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THE I M0\ TIMES. * % % "Ok XXV1I.--NO 8. UNION SOUTH CAROLINA FEBRUARY 21. 1890. $1.50 A YEAR * W. PAKE, GEO MUNItO President. Cashier. awaii S&rftxrciM or UNION". Capital Stack $00,000. Rurp'tts "$".0.00 doekktldors liabilities $00,UU?Total? 'firo.eob O fleers?F.[M. Farr, TrCs. A. II. F. sIta, Ties Pres. Geo. Mutito, Casbier. J. D. Artbar, Assistant Cashier. Birectors?W. H. Wn'!ace, A. G. Ricr, Was Jefftries, T. C. Dunc tn, J. A. Fruit. J. a r n \f o a ii ^Wc SOltCIT YOUR BUSINESS"1^ gIMS & DIXON, Atty's at Law. All business placed in our hands will receive prompt attention. Offico No. 1 Law Range. gC HUMBERT, BUTLER & McUOWAN, Attorneys at Law. At C. C. Culp'o old Oflice. K. HyJrick " J. A. Sawyer. Spartanburg, S. C , Uuion, S. (J. H TDRICK & SAWYER, Attorneys at Law, Judge Townsend's O'.d Stand. M UN 110, Attorneys ut Law, No. 2. Law Range. >- ' "v , . g : STOKES, in..... r i rp Aiioriipjr ni ijiftv* imu i run uusiivu, Office Hear of Court House. DENTISTRYT|?; n. K. SMITH'S Dinttfli H?'o;.i"overA, II. Fust or & Co'n ntoro. Coo,. io? used in ext. acting teotli. DENTISTilY. JJU. J. C. McOU13BINS, Office on the corner of Mnh and Judgement Sirens near tin; Court House. HriJgo and Crown work done when do ired. Call and nee ire. UNION iMARBEE ?AND ? Olfn.iiiic AVoi'ks. GHOUGH OK DDKS. SURVEYING. 1 am in U.iicn prepared to do any surveying that 11>e public pjiy desire. Call at ihc Union (Irani 'I School f.r.wt Mr. Jacob ftioo't DAVIS .1EFFERIM. V^X X X VOYSTER SALOON. member that you can get *, nice stew or fry of Fresh i JSf 'tfolk -Oysters at JlSpO. R MATH IS' OYSTER PA RLORj (Next . ^oor to Mc laughlin & Brown.) FO. ^25 CENTS. Also a fresh line of candies, cakes and crackers. The finest in town. Canned g?. Fruits, Peanuts, Tobacco a Cigars And a general line of Family . Gro aeries.: . CITY OYSTER SALOON. Telephone No. (IT. j H ANATHFR BIG GUN FOR UNION. Handsome Three-Story Hrich lluildiug to l?c Erected on Main Street. May be you have heard about it, Madam ltumor lias had hold of it foi some time. J Jut it is settled now thai within a short while a magnificent three story brick building will be erected on the'eorner just across Main street from Furr antl Thomson's. A plan has been drawn and submitted by Chas. <\ Hook an architect of Charlotte, N. C. which w ill be adopt ed, and work on the building will be coumcnced just as soon as the winter breaks and the good weather sets in. The building w ill front fifty feet on Main street and will extend 134 feet along Bachelor street. It would l\rt irv?r\r\uaiK1/t f /~v r? i?rt n ?-v/%???.? ^ UU I 11111 vO'J I Ul v IU (l jltl ItUb |JUU picture of the edifice in a few words, so wo will have to content ourselves with telling some things about it. It will have five store rooms, two front, ing on main street und three fronting on Bachelor street; also a barber shop with bath rooms attached fronting on Bachelor street. All these will be on the first floor. The. second floor will contain an Opera House with a seating capacity of 400, and also a number of offices. The third floor will contain a hall 21 by 00 feet, and a number of offices. The building will have in all twenty rooms exclusive of the store rooms on the first floor. The corner room on the first floor will be occupied by the Merchants and Planters National Bank. It will have a corner front and two large handsome plate glass windows. Sonic others of the store rooms and some of the offices have been spoken for, but wo forbear to mention names. The side walk on cither side will be cemenotd. and at the third floor over the Bunk entrance there will be a large clock. The burbling will cost about ?15,000. Who is building it, vqu ask? Well that's an open secret so tfiejc is no harnv; in telling. Two parlies arc interested in the enter prise, The Merchants' and Planters' National Bank and Dr. M. T. Smith. ? ? Tillman's Programme. It is Clearly Outlined in a Letter to a Friend. Washington. Feb. 13.?Since his speech in Senate, Senator Tillman ol South Carolina has read numerous letters from Democrats appealing to him to state his position, otherwise his speech in the senate would be ol great harm to the party. In reply to a letter from a friend in South Carolina, Senator Tillman writes as follows and puts himself on record without a doubt: "I have your letter of February 5th, and appreciate very much your kind words of commendation, In order to preserve the unity of the white Democracy of South Carolina we cannot act on your suggestion not to send delegates to the national convention at Chicago. "We have already captured the State Democracy. We are the State Democracy and we must goto Chi CUgo us sue)*, prepared to bolt if need be and uljy .ourselves with the free silver men of theuu?t. it would be a fatal blunder not to send delegate* to the national Democratic convention and would only be putting it in the hands of our goldbug enimies. "If cite national convention doe* not adopt a platform to suit us and put on a man above suspicion as t< bis loyalty, we can then leave the party, but not before. The effort ol I'vni'v true friend of silver and finan ciai reform should be directed to hav ingour iSfate Democratic coiiventiot composed frcUdly pf men of their \\a\ of thinking, 80 ud to Jjavo it act as;i unit." The Superintendents of the vari ous Sabbath Schools in Pinekno) township will pjease call theattentioi of their schools to tit/; .fact that w< are to have, about the first of April next, an Interdenominational Sab hath School convention. Any school desiring the convention to meet with it. will please write mo at once in ordei that arrangements may he made fot ils meeting. All superintendents will plenst send nte a list of available speaker* in their schools. A full progrnmnn will he published /iter. Mr, Tabor, Kev. \V. !{.. Owings S. C. Chairman, Com. OUH REPRESENTATIVES. What They are Doing. For Tiie Times: The Legislature has been in session for thirty, days, and.? much remains to be done. The Union delegation have beeh ever constant on the sessions of. the houso, | Mr.' Fowler, has acquired quite a reputation and received many letters, naming Sen. Tillman for President. The committee on Federal Relations, of which Mr. Otts is a member will re! port the resolution back to the House today, and we anticipate a lively time tonight. Mr. fowler has made scv, oral efforts to reduce the road tax and the age of boys to twenty one years before they are liable for road duty, but so far they have all been lost. The only road tax bill to pass the IIouso was Mr. Utts' bill. On this bill there was a hard fight, and after a second repulse, lie succeeded in passing it over to the Senate, where it met an untimely death. The Senate and the House seem to be at loggerheads. No less than twenty free conferences have been required to adjust House and Senate differences, and in many cases they have failed to come to any agreement. Mr. Welch is not so mod,est as ho used to be, while hencvei speaks on the floor, of the House, lie has presented several bills. Among them was one to reduce interest, and providing heavy penalties for its violations. This bill got an unfavorable re; ort and was killed by a decided majority. lie has also a bill in committee to carry : out the recommendations of Mr. Supervisor Scott's road convention. He has obtained a favorable report on the bill to authorize water works for the town of Union, an<l the bill names J. A. Fant, T. (J. Duncan am)'4 Emslic Nicholson as water work commissioners. Mr. Fowler Jias in f'\' trod need an income tax measure. Which has not yet been reported.. An effort is being made to abolish the priviliege tax on fertilizers but there is much difference of opinion. Some claim that it is breaking faith with Cleinson College. Mr. Otts advocated the bill, on the ground 'hat it was unjust tax as it was paid by the farmers only, and that to that extent it was double tax on fanners. At this writing the natter has not been settled. Mr. (Jits has a bill that will he reported favorably with amendment to declare the free school law. ! It abolishes the office of school com- 1 missioncr, apportions the school fund by enrollment to the different districts and leaves the board ofcduea- ' tion to apportion the funds to the 1 white and colored schools on the plan advocated by him on the stump, also 4 to sell school books to the pupils at 1 actual cost. This bill also has a ' favorable report. A voting precinct will be established at Lockhart Mills. The o cent a mile rate lor railroad has passed the house, also the "Jim Crow" car bill. All of our delegation voted for the first measure. Messrs Fowler and Welch voted against Mr. Otts, separate coach bill, but it was passed to the-Senate by a large ma r jority, Col. liruce gave an* elegant 1 supper at Troegcrs this wee ink honor > of tlic Union delegation, all of whom attended and did themselves justice, i not only to the spread, but to the toast. Col. Floyd of Kershaw responi e*l to the toast "The Lost Cause" in eloquent terms, Mr. Otts the junjor > member from I nion responded to 1 toast "Union" in which he uphh-d > the honor of his county in fitting : > terms. Mr. Fowler next responded I f to our "National (lovernment" in . his own happy style. Mr. l'ark. of Fdgefield, responded to 1 he Press. i Mr. Welch was called upon to reply in "Till. IIioko of liioiri-si-iitntivp.'N i which he did in a way to uphold the ' dignity of South Carolina's begisla j tury. lien'). Watts replied to''Our Host" and Capt. Honshu, ''To the ' Senate." Mr. B. F. Townsend, 1 spoke for "Women" It is rumored ' that Col. Bruce will not stay out of I I'nion, and that ere hug he will be in liiutirlmon ?uj union. ' Mr. Otts has taken much interest 1 in all matters pertaining to education. He i s pu s h i 11 g a b i 11 which aims at selling text hooks at cost to pupils of the public schools. lie ' lias s.ccurcd a favorable report on it. ( Mr. Welch ma le his maiden speech ' in favor of giving the State Fair .Sib",00.0(1. Messis Otts ami Fowler voted against the measure, hut on most matters our d legation go to- ' I gcther. Capt. Douglas will get his confederate roll bill through, but his pension bill was killed- The House voted for pensions $100,000.00 and all of the Union Delegation voted for the bill. Mrs. J. C. Otts is down, looking after Capt!- Oto. Sh'e * says she has no desire-for her husband to stand for reelection, and ""much prefers to stay at home, but Mr. Otts says he thinks to persuade her to let him make the race again. Mr. Fowler has introduced an income tax, and Mr. Welch is favorable while Mr. Otts doubts the wisdom of passsing it unless other states had a similar law. Mr. Fowler made a gallant fight for the charter of the Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance Com pany, but the (JonstitutiOft will not allow special charters. Mr. Fowler has jriade three attempts to get the road age from twenty one to 00 years. In his effort Mr. Otts has stood by him nobfy but in vain. They contend that one dollar road tax is enough, and that the people will not pay two dollars, and the road question will drag along just as at prsent. There is a knotty question about the Atlanta appropriation, Governor Evans borrowed $0000.00 to make the exhibit, and the question is will the Legislature refund the amount to him. Many members contend that it can' not be done inside of tne con, sliiution. On- this .matter l.'nion is divided, Mr. Welch favors paying it. Mr. Otts on the other hand opposes it, on the ground that it is executive appropriation and that it is unconstitutional, and that Gov. Evans should have asked the Legislature in i 18514 to have made the appropriation, and if they had done so that there would have been no further trouble ^nd if they had refused that Evans would not have dared to do it.. - There will be a lively fight over this appropriation. Thfcrc seems to be rbut little hope of getting ready to adjourn before the fipst of March. Mr. Otts lias tried twice to have a steering committee appointed to arrange a calendar but," the House prefers to go on in the same old rut. Observer. KI H I'S PL.VTFOM. Editor lvegister: We suggest the following as the platform for all who are opposed to existing conditions to stand 011 and fight for their rights in O c the campaign of 185Mi: Down with the financial policy of Old England that "gold and only gold is money in final redemption." Down with the traitors who advocate and uphold this policy for the enslavement jf the people and the sure destruction of our free institutions. Let our motto be "America for Americams. " Let it be proclaimed hi sunshine and 111 storm. I p with the financial policy of the patriot fathers of the republic, that gold and silver shall have the same right of coinage at the mints, I hs'.t of silver to 1 of gold, each a full legal tender, and each with the same purchasing and dept paying power. Let the gold and silver coins he supplemented by full legal tender bills of the I uited States receivable for all debts, both public and private to the full amount of So" per capita, including the gold and silver coins, o n without eonvcrtihiii'y a distinctive American money. A tariff to raise revenue sufficient to pay all the yearly demands and eurrent expenses of the government wisely and eeonomiealy administered. The above is all that should be put in the platform of those opposed to the Kuglish system of finance for the approaching campaign. It should lint In* <11 i <11 > m i 1 11 l'< m 1 j ln? til I'llitnil ti f ; r \ issues should In- clear'y defined if the representatives of the two old parties who are determined to fasten on the people that "gold and only gold is money" are to h .'overthrown. The people ennnot too soon realize the magnitude of the contest and what is in store for them if they are defeated.? t 1jIi<mUi.t ELMstKN S," KKITT. Ditlitr'n Wife. Comma Donati, Dante's wife, was a dame of portentous physiognomy and a deep, tragic vice. She henpeeked hln? severely, a t.iet which perhaps explains tin .absence of hi r name from liys writings. V _ I WM A. Nici T HANI X73STX01T Respectfully so 1 icit y'o REPRESENT COMPANIES 'WIT Converse College. Convcrre College has lately received donations amounting 10 over 3100,000.00. Mr, 1). E. Converse heads the list with a gift of $70,000. The board of Directors, the citizens of Spartanburg and other friends of the college give over $30,000.00, The gifts to the College arc in perpetuity and the management of the College is vested by special charter and incorporation in the hands of a self perpetuating Board of Trustees and the College is made a permanent gift to the cause of education* The Colleire is not vet six vears old but tj * V its success has been phenomenal. The enrollment of students this year is 350, from sixteen states and Canada. STILL HUNTING FOR BUFFALO. Tlio Indian* UNgulsed TI1<<111H<Mvex In Wolf Volts nn<l Cr<*|it on tint Herds. Littlo Bear came to my tent just ns I had finisliefl my steak, hiscuit and, coffeo. Ho brought .two wolfskin disguisos, which I had hoforo seen in his teopoo. Each was mado of two wolf polts sowed together, with mounted nose and tail, nnd thcro wc^oapi^Jiolcs with short skin sloovos, and loggings for tlio thighs, which oamo nearly down to the knees, tlio wliclo covering fastened to tlio body,with deerskin thongs. Ho had before promised to take mo on a "wolf hunt" after bulYalo, and I10 now put on the ?a.rgostof the coverings and maneuvered,about in ,.C < i. --1 ii. 1 iimiii in in,y .tunii, snu\>iiig mo various attitudes of tbc wolf in shambling along, in trotting anil in sneaking upon its prey. Ilis squaw, wlio was wielding her ! wovajaba (fleshing knife) -up ?n n:i upturned hulValo pelt-pinned hi the ground with wooden pegs, stopu 1 her work and grinned approval, lie certainly mimicked the wolf well, and the disguise, excepting the legs and the si/.e, was perfect. "Iloogh!" ho said, when ho had shown mo how to act in crawling up to gaino. 44Wo go liuut uni tbwan that way," pointing to tlio northwest, up tho creek; ' I was glad to go upon a still hunt, ' for, to toll tho truth, tho mixed ' hurly burly of tho usual Ponoa I method and its useless dangers did not recommend it to mo when I had had time to reflect after the excite- \ mont was over. When Little Bear and I mounted our ponies and rodo out that morning, tho camp was in an uproar, as usual in tho preparation for a hunt. V liu.l . -.4-' .? ] big herd to the eastward, and tho I Indians woro running in ponies, saddling and cinclnng thorn on all hands, and there was much bucking and plunging among the wild and skittish ones, as usual. Squaws worn hustling about at the command of their lords and masters, and young lads, in half loggings and short shirts, woro rushing to and fro, making a groat parado of helping to get the hunters started. Little Boar must have told his loaders of the proposed hunt with i mo, for no one paid the slightest attention to our going out. Wo jogged directly up the little valley for an hour or more, and then, in rounding a point of tho hill, sighted a largo.hand of huil'aloes feeding among tho ravines and upon j tho slopes on tho opposite side of ! tho valley. There was an immense i number in sight, but as tho high j ! grounds woro covered as far over as 1 I wo could see, wo know tliero must : be more beyond. I Little Bear grunted with huge sati isfaction, and gave mo to understand in hurried words of Poaica and pi- ( goon English that tho big herds j woro coining down from tho north, j We hustled our ponios into a ra- i vino near at hand, and -tied-'them to . some bullborry bUsbOs.i Then, car- J ! vying our disguises and guns, tho ; chief with his bow and arrows at j his' hack, wo slipped down tho ra- ! vino into tho creek channel, keeping entirely out of sight of tho herd. , Tho wind was fairly in tour favor, ! jmd v.o kept along the bed ul tho f stream, in which ran a liitlo trio- ' l.ling 1 rook at tlit) bottom, until wo reached tho mouth 01 a dry run IOLSON & SON, {ERS s. a. . ur FIKE ISUflANOE. II $40,000,000.00, OF ASSETS. r loading across tlio valloy" and througli llxo middle of tho hord. Tlioro wore such runs and ravines cutting back into tlxo. hills ovory half milo or so. Up this gully wo wont at a jog trot, bonding low, until it buoamo so shallow that wo could begin to sco the buffalo upon tlio hills abovo. Tho chief then squatted and motioned mo down. Wo put on tlio wolfskins, lio taking tho largest, for, despite liis name, ho was a largo and poworftrlly mado man. Adjusting tho oyoholos so that wo could soo plainly, wo orawled out upon tho opon ground npon our hands and knees. Almost tho first thing that happonod to mo was to got ono of my knees filled with cactus spikes, and while I writhed about trying to pull thorn out I hoard Little Bear growling under his broath, "Hoogli! Tewan heap plenty?wo kill heap!"?Frank Wollos Calkins in St. Nicholas. Tho Newspaper In School. Tho growing infiuoilco of nowsm pors in school education was illustrated at a conference of tho Publio Education association in Now York when Miss Josephine C. Hocko, supervisor of drawing in tho publi<j schools of Chicago, told how tho children are being trained to search the columns of tho press in working on topics of a public nature. It should be one of tho functions of every school to teach the children how to read a newspaper to tho best advantage?and also what' newspapers shouluue road.?Springfield Republican. Novor risk a joko, oven tho loasfc ? _ offensive in its nature and tbe moat common, with a person who is not well bred and possessed of sense to comprehend it. ?Bruycro. Tho Cic-eso Won. A gentleman once laid a \yagor with #Ueurge IV that geese would beat turkeys in a race, says Tho School and Homo. Tho king, thinking that such a wager was already as good as won, willingly made tho bet, and the gentleman was left tocliooso time and place and distance. Being well acciuaintud with the linliftu nf tho birds, ho accordingly choso for the timo tlio evening, just buforo sunsot,and for tho placo tho road outsulo tho city walls, and a mile for tho distance. Tho timo oamo, and each appeared with his Hook of birds, and tho race began. Long oro tho end came tho sunset, and immediately true to their instincts, as soon as the sun had quite disappeared, all tho turkojfcs llow up into tho nearest tree to roost, and no persuasion could induce thorn to budgo an inch farther?and tho geese, winch had been slowly toddliug on behind, quietly cackled in?tho winners. llcforo Ho Stubbed Hor. Some ol' tho old follows wroto tragedies?dull, cold, heavy productions, every lino of which had been polished till what little soul it originally possessed had booon rubbed \ji??< \jl H, uuuu iiiuiuuuta sis mo dramas could boast woru d row nod under floods of talk. If thu hero wished to stab his wifo, ho stood still with uplifted daggur while ho poured out a good eUU rliymod aloxundrines, and while ho rested after this tremendous performance the lady "got oil lior chest, "as actorscall it, a like amount of verso in the shape of an appeal about as passionate and heart stirring as those hoard in the law courts when a barrister is showing cause why a mandamus should ho issued. ? All the Year Kound. I)i,11 r'I Liltn It. Tlio abhorrence of l-cspootablo British persons for tlio synonym for "sanguinary" is almost as extraordinary as its popularity with tho lowov classes. In days gone by O'Conuell spokoof tho "base, bloody and brutal Whigs," and Tho Times, in reporting him, rendered it very ingeniously, with a view to exhibit his bad language, as tho "baso, b?? and brutal Whigs." No NonnrnKfl About II?r. Skidds?Did she say it was so sudden when you asked her to marry you? Askin?Ol' course she didn't. Sho was a widow. ? Detroit Frcu Dress. < i.