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Union Base Ball Association.

The young men Of this town have organized
Base Ball Association and elected L. G.. Young
President and D. y. Davis Secretary and Trca-
surcr.
The Association have leased from the Railroad
Company the vacant grounds in front of tae
Female icalemy, anl will erect comfortable
seats for the accommodation of Ladies
At The organization stringent rule was
adopted against the use of profanc or vulgar
language on the grounds.
The Association will be governed by the laws
anl regulations of the National Base Ball Asso-
citation.
1t is the intention of the Association, some
time during the Summer, to challenge one or
two other Associations to play match games,
which vii! cnliven tie town and break the mon
otony of the dull Summer months.
AT present the Association has about twenty
five members, AMI ;hey arc of the best youn q
men in town.
We are requested 10 state that the lease gives
the Association exclusive use of the grounds
and after they arc fixel up they will be kept in
first class order.
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Reported for the Times
Railroad Meeting.
STAR FARM ACADEMY. S. c., !

STAR FARM ACADEMY S. c.,
April 7th, 1883.
according to previous announcement tn G
citizens of Goudeysvills Townshi aslJr raRncet.
ing at Star Farm Academy, relative to Nse Build.
ing of the prop"scl Railroad from Rutherfordton on
n. C., ria Gnifney City, Union c. H., Sc.
Representatives from Union Village and Gatf
ncys being present, Mr.. C. II. Robertson, Mayor
Of Union, WAS called to the chair and w. G.
McArthur of GatIncys requested to act as sec.
rctary.
After the subject was thoroughly discussed
by Coils. Farrow and Young also Mcssrs. John
Fowler, y. y. Sarrat, s. Jeffories, j. II. Jcire-
rIcs and others, the following res ,,utions were
presented by Mr.. J. p. Prtchard and un,ni,
mously adopted:
Resoirea, That it is the sense of .his meetin
that the completion of the proposed Railroad
would result i'll incalcula5ie good to this section
Of Union County.
ReSo!rcd, That it is the sense of this meeting
that on the building of this Rail roai hangs the
only hope Of this section ever getting Railroad,
anu that we would be sleeping over our great est
Interest were we to fail to improve the opportu.
nifty which is now offered
Resolred That steps be Immediately taken to
awaken an interest in this community on this
subject, and that committee of seven be ap.
pointc to secure the signatures to the petition
for an election rs required by law.
Resolved, That in the petition it be stipulated
that the Railroad shall cross Pacoet River not
more than one and one half (l4) miles above
Skull Shoals Ford
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Report of the Board of Trado.


we make room for the report of the Board of
Trade OF Union and are only sorry that, with
all their efforts, they could not make sbelter
showing Tor the present aud futSre .pEoGress Of
the town. The dates'upon whioh'&hsy Ssetheir
comparisons arc unfair to us and helusive, as all
must confess upon reading our editorial of the
Z3d OF March and will think what terrible con.
dition this town and County was in in 1872 and
1873. Nearly one third of this town was in
ashes during that time.
The tenor of the report makes it necessary
for us to reply to it and show its unfarness, and
now de'usive the statistics and comparisons
arc; which we shall 10 fully next week, believ-
ing that we can show conclusively that the town
OF union is now standing stock still' which is
about all we did say in the article complained of
we fear that captiousness got the better of dis
crction III the action of the BOARD in this matter
What We hoped the Board would he able to
sho" was, that since peace and quiet had been
restored, honest government established AMI q
general tide Of prosperity set in all around us
say about lSIS-that Union was floating nearly
if nat quite as buoyantly as her ncighbors, upon
the waves of pr ngrcss. with the spirit of puJii,
enterprise at the helm. Why, almost exactly
the same showing in fgurcs-some better, some
worse-could have been male four years ago
gentlemen, and since that time, we repeat, tho
town has been standing almost stock still We
will cnighten you somewhat upon this subject
next week.
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TIE NEwBEERY CoTToN FACr,RY-An OK
chhhge says, There are several new factories
In Inc air. They have been there too long
They may catch cold and die II is time for
them TO roost on the warm, solid ground and
go to work" The Newbcrry Cotton ficiory will
soon rest on the solid ground; it has be n on
paper much too long. The enterprise IS now
ied by men Of business integrity and alminis
tra'lVe ability men who have inspired The pco-
PIE with confidence by their successful man.
nscmeht OF their own .irs. Few persons ever
doubted that the successful operation of n coiton
iniii' IN The midst Of us, would bring great
bcheht to the town as well rs furnish a protitn
dc investment for capital. The enterprise now
has leaders whose interest it is to make il n
success, and we believe that it will succeed -
XcrdH
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Our Free School.

Our Free School.
The Free School of this District was opened
on the 18th of last month, under the charge of
Mr. Il. l.. Britton graduate of the Charleston
High school, and young man of fine abilities
and exemplary character, whose inclinations aud
education peculiarly fit him for the high profes
sion of Teacher of the youth of our State. The
school already numbers forty-one scholars, all
boys, and is increasing. 1t is intended, however,
to employ competent Female Teacher for the
next session, when Female School will be or.
ganzed in connection with the male School
These Schools will be for tho free education of
the children of 9TH sexes in this School Dis
i"i"t. in all branches specified in the Free School
law, and it is the intention of the Trustees with
the liberal assistance of the citizens generally.
to supplement the amount due this District from
the Free School fund, so that the schools shall
be kept open two full sessions in ca ch year.
So far the Trustees have met with liberal en-
couragement from the citizens. and when the
good effects of their liberaity aud public spirit
are seen AMI appreciated we are confident tina,
n great interest in the School will te awakened
and still more liberal substantial aid will be
willingly given.
The Trustees have commenced good work
and they deserve the commendat;on and helm of
the public. 1t is not expecting too much we
think, for our people 20 look forward TO the time
when the present Free School of Union shall
become an imr ortant and attractive educational
institution, and contribute largely TO the pros
pciity of the town.
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For the Times,
A Pleasant Occasion

Mr.. EDITOR ALLOW me little ypace if
you please, to report pleasant occasion at
Jonesvlle On last Friday. 9th inst, | atten led
meeting of the "Band of Hope" of that place,
In the Methodist church. Between and 10
o clock the bell was rung and we entered the
church, which was tastefuly decorated with
evergrcens about the pulpit and chanccl Then
the "Band' entered with music and singing,
and occupied the reserved front seats. After
prayer by a minister present, the exercises began
They consisted of songs, speeches and dialogues
by the members OF the e""Band." All acouirtcd
themselves well, even to the very little boys and
girls. Many very touching scenes were pre-
scented and speeches made, drawing tears to the
eyes of strong men and women in the audience.
The miserie,, disgrace and folly of intemperance
were set forth in force enough to have great
effect in their adjustment. Where all the ac-
tors did well, can make no invidous distinc-
tions by naming any. Miss Bailey. the Presi-.
dent Of the "Band," earned for herself great
credit by her management of the affair, both in
its previous drilling and in performances of the
day She was ably assisted by Miss Iames,
whose handling of the organ and leading in the
singing were oil that could be asked. Mr.. John
White also gave great aid to the President. by
acting as her spokesman.
About noon the exercises ended after which
we, both "Band" and audience, partook of an
excellent dinner in the grove, on temporary
tables erected for the occasion. After dinner /
had the honor and pleasure of addressing the
audience on the subject of Prohibition" which
advocated as well as could after such n din
ner. and to which respectful attention was given
by full house. Then came home, pleased
with the whole accession, and hoping for god to
result. j. f. CARLISLE
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UNION. S. c.. April 10. 1881.


An adjourned meeting of the Board of Trade,
of Union S. c., was held this day in tho Direc-
tors Room ofthe Merchants and Planters National
Bank.
MIR. f. r. Wallace, acting President, took the
chair, and Mr.. w. a. Nicholson discharged the
duties # Secretary.
The Committee appointed to prepare reply
to the article of the Union Times ,"obj ected 10
by the Board, submitted their report, which was
unanimously adopted, as the sense of the Board
and on motion, the Union Times and the Charles.
ton NeOos and Courier, were requested to pub
lish the same, together with the proceedings of
this Board, upon tho subject. Meeting ad-
journcd.
W. y. NICHOLSON, +. r. WALLACE,
Secretary. Chairman.
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IMPORTANT TO TOBACCO DEALERs-Maior II.
Noah, deputy internal revenue collector at this
place, has, under directions of Commissioner
q. Is. Eaum, ordered thorough canvass of thi.
district with view to the enforcement of the
revenue laws in relation to the efacing of STAN ps
on cigar and tobacco boxes. Section 3.376
makes it the duty of every person who emptes
every stamped box, bag, vessel, wrapper or en-
yelope of any kind containing tobacco or snuff
to destroy the stamp thereon. Section 3,4rG
provides that whenever any stamped box con-
tanning cigars, cheroots or cisaretts is emrtied
the person in whose hands 1t is shall utterly
destroy the stamps thereon. Hitherto dealers
have been accustomed merely to scratch the
stan ps. failing to comply with the requirements 8
OF the law, which are that The stamps shall be
scratched of and destroyed beyond the possibil.
ity Of further use. In his letter the commits.
sioner says that it is not the wish of the depart
ment to institute proceedings at law for those
ohenses where there is apparently no intention
to violate the law. 1t is only desired to see
that nil stamps on empticd cigar and tobacco
boxes are destroyed utterly and as early as DOS
sib!e. In obedience to these instructions n
canvass of this district has been ordered and
is now in progress Charleston NeDs and Cou-
rier.
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f:Ap One Of the most severe storms of rain we
have had since the destructive storm of last Sep.
tember visited us last Friday, and on Monday it
rained hard from about Il o'clock in the morn
ing until midnight
All farm work is very back ward in consequence
of the long continued cold and wet weather. -
We are pleased to hear farmers say the wheat
and oats are coming out AMI looking fine, but in
some places the stands are thin from frcczin
out Generally those crops give good pros poets
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Death of Rev. T. W. Smith.

Death of Rev. T. ". Smith
This excellent gentleman able and pure Min
lister of the Gospel, died at his residence about
seven miles from here, last Saturday morning,
AFTER very severe illness, from pneumonia.
Mr. Smith was undoubtedly one Of the ablcst
ministers in the Baptist denomination. lie was
a man of strong prejulices AMI almost immova-
bic in his convictions. In his advocacy of what
he thought was right he would sacrifice his
best friend rather than yield a point where he
considered duty or principle was involved. lie
could not act the sycophant and would never
pandcr to the whims or caprices of congrcoa-
ton or an individual to gain favor or popularity,
but preached, talked and demanded a strict adj.
herancc to what his convictions taught him was
truth aud justice. Ausiere in his man ners he
was considered by many TO he proud and rcpul
slye; but no one could be more genial and com.
munca'iye to strangers and friends than he
was and none hal u warmer sympathy for the
bercaved OF distressed. lie leaves n wife and
five children in deep sorrow at the loss Of n
Kind husband AMI nm imdulgent :nrhcr. In tbo
death Of Rev. 7. ". Smith The church and count,
haYe lost one Of their hcBt men.
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Tue FLOOD AT NEW ORLEANs.-New Orleans.
April The Government gnuge at the head of
Canal street shows the river to be even with the
great food of "a, being five inches higher than
last year. Most Of the whnrves proper in front
of the lcvec arc covered with water. The water
at several points along The city front passes over
the levces into the cutters. Several small breaks
in tho levee were closed with but little or no
damage. large forceis Mt work on the Goulds-
boro' crevasse Tho official, f tho Texas
Pacific and Morgan Railway Companies hope to
have the break closed by tomorrow night The
water from the creva far is doing compar-
lively little damage. If the break should not be
closed. however, the loss to railroad and nrop-
erty owners will be great.
New ORLESs, April 8.--The rainfall from G
y. Nj. to 10 =. NJ. was 800. 1t is still raining.
The Times Democrats Shreveport special SAYS {:
''Thc heavy rain which fell here yesterday has
been general throughout this section. The
streams are out Of the bank and the roads are
almost impossible" kilograms from Fulton
and other points of the upper Red River report
heavy rains and a booming river. Tho indca.
tions are that the coming rise will exceed the
one just passed off, and which submerged MANY
plantations. Those who have finished planting
are alarmed at the outlook. The weather is
clear tonight
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Corr MILLS IN THE SrATE.-Phc Pe,zcr Cot
prophecies that IL would not do SO for months
Water was turned on the wheel for the first time
on Wednesday and within an ur the machinery
was IN motion with cotton going through the
opening machines. The Pelzcr mill is one of
'he finest and most soidly built in the entire
country, and excitcs the admiration of all who
see it. Money has not been spared, and every
detail has been carefully watched and lhoroupbly
perfected, and there is probably absolutely not6
ing lacking that money could obtain or good
Judgment suggest to make mill and machinery
perfect and complete. The electric light will
be used, and all the latest improvements md
inventions have been adopted.
The PeZcr Company was organized in 1870
and work on the mill was commenced in The
following year. 1t has been done so oue,Iv
and nnostentatiously, however, that it has been
almost lost sight Of by persons away from tho
heighoorhood or not specially interested, and
nobody would know that great cotton nill and
nourlshlng village stands where there were
only woods three years ago. cxccpt for the re-
ports of chance visitors The capitnl of the
Pelzcr Company is S500,00O and tho most of
The stock is held in Charleston where it is quoted
NJ siightly ao've par.-Grceapiite Ne,cs
Messrs. r. l.. McCau. hrin and GEORGE 8
Mower, president and secretary of the board of
incorpora'ors Of the Newberry Cotton Mills
LETT Newbcrry Tuesday for Providence, Rhode
Island, Tor the purpose of consulting with Mcssrs
Lockwood 4 Green, mill engineers, in reference
to the location, building and eQuippinc the pro
posed cotton factory
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FATAL ACCIDENT TO 4 MINISTER'S Wi?r.--Thc
conductor of the through down frccl train on
The Northeastern Railroad, which arrived here
last evening, brought the news that the locomo
i've attached to his train had run over n lady
near Saltcrss Station just North of the Saulcc
MTer. The name Of the lady is Mrs Carson.
and she was the wife of a clergyman of that
name who resides near S,ltcrs's The train
osinG through freight, does not stop n. Sal.
tcrs :, ,and was Numbering along at about twenty.
I'VE miles an hour when Mrs. Carson and q
female companion were discovered walking on
the track. The whistle was blown and the he'll
was rung, bnt the ladies' paid no attention to the
ohcV'ning tram until when it was about thirty
yards from them. Mrs Carson, either frcm
fright or sudden faintncss produced by FRIGHT.
ie!l prostratc on the track, while her cumpanion
stepped oil to the roadside. In n second the
engine had rushed and passed completely
over the PROSTATE body of the unfortunate vic
TIM. The train was stopped as soon as pos ,ibc,
but the lady had been fear fully mangled and
had probably been instantly klled.-Neus and
COUricr
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TIE TEXAS HOTEL liuHROr. ..-Cialvcston. Arrl
S-A dispatch from Grcenvile gives the follow
Ing IN relation to the disaster of Friday nipht
When the hotel fell the sh icks and cries from
inmates who were crushed in the ruins were
appalling, but the fire, which at once started i'm
the ruins, spread rapidly and soon all cries were
hnshed. the flames having done their death work.
The following were either killed outright bv
the falling of the builling or were burneI to
death in the ruins Mrs. Pruit, proprietrcss of
the hotel; George Pruitt, the crippled son of
Mrs. Pruitt, (thc rlealings of both from the
runs Tor relief were hcartrendinoO Louis
Albert, burned alive; +. d. n. Reilly, con,rac
tor, crushed Frank West. crushed Il. Il. Neal
Miss Lou Davis, j. l.. Ford, NJ. Iiil and four
negro servants. The a. owe were buried beneath
the ruins and it was utterly impossible to render
assistance TO those who were not killed instantly
Up to this hour few humps of charrel ncsh
ana bones representing the remains of human
helngs have been recovered One man cut his
throat when he found the flames consuming
him. relief train from Sherman made time
"i n mile per minute. 1t is thought t!,a, the
explosion of powder in Armscad's hardware
store blew out the west walls. causing the en- ire
building to fall The adjoining buildings were
destroyed. The amount of losses is not vet
known.
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Perceninge of increase Of Personal
property of Town of Union
since lS12.:.: .l3O per cent.
Percentage of increase of Real
Estate of Town of Union since
1877. Observation-Disclosures, 25
Percentage of increase of Stock in
trade of Town of Union since
1872 ........ .......... ............. 80
Percentage of increase in value of
busine shouseS of Town of Union
since 1872 72..................9O 90 90 I"
Value of Church edifccs erected in
Town of Union since lS72..... $4,000 90
Estimated increase in general volume of busi-
ness OF the Town of Union since 1872 at least
80 per cent.
MERChANTS AND PLANTERS NATIONAL BANK OF
UNION 3. C.
The business Of the Bank for 1882, when com.
pared with that for 1878, shows the following
percentage Of increase.
Number Of Bills of Exchange sold. 200 per cent.
" " Collections made......2S8
" " Notes Bills discounted. los
Average amount of Deposits.
Loans......... 92
1t is proper to state that the estimates and
hSures given herewith, are basel upon the re-
cords of the Railroad Company, the books of the
Bank, and the tax returns of the Town, as
shown by the Tax Duplicates of The County.
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TOT INC I
Died at over 100 Years.

MRS. EhIzAnETI FOWLER, whose maiden name
was MoseIy, was born The 30th Nov, 1882, and
died near Joncsville, s. c.. March 4th, 1883.
being one hundred years, three months and four
days oil. She retained her II ind and was yery
interesting in her conversation to the last Her
health and strength did mol fail her until a very
short time before her death. She united herself
with the Methodist Church some sixty years
since and expressed herself not long before her
death as being ready to depart in peace and be
with her God, though willing to live still longer
fit was the will of the Lord This is the same
woman whose enc hundreth birth day was cele.
bratcl on The Both of last November, by n large
gathering of her friends and neighbors at her
house with good pic mic dinner, which was
published in your paper, which gave full nc.
count Of her life, consequently feel that il is
unnecessary TO say any thing more in regard to
her lie. U
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DR.. Sims Released.

In consequence of the report ofthc Board of
Trade coming to our hand ut a very late hour we
are compelled to postpone the publication of syn
opsis fthc proceedings of Court in the case of
assault tic STATE against DR.. Sims, for an agra
vacd upon his wife. We will publish it next
week
We learn that Mr.. Johnson, our talent Probate
Judge, managed the case with great skill and
ability and placed his name among those of the
ablest lawyers in the State
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For the Times.
For the IImes.
Jonesville Goes Dry Again.
JoSEsvILLE, April 10th. ISS:

JoSEsvILLE, April 10th, 1883
MIR. SroKEs.-Our municipal election came off
yesterday with morethan usual quiet There
was but one ticket in nomination and it was the
dry ticket
About two thirds of the votes of the Town
were polled, among them several colored.
Jonesvillc claims the banner in this part of
the county for starting The ball and setting the
example of temperance reform, and you can see
by the result of this election that we intend
to hold fast to what we have gained.
Woman's Temperance Union and Band
of Hope are in full blast in our Town So YOU
see where the lever power comes from. When
the women rise up in their might, with the
children in their innocence to support. them,
they will accomplish that which they please.
Yours,
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FAREWELL TO THE IrINsRAcY.-Re Linsey
Parker, pastor of Sixty first Street Methodist
Church. New York, preached his last sermon as
q methodist minister Sunday night. On Thurs
day he is formally to resign from fellowship with
the Methodist Episcopal Church at the meeting
Of tho New York East Conference. Then he is
to join the Protestant Episcopal Church and
seek admission among the clergy Of that dcrom-
ination. tie asked the prayers Of his old congre-
CATION for his success in his new duties. lie
said that in leaving the Methodist Church he
had no fault to find with its doctrines or its
leaders, but he was averse to the tineracy. :.
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THE FAM FOREST UNION.

The Fair Forett Union will meet with the
Sulphur Springs Church Friday before the
fifth Sunday in April 1888.
Introductory Sermon by Brother A. J. HERS.
Charity Sermon by Brother C. T. Scaife.
SUBJECTS FOR Discussion.
LIST. How can churches be induced to take more
interest in the union meetings? Opened by
Brother j. T. Jeier.
I'd. What means ought to be adopted to induce
church members to contribute more literally
to the support of the Gospel? Opened by
Brother G.. Il. Scaife.
3d. What should be the qualifications and du-
ties of Sunday School Superinendents and
Teachers? Opened by Brother A. J. IIers.
Essayists, Brothers a. +. FAINT and ]. d. Carroll
Y. S. EOBO. Sec'Y