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The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-10-11
Personals.

Miss Sallio Moore, Of Exon, Laurens
county, is on o visit to her brother, DIR. G.
Y. Moore, the popular manager Of Posey's
Drug Store.
Mr.. Lawrence Allen has accepted a posi-
ton with Messrs Harry NJ. Cohen s. PRO.
Master Jeter Counts has left Rice & Nc
Lures, and manages the fruit and confec-
t;onery store Kept 10 the "hole in the wall"
Master Frank China may now be found
with Mr.. Warren d. Arthur.
Miss Blanche Perkins has gone to Co.
lumbia TO resume her studies in the Female
College.
Mrs. Jas. Grant has returned from the
Charleston and New York markets, where
she purchased an elegant stock Of fashiona-
BILE Millinery. Don't forget the old reliable
Millinery establishment.
Miss Annie Briggs, one Of our sweetest
young Ladies, has gone to Columbia to enter
the High School Of that place.
We are glad to see among US again, Ar.
Clarence E. Johnson, who graduated at the
Citadel last session. Mr.. johnson has en-
tered the law office of Senator Smythe in
the city of Charleston to study law.
Rev. ID. c. Lampey went on visit to
friends at Sumter last week.
Mr.. W. |. Box Of I.aurens, paid our town o
visit last week,
Mr.. ID. c. Flynn returned from New York
last Sunday.
Mr.. james F. Thomson, has returned to
his old home, and can be found by his many
friends ot Messrs Rodger g. Puroelrs.
Col. d. II. Duncan, of Spartanburg, and
Mr.. W. W. Thomson, Of Gaffney City, are
attending Court this week.
Sir. II. p. McCants, Of Ninety Six, has ac-
cepted position at the Union Hotel.
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Correspondence of the Union Times)
Santuc Noxuo

MIR. EDIToR.-As has been contemplated,
the writer was in attendance at the Conven-
ton, and enjoyed the Convention and stay
in the town beyond his most sanguine ex-
pectations, for was determined to.
As my home, was assigned, at the re-
quest of my open-hearted young friend,
MIR. W. G. Counts, to the hospitable family
of Mr.. and Mrs. f. II. Counts, where met
the warmest reception and entertainment
And l can say, my friend never tires of
making friend have splendid time.
by the way, it was said at the Convention,
that when one went from town to Conyen-
ton in the country they went back, gcner-
ally sick. Well, now, one from the country
came back from town sick this time and
suspect there is another. But, we can't say
what kind of "sick''
Mr. L. Claude Jetcr left here on the Goth
Sept, to attend the Southern Medical Col
lcge, Atlanta Ga. We wish him much sue
cess, as his great desire is to be successful
Nj. d.
Miss Marion Porter is on q visit to her
sisters in Jonesville.
Miss = Wolsey, of Tenn, is visiting
her sister; Mrs. j. NJ. BewleY.
MIR. Robert Sartor is attending Furman
University, at Greenville. L. w. j.
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For tho TINES.
Big Crop on Improved Land.

BENNErrsvILLE, Sept. SOL will give
you few dots from this beautiful country.
i have just passed the wonderful corn crop
of Capt. brakes, and do wish every farmer
in Union county could be for q moment let
down in its midst, so they could see what
can be accomplished by improving their
land. On reading the reports in the papers
upon examining it closely one would mot
expect 10 hear VI It's making less than one
hundred md sepenty.fVs bushels per acre. This
to Union Farmer looks like an extravagaut
estimate, but It will soon be gathered,
then will give you figures aud facts. 1
have heard several of the best farmers the
country affords express their opinion,
and they oil think that it won't stop at two
hundred bushels per acre. CT.
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THE ALLIANCE DEPARTMENT.

As We are professional Observers Of the
Sabbath, why do our laws, or custom. re-
quife our salsdAys, to boon Monday, there :
byinducing man farmers who live in the
remote paris Of our large COUNTIES. to break
the day Of rest, in order to be at the Court
Houses in time on Monday Why can't
South Carolina adopt the custom Of Georgia,
and have Saleday on Tuesday, By having
Saleday on Tuesday, many firesides would
remain undisturbed on Sunday, many minds
unperplsxed. aud many lawyers unoonsul-
ted many sins unco mmitted.
In connection with Ssleday, Spartanburg
has monthly "Bone Yard" exposition,
and I was panied on returning from Sunday
School yesterday to be overtaken by o cara
van of wagons. and white men and boys,
(sons Of prominent church members } and
poor horses, and "niggers," and mules, in
one conglomerated crowd, hurrying on for
the "Bone Yard
One youth accosted me thus, as he passed
"Have you ever been to Spartanburg on
SaledsyH It's equal to q circus" 1 esn
imagine as ! now sit in my quiet room,
hearing only the voice Of innocent chiidren,
what motley crowd hovers about the
Spsrtanburg "Bone Yard" Some gentle
men, Of course, but many frenzied with
Spartanburg fre-water are hurling lies,
backed by oaths, in each others ears, as
they make their old horses and mules put
on their best looks.
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Correspondence os the Un:oz T:::sssi,
News From North Pacolet.

ETA JANE, Oct. I've regret to state
that John, oldest son of Leander Petty,
died yesterday evening. He had been sick
for long time.
The first frost Of the season put in its ap-
pearance this morning. The first killing
frost last year was on the 30th of Septem-
Der.
Cotton is opening fast and farmers are
busy picking it, This is fat time for day
laborers; they can get their prices now.
Rev. Mr.. Query will preach at Salem church
newly elected deacons will be installed We
We had the pleasure of meeting the Wilson 8
Chapel Sunday School yesterday, and hear
ing them recite their lessons. While they
have not got the largest SCHOOL in this
section, they have as hard bible students as
we have met anywhere. Rev. s. d. E.
Miss Mildred Strain and Miss Eliza Estes,
are visiting Mrs. Mamie Lee, near Howelps
Ferry.
Old fashioned corn shuckings are in vogue
again. Uncle Jim Donald opened this time :
honored institution last week, while aunt
Sibbey showed that she had not forgot how
to cook for them. The black bottle was
omitted, but the "raslin" and dog fighting
went on all the same.
We hope our lady friends throughout the
county will not forget TO report to the TIMES
what success they have had with their hogs
this year. A copy of the TINES will be
sent free next year to the lady who has
raised the best hog with the least cost. Send
in your report 10 the Editor of the Alliance
column, and let him make the award and
announcement, by the 18th Of December
next.
We gratefully and kindly acknowledge
the receipt of o special invitation to be
present at the exhibition exercises of Prof
Lemons school at Goudeysviile, on the "a
and 25th inst.
As the TINES has made a formal and
cordial espousal Of the Farmers cause and
opened its columns for the benefit Of the
Alliance 1t should be a welcome visitor in
every farmers household. The man who
borrows his neighbors paper 10 see the Al
lance news can't be much of an Alliance
man.
Gentlemen, step into the Editors Sanetun
and hand him 81 so, receive his blessing
| aud secure his smile, then 60 home and tel
| your good wife that you ;htend to fight the
bear until one or the other of you is o corpse
! VoX.
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Extracts from Maj. Terr ellis Speech.
REpoRTED BY j. L. STRAIN. (coNTINuED. J

hEPohTED by .. lie srhAlNs NCONTINUED.)
If you willingly go and counsel with your
brethren and then follow the will of the
majority, acting as o whole, then / assure
you that success is ready to perch upon
your business, and my word for it, the
world and everything outside can't prevent
the farmers from having their own way.
This is manly and intelligent, and it will
make you the conquerors. If you do this
we can control the price Of our products,
and can sell them in market that wants
them and is willing to pay fair price for
them. [Applause, and Amen, by the fellow
standing near the speakers stand. No
class of people ever acted so foolishly as the
farmers have. Take the merchant, and if
his business isn't paying him he quits; if
the doctor is losing money by his profession,
he goes at something else; and the lawyer
viii not continue practicing at the Bar when
he finds that his income is not sufficient to
support his family, (if he has one,) and so
he gives up profession that his whole life,
perhaps, has been devoted to obtaining. No
other man on earth win continue business
that isn't paying him, except the farmer.
/ will ask the attention of the members of
the Farmers Alliance, and trust that from
a few remarks you will catch the expectation
of the Alliance from them. Be Careful and
ocicSl thc pcst Heh lrOHi your Ouu-hluhnceS
and instruct them as to your views to the
County Alliance, and each member must
stand bound by the will of the majority,
and the man who goes contrary to it is
not keeping his obligation, and should be
kicked out of the Alliance. That's Alliance,
and that is the power that can and will con-
troll matters and set you in the place of free
men. Elect the best man in your County
Alliance you have, and let him be your
guardian. Whatever he does stand by his
action. Let him be the free and unbiased
choice Of the Alliance people Of the County
he represents, and let him be one of the
best, If not the best man you have got.
Wien ne; with others Of the same stripe,
goes 10 the State Alliance they make up q
corps Of intelligent men, whose honest pur-
pose Is to look after the best interests of the
people they represent. They form an in
telligent body, and every Alliance man in
South Carolina ought 10 follow their counsel.
If You mean business we are safe. If you
mean TO do what you profess, say that the
shackles will soon fall from your limbs, and
you will be free men, and those influences
that have been so hurtful to the farming in
terssts viii be o thing Of the past.
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RrysRsIDE, Oct. y--- Mrs Joe Is off TO might
waidog on the sick, the little Joes are all in
bed, and mostly asleep, SO We have II all
alone; and as we attempt TO write word or
so for print, these questions arise Should
we write at alt 2 II %, then what shall we
write? II the space we hll, In the Union
TIMES would not be better occupied il we did
not write at all e.c. The latter We leave
for the Editor to decide.
Nothing very remarkable has transpired
in Riverside in the last few weeks.
The gathering Of crops Is being pushed
with vigor, as II shonld be. We had light
frost yesterday morning. and heavier one
this morning. Lam disposed to sympath ise
with friend e. W.J.. and would suggest
that he be not too intimate with his new ao-
quaintances. From what we can learn the
writer has been On tho verge of aocounta-
bility. Some "good 'Samaritan,' We pre-
sumo, Is inclined To- help us slong the rug
ged ways of o new: cut road. II the good
man has anything gerry ins6tcfips TO COM
munioats We hSvsfpo objection 8 whatever.
We would say however, i'd advance, like tn q
Irishman. .'bs asy my lord, my wife is
scared of thunder"
Messrs George Whitlock aud Rev. G. G..
Vaughn are at school at Furmsn University.
Miss Katie Moorhead istaking her End
years course ut the Greenville Female col
lege. Katie is . bright and intelligent gir
and will no doubt take high stand In col
lege, and to the credit of Riverside.
889T - log
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The Court.

The Court.
The October term of Court for this Coun-
ty began last Monday, Judge Aldrich pre-
siding
Solicitor Schumpert was at his post ready
for work
As the Grand Jury was fully charged up
on their duties Mt the March Term of the
Court, Judge Aldrich did not give any
special charge.
The Solicitor handed out the following
bills, which were disposed of by the Grand
Jury, and on Tuesday afternoon the Grand
Jury was discharged.
The State VS.. Anthony Beaty-Obtai ming
money under false pretense. True Bill.
The State VS.. Robt. A. Johnson-Cruelty
to animals. True Bill.
The State vs. 1sasc Knox-Forgery. True
Bill.
The State vs., J. p. Cooper-Assault and
Battery, oea high and aggravated nature.
True ALL,
,na asf sfafee fac nf the State vs.. David E. letter.
The State vs. Abe Smith, far assault and
Battery, of high aud aggravated nature,
was tried, and the defendant found guilty.
The case of.the State vs.. George W. Fow-
Ter and 7. B. NJ. Perkins. for disturbing o
religious meeting was tried and resulted in
in q mistrial
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Ddr The cold snap Of Sunday and Mon.
day has no doubt materia lily reduced the
estimate of the cotton crop, as many Far.
mers based their calculations On having as
late killing frost as we have had for three
or four years past. The wind on Sunday
night kept the frost from the nplands, but
on the lowlands it was heavy and killed all
kinds of vegetation. Monday there was
but little wind and a heavy frost fell during
the night, ending the maturing season of
oil crops, .and cutting off the cotton very
considerably.
- One farmer told us last Friday, that il
the frost fept off as late as last yea. until
November fhuw wuurd make a fair crop, but
If it came s&on be would not make over half
a crop. Upon enquiry, we find that TO be
the condition Of the crop, upon almost every
farm in this section of our County. We
therefore, may safely estimate the damage
to the cotton crop by frosts this week at
25 per cent. at least.
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Presentment Of the Grand Jnry to the 0eto-
ber Term Of Court. for Union County, 1889.

Presentment Of the Grand Jnry to the 0cto-
ber Term Of Court, for Union County, 1889.
70 tas Hosorasle n. Y. Altich. Presiding
Judye: ~ 80
We the Grand Jury would respectfully re,
port ss follows; & 4&
We have examined the public buildings
and offices, and find the Jail is very wen
kept, and in very good condition, but we
would again call the attention of the County
Commissioners, as we have done in our pre-.
vious reports, TO the necessity Of heaters for
the comfort ofthe prisopeps We alscN dnd
on examination that the guttering on the
Court House needs repairing. We find that
new covering is necessary for the public
we'll near the Jail.
We find the Sherif's, Masters, Probate
Judges, Auditors, and Clerk of the Court 9
Offices in good condition; except in the Au-
ditor's Office we find an accumulation Of old
papers which we would recommend to be
disposed of in some suitable manner, and
further that desk and q half dozen ohoirs
be provided for the better equipment of said
Office. We would recommend that our Rep
resentaives provide more effective means
to enable the constables of the Trial Justices
OF this county to perform their duties, by
changing the law as it now exists relating
10 the salaries of said coustables, for the rea-
son that the salaries are so small that it is
difficult to find any one who will accept the
position, and the. State is often powerless
to procure it's witnesses in State cases.
The Grand Jury fayors the proposition
advanced by your Honor, and would recom-
mend 1t to the consideration of our rep
resentatives. as to the necessity ofa reforma-
tory institution, suitable to the proper train
ing of the younger class Of convicts
The Grand Jury feel it their duty to COM
pliment the county commissioners for the
manner they have had the public roads re-
paired, and placed in their present excellent
condition.
Thanking your Honor for the courtesies
extended to us, we hereby submit the above
presentment.
Oct. 9Th, 1889. W.T.. BETSILL.
Foreman.
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Short of 1888,
191

n@- Wo call attention to the advertise
ment Of MIR. S. NJ. Rice, at East Union.
We had the pleasure of looking through
"fve cents Counter" and wo con only
It is marvellous how he can afford to sell
aSs II St Sth hibtfi naH etksrife
one from whom they were purchased, stole
them or Mr.. Rice did; but rs we know that
Spencer is strictly honest, we dare not ac-
euse him Of such thing.
We ask our readers to read his advertise
ment then call and see what we have seen.
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gS" The receipts of cotton at this mar
ket, compared with last year, for the first
month Of the season, shows that the Alliance
Farmers are needing the instructions Of
the order and holding the cotton with the
hope of forcing up prices. This is the
case, not only in this market, but 10 al-
most every other interior market through
out the cotton States, and is having every
damaging effects upon some Southern indus
tries, more particularly upon the smaller in
dustries, established with limited means
AID credit, the owners of which depend.
almost entirely, upon the early sales Of cot
ton for the circulation of money in the COM
Ameet their business obligations; usually
Sde to fall due as soon after the opening
the cotton market as possible; which if not
i'd at maturity, often puts the unfortu-
% ete Small debtor st the mercy Of the note
Aaver, money lender, or extortioner, to
borrow money.
At present, the holding back Of the cotton,
INJURIES no one so much. as our home folks,
Ind il continued any length of time it may
ave tendency to place all some of our
pail industries In the hands of foreign
pitalists, upon which to establish trusts
combinations.
ge are among the sufferers.
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B6S" The receipts of cotton at this market
since the opening of the season falls con-
siderably short of last year. There are two
reasons for this, j. e: The Alliance advised
the holding Of cotton as long as possible.
and the cotton has opened later and
slower than for years past. The following
are the comparative receipts from Sept. 1st
to Oct. 9th for 1888 and 1889:
Receipts in Sept. 1888, Ala bales
' q" " 1889, 223
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Crrrzsss owoASzn FOR srLr-pao rrcr1ox

CITIZENS ORGANIZE FOR SELF-Pao lection.
Helena, Mont, October N4.-The figures
"3-7-77," the warning Of vigilantes to
hard cases, were chalked on the street cor
ners AMI printed in the evening papers yes
terday. This call for return to the methods
Of early days Was occasioned by tho discov-
cry Of four fires in as many hours the night
before in the heart Of the business section
All the fires were put cut before serious
damage was done, and In each case il was
fouad that rags had been saturated with oil
and fired. The inoendiariss are evidently
the same gang who have be en- in North w est
towns during the summer, and TO whom
the bigfre in Butte last Sunday is attribut-
ed. The city 10 patrolled by special police.
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pc White Cloud Floating Soap. For sale
sosey's Drug Store.

OFFICIAL HOMEOPATHY IN WAsuINGroN.-
Ten years ago." said DR.. Riggs, There
)sste twelve homeopathic physicians in
'Washington, while to-day there are thirty
Gvs. Among the patrons of this method Of
the treatment Of disease are Secretaries
Blaine and Window, ex-Secretary Bayard,
Senstors Call and Kenna, Assistant Atior-
ney General Montgomery and many others.
Rx-Rsesident Garfield and Chief Justice
&Nnise were both pronounced in favor of
hsmoeopatby during their lives" - Washmg-
<o,y FbN.
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from o special
nd il adopted by the
shout the Cotton States will
"a blow to one Of the richest
t unserupulous monopolies on the
hnent, and OF the Same time, materially
Assist in building up . valuable enterprise
within reach Of every cottoon planter, that
will reduce the price of fertilizers. and save
them from frauds and impositions Of foreign
fertilirer factories. Not only that, by en-
couraging our homo mills we encourage
home industry, home enterprise and liberal
homo markets.
IL the Farmers are in earnest about kill
ing the Jute Bagging Trust, to be consistent,
1t seems to us, they should be equally as
zealous in killing the Standard Oil CON-
pany, Trust equally as iniquitous and ar
bitrary, and far more dangerous, because it
controls a more extended and far more
powerful money influence:
FLORENCE, October 3.-The Florence Sub.
Alliance met here o few days since md
unanimously resolved to sell no cotton seed
to the Standard Oil Company or any other
mill in the combination, provided the home
mills will buy and pay reasonable price
for the seed. 1t was also decided to m AXE
Wednesday Of each week Alliance day for
selling cotton, and urged upon all farmers
to bring their cotton in only on that day.
BY this plan large amount OF cotton will
be placed on the market at ono time, there.
by inviting buyers to como from abroad and
put prices up TO the highest possible figure.
1t will be seen by the above action that the
Cotton Seed Trust han expect no favors
here, and that the farmers will do al in
their power In contributing to the success
Of the home mills.
Tho Cotton Seed Oil Mill of this county
is being completed as fast as possible, and
will require every bushel of seed brought
to the market, for which the managers are
willing to pay the highest price. As it is
the first public enterprise in the County,
we are anxious to have it succeed, and the
Farmers can help it aud themselves by
adopting the same course as the Florence
Alliance men have. Give our own mill
the preference.
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p6" We enjoyed a pleasant visit last
Tuesday from Mr.. J. L. Weber, one of the
ablest men now on the editorial staff of the
Charleston Ners and Courier. Mr.. Weber
was elected School Commissioner for Charles
ton county last year by handsome majority
and We notice that he is spoken of in many
parts of the State as q candidate for State
of education.
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Freight Notice.

NsIGNEEs and shippers are
~ hereby notified that from and after.
this date the Depot will be closed at 4.3O
o'clock, P. NJ, and no freight will be re-
ce,ved or delivered after that hour. Bills
of LadiDg for Cotton will not DO issued after
the above men toned time. All interested
will please be governed accordingly. This
rule will be rigidly enforced.
f. II. COUNTS, AGENT.
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THE COTTON CROP.

The Cotton Crop, in large part Of Un ion
and Spartanburg counties, under my obser
vation, is far below the expectation of two
month ago. In many places it is backward
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bS 1t was our intention this week to
give full account of the very judicious and
energetic action taken by the Board of Trade
towards building handsome and commodi.
Gus Graded School House. but, in order to
do full justice to this great enterprise we
have concluded to postpone what we have to
say for it to next week.
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nAY We have before us q cluster of sec
ond crop June Apples, taken from a tree on
MIR. I. NJ. Littlejohn's premises at Jonesvillc
While we often see two crops in one year on
an apple tree, We don't remember ever see
ing June Apples grow in clusters; but there s
no knowing what the prolific soil of Jones'
vile cannot produce.
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4 Gard Of Thanks. !

The ladies Of the Church Of the Nativity,
who had charge Of Of getting up the Tab
leaux from Mother Goose" hereby tender
hsir warmest thdnks to the kind parents
aud young people, who assisted them at
the Court House, Friday, Oct 1st. Also
our sincere tbanks to Messrs Isaac Harris
and Mr.. Shafksy. for lpmber loaned, and
to Mr.. Buchhsit for his valuable assistance
and lamps; slsO % Mr, Nicholson for lam %.
81 KID.