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The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1894-03-09
4 Prosperous Southern Road.

The Georgia, Carolina & Northern
is one Of the Southern lines which sur
prises the Northern visitor who goes
over it for the first time. There are
few trunk lines in the country which
are in superior in point of construc-
tion. The rondbed, which extends
from Monroe, N. c., to Atlanta, Ga.
is laid with heavy steel rails, is well
ballnsted and bridges and culverts are
all of mason work and iron AS re-
suit very fast time is made, and the
passenger service furnished is of the
best The management, like that of
the other Seaboard Air Line roads, is
composed Of capable practical railroad
men who see that every detail in oper-
alton and maintenance of way is care
fully attended to.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1894-03-09
FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS.
The Senate.

47rH DAY.-The Senate Foreign Relations
Committee, by it's Chairman, Mr. Morgan,
presented the report on the Hawaiian investi-
CATION.
transacted In order to secure early adjourn
ment, 80 that the Democratic Senators
might attend the caucus.
49rH DAY.-Mr. Frye made an attack on
the Presidents Hawaiian policy.--The
open session lasted for two hours, an execu-
tive session occupied nearly half an hours
and then came an adjournment.
50rH DAY.-Mr. Frye concluded his speech
on the Hawaiian testimony, after which tho
Senate took up the bill for the erection OF u
Government printing office, as unfinished
business. This furnished Mr.. Dolph a pre- :.
into personal debate between him an Mr..
Allen.
The House.
GOTH DAY.-The day was consumed In au
Intellectual effort to get a quorum to con-
slider the Bland seigniorage bill.
6lsr DAY.-Mr. Bland receded from his
position. and his Silver seigniorage bill was
considered In Committee OF the Whole -
The House took the Anti-Option bill from
the Ways and Means Committee and referred
il to Mr.. Hatch's Committee or Agriculture
-Mr. Caichings, OF the Rules Committee,
introduced resolution looking to the flning
OF fillbusters.
ozD DAf.-Mr. oOmers, OF WISCONSIN,, ln-
troduced resolutions for an inquiry into the
actions O! United States Judges Brewer,
Taft, Dundy, Beatty, Pardee and Kicks in
cases involving the rights OF laboring men.
Mr.. BANDS Silver seigniorage bill was
considered In Committee OF the Whole.
SD DAY.--After period OF filibustering,
extending over Two weeks, u quorum was
secured to vote upon the question OF con-
sidering the Bland seigniorage bill and TO
close general debate thereon at specified
time, the vote being yeas 177, nays 2. The
quorum, however, disappeared when 1t was
attempted to pass an order reported by tho
Committee on Rules, making the bill the
pending question to the exclusion OF other
business, and limiting debate, both general
and under the fve-mlnute rule, to two hours.
The vote on this was three short OF quo
rum. This being shown, the House ad-
journed.
64rH DAY Mr. Bland's bill for the coinage
OF the silver bullion In the Treasury was
passed by q vote of 167 to 130. The House
also passed the bill appropriating $40, 900 to
raise the wreck OF the Kearsarge.
65rH DAY. Representatives Meredith and
Funk tried to have q fist fight, but wero
parted before blood WA drawn. The For
tiilcation bill, appropriating over 42, ,000, 900,
waspassed. 1.-The Pension bill was passed.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1894-03-09

ssr VAS xor NifFo'
4 Woman Sends Hsr Photograph to the So
Gcitor as Proof fhof She is StH AHve.


AIKEN, s. CA Kershaw county
mystery is about to be solved. A white
" man, who was thought to DO mur-
d red, is alive in Aiken county. Ann
Wright, the woman in question, is liv-
ing on Mr.. Morgan Fox's place. in the
upper portion of this county. and sho
was in Aiken last Wednesday to havea
photograph taken to send to Solicitor
Nelson to prove that she is still alive
She came to this county last January
I, accompanied by two women, ono
white and the other colored, and four
colored men. They came from West
vile, Kershaw county. The women
stopped in this ccwHty, but the men
went on to Georgia to work on rail.
road. Ann Wright's sudden disap-
pearance with the negro men led to the
rumor that she had been murdered and
her dead body concealed. Two colored
men were arrested in Kershaw county
and lodged in Jail, charged with being
accessories to the murder of this wo-
man. In order to prove their inno-
locate Ann Wright, and by correspond.
ing with the men who accompanied her
to this county learned her whereabouts.
Solicitor Nelson would not accept their
letters as positive proof of AIMS being
alive, but demanded that she either
come in person or send n photograph
of herself. Sheriff Alderman, of Aiken
county, was communicated with, and
he had the woman come to the city and
have her photograph taken and sent it
to Solicitor Nelson. This viii pro;aa-
Iy satisfy him of the innocence of the
two colored prisoners.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1894-03-09
4 Postmaster in the Tolls

SPARTANBURG, S. ca. +. Mellow.
ell, former postmaster at Walker,
this county, was convicted in the Uni
ted States court ut Greenvill", S. G..
for false cancellation of stamps. Tho
case has been somewhat interesting in.
asmuch rs Mcdowell was connected
with the Barrett gang of conspirators.
Mcdowell was good, honest farmer
and had the respect of his fcllowmcn.
Through Barrett's influence postollice
was established in his section and he
was made postmaster. Soon n great
number OF stamps were floating around
town. Mcdowell pail his, debts with
stamps. Inspector Peer got 'on to"
the case and successfully worked it mp.
Mcdowell was sentenced to pny fine
OF $500 or go to Jail for six months.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1894-03-09
A NeJro Boy LyDcbe5

A special to the Herald from Sher.
man, Ala, says. Thos Douglass, n 13
year-oid colored boy who yesterday
shot and killed Deputy Sheriff Cow.
lett, who attempted to levy upon a
COW which belonged to Douglas
mother, was hanged by mob and the
body riddled with bullets. The mother
cut the body down
The cOroncr's jury returned n vcr
dict that the boy came to his death nj
the hands Of persons unknown. The
mother says she recognized some o
the smycrs OF her son, and will prose
cute them vigorously.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1894-03-09

The reclamation of the arid wastes
OF southwestern desert lands proceeds
marvelously apace. Another reclama
tion company was Incorporated at San
Bernardino, Cal, few days ago, with
acapital stock of 81, 500, 900. A dam
is to be erected at Victor Narrows, on
the Moiave River, i'll San Bernardino
County, fifteen feet in height, which
will make lake nine miles long AMI
about three wide, whose waters will be
used to irrigate about 200, 900 acres of
land on the Mojave Desert, which will
then be especially adapted for growing
1aisin grapes and alfalfa.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1894-03-09

Every little while the police arrest
a man with kit Of burglars tools in
his possession, and one naturally won
ders where they all come from. 1t is
easy to buy gun Of any description,
and the most reputable citizen would
not be ashamed to be seen purchasing
the most wickedlo ooking knife ever
made but who would know where TO
get slung shot, or n Jimmie, or - de
vice for drilling into safe, or any O.;
the many tools used by the profess
sional burglar in the pursuit of his
calling? There probably are places in
many large cities whsre these things
are made and sold to the users, but
such places are scarce. Once in n
while the police find such a factory,
and then things go hard for the pro
prietors. 1t may seem a little strange
to learn that most Of the tools used in
burglaries are made by mechanics who
are looked upon as respectable men in
the community. When burglar
wants any particular tool made he goes
to mechanic who can do the Job, and
pays him perhaps five times what it is
actually worth for making the tool and
keeping still about it.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1894-03-09

The railway companies of the United
States have no reasonable cause, as
serts the New York News, to complain
of their business for tho fiscal year.
Including oil the bankrupt and non
paying lines the aggregate net earn
lngs were more than three hundred
and fifty million dollars. This is
equivalent to about three and one
half per cent. of the capitalization, a
very good rate of interest in view of
the fact that the roads are generally
capitalized at from two to five times
their actual cost.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1894-03-09


General Nelson a. Miles, after hay.
ing passed though the hardships O,
war and faced the tcrrors of battle,
declares in tho Atlanta journal that
American football is risk too great
for him to regard with favor. When
young, General Miles played football,
but it was not OF tho bone breaking
kind. The boys kicked the ball moro
and each other less in those days, ana
the "hying W. was not thought Of.
81 am for change in the rules" said
the General, "bccausc ! want to sec
the game pcrpetuatcd, AMI I don't be-
lieve it can under tho existing so.
called Rugby rules. AS now played
at Yale, Princeton, Harvard and Cor
nell, the game of football is productive
of IL greater number of injuries, both
immediate and permanent, than is
fighting Under the Marquis o!
Quccnsbcrry rules"
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1894-03-09
"Singing in the Ears.3

That unpleasant sensation known rs
singing in the ear generally results
from the hardening of the wax. 1t
may frequently be removed at once by
syringing the ear with little warm
soap and water or by dropping little
glycerine oil into the ear at bedtime.
If these remedies do not answer, a
mustard poultice applied just behind
the ear ut bedtime, and repeated, if
necessary, two or three nights. is an
almost certain cure. Chicago Herald.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1894-03-09
North Carohna's S Cup of Happiness FuH.
(New York Snn.l

Thursday was great day for North
Carolina. Governor Elias Carr, of tho
multifarious and multivocnl mustach.
ois, ate grand luncheon of New river
oysters Mt jacksonville, and then went
on to Newbern and reviewed the naval
parade and the Wilmington Light In,
fnntry, and inspected the Fish, Oyster
and Game Fair. A thousand hearts
beat happily. The fair was n great
fair. The Governor was a great Gov.
ernor. And, not least of all, the Hon
Winter Pippin, of Tarboro, had just
got job in the geological survey. The
good old Tar Heel State fairly hic
coughed with happiness.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1894-03-09
Senator Cameron I'm IT,"

BEAUFORT, S. C.--The State con.
stables seized two cases cf choice
brandy consigned to Senator j. ID.
Cameron, st. Helena Island, from
Washington. The Senator is un.
fortunate, rs he has been getting hit
cases oil along unmolested and seemed
lulled into security by accustomed
escape from detection.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1894-03-09
According to the Sviei, ST. Peter

According to the Sviei, q St. Peters.
burg paper, Russia, unlike other Eu
ropean countries, Incorporates in the
army only one efourth OF tho youns
men who are drafted every year when
they reach the legal age for military
service. The recruiting in 1892 cn.
listed 1882 conscripts, but only
26O, ,290 were actually sent into the
ranks. or these 1876, 600 we're Ortho.
dox, Is, 900 Israelitcs AMI 5000 Mo
hammedans; the Russian army is
therefore composed Of men belonging
to the National religion. There were
also in the contingent called to service
in 1892 1913, 600 men of pure Russian
origin, 1000 Poles, 1000 Germans,
$4,000 Jews, 3GSo Bashkires, AMI a
small number Of Lithuanians, Tartars,
ETC., SO that the Ru ussian army can be
considered as being quite homogene-
Gus in regard to its nationality.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1894-03-09

The Argentine Republic Is rapidly
becoming n prominent competitor in
the business Of supplying grain to the
European markets. Shipowners OF
Nova Scotia and New Brunswick are
taking advantage of the trade and find
ing employment for their vessels at
remuneratiye rates between the River
Plate and Old World ports.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1894-03-09
4 New Railroad Scheme.

A dispatch from Middlesborough,
<y., states that the scheme to give that
section a seaboard outlet at Por.
Royal, s. c., has been revived, and
;hat Clarence Cary, receiver of the
Knoxville, Cumberland Gap & Louis.
vile road, is interested in it. The
connection il made would be by way
OF the Knoxville, Cumberland Gap 4
Louisville, the Port Royal " Augusta
and some other line yet to be deter
mined.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1894-03-09
AGAIN in the Stockholders Hoods

WINNsBoRo, S. Con Thursday
A. G. Brice. of Chester, moved before
Judge Watts to have the Chester &
Cheraw Railroad taken out of the hands
OF the receiver, David Hcmphill, of
Chester, and returned into the hands
OF tho stockholders. Friday the motion
was granted.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1894-03-09
Re5Ict the Acreage 20 Per Cent.

The Farmers State Agricultural SO.
ciety of Alabama, which has been in
session ut Birmingham, decided to rc.
commend to Alabama fnrmersthat they
reduce the acreage of cotton 20 per
cent, and 10 substitute for this reduc-
tion crops that will supply home con-
sumption, thus avoiding the tax Of
transportation ana ether costs.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1894-03-09

u. A widower's association has been
formed in Dresden, Germany. No man
can join unless his wife is dead, and if
he marries again he becomes IN hon
orary member merely. One of the
lchief purposes of the association is to
help newly made widowers by looking
after their wives funerals and caring
for their children
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1894-03-09
is enough cotton to make stockin
now she rs A MASON.
Mrs. Lease Once Saw What Some One Said
Was an Initiation.


CHIcAGo, ILL.-Mrs. Mary Lease, of
Kansas, was in the city en- route to
New York. She was asked about her
Masonic connections and replied:
"Whcn | was girl of l6 / was liv-
ing i'll Lockport, N. Y. friend Of
mine, who Was n prominent Mason,
put in my way to witness Masonic initia.
ton, and / saw the three degrees nd
ministered to a candidate"
"Were you admitted to the lodge
room"
ono. / was behind door that had
sliding wicket in it, and saw the
whole procedure through that wicket.
So you sec that is the way l became q
Mason, for TO he in possession of the
secrets OF the craft is to be Mason. "
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1894-03-09
Gold Starting Evrope- Ward.

WASHINGTON, ID. C.-The Treasury
Department is informed that million
and quarter of gold was engaged in
New York Friday for export. The
gold is furnished by the banks in New
York. The rate of exchange now is
sufficiently high to permit gold to be
exported at n profit, and further ex-
poration of gold, if the present rate
keeps up, is expected.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1894-03-09
Senator nm got u Candidate for Governor

AMSTERDAM, N. Y.-Senator David
B. Hill has written private letter,
saying that he was not and would not
be gubernatorial candidate this year.
At the same time he expressed his be-
lief that Gov. Flower would be re-
nominated
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1894-03-09
GiadS tone Refused a Peera1e.

LONDON. Mr.. Gladstone dined with
the Queen, and recommended Lord
Rosebery to snccecd him as Premier.
He refused peeraSe, offered by the
Queen.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1894-03-09
Senator Vance much Better & ShH Mendjng

LIVE OAK, FLA. The healing waters
of Suwanee Springs have made mar.
ked change for the better in the con
dition of Senator Vance's health. He
is much better and improving daily.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1894-03-09

Tho railway mileage of Europe,
Asia and Africa now aggregates i5J.
900 miles. The railways of the United
States reach 16S, 597 miles.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-05-05

Those figures Except from ahH,
parishes OF Grant and Red RiveS i'agrs.
whence we had direct reports. The
former giving Mr.. Hicks an inossssea
majority, the latter few in fayny ns;
Mr.. OGDEN we have taken from TX.
Shreveport Times report. ana tn,
AVOID any unnecessary eomplrariiyns
we beg that contemporary to add I'm,
vote OF Mr.. Hicks as given in it's aane
OF May l, and see if the proper xun.
Is not 32O3 instead of 2796 as tharp
gwen.
The vote of Vernon, as given, ~ yp
small that the returns have certainly
not all come in, but as the matter afyx
stands Mr. Ogden has maiorav Of
4I9L In our next weeks issRs Ne
will give as nearly as possible the d.
tailed vote by parishes for the In kiJg-
nation and interest of our reatsera
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-05-05
HOW THE RECENT ELECTION WAS
CONDUCTED

In our last issue we assured our
friends, the enemy, that we grac G.
fully yielded to the verdict rendered
by the voters at the ballot box, and
were more than willing to accept the
decree of the Democratic party, so
expressed. We are still Of the same
opinion, but it may prove interesting,
and beneficial as we'll, for the honest
people of the district to learn how
Mr.. Ogden's friends secured his
handsome majority, how white
supremacy was perpetuated by his
ELECTION and Mr.. Hicks DEFEAT.
We will begin with the rare old
parish of Bossier. This grand pro-
vince where Caucasian rule is the
dominant spirit; the inspiration
which gives zest to its civilization is
credited ,by the last census with a
population of 4166 white persons.
This divided by 5, the usual appor-
tionment of voters to the family, will
give 764 white people entitled to cast
ballot. OF those 70 voted for Mr..
Hicks, Leaving balance of 694 The
returns show that Mr.. Ogden received
1892 votes in that parish. 1892 less
694 leaves 800 votes, which of neces-
sity must have been contributed by
the colored brother, to perpetuate
white supremacy. By these returns
it will be seen that the negro was
very generous in furnishing the ma
jority of votes, nearly two-thirds of
them, to keep his own race under
control and please the white man in
Bossier. For this he deserves special
mention in the prayers offered by the
Bossler demagogues and should like
wise receive a leather medal.
Again at the precinct of Curtis, we
are reliably informed that the COM
missioners descended from the digni-
ty Of their positions and instead of
acting as judges who refrained from
taking any part in the election what
soever, except to see that it was car
ried on correctly, became regular
heelers. and themselves handed out8
to the negroes Ogden tickets for
them to vote.
And at the courthouse in Shreve-
port we were informed that the clerk !
of the election made himself conspic-
uous by heellng for Mr. Ogden.
In the parish of Webster, the Lone
Pine box which gave Mr.. Ogden IS
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-05-05

! OF the United States, negroes who had
been here only one week and minors
when they wanted to vote the Ogden
ticket, and refused white men. good
reputable citizens of this parish
votes. saying their names were not
on the poll books, that they had not
registered, because they would not
support Ogden. In other words thew
let anybody vote whether they we're
entitled to vote or not, if they voted
for Og den, and if they opposed him
they threw every obstacle in the way
OF their voting, and deprived white
men, entitled to vote, of their votes.
At Gas, Jones School House and
Rich Mill, there are not over 20 Dem
ocrats in the Ward (3) and at least
LOO Peoples Party votes; at Pierson
School House, Clear Spring, Star
light and Coushatta we had a fair
count. | state these facts to you and
they can be substantjated by myself
! and other parties under oath.
I forgot to state that because I
went to the polls to tally the vote
after our party had been refused rep
resentation, Bourbon Democrat"
threatened to make an affidavit
against me and have the sheriff re-
move ne from the polls, and would
haye done SO had he not feared per
sonal trouble after the election was
over.
JUsTIcE.
Now, boys, of course this was all
fun to you, but you should think Of
the frogs sometimes too. We are
not half as bad a fellow as you
seemed to think, and will prove it to
you it you will give US half chance.
And seriously! for you all doubtless
have the country's welfare at heart,
what will be the destiny of our State
if this is continued? Remember.
these affairs all go abroad and strang-
ers will not know how to take it like
we did. Remember, whether you
thought of it in that light or not, you
deprived us,of a very sacred right,
and your fun was very costly affair
to US and our supporters.
But we will not scold any more
We promised to hush, didn't WEI
But We must say just this in parting
Don't forget that You and your side
charged US with not being a Demo
rat, that our candidacy meant dan
ger OF negro supremacy and, friends,
axe your medicine like men now:
'ou were the ones who alone used
he negro vote in the election.
But if We don't stop you will say
Ve are growing because we got
licked. Well, we did get licked too,
idut We? But some of you are
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-05-05

| in the primary, many of which were
declared fraudulent, returned him
25l in the general election. These,
we are reliably informed, were made
up by allowing everyone who passed
a vote, extending this privilege to
white and black alike, nor laying an
embargo on anyone on account of
minority SO long as he could say he
had reached the age of II years.
At one precinct in Rapides parish
where 222 were returned, we have it
from reliable information that only
30 votes we're cast.
In the town of Arcadia, Bienville
parish, we have this from CORE
spondent:
Arcadia, La, April 20.
Cal D. Hicks, ESD, Shreveport.
Dear Sir:--I am not surprised at
Ogden getting the vote he did, If
all the precincts did as we'll for him
as Arcadia. If there were 400 votes
polled for Ogden at Arcadia there
were 1000 [ am sure that $50 votes
would cover all that were cast for
Ogden and about IS for yourself.
In Caddo the Sand Beach box,
which in 1892 gave McEnery II and
Foster six, making % in all, became
animated over the name of Mr. Ogden
On the 24th ult., and deposited to his
credit 81 votes. Again must the
patriotic colored man have rendered
valuable assistance, and rendered,
or rather donated, to his white
brother 6S votes to help insure eau
casian rule.
In Red River parish, and especially
at Coushatta, the question of fair.
ness seems to have been little cousd-
cred, Judging from correspondent
whose letter we here give in full |
This gentlemen is connected with one
of the best Democratic families in the
State, and members thereof have
held prominent and important offices
from the people. This is what he
says:
Coushatta La, April 20.
Hon. G. D. Hicks, Shreveport.
Dear Sir: I enclose you the votes
as compiled by the Red River parish
machine The returning officer. S.
Q. Hollingsworsh, would give the
Peoples Party no representative at
the polls, and we could do nothing /
they counted to suit themselves. At
ibis (Coushatta) box the commission
ers voted negro, ex-convict, after
ais vote had been challenged; they ]
voted non-residents, men not citizen q
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-05-05

already sorry of it and we knos il
We believe also if you had il 10 s,p
over again many Of you WOULD PM IN
a Hicks ticket instead of aa Ogsgstn
Believing you would ana arc yRaF
sorry, for US if for nothing else, pTg
will close this article
Following is the vote SO fas as, Vs.,
have been able to gather and we.
guess it is about right.