Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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into imiriner H V^:" iho one the selling goods as H >'#i.s the week font up to nltorc 45 unt COtton hns town th^ week. ^K*. Couch, pastor Hj^^H^^Vv'i'ti-' v R^^HB^9^^Prc llaptist I^HHI^w E^y The members of the Tela perv.c" Division, - live a dcligh"fol cii|<t!ho?iiisuI H el their Hall, last Monday eveiilOif, which was c'-jnyed very much by a'l present. jr w llev. CbnJ. It. \V 11. f..r l, pastor of the Jonejvil'c ''liurch. tendered his rcs:gnslion u> said church, No?. oth. lie will continue nt his otlier churches, Silom and Ilehron, where lie is grc?*'y lore I ami highly es'crine'. Notice. L'lilit'! of I'oion C.-ni'-tcry S 'ci-'iy are req tested to meet at the house of their President, Mrs. W. II. Wallace, on business that c niccrn . t heir S'Jcte'V. "t ten o'clock, A. M., on Friday next loth Nov. Posey has the choicest lot of llavanna cigars in town. Call and examine his new hrantl at once. jfci>- It is now well known that the cotton crop of this county will not average as high as last year. A farmer who lias been a close observer of the cotton crop for years told us it would be at least It) per cent, short of last year. - - m 8t-ir V on will find the advertisetnenis of 1>. C. K1 vim. W. l>. Bewley, IJico & MvLurc, Itwlgvr ik Pnreell. Foster. Wilkins & Co., ' u> ti iVofyi.f ?tl tliu second page, of 'lie Supplement tins week. i'ntl t nftj-C-.? .. them. ?? I'sc Iron nml Calisaya Tonic Hitters, a specific in Dyspepsia. Indigestion, Anaemia, general debility and impoverishment of the lilooil, lit Posey's Drug Store. tion to our young friend T. 13. Bailey's large stock of Furniture, and this week we are crowded out, so must postpono what we have to say to another week. In the meantime.we advise all in want of furniture of any quantity quality or price tc call on him. The Y. M. C- A. We are requested to announce thai the Young Men's Christian Association will meet in the Temperance Hall next Tuesday evening, the I'.tth, at 7.;10 o'clock. A full attendance is earnestly requested, as it will be an important meeting. Firing at Night. Ul iate wc have hcvrd a great deal of pistol firing on the hack streets at night, and it is getting to ho qiutc a nuisance. It is in possible for the Miushall to ho evctyYrhcrent tho same time, and we think if the citizens in the neighborhood, would interest t'teipselves in tho matter, and repert the guilty parties to ihc Marshall or council, it would be stopped. . Death of Mrs. J. Munro Pant. Last Friday morning, the intelligence of the death at Greenville, Thursday, Nov. 7th, of Mrs. J. Monro Fant, /? ? Miss Susan Baldwin, was received here. Mrs. Fant had been a sufferer for many vonrm with ili-il lorfihln . ~ - IWIIMIIIIJ.. tion. Slic leaves a devoted husband anil five children to mourn her loss; who have the deep sympathy of her many friends. Her remains were brought here for interment last Friday, and deposited in the village graveyard. Pass Him Around. A few weeks ago, a very pleasant gentle man, pretending to represent a Soda Wuter Botileing Company, took in two citizens of our towD. by selling each a receipt for making Soda Water, for which he charged three dollars cash, and took their 'ders for hotties, representing to one _ , :hnt the bottles would come from New York and to the other that they would come from West Virgina. The bottles l ave not arrived yet, and the fact that he gave to each a different (shipping point, it is very evident Hint ho is ' a fraud, and should be parsed around by the ^ press. An Inquetit Ixist Saturday morning, Coroner (Jrcgory held an inquest nt Mr. J. M. Hill's residence, over ilie dead bodies of Amelia and Newton Tygert. two colored children, who were burned to dentli the day before, in the home of their parents. It appears that the parents went to the field to pick cotton, leaving their three children at the house, and when they returned they found that the house mid the two youngest children, aged respectively two years nod one eii/lit months old. hud rierislierl in the ttftmcs. Their bodies presented a shocking spectacle The lower part of the body of the youngest, | to the shoulders, was burned to a crisp, and qpoety atlr the ilesh was burned from the ^ I ,.f it,? ..ll.or Th? ?l,lpm ohihl A UUIICO VI I?v vmv?. ? "? VWHV4 f w ( ) ears old ran to I lie spring fur water (o put out the Are when it started and was raved cMulcnts ^^^^^^^^^^^PkUniversily ext c :i go number H ^WTi'ir ..I ^^^^^Hmnrntly creditable to tlie practical ^^ 1? of these departments <>f the Univcr- 18 ^ Kid give abundant evidences <>f t!to a;>PK'ntion, interest, uinl mechanical talent <lo- ' ' velopod amongthe students. In every l!< rational department necessary to give the ^' young men of our State nn?l country knowl- or e<lge ami capucity for the successfel ami respectable prosecution of any profession or triole in 'ife. the South Carolina University is now doing a nohle work, ami is fully *' eipiippol for accomplishing immense goml for 1,1 the State in the future, by sending, foith * others or practically engage themselves in * any industrial occupation their tastes and * talents may incline them to follow : c Tiik I'm vkiihitv Kv 111 hit Tim K?.i?l. oHiin University lias tin unusually large ami v cretlilahlv exhibit litis year. From I lie me- r, cliniiicnl and workshop departments there ? arc shown numorous models and exhibits made by tho students, a very hnndsomc Deanc sectional pump, llall, Blake and Wor- ? thington's pumps; handsome, frame of sectional gauges, Korting injector, &c. There f arc two handsome model water wheels from J this department?the Jouvnl and the Lcffel.^There arc several exhibits in structural stec\ 1 ami a variety of implements, excellent in 1 quality and workmanship, made liy students. * . A model of car heating appliance shows how J the escape of steam is avoided in accidents,1 and metallic packings ns used in ocean grey-1 hounds are well worth examining by ma J chinists. . j A .latincy an I King coupler arc to be see/ c mounted quaiuaUJL-carsThere are ijgwral ti cxeeYrtnit crayon, freehand, Tin*c1intiica\ and s bridge drawings made by the students. From the department of civil engineering there are a complete set of instruments for ' electrieal measurement, and a set of small motors indicating the progress of electrical engineering. The result of the mechanical analysis in the department of agricultural chcmistay of the sons of the experimental farms at ( olutubia ami Spartanburg arc Riven with good effect The various gra?le.s of sand, silt and clay of four Columbia soils with their subsoils, and three Spartanburg soils and subsoils arcjcontaiijt'd in .small vials which show the relative amounts. An nparntus used for testing the vitality and germinating power ot seed is also on exhibit. Amateur work in photography s represented by forty photographs made by l'rof Ismghridge ami the students of last year's class. A large variety of the best and latest chemical instruments are on exhibition from the University labratory. A few of them are a spectroscope, Sprengel mercury pump, gasholder, waierbaths, steam baths, fat extractor, ilissicators, soap and other specimens. outfit for working desk, etc. 111*. Xilcs has on exhibition a complete horse skeleton, and a variety of veterinary surgical instruments. An interesting collection of minerals and geological specimens isnlo tube seen. ? The Southern Mutual Building and Loan Association ofN'fie So!tTlMlM,ttf, Association, spent several days in our town this week, in organizing a branch Association. The organization was perfected last Tuesday evening, by the election of the foliowiuir local lloard of Directors : - -r>~" | i'uni.7. M. T. Smith. | (J. P. Garrett. T. 11. Butler. The other oDicers will be cleeto<l at a call meeting later 011. 1 1*1' to the time of organizing there were ; 1(M'? shares taken. Mr. G. 1'. Garrett has been appointed soliciting agent. We wish it success. 1 .? l Valuable Town Lots for Sale. We call the attention of our readers to the advertisement, of valuable Town Lots for Sale. < by Maj. 1). A Townscnd. The property is 1 known as the Dunbnr place, across Tosvhe's branch. There are -II acres, more or less, pi the tract, and it is to he cut into lots of one l and two acres; all of which is within the cor- ' poratelimits of the town. On the place is about two acres of fine | bottom land, never injured by floods, and a 1 good comfortable cabin. The terms arc easy and give a po >r man a chance to buy biiiwir.. ? < J ..I1U-I llll'l CUM I UCIIlg , require)I, ami balance on n credit of one and t two years, with interest from t he day of sale, 1 at 7 per cent, Flats can he seen at the office ( of Maj. Tnwnscnd. Law Range. s An Accident at the Oil Mill. f Last Thursday, Mr. George W. Fowler, " while assisting in hoisting a piece of the ? machinery at the Got ton Seed Oil Mill, made r a very narrow escape from hcing killed, by t the falling of a heavy piece of iron on him, ' under which he was standing. . r Mr. Fowler's injuries were not serious, ^ but for a while very painful. He has been b confined to his home sinco. We are glad to a state that lie will be at work again in a few ^ .lays. 1, PHOTOGRAPHS. a As I intend to leave the photographic business in a few weeks, those who wish to secure some of our fine cabinet pictures of A themselves or friends have no time to lose, 8 but should come at once. G 15-21. \V. G. GALLAGIfF.lt Ani-i A ... "V . _ - _ ^ |( Oar Hotel- g ('apt. Gibbes, the proprietor of the Hotel, ti has employed ('apt. McCants, of Ninety-Six, P1 an experienced Hotel man, ns is evidenced j by the many improvements made by liirn at the Hotel lately, which lias added greatly to tl the comfort and convenience of the guests. " ti If you want something neat, pretty and ^ fashionable, in the way of a bonnet, call at j0 the "old reliable" Millinery establishment of MPS. JAMKS GltANT. Union at the State Fair- * Union sent a large delegation to the State Fair this year. There has been sold at this depot (luting the week excursion tickets. t? Ic A Mississippi Legislator Killed.?Col. L? W. J,. Falkncr, who was shot by his former in partner, Mr. ThurinAn, at Kipley, Miss., on re Tuesday Inst, died this morning. Thurman w is in jail at Kipley, and public feeling runs w high. Colonel Falknrr was the proprietor lo and president of (he Gulf railroad, and a m prominent lawyer and business man of Mis- te sissippi. He was in the Mexican war and in was Colonel of a Mississippi regiment in the hi Confederate army. He was elected to the rii legislature on the day he received the fatal ti| wound. lei I W, Mrs. William Stccne, of 8tociw?lown, ssivsippi, in -i a visit to her frieuds and ntives nt tlii place. V Mr. Hubert A. Eison, of I'dbam, Clreen- ^ lo County, paid a visit to his ninny friends | re this week. t Mr?. A. W. L*dS| e:oh of Morris own Te> n. 1 vixitinp lier sister Mis. W. II. Miller. < Mnj. K. I'. McKissick. of the JVrirs and j iurirr, was in town this week. The Miyor 0* full of vim ntnl spirit as n young colt. I ic Xcir* and Courier never 1ih<1 n hotter 1 more successful worker than t'.ic Miyor. Iter. McNeely DuHose preached at Laurens st Suudny evening. Mrs. James (irntit returned from Charles hi Inst Monday, where she had l?een to icct Mr. Grant, who is employed at the at lied ml now building in that city, and was >H?pwliqt under the weather. Wo, however, crioiis and lie is now as hale and llcnrt v'as ver: and may you continue so, old friend. .Miss Maggie Hamilton, after a pleasant isit to lu>r relatives and many friends here, eturned to her home tn Whit? o?k, s*a!reld County, Inst Friday. Mr. J. Q. lluclilicit has gone to Dccntuu.' ii business. . . ^ /Win. McGownn, Ksq., has gone to Charlestn on professional business. We nrcglnd to wolconic among us again >r. nnd Mrs. 11. F. llawls, from Ashcvillc. Mr. 1'. M. Cohen lias gone to Fairfield to :iok after liis funning interest there. . ? [Correspondence of Union Times.] News From North Pacolet. Ktta .Jank. Nov. 11.?Nothing affords a ounty newspaper correspondent more ple-isirc than to see the several interests of his eetion properly set forth in printers ink. Vbeliever lie fails to have tlint pride ho has nil lived his usefulness ns n journalist. We to not mean by this to convey the idea that lint truth ought to he compromised with idachood. Anything, whether it nffects in iniiiuiin ut uic KHIIUIUIIUJ iiv large, SIIOUIU ic sin ted upon t lie unyielding foundntinn of ruth, nnd truth alone. Unintentional injuries nrc wrought upon ominunilics hy 'gassing*' correspondents, t'lio want to brng on their crops, etc. Those itntonicnts work their way into commercial liannols, ami the result is, the hard working nnti is deprived of his legitimate rights when his product is put upon tlie market. I'wo months ago we were satisfied that we would make a fair average cotton crop in his section. The early and severe frost has materially changed the prospects, nnd now jood farmers and close observers fail to see tow more than three-fourths of a crop of ;otton can be gathered this year. Mr. A. H*. Lotspoich, of Sunny Side, has ihc best average crop we know of. He has lathered fourteen bales from nineteen acres, lie ploughed this cotton six times, Mid it never waited a minute for work when it needed it. Mr. Lotspcich is a Tennesscean by birth and education, nnd has had but a few years experience in raising cotton; but the system lie has adopted, if accompanied by fair prices, will prove remunerative. The congregation at Salem j'csterdny was lisappointcd by Rev. J. W. Query, the minister who has so faithfully and acceptably served tlieni for the last two years, failing jxxume. 11 is unexplained absence was a determined the meeting annum *A\w brethren ure altogether, but formed it into a prayer meeting, conducted by Mr. J. L. Strain, who read the 118th l'salm, anil was joined by C, f ii,.i.....io t u m f w * . i?i?'vi?o* ?/ *' * v. U. ft I113UJ1III11 and A. A. Leo, who took poet in the meeting, mil thus mi hour was pleasantly and, we trust, profitably spent. A collection was then taken up for Foreign missions and jtl.O'J realized. One lienltliful sign for the future of our lounty is the zeal with which many of our young people do thetr work in the Sabbath School, ns well as toward evangelizing the world. Mr. and Mrs. Iinmlet Crocker, of Asbury, we regret to learn, lost their child last week under painful circumstances. It was one of those desperate eases of croup (hat does its work almost in an instant. They have our sympathies in their sore trial. Mr. T. J. Hughes is lying in a critical ;ondition, and has been so for several days, with something like brain affection. Mrs. Hughes, his wife, still lingers with the canicr on her breast. Mrs. Hon. A. A. Sarrntt, has our thanks for a sample of her "fiat dutch" turnips, which in both quantity and quality arc fine. What she ilon't know nKoi.t 1 ......... .ivunvnucry mil I worth knowing. Her whole life is ilevoted to making her home pleasant and attractive, ind casting the sunshine of happiness over he community in which she lives. $2t>, were divided among a number of toys, as follows : 4 of them got $4 each, the est apiece, except two, who received inly $2 apiece. How many boys were there? The answer is 8 boys; but how is the sum lone? Vox. PAnAi.Y7.Kn at Faiio.?The players in a gambling room in Savannah were upset a ew nights ago when an old white-haired man iiting nt the faro table fell luck. He had ailed tho turn on the Inst three cards and tad won a big pile. The good luek was too nuch for him. All the p'ayers around the aides thought that the shock had killed him. or he hud been in hard luck. The denier ras almost paralyzed himself at the old nan's winnings. Over at ihe stud poker able the gnmc suddenly stopped and cveryiody felt nervous. A doctor was called, nd he said that it was a stroke of paralysis, 'hat was not so had as a sudden death, 'he game did not amount to much though fter that. The victim has been a heavy nser in his tine, having lost io the course of few years $40,000. A Fioiit to a Finish.?Lexington, Ky.? t 1.40 o'clock this afternoon Col. A. M. woope was killed hy Col. Wm. Casstus oodloe and the latter was mortally wouned by Swoope. The atfray occurred in the >bby of the new government building and rew out of trouble the two men had nearly vo years ago. The men met and hot words assed between them when Qoidloe drew a Dwic knife and slashed Swoope frightfully i several places. Swoope drew a pistol and shot Goodloe in ic abdomen. The doctors think he will die' oth men drew their weapons at the same me. Goodloo is internal revenue colleeir for this district and a member of the ationnl Republican Com mitt so. He beinott to one of tl?? ' 1?* * ,.0_ .... ....... iicsv inuiilies i ihe State. Col. Swoope was one of Konicky's most prominent Itepubiicnns and as formerly collector of internal rcveoe for Ibis district. Usual Crimk, Usual Crnu.?Washington, . C., Nov. 8.?Owen Anderson, an eiglien year-old negro boy. was lynched in cesborg, Virginia, early yesterday morng. Anderson on Wednosday assaulted a spcclublo seventeen-year-old white girl lio was returning home from achool. He as arrested, confessed his guilt and was ] eked up iu Lcesburg jail. A crowd of t en obtained admittance to the jail by pre- < nuing mat they had a prisoner and when i side overp >wered the jailor and secured j a keys. They dragged Anderson to a der- I ek in the neighborhood and strung him i >, afterwards riddling his body with bu'.- . is. ( m Riverside Bipplor/ Rivrb Sim, Nov. 9.?I would like to i now bow nwnjr fanners in tit Coauty or date that can beat this : I 1 am reliably informed tlmt Mr. J.' C. farrar, of Pinckney, will make 226 bales of sotton this year with 17 plows; or more than 18 bales to n plow, for 17 plows in a bunch; mough of grain to feed the Stook, and other tide crops. Ilicro are few farms in the State that can bent it, if any at all. The prospects for n rnilro*<l to Lockhart Shoals, via Chester to Gaffney, is brightening daily. Tho hum of the spindle ami the ring of the hammer and trowel is destined to drown the inurniiiringa of the idle waters as they roll grandly on. twist hill and dale to form apart of the blue espouse. There is no cheaper or finer water power in the State than thnt at l,ock)iart Shoals. The South seems ju* now to be chock full of enterprise, and -there is 110 reason why Union should not havq a booming city at i/ockhart. Wo predict a population of 2,(100 at old Uinckncy in fi\w or six years. Mt. Tabor Church las been noifly wcatherboaruvo, nn<t otlitr* additions are Iteing made. t Just now is a good \itne for the Sub-Alliance to see that every member looks after his liabilities. A par- ttafa - '1 honest debt Is membership in the Alliance, nTt'r^Smhd -*>. "fro voted i of tho order. Nov. 11.?One of tlio curiosities of the 1'Jtli century may be seen at this place; but how shall 1 begin a description of the thing, is what 1 am trying to think. bi the first place, 1 should say tho thing is a calf, or at least its mother is a cow; it looks about as much like a cub, however, as a calf, and has no sign of a tail; no not a hit, and never will have. The sex has iieen a matter of some dispute. It might be called either, both, or neither. Tho little imp is completely wrapped in mystery and gets about something like a rabbit. The young mother thinks her calf is the fiucst thing on tho continent. If my friend "E. W. J." could have seen how this young, though vicious of all cows, put men, women ami children to flight; how they did "git up and git" for dear life, then he would know how to get out of reach of Jhc "Jackets." Will not -"K. W. J." suggest a t name for my now-born bug-a-boo ? A few more days of good weather ami the cotton crop will be harvested. Wheat and oats are being sown. Wo think it late for oats. Mr. W. R. liriggs is sowing his rich creek bottoms in hay. as is nlso Mr. F. G. llritrirs. A step in the right direction. It will not pay to work corn on crock or bottom lnrnl liable to overflow. Think of a farmer losing Tor 8 crops of corn, one year after another. Let the people remcmt>or that Bermuda grass makes the finest hay, and on good land turns out abundantly. The roots can be had for the getting. In the spring is the time for putting it out. Nothing better can be found for stopping washes. When once the grass gets ahold, there will be no more washing on that land. A merchant in the town of Union told me the other,day that Timothy was better hay than Bermuda. lie looked knowinylf/, but evidemly he was not pouted. Jok. I Correspondence of the Union Times.) Sittings from Santno. Saxtuc, Nov. 11.?The matrimonial tidal wave has reached here, and overwhelmed two of our young men. On the 4th Mr. M. K. Jeter, a popular young gentleman of this place was married nt Greenville, to Miss Octavia McKay, of that city. The bridal party arrived here Tuesday, the oth, and was pn'rem* tu the residence of the groom's gave a tytd Mrs*, J. T. Jeter, who "Wedding ltcc?!\J^ynV^t' ""<1 unostentatious The supper t<ption. ' with beautiftiHjN0 profusely decor<-< 1 decorated with and morf ciabora^i v decorations, a botV*'.1,1 o"* acceptable of nl Th? ffO.iinl nnd tlltul Slipper. the warm 8 ? his Exquisite?taste "(A %vfi&ing for \iis life companion : ami the happy couple has our sincere wish that they may eqjoy a long ami happy life togather. Mr. S. W. Sims anil Miss Mamie Lylcs were united in the holy bands of matrimony iast Wednesday, the Oth. On with your work, Cupid, let joy be un onfined. Tlie new Postmaster, Mr. Jus. C. O'Bryant, has entered upon his duties, and for several days lie was exceedingly busy, trying to straighten up mail matters. By this change it was discovered that the office had been kept in a very poor manner. There were papers and valuable letters found, that bad been delayed in the office for from one to six weeks. We trust the new Postmaster will have the interest of the people so at liedrt, that they may get their mail with regularity. Mr. S. W. Sims, we regret to say, is quite sick with typhoid fever. We hope his physician will soon have him tiRagain. Miss Oenic Zcaly, of Dawkins, Fairfield County, is visiting her sister, Mrs. C. P. Sims. Miss Mamie Chapman, of Fairfield, is visiting friends and relatives in and around Santuc. E. W. J. ? A Brief Summixo vp or the Results or Tuesday's Contests.?The adverse winds that so often chill a new administration have blown this year with unexpected violence. Pennsylvania is about the only Republican State that stands unmoved, and even here it is to the Democratic failure in Philadelphia more than to the votes of the Counties that the Republican majority is mainly due. Ohio has gone Democratic, electing Campbell Governor over Foraker by some 8,000 majority. The Democrats have apparently elected their whole .State ticket, as well ns a majority in each branch of the Legislature, thus securing the United States Senatorship. Even more surprising is the result in Iowa, where a Democratic Governor is elected for the first time since the Republican party was organized. The Republicans retain the Legislature, having districted the State for that purpose, but the popular verdict is emphatic. Mahone's defeat in Virginia is overwhelming. Tho miyority for McKinney is at least 85,000 and 'the Democrats will have thrav fourths of the House of Representativjs and two-thirds of the Senate. In Maryland the Republicans made some slight gains, bvt the Legislature is still strongly Democratic In the East there have been no such startling changes ns in the West, but the gainr arc all on the Democratic side. Abbett is elected Governor of New Jersey by at least 12,000 majority, and the Democrats have a safe majority in the Legislature. Now York gives some 25,000 plurality to the Demo- '| cratic State ticket, though the Democratic gains arc not sufficient tochangothe Legislature. Massachusetts, on the other hani*, elects the Republican candidate, Bracket', Governor over Russell by less than 4,00,), against 28,000 for Governor Ames last year. Such is a very brief summary of the No vernher elections. The record is not flattering to the administration. But fortunately the warning has come early and t.ierc is lime to profit l>y it.?Philadelphia Time*. Tiif. St'OAB Trust Mtst Oo.?-if/bit York November 7.?The general term of the Superior Court handed down decision* tolay, atnong them being the long expected cnc in the c*se of the North River Splgar Refining Company, whioh was sotnft'tlme ago ineorpoiated in the sugar trust. \ The opinare Whtts*4|^|MMkyW|M Dane's and Van Brurtt^^mi^^^BdtcisioD of mage Marrett ordering the TJJRolntion of I he oompany. j wrjgdui SrARTAXHt'RO, November 8.?-TJ>? progress N and inventive thought is noticeable among \ the fanner* of this county, who lie as push- y ing and thoughtful as any in Iho agricultural , world. Of this class there is one who has recently created considerable comment by a discovery which, if effectively carried out, ^ will l>c one of the most valuable to the conntry at large that has been made in the last quarter of a century. His name is Mr. J Todc Ferguson, a well-known farmer of the county, lie has discovered?or perhaps invented would lw the better expression?a new staple, it is, in a word, cotton seed without the lint. His process has been tested and has been found satisfactory. It has , been manipulated by the deterioration of the amount of lint to the multiplication of ' the seed. This has l>ecn accomplished by the gradual, careful and critical breeding of ' the plant. 1 use the word breeding adviscdly. The results obtained by Mr. Ferguson 1 have been through scientific breeding. There arc male and female cotton plants? , the male being designated, lie thinks, by the red stalks. The seeds aro vari-colored, the 1 shinies hcing generally blue, green nnd white, nnd of course cannot be distinctively specified. Given this fact Mr. Ferguson mnwan. 1 jjomn time ago to pick out the I male plants and with w.v qn^d extracted Muu thoui-plnnted another patch scpnrafcly. When this crop, was ready for picking the male plants wc 3 again selected and tTieir production of seeds planted separately again. This process of selecting male plants was kept Tip until nt Inst the lint refuses to germinate and nothing is left in the bolls save a large amount of seeds. The amount of seed contained in the boll is more than equal to the weight of the lint and seed found in the uvcragc sized boll of cotton. Mr. Ferguson believes that he can produce four hundred bushels of seed to the acre by this new discovery where only thirty-five bushels are now gathered with the lint. Il? lins been very careful, in producing the results given above, to obliterate nil vestiges of lint from a boll of cotton, and lins succeeded in a most remarkable manner. While coming here yesterday over the Port lloyal and Western Carolina Railroad I met Col.T. J. Moore, one of the distinguished farmers of this section, and ut my request he showed me n boll with the seed. It lins the appearance, ls?th on the exterior and in the interior, of a regular boll of cotton nftcr the lint has been picked out. The seed are a little larger than the common cotton seed, and are perfectly free from any semblance of lint. The bolls arc filled with these seed, which nrc as numerous as okra seed in a pod of okra. It is also a valuable point in this new discovery thnt the bolls grow in greater profusion than usual. Col. Moore prefaced his exhibition of the discovery by a warning not to publish his name in connection with this article, but the forco with which lie emphasized his belief in the discovery mnde by Mr. Ferguson induces me to give him credit for this letter. He said thnt lie had seen Ma. Ferguson's patch of cottou seed plants and could testify to the genuineness of the discovery. Mr. Ferguson, it is understood, lins unlimited faith in liis discovery and is still assured of still better results. I cxnmincd'thc composition of the seed. ti.? 1...11 i *,n i ....u iiiv jinn vwuitiiiivH u mil minium in RHir stance exactly similar to that fouml in cotton seed now used in the oil mills. It is thought that this new staple will pan out in such a manner by judicious cultivation that it will supercede to a great degree the present king. It will supply the demands for the oil mills and enrich the farmers. It will, if Mr. Ferguson's calculations nre correct, yield to the planter eighty dollars where lie jlow makes only fifty?assuming that one i^crc of cotton will yield fifty dollars. The eighty dollars will be obtained from, four [ cents per bushel, tfiatlraing'fhe'presciit price ! The new staple will therefore, net the farmer ^ fifty dollars in clear money, if the cost of ""production should even reach thirty dollars. Tho vast good that may result from Mr. Ferguson's invention will he better imagined than described. The figures 1 have given above are not my own, but wore named to me by a prominent fawner, and arc given here for all they may be worth.?K. 1'. McK., n AVum and Courier. Tiib Colorado Rmbxaro.-?Denver, Col., Xov. 10.?A Trinidad, Col., Republican special says : ' The bodies of John Martin and Henry Miller, the cowboys frozen to death near Sierra Grande, in the last week's terrible blizzard, were brought to Folsom for burial. Four other men belonging to the same party arc missing, and it is feared that they are dead. It is roported by pnrties who know that at least twentv >??>. ...... ...too ing from this range, and it is feared that many will never he found. Jolly nml Wise, who escaped badly frozen, tell a heartrending story of their sufferings. When the blizzard struck them on Wednesday night of last week they were holding a herd of 2,500 cattle. The wind became a hurricane before morning, and they went on the last guard aliout 3 A. M. The storm was so blinding that they could not hold the herd, and Jolly started to camp for help. In the meantime Miller and Wise itnd left the camp to assist in holding the cattle. Jolly could not find the camp and Miller and Wise could not find the herd. All three were drawn together by shouting, and they wandered around till daylight when they found Martin. The cold wns so bitter that the men entered a ravine nnd after fastening their horses took the saddle blankets and buried themselves in a snow drift about 3 1'. M..nnd it was only by the greatest efforts that Jolly and Wise succeeded in keeping awake. They were slightly apart front Martin and Miller, and had ditliculty in talking to each other. The snow piled upon theni to such a weight that they were forced to seek another drift. About 4 o'clock Friday morning Miller called Jolly and Wise and told them tlnjy had all better go, and when they crawled out they made search in the drift for Miller and Martin. The latter could only be found and he was dead. They took their horses and started, leading them. Soon they found Miller on his knees, his horse standing in front of him as though trying to protect hint from the cold. He was asked to get up and go with them, hut was unable to rise and was assisted to his feet, but could not walk. Jolly started to get assistance while Wise remained with their dying companion. Both of Wise's hands are frozen and he was helpless aud fast becoming insensible himself, when a Mexican sheep herder found him nnd took hint to Rhodes's ranch, a few miles away. Men returned to where Miller had been left nnd found him lifeless." I The Fa stmt Team is the World.? Cleveland, Nov. 11.?Mr. W. J. Gordon is now in better health than lie has been for ! nmtift rmtft n#ol af**1 Ka l??? ??: ? A-1 1 , . ....v nuu IIv> 1I1IO Ik^illll inKUU (0 active road driving. He is using for road purposes what is perhaps the most wonderful team ever driven. Guy, 2:10|, and Clingstone, 2:14, compose it. Both horses, though in perfect condition, have not been speeded lately, though Guy could trot 2:12 or . 2:13 at any time with case. Clingstone could trot a mile in 2:16 without any special preparation. There is no question but that the pair, given a good day and a good track, could easily beat the team rocord, and even i do better than tho trial mark of 3:16}, made by Aldine and Maude 8. Firs Near Clinton.?I.aureus, 8. C .757^. 11.?The dwelling house, smoko bouse pnd i flour house of G. I\ Copeland, near Clinton. < together with their contents, wevo destroyed < by Are on last Saturday night. < The cause of the Are is not known, but it i was more than probable accidental. The loss i is between three and four thousand dollars, I nnn mm I. 0. LITTLBJOBN, - Eo.-roa. J I. n' VlLLEB } \ &>?roa.. tHi AiTnrnoir allia*cb dkleoatxv , There will be ii meeting of the Union ^ 'ounty Alliance next Tuesday, the 19th, ii business of special importance. Dole- on intcs will "take not ice anil govern themselves ?h? ccordingly." ori KOUT. LITTLE, of Pros't. U. C. F. A. HELP. The humble Editor of the AllUnce Depart- crj ncnt would be ao (honk/til for any favors g0) ' oiu bis bethrcu. Wnere are tho goo I v> md true County Alliance President and Vice-President, and other offioers? Where jn ire all the trie I and faithful officers and members of the Sub-Allianoes. I_ llrethren, I covet somo of your idle mo- Rf] monts. Won't you lake penoil and pai-er and n( give me some of yutr views, on matters per- jn laming to the welfare of our order T Give -g me thoughts, ever so crude?give me texts to write about. If you have a spare moment m and oan't find n ponoi', tako a fire coal and ^ give me an idea, and just sae wire ,| thing 1 coatit raixv on oftt. IVl^H^teild wash the smut off it* faco and clothe it up, p and it would 1 iok like and bs somebody. You made me your E litor the first of ft September, at the beginning of the equinox- _ I'll gales, and I have been tryiug ti steer c clear of the breakers; an I how have I sue- _ seeded? Some of my hrotheru nt the begin- :. tin gave ine tone he*p. Bless iheir memory, but they have left m \ ^ Some precious women gavo mo some re- ? ceifts, for whicli I was thankful. One told H mo how to m ike "pickles," ?n 1 when I told * it on paper, the/ nil took offence an I f?r- ^ souk me and flo l. I guess ( am like Aadtt- ^ bon, the great ornilhologis'. Wuen he wjuM f erect his tent in tho wondt an I span I weeks ^ learning the hab t? of the birls, ever/bod/ n called him a fool except his wife. I once 1 thought I wnuM tell how I supposed pre- v serves were male, but guess I'm done with original receipt*; and if any lady evcreeods J me another. I will n t even cross a t or dot * an i, but send it unooi reeled to the printer. j SOME GOOD ALLIANCE TALK- * Mr. Editor.?Why docs any merchant , grumble about the Alliance f We arc as good t friends as the merchant can have. Our aim 1 is to get out of debt, nnd then "pay as we go." If the farmer prospers so will the j merchant, and if the farmer fails the mcr- ^ chant cannot prosper. We would like to ? see country merchants who have farms, wrap their cotton in Cotton liagging. That ' would help us in the liagging fight, and we , will help these who help us. Politicians need not dread us ; we will not forbid one of our members running for office, 1 but we will not vote far him simply because \ he is a member of the Farmers Alliance. 1 Farmers have to ftirnish food for all < classes, and, Mr. Editor, you may think we 1 don't feed very lavishly, but we do the best we can, and 1 believe wc would be willing to change rations with you, but not swap work, ( mi- n? ??? i 111111 k. wo oouia uo your work, au?l we know you cannot do our work and | trfc on nnr rations. \ The Pinckney Alliance works as a unit. There has not been any disagreement; every resolve hns been unanimous. We take our share in the State Exchange and Warehouse, | and no one votes against your norm homo i correspondent, F. A. SLEEPY. ( brethren, is your Alliance a little | sleepy? Are some of your members becoming negligent about attending your regular ' meetings, expecting to be carried on to victory by the energy and faithfulness of your wide-awake members ? Let nie give you a remedy for such mom- ] hers: At the next meeting of your Alliance disband for one day ; turn out every mem- I bcr except your president and vice president hen reorganize. Next day Lake in only the members that come?and "come arun- i niug." Then your members may bo di- 1 ininished, but the power of your Alliance will be greatly strengthened. Then the very name of your Allianco will be a synonym of strength and honesty. The word of every member of the Alliance of Union County ought tube and must be "as good as his bond." No more liens or mortgages ought to be required. t HOW IGBOWPUMPXIHS. It is a mistaken idea that Pumpkins can be raised only on rich river and creek bottoms. I have built some rock walls across little hollows that run from the lot and yard, and they soon filled up with rich made earth, making the nicest places for roasting-cars, J beans and pumpkins, imaginable. And this i year I can show you some of the finest of Pumpkins thnt have grown on these hollows ?the vines running far up the hillside on both sides of this hollow, and loaded with the choicest pumpkins. . Then, if pumpkins arc planted about the j, first of May around in the corners of fences n about the lot, and dug around a little with 0 a mattock, they will amply repay for the s trouble. They are nice to cook and give to q stock, especially milk cows once a day during the fall and early winter. CUT HIM LOOSE. brethren, if nny of yon are so unfortu- ^ natc as to have a weak lir?#i.?- s? - ? tl ance; ono that in afraid to pull well with you, hi I advise you to bear patiently with him as long ns he keeps out of the way of the great car that carries our deliverance. Perhaps when he becomes accustomed to the harness, | lie mny pull to some advantage, nnd become ^ of some use to himself and family, and some *21 service to your Alliance car. tl But if you are cursed with a member that al is nil the time kickiug or pulling back Jjj against the breast chain, by all means cut hiiu loose and let hint go back into tli the fields of Kgyptian bondage, to - gather straw from its barren hills for the tale of *' cc bricks for the Pharaos of oppression, or to Mt twist jute for combines nnd trusts to hang K him with. to Tub Statb or Wasiiinotob.?Washington, N D. C. Nov. U.?At 5 27 o clock this after- If noon tha President issued bis proolacsation If declaring that the oondliions ! ? ??? K- ? _ ?r?" V1 conditions imposed by Congress on the But* m of Washington to eotiite that But* to admislion to the Union buy* been rntlflod nod noooplcd and that the admission *f said State Into th? Union is now oomptst*. i basis*;5^ * Mi the trus wofif^W^^^try!^ " tli?lri(?, bat iraeny^Aha band that ilu the cradle rules the wR-'k And not ly is the destiny of a nation and State ipod by the influence of woman, but every sanitation tlmt is set on foot for tho welfare any class of peoplo depends for its success on the fostering care of good women. Lady members in our Alliances would exL an influence for good, both morally and cinlly. Their presence would tend to cloto our order to a higher degree of refinount and social entertainment. They would spire tho innlo members with ? decree pure patriotism so essential to the best inrests of our noble order. Let us' en co uric them to grace the regular meetings of ir Alliances by their attendance. Let us vitc them to participate in all matters that tending to the advancement of our cause. Iicy can always be relied upon to add great oral strength to any and all such moveicnts, and they will bo the means by which 10 interest in our meetings will always be ifficient to insure a large attendance on tho art of the male members*. V Therefore, brethren, I would recommend nd earnestly suggest that cnch Alliance 'ould provide moro efficient means for the ncourageincnt and entertainment of true rumen members, to the end that our meetlgs may bo blessed with their presence. John II. Pkok Removed ?Charleston, Toe. 9.? Something of a sensation was croted here to-dar, by the announcement that tcceiver Chan berlain of the South Carolina tail way had removed Joint B. Peck, UenerI Manager, and lial appointed to succeed imC. M. Ward, Superintendent ofthePiltr* urg Division of the Baltimore and Ohio tnilroid. Colonel Peok has been Qeneral ' (imager of the roa I since its reorganisation, lis removal will be followed, it is said, by n almost entire reorganisation of the force, he general belief here is that the guillotine rill be extensively used.?Vol. Ret/inter. Y wilt> wintry wkatiikit.?Clarendon, Texas, s'ov. 9.?Tlic deepest snow that has fallen icre in twelve years is on the ground now. ? i is six inches deep. All trains on the fort Worth and Denver are blockaded north if hero, and there are eight engines in snow ^w|| Iritis 75 tni'es northwest of this place. The Irifts are nine feet deep. This is the worst now ttorm th it has ever visitel the Pan Kansas Citv, Mo., Nov. 9.?Dispatches ^^^1 rntn Southern and Western Kansas give de- i ails of the fierce snow storm that raged there restcrday. Suow, hail and sleet fell thick ind was driven so fiercely by the wind that n many places the people did not even dare o venture out of doors. Trains ere eomovliat delayed, though none have been abao- a loned. ~ DANOKRorst,Y III.?Dr. J. W. Mitchell, he Alliance business agent at this place, is iangcrously ill with typhoid fever. He has Men removed to the house of his father, in lie upper part of. the county, 'and is reviving the best attention from physicians \nd friends.?Greenville A>ir*. List of Letters llcmnining in the Postottice at Unio n, for Lite week ending Nov. 16th., 1889. John M. Ballard. |Bobo Kinlcy. 1. 8 Pm It fill ' T. fl1ii?ily i, . |,[i . K.t?trnmc Fafrow. A. J. Micrs. \ Miss Annie Gnddy. A. W. Preston. J. T. Haney. * Mess. Borcn & .Shelly. . .. i Persons calling for the nhovc letters will please say if advertised, and will bo required to pay one cent. J. C. HUNTER, P. M. MARRIED. " 1 QAULT IIART.?Married, at Near Hope nhllffth AM Waila?* 1 * ? uuuvsuuy ine uuih, Uct., 1680) by Lie*. I). 1'- H.jyd, Mr. Mellon G?ult, of Kelton, S. C., to Miss Lc'ht Hart of Uuion Co., S. C. OBITUARY. UKEGOllY.?John Henry, little son of S. A. and Susie K. Gregory, about twenty months of age, died on the 14th inst., at West Springs, of dysentery and inflammation of the bowels. Darling little Henry, we miss thy bright &nd happy smiling face mid thy loTing voice we shall hear no more, but we hope to - ~ meet thee in heaven. May the Lord cornfort and sustain the bereaved parents and friends in their mul affliction, und the consolation is thnt while they cannot bring their lcar one back, they can meet hint again. J. H. W. SPECIAL NOTICED ALL persons indebted to mo by note or account, arc requested to make immcdiitc payment, as I am compelled to collect. W. H. SARTOR, Nov 8 45 8t. AN EARNEST CALL. ^ A LL persons who have purchased Guano und other goods from us, due Nov. 1st, iiid have not paid the same, must respond iromptly. We are obliged to meet our obligations, and our customers must nid us to do t. FARR & THOMSON. Nov 15 4i? tf Executor's Sale. rv v ?i? *? ' " I ? > uiucr ironi nun. J. M. Oca. Judge oi 13 Probate for Uoion County, i will offer or sale, before the Court house door, to the lighosi bidder, on Salesday in December ext, ell the right title end interest?being ne-balf?that the late Dr. John W. Posey ad in the stoolc and fixtures of the Drug tore, at Union, C, H. conducted under the _ rm name of J. W. Posey & Bro. TERMS CASH. B. F. POSEV, Ex'rof Will of J. W. Posey. Charleston News & Courier nnd Spartanurg Herald will puhljsh once a week for iree weeks and aend bill to D. A. Townjnd, Attorney, Union, S. C. Not 15 4(1 3t. IIVI JNDKIl ? power of sale contained in a Mortgage executed and delivered by inandaJ. Foster to Robert Little, dated dtli September, A. L). 1888, ond recorded in le offico of the Register of Mesne fonreyuce for Union County, in llook J. No. 9. ngc'2<il,I will sell before the Court house oor, during the legal hours of sale, on sales?y in December next, to the hignest bidder, te tract of land described as follows : AU that certain tract of land lying, being ul situate in Union County, .State aforesaid, unniencinir *1 *? Hl?? ?* _ p ...U> mil IWI CDI CHJi*, id S. 74, W, 47.20, to a Pine in old Mill ond, thence with mid rood to stake, thence 1}, W. 0.60, to stake, thence K. 80.00, stake; thence R. 8.26, to stake; thence 18, W. to stake; thence 8. 78; K. k50 to donble ninlberry; thence N. 82; K. ; 26 to stake on Creek; thence up said eek to the beginning, containing 168 acres, ore or less. TERMS OF 8ALK. CASH. ROBERT LITTLE, , Mortgagee. Not 16 40 8t. 4 I#