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The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-11-29
COTTON BAGGING.

rejoice to see that persistent spirit mani
tested by the noble farmers Of tho county
in adhering to the Alliance resolution to
use cotton bagging. Mos: any time, for the
'ast few weeks, that look to the road can
see wagons from the various sections Of the
County, going to the markets with their cot
ton clad in Alliance uniform; aud brethren,
I glory in your sagacity, aud audscity, aud
veracity and tenacity. Such fidelity MS you
manifest means something. and the parasites
that have been onr worst foes can't
cleare TO you when you baud yourselves to-
gether as one man aud show q solid front.
We have been informed that some Of the
unprinciplcd commission merchants will
bug cur Allisnce cc!tcm ard -ew.ap Z: :aa
jute before shipping itplaiuly proving that
%sr, fas ifsSsy tss aaS iItsls more q ,hsis.
own pockets; and they prolong the life OF
the juie trust.
Our wise and good leaders gay, we can
out-gencral them by reducing the size Of
our bales to two hundred pounds, ani wrap
it entirely upie white bagging. We believe
the idea is good one, for then we viii
have still greater use for our low grades
Of cotton and thereby enhances tho price,
and then it will not pay spectators to ex-
change the cotton baggng for the julc, and
our cotton being entirely covered, will bs
kept clean. and consequently there will be
no loss to the buyer. You know, brethren,
the Alliance has done great thing, for us
this year, so let us join hands together aud
move on with wisdom and irmnes, ayainst
the opposing powers that confront US.
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Boycott Spectators in Necessities.
WEAyERyILLE, N. c.,


r. M. STOKES, Eso.--Some two years ago
or moro, number Of gentlemen from Bra
1il came to New York and formed q syndicate
with members of the coffee Exchange for the
purpose of speculating in coffee. This they
did, by putting up margins and getting con-
troll Of tho stock on hand at the commercial
centres. AS soon rs this was accomplished
great outcry was made through the press
of a deficient or short coffee crop. False
statements Of the amount on hand were made
and pcrsstantly reiterated jobbers and re-
tailers Immediately advanced the price, and,
under the skillfil manipulation of the specu-
lators, coffee went up to its present price.
Now this was purely matter of speculation,
rs is evidenced by the fact that there was
not q short crop, bus tbs production in Bra
zil that very year was 500, ,G00 sacks in ex-
cess of the year previous.
Believing that these Spectators could be
brought to grief made n patient investiga-
ton of merchants ledgers and found that
the monthly consumption of coffee, in this
mountain section, was seven pounds to the
family Taking the population of the
| United States to be sixty millions, would
| give twelve millions Of families, and at Tbs
to family, the consumption would amount
to 81 millions of pounds, per month.
| Upon this calculation l wrote an article
for the Ellsworth Herald, calling upon the
people to Boycott coffee and ruin the specu-
lators. The article was published and
copied by n few papers, but for want Of con-
cert of actiou, very little was accomplished
However, the greatly increased price consid-
crably restricted consumption, and there
were some heavy failures among the specula
| turs. Ire COZ uor ,t;tl eriete- II -tha Ali
ance, the Knights of Labor and the press OF
the country will call upon the people tc
abandon the use of coffee for a single mont
tho worst of the spectators would be ruined
The surest euro for these speculations in the
prime ncccssaries life, is to Boycott any
article that goes above normal price. Th'
Alliance and the Knights Of Labor arc nov
powerful organizations and they have only
to use the Boycott judiciously and the shar
pcrs and swindlcrs will be deferred from
the investment of millions for such nefariou
purposes. The press is supposed to conscrv
the interest of the people and should Civ
aid. Very truly Yours
DIR. w. w. WING,
Mayor of Weaverville, N. C.
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Union as o Market.

Notwithstanding our frequent assertions
to tho contrary, we still often hear COM
plants that Union was the highest price
market in the up country for staple articles.
But this complaint, in nine cases out Of ten,
eminates from those who have gone to !
adjoining towns to sell their cotton, while:
their accounts in Union are unsettled. As:
to its being a fact in the past we have nothing
to say, except this, that those persons who
have gone to other markets, generally
did Union the injustice Of comparing
the time prices of this market with the cash
prices of other markets. We arc convinced
that if they had totcd fair they would have
found that our market was as cheap, if
not cheaper than any other market espe.
cially if they had counted the time lost in
going to other markets, and the wear and
tear of teams, sc.
But that is n thing of the past 1t is our
purpose in this article to call tho attention of
our re,ders to the fact that Union is rs good
n market as Spartanburg, Laurcns or New
berry. We have carefully compared the re-
ported markets of these towns with our own,
taking as n basis the leading articles, sao;, as
Cotton, Flour, Bacon Sugar, Coffee Rice and
Solasscs and we find that the prices of these
articles is lower at Union than in any of her
| sister towns.
-, "s f- So. "c"h n,are is irving to capsars
the business OF other counties, ana q, .o,,
as person from one Of the adjoining coun=
ties goes into their stores they put the prices
down on purpose to attract him, and often
| selling some articles slightly below cost, an6
when the purchaser returns home he blows
the horn of that town, and his neighbor,
| flock around him, and at his word, without
counting the cost of time and labor, they
rush to the cheap market, which they otter
find, to their serious loss, is really the dear
est market. This is one great mistake tha
many of our farmers make. They seem t.
forget that time and labor is the capital of tn,
country, but if they con get -four ut Spartan
burg for fifty cents barrel less than al
| home, they will take team and two mel
from their work two days to 20 there t,
save three dollars on six barrels,-is aboI
the average amount generally purchased al
once,-forgetting that it cost at least thre
dollars per day to go to and from Spartan
burg, thus making the cost greater than i
they had purchased from home merchants
As for the cotton market of Union this yea
we arc credibly informed that it has aver
aged several points ahead Of the markets
around us, while the prices Of groceries and
Dry Goods arc fully Us low as that of any mar
ket above Columbia.
We cannot conscicniiousfy frame any ex
cuse for our people going to other markets
with these facts before them, and we hop
that those who have in the past gone ava
from home to purchase supplies will not Civ
uuion thc.go-by in the future, but give on
home people, our young and deserving me,
chants, chance to show that they are honor
able men, and sell goods at reasonable prt
fit, which VIC honestly believe they are d.
ing.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-11-29
COTTON SEED.

II is certainly poor policy for farmers to
sell or allow cotton seed 10 be taken from
their farms without commensurate re-
turn Of fertilizer.
At nearly every railroad station there are
agcu,s who are offering from fifteen 10
twenty cents per bushel fnr all the cotton
seed they can get. and see that many Of
the colored renters and tenants, and some Of
the whites, are selling their seed for the
cash, seemingly without perceiviug or car
ing that they are making n terrible drain
on our badly abused fed,
IF you do let your seed g, from the farm
"a the oil mills. by all means get back the
same amount of cotton seed meal, or some
other fertilizer Of equal value.
1t will not take man but o few years to
run down the hest farm, If he allows the
entire products of the farm TO be removed.
! Every thrifty farmer should have It Gum
dcrstood with his tenants that they must
not sell the cotton seei without his (the
farmer's) consent. don't believe that the
great value Of cotton seei as n manure is
generally estimated. Some of tha best cot
ton that is in our section this year has bcen
grown on old fields, fertilizcd with cotton
seed meal, and a wonderful difference there
is where n small handful Of cotton seed
that has been killed is put under each hill Of
corn.
1t is lamentable eshortsightedntss, for ff-
teen or twenty cents to allow fertilizer la
ken,from our farms that is worth much
more IL kept o, home and applied to the i'm
provement Of our own land ,e
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-11-29

hS- In the closing proceedings of the
South Carolina Conference we find the fol
lowing in relation to the .lumbia Female
college, DR.. Darby has done wonders to-
ward recuperating the College and placing it
in q solid and healthy condition, and we are
not sure that a frequent change of officials in
any institution of lcarning-.unIess for
some fragrant fault in the officials themselves
has ever proved advantageous to it's charac-
ter for permanency and efficiency.
That Dr. Jones will prove a worthy sue
cess of the popular and beloved DR.. Darby,
we have not the least doubt. for VIC know
him to be one of the purest, able.t snd most
loveable men in the Conference.
The Chairman Of the Board of Trustees
OF the Columbia Female College announ ced
that the Rev. DR.. o. A. Darby had rendered
his resignation as president of the in,titu-
ton, and that with great relucts nee and re-
gret the Board had finally accented the
proftered resignation. Dr. Darby had writ
ten his letter of resignation before the con-
venlng OF Conference, and, it is stated. in
tends to resume his former relation with the
conference as preacher and take a repu-
lnr appointment. His rcsgna ton is uncon-
ditlonal as to time, etc., bu tho trustees
have asked him to retain the presidency
until June next, and he has consented
The trustees have elected as president the
Rev. DIR. Samuel B. Jones, but it is not vet
known If he will accept, but it is thought
probable that he may, in view of the hand
some unanimity of the tend ar.
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For the TIMES.
What E. w. ]. Lost at the State Fair.

Mr.. EDIroR.-I read with great deal of
interest "E. w. PSI report of the State Fair
and fully agree with you that in consequence
of the short time spent there, he did not see
some of the most interesting exhibits.
was not rs fortunate rs "E. w. j." to be
able to spend whole day at the State Fair,
but was permitted to spend about twenty
minutes only there. The only thing that
saw was the exhibit Of the State University
This was little world in itself, and l felt
fully repaid for going to the Fair grounds.
1t was considered by many the most at
tractive and instructive exhibit. Specimens
of wood and iron work composed great part
of the exhibit. The principles upon which
the electric car, dynamo and other electrical
machines are based, were fully illustrated.
Indeed, in that one exhibit there was enough
to occupy the attention Of the enquirer for
months. was sorry that missed "E. w. u
when he visited the Electric Light works. If
he had been willing, probably could have
given him O "tastc" of that current
which will light our streets, run our cars
and cook our food for us.
am glad to hear that electric lights will
be used in the Cotton Seed Oil Mill at Union.
They are certainly the cheapest, neatest and
brightest lights known to man.
Very Respectfully.
A. +. MCKIssICK.
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,Ty NeSpeCtIUHy.
"A. +. MCKIssICK.

A SAP suicinE.-Charlo tic. n. c., Nor.
able suicide is received here today For
some time past Miss Essie Westmoreland. n
pretty ycnng girl of sixteen, living with her
parents at Townsville, n small village in
Davidson County, on the Richmond and
Danville Railroad, has loved yonng man
OF that place. The young man had proposed
to Miss Essie who had ex pressed her willing
ness to give her heart and hand to him in
holy wedlock, but her parents told her she
was too young to marry and it would be
necessary for her to live unmarried four
more years before they could ever consent
for her to marry anybody. The young man
ceased to call OH her and gave up all hopes
OF taking her for his wife until the four
years should pass around. But Miss Essie
took the matter seriously to heart. Last
Friday afternoon the young man wrote her
note asking if he could accompany her to
church that night. She was willing but
her parents obje,ted and told her plainly
and emphatically she should receive his at
tentions no moro. When told this the dis
appointed girl gave up in despair and as she
walked from the room muttered: "All
right then, this will be the last of me" or
course her parents thought nothing of the
remark, thinking it would all pass of in a
few minutes. When called for supper, how
ever, Miss Essie refused te eat and soon left
the room. She procured rope md went
quietly into the back yard, where she mount
ed the fence by large cedar tree and ad-
Justed the rope to n limb, then placing it
around her neck, she eased off the fence.
Her neck was not broken and she slowly
choked to death. The deliberateness of the
act is shown i'll the fact that while hanging,
II she had repentcd, she could have reached
the limb with her hand and rescued herself
She was found before her body was cod.
and every effort was made to restore her,
but Of no avail, and she was buried at
Thomasville yesterday.
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Heap One farmer in Laurens County has
sold $500 worth Of hogs of his own raising
this year, and has "a few more of the same
sort left" We venture the assertion that
The cost of raising those hogs was not over
one-half the cost of producing that amount
-8 bales--in cotton.
The surest and most profitable way for our
farmers TO fight trusts, combinations and
all spectators in the necessaries Of life, is to
raise oil their own supplies that their farms
will permit then, having food for man and
beast, they can laugh at hard times and hold
their cotton for remunerative price. Thus,
they will kill two or more combinations Mt
one shot-the pork packers, the cotton
spectators, and everybody else who may
combine to extort enormous profits =,
them.
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OUR STATE RxcHANaE.

Has every Sub-Allience in the County
taken stick in the State Business Ex-
chang,I II MT. Why? Do you mol
think it would be Of great advantages
70 have her protection thrown around
your Remember, brethren, that on'1s
those Alliances who have shares in the Er-
change neei expect her sssis'a ance. You All.
doubtless, know the object Of the Exohange.
AMI il you, as an Alliance, think yourselves
able TO "Padl,e your own Canoe without
her aid. l have no more to say.
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A $4,000, "HoLD-Up"-Fort Worth,
Nov. 28.-Sixteen masked and heavily armed
men boarded the Southbound Santa Fe pas
senger train last night at Berwyn, q sma
station in the Chickasaw Nation, Indian
Territory, and cut the engine and mail and
express cars loose from the passenger
coaches. They then ran the train two miles
and threw the fireman off the locomotive.
Then the robbers began an attack on the ex-
press car: The guard and messengers fred
twenty shots, but finally gave IN, after the
robbers had literally riddled the car. The
money stolen is between $40, 900 and $40
600, and came principally from Chicago.
United States marshals are in pursuit of the
robbers.
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bsS" In our notice last week ofour friend
Warren Barnetts splendid cotton crop, we
did not do full justice to his brag two acres,
in stating it as 1000 lbs, seed cotton. II
should have been 1900 lbs,-2, 400 lbs to
the acre. Mr.. Barnett also wishes us TO
state that it was Stono Acid that he used
purchased from Mr.. w. A. Nicholson.
And, in order to give all parties credit for
their aid i'll producing so good yield he
wishes us to state further that he planted
The Thomas seed
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METEOROLOGICAL FORECASTS FOR DRCHM.
BER.-Thc Venus disturbance mentioned i'm
November forecasts, and felt severely in
November phenomena, is central on Decem-
Der 4th, and will itensify the storms of the
first of December period, which, under nor
nal conditions, would be from about the I'd
to the 7th. The presence of extra disturbing
causes, however, call for a continuance OF
perturbed weather over the reaciionary days.
the 9Th and 9th. Extremes of temperature
in rapid phenomenal succession, is a marked
characteristic of the Venus disturbance
hence the storm periods during its domi-
nance are almost sure to begin abn6rmally
warm and culminatc in sudden and extreme
cold
Th" second storm period for December be-
gins about the 18th, and runs to the 18th.
our readers will remember that this period is
In the very midst of the regular winter Solstiee
perturbation, and remembering the presence
and characteristics of Venus, and that Vuican
Is GENITAL on the 18th, they may count on some
full-grown, winter strorms about the 18th to
10Th. There will be rain and much snow, fol.
lowed promptly by extremely cold days. The
reactionary movements about the 10Th and
10Th will most likely bo merged into the
the general solstitial disturbances, with n
decided tendency to higher temperature
about those days.
a Vulcan disturbance is central on Christ
mas day. A higher temperature than the
days Immediately preceding is apt TO be ON
its way from the west to the east, attended
by storms of rain and snow. Many parts of.
the country will be covered with snow, and
have cold, frosty weather during the holidays.
There Is Aercuridl disturbance on the last
day OF December, which is also a day of reac-
tionary storm tendencies. Mercury is famous
d, l0r ms sfeet storms at this time Of the year.
me prospects are good that nature will put
up her winter festoons in exchanging Deccm-
ber for January, and that we shall slip from
the one into the other on a SEQ of ice.- Word
and Works.
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To ru.zlsrl

The Fuszler.
Our friend s. NJ. Rice, Jr., at East
Union, has another puzzle for his customers
to solve when they go to purchase their
Christmas presents. He says he wants to
help the printer by advertising. and the
printer desires oil Of the readers of the
TIMES to hep Spencer, by calling on him
when theT 80 to purchase their Christmas
filings, in order that the puzzle may be
solved. how it is possible for him to sell his
goods 20 cheap. So call and see Spencer,
for he is o man Of his word
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Ge9r We invite special attention to the
advertisement Of Mr.. George Gedde,, the
proprietor Of the Union Marble yard Mr..
Geddes is worthy christian gentleman n
and n very fine work man As specimen
Of his workmanship we refer our readers to
the handsome monument lately erected over
the grave of the lamented OK Governor Je-
tor, in tho village graveyard, n full de-
scription of which wc:hope to give our read.
ers next week
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efzs. We don't know wbetbor

ns- We don't know whether any appoint
ment has been made Of census taker for
this census division of the State, but think
not and being particularly dcsirous Of get
ting full, faithful and honest census re-
'urn OF this division, which can only be OBJ
tanned through capable honest and energetic
census taker, we take the liberty of endors-
ing the.application of Mr.. J. L. Strain. who
we consider eminently qualified for the Gu.
ties Of that position.
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On the Supplement.

The advertisements of T. f. Bailey, Gra-
ham q Sparks, Reuben T. Gee, ]. B. Porter,
W. d. Bewley, J. W. Posey & Bro, 8. NJ.
Rice, Jr., +. u, the Shoe Man and the FL
deity Loan and Trust Co.. Of Spartan burg
and Swink s. Oetzel, at Jonesyille,
are published on our supplement this
week
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Four at o Birth.

Four at Birth.
This has certainly beon a remarkable
yesr In every respect. Remarkably good
field crops have been reported in this county
and MT many weeks ngo there was COM
petition between BogansvilIs and JouesviIle
on tho pumpkin crops. Bogansville also re-
ported three children Mt a birth, which
downed Jonesville.
Sautuo now brings forth the champion
Goat, which gave birth to four little Royal
Bumpers at one setting, last week, on the
premises of MIR. Il. s. Mcdaniel. Try
again, Bogansyille.
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Ess" In the list Of Cotton Seed Oil Mills
and Fertilizer Factories. rcported in the
Ne"s and Courier, as taken from the Annual
Report of the Secretary of State, showing
the amount of capital invested during the
year ending Oct. 81, 1889, we do not see
the Union Cotton Seed Oil Mill. &c.. with
capital Of $4,000, mentioned. This Mill
Is nearly completed and will be in full
operation about the Goth of next month
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PLAIN TALK.-Colouel Livingston, q prom
inent Georgia Farmer and an aspirant for
the democratic nomination for Governor,
indrlgsd In plain talk before the State
Alliance at Augusta, few days ago. He
tod the farmers they were In debt, and
debt 70 the heaviest Of all burdens. They
were raising up their children in Ignorance 10
ond they could not in justice to themselves,
their posterity or the State, allow such a
ihiog TO continue. They were ground
down beneath unjust monetary laws, and
national legislation aided in this. These
oil conspired to bring about the formation of
the alliance. The alliance men were moi
sighting tho merchants; they were 6ohtino
the trusts and the money kings. They must
become self-sustaining, making their living
at home, and oil will go well.
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SOWING WHEAT

The farmers Of Union County are very.
busy now sowing wheat, most of them having
waited till their cotton was gathered. and
are sowing where they had cotton. And
right here is where they make q mistake
when the cotton is matured and gathcrcd
the proper time for sowing wheat is past, and
1t becomes an uncertain crop. Wheat by
this time Of year should be we'll rooted in
the ground, then there would be much less
danger ofits being injured by winter freezes.
would 1t not be better to SOW our cotton
lands in oats in January or February, and
then plant some early kind of peas ON the
stubble gather the peas in September and
then SOW your wheat, plowing in the pea
vines l tried that plan last year and made
2S bushels Of wheat to one bushcl sown.
This year, on five acre lot, wh.rc 1
generally gathered four bales cotton. II
sowed red oats in January, on but account
OF the Spring drought, made only 12J bush
els oats. I ran harrow over the stubbIe
as soon as the oats were cut, planted peas
in rowstwo feet wide; ran plow through
the peas twice, without hoeing and gathered
oo bushels of whippoorwill peas in septem-
Der, and then sowed the lot in wheat. andu
now have splendid stand of wheat th,
is well rooted and looks most promising but
of course the result is in the future. i.
however, know will derive more profit from
the l2o bushels oats apd the so bushels peas
than would from the bales cotton. aftcr
the expenses were paid