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Br The Legislature. Tha Columbia correspondent of the JYrwt 1 mmd Courier thus gives what bad been acconiWL pliabed?up to last Saturday, by the Legislap^A*rt what was before tbat body for con. F aMaratfon this week, and tho daily routine af a hard-worked legislator: Columbia, December 10.?The session of 1888 is drawing to a close. Whether the Oanaral Assembly will take a reeess on the 224 until early in November, 188'.*, or whether it will hold on till Christmas and ^eurn tint die, is still an unsolved problem. The Legislature itself in fact is, as yet an unknown quantity, at least so far as the papular branch is concerned. I,ct us look over the record of the past three weoks. In that time two bills have been ratified, neither of which is of public interest. The House enters upon the home stretch to-morma fMnnJsv^ with a Cnlendar of twentv-fi v? printed pages, and containing upwards of three hundred bills aud reports of various kind*. What has been accomplished in this body in the way of actual legislation may be attained up in a few words, 'ihey have acoepted the Clemson bequest, reduced the salaries of the Circuit Judges, passed the legislative per diem bill ($5) and tho geu oral appropriation bill. As far as. tho averago public is concerned tbiais the Aggregate of the work thus far accomplished by the House. Thqt/which has to be dono during the opftfcg week may be slated ns follows: ^1. The supply and appropriation bills. 2. The township railroad bond mutter. 8. The State pensiou bill. 4. The primary election hill. 6. The Constitutional amendment on the question of tho qualification of voters. 6. The railroad anti-consolidation commission. (Passed by tho Semite.) _ I 7. The salary r?duoi\ou (|U%pikon. |T *- Tsar iarn Tuxiu i-a*. \ This would make up a Calendar that might well appal n legislative body with only six working days before it: but the Soul li Carolina Legislature is fairly entitled to the credit of being the hardest working leg. islalive body in the United States. This reputation was established ten years ago, i ..J ik. t ' i.i kuu mo jMiacui ucginiiiiui o nct'ujs u?ioruinied to koep up tho rocord. People may my what they pleaso about a legislative body, which reduce! salaries on a horizontal , schedule, and failed to inclu<lu it* o-n salaries in the reduction, but thero can be i no two opinions on one subject. The members of the South Carolina Legislature earn their wages. If honest, hard labor is worth anything they are not over paid, even ' St $5 per diem and 10 cents mileage. ( <; A LKUISLATIVK PAY. I Let the readers of the News oikI Courier who doubt this loult over the following 1 diary of a legislative day in Columbia at I niatimo. I take the items from the diary |f an ava^'^e Ecmti. of iiio ilouse. (Of Bourse I have no reference to thu Senate ) y 7 A.M.?Get up and dress?answer lottiro of constituents. |8 A. M.?Breakfast : Ramaneggs?teantapsl?slcakanchops?cske.saiiinolasea. n A. M.* Oc.mmitt?c uitt 11 ilg?VOtdl, I bridges sud ferries. f I 9 A.M.?Committee meeting?incorpnra- ( Hons. | 9.30 A. M.?Seo the Governor about I Jone's appointment. [ 10 A. M. ? House meets. 3.15 1'. M.?Dinner?soupanftsh?rose- f beef?turkeyanicecreatn. i 4 1'. M.?Committee meeting?delegation. 5 P.M.?Committee meeting?ways and means. ^ 6 P. M.?Engrossing department. Look after that biil to amend an Act entitled an 0 Inl l? il.~ 1" ? of county to issue their warrant for $'2 G2J) to Sallie Smith for unpaid school claims. b ik30 P. M.?See Jinapkinn about bill to 1'cter to I'j-v t^mhuU..Jkli daar?1TJ u?',J2JV!I0 feclo as his^^nheir. (Important.) G.46 I'. M,?Look after bill lo ubolieh <jt Tugadoo Crossroads. CI 7 P. M.?Supper?pvt3?rveaacakosnnwaffles. 7.80 P. M.?House. Ntglit cession. In 10.80 P. M.?Forget toavrile to Pcttihoue t, about that . <)h, hang it 1 Put it tli off . F.lectrio bail ???? Enter boots,?night cup? Forgot^jibou^^^ iiglil, look i't up ! jj^KTrnorrow. Now liorc is a day's work of fourteen ^ hourn out of twennty-four, allowing thirty * minutes for preliminary bl retailing in tho > morning, and ferty minutes f. r refresh- t V ments?that is certainly worth ? *>. it lab?r ( ia worth anything, and so I repent that th? i members of the South Carolina Legislature ' ?at least of the popular branch of it arc not over-paid. Na uso to run over town, when you can get the purest aud best drugs from W. POSEY & BRO. 49-81. Shkrifv Smiitii UrrtEi.ti.?r.irniiti ;ham. ( Ala., Dec. 11.?(lov. Seay had an interview s with many gentlemen tins morning on the subject of Iho tragedy of Saturday night. The Governor aftorward had nti interview with Sheriff Smith, ami said that he endorsed the Sheriff, and whs glad that .Ictfcr-on County had a Sheriff who, no matter how painful his duty, could uphold the law ami ' protect the county jail. The events to lay ' are briefly told. The coroners jury l.> in i vestigatc the shooting met and adjourne l i until to-morrow in order to procure w.inesscs. Sheriff Smith was released on 000 bond, and will take charge of his i lhcu ' again at oncc. beginning to-night tintroops will be scut away, one cotni any :;t ? time until all are gone. Martin Walker and Jeff ilrown, colored, have been arrested u* supposed accomplices in the Ilawes murder, bat the ovidunoe against them is only circumstantial. None of tha wounded had died to-day. Ilawes has inado no coiifetieion, but still protests his innocence. Clothing can be bought almost at your own figures for the next two tfbeks at Glt.\I1AM & Sl'AKKS' Cheap Cash Stor.;. Go to rOSEY'S 1'rug Store for your hair brushes and combs, Tooth brushes. Nail llrushcs, line perfumery and face powders, toilet soap, and such other articles as are usually kept in a first class drug store. 4U-31. A Goon ljtsTiTCTiox.?The Future IV* .... a .. ,1 ^1 CBO MUUICIJ 13 U11 ui^riin/.iUU'll idiivtl^ i??coloreipsoplefortinnnci.il improvcuieiit. I( holds its headquarters at Newberry, and takes insurance for not rnuro than j-luii. (t wns organized in Tf-81; since then it lias paid out $'2,617'7o in policies ranging from \ fl 1.36 to $100, If safe it is a good institution for the colored people.?SpariMubury Herald. Tone up the system and improve the appetite l>y tuking Ayer's Sur.-aparilla. It will make you fee! like a new person. Thousands bavc found health, and relict from suffering, ^by the use of this great blood purifier, when all other means failed. \ \ Oiristmas Goods at I'OSDY'S Ding Store ft.be prettiest and most desirable line of \ PluSh pressing cast.-, Shaving Seta, (tints Traveling Cases, Cigar ("a vs. Whisk llroonri \ JI tilers. Smoking Sets. l-"r?-m-li Plate Mir fit I'lusli Casts, l.adi. - and gen e requested to examine them. 49-tft ..... Me IDedfy 'Union 'Macs R. M. STOKER, - - Editor Friday, December 21, lWiH. SUBSCRIPTION, f2.oo pBR ASNUM F08T OFFICE DIRECTORY. The P. O. will ho opened for business from H A. M. to 6.MO 1*. M. The Money Order Department will be opened for business from 0 A. M. to 4 P. M. The Northern and Southern mails will both close promptly at 1 P. M. Any inattention or irregularities should be reported promptly to the J'. M. J. C. JIUNTKK, P. M. Wc .Must Colled. Of course everybody who rends the above c .on will say "old man (Stokes wants money." Well, then, everybody tells the plain, unvarnished truth. Oid man .Stokes docs want money, mid lie wants it bndly Rlitl nltl in nil St tikt'* inns/ huvr mntn u tiri'tlv 80011.* Wo have 6(M) subscribers in arrears, most of them for the current year, but a large number for from one to two years before, and the aggregate amount is very large to i/.t, and while it remains unpaid we are seriously crippled in our business. It does suem to us that a 111/ one who subscribes for a paper ought to be nble to pay the sural! amount charged for it in a year. We will make a liberal deduction to those who will pay all arrearages and renew for another year, between now and the loth of December. After that date we must charge full price, and shall try to collect what is then due through Trial Justices. ? Union Cotton Market. The market ?bio week has been somewhat brisker than last, with a slight advance on higher grades, and a decline on the lower qualities. .Sales o I'J bales : prices from SA (it, y 1 ? ?' tyzif Maj. A. 11. Wardlaw, President of Ihc National Dank, at Abbeville, died last I'ridtty. f! It A11A M SI'AltKS arc oiler: ng, for I lie next two weeks, special bargains in Millinery Hoods, Ladies Jackets, Wraps. Is;c. Don't fail to see them. ? There a heavy fall of snow at \sh?viUc and other parts of Wester North 'urolina Inst Thursday. 11*15"' To all our friends and pations we ivisli a morry Christmas and a happy and irosporoua New Year. The Times oflico will be open to all Hii/iny visitors and friends during next veok. Don't be afraid to call. f?i>'" Nothing definite from the Legisla urc concerning any important measure bcbro it, except that the Sonate accepts the /lemsou bequest, uuder the House bill. C*e'y- We regret to slate that >lr. Samuel I. llay was stricken down with a stroke of analysis last Wednesday, and is now lying 11 a very critical condition at his residenoe. President Cleveland line sent to the innate I ho name of J. C. Hunter, the presnt ctlicienl Postmaster nt this place, for reappointment. Br'/U To-iuorrow, I'll ml is the shortest day I f the year. When the days begin to lengthen Tli e no Id basins to strengthen." ? D^Tt? There are more Santa ?'.'1?mis licaduirtors in I'nion this year, than at iany iristiuas season before. ? . ?.. . /ttl |> IO'1'M \ w? C t liliJ I * ? 11 i? i??i .?i.\' ? \ui'o.? i ikivu UMT i ?> u tmlred elegant Christmas Cards, from ?">c. i ?2 AO. 'I'lli-< is just one-half of what ^cye^oods^imuanyjx^ tfuf" The supply bill now before the l.eg-lature levies a lax of lb V mills in Union 'ounly as follows : Slate 0 mills, educaianal, 2 mills: County 3.1 mills. ami ft special ax of "> mills, for pist Indebtedness ami .uilding bridges. - ? -? ? If you have a notion to buy, FLY NX has Motions to sell. - ? Ccay" Last week tho Town Council ordered ill the fruit and candy stands that were so Mnspicuous upon the sidewalks of main tireet to he removed, and now the}* are * inspieuotis only in the windows of stores, tnd one is in a "hole in the wall.'' z> Vou can have a high time at FLYNN'S, l.ut no high pi ires, - p-.Y" Mr. K. A. 1!. 1'ai ham line been appointed the Agont *t this place for the c?!?" Mated Kcnnesaw Flouring mills. forinerl.v represented hy that "Prince of Fellow*,-' Pol. <\ F. luL Mr. I'arhniu is also agent lor a large Fincm e*tuhlislnnent, ami lias .'10,(100 lbs of line Paeon on hand, for sale at car load prices. t ill at <iAItPillTT'S, leader?Fine French Candy. An assortment of !!*? kinds for 'J';0 per ll?. U will co-t you IOcIs per pound clsevi here. o X.-..-Y' It will be good news to our readers who arts interested in the building of the Augusta 1 >ivision of the C. road to learn that the company have determined to build the road from Angus.a to the mni^ line at Finch's, notwithstanding the decision of tho Supreme Court invalidating the township bonds. If that report is true wc luj o all the citizens along the lino will extend to the company nil the aid and encouragement in their power. Let us put no obstacles in the way, by ?*ortl or dee I, uiu on ino ?-;Miir:irvt .01 11s nearmy oncer and enthusiastically la-lp the company ly very means within our power. They'ro ridiculous. FI.VXN'S low prices. They're wonderful: KLYNVsJ bij; bargains Charley Wltliorspnon. a colored man, wusarrested here Wednesday morning, on strong suspicion of being connected with stealing a bale of cotton from Mr. J. 11. Mintcr's gin house, at ,Se !alia, a night or two before. I'rom reports t.hat reach us, there was a while m in involved in the stealing and a negro, who owned a mule and wagon, or the white man owned the wagon and a horse, and I lie two joined teams and did the stealing. Whether Charley was directly implicated in stealing the cotton has not yet hcen shown conclusively : bu' .t is supios I tint lie ki.o.vs a great dial about it. jgJri) ' In accordance with a foolish custom in the South generally and in Union particularly, the employes in the Timbs office claim Christmas week as a holiday, consequently we shall be compelled to issue only half a sheet next week, and this we art compelled to do, to give the requisite number of issues for the legal advertisements. Now is tho time to buy cheap school books at F. U. TBJSFZER'8. .??. * . * To those few?end they are very few?who have responded to our call to make payments, wo return thanks, but so many have paid no attention to our request that our necessities huvs been but slightly relieved. We, however, still hope thoy will seethe error of their ways" and do better for us next month. If they don't, we shall turn them over as incorrigable sinners whom 1'eler will not recognizo when they get to the gates. X*u)? Last Tuesday, deputy U. S. Marshall, T. J. (freer, with assistants, captured a wsgon and team of inulos und about throe barrels of whiskey, about seven miles below here, near tho lato \V. Hughes' farm on Uroii"! Hirer. Tlio owners of tho wagon and whiskey undo thoir escape, but wa learn I lint one of tiieui was shot, while "on tho wing," l?y one of tho Marshall's posse. The name of llrysor. is on the wagon. C3/i.. A terrible difficulty occurrol last week in Kewpor Co Miss., between some white and colored people, in which, the rei ports say, some ten or twelve white ptin6>na?d'< were either killed or \vounded, by a party of negroes in ambush, but we hear of 110 negroes being injured. As usual in such cases, the reports nro conflicting, but from the accounts received, we aro inclined to think that ha*ty and unwarranted conduct on the pnrt of the white party brought on the fatal encounter, in which they were the greatest sufferers. Joe Jones, the evangelist, has been holding a series ol' meetings in Nicholson's 1U11 since last Friday. His followers have placed a hell in the large oak treo in rear of the building, and sinners arc called to the meeting by it, in regular first and second church bell style. lie always has "a full house," but whether he has made any convoriv have not heard, lie proposes (o eoutinue his meetings for somo days longer. From South-West Corner. Cross Kits L>co. 15.? It ia half past 8 , o'clock ; the old folks l-.atc retired for tho night. 1 ond littlo Tata Are the ojily ones up snd awako to enjoy tho warmth of the tire, that has almost burned down to a bed of bright shining coals. While 1 try with all my might to write a few lines for ytur valuable paper little Tate autiiecs himself by rolliug over and over trying to catch his tail. Ho was presented to me a few days since by Miss Mattio J. I.awson. The weather at present is cold and cloudy. The dear old moon strives to shine, but in vain.?Its shining face can only bo seen now nun then behind a heavy mass of clouds : but we hope to see her glide over a clear sky again soon. All out of doors is wrapped in solitude ; nothing breaks tho silence of night at this hour save tho distant yelp of an old hound, and .the solemn blast of a hunter's horn, as it .neals forth from behind the hills. '1 will be somo cotton to pick aud wheat tcr after Christinas, iu this neighborhood . \ _ . ^P^^an^xmutyon Christmas eve, aud one at railgetl s t reck i Imstmasclny. Mr. 1! I it or, yon see 1 have not th? h*ml v ol'n ready writer, like some of your weekly ^ correspondents, but 1 wish you a "niorry 1 Christmas" and I wish to lend a heart and ' hand to aid the work and to intorest your readers. 1 think every home in the couuty should hr-vo its county paper, and be prompt 1 to pny tor it. loo. ~ " ?*-?* H J Mr.. Kditor, I am a new pilgrim on life's journey, just entering the race that yau have inn. May your last days bo full of joy, and mine the same. Can Vox give Scripture proof that "Christ ever sung?" Keys. O ? - Those are trying times for FI.YNN. lie is trying to please everybody and Buccccding. Wtivr tub (Jiri.s Nkv.h.?Mrs. Chapin, in the letter which was published yesterday touches delicately but firmly on a question winch is receiving the careful intention cf many other thoughtful minds just now, and also makes very clear the ditlieulty that girls in South Carolina must have in obtaining employment, bo long us there is no thorough means for giving them an education in those callings which are at the same time most suitable for tliem nud can l?e made profitsbe to tliem. The whole subject is presented in a plain and practical light in (lie simple statement which Mrs. t hapin makes, that she receiver scores of letters from girls atking her to help them get situations as teachers, but when she could have obtained first-rate positions for bookkeepers, for instance, aha has had to supply the demand by sending ta an industrial college in a distant fc>tate, arid that South Carolina g lis are now neck* i II IT ll >1 it.! * v I i i ft In 11 Crtlln ' ? ait* I !m Ca mo Lrirt.l in a neighboring State. The interesting matter which is thug forcibly brought to nolit? again, of training young girls ho thit they slin'l be independent in life and not be compelled to regard marriage, on any terms, as the chief end of living, wi.l have particular attention from I ho Sunday News, and it is intended next Sunday to publish an iaip rtaYit letter upon the subject. Mennwbi'o Mrs. Chapin's communication will keep tlio watncii of the State thinking, and wi.l make the men put ? ii their considering c ips for the sake of their daughters, at least.?>'//?</ /// -\7m*. Rack Tuot'iu.i:s in B.ARNwrr.r,. ? Charleston. S. c. Bee 18.?Yesterday, at Black villa, 1). Dowitt, white, shot one Tyler, Colored?! I who had armed himself with a double-barrelled shotgun to kill Bewilt. Tylor had been suspected f killing a mule of Bowitt's in revenge for Hewitt having assisted a colored man with whom Tyler had a lawsuit. Tyler announced his intention to shoot Dew tt on sight. The shooting took place in the reel of the town. Thero is .some excitement in the same County on account of tho disappes'ance of j Kohert Morris, white. Ilo is supposed to I have been murdered by a band of negross who made threats against hi? brother. This br tbor and another had g sic olf for assistmce itn i n iln ir return lliey found ltob erts coal, with a hole in it, and his gun, bn no trace of Robot t, flit New* in Santuc. Mb. Editob,?Our fine spell of fair weather is broken; broken when we most desire fair weather in which to complete the operation of cotton picking, and to finish the general farm work before the holiday* are upab us. s lam now "rainbound" and sitting by my tabW musing over how I can best spend my Cli Mimas, a^A wondering how others will spe^0PPf4^r:r^,for myself, 1 anticipate baring a'No I time, providence permitting. On. tk.t I i ?a?.1? -u: culea on ma, or to bring forth any unpleasant commentsfrom the law abiding and christian ladies and gentlemen; nor one that I will he ashamed to look back oti.asonc full of whiskey drinking and debauchery. It is true that crops are very short, aud one has to enjoy himself in an economical manner, as pertains to the s j ending of money to eeoure pleasure. But what is the use of one staying secluded at home in a state of moodiness, because of hard times, trying tbeir level best to make them harder still by whining and wbitnperiug over them, like u little child crying for a bifurcated sweet-cake and then say that there is no pleasure on the farm, and "1 am going to rjuit the farm, ?10 ",u vny, w 11 ere 1 can go wncri 1 please, and can go calling every night, if 1 wieh it," etc., Thoro will be two Christmas troes in this vicinity?one at Gilliam's Chapel (Methodist) on Monday, "4th, at " P. M., and the Salem Simd?f School is going to have one on nigUt, wh en thq members ma so- 1 iug^^QL?? make every oue present, and especially the little Sunday echool scholars, enjoy themselves to their hearts content, and to make the Utile children look 011 the occasion us a long-to-be-rcmeuiberod event. As 1 tin a member of this School, I extend to you, Mr. Editor, a cordial invitation to come down on that night, for thcro are going to be a great many young ladies present. I know you are an Old man, but I do not think you would object to lookiug on tli0 fair aud the beautiful. 1 know 1 will not, if 1 should live to become old, unlets I chango mightily. I will also oxtend the invitation to aii ot the Times correspondents and employees, and especially to the young unmarried ones, who do not object to riding a long way for a little harmless fun and auausoincut. And, too, they might meet their "fate;" if they have not already met it. We would like to have "Seaton," of Joncsville, to ccme down and see the ''gal -t k 4- i- ?l ?* ? * ? ui u?r?uvjr iii'to, iic migni. oe persuaueu lo etn5?~ftwhile,'and to swap n Jonesville girl for one here. You know a fair swap is no stealing. 1 firmly believe that cupid is gotting iu some telling work bote, fer occa?ieaslly some "fellow" or "fellowe" come in bero and stay a short while, and is then gone again, but is always fortunate enough to leave a winsome smile on somebody's face. Now no one bas told mo tbat any one is going to leave here, but I have entered into a contract with my eyes aud cars t? take in all these things, and to report to me when convenient. Now I had better stop telling on folks, or they might put a little explosive under uio and semi uic towards the azure vault of heaven with such astonishing rapidity as to make me loose my breath, or tfe ma We iny reception so cold as to cause ma to think au earthquake had lauded nio a few thousand miles nearer Spitzbergon's frozen shores. In my last piece I wrote of my thought of going deer" huntinJ'.T'" tl )unud bjr mOTurmt to ! ' 'L? ' 1 flt-TOfoie I bar# been thinking it over, and I i lave come to the conclusion that it would be | , irudent to lot "deer" hunting alone nn<l urn my attention to hunting a "flower." >ome tuny say that flowers don't bloom in the 1 vinter; but 1 know I hero are some cvorolooming. They arc tho precious ones. , Jirls like to hunt flowers, so docs E. W. J. If your heart is bigger than your purse, come aud see FLVNN.and he'll fix th0 goods I.ast Friday night hai seeing the performance of tho Southern Musical Comody Company, iu Wood's Hall, in Gafl'ney City. Tho first scene was a burlesque, on Dr. Tanner's forty days fasting The consulting physicians wore Drs. Jones. Bellaire and Brown: the latter was a negro, so also was the patient. The abnormal condition of tho abdominal regions of tlie patient was sufficient to impress the speci.vor with tho idea that forty day? fasting had done but little to assuage it. This, as well as most of the other scenes, were intsrapcrsed with side-splitting laughter. It is uto le-s for us to attempt to describe the scenes: rvr nunc uui i?>uici9 r?i;i iir?>u it C.IHI1C? l<? 8co them for themselves. Tlic phantasmagorias! scsnos were splendid, particularly the sinking of the Amcrioan Trador l.y the Chinese Junk, where tho American rami of war comes to the rescue ami sinks tho Junk. Yankee-doodle was victorious. 'Ihe largo hall was filled with spectators and for two hours enjoyed themselves hugely. To-day look* as if the good weather was at an end, and farm work will hang up for the time being. Our neighbors who ham f finished sowing wheat inay not get through ?certainly not soon. This week's labors ends cur journalistic labors for this year. How far \r# have succeed or how completely we have tailed we leave thej generous readers to judge for themselves. Wishing our readers a merry Christinas aud a happy new year, we are mo9t respectfully, Vox. Personals. Mr. and Mrs. W. i>. Hew ley have gone to Anderson to attend the marriage of Mr. Hew ley'a sister, Miss Nellie, to Dr. l'rior on, of that place. Dr. If. K. .^Cntti has returned home from ; llf PHW, 11J re Dental College, and will spend ; lis Christmas in dear old Union. Mrs. L. f. Dorroh and tw\> children, of Dotvdi, Laurens Couaty. will spend the Christmas with her paronts, Mr. a id Mrs. T. M. Whiteside. Mr. J. T. Mo>re, who has been mulling a flourishing school at H; ticks Lis come home for tho holilaf. Mr. W C. (lallagher, tho excellent i' ?,?- t togra; her who was with its list year, Ins returned, and is now uiruiu4 out > mo ; beautiful photos. J Mr. F. M. (iago after spr:: ]m-- "sonie time with his pareti's hero. I? :t li-t week. II" will join hi< w.fo andcl-i' i. ri ji.ivannn i, and then return to th-ii I: Luk o.ville, lia. . I V v I J From Kivcrsido Joe. Mb. Editor.?Christinas holidays nrc upon ds once again, and I fear tint very ' few can say they arc belter ofT now than 8 one year ago ; a multitude are, if possible, in more destitute circumstances. If there was less loafibgand hooting at this season of the year, and more diligence in the matter of making up compost, stopping washes, &c., the "halanco sheet" would show up better at Ibo winding up of the year's businese. How many farmers in Union County know the advantages of a well kept account of all expenses duriug thcycar, showing tho resources, losses and gaius in a year's transactions? This would not he an easy jeb for one not posted in bookkeeping, but most any ono can keep an account of the expenses of a crop, and compare it with the sales, or worth of such crop or crops. It is not the amount made that makes ono rich, but what he saves. A colored man in this county gives us the following as his year's work : lie works a cron on shares with Mr. 11 _ umbos ono and a half Lutes cotton on a one-horse farm, 1 pays out in full and twenty-five dollars on hack indebted nets. llow is this for lilfeli, c in tlio way of frugality, in this case, cotton -s being the only moneyed crop. ' If farmers would take the advico of a 1 successful business man known to every ' farmer in the county, who says : "always ' calculate on half a crop, and that at half 11 {.rice, then keep expenses inside of these fijjiir?"." iln-r? woitM bo Molid prosperity and money on every liaud. How many farmers iu tlio county can say 1 they aro out of debt, and have enough cash 1' to run them lor one year? Let not all v speak at uiice. It were l>cttcr to take the ' ndvice of Horace tirecly and live on parched 1 corn one year at least, than he always a c slave to the merchants. It's very easy to 11 give advice, hut to lake it is quite another u thing. v ileforo the formers of this county een re- f alize any permanent success they must go c to work and improve their wornout lands. ' David Dicksou was right when lie said, v there was no tuoucy in wording poor land, f Ouc of tho most intelligent farmers we 11 know of, makes it a rqlo not to plant cotton 1 two years in succession, on the samo ground. v Wc refer to the lion. Ilayno McMeckin, of ? Monticello, Fail field Co. This gentleman 11 tells us lie plants everything in the hill?r corn, cotton, sorghum, &o., and says this 0 plan of cultivation saves half the expense 1 of hoeing, and may be followed, except on ' very sleep hill lands. v Ilev. J. K. Covington preaclicl to the o t'l'hillipians" at the Mt. Tabor school house o on Saturday last, from Luke 13; 21th verso. 11 ro. Covington's exposition of the suhjoct h was clear, forcahlc, and to the point. Him. h C. has been called to preach in another part of the Lord's vineyard, and we regie! r very much having to givo hint up. | c Wesley Cliapol and Jnnesvillc circuit at j h larire are clad to have their na?tnr rotom ! h to this work. Jone.,villc circuit made she I: best financial showing of any church in t the Spartanburg District. j oh. c - o - ? For Bargains in Dry floods, Xo'ions. Milliucrv, t milling, Hats. Shoes, Jeans. ?Vo., go to tilvAIIAM & SPARKS' ( heap Cash K Store. hi Oootl Railroad News From Black's. 1 iie at t ent ton ot ot: r cit at an uarl>* liuue il.Tz'?o'-itf!]?"?7Jn/f ./ /run " ' -?'y- "f ? 'waai(ii?U i'r JMffir^TiiTiia 1 hands anl at eleven o'clock ' ' ' It1 [he laying of the track of the three Cs Hail- j road from Hickory drove to 15'ack's wa* j w completed. During tho laying of tho ins: ; few rails the Cherokee Brass Hand of tips ' 11 [dace rendered admirably some selections !: chosen for tho occasion, an l by that time a i large concourse of citiz ms, both male and ' :l female had nsscmhled to witness the driving j *' of the last spike. The signal was then eehoe I a to the surrounding country by the explosion 0 of dynamite cartridges. Tho roa 1 lias only ^ been surfaced to a point tivo euiles this side w of Hickory drove, but the remaining eight c tuiie? will tie surfaced in the next two weeks l' so, according to contract passouger trains 0 will bo running regularly upon the rood by j * tho 1st of January next. I 1' I am glad to report tint the authorities of ! l< the Three C's railroad company have dec;- ! ? led to build the Augusta Division deep ts | 1? the recent dcc'isiou of the Supreme Court !' with reference t > the county bonds, and have 5 instructed L:en. J. (<. l.lack, ouo of their j agents at litis place, to t nrehase the grit ling | 1 of the ('. K. a; \V. vailr< ad. which wnufitiishel t>y that company from Angus i ti N-tv- 1 berry ly way of I'. Igolield <i!. In lluild- 0 ing the \ugustu l>ivi>i >n the Tore? ("a road | will extend tho road from t!ie latter place to j 1 New'>erry leaving cut IMgtdicll. I'mm ! Newberry the ro-ol wil extend to I'liion, i thence to Mack's. M. ; ? *' ii lli)i,(i)A\ t?11'IS.?The big-rest tdiovv (j and ni<>?t ttsi fill j results for least to o.ey can he had At . T. ft. IJAll.llY'S. *' A Fiuiit Ni:au Kocntaix Inn.?lack hoi- . lis. a very well known homo trader -f this county, is very dnngeron ly find pr ' ably 1 fatally injured fr an a light near I'oitaiain Inn on .Mom!ay ti'glit, in which several par- > tits tvero engage 1. i'rom the neeituit-, which reach lit ro .lame - Walker nml l.u lis i vera warping mats. an 1 .i!"t r they 'i . i excliapsvl with each other \Y:i!k<r jioo i-c I '' l.o'lis til' stoning a waiticoal from Lim. To is il was iloaiol: aiiil Wicker wont nil' an i return- .6 e I wi'ii his 81 11 1 iv.mImvi by ilie n of Martin ami I'm llollnml. 'i'!:c row v. is renewed. and l.nllis struck ?ne ol' tlic men * for insulting hint. Then. nu.'itrdin *.i tlio k information, all of tin* men jn>? ? v I no .a -* l.ollis nit I v. hin; - I h':u severely, n-ing sticks, rook* an l other thing* in tho fight.^ A physician was summoned ami pronounicd ,;s I."His' condition very serious.?Cintnci.'ic 'y"ts' U . 4, . - I . r.i.ooi'snt n i.\ Cot itt.? Nasiivil'e Tmiii.-i/-. December 1> \ s; re si t.. the AmcricifiT f m .lackson, l\nti.s?ys: Dura: air ii i r - K?nuire I'.mi: . in the It'lii disiiict tiiis toiiniy yctcrdny, over a settlcuie-.t t~?twevti I?>ni In-own an l a cr?l ?ro?l familS- j nan not Hicks, \\ i 1 Hicks rros--'|tii>iti?iiei ; M ivs 1'anoio Drown in rather an abrupt 0 manner, and lie was t.,'.| by her hmttici T"iu In be nn>re cnret'ui. "11:?* nc'.rorpp". d with nn oath nod ktmckol Drown <1 nvr <> In r negroes an I 1' to D wn, a l.olhov ^ if I'oin, joint'.I .n a ji'.uril fight. . ti i llrown cut on.' 0'' i w i negrt wi i. - ... ifi ami s'ahlic I the m a Ii > ?\V Hit ,s a t It ! throat. ! ill Dl'oA'll 1. * orsih u )' a.*! hadlyr ii p. At a mint t o grin Witt -'iriii I., Yhci s in .. 1. t\c :s. ], incut and there ia dan^ir oi lurlher tr< ubia b Interesting Letter Frcir. Texas. Uaii.ly, Tex. Dec. Ili?To-day we send lie Tim as twy dollars to pay fir n year's sub- I criptiou to same. \V? are always glad to ;et the Times, but it has net been coming egularly cf late. Having to travel si far t will buy; a strong wrapper upon it to nake llio trip. In our communication to the Times some lirce months ago wo were somewhat uifetaken ns to the exact state of the ottou crop of North Texas. We tliea eportcd it short, but it is much shorter han we supposed it was. The crop this iressnt year is unprecedented; the like has icver been known horc. Merchants and armors alike had about conioto tho conoluion that it was almost impossible for a failire iu crops, and especially in the crop of ottou, conse<piM|t1y the farmers went iu lebt promiscuously, to the banks for money o improve their farms, to (lie Merchants for applies, etc., having paid out tolerably veil until last winter, when many came out n debt, tho merchants carrying them over, is a rule. They bought as heavily this year is tluy did iu former yeais. The planters, iwing to a very short crop th;s season, f ild to pay the merchants enough in many instances to relieve them of the heavy burdens ney arc currying, so tunny iiavu succumb?!I <> the pressure mid "closed up shop.*' light tit ins ill tiiia county (Funuiu,) have atle I already, ami llicre are nuiueroiis fiilires in all parts of this .State, ami notably in lott t Texas. Air. lid i tor. i lie to wgtalmoet i panic here his.fall, among business men. They did tot realize, nor ?ii?l the farmers, until very ate, that lite if p was so short as it rctliy ras, ntul nearly every merchant bought itrgely, expecting tin immense trade during lie fall and winter. They were not only derived in that, hut have failed to collect suficieul to pay oil' their iiidcbtoduc*. Matty f the moneyed merchants fearing that it rculd be a dillicult ituitler to pay for their aland winter purchases, out of tho proeeds of sales this winter, advertised early in heseason to sell their entire stock "at cost," illicit were sold actually at lnv ftigtiros; in act nt such low figures that merchants have lot, in ntany cases, paid their expenses since he ao-cal led cost sales began. That, togetIter, litli the failure to"ollccl old accounts and ccouuts for tiie present year, havo caused so tatty failures. Times fire truly squally here, from a merantilc standpoint. Many people are going Ve*t, into the "l'nnhandlo country" and he diou.li-slrickcn district of Texas, front i hence so many ctutc only two years tince, 11 account of dry weather. The present cidue is caused by t .0 much rain here. And Again, Mr. ilditor, there is on the itutntc books if lis:- fhatc a law which so isiiy j C 'l'lo in other Jitutjs tpplaild *.s the ui/uninn L011 if 11 of all Testis laws, which in eahty is the greatest curse to so many hotist people, in that it shields rascals, while lonoraMe 111011 | ay hotiorab c debts, regard:si of the j anacea, so c dled?the home head r.w. it reserves more for married men ban mcst men have in th s State. It is a urse instead of a Messing, and nearly all ;onl people admit it. A credit system with lie present homestead law i.s an injury to ood citizens, because they indirectly pay irgcly the risk? thai arc taken on scoundrels w i t .tjIa.'uere tail to see wherein the good is. here is no statute 1 i\v that makes a man: ut it is a law of nature that does that groat otk. It is a fact beyond peradventure, that :atiy colored people her.', who perhaps knew otlr ng of the lii'tiu's'e u.l lasoft ho fhato, y dint of perseverance an 1 industry, im.vo ccumuhkted iiics properties. w.io pay their el ti 10 a dollar, and their notes for $!,til)0 ltd $o,Utl<) would he v/uvih !<>Q cents .. ll.? ,l,.;i?.. ..1 K.,..bu ...? noivn. Of couts?, (hero sir a many rhile men who come to 'J'exns and l?oDiue independent nud acquire much more man the Jaw allows them, but many others loak ftiemse'.ves with this hoiucslcul law n t don't J ay anything they can get cut of vying: an i we cuncluds that it is a mo tit > the African, unci anything hut credits!.lo 0 the white man that this Kate of things ex t, namely, that the tie'ro will j ay his debt# egaril ess of the law, while .-o toiny whites hiel.l themselves under the law. 'I he h.uli.is Morninj A'<r < t mctintc ago, in iinnn lit it.g iijon the t cnioi;rt runes i f a tilth t'arolina dctt; era tie Cettniy Chairman, u.-t after the olecti' ii, i retarded the acts f democrats in *,eiv Vork City, sai I : ,(A ; >iitii C-vr I lia ilcu.oo. alio ch lirinan <; .j.j lie v'if'l f Nat i ti.ai , - :i;i 1 wants n .'thug more t, i'.i with i*. II . wan;-: t> give lie republicans iho 1' 1 ?r-a! oHiccs iti feu iviide, iti . x . i n go for ate h'ovoreiJJtvty a domestic :?ll/iir . This idea might do to 1 A it i I'atnniany, but it is, after a'.!, on' / r > ila'r / *,- 'i-t / t- rt >n. it i*. net > iVMirr llio i!?i'i?n hilt mr?rf'!v v,--iviinSn.T et lie rc-lcpj;! vtfe undfr pr.-iia: J t> r*n,t rt11i ny. ' Wo think this '> j.n ciikimi cut at otith Citrolius. hc<" inn s':<* nri'l liC? J c??ht ro > j ir.yn! i tnni' n ns Tssv?. C 1. Ahir-r Tnj 1 r. ' o 1 t!.i Texas 'n'o ('i] ' !. will! c: rv ?. tb* ivp0 i: .[ ?'!f. i(" r'^t1 > !'; ifi t ;c lrt I! 1 iti<<ift 1st rift 1! o an I it . Cirtttll of the &??*> " 'i in rot. ; in T x is JI^Trr- ' Ti >v. in i!. extent ?.f .(> /(I.!?.; > v.it'-t. ami j? < -< i:it. the? Ik it) I : ? insert * c I i.t S uthci :i lr> itintion, :i n y "fitrorr i in Tost". k conv r.. .t 4to*\i?i,) :i". t it? ili tri' t t'onrt, ft: i tcnm<Slu v(;,v.t iiii]'iia. nmciit, aa tut actiiwu' it t'lc > ? - filiation nf Sheriff-aleci, ft* urtil, !>'' i fttnrii- rtMintr, ut li! ?.? m.i I. - -t? V'j?" . a litt'o -.voi- r.Tv-nv Rjro. A rlioy/T ?$ri\it< i f thon tassinntioii publj^Utra 77 ftt that t t?:o. (\ - 4iriiti<l i'l'-ti'- . \viii ln'1 > in n!! r>:irts T l iii >11 ( tititv t".r iitc tivxf . ? *liiy?t, ftinl li"?rj i iitngii ; ?\ i f liiitl i : > their m|; if . t: i i.-nit my prices before buy it ? ! it n- fin tjilt from ')' u ?iiJ ;t r . . ' ? i ! i. \! u. :?r ;< . ? 9 i i. it . i'- ; 1 ' t it' ly 5:i ii P tor ; i i tii,.: 1 i it. Si: ' 1 'i ' i ti .i if nr . 'fifl. 'I lit" iVi tu: il sv 111 t t"v, i|t i heir econiin^ chronic. ??I I - ^p??? I I OlIlTTJAltY UDCKNELL?Died, nt Osceola. Ark.. Oof. ~8ib. Butier B. Becknell, a^ed :51 yeafa." He w is n native of Union Cowu'y, S. C., a men U-r of i lie Methodist church, an J a strong adherent to the Temperance cause. He eras an honest man, and was beloved by all who knew hiin. MITCIIKL?Died, at tho residence of her son-in-law, Mr. Charles .Sims, Nov, 27t&V*^g 1888, Mrs. Mary Mitcliel, who wee born y in Chester Disiriot, 8. C., Maroh 23d, 1830.ln early life she removed to the State of Alabama and completed her. eduoation at tho Institution at Newborn, rftad where ahe united with tho Baptist Church, at the age m of 14, and remained a cohslsteat until her death. She return yd to Carolina and married Union District, who, ae a call ant soldicr^J win billed at the seoond Mwtlo o." and left her with a r?m>ly gf small children. She engaged in teaching, and succeeded in raising and educating her children. She was one of tho busy workers of the world, doing always her duty with active and cheorful heart. She was an earnest And devoted follower of tho Saviour. The higher elements of her nature were so fully developed that she commanded the love andrespect of nil who know her. Her children and pupils rise up and call her blessed. She is gone, hut not forgotten. We mourn ber loss, nut not as those who have no hope. * List of Letters. Remaining in the l'ost Offico nt Union S. C. for the week ending Dec. loth 1888 unclaimed. . , Cureton Iter A C J lies Mr J J I'M wards Mr J \V .liles Mr.I earns Can It M .1 Keen Mr W J (Jage Felix l.indley Mr A II .liles Nancy . jNorman Mr Dan k iPalmer Mr Edward Persons tallin*' for the abovo letters will pious? say they arc advertised, and will be required to pay one cent for their delivery .1. C. HUNTER, P. M. * REPORT OF TH?GONDITIO?4 OF Til K Merchants' & Planters' IN A Tit) N A li A. ]\I? or L^ION, SOUTH CAROLINA, At in the State o f South Carolina, \ at the c'o.'Wk/^businc.n, December 12th, 18S8. \ Loans and di-r-nntn Overdrafts, secured ana unsecured 1,454 20 U. S. Bonds to f^rcuro circulation 15,000 00 Other stocks, bonds & mortgages .11,202 60 Due from approved reserve ag'Is 63,197 14 Due froni other National Ranks 2.784 68 Real estate, furniture and fixtures 2.900 00 Current expenses and taxes paid 2.2GI 31 Rills of other Ranks 150 00 Fractional paper currency, nickels an l cents..... ?... GO 82 Specie 15,203 20 Legal tender notes 11,395 00 Redemption fund with U. S.Treasurer. (5 per ct of circulation) G75 00 Due from U. S. Treasurer, oilier than 6 per ct. redemption fund. - 4,000 00 Total $275,031 19 LIABILITIES Capital stock paid in 09,000 00 Surplus fmul 30,009 00 Undivided profits 22,558 18 National Bank notes outstanding ld,5y^B^fcMl Dividends Total $275,031 19 Statu or Surra Cwtot.tw, Corxrv or Union, ss f 1, George Monro, ('asliior of tlie aliovo named Bank, do solemnly swear that the above 't it'oa nt is true to the best of my J knowledge and Belief J GEOBGE MUNUO, Cashier. I Subscribe I and sworn to 1 cforc me this M l mh day of December. 1SS.S B r ) GEO II. OETZEL, flj I srai. I Notary Public. ^B Conut.rr?Attest : B. It. WALLACE. } WB A. II. FOSI'EK, - Di rectors*^BJ Goss. ) .A. iiuXi tou's X pro pert vJ^^^^HB^^SBHMB^HBI coaiino .c the folio wing \,\,v. *v . lay otlieeiU Union C. II., . J uiuary, I t'.1, to thentli. (Vl ;r'?B uT. dotiday nttornom, J Tih. __ t Cro i Key.'.Tuc lay, Jan. 8th. > Mintcr's .'-tore, Wednesday forenoon, January 1'lh. t.iu-lira Hill, Thursday forenoon. January I (Hit. Pi a Dam, Uriduy, January 11th. Santiie. Saturday. Januarv l'Jtli. I ib .r, M?cj?lay, Ji?iiMi?ry I Itii. KeUoti, Twosii-iy, January 15th, nnd Wednr Tty foreiiit.ui, January 10th. Ki'tiilrirh's Store, 'Vi' Iik - 113* afiornoon, J.imi'try Idth. 4)ou< tursJ iy, ' inunry 17th. Wilkin viHe, 1 thiay and Satur ley, Jauuary 1 tli and 1 *'th. I1 \ 1 >Mvillo. Mon 'ay, .Inn. - I Tiin' cc Til - day fienoon, .faii^HSj Ac ir y, 'i'ii2 l-.y aficrtio.ui, .I nt. 2 J rid. r.n l Wv'.iip- lay I'orcn >011. Jiut. '.h I. Jor.i v !l'.', Wv Itti-s lny .vtern-t.in, Jno^| 23J, art ! Thursday* .hm. 21th. V,\ si . piir f. iVnlty forenoon, Jan.2o^^HH .Cderoine, 1'ri-In/ afternoon, Jan. 2ot)^HS8 CiM Saturday forenoon, tin.v y For fallalf ftJTfV- ^^h^J i ' ten fifty yJ+W v^Jty is inllieted i y t!io law. \ JB All n-.'.o citizens hetween (ho a4.s nn.I 50 arc lull 10 a poll tax. mast H j. in li , h,^HUH > will ho mado Dee 1 ace allies tiio application ^HHQH lor M MM i M&QBjl