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| (pvrrcnt Comment | A Tennessee editor writes as follows: "The viliian who sent us a stuffed bussard tor a Thanksgiving turkey will hear from us if wo can lay our hands on his physical auutoiny. We didn't eat more than half the fowl before we discovered our mistake, but that doesn't mitigate the insult." Soutli Dakota has practically adopted the South Carolina dispenmrj law. It has been known all along that the reason why such a stubborn and persistent -fight has been made against the law in this State w.is that should it prove a success, it would bo adopted by oilier common Healths and the greater itsBuc cess tbe Widespread would its adoption Lcoine.?Lexington Dispatch. quoe'ion Las been made qs to what ?iie prohibitionists should or would .'o at the next sitting of the Legiah?*!i r >. According to our way of thiiiLiii<; iho temperance people sLv.u.<1 lie p tvj vuforce the dispensary, and lend their influence to the raising of the price of the stuff. The less liquor a man gets for his quarter, the better it is for him. Let the dispensary be kept open for fewer hours. Let dreamers dream no more, but act like sensible men they are, in recognizing the condition as it exists. ?Abbeville Press and Banner. Let no man forget that cotton and cattle ' always bring ready cash. There is not a day in the yeur when a good beef, or a good milk cow will not command ready money. The price may not be very high, but it M sure. The advantages of raising cattle is. that they gather the crop of gras?, convert it into meat and milk, without charging a cent for their services. They go to work early in the morning, and never ask to get off on Sat uraay to go to town. When hard pressed they will even work a little on Sunday?gathering gras?.? Abbeville Press and Banner. Several of the Southern States are looking to the holding of a Constitutional Convention in order to settle the suffrage question. The example of South Carolina and Mississippi is to be followed in this very important matter. The wisdom of Senator Tillman and those who acted with him in pressing the call for our Constitutional Convention of 1895 is bccom ing daily mor apparent. The people wanted the convention, and the pen pie's wishes were embodied in the new constitution.?Hampton Guardian. It is intimated that the Legislature will be asked to take action looking to the repeal of the constitutional provisions for a homestead exemption The amendment would have to be submitted to the voters in 1900, and then ratified by the people by a twothirds vote. It is not likely that any such change can be made. The homestead law is useful and neces sary. It is especially essential since the passage of the bankrupt law. If there are abuses of the homestead these can bo cured by the courts 01, if need be, by the Legislature. But the exemption itself ought not to be abolished.?Hampton Guardian. The New York Herald of last Sunday contains a strong aiticle from the pen of Senator McLaurin on the race question. The senator shows the northern readers at length and with much force, why southern whites cannot and will not submit to govern mcntby negroes. He takes oeo.ision also to compliment President McICiulcy for baring hud sense enough to do nothing in the Phoenix and Wilmington cases. The article is timely and is calculated to teach the nonhern people something they have not previously been able to realize.? Yorkvilie Enquirer. The Y coman, along with others directly Hnd indirectly engaged in tiip stationery business, is in receipt of a circular letter announcing an advance of 25 per cent, in the price of envelopes of all grades. The en. Tclope trust is the latest trust and controls about 90 per cent of the pro duction. The object, as announced in the formation of the trust, -was ? f course to ''economize in the co-t. of production" and thus he of benefit to consumers at large. The result has been that which every trust has for a real object, and that is a greater pro ? _ .1 nt lor tiioso wno ?rc in uio uumunu-, through restricted production, lower cost and higher prices for the product. ?Yorkville Yeomun. The Spartanburg Hem Id tells of a great trust that is being organized, and which will havo groat bearing 'A 7 t * on the industrial welfare of Seat ' Carolina. The Herald says: | "Every fertiliser company fro* Baltimore to Key West, of impoi tance, has passed into the hands o one gigantio concern, known as th Virginia Carolina Chemical-Com pan; This is a trust, if there is such i .1.: Ta. : I! s-_ " - wiujg, xfc i? m com uinauon ox CipiU formed for the purpose of oontrollinj production and price, in restraint c trade. "If Attorney General Bellingei will tackle this monster and display the same amount of force and fire h< used on the Broxton Bridge case, ho will be named for Governor uw< years from now with practically n< opposition. There is a law hero against trusts It ought to be made effective or els< be repealed. We believe it can h made more effective." Jonesvllle Jetting*. Jonesville, Dec. 6th.?Farmeri have had rather bad weather for theii operations for some time. Gathering cotton and sowing wheat has been very much delayed by bad weather. Mr. F. P. O'Shields, who has been very sick with pneumonia, has passed the crisis and is improving. The health of our people is good now. Mr. T. K. Rush has some drove hogs in town at 4-12 cents. He also has some fine Tennessee shoats for sale. Our merchants complain of quiet business and poor collections. They have large stocks of goods which they are anxious to sell at small margins and some goods they are selling at cost. There is certainly a large crop of cotton being made in this community bui the most of it has been sold. The McWhorter ginnery has ginned about I,000 bales this season. Tnc Juvenile society had a nice little entertainment at the Methodist church Sunday night. Miss Dot Whitman hud charge of the affair, and she had her pupils well trained for they all performed their parts splendidly. ltev. E. II. Beckham and Mr. T. L. flames left today for the annual conference at Greenwood. Mr. Beckham goes up with his salary paid up in full, but somewhat behind with conference collections. lie is very popular here and will be welcomed hick for another year. Miss Maggie Brockman, of Wood, roll', is visiting the family of Hon. G. II. Fowler. Miss Virgie Littlejohn is in Rich, mond, Virginia, clerking in a large business hou-e. Miss Belle Littlejohn is teaching near Bcunettsvillo, fc>. C. Mr. Joseph Sanders and family have moved to Union, Jonesville regrets to lose such good oitipens. Messrs. J. L. McWhirter & Co, bought eighty bales of cotton from Mr B. \v. Whitlock last week, and paid him 5.27 cents for it. It was a fine lot of cotton and in nice order. Telephone. TOLD OF TYLERSVILLB. i Tylersville, Dec. 1st. After an absence of several weeks, we come again to give your many readers a few dots. We hail them from Tylersville, Laurens county, this time instead of Kelton. This is a firsfclasa farming country, and the farmers seem to be up to date. I They arc busy now sowing grain. Several from this and adjoining , communities attended the fair at l Columbia. Thanksgiving^day was quietly ob. ' served by the good people of this j community. ltev. J. L. Harley : preached at Sandy Springs. Methj odiat church at 11 o'clock a. m. from j the 33 psalm. Arbor day was celebrated by the j Sandy Springs school Nov. 21st, as I the 18 th was too rainy for the occa ! 8ion. The result of which they no^ 1 have a pretty flower garden beauti Cully laid outund artistically arranged We believe "arbor day" a great plan j and think it would be well for al j schools to observe it. The pupils have organized withii I their ranks a literary socioty. Ilav ; ing some difficulty in finding a name i which they thought suitable for tb< 'society, thoy decided to take the in 1 itials of the given names of nine o the largest pupils and form a name i This they did, naming the societj !' LuMillell." Zuleka. MONEY TO LOAN. On farming lands. Easy payments No commissions charged. Uorrowe pa)s actual cost of perfecting loan ', lot? rest 8 per cent. .INO. PALM Eli & SON, or J. C. WALLACE Att'y., Union, S. C. 1, ~' 1 >i-T| Citation to Kindred and Creditors. * State of South Carolina, ) >* Count/ of Union. ) r. By Jason If. Greer, Esq., Probate Judge t. Whereas, F. M. Adams has made suit > to me tr giant him Letters of Admlnistration on the estate of and effects of Augusta A. Nance, deceased. These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all a <d singular the kindred and creditors of the said Augusta A. Nance, deceased, that they be and appear before me, in the Court of Probate, to be held at Union C. H., South Carolina, on the 16th day of December, next, after,, publication hereof, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, why the said Administration should not be granted. Given under my band and seal this 20th day of November, Anno Domini, r 1808. x *. ? - ~ xi. t>. lawhos, jr. 48-4t. Administrators Notioe. All persons having claims against the estate of Wm. E. McNeace, deceased, must present them properly attested within thirty days. All persons indebted to said estate must make payment without delay to the undersigned. Della E. McNeace, 48-4t. Administratrix. NQTICE. All persons are hereby notified not to hunt, shoot, graze stock, cut timber or trespass in any manner on the following lands: The John P. McKissick place and lands of R. Ellis Palmer. Mkh. E, G. Evans, Jh. E. G. EVANS, J*. B. E .PAi.xaa. Tooth Bruhses. ? Quarter Assortment. Guaranteed. DUKE'8 DRUG STORE, Opposite Union Hotel. FOR RENT. Bed rooms for rent. Apply to S. M. Rice. Jh., E. U. SET* TIP-BITS Off WISDOM. | Some people are always up and doing?other people. The older a woman gets the more she worries about paat years. Love and seasickness are feelings that beggar description. Patriotism Is frequently used as m ' cloak by scheming politicians. ' i Men are not necessarily big guns i j because they happen to be big bores. | Before marriage a man swears tq 5 love; after marriage he loves to swear. ) Some people are naturally nervous., while others are troubled wltlt prickly r heat. The man who fails to ley up something for a rainy day always has to depend on bis friends for an umbrella. y I ITEMS OF INTEREST. .The mignonett is the natural flower * nf Rnnln The screw of an Atlantic liner costa 5 about $20,000. 3 There ara six schools in Ireland - where Irish is taught, f There are always 1,200,000 people . afloat on the seas of the world. j A railway guard says that the fastest trains are always the safest. Nearly one-flfth of the students at Swiss universities are women. The maintenance of the Sultan'f harem costs Turkey about $15,000,000 '' Sixty languages are spoken in th< r empire governed by the Czar of Russia. In Brazil there are said to be 300 languages and dialects spoken by the Indiana* m n fa i i n ? Notice to Taxpayers. a I will be at the following places i designated below, for the pupose < f taking returns of personal property e I will be in my office from Jan. la v to Jan. 28ta; Bogansville Wee i Springs, Jan. 80th, 1899; J Linder's Store, Jan. 81. z Cross Keys, Feb. 1st 1899. ! Sedalia, " 2 44 Goshen Hill, " 8 " r Union, " 4-5 44 j Fish Dam, 44 7 44 9 Santuc, 44 8 44 Pinoknej, (Lookhart)9 44 > Adamsbarg, 44 10 44 j Kelton, 44 11 44 Jonesville, 44 18 " From 14th to the 20th of Feb. 1 s will be in my office at Union, whet 9 the time expires for taking returns All who fail to oomply with the law. 50 per cent, penalty will be added John G. Farr, i 49 6t. Auditor, r Notice! Notice! I All persons are notified to presenl their claims against the estate of Dr. J. T. Hancock, deceased, within thir1 ty days, and all parties owing said ' estate must make payment to the undersigned at once. i J. A. Hancock, Not. 14th, 1898. Administrator. 4C-4t. No Trespass. All persons are hereby notified not to hunt, shoot, fish, graze stock, cut timber, or trespass in any manner on the lands known as the B. H. Rice plantation. T. C. Duncan. NO TRB8PA8S. All persons are hereby notified not to hunt, fish, graze stock, cut timber or trespass in any manner on any of our land. T. J. L. Linoer, H. C. Lawbon, Sr. JASUN. m. UREER, i Probate Judge. Published 011 the 2d day of December, 1848, in the UDion Times. 08-t. N otice of Sale. - State of South Carolina, i In Probate County of Union. } Court. W A. Lancaster, Sr., as Adminis, trator of Larkin Lancaster, deceased, Plaintiff, Against | Wiley Lancaster, et. al., Defendants. To sell land in aid of Assetts. i By order of Probate court in the | above stated case, I will sell before the Court House door on the first i Monday in December, next, during legal hours for sale, all that certain tract of land located in Bogansville , township, containing 5 and ono fourth , acres, inore or less, known as the Larkin Lancaster lands and belongi ing to said Estate, bounded as follows :?On tho North by lands of Larkin Lancaster, on the East by schoolliouse lot and land of Larkin Lancaster, on the North by Glenn Springs road, on the West by land of Larkin Lancaster. Terms of sale, to wit: One half cash, balanco on credit for one year, with interest from day of sale, the credit portion to be secured by bond of purchaser and mortgogo of the premises. Purchaser to pay for pa- I pers and recording the same. r Jason M. Greer, * Nov. 11th. 181)8 Probate Judge. I Final Discharge. KrtfipA icltorAhrtvivnn fliof fi A ^ V??'J 0*t Vll u?ww W* 4VWII administrator of the Estate of Caroline Koon, deceased, has applied to Jason M. Greer, Judge of Probate, in 1 and for the County of Union, for a final discharge as such administrator. It is ordered, That tho 12th day of * December A. D. 1898, be fixed for hearing of Petition, and a final settle- j ment of said Estate. , Jason M. Greer, 1 Probate Judge Union County. j Published Nov. 11th, 1898, in the Union Times. ANNOUNCEMENTS. _ i I hereby announce myself a candidate 1 for alderman in Ward 2 to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of Mr. 1 Win. E. McNeace, subject to election to be held foi said vacancy Dec. 8. < E. L. Clark. ] " i I hereby announce myself a candidate < for alderman in Ward 2 to till the va- ] cancy occasioned by the death of Mr. Wnj. E. McNeace, subject to election to be held for said vacancy Dec. 8. J. A. Brown. i Nov. 23, 1898. 1 CROWTORRENCEpfr U?^*PII YSLCI Ahf AN~D SURGEON^ j Ollice and apartments over Duke's Drug Store. < A I / 44-UUI. Fjnal Discharge. Notico is hereby given that J. O. Harris, administrator of the Kstate of Jerome Miller, deceased, has applied to Jason M. Greer, Judge of Probate, in and for the County of Union, for a final dischargo as such administator. It is otdered, That the 12th day of December A. I). 1898, be fixed for hearing of Petition, and a final settlement of said Estate. J agon M. Greer, Probate Judge Union County. Published in the Union Times Nov. 11th, 1898. LIVINGSTON & BACON^ The well known dealers In Oysters ARE Pleased to make THE Announcement that they are in receipt of the BIGGEST Steck of Oyatrs ever seen in Union and at prices hitherto unknown Some advertisers mny be LIARS Kut I ,ivinc?<atnn A- Rflrnn am Vinnn? i ""v ? IN Knowing Hint they hate a reputation in this TOWN 1 For veracity which is worth mora to them than gold. ' ??BORNE's ^ <Cwuto<n> 44> Aiixuiit, fit. Actual Uuiinaas. No Text Book*. Short time. Cheap board. Scad for Catalogue. -a-jtuLiiia ^ j XIIS PI M. ? Tinsley & Co. are p ages at prices that will save i we have gold and silver wi brooches, chatelaine pins, hat ] belt pins, belt and garter buck clasps, shirtwaist sets and pin ties we have*nail files, paper c and oombs and sewing sets in cj shoe horns and hooks, hat mt desk sets, stamp boxes, bicycle boxes, etc! We have a nioe line chile We also have a nice stock 1 jl i ? i /?* ? goia ana goia tinea aluminum, Our line of silver, china ai latest styles at the lowest price ENGRAVING / M. E. TINS Reduced Prices On For Xmas Trade. Now is the ttme to tret a bargain in Iigh Grade Sewing Machine. Prices educed until Xmas only, for the cash. \lso Music instruments. 3. M. RICE, Jr., E, U. J. CLOUGH WALLACE. Attorney at Law. (-) looms 1 and 2. upstairs, Goss Building Opposite Hotel, after January 1st. 1800 ?1 Yfuir. On the nattlefleld. For absolute disregard to wounds no soldier can rival the Turk. His abstemious life (for your Turk will not touch intoxicants, and eatu very sparingly of meat) makes him proof against wounds wbicb would be fatal to most Englishmen. During the recent Graeco-Turkish war one brave Turk, who was shot completely through both legs and one arm, fought valiantly for twenty-four hours after he received his wounds; and then it was only by force that he was carried off to the hospital. Another Turk who received a bullet'Hn his abdomen fought on until the batJe was ended, and marched a distance of ten miles before he even reported his wound. Kites In the Polar Recciona. It is proposed in Germany that the various expeditions expected shortly to risit the antarctic regions should carry with them scientific kites, by means of cipioretl. In this Way',"it i'A~ iiiocrgdc, aot only could the temperature prevailing at a great height around the poles be more accurately learned, but light would also be thrown on the direction of the air-currents, and if photographic apparatus were sent up with the kites. additional knowledge of the parts of the surface not otherwise obtainable might result. Ilortrback llldlnit. Horseback exercise possesses, according to some physicians, the faculty of both increasing and reducing weight. This is an apparent contradiction, but it is explained by the difference of the time at which the riding is done. If meals are taken immediately after riding, additional flesh is gained, but if a space of an hour and a half is allowed to intervene between the ride and the meal a decrease of flesh results. Penny-ln-the?Slot l'nmp. I One of the latest applications of the penny-in-the-slot principle is a bicycle pump which can be thrown into gear for filling a tire by inserting a coin. As soon as the filled tire is removed a lever locks the pump, which can be caused to work again only by dropping in another coin. Care of the Poor. A regularly organized system of relieving poverty has been in vogue in China for more than 2,000 years. It is said that an organized system of charity prevailed among the Egyptians 2,500 years B. C. Growth of Hair. Authorities differ as to the rate of growth of the human hair, and it is said to be very dissimilar in different individuals. The most usually accepted calculation gives six and a half inches per annum. Four Too Meteor. A meteoric stone weighing four tons fell on a warehouse in Fiume, Austria, and set it on fire* The stone crashed through the house and was found burM la ?k* MilM ( IfiSfiNTS! repared to show them to suit all noney for you. v For the ladies itches, chains, bracelets, rings, Sins, stick pins, hair pins and es, ear screws and drops, veil sets. In sterling silver novelutters, letter openers, brushes ises, book marks, manicure sets, irks, coat hangers, ink erasers, > tags, mustache combs, match of presents for the , iren. . of spectacles and eye glasses in m steel, silver and nickle frames. _ _i a a ^ *hrMii ia cut-giass is composed 01 tne s. L SPECIALTY. i fy * rn Kunerala In Arabia. "One of the strangest and most affecting sights in an Arab town," says % Tunis correspondent of London Sketch, "is that of the funerals, which may be met at any street corner. The corpse is merely wrapped in a mat of esparto grass and carried either on a bier or on men's shoulders. The mourners lounge along, some in front and some behind, crooning vershs nf thn komn in melancholy tones, which haunt one for days afterward. "This wailing is, however, nothing to jtbact which goes on in the house of the deceased. When I was staying in the country near Tunis I heard it kept up during a whole night in a neighboring village, and I can conceive nothing more desperately depressing than these strains of lamentation wafted through the darkness by tho breeze. My dog stood it even less well than I did and felt constrained to join in the doleful chorus until I was balf-tempted to put a bullet through his head. Perhaps the strangest of all the funerals I saw was at Bizerta. It was that of a baby, which was being carried to its grave in an esparto basket." Slave* la Finland. A regular slave-mart still exists In many country districts of Finland. Once a year such paupers, lunatics, and aged people of each parish as cannot support themselves are put up at public auction, and consigned to those families or farmers who will board them at the lowest price offered by the parish authorities. The helpless creatures are made to work as much as possible by their owners, who have the right to chastise them. AMERICAN LANTERNS they Art Carried Wherever Lanterns Are Used All Over the World. -? <l.?v ? S* * f , American lanterns are exported to all the boimtrlefe of the world where lanterns are used. Many are sent to South Africa and to South America, to Australia and New, Zealand, and some are sold in Asia. Few, proportionately, are sent to Europe. Kerosene oil is now commonly burned in lanterns all over the world. There are no lanterns made nowadays for cvvjles ua iiiituw su that either candles or oil may be burned in them. These are provided with a candle socket, which may be set down into the oil reservoir, the wick holder having been removed. By removing the candle socket and screwing in the wick holder the lantern is made ready to burn oil. Excepting railroad and other lanterns for special uses, substantially all the lanterns made fvnowadays are of the kind known as tubular, first introduced about thirty years ago, and now made in various modifications as to detail, the tubular part of the lantern being designed with ti vi h ur fnrAilnnlvkv Knttni* ortrtl hil at Inn ? iV ?? WW WUUV/1145 VWkM WUWklVM and a brighter light. The lanternrf made for ordinajry uses are produced in about forty styles. The American lanterns are the lightest, the slghtliest in appearance and the best adapted to their use, and they are sold cheaper than lanterns of equal quality produced elsewhere. There are large establishments in this country making lanterns only. It is probable that more lanterns are now exported from this country than from either England or Germany, and the exports of American lanterns are increasing. Mice Ilrcatl n? u Staple. Rice bread is the staple food of the I Chinese, Japanese and a large portion I of the inhabitants of India. In Persia the bread is made from rice flour and milk; it is called "lawash." The Persian oven is built in the ground about the size of a barrel. The aides are smooth mason work. The Are is built at the bottom and kept burning until the wall or sides of the oven are thoroughly heated. Enough dough to form a sheet about 1 foot wide and about 2 feet long is thrown on the bench and rolled until about atf thtfer as sole leather, then it is taken up and tossed and rolled from one arm to the other and flung on a board and slapped on the |ide of the oven. It takes only a few moments to bake and when baked it is spread out to cool. This bread is cheap (1 cent a sheet); it is sweet I and nourishing.