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tfic iDctKfy -Union billies R.M.STOKES, - r Editor 1 8- S STOKES. - Local rditor j i'rlilny, Vbvenibcr 30, 188#. scjisi ttfrr/oy, f 1 60 rkn 'annum \ POST OFFICB DIHECTORY. ?>Tho 1'. 0. will lio opened for business , from 8 A. M. to 6.o0 1*. M. The Money' Or U-r ltepnr'nienl ill be opened for business fr< m 6 A. lo 4 P. M "lho Northern ma>l will close ai 1 1*. M., ird tho Southern Mail nt 1.80 I*. M. Any in n tier lion or i (-regularities should oc lcportid promptly to the P. M. J. C. II UNI Kit, P. M. The Cotton Market' The Cotton weigher was engaged cat'ng his Thanksgiving Turkey when wo went to press, an we could not obtain the number of bales Kiilil tliiik.wool.' Prions r-imrntl from '.11 (<I BADLY IN WANT OF MONEY. We a,-o juil n >?v greally in want if money. A htrge number of pcsons are indebted to ui for subscription and advertising, ntiil 50 per cent of what is ilue would be thankfully received n! t-'iix time. B?3)u Do i ot forget to a'tend the luect?-r V \I (' * ,'his eveiiin?. Cr*.. T! ic Coroner was sent f >r yester- I da)* to hold an inquest over the body of a child tII-1 was burned to death on Mr. 11 T. Davis' farm. Bfcjj'v Governor ltiehardson has appointed George Minot', of this county, a Notary Public. [Xtjf* Wo are requested to give notice IliHt Kev. W. I. Herbert, the newly appointed Pastor, will preach in the Methodi'l church next Sunday. The best ('ream Cheese in town nf \V It. Arthur's Market. 0?u. Don't forget that ttie 15ihof December is (tie last dry for trying taxes before the 20 per cent. penalty is attached. There is no probability that the litno will be ex neglect your duty. A square tnile cf tlie city of Lynn, Muss., was lui?t in ashes last Tuesday, and from six to seven million dollars of property destroyed. Lynn is a great Shoe Manufacturing City. We regret to state that Mr. .Tatncs M. Hire, of Fish Dam, is lying quite sick at the resilience of his father, S. M. Rice. Sr. He was recovering from a severe a'taok of pneumonia and took .a relapse from exposure in coming to tcurn. .<?. )ur respected young friend, Miss I Mattic Clifton, of Cross Keys, will accept our thanks for a hunch of the finest turnips wc have seen in years. You bent our home folks. Miss Mattic. and they thought they ha<l the brag patch. Fresh Efausagc at W. D. Arthur*a Meat Market, next to Tinsley's Jewelry Store. . An exquisite entertainment was | given in honor of Miss Ida llcwlcy, of Anderson, and her friend^ here last Tuesday evening, at tho reaiiliuunt-^ hor brother, Mr,' K. ? , iTng TTfrty aiyt! lias niado many warm friends in Union/ Vou will find splendid Pickled Tigs Feet at W. 1>. Arthur's, Try them. mr:')* We are pleased to learn that our talented and truly worthy young friend, K. 0. Klinorc, has been unanimously rc-clectcd Principal of ttic Pacolet High School. This is not only a well merited compliment to a young man of ability and pure moral character, hut is a flattering endorsement of his oTicicney and acceptability as a Teacher, after serving the intcllingcnt people of Pacolet in that capacity for one year. Tr y some of W. 1). Arthur's Brook Trout, | and Cornell Beef. Both arc really nice. JIn the list of Cotton Seed Oil Mills uiui remii/.or Factories, reported in tiio 1Vrirs anil Courier, as taken from the Animal Report of the Secretary of State, showing the amount of capital invested during the year ending Oct. 81, 188i>, wo do not see the Union Cotton Seed Oil Mill, Ac., with a capital of $25,000, mentioned. This Mill is nearly completed and wdl be in full operation about the 20th of next mouth. ?. We don't know whether any appoint- | tnent has been made of a census taker for this census division of the State, hut think not, and being particularly desirous of getting a full, faithful and honest census return of this division, which can only bo obtained through a capable honest and energetic census taker, we take the liberty of endorsing thc)npplication of Mr. J. L. Strain, who we consider eminently qualified for the duties of that position. - Iter I? our notice lust week of our friend I Warren Barnett's splendid cotton crup, we lid not do full justice to his brag two acres, in stating it as 4,(KM) lbs, seed cotton. It should have been 4,NiH> lbs,?2,-100 lbs to the acre. Mr. Harnett also wishes us to state that it was Stono Acid that lie used, purchased from Mr. W. A. Nicholson. And. in order to give all parties credit for their aid in producing so good a yield, he wishes us to state further that he planted the Thomas seed. One farmer in I.aurcns County has | sold $il(M) worth of hogs of his own raising this year, and has "a few more of the same sort left." We venture the assertion that the cost of raising those hogs was not over one-half the cost of producing that ?">? "? ?8 Imlcs?in cotton. The surest and most profitable way for our Tanners to fight trusts, combinations and nil speculators in the necessaries of life, is to < mise all their own supplies that their farms i will permit; then, having food for man and 1 hcast, they can laugh at hard times and hold ! tlieir cotton for a remunerative price. Thus, , tliey wiil kill two or more conihinations at I one shot?the pork packers, the cotton 1 speculators, nnd everybody else who may combine to extort enormous profit;^^^ I them. t * 0 High Priced Money Eelli Oat Farmer*. The Sumter Advance contains legal adrertisements for tho sale of 2.HA.S acres of an<l to satisfy mortgages of tho the Dundee Mortgage and Trust Investment Company, ind 1.042 acres to satisfy inortgnges of the Scottish American Mortgage Company. These are foreign landloau companies. This is only a small Iteginning. In a few years thousands of such mortgnges will be foreclosed in this State. And it was to induce those vory Foreign companies to bring their money into this State that the rate of iir'crost was raised by tho Legislature from 7 to 10 per cent, under contract. If wo arc not mistaken, those companies loaned their money for fivo years upon unencumbered real estate alone, and only on oi c-fifth its appraised value. With a few other papers the Union Time' objected to the passage of the 10 per cent law; but money, or the prospect of getting it at an;/price, was more powerful than nhj warning of danger that could be sounded l>j so small and, perhaps, insignificant a por lion of the press of the State, and the law allowing 10 per cent, for money was passe< protest. We predicted the very disastrous rcsul that is now bringing so many fnrms undo: the Sheriff's hammer in Sumter County. Wi said then, and we say now, that no busincs under the sun. except selling whiskey, cni stand under the pressure of 10 per sent fo proof of the soundness of our position thai the statement of the Sumter Advance, tlia 4,70.7 acres of land in that County arc ad vertiscd fur sale to foreclose Mortgnges hcli by these foreign companies for money loanei on onlv one-fifth the assessed value of tliosi lands. The ten per cent, law, the lion law an* the homestead law have together done inor mischief to the farming, mechanic and al other legitimate business interests of thi State than even the five years of bad crop? or any other adverse circumstances. Am what is still worse, they have so demoralize the masses of the people that uinc out c ton men who once took pride in paying thci debts now seek for every hole or tcchnicalit; in the laws to evmlc paying their obligations We have heard of men of means and posi tion in society openly avowing that the; paid nothing that the law did not oompe them to pity, in will, itor.lnrinn tha they recognized no moral obligation in th payment of debts. Years ago such an avowi would have driven the man who made it on of respectable society, and with business me it would have forfeited his position as a ma of honor nml integrity. And why this sad change in the morals < the people? Ilccaitsc at the end of each yea they found that high priced money and th consequent high prices for provisions and a other necessaries of lifo was piling tipo their shoulders debts that they would novo be able to remove by ordinary industry, an they cnino to believe it was 110 crinio, uudc the law of self-preservation, to resort to an means, fair or foul, to throw off tho loa placed upon them by wliut they considerc merciless extortion. This engendered a di: regard of all moral obligations, and cause many to take advantage of all opportunity to evade payment through legal process I And this feeling has obtained so strong foothold in the business transactions of tl tjuntry that confidence I etween man an Anon is almost lost. . _ of this deplorable stato of our busines affairs can be traced back to the time wly there was no law restraining the Skylocks i the country from exacting from 1J to 2 p< cent per month for money, and when til unfortunate purchaser 011 time was charge I from 20 to '!() cents a pound for bacon, an all other necessaries at the same rate. The a usury law was passed, and after a fc years of growing prosperity under a In confining the legal rate of interest to 7 pc cent, ami when all were becoming satisfic with the working of that law, these foreigi capita'ists stepped in and made our legisla tors believe that we wanted their money and could have it. if we would give thorn It per cent for it, pay their lawyers and agent for making the contract watertight. Am what linx Itonti ?! ? . ? lias gone down from 50 to 75 pc cent of its former value, and ever character of business has boon con ducted in mistrust, uncertainty and dissntis faction, and while foreign capitalists nr swallowing the poor fellows who swallowc the bait they threw to them. On the Supplement. The advertisements of T. E. Bailey, Grn ham & Sparks, Reuben T. Gee, J. B. l'ortei W. 1). Bewley, J. W. l'osey & Bro., S. M Rice, Jr., E. U., the Shoe Man and the Fi delity' Loan and Trust Co., of Spartanbur and Swink & Oetzel, at Jonesville are published on our supplement tlii week. Our Ucmbers in their Seats .Senator Munro and Representatives Fow ler, McKissick and Rcnly, went toColumbii .*1 outlay, and were in their scats in th< Legislature at the call of the rolls of tlic tw< houses ou Tuesday. T. B. Butler, Esq., of this town, also went down with the members, and reported foi duty on Tuesday in the engrossing depart incut of the Legislature. m\? Wo invite special attention to the advorliaement of Mr. George Geddcs, the proprietor of the Union Marble yard. Mr. Geddes is a worthy christian gentleman and a very fine workman. As a specimen of his workmanship we refer our readers to the handsome monument lately erected over the grave of the Iumentcd ox-Governor Jeter, in tho village graveyard, a full dcsctiption of which wejhopo to give our readers next week. A $:M),000 "Hold-Up."?Fort Worth, Nov. 28.?Sixteen masked and heavily armed men boarded the Southbound Santa Fc passenger train last night at ltcrwyn, a sma 1 s'ution in the Chickasaw Nation, Indian 1'crritory, and cut the engine and mail and express cars loose from the passenger coaches. They then ran the train two miles ind threw the fireman off the locomotive, l'hcn the robbers began an attack on the express car. The guard and messengers fired twenty shots, but finally gave ?n, after the robbers had literally riddled the car. The noiiey stolen is between $20,000 ami $30,tOO, and cnmc principally from Chicago. United States marshals nrc in pursuit of tlie obbers. -*V f i V ? ?? mmmmm Union as a Market. Bll Notwithstanding our frequent assertions J to tho contrary, we still often hear com- the plaints that Union was the highest price I)r, market in the up country for staple articles, sph But thi< complaint, in nine casos out of ten, HM eminntes from those who have gone to J sho niljoining towns to sell their cotton, ifhilei in < their accounts in Union are unsettled. AaVM to its being a fact in the past we have nothing i to say, except this, that those persons who I un have gone to other markets, generally pe did Union the injustice of comparing fei the time prices of this market with the cash po prices of other markets. Wo arc convinced po I t lint if they had toted fair they would have fai found thnt our market was as cheap, if tui t not cheaper than any other market; espc- ha ciallv if they had counted the timo lost in th r going to other mnrkcts, and the wear and by f tear of teams, &c. Hut thai is a thing of the past. It is our foi purpose in this nrtiolc to call Iho attention of re r our readers to the fact that Union is as good an I a market as Spartanburg, Laurens or Newberry. We have carefully compared the re- ?<] t ported markets of these towns with our own, r taking as a basis the lending articles, suck th c Cotton, Flour, Dacon Sugar, Coffee Itice and bt s Molasses and we find that the prices of these u( i articles is lower at Union than in any of her A( r sister towns. vi Of n1n?A is trvirUT to CWAwra-fjpj ii the business of other counties, and 8u0n % ,t as a person from one of the adjoining coi\ti=^ [- tics goes into their stores they put the prices Hi J down on purpose to nttract him, and often {n J selling some articles slightly bolow cost, and f? ) when the purchaser returns home he blows 8| the horn of that town, and his neighbors il flock around him, niul nt his word, without c counting the cost of time and labor, they Jt II rush to the cheap market, which they often p s find, to their serious loss, is really the dear- f( i, est market. This is one great mistako that 0l il many of our farmers make. They seem to J forget that time and labor is the capital of the f4 if country, hut if they can get flour at Spartan- y r burg for fifty cents a barrol less than at p r home, they will take a team and two men , from their work two days to go there to ! save three dollars on Bix barrels,?is about ^ j nig nvviiigv minium generally purCUOSCU ai I once,?forgetting tliat it cost, at least three t dollars per day to go to ?n?d from Spartan- -y o burg, thus muking the cost greater than if* j{ vl they had purchased from homo merchants, it As for the cotton mnrkct of Union this year n wc arc credibly informed that it has aver- j n aged several points ahead of the markets 13 around us, while tho prices of groceries and J >f Dry Goods arc fully as low as that of any mar- j r ket above Columbia. h io We cannot couscicniiously frame any ex- 1 II cusc for our people going to other inarkots, ^ n with those facts before them, and we hope j( r that those who have in the pnst gone away f d from home to purchase supplies will not give C ;r Union the|go-by in the future, but give our y home people, our young and deserving mer- J d chants, a chance to show that they arc honor- J d aide men, and sell goods at a reasonable pro- t a- fit, which we honestly believe they are do- c ??B- . i 13 - ? " O * * * " Person als. JM Sf nil ,HC\H s burn, studfcnisa^U^ndsenCollc^p^BJ^^B in town a visit this week in the interest ?f Young Mens Christian Association at David-T' jr son College. | ' io Misses Nellie and Mattic Hnrle and Mrs. f id A. W. Lotspcich have returned to their homo | * id at Morrislown, Tenn., after a visit to their 1 n sister, Mrs. IV. If. Miller. sv Mr. F. C. Shell, of Laurens, paTd our * IT town n visit this ? ->?!- ? "? ' * 1 ...... nvei>, "ii niiiuni'u uusiness. r , A MUST In the closing proceedings of tho I i u South Carolina Conference we find the fol- a lowing in relation to tho C luinbia Female ] College. Dr. Darby has done wonders to- o j ward recuperating the College and placing it p s in a solid and healthy condition, and we aro (1 1 not sure that a frequent change of officials in ] any institution of learning?unless for C r some flagrant fault in the officials themselves I ^ ?has ever proved advantageous tx> its charac- p tcr for permanency and efficiency. ? That Dr. Jones will prove a worthy succ cess of the popular and hclovjd Dr. Darby, ,1 we have not the least doubt, for we know hiin to be one of the purest, ablest snd most * loveable men in tho Conference. ' The Chairman of tho Hoard of Trustees * i- of the Columbia Female College announced li . that the llev. Dr. O. A. Darby li&'l tendered p his resignation as president of the institu- ^ tion, and that with great relucts nee and rc gret the Board had finally mcccpted the v g proffered resignation. Dr. Darby had writ- fi ten his letter of resignation before the con- 8 veiling of Conference, and. it :1s stat ! in tends to resume his former relation with the ? Conference as a preacher and tnke a rogular appointment, (lis resignation is unconditional as to time, etc., hu t tho trustees j _ have asked him to retain the presidency k until June next, and he Jias consented. The trustees have elected as president the d ; Rev. Dr. Samuel B. Jones, hut it is not yet 8( > known if he will accept, hut it is thought (j probable that lie may, in vie* of the hand* L some unanimity of the tendar. * ^ X B5X~ Perhspsone of the happiest family ' reunions that ever occurred in this County took place last Sunday at tho residence of hat highly esteemed lad f, Mrs. Amanda ' Fnnt, widow of the late David Fant, upon j the occasion of the arrivat of ho-son Dr. J. L. Fant and amiable wife, from Tuscaloosa, Ala., after an absence or s x years. The ^ joy of that loving and faithful mothor can be ^ better imagined than expitsscd, upon meet- ^ ing around her tab'e five of her six noble ^ hearted atfectionaie sons ?nil !.??- ? in happy family union after so long a eeparation. And well may that goo 1 oid mother feel proud indeed, whenlookiag upon eooe whose tires and characters ^reflect honor jj upon her who bore them, and w| o implanted in their child heartu feeds of which intbei.> ripo years hare brought #ortt? fruits of honor and puro citizenship. An InqaestCoroner Gregory held an inqaest last #J Thursday orer the body of Clereland Harris, a colored child found dtad the morning bofore, in be I beside its mother. Too verdict of the jury was that Clereland Harris, cu came to his death by accidental smothering afjuiised Fork. Isaac and Ira Harris, who runs Grist and Saw klill formerly owne<i by fl , His, in this iown, reports killing four [ tndid hogs, weighing respectively, 458, tl t 406 and 804 pounds. ^ That is a good i( wing of what can be done in this county, 'J the way of raising our own pork. But r t^JH^unk Messrs. Harris* hogs should i MVHHPtcwp^l'ion with bogs raised 1 i^eV^M^jhint sumjundings. Very few f opler own'Grist Mills, consequently very , v enjoy the advantage of raising their ( rk on tho toll they earn in grinding other < oplo's corn. A poor corn year with our | -mens interferes but little with tho re- | rns of a Gr'st Mill, for the pcoplo must 1 ,vo ino*l, and if not from home raised corn en from Western corn, nnd it is nil tolled the miller, nnd ho fattens his hogs on it. Wc, hqwerer, commend tho Messrs Harris r so'ting so good nn example, and ho^ to ccivc similar reports from many Indies id gentlemen throughout the County. its for Bale at West Union. At no time sinco we camo to Union Ins ore been a finer oppoitunity for buyiog lilding lots cheap than will be offered txt Monday, by the sale of the farm known i the Donbnr 1 lice, one rf lie most ele Ltet ana attractive spots wumn tno corpn"''JiUlTl" &"'* ir-r'tr *-'- * tliivjflip.l*. <>>??? *^Vf|Kba> been laid off hj Gol. J. L. ung, into '27 one acre Iota, with two good reels running North and South, inlcrsectig tho Blasingamo nail, and a 14 acre rra in the roar, which could he made a >lrndid pasture lot convenient to town. The place has been named West Union, ad we predict that 6 or G years from now, willbeas thickly populated as the town roper, and tho value of tlio lots will be *om 6 to 10 times higher than thry will otnmand next Monday. ' Union is growing surrly, and the demand >r town property will so iucaeasc in a few ears that every building lot within the cororate limits will find ready sale at greatly dvanoed pricoe. enference Appointments. We lake from tho full list of appoiatmonts tads at the South Carolina Conference ef is M. K. Church South, just closed, tho folding appointments for this District: t. o iikrdbrt, p. k. Spartanburg, W. If. ltichardson, S. B4 ones, supernumerary; City Mission, 8. .1. lethes, J. F. Smith, supernumerary; Union, Y. I. Herbert; Cherokee, J. P. Attaway, E. i. Aroher, supernumerary; South Union, . Attaway, Jonesville, D. I'. Boyd, M. 1). lelly; Qaffney City, A. A. Gilbert; Laurens, '. E, Morris; North Laurens, W. A. Clarke; llintoo, J, E. Mahaffey; Belmont, D. R. Irown; Caropobella, 8. T. Blackmnn; Paco I, T. M. Dent; Clifiun. J. W. Shell; Woford College, A. Coke Smith, Professor; J. 1. Kiigo, Ftuancial Agent. Rev. 8. A. Weber goes to Aiken; Revs. J. il. Carlisle and A. If. Lester have been tlaced on the superannuated list. Good and aithful servants, worn out in the service if their Lord and Master. Lb Attempt at 8oioido. Tut Kiirwtov Vol.u - 6. ?w? ~o.vo, ? J 6 Magd boy, while under the influence of I^^B^Atteinptcd to commit suicide, by H kkuiHC 1 f Jffnkj'.rndf did * ^mj^^^hatRc was doing, for it is a rnro a nogro commits suicide, or even atWnjmTit. Dick is satisfied with his first atempt. He will never complete tho job. The whiskey must bo awful mean in Union, lint will make colored boys commit such wsh acts. e Nror at a BirthThis has certainly boon a remarkable 'ear in every respect. Itcmarkubly good leld crops havt been reportod in this county >nd not many weeks ago there was a competition between Dogansville and Jonesville n tho pumpkin crops. Rogansvillealso retorted three children nt a birth, which lowned Jonesville. Saotuo now brings forth the champion lost, which gavo birth to four liille Royal lumpers at one eeit'iig, last week, on the trotnlse8 of Mr. 11. 8. MoDaniel. Try gain, Dogansville. *he rattier. Our friend 8. M. Kice, Jr., nt East Jniun, hns another puzzle fur bis customers 0 solvo when ilirj go to purcliaso thrir 'hristmss prrsrnts. He says ho wants to lelp the printer by advertising, sod the iriattfr desires all of tbe readers of the 'tMKH to be'p Spenoer, by calling on him then tbor po to purchase their Christmas sings, in order that the puzzlo may be oleed, ho** it is possible for him to sell his oods po cheap. So call and see Spencer, ?r ho is a man of his worJ. 1 Sad AeetdeatLast Monday afternoon Eloiso, the only augbter of Dr. U.S. Jleaty, met with a it k. . - ?-? 1 - -- - ..J m niug umlklll}. i?na browing ber to tho ground with such force 10 break her loft leg, above the anklo. he fraoture i? a severe one, and the unsrtunate child has suffered a great deal 'om it. The little sufferer and family have our ptnpatbies. ? a + a he Hew School Building. The new school building is a settled fact; rid as soon as an Act can bo passed by tho egislature authorising tho issuing of Town onds for the purpose of building a Public chool Building, the work will coramonco. view of the front elevation can bo seen at te postoffice. This will bo a permanent id highly beneficial improvemens to our iwn, and one that is greatly needed. ogs Butchered. We oall (be attention of our readers to the ^gdsemd^^f 4Mr. W. D. Arthur, offering at a reasonable n? im( pleasure 10 oommen<ling our varied youog frtond Warreu to those who tgnd to buy drovo hog*, m being a moat ceileot butoher, and 0 young man worthy i^tir patronage. f ,'Use Lavandina, the magio heidache to. It relieves in five minutes for s?ie at fey's Drag 8tore, priee 25ots. ' > > For the Times. Mb. Editor.?N-t seeing anything reorted in regard to the pr'gross of tho 0. . & N. R. It., that is t ? run by Fish Dam, thought I wo* 11 give a lilt's news shout set important entrrprisr; on'y you know t is not in my section, and 1 feel I atn in* ruding on Fish Dam. The work of grading ras moving rspidly until the last week's aiu, which made it very difficult to work it that pipe c>ay land. The four pillars in Irbad River have been built id a height f wenty teet. The rock for them wns taken 'rum a quarry just ono ^ile away where the ook in the Sheitoti bridge, S. U & C. road tame fiom, but tlie rock proved too soft for tapt-iug, and ilicy are now getting the tapping from the n'd flat rock querry, hut nave to haul it a distanco of three and a Half miles. The ctimrsci for hatt>ing has been takeu by two of our young farmers, Messrs. J. M. Jeter, aud 8. M.Mc Daniel, who exj ect to push their work as fast as possible. They are securing tho farmers who arc about tlir migh gathcaing crops and wish to till up spare lime and mako their muirs pay for their food in hauling. Mr. T. K. Drown, who has a coutraci several mi'cs West "f here, -vas in town Saturday, and reported good in his section. The Santuo Division. 8. of T., he'd its sctni-motitlily inciting l.art Thursday night, and had a very pleasant meeting, despite the i nolo to out weather. Our division has instituted n new feature, r r. that of liaving subjects of debate. At our next inee'ing, illurnaay, i/ec. >im, i.p in. wo wiii imvo two subjicts for ill b ite, vix: 1st. Is it the duty of o'.tixens in any particular comuiunity to Advocate S. of T. Societies: . .. *llU ^Tl^ri t; Ut?B n( nna ) j Hff influenoe in I?:h or Iter community hy workit?fe to suppress lio liquor traffic." There aro neior.il names on tho programme, in both ibo affirmative and negative, anil members are looking forward to that time vrith interest; ns it will be quito lively. Mr. Editnr, in my report of the State Fair, when speaking of tho gins, tho Timet made it to rend the "Pratt carding cotton gin" when it v> as tho "Brott" although it made a very fine sample, don't think it could near compare with the l'ratt fir general purposes. I appreciate very much your attics to ins and will try and profit by it. Hut as timet aro now, with short crops and no money, one must need economize, ia both time and money, almost to the vcrgo of parsimony. And you will not wonder at it, when 1 tell you that last Monday there had only been GOO bales of cotton sold here, against 1200, the corresponding period last year. What is the matter? Wny, it it not here to self But thanks to Him win is the giver of all good, corn ia good. If friend Vox's article in the Inst Time*, causes mo to become inquisitive to find out who those ladies were, you roust excuse me, for what lie said whs calculated to arouse a little pleasant conceit iu the best of us. 1 don't Uke his saying "perhaps" lie #ill toll mo, 1 would like it to read "I will." Rev. C. It. Wtlleford preached a very in teres)ing sermon at Salem yostordny, froa 1st. Peter 3 : 15. He is now going to deliver a series o six lectures, one every Wednesday evening at 7 p. m., at the church. Mrs. Jeukins /ire Miss Inula Thomas, o Charleston, is visiting the family of he father Dr. Jno. P. Tlioinss, efSantuo. Mrs Jenkins is as bright nud pleasant as ever and is a welcome visitor at Santuc. Mr and Mrs. J. VT. Humphries, of Cross Keys spent * few days willi relatives in this town last anil this week, Miss Tilla Palmer, ofUn-on. has been 01 a visit to Mrs. C. IV. Austell. Mr. J. II. McKissick, our excellent Clorl of Court, was in Santuc yesterday. Miss Nettie Thomas left here last week for Darlington, to take charge of a achoc there. She carries with her the best wish* of all in fhis community, for unbounde aucoe.ss in hor chosen profession. E. Vr. J ... .i ^ _ . .11 'utiiiiii rmrcs, Mews from North Paoslet. Etta Jank, Nov. 2o.?As predicted ii our last letter, Mrs. I.ucinda C. Hughe; wife of T. Jeff Hughes, died last Wcdnesda night. She had been nfllictcd with cance for sorao time. She was a consistent mctr ber of the Abingdon Creek Baptist Cliurcl in which cemetery her earthly rcma:ns wer laid last Friday, in the presence of an ur usually large concourse of pcoplo. He*. J D. F. Uault conducted the funeral service which were both so'cinn and imprcssivi She was a daughter of the late Daniel an Orry Gallinan. Her grave was litcrall strewn with flowers. None knew her but to love hor. None named her but to praise. The Abingdon Creek Sunday School oxpcc to observe Christmas day with npproprint Sunday School exercises and requoa your correspondent to extend a cordial invi tation to all friendly to the Sunday Schoc and Mission wnrlr in ?n?ni ??.;??. #l.?... church on thai day ami take part in the ex crciscs. Tho following programme has bcci handed us: ASSKMni.K AT 10.30 A. M. After singing nnd prayer, tho subject o "How should Christmas day bo spent," wil be discussed by J. L. Strain, Ksq., ('apt John 11. JefTerios and C. C. Roberts. "Is it advisable to continue our Sundaj Schools during the first quarter of the year in the country,"'will then be discussed by T. M. Littlcjolin, C W. Whisoiiant, 1'. S, Webber and otliers. "What should be the influence of Sunday School workers," will then be proposed foi a joint discussion. A recess of one hour will then bo taken After recess the Indies' Missionary So cicty will assemble, and all persons who fee interested in the cause of .Missions are in vitcd to meet with them. They bad an interesting prayer meeting; at Abingdon Creek which was attended by t large ami orderly congregation last night They have also a corps of earnest workcri in their church, who are determined to dc their duty. Success to you, brethren, and your noble work. We hear of a number of hec-gums being stolen lately. Mrs. Vox invites these marauders to try a gum she has, in which the bee? have whipped out everybody that has tried it yet. Tho old 'oman needn't be toe obliging. They "lifted" a gum for li^r two years ago, nnd if anybody was stimcr stir never found it out. But Sam Mnbry say* heisgoing to "sarch diligontly" for hisen. Col. Sam Jeffries came uround lost week and gave the Junior Voxos a history of his school days, which they have been studying and repeating. I expect they are fixing to get "worn out" when tboy start to school ngain. Tho Colonel is our .Modern Shakespeare. How can 5 persons divide f> eggs so tlint each person will receive one and still one remain in tho dish ? ' Vox. Plain Talk.?Colonel Lvingston, a prominent Georgia Parmer and an aspirant for the Demooratio nomination fir Governor, indulged In a pla'n talk before the State Allianoe at Augusta, a few days ago. He told the farmers they were in debt, aud aeot )b the heaviest of all burdens. Thej were raising up their children in ignoranoe ond they could not in justloe to themselves, their posterity or the 8i*te, allow such n thing to oontlnue. They were ground down beneath unjust monetary laws, and national legislation aided in this. These all conspired to bring about the formation of the allianoe. The alliance men wore not fighting iho merchant*; they were fighting the trusts and the money kings. Thcv must become eelf-suslaining, making their living at home, and all will go well. T Boycott Speculators la Necessatie*. Wkavkrvilli, N. C., U. M. Stokks, Esq.?Some two years ago or uioro, a number of gentlemen from Brazil came to New York and formed a syndicate with 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 contres. As soon as this was accomplished a great outcry was made through the press of a deficient or short coffee crop. False statements of the.amount on hand were made and persistantly reiterated jobbers and retailors immediately advanced the price, and, under the skillftil manipulation of the speculators, coffee went up to its present price. Now this was purely a matter of speculation, as is ovidcnceU by the fact that thero was not a short crop, but the production in Braxil that very year am 690.000 sacks in excess of the year previous. Believing that these speculators could bo brought to grief f made a patient investigation of merchants' ledgers and found that the itfonthly consumption of cofTce, in this mountain section, was seven pounds to the family. Taking tlio population of the United States to be sixty millions, woulil give twelve millions of families, and at 71bs to a family, the copsuinption would amount to 84 millions of pounds, per month. Upon this calculation 1 wrote an articli for the Ellsworth Herald, calling upon the people to lloycott coffee and ruin the specu lators. The article was published am copied by a few papers, but for want of con cert of action, very little was accomplished llowevor, the greatly increased price consid crably restricted consumption, and then wcro some heavy fnilurcs among the specula tun*. ItlC cut fttr wtUl If ill* Alii ancc, the Knights of Labor and the press o the country will call upon the people b nbaqdon the use of coffee for a eingl* mont the worst of the speculators would be ruined Tho surest euro for these speculations in th< prime necessaries of life, is to Boycott an, , article that goes above a normal price. Th Alliance and the Knights of Labor nro noi powerful organizations and they have onl; to use tho Boycott judiciously and tho shat pcrs and swindlers will be deterred fror tbc investment of millions for such ncfariou purposes. The press is supposed to consorv i tho interest of the people nnd should giv V.rv tr.,K- Y....... Dr. W. W. Wing, Mayor of Wcavcrvillo, N. C. For tho Tivk! What E. W. J. Lost at the State Fair. i Mr. Editor.?I read with a groat deal o [ interest "E. W. J's" report of tho State Fai and fully agrco with you that in conscquem of tho short time spent there, he did not se some of the most interesting exhibits. I was not as fortunato as "E. W. J." to t I able to spend a whole day at the Stato Fail but wns permitted to spend about twent | minutes only there. The only thing that saw wns the exhibit of tho State Universit; This wns a little world in itself, and I fe fully repaid for going to the Fair ground It was considered by many the most n , tractive and instructive exhibit. Spccimci of wood nnd iron work composed a great pa f of the exhibit. The principles upon whic the electric car, dynamo nnd other clectrici machines are based, were fully illustrate' f Indeed, in that one exhibit thero was enouf r to occupy the attention of the enquirer f< months. I wns sorry that I missed "E. W. J when ho visited tho Electric Light works, he had been willing, I probably could ha , given him a "taste" of that curroi which will light our streets, run our ca and cook our food for us. n i jun glad to hear that electric lights wi be used in tho Cotton Seed Oil Mill at Unio It They are cortainly tho cheapest, neatest at brightest lights known to man. Very Respectfully. >j a. F. McKirsick. * A Sad Scicidx.?Charlo tto, j*. C., Nc "3 able suicide is re^AVed hero to-day. "f -* wouio time past Miss Essie Westmoreland, pretty yeune trirl of sixteen, living ?iih t. parents nt Thomasville, n small village a Davidson County, on the Richmond at ?, Danville Railroad, hn? loved a yonng nil y of that place. The yonng man had proposi r to Miss Essie who had expressed her willin i- ness to give her henrt and hand to him i, holy wedlock, but her parents told her si 0 was too young to mnrry and it would 1 i- necessary for her to live unmarried foi t. more years before they could ever conse: ;s for her to marry anybody. The young nui 3 ceased to call on her and gave up all hop d of taking her for his wife until the foi y years should pass around. Rut Miss Ess took the matter seriously to heart, La Friday afternoon the young man wrote hi a note asking if lie could accompany her church that night. She was willing bt 1 her parents objected and lold her plainl c and emphatically site should receive his a 1 tcntions no inoro. When told this flic di " appointed girl gave up in despair and as si '* walked from the room mutterod: "A 1 right then, this will be the lost of me " ( course Iter parents thought nothing of tl n remark, thinking it would all pass off in few minutes. When called for supper, hot ever, Miss Essie refused te eat and soon le f tbo room. She procured n rope and wet 1 quietly into the back yard, wlfere she moun ed the fence by n large cedar tree and at justed the rope to a limb, then placing p around her neck, she eased off the fenci Her neck was not broken and she slow! choked to death. The doliherateness of tl act is shown in the fact that while lianginj if she had repented, she could liavo rcache 1 the litnb with her hand and rescued hcrsel r She was found beforo her body was co't anil every effort was made to restore hei but of no avail, and she was buried a . Thomnsville yesterday. 1 i Mktk(>H()i.ooi?'ai, Foii roasts roa Dkckv np.n.?The Venus disturbance mentioned i: { November forecasts, and felt severely i i November phenomena, is central on Deccn . bcr 4th, an<l will itensify the storms of tit ? first of December period, which, under noi > mal conditions, would bo from about the 2< to the 7th. The presence of extra disturbin] causes, however, call for a continuance c ; perturbed weather over the reactionary days the 8th and '.Hit. Extremes of tomperatur i in rapid phonomennl succession, is a market I characteristic of the Venus disturbance> hence the storm periods during its domi i nance arc almost sure to begin ahnbrmnllj ! warm and culminate in sudden and extremi i com. The second storm period for December be gins about the 12th, ami runs to the 17th i t)ur readers will remember that this period L ; in the very inidst of tho regular winter Solttic perturbation, and remembering tho prcsenc< und characteristics of Venus, and that Vuleai is cental on the 13th, they may count on sonn full-grown, winter strorms about the 12th t< ltJth. There will be rain and much snow, fol lowed promptly by extremely cold days. Tin reactionary movements al>out the 19th an< 20th will most likely bo merged into tin tho general solstitial disturbances, with i decided tendency to a higher temperaturi about thoso days. A Vulcan disturbance is central on Christ mas day. A higher temperature than tlu days immediately preceding is apt to be or its way from the west to the east, attended by storms of rain and snow. Many parts ol the country will be cOTcred with snow, and have cold, frosty weather during the holidays There is a Mercurial disturbance on the last day of Decomlwr, which is also a day of reactionary storin tendencies. Mercury is fammu for his rlert ttormt at this time of the year, Tho prospects nro good that nature will put up hor winter festoons in exchanging December for Jnnuary, and that we shall slip from the one into tho other on a sea of ice.? Word and Workt. > THE ALLIAXCE DEPARTMENT. N. Q. L1TTLEJ0IIN, ""7 Edito*. W.'S*. MLLER} * A mi8t a xt Editor. OUR STATS EXCHANGE. Has every Sub-Alliance in the Coun?y taken st-'ck in the State Business ExChang*T If nit, Why? .Do you not^H^ think it would be of groat adrsnlagi^^^E to have her protection thrown around you? . Roaiember, brethren, that tboae Alliances who hare shares in the Exchange nee 1 expect her assistance. You all, doubtless, know the object of the Exohange, and if you, as an Atlianoe, think yoursslres ablr to "Paddle your own Canoe," without her aid, I haro no more to s*y. COTTON SESD. t It is certainly poor policy for fanners to sell or allow cotton seed to be taken from ' their farms without a commensurate rei turn of fortilizir. At nearly every railroad station there ars agents who are offering from fifteen to twenty cents per bushel fir all the cotton ' , seed they can get. and I see that many of the colored renters and tenants, and some of I the whites, are selling their seed for the cash, seemingly without perceiving or osr' ing ihnt they nre making a tcrriblo drain c on otir badly abused fie'ds Ifyou do let your seed g? from the farm j i ) Hip oil mills, by all roe ins get baok the same amount of cotton socd meal, or some ^ h other fertiliser of equal value. 1. It will not lake a man but a few years to 0 run down the be*t farm, if ho allows tho y c outire products of the furtu lobe removed. it Every thrifty farmer should ha?e it <unv' dcrstood with his tenants that they raust^| n->t se'l the cotton seel without bis (the s farmer's) consent. 1 don't believe that the 0 grc it valup of cotton seed os a manure is c generally estimate I. Sorre of the best cotton that is in our section this year has boon grown on old fields, fertilised with cotton seed meal, and a wonderful difference there is where a small handful of cotton seed that has been killed is put under each hill of lr corn. :e It is lamentable shortsightedm si, for ftf-:c teen or twenty cents to allow a fertiliser taken.from our farms that is worth muoh 10 r> more if kept at home and applied to tha y provement of our own land. ^ 1 % * ' y- COTTON BAGQINU- JLJ 8 I irjoice to see that persistent spirit mani- I t- fasted by the noble farmers of the oounty is in adhering to tho Alliance resolution to ^ use cotton bagging. Most any time, for the '^1 'ast few weeks, that I look to tha road I oan j. see wagons from the various seolions of the ;h County, going to the markets with their ootton olad in Allianoouniform; and brethren, -- T irlnrv in v.mir infrnniIrr and aiiilao'iiw an<l If - o ? * ? e ?- *? !*?/? ?? vo veracity an?J tenacity. Such fidelity as you at manifest means something and the parasites rs that have been our worst foes oan't jj cleave to you when you baud yourselves ton, gether as one man sad show a solid front, id We have been informed that some of the unprincipled oomraissioa merchants will buy our Allissos cotton end re-wrap U i? jute before shipping it plainly proving that hier",i^t^iey"csn\df<?* a little more to*t heirte^ a own pockets; and they prolong the life of er the juie trust. Our wise and good loaders say, we ean m out-general them by reducing the else of ed our bales to two hundrod pounds, an I wrap g- it cntiroiy op ie white bagging. Wabilieve 111 the idea is a good one, for then we wil ()C have still a grestor use for our low grades ir of cotton and thereby enbanoo tho price, nt and then it will not pay specu'ators to exin chango the cotton bagging for the jute, and our cotton being entirely covered, will be 10 kept clean, and consequently there will be st no loss to the buyer. You know, brethren, the Alliance has done great things for us l)t this year, so let us join hands together and % [y movo on with wisdom and firmness against t- the opposing powers that confront us. 8- ??? >o BOWING WHEAT. 11 ^ Tho farmers of Union County are very 1C uun cvmiig whom, most or mem having sa a waited till tlioir cotton was gathered, nni^t ' are sowing whore tlioy had cotton. And ^ right here is where they make a mistake. t. When the cotton is matured and gathorod, I- the proper time for sowing wheat is past, and it it becomes an uncertain crop. Whoat by ?* this time of year should be well rooted in ,e 'I10 ground, then there would be miioh less danger of its being ii\jurod by winter froozos. d Would it not bo bottor to sow our cotton lands in oats in January or February, and r' then plant some early kind of peas on the it stubble; gather the peas in Septembor and i then sow your wheat, plowing in the pea vines. I tried that plan last year and made s 28 bushels of wheat to one bushel sown. ri This year, on a five acre lot, wht.ro I i. generally gathered four bales cotton. I . ? sowed red oats in January, on but account | of tlio Spring drought, made only 12> bush? els oats. I ran a harrow over the Btubble if as soon as tho oats were cut, plantod peas '? in rows two feet wide; ran a plow through 1 tho peas twice, without hoeing and gathered _ 50 bushels of whippoorwill peas in Septemi ber, and then sowed the lot in wheat, and^^ ' now I have a splendid stand of wheat tha^^Bti * is well rooted and looks most promising ; but "7r of course tho result is in the future. I, however, know I will derive moro profit from 1 the 12o bushels oats apd the 60 bushols peas ' than I would from tho 4 bales cotton, aftor , tho expenses were paid. 3 > Nki.i.ino iiis Biktiibioiit.?Han Francisoo, Cal., November 24.?The published statement 3 is made to-day that a settlement has been 1 reached between Arthur G. Williams, who : has been in considerable trouble sinoe his i arrival in California, and his alleged father, ? Arthur C. Qorham, the Boston banker, whereby Williams receives 91,000,000 in bonds, eight acres of land in Kansas City and a half s interest in eertalo iron works at Birmingham i Ala. Williams, who Is now in the city, states I that this was on condition thsft he renoune) r all claims to being Gorham's son. 1 ^ __? - ^ imnni.il isbath op a hot.?Atlanta, If*. ^1 t November 26.?Fred Kwing, lliirtoen yoat-a S of age, wm run over and killed by tlio Geori gia railroad train tliia afternoon. Tlie boy'a father is an engineer of a yard engine, and i ?u within a few feet of Ida non when the terrible accident occurred. The boy did not see the train coming, and ran in front of ! it. His head was completely severed from his body.