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.(fthc oiilpfhli) (ilnion ?imc5. B. M. STOKES, Editor. UNION, FRIDAYi~OCTOBKIl 20. 1877. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. 1 Copy, one year, IN At>v ANt'K, $3.00 - < 'opivs one'year." " 5.50 5 " " " ? 11.00 to " " " " " 20.00 ADVERTISING. Onif snuarc or ono inch, first in.wrlion, - $1.00 l-iach subsequent insertion, ------- 75 l.ilj'-r.il discount made to merrlianls ami others aUrcrCsiiiK for six inontlisor l>y the year. Oliitunry Notices of ten lines or less, inserted free. " " over leu lines, charged as Advertisements. We ore pleased to incctCupt. M. li. Carter, of Aslievillc, and his amiable wife, among ns again, looking as happy as newly married people should look. IjniF We do not expect cither Gov. Hampton, Gov. Vance or President Hayes at our Fair, but wo learn that (wo grooms with their beautiful brides will grace the occasion. We arc confident, from all we can learn, that the pcoplcarc determined to make our next Fair a glorious success, in point of exhibition and good results. Everybody is at work for it. * ? tpgr The latest despatches Trom Iho War in \lie East inform us that since the defeat oj' Muhktnr Pasha, the Itussians have been victorious in every battle, and are now driving the Turks at all points. Jfe#"" Our friend It. W. Tinsi.ky lias just returned from New Vork. lie tells is lie bought a larger and neater slock of Jewelry than ever before; and what is better, be found nil goods i;i his line much cheaper. He purchased direct trom the manufacturers. gsif Messrs. Hill ("nip nrc building a oncstory brick building on the lot west of the Hotel. Can't wo induce our friends McNally and Putin to do something for this end of the town? They own very eligible lots, and stores built upon them would rent quick and for good prices. - o tiio prices palil lor Cotton in tins market the fast week arc as high as the Greenville quotations. For some cause the Spartanburg papers givo no quotations, hut we learn from parties who have sol?l there that there was 110 difference in the prices between this anil that market during the week. hotf" A lndy in this town compared the prices and quality of Spears & t'olton's Canton Flannel with a samples of the saute from Richards of Augusta, and found that the same article at Spears & t'olton's was the cheapest by o cents a yard. This wo know to hen fact, and can prove it. Who says Union is not a cheap place to buy at ? - To those who are so unfortunate as to become prematurely gray, or whese hair exhibits a tendency to fall off, wc recommend a trial of Hall's ilair Kcnewer. Wc do so with the utmost confidence because it is everywhere received with marked favor, and has built upon its own mcritseil 111 an civiiizcu countries.?.itfiiiian (A. ) .) .1 dot r list r. e It seems like "old times" to receive Congressional favors from our Representatives at Washington. We have already received from our able Uoprescntativc, Col. Fvins, all the numbers of the daily C'ongrcssionel Record, from the first day of the session, containing the full and authentic daily reports of the proceedings of Congiess.? It is a valuable record and will bo carefully filed. ------ - %> p to Iliis lime, Oct. 21, we have had do frost lo injure anything this Kail. It will La remembered that las: year we had a killing frost on the ">th of October, materially injuring late corn ami cutting otr the cotton crop. :-o far this year the weather has bee* unusually lino for the farmers. The lateness of the frost and the clear dry weather will cause all.the cotton bolls on the stalk t? open and enable planter* to save much of (he staple that, a month ago, tlioy expected to lose. This is fortunato, for the crop in this County is very light at its best ?not over two-thirds. Another advantage the lino weather has given?it enabled the farmers to save all their fodder, haul in all the corn from the low grounds and pick the pea fields as clean as they chose. Taken all together, I lie Fall this year has been the flnost, for all agricultural interests, we have had for many years. - Thk Union Faik.?The people of Spartanburg have made up their minds to participate actively in tho Union Fair, which takes place on the lith, 7tli and 8th of November. All Kailroads lending to Union will carry visitors for one fare, and all articles that are exhibited, for nothing. A grand hop will tako place at the close.?Spartun. We can insure our neighbors n most cordial welcome and a good time. We have not trade so much noise about our Fair, nor has our Fair received much attention from the press of other countios. cxcenlina lie Kd iters of I ho Spartanburg paper*, but our people are working quietly amongst themselves to make the exhibition equal, if not superior to that of any other county in the State. I.art year it was a grand success, anil we intend to excel that this year. We shall be pleased to see visitors from all the surrounding counties, particularly those who "have made up their minds to participate nctively" in the Fair. Uring a crowd of your good citizens; Captain?we know you can. A Fine Raco Traok. lias been surveyed anil put in excellent i r.lcr for racing, upon our Fair (irounds. It is just half a mile round. We learn that three or four popular running horses and quite a number of fast Trotters will be ready to try their speed. - A Fine Farm for Sale. Mr. J. II. Alexander offers for sale one of the finest farms in this County, lying in the fotk of ilroad and l'ucolet rivers. We regret the cause ef Mr. Alexander's wishing to sell, as he is one i.f our best farmer., and cili/ens. It is, however a tine opportunity for some young I'limicr olonto nmki' n permanent and profitable in-' vestment . . . Oar Town Looking Up. Our Merchants arc beginning to show a com* tncmlablo spirit oT enterprise and business tact. The chaos into which the lien law threw every department of trade here has taught them a lesson tliey will not soon forget. True, they made some money out of it, but at the same time it has driven a large amount of the trade that legitimately belongs to this place to other towns, and it will roquiro much tact nnd con. iderable sacrifice, for some years, to fully bring it back. To this good work the Merchants are now bending all their energies, and if they will continue to adept the true and cvor winning business policy of short profits fer cash, instead of long profits on credit, they will not only bring back the business they have lost, but will confer lasti ng benefits upon the Connty at lnrge. It will not take long to convince the Farmers that they savo fifty per cent, by buying for cash, besides enjoying the consolation of knowing that they are free to buy where tliey can buy cheapest nnd te control the operations of their farms without being bound under liens to plant such crops aud in such quantities as the Merchants shall doom most advantageous to them. When the business of a community has got to auch an unwholesome condition that the Merchants refuse to sell for ensli at a reasonable profit because they can obtain exorTn'trRTr^He&s'r on well secured credit, the busincs of that c >m.inunity, is in a dying state ; and, attempt to hide it as some may, t has been the condition of this town ; and if the operations of the lien law bad lasted two years longer, the town of Union would have been but little more than a provision depot Tor the tenants on Merchants' farms to obtain supplies and deliver their cotton at. Thank God, a radical change lias taken place, ami our people have got their eyes open in time, wo liopo, to prevent the disease from becoming incurable. The system of low prices and quick cash sales is the surest way to eradicate the disease ;and bring the market back to its former healthy and vigorous condition, and this plan our Merchants have determined to adopt. At the present time the Stocks of goods in l.'uion arc larger and selected with more.care ! tlinn'<or years before, while the prices of all kinds of goods have come down to the lowest points and will successfully compete with prices j in any market above Columbia. As to the character of our Merchants, we have no hesitancy in saying they are honorable, and pure business men. Probably no town can boast ?f a higher tone of character in its busi\ ties circle ; and now that they have broken lojse j from the credit-straining influence of the lien i law, and come down to a legitimate business I ! basis, we feel that a new era of prosperity has i opened upon the County, its county .Sent and j the whole mercantile ami other interests. I The cash system and low prices is now the ; rule with our Merchants, and it is the undoubted I interest of tliu Farmers who have relied upon j credit to look the difficulties of next year square | in the face. The Kxccutive Committee has issued a very ; attractive Premium List, nn<l we Imvc no doubt, ; with its very enterprising and indefatigable Secretary a. d President to head the Procession, i that everything will be done tlint can he done, I to deserve success. Now will tlie farmers of the ! county, and above all, will the Ladies do their J duly, by coining to the rescue? Wo think that we can speak for the Ladies.? : They will do t/uir duty ; but let us say to those ! who may think that they have nothing worthy ! of exhibition no; to hold back on that account. The object of every one should be, not to get a I premium, but to show what can be produced by | the industry, skill, ingenuity or taste of our cit! i/.ens. Vairety is the spico of life, and it is in the , comparison of the taste, skill and ingenuity of the ; various exhibitors that improvement is to come, and we are to derive benefit. Wc may have an i article in the house which we regard as very | beautiful, but when Compared with others, | we sec it's inferiority?nrc struck by the imj provemciits we could in ike?and iitcilcd to new endeavors, bet every oae, who can, exhibit something and let every one go, who can raise a a quarter, to sec what can be done by those who have a wili, than and go homo resolved hence, forth to do likewise. Stock in the Fair Grounds. Mr. Duncan, tlm energetic Secretary of the I County Fair Association, lias just received very i handsomely printed certificates of Stock in the ! Union Aggricultural and Mechanical Association, and requests us to state that those who have paid up for any shares of Stock can receive their certificates by applying to Mr. Win. Munro. The Shares are only 5*10, and it does seetn that every person who feels any interest in the ! Agricultural nud Mechanical development of iho i I County should become a stockholder. The I property now hold by the Association is worth I much more than the amount paid for shares.? { Kvcry merchant and other business man in this tswn should be a stockholder. Messrs- Foster & Wilkins. You have only to take a peep into the store of I this old and popular firm lobe convinced that they have got the largest, and handsomest stock they ever brought to this market. It is really a treat to walk around and s :e what they have got. Their prices, too, have been brought down to the smallest p:int that will enable them to live moderately nud pay expenses, ('apt. Foster is one of the best merchants in this part of the country, and his character for fair and honorable dealing is well known all over fhfs county Ibnt it is unnecessary fpr urTo* extol him. He lias also got the cleverest kind of clerks. J. R Minter. We call attention to the advertisement of this gentleman, who is doing business at Kedalio.? Mr. Minter is one of the best farmers in this county, ns well as beingone of our purest citizens and best business men. lie never says what he t does not mean, and a nromisc from him is ii.-iJi ler (linn a ?Ira ft on n bank. ^ . en-rov? : s -- as How Farmers may do Without Lions. Many Farmers, no doubt, will tiud it difficult to get through the next year without some credit; but np ask all such if they hnvo not found it a liarif task to get along with the credit they have relied upon tho past.ninc years? Onehalf the nmosnt they have paid for supplies, ou credit, will furnish the same supplies, if bought for cosh. Yotj^axAbeon at tho mercy ol tho mcrdltants, tTie cotton^Brokers and money lenders for a long uino yoars, and at the end of each successive year, nine out of ton of you who hare relied on giving liens for supplies, have found yourselves getting deeper and deeper in debt, until now you really have nothing you can cull your own, upon which a credit may bo based. Improvidence and reckless buying are the natural results of the credit system, and the buyer is the sufferer at the end. You may curse the Merchants, ns much as you^pleasc, but they are not the only persons who hate made money out of you through the ruinous operatious of the lien law. Look around you and see if you cannot find many of your neighbors?even farmers?who have taken advantage of your necessities and charged high prices for money and supplies ? Hut you will find that thoso farmers who arc nble to advance money or sell supplies never gave liens. " They commenced right. I11-* Stent of (lepe^ie^ efoa Itiojmci olinnto t'pr supt* plies at exorbitant prices, they went to, work themselves and raised thetn on their own farms. For out or two years they lived hard, bought uotlung that they could possibly do without, patched up their old clothes, raised their own corn, relied upon wheat, onts and barley to feed their teams upon while making the corn and cotton crops. At home, instead of paying the merchants from 'JO to 30 cents a pound for bacon, on a lien, tlint could be bought at 10 or l-> cents for cash, they did without it, ati l raised chickens, potatoes, &c., with milk and Hutter, and occasionally a little roasting pig for a feast. Their eggs and butter, if more than necessary fsr home use, wero turned into cash to buy a little (' tl'ec, Sugar, &c. If tliey had no eggs or I utter to sell, they did without ('otlce ami Sugar. It Js no use denying that four-fifths of the farmers in Union?latul-ownors, tenants and laborers?can, if Uirywill, by a generous combination to help each other, live until the next crop conies in without going in debt for goods at exorbitant prices. Alter that they will he pretty independent?nt least all those who ever will and really wish to he out of debt, will feel so. \Yc say, then, let our farmers sow Wheat, Oats and Barley, to come in for food for uian and beast, and for sale, in the middle of next Summer ; patch up and wear your old olothes, raise chickens, make good pastures for Your cows?Milk and Butler nrc almost as good to work on as bacon- have a few little pigs to kill occasionally as roasters, but be sure to save enough for next Fall's killing. You can get through next year, by sacrificing some comforts and luxuries, if you will, and by Christmas you will find you have made more money than ever lv\fQtc?_yyjuc. credit \vjU.be ..restored and .your don't succeed, don't lay all tlio blame upon the Merchants of. Union and run otf to spend your money with strangers. ? v Tho Inspection Postponed. The very energetic and cllicicnt Adjutant and Inspector General, has notified Capt. F. M. Fair, of the Johnson Uitles, that in consequence of the pressing duties in his otliee nt this time?prep ring his Keport to the Legislature, the necessary attention require 1 for the State Fair, &c.? lie Ims been compelled to postpone his visit of Inspection to this county. The General correctly supposes that this arrangement will give satisfaction, as this is a verj luisy season in the country, and he learns that a number of new Companies arc forming in Greenville and other Counties in tho upper part of the Statc?~ Duq.notice will be given when lie will visit this county. Rice, MoLuro & Co. This firm is fully up with any of the other establishments in town. Their stock is very large nnd well selected, and their prices arc down to (lie very lowest living point. No establishment ir. Union deserves more of tho patronage and confidence of the people than this. Governed altogether, in their business transactions, by the smcicsi lulu* ?t lionesty ami integrity, customers never leave t)icm alter making one purchase. Mnj. McLure is a pure gentleman, and a most pleasant man to ileal with, lie deserves a full share of patronage. Try him. W. A. Moorhoad. This gentleman has now received his large and elegant stock of Goods, and ofTcrs to sell them at low-down prices. He also proposes to pay the highest price for cotton. See his advertisement, and if you will persist in wearing out your wagons and teams in going thirty or forty miles to other markets, we don't carc a continental if you do get "bit." For the Times. Hof to 8ave Sweet Potatoes. This can be done if you will follow my directions : After the vines are killed by the frost and when the ground is dry, dig them and carry them immediately to a dry cellar or house. Spread them on the ground, mixing dry dirt or snad as you increase your heap. 1 prefer the dirt or dust as it is abetter absorbent than sand. When the weather becomes very cold throw some straw ovef the bank and let it reinniu all winter and your potatoes will keep for twelve months, if you do not eat them. 1 hive sound potatoes now, Oct., 28d. which were put up last yea'1. TUBBRA. A Vkry Qnoii Reason.?The reason why only one sample bottle of Mkrrsi.i..'s IIki-atink for the Liver will bo sold to the same person, for ten cents, by our Druggist, GiltlltiK & CO., is hacauM. o( the enormous expense of imoortinar the llepatine.Into This country; but us there are fifty do^| in the large size bottle, it seems two cents petfglose is cheap enough after all for a medicine that cures dyspepsia and liver complaint. All who have not had a sample bottle are entitled to Cue for ten cts. at GI Bit PS & GO'S Drug store,. Three doses relieves any case of dyspepsia, constipation, indigestion or liver complaint, if) the world. Regular size bottles, fifly*doses, $1.00. 10 Cent Sample llotties Men-ell's Hepatine for the Diver, and Globe Klower t'ougli Hy Snp for the Throat and Dungs, at (MKKHK& CO., 42 2t I Itl'LKK AND HEGHLATIOXN OF THJS UNION COUNTY FAIR. All articles for exhibition, especially those from persons livingiu the town of Union, should be entered ou Monday, tho day before the opening of the Fair, .'hough article will be received until 10o'clock, Tuesday morning. A card, with the Class and department in which the articlo is to be exhibited, will be attached to each article, but no uaino of a person must appear. A duplicate check will be giveu the owner, by which thoy will claim the Premium, if any is awarded, and their articles. The committees will not know whoso articles they arc examining, without information is sought or voluntarily given ; both of which, it is hoped, will bo avoided. If the committee don't udopt soiuo such rule, they will invariably be accused of partiality. Ladies will please attach a card or scrip to each article, descriptive of the article and the department they wish it to be exhibited iu. No nnme should appear at all, as it will be taken off before the committee examines the article. All articles will be designated by numbers only, and reclaimed by owners in the same way, as duplicate numbers will be given when entered. A Sl'KCIAI. TUAIN will run every half hour during the day ftom the Railroad Depot to the Fair Grounds. aii visnors io inc run* will be pusscu over me Spartanburg & Ashcville and Spartanburg, L'uion & Columbia Railroads. ^ V f ron own I'AB It*.. ^ All articles tbr exhibition at the Fair, shipped over I he above roads, will be charged full freight, bill if the articles arc returned without briny sold, the freight paid will uk kkhm>ki>. Music will be furnished by the UNION SILVER. CORNET BAND. Unite a number of valuable Agricultural Implements have been secured, as premiums in that department. All other premiums arc tuoro varied and far superior to those heretofore offered by the Society. Be hear of many visitors coming from our neighboring counties, and it is hoped that all our own citizens will turn out en mass to give them a hearty and cordial welcome. If any one has anything of special merit or interest, worthy of note, it is hoped they will have it in its proper place for exhibition at the Fair. ENTRANCE FEE No entrance fee will be charged exhibitors, nud if the article exhibited is not mentioned in the Premium hist, it will still be entitled to a Pre iniuui, if the committee report it worthy. COMMITTEES OF AWARD. The Superintendents are requested to take special charge of their respective departments, as to the time and manner of exhibition, &icFIELD CROPS. Joiix R. Mintmt, ksq.. Sim'krintknkknt. Committee : 1?. H. Sheldon, Chairman, W. .1. Tucker, D. S. Lee, Jesssc T. Bishop, Dr. T. B. Bates,'J. P. McKissick, W. L. Ooudeloek. S TO CK I) El'A11TMEX T. W. A. BKATY, Sll'KUINTKSUHNT. Committee : J. E. Mcng, chairman, Ocorge Peake, Jas. B. i Jeter. J. T. Hill. J. (!. Parrar. W. It ltrio-irs K \V. Flisou. II oust: I) HI'A It I'M US T. J AS. II. BolHJKlt, SurKUISTKXHENT. Committee. AsK MftnYi. KV\i:T>etet ir,"3W??A"KlttftVoJbV^j i Bailey, J. \V. Tench. .S WINE. Committee. | \V. II. Nortiun, chairman, John Rodger, l)r I .1. 1'. Thomas. Lee hinder, Jasper Gibbs, Jas. C. ; Sartor, .las. (!. Brown. The Superintendent!! of the other departments | will please, either before or after the opening of | the Fair, till out their lists of committees. 1>. 1'. DUNCAN, Secretary. ? ? - For the Times. Paoolet After ' Barley" a id "An Old Farmer." "Fair play is a jewel," I knew that i would get a light on nty hands when I struck "An Old Farmer," and that he would return a telling blow, but I did not expect " Barley," after I was So terribly cudgeled, to step up and whack mo orer the head. Ouo at a time, gentlemen, so I can sec about me; two at a time is more than I bargained for. However, I will stir the nest again, if they come after me in swarms. 1 would like to know what the intelligence of the Farmer has to do with the proposed Military display at the Coining Fair in Columbia? How "Barley," or any other man ennconnect the Military with Agriculture, Mechanics and Ihu Fine Arts is a question beyond my ken. The only reason I can see is that "cheap men" want office and seek the Military to obtain a handle by which they will be able to befool the people who aro so "lacking in intelligence." As for my own parf*v I aiu inclined to think that we have had enough of the military to sutlice for the next few years. But.for the life of me 1 cannot see the logic of Barley's conclusion, which enables him to assert that "the intelligejice of the agriculturist is at fault," because "An Old Farmer's" "pnst Grand Cyclops" has said that the people can't he got together withpifl unusual attraction."? lie has borrowed "An Old Farmer's" specs, nuiviJ. men iu^ii; in JUSI Hie numo, IOr IIIG "Old Farmer" plainly says thai lie lias known eight journals devoted to Agriculture to die, because the Farmers "lacked intelligence" to read them, and he will "repeat" the charge. 1 migliT say that these eight journals came to their death deservedly, because tlicy failed to meet the deirsmds of an intelligent people. The fact of these eiijlil deml journals does not necessarily prove the "lack of intelligence'1 among the Fanners. Hut admit the truth of "An Old Farmer's" and "Hurley's" assertion, and the questien recurs: What is their duty, aid the duty of every earnest, thoughtful, intelligent Farmer in Union County? Is it right to permit the people to continue to grope their way in durkness, when it might be possible to enlighten them, and enable them to lift themselves to a higher plane of intelligence and improvement ? Surely some honest effort should be made. That there is something radically wrong? some sore fault?none will deny. But what is that fault?that wrung? Is it indeed the "lack of intelligence?" If so, what the remedy, and what is the plain duty of all good men? Will "An Old Farmer" and "Barley" say that no ?*-, Ami .l.n..IU K? m?,l- t~ ?i? .1? > ? :>> they >ay that because so many journals have gone dead, from this cause, and (his alone, it is not high time for the intelligent people to combine to give light and life t< their country ? GRANGE, alios PACOLET. Beaufort.?The citizens of Port Koyal, in n communication most touching in its expression of gratitude, return thanks to the citizens of Beaufort for their cQptribution of $09 2<r> for tho relief of the sick, and also to Commodore Hughes, of the Pnited Stales Navy, for from the officers and crew of the Hnitod Slates Hhip New Hampshire, for the same purpose.? Tribune. .?--i- -- irrtv.a i n t --1 i-rawat A GREAT RUSSIAN VICTORY. Loni>on? October 17?Noon.?The Daily News' correspondent with (lie Russian hcud<|urtcrs in Asia telegraphed 'from Karujul on Monday eve ning as follows: 'Gen. Lazarotl', who with twenty-seven battalions of infantry and forty guns wus recently dispatched on a turning movement from hero behind the Aladja Dngh to Amttnc iiiit ?...) u?...:~i-. ?- ' . <VV6.|.6UW "<" frout ltnzardjik begging for assistance,as Muhktar Pasha was before hint there with a superior force. Thereupon this morning our troops began an attack on the Turkish positions, and after heavy cannonading on our left wing, with the Aladja batteries, we made a serious assault on Arolins Hill and redoubt. At noon the Caucasian grenadiers under Gen. Filciuian stormed the hill aud redoubt, capturing three Krupp guns. The Kzinkoy regiment occupied Aludju Dugh, capturing the Turkish camp. The enemy were routed and fled in disorder in three directions, being cut otf in the rear from Kars. The pursuit was sharp everywhere and will bo continued to-morrow. No news has been received yet from Gcu. Lazarotr." According to Russian official bulletins, not only was .Muhkiar I'ashn decisively defeated on Monday, but the Turkish army utterly destroyed as a lighting integer. TIIE RUSSIANS ekoatn A I.I. TIIKlll I.OST liUCUNl). London, October 18.?A special dispatch from Vienna says : "Muhktar I'ashn's defeat leaves the Russians free to act on the wings. Further operations by Ismail Pasha against Igdyr, are A out of the question, and if he docs not retreat \ promptly, he mty share the fate of Muhktar Pjaaha. -. _ ^ The Russian force at ArrtrfhaoP, which has been kept in check by Muhktar's positions rather than by any immediate opposing force, will not remain idle longer; thus, with one blow, all the advantages gained by the Turks during the summer, have disappeared, and unless the weather and the extreme difficulty of supplying the Russian army interfere, a march on Erztr* A ouitt may be tried again this year. v False Imvression.?It is generally supposed by a certain class of citizens, who are not practical or experienced, that Dyspepsia can not invariably l>c cured, but we ure pleased to say that Green's August Flower has never, to our knowledge, fnilcd to cure Dyspepsia and Liver Complaint in all its foims, such as ISour Stomach, Oostiveness, Sick Headache, palpitation of the Heart, low spirits, &o., &c. Out of BO 000 dozen bottles sold last year not a single failure ] was reported, but thousands of complimentary letters received from Druggists of wonderful cures. Three doses will relievo any case. Try it. Sample Dottles 10 cents, llegular Size 76 cents. For sale by Q1BBES & CO., 41-Uw. A Host Exoellent Remedy, Ati.anta, Ga., March 12, 1870. 1 have examined the recipe of Hrad/ield't Fc malt Regulator, und front my knowledge of the ingredients, believe it a most excellent medicine, and well suited to that class of diseases designated. 1 have no hesitation in advising its use, and confidently recommend it to the public. JOEL BRANHAM, M. D. For sale by all druggists, aud by A. lit WIN &. Co., Union. Oct 12 40 4t Tho Markets. Union, Oct. 25.?Uuttou?The market has buoouiesoiiicwbal brisk this week, ami lull market prices paid.. Sales 305 hales, at prices ranging from lOftttoti. Columbia, October23.?-Outton steady?middling 10% (u.ioj^; sales 105. UIIahlkstoM, Oct. 23.?Cotton.?Tlie market for this, staple to-day 'opened without any very marked change in features from tIn- closing figures ol the day. before, ami purchases of middling grade was male ul tic for large Jots aiol a fulljgyle, a jew transact long talcing place at lOjie. laitcr tliis lower rate was all thill buyers'would * otter, nut factors did not generally accent it; low middling sold at lOj^e, and iOJac was paid for sizable parcels, and high grade good middling, was at HJ/^c, buyers declining to pay above tliis rate. Kkw Yokk, t)et 23?1*. M.?Cotton c;uiel; uplands I ! ' ? ;Orlcans 11 J^c; sales 7-J'J, liales' net receipts 237 ;gross Futures closed liarely steady ; sales 33,000 bales as follows : October ll.28r?> 11,29 November 11.12(3.11.23; I>c-. ccniber 11.10; January 11.II6$II.I2; February 11.2l('i> II -'5 Mareli 11 37(? 11.38 ; April 11.500*11.51 ; May ll.fst^ 11.05 ; Juno 11.77 at 1.79. l.iVKUliMii., Oct.23.?Noon?Cotton firm middling, upland* GV?d; middling Orleans 6 11-Uid; sales 12,000 bales; receipts 18,300; Ainerleaii 4,300. Futures opened 1-320, better, l?ut the advance since lias lieen lost. SEED WHEAT. QAA Bushels Seed Wheat for Sale. 4vU J. 11. M.NTER.. Oct. 20 42 H, RED OATS. P\AA Eed Oats for Sale, at 76c. per Ol/U bushel. ' J. R. WINTER. Oct. 2G 42 It. NOTICE- TO CREDITORS. NOTICE is hereby given to nil persons indebted to W. D. Humphries and to the 0..... II I--S f- "Ml .. . .... . ...... v. uiii|Mincs a. iiiii, iiiui niillieir ISotes anil Accounts liave been placed in tho hands ef. Samuel S. Stokes Esq., for Collection. All persons indebted must come up and acttle. either in Cash or by note by the first of Decern-, ber next. By so doing they will certainly save coats. JOHN RODGER, Assignee. Union Oct. 20 1877. 42 tf NEW GOODS Lower Prices. I HAVE just received, a largo and well Selected Stock of GENERAL MERCHANDISE, which I offer VERY LOW FOR CASH.. Flense caTTand examine Goods nnd priced b<5foro buying. Sedalio S. C , J. it. WINTER. Oct. 20 42 It The State of South Carolina, COUNTY OF UNION, In the Court of Probate. 11V JOS. P. GIST* Judge of Probate in Uniei* fl County. WHEREAS. F. P. Cudtl, hath applied to me for Leltersof Administrationon the Estate of AMEY BKNTLKY, late of Union County, deceased. These nre therefore to cite and admonish all aud singular the kindred and creditors of the said deceased, to be ar*l appear before me at a Court of Probate for t^f said County, to he holden at Union Coiirt^K.use on tho tenth day XT I?- lutr .Vrv VI Ii?f<iai<rai IOI If IHII o CIOCK A. 1*1., 10 lllOW cause, if any, why ll^Kid Administration should not be grnnted. Given under m^hand and the Seal of the Court, this twefcy-sccond day of Oolober, A. 1)., 1877, aiidein the one hundred and second year of American Independence. JOS. V. 018T Judge of l'robate. Oct 20 08 2t? nilALfrOTICE ALL persons indebted to us by note or account, must settle by the 1st of January next. After that dale wc will put our clnims into the hands of un Attorney to collect without respect to persons. J. T. MILL fi CO. Oct 19 4! tf