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The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-01-22
a Good New Years Start.

The Manufacturers Record, of Balti-
timorc, January 8, in reviewing the in
uustriai progress of the South, saws:
1T Is too early in the new year TO ex-
pect any very great activity in new enter
priscs, but notwithstanding this the past
week shows healthy growth, with q
decided tendency of capital to seek in.
vestmcnts in the South more freely than
Tor many months. Very large sales of
Southern municipal securities have lately
been made in the North and the West,
and the outlook is promising for in
creased confidence In Southern securities
OF all kinds. Active efforts for tho
building up of Newport News additional
shipping facilities are to be constructed :;
at Norlork large piers, machine shop
ana rodndhouso are TO be built by the
Norfolk IL Western to accommodate it's
heavily increasing business tbSS,.,SSs.
isis. At eincr por. 5 ihs work
oping their foreign trade goes onsleadily..
In the industrial line there has been q
fair amount of activity. and among the
new enterprises reported for the week
are n $3.50, 600 ccal mining company in
Alabama with the full capital subscribed;
d $500, 600 coal mining company in West
Virginia; $3.50. 900 car works company
in Florida; Il S25, COO brick company at
Ccdar,own, Ga. {; a 81, 50o, 600 phosphate
company in Florida; $50, 900 clothing
company at Atlanta, Ga; a 1900, 600
land improvement company at Fort
Worth, Texas; $500, 600 hotel company
at Dallas, Texas; a 81, 900, 600 loan and
immigration company South Carolina !;
a $4,000 kaolin company in South Caro-
liua; $50, 600 improvement company Mt
Dallas, Texas; three large tobacco facto..
rics Mt Louisville, Ky; q $4,000 canal
building company ut New Orleans, La ;
a 800, 600 distil.ery company at Dallas,
Texas; a $500, 900 street car motor build
ing company at Pensacola, Fla n $110,
coo phosphate company in Florida; q
500, 900 machine company at Baltimore,
Nil -
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-01-22
Gen. Robert Ransom Dead.

New BEENE, y. C.-Gcn. Robt Ran
som died at his home here Thursday
morning. He was seized with Congcs-
tive chill and died h"!o:c The physician
sent for arrived
He was a graduate Of West Point and
served in the United States army unit!
North caroliua Joined the Confcdcracy,
when he sided with his State. He rose
in the Confederate army to the rank Of
Br gadicr Gcncral, serving i'll many nota
bic battles He was ranking Oniccr for
this State. Last autumn he WAS c.,ctcd
president pf the Confederate Veterans
Association Late year, he has been en-
ginccI;ug the government improvement
Of rivers in Eastern North Carolina.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-01-22

SAYS the San Francisco Chronicle:
"During the last six months there have
been many attempts made to introduce
the meal of maizr, or !naiaii corn, into
Europe as = food, mos: of which, it is
understood, have been unsuccessful.
The Europeans insist Oh considering
cornmcal as 70 idcr for animals instead
of as food for human beings, and this
prejudice must be removed before Amer
ican cornmcal eau find n market there.
A gentleman who has lived in several
countries on the Continent of Europe,
suggests us one reason for the prejudice
that the Europeans know nothing of
the distinction which exists between diff
fereut kinds of corn. They are familiar
with the coarse. rank kind which is fit
only for fodder for horses and cows, aud
know nothing Of American sweet corn,
or Of the fine meal which is ground from
the best varieties of corn produced In
this country. 1t is very likely that this
10 one Of the causes which lead to tho
dislike for American cornmeal. lgnor-
ancc is very hard to overcome, especially
when backed 10y prejudice. However,
if the continental nations will come to
Chicago in 1898 they will have an oppor-
tunity to complete their education in
this respect 1t is proposed to erect a
corn palace, and inside it to have corn
and cornmeal cooked in every way known
american gastronomical science. III
European visitor can resist corn
meal mush and cornmoal cakes and hon.
inv and huleu corn and roasting cars we
may as well give up the experiment oi
introducing corn into Europe, and keep
il for home consumption. As matte.
of fact the corn pro ducts, or many OF
them, which are refused as food
Europe, are luxuries in this country, aud
we cannot believe that our taste is sc
crude aud barbirc az to differ very
widely from that of the people o
Europe. What they nee is to be edu
Gated in the possibilities which lie il
the husk of the golden corn, and
should 5o our proud privilege as we'll 8
our duty to instruct them"
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-01-22
EACH HAD A NEGRO LAWYER
a Young Man Accuses His Prospec.
tive Mother-in'Law Of Stealing
The License.

RICHMOND, Va, Especial Marx Nc.
ittits appeared agaius tMrs. Bertha Brea.
ner charging her with stealing tho mar
riage license from her daughter, to whom
Me''t'ts was engaged, The marriage
was to occur early in December, but w $
postponed until December 90 Mean.
me the prospective bride asked hes be.
tro'hed to let her keep the marriage Ii.
cense, SO rs to some friends.
-Jhenssofnc ono poisoned the mind OF tho
young woman against Marx. HIe dis.
covered that his prospective mother. in.
law had the license, which she refused n
surrender.
Giles jackson, colored lawyer an.
peared for Marx who is white, aud +. 4
Randolph, colorcd, represented Mrs
Brenner, also white. The point was
made that the bride cNpcctant owned
onc.half interest in the license. Thee
could c no theft Of it, and Mrs Brenucr
was discharged
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-01-22
Sullivan Takes Temperance Pledge.

TACOMA, WAS, Especial. John l..
Sullivan, after getting bcastIy drunk
Wcdncsdag night, signed the temperance
pledge and joined Murphy Blue Ribbon
brigade. Murphy met Sullivan and, af-
ter talking for some time. Duncan IIar-
,is and Manager Frank Moran agreed to
ioin the Blue Ribbon society if Sullivan
would. 70 their surprise Sullivan con.
scn,cd Friday night Sullivan talked
Temperance to large crowd in dive.
lie seems to have no craving for liquor,
,,u, whether thc Iciolm will be pcrma-
ncut is an open question
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-01-22
Bail Was Refused Him.

SmTHFIELD, n C, Special An
old fcud between Bud Pmish and Davis
Langley. white farmers IN Johnston
county, has caused the pcIpetratiou of a
terrible crime The men live near
Princeton and Langley WIS waylaid by
Parish, seized and dragged i.,to the lat
tcr's house. There he was set upon and
beaten until lie was entirely inScnsrblc.
Both Of Ills eyes were pat out, and his
internal injuries are considered fatal.
Parish is in Jail here, bail being refused.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-01-22
I, 4 \ i !
.4aartorsti au iS0 u 6g 4'fl8 81 :,
dough tina primal pal Edf6:s
peah e M 1lid previously refused

WIN ~.>"~-'
In an electric hammer that has boon
devised recently the piston Is OF mag.
net!c material and the cylinder is com-
posed of series of coils, through each
of which current Of electricity may DO
passed. The passage of n current through
the upper coils raises the piston. by
cutting of the current aud tranfcrring
it to the lower coils the piston is released
and drawn down. The blow may be
shortened or heightened, as desired, by
regulating the distribution Of the current
in the coils.
Provision has been made for neutral
izing the dctcriorating effects of acid
spray from battery Of accuLculators
where metal fittings aud brass or copper
conductors arc around. The medium
employed for this purpose is an anti.sul.
ph.!ric acid enamel. II Is applied iiko
varnish, in black or other co!ors. 1t is.
found to withstand the attacks OF the
strongest sulphurIc acid for weeks, aud
is now largely used in England for coat.
ing woodwork, iron and copper in the
ncighborhood of batteries.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-01-22

Remarks the Boston Transcript: "Tno
story of the tragedy just enacted in Hun
gary is one which, hal it been wrought
out upon the theatrical stage, woull
have been declared impossible. A son
returns after long absence in America
with $4,000 in gold. IL, seeks his old
home, aud rs stranger asks for foo |
and lodging. The mother is absent,
but the father racoynizel his sol. They
embrace, and the son tells of his good
fortune. The mother returns after the
son has gone to bed. Her husband
speaks of the strau ser, bat does no. say
he is their sou. He will keep that sur
prise until the mornins, when the son
shalt reveal himself to his happy
mother. Thc mother rises in the
night. She overhauls the Strangers
baggage. She sec the gold. Her cu.
pidity is aroused. ST." grasp' a knife,
cuts the strangers throat au1 seizes and
hides tho gold. When the father awa;<cs
he discovers his sou dca | aud in a pool
of blood. His cry of horror arou'es the
mother who hid expected her hus5lu |
would be u rclly a:conplic. for the sake
of the plunssEg Tnc father gasp' the
name Of the victim. Tao murlercs'
utters cry, reels ali falls del1. Colll
anything be more dramotic! Could auy-
thing be more tcrriblc?"
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-01-22

| National Economist
The Farmers Alliance cannot as an or.
eaniza, on consolidation or organize po-
li,iCal party:
1 Because such CosnolatioD or coali-
ton would make such party class par.
~. or more properly. 10 party, but po-
l.tical fiction.
2. Because the Farmers Alliance as
an organization would cease to exist the
moment it yielded sovereignty as far
mcr's organization it would become some
thing else.
g. Because to merge with any one
party would drive those belonging to
ail other parties c"t Of thc ordc', and
that is contrary to the fundamental prin-
ciples Of the organization.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-01-22
G~Sheriny Kanri Gum.
An important Au,traliau inda,try

s. An important Au5tratlan lndu3try, ,psr..
ssss ssss essi ssaH ssssssf ssis fssa
for it,at the roots OF tho trees. Tho gum
has beon accumulttinG Tor ages and
Is usually found in semi .fossilizci state.
1t is used in tho manufacture OF varnishcs
and the greater proportion is sent to New
York. During the last twenty-five years
over $50, 0G0 tons OF it have been shipped
away, about seventy per cent. gong to
New York. The kauri tree grows in the
Auckland district caly and the vast for
ests of this beautiful tree arc largely
owned by II syndicate. Some of the treo'
arc fifteen feet III diamatcr. The WOOD
is crosse grained and tough and is used
for shipbuildig to II large extent. 1t i;
especially valuable bccaust there arc no
knots in it, AMI it j. no. unasull for Il
ninety i've -9oot mast u DC without .
single krOt. 13StJ2 2rmsr'p'.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-01-22
Legal Holidays in Virginia.

RicIMoND, VA, Special IA bill was
introduced in the Legislature designating
as legal holidays tho 10TH OF January
Ucc's birthday and tho 81 of June. to
be known as Confederate" Memorial Day.
1t is also provided that every general
election day shall he a holiday, and 1t
further declares that every Saturday,
from 12 o'clock noon, commencing the
1st of June AID ending the 30th Of Sep.
tcmber, shall be designated as half hoii-
day.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-01-22

Arkansas has arranged for seven great
Alliance camp and mass meetings to he
held in August, and is asking for speak
crs from everywhere. The State prcsi.
dent writes that the people nc thirsting
for education rs never before, and that
speakers and lecturers must be sent among
them. "You may expect Arkansas to
come to the front, is II significant remark
in the : tate presidents letter
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-01-22
Memphis Shaken.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. Many citizens Of
his city were awakened from their
numbers early Thursday morning by a
hook of earthquake. 1t was distinct
ne and was noticed few minutes after
o'clock. The vibrations were from
.or.h to south. The seismic disturbance
vas pronounced enough to gently shake
cvcral buildings, especially in the sub
mh3.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-01-22
Gen. Samuel Thomas, of New York,

Gen. Samuel Thomas, of New York,
who ought to be in n position to know,
says that he anticipates that 1892 viii 5o
year of rccupeIation in the South. The
mineral, coal and iron interests are re-
vving, and this fact will offset in q
measure the depression which exists in
the cotton belt. The South will also bo
benefited by the great activity in the
granger States.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-01-22

A petrifed green pine limb was
found recently 10y a Georgia man near
Buena Vista. ''The limb is perfec',
showing where the straws made identa
tions and the grain of the wood. 1t Is
somewhat white, and resembles coral
wfeathn -
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-01-22
Tennessee Miners Give Up tho Fight.

A Chattanooga special says: Miners
from the Coal Creek regions arc passing
through here en- route to the Ouita Mines,
in Arkansas, owned by Chattanooga pn.
ties. One hundred or more men will
emigra'c. taking their families with
them. The latest information from the
mine regions, IN the eastern part of the
State. is very encouraging, and there is
very little probability Of any further
trouble.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-01-22

asylum for something over $4OO, and tn,
news and Courier wants him to pay .
license taA for dealing in live stock.
feak. Lexington county, is q s'dry''
town, and some of her citizens have
iormcu club for ''social aud literary
Club. 'no''
little siS year-oid giri named Fowler,
burned TO death on Monday MOI n.
ing last, near Grecnville. She stated
before her death that her clothing was
set on fire by younger brother.
The townships of Jonesville and Pinck.
nev, Union county, will hold an election
to consider the subscription of SEQ.
600 each to the capital stock of the
Jonesrillc S Lockhart Shoals Railroad.
The Savings and Five Per Cent. Asso.
c'atioa. or Columbia, has decided to in.
crease its capital stock to $50 600 and
convert It's organization into bank.
The main building cr Converse Col.
lego, Spartauburg, consisting of halls,
chapel, dorm;torics, recitation, art, din
ing rooms, etc, bHEcd the other day,
VIII be rebuilt at~oncc at cost of
S65, 900.
The recent death near Statesburg of
Mrs Edward c. Rutledgc, the daughter
oil the Hon. William Lowndcs, recalls to
memory that great statesman. who, Hen
ry Clay said, was tho wsest man he ever
Knew, who was recognized during the
war of 1912 as the founder of the United
states navy, and who was a prominent
candidate for the Presidency of the
United States at the time OF his death
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-01-22
Prosecuting Savannah Cotton Firms.

SAvANNAH, GA.--Summons OF garnish-
cement were served on all cotton firms
warehouses here by lawyers representing
the Philadelphia National Bank, which.
mas a claim of $4,000 against j. ii.
Coats s. Co., the Philadelphia cotton
merchants who have failed.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-01-22
A Village Wiped Out by Fire.

JACKSON, Miss. The little town of
Bolton, 30 miles west Of here, was almost
entirely destroyed by fire Thursday night.
Seventeen houses were burned and only
three stores are left standing. This is
the third village wiped out by fire in
the county within the past two months.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-01-22
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.

Ores are purified by electricity.
An inch Of rain means 100 tons to the
acre.
Tho process Of separating iron ore by
electricity Is working satisfactorily in
Michigan.
An expert says that tho left main
driver oil a locomotive fattens more than
the right.
Ono OF more belts runnipa- iA.isr--,s,--'
much to the transmission of power.
A scientific journal states that little
sugar put on tho hands with soap will
greatly increase its lather aud cleansing
power, and will remove dirt, chemicals
stains, etc.
An engineer Of Borne finds that 60U,.
900 effective horse. power can DO OBJ.
tanned from the streams OF Switzerland
for electric lighting or electric power
transmission.
Belts running over pulieys of small
diameter at high speeds ought to be thin
and ~ wide rs possible. Orange tan
leather Of uniform thickness answers ro.
marnabiy we'll.
A young man who has never had tho
sense OF smell has bccn the subject OF
some curious tests, which have sbo~a,
Professor Jnr,sow many things
"hrcn wo cat with relish are not tasted.
but only smcllcd.
a Frcnchman has invented an i'm,
proved method Of tclcgraphing, SO that
1t is practicable to transmit one hundred
and fifty words per minute on single
wire. The message when delivered from
The machine is typewriter.
Those engaged in the production OF
qunine, whether from bark or chemical.
ly, suffer with peculiar skin affection
caused by tho inhalation OF the vapor
from hot solutions OF tho drug. Fever
is IN accompaniment OF this malady.
1t is said Inventor Edison is engaged
in modification Of the phonograph to
lit 1t la become tho successor of the raised
letter system in production of books for
the blind. The changes arc chiefly. In :.
the way of increasing the capacity Of the
cylinders.
What is described as the most perfect
known, specimen Of petriticd humanSl I.
body has recently been disoo98n63 u
Arizona. The figure = eylden}
o.. I'D -, Sslf
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-01-22
ANOTHER CARDINAL DEAD.

A cablcCram from Rome says: Cardi-
nal Simconi, formerly Papal Secretary Of
state and Prcfcct General of the Propa-
ganda, died Thursday. His death was
;luc to an attack Of influenza, from which
nc had been suffering for several days.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-01-22

Ex-Prcsidcnt McCosh, of Princeton
College, has undertaken a very ambitious
literary work. lie proposes to issue full
SET of volumes on the various depart
mcnts of the human mind, and is at pres
ent writ nc little book on ethics TO be-
gin the series.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-01-22
OTHER STATES.

The county court Of Knox county
Tenn, has voted $2O,O towards tie
expense of makiug IN cxhibit OF tho re.
sources Of Last tTan.--Sco-ut ut tho Worlds s
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-01-22

company with capital stock Of
fl5o 900 has been organized in Calves.
ton to establish factory to make lace.
ramic and cotton curtains, mosquito net
ting, etc.
The Ocmler Oyster Company has Just
settled sixty colonists from Wilkinson
county, Ga, on Wilmington Island, be.
low Savannah, where an extensive ovs.
ter packing establishment is in success.
fui operation.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-01-22
NORTH CAROLINA.

nc Statc bcOloSlSt Is DOTlnS LOT coal
at Walnut Cove.
Asbestos mines are to be developed in
Watauga county.
Corundum mines are being opened
i'll jackson county.
Machine shops are to be erected ut the
Colorcd State Agricultural! and Mechani.
Cal College at Raleigh.
Philadelphia parties are to build
$50, 600 cotton mill at New Berne.
Northern capitalists are negotiating
for the purchase of mineral lands in
Granville county.
Receiver Robinson, who is in charge OF
thc wrecked First National Bank Of
Wilmington, places the amount Of the
shortage a, $226. 600.
There arc over two thousand children
attending the several schools in Winston,
Salem.
The New Bcrnc fish, oyster and game
fair, in February, is being well advcr.
tiscd. The a@crt has been in 45 ooun.
lies.
Dr. 4. w. Mllc:, Who has been pastor
OF the lst Presbyterian church. at Char
lottc. for - years, is dead. Five lhous-
and people attended the funeral
a prisoner made good his escape from
.hc Rockinghan county Jail Thursday
The jailOr went into the cell and left the
door opcn. As he did this. the prisoner.
who was standing in the corridor, Jumped
out the door and fed.
North Carolina is going 10 do well at
| Chicago. The 20, O0J feet Of space asked
| Tor is a larger amount than has yet been
| applied for by any State 1t is proposed
that the display shall be in five depart
mentS Col Thomas b Keogh gives
assurance that the State will have a build
ing at the Fair, the plans being now ma.
| tured.
Before the Grand Lodge of Masons ad-
| journcd at Raleigh it elected all its old
! officers and also elected Julian S Carr to
succeed himself on the committee on the
orphan asylum. 1t forbade any Mason
in North Carolina from having anything
to do with the Ccrncau rite The re pub
lication Of the Masonic code as amend
cd. was ordered The installation Of the
officers was done III the presence of at
least three hundred members OF the or
der 1t was decided To hold the annual
session of 1894 anywhere save at Raleigh
1t is desired to hold it at Wilmington.
then in honor Of the st. johns lodge
centennial
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Grccnvillc will spend SIS, 600 for sew
eragc.
| EImorc Martin = the new Chief oi
Police of Charleston.
Abbcvillc will erect severa, ware
school buildings
A shell road is under construction from
Port Royal 20 Beaufort.
Gen. Rudolph Scigling has been elect
ed President of the Bank Of Charleston
In the chicken fights at Grecnvil!e be
rwccn Augusta and Grccnvillc, the cock
| of the latter city won; prize. $500.
I A $50, 900 resort hotel is to be built o.
, ST Helena Island, to be known as est
Helena by the Sea"
1t is said that Governor Tillman LA
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-01-22

Flowing is done by electricity in
Spain.