Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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MY TIMES ARE IN THY HANDS" BY MAUV liltAUI.KY. I need not care If days to come l>e dark or fair. If tlie sweet summer bi ings delight Or bitter winter dulls the air. No thought of mine Can penetrate the deep design That forms afar, through buds and bloom, T1,. .1. ..r ,i._ 1 d? not know The subtle secret of tho snow, That hides away ilie violets Till April teaches thciu to blow. Knough for tne Their tender loveliness to see. Assured that little things and large Fulfill Clods purpose equally. How this is planned, Or that, 1 tnay not understand; 1 am content, uty Clod, to know That nil uty times are in Thy hand. Whatever share Of loss, or loneliness or care Falls to my lot. it cannot bo More than Thy will for me to bear. And none the less, Whatever sweet things come to bless And gladden me, Thou art its source ? The sender of my happiness. Add this to tne. With oilier gracious gifts so free? That 1 may never (urn my face In any evil hour from Thee. Nor on the sand Of shifting faith and feeling stand ; Hut witkn and sleep with equal trust, Knowing my times are in Thy hund. Small Farms.?There are uiany material advantages in small farms. We are not as liable to overlook or hurry over small details that very often could be made to be of iuitncuse advantages to a growing crop if we had done the work properly. There is always more to look after than one man can possibly attend to. The small details of a farm arc what constitute and make a thrifty farrnes. It is better to cultivate ten acres and make live bales of cotton, thau cultivate twenty-five and tuako the saute amount. We do not believe that one horse can tcud more than twenty acres of cotton effectually and make a crop of corn iu connection therewith. Wo believe in small farms. How much prouder a farmer would be with a neat little farm, fences aud out houses iu pood repair, the stock well cared for,a nice ? It 1 <1 i * * vcgctauic auu uower garucn ana u good orchard, than with a large farm, badly in wrock aud cultivated for the bcucfit of some merchant or factor. (Jo into the thickly populated countries of the North aud West and see how much easier and better off are the farmers, who though they owu but a small tract arc making more money than most of our large cotton planters. Small furuis mean prosperity and a happy life, free from the carts of having more to do than we possibly can. To make any business a success we must study it, and it is the same witli farming. If we wish to succeed we must study our lauds and take into consideration our ability, energy and capability of managing a large farui. We had better make 8dOU a year aud save 850 than to make 81,500 and have nothing after we have paid for guano, supplies, fee. Do not try to cultivate too much, aud especially if your laud has to be highly manured. It will pay bettor to put live sacks of guano on au acre than on live, lor the live sacks on au acre would build it up, whereas scattered on the live the productive qualities would not be enhanced for more than one year. The Maryland Advocate wisely says: 'Large farms usually mean large taxbills, poor crops, poor horses and stock, broken down farmers, sparsely settled districts, old and dilapidated farm buildings, poor feuccs, and things have a kind of rundown and worn-out aspect all rouud. Small farms mean well-tilled land, good crops, neat farm buldiugs, healthy and intelligent farmers, good roads, pleasant and thickly settled neigltborhoods, plenty of good schools, good fences and we 11*led stock, aud signs of prosperity everywhere. ? Cotton Plant. Waunino to Cotton Plantkiis.?The New Orleans Picayune calls the attention pf cotton planters to ill a depression in trade prevailing throughout the world, and to the fact that the present crop has overstocked the market; And then it adds : The policy to be pursued relative to plautiug this spring ought not to be a matter of doubt. Nothing but force of habit and obstinacy can induce large cotton planting this year. The risks of loss are so great that planters should, oue and alb detcriuiue to reduce their cotton acreage ami devote more laud to home supplies. Any commercial crop?that is, oue that has to be shipped to market aud sold at current rates?is hazardous in the extreme with trade in its present condition. And we candidly confess we can see nothing on which to base any hopes of au early reac. tion. It is a time above all others when plantcts should risk as little as possible and turn their attention more to those products of the soil which they con consume nt home, it they cannot make mouey they can at least avoid lossjoud unless there should he a vast improvement in the general business situation, a large cotton crop in iSMtj such as could he made on the U6ua) acreage with a nominal increase in the area might put prices to figures never known before.' . # . M. A. tloer, living near Atlanta, dropped his wallet, containing whilo feeding his hogs. He uiissed the money 60011 afterwards, and suspecting what had become of it, butchered the animals and recovered a mass of greenback pulp, which hi will iond to the Treasury Department for exchange. Reasoning in Dims.?A good examp'e of a dog's reasoning from false premises, is the folowing: A Highland shepherd possessed a coll:o which he had reared from puppydom. lie was exceeding kind to the animal, and it is nccdlcFS to sry that the dog loved him, and was his constant companion, day and night. In the Highland hills aud glens? up Loch (Jnrrou way, where the event I aui about to relate, took place?snow storms are frccjucut in winter. If. is the shepherd's duty then to look well after his flock, lest any get buried, and, if necessary, to drive theui down to the lower land. It was with the latter intention that D took the hills one day with his dog. It was calui in the morning, but a wild suow stoim was ragiug in the mcuutinn and glen, long before sunset. It will never be kuown whether or not the shepherd lost himself; the probabilty is that he sat down to rest in the Ice of a rock, and fell iuto a <1 non itlnnn fI'Ain urltinK !*?? mwAl-A ?*/> I- I') "".v.. ..V, """-V, UV "l./IV Next day tbc dog appeared at the man's cot ; lie was very excited, aud did what he had never been kuowu to do beforc-snatcbcd a bannock from the table, and rushed out with it. The opportunity to follow the dog was not neglected, for collies will often bring assistance to a wouuded master who has fallen over a rock or cliff. They tracked the poor collie through the snow, up the glen, aud over (he hills, till at last they found him sitting woefully by the body of his dead master. But the bannock't It was found laid up against the shepherd's check, the dog evidently having imagined it was from hunger hie master suffered. Many a time uud oft had that Highland shepherd shared his frugal meal with his collie ; iu autumn, wheu the bloom was on the hills, iu winter and spring, when sleet, or rain, or snow was borue along on the wings of the fierce, cold winds ; aud, 'Now,' the collie must have thought, 'I must try to do something lor poor master who lies so chill and still.' A student of animal life aud manners, has no occasion to go far from home, or seek for subjects. I say the meanest cur that runs ou (he street, the blind uiau's halfbred poodle, or the tramp's lean and hungry uiongrcl, is in itself a study. Hero is au example of the reasoning power, true and simple, in dogs ; My Newfoundland knows well that I am an enthusiastic cyclist, and lie himself would ride if he could. Sometimes, then, when he sees me ucar the coach-house, he will rush in, and, leaping up, run after my tricycle at the back, then scamper round and rouud it, cutting ali kinks of delighted capers. He naturally thinks that it is impossible for inc to resist a temptation so great, and he is so ldom wrong. A wise and affectionate dog, such as a Newfoundland, collie, or retriever, if well brought up and kindly treated, evinces his j gratitude by showing affection for the whole . human race, especially for children, and those iu suffering, danger or distress. At a ferry in the ltiver Earn, there was a very affectionate and wise dog called Dash, some years ago. The interest she took in the boat, nud the general managnient of the ferry, was often even amusing. She must stand to sec the boat properly fastened up, before trotting home, and positively refused to leave if the chain was not propcriy adjusted. Dash's mistress was an invalid, and vciy frail. The dog wauld almost help her ins to the boat ; and whenever, through weakness, the woman would sway to one side, Dash would jump up aud steady her, lost she should fall. Rut when her mistress was taken away by death, Dash lay in the coner overwhelmed with grief, taking no notice of, or interest in anything. Even the boat itself lost all cbarui when the loved one was lost. Tiuic heals grief, though, and Dash showed afterwards even more love than formerly for her master, and all her old interest in the working of the ferry, came back. She never failed to iiiform her master whcu'any ono wished to bo fetched. She would give ene or two short barks across the stream to the individual desirous of crossing. This was saying, plainly enough : 4 All right. I can see you, and I'll fetch master.' She would then rush to the house, bark there, and then rush back again to inform the party that the boat would soon arrive. Dash had a foe in tho person of a huge, ill-natured cock, who spurred her and huh lied licr whenever he dared. Dash bad only one way of defending herself ; she used to pick up a big stone before she passed the cock and let him see she had it. When she did tl.is, strangely enough the cock never interfered with her. I do not pretend to give a reason for this, I merely state the fact. Dogs arc often very jealous in their affection, and it is unkind to a faithful canine friend to take too much notico of strange dogs in his presence.? (Jro. Statics, M. J). li. N. ? - ? A healthy child's mind should lie fallow, B) far ns alphabet and books arc concerned, until five years old. Delicate and nervous children may be thus neglected until the age of six or seven years without danger of dunce hood, v Merrill, tiik Bitchkr.'?President CleveUnd several days ago nominated Major Lewis Merrill, of the 7th United States Cavalry, to be lieutenant colonel. Merrill had already been condemned by a retiring board as unfit for Berries, however, and it was arranged that 'hie retirement should be postponed until lie had been promoted, so that lie could retire on the pay of the advanced rank,' such arrangement having been common heretofore. <>n Tuesday last, however, the President withdrew the nomination, and the Secretary of War explained that this was done for the reason that if Merrill were not fit for service ns a major he would not be fit for service as a lieutenant colonel. The Washington correspondent of the Philadelphia Public Lt/lgtr states thai the nomination of Merrill was withdrawn at the request of Senators Hampton and Butler and Representative Blanchnrd, 'who wish to punish Merrill for his work in South Carolina and Louisiana during Reconstruction limes.' If this bo true the South Carolina Senators and the Representative from Louisiana have only performed a plain duty, and their opposition to tho promotion of Merrill, under any and all circumstances, will be approved by tho honorable and patriotic people whom they represent. It is sufficient for the people of South Carolina to know that it is the same Merrill who, because of his brutality to the white people of this State and his delight in hunting down and harrying every man, woman or child whom his wretched informants accused of participating in the Km Klux outrages, won for himself the title of 'Butcher,' which title he fully confirmed when he was summoned to the aid of Sheridan in Louisiana. It is the same Merrill who lobbied an appropriation of $35,000 through the South Carolina Legislature, in 1873, to pay the reward of $200 offered by Governor Scott for the arrest, with proof to convict, of any person connected with Ku-Kluxism, tho proportion claimed by Merrill himself being about $21,030. lie is the object of the unqualified contempt and execration of every honest and patriotic citizen of South Carolina, nnd his infamous record is a disgrace to the uniform which he wore while rqiding through the South eight years aftor the war. It would be far more in accordance with his deserts to degrade him to the ranks and expel him from the service.?AVus ami Courirr. Coitn and Corn Meal?TIic is likely to be a change iu tbo waiter of tho use of corn or rather corn weal. While in former i a. 1 1 I -L .11, J t - I ? years iuc euru uaa icuu ancuea aua me COD cast aside or burned for fuel, recent experiments,notably at tbe Kansas agricultural college, have seemed to prove conclusively that wheu fed to steers and hogs,beltcr results have been obtained by the use of meal in which th# corn and cob arc ground together than where the corn meal was fed alone. Whether it is froui knowlegc of this fact cr otherwise we aro unable to say, but the use of corn and cob meal is coming into more general use. Farmers aro causing their grinding of corn to include the cob, and arc well pleased with the results of its use. In feeding to horses or cattle it would seem that there would bo much less danger attending occidental overfeeding than where meal is fed alone. In these days it becomes average farmers to practice economy in every direction, and if he can effect a saving by feeding the ground cob will) the meal it ia his duty to do so. >#? Culte for Soke Tiiuoat.?Every ouc lias a cure for sore throat, but simple re* medics appear to be most effectual. Salt and water is used by many as a gargle, but a little alum and honey dissolved in* sage tea i9 better. An application of cloths wrung out of hot water and applied to the neck, changing as often as they begin to cool, has the most potency for removing inflamation of anything we ever tried. It should be kept up for a number of hours; during the cvepipg is usually the moetcon1 vcuicnt time for applying this remedy. ,F 10U WAST T) The roost popular ta i'l' I1 t "ft ^ // aDl* satisfactory CorY 1 V I v. /'/ . i?H regards \\ii II Health, Comfort mWB^sr' RjtijjF ? Madam Foy's / WpHBHI Improved ?CORSET and ? '11 Skirt SupporT It is particularly H ^-=? adapted to tho present style of dtess and has the endorsement of eminent 1'hyBiciaus. For Sale by FOSTER & WILKINS, Union, S. C J^ILLINEbY OPE?Ix(j# ' Till R EI)AY, OCTOBER 23*/. Ladies, call mul examine my HANDSOME STOCK. You will find my psids cheaper tlinn ever pforc. MRS. JAS. GRANT. Oct VI t... W.L.DOUGLAS'.W/ $3.00MBA SHOE 0 B? WAR MNTEt^XO S. M. RICE. Jr..& CO. arc sole agents for these Shoes, in Cnion county. Call and examine them. They are the cheapest Shoe erer offered in this market. S. M. RICE, JR., ft CO. No. 1 East Union. JOHN I -DIOAI A.gent lor ^Vll Ki WAGONS At* I am still selling the celebrated TE \Y t UON and the COEUMHUS BU( 111' 1GIKS. I have just leccived A NEW LOT OF HUGGI with and without tops, nud sonic nice lam Spring Wagons, &c., which I will sell CE /I A CtTT f _-ll is ? - vjiion i cud ton u miggy lor c>o.> u] evory Wagon and Iluggy I sell 1 fully every respect. I also keep Siuglo and will sell as cheap us you can buy in New Y Call and examine for yourselves and get Huggy and Wagon Depository is on Maiu s OC 10 41 ly ~FOR HARD TIMES! THE UNION TIMES and Bfemorest's ILLUSTRATED T1 MONTHLY H 3IAGAZINIJ With Twelve Cut l'aper l*atterns of Yoni Own Selection and of Any Size. BOTH PUOJLIC'AT IONS 1 YEAR ?for? #3.80. *:t.50. DEMOREST'S THE BEST OF ALL THE MAGAZINES. Containing Stories, Poem* nn<l oilier Lilcrarj attractions, combining Artistic, Scientific nntl Household matters. Illustrated with Original Steel Engravings, Photogravures, Oil Pictures ami tine Woodcuts, making it the Model Magazine of America. Fncli Magazine contains a COUPON ORDER, entitling the holder to the selection of ANY PATTERN illustrated in that number, and in ANY SIZE. DEMOHEST S MONTHLY is justly entitled the World's Model Magazine. The Largest in Form, the Largest in Circulation, and the best TWO Dollar Magazine issued. lH8b will be th< Twenty-second year of its publication : it is eon tinually improved and so extensively as to plact it in the front rank of Family Periodicals, ami c<|tial to any Magazine.- It contains 72 pages large quarto. 8Jxll.\ inches, elegantly printed and fully illustrated. Published by W. denning.Deinorest, New Y'ork, Ami l>y Special Agreement Combined witli THE UNION TIMES, AT 83.50 PER YEAR. removal: T. H. MANSON lias removed liis Grocery Store ToJ'thc building formerly occupied by \V. 11 Davis, where be keeps always on hand GROCERIES. CONFECTIONERIES, CANNED GOODS, CIGARS and TOBACCO, COUNTRY PRODUCE, And, in fact, everything kept in a first clasi Grocery Store. A lnTOITfl ^cl,lcni^cr?<<01d Tom" Uln UJ W 11(Jt he undersold. Not 27 17 Gm i * jay xb. OIJINW. tJIJNIS A\I) PISTOLS. | Mr. Jns. II. linger wishes to call illmention of all those who arc in want of a ' 'good No. 1 Shot Uun, that lie lias now in y stock several line Breech Loaders ranging ^ M in price from $2"> to ?40, and that lie can ^ < p order any particular iiuikc and guarantee' I'k priec on same. Muzzle Loaders from $<S (jfl ; Upwards ; and he would call specftil at-, * tention to a Muzzle Loader with oiled jwalinit stock, front action locks, fine lani-l 'ilon twist barrel*, No. 12 bore. tlint lie in' 'jj offering at only $ III.50. Q ? A Full Line of TImIoIm ! .r^ 'froiii $1.25 lo $15, Gnu SIicIIm. (iirt- ^ ' . ridges, Powiler, Shot, Wads, ninl nil kinds) i?] (J'uf Uiiii Mntcrinl nt lowest prices. No , trouble to show guns, whether you wish to buy or not. Givo him n call if you; j wniit n good gun cheap. [ [ SN'SO HMrifi Emslie Nicholson, Ag't. We gladly recommend the Corbin Disk llaro w to any of your oustomera. ALLF.N & MILLKR. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Oct. 28 42 Cm IODGER. iEH INKS, Wagons, gngk- Buggies, fcZMpfe, Harness Farming Implements, iids of 3Iaeliinofy. W BUGGIES. wards, and j iio lonimiHis lltigpry Co s warrant in WARRANTED BUGGIES. Doublo Buggy and NVagon Harness which 1 ork or Baltimore. prices on the (juality of goods I sell. My trect, opposite the Depot. JOHN RODGER. THE UNION JOB PfililTING OFFICE O0O: My Elegant New JOB PRESS i has arrived,and is now in complete working order. I have also re| ceived a large assortment of Job Type, Borders, Ornaments and other materials of the Latest Styles, and am now prepared to . UU Ull K11 HIS U1 | Job Printing-. # > IN TIIE BEST STVLEOF WORKMANSHIP, I j AT THE SHORTEST NOTICE, AND UPON THE BEST STOCK. ?OMY PRICESCShall be as low as those of Spartanburg, Columbia, Charleston or Atlanta, and I am determined to give AS GOOD WORK. | ' MR. L. H. BOSSE, an excellent gentleman, and a competent workman of many years experience, has charge of my Printing Ollice, and will superintend all Job Work done in * the office. He is also authorized ' to contract for Job Work. R. M. STOKES. R. W. TINSLEY, WATCHMAKER AND JEWELER, MAIN STREET, UNION, 8. C. SPECTACLES AND EYEGLASSES A SPECIALTY.: PECIAL ORDERS SOLICITED AT AHY TIME FOR FINK GOLD WATCHES, DIAMOND . RINGS, I'INS, KAH-DROPS, ETC. BEST CJOOD3. LOWEST PRICES. April 10 14 Dm. Emslie Nicholson, Ag't. I Am mire the t'orhin Disk II Arrow will An the work in one da/, with one hand and two good mules that six hands and six mules could do with ordinary plows. T. L. IIAMK8. A trial grauted, and if not satisfactory Ih money will be refunded. Oct 23 42 Om A ? ^ *9 w ATLANTIC COAST LiNE, PASSENGER DEPARTMENT. Wilmington N. C., Ftb. 21*#, 188G. fasTline ? BETWEEN ? Charleston and Columbia and Upi>er South Carolina. CONDENSED SCHEDULE. GOING | GOING WEST. I I EAST. 7.20 A. M. | Lv.j..Cli'l8ton,S.C...jAr. 0.10 P. M. 8.S4 " j 11 L.Lanes, " ...j " 7.45 " 9.83 " " ..Sumter, " ...' " G.42 11 10.40 " Ar.{..Columbia, " ... [Lr. 5.27 ' 3.02 P.M. " |..lVinnsl>'o," ... * 13.4H ?? 4.10 " | " ..Chester, " ...| " 2.42 " G.OO " I ..Yorkvillo, ".J " 11.46A.M. 7.01 I " ..Lnncnst'r,.1 ...! " 7.00 A. M. 4.00 " I ? ..ltock 1IU1 "...I ' l.COP. M. G.OO " j ..CharlotteN.C...| " 12.00 " 12.48 I?. M. Ar.|..Newb'ry,S. C... Lv. 3.02 1\M 2.42 " " !..Qrtcnw'd" ... " 12.44 " 6.30 " ? |..Lnurcus, " ... " 8.00A.M. 4.47 " " '..Anderson" ... 10-22 " 6.35 " " '..Grcenv'lo ;* ... " 0.46 " G.33 " ? ..Wolhalln." ... " I 8. CO " 4.30 " ' ..Abbeville" ... " ! 10.40 " 4.40 " " ..Spurt'b'g " ... " 111.05 " * " ; ? U'nds'villcN.C. " | 7.00 A.M. Solid Trains bclwccnCharlcston & Columbia, S.C nnd Columbia and llcndersonvillc. Special l'arlor Cars attached to this train bes tween Charleston and Columbia. No extra charge for scat in these cars to passengers holding First Class tickets. J. F. lHYIXE, T. M, EMERSON, Cen'l Sup't. Ucn'l Pass. Agent COLUMBIA AND GREEN VILL13 RAILROAD, PASSENGER DEPARTMENT. Co lit miii a, 3. C., Nov. 13, 1880. On aud uftcr Nov. 10, 1880,Passenger Trains will run as herewith indicated upon this,lload and its branches. HAiLi, EXCEPT SUNDAYS. No. S3 UP i'ASSENUEH. Leave S. C. Junction 10.20 a m Leave Columbia (C & U D) 10,40 a m Leave Alston 11.40 p in Leave Newberry 12.48 p m Leave Ninety-Six D 2.03 p m Leave llodgcs 3.00 p tn Leave Helton 4.11 pm Arrive at Greenville 0.30 p m v.. m tv\1i-w ? *'v. >j~ IA/hm ra^SLi>ui'<Kt Leave Greenville nt 11.45 a m Leave Helton 11.05 a m Leavo llodges 12,17 p m Leave Ninety-Six D 1.10 p m Leave Newberry 3 02 pm Leave Alston 4.05 p n. Arrive at Columbia 5.15 pm SPARTANBURG, UNION & COLUMBIA R. R ** No. 53 Up Passkxokr. Leaves Alston, 11 50 p tn Strothers 12 37 p m Shelton 1 03 p in Snntuc 1 50 p m Union Jl 2 37 p to ? Jonesville 3 31 p m Arrive at Spartanburg E 4 40 p m No. 52 Down Passknokr. L^avc Spartanburg, It. ?V D. l>c|iot .... 11 On a m Spartanburg, S. U. A C, Depot 11 25 a in Jonesville. .* 12 31 p in Union D 1 12 pm Santuc 1 50 p m Shelton.. 2 38 p m Strothers 3 00 p m Arrives at Alston 3 55 p m LAURENS RAILROAD. Leave Helena 3.32 p m Arrive at Clinton 5.30 p tn Leave Clinton.... 5.45 p m Arrive at Laurens* C. 11 0.30 p m Leave Laurens C. H 8.00 a in Arrive at Clinton 8.50 a m Leave Clinton 0.00 a in * Arrive at Heleua 11.00 am ABBEVILLE BRANCH. Lcivc Hodges 8.30 p m Arrive at Abbeville 4.110 p n? Leave Abbeville 10.45 a ta Arrive at Hodges 11.45 am HLUE RIDGE RAILROAD ASP ANDERSON XKAN1I Leave Helton 4.15 p m Leave Anderson 4.47 p m Leave Pendleton o 25 p m Leave Seneca 6.00 p in Arrive at Wnlhnlla 6 88 p m Leave Walhalla 8.50 a m , Lenve Seneca ?. 8.50 a m Leave Pendleton. 0.88 am Leave Anderson 10.'.'J a ui Arrive at Helton 10.57 a m CONNECTIONS. Close Connection is now made at Seneca with R. & D, K. K Tor Atlanta and beyond. A. With the South Carolina Railroad from Charleston. With Wilmington, Columbia and Augusta Railroad from Wilmington and all point* North thereof. With Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Rail* road from Charlotte and all points North thereof II. with Asheville and Spartanburg Railroad for points in Western North Caroliua. C. With A. and C. Div., It. and 1). 11. H., from all points South and West. !> With A. and L. l)iv., R. and P. R. II.from Atlanta and eyond E. With A. and C. Div., 11. and D. R. R. from all points South nnd West. F. With South Carolina Railioad for Char lesion. With Wilmington, Columbia and Augusta Railroad for Wilmington nnd the North. With Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Rail road for Charlotte and the North. (J. With Asheville aud Spartanburg Railroad from Ilendersonvillc. II. With A. and C. I>iv., It. and D. R. R from Chorlotte nnd beyond. Eastern Standard Time. O. It. TALCOTT, Superintendent. D. Carowkli., Asst General Passenger A gt. April 16 14 If. DAVID JOHNSON, Jr., ATTORNK? A N D CO UNSELL OR No. St Lttw Raiiko, Union, S. C. fy Will practice in State'and Federal Court* Emslie Nicholson, Ag't. The Corbln Disk Harrow is adapted to more kinds of work than any other harrow in use. Would like to see it generally used. J. R. WINTER. Try One and be Convinced.