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Wfr /- ***? Wr Local Editor * ^jCfPTlON, ?1 60 FMMr ANNUM ' Mr. J. C. Hosier loci a fini thoro?|hknd brood mare, valued el Mjil . 91.000, last Monday night, from colic. . You can't afford to do without some of thoe< boantiftU cabinet pboU>* mad* *LfUU*^P2i' Don't forgot that the Union Countj Sunday School Convention will meet at Nea Hope charoh next Tuesday and Wednesday the 20th and 21st. SB_ ThA AnmiiU (Wl... A?I w..!? I i_i AO/1UU1 UUllU" ? ing was destroyed by fire at noon last Sun. day. The fifty-fire litjle inmates were all eared without injury to any ouc of them, A large part of the furniture was eared, with ail the carpets and a greater part of the raluable library. 99" We regret to announce the death ol Mrs. Cornelia Pridinorc, wife of Mr. George G. Pridmore, at Gaffney City, which occurred'Auguet 3d, 188U. Mrs. Pridmore was an estimable lady, and she will be greatly missed in the community where she lired. She 1 cures a deroted husband and two children, one an infant only n few hours old, to mourn lier sad death. 99" Some weeks ago we expressed a hope that a Cotton Seed Oil Refinery would be established at some suitable point in this State, and since then the project has been fully discussed and its necessity made so apparent that it has been put in practical shape, by enterprising capitalists and mill owners of North and South Carolina, who held a convention at Charlotte last week and determined to establish a Cotton Oil Refinery either in Columbia or Charleston. 99" Our friend Bewley comes to the front and on top?of these troublous Timks, and invitM all th? iwinl* nf 1 - r?r-- ? ?* V???V .. _ call lit hit hardware store and see what a nrr i mSam m u n wonderfully low prices. Mr. Bewley has got things down to the sharp point of a tack and up to the siss of the biggest cooking store, and can please all classes and conditions of people. Don't be afraid to call on him; he will.trcat you like a prince. Our subscription list is on a hoc in, and we intend astonishing our subscribers at the commencement of our next volume, by the improremcnts we shall then make in the Tut is. We sincerely tliank our friends in the country for the substantial interest they are taking in the welfare of the Times, and do assure them that their work is appreciated by us. Krery new subscriber is so much toward (be enlargement and general improvement of the paper. IQh. A duel was fought at Cedar Bluff, Ala.^ last?Sat iwltyWwean Mr. Patrick 4 Calhoun, of Atlanta, Geo., and Mr. John D. Williamson president of the Chattanooga, Home and Columbus railroad; The Governors of Georgia and Alabama did what they oould to prevent the duel, but the dueling party eluded the vigllanoe of tbo officers, and selecting a secluded place ' in the woods near Cedar Bluff, the seconds marked off ten paces, and the principals took their positions. Mr. Williamson's second, counted three and gave the command to fire. Mr. Williamson fired five shots. Mr. Calhoun fired only one. None of the shots drew blood. Mr. Calhoun, then asked Mr. Williamson if he would unconditionally withdraw the insulting epithets he had applied to h'un on Thursday in Atlanta. Mr. Williamson replied that k<e would not. Mr. Calhonn aftsr talking to hio second, repeated the question. Mr. Will jams Calhoun to ma (Williamson's) oharacter and veracity Mr. Calhoun agreed to this, and fired hie four remaining shots into the air. The duelliste arrived in Rome at night about 9 o'clock The Code Duello was perfectly observed in every respect. ? You should see how nicely Gallagher'i Photo Gallery is being fitted up. 32-2t. - FireLast Friday morning about 3 o'clock, Mr. C. L. Allen discovered that liis kitchen was on fire, lie immediately gave the alarm, hut before assistance could be had the flames extended to the dwelling and before they could be arrested the building was totally destroyed. After assistance came all of the furniture and household goods were taken out, but much damaged. The kitchen furniture was entirely destroyed. The afternoon before the fire Mrs. Allen had a colored man to clean out the stove, and it is supposed that he put the ashes in awooden box, and left them in it on the floor, and some live coals set fire to the box and caused the fire. The property was insured; but while Mr. Allen did not lose any furniture, the loss is pretty heavy on him in many other respects. He has the sympathy of the entire community. ? A German Village Destroyed.?Berlin, Aug. 12.?A fire broke out .Saturday in Bachaenburg, Waldeck, and burned until to-day. The village was entirely destroyed. Tim Killing at lanrorn.?Laurens Aug 8.?The following particulars of the killing of Lanford, telegraphed you yester day, are given. i.anioru is the agent at Lanford's Station on llie Greenwood & Spartanburg railroad, ul*o a irerchnnt at that point. Langaton wan a neighboring farmer. The parties were friendly and both highly reapectakle people. Lanford learned that Langaton bad made statements injurious to tbe character of his young unmarried daughter, and meeting Langston naked an azplanation. The interview closed and an hour or so afterwards the parties met at tbe stora of Sullivan k Milane. Langaton called Lanford aside and the altercation was renewed. Angry words ensued resulting in a tight. Langaton using a stave of timber and lanford a pistol, two sbots taking effect upon the side of Langstoo, of wbicli wounds lie died in about forty minutes. Lanford came to town and surrendered ta the Sheriff.?Greenville Newt. Try I'osey'e New Brand Cigars?'.'She"' and Josteco?at I'oaey a Drug Store. IMT-Tr- M MM Union Aa It If* 1 It vm truly mmusing to hear the colored Odd Fellows from the lower counties oi the State, who attended the meeting of the Grand Lodge laet week, tell of the personal fears they had when Union was selected a which to hold the annual meeting of 1889. One of them said to us, 'Union has a ' hard name in my county; and I just expected that we should hare considerable ' trouble with the white people before we left; for we were led to believe that it was a drunken, rowdy town, where it was danger, ous for a strange negro to walk the streets." ' -.?.????, -ovu ue left, "I cannot tell - you how agreeably disappointed we have r been. I have attended three annual mcetr ings of the Lodge, in as many towns, and, r Mr. Editor, we have never been treated as kindly, or received as many courtesies as we have from the white people af Union at our present meeting, and we will all leave you . feeling that Union is ono of the prettiest [ and healthiest towns in the State, and her citizens arc the most enlightened, unpreju, diced, hospitable and moral people in South i Carolina." A Inrtvft nitmlw*** Af tUa ? ? ? 5W uuuiwi vi uic uciugavvo inuua uu t us just before leaving, and expressed themselves much in the same way, assuring us that they had never been in a town of this size where there was more order observed, less drunkenness and a higher regard for 1 the rights of all classes and conditions of its citizens. It is always plaaaani to liaar auoh kind 1 words spoken of tha community in which we live, even by transient visitors, but mora especially when years of residence enables us to corroborate every word of praise uttered. Yes, Union is a model town, so far as health, beauty, intelligence, and a high sense of honor among its citizens can make it a desirable place for residence and bush ( ness ; and sometimes we think it would bo a pity to break up its present peace and order by introducing such clcmonts as a Cotton Factory, Seed Oil Mill or new Railroad to break the monotony, attract new citizens 1 ami create a bustle among the business men of the place. A few days ago a letter appeared in 3 ?fc?1/i?tMaafcl?aail Charleston daily papers, i from onc w. T. narnaro, addressed to the Secretary of State ef South ; Carolina, from which we extract the following : As the representative of a syndicate of New York and German capitalists, who are investing largely in an extensive and costly plant for the production of aluminum (pure ?uu ia uie iorm 01 alloys) by modern electrolyticnl processes, Invented abroad, but also patented in this couutry, and whioh call for very heavy mechanical power, I am seeking for a location combining proximity to water or cheap (i c., competitive) rail transportation to the seaboard, with an available water power of at least 6,000-horse power, (not less than 4,000-horsc power at extreme low water.) with minimum liability to serious iuicrruptiou or damage by floods. A power obtained from a high fall, rather than from a great volume of water, and fed from a wooded country, preferred. A site of at least twenty acres is required, and as the plant, (composed principally of powerful dynamos and electrio orucibles, very Mtlynf onnatruciinn.) would bq SCriauslv in- | jured by exposure to water, It is a mattor of primo importance that the site shall not be subjected to the slightest danger from overflow. When we read the letter our thoughts immediately turned to Lock hart Shoals, in this County, os probably presenting as many of the requirements for such an establishment as any water power in the oountry. Unfortunately, the location of this magnificent water power is loo far from water or railroad tranportation, while the roads to ;< ... r? --? V UIO IUU lU^CU IU1 v T IU tU|iilDligiD to think of utilizing it. Should an outlet by railroad bo built to Lockburts, or rcry near it, its splendid power would not long be allowed to run to wi^yil but we would soon see New ApiilJjllljpjff^fiSj^^^G^thousands of industrious, thrifty citizens and full of I enterprises of all kinds. Wf>* were in hope that the 3 C's road would 1 run olose to it; and we still think if that branch is ever built, one of tVe greatest inducements will be the development of the grand and never failing water power of Lockhart Shoals, with plenty of cheap and ' fertile lands around it to invite capital and a large thrifty population. The Colored Odd Fellows. Last week our town was quite lively by the addition of about 150 colored strangers , attending the annual meeting of the Grand Lodge of I. 0. O. F. In another column will be found a report of such of the proceedings as is proper to be , made public, furnished by the Grand Sccl retary, W. II. Rutherford. j On Thursday t lie Lodge formed in procession and marched to Rico's grove, where , they listened to able addrcssos from some of their members ; after which they marched through the principal streets, preceded by , music from the Yorkville Brass Band. In their handsome Regalias and the remarkably fine personal appearance of the members, the procession was <juite an im! -posing cortege. A more gentlemanly and orderly body of men never visited Union. During the four days of stay among us, we did not hear of the slightest act of disorder or uni^casantness among themselves ; and as to fneir outward deportment that was unexceptional, and commanded the respect of overybody. Death of Miss Fora MoNally. It is our sad duty this week to announce the deuth of Miss Nora McNally, daughter of the lamented Thomas McNally, wliich sud event occurred last Saturday evening, August 10., nt 0 o'clock, in the ltith year ofhor age. Miss Nora hud been in bad health since early lout Spring, from n severe cold contracted in April, and her untimely death has cost a gloom over licr many personal friends and | the community at large, who loved her for her many aininblc traits of character. The death of .Miss Nora is the third one of her classmates since the close of the Clifford Seminary in June, and although the , other two did not live here tlio no less sad, and should deeply impress us all with the truth that "while in the midst of life I wo are ill tlenth.'' The I'crcavcl family Imve the sympathy of the entire community j in their etui atllictiou. Horn* Again. Aftar a vaoation of thraa weeks. tha Loaalj la home again, at work to aaaka up for laat Una. Time not loot* however, in pleasure, but loot in tha business duties of Ufa, for wa enjoyed our vacation far bayond Kir "most sanguina expectation." Our visit to tha Paa Daa section of tba State, attending tha meeting of tha Orand Division of tha Sana of Temperaooe, at Carteraville, was a vary pleasant onpindeed, and wa regret that apaoa will not permit us to give our readers as full an aooount of _UU nobs mfomr Imj Carolina as we would like; but suffice it to say, that it is considered the prettiest and most proliflo section of the Palmetto Stale. The people are intelligent, prosperous, and hospitable, and are happy under the inspiring prospects of splendid <jfopa. During our absenos we visited the Agri. cultural department at Columbia, and we suggest to all who visit that city to make it a point to visit that Department for we assure them they will be well paid for the time spent in going through it. Weallshould, as far as possible, mako ourselves acquainted with the various produots of our State and the Agricultural Department at Columbia is the place provided by the State, for the deposit of all articles of the Mineral, Vegetable, Piscatorial and Apiary kingdoms, together with the other produots of the State. Upon our return from the lower portion ?/ tk* aui*, ?<?!? < ynfllwl u|hiii u1 h join him in a trip to our native County , Laurens, where for ten days we enjoyed the hospitalities of the good people of that good old County, meeting many old friends, and forming many new and very pleasant acquaintances, to whom we return many thanks for the kindness shown us during our sojourn among them. It was with a greitdealof reluctance that we parted with them and turned eur face homeward ; but duty oalled us, espe( oially after rendimr the laat issue of the Tium. in which the Senior called us the "Silent Evangelist." Then our consoience smote us for we thought of the old adage, '-charity should begin at home," and we were aware of the fact that if silent evangelistic work is needed anywhere it is in the Editorial sanctum of a newspaper, where all things are seen ? el*" lavkty:. as was very wMsat when the Editor of the Laurensvillc Jlerala said the Senior Editor of the Times is belter looking than the local. Well, we would like to|say that the Editors of the Times and lltrah arc both good looking men, but being a "Silent Evangelist," we are constrained to preserve the good namo of our calling and speak the truth, so we will bo true to our oolors and keep silent on that point. We mado a short visit to Laurens village, and fell proud at seeing the good old town show such unmistakable evidences, of prosperity aud business animation. A Cotton Factory and a Cotton Seed Oil Mali are assured enterprises there, and the people gencrally havo caught the infection of progress ? ? -j uuu>umiuu mm * number (f small enterprises are determined upon as soon as the Factory and Oil Mill buildings are coram inced. Fikk Fidrk Baooinq.?Wilmington, N. C., August 8.?It te understood that large capitalists arc here and represented to incorporate the American Pine Fibre Com. pany, with ample capital to produoe pine fibre bagging for covering cottou bales, on a very large scale. Ureal improvements have been made of late in this new industry, and the promoters arc now shipping pine bogging daily into various sections of the cotton belt for tho purpose of introducing the new product, which it is claimed solve the bagging question for. th^if#^ planters of the South, the exactions of the |',cm ?' It y com^inat,on. ^^^plPRrusnow, that with cotton and J?J^flibre bagging, the cotton planters may be pretty well heeled to successfully fight the jute trust. There is considerable doubt whether the cotton bagging mills can turn out sufficient covering for this year's crop ; but if the Pine Fibre Company can produce enough to make up the deficiency, if there ahould'be any, we think it would be the true polioy of the Alliances, and the merchants, to order Pine-fibro bigging. If the Alliances should find themselves short ol cotton bagging, the merchants could supplj them with pine fibre bagging as au acceptable compromise or assistance in their effort to defeat the jute combination. At any rate the Alliances could not object to any merchant's offering pine-fibre bagging for sale. Special to UDlon Times. A Masonic Picnic. Cross Keys, S. C. Aug. 14th 1880. Eutob Union Time*.?On Saturday, 10th inst. Cross Keys Lodge No. 187 A. F. M. held a regular communication in the Masonic Hall. The time for meeting was 10 o'clock A. M., but by 0 o'clock the buggies and wagons filled with members of the lodge and their families began to assemble. It was understood beforehand that we were to here a Lodge Pionic. Well the regular busioesa of the Lodge was gone through with in harmony. It'ght Worshipful Brother Thoa. H. Gore, D. D. G. Master presiding. A goodly number of the wives and daughters were anxiously waiting for their turn at Masonry, eo the Presiding officer closed the Masonic, Lodge in due form, and |he Tyler was instructed to admit the ladies; and as many as were entitled to receive the Eastern Star Degree marohed in. with those who had previously been regularly initiated, and you may rest assured that Masonic iiall was well filled. H. W. Bro. Gore in regular form opened tbo "Ladies Lodge" and proceeded to administer the usual pledgo to the anxious candidates, and then proceeded with the lecture, and acquitting himself with honor and to the entire satisfaction of all present. We could but feel proud of our once Hough Ashlar, who has in so short n time proved himself a polished workman, that neeJeth not to be ashamed that he is now tho Itnth part of a mo:;', worshipful Grand Master of Masons. The lodge olosod, nud all hands repaired to the grove at the school house to find aui enjoy a beautiful supply of eplendidlv Drenared refreshments. All Wora ??!! filled and plenty left for a hundred more, if they had been there. W. 8. Gkeoory, Scto'y. An Electric IMsastkr.?Richmond, Vn., August 1.?About 12.80 A. Al. a storm broke over this city, during which the city railway atables, located just without the city limits, in tho west end, wero struck by lightning. The buildings took fire, the flames spread rapidly, and before aid ar rived the entire structure was consumed, and sixty mules and horses were burned op. Seven street cars were also destroyed. Tha YtUeU HnbJb. .L ~ Pgr some vwi tha papers hate been filled with ezciiiac aedeuntsaboot a contest of betweenthe Steitfiof Fafeney Waalaand South A1 Carolina, upoa Ui tjffolelllriii of Qoreroor lUuhairdv^ aptiuomHTer for tha body at of a oolered man katttd Yeldell, who was fo p wanted In thla Sal%. under iadietment in th Edgefield County I far the murder of Ju. S. tb Blank wet I, * daring viol, la Tha was unknown ob ' to tha authorHlce Of tHip State until a few be weeks ago, when ha waa Identified at Pitta- he k.u T>? * <? - --- ' vu>g, > ., wu.raw pa??u p/ me nnme 01 to Rev. J. Flemoa, a llaplist minister. The m proper papers sire thereupon issued end th pieced in the hells of two deputy Sheriffs, pt who went to PUtmurg for him. No sooner is did the officers e: rite in that city end their re errand was mad< known, then e general n< howl went up fro a the colored people end pi their polilioa! eili^ there?prominent among fo them being Rev. C( W. Clinton, who will hi be remembered hapastor of the A. M. E. in Zoia obnroh in this town lest year?and ai every effort msAqto prevent the return of o1 Yeldell to this S|a|A. It was an opportunity for opening a gentral fire of abuse all along Be the Republican Hoe against the people and ? officials of South taroina, and they made an at infamous use of k ' Notwithstanding all this, ^Governor Ilea- 01 ver recognised the constitutional right of di South Carolina had delivered. the body of m - v?W?Uue4te!egajiy ??? ?, oka, M accoropanie3h>y OoUdSchols, Yeldell's law- ic yer, brought him spfely to this State and d< lodged him in jail. J tfa The Edgefield C<pirt being in session Yel- ki dell via placed 09 trial under an indict- li ment for murder,I on Friday last; but en- ai countering some trouble la drawing the jury, gi the taking of testimony did not commence w until Saturday. We will here state that the n< jury was composed of some of the best men m in the county, ami a fair trial was thereby Bi guaranteed the prisoner. th The testimony tgainst the prisoner was so at 1 very conflicting aid doubtful that the defense pat ap no wtsoesses, and after eloquent ai spseohes on hot If sides, and an able charge 01 from Jadge Fresiey, the case was given to pi the jury at 0 o'clock, and a verdict of not Bj guilty was rendered at 9.27. The sardiot waa quite satisfactory to the * i people of Edgefield generally, but it "greatly H aggravated the intense feeling of Blaekwell's friends in the Dark Corner. Some were 1 outspoken, other* whispered. There was plenty of rumor, tyi* little fact. It was discovered after midnight that sentinels w had been posted on the road leading out of town and placed in a corn field back of the w jail in order to intoroept Yeldell in case he should least shelter." ^ There was ovidantlv an intamtinn tn was. ? - W lay Yeldel), but tl<? officers, aided by the C railroad authorities, very adroitly oiroum. N rented all the pl^na for suoh lawlessness, * and landed him, iith his lawyers, all under ft a strong guard, id Columbia on Sunday, and tl that night Yeldelli and Mr. Echols took the at train for Pittsburg. 7 Q1 We hope the result of this trial will haro a jj tendency to oonvioee the intelligent and un- pi i ynjutlu?t tk^.Nn?4h tl man can get a fair Jfial in 8ouih Carolina aud his person and| rights are protected by Q( the whito citizens ?f the 8tate. D For our part, we feel that we oannot too m sirongiy couimeaunhe conduct oi the oueru^ni of Edgefield and all who aided a preserving the peak U and upholdlD^yw^M . he sute fi Personals. a Miss Joeie Kershaw, of Camdeu, is on a )! visit to the family of >Ir. J. K. Young. Prof. B. F. Bailey, of Beeufort, paid his friends in Union a visit this week. We p are pleased to learn that Prof. Baily is meet. " ing with the high succecss his talents en- ^ title him to. t * Mr. 1). D. Culp. of Atlanta, is visiting relatives here. We aro always glad to U shake hands with Bennie, for he is a great favorite with us, aod we aro pleased to bear he is prospering. . j, Miss Sallie Allan, of Charleston, is visit- e< ' ing Mr. W. A. Nicholson and family. P1 Miss Mary Csntwell, after a pleasant ?' visit to Mr. James Grant and family, re- ri turned to her home in Columbia last week. Miss Ilobson, of Charleston, is visiting 61 her sister, Mrs. MeDermid. Mrs. Geo. II. Oelsel and Miss Mamie ? Oetrel, have returned from New York ac- si oompanied by their sister. Miss Carrie c< Oelzcl, of Urooklyn. Mrs. W. If. Miller, son and daughter, w have gone to Morristown, Teuu., oa a t< visit to relai ires. 'r Mrs. Moore, of Charleston, is visiting her (i parents, Iter, and Mrs. 8. A. Weber. bi Mrs. 11. W. Harris has returned from an tli i extended visit to her mother, Mrs. Nancy Ray, at Huntington, Laurens County. Mrs. John L. Weber, of Charleston, is a, visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John L. o( Young. ? Mr. J L. 8. Hill, of Okalona, Miss., is J on a visit to relatives and friends here. We a, are pleased to see Mr. Hill looking so hale and hearty. S> Mrs. 8. A. Strlngfellow, and Mrs. Sallie m S. Walker, nee Miss Sallie Stringfellow, and |M a little daughter, of Fort Russell, Wyoming, ai are visiting her relatives Mrs. A. E. Arthur di and family. '9 Miss Pauline Arthur has gone to Colum- C1 bia, on a visit to relatives. tfa Mrs. C. T. Murphy und Miss Hetty Mur- >s phyare visiting friends in ths Meadow- is woods. th Mrs. Jae- Allan and her son Richard, have ^ returned to Cbnrlaston, after a visit of atsw week* to w. a. nioaoit>on and family. Misses Eva and Florie Bucliheit, of Florence, are visiting relatives here. Mrs. C. A. Buehbeit and children, of Flortnoe, r ma n '"|| i I relatives at Fi this place.- ' fo Mi . John Kcnheibm and wife, and Mrs. u. Q. )!. Jurs, of Charleston, arc visiting friends here. '* Mrs. J. F. MeMaatar, of Winnsboro, is visiting hor parents, 4 Mr. and Mrs. H. M. ti> Rice. cc Mr. L. N. Rodger and wife, of Columbia, . are visiting their patfeats here. Messrs. James R, Hunter and Win. 8. McLure have returned from the mountains, bt Cant n k lUll...k ..S kl II-L-J v?|r>" V. it. Hiviiu^u ??u<? mn ?ttyiupi 19 IITU wife, net Miss Agnes Hill, and the Misaes St. Amend, nil of Charleston, are flailing Mra. vMcIIugb'a mother, relatifcs and rOfl ftlenda. o & , ? r Hebron AWanoe Final*. The Local bad the pleasure tag! Friday attending theplcnic given by the Hebron llianoe.at Hebron Churob. To say that it ?h n pleesant eooasloa id a auooevs would bat feebly express It, r we oaa truthfully nay it wee one of e' moot pleaeent piooios we hove ever had e pleasure of attending. Rev. M. D. Kelly, County Lecturer, ad'essed the Allienoe and visitors .on the >|rcta end aims of the Allianoe, which we ilieve are juat and right, and we most Mtrtily endorse the motto, "equal rights all, special privileges to none." It is a istaken idea into which many have fallen, at the Farmers Altianoe ia opposed to any irticular class, or industry, for the decla xion or principle*, as we hoard thorn iad, does not oppose any particular bust* 583, industry or enterprise, bnt Is simply 'oteotire, which is legitimate and right, r we hold that each and every business is a right to protect itself against all liquitous trusts and combinations, whioh re becoming so common and powerful all ror the world. Dr. J. P. Thomas also addressed tho asimbly on the workings of the order, and bat the Dr. said was full of sound logio id wholesome advice. A sumptuous dinner was the next in dor, and it was a dinner, sure. The ffioulty with us was, where to oommenoe k the .good things, so as to be able to all before we were "stalled." We ied our best lyit gave out about half way >wn the table, and came to the conolusion iat the Ladies around Hebron Churoh now how to get up tho good things of this fa la lamnl annni lis mm arl mtwwKlw an ly Ladies in tho lend. And if our relious notion di<l not forbid, we would bet a hole patch of pirohed pinders that tho sighborhooi of Hebron can produce as any truly handsome women, married and ngle, as any hiher section of its aiie in lis mundane sphere, and they are "as good i thoy look," too. After dinner, the Allianoo held a meeting, id the visitors gathered pndor the abode ' the trees in social intercourse, and thus used off one of the most delightful picios ever given in this county?a perfeet feast of reuon and flow of soul,"?and it ill long bo remembered by the members of ebron Farmers Alliance and their visitors. (Correspondence of the Union Times] News from North Pacolot. Etta Jake, August 12.?Sinoe my lost o have had good weather for farm work id people ore getting pretty well throngh ith it. Crops that have escaped the high aters could not be better. Last night Rev. Henry J. Morgan, the rangelist, closed a series of meetings at Olson's Chapel. Conaiderablo interest as manifested and some aocessions to the hurch was the result. His daughter, lies Carrie Morgan, presided at the organ hioh with the choir under the leadership r Prof. J. T. Vaughn, formed a prominent tature of the worship. Rev. A. A. Gilbert^ te regular minister, was present and took a aotivo part in the exeroUee Last Wednesday the following written ry. uest was handed to Rev. Gilbert, and h? im publioly announoed with a few ?ppr<a. riate remarks : "Ask Ood's people to praTj tat we may have an at"J(jJpC?to give ith grateful hearts JflfHiV work." The mgregation ?eroif(?[teJ to join r,,,. S. ^ "^4 t n^firnynr that this request granted. The soene was both Memn aud impressive. Wilson's Chapel is live ohureh and its members?male and ?ma!e?are zealous in their work. XI- Xf I t-t_ J 1.1 ? - "J ? iui . 1*1 u1gwu uuu uio usuguior gu iu nugoeld next, where ihejr will begin a eerie* f meetings next Sunday, lie is a man of reat ability, both mentally and pbyeioally, ad thoroughly understands his business, lie daughter as a singor and organist oan iterest almost nny audience. She is a reat help to him in his ministerial work. At Elbelbel Baptist Churoh yesterday, 17 ersons were baptised. Re*. F. C. Iliokson ; doing a good work in that oommnnity. Railroad news is at a low ebb. We oan ear but little talk just now on that sublet. Oar county is well represented in the . S. Court at Greenville just now. Vox. pRortiKSTiiia Disasthous Explosions.? i the Scientific American of July 0, appear1 a paragraph in which J. E. Thiekton exresses similar apprehension in drilling the trth and exhausting the natural gas as is (pressed by the following professor in a scent issue of the Popular Science Monthly. Professor Joseph F. Jones assumes the trth to be a hollow sphere filled with a iseous substance, oalled by us natural is, and be thinks that tapping these reser>ira will cause dissstrious explosions, reS tiling from the lighted g&s coming in mlaot with that which is escaping. He >mpares the earth to a balloon floated and ept distended by the gas in the interior; hioli, if exhausted, will aause the orust > collar so, afTect the molion of the earth i its orbit, cause it to lose its place among te heavenly bodies, and fall in pieoes. Another writer thinks that drilling should s prohibited by stringent laws. He, too, links there is possibility of an explosion, tough from another cause. Should suoh disaster occur, "the country along the gas tit from Toledo through Ohio, Iodiana, id Kentucky will be ripped up te the depth ' 1,200 or 1,600 feet ana flooped over like pancake, loaving a ohasm through wbioh, ie waters of Lake Erie will eome down Xing the Ohio and Mississippi valleys, id blotting them out forever." Still another theorist has investigated the is wells with telephones and delicate therometers, and he announces startling disivories. He distinguished sounds like the tiling of rooks, and estimated that a mile ul one-half or so beneath the Ohio and InistiA gas field tho temperature of the earth 3,600 degrees. The Scientist says an immence oavity Lists, and that here the gas is stofed; at a mile below the bottom of the oavity a mass of roaring, seething flame, whiob gradually eating into the rook floor of >e oavern and thinning it. Eventually e flames will reach the gas. and a terrific Lplosion will ensue-?Scirnttfic. American. Loeal Items. A friend from Fish Dam informs us that ish Dam is on a "boom." The contractor r that portion of the Railroad commenced -caking dirt for the grading of the road st week.Wfl iiAftr AAmnUinl nKnul 4km O , ?? W??.9A of (be roads in some sections of tho lunty. In some places they are impssaile. Sheriff Long has caught up witb the irglar and thief Badger Burnet. Us was tptured in Lauiens. The offenders of the w will find it is not an easy thing to esipe the grippcrs of the Sheriff of Union ?unty. r (Reported Jhr the Turns) Orul 9ilUd Offer of Odd Fellows im '?"f Mstriot Lodge, Bo. 18, of South Caroline, bm in Union August 8, in the Ball of Palmetto Lodge, Ko. 8,876. 0. D. Lowndes, of Columbia, was elected Chairman ; O. W. Ford, of Beaufort, Vloe-Chainoao. W: H. Rutherford, Secretary, furnished u with the following status of the order la thio State: Number of Lodges, 62; P. 0. M. Couuoilo, S; Households of Ruth, 16; Membership, 1,649; members buried during the year, 26 ; wires buried, 16; children buried, 84. Amount paid to the siok, SI,670 78. Amount paid for fonerels, 8924 92. Amount paid for Charity, 8206 22. Amount paid widows and orphans, 8299 86. Total amount oollected during the year, 86,918 40. Amount paid ont for all purposes during the year, 86,696' 78 Cash, in foods, bonds and property, 818,365 02. The following offioers were elected for the ensuing year: District Master?C. D. Lowndes, ofColumbia. Deputy Master?F. W. Williams, of Columbia. Ditiriot Secretary?W. H: Rutherford, of Columbia. Distriot Treasurer?W. P. Colo, of Charleston. District Director?J. B. Motto, of Charleston. District Chaplain?W. II. Jenkins, of Charleston. District Warden?-V. 0. MeLeod, of Sumter. Distriot Guardian?A. D. Jeter, Fish Dam. Auditing Committee?J. J. Kinard, Mt. Tab-r; G. P. McClary, Charleston; 8. F. Wiggins, Spartanburg. There were forty Lodges represented. At this session there were sereuty-four officers, members and delegates present, coming from erery part ef the State. The nest meeting will bo held at Beaufort, 8. C. TUB ORDER. This is a branch of the English Odd Fellows, and known amoog the fraternity at the "Manohester Unity" Odd Fellows. Tk. tk. A _~-t n at a AUV vu mo amonuau V/UUUUOUl receive their "dispensations and Rituala" from England. The Lodges in the United States use the aame "secret works" as the English Odd Fellows throughout the world; The ''Quarterly Password" is sent to the Lodges in this country from Manchester, Englvnd. This Order is the strongest one among the colored people. In the United Stntes, Canada and the Indies, there are one hnn* dred and sixty-fiva thousand members. Their property is valued at two hundred thousand dollars. covins*est or rat obdse. The supreme authority of the order it( Amerioa is vested* ip a convention, consist-* ing of one delegate from each Lodge. This convention is style! "the Bi-Aouual Movv able Committee," beoauBe it meets in differ/ ent parts of the States every two yean. During the adjournment of the "B. M. fc." the business of the Order is conduetav^by a committee, known as the "Sab-Commttee of Management," consisting of nine offioers. The State is governed by the District Lodge, (eaoh State being numbered,) cony sting of a delegate fromeacJar'Vnftgqi / Thj} falUw^g resolution was unanimously adopted, by the Lodge : Be it ResolaeH, That we, tho members of Distriot Lodge, Jio. 14, of South Carolina, do hereby tender to the members of Palmetto Lodge, of Union, oop heartfelt thanks for their hospitality towards us, and to his llonor, the Mayor, the Wardens and citlsens of Union for their sonorous hjapl.tainy and kind attention during our stay in their beautfUl city. We desire to express to the community of Union, that in faoe of all that has been said against Union and the treatment it rives strangers, we have never met in a olty where we 'were better treated. To us, it seemed tb*t the with one nocord joined hands in welcoming us to Union, and we shall ever remember the noble-hearted oltisens of Union. And to the werld we say, if you want to find a community of true.hearted and generous people, go to Union, South Carolina. (Correspondence of the Union Times) Very Pleasant Hews Prom Riverside. Rivkrsidb, Aug. 13.?Preachers and people arc absorbed in religious matters now quite generally here. We think some notes on the progress in this important branch of business would not be out of order. The protracted services closed at Foster's Chapel with some 10 or 11 accessions to the church and, the membership being greatly awakened and enthused. We noted quite a number of conversions. The services closed on Wednesday, the Rev. D. P. Boyd having to commence another series of meetings at BogansviUe. Hey. D. C. Lampley commenced his meeting at l'hilippi, according to appointment, Thursday, the 8th inst. The congregations were Bmall at first, but continued to grow at almost every service, and on Sunday the church could not scat the congregation ; a great many were not able to get in the church at all. Rev. Mr. Lampley's very earnest and eloquent appeals have not been in vain. Five have already applied for membership, among them arc Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Moorhead. The meeting continues and others will likely follow. Protracted services will begin at Wesley Chapel the 8d Sunday, at 11 o'clock, A. M. Fodder is ripening and burning as the rains continue. Turnips are being sowed ; this is a valuable crop. Now is a splendid time to sow rye for winter pasture. It is hard to overestimatoe the value of this oereal. We are scraping about for patches of Johnson or Means grass, for hay and green food. If the creek bottoms we^e set in this and Bermuda grass, they would pay a handsome dividend on the investment. As they are, they are only an expense. A gentleman in this neighborhood set out one sprig of Bermuda grass this yeAr in his y*rd ; it grew off so rapidly the fellow become alarmed, took it up and set it out in his pasture. The little sprig again began to spread itself and this time it was taken up : and planted on a stump. How frightened a inan can be of bis best"*friend. We hail the pleasure of visiting Pine Qrove Sunday School last Sunday. Miss Bessie Pnrrar, the accomplished Superintendent, with the other carnost and faithful Lady teachers?four in number? have built up a live and active school at that plpcc. There is talk of a charch being erected there and we think it a move in the right direction, and worthy tho support of every one having the cause of religion at heart. Job. Thb Ghrat Political Posits.?Just after the last Presidential eleeboa was the South* era question and the Cabinet that weald be ehosen. The same th'.ag comes {variably after evenr political fight. There are issues to be made and the party in power, and the party la not are at daggers point, eaoh fightIn* far tta nan AAneUiii net Va? I# ekm oure of ma'arial fever it the question there ia no need of ooogrettionil light or any l>ng debate. The simp* method to be adopted lathe taking of Dr. Westmoreland'a Calitaya Tonic, whieh promptly removes all nigna of malarial poiaon. Sold, by J. If. Teeay & ??., Aemo N. O. UTTI4EJOHN, . fcitfi. {?;?. otuSK.} -'? ?*????"?? ODDS AID XHD?. ' Monday night, and I nasi forget the buy dij is the farm and keep ay eyes open till I write eemetblag for the allotted column. Lets all ?f uj Alliance folks* he eaart tL/ people. With twelre hundred aeabere in Union County, we ought to take twelre hundred copies of the Union Tints. One dollar and fifty centa la m cheap M we could ask for our county paper. If the paper is not quite as good so it might be we ere to blamo. Our Kind Editor would rcjeloe to see the Intel* leets that are now latent ia all pasta of old Union take hold of hie columns ' and make things lively and edifying, and then I pan imagine ute mu? mat wouia itgkt up hit pleasant faoe if the balance of the twelve hundred who do not take the Times would walk in witir$1.60 each and subscribe. Buj jou saj you live with "pa" and have no family. Well, if you are 21, and through school, and have a sound body, good sense and are not lazy; if yon are net married you ought to be. Is sot that so, friendS. W. J? Any man thateaanot support a wife tn this ' highly favored land, ooght to quit the world and "take up a eaptia." Some young men form the idea that they must pet rich and then marry. The best investment a true young man onn make is to get a true wife. Dot I believe 1 will write you young men a reeeipt on "pickles" and perhaps by next week one on "preserves." BECEIFTTO* FXOKLSS. As my lady Mends aro giving to each other such nice receipts in the Alliance column, 1 want to tell my young unmarried brothers how to have perfect picklee all the year round: Pick you out a girl that bangs her hair, hiding hor forehead, (where, the brains ought to be,) causing her to look like a merino sheep, or a Scotch poodle; one that has her waist shaped like a dirt-dauber, so that she can only breathe in the upper portion of the lungs; that saunters up the aisles of a church on Sunday morning, wearing a bustle, reminding one of a guinea fowl in Springtime, in a dewy clover, lot, trying to keep dry; one that lets Ma attend "pjM to the domestic affairs, and can talk Only of novels, beaus, dress and parties. 8noh girls are, and will likely remain, perfect . pickles. They are skilled in anatomy. ?p? . They can bisect and diseect character and i reputation; thoir too vdrV '"sharper fliah~~"^" r ~aiiy two'CdgetT sword;" they can snatch up au honest, plain "country cracker," whoso character and morals are unsullied, and just riddle him ; or they will, grab the drees of some poor girl and pronounco it an old one remodeled, and jerk the ribbon from her hat and tiiid it is the one^he wore last season. Make love to and marry such a one and your defenceless head will become like the baldeagle's, and tho remainder of your life will bo a voyage on the sea of acrimony, filled with storms and whirlpools. ASBO&Y ALLIAHCX. Mb. Editor.?At the last meeting of the - Aipiuy Aumnw, Aufc.% it watt resolved not to patronise any gin or ginner who bought or sold jute bef~ T.' Our Alliance numbers over forty men and with but few exoeptions, they are men of sterling worth, who have counted the ccst and made the commitment. With such an energetic and prosperous farmer as Oapt. J. D. Jcfferies, for Presidont, you can easily surmise we mean business. K. C. L. I love to see determination in anything we undertake. With resolutions ftilly formod, a task is half accomplished. I fully endorse the resolution to use cotton bagging, and also to buy only fertilisers in cotton socks, thereby keeping at home the millions sent , abroad for jute or hemp; but I differ with a member of the County Alliance, who says our corn must come wrapped in cotton sacks. The cheapest, and by far the beet way is to get our corn wrapped in thuckt and have it imported from our fields; and any man that can't make his bread and meat at home, is unworthy the name of a farmer. 1 can cito to farmers in my own neighborhood who own only upland, who have never bought a . bushel of corn since the war, and to-day / have plenty of old corn in their cribs and mut I- II..I. I--1 ?? * ??vt?v au vuvtl OUIUAVUUUOV9. V/l tUUm' HUUU farmers prosper. Editor. .? Cotton Oil RsriNKiiY.?Charlotte, Aoguat 8.?A convention of capitalists interested in various cotton oil mills in the two CaroUnas, met at the Buford Hotel here to-night, it was oomposed of H. II. Newton of Bennettsville, 8.0., chairman; D. A. Tompkins and Fred Oliver of Charlotte, and A. F. Bilsell of Laurinburg, this State. Besides H. H. Newton, the chairman, R. IS. HU1 of Abbeville, G. A. Norwood of Marion, J.'C. Watson of Jlidge Spring, U. O. Desportes of Winnsboro, J. A. Brook of Anderson, J. T. Hico of Helton, 0. M. Covington of Fioreooe and W. L. Durst of Greenwood, represented South Carolina. The oonvention unanimously decided to establish at onee a mammoth refinery at some point in South Carolina, and a oommiU.ee, consisting of 0. 8. MeCallough, W. L. Durst .ffij and D. A. Tompldas, was appointed to visit Charleston, Columbia, Florenoe and Greenwood and secure options en sites. C. J. llargin and L. J. Walker of Charleston were present and invited the aonvan lion to locate the refinery at Charleston, promising the oo-operntlve action ou the part ot the city jhould It ha located there. The refinery will ooet 950,000, an i it ii ery likely logo either to Columbia or Charlesion. An applioation was prepared and forwarded to the Seorotary of State of South Carolina, and when the charter is obtained < another meeting will be nailed at Colombia, - ?gH when a permanent organisation will be per. footed. ? Columbia Register. ? Montana m a Blabs.?Chicago, August ^ 2.?A special dispatch from Helena, Men- v lana, says the forest fires which have been prevailing in Montana for a week show no signs of abatement. From Helena, West, North and South, a great black oletid of smoke hangs over the country, and for six deye tho sun hne not beoa seen- Oreo rills Stuart, than whom no man in Montana is bailor able to judge, aatimatea tits damage at hair a miiuao dollars. ' .,$& At M-nsou'a, in Western .Mon ana, lbs streets, buildings and site-walks are entered with sshss. ibe sir i< l>k? a blast from a fur nance. The atuioepbere Is filled with 'Jpjap crisp embers that baes deoosnded like % A light fail ef soow. Use "Whits Clond" soap for sale st l'ooey's Drue Stare.