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The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-01-23
SORT OF NAPOLEON OF FINANCE
x-copnsellor Crawl Hypnotised a
Cashier and Squandors Thousands.


BALTIMORE, Nd, Jan. al.--Ex. .Coun
sellor II. Webster Crawls has succeeded
In making reputation as a sort Of local
Napoleon Of Finance" by series Of
ingenious transactions Mr.. Crawls has
been extensively engaged in land spccu.
lations, and failed several months ago,
owing several hundred thousand dollurs
On Monday afternoon, at meeting cf
the stockholders of tho Franklin bank, it
was learned from President Baker that
Crawl had overdrawn his account on that
bank upward of 800, 900. Further than
this, the bank holds Mr.. Crawls paper to
an extent to Increase his indebtedness to
the bank to $tt 900. President Baker
said Crawl was enablcd to overdraw his
account through the incapacity and I'M
trustworth!pes4 of xCashiar- -Gardnnr. Mho
had been dismissed.
M, Mkss. Y. .rsply 70 9 question as 70
,He5i!4n osA ofthe transactions, replied
That he thought not, but he could not &C.
count for the cashiers action except on
the ground that Crawl had hypnotizcd
him. What Crawl did with the money
he picked up around town is mystery
to those who know him. He borrowed.
right and left, subscribed for stock, CAV,
hiS note for 1t, and then hypothccatcd ilr
mortgaged tho same property twice, and.
in fact wherever he could pick up :,
dollar he did SO, aud that was the last
seen of it. Crawl is in Roanoke, Va.
Gardner was Sunday school supcrin
tend mt, and Crawl was a pillar OF the
church.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-01-23
The Solid south.

y -
of regret to be read ag ne Emauclpasion
Day celebration at N:;Sexandria, Va. in
which he said: "The South will cease to
be politically solid when the colored vote
is divided, as it will be when the voters
do their own thinking and vote accord
ing to their party feelings and principles.
The whites have always been divided,
and pretty evenly divided, upon political
questions when not united in defending
common rights. So will the blacks
when freed from outside pressure. They
will become members Of the two great
political parties into which the country
has ever been divided, Some will be
Republicans and some Democrats. To
neither party are they indebted for their
freedom. This was bestowed as mill
tary necessity to save :he Uuion, aud it
should be used for the common good and
preservation of free Institutions. AS they
stand practicail pt rstaEs a ssss.rl sssy will
litical equality with the whites w"
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-01-23
SKILLED LABOR Is WEALTH.


The South in natural products is with
the world utilities her raw material for
commerce and manufacturers.
But the raw material alone cannot
make any section rich. We have mex
haustIble rcids OF iron, but the crude iron
is comparatively of little value. 1t takes
skilled labor to make it count. single
iron bar worth s., worked into horse
shoes is worth $1,000; made into needles
it is worth 1885, and made into balance
springs of watches it is worth $3.50 900!
This is an example of what skilled la-
Dor can do.
Then we have cotton. A bale is worth
about $50. Skilled Tabor comes along
and turns it into calico worth $3.50, or
into the finest lace worth $40, 900!
We might go on indefinitely on the
line, but these two illustrations show how
the value of crude product is multiplied
when skilled labor takes hold Of it.
Here in the South we are just entering
upon our march OF industrial ,,reSsssa.
Our greatest need is to have our labor
properly trained. The chronological
school is Georgia's latest effort in that
direction. With the iudicions support
of the State it will open for our brainy
and ambitious young men brighter, more
useful and more profitable fields in dcvel-
oping our material resources than any
profession can offer Money spent on
this school will be good Investment. 1t
will train up an army Of workers who
| will turn our iron and cotton and other
raw material into thousands of useful and
| Ioo,,t;f,,l fnrp,c that will male fhia tho
richest spot on the globe.--Alliance Re-
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-01-23

Bill Nye, the humorist, is plaintiff in
a lawsuit against the poet, James Whit
comb Riley, his chum for years in the
work of making Americans laugh. Nye
anu Riley nayo necu money-making
combine for years, but Nye charges that
while his own humor was always dry,
Mr.. Riley's was too frequedtly wet. In
Louisville, he says, earlJsu the year,
Riley poured out to Bacchus libations
altogether too copious, and the result
was that when the hour arrived at which
the combination should appear to amuse
the public Riley presented very willowy
form to the audience. Hence Nye'a
action. The action, which is for the re-
covery of 100000 from Riley, will be
tried at Indianapolis.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-01-23
THE OYSTER PRESERVES. i
North Carolina Will Fight, if Neces-
sary, Against Intruders.

RALEIGH, N: G., Especial. The leg
islaturc passed unanimously bill EN-
powcrIng Governor Fowle to use the mil
'tary or other force in protecting the
states oyster interests, and authorizing
hlm to cxpcnd sum not to exceed SIS,
600 for the purpose of putting stop to
the piracy. The bill prohibits the taking
OF oysters by any other means than ordi-
nary tongs, and forbids all use of drcdges
and drags. Ample authority is given for
thc arres! oG offenders asta, the seizure of
vessels engaged in tho depredations in
the oyster bods. Members from all parts
of the State are heartily in favor of
prompt action, which will be taken.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-01-23
An Alliance Agent Short.

A special from Lawrence, Kas., says.
il. ii. Corsc, alliance exchange agent in
this city is short. 1t seems the farmers
who had shipped their farm products
through Corss.aes,sbut about "a GOO.
COrsc claims THAT the losses We're du,
to the fact that the shipments were made
to unreliable firms. The products were
sold in in Chicago and Denver, but the
commission merchants failed to remit.
\ committee he's been appointed ~ he
alliance to investigate the affairs of the
exchange
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-01-23
Cut or the Fair Patients Wig.

There is story told Of young physi-
clan Of this city, who was connected at
one time with the Emergency Hospital.
1t has caused many smile at his expense.
He had not been long stationed at the
hospital when a woman was brought in
suffering from a severe scalp -woppd-
III T5SSd Vas Was fast dyeing her golden curls a
rusty red, and the doctor was engaged IN
hastily clipping her hair, when his pa,
,;snt % exclaimed, "oh, doctor, don't
Thinking he mi ght have hurt her, ht
said: "Oh, never mind; that all iigh..
"No, it's not" responded the lazy witl
some warmth, "for you are cutting M
! wig" And 80 he was. - Washington f0st
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-01-23

III n nm,
! =. 0nms mas made quke vanie
h.. s",,nS 90 nus Pisce pear home, ne
h;no., G .I s, VEN Oh ieso ana SILVER em'
cnt in ,w" Nv ~ pSa cces s'vsI.
M tbs, no;nt;. SA us .sc Ss
teen th;cS NJ SImS % - .e - m.uS NJ
fer of ESQ. 900 by a Ch.fs.nooc. krty
He saws he woul6nt take 1i00 3Co(cr X
There is an old Indian IevrnS ~ Js;lve,
mine in the vicinity
owr,rn
me cotton crop OF Alabama valued
s'''voo'oVv.
Rev. Mr.. Finger, Methodist minister,
"a: LOT S0vernor on the Kepabisan tick
e' ~ 'he last Arkansas eiecuont lie has
his R;sho, for uIueu ',n;ar ;,. ~. an. s "'hS os
s-am. -. eo'"s 'n.o pV
SmaiIpox rs on the fncreasefn Texas,
ana AZ several points appears tcRc assum-
ing an epidemic form. Tho GoSrnor has
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-01-23

Poor ministers in England have a
ssHass q u sxsens Msfs sas ssagRssss
be accorded to their brethren in this
country. Instead of sailing down their
old sermons iii barrels they send them to
she bookseller, who gets as much as SIS a
hundred for them. A London dealer offers
1000 sermons in jok lots at this price,
and if they are written in ga large, bold,
plain hand" they bring more.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-01-23

According to the Detroit Free Press, q
firm in New York can make you great
big fire and burglar-proof safe, with a
nice landscape and your name on tho
door, for $13. 1t is dummy, made
out Of sheet iron, and Is for the use of
people who want to set up offices and
make spread Of themselves. They
give outsiders a feeling of confidence.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-01-23
For the Colored Folk.

Mr.. Teller introduced in the Senate
Wednesday, at the request of the Afro
American Colonization Society of Wash
ington, ID. c., bill for the relief of the
American colored man. The bill appro-
pirates $50, 900, 900, to SECURE land in
South California, transportation and sub
sistance for the permanent settlcm mt Of
the colored people of the United States.
to bc returned to the government with
interest in forty years.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-01-23
THE BLACK DEATH SC0URGE.
Thousands Dying from the Malady
in Asiatic Russia.

ST. PErERsBuRe, [Cablegram. IA dis
patch from Tobolsk, Siberia. says that
the terrible scourge known as "Black
Scourge" has reached the city of Tobolsk,
the central of West Siberia. The whole
of Asiatic Russia from Samarcand to the
mouth of the Obi, is suffering from the
scourge. Thousands are dying at Alb
dorsk near the mouth of the Oui. Ow-
ing to the lack of physicians, it seems al.
most hopeless to try and check the spread
nf the fearful disease.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-01-23

Tho Commercial Adper,iser thinks that
the Argentine Republic has done good
stroke OF business by abolishing, on the
iground OF economy, its embassy at
switzerland. Buenos Ayres needs S
minister plenipotentiary at Bcrne about
as much as Constantinople needs an en-.
IVoy extraordinary in Iceland.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-01-23

BY a rather remarkable coincidence
the name "spurlock" appears in three
stories written by three different authors
in the December issues of Harper, Serb
ner's and The Century.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-01-23
S0n0ma's Seve Moons.

There have been many explanations
offered in times past as to why the namc
of Sonoma was given to this valley by
the native tribe of Indians, who, upon
the advent of tho white man over 100
years ago, poopled this section of the
country by thousands. OF course we all
know that Sonoma valley in aborigincc
means "Valley of the Moon," but just
why that name was bestowed upon it is
another question, and one, too, which
we believe has never been satisfactorily
answered. Recently, in talking to an
aged Indian who has resided On tho oia
Nick Carrigan ranch for mnny years,
and who was an old man when General
Vallejo settled In Sonoma fifty years ago,
and must now be something over 100
years of age, he stated the reason the
valley was called Sonoma was because it
had sheep muchee moon," translated
into good English, many moons). Fur
ther inquiry developed the fact that be-
tween the town of Sonoma and the Bella
Vista vineyards, distance of four or
five miles, the moon, when it is full, can
be seen by the traveller to rise seven
times in succession over the mountains
in the east, owing to their peculiar for
nation. This phenomenon has be en- wit
messed by many old residents in the
early evening at the rising Of the full
moon. This, no doubt, has been OBJ
served by the Indians, and hence the
name, "Valley OF the Moon. ."-Sononso
(Cdl,) Indsr- Tribune.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-01-23

Englishmen are to have "an auto.
matte railway library" which means a
case of books fitted into railway car
!riages. The books will consist of short
novels and stories by good writer's, mud
any books likely to tempt the weary
traveller into putting the all-important
coin "i1to the SLOT"
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-01-23
fsshicnsbls ho,,seka.r !

9 s iashfcnsbic housekeepers Of
evanston, Ill.,, a suburb of Chicago.
have Just availed themselves of the CO.
Operative housekeeping scheme, and
now their fifty displaced domestics have
engaged lawyer to assist them in re-.
gaining their situations.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-01-23

The Export and Financier, of New
York, is of the opinion that Mexico
offers new field for enterprising Ameri-
cans, who would be certain to succeed
there if they understood and could speak
the Spanish language, or if they possessed
some useful speciality. Judging from the
''"'~ -----.-. .>a-.-r>f that Ranuh
lie, profitable employment can be found
in the Mexican capital and principal
towns for tutors of English, frst-class
mechanics, trained agriculturists and
drummers for business houses.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-01-23


n world, caused material reduction In the
crop yields, sufficient, we believe, to
cause near approximation to supply and
demand, and to lift from the market that
overwhelming surplus which whilst il OK
isted surely prevented a rise in value. We
are now in receipt of the returns of the
years crops from the principal producing
countries of the world, and an examina.
1Ion OF them yields some startling results.
Taking this country first we fnd that
there will be probable decrease of 49,
oOO, 1000 to $4,000, 600 bushels Of wheat
peiow the crop of 1889; corn will show
decrease of about 600, ,00', ,OsO, and oats
viii yield less by probably 800, 900, 600
bushels than last year. Adding these
three staples together, we havca gross
deficiency of 1,020, ,O8O, 900 bushels of
grain In this country alone. The returns
from England show that she will need to
import quite as much wheat rs last year,
say 144, 900, 900 bushels. France, also,
will need to import from 40, 900, 900 TO
of Europe, taken together, Will require to
import about 90, 900, 600 bushels. The
Indian wheat harvest is officially reported
at 13 per cent. below the average of the
last five years, with decrease i'm area of
1900, 900 acres and in yield 055, 900 tons.
With such figures as these before him no
one can doubt but there must be sub
stantial increase in the value of all the
cereals during the winter, and we are
strongly of opinion that this will be a
permanent increase, rs the shortage will,
from the natural increase in population
and decrease in the area of available land,
.,p ll.I =.
even giving good average crops, the sur
plus having been swept away by this
year of diminished production, supply
and demand will continue for some years
to nearly balance each other, and so
permanent higher level Of prices viii he
maintained. Now here is the Southern
farmers opportunities ~ ind he should mako
!, ste TO seize it, In this and the adjci.-
fiive an -hn!lnhAntrcWs- phsfe ha1- ,rS.!.@r-
every farmer economize in the use Of
wheat and corn, and hold them as long
as he can conveniently. Usually corn is
extravagantly fed here and other equally
valuable feeds arc neglected, or, If used
at ALL only to very smRll extent. Bran,
cotton seed, and cotton seed meal may
with great economy be substituted for
part of the corn ration for horses, cattle
and hogs. Bran will no doubt advance
in price, but may yet be bought so as to
save money when compared with corn.
The cotton crop being n large one, cotton
seed and cotton seed meal is likely to be
cheap and ought to bo used freely. In
this way corn may he saved and money be
made by its sale whilst the head Of pay
ing stock on the farm need not be reduo-
cd. Market all stock in excess of what
can be we'll and profitably fed at once,
and do not waste an ounce of corn upon
Planter.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-01-23

Sitting Bull was the Macchiavelli Of
the North American Indians of his time,
says the Ada and Erprcss.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-01-23

Tho population of New raglan" ;m Ne, :,.s ..s'
;rcrcosed nearly half a million III ''c ''s :
tnn vcors. But the farming por"'"' '-"-fi
has decreased
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-01-23

A Wexford (R. I.) man recently
L;,led eleven out OF thirteen quail at
single discharge Of his fowlins piece
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-01-23
In one Cslifornis county Qnyo) thcr,
were 1900 red to 600 white skins.

The Kentucky Court of Appeals has
decided that money lost at draw poker
can be recovered by tho loser.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-01-23

.rv1TJS- -TCabIegSam.3 .3-prQ: Koch
,ennrt lust published, describing In
cnmnosition of his lymph, is compare
tivrIv brief. 1t says the lymph consist
+ eiycerine, aud an extract divided iro'"
n,rc cultivation of tubercle baccilli
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-01-23

Captain Meaic, of the United Stats,
Navy, says that in peace times we do NOT
Ges the bess natives IN the nsvy.,s,
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-01-23
SOUTHERN STATE NEWS.
Happenings Of Importance For A
Week.
Dwellers in City and Country Get q
Write-Up Here Free Of Charge,
and No Questions Asked.
NORTH CAROLINA.

Another cotton factory is to b, built
at Buffalo paper mills, Cleveland county.
Statesyille organizes a Land Develop
ment and Improvement company.
Lieutenant J. B. Hughes, who has
been instructor of tactics at Bingham
school, Orange county. has gone to Fort
Grant, under orders from the war de-
partment.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-01-23
The North Carolina Masons.

RALEIGH, N. c., Especial. The grand
lodge of Masons, of North Carolina. met
at Raleigh in their 1o4th annual conveu.
r, a.; :, w, .IssSSsrs .IssSiSsrs yere eleSsed as follows:
e e a. a. s.sa Oh =. tSttss! enii.a, ssH'a;
Grand Warden 4. M. Moyc; Junior Grand
Warden, DIR. l.. N. Noble: Grand sccrc
tary, d. w. Bain.
The fifty largest Iibrar.es in Germany
possess about E,7OU,UOO '".n'cSy, COO
against England with about 6,450'"oo,, oo oo,
and North Ameri{ ith about o,l'o,''>
volumes. uhf
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-01-23

At Tampa the other day Sam Joaes
SAID to his sudience of four hundred peo.
pie: If the devil and Jesus Christ were
to run for Office in this place, his satanic
majesty would get FIVE votes to Christ's
0ne-n people voted as they live, mean.
Wouldn't he, now?' tHere he appealed
TO the ministers and voice replied: He'd
gets majority, sure.)
Commissioner Turnbull saws that Il il
high time that public interest was
awakened in the matter of having Florida
properly represented at the Worlds fair
The legislators have serious problem on
their hands. They must keep taxes down
lot theirs constituents and still appropri-
ate money literally for the general good.
Robert Miller, of the Atlanta Real Es-
tate Exchange, is in Florida closing up
big deal in phosphate lands for an Eng
lish syndicate. About $3.50, 900 is in
volved in the deal.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-01-23
ALLIANCE TOPICS.
The Southern Farmers Opportunity
And Duty.
An Kxposition Of What Constitutes q
Prosperous Country; Skilled
Labor 10 Wealth.

BY the operation of natures laws this
year would seem destined to be the turn
ing point in the financial condition Of the
great mass OF the farmers of the world.
For years past the price Of the products
of the farm has been gradually decreas-
ing, and the decrease has been intensified
by the abundance Of the crops raised, not
only here but In all tho great cereal
growing countries of the world. The cf.
feet Of this decreased value has been to
materially reduce the area planted TO CO.
roals; but this reduction alone would not
Ia 5ss n sks 4sdkt 81 NsR s sqx GsS. sss:..n,
y sss IS iSs.ss sss s.ss ssss: m ~,
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-01-23

\ mortgage has been filed in Rich
m'nd county Superior Court, at Angus
Ia, for S6. SEQ, 600 on the Augusta and
West Florida Railroad The Mercantile
Trust Company of New York, is trustee.
IN" mortgage provides for $15, 900 per
in'lr. twenty-five miles are graded from
Augusta toward Townsville.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-12-09

GOVERNOR PATTIsoN has appointed
Charles II. Krumbhaar, of Philadel.
phia, superintendent of banking. The
Legislature at its last session passed
an act creating "a separate and dis.
tinct department, to be known as the
banking department." and charged
with the execution of the laws in re.
lation to banks and banking compa
nies, savings banks, provident institu.
tions and other corporations autnor.
lied to receive and receiving money
on deposit Under the law the super.
intendent just appointed is required to
examine all such institutions at least
once a year and to make quarterly
reports, which are to be published
The authority thus exercised over the
banking institutions of the State is in
effect the same as that exercised by
the comptroller of the currency oveI
the national banks.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-12-09

A CRANK who gave the name of H.
ID. Wilson walked into Russell Sage
offices in the Empire Building, al
Broadway and Rector Streets, New
York, on Friday last, and asked to
see the millionaire, and upon being
admitted to the private Office he de.
manded that Mr.. Sage pay him ST..
100000, and upon being refused, be
threw dynamite bomb on the floor,
which exploded, completely wrecking
the office. The explosion killed the
crank Wilson, Benjamin North, a
clerk, and man yet unidentified, and
wounded Mr.. Sage slightly, and three
Others quite seriously. The crank's
head is on exhibition at the morgue.
but has not been identified, though
hundreds have viewed it.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-12-09

DIR. WALLER, State Superintendent
of Public Instruction in his forthcom
ing report will say: The total number
Of pupils in public schools of the
State is 969,506, an increase of 4,O62
There are 22.SS4 schools, an increase
of 519, and the State has 24,925
teachers, an increase of 432. Dr.
Waller recommends longer school
terms which he thinks the increased
State appropriation warrants. The
Introduction of manual training, free
text books and compulsory education
are recommended. During the year
the total expenditures, including tina,
upon buildings, was S13, ,514, ,70S So
an increase Of S690,386S8. The esti.
mated value of school property is
S35,S37 ,S7484.