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The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-12-11
Pays to Grow Vegetables.

The South furnishes the North with a
large percentage of its daily food and
table delicacies. Besides fish, oysters
and sea fowl in their season, it forwards
many kinds of fruits and vegetables.
Just now New Orleans is supplying egg
plants that retail at SO cents each, while
Norfolk's truck farmers are shipping
green peas that command 60 cents peck,
also butter and string beans that retail
at 90 cents quart. These last three ar.
ticles illustrate the favorable climatic
conditions that have made the truck
farmers of Norfolk prosperous. Begin
ming shipments of garden stuff before the
frsst is out of Northern soil, they keep
up succession through the spring and
summer, winding up their season by
shipping late in the fall second crops Of
beans and peas
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-12-11
GEN. ROWLEY'S SON EMBEzzLEs
Once Chief of Police in Now Orleans,
He is Now Fugitive From
Justice.

New ORLEANS, LA, Especial. The
police here are looking for Richard b.
Rowley, formerly chief of police of this
city, and at tho time Of his disappear
ance cashier OF the New Orleans Co.
oparntivo o,D---Ai.-e--A----l-<<>>s 1gUWs-
ley has been missing seyerai sdHys, but
that fact was kept secret until Tuesday
night, when it was announced that he
had disappeared with all the cash of the
bank. Rowley is a son of Gen. Rowley,
of Mississippi, was chief of police OF
New Orleans, from 1880 to 1884 and had
held many political and commercial 30.
sitions. He was grand chancellor of
the Knights of Pythias, and it has been
discovered that he is short with them
also. lie is married, Of good habits and
the police are altogether unable to ex.
plain his cmbczzlcment.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-12-11

The Adjutaut. General Of the United
States Army has written a letter to tho
Presidents Of military colle yss, saying:
'"The Secretary of War is of opinion
that the law of Congress aud the action
of the college authorities in accepting,
under the law, arms aud ammunition aud
tho detail of an officer of the army for
tfs purpose of military instruction, es-
&aUlishes the national caarac cter of that
institution. Under these facts he con.
siders that the National Governmsnt has
the right to require and should insist
that on all OCCASIONS wien a flag would
be required by Unitei States army too.
tics or regulations the nationL a,y o.:
the United States be usel."
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-12-11
PICKED UP THE WRONG JAR,
Mr.. Anderson Intended to Take oui.
nine But Got Morphine by Mistake.

GRKENvHLE, s. c., Especial. Wv. b.
Anderson, young man Of Cedar Grove,
Laurens county, South Carolina, died
suddenly on Monday night last from the
Sefiects OF dose Of morphine he had TAX
en- through mist'ke. He had been feel.
Ing unwell for several days, and after
rising that morning thought he would
take dose ofsaasn.ae. He. :.ssysa q
nine, but which proved to he morphine.
After taking it he started on a journey,
but had only gone about half a mile
when he felt SO sick he was compelled to
stop at the residence of DIR. John A,
Westmoreland The doctor soon discoy.
cd the cause OF his illness and used oyerv
means in his power to relieve him, but
after lingering unconscious until 8 o'clock
that night Anderson died
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-12-11

@. g. Leland told the recent Fols
Lore Congress in London that he
had interviewed Mt least a-hundrcd old
gypsy fortune -tellers, and had dscov-
cred that they know nothing whatever
about the art of palmistry. He said they
learped by long experience to DO shrowd
judges OF character, and that while pro.
tending TO look at hands they were in
reality Inspecting faces to find out tho
scharacteristics of people. Many gypsy,
he said, who has acquired famc as for.
tune teller is merely good reader OF
physiognomy.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-12-11
TO SEPARATE THE RACES.
The Governor Of Virginia Recon-.
mends That Railroads be Re-
quired to Have Separate
Cars and Waiting
Rooms

RICHMOND, VA.-Thc Legislature con.
vep9d Wednesday. In his annual mes
s2ge tho Governor says: "There is a
very general demand for separate coaches
and separate waiting rooms at assengef
stations for the two ra es throughout
YifhiBia aaa the South. Iwould advise
Tho enactment offa statute requiring
rate coaches for the accommodation of
white and colored passengers and sepa-
rate accommodations at passenger sta
tions, oil of equal convenience. When
the travel on road is not sufficient 70
require two coaches single coach should
be so divided by partitions as to secure
separate accommodations. The law should
be enforced by suitable penalties" The
Governor also recommends Legislation
providing for the adequate representation
of the State at The Chicago Fair. The
State debt question and the oystef inter-
est will be considered later by tho Gov
ernor in special message.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-12-11
lEskEEs fkE {nkS
Six Cars and q Locomotive Plunge oh
The Track and Into Swamp:

CHARLESTON, 8. CA south bound
passenger train on the South Carolina
Railway, with 900 passengers on board,
was wrecked 20 miles north of this city.
The fireman, named Parks, was buried
under the tenders and crushed to death.
Baggage Master Anderson, Express Mes
sengcr Pierson, aud three passengers
were seriously injured. The train was
made up Of the locomotive, four coaches,
Pullman, and baggage car. All were
thrown down thirty foot embankmcnt
into swamp, and all except the Pullman
were badly wrecked.
The disaster was deliberately and skill.
fully planned by train wreckers. One
of the fish bars joining the rails were
loosened, the bolts having been drawn.
The iish-ba and syrench were used to
remove the bolts All evidences points
to the fact that il was the work of an ex-
perienccd railroad hand.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-12-11

The cultivation of the thin she'll pecan
has, according to the New York Post,
become one Of tho mo,t profitable in
= 'ustries of Texas. The tree 55giu, TO
bear nuts when six years old; at eight
it more than pays all expenses of grow
ing, and at ten yields handsome profit.
The demand in tho market is much
greater than the supply. The following
glittering prospect is held out to the
farmer by a pecan-grower of experience:
"Fifty acres in pecans will, when ten
years old, bring him an income equal TO
bank with capital of $780, 900 earn
ing ten per cent. In California, fruit
lands sell at $500 to $500 per acre. At
these prices the value will be earned in
five years; in six years they earn ten psr
cent. On a valuation of $4,000 to $4,000
per acre, and in ten years ten per cent.
on a valuation of $40, 900 per acre. When
say the pecan exceeds these figures
largely, l an only saying what Others
who have Investigated ths profits on
pecan growing will confirm. The pecan
nut is favorlte everywhere. No fear OF
growing more than can be sold, for, when
the markets Of the United States are sup.
piled, the markets of Europ, will be open
for them. At one cent per pound they
pay better than cotton will at ten cent:
per pound. Ten acres in pecans 0he
=; >in-shelD will earn more clea
profit thar sno v;il IN cotton"
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-12-11
SuDcrstiiion or the Sea.

One of Machias's old sea Captains,
while en- route to the West Indies, had
been becalmed for several days off Hat
teras; ne had prayed for wind, he had
sworn for wind, but the wind came not.
At last he thought he would try another
scheme, so he kissed silver twenty five
cent piece and threw it as far as he could
out upon the sea. In short time the
wind blew gale, and it drove his vessel
to the coast of Africa. Le0iston (Me.) }
Journal.
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SKIPPED WITH $4,000.
A County Treasurer Proves False to
His Trunt. .---a..s.sl 80

ELIzABETnTowN, NJ c., Especial. JIM.
Benson, treasurer of Bladen county, has
absconded with SO, 900 of the c5unty's
money. Benson has for several years
held the position of treasurer of his coun-
ty, and for the past two years has been
largely engaged in the mercantile bust
ness at Elizabethtown. His store has
been headquarters for the Alliance of
Bladcn county.
Several days ago it was learned that
Benson was short in his accounts, and in
consequence of the rumors that were
afloat the county commissioners called
meeting. Benson was to appear before
that body for thorough Investigation
of his accounts. The commissioners met
according to agreement, but found out
soon afterwards that Benson had skipped
during the night. It is thought by many
.that the money that the county
IOe8& Wills Abea.,a -comparatiyely
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-12-11
The Stevens Murder.

RALEIGH, N. c., Especial. The pub
lcation by the State Chronicle of the
mystery concerning the murder of
:'Chicken" Stevens, and its clearing up
by the dcathbed confession of DR.. Felix
Roam, a prominent physician of Caswell,
has created much comment here. Judge
Tourgee, it will be remembered, intro
duced this murder in the "Fool's Err
rand
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-12-11
The Cashier is Still Missing.

WILMrNGToN, N. c., Especial. NO
further news has been heard as to the
whereabouts of Cashier Bowden, of the
smashed First National Bank here His
hastily leaving at the time when he was
to meet Bank Examiner Alden leads
many to expect a sensation. Some are
now expressing the belief that he will
not return. The bank examiner, when
asked for information, congresses his
lips, shakes his head and says nothing.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-12-11
as Tknls 100 ilU0R. J
Emperor wnlian's Remarks to the
Recruits.

Emperor wniian's Remarks to the
1scruits.
A cablegrsm from Berlin, says: Tho
Frcisinnige Zeitung asserts that Emperor
Williams speech made week ago on
the occasion of the administration OF the
oath Of allegiance 10 tho recruits of the
guard really contained the following:
"Recruits, you have before the priest
and altar sworn iealty to mo. You are
too young to understand the true mean
ing of the wordk In which you have
sworn; but be diligent in following the
instructions which will DO given you.
You have, my children, sworn allegiance,
that means that you have given your
selves to me, body and soul. You have
only one enemy That is my enemy. In
the present socialistic agitation, may or
der you,. which God forbid, to shoot
down your relatives. your brothers, even
your parents, and you must obey without
a - IN
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-12-11

crs OF Baden county ds he hNsk ~ "
been highly respected and above suspi-
cion, the farmers would put whatever
money that they did not not need in his
da n1aa ne payS fSe hI nasoa ggDa S Ids
way quite large sum must have been in
his hands at the time of his departure.
There seems to be little doubt but what
Benson has appropriated at least $4,000
Of other peoples money to the exclusive
benefit of himself. Much excitement
exists over his sudden disappearance. but
those most interested have not the least
idea in which direction Benson has
sent in every direction for the apprehcn-
sion of the fleeing treasurer, but nothing
has been heard
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-12-11
Hernandez Captura6.

Ell PAso, TEXAS. 81 Especial. Francis
90 Hernandez, WHO .aoDDed the paymas-
ter of the 11th battalion of the Mexican
army in chihuahua, Mexico, and killed
apoliceman in escaping, has been cap
tured here and extradited. He will be
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-12-11
Wasn't Funny For Bill Nye.

JACKSON, Miss, Especial. AT the
opera house last night, just after the cur
tain rose for the Bill Nye-Burbank com
bination entertainment, Nye fell out Of
the back door of the opera house, dis.
tanc, of Is feet, landing on pile of
lumber. lie was 80 badly hurt that lie
could not appear and the audience was
dismissed.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-12-11

In these days Of close figuring aud
small profits nothing, maintains the Bos.
ton Transcript, is despised by the man
who seeks to acquire wealth. 1t appears
that in Scotland there is company
which pays certain amount yearly to a
number of iron works for the privilege
of collecting the smoke and gases from
the blast furnaces. These are passed
through several miles Of wrought iron
tubing, and as the gases cool there is
deposited considerable yield of oil.
One plant is reported to Yell $4,000
gallons Of furnace oil per week. The
sum paid for the privilege is such as t6
=, h0 nrr,fikahla IL In aaid to both no rfsas !
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-12-11

Jefferson Addison Hayes, of Mississip-
pi, has been made Jcffcr:on Hayes DAVIS,
by act of the Legislature. 'rhe pfesident
OF the Southern Confedcfhcy shad SONS,
but they left no male issue. His dnugh-
ter Margaret married n Mr.. Hayes, and
when it became certain that no male Da-
Wis was to remain, they had the name of
their first born changed. Young Jcfrer-
son Davis is bright and healthy boy,
with many of the characteristics Of his
grandfather and namesake
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-12-11
A Colored Waiter Shot.

AsHEvrLLE, N. Q Especial. flames
Hayes, oolored wejter employed at the
Hs%an Ros spG sy d.pss1oS. ss1Sssa
ly wounded Hayes and the woman
were returning from ''cake walk",
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-12-11
WHAT TIE ALLIANCE Is HERE FOR.

The Alliance is seeking to make the
rich man pay his proportion of the
taxes.
1t is seeking to pay up the bouds
that have almost ruined the people and
nation.
It is seeking to forthwith reduce the
salaries of officials to an equal OF other
salaries and prices.
1t is seeking to break up the spccula-
tors corner in grain and pork.
1t is seeking to make it possible for n
poor man to get money as cheap as n
banker can get it,
1t is seeking to have the government
issue all money in sufficient quantity to
do the business Of the country.
1t is seeking to watch the Congress
from the peoples side for the next 20
years.
1t seeks to make profit in farming
and industry and not in money lending.
1t attacks the giant monopoly and it
intends to follow him to his overthrow.
-Vindicator.
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DECEMBER DOINGS.
The Latest News From q Trio of
States.
Interesting News Items From Many
Points in Our Own and
Neighboring States.
VIRGINIA.

The Lynchburg shoe factory has been
sold to a local syndicate.
A baking powder factory is one Of
Portsmouth's new industries.
A monument has been erected to the
Confederate dead at Newport News.
Fifty students were before the mayor
of Lexington Thursday charged with
singing on tho street.
Arrangements are being Spade to es-
tabl;sh O steamship line between New
port News and Glasgowssss.s4--4-A-@~r~rse
Colonel Colyar, one of the counsel in
the State line controversy, thinks Ten
nessee will win the suit.
An effort is to be made in Greene
county to pipe crude oil to tide water if
found in paying quantities.
The Richmond camps of Confederate
veterans are making preparations to
properly celebrate Gen. Kobt. L. Lees
birthday on Jan. 10.
The census of Newport News has been
completed bp the Board of Trade, and
the population of this live young city is
5.61S.
Virginia has supplied good many
bishops to other States. There are Bisll-
ops Wilmer, OF Alabama; Peterkin, Of
West Virginia; Dudley, of Kentucky,
besides Bishop Williams, of Japan.
Some unknow person sent Julius Lie
bert, of Petersburg, water fowl of
q species unknown. In body it is the
size and shape of a Pekin duck, dark
gray in color, web footed and with bill
shape6 like u cranes, though somewhat
shorter. On the box containing the
stranger was written: "Whcn | am
Thirsty give mo water; when am hungry
give me fresh fish"
Some of the Capitol officials think an
effort will be made at this session of the
Legislature to largely increase the ap-
preparation for pensions for disabled
Confederate soldiers. That made by the
last Legislature was $s5, 900, exclusive
of the $40, 900 for the Confederate Sol
diers' Home. An effort was made last
year to put the figures at $3.50, ,OOn, but
in the then financial condition of the
Commonwealth the advocate of the in
crease was induced not to press it.
NORTH CAROLINA.
An English syndicate is negotiating
for the purchase of the asbestos mining
property near Morganton.. :
4 In the military contest at WILMINGTON,
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now fmnace NJ 3N4 Ul0WuNsfu' nt, new
Birmingham, Texas making the third
one there; the FURNACE company at JEFF.
ferson, Texas, will build cotton-tie and
rolling mill; work has been commenced
on the construction of 1, 600, ,000-bushel
grain elevator at Galveston, Texas, and
another of 5000, 600 bushels capacity will
probably be built; company has been
organized in London with reported
capital of IS, 600, 900 to purchase and de-
velop large mineral and timber properties
in the South &c E sssses,G00 &c Goo company has
purchased 5000 acres of coal land in
West Virginia, andTwill develop on
large scale; factory to make fertilizers
out of basic. steel slag is being built in
Chattanooga. Among other enterprises
reported for the week are a $50, 900 com.
press company at Townsville, Ga; a
800, 900 compress company at MontgOm-
cry, Ala "a $26, 600 elsctricilight and flour
mill company in Texas; $40, 900 phos-
nha.e ccmreny II P:oliia, u $50, Go ice-
factory and. machine-shop company in
De Land, Fla. a $50,O00 mining COM
pany at Salisbury, N. c.; water works at
at Millcdgeville, Ga. a $50, 900 ice and
electric-light company at Velasco, Texas !;
$4,000 lime works at Chattanooga,
Tenn. a 500, 900 engine and machinery
company at New Orleans; a 800, 900
fertilizer company at Baltimore. etc."
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In the United States Court, in Raleigh,
Jesse Goodwin, a Young mechanic, Was
convicted of counterfeiting, and septcnc-
ed to two years ut hard labor insthe pen
itentiary at Albany.
Rev. J. H. Barrett and ex-Rev. j. Il.
Ball, the parties concerned in the pugi
listic encounter at Raleigh, in which
Ball felled Barrett to the ground with a
stick, were before his Honor Mayor
Badger, and the evidence showing that
it was purely an assault on the pa,t of
Ball he was bound over to court in the
sum of of $500 and Barrett was discharg-
ed.
Christopher Stephens, a leading farmer
Of Richland, Onslow county, died Sun
day. He commenced life poor youth,
purchased $25, 900 farm, and prospered
until at the date of his death he owned
II, 900 acres of lard
1t is reported in Savannah that the
South Bound Railroad will be extended
to Charlotte, N. c., where it would form
junction with the Scabo..gi .a;. Line
system, thus creating new route be-
TWEEN the North and the South 1t is
also, it is said, intended that conuec
tion shall be made by which the South
Bound can reach the Roanoke & South
ern Road, which would make direct
line from Savannah to Winston, Roanoke
and all the country reached by the Nor
folk & Western and the Shenandoah
Valley Railroads
The noted Pickering Wheeler land
suit, in Stokes county, is being prepared
for trial. Surveyors are now at work on
the lands in both Stokes and Surry
counties The land includes the proper
ty of many citizens, and it is thought
that it will require at least three months
to complete the survey. The property
holders are making vigorous fight for
their rights and the su promises to be
one of the livlelest. and most complicat-
ed suit ever brought before the American
SOUTH CAROLINA.
An oyster canning factory is being
built at Beaufort.
J. II. Agnew, the supt. of the South
Carolina railway has resigned.
An Alliance Publishing Co. has been
formed with headquarters in Columbia
The Stono Phosphate Co.. of Char
lesion, has been incorporated with capi.
tai stock of $500, 200.
The General Assembly last week elec.
ted Attorney General Y. j. Pope asso
ciate justice of the supreme court.
The Presbyterian congregation of
Spartanburg has extended call to DR..
Watkins, of Raleigh, N. G. They offer
$l,8OO and parsonage worth 5000 a
year. Greenville has also called DR..
Watkins.
The Columbia Water Power Co. will
erect $500, 600 cotton mill; work on
same will soon be commenced
The Charleston Water Works Co. ha.
contracted for the sinking of an artesisr
we'll on Nassau street at a cost of about
$780,
Among the new bills introduced in the
Legislature is one to create Tillman coun
ty and n bill to make Good Friday a lega
holiday.
A bill passed its third reading in the
Leg stature which restricts the mortgages
given on crops to the year in which the
crop is raised. The object of the bill il
to prevent the giving of indefinite liens
on crops.
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An elaborate stone roadway has bssn
unearthed ins uiinois, and z IA. -
suggested thai . may have been 06lIk ~
the Azsecs before they were driven out
OF that region by the Indians. As it is
largely composed Of cobbiestones. OBJ
serves the Philadelphia Record, those
municipalities which favor that style of
road construction to-day have at least
antiquity to fall back upon as an excuse
for continuing the present system.
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20 tho bench makes the Attorney Cen
eralship vacant. Assistant Attorney
General Townsend is candidate to FIJI
the place. 1t is said, though not on
their authority, that Speaker Jones, ].
w. MecLaurin, Ernest Gary and John
Gary Evans have been requested by
friends to enter the race.
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considerable quantity of cresol, phenol
and some other substances are procured
from it, while the oil remalningis used
rs an enr:cher Of gas for illuminating
purposes.
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The south's Steady Progress.

The Manufacturer Record, Of Balti-
more, of December 8, in reviewing the
industrial progress of the South, says:
''The general growth of the South
goes on with no material change; but,
taking look ovcrdthes whole field, it
will be seen that tic progress which is
made is of the most substantial character,
and that it will add vastly to the wealth
and progress of this section. The indus
trial growth is being supplemented by n
most astonishing rate of increase in for
eign trade from Norfolk, Newport News,
Charleston, Savannah, New Orleans and
Galveston. One after another Of the
great manufacturing plants that have
been under construction for the last 10 OF
Is months are being completed and going
into OPERATION YE i9nspipe works a,
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The Farmers Discuss the Railroads
In Missouri.
Eight Crisp Reasons "What the
Alliance 10 Here For"

In the National Farmers Congress a,
Sedalla, Mo, Congressman John T..
Heard, of Missouri, delivered an address
on railway transportation, which, he said,
was subject of supreme importance to
the farmer.
One OF the solutions was found in
State railway commissions. Missouri
had been among the first of the States 10
deal with the question that way, aud
Missouri's experience showed that tho
method had been successful. Another
method of controlling a railroad corpora.
tion in the interests of the people was