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Fifty Bales to the Mule ^ g There is iuspiritioti ih :i wc'l-wcrVe l c Georgia farm. 1 mpiratioi, iuforiinith n an I an i'i>] <.Htmit le-s > ? t? *1'. who s.*e it. It 's * an obp ct less>n which lu-ats a I the ess -y* v that have ever been trail ami nil <he Inioks thai have boon written on the groat cpiest on ' of agi colore. Durmg the neon' ngricnllutal convet.tioa i t LstJruige ?n H tl-? ctjr v noted for its many nntl va-ied attractions? more nitcntion wis given It the farm of Urorgc W. Tru It than to every other in. c teicting feature of that interesting town. When men will go six miles t> reo a piece cf cotton r? I her t li n go a few hundred n A yards to see a love'y llower ga den i r an ? utihpie factory, their ?cti- n is at once a t s iiuonialoftMirprictc.il id as and a o ?mpiim-nt to tli?* farm which they visit. George Trtti I'sfirm wis of more benefit to the Sta'c than tint entire convention? and a bet'er njtd more harmonious c nvcution was never held in tIti-? put of rlie world. 1 My assert on will be sulis'aiit ated ly the J hundreds of del gstes w ho vis t-d this farm and weot a ?:iy dtlermiiel to dun ieete wlint ihey had seen. An old g ntleman ~ ft out Texas raid lie 1. 1 never seen cot'ou ttip ' like of itint ; a Lnuissiia man s-dd it gave liiiu go*>?l news in carry Kick I his people ; an Alalia in nil sa d th lliai tiie famous lilack bell of his Stale lia<l never vipinllcd it. George IV. 'fruit . ku>wn 4.x the fain mis Georgia cot ion growet m d propagut r of ' improved cotton seed. lives in Troup County, ^ s'x miles from l.aGr.tiige. lie is middle-aged uiedinin-xizeil man?weighing about 1 10 found*, |:i*i being energy. In approaching his notnc lite first thin-i I m t-c? d was tli ?t his I arn was iiitivli larger than lii< It <use?a in gfity good siau, I can tp'lyoti. Mis Uwell'i'g cotrtii'its four room* and wide |i</.zas front and lack. It is a cozy looking, whit* painted Luilling, with fresh.- pretty vines clambering over the piazza. The walk lea ling from the gale to the steps is completely covered by on arch of cedars wh clt are so perfectly intertwined that they seem to begin growing in the nir and to grow downward iit'n the ground < n each side of the walk. Itcnutful circular walks hi the yard, tlower beds formed in various figures, with huinmii g birds tlittering here and there?exhibited a guiding hand fairer than that of any man. Magnificent orehii'ds containing frui'a of many choice kinds and all the attendant conveniences of a country lionie were prominently visible. The barn is two ami a half stories high, &"? 1>v 3.*? feet, with a rjck cemented foundation. It contains enough of last yam's corn to l<*st the p'nntat'on till Christmas ? and stacks of many kin-Is of forage. Oats, sorghum, millet and the like, arc cut up by a machine 5 in ti c second story and droppel dow n into troughs to suit the up) elite of the mules n y horse". There is a well in the hern and * water is | uttipcd directly into troughs which ere fixe I to serve each animal in the stable, v | If All*. Tmiillf Wi.lllil Imm <l ? . .?? iiui-ocn U t > water tlie others bis arrangements would ^ I c perfect.] The horses walk out of the icar stable doer into a fresh Bermuda pis- " tun*. ^ An excellent, stenai ginnery, a neat nachiu shop in which all the pl-u'a'inn II achines are kept, a pood blacksmith shop, several well-built tenement houses?all iu a lovely oak grove sodded with Bermuda grass ?help to complete the picture of this model farmer's home. * At the lest Piedmont Kxpusition Mr Truitt received one of (tie first prizes for firm jxhibi's. Mrs. Truitt was awarded - vcral prizes for ladies' exhibits. Some of w h* forty kinds of wine, and the lusny varieties of canned goods, etc, arc still here to add to the pleasure of this household d and tlie c-oiifort of its guests. From two ^ aded Jersey cows Mrs. Truitt has sold ? is year 120O pounds of butter. She has uM enough eggs and chickens to run a c .. na:l farm. Rot to th? form proper: Mr. Truitt says lie is going to make !<K> bales of cotton on 8.i acres worked by two mules. And these ,1 acres were tho princ'pal attraction to the j t'ovention delegates, and pot one of them denied the fairness of Mr. Truitt's estimate. '' The land is gray, w'tli cl-y subsoil. Several years ago it was ; fu.iy poor. It has l-cen built up by high ; lilizntion and good n orkiug. Last yoar it w f planted in oats. J r was well broken with a cut-awov harrow v !? December. It was broken twice in miliary with a harrow, the second plongh beingsi]iiaro!y across the first. Then a| e rows were laid off, four and a ho If feet . . !e. with a scooter, followed by a Johnson iug. On forty acres fifty bushels of cotton j) ed were broadcast to the acre, nnd five uudrcd pounds of Scott's best acid put in n' 10 drill. On the other forty acres five hun. od pounds of Gn?sipum to the aero were pi u ib the drill and ii*t furrows. The cotton thirty inches apart in the drill. Most i it was chopped out hy a thirty- !l c'i scrape directly across the rows. ?i is gives the rows a beautiful regu'arity, . I enables them to be ploughed in two i vuelrically opposite directions. (Think ?< l-o it this, it's a mighty good scheme.( The F i". u was topped about the 10th of July. S( n ploughed five times and hoed twice. ...*. Truitt uses level culture. lie Yvreslte ? i I .nd deep, cultivates Hat ar.d very sliall iw. Ilia lands are all well terraced and a !i nuc-made system of underground drainage b ? c 'rnpounded out of a ditch, some logs and fc a plentiful supply of mother cnMh?is fre- n |tieivly used. l?y these pvecnu'ions cotton is now growing as high as your head where, a lew years ago, gulleys would hide all the ' animals in Grant 1'ark. Mr. Truitt 8ays this laud is 100 per cent bet'or than it was six years ago- The cot- si ton i < ca'lcd Truilt's premium prolific* The tc se I has been selected by sending careful q hands over the fie'ds to pick oat the finest b-II . This plan has been carried out so " persistently that now a sntall boiled stalk ct cuitiot be found. Forty average bolls of ai i'lis cotton will make a pound. More titan three hundred bolls were countp i i\ l riflP MKlIf Wfi ftiiind hnllu u-liinli ured seven and a half inches round one way and nine inches around the other?looking very much like a green turkey egg. There " were some single stalks seven feet tall, nine tli feet in diameter, shading sixty-five square F, feet of ground. This cotton looked like a ^ swamp, and at a distance appeared too thick for entrance. A short man would get lost in it ; a tiinid man would not venturo into it ut <1< all: nn incredulous man would never believe it wos there unless he saw it; a wise man (if he Was n farmer) would go to work and see if ho couldn't grow cotton just like it. We went over the land where, a few years ago, Mr. Truitt ga'horcd fifteen bales from five acres, nni when wc reached throne tl acre on which lie raised 2,'200 pounds of ij 1 ill, we decided that the ground wos holy, und built, theiron a monument of rocks to the best yiebl of cotton that tho world lias seen. a! The cotton on this Inml the present senson ir had to be planted over in May ; therefore it ct will hardly make over two and a half hales to the acre. Tbc two mules which cultivated thbsc eighty acres arc beautiful dark bays, ono " weighing 060 pounds, the other weighing ol 062 pounds. (I Can't (ieorge Truitt raise anything hut cotton do you ask? 4 have already said that he had corn enough to Inst till Christ- I' -mas- Last year with his 1,002 pounds of f< mule tlenh ho made 06 hales of cotton, 760 t hushels of corn and 1,200 bushels of oota, f piantitics of other produce, the crop yielding him $ 1,260 above all expenses. 11 This year lie has ten acres in corn which will make 600 bushels. The land was kept t/i fine condition till Mny 16 by a cut-ftwny harrow puded hy oxen Then the c rn was a plnnted. It is strong bottom land It, has b taken these two rrules less than four days to . " ' 4' ive it all the tlmgline Decenary. The omi< ot tlie red cob variety. Mr Truiti has twelve tig 0?t ne? hope, ihicli have been nised on buttermilk, and ill net hi>n above 2,110!) pounds of lumt. On hi* two-mule firm he employs five amis and rave them $10 a nio'ith each, is good a fit titer as he is cannot | ut up rith a rorry hand. lie has three tennnta who will make, iliogether, fifty biles of cotton and plenty of orn* They usetl ten tons <-f gttmo. decree W. Truitt started to farming even iith the world. lie has dug aliout J'JO.tHk) bovo the neccs'ities ef a li?ing oat of the round ami he stands to-dnv its sn esnnt|le o his o otaty ?nd StAlc wordty of the c'os-st inita'i *n.?Atlanta Journal. tilic JBcelify tliiioii Situcs =t. M. STOKEFt, - r Editor 3. S. STOKES. - Local Editor Fritfity, AligliMtSO, 1SDO. wnscxirriotf, ?i 60 ft:it ax\um POST OFFICE DIHECTORY. The l'. (). will be opened for business rout S A. M. to 6.0O 1*. M. The Money Order Department will be pencd for business from 0 A. M. to 4 I'. M. The Northern mail will close at 1 1*. >1., and the Southern Mail at 1.30 1*. M. Any inattention or irregularities should ? reported promptly to the 1\ M. J. C. HUNTBK, 1\ M. COUNTY DEMOCRATIC TICKET. FOIt SENATE, tilenn P. Peakr. FOIt REPRESENTATIVES. Robert I.Ittic. tiodfroy B. Fowler. Jolm It. JelTeries. TREASURER J. ?. T. Scott. 1'ROnATE JUDGE. COU NTY COM M I.SS 10NKRS. Thomas N. Kelt jr. SCHOOL COM MISSIOSER. AUDITOR. Natt It. Morgan. CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATES. T<? Totem/rip Chairmen, South of I'ucolet: Volt itrc requested to cnll ft meeting of our Township on Friday, tlio oth of September. iff elect 10 delegates to the County Condition, to beheld nt Union C. II., on Saturtiy, the Oth, for the purposo of electing ix delegates to the Congressional Convcnion, tobehcltlin the city of Greenville, on Iottdny, the 8th. lly order of A. C. I.ti.ks, Dein.Ch'n. U. C. Ha)'" A protracted meeting is in progress t Bethlehem Church, rnndiiotcd by Rots. >. It. Boyd and M. It. Kelly. Tito Cntholic Church building is caring completion. When completed it rill be ft very neat building. The successful and defeated candintos have iiuii'to I down and gone to Work i recuperate their health and financies. > Come and see our "D ?ndy" Crochet esse, ontaining t'? ar iclcs for 10 ets. nt II. M. COIIEN & BKO'8. rt^U.. Ex-Guv. M. I., ltoiiham was found cad in his bed nt the While Sulphur Springs lotel. W*y iiesvill", N. C-, Wcdnceday worn 'S - ? fitti?" Rev. N. J. Ilolincs. of Laurens. ssistod by Messrs. Anderson, ilsgcrs and linings, held a protracted meeting at. Mt. crnon Church this week. Lad os Lace Handkerchiefs at 1(1 cts. each IF. M. COHEN & BKO'S 8?JV,_ The race for Congressman for Third ?i.?trict is to bo run over by Messrs. Norris id Johnstone, they having received the ighest number of votes cast at the first riumry, but neitlier receiving a majority. Just received woven Initial Letters at octs. dozen or 2o cts. a gross at II. M. COHEN & BRO'S. Any person wishing to purchase a ?py (in two volumes) of the "Kise and all of the Confederate States," by Jcffer>n Davis, cx-l'resident, enn do so at a barren V>y calling at me TmrrrtlTUCT: For the last week the nights have eon unseasonably cold. Fires wore comirtable Saturday nod Sunday morning and iglit. i ne iurmers say wc arc needing ram for ic laic crops. . flflty- We ivonder if the County Cominisoncrs aro going to require the 3 C'e. R. II. ) put the dirt road below town, leading to ist's bridge, in passablo condition before le Fall season sets in? It is in a terrible mdition now, and when the wintor rains ud frccr.es come on it will be innpassablo in jinc places, unless something is done with before that time. 6fir The Greenville Xeirs, "says Mr. . D. Peako, tho candidato for Senator for lis County is President of tho Union County armers* Alliance." That is a mistake ; l>r. obert Little, nominated as a candidate for >e House of Representatives, is the Prosient of Die County Alliance. Mr. l'eako is prominent member of tho Alliunce, but wc o not think he is an officer in the order In the article under the head of God Save tho State," in last week's Tjmks, io bungling compositor so mixed the words 1 correcting the proof that there was no mse in ono of the mogt important sentences, i published. What wo wrote nod what we itended to say, in speaking of christians ldorsing candidates having no religiou8 rinciples to control their actions, was : "It has been n mutter of amazement to ua tat so many Ministers of the Gospel and Ihcr devout christians could so far ignore loir plain christian obligations as to advoito tho claims of a man to a high oticial oaition in the State, who had publioly and nilly cursed a whole community, because no people wouiu noi endorse mm as meir nndidnte, and coulil call upon God lo damn in cntiro othodox denomination of chrisiaos." . I?cli, Mange, and Scratches on human cs iriimals cured in ."><) minutes hy IVoolford' 'nniinry Lotion. This never fails. Sold hy J. M. 011)118 & SON, Druggists, Union. Lockhart Shoals Big Enterprise. Wo nko iliefoloaing item of good newt fr.'in ilie Columbia of the 2?>lh iost. nml most cord inly give the rntcrp'ie'nf gentlemi n who have the good woik i t bant our In st wishes for nbumlnnt sncce?? : "The Lockhart Mmmfac'iiring Cuwpanj of Lockhart, Union County, filed its dec's rut ion in the office of ilie Secret ry ol S'tite yesterday nod n comini->8>on 1ms been issue I a to the company The purpo^o o the company is to construct and operate * cotton factory at Lockhart, and it prop -sm to carry on the husim-sa of manufacturing, dye ng, finishing end sell ng all goods a any kind made ot onion or of which cntt ^ - r i tlier fibrous srticles form a pa?t. Tin coinpnny will a'so rngngc in grinding ami lu lling wheat, corn nut other grains, sawing limber anil scUitig any kind of irer ?l i:._ VUUHUI9V* 'I lie cipi*nl st c't is $"><)0,<)00. divided In five thousand shares of $100 cnch end privileged to be iiicrensc 1 lo an amount not exceeding $">,000,000. The corpora'ors are : Chan. I). Fnirnr. I'n on ; (\ K. Fleming, Spartanburg; A. II. Foster, Union ; Jolm L. Aeurs. Cliwtr: W. Ii. Koddey. York: J. ( . Fnrrar, Unon ; 0. A. Norwood, Urrcnville ; 11. L. McCaiclirin, Newberry ; A. C. Ila?ke 1,* Columtin; S. .S. Farrar, Union ; Joseph Wnlkor, Sjarinuburg ; D. K. Duncan, Spartanbirg; Frnnk S. Rogers, Chnr'ceton ; D. K. fonver-e. Clifton : and V. K. McHee, Aelievlle, N. C." In tlie above nnmcl corporators is combined all the requirements for the sucorssful development of the 'magnificent wa'erpowcr of Lockhart Shoals to its greatest cspac:ty. There is capital, experience, indomitable energy and personal integrity ot the Mgltest character at the found*Wbyi ol tho erne pr'se, while nature has provided" att vantages unsurf nssod in this or any othci State, for establishing not only the enterprise* contemplated in the chait-T, but any other tlint requires cheap and never fuiling power to run it successfully. Not only that, the location is rcmnrkablj healthy, in the midst of one of the fincsl coi ton growing and supply-raising section* of the South, with an abundance of as fine timber for mechanical purposes as can be found anywhere; and wo confidently pre diet that "Lockhart" or "Old PiDcknoy" will, in two or thico years, have as manj inhabitants, and do as large business as the town of Union, if it does not surpass the couti'y seat in those particulars. If you tlpiik wc are calling upon our iinugi. ? ? -- ?j J .w jrivtuiv iuv iiiiuid in. nnu arouna Locklisrt Shoals, we call your ntfcffion t( ilic names of many <)f (he gentlemen who an lending Ihls great enterprise, und point yov to what they have done, in the snme line for Spartanburg, Newberry, llock Kill, Clif ton anilfJrcoaeil'e. The names of Converse Fleming, McCatiglirio, Roddey, Walker Farrar anil Foster arc synonymous with thi highest type of successful puhlic enterprise airl llicte arc 110 sounder or more discrec and sagacious business men in the country We would not be nfraid to follow where thej lead ; anil, as we have said before, if w< ba<l money to invest, we would put everj do'lar we could raise in "The Lockhar Manufacturing Company," of Uoion. Ti'e Slraightout Conference. We confess being pleased at the very sensible conclusion arrived at hy the Siraightou Conference in Columbia last Tuesday. We were apprehensive that an extreme coursi ofac'ion would bo advised, which we could not sanction and certainly should have op posed with all our power. fight agnfus Tillti *i i-i made, and wc withdraw our forces. Ho will be nominated by the Democratic Convention on the 10th of September, and, as wo have sa<d before, lie will then be the demo crati: cindidutc and we shall oppose ?nj party or any mcons that mav be usril tode feat him. We have not in any way oppose I the Far liters' Movement, nor can it he said with truth thnt we have applied abusive langungt or epithets to either lillman or his followers during the campaign. We have only opposcc Tillman's methods of securing the nomina tion ami conducting the campaign, becausi we believed with a majority of the people they were in opposition to the regularly or ganizcil democratic parly and unpatriotic and the same results fur the farmers couh and would have been obtained through th< regular democratic channels, by the Farmer; Twvreentrntnig upon vuesaiim wwgw?^, __ der similar instructions to the regular demo crntic nominating Convention. i Wo had no faith in the straightout confer cnco at the first. We csuld not see what good it could acompbsh, nnd thought it an unwist move, calculated to increase rather thai allay the bitterness of the campaign. All wi have claimed for that convention was, that i had as much right to assemble ?s the Marcl Convention. We now confidently hope the conflict be tween me two r.xccutivc Committees will ? amicably adjusted. We 000 no good to re Hiilt from a contention for a few days of "brie authority." Unprejudiced by any thing that has parsed we shall sustain the TilliiiRii ndminittratioi of State affairs, in nil matters conducive t the welfaro of the poople, reserving the righ to oppose what we may think detrimental t the public interest. The First BaleOur friend II. Green Dailcy is entitled <> the credit of bringing the first bale of ne? cotton to this market this year. lie sold t Messrs Fnrr ti Thomson last Tuesday, tli 26tli; and it brought lOcts. Mr. I'nilej said he could liavc picked a bale a week 0 ten days before, but did not wish to breal his friend, Tobe Alverson's record. The most industrious and busine* like place in this county is Ormand H Go forlh's contract on the 3C's road, a mil and a half below town. We took a look a tbem at work one day last week, and cann to the conclusion that if railroad contractor did not mako money, they ought to, for it ii tho most expensive end implement burners wc know of. Mr. Uofoith totd us they worked 75 mulct and more than that number of hands,, wif carts, scrapers arid plows, and It kept hit busy watching the hands to keep thcin en ploycJ. In a few days th-C/expect to mor their force abovo the town, as IJ^e rout through the town has not born decided 04 consequently they will liaro to skip tli work inside the corporate limits for a ehoi time. Opening of the Pablio School#. I Tbe public schools at lira place will open t' on the 8 li September. The Iloa-d of True5 tees have been fortunate in (securing for the I coming to-m the (services of Prof. C. A. Qrnescr, Ji., ami Mitrt Annie A. Warren, r as Principal and First Assistant, j; Prof, (iracscr comes to us with highest | testimonials for efficiency and character, f tyraijiMicli experienced nti'l popular eslucators t Vmf. Archer, Siip't. of Pub io Schools of 1 Charleston, and Prof. Dibble, Principal of ^ Chnifrst" n High Sohoo', font which ioslituUiuiilr (Jiaesur graduated at the head of s hit e'a a. snd afterwards was awarded fir?t ' honi r rlc n lie completed bin course at Clinl-fcton College. ^liss W*rren w?s for several years a auct cessful and wry popular teacher in the Columbia Kcma o Co lego, and has a high certificate of proficiency from I)r. Darby until recnlly President of tliat institution. The remaining portions arc filled by the Indies who occupied them last year?Mrs. Lindcr, io charge of the Primary department in Mile School ; Miss (list in charge of ilie Primary dejnrtment in ilie Female Lcliool, mid M;sa Muaro in charge of the Music department. With this efficient corps of teachers engaged, and a modern school building looming up in the future, tbe educational intcBests of Union ought certainly to bo on ; the lino i f progress, an I there should be no v reason why a buy or gir'. should be tent from > I'byif t?> * ? a good g<^?** ?. '^^raonTis. TBil Anna Wilkes and Miss Panders, o( Chester, arc vi-iting Mr. Jolin A. Fnnt and family. Mr. W. II. Sanders, of Ninc'y Six, was in town on important business this week. Mr. Joseph E. James left for his homo nt Wolfe City, Texas, last Sunday. Mist Helen McKown, of Wilkiosvill*, is 1 visiting her brother, Mr. J. II. Bsrtles. ! Mr. S. If. Rice, Jr., E. U., went to Marion, N. C , on business this week. Dr. Brstton, of Yorkville, was in town w??t, ?? . i Col. Wallace, M isscs Daisy aud Maggie ' Gist and Mr. W. C. Gist, Yorkville, were ' in town the past week visiting friends and relatives. Miss Nannie Means, of Sparlanbnrg, and ' Mr. Harvey Means, of Mobile, Ala., is 011 a ' visit to Miss Etnm* Hrandon. ! Mies Carrie Rclioppaul, accompanied by 1 bevHulc sisters, May and Emma, have gone ' to Rome, Ga., c-n a visit to relatives. ? , Correspondence of the Union Timer. , Mews From North Faoolet. s Etta Jank, Aug. 25.?The present cool spell will in all probability stop tlie growth of cotton and put it to opening. Iu many places, especially in land addiotcd to rust, i< is opening fast and picking will soon begin, r Willi the exception of n few light showers , of rain the past week has been <|iiitc *?rorable for fodder puli ng. Should our farmer; ' succeed in saving it all there will not l>e 11 I scarcity of forage in this section next year. Farm labor is scarce. The paste-bosrti dollar business lias done much to detnora'izc it. Most of 1 lie linnds, especially day laborers, have a penchant for '-tramping" rat bet than working nt the old price?60 cents per. t day? and as a consequence hen roods, potato and melon patches arc not on si boom. , Rev. Mr. ('lytic preached at Mesopotamia 1 yesterday from the text: "Hut Peter followed Him a far off;" Matt. *20 : 5-8. A nrotrao'c I meeting is in progress at El(' -ltetiin at tirs time, ainumr ui?rttt>g< n*** been held rt most of our chuvchcs and the tcports are generally satisfactory. Letters from friends in the West report 1 that the "clii 1'iig" season lias set in. The . friends of N. H. Osment will be glad to learn j that he is the Superintendent of one of the meat flonri-h'ng Sunday Schools 011 Crawley* Ridge, in Craighead County, Ark. Newt is said to have been a charter member of the . Ku-Klux-Klan, and iuonscquenceofhis con( ncotion with that mystic order removed tc II UU'lf lllliic 111 IIIU 11I3UT loll. : He married Miss Ellen E-des in 1870 nud , they arc doing well in their Western home, ] anl raising a fmni'y of iaterosting children which we hope to see occupy prom} nent positions mnong the great men and B women of the trans-Mississippi depariment , of these Unite ! States. For several miles north of Thickety the work of grading and building culverts along ' the line of tlic Augusta division of the 8 C'f * R. II. is about completed. 9 One of the railroad hands on Webb & l Ontes contract had the misfortune to get hie '^rom" accounts' nft'f " may be netessavy. Mrs. James O. Love died at her home nl . Smidis Ford this morning at 1) o'clock wi'l puerperal fever. She leaves an infant t\V( weeks o'd. She was a Miss OuytoD, and i ? native of Alabama. Vox. i s Jouesville Telephonies. t Joxfsvili.f., Aug. 25.?We had two show J ers of ruin Inst week that did much goo 1 t' the growing crops, but wo need still mori rain before the cotton opens to push the i* young bolls to maturity. Tlio weather je rather cool for cotton and it is feared ilia after all the fine prospect of a good crop it j will fall rather short, but this is often tbi esse, especially when the weed is large foi then the farmer raises bis sights too liigl i, and counts on a big crop whether there i> n cinch fruit on it or not. The Primary Election passed off quietly ai Jonesviilc. The only disturbance in town thai day was two colored boys who concluded t< o try their skill in a little fisticuff. The elec: lion Jiowever had nothing to do with it. Siuce tbo it. a. cqurl.ut UrecnYillo closed a few of our friends have gone to board wnr Sheriff Long at Union. ? Mr. Sam Littlejolin's store was robbed i r few pigb's since. The parties entered 0 through a hack \;ind<?w and oarricd off such things us suited their fancy, not,, however 0 amounting to very much. There wow n.<. f money in i lie drawer1 Something to en r and wear seemed to be their object. It Mr. C. E. Fowler fired on some persoin the other night in his potntoe patch and In has learned since tlmt one darkey is laid u] on account of it. This is a very good waj s to serve such marauders. ? Messrs. J. L. McWhirtcr & Co. arc build ing an addition to their store iiouso, am 0 Dr. W. O. Southard lias added another roon 1 to his house. o Other buildings and improvements are ii g contemplation. TkI.KI'IIONK. '* Knglish Spavin Liniment removes nl U\rd; Soft or Calloused Lumps and ltlcin , islieu from ^o;?es; Blood Spavins, Curb! / Splints, Sweeney, JM^g7bone, Stifles Sprains, all Swollen thro*'*, Coughs, eto.* Sailfc f ">01)y use of one bottle. Warrant? i- tho most wonil rful Blemish Cure eve e known. Sold b J. M. 0111 US & Sl? Druggists, Union?.. . ? 'e you feel weah n and all worn out take BROWN'S IRON BITTERS JCorrvtpondence of the Union Timk?. Interfiling Items from Cross Keys. Kkoai.i a, Aug. 2.'!.?Mh. Kkitor. : 1 will giro you a few i com of iutercst from Cross Keys, niul in giving yo i the news I nut sorry to rt?ti iliut tnero is soma sickness in (his neighborhood, but mostly nmong the old peoplo, therefore we cannot colhplin of disense among us, because old ago brings widi it ninny trinls and troubles, and we sincerely hop-* that these aged sufferers niny tie sooilied itnd siista ned in their atllictions by nn unfaltering trust in One "who is nble to fave to the uiiernwet." The eleeiion tossed almost without a jar. Those who were si fortunate as to live clo-c enough wo n <o the polls an 1 cast their bal lot i, then W'nt to the preaching service at half | asi !' o'cli : oihei s attended service first thc.i voted, i.nin gl'id to say that Cross Keys tins developed her cit'sens into something else besides ballot-box lunatics. The meeting nt l'algeit* Creek continued eight day* and the people have become thoroughly a-oused ns ti their christian duty. The prayer meeting services began a* 11.30 o'vlo.k every morning nntl by that time t!i? people would bo pouring in, nearly filling the house It was not nu uncommon sight to sec the tear-stii'iird face of many t-trong men and women bowing themselves and asking "what must we do to b" saved " llev. W. F. Sorrels, of N*. C., but now laboring ia our S'ntc, did mo.-t of the preaching. A'thougli a young man. lie de'ivcrs the gospel nievsages ns though, they wore fresh from the Divine lips that gave them. The church gave a free-will offering to him when lie announced that his appointment cn led him away on Thursday, ami there was not a few tvnry"ta the eyes of Cue people as ho, look them by the l|aSil ''l.t'i'^?ilTT**^ ftjfflTrrl1 There were n-ajlocil ACCWUIAl, ABOivwiei .-i.i., ? . . k??ttu ne >ve^sea Air. It. K. KiiSli, of Ml. Tabor, among his numerous friends in Cro*s Keys. Miss Cera Smith and her sister, Mrs. Lizsie Williurn, of York, nrc visiting'riends nnd relut ves in Cross Keys. 11^, 4.1.. 1\?I--.. ..r t\ ? i ?t.ii i m?ei .i?ui i'ucm;ii, ui vvi'miulk ihh, ilils spent several days with friends and relatives in Cross Keys. We were glad to meet our young friend Rev. 1>. A. Swindler, from Newberry, who gave us one interesting sermon, lie is a young man in the scrvioe, and we hope to eco and hear more of him in the future. Fodder m being pulled rapidly and the prospocis arc fine tor a good crop. Cotton is opening very fast and the farmers nrc making the necessary repairs on gins, presses, &c. The prospect for a good crop of the Heecy siaptc is Tery encouraging just now. I heard a farmer say a few days sgo that he was counting on his crop making a bale to the acre, and did not believe he wou'd be di?nppointed. Thai's the way to do it ; let others follow or lend,just as tboy choose. Correspondence of the UntonTi mks. Interesting from Riverside. Rivkrsidk, Aug. '20.?Mr. Kditou : In this ago of progress and development the newspaper tender wants his news in a condensed [ form, and when there is nothing to write ahout it is the part of wisdom to keep silent. Your humble servant has been very silent for some time past, but would like to furnish n few linet this week. ! The crt ps having been "laid l?y" the time . for protracted meetings is the order of the , day. Six days of devout religious services i have just boen brought to a close at l'hilippi. Rev. 15. C. bnmpley was assisted by Rev. F. C. j Hickson, who preached the unsearchable , riches of th? gospel in a clotr atul forcible manner, much to the edification of the . large ami a tcn i?c congregations daily assembled. Five applied for membership and will ho baplzod next Sunday. At Wesley Chapel, Kc?s. lloyd and Kelly, pastors in charge, had the assistance of the venerable "llncle Mark" lloyd and Rev. T. G. Herbert. Quite a revival was the outcome of this meeting. The churoh was Strrngtheu-.1 -->-1 -?.0>. ?Ar inruilvuuLin. A vuvv , gracious mooting is now iii"~ progress at itcthlohem, A grcnt number have resolved to live tare godly lives ; several have pro, fesse t conversion. Crops have fallen off considerably in the last tw * weeks. Cotton promised to make a . better yield than for years, but the outl ok ! now is very litt'e better tlian last year. , Mr. J. S. l?y started out yesterday with h's mill and evaporator, making syrup fir , all who has the cane. He says lie can make 40 gallons per <Uiy. Sorghum is growing I in favor. The pea crop is looking well, and what a pity we dout plant more of litis valuable crop. Most people will make enough coru for homo consumption. Mr, F. <1, iirjgga and family have gone to West Springs to reeuporatc ids health. The wind work for the Lock liar t Shoal , cotton factory is progressing ttiooly. j Miss Klla Whitlock is visiting friends in Orangeburg. , Rev. C C. Vaugltn preacltod at Pitilippi J last Sunday. Joe, To the Voters of UnionJoXESVlLLK, Aug. liti, 1800. 1 To Kimtoe Uniox Times.?Will you allow ' mc space to thank those (1,017) oifscens who 1 voted for me, and yet, not for mo. but for my platform, 'l itis vote shows that the eonlimc'it and convictions of the people ogainst higher education by tli.o State is increasing. - I will say to my frioods that 1 una in lite > field on litis platform until a verdict against s higher education by the State is clearly * rendered in ITnim Cuimtv Tlio i-nf-.m. movement is pledged against ihc Citadel ami the University, as such, but it docs not go oleatly ngaiyst |l>e principle of iiiglior education by tlioStaie. Tho signs of Jhe times are in our favor, friends, and let us hold out faithful to the end. In conclusion, let me sty to thoso who sccmod willing to bent nte at any cost, that I freely forgive their extrcmo measures. Respectfully, G. Wai.ton Whitman. To the Pablio. R. M. Storcs, JJkap. Sir.?l'lease ing intoxicating liquors is false. I have pledged myself not to touch it if elected, during my term of office. 1 have not touched it during the canvass, nor will I. I will resign if 1 fail to keep my pledge, unless prescribed by a physician. ' } ours truly, 'J. M. Qrki?II, JR. -? ? CfTTiJtu Aphiay IsSpabtakbcq.?Spartanburg, August 29.?A eevore cutting affray occurred near Glcndnle, this County, night before last, llenry Holmes and John Jlsg^ well, two white nion omploycd in tho Glen dalo factory, got into t\ quarrel, and Holme: stabbed Harwell iliroo limes in the len thigh (1 almost severing a large artery. The wound od man fainted three or four times, bul prompt aUl brought him round. Ilolmci has been arrested. ll m * * - T TlIK BtBAIOnTOI'TS AT F. A NK 8. ? I, A S 8 | August 28.?The June's Htrnighiout Demo ' emtio club which was organized a shoe ' time ago with thirty-six members, now ha j ja j/iaaibersmp of seventy-seven, all tru ,. blues, ?{>)4 pledged to work for the gooJ o * the Htate. " A Lucky Dark-Faokp Yrtruak.?Ukat roBT, Augur t 22.?A negro man who ho [ heon working for yonrs with the Pncifi . I hosphste .Company, wi 1 in a few d?> receive from tho (lovcrniucut as peuiion an | bounty money $23,830. , Oflioia.1 : of the Primary Election S. C., Aug. r j= CANDIDATES. IS * a 5 * * c ' 2 35 w i 'o i*~ c "* i=> \C u C c SEN ATK Glenn D. lVnkc. 181 34 103 139 31 C. C. Gulp 247 6 17 85 31 REPRESENTATIVES. J. I. Swink', Jr 202 2 19 ll|3( G-dfrry 11. Fowler l'Jl 15 80 I33i3i John 11. Jcfferics 245 22 130 140 21 l)r. Robert LiGlc 282 34 101 126 81 0. IVniton With man 223 27 125 72 51 PRORATE JUDGE. Jason M. Greer, Jr 90 f? G1 49 5 Jnmci Al. Gee 131 23 50 38 1 Will inn W.Johns ?n 93! 0 17 15 2'! J. C. Wall ce *7"; 2 5 5 .. Fiftnk L. Townsend 85, 4 88 64 21 COUNTY TREASURER. 11. W. (Di) Whillock 14 2 14 8 .. John 11. Gallium 113 2 17 16 t J. 11. T. Scolt 311 36 149 160 0i SCHOOL COMMISSIONER. Eliza A. Garner 3 ... 3 3 1 William T. Thomson | 73 3 12 7 13 W. M. Foster 120 10 70 51 21! M. L. LcmaMer 160 0 37 12 ... N. G. I.iiihjolin 20 18 17 14 U J. L. Walker 64 3 32| 80 11 FOR AUDITOR. Daniel In man ^OOL3 04 57 10 Nat. morgan 112 116 61 COUNTY^Cm^llSSlONER8 ^ ?1 ? iOnas^f* *Ken'v'Ht?^t|^0 A. A. tiaulf llrtB.U OH 1IUUI W. M. Uallman Il67|l?| 09 62|K T. Jeff. Hughes i 87j 9| HO S)ljl" J. A. Chambers ?132| 1411121 85.2 Jolm 0. Farr ' 33I12| 159 131 ! Total number of votes polled,2,250, inakiq Those nominated are : For the Senate, Ol Little, Godfrey 11. Fowler and John 11. Jei Auditor, Natl 11. Morgan ; for County Comnii; The following candidates having received th votes cast, wilt be voted for at the second prio cinct in the County, on next Wednesday, the 5 Jason M. Greer and James M. flee. For Scl Lcmastcr. For two County. Con missioncrs, 11 and A. A. Oaulf. THE ALLIANCE DEPARTMENT. N. G. L1TTLEJOHN, - Eoitor ASBURY. S. C. CUED CHEE8E. At the request of some of my lady friends, 1 have obtained and again publish the receipt for making curd chccss : Tnke nice tender clabber, skim off the or<fsm, reserving half teacupful of cream for each gallon of clabber ; pour on the clabber enough boiling water to separate the curd from the whey: squeeze through a thin cloth until the curd is moderately dry, then eeison with creain and salt, to suit taste ; make into small cukes, and you have a delightful and who'csorac breakfast disb. CONSTITUTION AND RITUALBrethren, success in nny organization deponds entirely on the faithful observance of the rules, regulations and laws or the order; I and if you would hn*c your Sub-Alliances to be of tlie greatest power for good, sec to it that each member understands and yerfortn? his whole duty. I find that many members know but little of our Conslilution and Ritual. It should be the duty of the Lecturer to read and expound the Constitution itt your puo-.niiuucu unv> cttin,v?> her thoroughly understood its teachings, and t lien dim a ml that it be kept inviolate. Then every member of tbo Sub-Alliance should have a copy of our Ritual for himself and be thoroughly conversai.t with its every part. 1 doubt if one member in fifty can explain page 10 of the Ritual, without making a mistake. The burial sorvico on pogc 10 is very impressive, ami should be read and re-read by trtry mtmbrr, so flint if ever called on to pay this sad tribute to a departed brother we could let its solemn grandeur be seen and felt. In fine, get you a supply of Constitutions and Rituals, then see that they arc read, digested ni)d obncrvcij. rTr IN DISTRESS. The word, distress, mens badly wherever used, and wo aro reliably informed that our ononitr iu financiallv in ar?\t distress. This must be truo, for we have, in the past, seen claims on tbo County cashed by monied men, at a discount of 10 per cent, but iu July Jast only GO cents on the dollar was ofTered for Jury tickets. Thjs atato of things is a great hindrance lo the publlo prosperity of our County. Ifabridga, for instance, is to bo constructed, and the contractor needs Irs pay, he is compelled to ask more than the work is worth, id orJer that when his claim is discounted by some capitalist lie may get a living compensation for bis labor. I doubt not that on account of our County being behind, and this divoount on her credit necessarily taking placp, fdfat thousands of dollars of our prople'e hard earned money is useles*ly ill rowii away every year. To say the least of it, we arc a year behind in our County treasury, just like we poor folks were before we joined the Alliance. Wo < sold our cotton in the spring and then delivered it in the fall. The finances of onr pub. (19 FVUIKTIF nvx* |U tusy ?? ??? irf.f, without attaching blame to any particular individual, the general drift of the free school system has been downward so long that its present workings are thought by many good judges to bo an impediment instead of a help to the oducation of all classes. Our pujilic schools only tend to throttle private educational enterprises. Tho free school system of South Carolina, formulated eo nice Iy after the system of publio instruction of the Northern stater, haa only enough money i to nicely start tlioin e^ch yei?r ; then, befog % i year behind, I have known first grade leaph[ era to be oompelled to discount their fftOdol, lore per month pay certificates for $'20. Mince our publio acbools can only ran but a few months in theyear, and the pay ia a ' year behind, no wonder tho system is unt popular and fast sinking into disrepute, s 1 heuestly believe that if ell possible pubc lie expenditures of our County would cense r until we could get on a cash basis and then I keop mon in office who would keep our CoujMy out of debt, that onr 1M*| w^-dd b? 9 greatly re iuce<l, and all the publio inttreto ^ of our county would more forw ird with s j renewed Impetus, that would bring pros' periiy. n 7/ / i / Returns , held in Union County, 20, 1890. i .11 1 *\M*\. ~~ 1 e I P 2la A , ? y . I -* S> a 1*7 I-? 1 ~ ; Q * c Ji a 2 I S i-J?! ^ I -5 iffI ! i - ? j| si ?1 1 ^ > IE is I tS & Q Ig !s I ^ I ? * ? 435 68 201 9,7 135 84 70 35j 9H| 7oll404 I 33 60 83 29 31 19 24 30 112 GO 817 1 14 18 46 13 3 3 4 7 98| 80 600 i 41,82 238 110 135 60 82 48 140 89 1483 1 84 76 184 92 103|47 89 61 100 111 1617 I 621(12 230 93 131145 78 49 96 108 1633 * 41 71 UO 48 181 7 31 24 1021 61 1008 1 16 M 127 100 102 10 14 40 661 22 738 1 17 71 104 18 81 12 72 24 79' 66 734 1 25 11 41 ..... 6 18 6 ... 40 18| 319 . 9 71 A 2 12 8 14 131 119 > 7 0 10 1 18 4 2 ... 12 29 304 . ... 2 8 3j 9 1 4 7 02 3 137 > 6 33 100 70 16 8 10 11 26 13 442 > 70 81 178, 52 141 41 81 40 131 123 1066 3 0 0 19 ...j 2 ... 2 1 43 >11 4 4, 1 2 4 2 13 9 168 l 26 22 28 8 8| 2 15 3 52 41 479 1 18 1141 0 83 10 20 14 105 8 545 ? 1 4 18 5 2 31 14 12 14 174 i 34 60 123 111 109 32 23 30 32 06 819 I 3 84 87 45 10 4 5 0 85 49 68"* I 70j83 195 77 148 48 90 68 179 9<^ ^ I 55179 134 " 61 76 26 2-lWl ftj lS?|tfl5 ^ 1 r l.n.nnt-infll mil a Tfl 4 OI 1 r /> 04I1 1? -. . ~ ' ""I ? Vli(OI Ol IV/3 ) 6]43 71 13 40|32 7!l4[l3o\ 40 744 1 22130 22 22 36118 3S'18, 66 46 10^ i 12104 20 22 108J17 12 21, 21 26 400 >38i20 1!l 70 31 72 64 10 30 48 808 I 22|87 147 31 13| 0 68 30| 01 '.) 613 5 1,121) voles uccossary to elect, enn D. Pcake; for Representatives, Dr. R. (Dries; for Treasurer, J. B. T. Scott; <?ioner, Thomas N. Kelly. e highest number, but not a majority of to^^ aary clecli n, to bo bel<l at each voting prc1(1 (lay of September: For Probate Judge, tiool Commissioner, J. L. Walker and X. L. . F. Foster, J. A. Chambers, W. M. Gallman Standing bt Tinin Colors.?Columbia, August 22 ?The State Democratic executive cnmmiiteo met in Carolina National ll-nk to-, night at 8 30 and remained in session uotil 101'. X. Five members constitute a quorum and seven were presoot, as follows; State Chairman James a Iloyt. ofGrscnvdle ; Secretary. Wilic Jones, of Columbia; John C. llaskell, Columbia; U D. Lee, Sumter; X. II. Dial, Laurens; James F. Uhanis, Clarendon ; C. A. Woods. Marion. Mr. W.J. Cherry, of York, asnt a telegram stitiug that lie was still with the committee, hut was unable to attend this meet^lt-' It was supposed that Messrs Hough of Lancaster, Doar of Georgetown, Gary of Abbeville and McSwecney of Hampton, an Ti liusnites, do not intend to c ntinuo w'uh the coinmitloc. although only one of them has s> informed the body. Tbo following resolutions, offered by Mr. Rhatnc, were unanimously adopted ; Rtt?lctd, That it is the sense of this committee that its members have not been removed from office, and they still constitute the Democratic executive committee of tlie State. ? Rttolred, That the secretary of this committee lie, and hereby is, instructed 10 hold all funds and record* now in his hnnds as such officer until such funds and records shall have been demanded by a State executive committeo duly chosen by the enduing State Convention. ii nito rvBuiveu nun ma con) mm CO incci on I lie night before the Contention ft SepIpinhiu 11). nml ajTujin. iLiaouavinn of tknriWui, lion the body adjourned, eubjoct 1 > Inc coil of tlie chairman. It is prob'ble that another meeting will be held before h pg. Tiik South tq Lose No. rki'itrst:>itatinn, ?The total population of the o unlry is still computed at (14,000,000, The House of Ropreeontatlves at pro*ent consists of 332 members, and is now a body so lorgc as to make the expediCon of its business a difficult matter, especi'lly when quos'ions of a party character are under consideration The probability is that the number will not be inoreasod, except by the admission of irembers from the three or four Territories yet to come in ns States. Assuming, therefore, that the present number will bo maimaincJ, the ratio of teprcscnlntbin must be increased to about 100,000. This would give Georgia 10 tucmhors ns at present; Alabama might gain 1, on nccount of a large frac|-pn, givjpg her U ; Not (It fpul Soujh Carolina would retain their present representation ; Virginia ani Tonnossce might lose 1 each ; Mississippi and Arkansas would gain 1 eaoh ; and Texas and Mis. Attwi wnitbl friilti mi Xmfjni 1 /??/?!? Tlt/ito would probably be no change hi RenMtcky, Maryland, Louisiana nttd Florida. It thus appears that the Southern States can not lose, relatively with other section*, in representations, and the pri.spect is that they will gain at lenst two or thrco in tbo aggregate. The Northwestern States will also gn;n, and those losing representation will ho tbo States of invetrrato sectional halo and fanati* oiam.?Atlanta Journal. Tu* Tax on the Farmer* ?t tentlon of the farmers' Adiunces in the country and of the farmers that are invited to vote for tho home market is oallod to the following list, showing that protected Amerioan tnanu laciurer* aril their goods cheaper abroad than they do at home: lIojHQ Foreign. Market Advance plough $ 900 $1800 Advance plough 4 00 8 00 Mower 40 00 65 00 Horse rake 17 00 25 00 Feed cutter, No 8 00 00 90 00 Peed einter, No 2 28 00 40 00 I rmn 1000 28 00 Levdr out'er 4 2") }* 'HI Cultivator 22 00 * 80 00 Sweep 80 00 90 00 The foreign prices are thoso at or irtuler which foreign manufacturers ee'l their agricultural implements. The American manufacturers make a profit at there pi ices. All above these prices is a clean g'fk to them by the tariff, which robs the farmers to^^t extent. And they are robbed to the extent on every dther tiling thry buy, ex^^t their diamonds and oth'er precious sjonrt.-t0h\cago Iftrald. \'f ' ' Tup Tiiibu ConorBssioMip District.? VRWifRRRY, i^uguat 23,?The iftrald jjnd Mies has received complete returns frqm qll the Counties in the Third ('ongrosrioonl Dlstriot, which given Honet 1,802, liowen 656, Calhoun 208, Johnolono 2,890, Murray 2,167, Nerria 4,768. The sooond race wld be between Norris and Johnst me on August 28. 'Oon Savr tiir Statk."?If there rhotild be elrc'ed this fall a Tillmau Legislature as ' headless and h thrainrd as the Til'mnu Con1 vention in Columbia last week, (lien we say , God save the Stats,?Sumter Advance. i ?~ tf r~ For Malaria,Liver Trouble.or Indigestion, use I BROWN'S IRON BIT1IRS f