The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, December 21, 1888, Image 2
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,
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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
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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
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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. (\
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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 ;< .
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i i. it . i'- ; 1
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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.
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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
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