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f if j SENATOR BUTLER ANSWERS THE AL^ LIANCE. Senator Butler lias written (lie following reply to the questions propounded to him by the Farmers' Alliance : . I Washington, 1) C., May l'J, 1804. Mr. T. 1*. Mitchell. Chairman Executive , Committee, F. S. A., Woodward, C. si.. i> ui.. c...... i..... i ... ?? J i/vtl *J?* l?vUlv IV" ceivcd the following letter from you : "Hon. M. C. Butler. Washing'on. D. t\ "JfearSir: As Chairman of tho Executive Committee of the State Farmers' Alliance it was made my duty by resolution to propound the following questions to all candidates, and request a written answer to same, and as you are a candidate for the United States Senate, I submit them to you and would be pleased to hear from you in regard to same at your earliest convenience : First. Will you discuss tho Alliance demands in tho coming campaign, particu larly those relating to the tinuuccs of the country, and defend them against the enemies of our order ? m iiecotid. Will you i ' Ige loya'ty to the B demands of the Nation >> Farmer- Alliance and Industrial Union, above loyalty to patty B caucus, and vote against any mid a'l enndiH dates who decline to commit themselves to this extent? "Vours respectfully, TIIOS. I?. MITCHELL. B Chairman Executive Com , F. S. A. B Taking up the questions of your lc ten n B their order, 1 beg to say in respotte to the first, 1 will discuss any public question the people may desire to have discussed, nttd^ns the "tinauecs of the country" are legitimate and proper subjects for d.scttssi n, I will ^B discuss Uicnt with pleasure and without reserve. I will refer more fully to the la>t j^oiYvtofyour inquiry, whether I will "defend theiM against the enemies of oif^your i order, when 1 come to discuss-Ac Alliance platform 1 don't quite understand, however, whether you incur, to a-k me whether 1 Will tlutrfiil lit#' "tinniiriK nf llm iMiittifv against the enemies of your order, or I lie ' finances of (lie country as propose! by the Alliance. I assume you mean tlie latter. Replying to your sec n I <|uesticri, I beg to say ilint in my political life I have never allowed any caucus, or > eie'y. or org mi/, ition, to bind my conscience, and shall iijt do so in tiic future. Caucuses, or societies, or organizations of any kind, which seek t ^ bind the political conscience of any free American citizen, are in my judgment, inimical to that freedom of conscience and political action so essential to the preservation of the republicu> institutions. 1 have attended many caucuses of (lie Democratic party, to which 1 belong; 1 have never heard the suggestion that any tn.ns eonscience. or political action should be bound by them. 1 never so far surrender my in- I dividual judgment as to ! bran ! bv any 1 caucus, l aui loyal to the principles of the Democratic party, and shall itixin'uiu that loyalty so long as it adheres t ; riuciples 1 IhiliL' ??ni I - * ?*.t rkiitun VUIIVIUVM V IV I III' UV> I '.'I UK' people, not a day longer. I have teen under the impression tlint the Farmers Aliiancc was not a political organiziti n. tut an "Industrial Union lor the protection of the farmers against ini} ositious from other sources I do not lie ieve in ??eret political organizations, we had ami experience some years ago with them. Whatever c-ncerns the political welfare ef our [ e< pleshouhl he open ' > the fullest, fives', most ] uhlic d;-cussion. In order to prevent impositions ou the pe 'pie, the l:ght must he turned "it from n<l p ints ot view. 1 recognize n > master in tins country, ever; t the people Caucus rule should not l>e allowed t.. usurp the rule of the people. 1 will, therefore, sny I wid pledge my loyalty to the deiuaud* if tho Alliance, so far as they meet the demands of lay judgment, auJ 1 cannot hold them above loyalty to party caucus because I make no pledges to "party caucuses,' and deny the right of "party caucuses, or any ^ other caucuses to command pledges from me to surrender my conscience and judgment to its dictation. Coming now to the d> in mdj, permit me to say. by way of preface, that there seem .1# uv U Hi; j;iiivv III.- i| J I t lieilSt'OI 111 lilt! minds cf sonic people a- t < i!h- ) wer of a caucus over its niembers. I liave utteli led Democratic caucuses since ! have I ecu in tlio Senate, but nobody ev dreamed cf binding any member of tin- ouucu- t y to ngaiust liis judgment. For in-lanec, Dcui> crats and licpublicans dtllcr wilely aim up themselves on financial questions. A caucus is liebl for consultation an I financial topics j arc discusse J. but in the Senate and IDoi.-e t each man votes as his judgment dictates; some may favor the fro and unlimited c inagc of silver at one ratio or another. some inay favor the sub-treasury plan < f the A'.ltaiiee, and after a e "iisulla'ion in emeu- tlie\ tote for or ngaiu-t either proposition, when the occa?ion aii.-es. Nobody is bound I y | the caucus utile-- he chooses voluntarily to ] be r.) bound. No eaths tire v.ilitiini-lel'e I, no pledges exacted, a- a requisite of party J fealty. If there were, I W"oM never alien I 6 caucus. In regard to demand fust' i f the A'liatiee, I will sty that the >iib-!rra-urv n'.ati has been abandoned bee tun; it w is found t.. . ' be impracticable and 11 it?- >n~ti n11 titil. and tberet.ire it is unnecessary to i -cuss it In my judgment a better -\ -1?eiii would be nttuiuc 1 by the repeal the !? per cent ; ix on M ite banks i t circulation. tin I I 11* -1 that the Alliance \\ i 1 take that up and make it one of if- leui.ui lj I cannot. e me . I i c 11 - - 111 i -< pi j < ? i: i n at length in this connection, but take the Utterly nt It hi.ling yt.tt one of my .spicelics delivered in the Senate at the last exit i ?e-si.in, in \\ i ? b I have nt'etilpleil to e'.ai ula'i the argument in favor (if tin- repi il. an I beg you t (In t.te the t'av..r t > examine it. 1 think y -il ? .!! find that if t ! > 11\ slimi! 11 e repeal I wc would have "a .?ati;. intuu I. tlexitiie cur 1 u-ncy an I euntigh of it. I lav if the free and unli'iiitel cvinigc of t-ilver and gold at the present legal ratio of 10 to 1. and advocated it in Congress i before the Alliance was orgutii/.i- 1, and am gratified to know that the Alliance has i adopted my platfutnu on this subject. Fifty dollars per eapita is not t.... tnneh i vm iui i% cuiunr/ iiki* < 11 t -* imi in trouble with our present financial i- ! not so inucli the per capita amount of our- | rency as the ine?jiialiiy of i'? ili-t ribution Some sections of the cumin have much, more than - *> > per ea| t' a. whi'e ill nir seelion I ilonht it we have ? - | er c?} ita. It in our State we con I h* gu nantee-l C-" per capita. i| sii tntteh was necessary for the triuis;iu<ii,n of our husine**. 1 w u:?l com promise on tha' . ?o shoii' 1 then h ive i?l ui . s'Jit.tMMi,mill of currency in circulation in i - - - South Carolina. whereas 1 >1 jut-t it weiiow have S'.'.Ciki ihhi. Ji, l,y i|,,. ret ell of tiie 1" per cent. tax. the Stat.- ?!iouU he | ermilte i to nut home hank- -t < i i ilat. n we -! 11 i I JlllVC just SO .1.10 'i ear re til'Y as our 1 i ll wants require, a;. l t.. r.\ I it wcshotiil have enough. 1 favor tin income tax an 1 *! ill iv. an opportunity of voting for it in th t h i latill h ll. I concur in the iletu n. 1 that tin money of tho country shoul 1 he t t i. no ;i.t<> it... i i-. --? .i - .....VI I .........7 ... ...v J ? . ntiil ihnl al! tiaf ounl mi I State revei.c. shall be 111111<e 1 to the necessary expenses > :' i lie government, economically inlmiiii-tero I.'' This i? guol, souimi djctriuc. ami I heartily ( subscribe to it. 1 can see no objection to postal riving j bntik"," til'hough n incftsu'e .1 that kit.il J wool I be largely tent alive ia thi country, i nti I shoiiM be ii.lot leil \\ i ii caution tiii'l eircuiiisptetiou. The >ee. n 1 general 'leniaml. as to the j pub ic I iJi'1.4, is m.iio'I ami in < >I .lie ?vnil true iieui'.cr.iti'* p-ir.i it l> s. The'liir.l p. I., i ll l. 'irin I. ili?i I he \ j n* in1 in s||.,.,|| i.,mi ,, . 1 i - p. i ii' e i h e -ii! vaUs in thy luiue;! el the people, ui.-l that "the telephone and telegraph sbou'd be owned nn?l operated in the interest of the people" would, in mjr judgment, be impolitic and unwise. I hate always understood that the Alliance was opposed to the further increase of the "bonded debt" of the government, and I agree with the Alliance in that proposition. The government could not pay cash f?r the oue hundred and ninety odd thousand miles of railroads, and the vast | mileage of telegraph and telephones. The ! rate of taxation necessary to raise the cash 1 vv ill (I iloelr.tv tlif? rw?nldt> mid lh(? OIllv alternative to put the government in ownership of the railroads. telegraphs and telephones would be to issue eight billions t f bonds to buy the railroads, and nobody kuoves how many millions to l?uy the telc. graph and telephone systeu s of the country. Is the Alliance prepared to urge the creation of such a bonded debt upon the present and ! future generations, and thereby perpetuate j the nation >1 banking system indefinitely"' l If so, 1 cannot go with it. The government ! now has control and supervision of the ratlj roads by and through the Interstate Commerce Commission, and the experiment has : not realized the expectations of its friend-. The ownership of the railroads in despotic government.- is justified on the ground that (hey are military necessities for the rapid mobilization an I transportation of armies. I It has not redounded to the interest of the people, for freight rates are ~>0 per cent, higher in those countries than in this, and they arc consequently a great burden upon the masses of the people. 1 believe 1 have now ma !e full ami complete answers to your I inquiries, in general and in detail. If anything Iris been omitted. I wi 1 gladly supplement what 1 have said, if you will call it to my attention. Very truly youis, M. V. llL'I'LKll GOV. TILLMAN DErlNES HIS POSITION Columbia, S. C., May I Is'.'l. lien Titos. I'. Mitchell, Wojdwarl, C My I'ear Sir: Your letter of yesterday received. As you u*k fur a prompt reply. 1 answer at mice. Having been the recognized leader of the lleform party or far'ion in the : : v . ..:i I I Oiiltl* Mfitu 11 UIUU.II/..I.IVII III II, i 1 and having been very |.i . noumcl and outspoken lit inv spocch at Si. Louis last October. ami iii< re recently in my interview of April i'lli, nil . 1 -111 i.nt p. into detailin answi ring your Idler of April 1 li, because 1 ilioi:pitt it entirely unnecessary 1 li t I tin thought of keeping iiny opini-ms or policy 1 hold on public .|Ue?ti<>in hidden as 1 tiin u?>i a stradd'.cr or dodger in politiccr any tiling el-c. I will, therefore, an-wcr as clearly a- 1 know how. in order t<i atisfv all who may care t"i know how 1 stand. Tlio financial paity advocated by the Alliance embrace- three things : I. The abo'i'.i >n of national bank-, and ihe issue if paper ni'iney direct by the I 'uilcd States government. J. 1 he free coinage of silver at the ratio of i ' t? 1. d. flic increase >! the circulating mediums. gold, sdver an I legal ten let- grccnbicks, to at least > ">" per capita of I npulatioii. These fund imentul i leas or deman Is are aecoinpinio I by tlie scheme for a governl menl system of banking. incorporating the | Mtb-treusiiry i lea and the lending of money : t i the people at a low rate of iut<To?t. i Tj tin- iln-??i> pro; itiotis -ol fonh above j I can iiinl do give my carnc-t -uppirt and will strive, it elected Senator, to see them incorporated into law and becituc liic lixvd policy i ..iir g ivcrnni 'Ht I a!- > c in advocate ami liglu f >r all the other demands ? xcept that I douht the wisdom or j i actica1 i.ity of the government owning ai l running all ra lroiiN. telegraph ami telepb. no lines. 1 will take occasion during tlie cimpaigti ti li-cu-s all these j mi tiers fully. The otic essential point on ivh ch 1 di'Vvr with the Alliance is the len Iing of money to the people. 1 could easily I d dee behind the >. r some:hit]cr better. it' minded. lull try self-re?pcet ami my duty to tlie J e<>{le wlio have sh"wn -ueii love an I trust iu my leadership "ill not allow mo to <|UiM'lo or shirk, winterer conso<iiictice.* may follow tins avowal. 1 W"tiM be unworthy < f the honors they lrtve eonl'erro 1 on me in the j a-t ami of all trust whatever if I ili 1 nut come out 1? >11 !y an I tell then, the truth This ij the more l? igiory on mo now Ihciuso 1 am ?a*kirig to enter national lilies. In I - I Ii I n? liseii*s national questions or oppose ih- inc.trporati'ii of the tti-ila platform. in ih ' ta' Itemoeratic platform in M iv. l" oau-e aw there w?< 1 i: i jr " "four io'thva It I Allianceiiu'ti splitting "tl into t iliir 1 party- the fatal blunder tvh oil caused Mr. < leve'ati I noiainati ti ami well nigh destri ye 1 the Alliance in all the other Southern States. 11 t I our o.vimp'e in S utii Cur. lina heeu followe.l in the "ther S utliein Slates Alii mice i leas v. uM be the [ re lomiiiant ones in all the S tnth t > 'lay an I our uat; oial admini-trui'ii weif I not be fotitrolle'l by allied | mugwumps ami llepubl cm-? ami trait r . I am ilillercntli s tu.i'e l now. being a can* ' 'li'late for tlio i'ti-.te I S'atos Senate, ami : In ii' s'y eoiilpels that evtrv one who votes : for a.e shall kn.'.v hiw I ?tand. I atu ; ii ii i tern' ly epp >-e I to the national govern inviit lending atiyb "ly momy. The A ce i- t?"t c at istent when u 'Ionian lie | abolition of national banks on the ground ; ill it the system is unjn-t an I r 'b? the people i i. ..11 . I. ..1. I . I'..- ll.A l ......ili , r ' a i-riv?I few n!? I then turn- irmn i ia 1 nsk? that the government letnl in ittoy to tho firmer mi lor n Mini' tr ?y-tetn in Ilie same terms. It i- n iratisfer of n -( rial privilege winch .-liouM never have been grantc-l t attyh -ly, In in tho ! inks i the hoi lore . I" cotton, wheat, ,\c . ami < mil t foe-h-fen le-l. heeau-e two Wtotiir-t never make tie right lint with nt C" ng turilier mt i the tirgnni"iit which in he amply ili-cttsiel thi-1 1 -iiui'ii -t\ I must retiiin I yen ill it in spite --i all our t i ts to restore silver to it? p'ii?'e the motley paver has -iic er |i',| ia it - 1 li. elieri-hc l pttrp-?e if loinoitoii/.in-g it. Tiiiw as uceompli-lie I through tl e unwise lcafo-r ship of thi'^o Southern \1 ianceincn who left tiio ?ilver l?'Mii - rats nt the critical time t > lire mi/.e the tiiinl j arty nul enanle 1 t'icvelan I'h lienchnieti t ?livi lo many Southern tie! nation- iti I contr I others so that lie pot the nomination in spite i t'his recoi l on ?i.v'T. .now, a- .v -ill ii ( ir ni -?-i 11 * r i'l ti a wi-e example in 1V,'J. ii 11 incumbent on |u?r i ? repeal ii in ii i- tiiii" in lie ! >rtnii tiling i lie i iM' inn m l mir-iii in^ the ! { !c ! r 1 * ?. .\! ?11ii-_r ?i it ciie ,i i or title "f ilie Icin in I- which c i i 11' ilet'en I I * ti I up n which u e cm jr i into ttie country in the h p''- >f carry im.r the lit*\t I'rc-i'lt ntial cleeti n. we mu-t i*l:mini * a 1 mlit'il an I impracticable -ohc ; ? - an 1 apical t'> the jr-'dl -en -c iml enli/htenc I self-in I ere'J ! the ft real American f cnplc. l o many i-mc m II only c n;i.- m I li\i lc ii- ami we cannot all. rT it pi ter i * < ?.i: leu.'iu^ ia.imy nti colon ami went when w Inive n it been able to prevent the l< iiiTir.i Si Wall street combination from lit c Iiip'iih IIJT the . ii-! iv.'iii lit .1 liie iini-*. ? by the unnu'ti/. I'ii'ii -iiv-r. t? I t!ie banking system which . ? i. ' - .-? th e\e? ni control the eircnla,:ii tiiclniin at will !. t n- ;:ive I iitle to the eiiem e? of linurty in. 1 pi -pi-riiv aun n ' ! i:i- - an lor the la* ef fie - -i'.vcr, an iv :r< a tck* an I . - I iii lr.5 ii t emlcr 111 I i . i.'i'. iv li e I?>r I any an I all lacs ] riv-tti- an 1 | i' 'i an I \VP llUVi- -Mil r naii-'l* i ! W ' It.' J. I.* l\ i OlOlllOiU ill.- a ii. 1 ,i hanking alone I') It -rub 1 a; .a Wi- \\ n ||it- ,l.r mi i hose issues. Now, as In voting a_r-.ii; r?imi>i -niiil I can readily ami w. -ii.vr'.j p >n i < sustain litis j"?liey and \ ; .. 11> - t .. . I i \V 11 II OIK If I. I In 111 > I , . , I In- Norilicasl'-i ii l? in-ier il* I i iin|*le on 111 ( line, iviiit'li will 11- iii. i.-ni t\i-ii>?> tor ill firm-. I lit- St-n.iie Ii > . CH'a'.u- Ini- JI.U'V tvn-.v's'-'iis to local IUUI | ests which have destroyed what little there was of ' tariff reform" in the Wilson bill. I The goldbug Democrats of the House refused to caucus on the repeal of the Sherman law : !a?t summer. Eastern Democrats and , llepublionns alike ignore parly lines and | caucuses when their interests arc at stake. It. is time we of the South and West should il > likewise. The c aucus was a good thing ' as long as it served to rob those sections ; it i becomes obsolete when justice is sough410 uu wiiiiiRii iiiiuu^ii us .?i^ avji sir, in conclusion. I hope 1 have m.de my ' position clear enough at list. I* it shall unite ami cement the Alliance in ay support 1 sliaU he Ria l, but if not. 1 shel not comp.ain ami will cheerfully leave the natter of my ! election in the hands of n: fellow citizens. If honored by their si ->'?RC3 I will in the ' future, a> in the p* . s,iin?l by their rights an 1 interests wit I all t lie power ol mind and heart which 1 may pis-t-s. If they choose to retire n>'. to private li e, I will at cheerfully abide their will, bespectftilly. li. II. TILLMAN. dltc JlJi'oliljj Union dimes. R. M. STOKES. - - Editor l-'ridtty, May -S. 1891. sunset,'irrtoN, ri oo run annum POST OFFICE DIRECTORY. j The IV will be opened for business ; from s A. M, to ii.titi 1* M. i fhe Money Order l'eparlment will be ' < per.ci for liusiiie?- from A. M. to 4 I'. M. Mail eoitig Fast will close promptly at i In ,\. M.; goiiiR West '>.40 I'. M. Tlie mail will be i ihc:^'.jaj^'Jan street box i cacti o'ny '?'</ minutes before the trains arrive. It. W. IIA111118, r. M. TO CANDIDA IKS. Iii view ?f I lie general business depression and ilie scarcity of money, we have dee ded to re luce the fee for iiuni uncing a can li late to > ">, ffncl/i/ in <i</caiic-\ l im f? e nllms 'i lilies fur simply announcing a candid ite. Six cents :i week will he charge I for every line beyond that limit. o - CI1IZENS MEETING !1 i Micro will be a meeting of the citizens of L'troti heel in t.'ouit House Tuesday .aftertoon. May _".'th, at ti.l"> o clock. for the purpose of nominating .a council to serve for the next two years. All citizens are especially urged ' i attend this meeting as it is very important that everybody should be j oil il ill i . ?.s-v Don't forget to register. " fi?uT Mr. Jacob llicc has put the prettiest finishing tenches t, his new dwelling of any in town. m Kc-1- Senator Tinley atul W. C. Gist, of York County were in town this week on legal business. r.KlV" I ?<>11 t !'.I ill' CtllXCUS i meeting in Court II u-c Tuesday afternoon, I >. 10 o'clock. I I * * . t.-.1 A large nud dangerous looking ' tViuile water coCci-in was killed in the ! gully I aek of Lice - mill one day last week. \Y|-.y Miller wi'li the heat this summer i when \ mean get mivIi delightful cool driuks, j at .1N?>. II. MATil IS f ountain. ? Ladies I 1'arlor ait ached. j j In a tenement lire at ?uuth Lnd , l!'-tou. In -1 week, over forty children were either Lurne I to deitth or ?o Ladly burned ! tli >t they cannot live. I'he Teachers and ehildreu of the Metho li-i Sun lay f'ehool went picnicking at Murj hy - Mill ye'erday, but had not . returned when we went to press. Mr. .la-. II Lodger has moved his j I brick machine lt<>:n the Cotton Mill mid aMishe I a bri'.kyard in rear of Mr. Jacob , too - ?aw and gr.-t miil. b~i)" About Ttrt employes in the public j i rint ie< det.nri nii'i t \C... I. , . - 4 "lIC j ilisch irgc! l:i>i Jvi nr-lay. About half *. !' I lie ili*chargc I ire women. ' C'j>' 1?i? programme i t the Twentythir l annual uie< ting ot? the M ite Teacher* \i4evhii.oti v. i'.i oc i>u?.Ii--?ho I next Week. ' Wo are I rino'l thai two young ' men from thi* e aiity ar tramping in ' t'oxoy s army. We wi re t . ry to hear it, i?> one (if ...i a iva- in <?ur employ a lew year* ago. ..?* 8<iV Last > itnr i iy :h tu* i .1 oneicr *u.l* leti'y Tell in where n. * m i winter cloth:ug n.n not only com'ort ti le hut neee*aary. There was fm*t in many n icea which injure! the cotton. The en 1 -nap liite.l four <la\>, ami nj. to toil iy we have not hail g >.) I cotton ( weather *ince. i Ji-j"- 1 n t fifget to remember"' that i t lie regi*t rat ton bunk will he op?n on the 'J'ith ?'ith. *J'vb, 'J";h an 1 "Osli. in the l . 1 ''in Home, in ! it" ; i !,,!! i register I n in- that time V"'i w i!I not le allowed lu vol hi (lie town "cuti ii u iin' "'tit of Juiiv * * %*>?" At the morning -orvices ill the Presbyterian Church h-t Sunday a collection was taken up for the inhefof the white fullereM on the c and the sum of7"? ! was contiibuied I v the congregation. This* 1 liberal *-uui was supplemented hv tT.A'? from the Kin:: s 1>lughters of that cliurcli. S ivo y.oir grain t y milting it with the timiuiiic .1 i-h ISerry I 1 I in_'er t riidle wrli King I'istening. Soil hy a ii n)sTi:i; .v en 1 i vim: Si r vif i i!ev. J S. Watkin-. I). 1> will ; r< ich ia tlie I'reshyteriaii church, next Soud d at I 1 o cl <-s a. to ill I * I at > o clock p. tu. i t I iie evening -? ?** - wi be ilevjte I to I tin- Mi??i'iiii?rv f him', in I i -crinon t??mri11;r mi ill r -nlji'cf will I f | it* i I.c .re the Mi>-i niry S ici"ty of I lie c'nMrc! l> which >p|\:ivs tl j i> 1- i-i C'M' li i iy invi e i. | imm ilie m c1111/ .in 1 lie (' i. jniiiinti' < ^o 1 t ic'iC f<>r Mny r wnl A ' Icriii mi to ><. rv,? 11 io n x I I iv.i ye ii - O I [ ,; 1'oii t to I'd'( t-i at I oil I 11 c nici lin^ ii- \i i le-'i iy ctciiiti; it '.t <> 'h cA. I'"ii t miv. "t?ii I ;! imp 1 r-e wl. it vmi <l? Imt I )?.. (!i< < v y- ill ? "I 'inl 11o 111 'i i "hut v it llui.k *\ ' i 'I l>e <1 Jttc liit- men that >ic 'to | < < ' .! ?.v tneiaiiy the inCfi t\ o :ii - '< i (> 1'fevinl c nip -tint- < < t'i the up lilt.r at.'I \ It . ihl'll, if in 11 i\ i*lt j mi li'ivi* ?!< ??<. \ ir lnt\ i a ;jvv I an t ? vi i tit ucu f / -4? jjj^- Now that UjCPbunt; Couiuiiuaioiiers are about to rebui JTh? bridec at Murohv's Mill, we wouljjfrf^rngstly suggest that the | rori't polm to Murphy's Mill be so changed/as to escape the rough nrnl steep hid aoef the worse crossing of 1'iukcr's Creek on the lleaty's Mill route. Some years ago we suggested to the business men of this town that it would pay them handsomely to subscribe a good round sum for the improvement of that very road, and now that they are begiuning to learn that they must do considerable more than purchase goods uud wait behind their counters for customers to come and buy them, if they expect to do tuorc business than will pay expenses, we again call upon them to do something liberal toward improving all the roads froui all directions leading to town, but more par iculurly the Murphy Mill road, bccuuso the largest portiou of business froiu that thrifty section of the county is netua'ly driven from this town to avoid that miserably bad road from Murphy's Mill. We are informed that a team can haul almost twice as much from Cross Keys to Spartanburg, Laurens or Clinton, as it can to Union, in consequence of the few milt s of bad road leading to this town. Come, gentlemen, if yon are really in earnest about enticing the old customers to return to town, go to work and invito tliem with Printer's ink and good roads to cou e. Upon what we ciu gather from Goveraur Tillman's letter to lien. T. P. Mitchell, in response to the questions propounded by the State Alliance to candidates for State offices, we think Coventor Tilluian is crawling pretty squarely on to ottr reform platform. He is opposed to the sub treasury scheme, so arc we. He opposes thccutrngeotts demagogical proposition that the government should absolutely own or control all the railroads, telephone and telegraph lines in the c intry,? so do we. Now, all the Governor has to do, to secure our c udial frien Iship and forgtvcne-s, is to quit swearing, sell out all the whiskey in the dispensa ies and close out the whole business, stop playing his ridiculous part in the Darli igton farce, coax senator Irby to resign and use his influence to induce t to Alliance to go out of politics and return to - li ~t principles," for the inoral, material and cducitional welfare of its members. 1 f he will do all that, ho may go to the l\ Senate, for one term, a' letst. We know it is asking considerable of the 'lovcrnor. from the first demand" to the last, but the reward ofl'crcd is more considerable. We are requested to state that a c licetioti will he taken up in the Kpiscapal Church at the morning services next Sunday, for the su'Terers on the sea coast. Never was a necessity more urgent : never was there a call that appealed with more force to the sympathies and self-sacrificing liberality of the people of this town, county and State, than the destitute, starving condition of the white people in the storm stricken section of our coast. The reports we receive thron It the papers of the truly 1 pitiable cunliiion of ilit* white people at ami around Blutlton, calls for j>rou?pt ami generous help. We suggest that not only through the churches hut hy private personal contribu? tions we should sctnl help to our sull'ering fellow cs'izens. as (Jod his given us the means to do so. We have no doubt the officers of either or both of our batiks wi 1 gladiy receive au<l forward contributions. We are not fanatical in our notions about selling whiskey, but we are so impressed with the innumerable instances which have conic under our personal observation, that money obt lined by selling wi'i!.' ','tf it does nut last long an 1 eventually entails a curse upon the person git ing it from that. nice, in one way or atiolher, that we have conscientiously opposed the State dispensary law, /'<</ th,- .*<//. j oState, and have frequently warned the advocates of that law thai the same result wonM no <I mlit l?c entailed upon iliu ijiato which liavc iuvarialily followed individuals, 11out (ho same cause. A few days ago Governor Tillman boasted i that the dispensaries had made >-100,001) for the State, in about nine months. LastTucs1 iv tlie State h-T >'?. ?,000 in two hours, by ' tire. - . 4+ . - In Irs speecn at the laying of the ! corner stone ot the Woman s College, at Itock lliP. tievernor Tillman said : I l.s-t ilieai (the women of the State) take j hoi 1 rf the work in earnest?go to all the 1 campaign meetings in full force to make I their lathers, husbands ami brothers behave themselves: an I at the end of the summer I we will have something better than prohibition or the sub-treasury : Peace in ill our hearts. Peace in all our homes.' That sounds all right, ami perhaps the women would take the Governor's advice if he would, first an 1 foremost, assure them that he would not shock their sunse of propriety an t insult them by telling vulgar anecdote* and making vulgar allusions in his speeches, .e he did at the campaign meetings in Greenville and this place in lS'.fJ. - - ? ? We retun? i.ur sincere thanks to our kind an 1 c nsiderate young friends, Misse- pong. is. Ke-tcr an 1 Bcaty, for an invitation i alien I the Tliitty-sccoiid Annual Cjtumeti vnout >!' the Augusta Female Seminary. at Stauntoii. Virginia, commencing i.) lay. May "J">. Wo highly appreciate y ur kind attention, young ladies, and. notwithstanding "the silver Ihrc.uis among (lib grey," woulJ j rc?p?>ii I in person if :t wit pos*ihlc. >ni as iIt'll <--iuii ?t lie, we have <lelcgiteti t'apH. ' \ II. Foster nod .1. T. Dniplns^ to represent ii- iiti'l ;..vi/-. a!! With this ' tin lers'nii'linif. however, that we cannot , t recieve t hose fuvoi? hy proxy. ;y, " \\ arc truly gia-t to leirn fr.'in the '( -* Mill.i rily thot work 01 the l.ockhai I . S!: i!- (' ff.?ri M i! I?; li.iy l ' ii ron 11 tiu-i I iiii) I !iiu' ill hit i i^i iin-nlH h i-.c been m i lo for the c 11>1 cii >'? >f lit" mill nn?l j>attin_' it in j i-11i >u w i 1; i; I ir'licr delay Wc ire iiii| tint t' i: will In- "ratifying i . f rii h in every ric who desires tho } r..s;iCii'\' f llio 1111fy '? ? :! cuuecJe 1 i!:ii ir> e ll I'l'iiHC wii'tM coiilcr greater l'<:no( n| >:i i- luiy.i! a -cclion or a?, great itnrnl r j'f | lo iti tin- county m will 111< .Mills at I. .'in" SI, . ii .* wtien c irnp'i'Je I ml ils I tuuc'iiuery in lull uLetftliou. I t / ?' The First Shipment of the Union Cotton MillsLust Friday (he Union Mill? To made its first shipment of cloth to market. The fabrics of this mill is of finer auilitv than that turned out by any other mill in the South, and we arc informed that President Duncan has orders cow that will keep the mil's ruuuiug uight and day for nearly, if not <iuite, s;x mouths The company is building 15 more houses for operatives, and have built a large aud oomfortuble house f>r tho Superintendent. The following is tlie equipment of the | mills, machinery and managers : One 500 li. 1*. engine of the improved Green type. The steam is furnished front o boilers, 1 0 H. 1\ etch, made by George 11. Lombard \ Co, of Augusta, tit., set with the Jaw s patent setting. The electric plant is second to none in any mill iu the .South : Ouo Fdisun machine, 500 light capacity ; driven by ti small engine of the Taylor make. 70 11. 1'. Fust process of the cotton machinery is the opener ami picker, of which there is 1, of the Atherton new model. Secoud process is the carding machinery, of which there is "JO Pel too revolving top flat ctird of the latest pattern. Third process is the doubter, heads and drawing names. These are also of the Atherton latest make. Fourth process is the slubbers, intermediate ami tiy speederc. These arc made by the Woonsocket Press and Machine Co., of 11. I. Fifth process is spinning. This consists of ">? Falcs x Jenks spinning frame*. Total number of spindles, 10,0IS. Sixth process is the spoiling. Only U machines, 1 uilt by Kastou \ llurnliani. of Pawtuckct, 11. 1. Seventh process is the warping. There are I of thee machines, of the llopelu'e pattern, built by Geo. Draper & Sons. Lighth process is the slashing. Only one machine of Howard x Bullough type. Ninth process is the weaving. There are JlO Stallbrd lo ):n<. Tnttili Ij tin* olittli v.a tin ppic'iin ery, consisting of the following machines: First, stitcher: second. calendar; th'rd, folder ; fourth, press. .Ml ot the latest pi tern. The good' are fir bleaching, and Jtlie make up of the g ods is 01x72, O'.i incitewide, l.MJ yards to the pottn I. This mill was built by W. L5. S. Whaley, of Columbia, as architect. President. T. C. Duncan, of Union. S. C. Supciintendcnt, J. L. llicks. of Uircenville, S. C. Carder, 15. F. liar ies. of Shelby. N C Assistants. W. W. Cobb and John Turner, of Trough Shoals. Mr. liarnes ha- a'so the .-pinning and slashing in his charge, with Mr. J. L. llewit. of Spnrtnuburg. a- 2nd hand. Mr. W. hi. Scuu, of tirauitevilli. has charge of the wening, with Mr. Joe Jljling. of Chester. S. C.. a.s 2nd hand. Mr. /. F. Jackson has charge of the engine and machine simp, with M \ John Cobb, of Shelby, as assistant engineer, and \Y. J. Hume.-. I Union. S. C., a-sisiant in the machine . i;op. M .. V \ \' . ..I" P..-,. . . the cl.th room. Personals Messr-. J. lb Arthur and W. P. Dcaty roprorcntcd Cherokee Lodge, N o -.7. K. of I'., of this town, at ike meeting of the Grand Lodge, at ileaufort, this week. Mr. J. 17. < V>nvet-.*, the great cotton mill man of Sp irtauburg. an J one of the most thoroughly enterprising men in the Slate visited 'tie L'ni< n Cotton Mills ?ne 'lav las t week and pronounced it to be one of the best ami most Completely equipped inili- in the South. '1 hetc is not a more competent .judge of such an institution than Mr. tonverse, 7.i all this coin y. Mr. \V. \V. Johnson, who has been teaching school at l.etlilchein, i- spending his I vacation in town. Mr. IIa. el 1.. Scaife, Principal of the Laurens High School, is spending the vara' tion with parent and friends in town. c \ good deal t twaddle i.- being ta ked by iefiwu organ- about the only price of peace ' en g -uhini--: a to the will of tlie major ty. What i- the meaning of this Hues it mean tint because one lu'.tinn curries n State one | time >" twice the otltet faction nm-t never again cx|rcss its f.j>|11ion and make ti light at I lie poll- .' I'hc con-to vuiivc elrmeol in this Stat'.! lia? sii> mitted to the will of the ntojotity whenever it ha-* been cxprr-sed. It' a minority is expected to disband and lefrain from expri--tug it- opinions. deiVudiiijr it* posthitis an I laboring t> gain v<>teforcver. wha' is the ti*e of o'ectious " We have always thought the piirpo-a of opening polls at state! intervals was to enable ii)'tn,rii n - to become majorities. I: peace to be purchased only by the perpetual silence an I .hmission of pc j h; supposed to be free, in lb" roe of what they believe to be wrong .and i loli-h. we ar;- for war. ? '?'/ - /o o/. .V.? . In all of the above we cordially agree with our able daily neighbor, and in ad lili>11 ask . In submi'ting to the v. dl of the majority is the minority expected to turn over to the majority all its right, title and interest in and to tree thought, free speech, and independence of will and action V Is the minority expected to crawl t > the leel of a i<" orai v majority like whipped curs, and lie\ . han I while it hoi h the majority rod over ilicit* heads and bidr. thorn down ? I l>' majority, by force of numbers, mvlc tii" law fu! keepers of the consciences of the free born min rity Die Ikttei lay politic il teachers appear to be r bleating the people to bc'icve (It it wlieti a majority of the voters of I he St ate -peaa iti I ivor ut any men or metsuros through the ba'l"i box, it involve- the abject submission of the opinion*, will, .- ail and body, of the minority to the will tin I arbitrary power of the ti it> rity: tba' the minority ha no rights which the majority i- bound to re?|?K-t. fiKj)'" III" < ? in.-' "tc! 'i 'i- of I Ik* lit. y (ir ive Sclmol wiii like |!-oc lu1 \ l"ril:V. .Into', I. < i it 11. . i./ I S i>'clmi:, J> in., t w?.i 11 nil ire cos' i i 1v invilcl I iiis vi lnn'l Imi I.ccii lie : micCi --Mii'lv e in iuetcii l-y M - .Ii >ic . irn-'T. uiii-' r llio iici-i | J>11':tr .11, I :ii'c in} ! ''m l ymin;? 1 illitiii liii-i i:.,uniy. Sin- in1 ilivclmi-jrcil the 'iciie ilo 1 >111 inirfiri i:.l 'I'ie 'if tile Bc'iH <>1 ( re iii wilh m.'ii ;! ?! :1 y 'till ii tii-fitc i luii to Uio j. iii ?u uf die 1 4 Correspondence the News from North Pacolct. fcrrA Janx, Miy ?.Mrs. T. J. llstcs I ^ was ca led to the bedside of her sick mother ! this morning at .Sharon, Vork county. Lust Saturday we h>ul ?juite a storm of j wind and raiu. Since ihen the weather has { been quite wintry, una thick clothing is j, co in fort nb'c. j, The oat crop is short, ami thin on the ground, and iu many places will not be ,j worth cutting. ,j In company with the Sileni S. S. we visited the Hopewell S. S. yesterday. An unusually large crowd was there to greet us. and the whole-souled Superintendent. J. W. ^ Mitchell, together with the self ol did all (l they couid to make us feel at h. inc. /, In our last week's letter we unde a re- .1 mark thai we fear may lie construed by ^ some to the disadvantage of the members of 1 lie board of County Commissioners. t?ur ilea was that ihc new coiiuty government ' law will do away wi'li the present system ( of ruid working. The law is in pcr.ttivc j iu cnnscqueucu of its failing to provide a . pena ly for the overseer who neglects or fails to perform his duty, besides, we y have no law to c. llect debts or lines while the hoineslea I I nv stands in the way. So the commissioners are piactically powerless , to enforce the working of the roads. It does seem that we have had more bungling legislation than any Slate in the Union. ami it' those we semi to the Legislature hereafter can'i do better they ought t .> he ] lett at homo. Mrs, A 1'. Ktndrick is at (.Slciiu tunings living to improve iter health by I lie u-e of i\s mineral water. J. i'.. Webster, i'hi| , of Oallaey i'iiy. was before ?. tir T. court last Saturday en pro- N fcssicitul business. Capt. J. V King has completed the re- | pairs of the bkull Shoals bridge anil is now reidy to begin on the Owen's Ford bri ige j on Thickcty. To Mr. t'.iue, of Oapt. King's force of ( workmen, we are in lehted for a shoe, which ( lie gave us last week. Like our christian , fiiend, L. T. Vice, of Union, he saw ttie ( necessity of improving our understanding mi l lias done the best lie could for u> in that liicc'i >n. ^ From the flalfney City II' './ / I. A/, r we | elij> the following from i Union couiry cor- j res|iomlent. which may be of advantage to -oine oilicial aspiian' in Union county, if lie ( endorses the proposition. to-wit : j The candid ties art s'.or/ in coining out , in our county, i would suggest to those ? who are willing to i ut their money out to good advantage to have their names announce I in tlie If-. ' /y lj> i\ too. It i- j true that the /. her is not our e unity paper, but is - i ne ir the line that it might kill a good deal of timber.' Through the urbanity of Dr. Ilichard A. v Wise, of Wi liatusburg. Va., son of cv- liuv. Henry A. Wise, we have received from the , war record oflicc a'. Washington, a map of ( south eastern Virginia, compiled and published by the war department. Tub map j gives the situati n of the Union and I'oti- j federate armies in a'l the important battles t in that secti it during the war. Much bat- t tie field i-' located in its proper place w'tli a blue or re 1 murk to indicate tlic position of i IIU i n'v:: ii?? * iiiwuvi nv lurcr* 1 csj'H' * j ively. I lie names o;' ilic commanding o!!i- t eels and tiio troop- engaged mc i.otcd in tlu- margin a "references. The map l- an in- | valuable an I i.i the study of t lie war li i ~ t ?rv. <>111- "inany friends' are after u- to run , for some ollice liiis year, 1 ut we can t Con- , -en! (o do so. on account of our inconituteney. mem a lv and phisicuMy, io serve a grateful nc iple. We w mid, lunvcvvr. 'ixe to get I lie job of fitn/ a' 1 the etliotil boomlcis iliai will nerd ilie services of an uinUrt iber alter the August primal V. Vc\. t Ccrri'sp ndenee of tlie Tom*. All Sorts of N-v.a from Jonesvillo. j Jusi svii.i.i: .May* 21. U'e bad a ;jo>' 1 ruin last Saturday about noin, but it di 1 nil : reach far on either site. I h re i- s me ' very dry sirrah- about ia the country, noi ' withstanding the malt/ clouds that pass over the country. 1 li has 1 ecu very wintry since Saturday | evening and it i- real'y gloomy, t-pi tally ' for e.iltou. I have heard of some very ' light -i.ins of frost fioai liia cold yosicr lay ' iiioiiiiu :. This iiio-tiii g is no w.inner and the cotton is looking very sigkly. 1 lie 11 ec 1' !!. II. i- pit't in;/ in a switch t and a short 3.ding ai ' ?' i - c os-iog one and a half mi ci below .lotie-'ville I the ' ace iiiimodatiou of tlic l.ucl.ha'l M fg t'o.. who will ' aii! their n atrrial i 'om that point 1 instead of .lonesvilbj. 1 under-iaiid wni'ii will lie resume I at the I g siundw stun an I he pushed on to comj K'. ion. A ii e six year old son of Mr. 11 l.ittie joint, of Aslniry, fell in a well lift week about - > fed Acop wiih "> feci of water in it. I lie little lel'ow wan rescued ami i* ill living a nl doing very well, although lie was tie :e Iv:i I thn i alive when taken out. The well v:t? i'l Mr. I.ittlejnhn'.s In r?c 1<>I ami the little fellow t\i" . it I ii'mut the la ami - >cie one siu iii.n just as he went lowa. Mr. I., ami his clerk from the ere , ran imiiiol: i e'y an I carried ti r -po ami wen' il iwu ami found the el.'M Clinging to 1 the wall, they t>i< iglit him nj> itnnied ately. i Let this he a warning to people to keep their well* coveted over.su th"ir chill: en emtio! g t In'o them. Mr. II. J\ V.'hr' 1- and wife -petit scv ' "tal days : Santiic li-t week. Mr-. .! |l (; aid I v:-it"d I'r". :nds in Spar- ( >anhai jr I > t w e. .Mr. ( li'ii les lot iVj din. of l';.i; i!"l, i- in .li 'iesvillv t day Hi- health ij very nnnrh 1 imp ere I Mr. Kemli'a'k spent :i night in JonesvtIlo '?-t week, ,#;i his return from tiletin Sjo . whit'ii"' lie hit teen to ear: y Ins w fe win# is in poor lied'h. Jonovi le esteet- I > have -eve1a! eimli i He. in the lield in due time, mid as the caiiiiiierci d trave.ers s #v. they w nil tin* vole'.- . h" I their promises iil! they come re u ml. Ilev. IV. II (J. IInaiphnus tilled his npnoititiii.nt here yesterliy. The 1'reshytennns of Joiiesvihe an 1 vicinity w'll celeh'.ite t'hildrmis Day at tlieii oliitit-li I.e.' e rre.vt Sunday. Ilev. ticoye M. IV 1. of the (i.alTii y stiiti 'ii, will preueh ui >;ew Itope Church the ti'si Sun lay in June, ji A. M. . at ih'thlehein at Jl.dtt I' M. ami .loaesvdle at night, the " imi day l irt.n iiom: . t> A. tiH'SnUT* .f iIn; I! vepiilive I'omiui .co i>f i m- V.i|!!i i i i!p* S <'otivi'tiiii>i) (In !? ' i- ii > i n ill 'till yi>u ..cp . cijipt'fully rp < 1 i . < I I" I :t'Pt 'li olltl> ell lll'N' ?lii. rIi, "JT'ii ins'., ii I J it... I" nrihc nni 11r- ill.l:i" ifi'l .-elect i'liiip I'ic ,1 iitii* mot i in_'. ti ii ". - *v -Iiinir i!i<' 1 'miVfiliiiii I" iim'pI wsili l la in vi.il I'lv -o M'ii I hi ill -it* in v i i limi- In tin- '""in in ii i ei :it liu. n!"C!in<f. Sic c.ii v. I'i .li'lcnl. j. m . ?i! i.i.ii .1. i.. stkain, ("n I?i;-i i'"\ i l? ii i II \ ii. is New ::mm i. \ Cl! M I) i A ! -! 'UClivO llllil I .1 : i I' "Hi"i'. 2 111 - :l"11 i'll toll. 11 W I lip \v t ever ii.''.. i:: * " . i - i'i" i ill it n< I . i" vi re 'I v . -?l ii 11" I. I'nii ii i'ji;-J l>o ic iil'iiiipil ami *i'?il . ' i V / ! ii ! - 1.1 l.iil';. I :rn)i ! Ill' i-1 .""l w.- ;i)iiiii iw i mill'.- iii wiillii Mi l \i"'"li 'I liiii'i . iiiiIch i. : v i - I i l Npu mwiy, Imi !i w i;i - iuiIh i ! i- ' iiniWii here 11 i.i <i "ii' ino?*1 in ?i/ ii ini i j'i 1 i i :i u'liin i p/'f .iii I i,'.'.' "i i !In i'i' :u ' / <'t . ,11"t ;i ! v t . >r<- f t' :i m li" i I'lllr (' ilio < I;i ! .. t . i ...'it. Hum IU'i' I lit* ! <'1! \ 11 \ M ' i'AlihS A!' ri.iiiimiuii-alivin !*??. this column must be scut / I the Editor, d.iniuc, 3. C. 1 V Scolding?Its Evil Effects on Children. 1 Many teachers who will not strike their upi's tool free to scotu tueiu, nua a scildig teacher is uot always deemed the several and most unjust. Vet, while it is sememes right to strike a child, it is at uo time iglit to scold one- Scolding is, in faot, ever in order, in dealing with a child or v J i any other duty in life. ^ To 'scold" is to assail, or revile with oisterous speech. The word itself se?tris i have a primary meaning akin to that of ark D'j or hotel in j. From its earliest use lie lerui "scolding ' has borne a bad icputaion. In common law, "a common scold" is fttOlic , against which the civil nth litics may be invoked by tlie disturbed eighb rhood. '1'his is a l'aet at the present into, as it was a fact i t days of old, and it s true today as it was wheu Johu Sko'.ton, a our huiiJml years ng> sai l, A slauiiderous tunge, a initio of a skolde, Vorketh in no uiiscliifc tliau tun be tolde." Moul ting is alwavs an expression of a bad pit ii and of a loss of temper. This is as ruly the case when a lovely mother seo'ds ler chil I I' r breaking his playthings wilully, or tor soiling Ins dress by playing in lie gutter, which tie was f.rbiddou to do, s w hen oue upplewotnan yells out her abuse f another appiewoutan m a street quarrel. ii e llier ca?e the essence of the sc lduig is a the nut tiplication of liot words in exit >?iju of strong feelings that, while emiletilly uatural, ought to be held in better outrol. l ite words in themselves may be ety tlill'erent ia the two cases, but the pint and the method are much alike in >oih. it is as much scolding in the one 1 ase as in the other, and scolding is never u order. If the child has done wrong, it needs ilking to. hut no teacher or parent ought talk P> a clii d while he or she (as the ase may be) is unable to talk ia a natural u.e of voice, an I wi'li carefully measured voidj. If (lie teacher is tempted to speak apidly. or la multiply words rapidly withnt slopping to weigh ilieui. or to show an xcited si ite of feeling. Ins or her tirst duty i i i gain sclf-ouitrul. I'util that control is reared there is no use of lic teacher's tryug to attempt any measure of child-truinug. The loss ol sclf-contr d is, for the ime being, an inter loss of power for the outrol ut' others. This is as true in one J phcre as in the ether. J A child soon learns that sco'diug means V ess tli in epi et. pot tive talking, and it 1 veil comes to find a certain amount of satsi'actioii in waiting silently untM the scolder las blown oil' iho surplus feeling which cum it sol i in litis way. 'I here ore limes when words may be inul- < iplid in advantage in exp'nining lo a child lie nature and cousequeneo of his oflen-e, < in I the reas in why he should do different 11 the future : but such words should ahvaja^^^H ic spoken in gcn'loness and in self-cootrol^^^^H d earnestue^s. llarely can a child ru'hfuliy : "My parents or teachers never^^ H 0 dd me. B Many ., child is well trained in spite of fl| lis biing seildrd. Many a parent or teach- ^ t it a good parent or teacher notwithstandng the fact that tlicy sold their children. ?ut no chil l is ever helped or benefitted by lie sodding lie receives: and tlie parent or eaohor is no wiser or better in consequence >f having admini-terel a scolding to the :hil 1 under his care or tit tiou. J. L. i). Honor Rail of Union Graded School1st grade: ? Mimics Maris. Beatrice srael. Be.klv Griuihall, Willie l'errin, Spencer Pevriii, Beunice Fowler, Doug as ioddes, lleese Robcrt-on, Gertrude Israel, I'cyd Morris, Lillie l'owell, Sarah Lane, itlie Sinclair, Miloti Hicks, llatiie llumrliries. "ml grade:?Prank Purham, Pearl Go' trtlt Miry Thoinis, Blanche Robertson, 1 't.j lty In w!o:\ Matt e KubinU, (Jus May, i t'iney Willutd Mau l Voi>.ellc did grade : Let tie Ibviley, Harry (trima 1 George Pen in. 1 Itli gra le :?Charlie Counts, Charlie Go- fl brill, Mafic Grtihani, Tit tin as Hawkins, I 1 bit Meador, Clyde Moug, Richard Morgan, I 1 iiniltoii Al'itiro. Carlisle l'errin, Mat Wal- I 1 t't gia le : ?Sa lic Morgan Glovcnia Vo> ' die. I ' in grado :?(ienrnle tier, Mi ?l?'oil Scott, I :i llli'S II nv'iins. Till grade : ?Nell (irinibaU, Sullic Wilkin", le-siv Voung. S li gr.i le : ? Ncclie Sartor, John White- i dr. " r4 If you want your t'ciion mid Corn lo rrow till nicidv, cul tivate them with the t.ccl " vri'j s we are .-elling. A. If. FOSTEK & CO. - ^ IIIEMMN BUILIUNO OF CLK.MSOX \ COl.i.KJE Oils ^KOYFD 1JV Filth'. We were Mart e<l on Tuesday evening >y the telegraphic annoi'iiceiociti ilint 'h.-m.-.uii C dirge had been destroyed by lite, A irly thtf morn tig. The details were I 11xi us!y 1 >oke I i ir :>iI <1 ?y hut were not 1 eeei e>l utiti! the even'ng train from ' ? iitniii.i ariivnl, which brought the If IuhiI" i T.veiiing ./"iii/i'il, containing the M owing; .mi \\ S. (' . May *JJ?Firj broke oat I;iia ui ntiig about I: .'!0 u'eloek in the third niy nt tin- 111:1:11 co! lege building 111 a ru 111 I 'i I f ir drawing an I storage of 1 lie exhibit 1!' ihe i> il <11-J 111 nidi: of ag ncullnre. Win n ti>?t 1l1.se iii'ic I by tlie sentinel 011 buy at 1 in-! r'Mc-Uv ji|?t ,j po-iie ii appeared II l o I.:ii a small blav.e, but by ilie ' me tie 1 it rut was soumlc 1 ami }>uo|tlo begin lo i'rive mi 1 lie scene it had made eonsidcrab'o headway and t!irea1 ened lo destroy the whole iiii;l ling, ns well 11s ho chapel adjoining the ba'Taek .ju~t opposite. Tho ea let', who promptly responded to :li alarm w. re i>>'gmi/eil into bucket detachment* an I ibe light to ive i> e building tie'in an I alih ugh a line of hose was soon Ur night in tlie'r assis'ance it w.is apparent that the lire ha I already progressed too far and that the best that could lie done was to give the bud.ling up and attempt to save the ^ cnapel jn t lioinwig. In uhoiit an hair's in: the building \vk guitcl and only the 1 walls were lib standing. j In ilti-i intuin many tilings were taken nt from ttic second nil lir-t lloors and .ivr'l Many 1 o'?K-? in the library were lost I h well ;i> i.i l'ie reeling room aljoiuitig. .Mii-i ui'ilie m>|nviUiH mi l furniture in 11'j j Ii vmimi I ib:..tory "ii>l in the secretary mi i ir. n u w s 'lice oil llu1 lir>t n >or wei> nvel }!y great cllni tlie chapel was s i v i I. 1 lie 1" is e iu.:?l(*.I at about I I'll is is only a p |> r> :s i irtiit c as a I borough suspcjtiou of (lie burnt tmil l'ir^ has not been m:i I.*, Ii;sii:.nice is about t-Jo.m i.i. Tiie ctu-e oi'iln liie is i.ot ye*, known but I lie authorities . .f i :?o iiiitilii'ieii arc ul no: n it liie iiuiiter mi l something ilelinite will perhaps bo known in a nay or iwo. ( i .i->is <io not meet ill', i' insiriielors lodoy mi l. ; ion,oi low o'.en ling w I: lie running nr.i (ills sum n. en null to nil'- having been uro\i.le*i lor il.c : l.c.iii". classes. Miicli ? i ni i* line I ii;?* Mirp_' cf ' .niela nut liie empl-.y ( * of the ins iiuti n for i heir ll o C oil Is to 1.ivs.-rve (lie State's property. \ lit if \"ti wan! to keep up Willi tlio i.il< v, " I a' tlic'f.nnc nc save money, j n _ .1 II iH I I'olli | UI: A11 V \| s|?.\ U h?j. 4