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The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-02-20

The golden anniversary of the business
career of Mr.. John p. Lowell. one of Boston's
:nost widely known business men, was ap.
Iropriately celebrated in that city recently
Speaking of Mr.. Lovelrs career, which
might,,wel 'point moral and adorn tale"
the Imrf, Field and Farm says:
John z. Lowell was born in East Brain
tree, Mass, July 25, 1920. At the age OF
eleven he left school and went to work in n
cotton factory. One year later his mother
opened boarding house in Boston and John
had another year OF schooling. With this
scant equipment, but with an indomitabo
determination to succeed in life, the boy OF
thirteen entered into the arena Of life's
battle.
''The years that followed witnessed the lad
making noble fight against the dis.
advantages with which he was surrounded
After eventful life in various lines or
trade, he settled down to the gunsmith
business in the employ of a. b. Fairbanks,
to whom he became apprenticed at Il weekly
salary of 81, with $25 yearly allowance for
and $40 per year additional clothing allow
ance for each succeeding year until the age
OF twenty-onc.
The qualities which in later years de.
veoped the man OF large enterprise and un-
swerving integrity took firm root in the gun
smith boy, and Mr.. Fairchild was so graft.
fled with his SUCCESS that, when John was
twenty years Of ago, tho old gentleman
NOluntarlly UOOK MIN IN as u par With one
half interest. At this time John had not a
dollar in the world.
Thus, fifty years ago, was formed the firm,
which to-day is represented by the great
house of John p. Lowell Arms Co, whose
business radiates throughout the world.
Johns profit for the first year was 500. In
1s41 Mr. Fairchild died and Leonard Grover
entering. the firm became Grover SS Lowell
In 1874 John +. Lowell bought out his part
uer share and with renewed zeal pushed
his business toward the high mark of sue
cess which he had set before himself in his
youth. As the years sped by, his name and
enc ranks or tne sporting goods dealers Of
America he hewed his way from the Lowest to
the highest place of success, until with honest
pride he felt his feet securely planted on the
high ground TO which In boyhood DAYS, when
poor and unknown, his ambition had aspired
His family had grown up around him in the
intervening years, and he now beheld his
sons, developed into men ready to assist him
In his old age to carry to further success
the enterprise begun years before.
lin 1874 the business was removed to tho
present spacious buildings in Boston which
are located in the business centre of the city
Here daily may be seen John P. Lowell, no
Longer the young man whose steps are elastic
in the pursuit of lofty ambitions, but John
r Lowell the man of years, who has trodden
life'S pathway through both the bitter and
the sweet, and has emerged from its shadows
end contests, man of success both i'm the
development of wealth and of character"
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"The extent Of the influence Of irri-

''The extent Of the influence of irri-
eating enterprises on the future OF Cali
fornia agriculture may be inferred,"
opines the San Francisco Chronicle,
"from the magnitude of some of the
companies formed to build dams and
supply water. The Bear Valley Irriga-
don Company, which has been incor-
porated with a. a-capital stock Of "a, ,0O0,.
600, when its new dam, which Is in
tended to supplement the one already
built, is completed, will be able to supply
water to district containing $40, 900
acres of the choicest fruit land In
southern California. The number Of
engineering works of this character Is in.
creasing so rapidly in this State that We
may fairly assume that California in o
very few years will rival India in her
facilities for irrigation"
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-02-20
NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS MEET
'"'" 18is' zeesa,n6s vbor,ruIB -nr~-n~t-
Various Cities.

The anutial convention of the Amerl-
IAN Newspaper Publishers Association
was held last week in the large Hoffman
House, New Yolk City. President Jas.
W. Scott of the Chicago Herald prcsid
ed About two hundred publishers were
present. Among them we're:
A'olph y s. ochs, the Times. Chattanooga Tenn
y, i. Fell Omaha. Rec,
C.E kennedy. Cleveland PlandeaIer.
Arthur S: Pease. Evening Reporter W oonsocket II .
!: J. Jordon. the Truth. scranton. Pa:
E9and ntseE
II. Theodore EiIyson. Dispatch. Richmond. Va.
". w. Patterson. Jr. chicago Tribune.
H. Morgan. Boston Post.
Misch. San francisco. cal
George iIirsch. ohio state Journal. columbus. 0
s. Halfori. youngstown, Ohio
w Richards. News. Indianapolis. Ind
TR Hayes, STAR wishington.nc
charles n knapp st Louis Republic
Fred y Hail. journal. Jamestown Ny
wilton McRas, cincinnati Post
nE IinSanc: In Telegram: . .m,n,d rr"Xidence' RI
w LauRhlin. Evening Express. Portland, Ne
"a Rutler. Buffalo News
j y I"rcntz. galveston News -
nhKeliogR prookyp citizen
II Woods. RnSton Herald
wcBryant. Brooklyn Times
Victor Lawson. chicago raily news
$ cushing. Boston TypothetSe
ranc,s Wn,ng h;,r i rowIE, Boston Herald
W = C;unutson. BROOKLYN Eagle
Ewall"w"r. Independence, Harrisburg, Pa
Alexander craig. New Haven News
Thomas VI Evans, san francisco chronicle
" " self. rittsburg Times
John Lindsay. Albany Express
u Holmes Toronto Telegram
Arthur jenkins. syracuse Herald
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THE STATUS OF THE STAPLE.
Report of the United States Agricul-
tural Department on tho Size of
the Crop, the Amount Still
on Plantations and Pro.
portion of Seed
To Lint

| WASHINGTON, d. c. [Speciall The
cotton returns of the Department. of agri
cuttme n lssssfx. -rebUrt the estimated
product compared with last year, the
| proportion sent from plantations and the
yield of lint to seed.
The plants were prolific in boiling
opening so rapidly in the early autumn
rs to tax the capacity of pickers and
leave cotton exposed to the weather,
which was unusually moist. There is
consequently general complaint or discol-
Grafton and to some extent injury of the
fibre from the same cause. An unusual
amount of trash was gathered with the
cotton that was thus exposed.
The consolidation of county estimate,
as returned by the reporters, makes 10
per cent. of the product of last year.
The state averages arc as follows: North
Carolina, which had very small crop
last year, 0S; South Carolina, 1906; Geor-
gia, 1O5; Florida, 05; Alabama, 1O4 ::
Mississippi, 1O3; Louisiana, 85; Texas,
1OS; Arkansas, 102; Tennessee, 40.
Some correspondents claim that there
has been an.organized effort to hold back
the -tfefivery ftheS crop in the hope Of
better prices. Others report its rapid
marketing to get the benefit of the higher
rates OF the opening of the season. 1t is
possible that these causes were both Old.
erative. One early in the season, the
other later, cOunteracting the early move
ment.
The proportions sent from plantations
arc thus reported: North Carolina, S6
per cent; South Carolina, s5; Georgia,
80; Florida, 90; Alabama, Sc; Mississp.
pi, SO; Louisiana, 90; Texas, 80; Arkan-
sas, 30; Tennessee, s.. General averages
g.
The proportion, of lint to seed is re.
ported at 80 to 33 per cent, the better
results being in the Atlantic coast States,
in Louisiana and Texas.
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lon, of Smith county, were drowned near
Carthage Monday while riding in the
oack waters. Their bodies were recov.
cred.
That f. A. Collins, of Milan has sold
10 Eastern parties since Jan. 1, $4,000
worth OF horses born and bird on his
.arm carries lesson to West Tennessee
farmers.
The Rev. s. W. Kramer, the boy
preacher, is reported critically i'll at Bris-
So', and it is thought by those near him
mat his mind is affected probably Il
case OF softcning of the brain.
"A peculiar discovery was made at Stone
FORT, near Chattanooga, just as men
we're hcwing asunder large piece of
rock. 1t was found that n crcviCc divid-
rd 1t, the aperture, however, narrowed
aown until 1t became solid toward the
bottom. When the men broke it asun
uor, within the bosom of the rock was
mucf the s6afbSas' a66ifSs and s1iAs-.ass
a special election Tor mssy fsvfr r,cs...---
VILE to fill the vacancy caused by the
designation of G.. p. McCarver, was held
tuesday. A little over three thousand
voters, or less than one third of the vot
ing population, were registered, and Of
these only 543 voted. VIM. Littercr. the
Democratic nominee, had no opposition.
and received 52S votes.
Contract for the construction of the
Danville and East Tennessee Railroad
has been awarded to the Interstate Con
>truction Co., of New York, which has
eublct the first division of 26 miles To
James f. Edwards & Co., of New York
FLORIDA.
De Land will begin the erection of n
handsome public school building in few
days.
The jacksonville Street Railway Co..
has applied to the city council for au
thority to operate its lines by electricity
The United States census bureau an
',onnces the population of Florida by
counties and races rs follows: Whites.
224 $40; colorcd, 166, ,67s; Indians, 1Gs:
Chinese, 1O1; japanese, ii; total, 39l
422.
The Florida Sugar Manufacturing Co.
works at st. Cloud, has amended its
charter increasing its capital stock from
1919, 900 to 81 ,OOO, 900.
Juno Beach, considerable sketch of
land in Florida, bounded on the east bv
the ocean and on the west by Lake
Worth. has been purchased by syndi
cate OF New Workers consisting of Samuel
Barton. II cousin Of the Vandcrbilts, and
well known metropolitan broker, Fred
eric w. Vanderbilt, Commodore Vaa
Santvoord, II. Walter Webb and Chaun-
tcy NJ Depew. who are to build hotel
costing several hundred thousand dollars,
construct an iron pier and make other
improvements. TO reporter Mr.. Depew
said: II have not seen it, but from Mr..
~ccrd's deseE,5t;sS EsiiaiRaa 4p sz.sss sdsa,
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-02-20

J. Scott Kettle, librarian of the Royal
Geographical Society, London, in his
article "About Africa" in SorDner,
says: SIN the final scramble for Africa,
Great Britain has managed to appropriate
a very satisfactory share. South Of the
zambesi she has obtained nearly all that
is worth having, and here we see in the
making what in the future may prob
ably become great English-speal<ing
nation or confederation. In the center
Of the continent, again, thanks to the
public spirit of Sir William Mackinnon,
her dominion extends over those great
lakes which give origin to the Nile, and
the magnificent plateaus with their
splendidp9 binstions around them. Oa
the other sido>S Posss command of the
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-02-20
GEORGIA.

There is no abatement to the building
boom in southwest Georgia. And every
day ushers in new enterprises in the
progressive towns
In the oyster opening contest in Bruns
wick recently, Editor Whitmire came
within six oysters of winning the first
prize. lie has since decided that he
pen is mighticr than the oyster knife.
special from Savannah says that the
steamer Katie, plying between Augusta
and Savannah on the Savannah River,
sank about fifteen miles above the latter
city. The cargo was mostly fertilizers.
The ripping of seam was the cause.
The Augusta bureau of the Southern
Inter States immigration Bureau was Or
ganized Thursday. All the money need
ed to procure $500 charter for city
with population of so, 900 has been
raised and the local bureau will COM
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-02-20
JERRY SIMPSON NOT SOCKLEss
The Alliance Statesman Denounces
the Accusation as a Vile Slander.

Congressman-clect Jerry Simpson a..
rived in Kansas City yesterday. "They
say that don't wear any socks" said
the new Congressman. "That is a big lie
and a vile SANDER. wear as good socks
as any other gentleman in Kansas. NY
wife is careful !s!ls yn,;sS and s1e With in
socks that would do even for a rIinio =,
sGsH Toi' and she don't let any holes get III
% ,em either. She knits the hoses hgr Yer
self and when the holes come ou. az a"
@ Sarns 'em in fashion that woula "T u,
credit to the first lady in the laho' ;,a,
Won don't believe that wear SOCKS JUS
look here" ,o, of coars
brown stuff, similar TO that worn py ntGs a;s
ty.nine farmers out of hundred; no ~, an
n,avod a calf of genuine proportions ,',on nn
p = nair of stockings made out oil c1m"'G ,ha g
xarn p the regular blue and gray, tne ,a, !,
yorite with the farmers wives, VINO ia ~
discovered that the coarser the N ya'nr, n,;,n. y.
fewer the stitches. Kansas CitS l'"'
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Captain 8. s. Leach, of the Missis.
sippi River Commission, says that it ha.
been estimated by skillful engineers that
$40, 100000 would pay for levee sys-
TEN on the Mississippi River, that, II
properly watched and maintained, would
be safe against food. The cost ol
maintenace to nation and State he esti-
mated ut less than 81, 100000 per an.
mum. The effect of such rystem, h,
said, would be to revolutionie % the car
rying trade of the river, and redeem go.
600 square miles of the finest agricultural
land.
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a itaIeigH Correspondent writes: ties, oom oO,.
rhos Keogh, OF the Worlds Fah ,t COLI,
mission. is here and is dcvoting hi",sen
to the work of securing complete rep
rentatior of North Carolina a. inc slcaSs
exposition. The Legislature Is s uisposeH;l Us pose;l
10 act literally in the matter anu W " C"r
itself of what is undoubtedly Nor.n ;, oI, W.
olina's greatest opportunity ooo a. VIII Il is is
asked to appropriate $50, Coo, nror' ~ -
thought this sum is reasonable anu HSnrih Sl%Rh
or One of the plans is to nave Np;u, p;oh
| Carolina building at Chicago, IN M,,;Id MC
the materials will be the oeau.i.o' "nds Of S0 tn
ing stones and the choice wooas o,osr oa ayticI s
state and in this to place every "'i., ~
which is enumerated in the cers" onSn Stat
tnrns North Carolina is the only o'a'
;u'%s' !" III, the Union which can do this
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OTHER STATES.

At Montgomery the Senate has passed
=, bill appropriating $50, 900 to represent
Alabama at the Worlds fair.
James s. Richardson, the great cotton
planter, denies the report that he is en-
gagged to Miss Winnie Davis. He says
that he has not seen her in three months
end that he is not correspondence with
cr. He is great friend of the Davis
family, and is much annoyed that such
report should get into circulation
The Troy Fertilizer Manufacturing
Co, of Troy, Ala, has declared an 18
per cent dividend on its capital Of $780,
900.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-02-20
Georgia ARriculturalista.

SAVANNAH, s GA, Especial The Geor.
ga state Agricultural Society held its
spring meeting here. Governor Nortben
me retiring president of the society nrc'
s,oed and installed the officers elect in.
cludlng j. o. Waddell as INCOMING nres.
ioent. About two hundred and fiftv del.
ega.cs were present. Reports and speech.
es were made on agricultural ton;cs
governor Northen held public rcccn.
non and reviewed the troops which ma.
1aded In his honor. The convention on
TYbce. 'N'"'s'oh TO
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half-cfviiizcd countries to which that
river gives access. England is supreme
in Egypt, and will probably let no other
gain footing In those upper Nile
countries which are at present terrorized
oyer by the Mahdi The history Of
Central Africa may only now be said to
have begun. The problem here is yery
different from that which has had to be
faced in America, in Australia, and even
In Asia; what. will be the final outcome
OF II all, who can teU2"
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Statistics show that at the present

Statistics chow that at the present
---ss-ss-.sr-= ., s,
gagged in different employments twenty.
TX women to every 100 men. In Phila :
delphia the proportion is fifty to 100.
Half century ago there were in Massa.
chusetts only seven occupations open to
women. Now there are 2S4. Twenty.
two leading cities in the country show
342 occupations in which women fine
employment.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-02-20

Milton is decided the bost co,,..
the Blue Ridge circuit. in manv Tay rean,o.u Ia
Court remained In session, last week ON.
~, ~ TWO and 9 half days, and only one
man was convicted Of crime. The coun-
,;,;,, ty rs out OF debt, its bridges and public
buildings are all in very good condition
ana there is about So, 600 In the treasury
Mercer University is fortunate. Awcst
meorgla gentleman promises to give tbe
university $76. 900, lady adds $25. 600
80 rumor has it, and other ample dono'
''ons are said to be in sight.
TENNESSEE.
Two sons of Circuit Court Clerk Dsl.
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The announcement that the Duke o

The announcement that the Duke of
Mecklenburg-Schwerin wanted Prince
Bismarck for President of his Council
'of State was sufficient to prompt Em-
peror William to abandon pleasure trip
to Cannes. Now comes the news that
the people of Bavaria decidedly object
to review of their army by the German
Emperor, although that army is an in
tegral part of the defense of the Empire.
On tho horizon of Germany signs are
abundant, observes the St: Louis Star
Sayings, that the Bismarckian fabric of
Confederated States under Imperial rule
is not SO solid as it was on a certain
day in March, 1890, when its founder
was asked to step down and out.
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Patti Sued For $26, 900.

A st. Petersburg Cabiegamsays Az.
Russian impresario VINO eng"geu lii
Patti for the st. Petersburg CoHoeuS Cos
a,,o " ,bc diva for $25, 900 damages iof
breach OF contract, Mme fa'Vi ho haS,uS
refused to appear unless her "u
n,nnov Money was deposited with her bankers
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In the North American Reoiew, apropos
of the question of the advisability of
parents providing dowries for their
daughters, it is said 1.-THE father who
gives his children loving, sensible
mother, who provides them with COM
Portable home, and who educates fully
all their special faculties, and teaches
them the cunning in their ten fingers,
dowers his daughters far better than II
he gave them money. He has funded
for them provision that neither bad
husband nor an evil fate can squander.
he has done his fYll n d duty. and every
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-02-20

There are 5000 indians still living or
reservations in New York. They are civ.
ilized, well educated and never civ,
anybody any trouble. The same il true
OF the Cherokees in the Indian Territory,
The Indians of the Northwest and IA,
Southwest give us more trouble than all
of the others.
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Fun Ahead in Minneapolis.

4 prcss dispatch from MinneaPcnS,
v;nr p,oSS .oys. Arrangements have been
made for a Joint debate the last OF M"rGn In
maven ,n""v ~ Ignatius Donnelly and Bob IN
pormII" 'orsou DSnnelly to defend the cryPso,
s Srom and Ingersoll to uphold 'he
Shakespearean end OF the c'h'''
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EX-GOVERNOR GORDON ROBBED.
Pickpockcts Relieve Him of a Roll Of
Money and His Railroad Ticket.

When Ex-Governor Gordon, of Georgia,
arrived Mt the Pennsylvania railroad sta
ton, in Jersey City, bound south, We'd
ncsday afternoon, he found that his pock-
ct had been picked, and he had neither
railroad ticket nor money to buy any
with. Besides his ticket. he had lost
SllS. His grand hailing sign of distress
brought him relief at the ticket -nai-----
and after tfno,i, delay.
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WATTERsON TO HILL.
An Extraordinary Letter, which is
Said to have had an Extra
ordinary Effect.

The Baltimore Sun published last Wed.
ncSday letter written by Henry Waiter
son to Governor Hill, which the Sun saws
was probably instrumental i'm bringing
'bout the meeting of Governor Hill and
X-Prcsidcnt Cleveland and also on Hill
taking the New York Senatorship. Wat
,erson's letter was prompted solely by his
'wn convictions and without the least
consultation with any one. II is as fol
lows:
LoUlsvILJE, November 81, 1S91.-My
Dear Sir: | take leave to addres, yo;,
his letter as one Of some millions of
Democrats who have never sought or
held office, and who could not be in.
l-a4sid tqlaN so, (Elt WIG araf ayly con.
eos'Alas S ssslg y New York there
- wellnigh unanimous demand among
'he rank and file of Democrats for the
nomination of Cleveland. This is too
'trong for party leaders and managers to
esist. think have some influence in
Kentucky, but on that point should be
overwhelmed in the State Convcnvention.
If you should come to the National
Convention with New York delegation
solid against it, you would be ovcrwhclm
ed. You are powerlcss to prevent it.
But you can defeat the election of the
ticket.
There are Democrats in every part of
the Union who believe you did this in
1888. know that to be false. know
exactly what happened, and have stead
lily defended you in public aud in pri.
vate. But it will cling to you as long as
you live, even as the bargain, intrigue
aud corruption story clung to Clay, and
Will meet you in every National Convcp.
ton, if it be not dissipated by some act
on your part great enough to blot il out
I'm default Of this, mi have any hone
of the Presidency it will defeat that.
My Judgment is clear that, il you could
reconcile it with your Judgment and feel
ing to make peace with Cleveland and to
take the delegation to the National Con-
vcnlion in 1892 to put him in nomination,
you will save the party and place yourself
upon an elevation you can never attain if
you fail to do it. You would be re-
ccivcd by the country with enthusiasm,
be accepted at once as q Warwick, and
do not see how you could be kent out of
the succession.
On the other hand, even If you succeed
ed in defeating the nomination of Cleve
land, you will stand upon sinister and
dangerous ground with stormy future
before you.
These are plain words, and 1 have no
relations with you which dive me the
right to offer you ee> :, They may
s,rs . ss.sss: ;ys,sl y;...a, ivaoy. But
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Tho Speaker of the Japanese Parlia.
ment and the Chairman of the Commit.
tee of the Whole are Christians.

Emperor William of Germany is said
% be working on project to secure
the disarmament of all the nations of
Europc.
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rfsh maideh, young an. s.,g The
marriage ceremony perfSS was with
tue iuil consent of the "a. narents
ana friends, and the BIRD &c ,he bTidc
atood up with her. er Oh a .ns s,noI
about the brides home. ge Crow W. ~ mor,
mage s look place. invite pe,e sc,ests to the
number. number Of i5o being sagt' gs'S's Sam is
popular fellow, has sssn', ann, T in the
bank, and runs the mug SUN ,drv in
the capital city. TIL 'ggess ,l ,un .", 90 on
bridal trip, but SET pair aau ". ssIeeen;nu
IA house Sam had up S surp;sb
ed There was moth ousns ,,t;.. anH ahom
M .he coo,urtship, except & PIs" ssm had I.
'ttriddyswst 'ttriddy ) wistzss. IN obedience to hs
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of the country at large, and has given
some proof of intelligent devotion to
party interests, to ignore ceremony and to
send them to YOU
In conclusion let me say that shall, in
any event, be glad to know YOU better
and that, meanwhile, am most sincere
ly your friend,
HENRY WATTERsoN.
To the Hon. David B. Hill.