The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, September 07, 1894, Image 2
Martin Ciiai-in a former resident of this
place died at his homo at Chupiu'sui the 1st
instant. It has l>ecu sometime siuce Mr.
I'lmpiii left here, but lie will no doubt be re- I
mcuibcred by the older residents of the town. I
lJui_ijist on^i.i to go in and take look at
PUKCELL'S pretty Now Goods in the Store
house lately occupied by R. T. Gee.
Mr. I.f.vi Smith brought us a sample of
some of his new sorghum. It is excellent?
belter than molasses or pyrup. lie says
that it is not as goo<l os his "other kind"
will be, which he is going to make in a few
days.
1 ho second primary will be held at the
regular voting places of I he different precincts,
on Tuesday the 11th. The old managers
are requested to serve again.
C. H. PKAKK,
Chin'n Rem. Kx. Com.
Mil. IV. K. Thomson has the credit of
having sold the first bale of cotton on this
market this season. It was brought in last
Tuesday and sold to Messrs. Farr and
I'l'iuson. It weighed bid pounds and
hloMght f?- c.
Ma. t ai.laoiik.p, Photographer, took a
picture of iV.< Military Compaoy in ful
dress last Friday evening. If you want to
see the position and "how they looked" you
can get a picture from Mr. Gallagher, or wc
will show you ours when it is finished.
Two negro men who were fined before
: lie.Mayor arc working out the fiincs on
the street, thus showing their appreciation
hI' ilia stringency of the money marKct
I lio town got eight day s work and it show?
it i well. The negroes showed their sense
hy working instead of paying.
Mil. W. T. Ur.vrv got hack from the Norll
l ist Sunday. He has been on to buy good:
and has laid in a stock which he will tel
you about in a short time through the col
uiuus of the Timks. He says he saw a grea
many merchants from the South buy in]
heir Fall and Winter stock-.
If you have a good Umbrella frame will
the cover worn out, take it to A. II. FOSTK1
At CO'S and have it re covered while yo
wait
Iris with sadness that we record th
death of llavis tiraham, who died here ye!
terday, nftcr a sickne-s of three weeks wit
fover. He was eighteen years old and wii
well known here, was a member of th
Methodist church and had many friendj
The sympathy of Tub Timks goes out to lli
mother in hor grief for the loss of her sot
I'mt'liovemksts nrc being made in the tl
banking room of The Merchant s \ IHnntc
National Hank. Tlie plastering ovcrliec
has been replaced by pino ceiling nice
oiled, and the whole room will be ove
hauled. Wo know how to sympathize wi
the cashier and teller for we haveju-tht
some experience with "overhauling ai
we know what it is.
boiler lias necn enoascu id iicw urivK nui>, i
and an unfinished brick smoke stack sixtyfire
feet high towers above tbe mill. It will 1
be eighty-live feet high when completed,
which will not bo long hence. Then they
will be ready for work.
?
Ji'iMiK Towxsknu hud his hand painfully
cut yesterday. He was lowering his window
to go home when it slipped and a broken
pane of glass struck his wrist just above
the thumb cutting a deep gash. The leaders
seemed to he uninjured, and we hope the
Judge will sutler n<> serious inconvenience
from the accident.
Dlsi'KNs\n* Constable, J110. Jackson, expolicemnn
of Spartanburg is in town this
week. He has notified the saloon men to
close their places of business, but none of
them hare closed. No action has been
taken. We suppose the administration is
wailing on the dispensary cases now pending
in Supreme court.
Personals
Mr. F. Arthur left here Inst Tuesday for
X'ew York, where he will spend some time
in buying a Fall and Winter stock of goods
for Messrs. A 11. Foster & Co. With Mr.
Arthur went Misses F.loise Ecaly, Isabel
Foster and Francis Houglnss, as far as
Staunton, Yu., whither they go to resume
their studies.
Mrs. J. K. Hunter and little daughter
Nathalie, accompanied Mrs. C. S. tlihbes,
.Mrs. Hunter a mot tier, anu .ui?s jcninv
Gibbcs, to Columbia last Wednesday. They
will be nway about it month.
Mrs. 1$. F. Arthur is visiting relatives in
rinckney during the absence of Mr. Arthur.
Mr. 11. A. ltelsill, one of the popular
salesmen of our town, who serves nt the
Racket Store, returned last Monday from
his home near Cross Keys, where he spent
i several days last week.
3 Mrs. L. I*. Murphy has returned from
I Charlotte, accompanied by her cousin, Miss
Lois McDowell, who will spend several days
t here.
r Mrs. Joe Scott has gone to Newberry on a
two week's visit to relatives and friends.
Mr. R F. Townsend has returned from a
' trip to various parts of this State and eas*
tern North Carolina,
u
Mr. U. 1*. Harry left last Monday for New
York and other Northern markets, where
? he will spend about a month purchasing
* new goods for the Fall and Winter,
h Mr. D. C. Flynn, of Augusta. <Sa., spent
a few days last week with Ins family, who
e aro visiting Mrs. Jas. (Irani.
s? Mrs. Darlington the nilow of the late
it' Gen. A. C. Darlington, of Fort Kiley. Kan>
sas, and Mrs. Creswell Darlington, of Laurens.
spent last week in our town visiting
ic their relatives, Co'. John L. Young and
rs family.
'y I'liioo County. S. C . August iMtli, I8H1
r* ?This is to testily that I have been a sufI],
ferer from indigestion near six years nod
havi tried many remedies but found none to
do me the good that Dr. Jerome Miller has.
Dr. Miller is ready for business.
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The paptr explains itself. We are in ?
sympathy wiili this meeting proposed by the ,
ltock Hill people, and suggest here and now (
that some steps he taken l v our people to ,
have Union County rej resented in the meeting.
I.ct us work together with our sister (
counties for our common good. Wc he
brethren What benefits you helps mo. I.ets
help otic another.
We be'ievc in an Immigrttiou Society
for through it we can make our wants and
a Wantages known, and while we will uot be
vested with any 1-gal power of exclusion,
we can, in a great measure, keep out the
bad immigrants and bring in tlie g od. Let
us give this matter our attention ?v><\
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PURCiiLli has the prettiest Dry Goods .
Store in the upper part of the State^^^|^M
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Mote About the Aiken Cau.v I JV
It is almost certain now that there will be'
an extra scs-ion of tlio Supreme Court in a
few days to consider the constitutionality
of the Dispensary Act of lSl'd.
The Justices of the court after some consideration
decide I that they would not be
justified in calling an extra session unless
tho wlaole matter coiibl be brought squarely
before them and be at the final ?1 it ion
of the court, which cotiM not be done without
a written agreement signed by b"th
side" in such a manner as to bind all parties
fully, ns tho ease was *et for the regular
J Full Term, and without such au agreement
either party would have a right to demand
that it be tried then. We suppose that the
agreement has been signed and the papers
filed by this time, as it is generally understood
that all parties are anxious for a
speedy settlement of (lie picstion. The
whole country is crying for a decision, aud
we hope it will conic and come speedily with
authority.
J.atkk.?The following agreement has
been filed with the Clerk of Supreme Court:
Stnte of South Carolina, la tbc Supreme
Court. Second Ciruit?Aiken County.
The Stato ex rcl. J. V. (Jeorge and ti. T.
llollcy, vs. Tho City Council of the City
of Aiken.
Wo do hereby consent that tho above
stated cause shall be htuiJ aud decided by
tho Supreme Court prior to the next regular
term of said court; and we agree to
submit and argue said cause at an extra
session of the court at such dales a" may he
lixed by the Honorable Chief Justice.
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Attorney (lencral, f >r delators
(J. W. ("nor r ami
M. 15. WoonwAltl>,
Attorneys for Itcspomlcnts.
We arc to 11 imoiiuco to I lie l/nlirtlint
Miss Kuili Antliony (lie popular Milliner
who was with us last season will he with
us ngaiu, -he is now in the Northern Markets
Bllomling all the Millinery openings ami
buying the newest things i?s they come out,
she will he here in a few ilays, with one ot
the ]>r< ni>*1 UH'I ' lines of Millinery
ever brought to L'niou.
Ke-pci (fully,
flit A HAM \ bl'A K Kfc?(
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'ere. beca to Yockharl Shoals?
not j?u haft, failed to see
hoautirul natural objects
tj ?n<l one of (be very fine
B B(' AfJ in this State, or in the Sonth^for
that matter. To those who
B * been the/c we wouM say that
^^H^BHNf||fciM^re for you which you
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an 1*1 was given a a
BH^^^^^ohiad two prancing chargers. The
Q^N^He erk was al-o in our vehiolc and bejlmrausiua
buggy came a Warden and
a broker. We had a jolly crowd and a good
day, for it was just cloudy enough to obscure
the broiling August sun. We drove out of
town about eight o'ebek. a little behind our
calculations f?r we lud intended go'ting off
by half past seven, so as to avoid the heat
of the noon-day. Our ho-ses slick with
health and glorious in the:r strength champed
their hits and seemed to be in a gala as
they prance I out of town. We had no*
gone far however, when it was noticed that
something teemed to be nuuoyiog the horses,
something beyond the mere heat. One of
our party decided that it was the check
retns and insisted on having them removed
altogether from the hriddles ; a very hunice
to 7.
'ggestioa, for wh^ -[ .Him
t
jhort drive in town, it is not very kind to
the horse; hut to rein it up for a long drivo
on a hot day with a load is simply cruel ;
though we feel lite sure that the person
who "checked" our horses never intended
to be cruel to them. After the reins were
removed the hor-cs were more comfortable.
Work and dry weather has put the roads in
excellent condition and wejmadc good time in
spite of the hilly section over which we had
to pass. The cotton along the way showed
up a 1 tnirably but when we looked for fruit
we discovered that it wis really not so good
as it at first appeared though it seems to us
right much above the averags at this time
of the year. The corn looked well and there
is plenty of it. Peas, sorghum and other
crops were (inc. We were very glad to sec
that the farmers ha I put in so much that
' >" be utilized at home, so much to cat?
that is aloug the line on which we Southern
folks have got to work out our own salvation
.
Long before we got to Hie Shoals we could
hear the water p mriug over and dashing
against the rugged rocks, like the noise of
Irees swayed by the wind.
doing down a steep hill covered with a
lense forest we came suddenly on the river
ilniost before we knew it, and right there
ilmost at our feet was the water dashing
lowu the rocky river bed, while to our <
iglit there extended a broad level plane on
vhich, we could see that there were many
iien at work some at one place and sirae at
mother, all working towards one end, ho vvcr,
as we learnel afterward, viz : towards |
he erection ofalirgo Citton Factory, whose j
intinishcd walls we could sec rising above 1
he plane.
It wat a very pleisaut sight to us for our ]
imbtS^re )' *!-?btoA
tod isions into a stti,> |
ictlr 'm^Hr^afe keeping and exchange a |
;ood word \yyn .Mr. ?. 1. Tracy, me storekeeper
wc went up above the Shoals where
umber, which ha<l been sent ilowu the river
u rafts was being taken from the water.
Six negro men wit la wet clothes were taking
)ut the huge pieces, any one of which satura:e
1 with water as they were, wai a match for
ill six of the men. The sills were put up in
piles to dry, 11 he afterwards hauled ihwo
and used in the construction of the factory.
Then wc went down to where the Factory
is betug built.
l'erhaps a btiof account of the Mills
would not be uninteresting. The property
consists of about six hundred acres of land
formerly owned by J. C. and (.'. L>. Farrar,
adjoining the lliver, thereby giving control
of one half of tlie stream.
The property also embraces a small tract
of land on the opposite side of the River and
jAust the proper place above the Shoals to
^Aniliini if desired. We learned that
ipiffuu 'ny ariilicial dam is constructed, au
ltKl pi full of over thirty one feet. It has
been pronounce I by competent Engineers
the finest undeveloped water power in the
State of South Carolina. About the year
His the Sato spent a large amount of
money in <:instructing a canal around this
fall, but in 1X45J it was abandoned and the
rights of the State in the entire property
have been transferred to the present owners.
The dressed stone used by the State many
years ago in coiiMructiog the locks is now
being taken out aud used on the Factory.
What a history of progress accompanies
those stones from the locks to the Factory !
Mow different the thoughts, the hopes, the
ambitions of the men who dressed them from
those who arc now placing them ! l'lans
have been made for the development of one
thousand horse power and the erection of a
k'o.otH) Spindle Mill, and the work is now
being prosecuted under the managomcnt of
Mr J. C. Cary. who looks nfter the work
in detail, personally. The Wheel Pits and
Fall Race have been completed and the walls
oT (lie I lie lory nave ueeu raiscu 10 ? consiucralile
liciglit. The power will be developed
by means of a caiml from which (lie water
will be taken to two pairs of turbines, by
Humes eight feet in diameter. This will
gite the rc'itiisite horse-power. 'Ihe main
Factory t uilding will be feet, and
will be I aud "? stories high. The stone being
u-od on tho building for foundation, etc.,
costs almost nothing, so we were tol l, coming
as it does ready dressed from the old
loci. *** 1' j i#"' V of one lock lias been
used and there arc four others untouched.
He lid not have time to go down and see
the locks that have not becu torn tip.
llrick- for the .Mill are being made rapidly
uml put on n- fast as made.
Mr. t'ary has everything moving and bofore
we know it we arc going to have another
big Cotton Mill right here in our
midst. In our liumb'c opinion there are
few mill -iies with the advantages of
l.oekh'irt, and wc predict a bright future
for i lie^^.
>" (',c we went to a nice
m
^3in^?sM*hnv^IicTZTM3*"l'owa 4
hill and bends down ihr Kivt/ nd there 1
laid ?Mova on the ground 'aad prepar
uiirieWet for dinner. We d''*^ our rarf '
the dinner and Tom cleaned* UP what fra
mcnta remained of three chir^fQ,? Kcstii
awhile after the ref nst wo i^*'n went do*
to the Work and were shown i^-fouud by Jl
Farrar, who told in about ho* ",c worl
were to be constructed and the)0""" 'a'<J 01
Mr. Ciry was not tlicre ww,CD we fi'
arrived, having conic to Union it husinoi
but he got bick before we left, tfhe.se ge
tlemen were very c'ever in showing \s rout
and answering questions, for ? l,,cu 11,1
have our thanks.
We started back after four o'croeif ,u
hail not got'o i far on our way whcn*S!
overto>k our fell >w townsman Mr. 15. 1
Foster, who I tad been out to his farm. Alt*
greeting, we all came on together ami gi
back to Union by Supper lime.
If you have never been to Lockhart Shoa
it would be a nice trip for you. It is onl
1? miles from Union and the roads ate gooi
If you do not g> soon you will not sec nine
of old Lockhart. The place is being rapill
transformed, and who knows but that it wi
be a City in a few years ?
Charleston's Commerce.
Cii.vri.kston, S C-, Sept. ">.?The yea
has been one of unprecedented trial, yet *.It
rilVB'fk.qbtgws that Charleston has held it
180:5, laid \v istefiundreds of n.tTes ot tei n
lory directly tributary to this market ant
I deprived Charleston of a rich and romuncra
tive trade. Tno rice crops were almost to
tally destroyed; the Sea Island cotton croj
was nearly all lost and the turpentine forests
were blown down for miles, and the river
phosphate mining c?mprnics so badly damaged
that they ould not operate for more
than half the year. Tho dispensary liquor
law, drove a great deal of capital from tho
city and destroyed a hitherto lucrative business.
The storms in the State last year and
the general depression throughout the
country, also affected the trade of the city,
but in spite of all these calamities and drawbacks,
the trade of Charleston shows a falling
off of only about three and a half million
dollars as compared with the preceding year.
The aggregate value of the business of the city
is more than seventy-one million dollavs.
This, under the circumstances, is a splendid
showing. The prospects for the new year
are full of cucouragement.
The completion of the jetties makes
Charleston ot.c of the finest deep water
ports in the world, and insures to this city a
great increase in its foreign trade. Ships
drawing twenty-three feet of water can nowcross
the hir wi'li safety, The government
work on the jetties has been most
succecsful, and Capt. F. V. Abbott, the engineer
iti charge, says that there is every
reason to anticipate that the full depth of
twenty-six feet contemplated by the project,
umII 1,? i
..... ........j<_ .. ..nit n-,^3 expenditure man
(ho amount of (l>e estimate. During the
year lie aaya, 1,07'.',000 cubic yards of material
have ilisippcarcd from between (lie
jetties and the areas about iheir landward
and seaward ends. This gain in waterway,
or decrease of obstructing material, he adds
"equals the whole amount that was gained
from 1881 to 1893."
The completion of the jetties will lead
in the near future to the establishment of
direct steamship liucs to Europe and to the
improvement ot the terminal facilities of the
port already the finest on the South Allantic
coast. Xcw cotton and exporting firms
will do business here this year and it is expee'ed
that there will be a large increase in
of l,"> P0"" T"If v?f>r
Receipts exceeded- those of the
, rtVlOUS M . ' . i?.
thousand ^ laorc ,h,n onc
The News uuu . ... , , ,
tomorrow letters frotler. Wl? ft,s0 f,u',1,s1'
all parts of the State de3t?0frC!"P?I1^CD'9 ,u
tion of the agricultural and'1?
terests. These letters with very fe. cxuCp*. r
tions are pleasingly monotonous in o-,.jv i
statement of the better condition of the farmers
and in u'iributing the case to the
forced economy consequent upon the disasters
of the previous year and tiie increased
attention to cereal products, induced
by the low price of coitou. The same
resolutions have also led to more attention
being paid to the raising of hogs and other
live stock. If we are to accept the concurrent
testimony of so many persons in so
many varied localities, South Carolina was
never so well prepared to supply its own hog
and hominy as it is today. In some parts
of tho State, people are raising their horses
and mules and ca'tle, and supplying themselves
with beef, butter and milk. In the
upper tier of counties wheat and oats, as
woll us corn, are available as food crops.
Tobacco and truck farms and orchards have
also come into favor, and diversified farming
and intensive cultivation have appar>
j'l?? !:5ou:', Carolina to stay.
Interdenominational Sunday
School Convention will meet at Elllethcl
Church on the Itli Sabbatli of September
1891, At 10 o'clock a. in.
The following is the programme:
1st. Devotional exercises by J. Wesley
Sanders, Chaplain.
Jnd. Enrollment of Schools and de'.ega'c*.
3rd. Model Primary class work conducted
by Misses I.iz/.'e Morehcid and llonnic
McCluney.
4th Teachers' meeting conducted by N.
0. Liltlejohn.
fith Our S. S. work?its importance and
relation to the cluircli, the home anil the
State. l>y Manassas Tate. Win. J cileries ami
1'. S. Webber.
tj. What is the best method of Township
Missionary work 7 by ('. W. Whisaant, J.
A. 11,lines anil Z. Unfits Phillips.
7. The S. S. Teacher?his iluty and rewar
I by A. Orr, J. M. (irccr, anil others.
8. Question box.
All S. S. Scholars ami workers are respectfully
invited to attinl and bring their
liibles and (lospel Hymn books.
Kach Schools will be untitled to four dele
gates.
An interval of one hour will be taken doting
the day for refreshments.
JAMES R. STRAIN.
For Committee.
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Constables tiro Active
Dispensary countable tnide sonte big haul:
of c ?ntrftband whiskey yesterday.
Constable J. T. Speed was at lite frcigli
depot of the Sontliern Railway yeslerdaj
morning looking arotiml for contraband, lit
went into a freight car and there noticed .
box marked "Merchandise," directed t<
l-Mwnrd McCrady of Charleyton. lie though
that the box bad a peculiar rattle and smcl
for merchandise and seized it. When it wa
opened it was found to contain two ten gal
Ion kegs of the finest corn whiskey, slitppe
from Kaslcy, in Pickens County, to Mr
Mr.Cradv. Mr. Mct'radv wi 1 have to g
thirsty until lie can get a new supply, be
cause tlie I'ickens consignment of e'egnn
corn is in ihc Slate Dispensary in charge o
Commissioner Traxlcr.
CI icf Constable Kant broke the recoil c
seizures at the I nion depot, lie spite
thruc packages of contraband there anil sen
them to the State Dispensary. One wiis
two gallon package of corn directed to .\
Kidder nt Wcdgeficld. The other was a 11 v
gallon keg on it < way to I>r. Klagg i;
Georgetown, and llio third wis directed I
M., nt l'eak's. It 1N0 contained fiv
gallons.?lirpisl- / o''i.
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Wrved Union by sellingi?
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at close prices that we
?^were able, to make by al1
ways buying* with CASH.
The successful result of
square dealing, always
using every effort to
please our many customers.
A RECORD !.\ WHICH V/K TAKE (iREAT PRIDE.
This Fall we mean to have
your CASH trade if close selling
will win it.
"THE OLD RELIABLE"
A. H. FOSTER & CO.
"Givers of Good Values." *
FURNISH
YOUR
HOUSE!
10V IS YOUR OPPOimijcjy IF YOU
CONTEMPLKR SUYIm,
FURNITURE W
T11E TIMK. HOODS IN THIS l.IN'K WEREICTCIJE Now?
AND YOl' WILD NOT FIND A LARGER AWSty CIIEAPKU
l'LETK STOCK OF ^OUK C(f'yf!
JTTT R n it u R F
IN TlIE STATE FROM WHICH To MAKE YoUll SELECTIONS.
FOR
STYLE-.j
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^ELEGANCE
AT TIIK LOWEST PRICE, WE CAN'T BE BEAT.
WE A BE OPENING UP NEW (iOOl)S DAILY, CALL AT
ONCE AND SEE THEM.
We Have Something Attractive to
Show You.
TRULY,
BAILEY & MURPHY
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