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JOSEPH STRAUSS*. SUCCESSOR TO M. 13 FltlED 1 *EUOKK. WOULD respectfully Inform the citizens of Union Hint ho will continue the mercantile business formcrty conducted by M. B. Frlcdborger, deceased, nnd asks a continuance of the liberal patronage heretofore given his predecW sor. In ordor to close out the old stock, ho will, during the NEXT 60 DAYS aurr.t. at Awn Tvnvr.nw nnsT FOR CASH. THE STOCK CONSISTS OF DRY GOOI>?, , " CLOTHING, BOOTS AND SHOES, HATS AND CAPS, Crockery and Hardware, GROCEfBS Aud nil other Goods to be found in any Store in tho County. IF YOU WANT CHEAP GOODS NOW IS YOUR TIME TO GET THEM. CALL ON JOS. STRAUSS, Jan 18 8 2m REPORT OP THE CONDITION ^ OF T1IK ^ tfr* Merchants' & Planters' ' JL&U&JS A*JL. HANK. * of Union, At Union, in the State of South Carolina, at the close of business, 25tli, December, 1877. resources. Loons and discounts $ 61,684 82 Overdrafts 820 40 II. St llnrnlo In B.Kiirn oironlntinn RO <WV\ ru\ ..w wvw?i> V v?? vul??IV!lit? W,V\A/ \jyj Duo from approved reserve agents 3,072 42 Duo from other National Banks 8,400 45 Real estate, furniture, and fixtures- 7,541 50 Current expenses and taxes paid... 2,538 57 Premiums paid 4,800 00 Bills of other Banks 3,320 00 Specie (including gold Trensury certificates) 1,054 1)1 Legal-tender notes 14,014 00 Redemption fund with U. 8. Treasurer (5 pr. ct. of circulation) 2,700 00 Total $105,352 03 4 LIABILITIES. ouprnrt biuok paia m.............,.r*$ 00,000 oo Surplus fuud ; 0,550 00 f Undivided profits 7,201 52 National Bank notes outstanding... 54,000 00 Dividends unpaid 100 00 Individual deposits subject to check 20,703 83 Time certificates of deposit 10,737 78 Total $105,352 03 Statk of South Carolina, "1 County of Union, ss : j I, E. R. Wallace, Cashier of the above-named ** Bank, do solemnly swear that the nbovc statement is true to the best of my knowledgo and uci, Sj. iv. wallai;b, ushief. Subscribed and sworn to Lcforo me this 10th dny of January, 1878. X HTT 1 R- R- RAWLS. 1 j Notary Public. Cobbect?Attest : , B. D. CULP, 1 H. L. QOSS. I Directors. WILLIAM MUNRO. > Jan 18 8 It VICE'S Flower and Vegetable Oarden Is the most beautiful work of tho kind in the world. It contains nearly 150 pages, hundreds of fine Illustrations, and lix Chromo riatei of Floveri. beautifully drawn and colored from nature. Price60 cents In paper covers; $1 00 in elegant cloth. Printed in German and English. Viek'i Illustrated Monthly Magatine.?32 pages fine lllustratration, and Colored Plate in every number.' Price $1 25 a year ; Fivo copies for $5 00. Viek'i Catalogue.?300 Illustrations, only 2 cents. TICK'S ^Flower and Vegetable Seeds. Address JAMES VICK, Rochester, N. Y. VICE'S Illustrated Price Catalogue. SEVENTY-FIVE pages?300 Illustration, with descriptions of thousands of the best Flower and vegetables in the world, and the tcay to grow them?all for a two cents postage stamp.? Printed in German and English. Viek't Flower and Vegetable Garden, 50 cents in paper cover ; in elegant cloth eover $1 00. Viek'i flluitratedMonthly Magazine.?32 nacres fine Illustrations, and colored Piste in every number. Price $1 26; Five copies for $5 00. Address, JAMES VICK, Rochester, N. Y. VICK,~ ILLUSTRATE) MONTHLY MAGAZINE. EACH number contains Thirty-two Pages of reading, many fine Wood Cut Illustrations, and one Colored Plate. A beautiful Garden Magasine, printed on elegant paper, and full of information. In English and German. 1'rlce, $1 26 a year: Five copies $5 00. Viek't Flower and Vegetable Garden, 60 cents in paper cover; in elegant cloth covors $1 00. Viek't Catalogue.?800 Illustrations only 2 cents Address JAMES VICK, Rochester. N. Y. Improved Cotton Seed. HIGHLY Improved Cotton Seed, for sale at ONE DOLLAR a bushel at my Gin, or ONE DOLLAR AND TWENTY FIVE CENTS sacked and delivered-at Utvien Railroad Depot. J. R. M1NTKR. Jan 11 2 liu. ki f WL m m kg . j . Sheriff's Sales. BY virtue of Sundry Executions lomodirccted, I will sell, before Union Court Houso door, on the first Monday in February next, within tlio legal hours of Sheriffs sales, the following properly, to wit: [ Two tract*of laud belonging to the estate of John Bishop, deceased. Tract No. 2, containing Sa .122 and a half acres, and tract No. ^..fpntaiu '"KA'jUJ ""''.T 'itffsSMMh*rul ' * ' "a pnrf (Sr tlielands whsfeon Benjatnfn T. Bishop X now lives, and designated by plats made by Ci John L. Young on the 8th of December 1877.? 18 Both tracts of land were sold by mo, us Sheriff1, on on the seventh day of January, 1878, and bid th off by Benjamin T. Bishop, hut he has failed to or comply with his bid for said tracts of land, and tai will be resold by me as Sheriff, at the risk of be Benjamin T. Bishop, unJer the Execution of So Ruben S. Chick, as Trustee, against John Bishop- En Any person bidding off said tracts of land and rat failing to comply with their bid within hnlf an B. hour after the sale, the lands will be again re- Ut sold at their risk. fel ALSO. Five Mules, one Marc and colt and one two horso wagon and harness ; levied on and to be sold as the property of J. E. Mcng, at the suit of l'hilip Dunn and James B. Stccdmnn. also, One sorrel maro named Molly ; levied on ami to bo sold as tho property of Simpson Malonc, at tho Ullit of tol.. Mnlm.n f Simpson Malonc. One Gray Ilotdtfand m Bay \fare levied on' and to be sold as the property of Thomas J. Foster, nt the suits of Wni. Munro, as Administrator of Wm. J, Kecnnn, John D. Long, as Ad- T ministrnlor of Wm. II. Long, deceased, Wood & Co., and George W. Garner, Sr. also, }ej On Monday the fourth day of February next, 8C before Union Court House door, within tho legal gft hours of Sheriffs sales, 1 will sell one Bale Lint jn Cotton and about eleven hundred pounds seed Cotton ; levied on ami to be sold as the property (i, of Thomas Farr at the suit of W. A. Moore- aK head. Sf also. jn On Tuesday, the fifth d^y of February next, I will sell, within the legal hours of Sheriff's an sales, at tho residence of Thomas J. Foster, fr< about thirty bushels corn, fivo hundred bundles bo fodder, about fifty bushels cotton seed, one- pu eight-day clock, one table nnd one road wagon ; all levied on and to be sold as the property of Thomns J. Foster, at the suits of Wm. Munro, as ? Administrator of Wm. J. Kcenan, John D. Long, as AdministratorU- Loiif^ deceased, Wood & Co. and George W. Garner, Sr. also, I] On Tuesday the fifth day of February next, I will sell at tho Mill House of Mrs. Henrietta Murphy, on Fair Forest creek, one lot of pine plank nnd one lot ef pailings, sold by me, as Sheriff, on the 8th day of January 1878, as the property of Wm. Malone, and bid oft' by James M. Bennett for Mrs. Mary E. Gist, and they inning to comply with their bid, said lumber trill j be resold at the risk of James M. Ilcnnett and Mrs. Mary E. Gist, as the property of Win. r Malone. Jr, R. MACBETH, S. TT. C. , January 14, 1878 8 8t ja Sheriff 's Sale. cx The State of South Carolina, [J COUNTY OF SPARTANBURG. of tei In the Court of JfopEate. ^ N. M. Quin, Administrator, vt MadoraPetty and **' Marietta Petty et alPURSUANT to an order from the Hon. Georj^ W. Nichols, Probato Jud^e for Spartanburg Tc County, I will sell before Uuion Court House door, on the first Monday in February next, of within the legal hours of Sheriff's sales, the tin tract of land belonging to the estate of Sarah PI U 1 J ? ? ...... ?v?u, vcccuscn, locaicu in union County, South Ca Carolina, containing tliirly-iivo acres, more or less, bounJe?l l>y lands of M. N. Quinti, Elizabeth Ur Kirby and Thomas Tucket and others. Sold for Partition among the parties in this case. ~ TERMS OF SALE.?Cash sufficient to pay J the costs of these proceedings and taxes, if any, the balance 011 a eredit of one and two years with interest from the day of sale. Purchaser to give a bond nnd two good and sufficient securitics nnd a mortgage of the premises to secure the balance of the purchase money, and pay for papers. R. MACBETH, 8. U. C. Jan 12, 1878 8 3t The State of South Carolina. I COUNTY OF UNION, Ex Parte \ Petition for (Jarrinda Gist. / Ilomutead. B NOTICE is hereby given that Carrinda Gist, widow of Kit Gist, deceased, has this day filed her Petition in the Court of Probate for said County praying that a homestead exemption ^ be set apart to her nnd her minor childreu in tho personal estate of said deceased. ? JOSEPH F. GIST. Probate Judge. r 14 January 1878. 8 4t pri ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE. " rPHK undersigned having been duly appointed Ag JL administrator of the Estate of Uriah Paulk, Tu deceased, would most respectfully request all als persons indebted to said estate, to make immo- Tr< diato payment, and all persons having claims cei ngifist said estato will present them to me, propeily attested. J. K. PAULK. Adm'r. Jan 18 3 It* , Berkshire Swine. THOROUGIIBREP Berkshire Swine for Sale, m by J. H. MINTER. Jan 11 2 lm NOTICE. ALL persons indebted to us will please scttlo their accounts nt once, as wo are in need \ of money. GEE & HUM PRIES. hn Jan 11 2 4t fffi Pb Copartnership Notice. THE undersigned have formed a Copartner- ft(r, hip for the practice of Law in all cases, in BIU the State and United States Courts, arising in the 7th Circuit that may be entrusted to their charge, under the firm name of llion & McKis- , sick. .? hid i/eceraoer, 18/7. JAMES H. RION, I. 0. McKLSSICK. Deo 21 60 8m NEW GOODS. J CONTINUALLY AKKIVIMJ ?l ?AT? FOSTER &WILKINS' WE arc endeavoring to koep up our Stock ? in all departments, and will guarantee prioes as low as the lowest, ('all and see before purchasing. Nov 2Q 46 If * J < V '"Ifc i iS lr - , . J. I,ft, LJ. Sheriff's Sale. The State of South Carolina, COUNTY OF UNION. n the Court of .Cojfimon. Pleas. rah A. Stringfcllow, vs B. Tucker and 'jl^tHJATrrto Mi Northrop, Judge of tht seventh JXidiCiij rcuit of South Carolina, dated lotli Novembd)& 70, I will sell before Union Court House door, the first Monday in February next, wjjhin e legal hours of Sheriff's sales, one small piece tract of land, located on Enorco lliver, coining seven and a half acres, more or less, longing to George B. Tucker, bounded on the utk by Enoree River, and West, North and ist by lands now belonging to Jauics B. St%cdin; said lnnds formerly the properly of George Tucker, and now sold as the properly of iorge B. Tucker, at the suit of Sarah A. Stringlow against George B. Tucker. TERMS OF SALE.?One-half cash, the Bals?.on a credit of twelvemonths, with interest An the day of sale, with bond and a mortgago secure the balance of the purchaso money. H. MACBETH, S. U. C. Jan 12 1878. 3 3t Sheriff's Sale. rri.. Oi _ a or i . ? r** * xue ouue 01 ooutn uaroiina. nnirxTYnp. UNION. Pfohale. ^ Joicy Duncan, vs Naftcy Walker and others. PURSUANT to an order from the Hon. Joseph F. Gist, Probate Judge for Union County, will sell before Union Court House door, on c first Monday in February next, -.vithin the ?al hours of Sheriff's sales, the following doribed land, for partition of the proceeds of id sale between tho Plaintiff and defendants this action, to wit: Fifty acres of tho tract of land assigned by c Court of Equity in the case of Thomas McLure ainst Trelissa Walker, bounded by lands of M. Rice, the estate of Nathan Hawkins, and ines Mcllride. TERMS OF SAMS.?One-half cash, tho balcc on a credit of twelve months with interest jm the day ef sale; the purchaser to give nd and mortgage to secure tho balnnce of the irehate money, and pay for deeds. 11. MACBETH, S. U. C. Jan 12, 1878. 3 8t The State of South Carolina. COUNTY OF UNION, i the Court of Common Pleas. William II. Wallace ) Plaintiff | Summons for money^ vs. }- demand. . Jh C. C. Davis I Complaint not serv^ Defendant J jfl To C. C. Davis, Defendant in this Action. * voir ... i.?i j * / uu nvivujr mi nun uncii nnu required XM L answer the complaint in lliisnclion, whieffl tiled in the office of the Clerk of tho Court <?f iinnion l'lens for the said County, and to serve :opy of your answer on the subscriber^ at thciiq ice, at Union in said County, within twenty ys after the service of this summons on you, elusive of the day of service. If you fail to answer this complaint within c time aforesaid, the plaintiff will apply to, c Court for judgment nguiust you for t lie sutff one Hundred Dollars, with in-' rest at the rate of seven per cent per annum im the fiijt day of January, one thousand ?co4o> - Dated Union S. C. 3d January A. D. 1878. It ION & McKlSSICK PlnntifFs Attorneys, i the Dffenlant C. C. Davis. Take notice that the Summons in this action, which tho foregoing is a copy, was filed in o office of tho Clerk Sf the Court of Common cas for Union CoAnty in the State of South rolina on the lth day of January 1878. 1UON & McKISSICK. lion S. C. Plaintiff's Attorneys. uuiuu o. oin jnnuary l?iW. Z tit. . E. ADGER & CO., 137 AND 139 MEETING- ST., IIAHLESTON S. C. JOBBERS OF FOllKIUX ANI) DOMESTIC IARI>WARJE% Cutlery, Guns. Saddlerv. AR IRON AND PLOW STEEL, CUCUMBER PUMPS, AIUBAINKS' SCALES, Agents for South Carolina for the Patent Steel rbe Feucing, and the celebrated Farmer's iend Plow, one, two or threo horse, at reduced ices. IlERAL TERMS TO THE TRADE. Large assortment of Agricultural Implements. | ricultural Steels a specialty. Bull Tongues, rn Shovels, Scooters, Sweeps, Heel Bolts, o rough St)el Shapes &o. State agents for sdegar Horse and Mule Shoes. Orders rcve prompt and careful attention. J. E. ADG Ell Ac CO., 137 and 139 MEETING STREET, CKAULEATON, N. C. Inn 11 2 eom 8m [> Executors, Administrators Guardians, &c. OrrcK Jiiuok of Probate. Union, Jan. 11, 1878. , LL Executors, Administrators, Guardians, L Trustees and Committees of Lunatics, who re failed to make their annual returns to this ce. are hereby notified that unless they comr with the law in that particular before the xt annnal period of accounting, the utmost jalty ef the law will bo rigidly enforced tinst all who have neglected to perform their :red obligations to this Court. JOSEPH F. GIST, Judge of Probate. Ian 11 2 4t Reidville Female College. SPARTANBURtt CO., S. C., IOARD (everything furnished) $11.10 pee" ) month. Tuition moderate. Advantages Next lerm begins January 7?h, 1878. HUBERT P. SSMITH, Pres., p, Reidyjlle, S. C. Dec 21 CO lm? Chufas For Sale. I?Y J. H. WINTER. Inn 11 2 In, J .J . I I ! J* = 1.'. '.L The State of South Carolina, County of union. In the Court of Common Pleas. Charles llolt as Administrator ' of nil and singular the f Uoods, Chattels and credits .of Joshua 1*. Dawlyaa. . ' J 'wainiff Summons? < SsraiiDawkins, Benjamin F. . j Hawkins, Nannie E Tench, 1 Sarah A Striitgfellow, Lou- For relief t is D. Mowry, Albert H. Mowr/. Wilson Glover, RobcrtjB. Lyons, as Ad- Cottfplaint minislflBgr of James Rogers, ^ff^ensed, Susan P. Hawkins,^ William Mun.ro, not ( F. 'Williams Kison, Sarah Heard, Mary Douglass, | l'hilip M. Cohen, John J. Served, llrown, William Wilkins, . , J. S. Rowland Thompson, Benjamin F.,Rawls, Spencer M. Rice nnd John W. MoLure, (ieorgo G. Prid- } more, Defendants. ( To the Defendant, Benjamin F. Datckins. < YOU are hereby Summoned and required to ,? answer the complaint in this action, which in tinea in tho office of tlio Clerk, of tlio Court of Common Pleas, for tho County of Union, at Union Court House, South (Sirolina, and to < . jtfrve a coiiy of vour answer t# the s?i.l m?i- j j^ailll Wl 'Wi -wwrji HiCMt ?r HWirvi nicest o>. 2 < Law Range, Union, South Carolina, within twen- ' ty days nfier the service of this summons on < you, exclusive of the day ot such service; nnd if yon fail to i nswer the said coinplninl within I the time nforcsnid, the plaintiff in this action s will apply to the Court for the relief demanded ' in the complaint. Dated Union, S. C., 10th January 1878. MUS'RO & MUNRO, Plaintiff 's Attorneys. To tie Defendant Benjamin F. Daxckins : ' Take notice that the Summons in this action of which the foregoing is a copy, was filed in . Office Clerk of the Court of Common Picas for Union County, at Union Court. House, in the j County of Union, in tho State of South Carolina, on the tenth day of January, A. D. one thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight. MUNRO & MUNRO, i'lnintiff's Attorneys. No. 2 Law Range, Union, S. C. jan iu, lOVH '2 Gt Bold and Silver : FOR SA^E CHEAP K, W. TINSLEY'S HAVE just returned from the North, where J_ 1 purchased, DIRECT FROM TIIE MANUFACTURERS, a large Stock of 1LATESTSTYLES IJKWEI.RY , " At the lowest marketjpriccs, and intend givmy customers the benefit of my low purchases, BY SELLING CHEAP. Among my Stock will be found all kinds of MSV AND SIT/VUtr WATCHES OF THE VERY BEST MAKE. CLOCKS OF ALL KINGS, CHEAP Eli THAN EVER RE FORE. SILVER AND PLATED WARE, RINGS AND BREASTPINS, GOLD AND SILVER CHAINS, Christmas, Bridal and Birthday Presents of all kinds. ANY FINE GOLD WATCHES, Chains, Diamond Ringaor Jewelry, of any kind desired, not found in my Slock, will bo ordered ut I lie .shortest notice, without trouble or expense to persons ordering llicni. Old Silver taken in exchancc for Jewelry. REPAIRING F*- Done neatly;am> promptly, THE FINEST TOBACCO AND CIGARS CAN ALWAYS BE HAD AT THIS STORE. Just Call and Sec for Yourself. B. W. TINSLEY. Dec 7 48 tf NEW STORE. NEW GOODS. ?AND? LOW PRICES. :o: S. W. l?OIlTER. Respectfully announces to the peopio of Union County that he has opened one of the MOST COMF1 jETE STOCK OF DRY GOODS, READY-MADE CLOTHING ever brought into this Couaty, and is determined to sell for tlio SHORTEST PROFITS FOR CASH. He is not afraid to compare quality and prices of Hoods with Columbia, Augusta or eveu Spartanburg. CA1.L AND SEE FOR YOURSELVES. N. W. PORTER, Font's new Building, opposite the Big Oak Tree. Nor 3 43 tf Examination of Teachers. giHE board of Examiners will meet at Union " ~ m C. II. on Fridav anil S?iiiri5<v* >ra#v. Mill of January 1878. All persons who expect , to teach in the Public Schools will meet the board I at that time. A. A. JAMES, Sch. Com. U. C. J?n 11 2 lm Red Oats FOR Sale by J. R. MlNTRR* Jan 11 2 HOME-MADE FERTILIZER. LONG'S PREPARED CHEMICALS. rWO Barrels composted with cotton seed pr stable manure will make a Ton of good lome Mad* .Fertilizer, at less .than h$lf the cost . >r?mmo* *tW.rh^l^t?s.viriey eii4 gel a bir- U! . ;ular and see portifift^espf JXnlpn.County Far-. Atlra who Well the ChemTMls the-past Summer. The ChenApols are now in store and ready for lelivcry. Payments May 1st, or Nov. 1st, 1878. GIBBES & Co., Agents. CERTIFICATES, Jonksvii.i.k, Union Co., S. C., Sept. 2.1, 1877/ Messrs Guides & Co.?Having used "Long's Chemicals" 1 enn with safety recommend them is a splendid Manure for Cotton, composted ac:ording to directions. The dry, hot, weather lid not affect the growth of cotton where 1 used hem as it did where I used other Fertilizers >n the some soil. Yours &c., TIIA1). L. IIAMES. Notk.?Mr. Haines informs us that the cotton lever shed the squares in the dry Spell, and tho Chemicals proved in his hands superior to the 'Carolina Fertilizer" and another very popular itandnrd Guano. GIBBES & Co. Union C. II., S. C., Sept. 28, 1877. Messrs. Guides k Co.?Gcntlcmon :?Long's Chemicals have proved a success with me, comU)kl?ji(wit)l * 7^^ X ?-r ? - apt ~ i itniVriTo cotton at the rate of 2001bs. per acre. * They nre far superior to any other Fertilizer I sver used. Will use them again for next crop. Tlicy stand the drought well. They do not make he cotton shed the squares, as all other Fertilisers do, in time of dry spells. I have read Mr. n i * i* ? . . - - -- iiiuu. u. mimes siucmcni and tully endorse it. J. C SHETTLEWORTH. REFERENCES: We also take Che liberty of referring to the "oliowing gentlemen in this County who have rscd the Compost: 0. B. Hogau, W. J. Tucker and David Lane. Not. 28 ^ ^46 tf CHEAP GOODS! ?AT THE? HOTEL STORE. WE ARE receiving a very large Stock of all kinds of Goods, which we nre dttermined to Sell at the Lowest Prices. No store or town shall be able to say they sell cheaper than we do, and no firm keeps a better assorted Stock. OUlt DRY GOODS CONSIST OF Bleached and Brown Shirting and Sheeting. Plaid Oenaburgs, Prints, Ladies' Dress Goods, Domestic Ginghams, Kentucky and Columbus Mills Jeans, Fancy Cassimcrcs, WatSr-Pi oofs, Tickings, Flannels?Red and White, Flannels?Shaker and Opera, Blankets?White and Colored, Laities Bhonts and OtuvcB^ Notions and Hosiery, SHOES AND BOOTS, in Great Variety and Prioea. READY-MADE CLOTHING, Wool and Fur lints, for Men and Iloys. GROCERIES: Sugar, Coffee, Tea, Bacon, Flour, Liard, Molasses, Salt, Mackerel, Tobacco of all Brands, IIAGGING AND TIES. Hardware, Crockeryware, Tinware, Woodenware, BRIDLES, SADDLES AND SADDLE BLANKETS. specialties, Ladies' Custom-Made Shoes, Gent's Hand-mado Shoes, Star Shirts. Feeling thankful for the patronngo heretofore extended, wc gunrnntee satisfaction in the future. CIEE A HUM FURIES. Oct 12 If "AUSTIN Ac COT Seed Wheat. A LOT of fine Seed Wheat for sale by AUSTIN & Co., Spartanburg, Nov. 2 43 tf Provisions. BACON, Flour, and Lard, for sale, cheap, by AUSTIN & Co., Hparianbvrg. Nov 2 43 If Oats, Rye and Barley. pV)R sale, by AUSTIN & Co., Spartanburg. Nov 2 43 tf Groceries. REAT Rargftins in Sugar, Coffee and Salt, at UT AUSTIN & Co'S-., Spartanburg. Nov 2 43 tf Drugs and Medicines. BUY your l)rug8 and Medicines of AUSTIN & Co., Spartanburg. Nov 2 43- tf Paints and Oils. ALL kind of Taints and Oils for salo at Lotton* prices, at AUSTIN A Co's., Not 2 43 S*>arUnburKWindow Glass. OF ALL sizes, for sale by AUSTIN & Co., Not 2 ? SparUnbur* Pure Liquors. I)URB LIQUORS, for Medicinal purpoaea, for' L aalfehy AUSTIN A Co., Not 2 4* sp*rtabb,"*f