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It IL all ooifihness..

II II all fooltshnou.
We Overheard conversation a few days
ago. between two. gentlemen who he'd diff
ferent views on the present political situa-
tion, during which dne,ef' them remarke d
that this pol tical ekcifemeht'was all foolish
ness W. MUST oalEE thai isFss a,, fool.
ishne.s, from the vsrs bssinAing, from the
simple fact that it, Was gottsn up by one
man who wants 70 81 governor, and who,
to carry his aim, has. arrayed, one elias.
sgaiust'a'l oth.r clsssus' .. - 49,.
The whole embiriering oampaiga could
have been, .voidc I, by 'adherins atriolly to
the rules ofthc Democratic party. aud the
same ends accomplished by the farming class
except. perhaps, tbe nomination Of Ti!lman
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nea,, In another column will be founda short
statement that Curtain the bogus postoffice
inspector had been found guilty, and sem
fenced to 1S months in the Ohio penitentiary.
The trial and conviction of this imposter
fully exculpates MIR. Strain from any unlaw-
full conduct. which Curtain tried so hard to
make the people believe.
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Dox'r hxs tbs Srb.TRsAsrar PLANK

DoS'r LIKs tbs SrB.TREAsrar PLANK.
Montgomery, Ala. August 1.-THE second
days meeting Of the -Ssatei Alliance In this
ifSis of untessi interest among its msm-.
'bers. No'hing Absolutely 3 10 Known Outside
rs to what is going oas but snoashis known
to justify the very general belief that q big
fight is now" being made ,over's resolution
endorsing the resolution, adopted at st..
Louis by the National Farmers Alliance
There is said to be considerable opposition
among certain members to the Sub-Treasury
plank in the 81. Louis platform Of principles.
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FhrdSOS Ht cUsI NJ =. -----.
N, N. COHEN & BROS
Il ss..aishtsIs County csav.nitioa.

i straishtsss County csav.ntiea.
ACounty convsh'ioS vas hell here last
Tuesday, composed Of delegates from the
stssishtsps dsn.srsS ei!iss IN the county,
dent, MIR. R. W. H&sltqn, vioe-peesidsni,
and Mr.. g. AZ. Parham, Sec'y. and Treas.
On motion, Mr.. VIM. Munro was elected
County Ch.irmsh. ..'''
The following E4.cutiv. Committee Was
also e!ected..>E;
8. A, +. P'rh.m, ". F, Bates, W, T.
Littlejohu.
The following delegates, were elected to
the August and september Conventions;
". T.. Latiej ,hu,, James ,Munro,: II. l..
aoss, J. E!'Hunter, ": W Hughes W. X.
Thomas, r.. W, Hamilton. -, -, r
: Alternates.-J. G., Long and P. NJ. Cohen.
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FATg. AsetOnrT -Snss,-r~-axw1rs
August 8.-Sam Nicely, negro carpenter
from Yorkville, was killed on the railro I'd st
this place this morning Squire Webster.
acting as coroner, empauelled jury and
held an inquest. The decision Of the jury
was that Necle was killel while trying 10
jump from the train, exoneraling the rail.
road from negligence.
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No WAR on ZsR.--AsuEyIsL1, N, C.
.Ang. 2. uI2uaf stete TF6rmc 1fistS6SS
here tsasy with 800 delegates "a afteudancc,
every county 10 the State being represented.
l. B. Alexander, a prominent delegate who
will be fhe Democratic caadida'e FIR Con.
gress, sid that the Alliance as . body
would not oppose the recollection Of Senator
Vance, and he was certain that he would
be renominated.-Gre Nsws.
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English SPAWN Linimcnt removes oil
Hard, Soft or Calloused Lumps and Blem-
ishes from horses, Blood Spavins, Curbs,
Splints, Sweeney, Ring-bone, Stiles,
Sprains, all Swollen throa's, Coughs, etc.
Save $50by use of one bottle. Warranted
the m,st wond rful Blemish Cure ever
known. Soli b J. NJ. GIBBS & son,
Druggists, Union.
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Town improvements.

Town Improvements. ~ i..
The Catholic Church building is fastening
tocompletion. y
Mr.. W. D.; Bewley is building. q Eve room
cottage on Church Street, which. when COM
Pleted will be cozy little place, and is to
be occupied by our friend H. NJ. Cohen.
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4 Iean Thief.

4 Iean Thief
We have heard Of many kinds Of theiving,
but We think tho meanest thief that deprsv-
oil human nature can hatch out is. the thief
that win break into an editors garden and
carry away head Of cabbage, ss one did O
few nights ago in our garden.
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To Managers af Ejeotiaa. I,

To Managers af Rleotisa.r. 90
The managers" 0ta1hs PRIMARY Election,
are requested to caIa,atrthe office of A. c..
Ly'es, County Cha' rnan,g = on Monday, and
receive the boxes. tickets and rules govern
ing the elec. ion.
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RENovINa A CINDER TRoH TaE EYx.-The
proper way to get cinder out Of the eye,
is to draw the upper lid down over the
lower utilizing the lashes Of the lower ss q
broom, that it may sweep the surface of the
former and thus get rid Of the intruder. Or,
gently drawing the lid away from the globe
pass clean camel's hair brush--or fold of
soft silk handkerchief--two or three times
between them. This procedure will, in
nearly all cases, suffice when 1t does not,
the services of physician are necessary.
1t is q remarkable fact that q very minute
body will give rise to intense pain, and after
it has been extracted, the sensation remains
for an hour or more. After the intruder Is
out, gently bathe the lids every fifteen min.
utes in iced water TO the feeling subsidies.
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5tesssH0fsHf Hf1xlSHuQFing tnat the
remaining roots Of oil sprouts or bushes well
grubbed ont in August will die, whereas, if
the grubbng is postponed they may not.
August is the month for their destruction.-
hi
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Itch, Mango; and Scratches on human os
animals cured n30 minutes BY. woolford'
Sanitary Lotion. This never fails. sold by
J. NJ. GIBBS 4, son, Druggists, Union.
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letter CURED BY s. 8. ST. used Swift's
Specific Is. s. 81 about three years ago for
an aggravate case of letter, and was cured
sound aud we'll with three bottles. have
had no return Of the annoying disease since.
tried various other remedies before using
S, s. s., bot they failed to cure me, or hene-
fit me in any way. OILN c. FoaLE, Fair
field, Ill.
have sold Swift's Specific Is. 8. 81 for
number Of years, and can cheerfully
recommend il. AS tonic and blood purifier
it Is without an equal.
WM. GRuHs, Nashville, Ill.
CONSIDERS IT WITHOUT AN EouAL.-"I
have used your valuable remedy Is. g. 81
for number Of years, and consider It with
out an equal as blood purifier aud tonic.
in fact, would not attempt TO enter upon .
spring or summer in this climate without it..
l never tire of saying good word for 8. 8.
s. when have an opportunity"
II. w. COLEMAN, Dade City, Fla.
Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed
free.
SWIFT SPECIFIC co. Atlanta, Ga.
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lS- Rev. .. =. Todd Of Laurens, viii
preach in the Presbyterian Church next
Sunday.
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of q ream Note paper l5c., or = whole
ream for so cents at
HIM. COHEN & BROS.
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IF YOUR BACK ACHES,
Or you arc all worn out, really good for moth
ing, it is general debility Try
BHOWNS IRON BITTEk6.
1t VIII cure you, cleanse your liver, and give
agood appetite.
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Ladies' white and solid colored Belts at loo
1t II. NJ. COHEN g. BROS.
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BsA- We regret TO learn that Mr.. F. L.
Townsend is lying quite sick at home.
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surprise % BIN.
Turner'S crime was aggravated by the fact
that he had sedu ced his sister-in-law, some
time previous to the murder Of her brother,
and the public we're so incensed against him
that it is generally believed that had the
verdict been acquittal Turner would not
have left the city olive.
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Cream and Red Crazy Cloth at cents
per yard at
II. NJ. COHEN & BROS.
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Just received, another lot Of our f.mou
81 Ladies Button Shoes.
II. NJ. COHEN & BRO.
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Ne iear our young friend he's some i'll terate
"ni indisereet advisers, who, being ignorant
Of the commonest controversional cu.toms
and "6gurss Of speech" excited him 10
think that In styling his arguments "men Of
straw" we literally called him and the
whole Ssntuc delegation men Of straw,
which was not intended, nor can It be. iu-
ferred by an intelligent and unbiased con-
struction Of what We said.
We cannot be drawn into . controversy
upon subjects on which We have already
given our opinion, nor do we feel inclined
to answer imaginary questions.
We can only say We are . dyed-in.thc-
wool democrat, on advocate Of whatever will
elevate aud give prosperity to the farming
class, firm believer in the Alliance, pure
and simple, as it Is represented to the pub
lilo. but opposed to Tillman per ,e, because We
believe his me- hods TO secure his nomination
we're undemocratic and wrong. ana sut,o.
i've Of tho true principles upon which the
Alliance was founded, opening wide door
from another association through which
scheming politicians aud office-seekers have
dlready entered and scattered seeds Of per-
son"l chickering's and dissensians among its
members. As matters now stand 1t puzzles
democrats, Farmers Association men and
Alliance men to discover the dividing line
between the three organizations, except that
40 per cent Of the democratic rarty arc
now practically excluded from participating
in the councils Of either organization. ~
H&- The reports We receive Of the cotton
and corn crops throughout this county
show a variety Of conditions, according as
the June drought affected them. In many
sections the rain came too late TO be of much
benefit to the carly plonted corn on tho up
land., but the corn on tho bostou, lands and
later painted uplands look very promising
for an abundant crop.
Cotton, generally, looks we'll, with good
healthy weed but contradictory statements
nrc made to us rs to fruit on it, aud how
the long wet spell has affected il. Some
tell us the plant Is growing rapidly and
shedding the forms badly, while others tel
US IT is not shedding moro than usual and
not enough to hurt. The majority, no wever,
tell us thst, on an avsrsge. the plant is not
as we'll fruited ss last year, in comparison to
Its height and size. But, taking all the
prospects together, the outlook for good
crops Of cotton, corn, potatoes and peas Was
never brighter than they are now, in this
county. We could get along very well without
rain for week or two, but a September
frcshrt would knock the present prospects in.
to smithereens. ....,.
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PROGRAMME
OF THE
MON COUNT
BAPTIST SUNDAY soHo OIL CONVENTION
IRON AUausT % To al


The 10th session of the Union County
Baptist Sunday School Convention will he
hell with the Salem Baptist Church
(Santuc) beginning Friday morning before
tho 9th Sunday In August, 29lh, at 1880
A. NJ.
let Question for discussion: "what
ought to be done with church member
who refuses to pay his just debts %
introductory Spedkeys.-II. +. Scsife. C.
b. Bobo, and +. NJ. Adams.
I'll. "If salvation Ia by grace, through
faith, In what relation does work come in :"
Introductory Speakers. Is. C.. Lamp
ley, ID. N. Wilburn, and Rev. C. X. Willie
ford.
Sd. "what is true evidence Of successful
Sunday School work."
introductory Speakers.-G. d. Fowler, j.
II. Randolph, and 7. ID. @ Gregory.
4th. ~ hat. IA Iurmap.u uIIpixorri - .ard
7Sfrodacfo,y SpeSl ia. aRev. o. Lamp
ley, C. II. willeford, and q. e. Vaughn.
Rev. W. u. @. Humphries I, preach Mis-
sionary sermon, Sunday morning at IL
clock.
All Sunday schools are earnestly requested
10 elect their delegates immedia,ely, aud
seud in their names to the Superintendent
Of Salem Sunday School, In crlcr that
homes may be assigned them. Please COM
ply with this request as it will greatly fac H.
tate matters.
e. W. JErER, J. II. RANDOLPH,
Secretary, President.
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The farmer who intends sowing grass or
zseed next month should diligently y
0nuneR,iroy all weeds IN sos.a
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brought up In review, as he has c0ue dm0nx
as In his quarterly rounds. Nf-f4
Sd. That We shsll part with hin. &c :h;s
of6ce with christian regret, but shall re-
member him warmly in the bonds Of
christian brotherhood In love, and devoutly
make our prayer to God that the holy
"peaoe that passeth understanding" may
continually abide with him and the dear
ooes Of his own household, and that years Of
usefulness may be granted him.
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n@- George s. Turner, who was tried in
Spartanburg last week. for the murder of
his brother-in-law, Ell. Finger, last Spring,
was convicted of the crime aud sentenced by
Judge Norton to he hanged Friday, Oct. 3.
An appeal will he taken, we uuder.t,nd,
which will stay the execution until the case
has been decided in the Supreme Court.
Judge Norton used few words in passing
sentence. stating that he would not follow
the usual custom of delivering a lecture
The prisoner heard the sentence without any
nlli1ia11 ai1 Ia walked oat of the Court
- Hsis much de.
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A Pigeons Wonderful Flight.
tTo BE CONTINUED

The homing-pigeon Dude, owned by
J. Hervey Doane, Of Plainfeld, N. j.,
has reached home after more than a
years absence under circumstances
which make his case one of the most
remarkable in carrier-pigeon an
nails. The members of the Scripps
League Expedition, which sailed for
Paris on July "a, 1889, took with them
SIX pigeons. OF these, four were re-
leased the first day out at sea, for an or
dinary ocean fly; the two others, Dude
and Ariel, were set free the second day,
700 miles from home, in an attempt to
break the ocean record of the world.
Ariel few almost to New York, and
dropped exhausted on the deck of an in
coming vessel. Of Dude no tidings ever
came, and he was given up for lost, till
q few days ago, when his owner found
the familiar fcathcred form, almost worn
out with his fifteen months journeyings,
once more in his loft, on his old-time
perch. A partly deciphercd message
from the Scripp's League Expedition,
still clung to his leg, its oilskin wrapper
tattercd from constant exposure. 1t Is
supposed that the returned wanderer has
been flying about constantly in various
parts of the world in his cndeavors to
reach home, and he is credited with tho
longest fly on record.-Ne,o York. Post.
=
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NO USE FOR THESE.

sight or Of Imagination. So many asked
the meaning of that field that young E.
Ellison, who planted it, grew very weary
and thought to paint sign to this effect:
"Thcse sunfowers are to feed chickens.
All other questions answered at one dol
lar each"
The worst of it was that people were
not satisfied with the information con-
taincd above. They wanted to know
what part Of the sunfower he fed to
chickens, and why he did it, and whose
chickens they were, and if Mr.. Field
could not afford to buy chicken fe;d,
and what effect the sunfower seed had
on chickens, and if they would cure the
pip-and all manner Of questions, per-
tinent, impertinent and otherwise. At
times E. Ellison's head whirled round
and he was tempted to resign his place
or plow up the sunfowers. But he stuck
it out to the end, aud now he has va
cant house full OF sunnower blooms, ana
is the happiest chicken man this side OF
Elysium.
always thought big poultry house
must be bad smelling place until en-
tered Mr.. Fields and found how much
/ was mistaken. Of course the keeper
has to do much in the way of cleaning,
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pudding the hen of the yellow dog va.
riety, the hen who lays and lays and
never goes on strike, is found to be just
as serviceable as the more aristocratic
eggs of the high caste Brahmins and
Cochins, which have come all the way
from India and China to show the Amer,
ican chicken what is what in the poultry
line. E. Ellison encourages both and
you can take your choice of the cultured
blue blood Gagged in exclusiveness, each
kind by itself, or in the happier but mora
plebian fowl who have the run of the
chicken yard and even do some of their
scratching for worms and chasing oi
grasshoppers on the public highway.
Some of the big boarding houses fol-
chickens were supposed to be rat proof.
Such was the intention of the builder,
but like all men III this world # fallibil,
ity he forgot to put his wire screens in
the one place needed, and the rats got in
and made trouble in the chicken family.
There were wishbones-very tender and
little ones-which did not get to the
house of Field. For time the chicken
guardian was at his wits end what to do,
but at last he bought few lively little
fox terriers, and their bright eyes had
not been long about the place when the
plague of rats was 10 more. Rats do not
seem to flourish on the same soil as fox
terriers.
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srN.FLowEEs PUT AWAY TO DRY.
for eighteen hundred fowl of chicken
size and five hundred ducks and severa!
dozen geese and turkeys, to say nothing
OF couple hundred pigeons and squads,
can make considerable trouble if left
alone. But there was very little sugges-
ton of evil in the three great tenements
were the Fieldian stock is at home.
Three houses five hundred feet in leugth
are the tenements for the chickens. Two
have expensive arrangements for steam
heating in winter, arrangements at
which E. Ellison sticks up the nose
in scorn. 1t is not natural, he says.
The chickens, unless very young, want
nothing b.: the shelter and such heat as
the winter sun pours in at the glazed
windows. All else is nuisance. 1t is
apt to give them bronchitis, and the
whooping cough, and I do not know but
touch OF the grip. There is also an ex-
pensive brooding arrangement, built by
a famous architect named Clark, who
evidently had built for human beings
more than chickens. MIR. Clark had the
idea that it was the little tootsy wootsies
of the chickens that should be kept warm,
and so he put the heat underneath. E.
Ellison, who studies natures methods,
noticed that it was the backs of the little
chicks that the mother hens keep warm,
and so he does not use the patent foot
warmers, and saves many a chickens life
by not doing 80.
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What Is q Greenback?

A "greenback" is statement engraved
and printed in the similitude of bank
note that "the United States will pay to
the bearer - dollars" It bears on its
face the engraved signatures of the Reg
lister and Treasurer of the United States;
memorandum that it is issued under tho
act of March 8, 1868; and that it Is !.
legal tender for - dollars. A fac
simile of the Treasury seal is printed
upon it in red ink and by separate i'm
preston. In an open space on the back
is statement that "this note is legal
tender at its face value for all debts pub
lie or private, except duties on imports
and interest on the public debt" with a
note of the punishment denounced
against its counterfeiting or alteration.
Originally it bore certificate of its right
to be converted into bonds of the United
States, bearing interest at the rate of six
per cent. per annum. This right was
withdrawn by the act of March 3, 1863.
as to all notes not presented for exchange
before the 1st day of July in that year.
The greenback, then, is the naked
promise of the United States to pay the
bearer certain number of dollars, unse-
cured except by the national credit,
without date Or time of payment, which,
for all ordinary purposes, is money, equal
to the gold and silver coins authorized by
law.-Eqr1sr's Ma1asine.
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terriers.

The sunhower farm was scheme OF
the chicken man. He knew that the
seeds of that delicate flower were ex-
celient dessert for chickens. Too rich
for a steady diet, there was something In
their oily richness which put an extra
gloss on feathers and was very fattening
to the bird itself. Why not, he argued,
in farm of go acres, backed up by an
other farm still farther to the eastward
apd by the big estate on the Hudson,
why not devote an acre to the cultlva-
ton of the big sunfower and give his
chickens an occasional taste of luxury
such as few other chickens enjoy. So
the sunhowers we're planted and flour.
ished amazingly.
But the glory of the sunfowers has de-
parted. Three days of recent week
were devoted to harvesting them. The
chicken man and a small boy assistant
went into the field and the giants bowed
their heads before his sharp-edged corn
hook. Some of the plants were twice as
tall as he. Many had been rifed of their
blooms by passersby who were anxious
to start sunfower farms of their own and
who thought the mammoth variety good
enough for them. But there were
hundreds left and he went at them like a
very prince of decapitators. The big
sunlike discs were Topped off at the neck.
so to speak, and the yellow blossoms
rubbed off. Then they were tossed int"
a dump cart and when the latter was full.
they were trundled to an empy cottage
and stacked up on the floors to dry.
Every room was needed to furnish floor
space for the big circles-some of them
foot in diameter.
When all the harvesting was done, the
common chick were turned loose in the
denudcd field, and among the lesser
blossoms which it was not thought worth
while to house found many store of
fowl delight. Next year when the fame
of this sunfower farm has gone abroad
we may expect to hear of suntioWer
farms throughout the country, and the
chickens of Thanksgiving, 1891, will
wear gloss ana Dear q ua'oi suIu "'
chickens never wore before.
"Does Mr.. Field raise any chickens
for market2" l asked.
"No," said E. Ellison. "This is not
commercial enterprise in any kind. OF
course if have more eggs or chickens
than are wanted at home am privileged
to sell them, but am not trying to run
opposition to the men of Hanmonton or
anv other market raisers.'
The first setting of eggs usually takes
place about the first of January, and
there arc young chickens on the Fieldian
tables at time when the average man
takes his from the icebox or goes with
out. A little box, which looks much
like the market gardeners hotbed, but
which has lamp and furnace within TO
temper the chills of winter to the new
born chick, is the place where he spends
his infancy at time when chicks are
supposed to be sold by the dozen IN the
original packages. There is q slide IN
front, so that on warm, sunshiny days