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The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1879-11-28

A DECIsroS on THE IIoMEsTEAp.--Thc case Of
Fannie L. White against William T.. Roach and
Francis Arnold, involving the construction of
the 32d Section Of Article . of the State Const-
tuition, in relation to homestcals, was fled yes
terday morning. Mcssrs. Sloan and Muller rep
resented the plaintiff, and Mr.. Montcith repre-
scntcd the defendants.
The household furniture Of the plaintiff had
been levied on for rent, and even the bed she
slept in taken from under her. upon the theory
that such furniture was not exempt from levy
and sale under the homestead laws, because she
was not the owner Of real estate.
His Honor Judge Mackcy charged as matter
Of law that it was n great mistake TO suppose
that the head of family could not claim n
homestead in personal property unless he owned
real estate. lie said that it was generally sup
posed that the case Of Duncan vs.. Barnett was
so decided, but that an examination of that case
would show the contrary. That case, he said,
merely decided that the head Of n family could
not exempt agricultural products from levy and
sale as the annual products of his homestead.
unless he owned the land on which such agrcu-
tural products were raised.
The trial of the case resulted in verdict for
the plaintiff for S750.-COiumJia Register, No
rcElJcr 23.
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Tho Late Snow Storm.

The snow storm of the 10Th, seems to have
been one with peculiarly Southern proclivitcs
and "local attachments" In this State it COM
petely ignored the Northern and North western
section of it, We learn that it did not visit
Spartanburg, Grccnvlc, Walhalla and other
places lying North OF this latitude, while from
n few miles above this point down to Charleston
it was the earliest aud heaviest snow storm
known for years. At Aston, we are told, il fell
from three to five inches deep and the depth
gradually grew less until about five miles above
here where it stopped, disappointing the boys
Ia JoncsviIlc of enjoying the fun Of 4 sleigh
ride and a snow-hallimg. If the Clerk Of the
weather takes many more such freaks the whole
country will be looking to Charleston and Key
West for its supply of ice.
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The Graded sschool system Wanted. -

Mr.. EDITOR 1T is gratifying to learn that
an earnest effort will be made by our Members
of the Legislature to place old UniCn on some
thing like footing of equality with other coni-
munties, as regards educational privileges.
Beyond question our good town can show rs
many children as any other place of its size, in
or out of the Union, and her lads and lasses
can't 'be beaten by anybody clse's, either
Tbep3f them have 9fair chancc-donL let them
be forced to grow up iu ignorance or go else
where to school. Such course will show Il
great want of economy, to say nothing of the
higher motives Of natural affection and the pub
! lie GOOD: There are over Two hundred children
s - Z {raditkSof two miles from her Court
-v~sSe who could and should be taught in her
'schools-and wonld be, could we have such n
system as tbe'w wants of these coming men and
women need and the highest interests of the
community demand-a system that would rem.
der the teachers less dependent upon the pat ron
age of individuals AMI at the same tinle bring
them under the influence of q public opinion
controlled. as it would be with us, by men and
women Of culture and refinement, in all classes
of the community. And bar and pulpit af
fording bright examples of what superior edu-
cation united to moral worth cin do in clevatng
the men above the range of the elerely case
hunting petifoggcr and the pitihl role of being
the mere ranting mouthpiece of sectarian
bigotry.
Now, is not the time fully come whY. every
consideration of public and private good CON
spires to demand Il new departure
No reflection whatever is intend ID upon the
teachers now in charge of the schools. They
are. doubtless well qualified. But the standard
should be raised The Graded School, with
Teachers having sufficient and stated salaries
and pupils so classed as to enable them to re
ceive attpntion and instfQetion in tlsemost eifcc
| tual manner, should take their places.
But, above all, let the new departure not be
come II cause of strife and .csatenlion, but let ;
spirit of mutual respect and cancellations unite
US nlorc firmly than ever in seeking a common
good. There certainly is occasion for dis
play of dogmatism of the Dogberry order
PRO BONO PUBLlCO.
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DuLLDozED NEGEoEs.--Thc Raleigh (N. Co.
Mechanic dnd Farmer, of Friday last, says: "lt
would Lc worth hundred thousand votes for
the Democratic party could each Northern State
have n dozen representatives to walk oar streets
and visit the colorcd peoples fair, to see the
hattalions of well armed troops lawfully bull
dozcd, they look to be y to see the Governor, II
Democrat and cX.Confrderatc, riding in Il four
horse barouchc, to open the proceedings to see
the street corners crowded with noisy and well
dressed negroes, with glossy stove pipe hats and
hg gold watches, to see the crcditablc dist lay of
farm, field and shop products, to see the swarms
Of excursionists from all parts Of the State-in
short, too sec what the Radical sheets style 'thc
poor, down-troldcn, robbed and inundated ne
rro'-as NC see him in our midst"
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The FENCE L\w.--Wc heard great deal said
by our farmers on this subject lately, and we
have no doubt, ns the Legislature is about to
meet, that the discussion will be renewed. Ii
is maintained by many that the cost Of fences is
very great, and that the enclosing Of stock in
steal of crops will be great saving both to cap
italists and labOrcr Without advancing any
opinion ourselves upon the merits dcmcrits
Of the proposed law, we believe the Legislature
made botch of it at the last session. To give
some townships the right 20 pass the law where
n neiShhorinS township does not, does great
harm in nccessitaiing the building Of township
fences and public gates. The law ought TO hc
general one way or the other. The last act was
II compromise, abotch, and, therefore, an injury.
-OraHgcJHry T,mcs.
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For the Times.
will Farmers Spiu THAR Own Cotton.

will Farmers Spin Their own Cotton.
The reluctance with which farmers give up
old opinions and persistently travel in the old
ruts has been embalmed in the old story of the
boy who woulI carry the pumpkin in one end
of his sack and the rock in the other be-
cause his daddy had done so before him. $eubt.
less many of the old women of Union County
will remembeHhaSing seen in their youth lit
tie machine wheryip the cotton was put. in the
seed, and came out on spoos as thread at the 9TH
er end. 1t was turned by hand and accomplished
very COED work And no doubt many onehaS
wondered why the machine went out of usd
was not improved upon.
The answer might be, the genius of peo-
pie lay not in the way of invention. We are
slow, very slow, to take up new ideas or to get
out of old ruts. More than twenty years ago a
Mr.. Henry Of Mobile, n merchant, we believe,
invented some very'@imple machine by which
cotton in the seed could be converted into thread
cheaply, and not requiring much skill in its
management. 1t was tested by some of the hest
planters in Mississippi, and pronounced sue
cess But from some cause the machine failed
to become popular and was soon slowed away in
Since the war new candidate for popular favor,
under the name of the "Clcmcnt Attachment"
has loomed up, but whether it is Mr.. Henry S
machine or q new idea we are not informed
1t seems, however to have taken n firmer hold
upon the popular mind and to be in n fair way
Of revolutionising public opinion. The little
milk at AY Ell Minister, Ocouee County. S. c., has
by its excellent management and its good yarn,
attracted attention from abroad a committee
of practical gentlemen have been sent from At
lanta to examine and report upon the enterprise
and this means business. You may rest assured
whenever the Atlanta people take hold of any.
thing there is something more than talk meant.
The Editor of the Spartanburg Ucr0ld has also
been tempted to go over and-sook at the West
minister experiment, and has been convinced ol
the pracicability of manufacturing our cotton
on the farm.
Mr.. VIM. Gregg, Of Grauitcrlc memory, al
ways maintained that it was the policy of the
South to manufacture yarn. lie said that the
South should not only supply Northern but Eu
rorcan manufacturers with yarn, If four or five
farmers can combine and put up II factory by
which their seed cotton can be converted into
yarn at profit, it is certainly a progressive
step. The mere saving i'll bagging, tics, trans.
porlation, TO say nothing of the stealing and
risk of fire, is worth noting. Several of the
Clement Attachments arc now in successful or
Grafton III this State, North Carolina and Alissis
sirpi. In Union County there are Any number
of waterfalls adapted to running machinery
the raw material at hanl AMI the laborcr wait
ing only to be called on. little enterprise ant
public spirit is all that is lacking.
ENTERPRISE
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Death Of John Gregory.

On thursday last, Mr.. John Gregory, o man
well known in this County, died at the residence
OF his daughter, Mrs. Samuel Harlan, from pucu-
monia. lie was Il man of unfortunate habits, but
honorable and harmless in his intercourse with
his fellow mcn. lie had received Il fine educa-
ton, but, like many others, his genial social
qualities and generous impulses were prostratcd
hy irregular habits, and almost his last words
were: My life has been = failure"
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Take Particular Notice.

We shall discontinue sending the TIMES to all
subscribers in arrears on the lst day of Dccem-
Der next, irrespective Of parties. Cotton is, and
has been for some weeks, bringing good price,
and by the lst Of December about all the crop
belonging to those not able to hold under the
hope OF better prices next spring, will have been
solo, ana II the small sums due us arc not paid
then, we shall have poor encouragement to give
further indulgence; AMI it is self evident that
those who are able to hold their cotton must
surely be able to raise tvo doIiars to pay the
printer
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MALICIOUS DEViLMENT.--On Sunday last Il
coach had been CHI itcrcd on the :. X a. Rail
roal, by ali invalid lady, who desired to reach
her home in South Carolina on that day, and y
negro boy named llcnry Ncwanl who recently
came from .Ishcvillc. boarded the train, without
ticket or money, and was put uh ut Flat Rock
On Monday following, Newland, with an accom-
plicc, Castor Brown, younger than himself, were
detected in the act of driving spikes between
the cnis Of rails, on the trcStlc. short distance
from Fiat Rock. They had also removed bolts
from the rails. They ran when they were dis,
covered, hm were afterwards arrested hy Mar
shal ilo!.incs worth and brought before Esquire
Patton. who committed them to Jail in the de
fault Of J 900 bail. -WrHi,rSoHrHic COUricr.
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ENTERPRISE.
TUT I
Why the Cotton Don't go to Charleston.


Mn. EnIroE That wide.awake, cnerprising
paper, the Charleston NcbrS dnd Courier, has
been industriousy interviewing the leading mcr-
chants and factors engaged in the Cotton bust
ness, the wharf owners and Railroad officials,
as to the cause of decline in the cotton receipts
in Charleston.
1t does not seem to have occurred to any one
that one of the most important ftcr6rs in the
problem had not been intcrvicwcd-thc plant cr
or country merchant.
These gentlemen complain that they have been
driven to sell to Agents of Northern houses,
near home or to Ship their cotton by the Air
Line, not only On account Of facilities and econ
omy, but because in Charlie ,nthcy find they are
fceced, in going tSrough.,hc hands of the Factor,
by SO many extra charges, such patching. in
surance, drnyage, storage, excessive samplng
and commissions. The bill of particulars found
attached to a sale of four five b,lcs of cotton
which runs tho gnnilet of u Charleston Factor
will deter any man from like experiment; and
he will feel incliael 10 sell his cotton rs near
home us possible.
1t is very plain, from the reports of the differ
ent parties interviewed, that reform is needed
in Charleston as to wharfage, drayage pressing
rebate, &c. | have heard country merchants
and planters declare that they would never sub
nit to the charges made in Charleston.
IT Charleston wants to retain her trade or to
get back what she has lost, her merchants must
make up their minds to be content with smaller
profits. The fact is patent that while the farmer
has grown poorer every year the cotton Factor
has grown richer. PLAIN FACTS.
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Incendiary Fire.

We regret to learn that Mr.. j. T. Duncan liv-
ing near Roscborough, in Laurens County, just
over the Union line, lost his corn crib, with six
hundred bushels Of corn, by fire, on Monday
night last.
1t was the act Of an incendiary, and We sim
cercly hope the scounirel will be caught and
made 10 ''strcch hemp" These fires arc again
becoming frequent and when the perpetrators
are caught no jury should '.rccommcnd them to
the mercy Of the Court"
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For the Times
West Springs Items.

Several cases of measles are reported in our
community.
Our stubborn man has at last found peer in
person too stin2y TO have good health.
y sermon was preached in one Of our neigh
boring churches few Sabbaths ago from the
text, "Be Surc your sins will find you out
Tho next week one Of the members Of that
church had 4 lightning rol put up.
The members Of the West Springs Sewing SO.
ciciy deserve all the credit that can bc ascrbcl
them for the success they attained in the man
agcmcnt of Tie !lot.Suppcr on the night Of the
2lst. The tables sroancl beneath such bur
den of delicious dclicacics that the gastronomic
proc,ivities of the daintiest cpicurcau might
have been fully sa,iatrd. After supper, whca
the "inncr man had been fully refreshed, tho
grlb-bag opened, which added no little to the
enjoyment of the party. The net proceeds,
amounting, to $50. 90 were not large, but salts
factory, considering the weather and the short
notice given to the public. Upon the whole We
must pronounce it success.
Winter has come at last, and with icy fingers
has ruthlcsSly stripped both spris and tree ot
their beautiful summer robes The leaves
| Drowned ana scared, scattered here and there
by the chilled November winds, have lost thci,
recent beauty anl freshness AMI they tell to us
with silent, sober speech, socGIn tale. Tho
dismant!ed trees, admitting the rough wIntc,
blast among their nude brachcs, speak of n cold
sad and diso!ate day in the life of'us an Sts
| the winter frost that robs the leaves Of thci
| gladncss is not less cold than the ingrati
title of the world, and the chilly wind tha
harcs the trees is not less rude than the storm.
| old age is sometimes f,rced TO buffet.
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plain Facts"

IIHIH FuCtS'
Our correspondent over the above signature
hits the nail square on the head this week lie
tells the Merchants and Factors of Charleston
some wholesome truths to which they must give
heed if they expect to recover the Cotton busi-
ness they lave lost From "Far Plays" stand
point he can see and hear more of the causes of
complaint against the Charleston market than is
ever told to the merchants and Factors OF that
city.
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State debt in.'ho ~ our STATE Drpr.-pu,,in. -
TO meet the In,aeu ae rough at 81, 900, 600 Gut
must nav ~, interest on this NJ q @ all told,
is IN. pay s: no less than $40 0no per cent we
peronn" us giving up 10 o06P 6PIr 81 "hhnm This
per bushcI VI some 200, ,0OObus. orn'n OF cotton
cst for Should we con,;nmo " GOT" a, 20 cents
600 or 1y 1on years we shall b,vo pny mus inter.
busbeis co,ooo bales of co,,",, paid SS, ,40O,-
10 us tLa, rh IN interest on tho lon, oo0O00
the owner, possible, every oco.,S IL seems
businqSs accOaJhruadr9ns: Heaasso~e all, it
cultvatcs high valuation Of the States's obli-
cations. Franco has set the world an example
in this respect. She puts her paper up in the
market for her own people aud thus rccovers
faster from financial disaster than any other
part of the habiiablc globe South Carolina,
when she makes $50, 900 bales of cotton at $40
the bale, puts 10000, 900 of commodities on
the world as good as gold. Now in twenty years
this reaches S100,0O0,000. II seems to us plain
that our people can AFFORD to own their own pa
per and stop this $4,000, ,0G0 interest money Ia
home.
To which our intelligent friend of the Able
vile Pres and Banner very apty says
We tako the above from the CoiuhnJid Register.
The policy suggested is the only wise one for the
welfare of our people. But the great trouble
is, that 50 far rs are aware, none of these
bonds are safe from dcspoliation ut the hands Of
the Rcpudiators. There are citizens III every
county who would be glad to invest in State
bonds and keep ;he.intcrestai home, but us long
rs there is such spirit of Reputation, CAPT
talists afraid to touch them. AS for our
selves do not know which Of the bonds are
good and which arc not We hope that the
Register may write the promised articles on the
subject
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TnE HOMESTEAD, We hope that some member:
of tho Legislature will Introduce an amend
mcnt to the Constitution, to Represented to tho1
voters at the next election, which will secure tn
homestead exemption in personal property, to-
those who own no land. We believe it is true
that the Supreme Court has moi yet decided the
question, but there seems to be little doubt in
the minds of the lawyers that when the question
is presented, the court will decide adversely to-
the interests of those who own no lapd.-Ab-
berWe Press and Banner.
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Tho Governors Message.

We arc not able to give our readers the mes
sage this week, but it will appear in our next.
1t Is Il very able and practical document, en-
bracins all the financial, agricultural and in
dustrial interests Of the State and is we'll wort h
reading.
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Mr. VIM. Ellcr has just received lot of splcn-
did Applc Butter, Jellics, and canned goods
sells cheap, and whai he cells is good.
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. let HIN ALoNE.-Thc Sumter Wdtchynan gets
Of Tie Ell,nMinn at lhc cSncnSe Of Gcncral L.

LET HIN ALoNE.-Thc Sumter Wdtchman gets
OF the following at the expense of General r..
r. lIcmphill, Of the Ahbcvlic McoiiWm:
General Il. II. !lcmphil, of the Abbcvillc Ne
dium, Is still raving about the cup country and
the low country Democracy" "Radical debt,
.'Straightoutism," purity in politics. 'thc
people" &C., and ne of our exchanges arc
coming down pretty heavily on General Robert
II. Now we think our brethren of the quill
should indulge the General great deal. lie
does not wish TO be misunderstood. lie stands
now fairly AMI squarcly" on the Democratic
''platform,' and he is right to let it be known,
far and wide. Hands OFF, gentlemen; General
Robert Il. ia making noise within the Demo
cratic ranks, that ho may easily prove an
cW; should he ever be charged with having been
in any other ranks.
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Charlotte Booming.

gentleman WHO stopped at Charlotte two
days last week says the merchants Of that city
are rejoicing over doing larger business than
they have done for some years.
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bne.. ,hathe "be
Ed Holmes Hung. en iw0snd three
un Friday last, at ns.' sas eSe'u'
npo" h nn0ma'' at the last 4! sner oe Witnesses r
hung by by ,I,s ua'orea pred. boy Ed. ri Jail.
rare pnoa ,ne neck until deadl little. lie con.
years old q. "nite child beSsriss, bu., thought
ted by the 81 me 2ad " 1ts ii. Asr tbs, rope
was fastened about his neck. 'be wssSsske3 ifhe
had anything to say. His only reply was to ask
if there was minister of the Gospel present
Rev. r. D. Smart, Pastor of.tse NJ E, Church,
(white) who had been very attentive and kind
to him during all his Imprisonment. hal left him
only short time before, and was not present when
asked for by the doomed boy. IIoltes was then
placed under the scaifold when the prsp knocked
away, his body swung oonvulsivciy for q few
seco.is and his spirit entered eternity.
The deed committed by Holmes, in our opin-
ion, is one Of the most hcnous and uupardona-
bic of all in the catalogue of crimes, and while
his agc-about Is ycars-has been urged by
many in cxtenuation, the circumstances under
which he committed the terrible offepsc was
most revolving and brutal and displayed in him
dcbased an inhuman heart.
One peculiarly unnatural feature. in Holmes
trial, confinement and execution is the fact that
neither his Mother, Father or Sister ever visited
him, although they live in town and he bad sent
for his Mothef'two or three tsufsgp' comic and
sec him.
We purpOsely refr"ined from giving unusual
prominence to the occurrence in our columns,
prcfcrring not TO encourage the morbid appetite
OF the people, usually SO gross upon such occa
sions-particularly with the colorei class. The
salutary effects of private executions upon
community was most apparent. There was no
excitement and we could not discover that the
melancholy occurrence had attracted any uuu-
sual number of persons to the town.
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Tho Members at their Post.

All the members of the Legislature from th
County went down on the train on Mouda,
morning, TO be promptly in their seats at tn,
opening Of the session.
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The Legislature.

This body convened last Tuesday, and from
he proceedings Of the first day we must believe
that the members determined to make the
session short and busy one. Our own mem
bers have set a good example in that way. as the
following extracts from the proceedings will
show.