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The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-01-11
Personals,
T.. w. j..

Mrs. l.. c. Dorroh after spending some
ume with her parents here, Mr.. and Mrs.
L. NJ. Whiteside, returned to her home ot
porroh' Laursns County. Her sister, Mis-.
Corrie Whiteside, has gone with her, and
we wish her very pleasant visit.
DIR. Manning T. Smith, Capt F. NJ. Farr
aud wife have gone to New York on a busi-
ness trip.
MIR. w. J. Oetzsl left for his home in
Brooklyn last week
Mr.. Singleton Jeter, of Fish Dam, was
in town last week.
f---'fs are glad to see our yeung friend
Emslie Nicholson among us again.
Mr.. Ed. Eison who has been clerking for
George Garrett, left for his home in Jones.
vile last Saturday.
we are glad to state that Mr.. Wm. d.
humphries and family have moved to town.
lie now resides in the "Degan Aouse."
MIR. Thomas II. Gore and wife have also
moved to town. Mr.. Gore clerks in tbe
urocery Store of Mr.. T. C. Duncan.
MIR. w. Mob. Sloan, ran up from Co.
lum bia last Sunday and spent few dovs
with US.
Mr.. j. M. Bennett, prosperous vounc
iarmer of Cross Keys, paid us visit last
Monday. and as usual, paid his subscrin-
ton way up in 30. and like an INTELLIGENT
iarmer' subscribed for the Southern Cryt;-
Vafor. We hope some more of our friends
viii do the same, and that right soon.
Mr.. W. A. Nicholson paid Charleston n
visit last week.
Mr.. James s. Welcb, of Herbert, was in
town this week.
Our Young friends Con Allen and Hugh |
Mcintyre have gone 10 Columbiu, to assis,
In arranging the large stock of goods re-
moved from Newaerry to that city by Mr..
d. C. Flynn.
Mr. P.s. wSsohant, of wilkinsvillc,
pa'd us Pheasant visit last Tuesday:
Our fqfner efficient and popular Carrier.
'eter Counts, is nowa Clerk in Rice g. |
'loLure2s store. He is a good, sensible |
10y, Sfd"does not part his hair in the mid
vet.
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News from North paoolet.

ETA JANE, January 7.-Mss Amanda
Bratton returned last week from Craighead
County, Arkansas, where she went two years
ago with Mr.. Wesley Osment aud his family.
Between the chills, snake, mosquitoes and
gnats, as torments, she says she can see no
difference. If you was to cut the heads off
some people there they wouldn't bleed q
spoonful. She is an intelligent lady, and
like most Of her sex has good use of her
tongue.
Rev. Mr.. Hiokson will supply Abingdon
Creek Church this year. He comes highly
recommended as an intelligent and excellent
man and good christian. lie has been in the
missionary fields of China, and his graphic
accounts ofths heather countries ere truly
interesting.
We are glad to welcome Mr.. w. j. Moor
head of Mt Tabor back to our neighborhood
Mr. M. enters into mercantile business
with c. w. Whisonant, Esq, at Wilkinsvills.
Success to you gentlemen.
Our friend W. Gist Tolleson, of Smiths
Ford, has accepted position with J. w. &
J. r. Tolleson, of Gaffney City. While we
hate to lose Mr.. and Mrs. Gist Tolleson
from our community, we are glad to welcome
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Peeler and family, who
take their places.
The rains of Friday and Friday night
last, raised the water-courses and put q
stop to all outdoor work.
The holiday season has passed and left
upon docket the usual amount of cases for
the criminal side Of the ecclesiastical courts.
1t is not our purpose to forestall the verdicts
in these cases. by making mention Of them,
but refer our readers to Ecol., Sd chapter
and 4th verse. "Twisti6cation," wasn't
thought of in Solomon's day.
Is it possible that the fvol-killsr has been
at work We havn't heard how many storms,
cyclones and freshots wo arc to have this
year, and one week Of the time has already
gone by.
Last week was one generally devoted to
moving. Many people changed their homes
and we hope all have bettered themselves.
They have almost torn the bottom out Of the
roads in many places.
What is the side of q cube that contains as
many cubic inches as there are square inches
in one of its faces Answer in two weeks.
VoX.
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Ss" We regret to state that our estee n :
ed friend David Johnson, Jr., ha. left a,
and located in the city of Spartanburg, where
MS family will join hina in short time.
MIR. johnson is undoubtedly one Of the
brightest and abest young lawyers in the
STATE and we sincerely hope the change Of
location will prove profitable and beneficial
70 MIN In every respect The loss of him
SELF and family to this community will be
very great. May God be with them and
prosper and bless them, is we know, tho
sincere wish OF each and all of our good
people.
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Solutions of Mathematical Probl.ms

KELroN, Jan. 7. lSS9.--Mr. Editor
please say TO "Vox" that tho area of tbc
area of tho Circular Sector, as stated IN n, =
proposition published in the Union TINrs.
under date Of Oct 26th, 1883 is expressed in
| square inches, and is considerably less than
one square foot, therefore the answer given
by our friend "Vox" is largely in excess of
! what it should be. lie puts IL at ons-,h;r,
the area oil The circle from which il is taken
and as the diameter of tho circle il three
Feet and the Arc of the Sectoa l8o (eipbteen
degrees it is plain that his answer is wds
Of the mark.
With reference TO my solution of ,ho
plank question | would say that it is ouits
simple. We first find the number of sonars
@nches contained in six feet in length of the
plank, measured from the broadest end
it may be worked from either end-,ben
hnd what'is half the number of square in
ehes contained in the whole plank. From
tnese numbers we can make a statement
and solve the problem by the good old rule
otF'slmple proposition" or Single rule Of
:; As,l am not now resident of Union |
county and my time is fully occupied T |
must respectfully decline any regular cor
through your most excslIent
County paper, feeling assured however that
the paper will not sustain any loss az lone
as 1t is supported by such an able corn, ~
Our esteemed friend ..Voxn
may be well compared to the grand old Ro-
man of whom it wa, said "IAe condiIit f,b,,I,
IT doceret p0puh Making slight change
n the quotation we would say ne eond1
M docedt popuH. May his shadow
never grow less, and may his gifted non
lever become weary f'A
Thanking yoo, Mr.. Editor, for the spao.
andy allowed me In tho columns of your
aper, Am, truly, W. L. WALKER.
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RaisinG Tur lips, Eto.

Perhaps it may benefit some of the read
srs Of the TIMES to tell them of q most cx-
sellent way to grow fine turnips.
l took piece of wheat stubble, (of
moderate fertility,) and ran "Clark's Cuta
way Harrow" over it occasionally, to keep
the weeds from becoming too rank; then
absut the first Of August the ground was
broken deep with a tongue plOw, followed
with the Clark Harrow (Which ID enc of
the best) leaving tho ground in nice con-
ditieh. About the tsnth Of August laid
Of the rows TIVE and half feet, with
is=S:ss -S.--au sAsssi r=!u1iiinT q modersM
quantity of stable AMI cow-stall manure.
osdding the land with tho same shovel-plor.
'hen opened the rsws with very short
tongue plow, sowing the seed with the hand.
ana covering with short board attached
TO the foot Of the plow. When the turn;ns
were we'll mp had them carefully hoed
leaving one and not more than two in the
width OF the hoe. Tho turnips grew foely.
ABOUT tho middle Of September run round
'he rows with tongue plow, sowing oats
In the burrows with the hand. then ons
iurro" with the same plow broke the middle
nicely, covering the oats. Now have an
acre and half of as fno turnips as ocpIa
DO desired. with the prospect Of fine 10,
OF oats. believe it will pay well, when
the turnips are gathered, to sow the row.
with pess, about twenty days before the
eats are harvested, then the peas will be up
aud ready to take possession of the ground
before anything else; shading the ground
from tho summer sun and making drsss-
ing OF manure for another orop of wheat
don't think We pay enou Oh attention to
urnips; they are excellent for cattle. keen.
ng them sleek and fat, and increasing the
low Of milk wonderfully; and IL boiled
with little bran, We need nothing mora
or stock hogs.
Mr.. kditor, do nol say it boastinglv
ut have farmed twelve years, with no
'tton lahd, and have never bought pound
lara and sold meat every year, and lido
eileVe every farmer could, IL he wou,d
'sVs their smokeheuses and grainar;e.
'om the West into their own yards, and
cop millions OF money at homs by only
sing the means within our rssoh.
N q
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What We Have Lost. =

All around US we see reports Of from to
10 per cent. dividsRls declared upon cotton
factory stock, and in most cases surplus
fund besides. Had the people Of this tow n
taken the subscription Of $4,000 made
over two years ago to build a Cotton Factory,
to-day we would have seen far diffsrenA
business outlook to what We have now; ar1
if the Town Council had then supplemented
that subscription by $4,000 moro, in 7 per.
cent. bonds, as was strongly urged by many
ofus, 1t would have been not only o safe but
profitable investment. To-day the stock
would have found ready sale a. par, and
probably at q premium, or from this time
forward would have been source of rsye-
nue. OF from to per cent absve the iutes
est on tho bonds, besides increasing our
population and busines, at least 20 per
cent, advancing the value of real estate
and making Union q progressing town and
an attractive point for business and resi-
dencs.
This has been the rssult in syery town
where cotton Factory has been built and
properly managed in tho South the past five
years, therefore We have authority for say
ing it would have been so here. But how is
1t with us now? Are We a live, progressive
own? Is our business inorsasingi Have We
no empty stores! 10 our population iu-
creasing? How many good families have
left and are preparing or intending to lsass,
What sale is there for real estate, and has
not its value gone down from 20 to 40 por
cent? These are plain practical business
questions, and we ask any business man Gil
town to look around and ask himself if the
business outlook for the pretty and proven
bal healthy town of Union is bright and
cheering? Let him ask himself if our prsg-
nostigations some years ago, for which we
were then publicly criticised, are act being
fulfilled almost to the letter.
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Young Men to the Front.

1t is very gratifying to US to see so many
Of our worthy young men coming promi-
nently forward in the mercantile business Of
the town. To US it augurs new life, enter
prise and progress to Union-elements sadly
needed. Our respected friend Capt. A. II.
F.ster is now the only man in the mercan
tile busnes who was in business, when we
came here, 10 years ago, and while he is not
an old man, his health is not such as to en-
able him to give that active energy to his
business which has resulted in such eminent
success and the secured to him proud dis
tinstion being Of the most reliable and best
business man in the town.
All our merchants are young men, who,
by their energy probity Of character and
business qualifications, have risen from the
position of clerks to that of prosperous aud
popular merchants. We believe Union has
the youngest mercantile circle Of any of the
old tswns in the State.
Among the most notable OF these advan-
ccs are our much esteemed young friends,
George II. Oetzel and b. F. Arthur, who are
NOW VI tnc urn oI roster NllklnS " 20.
The fact that they have been admitted into
partnership with that staunch old firm of
Foster & wilkins is c full and complete rec
osuition oftheir moral worth and honora-
BILE character. Both of them are young
of very high business qualities aud will add
strength and popularity to the house.
We sincerely hope that this young ele-
msnt will pull Union out of the old rut in
which she has been staggering and foun-
dering, and strike out for new business, and
new enterprise to bring business. Truly
enterprising men arc not those who sit down
satisfied with what the present brings them,
but look to the future, and are ambitious to
enlarge and increase their business opera
tions and connexions. They infuse life
and spirit into every branch of industry
around them, and when they see their
neighbors prospering from liberal oncour-
agements ofnew industries, they speedily
profit by the lesson and are willing to sac
ritice their time and ontribute their means
to secure the same advantages.
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Our Mignonette's New Years Greeting.

PACoLET, Jan. Z. 1889.
After Oh absence of several months we
come to the front to extend happy greetings
to the TIMES and its many readers.
Christmas passed away happilyand quietly
without single marring incident. The
steady course of events has brought us rap
idly into January 1889. We linger lovingly
on the treasured remembrances of 1888, and
would be glad to Ibid tin stand still, bid
him drive back his car, and reimpart the Pc
riod past, regive the given hour
Fain would VIC pause awhile and look, in
sadly sweet retrospect, over the time, but
no! the mysterious principle we call Life
propels us ever onward. We naturally
wonder what the coming year will disclose
to us; but it is strangely retioent. We send
Imagination out over life's restless waters,
"-,~ "-.- -,..n wearlly, with no olive
leaf a' token of the life beyond the closely
bending horizon.
Tho trustees of this school have secured
MIR. E. c. Elmore, one of Jones,;I,e's H.
erary stars, to teach for them. Our social
circle extends hearty welcome to him, and
congratulate tho school upon the BRIGHT
promise of future success, and its enhanced
opportunities for good.
Several additions have been made 70 orr
town within the past few weeks.
MIR. Asa Smith, of West SPRINGS. b,.
erected net store for the purpose Of SELLING
general merchandise
Mr. Scott, Of Grindall, moved in a few
days ago, and has opened up a grocery
store.
MIR. Jas. Wood has also moved into the
house formerly occupied by DR.. Thomasson.
We are truly glad to have such citizen, in
our midst.
Capt. Jao. Fl. Montgomery, President Of |
The Pacolet Mills, contenplates running +.
ram-road from this place to the Mills, which !
Will add greatly to his oonvenienes. and
'educe the heavy expense to which he ha,
'een sujected by having to use teams for
transportation.
Miss Lizze Littlsjohn, whe has been at-
ending the Williamson Female Colleue :,
low at homo spending vacation.
"MIGNoNErTE."
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A Splendid Magazine and Story.

The January number of Belferd's Maga-
zine, one of the most yalnbie monthlies now
before the public, and, III our opinion,
particularly Taluable to the people of the
South, ss it defends with great ability and
carne estness all the great national questions
in which the interests of the South are in
vclvcd, and for which the people Of the
South have for years manfully and persis-
tently struggled, is before US, full of the most
elovatng instructive and interesting read
ing matter; and among its many attractions
is delightful story, entitled "The Lions
share from the gifted and refined pen of
Mrs Clark Waring, of Columbia, lady who
will be remembered by many persons in
Union County, as the lovely wife of q few
days. during the war, and then the widow of
the gallant William Gist, son of the honored
and respected Gov. w. II. Gist.
Mrs. Warnings story is certainly literary
gem, full Of absorbing interest from begin
ming 10 end, with all its characters and in
sn o.au presented in the most life-like,
- sni. .Dis.sius In6Iao.. In style apd4
novels OF the present day, having nothing
In 1t of the sensual unnatural or improba
BILE which characterize aud mar the pages
OF most of the, unfortunately. popular stories
OF the present time. We have known Mrs.
Mallie Waring for many years, and we
recognize in every page Of "The LioL's
Share the strong points in her own lovely
character-a pure, chaste, refined, talented
md true woman.
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c9y- About II colored N

cas- About IA colored persons, all rela
lives, left here last week for Arkansa.
ana The day they left, two disgusted emf.
grants, who went thore last year, returned
lrpm that land of promise, declaring they
could do as well and live bettor in South
Carolina than in Arkansas.
Ihere can DO no objection 10 the negro
exodus at this time Of year, and we wish
all who do go, God speed. What we obisc-
led TO last year was, that many Of them
waited until late in the season; after makino
for the year and Obtaining one
and two months supplies from the farmers,
n advance.
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VA" In mentioning last week the Young
men who have left US, fer time, to attend
sehool elsewhere, we quite unintentionally
omitted the name of cur talented vouno
friend, b. F. Townsend, who left us on New
Years day for Davidson College, NC \
We certainly had no intention TO SLIGHT
you' Ben but the holidays had Just ended.
and you mus! know that frolickinp and
good eating for one week will addle anv
Poor Editors brains and cause him ts
forget his most respected friends.
Now, we not only hope for bright fu-
ture for you, but your high standing in
school heretofore, and your excellent char.
acter, Justify us in confdenially predicting
such. Years ago your father bore off. from
the same institution, its first honors. and
we feel sure that his inc record will bo
nooly maintained by his son.
Aim for the first honor, Ben, from the
START and it will take an actul smart fellow
to win it from you.
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Union Cotton Market.

As we have not published the state
Of the cotton market the last two weeks,
we give below Mr.. J. Ii. Williams, the
cotton wesgher, statement Of the cause OF
our seeming neglect:
1.-The cotton market since Dec. 20, has
been almost at a standstiil, owing to 10 W
prices, bad weather and the Christmas
holidays. Only 433 bales have been sold
and the prices at this date are from Il 9
So"
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After the moral and relio;ops e5,oo,;

AFTER the neral and religious education of
the family, we know of NOTHING tbat I'll,
CONFER more LISTING sad permanent Ss.,..
nt tnan That most instructive and. at ,l,a
same time, entertaining periodical. the
oeenWe American. 1t should be a visitor a,
every nome, where it. work will be found
not 10 DO idle. 1t ia Of special value 10 IN.
maohinist, the engineer and the meoban;c
put IL Is OF equal value to tho farming and
mercantile community, and to oil who ara
Of an inventive or ingenious turn of mind
~ VIII be found invaluable to those. wba.h.
er young or old, who are fond of using IDOLS
% as recreation. The subscription price il
Thly Sl.OO for four months, or So. .0G year.
4 the Paoishers are the old established
mouse OF Mum Co., 861 Broadway, N. y.
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EzsA9 AS usual on the first salesday O {
the year, there was q largo crowd on our
streets last Monday.
After aud even during tho public sales,
the centre Of attraction was the Auction
sole OF S. NJ. Rice, Jr., & Co, where many
persons bought themselves rich" We
saw one small article that cost the purchaser
% cents more than it would if he had
bought it at any other store, and more than
was asked for it before the auction.
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The Clifford Seminary.

1t is pleasant to see the bright faces of
tho young Ladies Of this excellent institu-
tion again on our streets, as thcy "fall i'm
one by one after the holiday vacation.
They give the town chc~-fsl appearance
and break the mohOseBy 'of meeting the
same faces from day to day on our thorough
fares.
The Clifford Seminary is now recognized
as one Of the best and most complete Fs-
male Institutions Of learning in the South,
and its reputation for efficiency in the
thorough education Of young Ladies is be-
coming more and more appreciated through
out this aud adjoining States, as it sends
each year its polished jewels into the
world to elevate and adorn the social circles
in which they may move.
In everything that will refine, elevate
aud dignity the female character, aud fit its
pupils for useful and model members of So
cicty, the Clifford Seminary stands the
equal of any similar institution in the
country, and its Principal, with it's excellent
Faculty, neglects nothing that may be prac-
tically beneficial, or will add to the comfort,
health, moral and literary education of the
young Ladies placed under their care.
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fsB' The Skating Rink has been opened
a&"n under new company, and we are
nsanrod that new and better order Of
management will he strictly observed so
that ladies wishing to visit the Rink shall
neither see nor hear anything that will not
bc gentlcmanly, dccorous ond refined.
""oking, boisterous conduct and loafine
in and about the building will not be al
lowed.
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Ess5" 4 young white man n

Rs5" young white man, about lS or 90
years Old, by the namo of John Kersbaw
was brought to jail last Tuesday under the
charge of stealing gold watch and three
dollars IN money from Mrs. III. p. McKis-
sick, near Kelton. The watch was found
on horshaw's person, but the money. he
a"'d had been spent. Mr.. and Mrs. Nc
hIssich had gone to visit some neighbors
when the theft vas committed.
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END OF THE BAaoINo TRUsr.-St. L.oi..
January At transpired here to-day thai
ths alleged Cotton Bagging Trust has run
,@ day and quietly died. It appears. that
me so-called trust was simply an agree.
ment between bagging manufa ,turers 20
combine for certain purposes until Januarv
=, wnen the compact was to expire. They
sala 'ney made little money bu, nj a.
naa'' .naon ss they hoped to. However tbey. are
sas'.aea. shn.. inc price Of bagging has fallen
probably still further decline. - $