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

MALICIOUS DEviLMENT.-On Sunday last a
coach had been CHI rtcrcd on the :. & A. Rail
road, by ali invalid lady. who desired to reach
her home in South Carolina on that day, and n
negro boy named Henry Newland, who recently
came from hshcvillc, boarded the train, without
ticket or money, and was put Off at 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 ends of rails, on the trcSlc, short distance
from Fiat Rock. They had also removed bolts
from tho rails. They ran when they were dis
covered. bun were afterwards arrested by Mar
shal iio!ingsworth and brought before Esquire
Patton who committed them to Jail in the de-
fault of : 900 l.-UcHdersonuHc Courier.
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BULLDoZrD NEGEoES.-Thc Raleigh (N. G. }
Mechanic amd FMmcr of Friday last, says: alt
would be worth hundred thousand votes for
the Democratic party could each Northern State
have n dozcn representatives to walk our 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-Confcderatc, riding in four
horse baroucEc, to open the proceedings f; to see
the street corners crowded with noisy and well
dressed negroes, with glossy stove pipe hats and
hg gold watches, to see the crcditable dis! lay of
farm, field and shop products, to see the swarms
of excursionsts from all parts of the Statc--in
short, too sec what the Radical sheets style ''the
poor, down-trolden, robbed and intimdatcd nc
rru'-as wc see him in our midst
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Next Monday.

The large amount Of valuable property adver.
tiScd for sale next Monday,-salesday- the
Clerk, the Sheriff, Executors and others, will no
doubt attract an unusually large number Of cit
izens, from all parts Of the County, to town, and
we hope those who are indebted to us will avail
themselves Of the opportunity to make settle.
mcnts, either in person or by sending the money
by neghbors.
We shall regret disseminating the TINES to so
many subscribers as we find in arrears upon our
books, but our necessities will compel us to do
so, if those arrearages are not paid before our
next issue. Although most of the cotton in the
County has been sold at high prices, and the
fine weather during the Fall has increased the
crop to far more than expected the past two
months have been the most discouragine to us.
financially, of all the year. There appears to
be no disposition to pay us, therefore we have
no encouragement to give further indulgence
We shall make no distinction-the rich and the
poor will fall ander the same stroke. We 6nd
over hco hHndreq names on our list in arrears,
and they arc heavy load to carry.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1879-11-28

DECISION on THE IIoMESTEAn-The case OF
Fannie l.. White against William T. Roach and
Francis Arnold, involving the construction of
the SD Section of Article of the State Consti-
tuition, in relation to homestcals, was fled yes
terday morning. Mcssrs. Sloan and Muller rep
resented the plaintiff, and Mr.. Montcilh 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 uudcr the homestead laws, because she
was not The owner Of real estate.
His Homer Judge Mackcy charged as matter
of law that it was n great mistake TO suppose
that the head of q family could not claim n
homestead in personal property unless he owned
real estate. lie s.id that it was generally sup
poScl that the case of Duncan vs.. Barnett was
so decided, but that an examination of that case
would show the contrary. That case, he sail,
merely decided that the head OF family could
not exempt agricultural products from levy and
sale rs the annual products of his homestead.
unless he owned the land on which such agricul-
tural products were raised.
The trial of the case resulted in n verdict for
the plaintiff for SI50.-COiun,Jid Register, No
rcalJcr 23.
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For the Times
Will Farmera Spin Thair Own Cotton

For the Times.
Will Farmers Spin Their Own Cotton.
The reluctance with which fa, mers give up
old opinions and persistenty travel in the old
ruts has been embalmed in the old story of the
boy who would carry the pumpkin in one end
of his sack and the rock in the other be-
cause his daddy had done so before him. eoubt.
less many of the old women of Union County
will remembeRhaSing seen in their youth lit
tie machine whergip 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 good work. And no doubt many one,haS
wondered why the machine went out of usd
was not improved upon.
The answer might be, the genius of our 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~Himple 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
the great lumber room of Southern inventions
Since the war new candidate for popular favor,
under the name of the "Clcmcnt Attachment"
has doomed up, but whether it is Mr.. Henry's
machine a new idea we. are not informed
1t seems, however, to have taken frmer hold
upon the popular mind and to be in n fair way
Of revolutionising public opinion. The little
milh at nv minister, sOcouce County. S. c., has
by its excellent management and its good yarn
attracted attention from abroad. A committc &C
of practical gentlemen have been sent from At
lnnta 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 Hcrald has also
been tempted to 60 over and took at the West.
minister experiment, and has been convinced of
the praclcabiliy of manufacturing our cotton
on the farm.
Mr. VIM. Gregg, of Grauitcvillc memory, al
ways maintained that it was the policy of tho
South to manufacture yarn. lie said that the
South should not only supply Northern but Eu-
ropean manufacturers with yarn. If four or five
farmers can combine and put up factory by
which their seed cotton can be converted into
yarn at profit, it is certainly progressive
step. The mere saving i'll bagging, tics, trans
poration, to say nothing of the stealing and
risk of fire, is worth noting. Several Of the
Clement Attachments arc now in successful op-
Grafton in this State, North Carolina and Missis-
sippi. In Union County there are ANY number
of waterfalls adapted to running machinery
the raw material n hanI ani the laborcr wait
ing only to be called on. a little enterprise and
public spirit is all that is lacking.
ENTERDpJSE
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Death Of John Gregory.

oh thursday last, MIR. John Gregory, o man
well known in this County, died at the residence
OF his daughter, Mrs. Samuel Harlan from pncv.
mohia' lie was man Of unfortunate habits, but
honorable and harmless in his intercourse with
his fellow mcn. lie had received n fine educa-
ton, but, like many others, his genial social
qualities and generous impulses were prostratcd
by irregular habits, and almost his last words
were: My life has been . failurc.'
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PROSPECTS OF REvOLuTIoN.--San Franz ncisco,
November 2i.-News by the steamer Ne,cBern
from NiaLatlan ihdicatcsa an impending revolution
IN Mexico. Gen. Jesus Romircz has pronounced
and some of his forces have collected AT Rosaria
Concordia Capola, sixty miles from Mazatlan.-
Another small force has pronounced nj Casala
In the State Of Snaoa. The insurgents have
also pronounced at Topaz. whero about ono hun.
dred and fifty men took possession Of the town,
seized on all the arms which were accessible an |
left for the interior
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Take Particular Notice.

We shall discontinue sending the TIMES TO all
subscribers in arrears on the 1st day of Dccem-
Der next, irrespective Of parties. Cotton is. and
has been for some weeks, bringing good price,
and by the lst Of Ncccmbcr about all the crop
belonging to those not able to hold under the
hope OF better prices next spring, will have been
sold' and II the small sums due us are not paid
then, we shall have poor encouragement 10 give
further indulgence; ant it is self evident that
those who are able to hold their cotton must
surely be able to raise tpo dollars to pay the
printer
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IncepdiarY Fire.

Incendlary Fire.
we regret to learn that Mr.. j. 7. 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 VIC sim
cerely hope the scoundre will be caught and
made TO "strctch hemp" These fires are again
becoming frequent and when the perpetrators
are caught no jury should recommend them to
the mercy Of the Court"
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plain Facts"

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 have lost. From "Fair 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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Mn. EDiroR:-l rs usual, will / c at dear old
Fish Dam Oh the lth Sunday in December. a
fence of some sort is greatly needed around the
sleeping places of rcvcred friends who await
the resurrection trump in tha, old ami well known
grave yard We will try to see what those IN.
tercstcd will give to place substantial and
slightly fence OF wood stone, or iron, around it,
may be able TO spend few days l.: the old
neighhorhood then, and ask the cooperation and
advice AMI sympathy of all concerned to att end
ar send their representatives, and let us "have
II mind 10 work" 1t is late TO do it, but not too
l"te. ncccmbcr 2Slh is the day for preaching,
and expect to bs there, rain or shine
hope to meet many--wliie and coorcd.-
Don't forget the object Of this special service,
my friends cf the good oiddays in the Fish Dam,
Fork, Greenbrier and Santuc Country.
j. ". KELLY
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SMALL ToR|Ano.-A miniature tornado struck
rror Perry's place, three miles above Green
vile, on the 10Th inst, with disastrous results
IL struck the now brick barn erect ed and carried
away one section Of the roof and the gable end
OF the building. The family carriage was de-
molishca beyond repair. The double buggy was
somewhat injured. Some of the fam stock
were hurt. Large pines and oaks were twisted
oil four and i've feet from the ground.
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Cork "ooD.-Dr. L. S. Douglass has shown
at this Office piece of genuine cork wood,
grown in the ncighborhood of Blackstock, tho
first specimen we have heard Of in this county.
--Chestcr Reporter.
Col. }. II. Rion, of Wiansboro, has the cork
tree growing finely on his premises. When at
our last Cour: he told us that lie ut first had
four trees but gave one or two to some fricn,ls
and he thought they were all Aourshing. by
request he sent specimen of the bark-which,
we believe is the part of which the ordinary
corks are made--to the Agricultural Department
at Washington, where it became quite curiosi-
ty. What cannet the Southern States produce.
if the proper enterprise and energy was persis.
tently and intelligenty applied?
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let HIN ALoNE.-The Sumter Watchmqn gets
II Tic EAl ,A,uinr lie o nnnsp Of Gnnnrnl L

W VNICHNTIH pClS
of the following at the expense of General Il.
II. lIcmphill, Of the Abbcvilc .Hcdiwm:
General Il. II. !Icmphi!l, of the Abbcvillc Ne
Hum, Is still raving about the cup. country and
the lowe country Democracy" "Radical debt" "
''Strai ghtoutism," purity in politics." 1.-the
people" &C., and some of our exchanges are
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
cratic ranks that hc may easily prove an
ellis SHOULD he ever be charged with having been
in any other ranks.
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businls nccODmoddt'9ns.>,s >,s1fdu, now all, it
cultivatcs high valuation Of the States's obli-
CATIONS Franco has set the world an example
in this respect. She puts her paper up i'll the
market Cor her own people and thus RECEIVERS
faster from financial disaster than any other
part of the habitab!c globe. South Carolina,
when She makes $4,000 bales Of cotton nj SID
on the bale, puts so ZOO, 900 of commodities on
the world as good as gold Now in twenty years
this reaches ! 100, 100000. 1t seems to us plain
that our people can afford to own their own ra
rcr and stop this SS,000,010 interest money Ia
home.
To which our intelligent friend of the Able
vile Pres a'd Banner very aptly says
We tako the above from the (Oianjid Register.
The policy suggested is the only wise one for the
welfare OF our people. lsu, the great trouble
is, that 50 far as we arc aware, none of these
bonds are safe from dcspoliation ut the hands OF
the Rcpudators. There are citizens in every
county who would be glad to invest in State
bonds and keep ;Ec.intcrcsi nj home, but rs long
as there is such a spirit of Reputation, capi-
talists afraid to touch them. AS for our
selves we do not know which of the bonds
good, and which arc not. We hope that the
Register may write the promised articles on the
subject.
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ENTERPRISE.
For the Times.
Why the Cotton Don't 60 to Charleston.


Mn. EnlroR THAT wideawake, cntcrprising
paper, the Charleston News and Courier, has
been industriousy interviewing the leading mcr-
chants and factors engaged in the Cotton bust
ness, tho wharf owners and Railroad officials,
ns to the cause of decline in the cotton rcccipts
in Charleston.
1t does not seem to have occurred to any one
that one of the most important Gfct6rs in the
problem had not been intcrviewcd-thc planter
or country merchant.
These gentlemen complain that they have been
Grven to sell TO Agents of Northern houses,
near home, or tos ship their cotton by the Air
Line, not only On account of facilities and econ.
omy, but because in Charleston they find they are
tieeced in going E3rcugh::he hands of the Factor,
by so many extra charges, such patching. in
surance, drnyage, storage, excessive samping
and commissions. The bill of particulars found
attached to sale of four or five bales of cotton
which runs tho gantlet of a Charleston Factor
will deter any man from like experiment. and
he will feel incliaed TO sell his cotton as near
home as 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 male in Charleston.
If 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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Death of Mr.. and Mrs George Harlan

IL IS not often that death calls in such rapid
succession for two who have lived together upon
earth so man5 years as has the venerable couple
whose names head this notice.
These aged people had been lying sick in tire
same house for some time, until las, Saturdov
when death relieved Mrs. Harlan of all earthly
suffering; and on Tuesday following, the spirit
of her husband was called to meet his devoled
earthly companion in eternity. Mr.. Harlan was
about 20 years old, and Mrs. Harlan about GO.
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House OF REPRESENTATIVES,

Mr.. i. II. Rce--Bills TO amend an act en,i
tied "An act to punish persons for the removal
or secrctinS of personal property levied OH by
the Sheriff or other officers - to provide for a
graded school in Union County.
Bill, by Mr. Mckissick, to amend an act to
regulate the costs Of plaintiffs and defendants
attorneys and costs and fees of Clerks of
Courts, &C.
Among the new members appointed to fill va
canccs on committees we see that Mr.. b. II.
Rice is placed on the committee on the Lunatc
Asylum and the committee on the Penitentiary.
The unfinished business of the past session
was put in proper course for carly completion.
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BRINGING THE GAMBLERS TO ACCouNT.-A
leading firm in this city has entered suit for
$4,000 against the proprietors of the two prn-
cipal gambling saloons, the amount sue for, or
portion of it, being alleged to have been lost
ut various times by young men in whom the
prosecutors are interested The eaction is brought
under the law which provides that money won
at gambling shall, upon proof, be restored four
fold.--NewS and Courier.
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The Governors Message.

We are not able to give our readers the mes
sage this week, but it will appear in our next.
1t is a very able and practical document, en-
bracinS all the financial, agricultural and in
dustrial interests of the State and is we'll worth
reading.
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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 are determined to make the
session short and busy one Our own MEM
bers have set good example in that way. as the
following extracts from the proceedings will
show.
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For the Times.
FoT tnc llmcS
Heavy Fall on the NC-Stock-Law Side

Heavy Fall on the NC-Stock-Law Side
MR. EDiToR:-I nave been Stock Law adyo-
cate all the time, and am satisfied that when
everybody gets fully ready for it, harmony will
prevail but was not fully "confrmcd" until
Monday last, so I'll just tell you how it was
You see, or know, I'm a great hand to stay at
home, but business called me across the County
line into Cross Anchor township, Spartanburg
County, and while quietly riding along-closc
to the County line fence-not thinking of dead
cattle or hogs-not being accustomed TO such
things on the highway about home-mind Won.
say nothing about the dry pastures when
suddenly spied dead hog on the road side. n
solitary buzzard holding an inquest over him
The bnzzard "rising to explain" my mare
changed direction without notice, dropping me
head foremost in the road, soiing my new
clothes, and giving me n considerable Jolt. |
was alone, you see, had nobody to talk to, had
nothing to do but to think, brush the dirt off re-
mount and go on my way rejoicing (?) | was like
the boy in the fable: "Sorry and glad both.
Sorry had got such fall, but glad il was me,
instead of lady. Sorry was outside of Stock
La'e and glad of the prospect Of soon getting
into Stock Law territory again. So I only had
to watch for dead stock and buzzards until I
crossed Enorre into Laurcns County, where
was again under Stock Lato and felt safe-mak-
ing my way home quietly without further diff
Guilty.
Now, you needn't go and tell this to them
spartanburg Editors, because they have no stock
law in Sparanburg, and might think was taxi
ing sides in their approaching contest on the
question of Fence or no Fence. But I'm 'con-
irmed," any how n
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Mr.. VIM. Eller has just received lot of splcn-
did Apple Butter, Jellies, and canned goods
sells cheap, and whAt he cells is good.
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TIE OFFICERS OF THE FEM,
IN CONCIISIDN

would say that the cunvicts now at work with
one voice state that there has been vast i'm
provemcnt in their conditiop during the last
month or more. They have apparently nothing
now 10 complain of, the quarters being comfort.
able and not crowded, the food abundant and
nutritious, and their general treatment humane.
The difference in the death rate shows tla, there
has been n vast change for the better. There is
one question which has suggested itself to me
throughout, and to which l have not yet any
satisfactory answer, ichcrc merc Me Coroner and
Trial Justices Of Edgctcd all this time and why
did they net take steps TO investigage few oi
the sudden and (within the meaning of the lawl
violent deaths about the road and stockadcs -
III there was ill treatment would not that have
speedily stopped it? 1t certainly looks as
though they have been exceedingly dcrelict in
their duty.
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EtILEoAD ACCIDENT Another accident oc-
currei on the Grcenyillc and Columbia Railroad
yesterday, near thappcirs Depot, sixty four
miles above Columbia, about noon. The engine,
tender and two stock cars we're thrown from the
track. The engine crossed trcstlc forty feet
long on the ties and strngcrs, while the two
stock cars crossed on the srngcrs Engineer
Holland was thrown from his engine. bnt was
only slightly hurt about The head and knee. The
fireman lcaped from the engine and was unhur.
The train ran some distance after leaving the
track before il was checked. The cause of the
accident was n defective rail.-CDy register.
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List of Letters

Remaining in the Post Office at I
for the week ending Nov. 18th, 1879.
Fowler, Wi; Moore, Larkin j.; SayeI
Saycr, Dan and Tom.
JAS. II. GOSS,
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Charlotte Booming.

Charlotte Booming.
gentleman who stopped at Charlotte two
days last week says the merchants Of that city
arc rejoicing over doing larger business than
they have done for some years