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The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-09-18
TENNESsEEs CoNv1CTs.
Resolutions of the House Against
the Sub-lease System.

presehE EyetI4tss.. Special during the
right of the lessees of the State bfrlsohf hfftpe ftpe;
sub-let convic' S has been discussed A
committee was appointed to wait upon
Attorney General Pickle and secure his
opinion The report If the committee,
accompanied by the opinion, was sub
mitted to the House to day. The sub
stance of the opinion is this
In the act authorizing the lease there is
no direct nor indirect allusion to the Civ
Ing to the lessees of the power to sub-Iet.
If such power exists it exists as an un-
limited power, which would probably not
be safe adm ssion. 1t safe, hoaev
to infer, in the absence of such expressed
authority, that the Legislature did not
In end to confer such power. The opin-
Ion Is that the -lessecs, without express
not sub-let the convicts.
MIR. johnson at once introduced res
olution instructing the State Board of
Prison Inspectors TO order all convicts
now subj I to hs returned to the main
prison or to prisons owned by the les
sees themselves. The resolution was dis
cussed at length. Mr.. Hal said that the
trouble at Briccvilc was result, not of
the lease system, but of the sublease
system. He hoped the resolution would
be adopted. 1t was matter of record
that the Tennessee Coal Iron and Rail
road Company had sub-let its convicts
Mr. L dgerwood spoke against the reso
luton, saying that he did not know, and
the House did not know, that a prisoner
in Tennessee had been sub-let.
The resolution was adopted by 70 c
| Of 6S to 81. The resolution wilt now 60
| 10 the Senate.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-09-18
Bidding For Convict Labor.

NASHVILLE, Especial The Tennes.
see Coal, Iron and Railroad Company,
which leases the States convicts for
800, 900 ye +, propose to make a new
lease. They will offer to build a new
penitentiary in the Sequatchie Valley,
employing convicts i'll the work, and in
return receive from the State the old
prison and grounds north of the city Z.
They will pay one dollar a day for the
labor of each convict on condition that
the State pays for feeding and clothing
the convicts. guarding them, and having
them transferred from the Countic, in
which they are convicted to the peniten-
tialy.
Stockades are to- be built in Marion,
Sequatchie, and Blrdsoc counties. and
the working of convicts in mines is TO be
restricted to these counties The State
is to receive 500 acres at the site of the
new prison, aud on this farm the partial
ly disabled c 'nvicts arc TO raise rroduc' S
for their own consumption. The con-
victs unable to mine arc 10 be kept in
the new penitentiary. If the State will
not accept this and the offer of 81 pei
day, the company IS willing to lease the
convicts for $3.50, 900 year for twenty
f7e years
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-09-18

T, The editor OF the Baitdsr and Wood
Worker believe in trade schools. Itgivss
ayoung man, in few months, ne says,
instruction that It would take him tho
same number of years to "picS up hap
hazard in ashop, and accompanies this
instruction with technical aud scientific
teaching Of the why's and wherefores of
his work thst his shop seldom or never
furnishes. At the same time, it enables
him to reach the stage at which he at
tains value as mechanic that much
earlier than il he went into shop as a
hoy. he can commence with the trade
schools in his seventeenth or eighteenth
year, and would he just as far as the shoE
boy on completing his trade school
course, with the incalculable advantage,
n he has wisely used his time, of possess.
ing the foundation for an education this,
will help him.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-09-18

One hundred years ago girls we're not
allowed to attend any of the public
schools Of the country. When the first
high school for girls was opened in Bos.
ton, in 1925, there was such an outcry
sgsinst the innovatiou, and so many girls
applied FOR admission, that after . year
Of so the scheme MAS absndoned, and
was not attempted until 1853 In f774
the nnt academy for womer was opened
by Moraviaus in Pennsylyania; Ia 1899
the fnt seminary for women IN New
England was inaugursted in New Bed
ford, Massachusetts,, and Mary Lyon. IN
1885, founded college for women in
that State on the broadsst basis ever be-
fore attempted. oberlin College was
opened on tue co-educatiopal plan in
1888, and Antioch College Ia 1852. But
Z thsse were innovations whicK met with
much discussion and opposition, even
among women thspsslves,
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-09-18
NUMBER ss.
MORE TOBACCO FARMS.
a Prospective Trainer of sumatra
Tobacco Raising to the South.

A citizen of Deli, Sumatra, named
}. Kaufman. who is reported to have
made fortune of several millions from
his tobacco plantation in that distant
island of the Indian ocean, hes recentlv
been visiting Virginia. Louisiana and
Kentucky in search of soil and climate
suitable for the production of the Suma-
ira leaf. While in Chicago some days
since he told reporter that the tobacco
planters of that island will have losr
so OC0, 900 by the operations of the
Nc ckinley bill because they could not af.
ford TO send their product TO the United
States under the new tariff law, and the
only way they can get even is to come
and start the industry in this country.
lie said he had found places that would
produce Sumatra leaf equal to that grown
on the island, and that they would have
to employ American laborers in its cult
iyatfop, because the laws here prohibited
best and cheapest w6fklGisess klies M mM,MAn aH ase tie
according to Mr. Kaufman. That gene
tlema1 also said that "if American labor
was treated to some Sumatra ideas this
country would be more prosperous and
If the Mckinley bill had not placed
stiff tariff on Sumatra tobacco for v plan
tatlons would not have had to shut down.
we shall have 10 start up forty planta.
tons IN this country next year but it
VIII go hnd with us to pay such high
wages.
The correspondent says further that
two wealthy Du'ch tobacco planters from
Sumatra, who accompanied Mr.. kaufman
coucuncd cd in all he said, and pronounce
cd The soil in some parts of the South
Bette for the Sumatla leaf than the In
dian Ocean island, The party was to
sail Tor home at once TO arrange for
tran ierrinG their interests to the Soutn-
eln States
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-09-18
4 Nail From the True Gross,

~ LONDON, [Cablegram. IA nail from
sgae true cross has been added to the holy
coat exhibition at Treves. The nail Is
accompanied by documents showing it to
be genuine. The rush Of pilgrims con-
tinues, but somo disappointment Is felt
that so few miracles are, reported.
The consumption Of beer in Treves this
week has been so enormous that on
Thursday it was apprehended that beer
famine might occur, but the arrival of a
timely supply on Friday allayed all fears
on that subject.
A letter from Moscow says that the
Treves exhibition has stirred up the Holy
8 nod of Rus,ia to the defense Of the
holy coat preserved in the Cathedral in
Moscow and said tobe the genuine gar.
rnent.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-09-18

IL Is doubtful, soliloquizss the New
York Post, if the record of early erpen.
ditures of any great msa begins with a
more credi.able dis5u,ss nsat than that
OF Webster whiic a pedagogue at Frye.
burg, which is preserved there as me
mento now. The first charge set down
- "fer soap, one six.psncs," on January
., 1862. The items that follow are no t
unworthy OF ti.i. .i.s;A-;-s-!Es-
"a comb, six-psnce"; "quills, one.and
six pence; "psncil, seven pence; and
ga book, four-and .six.psnce." The
items, ga ring, FIVE shillinys," and 'ono
pair of silk hose, fourteen: aud six
pence" might have bsen given ground
for suspicion of extravagauco, to be
afterwards justified.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-09-18

Three charitable ladies ir CHICAGO
have started movement which prom.
sses, predicts the San Francisco Chronicle,
70 be OF great help to working girls. It
II lunch in fne cafe, all the mate. .ia!s
being furnished at cost, with reading
room AID parior alta ached. Although it
has been in existence only few weeks,
It is crowded at the noon hour and the
membership is large. Ten cents month
gives girl all the privileges of the
rooms. Such a placs. for working girls
who live in cheap lodging or boarding
houses is both home aad social CLUB, an |
the association will probably do more
real good than many pretentious chari.
ties that spend a hundred, fold more
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-09-18

I The way the expenses pile up against
the municipality Of London makes this
city look like small town, says the New
York Adrerttsv. One district in London
has just incurred expenses upward OF
%, 600. 600 for improving the sanitary
conditions of houses occupied by the
poorer classes. The mere widening of
the sewers is to cost $l2, 500, 900, and a
proposition to extend the sewers to the
sea will involve an outlay of $50. 600, 600.
An Improved water supply i. also con.
tempiafed, which will cost $50, 900, ,00C
more. The only American city which
can lay any claims to rivalry in this mat.
ter is Philadelphia, where they have
sunk Sl2, 2,ooo,ooo in. City Building,
and it is still very far from completion.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-09-18
The New Chilian Government Rec
ognized.

WAsHINaToN, [Spsctal THE De-
partment of State telegraphed to Minis
Ter Eagan that if Government had b. en-
formed by Inc Congressional party which
was acceptable to the people, he should
recognize 1t anl open communication
with its head. The Department recciv-
ed a telegram from Mr.. Eagan in answer
to the above, stating a provisional Gov
eminent had been established on the 4th
inst, with Jorge MOntt as President, and
was universally accepted by tie people,
aod that he (Mr. Eagan) was in very
cordial communication with it
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-09-18
Opening the Exhibition.

RALEIGH, N. c., Especial. T. Rev.
Thos. Dixon, of New York, accepted
the invitation to offer the prayer at the
opening of the Southern Exposition here
October On the same day Octayius
Cohen, of the Charleston World. will
deliver an address, his subj ct being
"The Real New South" Ten Southern
States have already arranged for exhib-
it's. The colored people want five thous-
and square feet more space for their dis
tinctive exhibit. They already have
over fifteen thousand square feet Of
space.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-09-18
NEW YORK REPUBLICANS.
Their State Ticket Headed by Fas-
sett, Present Collector of the
Port of New York City.


ROCHESTER,, N. Y.-The Republican
State convention was called TO order at
1920 by General Knapp, chairman Of
the State committee. Rev. d. Stebbins
offered prayer. The reverend man asked
especially that the interests of capital
aud labor should bs permanently hav-s
monized; also that the convcntion's
platform should be wisely and we'll
framed. At tho conclusion of the pray
er the orchestra and quartette led the
consen ion in singing the b ymn "As.esi-
ca" just as the singing was flushed
Fassett Was seen making his way toward
his seat and he was gr, eted with wild
and prolonged cheering. It was fully
FIVE minutes before the chairman could
restore order so that the roll might be
called.
W. w. Goodrich was made temporary
chairman. The usual committees were
appoiu ed and a recess taken until four
o'clock, when the convention reassem-
bled. The following ticket was nomi-
mated:
J. Sloan Fassett, for Governor, on
fl st BALLOT. Gle is now collector Of
customs of New York City,, John w.
vrooman, of Herkimer, for Lieutensnt
Governor, by acclamation; Eugene F..
Conner, for Secretary of State, by accla-
mstion: Ira M. Hodges, for State Treas-
urcr, by acclamation; a. O. Wade, Of
Jamestown, by acclamation for Comp
tr Her; William Southerner, Of Roches-
ter, for Attorney General, by scclamams-
ton; CoiviE, of Albany, for State
| Engineer by acclamation. Fassett'i
vote was 5l4 out of TIA. The vote wai
made unanimous.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-09-18

mere is qnite a gang of people i,
iaris VINO thrive at the expense of to-
insurance companies. Their plans ar.
slmple. A man lets himself be run over
The driver d hs Nccomplice. The au
thorities are appealA d to. An insurance
inspector reports op the case, making
she slight injurJ sust ,ined appear very
serious one. The pro, fs are divided up.
As occurrences like this frequent,
suspicion began to be aroused.>. The re-.
suit was an inquiry, ending in the i'm.
prfsonment of sixty-fve people who were
members of the gang.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-09-18
SENSIBLE COLD ALLIANCEMAN
He Advises his People Not to
Strike, But to Live in Har-
mony With the Whites.

A Houston (Texas) special says An.
drew j. Carothers. for years at the head
of the colored Al lance in the South. is
out in an open letter to his people warn
ing them against the Humphreys scheme
of demanding exho bitant prices for cot.
ton picking He denounces the author
of the scheme as well as the plan itself,
and urges the negros to live in harmony
with the white farmers, alleging the
closely interviewer interests of the two
classes rs the reason in business light
and the danger of stirring up st,ife as a
. further incentive to pc &C and quiet in all
particulars. He says that IL cotton was
bringing 10 or fl cents q better price for
pick pg could in justice be demanded,
but at present rates no man can pay an
advance
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-09-18
Death of the Hon. Benjamin Hall.

AUBURN, N. Y, rs, ecial - The Hon.
Benjamin Hall died here Sunday after a
ling ing illness He was born in
Whitehall, Juy 23, 1914. In 1850 by
appointment of Pres dent Fillmore,
he made a compila ion and revision of
the accumulated official decis ons Of the
Attorney General of the United States.
In april, 1862 President Lincoln ap-
pointed him Chief Justice Of Colorado.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-09-18

4. Over 30, ,ooo head OF neat cattle and
oooo horses and mules died of starya.
sion and pestilence last year on the lower
Amazon, above the delta. The aunu,,
noous were higher than usull, an ths
small farmers owning the animals could
not afford to hire tugboats aud b,rye,
90 transport then from the narrow
ridges between the nun srous cban,o,r -
'ne river, on which the stock was SO IN.
e1pectediy imprisoned, to the upland
Ten miles o. more back from tn, y,l;sz
proper.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-09-18
The Deposed Grand vizier.

A dispatch from Constantinopls con-
firms the report that Kiamil Pasha, the
recently deposcd Grind Vizier, is vir-
tual prisoner in his own house aud that
he is not alowc to emerge thcrcfrom or
receive any visitors.
Sir William White, British ambassa-
dor at Constantinoplc few days ago,
sent strong note to the Porte demand
ing an apology for indignities offered the
British merchant vessels in the Dardan-
elles sf.st4 49, - ~ ~:
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-09-18
SOUTHERN STATE NEWS
Our Coterie of Commonwealth Re.
presented Here.
Happenings of the Day Reported
and Notes of Industrial Pro-
gress Find Space.
VIRGINIA.

The mayor of Roanoke, w. z. Evans
VIII be married on Oct. 1st to Miss Ros,
Roberts. of Salem.
The Fats and Leans, of Lyncbburo
played their much-postponed game ol
ball. The Fats won.
A family of sixty-two snakes were kin
ed near Leesburg, Loudoun conntv no
JAS. E. Russell They were moccasins
The Prince Edward farmers are hayip,
good crops.
:, The Young Mems Reform Society. of
Lynchburg, has applied for charter.
Inc organization now numbers forty.
and is doing much good for young men.
The wo,k on The Baltimore and Ohio
extension to the Midland connection has
bcep commenced.
FOUR decrces for divorce were entered
in the Hastings Court, of Danville,
Thursday. :
The British steamship Pathan,
1,762 TONS, "a men, G.. Ray, mas
ter, at Newport News, Thursday, clear
ed for LivaFpool, Eng, with a cargo of
5000 b,les of cotton, $3.50, 900; 161 cases
of shuttle BLOCKS, 81, 500; tielces of to-
bacco, $44s. Total, $151, 94s.
The "Mikado% is to be sung by chill
dren in Charlottesville in October. The
proceeds are for the Piedmont Hospital.
The Church of the Redeemer (Episco-
paD at Aide, was dedicated last week.
The New York Stock Exchange has
listed Norfolk and Western "a, 900, 900
additional preferred stock, making the
total enli tied $40, ,000,O 0. These shares
nave been sold and are a part of the s5,,
600 shares recently offered to stcckhold-
erS
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-09-18
AMONG AM u AllllE EcEs.
What The Ofganiaakion sIs Doing
Here and There.
The North oarolina Agricultural Ex-
pertinent ftation In oo-opsra-
tion With thS Farmers.

tho ta. as usYn irstituteu Dy which
euohes od e Ns Y. Agricultural
yecfJv l.efo, ~ ~ piougnt more di
sub alliances in N6rtK Carolina. lnumba,.
iog nearly 2,3e0 lx been requested to
Iorm Experinae1 Committees, (" the
chairman Of which TO be In constant
cleo VIII Il; 4 SfSti6n. 4 Press
'wnshik tins, a1 = ~ 4fer,,larz and spec-
uhn1i s = ~ y III i'fossress 81
al 4 - -,sss..l ~ S6ittees
5;sc,,sss A
in vj,;ch =, ~
ouest;or s.ss'.5>
;rry hsa,Io,, !. :, - 9 .,
nif,ea tLa a ,i,.sa, .,iie
s,,I,,,;,tsa ~ 49, uesneu, cau De
answer ~ Tbasa ...Ss Seus ,;nnr station lor
l,roc.,i ,,n,las s:ss.ssS may oe eHi-
Everv csra., -. tSSts v, as. ieui,ure
asLeI 20 49, so S.s.e nus also Deen
nmn,hor - -: s pau. FROM the
wbicI, Gre i.a,rS. rS.s.a SoIihi..ees =.
cst bn;nn armrss.a - g.Sa anu tue inter
loo. rroS. a,l.1ss..ss P'sn WIN oouot-
oratifviro to to nn.a siss. ~ success: ua u Is
ing Of the N. G. FSImers' State Alliance
at Morehead passed I srcsolutio. snd.rs.
ing the above plan of Experimental
committees formulated by the N. c..
Experiment Station.
sa>r. offisiAI. ~
s...oN 10 ene.. olfscerss and members of all
s.s;a oa. eounly, aistrlct or primary organi-
tas,ons t;onop Snosr the jurisdiction OF the Ma
fTu;a .Uia. : % a.,.ei s'aree and Industrial
1,on greeting -
u..t ,suaaes oI 'he ausnortty III us
,, so.e S s .ne Iioeegulngs ol .nc Su-
p1 ~ nna, o9aoi Tio q. i.s lase annuai SESSION.,
ho,S;um.L q. S;a Ia, 20 ucs.gnate lhe pace ior
nT' n;I @ ~ S5...a annts1 oup.elne ~ % Sous-
In WI s.aa sSa sa''oha IVA eh EAeoa'.xe ~ n9a.u'
us u ~ Sy lhe 'SIms VI saia az! au-
.noy " s,. sny o'a.es oi anu'an" Hsm anu M
LUIS LUIS, .a.,nst uo me.epy naAe TUG ioi'o"i's an
WI.esas. .;ss
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-09-18

BsussHLs. fCablsgsm; THE cstho.
lic Congress opened Tuesday st Mslinea
Cardinal Goodens presiding. There
will be . special discussion as to the
method to be adopted to make practi.
cal application OF the Pope's encyclica,
'sttsr posstbls to working cl6ssss.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-09-18
South Dakota, Huron, date not fixed.

The Industrial News (Jackson. Mich. }
says: Farmers who were once the most
prosperous people are fast becoming ten
anti Illinois has now $4,000 tenant
1sfmers, aud our own State over Is, 900.
Inc census puts the average earning of
the farmer at 1910, or somewhere less
than W cents day. This. with the as
sistance OF wife and children, is the
compensation that this once proud yeo.
manry OF America is receiving for the
production of wealth which enricbcs
otners. Is it wonder they arc kickinc2
Truly those who are suffering this condi
tion without trying to make change are
deserving their fate.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-09-18
coLosaL POLK IN KANSAS

Specials from Kansas indicate that la
bor day was generally observed as hof-
day, and in many places the Farmers
Alliance took o prominent part in the
celebrations Of the day. The Legislature
passeda law: last winter making labor
day legal holiday In Topeka the day
was observed on large scale. The pa
rade was very large. Sixteen hundred
employees of the Santa Fe railroad were
in line. The principal feature of the pa
rade, however, was the part taken by the
Farmers Alliance. Their portion Of the
parade was headed by l.. l.. Polk, Presi-
dent of the National Farmers Alliance,
and James b. Weaver. Then followed
farm RS 10 great numbers, They rode
ponies, wore patches on their trousers
aod large sunfowers in their hats and
carried spades and rakes They had sew.
eral floats, consisting Of houses made of
whoat, corn \ and oats. Not only farm
sIs but .hs,s wives zen were s,s saa all
was carried o6t ~ the M, hounds In the
afternoon, censisting of speeches by
: President Polk siitl General Weaver, and
all kinds Of athletic sports.
. %44s++
The JeifersoDian Lawrence, Kan. says:
Few people, either in or out Of the ALI
ance. know what an educational power
for good the Farmers Alliance is. The
curse of the farmers has been their isola-
tion, indifference and apathy upon all
public questions. Like a pstient ass he
has worked and saved for others benefit,
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-09-18

The Alliance Aid Association is beipp
SIeyorabiy considered in several States.
aad 1t now seems probable that the pro
Ject for its being made national viii he
- nhsesap fIstsr.,sL Il lie i in.
.Sel sSaa e sas 81 2.as.'.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-09-18

All reports TO the contrary notwith-
standing, the Alliance in Kansas is more
compact, stronger, influential and de-
tsTmined TO fight IL os.t 10 Il finish, than
ever before. - Atchison Champion.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-10-09

Aluminium promises to work some Won
ders in the use and application of metals.
Formerly it was considered one of the prec-
ious metals worth as much as silver.
That was IL years ago. 1t is now worth
less than one-seventeenth as much as pure
silver and about one-sixteenth as much as
Tine silver Shortly before the manufact-
ure of aluminium was begun on any cOnsid-
cradle scale the metal was worth $50 a
pound. 1t soon fell to $50, then to Sl6
about Is years ago; six years ago it was
sold at s. a pound and it is now advertised
at 80 cents per pound for the commercial
metal above 30 per cent pure. This being
the most abundant metal in the world
found in all common clays, it is reasonable
to assume that its cost will soon fall to 10
or 20 cents a pound, or even lower. 1t is
less than one-quarter the weight of iron,
with greater tensile strength. Steel has
fallen in price in 20 years from 800 ton
to an average of S2S Aluminium has de-
clined much more markedly and rapidly.
There is great deal of interest about this
metal and the uses to which it may be put.
Already an aluminium steamboat sails the
waters of a Swiss lake. Another one is
being designed at Newport, Ky. The in
ventor says that a boat designed to carry
four or six persons will not weigh more
than from 80 to 20 pounds. There are at
present three aluminium factories in the
United States, one of which is the Harris
field Furnace and Refining company OF
Newport, Ky. Two of these make extern
sive use of electricity in the production OF
! the metal