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/THE UNION T1MEQ t ' - "* . 1 i1 ; . . hi. . . .... _t, _ , t, . A ...i_??r? ?~~ y . < VOL. XXVI -NO- 17. UNION, SOUTH CAROLINA APRIL 26> 1895. si.50 A YEAR. _i!_L BUSINESS DIRECTORY. D. E. Hydrick, J. A. Sawyir, Spartanburg, S. C , Union, S. C. JJYDRICK& SAWYKR, Attorney* at Law, Judge To*nncu-i'a OM fttand. |uruiAto& m w.n no. Altai nay* 1.1 Law, No. 2. Lmr itk'iiiie. . |g<&' g 8. STOKF< Attorney ni Law and Trial Ju>iice, Office H^ar of Court llou?e. J" 0. WAT*LACK Aitorn?y. at Law, No. '? Lew gCHUMPEKT & DUTTiKIl. % Atn>rne,v<> af Law, N<\ S.\ Law Lnli-S. 1)KM ISTJIV. M H. K .SMITH Dotil vi II oim ovjr A. JI. Foster & < o'a. ercio. t c?!irn us>- ! in cxtr iotinjt teeth. UNION MAKliLE ?AM' ? Granite \\'<>rks. ttr.or.tii-; utuui.-r F. M. FA Kit, <.i; ?. MUNKO. Frwilenf. C^hicr. Merchants and n k . 4 , 1 ? *. ? r miners national) 15A Iv. oar union. Cat ital St. t* u M>i|>hM S.tWOfju &iockho'd< r.4 liabi i i'*". '? t'.OOO?T?tal? ^il 10,0tH), Officers?I. M. Firr, l'lis't. A. II. F? sler. Vice lb es't. tioo. Muim*, Cnshisr. i 11. /irinr, .\*M*rui insn.ui. Mredors?\\ It.Wnlare, A. < , Rice Win. JcUViies, I. t\ Duncan, .1. A. F-int, J. 'i'. Dtuglns. 1. (J. McK's.-iuk, A li. Kcnter. s lii.il your b<i>iiie-.?. I E (-1IEAM AN i) | SODA WATIfitt PA11LO ttVS tin* ()v>V>r <!??- ju i* ii"W i.vor, I li ivr converted my SiImii int* ao UT, CKK \>1 l\\l?LOU. Ami elm adieu ami ntleuir 11 ?i n'-p" ' I wily s u vitcd Co l'hII on nie wlu n chey w >nt a cool and rofri-j'hiiiji drink. Ord-r* IVr cream bv the gallon will receive prompt nn J careful atccnti? n. I liavo one id' the finc'ht S- da Founiiw. ,r.. ........,i...ii t?ll III* III t H\. UJ* VI'UIIII v i i I Iiiu<; PIIU1I be k< pt tidy. Ladies aio invited to make tny place their headquarter* wliile shopping, slop in and rest whetb- r you wish to buyer not. If you have :i headache try my WIXll COCA it will cure if every litre. A"on will also lin<1 at iny place thelar,?( } ; and liucst a-sortinciit cl' fancy nod plain candies, cake sand c rackers, fruits e nun d ^ooils and s^e.uerul confections, also family grocer it ?. To nuking ny < u-t oners for their kind air; i.bors. < r unco la -1 Summer I i spue'!udy su'ic t a c iim;mncv of l'"? mil" tl.i> ." unimcr; pn irranic ciujr I>r ?i'oj t and polite itteiil.ioti to ail. JOHN. 11. MATHIS. INJUNCTION vinst the State Authorities. Restrained from Enforcing- aPart of tlic Dig pensary Law Somcjjmo the Times made nentioiiMff the fact that Dr. Samson Pnnn \vji? rirrn!irii?f* tn fixf tl?<% v.i)_ - -1? I--I ft *" "v",' ,,,v iuity of the Dispensary Law ami also the Lkvtion Law. The latest development in the case is the restraining order against the dispensary authorities, granted hy Judge (doff at Clarksburg West Vu. on the v20tlt inst. in the ease "Dunbar rs. The State board of Control ami F. M. Mixon." The order provides: First. ' That on motion of Messrs. Caldwell aud l'o e. it is ordered that the hill for injunction he lilcvl in the clerk's ollico at Charleston. Second. That it is ordered that the defendants he required to show causo at Columbia. C., on May li. why the prayer of the petitioners for a permanent injunction shall not he granted. Third. That it is further ordered that the <h udants herein, tlieir agents, officers ami employees, and the sheriffs, and police ollieers of tlie 'jjlajhr of I'ou-h Carolina or of any municipality therein he enjoined and restrained until the further order of this court from interfering in any manner whatsoever with the com merce between the Ma cs, ami, to tliut end, that tin v are hereby restrained from interfering with the agents or employees of the common carriers in said state in any manner whatsoever whilst transporting, holding, or delivering articles of commerce brought bv said common carriers into the staTc; or interfering '.ny mrjncr vhatsoov r wi:,b ro-- ' v.i .'oinniorce so brought into the state, whilst in tlie* hands of the consignors tliereol. Fourth. Thai the bill and this order shall be served on the defendants on or before the -dli da\ of April, I81'd. Fifth. That the defendants, the State Hoard of Control, and Mixnn, commissioner. shall answer the interrogatories filed therewith, hy the li-jth dav of April. IM'd. ..i . I ? lAiii. 1 Hill l lie* MIUjKH'llil I CS' pondemlum <1 > issue. ? And Ilmv's What < iov(?rnor Kvans Sa\*s ahout It. 4,AI1 the quirks and ga tnins have tried their hands on the dispensary, ami now tin* lit tie snaps have taken charge of it, ami attempting to at :aek. Tlu-ro i> only one point in the case, ami that is: When does liquor 'arrive' in the State? The matter has already been before Judge Simonton and thev have gotten his opinion?ami i suppose this is ail effort to Mix" the other juetnl er of the I nited States ( ourt of Appeals. # Judge (lofl's injunction will not he regarded hy tne in anv sense of thi" word. It makes no diflerciiee what papers he servos, we will eontinue t<? seize every gallon of whiskey luat arrives witlii i this State, and I eonstrue the word 'arrive'to mean when it gets within A 1 1 1 ! .? . ' me uoruers oi tins r*ate. ami will so continue it till tin; Inited States Supreme Court holds otherwise. It" necessary, an extra force of eonstablcs will he employed to take charge of any liquor dealers who may hel encouraged by Judge (loft's action. Any lhjuor brought into this State in violation of the dispensary law by Judge (loft*. Sampson Pope or Fitz Caldwell w ill he as promptly seized and confiscated as if it were brought iti by Jim 1 hinhar. " - For want of space this week we base been compelled to condense son^e ef our correspondence and place it with the news matter on the inside. What is Monazite? The question answered More and more interost seems be taken in monazite. The rainii of it has gotten to be industry certain localities. In auswer to t numerous inuuries made at our ofTi we publish the following "special The State" froui Ga Iney, by Mr. C. AV. who has witnessed* the wli< process of mining, warning and 111:1 kcting. 11c says: "A few months aj<? rich uepos of monuzitc were foul id not far frc here across the North Carolina lin As the North Carolinians were ina ing money out ol mi .ing it, scar was made for the ^rmernl in tl county (Spartanburg), with the rest that deposits were f vund and 111 in opened up. As tins is a new indust in this State and asi.iost of The Stat readers are probably not very wi informed as to the properties of tl article and the us^ which is pi I shall endeavor to v ivo them such i formation as I was frhlc to obtain the limited tiuic at tuv disposal he this afternonfi. The deposits are found ( in gre nhundancc within tarco or four mil of this place in the of streams ai from two to four feet deep in bottc lands. The metal varies in ooh according to its purity, hut the lie is of a rich yellov/ ? ?h?r andgranul ill ?itnmfiiri? \I i\ i I Willi lli.t ninii zito is considerable ;oM and iron ai a little platinum, t! lirst and la named being, of course, ?|?iite valuah themselves. The metal is >btain< very much as gold?by digging ear and ai} together and washing troughs, l'robably as many as l,oC hands arc employe*! in mining ai getting the metal p-ady for shipmcu They are paid from ?! ) cents to ?1 day. Themoini7.it' ' rings in (iaftm from > to 0 e; X^ pound. It shippcii in suTks \ n'tyOit J^oumis cai and onlv in carload lots. TheTreig * , O rate from here to the destination most of it, tGloucester. N. V., i.-, -VJci per 100 pounds. It is used f making incandescent gas burners, what is known as the Welsbaeh ligf A gas jet used with a monazi burner consumes only one-third of tl gas it would use without the burn and gives a light e?piai to that three or four ordinary incandeseei electric light-. The burners cost ahoi S-?! "?0 each, hut will last ?juite a whil It is sai?I that > 1 per <uincc is pa: for the ashes obtained from the bu juts. Ahout lo(),0'hi pounds p? Jiioiitli are shipped from this point The money j>ai?I to the miners is >;ui an item in the merchants' Saturda sales. I'lie diseovci'v of the met; lias enhanced imnieiisely the value < some lands in this neighborhood. Tl suhstance has been found on lain that were so badly worn out as to 1 scarcely saleable a few months up but now the owners arc getting soim o n thing like $10 a day for the royalt <?n the metal. The principal shippci from this point are Carroll A Carpei tor, C. W. Campbell and Smitl tin last named having come IVoi New \ork to engage in the husinc* Nearly*all shipments are made t the Welsbaeh Light Company < (iloucester, N. Y., though soine < the metal goes to Dresden, (iermanv 1 have heard less talk of hard tunc here than in almost any town in tli State. Probably this new industr together with the presence ofaeotto mill here is pait explanation of the (>n the ground* that tlu- resist r;i tion aetoi was unconstitutiona that there was sufficient fraud at th polls iii the ehction last fall to vitiat the calling of the Constitutional eoi volition; there was then a conspiruc between Tiliman, Hvans and otlun to comtnit frauds; that the a^rei inent between Tillman, Kvaiis, Ihin well, Hemphill and others was conspiracy to defraud the nepro ( his right of suffrage; that, etc., etc Jud^e tioff has "ranted an order re O T straining any steps towaid the lode iiiof the Constitutional Convcnlio until the 2nd <d' May, when'a !'u hearing will be had. the mm>nn& ' ok colombia to Having been asked by numerous ijg friends to give my recollections of the ln scenes that I witnessed prior to and h? during the burning of Columbia by General Sherman's forces on the night of tho 17th February, 180J?, I will in brief state what 1 was an eye witness )'e to without any effovt at embellishiV' raent, but before doing so will state how I came to be on duty in Colum,ts bia instead of being at the front with )m the main body <>f the army. Early in" 1^01 1 volunteered in the Macbeth Light Artillery, a coin- j cb pany composed of men from I'nion, ds Laurens and Spartanburg, under the dt command of 0a ?t. llobcrt Boyd. ie3 The company was first ordered to 7 Lightwood-knot Springs, a few miles c ^ from Columbia. From there they were sent to Charleston and took up 1,8 camp at the race course, after having 'L spent some time on the Half Moon j1" Battery, near to where the cotton 111 ^i]l now stands, it was while on 10 duty at the race course that 1 received an injury that unfitted me for 'ilt active field service during the rest es ofthowar. 1 was detailed to look >?d after the horses belonging to the bat,m tery, being fond of riding a d a fear>r? less horseman. I mounted a spirited animal to take hiiu to water, with :*i' only a rope halter to guide him. a* Near by was a field of luxuriant j 1d grass. which was separated from our lst ciimp bv j. fence of n?od< rate height. ?lc My steed preferinggra<s to water 'd made a dash for it, and went over th the fence. Being without saddle ??r in bridle, I had no means of -Readying W myself, and on his alighting 0:1 ti* 1 id other side of the fence smtn nod an it. injury from which i was sent to the ' a hospital, whore I was treated I' v ' rv some lime, and then discharged fr<?:n 1st! uct'vo fold duty. Lati o: the, t'h j struggle I was assigned f .tin ' ht J clerk for Surgeon llorlbeek i:i 'in- I of j college hospital in Columbia. When ts. i the Second North Carolina Hospital >r was organized hv Surgeon A. W. in Thomson in the College Chapel, lie it. made application for my detail i .> to clerk, lie was then the ranking ic surgeon of the post, if not of t!ie' er Confederacy. Ho had scot! mu d. j of, active field service and \v:e in charge i it | of the \N inder Hospital at Ki- lr.. did. nt \ a., when ordered by the Surge,-mi 0. WeiRTa! to organize the ^cc uim .> i d Carolina Hospital, hi this conn ? >' tion I cannot refrain from adding i..v ; r tribute t<> the meinorv of on.- ??t"t. ?- ' most loyal and devoted s ?ns ?he < te fed e racy ever claimed. i ? v not familiar with l is tcperam -nt. i il might have heen regarded a< it . ?fj and unreasonahle: nothing e aid h.ie 1 further from a correct estimate ? .'j 1* ; the man. .V more tendi*r hcai ii d >e j liberal, devi.tcd surgeon to the sick ' a, and destitute eon Id not he found. ! t'- The writer knows from hi-. j .'r-ony al knowledge many. niat.y. <> id us * > when iie took of his paiiatt n. ins i- | to get delicacies for t!ie sick or aid 1, I soiuo poor soldier iti reaching his ' o home. I?ut of all men iie was tliej > most uncompromising for to oflieer I o or private whom he suspected of ?f feigning sickness; then it was hi> in- j 1 dignation knew no hound--. < f? To those of a less hopeful disposi- ! s tion it was evident that the days of j ic the Confederacy were drawing to a I \ I eiose. ; n j It was only when Sherman's army * j was in t!?o vicinity of Columbia lie fully realized how near the end was. i j. Ordeis were given to h??ist a yellow ( llag on the College Chapel that tiie ' enemy might know what the i building was used lh?\ The >iek i v and wounded from the other hospi- ; ; tals in the eitv were heing sent away , to different points. Those imahle to ; ( take such a journey wvre eoneen- i tj trated in College Ihopitah Nos. 1 and - in the South Carolina (\ liege ; buildings. While tlii< was heing I done I received a list from Chiel Stir- i j j geon Thomron of the names of thej, ^ doctors then on duty in Columbia j| jj that were ordered to report f >r duty i , at points beyond the city. TV" While engaged in writing oat those orders, a number of Confederate cavlaryinen congregated in tbe middle of thostreet close to the College Chapel. Their presence was discovered by the Federal forces then on the opposite side of the Congaree, erho unati t!o?v > - kjw i ft m? vu^nv viivn i? i 11I1V1J W notwithstanding the hospital flag wan still floating from the chapel buildin?. The music f rom the shot and shell was getting most uncomfortable and I quietly reminded him of the situation, but, as if it were an every flay occurrcnco with him,, he nrgeu me to go 011 and get through with my writing. On the night of the lGtfi of February oar troops were on the march the whole night, retreating before Sherman's army. On the morning of the 17th. l>r. Thomson went to Jannev's Hotel, headqiArtersforSur-. gcon Otto, Chief of (ieneral Beauregard's medical staiT. to get orders, telling me before starting to have an ambulance in readiness with some provisions in case he should receive orders tv> follow our army. On reachbig the hotel lie found the officers gone, and tii.it ho must decide for himself the course lie should pursue. ..His duty, he realized, was plainly marked out, and that was to remain with the 180 or IS) sick and dying > then in hospital. When he told me lmw l'l'11 tors vt i ?n<l >?nil .ioaii^X.1 " ? I' v.- I HIV II 1 waA taken prisoner he would do ever>'tiling in is power for ito, (the Federal army l?y mis tiuie i.iudentered tlie city.) all 1 could say in replj 1 v.pul 1 follow him in whatever |?<eiti<.nj he was placed. The tears were counter d v mv cheeks aswclla his a w s 1 li dding each other'-hands. ill .!. a gave ineinstruct i-*ii - to nmv our ui^gtge to the IV'-i'len s ii > i ? !' die South Carolina <'olieir<-hi -College cainDus i went in - . i oi the ofucer in e 'nan I in . in order that he it - 'Mire ' .. bo'placed arm-id the hosj .t.d buildings. Colonel Stone, t ,e ! e h-ral commandant of the post, pr >mptl\ complied with the request and sent a lieutenant and a number of . : n .V >m an Ohio regliieitt, they making their quarters ou the first Moor ?.f the house we were ? \ e n.-liig the second, ily tins tin. a large part of the ....**! I ? * - ;(t;ii\ i::t i cuter i tie coy, a portion .>r* it. head' 1 1 y tienernls Blair :nd ?>lou;::11 ,-u ; thi- College cam? . - '' . ii* \ to camp, oti the Itcv. Mv. i . miTa farm. They v.i; i splriei 1 : iv.ii;* hody of men .lit!:, tui.'lly dated at having I'm \\ !i;ii ::i. " . . led as tho cra(| C ?>: .?-(_?( ! > j |. w I . aidiing the army go , i- i v. > i: . : y a Federal officer, 1. railiii it o ! none. I could not .:11 ?_:i:i- 1 . \ >ssihle forme to to lie know i n\ . .1 a person. He -aw tint 1 i cognizeliirn, and a>keu i ii i . . vrollect Lieutenant I'rFe \:.;ing to a Maryland aii , ; ii I at orccrc> }!!( i l!.v i.. . . vi ig been one of the prisoi. . .* for surgical ir -if ;u 1 d'i ?h Carolina ;*; iiim. as \\( ii .; . were ?imilarv situated i." . . nitons, whiwh they eviden:' ; . r\ giatcful for, as only th e pi. lit' such circuinstaitee-emtio ittlF op recta tc. Knowing he Would la ken in charge by i i - vt ?i 1 HI- i'? ii jT'ijur 'i i>onu i ashed him it lie !1 take a letter through the la, and mail it to my oareiils in Seoti a ! who had not In ard tV?>m i: .i> ni\ He readily ['undented, wi h t' understanding he would l ave ./e of readinr itscontent-. ii. .> letter to.iuj parent I deplete " . - -tvong lari'/uagc is 1 could ronnn i d the brutal C)B* luet of tbe com:;, ii ting general in illowing his :t.:i privileges of the eity mule.' i cireinnstanoee. I /ever have 1 ?\d that General Sherui ;ii i-- 1- 11 order for the Imraing ? ! t: . hut :?s a General i\ 11. > w a - I mi . with the sentiment ?f it:-- no i a- J expressed, what In?v wm!i! i: i they took the ritv, he < . m i took no step# to I'uSTIM f o on I'AGK lilUHX.