2.">0 per p< lo/.-n for Cabinet l'holos' V No, but for two rj ;ve> ks we will make you a present of our work, you pay for material. At SGUIHK'S Ait Gallery, Union. w' H. A. Joues, ouo of Gairncy's most j0 mterj rising and successful merchants .calle I fa m us last Mon lay, dropped his annual sti- st lend into the Timks Missionary lux, and ^avc the Kditor cheerful greetings. Mr. Jones says Gnfliiey is booming, with iopos still brighter for (lie near future. Me Yi lays cash business is busk, with co'lcctions j?itc salisfact >ry under (he circumstances t\ ['hi-re are iiu vacant stores or dwellings in |C lathicy, hut applications arc received almost ?) I uly from i artics at a distance to root stores |,i md dwellings. wf There is no disputing the fact that Gaffney \ lily is one of the inost flourishing towns in so lie Piedmont belt, and is hound to keep {rowing. 1 here's no pulling and hnubng sc 'every which way" aiwmg the people of jj, Ualliiey when a project f.u' the general good (? if the town is proposed: but all stand droitllcr to shoulder, aid when pulling lime s0 Mines eaeli one ' spreads himself" to sec jj, vho can do the harJest pulling for Gaffney cc 'iiyTlie best. 'Si cent I ndeishirt on the mar M let at GRAHAM & HP.\UKS. iriT Wo give Thr State (lie full benefit of < reply lo our remarks last week upon the 1 reposition of ex-Senator Hampton to or. inizo dcinccr&tio clubs, by publishing hat it raid in full this week. The theories advanced by T\t State were ipectcd by us when wo made objection to encal Hampton's proposition, and instead ' converting us to its way of thinking we rc more firmly convinced that our position i the correct one. With the Greenville 'etrs the Union Times "would do nearly ijthiog for General Hampton and would ork its heart out to serve him because ho well wnrlhv ?f ?11 ill. ?" ! I " , v. ?... .wv IIVUVI O UU IVfYC ill 19 late can give hiro. It bus a very strong roiherly nffcclion for its contemporaries ltli whom it has fought shoulder to shoulsr in a weary, discourngtug up lull fight r what it nnd they beliove to be right, c believe the motives of Geueral iltitnpn an<l our contemporaries are right, but icir judgment in the matter is, in our lew. altogether wroug. In the proposition ir the organization of a ''national Demo- 1 atic-' patty in this State outside the preset Democratic organization we sec much ril and no good." In 1871 wc were the first in the State to 1 voca'o a straightout democratic white an s fight against a tremendous negro majory, and wedo not propose now to bo instrucntal in widening tho unfortunate breach tat has siucc been made iu that party though made by men and means wc do at and cannot endorse. Under the present organization of the euiocratic parly, it seems to us the proposion of General Hampton, if carried out, will ake the split among tho white people more tier than ever, without giving any promise tat a change for tho better will be the reilt. Wo canuot consent to go outside of to white citizens of the Stute lo secure a imocratic (?) victory. Genera! Hampton's letter draws the lines try sharply an I distinctly, dividing the smocratic party into two antagonizing ctions, exciting unpleasant feelings in each ward the other, rather than holding out ic olive branch of peace and unity to that rgc class of democrats who while honestly olding to many of the Ocala demands arc ill true democrats and as honestly believe tat tho reliefs so greatly needed can be bctr secured through the old democratic party ..... . >v/u?i! iiujr iicn puuucm organization. Wc find ourself in mighty goo i and rcicctahlo company on this question. We luivc faith in the honesty and good tnse of the pcoplo and believe that when toy "come out" of the spell of voudooism ut on ihcni by the Shell manifesto and egin to realizo the fact that the reforms rouiisc'l tlietu iu that remarkable bill T indictments have in no instaneo been r tight about: that the number of offices avc been increased instead of reduced; that ie /'!,'//( salaric* of ollicials have not been diiced, and that tuxes are higher now than hen tliey were put under that spell, tlicy ill inaugurate a new reform and kick out 'ollicc th ?so who have eo grievously dclivcd and misle 1 them. Wc, however, doubt very much if even ie di-cuss:cn of ticncral Hampton's propo. lion by the press of the State will be cither ro fit able or politic We hit it right when wc bought our Jeans 1 the summer for cash, when the mills ere forced to shut down for (lie lack of loney to operate tn. Our Jeans tales are xciptionnlly goul for the season of the ear 'lhc. low trices tell the talc. I A. ir. rooturo (. en V, (jay Heretofore wc have been congratuiting ourself upon tlie sobriety of our town ad the absence of "blin 1 t'gers," but we m do >o r.o longer. There must he a numer of tigers prowling about town, for wc ear their growling every night and sec the nstendy tread < f their victims in day time, 'here their lairs are only the initiated now, and lliey store in unsophisticated donishmcnt and childlike innocence when >ked if they know "where to pet 11 growl." Our town authorities claim tlint the disensary law takes I lie power to arrest and unisli parties fi-r selling whiskey without cense completely out of their hauds. They avc no right to search any room or other remises to furl whether the drunk comes oni dispensary or contraband whiskey, hat duty belongs to the dispensary officers. 11 that the town authorities ran do is to rrcst and punish those who disturb the eace of the community when under the ltluence of either dispensary or "blind per" whiskey. The result is, many drunks ml a number of "blind tigers." Are the jtliorities correct in the position they astute ? We have hoard of one dodge to deceive le dispensary detectives, and we don't see early how it can be caught up with. It is mplythis: A ntan collects any uumber ' dispensary whiskey flasks and bottles, e may buy them fil ed tit the d'spensary. here's no law against ltavii g these flasks t your possession, nn i it will take the sencst detective eye to prevent the dis?nscr himself or anyone cbe from filling icm as often as they wish with contraband pinr. We have no dispensary in Union, it we have heard of a man having a dis nsary tlnsk filled five times in one day, ght in th<s town. Ooy. Tillman finds the law very defective, itli lots of holes fop officers and people to POh lliroilflrli. mill hp i.fiin.iuua -1 o--? I" w,,i "*vo W,,BU ll,v gislnture meets lo have it nude like (be rmcr's lawful fence : horse high, bul rung and pig light. It is astonishing how many goods you can ly from OKAllAM & Sl'AKKS for a </?/lar. 1 ? ? OUNQ-CRAVENS. Mr. Macbeth Young, of Mcllee'a Landing, rknnsns, so well known and highly cscmed in Union, was married on the iMth i., to Miss May Kates Cravens, the accomished daughter of n While river planter, the Cravens family of Missouri and rknnsns, distinguished in both States, cinlly and politically. Through the maternal line, she in deended from the old and honorod family of itcs, from whom the city of Kutesville ken its name. We are glad to hear that Mr. Young is on II) Ltfilig If "I I ic oil H v,: I! 10 1118 lumi mill friends in Union, wiicr'c lliey will plainly receive n royal welcome . * INDIGO ItLUK I'll I NTS. Fancy Dress j Iih. Only 5 cents. A. II. FOSTER & CO. Thk Hoar Tapis.?Ghv. Frsncis, of Missouri, evinces sn appreciation of the editor's work that will bring s I tosh of honest pride to the cheeks of every honest local news paper man in tho country, to 'whom it is "solid pudding." The .Governor said the other day: "Toe edits*, in proportion to ^ his means, does more for his oounty than u ten other men ; he ought to be supported, not because you like him or his writings, or not support him becaise you dislike him ^ and diragreo with his writings, but all tj should support a loc^f because it Is a tho best investment a community cAn make; it may not be brilliantly editeM or orowded j( with thought, but financially is more benefit to the public than tho teacher or preacher. g Understand mc, I do not eay morally or v intellectually, but financially; and yet on u the iuorul question you will find most of the R local papers on the right sido. Today the editors of the home papers do more for the ^ least money than any men on earth. I ^ From our standpoint the last sentence of I c me aoove jirs --more trutn than poetry" in it. For twenty-four jmrs wc have fought hard * aud persistently for the growth and pros- ^ pcrity of both town and county of Union and hare almost nothing to show for our a labor. There are but very few editors aud a publishers of country newspapers depend- c ing solely upon the patronago of their pa- ? pers for a living who can do but little more than pay expenses, and that by tho closest j economy. Show us a man that is making money out of n country pnper and wc will show you 1 cither a close listed old bachelor, or one f with other resources, or has superior advan- ^ tagoa of location. \ poor'man with a fara- ? ily, without ether resources can just lire ^ decently, pay his debts but can't uiake money out of a country paper. But he is expected ( all the same to fight steadily for the com- j munity and give as much as any one, in I money or labor, to charity, church and all 1 public interests. We make this statement of facts in no ] spit it of complaint, but because they arc i facts, and to disabuse the minds of a very ' large number of people who think a country ( newspaper is a perfect bonanza. i Every week wc have to replenish our i Millinery stock. This enables you to always , cro# tlia # wAArlu ***>?! # "1 6?,? ...w ... ...? V fev.w^<7 ...... ....CO. o.jriva. . * < make the rRicrs low, you buy the goods ! t A. II. FOSTER & CO. i fifeay- We have not room this week for j Judge Wallace's decision on the constitutiouality of the dispensary law. Wc con- 1 sider it the ablest and most conclusive pre- . seutation of tliat law avc have yet read, and | so fully accords with the opinion we have 1 all along held on that subject that wc shall publish it next week. It is not the law itself that is so objection- | able to tlic generality of our citizens, but I die men auu uicnuj employed to enforce its details. It is natural for evvry man to , loathe a spy or sneak. It was imbedded in l nil of us at school, and wc can't rub it out. I Who does not remember the utter contempt that was felt for a boy or girl that acted as j a spy and tell-tale upon his or her school- < mates. From the schoolboy up to the highest officer in the army there is a deeply rooted dig- ( gust for any one who will resort to surrepti- 1 tious and unmnnly means to find cause for < another's punishment. That seems to be the conduct of the dispensary constables, . and hence it is but natural that they are not i respected and meet with opposition. UBA1IAM .^^VsU*<L.m^Lwiil sell you good < wr.-Tnng ojcts, good collUlf Uww. Jeans at 10 cents Cnll and sec them. Personals j Mrs. 1). C. Flynn and family left for their liouie in Augusta last Sunday. Mr. W. J. Octzcl, who held the responsible position of manager of the Norwood Hotel at Chicago during the Fair, is here visiting his relatives. William looks the very soul of good living and good feeling. Mr. Bartow Culp, who held a position on the detective force, during the World's Fair, is also here among his friends. Miss Annie Briggs has gone to Columbia to take a course in music. Mr. Starke Fortcr and family hove moved on to their plantation. Mr. Harry Cohen lias moved into Mrs, Starke Porter's residence. There was a delightful progressive euchre party Inst Saturday evening at Mrs. James Munro's, in honor of Miss Charlotte Grim Daii, 01 vnarimoD"' Mr. Henry McNcnce 1ms moved inlo the residence lately occupied by Mr. Harry Cohen. Miss Mamie Bailey lias taken charge of a school near Joucsville. Mrs. McBrayer and Mrs. Brice, of Shelby, N. C., are visiting their relative, Mrs. Jos. D. Arthur. Take notice, for two week's only at StjUIRB'S Ait Osllery. Union, the price of Cabinet I'hoios' will be reduced one dollar, making them $2.60 per dozen. Remember we resume former prices after two weeks. To My Baptist Brethren. Union, S. C.. NOV. GTII, 18113. To the Ministers and Executive Committee of the Union Association : You will please meet here in the Bapt:st Church on Wednesday, the 15th, at 12 M., of the present month, to nominate suitable persons to represent us in the Board of Trustees of the Baptist High School for young men and boys, at Yorkvillc, S. C. Wo will, I am informed, be entitled to representation by giving the enterprise our cooperation and good will, in the way of tuiiiuioij Willi JUUI1UIIS nuu |IHII'Uling(!. no responsibility will be demanded of our . churches. Come, brethren, wheiher yon itve one of (he Board or pnsiors, or not. . ltev. W. J. Langdon will be here to present ( the mnitor. J. N. Booth, Chairman Executive Committee. It's a little early yet, but we have a splen- '' did lot of Breech Loading Double Barrel .. tluns, from $8.00 up. A. If. FOSTER & CO. , A Kansas editor announces sarcastically , ll.nl tin u'unla K..., ? ?. ~t M ? " ...... ... ?. W.?B U. uvur, i? pair . of shoes and n hut, and is reidy to receive the lowest bids for same. Ho says that's the way the merchants do him when they want $2 worth of job printing. Mary Dent, oolomfj was fined $10 or 1 twenty days for disorderly conduct by the I mayor ye-terdny. C That's heavy on Mary, of Greenville, to 1 he fined $10 for disorderly conduct by the J mayor. j ??.? -1 e? ? t Latest style cloaks at the lowest price fit 1 GKAIJAM ft a'ARK8. \\ r\ Correspondence of the Times. Newt From North Faeolot. Etta Jane, Nov. C?Dr. Vf. II. Sims died 3 the '2'Jtli and was buried at Mesopotamia a the 81st of last month. Last week the North l'acolet Alliance 1 nijn paid off their guano bills, amounting '! > nearly $800. <The farmers arc gathering in their crops ? j fast as possible. The damaged corn has ' een shucked out nnd -sorted," but much 1 Hat appears sound now will rot yet. Some j re shelling it to grind for their hogs. A little cotton is still in thp field, but it c. t all open. I think a large area of wheat will be 1 owed, but unless people observe the pro- ^ isions of the stock law themselves and n nforce it on ethers, it will be time, labor ^ nd seed thtown away. . A good many families in this section have \ een chilling this fall. Some have tried \ odder tea, and assert that it successfully #] ureu mem. Mr. James Garner expects to have the 0 Iowoll's ferry tint iu rendiness for the York n ounty people to citno to preaohing at Salem . in the 3rd Sabbath of ttiis month. Mr. T. 1). Uoudelock, who was gored . omctime ago by a vicious bull, is getting ilong very well, we are glad to learn. We regret very much to learn that our n loroner, J. M. Aycock, Esq., is quite unwell ^ it his home near Skull Shoals. r While we aro having a superabundance of ^ ain in this county, we learn by a private n ettcr from Noith Alabama that they arc r laving a water famine there. 8 Wo attended the Teachers' meeting at 5 Jnion last Saturday. Although the attend- 1 ince was smaller than the importance of the ' iccasion would seem to demand, yet we e sonclude that what was wanting in quantity B was made up in qualiijr, and the work ' .vent on. c The main subject discussed was Fractious 1 ?reduction and addition. Several metnjers took a hand in the discussion, and some ^ ;ood suggestions were thrown out as to the c jest methods of tenching this important ^ isrt of arithmetic. The following officers ^ vcre elcccd for the ensuing year: 8. M. Rice, Jr., President ; L. W. Dick. 1st Vice * ["resident ; J. II. lntnan, 2nd Yico Prcsi- ' lent; W. W. llrcce, 3rd Vico President; v Vliss Minnie C. Gist, Secretary and Trcas- ' tier. One of the most interesting features " >f the Association is the music, both vocal ' ind instrumental, in which most of the nembcrs take a part. Last Saturday the V Music was condticted by Miss Sallie Munro, 11 alio is one of the best performers and teach- I srs in the county. The next meeting of the 1 Association will he on the 1st Saturday in c Mr. John Kstos had a hlg corn shucking ' ast Saturday night. lie had about 20 or 1 ? "> hands at the earn pile, hut a good tunny 0 norc at the supper table. . A "blind tigei-' win in this neighborhood 0 ast Satuaday. We saw some parties on its ' roil nnd some others who had seen hint and ^ was pretty bad'y used up. 1 Mr. Jim Procter says the best possum ' muting grounds he kuows of is on the c DeLoach place. A few years ago ho caught 1 four in one night the smallest weighed 10 11 pounds and the large-t 13.1 pounds when it s tvas cleaned nnd ready for the bake. In speaking of our friend A. F. Ken Jrick's barrel of Glenn Spring water we 1 failed to state that the Dispensary otlicers 1 ?ot after it and inspected it before lie got f lome. ' We understand that Mr. T. M. Littlejohn ' nteuds to cucluse a large body of his Gilky's n Jreek land with a wire fence and go to cat- l le raising. This is almost the only way 1 hat much of the lauds along the creeks and rivers can be made to pay expenses. Thick- f :ty and Gilky's creek bottoms of late years tiave been failures, so far as farmiug is con- n jerned. c W'c met L>r. Jerome Miller the oilier day, t who was enquiring about some of Ids cancer j patients, lie says that lie is the only cancer ipecialiet in the Stale. As Gov. Tillman swings his decapi'ating 1 ise around aud cuts ofT the oflicial heads jf the notaries public on and after the 1st 1 \r lAnuarv next, it might be ndvUt.hio for he bachelors of North I'acolet to take time jy the forelock, list tqc ministers and trial * usticcs combine and raise the matrimonial ^ fees. Vox. - . 1 Correspondence of the Timcs. 1 All Sorts of News from Jonesville. Jonksvu.i.k, Nov. 0.?We bad considerate rain Inst night, and today it looks as hough it would clear oil'cold. The weather nsl week was fine for all kinds of business c sud of course we may expect some bad t aeather to come our wny some time. Farmers, as a rule, nva well up with their ] vork. M<~sl of the crops have been gathered , n. Potatoes are about the only full crop in j his vicinity, llul little small grain has ^ >con eowed yet. The store house and lot in Jonesville iwncd by Wood & Co., was sold last Tucs- [ lay at public auction, for a division among c he owners. The lot contained ono acre. 0 vitli the store house, occupied by Mr. C. It. | ;,ong, under the Masonic Hall. It brought 0 5901. Mrs. W. T. Li'tlejohn was the pur- 0 .baser. Mr. Long will remaiu there and j iuiUI a fine dwelling upon it soon. That ( ooks like Charles intends to take in a partler, whicii lio badly needs. ^ The Connty Treasurer wound up his r ound here last Tuesday. Mr. K. W. Jeter c vas assisting him. They were Dot crowded c nucli at this place. Mr. Anderson W. Charles, who lives a ., ew miles from Jonesville has been danger- v >usly ill for several days and not expected * o recover. t Miss Mildred Perkins, our assistant cachcr, has been seriously ill with whooping lough and Pneumonia, but she is some beter today. Mrs. J. C. Farrar. of Pinckney, S diss Perkins' aunt, is at her bedside. 1 Mrs llev. It. F. Wilson, of Spartanburg, 1' ind Miss Minnie Gee, now at Converse Col- " egc, came down last Saturday to see Miss (? 'erkins. They returned the same day. ' Miss Elizabeth Scott, a maiden lady about u lixty years of age, died at her home at Mrs. I t xv i-..# ? ' ' - ... o ... D. nvv-n, IIU11I Cliuccr, irOIU g vliicli she had sutlered intensely for ilie last * wclvc months. c Miss Mamie Hailcy, of Union, came up to s onesville the oilier day and went over to c dr. 0. T. Itcckocll's, where *he is going to t( each school. p Mrs. I. 0. McKissick and little son, of > Jnion, parsed through Jonesvillc one day fi ast week on their way to Capt. Itcnj. Ken- ? ledy's. si Not mnny of our people will visit the State P 'air this year. d Mr. II. It. White has n tine Fillic that he " las sent down, lie talks of putting her on e he turf. h ltev. D. Tiller filled his pulpit here yes- P erday. r Mr. Harrison, who lives near Jonesvillc, b ins the fever, though he is daing well. d Mr. Calvin Crocker is coins to mnv? <a c 'exns this winter. ' 11. N. Harris and II. 0. Smith were in "I oncsvillc yesterday. g Tennesiee Drovers say they can't put hogs c lown at Jonesville for less than 7 to 71 cts. p low is that for high'.' ti Tklkpuonk. -a Million Fhiknus.?a friond in need is o , friend indeed, and not le's than one mil- si ou people have found just such a friend in si )r. King's New Discovery for Con?umption, It loughs and Colds. If you have never used h his great cough medicine, one trial wi 1 ? Olivines you that it has wonderful curative i" rowers in nil diseases < f Throat, Chest and tl ,ungs. Much bottle is guaranteed to do all ft hat is claimed or money will he refunded, si Trial bottles at U. F. Posey's Drug Store, d rftrje bottles oUc. and $1.00 o Correspondence of the Timks A Trip Through the County. ^ Sastlo, Not. G.?Having but n short interkl this week, I will not take the time to trjl u > "argufy," as totne other backwoodeuiMt, c] tight say, with you on the free coiojgv of ri ilrer, and its help to us, as that is noW oriC ' w f the question, 1 will let that arguo (, >r itself. Now no will see what is goiug n ) to done. ^ Our trip took in the North l'acolot see- j, ion whore I hn<l never been before. The n reeks, the gullies in discarded roads, the Cl cep ru's, the fock piles, net work of large a outs, stumps nnd logs, some of them in * laces called roads, that we went through | 0 Iiu uiti, 13 Ukvujju M' uurvieu US tu IUCKJC 1' (most anything, or mako us say bn<l words. t| in I ho 23d, after a hard rain, we broko u own in two bad creeks, and it was not an c nviablo position, to be sitting in a buggy in lie middle of a creek, the horso broken out, p lie water going through the buggy, our feet R n the dashboard, and our laps full of books 0 nd baggage. p Before crossing Pacolct river, we took in ( 'inckuey, nud at lvelton 1 felt quite at home. j, am very much "smitten" with North R 'acolet. 1 had the pleasure of meeting a n lumber of old acquaintances, and fraternity ^ sen. One of whom, especially, was a v rothcr of the quill, Vox, whose hospitality b re had the pleasure of enjoying ono night. Ve found him full of life and pleasant, but c ggrcssive? When Hearing Etta Jane, 1 n emarked what a good opening the country t round tiiat 1*. O. olfered for raising 'pos- (1 ums, coons, wild cats, frog:', terrapins, tad- j :o!es, tlucks, Indians, etc,, etc., and hint- i ng that 1 would report tho fact, he threat- 1 nod to put his fighting man on me, so 1 r oust be mum. But ho did brag loudly of a t ery large 'possum a negro had recently t aught, and, (did I understand you, brother, a o say it weighed llStbs, net?) s When nt lirnyiotivillc wc went up ou Oil- I lie's mountain, but unfortunately it was a t loudy day. ami our vision was obstructed, s >ut wo could see Gaffuey Ci'y and Blacks* r itirg, and Whitaker mountain. r Alter crossing to this eido of Paeolet we vas tlie recipients of the kind hospitality of e 'elephone, of Joucavillc, who with Ins csti- j liable wife, showed us all the kindness possi- s do. But wo never wanted for kindness J nywhere. Invitations to dine or ppeud f ho nights were numerous. I only name ( licsc two because they arc brother corresloudems. There is some very fine lands ( ip there, also some very poor. Some of the b daces at which we stopped did not seem to s ic centers, which leads me to suggest that i acli township select a general center for c lie collector to stop at. Wilkiusville and il )raytonvillc arc pretty places. At every s dace we stopped we found the citizens v bliging courteous and hospitable. f My business "knocked" ine completely out r f going to ilie S. Convention at Mt. r iibanon. but ou the 5th Sunday I went to i tear the Missionary sermon of tho Union t neeting of the middle section of Broad liver Association, at Abingdon Creek c liurch, which was preached by ltev. J. D. t Jailey, and it was ou ngreeable surprise to o ncct him there, as our acquaintance dates v evcral years back. n 1 struck up with a litt'c bit of news near dt. Tabor. Some little negroes were uiakug a littic honest pocket change by picking ^ ip white oak acorns for a gentlemen who ' ed theni to his hogs. The pi ice paid was 0 cents per busnel. lie first gave 20 cents, * ?ut the liitlcfellows soon glutted the market, ^ ind the price tumbled to 10 cents. I don't bink at that price bacon can be raisod at hrco cc its pir pound. [Permit us to tell our esteemed young riend that, having tried it, wc know that corns at 10 cents a bushel is cheaper than lorn at 50 coots, and they arc better to stait logs to fattening than corn at any price.? SniToii] Mr. Perry Butler, we are g'ad to know, s still improving. Mr. Parham llami ton, an aged gentlenan. is very sick at Mr. L. B. Jeter's. Miss Belle Lyles has roUu-iiA<l t* Barnvetl to toHcii, where she has been teaching wo or three years. They are so p'eased ( villi her they won't give her up. Mr. Charles IV. Austell ha* omnA U- ( until to Iuke n course of lectures in the At- 1 aula Medical College. IS \Y. J. ( '"*"7""T . i ror the Timks. n Greenville and Union United. > Mn. ISniToii.?It is my pleasant duty to 1 shroniclc a happy event that occurred at 1 lie residence of W. S. Gregory, Esq., Oct. 1 Kith, when his accomplished daughter, diss Eva, and \V. E. Rlnssingnmc, of Green- 1 illc, were united in matrimony liy Rev. la. A \ lioyd. Never have two young persons uen launched on tho uncertain sea of * uatrimony under more favorable auspices. ' V beautiful October morning, clothed with i udian summer's enchanting drapery, seem- r d to be nature's special ottering for this c ccasion. The happy couple with the fol- v owing attendants, Miss Minn:e M. Gregory, if Cross Keys.vwith i)r. J. O.)'Rosamond, ' if Greenville, Mi-s Kate M. Rishop, of louesville, with Mr. J. *T. Riassingnme, of Jrecuville, Miss Lillian K. ration, of Cross Vnclior, with Mr. Marion R. Leach, of c trcenvillo, and Miss Mattie Scott, of Wood- n uff, witli Or. W. R. Ration, of Cross An- 9 hor, presented a scene that seemed borrow- i d from the magic mysteries of fairy land. \ Friend Rlassiugame, accept our greeting i ,nd our c ngrntulutions, and may you and \ our fair partner be ever wafted as gently fl vith skies as bright and seas as smooth as ? hose thai loose your moorings. R. R. W. ? .?, i Tax on Inhkiuta.scks.?Hon. Renfon 1 ilcMillan, democratic congressman from p 'enncssee, in an article discussing the out- 1 ook for tat ill' reform legis'ation in a recent ' inmber of the North American Review, sug 1 ;ests that a falling ott' in revenues resulting c rotn a lowering of inport duties may be I1 ta le gno 1 by the imposition of a graduated 1 ix on inheritances. Mr. McMillan's sug- 11 est ion is timely and there are many reasons n thy its adoption would be of benefit to the 1' till 11 f r V \V1iaii ft '!!* ?1 1 - ^ v.. vitiavu M?cr? (tllU 1CHVQ9 ulhcient property only to maiutaia and edu- v nte a dependent family there is good reason 1' i leave it unmolested to be devoted to those '' urpnses, but the laws which permit great 1 tasses of wealth to descend indefinitely 0 rotn parent to child are not founded in any H aiurai right. (Children arc entitled to the c unic care, comfori ond training that their " arenti enjo) cd, but beyond those they ore " uc nothing. If upon the death of a man ( rorlh ten or twenty thousand dollars, his slate were taxed, say one per cent, and inoritanecs of greater value at a ttdl higher ii roporti -n il rate, a large fund would be t< ml.zed which would greatly lighten other n urdena ot luxation and no one would be r epiived of a copper to which he had a pe* o utiar or individual right. The huge for- p ines possessed by a few persons and con- c lituliug a powerful monied class are a dan- e er to our country and laws ought to be a nnctcd which will at least have the effect of ? revealing their increase.?Lauren* Adeer- fi ser, ii ... II I)Mr.itviN<j I * ii a i * k .?We desire to say to * nr citizens that f >r years we liavo been a Blling Dr. King's New Discovery for Conimpiion, Dr King's New I.ife Pills, Buck n's Arnioa Halve and K ectrio itinera, and ave never hnmilcd remedies that sell as S ell, or that have given such universal sat t faction. Wo do not hesitate to guarantee C lem every time, and wo stand ready to re- si ind the purchn-e price, if satisfactory re- o nits do tu t follow their use. These remc- g ies have won their great popularity purely ? u their merits. tl. F. Posey Druggist. 11 * mmm???^ ACHY Of DSAD AND DYINGIIIdrxA, No*. 5.?dispatches from Sintnder Imi rooming confirm the report of ist ^giA that the vessel which was blown p itfts 4? t'aho Mnclr.caco. 8he was dis- / liargitig f .000 loan of iron and many bar- J ids of pitrolcu? feud flour, and several !ne casks, l'ho capta<n had dcolared only nrenty cases of dynamite; otherwise he rould not have been allowed to dock. The re started at 8 o'clock on Friday afternoon l the coal bunkers. The customs officers ud police hastened to to remove the twenty^^^H uses of dynairiite, which soon were lan^d^^^^f t a safe distance from the vessel. rorked for an hour and a half. At f that timo the fire reached the petro^m^^^H Til U-11UC T? nci 1C1 VI H TT IU l ?|IIU9IUUS, 0> lie flumes went from barrel to barrel, uo>il hey reached the contraband dynamite. Then unie the explosion of the dynamite. All on board tlic Cabo Machicacoand many crsons along the dock were blown to toms. Tho quay, with its enormous crowd f epcstntors rose slowly in the eir. The eople wo-c scattered in every direction into lie sea and upon the land. Firebrands fell n showers over sou and lnnd for a radius of mile and a half. The Cabo Machicaco's tichor was hurled 800 yards and fell on tho mlcotiy cf a house, which it completely rreckcd; it then sank deep in the pavement iclow. Tho shock was felt in every part of the ity. Houses rocked to their foundations, ml more than otic hundred were set on fire >y falling firebrands. The survivors ashore led, shriekiog, leaving the promenade adoining the quay strewn with dead and dyng and mangled remnants of human bodies. Vhcrcvor the terrified fugitives turned they net only frightful destruction. In the aflertoon many injured persons or, insane from error or pain, were found crouching in . dley-wftvs nnd outhouses, far from the cmcs of tho fire. Hantander today >een like a city of thoxlead and dying. he shops have temaitted close I. Tli^^ t reels have been deserted, except by a few nourncrs still looking for their dea l in the uins. An official dispatch says that the bodies >f lt>"> persons killed by the dynamite cxdision, have been recovered. The search is till in progress. Many persons are missing, it present 10'J persons are under treatment or injuries received. The damage to >roperty amounts to several million francs. j Fernandez Sanz, captain of tho steamship 1 ,'abo Machicaco, which was blown up at Inntauber on Friday, says that the cxploiou sent the steamer's engine fifty yards nto the nir. Sixty-five houses were wreckid frotn roof to cellar by the shock. Tho livers have been busy siuce yesterday noon, carching the harbor's bottom near tho quay vhere the explosion occurred. They have ouud pdes of mangled bodies among the uins of the sunken vessel. In one pile tho emuants of fifteen bodies were found ; 11 another the severed limbs and trunks of wenty-five more. The work of collecting the bodies proecds slowly, Captain Sanz says, because he bodies under the water can be extricated mly with the greatest difficulty from the rreckngo in which they have been wedged i nd half buried. ' 1 IN ?i at SataNlOBAOBIs.?Strictly speaking M eigniorage is the charge made by any na- ^ ioual government for coining bullion on irivate account. It usually takes the form f a ccrtniu percentage, fixed by law and leductcd from the metal brought to (lie aint. In other words, when an Individual brings o n government mint a quantify of oue f the precious metals to be oomed on his irivate account, he will receive a w<ight of . icins equal to the weight of pure metal ireught, less the percentage deduoted as lompensaiion to the governmeutfor its serties and incidental ex>icuscs of coinage, and >hi8 llie weight of the alloy. Al the present lime the United State* government makes no charge for coining scold, md does not receive silver, copper or nickel or coinage on private account. Therofore, ho term seignorage is not strictly apulioa)!e to any transaction lhat takes plnl?~flP' connection with Federal mints. ^ , However, as used in current discussions >f the silver question, the term is taken to neau the nominal profit made by the'goviruraent on its purchases of silver and the coinage of the same. To illustrateThe iresetit market price of silver is almost extctly 70 cents an ounce, while its ''coinage ralue" is precisely an ounce, so that ? in every ounce of silver bought and coined here is an apparent profit of 09 cents. For catons thai have been more than once carcnlly explained, this profit is rather appa ent than real, seeing that lite "coinage ralue" is rather technical than actual. When it is proposed to coin the aeigniomge liver now in the Treasury the meaning of he proposition is that nil the silver bullion >urchascd under ti>* net of July, 1890 comuotily culled tho Sherman nc', not already coined and over and above the amount thit vould be needed to furnish standard silver lolkrs to nntch each dollar represented by Treasury notes issued under the law, shall >a c lined into standard dollars. Tiib Cotton Skxii Crop.?A statistical estimate recent'y publishc i makes the inn mil value of the product from . cotton eed about $30,000,000. The New Orleans 'icayttne c ills attention to the rapid advance u the value of cotton seed since the marketng of the prescul cotton crop commence I. Vhen the season nneneil ii?/i - ? r muumiq <>kui lotton seed was worth $11 per short t?n, 1 ml since that time the price lias advanced j tcivlity, until it is now $10 per ton. This ^ uiprovetnent represents a substantial gf>io V 0 the Southern planter and also indicate) itlicr an unusually heavy demand for cotmi seed or an uncommonly short prospccive Mipply. When it is remembered that 1 is but a comparatively short time since otton seed had no market value at a'l, the irescnt price of $10 per ton proves what a j rcmendous advance has been made towards / itil zing ull the products of tho cotton plant J nd what a considerable portion of his / refits tho cotton producer formerly lost. I 'In this connection," says the lhcnyunc, *'it / rould he well remembered that the price of J icking the crop has been very much re* J need this yeor, and this saving ad letLlo lie enhanced price of seed, has greatly reused the profits of the produoers, some uthorities claiming that from these two auscs, full 2 cents per pound has been dded to the price of colton compared with lie price ruling during the big crop year wo seas >ns ?go." Inciuusi.no tiik Silvkr Coinaob.?tynsh[tgion, Nov. 7.?The Treasury Lienartmwnf j-day ordered (he superintendents of the j lints at Sun Francisco and New Orchitis to '$r esuinc the coinage suspended some time ago, f standard silver dollar*. It ia for ihe pur- i" oge of utilizing the seignor-ige that the oinaje of standard silver dollars is risuro- 'M d. The expectation i? that about one and # ho f million cm be coined at once, which rill give the Treasury a seigaornge of about U vc hnndred thousand do'lnr.s. It ia the i ' itention of Ihe Treasury Department, as liMf lie other mints become clear of gold coin- lJF_ ge, to have thoin also cdn tilvor, upd thus ISr icrease the coinage three and a half to four jm id a In If million dol'ars per month. J# IUicki.k.n's Anwica Hntvi.?The bes, ^ alve in tbe world for Cuts, Utilises, Sorest " " Users, Sa't Itlieum, Fever Sore?, Tetter, happed llaH'ls, Chiltdaiua, Corns, and all kin eruptions, and positively cures Piles, r no pay required. It is guaranteed to ive perfect saiisfaction, or m >ney refund* d. Price 2b cents per box. For sale br I. F. I'viey. ;,'l