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The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-04-07
Whole Town Destroyed.

WILMINGTON, DEL The chief Of the
fire department OF this city received worG
that the town of Galena, with about
eight hundred inhabitants, near Chester
town, Md, was oa fire and rcqu sting
assistance A lat disp,tci was received
saying the town had been wiped out.
About two hundred houses were total
ly destroyed and several persons severely
burne while fighting the fire. No lives
were lost. AS no ra lroid nor telegraph
off e is in the town, it is impossible to
get further details. The houses, which
were frame were neat and substantial,
and butt close together. The town con.
taicei several agricultural Implements
shops and had large school-house. The
larg, S. retail sto C in Kent county was
10: ated at Gelera
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toirs.

A Mathematician, who evidently has
abundant leisure, has been figuring, re-
lates the New York News, Oh the size
of the mortgage we should now be
carrying if Columbus had pledged this
country for the cost of his outfit.
Starting with the assumption that the
expenditure cost Isabelle $40, 1000, he
adds interest com pounded every six
months. At the present time the
amount foots up nearly III quadrillion
dollars. Taking the population of the
- sd States at 65,000,000, the little
obligation reaches nearly All million
dollars for each inhabitaut. 1t is con
sequently a great relief TO know tina
Columbus never set foot on North
America. 1t won.d be very embarrass
ing 20 have musty mortgage for tha
dizzy figure presented, with the Gus
tomary notice OF foreclosure.
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The New York Advertiser says: "De.
ginning with Grants sec,ni inausu:a.
tion in 1878, period Of twenty years,
during which six Presidents have been
lnauguratcd, the 4th OF March fell Oh
pleasant days only twice. The 4th OF
1873, was q bitter cold aud clustering
day. There was neither snow nor rain,
Nut the temperature was so low that
death reapel n large harvest among
those who participated in the parade.
The 4th of March, 1877, when Hayes
was inaugurated, was miserably damp,
pneumonia. breeding day. The 4th OF
March, 1881, when Garfield was in.
augurated, and the 4th OF March, 1885,
when Cleveland was first inaugurated,
were both pleasant days. Mr. Harri-
sons Inaugural address was delivered
In the midst Of pouring rain, and Mr.
Cleyeland's second oath OF Office was
taken while the snow beat upon his
barred head. There is no sort of justiti.
cation for the retention Of this date for
this important ceremony. twill always
be made a spectacle. Surely it is not
necessary to slay the people to celebrate
the change in the administration of a
Republican Government. Let the date
be changed in the interests It humanity"
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frcJudice Is oias snaepopAs ~ -fhA.
He who cares not to return may go
anywhere.
The fop finds his beautifed vision In
looking glass.
The body may be elem but the soul
alone can be pure.
The concensus of the science In q Gen.
trail and superior whole is philosophy.
Inspiration is the experimentation OF
the original act which created the man.
The apt use OF symbols Is the great
art for ruling the operations Of human
brains.
Symbolism is tho translation Of the
language Of one kingdom OF being into
that Of another.
In the recoil Of our own spirit and the
returns Of our own deeds, Nemesis Is
perpetua!ly born.
The merely surprising surprises but q
ever more an 1 more admired.
Be not plant wax for outward oircum
stances to seal. Make your own thought
the mold, your own will the stamp OF
your life.
Would you make conquests OF mani
Win his heart ani you will win his
mind. Would you make conquest OF
womau7 Take her mind aud you will
win her heart.
- Human life is play, consisting
many different scenes; aud those who
are in the world as spectators often
understand the plot aud the characters
better than those who are there ai
actors. ~
Philosophy enriched by history and
animated by poetry aud applied by hu.
mau,ty to the inner life$~xeligious. The
cold forms of scienS Sns{S PHILOSOPHY,
ill'Hsi4Hp4ssaa ~itA apts tss---A
"Herc in Southern Ohio, as In many
other parts Of tho country, poor hillside'
could be utilized for tres.growth," Israel
A. Putuam says. GAS rule, few
farmers who have lived in timber
country think about planting any trees
except apple, peach, pear, etc. But
many of our nut. bearing trees ought to
be grown that are fast disappearing by
the woodlands axe, suca as the beech, ,
which produces large amount of feed
fcr hogs, sheep and poultry, and is ont
| of the handsomest Of trees on the lawn.
with its dcus, foliage and spreading
tops where not too thickly planted.
| Then we have the shell.bark hickories,
large aud small; in my boyhood day
we had of the large but few trees tina,
bore nuts, but at this time I havs quite
number OF young trees, the seed o
which was probably planted by chip
muuks. or otherwise dropped, aud when
ever 1 found one 1 cared for it by pro-
tecting, and now we have the pleasure ci
gathering almost annually quantities o.
nuts. Then we have the black walnut,
not only valuable for fruit, but as tim
ber for manufacturing purposes; it is o
quick growth aud attains majestic size
[ could enumerate Others. New Yorl
Tribune.
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PALMETTO CHIPS.

News and Notes From Here, There 4
Evsrywhsrs in South carolina.
Street cars viii be running at Florencs
on May LIST.
/ Commissiopcr kirkland q .urcs out the
intsrest onSthe direct tax rcfuad to be
The Columbia city council refuses I,
bid for the State Girls College. tn,
bids now stand Spartaaburg $43, 600.
Rock Hill 600, 600, Oh ,stcr, &55, 900.
Judge 6imont,n dismissed the cross
bill which had been filed by tho Georgia
Construction Company against tho bond.
ihotaefs Of The earoiiun. i Knoxvlils 1aed
ssstefn Railro I'd Company, -
One OF the signs OF increased pro ,pcr.
ity of the Columbi,, Nowberry an L.u
rens Railroad, is that tn, I lis ON The
United States mail h ,vc grown from
sooo last year t, nearly $4,000 this year.
Gen. Elias Earle, native OF Green
VILE, but moro recently a resident OF
Florida, veteran of the Mexican and
last civil wars, died on Tuesd.y.
ID. II. Traxler, tho State dispensary
commissioner, is in Columbia preparing
to commence business, aud, rs the Sta g
expresses it, "thc government ba,room
building"
On the 12th of May-.mlcss cxecutivc
ciemency or natural death intcrposes
Aurco crosby, Isiac Crosby. Ismc
1ongue, Martha Yonguc and Fish,
fongue, all found guilty of tho murder
Oh Anderson McAlly, together with Joe
brannon, already under sen cncc Of death,
ana oil colorcd, will b, hing at Cheste:.
The farmers in the Eta jana seelen-
anis ON a'tRt ytaf tiA rkoIg6 they say thy have
much Of the oil crop of molassc. over,
they expect to keeps ycu's su ply ahead,
The Italians who have bccn working
in The South Carolina phosphate mines
arc returning to sunny Italy.
Governor Tillman has wri ten to s, nator
Sm, the authorizing the use for the phos-
phac exhibition at Chicago of such pa,t
Of the Sou,h Carolina exhibit that is now
at the Augusta Exposition.
4. L. Roche had cons ,ltstiou
with the phosphat. mon of thrlcston
last week in relation t. the phosphate
exhibit to be made Mt the Columbian Ex-
position at Chicago. Great pr"gress is
being made in collecting specimens and
making other final arrangements for tho
prop :sed exhibit.
The Kcrshaw Manufacturing co. q new
$3.50, 900 cotton factory at Camden is
rapidly nearing completion, and the
spindlcs will soo1 be in operation.
Almost The clear Hundred million mark.
While she fell of some in the year 1892,
ln common with the trade of the whole
country, due to depressing causes un-
Ivcrsaliy prevalent, her Legitimate rate of
expansion is exemplifled in the remark
able increase of exports and imports from
t13, 807, ,673 in 1890 10 Gel, ,857,4 40 in
1891, or 5000, 797, Or til, amazing fig
ure of 60 per cent. in single twelve
months.
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VOL. vxxI.--NEW SERIES.
EASTER.

Easter. smile o the yeari
Bringer Of music and 1azzsi
Easter. whose skies araz&r
With spring days Heightened hou-sS
What shan we say that is news
What shall we sing that is oldf
Sermon or sonnet or chant
Gliding refindsd gold.
Yet Oh Brightness returned,
Well may IRlorify theei
Never the world again
Sunless and chill shall see.
Quickenea from clay, the reed
Springs from the glow above,
Up from my heart has leapel
The aiming lily OF Iowa.
-Real-ah~..ill.-s&~.a--------------
Every change TO be hearI!
Sing In the chapel, choirl
Trill in your meadow, brill
Thou who knselest in church
tThy thought from earth aparH
My Easter offering, love-
10 the altar OF thy hearth
e. Ireneus Stevenson
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-04-07

The st. Louis sr.Sayings is con-
vircea that a little learning is not so dan
gerous thing after all. English iusur.
ance statistics show that fifty per cont.
of the authors aud statesmen, forty two
per cent. Of the clersymen, thirty per
cent. OF the lawyers, twenty seven Dor
cent. Of the teachers aud twenty -four per
cent. of the doctors reach the are OF
Seventy
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A War Ships uuns Disabled by Fro,t

UP to the prcscut wo have not felt
able to advocate the general use Of cleo.
trio motors in place Of hydraulic gear OF
auxiliary steam engines on board shipi
but the effect of the recent frost on Her
Maiesty's ship Bcnbow discloscs weak
point In hydraulic machinery which has
no parallel in electrical work. The gear
of the heavy guns has been not only dig
abled, but has suffered such serious 10.
Jury that 1t has been found necessary 70
take the greater portion OF it to pieces
and to forward it TO the manufacturers
for reconstruction and repair. London
Electrician.
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General Smith Buried.

SEwANEE, TENN The funeral o.
General Edmund Kirby Smith took place
Friday morning at IL o'clock. A special
train Of six cars arrived from Nashville
with nearly 500 veterans and two com.
panics Of State troops. The funeral was
of q military character. A beautiful
floral tribute was presented by the stud
cnts Of the University, of which the late
General was professor. kilograms OF
cond dolcnce have poured in from all parts
of the United States. showing the esteem
In which he wss held. -y&
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Says the Minneapolis Tunes: Defalc,.
tion is altogether too common. A Ion,
established good name aud uublemished
character, lifetime of fair dealing, all
the reputation which business men woult;
once have spent years of .lf.deuial to
obtain, begins to lose its commercial
value. We look askauco at everybody.
Ne go about asking whom VIC eau trust.
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mo Courier-Joarnat learns that Fro.
fcssor Wiggins lays tho blame for the
sold weather, the Gu ,lcra aud the rest OF
the ills with which tho earth has recently
been afflicted on tho conjunction be.
tween Jupiter and Mars.
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An Interesting Us, OF Phot ,srapny

A French photographer lately invented
a process by which bit OF ordinary
paper--the leaf of a book, for example
- can be made sensitive to light without
affecting the rest of the page. Acting
on this hint the French War Minister has
begun to take the portraits of conscripts
and recruits on the paper, which gives
their height, complexion, age, etc., and
the cheapness and swiftness Of the op-
Grafton, which is already in use in tho
French army, is something remarkable.
1t costs only one cent to get two copies
of a portrait OF JacquesBOnhomme-one
for his individual register and the other
for his muster roll; and so-rarsdis the
process that in few hoursa whole regi-
ment can be so photographed. The
soldiers file along, one by one, and each
sits for three seconds in the Photographic
chair and the thing is done.
They even mark the mans regimenta!
number on his breast with chalk, and
thus get complete Identification OF him
in case of desertion or death, or when
discharged soldier presents his claim for
pay or a pension. Boston Advertiser.
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The latest lecisletive break n M;s,or,,

Tho latest legislative break 10 Missouri,
recorded by the Detroit FREQ Press, is a
bill req iiring all tho butterine sold in
that market to be colorei pink, thi,
mark being evidence to the purchsser
that ne is not buying the genuine article.
No special provision seem, 10 have bee,
made for the protection of those who arc
solor blind.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-04-07
Chicago Eats Texas Strawberries.

CHICAGO, ILL.-Four hundred cases OF
strawberries picked ripe in Texas and
shipped in new refrigerator arrived
here Wednesday in quite good condition.
This sh:pment was an experiment, aud
consignees are so will satisfied that the!
Will continue to receive small fruits from
Texas throughout the season.
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THE ATLANTA SENSATION.
Some Gate City Bank Directors in
Very Ugly Position.

WASHINGTON, ID. CT is ,uthorita
tivc'y armed at tn, department o!
justi that special counsel Henry w
Jackson, employ ed in the Cato CT Ma
tional Bank case Of Atlanta, Ca, has not
he.n moved, but any further action on
his art in the case has been suspended
The Gate CIT Nstiohai hflBs Bank Htsses; Sos
far as info,mation reaches here goes, ha'
assumed 4 very peculiar phase. The
bank Thursday, in the opinion of tn
treasury officials, is in a position to open
its doors and pay of every dollar of its
Indebtedness caused by the defalcatiOn Of
Redwinc. its cashier. but there is said to
b somc disagreement. rs TO who shall
con.titu the board of directors, and for
that r. a'on principally the bank has not
b Ell reopencd.
On the other hand, it intimated that
evcral If the old directors are open to
the charge of having wrongfully taken
money f,om the bank. This view is
sid to be held by Special Counsel Jack
son, who was formerly attorney for the
bank. G.n. Jackson's son, it will be
reca led, committed suicide shortly after
[tedwinv's defalcation, and in some wa,
not clearly Indicated the suicide Of young
Jacks n was connected with Redwine!
defaca'i,n. Gen. Jackson, specia
counsel in this case, was naturally very
much srievcd at the suicide Of his son
and tie intimation unofficially throw
out here is that Gen. Jackson has become
overwhelmed with grief and has made
very wild statements and insinuatioD
,painst some of the old board OF directors
so gave in character that the Government
has been Gale upon to stop further &C
ton on his p,rt in the case, until mos
thorough and searching investigation o
| tn, banks condition can lc made.
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End of the Nashville Bank Panic.

NASHVILLE, TENN. The financial situ-
alton in this city was perfectly quiet
Friday. The Banks did little business
beyond the receipt OF deposits, there
seeming to be no desire tn check out.
But little demand from country banks
for currency was made, though when
made it was promptly supplied. The
Mechanics Savings Banks and Trust Com
pany is receiving deposits and in day
or two will resume payments.
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Flying foxes are distressinr the n rrl

Flying foxes are distressing the agrl.
cutturistssin-sops-a paste al Aust-.i;-J-- ----'
a local papor says that at the present
rate of increase it is greatly feare they
will! soon become almost as great a men
ace as the rabbit post. A camp of the
foxes, about four miles from Erna, New
South Wales, contains fully 100, 900 OF
the pests, "and when disturbed they rise
like cloud obscuriug the sun."
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-04-07
Tom Watson Gives Up His Contest.

AUGUSTA, GA. Reports come t. the
press from Thomson, Ga, Thomas
l. Watson's home, saying that Wa'son
has abandoned his con test for the seat of
M.jor J. G. G, Black In Congress.
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The Chicago Herali alleges that a
French syndicate is buying up all the
worn out ponies on the frontier for ex-
port to Paris, the intention beng to con.
vert them into food for the people Of the
gay metropolis. Hippophagy in France
has evidently become disease, for a
healthy stomach would hardly crave the
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'sCou!d yn give me the name and ad,
dress OF tho person who pas=s>5 she pic
ture I purshasel yesterday--sho sOld
Well Swept asked the vpice Of Martin
Sedgicx. ~
The vcilei aud shawl wrapped figure
turned suddenly around, % that the
fickering sasliyht shonc full on the dark
eyes and mobile lips.
'1fartiuf' she cried out. With an h.
voluntary step forward.
"Dora--my Dorai No, you shall not
draw away your handi" he criel. .rve
got you now, aud I mean % keep yoa -
yes, always, Doraf'
'.Ehi' cried csspd.ir ssasick, rou,.
-.ss. :. sia4sa 8. fslE9ps . = s tssea.ss
TT Adams niue O.1 345iS Wal,
I kuowcd she would coms back before
the Lord sent out call Tor me. Some
thin told me she would. They've fixed
up the old well sweep, Daa, aud you'ro
back againf haint nothin' left 20
wish for now."
"And she's promised toIb, my wife,"
declared Martin, with hd arm passed
carelcssly around the girl 4slim waist.
"And Martins given up the Western
plan, ecstatically cried Hrs. GO lyicx.
''and he's going to be couont to s,ttls
down here for good and all''
"And oh, I'm so glai!" ka,ped Ellen,
while the squire slapped is sons back
In an encouraging fashion.
Old Grandsir Sedgick lo,kei from ono
to the other with serene snile.
81 hain't nothin' left to vish for" he
repeated. Night
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Big BLAZE IN GLOUCESTER.
Nearly All the Town Destroyed by
Fire,

WEST POINT, Va.--A big fire in the
night destroyed The town Of Gloucester
Courthouse. Two large stores, the tele-
phone Office, the po tofIice and all their
contents were consumed. The building
were partial covered by insurance, Ori
gin of the fire is unknown.
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Fate Of Six Fishermen.

PRovINcETowN, MAss.-The fishing
schooner Ada X. Damon lost six men on
Tuesday. They were setting travis from
dorics when snow storm shut them
from view, and they were not seen again.
Three dories aud one dead body blew
ashore between Naneet and We.foet.
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THE OLD WE'LL SWEEP,
DY HELEN FORREST GRAVES.

GU amt goin' to take
that we'll sweep, away,
j o t h a mt he well
sweep that wss there
when / was a baby7
Don't do it, Jothan-
don'tl"
Squire e S cd gi C k
bcckoned to his son to
lay down the uplifted
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There arc now welLequipped canning
factories in almost every State iu the
unien whose products Of land aud sea
are preserved in air tight cans.
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NUMBER a..
NORTH CAROLINA soUIBs.
Nswsy olsanings from Cherokee 60
0urrituck.

Nswsy 0lsanings from Cherokee 20
0urrituck,
New Hanover's new court house. which
is said 10 bs BY far the handsomest 10 tho
State, will soon be ready for occupancy.
A lodge of Odd Fellows which wa.
organised In sta,esvslle moro than : yssr @
ago, with good msmbership, hss Sono,
out OF busihes.
Governor Carr has offered $500 reward
for tho arrest Of j. n. Benson, treasurer
OF Harnett county. official Information
having been received that Benson has
taken %. 400 sf the county fund and fsd,
-ie-nrvporssd :nzy C1pxiu Cbarl.,
Price, who 10 attorney for tho Richu ami
and Danviile raiiroad, has succeeded in
compromising nearly all tho quits brought
against the company on account of the
Bos ian Bridge wreck.
A. bank, an opera. house, and a railroa,, !
are three things that will probably bo
added to tho improvements of Lumber
ton during the year 1898.
Mayor Fishblatc, of Wilminytop h,.
instructed tho chief of police to notify
his officers to arrest all persons thov hear
using profaue and vulgar Language ON
the streets.
There are twelve North Carolina stu.
dents at Harvard University, Massachu-
sctts, and several OF them ''stand way
up" Of these eight are graduates of the
University Of North Carolina.
The North Carolina committee on colo.
nal exhibits for tho Columbian Exposi.
lion has called upon all citizens In that
state TO lend their aid In furnishing por
...a :rs.s:. RIaie,u,Glhaiy prrf8r:
Ten students of tho medical elias, In
he Le .nard medical school OF shaw
Uuiversity, coiored, at Raleigh, bavo
yraduatrt. Some OF them ars foreign
,rs, one or two being from tho Congo
Free State, and having been seut at tho
direction of the King Of the Belgnns
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Hard Times in Atlanta.

The chief dry goods dealers of Atlanta,
Ga, v ill reduce the wages Of all clerks
SO per cent on April 1st. and this re-
duction will continue throughout the
summer, and longer if trade does not
imrroYc
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A llcmarkabls tao.
The sentiment exproMel Ia the lines.

Inc sentiment exproael Ia the lines.
"Wnen We beylu to livs,
We all begin to die"
was almost literally verified in tho cas-,
OF Simon NJ. Elder, who dioi Rt Part.-
-..rsS S}oNdsv mcsvu uuyU KIs n66t Illness
OF only few months, and yet surgical
examination showed that death was
caused by kick from n horse sixty years
ago, when Mr.. Elder was small boy.
The animals hoof crushed the skull two
inches above his right eye, aud the oper.
alton above referred to disclosed large
orifce in the skull, through which 1t was
seen that the right frontal lobe Of the
brain was entirely gone. How life and
reason were sustained for years under
such conditions is subject OF interest to
medical science. "That he should have
survived the accident was In itself q
MARVEL" said his attending physician:
''but that he retained his faculties and
led life OF useful industry, makes 1t q
truly wonderful case" ."-Bo,ton Journal.
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Buffalo, N. Y, has an "agency OF
direction. ;" sort OF philauthropic intel
lgeuce office, which makes no charge
for its services.
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In Canada they cali this country ssThe
states." Then why, asks the Now York
lndependent, may. mot the riddle OF
.aa@e fesa aas a-sysssssus.
us Estates. .meni's - -
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Mortality Is greater among the Alas.
kans than among any other citizens OF
the United States.

rno Oongress OF Colombia at its ,a,s
ses''oa appropriated $50, 600 year for
the encouragement Of foreign immisra.
fion.