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llic 31)a-fi(i] lilnioii limes R. M.STOKEf^ - Editor S. 8. STOKES. - Local Tditor Trldii), Vbrenber 90, 188?. StliSturrrTy.v~|1 60 I'KR ANNUM POST OFFICE DIKECTOBT. '"The 1'. O. will ho opened for business from 8 A. M. to 5.SO P. M. The Money' Or Ut Department will be opened for 1-usinen fr< m 0 A. lo 4 P. M ^ ^? ?Ttio Northern mad will close at 1 P. M., and tho Southern Mail nt 1 .SO 1* M. Any inattention or irregularities should bo leportnl proni]<tlv to the P. M. J. C. HUM Kit. P. M. The Cotton Market' Tho Cotton weigher was engaged eat'ng hit Thanksgiving Turkey when wewetit t?> press 8:> we could not obtain the number oi nines sold thi%wcck. Trices ranged from ' '] (" 11.90. UADLV IN WANT OF MONEY. We n"0 just n >w greatly in W:?ut t money. A Jorge number of pet sons nr? indebted id us forsubscripli >n nod a l*ertising, nuil AO prr com of what is due wnub be thankfully received n' ('r'.t tim<\ Oo l ot forget to a'tend the inert - r M (' jiMl.CiOl)''!*. P*. T! ie Coroner was sent f r y ester day to hold an inquest o*rr the body of i child tliit was burned to tleuili on Mr. It T. Dnvis' farm. . . iovernor Itichnrdson bus appointc< (leorge Minot', of litis county, n Notary Public. ? . O rsr??"- We nre rmiu'fiifd to ei?e nolic Iliit llc?. W. I. Herbert, the newly ap p -inlcil Castor, will preach in the Methodi* church next Sunday. ? . - The host Cream Cheese in town, at \V. D Arthur's Market. OPOu Don't forget that the 15ih of Decern her is the last tiny for paying taxes Lcforr the 20 percent ycnalty is a'Inched Thcri is no probahility that the time wi'l he ex icuvicn, l? inn'i >iee'ei*t voir duty. A sapiare mile of the city of Lynn Mass., was laM in ashes last Tuesday, nir from six to seven million dollars ?>f |?r??ji crty destroyed. Lynn is a great Shoe Maun facturiiig City. BF&,. IVc regret to state that Mr. .latnc M. Dice, of Fish D.tnt, is lying quite sick a the resilience of his father, S. M. llice 8r He was recovering from a setere a'tnek n pneunionia an.) took a relapse from exposur in ceming to town. o thrr respecte<I young frierial. Mis Mattie Clifton, of Cross Keys, will accep out- 11.....l ^ r.... .. 1 1. r .1.. . ..... it ifiiuvii vi iiii: niir^ turnips we have seen in years. \ot heat our lioine folks. Miss Muilie, ntu tliey thought they lia<l the hrag patch. ?. ? Fresh Sausage nt \V. 1>. Arthur's Mea Market, next to Tinsley's Jewelry Store. gjan., An exquisite entertainment wa given in honor o-f-Mdoa?hla To"WTey7 of An derson, ami her frietuls here hist Tucsdn, evening, at tho rcsfdemsU of tier brother. Mr - ? ' a ?^wrnrr I?Wy ~fttv<r~ tuff niaTTo niani Warm friends in t'nion. You will find splendid Tickled Tigs Fee at W. 1>. Arthur's. Try them. . ??\v* We are pleased to learn that oui talented a* d truly worthy young friend. K Dlniore. : hveu unanimously ve-eleetei Trineipal of the Taealct High School. Thi: is not only a well merited eouipliiiieut to i young man of ability and pure moral ehar.ae tor, hut is a tlattering endorsement of hi> e'licieney and acceptability as u Teacher after serving the intellingcnt people ol I'acolet in that capacity for one year. - Try some of W. 1?. Arthur's llrook Trout, ami I'orncd I'eef. ito'.li are really nice. - ?. ?? JtiV" In the list of Tot ton Seed <>il Mills and Fertili/.er Factories. reported in ill*X'irs itml ('"iiri-r, as taken from the Annual i?c]n>ri <>i I lie Secretary of Slate, showing tlio amount of capital in vested during tin year ending Oct. !tl. Iss'.t. we <lo not wt the Union Cotton Seed t>il Mill, ,"ti\, with u capital of $-"?,(KKI, inentioiieil. Thin Mill is iicurly completed ami will he in full o|i('i'utiou about the -tltli of next mouth. We don't know whether any appointment has been made of a census taker for this census division id* the State, lnit think not, and being particularly desirous of getting a full, faithful and honest census return of this division, which can only be obtained through a capable holiest and energetic census taker, we take the liberty of endorsing the 'application of Mr. .1. I,. Strain, a 1 o we consider eminently iptalilied for the duties of I hat position. fitSV- In our notice last week of our friend Warren Harnett's splendid cotton crop, we did not do full justice to his brag two acres, in stating it us -l.tHMI Pis. seed cotton. Ii should have been 4,Hint lbs. _> loo lbs to the acre. Mr. Harnett also wishes us to Rlntc that it was Stotio Ami that he used, purchased from Mr. \V. A. Nicholson. Ami, in order to give all parties credit for their aid in producing so good a yield, he wishes its to state further that he planted the Thomas seed. 1W,. One farmer in 1 .aureus County has sold $d(M> worth of hogs of his own raising this year, and has "a fetv more of tlie same sort left.'' We venture the assertion that ihe cost of raising those hogs was not over oue-lmlf the cost of producing that amount ?8 hales?in cotton. The surest and most profitable way for our farmers to fight trusts, combinations and all speculators in the necessaries of life, is to i aise all their own supplies that their farms will permit ; then, having food for man and beast, they can laugh at hard times and hold their cotton for a remunerative price. Thus, they wiil kill two or more combinations at tie shot?the pork packers, the cotton speculators, and everybody else who may combine to extort enormous profit^ i I them. High Pric?d Money Eell* Oat Farmer*. The Sumter Advance contain* legal advertisements for the sale of 2,8&8 acre* of land to satisfy mortgages of the the Dundee Mortgage and Trust Investment Company, and 1,042 acres to satisfy mortgages of the Scottish American Mortgage Company. These arc foreign lnndloan companies. This is only a small l>eginiiing. In a few years thousands of such mortgages will be foreclosed in this State. And it was to induce those very Foreign companies to bring their money into this State that the rate of interest was raised by the Legislature front 7 to 10 per cent, under contract. If we are not mistaken, those companies loaned their money for five years upon unencumbered renl estate alone, and only on ot -fifth its appraised value. , With a few other papers the I'nion T mf? objected to the passage of tlie 1" per cent , law; but money. or the prospect of getting it at <i?iy price, was more powerful than any warning of danger that could be sounded by so ."mall and. perhaps, insignificant a portion of the press of the State, ami the law allowing in [uT cent, lor money was passe protest. We predicted tlie very disastrous resul llial is now bringing so many farms undct the Sheriffs liammer in Siniiter Comity. saiil then, ami we say now, that no businos: under tlie sun. except selling whiskey, eat stand under the pressure of 1" per sent foi proof of the soundness of our position thai r> the statement of the Sumter A'lrnnrr, tha I.acres of land in that County arc ad vertisod for sale to foreclose Mortgages heh hy these foreign companies for money loanet I on only one-fifth the assessed value of those i' lands. The ten per cent. Jaw, the lien law am the homestead law have together done inon l> mischief to the farming, mechanic and al other legitimate business interests of thi: 1 State than even the five years of had crops or any other ndverse circumstances Am what is still worse, they have so demoralize! the masses of the people that nine out o ten men who once took pride in paying thcii debts now seek for every hole or technicality * in the laws to evade pnying their obligations c We have heard of men of means and posr tion in society openly avowing that they paid nothing that the law did not compel them to pay. tnuW,, wwln. 'oelnrintz that they recognized no moral obligation in the payment of debts. Years ago such an avowa would have driven the man who made it on' of respectable society, and with business met it would have forfeited his position as a tnar s of honor and inteerilv. i And why this sad change in tho morals o: the peopleBecause at the en?l of each ycni f tliey found that high priced money and thi r e<>ii?c'|iient high prices for provisions and al other necessaries of life was piling upor their shoiihlers debts tint they would novel s be ahle to remove hy ordinary industry, and t they cnmo to believe it was no crime, undet t the law of self-preservation, to resort to an} t means, fair or foul, to throw ofl" the load 1 plaeed upon them by what they considered merciless extortion. This engendered a dis regard of all moral obligations, and caused many to take advantage of all opportunities to evade payment through legal process, s An I this feolimr lias ohpi'nc 1 so?sliullg J 7" foothold in the business transactions of tin y v.'iuntry tbnt eonfideneo between man atu . .Vdmno ?.i almost luat. _ * fau.'u of tins deplorable state of our business affairs ctin be traeed back to the time whet there was no law restraining the Skyloeks o ' the country from exacting from 1A toll pei cent per month for money, and when tin ,. unfortunate purchaser on time was charged from 'J't to :'.n ? pound lor bacon, and I all other necessaries at the same rale. Then s a usury law was passed, and after a few t years of growing prosperity under a law routining i he legal rale of interest to 7 per ^ cent, and when all were becoming satisfied with (lie working of that law. these foreign I* eapila'isis stopped in and made our legisla turn ltdiove tlint we wantcil tlieir money, ami ?'uu''l have it. if we would give lliom 10 per cent for il. pay tlieir lawyers and agents for making (he eotilraet watertight. \nd what has heen the result since: Land has gone ilown frotn aO to 7"? per I cent of its former value, atnl every character of business has heen cottilitelcil in tnistrust, uncertainty ami dissatisfaetioti. an.I while foreign capitalists are swallowing the poor fellows who swallowed the bait they threw to them. . O On the SupplementThe advertisements of T. K. Uniley, Graham A Spark*. Kctihen T. Gee, J. II. l'urtcr, W. 1). llewlcy. J. W. Votey k llro., S. M. Rice, Jr., K. U.. the Shoo Matt ami the Fidelity Lout ami Trust of Spartanburg ami Swink & Octzel, at .lotie.sville, are published on our supplement this week. ? Our Member? in their Seats Senator Monro ami Representatives I'ow. It r, McKissick and Itcnty. went to t'tduuihia Monday, and were in tlieir seals in the Legislature at the eall of the rolls of the two houses on Tuesday. T. li. Itiitlcr, lis.p. of this town, also went down with the members, and reported for duty on Tuesday in the engrossing department of the Legislature. m Wo invite special attention to the advertisement of Mr. George Geddcs, the proprietor of the Uuion Marble yard. Mr. Geddcs 19 a worthy christian gentleman and a very fine workman As a of liis workmanship we refer our readers to the handsome monument lately erected over the grave of the lamented ox-Uovernor Jeter, in the village graveyard, a full description of which wejhopo to give our readers next week. -?- ? A $;!0, (l(K) ?Fort Worth, Nov. 28.?Sixteen masked and heavily armed men hoarded the Southbound Santa Se passenger train last night at llerwyn, a stna I s'at ion in the t'hieknsaw Nation, Indian Territory, and cut the engine and mail and express ears loose from the passenger coaches. They then ran the train two miles and threw the fireman off the locomotive. Then the robbers began an attack on the express car. The guard and messengers tired twenty shots, but tlnnlly gave in, after the I robbers had literally riddled the car. The I money stolen is between and $ ?((,- I isiu, and came principally from Chicago. I niled Slates marshals are in pursuit of the robbers. Union at a Market. Notwithstanding our frequent assertions to the contrary, we still often hear complaints tlmt Union was the highest price market in the up country for staple articles. Hut thi- complaint, in nine coses out of ten, endnotes from those who hove gone to. adjoining towns to sell their cotton, while their nccounts in Union are unsettled. Aa. to its being a fact in the pest we have nothing to say, except this, that those persons who have gone to other markets, generally did Union the injustice of comparing the time prices of this market with the cash prices of oilier markets. >Ve arc convinced that if they had toted fair they would have found that our market was oh cheap, if , n?t cheaper than any other market: especially if they hud counted the time lost in going to other markets, an<l the wear and tear of teams, &e. Ihit thai is a thing of the past. It is otir purpose in this article to eall the attention of our renders to the fact that Union is ns good I a market as Spartanburg, Laurens or Newberry. We have carefully compared tlie rei ported markets of these towns with our own, p taking as a hnsis the leading articles, such as t'otton, Flour, Kacon Sugar, Colfee Iticc nnd < Molasses and we find that the prices of these i articles is lower at Union than in any of her r sister towns. i*r trvine to captwi-e i the business of other counties, and 800n t as a person from one of the adjoining cmTtt^ ties goes into their stores tlicy put the prices I down on purpose to attract him, and often 1 selling some articles slightly below cost, and ) when tlie purchaser returns home lie blows the horn of that town, and his neighbors 1 Hock around him, and at his word, without r counting the cost of time nnd labor, they 1 rush to the cheap market, which they often find, to their serious loss, is really tho dear, est market. This is one great mistnko that 1 many of our farmers make. They seem to 1 forget t lint time and labor is the capital of the f country, hut if they can get flour at Hpartanp burir for tiftv cents a hnrrel less than nt homo, they will lake a team ami two men , from their work two days to go there to save three dollars on six barrels,?is about the average amount generally purchased at i once,?forgetting that it cost, at least thrct i dollars per day to go to and from Spartani burg, thus making the cost greater than if 1 they hnd purchased from home merchants t As for the cotton market of Union this ycai i we are credibly informed that it lias aver ? aged several points ahead of the markets around us. while the prices of groceries and f l>rv tioodsare fully as low as that of any mar ket above Columbia. ? We cannot eonsoicniinusly frame nny ex1 cuse for our people going to other markets, i with these farts before them, and we hope r that those who have in the past gone awaj i from home to purchase supplies will not give r Union tho'go-by in the future, but give oui home people, our young anil descrying mcr I chants, achuncc to show that they arc honor I able men. and sell goods nt a reasonable pro fit. which we honestly believe they arc do I ing. i . -o Personals. r - I e .Mr. and Mrs. J ah" V^tcu"?. gg Jtyii 1 field, spent several di? ,'l?l!?fV^w'l:ie \! x,r u-'-u ?-ult burn, stu<U%iuft ur DatulHcn College, pn*. ;?p i town a visit this week in the interest i i on up .mciis i nristiaii Association at David r son t"allege. > Misses Nellie and Mattio Hnrlc and Mrs I A. W. loive returned to their liouu 1 lit Morristown. Tenn.. after a visit to thcii sister, Mrs. \V. II. Miller. Mr. F. Shell, of Lnnrens, paid out town n visit this week, on Alliance business i" the closing proceedings of the South t'nrolinn t'onfereocc we ft ml the following in relation to the ( -lutubia Female College. Dr. Darby has done woim'ers toward recuperating the College and placing it in a solid and healthy condition, and wc arc not sure that a fre?|ucnt change of officials iri any institution of learning?unless foi some flagrant fault in the officials themselves ?has ever proved advantageous tjo its character for permanency and efficiency. That Dr. Jones will prove a. worthy success of the popular and helov jd Dr. Darby, wc have not the least doubt, for wc know him to be one of the purest, ablest snd most lovcable men in the Conference. The Chairman of the Hoard of Trustees of the Columbia Female College announced that the Her. Dr. t). A. Darby had tendered his resignation as president of the institution. and that with great relucts nee and regret the Hoard hail finally ^accepted the protl'ered resignation. Dr. Darby had written his letter of resignation before the convening of Conference, and. it is stated, intends to resume his former relation with the Conference as a preacher and take a regular appointment. His resignation is unconditional as to time, etc., hu t the trustees have asked him to retain the presidency until June next, nml tin Tin* trustees have eleete<l ns president tlie Itev. I>r. Samuel It. Junes, hut if is not yet known if he will accept, hut it is thought pruhahle that lie may, in view of the handsome unanimity of the lendar. n?>? l'erhsps one of tlie happiest family reunions that ever occurred in this County i took place last Sunday at the residence of j hit highly esteemed lal f, .Mrs Amanda i Fant, widow of the late '}nvid Farit, upon the occasion of the arr-vi. of ho'sm Dr. J. i I,. Fant and amiable wife, from Tuscaloosa, ; Ala., after an absence or s x years. The joy of that loving and faithful nto'hor can ho belter imagined than expressed, upon meeting around her tab o fivo of her six noble hearted affectionate sons, and their wives, in happy family iiniou after so long u separation. And well may that goo I oid mother feel proud indeed, when looking upon sons whose lives an I characters reflect honor upon her who bore them, and **l o implants I in their child hearts feeds of which intheii ripe years have brought forlt> fruits of honor an 1 pure citizenship. - - - ? I 1 An Inquest Coroner (Iregory hold an inquest last Thursday over the body of Cleveland Harris, ncolirnd child found dead (ho morning cfore, in !-< I I cside its mother. Tnc verdict of the jury was that (Cleveland Harris, catue to his death by accidental smothering 1 -T ?- Hflqpfl JUlMd Pork. Mfloors. fiMO and Ira Harris, who runs (ho Grist and Saw Will formerly owned by I)r. Hix, in this iown, reports killing four splendid hogs, weighing respectively, 458, 4406 and 864 pounds.^ That is a goo-l showing of what can be done in this county, in the way of raising our own pork. But aSfJOh.'Sfe t Messrs. Harris' hogs should jyijndi 11 tp*?ft"8? with hogs raised under dftfn&ent surroundings. Very few people own Grist Mills, consequently very few enjoy the advantage of raising their pork on the toll they earn in grinding other people's corn. A poor corn year with our farmers interferes but little with the returns of a Gr:st Mill, for the people must have nievl, and if not from home raised corn then from Western corn, nml it is all tolled by the miller, and lie fattens his hogs on it. We, liQwever, commend the Messrs Harris for sc" ting so good an example, and hof% to receive similar reports from many Indies and gentlemen throughout the County. Lots for Sale at West Union. At no time sinco we came to Union his - f. i n- nt.VVAtlnnSlU fr.P h 11 V i ? rr I-IFKI UCSM - IIUV! J " T> building lots cheap than will be offered next Mondny, by ibe rule of tbc farm known ns the Dunhnr 1 lace, otic rf tLc nioBt elevated and attractive spins within Iho corpttJi J?l? liolt"1 lli>virhM<> liiwn \been laid off by Col. J. L. ~ "V^ung, into *27 one acre lots, with two good 1 streets running Nort it and South, intersecting Iho Itlosingaino nad, and a 14 acre farm in the rear, which could he made a splendid pasture lot convenient to town. The place lias been named West Union, and we predict that 6 or 0 years from now, it will be as thickly popula'ed as the town proper, and Iho value of iho lots will he from 6 to 10 times higher than they will command next Mondny. I Union is growing surely, and the demand for town property will so ittcnea'c in a few years that every building lot within the corporate limits will find ready sale at greatly 1 advanced prices. Conference Appointments. We take from the full list of nppointmonts made at the Soit'h Carolina Conference cf the M. K. Church South, just closed, the following appointment* for this District : T. O II ten BKRT, P. K. Spartanburg, tV. IC. Richard son, S. D, Jsnes, eupernumernry; Cuy Mission, 8. Delltea, J. F. Smith, supernumerary; Union, W. I. Herbert; Cherokee, J. 1*. Attaway, E. L. Archer, supernumerary; South Union, J. Attaway, Jonosville, D. I'. Royd, M. 11. Kelly; GafTney City, A. A. Gilbert; Laurens, T. E, Morris; North Laurens, W. A. Clarke; Clinton, J, E. MnhaffVy; Belmont, D. R. llrown; Campobclla, S. T. Biackman; I'aco1 let, T. M. Dent; Clifton, J. W. Shell; W?fr ford College, A. Coke Smith, Professor; J. > C. Kiigo, Ftuancial Agent, r Rev. S. A. Weber goes to Aiken; Revs. J. M. Carlisle and A. II. Lester have been - placed on the superannuated list. Good and - faithful servants, worn out in the service - of their Lord and M istcr. An Attempt at SuicideI?ist Sunday ninmitig. Dick Estcs, a young <?;i?rted boy, while under the inlluence ot * i attempted to commit suicide, by to le.wo thpiuiself in the^Jr^,i??w with the ^-w?-?fWrnc^an<r<TiTT , ! ?'Xlie r * ho was doing, for it is a vnro ' i l!i>uf n't negro commits suicide, or even atftmpts it. Dick is satisfied with his first ntI tempt. He will never complete the job. . i The whiskey must he awful mean in Union, I 4i.*? _:n i._ _ i ... i % 5 mm n in uiiiNU coioreu unys Commit such p rush nets. Four at a Birth Tliis has certainly been a remarkable year in every respect. Remarkably good field crops have been reported in this county and nit rrnny weeks ago there was a competition between Bogansville anil Jonesville on the pumpkin crops. Bogansvillo also reported three children at a birth, which downed Jonesville. Santuc now brings forth the champion Goat, which gave birth to four liitlo Koynl Dumpers at one setting, last week, on the promises of Mr. 11. S. McDaniel. Try again, Bogansville. v- ?< - 1 Ao Fuszler. r Our friend S. M. Rice, Jr., at East Union, has another puzzle for his customers to solve when they go to purchase their Christmas presents. 11c says he wants to help the j rinier hy advertising, and the printer desires all of the readers of the times to hep Spencer, l>y colling on liim when tbcr po to purchase their Christmas fixings, in order (but the puzzle may he solved, ho>? it is possible for liim to sell Ins goods ro cheap. Sicall and see Spencer, for he is a man of liis word. A Sad Aocident Lust Monday afternoon Kloise, tho only daughter of Dr. U.S. Meaty, inet with a sad accident by a swing breaking, and throwing her to the ground with such force as to bresk her left leg, above the ankle. The fracture is a severe one, and the unfortunate child has suffered a great deal from it. The little sufferer and family have our sympathies. The New School Building The new school building is a settled fact; and as soon as an Act can be passed by the Legislature authorizing the issuing of Town Moml.s for the purpose of huildiiig a Public School Muilding, tho work will commence. A view of the front elevation can he seen at the postofficc. This will he a permanent ami highly beneficial iinprovcmens to our town, ami one that is greatly needed. - ?? ? ? Hogs Butoherod. Wo call the attention of our readers to tlie nl'r.Viseniciv^f Mr. W. 1>. Arthur, offering tc*" ""I, ' ' 'gs at a reasonable price. M e take pleasure in commending our cslet ncd young friend Warren to those who intend to buy drove bogs, as being a most excellent butcher, and a young man worthy ' of their patronage. 'lTse Lsvsndina, the magic heidichc cui'C. It relieves in five minutes for snc at I'ojey's I'rug Store, price L'octs. y.-'i'i oi *% ) For the Timk. Mb. Editor. ? N*1 seeing anything reported in regard t-? the pr gross of the 0. C. & N. R. 11 . that is t> run by Fish Dam, ( tli night I wol 11 give a lnt o news about th*t important entrrprtsr; on'y you know it is not in my section, and 1 feel I am intruding on Fisli Dam. The work of grading was moving rapidly until the last week's rain, which m?*lo it very difficult <o work in that pipe e'sy land. The four pillars in Uriad River line been built id a height of twenty feet. The rock for them was taken from a quarry just ono trileaway where the rock in the Shslloti bridge, 8. U & C. road came fiom, but the i ock proved too soft for capping, nn I they are now getting the capping froi.i the n'd flat rock querry, hut have to haul it a distance of three mi I a half miles. The cnn'rici for hau'dng has been taken by two of our young farmers, Messrs. J. M. Jeter, and S. M.Mc Daniel, who ext ect In push their work as fust as possible. They are securing the farmers who are about tlir nigh gnthcaing crops and wish to till up spare time and mako their mules pay for their food in hauling. Mr. T. Iv. Ilr-'WH, who has a contract several mt c? West of liete, was in town Saturday, and reported good in his section. The Saiiluo Division. 8. of T., he'd its semi-nioiHhly me. ti ig l ist Thursday night, and had a very pleasant meeting, despite the inclement we'd her. Our division his instituted a new feature, r ?*. that of liav.ng subjects of debate. At our next mec ing, Thursday, D-c. bth, 7,p tn. we will have two subjicls for diliote, viz: 1st. Is it the duty of c tizain in any particulur community to advocate 8. of I. Societies. 4IIU. IS 1111*11. u??t. un?|^.( *. nn to* i nc influence in Irs or her community hy working to suppress 'lie liquor traffic." There arc several names on the pro grilinvn**, in i?f? u ?iivj II111 rin ?11?v. mm tire, and members nrc looking forward t > that time with interest; as it will be quite lively. Mr. Kdit-r, in my report of tlic Stat? Fair, when .speaking of the gins, the Tims* made it to read the l'ratt carding cotton gin" when it .'tis the "Droit" although it made a very fine sample. I don't think it could near compare with the Pratt f>r general purposes. I appreciate very much your a Ivies to tne and will try and profit by it. Hut as times arc now, with short crops and m money, one must need economize, iu both ti ne and money, almost to the vergo of parsimony. And yon will not wonder at it, when 1 tell you that last Monday there had only been GUO bales of cotton sold here, against 1200, the corresponding period Inst year. What is the matter? Way, it is not here to sell, lint thanks to Mini who is the giver of all good, corn i" good. If friend Vox's article in the last Times, causes tnc to become inquisitive to find out who those lnd<cs were, you must excuse me, for what he said whs calculated to arouse a little pleasant conceit in the best of us. i don't like his saying "perhaps" he ^iil tell mo, 1 would like it to read "1 will." lie v. C. H. Wiileford preached a very interesting sermon at Salem yesterday, from 1st. Peter 3 : 15. lie is uow going to deliver a series of six lectures, one every Wednesday evening, at 7 p. m., nt the church. Mrs. Jenkins ? e Miss Inula Thomas, of Charleston, is visiting the family of her father Dr. J no. P. Thorn js, of Santuc. Mrs. Jenkins is as bright aud pleasant as ever, and is a welcome visitor at Santuc. Mr. and Mrs. J. \T. Humphries, of Cross Keys, ?neuI a few d.avs with relatives in this town last anil tliis week, MiuTilla ofUn'on. has been on a visit to Mrs. C. IV. Austell. Mr. .1. 11. McKissick, our excellent Clerk of Cnnrr jyas in Snnmc^rcsfefrhrr; NHsi" Nettie Thomas left here last week, for Darlington, to lake charge of a echoo. there. She carries with her the best wishes of all in )his community, for unbounded i success in hor chosen profession. 1".. W. J-' y?? siirt'uuirni?mnw, News from North Pacelot. Etta Jans, Nov. 2">.?As predicted in onr last letter, Mrs. l.ucinda C. Hughes, wife of T. Jeff Hughes, died last Wednesday night. She had been alllieted with cancer for some time. She was a consistent member of the Abingdon Creek Huptist Church, in which cemetery her earthly rcnia'tis were laid last Friday, in tlie presence of an unusually large concourse of people. Itev. S. D. F. Clank conducted the funeral services which wero hotli so'einn and impressive She was a daughter id' the late Daniel and Ovry (Salluian. Her grave was literally strewn with flowers. None knew her but to love her. None named her but to praise. The Abingdon Creek Sunday School expect to observe Christmas day with appropriate Sunday School exercises and request your correspondent to extend a cordial invitation to all friendly to the Sunday School and Mission work to meet with them in their church on that day and take part in the exercises. Tho following programme has been handed us: asskmiw.k at 10.30 a. m. After singing ami prayer, tlio subject of "How should Christmas day l>e spent," will l?c discussed l?y .1. L. Strain. Ksq., ('apt. John 11. JetFerios ami ('. t'. Huberts "Is it advisable to continue our Sunday Schools during the first quarter of the year, in theconntry," 'will then be discussed by 'I'. M. Littlcjohn. t' W. Wliisonant. 1'. S. Webber ami others. ' Wlinl shouhl be the influence of Sunday School workers," will then be proposed for a joint discussion. A recess of one hour will then be taken. After recess the Ladies' Missionary Society will assemble, and all persons who feel interested in the cause of .Missions are invited to meet with them. They had an interesting prayer meeting at Abingdon Creek which was attended by a large and orderly congregation last night. They have also a corps of earnest workers in their church, who are determined to do their duly. Success to you, brethren, and your noble work. We hear of a number of bec-guuis being stolen lately. Mrs. Vox invites these marauders to try a gum she has. in which the bees have whipped out everybody that has tried it yet. The old 'oiiinii needn't be loo oblitfilltf. Thov lil'te.l" i> ....... c. .. t~* s <*-' ,n" years ago, ami if anybody was stung she never found it out. Hut Sain Mahry says lie is going to "satvli diligently" for liiscn Col. Sam Jeffries came arotnnf last week ami pave tlie Junior Voxos a history of his school 'lays, which they have heen studying ami repeating. I expect they are fixing to pet worn out" when they start to school apain. The Colonel is our Modern Shakesjiearo. I low can *> persons divide -h epps so that each person will receive ?n ami still ???< remain in the dish? Vox. ? - . l'r.atn Tai.k.?Colonel l. vingaton, a prominent Georgia Fanner ami an aspirant for (he Democratic nomination fir Governor, indulged in a pla-n talk hofore the State Alliance at Augusta, a few days ago. He told the farmers they were in debt, and debt .*s the heaviest of all burdens. They were raising up lhe;r children in ignorance ond they could not in justice to themselves, their posterity or the State, allow such a thing to continue. They were ground down beneath unjust monetary laws, and national legislation aide! in this. These a I conspired to bring ah >ut the formal ion of the alliance. The alliumo men weic not fighting ilie merchants: they were fighting the trusts ami the m mey kings. They must become eelf-su itainitig. making their living at home, and all will go well. Boycott Speculator# in Neceaantie*. Wkavkrvillb, N. C., f It. M. Stokes, Esq.?Some two yearn ago ^ or more, a number of gentlemen from Bra- y zil came to New York and formed a syndicate . v. ith members of the coffee Exchange for the purpose of speculating in coffee. This they did, by putting up margins and getting control of the stock on hand at the commercial centres. As soon as this was accomplished c a great outcry was mnde through the press ,j of a deficient or short coffee crop. False statements of the amount on hand were made and pcrsistantly reiterated jobbers and re- J tailors immediately advanced tho price, and, t under the skillful manipulation of the specu- 0 tutors, coffee went up to its present price, j Now this was purely a matter of speculation, as is evidenced by the fact that there was * not a short crop, but the production in Bra- a zil that very year was 500,000 sacks in ex- j cess of the year previous. * * ? 1.1 1.? Believingtluit these speculators count u? brought to grief 1 made ti patient investigation of merchants' ledgers and found that lite monthly consumption of codec, in this s mountain section, was seven pounds to the t family. Taking the population of the I'nitcd States to he sixty millions, would give twelve millions of families, and tit Tibs to a family, the copsuinption would amount i to H I millions of pounds, per month. I Upon this calculation I wrote an article for the Ellsworth llernhl, calling upon the 1 people to Boycott coffee and ruin the specu- ' lutors. The article was published and copied bv a few papers, but for want of con- ( cert of action, very little was accomplished. However, the greatly increased price considerably restricted consumption, and there were some heavy failures among the speculalUH*. 1 llU Cut lil t oiUl onloioi If i lio WW' ance. the Knights of Labor and the press of the country will call upon the people to ahat}<lnn the use of coffee/"or a *iirj/e month the worst of the speculators would be ruined. The surest cure for these speculations in the prime necessaries of life, is to Boycott any article that goes above si normal price. 'The Alliance nml the Knights of Labor arc now powerful organizations and they have only to use the Boycott judiciously and the sharpers and swindlers will be deterred from the investment of millions for such nefarious purposes. The press is supposed to conserve the interest of the people and should give aid. Very truly Yours l)n. \V.*\V. Winu, Mayor of Weavervillc, N. C. * For tho Timks. What E. W. J. Lost at the State Fair. Mn. Eimtok.?1 read with a great deal of interest "E. W. ,1's" report of tlie State Fair and fully agree with you that in consequence of the short time spent there, he did not sec some of the most interesting exhibits. I was not ns fortunate as "E. W. J." to he able to spend a whole day at the Stato Fair, but was permitted to spend about twenty minutes only there. The only thing that 1 saw was the exhibit of the State University. This was a little world in itself, and I felt fully repaid for going to the Fair grounds. I# wnu pnnciilitppi] hv itmnv (Itn inrwf nt tractive nrnl instructive exhibit. Specimens of wood and iron work composed a great part of the exhibit. The principles upon which the electric car, dynamo and other electrical machines are based, were fully illustrated. Indeed, in that one exhibit there was enough to occupy the attention of the enquirer for months. 1 was sorry that I missed "E. W. J'' when he visited the Electric Light works. If he had hcen willing, 1 probably could have given him a "taste ' of that current which will light our streets, run our cars and cook our food for us. 1 am glad to hear that electric lights will be used in the Cotton Seed Oil Mill at Union. They are certainly the oh^np^st, ni'iih'nt mitt" ?briglTTesT lights known to man. Very Respect fully. A. F. McKtssicc. A Sai> Si'icidk.?Charlotte, X. C., Nov. I able suicide is VeiM'vcd here to-day. For ?>iiio time past Miss Essie Westmoreland, a pretty young girl of sixteen, living with her parents at Tliomasvillc. a small village in Davidson County, on the Richmond and Danville Railroad, has loved a young man of that place. The young man had proposed lo Miss Essie who had expressed her willingness to give her heart and hand to him in holy wedlock, hut her parents tohl her she was too young to marry and it would he necessary for her to live unmarried four more years before they could ever consent for her to marry anybody. The young man ceased to call on her and gave up nil hopes of taking her for his wife until the four years should pass around. Rut Miss Essie took the matter seriously to heart. Last Friday afternoon the young man wrote her a note asking if lie could accompany her to church that night. She was willing hut her parents objected and told her plainly and emphatically she should receive his attentions no more. When tohl this Hie disappointed girl gave up in despair and its she nulk?.t I i . nmnvM ! <> iiiv i*i*mi muuereu: "All right I lien, this will he the last of me " (if course her parents thought nothing of the remark, thinking it wouhl all pass oil' in a few minutes. Wlien called lor supper, however, .Miss llssic refused tc eat and soon left the room. She procured a ropo and went quietly into the back yard, wlfcrc she mounted the fence by a large cedar tree and adjusted the rope to a limb, then placing it around her neck, she eased oil' the fence. Her neck was not broken and she slowly choked to death. The deliberateness of the net is shown in the fact that while hanging, if she had repented, she could havo reached the limb with her hand and rescued herself. She was found before her body was co'd, and every ellbrt was made to restore her. but of no avail, and she was buried at Thomasvillc yesterday. M ktt'.nitni.omcAi, FnitKc\Hs run Divkmnr.it.?The Venus disturbance mentioned in November forecasts, and felt severely in November phenomena, is central on Decent- | Iter-Ith, and will ilcnsify the storms of the ; lirst of December period, which, under normal conditions, would lie from about the "2d to tlm 7th. The presence of extra disturbing 1 causes, however, call for a continuance of t perturbed weather over the reactionary days, : the Mh and'.ith. Kxtrcmes of temperature iu rapid phenomenal succession, is a marked ' characteristic of the Venus disturbance? hence the storm periods during its domi- I nance are almost sure to begin abnormally , warm and culminate in sudden and extreme cold. 1 The second storm period for December be- " gins about the l*2th. and runs to the 17th. It Our readers will remember that this period U | in the very midst of the regular winter Solnlicf perturbation, and remembering the presence and characteristics of Venus, ami that I'itfriin ' is cental on the loth, tliev inav count ..o u....... 1 full-grown, winter strorms about ilie 12th i<> ltitli. There will he rain ami much snow, fo|- (' lowed promptly l?y extremely cnM days. The i.? reactionary niovements ahout the lltth anil r L'lMli will most likely ho merged into the It the general solstitial disturbances, with a a decided tendency to a higher temperature A about those days. b A Vulcan disturbance is central on Christ- ci mas day. A higher temperature thati the in days immediately preceding is apt to he on A its way from the west to the east, attended tl hy storms of rain and snow. Many parts of al the country will he covered with snow, and have cold, frosty weather during the holidays. There is a .!/ renrml disturbance on the la-'t ,\ day of I'eoeinher. which is alsoa day of reac- o( tionary storm tendencies, Mercury is famous gi for his slr t i-'rins at this time of the year, fa The prospect - arc good that nature will put w up her winter festoons in exchanging l>ccem- te her lor .limitary, and that we shall slip from m the one into the other oil a sea of ice.? H'nrd it. "ii'l II',//.?. hi THE ALLIANCE DEPARTMENT. I. G. LITTLEJOHN, 7 Editob. ?! H. MEiller } Am,8TAXT Edito" OUK8TATE EXCHANGE Has every Sub-Alliance In iho County A. iken 8t-ck in the Slate Bufineu Exhang? ? If n it. Why? Do you not^fl liink it would be of grout adranlag o 11avc lier protection thrown around ou? . Itomcmher, brethren, that on'jj^^B bote Alliances who hare shares in the Exhange neo 1 expect her assistance. You all, loubtlosr, know the object of the Exchange, ml if you, as an Alliance, think yourselves ibleto "Paddle your own Canoe," without icr aid. 1 have no more to say. COTTON 8EED. It is certainly poor policy for farmers to iell or allow cotton seed to be taken from .heir farms without n commensurate re . e e it:. .uril Ul It'1 i III ^ :r. At nenrly every railroad station there are incuts who nre offering from fifteen to twenty cents per bushel f>r nil the eot'on jcrd they cm get, nnd I see that mnny of the colore ! renters nnd tennnts, and some of the whites, nre selling their seed for the onsh, seemingly without perceiving or oaring that they nre tanking a tcrriblo drain on onr ba lly abused fie'ds If you do let your seed g? frotn the farm l> Mm oil nvlle. by nil means get back the siunc amount of cottou seed meal, or some other fertilizer of equal value. It will not lake a man but a few years to run down the bc*t farm, if ho allows the entire products of the farm to bo removed. Kvcry thrifty farmer should have it .amdcrstood with his tenants that they must^P n >t se'.l the cotton sec I without bis (the farmer's) consent. I don't believe that the grc it value of cotton see l ns a manure is generally estimate I. Some of the best cotton that is in our section this yenr has been grown on old fields, fertilized with cotton seed meal, nnd a wonderful difference thero is where a small handful of cotton seed that has been killed is put uudcrcaoh hill of corn. It is lamentable shortsightedui ss, for fifteen or twenty cents to allow a fertilizer taken from our furms that is worth much more if kept at home nnd applied to the im-^L proveuient of our owu land. COTTON BAGGING. I tejoicc to see that persistent spirit manifested by tho noble formers of tho county in adhering to tho Alliance resolution to use cotlon bagging. Most any titne, for tho 'ast few weeks, that I look to the road I can sec wngmis from the various sections of the County, going to the markets with their cotton clad in Allianco uniform; and brcthron, I g'ory in your sagacity, and audacity, and veracity ano tenacity. Such fidelity as you manifest means something nnd tho parasites that have been our worst foes can't cleave to you when you bind yourselves together as one man aid-sliswa solid front. AVc have been informed that some of the unprincipled commission merchants will buy our Alliance cotton and re-wrap it in jute before shipping it plninty proving that thev do not rctrarJ the ?' **mer, if they cin add a llttlo more to theii^-"" own pockets; and they proloog tho life of the jutctrust. Our wise and good Ic.ilers sav. we pan outgeneral them by reducing the size of our bales lo two hundred piunds, an 1 wrap it entirely up ie white bagging. We believe the idea is a good one, for then we wi 1 havcstill a greater use fir our low grades of cotton snd thereby enhance the price, and then it will not pay spccu'ators to exchange I he cotton bagging for the jute, and our cotton being entirely covered, will bj kept clean, and consequently there will bo uo losstothc buyer. You know, brethren, the Alliance has done great tilings for us thisyenr, so let us join hands together an t ^ inovc on with wisdom an t tit inn ess against the opposing powers that confront us. SOWING WHEAT. The farmers of Union County arc very busy now sowing wheat, most of them havingjfc waited till their cotton was gathered, nm^^^ are sowing where they had cotton. And right here is where they make a mistake. When tlie cotton is matured and gathered, the proper time for sowing wheat is past, and it becomes an uncertain crop. Wheat by this time of year should he well rooted in the ground, then there would be much less danger of its being injured by winter freezes. Would it not he better to sow our cotton lands in oats in January or February, and then plant some early kind of peas on the stubble; gather the peas in September and then sow your wheat, plowing in the pea vines. I tried that plan last year and made 'JS bushels of wheat to one bushel sown. This year, on a five acre lot, where I generally gathered f?ur hales cotton. 1 <owed veil oats in January. on '"it account >f the Spring drought, made only 1*2 > hush;ls oats. I ran a harrow over I lie stuhhlo is soon as the oats were cut. planted peas n rows two feet wide; ran a plow through he peas twice, without hoeing and gathered it) hushcls of whippoorwill peas in Scptcin?er, and then sowed the lot in wheat, and^^ iow I have & splendid stand of wheat tlul^^P s well rooted and looks most promising ; hut f course the result is in the future. I, lowcver. know I will derive more profit from he I*2"> hushcls oats ajjd the *>0 hushcls peas lian I would from the 1 hales cotton, after lie expenses were paid. Ski.1.1no ins Hiiitiihiciit.?Sim Francisco, nl., November *21.?The published statement i made to-day that a settlement has been cached between Arthur Williams, who as been in considerable trouble since his nival in California, and his alleged father, rthur ('. (iorhain. the Boston banker, wlicrev Williams receives $1,000,000 in bonds, ght acres of land in Kansas City and a half itercst in certain iron works at Birmingham la. Williams, who is now in the city, states nit this was on condition that he reiinunoJ 1 claims to being Gorham's son. ? . Tr.nnnti.k Dnvru or a Boy.?Atlanta. On., oveinber '2">.?Fred Kwing, thirteen years SB 'age, was run over and killed by the (ioor1a railroad train this afternoon. The boy's (her is an engineer of a yard engine, ami as within a few feet of Ids son when the rrible accident occurred. The boy did t si c the train coming, and ran in front of ilishend was completely severed from s body