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The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1890-11-21
A Rice Mill Trust.

Trusts seem to he contagious. Ihe IN
test now spoken of is Rice Mill Trust
Thc matter is now being considered by
r;co mill owners. and it could hardly DO
cxnccted that they would say anything
about it just now Anyway prominent
CbarlcstSn rice merchant said that the
trust was not among the impossib'iities
and could be looked for. Whether IL
will include all the mills is not known.
There are in the South ut present about
twenty-six rice mills OF these a sixteen
are in New Orleans, three In Savannah
three in Charleston, one each 10 winning
ton, Goldsboro, and Washington, N. U
A number of the mills in New Orleans
it is understood, are now controlled oy
syndicate. 1t is probably this same co,
noration which wishes to extend its hoio
iDgs.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1890-11-21
SOUTH CAROLINA CONvICTs.
Thew will TIL The Soil on the Newly
Purchased State Farm.

Ata called meeting Of the State Peniten-
tarv hoard held at Columbiaa proposition
from Col. T. j. Lipscomb was CONSIDER,
ed. Col. Lipscomb sought to engage lou
convicts for I've years, with the privilege
Of increasing the number and time TO So0
and ten years, the bands TO be employed
in agricultural labor on the Taylor plan
] tation, in Lexington county, near Co'um-
| bia. .,r,,.
The board declined to accept the termS
proposed. Then the question OF the put.
Chase of State farm for the employment
Of convict labor came up rs 1t has done
monthly for the last ten months. Inc
long deadlock as TO the choice OF faIm
was broken by Governor Richardson, VINO VINO
had heretofore held out for the iayior
nlantation, and now with Messrs. hnuet'
SON. Brooker and Sanders voted for th'
DeSaussure place in Sumter county OF
the Watereo River; Messrs. Sarratt anf
Guignard holding to the Taylor place a
hest, The DeSaussure place contain
t nearly 1900 acres It ispurchased 10
$ twenty. Ave thousand dollars. The az
: propriation for the purchase OF a farr
It was $40, 600.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1890-11-21
RamoyaI of the Human Liver.

Tn the course Of long series oil care
fully conducted Investigations, Professor
Ponfic, of Breslau, has made the 'mpot-
tant discovery that large part 0. .oe
l;yer-even as much as three -iourtns-
NAV be removed without serious disturb
once If the animal functions. Surgeons
have long known or regarded it as a TACT a,:
that the whole of the liver is not ap-
so,ute,y essential to health, but nave
hardly supposed that the sudden destrae, rue,
tion Of a considerable part of It WON"
not he serious in the extreme-the o's-
covery to the contrary now enso''hg
onerations to be performed which nave
| hitherto been considered alike neyon"
SURGICAL skill aud human endurance.
Professor Pontic's remarkable investiga'
tions in this line prove that the liver mas J.
a wonderful power of reprodnc.,onI,n ,,c, II
some cases, he states, portion cqua.
two thirds having been replaced oy
new growth within few weeks.-Ne
( York Tribune
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1890-11-21
An Archduke Missing.

Count Kolnoky, Austrian Minister o'
poreion Affairs, Gas just forwarded cir
,Iar d;snatch to all the Austrian con-
uls in America, requesting them to use use
heir utmost cndcavors TO hnnt ou' III .
Arch Duke Johann, who IS now '1c hscn
Captain John Ortiz. He has mas no; s;ncc nefs hs
hcard of for nearly four months sihce v' ne
left Montcveido on July nth last Tor v"'-
oaraiso in his ship, the Sanct Margte'nc. g,.
II has since been ascertained tha' neas
,torms were raging when the Arch DUKE
,hip left.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1890-11-21
FIGHTING THE SALOONS.
The Governors of Three States caiieo
Upon.

NASHVILLE, Tenn u Special, l-GoV-
nruor Taylor has received from the peo,
,,e Of cumberland Gap, Tenn, map
showing .o~ the location Of sixteen saloons IONS,
within about one mile of that town, tw"
of them being in Kentucky and fourteen
Of them in Virginia, Also, locating the
spots adjacent thereto where fifteen men men
have been shot within the past rev
months. None of the saloons arc on TINS
side of the line, but five of the murders
have occurred in Tennessee. the Peo-
nle of that section have decided to pre-
| sent the factr to the governors of Ken
their corporation in improving the situa
ton, which they attribute to the prcseh''
of the saloons.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1890-11-21

= A jury at Syracuse, N. Y, few days
ago found verdict for the defendant,
hut the foreman blundcringly announced
verdict for the plaintiff, and the Court
. confirmed the same and gave Judgment
accordingly. When the mistake was dis.
covered after the jnry's discharge tho
Judge SAID he could not change the
record. The case furnishes riddle for
tho lawyers.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1890-11-21

The Nationa, flag will be saved from
sorobIe uses hereafter, rejoins the
Lowell (.sass.) Ne,O'. According 10 'ne
new law passed by Congress any person
OHIO sbo,l use the National flag, either
nv printing, painting or afiixing on 1t
anv advertisement for public display OF
uriyate gain, will be held to be guilty o.
a misdemeanor, for which the Unite'
states oo,se may mulct him $50 or ssn'
him to Jail for period Of thirty dayA
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1890-11-21

The Chicago Post indulges in this
gr,,ly speculation: "Did you ever think
Of how much space the people who die
every year require for decent buria'' II
one could be content with grave two
/. by six feet, $3.50 bodies could be inferred
In one acre Of ground, allowing nothing
for walks, monuments, roads, etc. on
this crowded plan London's annual dead
! Numbering about $1,000, would I'LL
..meterv of about twenty three acres.
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!. UNION 6. ai =


Johns county % sS. : f}yS -
It will strike at or 'ne5fVF Federal I'd
crossing the river to Sauble, il then q
southwcsterly direction to Cedar
passing through Orange lake, which
proposed making a great central p
and locate along the shores comm}
and industrial enterprises. The i
of the canal is stated as 1T miles, II
depth of % feet and a surface OF j
200 to $50 feet. The company ~
the work in hand is the Florida Ocd
Gulf Canal Co., and is said to be-
financially to carry out its plans. E
OTHER STATES.
Monday was Editors Day at the .
crn exposition, at Montgomery,
md Colonel A. X. Mcclure, of The i
delphia Times. and John Temple q y
of Georgia, made speeches. q
Joe jackson one of Rube Burros b
gang jumped from the parapet e
ground floor of the Mississippiss ~
tary Monday, and was kilt ~
AZ i ssAssssss.s4yure.,: sly -
Terry and Washington BroS hrrelled
about girl. Brown told IN not t.
dance with the girl again, b @ latte
did not heed the warning While h
was waltzing with her Brow Fslked VI
and shot him twice through body, in
flictiug wounds from WI he diet
shortly afterwards.
The stock holders of tn, hntsville
Ala, new million dollar c, y factor.
organized few days ago. Dalla
is to be business manager al fhe wyrl
begins on erecting buildingsH 1.
A fire in the afterhold Of taeamshiI
Buenaventura in dock at n Orfean
caused damage by water and to abou
800 bales of cotton. The inner wa
loading for Liverpool and hs cn boart
1900 bales, most of which slight
damaged 10y water.
Four members of the la( lississipp
Convention were so much op I'D to tn
new Constitution that they Jed to pu
their names to the instrums
The Ennis cotton comprr 4as mani
pulatcd $4,000 bales of the sxts stapt
thus fur this season. ~
A railway car factory, carry ospi
tai of $500, 900, has been estishe6 a
Beaumont, Ark.
The Starkville Citizen nIhca th
death in GAINESVILLE, Miss, of sE Koch
negro woman, at the age oN40kcars
1t is nc stated whether nursedJE bhing
ton or George III.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1890-11-21
CLAIMS OF THE ALLWE.
President Polk Says 1t Ht Eie
Thirty-eight Congresmen.

L. L. Polk, president of be Nation stis !
Farmers Allirncc, is very jthlaut over
the result of elections In It'd course Oh
an interview he said:
'The Democrats and Republicans are
claiming everything just now but when ~ !
they come to sift the lkaS -sss
nro nronortioS s"e Of the e good aienSl
seats in the next Congress. fUp TO the
nrcseut time it is certainty that Com
I grcss will contain thirty-eight straight
0ut Alliance men, and there are twelve or
,iftccn more who are pledged to us. These
men are from the South and Northwest
the two sections in which most of our work
was done. The Alliance in Nebraska
Minnesota and Iowa is not our organlza-
tiop. and has not amalgamated with us,
Int it made the same fight and will JOIN
us this winter. Our Alliance co-operated
with them; we will cooperate with any
, farmers association, and in little while
have grin on the situation IN almos'
every corner of the land:
, .sWe arc here to stay. This great reform
movement will not cease until 1t has I'm
pressed itself indelibly in the nations his
y tory. Financial reform is the necessity o
u the hour. and it must come. The press an
9 the voice Of the stump speaker were on
= only assistants. The Alliance had no can
% noipn fund, no Doodle. If VIC had h ha
y money we would not have used II: III
3 virtue and patriotism q Nhe Peefle a
o. the things to appeal to. Our methods we
3: fair and square, and the whole world cou
=. see what we were doing. The principles {
o.. which the Alliance is founded are SOL
Sc 60 and correct; we must succeed. The fig
90 wos no small affair. The extremists
~ y, both parties attacked us bitterly and ga "a
al no inch of ground. In the South 1t '.
the Democrats who opposed us. In
ns- North our most vigorous antagonist W
ow ponubl;caps. IN. Y. Times.
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& II "a estimated by the Nsrs that the
,,,,,nbsr Of new buildiugs erected in Chi
:. 90 during the present year would II
,,,sced side by side form frontage OF
about forty-fve miles. The average i0r
the whole year will be about thirty -nVe
; !, 49, houses erected every working day
siAt this rate it is evident that the enor
,ro,. area recently added to Chicago o.
a,naxation will not be long in filling VI
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1890-11-21
The Bishops Assignments.

The board Of bishops of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, in session mt Washing
Ion. ID. c., completed the assignments of
bishops for holding annual conferences
Turing the next half year, us follows Mis-
sissippi, Moss Point, January 7th, Bishop
Newman; Georgia. Dcmorcst, january
18th. Bishop Andrews; Florida, st. Johns
River, Lawlry, January 18th. Bishop
Warren; Alabama, Edwardsvillc, January
.2nd. Bishop Andrews; upper MiSsissip.
pi, Holly Springs, February 9TH, Bishop
andrews; Florida, Gainesville, January
"S :iSc."viic February fSs3Ahlr',bs Ss3hlr b,se Alabama,
Virginia conference, Ronccrclt, w.
Hl...nr,. ltL Eishnn INNCC.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1890-11-21

The Director Of Russian prisons mas
:,sst AZ Petersburg for Tchetchcn, sma''
:la,.ud in the Caspian Sea, to examine 'ne
lplace with view OF planting s. ~"
colony there, like that OF s"shn''en. tns
measure Is urged BY the regular popo'A.
tion sfeiberia, who consider the in'la1 {" .
oonviSsod criminals great drawback 90
s,she development Of their industries ane
:.,..cef,,, institutions. The 9overnmen
seems to be inclined to dispose OF i. :.
I criminals sentenced to hard labor 10. li1
& : different manner from heretofore
,p.psl colonies on ,solased islands appea
8 IS more practicable for tho. porpo.
tban the ssclusion Of criminals vs'a'
lor(rsas q prisons,
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1890-11-21

Says the New York Press: "Adiron-
dack forests chopped down for timber
and pulp, large game nearly exterminated
and rivers in the remotest Northwest re-
quiring to be restocked with fish. God
has given his American prodigal son a
maguiasent pohiop, but tho young man
will come down to husks pretty soon il
he isn't more careful"
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1890-11-21
'siuFsy per gent. 81. 8. 8
General Nelson A. Miles has ass,,m,

General Nelson A. Miles has assumed
pmmand OF his military division at Chi.
~cago, A reporter asked him IL there is
nny danger of another outbreak among
the Indians, to which he replied: "No,
ut present anyway: Tho danger of Iudian
troubles Is decreasing every year fo,
various reasons. hardly think there will
ever be another serious Indian war;"
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1890-11-21
rba New Orleans Pieovsne has dis
/ 49, ~. 81. cs.xa chat has beer

Tbs New Orleans Peoyuns has dis
covered that ths only State that has been
: absolutely uniform In Its congressional
n,antation n Rhode island. 1t had
y > kembers under the first census ana
the aamo number ever since. It Is bound
= ~ remain in the same category another
tan Years. Its population in 1880 wa
a7e. ps1, and It is now $4,000. This II
/ ( variation which precludes change
,-h.tever basis Of representation may b
.aonted. Delaware has always had jus
one except that under tho third oen'o
3. ha,i two. These are the only constan
.,,autitics In the entire category.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1890-11-21

A Brazilian squadron will shortly az,
rive at New York, bringing, medal anu
letter of thanks to President HARRISON a
for his prompt recognition Of the new {, ,,;ss re-.
nubl;c. Orders have been issued 10 giVo
the squadron reception.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1890-11-21

An answer to inquiries from Governor
\ : soss' @ q Texas, over 100 county judges
have'gfven their observations In regard
60 crime In their counties. There is a
I unanimous concurrence, states the-At-
5snfa 0enssitattop, that fslonies and mis-.
Pae2pEs sia ssse, sse gan,
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1890-11-21
AN ALLIANCE woMAN's YARD STICK

Mrs. e. NJ. King, of Banana, fla:,
sends the following "Alllance woman
yard stick vr thirty-six inches, GOOD meas
vre. sure not to bc adopted until the tarm'
crs have more insight, more self reliance,
more determination, and less party spirit;
nor until women have their fair share Oh
political power
.pyeomae. .--Whereas the farmers aw
tho hardest workers in the nation, the
nro,luccrs of the food, and Of the raw
material for the clothing of the nation !;
tho largest tax payers. and numericaiiy
tho strongest body of voters III the hation
tLcv demand and have a right to demand
the following measures A.
Passage of a bill embodying tic
,r;nciples aud intentions of the sub-tteas
: ury bill. ;,, s,s.om.
@ Extension of civil service reform.
o Decreas, or abolition of payment u
d legislators.
l. Gambling and drinking in any an
a. avery house of legislation to be strictl
prohibited
r Protection for every Industry,
Mt none at all.
ne No industry to bc subsidized or ha'
he ..bounties" given it at the expense L" u
IN tax payers. ,;.o.
no 0. Equal taxation, whether direct
lor indirect. ,.-.:
er- 10. Equal suffrage. without distinc''
the of sex. ..
on II. An educational test for ali vote
md 70. The Australian ballot system.
as Is. A Campaign fund" to be made
.ins LEGAL. each State t,d drfray its own c'
for tion expenses.
APP n. An oaicial' including Preside
arm and Senatora 10 nc elected directly
peou1e
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EIIANCE PkEGl4NTcs:
Order Furnishes a Great Deal of
News For This Column.
y Fair Florida Woman $5ends Her
Yard-stick Of Thirty-si3s Inches
Advocating Many bending
Political Measures.

In 1880 there were in the United States
|57O, 600 tenant farmers.
The Tennessee Importing company has
Just imported from Spain twenty-five
jacks. i
An Alliance school will be established
IN Dublin, Texas, in the near future.
Alliance men in Floyd county, Ga,
fail.
New Mexico is credited with 1000, 600
head of cattle and 100000 head of
- Yfee1m Ye m 'csrrmutees-ys.--.--.
consume 10, ,OOO, 900 bushels Of wheat IN
France
A charter has been granted to the Pet
ersburg Alliance Exchange, to do business
at Petersburg, Va.
The Washington Gazette learns that an
Alliance store will be started in Washing
ton county at an early date.
The Farmers League is Systematically
organizing the State of Massachusetts,.
At recent sale in Iowa seven Red Poll
cd bulls sold Mt an average figure of $153.
ten females at an average of $201 so.
The Farmers Exchange of Oconce, in
Orange county, Fla, is to start off with
5000 capital. d. o. Mcguire is presi-
dent and George p. Brannon, secretary.
The New York State Alliance has adop-
ted the Sub Treasury plan, and declares
that the force bill shall never he saddcd
upon the South if the farmers of that
State can prevent it.
This item appears in the 'sEastanallcc
Notes" of tho Csrnesville, Ga, E,,terprtse
The Liberty Hill Alliance has Just com.
pleted substantial hall near the Baptist
church at that place.
According to the Department of Auri.
culture the imports of goat skins and
goat hair last year amounted to $4,000.
900.
The Farmers Alliance, of Montgomcr,
county, KY, are making an effort to form
company to build o $4,000 tobacc,
warehouse and establish weekly sales.
The Michigan State Alliance Exchange
will be organized at an early day. Th,
State Executive Board will hold n meet
ing in few days and select business
4agent.
T time for cattlemen to take bearing.
If mind MI tEsssidance. It must be borne i,
in their refri9Sssed beef men can carry
re Cprobab,y moreJs>sfteen days suppl!
en- " " sten out and breA;-e.asy for then
= ~ .Ssw s p,ease. But they caAes,set whcl
~ .sslnrs md and short supPssfSt psfSt fo
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1890-11-21

statistics show, alleges the Atlanta
Constitution, that 8, 1000, 900 young men
sn tins country never enter church.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1890-11-21

A firm at scarcy, Ark, offers to pay 'o
.cnts uremium on each bale OF COTTON
wrapped In cotton bagging and boagh'
Nv them.
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p;ea;aent w p. H. Searcy, on

President w. II. II. oeaiCy, Al
mers' Banking Company, of Griffin, .uS
IL appealing to the Alliance men OF the
State q to take $4O, 900 worth of stock in
the bank, it already having $6a, 600 cap
ital.
A Rich,and, Ga, correspondent writes
that the Alliances are welding power
full influence toward the advancement oi
th.;r ; own and store house rented, and
will will build store near their warehouse ot
an early date.
A correspondent of watkinsyillo, .r, Ga.,
| in discussing the delay in getting cotton otto,
baaging, offers this plan as remedy
c%Tsi oThe only way out for the Farmers Al
lance is to manufacture our own own oo'co, os W,
he 6onopolized and have us waiting ND
iii October or November for bagglnS
The Allipce is an organization not to Il
trifled with"
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@ ~ O!LL. XXI.---NEW SERIES.
Form and Fireside declares "thst fa,.
nels are taking moro interest in politics
than ever before" .'

ne SIOUX Of South Dakota are dying
isp'diy of consumption and other throat
and chest diseases.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1890-11-21

William II. Fishback VIII Oppose q.
III. Jones for United States SENATOR ''o'"
Arkansas.
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People who 'change their minds" can
now Justify their. apparent inconsistent
cies on the authority of German his
biologist, who has calculated that the hui
man brain contains 800, 900, 900 nerve
cells, 100000. OF which die, and are
\ -7cceeded by new ones every day. "At
,,s..paasyess fl,oSN New York Cows
y .csSs sx.r.,-----xg2.a ~ q
4 n,crcial Adsertissr, 1--WE get an en''re'y
new brain every sixty days" sea
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The band of France has conschtco 10
suppIy Madrid with 800, 900 pounds IN
gold.
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SOUTH CAROLINA.


tro orpauized in Grcenville with head.
quarters there and with agencies in all
towns. 800. 1000 has already been SUP.
scribed.
The present has been remarkable
wear In the fertilizer business. The snip.
ments TO points within the State as wen
as neighboring States has been larger
than usual, In fact up to the LIST OF oc-
tober they were larger than for any pre-
vious twelve months.
The State Fair at Columbia was un,ls-
uslly ipte, esting. A new exhibit In Ma
chinery Hall was the Breeden cotton
stock cutter, exhibited by its inventor,
w. M. Breeder, of Bennettsviiie. Ihe
flower exhibit. especially the chrysanthe-
, NUNS. were the finest ever In Columbia.
Special designs in chrysanthemums e'ic-
Z tied delighted comment. One by an nn
named exhibitor was big picture on a.
, easel, painted wholly in the coiors OF na
ture. II represented the coat OF arms !.
4 South Carolina, with all it's minute "
"a tails, beautifully worked in chrysah'n'
n | NUNS.
Ais mile railroad is to bc built TO co.
b meet Lowndesville in Aboeviiie co""'
" with the g., g. & N.
10 The regular course at the Cnar'es.'
I'm Medical College is now well under wa
There are some fifty students ia s..x x
dance. The lectures take piace a"'
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FLORIDA.

Union will convene AZ Ocaia, oh ,,,
her and. The Louisville and NashVihe
railroad will transport delegates free up
On All lines of its system to River juno
ton and return. - .,
way Lee. who is distant relation Oh
the Emperor of China and one OF .ne
most pentlemanly of Mongoiians, says
ihe Jacksonville Times Union has oPeneu
un a very handsome restaurant next W VII"
Times Union building.
I'M Fowne of Kissimmee and party
Of northern capitalists will build "rs.
ice factory and cold storage warehouse ~
Tampa.
ia. Melter purchased 5000 sweet ,.
oranges and placed them on CoicoiM NJ.
wharf. foot OF Ocean street, Tor iree s, u,s,
tribution. The only provise was tina,
the eater should quarter the fruit ans
: place the peel in a barrel OF aicohoi s'",,u
IL mo- near. About 1000 of the orange,
y were eaten by the surrounding Cow =
Il and Mr.. Meter got a goodly amount
p work done for nothing. The peeh'
p will be shipped to England to be use use,
for medicinal purposes. ses.-Jackson'h
n Times Union. 4,
" An important project is about to :,
,,aced under way in Florida. 1t n y
IN rnnstructiou of canal across the S.a'
20 whiting the Atlantic with the Gun
y. Mexico The route selected Is undeIstoe
". to be from st. Augustine through
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SOUTHERN NEWS NOTES.
The Happenings of Week Presery.
ed and GhrOnicled.
IN Fields Of Virginia, North Caroli-
Ia, South Carolina, Tennessee,
Georgia and Florida Care
fully Cultivated; Read
the Results.
VIRGINIA.

More than 81, 900, 900 of outside capital
been invested in Norfolk during the past
A vein of coal, thought to DO of good
quaiity, has been discovered ON the farm
OF Richard Sweeney, in Fauquier.
work has been commenced on the
:soTgan Sgn College (coloredl in West