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-..H- I .. I ??? VOL. XXVI.-NO- 29. / Oii^ON, SOUTH CAROLINA .1ULV-10, 1895. $1.80 A YEAIL BUSINESS DIRECTORY: D. E. Hydrick, J, X. Sawyer Spartanburg, S. C., Union, S. C. H YDRICK & SAWYER, Attorn eye at Law, Judge Townsend'a Old Stand. jy^UNRO A MUNRO, Attorn eye at Law, No. 2. Law Range. g 8. STOKES. Attorney at Law and Trial Justice, Office Rear of Court House. T C. WALLACE, Attorney at Law, No. 3 Law Hang*. CJCHUMPERT * BUTLER, KJ Attorneys at Law, No. Law Hangs. DENTISTRY. J^R. H. K. SMITH'S Dental Rooms over A. H. Footer A Co'a. store. Cocaine used in extracting teeth. \ ] DENTISTRY. ! T\R. J. C. McCUBBINS, i J Office on the corner of Main and 1 Judgement Streets near the Court House. Bridge and Crown work dene when 1 dcsired. Call and see me. , | UNION MARBLE ' ?AND? i O reunite, W orks. GEORGE GEDDES. , #- ^ UT%, i Merchants and ; Planters' National i BANK, I of Txusrioisr. , Capital Stock $00,000. Surplus $50,000. ( Stockholders liabilities, $60,000?Total? . $170,000. j Officers?F. M. Farr, Pres't. A. H. j Foster, Vice I'res't. Geo. Munro, Cashier. | J. D. Artnr, Assistant Cashier. ( Directors?W. H. Wallace, A. G, Rice. , Wni. Jefferies, T. C. Duncan, J. A. Fant, J. | T. Douglas, 1. G. McKissick, A. 11. Foster. , Sttr We solicit jour business. I ICE CREAM AND SODA WATER , PARLORAS the Oyster season is now over, I have converted my Saloon? into an ICE CREAM PARLOR. And the adies and geni'icuiea are reapectfully in?? ? II * ? wWasi tknn want a V lion lu UBII UU IUC HUTm muj nouv ? cool and refreshing drink>>X>rdsr8 for cream bj the gallon will recet^^rpmpt and careful attention. I hare one of the finest Soda Fountains in the up country, everything shall be kept tidy. Ladies aro invited to make tny place their headquarters while shopping, stop in and rest whether you wish to buy or not. If you havo a headaohc try my WINK COCA it will cure t every time. You will also find at my place the largest and finest assortment of fancy and plain candies, cakos and crackors, fruits canned goods and general oonfections, also family groceries. Thanking my customers fr.r ?hc:r LiaJ and liberal patronage last Summer I pectfully solicit a continuance of the same this Summer; guaranteeing k prompt and polite attention to ail. JOHN. R. MATHIS J r -?1 ? \ Union's Big Cotton Mill. The Bile Being Surveyed. Work Te Cemmtnoe feon Some of the towns in the State ' are doing a good deal of talk now adays about their enterprise in the Cotton Mill industry. We rejoice at their success and hope that they may : go on to perfection. But to our ! mind Union is not behind any. We are not making much blow about it 1 bat We are going to have the new * mill just the same and she's going 1 to be a big one. The stockholders of the present 5 Company will meet at the mill office j on the 5th., of August and increase their capital etook. from $125000, to * $600000. What a world of meaning there is in that increase, and how ( much does it betoken for our town, 1 yes, and for the county! c To many a horny handed son of toil who has pulled the bell cord over a a bull's back these many years, only c to find all of his belongings, save his ? family, grow smaller and smaller, it means a new lease on life, and labor ? at good wages, where the cash comes 1 when the work's done. To the mer- v chant it means more bodies to clothe, ? more feet to shoe, more apetites to 1! satisfy, and that for cash; and it takes 8 cash to make business hum. When n a working man can get cash for his ? labor he pays cash for his provisions. 11 The money beats a lien for supplies D all to pieces. It's better for the purchaser because he gets more for * it, and it's better for the merchant 1? because he takes no risk and has the ^ use of the poney. a Rnt the iMmhtnt and urtirun jt# not the ofdy ones who will be benefitted by tJhia new mill. Every person e in the community will f?*l the in- * Ujfynee hTr gewi of this groat n fry growing op here in our town, to '" jive useful inveetmeut for capital r( ind profitable employment for labor. P [t will be an especial boon to the lat- a ter. Capital can get along very well 01 by itself, but a moneyless man with>ut employment is in a hopeless conlitien, indeed. Bat this new mill carries other intelligence: it is an unconditional endorsement of the present mill?it's work, it's products and it's management. The work and nanagement, however, show for themselves, and may he observed by anyone who will take the trouble to P examine the product and visit the mill, and the regular dividends indicate the profit; yet it is a pleasure to * be reminded that the mill has not 11 only been a success but that it has " done so well with one talent that the e stockholders are now ready to intrust it with five talents. To our minds Union is not behind c any of her sister towns and cities in n the mill enterprise that has swept J1 over our State. Considering the j means at hand and the results accomplished we think Union is nigh about the top. Wc have already one of the best " mills in the State, and just now is !' being launched what will be one of * the biggest in the State. It's going to be a mill right. ^ -- * / ? '' milie click of the American clock 0 is hcanl around the world," says an v English newspaper. We sell clocks g to the value of nearly $1,000,000 ? yearly in the markets of the world. We export directly to every country ^ of the world hut Turkey, Switzer- ,j land and Rouinania. In Australia, r China and Japan we have hardly any ^ rivals in the clock trade. Not only aro our clocks the best timekeepers in the world but they exist in very (j large variety. Evory sort of material is used?glass, ivory, pearl, plush. t marble, metal. nnin^pcrcc;-;-It# Ail (, sorts of devices are attached for special purposes. Clock making and ? hat making are two original Yankee industries. In the latter wc have () not kept pace with some other count- c ries,but in clocks we load the world. Ex. " GOOD ROADS ^^11 Sight At Last. ChVngang And Boad Machine. Last Wfcck will, or should be ;i memorable one in the history of Union County. In years to come when our county shall bo transformed from what will then be deemed a wilderness, into a garden, the second week in July 185>o will be looked back on as the birth day of jood roads?the inauguration of the ;haingang system and the use of the road machine. Nobody has ever loubted the civilizing and christinni-* sing influence of good roads nor has the eficacy and utility of convict la)or ever been doubted, but somehow >r other, probably by reason of the aw of inertia, or the disposition to 10 like we have been doing, we have raited until now to uo that which >ught to have been done long ago. We have only four convicts now, 11 'II !- 1 >11 iic^iuvu- j. ncji BIU cornuu oill ?rly in the morning, worked all day ?nd brought baok to the jail at night. L'heir shackles are never taken otFof hem, not even at night. It is shockng to see human beings chained, rith shackles and handcuffs, but the bject of the infliction of the penalty i to punish the offender and at the ame time prevent others from comlitting the offense, and surely the haingcng system is more efficacious i either of these views than the old rethod of letting them lie in jail. R. A. Hancock is employed at 18.00 per month to guard them. It i quite probable that arrangements ill be made to work our prisoners nd the prisoners of Laurens County rgether and divide tho time. The road machine was worked sev 1 J ?l - ' ' rui uaya lasr weeK nut uui not liave fair test Thursday, when one I )ad was bad, but ten hours work ut it in almoqj; as good condition us street. Hera is the cost itemized, ae mile of road worked in ten hours; 6 mules T5c $4.00 2 drivers " " $1.50 1 operator $1.50 1 guard for convicts .70 * 3 convicts (aj 40c $1.20 1 water boy .25e Total $0.05 Supervisor Scott is very much leased with tho result. The day as hot, the ground was hard, one of ic convicts was sick and unable to ork and neither the hands nor the lules had become accustomed to the ork. The result howover was very ncouraging. It is estimated that it rould have cost $20. or $25. to put lie same piece t.^road in its present ondition without the use of the lachine. The machine is made allost entirely of iron, and would >ok much like a large wagon but for lie two wheels, used to guide the craper which is attached underneath. Ls it stands however, jur Intelligent inn might well bejprffaoned for nskig the ([ucstiap^what is it?" if he ad nevcc-flWn one before. It cost 250^flns may look like big money ^fmy out for a machine, but if the lachine will accomplish what is laimed for it, and the indications are hat it will, it is a very economical utlay for the county. A machine ,-hich will transform bad roads into ood roads for $10. per mile is worth sing. The Republican State Kxecutive /omraittce met at Columbia Thursay night July 11, and passed some esolutions the purport of which may c of interest as showing the attitude f a party weak here but strong in ther places?the arch enemy of emocratic principles. They reaffirm their adherence to he National 1* "public.-.;. oi ourse. They proceed: Resolved 2 That while adhering i> the Republican party in national tolities, we reaffirm and emphasize ur already expressed purpose in Rate politics ot co-operating with nd under the leadership of eonservaive Democrat's, whenever and wlicr I WM A. NIC ?BAH Tjurxoj llespecttully solioit y REPRESENT COMPANIES ^ ever they may see fit to organize ati< contest against the common enemy"Tillmanism." We are fully awar that the Constitutional conventioi was called and fraudulently counted ii against an adverse popular vote, fo the expressed purpose of permanently disfranchising the mass of the Repub lican voters, 1. e., the negro vote, We, therefore, insist and urge thai in the coming election no Republican and especially no colored Republican can afford under any circumstances to cast his vote for any Tillmanite, or for any milk and water Conservative (so called) who would easily succumb to the Tillman lash on the floor of the convention. Far better not to vote at all, than to vote for such men. Hut wherever Conservatives are put forward as candidates, who are fully committed to the principle of free and fair elections and equal justice for all classes, or whoso character and stand* ing are such that they may be trusted to stand firmly on these principles, we urge all Republicans, not only to vote for them, but to support them in every legal and proper way. In counties wnere mere may do a combination ticket under the so-oalled equal division arrangement, we urge that Republicans vote for the Conservative half of it only, where satisfactory, and fill out their ticket either with other Conservatives or witkean-? noxious to .natives. Resolved 3. That we favor andf urge carrying the suits against our iniquitous registration and election laws, begun in both the Federal and Stute courts, to the Supreme Court of the United States for final decision on their merits and we regard the able and unanswerable opinion of our own Chief Justice, just rendered, as a most favorable indication of yrhat that decision is likely to be. We believe that tiutli and justice will finally prevail. Resolved 4. That the executive committee bo requested to issue an address to the Republican voters of the State in the sense of the above resolutions and strongly impressing upon them the urgent necessity of doing their duty. Columbia, S. C., July 12?Judge Townsend today sentenced Win. Shcppard to pay a fine of $200 and he imprsioned eight months in the penitentiary for contempt of court, he having disregarded an injunction restraining him from violating the dispensary law. It was feared he was prepairing to follow the example of l?rown, of Charleston, and leave the State. Constable Speed was ordered to arrest Sheppard and to take him to the penitentiary. Speed entered Sheppard's place of business and informed Sheppard he was an officer of the law and had a warrant f'< r his arrest. Sheppard said he would not submit to arrest. Speed said he would carry out his orders. L?1 1,1 1 1 * . 1 1 onepparu men urcw nis pistol ana commenced firing, lie fired three times before Speed was able to draw weapon. One bullet grazed Speed's neck, just barely drawing the blood, a-nd anothed grazed his hand. Sheppardjumped behind a counter aad a heavy lattacc work in front of it and continued firinc. Oono*?Kic,i en kins and Martin beard the firing and rushed to the door and Jenkins fired at the lattaco work, putting Speed, who was between him and Sheppard, in double danger. Speed fired and grized Shcppard's face. The next bullet passed through Shep: pard's leg, i 11 f icting a flesh wound ' and ilooring him. lie then was ar r 1:1 ii > M1 4 HOLSOM & SON, , IKERS?' i tr, a. c J our FIRE ISUKANOE. I 7ITH $40,000,000.00, 0? ASSETS. V" jp i Mated end taken to the penitentiary. . A raeor and two piltols were found e Oil him. Speed ie one constable a Who is respected in Columbia, a where he has conducted himself as r A gentleman. He claims he had te 7 shoot to defend his own life. ; .a. Lyaekiac la Cni>Tlll?. Last Sunday night a horrible J lynching was committed at Greenville by a mob from the Marietta | section of the county. Ira Johnson, , the negro who so ruthlessly murdered Frank Langford at Piedmont on 8undhy the 7th., being the victim. There had been a good deal of talk about lynching Johnson ainee he had been in jail, so muttn in feet, that the sheriffhad begun to take the special precaution of carrying the keys home with him every night, and had cautioned the jailer not to admit anybody to the jail at night. The negroes too, appro headed trouble, for they had kept a nightly watch on the jail for several nights, until, becoming a nuisance, a number of them were taken up, fined and imprisoned. The excitement had quieted down in a measure, however, i and it U thought that the mob that did thq lynching was organised Saturday night and Sunday morning, I e^a u u m onr circuited that door WitH an axe and were in the act of breaking the door down when the jailer unlocked it and admitted them. Immediately a swarm of them rushed in armed with shot guns and pistols, some of them with their hats pulled down low over their eyes and others with handkerchiefs or cloths tied over their facee to conceal their identity. a .?> * ? ourruunuing iue jauer, wiui inreats and oaths they demanded the keys. The jailer explained that he did not , have the keys and did not know Where they were. Then some with lighted matches and a lamp commenced a search for the keys while others went te a shop near by, broke in and got a crowbar, a sledge hammer and a clearer. Just as they were returning with the tools the searching party were rewaided by finding the keys in the parlor of the jail residence. Then with the keys they rushed up the narrow steps to the second floor where the prisoner was kept. The first lock was easily managed but when they eame to the second, the key hung and would not turn. They turned on the jailer again, who as stoutly refused to lend his assistance as he had at first. He was threatened with violence, the mob had actually laid hands on him, when someone from the top called out that they had the door open. Johnson who had heard the noise outside and seemed to know what it meant had gotten up and stood in the middle of the coll, during the half hour of the l_ If- _ A. _ - J A1 - ! seared, ne stoou mere in silence the whole time and heard their every movement as the maddened mob on the outside worked tlieir way nearer end riMi-Ar to their victim. He was found in that position by the mob. Being partly nude, having on his drawers only, one suggested that he be allowed to dress himself, but an* other said /'Never mind his pants, d?11 him; we don't want his pants," and thus he was hurried out and the crowd fell in behind. The next time Johnson was seen by Csattaast n ysfs t