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I From the Newberry Observer. I it Farther Defense of the Agriaultaral Annex. I*1 Editor Oan.uvKR : Your comments on myK article in reference to the "Annex " of the 8.1* C. College wet e not seeu by mo until after thejjrj, opening of the session ; ami 1 hare been torn busy to answer your questions sooner. ' ^ When Mr, Tillman said that out of 34 gradu- _ ates last year "two ha l studied farming a little ?agricultural chemistry"?if he meant, as he t] evidently did, that this was all tho instruction ^ on that subject given in the college, and that p only two students had dono this much, his c statement was as incorrect as it could well be. 0 I presume we will have no quibble about the .i i if.. : ? __ .i.~ i?i? ?e a,. ?i tt 111 u ii?i iii ua iiiu vuwiiu^uco u i inc vwi leges embraco instruction on this head under ( the title of Agrioulture. _ Agriculture proper is not Agricultural Chemistry any more than Latin is Latin Literature; r and the study of agriculture is no more confined to the technical agriculture course than is Latin to the special Latin course. Jj Out of tho 114 students who graduated in 1886, v 9 of them may justly be said to have studied farming?for one year at least?besides other ] cognate sciences. Now, 10 of the 34 wore law* yern. Nine out of the remaining 24 academic * students is by no means a bad showing. In order that I may not be charged with indi* rection, 1 will give precisely what these nine studied and let your readers judge for themselves whether I ant not justified in my classifi- = cation, lieforc doing so let me repeat that agriculture proper in our catalogue means a course of study for one year in soils, manures, farm crops, rotation of crops, tillage, fscoa iro- * plements, domestic animals, etc. It is as full as 0 that given in most colleges, and is a few weeks * shorter than the coutse in the Mississippi col- ' lege. ? Out of the'thirty-four graduates' of 1886.*' 11 One had studied Agriculture oue year, Chemistry and l'ltysics each one year, besides Mathe- 11 mntics, Languages, English, etc. He was in the ^ teacher's course. Two had studied Agriculture one year, Botany one year. Chemistry four years, ^Inorganic. Organic, Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis, s each one year,) Pharmacy, Zoology, Physiology, ( besides Mathematics, English studies and several languiges. One had studied Agriculture one year, Agricultural Chemistry three years, Botany one ( year, Zoology, Physiology and Surveying, be- I ( sides Mathematical, English branches and Mod- I orn T <in fTiiftflrrw I "* " "O O""' Two had studied Agriculture ouo year, Chemistry three years. Mineralogy, Geology, Botany, 1 Surveying, Physics and Mechanics, Mathemat- ( ics through calculus, Astronomy, Drawing, Civil Engineering, besides English branches and some ? French aud German. These two obtained posi- ' tions on railroad surveys. Ono man studied Chemistry four years, Agricultural Chemistry one year, Botany, . Zoology, Mineralogy, Physiology, Surveying, . Mechanics, Physics, besides Mathematical, English and Linguistic studies. (jne man studied Agriculture ono year, Zool- i ogy, Mineralogy, Physics, Botany, Chemistry f (one year). Physiology and Geology, two years each (one year each being post graduate), besides Languages,Mcthcmatics,English branches, etc , including one year in post graduate Psy- ' colcgy. (Psychology, by the way, I should say might be taught to all farmers, In order that they nmy etudy the workings of tlio miud of ( the negro and the mule.) One had taken Chemistry four years, a two 1 years' p"st graduate course in very advanced Agricultural Chemistry, Botany two years, (one p?.st graduate,) besides Physics, Mineralogy, 1 Geology, Surveying and .Mathematical, English L and Modern Language classes. y An examination of (ho Citfriculuiii of any . average Agricultural College will show that ' these sciences arc taught in them, but will show 6 also that while the student gets less pitch-forking end other manunl exercise he secures much moro science and mental culture. And which iTn'tf1 jLocjngatho.ne, * devote that time that might tie cxptmSSr mu- o ence to theperformanca of duties that cau better I n Do tearneu hv numo . Tli? Soulli Carolina College gives no twelve * weeka' courses on science. What she proposes 8 to do she attempts to <lo thoroughly. She lias in her scientific departments four professors, two adjunct professors and two tutors, and they i ai e kept busy. Any day there can be seen from twenty to thirty students in the chemical laboratory working two or three hours a day for a year, besides seventy-five or more in theoretical chemistry. 11 ow many colleges have their students in the fields analyzing and classifying the tloraof the neighborhood, besides other students <t?ing 4ngt??cring work, planning railroad bridges, etc. The Mississippi College, for instance, (which 1 take simply as one of the best of its type,) was established as an institution 'at which the I youth of the State may acquire a common school education, and a scientific and practical knowledge of Agriculture, Horticulture and the Mechanic Arts, without excluding other scientific and classical studies, including military tactics.' It is seen at once that the standards are different. 1 do not menu to say that instruction in Mississippi is confined to the common curriculum, but 1 do mean that beginning with a low standard, and having much of the day occupied in drill and manual labor, and ringing curfew at 0.30 p. m., the Mississippi College cannot give as thorough instruction in silence as other colleges with higher standards can. Are the sons of farmers to bo restricted to elementary intellectual training while the sons " '1 ?^ "'O" tlin arlvftntntrpq of the 01 Oilier men in v. iu v..?..v ...? 0 highest insiruciion in literary colleges? Were this proposition made by any but a farmer he would he hooted out of the State. Is there anything in forming that incapacitates a man from taking the highest scientific education possible ? 1 think it hardly necessary to nrgue thnl chemical analysis and civil engineering art connected with Agriculture and the Mechanic ni ls. '!hey are taught in all Agricultural col leges of nuy pretension. Nothing can bi known of the constituents of the soil, of thi plant, of the fertilizer, except by cbetnica analysis, while there is do* a mechanical opera tion on the farm, from laying off horizontn cotton rows, slaking lime or mending roads up to the more gigantic enterprises that doei not call for scientific engineering. Tnat wouk he a pretty agricultural college indeed thn omitted these two branches. In my article did not however menu to class them as specin instruction in Agriculture. They aro cognat studies. Hut the nnnex is said to educate young inei away from ihe farm, while the separate agri cultural college scuds him back there. Is thin true? Kansas, Massachusetts an Mississippi have, next to Michigan, tho fines separate colleges in the Union. Jn 22 years Kansas has had, out of ovc 2,000 matriculates, G5 male graduates, of whoi Ik weie farming last year, 4 of these being c the previous year's class. Mnssachusetts ha sent 35 out of 222 to the farm. The Missis sippi College up to 1885, out of over 1,50 matriculates had graduated 28 students, < whom 1 was dead and 14 'were engaged i farming and kindred pursuits." The South Carolina College has sent hack 1 graduates to the farm, 4 to civil enginccrini 1 to a chemical analytical laboratory, and practical pharmacists to bu-iness life. Of thes at least 15 may he said to he engaged in Agr cultural and Mechanical pursuits. This is n so bad a showing for the 'annex' after all. must always be remembered that the Unit< Slates grant was made as much tofoster inecban arts as agriculture. This seems to he forgotten I - ?e?ti?ou fnrivAl ftlto many 01 our reiurm?io. ...v e.. count in Claflin, where ronnual labor is dev< oped freely, where I saw cotton last Augu about seven feet high, and where graduates a sent back yearly to the farms. Any propoi lion to devoto the whole of the $11,(KM) to white Agriculture! College ignores the foot tli the United Stales Congress of 1HG2 that ga the scrip had. boric thought both for the n chanic and fer the brother in black, 1 presume the State Superintendent of Ed cation gave the college a big put), because, 1 > ? ?? ? - ?** ^ v ^ y ' was his duly to mention ft. Slate inttUalloa, let nd, 2nd, he investigated the oellegs iw wes ^ tuob pleased with ila work, and/md, being a , rutbful man, lio raid what be thought. Praise fom Coi. Coward is praise from Sir Hubert ?* ' Mead. opes Nor is there any mare's nest about the 30- gj,0 ere farm. This area admits of abundant exerimentation. Parish Furman's famous farm ras just GO sores. Again, when bare the " rustees had money te buy a plantation? The on 4 legislature refused even the beggarly appro- be , nation of $2,000, and the agricultural scrip , an not be applied, I am informed, to the purbase of land. Give the trustees $200,000, as No* he Mississippi Legislature gave, and they will tlio ave land and cattle in abundanoe. As it is, x his college is conducting more agricultural ex- . erimente than Mississippi. With thanks for your patience, I am very 1>0? espectfully, It. Msans Davis. A ? _ . . = be iht "StScehlg tflnion ?imf9. i. a. STOKES. * - Editor !. P. McKlSSICK, . Local Editor. qui UNION, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1880. SUBSCRIPTION?IS 00 PER ANNUM. b? ul t u 13 lasl Postoffioe Hoars. Eta The following will be the time for oponing gat nd closing this office. The post Office will be lib* pened at u a. m., aud close Op. >., ?Aojg>. rn0 'arttes wishing their mail must be here by that imc. The mail for both E.jt nnd West will 0,'] lose at 1.30 p. m. The mail will be taken from re; he street boxes at 1 p. in., for both trains. 1 Mail for Horseback routes should be dropped it the office before 7 e'clock on the morning of departure to have prompt dispatch. 81* J. C. HUNTER. P. M. tio We regret to state that Mr. C. Gage is I 0f rill l.viug quite sick, his condition being about th( lie samo as last week. Up oo I B&- Rev, Ellison Capers, rector of Christ Church, Greenville, has posiiively declined ftC( he Bishopric of Kaston diocese, Maryland. ( jjk^y- Governor Shefpard has pardoned hlpliraim Gist, who was convicted of arson at jt the October term of court, 1870, for this county, ind sentenced to imprisonment in the peniten- Qf iary for life. tl)i No Our friend Bevrley is on a Big Boom, I ind determined to let the people who read the j^u. rimks know it. Bcwley knows how to use printers' ibk to attract customers, and he is Th reaping a rich harvest, as he lioncstly deserves to do. no ' ' sii 4?ay~ Wo slop the press to announce that sur friend Buchheit, fixes up a plate of oysters an ?stewed or fried?in the best kind of style. 8e( We have tried them and would advise our ^ frieuds to try them, too. You can get a plate or it all hours. pj( \V )l a I is mnrn (lisarvronatilo (a n lo.l u tlian in ^ ^ enow that her hair has not only lost its color, 'a< >ut is full of dandruff ? Yot such was the case 'Kr sith mine until I used Tarkcr'a Hair Balsam. no ly hair is now black and perfectly clean and ou lossy.?Mrs. E. Sweeney, Chicago. eai Newspaper reports from the State M air pronounce it the finest exhibition, in all mc 1?H1 ? ??. mrlli>ul.?l. V- tt 1 J he State; but visitors from here do not cor- 10 oborate the newspaper statements, by a long at . . 8tl d< fliggf- If you want Furniture of any kind, jB cheap and good, now is the time to get it. ^ Our friend T. E. Bailey must sell out this month, and offers his stock on hand cheaper q than any of it ever has or ever will be offerod. ^ Now is your chance. ?j Par u nion has been well represented this I ? week at the Slate Fair. A largo number of both ladies and gentlemen took advantage of the daily trips during the week, leaving here early in the morning, spending 7 or 8 hours in Columbia and returning about 9 o'clock p. m. same day. BJ&~ It is now more than two months since we had rain enough to lay the dust. Flowing i is out of the question, consequently it is im- i n.ia Hnmp however, have JIUBS1U1C ? \J J'UI. I LA V(M0. ^/v ? v, r _ 'dusted in' a few, but do not feel satisfied witli the work, and as seed oats are very dear they are not willing to risk the main crop until the soil is in better condition for sowing. Se?f Col. W. Elliott, a white Democrat, has been elected to represent the 7th, black, district in Congress, over Smalls, the black incumbent. Col. Elliott is one of the ablest men in the State, a forcible speaker, and a polished gentleman. He will represent bis district with dignity and efTect, and the colored people will find in him a t truer friend and a far more efficient and accept: able representative than the ex-convict Smalls ever was. Of this they are assured, they will J be represented by talent, honesty and respect1 ability. . 1 If there ever was a time when the . farmers of this county were called upon to ? ma If* fvnry twig* mil. praoliaa tba ' lnaeat /?"? ?, omy and resort to every means to meet the I demands upon them, for food for man and d beast, the coming year, that time is now. e We doubt if one family in twenty in this ,, county have enough corn to last them until the [ first of January. On many farms where from G'K) to 3,000 bushels of corn have been ordinary ^ crops, this year only from GO to 200 bushels have been made: The heavy Spring rains ? wimbed away the corn on all the bottom lands n when it was too late to replant, and farmers who never bought corn before will be compelled to buy next year. 0 Well, what are we to do about it? we think some will ask. Why, gel ready to put in as " much smell grain as pessible, just as soon as the 1 weather will enable you to put a plow into the g, ground. Good crops of oals and rye will al ' most "pull us all through" after they come in '? next year?and they will come in, too, at the Bl very hardest pinch of the game. The stock it will thrive and work as well on oats as on corn, while rye bread, well made, is as healthy and pleasant as wheat bread, for the table. Economy j0 must be the order of the day with all of ui el- next year, if we expect to tide over the sea ol lst gloom that is now before us. ** It don't cost much to put in well and gathei a a crop of oals or rye, and when tbey arc gath tat ered they make a farmer feel mighty iodepen dent of the merchant and 10 per oent. interest ie" We've got to come to the supply-raising ayslep |u. of farming, and we don't know when it wi}l b< it, better to make a virtue of necessity than now > !! I? :?4? w ry -wv^ar '"T Rl K?W3. 1 < T1 grot many improvements are being >^de lie Hotel for tbe comfort and oonvendee ec he guests. Notable among thein is knew |b rtrnent that has been erected for a Buher bi p, which will be occupied by Lewis CaMtn, tl re are Informod. tr bo General Assembly will meet in ColuiMe :he fourth Tuesday In this month. It ci jomposed of almost entirely new mctrilB, it the Columbia correspondent of one oAe s< ? York dailiea nays it will be composed An s< whole, of a sorry set of new members. I N ho frosty mornings have come, the Ap jt is here, and our nimrods are giving So o r "Bob Whites" Hail Columbia. tl l prominent farmer told us Inst week flat d had witnessed the strange phenomcnAf (' a falling from a cloudless sky. He thdjnit n inge of it until we showed him some oBe n brent notices in the Hews and Courism>f i, se freaks of nature, when his fears Wrc ted. So Union Couuly can also claimlie f or of having rain from cloudless skies. J p 'he delegates to the Farmers Conventiouto a holden in Columbia this week weut dftvn i L Tuesday. If the other counties of lhe t te should send as intelligent a body of <Se- i cs as Union, perhaps the result of tlio tie- t srations of that august assemblage woulfhe l re tieueflclol v tVi? Btttta thai^ it wllLpt^j^pelerwiro bo. Uniou generally sends a food < resentation wherever she wants to. < I'lie furniture factory is now in operation, er ( least is about ready to begin work. We will ( 0 our readers a detailed account of its opsrnns at an early date. ,j Compared with this time last year, theanount cotton brought to this market is greatiy on 1 decrease. Nearly all the farmers ia the , per portion of the county are takingtbeir , Lton to the Trough Shoals Factory, whore t|ey i offered belter prices for the staple. This is :ouuted for by the demand at the factory for Lton which somewhnt cnhancos the price at it place. Patronise the 25-cent corner of the Timis. will pay you without doubt. We understand tLat several entertainments a social and beneficial nature will be given s winter in Union by the young people, ithing speaks better for a town than its social alities, and we hail the news of these entcrnments with pleasure. i? Earth Still Trembling. Between 1 and 2 o'clock last Friday afleron we had the severest shock of earthquake ice the memorable one of August 31. Everydy felt it, and all who could left their houses d ran into the street. Since then the earth sms to bo in a continual tremor, siesmetic robs being fell quite perceptibly every bour so. Of course the continuance of these uneassnt convulsions of the earth increases the rvous excitement of timid people and arouses ireased fear iff- l-fae minds of the weak and lorant classes; but we btJidW there is cause for alarm in this high grnnit^Mrtgion of r country, a little over titty yeaiV 8go tuo rth was similarly agitated, and conApued so ' nearly & year. The agitation then Jmsided, we believe it will in this oue, aillioBt doing ire liartn than it has already done. Swer'ffe ilV. wn? felt Actual auy other point heard from, aiid^Rwithanding rumors reached us thut it oai^R six laths in that city, no such fatality k ^K>oi*ted t the daily papers. J ho A. M, E. Conference. " The annual Conference of the A. Zien huroh is now in session ber^^ ^ 'arg? numer of ministers and laytn^p ur0 >n altemance. hey represent the vert^?*4 element of that hurch, and lu u^/klffitee and deportmet the ody presents a high order of intelligenc and hristian chnracter. > Bishop Jones, who presides witlt p-eadig>ity, is a man of education, pleasing In ianiers, and full of souud Christian zesij then ill entitled to seats arc assembled lis cufersnoe will number about 180 members! The sessions are held in St. AugustitdfCh rch, and are open to all. A special aJeanest invitation is extended to the wliito cBzets of the town to nttond the meetings. L. Hot Supper at Fish Dam. We are requested .to give notico that the Ladies of Fish Dam and vicinity nil gie a Hot Supper and social entertainnsnt a the house of Col. Lee Davidson, on Thulfdny zoning next, the 18th, for the purnosaof paying oil a dobt now hanging over the slw clitrcli, called Kelly's Chapel, appropriately tinned after that good man, so well knowtilnd heovtd by all wbo knew him, the llev. Juki W. Kelly. All who are willing to aid in J good work and can enjoy a delightful social ntheriig o: hospitable, noble hearted people, ire cortiallj invited to attend. The people ff Fish Dan know how to get up fcuch an dtertainucnt and we are sure they will mnko |he one nex Thursday "a feaat of reason and alow of soul.' Personal Mention. Miss Mamie Hunter hav returned home froi a visit 10 men as nnu relatives ntwiu^. Misa Ines McMeekin, of Faiffield <>jntj who was once a pupil at the Female Ae?letn at this place, is on a visit f? Mist Ham1 Hunter. Miss MoMeckin's manf friends we come her to Union after such along aUenc Miss Cora Counts is visitinprelativcs an friends in Fairfield County. Mr. Charles D. Farrar was in own last ww looking as hearty and well es ever. Chsrl always brings with him cbeerfi I and please surroundings. ? ?No Evirt in a Woman's (Lira-Is look forward to with snob an undefinabo pleasu as that of approaching motherhood but uloi _ !--- in.Ain anticinalione a ttnse of fe Wil li i utav J v"" ? , and dread will creep in, though inibis day wonderful scientific research thereneed be such thing as anxiety. There is aprcparati manufactured now called 'The Mothers' Friem which makes labor easy, shorten* be time a 1 insures safety to both mother and child, a the beauty of it consists in the fiut that it absolutely harmless. If used nx orfeif weeks before confinement it acts lib magio. will pay any woman to write The Lradfi ' Regulator Co., Atlanta, On , for i book ci I taining particulars, mailed free. r ? No Mork Missions.?Yankee Girl : 'Ms I should say I did oorue home mad; I shall ne go out as a missionary to the larks sgai " Omaha Lady; 'Would they not listen to y - arguments?' 'Oh ! they listened respectfu enough, hut when I talked to one of them sb tha tin of baring so many wires, what do ; think the brute said ?' I am Burc 1 d< I know.' ' He said If Turkish women were I . me one would be plenty,' i? Fublio Boalea. Our attention lias been calle I to frequont implaints from persona in the country that 10 cotton scales here wero not corroct; that a u ilc of cotton would not weigh as much on ? icm by four or five pounds, as it would on the sales of the Trough Shoals Factory. Upon enquiring of .our Town authorities couirning it, the scales were thoroughly examled and tested with a number of standard ;nles in town, and in every instance the ootton :ales did not vary a quarter of a pound, low, if the Trough Shoals scales are so adisted as to give three or four?we have heard f ten?pounds more to a bale of cotton than lie standard weight calls for, or that such itferencc comes from careless weighings el the 'actory, it seems to us the proprietors and tanagers of the Factory should look into the latter, for it would cause a considi rablo loss a a few hundred bales. But there is another and very important ealuro to the case. Where weights are comiared and a difference is discovered the honesty nd integrity of tho party giving short weight 1 I seriously, yes, criminally involved. In the aatter of the publio scales, upon which cotton s weighed in this market, each individual in his community feels a direct interest, as the lonor and integrity of each is directly inrolved ; and in that light wc felt it to be our luly to find out wholber the cotton ShalM jorreot and in order or not. This has been iUUU UUU BUJT J'CIOUU V* pvtovua ???iw loubt their correctness are invited at any time to examine and test them, to rcweigh cotton weighed upon them, or in any other way to honestly make investigalion. Wc claim that our cotton scales arc strictly correct, that tho cotton buyers and the weigher are honest mon, and would not be guilty of doing such a dishonorable act as to defraud any one out of a few pounds of cotton. If, on the other hand, the cotton Factories cau and do give five or six pounds extra on every bale of cotton they buy, it is more than ordinary buyeis can afford, and neither they nor the community must bo accused of dishonesty because they givo aud take only what "strictly business" demends. It must be evident to every person, thnt over-weight or careless weighing at other markets, cuts like a two-edged sword?it doss injustice to the buyer at that market and, by comparison with fair and honest weights in other markets, puts honesty at a discount, and implies that it is dishonest. The Nominees Confirmed. The election of tho 2d inst., was so quiet and passed off so noiselessly that wc actually neglected to notice it iu our last week's issue. The maubgers had an awful dull day of it, and the voters were so indifferent about exercising the highest right of American citizenship that many had to be coaxed to go to the polls. All agreed that they had voted for the County candidates once, and as tlirrc was no opposition to them or to the Slate ticket, the general election only amounted to n simple confirmation of the whole State and County ticket previously nominated. Under this ftcling the vole was naturally light, and wc consider it only necessary to give the total vote 'each candidate received ?< ?:? - ?i.~ il.. wuuuum^i.'K ? ...V for Governor. ^ ^ W. L MnuJtlin 992 Au-'v r U - Z f'1ljr Gen-. J?a. H. Eario I rcasurcr, laarc S. SudP|M Gen- W" K- ftonev "f ^"p. L(i"canon. Jaa. |j ?jj;; 991 Adj. and lUJt cjon N| o?? Q CO UN'IT !,,m Senator, Wo,. Muaro.......^1' I- 0. McKi,aiok Ta,^*TAT,VK,, i u J?nrn,n J- * - 3'hoiiias^..., Probate.Judge, Jaa'.7l.''oee 01 Co,n''-, Mr. M. Poster J. T. i)ougirf?'..vnr...-.: !!!!!! ::::::.:::;:;;^7 T. L. llnincs C. C. Sartor COK8T1TCT10NAL A M KN'DM KNTS. Relative to issuing Slate bonds, 497 to tea were cast 'yes* and 75 'uo.' Relative to tbecenaus, 54 'yea' and 59 'no;' 0 tbat amendment was not carried in Union county. For lame bnclc, side or chest, use Shlloh'a Poreui Plaster. Price 28 cents. For sale by J. W. Poser A Bro AUUl'STA, ElHiKriKI.lt and Nkwueruy.?Au gusta correspondence Nttct ami Courier: Col Mitchell, President of the Augusta, Edgefick and Newberry Railroad, was seen this morning lie informs your representative that tbirty-ni: miles of his rend has already been graded am 400 bands are now at work on it. The gradin from here to Newberry will be completed i three months. lie states that lie is sellin r township bonds ai fnr and made a coniro< f yesterday for 00,000 (toshIcs, which will I i paid for in bonds taken at par. lie will con nienca laying the track in n short while. ' This is the rond intended to run throng ( this township to Charlotte, N. C., and to whie the people will be called upon, on the 21th ins) to vote a subscription o! $2">,000, in townah! n bonds, to run for twenty-oight years. The it jrvafcwaaww V# slltO f vwl W itlV oUt?VH0 Vf (til * W fi lions in this town and township cannot be as y mated in dollars, nor should the great genet it benefits it would confer in the future be It j. sight of in the present gloomy outlook of o u_ affairs. As we have pointed out before, we a d about to be surrounded by railroads, givii important advantages over us to every oth section of the county. Cross Keys and H M gansvillc, on the west of us, havo voted tow ?t ship subscriptions to a road to run by Gle Springs to Spartanlfe^^ Santuo this week advertising for an to subscribe $20,C ei' lo the Chester, Gre^^^^ and Abbeville roi rc Dg to run soufli of us, cutting us off from that s ? m Sn ar iion. Laurens, iNownerry, m?,v, ?r ?f tanburg nre opening tho way for business fr every part of Union county, leaving our o j ? township and county-scat out in tho cold, nil Add to this cordon of railroads enticing bi D(l nesa from this township, the undeniablo I that we nro In tl>p tpidst of the very w< It W*fl>n foads lite country?90 t^ad, that of Bid it is almost impossible for a two-horse tuttr jn' haul two balos of cotton to town?Nest's graj pencil would picture Union as a town "stuok j I the mud," with railroads all around her, rtr cars loaded with freight and passengers to in.' from every other market, our - '< illy My liver was so fearfully disordered at out .felt so feeble and languid that I soaroely I fou interest in anything. Tried all the so-ca >n't remedies without relief until I used Park like Tonic, which effected a permanent cor Pfvid Hash, Little Hock, Ark. y' . v.'4 A disturbance between whites and i-& oe? currcd at Shcllman, On., on 8mi' I? /. TW% white men were woundod and one egro was killed,, The end is not yet. Snow and Icu la J<r?chtyiyf,.|[ov*mbor 8.?The weather is cold. There was a 1 ght fall of snow yesterday. Three inches of e iow is reported iu the mountains, loe threequurters of an inch thick formed last night. Tim Egyptian Cotton Choi*.?Alexandria, Egypt, Nor. 8.?The Cotton Produce Association has issued a report staling that there is a slight increase of the yield of the Egyptian crop evor that of 1885, but that the ginning out-turn is no better. _ . _ . Assignment or a Baltimore Firm.?Haiti, more, November 5.?John L. Mlddleton & Co., receivers and expofters^of eot^n, made an as* signment this afternoon for the benefit of their creditors, to Skipwith Wiliner, trustee. The firm was considered wealthy and conservative. ?? Wuat a Strike Cost Workingmbn.?Augusta, Ga., November G.?The factories have voluntarily reduced the hours of labor from G8 to G5 hours per wock, and nil tho milla will be operation on "Monday. Committeetann Wright, who comprogrisid the differeoefs, is engaged tn paying off debts incurred daring the lockout. He will pay out about $25,000 for groceries and supplies for tho Knights. Hard Times in Barnwell.?Our planters have sold nearly all of their cotton at prioes that have not been remunerative. Many of them have found it hard to pay themselves out of .debt, while others have been compelled to ask Tor further time. In the face of nil this the coming yeAr promises to be a hard one, with the heretofore cheapness of credit somewhat abridged.?Sentinel. Greatly Excited.?Not a few of tho citixens of Union, have recently become greatly excited lkA saUiindinw for*fa ikfti aeVAru) nf lllPlP Front Our Resident Correspondent. Xelton Is the name of a little town thnt lias sprung p within the last few years in tho ccntro of do of the best portions of South Carolina, and t is gradually growing overy year. Two hurches?Baptist mid Methodist?adorn the ittle hamlet, nud belter structures are soldoin een in this County. Near the Methodist Church s situated a very neat and comfortable building rhich Is known as the "Kvlton Academy." 'hen, too, the number of stores is three, kept >y Spears & Howell, Goings & liro. uud Allmuu It Bro. These progressive merchants all keep is full lines of goods as are generally found in lountry stores. A wood shop is run by W. E. Mlman, who is a very competent carpenter. The Steam Mill is owned by a company of gentlemen, and it is a convenience to the eeniriuuity which is hard to be computed. There >s also a blacksmith shop, run by Perry Means. Besides these there has been established a Photograph Gallery by Mr. K. b. Bigham. Thus the readers of the Timkh will sco that in addition to the manj residences both new and neat, there is quite a little town in the heart of Pea Ridge. Situated as this little hamlet is in the best eeetion of Union County, it bids fair to become a town of no ordinary size, and ihould the railroad pass through Kelton it will grow up and he a town at once. 1 forgot to say that tho sict are generally attended to by l)r. Carwilf, whs lives juBt in tho suburbs, and that the candidates for matrimony arc united by Rev. Mr. Kxell, who lives in town, convenient to the road, and for any emergency. P. A Pnbtio Debate. The Cross Keys Literary Society will give a public debate at Padgett's Creak Church on Saturday, the 20th of November, at 7.30 o'clock. The public arc respectfully invited 'o attend. froqiiamm r. Orator, D. B. Bobo. Query?"Was Brutus justifiable in killing Ctcsar?" Affirmative: M. W. I'oho, B. F. Eison. Negative: L.J. Browning, P. B. Bobo. Makr thr Orphans Happt.?From all over South Carolina and Georgia there is gathered into the Thornwell Orphanage, at Clinton, South Carolina, an orphan household of more than sixty, who are being cared for as Elijah was at the brojk Cherith. These rre the wards of God's people. If the generous hearted Christians of this and adjoining States should withdraw their bands, all of these children would speedily lose their opportunity of an education, and would leave this quiet, happy country home, where they are not ouly cared for, but also taught uselul manual arts and given an excellent common school education. 'It is a good thing to give thunks unto th< Lord.' But the Lord himself tells us that tin most acecptablo thanksgiving to him is to feed the fatherless and relievo tlie widow. Whs say the readers of this pnpur about adoptin] this method of observing Thanksgiving Day Send a barrel of flour, or a sack of corn, or t keg of molasses, or a few dollars to the Thorn well Orphanage, Clinton, S. C. Last year ih< average of a full yenr's care of each child, iu eluding hoard, clothing, education, nnd mnt ron's attention, was only $00 fur each child which is evidence of economy. What is giTCi is well given. Tbia is the only institution for orphans ?i South Carolina outside of Charleston. Tliougl under the care of Presbyterians, it is open t children of all or no denomination. tJon*fli8ler' Emily Crews, ? ? ;'.,cte .Tr &,?-? i ji?."a in J ,h(J8<,,rr'd *? g00(1 Jie*l('h *^a <ra* ?"r Kre* hou.eh:rkUc?s7Bv-Dg -i'Jun T doubles, ?nd wVU'Vj^ re'ieved of hf! _ <*|P?t |be Witbmn^-. A Close Siiavk.?Let the fiua! count be wha it may, there will be a close shave for Demo cratic supremacy in the House. The way Mc 1 herton, the Secretary of the Republican Con gressional Committee, puts it is : Democrats 160 ; Republicans, 164; Labor and Indcpen dents, 6; doubtful, 0; vacancy 1. Most c the six doubtful olaimed by the Republioa Secretary will pan out Democrats. The Labo i and Independent members will, very possibly . act with the Republicans, so as to leave tb Democrats a slender enough majority at tb " ^?8t^ wait wi,h 80in# in,*r*?t to see ho , the Democratic journals of the North, as we 1 as their Kepublican rivals, will account for tl . decline of Democratic strength. Mr. Clev r land doubtless will come in for his share i the responsibility for a shrunken Democrac g be it just or otherwise. Q It will be said that the same decline of Dera g cratic strength took place in New York on 1 ,t adminirtrutiou of affairs there. And on this ,e will be urged that the policy of running wj the hounds and keeping with the hare nei proves successful in political life any mi ;h ih*.B*l9?where- Th? RtgiUer has no fault L find With Mr. Cleveland. We take R that I ' ?btft ivi " prWCDl ueiuocrac^ lTmivo unvnuv^tv .., ted it all the time?and no part/ without bat lp bone can aland much pressure. And that what ia the matter. A party that doea nc ing for the fear of ita own shadow ia not. i " party that moat men will tie to.?Col. Regit ti al Animals are often afflicted with a dine )tt called the mange. The same disease in bun beings ia called the itch, and ia highly coi ur gioua ; to cure it mix flour of sulphur with re J. H. McLean's Volcanic Oil Liniment, bath< og thoroughly, and take Dr. J. II. McLean's Li ar and Kidney Ualiu. For aale hy all druggi 20 iJi o n" Am Oitbaos.?Kingstree, November nn About 12 o'clock yesterday, in the lndiant is neighborhood, a young negro named Hei tOQ Brown attacked Capt. J. M. Owens with a fi . rail and struek him two aevore blows on ' head, making large gashes. Capt. Owen ,eo" over 70 years of age. and ia a very quiet ar- estimable geatleman. Iliaooodition is regai oin as quite dangerous. LMer jn the dj*y a war for Brown's arrest was issued hy Trial Jui Wn J. N. Haramett, and Brown was arrested u it. Last night armed negroes gathered am isi- leased Brown from arrest- Before dawn fact morning a party of whiio men procede Brown's house and reeaptursd him. Bi >r" was taken do the offioe of Trial Justiee I tsi) mstt under guard. About 12 o'clock to ?- -a i to I %rp??4 nwropji b*$ao to g*uiPr ?v hie ?Wco, making Considerable demonHrat . Tb? sheriff ljent down this afternoon fo ' 0 purport of bringing Drown to jail and %voi and a collision between the white* and black*, and ?1 Buckler's Abrioa Sai.tr.?The beat sal the world fo? cute, bruise#, sores, ulcers, id 1 rheum, fever sores, letter, chapped h look ehilhlains, Corns, and all akin eruptions lied positively cores piles, or no pay require* er's fs guaranteed to give perfect salisfactit e.? money refunded. 1'iico 26 cents pe> for sals by J. W. Posey. jly. UV VI t IIV WUIIVJ lug ???.? ?friends who had been pronounced by their physicians as incurable nnd beyond all hope? suffering with that dreaded monster Consumption?hate been completely cured by Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption; the only remedy that does positively cure all throat and lung diseases, Coughs, Colds, Asthsna nnd llronchitis. Trial bottle free at J. W. Posey's Drug Store, large bottles $1. Firs at Fort Madison.?Information reached here to-day of the almost complete destruction by fire of the town of Fort Madison, near the Georgia line, on the Air Line lload, on Sunday morning. Four stores were burned, including the eulire business portion of the town, and three children were injured, two fatally nnd one seriously. The fire caught from ashes thrown out on Saturday night. The amount of loss and insurance could not be ascertained. | Fort Madison has between 160 and 200 inhabitants. i Wondkrful Cirks.?W. D. Iloyt & Co., I Wholesale and Detail Druggists, of Rome, Ga., say : We have been selling Dr. King's New , Discovery, Electrio Hitters and Ducklen's j Arnica Salve for two years. Have never bnnj died remedies that sell as well, or give such t universal satisfaction. There have been some r wonderful cures effected by these medicines in } this city. Seveial cases of prononnoed Coni sumption have been entirely cured by uso of a few bottles of Dr. King's New Discovery, taken B in connection with Electric Bitters. We guar. antce them always, fold by J. W. Posey. , A Snow Storm.?New York, November 7.? a Heavy snow is reported throughout Northern New York and New England, reaching in places a to a depth of 6 to 11 inches, b Nyack, N. Y., November 7.?A blinding snow 0 storm, acoompanied by heavy wind, occurred here this afternoon. White llall, N. Y., November 7.?About five inches of snow fell here last nj^>^^^iput . 86T?n "f^*8 f8~reported' al I'latfsWr' 8 -ugbkeepsie, N. Y? Novembef' 7 _Tho : ss?.'ir >? ~ 1 large tent at^K- "WDngs undor a Serricda ?K?b day At 9.80 ft. m., 3 p. m., and 7 t p. m. The 7 p. m. service is particularly well _ attended, the tent being filled to its utmost capacity at each night service. The ministers conducting the meetings are Messrs. Oliver, , l'orter, Vaughan, Miller, Morgan and Leitch. The singing of Mr. Tillman, the son of tbe ,f ovangelist, adds much to the impressiveness of n the mectiugs. This band of consecrated r workers are untiring in their efforts, and Clod has certainly answered their prayers in the J. sanetificatiou of about one hundred, and conie version of about fifty souls. The meeting will w continue indefinitely. H No rain yet and the dust is almost unbearie able.?Remitter. Consignees l'er Express. y, Usios, S. C., Nov. 10, 1886. Jacob Thomas, P. M. Cohen, 11. D. llighara, '?* W. M. Meador, Mrs. Miles Howell, R. B. Hill, W. W. Robinson, W. D. II Arris, Sam'i Lomi11 niok, W. L. Askew. Rev. Q. W. Clinton, Thus. 1(h C. Nelson, B. G. Clifford, C, P. Graham, Jas. ,er M. Gibbes, A. II. Foster, T. II, Manson, J. T, ,rc Hart, M. W. Bobo, \V. N. McCravy, Miss S&llio .,0 E. ltice, W. B. Campbell, Wm. Alunro, J. P. 1|C Norman, C. H. ltoberson, Mrs. J. 11. ftlaxweii, V*" Miss Clara Sartor, Foster & Willtins, II. L. 5 j Goas, Dr. A. E. Faut, W. D. Arthur and Union 18 Furnituro Factory Co. No package will bo allowed to lease the Lt'e office until all charges are paid. ter- F. II. COUNTS. Cotton Market. mn Union. Nov. 11.?Market quiet, with delj'r oline in prices. Sales 082 bales, at prices rang* e it ing from 8. 10(m)8.15. iv er in in i m ii wii ate. Our 25'Cent Corner. We have concluded to open this corner of out; paper to those who may wish to advertise any J* new or special article, "just received." Our own charge will be 20 cents eaoh insertion, for not ,rJ more than four lines; to be paid, in tvtry east. before the ad. goae in. ' . "* ?- ' *-?- ' In. ??.i i j q; and *>000 Bushels Red Bus^^yoof Oats, rded j?*?* repoived by V R. 8TOKES & CO. 10,000 Bushels of Bran d re. just rooclved by A. R. STOKES A CO. The Furniture Factory lam- IN FULL OPERATION -day isll e WANTFD, everybody to know that the fJnio* Mn.nlinM fictnri ta now In full blaat. and tka rThe Proprietors ape ready to tell i<Mof Furniture at Witolesat.e Prices^ Come and satisfy yourself that we sell ch<ap. " ?e in Wa propose to sell at not mors dsn lia'f ihe , sell prices that Furniture lias befit* soft here hera- 1 suds, tofore. , and All wishing to order FIR8T-CLA8S FUBMI. It TURH SriA do mell to pluce their orders with >n or mi. I Will (fl/e'tnein the lowest prices, box J- B. A. K1F.FH. ly. Not 12 *4