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Swore Storm in the West. Sr. Louts, July 14.?A heavy wind mut in n ' .florin passed over tin? city Ins* night .iinl did j considerable <lniirnge on laud and river. Mary- | ill?. Mo., was visited by n cyclone yesterday. I Tliirtcci: of (be best business houses were un- i . ^ rooted, the court house and jail was badly damaged and tlie city hnll an 1 I'rceby leri in church are almost total wrecks, x Omaha, Nkb . July* 14. ? Dispatches from Louisville, Cass County, report that tho most ( s -vere hail storm ever experienced in thai locality recurred yesterday forenoon. The ground was <\hitc wiih liail, I'is.maiu.'K, Dakota. July 14.?A11 day yesier<s <y ilie barometer continued to fail until about <i o'clock, when the heaviest wind storm ever , liner,n in this reig >n began and lasted about an I.our and a half. 'I'lio wind at one time reached ' ' a velocity of sixty t. Pes per lionr. Lumber I ' piles were blown down mid n few houses in course of erction demolished. The wind storm was followed by a shower which swelled into a I rain at a point within twelve miles of Bismarck t tind lending Last w ard. , Launch, Kansas, July 14. ? Particulars of a [ , tornado on I'tivvnec Liver are arriving. How's ! and Butler's mills were blown away and Fitz- I gerald'ssheep sheds are gone. Large hail stones , killed the young calves and lambs. Corn is cut . t so that it will not bide. Jack Babbit Kill, North- |s west of Brown drove, looks as black as if it had i been burned. Large hail stones cut the grass as if it was ploughed, and the heavy ruin follow- " ing washed it away. r Hkadini;, Pa, July 14. ? Last night's storm was the hcavie.il known for years in this section, 'enees were leveled, trees uprooted and stripped of fruit and many fields washed out. Tkkntom, Mo., July 14.?A severe storm ( . i -9 ? ? tcriun Church, tlie'public school and other buildings were badly damaged. The destruction in the vicinity is estimated from J'JO.OUO to $"0,- | ttnn. St. Lor is, July 1 I.?The restoration of tele graphic communication, which was badly hroken last night, reveals the fact that the storm, t part of which swept over this ci'y. was general i in character and traversed not only a large pait ( of Missouri, but covered various sections of Kan-as, lowti and Illinois. The velocity of the s wind in this city was fifty miles per hour and | came apparently from nearly all directions, but tj mainly from tlie North and Northwest. i j A train nf twenty-five cars moving on the Holt | Koatl on tlie riverfront were Mown from tl.o ' track :in I most of tlieni badly wrecked. Near drowning. Mo., a train was blown from V the track. Conductor Watson was badly hurt i C Mour. hi.ty to t'oxvlets. ? An inquest was , . held at the penitentiary ycslcidny at 'J o'clock ! 1 by Coroner iScolt over the reiimius of Willium c Gordon, a convict who died at Green II ill plan- V t:\lioii the previous day. Two colored witnesses t rati tied that Hnnong, the overseer or manager, had whipped the deceased severely four tiuics p on Tuesday, twice on Wednesday and two or; ' three times on the day ot his death?Thursday | ^ ? besides kicking hint and placing his foot on : the tiecU of the deceased before the hitter left the field. Hnnong made a statement to the jury ! tf to the ell cot that Gordon was an unwilling ? worker: that lie hud not complained of sick- | ness; thai hchuJ whipped him before on account ; of his slow work ; that Thursday morning he11' had told him it* lie did not do better lie (Uniting) ' awtiiid have to punish him; soon after Gordon ' was behind the other hands, lie was whipped I with a strap; Hunting then tuid liini he must I catch up with the other hands by the time lie til.) came hack from the river: witness then , v.cut tin I put a party of men over the river, and :u u his ret tit u ft mid that Gordon was still behind the other hands; the manager then Hogged i Gordon again, when I lie latter dropped on his hands and knees ami would not get up ; another 1L t-otivict was called who took Gordon out of the i field, and when Iliov had reached the road. ^ I:tit it?5 went :tii<I got :? third coiivh t and :i cart o take Gordon Io liis quarters : on Lis return ^ llunong found Gordon dead. ' llunong thou came . to tlie city and reported tlie mutter to the peni- 1 01 tctitiniy authorities, who sent down mid hud the h body brought uj> for inquest. lM\ Green i rr- j] formed an nuti>|>sy and certitied that lie found jj evidence of severe hut not excessive whipping; | that lite externa! appearance of the deceased was healthy, I ut the anto| sy proved that he was t liahle in death at any time IVcia overwork or j( undue excitetnciit. and that he toiiud several , ^ clots of blood in the region of the heart. The, jury, then, i n the certificate of the examining I physician, brought in a verdict of death from heart disease. ? Col. Ilfyittir, 1-l/A. i I - * 1 A Pm t i t: tp istii.x ft nti.v Pi r.?Is it n-.t ' v r eally worth kno wing Imw our delegation stilt.d.s. i Mr. I>ihh!e, if lie iuis done nothing else, has ^ come to time in letting his constituents know that lie meant to vote for Hand-ill, "notwithstanding the newspapers.'' Ihit it is now in order " for Mr. Iiihlile s constituents to propound to t their fongrcsstunn another question which uiay ' . I... ........ I I. : . .1 i ' %'W iiu.inviVMi III till Ml III vr I Ulll IIIH Ittl'Ul 1<)II I liail that Mr. ltihhlc has vouchsafed i" make to "the > newspapers. ' This question is: Will you ' vole lor Randall notwithstanding the wish of i your constituents ; Answer : Yes or no ? sharp 1 ( and quick. It is also in order to know who of j itir South Carolina Representatives will vote for I Randall nu<l who will not. It will do no harm . to know, and it will ho really oblecgiug" in 1 our Representatives to lit their constiiuints know, whetherthey intend to lend their support to putting the lteinncraey in the leading strings ; of the I'rotect innists or not ; w hether they advo- j cate the dodging policy or not ; whether they favor the policy of getting otlic . at tlie expense of a hack down or hiding out on substantial Detin eratie doctrines or not. These things are I surely worth while knowing hy a constituenty ! who have tlic courage of their Convictions and whohoiievc in important political issues w liicligo ' to the marrow oftlicir political fiitli : that it is | their right to know, nttd to know squarely, where their Representatives propose to stand. -a 1'os, it. I'm nth.?Washington, .Inly 1ft.?The 1 following general order was issued from the ; 1'ostoUiee 1'epariment to day : "Complaint has ! hren made to t J;i> department * lint second class mail matter (itewsp.-pers and periodicals sent to ! regular subscribers ) is not in all cases promptly i forwarded to the addresses. Such matter is of I at least equal importance with the letter mail, ( anu ii siioiiui no ircnicil wiiu equal care by pos- ] 1 tal clerks. If it is necessary to withdraw sec- i (.ml class miilicr from its wrapper in order to , ascertain its dostinatii n ii may lie done. l>ut t it is t . will not be allowed for any oilier purpose.? i ' .Second class mixes will lie treated as prescribed 1 l>y (lie regulations and orders. It" postal clerks ' i find any second class natter improperly directed, ! that is to say, addressed to the wruiij; postolliee, they should report the fact on the trip reports ] so that the superintendent may notify the pub- j 1 lish. r, but sb uld not chuu^o the ml Iress or Course <>t' the package. The Postmaster (ioiic- ; ral desites that the practice of reading newspa ! pets and pet i'-dicals parsing through the mails be discontinued wherever it exists." i.i \ i ii 111 m limit r.? Milwaukee, Wis., July i J4.? Mrs. (iracc Courtla?, I, <>f t'hicago, known in New York as the Witch o| Wall sireet," last i night I'owhiilc'il Win i . Jones, of this city, j whom she accuses ol having seduced her daugh- | tcr Mnggie. Jotics, who is years of age, was ! struck across the face, i ock atui shou'dors an I I trvrrcly hull. The assnuil occurred at tlic j corner (-f W i n~du street und Ureal way, the ( most public I'oint in the city. Mrs. t'ourtlancl j was ncccmpnnied hy her daughter. j 1 . ? Kim.; i) nv a 1 >i:avj- Roy- I.aurinhurg, N. <".. | ' July 1 - A strange mail who was intoxicated | nindo his way into the yard of Mrs. Jones's ! house, near this place, a id spoke insultingly to ( her. tier sop, a fifteen-year-old lad, command- , ed the fellow to leave; lail this having no effect, 1 < he go? a gun from the house, and as the man \ r continued hi*-- uhuscnii I attempt to attack them j the yoni.-'Sler felled him with a hlotv of IheMock, I Irtakiiu' his skull auJ killing itim instantly. J : JJhe (KMultln aluiou $imc.4. K. h. STOKES. Editor. UNION. FRIDAY, JULY i!0, 188:; SUBSCRIPT iJN~$2 00 PER ANNUM. ADVERTISING. , < inc square or one inch, first insertion, - - - $1.00 Each *ulM?-<iuciit insertion, ------- 75 Liberal discount made to inurcliutit.s anil others adver* bins foralx months or by the year. Obituary Notices of ten linos or less, insert-"I free. " " oTor ten Hues, charged ua Advertisements. TAKE NOTICE. Citationa, Notices to Creditors and I Notices of Final Discharge must be paid for before they will appear in >ur columns. UrCJu Miss Beauty Hamilton, a most estirna- 1 do young Lady of Santtic, died at the residence ' if Iter brother in law, Mr. L. 15. Jeter, Inst.Sun- ' lay in.,ruing, from typhoid pneumonia, aged !3 years. _ If our friends in I lie more favored see- i ions of llie County, linve any vegetables to j.are, we think tliey would find ready sale for hem in this town. Our gardens arc "gono up," ui'l a dish of beans or tomatoes is about as rare i sight to most of us as a $100 greenback. We wouldn't object to giving t. subscriber ;rcdit for ?2 worth of chickens. Now is your time to get bargains at Virginia ? 4- ' A voting man named M. 1$. Itichards, liad liis leg cut oil* just below the knee, in jumping from a train in motion, last MotuiiUk near liranchville. As the initials are the SRe as * hose of a young man who formerly lived in j his town, the son of Mrs. K. Richards, it is | j hoiight by some that he is the unfortunate per- : ( on, hilt we are satisfied that it is not him, as the j >aper slates that lie was on his way to his home j s lear Orangeburg, and the home of the M. 15. ! liehards kuuwn here is at Maybiuton, Newberry | lounly. . .?. ? i Vill Union be There ! o The meeting of (lie corporators of the Union, ^ iafl"ncy City and lluthcrfordton railrord will lie j j ehl at GulVney Oily tomorrow. Of the twelve ^ orporators, Union, town hihI county, has seven. fill one of them he ut the meeting? >] -?. Go to the Virginia Store for bargains in Drylands. - ? ^ he Last Day. c This is the last day for making returns of g nahle property to the Auditor, and nil property I ot returned will be placed upon the tax dnpli- o tie at the last year's assessed valuation, with t ie addition of 60 per cent on last year's taxes Med. a - t 8?yi. We sincerely sympathise with our most p orthy friend, Mr. '1'. 1.. llanies, in his score ? >-s 1.1.ii ,-?iuru;iy, uie 'jcsirnonoii oi lus Ufiin ' e H'I contents l?y tiro. Mr. Ilames is one of our c mst intelligent and pnccessful farmers, and too t uc a chiistain to permit even so heavy a loss j ,i serLusly atlocl Itiid. t * . Summer Hop. Those of our young men who fir various reams cannot go to the fashionable watering places ' r other Summer resorts, have determined to ave one evening'3 enjoyment at least, among I leuiseUcs, and intend giving one of ^itse de- 1 ghlfui Hops for which ITiion is so famous. j . It will take place on die 'Jfitli inst, at the ' 'nioii Hole', and from the names of the gentle- j ku on the tit gant cards of invitation we arc or.lident it will be a most enjoyable affair. A beautiful lot of new India Linens, Figured j !l .itien Lawns, l'ersia lawns, Victoria lawns, e ?i>liop's lawns, Lace Muslins, 1'riuted Muslins, : 0 tc., etc., at J. C. HUNTER & Co. | v - ! 1 l Cooling Retreat. I I Who is not fond of a saucer of pure and well | t nadc lee Cream , and what is more refreshing j s his sultry weather? Mrs. II. T. Owens pro- I * 'ides this luxury every evening at tlio impro- I S ;i?ed saloon on the lot o[ posite the town pump, j < \irs. wwens su: crintcmls I lie saloon herself nnd ( ,t is becoming a popular evcuing resort for Ladies t is we'l as gentlemen. < We have ncvci tasted more delicious lee t'reain i than Mrs. Owens makes, and it is a pleasure to j he served by so pleasant a Lady. - ? Hurrah 1 We've Found Him. For some months there have been many onipiirics as to the whereabouts of the notorious June Mohhley, and no one hero appeared to know into wltieli jungle "ob de party'' he had hidden himself, lint as the day for political commotion is drawing near, which always draws die rabid republican politicians from their hiding places, June has just poked his nose from under | he cover of his religious disguise and once more aken his position in the politicia! arena. This time we find hint among the delegates j from Kichlan l t'oiinty to the Itepiihlican State ! 'on verbal ion. as ltev. June S. Mobley, Look out ^ for a row in thai covention. (V Pop Visit. Tlie shadt tv of a heavy c litorial, encase 1 in die ponderous coi poreal proporlins of our talcnled friend, \V. \V. Thompson, of the (iaO'nr;/ t'iii-i'hiirm, darkened the door of our sanctum last Tuesday, lie said it was only a "nop call," j and wo could not help thinking there would be I an awful "pop" in (laliuey if the IMitor swelled ' up much larger, lie didn't have tin*c to tell j us how the Carolinian was getting along, but the I appearance o'* the editor was strong prcsump- j live evi lenee ih.it it was "fat nnd Nourishing." j The Col. is in the right position now. lie | makes a first rate editor and every issue of th0 , (' r<,l,iii'in shows his ability and indtisty. Sue- | CCSs to belli. " Personal Mention. (icorgeW. Ilage, l-Nrj. and family, of Chester, j arc on a visit to his Mother, Mrs. 15. J. tinge. Miss (,'. Aughtry, of Colninhia, is visiting her j rriend, Miss Mamie Hunter. Miss Sallic Allan and a younger sister, of j I'harlcston. are visiting the family of their ; incle. Mr. \V. A. Nicholson. Miss (list, daughter ot the late Mr. I William O.st, of Yorkviile, is visiting her rcla : ivcs here. Mr*. It. W. Ciibbs, widow ofthe late l>r. It. IV. (libbes, willi her children, of i'oliitnbiu, fire >r. n vifii toher brother-in Law, W. M. (libbes* it ihe I'nion Hotel. Mr. It IV, Shand and family. have gone to licir summer |iiuce at Saluda. > -- i. Charlotto Booming. The city of Charlotte is Fast looming up among (lie largest and most important business marts in the South. Its merchants show more cuter prise an<l business tact than any we know of.? Their agents are found continually on the roads ami oiler ad antugbs in prices, variety o|yt, qualities of goods equal to any wholesale' dear crs this side of Baltimore. It would suprisc many ofthcoldcst merchants of the oi ler cities to see the enormous stocks carried by a number of the firms in Charlotte and the amount of business they do. When in that city a few wcaks ago, we made free to ask a member of one of the leading firms what the wholesale sales of the house amounted to annually, ami lie replied that last year they "went over $->00,000," This house does a very large retail business all through western North Caroina and below Columbia iu South Carolina, along the lines of Kuilroads. So rapidly is their business increasing that they find their present exlensivc store room altogether loo small and they ire mMing to it the two udjoining t ivo-story buildtigs. Iii some lines of popula. check goods and :assinieres they control Hie whole product of the nil Is. amounting to humlredsofthousand of dollirs annually. We learn there are tlier houses u that city, doing equally as large business, and we only speak of this one because it was the only jne we enquired of. All branches of business appear to be flourishing in Charlotte. At this limo contracts lrH ?:er|?eil fo>- new buildiucrs 4 $75,000, and estimates lor nearly as much tlorir will be called for soon. The business of C otte has increased steadily and surely c\ery ( ear for the past ten years, aud the enterprising ipirit of her merchants and citizens never flags, jut grows with the prosperity of the city. It las as many, if not more, retired wealthy utizens within her corporate limits than any :ity of double its population in the South ; at the tunc time its business men are active, shrewd md persevering, and transact every miuutia of heir business operations upon true business irinciples. From early morn to late at night here is life in the streets and life iu the stores >f Charlotte, and the whir of the spindles, the ing of the trowel, tiic sound of the saw and latnmcr nud the shrill whistle of the engine ound in your ears unceasingly. ? o? 'own V8. Country Living. The town of Union is noted for high prices, mt people in the country who do not have to my chickens at 15 cents for partridge size, 20 ents for frying size, and 25 to 110 cents for full ;rown ones, nud front 12A to 15 cents per ITTKtr icek?as a bill just paid by us will show?with titer tilings to eat in proportion, think \vc have he easiest kind of sailing. Now. if our fainting friends will keep a strict ccount of every chicken and egg they cat, all he feed for their cows, every load of wood they mm, the meal their families consume ntul the lutiicrous other articles which make up the nccssaries of life for which we in town have to pay ash but the} do not, they will find, by put. ing those articles at the prices wc have to pay or them, that the products of the farm amount o a larger sum thai they now have any conccpiott of, at. i that a salary of $100 or .5500 to a atiiily in town, with rent to pay out of it, will ml afford near the comforts or necessities that . fifty acrv farm does, if well managed ; and j here4s not lia'f the independence in town jife hat is realized in the country. We are lead to make this comt.orison hv hear. nK gentleman express regret at having sold lis 1">U acre farm fur :? 1 ,">00, to take a situation n a town at $7 >0 a year, lie said he would icver he able to buy the farm again, out of his alary, anil the prospect was that he would he i renter (lie remainder of his life, subject to the aprices of his employers and the fluctuations if business for his position. He summed the vhole up by saying he had "sold his farm and lis independence for ?>1."i00 and a precarious msition of SToO a year, with a heap of trouble o make his salary and expenses come out onare." "Why," said lie, I nay from SdOO to >400 every year for thing* that did not cost ine | on the form, no] then don't have a good dd fashioned country chicken pic more than >ncc a year or tne of those rousing tires we used o have to sit hy on cold winter evenings in the jountry. We didn't know when wo were well AT." ? - ? Still Dry and Hot. t?n Saturday morning last everybody here were buoyed up hy the hope that we were nbout to sec the end of the "heated term but ns all signs fail in dry weather," so did the sign8 in the heavens disappoint us. Not that wc had no rain, hut it was so little that it did not wet the ground an inch deep, and the next day the sun shone out as hot as ever and the corn blades twisted as bad as before. Since then wc have had no rain ami the sun has beamed down hotter than ever, livery day the clouds have gathered over us seeming to say "stand from tinder ns we intend to pour out a deluge of rain," hut a strong wind has arisen every time ami scat, tered th; clouds, and with thein all our hopes of rain. Cot ton is beginning to suffer badly in this imme liate vicinity and about six miles each side of the railroad from here to Spartanburg.? Torn in the bottomlands, wc learn, never looked better, but upland corn is beyond all hope of ri'iicm ju kin. Tho Cholera Coming. A rumor comes to us hv telegraph that the A-iitio cholera has made its appearance in Lonilon, Knglaml, ami that most stringent sanitary measure? have heen adopted to prevent its sprei-lingto the interior of that country. The report has neeessairly cause 1 considerable alarm in tiiis country, particularly at the seaports, and the government olticials havo ordered the strictest quarantine and sanitary regulations at all points where there is the slightest danger of the scourge getting entrance. In In 1'J the disease made iis appearance in this country ah tut a month after it was pronounced epidemic in Knglaml, hut the present rapid and more general intercourse between the two countries, by steam navigation, makes it imperative upon oni authorities to act promptly at the first alarm from the other side of the Atlantic, to prevent, if possible, the introduction of the tegriUc, disease among us, cr to meet it with the bri' medical skill, well organised, and the most imperative sanitary measures. T?>m Tiii'MiiUkuatiiksiiis Last. ? Mi ldleboro', Mass., July I.Y?t'harlcs I ley wood M ration, better known to the public as (ion T on Thumb, died at his iisi lenco here at S.vt) o'clock this morning, of apoplcvy. For l he Tiiuei. ! Fine Yield of Wheat?Labor-Saving Farm Implements. Skill Siioals, S C. Mb. KdItor ? I have just finished threshing, and write to give you the yield of the heat portion of my wheat crop. The amount from Hhirty-flve one-tcuth square yards was 23 j bushels of dry wheat, which is at tho rato of over 32 bushels per acre. Mind about three ncrts of wheat that was equally as fine as the measured lot, but it was not measured and threshed by itself. Now. Mr. Editor, while wo caunot hope to make such crops on all the land we sow, it does seem that it ought to encourage us to sow enough to supply our county with home-raised flour. Here is another if not greater reason why we should sow small grain more extensively : The day, if not already here, is not far distant, when the cultivation of large areas of laud exhausted of all vegrffefele matter, will cease to pay, though we maj uIMn increased quantity of commercial fertilizers. We can use more labor -saving iinplemeuts iu planting and harvesting small gruiu than on corn and cotton, which is the greatest uced of the Southern farmer of to-day. For the benefit of the farmers of Uniou I will give my experience in using the Bickford & Huffman Grain Drill, and the l'crry Boycc Reaper, both of which were bought of MessrsFoster & Wllkins. I found it very troublesome to keep the Drill L/roui okoktng^vith tj?? cotton stalks that lin<^ Keen plowed dp. but have discovered that it is unnecessary to plow up cotton stalks ; besides, it saves a great deal of hard work. ( drillcJ some wheat last fall on land that had not been plowed, (except one furrow, to burst up cotton stalks) beside land that had been plowed just before drilling, and could see no difference iu yield between the plowed and the unbroken land. The best plan, I think, will be to sow cotton seed on land intended for wheat, then run a furrow on each side of the cotton stalks, and drill in wheat. The drill will not choke if this plan is followed. Now for the ad vantages of the Drill: 1st It savcslabor ; 'JJ, It savesseed ; !1J, It puts in the grain more regularly ami at a more uniform distance umler the soil than can possibly be attained by baud sowing, thereby ensuring a larger yield of grain. There is also an attachment to drill fertilizers in with the wheat, which 1 know frotn experience will pay, but I do not think it profitable to sow fertilizers broad east. 1 had forgotten to state that the cotteu stalks can be cither km eked down in the Spring or two rows cut at one tiuic with a mowing machine. The Perry lloycc Reaper is the lightest machine I ever saw and does its work perfectly. It will cut on hilly laud and will save any grain on smooth land that can be cut with a Grain Cradle. Yours Respectfully, J NO. C. FOWLKU. ? For the Tim.-.-. An Explanation?Trustees Requested to Eulighten the PublicSantit, July 17th, 1883. Mu. r.i.tron : ? Please allow mc through your columns to make a few remarks with regard to an article in your issue of July Gtli from the school commissioner, in reply to an article from A. 11. <J. Now, with regard to the teacher's certificate, I think A. II. C. is mistaken, in that I am state 1 as saying, "said teacher had no certificate." My rcccoilection is, that I said ' if she had a^rlifieate, she did not attend the public examination, on the day and at the time other teachers were required to appear before the Board." 1 do not think I said .scrawl .session, as 1 did not know when the school was taught. When 1 had the conversation with A. II. C. 1 did not expect to hear from it again, but as it lias , appeared in public print, and as there seems to j be ho many exceptions taken by tlie school j Commissioner to what I am stated us saying to A. B. C., I must, in justice to myself, beg the Trustees of Santuc and Fishdnm Townships to make a full statement of their actions last year with regard to the two schools alluded to ? the employment of teachers, amount paid teachers, number of pupils attending each school trom their Townships, if pay certificates were readily signed, location of school houses., &c., ! Please give all the light you can on the subject, and let the public sec who is at fault in this matter. H- S. THOMAS. l-'or the Times. Destructive Fire Near Jouesvillc. Jonksvii.lr, July 1">, 1883. M u. r.nitoii: ? I.ast Saturday evening, the lothf we had a most terrific wind and rain storm, and during the time si stroke of lightning struck my Gin house, setting it on fire. The wind was blowing with terrible force towards my lot and the tire caught my bam, from thence it went to my wheat house, anil for "JO minutes it seemed that every house within 100yards would be consumed. Friends came from every direction and Providence changed the wind, and with plenty of water and help we succeeded in checking the flumes. 1 can't estimate my loss, .hut it is groat. A large quantity of Wheat, Oats, Barley, Peas, Hay, &c., was hutiied ; but 1 am tuaukfiil we | saved all my corn. No insurance. Loss be ijwccu .71 ,uuu, mid 5>l ,;?UU. Yours Truly, T. Ij. IIAMKS. - ? $65,000 to tho Union Factory. j We are informed tluil $ti*>,000 have already j been subscribed towards building a cotton Fac ! tory in this town, and no subscription below $1,0(10 is 011 the list. This is a glorious beginj ning ? far better, in the same length o! time, I than any of the factories around us began with | ?and almost insures success. Keep the boll j moving, gentlemen. There arc numbers of $ >00, $;>00, $'200 and $ 100subscriptions ready ) for t be great work in this county. You may have j hard work, but don't set your pegs too high, : and your reward will he great. A New Dwelling. I)r. Theodore Munro lien purchased the beauI 11 fill lot on Sout It Street, opposite the residence of Mrs. II. .1. (Sage, umi will commence building a handsome dwehing on it as soon as tlic mate rials arrive. I We liave seen tho plan of the house, drawn by Mr. I.co, architect, of Atlanta, and think it ; '.fill be one of the most convenient and elegant houses in town. Mr. Sharkey is the builder, j which is guaranty sufficient that when done it j! will be weil done. teir \. n. w ood, at (iall'aey t'ily, i t pre* nared to sell Drafts on New Vork aud to disount f/'lt r<l>j9 notes. 4t Fur Hie Tim1*. Progress?To Old Fogy. A Mil Kmtqr :?The comtnunic itiou from your OM Fogy correspondent has been reaJ, aud would not receive further notic? hid it not u p contained some misstatements. He writes, a ? man talked to a negro in tiiis way : r; Railroads, you know, make things lively.? You can then get a dollar a day for work. As ti to the taxes, why that nil comes off the land a holder. A watermelon will pay all you will be fi tuxed on it. f Now, the man alluded to was nstouislied, when ho went to the polls, to find so many whites and " negroes, who do not own much aud, (judging 0 from present indications) never will, ranting n about taxation ; so he immediately went to work explaining to them how they would he benefitted ? by a railroad, and among other things said? Railroads, you know, make things lively. You o can eet a dollar a dav for work on it. Here some one said that it wouM make labor |{ scarce on the farm. The man replied : "Yes, p that is truo, and there is where the shoe pinches o some of the land holders here to day ; they 11 don't want to do anything that will raise the '' price of labor. As for the taxes, your3 will be j almost nothing; the land holders pay almost all the railroad tax ; a watermelon will pay yours." " The man that did all this talking against the 1 land holder, pays more land tax, with one ex- ( ception, than any one who opposed the subscrip- t tion. Now, I ask, was this languago calculated to deceive or misrepresent tho facts ? Jt was a notable fact, that, men who paid tho taxes, talked loudest about taxation on aday. Perhaps the readers of the Times wotfft ffkc totitic w how much tax "Old Fogy" j pays, apart from his poll. Just here 1 will say n that "Old Fogy" neglected to state that it was a circulated among the voters that the poll tax a would bo raised to six or seven dollais if the " railroad subscription was carried. 0 We would notice many portions of his letter, (j but forbear, as he has already plead guilty to c ignorance. He may not want office, but lie is J unfortunate in adopting the cry of the dema- p gogue about the poor laboring man paving all c the taxes. It seems that he has an idea that 1 no one can labor or earn an honest living unless lie takes hold of the plow. f We know that "Old Fogy" has always been t; a democrat, and while we arc far from holding 11 one man responsible for another's misdeeds, we J1 would remind him that others have seen but c little ditlereucd between the two Parties, and i] that l.is surrounding atmosphere has not always 11 been purely democratic. I congratulate "Old Fogy" on the nppropri- e ateness of his assumed name. I can think of f none more suitable, unless it be Voting Fogy. 1 We would ?;uggcst the following lines to the c careful consideration of "Old Fogy." ? () iv:i 1 some pow'r the giftie gic us, a To s"e oursels as itliers sec us ! c It wad frac monic a blunder free us, J And foolish notion." J PROGRESS. 2 For the Times. t Convention of the Ministers, Elders and Deacons ? of the Presbyterian Church in Union County. The temporary Convention met at Union C. IF., t July Kith 183J, in I lie room of the V. M. C. A., ?j ami was organized by calling ltev. A. A. James > to the chair. Elder K. C. Fair was appointed secretary. ^ It was unanimously resolved, That the Con- 1 vcntioti be made a permanent organization, to be called the Convention cf the Ministers, El- ^ tiers and Deacons of the Presbyterian Church in Union County. Whereupon, ltev. A. A. James was elected President, and Elder J. E. Colton, Secretary. Tha acting secretary reported that lie had been in correspondence with tlie Chairman of Domestic Missions in reference to ccttinz an evangelist to labor in the County for a part o' ' the present year. Bros. Clifford, Bailey and [ Colton were appointed a conunit'cc to continue i this correspondence and execute the plans pro- f posed. J On motion, it was ordered that the Sessions 0 of all our churches meet at once and determine t what amount they will give to the support of v an evangelist for one year ; that ministers be urged to press this matter upon the churches . nnd that their action be sent to (he above named | committee before Sept 1st, 1883. v It was ordered that this convention meet twice ^ each year in t he churches, according to selection. By invitation, Unionville church was chosen 8 as the place of next meeting, and Wednesday, a Sept. o, 1883, the time. 1 Convention was closed with prayer by Rev. J. S. Bailey. K. C. FA UK, Sec'y. v n That Railroad. 0 Mt. Juv, 1883, n Mn. Editor:? [ hope your subscription lift is growing longer every day. I have lately heard ? tiic Tunc* praised more than usual. Go ahead c *9 v?~uv mini i uu m.iuiiiug sum. r>o lucre *' is one man in llio County who is willing to help ? buiM it cotton factory. That is a move in the s right direction. We back-woods people want a s railroad, and we will have one, too, some day. T If the Union people do not want to connect ^ with us poor souls of l'ea Kidge and North | I'acolet, we are sorry, but cant help it. We d want the road and must have it. If wc cannot n connect with Union, we will with some other * town. And must wc build it by taxation or subscrip- J tion ? l?y both ; and utter the road is in opera- ^ lion and its property assessed, and the value of j real estate along its line raised in value, as only t a railroad can raise it, our tax on the dollar it will lie, in my opinion, but little if any higher d than it is now, or in other townships having no y road. To explain, I think Spartanburg County v has appropriated four hundred thousand dollars p for the building of railroads, and the County lax is 'it teen mills on tlic dollar, and 1 believe | ii would 'no pacing the same number of mills on J ,, the dollar if there was not a railroad inside her I h borders, lint I cannot ask space to explain as I v would like to do. Do not let the blast of your ! 8 t ruin pet '-lop; keep it sounding louder and Ion -icr ; v A Si;ilSfltl?l.lt. a The nobbiest line of Spring and Summer ? lolhing in town. We cill particular attention to this department, and can f.t any one. Suits ^ ' varying from to S'JO. Also a fine stock of ^ Spring Hals and fine hand-seae?i Shoes. Call J v and see us. c .1. 0. 1IUNTKR fc CO. * m I l'tu.wsrru's Ni.w I'hcsadk.? Washington, r July lo. ? \ttorney (lenoral Drowsier, it is stated, will shortly lake steps to prosecute certain residents of North Carolina who are J charged with Conniving at election frauds last ; o fall, lie has enlisted the services of Marshal j c Keogh In the work, an I it is probable that the ( I reign of prosecution for public's sake will short- i a ly be inaugurated among the Tarheels. b For the Tillies . Tributo to the Memory of Ero. \V. J. T. Oienn. 1'acolkt LODOK, >>.?. 1">0 A.*. F.-. M.\ In accordance with the iuexorable lays of ature, our beloved Bro. W. J. T. Glenn, has assed beneath the shadow of that mysterious 'ottJ, called death, while in love with all tho apt urous dreams and beauties of this life. This brave and loving friend occupied, at the imc of his death, the highest official position ttaincd in our Lodge. For the Iocs of so faithliI an otticer and so dear a Brother we can but eebly express cur grief. lie was kind and generous, loyal to truth nnd obleness of principle ; firm in his convictions f right, wearing at all times the honors of his dice with becoming firmness, dignity and iodcsly. In all his social intercourse he ever manifested, n atlablc desire to add to the sum of human oy. In sorrow we lament the death of this man ! ILa I 1 I if? - - - ? i ? ? iu tile ucri-HYcu WHO WHO piaceu inc lasi KISS f love upon his hrow, we tender a copy of this ribute, ns a token of our soul stiiing sympaliies. With her we will piant flxvars to bloom ii bcauly over his grave , with her we will hope hnt, while we bow beneath the cheerless gloom f sorrow, caused by his departure, he is enjoyng the blissful realities of a higher life, where >nin and death are forever unknown. Resolved, That a page in oui Minute Hook bo ascribed to his memory. Revolved, That our bodge bo draped in the isual way, and that the Brothreu wear mournug for thirty days. Resolved, that the Carolina Spartan, the Spnranburg Herald and tho Union Times be requested o publish this, our expression of sorrow. W. F. BRYANT, t \V. D. W ILK IKS, > Committee. J. F. SLOAN, j l'acolct Depot, S. C? Questions Answered.?A correspondent from Jobileasks us to furnish him with "the names of he wealthiest men of the United Slates, and the mount of property owned by each." There ,re a great many men of large wealth in America, llhoogh it is the common practice to overestimate a fortune. Men who nrc put down for >10,000,000 each leave estates, to the surprise f their heirs, ranging from $:}.000,000 to !? >,>00,000. In New York, tho metropolis of the V , ontinent, the three colossal fortunes arc conrolled by Vanderbilt, Aslor and Jay Gould. )ur correspondent explains that he has made a >et that Mr. Gould is the richest man iu tho outitry. We have no positive knowledge as to lie number of dollars which Mr. Gould is able o count, but it is the popular impression that lr. Vanderbilt can "see" him and "go" kiin a cw millions better. In the far West, in the itate which borders on the l'acific, the richest nan, according to repute, is ex-Gov. Stanford, nd after him come Messrs. Mnckey, Flood, VBricn and Crocker. Gold and stock certifiates and houses and lands are not the only cvilences-of wealth. The man who hns a peaceful aind, wIiots blessed with health and contcnlncnt, is rich in all thnt the world can bestow. Ithough his check for$10,000 might be returnd fioui the bnnk dishonored, should ho bo iinlisli onninrli tn ili-nvv nnn fur itnl nm.mnt .'he story of the fretful king who offercil his rowti for the shirt which gave perfect content, ven though it were worn by a peasant, is as troug and pointed to-day as it lias been through ill the generations of mankind. The other [unstion asked by our correspondent is, Whnt iid Mr. Vanderbilt pay for Maud S. and St. lulien ?" For the (jueen of the trotting turf, dnud S., Mr. Vanderbilt paid $21,000 the Fall die w as four years old, and at first he was much lisappointcd and regretted the bargain. lie ictcd in the tfintter upon the advice of Mr. loseph Marker, who formed that year one ofthc S'ew York visiting delegation, under the direcion of Mr. M. 1'. Push, to Kentucky. Mr Vanlerbilt does not own St. Julicn. The bay gcldng, with a record of 2:11.|, is the property of dessrs. Hickok and Morrow, and the price put ipon hi in two years ago was $40,000. lie can >e bought for less money now.? Turf, Feild atitf Fii rm. ? . . ? No Party Nominations.?flrecmillc, July 13. ? At a meeting of the city Democratic exeivc committee this afternoon a resolution was idoptcd to the effect that the committee dccin it nexpedient to call ward meetings for the pur>ose of making nominations for the coming, nunicipal election. The resolution was adopted iflcr discussion by a vote off> to 2. This action if the committee makes the contest a free fight lutsidc of party organization. It is not unlikey, however, that un effort will he made to or;anize the Democracy anew, and make regular laminations for the election which takes place n August. There are only two aspirants in the ieui lor mayor. llieseare Mr. h. A. lownos, he incumbent, and Mr. Jlcnry Briggs, of the irtn of Briggs & Hammond, merchants. Both if them are good Democrats. The city rcgistrai' n books, just closed, exhibit a list of 000 vhite voters to 100 colored. __ CtARKNUON Chips.?Oakland, S. C., July 13. -It is very hot and dry. Crops are suffering >eyond measure from drought. All the rain vhich could fall would not make full crops in omc parts. Labor has been scarce, and tho ;ind used has been of the "trash-gang" sort.? 'oo much lieu law and too many ox team* for uccessful farinidg. We have got to decrease creage and "intensify" in order to overcome he difficulties which beset us. Our County is ich in grain producing soil, and when we turn ur attention to hog, hotniny, oats, peas, &c., we rill deserve success. Cotton is a merciless nonarch, and his worshippers often "toil withut recompense" and come out "worse than lOthing" on settling day. CkssatioS of Inthrsai. Kkvi'MjK.?All interal revenue taxation ceased on July 1, excpt on whiskey and tobacco in its various orn s. Checks, drafts, orders, vouchers, matchs, perfumery, proprietary mcilicines and itters, o;i and after that day cease to require tamps. The use of slauipo on checks has been ulliciently vexatious, and their disuse will robably excite regret in no quarter. There is Iso a change in tlie postal law, reducing the ost of money orders, which took effect on July The reduction of letter postage to two cents oes not begin until October 1. The postal otes for amounts under So will he idsued in eptember, if ready for use by that time. ? ? ? Train Wrv.ckrrs at Work.?Sumter, S. C., illy 14.?An attempt was made to wreck tho iorth hound passenger train cn the Wilmington, 'olumbia and Augusta Bailroad, near the depot ere last night, by placing a crosstie across the rack. The engineer stopped the train just as t struck ihi> obstruction and no daniaec was one. A similar attempt was mailc to wreck the louth bound passenger train just below hero esterday morning. There is no cine to the erpctrators.?Special Io Col. Urt/inter. ? Si x Spots ami Storms.? Rochester, July 15. -The Democrat and Chronicle's observer of tbo tin says : To the five groups of sun spots, which avo exhibited intense, action during the past . eek. two more have just been added by tbc tin's rotation. The sun storm which is just oiiiing into view covers a great area, showing cry rapid changes. Violent thunder storms nd tornadoes may be expected this week in the iortheru States and Canada. A I??:\-ru Mahkkd Man Commits Miiiiokii.? iickNiiiivi.lr, I'In.. .Inly I '!.?The assassin of lie Withliiconclice Kerry woman linn been disnveioil to be Iicr son-ill la / named Morrison, .'ho is sull'oriiig from cancer in the mouth, and iiu live Inn a few months longer. Ills motive ras to gel possession of her small stock of cuttle. Ic was closely pursueil, hut vscapcd hy taking efngc in a swntnp. A Mkxii'.vs Pikmitoiii: Haxi;ki>. ? (Inlveslon, uly IH.?An Austin special says : A Mexican ii trial here for killing two chiMren has been nvictcd of nuirtler with the death penally.-t was a shocking case of criminal assault upon little girl, and tlie murder of lieiself and 1 i(tIq Tothcr to hide the first ciiinc.