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BT* MORGAN ON TUB ALLIANCE C STARTED ON TUK RIGHT LINKS HIT SWITCH IP ' OIT AND RUINED. Senator Juln T. Morgin discu** s in the I Nouember Forum "The Lhinger.i of the Farm- g ers' Alliance.' For the object if ihe A1-* liooc when it ma first ritilil shed he has Ihe most profound rrspect. It was tho fiist combined protect agsi-ist the incrcccd pow- ^ er gi?cn by congress to manufacturing c mpeniee nnd corporation, "many hundro Is 1 of thousands of the la?t<-r being organized to handic money and credit with profit, and fi with only a limited resp'insibi ily f r losses . and defn entioos.'' In thus favoring (lie o capitalist antf the manufacturer the favuiing ^^^^WtJI'niinlsUTvl^^B^onut^r tbo induetrisl man have been converted into nicrchnn- r diae. which lie must sell in a market where the eaptlaH-t names the price of libor and Units the period of employment. Tho State, j more then the Federal government, have cryitaiml the power of capital and credit in swarms of corporation of every s>rl. . These corporations were intended prunari'y . f ir the benefit of agriculture as the foundation 1 and support of all other industries nnd vocations. Their proper regulation and restr ctiou by the States would have secured that purt osc- But when congress threw the weight of national lcgisla* ion in their favor they became the oppressors atoi destroyers of the agiicultural class nnd of other iodiuitriat peop'e. ' It is for the removal of this unjust discrimination that the appeal for ( relief has become almost a frantic demand of ' the sufferers." The farmers have 1 cca slowly but steadily forced into this attitude by their common aversion to all forms of class legislation. In the earlier years of our nstional existence "the greater portion of the wealth of the country wns in possession of the agriculturalist*. Agriculture in all its crops wos then our great controlling and commercial pursuit. In tho last ha'f century all this has changed, and tho farmers are industriously seeking for the cutties nnd the authors of the revolution that lias placed them under mortgage of tho mooey power. This inquiry agitates them, aud if it drives them into inconsidcra'c action the fault is not theirs, but lies at the loor of the various dangerous abu-es front which they are suffering." The system which gives the American market exclusively to the American utanu foot liter bears heavily on agriculture. "A .tigli | rice home market fur what tlicy must t tiy and a low priced foreign market for vlnt they must sell impress the farmers with a conviction of serious injustice. This to ding is greatly aggravated by the fact litat 'IiUe men whom tlicy pay such tribute buy 'ic farmers' products at prices fixed ia ?lie pauperized European markets." The just purpo etliat the farmers had in view was to work the feeling of ilie country against the disci imination made by cngress in favor of capita'ijiis. corporations and special manufaceduue te the farmers iVihc Tr? ivr; ut iviDiiuiiiooiii government in ihc Un t?d 6tat?8." Their mhtakc was in relying upon the wisdom of their own members. "Altuo-l every man in the United States who h id e trued any character as a statesman, legis at tr, .t 111 ist or financier was excluded from t te Alliitncc," and its policy was regulated by m it of impel feet cducxtiun and of lit'le experience in government, and to> often by tere charlatans and demigogues." This /as and siill is the great mistake cf the Farmers Alliance, The rcso'utions ndepted /ere tin work of self seeking politicians "l'licy did not come from the convictions of t'te great body of the alliance membership, ''n the contrary, they violate, at the South. :'ic fixed political faith of the great mojoiity f the farming classes." The novel on 1 , lausih'e schemes and the third party movement were devised by the lciders to capture 'he public offices, "It was Dot possible," .jiys Senator Morgan, ''thus to revolutionize public opinion of a sudden, and the effort me.'t* asdmf --tfifu "eud;'v?aets' Alliance its They arc retiring from it, and their pl*ace9 | are filled wiili wnifo *-? - "??ii iue wreckage of ull ihe many exploded schemes that hare P*F,?!,_e<t.J,,rouSh publio condemnation." in.4 "it is a melancholy thought," tnys Senator Morgan, "that their pure purposes and principles should be thus abused by selfish , politicians who have crept into its sacred counsels." S \tisfactory Sitowinr. or ot;u Statu I'tmancks.?Everybody, of course, fee a a deep . interest, fo'iiicaily and otherwise, in the . rinancct of South Crrolina under the Till- 1 man administration, and the result of tho ' tirst li-cil year uudor tho now regime. c Althi ugh Treasurer lJates has not made y publ c the figures of his report, an abstract has beet g ven the coin} trollcr geaeral for incorporation in his renort, ' Vest-rdny, upt n application, Chief Clerk | Nor o i furnished some of tlicni to a representative of The Stule, The sheet shows that the fiscal year close 1 with a c sl? balanc; in the treasury of $04, 1 615.02. There ate watrauts ugiinst tins I amounting to$14,250,83, leaving a uet cash balincc of $50,309.19 oa ban). Not a cent had been borrowed. Mr. N >rt~n says the cash ia the treasury at the close of last year was $77,943,03. Warrants wercdrawn against this amounting to $41,802,82, leaving a net cash balance of - , taring Dec. I, oniountiug to $>00 laoac. In v aldition there was an overdraw in bank I amounting to $22,800, making $78,300in all, , which left a debt for the present Administrat on of $37,158,89, which has been psid. ^ l nis manes a iiutcrcncr, .Mr. .\orton Miys, or 1 $87.Gild OS nt the clase of the jctr in the condition of the State Treosurv in favor of ' the present Administration.? The Slate. Fikk is a Dia Fbiitii.i/.kr Factory.?t'hurlcs'oit. Nov. G. Fire this morning destroyed 1 most of the building and material of the i Berkley i'hosphn'ecompany at Ashley June | tion, seven miles from this city. The acid chamber building was saved, but most of the ' rest of the properly was destroyed. The 1 insurance on the plant is SIGO.OOO, of wlrch I amount $02,000 is ou the ncid chamber, , which is saved, thus leaving$59,000 on the burned property. The actual lo-<8 is e-limntel nt between $40,000und $r>0,000. tine 1 of the steam lire engines from (he city was ] sent to the assistance of the people there but arrived too la<eto render any effectual help. The locomotives of both ml roads hud n 1 lively tiuie iiAiiling collon. Almost the en- ' tire distaoc i from this rily to the Junction, t eight miles, is blocked with cars loaded with e cotton, both roads It wing double tracks in most the entire distnn c Several hundred ' cars near the scene of the tire were hurried- [ ( ly pulled out of the way ami the r eonieirs . <i Were saved The Iturkelv fu-turv is mm ..f I largest mi?l 111091 nicceaxful in 11?ivici ify- . If? annual dividends arc said to have r.-ncii- | ' ed 1) percent. The <l< struct ion ofthc work* j ' at lint time will cause a hei?y I s? in lim;- t ness and m >y cnust a rise in the piice of ferl Users.?(Irrmrillt A'rtct, j ^ T.J. Rryno'ds, colored ex-Stale Senator ^ from Iteaufoit, has been convicted of defrauding pensioners Tliero arc several ' oases of a similar character pending against o i him. I ItuCKLKN's AkNICA Sw.VK.?Thehc't salve f ihc wor,2 f rCuls, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, T5B? 1' Itheuin, I'nrer Sores, TeWer, Olt*pp?4 at? lids, Chiib ains, Corns, and all Slciu ' r& K 1 ptions, and positively cures IMee, or no r p y required. It is guaranteed to give perie t satisfaction, cr momy refunded. Price Xj ceuti pur tv*. torsac'iy B. ! '. Posey. ' April 16. * Hie IDccll'i) -Union limes ?'i* hnv t. M. STOKER, - - Editor nii, I. S. STOKBS. - Local Editor The Friday, November 13,1891. b* IV BUCK IV Tl OK, $1 60 1'KR ASK UN nl! POST OFFICE DIRECTORY. wns Tiio I*. O. will be opened for business P"' rom 8 A. M. lo 0.00 P. M. I be The Money Order Department will be mo| pened for business from 9 A. M. to 4 I*. M. ..fa-, smikMdmhwk Any inattention or irregularities should ] e reported promptly to the P. M.' ... J. C. UUNTER. P. M. aim Tew Andverttsemente . ho" Something New for Union.?F. 0. Pool. w'' 000 Acres Valuable Land.?T. L. Humes. Ex. f?c lemorest Sewing Machine.?Foster, Wilkins bet 1 Oo. j To Rent.?J. C. Wallace cr H. L. 0<>ss Oar Needs.?Farr & Thomson. 1 To Those Indebted.?Fant Bro's. in A Solemn Notice.?T. E. Bnilcy. oio I Want Money Badly.?W. 11. Sartor. nu Executor's Notice.?Q. W. Webster, floods Must Go.?Rodger & Purccll. 0 Cheaper Goods at the New York Racket. wi Money! Money! Money!?Graham & m( Sparks. Disso'ution of Partnership.?Harry M. , O-L-.. c. n. -1 - I ouiivii a Dro ?. "" B*?5u Union was pretty well represented at the State Fair this week, oj. Dr. McPheeters, of tho Columbia su Theological Seminary, preached in tho I'resbyteriaa Church Inst Sunday morning. . IK g?u The protracted rocoting in the Dipti?t Church closed last Sunday night. There m, were several accessions to the church. f0 fo Ladies Hats, cheaper than ever, at GRAHAM & SPARKS. W?u T he County Commissioners aud C< Members of the Legislature of Kershaw County have agreed to introduce a bill at the next session of the Legislature to make a'l the offices of the County salaried offices. L It appears that the assessed valuation cf taxable property in this State n amounts to Sl08.G24.d09, against ?150,602,- ci 451 last year; an increase of over eighteen ci million dollars, or 9 per cent. fi ?*ar A negro who was discovered in v ? budftVuwtt.uXJ.JJ,.Peer^s residence, at Orange- ^ One day last week two negroes in Spartanburg quarreled about a dissolute l< white woman, and one of them, named Fos- fc ter killed the other, Mnyberry Sanders. Id Wc had a glorious rain, for the v< grain crops hut Tuesday. It was the first to m lay the dust in several weeks, and (lie dust 8t had become intolerable. It did not last ni long enough to do any injury to the coltou m iu the field, nnd it eime as if l'rovidenca ss had sent it to benefit everything, and cheer m up everybo ly. Let us bo thankful. Staff" Our friend, Sir. Jabob Kico, made a very narrow escape lust Friday, fiom having m his saw nnd grist mill and two gins burned nv tip. From some uunccountablc cause, cotton in the lint room caught fire, and but for ilio cr most prompt and efficient action of Mr. Rice ev completeV^a^0''' ",c mil1 Mu,8t havo bcen W' For a few mome.uT'wc^ ^ '?* contents. ? ifiM f art/'As.' ***?*. l!i Rice's hands were somewhat burnt, but we cougrstnlatc him that ho euffe/cd no more 43 lerious loss or inconvenience. Wc purposely refrained from rewrting last week the dastardly act of firing ar< ntc tho pirlor car, in which ex-President bu Iaycs *\as a passenger, occurred, about 'lb nc mile ami a half above this town last sa' Wednesday week. When it was known in this community, ^ lie grcttest indignation against the per- . pelrators was fell and expressed by all. It We could not think there was one in this an :ounty who claimed to bo a man that would :ommit such a sneaking cowardly act, and felt ashamed at its occurring in this vicinity. By kecpiog silent and with watchful eyes in<J[ cars open, our Town Marshnl, Capt.G. C. May, got on track of the miscreants and last j week lodged the perpetrators, two boys in jut', Joe Gillman arid Joe Dogan Eu- P1 bioks, the former 18 and the latter IS 90 years old. Both of them aro unfortunate waifs, and trifling characters. It appears 10 that they committed the deed from shere ,n tvantonnc-s, and ha 1 no special ami to in- w' ure any person or thing. Gallman is in jail ind Eubanks is out on bond. feThe Columbia State- ***' The good peiplc of Co'umhia were, no *' tlouM, struck witli amazement last Monday ' c morning, when The State mode its nppear?nee Pc in three separa'c issues, of riyht well tilled ftn pagei each, containing a very interesting and '"ri satisfactory resume of the business of that c'* prospering City the past year, and showing w' lo the world all its present enterprise and ?plend d business advantigc. It wis a good work, handsomely done by the enterprising, wide-awake managers of that admirable ^j( oaper. Sc It I 1- -1-- 1 ii IMUOV UVWUIIIU in i I'miu* uiiiuiCSS iu nen and property owners of Columbia ns it is wj o people in tlie oilier parlsof Hie Slate, that jJtf hrongli Hie ability, taut mi l great energy (),, if tlieir youngest journal tliey ?re now fast ne ;eliing abreast of llieir neighbors, in all the ! c"' issent'ftls olrcli go to make up a wide'y n| ilverlised aid soundly prospering Cry; and ,)? we are pleastd ti sic tit>t it is receiv- tin ng what it r clily deserves, the eorditl nut " 1 uhi-lnnti il endorsement of th ? people, ii c<' li?* liPvl ..full u*at w n inatl liK?>? <.! ? Columbia Inn be ii kept in tho twek ground ' or the wnii' of just suc'i ft wide-ftwiike, fenress journal, ami webelierc the C Iy will "go 111 orwnrd" eo l"lig and io the eiiiiie propor- Wf ion as her citizen* in?ke The Slate prosper. toi lll?. Call on GRAHAM h S1?AHKS for Dry to Joods, Roots, Shoes, lints, Jenns, and Milinery. The b> ttom Ins dropped out of pri- hit e? nod if you are In search of Bargains now < i your liinc. Cell nnd try us. Coll-oil is the most incurable disease that t0 s known to the human soul.?Henry Ward iercUcr. his e Us a Sufficient Levy. he County Coram is* on<r? of Newberry e n commended a leduc ioi if bnlf a ! in the lax levy for all Conwy purposes. County is out of debt nnd lr?s e-insi I erafun Is on hand. f wo are not mistaken, a few years ago, ' pa?t indebtedness" of Newberry county i wiped out by a special levy for that pose, and today the j cople are reaping benefit by a reduc' on of taxes, with icy in the Treasury to v nable the oom This should be the en*e In Union county, i 1 we hope the present Boerd of coroni'S- j acrs end our legislators will show baok- j ie strong enough to call for a levy that I p nee this County in as sound and satHtory financ:al condition as that of New rx. Heretofore, while the people were comlining of high taxes, our representatives the Legislature and the Coun^ Commisners have been afraid to adopt the only insure that would rednee the taxes?that levying a tax, for one year, sufficient to pe out all "past indebtedness" and leave nicy in the Treasury to pay promptly all inands as they fell due, which would rece the County expenses from 20 to 25 per nt. We are confident that at least three-fourths the voters of the County would endorso ch a tax if it was put to them to vote on To day a claim against the ciunty -cou'dJ t be sold for more than 75 cents on the illar, if it cou'd bo sold nt all, and every an that contracts to perform any service r the County liss a sound business reason r charging that 25 per cent additibns], to ,vo himself. And the worst of it is, the jtnmissi mers are powerless to help the junty. Shoes, sines, shoes, cheap for cash at GRAHAM & SPARKS' et Us Help One AnotherThe very strained condition of the husicss affairs of this town and county certainly ills for some mutual arrangement, or con pssion between the Farnssrs and Merchants, roin which all may get relief. The business litigations of the Merchants, ineurrod ininly for supplies furnished the Farmers n credit, to make their crop*, are now fall ??<??', pay urenv muiiiuuuu) v , /. j, ie< by the 1st of December. The Merchanti ?ok to the Farmers they have accommodated ir relief, at the sime time they appreciate icfact that the short crop nnd low prict P cotton make the case on the Farmers side, ;ry depressing. No one can blame the Finer for holding his cotton, under the circumnnces, for better prices, but lie should rccmber that "coual nnd ewri inaiii?n" amis. in times like the present, mutual icrificcs and forbearance, in order that each iglit help the other to "tide over" the dnn;r that threatens both. As we understand, c Merchants are willing to meet the Farers who owe them on any liberal arrangecnt that will sa?e themselves and enable e Farmers ti hold a good portion of tho'r op for the hoped-for higher price. If. hower, the Merchants are driven to the wall, Itilc those who owe them speculate on their debtedness, by holding their oottou in >pc of better prices, after a liberal offer of This is said in no spirit*of threatening, ot coming, directly or indirectly, from tny reliant, but upon our own responsibility, *ed upon the expressed determination of 5 Merchants in Ihe cities and towns nind u?. It is a ctiiicnl condition for all, t an honest and prompt response to a eral proposition wi'l restore confidence, rc credit, and set nil things right. Anotiikii Cotton Pickino Machine ? cotton picking machine has been exhibited Atlanta which seems to do the work well, passed over the rows taking out the cotton d leaving the bolls and leaves uninjured. >e machine weighs about a thousand unds ami is drawn by two mules. We have heard of so many "successful" acliincs for picking cotton that we begin to ink it is about time a few of them were aversing the cotton fields of Uuion. The tlanta machine, it in claimed, cm do the eking of 20 hands, the Mason claimed the ,me, and a Northern machine otaimed to dc ftter than all of tbem. We do not pratend sny that such a machine is beyond the ventive genius of man, but wo do think, iii'ii i iic runner* purcunne nnu use mem e pickers will lyi*e imparted to ibem two (he five human senses, i. e., seeing and cling. We would rntlior sec one sa?isctorily at work on our friends Joe and elton Wheel's farms, than hear tell of one loing the work well," at a big or little cxisilion. Wej>ul the cotton into the gin, d the saws and brush separate the lint cm the s-?od, h it in picking otton the maine will have to i/o to the cotton bolls, icrcver they liny he on the st ilk, and pick e lint and scots from the pods. Tub Wkiuut ok a Dom.ar IJim..?In the easury licre one day this week the ijnesm came up hh to the weight of a $1 bill a'cs of perfect accuracy were brought inrcquisition and tho surpr sing discovery n iiiuud uiiii iimuij-sevi-n .j> I iioiim WCIgllexactly as inucli a? a $20 gold pice^ The tor just balance* 540 gra ns. However, j bills wcglied were perf c'ly crisp an<J W. Tri il made wbh soiled notes, such as sic in every day f?r redeinpti >n, showed it twenfy-<evea of them weighed c >iui ler!e mere than the $'20 c in. K?er/ piper liar on its way through the w rid ciatinlly ncciimmuhitcs di'l, jrcrspiralion and ca-e. s i that after a y<ar of use it is per[itibly heavier. PersonalsMr John N*. Ilcrndon, of Greenvil c, war town on professional business the pnst ck. Mr. R. W. Sinn I. of Columbia, was in Tii on provisional business last week., l)r M. T. Smith, of Union, was married M'Kh Harrington, of Duraut, Miw. 1 ret rluc-diij evening, lie was ac lompinied on i f>uul trip t > I'nr.iut, Ly Mr C II. I>?k?. H il, MeKisslek, Messrs James Munro, noes II. Rodger and Dr. M. W. Culp went White Oak, F1 >r!d? last Friday, lion. John Meador, of Alabama, is visiting i brother, Dr. W. M. Meador. t ;t^c 4. vxf -J^ Mr. t> s jr two ariiclee^Hj^fl^^^^^HH^^^^^^H no two 1 think for to gel tbe tFirtnera did to npt hare fo^B*'q djAne ceut,%oulJ it be J( just for tlte^K^on v>r\)or* to' reduce the cotton crop tne-mlf-?it *?uld be more then (f one-half?m l thereby raise tho price of cotton to lot cents per pouad, wlii'e (he jj consumers woul I not haro oat dollar more j. to buy these eotton goods with? . If rye got Urnt soltlsh end core nothing for s( our other frleu Is who are engaged in firmiog and otheQ' occupations in life, who can- q| not or do not ra'sc cotton, but are consuxors of the fame, I think Ocd woul4 curse us, an 1 he oukht to, and wipe u? out of oxistsncc. w Loot at tbosa fwruurs who raise wheat, o) corn atd Imcon to sell. Are tlioy any better off than we Are? If reports be true, they ^ ?re not! Suppose they were to cut off their grain crop one-half, what would bo tho re- ^ suit? rThouoands would perish for fool; and on the o:her baud thousands would go ^ unclothed, If we Wore to act tJio same. No 1 that *w^ ?t, w*- ?tr- 0 miko it vSorsotn aencra'. God orea'edilu world and he arranged all things well. Sonic |( portions1 an false one produot and simc others, ? wo'are hero to help each other, ^ wheihcr o Ifere in Muiue or Texas, Ktn?ai ^ or South Carolina, Europo or America. I ^ don' t bill so thoro is a better place in America than i the cotton States. The p litioians tell us the Sou'h if we get the 8 b-Treinury the western fa-incrs j, will look ip their grain and wo would li ?vo fl to pay th m their own prioc. Well, suppose E they did it woul 1 go hard with us eoo year, but ifUl that we would raise our own g hog anl hominy, if we did lose by it. But thntf s not tlia object of the plan. It is to^ncrviwa the volume of currency anl give Cj the farmw* an equal showing with tho bond' holder., jou say we need not expeot to get our pro-i%a eh \re unless ws earn it by our ( labor, otc\ All right, friond Stokes, that is ^ wtmtr wblM^G&hting. fos? Lot every man ^ I earn bis bum by tho sweat of hisbro v ; but ( you knoiy tjkt is not the case. A few thou^ sand montro accumulating all the wealth dncing it, and it is taken from them by legalised robbery. I know that there nro laboring ntgn who if you were to give five hundred dollar* at the beginning of a ycir, ^ before theif crops were gitliered would cpend it all, and would be crying hard times. 1 suppose ttyat will be the enso until the . end of time;' but ih\t is no argument against ^ these who are toying to hare s tmething who n they honestly earn it. The Sub-Treasury, you say, I will lio'd j on to its objeetionab'e features. You can call their objectionable if you please. I say ] wo will Jiold on to them until we cm get , soinethingkbctter. You asy it will take five or six yean to relieve the patieht with t heir medtoino; awd all the time thdy are pocketing j -JII? SIlVnQflfllJ^ia/i'ifruii 4ikUu JVouvoJ*? movemont^S) ever lived, although you cill them <lem*?oguos. I know there are Judases and Ifsnediet Arnolds, in the Alliance, but that ia,no more tha i would bo expected. The Sfln of Go t chose twelvo and ono of them was a traitor, but ho did not disban t the elevon because one was a triitor, neither will We disband becnuse there is now and then a traitor, but will get rid of them. What yon say ab ui the Southern Farmer curing the finAnco disease I will lewo that for your readers as intelligent men to decide; but where you can get that idea from I am unable losay. It seems that you aro like many others : I' we will stick to the principles of the AUiam e and let politics alone we will come out i '1 right. That Is what is hurting those old political doctors. I can say for your inforiijotion that it is, in ptri, apolitical organizational not partisan. A aoi^mbout the third party and I clone : You say^|B^?-*Uusions to Cleveland and iikrrtfcon ftflwks strong^yof third partyism, 1 but believe I am a true democrat' Well, I never smacked much on the third pirty last year, but if the reform m <vcment refuses to incorporate ia its pint'ores the Ocala de, , mauds and the thirJ, or Haskell, or people's or any other parly, you will find the Alliance with them?myself iocludcd. I followed Hampton and Butler in the late war and , hnl'ooed mysdf hoarse in '76 for them, and I have much reepeot for them now ; but never can Mipport ihem agiin as long as they ignore our demand or do not give us "something bettor." We are for measures, not men | or parties. Now, Mr. Kditor, I contead that it becomes | every true American eitixen, let bim be Mer* chant. Doctor, lawyer, Minister, Mechanic, Editor or Fanner, io study the great issues that are agitated nil oyer this grand country ^ of ours, ami Iti Lout where (he eril is, and then all puil together until we get it remedied ' a. r. a. # O All tm? 1Fiii?*kv l otiRKD Our.?Several ii cvuiixelisiS arc conducting a holiness meet- , ing at Scnaea wh eh is ssi J to be virring the whole jilaoo. The town druggist is r one of who is deeply interested in the V mro ing an I ho is s?id t? hire pou-ol out on ho si rests a few days ng >, slliho whiskey in bis druj-Htoro Hy (his art the town is c aba luto'y dry and whiskey n,tn not even be O fined for moli^nl purposes. -Qrtcucille AVice, Two* Ai.i.iakub 8torfs i* Flohbsob L : Cousty.?Florence, Nov, ?Represents- ? | lives of Sub-Alii ince* of llis coutuy me' is e ; I lie Lout 1101146 t i-Jny and organize I two ] l' vlinnco *torol unlcr th* 'proposition of the Unio i Cordage Co<n(>any. (l ie etoro will he located m Florence nail (lie roooud will he a it the Ifymaasriile. eect on enilic Pee Dee Itircr. It la iui<ler-tn>d iihnf two of the 8 l.rjei-tmc chanty In the oodnty her* lorn engaged to Alt wage the etore.s, For mo ? fi- 1 poet great ihffl# fr.m fhia big eommereiel iruftt, e?pfe'ally lb exchange of prodaoia. tl Stele Organiser, the Her. J. A. 81ight > es- e Cected in a fee-days to art thing* going, 'ntil then (ho Alliance will not gire the J names of the two storekeeper J'< i ?y School loss ?n of each day. We regrot exceedingly to hear (hat as the sin canto into Union some miscroant fired shot into the conch in which ex-President ayes wns riling. Of course Mr. Iltyee's te is no better than any other good uzen 01 mo u tinea oiaics, jn:u wo say ich con luct should he severely punished, nd tho guilty piriy be mnde an example r. These walking arsenals ought to bo diestod of their nceouirements, and put here tlipy nfe likely to do less harm than bslructing the public highway and endangerig the lives of au unsuspecting traveling ublic. For this crinrnal use of pistols and lilskey, the public generally are to blame, 1 a great monstire. Our Brother, "Telephone." is to bo conratulated upon the prospect he has for suplying JoncsviMo with model teachers, if the rrtiogr iphy.istymoiogy, eymax-?rru prusuiy, jgciher with tho punctuations and general so of napila's, as set forth in his last letter, re a true index to tho profioieney of the jachers he is making arrangements to etnloy. Should he wiah any reinforcements c cau get llicm on this side of Pacolet. llev. G. S. Robinson will preach at Salem iext Sabbath, the llith inst. Miss Sallic Bighorn's school girls arc makng a quilt to send to iheThornwell Orphango as a.presonl to the little orphan children iow in that institution. The Salem Sun lay School al-<o proposes to end the orphanage a quilt male of plain ubstantinl material. Ihc patclnvork in the centre will consist !-5 squares of blue set in red. -Upon each iquarc is n letter in white ncellework. The :otnbioation presenting the fo'ltwing dialiagratn in which if we begin with the "S." n the centre and end with "M." in either torner we will get the naiua of the school, hus? M ELK M K L A L E L A H A L K L A L E M E L K M Through the courtesy of J. C. Hunter, Rsq., Postmaster at Uniop, we have received v copy of the United States Mad, a monthly magazine published in New York City. It is an invaluable work and oi(?ht to be in the Itands of every postmaster and business man in the country. The pr:ce is $ 1.50 per (rear. Mr. Hunter will be glad to furnish it to those wishing to get it. In yesterday'a Sunday School less>n wo liad this beautiful illustra'ion of "The work of the Holy Spirit:" While it is,iruc that nil powerin cva> gel ting the world ii primarily ia the Holy S >irit, it is also true that the Holy Spirit rrorJ?t>in1n.-vfc h-s??i-\A-ahag,6?ii *halMeiv/1'..Ja the outsi le sinuer to a piece of iron in its intural state, the philosophy of the case will it once become apparent. The ontural iron s not moved by itself or in its own lower, neither is it, in the present course o f hiogs, reached by the primitive loulstonc. [t n by menus of the magnetize I stone that his iron is lifted and drawn ia the direction >f the Polar Star of the Universe?Jesus Christ. Mr. Editor: We don't propose to conrert your sanctum info a lecture room, tut is you have always been a friend to educnion, nud nllowc I us [as other corresponleuts] to give such matter as we think will mprove the minds and morals of your rendsrs, we may be excused sometimes for using luch inetter us ?>inc people may consider foreign to the work of a secular newspaper. Vox. We will se<l you a Man's Boot, good solid eathcr, for $1.60 at OR4HAM Si SPARKS. For the Timks. T. M C A Week of Prayer. The Annual Week of Prayer for Young Hen will be obscrro1 by the local Y. M. C. \ , beginning Monday night, the 10th, and snding ou Friday night tho 20:h. Services will be held each night at tho Y. II C. A'r. Hall beginniog at 7:80 P. M. The following brethren have been appoiutsd to leail the services : Mon lay night, H. F. Scaife. Tuesday " Rev. W. I. Herbert. Wednesday " ltev. W. D. ltewley. Thursday ? L. P. Murphy. Friday " 8. 8. Stokes. Everybody is cordially invited to attend nil participate in the efforts that will be unile during that special 'season of prayer" or the salvation ofVoung men, On Hunday nfght trtlowlng the KWt 61 Vnyern '.Mass Meeting" under the auspicies f tlio Y. M. C. A. w II l>e ho'd at the BApst Chur.h, at 7:80 P. M., at whioh Bros. L. W. Greene and W. II. MMer wi 1 present espect ve'y the International mid Local York of the Y. M. C. A. See our line of .leans,?ohetper than the liiapc-t. OKAIIAM & SPAKKS, Notioe to Teachers. Too result of the examinn inn h id nt ltd m, on Ociob -r 2d, was given to wh ti to rhite tc teller 1 by mil', Piore being only iglit applicants, tlie Miming Is tlie pre lit, y nuinbm of the e >iore I npp.ioont* : Is ginde cer ltd chip.? Nos. 1 anil 27. Jul grade err iftciie.?No?, 10, 18, 16, 20 nl 18. 8r 1 grade certificate.? Njs. 9, 8, 60, 12, 0, 90, end 61. Those whi failed ore. ? NO*. 17, 8, 28, 28. 1,2. 4. 6, 26, 98, and 101. Iftraohere wi l notioi th>?, they wt?t save ti's office much trenble and a great deal of orrespondenco. J. L. WADKKR, \ County C. H. PKAKK, V Hoar J M. B. KKLLV, ) Examiners. Cherokee, On., taking driwin^ lessons, hufc returned, a fair artist. t Mr. Bennie Bishop, of Cherokee, Ga? is visiting his many relatives and friends here, | Ue talks like, if the South Carolina people j e?t more, they would grow taller?"some of ? them at lca">t." He with Mr. J. F. Bailey and Miss Mollis Divis, pail Union a visit 1 lost Fridav, wh'ch they enjoyed hugely." , There will be preach'ng sorvico at Palgetts Creek next Sunday, at 11 o'clock, A. M., before which the mere 1 ordinance of baptism will be administrre I to about 12 persons^ A large congregation is expectel, if the weather will admit. Mr. David Bobo, wh has keen teaching school in Edgefield County is expected home soon. %? *W n i> *T ? 5.1 .?iiss neieii urccr, 01 union, jiaiu oeumui i a short visit last Sunday. Miss Alma Sparks, of Cross Keys, is spend- 1 iog a wliilo at Eaorcc Mills, at the lucrative nf d(M? tnnkinjr.and. we all exnect to bear her say when she comes home, that ?hohasher "Trousseau" ready. -- Sknorita. Correspondence to tlio Union Tijjks. Letter from Busy Bustling Clifton. Clifton, S. C., Nov. 9.?This is alive place and its growth and progress have been truly phenomenal'. The two Cotton Mills, situated a mile apart, give employment to many hundreds of people., while the fertile and easily cultivated lands in the immediate vicinago affird pleasant and profitable occupation to those who are inclined to follow agricultural pursuits. This place and Cowpens (situated about two miles apart) offer excellent inducements to truck firmer*, and the consequence is that North Caroline wag-ins, loaded with cabbages, apples, etc., are frequently seen on the streets. The space between Cowpens and Clifton is being rapidly filled with nico dwelling bouses and stores- Land which a few years ago could be bought for a mere song is now ?>1. - J i wunii ? grcui UVIII. Tbo Clifton Manufacturing Company has & large store at each Mill, well constructed and comfortable churches and snhool-houses. There are good boarding housos at both places, and a nice hotel, kept in excellent style, at the upper MillBoth Mills have post-offices, is there and every convenience in the way of telegraphic and telephonio communication. Spartanburg is within easy reach by rail or private conveyance. Clifton has an excellent firs department, a tine military company, and a populatiou of about 4,000. Cowpens (our nearest neighb >1) lias go >d churches, schools, business houses, etc., and a large Cottou Factory and hotel. More anon, Mr. Editor. Sratox. The Union Baptist 8. 8- Convention. ber, including Saturday and 8unday. Tho following program has been prepared for the occasion : 1st Query?"How should the Lord's day be observed 1" Introduetory speakersRev. B. C. Lampley, D. N. Wllburn and nev. w. r?. u. numpnrtes. 2nd. "Doot our Sunday School Convention stimulate church and Sunday school work ?" Introductory speakers. C. B. B jbo, Rev. C. R. Willeford and E. W. Jeter. 3rd Is it right for cnurch members to fail in attending the r Sunday School when preaching is near by at other churchei?" Introductory speakers. J. W. McCrnvy, J. H. Williams, aud Dr. A. E. Pant. 4th "What is christian work?" Introductory speakers. Rev. W. E. O. Humphries, Jos. Sanders, R P. Ray and A. A. Oault. 6th. "Do we need a Sunday sehoil organizer in the Union County Convention ?" Introductory speikers Rev. B. C. Lampley, D. N. Wilburn, 8. Crosby. T. D. O. Gregory, and J. R. Sumner. 6 h. Exegesis, Romans 6:8.4. at 1.30 o cock ounuay evening, oy tier. i>. o. lamp ley. At the lost convention it wu resolved by the Superintendent* present to organise a "Superintendents Conference," at the coming meeting, and it is earnestly hoped and urged that alt Superintendents will be present and aid in effecting said organisation. In obedience to instructions for same the Organiser, Brother J, H. Randolph, has prepared the following program for the meeting. 1st. "The Superintendents opp>rtunit'es by W. D. Bew'ey, D. N. Wilburn, and T. 1). O. Oregory. 2nd. "Ksrential qualifications of Superintendents:" J. II. Williams, J.N. MoArtbur, and F. M. Adams. 3rd. the essential prinoip'cr found in successful superintendents, natural or aoquired. A. A. Qault, Dr. J. O. Qoings, and J. B. Betenbaugh. A full sltendnoe* is greatly desired, and schools are requested to elect delegates who are willing to f ittbfully serve in representing the schools. J. H. RANDOLPH, - g,#, ?Jbtwb, * ?vseUsul. Secretary. For the Timks. Return?Pounding-a Revival. Santuc, S. C., Nov. 4th. Dkak Mb. F.iutor : I am pleased to say that the vacation given me by my churches, in which to recuperate my powers after a long spell of si:knets, has proved very effective. I fid fully recovered, and i i bett r condl i?n pliysieiv'ly ilia i 1 have b oi f r years. O i iny return homo I win greeted with n nic* pounding fioii my Muituc people in the Wiiy of good things to eit. liy toe help of the gotil f, ml I expeut t> do more work for lliin and his pe>pletlin I litre erer bef-<rq accomplished. Wo have just eloe.d with the Sanluc Baptist obureli e precious meeting. I was assisted by Her, tee , ,tl. Tot-on, pis or seoo d Iltpii-t ohuroh, Columbia, 8. 0. Brother Tola ?n :* ?n eirnest, *i*e worker for the Mm er?a faithful luoid proapber of the glorious 0 >soal. The church km irui k Will follow. To Ootl b? the glory. C'hai. It. Wu.imroKD. ? ?-???#? No men fell into contempt but thane who deserve t.?Johnion. Vk in my noil. ' ' great ntn; lrnte gathered their ooin, tut with others it is tot green. This rouses , deal of anxiety, as some inconsiderate tersons hove turned out ttoek, regard lest of tny ono else's crop. ? ... i * ? roiaioes nr? uog, anu mere aro some nni ino's made, if not a large quantiy. i Oats are looking well, b it it is much io> J Iry for them to thiive. m Forest fires were raging last week around A thisplioe, as if to vie with the great foNtt Ares of the North-west. One fire burned nearly a whole week just west of here, an I burned over a largearen. Mr. C. 1*. Sim? was the greatest sufferer. Caroloss. or just "don't enre" 'Possum hunters, caused the misohief. A epsrk from a locomot vo on the 0. C. & N. rai'road started a conflagration in a broomsedgo field last week, neir the water tank no broad river, which burned a diy and night, but nn serious darong* is reported. Dsn Ilall; colored, living on Mr. E. H. Jeter's place, had his house with all its cmSaturday. Miss Jonnle Willcy has gone t* All-Healing Springs. N. C., to a tend school. ^ ^ ; Mr. l'Age Chspin. of Lexington, oatno up \ last week to visit friends and relatives. \ Mrs. R. A. Whitlock, and Mrs. E. M. \ Penny, of Jcr.esvllle, visited their mother, Mrs. S. A. Porter, list week, and Miss ^^A Marion Porter returned t> Jooosville with them on a visit. ' I Messrs. Smith & K m >re, photographers \ .fT I. QI..I, .... . 1,r.? . 1 time, ready to take for tlio people either 1 "pretties" or "uglics" as the oase may rer- 1 mit. E. W. J. 1 THE COOPERATIVE TOWN LOCATED. ~ Washington, Nov. 0.?At a meeting of the boar I of directors of the Cooper itive Town Company of T<?nnes9e\ consisting of Hon. Robert P. Porter, president; Son I'orj Carlisle nnvl Harris, Hon. H. C. Hansbiouk, Benjamin Butterworth, Lewis McComns and Col. Brittou, held in the city to-day, it was definitely decided to locate the new manufacturihg town in eastern Tennessee. The lion is at Ei'iabethtown, in the oo'ob-a^^^^ Watnugun valley onThe D"oFrTverSr*1trifiRff^** tion to upwards of 6000 seres of town site lands, it was also decided to purchase 16,000 acres of iron ore, granite and timber lands in the immediate vicinity, making in all over 20,000 acres, end covering whit is conceded to be the richest mineral portion of the valley an-1 in n section in whioh experts claim, oft-r oiroful investigation, bessemer' i and the highest grades of ?t-*et out be manufactured cheaper than in any other part of the United States. The ore lands purohased by the company arc ricli in brown tematite to Bupplemeot the famous cranberry bessemcr steel ores which a-e located directly above the tiwn rite. The delay in making the location, the directors say, was due to the great ca-c exercised in examining at leist thirty sites in Eastern Tennesseo alone. The officers of the company have given their personal attention to an examination of each of these sites, and in reaching the decision es to the Watnugun valley nrc thoroughly ouovinoad -w* that no better selection cou'd be mndo for manufacturing, commercial and residence purposes. There is within the limits of the All railway lioes fu*3jjyi>'oe mountain country, so famous fo?^p3L>l wrn'th, must pn?a through Elisabethtori r|%d the WnUug* valley. In addition to the rood already in opention whioh connects the company's property with importaut railroad systems, several new rai'rea-is are in course of completion. Roads airoady gra led and partly laid will connect direct with the Norfolk and West rn railroad, the East Tennessee Virgin:a and Georgia railroad, and the Charleston, Cincinnati and Ghicagi railroad to the coal fields of U'g St?ne Gap. Other roids hare ba m projected, and will undoubtedly be built, running to Avheville, N. 0., Crwio, l'e in, and Mountain City. Tlio comp'otioa of th<> Wataugai Vslley b*?noh of the ra; road a'ready built to Wilkesboro, a distance of about eiity miles, will open the way front this local ty direot to the c >nst with' either Norfolk, Va., or Wilmington, N. C., as objective points. ? THE LATEST ESTIMATE OF THE COtTOH CHOP. Washington, Not. 10.?The turns of tbo Depmtment of Agriculture for November are not favorable for a high rate of yield. The lateness of the crop, the extremes of temperature, the oxccss of ininfall followed by drought, causing anfeebledyA^^ ity and loss of foliage and fruit, have unfavorable for a largo crop. On tho northern border of the belt killing frosts oecurrel on the 29th?in some places os early as the 23 I. West of the Mississippi there h is been some improvement during the past month. The season has been verj favorable for picking. Quality is almost everywhere reported hign, and tiio fibre is of good color and unusually fiea from trash. The yield, as averaged from the county estimates, averages 170 pounds per aoie, disti ibuied by 8Utre as fo'lowers : Virginia 161, No th Corolina 178, South Ctrolloa 160, Georgit 166, Florida 120, Alatma, 166, Mississippi 100, Louisiana ' j gstreaws t6t>, nrkeusM aio, Twnrrt?se91TO. As ki>ling froit haa not yet been general in the southern an I western acetous of the belt, it is possib'e. with favorable weather foT?wing, that current expecta'i/us may bp slightly exceeded. TUB OOBS CROPThs return< for November make the corn crop one of die ingest in volume, with g rate of yield sligh ly ab/ve the average of t*vei.ty-six bushels per acre. Much of the o r i is et <>n the stnik; and its condition ai'l tar of yield tn*y be somewhat b?tt?r n IIVTC :i HI V g?MI?nn| It-Ill 111.1 KV'lllg J ei it in < vi-lo it thai ilio pr.xluc wiU not bo I g* ilitin 2,000 000 0D9 bug'ia 8 or thirty-one bush Is per un t tf poj u >uion. Cohnixu IIobsi Meat.?Cblo?g , No*. 7. ^ ?Charlee liege, l'et> r K'?in, I Ilium Lynch mi l 1 hootas Lioti m e uml v wr< at at the Maxwell aireet sL*ti<>n ?n iho ob irge of hilling horaeian I eel I g <n I p'o.liig II** meat. ')liejr have h-en buy-tig oi l h-r?ee We will cff?r aorae big bnrgili.e f r neit 10 dftjn. We here mm Uii^ epreUk^ for yon. GRAHAM A Sl'ARKS.