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Mesa free press., 1896-10-16
WEEDS AND GOOD FARM
ING.

Occasionally farmer is heard
to ask how the weed can be killed,
but he does not realize that if by
some rapid process they could all
he dispatched new legions would
fill their places at once if the con-
ditions which they enjoy remain.
What farmers need to comprehend
is that without some radical mis-
take in the management of their
land the daisies never would have
gained such a foothold. All plants
including weeds, settle and thrive
where the competition for life is
such that they can enter into it
to prosper. A good stand Of grass
leaves no room nor hope for weeds.
It is not in well-tilled fields that
Canada thistles flourish but in neg
lected pastures and by the road
sides. In the contest with the best
agricultural practice they cannot
prevail. The remedy for weeds is
to keel the land bnsy with good
crop on it, and this means that the
farmer must give Iersistent and
connected thought to his business.
IL the daisies crowd out the grass
it is because the meadow has been
neglected and the grass has begun
to fail, and whenever there is a
vacancy by the failure of the grass
every enterprising weed finds a
rightful opportunity to establish
itself If the farmer asks, there
tore, what will kill the daisies,
there is one answer, better farm
ing.
Mesa free press., 1896-10-16

"Do you have a telephone in
your house 2" "No; sometimes
have to work at the office at night
and if l had phone at home my
wife would call me every thirty
minutes to see if I was there"
Mesa free press., 1896-10-16

Virchard r. Chandi, one of the
most profound of Indian philoso-
piers, is about to establish mission
ary headquarters at Chicago and
will preach in the United States
that it is crime to eat any kind
of food obtained by the sacrifice OF
the life of any living thing, He
is in this country with the deter
mination to make converts. AS he
progresses in his crusade he will
appoint assistants. and hopes to
make the religion of the Hindoo
as we'll known on this continent al
the Christian religion is in the
Orient. He will visit all the large
cities, will take part in debate, and
write for the newspapers.
Mesa free press., 1896-10-16

The Buffalo Center, Ia, school
board has passed a resolution to
use corn for fuel this winter. Ten
cents per bushel corn they con-
slider cheaper than coal. To them
it means a reduction of half their
fuel bill, providing corn does not
advance in price.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-02-04

have never met you before. This State
ment may surprise you, but it is true.
l am not the man for whom you take
me- He is now in Il lnnatic asylum,
while l am his cousin. / know it is sup
posed that am the crazy man, but that
is an error, promulgated by the Mental
bon to serve Ler own ends. The facts
then are thus: While c beg at Sc,.col !
loved my girl companion, little Kose's
mother. Just before left the south to
enter Harvard, I told my little sweet
heart-she was then but 15-that /
would marry her upon my return. This
was my first love and hers. had q cols-
in, older than myself by ten years,
handsome and wealthy, but gambler
and addicted to heavy drinking. This
woman Montalbon, rs you know, kept
q gambling den, and naturally my un-
fortunate cousin was 4 constant visitor
ct the house. One night, while intoxi-
Gated with wine, she persuaded him to
marry hor, Clergyman being called in
and ceremony privately performed.
He became entirely sober only after sew
eral days had passed and then had en-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-02-04
A Story From Jamaica.
ONE MANS EXPERIENCE WITH
DYSPl STA.
2aod niafresaess Nim-Hla Hearf Ma In
0ood Distressed Him-3iis Heart Was In
Preearious Condition.
tFrom brooklyn, ". Y. Tlmes.)

tFrom Brooklyn, W Y. Tsmes.)
There is no secret now rs to what was the
matter with George l.. Bergen of Jamaica,
L. I. His friends thought he had gone into
. decline, and possibly, had heart disease.
And no doubt he did but it all came from
the dyspepsia, and since that has been
cured, his heart disease has disappeared also.
lie told n reporter of the 7ipies what cured
him the other day, and his conversation IL
repeated here:
"The trouble was with my digestive sys-
TEN, and with my heart. As q consequence,
for nearly six years ] was unable to enjoy
meal. To partakc Of fresh bread, cakes.
pies, or any kind OF pastry was out Of The
question. A small portion of food Of tiia
character would give me uBtold agony. 30
] had b. 2, with1at il. Ny trouble steadily
increased, despite all my efforts to check it.
j took all sorts of medicines prescribed By
physicians, with M perceptiblc abatement
Of the disorder. Finally my heart became
involved, and occasionally I would be dis
turbsd with tumultuous beating aad pllpi.
tatioa. Worse thai all. feelings of opp.es.
sion and sufTocation would ensuc, AMI some.
times tii. heart sction would be suspended.
I confess I was very much alarmed when
those symptoms mInifested themselves, and
OF Tins lap3ei int, state Of utter despair.
"Oae evening last fall, ] noticed ~ the
Brooklyn Tia-s an account Of remarkable
Pink Pill. for Pal, People. ] was pale and
that flct helped {, awaken nv interest in
the nnn0uncem mt, which I read through
carefully. A day or two later a similar
narrative appeared with reference to the
pills, the symptoms Of the person cured
bcinr similar to my own. That settled the
question fIr me. The next mornin.
proc1rcI box, AMI before had taken Inf
Of them | experienced decided relief.
continued the pills and my improvement
was rapid. until now / can eat with iInpu.
nifty what my appetite suggests, wi,l,ou: re.
CARL N tins or nmNrnt, IN reason OF COURSE
and the functional disturbances Of the heart
have disappeared. have always had hart
trouble, but il has been greatly relieved Dy
the use Of the Pink Pills. I consider my.
self cured Of the stomach trouble. ANY one
having the symptoms have described may
take the pills with the utmost confidence OF
their bringing relief" Mr.. Bergen is an
active member Of Jamaica Council. Royal
Arcanum, an exempt fireman and has been
for many years connected with the hard.
ware establishment of James 7. Lewis. one
Of the largest mercantile Interests On Long
Island.
DR.. Williams Pink Pills contain oil the
elements necessary 70 give new life and
richness to the blood and restore shattered
nerves. They are for sale by all druggists
or may be had by mai! from Dr.. Williams
Medicine Co., Schenectady, N. Y, for 59c
per box, or six boxes for $3.50.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-02-04
BY HELEN MATHERS

Author of Cherry Ripe" Comm Thro' the
Rye" MY Lady Greensleeves." Blind JUS
tice," etc.
Helen Mathers achieved fame at the age
OF 20 by writing Comm Thro the Rye"
simple study of English family life that caught
the English heart. That was about twenty
years ago. Now Helen Mathers is one of the
six English authoresses who can command
practically what terms they want for their
work, and she is as popular in America as in
Great Britain
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-02-04

Some years ago Miss Mathers married Henry
Reeves, an eminent surgeon, but she still
writes under her maiden name and at her
elegant home in Grosvenor street, London
she mingles in the fashionable society so
faithfully portrayed in her novels.
Helen Mathers' latest novel, THE
LOVELY MALINCOURT," which is to be
published in America simultaneously with IFS
appearance in England. is charming tale
of English society life, and withal a love
story of surprising power.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-02-04
TURKISH BATH Rooms

Baths OF all kinds, including
Turkish, plain. shampoo, elec-
trio, slecsro-thermal. cts. may
DC obtained ~ the SsRitarium
Bath Rooms, en- the srst door Of
the Harper House.
ROOMS OPEN.
For Lad!es-Fsom . q. m. to
IL M. on week days For GEN.
tlemen-From 2 p. u. to 10 pm.
on week days On Sundays the
rooms will 10 open from ! q. m.
to IL .. IN. for Gentlemen only,
Electric and Elec.rc-thermsl
baths may be obtained at any
time during business hours.
Gymnasium connected With bal,
rooms.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-10-02

.Ome friend, or otherwise. and study the
answers. n practical teacher (such as
Judge Townsend used to be) can soon
measure up an applicant and assign him
to the place where he belongs in the
school room. Let the system he remod-
eled. Under the caption "a hundred
years ago AMI now" our friend n. G..
Littlejohn, of .Asbury, writes II very SELL
Siblc article. This is nothing new, for
he always does that. But | refer the
readers to What le> says and ask them to
carefully consider it. 1t is not often
tllt Brother Littlejohn speaks, but when
ne does he always says something and
that to the point. And when he has
lcthing to say he keeps silent. What
The rest Cf us ought to do more than
we do.
Sept. 2S. VoX.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-10-02
A Protest

i;DITOR TIME>:--I rcad the West
springs correspondent : last effort. lam
aware of the fact J. b. l.. is Il fun-mak-
m.. fun-,o.iHg iplividual. The fun he
i low making and seunlS TO j" enjoying
most !, ut the defeated candidates. Two
years ago lle exhausted the subject in his
numerous speeches ma,lo during tht
ronnty cam,nlgn: he was 'y the p"op!,
voted ont of the as~lciation. therefore
has now no ,nirp. either To L"nllnate .ci
even suggest tiIe name ot Any m2lnhti
20 fill any Office believe il is conceived
is tue that "a fellow feeling makes II
won,lro,rS kind" nnd further. that
circumstances alter eases therefore
our quasi brother can have II
such feeling. and unless actuatcd bt
such feeling. his last falls very far Short
Of brothcrly love or sympathy.
therefore movctlmt anything coming
from suei, . source bc ruled out as lln'
worthy the cutS;.ieiati0n Of the .\SSocn
ton, and that hc H". i,c allowed I
nave SAY in anything connort"d will
The Association, until he again becomes
a member. (which have no doubt llt
will br, if given time. Respectfully,
j. L. G..
Srpteluj,cy %, iS3i.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-10-02

vlntaSes we have over other sections
of the country, they are more than
counterbalanccd by the record ou,
county has made on this subject of
crime. TIE day of the braggart and
hully has passed everywhere else.
nd if they can't be gotten rid of in
'nion county, otherwise than by the
ourts, why then the public should
&c that they get their just deserts
by and through the courts.
Union county has had enough Of
this thing. Why we even heard a
gentleman say, when that recommen
lation of the grand jury was read in
regard to building new court house.
why, We had better tear down the
one we have; We doa't need any
court house.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-10-02
Mortgages on Farms.

The following comparative state
mant concerning mortgages on farm
lands, is taken from the New York
Journal of Commerce and Commercial
Bulletin. The figures are both in
tc:esting and instructive. Showing
that the Southern States are net 50
deep in the mud as Other Stats are
in the mire.
''ComplaintS OF the burden of farm
deb arc loudest in the South. What
proportion of the population of the
South Is struggling with farm mort
cages! The following table taken
h"ni tho oe"s.>'~ OF 1890 shows the
whole number of families in the States
named and the III nbcr of families
owning farms subject to incumbrancc:
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-10-02
Gao.cnces of Circuit Court.

The State VS.. Jane Wood. Assault
and battery with intent to kill. SEN
tence. That the defendant be confined
in county Jail two months OF gay u
fine of $4,000.
The State VS.. Edmund Lylcs' Vic
lation of Dispcnsary Law. Sentence,
Pay fine of $4,000 or be held to
labor upon public works of the coun-.
ty for a period of three months or in
State Penitcntiary for three months.
The State VS.. B. Glenn Cannon.
Violation of Dispcnsary Law. Sen
tencc, Pay afine of $4,000 or labor
upon public works of Union county
for Il period of three months or State
Penitentiary for three months.
The State VS.. David l.. Anderson.
Violation of Dispensary Law. Sen
ttnce, Pay IL fine of $4,000 or be
confined IN county Jail for Il period
of three months.
The State VS.. Jack Bcatt. Viola
ton of Dispensarv Law. Sentence.
Pay tlnc of $4,000 or be held to
labor upon the public works of Union
C pnnty for apcriod Of three months
or be confined in the county Jail fol
n like period,
The State VS.. Darlin Blake. Biga-
my. Sentence, The defendant be con-
fined at such work as ne is capalE of
performing in the State Penitcntiary
for period of six months.
The State vs.. Julius Arnold. AS
sault with intent to raviSh. Sentence.
The defendant lie hr!l to labor upon
the public works of Union county
for Il period Of twelve months or be
confined in the State pcnitentiary at
hard labor for like period.
The State VS.. john Palmer. AS
sault with intent to raviSh Il woman
child under the age of Il years.
Sentence, The defendant pay fine
Of 5000 op 10 held to laLu! upon the
public works of Union county for
period of ( months or be confined i'm
the State pcntcntiarv for Il like
period.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-10-02
LAST WEEKS COURT.

The sessions Of the Court of Gen
cral Sessions last week was full o.
surprises, even to- the natives. There
were three men tried for their lives.
charged with the fearful crime OF
murder. Two white men had killed
two other white men and one Negro
had killed his brother. In each
case the verdict rendered by the
petit Jury was "not guilty" 70 say
that these verdicts surprised every
person who heard these cases, is t"
express it mildly.
The editor of this paper is per-
sonally acquainted with all three o.
the men tried for murder, and has
nothing in the world against either
one of them, but we are compelled
t. say to them that they were cx
c.edingly fortunate men, in the Sc
lection Of the .iurics that sat upon
their cases. We never heard the
Solicitor make more able arguments
than he made in these cases. ana the
Ju lce also did his duty, consequent
" these men are turned loose IN
Union county again, by the will, or
judgment, of twelve .iuryrDcn.
We can't explain why the: did 50.
for We know most Of Tie .jnrymen.
and they are very good mcn and Of
fair ability. The onl Y way We can
account for it il that Mon
count; i clrSnl with q dis
ordered sentiment about the tax
ing Of human life. They seem not
to realize what n serious MATES; it is
They seem never to think that the
old and law-ab!l!ng citizen Of the
county is placed at the mercy Of the
braggart and coward, who J.; ever
ready to whip out u pistol and XII!
another without reason CT Just caG,c.
Such men should be made to feel the
weight Of the law. For such men.
the law against mnrlcr was enacted.
1t seems to rs that our preachers
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-10-02
From Eta Jams.
September %, ISIS.

Our next governors nanic will il"
easily spelled, IL. II. B.
1T is abou; time our Pea Rid-.c friends
AMI Capt. Joe Sims. of BullpckS creek.
wolld come ";pr in this ncighbo:hoUd
tor another fox chase.
Petitions are hning circulated aSAing
for Il new county by the name of Lime
stone. Wit, GatInev City rs county seat
For the next few montllS we may look
Tor stirring times.
Oar friend Prof. a. G.. BavlS. oc
WilkilIs>iilc, la, ijDsl@d his new dwcl-
ling and is Eow occupying il. Our
| readers will remember that his house.
with its contents, was destroyed 10y fire
! Il few months ago.
On Monday, October i, Camp Giles.
&c. Veterans will meet i'll the court
.io,ljc ut Union, at Ii clock IN. for the
election of officers for the enS,ing wear.
and the transaction CT other important
business, 1t is hoped that each veteran
will exieGd this notice and he there, il
possible, a yno,i tHrn out is desired that
day.
MrsN,. johnson and i>uNrI. o!
SIP uta Ihu!% county. are NOW cimvaSSnE
this cnunty with Il ''!igh.ninS harness
hu,Ner." Theappar;dn> Is 80 adjusted Il
TO allow the occupant OF the buggy o.
cart TO di>engagc the horse in c:lSe -"
fright, which makes it absolutely safe
for a lady y. n'ild to drive Il wild animal
in case thcy i,tYe presence OF mind 10
ioD,r the animal il G;tSh Q! danger.
\ large turn out OF people wctu -, the
NUtn PacOlrt lnterdenomnatiOnll
Yesterday. Huu everything went on
pleasant. l'.oi,. E,!NS and MrArt!Iu",
of Gaitncy. were there ,,., gave some
cne;"h MISSES .hdiic Mc.Arthr and
accomplished young ladies, were present.
Judge J. ". Greer OH, prompt ciii'ir"t
secretary vas in bed with ii .iii! and
rc';!d not h.' prcS"lt at ihn convention.
His place WAS ably ll!lct ~ MrSSrS. -;
W. Thomson aud Frank Mc( (!uW"y
alternately. The communion service
viii Ia held at Salem mx. sabbath.
D",uhrr ia. preaching Saturday before.
In Il i"r!ncr lct;r. /, TuE TIMES. I
made some .!i;;s!On To- the management
o( the free schools which ;;o.at a.tute
reader lr.> construed into I'm assault upon
ii!" official integrity uf ourpgcScnl School
commissioner. NJ. l.. l.vmilStrr. Esq.
whom Hulnhrr among my vcly hest
friends. ~" trouble is further up the
line. and is ont Of ti," power my friend
l4'nIintcr o. any other Sho.l (,.;InS-
Niuncr 20 correct; The information that
| In, hat i,.,I
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-10-02

GOVERNOR EVANS has appointed
the following citizens rs commissions
crs ct election, for Union county:
State. W. James, j. II. Moblry,
ii. C. Little. Federal. W. Scott.
J. A. Gofor;l,, J. B. Bct"nbangh.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-10-02

1T will be Observed thatlc pi.o-
portion Of the population 70 ar,
being crushed under farm morarcs
is ridiculousiy small. 1t is nnch
!argcr in tic Wcs;crn States, + IN
those States tho mor;agc uSual.,c,. |
rescnts the purchase Of the farm nd |
the complaints Of suff, ring arc $40. |
What lN>s yi9lcHt than from the Sch |
"ln South Carolina the frrm m-
cages amount to 80, u per cent?
tie value of the incunrrld farms
In all other Southern stacS exec
Mississippi it is less, in most it is
little over 10 per cent. and in som
n much over 80 per cent.
"Thc average amount or the in
cumbrancc IN South Carolina |!
$500 and the average annual intcrcs
$50.
"rhc farm mOrta@agcS not onl,
ailcri minute proportion Of tho
popula'lnn OF thuse Southern State,
but they are Of very nc,lcratc
amounts.
"Ihc entire farm mortgage debt
oF The thirteen Southern States il
SO, 2j5.5t2 while thai Of Indian;
@ion" ! SIS. .75l, ,l53, tha: Of Illinois
is S9H,9+o G3.t aud that Of New
York $l3l,o6a 7O3 "
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-10-02

A FEARFUL cyclone struck Savan"
nah, Georgia, September 2?th, xii :
ing seven people, and doing over Il
million dollars worth of damage
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-10-02

\ NUMBER Of parties are refusing
to handle the cotton bound with wire
ties. ID. p. Duncan still advises the
farmers to use them, as he will find
commission merchants to handle il.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-10-02
ADyEHTIsE EME STS:
Friday, October ?, 1896
NOTICE.

All correspondents of TIE TINES
will please seod in their communica
tions by Monday Ct each week if it is
possible.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-10-02
Sept. 2S.
N'oN.
PIesentments Of The Grand Ju:y

.'''-' - -, 'ISP'' io'Os
10 His Honor, Ernest Gary,
presiding Judge.
Having discharged the duties de-
volvcd on Ills by your Honor for the
September term of court for Union
county. We the Grand Jury desire
through our foreman to make tile fol-
towing prcscntmcnt:
We recommended at the March
term, and rot an order from the pre-
siding judge that several improve
mcnts should be made on the court
house and jail, also we made same
recommendation at July term and
rot similar order. and no attention
has been paid either to us or the
orlcv5 Of the two Judges and We hope
your honor will issue such stringent
orders to have thom carried out, Ia
we regapl them essential. Also to
issue an order to the parties con-
ccrnel to show cause why they have
liSrcgar,lcl or recommendations and
the orders of the two Judges. We
consider itusclc>S to make rGcommen-
dlt.ona when no attention is paid to
thcm.
We recommend that the we'll that
supplies water for the court house and
Jail be cleaned oat and put in proper
repair ut once as the water is absolute.
ly dangerous to drink in the present
condition..
We have examined the Magistrates
books except one and hc is detained
on act of cItrcme illness in his
family. While we find the books very
well kept. under tic circumstances
we hnt tha some of them are not
provided with paper and books, and
would srgg st that paper and books
be furnlshc these officers and th,t
they be required to make propar
cntrics in the Same. One of til
Magistrates, Mr.. Gc4 llpghey. has
not turned over to the County
Treasurer any costs collected when
eases arc compromised, saying that
he is entitled TO so much of the cost
as equals his salary of $500. We
are Informed that he is not entitled
by law to same.
We examined the county Offices
and find them correct. In regard to
the office of Clerk of Court and find
his beautifully and neatly kept.
W" cNami,.cd the poor house by
committee and find illat the recon-
mcndations made at the March term
have EOi bcGn attended to. There is
great need of winGu~ sash in u
number Of tn. houses to render them
comfortable. As winter is approach
ing we recommend these sash be put
III at once We find three hogs run
ming at large o,c4 putatq pa:ch,
garden and corn field destroying con
s!dcrablv. We also recommended at
the March term that chimney in a
dangerous ~oEditiDn be repaired and
it has not been done. W. consider
II dangerous and hope the matter will
be attended - at once. We recon-
rlcnd the pai!ings lie put up around
tho garden at onc:. ll9rvy Yonng's
house needs cleaning Yc&y badly.
W" recognize the isci that the
court house is not large enough for
tho accommodation Of the officers
Of the cD3rt and other pcr.OnS called
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-10-02

tm.I IaG +, look at McLurr't
millinery. PrcI'ic,r line Of pattern hat
IN Ih" city, cNcruicd br Miss Wilson
t." most ac" i'apI;,hcl u!i!iuey.