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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*
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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
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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. *
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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.
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