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The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-05-06
Z UNION 9. H.. SOUTH CARoLINA, FRIDAY. Mayo 1892
SMACKS OF SLAVERY.
Vagrant Negroes Sold on the Block
in Missouri.

FAYErTE, Mo.--Tbis town is AGAIN On
the yer &c of race war, because of a
'vagrant sale of negroes which took place
here Yesterday. About a month ago
Sooo deal OF excitement was caused by
.he sale OF three vagrant negtoes. Yes.
terday the feeling was intensified by the
pubic sale on the block OF three men
ana one woman, because thew could
offer no visible means of support. Hen
ry thompson, VIM. Miller and John
wilkins were the men. All are healthy
negroes, who have never before been
arrested on any charge. The woman
was a good looking mullatto, Mary
MaHtSside She was accused of vo
The colored people were brought into
the public square at 1 o'clock aud great
crowd of both colors gathered. The whites
made fun OF the poor victims. and the
blacks freely expressed their displeasure
at the scene, that so cruelty brought to
their minds the days of actual slavery.
The woman was put up first. She
brought $40 for tho sixty days work that
the county fined her. The men sold for
$40, $12. and $13, respectively, being
taken by reliable farmers hereabouts.
The woman will work in agood family in
town.
The negroes declare that this must stop
or that the whites be sold with the negroes.
The sale took place on block Sheriff
Crygier officiating.
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A Gold Craze Strikes Virginia.

RfcHMosp, VA The old gold fields
which before the war were worked in
partial manner and then suspended, have
resumed operation by the aid of North
ern capital for both milling and washing
and are panning out" equal 10 the best
Western mines, yielding from $40 to 800
per ton.
The excitement just now is due to the
rich washing" Come of the diggers
secure as high as $3.50 day and none
less than $40 In Fmvanna aud Gooch.
land counties, some of the nuggets found
weighed nearly two ounces. A few Of
the farmers have stopped blowing and
offered their places for sale at four times
their price Of ten days ago.
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The Crops.

WASHINGTON, D. C.-The Depart ment
of Agriculture has issued report show
ing the condition of the wheat crop on
the first day of April 1t is claimed in
this that the average conditio, of the
crop in Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan,
Missouri and Kansas, the principle winter
wheat States, is twenty points lower than
on April 1st of last year, or II against
073. In New York it is 81, Pennsyl-
vania "a, and in the States from Delaware
to North Carolina it varies from 70 to 98,
30 to 93 in the Southern belt, and high
on the Pacific.
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; A terrible tale was told by tho miser-
who left Yorkshire, England, for the
Brazils about year ago, and reached
home ina destitute condition a few days
ago. They atarted out.140 in number,
In answer to an advertisement promis
ing, on behalf of the Brazilian Govern-
ment, land, free homes, food for six
months, seed for too crops. all the
necessary tools, ETC., aud were landed in
due time at San Paulo. Their hardships
began at once. The food provided was
inedible, and no accommodation had
been prepared, 800 men, women and
children being compelled to live to.
gether In one great room. Then they
were sent to Santos, where they were
kept for ten days exposed to all sorts Of
lhardships and privations. After this
they were put on boari small steamer
for Paranaqua, and remained for tour
days on an open deck IN drenching rain
storms, with only few cru,ts to eat.
When they were landed at last, their
only shelter was some miserable shantiss
In the swamp, aud before long fever
broke out among them, reducing their
numbers at a fearful rate. To procure
assistance In the burial of the dead they
were compelled to part with the last
remnants of property that remained t.
them. Finally the survivors made theil
way back to Rio, where thoy were de-
luded by fresh promises, and subjected
to gross brutalities by the soldiers and
police. All the living members of thi
disastrous expedition tell similar stories,
sand there appear, to be no doubt thai
they have passed through an experience
almost without parallel in tho history oi
immigration frauds,
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SOUTH CAROLINA.

Oharleston's floral fair has opened.
The work of rebuilding the Charleston
Citadel has been completed.
Barnwell county now has hedge fence
company, the capital stock, $40, 900, be.
ing all subscribed.
The So .th Carolina Bar Association
met at Charleston, Friday The annual
supper was spread at the Charleston Ho
tel.
The corner stone of Sumters new Ma
sonic Temple was laid last week with
impressive ceremonies A BANQUET was
held at night at which over 300 Masons
were present.
The South Carolina Press Association
will meet in the city of Anderson on
Wednesday, July 6, 1892, at 8 O'Clock
p. m.
Inc Cape Fear & Yadkin Valley Rail
road 20. Is roparted as making financial
arrangements for the cxtsns;on nf 80"
road from Bennettssille to c, .luinbia 10
The big pumps and the water wheel of
Oolumbia's new city water works have
been at work for several days pumpipp
the water that is being used Throughout
the city. Thirty strokes of the piston of
the pump will supply 1000, 900 gallons
OF water per day, and it is very easy work
therefore to give the 5000, 900 gallons
necessary to supply the city.
The finest private collection of rel
les of this kind in the South, if not in
America, is that of DR.. Babcock, of Ches-
ter, who has many thousands of
most rare specimens, TO the getting to-.
gether OF which he has given the greater
part OF q lifetime. DR.. Babcock has re
fused number of tempting offeis from
the Smithsonian Institute and ether like
institutions, aud positively declines to
part with his treasures.
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convicts Cruelty Beaten.

VIcKsBURe, Miss. ---Indisputable
proof of cruelty to convicts has finall y
been discovered. w. H. Fosselnan, Of
Woodvillc, who, with 100 other convicts,
was leased to Brit Lee, of Washington
county, was frightfully beaten by negro
by order of an overseer aud narrowly es-
capped deathS Others of the same squad
were almost Killed. Manager jenkins. of
the State prison, aud II G.. Walt, In
charge of the c6pvicts, have been ordered
before the State board of control. Walt
will be indicted and Jenkins severely
dealt with.
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Large as has been the increase of popu-
lation in the United States during the
past decade, it shrinks into insiguiH-
canoe beside the growth of the population
lof India. The present population of In
!dia is 2ss, 900, 900, and the increase dur
ling the past decade has been about 80, j..
700, 900, nearly half the entire popula.
Zion of the United States. Gratifying as
this increase is to the British Govern
Sment, 1t is also viewed with alarm by
many Of her statesmen, for some believe
that India is already so thickly populated
that 1t can sustain no more inhabitants.
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A Dishonest Postmaster.

AsHEvILLE, N. c. MIR. Buckner, post,
master Of Granville, Madison county,
was arrested Saturday evening for steal
ing registered letters from the mails, and
was brought hire and put in Jail. For
some time past registered money passing
through his Office has been missing, and
suspicion pointed to him as the thief.
An Inspector has been looking up the
case for several weeks and Saturday even.
ing caught him SO far as learned, he does
not deny his guilt.
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One OF the curious aspects of our com.
tplex nationalities resulting from the
humber of foreign emigrauts, notes the
new York Sun, is the liability of Italians
TO become counterfeiters. The English
speaking races, the Germans and the
French, seem inclined to regard counter
letting as not worth the trouble at the
risk at which such pursuit is engaged
in. But the lower class of Italians. for
some mysterious reason, regard counter
letting as an easy way OF earning a liy.
ing.
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May Remove to Baltimore.

BALTIMORE, MD. - Grand Secretary
Jones, Of the Maryland Grand Lodge Of
Odd Fellows says that that the members
OF the SSpreme Grand Lodge were in coz,
rcspondehcs with view to the removah
IT the headquarters Of the order from
Coln"bus, OHIO, ~ this city. The plans
are 10 ereC' suN!ao'e home for the Su-
premc Lodge, which it is br:oyed will bu
located on SaratoSa >si,et, whe., an op.
tion on property has been sccured.~ :
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ASad Accident.

WINDSOR, N. C.-Fsiday afternoon,
Nj 9. Alphonzo G. Measles ana hsr baby,
ab, ut one year Old, were killed by tree
fall ng on them Mrs. Measles was in
the woods raking up dirt for manure,
and had left her baby lying near a
tree. The tree caught on fire, aud when
she saw it it was nearly burned down.
She ran as fast as she could, but be-
fore she could rescue the child the tree
fell on both
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May Not Convene in Omaha.

OMAHA, Neb. There is possibility
that the National Convention Of the Peo-
pies party may not be held in this city as
expc"<cd. Local hotel keepers promised
90 give rates of $3 to s. per day. but they
have raised them to from S. to S.. Let
tiers from the leaders of the party say if
this rate is not reduced they will transfer
their Convention to another CITY.
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Southern Unitarian Conference.

CHARLESTON, s. C.,-The Southern
Unitarian Conference closed it's session
after the following officers were elected:
President, John T. Dixon, Atlanta, Ga {;
Vice Presidents Hon. F. G.. Bromberg,
Mobile, Charles II. Couledge, Chattanooga,
and Rev. Leo. l.. CLANCY, Atlanta; Sec
retary and Treasurer, A.. T. Welch,
Charleston. The Conference was address
ed by Mrs b. Ward Dix of Brooklyn,
president of the Woman's National ALI
ance
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No More ohinam( a.

WAsHINeToN, d C,-Assi3tant Sccre-
tary Spaulding has written litter to the
collector of customs at Eagle Pass. Texas,
disapproviug of the collectors action In
admitting into the United Stftes = Chin
aman on the certificate of Judge Valdez,
of Mexico, that he was citizen Of Mexico
The Treasury Departments emphasizes
the statement that Chinese persons will
not be admitted into the United States
on the submission Of naturalization pa
pers issued by the authority OF other
countries.
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Brother Editors Fight.

OXFORD, ALA.-A fight between two
editors he's created sensation here.
The participants were brothers, Ben and
Tom Gwynn at the head of the Voice
aud Nighthawk, respectively. The
Nighthawk is for Cleveland for Presi-
dent, and Governor Jones for the head
of the State ticket The brothers en-
gagged in n rough and tumble ngnt, uuv
friends interfered before either could draw
weapon.
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ISN'T Thinking of watery Grave

WHEELING, w. VA-Jeanie Sutton,
who jumped into the river hsSut thre,
weeks ago, and who was supposedSo have
been drowned, has, it is said, been seen
by railroad man, who claims>th
she is living as the wife of leading citf-,
zen of Bellaire, Ohio, who left his wife
four weeks ago, and went down the river.
where he 10 said to have located with Mis-
Sutton.
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man sSCfntfal Star. World } Fair hub.
of Columbia s. C. GAS ttthc following
petition to $ creiusg} g}4foltoway, of the
State Agricultural andsNiechanical socie
ty: The department of agriculture Of
The Woman's Worlds Fair Central Club
asks that the State society will encourage
the efforts of the Women by adding to
the premium list premium for the best
samples offered by women, Of rice, wheat,
rye, oats and other grains, and grapes, t
be put in bundles eightinche in diameter,
each contestant furnishing two bundles.
half Of the samples received to be entered
for premiums at the Columbian Exposi.
ton and the others to be used in decor
ating the space allotted to south Caroli' o
in the Worlds Fair building at Chicago
%**tt
Mrs. Gorge w. Kidder, of Whining.
ton. N. c., one of the North Carolina lady
managers of the Worlds Fair, has ad-
dressed letter setting forth for the in
formation of the ladies of the. State the
necessity and importance OF pushing for
ward the plan of raising SIC, 900 by pop
ular subscription for the State building.
The first colony made in America was
planted on the shores OF North Carolina,
and the frat white child born on the
American continent, Virginia Dare, saw
the light there. Mrs. Gotten, of the State
board, proposes that memorial of this
fact be placed within the women's build
ing or in the State building, the memo
rial to be wood carving or other artistic
work, and to be in part the work of wo-
mans hands. &8
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Now, Where's the Well of whiskeyp

GREAT FALLS, Mon. The richest
mineral ever found in this State is re
ported from Neihart, in the Little Belt
district. The vein is eight inches thick
and assays from $4,000 to $40, 600 ton.
tsgS HsgSrsS e OF Jn rish d,scossr Of gold con;
southeast of Chinook. A ton Of surface
or float ores from these mines yielded
over $500 in bullion A stream Of water
coming from the Gold Bug mine is said
to cure the taste for liquor, and has been
named the Bichloride of Gold Springs.
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japanese Housps.

In the construction of their houses,
winch are built Of wood without an
atom of paint, the japanese, unlike most
builders, begin with the roof. This is
built on the ground, and when framed is
covered with shingles about the size of
two fingers, rs thin as sheet of paper.
When it is done they raise it on four
corner posts, and it is pleasure to see,
1T is so light and yet so strong. The
walls are made like the side. scenes in
theatre, fcf;+tbi:i strips Of wood, over
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b.. q slIls & j. In E1s eSenl|I d j when tie

alhoterns dispense Their soft iight round
the sipsidei Of these white buildings, the
spectators sms to be looking at magic
! Slantern. Dueiuy the day time the sides
of the, houses are slipped out and tho
house becomes only roof resting on ae,
four light corner posts, the whole inter-
lor being thus opened to the air. Every
part of it is exposed to view and every
thing done in it can be seen, while be-
hind it appear the charming little
gardens situated in tn, rear. The great
luxury of the Japanese consits in their
mats made of plated straw. They are
perfectly rectangular in shape, about
three inches thick and soft To the touch.
They are never stepped on with shoes, E
since the Japanese 90 about their houses
always barcfootcd. OF furniture they
have next to nothing; a small furnace in
one corner, Il closet made like the sides
of the house and intended to contain the
mattresses, II small set OF shelves ON
which arc arranged the lacquered plates
ing for these houses, in which they live,
AS 1T were, in the open air. In the mid
die Of each house are two articles Of
general use among all classes-brazier
and box for tobacco. Being great tea (
great smokers, and great talk
ers, the japanese pass great deal of
their time, in groups Of seven or eight,
seated on their heels around the tea
kettlc.-Detroit Free Press.
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The Day of Rest.
Sutton.

RICHMOND, VA.-Ata recent meeting
of the Drug Clerks Association of Rich
.nond, it was resolved to appeal to the
proprietors and people for pr per icc-
ognition of the religious rights and priv
icges of the drug clerk as to Sunday
duty.
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Senators Hesitate.

FRANKFORT, KY This was the busiest
day for several weeks in the Senate. A
resolution prohibiting chewing tobacco in
the Senate chamber was adopted, and a
motion to reconsider was entered.
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The Texas call for relief says IS. 900
or 10000 are starving, while the re-
mainder of the population barely have a
sutficiency of food for present needs.
Great prosperity" indeed.-Progre sive
Farmer.
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Lynch river.
TENNESSEE.
Growth in a Week.

A glance at the new industries of the
South for the past week, as noted in the
Baltimore Manufacturers Record Of April
29th, shows continued activity in the orr
ganization of industrial and development
nfn',,.Aan, ~ ,.s---1,h .fillnvinn arc -sauac of
the most important: A $4,000, 900 phos
phatc development company ut Trenton,
Fla. $25, 200 builders supply company
at st. Augustine, Fla; a $iO0, 900 land
company at Atlanta, Ga, $25. 900 knit
llng mill company at Cordeiia, Ga "a
FOO, 900 mining and milling company,
and $2O0,OJ0 wheel manufc, t.rng
company at CovinSton Ky; 300, 900
IRON fence manufacturing company at
Louisville, KY; II 100000 land com
p'ny at Magnolia, Miss a $500, OO0 cot
ton mill company at Durham, n. G. "a
$4,000 candy manufacturing company,
ano S!o, 900 cotton mill company at
Columbia, 5. c.; ~ ,00O 600 iron COM
pany at Bristol, Tenn. "A 800, 600 stove
ionnury company ut Knoxville, Tenn. a
1900, 900 mill and elevator comnanv ot
4 cameron, Texas; II 800, 900 hat company
Eat Dallas, Texas; a $4,000 mining and
iaoIl company at laredo, Texs; a 403 tom
cotton-seed oil mill at. Sherman, lTexas.
~ lees 'Ss; ;s!aaili ia - -.
! Qy01Qbferry company<atn nDpSk ~
|ip <Aso{Q0, 900 land company Akt 4DIdSs
|boph1N. O.; a 500, 600 macbipG tool
GQlupanX at Moudsville,S w. Va. 200
lNItel roller process -four mill at Chilli
cothe,s Texas; a 100000 abattoir and
rcffigerating compuny at wheeling, W.
Va; a $1,000 manufacturing company
at Austin, Texas. a 800, 900 cotton oil
company at Dallas, Texas; a $3.50, 600
water power company at New Braunfels,
icxas; and $50, 200 cotton seed oil mill
company at Itasca, Texas;
The President on Civil Service Re-
WASHINGTON, ID. C.-In reply to let.
ter from Mr.. Foulkc, of Indiana, dated
December 26, 1891, asking why he did
not extend the civil service rules to the
postoffices and custom houses having less
than fifty employees, President Harrison
wrote as follows on December 21, 1891:
''Hon. VIM Dudley Foulke.
Richmond, Ind.
My Dear Sir: I have your letter Of
December 90: have not time this
morning to discuss at any length the
question which you present or to attempt
any re statement of what have attempt
ed to do in the promotion of civil service
reform movements since have been here.
My thought was that the first thing to
do was to satisfy the country that the
law was being faithfully and impartal'y
administered as to those offices already
classified. think good deal has been
accomplished in that direction AMI there
has been an important extension of the
classified service. The subject presented
by you, rs well as some 9th suggested
movements, has been having, and will
have, my consideration, but am not now
prepared to announce my programme
Very uly yours,
BENJAMIN HARRISON
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Our Now Minister to France.

WASHINGTON, ID. C.--The President
sent to the Senate the nomination Of T.
Jefferson Coolidge, Of Massachusetts,, to
be envoy extraordinary and minister
pIcnipotcntiary of the Unit d States to
France.
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To Grow Boots and ovsrshoes.

Secretary Rusk proposes to have plan,
tation OF rubber trees In the everglades Of
Florida. Albany Journal.
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Fire at Jonesboro, Ga, last Friday night,
destroyed, among other things. 1000 bales
OF cott(1.
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s = y. sl|s d @ = "s' a. !
S Tie Jockey who woSs Is; i6st6e largest
field ever known TO tho Enelish turf,
Goater, has just died. He srode Joe
Miller in the. Chester Cup in 1852, when
forty. three horses faced. the starter.
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r;,s,;sss s}sss ssaSs;|S e 3|'|( 4 IA!

r;.n,ias Himss sovS a nm l's,ys
einahcinl biiisof the ssessiioff efidipr]or
sthc ccstablishmentofa a ssepinNostt laf. y.
sfhe chief clause OF the bill ohacteds that
Ithctomposite dollar should be established
inethc following manner: .Designate so
much of wheat, rye, oats, corn,- barley,
.beans, potatoes, cotton, wool. butter
cheese, eggs, flour, sugar, lard, pork,
beef, tobacco, salt, leather hemp, 'imc,
cement, cotton seed, meal, hay, brick,
conveniently near to one dollars worth of
each in the New York market so arrang-
ing quantities that the sum total of the
value of thirty articles shall be thirty
dollars, and that one thiricth of the sum
total of the articles designated shall be
termed the composite dollars of the
United Statcs.' Further provisions enact
.hat an accurate monthly average record
should be kept of the daily price of thu Sc
articles, and that it should be lawful for
any person or corporation to engage to |
receive or deliver composite dollars on
this security.
+**
There is now an organization of the |
Farmers Alliance in every county in |
in contains the spot where Virginia Dare
America The name given the Sub al
lance was "Virginia Dare"
When the farmers owned this country |
40 years ago they Contr,l'cd its legislation |
and rendered every class of business
profitable. In 1892 when they own only
20 per cent of the wealth of the country
and every branch o. the government has
passed out of their hands paralysis of
and it has become difficult for may 20
even obtain subsistence ,onor in ,hat mt" ,Ha %,
plenty Farmers, .aant rffr have simuIV " p,ssod s"i
ie...s y, Y Sour hands, but not beyoouel your
con"oi-f you make up your minds TO
influence their management or regain
control of thew. Isn't your situation a
sufficient commentary an the wrongs YOU
have endured, or do you wish to he furth.
cr enslaved ere you wake up. Verify "a
little more sleep; a little more slumbe.,
and your poverty comcth as an armed
man" Will you sleep on and lose your
helitagc?-- Southern Farm, founded by
Henry w. Grady)
The Indian who, told by the white man
that feathers made a soft bed took one
and, after laying on it al night. got up
and said white man heap big liar, would
make fit companion to the man who de-
clarcs the reform movement is failure
because Jerry Simpson has not brought
financial prosperity to the country, says
the Iowa Farmers Tribune.
GREAT PROSPERITY.
Georgia is the empire State of the
South. Texas is powerful competitor
| for the banner What is the situation2
| Destitution in both town and country.
In both States within the past ten days
"relief committees" have been organ
ized. Right in Atlanta, where money
is supposed to be plenty, where ''pros-
perity" is by every editor, there
is great destitution. What does this all
mean? Simply that the few are drain
ing the many. This is the beginning :;
what shall the end be? Unless the con
ditions are quickly changed, revolution
will follow. There is no alternative
But still we hope that there is q way
out.