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The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1881-03-04
TOT IHV IIIHV
BUT WHAT ABOUT TRUSTEES.
For the Times.

Th, selection of proper trustees for the
common schools has always been tho Jcte
NOR Of the Commissioner. They are of
next Importance to the teacher. They can
tighten the labor Of the Commissioner and
incre 'se the popularity and efficiency of the
school but to do this they must work in
harmony and take an interest in the man.
aScmcnt of the school-thc attendance of
the scholars their progress, department, and
the remuneration of the teacher The
work will not be hard if they enter it with
spirit and make it labor of love but if they
80 at it grudgingly it will be an uphill bust.
ness all the time and end in disappointment.
at least one member Of the board of trus-
tees ought to visit the school regularly 1t
is stimulus to both the teacher and the
scholars-cncouragiug and refreshing al
ways.
After close observation Of the working
or the common school system-under the
old and new order of things-for many
years we arc satisfied that the failure to
cSagea 70 fa aee 81 a7Sntae Tie pa4ehs re
and trustees took in the education Ct tho
children. That old adage, "what was every.
body's business was nobody's business" be
ing as applicable to this as to other matters
The money appropriated to the purposes OF
education will be in great measure thrown
away, unless those who are most interested
take an abiding interest in the successful
management. 1t will not do to trust tc
luck-to expect the machine to run on and
keep good time because it has been wound
up and started
If education is worth anything it de.
serves all the attention aul soicitudc VIC
can bestow upon it.
We commend you for opening column in
your paper for the use of teachers, patrons
Uno all Others Interested in the education o.
youth. The future of the State depends
upon the proper training of the young nov
growing up; and the sooner we rccogns,
this truth and set ourselves to work out tn,
problem the better for us-the better 70,
postcrity. The communication Of YOU,
correspondent b., in the TINES of the 18th
is pertinent and suggestive. Let other:
speak out We want the unknown quantity
Xxx.
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AN INDIANS ACCOUNT OF GEN. Gus
TER's DEATH.-Thc Milwaukee .Scuiincp.
special correspondent at Miles City, Mon
tana Territory, teleeraphs sensational
story in the shape of a statement by Rain
n,thc.Faca, the Indian chief who killed
Gen. Custer in the memorable Indian fight
OF June 21, 1876. From that day to this
there has been mystery hanging about the
affair, from the fact that not man of Gen.
Clusters little band escaped death to tell
the story of their fate, and the historian
has no other source from which TO fill the
page than the horrible Imagination which
clustered around the dead and mutlatcd
bodies Of the gallant commander and his
troops, heightened by the memories of the
smouldcring ruins Of the Indian village. to
capture which they paid the penalty of
their rccklessncss with their lives.
while the correspondent was in the mer.
chandsing house of Mr. j. j. Graham, at
Fort Kcogh, three Indian chiefs, Rain-in-
thc-Facc, Two-Roads aud Spotted
who surrendered to Con. Miles last spring,
came in as is their custom, being encamped
only two miles away, on Tongue River, for
the purpose Of conversation with Mr.. vii.
liam NJ Courtenay, tho clerk and interpreter
OF the establishment, in whom the Indians
religlously believe. Mr. Courtenay was
reading Whittakcr's life of Custer, and in
turning tho leaves Of the book one of the
Indians caught sight of his own picture.
which no Immediately recognized. Thoy
then took the book from Mr.. Courtenav
and found all their portraits, but exhibited
very little emotion Of pleasure or otherwise
until one Of them turned q page and the
picture of Gen. Custer was revealed.
AT this Rain-in-the-F hooamo prootIv
'xcitcd, going through with all tho gyra-
ions of tho war dance, and giving tho
sioux war-hoop at the top Of his voice. -
\s:er he had got through with his wild
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The WnIrEwASu ON THE NATIONAL.
CApIToL.-Thc following is said to be the
recipe for making the brilliant stucco white
wash used on the outside of the Capitol at
Washington Take half bushel of good
unslaked limo, slake it with boiling water
(cover it during the process to keep in the
steam) strain the liquid through sieve,
and add to it peck of salt dissolved in
warm water, three pounds of ground rice
boiled to thin paste stir in, boiling hot,
onehalf pound of powdered Spanish whit
ing, one pound of white glue, and five gal
Ions OF hot water. Let the mixture stand
few days, covered from the dirt, and ap-
ply with kalsomincr's brush.
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horses were free to 81, and made his special
business to drive off all unattended slrau.
gers.
Jibbiug was about the worse fault a horse
could have, and that was duo to a sort of
dread similar to bogeys among children
1t might be conquered by Kindness, and
showing the animal that it had really
nothing to fear. They should treat horses
us children, and should serve them as they
themselves would wish TO be served. d.-Er-
tract from lecture Of Rev. j. q. Wood.
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"IF WE KNEW,

III we knew, When walking thoughiless,
m Through the crowded, noisy way,
Ihat some pearl of wondrous whiteness
Close beside our pathway lay,
we would pause, where now we hasten,
We would often look around,
Lest our careless feet should trample,
Some rare jewel in the ground
Ii we knew what forms were fnintinC
For the shadow we should fling,
III we Knew what lips were parching
For the water we should bring,
we would haste with eager footsteps,
we would work with willing hands,
Bearing cups of cooling water,
Planting rows of shady palms.
Ii we knew where genius struggled
Through the weary nights and days,
Seeking for some word of comfort,
Little word of h,pc or praise
Boughs of balm and leaves of laurel
We would place within their hanls:
Little deeds, with pleasant meaning,
hungry hearts can understand.
1t we knew what feet were weary,
Climbing up the hills of pain,
BY the world cast out as evil,
Poor, repentnnt Magdalenes-
Neyermorc with naughty gesture
Would we drive them from side,
Wrapping close our robes around us,
With Pha:isaic pride.
Ii we knew whes friends arouud us,
closely press to say Goodbye"
Which, among the lips that press us,
First should meath the daisies lie
We would clasp our arms around them,
Looking at them through our tears;
Tender words, of love eternal,
We would whisper in their ears.
If we knew wha' lives were darkened
by some thoughtless word of ours.
Which had ever lain upon them
Like the frost among the flowers
Oh, with what sincere repentings
With what anguish of regret,
While our eyes were overhowing,
We Would cry, "FoRGIvE FORGET -
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RIOT NEAR OAKLEY.-Summcrvillc,
Feb. 4.-Capt. Litchfcll, residing near
Oakley on the Northeastern Railroad, wos
IN town yesterday, and reports serious dis
turbanco in his noghborhood on Supdav.-
a difficulty arose between A. j. Randall n
clerk in store at that plaoo, and a colered
man, ON the clerks refusal to furnish him
with whiskcy on Sunday. The matter was
reported to oolored church near by. and
inc congregation camo up, assaulted Mr..
handal, beat him severely, and one of the
party shot him with pistol wounaing him
seriously, and probably dangerously. This
new departure of the church militant is to
undergo legal investigation at an oarlv
day. Possibly it is the first case on record
In which congregation en- n,osse commit
ted an assault and battery.
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AN ODoR1FEROUS CADEr.-Cadct Les
ter w. Cornish, of Massachusetts,, testified
in the Whitaker court martial yesterday
that his room was beneath Whitaker's, and
there was hole around the steam heating
pipe that ran from one room to the other.
Though he awoke three timos on the night
OF the trouble, he heard no disturbance in
the colorcd cadets room. In the morning
he was called into the colorcd cadets room
by Major Piper, who said that he was afraid
that Whitaker had been murdered Tn,
witness then described Whitakers room as
he found it, and, by means of sheet of
paper rolled up and some red ink indicated
where drops of blood were found on an
Indian club Elk Governor Chamberlain
and Professor Groencr objected to the illus
tration with red ink, on the ground that, :,
teing thinner, the ink would trickle differ
emily from blood
In answer to cx.Gov Chamberlain, the
cadet said that his communications with
Whitaker had been purely official he had
had no cause for couversing with him.
"Do you know whether the other mem
bcrs of the class pursued the same course
toward Cadet Whitaker ?"
81 object" said Maj. GaIdncr.
81 merely ask the cadet for his knowl-
edge" said ex>Gov Chamberlain, blandly,
''not to reproach any one."
| Ey En, A.. =.
extremely important to get at the general
feeling toward Whitaker in West Point, in
order that the court may know in what
light the testimony shall be examined. a
very quick impression had grown up in the
Academy, after the Whitaker affair, that
this was sham outrage. The ground of
that impression ought to bo examined.
The cadet replied: 81 nc yer saw any one
who spoke to him other than in an official
way but believe some other cadets have
done So
"Why did you not communicate with
Whitaker in any but an official way p
"For the same reason that I would moi
choose to make a companion of any ono
else whom did not particularly care for
son the ground of character ?"
''Some cadets would object to on that
ground, and others not"
"Was there anything in Wh;taker's con
duct to make him Objectionable ?"
"Not in his actions, but in things about
him."
"In what ?"
"Well. it's small thing to speak of, but
he used condimcnt on his hair that you
could smell across the hallway"
81 suppose you refer to hair oil %
"Ycs, sir. Then, too, | didn't like his
general gsa appearance. He eouldn't look any,
who Is frank and fair and he looks you iu
the face. Whitaker looked sidcwisc.-
There was another colored man in the
Academy, but had no objection to him.
My objections to Whitaker are what have
named
'Frankly, now, was not your objection tt
his color ?"
81 think not. | would not have associ
ated with white cadet if he had Whita
kers habits. They were spoken about
particularly by the Southern cadets"
'Do you think that the Southern cadet.
were more prejudced than the Northern
cadets ?"
Socially I think they were that is, the,
didn't talk over lessons with him. The
!, Northern cadets are more accustomed tc
meet colorcd boys in school, and their pre-
Judlces are not so great as those of South
ern boys. ~ Y SIN.
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REDUCING Bones To M,NTpp

REDUCING Bones TO MANURE A
correspondent Of the Massachusetts, Plough-
man says that for several years he has pack :
cd bones in green horse manure making
the heap with layer of manure at the
bottom and putting the bones AMI manure
In layers of about three inches in thickness.
lie vets the layers as the heap is made. -
"A few weeks time is all that is need ID to
reduce quite large and solid beef bones to
a condition in which they can be broken to
coarse powder, by the fork, when the
heap is overhaued. Any tough pieces are
put in another heap. H. has rosted in
this way over ton of bones at one time
in less than two cords of horse manure
The top OF the heap is to be covered with
some earth or muck to absorb the casscs.
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FORTY ACRES OF SrUMps Blown OUT.
-Ex'Sheriif John T. Pressly gave novel
entertainment at his farm Northwest of the
city, yesterday afternoon. In several fields
which had been lately cleared were num-
Der of large stumps, and after. working at
them for several weeks by ordinary meth
DDS, he secured the services Of Prof. Jenncv,
whom he employed to blast the remaining
stumps out with dynamite Alter blowing
out number Of them singly, Mr. Prcssly
conceived the idea of blowing up all the
stumps in forty-acre clearing simultane-
ousIy, and this was the entertainment which
the visitors witnessed. Holes were drilled
in the ots on level with the ground into
which cartridges were inserted and con-
nccted with II battery by means Of wires.
The work of the explosion was satisfactory
and every stump was blown to atoms,-
Pieces flew upward two or three hundred
feet and were picked up several hundred
feet away. .-Hhannpols Sentinel
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THE 1IoRsE.-Among the reasons for
using the gag bearing. rein was that the horse
was held up and prevented from stumbling
lie would like to sec the nian who could
hold horse up, or even prevent another
man from stumbling by the use of similar
contrivance. Again, it was said, that il
the horse looked about he might get fright.
encd, and the stupid horse should. therefore
be made to look up to tho sky, where
nothing was to be seen. The gag bearing.
rein was often the cause of falling, for il
frequently snapped at the corpor, of the
mouth through the efforts Of the horse to
save himself. ~
The ancient Romans did not use ar nythine
approaching to our bit, neither did they
use blinkers, yet they were highly skilfII
characters. liza man would only let horse
know which way he was wanted to 90 he
would go. He knew n cabman who had no
whip, used the reins merely as ornaments
and guided his horse entirely by the voice.
DIR. Carver, whose feats with the rifle were.
many of them, performed on horseback
depended merely on the use of his voice
and tho pressure of leather thong against
his horses neck. y
Messrs. Barclay & Perkins had ono hun.
dred and fifty horses, and cruelty, bad Ian.
suage, or even rough usage to horse, was
not tolerated by them. A carman reported
Tor such doings, was instantly dismissed,
with the intimation that he had mistaken
his calling, and was unfit to have tho care of
animals. They had but one horse which
could be said to possess anything approach.
ing to vice, its vice being a strongly
developed consci,ntiousncss. Tho animal
was convinced that strangers had no
bus'tiess loaiiDg about the yard where the
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demonstration, but still exhibiting the great
est anger, he struck tho picture with his
hand, and, with a demoniac snecr on his
FACE, exclaimed in the Sioux tongue "I
killed him. | made many holes in him
He once took my liberty. took his life.
am glad | did" On being told by by
stander that Gen. Caster was still living,
Rain-ih-the---Faee beeame very violept, and
hissed between his teeth: Your tongue is
forked," which is the Sioux figure for ,'you
lie"
Continuing he said IL visited his body
after the battle. l cut him open. ate
part of his liver. am glad killed him.
Tie was bad to my people. He killed many
warriors"
1t is superstition among the Sioux that
by eating the liver of valorous victim the
warrior SO eating obtains all his cunning aud
prowess. This is the first authentic account
of Clusters death ever given.
with you that untold harm is done by Of
icring anything but breast milk, or cows
milk properly prepared, if the babe is
handled, until lie has mouthful of teeth
"Nlilk is the food of babcs," and if the
mother is healthy, and lives on the right
food, her milk will have teeth enough in
it, and they will appear in the right time :;
if she doesn't let the baby guzzlc until he
is diseased with fatty degeneration. Most
infants do become thus diseased before they
are three months old. This stops the growth
and leaves the poor, deceived parents moth
ing but increase in weight to boast of; and
when the poor little victim to his own greed
and its parents folly gets to the end of his
tcthcr, he melts away like butter in hot
oven, and then ii is seen how poor Gin flesh }
he has been all tho time. Few comprehend
the broad difference between flesh aud fat
The first is lean MISUNDERSTANDING result
Of growth, while fat don't care how hard
and solid it may bc-is the product of un-
cxcre,ial excess. This is why no one bets
dollar on fat horse or a fat mau-they
are "soft" and "can't stay."7sIt is every
whit as true Of a fat baby. The only won
DIR is that amy infant lives sixty days from
birth. Fed before birth but three times a
day, he Is after birth subjected to ten or
'cnty meals in the twenty-four hours
Before birth he grows at the rate of about
ten pounds per year. After birth he is per-
mitted to fat at the rate of fifty pounds per
y>ar unit! chronic dyspepsia, or some acute
disease interieres. Feel Of kitten, calf
colt or young robin they are, and remain
while growing, but little more than skin and
bones, and fur or feathers, because unable
to get enough to fatten them (and they nev.
hseSa rYaaf aaf as 81
until they reach tho lean age, and have pipe.
stem legs anI arms, with no rolls of fatty
tissue anywhere about them. Could they
be kept so from birth, and not permitted tc
over-indulgc so, their appe.itcs would al
ways be reliable for plain food they would
have no infantile diseases to enrich our pock.
| - Russian your,<,y TIo>>,.,
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The Memphis Appeal for 1881.

The Appeal, having completed the
fortieth year of its existence, needs ne
elaborate prospectus as to it's future
policy. Suffice it to say that, believing
the Democratic party to be the safest
repository for the great trusts OF the
government, the Appeal will continue
to be Democratic newspaper
While faithfully adherins to the party
which it has supported for forty years,
it will labor earnestly for the develop
ment of southern thought, souihern
industries, southern literature, south
ern agriculture and trade, and south
ern effort for unity and brotherhood
between all sections Of the country.
1t will endeavor to secure from con-
gress liberal appropriations fer i'm
proyement of our rivers, favor rail
road building, organized efforts for
immigration, manufacturin :, and ev-
cry enterprise c calculated W promote
the osperlty Of the people. The
APPEAL has no compettorin in the vast
territory which forms the field Of its
circulation, and which it occupies
almost to the exclusion of any other
morning paper, and it will continue,
in all the essentials OF a first class
newspaper, to maintain its conceded
position.
Daily Appeal, per year...-........$i0 90
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Weekly Appeal, per year...,..... 70
Weekly Appeal, six months..... so
Send for sample copies to
GALLAWAY q HEATING,
Memphis, Tenn.
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Cotton Suits for Governors.
Picked in the Boil, Dyed and Made Up
Between Szarisc ana Sunset.

AT an early hour the cotton was
picked from a patch on the ground
belonging to Mr.. d. U. Sloan, OF
Norcross. The cotton was of the
variety known as the Ozier Silk
cotton, and was pronounced as fine
short staple as was ever seen in this
country, AT I o'clock was ginned
in twinkling and at once started
upon the journey which was to end
so quickly, and in such an astonlsh
ingly changed appearance for the
cotton. The ginning of the entire
lot required less than twenty min
utes. II was taken at once TO the
picker, where it spent half All hour.
The crowd that was watching the
process of manufacture had grown
to considerable proportions, and as
the cotton passed from machine to
tmachine the enthusiasm was In
tense. After leaving the picker,
the cotton went to the cards. These
beautiful and remarkably perfect
pieces of mechanism were watched
with The greatest admiration. In
half an hour it left the slubbsr, and
in thirty minutes more ii was being
spun into the filling. In twenty
minutes more it was going into the
loom. AS the Compton, loom,
which was the one in use, started
with its energetic clatter, there was
enthusiasm enough to give a rous-
ing three CHEERS. The material for
the vest began to make its appear
ance at nine o'clock, and that for
the coat and pants emerged an
hour later. The cloth came through
rapidly, and at 1920 the first piece
,oi goods for the suits was taken to
Thomas dye.housa, and in twenty
seven minutes had been dyed, dried
and was ready Tor the tailors. AT
1885, the cotton that less than six.
hours before was hanging upon the
stalk, was handed to the tailor 10
be cut out. The sewing was done
at the Wheel & Wilson exhibit.
At Cos the suits were completed,
and at Z o'clock Gov. Bigelow was
encased in one, receiving a del
egation from the Atlanta Universi-
ty at the residence OF Director Cen
,eral Kimball, while Gov. Colquitt,
at the executive mansion, was ad-
miring the first walnut picker coat
that had ever fallen to his portion.
II Atlanta (Ga. J Constitution.
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Election of Beat Officers.

lhe election ior beat officers in
this county on Tuesday last, result.
ed as follows;
DISTRICT No. l. e
Supervisory. j. Powell .204;
W. c. Mccoy 237.
Magistrate j Johnson, 2G7; w.
T. II. Bailey, lG7, IL, b.. Mitchell,
209.
Constable VIM. Carroll, 127; W.
Ii. Thornton, 95; II. B Proctor, "a;
j. a, Garrett, 1853; u. Q. Horton, %.
DIsTRGcT No. 2.
Sal eryiSnr--lI. NJ, Linville, 3S2;
j. Il, Nance, 2O6; VIM. Richardson,
Magistrate-W. r. Walker, 500;
II. Manning, 354; s. W. Pegram,
1l22; John Wallace, 159.
Conslable--s 0 WeIch, 465; JnO,
Buchanan, t8.
DlSrRIcT No. 3.
SGperElsor--A. N Clayton, 252;
s. Gibbs, 1911; j. Il. Rutherford, 78.
Magislrale--J l% Lane, 34l; J d
Ktno,, 24O, . 4 Whisepant, lO6; q.
W. Green, So
Constable--W. Ii. Duncan, 1G5;
Simon Jackson, (rol,j, 1876; I. q.
Harrison, 66
DISTRICT No !.
Snpervisor--j X Bartlett, 1l8;
A b MctlIlI, -; w j McUIuskey, 40;
j ID Lokey, 50; j j Shack elrord, 81.
Magistrate-F Geno, so; l. l. Mel
son, 202; ID B Colson, 179; W II
Lokey, 96; W L LewelIen, SO.
Conslable--D B Mitchell, 50; A.
J Hopkins, 2O9; J L Sura!t, So.
DISTRICT No. 5.
SuperVisOr--J L Hines, s.; N r
Stark, rs; b 0 Brock, 45; Il A Dun.
can, 80; s Q Love, s.
Magistrate--A s RiddIesperger,
l43; I Childs, 81; j English, "A; j..
M. PanneH, 81; j b Smith, 1874. i
Constable--J Suttlemires, Al; A
w Scott, 1876; r Stewart, 81; VIM.
Chllds, 43.
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Everything bears hard upon the
poor. The rich man who puts moth
ing into the contribution box Sun.
day MORNINGS at once supposed to
have left his pocket book in his
other trousers; bur the poor man
who has but one suit Of clothes
can't get olfso easy.
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A Ajolly.looking Irishman was ca.
luted with the remark, 'Tin, your
house is blown away" .Deed,
then it isn't," he answered, ''fOr |
bave the key in my pocket"
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