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The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-02-26
"RAIsE SOMETHING TO SELL"

In their complaints Of hard times and
their petitions for legislative relief the
farmers avd often met with the advice,
''raise something TO SELL" This advice
comes of course. In most Instances, from
those who never ''raise anything them
selves, (unless it is the dcviD but who,
good, kind souls never think how it
sounds, SO great is their interest in the
farmers welfare. We row rise to ask
the question, who raises more than the
farmers of the United Statcs2 - If the
amount raised was an index to prosperi-
ty the farmers would mot only be the
weaithiest class in this nation but Of the
world They not only raise enough for
the sixty three millions Of pc ople in this
country, but export more food than any
other nation in the world If wealth
produced remained in tho hands of tha
producers the farmers name would be
Eli, with big T.. Suppose We apply q
q little Of this advice to some of those
who give it. Take the professional poll
tician for instance. Let us all agree to
have him raise something 10 SELL; Tell
him he will be better aG-apd 'nearer to
that station in life to which it has pleased
God to >asll him" Let us be generous
and charitable ..S.l help him to ''retire to
tho secluded shadcs of private life" by
finding a substitute to take the burden
some aud houorous duties of office from
his shoulders. Poor fellow, he has beer
a martyr long enough.
Then let us take the poor preacher at Q
salary of $25, 600 a year. Advise him to
"raise more TO sell" Put him where b,
can raise it. for sis not a dollar q day
enough to buy brcad2 Water costs moth
ing and Il man that cannot live on brcat
and water is not fit TO live. A famil,
may live, laugh, love and be happy tina
| cats bread in the morning with good wa
ter, and water and good bread at noon
and water and bread at IL ght." Let hin
mix little sweat and Drawn at a dolla
day, with his cogitations on the bes
road to Heaven 1t won't hurt him. It'll
do him good. 1t may tan him littl
and max @ warts on the inside OF his hands
but it will make him better acquainted
with the environments which surround
the men who "raisc something to sell :
! besides God has ordained that Sin tho
sweat of his face he shall cat his bread,
and if he cats "dollar days" worth
at the low price it brings at the farm, il
| uiU make him sweat Next let us take
the Congressman the fellow that dom
want any sub-Treasury andss. land loar
schemes Give the poor fellow chanc,
to ''raisc something to SELL" Give hin
the chance in the same manner that Jerr!
Simpson and Ben Clover and others kind
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-02-26
Harper's Magazine contains an articl

Harper's Magazine contains an article
on the "Old Shipping Merchants OF New
York" written by George w. Sheldon,
and illustrated by G. ID. Gibson and +.
II. Schell. 1t will be surprise to some
to learn that these merchants, who cx.
ercised so important an influence on
trade during the first half of the century,
left no SUCCESSORS. They were men who
owne |, wholly or in part, the packet
and clipper ships of the transatlantic
service, and they did a large business in
exporting. But where is the American
house that exports to-day? Tho busi-
ness is in the hands of foreigners, and
is done so differently that were the doors
of it fifty years ago to make their ar
pesrance on Change, they could not un-
derstand what is going on.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-02-26

King Lobcngula, of Matabelcland,
South Africa, has just proclaimed that
hc will send his regiments on raids no
more, but that he will devclop his
country with the aid of the white man.
Four years ago no white man was per.
mittcd to enter Matabclcland without a
special permit from the King, and mis-
sionaries are advised not to attempt to
settle in his country if they valued their
lives. Lobengula has just made new
treaty with the British South Africa
Company by which he cedes to them II
large tract of country in addition to
Mashonaland, and gives them all the
power and privileges they require. The
company now controls 400, 600 square
miles in Matabcleland aud Mashonaland.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-02-26
NUMBER 8


Tho largest sailing ship under any 6ag
Is the five-masted vessel La Franco, which
recently took coal from Newcastle to
San Francisco. She is 375 feet IN length,
40 feet in breadth aud BY fceth in
depth, measured from the upper deck to
tho bottom Of tho hold. Her net gauge
Is 5000 tons and her burden 6i0O tons.
Tho principal dimensions OF tho vessel ara
as follows: Bowsprit, % feet long and
IL inches aud 30 inches in diameter;
mizzenmast, In n single piece, 140 feet
long; main boom Of tho mizzennnast, 46
feet long; upper throat, 81 feet; iower
threat, 23 feet. The lower aud top
masts arc in single piece, and of the
following dimensions ,bove deck Fore
mast, 159 feet; forcmainmast, 1865 feet;
aftermainmast, 1877 feet. The diameter
OF tho mast varies from 30 inches to Ia
inches; that Of tho topgallautmasts is
from 16 inches to 10 inches. Tho length
of tho lower yards is 50 feet. that of tho
upper yards from 75 feet to u feet,
special supervision OF tho Bureau Veritas.
She was built on tho Clyde.
1t may be interesting Co mention tint
on her first voyage from Cardiff tc Rio
do Janeiro the trip was completed in
thirty-three days, and although only
moderate winds prevailed speed of
twelve md one half knots was attained,
tho vessel being laden with 5000 tons of
coal. The 18th mast 'vcry much facili-
ta'es the working Of tho ship, which
tacks about with wonderful ease" said
the captain ut tho conclusion OF tho
voyage.
Referring to big sailing ships, says tho
Chicago News, calls to mind tho mon
stcr Yankee clipper, the Grand Republic,
built in tho sos for Law and launched,
but she was too big for hci time and she
ended her days rs u French transport
and then rs II coal hulk. But in her
prime she made the rup from New York
to Scilly in thrteen days.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-02-26
GREAT FIRE IN NEW ORLEANS.
The Heaviest in Ten Years---Loss, @
Million and Quarter.

NEW ORLEANS, LA.-Thc most disas.
trous fire of decade swept New Orleans
Wednesday night. More than So, OOO,-
O0O worth OF property is in ruins. AT
1880 the alarm was sounded for fire
that was discovered in the immense dry
goods house OF A. 3. Schwartz, on Canal
street. by the time the fircmcn arrived
the flames were bursting through the roof,
Tie Schwartz building was doomed and
all efforts were directed to saving adioin.
ing buildings. At one time the fire
seemed to be under control, and confined
seHtEs4y s Ba4y tie iR Tbs bebap in B8AIGh t,t it StqTb
piano house of p. Werlein, and then
across to Bourbon street. Runkles dry
goods house was next, and was soon
roaring furnace. Ungcr's beer garden
and the variety theatre adjoining Run
kle's were swept away us if u tinder box.
The Bourbon street entrance of Holmes
largo dry goods store caught fire and was
also soon in ruins. Krcugcr's dry goods
house on Canal street burned ncxt-a
total loss The loss on stock, as near as
can be estimated, arc AS follows
A. s. Schwartz, dry goods, $500, 900;
p. Wcrlsin, pianos aud musical instru-
ments, $50, coo; Cluvcrius, drugs, $9,-
200; Runklc, dry goods, 81, 900; Unger,
beer garden, stock and building, $32,-
600; II. ID. =. Holmes, dry goods, $685.
600; Kuehn. dry goods, $4,000; Hoffman
Bros, $1S, 700; Leopold Levy, carpets
and mating. $4,000; Kreuger, dry
goods, $50, Il. Fellman, dry goods,
100000
The total loss will exceed 81, $50, 900,
insurance covered mostly by foreign
Companies. Local companies will lose
about $500, 900. Thousands of people
visited the scene next day. Bourbon
street is so blocked with debris that travel
is impcdcd Street cars cannot Dass.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-02-26
IN THE BRITISH HOUSE.
The Governments Irish Bill De-
rided.

A London cab'cgram says: In the
House of Commons Under Secretary
Lowthcr, Of the Foreign Office, reply ing
to Mr.. Jennings, Nj. r., said the rccip-
rocity conference between the United
states and Canada at Washington had
been Of an informal character, and tha,
it had not been brought officially TO the
noticc of the British Government
Mr. Balfour, First Lord of the Treas.
ury, introduced the Irish local govorn.
ment bill, and it was explained by him
as follows:
1t establishes districts as well as coun.
ty councils, with functions solely admin.
istrative. (Cries of "Oh, Oh y Grand
jurics as heretofore would perform judi,
cial or quasi judicial functions. Ire.
ncwed cries OF dissent an laughter among
the Liberals and Nationalists The
councils W w,uld have powers in sanitary
matters, etc, and could appoint mem.
Iers on lunatic asy ylum boards, the Vice.
roy appointing an equal number. de
risiyc laughter among the Irish members.
Municipal boronghs wonld bc separate
from the councils for admiris:.nti"" pur
poses.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-02-26
The Lumber Men in New Orleans.

NEW ORLEANS, lathe Southern
Lumber Manufacturers Association ad-
journed sine die after an all days session
Resolutions were adopted against the
evils of selling by face measure, prcva-
lent in Alabama and Georgia. The di-
directors were constituted rs ornament
price list. The committee with power
to change the prices only change in
grades of star rift sawed flooring.
A memorial to Congress was adopted
asking for additional ports on the Gulf
coast. The various vice presidents were
appoint ed committee to solicit sub
scriPtions for the yellow pine exhibit al
the Worlds Fair. Kansas City was
named as the next place Of inc ting. B
b. White, Of Missouri, was re. elected
president; Gee. S. Lacey, Of Louisiana
:::cs president, ...4 -. =. Mcleod, Vi
Missouri, treasurer
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-02-26

| Bays tho Gossippcr in the New York
World: "One who witnessed the fire
drill by Tiffany & Co.'S clerks during the
recent blaze which threatened the grca.
jcwclry store tells me it was one OF the
best specimens of human mechanism he
ever saw. At the first sign of fire the
store was cleared of customers and the
clerks took positions assigned them in
practice. AT the first signal the heavy
iron shutters were closed, next the hose
was uucoiled, aud at the third command
the jewelry was deposited in the various
safes. There was no confusion, no con-
tlicting orders or excitement. This ad-
mirabie drill undoubtedly saved the firm
from heavy loss, as, had panic taken
place, the result may easily be imag-
ined."
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-02-26
NORTH CAROLINA.

Work on Wilmington's electrical street
car line has commenced.
Asheville has sold S34O, 900 of 90 O-year
5 per cent. bonds to Blair & Co., of New
York city.
The amount of the shortage of Charles
SeaSlc, the young absconding railroad
and express agent of Madison, is $500.
The merchants purchase tax has been
declared constitutional by the supreme
court.
Calvin McArtan, sheriff of Harnett,
made complete State tax settlement,
paying in 81, 1901
The Department of Agriculture will
make new collection of the building
stones Of the State for exhibition at the
Worlds Fair.
A littl girl was burned to death near
Charlotte last week while playing in a
field in which her father was burning
brush.
Figures just made up show that Wins
ton Salem's plug tobacco output for 1891
was If, ,513, 1877 pounds, against S,437,
920 pounds for 1890
The Wilson Short cut road reduces the
distance north and south via the Allan
tic Coast Line by GO miles. The direct
through line is now via Wilson and Fay
ettevillc, leaving Wilmington otf.
The State chemists force have thus far
made analysis of about G5 brands Of fer
t!izers. There are four chemists and
three clerks at work.
At Carbonton, Moore county, the rev.
cnue people made another capture of a
moonshinc distillery and the operator.
1t is developed that the moonshiners put
concentrated lyc in the liquor they make
A bright future is before Besscmer
City. Last week ground was broken for
a 100000 cotton factory, 500 room
hotel is to be built shortly, stove works,
furniture factory, steel works and many
other new Industries arc booked. Fifty
tons of Bessemer orc are shipped daily.
A Wake county sharper named Rogers
played trick on Raleigh lawyer. He
personatcd Louis Harris. Il ncghbor. and
giving a land mortgage got $500. When
the money fell due the lawyer sent the
notice and this of course reached the real
Harris. The bogus Harris is in Jail.
Governor Holt hes ordered special
civil term of BERTHE Superior Court, to
begin May o, Judge Brown presiding.
A :ailtary company has been formed
at Rocky Mt. and commissions were is
sued to j. l.. Arlington, captain: J d.
Odom, first lieutenant, and f. l.. Dough
fridge, second lieutenant, company d.
assigned to tho second regiment.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Judge Kcrshaw has granted a manda
mus in favor of the phosphate compa
mics Of South Carolina, ordering the au
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-02-26

" gave their opponents. Let them SC.
klr>H much OF that five thousand dollar
<ual can mako in year by rails,
ing to sell" such Things Ms grow au the
farm. Poor devils, they would dream o.
nights OF introducing bill TO colonize
tho grasshoppers or suppress chinch bugs.
They would call Justify in their sleep for
she committees report of the bill for Gov
ernment Building of Mississippi River
Sprays to Water the Farms in the Missis.
siPpi Valley; or for the appointment of q
committee to examine In the price OF
American wheat in Liverpool with co&t
OF transportation, etc. Oh. it would b
fun to see Congressman compelled to
'raisc something to sell" besides votes.
But the very wealthy! What shall wo
say of them3 What has Jay Gould had
to sell that he can count his wealth by
millions2 Did ho raise it2 Suppose wo
apply this advice to him! Go out upon
the farm, Jay, and raise something to
SELL" Suppose he ate nothing, his clo,hes
never wore out aud he never paid am
taxes. How long would 1t take him tc
-Sccuunulstela a hundred million dollars7
But what Of the editor. tho cable eli.
tor who says "there seems TO be but ono
remedy, class of land owners on one
hand, and OF tenant farmers on the 9th
er" Come out and bask in the sum-
mer's sun while the heat is 100 in tho
shade. This is hoe. Take this row of
cotton now and work along the side of
me. Wore "raisiug something to sell" Mt
six cents a pound. II our crops are not
destroyed by breachy stock, or are not
too late or too early, or blown down by
wind, or devourcd by bugs, or sting by
flies, or eaten by worms, or carried away
by birds, or dug up by gophcrs or molcs,
or pulled up by crows, or dr cd up by the
sun, or drowned out by rain, or rottcd iu
the field or stack, or heated ia the crib
or eaten by weevils. or they don't all run
10 weed or vine or straw or smut or cob.
or the rust destroy them, we can make
just thirty seven and half cents day.
and with that and what we've got and
what we haven't aud whist we can do
without, we may bc able 20 pay the utter
est on the mortgage and barely squeeze
through. oh yes, we're "ra,s,ug some.
thing 10 seli'-to the fellows who get
rich, somehow, after they buy it; and
come to think these are the pcsky fellows
who are constantly adv'0ipg US to raise
more to sell" Well about the next
thing we raise viii! be something to buy
with, money Wen kind o. average
things up LITTLE.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-02-26
Hope it Will Succeed.

1t has been rumored in cotton circles
for some weeks that John II. Inmau has
formed n very strong financial combins-
tion to bull cotton. A dispatch from
Liverpool to the New York journal of
Finance Gays:
1t is stated here upon the authority of
one of the most important traders that
the new syndicate organized in New
York to protect the cotton market has
over $15, 600, COO at its back, of which
81, 600, 900 is subscribed here and in Lon
don. Wentworth, Of the London Colo.
nial Bank, is said TO represent large Lon,
don interests in the deal The manage
ment will, however, be vested exclusive
ly in John III. Inman Of New York.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-02-26


This has been great season for sport
In the hunting regions of the New Eng
land States, announces the New York
Sun. One taxidermist In Bangor has re-
.ceived fifteen moose heads for mounting
this season, all of them being unusually
large and fine. A fur buyer in Farm
ington who returned few Gavs aoo
from purchasing trip among the trap.
'pers Of Maine, New Hampshire, and Yer
mont brought more than score of bear
skins, great number of fox skins, in.
Guiding very fine gray; thirty beaver,
about as many fisher, quantity of otter,
sable, coon, and cat skins. five or six
hun lred mink, and as many skunk. He
bought about two thousand muskrat
skins in New Hampshire. The animals
had been killed this season.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-02-26
A Preacher Whips an Editor.

RALEIoM, N. c., Especial News
reached here Of fight between au editor
and n preacher at Taiboro. Two we'll
known clergymcn of Rocky Mount, near
here, had an acrimonious discussion on
infant baptism, as result Of which blows
passed.. j. {. Powell, editor Of the Tar
boro Southernc-, published an account OF
it. One of the reverend gentlemen, Mr.
Love, OF the Baptist church at Rocky
Mount went to Tarboro, and there me,
editor Powell lie asked FIR corrcc
ton, which was cmphaticalIy refused
whercupon the preacher and the editor
came to blows The editor was knocked
down and badly used
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-02-26
The Briceville Mines to Be Coz
Operative.

KNOXVILLE, TENN, Especial The
mines of the Tennessee Mining Company
in Bricevillc will be worked upon the
cooperative plan. The details have been
agreed upon and incorporated in an
amended charter, which has been fled.
The miners are allowed to take stock and
have taken $4,000. Each subscriber
will have twenty months in which to pay
for 800. The company will erect resi-
dcnccs and allow tho minera to buy On
liberal terms.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-02-26
GENERAL STATE NEWS.
Late Happenings Of Importance By
Mail and Wire.
The Chit of Three States Doings,
. :. - - Gr.-eeS!,y Prepared For Our
Busy Readers.
VIRGINIA.

The State debt bill has finally passed
both Houses of the Legislature.
The Farmers Alliance is organizing q
stock company to establish fertilizer
factory at Blackstone.
Black marble is being mined at Fin
castle.
Mayer Lehman, iof New York, has, pur,
kehesed for e5f8, 500 bsrses, docks, ,etc.,
bill has been introduced in tho leo
islature to incorporate the Virginia Farm
ing Co.
A well is to be sunk at Tazewell C..
II. for petroleum oil.
Dinwiddie county will apply to the
leg stature for authority to issue 500.
600 of bonds for the improvements of it's
public roads.
The Virginia Mineral Belt Railroad
has applied to the Legislature for char
ter. The road is to run from Danville
through the intervening counties to Fred
ericksburg, and thence to deep water on
the Potomac river.
Gen. Thos. l.. Rosser, ex-Confederate
cavalry officer, in an open letter to Con-
gresham OFcrrall, announces himself a
candidate for Congress in thsx seventh
district, to succeed that gentlo kn.
The House committee o, finance
agreed to report favorably bill appro-
propriating $50, 600 for Virginia's exhib-
it at the Worlds Fair.
Speaker Crisp was at Fortrass Monroe
from Thursday until Monday night. He
has not fully recovered his strength
since his recent illness aud needs rest an d
quiet.
There is rumor in Virginia that
Amelia Rivcs- Chanlcr is painting picture
from the lovely model seen in her own
full-sized mirror.
The Grand Lodge of the Knights of
Pythias of Virginia met at Leesburg last
Thursday. Two hundred Knights sat
down to the banquet at night.
Colonel Philip T. Woodin, now poy-
ernor of the National Soldiers Home Mt
Hampton, Va, was the first enlisted
men 10 enter Faueui Hall in April. 1861
In response to the call of President Lin
coin for IS, 900 volunteers.
The apple growers of Albemarle couo-
ty have met with heavy losses lately
through the failure Of Liverpool com
mission firm, and, although they sent an
attorney over to look nfto- +t.-i. i-..----.-,
tney rcaIIzcu UuJ az cents on the dollar
for their last several consignments. The
The famous Altomarle pippins raised in
this vicinity have long been noted for
their rich flavor, and are a special favor
itc abroad-bringing tho extreme price
of 81 por dozen. Hardly one man in a
thousand in this country, outside of Vir-
Ginia, has ever seen one, and what won
der if they bring such price in foreign
markcts2 No doubt the now sadder and
wiser fruit-raisers of this section will
look nearer home for market for their
juicy apples.
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I, soy IoIa1 RIpAg. FEBRUARY 20, 1892.

ditoreof chQlsstpn coslnlx 10 rcducS TIA
assessed yaibe Of land D1stzIH>t tDI
rom 90 to $3 ton. 5 s ~ : 's 'sss
Governor Tiiiman was asked Thursday
who was his lpreferoace for tho Presiden
tIal B9minee OF the Dsmocratic party.
He said that he had not yet decided, but
that he was not in favor of Cleveland.
The w. C. Il. U. Annual Convention
assembled under the most auspicious cir
cumstances in Columbia last week with
fifty delegates in attendance.
The Secretary of State has issued com.
missions for the charter of tho Thomas
Gold Mining Company, with headquar-
ters at Sportanburg.
The Sumpter Guards have loaned Col.
4. II. Chisolm, of New York. president
of the Southern Society of New. York,
one of their most cherished relics Of se-
cession, siz the regimental battle, fac
that 1oated over Fort Sumpter during
! TIE bombardment .sss.,4.s
- DIS m. 81, Elsis, ,symmers,- young
7 studying under Df yasteur, on the PAS.
teur Institute Of Paris, France, has dis.
covered a ''ncw chromogcnic micro or.
ganism, found in the vesicles of berpes
labraies bacillus viridiaus." which will
no doubt bring him success and fame in
the new field open to him. DR.. SYM
mers was graduated with first honors
from the universities of Aberdeen and
Edinburgh, and will soon end his studies
in Paris.
Bamberg has given finely located prop
erty, amounting in value to ST.. 900, and
an additional subscription of $40, 900, to
Woiford College, for the purpose of es-
tablishing and fitting school there. Led
by eight or ten influential citizens, the
entire community joined in tho work
with great unanimity. The building
Will be begun soon, aud it is hoped they
Will be ready for use next fall. Banberr
never made II better investment, or one
that will make richer returns. Wofrord
Co lcgc has adopted the wise policy of
establ ishing fitting schools in different
SECTIONS Of the State as feeders to the
COLLEGE. The great need of tho State is
high grade preparatory schools. The de-
mand for higher education is fully met
in the colleges already established.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-02-26
Robbed HIM of His Little All.

N. Y. CITY, Especial Charles Frank
lin, cx convict, and three confcderates
assaulted and robbed Thomns Quinan in
Mott street on the night Of the 7th inst,
and robbed him of his little ala collar
button and two keys. They then ran
away franklin was arrested, and he
pleaded guilty in the General Sessions
before Judge MARITIME of robbery in The
first degree Judge Marine sentenced
him to State prison for eleven years and
six months