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F. M. FARR, President. /
J QEO. MUNRO, Cashier, J. 1
| Merchants^and Plar
J OK UNIC
? Oupital Stock
jK Surplus
X Stockholders' Liabilities
V Total
i Directors?J. A. Fant, W
I T. C. Duncun, J. T. Douglass, I
T Win. Coleman.
I' We Solicit Yo
Local Market Report.
Union market changed e ery two |
wee'xS hy the Union Cottoi Mills Department
Store. i
Itaenu 0*t '
llama I'-H
Shoulders
Breakfast Strips 10
Klour 4 AOS 4 75
Meal 0<1 I
Orist - *4
Klee 8S I
8ur*r 0 V ,
Cofrae 10i,40
Lard m <
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IVbttOeo 85 a,7B j
KenHene Oil 15
Chicken# ll'<?17 t
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UNION COUNTY NEWS. j
Items of Interest Gathered from 1
Various Sections by our
Correspondents. 1
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Santuc Sittings. {
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"In and sweet da) a when l.rctic flushes (
Burn ml on maple and sumac l*vn, j
When sorrowful winds wail through ihe
rushes. i
And a'l things whisper of loss and j
grief, I
When rln?.pr and closer bold frost, no
proachea
To snatch the b'ossoms from nature's
breast,
"Vyiieu night forever on day encroa- hrs?
'ph? then I thiuk X love you oeit."
Pjtl yop ever gee a rabbit plant ?
JJqw work while the weather is
plt?sant.
Has any one seen the "last rose
of summer ?'*
Rejoice, all men rejoloe cotton has
gone up?in price.
When the cold winds come?what
will we do for great coat*?poor
thing*.
Mr. Green J. Lee, of Black Rvck,
was in town yesterd iy and attended
services at the Baptist church.
This month was one of excellent
weather for gathering crops, but
foddpr pulling and cotton picl.ing
contiioted and held one necessarily
back: ' dodder was generally well
saved, but then it was not of the be>t
quality, the tips were burned
Since our unprecedented hot
weather we have bad quite a while
of cool weather that lingers much '
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longer limn usu;?? mis sumuh 01 iucm
year. The temperature dropped to <
30 degrees with slight frost on diy
substances, and this morning, the
2nd, since jotting down some other
notes it was 36 degrees and in places
white frost that kdled late corn, eotton
and completely "wiped out" the
the pea crop, and in those place*
seed is lost. Fortunately it was not
general.
Miss Essie Zealy, of Sparta ?burg,
is visiting her many friends in !*antuc.
Mr. J Leon Butler, of L* ckhart.
visited bis pareioH, Dr. and Mrb. F
P. Butlier, below town, last week.
Mr. W. O. Jeter went by private
conveyance to Jerikinsville last week
to see his brother. Dr. E. 0. Jetor.
Mr. Joe II. Jeter has gone to
Charleston to attend the lecture at
the Charleston Medical college.
About all of the college girls Mho
havo been enjoying their vacation
at home havo returned to their respective
schools.
The academy here opened under
favorablo circumf-tancos, and prospects
good, wilh Miss Cowan, a
highly recommended teacher, in
charge.
Cotton picking is progressing and
w^hn't^e crop is put to the "crucial
f teat" of picking and weighing, it is
found to be still short, or rather
shorter.
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The pek'crop, even where there is 1
some suggestion of vines, is shout to '
prove a complete fhiluiv. 'J here is
very little fruit Mini that is too late to '
mature fully. Seed is likely to be !
very scarce next year.
Sow oats. This is iuy sn.-gcMion '
The coin crop is poor, the ; ca ?rop,
the sideline, is about a Uilure. There
is no peavine hay, and fetoek will
>ave to be fed ou corn through the
winter nr.:! cm'* will he hadly needed'
aext summer. Feed is croinc tr. nu.
ihort rure. It is a ro;gbty tough
ob serimagiug around to ma'ce both v
jnds of horse feed meet. b
1 am more and more opposed to t
the roundlap or cylinderiea! cotton b
press. For awhile, I thought it a
might be a little possible, but read- ?i
itig all the praises of the method, I
have about concluded that they are
>nly advertisements written by the s
:ouipuny or the.ir agent, at. the com- 1
pany'o dictation. The whole thing {
is the tnost gigantic trust that can be t
jonceived of foisted upon cotton pro [
lurt-r*. If it could he adopted and o
arrie?l to the extent that tho trust t
, < striving f >r, it wdl close out all a
imall gioners that is the "traveliug"
pinners, and stop every firmer from t
leing his own man as to ginning his r
>wn cotton. That would have to be t
ione by the trust. If a round bale T
press was put in this ginnery he e. 1
wiih the amount of ginning it tines 1
when the twenty year lease wis out. u
thp trust WAIllil tuiffl rniioiui"! it 1.1
300 as rent. Very generous man t
who would give that fir the use of a t
JoOO pre?a. I say let ua have none
:>f them, for sure some farmer w??uM a
liave to help to pay that en<*nuou? li
rent. I am a reformer and a vevo- i
iutionist iu a sense, but not ho mu ;h t
jobs to try to ai?l iu reforming or I
revolutionizing things until we are s
ander the thumb screws of a
[ am willing to reform and adopt i s
iniform bale?it can not co-t mm; i ' d
to alter presses?and more to wrap ( u
them up better and neater where i ?
there will not be so much waVo, ;i i 1 (
those who own small engines, gi i j
md presses can do their own wov'i r
ind other ginners cau be owrit*?> of v
pre ses and not renters. I am g il j t
that a round bale press w> s not put . .
in at the new ginnery at Caih'le m ; <
was once reported, but a Mpure i> tie ! f
one. for this U something I am j t
deeply interested in, being a vottoi I
producer, if but a small one. Pow 1 i t
with the trust.
11 ky !)I:NV:,K ?
Santuc, S. C., Oct. 9, '90.
Millions of dome*, js the value placed i
by Mm. >iury lliril, Ilanisbnrg, l'? . <>.i ! c
the life of her child, which j
from croup by too use of One Minute ,
Cough Cure. 11 cures all coughs, colds .
ar.d throat and liuig troubles. K. (). 1
Duke. I
Keitoit Dots.
The weather in delightful nov,
and we are enjoying ir. in i s fulles'..
Cotton picking is the order of the <
day. i
Miss Ida Wood who has been visiting
relatives in Union, h?s returned
home. 1
Mrs. John M. Little and chihlreu <
left la*t week to visit her paren s iu i
iMl?BI8S?ppi.
Miss ShII'io Chambers. Swllie Q.tr-11
iter and Edith Fowler passed through
Kclton last week on their wuy to
Clifford's seminary.
Rev. D. C. Freeman, wife and
children, after spending several wet ks
with relatives in Greenville, have
returned home.
Rrof. Thomas M. Jones 'eft Ktdton
Friday for Callisin. Mr. Jones
has many staunch friends here and
-? 1
we wish him success.
Mr*. Dr. F'-al and ihildren, of
l'icdm-'nt Spiingj. are \i?itiag the
tunf.ly of Uev. J. N. Isom.
Mi-s Sibbie and Maud Kelly left
List Saturday for Charles'on. where
hry expect to attctil school at the
Confederate Home.'
Miss ^usie Craw fold, of Jonesvillo.
fias been visiing frieuds in K el ton.
Kid ton is improving. We have
i phono nowr, which is vrry con'in.
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cut tu uui mcaiuuifc?.
;?ir. I?. It. Going, of our ci?v,
<i.-i?o-: Gieeiiville lust week.
.Nil Conway Posey visited Kelton
nst ! I ur-?day.
Mrs. M. W. Chambers has been
v'ery sick for the past few. day p.
Mirs Mary Leo Hardin spent last
Saturday ?t Santuc.
Mr. J. Necly Ilardin and daughter,
Miss Posey, of Chester, spent Sun
J iy i.ight at the h"iile of Mr. John
i. Spears.
Ilonoi Poll. Mavy Lee Hardin,
I'eacher. Bertha Gault, Gletin Isom,
lessie Isom, Willie Isoai, Bu'.lcr
veiley, Annie Smith, Edgar KHley.
lath Spears, Ernest Spears, Madge
Vood. Mary Wood, Melvimt Porter,
dittie Wood.
"Olivia,"
Jj'i&AYillp Jottings.
Joaesvi'ile, S. C.. Oct. 2.?Thefts
ras considerable frost this morning
> it t :,ire is nothing killed by it on
he high lands, but in the hot oins it
las (lone much (lanugo to the pea
,tnl hay crops. The cool weather
d'oo.rse holds up the maturing of
if ti e lite cotton vnd stops tlx
;rowth of vegetation and is a hack
ot t? many things these hard times.
L'he poor crops at one time was very
>romisiug but now it is very plain
hat it wi 1 be a failure; peas will he
>eas in this country next year. Some
me has alt cady advanced the idea
hat p as will be worth two dollars
. bushel next spring.
Last Saturday was a lively d ?y in
own, Two line gins running and
l'ing out tin e ? or four bales of coton
e-*ery hour and cotton celling at
i cento and cotton seed bringing
G cents mule farmers step round
ively arid merchants were looking
nore 11 ;asaut than usual.
The doctors are smiling too, a?
here is a great deal of sickness in
he country.
Today tlio rollor mill is unloading
loud of Tonnassve wheat which they
lave bought an.l will manufacture
nto good sweet patent Hour and
here will be nothing mixed with i%
iut it will be all fiour, pure and
imple.
Hie cotton mill acems to be an rsured
fact. Forty seven thousand
Lollars hive been subscribe I which
iseures that much Northern papital
md '-no-hundred-thousand will bring
he mill without any d<>ubt.
The grading on the Loci hart rail oad
is progressing nicely. The
v<ht'ici is fi;ie f>r the business and
ho guides arc light and so the work
roes steadily on. The young people
if our town are thinne l out CQtyftid
rahU by the many boys and girls
bat have gone oil* to college.
l>> aliace ftinitu icic a lew nays
lavs ago for Ft mm University.
M Alex Foster left last Saturday
or iliv. ilcLtiil eo-l^ge in Atlanta.
O :r high school is moving on nice
y wit). Mi<s Arohor ?*t the helm.
Mr. < Jiull'iCT 1?. F.-vrler has been
?ver in Cross Keys township survevi
? lands. II" Pays he found soini
?ery old surreys and old d>tes datng
back into the colonial days, their
:i?rin?. be'ng (juite different frotp the
pros-nt forms. Telephone.
Dots From Cro3S Keys.
Mr. Editor: The rise iu the price
}f cotton has stimulated our farmers
90UU what.
I was ii your city a few days last
week and met many old friends taat J
had not seen in a lon^ time. \ wont
down and spent u pleiWnr night with
Capt. Gilliam Jeter. lie has more
hogs, more old corn and from what I
saw a sin ike-house nearer the type
of tho good old day* before the war
than any place 1 have seen in cur
county. The crop9 ia that sec/ion
(Santnc) will compare very fyvo^hly
with ours. I met Mr. 8. J. Davi -,
a good oitiaen of that section, who
gave mo a rather bad report from my
neighbor, lie said bo was surprised
at being charged on the Sabbadi
day for a little feed for a tired horse.
I that Cros? Keys was neted
hospitality, but moat all
<p]*e&? had its hog or its regulator iu
it; therefore he bhould not judge the
$??auce of us by the one referred to.
-w? ho will pay Cross Keys
another wisit sometime with the hope
of being able to make a better report.
"Man's inhumanity to man maki-8
countless intUions mourn." The
idea of one neighbor charging anothtr
for Settle fetd for a tired horse, and
thej^jpopdemn trusts and combines,
aU^ceftdoa;n the wealth of Gould and
Vap^|J>iit. whan he at the same
time ts holding to the little heh-s
got'in Lis grasp with such tcuaci y
that the word eharitv is aa souiidfoir
I , ~ * o
i brass or a tinkling symbol.
I am thinking of the school I taught
twenty years ng?. I can seethe
class. ?f little boys there. There
were two I well remember that if
either wers fortunate enough to procurs
a red apple for the coming day
tha^thev wou'd exhibit it to the en
tire school sin?l when they g t lealy
to eat it they would go around the
sdhool house, got out.of eight of the
other children going in different
direction, and enjoy it alone. I predicted
then that they would make
anything else but good citizen*. It
has turned out that way?you can
buy those fallows now three (3) for a
quarter. Ilespectfu'ly,
Titos. II. Goes.
CHtSS Kev? Oct. 2.
PLANT WHEAT.
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It's More Profitable than Cotton j
and Helps to Make Farmers
Independent.
Marion Star.
Below wo publish a circular on
the cultivation of wheat, gotten up
by Mr. E. T. Wiilcox. It contains
some valuable information on the
wheat growing question. ami will be
reail with interest by out* farmer
friends who contemplate planting
j^heat. This industry should be encouraged,
aud Mr. Wiilcox has *et
the ball in motion by assming us that
we will have a roller mill in operation
for the next crop. No', having
to ship the grain for manufacture it
will be of the greatest advantage, and
there is no reason why every farmer
should not plant several acres of
wheat and have his Hour uude right
at home.
Farmers cannot grow wheat to advantage
unless they can get it ground
without hauling it too far and find
a homo market for their surplus pro
duct. To meet this need the under
signed obligates himself to have a
roller mill of ample capacity in operation
at Marion for the nexc crop.
This information is given, yow ia
that farmers pmyy tjot lWitate to
ptyqt wheat. The- best season to
plant is October and November, the
earlier the better.
One to one and a half bu-thels of
seed wheat per acre should be used
if sown broadcast, the poorer the
land the more seed should u#ed,
_:~i u? i i -..,1 .v.? "ii
riuuer but? i ta i iwu earner juauicu
la?s teed.
Haw c :>tton seed U a staple
manure for wheat; thirty bushels to
the acre and 200 pounds Acid Phosphate
should produce twenty f*
twenty-five bushels per i\cre on*'fair
land.
, The land should be thoroughly
prepared and well drained. Plow
deep and aub?>il if you can, harrow
seed in two inehet deep and roll the
land if practicable. To auoeeed best
hare the land pi line condition.
Qi^r farmers c never be independent
uutil they r-dss their home
simplie?.
One advantige in planting wheat
is that it'you fail to make u croi it
j is not ro> late t> plant n cr.>p of t o a,
peas, pota;oo3 or sugar canc on t i>
same land anl it leaved the I t ml in
fine tillage.
Let every farmer in >J*i\iun oounty
plant at least from one to fire a.' es
and bo independent of the Northw .91
for his flour.
You can g<d your .seed from any
of the merchants. Make- arrangements
with them at once, let them
know how much you wi-h.
hi, T. Wivncox.
There i$ food fur thought for our
farmers in Union county, in the above
letter. Heed the advico and plant
uioro wheat, tho mills will be forthooraiug.?[Ed.
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