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MSBP* The Editor or "ThrSaosaoi" Pudlishm a Modbst and Neat Card.?A Texas journalist who had been recuperating oo a stock ranch for a couple of }ears. suddenly assumed control of a country weekly, and in the first issue after he slrn^v lbs Quarter. uecK no published a small and unpretentious card, in which he said : "The former editor of this sheet i9 prac J tieally and politically dead, but the Sausage still survives. It is just as well, ^ ' though, and a mighty sight better, as I am a boss at editin', and sliojr one of the most caustic and fiutotest ^tl'lU wast of tho Ked river. 1 ha^e n recoiHi behind me a heap bolter than that other editor which peyunk?d and drawed out of the game. At gittin' up ebitunries I'm a tassel top, and if there's any hitch in the programme I can generally furnish a fresh corpse ou abort notioe, and at the usual slight udv&nco on cost of insertion. I merely throw this out as a feeler to the opposition, which 1 hoar is massing its forces agaiust mo and niy paper, and by the freckled-faced, bowlegged, cock eyed gods of war there'll be a power of higb-pricod opera music floating S in the air if any of tbcm try to cliuib on me. If there is any corto house ring in this sweet scented locality I'll get onto it, sure as you're a foot high. If there is to be any monkeying with the freehorn, untrnmincled country delegates to the next county convention I'll be there with my face washed and bair combed back behiud my cars. 1're licked many a good man, and I've been lieked once or twiee in my variegated career, but I've always noticed that them fellers who whipped me were not the same men afterwards, and drooped along for a ? ...... ... 1. 1 finally dropped inlo ilio er??? -.v:t! a dull iliuu, having kiua of outlived their usefulness. 1 want it distinctly reuiembcved that I'm oot in from the back counties and niu't up to the cote eliket of the strawberry bloude or the pulpy dude. If 1 make any mistakes it will be more an error of the head than the heart; but for all that, 1 propose to run ajauiup, sizzling hot tufty little paper, and move nl"?g ?ii!> ?lu? be:;! kiud ot harm >ny ; but if harmony bucks and tries to do any sort of dirt on inc. harmony wi 1 have to get off the track and let tue slide right inter the confidence of the public. If this journal says anything out of the way and grieves any mottle-faced tenderfoot, , remember I'm the ntau lie wants to see about it, There ain't no biok stairs or wiud 'Ws to litis sanctum sanctoriuui. 1 m ever on the tripod, and now, with these few brief rematks. I corlialty invite everbody's co-operation and subscriptions. The tone of the paper will he pure in sentiment, oha?te in expression and typographically hong up and delicious.? Ttxu-i Siftinys. Tillman Taxulkd in tiib 'llwoixo."? Mr. liditor: After reading your editorial avtuv iivvno u(^v, ill IU illC Iltl'UU "? the so-called Ueforin Legislature. I thought 1 woull give you uiy v e ah in reference to tliv stand you liavo ixkrn. First, an a Journalist you have acted honestly and manly (when you see the people's welfare jeopardized,) In civii.g the a!?tm. T . ln??c acted otherwise you would have been traitor to the trust which the piop'o have reposed iu you. Mr. Editor, the so-called Reform inoveineut reminds uie of the sailor who hired to a farmer to work and the farmer sent him out to haul rails with a yoke of oxen and a iilly in the leal. Iu a short time the sailor came running to the house for life. The gentleman askc I?what is the matter? .Says lie, "The starboard ox has got on the larboard side and the larboard ox has g.t over on the starboard side and the tidy is tangled In the rigging and they r gouo he 1-wards." Ho with our "Deformed" movement. T'lio Conservative pai ty and the Tilluianites are hooking nt each other sud Governor Tillman is taugled in the rigging of the Wo tnurt change teams or we will never got thnr. So we will have to swap thoso oxen and the filly off and break in a new set if we expect to get thar. Our Legislators have acted like a young man who went with his brother a courting nnd acied very impolitely, and at they went home his brother reproved linn for it and he swore lis didn't care for ho in wr expected to gi hack there again. Hoi think it will be witn our present Legislators, or a majority of them. They never expect to go baok again.?Vandkhiiii.t. in thrf.<tnca.itrrj{rvitie. A 1\\ km Kit' s Oi?en Letter.?l>cnr oM Sentinel: While I have always been what is known as a 'i'lllinanite, 1 have taken your paper nit.re lor its "eandor ' than for anything else. I have always be icved that you would tc'l your readers exactly what you I clicked to lie true: in fact sometimes you have been so plain tli at I Iclt a little put on' with you. Now 1 nin beginning to see that you then couhl see much farther than I could. If 1 had known ihcn what 1 know now 1 would not have been s i <>uisp<>keii as I have been among my friends. 1 am aware tbat w-> all nmst pay for our experience in life. 1 lor one liv e done ibis and so have many others with wh m I have mingled daily. We were prom s- i many things in the early siaaes of the Ref.irm party's gun, hnt how lias it a I en led? Tim taxpayers know too well to he temindcd I y wiii' N -they have empty wallets ami t'e-e tell the talc hotter. What I most fear i? tli u wo may never get bach to where we left oil. Ifwosh uhl, we w 11 part with many h.vd earne I dollar-" in the ett at, an I then, pethaps, there will bo .something new to tea I the misses oil' again. I myself ant through being lead 1 can h? driven hereafter, hut 1 am down on being ha I for all tunc to e >tiie (loon giving us the new'. We want a'l you can put in the Sentinel. Let it come right along. H.vi.r Snovkl. r UlVK III k I A N \ I: V A I.ooKISi. til.vs.?The following interesting story of how a canary was cured of hon:csickiic-s wa- tol l ly \\ (!. Kvctis: N?t I ng t-go my wife purchased a canary at a hit-1 stoic It had I ecu aecustumcd to Companions of its kind at the store, hut at our house it wa- ent rely alone. The pretty little songster Was evidently home-sick. It wmiId tint situr. u would not but jii^l drooped and fronted to be fining nwny. We talked ! > it, mil tried by every menus in our | nwer cli'-er the biid up, but all in vaia. My wit'.- wis 011 the point of carrying the bird hack to the More when otio day a friend said : tiive him a piece of looking irlri-s." Act nir nn tliis suggestion, she lied a |ik'cc of a broken mirror about the si/.c a man's hand < it the oulsido if the cage The little le i-w* limped down from his \ erch ?11 ><>-1 immediately, a* d gong uj> el >se, looked in, seeming delighte I. lie rhirpe I all I li ! j -< 1 about, singing nil the pretty airs he was master ol. He never was home-irk after that, lie spends iihm i f Irs time hefore the glass, nti I wh n lie goes to s cep at night he will ctt Idle down as e'n?e to ill* glass as he tun, (linking. very 1 ke>y, that lie is gelling near to the pretty hit<l lie sees ho often.'' UUCKI.kn's Akxiia Saiai..?The best Salve in the worM for Cuts, llruises. Sotv-, I'lecis. Sa t Uheitin, Fever Sure-, Teller, Chapped llnii'ls, Chilt.lains. Corns, ami all skin eruptions, nut j?>-iiively ciin J'i'i*. or no pay required. It is guaruiiced to give perfect satisfaction, or in itiey refutiil. cJ. I'ricc 25 cenls per box. For sale by 11. F. l'osey. ? A CilMDIiKIUI't; V t 11.II AN I'*!:,!,. -.->111 Franci eo, Feb. 111. I?cn. James M. AT n. a vu'eian of ti e Mexican war an ex ( onJelerHle brigadier, is dying in ihis city. IRc JfieeSfjj Muiou billies. R. M. STOKES. - Frtitcr Friday, March ?, 1894. SUBSCRIPTION, $1 60 PER ANN if II P08T OFFICE DIRECTORY. The P. 0. will be opened for busiucs: from'8 A. M. to U.OO P. M. The Money Order Depnrtmcnt will b( opened for business from U A. M. to 1 P. M Mail going East will close promptly a 10.29 A. M.; going West 6.40 P. M. The mail will be taken from the street boj each day 80 minutes before the trains or rive. Any inattention or irregularities shouk re reported promptly to the P. M. R. W. HARRIS. P. M. New Advertisement!. New York Racket. Notice of lbs -oiutiou?W. L. &J.J. Little john. Jfea)"* There are 01 dispensaries tslab lislied uow and we are told the yowl work i: only just begun. We ure requested to state that lh< Pension Board of Union County will meet at Union next Monday, March o. April 1st will close our work at Union. We live up to what we advertise. l>o nol delay your work until too late. SQl'lRU, the Artist. ? tVa.t" llev. T. M. Bailey. I). I)., corresponding Secretary of the State Board ol Missions, will be in Union next Sunday, and that being the anniversary of Rev. J. N. Booth's tirst sermon, as pastor of the Union Baptist Church, Br. Bailey will preach un anniversary sertuun in that Church, at 11 o'clock. A. M. fits*)" Ux-Congressiuaii J din S. Richardi?n ?fi.,r .. i .......? .1 die I at his h .uio. near Sumter, last Seturday night, ago 1 00 years. He was a very generous aud popular man and lia I fillc 1 many important public positions with honor and abi ity. He was Mrs. D'Arcy 1*. Duucan s father. - - . m committee of live Abbevillians? J. It. HI ike, It. It. Hemphill, J. It. Morrnh, 1. H. Mct'ilU and .1. II. Ilra-llcy?have is sued a call f r a ina?s meeting to be held at Abbeville C. H. next Mondtv. March o, inviting nil candidates f>r the uflicj of Governor of South t'aro'int to be present and address the people on national and Sta'c issues. Ckt?" Again we are called on to chronicle a death in l>r. J. F. Norman's family. Only three weeks ago the I?r's. home whs made sad by the death of his beloved wife, and to day we tell of the deatli of his youngest daughter. Pauline, wife of Mr. Jntiu-s Smith, which ocntrrod Inst Saturday, tilth. The immediate cause ot her death was blood poison. She leaves an infant a week old. exposition of the anti-reform provisions ol tho so-called reform t'oiury Government law passed by the Inst reform legislature under the whip and spur of reform bosses. It must be remembered that the provisions ot the new government applies to t'nion I'iMinf v a a tvnl : oj II.. * ?*?* ..J ..v. .... ..... . J ;'f" Most of the letets tlii- week from oitv correspondent* in ilie county arc almost entirely tilled with kind words for us individually, upon the supposition that we had sold Tin: Timks and probably retired from jiiuruiii-ui. We feel very grateful for such expressions of person il e-teeiu and apt rccini ion of our 1M years of labor for the iutility of I'nion, and would fe*?1 a pride in publishing them, hut as the sale has u*>t been consummattcd, and rco .gui/ng the force of the old a I age, there's many a slip between the cup and the lip," we hive laid them e irefoliv away as value I tcs'iI menials of kindnc-s and respect from ladies I and gentle men whose friendship and rcI sped is worth havitnr and elieri'h tig. ? . fi-W" l li? worst storm of wind, snow and sleet that It-is visited this section in ninny years commenced 1h~t Saturday uft>-rno>n .ni l e '111(11110 I up to early Monday hi imiug. Nearly a I the limn the win.I Mow a perfect pie I'm hi the N rt lie i.-t. an I earrie I -now and s'eot ivi h ii into every erevieo a'ol crack that a I raft of wind could penetrate, lint lew fio-s in I niui were close enough to keep out the snow on iii.it day, a in I as it melted an I percolated through the cei io'_'s and d wn the walls, thellojrs beneath were strewed with every kind of vc.-s-l to catch the dripping water. Housekeepers were kept hn-y all day Sunday walch'ng the ceilings, moving and hunting fr vo^s Is to | catch the water, an I piling on the wood an I 0"Hl. Tiiu thermometer fell t ? " degree* | nboTv y.e?o. It was an awful dav. I To Our Subscribeis i Ne.\' week I eitig <' inl week n large number of | ei-soti* f.'"in ?lie rniuitry will, n > doubt. b>? iii tow i in I i will lie -1fur ii* t > -ay that I" >iir-ftJ*Clis of ili-m owe us f . subscrii ii hi, ringing IVdi.i one lo live jo es. The two past yriu'x bare been pci-uli ?rly liare! ii;> iii the farmer* of I"i>i->ri county. fuel we have trie I to gvl along n*- l>e>>t we e iM williont pii-hing them. We hi e nnw nclm'ly in ncel . >!' what is ilue lis a-.il hope th >"o indebted wli i .itteinl ("null wil'l eoine prepaied lo make liiti pigments or in part. As many statements have gone out lluougli ihe pl'tn* of the Stale thai we have -old the r.vinx Tim is, we will say i.i mir f: i> n Is at. J pair mis that up lo this il.We the Tint..* iias not ellaiiitc"I iiwnorrth!) . N ? ; m lis a>e pending for ilio pureliaso of the paper, which may be consummate t next Mon?lay, saUs Jiv-. iin>l tin! Timi:s then change hands itii'l mime. !ii thjit case all iml? >*rv111 e*. ? id hi, fur ss11?-cri| ti<>11, tinier Mnr terms of llic [ i. iii.fi'l will lit'loiig I) rhose who iv'oCeeil if, i* ii i e r whatever nam * they may di <'-e lo |-ii L*li ~ Ii I Ii o j riper. an ! shoti'dl I >c inn I i i ilirin. I'.n:, unii'i :!.c transfer is hi a <1 v i he ti> l>t s '1 nu the Ti.mi:h oMice of every dcsciipt < ii. he t U-, an 1 we n til the money. Yes. The People ere Thinking. f Vfl K?#ry day loings out additional evidencfl that there is a sober, serious t liinking 41 , j questioning sroin? in the "vndi 01 moax wlin four years ago were wild with excitdj mcnt over ccrlaiu men who charged t)JI officials of the State government with cor f ' ruption, extravagance and oppression of th tvo?king olnsses, and promised them speed and practical rcformt, in all departments s ami a happy issue out of all their difficul ties, if they were eleetcd to office. Yes. the people are thinking, nn l a^tio t themselves whether, after four year#^f m called reform rule, it is not lime that the 1 were receiving some substantial evidences < the reforms promised. I They are honestly thinking whether pay itig S.I.000 a year, al ovc the lowest respom ible bidder for the public printing, to suppoi a j arty organ, is n good reform measure or downright squandering or stealing of th< people's money They are seriously thinking whether thl Dispensary law is a reform measure, from fl sound moral standpoint, or a law to give till i Governor the power to appoint hundreds tfi his personal politieal friends all over thl ui uispeuscrs, spies nnu oourun cv > control, l? whoop liim up to a higher ?nl niot'O lucrative oflice, giving eacli successive Governor nber liiiu the same power uud adjOl vantage ;vu their opponents iu political con tests ? They nrc thinking whether the new eoubl ty law, engineered through the legislature l>y the Governor's favorite candidate to euts reel hilll, is not more of a political move ttfl . give the Governor more power over the peel] pi a by the appointment <f one f?v<jritj] in each township in the Stato 10 repre sent his political interest, than to give th so much needed economic reforms in th' county government? The appointment o ten men by I lie Governor to the election o" one by the people, looks very much tha way to us. They are 'hoiking and asking why thei. taxes have n? t been reduced after four year of their reform leaders' rule? Why the salaries of public officers have not beet reduced, as promised? Why the number o offices and office holders havcheeu increased instead of reduced, as promised. They aro thinking and asking if they an not being bmib o/.lcd by the reduction o half a mill on the State tax while the to: valuation of their property, real and per sonal, h si increased that their taxes an increased instead of reduce ! They are thinking whether the whole Ue|| form Movement. from the Shell Manifesto an i ali the legislation since, was not planner! for ami has prove 1 to be more effectual inl elevating cert till ill lividuals to high offices I than to elevating the elocutional, moral and social con lition of the people, advancing their material prosperity, protecting tin honor and promoting ilie peace and trail piilitv of ilie Sin'e They are nsking what have the leaders o the Reform Movement given us in return foa the >h tiling, t'no howling down of theirl opponents and the I ig majorities we gavtij them in lhbO und 1 >'.'"2 ? iug the thoughts of the honest sensible Re> f rmers of this County, and there is a growing belief that :eforms in the Reform ranks ant a radical change in the reform lenders is | imperatively demanded, if we expect to experience any true reforms in either State ci County government. They do not propose to desert ihe Reform party, f r, like a'l sensible people, thcyj know that reforms in many ways are nbyo j lntelv i.i ee.-sarv. I ill there is aslmnir fblel I ?<elIin?5 in ngain*t tin; prominent lenders wild have eviol? nilv been planning ami working for their on 11 personal niul political advanceincut, forget fill of or caring l>nt liit'c for the welfare of the people or the solemn promises the}1 mu le to secure election. Ami beentfu of this sober. serious thinking in the Reform ranks, I here ig pln!uly much uneasiniss among tiie oflicials who hitherto considered their positions ns leaders of the Reform party inipregnable, ami t..ey are looking throwjh the! Icnee to count the number* before risking!! I a jump eit her way. I I Death of Rev. J M. Boyd. J Iii (lie absence of any direct in'orinat'onl concerning the mi Mm :in l .sal death of litis truly goo 1 ;iu<l faithful servant of (lod, we take the f" 1 ?\\i11jr aceuunt of it font a telc? graphic rep >rt to '/'/> Starr: Spartanhu.:, ! '? I?. I'll. lies. .1 Marion J Ih.yd, presiding Id Jer of tliis Ii>triot and a ! prominent member of the romth Carolina ! t' tnfereneo. died yesterday evening at 0 o'clock hi tin- res lienor of Mrs 1'.st?r, near llielt llil'. He went down Sutittday to lio'd a quarterly conference. Imim lav he had no mm vice. but rcatuinc I at tlie stor homo. In the afti rnooti he t I I the young men lit it lie fell that he ought to go home, an I it I hey would lend him a radd'e he would go horseback. They went out to saddle the horse, toil the weather was ?n very cohl and J \vitialv tlint li ecial i ii' I t : .':n 111 a. I night. \I'ht siniii'.r 1.v t!u* fir,* n -liot t time the I'i sier- want < ;.t to :??t? ?? I l<> lliojr 1'coling. Meantime Mr. 1 ?? > I went o.il Iu ilie lol n!>'?11 ion minute*. :rrl >>n lit-' roi in n seemed very olisily. Mo -nt -town in n rooking Ii fire ilio liro, mil while miking ho Ir.iniifl hi- lio.i 1 hack ami cca?od to j In, itl.o 11 o !oa\o a w iJo, I III dam.;', Icr* i ml two ! -"ii- lioro. Some of lii-* < ! I,r cliiKlron urc i inni rio I. ilo will Up union u is-cl. ?" >?* lie was n fuiIIit'uI, good in in. ami wn :t cheerful I cln i?li:ni. Hi-1 <1 on t Ii i- :i groat > -* to Ii is j I ami \ in I I Iio t oi: forcuco. | Court Ni-xt Week. The Maroli term of Court will Uc called 1 in ni Moi.day ni uniiignt in ? .. Judge ; Krno*t tiary In nro.<ide for llio lir-t ii tie ai l C m l in I Ii n oo :i ly. | He iii iy I i' imtiiiiI'O'I I i -ay tli.ii .lud^e t| j Ciiry c )iiii'.'' !o i ni'.Mt with 111 ; r< - i ?* of i ingli re peti l'.niii a!i \viii? li.ivt- li.i 1 bii-iitess wiiii hi in | rrton.ili\ mil in liie o i;iN o*cr 1 i winch in' Ii.im j ! i i? i, n> mi Able. -1net! I iiiij'iirii :1 mi<l eoiirti mis .Iml^v : fite fr ni any bin ?mc :? pure ilc-ire in I < an I to ilo , riglif. 1 V 1 iii.n. i.mim Si.owi.i ? l.ynchbur*. j \ :i., i eb. I. lien. I. ii!y *. rally jn strength | "ii i li lay w i i.f *li it iKumi mi, lit- was ii i 'I nil - ni-. ii y ii Wfli i > 11 v. lie is very leelile an-1 a * ?ih' ;:tli <- -l"w \ , I>111 sure'y |, (v.i,g aw,i : I y CT 1 "*?; 7^??~ . i . IW.l.Oi the JUght Trsok. N?l having poo in fur the whole of our ?a teemed friend E. W. J's communication thi on, we e^treot *ion? it the following we] tImed compliant of t-great griereoee that eel) for immediate correction by the dcmccrati postoffice official?. We think E. W. J' complaint cannot bo too strongly endorse by the rank and fi'e of tke demooraiio part; in this Congressional D 1st riot, at least, an' the attention of the representatives froi this E'uie galled to it. We hoar tbet a aoi of the notorious June Mobley has held th 'position of mail agent on the QroennUe an1 Columbia road for at least 12 years, wbil the applications of hundreds of worthy am capable white democrats, in actual ueed c the position, have been entirely ignored: Permit me, Mr. Editor, to speak of i grievous wrong tbat the demooratio party i connuitiiutr nirninst manv of its heat ad lie vents. Wc thought to see many reforms when th Democrats got into power. Wo thought th< Democrats who clectod the ltaders wouk have the preference of the offices, on tin principle that "to the victors belong tin spoils." Rut it is noticoable that Republi cans, and many black Republicans, are still holding public offices. Those officials whe never cast a vote, nor ever expect to vot for u white Democrat, are filliog the rosponsi ble and lucrative p sitions of Railway Mai Clerk;, placed thero by a Republican Ad ministration and aro retained bv * ''"mo o,.tiu Administration wnile there are si many worthy wliixa Democrats who havt worked faithfully for the party, and having -passed successfully the necessary examiua dions are well qualified nnd really in need o the position, but tlie preference is given t< [these black republicans, as if they were tin .most deserving. They hold these fat posi lions at $800 per annum, while many of tbi wliito Democrats scarcely make over $150 i ||yonr. by the hardest work. In Republicat liters white men had to give way for blacl {Republicans, and now in Democratic times, i stems that white Democrats must slant nsidc for their opponents who alwnyi worked against them, politically, if uol .otherwise, and will do so again. If this con tinucs where is the profit, or honor, in t white man working for his party. 1 do nol believe in too much partisanship, in a cer Main sense of the word, nod like to see all re ppoctcd, so far ns respect is legitimate ant jdeserving, but in the color line, I stand foJ It line of strict demnrkation iu the distribu flion of public offices, and^ay without feai or trembling, that in giviug those Republi ,/tan negroes the preference in those lucrn Kive positions, is placing tlio inferior rac< bovc the superior. . E. W..T. LTiib State Claims tiie Rlood Money.?Iu J tig 3HIIC 01 IU3I IIIHUI/ WO U'JU 1110 IWl" lowing: ' Columbia f >? l?n<* firaf an J probably iici last money from the profits of the dispen nary yesterday, when Treasurer Campbel aimed over ?1,800 to the city authorities as he profPs prior to the 1st of January. The Jotnl amount should have been ?l,GoO, bu ?330 was reserved for the pay of constables, Why this money should have been withheld when it has not been shown that any blind ligcrs exist in tbe city, has not been ex plained. Florence Pi nishf.:), Also. 'Mayor and Aldermen, Florence, S. C. "Gentlemen: From information received u regard to the action of your police in noi tiding the constables ti seize liquor in youi :ity last week, it is very evident that nc flionest effort is being mu te by the city Miuthorities to enforce the dispensary law wio arrests have been made, although here was plenty of warrant for it. There f 1 P"y 1 of ronlr.nl y.otific^ von fliat FlorWde will riot fccclve any' more o Ihe proceeds from the dispensary until w< lecomc satisfied that you inten 1 to liave the law obeyed ami lend the necessary assistance lo that end." j Yours respectfully, B. 11. Tillman, Governor and Chairman of Board." Tim threat of such actiou is hanging ovei Charleston, Darlington, Newberry and othei places, like the sworu of Damocles. For the Times. A "Tackle Partie'' The crowning event of the season's festiv |ties was a "tackie partie," given by th< fj'oung men of the town. At eight o'clock 5*'rid ay evening the rustic beaux and belle< ' fcf the neighborhood began to gather in Mrs Whiteside's parlor amid shouts of applaust jioin those already gathered. There wert a variety of characters represented. "Ifil Nye" and tho "North Ca'lina belle" fur Dished continued merriment for the evening, After supper, Capt Culp made one of hit charming speeches, in which he praised the beauty sf 'he bo'W.nnd exhorted the bache* lors to change their "mode of living." Miss llessic Koberson favored the guests With a touching poem and Dr. Lnwsou rendered a humoivus selection. Doth were njoyed very much. The whole evening presented a scene of continued laughter nnd kfcal merriment F. ... Honor Roil of Union Graded Sohool. \ 'lliusc pupils ai(.lining an averugc for the Biontb. both on scholarship ami conduct, ol from '.to to UK) per cent, arc entitled to s |> nee on this roll. 1st grade: ? Boyd Morris, Maud Scott, IJettio Fnnt, Gertrude Israel. : 2nd grade: ? Frank l'arliatn, Maud Voilello. dd grade: I.eltio Bailey, Harry Grimball, Trcubolin Grim' all, Stopher Hawkins, Bera ice Meng, George I'crrm. dtli grade:? t.'harlie Goforth, Mattie Gra[bam, Tlioinas Hawkins. Blanche Humphries, [Clyde Menllammio Meng, Richard Mm[gan. Hamilton Monro, Carlisc I'errin, Maykqen Smith. | otii grade:?Theodcre Tinslcy. t. (1th grade:?Gertrude Gee, Mildred Scott, , James Hawkins. Ttb grade:?Nell Grimhall, Sallic (Vilkins, B -ssie Voting. Glenn Smith. | Sth grade: ? Neelie Sartor. 1'y an overs gbt, tlic name of Trenholm Griinhnll was oinilfr.d fnnii tli?? list ?f :11*.I jjgmde pupils entitled to a place on this roll He-t month. We read t? good deal in the | apers those ti.scs from re law n editors and ccrrcspondt nts about the pin-poses of ihc reform on vcmenl, un<l that the movement must bo O'rried to ante?**. Now we would like in al honesty and sincerity to have somo one te I ui in plain and simple language ? lnn' gunge that we cm understand?-just what the purpose of ihe movement is, granting of curse, that it has a purpose One of H- purposes was to put out the old ting. Xt in h - teen accomplished and another ring has been established bigger than its mi cdeces'or. Was that its mission ? If so, Wbercin have the people been benefitted'.' H >w about lower taxes mid a lopping oil l,ol useless ollic?s that was promised ? lias tliat been den:? Let us have smie -peciBrit ions What is the purp so? Whorcio have we been nai'l f r all the lot!mi h?.* n, I strife of tin* post fjur years ? Is it not |ino to consider *01110 of these tilings KB I for llio people to gel together and si p ? much foolishness ? Wn imve !;a ! 'he dj?iciisary in operation long en "gh f?r nil of ;? to be soher by this tune. We earnest)/ mi inccrely desire penes nn<) harmony mi l runt o see tin; people turn their attonii 11 0 their material, intellectual, sac n! 111 I ? ml iiivaiii't'iiieiii nu>l leydoj motr. ft /ry Il rul'i u/i'l Vtt:< k. .f . ) OeTrespeMjgnso ?t?th? 1fcun% Bad Weather-Siath or?y*.fr. M.BofH ^p^rziz.*- v*~ -7.?1? mil II the Bureau ^en fll told ua^ko look ost for bad vrealheipuiwe look# and safe it, find felt it too lyA SaAordtyr mod Jmindigr. Tho Aercury watSom to 10* /bore iSW.tne s snow fell to the depth of 8 or 9 inches, and J the wind blew for over forty-eight hours at the rale of 80 miles an hour. All this comr bined in one spell el this season of the year A was rather more than we expected, but it n has ootne and gone, exoept the snow which u still beautifies the e*rth. ? ?H Is *fch ladncsSJildosA.tltat we Ayr ef the sudden doiihoPilev. J NT Boyi,' P. I. d of the Spartauhuig liyli icU lie died uoar e Rich Hill 8'unday evening while in iho j faithful dUcba-ge of bis ministerial duties. f it* nai a goo I oiau and died at bis pout. 1 understand that tlio West Bros., at the Meed gold mine noar Wet Springs, are deft ing a good business in gold dust. Their ouls put is about six pounds of the precious dust i- every week, which at 76 cents an ounce would be a right nice little gross income, e and to allow ono-half for expenses would i still beat making cotton at present prices. (We think our correspondent is off liis ? reckoning badly, both in pounds and ounces . of gold dust.) I Mr. Oliver White who lives near Jones> ville has been seriously ill for the lust week a and oot expected to recover. lie was w ?rk ing on his farm and lifting at a heavy log 1 when he suddenly turned sick and the following night coiuuieuccd to have convulsions - and he iiugorn i? that wouuition yet. 0 Mr. J. 11. Foster returned froiu Georgia e last week, and his father Rev. W. S. Foster, ; came with him. The snow storui has put the free schools f into Winter ipiarters for a few days. > The churches of our Town were not a opened for services Inst Sunday on account - of the bad weather. a I don't know whether to call this my ? Omega comma motion or not. I hear, hut 1 not officially, that the Union Timks has been c bought by tho Uuiou Seutinol syndicntc. jir.iiivriiviiri. l ^ County Alliance Tribute. IION. JOHN K. J EFFERIK3. Union, Fkb 17th. 1804. At the regular meeiing of Union County Farmers Alliance on Fob. 17tli 1804, I). 1*. Duncan, J W. Gregory ami J. C. Otts were selected as a commi tee to draft resolutions on the death of Brother Jylin It. Jeffcries, and reported the following, which was unanimously adopted : Resolved, That in the death of the Hon. John It. Jcfleries the Alliance of Union county and of the State have lost from their ranks a member who ever devoted his best efforts to the advancement of the organization he loved so well and to which he gave so much of his time. R*"*lvcd, Thai rtv rcooguized and commend the unselfish and gonerous devotion I of our brother for the good of the order , that he served so well for ihc two years that he held the position of Stale Lecturer, alt ways displaying the spirit which on honor prefering one another. Resolved, That we extend our heartfelt [ sympathies to the dovotod wife and loved . ones who arc left t? mourn around the family hearthstone. This blow we do not understand, but we how in submission to tlio Judge of nil the earih. who ever docth right. Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions t be sent to the fimi y of the deceased and a copy be furnished the Uniod Times and ( Cotton I'lernt for publication. r D. P. Duncan, 1 J. \V. UnKOonr, vCom. i J. C. Otts, j i Date or Fastek.?The dato of Faster f is determined bv the cuclssift-uiml i<?l?n.nr i of the Catholic church. Il is a very cotnpli! cated and elaborate atFair invented by Lilius, ! a Neapolitan as roncmer and sage, under Pope Gregory XIII, at the close of the sixteenth c?ntury. It would be preposterous to tax the brains of modern readers with the abratruse calculations by which the date of p Easter is determined, but a few general rules might be given for their enlightenment. The regulations of the cmncil of Nice are four: First. Easter mu?t be celebrated on a Sunday: second, this Sunday must follow the fourteenth of the paschal moon: third, this the paschal moon is tit it moon whose four toenth day falls on or next following the day of the vernal equin x; fourth, the equinox t is fixed invariably in the calendar on the t 21st day of March. This calendar moon, it should We retnetn1 bcred, is not the moon of the lioavcns, nor yet tho moon of the astronomers, hut it is an imI aginary moon created for ecclesiastical con venience. From these conditions it follows that Easter Sutulady cannot happen earlier i than the 22d of .March or later than the 2oth 1 of April. ? Editor E. II. Anil, of the Newberry Her 1 aid and News, is in the city. Editor Anil is the champion of Editor U?ntt for Governor, and it is presumed there was a caucus in > this city last night. Perhaps plans were laid for a division of the s-oils after the victory. Who knows.?Sjairtanbury Ilrrald. WllV. CCllainiV! whv lint? I>i?l rnn ovni> hear to'l of a successful campaign of Reform - being run, since the.ol<! ring was smashed, f without holding caucuses ? The leaders t nowadays fix up everything and parcel out the good fat offices', anil then go to the peo, pie and talk nhout the old ring and the Columfi a club, anil we are electod. The people are ruling. The Herald and Xt'tcx is to be St.vc printer and special orgau, and i Reform is to flourish and gtow like a green bay tree and spread its branches to the uttermost parts of the State. The organ that waits n"w and does i.ot properly lay its plans is lost. See ? ? Xt'cbtrry Herald and Xeir.i. ? Tillman, Tmieub, Dri.mmbrs, * !) -n !" ?Governor Tillman attended a meeting of the trifle's at Clemsoo Col'ege lift week. On li s way hack to Columbia Friday morning he was interviewed at the depot by a leading Tillmanite of the city. I ti speaking of the dispensary the Governor said Ander nun wuum 1101 leueive anouier <1 1 cent of the jTofi's ; (hot the city w in full of , blind tigers," and that the city authorities were mak'ng no effort to suppress them : that these ollicials even patronized the i blind t gcrs ' and that he c uM prove it , on them. The Governor a'so said that the drummer* kept hi in ported how tlrngs woic j going on in ih;s city, ns well a* in other places lie stated that some of the best | drummers on the road wcro employed ns , score! spies, an I made their report* regu- | lavly to him. The Til tnini?e made the ( above statement in the presence of a num- j ber (,f our citizens, nn l ?e presume will j stick to them when the Governor i< sum i looiied to Anderson to prove bis assertions | ?Am/trton Jnlelhy ncrr. , l I iib Sin.tun in Lam xsrBK ArroiNTF-n? < Washington, ! . t'., Feb. "J.?The Presi < dent t< day sent to the Seiia'c the mmina- | lion of John P. Hunter to be United Slate* j ?. Aiai-aiiai ror mo aiai ici or Hniiii Carolina i IIintter win elected sheriff of I.anc is Ut i county as a Keforincr. ilo emphatically > drc'incd last spring in a Idler which was I publi'lied to allow hun. -'lf to lie an i iiic J'lllman sla'e candidate for Marsha! I i a us dropped hyllicT Ihiiainie Congressmen. I liedeclared himself a ca <1.1 ite on his own c merits. I II was then slat 1 thai he was endorsed i hy hotli llti'ler an l llr-iwh-y and. his ap- ji |ioinlmcrit inay he retpirdo I as a distinct < liutbr triumph. ? Columbia Jainiul. I ? v \ .t j mw MwpuHMimnm. . I BT MOM. aiuIAU 8X1111. |* 4 Froin 1890 tip to the present lime we have beard a great de?l abiut political eoonoray and about reforming the State government. We have rend with interest the many sharp hits aud sarcastic* retorts of the newspaper edi'ors and correspondents; but it seems to us, it is now high time to leek at this matter seriously. As the dominant party has control of the eutire State Government in all departments aud has hold four sessions of the Legislature, it would seem that some reform should have been accomplished by Ibw time. We have, therefore, concluded to veview some of the actions of "Heform," trusting our examination may bo of interost to some, st least, of the Ukhald's readers, Tho so called reform party has made a great many changes du the policy of the Stats. It nsw becomes the duty of every patriotic citizen to review the record, anticipate the consequences of these changes, and determine for himself whotlier the g>verament is rosily improved or not. Charleston has been placed iu the Black Distriot ss a punishment for exercisiug her right in voting for tho man of her choice to represent hor in Congress. Judges have beeu elected and imported to oircuits in wiiioh they are not citizens, because of "their party affiliations. A monopoly of the liquor traffic has boetr created for tlie purpose of revenue. The State is involved iu endless litigsti.>? are increased; about three hundred new efficers have been created, all of which are appointive instead of eleotive; penalties on petit laroeny havo been rsduced; tho Columhia Register has been subsidized, as a reward for eudorsiug ad these measures; and every State and County official, together with the members of the Legislature havo received precisely tho same pay for their services that their predeo"?eors under the fcvuior Aduituistration did for theirs. Tho people milst <1 plni'mino fnr iluimsolvau ' - ? ... .W. ...vu*?vi vo H IIVIIIGI 3UUI1 actions and conditions go to improvo tho pobcv of the State or uot, and bring in their verdict at the billot box. My object is not to criticise, endorse, or denounce any of these ihingsat this time, but to confiuo myHc f to an examination of the new County Government Bill. In doing so, 1 promise to try to divest myself of political prejudice, | and, ny examining tho system of government on its merits, anticipate the consequences of its practical operatiou in Horry County. The first section of this bill abolishes the office of County Commissioners, together with their sta'utory duties and rights, except iu special oases, and iu these cases the duties devolve upon the County Supervisor. Seo'ionl transfers the duties and responsibilities, rights and privileges of the office of County Commissioners to tho office ot County Supervisor. So tho casual reader is impressed with the i lea that the Supervisor assumes the re.snon?'H?!::i?? una is ohaigeu with tho duties of the County Commissioners. If this were the case, wo submit that it wou'd in no respect be an improvement on the present plan; because, one man is not likely to possess more brnins or patriotism than all three of the Commis-iouers, and would uot, then be a safer custodian of the peoples interests. It cannot be claimed that it is a financial improvement, because the Supervisor has a salary of Five Hundred Dollars, (In Union County be gets $i>00) which is a greater amount than the cost of the County Commissioners. S> heie we nave nnanctat extravagance instead of economy. But the Supervisor is not charged with the duties of the County Commissioners. lie is given no powers of discretion; he is merely a clerk, a servant of the County Board of Commissioners, except in one instance, in which ho is allowed a very daugerous discretion?but wo will refer to that Inter on. The County Board of Commissioners is the Sanhedrim upon whom the duties of the present County Commissioners devolve, and not only so, hut they are also the custodians of the tax department in the County. If we will bear iu mind "lie fact that the policy of the Administration is to increase the assessed value of the property of the State, we will be hotter able to com prehend t It is act in all of its hearings. The (j'ovrnor is to appoint three Commissioners in each township. These nro to be tho cuss todians of the r? ads and are also to assess the property of thoir township. They select one of their number as chairmau, who becomes a member of the County Board. There wid be 2d of these appointed Commissioners in this Couuty, 11 of whom will be membura of, and together with tho Supervisor, will Constitute the County Board of Commissioners. li is natural to suppose the Governor s appointees wiil be in sympathy With him. Now suppose your township board, appointed by the Governor, should raise your assessment above what you believe to be right. You then appeal to the Couuty Board which Consists of twelve members, eloveu of whom are appoin cd by the Governor. The Supervisor, the only member elected by tho people, has no more power than any outer meinucr of the Board. The Aduiinisiratioii has eleven represent itivos; tho people have ono. Uudor these circumstances, would you oxpect grievances to bo properly adjusted, or wonld you expect the will of the Administration to prevail ? Nor can these things be justified on the pretence of economy, for the Board of Commissioners receive tbe same compensation that the present Equalization Board does, and, consisting of the same number of members, must result In the same expense. But perhaps this new bill is intended to smash a ring, to hrenk up an aristocratic o igarchy. If eo, we tiro of tho hutub e opinion that it must fail in i s mission. Wo cannot conceive of a stronger ring than this bill creates. The Governor appoints township asse'sor*. county Boards of Equalizition, aud, in fact, takes the whole machinery of taxation in li s own hands. Again, 1 submit, that this new syste n is oppressive to tho poor, it provides itint two dollars shall bo received in lieu of a I road duty for one year, and in case the inouey is not paid the parly failing to pay shall work six days on tho publis highways The roa I contractor is require i to all>w the County lilty cents per day for such work. So when the fe low who cannot trot the ni.mnu CP J does his six days work, ho )ms paid tlircu dollar* of the (d -uuty's debt, while Clio follow who had die money only paid two. Decs dial protect the "one-galius," "woo! hat clnl-hoppe ' or doe* it m ike him p iy one dollar for the protection of capital? We object I'll it li or to judicial powers being given to ministerial olhcers. The County Hoard of Commissioners in authorize 1 to punish for contempt by a tiuo ? f ten dollars >r iinpris >nnieiit for one day. 1 d <11 t think the presiiit Hoards of Kqitaliz ilioti are jlodied with or ever nee I any such power, lint that is a sma'l matter compared wdh tinjudicial power g v. n the Supervisor, to which 1 have already promised to roier. L'tider this now system any one conviciel if a misdemeanor is required t be sentenced o wot k on the rords in the chain gang. In :ase he bouomes iintoanageb!o, or unfit f-r luty: the supervisor may send hint to the lenitentnry. The Supervisor is Judge and lury, an I from his decision there is no a, mil lie is thus clothed with more jit tidal power than the circuit court. For initauci'. sh ii d a man be convicted and tonI'llCed by the Circuit t'nnrt I'nr ? ! - ' nc^nor, liiait'ourt has not the pnwc.* af<eryiu-ii* io it.c ease the .scntenco hy 8 'ruling inn t > I he penile uti.it y as though lie h.vl hcen sinvicle 1 of u I'cloiy. In faot no Court lias tower after u lias pronounced sentence, to lie: ease I lie same. Anil yet this one man is ;i?en the right to send a person, einvictcd it' a mi"leiin ai.or, to the penitenti iry, thin rucivtvly imjo^iu^ the punishment of a felon upon ooe by the Oo?r* ,nr ?i*d?3*i^ & v tin till la Inconsistent nod, ia oar judgment unconstitutional, In thatseetion 47 allow* the,County Beard of CommiMionera to ignere th* law so.far as publio roads aad work thersoQ is concerned. thus delegating legislative powers to the Board, You will observe such powers are not granted in regard lo the assessment of property. The hill practically says : You snail bow to the will of the Administration in the ereation of new officers and in the assessment aad taza lion of property; but so far as your roads, bridges and ferries are oouoerued, ybey are '.MlbTn^to tho ddotf nitration; thay may be ignored if you so please. We fail toiled any improvement -la the now systom orer the old : but do see muoli hat is objeotionablo in the new that does not exist in the old. If the bill is drawju on lines of eoonoiuj we fail to see it. If etrouger safeguards are thrown around the rights cf the peoplo we would be very thankful to that one who will point them out to ue. In 1890, when tbe Government wee denounced assn Oligarchy, an Aristocracy and a system of riogs; when low taxes was demanded; and tho* abolition cf unnecessary officers, the reduction of salaries, an economical government run in the interest of the masses and the farmer in particular were inuoh vexed subjects, we must confess there was a plausible sound of reasons in the cry of "reform," but tho results of the objectinnahln of iKa ni?auj?? v? <uv vqvuv auuiiuioklll" tiou allow such uiter disregard for v'gM uuu true rc^.oii mat ilio echo of the battle cry of 'BO aud '92 rises to rebuke self-demonstrated selfishness and ambitiou.?Horry Herald. <? . Electric Bitters.?This renie ly is beeouiing so well known and so popular as to need no special mention. All who have used Electric Eiders sing the same song of praise. ?A purer medioiue doco not exist and it is guaranteed to do nil that is claimed. Electric Bitters will cure nil diseases of the Liver aud Kidneys, will remove Pimples, Boils, Salt ltlieuui and other affections caused by impure blood?Will drive Malaria from tbo system aud preveut as well as oure all Malarial fevers.?For cure of Headache, Constipation aud Indigestiou try Eectrio Bitters?Entire satisfaction guaranteed, or inouey refunded. Price oOots. aud $1.00 per bottle at B. F. Posey's Drug Store. lis Points the Way for Others.?Some say there is no nwuey in farming, others prove that there is. Among the latter U Mr. I. It. ltountree, of Duubarton. After paying bis subscription on Monday he told us ho did not owe a cent in the world. Besides, lie has two crops of cotton aud enough homemade provisions to last his family two years. Last winter ho cured enough bicou to feed thirty people. He keeps all his farming lands uuder fence, and gives his hogs iho run of tho fields trom the first of September up tu uo.y year. So luey tbrivo and cost hitu but little Cctton is a surplus crop with him.?Barnwell People. ??. It Suoui.ii Bk is Kvkhy Housr.?J. B. Wilson, '271 Clay St., Sharpsburg,^ Pa., saye ho will not be without Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption Coughs and Colds, that it cured his wife who was threatened with Pneusonia after an attaok of "La Grippe," wlieu various other remedies and several physici ?ns had done her no good. Hubert llarber, of Cooksport, Po., claims Dr. King a New Discovery has done him more good than anything he ever used for Lung Trouble. Nothing like it. Try it. Free trial bottles at 11. F. l'o-ey's Drug Store. Large bottles, oOc. and $1.00. SuiirnisKh Ilrni Fhienus.?Chester, Feb. *21.?A telegram received by Mr. I. McD. Hood yesterday from Ocala, Fla., announced that his daughter Miss Bessie, had just been married in that city to Mr. Jon* lleddick, of llrooksville, Fla. The announcement caused groit surpriso to the whole town, as ouly the family knew when she left that the marriage would take place. It is understood that her parents gave the 1* consent when Mr. lieIdick wits on a visit t> this city last fall. Guatemala Suspemus Payment.?London, Feb. 2'2.?Honor Cruz, the Guatemala minister, has announced that his government has suspended payments of its external in uuusei|iienoe or uio Uepreomuon of tlie price of silver. Mayor Harrison's Mirdekkr Must II ana. ?Chicig >, Feb. 24.?Judge Ilrentano (his morning denied (lie motion for a new trial in (lie case of Eugene I'reudergast, (lie murderer of Mayor Harrison, and sentenced the prison >r (o be banged March 23. OBITUARY. (Ml A HI.IIS.?At, her home at Trough Shoals, on ihe evening of the 30th of January, 18'J4, Mrs. Elizabeth Charles, wife of Mr. Tlios. Charles, departed this life and entered into her eternal rest. In early womanhood she joined the Methodist church, and was a faithful member up to her dea'h. She was a devoted wife nnd mother, a dutiful daughter, a tender and affectionate sister, a genial companion aud a faithful friend. Discharging in all of tlieae relations every duty dictated by her aonscienoe or prompted by Iter loving heart, she shed about her, especially in her home, a perpetual halo of blessings, and lias left to those who weep, not for lier, but for themselves, the fragrant memory of a character adorned with every virtue, and of a life full of kind and noble docds. She is not dead, If e Ins given her His beloved slorp. M. S. HKTENDAUUH.?Died, at the residence ... #? |><uvii<o( in bii in guuiliy f llll 1110 14)111 day nt' February, lS'.H, Mr. Willie D. ItetonliAiigb. in ilie i.'2d your of his age. He had been sick ten weeks with typhoid fever, but with all the kind cire of relatives and friends, the acknowledged skill and constant attention of his physician, Dr. Lawson, we could n t stay ihe hand of God's nic-scnger, death. His earnest prayers day and night during his sicknes give ns the sweet consolation that U> d for Christ's sake had pardoned his s ns, and wc ohcrish the bright ho; c of meeting him in lieu'cn T. J, Id. SCHOOL Cf.A TMB 4 LI. persons holding school claims dated p ior to November 1893, will timl il in tlicir ii tirest to bring or send them to me at my ollice at as curly a dato as possible. J. L. WALKER, S. (loin. I/, ("a. Feb. 2l-8-2l / The State of South Carolina. COUNTY OF UNION. liy J AMI'S M. OFF, KSy.. Probate Judge. lyilFUFAS. \V. 1). Wilkins has mads VV suit to me to grant hi in let'ers of Administrat on 011 the Fstste of and clfects of llatlieti. Wilkins, deceased. These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said flut.cU. Willi ns, deceasnl, tint they be and appear bef rc me in the Court < of Probate, to tie be'd nt Union C. II., South Caro'im, on the 17th dry of Ma eh, 18t?4, after public uton hereof, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to show came, if any they hire. xissiiu aniiiinisiriiiion should nut bo granto I. Given under my hand and sen! ilii-t 1st Jay of March, Anno Domini, 181U. JAMKS M. GEE, Judge I'rohii'o, Published 0:1 (lie If I day of March, in (lie W'i'.kki.y Union Timp.s. March 2-y-2t.-'