The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, December 06, 1889, Image 2
THE Y. M. C A- AN AUXILIARY TO ALL | <7?
LHUBCHEo- VI
The Voun^ Metis I'krKlitn Auociation Is
on the ere of inaugurating it* g*H>d work. "
It ahouhl be upheld by every o u\ and all Slu
Ire' varum ess is to be deprecate I. There is ?
no conflict between it nnd the church, but '
each severally aula and helps the other. ~
Colonel ^Finko, who is slopping at the Battcry
Park, aud whoso brother-in-law, Mr.
E. I'ackanl, is the President of the Y. M. C.
A., of Brooklyn, N. Y., has hoi ample opSv
port unity of studying the results obtained by
this association in its work. In the course
of conversation on Monday afternoon, he 'T
made the following statements:
I can ace no reason why the church M
should l>o lukewarm in this matter. That
such a view could be taken was very snrpris- he
ing to uie. 1 have been accustomed to seeing
the two work hand in hand.
"The association in Brooklyn is eonstructcd
on the ides that it furnishes a place
where a young man can go when he wishes l<> W1
spend a quiet enjoyable evening. It keeps
! ?,.. nwnv tVmm th? l.illinist I...1U ft... .'in
mills, nml questionable places of resort,
which mignt otherwise attract liini. He
there has his rending rooms, his swimming "|
hatlis, his gymnasium autl his games, thus
combining both instruction, anil nmusenient.
Any subject of iliscussion can be pursued
tlsere, ntul the latest periodicals on science, (j
politics anil literature, offer him a wiilc field j
from which to pick anil cull. The concerts, ; Wt
lectures etc , which arc given there, instruct j
ami amuse him, ami the whole atmosphere is
gootl ami wholesome in its influence. There th
is nothing corrupt or evil in :t. It is esscn- ' as
tirj.ly moral, ami bused on true iiutue life as J \vi
its model. ; w<
"It has another field: It helps the young I a
man iiiTTTs sttu"tvtTTt vo . W*t? i-.-tt. lyn
young man who has come to Brooklyn, de- |
sirousof getting a situation, lie goes to the
Young Men's Christian Association rooms,
becomes a member, lays bis case before the
employment bureau, and, after having satisfied
themselves about bis character, be is
recommended for a position Many of the 1 1
leading merchants in New York apply to the ti
Young Men's Christian Association when !
they desire a clerk. They know that their
endorsement of a man i-i the best of reeom- i
memlations.
"Heligion is not crammed down their |
throats or obtruded upon them. No one 1 in
makes them feel that tliey must attend I
the devotional exercises. They do it of their !
own accord. Seeing others do it, they nut- |
urally fall into the same habit, and griulually
and insensibly are led into the church, at
WJint church? Wlintcverdcuomination they ik
prefer. The association is strictly non-scctarian,
and 1 tell you. the Protestant and Humanist.
the Universalist and the Unitarian,
would lift up their hands in horror at the
rs.ST--iVCvy idea of wiping out this institution in ?i
u?- f.ti?m7t. fTHr*m J
b
KhuiiaIi i'.t.KoriiiN I,.\ws ami Fi:i>kuai. ,j
Sellouts.?Now i li it ii 's |.i opt Bed I v i lie ^
j hi ty In J t.Wet to manage the f'icti. i?? in
the St it'll llnoogli oIiUm-iI* appoint? I hv tlio ''
l'ie ii'ftii, it begin} to iInwti 1151011 tie I fi
I rop'e of 1 tin 1 M-ci'tm that the Federal c'cc- !
lit 11 law 11 ti'1 the IU.fr cduci'ioit 1> H are
purls <if tl o ?i? 11 c s-.'lunip. Tlio?1 0 is mennt (.|
it isbcle?ed, to nine.to the colored yortli
of the South to vote * certain way, aud the !l
other to n akc sure th it lie votes that way. tl
From cliihiliooil to oil ago tin* negro, ?c- j(
cording to the scheme in quest 1.11. is t > (
l>e undo > Fulcra I loading nndconnol.
Is lie nn etiicieut KepithFcati hy reason of 'k
lii" illiteracy ? T he Idair bi'l with its appro- 01
pri* li u of s ine $77.000.01 0. 10 lie sp? nt on
ichools under Fcdcinl suj crvi-ion will remedy
tlift deficiency, while at the same lime ,{,
shaping his politiov', social an I economic ^
views arigli'. Is he lackin* in fixedness
of | nrpose and self-reliance? The corps of
peruistent Federal election officers proposed U
to be erinldished by the Sherman bill in ^
every C< ur.ty will take chtrge of b'uu us- ,,
soon ss he leaves the Federal school, organ '
ixch'tn into political clubs, supply him with
partisan literature and r ? that he votes d<
as he should. Not only so. They will see
that his vote is counted in the proper inau^a.er?that
is to say, up to tlio figure of color- ,lt
ed" males of voting 1ygc put down in the
pnnuna fini] oonlnaf Ilia imiivmvaws
' f .........
That, weWstTe been over and over assured Cil
I y political orators, is the only true and L'i
proper way of arriving at honestly political W(
results in the Sovtlr That the school system
would under the Blair bill pa-a under
Federal conttol has been disputed by various
well ir.eai ing I ut excessively optimistic \v
^ Soutbein educi.t rs. We ebou'd take this nf
mngn tieent b.unly. they bar* ssil, a>id j
fear nothing. But in bis speech of March
25, 1884, Srnator Sherman made the matter !,1
very plain: 1h? people of ilio S.iuth cm- at
iioi be left nlnnt," said the Sennt r, "to j
eide how the money to be appropiiatod t.y
Congress f. r the rdueat oii of the illiterate
shall he applied ; if 'he United Stale bar# c?
the right to apt ropriate the money titer ) ci
have the right to say upon what conditions I c(,
the money shall be expended." That cer- ..
lainly is expdic't enough. The Blair sch< o's 1
would have to bo agencict of the organ'7.a- S:l
tion of the colored race in the interest of the
party in power at Washington, elss their
creation would have n? interest for the th
politician. The Blair bill find ihe Southern | ((1
elec'ions bill offered by Mr. Sherman in ihe )
lust session of Congress nr-- comp'ements | 1,1
it i? te'ievcd. the one of ihe other. lYgeih- tli
er they constitute a comp'e'c jlm. The ' ni
failureofthe fifteenth atnendn-cni ofil.etJ n-attfttfTon
le Hepubliconize the South has mode
a new scheme necessary and this will, it is "
hoped, be effective The Southern prcBs in
line naturally taken olnrm, and is calling do
upon Southern Cangrcsatncti to oppose the ! ,
ltlair bill by reason of its political chat- '
actcr. The South, it is urged, cannot stand j
out against Federal cmtrol of elections *h
if it welcomes Federal control <f its loctl j stand
neigbborliood schools.?/iullimore Sun. w
pr
A V.u.vAni.K Disoov/.nv.?The limning- j.
ham Age-llerald reports the discovery by F.
J. Fuller: of a valuable weed growing wild | ""
in Jefferson County Ala., or rather an important
use for it. lie calls it "Alabama jute,"
and bo exhibited strips of tbe covering or W(
bark five feet in length, stronger by far than
jute,and finer. .Mr. Fuller said that the ?'
bark could bo easily stripped from the stem, st<
and when passed through an ordinary cane \\
mill ivoiibl pnnin ?inl. nlmnsl <>1nuii II..
thought that (lie weod, growing wild would
yield n thousand pounds of fibre |">r aero, f
and this could he largely increased by cultivation.
He was confident that he had (lis- K<
covered a substitute belter than jute for cotton
bagging. and one which would add a new |0<
product to every southern farm and prove a (1<)
great saving to cotton planters, lie declined
to state the botanical name of the plant, or
that by which it is commonly known. w?
W I
Th
hagtv Lk<;ihlatio.i.?Wcdo nol propose
making suggestions to our legislators,
though there are several changes in the P"
nsi we should like to see mado. Hut we a ^
, wish to endorse a b.ll which wo think pr
was introduced at the lest session, (ji(
and one which has the suppoit of sevorsl
of the most prominent Senators and
Hepresentatives. It is a bill to limit the
introduction of bills (<^the 15th of Decern,
her. Then the Legislature to lake a recess roi
cess till the lf>th of January, when the mem- at
hers will reassemble nnd legislate on those Hp
hills only. Such a law would entirely re- clu
move Any cause for the cliargo cf hurried tec
a legislation. The memhern would have the on
k bills to take homo with lliem, to examine om
f>r atnonlh, and oonsu't with iho>r consti- the
B^^Muent*. We sincerely hope the hill will be- Tin
^QHQ^ie a law, It is no credit to the Slate to
such a rush at the close, nnd when the live
Legislature adjourns, nine out. of ten do not wh
^ kno . what bas been done.?Manning Times, and
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;[tc Mly'tliiioit ^iuics
M. STOKES, - Editor
O STOKES. - Local Editor
rUliiy, December 6,. 1881).
TifycrtJI'tio.x, 51 CO askum
TOST OFFICE DIFECTORY.
I lie 1'. O. will lie opened for business
im 8 A. M. to 6.S0 I'. MItii*
.Money .Or'er iHrnr'ncnt wi'l be j
. "d f.ir nsii em In ui 0 A. M. m 4 I*. M.
I he Northern rand wiil close a' I l\
.. ?id the Southern Mail nt 1.80 l' M. ,
Aiy -ia.ultei lion < r irregularities should !
reporti d | nmptly\ to the I'. M.
J. (J. I1UNTKK. 1'. M.
a Coiio : Market'
There has been on ?hange in pr;ce' tl.is
ck. S ib-p, ba'cs ; prices, PJ(? Id
.
Our triei d?, "Joe," and "'lVleieiie"c
iine to hand lute yesterday ni' itp,
s-il were crow led out.
Some advertisements coming in just
we were closing up the paper litis cro'.v>1
out some editorial and other matter this
?ek.
?Ve inteml to close here on the loth of
is month ami will not return again,
we are going into another business, this
11 lie your last chance to secure first class
irk. as the gallery will he converted into
Y. M. C. A. room. The rush is on. If
iu are too alow you will lie left.
l'NION PHOTO CO.
40-11.
8?3? T. 11. lhii'ey I.as just opened ?
ilei.il d r.ssottniert of every variety of
i Hiatus timiN. V. o wi I toil all about
em next w?r!t.
?(32.: ' Chcrniv and Witmsboro have just
old elections upon the "wet or dry" queson.
and the wets won by a largo majority
i each case.
(xzi'" A lire in lhistou last Friday demy
cd iflO.tKKt.tKK) of property. The fire
l.vtin a few days before destroyed $o,000,Kt.
making loss by fire in the
late of Massachusetts in less than a week.
T&'t The first drove of Tennessee hogs arveil
here last Monday, anil arc at the
ohn Ko'ltrrr Stable lot. The price is fi cts,
it? II. N. Sprousc reiiSiTs Kmmg- u._?
id not cost hint :l cents. Hcsides that, Mr
prouse has the hog money in his pocket t<i
uy anything else his family may need at
om 10 to 20 per cent cheaper for cosh.''
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fc&i)" Mr. 15. A. Jones, a substantial literliunt
ofUallaey City, called on us Monday,
mi nuc a ji sou <11 i iiinn, siinscriDcit lor
?c Times. Mr. Jones says (laffnoy is inovig
forward rapidly, ami will soon have a
otlon Knclnry, ami another ltnilroad, from
uthcrfoi-<l to (.'hosier. Lock ha it Shoals ami
i to the seaboard.
Tl>e Legislature lias hardly settled
awn to business, so we can give our rotters
nothing of interest from that quarter.
There are two matters that we hope the
niou delegation will firmly support, vitt:
tax levy sufficient to pay the county's
past indebtedness.'' ami a bill to authorize
ic town of Union to issue bonds to erect a
icent building for a (<railed School.
?
IVe were truly pleased la?t Monday
receiving a visit from our highly esteemed
il friend. ex-Shcritl' Hubert Macbeth, who
tne to siptare up his subscription to the
nion Ti.uks, as we wish hundreds of others
Mild do.
Sheriff Mnel ictli is a somewhat remarkable
an, both mentally ami physically. Xotith.-landing
ho is now at the advanced age
'So years, his miml is as bright and his
cntory as clear a< ever, while his step is
most as quick ami elastic as thirty years
;? , nn>l lvi'n' II lliH Hull (.111 i'llttlCf TilllO
id somewhat lioul his once upright ami
>werful frame. his carriage does not indite
more than 7(1 .years of ago. From prosit
appearances, he liiils fair to celebrate his
ntcnnial bin Inlay. lint few men ever
red to his age who commanded more univer1
love and respect.
Bf*},,. Our stores arc beginning to put on
oir holiday appearances, and the l'ropricrs
are using Printer's ink (piite liberally
inform.thc public where to find the nice?I,
ie handsomest and the cheapest holiday
ivcltics in town.
Mr. tJeorge tiarretl offers a half column
Christmas (lifts and delicacies which he
tends to sell before the holidays end, and
hi"t intend to let the price interfere with
ale. He's got a perfect menagerie of
inoy tilings, and Lindsay says lie lores to
ow mid sell them to tlie Ladies, (io and
e for yourselves?it. is a big show, and
n't cost you a cent to go in or come out,
ovided you haven't got a cent, or can stand
ni against the severest temptation to spend
niey you ever met.
Our esteemed young friend, W. T. Kcaty
to invites everybody, including men,
jtnen children, colored folks, and the rest
mankind to call and see what a splendid
[>ck of Christmas goods lie has received.
illinm is one of the best young men in the
wn, and deserves a full share of the peoes
natron ago.
(Covering.
We are glad to learn that, our much cammed
young friend, Mr. .1. O. llicc, is revering
from his severe attack of Typhoid
ivcr, of which mention was made lust
sck.
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e "Cotton Plant."
This valuable agricultural journal is now
hlishcd weekly nt the very low price of $1
pear. It is ably conducted and handsomely
intcd, and being the accredited organ of
? State Alliance, it should be in the home
every farmer of Union County.
. .
Dki'oskd ani> Expki.lkd.?In the annual
ifercnce of the Methodist Episcopal Church
Camden last week, 8. .J. McLeod, of the
artanburg District, was put on trial for
\rges against bis character. The committo
whom the case was referred reported
Saturday the charges sustained nnd rccuicndcd
that the accused he deposed from
t ministry and expelled from the church.
b preacher against whom this judgment
s issued was not present when it was de rod,
but came in later. The charges of
ich he was found guilty were falsehood
I slander.
1 . ' ;V
SPECIAL NOTICE
We hereby notify oil our subscribers who
ft-o in i*rr*ar3 for six months and over, that
wo -shall Ac eotijK'Ued to stop sending t!io
Times to thcui, a.ler the but issuo in thi? ' ^
inonth, unless their arrearages are paid. gi
fiOO ftuid up subscribers arc more profita- sti
ble to the publisher of a paper than 700 runuing
on credit. J'
In nine cases out of twclvo when a sub- b?
scribcr nllows his account to run one or two tb
j years, he forgets when he paid last, what i'
date he paid to, and has lost the lost roccipt, ^
but "Ac i* nows he don't out that muck." He w
puts his memory iu opposition to the Editor's w
lieoks, and claims a discount of one year, at
least. We have had a dozen such cn js this
Fall, and the result has been that we lost fivo o*
j subscribers because wo would not allow the !
discounts, and, of course, when wo "did al? P
low the discounts, it was so much actual loss ^
to us.
Wo do not claim to bo iufu'liblo, but wo
d > claim to be honest, and it is our rule to
give a receipt in every case, and at the same
time to see that our book corresponds with e
the receipt, at the time the'payment is made. It, i'
h lworoi*, is a very siuguUr fact, that in J"
every dispute hat one, that we can remember, <
when tho receipts were for nd the credits on <]
our books corresponded with the receipts. v
V?'e are oft op told that other papers can be "
had cheaper than ours. Yes, and every sub- ?
scribcr pays for it before he gets a copy of 1
it. 'they pay in advance, and the Publisher b
lias t he use of the money to conduct liis busi- Jj
ncss upon a cash basis, without borrowing-,
and again, lie has no losses, as we have.
Upon a careful examination for the past
five years wo find our losses, or. subscripc
tions alone, have averaged 15 per cent., re- ,
duciug the price of our subscription' from ]
$1 .fit) to $1*0. i
In our advertising it is no better. Some- *
persons seem to think, when they see two or
three columns of legal advertisements in the
Timks, that we own a perfect bonanza, and
in settling a bill of costs, toe first man '
>!.... .,,,...-1 In to It.n '
tiditor. They don't think tlint ho is the i
only one out of the whole lot claiming costs, 1
that lias heavy current expenses to meet, 1
mill is undoubtedly t lie poorest man anil
the least able to bear a reduction. They i
ilm't realize that the whole legal advertising
don't amount to the cotton on ]
?.Mto.horufi farm, and jro _j
have to skin through and work twelve full
' months of the year to keep the paper going 1
for the Fall patronage.
(
ttore Home-Raised Hogs.
Mr. II. X. Spronse responds handsomely i
to onr request for reports of hogs raised in '
this county, in the following showing of two i 1
splendid porkers that he killed this week. ,
Net weight of two hogs. 111 months old, <
raised aud slaughtered hy II. N. Sprousc, in '
tliis county,?355 and 350 lbs.?705 lbs '
net pork.
Mr. Nprouse says he did not have a grist i
mill to raise and fatten them from, which,
he claims, is a further cncouragonicnt to cur J
people to pay more attention to the "hog ,
and hominy" crop than heretofore. Ho <
claims also, that it did not cost liim three I
cents a pound to raise t lie hogs, even if ho 1
put full value upon the refuse feed they oat, <
which he could not have sold at any pricc( j
and therefore become a clear save of not less
than $44, if he had bought the hogs from a
Drover at 5e gross. We consider Mr.
.Spronse's showing even better than Messrs !
Harris', as the latter gave the groxa weight
while Mr. Spronse gives the lid weight.
Another important feature in Air. ,
Spronse's hogs, is their age. liogs that will i
net .! >(? ins at n> months, are lar more profitable
than hogs netting even 400lbs at two
years. ,
Our better hair' raised a 17~>lb bog this
year from the refuse of the garden and '
kitchen, and about 1.1 bushels of corn. She
1 <
says the meat is white, sweet and more ten- ,
der than drove hogs, and she is so enthusiastic <
over her pet porker that avo shall not be '
surprised if site attempts to raiso a whole '
drove next year. There in no knowing hour
much a good wife can do to help her husband
in distress, when she determines to
try.
Homioide.
Last Saturday night, on the Jeter Mill
place, in Fish Dam Township, at a negro
party, Otis Moorman and Dennis Humphries
got into a dispute over the pay for an opossum
dog, which remlted in Dennis Humidifies
shootintr (ins Moorman in the left
lung, with a pistol, sun I killing him instantly.
Trial Justine (iugc, at ting as Coroner, lielil i
an inquest Sunday mowing over the dead 1
body of Gus Moorman, after which lie ar- 1
rested Dennis lliunpheics, and lodged him in (
jail to await a trial of the case at next Court.
Whiskey it is supposed was the cause of the 1
whole affair.
Gin House Burned.
Last Saturday, a. Gin llouse on the i
Lafayette llriggs place, in ilosthen Hill Town- 1
ship, now owucd by Maj. fL M. Rice, Sr., 1
was destroyed by tiro, together with three (
Gins, three bales of seed cation and six hundred
bushel of cotton seed. The tire is be- (
lievetl to be purely accidc otal. Mr. Rice J
fVimn*"' '-is !jss tti $1,000.
Personals. I
Mr. T. A. liice ami Dr. ft. A. Carlisle, of j
Newberry, are visiting R'o-. S. M. Rice, and
family. ]
Miss Corric Whiteside Jin* gone to Laurens I
County on a visit.
Mrs. W. II. FricrsoiL, of Anderson, is on |
a visit to her brothor, A'.r. W. D. Bcwlcynnd
family.
A. E. Moore, Ksq.r and D. E. Hydrlck, ^
Es<|., of Spartanburg, *9.'ore in (own on pro- ^
fessional business Monday. 4
A Drinkrk's Win o*
Wilkoibarre, Pa., Not. 27.?A few inonlhi J
ago Chief of Police Wa tkins, of pArsona, i
while under the influence of liquor. wes'sill- 1
ed by being struck by An engine while silting t
on l he platform of the HeT-eware And Hudson
railrond. About n month sg o his widow filed {
a c'ftim in court for l$10,000 damages
a-an at John Schumacher, a eery wealthy
saloon keeper, who had sotM her husband
liquor while ho >?as via!sly affeoied by it.' t
The cane was up before three arbitrators '
who, after hearing all the at gnments, this P
afternoon awarded the widow $2,600. It is o
sain that the defend *nt will noi make any b
appeal from the decision. ^ _ '
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Etta Jxs?, Dm.j8U~Amotig tlo mviy
tags wo h*?e t(jn |o our mdcrj ihi* P?'
sek, nothing is n ior? Interesting than ft'l I 1>0
count of out, TB toksjiTlng service a- ,rtl
ilem on Hiursdi^Jteth, intt. Notwith- 1,1
ruling 'he.lmlenwnl weather which hid j''1
c ock A. M., t ugflfrs,*, .Wagons anil carriages
gin to ttUBL^Mt' Ui fre glit upon "
10 church gn undhf.'jjL^ti) Urge cm* I hid ?
wers nod c^r^SBK^Brer the pulpit
BtLCOMt! T. 1), o". 00D1S0UR RCrvou. 1889. to
E?e yli ng like superfluity was oonpicuouely
nb>eat In tbo ir irk.
At precisely 11 o'clock J. L 8traiu ',f
tiled iho house to orJec'aad explained 1,1
to object of th i mooting. Ho thon read -l
ait of ilia second chapter of Joel, nftor w
hicli lie*. 8.' D. P. Gnult lod in prayer. w
he cli. ir tlien sung r V
Mnvo yi u bcon to Jesus for the cleansing T<
power?
Are you wuahed lo the blood of the
Lamb?" P'
Hvt. Mr. Qault thon addressed tho audi- 1,1
nee in his plain practical style of roas-n- 8>
if, telling us tha many reisons why
ro ought to ho thankful, and reminded
is hearers that this was a National P1
hibhnth: One nhtoh Vie as a people '
lid uot properly appreciate. Our nation w
v < a at peace with eve|y other nnt>on n
n tbo globe, Our fields ligI produced ex
berant crops. No faml epidoiolcs* hit I ft
courged our tvittoit anu peop o ion yenr. "
'he Biorms and fl mils of former years hail c'
ioen withheld and God in his infinite wis- K]
iont and justice byt etjown Ills nieroy to us N
tttlipusandr.of ?
"I know t lo^e thee better, Lord, "I
Than any ca-thly! jay." 11
J. L. Sirilu wxl? 1\ t?. Wclibo-.*, each ad- '?
tressed the audieoco on the moineut-us <>
ivork of givingihatiks to Almighty God f.>r ?
lis mere es, sod assured their hearers that
ii people ui der the run had nny more to ^
jc thankful, for than we of America.
The congregation then sung : .
"Come thou f unt of every blessing.
Tune my ben't toping thy praise, etc. o:e.
After prayrr by 0. W. 'Whisounnt an in- S
crmission Was taken, and a sumptuous '
"cast of good things was spr.ad to whioli nil
lid nmpie justice. Thediuueriu every rotpect
was in keeping wuh these our North
Paoolet ladies An such occasion, which f >r its
loyalty can better be imagined than described.
After dinner the proceedings were ic
turned, mid Jar. M. Osinuct, an I C. W.
Whisonntit addressed the audience. The
proceedings throughout wore interspersed
wiib splendid music, aud tho. whole affair
waxa grand aucce**.
To the visiTfll^p-Vuffjig Udtes ?-nd-genComeo
too much 0'edit can't be given, for the
success of the <-ec*?io!t. For intelligence
and beauty our North Pncolct gir's will
compare favorably with nny community.
For our Thanksgiving dinner wo nrc indebted
to Mrs. E. A. L.tspei'ih, of Sunny
Side, for a fai turkey. We hope tier
shadow will never bales*.
Mrs. F. T. Bridges, of Lswd, hat placed
at our disposal threo beets whose aggregate
weights arc 22 b->. Who ever bests th-sv
beets will beit the biggest beets we ever
had. 1 hank you Mis It
Our good friend, Mr. J. II L. Wood, of
Anbury I'. 0. har our tlinnks for a mammoth
lurnip. It weighed ID lbs. without the top.
Mrs. Vex weioheil it. an i also ill hues
if Mrs. 1). oml.it will be unsafe lo dispute <
lierword. We woul 1 be g a I lo kn?>v* bow 1
you raiso such largo turnips, W; what kind 1
if seed you sow; wlmi lime, how you urenare '
tour lan-l, and wlini pirl, (if any) tho mo in '
,V-es in tho mailer, o c, eic
Mr. Eijah l'.ivker djied o' hit houie near 1
jiitTuey Citf ' >n ''l0 81lb '
year of hi^oo#**"?1o Was hurled nt Silent 1
yc-terday. wdt H. O. 9am?, r.f Gaffr.ry 1
Jity Male and KrmiW Spm n.r? e.mliioted
i he funeral oerriori at tlie grove.
llev. Mr. Query will preach at Sileui next
Snbbnth (Deo Volente)
We have as yet received no answers to
our boat question, of two we'eki ag>. Our
answer is: StJ-teienth of an hour, (or ol 3-7
ninuie*) are required for the man to row 4
m lea down stream.
It n't be restless, friend E. W. J., we will
to I you at ih? proper tuno
Our friend S. F Estos reports something
new in the way of penning fattening hogs.
He tolls us that Her. Mr. liurgess, who lives
on the Trough Sho-.Is rond, has a hog tlint
will weigh perlmps 200 lbs, tlmt is stationed
on a platform about three feet high, made
of about threo slabs. Not a rail or anything
of the kind Was around his hogsliip to keep
hi in in plabe, and lie don'I pretend to get out
of the pen. A grateful public votes thanks
to Hoy. m-: Murgess for this economical
plan orpenuintf^"<n- rather plattbruiiug fattcningJirtge.
*' Vox.
* The Kditor thinks there is one drawback
to Mr. Burgess,' pen: It will he so
easy to see and "lift" the hog from tho platform
whilo tho owner is sound asleep.
Dot* From Kelton. j
Mk. Kditob : As the year is drawing to
n close, we tind that we liuvo made some ,
failuros and some progress in our farming,
but where our farmers have used manure
and given the right attention have succeeded
very well. It takes a farnm. 12 months in
the year to prepare his land, cultivate and
gather his crop, and when he only works
six months in tho twelve he could not expect
to succeed in any business; no you may hear
those men say that they have been cheated
out of their earnings, when men that do succeed
work twelve months in a year.
Tho cotton crop is alwmt gathered and has
fallen far short of last year. There is very
little to gather or sell around Kelton.
I am sorry to say tiiat ihere is veVy little
wheat being sowed in this vicinity, and many
farmers are selling their cotton seed, thereby
robbing their land, if they do not get the
meal back, or some other substitute for their
teed. But, alas! alas! for the farmer.
Mr. Vilit/ir 1 will in lli? faituvn wnu
? F - ft1'" J""
loino notes aboutiny farming this year.
Mr. J. L. Walker is teaching school at Foster's
Academy, ami has proved himself a
proficient and worthy teacher, and deserving |
the support of all this community.
Air. J. li. iiauit, a* popular young man,
ion of Air. L J. Gault, who closed his school |
at our aoadciny, has taken a position as (
Dlcrk with Alman Bros., whero ho is ready
to wait on customers, especially Ladies.
Wo arc glad to welcome brother 1). P.
Boyd hack to his old charge whero he has
lerved his people so faithfully for the last
two years. He preached a very improssivo
icrinon at Foster's Chapel last Sunday, from .
Ucnesis, 28, 20. 21. 22.
Nous Vr.Bnoss. ,
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Associate Justice Mclver and Judge Wal.
lac* wera re-elected on Friday to the posi- (
done tboy have so long and acceptably fill- rj
?d on the Bench of South Carslioa. Both j
Fen (Jew en rec?T.v?d the unanimoas veto of
and the aoiion of that body, t
ir&wn r^ect<r raithrnw^fw^^^^. it of
ha whols people of the State, is at oooa
he twt commentary that could b? made on
be cb*V*''(cr and record eftbo two judges
>nd 1m highest compliment (hat oould be f
aid ttfftheo'.?Mete* and Courier. I
' i3r ' e
Hawt Compositohs?Gembeous Em plot- t
,Ra.?tAilanta. Oa , Not. 80.?The proprie- t
ors if the ContlUulion bare Yoluntarily c
a'meq the wages of their compositors tire f
>er dint, The office is run outside tbo union v
nd/the increase is made by the proprietors e
?4tuee of the grsetlj improred business of *
i*> paper. e
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Iutjraatm ; Let tor From T?xat.
* U uur, Tex., Not. 2t>. ;
Editor Union Tixks : It in always a '
?a -ur? to toll anything of interest to my
opto, but it is a difficult matter at this dis- 1
nee to judge what would be of internet to
eiu. It has been my custom to write a
iter to theTiMKsin the fall, and it may
that the Editor appreciates the little news |
o letter contains, if no ono else does; but 1
ust confess I cannot say much this time. 1
io burden of this letter will bo extract fVom 1
letter written by a young North Carolinian ,
ting at Waco to the SUiltsville (N. C.) l^indtrk.
He says; "J have now been in this '
iiiutry some time, and 1 have made it my '
taiiiess to look about and inform myself as
the condition of the working people 1
> not suppose there has ever Itcon a State
at has hud tho lies told on it that Texas
us. You meet this and that enthusiast back 1
lore at home, who, if they do not tell you
oncy can bo made here without exertion,
ill at- least paint the advantages of this
luntry in such glowing colors that the poor
tuny fellows are dazzled and strike out for i
uxas; and are very sorry they did so. I
ty Nothing about moneyed men, for, indeed
a man has capital to invest, here is n good
lace for him. but 1 speak of the farmer, the
ly laborer, etc., who earns his bread by tlie
vent of his brow ? and he will sweat too, if
0 comes to this country.
The working classes in this country nro
oorer people than L ever saw ho fore in my
To. Go out on any public road and you
ill meet on an average of every lf> minutes,
wagon load of these miserable creatures,
ithor mother and nearly a dozen children?
>r children are the on'y crop that don't fail
ore?all packed up on top of a few bed
lollies, and such lide articles; half of tlicin
linking with chills, and all the color of a
ortli Carolina pumpkin. These people, are
oor. All they have in the world is in the
ragon; and they look like the picture of depair.
Ask him woro he is going and the
inn will tell you lie does not exactly know;
lit his crop failed down yonder and his
unily was all sick, and ho just thought he
rouhl move somewhere else. Ask him if he
1 a native. No. lie came from Tennessee,
lorth Carolina or some other old State.
"How do yon like the country?"
"Don't like it all."
"What makes you stay here?"
"Am not able to get away. This is all I've
ot, and theso horses can't take mo far, nciher
will this old wagon hold up long."
He will further tell you: "1 was wcllxcd
back yonder, getting along all right,
nt everybody said Texas was the place to
take money, so I catno." "
The young man goes on to tell how much
lissatisfaction exists am?ng these from the
ihlcr States who are financially in better cirutnstances;
anil he cites instances of many
fho would prefer going back Cast if they
ould only go back witli as much us they
irought West.
Speaking of the cotton crop here he says:
'The average crop of cotton is a half bale to
ho acre, wlior the season is passing fair,
f good, a bile, but this happens only once
n twenty years." "Corn," lie continues,"
an tin Hindu iii abundance: bill from 10 10
15 cents per bushel is nil it will bring. I
mvc not yet seen n farmer who is not in
lebt to at least the extent of one crop, and I
inve been in a good position to see and talk
lo very many of them." The stock business
is worth nothing. lie continues: "The
r'oung man who comes here to make his forunc
with his hnnds or his brain is !*tdly disippointcd
to find that with all the begging
I'exas does for more people to come, he can
ind no situation. He is even passed by bc auschc
is a stranger. All positions are
veil to Texas, if they can be had; and for
svery position there are a d07.cn applicants.
I'he day in wlncn fortunes could be picked
ip in Texas is past, if, indeed, it ever existed
my where but in the brain of sonic cautiug
enthusiast."
The young man has told about the Souti^
in his letter to the hand Murk, 1 am sorry to
confess, and persons ami newspapers criticise
liim severely, and it is hurled ni him "we
rlon't won't such 111011."
1 hold that it is the basest ingratitude for
a State to invite, in every imiigiuablu way it
can, people within its limits and trcnt them
in such a way. And if the youug man had
said that there were many who only wanted
such men to come here as could be gulled
and swindled out of tlio little money tliey
may bring with them to Texas, lie would
have hit the key note to a truer situation.
Corn is a little better price here than at
Waco, if he has quoted it correctly. It is
worth 20 to 25 cents per bushel here. Economical
'farmers do pretty well here.
The city of Dallas lias grown to lie a large
one A recent census given Dallas a population
of til,855 inhabitants, and the city is
growing rapiuiy. me +\< tc*, 01 vaiias wonts
hard and increasingly for Dallas. It is by
the way, n pretty good daily paper, and boa
some recent improvements; but there aro
many "specials, by telegraph," which have
been telegraphed right out of some other
daily with a pair of scissorg. It is a fact,
just like 1 tell you.
Old Mr. Wolfe, a South Carolinian, the
founder of Wolf City which has grown to be
ijiiite a large town, being at the junction of
tlio "Cotton licit" and Santa Fo llailronds,
says ho has lived to sec his town grow larger
proportions than lie ever expected to sec
it and is willing to die ami go t Heaven."
Miss Alice Littlcjohn of your county is in
Texas, and will leave in a few days to visit
her cousin, Mrs. Jas. S. Crawford. C.
Correspondence Union Times.
The Heady Pistol?Closing up th? Year's
Work, etoS.tKTt:c,
Dec. ii.?Saturday night u shooting
difficulty occurred at a colored party, on
\tv W T mill iiln?,. fi..c
M oimin was shot and killed by Dennis Humphri^s,
both colored.
It aoeflis that Gus lind sold Dennis nn
opossum dog, slid on that night he asked
Dennis for pay, when Dennis told him that
he would not pay. Gus said, "well, I reckon
I will never die any poorer," and walked
awny. Shortly afterward, Dennis went
hack to where Gus wus standing by the fire,
(h-cw his revolver, tired, und shot him in the
right breast, killing him almost instantly.
It is reported that they had had no Aiss,
dmi the above was all that passed between
them.
Gus had always been considered a very
liunible negro. Especially was he so in former
years, towards thewhi'e people.
It is also reported here that a negro was
badly shot nt Fish Dam th.e night before this
iifliculty, but your correspondent failed to
get the full particr'ars, but learned it was
ulso committed in another of the Dovil's
workshops?a negro party.
The weather luts been very cold since our
miniature blizzard, last Thursday, when a
black cloud passed over, and a slight snow,
mixed with rain, driven by a hard wind, i
leemed to almost pierce the skin where it I
touched. I don't think it lasted more than
ten minutes.
The farmers are pushing picking crack
:otton; trying to get it. out boforo Christmas.
Then we hope to hnvc n good time during the
holidays.
Ma 1cm (Sunday Hchool is talking of having
mother Christina* tree, this Christmas.
E. W. J.
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IT IS MONP.V Hll R Ml) IX Ills l'OCKKT.? A
ew nights ?go Mr. T. K. Cunningham, a
trominent citizen of this Count/, was nrousid
from his slumbers by something unusual
turning in his bedroom. He irsde An ioresigstion
and found his clothing a fire on a
hair, baring probably ciught from a spark
rom the fireplace near by. Xis clothes
rere badly damaged before the fire coul d be
xtinguished, and fl'O in bank notes,
thioh be had left in hii rest pocket, were
ntirely consumed.?Lancaster Review.
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THE ALLIANCE DEPARTMENT.
i. 0. lTtTLHJOHmT ~~ - Editor.
IV. 11. MILLER. } Asi.sta nt Editors.
OATS. PSAS. COTTON
Mr. Editor : I appreciate your article in
ast week's Timks on "sowing wheat." Yottr
(leu about the time is certainly correct. 1 also
believe that the pea vino is the best rcn valor
of our impoverished lands. I wish to
give you my experience with a piece of old
field; Three years ago I sowed fivo acros of
thin old field in oats; the land was poor but
has a good subsoil. I Iroko up the land,
sowed the oats, and harrowed them in in October.
Next spring, ?-.fter cutting a poor
crop of oats, I sowed the stubble in cow pens
and in the fa 1 rcsoweu with oats, getting a
fine crop of oats. I cut the oats, and tlio
second time (last year) sowed peas, turning
them in last fall; and this year I planted
the lot in cotton, using 5 sacks of fertilizer
on the five acres.
The fertilizer cost mo $18, and I have
already gathered this fall four, balos of co'ton.
averaging over GOO lbs to the bale, and
there is 800 or 1000 pounds seed cotton yet
on the lot. So, you soo the rapidity with
which the land was reclaimod with oats and
pens. If I rgain sow the lot in onts and
peas mid then next full sow in wheat, I will
be apt to have fine wheat, if tlio seasons arc
favorable. Scientific farming is all that is
necessary in order for us to reap abundant
harvests. H.
THE ALLIANCE
Not long sir.ee a great preacher, enumerating
the wonderful events that have recently
taken place, said that tlio organization of the
Fanners Alliance was by no means of smal'
moment, and that its intiuenco and powcl
was destined to be felt throughout the
World. And of a truth is hi3 prediction coming
to pass.
The capitalist, usurer and oppressor, who
derided the Alliance in its infancy, now
trembles at its rapid growth and tremendous
power ; and tc-day in every nook and cornet
where the Alliance lias existed a year ?
marked difference is seen and felt. Tht
industrious husbandman seems to have taken
a new lease of life. " His lioino is in r bettei
condition, nnd his family moro comfortable;
and with a braver heart and brighter hopes
he looks to the future, and wo find liiin ex
hibiting a greater determination to keep om
of debt. And 1 believe if we act the pnrto
true men to ourselves, our families and oui
country, cren half century shall have passed
our Southern land, with all its superior ad
vantages nnd resources will liavo become thi
most prosperous nnd happy on cartli.
AGENTS. IMPOSTEBS, CHEATS, ETC.
As our County is, at present, infested witl
representatives of the above named classes, !
wish to givo one word more of warning t<
the honest farmers of my county. He ex
tremely careful how you are influenced
t licscjt incrant. salesman. Some agents doubtless
do business on honest business princi
pics, but the majority of them arc an impo
sition on any community.
Last week 1 saw travel-sing tho county i
gang of "Feather Renovators." They wcr
well equipped with fine horses and peculiarl;
constructed wagons, and presented nn iin
posing appearance. They would dart up t
your houso, nnd with the philanthropy of
Franklin or Washington, they pnlavcre<
around, about tho wcatlior, crops, etc , tliei
show you a lot of henutifhl feathers renovate<
by themselves, and you nlinost suspect the,
had just plucked theni from an Ostrich; als
a bottle of feathers, which tliey say are take
from the same bed, that, are covered wit
grease and dirt, and alive with worms, an
iodk 100 iout 10 nave come irom tuo Dotty (
ft harpy?
They tell you tlint your l>eds nre doubtles
infested with the same vermin as those ei
hihited in the bottle, and you begin to itc
and wonder that you are alive, and look s
the old woman, and nway goes your fenthe
beds, to be steamed and ruined, for wlie
they arc returned there is no life or cliu
ticity in your feathers, and when they ar
used they break to pieces and pock to' on<
half their former size.
I tell you, my friends, when your bed
cannot be renovated with new ticking, ?n
air and sun, carry them to the compost hea
and get you some nico mattresses, which nr
much better anyway than feathers.
1 have now on my tablo n kind of guarnr
tec from Messrs Bryant and Bradley, reprt
seating tlie Davis Clock and Machine Co
who sold ft tenant a very plain New Haver
Conn., clock for, the tenant says, ten dollari
audi see much better wnlnut clocks in on
county stores for five dollars. I bought
beautiful walnut frame clock last Friday
through the Alliance, for /< ** than four dol
lars, that I would not begin to exchange fo
the eight or ten dollar clock that these agent
are palming off on the uninformed.
I see pcddlcrs?t reversing the country wi}
all kinds of jewelry?gold rings, 18 kl fo
ten cents; orffl fit! an they ran get. ^fie
are disposing of their goods, hut I hopo n
Alliance man will l>e gulled by them. Le
us always be ready to pay lOOcts for a dol
lar's worth of anything wo buy, but no more
I hope, also, that we will no longer b
duped by these Northern newspaper adver
tiscnicnts, where so much is offered for s
little. foiniimli sense slieiil,! tenet,
llt.us Stunk in .\Ibs, Wiooinh' Stomauii.Dr.
J. W. Quillian, of Kas'ey, S. C., wbi
perforate i the autopsy on the h?dy if Mrs
Wiggin*, of l'ickens County, a abort tiim
since, line just complete'l s otreful analysW
of the stomach, and fin is sulphate of oipprrtobe
prcsm'. The story of the dotti
of Mrs. Wsggins and the arrest of her bus
band on the charge of poisoning her will
bluettone lira alrrady been published.
Dt. Qui Hint and Dr. Frank Oreen, o
Columbia, who assisted him, were extreme
ly careful in their nnalysi*, trying oni
method alter auolhrr, aud each test ga*i
unmistnkublo tmces of tbe deadly copperas
?AWe ami Courier.
Cupflsu uis Ckkatob.?Pot 'flown, Pa.
Not. '28.?This forenoon Cbana, a bopoleti
paralytic, ngel o5, was found dead on the
floor of his ho* el with a leather strap loose
ly fattened arennd his neck.
Until unsnllv ('hunt ? *?? ?
- - / "?? ? M OpCVIUIII]
of physical mat. hood. It is relnted thm
ono day he cursed his Creator lo i
most lion it 1c inttioer, when he fe 1 over,
atricken dtnnh and paralysed from head it
fo< t. He rtinttDrd in Ibia condition undl
his death.
A I'd k \i",11.u Urdu. Char on.?Atlanta,
Ga., Nov. 28.?A sensation is promised in
an investigation inlo tbo rwrtl of W. R.
Dile, pastor of the Seventh Baptist Gburoh
of this oity. Offioial steps have net jet
been taken, but several of Dale's brother
preachers are quietly looking into the ease.
A well known printer named John George
.and a bookkeeper named John M. She'.lj, ^
both i-espeotahle men, positlvelj identify fl
Dale as J. O. U. Nuttel, a printer and si'- tB
versmiib, who formerly lived at Cherlottls,
and who was eharged by the papers with
having deserted his family to elopo with a
young girl named Katie Rollins or Rawlins, ?* <.
Dole vigorously denies the charge and B. *
J. Fe * r, n prominent merchant who knew
Nuitul, says he does not think Dale is the
rime man. D'lo eaye he lived In Dallas, ^
tin. The OatutiMion prints a story from A '
there which tails of an old indictment against V -<
him f>r ciiminal intimacy with a married
woman, but it waa afterwards not protned ai d
Dale joins I the church. It is probable that
a format invettigation will be had soon.
" --g - i i | i _ jl ? _
MARRIED.
BENNETT?BOBO. Married, at (be
resilience of ilie bride's father, by Rev. B.
0 Lamplry, Nov. 18ih, 1880, Mr. J. M.
Bennett to Miss Maggie D. Bobo, daughter
to C. II. Boh>.
WIX?llOWELU-Married, at Upper Fair
Fcrost Church, Deoetuber 1st 1889, by Rev.
B. O. Clifford, Mr. John Wis to Miss Elm:ra
Howell.
MORGAN?STARNS.?Married, on the
2lst. Not., 1889, by J. F. Bailey, Esq., Mr.
Van M organ to Mise Fanny Htarns; all of
Cross Keys Township.
BASTES?BOllO. Married, Dec. IsL,
1889, by Rev. Waters, Mr. David J.
Kstcs to Miss Nannie L. Bobo, of Cross
Keys township.
- = ? ? 1 c-g?
T.iat of L*ttar<
Remaining in the Post office At Union, for
the week ending Dec. Gth., 1889.
Mr Willie Chirp, Mr Joseph Mifrry, ? ^
Mr llenson Chnlmers, Miss Eineline Young, '
Mr Bill Laden,
Persons calling for the above letters will "*
please say if advertised, and will bo required
to pay. one cent.
J. C. HUNTER, P. M. Union
Prices Current.
COnilECTBU WKEKI.Y BY
FARR & THOMSON,
i
COTTOX BUYKIIS AND OBOOKBS.
>
k , Cotton, per pound, 9l(S)9,90
Bacon, per pound, ftl(a\0)o.
Flour, per 100 lbs, ?2@$8
Meal, per bushel (lo(W>70c.
, Sugar, per pound, 7@9d.
Coffee, per pound, 19(S)26c
Molasses, per gallon, 40@G0c,
Vinegar, per gallon, 85(<iMOc.
f Rico, per pound 0@9c.
r Hams, per pound, 12J(WN, 18o
Salt, per sack, 78 cents.
' Teas, per pound, 60@7oc.
Corn, per bushel, None in
c Marke'.
500,000 Bricks for sale, by
J. H. RODGER & CO ' ~ *
' OAK AND PINE WOOD
FOR SALE.
0 APPLY, by postal caid or letter, to,
MRS. E. F. SPEARS,
r DocO \ 49 2t*
S
DISSOLUTION.
THE firm of Spears & Howell will be dissolved
by mutual consent on Jan. 1st,
B 1890. J. H. SPEARS.
6 S. J. H. HOWELL, - '
0 All persons iudobted to the above firm,
y cither by note or account, must settle their
r indebtedness on or before that time, or they
_ will find their notes and accounts in the
" bands of our ottornov for collection. '<
ft " Respectfully, "> .
d SPEAKS & HOWELL.
n Dec fi 40 4t. . ; /
J NOTICE.
0 A LL persons indebted to W. T. Graham
XX must Bottle by the 1st day of January,
n 1800, as 1 shall make a change in my busih
ncss at that tinto, but will continue in tho
d Grocery business *L the same stand.
(f Thanking the people for their liberal
patronnge, 1 respectfully announce that after
the 1st day of January, 1890, F. C. POOL
is will be connected with mo in tho Grocery
: business, and I ask a continuance of their
lt patronage to the new firm.
With Id yoartr experience we think we can
successfully compote with all competitor*,
f and we promise to do our best to please and
n give satisfaction to all who will trade with us.
; Tho new firm guarantees the lowest prices
possible.
0 We shnll handle none buttho best of goods.
* W. T. GRAHAM. X'
?ecG 40 4t.
j NOTICE.
u
p T>Y order of the Judge of Pr>bit? f r
0 D Uoi m County, I will sod on the (l> b)
Nineteenth dAy of Decomber, 18S9, to ibe
highest bidder, for CASH, at the 'ale resil"
dence of Mrs. Martha A. E. Sartor, decease I,
!- ail the persons! property of said deoensed,
consisting of Housobold and Kitchen Fur.
niture, Cora, Fodder, Horses, Mules, Cattle,
'' Hogs, Buggies, Farming utensils, &c. 8?'e
'? toeommsnot promptly at 11 o'clock, A.M. r
J. C. HUNTBR, 5:
ft Administrator.
Dec. 1, 1889.
1 ALSO, V' h
' DY older of the Judge of Probate fir
r 13 Union Cjunly, I will sell at the snruo
H time and pUoe, Tot CASH, all the personal ,
properly of Mis. M. T. D. Goudelooh, de- Z
ceased, consisting of Household Furniture, m
!l kc. 8?le to commence immediately after A
r olose of the oiuer. W. L. 8IM8, -'.9
^ Administrator. '?
CHRISTMAS -M
: DRY GOODS STORED
PROPRIETOR
# W. T. JttJSATY.
i l would like to *ny to YOU (lint when you
aro on your way to buy your 'j
CHRISTMAS DRY GOODS, ; W3
NOTIONS, 8IIOES, HATH, FTC,,
- ami in fuel, everything that is found in a
9 first class Dry Goods establishment, don't j<j
r ftiil to call on W. T, BKATY and eoc what
ho can do for you.
All he asks Is that before purchasing call
on him, and if tou don't find inducements|e
trade, nobody is hurt by your looking?
i Polite attention given every ono whether
purehuing or not. Don"t fail to call.
KID GLOVES A SPECIALTY *
1 in t'.ie glovo line, and at a BAROAlft,
; W/TT beat*!