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r ifn To Creditor Mot to Credit. TLat it the question. Whether it is bettor to-hove your foods and to hold them, or to trust every Tom, Dick and Ilorry that eomex alor g, and to turn youiself into a busted community. This may not be Shakespearean cr Biblical, though it does not fall Tory short of being gov pel. In tho- age in 1 4 ^jshlch ?e live, it would net seem possible ^^^ tatnisinpss without credit. Though, in flVfrpin time imiuemoiial it has been a custom to give and to receive credit. But ia the early days, there was, doubtless. m>re honor among the peop'c than ia current at the present time, and tho credit extended, - was not so abused as it is now. The great trouble with the credit system is that aoiuaoy are granted tint privilege who are not entitled to it. Th s would apply more to the retail trade than to the ali"lcstler. With the laMer i' is u tare thing for a man to obtain a Hue of credit unhss his e>mmrrc'al a'anding is well established, arrsnti^g the jobber to extend that c-?urt?.-y. lor C'.urtesy It is, and nothi.ig rl-c: noi withstanding that it is a usage born of custom. A man may be ever so jolly a fellow, wearing fine clothes and living in good style in a fashionable neighborhood ; this set of thing will not pass mutter with the wholesale dealer, lie must have better cvi den-o that the firm or individual is able to meet his bids when th^y full due. NVhy, then, should not the retailer adopt a like precaution? It is true the wbo'csaler has the advantage of the retailer in this regtrd, in so far as he is able lo keep well posted as to the standing of nearly every merchant through Bradstreei's or Dun's commercial agency; The retailer, generally speaking, has no such P4dtf^y>< though there nre some cities, ncta^^^^^ York, where the credit rating of families is given for the benefit of the grocer. But, at the same t'uic, the grroer cannot be too careful in this regard. Ht owes it notatone to himself and his Umily, but lo ihejttibcr aha set's liim on credit. When the wholesaler allows the retailer to purchase goods of him on lime, he does not only because the dealer has a good financial standing, but for the rc?sin that he believes that tho retailer is a good business man with a metliodi :al way of doing bu'iuess. If the jobber for anc moment thought that his credit customer made a practice of trusting families indiscriminately for the goods supplied them, it is more than likely that he wou'd restiict the retailer's credit, if not withdraw that privilege altogether. And yet tliit i* ju^t what thousands rf retail grocers are doing to-d*y. If a lit tie more attention were given to this important mat tar, there would be a heavy falling off iu tho failures of tlie retail grocer trade. No retail grocer should open an account uu ?,o . V>n noil II III.Ill lit; Kliunn IlOllllllg About. The snroc line of inquiry should be pursued here thnt is carried 011 by llie commeriial agencies. The grocer slisuld first cudenT r to Ascertain in what business the party asking credit is engaged, or nh ro employed. and, if possible, what is his source ef r? Tcnuc, the amount of his income and his ha* its, and where he fo'inerly purchased his supplies. Uv making it a rife to require references in every case where the party is not known, the retail grocers will tiud that they wi 1 be many a dol'ar ahead a^fc^^nd of the year. J ho bed plan ^^^^___(ortJy^d^^would lie to liavo printed the followng blank. which every customer asking credit, whose standing is not known, should be asked to fill out. No grocer need fe ir of giving offense, for it is a prct'y safe assumption thnt a man who wiil get mad when asked to pay his dtbis, is Dot a desirable customer to have, and the scoucr he is disposed of tlTfc- better it will be for the groerr. The muu who is able and willing to n.ei t his obligations is not going to tuke his trade away because he is expected to pay hi* 1 ill when it falls du?. l(y using the following flank, tho retail grocers will save jjfy?T-gK*1>T1 Wl Ann WBViipr.?Ubr, Tillman h^s charged good bi<1 true men v^Nii being bribed because (hey had use J free passes. JJuf r.o sooner was a free pn-s offered to His Kiv-eSency than he accepts i? "with pleas ure. ' What is the inferetice? Gov. Tillj JLns been tamed by the railroads. lie G.TcrnV^1^a.P*Ury Repass .. is an able man, but so , fcotiyticaf, /f ono mar judcre from Ins rct.ons, as to . "*.i"?.t?,"..ir more able than any of his predecessors since the foundation of the State; so self-conceited as to believe himaelf beyond criticism; eo fo I rli as to think that the people have forgotten his campaign maxims, or if they bavo not wi'l not dare apply them to the conduct of the great colossus that imagines himaelf meddled across the entrance to the political harbor of South Carolina, and looking down with a countenance m re brnzen than 0 lossua of o'd upon ihe squirming of KiW*Ttfof*mnfiS.V'Hpent five yen** ^in_ the s< eds of discord in this Slate. He iipcu vi'uperti'ion. ma'ic:ous inuendors, untruthful charges of malfeasance iu office, uofoiin,lfl . t.rtr.w. ?-l- .1 n<> v. n^.iu vc 111 I IIC IlinilUgCmcnt i f ihe Government, disgraceful slander* up n the fair name of tbe Slate in tlic p-'st. lie will soon begin to reap the real harvest. He is now but experiencing tlic intern i.-sion between the plnuting and liarvc t liui'S. He wiil soon begin to recc ic the r. turns from the reed scattered wi h mcli a bountiful hand. \Yc can ask nothing 1 etit r in the way of reward for our worthy Governor llinn he receive Ihe natural incr ase of his own reed.?Sumter Watchman and S-itithroti. ? StNATOR 1IIIIY AXII Ills I'OI.ITICAr, Tka I'aety.?Laurens, December 28.?Co'. Ben. l'ftr.r, Congressman Shell, Governor Till? mau end others were the guests of Senator irby t "lay. This evening a parly of nbou'. fill ncgioes and twenty whites jiiive the Govei nor a serenade and called for speeches. Senator Irby after a few words of intr duclion, introduced Congressman Shell as tint JB ttfiist Hf ciker, and he was followed by GovSr^^^^hnor Tillman. t?v?i vaiuoc il l IIUI SIJEIIIIIg I lie Dill I taxos, anil then pro- j ' raid that another term in eflico wouTd""f>e ncce-sarj to make the reforms conteniplnted. < That in tbc tide which swept from the mountains 10 the seaboard much dead, rotten ] hi tw> od floated into the Capitol, and that lie would have to have a new Legislature. He closed by raying lie would give them ui< ro when he again went on the otump. I Senator Irby made come remarks also ! j lie spake of the Straigluoutr. lie sa d that ' r the llaskeliles were m t like block makes j which, if you strike them once, they will 8 die, but they were tike moccasin*; you had to strike and strike again to kill them, and (l that ne more election would d> them tin. The report thnt three thousand wou'd be n present to hear him w is not ver.fied. The party consisted of two lnrge negro bands, a two drummers and a few hoys around town, g, At a large estimate seventy-fire will cover (j the crowd.?Xtiea and Courier. Till Nrwtiritnv Mink.?While the State Qi has been meditating upon its next tnovo in ^ the Newbetry Unnk case, the attorneys of the bank have again taken the initiative anil have applied to the Supreme Court for at anctber writ of mandamus. This time, how e?cr, they have taken the comptroller at his *v. rd and tho writ they want <a to compel the treasurer of Newlierry county to change h y books or turn them over to the proper to parties so that they may be uiadc to conform j., to the books of the auditor. |( Tho heariog of tho arguments in tl c case 1 wxa yesterday fixed for the 11th of January H] by the Supreme Court. sj s k. Sfie iDeclfg Union Uimcs ! out R. M. STOKER, - - Editor #ni Friday, Jaimnrr 1,18?2. 'h < SUBSCRIPTION, $1 60 PER ANNUM ( POST OFFICE DIRECTORY. Rn Tha P. O. will bo opcued for business die from 8 A. M. to G.00 P. M. n l? Ths Money OrJer Department will be ] opened for business from 0 A. M. to 4 P. M. The Northern mail will close at 12P. wn M., and the Southern Mail at 0.00 P. M. "to An y inattention or irregularities should ,ijfl re reported promptly to the P. M. J. C. HUNTER. P. M. t n TAY WHAT THOU Of* EST." Mi Is a solemn scriptural injunction, but with J all revercuco we say, th!s is a time when n ml latge nnyorily of the people, iu tb's s.'ction, at least, raimot comply with it; but wc think prc there are but few if nny who cannot pay at the least ont'half of what thf>/ owe u?. we M s cm scarcely muster up enough hard" j ^ tiers of heart to dun our patrons, but it has sto to be done. We must raise a considerable rny sum of money between now and the middle c?r of January, and wo have no other way of C"1 getii:ig*it than through those who owe us for " ... , . am subscript!m, advertising aud job woik. It j?. is hard times, wc know, but wo must p-?y ftfo( OUr'deMa or'J,?r ? bv thn b iftril " wlion nnt. nn, half of what is due us would set us up nil ',a rwht or two in our pockot ^ ?/which ismWWWP can be found tliore jj(l now. Pay the Editor what thou oweet. Mi tcf Coke Jennings, who wns Prinoipnl (o of the Union Mnle School, a few years ago. . died nt Trenton, Ark., one day Inst week. mc tUt The Hank of Greenville, Mis*isoppi, ^ suspended on the 22d Dee. It wns conki sidered the soundest Hank in the State, and ^ its fsilurc caused universal surprise. ... ? fin All persons indebted to me, nithcr by tsh< account, note, or otherwise, will p'ease come and srtt'c at oner, or the matter will bo j^0 turned over to a lawyer. S. M. BICE, JR., E. U. *UI - A. fgL. We arc tdl tl>nt a blue streak of ] sulphurous utterances was plainly visible TI1<\ in the Governer's office, when the Legiststure refused to pass Ihe Railroad bill, the 80(l night befire tInt body adjourned. It was the n pet measure of tho Governor's. ]en km The Legislature adjourned onThuiaUay.tbc fa<( 24th, and we are told that one or two of the j Columbia Batiks were kept open to a lstc hour the night bt-ft-re, cashing the members u"n*( checks for services nt a day. . ? AI IA- T he graded School will resume excr- ^ cises next Monday, the 4th. Patrons wbo _ ? J' con expect to enter pupils, iu the Primary de- wp partnietit especially, arc urgcl to do so nt j once, as beginners entering later will interfere seriously with the clas?ct and do little good for themselves. ^ S ^. che l?o,?;n Ch?win? Gum. for Dyspepsia. Ken So"vs K "eW' I or 8*'c M u- *' 8CAIFB & whi _ few *41 ^-dtefT-nfornearly a week tliey havo l>ccn stan&imr ^ (heir ea?cs when ihey should be in Tt.jr beds, under medical treatment: but (bey arc t0 bravely battling with (be disease, at their L?urf pruts of business, doing all they can to get^rons out a paper of tome kind, this week, to give -Able, the consecutive number of issues necessary V' IO make (ho bln'tnr'm and Sheriff's saIcS T ivft.n. TtlCJ'have bad a sad, sick Christmas* J0U but we hope they will be paid for their de- F? 8 votion (o duty by a bright nnd happy year I?00' in 1892. They deserve a pension. Can m. r ? tior AUCTION! ftdv On Monday, (he 4>h, Salesd-iy, I will offer den n?y entire slock of genera' merchandise at upc AUCTION, nlso some Machines, Clocks, ftmi Organs, lhiggies. Harness, Cart etc. ( This is the largest variety of goods ever offered at auction in Union. Dau't miss tho ' er'Wmi np|ivi tuu^.T a,, nn|ca:tj3. gre S. M. RICE, JR.. E. U. Vrti, *8^ ^'r- G?'?rge W. liarnctt, it farmer living about four nules from here, came very . near being killcil last Saturday by au acci- . dental discharge of a gun in the hands of I ' ?V po? Hob Mitclicl, a colored man. while out y hunting. jn , li appears thut Mitehel had joined a rar,J 0f ? of white gentlemen 011 n hunt, and when , near a swamp lie attempted to shoot 11 rab- jn,e bit, but hii gnn hung fire, and in taking it g from his shiulder it went off, the load strik- cuji ing Mr. Harnett, who was not seen by Mit- scas cbcl. .Many of the shot struck Mr. Harnett {j10 in the pit of the stomach, some struck h in j ^ in the arin and one struck him just below the left iye. Mr. Harnett was taken home and jjcn has not been out of bed since, but is getting bet'er, and it is not thought that the wounds ^ wi'd cause nuy serious results. Hud the corr d:ot been larger the wound in the gtomach ^ wuu'u, 110 uouui, nare prOTcd fatal. - ^r* moi Fresh Ttird 8cc<l for sale at II. F. SCAIFF, fc SON'S. ,I0UI Mel Death of Mri Hattie Miller. M Mr.<. Hatiio Miller, wife of Rev. W. II. lions dillor, died at her resideoce in this town, was aft Sunday afternoon, nt 2 o'clock, aficr n C'liu winful illness of about three weeks, from M heumatisin of the heart, superinduced l>y a byte e*ere attack of influenza, or grippe. Mrs. Mtl'cr was emphatically a working netuber of the Methodist Episcopal church, H nd in her death the church in tliit town has speii ast its most c'trneaf, constant, influential tivce n<l consistent member. 'J'rue'y ;t can be M lid of Iter, "a mother in Israel'' lias been Aytd iisi*ti r......i ?.... if-- ???!? ? ..v? ....... ..... >...ii3<. nci ichkioii n;n 01 1 \\ i J *e h'nrt ?pure, lowly and humble? wi<h- M nt show or ostentation, and always lovingly Col't wing from her to those around her, in ten- Rrce er tidraoni'ion and pious precept ami ex- The nple. Surely her puro spirit is now, it ha Safe in she arms of Jesus". Ml She loaves a devoted husband and two spen itcrcsling children?a girl an I a boy? voun > fctl and uiourn III) sa 1 loss of a true and V> ving christian wife an I mother, while all spoil in people of this community joiu in their atror irrow Hint extend to them their lendcrest Mi rmpathy. this ling of Robert C. Bishop it out 9 o'clock lost Monti y nigh*. a d:ffi ty iccurrcd between Thus. A. \larrab, I Robe t C. Bisbop, b III while men of s town, in which Muiruh sh?>t nn I killed hp. 'oromr Gregory empanelled a jury, and inquest was held the i ext morning, and following is a synopsis of i lie testimony luced: Hie testimony of Elias Bomar, co'ored, s that Murrah and Bishop were in his rr, and the first thing he knew of any ticuliy between them was,-he eaiwBithop li along sbarp-poinied butcher knife cutg at Murrah. The men were parted and i>ruh was put out of the back door and ihopeutof the frontdoor. In a short lime iirah ran<o l>nck and shot Bishop; the ball eritig just above the nipple. Both men uicl to be intoxicated. Heard no threats m c:lber men during the difficulty. As i pistol fired the men clinched, and both nl out ilic of the front dorr, where Bishop I nn 1 died in ten or fiftrcu nrnutrs. IVaircn Sloan, colored, whs in Bomar's re when the difficulty commenced. Muri ami otiiers wcro talking wheu Bishop uc in, Miirmh told Bishop that lie had rsed liim during the day, and said, iishop, you have been in the penitentiary I worked like a d?n nigger." At that jhop caught Murrah and jerked liiui out the More with a knife in his hand J cutting at Murrah. I caught Bishop's r.d a a it was raised to cut Murrah. CharJoncs took, him by the other hand. We t them apart and put tbcm out of tbo > c. Bishop soon came back cursing irrah, thren'ening to kill him, waving i knife. 'As I was turning to the counter get my change from Mr. Bomar, Murrah nped into the s ore and shot Bishop. The n then clinched and went scuffling out of i front door where Bishop fell. Murrah >n called for the police, paying, "I have led the d?n s of a b?h." It was ten or cm minutes from the iime the men were <t put out until Murrah returned nnd >t Bishop. I'he verdict of the jury was: That bert C. Bishop came to his death from a neliot w?und, inflicted at the hands of T. Murrah. Bishop was a desperate and dangerous n when under the influence of liquor, lie 'cd the Matshal of Qaflfney City, at Blacks, no yens ago, and served three years in : Penitentiary for that crime. His viot death was not a surprise to many ?ho sw him; and lias been, sooner or Inter, the b of all such desperate characters that we :e known. Murrah is in jail, and will ily to Judge WftMace for release en hail, 1-r a writ of habrax corput. lappy and Prosperous Wow Year his issue commences the 22d year of our nection with the Union Times, and as lookback nluig the path of time since nary 1st, 1870, and mark the numerous ;ht an I cncou'aging ep?ts we have sod a'ong the way, where wo have been ered with kind words and helpe 1 with erous hands, and compare them with U, peril vj s, our labors deserve, and the discouraging and ungenerous eliadows t have cloudel our path, wc fc?l that it riWpniltWi:?4 . r'liile the patronage wo hive received' i with close economy, barely enable 1 us keep our beads above water," leavingno dus, wc w II not complain, for we are oled with (be belief that a better and r moil could nt t have found truer or * generous friends i.,nn wo hhve. with r ou'imperfections and shortcoming'. We '' a^'' ftn^ ',avo 1,01 tried to ? <lo?e what We could for the il of the peOj~^ ^ ,.K_ i sec no reason for regretting any posii we have taken or any measure we have ocnted. On the contrary, we feel confit that hail our suetres'ions been acted i m. in almost rvory instanc, the County I its County Scat wou'il be now in a ch more prosperous condition. 'oour many correspondents who hove so stly llgh'cnel our labors and added ue and interest to our columns, we tender most sincere tlnnk", nnd invite thein to itinue their labors of love; nt the same c again asking them to boil their favors rn to local new", to the shortest space as sible. i'c can make no proni'sc of any change the paper that will involve any ou'lay noney, but will do all we can to enhance taluo to its patrons and make it more resting to its reader*, inccrcly priylng that the present gloomy ook mny anon be dispelled by splendid tons, abundant crops and good prices, Kditor wishes each on; of his patrons a py and prosperous few Ve>r. . ? . lovals. r. C. T. Murphy has moved into the se opposite the Mtthodist Parronage, icr Mounta n and South strec's. tr, W. I). Wilkin?, railroad Agent, has red into the Ilill Mansion. Ir. W. D. Humphries has moved into the ie on Mountain St. next door to Col. Lissicks. rs. S. J. Greer has moved into a new te, opposite to whotc site lived before she burnt ou?, juet beyond the Kpisopal rcii. r. It. H. Oihbes now occupies ilie I'rcsrian Mnncc. ? .? Personals. enry E. McNeace, now of llrck Hill, it (lie Christinas holidays among his relntsnd friends in Union, sstcr William floss, of Cedar Springs inn, spent tho holidays with his pnrrnts inm is improving. ist Sallis McKissick, a pupil at Converse 'gc. enmo down to Iter brother's Wedding pi ion and soent the ho'idays st her home. Col. had all his children with him, a id s almost cure! his rheumatism, i's Minnie Gee, a pupil at Co ive-s<?, t the holidays with her parents and g friends here. . | r. A. It. Stokes, now of Charlotte, N.C., t the ln-li lays with hi* parent* and tg Irs many old friends in Union, r. Nat Gist, who is located at Newberry, < scatoo, spent the holidays in Union. j For tbo Times. CalculationsMe. Eoitosj W? are enjoying Chiis'mas holidays, but must say tliey nre duller than 1 will lot say anything about the lmril tintes is yip have heard enough already but I will say eW^iing about the future, and what 1 thiolMMl be the result if cortaiu thing* taJ^^Bce. Some ago tho people of Union Cou^^^Bro asked to subscribe f 160,000 to^^^Eartnnburg and Asheville Railroad. .w^KgticHi wis held, ^t4*4he subscrij tioo<<nSvd<^fc hare be?n making some calculations of wliat it i* costing the tax payers of Union c'unty. I hare ctlculated the interest at U) per cent por annum, com, ouajted, and And at tho end of the fifteen j^ars, we have paid in round numbers ($til.009) three hundred and thirtyone llioisnnd and nino dollars, and we will have pvd at tho ond of twenty year*, when the bonis will be due, in round numbers, ($.">97,1)2) five hundred and ninety seven thousand, one hundred and ninety-two ddlats and still not a coot of thoss b >nd* paid?his amount boing only the interest on tbctn tompiunded. Nov, if tbe Treasurer of Union County, at tho eqJ of twenty years, had this amount on hand the County could build a splendid cotton mill, at Union or some other point in the Cdinty, but, nlss, it is gonoJorevcr. I also calculated thei^|M^BMponnde 1 up to forty years, amount ($4,189,6S1) four hundred an^ cigiHy-niner* five hundred and thirty-threo dlwR^^wluTiV equally divided among the ten towfisiliipsi would be $H8,953, to each townihip, en>ugh to build a good cot'on mill in e tch township, or build a lia'lroad from Union or some other point to Loekhart Shnl?, or bu Id the largest cotton mill in tin South.. Tux payers of Union, read then figures and think for yourselves. It i no wonder taxes are high in Union; ant to aid more burdens on the tax-payers o' Uniou, soine intereste i parties are getting up a boom for a branch railroad from Jooesville lu Loekhart Shoals, and asking the taxpayers of Pinekney and Joncsville townships, each to subscribe twenty thousand lollars to he'p build it. Of course tliey don't ex; cct that Joncsville will vote the tax. but thoy are hoping that I'inckney will. To the tax p'yv*s of tlf? townships of l'inckney and JoncsAillo, I say, voto this tax on yourselves, thenuny ad?ice to you a'l will be to sell outas?seca-oa possible, for in a short time if the Stariff does not sell your property the trcasik&r will. I know it will raise the value of laa Is near the Shoal', but are all the rest ol (he townships to pny tribute to a few whk happen to live near the Sboals ? 1 : Hut they tell us it will raise the p'ico of cotton. Well, if it t^as t> do s> it is more than the mills in Spartanburg have done, unlees it was at cerUii times. Last Winter I hauled cotton t> Uulon an 1 got the bnyirs to bi I on it. They qffered me only 8\ costs for '.he best grade. I shipped it to Clnr'ss* ton and got 9.66 net,'a clear profit of aver one rent per pound shove what was offsred right here at the mill^^ No, my friendfl^^Bjocil mills crni/t pay a h<gh price is Anr _ in it;.\ | goo'ia ?nd here hut aro^^SH^^g freight has to be other (jfthe manufactured goods as well as raw materii', therefore there is no ?nJp1? of freight to our advantage, as advowfc by interested pirtie*. ^^tjbw, Mr. Editor, don't understand me ns tyfcing railroads and factories. I want ?PlJkholders to build all they can, hut do *tyit think those should be made to help who it will not benefit. Let us help buili the road by private subscription, and tlrsc who it will benefit, most should subscribe the most. I will subscribe something out of my little means Frieu Is don't think, you who live ncir the Shot's, that there is n fortune for you in /ruck farms or prtato patch* or gardens. It might pay those who think Mhcro is inifSU-illoncy to be made in Bclli^r vegetables, etc. at fsc'ories, to go to the communities neir the cotton Mills in Spartarbnr^ and find out there how the truck farms are paying there. * paknkr. Miudik at a Wkhdino Feast.?Meriden, Mi?8., Dec. 27-?Word comes to-night from a town twenty miles north-west of here end near the Lauderdale and Kemper county line, of a mn?t atroci >us murder. On Tburs tiny ntgui wunani wnglit was married to ft Miss Phillips. nt ilie residence of the bride's parents. Immediately after the ceremony tho bridal party repaired to tbe parlor, whero the merry inak nz began. Suddenly a crash of glass star.led the parly, and the next instant the groom crod out: ".My God ! I'm shott." He fell, and in a few miuu'es expired in ilie arms of his newly made wife. The assassin was a man named Johnson, Wright s rival for the hand of Mies Phillips. Johnson was capture 1 by a constable who happened to be present nt the wedding. That official started with his prisanei for Philadelphia, Mi-s . but it is supposed that Judge Lynch has meted tut just punishment to the assassin. , ? ? Mcrdrr isetk.tn or Marriaok.?Birmingham, Ala., Dec. TO.?William Horse and Sadie Brown wlirc to have been mnrried today, and yesterday she made liiin a Christmas present of a revolver. This morning lie called at her house for the wedding, but f>r some reaeoo Pa Ho had changed her inind. They were in a room by themselves, and high words were bear 1 between litem. The noil ihincr was a niatrtl bKaI IIa 1?^ o o.ivi. ?io I??M mum the woman with her own present. ltrese e<c>p?d. Wr.tmixo ox Congressman Hkmx>iii.l.? Washington, Dec. 23.?One of the chief social events of the season was the marriage at X o'clock to-night of Congressman Mernphl'l, of South Carolina, to Mies Elisabeth Sullivan Henry, second daughter of .Mr. Kyder Henry, of Cambridge, Mcl., nt the Church of the Epiphany. The ehurch was crowded with distinguished person*. The ccromony was performed by the Kov. Dr. McKim, Hector of the church, nss sted by KetyDr. AddfSoOjOf Trinity Church, of whiflb the bride W^lrmember. ) - - -* - -Ui'?tklrn s Arnica. Sai.vk.?The be-t salve in the world f >r Cuts, Hruises, S> ros, Ulcers, Ssl1 Itbeuin, Fever Sores, Tetter, Chsppe I h?nds, Chilb'ains, Corns, and ad Hklu F.i up ions, and pos tfvely euros Piles, or no poy required. It isguaranteed to give po 'e<:t satisfaction, or money refunded. Prioe 2o cents per box. For sa'e by B. F. Posey. April 16 - V FIGURES THAT yiSLEAD ' Ex-Statr Trkasdrkk, E. R. McIvkr, corrects Gov. Tili/m ax's Fiuches. To the Editor of The Slate : In an official document read to Ike Legislature on the 24th instant, I find the following statement, sis : The following is a comparative statement between 1800 end 1801 as to cash on band : 1800. Cash balanco Octobor 81, 1800 $77,943 OS Outstanding warrants 41,802 82 Net cash balance $38,141 11 Borrowed money 50,500 00 Orerdrawncd on banks 22,800 00 i' V Due by State Octobor 31, 1800 $73,300 00 Less o ish 3G.141 11 Leaving net dob1, October 31, 1800 $37,158 89 1801. Cash on hand Octobor 81, 1891 $84,016 02 Less ou's>to-Jing Marrams 10,250 83 Net balance $->0,864 19 Add balance pa d for 1890 87,158 89 Difference in f*vor of 1801.... $87,523 08 I have carefully examined tho State Trea?urer's report f->r year ending October 31, 1891, and 1 liavo been unable to find any entry to show that ho paid overdrafts amounting to $22,800. I am therefore correct in asserting that, no such debt contractel by the previous Ad ministration was paid out ot'ihs receipts of ihe treasury during the fiscal year ond;ug October 31,1891. Deducting the $22,800 mentioned from the difference in fav .r of 1801, which is $87,523,08, we find the result is $84,723.08. Now, it is well known that the South Carolina Railway did m t pay any part of its taxes that were due from 15th October. 1889, to February 1. 1800, but that said taxes were pai<l afl-*rthe session of the Legislature in December* 1800, under a Joint resolution authorizing the sevcril county treasurers to receive same, w th interc?t milled. These taxes amounted to $17,710,60, wi'hout interest, nnd should rightfully be deduced from the balance as above?$64,723,08 less $17,719.69?$47,003,40, which is aM tlio difference tint can justly be claimed in favor of the fiscal year ending October 31, 1801. On pnge 24 the treasurer's report for the year en<ling October 31, 1801, he enters $21,427,84 ns icccivo t for back taxes, which, I suppose, covers the amount received from the South Carolina railway for past due taxes, with int rest added. Thus there is a decrcpancy of about $40, 000 between the stitementof the document mentioned above and the official report of the State treasurer, which I will not attempt to expVn, n >r will I make any comment thereon, but leave your readers to form their own cooclusion*. It is ea;d that comparisions are odi-us, but I fear neither comparisons nor investigations honestly conducted of my management of the offico of State treasurer, feeling sure that the adiuinistrati n with which 1 had the honor to be associated will not suffer thereby. E. H. MoIvkr, Ex-State Treasurer of South Carolina. Palmetto, S. C.f November 26. Dn. Hates Interviewed.? V representative of The Stale called on State Treasurer Bates la*<t night and asked him for a statement coucerning the card from Col. E. It. Mclver on the subject of the tioveraor'a message; which appears aoove. Dr. Bates sta'cs that tho figures used by Governor Tillman, nnd quoted by Col. Mclver, form no part of his (the treasurer's) report, and that he was in no nay connected with them "The tab'c," continued Dr. Dates, "must have crept into the governor's message by sojpc mis'akc. as the figure) never appeared _^my books.'t ^ owwn-J, tabtlifl&ls rcoeirt'y p infed in the papers, and ilint it had most probably como fioro the comptroller general's office, being given out prematurely. When asked if the figures were correo', the treasurer roplie I that ho would prefer not to express an opinion. Jkn.no: asi? iikk Litti.k Suri-Kn.?Miss Jennie Eveline Foster, of No. 217 Divisi n Avenue, Brooklyn, has achieved distinction as a young woman who first used a slipper on her father, James Anson Foster, because, ehr caught him. so she alleges, hosting her mother, and then had her fa-her arre8'cd and fined for resentiog tho flipper strokes by striking her. Miss Foster is a large eyed, ruddy-lipped hiunette of stately form nnd fashionnb'e attire Her home is in one of of the best resident sections of the eastern district and the family move in gool c'rcle*. She is about twenty years oldAccording to Miss Foster's story, told in the Lee avenue police court yesterday, she and her younger aUter were asleep in their room nt 1 o'clock yesterday morning, when they were awakened by an uproar in her mother's room. The youngei girl said iu a tenified whisper : "li'e fa her coine home drunk and beating mother." "I'll soon slop that," s?id Miss Jennie, nnd slipping lightly from the bed she stoop, cd a moment 11 pick up her slipper ami left the r< out. A moment later a tsll white robed girl, slipper in her hand, entered her mother's room and saw. she says h*r father, James Ati?ou Foster, beating his wife. Wiihout a woid of warning the girl sprang nt her father, twisted his head under her left arm nnd then and there administered chastisement of a nature which must h?ve made hiui feel that childhood's happy days. nun hii uinr iingiuig memories, iriii come ogniri, for the H'lpper wo* plied rigorously and the heel with every stroke left ftu impression Foster broke away fro.n the angry g rl n4 *0011 as ho cou'ri. Then, sliesiy*, he struck her, anil then she lviicxvel the attack on liira lie rushed downstairs to get a earring kuife, as the only suitable weapon with which to defend himse'f. When he returned the younger sister had a'so entered the room and in tjie ensuing melee, it is said, she loo was struck by her father, who, howerer, was soon disarmed and subdued by bis athletic daughters.?Xtto York World. In tim Ouasp or tiik Grip.?Hamilton, Ohio, December 28.?Fully three fourths of the city's population of 20,000 is afflicted with the grip. Tho place is mainly sup poirtui oy us r-icories, ami so prevalen' is tlie disease that more than half the places are closed down. The death ra'e is the highest ever known. Onk or Mississippi's Souxnusr IIanks Brokk.?Vicksburg, Dec. 23.?The Bank or Orcenville, Miss., has suspeodeJ. The first intimation of suspension was the fulowing noiioe posted on the door of the bank : "Closed by order of the chancery court of Washington county. Bank ia the hands of a rereceiver." Hstimated revenue froin the phosphate royally next year, >130,000 to $150,000. R-ccipta from the phosphate royalty lart year $234,000. Bast year the Department of Agriculture?anti-Tillman?managed It. Next ye?r the ' Great Reformer" himself will manage it.?State. A PnicAi)."?Newspapers anxious for increased circulation apply to W. M. Rodgors, agent for Pope and Gray. .Subscriptions in job lot* of 2,000 furnished at greatly rcdaced prices, all bona fide, tear.ng the trade mark "joke."?Laurent Advertiser. ? ' OUAEASTKSD CURB FOU LaQbIPPK.?We A ITf authorise our advertised druggist to s<H Alii you Dr. Kjng'a Now Discovery for Consumption, Coughs and Colds, u^on this condition If you nro afflicted With La llrippe and will use this remedy according to directions, giving it a fsir trial, and experience no benefit, you may return the bottle and hare your mouey refunded Wo make this offer, because of the wondcrfnl success of Dr. King's New Discovery during last season's pideoiic. Hare hoard of no esse In which r it fai'od. Try it Trial bottles free at B. P. I'osey's Drug Store. Lirge 3iies 60o. and of { $1.00. rra_-? . Goc Tiik Lf-oislstork's On* Laudable Act.? The only Inudab'e set of grneral importance passe I by the Legislature is the anti-free pass bill. This wan* bi'tor pill to swallow, ? hut Mr. Woodward in the Senate and Mr. \ Haskell in the House force I it down their busil throats. We haro had Democratic Legists- po<*s tures to do very little, but this is the first T time that we have c*cr had a llemerstio jc Legislature to do almort n thing, and the A 1 little that is done tending to injure the State, ever ?Darlington Ntw$. cxhc Tiik "Mailed Hand" Lose* its Onip.? , _ Tillman has not permeated the Legislature fori to such a degree this year and very few at 2 of the measures which he reoommended in ?rov h*s message have become laws. What docs ' T this forebode T A year ago it woul I have * been considered treason for any of his follow. tJWf ers lo have refused to obey his orders. It pntr begins to look as though something else is * going to take the p'acc of Tillmsnisiu next con' Fall.?Cher aw Reporter. -? > Reducing Advances to Farmers.?Savannah, Ga.. Dec. 28*?Cotton factors here and elsewhere in the South have practically de- Jai lermined to reduce advances to planters in the coming spring, and io this way force down the pro luclion of citton. They regard it as absolutely ruinous for the South a i to have auother suck enormous crop as those /\ of this and last year. Concerted action may due u be taken to this end. HAV - The SpnrtanVirg Herald, says. "The junior Senator from South Carolina has not Jat yet learned the r ?pes. Of the who'e nura- Jar her of United States Sonstors who answered the New York Frett' questi ?ns as to their attitude towards free silver, Scnntor Irby alone answered by his privat secretary." A "Sir :?I am instructed by Senator Irby lo reply to the Now York rre*.*' questions as to his position on free silver in the affirmative. Respectfully. R. C. Watt*, Secretary. A T O Nous Vkrrons que Nous Vkrrons.?We JU c hope that the Senator's idei will prevail and 1802. that the "Haskellifes" will bo allowed to night vote. If they are not permitted to cast thoir led. ballots at the primaries there will be the It. hiirirest riimnns nml Mm hiirnMl ?nli# in -T- I ??( ?* South Carolina thnt we hero ever yet Bern ?an<l the Tillmanitcs" will not not carry everything before them either.?Alliance A 1 Monitor. Lema pay ro A CoNnrcroR Murpkrf.p nT a Nroro.? Jj,cy Leesburg, Fla., Deo. 27.?J. E. Parrsmore, |,nnds a conductor running a tra:n between Orlando and Mild wood, was shot and killed early this morning by n negro passenger, whom he ordered out of the conch a?signed for white parsengers. The negro sullenly took "1.". his s<-nt in the colored car threatening to kill BiJ the conductor. T W - 1 be Dkatii or Dr. R. A. Kiumipii.?Cbsrl?- S/v ^ Ion. Dec., 23.?Dr. 11. A. Kinloch of 80 SI the South Carolina Medical C^Kg*. ?nd one a of the most eminent 8l>*?'on,, 'n the South, died at his home la o'?y *t 4.-30 o'clock . . this of his age. FniTi*ftpd onc-nm*. 'miils for Slate taxes, upon an trfcrcased a^rmmicot of $16.000.- .; The St* , t y Ordain rd ah Episcopal Prikst.?The Dc hcy. j. ij. wftn'i, oi rarn .Mountain, this county, win or-lained a priest of the Episcopal Church in Ne*r York last Sunday morning hy the P.ight Rev. II. C. Potter, D. I)., Bishop of New York, at the Church of the Incarnat on, Mr. Davi-1 is now in the f North ongaged in 9tudy.?yeu>*. . Show in Nbw York State.?Now York Now. 28 ?Snow has been falling to-day at Bufla'o, Syracuse, Auburn, Troy, Amsterdam ^ and other pieces in New York State. From six inches to a foot of snow is reported, with high winds and drifts at some points. f N ________ I al List of Letters ^ Remaining in the Postolfico at Union, for J the week ending Jan. 1st., 1802. pale" Miss Sophia Foster, IMr M R Moor, . igno Capt S A Noble, j Jehu Wa'son. ' s?it j Persons calling for the above tetters will please say ifadvertifted. and will bercnuirhd io pny one cent for the'r dolivery. . A J. C. HUNTER, P. M. Mate 1 1 ~ s : ** two I MARRIED- less, ? Mrs. BEARDEN?HUFFMAN. Married, on East tli 29th Dec 1891. 1>y Rev. 0. W. Holland, let 11 of N-iv-e/iy, Mr. UoyJ Beardeo, forinoTly Tli of Uiron. t> Miss Lizzie Huffmio, of Lexing- parci Ion Conn y. Mast YARB0R0U01I?KELLY. Married, by Rev. I). B. Boy I, Dec. 29th, 1891, II. F. Yarborough, Esq , to Miss Klvira Kelly, all of Spartanburg Co., S. C. 0I|? ' WILSON-MOORK?Married, m Dec. 23d. Jlast at the residence of the brido's father, Hon, prem W. R. Moore, on the French Broal River, choat Ih'oe miles South of Brevard, N. C.( Prof. F. L. Wilson, of Oibhs, S. C., to Miss D. Mr Ella Moore; Rev. A. W. Beck officiating. De SCOIT?BRYANT. Married, by Rev. D. P. Boyd, Dec. 24th, 1891, near Cannon's Camp Ground, Spartanburg County, S. C., Mr. Joe G. Scott, of Union County, to Misa L. L. Bryant, of Spartanburg County. SELLIM BUT * AT COiST | For the next 15 days 1 will be selling iny entire stock of General Merchandise AT COST! This is tho biggest vsrlety of Goo Is ever . offered in Uni n at Ooet. My Birgn'n Ciun'crs ulnni have on them Thousands and Thousands of I Useful' Goods. I L .. i 1 iieanio* (hem l fill eell at B Dry UioJ*, ll>o a ?tid 8ho*^^^^^^Kre, Woodrnware, Crockery, Tinwm^^^^Kre, Oila and P.ilnts, Window O aa^H^^ta*, J|| Leather, Farming Imple went*, t'ontretiene- m. riee, eto., eto. fail Don't wait un'il tlieae 15 day* are out, you may not have another auch opportunity. S. M. RICE, Jr., E. U. FOS J?n 1 1 tf. Oot - ~:o: . will close out my entire stock goods to the highest bidder. V ids must go regardloss of i Cost., have determined to close my ness in Union tho quickest ible way. Auction sales will n FRIDAY, JANUARY 1, W fA ATIT Ant/ .1 jv yj v>uvv/iv, ana continue Vy day until the entire stock is vustcd. -m will have a special Auction Sale, . J jadics only, on Friday, beginning y o'clock. Scats for ladies will be H9 ided. All invited fo call. Vfl thank the good people of Union, i and County, for their liberal onagc, and only regret I cannot inue the same. '^K Yours Respectfully, 0 W G.P.GARRETT. I ' . . 1 1 " Special Notice.. -L persons indcbU? in (ho undersigned nre requestedtd settle the amounts is at once, ai we are COMPELLED TO E MONEY. FOSTER. WILK1NS & CO. FOSTER & WILKIN8. a i. 1st. 1892*. i. let. 1 4t. For Snle or Runt. HOUSE and Lot on Church street. Enquire of WILLIAM ELLEIl. s18 G1 8t l- O. U. W. Installation- n DOE No 19, wi 1 meet promptly at 7 ? 'clock P. M? 1st Monday in January I All members must he present. That J all officers of the Lodge wip b> instal- 11 J NO. P. GAGE. \] Recordap To Those Indebted. ,1, persons indebted to the firm Lenmstsr & L'tilqjobn, and John, ^ slcr, by note 'r account, myst make % ' 1 ont by the 10th of January 1892, or will have llieir accounts placed in the i of an officer for collection. d JOHN LKMASTER, 4| Agent. J 25 52 2I.JJ INK STOCK FOR SALEr ILh offer for sate to the highest bidder, fore the Courthouse d >or, at Union. 8. i Saleedoy, Monday, January 4, 1892, Itares of Stock In the Merchants' ml Planters' National Bank of Union, SO v , ? (log to the estate Josiah Foster, de4 I. Terms?CASH, c 11 60 3t MASTER'S SALESFOH JANUARY. lie State of South Carolina. COUNTY OF UNION, la the Court of Common Pleas a E. lieLoacb, and Elizabeth DeLoach, ilintiff* againtt A. A. Sarrntt, Defendant. obedience to an order made in the hove s'nted case, date I October 1ft, 1891, is Honor, J, 11. Hu.lsm, Circuit Judge, it sell before tho Courthouse door in the of Unioo, between the legal Imurs of oa Monday, the 4th day of Junaay, , the following described property, to 1,250 Acbks?in several parcels. I that certain plantation or tract of laud, being and situate in Union County, s aforesaid, containing one thousand lundrrd and fifty (1,2501 acres, more or bounded on the North by the lands of A. A. Sarratt nnd John J. Kcndriek, by lands of lr?in Wood. S -uth by Paco ivcr, nnu oesi uy utmisoi John Hpenr*. above tract will be ?ol>l in several lis; the plat of which can be seen at the er a office, at Union 0. IF. . TElCNlS OF 8ALK. , e-third cash, the bnlancti on a credit of ind two years, in equal instul: men's, inlet est frem the d?y of ealo, the purir to give bond and a mor gage of the iees to secure the balance of the pur! money, C. IF, PKAKK, M. U. C, ister's office Union, Dec. 11,1 BO I. o 18 . 51 8t ITER WILKIH8 ft CO. . I * 'fcj