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? ? 5 . * ? - TBS CLXABIMG H0U8S CEKTIFICATW C:scua.ATC FKXXLYThe Bank* Come to the Relief of the Community? Gratifying Reception (Jirenthe Certificate*? Vfhat People Think About Them. The I ank* of this city recently formed n Clearing House Association for the purpose . of meeting the prevalent financial striocenc* ZZ~ .?v peupie a eafe and sound medium of exohange. This action was absolutely nesemary for the ooiton orop is about to ooae in, and there bad to be money to move it. * Tor the purpose of meet'nglbe emergency, Ins Clearing House Association was formed, and some days ago the following trustees were _ BIBUIWI LHHT'lf. Ui iMepiHiftn mil aitlflT A. Crawford and Dr. W. J. Murray. The follow'dc is the nlan of oneratlon whereby the certificates arc isauoJ : Any bank wishing to take out certifloates is required to deposit with the said trustees Such securities as shall liaru been approved by the association, and the trustees thereupon will issue the ra'd hank certificates in such denominations and in such amounts as may be authorized by the association not exceediog Gt?j| per cent, of the face value of such approved securities ; the said bank executing and delivering to (ho trustees iis notes f r the amounts of the certificates, payable on the first day of January next, with interest at the rata of 0 per cent, per annum. The certificates are payable on or before January 1st, 1894, and payment of the same is guaranteed by all the hanks of (ho city composing the Clearance Association. At a meeting of the association hist night at the Carolina National Dank it was agreed that each bank would at oirce file with the truateos the iicccssary securities so as to take out a present issue amounting to *20 per cent, of their capital stock. The certificates ore signed by the trustees nnd Countersigned by the secretary, They are of tIre denominations of $l?, $10, $'.'0 and $r>o. The association gave a Mntcuient to the publio last night in which iltpy gave a full explanation of tiic reasons for issuing lite certificate* and shows that <lie certiliatcs are ns good as gold nnd thcro should not, tior will ilicre likely he, any trouble about tlietu pa?sing. In tbc statement given to the public last night the otticcrs of the ussociationsay : "Ordinarily the money which is used for tho purchase of c lion is sent Iroui New Vork to tho Southern t links, anil hirctofore the banks have never experienced uny difliso'gieat has been tho scaredy o'^'cllfreM^1 " for 8e?eral months past that notice has ulready been eervoa uj oa tlie {Southern bn?k? try their New Vork correspondents tliai it will bo impracticable for thorn to furnish the means for moving the c itton crop. In this emergency the Southern banks have seen the necessity of supplying some other medium of exchange with which this sttiple can be harvested, purchased and sent torward. A modification of the New Vork clearing house system lias been adopted whereby certificates of small denominations tiro issued, serviceable not only for settling balances between banks, but its sphere lias been enlarged so that they can be used to supply this deficiency in moving tlie coitou crop. Without some such menus our cotton would remain unharvested in the fields, or the irude be left iu tlie bands of a few buyers uf suflieieiit means to ciiiiiiand the currency from abroad. In either event it would work ruin to the Southern country. Willi (ho use if the clearing house c rilficatcs, so piepared as to serve as a medium of exchange, both of these evils are avoided during this period of money famine. With this means, ilie crop will he liai vested anil 1 -eWta r&fi nfU.M.l si --- uuumi iii<; melius ul liridgiu;; tlio chasm until tlio cotton crop can bo went forward und money realized thereon. Jn tlio incnnliino tliey will rcspoud to every want of the severul coiniuuiiiiies in which they :iro used? they will be received by banks on deposit by merchants in trade?uutil currency, the proceeds of our cotton drafts, tlovvs Southward, when these certificates wdl be redeemed. They will have accomplished their purpose until some emergency may t.gVm call them into active use." TUB CLRTI Kl CAT KS TAKK. The Clearing House certificates were issued to the several banks of the city about 1~ o'clock today and they began to circulate them at once. Up to tlio tiiue that the Journal man gut around nut one to whom tiny bad been oll'ercd bad manifested the slightest hesitancy in accepting them. Many received them with a smile and remarked as they look them, "would just as soon have them as any 1 know of." Many others dropped in and bought, a one or live dollar certificate just for the novelty of the thing. If there is to be any objection to them it will come from some one who is not posted ou the finuueial problem and regards gold , as the only money that will do to bide in a hole. There can be no objection to them on the part of those who want them for the purpose of currency, for every bank in the city is pledged (o accept them at their face value and the merchants are alt anxious to take them as money for their goods.?Columbia Journal. Cl.K UUNU Ilnt'SK I'fcK i It'll'ATKS IsSl'KI'.? ri Mill. August "0.?A number of tho p mcipal business men of litis place met in i e oflicc of tlicSuvimrs HnuW last Thursday, -ievise some means of relief for the pi<>i 11 from the financial depression, if was decided to organize a clearing licuse and i sue certificates in small sums to take the P ace of currency. As a starter, $1,000 in . ertifieatcs, tor sums ranging from twonty. ?o cents to one dollar, were printed yester ! >y. These certificates will be redeemed on or before tlio first of ni'vt .lutum*" xpected that they will command ihc sumo pprcciution m currency in this locality, aid will be used ns far as pussdilo for paying debts. They will be especially convenient to farmers in harvesting their crops. Ml the merchants in the I' IttCc have obligated themselves to accept them. The plan is to deposit collateral upon which fifty per cent, in certificates is issued. Our people think the plan an admirable one. Hock Hill, Too.?At a meeting of our citizens ou lirst Wednesday a petition Irmn the merchants and busiuess men askinj. that the batiks issue clearing house certificates was adopted and today these certificates arc in circulation, anil will find their way into the roll of good old greenbacks. They are being paul out in settlement of pay rolls, etc., and pass from hand to 1 and just the same as any other currency, and will purchase anything tit same rate as gold and are received at par on deposit l y either if the banks. i/iiao-m) v Ska Smii-bm. ? Slumlord, Coiiu., Aug* ?A Heel of pleasure boats leftThis harbor this altei noon in pursuit of an alleged ecueerpent. Clarence Lock wood and L>uniel Marshal, nboaidtlie s'oop Just lligbl, sighted yesterday, between Slumlord and Lloyd s Neck, what ul lir-t ujipeured to he u huge shark. A closer inspection revealed a tail twenty-live feet in length, and tluy were convinced that they had seen a sea serpent. They describe the animal as about seventy-five feet in length. Another tailing party entering the harbor last evening re ported a similar story. 1 ho men bringing the informal ion having good rcputatious for veracity, hunting panivs equipped themselves willi liat poniis and other impicmcuts of war and sot soil after the sea set pent. - ATWOUli, the people s ITiolographer is with you uiuii Oct. i, so Unlit forget to l.uve your pietuie taken. wmt Wt Think. We give Mr. Whitman full ?wxy Ibis week lo air bia losg oataiogue of "Q':ttering geo- ' era'ltieebut life is .00 ahort and our space too limited to allow us to answer bim in detail. We. however, disclaim an/ intention of personal allusion to bim last week in speaking of anarchists and aggrarianisls or am/ other waj speaking diarsapootfull/ l_X t&he iUeefcfg <Kniott Uiiucs. R. M. STOKER. I I Editor Friday, fkpleaber 1, l?tt3. SUBSCRIPTION, ?1 60 PER ANNUM TOVt OFFICE DIRECTORY. The P. O. will be opened for business from 8 A. M. to 0.00 P. M. The Mono/ Order Department will be opened for buaineee from 0 A. M. to 4 P. M. Mail going Eaat will oloee promptly at 12.40 P. M.; going Weet 1 P. M. IliU Will he taken from the etnet box Any inai^ntlon or irregularities suould- ' re reported promptly to the P. M. K. W. HARRIS. P. M. Hew Advertisements. Union Graded School?II. M. Grimball. fitay*" We regret lo state that Mrs. W. H. MoLure is still very sick. but her friends have hope that a change for tbe better hat* act in. - DRH' Ou friends, Vox and E. W. J., have been crowded out this week, by the communications ef candidates. It only takes a frown from the editor to bring out a dissertation on the wrongs under which the people are laboring. If you want your picture taken don't delay but come to Union and have it done before Oct. 1st. K JAY ATWOOD. flfc-jV' It may not be generally known among our readers that next MonJay is Labor l)ay. declared to be a legal holiday. All business with the Ranks and ....Klin nnia?u nr.nnii.lnil f.irllmt flltV fllinllld he anticipated ami tranenolcd tomorrow, Saturday. The reports from the etorm on the coast are not full and sntisfaotory yet, c?tnmunicatiou with the interior not having been fully restored when the Inst news from there was receive!. The news wo have received is very sad in the number of deaths reported and the destruction of crops and other j ^'fn'V'iftrlostotl IF1C <utiiiiigw wjtropcttj--wu ^ very heavy, and three deaths arc reported in the city and three on the Island. At Savannah, On., and vicinity tho storm was more destructive of life and property than anywhere e'se. Nearly 100 deaths are reported and ?1,000,000 of property destroyed. Sullivan's Island was under water and tho damage to property cannot low be estimated. ... - - . -?.? ? 1 make all the latest style Photo work and at bottom prices. Call, examine samples nod be convinced, llemeinber everything 1 lake here the last few days of this run 1 will flu'slt and deliver before 1 leave. K. JAV AT WOO I). flCi'v Among the passengers detained here Inst Monday weie three jolly newspaper men. returning from tho World's Fair. i. e., Mr. W. W. I'rice, of the Columbia Journal, one of the ablest and sprightliest evening papers in the Country; Mr. (Jo>. It. Rooster, ..r !... f.u....,i.;.. n...;.I.* ii... ?i.i? .....i .... i.. > >%w^ iw ?hwimW|*' anu .^y.' UV*i?", LaCoste, of (hut vet emu daily, I lio Charleston i\Vwt mill Coiiritr. Wc hud the pleasure of making the uc<|uiiiu<uucc of Messrs Price and Koester. and spent u very pleasant hour in their genial company. \\'o missed Mr. I.ftfostc, or ho missed us. and wo hud not the pleasuro of making his nc<|Uniuiiince. Mr. Pr'ee is tho worthy son of u valued I'-iend of ours, Hon. \V. P. Price, who witii Mr. M. ('. McJunkin, puoPshed the (Jrmivi/U l.'ntrrj'ri i ninny years ngo, which was afterwa als merged into the I'ntTprirt' ami Moii k'i ii rr, hot now the Mouii'c urer. If we re mo in hee right, Mr. Price's father returned to his uu<ivc State, (Irorgia, and was elected la Congress lroui one of the mountain districts. Among the deta'ned party we a'sc found a s?n of nuoiher highly csteenicd old f?ieod, Mr. I,. T. Levins. His uncle was once a iiienibcr of Congress from a PI iladelphia .'Know Nothing" district, lie was a man of p re.li personal magnei'sm and undoubted ab! * y. 'n convcsa 'on wiili theso newspaper men we found the s; me impression on their n nd, refuted hy us two weeks ago, that we did ?ui euu or control the T-xks Wo respectiully in'bi m them that the Timks id edited and comioiled entirely by ourself. and is not the organ or advocate of any individual for any political position. We are in the editorial chair of the ?'? uuuia a day, six days iu the week. Cey- Last Monday the lower house of Congress, by a majority of IdO votes, passed what is known as the "Wilson Dill," which unconditionally repeals the silver purchasing clause of the Sherman Act. The largo majority given to the repeal bill, was a great surprise, even to the most sanguine of its champions, and is supposed to insure its passage by the Senate. With the exception of Mr. lJrawley and Mr. Shell being paired with a repeal member, the South Carolina delegation voted aganist the bill. The following is the full text of tho Wilson hill, as passed by the House : "He it enacted, etc., that so much of the act approved July Hth, 18'JO, untitled "An net directing the purchase of silver bullion and isiue of Treasury notes thereon, and {or other purposes," us directs tho Secretary of the Treasury to purchase from time to time silver bullion to the nggregato amount of 1,600,000ounces, or so much thereof irs may he ottered in each month, at the market price thereof, not exceeding $1 for o71,*J">,100 grains of pure silver, and issue in payment for such purchases Treasury notes of the United States, be and the same is hereby repealed, but this repeal *!>?? ? >? impair, or in any manner nllect, the legal tender ipiality of the standard silver dollars iiotOotoTu uuiu?<\, aq>\ me fuUh and credit of the United States are hereby pledged to maintain the parity of the standard gold and silver coins of the United Stales at the present legd ratio, or such other ratio ns may be established by law." A. 1'. II. Walker and son, llussell, left Thursday cveniuoti, for Union. South <iro>ina, where .Mr. Walker has purchase 1 an interest in a large cot ion factory an I will net as bookkeeper of the in",!,.i!!!e?. .1!;. Walker's family will follow in about ten days '1 I e many friends of this excellent family will regret to learn of thoir departure from Marshall, but will join the Dow mi A'fir.t in wishing !htm health and prosperity iu their new home.?A'ewt, Marshad, 1 .'/o. | vi miu. What we said was in general terms, and bed no personal application beyon l a oorrectiont of what we thought implicated our veracity by Mr. Whitman. work for money, but is it true that we bare no highor motives? Is there not patriotism that will work againit self-interest for the universal good ?" We do not claim any more patriotism for ourse'.f than we find exhibited by ether people , nuu iu uiueiy canes out of a hundred (particularly the lost few years) we have disoovered, when dollars?in some shape or other?are put in the scale against patriotism, patriotism goes where Ward's ducks went. We of the South are now paying annually our eliare of the $135,000,000 worth of patriotism that was, off and on. (mostly off) mustered Into service to fight nnd starve us iota subjection. However, wo must give our friend Whitman credit for a cor siderable amount of disinterested |?? triotism iu fighting so valiantly for an office that will bring him honor and but few dollars. The "old rogimo" legislators received $3 a tiny, under the new regime lliey get $5 a day. Again, we a'ways look with suspicion wlicu we hear a man in South Carolina talk about I t/i/ivn/ir ii I Sntiu iwrdMiSl llin rtAntila *' It. CUI <?> ' >.-> "ft- *"v Hounds so much liko nn at tempt to prejudice the people ngainst Incorporated industries, nnd it lias that ctr?ct upon tlie ir'mds of the minds of the non-reading, unthinking I masses. Fouth Carolina has now fairly entered upon a uew ora of business life and industries, in which hundreds of thousands of her industries but weak men, women and CU.U,,.,., ;n||tL livings, by exposure to tlie'broiling sun in the field, will fiud pleasant and profitable employment. It requires concentrated and incorporated working capital, in bnrraonv with skilled and unskilled labor, to build and operate cotton factories, and to us it appears like a sin for any one. just upon the iliresliol?l of Ibis hopeful life to disturb or preveut the harmony which it is absolute, ly necessary should exist between those forces, by inciting prejudice against cither. We are us much opposed to the cncronchnionis of capital?the money power?upon the rights of the people us any man can be, and will watch and oppose such cucroachincnls w ith os much zeal as anyone ; but wo are not uiimind..:! that copi al is built upon labor, step by step, and that it is not only possible but probable that in decrying and debasing the dignity of money nnd its power for good and instigating political ostracism against it, we may ruin the corner stone by ruptiug one of its strongest and purest in cvuiivi'? i<> favi' ci rs earning!), milt u may sccuro to itself I lie a<l<li( ional strength influence iiiul independence which wealth gives. It is light that every safeguard and incentive should te thrown aiotind honest labor, to eucuurage it to accumulate wealth, hut we see neither justice nor sense in pursuing the millions thus accumulated with political anathemas ami the cry of "fraud," "corruption." "oppression," etc , and for no f other apparent reason than because iris iui corporatcd wealth. We can't sec where tho line can he drawn between tlie Jji'JOO capital invested and that away up in tlie millions. In o few years the $'JOO will become millions i and tho millions will bo distributed among legatees or reinvested ia new enterprises, or i lavishly expended for fine horses, line furi niture, fine clothes, and employ:ng hundreds of laborers to build fine pa'aces. ami iu various other ways, distributed among labor. The only objection we have to that arjaugemcnt is, we're not 011 tho money side of the line ; hut as we never had the tact or talent to accumulate anything but recol'ec tions of lost opportunities, we are we'l satisfied to let those who have the sense and tact to aocumulate wealth enjoy it without a thought of jealousy towards them. Local Laconios The severe storin of Sundny night blew si a gulls from the coast this **.:r inland. One was picked up by a colored man about three miles from here. stuDued but alive. And it id reported that on Tinker Creek below Un'on, many couM be seen. Work is about couip'e'cd on the armory, the t'oor is be?ug put in good condition, it w'U be christened wiili a dance one evening nex. week. It eat i mated that Mr .1 II. Hod gov lost about a hundred thousand brick at the factory, by the storm. Mr. Rodger has had many reverses since he commenced making brick for tlie factory but he is doing work at the o'd staud a id furnishing nil the brick for the factory, which is bc'ug pushed I* completion at a rapid rate. l uion's jail has sixteen inmates ; more than it has had for a long time. Six of these were convicted of violating (ho revenue laws at U. 5>. Court in Greenville at August court. The others are ltel I for various of- | fences against the State and United States. Monticello base ball club, el' l';urticld lb. prayed Snntuc team last Satin day uud completely did the Santuciaus up. by a scoro of SO to The Mtuitisello boys are so elated witlt their a raw! victory they threatened to do *up" Columbia if Columbia is bold enough to try tliein. Wo buve been iu formed from a perfectly reliable source that Mr. Gro>\ie .Mane tie, well kuona here. n<>\v a resident of Sumter, and seere'ary of the \ . M. C A . mi 1 bookkeeper in ajlav^e fivui the o, was o'lered the i>jsiiioii of btiol'booj.ot* rit ;i.c y o . room by Cenimi.-.s uier Trax'er, but ?lec ned, snj i?ig lie couhl not sr. prostitute the lion he held. George is consistent, at iea.st. OCTOBER 1ST. AT WOOD. j Klin DmU *( Imi^Lukm 0?m Perbape ?t bo time^tat this community iifiriMMd ?imiw Mk ai the death of rat of lto dtiseas (Ira Si foil laat Tbure<1*7 nlgbt. 24 tb, ibL t) o'clock, *t the announcement thai IKRHT LAURENS QOSS bod auddcnly Jkd at hi* rcddcccc. Mr. Goo* *m sitiiodw tho plana talking to bis daughter and .two jtuog friends, when sudcieolj his sticky fell from bis band, his hands dropped to k| side, his head fell back, the ominous death rattle sounded in bis throat and his p4'>lh',?p*rl*d jfhifiWWlT tenement, apparantlp^j^^1* .^W'^ollhe WjfflKmigfcher unerpected bj the oommnaftj, as ir had bees warned that his death w+uld be sudden, wbec it came; but to the berthsed family it came with thrilling and prottttting effect, striking down the prop, the strength and the very centre of love and affiotion in the familj circle. He was trulj a devoted nusoanu and father, indulgent, perhaps to a f?ult, but indulgent out of great affection. Whatever he thought woaid contribute to tlx comfort, the bappinees had the welfare ol hia family he considered no socrafice toe g.ent to proride. Truly most the tenderesl b> npathies of ell go out to the wife and children so suddenly Jbnrraved of such a husband and father. Mr. Uoss bad beon g^nrominent man io all the nolltlnal and httealnbw .?? ?:-- s; *?;i? county up to a few Jrtrs ago, when his health beoame impaired aid he retired from active life, derotlng bi%Ame to the management of his large lander Interests and the restoration of bis health. lie was the last member of the famous firm of J. T. Ilill & Q?.f at one timo the largest business establishment in the upper part of the State He^as also vice president of the Merohanlsiaod Planters Dank of this place from the Ame of its organization until bis health give way, last year. At the lime of his death he was President of the Union Dui'diogand Loan Association He was a leading mAnber of the Methodist F.piscopal church, And at the time o bis death was one of Itf Stewards. Mr. Goss was twid?1"married. His first the Into Dr. ^ vv^Bj^Jon^wh0 di'ed Wltn out issue. IliiTslteUe^nwif* was Miss Idi Wallace, who dTirvivemhim with five chil drcn, one daughter and four sons, the oldes scarcely 20 years ofMgs. May God, in Hi infinite love bo their soolforter in this thci time of sore bereavement. The 8unday Night tU|m< The most destructive storm of wind an rain that has visited this part ef (ho State f< over twenty years oo&menced about 'J o'cloc Sunday night and enyed about noon Monda; rm : _ .1 i.i -JLr. -a ?i - _n a ; _ i iiu muu mun a pvit't'i gu ? an mu iiu uud the rain foil In sheets. But few pe sons in this town sl<$>t during the niglit, nr but few houses that did not leak; the win blowing from every quarter and driving tl rain through every .crevice and under tl tdiingles of the rabfs, while tin roofs re tied as if they were about to bo rolled up scrolls. One half the tin roof of the Unic made TOsy ait" 11 hoarders dodging the water a.*: it poure from above. We have never known tl wind to blow so hard for so long a timo. Corn, cotton and everything in the veg table line was laid almost flat to the grout) and stripped of leaves and fruit. The trestle on the Dunn place was washt out, so that the down passenger train, ( Monday, with 37 passengers on board, wi stoped on the other side, and friend Oibb of the Union Hotel had the pleasure of pt viding for their inner selves, until the ne day at 1.30 p. m. The old proverb?"itan ill wind that blows nobody good" w very pointedly verified in his case, for believe be is the only person in this coi munity that got any good out of Sundi night's wind. The storm was general not only througho this County but in tfiTs and adjoin:*ig S'ati and equally violentj wherever it struck i laud, but more desuuetive aloug the Atlanl Tbo present estimates of the injury do te (lie corn ond oolton crops iu (bis Conn, an^elrom 10 ?o 25 percent. We are i cl'oed to be,:cve tlat 10 per cent will cov "be loss. The greatest loss will be of coi along the sma'l creeks, but they rose ai fe'l so quick (bat most of the damage w be o the fodder. No arrived or lo't he e on Monda end too Columbia t a;.n on Tuesday d:J n get inuni'l after 6 o'c'ook, p. m. The tre tics uf'on A'lsijn and aiCedar C**cek we so bad'y damaged that no tra'us could pa over tlicm unt'l Tuesday n oon. Clear.ng House Certificates. Wo publish iu another column the ph adopted by the Ranks, in conjunction wit the citizens of Columbia, Fort Mill, an Rock Hilt, to relieve, as far as possible, tl present stringency in tho monetary affairs < those communities, by the Issuance of pro] erly secured certificates of indebtedness b the Ranks. This plan appears to wo^k admirably i h i eoramuo'ties named, and are giving gvca relief to all classes of individuals and bus ness, and **c do not see any reuson why tli plan should not work as woR in Union. On Ran's are as sound as the Ranks of an other lowu or city, and can "put up" as </oo collaterals for every certificate they ma issue, and wo know there is not a mercl au mechanic or any other citizen iu the count who would refuse to take them at par for aDj lima they may have to sell or for labor it would bo ft moo. fvtvuv x plau lo create confidence among all the peojn of the county, and harmniizo all interests and while practically and quickly rclicvin lite very serious and threatening filiation cut lb ion of this section, it would, if adop'c by every cotn*nun:ty, have a strong teudcuc to force into circulation the currency noi locked up in the safes of individuals and th vaults of bauks and other corpora'ions. I would lte'p to move the cotton an l give tit Farmers a chauce to store the crops, unti Jauiiiity.at least, receiv' igcertificates wort the'" ftce in gold, bear'-ug G per ecu ret e ,t. For our part we have such confidence i ihepittu that we will gladly take every del !ar due tt>, in Columbia, Fort Mill or Roc lit 1 Clearing House Certificates. t *s.' Stats Uwinnif or Railsoam.?Litt Rock, Ark., Aug. 24.?A movement is on to ' in this State to bare tl?e Governor call ? sirs s*s-ion of I ho legislature. The I eg I lature abolished the convict 1mm system Us last session, and only appropriated $3C 000 to maintain tbs convicts for tk? noil ti years. This fund to likely to be soon : nsostoa. tso state being unable to hire too oat. Tbs session is to bo osllod to ens legislation that will snabls tks State to u the convicts in building railroads, to owned and controlled by the State. l Just ef-er Michigan was admitted into tl Union it bu:U the Central railroad ruaail " mmmwmy/m m m ??! ! WSSISW ?U 1 It years tJu pfoplt Awarded (he talt of (he roa and it was sold, to a Boston syndicate, v i think. It had become such s corrupt si i expensive political machine that it est i very near bankrupting the State. It co trolled the election of every member of tl legislature and county officers in every com ty it passed through, and in hat way oo irviieu, in a groat measure, the Slate eie tlon. The whig party in power at that tir had become notoriously corrupt, but w i ikely to remain in power an indefini f period. Just before an election thuusan > of whig voters of the lowest class we: e tak t from strong wl>ig couut.es all over the Sti I and put to work on the State railroad strong deinoc alio couni.es, to vote, there! overcoming the hooest and fair democrat i majorities of the respec'ahle ci.izeos I i'uiMB i uuuiieg 'ujr m aired iiStue 01 emigra voters, who were paid for their corru work out of the Sitae treasury. And that would be the oaae if the Unit Slates government owned or controlled t railroads of tho country. Personals Messrs. J. D. Humphries, W. D. Arlhu Harry Gobs, A. W. Greone, T. E. Baile Conway Young and Robert Munro, of t World's Fair party, haye returned home, i porting an "immense" timeMr. J. Nott Moore and daughter. Mi Nina of 8partnnburg, are visiting at Mr. 1 E. Thomson. Ihos. B.Butler, U. S. Commissioner, 1 returned from the U. S. Court at Greonvil ^ Mr. aad M *. J. A, Fant returned fr j the World's Fa;r last Saturday. ?. ? wifn and child, hi retmned from a visit to relatives in Ark [. east We arc truly pleased t> meet our csteen friend, A. P. II. Walker, who has returi _ to Union to take the position of bookkee IF of the Cotton Mill Company, aud pcrmane ly abide with us. Wo give you and your j hearty welcome, friend Alph. Ml*. Muntiith Cain, of I,mi ion ? trna )r Union this week. It is many years si ^ we saw biiu aud tho years have slant solid manhood upon his pleasant fuco. 10 Mr. and Mrs. George Munro have rctu r" ed from their mountuin trip. l(* The genial face of Mr. E. L. Etsoti ' again behind the counter of Graham 10 Sparks. Mr. II. M. Sparks has returned from * Northern markets, as m in Correspondence of the Times. od The Storm and Other News at Jonesvif *5 JOa CSV.11.1 K, Aug. ?A>. lua stvuu u. ., ,,1 and ram struck Joncsville 'asf n'ght at a 11 o'c'ock, nnd conti'iued vs.thout nuy lei til' no- n today. Corn with t^e fodder oi and otton is prosit ale, while the fru't is c- s ripped i:om tho ?"ees, rnd "ie grounc covered with water. It is cer'ainly a ht equinox and has been very destructive crops as well as many other things, tittle cotton is opened yet, but what is oi >n ed will bo grea'ly damaged. a9 Un'on, like other places, loses one o: es old and p'omineut ci'izens occasionaly, in a fow yews the men who once guided ?* ah'airs of old Urionville and were forer xt in its eatevpr'scs w'n have passed away j3 those who we e boys only a few years ras 'n c^u"8e ol Union wi;T its new u prises and industries. I was not much we pr'-sed to hear of ho death of Mr. If. n- Goss, and yet itwri perhaps uae.pectei fly h's immediate fauii'y. Pev. John B. Wilson, J*. E., of Flort District, is in Joncsv'Uo \ ?utng 1 :s lcj ut o" iriccds here. He p cached at the M es, oi':st church last night. De w'll len ;n- he'e t'" Wednesday, when ho w"l re.uri h's home ;a Flo'ence. His sermon 10 n'ght was one of deep thought, well pared and was very editing. ne Mr. A. D. Ccmptsty, of Columbia, is v, i mtr tho .'amilv of Mr. 1>. II. Fnwlm n_ Cump'sey s wife aud iwo children have I at Mr. Fowler s for some liuie. They er all le-urn this week. rD Miss lleanrie Fowler ;s on an e: ten nd visit to friends at Cross Keys, ill Mi . Sallie Liodsey has returned . -om extended visit 10 roiat'.ves near Gowdi rill". y> Rev. W. S. Foster, who has been with ot children in Joncsville for some time l8_ returnod to Georgia. Well, as the Kuiior has been to I' nch re and Lockhart and returned without 88 trouble save the (oolhacho, I expect al the next thing wo hear of him he will hi ho World's Fivr. TelkihoNi in A Series of Public Meelingk. ij Wo are requested to announce that Mr. . Walton Whitman aud others will address cithens of Ln-on county, on l'The Condi 16 of our Couniry and 1.1 liemtdy" at the foil rf :ng f lines and places : j. West Spiings, Mouuay Sept. 4th, 11 A. Gibbs', Tuesday " 5 " " ' J Slack Rock, Wednesday " 0 " " C ?rl!sle ('""'sh Da'n)il"'iursday 7 " " n Kclion, Saturday Sept. Uih, ' " ' it Timber R'dge, Monday' 11, " " 4 Draytonvi'le. Tuesday 44 12th, 4 4 4 4 4 Gowdeyrville, Wednesday 13, 4* " 4 l? Union Thuisday Sept. 14th, 11 A. M. f Mr. Fow'er and Mr. Gore aro rcqucs y espec:al'y to lake part in the discussions. ? Conkihence Com i no Rack.?Louisvi August 20.?The Fourth National Rank, '1 ' City National and the Merchants' Natio V urill rouninft **f 111. o .1..-.? ? i?9uuiv nana n ivn uil^3. r- Lowki.l, Mass, August 26.?The full pit of (he Merrimac Mills, print works and i , employing 2,600 operatives, will start "V"L* morning on full time and r permanently. The ofhe. -s?i T?robat i; follow "he Merrimac and start up. g Wnr.ri.iNa, W. Va., August20.?The lit I wook and Ktna Mills and the Beltaire > Works, three of the biggest concerns in il vicinity, announce that they will resume y a few days. They will etnpl >y about 2,C a' men. e 'J' ik Bust in Lousiana.?Coushatta, .1. 1 August 26.?Cotton crops are reported !\ e 't?g fast on account of rust, bo'l worms a 1 shedding. Co..on is opcn:ng tapid'y a l, picking will bo genera' next week. I have concluded to do work iu Union ? short lime longer. The gentleman I exp to go in partnership with in Georgia, is goi to spend a month ov so with his family, k I will do work here until Oct. 1st. ii. JAY AT WOOD, ? TEACHERS' COLUMN. oC B 111 Texat Oopt, - JAB. l. STRAIN, Editor, EtU Jane, & C. j*. ?Hekm msb. b. G. CLIFFORD,") Democrat* "?* > A MixtaDt*. tie. ro L. w DICK, / Errron of *' ! In Ik* TlMM TiMhiri' Assoeiation. to joor rood * Program no of tbo County Teacher* Amo- their benefit . ciatioo, to moot the 1st 8aturday in Septem- . The oat cr bar next. This will be the 2nd day of 8ep- .poorest I ha' tember. and qnality 1st. "Should the phonetie system be used aeerage orei NF* HT.TScalfe, Mrs. N. M. Lioder, Miss John- i planted wo ^ n'e Sanders. last year, an ^U8'c?Sedation?Music. has been rat 2nd. "How can a taste for English Liters- 16 to 22 oen ill hipa ra rtn*Alrm?d in Ihp mi hi if achools ?" Wheat wa ne Mr. James M. Farr, Miss Josie Mood, Mr. In toe Pan E. R. Aycock, Miss Knix L. Patton. short, but m n" m for sale havi ,e Arithmetical ofth? 8???.' q. . monev. Tn A and B can do a piece of work in ft days; ab<,ut 61 0 A and C in 8 dovn, and M and f! in 10 il?y? sold for mi v' In what time can they all do it,}workiog to- price of flou ?? gether ; and in what time can each do it by P? unds. as * .' The corn ^ himself? aJ la8t> th, js If four men buy a grindstone four feet in what thcre^ en diameter and each pay an equal part of the \ kte money for it, how much must each man rooni for th jQ grind off to get his share of the etone, allow- Texas p inn four inches at the center to g> for waste* World's Fai ^ have gone a HC In what time will a sum of money double |ow, ? saw 0f itself at 7 per cent compound interest ? iug more pe the other a< 1 - Professor W. F. Mo Arthur, of Gaffney City not say win ^ Male and Female Semiuary, says that the a fact that i ^ ^ adage "Where there is a will there is a way" a^r"tar^ol j is not true in every case. He is right, too. a Texan, We have abundant proof at hand. he was in 1 w. A. Rice, 11 OBEDIENCE. County, wil The habit of obedience stands first among Dickinson i Ir? the best habits of childhood. Iu his early Poughkeepi y> years the child obeys imp'icitly without ask- I was duite were on a < Qe ing for "reasons,j"why's" and "wherefores;" prior to a n rc" that is, he thus obeys if parents have not lion of the been careless, inconsistent and vacillating iu n?88 CoJlegj 183 the exercise of their authority. The parents jj* will is his will in these early years, and he Hons. Abn< is s itisficl to have thrm regulate his conduct, and others ia8 Later, ho begins to desire to exercise his own factors an 'e- will, andeven demands more frequently than World's fai om before reasons for of his requests. All this ;s a Uwyt may bo a sign of development, and his grow- i-jarried a aTe inor independence should be respected, and splendid q even anticipated. We must not assume that citi^en^ ?C< the child is atw*^ ohaiiuatc or wilful when D is ind he demurs or hesitates. The fauTl may be sotnc-prrair ie' partly our own. If we give a thoughtful or 9,ran per consideration to every request before our ourselves^ Int" decision is made, then uniformly ndhere me is, why "8 a to the decision when it is ma lej; if all our transports judgments aro for the best interest of the F"5"1 or 100 . . . ine and b 111 child, aud we take pains to make them united gta 1100 appear so to him; if, in a word, the child cratic Sov l,ei* lias confidence in our wisdom, there will be arc charge little or no opposition on his part to our '^r. t, acorn of th rn" judgments as they arc given. But if we gcucy in a give our decisions in a hasty way, consider- b!e for it, < 1 's ing thcui after they are given rather than he is at th ^ before, or if our decisious are arbitrary with 'l\e ^ceP silver meu no apparent justice iu them, even to the child jnen on th l'ie himself, there will be much opposition on thing rnus his part, not ouly to our unjust decisions, lhey want , . A ? , . . . a man wh( but to all decisions we may give. common sc l0 It cannot be dcuied thit even with the Virginia 11 rr.-eotooi "?> from the fi .st, our will and the of some |m tout will of the chil I may sometimes come into L ?P collision. Adverse conditions may exist would pre a it .... And so it i "J over which we have no control. The child's financial c I i8 mind or our own may be in an unhealthy ble, but 1 avy state, through sickness of the body, frequent ',ow Cleve changes of masters may be mado whose ^lien'lie c methods do not agree ; or the child may in- i wjh te hcrit a quick temper, which sometimes Oklahoma r i's shows itself very early in life. All these was pi,,i ,... ? A. School te i\iu conditions, or any one of them, may pre- preacher no?H vent PromPl ftrui wi'liog obedience. But, village of 1 anu generally it may be said that if proper care a widow, i ago is taken, there will be little neel of i ally ngree l,cl* active exercise of authority on our part, and ,^(.n\ b?ojV that wo may never need to do that some and early j o parents and teachers regard as necessary, tioned for i. e., brenk the will of the child by severe ^'l6 (Plvor,: ?nro , . <r. , but once p 1 puntshmeut. bternuess ond even severity, anj jn J, etl" may at times be noccssary, but.they should be remarried. tain exercised?and seen to be so exeroised?in they have i to love and sorrow, rather than in a hasty and ^ew ^Rys Inst angry manner, as too tuauy commands and of^edlcck P'? miniahumntu aantr, I., , x-x... xv ?. I ani pc ' 9- ^MEMORY* DRILLS- out here w ^jr a/uxuuo women, ha )*eon That the memory may be cultivated and still has a w 11 at the same time the mind stored with _ ~ 10 1 choice thoughts, there should be regular Again I l'e^ practice in memorizing and reciting what for office. an has been written by the best authors?both vague cxpl Bys- in poetry and prose. myCoi^ty To accomplish all that is desired to be gethcr witl accomplished, it will be necessary to givo a be of some definite time to the work, and to assign ? me to agait nev given amount to be done in a given lime. ly reco ? .. . . principles any Prom five to ten lines a week should be self time a memorized and recited by each pupil, and and special one hour a week of school time should be my moito. given to it. Ono or more books of good selections should bo upon the table of every t0 yUU 0- teacher, from which to copy what the pupils baser passi t.'ie are to memorize. When tho selection is people, sur ow- P'nco^ upon the blackboard, all difficult words should be taught, and the selection |ieritngo of M. explsined in such away as to make it clearly We dift'et ' understood by every pupil. impugn eac It should then be memorized, and at the !.ow1t',.e '/u . . . , . . . feuds to be next memory lesson hour it should be recited ftncj ]jfci,:n ' both in concert and by tho individual pupils, selfish conn In a'l grades a simple and natural exprcs- trust not. sisu of the authors thoughts is to be sought . "" ? ? homo to ca ted rather than at'cmpts at oratorical display. speech dur Each week the selections of previous weeks when a ca should be recited. known as !'c' In the higher grades it may be well to ^oul,'y? l'ja I he , J , * , , . , shaking h unl have one-third of tne school to rec to or dc- tunc, they i claim each week, every pupil being oxpec'ed jail until ih lPl to repeat from twenty to fifty lines. The f know y 1 ' first part of the hour should bo given to the ''l? , s,Vnu . up . , . . , , ... 'Tetor s wi , rccitfltlfin nt hiApna lnnwnn.l nr?'' ' u~ UII ? - - I IIIU Illlicr If 801HC f >ly part to touching a new piece to the whole the paper 1: 8CIIOOI. -rn.?i,iri| pari of the the picnic a ?n." School are especte>i to memorize it. '* nf iail many of in; Spkcimbn Casks.?8. II. Clifford, New of being a < Cassel, Wis., was troubled with Neuralgia loa)C- 1 and Rheumatism, his Stomach was dis- s.'en CfU'.11 ordered, his Liver was affected to an alarm- !'.on . . ing degree, appetite fell sway, and, he was ,,ln ?lu 1 1 ' terribly rciuced in flesh and strength. Three ?c 1,11 ? vo 1 . buttles of Electric Hitters cured him. *r ' Edward shepherd, ll&iiisbtirg, ill., had a 'v:., 0 .I1U'" "ll running sore on his leg of eight years siand- .A.ow in f ing Used three bottles of Electric Enters wit i a sea and seven b>xcs of Eucklen's Arnica Salve, I ,W?i| J " a and his leg is sound and well. Joliu Speaker. wcn n o cct Catawba. Lb, had live large Fever sores on ng his leg, doctors sail he was incurable. One so bottle Elcctrio ILtters and one box Eitcklcn s i'liotogra| Arnica Salvo cured him entirely. Sold liy in Upion wi E. F. l'osey. work in the um mn lbtt**. wJ tiui, Ton, Aug. tt, IMS. ?e..?Tk? WorUT$ Fmr?Jmo. B m*?Th* Foolish Aatt of Aw ?e* Oklahoma "Briffft <W* Turn -Thinking ? few liaee from Tum micht b? of laliMt jWBtk on, I concluded to write for --jagM op ia Northern Texas was the ( re erer Men, both in qaaatitjujfr Vtll ; the yield per acre did mMk] forty bushels, Udfilijbi Wm BOt S# d ia the face of this the price her low, it hafiog ranged from ta per buahel. * remarkably good in seotions. handle Country the yield eaa any farmers who raited wheat p found it a "drag," on acoouot al supply and the scarcity - cf e highest price paid for wheat 0 cents. A great deal hae been ich less. The prCTSUiiug IvUii r is $1.75 to $2.25 per hundred orop is not as good this season jugh there is little doubt but will be a plentiful supply, in this Jtate, at least. The farmers are nrn at 25 to 30 cents to make e uew crop. eop'e are turning out to the r pretty well. A great many Iready and many more will fol' it stated that Texas was send:ople to the World's Fair than all tuthern States ooui'uiueu. i can-?sther that is true or not, but it ia nany would like to go who cannot xpense. John T. Dickinson, the f the World's fair Commission is and a jolly good fellow he is; 1879, when 1 knew him. Thomas ' m<l Samuel S. Farrar, of your i 1 doubtless remember him. Mr. iras at the Commercial College, jie, N. Y., with us in 1879. I well acquainted with him; we Bommittee together for a while 1 during an anniversary celebra- * founding of the Eastman's p. Mr. Dickinson was 3ecretarj^Ly1Q tol Board, at Austin, Texas, in ' filled tbe place so well, that Br Taylor, and John V. Tarwell, from Chicago, who wore the cond bui'ders of the Slate Capitol of jeesfully pressed his claims for the r commission Secretaryship, lie jr by profession. He reoently rich widow in Chicago. With his ualifications, ability and wealth. *] :e an influential and prominent V eafl oed strange what strange things 30 ge peupte do; we ofteotimes jsay ,*, igc things, and are surprised dfier ond thought at the very acts" ofti On. nflU,,D Anrir..? jg people will grow mad aud becom# i with passion, aud commit a3aJK??|9 lisli deed, like the hanging, ?ho(K "TL. uroing of the president of t^KljBP tea in effigy. Seme of ilie deui^jt ereignB of Bowie County. Texas, ? \ d with this foolish act. Why hold and or try to hold him up to the e American people for the strin* loncy matters, lie is not responsieither directly or remote:y, still is time bctweeu the "Devil and lea" having, as it were, the Antion one side and the pro-silver ie other, clamoring that "Somet be done at once." What is it done? I was talking to-day with >m I c insider as possessing good msc, an<l he bclougs to a good old amily, about the unreasonableness en in the country burning the f'yy, ot^ lie said that ho for to burn Clevelaud himself!! goes. 1 am free to admit that the ondition of this country is deplornwould like for soino one to tell me land could be blamed for it. It is cad'iig of what had commenced aoic into office last March. 11 you of a "Briggs Case" up in , and then close. When Oklaopened David L. Briggs, Professor, acher and local congregational settled on a fine claim near the Downs. Some months ago he and vbo also owned a tine farm, mutu1 to join their hearts, hands and better or for worse. This arrangeever, did not suit thom exactly, in Juue Amanda S. Briggs petin divorce from David S. Briggs. :e was granted in the same month, arted they pined for each other, cactly fourteen days they were Now in a little over one month again fallen out, and Amauda> a ago tiled a petition asking the elense her from the irksome yeke rsonally acquainted with a man ho has married three different s been divorced three times, and wife. J. S. C. he People of Union County. appear before you as a candidate I have no apologies to make ot anations to oiler. Prompted by a avnrr tlin hOKC? Cf VCp7Cjuuiiug in the councils of our State, toll the hepe that possibly I could y'*"* benefit ?o my people, has induced^ i ask your suffrage, rd is before you. Upon the grcqy of reform, [ have committed nd again?"Kqunl rights I privileges to none," has ever* To promote the best intsrests^o will 1m) iny aim. \ t your patronage without appeal- V r prejudices or stimutating the ons is my intent ion. Wo are one rounded by the same circumstan1 influences, cherishing the same and holding in common the proud the past. r, tis true, yet why should we sh other's motives and blindly fole and cry of the pnrii-i.u? Are established, communities divided g friendships embittered at tho mun is of inferesit 7 politictans? I 8 to say that 1 will not leave my uvuss or to attempt to make a ing this campaign, for I believe ndidate goes before his people, 1 em to the people of Union it if he or they are cnught out ands and singing the samo old^^ should bo ai rested and put in^^V c election is over, on are sick and tired of h 'aring text, nnd the same sermon? fe's mother lay sick etc , eto." rieiuls had not put my name in ist week 1 would have gene to t old Klltathci on the IJlst. inst. ford me so much pleasure to meet f t.lenus ..... .i i-..? ?-- ? HUb lilt! IU?? nndidate compels me to stay at imban asses me, n'though I hava ales at the box on day of elecard one ask a man to voto for was said that lie (the candidate) cd forjhimse'". i hope the time list.Mil when such transactions beted with (bo thirds of the pastinclusion, if ] should ho honored in the Legislature, 1 feel like t willingly betray a trust uor C npiouiise a principle. Respectfully, Titos. II. (lo?K. a >h work at At WOOD'S (lallcry^j^f il give the best *iii fiction of any ~ 7 State. k