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> [Kyjp, y * ?A beaifliful irciJent connects! with the \ K W Dtntofr?lio fdwj oocurrel iu Atlanta. Ua , and tbnt bat i ot jet been poV Hahed. I Tin V% l? a I t I* cannon in that eity kmwn aa tli* 4H'on?<i'ti'i?u'a Canaan." It in an uthu?t??itally p*?rietie Democrat io gun, an I wnmiftct to c?'?br>ti ??rr Tl?t?r; if J our fariy aince the t-?demption f the 8<?nth fnun reconstruction rule. After announcing the gted tiding* in Atlanta, tnie liile | ieee of <rJn?noe n aUee a |il/rin?ge nvrr ilia cta*?, ?. t I- ?? ant a rerereace M ' be eld Liberty lb II, and after the demonstration* are aver find* Ife w?y < t?ek Lour. Columns bare hern written t>b?iit jlie gun, and it wee lienry Orady'e I lepeo'al pru i- ? - - ! - .1..1 /imu n j_ I D lit I'l OMUrmiB g IllfU (J lero, urau; pUerd a h?*?jr ?h*itr In (liin cannon, witli lb* rxpectAdo of loueldng it off with his " own I and to ca tbrafb Clrre'and's election. Hut the banner of ur party w#nt down t before >Ij onslaught of purchased Itepn 1*1 i can ' nil ??. end of c<utr-e the li t'? j(iim remained dumb, ttiady war sorely distressed neer the ra*ult. t ui n?*er for en inaiant did hie fan It Mnvrtii|l>o eventual Irinni| h of . Ilia irincijhs f I'tm crncy. So lie carefully primed tlie c unoii. pitied a piece i f paper i ter lie tmirli hoc, and >n this slip ' i-e *r le the words 'A I'll A till t. T ? KKKI* I IIAVn." , The gun *n? 'hen c.irefu'ly laid nwsy, aitli a IcHcr writteu bv Henry tlnvly, in i which it w?? Mated that he hoped to live i four jea'a long<r, w In n ho intended to ("itch thai t one lo id ofi' to rid brute the ehctioii of tJro?cr Cleveland nnd the l-iuniph of I'autocracy. Hut there was a lostscrtu to the letter, in which tho natiiuio an I gifted young Ue rginn ae'eed if the hand of death was h-id up n him I efore thnt (turpiciaue day came, lit wanted roine fiieid to teko tba pun in fr >nt <f ilia Cmitlilution building, and let it nnuotinoe for him to the people of At aula, whom Iij hired ho ?vel I, I the glad 'idiiips. I Krcryhody in that city kceir the story f the cam.on that (Irmly loaded, and when the wires beg*n 'o tl ish tin news cf lie triuiD) hant inarch of 1'eiiiocracy, tho lil'lo gun wasbionglit fo ill In in tour your* of t silence ami made n n<! j to s glial ihn a- | peeled new?. Not for tiny consideration would that sac r?d charge 1%-lt by (Study le ' fired until notary was pes M*?dy assured, ' and it was penemlly uirlcr?t,UMl ilroiighout ' the oily thnt when the "('onsliiulioii Can- | IIon l-poKe II wllH (ninnci Mini uni re 1111 , of Cleveland's v rc'ion wus no longer in d -utl. Turn Iny night nri'l Wedneuluy 1 morning nil e*r? wore s mine I to li'nr tlie* fimil *r bntu. '1'lic most intense u id i brradiles interest leignol supremo It weu'd have been coiimUi od u iiioi iIo^e in ?1*0 any ether account of Ihe news than fli*? pioihruy of the beloved nnd lnnieiitu I 1 Grady, speaking lluvufil this metal tui-o. At fhfrtj-flve nilnutM p*?? ?? Vriigs'Vf "efeofiTry" Vo' Cnitatn K?v?n !' Ilowrll from ('liaiimini lleirily three words: "Cleveland is elected ! I et Grady's gun peak !" n Kvery mnn in tin- ollico rushed into the B trerl. The pnper pi red by Grady's hand V wee ioiii ill' end ilie etinrgu in tho toiichhole wive found to be dry nnri sound. In an instant the time w s lighted, nnd with a thundering report, I lint iilmort shook Ihe 1'iedinont eecarpinent, llin gun he'ehed fotili its glorious and welcome announcement. t The scene ibut followed beggars descriplion. Te tiie people of Atlanta that report wse as (lie vi ico of one speaking from ibv ' ilesd. Kerry bat at once w< nl nuo the sir, I and veils end cheers I uist from tiliv tb .ua and throats. Tli* r?|>-nI ? t' Grady's eh-uge J wavtaken up ana re-echoed by larks of I rtil ( )' stationed on the neighlm ing height*. Kvery locomotive ami steam whisiIt in the city took up the refrain, and 1 nevtr in the history af Georgia was tliero | aueh demonstrative joy. The fact that t Henry Gladys own liaad ha<l loaded that cannon, and four yeara before had prophe- ' eiad the result, actod av electricity upon the t people. The charge that the dead and he- a loved journalist, philanthropist and slates- ri mrn had given his gun to kctp was then delivered. It was worth a trip of thousand niilee ' to be in Allnutn at thot hour.?Columbia Rryinttr. A Nation*!. Fi.owr.it.?The following " brief pti| er was rend by Mr. T. T. Swin- ' burn, at the lust session of the American l> Associaton for the Advancement of Science; j, It is auggetted that the American Association for tlx Advancement of Science, in the absence of a national flower, ie<|iiost the management of Columbian Fxp ailion to ft adopt the Celu'iit>ine as the (lower of the fair w leaving the national tlower, whatever it proved to be, t > grow in popularity, its 1 name comes ftom the same root as Columbia. a astne our ceuntry often bears; it is elussetl with the Aguilcgin or eagle variety, because its prtals end in spurs reseuib'iiig the tibuis ( or nu engto, it g'owi in red wlnlo ami blue, our imt onnl colors, it h is five ti uinpei shaped petals, correspond lug to the live 1 points of tlio star upon oir flag, and n these ?re grouped around a cnlra! shaft, ,j sunder to lie arrangement <f Ilio states nroun I the central government, audit is u indigenous to the Ninth American conti- * nent, a hardy perennial and wild tlowcr F that is found in overy part of enr land, grewiug even upou the ll?cky M?nii'a<ns, and in the very heart of the country. It is very appropriate in name, form ami color. Its inline suggests Columbia, and its form is the prototype of the Phrygian liberty cap, the head-dress of Columbia, and en exact copy of the cornucopia, the syinod of the Columbian exposition." f, - ? ., Siimr l'norosKO Nr.w Mn't ttr-. (been- j Tillr, Nov. Io.?A bill lias Won pre- i " pared, and will be introduced in the beg- 1 h is'ature by a member fr nn this county, re- I <piiring County Commissioners to take charge ! of and feed prisoners in the county .jail, it ! is claimed that it is a "retrenchment and re- i 1 form" measure. Advocates of the mes.Mire b say that heritle are new paid thirty cents a , day for feeling prisoners, when it does not cost over ten cents a day. Tl.e CmuniiiMun- 0 ere, it it clsimed, cm buy I of by the whole- b nle. and probably keep the prisoners far t( less than ten cents n day. (c ilepresentativo-elect Sliuman will introduce a bill, which ho his already drawn up, vs'ablishing a Coun'y Court for tircenville, ei and it is not improbable that a bill making \\ Crunty Coutts all over tbe State will be ,, j to passed. Tht bill for liia county provides f r a l' judge at $1.000 a year salaiv. end a prosecuting attorney at $-">U0. 'i ho regular grand n jury is to consider indi Ament", end jurors . will be diawu ns usual. The c iurt will have ilirisdiclion of all ariininal rami tTcai.i ! " muider, anon, burglaiy, rape, and a low tl other sorious crimes. It will als> li?<r civil cases. Theconit will be run very much as j>( llie Circuit Courts, nnd the terms will he hold evory other month. fa There art so many provisi ns of the bill ci that it is ulmoit impossible to give all of 8( them. The judge and prosecuting attorney . are to be elected by the people, nnd their ' terms of office ate to bo four years cecb. t)( Hl Million's Co.\.sf.Mnion CttttThis i? . beyond question the uio-t successful Cough 111 Medicine we have ever s dd. A few deses invariably cure ths worst cases of Cough, la Croup and Jtronchit's, whi'o its woudcrful |0 success in the cure of Consumption is without a para'lel in the history of medicine. ' Since its first discovery it hns been s Id on I gua<art'ee, a test which no other mcliciiie ct I can staud. Jf you la?e a cough we ear- ra I noMly ask you to try it Price 10c 50c and ., I $1. if your lungs lire sore, chest, or back I lame, use Sltilohs Porous Plaster, Sold ?>v ni ft ii K. South & Co. i a Ifie Union '(limes V M. STOKBfl. * Editor Friday* November 18. 1892. JUDSCHIPTfOir, *1 60 rF.K AFX I'M POST OFFICE DIRECTORY. Tilt P. O. will ft>? 'JU.UMVW Void 8 A. M. to 6.00 I*. Si. Tbo Monty Or-lcr Department will In >pcncd fir btiainaet from 9 A. M. to 4 I'. M. The Smith Irunil m*'l trriet* it 3.26, l\ M. The North bound mail rrirei at 1.4-1, ? 11. direct botes will l.t emptied c?cry dny ,t 1.26. P. M. Any inattention or irregularities wliotiI I e reported promptly to the 1*. M. i < ntrKTKit. iv M. Oar Cotton Market. Tho gr#i?t l)?irmcratio victory last Tue-dny nan advanced I It pnco of cotton con?id?n[>ly?rr the pric* has be<n ou ihn advance FVtminci, ami the great man in N'w York, alio are in a pnviion to kn >w, any Iit wan t'lere'nn I'a s'ection that ran tlie pri' i up. I.nst Fri lay cotton brought K^c hare, l-iil ?n Saturday it dropped hack to H.J, to H.'itl ntnl remained no until Wednesday. wln i it went to H'{e, and We Inasdvy ovoning it brought as li gh ns blc. Thursday evening it iarched 'I'lio Innt advices rrceiro l aa we go to prcn< are Hint the price in Mem lily advancing, bolt in Now York and !.ivrrp< ol, and ilia genera opinion ia that roitou will cunliiiuo tuclurh on account of tho aho't crop, which, i seem?, the dealer* aojust now bagitming n rcxlixi*. We helieye it Will go up to Kb; hut wo would not advice holding back toe long Total receipts here for the week ending N'i>t. l7lh,OT?r I,'JfK) halen. >? Mr. J. It. I'orter has au'd an internal in h>s (Jrocery enlahli>liiiient to Mr. .1, I!. .Mmhis, and the business wi 1 bo here ifur conducted uud -r the Arm name i I I'orter &. Muthi*. OaY" I'rcsi lent Harrison ha< issued the usual thanksgiving proclamation, appontng TliurHday, the 'J4ih day of this month a* a day of thanksgiving to Ood for Hm norritn." - |I lie < unman r.iiur?fui nre'ing will he Iio'tl at lit* residence of Mr*. (Ico. Oe'**1. on Monday efternoou, at t ? <?>??* r**r'* ?* i-~LLu in. nivti to anenu, W e 01 it greatly in nee 1 of money ml ?urne*fly request oil indebted to us. in ny wnv, to make immediate payments. Ve e lull I toon be cvinj'ttled to drop n number 1* subscribers fioni our lift, wlio uro over 1 car in arrears. ? Kverybcdy, their nivea and children, heir uncle*, their out.Is, llteir cousin*, with n onsidemhle sprinkling ef servants, went lo he5tat* Fair on Wednesday. NT lien the cars efl liete there wus hardly atauding renin n or in them, and welentn it ?ae pretty nuch the a,ne way in Columbia. ? ? a*a>" The Town t.nuitcil have niado sevornl uiprovenieut* ln'ely. They hnve made n ;ood sidewalk on Cemetery street, put t tew pump in the dep-d lot well, and im troved the already handsome police force by roviding litem with new uniforms. A man Iwaya fcele some consolation in being (treated by a well-dre.nrd. gi'o l-looking oflicer, nd it odd* much to the [ear# nnd dignity f the town, O - Wf/.~ ,n,< rrniuy ik it u i>;mirii?y our Ireete looked like ?M times, lef#re (lie rough Sltou's it>i?l tl:er Spartanburg Colin Factories were bin t, when ftoin 1'J In r?,ll(iO hales iif colI-in were so'd in this mtket di>ring lite season. The street ftum hit & Thomson's si >ro to the col tun platirm was luted on hoi It sides wi'lt cotton ngons awai iug llteir ittrn nt the scale*. Min uhoui M ti'clt ck in the mot niug until He in the alto*noon. i'lie advanced condition of the colon crop ami lite co lon inarkit of this oiiuty cannot he more satisfactorily given hiiii by the I'o lowing comparative statoicnt of the receipts an I shipments at lira cpot fi0111 Sepi. Is), (o Iior. Ill, 18'dl, ami > (he s ime pe-i d this yoil", which has been indly ban lid us by cur esteemed friend. . II. Counts, Ass'i II. II. Agent: Ila'ee received from Sept. I, lH'.M I t No*. Hi, lS'.ej 2,r.'.i-l deceived s?me pciioil in lS'.rj &,t I ucre?s? over last yetr 'J.siio From what we cu t gather from lite few truiera that hare called on us lately, we are .!:rlire! that nine-tenths of the cotton is out f the field and neuly one lulf ef the crop is hi eti mid. RHif~ repeal what we have viut befoie, liat tIto present Sia'e administration, from iovernor dawn, arc decidedly opposed to ny extension of tlie lime for paying taxes; nd us the time will expire on the 15th >ecetn! er. ? little over three weeks from nitty, tho Treasurer will hardly hare time i receive nn 1 ieceipt for nil that are now iliind, even if a steady stream of tax-pay-s should sail on hitn from this time out. 'c. therefore, advise all who possibly can, i pay at or.ee and net vir.k biir.g left out in io rush rf the lat days. We repent, wc are confident there w:ll be 0 extension this year, and n'l who havo nt paid their t*xe?. at tho time of closing le Treasurer's books, will assuredly have to pennl'y attached, Another, and e>pta ly as important a >ason for mi eirly fayuient of taxes is the ict that nine- enths if the errors in the dlection of taxes occur during and in con'quence of tlie insh of business in tho eolctor's office a few days before c'oiing tho loks. I'eoplo complain of (hose errors, id blame the Tax collector fvr them, when 1 fact, it is the fault of a largo majority of ie people, who delay j ayrnent u til the et hours and then the collector, in trying accommodate all and eavc as many as is^ible f oin the penalty, rushes the work p his office and, as under all sdnilar cirimstancvs in linsiness transactions, he lakes ini-dake*. We have often wondered lat a great* r number and mere serious listaKe# wrere not made than hr,v? been iscovertd at the fiual citleuieut. 'a Flaaa Union la tha Baam- J Tba flacti > ft C'fM'a l on to iiava I brightened up c?<rjb,?l/ ?nd *!* ? .b.l hu?in?"" of lb? cour try a intra >e'<Tt ?i't prosperous out'ook. If riprli If Ihrrugh <l'c landing ncwpa-ers can b? re- | lied on, cipilal <bat Ins barn Irngidle for * many nnti'Ji", awaiting tlia rem't of tbo election, to cmpose tlie ltia:ncea af tba " Ciuntrr ??< *rr!;r: c:;'J(iir? in tha siabi'ity of legitimate enterprise, i? now bring * i brought aut and aaabing hiatal meet. Kran hrra, in thisg-od county <t Union, tha glad tiding* coma to u* tjiat all ihoilock ( in int i,ocii? ' pi gnu > ? .monvin cvuvu fao'orles hn beca eubaci ib? I, and it i? ax* peeled tliet work on fhau will be com- * inenead at the earlleat opening of spring, if not bi-fora We l ara also heard a l-.w whisper rem*- ' ing llm hope of a factory in ihir to"*/n. ( >J ' grant tint the ''still, ema'l v-dee" may. grow ' in ?<dnme and earnest nose until it ia lost in the whir' ? f thousands of ?| indies and the rattle of the loom, right in our midst. Fellow ci'izana, business men and properi <y owners of th* beautiful rn<l health/ 'ow n of Union, aelf-dafinsa demands that ' you do something to trrn keep the eptis^i modic t' n?le w hich yon naw hare, nnd pre rent the owls and the hate fr ui taking post neesi >n of your atores. Look beyond your ( store danra nnd are what i s going on. , With the e xtensive Trough Shoals factory I north of tin (enlarging to require twice the nni Miiit of cotton ptid tratlo that it now bat), | the Mil lie h factory at ilurphy'a .Mill, on the west, ilia immense Lickliart Slioa s fnc* i lory on the anal, and a large factory, nauly completed, at tiuHnty (My, nortliaaat of us, we ah <11 ho hcuimed in on all sidoa with cMietprtiOi and populous localities intercoj ting nn<l eventually absorbing the (ride we now liaro from thoso points of our county. Think aeri tisly of the out look, and a?k yourselves if (lie litre has not come when something uni-t be <lonr to avert the danger of total busiiiein destruction, and even having the c unify scut moved back t i Old I'inckncy. Wcif The following it lbs aggregate vo'e of 1 Union county at the election. Htli ins'., for , Slate and county officers, as appears by tlie otti< ui return*filed in the Clerk's ?fbee, and f r which wo arc indebted to that rflicietit and obliging officer: st at a orrtcr.ns. u l? II nut .. . iva<sv | lieutenant Governor, K. II. Gary 1,.'137 Secretary of Stale. J. E. Tindnl 1.34'J I Attorney Ceneral, I). A. Toivnsetid 1,242 State Treasurer, W. T. C. Hales 1,242 s Comptroller(lenernl, >V. H. Kllerbe 1.241 f Hupt. of Education, W. 1). May field 1,212 Ailjt. ami linp't'r tlen'l, H. I.. Farley..1,242 roi'KTV OFiTir.its. Co. Coin's., I. M. Mobley 1.240 T. J. F.stes 1,247 J. A. Chambers 1,247 Sclioo' Cii'iiiniasiuier, J. 1.. Walker'* 202 Sheriff, .1. <i. Long 1,201 Clerk of Court, .1. II. McKissick 1,248 Coroner, Jasper M. Aycock 1,247 t IIN I'lt KSKNT4T1V E9" > It. W. Ilu-ris 1,212 ' ? J. 11. Jeffarits 1,212 1 T. (' Duncan 1,212 , Solicitor, <1. I<. Schuiupeit 1,842 *1 lie small v le f r Solinol Comniissioner Walker iIoiimiius an explanation in justice n to that gentleman. On the day of the elec- n t ion, niter the pol s had Icon opened some t; hours, it was discovered that the office and s candidate for School Commissioner was not on the ticket, which printed at Columbia, nnd it was then too lute to correct <In* * om:s*ion Hut nt many of (lie - boxas the omiss oii was not discovered at nil. At this t bex theimisii u was discovered just as the poll iv*i about to c'o-e, and only one rote v was deposited fori lint rdliccr. ( Hf.TCR.NS Of THE I fOKItAI. RI.K'TION. (; i demand Kite or* 1,22*2 Hurt* * mi F.lrctora 350 ThirJ i'nrty m led or* 50 a Tvi til 1,478 h ton rosniipss?mtuim ihstuict. J (i. W. Shell 1,002 t J. F. Knxtir 220 j, h n il iiisthu T' t, T. J. St rail 250 ? K* Smoke Sigh 0 ,j e< Total for Congress 1.078 ti lit reappoitu ning the Congressional Dis- ft triets of tlio Stale, lioivdysvide anil Dray- A tmmlle townships, in this county, were p'ace I ir. the Fifth Distr'i". which explains (, why Union is repre-onted hy two Congress- u men. i* h The Colored State Fair #) Mr* A. 1'. 11 a tit pt n. President and (jen- || oral Manager of the Colored State Agricult- c< ural and Me.hanical Society, called on us jf last Saturday and iei|ue*lrd our assistance 1, in arousing the colored people of Union to a r, sense of their duty. as well as interest, as a rece, in the Slate Fair of ilieir Association, 0) to he held at the Stole Fair grounds in Columbia. commencing Tuesday, the 20th < f this month, and ending the 3d of December. Ferry colored man and woman iu the n State should feel a deep interest in the As- | rnrietion and rnntrihuta to to the Fair i ! whin ever they csn from I heir 01 farms. their shops, t lie r needles. the 1 dairy, itn'I anything elae t> show the ititrlli- ' S1 gent progress of their race. of The legislature has ina-1 - ? a very Hheal ! uppinpriatiou f?r the Fa r this year, anil it j p will depend upon the interest manifested by | ?| the colored people in making it n success 1 in whether an impropriation will be made t r K' I i neat year. j ( There wili be shows, racei and all kinds | of attractions. rqtifil to those of the Fair cf ( the white people thie week, end the railroads j q, have coat nned the same low faro to Col urn- ' 1 < biv I X l.et the colore 1 people of Cnlumhi t n av *it how their r.iee pride and their linndiwotk, ' w end turn cut in full force at (h-ironn 8itfte th Fair. i ca t? Minim eh M?ss"ktt Dir.s.?Kiciimond, Ya , ! pi Nov. CI. ? A special from Danville, Va.. announces the d*nth of Iter. .1. It. Molfett, at 110 this morning. Mollett was shot hy J. T. CI irk yesterday afternoon, lie was | ed'tor of the Ant.-i.quor, a prohibition I 1,1 paper, and the murder grew eu' of a pub- * lhhel attack upon Clark by Moffett. M" WK? ^ ' n' I^Wii Dtf U?oTe 1 926,<m.)Q *?A paid oat by tit# Merchant# dPLntf, Nation #1 lt#nk, ia this town. | ist Friday uivl flttarJay. for cotton only. Now, tke question wi'h ue it, whero did 11 tb?t I Arc* amount of monoy g> to? W# Id not r?o $6 of It, although wo have b(#n ifeftef poking for a few bur'I rod suit- > vtri to "oon# in on I pay no noon as I II cnttia." . Wo nriyjo'd (bat tko f26,000 wont to ymtj ftbU. Vlfo>lX tbera I* any man in this ooniy ?V4m*? more tMilt duo bia by tbo ^ roiora, or ia mora in nood of what ia duo lia than wa ore at this timo, we would like oar# him In hie misery. "IVo have waitrd long Are wailing still," >utare g<tting pretty tired of waiting, sim>!y beciuss a number of indulgent individih nre grttli.g very tired of wait'ng on tie. WT 8a nla (Imii1 lleadquariara at H. ?l. KICK. Jr., E. V. Personals. Mr. W. E. Uo'tzales, of The. Stat*, was in own In ( Saturday, looking alter the in'ernt of that jeurnul. Miss J-ora Stokes has telurnail from Cbarottt, N. C , where she hus keen on a visit o Iter brothers. jl>>n. Wtl ia*n Mntiro is attending court it fcyrk this week. Mr\Hob?it B. Hasty returned from Okaona, M<as . I*et Frj lsy, after an abscues of ) months. h Sways the times ara ns hard here as 'n litis Maction, nnd money is as icarce. Mrs. W. 8, Mr J. n re an I Miss Fannie McliUra returned from Che-tar Na'unity whero liay went t.ti a visit <o relatives. Mr. T. 8. Ki'xSuiimons went to Spartantttrg litis week on cotton business. Mr. K. J. Attliur, now of Spartanburg, petti a few days hi t >wn this week. We ire always pluased to meet lid, Tl?e follewing a-o a few of the folk of litis own who went to the State Fair: Mr. and Urs L. N. Iledgcr, Mra. .1. II. H oil gar, Mr. I. (J. Hunter, H. M. Mnnro, B. L. Kison, H. Townsend, K. O. I'yers, J. 1>. llumplttiiH, dr. and Mrs. J. <>. Long and two tliildren, ti. \ May. Mrs. Bertie*, William Wilkitts, Miss lenaie Wilkin*, Miss Ida Brown, W. K. tay, Mr. an 1 Mts. W. M. (Jibbes, Con Alen, Wallaco l'egrum, Mrs. Mclntyre, I). T IHack, Mies Amanda Whitlock, J. K. Hun er, Hnd iiiniutier ieie colored persons. \aother Good Crop. Our friend 0. It. Long, of Jonesvilie towniliip, reports the following front a ouc-horsc arm : 0 ba'es cotton. 150 bushels corn. 150 " oats. 100 41 wltrn'. ' >0 44 pans. UO 44 Irish pctntoc*. 110 44 f-weet | otatocs. 1,.ri00 b'tndlas Fodder. With cliickcus galore, mid watermelons to brow away. And all this wi'liont a wife. lust imagine what (lie crop might have be?n t' Charley hud had a wifo Jo keep liini al lome. foung People's Sooiety of Christian Endeavor. It* On-iict.?The olijecl shall be to pr.inoto an earnest christian life among j'g embers, to increase their mutual acquiiu mice, and to make them mere useful in tiie ervice of trod. M kmiieiisiui*. 'I lie in e in bora shall cjn-ist of two classes, ctive and ars ciule. Ac i*e member* :uc th so who believe hemselves to bo Christians. Ass iciate mombors are those who do not risli to be considcrcl at present decided 'hriatians, and who arc net required to eke part iu the prayer meet ng*. Tub 1'i.KDiiE. The fallowing pledge is signed by every ctive uiomher: Trusting in the Lord Jesus Christ fur trenglh, I promise Him that i will airier to 0 whiitcver lie Would like to have me tide; hut I will iiuiW it the rulo of my life to ray and to read tin bib e every day, and ? support my own church in every way, specially by n'tending all hor regular .Sunay ?nd mi l-week services, unless prevent1 by some leason which I can couscien ously givo to my Sivioiir ; and that, just so ir as 1 know how, 1 will ?n leaver to lead Christim life. Ar. an active uiember. l promise to be true i all my dutius, to he pres nt at, and to ike some pait, asido from singing, in every kris ian Endeavor prayer meeting, unless indered by some reu'on which 1 can coti:icoiiou*1y givo to my lord and Master. T old gt*,l to bo absent from the monthly omcciation meeting of the society, I will, ' possih'e, send at leist averse of Scripture ? be read in levponso to my name at the >11 cad. Any infornia'ion about Christian Endear p work iiill be glad y furnished by aLi. tn A* IL 11 w i.~'' Secy. of Siate Union, Union, S. 0. - ? ow Advertisements llKUIIKN T. C.Eli. \\ it attention ; i'no a iTerti?cincnt ' this old vet thlished tind highly r- spected nme. Mr. Gee menus exactly and It >n?-tly hut lie says in tus advertisement lie ys he liass a large and well selected slock 1 gco is, and lei ? y u lie intends to sell eat cheat), a* cheap as the same cm ho night in any other ('ore in town; and when en hen Geo te Is yoli that, you can rely aon it, sure. If you doubt what he ?nys, justice to him and yourself you should c liini a ti i il. The greatest ftult we find linn tea little =.?> much honesty to keep p w'tli the times. J. W. McLUltK Of course all tur readers are wo 1 act inted with Muj .McEtire and the McLure >ys, hut it may not be generally known i?t ('apt. It. t\ Johnson and Henry Mc< ace are no\tw> that establishment, ready ul anxioo*: :<r^T*e and serve their friends, o real'y don't know that wo can say anyii g hat Would place the ol I establishment gher in tho estimation ef the public. We >ii on)y say it maintains ita long o-taM sho I [ ii 'i.tt.Ui for honest am] lair dealing, low j ices and complete stocks, THE ItACKKT STOKE. Every't?ly is now acquainted with the i 'icx't Siove, r.ail we hare apoken so often i:t it ih it w e have used up all the host olds in commending it to our readers, m I tho new advertisement. For tk? Time*. To School XniUNAfter nuili work wo boo* so acceded ii gottinw about mrit hvidrt'l nmmn uddtl I th' poll tax lut. From th'o oouroo we wil now bore $3,576. Meet of the Truafeo worked faithfully in this mslter, while e fei were, end ore Mill, very indifferent, am pi'rn to rare nolliinc about the school, en tnnir*niU f;-? ?v ;utei,ot m mcreosioj lli? acbool fund. This ought not to be. Wa ow? a goo< many naisn to outside aid, aod muah oradi i? du? lo the* colored teacher* who war* a much halp to ua in gelling up the colore< polla. Thar* ar* thraa towoahip* that ha* not bean lo >k*d up thorough enough, ao< the Trust eac of thaaa ihrea School District must look into the matter and rapart. It ia vary important that a**ry name b I ut on the Audi'or's book, that we tour co lect the in >ncy this w nter fir the chldren The law rrquirrs it of you, and aurely yoi will not nagleci it We ought *o ineressi the poll tax (1,1)00, and I he'ie*e it c?n b dana by careful nark. I think we can ge it by a inore tho eugh investigation af f ii township*. Von are ear neatly request* I and urged and, in fncl, ar slated bafare, rtquired b> hue, t<> hi k up tli* delinquent polls, ar thi money be'engs to the schools. I hn| c evary anme, white and colored lirhle to (ollt-rx, (from iil to 00 years o age) will boon the lax b ,ok by lat Dec Ar school i.llioinlr you are tr/itcl'd la lool after the xcho'il money. This work may see;: tediour, bm it must be done ; and it is noble work, in which every man and womai hlmu'd lake mi uc'ire inlcrest. J. L. Walk Kit. Correspondence of the Tt.WIS. NeWe fram Jonvsville Jokksvillk, Nov. 14.?Tna boys had i regular jubilee tlia other night over tli news of Cleveland's election. Ulory caaugl for one o'cclion, sure. We hud n tine tain last Wedneslay nn< the wca'lier tiuco has baon lovely. Far merr are pulling In thoir wheat now. as tnos of the coiioii liar been picked. Our clton inarkei liaa beau quit* livel. for ttia Imt few days. The rise in th* pric brought nut a great uiany balea tli.it war stored iiwny and had almost been forgotten Several oi l bales were hustled to the frwnl t'eilon truly ir King yet. Iter. W. II. Miller pi ea died his fa re we sermon in Jooa villo yaslordij, or at leatr hi* hut sur.11 M f>r this conference year Mis text \Tas very appropriate tor tlie oecu sion, i c " V new commatKlineut I pa* unto you, lit it yc love one another, even a 1 have loved J oil.' Kov. Mr. James tilled his su'pit at tli Presbytori m church in the evening. Mr. J. I>. Orr, who has been quite unwe for some time at It is home near Asbury, i much bolter, and was ?b o to bo in Jonei villa several <Ny* last week. Mr Penny hn* taken charge of the depc again. Mr. N. IS. Kis in lias been quite sick fo several days wiii. m.tiaeia. Mrs- Sailm hind-ay is iti feeble health an< confined lo her roim. Mrs. J. S. Sims, who has been on a visi to tho family of Mr. K. W. Hamilton. r? turned lo ber home in Spartanburg yestei day. She is in very feeble health. Mr, C. T. Webber and daughter, Mn W. 11. S. Harris, Mrs. J. W. Hates, tin llcv. W. S. loster. nil started to North Qa, yesterday, on a visit to relatives. Messrs. K. L. Kison, and Altirrt Motjowa were in ,lotie*ville yesterday. Miss Marion Hurler, of Santuc. is als visiting in < ur town. Mr, and Mrs. J. h. McWhirter went up t Spartanburg yesterday to soe Miss Nauni I'ripp. Mrs. McWhirter s sister, who is retill with typhoid fever. She lias been in be over fo ty d iy.i, Quite a uumher of our peo|>'o will go t Columbia ibis week to the State Fair. Mr, II. O. Smith has had (wo of his I it 11 sons, Victor and Carl, very sick with pneti mania f >r several dt<s, but tliey are mucl holier now. We haven't bad any drove hogs in on (own yet Spare ribs and sausage woul 20 unite nicelv ibis cool weather. Tki.ki*honk. ? ? Tiik Coi.r>iih's Anxivkksary.?We ?r a<kcd why w is October 21st celebrated a the lo ir hundredth anniversary of the dis cowry of America, when overy school bo; learns (lint Co'iimbus discovered Americi October 12, 1402? Formally centuries the calendar institute! by Julius (\esar, known as the Julmn calen calendar, w <s commonly accepted. 'I'lli calcit lar assumed iliat there were HOnday in a year. I'>ut as this made the year 1 minutes and IT seconds too long, it couh not, without correction, very long unswe the purpose t?r which it was devised Cloven minutes a year would make nearlj an hour in five years, and nearly a day in i century. As tune runs on the divcrgenci would grow more nnd more serious. Con seijnemly, in 1582 it was f und necessary t< rclorm the cab n lar, nnd the Gregoria* calendar was adopted. In order to correci (lie errors that tlio old culondar had made ten days were dropped out. and October ? of 1582 became Oc ober 15. As (ho errot was round to be exactly three days in 40(1 years, the Gregorian calendar omitted tin leip year from every centurial year, except iug th -ee which were divisible by 100, Thus the years Ditto, 170<t and 18O0 wert not leap years. As above Mtftied, this reformation took place in 1582, and ten days were omitted Irom the cn'eudar. lint us Coluoihus dis coverc I America previous to the year 1500, which reckon# I t.y the Gregorian calcndai would nut he a leap year there would bt hut nine days to omit. Oil October 21. 1802. the sun occupied the same rela'ive position to the earth us on ihe memorable October 12, 1402. .Ml the precedents for celebrating American anniversaries ore in favor of correcting ihe old calendar to tho now. For instance, 'Forefathers' Day' in New Ihiglad js celo time I December 2lst, although according to the Julian calendar the 1'i'gritiis reached Plymouth December lltli. Washington was born on the 11th day of February. "#M sty la." but we celebrate the anniversary ot his birth on the 'J'.'d day of February, "tie* sly le.'' ? .1 uyustii I 'hroniclt. We have n speedy and positive cure for catarrh, diphtheria, ranker month and headache, in Sill LOU'S CAT A It KII IIEMK1?V. A nasal injector free with each bottle. l'-e >t if you dc>ire health and sweet breath Price hOc. JSold by II. K. .Smith & Co. - - # - - Stkanuk I'h i rr.nmi v.?Pitisburjj, Nov. 12.? I'he Democrats of Western Pennsylvania he'd a true J?ffers>nian jollification mealing in this city tonight. The parade was ane i f tha largest political demonstrations ih it has ever t ?ken p ace in this city. Over ?">,000 men and a sprinkling of the gentler sex he ng in line. Several Republican organizations turn d out and marched side by side wi'h the r Dent cra'ic brethren Nruuoks ArrrsirT to "Punt dik Tons." ? li usville, l'la., Oct. 2'J.?About two hundred negroes engaged as 1 ibirers on the extatisi it of Flag cr's railroad wan' into Titusvi la to-night, and began drinking and cuoioing An officer ntletnpting to arrest the ringleaders, was ie-isted and fired at. A melco t>i?"iio<l. mil iluee negroei wait shot, en > f Ital y I bo whites ato exgitcd. bi^t orderly. It is prohible that there wt 1 be no further trouble, although the whiles will stay up all night. Thoy are armed to llpl tat tit. k \ ? a "" TEACHERS COLUMN. JdSMTillt Sefcoel * Th? ach-lanbiis beaor roll for mnll I ei.dmg November 4ib, is as fullowa: * ( b Class ? 1st. honor, J. T.Fow'or, 2nd * Miss Ma fi >m II. :M, Miss Florence Brigg I i 4th. Landv M?m?? K 4th C'las? 1st. Honor, Mahda Smith. 2? j II. T. Home*, 31, llelton Pag*. 4-h. Jtffoi t son Smith. t 3d. C'ms?1st. Honor, John OshielJi 1 2od. Maurice Tillor, 3d. Etha Hamos. * 2nd. jClasr.?lot. Honor, Qraoio Lit tU , jobn, 2J Eliao Tiller. 1st. Class?lgt Honor, Roland Colomai * 2nd, Ma Foster. The following woro perfect for the san , month : e J. T. Fowler, Land/ Hants, Cl><! ' j Brians, I. I>. Smith, Vernon Mabry, Hetbe ' Maine*, Charley Ha?ri, Reuben Limine; IIatt?v?ll O.iliields, Willie Farr, Frne.it M< , Wliirter, Marion MoWhirter, Liroa Soutl '' anl, John Osliiel l?. Geerga Brant, Fin s Orr, Arthur Garner, Kate* Uault, JeffSmitl Jr., Carrie Littlejobn, Qracie Litilejohi f Belle Littlejobn, Maud Lit'lejoon, Estel ' Littlijohn, .Florence Biigg-t, Ida Gosset * MahaU Smith. Beasie Farr, Qracie Far a Ma Ilolotnb, Myra Alma*), Kinma Gain it Liilie Foiter, Belle Whitlock, Mary Haili Klise Tiller, KliolaOrr, F.tba Hemes, Sua Crawford, Mar lie Tiler; 1 have tried to imprest the important of punctuality upon the pupils, nni bav succeeded very well eo far. e What we want in our schools is pun It tualiiy. Wo hope the pe >ple of Union County fro ^ thit time on will see to it that their cliil ire t will be in regular attendance until all tli soltods ore el sed next spring, more espec J al'y th-) po >ple of Jonesville and surroun' 0 ing country. So what.signifirs writing and hoping f be ter times ? Wo may uiike these tim batter if wc bestir ourselves. 1 Bknjamik Fn an km it, l- bou't make a xclio >1 teacher feel mean I ' calling him * Piofessor." It is a Jownrigl sanier on the craft. If you dout care I c c ill him "Mr." or have not time to ?i "Good Morning," or "Good evening," tht " a well defined grunt sa you hurry by will 1 J3 more acceptable than "Professor." Bosidi (lie evil sometimes docs harm, as the foli m it ing from a recent issue of the "School Jou eat" explains: A young college graduate of great prer , isc taado application to an education bureau for a position aa principal of a hij schoo'. In a abort time lie received the i formation ihut he had just failed to sccui for 11iin one of the best positions in tl United Stales, owing to the fact that h credentials has spoken of him as "Prof, 'j I don't want any young man, howevi bright ho may bo, who wi I allow himai ' lo lie called "Professor," siid the slttew old chairman ef the committee on teacher " "1 will wait till he has outgrown that, ar in the meauiinie look somewhere else." Tl 1 young man ia now plain Mr. and lias learnt a lesson worth more lhau the lost positie o v Questions and Answers. '' The following stray be tins of light ahii 0 out from the mass of examination pape left in the bands of the County Board 0 Hxaminors of Union (Joonty, at the elo of the recent examination of teachers. Tl vttejtious aod answe s are given together. r "Name two evidences of the heated coi ' dition of die interior of the earth." An "Because the equator runs through tl earth." "Where ere the following found : Salt, Tit Iron, Silver, gold, Quicksilver, Kaolin ?" Ait". "Sail is found in the salt mine, lin f found inlhe tin mine, iron is ft and in tl s . i, iron mine. 1 To whom is credited the saying. I woul - rather le right than president.?" Go' * Scott. Anot liter answered Harrison." j "What Presidents were elected by th 1 House of Representatives?' Tillman wi r elect# I and they did uot wnul him, the would radier have Shppard." Anotlte x answered "Abe Lincoln, because the peopl e of the North call him a rale splitter and lit people of the South call him a mulut o." ^ What faculties of th# mini are especiall t cultivated from the study of (a) Form an , Color; (b) Geography, (c) Arithmetic? ' Aus " Whispering, h ue s-udy, playin ( fighting" , "Mention two good results arising trot requiring pupils to reproduce reading lei sons in their own language," It develop their minds and they became puueiuous an pet feet.'' I "Mention two disadvantages of recita tions in concert." "They might say it a ' many times they would forget." i Wlt-n the body Is erect, in what directio is the Alsophagus from the windp'pe ? Tit ' stomath from the heal?" t'North, South. "Form souteuces to illustrate the use < the wcI'd "well" loth ns adjective and ad > verb." "John ia going to town," John ha gone to town." Tiib Thoumwkll Orphaxaos.? l'his insti tut-on has had a remarkable hivtorr. he ginning with a half dell tr, tne g<ft ef ai o:phan, it baa develops- into a little villag of collages for orphans, with buildings fo school work, technical training and getter s care. There arc 120 person# residing in it m from tan ilitfrtiput Ntit? I frmi Massachuse'ts to Texts, from Michigan t< Kiori-lit) ami eight d.tTerent denominut ons They ure got lined together to be cared f<, mid cducited. Every chill is given ai excellent business education and is taught i tra te. N"iie nre received, but needy am deserving orphans. The expense of ihe Institution this year was $ 10 (MX); i his * as given in small aim by theusun is of individual*. Dependent1 is placed for this sum, annua ly needed, o' God alone, and on those whom lie prompt to give. The Orphanage was founded b; I'resbytcr.sns, but tot one-third of tli children came from that denomination, am gifts are constantly being received from nl manner of people an I all perls of the worl I Kev. l)r. Jacobs is the head of Die Institu tton. Thanksgiving Day is comieg ! It is i go d lime to remember the orphans. I yen wish to have a share in this go?d work you can send your g>ft addressed simply t "l'hernwe l Orphanage, Clin'on, S. C." 1 it had not keen for just rush gifts as y u wi 1 a-nd, this scliee! for orph ins neve could have bee t bui t and were they ti cease, it would clese immediately. It has i nice array of huild'Bgs, tut every huildin| mens just that many more mouth*; te feed ? 1,11 . miSfa- i CorrttpMMlpDe* Of the TlUA IMS' News (rra Vsrth fua)it , Etta Ja*e, Mor- 14-?Nothing mors tkaa ^ * . uuil has piMtd during tho loot week, ex opt the eleotiee, which wm en unusually I quiet and orderly one. Bat feV votes were polled. Went of interest and leee ef Regie'* tration certifi<-a??" ? tt; ynucipei re*- . ?jf sens, we eui pose 1. Miaa Millie MoCulloch begino her aebeol p, at Abingdon Creek academy this morning. ''jHt ' She i? a worthy young lady and merite the .':|S patronage of her employers. ?. Mire Mamie Huekey la visiting MiseX^M S Mildred 8train. ( Oar fnend end neighbor, Mr. Jonalbaw 'he Buioe. haa bought the plantation ef T. A, M MoKewu, near Hickory Grove, and is mor>. ing there. He is one ef our best citisens, ani M we bate very much to giro bim up. ie Formers are preparing 10 sow wheals Put your ground in good order, gentlemen, a it you wish to succeed. Ie Next Saturday at 10 A. M., the North - d? r, Pnco'et Alliance Union Will ineot at ( E; Bethel church. The meeting will be public, and ibe qutation will be die?* euas.d, wiiethc or not cunmercial feriilii seta have been any benefit to the farmer# of is tbie country. J. L. Straio, J. M. Greer and N. G. Litilejobn, will take the affirma* live side, and S. J, Hammett, S. F. Eetes J? tnd K. (j. 1'alrick, th? negative. Keopcod ' gent'omen anil giro us jour arguments in i, dispassionate style. Mr. K. S. Meanly, sf Toans, James City, ' Virginia, has seni us 2 bu'liels of seed ' wheat. It is llie t'u'caslcr variety,?a large , red hear Jed wheat. We hope t# realise GO ie bushels from sowing i?.# We m?y hare Cleveland for President, Til'uian for Governor, and 'Strait for Con- ? -s I ce gross until doomsday, but ihe farmers of j o this county will never. uever gain anything *? until the stock law is amended and enforced. c We kuow farmers io this county who are imI ossd upon more or less every year by those who never think of keeping up their etook, m and whe through ignorance or puro mean! ! ness (and perhaps both) will argue that e slock running on tho small grain during the winter and spring months won't hurt it, if " ihe laud is dry. We hope our representaI lives v*ill see if some unpirtmt chinges can't bs made in this law. or Cotton is about all gathered now, from the field. ^^1 We hopo that our poople of all classes and shades of politics will turn their attention te building up their several departments of business and forget all the bitterness engendered by the political campaigns through 7 which we have pnussed this ye?r. It is as it true as preaching that Providtaoe will holp l0 only those who help themsulve'. Messrs. I. M. Peeler, of Pino Grove, aud ^ M. A. lVeler, ef Skull Shoals, are beth !D epeaking of moving with their famiPes to )? Uaffney City, ostensibly for the purpose of ra schooling their children. i It is to b* regrettod that our ciunty schools are such uusatisfao'ory inst'tutions r" that our peopls aie forced to uiovo to town tc find hatter even ordinary educational fan. eilities. Not one boy in a hundred that tl goes to town for sn education ever returns rh to the farm again; and every family tint -C q. move) sut of the country weakens the rt chances for their less fortunate neighbors' it children ty> gel un education. The country is needs schools as well as the t>wn?, nod if wc are ever the prosperous and happy pe)cr plo wa hope to be we must have them, lhe ,lf towns And the country must unite in this ri) omiaou cause if they both (or si:her of s. theiu) wish to succeed. id Fourteen years ago T. M. Littlsjuhu, Eiq., it cue of our largest inx-ptyers and most moid cessful farmers, said 10 ths writer: ?'I am n. perfectly willing to pay any amount of taxes on my property that is necessary to educate my poor neighbors' cli ldren. I will lose nothing by it- Goid schools and ie good society wilt enhance the value of our ra property in proportion to the amount of go id they do the pe>pl? around it. It is, of therefore, lo lhe interest of the land owners so to have the people educated." In this we ,e say amen! and ameu! Vox. On, What a Coco it.?Will you heed the Q" warning. The signal perhaps of the sure s. approach of that more terrible disease, Con,e sumption. Ask yourselves if you can afford fur the sake of saviug 50c, to run the risk and do nothing l'or it. We know from cxperiencc that Slu'oh's Cure will cure yvttr Cough. It never fars. This explains why js more than a .Million bodies were sold the ia past year. It relieves croup nud whooping Cough at once. Mothers do not be without it. For lume back, sido or Chest use Shiloh's d I'orous Piaster. Soli by II. K.Smith & Co. Bhcklens Arnica cai.vk.?The best salve mi the world for Cuts, Bruises, Sires, Ulcers, Salt Kticum, Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped 19 hands, Chiltdams, Corns, and all Skin erupy tious, and positively cures Piles, or no pay r required. It is guaranteed to give pertect 8 satisfaction, or money refunded. Price 2-5 cents per box. For sale by B F. Posey. Answer This Question.?Why do so many j i :? - --------- ? -v-.- .? ,1 suffer and be made miserable by indigestion, ,, Coustipation, Dizziness Loss of Appetite, Coning up 01 ttie foul, Vol ow Skin, wliei} )i for 70 cents we will sell tuem Sliiloh s Vitalizer, guarauteed to cure tiio-n. S.dl by ? II. K. Smith & Co '* jjeajr Don't forget the Grand Opening of " Xuias Goods ?t S. M, i'ioc, Jr , E. U.'s, Dec. d 1st to Otii, 02. Von will miss a great fesst of the eye if you fail to visit old Sa iti olaus' ^ llaadquar cm ut No* 1 Hast Union. 'o AT 1ENTLON, 0KNTLE \I KN ! ! I line juit opened up a b g lot of uico n ulotkiug lu suits and overcea's, bought at # slaughter prices, and s.ddnccml ngiy. J. \T. MoCLURK, Agent. >t MARRIED. (JllUIili ? H AM.\l i:I'r. M .rrlcd, by Win. ' Jeffeiies, N. 1'., nt lloine, S. C., on 10th SuV. 1802, Mr. Fraucii Grubb. formerly of Birmiugham, Ala., to Miss If alt ia llnmniett i- ef Mercer, S. C. ii Lilt o: Latter* " Remaining in the l'ostollicc at Union, for i the week cutting Nov. 18ih, 1802. ' MistGenrulc II ill jC J Marion Mr J Porter Mollis iMiss Nel ic Nisbet Mies M J llickler I.Mr F S R gnu 9 Mrs Kininn MoCiill nigh| Mrs J T Straight 0 Miss J B MafTut Mr Wi'son .Simpson ' 8 / McDowell Dr i Simpson. i- 11 1 Persons calling for tl>c above letters will / 1 ? please say if advertised, and will be required \J j to pay one cent for their delivery. J. C. IIUN I KK. P. M. Sewing Machines From SID Up. * s 1 can furnish yon with several of the bei i in'ikes of the lrgh giado Sewing Machines, ? on reisouable terms, nnd at tlie liwist ' pi ices, also GOOD SECOND HAND MACHINES FROM $10 UP. f To any person w'.ios j Madiinsor Miaieil Instrument I have h id In repossess because 'a of failure of the pnrcnas r to pay the instill.f menu when due. 1 will give a Sl'KClAL ! discount uow, if they desire to buy. ; S M. Ricu, Jr. E. U. i IV S. Don't forge' tint 1 sail s ine of (In z best Pianos and Orgins that are inade. ?. M. 1UCB. JR., B. U. #