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& 1*^8rEiTiiic* Yolcako Fovhd.?Birming- 1
Imb, Ala., Jan. 24.?For (wo month* men
hive b?n tunneling Red Mountain, two
b milbe from thla city, the object being I# allow
(ho passage of water from (ho Catawba
Sim to Birmiorbam. From (bo north
fa > heading the tunnel baa been completed a
R ' " distance of throe hundred foot. A few day*
ago the workmen atruok a care. Thia waa
eon paooed, leaving amall opoaiogo on eaoh
aide of (ho tunnel. One day laai week an
immense amount of dirt end rock from above
oavod in, completely filling the tunnel for n
distance of fifty feet.
When this had keen cleared away the
workmen found themselves in the centre of
a large rock-walled room. The cave on the
left of the tunnel remained unchanged, but
the opening on the right band extended until
it waa about fifty feet in length and fifteen
feet high. Some of the men started to
explore the cave. After a few winding passeres
thev cam* taan itumenne oneninor the I
descent of which was almost perpendicular.
The passages leading to it wero carefully
examined. The walls were of solid rock,
with only a small crevice here and there.
At one place a spring of clear water was
found. When first discovered a bold stream
was flowing, but presently it ceased. After
an heur or two it began again. At the beginning
of these priodical spurts the water
is very cold, but it gets warmer and warmer
until towards the close it has attained
the boiling point, it smells like sulphur.
Hnge stones wer* rolled to the entrance
of the pit and pushed in, but nobody beard
them strike. An engineering expert, who
hse visited several extinet craters, and
whose knowledge of geology is not limited,
rays the eharecter of the rock and everything
about the place indicates that the tunnel
bas encountered a section of the dratcr
of a leng extinct volcano. The point where
the opening was found is 1,:?00 feet from the
north heeding of the tunnel and 400 feet
below the surface of the mountain.
Cakcer.?I am satisfied tbut Cancer is
hereditary in my family. My father died
of it, a sister of my mother died of it, and
my own sister died of it. My feelings may
be imagined, then, when the horrible disease
made its appearance on my aide. It was n
malignant Cancer, eating inwardly in such
a way that it cotdd not be cut out. Numerous
remedies were used for it, but the
Cancer grew steadily worse, until it seemed
that I was doemed to follow the others of the
family. 1 took Swift's Spccifio, which from
the first day, forced out the poison and
fiflllll""*'1 i'8 us* until I had takeh several
iioixR97niB)tirMaMMheapnal^gAmM^^Lnow
that S. 8. S. cured me.
Winston, rn. u., JNov. zu, i<8. Mbh. S. II.
Idol. ;
Hib Right I'as.?! bad arising en the inside
of my car, which grew so bad that the
flefh sloughed off. It was lanced?swelled
rglin and was lanced the sccotid time. I
fteet 8. 8. 8., which forced out the poisoa,
Ike discharge being copious. As soon as
the poison was elimennted the sore b<gan
healing, and in a short time was perfectly
well. 8. 8. 8. has cured tnc of the dangerouso
trouble which was thought to be
incurable. J. R. Bullock.
Greenwood, S. C., Oct. '<13, 1888.
Gkntlkmkk.?Knowing that you appreciate
voluntary testimonials, we take pleasure
in stating that one of our lady customers
has regained her health by the ufc of four
large bottles of your great remedy, after
having been an invnlid of several years.
Her trouble was extreme debility, caused
by a disease peculiar to her sex. Willis &
Co., Druggists.
Waco, Tex. May 9. 1888.
"Swirr's Srr.oiric is entirely a vegetable
rc.meilv. and is the only medicine which
permanently cures Scrofula, iiiouu
Cancer ahd Contagious Blood poieen. 8eud
for books on Blood and Skin Diseases, mailed
free. "
TIIE SWIFT SPECIFIC & CO.,
Drawer 3, Atlanta, Ga.
Niw Yobk Bankers in Bimbo.?New
York, January 20.?Henry T. Ives and
George 11. Staynor, Bankers, whose transactions
created such a stir soma lime ago,
were arrested tn-day on an ordor issued hy
Judge O'Brien, of the Supreme Court. The
complaint is based on their dealings with
the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Kailroad
Company. The Bail was fixed at $230,000.
Fsank It. Lawrence, counsel for the
company, in answer to a reporter's inquiry,
said:
"All I can say is that we, on behalf of
the railread compnn,', havo sued Ives and
Staynor for defrauding the company out of
$2,500,000. The Sheriff has been looking
for them for a few days, and was not. able to
place them till to-day. Judge O'brieu fixed
the bail in the oase at $250,000 each. It ie
hardly expected that bail will be forthcoming
on account of the large amount required,
and tho cliancea are that Ives and
Staynor will languish in Ludlow street jail
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only Fertilizer which has not advanced
in price this Reason is ''Long's
Prepared Chemicals," sold by
(FOSTER, WILKINS & CO.
3-2t.
t Paragraphic.
Tho Pope is seriously ill.
3The Berlin students arc at loggerheads
with the Emperor.
An unknown American has committed
suicide in London.
J. N. Garner, clerk of the Court for Darlington
County, died Sunday morning at
7 o'clock.
The street-car tie-up in Jlrooklyn still
continues. Lew York is threatened.
The Tretsury yesterday accepted $302,300
four and a half per ceat. bonds at 100.
((Secretary Fairchild is continuing his investigations
of fraudulent damage allowances
in New York.
At the trial of the pneumatic dynamite
gUtTit PtJTt~Lafayette, New York harbor,
Saturday, out of eight shots six hit the target.
The gua is regarded as having shown
remarkable accuracy.
K. Irving Lattimer, of Jackson, Mich, lias
been arrested for the atrocious murder of
his mother.
A female nurse at the Cooper Hospital in
Camden, N. J., wan murderously assaulted
Saturday by an unknown man who tried to
imitate the methods of Jack the Hipper.
A Woman's Discovkry.?'Another wondeiful
discovery has been made and that to,
by a lady iu this county. Disease fastened
i a clulchas upon her nnd for seven years
she withstood its severest tests, bat her vital
organs were underminedjand death seemed
imminent. For three months she coughed
incessantly and could not sleep, fcho
bought of us a bottle of Dr. King's New Discovery
for Consumption and was so much
ichcved on taking the first dose that she
slop* all night and with one bottle haa been
miraculously cured. Her name is Mrs.
Lin her Lutz. Thus write W. C. Hamrick k
t o . ' f flbeiby, N.C.?Get a free trial bottl?
free at J. W. Posey h Bra's.
Til*' Vkrdict Unanimous.?W. 1tsul7,
Diuggiet, Rippua Ind., testifies: 'I can recommend
Klectrio Bitters as the very best
remedy. Every bottle sold has given relief
in cveiy case. One roan took six bottles,
nnd was cured of Rheumatism of 10 years
H-ndii g.' Abraham Hare, druggist, Bellviu
'ii.in affirms: 'The best sellinir medi
cine 1 have ever handled in 20 years' experience,
is Ulcciric Bitters. Thousands
of ?thers have added their testimony, so
so thai the verdict is unar.lmons that Electric
itu ers do cure all >tiseases of the Liver
Kidneys or Blood. Only half a dollar a
bot'lo at J. W. I'osey & Bro'0,^p
k:
Efie IDecfify Ittion Hitm *
R.|M.iaTOKBfiC5:-^ - Editor ?
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SUBSCRIPTION, $200 PER ANNUM
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POST OFFICE DIRECTORY. "
| |The P. O. will be opened 'for business w.
from 8 A. M. to 6.30 P. M. " w
The Money Order Department will be ^
opened for business from 0 A. M. to 4 P. M. th
The Northern and Southern mails will w
both close promptly at IP. M. hi
Ann in.tl.niin. .. .kAntJ
"~J .rivgmwi. -..v- C.
be reported promptly to the P. M. C<
J. C. HUNTER, P. M.
THE PUBLISHER'S NOTICE. ?
Hereafter no "application for Homestead" ?
will be inserted unlees the fee, $3 is paid ^
in adranee. *n
We don't like to dim widows, end we f<
hare ten or twelve such eharges on onr er
books unpaid. c<
Another matter we would poet our readors
on. Obituary notices over ten linos o<
must be paid for se advertisements. In other
words for every one hundred words, after ?
the first one hundred we shall charge one ?
dollar. Count the words anAend the cash
wth the copy, to make sure of seeing it in v
the Timm. i
Union Cotton Market. ^
Had roads and limited supply of cotton
the post week. Sales 208 bales; prises from (
8 J @ 0 cents.
B?%? We are ploased to state that Dr. H. e
8. Beaty is mush better, and it is hoped he '
will be out in a few days. 4
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0QT* The Governor has appointed Dr. J. 1
F. Norman County commissioner in the
place of Capt. J. T. Douglass, resigned. (
BSU The late rains have made the roads ^
throughout the county almost impassable. ^
One farmer told ns that it was hard work g
^whta-tmn-mnlea to haul one bale of cotton
to town. *
The only Fertiliser which has not ad- '
vnnccd in price this season is "Long's
Prepared Chemicals," sold by i
FOSTER, WILK1NS & CO. ,
The first snow this winter fell hers
last Monday; but odIj just eneugh fell to
say "it snowed." Thecffort was like the
cotton Factory schcmo here, a perfect failure,
although at one time it looked as if we
were sure of a snow boom, but the boom did t
not come nearer than Spartanburg, where
the cotton Factory stopped. ,
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Messrs. Allen & Miller hare eold '
their brick Livery stable building to J. C.
Hunter & Son. The latter gentlemen will '
continue the Livery and 6ale business at the
old stand, and Messrs Allen It Miller have
1 rented the old Palmer stables, now known
jhe Rodger stable, and moved their business
to that ~ ->
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S6T In our notice of the marriage of I I
Mr. Wolling to Miss llice last week we I
stated that Ilishop Duncan performed the t
interesting ooremony, which was a mistake, i
It was Rev. S. A. Weber, the beloved Pastor
of the Methodist Church here, who tied the | i
fatal knot, and we venture to say it was as I 1
securely tied as if all the llishops in the I I
I worm nan periormcu idcjod. i
OS?* Rev. G. W" Painter, a Missionary of J
the Presbyterian Church to China, delivered
an interesting discourse to a large congre- ^
grtion last Sunday morning, also lectured to
the Sunday School in the afternoon, preached
at nignt and lectured again Monday night,
on the character, habits, religion, etc., of
the Chinese. His discourses were both entertaining
and instructive.
If we are not mistaken^B. Y.
MoAden, an account of whoee^^^h we
MflMstf* ' hfe-fc0kitfnftffg
and Union railroad some years ago. R. G.
Austell, died at Atlanta about five year*
ago ; W. II. Inman died at Tate Spring,
Tcnn., last August, and R. Y. McAden, the (
last of the trio, breathed his last is Charlotte
last Thursday.
The rend was leased for ninety-nine
years by the above named owners, some
years ago, to the "Clyde Syndicate," now '
known as the Richmond and Danvill* sya- c
tem of Railroads. ,\Ye never heard that 1
either Inman, Austell or McAden ever sold '
their interest in the road.
Mr. McAden had an insurance on his life
| of $110,000. '
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t&T A correspondent of the Charleston
World, over the signature of "R. D. A.," '
writing from Lawn in this County, thus '
states how and where the AlHeene c
of that region trill get their supplies this 4
year"* and the prices they will pay. The
prices will not astonish the merchants of this 1
town, we think. It will be no saving for a 1
man to borrow money to bay his supplies j
for cash, as tho cash and credit prioes 1
amount to the same thing. It is only thot,j
who can pay cash without borrowing will 1
receive the full share of benefit in tbo Alii "
ance contract with Messrs. Carve 11 & Co. 1
On last Friday ten ef our INorth I'acelet 1
Farmers' Alliances, in Union and Spartan- 4
burg, met State Kusiness Agont Lester at c
Uaffney City and made arrangements to c
trade with Messrs. Carroll & t,V, at Qaffoey
for the'present year, at the Tate of 6 per
cent, above cost for cash nod 15 per cent, i
on time; purchases to be made through the g
Stale Agent, and all bills sabjeet te his examination.
The concentration of 600 farmers' trade
with one firm will materially diminish tho c
saiea or a goodly number of other mer- ?
chants, still they con have more time to de- '
rote to pindera and the checker-board, and 4
your reporter can the more readily obtaia 0
interviews, ladoa with personal and general 8
abuse on the alow debt-payer and the far- *
mer who weara a clean shirt to town on ' }
business. i
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Bvcklkn's Arnica Sai.vk.?The IIist c
Salve in the world for Cute, Bruises, Bores, b
Ulcer-, Salt Rheum, Fever Sores, Tetter, ?
Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and all s
Skin Fruptions, an^l positively cures Piles tl
or no pay required. It ia guaranted to give A
Perfi ct satisfaction, or money refunded. oi
Price 25 cents per box. For sale by Posey ai
& Bro. {JfcFeb. 10, ly. al
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i lis Ms van T?wa Hall. ? ASM '
The Union correspondent of the Iftitt i
0 Courier tells os that the Town Council ?
> ?<"? ? ** towarda bulWinr n Town g
nil en la be negotiating for the brick, end' '*<
mid alio make us believe that the eitiaena' ^
nerally, enderte the prq}ect. y?
If that la no, we have been on re foil/ kept
the dark about it. The correspondent c
ya, in favoring the move: '
"The oouooil are alreadj negotiating for 5!
>1etr with which to build it. This building "
ill not only fill the wanlaof the people but *'
ill be en ornament to oar town. To abow w
it need of an opera house, the Granville- at
arner Comedy Company, after arriving ..
ire. found that they could not secure Niob
son's Opera. Hcnae, ao they secured tha J(
sort Ileuse." G
Well, if thepehple of Union arc willing
saddla themaelvea with a bended debt af I
>,000 or $8,000 for ornamenting the town, ^
ie finances and buainaas of the town aro ll
much bettor condition than "the citizens P:
inerally" believe. We, however, dare ta
iter our protest against it, until wa are c
mvinced that a Town Hall, Callabooaa,
id other eueh ornaments and lnxnriM will '
ontribute one dollar te the wealth, tha *
sineaa and general welfare of the commu- J
itw. or imnrova tha nracent danlorable ^
ondition of ear streets. 0
If the Uwd has $6,000 ar $8,000 to in- ^
tat, would it not bo more business-like to
nveet it in something that will bo likely ^
o have a market value, at par, pay divi>ende
and benefit the town, in business
iopalation, and every other rospeot, than
o spend it upon ornaments and for the
onvonienco of five or six strolling tlieatrial
companies that may wish to exhibit (
ierc every year, or to accommodate a few
arbulent spirits that the Town Marshall
lay be compelled to provide with a night's
odging occasionally f
Wo mfcst not forget that we havo $25,f f
XX) of railroad bonds, just in the same con- (
lition as the $10,000 Town Kail bonds are. )
eady to bo delivered and boar interest, ,
vhen the conditions upon whieh they were ]
.uthorircd are complied with, and the in- (
gJjj^w^bave^^bH^^ro^d^for by [tax a-.
tnd we believe thoy will be, and the 'Town' t
Rail bnilt, and $10,000 of bonds issued for ,
t, it wilt require an extra levy upon the (
ax payers of the town of $2,500 annually.
we *re all grumbling about htgb taxes now
ind ye(. even in the present depressed state
>f all bnsinesecs and all speeies ef proper- ,
ies, there ere some who advocate an inireaae
of taxation, not to inoreaae the busi- ,
less and population and enhance values of ,
ha properties of the town, but;to erect orna- (
nents and sncli conveniences as can well ,
io dispensed with; at any rate until the |
:> resent business outlook is brighter and
here is some actual aeed for them, or we ,
tan better afford to indulge in such luxuries
(?)
If the town ceunoil oan issue bonds for a
rown Ilall, it can issue bonds for a cotton
Factory, and if that honorable body is anxilessing
to the town, and place their names' "
foremost on the roll of ita?benefactors, let
Lhem head the list with a f20,000subsoripion
of town bends for a cotton Factory, and
tealonsly work for such an insitution.
The stock of the Clifton Factories is now
quoted nl 5140 @ ?150, and is in demandf
iut eannot be bought, while tho stook of ail
he other Factories in tho State is held at
learly the same price, and as anxiously
laught for by capitalists. Why should it not
jc bo with a Factory here ?
Aa ws have said before, a town tax on,
?20,000 at 7 per cent would be $1,400
ind in Are years at moat, the stook would
find ready purohasers at eay $1 25 per (hare,
or $25,000, and the premium would then
almost build a Town Hall andwipe out the
bonded debt; or the dividends from the
Factory stook, above the intorest on the
bonds, would more than pay the interest on
the amount necessary to build the Halt.
And above all that, our town would be
estate be in demand and eommand its true
ralue, and business of all kinds flourishing.
Give the town a Factory first, and the
>rnamental Town Flail will surely follow.
'Strictly Beninese," in the front, convenient
:cs and luxuries come surely afterwards.
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BP>L. If we had our will no railroad should
>e allowed to run its trnck across the street
>fanytownor city?particularly across a
nain or business street. It is not only vory
innoying but very dangerous, in obstructng
the street and frightening teams by the
)lowing of the engine whistle, the lettiug off
>f steam and the shifting of cars, which we
enow are all necessary at railroad depots,
rhc freight business of the S. U. & C, road
a now ao heavy that for the past week
!rom three to four trains are either at the
lepot together, or unload and receive freigh'
(very evening at the depot, just about the
ime our citisens are going home from bnslicss,
ladies out riding or walking, and are
lubject to the uncoQvenienee of being stop- '
>ed by cars standing on the track crossing '
Maiu strest. We do not intend to charge
he railroad or its employes with (any '
wrongdoing. They cannot well prevent the I
svil. The depot is too near Main street, '
ind a long train of cars reach far below the
itreet. All we ask is that when a train has
o stop at the depot over five minutes, to roleive
or unload freight, the cars be unloupled
and an opening, the full width of <
he street, be made for pedestrians nnd ve- '
licles to pass without uucoarenience or dan- j
;cr. I
Tijk Risino Savannah.?The Augusta j
orrespondent of the News and Courier, un- j
ler date of the 27th iust says : The heavy ,
aias that have fallen all this week are now ,
eiliog on the Savannah River. The bank ,
f the river has been lined all day with
pectators watching the steady rise of the
hreatening stream. At noon the river was
18 feet 9 iuches at the bridge, and was risng
at the rapid rate of 0 inches an hour. |
"here is not muoh fear, however of a repeti- '
ion of the September freshet. There is no '
ommunioation between Augusta aod Ham '
urg to-dny as the high river necessarily *
ompeis the ferry to be tied up. The rain
topped about 1 o'clock this morning, but t
lie day outside has boen disagreeable here, j
high wind is blowing, and the sun came
lit abont noon. The river at ft o'clock this A
Tternoon was 24 feet G inches, aod at a d
andstill. p
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Mr. Goran Black, of lh? Hone neighbored,
report* some good farm leg for lap*
?r Oa one-fourth of bo acre he made 60
Hone of molassea; he alio made on Lis form
!5 bushels of ooru end fire bales of ootton.
sighing MXMbs each, with a male that
elgbe 695 Ibe. He had to assist bin two
nail boys, aged 10 and 12 year* respec*
rely. He works what is known as the
>bn Clary place, on the head ifoforb of
ilky Creek.
The wheat and oats are spreading their
;reen carpets over the field. It ie probable
mt the warm epell he* given them an oppormity
to tnke root, that they may be better
repared for freeting weather yet to oonte.
Mrs "Vox is snffsring with a "bialevy"
agsr; won't sons kind old lady rseommtnd
obtdildotV 8he no oonfidsnoe in I
fisArd oil. The children and eats, eepeeiLly
"yallsr Tem," have to stand around,
lis presenoe in ths cook rosea and around
lie table ia no )Vndaa needed, ?hd to add t?
urdomestio ifcfolioil|Nrtcl Rod, Vhe'e outing
np, and it takes the wholefomily, with
lose Ann thrown la, to do tbe milking.
Our friend "Key?" is allright. We are no
lotting man, but will wager a pig to a pin
lor that he was raised by* good old mother,
rho took more pride in making her son
iseful than ornamental. '-Keys," the girl*
tare been reading and caucusing over that
est pieee you published in the T:mss.
Some of them think (though they harn't told
is so) thai a boy of that kind is a "benansa"
within himself. We have some good lookng
girls up here who might marry a good
ihanoe. They don't look upon those young
ly-up-the-ogeek, rese-oil-hoaded, upper-llp)earded,
shallow-brained fops as filling the
>ill. A man who will wash dishes, fry
neat, make coffee, etc., will win erary time.
Chey are ne fools, in the general aeoeptation
if that word.
The Editer will make his readers think
lYm" i? thr*q^neatMj6?f|" if
ut" man in this township He shouTon^1
ember that it takes something mora than
Judioial "tmarrin" and editorial blessing
to set things right.
Messrs. Cornwall, Jehn B. Free, and Terry
Estes gave us correct answers to the sheep
question. Mr. Qautt, of Kelton, is also cor- {
rect?20 sheep is the answer. We will be
glad if those answering will give full explanation
of the "whys" and "wherefores" in
their solutions of any question. I find
oonsiderable interest is taken in them 'by
those who are fond of such amusements, and
we hope to keep them interested. We giro
another and solicit answers, whioh, if oor.
rect, wo will aoknewledge.
A is 60 steps before B, and takes 9 steps
to B's 6; but 8 of B'e steps are equal to 7 "of
A's; how many Steps will eaeh take to be
together?
_Mr^ A. Q. Davis has J ant returned from a
oar B. C. friend? is doingwell. Mr. Gee.
W. Estes, who went west 6 jeer's ego, hee e
fine plantation, paid for, and has cotton unsold,
for whioh he is not needing the money.
He owes nobody anything?is independent.
Such mon as George Gates are not often met
with in Arkansas, or anywhore olse. He is
a farmer an* a worker. We need *a few
sneb as ho is in this oountry. When' he
left hero Union county lost one of its best
oiticens. Vox.
The contract made by the Allianp.es
of the upper part of Union and a portion
of Spartanburg counties, for supplies at 6
per oent advance on cost, for cash, seems
very moderate profit for the mereh&nt, and
would hardly pay for handling the goods;
but the merohants of this town oan "beat
that an hoUbw," The prices at whioh they;
aie selling goppHj^feCCMh, is more like
d^? *1?; ?f
one firm selling to some farmers 2,000lbs of
bacon at the paltry advance of 6 cents . on
lOOlbs; for cash. If the Alliance can do better
than that at Gaffoey, let us know it, ind
we'll promise that our merohants wll go five
oents better. And not only in bacon but
in almost all other farmers supplies the merchants
of Union have out down cash prices
io iMi man o par oeni above oo?t Aad
when yon buy lOOlbs you get lOOlbs, every
tine. .
A sufficient amount has been subscribed
te the capital stock of the cotton factory at
Winneboro to warrant organisation at once.
For this purpose a meeting is called for
January 81et, and as soon as the organization
is perfeete4> work will be commenced
at onoe. Over. $80,000 has been subsoribed
an the books, apd as some whe promised to
snbsofibe have tot yet done so, it is believed
that by the Uma of the meeting this-sum
will be cdnstdsswbly increased.
It required a subscription of $160,000,
ever two years ago, to start a Cotton Factory
at (Talon. It was that or no Factory,
and the outcome was "no Factory," '*! doorcase
te wealth, population aad business.
We are a plodding; honest, stay-at-home,
fer-eeeing people in Union, and we are all
getting rioh looking for "something to turn
ap" ^
riouDxaix fissions.?Charleston,
9. C.. Jan. 26.?'There is trouble in military
oirow amrm, it is announced mat Mineral
Hiiguonin hae reeigaed hi? command of
of the Fourth Brigade. The trouble, il la
aid, gft# out of the Greenville Encampment
last Summer. , It atoms that the- Ad.
intent Generals department has refaeed to
pay certain expenses eonneoled with' the
noampiMot of the brigade in Greenville
after tht order for payment had been eounteraigned
at the brigade headquarters.
Efforts are being made tcwpatph up the poet-,
ler, but without aueeess so for. Tbe./eelgra&Mfe
?f o,,"Mrr
S * ... .a. p- ,-.y ...
A Town Oot' o? Drrr.?The town of
Chester' dona not owe a dollar and haa
>lanty of money :jn the treeenry. A,debt.
dm neep nengiogOTef Ui?, town for ? long
tlrae, bnt It hu reeently boon wiped out enirely.
There I* probably not another town
n the State entirety not of debt ?Bulletin.
Tee there la. The town ef Union ie in
he name sound oonditfoo, and a Town
fall, a Steaaa Fire Engine, Eleotric Lights
nd other lnznriee and ooneenleneee are
anoinc befifct the qree of some of oar
Mfto, . i
Botes from Boosting Blaekeburg. ? |
M*. Eoitoa.?On last Wednesday martU k
ng, between the hop re of ekeve^nd twelflTW
' block, .the soul *1 one at the bright fiph
Wll. i, tk. Ok?r.k?. eek M.olU.k- Ik
1(4 flight to .the Spirit Land. The deceased he|
wss s bright youotf girl, " who.. bid herd)/. .no
paeeed the stage of childhood, being only sic
thirteen jeers of age. 8he was hi sehool Dc
an Thrsday, 17th, ioet., sppnrontlj sound w?
end well; but was euddenlj taken rerj 111 w?
qe'xt morning, and in five days wae no kn
more. Her funeral was presohed at the on
Presbyterian Church on Thursday last, by pr
iter. Mr. Cook, and lier remains, aooompa- ca
nied%by the family, were oarried to York- in
ville for interrflhnt. Wo deeply sympathise an
with the family in this serious loss of one na
of its mnmhin. I hi
We staled in our last ! communication that pi
several parties were anxious to make Blaoks- d<
burg their home, and this Is still the ease, ?c
but their ooming will be indefinite!/ delayed
on account of there not being a vacant ?c
dwelling in the plaoe. Those owning va
cant lots here could not spend their money ft
more judioiouely than by erecting upon p
them neat dwellings, whioh would soeu pay 0]
for themselves in the wiy of rents. After p,
being paid for, every dollar of rent would jj
be clear money. s<
A wreck ooonrred on the afternoon aooommodation
train of the Three Cs. railroad
the other day, in whioh three box ears i
were thrown from the traok, and badly
damaged. The passengers reoeived no further
injury than being slightly bruised.
The engine of the regular passenger jumped
the track the next day, but no one was injured.
Our worthy policeman, lfr. Adolphue
Smith, came very near getting into a very
serious difficulty Inst Saturday at the Three
C's depot. A negro whom he was about to
arrest, boarded the train whioh was just
leaving, but aeouring a firm grip upaa his
ankle, Mr. Smith suooesded in pulling him
from the oar. lie was surrounded in a
few minutes by sevon or eight negrses with
drawn spades, pioks, etc., but on coolly
plaolng the mussle of hi* pistol in several
sf their faoes, soon dispersed the rioters.
Poy_haa
eontrol of tbatcTftilten of The TLwt G'l.- "
between Camden and Blacksburg, and will
looate, so we are informod, a branch of
their railroad shops at this piece about ths
first of next mouth. They will open with a
(orce of about fifty hands.
Cant. Ramscur and his corns, who have
been encamped here for the pest two i
months will leave in a few days for Camdca 1
to survey the Three C's route from the let- I
ter place to Charleston, via Florcnoe. This i
flourishing place will then be conneoted <
with Charleston by two first-class roads,
the Three C's. and Atlantio Ceast Line.
* Col. John L. Black, who is working the <
Iron mince near here, shipped eighty tons
of the ore this week to Steeltoe, a manufacturing
point, abhut four miles from Harrisburg,
Pa. He is also shipping to Pulaski,
Tenn.
1 The surfaeiag of the Three Cs E. R.
between Hickory Grove and Blaoksburg
was finished through to the latter plaee
last Monday; and the sohedule has sinoe
been arranged bo as to make cooneetion
. withths Air Line, both ways. The southbound
passenger on the Air Line arrives
here at 2.30 and the northbound at 3.66
P. M. Two accommodation trains leave
dally for Camden?ono at 7 A. M , and the
'other at 6 o'olook, P. M. The regular passenger
leaves at 12 OR P. M.
The general appearance of Main Street
.has been much improved recently, by the
completion of Dr. Black's two brick storerooms.
One of them is now occupied by
Mr. B. A. Westbrook, a dry goods merchant,
and a bar and billiard saloon is kept in the
other. Blacksburg will open her third
barroom on Monday.
The weather has been very inclement
here for the past two or three days and is
' ?"?w the. -thermometer having indicated
summer heat ene day this week.
M.
m?
TatAsnan Taovs.?Philadelphia, Pa.,
January 27.?The wreck of the famous clip*
per ship Merrimae, whioh went down on
the New Jersoy coast twenty-one years ago,
has been disoovered near Townsend's inlet,
by Sotners Point wreckers, after years of
searoh and the expenditure of large sums
of money by many different companies and
private individvals. The Merrimae was one
of the old time liners, and cleared from
Liverpool in March, 1867, for Philadelphia,
consigned to Peter Wright & Sons. The
cargo consists mostly of silver bars, zinc and
other metals which water does not corrode.
Its value is plaeed at $160,000, and the
wreokers will endeavor to rcoover the metal
next summer.
An Unprovokkd Assault.,?Rock Hill,
January 0.?News reached this place early
this moraing of a horrible orime committed
at Catawba Junction, nine miles from this 1
plaoe. Last night between 10 and 11 o'clock i
Mr.' W. C. Abernathy, a prominent eititen
and merchant of this place, while in bis
store was struck on the head by some one
who knocked him senseless, fracturing,
his skull. Upon partially gaining consciousness
he managed to rernh his resi* t
dence, thirty yards distant, falling upon
the)piazza inseAsible, where he was found by
his wife. Suspieion rested on a negro, 1
Charles Sack, who has been arrested and I
lodged in jail. The wounded man'a mn. .
(1 li considered critical, ?u& Lis pujsi- (
cians have little hopes of his recovery. He
has never regained eonseioutness. The excitement
is intense.?Sunday Newt.
Vert Good roa OArrmv.?Gaffney, 8. C.,
Jan. 26.?Our town is enjoying aa unusual
rush of freight business just now; owing to 1
the Farmers Allianoe taking ths reins in
their own hands and ordering their goods
by the oarload. There seems Is be a die- 1
position on their part to do away with the '
old time style of aoiog business, and to take 1
the matter in their own hands. 1 learn 1
that they have appointed Carroll A Carpen- '
tor their agents for this portion of Spartanburg
and the upper .portion of Union
eounty, which represents abpul fifteen lodges 1
and about 70Q members.?Cor. OnenvUU '
Ntvt. 1
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Disiaai Amoho th JIoBflis.?Laurens, |
Jan. 24.?Th* disease commonly called <1
"blind staggers" seams to ba quit* prava- <
lent in thia community. Col. H. Y. Simp
aon baa loat thraa horses within tha laat t
month, two of tham balog blood ad colta, a 1
beautiful ?lira*-year old dy ng yaeterday.
Tha oauae of tha diaaaaa in thla partieolar
caaa aaema to have been tha ^feeding of in ?
ferior corn. d
gin operations to execute thorn It makes ?'
difference m to our colling or our profoo- W
>n, whothOr wo be Utrokaals, Lawyers, leisters,
Preachers, Ford on, or wkit not, 0,1
> eon noror sucosd in ooj business unless, wl
i giro it our time and tolont. If wo would
iow?nd protect our interest we must stud/ fo1
r business. Doctors should not use their ,c
notice to oppress nn/ close. - Lawyers 1/
nnot afford to waste their time and talent *?
hammering, down as/ other profession,
d what would be worse for the meiohant to b?
a the means in his power to oppress and 7?
ild down those who fhror him with their
btronage and for the Farmer to try to pull P'
>wn those of other callings would be w<
luellj as bad. H
As a matter of course, all these different
icupations or professions are dependent on ao
ech other for support. For instance, the ^
irmers a net, sometimes, of necessity em- m
loy a lawyer or a Dootor, eery often a mer- "
iiant, and some few times, on Thursdays, a 0,
reaoher is needed, and he is always wilng
to aooommodate if he does get badly "
tared now and then.
Mr. Editor, therein an eraoneoee'idea p
mong some people in this eonntry in regard ?
> the Alliance movement?that of orgaats- M
ig to break down the merobants. Let ns 01
orreot it by saying the Allianoe was only ?
rganized for self protection; and let me k
ay further, if there are any of this olaas 0
f people who expeot the Alliance to feed ^
nd clothe them, pay their washing hills, h
rive their pleasure carriages to their door, a
tc., they have made a miscalculation and d
oust got on another train; and may we al- *
rays be en hand to flag down any train that v
nay endanger a safe passage of the muoh c
alked of Allianoe. 8
One other thought in regard to the Far- r
ners movement: It is high time we were f
..tJ. iiL.A M ?- " s
jiuK miuo "UfQ&*isruiiDg ur niwi^ipcr- I
arming, theorising er guessing and reason- 1
ng out plans for other people to follow.. In- a1
itead of these, select from others experience ,
iuoh as will heat suit our ease end go to ex- 1
>ertmsnHc?'on 6hr own hook, not try to 1
latch aoma nnea theory carry it out to the ,
otter and fall, probably on acoount of the
tind of land, kind of seod or something <
ilea, then find the promised big inorease. is,
k failure and blamo the plan. We must *
sxeroise just a little common sense ef our own y
if it is net as sharp as some, and we will be
letter off and wiser too. Far fear of being
misunderstood we say, "strive to learn from
ill things" and not confine ourselves en- j
Lirely to theories in agricultural journals. |
Tell Vox, in answer to his question ' ? i
your issue of the 18th, we thiak the number '
of sheep bought with the $100 was 20. '
10,2. ]
Hews aroand"Helton.
Ksltok, Jan. 28.?flaws is aearoe in this l
vioinity. Rain, rain, rain, has been the <
order of the day with us, and has prevented I
the picking of the cotton left in the field,
and many farmers have tkhreby been ua (
able to meet their obligations as they would
have done. <
Many ef the farmers who did not finish 1
sowing wheat before the holidays have done
so since, but some have not finished yet. I
think, with the right kind of energy, every
farmer could get in his wheat in November
and December.
Oats sowed last Fall are looking fine. My
opinion is that every farmer should sow a
part of his oat crop in the Fall, and if they
get "winter killed" he can sow again in the
Spring. It gets the land in batter fix for
Spring sowing. So far, in this section, it
has been eo wet that but few have been
sowed yet. I would suggost that cotton
seed is the very best manure for Sprihg
oats, and is worth mors than 16 cents a
bushel so used. Orts is the most profitable
crop we can cultivate. After they "come
Off." b ?f P<as san.be mads on the
same land, and tie land will be improved nd in
better oonditiou for any crop than before.
I am glad to learn that the farmers are
making more manure at home than ever
before, This change for the better is beran
am aa m m arotal faotllloawa U a l
last year. From what I bear there will not
be much commereial fertilisers used around
Kelton this jsar.
My experience in farming is that 10 acres
of land, well prepared, with the same
amount of manure, will produce as much
as twenty acres under the present way of
cultivation. You have less land te go over,
and you would have more time to work
other crops, ditoh, or de other work.
The Alliance is in good working order '
at Kelton. They number 70 er 80. They
have been getting bids for supplies from
the nrerohants. They will do good for themselves
and others. We have good men in
it, and I hope they will impress upon the
members that economy must begin at home,
for we oare not how good a farmer a manmay
be, if he is extravagant, Idle, careless ,
about keeping his credit up and indifferent (
about paying his honest debts, the Alliance
will de him but little good. It won't feed '
tniffltAlkolil.. > << VI. V II- 'l
tain; and while It may help him te get hie
supplies a little cheaper, it will uet pay for
Lhetn.
Mr. A. A. Gault has been appointed Trial
Justice fer Pinokaey Township, in place of
D. D. Free, reeigsed- J. T. A.
Sad STonr or an Elopbmint.?Richmond
Va., Jan 20.?James Rountrce of
Manchester, received a telegram from Hamilton,
Canada, where bis brother Willie,
eho eloped recently with Minnie Griffin,
>ne of Richmond's handsomest girls, is dy?
ar ii. i?? i. ?> ?-?- ? >
v? j'mvmuivui?j iiv uwu V9 mii mi win* i
or cletbiog to buy food for himself and l
rife.? World. <
A not brr Railroad Horror.?Bar Aato- I
>io, Teiae, Jrb 29.?Now* bM reached hero f
?f a terrible accident to the west-bound <
>rmoogor train or the Southern Peeiflo jm> %
erday afternoon, near Plan crook bridge. I
k frolgnl train bod boon derailed, and ike
>eMonger irela wbijh bad stopped to ran- a
ler aaaistaaee wu ran into by a heavy u
reight train. A wrecking train with phy- a
loans wae sent on from bore last alght. The h
lumber of caaualiiee are not yet known.? g
World. a
?o? a
A. E. 8bnnnoii, of Oamdeo, yoongeet son a
f the late Col. IV. M. Shannon, died sad* a
inly m Camdenjoa Friday, of heart fitUart.
Ihhwin r?pai^r-Th* Fertilizer Trust
HiV litiroR. It-baa bo?m Sttggo<tol by
tfioar- ciipnttdMtitJjN, of Hirer
LU we ? otAt to tsjfcof oar failures
hpAmc* swjfc ourJ%?8,os to
Fro As e beacon light to others. I am of
iopinion. If we tell of oar failures and
icauses of them, wo might enable some
*or poof plodding former to eteer olear of ,
tor# we mode Our mistake, end profit '
erebj, without themeelTee having to pay
r the experiment. Experience is o dear ',!
beol, and eometiinos one has te pay dearfor
a single lesson. I know that I bare,
d I thought I would tell some causes ef
ilures wbloh have ooourred in this section,
liering that these reverses the last three
ars, hare brought farmers (o a stand.
In the first place, we did net, last year, -?
ant early enough. But that could not
ill be avoided, when the springivas so wot.
lie year we hope will be different. I have
and that early planted cotton, but not too
on?for there are extremes in ovorying?is
the best every time. It yields
ore good whltejooiton then the late planted
id not near so muoh yellow faulty oottcn.
nd it gives one a ohauoe to get it picked
it, ana. "chores" done before Christmas.
Another cause of the failure, was au ioiffioieooy
of hoe bauds.* We depended too
mob on fickle day labor, and then could
ot get it when the crop needed it- That
eve the grass n-ohanee te get A start, and j'- '
choke" the oolton, and when it was ho eft, ?
. was eat and flashed and the roote dag
at of the ground and left to sooroh in the
arching Bun for several days until the
lew could gel around to put dirt to it. Thai
iud of work oaused a quantity of it to die
ut, and the grass, being so large aud well
ooted, some of the cotton was pulled up
rith it, aud so muoh cut up by tho hoe
ands, in order to make time; leaving on an
erage only about a third of a stand. I
lo believe there were some fields with only
> fifth of a stand on them. Aud theu far- ^
nors expected to make a full crop on land'' 9
rith suolt stands. The cold wet spring ctso *
aused cotton to die out some, but the
;reater cause.was in tho working. If a farner
could have hands lo put tho crop in
iarly, they could have it hood out early, boere
the grass gets largo. Bat sometimes a
armor is compelled to pick up day hands
acre and there, to hoe, for they cannot nlvays
|get them for a whole year.' They
rant to "work about," so they can quit
vork and run about whenever they get tired
vlthout having lost time charged to them.
Ifou may think
* * However much he may bo laay,
Fou'll shame him to a senso of reatea. before
he quits your chamber door ?
'Sir, you say, have you no feeling? Do
you mean to live by#stcaling?
3r by werk and honest dealing? Tell me, .3
tell me, I implore:
Will you ever work for wages, as mankind
have done before?
Quoth the nigger nevermore.
Such cases ean be remedied somewhat, by
planting a smaller acreage of cotton, and
then ifit must be hoed by day labor it oan
ae hoed over earlier, and plowed oftener,
which will cause it to grow faster and put
an more fruit, aud make as much on the
imaller aoreage, as on the larger, with less
sxpenee and worry. I know I can make
more on .fifteen acros of cotton per plow,
than I can oa twenty, counting in the extra
labor it takes the extra five aoroe, and the
buying of the corn that could be mado on
them, with half the work it takes to make
the oetton, and then buying baoou the corn
would help to^nake. It would be better tn
only ten seres la cotton to tho horse,
and raise corn, onta, roughness, molasses ami- -.? w
peas, to holp make pork enough, and some
to spare, and only have to buy sugar and
soffee and have the eotion as reserve than to
plant twenty aores in ootten, and make a
half crop, and so little corn that it gets out
by February, and then take the half orop,
of ootton to buy corn and bacon, and borrow
money to buy sugar and coffee and to
have the crops worked.
As for our corn crop; that on the bottoms
was destroyed by the freshets, which no
nnn aaiiI/1 Kaln Kn# tkn nnlcn.1
wuv vwuivi U?IV| WW* *u? upiauu wau Tt 00
neglested and lost, in order to get into the
bottoms before it was too lats," consequently,
all was lost; and now the cry is
everywhere, "hard times"
"Tie the sigh that is wafted across the
troubled waves,
Tie the wail that is heard from the shore,
Tie a dirge that is murmured upon the
lowly farm,
Ob, hard times, come again no more."
I have found out another thing in rogard
to farming, that might be of benefit
to others. That is, when one plants early
corn it will not do te put off working it, but
It should be werked rapidly.' It will not
wait. The earlier the variety, the earlier
and oftener the >ork. One cause of the
failure of our upland corn was, that it was
not worked fast enough.
Now what makes the times seem still bar*
der to some, is tho advance in the price of < &
fertilisers, which will take a good many
hard earned dollars out of their pockets, for
they seem to think that they might ns well
try to live on corncob soup in January, aa
to try to make a cotton orop without com*
meroial fertilisers.* It seems ns if anoihor
"trust" has been formed. And It seems as
if the moneyed men have takea a spite at
the poor farmers, and are now putting all
the extra weight they can bring to t*car
upon us. Not only are they trying to
lighten tho screws on us, bat also to put on
jam nuts, to prevent us, if possible, from
jarring them loose, ao thkt we way be able
to run off the single ones. I suppose tbey
think US only slaves: but tho lnrirer nnrtinn
of lbs farmers can say ;
"Though poT?rty daily looks la at our doors,
We may be hungry, footioro and ill,
We can look the whole world ia the face and
?T?
If we're poor, we're gentlemen still."
Muoh m we hate Trusts, we regret very
much that the prioe of guano was not raised
sutof our reaob last season, I would have
been auoh better eff, for it did neb pay mo
last year, nor any ene else in thin section,
I am not writing this in opposition to the
use of eommeroial fertilizers; for I believe
Ihey will pay, if properly managed, in giving
the eotUn a vigorous start; hurrying it
?ut of the way of being cevercd u > with the
plows. I think a large quantity pays belter
than a small asasunt, if the crop is worked
>ut early. But if the orops are worked
like 1 have already said they were last year
in this vioinity, no amount will pay, not
iven stable manure, for it scarcely paid for "
he working, regardless of tho harvesting
hiu (iuuui|. . > uuu v ware uow niuu.i l( Will ^
my this yesr, ! don't expect to use it et an
idranoed p^ioe. Four or fire dollars per ton.'
s too otuch, when it is no better than it i< . . 3
Jefore I give the Trust men Ih it fire dollars,
hat they don't need near so much as i do.
inly to satisfy their insatiate greed, I will ...Kg*
(lee it to the heathen, to help'eonrert tUem, ^
iu! dot the men whs constitute tho tniai;
or no amount of money, nor education, n?rv.;; *1
lontaet with deeent people, will-erer conwrta
human bog ioto a toau. Ul such arc
he truete composed.
A>U& W9 WOO I KICK Up 100 l>lg A fllM, f( F it 4
say eventually prove ? blessing, ly making*
is depend mors on home-made fei tllizer.*, .
.ndk more judicious rotation of cr> p?, to St "
;nepnp the fenility *f the land. I not not tf
Tiering over this guano truet mv? I', hut f t>
m thlaking about thone poor felloes that *
tm'lpottibly do without it. I think Hie farters
could do withoot it one year, or at
tost, with one-half the usual amount.
E. W? J. fc ..j