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The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-06-03
Bessemer City, N. O.

This town was planned and laid out by
thcBessemer City Mining and Manufactur-
ing Co. less than a year ago, with Col.
J. S. Carr, of Durham, president.
Iron ore veins were opened, and min
ing of the finest B ssemcr ore has steadily
been pursued, until now several hundred
tons are shipped daily, Birmingham,
Ala mills at present taking most OF the
ore
An hours ride south from Charlotte on
the Richmond & Danville railroad brings
one to Bessemer City, which, in addition
to its fine mineral properties, is calculat'
ed to become one of the finest health re-
sorts North or South. An immense ho
tel, with oil the modern conveniences, is
being erected on the summit ola beauti
full mountain spur, from which, on clear
tauburg. Kings Mountain is the yer
dent. silent sentinel that keeps water
close by, while rugged Crowder's Noun,
tain frowns steadily, off to the northeas,
two miles. Already numerous cottages ao'
the slopes of the mountain where the no
tel is building, and altogether Besseme'
CITY promises to become one OF the taVor
so reaorts of Carolina
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-06-03
THREE STATES BRIEFS.
A Condensation Of the Principal
Happenings.
The News Cleaned From All Sources
and Prepared For Our
Busy People.
VIRGINIA.

The "Drys" won the victory in North
Danville.
The Democrats won in the city election
in Roanoke.
Hon. Jno. A. Buchanan, Judge Manu-
and Ex-Congressman Tucker are being
actively pushed by their respective friends
to fill the vacant Senatorship, caused by
the death of Senator Barbour.
The Richlands Coal Co. contemplates
opening another coal mine and building
about fifty coke ovens.
e The Virginia Hard Coax Co, just Or,
ganized ut Radford, prop ,ses to 2develop
coal mines in Montgomery county.
The Pocahontas coal business at Nor
folk, gradually increases. The exports
from Lambert's Point piers during April
amount to 1872, 900 tons employing 1877
vessels.
The Worlds Fair commissioners in dis
tributing specifications for bids on the
coats of the uniforms for the guards at
the exposition, require that the material
used shall be either the Charlottesville
(Va.) Woolen Mills sky blue doeskin No.
LILO or of equal quality.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-06-03
THE FLORIDA OUTLAWS.
Two Of the Train Robber>Murderers
Killed by a Posse.

PALATKA, FLA A.-Two of the gang,
Jim Williams aud Haynes, who held up
the train Saturday, and murdered San
ders, the express messenger, were killed
at Buffalo Bluff bridge, four miles south
of here, by a posse from this
place. At noon two watchmen stop
ped party of three men who attempted
to cross the bridge. On being halted
they drew revolvers and fired at the watch.
men. After an interchange of shots, they
fed into the thick underground close by.
Z The posse Yves at once summoned from
here, end went out on a special car. Cros-
sing the bridge, they were fired on by the
concealed outlaws, and lively fusilade
followed for ten or fifteen minutes Will
liams and Haynes were killed, and the 9th
er one He'd into the swamp, pursued by
bloodhounds ard the posse.
~ Haynes. was severely wounded first, and,
fhding heconld, not e.cap be .penned. a.
farewell to his mother in Arab, Georgia,
and then, putting his pistol into his mouth.
fired. Haynes was the one who murdered
Sanders.
The city is wild, and the corpscs of the
two outlaws at the depot are being viewed
by hundreds
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SERIES. UNION G. H. souTH CA RoI k
A BARNwELLA SENSATION.
A Prominent Physician Charged
With Malpractice.

COLUMBIA, s. C.-News of a very
sensational affair comes from Barnweli,
involving prominent physician. Last
Thursday the coroner was called upon to
hold an inquest over the dead bodies of
young white woman who, it appears,
had been led astray by the overtures of a
young railroad contractor from the West.
and her infant. A Jury was empanelled
and several witnesses examined, including
three highly intelligent and respectable
physicians and the following verdict was
rendered:
"That the deceased came to her death
from child-bed fever, caused by an alb
ortion committed by DIR. G. r. c. Todd"
DR.. Todd was arrested upon charge
in accordance with the jury's finding and
furnished bond in the sum of $1,000 for
his appearance at the Court of General
Public opinion is about evenly divided
in the matter.
DR.. Todd is the brother-iu u-law Of Abfa-
ham Lincoln and surgeon of no mean
repute. It is said that he amputated no
less than 700 limbs during the late war.
He was in the Confederate service. If
convicted of the charge he could be pun
ished by imprisonment in the penitentiary
for not less than five or more than ten
wears.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-06-03
Cotton Planting Delayed.

The Nav crop report of the statisticiah
Of the Department of Agriculture says:
"The returns show delay in the worh
of cotton planting from low Temperatures,
drought in many districts, and in some an
excess of rain. termination Is arres.ea
and the plants start slowly. Some repiant.
inc will be necessary. 1t is estimated ina.
ss per cent. of the crop is usually plante:a
by the first of May. This year the ,. es.s.
mates make only 7s 8 They are as follows
for the several States Virginia "a, Noith
Carolina 70, South Carolina 80. deoisIa.
s5. Florida 90, Alabama 49,, MississiPPi I
| 78, Louisiana 70, Texas s3, Arkansas S4'
| Tennessee As average 1873. ihese ny
urcs represent the proportion OF the pro pro,
| posed area already planted, and snow .''a'
PLANTING is materially later than usual.
| oSome indicatio mis- given OF the IN
tsnded area as compared with that OF ias
wear It is difficult to forecast result
that was partially in the future, ana tns
averages are only given to show VIVA
correspondents believed to be the intentlol
os to the reduction of area. The decreas
of area, as indicated. averages 1870 pc
cent. The percentages are: virginia sS sS
North Carolina 20, South Carolina ..
: Georgia s3, Florida 80, Alabama 90, MIS-
: issippi s3, Louisiana 80, Texas 90, Al
kansas 80, Tennessee "a, Missouri "a
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It is calculated that the numoer OF
who have come into the
limited States in the last 100 ears is, in
round numbers, 10000, 900, or the
equivalent to one-fourth the present
pouulation of this country. OF this
number nearly 5000, 900 were from Ger
many, s,soO,ooo from Ireland i,Soo,, nro
600 from England, nearly 1,ooo'ooo
from Sweden aud Norway aud nearly
500. .O6O from Italy. OF the lo'ooo'ooo
who have come, fully IA. 100000 were
from Europe, 800, 900 from Asla' oVe'
1000, 900 from British America ant
about 10000 from other American
countries. The Chinese immigration
from 1855 to the time of its prohioition
in 1882. amounted to about 276,ooo
Since the passage of the Chinese exola
sion act in 1882 the number known
have como In under the law is but abou
500, though IT is asserted that lare
numbers have come in by devious metu
',ds in violation Of the law.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-06-03

A man In Leeds, England, looked a
gift horse in the mouth the other day
with profitable results. The keeper of a
skating rink had advertised "a great
fancy costume carnival" and by way of
stimulating the invention of his patrons,
he promised that the wearer of the most
original costume should be rewarded with
watch of the value of $40. The man
who won the watch took it to jeweler,
who said the time peace was worth only
$50. The winner, therefore, applied to
the courts for redress. he'skating-rink
proprietor defended himself with the
plea that the giving of the prize was a
purely voluntary act, and the recipient
should not take the giver's estimate too
literally. The Judge, however, took a
different view, and gave judgment for
the plaintiff for $40.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-06-03

Mr.. Riis, author Of "How the Other
Half Lives" in Scribner's Magazine as
serts that the lack of small parks and
Fairgrounds in the tenement house dis
striot Of New Y6rk, aSSd 't6s to'h1assddsnt'
perpetual tussles between the children,
at harmless play in the street, aud the
police, are the chief forces in the devel-
.opment of the "tough." The germ OF
the gangs, he says, that terrorizc whole
sections of the city at intervals, and feed
our courts and jails, may, without much
difficulty, be discovered in these early
and rather grotesque struggles of the boys
with the police.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-06-03

One OF the curiosities of French legis-
iation was brought to public notice by a
recent incident In the Riviera. An Eng
'lishman, who rented a cottage there on
other day TO bring him pailfult or two
Of sea water for his bath. The servant
informed him that it was against the law
and IL done without the special permits
.iop Of the civil authorities would sub
jeot him to various pains and penalties; ,
He investigated the matter, and found
that the permission was not easy to oD
tain, and was only granted on his making
affidavit that the water was to DC use
for no culinary purposes, and was not .o
he boiled down for the salt. Noooo
can have salt in France, even from TN
sea, without paying the Government 10
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-06-03
Th, PEOPLES Party Stirring.

RALEIGH, N. C.-The Peoples party
has organized by electing w. r. Lind,
saw, of Rockingham county, Chairman OF
the state Committee, aud has ordered
meetings to be held in every county IN the
state on June II to organize committees
to elect delegates to Omaha ana TO h0li'-
nate candidates for Congress, me '1h-
rressional Conventions in each OF the u,S-
tricts are ordered to lie held June 10.
,'ol. L. l.. Polk, s. Otho Wilson, barry
Skinner, G. T. Long, and Jervis, oi Mad
SON county, have been appointed u'tc
gates at large to Omaha. They are io'
Polk for Presidential nominee.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-06-03
Let's Have I'm in the South.

WASHINGTON, ID. C.-Thc American
Minister TO Persia has secured sixteen
valuable sheep of the Astrakhan breed
and shipped them to the Agrlcut"lIM ,,.t;l nti
partment here. They Will De Dteo u,..i
the flock is large enough to divide, "hen
the nucleus of several tiocks VIII DC seht sci
to various parts of the country. l' = ne
Angora Goat Breeders Association OF Cal, "a =
ifornia has come out in an article IN a
Washin gtnn paper, setting forth theli
difficulties in procuring these goats from
tks Ottoman Empire, and asking Con
eress to enact legislation whereby th'
GoSernment may import few OF tnem n.
start fsck, and then transplant II u
N2tifornie
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SOUTHERN PREsBYTERlANS.
A Separate and Independent ooloreo
SYNOD to be Organized.

Hot SPRINGS, ARK.-At the meeting
of the Presbyterian Assembly majority
and minority reports were submitted by
tha committee on bills and overtures on
the subject OF the scriptural element .!e to be e
used in the Lords supper. The majority
advocated the use of fermen,ed grape
Juice and the minority favored the unfer'
mented.
The report of the committee on colored
ovnod was submitted and adopted. 1t
provides that the church approve the idea
Of organizing separate and independd. !, sut ut
colored synod and appoint committee &C
to net in the premises. The committee
was authorized to call convention OF al
Presbyterian colored ministers, to be
held at Birmingham, Ala, at time to b'
designated by the Rev. A. l.. Phillips
| commissioner.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-06-03
MONEY FOR THE FARMERS.
Union Store Company Lends 81 80, 600
on Which to Do q Credit Business.

COLUMBIA, S. C.-Col. D. p. Duncan,
the manager of the State Alliance Ex-
ch,nge, who recently went to New York
on important business, returned TO the
city yesterday, and he brings good cheer
70 many of the farmers of the State, in
the shape of $50, 900 borrowed New York
money, to be used for the purpose of run.
ming them through the summer and till
October and November, on a credit
basis.
The money was borrowed from the
Uoinn Store Company, and that company
made the loan for the purpose of allow
ing its five stores in this State, which are
being run under the management of the
exchange, to do a credit business with
the farmers Each farmer will be given
check book and will pay his bills with
these checks. He will be charged at the
end Of the season Z per cent. interest.
The company will reap the harvest not
only from the interest, but also from the
profits on its goods Col. Duncan says
that it is the best that could be done for
the farmers and is more than he expected
to accomplish.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-06-03
SHE FED HIM, THEN SHOT HIM.

A Pranoha a~,a p~.--Ni----''
FAYErrEvILLE, N. C.-Alex Gilmore,
a notorious desperado from South Caro-
lima, entered the house of the Rev. wit
liam Brunt, near White Oak. Sunday
aud, finding no one there but the daugh.
ter, fiourished pistol and ordered her 10
nrepare him dinner at once, which she
did.
After devcuriug the victuals Gilmore
gathered up all the cooked meats ana
Started for the woods near by.
As soon as his feet cleared the door.
sill Miss Brunt got a double -barreiled
shotgun aud, taking deliberate am, hreo
thirteen buckshot into Gilmore pacS,
from the effects of which he died IN
short time
Since the shooting it has been learned
that Gilmore was wanted in South Caro-
| lima for murder, and Miss BrUnt is EMIT
led to the 5000 reward offered for him:
The heroine is we'll known here, ne
father having once been pastor OF IN
FAYETTEVILLE Baptist church.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-06-03
A Fair Showing.

During thu twelve months ending April
an there were incorporated t76 new ma,
tT t;o n, hanks with an aggregate capital
stock Of Si7, 13O, 600. In the list Texas
] stonds at the head with twenty one new
%anLs with capitSl stock amsunting 70
% 80 aIo ooo In West Virginia FIVE new
Sarls were organized, ia Kentucky feur,
Marsb caroliua four, Tenncssee four, Ala
bama two, Florida two, Mery,Anu W;,o,;s &
Arkansas one, Georgia one anu sns, s..,
one. Forty seven new bsnks ; ~ .ne soas'
In the year is not so bad . showing
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-06-03
, VOL. XXIII.---NEW SERIES.

Secretary Blaiue has concluded, learns
the New York Advertiser, to send q
most interesting exhibit to the Columbian
Exhibition. II will consist of the origi.
nal Declaration of Independence, the
Constitution of the United States, the
ARTICLES of Federation, the famous pro.
test of the Philadelphia Carpenters
Company to King George ILL.,, aud other
documents which are the heirlooms OF
the country itself, of our National history.
These will not be shown by fac .simile,
but by the originals. They will be
shipped in steel caskets, and guarded
lby soldiers while en- route aud at the
Fair.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-06-03
AN OCEAN STEAMER IN CHICAGO.
She Comes All the Way From Nor
way, and is Welcomed With
Great Joy.

CHICAGO, Ill. The Wergenland, the
first steamship to make the trip from Nor
way to Chicago, arrived in port at noon.
Thousands were gathered along the docks
to welcome the foreign craft, and three
steamers loaded with enthusiastic Nor
weeians met the Wergerland twelve
miles out and accompanied her to the
city.
The Wergeriand left Bergen, Norway.
April Is. with cargo Of fish and cod
lifer oil, and will retun loaded with
provisions. Th trip is an experiment,
and If it proves financially successful VIII
bs the beginniug of direct traffic between
| Norway and Chicago
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-06-03

A b;c.clist who is attempting to ride
.o.oo. the continent has come to the con-
.,,,.;on that 1t is very hard work and
does not pay. He made the distance De-
tween Los Angeles, CAL, and A'ouquer-'
oue. New Mexico, in twenty-four days.
suffering a great deal from hunger thirst
and exposure, and met with adventures,
,h.t were not always desirable. For In
.,ance. the Navajo Indians exhibited a
rude and annoying curiosity concerning
the reason for the existence OF his ma
chino and their ability to ride 1t them
selves. Popping up out of the sandhiiis
thew chased him for miles. ana IL theJ
over,oo,x him insisted on having mount
which under the circumstances It wa
hard 10 refuse. Several nights he was
..,.nded in the desert. and wa
obliged 10 sleep on the sands, where h''
,..th chatted with cold till daylight
On one occasion he broke his canteen
.nd yacked with thirst dared to stop al
express train aud ask for a'drink. n
.,enorts that the engineer showed goo'
deal of indignation, but relieved Ills SUI
fsrinas. When the bicyclist arrived .
Albuquerque many Of the spokes oil n
machine were broken and twisted, al
he himself presented a sorry spectacle
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-06-03
Improved Country Roads.

A movement which should meet WIN
the approval of the people of Augusta
county. Va, is embodied in plan adopted
by the supervisors of that county at ia
recent meeting for macadamizing the
M;ddIebrook road from Staunton to the
county line, distance of eighteen ml1es mne
at AN estimated cost of about $l3,o
The &c carrying out of this plan, which is is
arostlv To be desired, would doubtless
result in a permanent system of improved
roads for the country.
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CENTS VERSUS SENSE.
BY DIR. A. g. HouGHroS.

Just after the war In the year sixty six.
rwss tne custom " S-frr%v.-e- :. sc,ssr W" ", s,t-
To nS Its relations by what n had bought;
ana 10 day IL seems proper to meet IN" prCtonse
vi those who say silver's worth seventy C"ntS
To show that dollars worth what N win buy
whether popular officc newspapers lie.
That circulates freely TO counter from hand,
y the old silver dollar. colonial fame.
our old standard dollar. a daddy by name.
one century old on the second was N.
orearly transactions II surely tt.
Ana those who dcfamc n VIII render account
Mhen the people awake and the war horses mount
Ihis dollar. by Spaniards first mntcd and millcd.
me wants Of the Yankees for money has filled.
Ever sine" from our shores British banners drove
And the scepter OF freedom through tyranny Glove
Twas the dollar that Washington tr employ.
That Jefferson used I'm all trades from hoy,
Had only been happy to get In their day
FROM hem down To Lincoln no other we used.
ana no thonghtful man their employ mCnt abused,
In all or that time not one statesman of sense
Ever limited their worth was Just seventy Ccnts.
But to day the traditions Of grand Bunker IIill.
No longer the speeches OF orators nIl
And the heroes or Concord and Lexington. TOO,
Are lost to the modern mugwumpan view.
our very FIRST families never recall
The 9Th or July or observe II at all:
While the pompous -four hundred IA exilcs appear
A. A. london or paris part OF each year.
NO longer the doing Of Jefferson hnd
The very hrst place In Congrcssmans mtud.
But the customs tn which they most often alludc.
are the dotnRS and sayings or some English dude.
Aud thus has happened tu Congress this wear
lhat a doctrine. to Yankees decidedly queer
Has found an acceptance mid bankers I'm told,
sas wslse Rftsst SAfr "a M TxT-h-e
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Three Shot from Ambush and Killed

BRIsToL, TENN.-Wori comes irom
Norton, Va, that Ira Mullins, desperate
of the Talton Hall stripe, who lived nea,
the bosrder, was shot from amo"sn nanS anu
killed Saturday, while crossing Hoano
Gap. Revenge is, the presumed motixo'
as his money was not taken, HIS VIC,
brother In law, the driver and two horses
were also killed.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-06-03
poual Favors From the Queen.

LONDON, cablegram.-The usual confer, Ter
,,cnts of honors on the occasion OF the
Queens birthday this year includes peer.
ace for Prince George of Wales, with the
titles of Duke of York, Earl OF Inverness
and Baron Killarney. Sir Julian Paunco
fotc. British Minister to Washington,
receives the Grand Cross of the ordtr o'
the Bath. Chief Justice Lacosti, OF Q'e
boc ia kniohtetl.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-06-03
ANCHORS OF HEMP ROPES"
Sam Jones Advocates the Lynching
of Rapists.

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn special re
ceived here says Weems, the rapist, wi'b
officers, boarded an East Tennessee train
at Ooltewah, fourteen miles northeast of
here, this morning, and Weems is now in
Jail at Knoxville. A crowd Of Chattan
oogians will go over, and probably the
lynching may occur there before sunset,
as Rev. Sam Jones has been preaching
that "rapists must be the anchors of hemp
ropey."
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Gan. pyrenforth Can Make Rain.

WASHINGTON, d. C.-General X. f.
Dyrepfo orth concluded his discourse be-
fore the House agricultural committee on
his experience in rainmaking. lie said
he never failed to cause rain to fall less
than from two to fourteen miles from the
no;nt where the test was made, the ram
being general. Gen. Dyrenforth thinks
that $S5, 900 should be appropriated LOT
the establishment of experimental posts
IN the arid country, to make experiments
and IN keen records of the tests made.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-06-03
Tallapoosa's Crooked Bank.

TALLApoosA, GA-The Merchants
and Miners Bank, of this place, is placed
IN the hands of Bookkecper Gilbert as re
reiver. An inspection by the State bank
inspector showed irregularities. wee,
resident Spencer has been placed under
arrest, charged with being instrumental
i, vio,ations of the State banking law
which prohibits the loan of over lo pc
cent OF the capital to any one firm.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-06-03

Dan Talmage's Sons have lniotn"'n osat tbe
ON which they base the opinion tha' a, VI,
rice crop in the southern states 'n,s ms SIM b,
~ III exceed that of any previous year W
10 pcr cent. and will hardly fall SNORT y, VI.
$, loo, 900 bushels under average groMinS
...nditions. This indicates disposl'ion ~
ON the part of the cotton planters 70
l;,oroifu
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In tha streets of q City.

JACKSONVILLE, FLA Gainesville
special says that two men held mp
switch engineer in that city at O'Clock
in the morning and robbed him at the
Joint of pistol. The was in the depot
ward. They answered very closely the
description of two Of the Monroe juno
ton murdcrers, who are still at large.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-06-03
Score For Florida.

JAcxsoNvILLE, FLA.-The orange rsis-
crs Of Florida will place two fast steam
crs In saryice this coming season between
Jacksonville and Liverpool, spe oDJecs
being to carry about 300, oOo oosc. -,,sh
one-tenth Of their entire crop to Engnsn
markets, where the the grewsrs viii ae'
80 to 80 per cent. better prices tnsn ~
this country.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-06-03
NUMBER 70
IN ALLIANCE RANKS.
The Questions Of Discussion Among
the Brethren.
The Line of Action Being Pursued in
Tennessee. .--"Cents Versus
Sense" by DR.. Houghton.

WASHINGTON, D. CT has been as
serted that the binding twine trust pro
poses to put up the price of that article
from cents per pound to Is or l6, while
in Canada it now brings IA cer,s II this
rnmor is substantated by the invcstga-
tions now going on, many Republicans
will vote for free binding twinc.