The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, April 10, 1891, Image 2

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Cuppas a ViU'iBi.i Chop.?k?< me <?f our 7 farmer* are beginning to learn the value ? f y chufa* fur raising and fattening Imga. Mr. li. A. Stone, late y deceased, a most successtill farmer, and mho also made an nbundaiice of nirat and lard, pio'ol their superior S a'ue. Last fall he killed a large uttmher of line bigs, and the? were fattened aliro't entirely on rliufas. The last t tne ere were at __ bia bouee, says the f.ouitcil/* (6a.) Xftct ond g I'antttr, wbiab *at the fart if November, be showed us bow well they gtew upon a piece of thin lend. And at that time n-1 over a third had been gnthe eland eaten l>y th bogs. u Dr. J. N. Oliphant, who lives in the mine atclion of tbc couuty, and is a very succe s- p fill favmer, c'tt'isa th t in the gmwing cf cbufas he has discovered the plan fsr raising cheap meat and lard. Lust season he platrcd about half bis corn crop in rows eight 1 test wide, and about three feet in drill, dropping rliufas eighteen inches apart in middle of com rows. Discern wssvtry fine, and on Sept. 17th had corn gathered, then put on 1 the rlufiis eighty-one head if bogs, ami in addition two er three ether suiall chufa* p tcbj ?s. Only plowed them once and hoe* rati through hurriedly ene tine. He killed fifty head fat hega. Ijiseticlt hog* u'e in fine cor.d'tion, and lie has not fed to hog* t over twenty hushela corn since September 17. This erop didn't itretfrro wiilt ithir crot ?. as lie ruade a fair crop of other products, and 118 bales cctun with nine plows. , The clinfa will grow well and is very prolific on poor sandy land, and nothing better t r no good for hogs. No trouble to cultivate. With iit'leguano they yield an im__ men?e amount per a<-r?. und no tr< ublo to in '*"*f*" 1 I" 1 J-? > ?'ulH) lu-die's n"w dispose ef quatltltlttfff n^Wuf beai and at his own price. >Te would advise nil of our f>rtaers to try the cbiit'as, nil I liopo tliry wiH he equally as successful with ihciu as I)r. nttd o liors have been. The S| atiiab ground pes is nlao gco I for s'ock, nn I now plaute 1 by many fara o.'S for theirst ck. Hut they cannot try t >o many such cr >| s. la fact, we w*i t to * c them try everything iu in tl.e world lint will draw their at'ent en ft out c lion, which is proving a grest calamity to this good country of ours. IT* tit earn, onts, rye, whom. b?rley, pen?, ground pea?, mid everything of thai kind, ai d on the hc-t land you have ; and if you have an old field left, J ul cotton en tl.:r. The sooner tlr? is done, the letter. '1 lie poer old mu'es are worked ti death hauling coltou t > market to give it awuy, hauling back home meat, corn, tloiir. seed potatoes, alt kinds ef feeds (ihut coul I be raised hercj, guiino, etc., etc. This it a mighty tough. harJ. close year, and we do not suppose the farmers will ever have a better time to I? g the espounien*. At any rate, we hope there in re harder times ahead to force them to this coit'se, for we have surely truck bo toot.?Southern < Cultivator. Terms ive very easy f r Organs, l'.ano?, Sewing Machines and Clocks, S. M. HICK, JK'S K I'. State Industrial School for Woman. li* ii resolretl In/ the Senate, l/it Heu.ie <>/" ttejiretenta/ive* eoiiotriitu/, That the Govern >r be, and he is hereby, authorized and empoweied to appoii t three Coinmissioiiera, Kasa ilitlv if wlttall )m Firs'. To inves i^ate and I'M' ri what art tlit requirements for on Industrial ycliotl far W'enieo, an<l what wtuld lie the probable annual cost of ita maintenance. Feceml- What inducements iu the way of grounds buddings, moneys, or othtr securities may be offered by persons or places in this State to aecurt us location, and to make recommendations thereon, after ?:e tiug the same, if necessary. Thiol. That soi l Commifaionerj make their report to the Uoverner as aeon as practieaide, and that their expeuaat ioourred . i tw- oui .tJL ?? The undersigned, Coinmissionars appointed by the Governor under t lie foregoing reeelutione, beg leave te eall attention to the importance of the objeel | ropoeed, and to invite eo-operation. It is uaneoeaeary to speak of the need, or of the Tain.* to the State of such provision in aid of tho oducation of wemen. Rccogniiing ihc benefits which eaeh an institution would confer upon the immunity in which it might be created, the Legislature through us uppeela to tbo cities and towns of the State to submit offers far its locstioa, The jtresenoe of a State eehool of this rharaoter, with a large Faculty and probably several hundred young 'adie* from all parte of the State, wraid at once make its aite a comer of education, intelligence and social attraction. Ite influence would directly elevate and assist the locvtl schools : and there would follow an mcreaic of population, with an enhancement of values, not easily to be oTerc?lim?ted. We invite the atteti'ion of the municipal authoritios and people ofour eitioa and town* to these considerations. The competition ? which is for general ae well as loenl benefit 1 ?is open to all. Correspondence ia freely 1 invited. A member of the Ceaiiniseion will i eome te any pat t of the for State conference, j if deeaaed neceeeery. All offere must be definitely submitted by 1st of July. Meantime similar schools 1 abroad will be thoroughly inspected in order to secure the advantages of the beet experience. Afterwards all sites t r ptoper(>es offered will be earefslly examined by the Cotniniesien, and ia ita report full justice will be dene to all. Kurly attention will promote the object* af the Coniission. Address: L>. IS. JOHNSON, ! Chairman. Columbia, 8. I'. 1). Jori.XioM ' MART L. VUAKUIH. HANNAH it EM I'll 11.1,, special drive* in Men's fe't Ilnta fur inf Hollar, nl theCITV CASH BTollK. 4t How To Oir to Si. !>.?a suggaatien recent'y made io regard to method* of iuduoiug or promoting siecpinaaa. baa bean ptat ta a pYiaotiwd teaV-hy iyte reader of tbc 's New Vorfc Tribune with moat grat ffiag reI ^ aulia. Tha suggesti-ia wat that sloop could { be wooed anec?seftil)y by a method af counlI iag ia this fashion : 1, 'A; 1, '2, S; 1, 2, t. 4; 1, A, 3. 4, ft, elo., tip to A6. The experi(utnior relates hi* expvr once in the follow* ing languago: "My plan is not to eauat 1 v:ij?id[y, but ts call oft mentally one figure I with every expiration of breath. A j oraon I in gocd health counts at that rain about i twenty a minute. Bcfotc reaching Jo in this soale, be mutt con at fr r uliout sixteen roiuates, as the saiias mounts up to l!3o j aonnted straight alient. Rut 1 lotto found one deoided advantage over counting in regular order. That can be dono mechanically without any menial activity whatever. The o'her method is not burdensome to the mind, but fiiruistiss ins! - * _ ? luiii-niii 10 K#Cp " the thoughts off other auhjao's. I often e find myself forgeting the number at which (j f ought to slop end return to I, whereupon. I at once begin egsin where I left off end proceed in order. 1 cannot say the*, thie P *" A~ichenie will prodace sleep when there is no ni JL inclination or impulso in th?t direetion, but ,f HA, when there is arcn a rudimentary impulse |Hk; I know it will encourage and increase it. I have tried it a good many times since I first *| read about it in the Tribun* and it hss only m Wtkj failed me twice, Often on waking 1 will C( H reinamher that I was not able to count beyond 7 orftbofore losing myself in slumber. 1 ? . I hsvo never yet counted up as far as 20. > I think 17 or 1H hns been my limit. I be- sj B ' lieve thst the author of this soggasiioti has k & oonferred a boon on people who arc troubled I & insomnia, although it cannot be expect- la | Kvcd to work in every case." [Fie illcclHy Union Hiiiics ' . M. STOKES, - - Editor i , S. STOKES, - Local Editor Friday, April 17, 1SD1. insaitrriox, si go per a seem POST OFFICE DIRECTORY. The 1*. O. will be opened for business om 8 A. M. to ti.OO I*. M. The Money Order Department will be pened for business from 0 A. M. to 4 P. M. The Northern mail will close at 1 P. I., and the Southern Mail at 1 .SO 1'. M. Any inattention or irregularities should e reported promptly to the 1*. M. J. 0. HUNTER, P. M. Wo had a sl'ght sprinkle of (now ast Sunday afternoon. Everybody ought to visit S. M Illt'K, IK'S , i) l*., Music I!ousc. ?? &?*>,. (.ten. Albert I'ike, supposed to be imorg the niOft advanced Masons in the world, died lsst Monday. liny a pair of our ' MaboE' Sh"cs for men , eviry pair warranted. GKAIIAM & SPARKS. CCQu Gov. Fowle, of North Carolina, diid "Udden'y at Hn'*:gh, at 11.SO last Tuesday night, from heart disease. ? . . new oiiipir,,,,, a ? > only tight tcut?, at the CITY CASH STORE. 4t 1'. T. Ilarr.um, the greatest showman that ever lived, w# think, died at Dridgepor', Cjnn., last Tuesday evening. ? ? - - . ? "(Jilt K Ige ' Shoe Polish in g'asi vases *j.1 c. w.-tch, a'. 11. M. rollhN A 11110. ? ?L'nilcd SOtcs Senator, G. F. Edmunds, fr m Vermont, has reigned, to lake tfleel I si November. . A new line <f tlmsc tr'J.Ott l.acc Shoes f r Ladies, just received, all sires: call and get a pair before they arc gone. * GRAHAM & SPAllKS. jt?x_ We were j leased to sec on thcslrects this week. C??l. MeKissick and Mr. Gow. They are both improving slowly. ? Noting Men, don't I uy till you see my line of Gents neck wear?made especially for us. l?ufft, Ticks, Four in Hands?Latest styles. CITY CASH STORK. At A heavy snow storm fc'l at Asha ville and soma miles below that point lss Saturday and Sunday. It lay -1 inche; deep. F unnel Tab'o Covers of elegant design on'y To cts. at II. M. COIIKX & BRO. |Qg- 'I he L eal has ju?t returned fron the Sunday Sclio >1 Convention, and ha net had time to unravel Kel'on Wheel' problem, but lie v ill do so next week. Our Spring and Summer stock of Dr Goods, Shoes, Clothing and Mats tire on ex hib'lioti, and our prices ns low as the lowest The public is invited to inspect them. Respect fully, G It A11 AM & SHARKS. We arc told the Millinery butiaessii stocks. Jfcoy- In vita* ions arc out for the marriag of ] homas \V. hinith, M. D., of Nanherry and Miss Erni'o L. Mahon, on the 15th inst at I he residence of hor sitter, Mn. M. 1 Meulor, in this town. 1?> rua Ladjf.s?We take pleasure i notifying yob that we will liavo a full an complete line of " liuttrrick'* ^PaiUrnr" i lock, and for sale next week, .('all an make youp selections. Respectfully, GRAHAM & 8PAKKR. Our young tyj o friend, .letor Counts has dropped his -stick" in the Timks offici and gone whero there is always to bo found something good to est?at Mr. J. B. Porter'I Grocery Store. Jeter is a tint-class youoj man and we puled with him very reluct ant'y. (tent'emen, ?*\\ rdA examine our Vine ol Neckwear and Collars and Cuffs, the pretties ever brought to L'uion. (1KA1IAM& SPARKS. Sunday and Monday we had a hart frost, and wc are afraid the pcacha? and all the other early blooming frnit is killed While the fith and Cth of April is considers* by most persons as safe from hiding frost we well remember the terribly dc'tructivi freeze on the Kith of April, 187", when tin b'ossoms and leaves on all kinds ?f trees which the day before .looked green aati healthy, on that insrning looked as if they had passed through a fiery funnier. Ladies Black and White Robes, Klonnci.ape Lawns, etc. CITY CASH STORK. 4t ? - ??3u A number ef young men of the town have organized a Bicycle Club. They hare a card which ia handed to every member, with the following on it: "I am not makiag any new fviends, neither do I loan my bicycle for love or money. Hare refused 20 and will refuse you, eertain." Now, this is a very neat and polite way of refusing a friend the loan of your bicycle, gentlemen, and wo take the liberty of pubiahiog it to save the feelings of some olil riantls. as you are not making new ones. Buy a pair of our "IxuhtUa' Shoes f*r Ladies ; every pair warranted. (JIM 1IA.M SPARKS. ? ? With sincere sorrow wc read of the eatli ofthe venerable christian gentleman, Ir. Samuel R. Todd, of Laurens, which sad vent ercurred at his residence last Thursay, the 2d of this month, in Ihc-Kdd year of is age. So far as the human mind could cnetrate and judge tho life, the actions, the miivea and spiritual aims of any ronn, our tuch loved old friend, Samuel R. Todd. veil and died a pure christian and a noble pecimen of nature'* noblest work?an honest inn Farewell, dear ohl friend ; memory ill* a tear from our eye*, nod sadness 11* our hrnrt at your departure, while ou arc rejoicing in the reward of a wcl!icnt life. ? ?#? I.adic*, see our line of White (loads?Die rgeil and cheapest ever brought to Union. GRAHAM A .SPARKS. V Chanee far Union It an ther column will Lo foun 1 a circular fiom Uia commiUie appointed by tba UovcriH r. under resolutions adopted at tba Inst session of the Legislature, to enquire into the inciter of establishing a State Industrial School for Women, inviting propositions or offers from persona and p uses te secure its loration. The a< eial, moral and business advantages of auoh an institution in this or any other eommuni'y cannot be orereetimated, and should command the act're, united and moat liberal efforts of our cit sens to secure | its loostion here. At lli<s time, Union is probably in a better condition to effor liberal inducements tc> such an institution than any other town in the S'ete. We are preparing to erect a line building for a Graded School, for which $7,000 in town bond* hare been issued. We liave two fine lots upon whieh our p- eaent uisle and female sehoel houses stand, and the esboel Trus'eee, we believe, propose to S'.'U one of them, and apply the proceeds as a auiplcment to tbe $7,000 already nppi opria'od. If n< ltbcr of these town lo'a is large enough, we here two or three magnificent elevated s'tes overlooking the town, aod within the corporate limits, with plenty of land attached, which wc believe soul 1 bo bought obeap, for thai purpote. We do nol know wneiner me I cen astually sold, but we do know they art n good and safe investment nt their fact vnlucnnd shnild nat be disposed of at 2 psi cent below th'it. Now. wi'h these substantial advantage* tc build upon, ani in view of the fact that ihe St ite would spend niary thousand dollart more in the erection of eu'tablc buildingr nlone, we suggest that some energetic aetlor be tukvn by tha School Trusters, the citiieni ci-optrning, to place Union before commit tea among the foremost competitors for tlx location of the "Sta's Iodustriil School for V onion." It is probnb'c that it w 11 require mor tlurn tba $7,(MX) and school lets wa linve ii hand, t> ?ecuro the location. No doub other licaliiiea ?ill offer mor?, Thatshauh not he allowed to Btnnd in the wny of ou making n nnn'y and honest effort to tecur (lie pi ire. Every property owner in Unioi would ba well paid, in avery point of tia* . If lie added (a the above an individual aul t sci iption < f '1 per ceat of the taxed value i s his town proper y, to secure the location i the School for Woman in the town. We may not have as many railroads rui , ning d.rcetly to our beautiful town as oth' places, lilt, nevertheless, we are as accessib from all po'nts ns any other iowd, while 1 can aliow a health record fully equal to ar Incniioa in the world, and far superior to very large majoi ity of thoao who are able ai willing to give more, in in on si/, than we ca If the healthfuloe*s of a location, sua'ai ed hy a rec rd of many years, is considcri ' of any value to such an important institutio Unien can mako as attractive and valual an offer as any town in the State. We sincerely hope tho citizens will ta n ihe n atter in hand and unit# upon sol Head the circular ; :t speaks for the pi poeed institution, i's importanec and magi e tude, and the many great benefits it wou t surely secure to any community where may be located. When our people la'ked about building eotton faetory, nothing hut a "big thinj would ?ol:sfy them; now, this School t J Women is to be a "big thing," and the Sta n proposes to locata and build it where tl ,1 people show the most enterprising spirit ai offer the most liberal inducetnouts, all thin] necessary for its welfare being equal. For tho general good of the town, v ( would rather have the State Industrial Sche for Women located here than the Sta j University. Ufa a'l go for the Oir's-at ^ the girls' eeh'V. The State, the Early Bird. The decided newspaper ability and ente prise exhibited by the editors anil uaaagii I 1 a* ri. v.. . k v. ? m? iuiwi* yintvo Hint }ia|irr mongmne ti most popular and vn'uable daily papers i the country, and we arc tiuly pleated hear that it is receiving ihc literal suppo from the people that it ao richly deserve It is just tuch a paper as the people of Soul Caro'ina have wanted at tl c Capital f< years. Its bold, aggressive, but cniinentl; honorable and courteous spirit, roust con ' mand the respect of every ?no whose respc is worth seeking. The central location of Columbia shoul have given her daily papers a dccidcde I ac vantage ever all other dailies in the Stab but the proprietors of her journals 'slej upon their rights" and allowed the Charlesto papers to "hold the trains" Tmtil thay coul catch the Columbia pipers leaving thei Tices every morning and get an even stat not ODly in Columbia hut throughout th Stale. The Statr aoon demanded a chltwge c schedule that would give the Columbit papers their proper place in th? sun, am got it too, and now thai journal drops inl the Union I'ostoftico from 3 to 4 hour earlier than any oihrr daily in or out of th the State. We are getting too ol 1 to l>av< much push about us, but we admiro ant encourage it in the young men who an honestly and honorably striving to win poei tion sin the front, by their own labors ami worth. The Kaoket Store Wc caM special attention to the advertisemoot with tha above head line, over the two last columns of our advertising page, Messrs Harry k Be'k bate engaged hat corner ol the Tim as, and our readers inay Icok right there every rfeek far something new le be found in that store. Messrs Harry ft Be Ik some among ua wiili uneiceptionable social and business characters, from the City cf Charlotte, N. C., where they are wall known and highly respeclcd at young men of pure moral worth nad rnperior business qualities. .? Quarterly Confsrsnee. yimrwri/ ' onrerence was liem in Ibi Methodist Church Inst Sunday. Presiding E der IJoyd preaahed morning and evening. Both sermons are highly spoken of a*tn asierly efforts. ,Uw Conditio.. Y. Local h>d th* ?T of alttnd ng lh* Stat* Sunday Sd?J?^T#n?on wh}oh met at Laurens laat'^H To MJ that lh, gU Convention wa? a su? but ffeb)y tfc pre?ses the id*a w* |?i VJ |o conTey ?A ^ grand sticcess," ia lhjjj- lc.,en#e that ? will fu'ly eiprc*. It, f? u |0 b# J( J1rM*ntPPr%eiRUd' ?B#'wd bk" f. Th. prog. a.nme *||c*^?e< ,nd au(efM. wl I tantyourie'f with mentioning only * P'r- r ..'The reports from th* various *oan'i** w?ro full and very enoursgiog. Tw*nly? T seven roun'ies In ih* Stste have aonnty \ orgaaiaations which are doing *j great deal ef j goo I. j o The report 11 the State Organiser, allowed y a decided it crease in th* Cdunly organina- 1 tiana. i The most interesting fratur* of lh* C*n- ( vention was N<rm?l Lesson on teaching, by Mrs. W. F. Craft?, Which jwa* instructive, \ mteresiing and captivfttini. i Thuwday afternoon Wr| Crafis taught a | claaa of chlldten in the pi^scnc* of a largo j audience, in whieh she ill ustrat* d th* | method* ah* employ* inJtenching h*r class , of tw* bun lr*J in New, Tork City. Th* leasrn was, -'raved ftoi* the famine." Mrs Crafts bui t a iniuiatuni city of snnd, walled - ^awUW^hUaks.Aiv^fcyrotin'led it wi-h paper i tools. She thea^wfnTantc l on the story *f i thedeliveranee of Samaria from th* cohorts - of Denhadad, an-1 sha h*l<t the enraptured at* lent ion *f all preseot throughout the lesson. i Mrs. Crafts e*ttai?l/ captured the Canven; lion. As an evidde-u-e of th* aj precisi on, i at the cloaing *f the cooveution. Mr. W. L. t Grey, on the put of the Convention, prei s*nt*d Mrs Crafts with a silver cup. i Mr. Win. Reynolds, of ef Peoria, lllinos, made several well limed addresses on s various subjects, which were both inlcrrsting and instructive. Mr. Reyn Us is a very earnest chihtian s gentleman, and ho it a good worker for the i International Committee, t Seven hundred dollars was pledged by th* i County Aesociati >ne ana privnto subscripr tiona for the state work. Tlie Orgonir.er 0 wilt be kepi in the Sol 1 nil tho time, d jr* a iog_tbe eoniing c>n,v?nlionnl year,. r, In short, ws pronounce the Convention > a grand success. jf The citizens of Laurens entertained the r>f delegates in most hospitable manner, as waa tcetiGed to by a resolution of thanks that a- was passed on the eeenlng of adjournment, er It wsh a pleasure f>r us to be present at le the meeting of the Convention at Laurens, re our native hetb, for wbile there wo met ly many fiiends of by-goat days ; t> whom we a are particularly under ob'igetions for many id courtesies shown us ; and we are glad to say n. that Laurens is on a stendy upward growth n- and bids fair to rank with her sister cilice ed of the State. ,le Honor Roll. The Honor Roll of the dradod Sobo-d for ke month coding March 26tb( is al follows : ne ; 7t? Oha/m. ?_ cw um ???QfrUUar. Second ll<mort ro? ^Oth Gradb. si- First Hon*/.?TTillColton. Seccnd Honor, ild ?Loize Orinball. it \ Sth Grade. First Honof,?James Powell. Second a Honor.?Will English, j" 4t? Grade. or First Honor.?Dessie Toung. Second le Honor.?Noll Orlmbtll. lie 3d (Iraki. id Firet FIonor.-^Gerlrude Gee. Second gs Honor.?Charlie Counts. C. A. Grakskr, Jr., r? Principal Graded Sobool. 01 te Personals. I(| Miss Iie'en Groer has gone to Aoworth G?.; to attend the Normal School at that plaoe. Miss Mildred Hinnant, of Spsrtanbnrg, ^ is on a visit to yo'ativoe and friends at this Miss Carrie Octzel has returned frosi the In Cineinnati Conservatory of Music, and has taken a position as Assistant in the Musio r department of the Clifford Seminary. 9* Judge Wallace is nt homo after closing 1 the labors of the Spring term of the 8th 5r Circuit. Messrs W. It. Bcwloy and P. M. Cohen, 11' l..,n R.l.i.l T IVI.., ?.. n.ii .... ?v |UH? V/ misiuii iruu. ?i ji?i iur I IICII, rt it'w none of our business. Mrs. Annie O'ttrieot and daughter, of '' Spartanburg, are visiting Mr. Qee. Oeddes and funly. )t "Tub People's Pars*."?Some papers n are eiernnlly styling themselves as the ,j "friends of the people" and the "people's papers," and sll such nonsense. If a paper r solicits the patronage of the people, irrospect tive of race, condition, fie., it is reasonable e to suppose that such a paper will be conducted in what tha. _f,ditor considers the . best interest ?of rftose people, provided they do not conflict with hie own legitimate in1 tereMs. Hut what most editors mtsn by i raying ;hat they are conducting a pee; >e s 0 paper is that they are always retdy to go with the majority, no matter what happens 8 ?in other words they pretend that they 0 think ihe majority is always right, when t they know that the minority often has the lied 1 side. Wbe-ievtr you hear a paper claiming to be the people'e paper, you may generally 8 conclude that that paper is after the subscrip lions of the people, and not working for their I be?t interests- The so-called people's papers are often the worst enemies which the people have.?Cheraw Reporter, "Thb Or-nan-AL Oboah.?The people's Governor and the people's paper are getting quite fraternal. His Excellency rang up the Rfgitttr editorial room by telephone on ?aiurday night and requested one of the s'aff to step out and order a shad sent up to ( the Executive Mansion.? Columbia Regitltr. That settles it. Tha/?<yi?/er is entitled t o be recogoisedd(Mi0fi^b|^pg||^AEt?"atK->y Lndit-s, call and examA. oUr N?* ?! Kmbr ideries, wa will ihlJ -ott th? lae cvir in Union wa^K t.?- *ed l?e A ('<>!! ri.AO RAT ION III Tenn , April f?.?Fir* de?troj??l ? new fleven-aforjr nhlrM^VV nod ?' Franklin Hotel on Aiu , Rtld d'd 001 aidcrable damage te the . cfUo* ? ing at (ho corner of d \da<?8 atreC Corresp ndcnco of the Uoi ?n Times. Riverside Ripple*. Mb. Kditob.?Business is elmoit at a t indttill on Rivers de. Mud and slush in e a absorbing lopio, and still the rain con- ( >uaa to coma down. A half dn**n or to j >od dayo' plowing is the most we have ( >ne this year. Soma c'esring, a liltle < neing, and putting aoma pine tops about i washa* is about all there is to show for it let Quarter of the present year. Those who are ca'culating on a big crop tJF and 8 cents cotton will b!avo to "do eund in gooua?j*. <? srop in due eason. Same Spring oata have been sown, but a ery small acreage of Fall oats is to be soen. Ve all made a mistake the las* year in not >utiing in a good crop of Fall and Winter at*. I w?s down in Fairfiold County last reek and saw s?me fine fields of Fall oats, rhich was quite a relief to the rye, after lurveying f?-r miles and miles barren bills ind br.'Otnscdge. I find that the farmers in Fairfield arc laking better care af their lands ihan we tre in Union. It is a rare thing ta find a terrace in Union, but in Fairfield and also in soma pans of Richland, terrace* aro to be seen e*ery wh< re. The great benefits derived from ilirnt are unmistsk-tb'e. Now, isn't it passing strange that the lan I owners are net mere diligent in this a'l-iinportant matter af farm work ? It is certainly a poor looking chance f->r a living to sea a fellow plowing rod hil's with all the rich virgin soil washed offiii'o the bads of creeks and river.*. Now, in pitching this year's crops, lets sea that we make our living at home?the "hog an I homioy" part at least. Mrs J?-e rcturnsd home last week after spending two weeks with her father, the Rev. L. C. Chappell, who is now very low with dropsy. - _:.l v??v--_ ??,j ji D*I n?5 gone WHU u?i? whoro is Mr*. '"E," idiI bow about those fine cabbageT K. W. J. don't writo like he used to?whet ei'e Arm f Give ut t'?e dote gents. I think brother Gore ought to let us hear from hi?n oftcner. 1 would uiuoh rather reed a letter than write one. There ie a eeciion of reed in this community minus an Overseer. Will the pr.'pci authorities take noticeT We. understand that work on the Lockhart Shoals Factory will he commenced ai soon as the weather clears up. So mote i be. There hare bom three deaths in one mil of this plaec inside of two week*?al colored, and all femnlea ; all of whom die* with consumption. Mr. J. Wallace Mcng is improving, ani ws hope to see him stout again. At this writing it is still ra'uing. Wh ever sew tho like afore ? We hare keen informed that Mr. W. VI Robinson, of Washington, will return t South Car?l:na and cngsgo in the inercac tile business with Mr. W. A. Moorliead.Come baek heme, Wallace,?it's the bei place. Job. Correspondence of the Union Tinas. Helloh! from the Telephone. JeNisrii.i.s, April G.?Yesterday mora Arm twA^Vhtr'WBinrrftfilWtfptenfy oTfo" The peach, pear and plumb trees are out i full bloom, but thp froet has killed the frui The apples and elierrles are to bloom yi and we hope will rseape frost and prorid us with fruit. The ground is getting in order for plow iag again and 'he signs are more farornbt for clear wra'hor. Rev. (ieorge If. Poyd preached in tl Methodist Chureh here last Sunday nigh Mr. Boyd served the Jonesril'e charge i 1877-78 and made many friends who wer glad to meet him again and hear him spea from the eaertd desk. Time seems to dei gently with him, for lie looks about as youn and rigorous as he did thirteen years ago. Mrs. F. C. Unite, of JeneeviUe, died t Trough Sh->ale last Saturday n;ghtsnd wi] be baried at her home hers to-day. Shi was a Texas lady and was married twioe i that &late: Aral to a Mr. Garnar, who die ereral years since, then to Mr. F. C. Heilt who was then living in Texas, but wh afterwards returned to Jonesrille, his nat is heme, end died here in February 1884.Mrs. liaile leaves several children and hoet of friends 'o mourn her sad derth. Miss Vick Frre is improviog and there i strong hope now that she will rccovei though her condition is yet very critical. Mr. C. C. Harris, who has been at Blacks burg, studying telegraphy, lies complete his studies and returned ts Jonesville. Mrs. KUa Itowel), who hss been in Geoi gift rorseveral month*, lias returned to lie koine in Jeneaville. Miss Carrie Kiaon has been on ft visit o several days t? her friends in Spartanburg M'ss Myrtis Koon, who hae been on i visit to Jeneaville, returned to her horn near Union yesterday. Dr. M. TV. Chambers, of Kelton, bcardat he train hare yesterday for Atlanta. Whet Mack left us he wis working in single har ness, but he will not return the same way and "don't yeu fergetit." There is much sickness in the eouotrj and the Doctors are kept very busy. There is a question that has lately comt up in this community that I will ask tht Farmers' Alliance to deoide It is this: Where a renter or tenant only takes a h t farm, whose \ lace is it tv put down the guano ? To make the question more plain: Sometimes tenaa's take a farm that they call a hoe farm ; that is, they don't do sny plowing. but do the hoeing and gathering f<,r onothird of the crop. A landlord and tonant in this community have a faim of this kiod for this ysar aad they ara squabbling over the quae*'.-" t?j>juld put in tl>? v? i """ Atlanta. ?* 1 ~ . t?*?-oU> l un J?t,-oldk#I ; \ *K3?*; * "*": is. \ Mart, the Mothkr of A'a^iiikoton.?Ii s said of Miry, (he mother of Washington, hat t> her we owe theprcee ts and example hat governed tho 1'fe of her distinguished a|i ion. Certain it in that Washington's '" her lied when tho futuro Presi lent w?i only 11 m rears old, and that in a Mi'ion to ike influ- th nee that hi* mother would naturally have He jver a boy up to that age, aho had en'ire su oontrol of her son from that time until, at II, he entered on tho aet'vo duties' of man c< i 1 t?. ; omnia that durinn theie it IIVUU. A VOl ? 1 w five years, ihe short pe-i'-d wbcch in ihe 0! ease of this extraordinary man intervene I % hetweon boyheod and manhood, iho ch'ef b forma'ive influence wh'ch contributed to the a establishment of bis rtimicin wm tk? lor nit car# of his mother. That alio was a noble g SOinio, iroriirr < Um wimintlon and en- a thuaiaatio devotion of her son, is prove l not only by her son's ca'eer but by contempor- i aaeous testimony, and by the fact that hi? ( admiration and devotion continue I as long < as his mother lived. If then Washington is worthy of being osllrd the Father of his Country, certainly the country owes something to the Mother of , Washington, whose virtues and noble charac- t tsr wtro reproduced io her von. This in- < dehte I tiers hns heretofore never b-icn nsknow- , ledged, but now a m ivemcnt is on foot to j build a ainnum-nt to Wnehingt >u's mother that shall be worthy of he- meri's. Tho , p'inoipal actors in this movement are very properly women, and they cho >se women's ways f >r raising the nocessary funds. Fa ra. lal s, entertainments i f all sorts in various par's of the country are be'?ug held to nid this neb's cousc, and in Charleston s >mc of the leaders of society have so exerted themselves is its b-half that the Ma*y Washingtsn llall to be given at the Grand Opera House this evening is sure to be one of tho most br lliant and successful events of the season. The t all in personnel and costume will be select an I elegant, while the spectators will form one sf the largest and most fastvonnble audiences ever assemble I in Charleston.?X*irc and Courier. Uxwortiit of a Convict.?W. J. Talbert, Superintendent of the Penitentiary, lias vonted his eplcn against Editor A. B. Williams, of the ttrecnville Xew*, in n l< Iter publitbed in yesterday's Stale, at his request. It is ot' so scurrilous a character that The State is forced to excu-c its publication upon the ground that it-'would wi lingly publish such a letter about its own editor, knowing that aland er defeats its own ends fur. her, "that it demonstrates the total unfitness of certain men to h l l oflico among free, intelligent ' and decent p< op'c " Nobody, says The State, who knows A. B. Wi'linnis can doubt thai lie is a brainy, patriofc, independent man, who speaks the truth as he knows it, and is to be taken as authority on any qu-stion one thousand times sooner than nny scurvy politician whose whole stock in trade is abuse and slander of manly men and an abject servility to the prejudices of those in power. Superintendent Talbert seems to 1 vie with Gov. Tillman in the use of their abundant vocabulary of abuse and v'.tupert! tion. Such an cfTusien would scarcc'y be 1 expected to emanate from one of ilia prisj oners in Ihe Penitentiary, fa? less fr< ni the Superintendent,?shym otic a' the head of. pcrluifs, tb.e most important institution in I the Stato. Such n l-tter is a disgrace !<> any admini-tr tion, nnd would actually shock the sensibilities of the convicts under his o'inrge.?Smut -r Watchman ami Southron. Not tub Amrican Hon tiiis Time?i/u lon. o April 6?ll is s'atcd ili'it the German Govern t uient lias sent inrt ucti ns to its minister to ascertain what, if any, guarantee of protection the American Gavernuioiit gives to tierit man subjects resident in the I'nited States The present controversy between Americt I and Italy is viewed with no liitle satisfac lion nt Berlin, ana mo **or?i punow ioru is given to it by the German presi gcr.crsllj The motive i? not to much unfriendliness to tho United States M to pvB a stop to Gcr \ Use If e'everily felt in tho lack of laborers foi q agricirure. The Conservative party an< { tho large landholders generally are in favoi of prohibiting emigration for all except Jews et as is dono in Russia. The Government ii e not prepared to go this far; bnt it none tlw less appreciates tho effect of the drain upot r the industries of Germany. The imprcssioi is, therefore, sought to he created that Atncr e ica is a lawless country, and that scenes like the New Orleans massacre are of ordinarj ie occurrenoc, t Berlin, April 5*?Tho numbor of Qermar emigrants from Germany to Americain the n months ofJamiary and February, 1891, hat e beea 7,048, the highest for the same poriod in five years. '' 1'kick Bbtwikn tub Ali.ianck and tiii 8 Tat'sr.?At'anla, Gr., April 1.?The Farmers' Alliance and tho jute bagging trust have made pcaie. U The proposition of tho Cordsge Baggng eimpnny to supply bagging ntC.j cents per 6 yard of 11 pstinde, 0j cents for lj, 7 J cents n for 2 and 7] cents for 2J has been accepted. ^ Tbcc are maximum prices and compeli( tUn m?y nttoce mem. it is tnougtti that this means the sale in advance of bagging 0 for at least half the cotton crop, e Heretofore farmers have obeyed the _ alliance, although it causod them to buy bagging at over a do'lar per bale extra Now that the price of jute bagging is rcluce l, alliance men will adopt it. s The cordsge company represents all but r one of the jute bagging factories in tho trust two years ago. The factory left out is said to lie located at Cha'leston. d The action of the alliance leaves the farmers free te buy cotton bagging if they proper, but jute is cheaper. Few of theui, it is believed, will buy cotton bagging, r ... Foi.k-I.okb axii Folk-Curb.?Some of the f scientist* who make u specialty of fulk-loro have lately been making inquiries abfeit the malady which the country people sailed * spring fever. It is a genuine mnlady, though e more disagreoable than serious. Yet it should be taken note of. While the soicn. ti-ts are inquiring about the toua of the me)adv. those who are snfforlncr ih? 1 lude, nervousness and me'ancholia. that ara . its iy mptoins, should i ua the disease out of their sysleina by means of that moro subtle scientist nnd folk-curist?S. 8. S. This is par icularly necessary, einco spring fever ' leaves the system in such a conditon that it succumbs readily to diseases that are more t 'longerons aud less easily cntro'led. S. S. S. is a preventive ay we'l aa a remedy. Tiib StO/\n. Comkixb.?Sa'i Frenci-co, i April 2.?The C'firomclt this morning eaya : , The combination between tho Spreck'es and the llavcroevers is comp eted. When the American refinery is shut uown SprerkUa' establishment will Le working, and vice > versa. The removal of the duly on sugar yesterday had but litt'e effect on the prioea lisrei. The priees of the Amerienn and Cal fornia refineries were alike in every reepect; both showed a decrease in | rices ef cube and crushed suSar of g cente, and | eents ia the ,n# \ unA^t^J ,bc U<5HA!WM & ^A,i* ! \ \3n'u?o Correspondence for the Union Ti s?. Bird HanUri of Sa&tuok-y. 8 antic, April 0.?Mo. Editor.?Wo nro 1 feeling a liiilo bit uneasy down here, for is Tory cold for the season, and yesterday (ruing there was a hard frost and ioe. And e groun-l had a froxen crust over it, conquently there is auxiely in regard to tho ifety of the fruit crop. NatuMtllT, there is a large amount of implainiug on tbo part of farmers, for lero has heeo but Yery little plowing d'*ne, nly a few acres of cotton land opened, and |^_ few of oorn land belded, and what has een don# was done when the land was tost toe wet. Some say they had rather us their oorn in tho crib than in I ho ;reuad, while it i* as eold and wot as it is d prereat. That is tho general talk. We ail would like to be putting aeed into he ground to-day, but It might be to our [real loss, while, as it is, it may turn out a'l he better for us. "Beyond our visions, weak and dim, The harvest lime is h d with Hira." Thrre will bo considerable guano used lown here, but 1 do not think tho farmers ire going to use it ou the:r eatiro cotton :rop, for fear i might prove a "blank carridge," and then ihcy will lose money.? Hut 1 believe, if guano is used judioiously, putting what is gcneral'y put on fifteen sores, on ten, and keep that ten clean of grass, and depend less on unreliable day labor, it would pay better. Manure is mucu cheaper than hands, ?. ?., a hirge number to wot k m lai gc area of poor land, for it never wants to sil on a stump in the shade in tbo heai ef the day, never goes to the store or fishing on sxturdsy, &o. It is strange how some poople in trying to deny anything will oontradiet and expose themselves and make themselves look ridiculous. In regard ton letter from ine, written sunetline ng\ about bird hunting, I was walking along in Hsn'uc several days ago on 'N*. ? urgent business, when some one salted from a disUnce, to "come by." I to'd him when 1 r? turned I would, bin befire my business was through with, and whilo I was engaged in conversation, this sample of impatience cms ambling up, and uuorrsmoniously, with utter disregard or total ignorance of oomnun j ol tenors interrupted a peaceful couversstion. making himself very offensive, and demanded, "what did you say about lirl hun'ing?" and thon nude another brench of propriety by trying to open y admonish, when all knowr thai an open admonition is an open d sgrace, and nocused tne of publishing that there was an alliance of bird hunters, an organized parly. 1 said it are us to be. lie then forcibly intimate 1 iliat be did net hunt birds for money. Well, there seems to be n ? org mixed party, he being the only ou', and he contradicted Irinsclt" by going iff, and bla aiitly calling out thai "ho wanted hi* butintt* let a'one. If bird hunting had not been for profit-money ?"g ? S p* j** base been "his butiit o" p.?'m ** reliib'y informed Jf -B w8 ?1*5 been forbidden oniS 5? " asAiin/t ItADJ ar?ill 41 they will nut i.?i et iheir lands It dBOTTUt' th nk that they best medical attention* premises a' any tktd'A Few fit e f*r" m.t cr whether itvtnrdy, I would t??'oJtjT wish of the ownoM Jgyj"" mu,t 1)0 *. . ?1 by dniKKhne. If such is peruul|_ ?? * dec d -, together wiih,3veiinn Baicamon. laud is trea'el by ^^i^uDdoubted r?ferihift'ess croppers?thiL.tculari. No uoetals he worth li.ing in. Vjgu**'''*. *? ' 1 have a soics and is Dsesi^flZ asa iist what I consider to 'VWn nimlKl ' justices. 1 1). lieve tie Pf0Kj" *Y. ^ been lej lenient and quiet i>?Tin or Swire. i lices an! customs plainlylsmd Feriw^f the interests ot' UiemselTCt ?\(J PrOOT. the generations to c nue. If nV^ " "i to know what 1 siid.let hioj lea^Gy f |Hu#n 1 The Coftocl of Stniuc sometinrR^p tt *- -tiEo'to^rn Q&fthT^co J are negroes, who have heretofore done pretty much as they pleased, and can't understand r the new order of things. Some of their ex> p'aoations or exeuaes are extremely lttdi' crous. They are beginning to be straight* 8 ened out. 1 I have a lnnie elbow, caused by an unruly ' mule throwing and running over me. He "bucko t" hard, and wont a good distance, ' but I did well until he met ine ns I wna ' coming down, and lie going up ; then 1 tumbled like the price of sugar. | E. W. J. Correspondence of Union TlMKx. Doing* at the Pea Bldge Capital. Kslton, April C.?Mr. Euitoh.?I knew * we should not grumble at the Lord's work, 0 but it eeems almost impossib'e for us fitrmt ers to keep from it, some in cs, when it seems that the elements are against us and we cannot get ready for planting at all; bat the gcodbcok tills us that ' a'l things work i together fer good" end we must, or should not deuhl whatboly wiit says. It is with regrst that I announce ilie death at nr. a. t?. vrooa, nr. iuwo?MUy ? night the cold iron grasp of deeth ? napped the brittle cord of life and the good ?1*1 man's son 1 crossed over the river t f life to wear a crown of blessedness and to sit on the right haud of Uod tliri ugliout eternity. Me begged his children to meet iiitn in Heaven. This may be a troid aaaert:enf but his dying words go to pr< vo that his aotd war going back to the (led that gave it. The largs congregation that attended his burial and the funeral services which were c inducted hy Kev. D. I*. 1$ yd, goes to show the h;gh oitecm in which he wns held by the people in the community where he lived. William Adams lost an infant Sunday^Ftn ruing, March 20th. F. C. Garner's infant died Saturday, and its burial and funersl wns conducted by Kev. D. I'. llnyd Sunday inirning. The Temperance S cie y of Kclton has reorganize I and mine of tlio members say they intend toalo all in their power to make , * good templars of evory ptr*on that tbey posiibly can. and 1 think they mean just wbattliey say, for there at* some very energe io young I-adies nod Gentlemen that belong t* the Keltnn Division. Oo ahead, good templars, you- hare en Iiatnt in a great and good cause. Y011 may keep many n poor cl>ild from being hungry and ragged. Intemperm.oc causes n.any families to go to the degs ; it causea bokenheaited women and ragged children; it oaus?s dishonedy and murder ; it causes many sons and husbands to fill d tinkarde' graves; it causes hundreds, ria thousand?, i f rou's lo go into etorni y unprcjnrod ta meet their God. Young had ea and Gentlemen, work faithfully for the < r.ut c c f lro>pcrnnce, fir ly so doing you may add many stars to vour crown in llenrczi. K KLTON WllKKL. Tnk llan Fi.ao or Akarciit.?Boston March 30.?The red flag of anvrohy wared orer the stage at Paico hall last night, oeca'ion was the aimivciaarr of /' 'if | Commune, and about 000 _ P3T.j:-r jr " ?* ?* ' ,? our Hi?9 6t T