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The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-07-21
To Fight tho Commission.

Au &c ion h been commenced in the
United States Circuit Court by the Rich
mond & Danvillc Company to restrain the
railro d comm ssion of South CarolinG
from enforcing its latest tariff OF freight
on liquor. Judge Bond, Of Baltimore,
has issued an injunction restraining tho
commission from taking acton until
August Z, tho date set for hearing.
The prir cipal grounds on which the petit
ion is based are that tao commission
construes the act OF the Legislature OF
South Carolina of December, 1892, to
make the freight rates est tblished by the
commission stand rs fair and reasonable
without allowing the roads to attempt to
convince tho commission to the contrary
that the action in the commission is null
and void, inasmuch rs the law, il con
,trued as the commission interpret it, will
lbe a violation Of tho fourteenth amend
mcnt to the constitution of tho Unite'
States, and that the fixing OF these un
reasonable low rates on liquor in glas
packages, as the State disrensary ship
lit. is an unlawful interference with tn
-Iaronckty In the hands of the receivers G
the court. The suit is really test cas-
commission has 70 esthuIrslih hfStts RI
decision against the commission vii
also effect the dispensary system now i
operation, as an increase in freight rate
on liquor will force an Increase in tn
price to consumers. A peculiar featur
Of the suit is that the judge is Hon
Huge L. Bond, and the attorney Is Hugl
l.. Bond, Jr.
Tho Robert Porter Brewing Co. ha
made shipments of beer to Charleston
and Greenville, 8. c., and intends t,
legally resist any attempt to enforce the
rillman law relative to shipping liguo,
INTO the State.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-07-21
NO MARKET FOR CLOTHS.
Goods Pilling Up Rapidly in Fall
River Factories.

FALL RIVER, MAss.-The cloth market
at this center is in an unusual condition.
Prints are quoted nominally st cents Tor
s4xs4's, but there is no demand at any
price. There are practically no saleA OF
demand for spots, so deliveries are KEPT
down Tha.a aesnei.y ot: ] moesy sssmr ssa1as 6
shut down is agreed upon. The ac.
cumulation of stock would be naturally Y
about 100, 900 pieces weekly the present
month. This will quickly bring the stock
up to half million pieces. 1t is safe
to predict that no one will hold out to
continue running after the reports show
million pieces except the few who have
good contracts untitled on hand. The
probabilities ere that there will be a
formal effort to close up temporarily and
give the market chance to catch up by
the time the stock reaches 700, 900 pieces.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-07-21
Mormons at Work in Richmond

RICHMOND, VA.-Som months ago
Major John Page, father of Thomas
Nelson Page, headed committee who
drove two Mormon missionaries out of
Hanover county. Since then the two re- :
turned, REINFORCED by eight others, ILL.,
cluding the President of tn, organiza-
tion In Virginia. They have made about
thirty converts. A non-sectaran Sum
day school, with Major John Page as
President and G. II. Oakley as Secre.
tary, has been formed to defeat the
Mormons in their efforts.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-07-21
A Defaulter to the Tune of $65, 900

SALT LAKE Cry, UTAH.-1t has been
discovered that Oscar f. Hill, cashier Of
the Commercial National Bank of Ogden
is a defaulter to the amount of $65, 900
and the bank will close its doors, and 50
Into Voluntary tsg aHagstiG9 tn nhp paSSapa
stockholders are among the strongest
financial men in Ogden. Hill has been
speculating.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-07-21
YELLOW FEVER FROM HAvANAH7
'ousht INTO Our Border ON n n,,.,
Brig and q Sohoon Asisn

orig and q Schooner.
WASHINGTON, ID. C.-suryeon a..
'ra' Wyman has received the follow,n :
Foneial report OF a yellow fever arri,., -
hampton Roads from Marine Ho,n;,.,
Surgeon T. B. Perry: p''"'
II have the henor to ren.r. t,,.
British brig "Darpa,n thirteen d.x. .ne
Havana bound for Sidney, Cape Brs,on
IN u gravel ballast, put into Chesanosn.
Bay for medical relief. She was insns.."s
|" cape Ch9rles quarantine and found =.
% infected with yellow fever III. hosS
,. capt Lyon, who died the 18th .s..,
'isht days illness, attended with ~.
,oanced, lou symptoms of yellow fever. ~ ws.
,aan , anvl beard. There ars two c,so, ~ as
,u's sickness. Tho vessel aurfcr~>..-.A.
been seat to Fishorm,n's Laud for treat
nent.n y.
The Marine Hospital Bureau Is also ad.
,ised that there is case OF yellow fever
1t the Gulf quarantine station, Chande-
eur Island, Miss, on the schooner John
J, Smith, from Havana.
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- 80 -.
d No accurate estimate Of the loss OF
life or money is at yet possible. Wildly
exaggerated stories as to the extent Of
the losses have gone abroad. Fire Mar
shal Murray reports fourteen tiremen kill
ed. that two or three painters at work In
the tower could not possibly have escaped
and that several Columbia Guards, who
Joined in the effort to extinguish the fire
at its first appearance, lost their lives.
The financial loss will probably exceed
$500, 900.
The cold storage warehouse was de.
stroyed. Its dimensions were 13Ox25t
feet. 1t had massive tower running te
an altitude of a6O feet. The place wal
outftted with complete apparatus To-
the manufacture of ice, cold storage
etc, and was on the grounds as an exhibit
An artificial ice rink in the top stor!
had just been completed and the plac
was usually throngcd with sight-seers.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-07-21

The following wrtfAe is translated
from the Paris Figaro: "The Un;ted
o'a1es Is not In the least dangerous to
us IN connection with military affairs.
But from an economic point of view IL
constitutes an immediate and pressing
menace. The debt contracted bv tho
United States during the war of tho
secession will be completely extin.
guished before the end of the century
whereas the total debt of Eu,onoan
countries is estima ed at the enormous
sum of $25, 200, 100000. The Uniteu
States has an army of only 27, 600 men,
that is scarcely as many as we have in
Dne of our nineteen corps. In com"
parison with these 7,00G men, place
the 3,500,00 soldiers kept by the Eu.
iropean countries in time of peace, and
it is easy to see how much of their pro.
ductive force the European powers
annually sacrifice. 1t must be taken
into consideration that the men thus
taken from the peaceful employments
are all in the height of their activity
and at an age when the character is
forming. The loss of revenue which
results from such state of affairs is
trightful when it is looked upon as q
factor in the industrial war with the
United States. One must be blind not
to see, in these conditions of rapid and
progressive development Of the United
States, that Europe is threatened with
such competition that thero will
como n time when the balance of in-
dustrial power and political influence
must bo placed to the profit of the
uew world. That movement threatens
France more than any other European
Nation, because France carries the
heaviest load and has the largest debt.
Everywhere in Europe, even among the
smallest States, nothing is spoken OF
at present but armies, the increase OF
war materials md, of course. new
taxes" -
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-07-21
Severed His Jugular Vein.

GRKgNviLtE, S. C.-NeaT Grisr's
Station, ten miles from here, Tom Toney
,ut Jim Cox with pocket knife, sever
ing his jugular vein and killing him in
,tantly. Both men were visitors at the
.csidence of John Cox, brother of Jim,
who was giving Il dinner in honor of the
list bir,hdty of Toney's son, Henry.
The trouble began in friendly scuffie
between Henry Toney and Jim Cox. All
parties concerned are substantial far
ners.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-07-21

Tho Rochester Jewish Tidings OBJ
serves. :, Whenever ships from Euro
Ijysn cdantFies 4visit; American cities
tiieTe is liable to be considerable loss
of sailors, from Aesertion. This coun-
try is attractive to the people OF all
other lands, and it is said to be grow
ing habit of many who wish to come
to the United States to ship as sailors
and then desert the first chance they
get. These immigrants come In with
out paying any fees and without the
usual examination to which by law
immigrants are subjected. But man
willing to work his passage as a sailor
shows some of the qualities essential to
good citizenship. He is not likely to
become pauper so long as he car
awosk, and the ability to support him
.ssaf A4ss qHaft taqa5da @sb ia NOT hipt = Iona Inns
ago manufacturer of Paris, M. Gle.
ment' finding that he was the victim
OF system of petty pilferings, amount.
ing in the aggregate to considerable
value, engaged detectives to spot the
guilty parties. Quite number of his
employees were caught in the act, and
when arrested confessed that they were
responsible for the disappearance of
the articles that NJ. Clement Ind
missed. He proposed to make an ex.
ample OF them, and was surprised at
Delng informed that if he did all his
employees would go out on a strike.
The men said that he was rich enouob
to stand such petty losses without max.
ing fuss about it, and that it was q
shame that their comrades should be
punished for such litt'sthings.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-07-21

@ney Hold an Immense lra.. ,r......
at Denver.

u IN Immense llass lreetir.
at Denver.
NvhR' CoL.--Ths Colorado. silv.,
conven'ion was both big and sen...,o..,'
coliseum Hall, the largest IN n. "a.
oo contained fully 5000 people whom , .S.
n'en''on was called to order BY prss,.
" as merck Most Of the day was snen.
- speeoh-maklug. The COMMITTEES :.
resolutions did not complete Il. WORK ara
an adjournment was .k,n ue
Inc sensational feature of the d.v -.
w., ,uo speech Of tho Popalist uov.rnor
"ane. ..1s ;, Among other thing, ho sa,a
~ the money pswsr shsll .,,.mn.
baas n It's asurpation by tho ..stronv
aana, We will meet that issue vb.n :. !.
lU.e'a y. upon us, for it is better infoi..,x
icy fcyy VWsNaa Wfeasaould should flow than our p.t,os.,
English power; IL We 6rs-~>r-.z--...ia
Europoan monarchics, then we need an
othor revolution, another appeal TO arms:
If war is forced upon US we will send
to Halifax far greater army OF British
To les accourding to population than our
forefathors sent there after the Revolu-
tinsry war"
In conclusion he said: ''Tho war has
begun; it is tho Same war which must al
ways bo wagcd against expressions and
| tyranny to preserve the liberties OF
men," A number Of men iudorsed tho
Governors sentiments while others op-
posed them. j. Cook, Jr., led tho op-
position. He said: "Wo are liable to do
things we may regret. I appeal to you
as men not to do to day what you will
regret to o-morrow. We are excited. We
should know what We are doing. Lat us
be reasonable and act as intelligent men.
We are going East as mon to educate men
in the East. II we fail, then Is the time
to act. There is time enough to talk as
you feel now"
The debate was lengthy, and the pre-.
vailing sentiment was evidently with the
Governor. The Denver clearing house
sent check for $1,000 to pay the en-
penses of suitable delegates to st. Louis,
Chicago and Washington, accompanied
by tho following communication,%ai.Asd
by every banker and smelter In the city
, eve wish to add our voice aud on
sentiments, because our welfare depend
greatly ON the prosperity of tho trans
rr- '--~-s~' ~ u0-savvs-ss1p sasu D
| silver as money, and that It be freei,
, coined with gold at the present ratio 0
, 10 to 1, without discrimination In fsvo
of or against either metal"
Chas. g. Thomas, member of tn
national Democratic committee, wa.
elected permanent chairman of the com
mittee.
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A STUBBORN LITTLE AFRICAN.
She Defies the Court and Demands to
be Sent Back to Liberia, Her Home.

| she Defies the Court and Demands to
| be Sent Back to Liberia, Her Home.
New York, CITY.-The daughter of
an African Chief was brought to Jcffer-
son Market Court and arraigned as an
incorrigible child. Her American name
is Sarah L Potter, and she is living with
Mrs. Julia L. Smith, colorcd mission
airy, Mt 20 Bond street. Sarah is the
| daughter of chief of the Little Bassa
tribe, whose territory is in Liberia, north.
west Of Cape Palmas. The chief became
. convert TO Christianity through the
efforts of the missionary colony ct Cape
Palmas, of which Mrs. Smith was then
member. When Mrs. Smith returned to
this country she persuaded the chief to
let his daughter come with her. Sarah
was then IL years old.
Since coming to this country she has
been norosc and hard-to manage, Sefus---
ing to do ss.ila nny.sing tAsstvosdkss-&Nrm ssvodsss org
black eyes, IL broad nose, heavy lips, and
a large head. She is clever and learns
quickly when she chooses to study.
Yesterday when arraigned in court she
was dsincllncd to talk.
"You are not my people," was all she
would say. "Let me 60 back to my own
people. Send me back to my swn
country"
Justice. Grady decided that he could
do nothing in the matter. If the girl
persists in her determination to refuse
obedience and in her desire to return to
Africa she will probably be taken back
there.
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a Weldon, N. @, ,cat has mumpss haf-
ing caught it from the children Of the
family with which Il wss hanging up.
Postmastsr 1cneral Hissoll has decided
{, abandon the thtce sizesof postal cards
now Ia use and ~ substitute one size for
both single and reply cards. With that
pur, ose in view, the specifications which
h,v, been sent to til, prospective bidders
for tie contract ef furnishing the postal
service with ca'ds during the next four
wears call for cards of the uniform size
of three and one half by five and one.
halt inches.
Admission Corlaye Co, , Admission, AL
.bama, is new enterpris, aud,the only
me of tho kind in the South. Their
line viii be the manufacturing OF small
:orlage such as bell and shade cord and
-pindle banding. There will be in op-
.ra,ioa so Rhode Island braiding ma
chimes, in connection with which will be
paced the following machinery OF the
latest pattern: The Pettee revolving fiat
c,rds, railway heals and drawing
tfram s, Whitiu's spinning and twisting
machinery. All told, there will be 1914
sp,ndles, which will turn out 5000
mounds pcr week. s. G. White, former.
: " in McColl, s. O., Is superintendent
7 Col. w. II. Chadock, treasurer, and
(col w. 81. linn, president. .s,s.c,S
Tho weight Of the accountrcmen!s car
ri +faa IN 46A I11ssssss x
I'm rne Infantry at present his to carry
weight of sixty-eight and half pounds
Paris is to have an exhibition of ole
people to which nobody under 90 will b,
admitted. There arc to be several cen
tenarians, the oldest present is to have
o premium, and all France is to be drawn
upon. The old folks are to be given
holiday in Paris after the exhibition
closes.
The cooperative housekeeping ex.
pertinent is 10 be tried ag lin, this time
in Cleveland, o. Forty dwellings are to
he built, each connected by a covered
way, with central building, where Tho
cooking, washing, heating, lighting,
refrigerating and veLtiloting plauts will
be established.
In Southern England hay is now worth
$50 ton and farmers are selling their
cattle. This means dearth of English
beef.
1t is said that the largest rough dia-
mond ever found in Africa has just ar
rivea In London. 1t is blush white
weighs $40 carats, and was found in the
Japersfontein mine. The Kohinoor
weighs only 1921 carats.
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$3.50 ao479.
S5,s71.oe.
800, 994.o5.
e17,417.s7.
| |s1,8s4,577.s7.

amount or p3 Q(& er ~ to0'4oo o''
The item ssothcr st6sk and bonds" car
ried on the books as part of tho assets,
consist of stock in this bank tnd $2,7oo
in Great Falls Misunderstanding Company
all purcha;ed at premium. The bank
stick is now worthless and the Great
Factory stock worth about % cents on
the dollar.
The indebtedness OF the president, MIR.
Bates, is $4,000. whEe the collaterals
supporting It are estimated to be worth
about Sir, ,00c. The cashier, Mr.. Smith,
is indebted to the bank in the sum Of
s22, s52 "a and his, icollaterals are est'-
mated at not Exceeding $40, 900.
A corporation in which the president
and cashier are said to be interested as
managers or otherwiseis is indebted to the
bank in the sum of $is,72s ei with col
iaterals estimated AZ not exceeding
sas, GOO. Affirm of Nhich one of the di.
rectors Of the bank az partner owes the
bank $1ss, ,os4, SO xth collatsals esti,
mated at not exceedilg &SS, 1000. A sin
gle firm owes the b . debt of $1ss,
7sSsasshseides largA 3rearages Of interes
= while the collaterals e not worth NOR, NOR,
: Than. $40 600, if.sa -. ih
nuUrner debtor corporation o%asf SYi. 81
500 and still another corporation $2a, so,
both debts probably without securit,
and both corporations practically insol
vent. A single debtor owes $40, 754. Q!
which is of several years standing, whil,
another individual owes $50, 500 with
real estate mortgage (no other security
worth say 2,OOC.
The real estate carried among the as
sets are taken from the books of tb,
bank, but on examination ne fa;! TO fin6
that amount by nearly $4,000. 1t i.
possible that in the confusion incident r.
the suspension these notes were mislaid
or overlooked. But as the bank has nc
statement book and never attempted to
make up statement except when callsd
upon by the State Treasurer, there is no
way of ascertainiug how long this def
cheney may have existed.
According &c :he facts above and
many Others, too, founded upon actual
examination and such opinions, estimates
and information as were accessible to
the examiner, there can be no question
that the bank is largely ins6lvent; that
its capital stock is worthless and its as.
sets so reduced by numerous and heavy
losses, that its depositors cannot reason
onably expect more than 75c on the dol
lar, and perhaps not nearly so much as
that.
The cause of the failure, in the
opinion of the examiner, were misman-
s sgsmsnts ns sao,s St thfe b Issha unbusinesslke
any sort of security following so reck.
lessly and persistentli as to approach
the very verge Of esssss,ss==sssisss, ess..ss=sss, asa vcry
gross negligence in tho5matter Of looking
after and trying to seizure and collect
debts that were past maturity and man
ifestly in danger of being lost.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-07-21
Quickest Waiter.

AsHEvnLE, N. C.-Capt.J w. Glozer
has returned from Chicago, where he has
for the past three monthk been manager
and head waiter in a big restaurant In
the German village on th 10 fair grounds
At the contest Last 7 thursday night
GlOzer was awarded the prize Of a hun
dred dollar bill and a' beautiful gol(
medal as the most efficiertt waiter in Chi
cago. IN
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-07-21
The Body of a Drowned Man Found

NORFOLK VA.-The body found on
Metomkin Beach last Sunday has been
'ully identified as that of Cicero Harrison
Case, the old man who disappeared from
the steamer Wyandotte on her voyage
from Norfolk to New York. The woman
who accompanied Case on that trip has
not been found. The clothing on the
BODY had been robbed and the pockets
were wrong side out.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-07-21

A PISTOL WAR.
Dealers Not Botherin. r.
About Iieer.n e"seiveo

MOI 6otherins Thsm..,v.
About Licenses.
oHAaLssroN, 8. C-Th. .,.
saoing between the pistol ..,,...
,. rns state promises to become perma,aa. au'
Cs ~ year there were five bous.. a.
Snarieston that paid the two hnna,.a -
aoiiar license FOR the privileg. ~ ,ea' .",,'
.. saims and cartridges. All of these n
o'nses have expired, aud a m,;o.;,. ~ =,
.s..s @ OF the dealers will omen tb.;.
staoiishments without havi,n a , '"e.
s.sa n .ccnsss' The trouble bids fair ~
c.,,a4a permanent shape. A renort..
:. sa..eo upon leading dealer and ...s, 49,,
~ ~ statement Of the case p. ..,s e .s
5;;:;s s'a5e Ssre tired Of paying license
shall be fiued not over two huSufeutham
fifty dollars, but does not fix minimum
fine aud does not provide any means OF
securing the detection Of violators. The
consequence OF this was, the gentlemen
said, that any and everybody could and
did sell pistols and cartridges. The men
who paid their licenses were forced to
charge higher prices and the trade left
them. About year ago one house that
was selling without license was report
ed. A trial was had and fine OF
five dollars was imposed for tho offence.
This was, of course, mere nonsense.
Taking all these facts into consider
alton tho gentleman speaking said that
most of the dealers were not going to
bother themselves to secure licenses until
the State would provide them with O
pro QUO. The dealers seem to be in
earn st in their fight and it is impossible
TO say exactly what will be the outcome
of it all. Eminent consul is being con
suited as to ways and means Of securing
protection from tax which the vendor'
consider to be little less than an i'm
position.
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A Whole Family Poisoned,

CHARLESTON, q. C.-Isaac Mitchell
and his entire family, consisting OF five
persons, were poisoned yesterday. Drncn-
ell and -danahA~1,~tv'7 7morrem exam
nation agree that the victims died from
arsenic poison. The family dined at 2
p. m. off okra soup, rice, pork and
watermelon. The whole affair is myster-
iona
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All Three Drowned:

CHARLESTON, 8. C.-In squall Mon
day last a fisherman's boat containing
George Rhodes end John Barnemann,
(white), and negro named Harry, cap
sized of the bar, drowning all three men
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: slsi si & lief shet tksy are getting
5ettsf ii people who have nothing the
matter With them. Chronic inyaiids,
he says, are to be found chiefly among
people who have nothing. to think
about hut their liyers, and they devote
their minds to their aches and pains
with great assiduity. He would like
10 recommend work, but he knows that
; ais hypochondriac patients would get
angry at such. n suggestion and would
,ngage another physician.
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DAVENPORT OBEYED ORDERS
He Had Insulted q Married Woman
and the Citizens Exiled Him.

and the Citizens Exiled Him.
GREEsviLLE, s. C.-Schooi Com
mis,ioner Davenport, of Laurens county,
this State, has resigned and fed to Texas
A few days ago he attempted criminal
assault on young married woman, 16
years old, named Fuller. The woman's
husband agreed to compromise the mat
:er 800. The neighbors heard of the
transaction and held an indignation
meeting, at which resolution was
passed calling on Davenport to resign
md leave the State in forty.eight hours.
He obeyed orders,