The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-02-13
NORTH CAROLINA.

NORTH CAROLINA.
An act to incorporate the North Caro-.
lima Society for prevention of cruelty to
children and animals was passed by the
Legislature Friday.
Charlotte had 500, 600 fire last week
| The Belmont hotel and the Wilson Drug
Company building were burned.
Many county Alliances are instructinp
members of the Legislature to vote for
a bill increasing the school tax from
12 1-2 to 25 cents on the 800 valuation
of property.
Large droves of mules from Kentucky
and Tennessee arc being brought to Raj
cigh and Charlotte, and find ready sales
at good prices.
Bills passed the Legislature prohibiting
the sale of cigarettes to minors, and
amending the Constitution so as to elect
the District Solicitors by vote of the
whole State.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
The Episcopal churches of Charleston
have organized Church Guild.
The bank of Georgetown has been
gpsgs gfsasfs charter gssisaI4pRsf sf6s st
600.
At the Young Mems Christian Associa.
tion county convention, which will be
hcld at Edgefeld on February % and
March and 3, Ex-Governor J. G. Shep-
pard will make the opening address.
Tie ball team of the South Carolina
University has organized for the season
and sends challenge so all whom it may
concern to contest for the State cham.
pionship in a series of three games during
the Columbia Centennial festival.
The executive committee nf the STAT
Grarge met at Wright's Hotel, Columbia,
Master of the Grange Thompson in the
chair. All of the committe, with one ex-
ccption, were present The general af
fairs and prospects of the Grange were
thoroughly discussed, and it was deter.
mined that the executive committee shall
issue an address to the patrons through
out the State, urging organization and
reorganization. There are already we'll
organized branches in Kershaw, Chester,
| Oconee, Florence, Marie. Abbeville and
| Anderson. All of these branches have
been in existence since 1872, and have
well sustained the honor, credit and use
fulness of the organization. The com
| mlttCc also ulSCuSSCl TIC IcCOHllllcuttu-
ton made to the last Legislature that
the State shonld establish ~ thc noni-
Tertiary mandatory for bags and bag
ging from the available tibres of the State
and from jutc.
GEORGIA.
Confederate officer, died in Atlanta
Thursday.
| Half the county officers elected in
Lumpkin county arc Aliancemcn.
A pitiful sight on the streets Of Co.
lumbus recently was boy 9 years old in
a bcastly state of intoxicatiop. He was
arrested, but the Black Maria had to be
summoned in order to convey him to the
lock k-up. He ravcd and cursed fearfully
while being carried there
The oldest colorcd woman in Georgia
died in Rockdale on Wednesday morning
last She was one hundred and five
years old.
Mrs. Berry was found in her room AT
Columbus late Tuesday night with hel
throat cut from ear to ear. The murderer
is believed To he Mrs. Berry's husband.
The couple had been living apart, but or
Monday they were apparently rcconciled.
Berry is missing.
Brunswick will have some very i'm
portant mccti"gs of associations, encamp
mcuts and conventions during the next
three months They are: The state con
vcntion of the Young Mems Christian
Association, from February Goth to 23d
the annual convention of the Georgia
Teachers Association. from April 2Stl
to May list; the annual cncampment o.
the grand lodge of Knights of Pythias o.
Georgia, to begin on May 10th and con
tinue for week. These are all mt eting
of great importance to the people Of th'
State generally.
TENNESSEE.
A newspaper reporter on the american
at Nashville, committed suicide Thurs
day evening at the Capital City.
A special from Dunlap says that light
ming struck the livery stable of J. II
Huddlcstoa at that place, killing thre
horses.
Gen. Whitthorne. of Tennessee is on