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RM^ ,r ;v :<? EX-STATE 8EKAWBJP0HA1PMN TALKS A re|)rcd?i>(aliT? of Ttu GretnvUle N<k? ?.n...kt tL. IfU II .IJ. jVVldUnjr OVUgUl tut) (lVU- IUi JLf* |/UU?H|?UU| ex-Stnte senator, ex.president oftbe alliance a proinineut candidate for the United States senatorship in 1890 and present representative of this Stats on the national democratic executive committee, as the most prominent available represent*'5~t of i'ue farmers movement or "reform" organization, or whatever it is, to interview him in regard to the present conditions in State politics, the interview with Oovernor Tillman reproduced in thte newspaper yesterday having forced the eubjeot into prominence as a topic ef interest. "As you are one of the charter members of the fanners movement," said Tht Xtk? man, "and have been in its counsels from the beginning. have you any objection to expressing your opinion of the present situaI inn 9* * To this rather general suggestion, Mr. Donaldson answered : "Individually I have no axe to grind, and perhaps had better let those who do talking, i aw a cuarter member of the movement. I went into it on principle and slaud tliore today. I have never asked for, nor held any position at the hands of the movetneut that paid me a cent, but I feet a deep interest in the ultimate success of the movement, both State and national, aud will do anything 1 can to that end, aud have no aig?ir..?-.rUiT.??t ?~r"1 ' Well, then,'' said the interviewer, "arc you in favor of an early or late convention, or no convention of the reformers ?" "I am in favor now, as 1 was m 1890, of a convention, because 1 can not see how the reform wing can differentiate from the opposition, or conservative wing, without suggesting in convention standard bearers to represent reform views bsfoic iiie general democratic primaries. 1 am in favor of tracking the line to the letter that was marked out in 1890. I know of nc material difference to ilie people, between then a< d now. It ia but natural that candidates, and aspirants, should want time t" work wires and manipulate ^olit es, but the movement was not inaugurated for candidates, but for the good of the people, and I believe a better expression of popular sentiment can be had through an early *ccmvcntion, fresh from the people, than can f^hnd in a lator cm veil' ion, after contending, self nominated candidates, have harassed aud prejudiced the people in a preliminary campaign." "Do you think there would bo danger, in case au early convent on is held of defeated candidates bolting tlio uomitiaiion and nttempting to split the farmer'* movement?" "As to what won'd happen I can't say ; but 1 do say that no true reformer would bolt, and 1 agaiu say that if there is daogir of such n thing it will not be lessened but increased iu case a late convention is held, niter candidates have worked up thvir respective followiugs." "Who lias the authority and ought to call the convention ?" "C'apt. <5. \V. Shell is the prtsideut of the farmers' movement, his successor never having been elected. lie unquestionably lias tlie sole authority, with the advice and I cjuseut of the executive committee, to call I llio convention, and lh*l convention would c'-t'C aS'.?,cr3 and give general direction to the movement." "Then you do not approve of the Coilcton suggestion "No. it seems to mo that to adopt that suggestion would only sdd new machinery nod remove the direction of affairs further from the people, whose voice alone should control." "Do you believe the dispensary and railroad laws of the .State will be tbo issues of the coming campaign ?'' ' No doubt they will come in for a large share of discussion, but in the very nature I the mWatJU.ii n-v.'.M. ..atfY.eard of when tbo movement was started ?nd tbey hito nothing to do with the underlying principles. Itcformors and conservatives are both divided on these questions. Both are matters of legislation and on a large measure experimental. My idea is that the fight will be made ou the broader grounds, not of any special legislation, but gencr-il legislation for retrenchment and r??v>rm ?? Stale and the education of our people upon , the far more impoitant reforms needed in the uational government. This is the real ( issue, and the interests of no local candidate i or local question should be Allowed to divert our people from alligniug themselves in the ranks of national reform." All of which the Greenville Xew.i respectfully submits as the expressions of a man who is supposed to reprccut a very strong .'reform sentiment. ? - Some PiiovistoNs or tiii; Income Tax.? There h said to he a strong probability thst the inc -me tax amendment to the tariff and revenue bi l will pass the Senate Its provisions t litis become of mora general pubi c interest. As it went through the lit use, the amendment provides for the levy and col lee ion of a tax of '1 per cent, on tlie excess of a'l inc iocs, profits e'c.. above $S,000. hit/.ens of the United States redding abrosd and aliens will be assessed on incomes dc in irom property ana investmeats loca- j ' fe I in the United Slnles. ('it tens of the i i I'ni e l States having business undertakings | in i veign connltie* will pay on incomes | from binds of the United States, exempted , ti >11 taxation. are not io be taxed. IVr- | ' - in estimating their incotm. snre allowed i leduct all National, Slate and local taxes ] ( j id during the year; also lasses from fire-', | , sii11>wrecks ami incurred in trade, not covers l by insurance, ami the debts ascertain! d < to hi worth less, hut excluding all estimated i depreciation* >n value within the year en > recently purchased real estate. No deduction* a'? allowed, however, for paynients f.>r iu"i hui dings or bettertnetits tnade to ' increase the valim of pr perty. Families i Coni|> .- d of oue or both parents and minor I children can make but one doJuct>ou if! j t,thhi from tin' year's income?b^ing taxa- | t>1 ? on all above that amount. Tlte i ix of 2 per cent, further applies to jil corporations on net incomes available < i i dividend4. exec) t loeal co-rperaiive < b mks ,( , I ii 11 ling societies, the dividends of i.itual life insurance c unt antes which a e returned to p licy holders, and the ' in?. r?-st al owed or paid to depositors in 3 saving'* hanks. Additions to rurplus or en1 ug. .t funds of c irp ira'i >tis made during . ! pay the tax as if the money wetc " divided lint ihe lax may he deducted ? win never the iivuiey maybe divided anirng 1 tl.e hliaiedu l leis I*itasi-public corp. ra- , lions al-o pay : 11 addition u tax ou the interc-i paid 011 Hie bonded debt. 41 I'tiree ijuart'-rs of the best known physi- t 1 in* of New Voik accor ling to the Nov s I mk !*uii, wa re born South of llio Maeon . 1 bison line, and are consequently New ' 1 ot hers only by adopt ou. This statement ? ii in . on 1 lie authority of an eminent phy* c aii hi Madison avenue, who had on ocCfim li In ? n V ?!# i <fi? t n !%? inlitfA* Tl. ^ 1 - - ..... ? Hiv U"jt VI. 1 IK l IPS ill |.lt\?i?a'An? referred to arc lliesc whose niiaitucs nrp froni J'iO.fHXI a year upward. (, They are men wii have Attained rank in the geneial | rieliuo of medicine. Many of ilicit li ive distinguished themselves by im; 01 laiii discoveries in medical science and ' nv'iy > ? b i?i . k s i x's Aunha 8ai.vk.?The bc.'t t : ilv : in the world for Cuts, llruises. Sore?, l.'ietis. >a'i lUieuin. Fever Sores, Teller. I1 ?.happed 11 an ?. I'liilldains, Corns, and all skin cioption*, on I positively cure. I'iTs, (' or no pt_v icijiiirrd. i( is guaranteed to (| giv | vi feci - tii-faeiion, or money refundel. IT .to J > cents per 1> >x. For sale bv " li F I'csey. I t ffie JDecWg "Union "^inies. Ru M. STOKER, Editor Friday, March O. 1894. SUBSCRIPTION, J1 60 PER ANNUM P08T OFFICE DIRECTORY. The 1*. 0. will be opened for business from 8 A. M. to 0.00 P. M. The Money Order Department will be opened for business from 0 A. M. to 4 I'. M. Mail going East will close promptly at 10.X9 A. M.; going West 6.40 P. M. The mail will be taken from the street box etch day 80 minutes before the trn<us arris*. Any inattention or irregularities should re reported promptly to the 1*. M. It. W. 11AKKIS. P. M. New Advertisements. Sunk statement. Murder ! Murder ! ! Murder 1 ! ! ? Hail*y & Murphy. "Money Saved is Money Made. '?A. II. Foster & Co, Stir We arc requested to state that Memorial services on the death of Iter. J. M. Boyd, Presiding Klder of this District, will or ne!fi"Ttn?)e*,fl?Tto3l3t Churoh next Sunday morning at 11 o'clock. fltqgT The "Wage Workers League," organized in the State a little more tban n year ago, has disappeared, gone out, vamoosed, busted, died, and R. N. Lowrance nf ColuuiDia. has levied on its remains for rent. That's all. Congressman Shell requests us to state that the supply of seeds in the agricultural department is exhausted, consequently he it unable to comply with the many requests for seeds which he is receiving. ?. April 1st will close our work at Union. We live up to what we advertise. Do not del?y your work until too late. SQUIRE, the Artist. JtoT Why not have a telephone at Union? We call special ai tent ion to the communication of J. E. I'ryor, of Chaster, upon the sutject of establishing telephonic communication between Union nnd the surrounding towns, settlements and industries. We hope.our citizens will take this important ? War If jou wish to sec a truly pretty and inspiring sight either go down to the Factory or look towards ii from an elevated position after dark. The electric lights are then turned ??t and twinMcs Liig'utiy through every window. It will not be long before the whir of tho spindles will be heard in the buildiDg. The whistlo of the engine is heard now morning nooa and night. ??-? Sear We ore running The Times thia week pretty much on faith, expecting every day thnt a ftw of our delinquent subscribers would call and pay up. Our faith, with hope, commenced Monday, on hearing the crier open court and seeing the streets crowded with country friends, many of whom we and they know owe us at lra-?t one year's subscription. I>ut we nrc losing both faith and hope, for we learn that many of our reform friends are hooping their mooey in their pockets to pay to our successors, if ihey should turn up. Well, gentlomen, it oostf money every day to run a paper, and we arc short of that very essent nl ingredient in the make up of every business, and un'il our successors materialize, the past due subscriptions on our books belong to lis, ind should be paid to us. ? - ewr t lie nia?s meeting at Abbcvi le la*t Monday, to bear the candidates for Governor of the State, was largely attended by the people, but only two of the numerorn candidates spoken of were there. Of cour?c iho irrepressible John Gary Evans was there, and opened the campaign bull with n characteristic speech in which he swallowed the whole Ocala platform, including all the railroads, engines, freight and passenger cars in the country, whether the owners would sell them to the government or not. Candidate Timmermati a'so spoke, lie managed to get down every plank of the Uca'a platform unt' 1 he got to the railroads and telegraph pole?, and he said lie could The let er of Mr. Timlnl was undoubtedly ilic best, because the most reasonable, stntcsman'i'te and patriotic, of n'l the speeches lelivercd or letters reml ni the meeting. We intend publishing Mr. Tindal's letter without S'untneut, Although wo do notentire'y agree ivith him We, however, believe it comes from one of tliu best men in the State, nud >ne win would cime nearer sacrificing Irs ten interest for the goo I of tho State than iny o'h*r man we know. . Sudden Death of Rev. George Tucker. Iter, George K. Tucker, an aged gentleman, n native of an I well known through>ut this county, died very suddenly last <ilurday morning wlnle sitting at the jreakfast t ible at ilie residence ?f Mr. P SiinQ at Kitntiip nrru<l K.'! re*rs. Mr. Tucker hid been in usual good health tod spirit* fur some days, and gare nn evilence of bring sick : but in a moment, vliile talking to lis friends nround the able, bis bead fell to one side and with >ne gasp be died without a struggle. Mr. Tucker was a prominent character in his coun'y and State before the war, as * lock raiser an I fanner, but the war strip ird him of his property and lie died it poor Personals Ilev. McXeely Dulloee, of Asheville, X. is visiting his old Parish, mi l his old mnshioners are delighted lo tnee' liioi. M?j. K. P. McKissick. of llittery Park Ashsvi'ie, gave us n pop call lust londar. We arc always pleased to see the louny tare of ihis popular Boniface. lie s he hist looking sign a grand Hotel could nit out, Mr. Thomas Andrews, of Charlotte. N. '., mi in town this week, representing the a in in o t h Furniture a id Musical Instru lent establishment '-f P Yi. Andrew", in Inn live city w Wht Art the AntU 1 1 We reart, in wlmt are claimed to be Heform newspaper.-, a great deal about and J against ?,lhe an (is," nud arc puzzlad to | know who they are. ltut what pussies us s still in >ro is to find that these nondescript s sheets class us with the "nntis." ??! nerwiit I eo would like to know wlierj wc are. t Antiwhnt? Auti-Tillnaanisni? Anti-Irby ism ? Anti-bossism ? auti-demagngisin? If either or all of these, we confess the "soft | impeachment?it means us." ^5ut if it menus anti-true-reform wo object to being t put in that ?!a?s Theonly anti-reformers we know in this State are those who got possession of the State government four rears ago by prornis- | ing tlio people retrenchment and reform in the government, and to purify it, but who t have utterly failed cr refused to redeem their promise. ! The State has been in a turmoil cf fxpen" sive and unprofitable litigation and bitter I factional divisions ever since Governor Till- i man and Senator Irby obtained control of the political machinery of the State, and I the pcoplo arc becoming siok of it. The good thinking men of the reform party are calling fpr a change thai will restore ptooe .. ?w ? aii rti pm^m. iiin'i i1' tbey are working for it, too. TIipv do not and will not endorse the o J ? ? ?? c action of the legislature that gives $3,000 of the people's money every year for the public printing, more than a responsible party bid for it. I* wq? neither pcesiiuy nor reform. They look with serious apprehension for the future of the judioiary upoa the election of partisan Judges to supplant Judges who dared to decide law questions acording to the law rather than sacrifice their own self respect, ilie purity and the dignity of their high position to the caprice or will of a partisan Gevorno.*. They are disguste 1 and even alarmed at the danger to their personal rights, the safety, peace and qaict of their ho ores, by the passage of a law that will empower or give excuse for an irresponsible subordinate officer or squad of men, to go to a citizen's house at midnight, call him out and without telling him their mission or authority shoot hitu down In cold-blood, beciuso he attempted to defend himself against what he reasonably thought was a pack of roughs and i crimps thieves: a law that gives a constable the power to break open a lady's trunk nt a depot sfa'iou and ransack it; a law that empowers a constable to seal up a business man's safe and forbid its being opened in his shseuce; a law that empowers a constable to invade the sanctity of a 'sdy's bcdiwoui, or slap a lady's face if she dare f.?.i.;.i l,:. ?i.? i.nl.un. ? i?~ n,n# l unsound in principle and demoralizing in all its tendencies. And this blood'hed, tyranny nnd petty annoyances are committed upon the people, merely under the suspicion or be'.iefof these irresponsible officers that there may be a quai t or a gallon or more of whiskey hid away in the house, trunk of a lady or safe of an individual, that had not the State's sign manual upon it. These are a few of the so-called reform measures tha't are destroying the reform parly, because they have neither economy, justice nor reform in them; and they are opening the eyes of the people of all political factions to the fuel that we arc stauding on dangerous ground, in the hands of men who are sacrificing oour [ ersonnl and political rights to satisfy their inordinate greed for office. If the Reform .Movement pie wit the adoption of such measures as would advance tho social, nnra', educ.it iona1 and material welfare of the neonle. ilie reduction of taies i and the correction of abuses in tire State ' government, it bus proved to be a signal 1 failure, after four years of unobs rueted and complete control of its Executive, Legislative and Educational departments. The people * have experienced no practical reforms from ' the movement, but they are asked to reeled , tire time men "to complete the reforms in ? augurated. What tho-e inaugurated reforms are we confess our inability to discover. j We stand as squarely upon a practical t reform platform ns any reformer in the c State. The people have tried reform promi- 1 ses loug enough, ttrcy think, and if they are } getting anything more than bare promises i now we cannot see it And we see no'hing f better fur litem in the future, under the f present masters of the so-called reform ( mivcment. > It is astonishing to sec the blind infatua- < lion ot the people in holding 00 to the coat ' fuilj nf flirt uititrt iir/iituviii/i rdli.ui .w-onl.' a r u and he'ieving the same deceptive sweet sounding promises of reform, if they will , only reelect them t j the same or elevate them , to higher and more lucrative political , positions. The llcfor.n party has ns good and true ! men in it ns can he found in ttie State, but | unfortunately for the State they are not in ( the lead, and we li.mostly beiiovo there will s 1)0 no reform until they tire called out and s elee'ed to fill the official positions now occupied by politicians who arc w <rkiog solely j for their per tonal advancement. t We repeat, we arc a true refjrmer, not a j sham. Jf there ever w is a time when re- , forms in the State government were iteetled (ind knows it it now. ami they can only be brought about, under present circumstances, 1 by the election of officials who Will win for , j themselves higher positions by their devo! lion to the people's iolcre-t ra'ltrr titan ' i their in<livi'lmil advantage. . ? I 11 General Gordon deliver?'! his lrcliitc "on ! ' the Jn*t days of the Confederacy' lo la'ge ^ audiences, both in Columbia arid Cliiirlesloii. ,. A very warm welcome was extended lo liim r in 1> >Iii rities. lie is remembered am! 0 love I in ihis Stale by thourutid* of people* 11 j' account of ilit* assistance in* pave in )H7r, in raising the "prostrate elate' fiein t!?e dust. South Carolinians who are iriib to f their Slate will always like General Gordon. ' ? .V;>'/r'?/(/ 1 a c Si M>r.\ 1>i. nil oi Mb, Momatt.?Chester. March''. Mr. Henry Moffati, one of the wealthiest I irmers in the |{ichbiir{? v l e'gnboi??C a j ' i miiiii dia l in tied this | nioinuig. Cause of dentil supposed lobe b heatt failure. (l n he conitV* , ; The Court of Geoeifcl 8e**lons begin donday morning, his Hoaor jflmest 0?'y trost'Jing. Seventeen Grand Juror* ?nwered to their hamee. Jamee W. Headeron was appoioted foreman. Judge G?iy made a general charge to lie Graud Jurjr aa to their duiiee. The following cases ware disposed of: The Slate vs. Charles Prysock?Selling property ion. Continued. The State *s Charles Prysock?Larceny. Jontinued. The State vs. l)ick Young, a Hat llichard Rice?Larceny. Guilty. The Stato v$. Aleck Work?Arson. Mistrial. The Stnta Vard Gist?Murder. Coninucd. The State vs. Wade Hampton?Rape. Mot Gulliy. Tthe State vs. Wosley Sims, Henrietta Lyles?Adultery. Guilty. $100 fine each or 6 months in Jail. Paid their fines. The State vs. Chess Lancaster?House breaking and Larceny. No bill. The State vs. James Shelton?Burglary. No bill. WTTTy!! * The State vs. Geo. W. Sealey?Obtaining ;oods under false representation. True till. Continued. The State ve. Franklin Pruitt, Mary Har'is?Adultery. True bill. Continue;!. The Stato vs. James Vanderford?Assault ind Battory with intent to kill?True bill. Continued. The following members of the bar from tther counties are attending Court, interred in important oases ; D. Johnson, Jr., [). R. Duncan and S. T. McCravy, of Sparanburg, Samuel W. Melton, of Columbia. Stay* We are not in the habit of noticing he spitefhl fa'sehoods that are told about u occasionally; but during the past few veeks falsehoods of the most contemptible uul malicious character have been circulaed, doing us serious financial injury at (his imr, which calls for sone notice. As a pccimeu: Lost week, in the presence of 'our or five persons, at Cross Keys, a man ipetily stated that a young man from the :ouotry had diod from drinking three drams of whiskey bought at a "blind tiger'1 in this own. Upon one of his listeners saying he had jot read of the occurrence in The Times, he eplicd, Oh ! no, Stokes would not say anyhing about it, because the whiskey came from a 'blind tiger.' and he's in with the vhiskeyites opposes the dispensary." All who know us know that wo are opposed to selling whiskey as a beverage, whether through open barrooms, bhnd igcrs, or,the dispensary, but we have openly md often announced our preference for the lispensaryjn place of blind tigers, from lie simple fact that there is some lawful responsibility attached to the dispensary, out blind tigers are lawless aud irrcsponsi-^ jle nuisances. That is our position before the public, ind we do not "carry two faces under one liat." But bow a^d-ik's swift witness against us tnow the whiAey that he raid killed he man in three drinks cauie from a blind iger? He surely could not make the bold issertion, even against the tiger, much less igainst us, if he had not proof to sustain it. [Jlind tigers and their customers don't tell lpon euch other. We are neither, and icver was in a dispensary. But we elaim, if any young or old man was tilled wi?h three drinks of whiskey, it must have lieeu dispensary X that did it, for we ire told by persons who have tasted the stuff that one drink will knock a man down icroes the street, aud if it will do that three drinks will surely kill. That's oound logic. Wo are under the impression tljat our >oss Keys rriend(?) either wilfully intended o tell what was no' so, or lie did not knew That lie was ta'king about, or he had taken in, or in, a heavy loul of dispensary X. May Mkak Somktuino.?It is stated by a ;ent!emun who carefully notes the moeenents of freights in and out of the city, hat since the matter of the constitutionality if the State dispensary law has been undor ;onsideration in the Supreme Court, the late has bean receiving practically no shipments of liquors. This, if true, seems to ndicnte that tho Authorities feel uneasy ibout (he long delayed decision of the eourt, ind in case ihe law is decided unconalitu* ional do not intend to bo found with a stock >f goods on hand which could not be disrioscd of. It is said that the di?peDt>ary is inly carrying enough liquor in stock to ceep the county dispensaries supplied, and hat the comiuisMoncr is very weary of uaking heavy purchases?The Stale We believe it does mean something, and when the decision of the Supreme Court is wade publie the people will hear something 'drop" with a htnvy thud and feel the :ur*e upon thorn through the State treasury. After the a'ove was put in type the folowing plain contridictiou cynje to us in the }.lumb:a daily papeve, consequently we iliall not be like'y to hear that "heavy thud" loon : In speaking of iho report tlint, the disveusary had not been receiving large shipnen's i>l" liquor .since the Supreme Court ha* iad (lie constitutionality of the dispensary aw under consideration, Liquor Coinmisioner Trailer said : "1 am not fearing that Supreme Cour! lecision and I don't think (toven,or'l/Hmao * e tlier. Mo certainly knows no mote ihout it tli in 1 do. It is a mistaken idea bat w.i are not buying much whiskey now. is a Hinder of fact i have ordered more qunr in the last four weeks and have more n route than I have purchased in nil the illicr three months put together since the lispensary lias been in operation. Only a civ days ago I sent ceriiticaies to the Mill ctk company *"??r K? barrels of whiskey. Ve have ordered, too, about 401) barrels of orn liquor and I am just getting in 00 hare's fr. i,? North Carolina. 1 have recently rJercd some nlcvhcl from A. L. \Vebl>& Co., f llnl imore -The corn whiskey comes fioin he (ireeiivillc Distillers A??c?cia(it#n. A prominent planter of the Fork says but the farmers are paying more attention o the raiding of grain nti'l stock than formrty, and wl.j'e they make !c?s money they re geiting more jn.<J?Pendent ?f I ho merliant ami fictor.?Orangeburg Fn(rr/>rnr What must your candidate champion this env? I'iiiin'oi1 ion, Mgu "license or the disu*n.??ry, tins constitution*! convention, the la?-k district outrage, or the subsidized res*, or just refxwin '{ ^^orrcspogilence of tho Tims*. Halloo ! Joneaville. ?n?mviu.k, Unroh 0.?We have had a week of fine vt?ther- though the ground ( wtojjoo wello plow uotfl yesterday when I 1 think every iwnilab'e plow in th?? nnuntrv ? w?? put to work Tuere is some snow lying on north hill aides yet. f Mr. Daniel Mosely died Inst Saturday 1 and was buried Sunday at Giload church, f | in the presence of a large gathering of rein- t tives and friends Mr. Mosely got a fall 1; Sure leu days before his death aud two or rve of hio ribs were fractured, and from n this he took pneumonia which eoon ended t his life. Ho was in the 81st year of his ago c aud had lived near Jonesville nearly all his r life. He was a kind obligitig man, and did t many favors for hib neighbors. He pulled o teeth and bled people and horses and made c walking sticks. Some of his sticks ho sold, t while he gave away ninny of them. He would have several hundred sticks on hand j at a timo in an unfinished state. He usually i carried a little hatchet with liiut and in traveling round he would cut every nice i sprout he saw that would make a stick and a in that way he g -t up his sticks which he t would finish up'at leisure. 1 1 lie Jonesvitie lownsiiip Miimay oonooi Convention met by appointment at New ? Hope church last Saturday. Most of the J schools were represented though the attend- j ance was small but the progrntn'was carried ouu Mr. id. W. \Yhillock, was elected presi- t --a t p is? .? ? " ? were made by J. W. Scott, Rev. J. S. l'or- f ter, H W. Gossett, James II. Harmon. B. c W. \Yhillock and Jesse L. Swink. The 1 dinner was bountiful and the day was pleasant and a profitable one to all who attended. The township is well organized in th? Sunday School work. , Mr. Olirer White, who I mentioned before J as being very ill, is still in a critical oon- ( dition, and there is but little hope of his * recovery. My gold mine story last week was given J as 1 heard it. The reckoning was not mine. . Mr. Claude Whitlook, sou of Mr. B. W. YYhitlock, who has been in Florida for sonic time, is well pleased with the land of flowers and is getting on well. Miss Freelove JefTeries, of Aabury, nfter j spending several days with the family of j Mr. J. J. Littlejoliu in our town, has re- s turned to her homo. Miss Fannie Lililcjohn is now visiting ^ Mr. Littlojohn's family. Miss Mamie Bailey spent several days in k Jonesvllle last week. Mr. W. W. Koon, from near Union, visit- j ed Joocsville Saturday and Sunday. . Mr. Thomas Littlejohn, a son of Mr. W. T. Littlejohn,'of Joncsvdlc, left for Texas ( lost Saturday. Y'oung Mr. Littlejohn has ( gone to make his home in the lone star State. ( Mr. Reuben Coleman, of Jonesvi'le, also , lefi Saturday night for Birmingham, AlaMr. Bunks Fowler is te leave soon for Seattle, Washingz m. .'l.SOO miles is a long c way for a young man to go to hunt a hone, J but ltanks thinks lie* cnti do well in that thriving town, and lie bos the pluck to try it, and pluck generally wins, Mr. Kob't Knox, a young man and son of Mr. W. W. Kncz. nc.ii Juoocxilie, has bcrn 1 dangerously ill with pneumonia, but he is some better now. Telephone. I ...... . , Correspondence of the Times News from North Facolet. i Kit a Jank, March f?.?This morning farmers have resumed their plowing after a month's vacation. A great many outs nro yet to d* soweJ. Those sowed about a month ago ore up and growing finely. Except one case for assault and battery, which was taken upon an appeal from tlie Trial Justice court, this township is not rcpresen'ed on the criminal side of the court at this term. With the exception of an occasional outbreak of the colored people an>j>Rg themselves there is a general peace in this ( County. The white people seetu to be n friendly with eseh ether. We heard a prominent citizen say last Christmas that tlii9 was the most peaceable neighborhood hw, had ever lived in, and it was a matter of regret with him to leave it; bnt our educational facilities are so imperfect that it became his duty to hunt bet'er schools f >v his children. There is a good deal of speculatien among the peop'e as to the future of the Times under a new management, in case it changes hands?hut it is not our purpose to discuss that matter here?we will see what we will see?ami wish all parlies well. In one of our schools a few days ago the teacher in examiniog a class in primary geography asked one of her scholars to (! scr.be au Island, 11c said: "It's a place a you <mi? t get- away irotn wiinoui a i>oai uu- c les? you wad*.'' t A lady i? this ncighboihoo I bicinie muoli t worried with her chum of milk ilie other f day and after hours of ineffectual effort to n get the butter she dropped a ten cent piece, 1 (silver) into the milk and the butter gat her id c at once. Eureka we say. ; The North Pacolet Interdenominational 1 Sunday School Convention will meet at Wilson's Chapel on the 2oth inst. The program f will appoar week. The executive c in- 1 mi tee expect to make ihii convention enual I to, it not excel anything of the kind that'has I ever taken place in this section?not oven c excepting the County Sunday School Con- 1 vention which mot at S ilein in August 1801. Ucv. F. C. Hickson will preach at F.lBethel e next Saturday and Sabbath at 11 a. in. each 1 day, and at Abingdon Creek at 3 p. in., on a each day. This will bo the order of service c at those chjyirche* this year. i Itev. (5. M. ilovd will preach at Wilson's \ Cltapel at 11 n. m., next Sabbath. v 1'ncolet No. 1, (Sklill Shoals,) lias o'ected r Kev. M. Duvidson to fill its pulpit this ycar. We haven't heard what day ho will preach, f but will announce as soon as we do hear it. n Those people who are never satisfied I unless they have something should try neu- s ralgia. 11 Our puhlic roids are in as good condi- n tion ns usual, but it's a long ways below the 1 surface of the mud and water. o Kverybody should he ready to h?gin s gardening (i^.l Friday. 23d iost. Mr. Win. 0. Powlur line put Up a neat lit- i tie cot age which lie will occupy as soon as t it is finished. t The wheat crop is looking very well at | present. Vox. 1 c The Fcnnv Sim. or J'oi.iths.?South t'arolina politics have a tendency just now to illustru'o the poetic couplet : "From giajo to gay, from 1 vely to severe." What with the An?i jv.v.apni?rg p. celling out () the respective "Reform ' cari'iolaies fur (J nernor among thems'-lves and whooping tliein up," nnd Col. Sullivan actual'y draming of running for Congress in the CharlesCm district and putting his pliarisalo jolilical fiiends in a s!cw to know if lie really v means it. we are having more fun than if ( we were at a funeral. And now comes the ^ Savannah I'rcss, wlreh has seen a j cular nomination of I.nrry finntt for fiovernor in ^ the Columbia Journal, and says: "There , is a boom over the river for IMitor l.irry Gantt for Governor of South Carolina. 'I his {;how8 tlint Georgians arc hard to keep down, * even in ,,he palmetto grove. >\ lint next.? C/i?rt'*toii Sun. _ ?_ - ? There was a conference of reformer') in llie courthouse Monday. They fnv-r the I. pinii for mi enr'y. convention They have si nppo nted Saturday tho tilth inst. ns the 1! line for a rally of the pMty here. .1. J. si Ocr.tr, ami i' Fnitcy were appointed to 1> moVe nrraggeineulH for ttiu m,.tiing which g will he hell in the courthouse. Ail the t Candidates for (Jovernor and Congress in it ibis district ni l be invited.- Sjuirluu. j -1.1 3 For the Times. . Mignonette Flowers. Pai-oi.kt, March 6-?The farmers bognt iloughing this morning in dead earnest 'hey intend making hny whiln aw Mr. S. li. Littlejohu, ono of our success ul farmers, lost year planted from 40 to 5( nishols of onions, but fuiuul very klow sal or them, ami this year he has couclmisi o reduce the amount and make them o argcr size. A good deal of guano has been haule< way from the depot, here, tut on account o he condition of the roads the wagoniu{ eased until they wero made belter. I <ll? ll.nl ..... ...... 1.1 ..... .....II ? IV o do away with County Commissioners, fo ur roads arc sadly neglected, and we hca owplaints on every side. It may not b heir fault. Mrs. J. Wilson and Mrs. F. V. Yates hav ust returned from n? extended visit. to rein ives in Orconville. I'rof. F. C. Black is trying his luck ii aisitig poultry. He rented an incubato md set niero than 100 eggs. Nearly all o hem hatched, but during (he intense cod o sst week quite a number of them died. The painters havo been using tbeir brus1 tround our town recently. The dwellings c Messrs. T. C. Brown, II. l\ Wood and Kcv V. A. .lames have been beautified grea'ly. Mr. A. C. Black, who was quite ill laa week is now eonv?i?omt. .. ..J I IUIIII Willi HII ill the place made vacant by the sad deal! if our beloved presiding elder, Rev. J. M 3oyd. Miuno.nettk. For the The Telephone. To the Citizens of I'nion : In th s the beginning of the telephon >ra?for they will be used far more exten lively hereafter than they have beea iu th last, as the patents have all expired am he phones are saleable?have the people o Jnion ever thought how nice and conve lieut it would bo to have a telephone ex diange office at Union of, say fifty sub icribers at least, and have that office con lecled with central at Spartanburg, tokiu n Joncsville, one phone there, one at l'aco et and Pacolet Mills? To conned will Spartanburg means a big thing; there jot lave connection with OrecntilTe where yoi vill find about two hundred subscribers mil some out of the city, I'elzer Mills, etc Spartanburg has upwards of three hutidrei Miotics : there you get Woodruff, llcidville iVellford, Whitney Mills, Spartan Mills, D S. Converse Mills, Fnirmount Mills, llcitu nont Mill, C'iflon Mills, Pacolet Mills Towpens and the Cow pea M'f'g Co , Gsffue; ind the Gaffney Mill, and you c?n trnnsfe here and get Diehl's factory, you get Gient Springs, Cedar Springs, etc. Have you friends at these places ? If so snll them up, chat with them, and enjoy tli Measure and convenience when you one >ecoine accustomed to the telephone system llavo you businoss transactions of few o nany words with any of these places? Kin; hem up and be convinced of the success o he phone. There arc now in use over 1 To,000 phones mil since the patents are off the orders nr muring in to the manufacturing corapanic >y the thousauds. Chester has just ccnitnenced an excliarig tnd it will be a success. Why not have ou it Union ? The cost to subscribers would be thirti lollars, which gives ten dollars stock am wenty dollars for the phone. The lines nr iut up the ten dollars stock. An assess nent of one dollar per month would b equirsd for the central office, and as th lumber of subscribers increased the assest nent would decrease. J. E 1'rvor, Chester, S. C. Coi.i.rton's I'las.?Some Keformers o .'ol let on county have hit upon a sensibl md practical way of ending all doubts am tiicertainty as to what the Reformers warn I 1 I i .. iL iuiic una now iu Mill i y uui niuu n The question of holding a Reform Con rention prior to the opening of the regulai Jcmocrntic campaign provided for by th< Constitution of the Democratic party o Joutb Carolina has been a bone of conten ion and the cause of some hard feelin; imong Rcf >rmers. Some thought a conven ion should be held : others thought then iliould be no convention, and among thosi vho believed a convention should be heh here have been differences of opinion, soun lolding thai the convention should be licit 11 March, other favoring April or May, vhile there are others who ftvor putting t off until July. Then ngain there wa l difference of opinion as to alio shoulc rail the convention, granting that one wa o be hehl. The Reformers of several couu ies held meetings ami 'adopted resolution! avoring the calling of a convention am isking O. IV. Shell to issue (he call. Otlgei Reformers objected to Shell's calling tin lonvention and suggested other persons Ind so it went ou and nobody cottld sei low it would end. The call is for a mass meeting of the lie orniers of Colleton county in the Conrt louse at Walterboro on Mondav. March t is signed hy twenty-one of the staunches Reformers in Colleton county, who havi mly the good 01 tho Reform Movement a icart.' The suggestion of these Colleton Reform ts is that each county in the State shouh told a convention and elect one delegate ti I State convention tc he held iu Columbi in April 4. Etch county convention wou't nstruct the delegate chosen by it ss to it: vislies upon the question of holding a con 'ention, the time for holding it and whai lominnficns should be tnaile by it. Of oourso the plan of tho Colleton Uc orincrs will amount lo naught If it is no idoptcd by the Reformers of the other eouu ies in the State. Rut that plan is fair ain ensib'e, and we see no reaso a why it shouh i->t he adopted by every c unty. Iti dopti 11 will prevent any dissensions in tin teform ranks, for it would be a vindicali u >f the right of the people to oct f>r thein elves. Suppose the Reformers of all the cotiniici II the Slate adopt ihe Colleton suggestion lie renin woiiki lie a con vein ion in i oiuia iiot thirty-live Ueforincps fresh from thi ?0O| le nod instructed as to I heir wishes 'hc-c thirty-five Reformers, who would t? lioscn l>y the people and could not be sum iccted of partisanship or uiidiio portialitj or any candidate, would meet in CVumbii ii April 4 and reg-ster the will of the pec ilc who flee od them. If a majoriiy wci n favor of (he holding of a convention, ll < >ody irou'd proceed to fix a d ite and maki lans for holding of a convention to sugge.si andid-'uey- This body of thirty five lie ormcrs Would'ih ti issiiu a b >1/ for -on enijon in t'oluiiitda on the day divide pon, Tlit> ceiivomlo*i wou'd bo I10M an rould regis? or the will of the itoforni fac on. No true llefornier ivoull refuso ti ide the acti >n of such a convent! >n. T|r?.si ,'lio would rofn-e lo acC' |?t -Is ex press i hi o lie will of lliapcoplo would not be woithj lie confiilente of tlic Reform fnction. The (Juliet ? pan ir> Ilie best yet | resent I. Whni do the Reformers of the otliei unities think about it Wi I llr-y act ii illicit with the Colleton Kef.-rriici's'!? ('v nithin It'rjififf. A destructive file broke out at Clinton .aurcn* county, oi> tlie 4th insl., and tin lores of J.S llairston, W. II. 8tone, Hortot Iros. and T. C. Siimtnorcl ?fc Rros. were Ho iroyei. The buii'iiiigs >vere about civera< v i trance. All the merchants got theii oods out with considerable damage am rt-akage. The general iroprcss:nn is iIih ic work was iimenli iry, but it ii not at a 0?:tiVC. - J 1- ; "? Tita Dkath of Col. it. B. Wilson.?Our people, sayathe Sjiartm, were surprise) to 1 learn Unit Colonel Wilson was dead. He Was the father of 8tanyarDC Wilson and i, Mi" of thU ?iity. They did not know that be was in any danger Saturday. The announcement of his death was a great ) shook to them. Colonel Wilson had uiado c his arrangements to move here in a few ] days and occupy the house on Converse ,f street now occupied by Mr. Meng, The following sketch is from the Charleston 1 Sunday News: f ToRKVillk, March 3 ?Col. W. B. Wilson g died suddenty at his homo in this plaoe tot night at about T.30 o'olock. Grip acoeinpaJ nied by pneumonia and an extremely oxr hausted nervous system, was the cause of r his death. Col. Wilson wss born io Colume bia, S. C., April "?, 1827. and was the son of the Rev. Wm. Stanynrne Wilson, at one e lime a professor of scion no ? > the South C&volina College. Col. Wilson represented York County in the legislature three terms and a was elected by the almost unanimous vote r of the people. He was sent at the hoad of if the ticket to the couvcution which adopted if the ordinance of secession. Col. WHson was first a member of the 17th regiment li South Carolina Volunteers, and also stthseif quently commissioned colonel of the 7th. At one time Col. Wilson was the only Episcopalian in York County and was largely it instrumental in ereoting the church of that denomination in Yorktille, and served the ' *? t u mi tut i iiiiw j ill a in WIH1PH mill ti officiated for eleven years os superitendent of the Sunday school. Thk Pistol Skttlks a Political n?spot?. Now Orleans, March 3.?The Picayune's Kosciusko. Miss., special says: One of the saddest Rial most lamentable events known in tlte history of Kosciusko occurrei e here today, The noble and generous Samuel A. Jackson is dead, the result of a ' deadly duol with pistols with W. P. RatlifTe. ^ Two outsiders, Samuel Russell .and Will Sanders, young men living a few miles '* from Wio oity, woro a'so hit. The firmer was shot in the mouth and killed instantly nnd the latter shot through the thigh and is, it is thought, mortalty wounded. The town 8 is naturally in a whirl of exoitement, and well she tnny bo. It was all caused by a publication in Katliffc's paper claiming that a Jackson, while at the last meeting of the 11 legislature, voted for a Populist in a crnt' mittce caucus of Democrats. Mr. Jackson : claimed thai llitlifl'e misrepresented hitn. When last week's Star came out with a oard ' signed by Jackson applying an epithet to Ratliffe, the friends of both men naturally felt very uneasy lest an encounter would '? take p'aoe between the two and some ad^ vances were undo to reconcile the contro r versy pending by friends of bolli men, but it 1 is a lamcntaVc fact that it was not continued, and now as n result of the negligence * of tbc pence makers one of the prinoipftis is e dcftd, another mortally wounded, one bce hind prison bars and a family nnd friends stricken with grief, r ? K Death or Grv dutsal Kap* r. -Ly ticuourg, ' Va., March 2.?United States Senator John W. Daniel walked into the News office at 11 '? o'clock tonight nnd in a sad voice announce! e that his old commander, Gen. Jubal A. s Early, at whose bedside he had been a constant watcher for some days, had gone to his 0 cternil reward. Gcnoral Early died at 0 10 30. He passed away quietly in the presence of his family and physician, his kinf dreil and several intimate friends. The oil ' general sectned awaro of his approaching e end early in the day. lieforo noon ho called * for tbc morning paper, as was his inv.ari0 able custom, nnd attempted to read, but e found that bis sight was failing. Soon after * be extended his hand to Senator Daniel and calmly said : "I want to tell you goodbye, Major." lie then told his nephew. Cabell Early, farewe'l, after which ho dropped into a quiet slumber. Eater in Ilia day the dying veteran asked Senator Daniel net to leave ? the room, ns he wanted to talk with him about c Ttain arrangements ; hut from that ' time be suffered such intense pain that lie did not revive the subject. He met death " unflinchingly with his hand resting quietly 1 in Senator Daniel's. o Tur. Letter "Q."?The letter q is asuper5 fittous character?a nondescript of the - worst sort, and of no more real value in e expressing or helping to express our a tliniitrhla in vcrilSittr limn nnn r\f <Iia PKimaja word signs would be. It never ends an English word. and cannot begin one without the aid of the loiter u. being invariably followed by tho lost mentioned lottor in all words belonging to our language. The man doesn't live that con tell "why" of tho peculiar rola'ion of the letters q and u or why tho former was given its curious name. Some nrgue that its name wa< applied because of the tail or cue at the bittom of the letter, but the original q, when sounded just as it in tolay, was made without the e cue, the character much resembling tho English s<gn for pounds. Cuaui.kstox Guts Hkr Shark.?Charleston, S C., March 1.?Greatly to the surprise of everybody the State today settled ' up with the city its share of the dispensiry for the quarter ending January 1st The ' sales at the four dispensaries in this ci'y for the last quarter, November and December of 1 Still, and January of 1804, amounted <> J $24,827.72. After remitting to the State the amount due the State and paying all the " expenses of the four dispensaries, the profits | to he distributed betweci the County and city treasurie's amounted to $.'1,451.21. Sett'ement was made todiy with tlie respective treasurer". The city treasurer received $1,725.21. The county treasurer $1,725.00. The Executive Committee of the State 1 Teachers Assicialion met in Columbia last 1 week. They decided to meet again in 8; nfi tantiurg this summer, having accepted the 6 invita ion of l'resi lent Wilson, of Converse i College, to use the rooms of that institution, Thev will meet here the first week in .1 nl v f t ? ;v The college will to thrown open to the s fein tie teach?rs, who can fecure board there at 75 cents a day on the condition - that they furnish their lowc's nnd bed linen. t The male tonchers can grt board in the city ?I i.1 (til a <U.. I ? .1 ... u ?/. -I ?|i .IMMUMjJ fTIV^ l|>? j Ieaolio:m ihe very best reofption possible^-. Sj'arttiH. / ? i Kf.Rcrttir Bittbrs.?This rente ly in he coming so well known and s? popular as lo c nee 1 no spcci tl mention. All who havo I! imc I F.lcclric l?i-lcr-? sing tbc sune song of * praise?A purer medicine does not exist 1 and it is guaranteed to do all that is cl tinted. Klcctric Hitlers will cure nil diseases of the Fiivor nod Kilneys, will remove Pimples, I Boils, iialt bticnm and other ad rtion? I caused by iiupitr.' blo>d ? Will i}-i\e .N|n|lpirv from the system and provent as ?-el| as euro i ?ll Malifial fevers.?For cure of ilondacli", 3 (Constipation and 1ml gestiou tiy K ectric f Bitters?Koiiro satisfaction guaranteed, r r money refunded. Price 50cm. and *1.00 per bottle at B. F. lhisey's Drug 8t?re. ? ? ? r Bio Snark at Wi:iMiKritti.n.?Mr. B P. i Kelly of I It in | laco informed your cot-res pondent yesterday that while emitting out an old ditch to drain a Urge savannah near Intra lift nut in*rl damn Itinw nw.xiii?? " ? il-? I ~......,,,K ... HIV ilirl ns ti.o negroes would {it pot? it on| i Upon examining lie found tlmt seem) large i in on si era in tlie shape of water nttle mitVrtt hn l hen thrown out of the ditch. I The hands work el on for a while. 1 hen r Mr. Kelley, who is reliable, says he counted 1 sixteen large snakrs besides several !anip*ey t ecle. Some of the negroes r nclude I that ! they were delving in n snake tlen, hp I left the d|tc!>