The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-04-08

Clations III aumHS all members or the
Farm'r RS Alliance an6 Industrial Union,
men or women, between the ages Of
eighteen ard fifty five years, who can
pass the required careful medical exami
nation. Members over fifty five, or those
physically disqualified, are welcomed as
honorary members without fees, and do
not participate in the insurance, but do
in the other advantages. member can
take either a $500, $1,000, or g., 900
policy, or man and wife can take a
joint g. 900 or 1000 policy, in which
case the survivor receives entire amount
Of joint policy. A joint policy costs one
half more thsn single policy of Same
amount
Tho entry fees are low; Just enough to
pa" expenses of securing members, viz,
s3 for $500, IS for 81, ,O6O, Sc for 1000.
A-registry fee of 81 on all policies, re-
gardless of amount, except joint policies,
8ihiSoh esA 81. .hn-- ia .alsn oallecfad- fnr
turned into the benefit fund at close of
each year.
Whore sub Alliancc or county AL
lance wishes to establish degree lodge,
and seven or more members join at one
time, seven being lowest number char.
ter will be issued to. The fees may be
reduced to S3 each, but only to charter
members, and regardless of size of poll
cics taken, thus making it an object for
an Alliance to join in body.
Assessments arc made not oftener than
once in two months, and then only when
deaths occur, and are graded according
| to age, and never advance after a mem
! Der once Joins. A member 1s to 25 is as
scSscd 81 % on each 81 900 carried by
him; from 25 TO 80. $1.1O 80 to 35,
$l.2O; 35 to 40, 81 .35; 40 to As, 81. so;
As to so. $1.7 so to IS, g.; $500 pol
icies one half as much, and joint policies
one and one half times as much. On q
Joint policy where the ages differ, one.
half the sum of their ages is taken as d
basis.
A Washington dispatch gays: The
Fa,mers' lliancc has opened a campaign
headquarters in this city, and will com.
mcncc this month the publication Of g
party ,rgan to be known as the National
| Advocate.
Stcnographcrs of Congress declare the
present House superior in grammar Il
the Fifty first Congress. Yc dcmagog
ucs Of plutocracy. Is it possible tha
"haysecds" are not only better posted
upon legislative cnactments and common
law, but surpass yc in diction and syn
tax?- National Economist.
cat mortgage sale in Yorkvillc bea
last Frida", full grown, well broker
OK sold for 81: good mich cow will
young calf for So 25; II three quarte
Jersey hcifer for 81 IS, good six
yc"i old mare for go. Still the farmers
ought not to talk about hard times, dis
cuss finance OF take any hand in poll
tics. "-Pickens (S o. hems.
WAsuINGToN, ID. At the Agricul
turaI Department 1t is learned that tn
production Of cotton in 1880 was far i
excess Of the consumption. and for 1S9
, and 1891 was about =. 900, 900 bales j
, excess The following statement Of TN
production in corn and wheat for tn
last three years, is Of interest: Bushels
In 1899, Corn, 2,112, s92, ,O0
1890 " 1,4S9, $40, 90
1891, " 2,0G0. 154. .0O
1889, Wheat 400. $50. 90
: 1890, % 800. 262. 90
1891, Gil, $50, 90
Our exchanges are glowing with th
most glowing reports from all parts {
, the country of the progress of our cause
A great Alliance revival is going on frol
New York to California, and from Micl
igan to Texas. The st. Louis Convcl
/. tion produced d mighty ground swell th
II viii snow its power in the coming eie
$ tions ct the friends of Reform tai
J. fresh courage. A brighter day is daw
ing. Bcup and dong. Work for Il
: cause. Stand by your principles, and
will be well. -PjogreSsiye Farmer.
n -
G WASHINGTON, ID. C.-Ex M:Dist
d Frederick Douglas (colorcdD has pr
d cured, by personal effort, for niece
# his former master position in the q
= partmcnt Of agriculture. She is far'
s. cr's daughter and, while ""ns"i"n.in n'
cndcavoring to earn the salray dra'