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The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1894-03-23
Andersoo, 8. C..

Anderson county, S. c., produces
about 10000 to 10000 bales of cotton
annually. Of this about $4,000 bales
are annually marketed in the town Of
Anderson, where there is but one cot
ton mill, consuming about $1,000
bales. The cotton produced in this
section is of the best grade of uplands,
owing in the main, perhaps, to its be-
ing harvested by white farmers or un-
dor their immediate supervision.
There is just now particularly good
opening Mt Anderson for two or more
cotton mills owing to their capacity.
There is not only the cotton that is
annually marketed there, but with
railroads running in every directioni
could be transported from all the ad
joining counties. The same railroads
offer facilities for shipping the manu-
factured goods either southwark to
Charleston, Port Royal or Savannah,
eastward to the cities and seaports of
the North and East, or westward
through Atlanta. But the chief ad-
vantage just now offered by this local
ity is that a company is being organ
lied to bring into the city from 5, 900
to 5000 horse power of electrical mo-
tive power from q neighboring river
for oil industries that may require it.
All it requires to make it reasonably
sure is that at least 500 of its horse
power, in addition to to that already
spoken for, should be taken up or en-
gagged. b. +. w.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1894-03-23

For several years past AMI probably
for several years to come, predicts tho
New York Independent, tho newa
which will tell most in the worlds flu
ture history is that which comes from
Africa During tho past week there
has been an important new chapter
added to this history. A French
military force has entered Timbuctoo
in the very interior anil most inac.
cessiblo part Of the South Sahara
neighborhood. France proposes to
control the whole Of this territ Dry,
and she reaches Timbuctoo from tho
north by way of Algeria and from tho
west by way Of Senegal. Timbuctoo
has been an almost unknown city.
visited very rarely, anl generally by
Europeans only in disguise. The in.
formation is too meagre as yet for us
to understand the full m Gaming OF this
occupation. SO far as W. know tho
force is % small one, anil small forco
could have no chance in case o. o,po.
oition. We have no question tha!
France intends to mako Timbuctoo q
great centre for its influence and
power, nor that Northwest Africa will
be finally under French control. 1t is
often said, and truly said, that France
Eas shown no great aptitude for colo
MEL enterprises owing to lack Of snr.
plus population. But sho has put
Algeria under civilized conditions,
and Frenchmen may multiply more
rapidly in tho colonies thln they do
in their own country. The partition
OF Africa will afford n great outlet for
Enropcrn population and enterprise
and will have great influence On the
world
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NORTH CAROLINA.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,

RALEIGH, II. c., February 9.
Replying to your favor asking my
views in regard to the proposed Mica
Iagua Canal upon the following points,
viz: l. The necessity of the canal and
it's influence upon the development of
our country. g Ought The United
States to aid in the construction of the
canal? I would state: l. The open
ing of the Nicaragua Canal would, in
my opinion, be great stimulus to the
material development of the entire
country, and especially Inc Southern
States The general effect upon the
commerce of the country can hardly be
estimated. 2 The United States gov
crnment should by all means aid in
the construction of this canal to the
extent of making it the highway Of
commerce between the two great
oceans, and own enough stock In the
company at all times to be able to con
troll it. I am heartily in favor of it's
construction both in relation to promo.
ton of commerce between the States
and for the purpose of national de,
fence. ELIAS CARR,
Governor of North Carolina.
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A few years ago, relates the New
Orleans PIcayunc, the Mikado OF
Japan determined to ask his people to
help him govern them, AMI with q
flourish OF trumpets called for nm elec-
tion and orgsnizel n parliament. Lat,
reports from that country say that
now he IL having harl time to man
age the popular representatives. Not
long ago the conservative majority c1-
PEELED the President, Hosh, because
he insisted in keeping faith with for
eign powers. Then Foreign Minister
Mit.u made them an address, sh owin !;
that the course OF the majority woull
result i'll losing everything that Japan
had gained i'll thirty years, but they
would not listen to reason, and the
session was suspended for ten days. 1t
is said that the doin2s of the Japanese
parliament would furnish first rate ma
terial for comic opera. Tho minis
ters attend the sessions with orders for
the suspension of parliament ready
signed and sealed by tho Emperor in
their pockets, and when the body be-
comes unruly the orders are produced,
and the session suspended for ten days
or fortnight. The majority of tho
members are intensely Japanese, op.
posed to everything foreign, IN they
have no idea of parliamentary pro-
ceedurc. 1t is said that the Mikndo
has started movement which is sure
to give him u good deal Of trouble ul-
timately.
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Foreign Notes of Real Interest.

NJ. Carnot completes his term of Of
flee as President of the French repub-
lie on Dec. next
A Mr.. Samuel Lewis is said to have
won over $50, 900 at trcnte ct quaranto
at Monte Carlo in four days recently.
Another player, n Hungarian, won
$50, 900 there in one day last month.
The gold product of West Australia
last year WAS double TINT Of the prcvi,
ons twelve months. The total export
for the year was 1l0,39l ounces. The
prospects for thcprcsent year are most
promising.
Johann Strauss, the celebrated com,
poser of waltz music, is shortly to cele,
brnte his artistic jubilee in Vienna. He
made his debut in 1914 ut the head ot
dance band in the gardens attached
to a Viennese restaurant.
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Free Information for Farmers.

WASHINGTON. d. c. The United
States Department of Agriculture ie
about TO issue farmers bulletin ON
fertilizers for cotton This bulletin
has been prepared by DR.. J Nj. Nc
Bryde, president of the Virginia Ag-
ricultural College and director of the
Virginia experiment station, and gives
a concise account of numerous ex-
periments with fertilizers on cotton
made under his supervision in South
Carolina. 1t also coctains directions
as to the selection, compounding, AMI
application of fertilizers for this crop.
The bulletin will be sent ON appiics-
tion to the Secretary of Agriculture,
Washington, d. G..
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SOUTH CAROLINA,
EXECUTIVE CHAMBER.
COLUMBIA. 8. c.. Me-

COLUMBIA, s. c., March 8.
Yours asking "a brief expression Of
opinion upon the Importance of the
early completion of the Nicaraguan
Canal, and as to whether the govern
ment should or should not give inan-
:ial aid to it," reached me yesterday.
To the first proposition l presume
there can be but one answer from any
intelligent, progressive man. The ca
nal, which will give the means of trans
porting vessels across or through the
isthmus which divides North and South
America, must necessarily be as great
boon to commerce as the Suez Canal,
and the Nicaraguan Canal will become
more and more valuable as the western
slopes of North America become thick
ly peopled. To the people Of the Mis-
sissippi valley and the entire south At
lantic slope the advantages and posi-
bility it offers are inestimable. Now,
as to whether the government should
lend aid or not will depend upon the
conditions of the grant. If we are to
have repetition of the steals perpe
trated in connection with the Pacific
railroads l should oppose Congress
lending any aid, but with the proper
precautions to prevent jobbery and
guarantees against robbery, think
Congress can do no better than assist
in joining the waters of the Atlantic
and the Pacific by means of this con-
templated waterway.
B. r. TILLMAN,
Governor Of South Carolina.
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A Gang of Tramps cantYre q Train.

SAN ANTONIO. TEx.-An cast bounr
freight train on the Southern Paciti,
WAS captured by n gang of 30 trnmp
or unemployed workingmen west o
Maria, and when they were ordered t,
leave the train by the conductor til.
men refused to do so and became yer,
insolent in their language. The sheril
of Preside county was telegraphed th'
situation and asked to afford the trai,
protection. When the train arrive,
at Maria, the sheriff and a large poss
of deputies met it and placed all of tn
tramps under arrcGt.
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cLARA BART0N'S W0Rx.
The Red Cross has KedrJ accomplished the
Relief of the Sea Islands.


CHARLESTON, s. C.-Here is letter
from Clara Barton, president of Amer
lean National Red Cross Association,
touching on her work in the Sea Is
land region of South Carolina, which
was devastated by last August's cyclone.
The letter is dated February 23rd and
is addressed "To our Generous Friends,
the Public" a. follows:
On the first day of October, 1898,
we accepted the sacred trust of taking
care of the Sea Islands of South Caro-,
lima, storm wrecked by the cyclone of
August 81 From time to time we have
issued statements of the conditions of
the people and the progress of relief.
january lst. va ,nnblished orr Midfseltl
report, giving an accurate exposition
of the field; the statements therein con-
tained speak for themselves. To-day
We issue this statement, which we trust
will be ms gratifying to the friends of
humanity to receive as it is for us to
give.
When we accepted control of this
most difficult of relief fields the coun-
try was in the midst of universal de-
preston, both financially and in busI-
ness circles, unknown in it's history.
1t bas been under these circumstances
that the great hearted humanity of our
people has been tested. In the face of
.lcstitntion and suffering at their own
.loors they have put their shoulders to
the wheel for this distant and often
poorly comprehended field If some
thing of this has been due to the sym
bol that represents us, the name and
insignia under which our friends have
known ns and learned 10 Judge our
work and fitness for it; if the seeds OF
confidence sown in the toilsomc fur
rows Of many another field have borne
fruit on this, then God be praised foi
past endeavor.
To these friends, tried and true, who
have made success possible, to NIL low.
rrs of humanity who are still strug-
CLING with the great questions of relief
ut home, and yet straining every nerve
to administer to the necessities of the
poor in the Sea Islands, we come with
loving greeting to state this cheering
:act, that although our ration lists are
for time increasing, although there
are stern duties to be performed, we
feel that in view of SO much suffering
all over the length and brcdth of the
country, that as we have an almost per-
feet system of relief, thereby produc-
ing the greatest amount of good with
the smallest amount of money; that as
We, on this field, are not dependent
upon tariff legislation or the ponder
Gus machinery of commerce to end this
distress, but directly upon that great
unfailing Power that bringeth seed
time and harvest, that we will from
this day undertake to carry the bur
dens of this relief on our own should
crs, using the funds already entrusted
to our care az far as they will go, and
our own funds after that, when neces.
sary, and will ask our friends 10 use
the money and material which they
had intended for us on this field to re-
lieve distress and suffering in theil
own cities, towns and villages.
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Chicago Is worried over the fact
that 80 many Of its streets and avenues
have the sama names, notes the New
Orleans Picayunc. One hundred and
siNty-tive names have to do duty fol
T2O streets, and tho result iy moi
wholly satisfactory. 1t has twelve
Centre streets, seven Ashland ave.
nues, seven Chestnut streets, ten Lin
den streets, thirteen Oak streets, thir.
teeT Park streets and fourteen Wash.
ington streets, besides number
which are less reduplicatcd.
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Duck hight at EweHs.
IN. Y. Sun.


Duck pight at Ewell's store. down
on the Virginia coast near the North
Carolina line, is locally famous in the
ducklng season as the special night in
the week when the storekeeper is at
home to the duck hunters of the region
Ewell buys the ducks of the hunters,
paying for the game in goods from his
store, and shipping his purchases to an
up-coast life-saving station, whence
they find their way to the marke cts of
Baltimore, Philadelphia, and New
York. AS Ewell waits behind his
counter with lantern, the duckers,
rude-looking fellows of the beach
comber type, drop in one by one and
Slt around in the gloom. Ewell hangs
the game in cold room at the rear Of
the store and credits each ducker with
the agreed value of his ducks As each
transaction Is made the ducker recalls
something that lie needs from the mer-
chants stock, and when he has received
the article the price is debited against
his credit. The QUICKER then relapses
to the nearest barrel or box and waits
until some other needed article shall
occur to his mind. He then makes
the new demand upon the merchant,
has new debit placed against his
credit, and again sinks back into the
gloom. After fully two hours OF this
sort OF thing. those who wish the bal
ance of their credit paid in cash receive
their dues, and everybody cautiously
repairs to hollow tree hard by, where
moonshiners from over the North Car
olina line are waiting with fiery ar
ticle of untaxed liquor, and the heart
OF the QUICKER is made glad
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4 Southern Prison Wan ted.

MACON, CAN their &prese htn.ss ,ts
TO the United States Court here thl
grand jury made an important recon-
mendation. Itwas that there should be
Il government prison in me Southern
States They recommended the govern
melt property near Augusta, Ga, as a
suitable site. All government prison
ers have now to be carried to Colum-
bns, Ohio. The grand jury thought
that men taken there from the South
suffered from the severity of the
climate, citing instances Of the suf-
fering of many prisoners sent there.
The recommendation is locked upon
with favor here.
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4 eo! Nneyard.

A dispatch from Howell county, No,
states English capitalists nave decided
to plant one Of the largest vines grape
vineyards in the world in that locality.
A syndicate composed principally OF
hotel and restaurant owners has been
formed, and will divide about 1000
acres OF land into 40-acre tracts for
vine-growing. Peach and apple or.
chsrds may also be planted The wine
from the grapes is to be sold in Eng.
land, and all the products of the place
sent to England. The country and
climate are especially adapted for vine.
yard purposes.
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Tobacco Culture in fairfield County. S. C.

'VINNsBoRo, S. &C. d. Pitts, q:
northern North Carolina, is in the
county organizing clubs for the intro.
duction of tobacco culture. He will
organize all over the county and him
self personally oversee and inspect
from time to time the progress of the
crops. 1t is expected that this will
soon become substantial crop in this
county
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The German Government to Coin Sjjyer

BEaLIS, GERMANy.-In the Bun.
desrath, Chancellor Won Caprivi sub
mittcd proposition for the coinage o.
III 200, 900 marks in five mark pieces
1000, 900 marks in two mark pieces
and 4,O00,O00, marks in one mark
pieces. The chancellor stated that tht
proposal was made because of the i'm
creased demand for such coins and
Ilso because the coinage of silver had
allen below the Authorized limit, %,
700, 900 marks.
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4 New National Bank.

WAsHrNGToN, ID. Representative
Alexander filed the application Of tn,
following for n charter for the Firs,
National Bank of Wadesboro, N. G.
Jas. A. Leak (who will be president)
Chas M. Burns, cashier; and w. c..
Hardison, w. p. Parsons, J. ID. Horne,
L. j. Huntley, J. II. Bradley, T. S.
Covington, X. w. Ashcralt, J. D.
Leak. Capital stock $4,000
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FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS.
The Senate.

56rH DAY.--Mr. Blanchard took his seat ~
successor OF Mr.. White, OF Louisiana. -.
The motion to investigate reports OF stock
]obbing In connection with the Tariff bill
was tabled. Tho Bland bill wns debated
BY Messrs. Allison, Villas aud waicott.
57TH DAY.-Tho Bland seigniorage bill
was discussed during the entire session.
58TH DAY.-Mr. Allison's motion to recon
slider the third reading OF the Blan bill was
defeated by vote OF % yeas to IS nays
also Mr.. Manderson's motion to reconmit
5srI DAY.-The Bland seignIorage bill was
passed, A to 81.
The House.
72D DAY.-The District OF Colunbi Ap-
preparation bill was passed by Ill to IL. l.
carries total appropriation OF $5,206, 773,
half payable BY the general Government. A
committee amendment, sppropriating s4s,-
600 Tor the Improvement OF streets extended
beyond the city linnits, was ayresd 10. ana an
amendment requiring illuminating sas :;iT-
nishel consumers TO be twenty candle power
was adopted. House then took mp
the sundry Civil Appropriation bill, making
1t the unfinished business.
7SD DAY.-Only District OF Columbia mat-
ters were considered. --Ir. Walker made
charges against the trolley trust and said
tho trail Of tho monster, the General E,ec-
tric. can be traced In this HOUSE."
74rH DAY.-The House In committee ap-
proprinted $50 900 for the improvement OF
the New York Postoffice A resolution ask =
Ing Secretary Herbert for information re
garding tho armor-plate scandal was
adopted.
10TH DAY.-The day was devoted to dis
cussion Of the Sundry Civil bin.
10TH DAY. Further consideration OF tho
Sundry Civil Appropriation bill was hold.
77Tn DAy.-The Sundry Civil Appropria-.
lion Dill was further discussed.
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The Pacolet IS. C.) mills have
placed their orders for 1000 new spin
dies, 216 looms and slasher.
The Buffalo Shoals Mfg. Co., Buff
falo Shoals, near Shelby, N. c., have
their mill built up, ready for the roof.
A new $4,000 banking company
has been organized at Charleston, 8.
c., j. Westcoat, president.
70 men will be employed at Staun-
ton, Va, in the bark extract works
resumed there.
A $4,000 company to sort and sell
peanuts has been started at Petersburg,
Va.
At Csrbontop, N. c., the coal mines
have been opened for the first time
since the war.
The Abbeville Cotton Mills Co. has
been organized at Abbeville, 8. c.,
capital 100000
$4,000 will be spent, under direc-
tion of Monsignor Quigley in compile.
ting the new Cathedral at Charleston.
s. G.
The Cherokee Falls Mfg. Com
i;auy OF blacksnurg, s. c., will enlarge
its capacity by the addition of 100
looms to its plant.
There is going to be put up near
Kings Mountain another cotton mill,
foundations OF which have been COM
menced.
Rudolph Seigling, of Charleston, s.
g., died Wednesday morning, of par
alysis, aged 81 years. He had been a
Confederate soldier, was president of
the Bank of Charleston and of the
News and Courier Company.
Jerry Horl: ,ck, sepdemped for
killing constabie, was hanged in
Berkley county, S. c., Jail. He made
futile attempt to cut his throat with
a piece of tin in the morning, and
died protesting that his act was in self.
defence.
The Wilmington IN. C.) cotton
mills new boiler plant has been com
pleted. The new boiler is the latest
type of the water-tube pattern, of 800
horsepower This mill manufactures
colored cotton goods. It's equipment
consists of 1000 spindles and 227
looms. w. A. French is president of
the company.
Grand Master of Masons of Georgia,
Hon. Jno. s. Davidson, is dead.
Chas. G. Culp, prominent mem-
Der Of the Union, s. c., bar, died
while sitting in the court room there,
listening to a speech, last Saturday
night.
Fifteen young wG4nen of Vassar Col.
lege have joined the Salvation army
They are of acistocratic families, AMI
their action has caused great deal Il
talk in the college.
w. l.. Kennedy, of Falling Greek,
Lenoir county, N. G., has COW that
yields 3 lbs, 2! ozs. of butter daily.
President Winston expects to see 500
students at the summer normal Mt the
North Carolina University.
The Brazilian insurgents have de-
oSisS" 'hSii tHC RoN
is master of the field. The war il
ended.
The II. & D. r. II. and the F.. G.. &
2. II. R. will construct a new Joint
passenger depot at the east side of
Columbia, S. G..
AT Republican primary held il
the Knoxville, Tenn. district Chancel
lor Henry r.. Gibson was nominated
for Congress, defeating John G. Houck,
present incumbent by 1000 majority
Exhaustive experiments in the cult
walton of tea are soon to be made in
Russia. The Car is personally inter
ested in the plan, and experts ure ar
ranging for the cultivation of the plant
in the western limits of the Caucasus,
where the temperature is much tn,
same as that in which the plant growt
in China
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After a. care4ul ejaculation OF tag
risks from all possible data tho Lon
don life insurance companies havo
fixed the "war risks" to be paii extra
by their patrons ordered on active
service at 81. 1G per 800. That is to
say, the British soldier has but about
ono chance in $50 moro of dying or.
active service, than if he staid quietly
at homo in London.
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Wholesale Chicken Ruisjuo.

l.. S. Wood and John Ellis are coins
into poultry-breeding near Newbern
n. c., on large scale. Is acres ar,
to be devoted to the purpose and they
ire to raise ten or twelve breeds o.
chickens of the leading varieties il
separate pens. In addition to the
breeding pens of high class birds the,
will keep 500 brown Loghorns for eggs
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arrested on Suspicion That He Murdered Mis-
Wife.

WINSTON, N. C.-Mrs. J. Il. Roach
was found dead in her house at Pilo,
Mountain Thursday night. Her hus.
band gave the alarm, saying that she
had shot herself with pistol. The
husband and wife were not living to.
Sether amicably. Her husband was
arrested on suspicion of killing her.
She was his second wife. She leaves
three small children. The parents OF
the deceased (Pender) live in Greens.
borO.
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KiIed By EIec trIcjIy.

Arthur l.. Reese WIS "olcctrocuted"
in Methodist Church ut Sparrows'
Point, Md, Monday while preparing
apparatus by whichto deliver lecture
on electricity before an Epworth
League Meeting.
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The signs of the times point, III the
opinion of the Electrical Review, to re-
newed activity in electrical circles.
Improvement and extension of electric
lighting plants and installation OF new
electric railways are leading features
in this movement.
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Water Works Successful.

w. B. Moore, superintendent York
vile, 8. c.. water works says "York-
vile water works in fourishipg condi-
tion; only in operation about two
months, and is self-supporting; plant
cost $l7, 200; two miles mains and
twenty-five hydrants; standpipe 12x7c
feet on fifty feet brick work; 500, 900
gallon pump; citizens are delighted
with the investment"