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- , THE UNION TIlvIE JOS1AM ORUDUP, I Edit Friday, February 8,1894 RATER OE ADV2RTIGING-. One dollar per square first insertion, I cents per square tor each subsequent sen ion. Liberal contracts will be made space for advertisements of three moi duration and ever. Loeal advertisements ten cents a 1 All communications for publication, cept regular correspondents must be acc panied by the real name of the sender. The Editor is not responsible for views of correspondents. Obituaries of over eight lines in leu will be charged for as other advertisenn for all in excess of that amount. POST OFFICE BIRECTORY. The P. O. will be opened for bush from # A. M. to ti.00 P. M. The Money Order Department will opened for business from U A. M. to 4 P. Mail going East will close promptly 12.40 P. M.; going West 1.10 P. M. The mail will be taken from the street each day 30 minutes before the trains rive. It. W. HARRIS. P. \ Church Directory. METHODIST CHURCH. Vreachiug every Sunday at 11, A. -at- 7:30, 1\ M. S-adoyachool every Sunday at 10, A. - ' . .tyer-maeliug every Wednesday at 4 M. Lord's Supper, monthly, at olose of mi ing servica on first Sunday. Church Conference, monthly, after mort aeryicc on fourth Sunday. Seats all free. Rev. T. E. Morris, Pastoi rRBSRYTEltlAN CHURCH. Preaching evety Sunday at 11, A. M. Sunday-school every Sunday at 4 P. N l'rayer meeting every Thursday at 5, P The public cordially invite ! to all servi Rev. C. A. B. Jknninos, Pastoi EPISCOPAL CHURCH, l'reachiug every Suuday at 11, A. M. Sunday-sshool ovary Sunday at 4, P. M Evening service every Sunday at f>, P. " Friday at 4:80 P* All seats tree and everybody vveloome. Rev. B. Allsto.v, Rectoi BAPTIST CHURCH. Preaching every Suuday at 11, A. M. 7:30 P. M. Suuday-school every Sunday at 10. A. ii'-i ' mjv.1 Ulliliiug tICi; If ?t!UV3UllJ III I r. M. Everyone invited to attend these servi We will give you a hearty welcome strive to do you good. Kkv. J. N. Booth, 1'astoi The County Board had a meeting on Ti day. l?r. M. T. Smith has been sick a day two, but we art glad to see that ho is again uud abie to attend his calls. We have a few tine dress patterns to c out cheap- See them. A. II. FOSTER. & C(. Sevkral of our townsmen went it Gre ville this week to attend the Federal Cou C'uite a pleasant reception was given I Monday night at the Hotel, by Mrs. Gibl complimentary to Miss Daisy Waller. Sometimes in thinking of tlie present forget the past. "Agricola ' has an art in another column which goes to show i we are uot as bad oft as we sometimes 1 Bead his article and see what he has to ; FOR SALE ? Tw# line voting Ml'l BOB CASH, or on approved security. W. H. S A Iff01 The Council has had excellent st ep[ stones put across the muddy part of Mi strset, where it is crossed by Judg en street. It is work aptly dona for which people in the vicinity are thankful. Our plows?the shapes are correct. THE OLD II ELI A BL - - ? - - ? Mit. b . V. Turner of Gaffney, 1ms conn Union, and will remain here the rest of season. He is buying co'tou for Augusta Cotton & Compress Company will go uod see lots at any time. He is located at the store of M. .1. K. Mat his. Cum of Police, F. B. Culp, assists the other marshalls and the dispensary stables raided .lack Beaty's establish! yesterday evening, but failed to find . thing. The Police and Con-tables are n tug ii rattier uncomfortable 1 or the "I tigers about Inioa. Mr. Withers of Chester came over Tuesday to the bsdsidc of his daugli Miss M.bel, who is lying <juitc siek * La (jri|i|>e. Miss Mabel attends schot tiie Clifford Seminary and boards at I>r. HI. Meadors TYk learn that Mr. Jas. W. Hoi lings* v. ho attended school hete for a while, was afterwards engaged in business her clerk, has opened a llackct at Header ville. N. C. Since he left here he has i engaged in business at Ashevilto, N. ('. The Tim km wishes hiin much success li s new undertaking. ? ','uite a parly of our iiui-mc loviug i?e< will attend the grand concert to he given Converse ''allege Saturday evening, in wl (lie famous 1'iiiua Donna Miss. Uiv will r 'lhc t'nion party will consist ot' Mr. i Mrs. T. C. Duncan, Misses. Duncan, and Mrs. J. II. Itodger. Mr. and Mrs. I*. Murphy. Mrs. W'. D. Arthur. Mrs. Ailston mi 1 Miss. Cdro'ioc Allston. 'M is (.'cnly Hoard is thinking of hut In road machine to work the public n with, l'ho Western Wheeled Scraper has a niucliinc here now and an opeiato show in merits. The Hoard is having tested tliis week. It was toted jester and we understand that it proved very cient. I.adies Kid <<lovcs under the new t prices, just in. lllh OLD REL1ABLK. S. A Fable. Re Oxca upon a time two lions being very * friendly went forth together to seek their 10 ? _ prey. They had not gone far when they ,er eaniod f2jr gloating vter a uewly elaiu ws carcass altogether too large for his capacity. ii^ With a tremendous roar they both flew at for the fox and easily frightened him away. url iths He lingered, however, in a hiding placo et' near by to await further development, *01 The lions rejoicing in their strength, aud 10 ex- congratulating themselves on their luck ,sit 00 om- down to divide end devour the prey. 'ia ^ No sooner had the division commenced S01 than a dispute arose. Doth wanted thu (>? igth same piece every time. From argument ents they proceeded to abuse, as is usual iu such ca) casts. Finally, each one doggedly declared 1 that be would havo all or uono. aess The fox observed the gathering paus-dons ^ ^ and the hardened frown of reversed love on the faces of his enemies, and came out from ftn r at his hidiug place but kept at u safe distance cot Mcaawhile the lions go from words to ^ox blows, and being well matched neither is ,u able te overcome tlic other. fei ' TKue (lion W/vKl frtr an mo lima linfil Vwvtli COI I. ov-v ? ....... are exhausted, when either would fain have "9 asked the assistance of the fox, yet scorned ar such a degrading alliance. tn When the fox saw the two lions worn cut an with fatigue and no longer to be feared, he If walked up boldly and carried off the prize nu r J ' me before the very faces of his lately powerful, tj1( " but now turnout enemies , P. White Democrats of .South Carolina, are jru- we 8?'?8 t0 l^? 1'0D8' The Republtcans are organizing and preparing to poll ting l'10 W'19IC sticngth of their party, and if we do not get together at once aud go to work Sl< they will beat us in the coming election and, I our strength exhausted against oncanother, we will stand helplessly by aud see the state 8 1 go inte the bauds of the Republicans aud ne- "lI groos. Now let all good citizens consider ^ ' this very grate situation, calmly and quietly ' ^I- at home, and don't, f-.r goodness sake, listen 0,1 ccs- te to th# bitter tongued man, who delights 1 1 l* iu a fuss but nerer thinks of the conse- ^y ass quences. It may bo that personally you fator Conservatism or Reform, as the case ^ [ may be, but would not either be fur prefera- | ble to Republicans and negroes? ^ ; II ? ?? * * For freshest and best GARDEN SEED go directly to 11. F. SCAIFE & bON'S ' at Pa v>iilU T.artiir? : .. aaatao HI and l*Bor. Jas. II. Iluyhill lcclurcd in the Graded School chapel last Friday night as cr< by previous announcom cut. It was what wh .3^ might be called a talk on the principles ef So elocution with copious illustrations by read- bn ings and recitatious. There was a vary lair thi audience nud everybody seamed to have a riF good time. Some of his pieces were very to tunny, as the talk to to the boys; others ini were grave and rendered in a very inipres- on lies- sive manner. I'rof. Knyhill is master, and hot his proficiency in his art thoroughly entitles him to the liberal patronage he has nlways "r received at eur best colleges. lie beliovas liP in that kind of elocution which serves to he impress on the hearer the ideas of the speak- ut j ^ er, and has some severe criticism f?r that far wh'ch consists mostly of grimaces and con- inp ). tortmns of the body, lie also gave an ex- an hibitiou of ia lian club exercise, iu which he ten- is quite skillful. The doer receipts amoun- ed rt. fed to about twenty-five dollars, one fourth est of which g' es to the Graded School Library "h fun,I. <1,. >??. _ ... __ More Blind Tiger Jnl Dispensary Constable J. T. I.angston made another capture early lust Tuesday morning las that was two gallons of corn whiskey and was tht found in a loaded freight car left here by the je# down" local freight Monday eveniug. pa, B'1^" I.angston meets every train that ?tops here, nc L.K3 holh freight and passenger, and searches for re, contraband liquor. Searching the car above mentioned, he observed that otio peicc ut ]in freight ?vas consigned to D. Martin, Gatfoey This excited h.is suspicion as the car was supposed to contain only local freight for Union. t"1 ien' He broko into the box aiv2 there wrapped ns e,t ,'ie cosily as an infant, in three cr four yards o' cotton bagging, ha found the dear little "blind tiger.'' Lifting it from its hiding tei j,,, placo h? filmed it over to the Express Co.> to te carried to Columbia, the place where ; f0 all good little "bliad ijgers'- go?when they Vl" the Hro caught. be SEED POTATOES? -II F. SCAIFK & ' U SON has them. ONION SETS als-.. now - v Tur.ttK was a mooting vestcrd ir in the , , Council Chamber, of those interested in the 1 by con proposed telephone exchange. I here were i a good many present and the meeting was t( quite an enthusiastic one. The following n iL gentlemen were elected as incorporators t.> a finiilv f..r '4 oJ4vl i Heal e mi I Imri /. i no1 fin* e.aii lllld ? . Upiny to open bo>k? of subscript ion an 1 issue jj slock. 0. Uunoan, W. A. Nicholson, \\. m last D. Arthur, W. K. Thomson, (J. II. octzol. ai iter. The enterprise is going to succeed and 11 with we will soon he talking to one ntiuihe ji( >1 at clear across town. h< W. al The balance of our winter clothing can be bougnt cheap for (lie cash. ?L A. II. FOKTKK. \ CO. anil e as Somb time ago we state 1 that Mr Charlt** son- ',a"' accepted the agency of The I.loy b kseen insurance system a* this place For some reason Mr. Uolt found it inconveuient to lvv IVI jn serve, and The Lloyds is now represented co here by Mr. U L. McNally. Mr. McNally it bouglit cotton at Lanctsier and Cun leti duJplc ing the Fall season, but hai recently re- ^ at turned to L'niou and will buy cotton here, fr lich (he remainder of the sen-on. His office b ri ing. at tin Carolina I'rug Store. We welcome an I him back home. Mr. ... b< L There'wa.re two instruments on tho street Oi B. last Saturday which constantly kept around "" them a knot of cuiToua observers. One was j 11' a graphophoue. nil instrument wi.icii rcpro I ring .luces sound much like a j h nogrnph, but | >ads js claimed to give better resit Its. The olhei Co. ivas a gambling mnchine, a wlieel of fortune ' r to table. The l-?ve of ail vent are seems to be i c ; it stronger tbnn the love of luu^-ir, for 1 itc in f., day the evening the gambling table got all o< ti.e , So etli- crowd and left the grnphophoiic without a ^1 i C'r hr.nrer. y. -.rift , * ' ~ cu Our bacit iiui'K with patent wrought iron hooks are just the things he A. II. FV$l'fcR. A CO. Ma 1 t publican Convention. I'hc Republican C onvention was held here the Ceurt House last Friday. Ourrepor- I started up to the meeting to sec what s going on but on teaching the court ioom p" >r he found it locked. He knocked and oa( tok the door when in response an old black tna procaine and unlocked it, cautiously crack ^ir tifi it open au inch or two."What are you all jj ing?" asked the reporter. "W e jes er talk, km a littlo" said the negro and then shut and his ked the door. The folowing report was uded us from which our readers may form h lie idea of what was douo in the conven. fac n: aw The Republican Convention of Union Knl unty met in pursuance of the minister al ul' 1 and transacted tlio following business: W- l> "Mc. Maboti was elected as county lirraan, Llias lteaty Secretary and the lowing as representatives to the State ' uveunou which meets 111 Columbia J. A. Rorter, E. I). Cosset, J. C. llunter ,0? d Wallace Fowler. The convention was J*01 nposcd of about 7"> delrgites and about J?c e same number of spectators The Uepublicans at e endeavoring to awake *1' tlie gravity ef the situation but ulas we 0 ir that we have slept too long, for when '"J nstitutional convention gets through with f"' , our political privilege* as few as thoy '['I o now will be uiucb less. 1 " With a property t|Un'it icntion on one band C!1! d at) intellectual qualification on the other Wl d a 7 ballot b >x election law in the middle. lt ? the negro is to be u man, ho uiusl arise, :et and repel the foe. See to it colored in th*t you arc properly qualified to meet c coming struggle. C. U. Jones. eq, ? lie les Day. Yo There was a largo crowd in town last |j->: jnduy, Sales day. Most of them however . mod to mere lsokers on. p0 The Kelly Tract of land in I'inckncy wnship, advertised to be sold by tlie ^ riff was not sold: nor wa? the S i itli id on llroad Itiver, advertised to be sold [v the Master. jei Tli? J no. Sinclair land, thirty-three and to e-third ticies. one and one half miles from l'M uou t'ouit House. sold under mortgage by tjft( Nat Gist assignee, was bought iu for tho n ngnee at $2<>0. wi Twenty-five aarcs of land on Green Pond 2oi au, part of the iidmutid Carlisle tract, id uuder mortgage, by S. M inkowski, was 1 off by Win. Munro at $120. A good deal of petsoual property?Mules, irsos, buggies etc.. was sold, and bid off tolerably fair prices; but they were bought mostly by the mortgagees. Immediately after the sheriff s sales, the iwd rcpuirci to Garrett's livery stable sj? lere the horse sale was to take place. Mi uic very pretty horses were sold, and ought tolerably fair prices, considering u times, others did not sell so well. Seve- j 1 p iirs were put up. but nobody seemed want more than one at a tiinn. We are < formed that the horse dculcra sold only e span of horses here. Dr. M. T. Smith T" Light the little bays. o'c - rmer's Meeting Ul' The farmers meeting which wa? to held re last Monday, seems to have been nn tor failure There were some prominent _ titers who were anxious to have the meet- y :, but the horse drovers got the crowd 1 carried it off bodily to the h rse sales. 1'he men who wanted the meeting wonderwhy it was that fellows leave their interto go and see f tie horse sold for cash, en they not have money enough in fir j ockets to buy a chicken. mson Rifles. The Jo*usnu Rifles had a reorganization \ I t Tuesday night i>. crdyr to cunply with J ' present ir.alitia law lately p&sstu. Thir. n new uicmbers were added to the Cotu - bil ny and there was a general enlistment o' v fcu-i old mcuibers each taking the rath (ttiicl by Uw. 1,he Company now nuin ' rs -Id in al', and is well equipped for dri'.g. and active service if need be. , , A. A charter has been issued by the Clerk of e t'mirt incorporating (lie Woman's Cem* A try Society of Ctiion. 'l'iie corporator- are S. S. Wallace, S. tic Voung, Julia S. Oet/.el. IDtue V. Fos- 1 i, i ' !' Iltdger, S. F. McKi-siek. and D in II. Jet ft. Thc?? ladies ate working eamcouy, . ud ry successfully t"?. to improve and Inutility ir village ctmctciy. and they deserve our st euc niragenunt and support. !.*' - s KATAJ. ACCIDENT. '' LADY AND A i.l I'TI.H GIL L kRQWNKD ? IN RKOAD Kl\Fli. F' \ fatal 'n I t !< ?! sad accident oceured otol iy, Fell. !; ?., ur F sii Dun Ferry a few ib? bob'W here, in wliicSt tl lady and her ti whepe dr.tw tie 5. Rev. G.'l'. Grctthain, W Dapti-t in.in-ic, i.*' DaiLngtoti. with his f i'c and t wo cliildi't'ii, a s,,i| I l.'t'lo tlaugh* 1 r r, were traveling by |iivit.' eoiiveyauc*. ;<t <' |iartuiibiirg C utiiy to a (u-toralu lie bad sa cccped there. In crossing Broad River it after they had gotten nb,?t forty feet co oin the t.'lucter side, one i Mhe ropes broke id the flat beat swim* "round an l sank eeij-itating the wholecr nvd \thiv'e-' and jtms int i the ritcr where liic waicr was out eight I'eetdeep and very swift. Mrs. res hum and her ? >n, about fourteen years. l'' d, were drowned. iU.. Mr. (jre-ham inaged to Ret to the hank witli his little |j year year old girl cliugintr in It hi), and ached the hank about |<iti yards below. The tneti were ho ioiiovv str.eken, they P' aw in t wliat they were doing. and saved t0 etiiMdvei by mountain- horses. I" hey had 0 norscs, a buggy and r ad cart, and there is one other horse on hoard which male nsidcrable weight for an old flat en i iu .de easy to "dip when the rope pave way. The news spread t'a-t, and yesterday both inks ul the ri rer wore er .waled with pe pie tit isinusly waning to see what would result ot o.n the ncarch that vta? being made in the vcr, and lote;il w m-is|anoo they could. Tile buggy Was t.aunt on lite ..in al in- le I I lie daiji of the old lidi trap, tw > hand | . 1 yards below the ferry, and the cart a j ait a hundred yards lurihur th.wti Mrs | ' reshaiu H hat wa? t mid far down the rcain. ilte?e wa re all that had been I nnd i > to late yesterday. II. W. J. . ! ti llcv. \V. .). J.ungMou, r ' tlie I'.ap t chinch a' Votkville. S. ail I ftiriivi.d i pent lor the Votkville l>a|tist High N hool will preach in our Ass c a'i mi at ti.e ; How tip tiii'i.'s ami places At I tiijii on 1 ti I ay ( l"lh ins t. and at Sam tie the ^ ediividay night following. nt I'mtgol eek on .S'ltnl / j ii a 1 n lottcsyille the ^ pdnesday night following, , ?l , | , .Sunday the ill>t. j j( It is hopes that the brethren will root tat ; hat goo 1 congregations an 1 a pleas nit i iy among ns. ROYALTY IN DI80UISE. teal Prince Said To Be in the CaroliaM. 'nder this beading a contemporary atatM t "for uioaiba it has been known almoet _ stiiiiutj iLa: ? prouiiuoui prince of rope ia now in America in disguise and is t?as?ing for books that be tuny in this nner learn more of tbe real life of th? terican people. Twice be has been indents j ia I be Kant and each time changed bia guise and his field of action, for to be own wou'd entirely defeat the object 6f *isit. A reporter yesterday accidentally I u{fou some data which leads to tbe censnwrt thai Ibis same prince is now celling !>* in the Carolina*." It is a well-known t that we sometimes harbor angols unurcs. This priuce may bo with us in the rb of n book canvasser, sailing the new -to date edition Britannica for theColumi State ? who knows? V Des Moines wonan who has been troubi with frequent colds, conpluded to try an I remedy in a new way, and accordingly >k a inblespoonfnl ( four tines the usual so) of t'hamberlain Cough llemedy just lore going to bed. Tbe next morning she tnd that her cold had almoat entirely dispoured. During die day she took a few scs of the remedy (cue tcaspoonful at a BE jo) and at night again took a tablespoon- f . before going io bed, and on the follow- Bp I awoke free from all symptoms of the Bit i cold. Since then she has, on several oc- jp* nous, used this remedy iu like monnar, Bp tb the same good results, and is mil oh ela- w I over her discovery of so quick a way of fib ring a cold. For sale by B. F. Posey, J| ugfcist. 1 For Rheumatism 1 have found nothing X uhHo (.'hambef Iain's l'uin Balm. It ro- X vet the pain as soon as applied. J. W. A ling. West Liberty, W. Va. The prompt J ief i'. atfords is alone worth many times X > cost. 50 cents. Its continued use will X ect a permanent cure. For sale by B. F. 1 sey, Druggist. ^ Application for Homestead, If* Totice is hereby given that Mrs. Lou L. EC ^ Service, widow of Robert F Service, 11 ceased. Iris tiled her petition be/ore me JU] have a homestead assigned and set off for | Q| 5 benefit of herself, from the real and per- \w* jal property of the said Robert L. Service, 1 fa cc ised. | ct otice is further given (hat the said petition ] q< II come up for a hearing before me on the { \a, III dny of Feb. 1895. at 11 A. M. I H, C. H. PEARL, Iff Master for Union Couuly. t lX Feb. l,6-4t. [J ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE, jg All persons having claims against the es- IPI c of John U. Richards, deceased, will preit them properly attested and those indebt- W" to same will make payment to the under- If' ;ned at Maybinton, South Carolina, or to y* inro & Munro, nt Union, South Carolina. IW' J. 11. RICHAR1)S, IH Administrator. y Jan. 21,1895. IW 11 2:,-d-l*t. H* SUUVKYOH. | )AVIS JEFFRIES, of the Union Graded IT School. Services available after 8 KJ lock ?n School l>aye, and all day on Satlays. jLfc PRICES REASONABLE. ^ J an 25 | 3m. That's Right" I - ? If SlAV 1NG-XLACU1NES ON THE Installment Plan f wrap* VE US THE FIRST USUAL INSTALLMENT. t^Ht.bt) * ND J'PFIGHT) ON A |j "Demorest" i g> THE MACHINE IS YOURS. SEE 1*0 J NT V L written 5 year enarantea goe^ with eaph | machine. L | FOSTER & CO. | JJiioVlen s Arnica Salve. jj? Tiik Besi S.u.vk in the wojlq for Cuts, J. ruise*, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Rever a? ires. Tetter, Chapped Hands, C'hilb ains, irns, nud all Skin Eruptions, an 1 posireiy cures l'iles. or no pay required. It guaranteed to give perfect satisiacuon or unev refunded. Price *J"? cents per box. ^ JR -MALP. BY 1$. P. POSEY. ' j|^ ti W. <). Ilorduinn, Sheriff of Tyler Co., . \ :i , appreciates a good thing and does >i hesitate to say so. He was almost pros- J? ated with u cold when he procured a bot- 1 . of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. He jj^ vs. 1 jt gav me prompt rehsf. 1 find it jj I,e an invaluable remedy br ' ci'ghs anil || iMv" For sale by, B. I*. Posey. bruyjysj. ! List of LettersRein;.j.".i"K in the Postoflice at Union, for [ e v.cek ending Ifeb ^th. 199*?. i i i-s Snllic Rice. Sarah White. Mr J. ri'. fr olmes. Oarence Ham. Miss Dora Miine. J ' Persons calling for the above letters will p case say ifudvertised. and will be required ?*f pay one ceut for their delivery. II. W HARRIS, L*. M. lr CANDIDATES FOR CI,Kitk. I here jy offer myself as a candidate for 3 e cilice oft' erk and Treasurer of the Town I uion I,. 0. YOUNG. _ ) I 1 ci chy announce myself a cinidate for )( c nt'lice 0/ CL-rk tin 1; easuer o'lhe town ti# Union. Sjf ?. M. iuc>;. ,1 r., K. U. ? L I lioi chy ann' tinee myself as a cnmliilatc th r tin* j>o?iii' n of Clerk ami TrKtisurer of '*b? ie tow n of Union. !j ji W. 11. AKTII UK. O ' ! I()t:cc (0 Public School Tfus- w tees. f' S~ 1 is hereby oiven Hint there will he 1 to-< tiiij( ol the trustees of the 1'ublle I. - ' Union County at Union on Tuesi> '.ill, nt 11 A. M , in the Court 0.1 1 J! 1 ne?? of 1 portanoe. If ii. I.. LOUSli.R, bubool Coiuiutssiouer ^ 1. I :i 1S7S-1896. A TBt'B VALUl 01' A BALE Of COTTON. 'o ascertain the present value of a bale 1 cotton, at compared with the year 1773, following table of prioes of the a'iple imoditios of the two periods, compoeiag principal goods used bj the farmer for ieh be exchanges his crop of cotton, has n carefully compiled. These figures are en from the actual transactions in the r 1873, whiok possibly our older farmers remember. These articles were selected h absolute fairness, none being omitted aute they disagreed with this argument, the first column is given the prioes the mer paid for goods in 1873, in the seoond prices he pays to-day. The last column ws hew inueb more, by 'percentage of that article a dollar will' buy in 1895 n it bought in 1878. t of Artioles 1878 1895 peret. sck Hemcspun per i rard - 10j 6 31'S ^ \ Shirting, per yd. 11 & 280 ol Jesus, " " 75 25 300 bleached Drilling >er yard - - 20 GJ 300 tfA nar vnrri - 1 n it tfOO >ol Cotlon, each - 10 4 260 ion Hope per lb. 60 16 333 il?, per keg - $10 $2 600 I nd Haw file*, each 26 8^ 300 I w. Steel, per lb. 12$ 41 280 tie Shoes, pr keg, $12 $4 300 rte Shoe Nails per pound - 36 16 233 r Iron, per pound 10 2 600 ice chains per p'r. 100 40 260 II buckets, each 1 50 60 300 <e Grease per box 25 6 600 ind stones per lb 6 2} 200 .Uocke, eaeh - 1 50 75 200 es 1.60 GO 260 ton Hoes - 76 30 260 rhwireporlb - 10j 2;| . 700 jar - - 16 j 6 333 ?acco per pound - 76 30 260 gging per yard 10 7 271 s per bundle G.16 00 080 lasses, Gallon - 80 20 400 eon per pound - IGjj 7 234 :e per pound - 12j C] 200 rd per pound, - 15 10 160 t per Sack, - 2.75 75 367 roreue Oil p'r gall'n 80 15 683 .gons 2 horse each, $80 $40 200 ning Machines each, $80 21.60 372 ? >k Stores, No. 8, 50 15.00 338 ots per pn|r, - 5.60 2.00 275 ? ies per pair - Q.OU J.60 200 ud bridles, each - 2.50 1.00 250 c Handles each - 25 10 250 The arorage per centage of the thirty-nine ,ple Articles above which a dollar will buy ft, compared to the amouut it brought in J* 13 is 327 per cent. That is ?1 00 will buy qiuph as $3.27 would buy iu 1873. The co for whtch the farmer sells his bait cotton now is far below what he obtained T it in 1873, but the pricos of the artie'es J" wbicli lie exchanges his bale of cotton, re fallen lower still. For instance the trage price of cotton in 1873 was 13 cents which a bale weighing 600 would bring >.00. At the preseut price 5 cents a 600 ind bale brings $25 Hut as a dollar new 1 buy 327 times as much as it did in 1873 ^ ca!e of cotton at $25 will buy as much ^ icsries Dry Goods, Hardware, etc., as 1 .Y? would have bought in 1873, being lifference of $10 <5 ar about 15 percent, favor of the faruter today ' f the difference in the price of ginning rgingend ties, and of the used be taken o account, the balance jn favpr of the farr will be increased still. Now, that there such a gener.il supply of home raised n and meat, the farmer of to-day is not / such a ba I way as he thinks, w hich is I iveif beyond till doubt by the above figures \ ich are fact'g. There is no use to have down-iu-the-uooulh" expression when we ire out our true condition. ' Aqricola." _ JEW STORE! HEW GOODS!! ST OPENED UP THE BEST THAT THE MARKET AFFORDS IN ) R V QOODS. at lowest cash 1'rick9. I i_ POOTS AND SHOES, FROM 60 CEN TJ JPi ' r oJ Family Flour at - $3 per bbl. GOOD BACON ALWAYS ON HAND. ? r Load of Sr.lt just received. Fancy Groceries, Canned Good?, ?tp., |/osh and cheaper than was ever knowu be-} fore. A large and handsome lot of nE ENS WARE. : rook bottom prices. Goods delivered lo any part of town. CENSED DRAY THAT WILL HAUL AT 15C. PER 1000. J. O WRAY, Agt for A. G. Floyd. TAKE NOTICE. VLL persons indebted to Drs. MUNRO & GOING, either by no'e or account, ill please settle by tho fifteenth of Februy, as we desire to make a change in our isincss. AR accounts that are not settled t the above date will bo placed in the inds of an officer. ' ' Respectfully, | MUNRO & GOING. J a a lb ft. 'lit- Kfnto tif Snull, fnrolinfL. county of um on. By JASON M. UKEKIl, Probate Judge IT II Fit FAS, J.. J. Browning has made ? rV suit tome to grant him Letters of dministratinn with will annexed </< bonis non , i i he Jlstatc of andefft is of D. II. Sheldon ;cease\J ' These ape, Ihcrclore, to vi'vnnd admonish land singular thp kindred and creditors of e said I). II Sheldon, deceased, that they ; and appear, before inc, in the Court of rebate, to be held at Union C. II., S<<uth irolina, on the 12th. day of February, tiext, Iter publication hereof, at 11 o'clock in the rcnoon, to show cause, if any they have, hy the said Administration should not be :.oteu. Given under my hind and seal tins 22nd. iy of January, Anno Domini, 18lt">, jason m. or.i;Lit J uuge Probate. Published on the 2*?th. day of Jrouary, tn the L'mon Times. All (lruKtfist' Dr. Miles' Paiv ills letatopllQ-adacb?. "One wcut a dose." % CO ST, 1 CO ST. ! i U1 "Winter goods at and Below cost, for cash, N ORDER TO MAKE ROOM FOR OUR SPRING STOCK, VND AT . THE SAME TIME RAISE MONEY. 1 ? THESE GOODS CONSIST OF ? ED RBSS G-OODSE LANNELS, CANTON FLANNELS. JEANS, CAS8IMEBES BLANKETS. 1EAVY SHOES AND BOOTS, AND A GREAT MANY OTHER GOODS. 'jm $all at once and save ^ ( money. jy J tRAHAM & SPARKS IT WILL PAY YOU ' I. V I J&TOW !? I i DROP IN AT jj (i.V.Vv r i T. K-. BAILEY IS V "?* I MBetween now and the the ; J 14th of February. ' * s SEE. | *2J8i|