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The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1879-08-29
Dovn With Independsnts


Ia another column will be found q capital ar
the Abbeville Medium, and is as applicable to
this County as Abboyillc. Every true democrat,
who fully appreciates the condition of the dem
ocratic party in this State. must, we think, give
the ,Msdiva's timely warning his inequirocal
endorsements. No one can be so blind to what
is passing around us as not to see that the Rad
icals are already organizing for n tremendous
struggle to regain possession of the State gov
ernment, and every County Office where there is
any hope for them, in 1880.
The great danger to the democratic party
and, as consequence. to the State-is the in
satiable thirst for office which pervades its
ranks. 1t seems TO us that every fifth man in
the ranks want office, and think they are enti-
tied to it, for some services they have rendered
the party. Well. as all of them cannot possibly
be accommodated at every election, it seems to
us that good sense and decent regard for the
opinions of the people would dictate to the de-
feated aspirnnts cheerful acquicscenco In the
will of the majority and q greater effort for the
future success Of the party, so that the people
may sec and appreciate their services, and, If
cappetent add deserving, reward them when
opportunity. offers. In other words, we say
"bide your-timc," gentlemen.
At present il is uncertain what plan will be
adopted in this County to make nominations /;
but Whenever the nominations made, ac-
cording to any plan decided on by the demo.
cratic party, we shall not feel at liberty ourself
to oppose it., nor shall VIC countenanco in the
least any opposition from any other party. We
are aware that a movement is on foot already,
in this county, TO forcsal or defeat any united
action Of the democratic party to make ticket.
and we are watching the movement closely
Should such move be successful n ganersl
scramble would be the result The democratic
party would be split all to pieces, while the Re-
publisans, concentrating all their strength
upon one ticket, would carry the County, and We
would again see our Offices filed by motley
crew of inefficient and corrupt men.
-Msaro mt out of the woods so far as TO al
low us to shout with all confidence. The enc
my's eye is kept steadily upon our movements
and directly our forces be-ome dsorganized anu
divided, lie will, most assuredly, get in between
and snatch the victory from us. Let the people
begin to canvas this matter among thcmsclye
and determine that no division in the democrat
ic ranks shall be tolerated.
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Newberry Agricultural Society.

We have received the Premium List of the
second Annual Fair Of the Newberry Agricultu-
raj and Mechanical Society, to be held ut New
berry C. H., commencing Wednesday,, Oct, %,
and ending Friday, 2ith. The list embraces
in County Fair, and the Premiums are very
liberal.
In ante bfiivmiimcs, when the venerable Judge
,ONcill was president of ihc Society, Nowberry
had the best Comfy Fair in ihe State, and we
don't see why j, should not be rs good ms any
now.
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REMARK ABLE CoTToN CEops.-The newspapers
arc are calling attention to the wonderful success
of MIR. j, j. Crump, whose farm is near Aber-
,deen, Miss. lie has adopted n new process in
cotton planting, and the remarkable results
which have followed his experiments are attrac-
aing the notice Of planters. In 1877 Mr.. Crump
produced $40 pounds Of ginned cotton to the
acre, 900 pounds in l87S and the prospects
this season point to the heaviest yield he has
ever obtained. The Aberdeen (Miss.) Examiner
gives the process Mr. Crump prepares his
land in December by digging holes three feet
from each other, eighteen inches square and
eighteen inches deep; those holes he fills with
manure to within four inches of the top, and the
remainder Of the way with the top soil. At the
usual season he plants with view to having
three stalks to hill, and piles the clay from the
bottoms of the pits deep over their tops as
the supply will admit Of, with view TO keeping
down the grass, and then cultivatcS with hand
and hoe, never allowing plough to be used
The preparation is made in December in order
subdue the fiery qualities of the fertilizer, and
the holes when prepared will make at least three
crops without changing their contents-the sec
.ond crop generally being the BEST and the first
and third about the same. This plan has gone
beyond the sphere Of experiment, and there is
no longer necessity for man to scrape dozen
acres when he can obtain more cotton and better
cotton by cultivating two or three by Mr..
Crumps process.
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Abont Oor JudRes.

"Judge Wallace is spoken OF as candidate
for Governor" "a >sS
n Judge spoken of in such connection, for we
have really thought that Judge Wallace should
be reserved for citerthipgs. We consider him
entitled TO the vacancy upon the Supreme Bench,
because ws have thought that selections Tor mat
exhalted station should be made from the unde-
fled crniine and not-from among the politicians
II is bad enough to have Governor spoken OF
for Judge but to have Judge aspiring to be
Governor would be the height Of indecency
when there is already too much tendency TO
make use Of the Chief Magistracy as q stepping
stone to political promotion. Particularly is
this Objectionable so long as the Judges are
elected for term of years and may he liable
to the suspicion, if not tho temptation, OF using
the two standpoints reeiprocally for perpetual
succession.
la the above the Beaufort Crescent iterates our
opinion in respect to making the high offices OF
Governor or Circuit Judge stepping stones to
political promotion. But have another
equally as strong reason, at this time particu-
larly, why neither Judge Wallace nor any other
of the Democratic Judges should be taken from
tho Bench to fill other positions. It requires
time, study and practical experience. rs well rs
purity of character to make afully competent
Judge, and n term of little over three ycars-2as
in tho case of our present Jndges--is barely
sufficient for them to acquire the rndimcnts of
the knowledge required to make them efficient
officers. 11nte beiium the Bench of South Caro-
lima was looked upon as the purestand ablcst in
| the country, and the decisions from our Courts
were quoted and held as high authority oil over
| the world. This honor to the State ard Bench wns
mainly due to the great experience Of the
| Judges which their life term Of Office enabled
| them to acquire. For our part we are decidedly
in favor of keeping the office Of Judge entirely
separate from and independent of political in
fucnccs. This cannot be, SO long as opportuni-
tics offered every four years for new aspi-
rants to exert their political influence to elect
men to the Legislature pledged, perhaps, to vote
for them for judges. We would like to see some
changes made in the present Judiciary of our
State, but not for promotion. Let us keep those
democratic Judges who are doing well upon tho
Bench, where they are, that they may be able te
fully learn and appreciate the duties and digni
ty Of their position.
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Our Male School.

Our Male School.
The exercises of our Male School will COM
mence next Monday, and we hope to see good
round number Of young men ut the opening
We doubt much if any Eale school in any town
in the State offers higher advantages for q sound
and thorough education than ours 1t is almost
unnecessary for us TO speak Of Mr.. Townsend.
All in this County know him, and he is almost,
as we'll known all ever-the upper counties
- ~--- ------ i-i-s-i.--l-E -E:
cient Teacher and thorough disciplinarian.--
His long experience in the school room enables
him to discover at once the peculiari,ics of n
boys mind and his fne Judgment never fails in
adapting the discipline and studies for the BOY s
good.
Mr.. Bailey is young man Of very superior
qualities for the position of Teacher. Ills cdu.
cation is thorough, his discipline mild but firm,
while his moral character is of tho highest or
der, and will command respect. la this school
a young map may obtain rs thorough an educa-
ton ms many institutions of higher professions
impart.
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THE GENITAL SYSTEM OF MEASURING GRAIN.-
An important change is about being put in
operation by the various trade organizations
OF the country in the substitution of the
ceptol system of measurement for the bushel.-
The system provides that all dealings in grain,
flour, meal, provisions, lard, tallow, butter,
cheese, petroleum, naval stores, OILS hay, salt, f,
seed dried fruit, live and dressed stock, freghts,
storage other articles of produce dealt in by
produce merchants, shall be conducted exclu
sively on the basis Of weight, the unit of trans
actions to be the pound avoirdupois and the
multiple thereofto be the GENITAL or one hundred
pounds avoirdupois. The Importers and Gre
GERS Board Of Trade, of New York. hos already
adopted the new system, and the managers
of the Produce Exchange are receiving so
many favorable responses to their appeals
40 different trade organizations throughout the
country to DIN in The movement that il is expec-
red the GENITAL system will be put in operation
by the lst of October. Once tried, there is no
doubt it will prove great improvement on pres.
ent methods.
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Tho Weather and Crops.

The Weather and Crops.
The continuous rains ard cold nights are do
ing mischief to the cotton crop. From all parts
of the County complaints come to us of rust and
lice. The plant has grown too mueh weed since
the rain commenced and has not put on fruit in
proportion. Many who, three weeks ago, were
so hopeful Of making n fair crop are now much
depressed under the conviction that they will
not make half crop, while some say that moth
ing but late and favorable Fall will give them
even that. 1t is opening slowly. except where
the rust has taken it.
All are sowing turnips moro extensively than
ever before.
s"rg Icgyn rGu iIr Ieast dopJlo the
quantity of oats will be sown, aud better culti
vation given them. Glover, Lucerne, and the
grasses are receiving more attention than be.
fore.
The corn crop will be short, rs n general thing
but in some sections of the county good crops
have been made.
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The Southern Educational Mon.h

The first number OF this monthly is before us.
Such work has long been much needed in this
State, and we hope II will be we'll sustained. 1t
is an eight page paper, handsomely printed and
contains much valuable matter, while the price
is put down to the low figure of 30 cents year.
This journal is published by that onierprisng
firm, Messrs. Walker, Evans g. Cagswell, at
Charleston, which is guaranty of its excel
lence. Among its regular contributors we find
the names of Hugh s. Thompson, State Super
intendent of Educltisn, j. ii. Carlisle, of wof-
ford College, and a number of other prominent
gentlemen connected with educational Institu-
tions throughout the States, and we may be sure
il will be IN admirable paper
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The ubiauitous Duncan,

In the Columbia Register Of Wednesday there
is an account of u Dime Reading in that City in
The Ne@'Hall of The Young Mems Christian As
sociation, and among the many funny things
reported Of it we find the following: MIR. d.
P. Duncan read "Buck Fanshaw's Funeral
exciting bursts Of laughter, and made quite a
happy hit"
The next we heard Of Dorsey, ho was man
aging IN excursion train to the Mountains of
Western North Carolina. ..IIe's a rowing blade"
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The Hampton Guardian.

The first puni5er of this journal is before us, and
we cannot refrain from complmenting our young
friend MeSweeuey for the excellent STYLE both
in nppsnranco'nnd contents, in which makes his
first appearance before the people of Hampton
county, We can also say to the citizens of
Hampton that Nc. is a first rate young man, and
the longer they bnow him and his paper the
better they will like both; provided he is sup
ported as he deserves,
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Killing In Yazoo, Miss,

terrible affair occurred in Yazoo City, Mis-
sissipr on Tuesday, The l9lh inst. 1t appears
that man by the name of Henry Dixon, who
was one Of tho foremost buldozers in the county
of Yazoo, had become an Independent Candidate
for the Office Of Sheriff, and was exciting the
negro population. who were largely in the ma
Jority, against the democratic party. lie was
ordered by large meeting of the best citizens
to leave the county. but did not do so, hut with
drew from the candidacy. His volunto rily
changed position, from pronounced democrat
to an Independent candidate, with the negroes
excited for him, naturally incenscd his former
friends against him, and in a street encounter
with one Of them, James II. Barksdale, candi-
date upon the democratic ticket, Dixon was shot
and killed. Much excitement prevails in Yazoo,
and the occurrence has given the Northern Rad
icals new cause for a general howl against the
bloodthirsty democracy OF the South.
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"1've Sailed the Wide Seas Cver."

The good ship Pinafore will be moored in tho
Union Harbor on Thursday, Sept. 4th. That
able commander, Capt. Corcoran, will have charge
Of the craft and her full complement of trusty
seamen. 1t is hintcI that Sir Joseph Porter, 1st
Lord of the Admiralty, accompanied by an ad-
niiring train Of female relatives, will visit the
ship on n tour of inspection.
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Atlanta Medical College.

We call attention to the advertisement of the
above college. We earnestly recommend this
Institution to those desiring medical education.
We are assured, from its reputation, that those
who avail themselves of its superior facilities
will not have cause to regret their choce.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1879-08-29

MASON lIAMLIN ORGANS. ENpoRsED by
OVER 100000 DgLIGmTEp PURcu AsgRs. Not
lowest priced, poorest and dearest but highest
priced, best and cheapest. Cost but little more
than inferior organs. Give five times the salts
faction. Last twice as long. Viotors at all
worlds exhibitions. Acknowledged best by all
disinterested and competent musicians. Solid
facts, indisPViable. slch as no other organ ma
ker in the world can substontiofc Glorious news
for purchasers. Grand Introduction Sale. New
Styles. New Prices, Stops. Elegant Case
$50; Snper4 Mirror Top Cases, 10 Stops, S1OO
10 days trial. Freight paid b,th ways If Organ
don't suit Sold on ensy terms. Rented until
paid for. Delivered anywhere In the South for
"a extra. For full particulars, address Lndden
q Bates, SnrapDah, Ga., Manager Wholesale
Southern Depot. Price same al Factory.
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Down with Independents.

In the recent GreeuVllle city eieCtiou ANero
was n ve,y considerable ''indepcndcnt' opposi-
lion TO the regular Democratic ticket, and where
ever there is such opposition the Democracy is
in danger. We fear there is growing tenden-
CIV towards "indepcndentism" all over tho State
and The vote in Greenvillo may DC regarded rs
very Just cause for alarm. Last week In conVer-
sation with citizen of this county we were
threatened with independent candidates at the
next election if the legislature does not repeal
the Stock Law, and the indictment and prosecu-
tion of voters and managers OF election IL the
count out should not be favorable to the revolu-
tionists. In some of the lower counties 1t IS re-
ported that there is no danger of any resistance
from the old republican party but the opposition
is coming from q much more dangerous ana IN
sidious foe. Our party organization is in great
peril and there are men i'll this State VINO wouiu
sink the Democracy tomorrow IL upon ITS rum
they might rise to prominence and positioh.-
They are most narrowly to be watched anu
frowned down by every patriotic, true citizen.
The same cause that united us in 1876 IS present
with us to. day and should move us to just sucb
devoted patriotism and proud deeds as made that
year immortal If we give way to passion anu
let our selfish prejudices blind our Judgment ami
GO in with any element organized against Inc
Democracy We will commit political murder and
do tho State incalculable harm. The next cam
paign will be one of the most important ever
conductedin this Stale and our only safety Is In
Democratic unity. Our leaders have not always
Decn 1nlthlul 10 tnelr picuBeS' tueJ h", NS''
too tenderly with the great radical criminals,
perhaps, and they have not worked rs much for
the good of the party as for the gratihcation OF
their own selfish ends but these things should
not disunitc the party If our present leaders
have failed to do their duty there are other men
to select from and whatever differences we nave
can be and should be settled within the party
If Governor Simpson is not the right man TO
lead the Democracy let them turn him out and
put some one else in his place, but never lett nc
said that any one man broke up the Democratic
party. So with other men in the State-we have
good men enough to take their places when they
have all failed to do their duty. we want no
divisions, no schisms, independent capi-
dates, and no man should be countenanced IN
the community who would make his ownadvance-
ment higher than the safety of society, the sue
cess of the party and stability of the government.
Any man who lived in South Carolina during
the long night Of RADICAL wrong and oppression
will know what this independent movement
means-nothing but the loss of every thing we
have gained and the dark desolation OF utter de-
spair.-Abbcrilc Medium.
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Ths Palmetto Yeoman,

Is the name of n new and sprightly evening
daily paper just started in Columbia by our old
friend c. NJ. McJunkip. It is published at the
low price of 81 year, 40 cents n month, and
10 cents week. Mr.. McJunkn is first class
printer and one of the best men in the State,
and we hope his venture will be success but
we think bo is working much too cheap to make
money.
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RsSr. We thank Mr.. Jas. Grant for improving
to call and renew their subscriptions can now do
so without fear Of falling into hole in the floor
The way for such visitors is now smooth,
and safe, and we invite them to II and sec the
Improvement.
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Fire at Fish Dam.

On Wednesday night of last week n fire oc-
CURED ut Fish Dam, burning down two stores.
No details have reached us, but it is suspected
that it was the work Of an incenaiary. man
told US some time last year that there was more
cotton made in those stores than on any two
plantations in Fish Dam Township. 1t was
shame to burn up two such prolific plantations
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pea- The commander Of II. NJ. s. Piuafore
invites everybody to 60 and see his gallant ship,
on next Thursday night, the 4th, at Nicholson 8
Hall "and so do his sisters and his cousins and
his aunts," who will all be on board to welcome
visitors.
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HARVEY TERRY BAFFLEp AaAIN.--Judge
Thompson filed nm opinion in the Common Pleas
in Columbia last week i'm the case of Harvey
Terry vs.. tho Commercial Bank of Columbia
The question involved was the payment Of costs
in an appeal casc. The decision was adverse 10
Terry.
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Gone to Market.

Mr.. p. Nj. Cohen is now Mt tho North watch
ing for the best chances to buy goods cheap for
his customers.
Capt. A. II. Foster has also gone north to buy
his winter stock. lie expects n heavy Fall and
Winter trade and will buy accordingly. For
safety his good wife and Miss Emma Brandon
accompanies him.
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Col. EvINs AMONG HIS CoNsTITUENTs.-Lan-
caster, August 1S.-Col. Evins, our Immediate
Representative in Congress, has recently visited
this portion of his constituency. lie made q
speech last Monday evening in the courthouse,
giving a brief account of his stewardship at
Washington. He thinks the constitutional
questions involved in the debates at the late cx-
ira session of Congress WILL in large measure,
engross the attention of the people in the next
Presidential campaign, and that the financial
question will not enter largely into the same
lie thinks. from the present outlook, that Sena-
tor Thurman, of Ohio, has the best chance Tor
the Democratic nomination, and moro especially
if Gen. Ewing should win the gubernaterial race
this fall. lie has, however, great personal re-
gard for the great Delaware statesman. Col.
Evins is very conservative in his views.
Col. Evins manifests deep concern for the
welfare of the National Government, and his
-. uvfts,
are for the South to devote itself TO the govern.
ment, to aspire to lead in directing the affairs
of government, to assume the rcins, to strive to
reform The abuses, and make the General Govern
mcnt a great boon to the whole people, North rs
well rs South. lie showed that it was possible
for the South by the exercise Of n wise states
EianshiF, to control the affairs of government,
rs she was once accustomed to do This result,
he said, might be accomplished by rigid ad.
hercnce to the Federal Constitution, and by
adopting measures to extnguish the fires of
sectional hate. Such broad views, inculcatcd
both North and South would soon give suprom-
.aey to the principles Of tho Constitution, and
place the government On the foundations pre-
pared by tho sages Of '7G. Would not the easu-
al observer say that this is wholesome doctrine
for the youth of the country?
Rain for the last three weeks or more has
been quite sufficient, and the crops have i'm
proved, and our people as they come to town
from tae country show more hopeful faces But
the crop will not tic an average.-Speciai TO
Nescs and Courier.
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A Severe Accident.

Little Thaddeus Bailey, aged Z years, met
with severe accident last Sunday in falling from
a fence and breaking his arm between The wrist
and elbow. The limb was set by DR.. II. s..
Beatty and the little fellow is doing we'll under
his suffering.
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The Only Chance to See Her.

The Pinafore win not be in Union during Fair
week, rs that "smartest lad in all the fleet,
Ralph Rackstraw" and several others of :hc
crew will hav. sailed for other ports before the
time appointed for the Fair
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Shooting in San Francisco.

On the 2Sd, Rev. J. s. Kalioch, the working
mems candidate for Mayor of San Francisco,
was called from his study, by Charles DeY Youag.
one Of the proprietors of the Chronicle aewspa-
Of that City and shot. The matter grew
out Of vulgar personLl abuse. in which Kalloch
called the mother Of DeYoung a prostitute
Kaloch was living at last accounts. Both Of the
men are pronounced Radicals and il is an Offset
to the Yazoo affair.