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Correspondence Of the TINES.
News from Jonssvills.

JoNEsvILLr, Nov. l4.-Ths boys had o
regular jubilee the other night over the
news ofCleveland's election. Glory enough
for one election, sure.
We had ne rain last Wednesday and
the weather siuco has been lovely. Far
mers are putting In thoir wheat now, as most
Of the cotton has been picked.
Our cotton market has been quite lively
for the last few days. The rise in the price
brought out great many bales that were
stored away and had almost been forgotten.
Several old bales were hustled to the frsnt.
Cotton truly is King yet.
Rev. W. ii. Miller preached his farewell
sermon in Jonssville yesterday, or at least,
his last sermon for this conference year.
His text was very appropriate for the ocea-
sion, i. g "a new commandment l gave
unto you, that ye love one another, even a-
have loved YOU
Rev. Mr.. James filled his sulpit at the
PRESBYTERIAN church in the evening.
DR.. J. d. Orr, who has been quite unuell
for some time at his home near hsbury, is
much better, and was abe to bs in Jones-
WIS severaI dsys Iast week.
Mr.. Psuny has taken charge Of the depot
again.
Mr.. N. b. Eison has been quite sick for
several days witt mIlaeia.
Mrs' Salue Llnusay IL III leeolo health anu
confined TO her room.
Mrs. J. s. Sims, who has been on visit
to the family of Mr.. Il. w. Hamilton, re-
turned TO her home in Spartanburg yester-
day. She is in very feeble health.
Mr., c. L. Webber and daughter, Mrs.
W. II. S. Harris, Mrs. J. W. Bates, and
Rev. VS.. Foster, all started to North Ga,
yesterday, on a visit 70 relatives.
Msssrs. Z. l.. Eison, aud Albert Mciowan
were in Jonesville yesterday.
Miss Marion Porter, of Santuc. is ais,
visiting in our town.
MIR, and Mrs. j. L. McWhirter went up to
Spartauhurg yesterday to see Miss Mamie
Fripp. Mrs. McWhirters sister, who is very
ill with typhoid fever. She has been in bed
over forty days.
Quito number of our people will 60 to
Columbia this week to the State Fair.
NJ, Il. C. Smith has had two Of his little
sons, Victor and Carl, very sick with pneu-
monia for several days, but they are much
better now.
We haven't had any drove hogs in our
town yet Spare ribs and sausage would
60 quite nicely this cool weather.
TELEPHONE.
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For the TIMES.
no school rru,tss,.

Amer much work we have suscseded In
getting about nine hundred names added TO
the poll tar list From this source we will
now hive S3.575. Most Of tho Trustees
worked faithfully In this matter. while few
were, and are still very indifferent, and
seem 10 care nothing about the school, aud
apparently feel no interest in increasing g
the school fund,
This ought not to be. We owe . good
many names to outside aid, aud much credit
Is due to those colored teachers who were 80
much help to us in getting up the colored
not been looked up thorough enough, aud
must look into the matter and rspsrt.
1t is very important that every name be
rut on the AUDITORS book, that we may co.
lect the money this winter for the children.
Tho law requires it of you, and surely you
will not neglect it We ought TO increase
the poll tax 81 900, and believe it can be
deus by careful work. think we can get
it by more thorough Investigation Of four
townships.
You are earnestly requested and urged,
and, in fact, as stated before, required by
lac, to lo,k up the delinquent polls, as this
money belongs to the schools.
hore every name, white and colored,
liable to POLL tax, from 2l to so years OF
age) will be on the tax book by lst Dec.
AS school officials you are erpected to look
after the school money. This work may seem
tedious, but il must be done; md it is a
noble work, in which every man and woman
should take m active interest.
J.L. WALKER.
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TEACHERS COLUMN.
Jonssville Schosl.

The scholarships honor roll for month
ending November 4,h, is as follows: -
oh Class-lst. honor, J. T.Fowlsr, 2nd.
Mis-, Ida Goss TT. 8d, NJ iss Florence Briggs,
4th, Lsndy IIames.
4th Clas-1st. Honor, Mahals Smith. I'd.
II. 7. Hame., 81, Bolton Page. 4'h. Jefsr-
son Smith.
Sd. C'as.-1si. Honor, John Oshields,
2ud. Maurice Tillsr, Sd. Etha Hamss.
2nd. lCiass.-1st.- Honor, Graois Littls
john, I'd El,ss Tiller.
1st. CLASSIFY Homer, Roland Coleman,
End, Ida Foster.
The following were perfect for the same
month
J. 7. Fowler. Landy Hsmes, Clyde
Briggs, 1. D. Smith, Vernon Mabry, Hsrbsrl
Hames, Charley Hamcs, Reuben Lindsey.
Hart well Oshields, Willie FAIR, Ernest Nc
whirtsr, Marion MoWhirter, Larns South
ard, John Oshielis, George Brant, Elma
Orr, Arthur Garner, Este, aault, JEFF Smith,
Jr., Carrie Littlejohn, Oracle Litlejohn,
Belle Littlsjohn, Maud Lit.lejoon, Estel's
Lit,lrjohn, Florence Briggs. Ida Gossstt,
Mabala Smith. Bessie Farr, Oracle Farr,
Iia Holc)mb, Myra Altman, Emma 0aiut.
Lille Foster. Belle Whtlock, Mary Halle,
Elise Tiller, Rho la Orr, Eths Hames, Susie
Crawford, Merle Tler;
have tried TO impress the importance
Of punctaality upon the pupils, ani have
succeeded very well 80 far.
What we want in our schools 10 pune.
tualiry.
We hope the people Of Union County from
thi, time on will sac to il that their children
will be in regular attendance until sll the
soho ,ls are cl,sed next spring, more sspeci.
ally the people of JUnesville and surround
ing country.
So what. signifies writing and hoping fol
be ter ,imes. We may make these times
better if we bestir ourselves.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN,
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Don't make a soho il teacher feel mean by
calling him 'Pi ofessor." 1t is downright
SANDER on the craft. Ifyou don't care to
call him "Mr." or have not time TO Say
"Good Morning" or Good evening" then
q we'll defined grunt IS you hurry BY will bs
more acceptable than Professor" BESIDES
The evil sometimes does harm, as the follow
ing from recent issue of the "School Jour
ear' explains:
A young college graduate Of great prem
Use made application TO an educational
bureau for = position a. principal of . high
school. In short time he received the in
formation that he had just failed to secure
for him ono Of the best positions in the
United States, owing to the fact that his
credentials has spoken Of him ss "Prsf.'
l don't want any young man, however
bright he may be, who will allow himself
to be called professor" said the shrswd
old chairman Of the committee on teachers.
al will wait till he has outgrown that, and
in the meauiims look somewhere else" The
young man 10 now plain Mr.. and has learned
lesson worth more than the lost position.
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Personals.
Mr.. w. L. Gonzales. Of The State, was in
town lat Saturday, locking after the inter
est of that Journal.
Miss Lora Stokes has returned from Char
lotts, N. C., where SHE has been on q visit
70 her brothers.
Mon. vii ian Munro is attending court
at FSrk this week.
MrA Robert D. Beatty returned from Okla
Iona. MSs., lsst Frid,y, after an absence Of
3 months! 14SAJs the times are as hard
there as in This section, and money is as
scarce. 81
Mrs. W. s. McLure and Miss Fanuie Nc
Lure returned from Chester Saturday where
they went on a visit to relatives.
Mr.. T. s. H'zSimmons went TO Spartan
burg this waek on cotton business.
Mr.. E. j. Arthur, now of Spartanburg,
spent few days in town this week. We
arc always pleased to meet Ed,
The following are a few of the folk Of this
town who went to the State Fair: Mr.. and
Mrs L. N. Rsdger, Mrs. J. H. Rodgsr, Mr.
J. C. Hunter, r. NJ. Munro, L. L. Eison, b
F. Townsend, E. c, Byers, J. d. HumPhries
Mr.. and Mrs. j. G. Long and two children, G
C. May, Mrs. Bartles, William wilkins, Mis-,
Jennie wilkins, Miss Ida Brown, ". E.
Ray, Mr.. AMI Mrs. W. NJ. Gibbes, Con Al
len, Wallace Pegram, Mrs. Mcintyre, d. T
Black, Miss Amanda Whitlock, j. L. Hun
tcr, and Iuuumsraols colored persons
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The COLUMBUS ANNIvERsARY.-We srs
asked why was October 21st celebrated as
the four-hundredth anniversary of the dis
covery Of America, when every school boy
learns that Columbus discovered America
October ~, 1902?
For many centuries the calendar instituted
by Julius Caesar, known as the Julian calen-
calendar, was commonly accepted. Thi,
calendar assumed that there were 1851 days
in year. But as this made The year IL
minutes and II seconds too long, it could
not, without correction, very long answer
the purpose for which it was devised
Eleven minutes q year would make nearly
an hour in Eve years, and nearly day in q
century. AS time runs on the divergence
would grow moro and moro serious. Con-
sequen'ly, in 1882 it was fund necessary to
reform the calendar, and the Gregorian
the errors that the old calendar had made,
ten days were dropped out. and October 8
of 1882 became October Is. As the error
was found to be exactly three days in 400
years, the Gregorian calendar omitted the
leap year from every centurial year, except
ing those which wore divisibls by 400.
Thus the years 1900, 100 and 1900 were
not leap years.
As above stated, this reformation took
place in 1882. and ten days were omitted
from the calendar. But as Columbus dis
covered America previous to the year 1900,
which rsckonsd by the Grsgoriau calendar
would not be leap year there would be
but nine days to omit.
On October 81, 1892. the sun occupied
the same relative position TO the earth as on
the memorabs October II, 1892
All the precedents for celebrating Ameri-
can anniversaries are in favor Of correcting
the old calendar to the now. For instancs,
"Forefathsrs' Day" in New Englad is csls-
bratel December 2ls,, although according
to the Julian calendar the Pilgrims reached
Plymouth December 1lth. Washington was
born on the 1lth day Of February, "eld
style" but We celebrate the anniversary Of
his birth on tho 22d day of February, "nsw
style" ."--Auyustd Chronicle.
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Questions and Answers.

The following stray beams Of light shine
out from the mass of examination papers
left in the hands Of the County Board Of
Examiners Of Union Coenty, at the close
of the recent examination Of teachers. The
vueotions aud answe s are given together.
Name two evidences of the heated con-
dition Of the interior Of the earth" Ans.
because the equator runs through the
earth"
"whsre are the following found: Salt, Tin,
iron, Silver, gold, Quicksilver. Kaolin 2"
Ans. "Salt is found in the salt mine, tin 10
found in the tin mine, iron is found in the
iron mins.''
To whom is credited the saying. would
rather Ls right than prssident.!' Gov.
Scott. Anorther answered Harrissu."
"What Presidents were elected by tho
Hsuse of Representatives, Tillman Was
elected and they did not want him, they
would rather have ,shppard." Another
answered "Abe Lincoln, because the people
Of the North call him r.ls splitter and the
people Of the South call him . mulato."
What fsculties Of the mind are especially
cultivated from the study Of (s) Form and
Color; (b) Geography, (o) Arithmstic,"
Aus. Whispering, loud study, playing
fighting"
Mention tive good results arising from
requiring pupils to reproduce reading les
sons in their own Language" 1t develops
their minds aud thoy becsms puuctuous and
perfect"
"Mention two disadvantages Of .recita-
tions in concert" "They might soy it 50
many times they would forget"
Wh.n the body Is erect, in what direction
is the Alsophagus from the windplpeF The
stomath from the head?' "Norlh, South,
Form sentences to illustrate the use Of
the word "well' both as adjective and ad-
verb" "John is going to town." John has
gone to town."
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The Colored State Fair.

Mr. A. L. Hampton, President and Cen
ersl Manager Of the Colored Slate Agricult-
ural and Mechanical Society, called on us
last Saturday aud requested our assistance
in arousing the colored people Of Union to a
sense Of their duty, as well as interest, as q
race, in the State Fair of their Association,
to be held at the State Fair grounds in Co.
lumbia, commencing Tuesday, the Goth Of
this month, and ending the Sd Of December.
Every colorsd man and woman 10 the
State should feel deep interest in the As
sociation. and contribute 10 to the Fair
exhibition whatever they can from their
farms, their shops, their needles, the
dairy, and anything elss to show the intelli-
gent progress Of their race.
The Legislature has rnads very liberal
appropriation for the Fair this year, and it
will depend upon the interest manifested by
the colored people in making il a success
whether an appropriation will be made f,r
next year.
There will be shows, race, and all kinls
Of attractions, equal to those Of the Fair of
the white people this week, and the railroad,
havo continued tho same low fare 10 Column
bis.
Let the eslorsl people of Coiumbia now
show their race pride and their bandiwerk,
and turn out in foil force at their opn Stats
Fair.
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The THonSwELL ORpRASAGs.-rhis insti
tuition has had q remarkable history. Be-
ginning with half dvllar, the gift sf an
orphan, it has developed into a little village
Of cottages for orphans, with buildings for
sohoolwork, technical training and general
care.
There are l20 persons residing in IL
orphans from ton different State, iron
MassachDse't, to Texas, from Michigan to
Fiorida) and eight different denominations.
They are gathered together to be cared for
and educated. Every child IL given an
excellent business education and 10 taught q
trade. None are received, but needy aad
deserving orphans.
The expense Of the Institution this year,
was $40 600; this was given in small sums
by thousands of individuals. Dependence
is placed for this sum, snnus!ly needed, on
God alone, and on those whom He prompts
to give. The Orphaoags was founded by
Presbyterisns, but rot ons-thirl Of the
children came from that denomination, and
gifts are constantly being received from oil
Rev. pr. jacobs is the head Of ths Institu-
tion.
Thanksgiving Day Is coming II Is .
god time TO remember the orphans. If
ysu wish TO have share in this good work,
you can send your gift addressed simply 10
"Thsrnuell Orrhanags, Clio'ou, 8. c." II
IL had not been for just such gifts ~ you
will send, this schssl for orphans never
could have been butt and were they to
cease, IL would olsss Immediately. It has .
nice array Of baild'ngs, but every building
means just that many more mouths 10 feed.
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nna Last Friday and Saturday O,

n@- Last Friday and Saturday our
streets looked like old times, before the
Trough Shoals and ether Spartanburg Cot
ton Factories were butt, whom from ~ to
$4,000 bales of cotton were sod in this
market during the season. The street fl ON
Farr s. Thomson's st,ro to the cotton plat
form was lined on both sides with cotton
wagons awaiting their turn at the scales,
from about o'clt ck in the nor ming until
late in the afternoon
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Increase over last yoar............ "a
BGC We repeat what we have said before

BGC We repeat what we have said before,
Governor down, are decidedly opposed 10
any extension of the time for paying taxes;
and as the time will expire on tho 18th
December, p little over three weeks from
today the Treasurer will hardly have time
to receive md receipt for oil that are now
behind, even if q steady stream of tsI-pay-
ers should call Oh him from this time out
We, therefore, advise all who possibly cnn,
to Fay at once and not risk being left out in
the rush of the lat days.
We repeat, we are confident there will be
no extension this year, and all who havo
not paid their taxes, Mt the time Of closing
the Trea,uror's books, will sssuredly have
the penalty attached,
Another, and equally as important a
reason for an early raynent Of taxes is the
fact that nine: onths II the errors in the
collection Of taxes occur during and in con-
sequence Of the rush Of business in the cell
lector's Office few days before c'osing the
books. People complain Of those errors,
and blame the Tax collector for them, when
in fact, it is the fault Of large majority Of
the people, who delay payment until the
last hours and then the collector, iu trying
10 accommodate all and save as many as
possible from the penalty, rushes the work
Of his Office and, as under all similar cir
cumstanc.s in business transactions, he
makes mistakes. We have often wondered
that q greater number and more serious
mistakes were not made than have been
discovered at the final settlement.
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Our Cotton Market.

Tho grsa, Democratic victory last Tue'dny
has advanced tho price Of cotton con'id'rA-
bly-cr the price has been on the advance
ever since, and the great men in New York,
who are in position to know, say thai 1t
was Cleve'anrs election that ran tho price
up.
Last Friiay cotton brought So here. tu.
on Saturday i, dropped back to 81, to $50,
and remained so until Wednesday. when II
went to SIC, aud Wednesday evening it
brought rs high rs slc. Thursday evening
il ,oiched 9.S5.
The last adyices received as We 60 TO press
are that the price is steadily advancing, both
in Now York and Liverpool, and the general
opinion is that cotton will continue to climb.
on account of the short cror, which, ii
seems, the dealers a-c just now beginning te
realize. We believe it will 60 up to lOc,
but We would not advise holding back toe
long.
Total receipts here for the week ending
NV. 18th, over 200 bales.
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On, WHAT A CouaH.-Will you heed the
warning. The signal Perhaps of The sure
approach of that more terrible disease, Con-
sumption. Ask yourselves if you can afford
for the sake of saving Soc, to run the risk
and do nothing for il. We know from ex-
perience that Shioh's Cure will cure your
Cough. 1t never fails. This explains why
more than Million bottles were sold the
past year. 1t relieves Group aud whooping
Cough at once. Mothers do not be without
1t. For lame back, side or Chest use Shiloh's
Porous Plaster. Sold by II. X. Smith s. Co.
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POST OFFICE DIRECTORY.

The P. O. will be opened for business
from 8 A. NJ. to 800 p. NJ.
The Money Order Department will be
opcned for business from Q A. n. to r. NJ.
The South bound mail arrives at 3.25,
p. NJ.
The North bound msil arrives AT l.4',
p. NJ.
Street boxes will be emp'ied every day
at 1.25, r. NJ. -,
Any inatteption or Irregularities shoul'l
re reported promptly to the p. NJ.
J.C. HUNTER. l.. NJ.
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Young Peoples Society Of Christian En-
deavor.

Ioung feoples Soolety OF Chrlstlan En-
deavor.
IT'S ODJEcr.-Ths object shall be to pro-
mote an earnest christian life among i's
members, TO increase their mutual acquain-
tancs, aud to make them more useful ia the
service Of God.
Membership.
The members shall consist of two classes.
active and associate.
Active members a,e those who believe
themselves to be Christians.
Associate members are those who do not
wish to be considered at present decided
Christians, and who are not required to
take part in the prayer meetings.
TIE PLEDGE.
The following pledge is signed by every
active member,
Trusting in the Lord Jesus Christ for
strength, promise Him that will srive to
do whatever Hs you'd like to have me to do;
that will MAXI it the rule of my life to
pray and to read the bib:s every day, and
to support my owa church in every way,
especially by attending all her regular Sun
day and nii-wcek services, unless prevent
cd by some reason which / can conscien
tionsly give 10 my Saviour and that just so
far as l know how, will sndsavor to lead
a Chrisiian life.
AS an active member, promise to bs true
to all my duties, to be present at, and to
take some part, aside from singing, in every
Christian Endeavor prayer meeting, unless
hindersd by some reason which can con-
scieutiously give to my Lord and Master.
II obliged to be absent from the monthly
conservation meeting Of the society, l will,
il possible, send at least . verss of Scripture
to be read in response to my name at the
roll call.
Any information about Christian Endeav.
or work will be clad y furnished by
ALLAN NICHOLSON.
Sec'y. Of State Union,
Union, s. c.
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List Of Lsrtsrs

Remaining in the Postofice at Union, for
the week ending Nov. 18th, 1892.
Miss Gsrtrulc Hill &c Marion
Mr. Porter Hollis Miss Nellie Nisbet
Miss NJ Hickler Mr. 8 R'gan
Mrs Emma Mccullough Mrs j Il Straight
Miss Maffatt Mr. wilson Simpson
SZ Mcdowell DR. Simpson.
Persons calling for the above letters will
please say il ifadvertised. and will be required
to pay one cent for their delivery.
j. Z. HUNTER, p. NJ.
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NsonoEs ArrExpr 70 "PAisr THE Town"
--Titusviile, Fla, Oct. 22.--About two hun
drsd negroes engaged as laborers on the ex-
tension Of Flagler's railroad went into Titus.
vile tonight, aud began drinking and
carousing. An officer attempting to arrest
the ringleaders, was resisted and frsd at. A
one fatally. The whites are excited. but
orderly. It is probable that there will be
no further trouble, although the whites will
stay up all night. They are armed to the
teeth.
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nes- The Town Council have made severs

p61- The Town Council have made severa,
improvements lately. They have made n
good sidewalk on Cemetery street, put a
new pump in the depot lot we'll, and i'm
proved ihe alrsady handsome police force by
providing them with new uniforms. man
always feels some consolation in being ar
rested by a well-dresscd, gcoi-looking officer,
and it adds much to the Ieacs and dignity
Of the town.
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ANswsn THIs QUESTION. Why do so maay
people We see around VS. seem to prefer to
suffer and be made miserable by indigeslion,
Constipation, Dizziness, Loss Of Appytue,
Coming up oil the food, Yellow Skin, when
for Is cents we will coll them Shiloh's Vita.
i1sr, guaranteed to cure them. S,ll by
II. X. Smith & Co.