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^ jjk^ THK ALLIANCE DFk'AU'l M!"N 1'. ' V^r N. G. L1TTLEJ0IIN, Emroit. ASBU1.V, S. C. f?, "THE CITY OF A8BTJBY" Yon, worthy lidito-, InV. wecli rather j<s?*- ^ . ingly a'lu to I ti Anbury as .1 city. "Truth is * i^ranger tU.-au fiction," Mr. Klitor.aud I am in rea lyt> be:iovo that cvoatv are transpiring that arc innro startling than that Aibury houli fall iato the wonderful possibilities ^ of Ily futureaad Vocutoc a oily of no hi whr iLi, in Jmijmm* gim aa (he sun ahindlH^fMfkr^yhr North 8e I'aoolet people arc iudujtrio/s and enter- in prising, aud wo hare great mineral resources RI that are yet undeveloped. A railroad it in j"? contemplation from Chester by Aaheviile, CJ N. C., to Knoxvi'de, Tenn., an 1 we defy any ki route to give more a I vantages tban tho r< direct one be!ween the parral'el streams of jS| l'jcnlot and Thickefy, where there woul i not ev bj a single stream t> cross for in my uiiics, 111 and but litFc grading necessary. You can't, 111 Mr. E liior, tell but Ashury is tn be the future ,, Birmingliain of S >ut!i Carolina. Ifs>. she f0 will spread ber wings tenderly and lovingly h< over Union au I will gratefully wclconio our n< respected and honored Editor, with his Fore- (1 man and printers aud all the appurtenances j? of the Timks, to move to the "City of Anbury" " and continue their useful career in peaco w and prosyritji for long years to cotnc. THE LION AND IKS TlIdEE COUNCILS RS. (.lisors lAiu.ns.) J'j The lion called the sliecp to ask her if his lircath smelt, .' die said, yes; aud lie bit otf ' ' Sfl her head for a fool. He called (lie wolf and n( asked him. He said no; and lie tore him to in pieces for a flatterer. At last lie called the * fox and asked him. Truly, lie had a cold tli and could not smell. ITiso men, say nothing in dangerous *e times. Yes, and wise men arc also true men in dangerous times, and if th"b great (j aud worthy Alliance cause, that so Titaly n concerns the welfare of our homes co nnd our wives and children, could at our county Alliance next Friday, transformitself into judge and jury, and sum,v mon cnch delegate to say if his brain was cr muddled by and his breath smelt of the vile ol .cup of the liquor dealer, I am afraid that "no" would not he the only answer given. Brethren, 1 beseech you to be true to tlie trust imposed in you and legislate with clear m heals and steady hands for whose interest r<; you represent ; and if you will degrade yourself with ruin, we say bostialize yourself (H when your act and example will be lecs in- di jurious to the cause you represent. "GLEAM" AND GAFFNEY. 'J. . 1 plainly assert and have positive proof tu worn mow// of the be*t citizen.' of GnlTncy, , that my friend "Gleam," (whoever he is) is a a reckless wri'or, and that a inn/ori/i/ of the (p, hr.it citizen.' did not sign the petition for bar- pi rooms. But as my friend "Light Seeker" w proves (he incongruity of Gleam's statement ' on I lint line, 1 only want to say to you, i ] friend Oleum, the Lord have mercy on any *it town whose best citizens were so void of c'' v . . _ _ Jf Mgn a petition to open up those tlo?d-gutcs j,( ^f misery, that belch forth their volcanic of st re mis from the bottomless pit. over the land for which Christ died. ^ Friend Gb'nin, Sod -m was a better city ( ? than that, for tlie b.cssed .testis lias said. g< "verily I say tint ) you that it shall be more tolerable lor So b-m and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city." t! Friend Gleam, yoii' requested me to come pi to UafTney and see fir myself. I came: and ? what! Alas! as my wife and I drove through I lie heart of the town, the stench of hi the demon liquor, that lay concealed behind hi screens in those devil dens, poured forth its di corrupting odor into the pure mountain atmosphere, bidding defiance to humanity, * civil /.ation and christiaqity. Fiicnd Gleam, * * ll there may be no more drinking or drunkenncs.s among the inhabitants of Gaflncy than ab before tlio barrooms were licensed, but the farmers who yield to the temptation of liquor did not know how to slip around and into ?-Whiskey sidling barrooms and "blind tigers," like town drinkers, nnd consequently would conic lumic sober. (V1 l'nssing nlojig your street 1 saw on tlio jo opposite side n barroom mid a burly looking la: "j^felloif, n g io 1 agent ofilie devil who has al- ar ready seen tlie inner walls ofa :>enit?ntiary . . nu poke his head from behind the scroon and with |,a his cane rap on the door to attract the atten- th tionofan honest fanner, then beckon him into uu this den of destruction. 1 thanked (Sod the farmer had tho manhood to say no aud pass on. ? Friend Oleum, just spend ono afternoon on any of the highways that lea 1 from your ho town and see the helli-h destruction that is "it carried from the barrooms of (ialliiey : ^0! Hard earned money left behind: men win ^ nout to luitu loving nml iu.ltilgc.ut- |K fathers, are returning home in disgrace and 1*& . kit, bereft of reason, bearing sorrow and tears . t ui to mothers, wives and children. j,j. t'i'icnd (Sleam, why did not your wijorihf soi of best citizens, out of hcart-lelt gratitude ye # re-elect the former town council, who had 1,1 ex given them their ilr*irf<l license? Although W(j 1 believe the schools in (Satfncy aro as good -as any in the State, and that the teachers arc pure christians, yet I could nover send my sons to a town to be educated mentally, ||,( where the morals were so low that the bt*t \p citizens petition for barrooms. Mi Atri now i urge upon you, the gooil pen.... ning Ins o??... would see your town J*' that thoao who nan aoe win . . . to "Wlint jiosslhl i eouneetionW hcIioi Is ptosjir, I asked. "between tlio oll have a local ? J * '1 il!t:H!l'^)^).,!LL.U.ft.barrap?ns and JLiS** *"*?"? "The pilot failed." lie contd, M n?rs of spotless dovc.V.'^JaUie I'atho"1!! u'irone, to beg liis richest blessings to rest upon you anil yours. Marvi.anim Srirr. Tmisi-akit S. Annapolis, March *J7.? Might thousand do! lars of Stato Securities have been found so ' far to have beeu pledged bv Treasurer Archer w for his private account. There should be in ^ his possession to the credit of the State over ' six hundred thousaud dollars of securities I that can ho pnssi^^w hand. These are to >v bo searched for fl^Eheir whereabouts asccr- I turned. (. l or tllQ Tints Gleam /.mwira aud ? '* Questions. Gaffs ky City, March 31.?TUero were a iv <iuc*ti ns asked. Mr Alliance Kditor, p your correspo* ?! lit "Outsider" in your .D it we?k's issue,- which 1 wish to answer, ,il a few positions taken hy yourself, from liich 1 w sh to dislodge you. pi Outsider want* io know if there is not I ore drinking now than there was before irrooms were opened, and why the need of r*. .*o pol cenicn instead of ono? roriuerly our town extended froniam^^ Xhere is need ore i o V on street*, sidev^'ks, etc. The p rrvicc- f one policeman are seldom called ito requisition. The average number of rests (as 1 nm informed by Chief of Police) cs r nil cans s, is aliout ono a week. The st arrest made was a country-man for dritnkineis. Mis fine was $2. To my certain towledge this same country man was ari'ted lor the xume cause during "Drug p. ore days and fined $ "?. Who has not \y ?ard of the "blind tigers" with which ery dry tow n is infested, and which is al- |> ost a synonym for "dry town?" Not to A ention drug stores. , ?ii.? i... i i ..< ,i !?' well-meaning but weak-kneed country Iks," when put on the stand to testify in u, >half of the ftute, swearing that lie did co >t buy whiskey, hut paid ten cents for n TC acker, or pnid ten cents t.> seo the "striped j? g," and a drink of whiskey whs "Hung i?" Who has ever heard of ono of those jj( weak-kneed court ry-men" who really anted whiskey in u dry town that they did p. at get it ? unU perchance, his knees were p. 0 iretik to carry liini into a drug store or j; iiul tiger. p1 will say that the drug stores and blind gcrs at Gnfl'ney City and at I'nion were not a lilt thnt way. so 1 said I did uot drink, simply to dc6uc y position, as not being interested in the do of whiskey from that standpoint. 1 do 3t expect a single bar to put a single cent i my pocket; etiil 1 do not hesitate to go here my business demands me to go. If there is not enough whiskey drank in icse bars to intoxicate people eiiilicicutly enable a close, nay, even a casual obrvcr to form nil opinion, or estimate, as to >w much is drank, then it is far better than c days of our so-called dry town; for link men were then frequently sceu on ic streets. My opinions were based on rrect information, substantiated by my own scrvation. I am glad, Mr. Editor, that you traced four- ui ths of the crimes committed to the effects ' liquor, and 1 am sure the fair sex will w own you as their cliSibpion (though nthcr Pi d *) for having controvcitcd that o:d saying \ "thore's a woman at the bottom of every c< ing." ill Hut without jest, how ?/ </ * it at Union, sc id lioir is it now. If my memory serves <1< e"aright, ami mv information is not incurct, there was a time, to which he memory to man runneth not to the contrary, in n< nion, when all the necessary requisite to ?tV?- h> in the **li<damnation," was to ask for a gc ink of "retl wine" or "white wine."? ai: ;ie laws of the State stood open to you. a' ere these public violators of the law pun- w hod? Was there "evil to be found at ar nion ?" If so, did you "light" it? 1 do dc >t ask tlie question with any other object he an to show the impracticability of nuking th town "dry." no Our town council was not gifted with yo ctatovial power, and when a petition \w* m esetited to them with 1U5 signatures to it, t>. Inch is probably To names more than half. It do not consider that it was an optional alter with them to grant liquor license.? go ic petition is now in my possession, and on ac are the nnnn_>? of ? majority of the met- ga inuts, a majority of the property owners, i>l. * .v?yw.i' .the. q&ucu* jilJjuulviitiu *1 slition can speak for itself. The portion $ : country taken in by the extension of the corporation embraced Limestone Springs trs toper Limestone Institute?a school of which yn c are justly pround,?Rov. I. \Y. Wingo tot. VY. !l. Richardson ami many other toil people, tii.in whom our town boasts of t belter, as citizens. Rut the roles of all icse had nothing tit do with it, as there was > "wet" or "dry" election. A majority of ic citizens of "Gntfney proper" fu\orodthc ranting of license. (Si.kam. * We think (ileum is awfully mistaken in 3 man. The "old" I'M it or of the Times is hail nothing to say in this dispute, hut he I light tiio:c violations of the law in Uit'on. N - ? jllatll ok two l'itomimkttt ClIaki.kstoni ass. -Charleston, S. March 29.?Two proud lit niiil n.u\ul*i? /!!? 1 1- 4 ?? <? VII16V ' r> MIMA HVIf IU* v, strange to say at almost the same hour, out 10 a lit. They were Bernard Boyd, c head of one of the leading wholesale ocery firms on East Bay, and 1'. E. Gleason, "tg" of 'rha " mou was also out tiio oaiu? f.tiy rtw years. ^ 1 co disartrors Cnor Failurr.?On Roanoke g| ver from Looking Glass Creek to Palmyra, nth Carolina, an area containing nt least .000 to lo,(KM) acres, there was planted d year, l>y close calculation, for cotton, an ea sufficient to produce in ordinary years 1)00 hales. The same land had produced Uf >rc than that. The crop made was 1 Id les. The land is good?there is no better in e State?and it was cultivated intelligently d with cire. These figures show tho dis- I? Irons cifeets of the season. ( O HIT UAKY. wl LANCASTER.?Died, at Wost Epilogs, to Jattiiary, 1800, lira. Lettie Lincatjr, in I ( r 8-lth year. She had been a consistent rei nnhcr of the Baptist Church .it PutiniiTs 55 years, and had been blind for 35 ars previous to her death : during a'l of iicli time and for several weeks during ? . l-w. .... ?|, n n.?l licnce and christian fortitude. .lift a art tine before Iter death. in contetnplaig tlio great change that yvas pooh to take ice, site was made to shout with j >y, for >u a life of 81 years on earth, and 35 ars of that in blinduess, with all of its nl?, hardships and privation*, would be changed for a home in Heaven, where she mid lie forever at rest. .1. II. W. List of Letters Remaining in the Postollice at Union, for G B week ending April 4, 1800. rs Bcrurly llil>. |J?ha IIo*ard. is Mollis Howard. I M' Persons culling for <ho nlmvc letter* will use nay ifndvertiscd, ami will he required ??"" J. C. I10HTEB, 1'. >1. 1.1 Union Prices Currant'**" 1IWI I ->J" *"'> * 'U rTWu * TlfHMMMV, 1 COTTON IICYKUS AND (iROL'KBX. Cotton, per pound, 10j[(</ 10;} 'vk?M- per pound njje. PfTper. loo ll.s ?1 7$:! Meal, per hie liel Ode. iijflir, per pound (i(>/ He. Vj 'oiler, per f><>( is<I L'Of.i 'J-.e in Unlooses, per frnllon, <l(j(//.(i()c. per nnejrar, per 40c. roo lice, per pound, 0\(n N.]c, exh Iiiui3, per pound, |:;c. \ all. per sack 7 "? cenls. 'e.|3, per polllul, i>U('i $1. 'urn, per bushel GOc. O r 'ONDERFTJL BARGAINS ! f ?AT TllR? llJ lARGAIN STORE - ?>^*?ryul at tho meny? k/..??valuable anil ii-efnl lings nnd Toys that you can get at S. M. ? ico, Jr., E. U., for Just u nicklca piece. '? In nddilion to liie 0-cent counter, iie Las * so, a big 10-CENT counter which is a curi- *r lily anil a marvel to every one who sees it consists of almost a full line of household id kitchcu articles and ninny ethers, such i large Hammers, large Hatchets, Wood , id Silveiitie Knife Boxes, W,.ol Trays, . tinted JSilvcriuc Waiters, Egyptian B-ass niters of large s'zc, laigo Butclur knives, g nsortmeut of nice Glassware, Two-fool * uie. lig line of Tinware, from a Machine dor to u 10 quart lipped Milk Pan, Silverailed Forks. Spoons, Butter Kuives, wtgar Spoons, Ac., Shovels, Lamps, &c. Haven't space to mcution the many, many ^ icful arUc cs on the wonderful 6 cent, untcr, cotnejand sec yourself. To your scire astotiishmcn', however, 1 will mention st a few articles: Box-wood Rule, Sot nspoons, Big Bottle Machine Oil, 1 d z. ad Pencils, 30 Slate Pencils, largo Slates -plniu and wire bound?I quiro writing ij>cr, 1 nackage Envelopes, Shears, Wash in?, 7-pin Hot Racks, 4-Ilook Coat Racks, ! inch Silverine Waiters, Frying Pans, re Shovels, small Garden Tools, such as -owels, Forks, lloes, Rakes, Shovels, Ac., big assortment of Glass and Tinware, gb( roc large pieces. sm 1 keep also a lull line of y STAPLE ami FANCY GROCERIES, a 1.1 nk of STAPLE DRY GOODS, BOOTS and SHOES, HOLLOW ami HARDWARE, bcfl TIN and WOOD EN W A UK, CROCKERY am? QUKENSWARE, JUG am) JARWABE. and FLOWER POTS, OILS and PAINTS?A BIG LINE, WINDOW GLASS and PUTTY, SOLE LEATHER and SHOE FINDINGS, STATION Ell Y?A NICE ASSORTMENT, A VARIETY or GARDEN and FIELD SEEDS. ? Don't forget lite handsome offer which I nko you: I will give to any. ^Vfh^Duyer of $25 orlh if good<"f?*H fine hand-painted Oil aintiof,-Bfc?{j)gii n bemnifut gilt frauie. l?o, t>any casn^myer of $!5 worth of tods, 1 will give ft Pieturo rxnctly like the | tove, 14x22, all ?wr td designs: Land- 3 lapes, Waterfall?, Cistlc?, Ac. Regular J i tiers sell tlicso Painting'* at $5 to $10. These pictures arc handsome ornaments any room nttd they have been very rouoh Unit ed by many tas'y persons. Several ivc alrcndy been taken. If you desire to i one or move of these nice pictures call nn til go', one of the tickets which is free to 1, on the margin of which are 25c figures liich 1 will punch o it when you trale that iiuuiii, miu KJUl .'ju hiicii juu uuuo H >11hr. und a* on. Yon can get any one to lip you trrulo cut your ticket and thus get e picture sooner. Of course you need r it trade the whole amount at once unices J n cho-sc, but there are only a limited uulier of pictures, hence the first to trade e amount lequircl will get. the pictures is worth your effort to conic at once. Have also, some beautiful p'ctwes of ixl s 7.e, not framed, which I will gi'c to ly cash buyer of aud S10 w-nh of lOtlS. These pictures arc of ns3<rtcd derigua. FirfU an i JPloSJP Wj V when framed. These nro offers never bef -re icado to the ade in Union County, and it is wcil worth ur time to come an t see for yourself. 1 guarantee quality of goo Is and prices. s. M. RICE. JR, E U , Union, S- C. April i 14 Jim MRS. M. VINCENT'S ( ilLLlNEBV ESTABLISHMENT, EXT DOOll TO F. fi. TRKFKKK'S JEWELRY STOKE, UNION, S. C. ... ? , . I L rer/Iu rnod from tho Northern arkets, where I not only purchased a mplctc Stock of all qualities of the latest yles of ^lillinery Goods, ^ ii inau jiusiou myseu in inc details or cry branch of my busiuess, including THE LATEST FASHIONS the make up, trimming* and quality of >ods. li will be my highest aim to please all 10 favor mo with their patronage, ami I vile the I.adicsof Union town and County inspect my stock, feeling confi lent that :nn please them in quality of goods and tsonablc prices. All 1 ask is a fair trial. MltS. M. VINCENT, Next door to Trcfzcr's Jewelry .Store. el March 21 12 tf ^ U U T U 1 XL xi jj UNION MARBLE A N 1> ran ite "Works , r o n ONUMENTS, TOMBSTONES AND MAR* RLE WORK GENERALLY Always on hand, or made to order. A rgc selection ready for lettering and dc cring at short uoticc. WIRE AND IRON RAILING, Ni>v. 2!? f ^UI^xxb^ ?. ******fe 'mm*** Money to Loan. kN improved farm lands, in sums of ' $300, and upwards. Loans repayable ^ small annual installments, through a iod of six years, thus enabling the bor- v 'cr to pay oil' his indebtedness without atfting his crop in any one year, ipply at once to 1). A. TOV/NSEND, Attorney, Union, S. C. ct 18 42 Gm prwSMj A|t htT? jqst reccired one of the U Qoadi, C!olbin|, Sliofi, 11*1 ods, low ns lines are hard, prloei^ft adie*' See 0ur Dr< yw Goods wo enn thow you. u In D?c?, from'5qy>rr yard to the nit any prnO cents f>eri*rd - WuOL G(H1 rlA|DlE8 H ATS I j 771 7WU uur PriC<* #re gutraoieeJ at nithniiVL* Btw wh*n can bnv anii ?l?^ 0ne' k01*1 'n P'?Ccaml qua i 1 if lh* hBl.0^ ?f lh#f? *re mo,,# Umn 1 1 show 001,8 whlch ftr? " > cheap la thi?<W?tmfntJr0" wi,! flod two , SSLoSS"?'wh0 wiM Welcomo *??? """"""" Now, eT?rybo^qg^PO*a that Shoes nr DCs such as you wMeeldotn ee? in a t ins our Shoes. Iwjpnc shoo* f< r Ln<li r. HEED & CO S. PINE SIIOK8, guars I^QMES'I Ucmcmber, wa irt fclwnys licndquarli ir in mini], Ihnt rJc ?M l?al<rs, in price Polite and counceuc sticmion piecn I ] ? Very Hcspc< Jjraha Ecpt 14 J "SPRING EVER' Our New Sto^tf&f Spring and ? d Hats is nowjMind we arc pre PRICE! fJALIl Special attention is oallcd to our ,ccs, and Gents furnishing Goods [ore complete You arc 4 invited to a JAI&S, blottor AT1W9. RBGTJLA ' $2. iLSO, DOYLIES PER $)Z. RE 50 CENTS Must make i Jfr. roods.^A hear 11. HARRY If April 10 r X LdOKC ^I ,\d. N: V ? 9 LOffEB FBI ^ER BEFORE. SUMMER GOQj EXE IB II rgest and ^tuJks of * a, eto., that catf and in upper Sjuth C ?r 3ss Goods and Milline ndoubtedlr. 'ha - -- b?? ov-iwMon ever la U sest goods at Jl 3?. We can sell you a bean >DS. ? In Millinery Goods our ,S:ock is si /? emmense. The styles i his season nro i low as any in the Slate. Why should a ] ono FROM US AS LOW AS TKN CENTS ? ty. Remember, we carry some rery fine gt pou wish to pay, cn'sl for cheaper goo Is, and that you will think our UltUDDiiK stole th pleasant young Ladies, Mi s Ve.iie 1) ieer and make you feel at home. Ladies from make our store their hoadquarteie.^^^ ! CLOTHINCH OES, SHOES, e SPARKS' UOBRY. Wc will show a Stocl inn the size of Union. Eterylio ly should rs, we are handling this sons n, the cclcbra ntecd to fit and wear well. :tc goods. ers in Domestics. Come and pries ours, n cs and styles. o all, whether lookers on or purchasers, ilfully, M & SPARKS', CHEAP CASII SPORE. 87 OPENING" Y DAT Summer Dry Goods, Clothing, Sho pared to meet the Market in iv nm omvTPn I AIHIJ l)1 I line of Dress Goods, "White Good , of which we have a LARGER ai STOCK THAN EYE] rORE. ill and see our line. J^LKINS & r N" s LACE ANI I SHOES, AT $1.99. R PRICE, 50. ^ AT 35 CENT} GULAR PRICE, . PER DOZ. 'oom for Spring ty welcome t( M. COHEN & BRO. At Colton's old stand. 16 ly. >UT FOR EXT WEEK. .r? \ W COM ?" l,AVVNS/"S5WINES, challies, ca ettas, buntings, ginghams, j blouses, vandyke trimmings. ry; A FULL LINE OF LADIES AND CIIILDREl S A SPECIAL We )od?, I we . tern. ! H. M. GHIMBA April 4 14 -^NOTICE TO C5SH" c of cited ^V.11 oi* <L >in* lloavy Wim Aliii-it Go, Suoli s .ml BLANKETS, QUILT! BOOTS, SHOES, We uro now oilering them at COST, i money ta buy Spring ami Summer Goods. m urn ?iTiir,tT mri ^ and if von don't believe we are selling tli see our bills and we will gladly show you n?1~ ?* - ca VJtUUUfJ CUSL lis. Don't put oil* but conic a cnce to the RODGER & PUt [g fc>opt G 3G nl r. HATTTinM IW-iRJSRUSfia s C? Vil~ ""V** price i?r?> pinniped on th? Lt' bottom. If the denlrr cannot nupnlT you. ii.bi in in ? iwnii hi "i-iittttot;.;. ...j'. f W. L. DOUGLAS $3 SHOE GENTLEMEN. I ,acre"? over !'' Flno Culf, Heavy Lnccd (irnlu rdiI Creed* moor Waterproof; T.jJ ASSETS A! Iteat in the woilil. Examine Ills ' 95.<M? (JKNIUMi IIANI>-Hi:\VKI> SHOE. . S4.00 H AM)-Si;\Vi;i) WDI.T SHOE. Ul", I""1 M ri.no I'OMCK ANI) rAKMIvHK' SHOE. Loans, 94.BO EXTRA VA1.HK CALE HIIOE. United Motes II.. tft.Sn & HOItKINtiMMN'S SIIOKS. hcouril ies 94.00 anil 91.15 HOYS' SCHOOL SHOES. ? ' , , All iinulu la Cougrcss, liullon ami Lace. Loquk on < ollateru $3 & $2 SHOES lafD0I?3. " VATXC* ZS5 W^terBfffBat.1 in>^, JL'l'ul'i.U; W. L. IlouuluH, Brockton, Mail. Sold by Examine W. L. Douglas' 52 shoes for Ladies and gentlemen. Liabilities d S. M. KICK. JR., K. U. ? A gout Uuion, S. C. 1 Jan 10 1 Cm. w.r. 1 "l I -Altai/.- *. ^ J l/A?w ? ? isss... 4A.v/r.ijr- 3 fidelity X",\ 1^3... 151,601.483.... 5 P.'.IJKRT A. < LOAN and TRUST COEl f ? 010. Ml i ? o ? ? ) j BI'ARTAMJUKG, S. C. j SEED : I CAPITAL PAID IN, - $30,000.00 TTTKllAVEio JQLtitf ?LU OFFICERS. PEEK . n- - r>_c.-1,1. * I vol 14V Ml, - V/UUUlu: treasurer, . - w. B< i:?rnctt. Attorney, - - J. 11. Cleveland. ant' you want get them for you iJiKBCTons. Wo have u).-o Joseph Walker. I J. J], Cleveland. Jojjnson Siok< W. 8. Manning. | Goo. W. Nicholls. baveBowonc D. E. Converse. I W. E. liurnett. a 'nc them. T. C. Duncan. I George Cofield.' *Ve have in et< t . . . . ftD(1 ^cy Grace Interest allowed on deposits at the rate of Ilacon, Lard, lie lour per cent, per annum, and added to Salts Syrups, Co accountssoroi-aunually. Cocoaa, Desicated ' ' 1 * ^ J 'raCt8 Rn<^ a Catalogue of'America, contains ^ complete lis^P* Vegetables, Flowers, Hulhs, Potatoes partment of SpeclalT^* and all Worthy Novelties* M Same shape and style\? provctl so satisfactory last MuVi'l K / A Ti year. Many new and elcpTHllllustratlons, handsome colored plateSxioJj Inches,HtKLfrontispiece. Special jm Cash Prizes $1000.00 ; sec Floral Guide. F.very 4r\ n(r ,1... ' person who owns afootcflar.d or Otltiratni a |>Undff OnK'C 1 should have a copy. Mailed on reeeipfof a>cen^^^' which amount may be deducted from first ord^H^r' Abridged Catalogue Freo. PureStocfcs. FullM^^**^ ore. Prices Low for Honest Goods. ? 1 ; JAJUA YM*. MBMMAH, Bochea^^f. ? > I * vs eT .<) > mm mm am n '"'*! SHMEKE, HENRIrERSEYS, MISSES JOTIONS. us SHOES JY. 1_ r.T. I " i 1? 3iu BUXKKS. ' """ e$|| tor Cj? ood? is 3, HATS, ETC. ii order to raige rj?&T%rsr; em at cost, ask to exactly what the Banner Store of LCELL iy TATE" E NT OK Life Insurance Co. F NEW YORK. u McCUftDY, President. u ending Doc. 31st, 1880. - - # t.i<i,4oi,32a OS 5<S - - *10,310,174 4C . - - $9,<167,SMS 41 | lun, . . $1,717,181 81 - ?.'11,119,019 03 ronr, . . - $1,000,087 10 r?, - - . $16,300,008 08 jf.ir, - - - $170,068 10 - $161,003,493 37 jvm, - $ 19,888,322 06 $606,010,033 03 >"!i ? ? - $90,834,710 60 183,010 - - - 30,041 I - - 41,677 >8, . . . 11,071 \'r. IHV53" AS FOLLOWS : mi, .* $90,001,013 10 t;'!s oilier S60,0:!3,4C0 81 1 Sct'i rllii s, $0,846,600 00 Ti 4-.< 1 oi.tinoticH $3,088,032 70 i'lVialuniH ilrfcru.u. - 0ft.HHt.8W 30 $130,401,828 02 iirliKllncr Uf!A>ri,i at 120,714,010 OS ml AluU> Barplot. IM.789.Jtl?. . .$1^.876,179... *(.713.771 [63.9MM11? 1 3.9-3. I93.M.W ... 111.l3ltv0j.... ?.6|j,i0a ( ?7.< 78.933? nf.b .6,853.... . 126,08a.ui.... 7,940,1,5.4 <>4.9)9.931 '38,401,348.... 9,657.7)8 GRANMSS. VJoe-Prwldsnt. GYD, ad V icc-Rrenid.nt. E ASTON, - Secretary. )W.\KI) L. QEKNAIU), 5>n. Ag't. Columbia, S. C. JNllO ami P. M. COifKN, Agent*, Union, S. C* POTATOES. 1 Block the following var'.eorthern^Potatccs : , ? LESS, BUIIBANK, . AND COODEICU, any other vuricfy wo will juut received a frosh lot of 3' rcliablo Onrden See J*. w varieties. urn and cx3ck a full line of S:aplo ries, Huch as Flour, Meal, uns, Sugar. CofFce, Grits, nduosed Milk, Chocolate, I Coccanut, Flavoring Exlino of Canned Goods.? I, II. F. SCA1FE & SON. ? ljr : L S- STOKES, ON, S- O, TEKTtOS PAID TO COl4 lECTWSa. r iMt' Oflice. 9