THE TTlSTIOlSr T'TTVTT^Q. JOSIAH CRUDUP, - Editor. I'riila} ) Dccombor 7, 1S1> 1. RATFS OF ADVERTISING. One dollar per square first insertion, fifty cents per square lor each subsequent insertion. Liberal contracts will be made for space for advertisements of three months duration and over. Local advertisements tks cents a line. All communications for publication, except regular correspondents must be accompanied by the real name of the sender. The Editor is not responsible for the views of correspondents. Obituaries of over tight lines in length will be charged for as other advertisements for all in excess of that amount. POST OFFICE DIRECTORY. The I*. O. will Vie opened for business front 8 A. M. to 0.00 P. M. The Money Order Department will be opened for business from A. M. to '1 I'. M. Mail going East will close promptly at l'J 40 1?. M.; going West 1.10 1'. M. The tuail will be taken from the street box each day CO minutes before the trains ar rive. 11. W. IIA hi; IS. I\ M. To Our Subscribers. lVoduce, chicken?, turk-ys. eggs, butter. woo l, etc., delivered at the Timks ollice. will be received at the market price in pnyuicot < f Itar.k duts 01 renewals ot" fubseription to *? v. Am. the stores, except one ??r two grocery stores c'osed up Inst Thursday, Thauksgiving, and did no busiuts?. O W ANTED?To rent a three or four room co'.tnge within the corporate liiuits of the town. Apply at the It mis otlice. o . V Ni.w meat market has been opened in one ot the Grant buildings by Mess. Hipp lktrites. Ma. Davis brought us last week the largest turnip wo have ever seen. It weighed seven pounds and w is quite tirm. !t was enough for tiirce meals. * Conubkss met on Tuesday last. ?o far no very important topic has been considered, most of the tiuie having been taken up in routiuc business, heating repotts etc. Special bargains for December iu t'lothing. Dress Goods and Millinery at A. 11. rosTES \ Ct i s. Tilt: cotucrstoue of the new coloied Dim jist church hero was laid Hat Thursday with appropriate ceremouics. The Kchou hand wus 011 liuud and m ule music almost con" tinuously. ? Titk Sumlny schools belonging to the County llaplist Sunday School Convention will please send the names of their delegates to Mrs. S. C. Southard. Jonesville, S. C., by the loth, in order tli.it homes may be assigned. LOAF BREAD ITotn Spartanburg Steam I'.akery on sale at J NO. 11. MATINS' fancy (.irocery Stoic. Mis. 15. 1'. CiiAwrouu, an ngtd citi/.ea of this county, living about 6 miles below town, died last Tuesday morning, lie had been sick a long time, llo was buried at l'airvicw church last Wednesday evouiug. Kef. J. N. Hootli. preaching the funeral. Tin: Clerk of tho Court has had a new book case made for the llceor Is an 1 new iron shutters put on the windows. The iloor was washed one day ia-t week, and the cilice now presents an exceptionally neat and cleanly appearance. I sins Thanksgiving service was held a: the l'resbylcrian church last Thursday, l'.ev. C. A. 15. Jennings preached a helpful e.-rtuoti to tlie Methodists. Presbyterians, Biptists and others gathered to render thanks to our Heavenly Father lor llis manifold blessings. 3000_0RANCES ON HAND. will sc.I Oranges, Wholesale and llctail. 1 '^Jplll supply all Merchants in the town or county with .ill the Oruntrus tliev will no?.t at lowest market price. JNiluy by using it publicly on tiuse of the ntllictel who ate willing to be exhibited. llis comically dress* J negroes make music while Hull rubs and sells. ? Tut: arguments in the o Two important acd highly interesting papers have been given to (he public -iiue oar last issue ? the message of President Cleveland and that ot' tlovernor Tilltuan. Covering as they do about fifteen closely printed columns each we cannot even givo an outline of their contents, ivitlice to say they tiro both strong instruments and well worthy of their authors. Overcoats at underprices. 'I lib OI.Li KbLlAULli. fcfe A German has recently invented an enorW mous and powerful machine which driven It l?r steam. cuts from !i t.?f ^ ordinary link chain, which ha* hecn ma le heretofore only hy welding the links. It is said thai the machine made chains are stronger than our wrought iron welded chains and that the c- st of production is also less. li is hard to rcali/.e that 11. 11. Tillmuu is no longer Governor of South Carolina, but it is a fact, nevertheless. Last Tuesday John Gary livans was in- j augurated with appropriate ccreinouies. and Governor Tillman retires to private life at least for the present. In his inaugural aldre-s livans outlines briefly the political and financial condition ol the State, and pledges himself to tno hest interest of the whole people. * S'?!?Ej 'nCiv last ?it!r.--uuy as follows' Moore, Marsh & Co.. vs. W. S. Qrcgory, 1st. Tract, 300 acres of land on Tyger Diver, bought by IV. vj. Gregory for ?1030, 2nd tract, 30 acres, bought by Moore Marsh & Co., ?10.00. Executor of 11. II. Kice, deceased, vs. W. T. Dnlton, 133ij acres of land in l'iuckney Towoship, bought by W. G. W. Going, and G. W. Going, for $000. Hill and Goes, survivors eie.. vs. C'has. Harris and IV. C. Wallace. 1st. Wyatt Johnson 1'lace, 110 acres, bought by T. C. Duncan for ?310. 2nJ. "Home Tract" known ns the Kphrrim Haney laud?100 acres, bought by T. C. Duncan, for $173. A. H. Stokes & Co., vs. Mary Darnelt. et a!, 30 acres of land in Union Township, bought by Win. Monro, Agent, for $3(mi. J. C. Hunter, Executor vs. Ida W. (loss. Tiie Thomas Vinson place, bought by Wm. Munro Agent, for $000. The margaret Hardy lanJ, sold by W. T. Jones, under a mortgage, was bid oft'as follows : Tract of 13 acres, one mile South of Cuioti. by i 1. M. Sparks, at $200, one-half acre in town, by W. T. Jones, at ?200. Tho Stokes property in town; sold under mortgage by 15. an I L. Association vtai bid off by Win. Monro, Attorney, the lluine IMucu bringing ? l-loO. and I lie vacant lot $820. * * ... ing Machine is tlie proper thing for a Xnius present to your wife. Sold by A. II. I tlMH & O). Tite most notablo feature of the beginning of the present Legislature, was the tiling of I'r. 1'ope \s potition. The petition complains of tlie unfairness of the present election law. and urges that it is contrary to the constitution of the State, and also coutrary to the constitution of the United States. More specifically it alieges that the la?t election was conducted fraudulently, in thai the law was not complied with. ?onio lir-ivv I'li'ir.fnii ut-o niuiltt iimnti I tin eorirvi. Z " e' - "o" ' sors an I managers ol election at various precincts. Tho pwtiliou ends with a prayer that the General Assembly may by concurrent resolution, entertain tho contest of the election of Governor, and determine the same in accordance with the constitution, and in such manner as has been or may be prescribed by law. And your petition stands ready to prove the matter- and things aforesaid by complaint and credible testimony, and prays the powers of your honorable bodies that the same may be had. The petition is rather lengthy, containing as it does, something over twelve hundred words. The petitiou was placed in the hands of a committee. Meantime the election returns have been tabulated, Johu Gary Kvans declare 1 elected and inaugurated. <;o to?~ Juo. 11. Mathis' lor your fancy Groceries, Fruits, Nuts. Orange*, fakes and Crackers, French and plain f audics, l'ohaceo and Cigars. Tin: following is an extract from a letter written by Andrew Carnegie, the iron King, correcting a misquoted remark : "What 1 have said about wraith may bo found in my own vvtitiugs and not in extracts from supposed speeches. 1 had m> reference to men who diel leaving competences, for I believe such men are the salt of civilization, but to men leaving millions insecurities which they cou'd nave used in their lifetime. 1 said I believed the day would come when lioh men would die di? graced and the Irioutc ol ?ijij.? >v:il w.iuld l e given to tii se up.n who.se tombstones could lu truth I u 1 iy written : lie lived without ostentation, an l he died i'Oor,' as wns said of Pitt.'' This is a sentiment worthy of a friend to humanity. M r Carnegie lias had a great many had things said abuit him by the politicians in their clamor^ for free trade, and their IftiUQcist ion id" protected money King". hut if he feels the sentiment expressed in lite above lie is neither a had man nor a small man and knows the proper u*e of money as well as how to make it. lnr. question ol finance low agitating ;hc minds of our j eoplu more periiaps than any oilier public .juesiioii, is one of the tinst momentous that lias ever presented itsell to the Alucricui people for a solution. There are several plans prominently before the people differing from one another inarkelly in some respecs. In our next issue we will give the MibMnnce of one or ui re of these fin tnciil schemes and porl.aps cui'iiiue tliu -luhjcct in subsequent issues. Wo w.ll he impartial in our statement d' these plans and we believe that a careful stuly of (Item v. i 1 be beneficial to nil wliii tile iutoie-led in a sound .ind ciuslic cumncy. WHF.N YOU WANT ? A Fir-1 ?'ln>s Uys't-r >tew or Fry, go in ti e . ? t in OYSTKll SALOON. livery thing neat and clean, and orders filled on short notice It. II. Koi.it. claiming to he tiovcrnir do jure, of Alabama, has issued a jmessago to tit.- tleneral Assembly, of that Sta'e ai> 1 to the |>eo|de. The churgci made in hi-- ic nunciatiut published some time since arc renewed, and he calls upon the Assembly to pass a law j roviding honest elections and an hone-t count. His adherents ate urged to form societies in every county and hare discussions and readings to keep up tne firy of opp"-ition until some law i-, passed providing honest elections. He say- ho will accomplish hi- end peaceable, if possible, bus that lie will carry the matter into court if necessary The probability is. froiu the way he :s conducting himself, that he will cause some trouble "r lau I in jail, or both. A jixndsomi; ]>ulpit scarf was recently presented to (iruco Chapel church. Spartanburg Co.. by Mr. L. I' Murphy, of Union. The indies of Woman* foreign Missionary Society rcrneinbor with pleasure Mr. Murphy s kindness at their annual meeting. They will n >t soon forget his genial face, aud return many thanks for his appropriate gift to their church. They hvurti'j unite in wi hing for himself ami love'y wife prosperity an I happiness in life and tlist the crown on tlie scarf may be an emblem j f the crown that awaits them in t! o life I beyon-l. * * 'Ifco Ladies Foreign Missionary Society Of ii.c Presbytet i .11 Church invite you to i he pros- m Thursday evening, Peccmber ! thirteenth, at liaif pu>t seven o'clock, at the 1 re-i'lettce of Cnpt. A. II. Foster, I'uion. S. 1 ' Th s birthday party is given to all, i W c hope you will come, and purpose if I you do An agreeable time, and a musical treat. As we could not secure the number of candles, To let your light shine, we will present you a fandangle. Put safely within it, as many round pennies, A> years you are ol?, we h?pe you ato many. Your light will bo bright, wdii'c we will keep dark. If ycu wi-li it wha''H within it. Wo are earnest workers, with gieeting most hearty, Feel sure you will come, to your own llirthday Party. 1 ill. I JllvM * 14 b UIU OVIUU U? I II v U III"* IIIIIWduccd in the l.egislature to date. namely A bill t > appropiiate lite net profits on the sales of spirituous liquors by county dispensers, one-fourth to the use of the city or town in which the dispeusury is h eated ami three-fourths to the public schools of the county. Ity Mr. ilougli. A b'.il to declare intoxication, drunkenness. the use of vulgar language a misdemeanor. By Mr. Burns. A bill to amend sect ions g:'> and '-'1 of the incut for the several counties." ft provides in section 'J '> that all the courts in (his State an I municipal Authorities, which, under existing laws have power to sentence convicts to confinement in prison with hard labor, slni 1 .sentence nil able-bodied male convicts to hard labor upon the public roads of tho county in which said person shall have been conv.etcd, and, in tho alternative, to imprisonment in the county jail or State penitentiary at hard labor; piovided that municipal authorities may sentence municipal convicts to work tip ui the streets an J other public works of the municipality in which they have been ciiivicted, and sucii convicts, when so sentenced, shall work under the exclusive direction aud control of the municipal authority- imposing sentence; l'rovide I that no convict, whose sentence shall be for a period longer than two years, shall be so sentenced. s>k?tios - I. That all convicts no sentenced shall be under the supervision and control of the county supervisor nud bv hint formed into a county chain gang and required to perform hard label- upon tho public highways and roads, lie shall direct the inuo tdsce and manner of labor to be performed oy said chain gang, l'rovided that said chain ratnr shall not be worked in connection with or near any road contractor or overseer. By Mr. fowler. A bill to enforce tho | ayment of losses an t overcharges by railroads L5y Mr. (Jits. A bill to establish an additional voting precinct in Union County. By Mi, fowler. A bill to forbid (lie three-fourth clause to he attached to any tire iusurauee poliry. By Mr. lid wards. A bill by Mr. Winkles, to amend section Jti'd of the criminal statutes relating to punishment for murder. The section as proposed reads as follows : | Siv. "J"'.'. Whoever is guilty of murder shall sutler the punishment of death; pro- 1 vided. however, that in each case where the pr sotier is found guilty of murder the jury may tiud a special verdict recommending i him or her !< the mercy of the court, where- ! up?n the prisoner shall be coufmed in the j peni'cntiiry with hard labor during the ' whole lifetime of the prisoner. A bill by Mr. tuts to lire the salary of the trial justice in I'm n City. etc. A bill to require railroads to provide c separate cache- for whites and black- By c Mr. ?Ml-*. Th s lull is the same as the t Jim Crow car' bill of several sessions v past. t A till by Mr. lowr.scnl to reduce the legal rate of interest to '> per cent . and to prevent tisorv in ibis State. A b 11 by Mr. finkles to regulate the err intiii ' ! Jiv roes for a lul'erv and altirm ing certain uuitriagc- n A hill lo anien t an act entitle! "an act to i protect primary elect on* and political jar- ^ ties and to punish frauds committed thereat;' approved December 'J'J. ISss. This bill provides that in addition to the mam- 1 gers selected iu the manner pre-cribe !. each :i candidate for any afiiuo at a primary election shall have the right t > name at each :l polling place one person as watcher t > reprc- ' sent 1e him 1 had seen t'hauiberla.n - (' ugh lleinedy advertised ami thought i would try it as a lest hope ami am happy to say that after two doses lie >lupt until morning. I gave it to hiiu ne\t day and a cure w w a Heeled. I keep this remedy in the house noiv an I as soon as any of my children show -igus of croup I give it to them ami that is the last of it. Jo an J cent b ttle- for stile by 15. ! '. I'osey, Druggist. Church Appointments. Hereafter the nnpointments oil Kelton ('ircuit w ill I e as follow First Sunday. ? Wesley ( Impel, II a. in , Fiat Kock. d.dd, 1'. M. Second Sunday.? Foster s t'bnpcl, 11. a. in . Mesopotamia. H.do. p in. Tliini Sunday.?Flat F.jck, II, a. in.. ' (Yosloy ("Impel. j>. in. ! Fourth Sun.lay.? Mesopotamia, 11, a. m., I Foster's Chapel. d.'iO, ]> m IIIANK-. I ies;i ? through t!io column* of Tub Tnu.-( sin< ereljr thank all >>f my friends "will 111 lyi'ii .iii? HI mv i uunj n?r lllC ; intere-t in an i iV -1 e 1 in my rocvoiy during ' in y lute il.ne-?. boili mi kind mid vdicilous I inquiries, and in kindly alniiui-iratnns, itc never know how many trim Is wo h ive until nu opportunity 11 utlordcd thum t show thetiise.ve- friendly. Mits. S. M ll.i 1:, J11. ? For Kheuninii-tu I havo I'uind n .Ihing { cq'tal to 1 'htunberl.iin < I'.tin linlm It relieves tbo | tin n- - ion as itp| lied. .1. W. Voting. W'p-l l.iberty. W \ 1. l ite prompt \ relief i' iifTord- i- alone worth many tines | the cost, .,(.1 cents. In cwitinued use will i ctleci it permanent cure For sale by If I . 1'osey, liriigprisi. - ? All drudelsfa euarnnteo l?r Mile- I ain 1'iu.tj to Headache. ' One cent a dose." SH O E S! SHOES!! *1 ? GO TO OR AII AM & SPARKS, i OK SHOES. Tlicv sell more SHOES than any other merchant?. 1st. because- they carry the largest assortment. 2d. because THEY KEEP '1IIE RKS1 bllOhS. .'Id, Hccauso they sell iho best for the lowest price. T133P.V WILL OEXjZJ VOXJ . CHILD'S SHOES FOIl 25 CENTS. WOMAN'S SOLID LEATHER SHOES roll 50CTS. MEN'S SOLID LEATHER HIGH CI T, FOR ?1.00. They carry the cheapest, and they carry the best. Call and get your size. = DRESS GrOODS? AT A BARUAIA. We have reduced the price on PRESS GOODS, they must all be sold, beautiiul Dress Goods formerly G5c, now selling at 19c. Goods formerly sold at 50c,, now 37?c. Dress Goods formerly sold at 35c, now selling at 21c. Goods formerly sold at 25c., now selling at ISc. Don't miss this opportunity. I K- DOMESTICS w* _i i *i. i. ?r :4 rv'PD k Tii.^ ? v t i>n inno .t u c arc away aucau, niiutv ui 11, i.ahui iinai i i,in 1/ n iui, shiihiii" at cents, other uicrchauts ask you G coots for the same j;nory Goods Palace of GRAHAM & SPARKS. Read This and Act at Once. TV < > rI? J O JLO ! y-OU know whaler ?") y?u ?? 1 LL parties indebted to mc by note or X money. I^.m do -hen you mint otherwise, ami ,.il panics owing me .11 ami settle at once is all notes and ac- fjr Mlu.: ro|/rs W|I! ^ cu,, ? , omits not paul on Wee. Io n wnl be given at f,nce. \V ] j{ 1 y o our attorney for collodion. NVe have not (Jot. Ill 11 tt retried you heretofore, so do not force us _ o make you do what you ought to do. LOCAL COTTON AIAKKFT Kemeniber this is for 0II who owe. BAILEY & .MI'RI'HY. Dec. T-T.'-Ht. l'cc. Oth 1 St* 1. ? ? Good Middling 5 (l"> Notice of Final Discharge. s ria Mid iiing i'r,() Middling .1 7-. y CT1CE is hereby given that J. C. Nance, Xo. b:ik.s stol.l wock WccluesLl us Executor of the estate of Martha jny uj?|lt 5^., " latilda Scales, deceased, has applied to 0 atues M. Gee, Judge ofl'robnte, in and for he County of Union, for a final discharge HET \11 MAHKFT s such Executor. It is ordered that the sixth day of Janury. A, D., lSUU, be fixed for hearing of pe- Coll'ee, llio, per lh. 'jq C? Ho ition, and a final settlement of said Estate, Coffee, Java, ;;0 JAMES M. GEE, Bacon, per lb g (,, to Judge of 1'r.ihate for Uuiou (.'entity. Hams, (sugar cured) per l4 Jcc. 7 *l'j ui. liacon, (breakfast 11 ( > 10 ? Liiul, (pure) per lb 10 (? 11 (;(>OI) Lard,(refined) " '.t (? In Corn, per bushel 50 (- ?io HORSE, BUGGY AND HARNESS FOR ! 1'iour, [',r hlj| IJ.UO (" -I <> > cb/n PASH ?* S s>D X VV y M A.OX J- Sugar, granulated 5'. (? G _ t t Sugar, brown " 0 ,, I.ice, per lb 0 (? 7 I OFF 1.11 my we 1 known Nlare. Punnie, Kye. per hu 120 1 with Ihiggy an 1 Harness for the email .\iac'kcrel perlb.... .... 5 10 nun of $10. I annie will work in iny p.aec you may <'iii ytiiv punni'ui' put her. nu I although somewhat up in age, "Ul 1 * with care will list many yeats. Kuttcr. per li> 10 ( 20 ? vi.su ? LgK". per ili-aen 10 About 20 pair of Wiuilow Sash. 10} x0 , hickens. each 121 (n 20 part of them glazed, and all in good order. Hens. each.... _ Seven 7 turned Piazza posts, with cips Cab .age, per head o ( > 10 and base-, entirely new. P*r buslict...... 0o II. M. STOKES. Irish lotatoc*, per bushel l.oo ' eo 7 i> tf Sweet Potatoes, " ,00 ( ' GO Orist, per lb 0 Vinegar, per pal IO A\I> STILL THEY-- C () M E. YV town a four room Cotttigc with Piti q ing anil t'ook room?attached to the place are 71 acres of ground, partly fenced. .. . , , , Apply to S. S. STOKES, Amao i> ?t I most here, and the Any. ?noils htivo betnin to come in. Von Nov. 21-17 :f. r; O need not trouble your i-uiiel about rri t ? # where to buy your VI.I, parties owotng mo either by note or account arc requested to settle vuno I II L I I O? J , at once, a- 1 must have money to meet my .. .. obligation*. \V. II. SAltTolt V, , , N"v- -", l " M)M Li I MN Till I liS, / >| w ~W W% w rissr ? ? NO. 1. EAST UNION. r i1 on nil P o n fl i o c A,T,K ,'ErKM,,KK 10111 is 4 1 1 U 11 U 11 U fl 11 11 1 U Hi ere is ali.-a.ty there n line of evt-r brought to I nion, itli nice | ? FANCY GROCERIES. ? hoxes t?. put it up ill. I>on t leave' CONFEl TIOSKltlKS, FKITI'S, I'.IC. town without seeing my goods. llesneetfullv < '',0 I"llron!,Ke f-.nner friends and ' ? ' ; ikw ones will bo vor" much ap)>r*i:in(ed JOHN T. ROSE. | >?; l ion IS THIS? BAILEY & MURPHY'S STORE "THE ATTRACTION OF THE TOWN," Have you been there ? IK NOT l'OII SIIOULI) (II) 111 AM, MEANS. ?*** " UNDOUBTEDLY they have the i.arukst stuck, the prettiest designs, the most attractive display and the LOWEST PRICES ever seen in t'nion on any line of goods. Their Paintings and Pictures are a wonderful collection of the artists production, consisting of Etchings, Photogravures, Pastclls, Water Colors and Oleographs. They combine the force and grandeur of the impressionist schools with the finish and elegance of conservative painters. The picturesque beauty of woodland scenes with the pleasing colors of a summer landscape, and the stillness of a forest, with the animated scenes of agricultural life. Everything is depicted in a spirited, natural and characteristic manner and impresses the spectator with their fidelity to nature and art?in a word, thev arc the representations of the artist's dreams of lovliness and beauty. Call and see them at once. No prettier or more acceptihle Christmas present can he given. NOW AS TO FURNITURE. Bill) ROOM SLITS. PARLOR SLITS,?. *?. CHAIRS, TABLES. BUREAUS. SIDE BOARDS AM) WARDROBES.? ? You known, and we know and everybody else know that 11AILEY & MURPHY is HEADQUARTERS for assortment, variety of styles and elegance of finish and Low pricks they are the acknowledged leaders. As is WORTH to Paris, so is RAIT RV & 1\/I I I R PHV ' rv 1 JLJ J J ,JL \A. 1 v I w ,1 11 I X, JL -<^3 TO UNION. YWDo you catch on ? If not cull ami we will explain. Vou are always wolcoine at 1*. S.?We forgot to say that our prices are figured on a basis of four cents cotton, thereby making us even lower than the lowest. Bailey & Murphy. W H Y 11 I T ?. *tt> ? ? 'i!> Al/niOl (ill the price of cotton i> now lower than ever before, our cash sales arc ahca W. T. BEATY'S CASH STORE, WHERE Vol' Wild. KIND OXK Ol-'Tlir. Mi'l'xT l.l\'t.x nl.' dry goods, ys! srKVEK JJKOUGIIT TO UNION. The W. L. Douglas Shoe is oiven up to he tlie Kc.-l on the market, and we are sole agents here. We also handle the Unsurpassed lor u-e and heuuty. l'Y?r Ladies we have the famous Drew, Selby & Cos Shoe, and the lar^e and "rowing demand lor it testifies to its worth. A 1?ii/ line of I)K MSS < i OOl )S at nrieo that sell the 'nods oil si '111 . 1 )oii I. tail to xr ne of KoSK \ CO S TAVIiOlJ MADI'j SI ITS. iua?le to youi measure. A hij^ line of BEATY'S FAMOUS YANKEE NOTIONS, ALWAYS ON HANT ? W. T. BEATY =