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Extended nllusion is made to tbe benefits to accrue fiom the completion of tbe canst, and. in conclusion, tbe biovernor respectfully suggests the early completion of the cansl by tbe State, or, if denned expedient by Ibo Legislature, that stej? uniy tc inken to transfer I he canal, with all rigli'e, franchises and obligations, tinder such conditions as arc regarded as most advantageous for 'the State. to corporate or privale individuals possessing fully the confidence of the people, so as to insure its speedy completion. Tint tfXATIC ASYI.I'M, Regarding (be I.unntic Asylum, it is s'Hted tbat owing to tbe largo number released on trial tbcrc was not the ususnl increase iu the number of pmLnts during tbe year. The affairs of ibe Asylum have been conducted with the greatest economy. At the end of llie year there are (149 patients : 309 whiles, 2S0 colored. A slighr reduction in tlio cost /<tr capita of I maintenance lias been made and three thousand dollars of the appropriation has been saved. Allusion is also made to tbe need of Idterenscd accommodations for the colored insane. upon which a report is to be made by the joint committee appointed at the last session. TO FIOUT THE BAILIUIADF. Id regard to tbe railroad commission, attention is called to the advisability of enlarging the rowers of (lie rrnimisairn so n* tn sniihlo hem lo require railroads within the State to regulate their rates of freight traffic within the Slate, so that the public shall derive the greatest benefit possible, consistent with the interests of railroad corporations. Allusion is inailp to the complaint of the Merchants' Exchange, of Charleston, as illustrating the fact that most of onr Tailrondp, having passed into the hinds of jarlita outside the Slate, there is strong tendency lo U?ep local rates in South Carolina too disproportionate to the yro rata receipts by the railroads within the Stale on long hnuls to and from the North and West. TilK STATE'S Tnoors. the milirin is reported ns increased in the number tf c< mpnnics, eight having been reorganized in the upper counties, ns a main result of a fetlirg of insecurity cu the discovery cf secret labor crganizaiions. In relation to the Adjutant General's advocacy of on appropriation fcr on annual encampment the Governor adds his testimony ns to the beneficial results of the experiment at Spartanburg in the partial encampment. Attention is also called to the sdvisibilily of making a small appropriation for paying the companies when their services are called into requisition to aid the civil authorities. In reference to some provision being made for disabled nnd poor rmong the surviving Confederate soldiers the object of the resolutions passed by the various survivors' associations on this l*ne is ccnimcndtd to the generous consideration cf the Legislature. It is further said this would not be inconsistent with loyally to the Constitution or a reconstructed union, but to do this with enthusiastic reverence is rather the surest guarantee af the renewed purpose of brave men who fought nnd lost to accept with , high ni.il honorable ptirpose the oltl flag and restore union in good faith, that neither one hall qvcr be dishonored nor the other dissevered or long ob they linvc arms to uphold or weapons to wield. TUB AGRICULTURAL AND RIKCUAN1CAL SOCIETY The State Agricultural and Mechanical Society is repotted as flourishing, nnd there is eTery reason to believe, the Governor says, that its progrcta will continue unchecked. Continuance of the annual appropriation of is earnestly recommended. THE STATU 110U8E. In telotion to the Stalo House, figures are given showing expenditures of $190,478 of appropriations amounting to $211,000. and the statement is made that tho importance of continuing the work without inletrupt ion canoot be overestimated. To effect additional improvean the building, including fire-proofing !****% lint SfkSl? and ball* an SpWMpcHtloo.ef ^100,000 Will be reijnWt In ' addirfoo v (o the balances of $10,000 en hand. TRIAL JUSTICES AND THEIR JURISOICLION. * t io relation to the terms of trial justices, recohMMidstion is made that an Act be passed declaring that justices shall bold office for two yean from the date of appointment, unless removed, or else, os making the system of appointnrent' to office more uniform, an Act that justices be hereafter appointed in the manner and mode and with like terms of county treasurers nnd auditors. In reference to the jurisdiction cf.triol justices it is recotnmeudcd that an Act bo' passed definiuK the punishment of petit larceny and other minor oflinces. ho as to ( ring fucIi cases within the jurisdiction of Trial Justice Courts. The Blackwood case occupies considerable space in the message, the correspondence be. tween tbo Executives of South Carolina nod Georgia being given with the facts as to the indictments found against Stone snd McNally in Aiken County, the requisitions for them on the Governor of Georgia, and the fact that thc?o requisitions have not been complied with. In conclusion, tbo promise is made that no effort will be spared to bring the two men referred to before the proper tribunal to nnswer for their outrageous nod wholly unwarranted proceedings. The message concludes with general remarks to the Legislature, congratulating the members on the Ptvorablc nuspices under which they arsemhle, and expressing aonfidencc in their faithful performance of the duties intrusted to them. Tur. Brfatii of tub Blizzard.?Chicago, Nov. -8.?The city awoke this morniqg to find itself ice-bound. A freezing wind bore down on the place in a somewhat unexpected manner and eauccd a good deal of discomfort. Winter wrappings nre the order of tho day, and pedestrians find it more pleasant to go at a dogtrot than to stop to exchange greetings on the street corners. Yesterday morning men carri<?fl umhpollnM antl ruhhup mtis nantSm* --- ?? --i more enow lo full. At 0 o'clock io the evening the thermometer registered C? above. At six o'clock this morning it was only 2? above, od although the sun shines brightly to-day, there is little perceptible increase in the temperature. The signal service officer predicts that the cotd snap will last through the night, but hopes for a rise to-morrow. Dubuque, Iowa, dispatches say that the thermometer was down to 6? above yesterday. At Moweaqua, Ills., there was a fall of 40? in three days. Galena, Ills., reports the mercury to have been 10? below last night. Springfield, Ills., says that the fall in the temperature there in twenty-four hours was 4;{?, and at Marshall, Ills, it fell 40? degrees in the same period of time. Sr. Paul. Minx, November 28.?At 7 o'clock the thermometer registered 10? below aero, and within an hour afterwards had dropped to 22?. The cotd is now abating all over tho Northwest. Tub Mississippi Ci.osi;i>.?Milwaukee, Nov.. 28.?A special to the Evening Wisconsin from Lal'roesc says, that ice stooped running in the Mississippi last night, and to-day the river is closed, the earliest ever known. Tho thermometer ranged 2(1? below last eight. Ax Indictmknt or Columbia.?It is said.that (apt. 8. Drsportes meets with little success in Columbia in getting money subscribe! for a fsetoiy. It is said also that some influential men openly disoounlennocc the enterprise which is fraught with so much good to their city, and that men of business, some of whose property was derived from mechanical trades, and who ought lo appreciate the advantages of workshop a in the city, will not subscribe n cent. If these things I* true, it is uot surprising that the Abbeville Mfiium baa so often expressed /xfcirmpt for Colombia. T-ljp place, it seems, has been so much OiMirtaliaii its mihlin ran that a lares nart of Jha population Ihnt all lltejr nra cipec'ed in do It trf dp?fi f h'mr uonlht lo teceivo iLe rJfffv.?Litter tq the WirruUfO Who Tuilcfhlu (Hilton ?imc5. 1 II. M. STOKF.S. - - Editor 1 i UNION, KKIDAY OKCEMBKK 2, 1887. , SUBSCRIPTION?<2 00 PER ANNUM. t New Poat Office Hoars- 1 In consequence of ilic change of schedule on (he railroad, (lie arrival and departure of mails < at this ofllce is uecersarily changed. As the uiails North and South arrive and depart during the night, the following hours for closing and d^ivetiug uiails nt the l\?t office will be ob- 1 served. I A messenger will call at every place of business, at -IA-1*. M-, for li tters and other ninil mutter. The street boxes will le closed at 41 1*. M. sharp. The office will he open promptly at 0 o'clock A. M-, for the box delivery, and at 8 o'clock for general delivciy. ()Q Sundays the ollice will be open from 8 to 'J o'clock. A. M. The Northern aud Southern mails will close at 3 p. ni. J. C. HUNTER, P.M. A Proposition. We propose to duplicate, in price, materials end workmanship, nny job of prioting of Note Heads, Letter Leads, Kill Heads, Circulars or Envelopes, done in Charleston, Columbia or Spartanburg. There is no aense, economy or justice in sending tuch printing to those p'accs, when it can be done as well ?nd as cheap i.t home, by your customers and neighbors. The Cotton Market. A btisk business has been done this week. Tbetc is, however, a strong inclination to bold what cotton is unsold, under the prevailing opinion thnt the prices must advance. Sales for tl|e week, 041 bales. Prices ranging from 8.1 @ 9.85. lK5u Extremes have met iu Columbia. Tho ministers nnd barroom keepers have combined to put down the club rooms, because whiskey is sold iu them under a U. S. license. ?e&- H'e arc requested to inform the people I of Union that C. T. Carotherj & Co.. intend locating in this town to establish the business of Renovating Feathers by the improved Steam Renovating Process, and invite au examination of their work. * - ?.? ? The trial of Col. George Johuson, for the killing of Mr. J. T. Jones, at Newberry, resulted in his acauittal. The evidence an strongly presented a case of self defence, that the jury decided upon its vcrJict in less than ten minutes after the esse was given to them. If you wnnt n plate of oysters served in the best and latest style, call at J. Q. Btichheii's. . I&. "he oyster supper given by the ladies of the Episcopal church last Friday, was a gratifying and delightful success, nn<l ive but express the sentiments of the Ladies, in saying they feel very thankful to the publie for the liberal patronage thtgr.received. Santa Claus has established his headquarters for 1887 at J. Q. Buchheit's, where you will find a large and complete assortment of Toys and ; Christmas goods very cteap. B&. Col. McKirsic'x was telegraphed ifiar feast Tborsda^ Is nonr^qafnee of thiMer>ossS]U ness of bis' youngest son, Kion, frofa) a severe attact of membraneous croup. We are glad to ; stale tbe child was relieved by prompt remedies and is now much better. jgy* If you can enjoy a plate of oysters, stewed or fried in tbe very best style, go to our friend Bqchheit, and try a plate of hia cooking. We have tried them, and say, from practical test, that Bucbhcit "gets up" oysters in as good style as the best restaurants io , Charleston. You can get them nt all hours in the day. A new lot of Jeans. Shirllnc? Klirrtintra rVitinn Checks, Shoes, ICats, and a great many otTicr goods. Just received, at price* lower than ever, at Graham A S|>arks Cheap Cash Store. Call at oncO and see thcu). "What a day may bring forth," is a trite saying and was forcibly exemplified by the atmospheric change we experienced between Sunday and Monday last. Sunday evening we sat upon our piazza, as comfortable ns we did any evening during August, but Monday exening we had to wear an overcoat outdoors and get close to a rousing fire to keep comfortable in the house. BGT Our former sprightly "local" E. P. I McKissick, paid its a visit last Tburs day, looking as bright and handeome as ever. We don't think ho would pull down the cotton scales at the same figurea he did when he left here, bnt perhaps that is better for him. Hard wotk is no disadvantage to young men, and as Eddie is fond of active nowspaper work it does him good. Special oyster saloon in reserve for ladies, at J. Q. llucbbeit's. B0u The committee of ladies appointed to collect funds for a flag lo be presented to tho Johnson ltiflcs report receiving $2G 66, which is now placed to their credit in the bank. It must be remembered that ladies alone, are subscribers to tbe flag fund, and whtls the subscription. so far, has been quite creditable, we re satisfied it is not all that will bs dono for so ncbleacsusc. The matter is in good bands, however, and a bandsomo flag will be forthcoming. Messrs. Graham A Sparks havo juat received a new lot of ladles Jerseys, Dress Goods, Millinery Goods, Ac, Their prices sre tho lowest. Walk in and enjoy a plate of Frealt oysters, served in any style to suit the appetite, at J. Q. Buebheit's. ttjjT Enquiring of our efficient County Treasurer what proportion of tbe taxes bad been paid, up to Thursday, tho 1st inst., be told us ibat be bad given 2,700 receipts, out of about 5,500, leaving 2,800 unpaid. Tbe 15th of this month is the last day allowed by law for receiving taxes. After that day a penalty of 20 per cent, will be added to all unpaid taxes. There is now only 14 days left in which 2,8C0 lax payers have to pay, and it will push the Treasurer hard to write that many receipts. He will have to write 200 ? day,' providing he is kept busy from Ibis time ; but if be does no better bnsinrs* for a few days, than he is now doiog, it will be impossible for him to receive and receipt for much more tban one-half tbe taxes now unpaid, and tboso who are left be- ' bind will te compelled to pay tbe penalty. So, look out. ^ J ? I Another hfg lot of Dry Goods just received, and to bo i told *t prices yet unheard of at Union. Call early at Graham A Sparks cheap cash store. i rhe Legislature. Up to this time the Legislature hat bees 'cry industriously employed upon many toutires of general importance, and upon eodflt jucstions uninisiakrablo evidence hat beta ;ivcn of what the fate of certain bills for eerain objects will be. There wi 1 be no constitutional convention tailed. The bill to reduce the salaries of State oHcers has been killed, and a bill abolishing t|% office of Master, met the same fa'.e in tbe committee rooms. The dog licenso law was defeated ip-Jta house. It is probable that there will be the usnt perennial fight on the usury law in the House. In this connection it may be mcutioned that a bill will be brought in shortly to restrict the percentage of profit which merchants mS> realize on the goods they sell. In that connection, we suggest that a seclion be inserts 1 in the bill providing for any losses that merchants may incur from bad debts. If the legislature should pass such a law ns proposed, one of two results migfcrta expected : Responsible.merchants would close their doors, or, in about two years, one-half ol them would "bust" and the commercial standing of the Stole would be fifty per cent, below P?r . , > Better abolish the homestead and li?n-4Mps, so that a poor and honest man's credit may b< restored nnd an honest competition among merchants established. As the laws now are ten men owning $'2,000 of properly cacb,<- 01 an aggregate of $20,000, could not get credit for $'200, except under lien or mortgage "*^>e. sides, there arc twenty holes in our lawt through which debtors can crawl to esgppt paying their debts, where there is one lock Ic compel payment. The fact is, nobody ^gnt much risk, under our present laws, bat tbt merchant that does a credit business. ,. Our opinion is, and we believe it is tbt opinion of a very large majority of the best men in the State, that if the legislature would confine their work to reducing the legal rate ol interest to 7 per cent., abolish the homestead and lien laws, nnd pass an equitable 1<W t< control the present tenant system, they would give more relief to nnd create mdte confidqpct among all classes of the gtcople than anything else they can or propose to do. Since the above was put in type, we find in Tuesday's proceedings of the Legislature, thai tba bill to reduce the legal rate of interest U 7 per cent, was killed in the IJouse<upon the motion of Mr. Conner, of Lancaster, to indefi nitely postpone, by a vote of G8 ayes to 47 nays What Our Farmers Can Bo. No doubt, on n any farms in this County, thi favorable seasons of this venr h?m the products, if compared with the results 01 some years previous; but we are convinced that in many instances it has not been th< seasons alone which gave the increase. 4s ont instance which comes within our knowledge A farm about three mites from here has been rented for some years, and befote this, yeai tha owner of the land received from it bn little more than tho interest of the money Id vested, while the tenant barely made bollkendi meet. This year the same land has I beer rented to another party, and the resuB hat crop of cotton" for 30 bales, and marfii tjptlu with oorn, peas, Ac., enough for ne^tT rear For years ibis farm bad not prodn^d' aort than 16 bales and net enough eoro t< lasi tbreo months. Very near this farm is one eery aid! tr ir almost every respect, except that It isl iom? 60 acres larger, and worked by its ofl asr. This year, the crop on this farm was pitched for GO bales, ?e believe, and turned outjonly about 40 bales. The tenant on the rentel farm?renting on share of the crop?not only paid all his billi promptly but has a good portion of his chart of the crop on hand, and has turned over t< the Landlord a very handsome profit on his investment, besides increasing the value e# the farm '25 per cent. Go to this farm now and you will see ^ows running, breaking up land for oats and wheit, and preparing it for next Spring's work'*; he contending that it wilt then be mellotf 'and easier to work. In his lots you will also sec large heaps of leaves, stable manure and mnok, which will be ready for composting with -commercial fertilizers next Spring, and thereby saving at least one-half of the latter. lie it not only a constant worker but does everything systematically. He told us a few dayt ago, that be found plenty of profitable work on the farm every day in the year, and be oonld no more afford to slop work for woeeks and ever months, as some farmers do, than the merchant or meohanic can. We find his counterpart in the following re port to the Newt and Courier, of a succestf^ Farmer in Spartanburg : > Lnut Spring a Spartanburg farmer cam* to town and stated to a friend that he own.1 * ?< debts, bed four mules end land for a good crop but no supplies. He desired to borrow about $2oO. His friend helped him to get the money and he came up this fall and paid the debt oaf now has on hand seven bales of cotton, end oorn wheal, oats and sorghum enough for another year. That shows that tbe farmer wae'a'worker, but it furthermore shows that this has beet} a fair erop year. Good Cheer for Jonesville. We are requested to slate that a Dinner and Supper will be given neat Friday, tbe Sib, in the Baptist Chnrob at Jonesville, the proe&di to be applied to aid in building a Presbyterian Cbnrcb in that growing town. Wo most earnestly commend the effort lof the Ladies of the thriving town of Jones vile, to build enolher place of worship there, old hope they will be liberally encouraged. Noting can give more certain evidence of t e moral and material advancement of a oomm u nfty than tbe ntfmber, neatness end oomfdrt if its churches. * If tbe religious and eduoallon >1 facilities are wall established in a oommunit its future prosperity is assured, for it founded upen solid ground. A large and well assorted stuck of Frene It and American candies for sale cheap, at J. ( . Bochbeil'a candy cmporinm, A Good Man Gone. Mr. James Cunningham, one of the mos 1 exemplary citizens of this county, died at hi i residence, about three miles from here, Us, Saturday, 2Gth nit., at the advanced ago af 811 fears. Mr. Cunningham was well knowi hrougliout Union County, and waa univeraallj espected aa a man of staunch integrity ant terling qualities of head nod heart. For The Tixn. Htwi from North Paoolet. Ett\ Jans, Not. 29.?Thanksgiving day waj not generally observed in (be country. The floe woather for picking cotton and sowing - wheat exclude all other considerations. We regret to learn that Mr*. Agues Kendrick, wife of Mr. J. J. Kendrick. of Skull Shoals, b still in very bad health. This estimable lady has for several months been confined to ier room and her disease stilt baffles the skill of her pbysioians. In ber suffering she and her family hare the sympathy of their many i friends. i The many friends of Mr. R. S. Lipscomb, i one of Gaffney City's most prominent merchants, will regret to learn that he is siolai No t young man in this country has a bc'ter precti' eal business education than he. lie has many warm friends in Ibis county, who are aware that there is no better blood in tho State than . oonrses through his reins. Capt.*S. S. Walker, of Sunny Side, has struck, the key note to agricultural success by order, t 1"S 11 is seed wheat from Etst Tcna. The method of threshing wheat in this country is calculated to ruin the different varieties. For instance: On the same (arm, perhaps, there , may be half a dozen different kinds of wheat. These arc generally hauled to the same place and threshed oat one after another, without , cleaning out the machine, thus the seed gets ^ mixed and the variety ruined. All who are able would do well to follow the Captain's cx| ample by getting pure eeed?Mich as their L lands are best adapted to misc. Sam Corry, colored, has been arrested on a , charge of stealing the Bible frcra the Methodist , Church at Wilkinsville, which I reported to ( the Timks some weeks ago, and after a prelimi( nary hearing before Trial Justice I<egg, in de, fault of bail was sent to jail. Should he be proven guilty of the charge it is hoped the ( Court will give him sufficient time to make a t thorough examination of the Book. I Nebraska, with its woman's Government, f should take a back scat until, it sends some I experts down here to take lessons in "political ( economy." Frank Edwards, perhaps mistaking I the window lor the door of a colored woman's ( house, entered the building and too? out $1.16 , of church money. Like his unftithful steward friend, "he hid it in the earth." Belle Fowler, a colored woman, arrested him and had him tried. Finding it incohvenient to take him 10 or 1*2 miles to a Trial Justice, she donned the Judical ermine an J tried the case herself. Frank acknowledge! the orime and gave up the money. The sentence of her court was 75 lashes, from which tho defendant look neither exceptions nor appeal. The Judge laid I aside h?r Judicial robe and acted as exocutioner, j. and then the prisoner was sent on his way a wiser if not better man. ( Four Ladies bought a ball of yarn G inches in diametor, aud agreed that etch should take her share separately from the surface of the ball; how much of the diameter must each wind off? Mrs. Amanda Lee has a giurd vine from whioh she has gathered 81 mature gourds this year. Dr. W. A. Fort and family, will ocoupy the former residence of Mr. Samuel Jefferiee, at . Star Farm. Hs is an aooompliihed, high-toned need his professional aerrioes. ' - Miss Steele Tolleeon, of Woodruff, is visiting ( her unole, Gist Tolleson, at Smith's Ford. t Our friend W. H. Mercer, came near being killed some days ago by dynamite, which he h&d in hifl shon. and whi*?1? ??tt?Ki fiwas fwnm | sparks from the anvil. Fortunately, he and A'. Corry, a colored man, .discovered it in lime to make their escape before the building was blown to atouis. Mr. Mercer is one of out most useful and respectable citizens, and we congratulate him on liis escape from an awful death. We advise AI. Corry to make bimsell skase ' when dynamite is about. Mr. (Jbe Parker respectfully declined an invitation to attend a concert in the U. S. Commissioner's office at Spartanburg last week, while another of our citizcos made an unexpected calk and acted a leading part. The play was entitled, "For violating Section 3242 Revised Statutes U. S-" A iron/ to the teite it tufficienl. Vox. > Keetftig of Grand Lodge A.'. F.\ M.'. in Charleston, Deoember 13th. Excursion tickets will be on eale from S. U. & C. R. R., points to Charleston, via Atlantic i Coast Line, on December 12th and 13th, good to return until December 19th. Call for ticket i via Atlantio Coast Line, and see that it reads i vi? Sumter and Lanes. I Fare from Union and return SO 40; from \ Santue and return, $G 10; from Fish Dam and t return $6 10. Clo9e conneciion made with grains in Union Car shed in Columbia. For > further information apply to i Alk.x. MuBbc, Jr., Soliciting Agent. Qreenville. S. C. If the Legialature will pgss a law requiring the payment ofa license for keeping dogs we ' believe public sentament will demand atriot enI forceraent. Then we will be rid of the half> starved roaming ours that spread hydrophobia f. and make sheep raising impossible. We not only endorse what the Charleston fun says in the abpve, but we believe further. that public sentiment is becoming so gtrongly in fsfor of a law to protect the sheep raising interest thst it will not he many years?if that time has not already arrived?when candidates for the legislature In the upper counties of the Plate will be called upon by the farmers to far , yor such a law op- be defeated. At the recent "Ijcenie" or "no lieense" election in Atlanta a majority of 1140 was given fop lioense. Charlotte is ilio only place we know where the root of the evil, intemperance, has been reached. There, a few months ago, such a wave of publie sentiment set in against intemperance that nearly all the barroom keepers were eoropelled to close their doors, for want of customers. The grand work was the result of a series of religious meetings in that oily, conducted In a liboral christian spirit; and now tfpe youog and old men attend tho interesting meetings of the Votpng Men's Christian Association, instead of the barrooms. ... ... .>i? Too late. The advertisement of Mr. T. B. Uailoy oame in too late for this week. If you want any quality of a carpet, ready made to fit the room, you should eall and esamlne his samples and prices. From Washington. WA8IUSQT0N, D. C., November SO.?Tte week baa b>en a ratber uneventful one. but that la usually the case the week or two before Congress meets, and generally it is only the calm which precedes tbo storm. Tbe hotel registers are filling up, anJ the host of boarding bouses are made conspicuous by the placurds in the windows?"Furnished Koouii to Iteut." Every landlady is very independent about renting because she hopes to get a Sctiatir or Member as a tenant, who will piy anywhero from $76 to $125 a month for a suite of two or three rooms, when the whole house rent? for only $40 or $50 a month. The mild weather of tho past week has caused the mnnv statesmen nntl noliltcinns in the city to stroll a'ong tho Avoouc to the Capitol. nod to lounge in front of the hotels and engage in discussing ^tho .cares of State which rests heavily on each individual lieprcsentative. The evening and early mornings are occupied mostly in framing Bills to ho introduced the first opportunity offered in the call of Sia'es. It is expected that there will be even a greater flood of Bills introduced this, than last session, and it being a short session the lobbyists are already at work marshaling their strength IVr tbe onslaught. Everything about the Government Departments is ominously silent, and the Cabinet Officers and thcirChiefs of Bureaux are exceedingly guarded in all interviews had with them, not to gWe any intimation as to what their recommendations will bo oil important questions to be presented to Congress for nction. Even at the Government Printing Office, where all official papers are print.d, the strictest secrecy is enjoined and only ibe most tried employees are entrusted with the "setting up" of the valuable documents. Most of the old employees of the House are to be seen every day around the House, Post Office and* Committee Rooms, on the lookout ( for indications, as to the ouiconje of the contest for the position of doorkeeper. That official has more patronage than any other of the officials, add for that reason his place is more sought after. In either my next letter, or. at the latest, the one after tbe next, I will be able to send you letters spsrkliog with news. II. g&_ We had a very pleasant visit last Tuesday from our old friend W. G. Austin, who is now living in Chester county. We are glad to see ocr friend looking so hale, hearty and happy. He is running a (prm and says he tried the Allan nnln.ni! Inner atnnU sniinn tkio 1- O ?r? ;? '! but don't think it will do. He sold two bales of it at 11 cento, but did not make as much from it per acre as be did from the short staple at 9 cents. With bim, be soys, the Allen cotton only produced an average of about one boll to a limb; tbe stalk grows somowbal taller, but does not branch more than the short staple. The lint is very fine and long; but our season of growing is not long enough to make and mature its fruit. MARRIED ~ KENNEDY"?HOLL1NGSWORTH.?Married, on the 20th Nov. 1887. by C. B. Bobo, Esq., Mr. Wesley Kennedy to Miss Alice Ilollingsworth. All of Cross Keys. PATFNTQ Procured. Win. G. IlenderH 1 tn I O ?on 925 f pi., Washington. D. C. Formerly of Examining Corps U. 8. Patent Office. 17 years' experience. Send tketch or model /or report at to patentability. Correspondence solicited. . .nHANMv?F>F4HM AT KELTON. INTENDING to make a ohange in our business on tbe let of January, 1888, we respectfully notify all indebted to us that settle i uieuus must do maae oy mat time. 1 I -Returning thinks for the liberal patronage I hereto! > e given us, we ask a continuance of those favors hereafter, promising to use our best efforts to deserve it. ALMON BKOS. Kelt on. Dec 2 47 2t* State of South Carolina. COUNTr OF UNION. r By JAMES M. GEE, Esq-, Probate Judge. WHEREAS, R. C. Greer has made suit to me to grant hiin letters of Admioistrntion on the estate of and effects of Mrs. Janie Greer, deoeased. These are, thereforo. to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said Mrs. Janie Greer deceased, that tbey t be and appear before me, in the Court of Probate, to be held at Union C. 11., South Carolina, on the 17th day of Dec. nest, after publication hereof, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, why the said Administration should not be granted Given under my hand this let day of Dei eember, Anno Domini, 1887. I,? ?,) JAMES M. GEE, J Seal. V Judge Probate, Published on the 2d day of Dec., 1887, in the Union Timss. Deo. 2. 47 2t N K W J F. W E L It Y ?AT TUB ? OLD UELIABIiESTOKE ? R. W. TINSLKY respeotfully announces to the public that he has just received a fine lot of FASHIONABLE JEWELRY to salt the pockets and tastes uf all classes. enn?S?tinr* Af B V. WATCHES, CLOCKS, WATCH CHAINS. CU1F nod COLLAR BUTTONS. BAR RINGS and ROBS. FINGER RINGS and BREAST PINS. My assortment of SPECTACLES ami EYE-GLASSES is (ho largest in I he np-conntry, and I can suit nil ages niul conditions of eyes. ? ? Silver and Silver-Plated Ware, Just the thing for holiday presents, cm le relied upon as being fully as rcpreicnteJ. ? JEWELRY REPAIRED ip the best and most substantial maimer. pou t forget the "OLD RELIABLE JEWELRY' STORE, ivlien you vrisli to buy. If. W. TINSI^EY Pm. a. if, if. HIiEllIFF'.S SALES. FOR DEC EM BE R. 1887. I _ . J - 1- I I I I .1 IUi . .a 1 BY virtue of a Sundry Execution to mo dltested, I will sell before the Court House door, in the town of Union, within the legal hours of sale, on the first Monday in December, 1887, the following described property to-wii: All the right title and interest that Thomas E. McQraw owns in one Iruot of land, situate, lying and being in Fish Dam township, Union County, containiug two buodrfed and sixty-flee acres, ir.ore or less, bounded by lands of F. C. Jeter, J. A. L. Thomas, S. A. Miller, L. 8. Sprouse and others. Levied on, and to be sold as the proporty of Thonas B. MoUra?v, at tho suit of David Johnson, Jr., plaintiff against Thomas E, McGraw, defendant. ALSO. Dy virtue of an Act, to determine and perpeptuate the Homestead, approved December 24tb, 1881), by tho Senate and House of i Representatives of the State of South Carolina, under Sec.. 1 llh of said Act, I will sell beforo the Court House door, on Monday tho fifth day ui iscuviuuer, nctv uunug uic ivgni riours 01 sales, the following described property to?wit: One top buggy and hnra ;ss. to bo sold as a part of the llomssteal property set off :o Mrs. Nannie S. Linder, wife of K L. Lioder, Jr., to pay expenses for sotting off said Homestead. ALSO. I will sell on Tuesday the sixth dny of Decern ber next, during the legal hours of sales, at the ' residence of William D. Dently, in Union Coun- * ty, about twenty-three hundred pounds of seed cotton, also, balance cro|} on about Id acres pf land rented by John T. Leo, from I. U. Howell, said land known as a portion of the Walker* lands. Seize! under a warrant to seize crops under lien. a? the crop of John T. Lee, at the suit of P. C. Pool. P.nintiff against John T. Lee and William B. Bently, Defendants. This 14th Nor. 1887. J. Q. LONG. ' 8. U. C. Not. 18 4? ?t. The State of South Carolina. By JAMKS.VI. GKE, Esq, Probate Judge. WHEREAS, W. A. Whisonanthas made suitto uic to grant him lctters?f Administration on the estate of and effects of M. J. Daris deceased. These are, therefore, to cite and admonish an a?a singular the kindred and creditors of' the said M. J. Davis, deceased, that they be and appear before me, in the Court of Probate to be held at Union C. H., South Carolina, on the 9th day of peoembcr nest, after publiOttion hereof, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, io show cause, if any they have, why the said . administration should not bo granted. Given under my hand and seal this 23d day November, Anno Domini, 1887JAMES M. GEE, j seal v Judge Probate. . Published on the 20th day of November, '87, in the Union Time*. Nov. 24th 40 2L* STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. COUNTY OF UNION. By JAMES M. GEE, Esq., Prtbde Judge. WHEREAS, John W. Cunningham has made suit to mo to grant bint letters of administration on the Estnto of and effeots of John L. Kennedy, deceased. Tbe&o are therefore to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred a?d creditors of the said John L. Kennedy, deceased, thnt they be and appear before me, in the Court of Probate, to be held at Union-C. II., South Carolina, on the 9th day of December next, after publication horeof, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any tliey have, why tl\e said fdoln* istration should not be granted Given under mv band this 22d day of Novvember, AnnoDom ni, 1887 JAMES M GEE, {Seal} Judge Probate Published on tko 2oth day of November, 1887, in the Union Times Nov. 25. 40 2i* Mortgage Sale. UNDER a power of sale contains I in a mortgage executed an 1 delivered by Mrs. S. E. Heine to D C. Gist, Guardian, dated 19lk day of June, 1879, and recorded in the office of the Register of Mortgages, for Union County, S. 0., in Rook of Mortgages, C. 3. page 699, 1 will sell nt the Court House, at Union, .S. C., during the legal hours of sale, on Si}lc3day in December nc<t, the tract of land enj^ braced in said mortgage, and deserihod therein, as follows: All that co tain parcel or trtct of land in Boginsvil'e township and otun'y of | union, containing one hundred an<l forty-tire acres, more or less, and b iiinded by lands of | T. K. rainier, Dan Nicholas, II. II. Uolue. and Giles Smith. TERMS OF SALE. CASK : Purchaser to pay for papers. GLENN D. PBAKK, Assignee. Union, S. C., Nor. 11, 1887. . Nor 18 1"> 3t Mortgage Sale. BV virtue of authority given in a mortgge executed by It. W. Leo, on the 3d day of Nor. 1873, and recorded in Clerk's office, Book *A. No. 1, pages 230 and 231, I will sell on salesday ih Dec. oth, at Union Court House, within the legal hours of sales, the following described mortgaged property,' viz : A certain tract of land on whiyh the said 1}. W. Lee now resides, containing two hundred ncres, in llogansville township, Union County, bounded by lands of Asa Smith, Charles Young, James Gist, and C S. Greenleaf. TERMS CASH. GLENN D. PEAKK, Assignee. Union, 8. C., Nor. 1887. Nov 18 -10 3t To Contractors. CONTRACTORS withing Is bid for the buildof the Jonesvillo Academy ?80xfQ feet, two stories high?will be furnished with specifications by addressing W. H. S. Harris. Jonesville. S. C. Bids will he received until the 20th inst., with privilege to accept or Bids should be sealed and addressed to W. II. S. HARRIS, nov. 10, id92. Jonesrillc, 8. C. Nov 18 45 J$t FrcHli C'liuned (blood*. A SUI'I'LY of new crop Canned Goods. ji at received at ibc Family end Plantation Grocciy Slorc. of A. It. 8TOKK8 ft CO'8. Oct 21 41 If Freight Notice. CONSIGNEES arc hereby notified lint on and after 28th inst., all eharyet on Ooods will hare lo be paid at the Depot before delivery. No attention ,will be paid lo any order unlea* accompanied with the money. The aboro applies also to Express matter. F. II. COJJNTS, ftgt. Union Agency, Not. 26, 1887. Not 26 ^6 2t Two TIcrceH of Nplcndld Hfuu* JUST RECEIVED, at the Family and Plan, tation Grocery Store of A. P. STOKES ft CO. 0ct2l, ? -<1 , if