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y " -, V "?6e JDee&fy Union duties * R. M. 8TOKES, ~ - Editor u S. & STOKES. Local Editor c Friday, Jnnnury 31, 1S90. SUBSCRIPTION, $1 60 PER ANNUM * F08T OFFICE DIRECTOKY. The I*. O. will bo opened for business 1 from 8 A. M. to 6.80 F. M. I Tb# Money Order Department will be - - - - J ?? %t opened for businees from I) A. M.ioi ? "? i The Northern mail will oloaoatl P? I The Cotton Market Sales of the week, G03 bales ; prices from 9(5)10}. "* ?? ?4?l. Wo are requested to state that the Count/ Board of Pensions will meet next Monday, Feb. 3d. A Tory pleasant evening was spent last Thursday at the residence of Mrs. Thomson by the young folks, the occassion being a Domino Party. Cent's, genuine hand, sewed shoes in latest styles?Zioglcr's make, for only $">, FOSTER, WILK1NS & CO. A nan hv the name of Joseph Millwood, aged about 60 years, is now in jail at Yorkville, charged wiih criminally v. . ?f??nHipy two little negro girls, aged aix and ten years. Seed! Seed!!?Fresh Garden Seed and Onion Sela just received at Posey's Drug Store. The Gripp has invaded the Times office, and after giving the senior editor a pretty sharp tustle, attacked tho Foreman and came very near sending him to bed; and it has now got the "devil" by the throat, twisting his neck to one side. Frank siys liis mother never had a worse grip on him than the Russian bear la grippe now has. Zicglar's "Solid Comfort" shoes for old ladies, at FOSTER, W1LKINS& CO S. VST" During confirmation services at the St. John's Episcopal Church, Philadelphia, fired a revolver at Wsbop^TMttakar. tortunately the shot was harmless. He was arrested and upon investigation it is evident that his reason has become unsettled from excitement upon bo'h religion and politics. We regret (o lenrn that much of the meat killed during tho last cold snap is spoiled, from the warm weather that followed. We have heard it suggested that the salt now used in curing ment has much to do with tho losses incurred. Many believe that if good old-fashioned Liverpool salt had been used, but little, if any, of the meat would havo been lost. - ? We call special attention to our new and attractive stock of Gents, Ladies, and childrcu's shoes. FOSTER, WILKINS & CO. . Way*" Don't forget that to-night the T insurer will close the tax book, according z ,to the command of t?* law, and all who have not paid their taxes, at that time will be subjected to a penalty of 20 per cent, and otber costs. Wo know the taxes are heavy, but, like grim death, they must be met. Only thoso liable \< > simple poll tax can evado payment; at. many of that ^laysarc caught up with by Cm Sheriff after - r many months hiding out. Ua ! it is truly hard te get away from or with tho Tax Collector. Letter to pay him at oncc. o The Board of TradeWe are requested to state thai a meeting of the Hoard of Trade will be held next Friday erening, the 7th of February, at which business of importanco will be traos ncicu, nili a inn attendance is requested. The IJattlk Flam.?The Legislature at Us recent session, instructed the Adjutant General to collect as many of the flags used in the late war as lie c mid find, and to deposit same with Secretary of State, who is to have tliein properly preserved. As he is totally ignorant of the number of such flags, as well as of the names and residences of their custodians, he requests that all persons holding flags will communicate with him nt an early date, in order that this very laudable object may be carried out. The Legislature failed to provide any funds for the collection, and lie is compelled to rely upon the press of the State, to whose liberality and patrotism be has so o^en been indedtcd.? Col. Register. Jitst tub Hioiit Man.?Mr. Fitz Hugh McMnster has bought an interest in and will henceforth be editor of the Columbia Record, lie announces the fact in .Saturday's issue, and says that "it will bo Democratic in every particular. Its aim will be to voice the pure and noble sentiments, the reelings of a generous and progressive people, the principles taught by MclJryde ami Davis." With so promising a young gentleman as v - null uuoli Widablo objects in view, . the progressive little journal will justly merit the generous patronage of our people. ' ?Cor. New* anil Courier. ' -.A Ilin Wintkr Cotton I'i.ant.?A curiosity in the shape of a stalk of cotton, tied to the front part of a wagon, attracted the attention of people on Trade street this morning, Jan. 27. Tho stalk was scarce three feet in height and was covered from the. top to within two inches of the root with open bolls of the lleecy staple. It bore 117 of theso fully developed, besides twelve wli'ch hr.d not opened ; the entire stalk being an unusual thing so late in the season. It was grown on tho plantation of Mr. J. W. Dunn, near IlozztTs Ferry. ?Char'.oUe Neu-*. Tiik C. N*. and 1>. Rriixik.?Columbia' January 2o.?The irnn ln-iJ u- i HIV ?-WlllIIl- ' his. Xcwberry ami Laurens llnilrond across I llroad Itiver was panel ioally completed to-day. j The bridge is a niod?k*CuMitU>.rc" nrehifeeffire . and has been finished in the remarkably short space of eight weeks. It consists of thirteen spans of 1*25 feet each, crossing throo ^ different channels, and was erected by the Kdgcmore Company ut a cost of about ^ $06,000. The company guarantees that that the mate- 0 rials used arc all of the best manufacture, ' and that it would require ten eighty-live ton a engines to break the bridge down.?Cor. sl Newt owl Courier. ^ Mrs. Kogleston Diss.?Columbia, 8. ('., s< Jan, 27.?Mrs. Fdward Ivggleston, wife of the well known eduotl-)', novelist and a| Chrsti.iu worker, died here this morning. She had teen an invalid many ye?r*. Jfcr husband is known nil over the South-? ) Grtenrillt Newt. , dt ?????Jaafa' ' tie District Convention of tki T. X. 0. A. The The Greenville District Convention of the A bung Men's Christian Association met here tivs ist Friday, in the Hall of the Union Aseo- ore iation. The convention was organised by ma lectlng Mr. H. B. Carlislo President, and ma fr. J. J. Burnett, Secretary, both of the Ipartanburg. ?ne The reports of the various Associations Sal represented were very encouraging, showing gai an increase in membership, and a greater ve interest in the work manifested on the of part of the members, . da Tho business meeting* were g. Association tendered the Convention a re- ti< ception and oyster supper at the Hall, which re was greatly enjoyed by all present. Sunday morning at a union service in the ci Presbyterian Church, Dr. P. R. BenUie, of gt tho Columbia Theological Seminary, delivered ai a most excellent sermon, from II Chronicles, fc 34th chapter, which was pronounced by all who henrd it as being a very fine and prac- A tical discourse. gi Sunday afternoon Dr. Seattle delivered a k short but vcrv interesting address before the tc Presbyterian Sunday School. b Sunday evening a union service was held 0< in (lie Methodist church, at which Dr. llenttic delivered a lectute on the relation ei between the church and the Young Men's o Christian Association, which was both in- u teres! ing and instructive. n The convention throughout wae of a very a interesting character, and we hope it has done much to encourage all classes in our i community to lake a deep interest in the work of the Association. The business men and nil who employ young men, or have sons growing up, owe it to themselves, their employees, their sons and socioty at large, to give to the Young Men's Christian Association of Union, the most earnest and practical encouragement. In the city of Charlotte, the senior was infromed, whilo there a few weeks ago, that the Y. M.C. A. had performed wonders in elevating the moral s'andard of society, improving the efficiency and integrity of young men in every employment, recovering and saving many from debasing habits and associations, and in every way purifying and guarding WiltY from tli? insidious encroachments of acter the pass words for admission to the social circle. Are not these great ends, reached, as they have been by the Y. M. C. A. in other towns, worthy a stern effort. from every pood citizen in Union, to accomplish among the youth of our own commu- ' nity. A Relio of Colonial Times. Our esteemed friend, Mr. F. W. Eison, ono of the oldest and best citizens of thia County, called on us Inst Tuea lay and exhibited a voncrnble looking specimen of the pnper currency of this State in 1770, three years after the Declaration of Independence of the thirteen United Slates. It is a $100 bill, fairly engraved and printed on good substantial paper, almost equal, in point of wearing qualities, to the present bank-note paper. On the face of Ibc bill in printed, inside a neat border : ONE llUNDRBD DOMjARP. South Carolina. No. 1715. This bill entitles the benrer to one nus dhki> DOLLAits, or one hundred and sixty- t two pounds ten shillings, current nionej of ( this State ; pursuant to an ordinance of the ( General Assembly, passed the 8th day of 1 February, 1779- i Charles Atkins. ' P. Weston. j John Smith. t On the reverse side is Ihc State "roat of I arms," of that lime, with a Palmetto tree 1 V standing proudly amid flags and spears, and a little kettle drum in the centre. Tasteful j scrolls surround this State emblem, with figures denoting the denomination of the a bill, both in American and English commcr- g cinl currency. , It is quite a antique ptrce of paper, and Mr. rcison inrorms us I lint he has a number ] of euch not<8. but of later dates and emailer denominations. ? The Oyster Sapper Postponed- 1 We arc requested to state that the Dime j Musical aud Oyster supper announced last week to be given by tlic ladies of the Methodist Church, this evening, has been postponed, until next Tuesday evening, the 4th. of , Feb. t So do not forget to go to Mrs. Thomson's next Tuesday evening, at 8 o'clock. j( The Ladies promiso you a delightful mus- j ical and social evening's entertainment; and when the Ladies of Union make such a prom- j ise they fill it to the brim ; and no man or woman having a spark of music in his or her soul would willingly be absont from an en- ^ tcrtninment given by them. Then there's the oyster supper, with Misses M., N., E.. and a| lots of other pretty young ludici to wait on a you! Whew! the senior says, he must be there, sure, to enjoy the fun. ? . 8< Tie Largest Hog Yet. Miss Sarah Willsrd, of this place, reports ^ the largest hog raised by a Lady iu this County the past year. Miss Willard gives us a verbal report, as follows : Age of his bogship, just twelve months : ^ gross weight when killed, <135 pounds. Was in raised in the yard "round the bouse,'' upon '?? the slop*, &c., from the kitchen nnd refuse garden vegetables, until a few weeks before g, killing, when it was put on a liberal corn wi diet, to make the meat firm and wholesome. We think Miss Willard's hog is entitled to he priz?, s > far. It was an aristocratic town hog and we enpposo grew fat upon n ^ superiority ourt^^g|u^^mjj||^^| t wu, neYerthel?*/^te^^^*?^JWBBHd I Filthy Practtoe- ' ! We feel thnt it is our duty to mention a , r?1 'cry filthy practice that is very common, but ne that should ho stopped. Wo allude to re] ho practice of chowing tobacco in church, nd spitting on the lloor, regardless of the urrotmdings. foinc nre so addicted to the J abit thnt they as readily spit on afine llrus- ^ ;ls carpel as to use a t<n spittoon. j,cn Tl?sb is not decent, to sny the least of it, Ter ad wo hope thosowho have in the past been vtr jilty of sucli a filthy practice will consider at it is unbecoming geiitlcinon, and will ssist in the future. jact c * Finuti MtnUwMi manifesto has been issued by the Exroui Committee of the Farmers Association, r the signature sf O. W. Shell, as Chair- ii a, but with the ear-marks of B. R. Till- * ( sticking out all through it, calling upon ^ i farmers of the State to hold a "Mass i etlng or coneeotlon in each oounty, on t lesday la Mnrob, to elect as many dele- J too as the county sends to the 8tate Con- j ntlon, to meet in the Hall of the House I ] Representatives, at Columbia, on the j of March, to ne^a^^^k|gjjB >n, and we pledge ourselves to abide the suit, whether it be for or against us.'J It should be remembered that the Farm's Association is an organisation separate id dis'inct from the Farnt'jrs Alllanoe, id the latter must not be held responsible >r the acts and doings of the former. While not a member of the Farmers lliance, we are a firm friend fo the ormiution, from the simple fact that we now it has dons nod promises to continue i do great good, not only to the Farmers ut to the general business of the State and ountry. If the Alliance will eonlinue in its presnt course, there is no estimating the amount f permanent good it will acoomplish; but re predict, if it gets committed to tbt tuddy whirlpool of politics, like politics in church, it will soon be split up into facion?, its cohesive power destroyed and ays of existence numbered. Its secret enemies will use tbo political redgc to accomplish its ruin ; and we carnsily wnrn it against following the lead of mpetuous, indiscreet and over-xeatousmemrers in its own ranks. * Thej are, perhaps, loneat, well meaning Alliance members, but. hey arc not safe leaders and may, unintenionally, do more harm than good. Understand us, every good Alliance monitor must have his political opinions aud reference?, and should exeroise the right o express and defend them boldly and coniciontiously; we don't believe he can be a good member if ho does not ; but we oan lee great danger to the peace, efficiency tnd permanency of the organisation if it is sommittcd ta any political oourss af action, We regret that the manifesto is too lengthy for publication in the Timks this week. We may furnish it to our readers hereafter. ^^^1 Bale of the Nott Gold Mine. M The Charleston Xetcs and Courier of the! 25th inst., has the following telegraphic liepateb, dated at Charlotte, relating to the isle of the celebrated Nott Gold Kline in his county. We hare always understood hat this mine was ono of the richest in the iountry, lying directly on a rich rein rutiling through this county into York and on o the gold region around Charlotte, N. C. iYc congratulate the owners of the mine in his county in their good fortune. There ire more of the same sort in this county, ind wc believe (bey will be developed as oon rs (lie rnrnueiphia syndicate gets ully to work on ihe Nott mim: 111111 afternoon W. 11. Wiisqu, jr., or KocR I fill, arrived hero and bad a conference with the representative of a rich Philadelphia syndicate regarding the purchase of ho ceiebrnted Nott gold mino in Union >unly. The mine is reputed very rich, ind is owned by W. 11. Wilson, Wm. Munro, 3. D. Farrar and James Munro, of Union, "he syndicate, after an inspection of the nino by nn expert, has made overtures for be purchase of it. An option has been fiven. Rumor says that the syndicate will five thirty or forty thousand dollars for his proporty. The sale will be concluded irobably within nno week. The mino is welve miles from Union, and is in the gold egion of the county. fill Burnt. Wo learn that on last Tuesday morning, bout 2 o'clock, Mr. John Eison's saw and ;rist mill, on l'acolet, was destroyed by fire, low it originated we have not learned. feningetis. We regretjLole?rn that lerrltTle dis>ase Meningeti^fls very prcvelent and fatal in Isli Dam township. Mr. P. P. Hamilton lost a child from it ast Sunday. ? Personals. Mr. Perry Butler, of Edgefield, paid a isit to friends and relatives at this place his week. We wore pleased to meet on our streets set Monday, our esteemed friend, Mr. J. 0. iice, of Fish Daiu. Friend R:co has pretty rell recovered from his severe sicknc""" and 3 getting strong again. Mrs. B. F. Arthur and her two children re visitiDg her paronts, Mr. aui Mrs. J. !. Farrar, at Pinckney. Miss Pauline Arthur has returned from n extended visit to relatives and friends in nd near Columbia. Mrs. W. D, Arthur bns returned from a lonth's visit to her mother, Mrs. .lane Wil>o, at Lodo, N. C. Mr. and Mrs. L. N. Rodger have gone to ewberry, to visit re latives arid friends. Swallowed Carhoi.Ic Amu von Whisk sr. -Washington, Jan. 2d.?Morrison R. Avery (cd 23, swallowed csrbolic acid this morngby mistake for whiskey, and died in an >ur. He was from Raleigh N. C., and was son of Judge Avery of the State Supreme >urt. He was employed in the Qeological irvey. The bottle from which he drank u plainly marked "Whiskey." The acciint happened in Avery's own rooms. Poor bi't Honkst.?A story is told on a uing man who was recently married to e daughter of a wealthy merchant. The ricale in fhe peatlng what the (biniater reSHDgHHH "With all my worldly goods I nd the minister. "With all thy worldly goods I me endow." I . seated t he groom. ^ Wasn't lie honest? t Bartii<)1'akr Shock.?Cairo, 111, January 8 ?The officers of the Steamer City of liaton " age, passing up last evening, report a ivy shock of earthquake at liellfoot Lake, in, at 3 o'clock yesterday morning. A itable pnnio ousued among the inhabitants he locality, who have not forgottoa the re- li s of fie great earthquake of many years p when New Madrid aud much of the ad- w tnt territory sunk beneath the Mississippi. ^ b? Smith iwily hurt t?ad flren Any mule* are on (he market i (N^Ppeinl h*re been eold and eome r i litt been made\|fi this neighborhoo< V i - v Our Men 'Jo?" oomplains (hat (he whiskey wag ? carrying on their unrighteous bui see wi his neighborhood, and he wants it a >pewUnless he nir put more backbone and moral couragAn tho men p f his community he will noYor we anfend to the present state of affairs. Tw gboit of publio sentiment flight eus mosA moq from doing their duly. A corporal's Anrdiof old womon would do more te put darn tlis pernicious traffic than the combined Arcciof tho State and Nation will ever attempt t d>. When m?n who wink at and cw'ud with those vagabonds in their unlawful tro^ lay claim to decency and respectability*; ff>d people ought to liold their noses. 4 % Too 91 any c^r^>?pple are like ex-Qov. Vance I Tf^ilHHfjIare in ?nror of the stomachs | are ngainsnrW f The Editor c(mhc MlUnce column struck the key note At wc?, when he said his brethron oughtp supprt the Tihbs for the good it had do A the treatise. Its venerable wkn lindEtllttfil two flfitiAPoilnna h a a given the sods ' 1 toilthe advantage of his lifetime texperi< toe, nd, as a result, much good has attca ed >e work. Yes, every true Alliance in if wl t*k? the paper, and next Fall will o ?{?t the $1 &0 it cost was the best inV draot he had mado during the year. Rev. Mr. Mel anawy preached at Abioddon Creek yes rdav. The sntyect of his discourse was Lot schoice." His text, Genesis, 13th cl ,ptek ad 11th verso Miss MiUlre Btlki gave her^Uncle, George Estcs, a om een in the West for several years, a of^ast Saturda\ftiight. She was joinetlj^^Rfter of her amends of bith pcxes^B j^was an old timesingi^U^^^^^^^^^&annex left tios of ran^^^^k The Dr. diifers with us some^^^^^^Hilc, but his result -orrect. W^^Hpkr from somebody else. In answer i Umj question given, someMime ago : ? r can 5 persons divide 6 eggs Ho that each c shall receive 1 and still 1 remain in tbdishT" We say, one must ' tako the dish, >o." K. W. J. a* as if there are any pine trees near vpre the artificial showers of rain fall at Irs. Husky's f We suppose there arc, aoj> his theory may by the correct solution the mystery. Vox. Oorrea ndenco of Union Time*. Kf. J. SoliloqnisesXT D Pnivn ivtt Pmeiuno -T linil Tft solved to tak<i rijort vacation for at least this week, froi.?e columns of the Timrs, but on thintag^it over I cannot refrain from puttingj sky little "say," although I ioftop iii 1" out, as the ingMutcn^^^KaMjp^^lhonO^ M#Hen he called back frJN^^pfeosito end, "P'what air ye jabboig?" AW. too, I will try, for tho Editt threatcnea' to aue me for a' "breach of pmise," and that would be fatal to a you \ man of my modest nature. And I, tlio ht that with tho dawn of the new year wou come more new writers, or the renewed esonco of those writers who seem to be re ed. I will say that I would like to hear f in them. So come, brethren and sistors, fho have more tlit^n once favored us i h your letters, and let us converse tog< er, and to the county by means of prio r's iok, and don't stop now, for it may not e long until our peos will be laid aside fort ir. We have now the assurance that v do help some people. We help the cditojimd I believe wo help others, by giving tmi news to read. You who wmWa IiaI > nl ANtrtnA MtA niuw, jiwij' o nunc ut your *ection?Mj tlao your ideas. And what do wc wJBU; It U not because we are a'l brillt^flB^mlished 'writers ; one can readily the spaco althe ii?i?^^BHWP?dEiiiii: ways ;* but to auto iH^H|Jwp tho paper, and that helps t?Hpj$ iRhey will only accept the help. Aflrgarua eonversing with correspondents i writing. I, in the meantime feel as if I atLdkiog to frionds in various parts of theory, whero time and distance forbids me selg or talking to personally, much as 1 wtj I like to?the ladies of my acquaintance; pecially,? and I hope tho confidence I p ? in my friends of reading what I intern to be of some interest, at least to sonicb v, is not ''misplacod" confidence. And i ope, too, the presumption that I am now dulg ng in, if you ploasc to call it so, is pa suable, and I ask my friends, especially the die* and misses, to look at it so, and l vy'fissure them that while I am away down llo on Nubbin Ridge, No. 2, while I "In drcsmsVjnc," Ac., "Treasured, thy names will keep," and I will ask rfylaco in your thoughts as a token of frlqAAMp E. J, Correspideneo of Unloa Times. Brerslde Ripplei. Rivmsin?,Jen. 28.?In writing up Mr. J, T. liurgoa'erop I made an error that I wonld like tooerreet: It was 11 bales be made insteadbf 10, as I stated. That is a and showing for a one-mule farm, wjjen reUke into ecocunt the 275 bnshels of pr?, trjth psas, sorghum and other crops Cads by him. Hince friehis Vo* and E. W. J. have been writing up lie |og business, I will have to put in Bomdttm along that line, or they will concilia* tm have nothing worth mentioning on Stiiwside. Be it understood, however, t Jet Has do grow to a very reapeotable sise oMbja Biver, sometimes. Mr. ML J, lUfed killed this season, One thaftfl^UfrNA lbs, gro??. those ^^ ^ ^towing. F*rmsrs are pnraQ^^^Kf seme are making f< ;o)d headwa^^^^Kurlng for another 1 irop. Mrs Joe t^^^^Buits a cook. Can iucIi a '.h'^aOPV1* market T Ttiey * no mi-nu|p "J U ICtrot RS nun a p oft'i here* hands are plentiful -none to Joe ? A hog Anson Co., N. C , ist wee to the b'ggcBl 1 rise for Mhng^Hin tho oiuntry. It ?* two jtmk'l ft^^HMgheJ 812 pounds ^ ton an&ifr I surplnslabo^^^^Wl^flWPBHBMBi B work ; and farthertnore, I did not send my I hands to the field and tell them to do so and I so, that I had to go to town, or to some I Sunday School picnio, or some other publio leathering. No, sir, none of that in mine. | I went with my hands, and what for? To | sit down under the bushes to look at the rest? No! mistaken again. I went there to plow, hoc or ditch, or do whatever kind of work I wanted done ; allowing no hand to come in my field and take the foremost row. Friend Whitlock, as you ask this of mo please benr with me a little farther. If I am not mistaken in the man I always took you to bo a stout, able-bodied man, and I never heard of any chills and fever in your neighborhood. Last Fall, though, perhaps there was. My reasons Ibr saying this is this: In looking over your items of expenses, I think undoubtedly you have burdened your self with unnecessary expenses, lu what way I you may ask. Simply this : You only fnado <10 ba'os of cotton on a threehorse farm, and in your cxponso list I seo you paid for picking cotton, $168, or $6 per bale for 28 bales. You hired all your cotton picked, less 2 bales. Why, friend, what was the ^matter with you and your family ? I hope you were not sick. Why, my littlo daughter picked over 4 bales and played 'half of her timo. Perhaps, friend Whitlock, that is the cause of your small profit. You hired it all?making as well as gathering. If so, try my plan. They tell inc you have fine land; If so, buy yourself six tonB of old Carolina Fertilizer, sold by W. H. Sartor, at Union ; that will give you 2 tons to tho mule. First, break your land with a good long dinmond pointed bull tonguo, and then don't get in a hurry. Bed with a six inch shovel; and if you can't get but 15 acres prepared to tho plow, put your two tons of fertilizer on that and work it as I worked mine, and with anything like favorable seasons I will wager you a fine hat next Fall that tho County won't have to read of your short profits. H>ipi Us I p ythd z doubt will lie, but figures will not: 0 bales cotton, sold to Jones and Fitzsimons, weighing 26,825 lbs., brought $2,601 48 1,620 bushels cottonseed, at 20c. 324 00 150 bushels corn at 00 cents... 00 00 1,600 bundles fodder, at $1 50 per 100 24 00 300 dozen oats, at 20c. per doz. 60 00 10 bushels wheat 10 00 150 bushels potatoes, at 60 cts. 75 00 20 bushels piudcrs 20 00 Total amount $3,204 43 Divhlo that by 2 gives, me $1,602 21 KXrKXSKS FOR MY PART OF CROP. Quarto, onc-lialf $147 60 l'aid for nil hired labor and provisions for tho 205 00 For bagging ami ties, one-half... 27 00 For ginning, my part...... 42 50 For dry goods and other necessary family supplies 109 21 ~T0iai expense rr fMt ttl Subtract $621 21 from $1,602 21 leaves Imbalance for mo of $981 00 I k Mr. II. L. (loss has all the cotton bills, find if any one doubts this statement they can call on him at his office at Union. Kespectfully, W. A. Wix. P. S. Fricn'l Wliitlock, come and sen me. I have no money left, though we have 4 fine young mules, a bran now wagon, buggy, two sets of now liurnoss all round and the best set of farming implements that money could buy, all now, and all made last year, by working on halves. Farming will pay, if a man will help it. For the Times. A Smaller Farmer Still Mr. Stores.?Plenso publish the following for me, and oblige: Hold up, Mr. John Pool. Don't claim the priic until you win it fair. Now for it, Mr. Small Farmer: Myself and family cultivated a one-horse farm two miles West of Union. Wo cultivated 16 acres in cotton Mid about 4 in corn. Wo worked hard, lived fetqL imi JM|L to JBflOgilltdMh made one balo of cotton, ubont ?rwte>lwP corn, fodder in proportion. It took all that I made, also all the landlord made, who also run a onc-lioreo farm, to pay for supplies, aud the good Lord only knows how much I am behind. Now, am 1 not entitled to the lead for small crops on one-horse furms ? If not, bring in another horse. Also, I used no commercial fertilizer.and very little home-made manuro. 1 have made my arrangements for this year, and hoping to hear better news from you next Fall, I am William Willard. Yes, Bill, you and John can "Pool" for the profits on your next year's crops; but wo want you, to itemize the days you didn't do a lick of work on your crop this year. Entertainment at Bate.svu.lb .?A doliglitftil entertainment was given last Friday evening at the residence of ,I>r. and Mrs. White, near Batesville. The occasion was a reception to K. A Kison, Manager of the Pelham store. Invitations of very stylsh and tastofill Hiwicrtw It ml hnf?n Ummil ynniA ilirpA wi>Aka be'orehand and the parlors of the residence were filled with a brilliant company, the guests including many of the most promiuont people in and about Batesville. The evening passed swiftly and pleasantly. Mr. Bison's many friends here and in Union, his former home, will congratulate him on the complimentary attention showed him.? Grttnville News. Well, friend Bob, hereafter we shall be loth to leave home after this, for fear of bejng lionized. We can just imagino the blushes on your face, Bob, while "circulating" among that "brilliant company." Good Timks.?The generally prosperous times prevailing throught the oountnrmake WummMsm the fighting chaplain,) which will he published by B. F. Johnson & Co., Richmond, ra. The parties interested are especially irtunnte in having nuoh a favorable opporunity to place this book on the market, and " r you want to make a few hundred or a few !" Iiousand dollars very rapidly, this book . rill afford you the means for doing so. Ap- " ly to the publishers at once. si Goon for All.?Posey's Compound Syrup is ? WHS l'k.fp, frtF rar?nt c II 1 U1U BIIU 1 nuu M m<l Clironio Coup I 8 or Cold*, Bronchitis, tr x>8S of Voice, HcarseneM, Irritability of he Larynx end Tensile, and all Inflamed ondltiens of the Lungs and Bronchial u ivbeflj i ii hi hi Gambling produces no wealta^^HIH^^^J ealth that is obtained by gambling was riginally the properly of boneet labor, and f + tese men that ai the present day corner'' >? necessaries of life, and thereby get ohes from poverty, are rogues of the blackit dye. .? . ALLIANCE BREVITIES. ^ He won't do. Who? That mnn nrlin tin-Audi uinigtaf mnliT? [ ?xercieecrth^ngHvt^!^R^MHOTHSH| i money may bo loanedv Aid it should be ? remembered that money ia about the only thing with which its pesessor can oppress and impose upon the needy, And unf est rained by law, the lender can force from the necessitous a ruinous interest. It is " therefore the duty of the Government to lim- 01 it the price at which money may be loaned, tt in order to prevont this evil. <| In commorcial communities liko Charleston . and Colnmbia, the peoplo can afford to pay a high rate of interest, but our State is large- *' ly agricultural, and experience teaches that the farmer is oppressed, cripplod in his efforts, if compelled to pay a higher rate of interest than 7 per cent per annum. And experience further teaches that as money or any other property is incrcuscd in value the harder it is for the poor man to obtain it. jo Immediately after the late war, our Lcgis- CI lnturc, in its mistaken judgment, repealed the usury law; the argument urged for its ct repeal was that money would flow into the w State, thereby enabling the people to borrow ap money to carry on their farming and othor y operations. What was the result? Were tho pooplo benefitted by the repeal of the law n mentioned? 1 enn only spenk for my section < of tho State, It ruined many and benefitted none. Farmers borrowed money at 18 and 20 per cent per annum, and mortgaged their p; lands to secure tho payment. In a few years the mortgages were forcloscd and tho lands sold, leaving tho former owners hotneleu. id Mr. Speaker and gentlemen ; I glory in fo tho past, and venerate the noble men by whom our laws were made and administered. For th long years before tho war 7 per cent per m annum was the legal rate of interest in this in State, and the peoplo were satisfied with th the law. During that long period the peoplo were rich, but now thoy arc poor and unablo oi to pay so iiigh n rate of interest as 10 per oent to per annum. Tho present rate of interest lias deprecin- tl ted the value of lands. l.ands aro now betheir real value. ? -w. ? While money can bo loaned at 10 per cent, per annum, lands will not bring their value. Men will lend their money at 1Q per cent, take mortgages of lands to secure the Rl payment, indulge for a short time, then m foreclose their mortgages, sell the lands and . buy tlicni at their own prices. J? Why should impoverished South Carolina lit have such a high rate of interest? IIow does her legal rate of interest compare Qf with the legal rate of interest in other Ste* ?s of tho Union? Have examined the legal *r interest in 22 States. In 10 States, to of wit; in Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, ia Illinois, Indiana, Iewa, Kentucky, Mary- , land, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Ton- ,8! ncssec and Virginia 6 per cent is the legal iti rat^Mf interest; in Louiseana 5 per cent per Ui annMris the legal rate of interest, and in California, Georgia and Kansas 7 per cent per annum is the legal rate of interest. And *l< the only State in tho Union allowing 10 per tw cent per annum is poor old impoverished South Carolina? "Why is this thus?" California is rich, vastly rich, and yat (he rate of intercut is only 7 per cent; Georgia, grand old Georgia, is rich, yet her rate of interest 00 is only 7 per cent. Kentucky, Arkansas, It Mississippi, Maryland, Tennessee, Virginia, North Carolina and Missouri aro rich, and yet their rate of iutorest is only 6 per cenper annum. m Mr. Speakor ; the purest motives have in- ge duccd us to make this our fourth effort to reestablish 7 per cont per annum as the legal J rate of interest. I 00 It lias not been done that we might thus m appear before you. Wo liavo no ambition in in that direction ; but an abiding conviction that pc the State would bo greatly benefitted by the establishment of said rate of interest alone induced us to make those humble effort* in 01 this matter. an Gray lmirs remind us that our participation in the scenes of this House will soon terminate, therefore wo are the more anxious to do all wc can to proinoto the prospor- of ity and happiness of the State. Age brings pr on many infirmities?affects tho sight, the hearing and locomotion, but it leaves untouched the affections of the heart. Our affections for our graud old mother. > South r> "roil tf Tiiii ht r r & post. for ^ hor we have sublimely suffered, clinging to hor like a child to its mother, amid all her humiliation and affliction prefering poverty m and humbleness te position and wealth pur- ?p chased at the sacrifice of her honor. g Gentlemen of this House; pause, reflect, cast your eyes over this impoverished but ?' grand old Stato, sco hundreds of her people su struggling for the common necessaries of life, remove every obstacle from their path ; . pass this Dill and thereby lighten the burdens of the struggling poor. us Gentlemen ; pardon an old soldier's anxiety m for the welfare of his dear old Sta*e. When yC the bravo Gen. Maxcy Gregg was dying on ^ the field of battle, ho said, "tell Governor l'ickens 1 willingly die for South Carolina." 01 How many of our brothers kindred and ar countrymen like tho heroic Gregg, willingly ia died for South Carolina; let us to day as ac leilliin/hi work for South Carolina as our horoic dead died for Iter Dour old South P' Carolina ! Venerated Mother! Representatives ; seek her, save her. g( -W- pt A Gio antic Fraud.?Wall street financiers bj claim to have discovered that a band of ^ Mexicans, calling; themselves a private bank. have been coining United States silver dollars bl and issuing the same to Mexicans, who give fit them in return for goods purchased on this y( side of tho lino. The profit in this scheme C{ can be readily seen, when it is known that the United States silver dollar of the present al only contains 72 cents worth of the precious h< metal. This alleged bank takes 72 cents worth of bullion, nnd with a stamp the exact counterpart of those issued at the g United Stn'cs mints, stamps out the dollar. ^ There is nothiug counterfeit nbottt the dollar, ^ and it is therefore diffioult to detect it. The j. gentlemen who have made the discovery are jj J the keen-wtttea jnesieans. ^ ofshi TrAIMNH IN .S.MAM, FkDKRAI. ArrOlNTMRNTB. of sb -Washington, January 23.?K. W. 8. Bray- pose( n, having failed to secure a Federal office of lit i South Carolina, ha* returned to Washing- wife >n again in quest of a consular appointment turn; . South America, lie was at the postoffico of pa >-day with Tom Miller and also joined the barn ttcr in recommending the appointment of a shou iporvisnr of census in South ( arolinn. It pene said that they have recommended Thomas him avender to preside over tlio Columbia dis- barr ict, and Samuel l'onier at Spartanburg. tore She About 120 negroes left Barnwell last week, tlon. nder the foolisli imprcsssion that thoir lives man *ere unsafe in Barnwell county, live v."*" "ihi-Tif: ined the Allinnco and exhibited ao mnch ithusinsm and zeal for the cause, then, be* tuso lie could not have everything bis own . ny, or because ho docs not reoeive the horn- "J ro frnm Mio Alliance that hC tnottgnt Tirsr"",;?*5*?w?| g "I" doserves, becomes morose, flies off at tangent and fulfills II Peter, 2 chap. 22nd, ;rse. SOLID RE SO LUTIONS, 18SED DY TIIK JONKSVILLX ALLIAXCK mo. 165. Whereat, We, as Farmers, aro prone to leness more than any other class ; therere, be it ? Resolved, by this, the Jonesvillo Alliance, int wo will endeavor to give to our farma ore attention the present year than we have i the past; and that we will idle no time, iat we can profitably spend on our forms. Resolved, further, That we use all the eoonny possible and make all honest endeavors meet our obligations promptly. Resolved, farther, That the Secretary of lis Alliance tarnish the Editor of the A1Uice department of the Umion Times a copy ""y1""1 g POLK AMD P0W1ERLT. 1 The two organizations hoaded by the tjf o jovo named philanthropists at the St. L<g^_ 1 coting in December, formed an Alliance^HB^ I int political action along the follown^^y jes : The abolition of national banks ; prevention ' the dealing in futures of all agricultural id mechanical productions; free coinage silver; prohibition of alien ownership of nd ; "equal rights to all and special favors none," in the matter of Legislation; the.,? suing of fractional paper currency to focilite excliango through the mail, and for the ailed States postal system to have control of e means of communication and transports- " >n. These are the mainnoints on vrhioh the ro organizations agree to act in concert. .? ? WHO CARES 1 ?J Who fittingly carea whoa monopolies, mbines and trusts corner upon the farmer? matters nothing to the trader, for he ijs aud soils in the market, and makes is profits without regard to price. The iddleman enly wants his commission, and its it. The banker and money lender bare no*/;, ' . ncerh nbout the price of produoe, fo^; ' oney brings a certain per cent, ra'e of * ' ,v , terost, whether cotton is 8 or 16 cents per mnd. These classes produce nothing. They nly trade on what other people produce, id lire on the profits made in the traffic. But to the farmer?the roan who raise* o articles wkioh giro rise to a'l tho trade the country?to bim alone the prioe of hie oduofs is all important. MONEY?DO YOU WANT IT 1 ' We wilt negotiate liens on improved rms farms for from 1 to 6 years at siz per ^ The above is taken from one of tho oi the v?~ any olrculars that arc postod in overy conionous place in a neighboring County, ut surely none of the intelligent farmers T Union arc so short-sighted as to eatob at oh a bail. Brethren, I know something about these natt. And if you are silly enrugh (not to o a more appropriate word) to orignge an your farm?perhaps, tl\o fi^H iu inherited from beloved aneetdorf-s^pp e first (hin j to be done is, en attorney ustsee that your titles are water-Ugbt, id that involves his fee. Then the mqney discounted to you at a certain per cent., id then you receive it by paying the sis ir cent, on lop of that. How can you, my brother, ever expect to it out of debt on the farm that is hardly tying you 2 per conlf on money invested, r mortgaging your farm to oapitaMeta at air so-called tix per cent. If you oeald it realise, it brother, you are going craw. ih style, and that in a hurry, and ere long >u will wake up to the Bad reality that intralixatioa has gobbled up your land o, and that your wife and little onea are -1 imeless. ''mm Shocking Domestic Tarobdy.?Abbeville, C., Jan. 24.?The details of a shocking imestio tragedy which occurred in th|h . >unty four mileafroB^h^bihMH||gfMp^ ly eveninghMjaMp^^^^^^^^^^^^ '>a^UMrTVrn< children, the oldest of whom is a boy t Ave years of ago. The Ui tie fellow his mamma killed his papa about a pair MS. It is known that Nelson bought a pair J oes for his wife here that Uny. it is sup- j 1 that going home under the influence J pier he lost them on the way, and his j fl seift him back to hunt for them. Re- . . ' I ing again without them his wife in a .'"3 asion seiied a shot-gun ami firod on* fl b! at him. The load took effect in his I lder and side of his head, several shot w tratlng the brain tbrougli tho ear, killing instantly. She then placed the other >r^ H el to her forehead and tired. The shot,-' ^*1 J up the scalp and fractured the skull. < ;j?VR||H is still alive bat in a very critical oondi^J&^J^M She was a Miss Gilliam before i^HglH rirtgo, and report says the couple did in nftrwon/.?Cor. Columbia Iffutar, v g| i. --