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\ ' *: uMIn times. *-r# ' # ' * $t fOLXXVI.?NO- 43. UNION SOUTH CAROLINA OCTOBER 25,1895. $1.50 A YEAR. BUSINESS DIRECTORY. % D. E. Htdeiok, J. A. Sawyer Spartanburg, S. C., Union, 8. C. JJYDRICK A SAWYER, Attorneys at Law, Jadge Towniend'a OIAJStand. jyjUNROA MUNRO, Attorneys at Law, No. 2. Law Rang*. 8. STOKES, Attorney at Law and Trial Jastioe, t Offioe Rear of Court Ilouee. UMPERT Sl BUTLER, Attorneys at Law, Ko. 8} Law Htiugs. DENTISTRY. 0R. H. K. SMITH'S Dental Rooms orer A. H. Foster A CeV stors. Coeeiae used In eztraoticg t?eik. DENTISTRY. J^K. J. u. Mcuuiiliiros, Offiee on the corner of Main and J dgamant Street* near (lie Court Ilruje ! Aridge aud Crown work done *\Iieu ! desired. Call and aea me. INIONJARBLE Qranito Work?. GHORGE GEDDES. II. FARE, GEO. MUNRO, President. Caal-jer. Merchants and j Planters' National I BANK, or union. Capital Stock 510,000. Surplus #o0 ?K)0. <taek holder* liabilities, Jf.O.txK)?Total ? 1170,000. Offl'^ra?P. M. Farr, Prcs't. A. II. ifeater, Vioel'rcs't. Geo. Munro, Cae'iicr. J. D. Artnr, Assistant Cashier. .? iir ii a r, Kice. vireciorH???. .. ... Wm. Jofleries, T. C. Duucau, J. A. Faut, J. T. Dauglaa, I. 0. McKissick, A. II. Fodcr. ^ HfWe nolicit your business. }l SURVEYING. ! I aui again iu Union preparul (o do auv . ?u<*ajli.g that tba public may dcsira. Cull ' at thn Union Graded Scbaul or ut H?v- J. N. Jlautb's. 1 DAVIS JliFFBUIIiS. ' 4m. I CITY OYSTER SALOON. Remember that you can gat a nice stew or fry of Frtsh Norfolk Oysters at JOHN. R. MATH IS OYSTER PARLOR. FOR 25 CENTS. Also a fresh line of CANDIES CAKES and crackers. The finest in town. Canned goods, Fruits, Peanuts, Tobacco and Ci $nrs And a general lintt of Family Grocc i< s, ~ City Oyster Saloon. TELEPHONE No. 67. I FURNITURES T. E. BAILEY 'v':',!V Dealer In | ALL KINDS.OF FURNITURE, j BEDROOM SUITS Fine and Very Fine FROM $6.50 UP ANY KIND OF CIIAIR lrntr in IUU HAftl' f I NICEKOCKRH FROM FL.OO U1 ? - - > | < a I J BEAUTIFUL I/ISSTJE OF RUGS and | CARPETS! ciiiOAr. BARGAINS ?IN? I PAULOK SUITS-1 TOILET SETS. I PICT CITS. LAMPS, ETC. i i ? .^ (AJl_ COM i'LETK I-1N E j \ \J A. y I COFFINS, ROBES, j1 I CASKETS, FTC. j ., BUILDERS SUPPLIES. T. E. BAILEY, i ' ! TELEPHONE No. G6. L . - - J; 'v/i/vy,/</ * / '/i / /w/'' . VALUE OF (.'000 lIDJinVAVS They Conrribute -t iha PKisure fts W 11 as Profi*. of tin People. Good roads, like chari'y, sb.on ; login at home, 1'eoplo everywhere ire beginning to rtali'.e tl. it g.>. i cads have a ca-li value. IVopori. tonstracted highways u it only add miueasurably to the pie is ire o|" th? icoplc, but to their prdit a> well. The fanners who have |br man , , years been organized for tin* purp >-e jf securing better and ebeapci railroad transportation for th<-ir niarke able products are now brei?:uin;: a* wake to the fact that a great \\ ' .no is needed at borne. An uu:u r-?- t: \ and verv expensive evil lias 1 re:: per initted to exist at their very d > v71iey have been wa*tin.r miieb \:.l J liable time and b ?r-e i)"-.b in ge'tin / j products to market. Tiny have j learned that it cost more to haul a load to the station a lew mile-away than it does to have it transported from the station to the faraway sea , boards. This along the line of profit, in J tho way of pleasure tliey ' ave suf- j fercd an immeasurable loss. l>eeau.?e j of poor roads tliey have been in ire , or less isolated from the world an I , deprived of the priceless advantage* | that come from association. The , fanners' sons, unable to readi'v to and from the villages, have gone t > ! the villages and cities to reuiein. ! So have many of the daughters, 'fh lack of society has been a blight i; .i rural life, robbing it of the !' ?\vc:" , its youth. j ! e s : ne wound In li of cities to .. jj\ai <! ;i . ii' the were no good mean ; < '" tiing h ? . Tho farmer.? are o. n.r n. do bet I . and the merchants :;!! f1 e..u: towns will, if they are ;.t all \\i gladly do their dearo 'owari? i<inki< good roads. O # The good ro town eaiches tho | trade. A good road is the thing 'of beauty and a joy forever. And In Sides it pays.?S. ?j* W. U.icJsh/. GOOD $04P& Wo Will Have Tlicm By dndVy., (v , Our Public ltoads is a subject "th*tf1 rst. of the papers, and most y < 'isi'^citizens for that nia^^ha*^ til somo visible rattiWl^Ye b&n ^p-v ! com|ili,shed. And vfa lire matin# a | good deal of headway too. It is trtw that the road Conventions and 6<n*H gresses seem to have acoomplisheal really very little, but is a rtolo rad J ical reforms and great enterprises 1 hnvn t<? l?> liilirrlit tliisuinW'nx'I ? ?" ' I ? -W WV vitl.UU ilcI of talk is done before ftn/worjf. : The roai^ Congress doubtless wiU L^ar its lluit in the.future, so for uap actual iqMOvemcnt ifi* the roods ir cMibern'eu. Tnest* assemblages how "r ever portend great things for the fu J tin e. They are composed of enterprising men who mean business, whose attention is concentrated on one ohject, namely tno loads, and who are wot king to one end, namely, the bcto terineiit of those roads. They cannot fail. They will not fail. The subject is up now and wiil not down, for ino bad roads and good roads a* like will !>e coofiuiial reminders to ah wiio line 01 drive, of what oaglr to be .lod what might be . Our own county is working with <piite favorable rc-ults along t;:c hue ol the chain gang system. 1 He work has necessarily been small, for since inauguration of the system lust l.ilv we iiave had only our oil the gang and one of those tins bv.cn -irk. u el wn- ade toil) litt'.e .iiore than c?'.k and carry wan-r. I Jut what Work has been d'-ae is wo.l none an i is a coii-merablc argu urn' in la or ot the system, For j .is.anee, the j) ii'v ?>1 too l est Spring It a I i iat liny dnishod about tiie la.-. (' I Lemueliibcr was known ;is une m lie wors puces ?i road in tiio Count \ "i? wo near in it it looks utmost liso ^ t ?:roi t now. It is trim liiey were i.ere i >r unite a wliiie, buv it will be ' eiu. inoerjd tn.i' there were only a ew ol tliem aii'l t i.ii ihey had a vciy ! ia i road .o mtnd. The chain ^ang is now at Supple hick Lull on the (J idign *Iill..Joaa * ....% .'Miiv.c ?./ ?t4i u v>\. ak rcii cm uiv | -nee. I'iie/ will probably gel. hroujpi down iherc this week. Wo un lorstana ihat tee road m i nitie which has been idle now t< ? , >:u iiim- is to o ii'Cd rc^uhu'y .if er tiie lirst of January. Lack ?t | un Is liu > proven el the use of i .. lei >ior . i lie Supcrv isnr i hop J n.X 10 ^ri >otne i ad money lroni tin' cam it.iiion vI la.t '?y ihotirst et :.i-> year. h ., tax i*> Ij-.JU aun 111o11i11 be paid by the 1 U oi March i ii?.s" w.io 'In 11 t j.ay bv mat liio iv, 1 ei'.uev luw\ '. j w ?i' >.x days on in' i'il'i'lC '. 1:1:1 '.S.; \ I.tld'r il' lliTai t ?r ?* ?::)* the j> ') aim 1.00 ahd i . a peiiaitv. in;, tax villi the on111.11 rornl i\ v.'iii pi wha ?!y supp y a I'm 1 ol or wu. a .i." > woi'l, iie i"''0*1.1 a wt year i I. it - ii ai . > t> oi ihe tauisiderabl improve' i,'iiI ui ' 'it' iiipoiw iye. I'iie I'u.'hii Mil ' i> '. ni ' wo' K- twitlivcrv Iitiie expense. I? "i.ii > ?hc pay of the ?ve -c.'t'. mii 1 ci-lit thoitsaml < hilars w il i " .1 I'Hi^ way. I'lio'lay ol'^o.)>l r >.nIs i.< cvi'K'u' i v . t w nine. ? ('I ii< HIS DA Y. 81 , Ciowil 1./.. .. ..Liira.-i- iJo d iim3 for Lv oylndy liM.it file . i.?. was tli? loosest day I nt t:i his soon in a lono tii.it*. To the small Lee. it was <i ih.iess lilt* Illicit ?iay m I a. >ii's oistory sinej 111i*i.t>t c.rons was here. it was the occasion oi " ells IJi'os Miow ami huly i mi lit'*n-;i:i. 1 people were ^athere I love from this ami adjoining cjun ties to witness it. .Yiutoiy di^nilie I people e.iiiic l ? tiring the children? ?!iie coin a very lon^j way to brino very small eliiMivu. Amazing lovo ami e< m-ii'le. a I ion! Others came wild I licit' spectacles on to lo >lv at ii!i- animals "ami things." tluu'u circles dies una'.ilc ilia taste tor iia Mi' 11 111>11 i c j'ccially '/.oo11! iir en *; I. i nv .. I Yotcssor iii a !n?? c.ilU ,c I carry ii.' < Vi le c e!.? l . if.- .s : ;'.in u ci; j i I > see a im'< 1 ainl tlunr : \ n< i . . . c . .1 aitnii el a a, I . jitore \ *:v I a i ! (loni?tlcS9 III ? J I . i. /il '.lie t . c it li' I i i re i.i .ii ?i y nii tla* "'''J'- J - ' . ;il i'l'VS, t" ato*: Yes, ll ; ; i: Ii . a:. t'iC fin til ui. 1. I i ! I :!Ct tllC in.', it I v... < ..I f ma; t >i>e . > nay, i f" j j .a", "lie in i>t i : o till t into tno o I ..a ? s, ;i : 1, of ali v.ami i liaVO l?." H i!- iiytitid to loi'ew it whittles #ever ;i .nit/hl y?. i ? 3 i'jf It was a lovely day; ideal, but lor fifcko dust, and the people ju; t cam:-, Fjnd eouie, from every direction un il ]%e streets were full, the sidewalks I full, the stores full; walking about ' fend scrambling between oneanothor 1 And kicking up more dust tiiau a lit R The work of unloading tho show M?mmenc? d early and was accompiisu'-fd very rapidly, for each man did , [ his part us one who had one thing to jfco and know how to do it. It was a d^ig sight in itself and tho depot grounds were jammed and packed ffWith small boys and curious people 'flj witness it, and to see whatever else I |f*ey could. 1 went down into tuc .j crowd to look for a small boy for a drjy, and I wonder now how it was 0 that 1 ever got out alive. Once I r came near being run over by a largo a hojse led at a break ncek speed by a j, very ugly man, thru 1 barely escaped being jibbed in the buck by the tongue oi some kind of var.nin.|? chicle 111 and while dodging I ruin that was tl cracked on the head with plank that b was being carried horizontally through ,, the crowd on the shoulders of a burly j negro. Fearful of death or great bodily injury i made tny escape l'roui ^ the scene with some dilliculty To r< my astonishment 1 learned afterwards n, that nobody was killed. We have cj uo reports from the wounded if theic were finy. Of course the small boy was flot to he found. Tlw quickness with which all of u theirf work is done is astonishing. jl( Skilled men and plenty of them ac- pi( counts for it. w The parade took place between ten ( an 1 ileven o'clock. The beautiful v* horsey, the gliiteriug apparel of ihe m graceful riders and the glided vehicles . i_ _ i . . '* luauu u grunu sialic. l Here Wol'C j thrco bunds o. music in the parade. ? When the last of the train moved ^ uaok to Yards the tents it was followid '.y the crowd, and from that ti ne ill about two o'clock when the per- cs ibrinanco began, the road between jH lere and the show ground was full of 1 jeoplo. It is didicult to estimate a ' \ a-owd^iu^tgly.but wo think tbe/e * ir ten thousand people here 1uosaiy, fully seven thousand of whom attend d . ^ ai Lite circus It w mid be bard to te'l what w is ^ hme under the teat. In fact, one person could not see it all, as there j were thvee distinct acts, as it iv ic. f j ?oin ' on all the time, two rings a el i ie stage. One might keep uu w. !. 1)1 two, by continually waggoig ?I?. i: head?, but hardly with ilwo. '/'he j pcvforniance was good all the way t'a.ougli, but to our minds .ho .n ><t ^ wo'i I/lmIiiI thing was the pm-form* ig j seals aiut sea lions. Itse.ins a'm.o-t incredible th:r these luisna'.s w'u ch i 1 pi we a c aceusto noii to thmv ?-t a-. .v 1 ii?ir utile more tiian n>n.s. ti*oiiiu >>e ; taught anything at a 11. it shows u > ' however that the ipuivlruped retain ? 1,1 its .superior intelligence, though i take t<> the realm of ilie ti.sh. Kor .he 1 tish is very h>.\ in the scale ol' intch'i"cnc > and could never be'. limit* to d > o O t . I what tiie seals ami se.( dons .!i 1. Contrary to expectations there \v;e i ' no show at night. The Sells i?tothers have a omul show, .John Ijowlow the veteian clown, well known all over the s ?atii is wish them, ami w i s p. es<ntei by unite during tlie peiTortnw.ir.'. lie has he mi aetino '.he clown for nearly forty years hut iias hecn with Sell." iiro>. I'.r only a short time. The show left here Ttu silav night ^ in three trains, for Columbia, where they showed the next day. COTTON. Hcwitoomsa and what It bringsThe price of cotton goes up ami comes tlown, ainl the rise ami fail is as mysterious to in ?"t of us a> the made ef lh-lphi was to the Itretks. Tito amount brought to town on tliiV.rent days varies more than the price, 'the show brought in iiiv n bale hove last week iliat i illicitha\e 'V:iil??tl ??ut for that. Horn j is t!i* record of l?:d<s and prieoa I ri..oo Monday Oct. 14: li\i'l.ir;.*. Monday S:S<J Tuesday ld!? \y ft!. 1 '>(> vi'.m'i ' y if-!):) j, Friday -in! ! :<)?.) Saturday '.IV ! >S;.? ). Monday ?M ^:r?0. Tuesday <M W i. ;I0 ???n nrTr-nm-T- m WSI- A. Nicn ! BANK k f Kesneotfully solicit y< REPRESENT CUM'A.:ICS IT - -7r==^' ?> }?<} ? "O The ^n?jflish Sparrow anfl the Caterpillar. A recent article of our* on "Th English Sparrow" is ha ng a very Tactical illustration. We l'cmin I-i ur readsrs that, while we or" s > cady to com pi .tin of tin- sparrow i nuisance, wo are apt to forget t??? , laguc of caterpillars in.iutnerahl. ] :om which the sparrow was a wei ( o.nc deliverer. All o\er tiie eon;. ( y people have been then; thei < est to exterminate the sparrow. 'J h" t nail boy, with sling and gun, h;*. > 1 ecu incessantly ai work?vainly, s > , ir as the extermination 01 the spa >\v is concerned, for the snarrow ran t 1 >t he exterminated, oui. with this i lect, of course, thai thelitilo hrown f inl has been scared away from pa cular loculitcs; and not he aioin* J it thousands upon thousands of other itive birds. Fur more effectual. 1 .wever, in destroying these feebh v d k ? was the severe weather of la-. in*er. in which myriad* ?f '.hen. unshed. Here, in iiie cit^ oi ise.* ^ ork; and in many oiuer piuc*->. on* ( .aiiui'ion in the number of birJs ; is been observed, and n >w wnat to. us.' Just exactly what might lu\ e j en expected; namely, a ictiirii '' i e pest of caterpillar.s From all sides the complaint iw!i ; us that the caterpillars have rcr.? t ared in fore , disfigurm * ees, and making it impossible f t nnan beings to enjoy tue shad Inch is SO orriitofnl in tlir? . asan. Th,\ famous ohns of K- v p m-lcat boiar; ani ?!i% miho pest ?? a * road in iliehmoinl, Virginia. i'ii.t. Iciphia is.suIVari ig iron tho ta '..g < n 'the oatcpiilsii* oi in . . b'roin lirjukl^ 11 there oo.iK a*\ i c sit will never cease until t 10 C'-.n.i g t!io only remedy .shall Ik; .inn > m , <1 by the ch;rj?;ng of ni?.nl ; i ; ily when 1 lio 1?.I-1 1 e f'.a. >?c Ij itcrpiihir nuisance becomes mvi.- p ?1?\ :i When " ? 11 ' I'-'ji'n 1 a' ii t ? ru'i><'.ie laws of nature? Vlion w;l i'n . <i avn that tiie a:ii!i<\al >1 svn*i (( . 'any living ere 1 *'|it niln ' \> cubic *s ripelly a i l ?b in la 1 ly - a var able "llow.'il V an , s <ni g/eal r 1 rmi i' .-.ome o nl perhaps .n ri d \ ,,? ye, ovale. ; a To ili'HLi'o'. tnebii Is. ln>'Tev'er !i 1 > j a In liiov may be, i< to ou'lr.ale j. j <> iterpillar. I'll ore for.* tiie nr<se it | cms a Ik; a go "1 t;ni to obser . ' ? ia; the ?! -miction < i' hir.l.s is nj < ,'in'n.l as it is era.*1.? hir A.ii.j 1 j n Vie nth. ! v I'i i ll WRITING ' lust recei ved at the BOOK AIY!) STAT OF SMITH &c GsTI We are headnuarlf STATU) We can sell Pencil Pods for first OI?.s3 Vdruinrv Tab firio Table Li o Llnee P Boxes or ?t p- r ijiu. .? ^.v Tissue Paper ior FA2S O'"1 coMK in am* 8i:i-: ok vioNin*. r sl^ph o jst e jsto. ec I? -J' -rA'' I ' ? <*[OLSON & SON, i :ers? i s. a. I jui fl'kk isukanoe. m $io.ouj.joo.oo. ( f asslls tiijs militi \ in atlanta. Wilipo Over en Carolina Day?A Big lime CiApCCtC '1. South Carolina will he well represented in Atlanta <?n Caroliniday. The Legishitirv *vill be in session at Ihat iiine and will charter i train to iittcnd the exposition lor one day at least. Everything points to a big jeea-iou there an ': every man, .roraan iml child in the slave who can poshhly i o so should run over to Ytlaua lor a day or so at any ra e aarl lelp to swell the crowd from tue i'alnetto #Vtate. Adjutant Conora! '-Vatts was askm! yesterday as to the outlook of a nililury display in A lauta on Car' >lina day. lie replied that from the ncse.il outlook lie. would be able to lave a gr ind military parade and bat the militia Si. ol. <1 vuullsiiow oil to :t gre i advautago. lie 11:?s j ist received .t eomtuuniatioii from General An dersoi, coninundiug the Fourth llrigade. saying iiai lie had written to the authorities a Atlanta and had secured lie use fa lot which t>> encamp on Carolina lay. Also said that he would carry he majority of his brigade. General \Va.ts iias received letters ' oni several eonijianies indicating heir ime* tion to go. lie has secured railroad rates at wo cents 1 ?r the round trip. He ires all commands or companies hat intend u gj to notify him at, . >. ^ , heir earliest convenience, so thai mh> ** L suitable place lor tueni to cutituji, nd also that tiie unattached compares can he assign I >o some reg'nient ml the proper odiccrs a pouted to oim.i aid : hem th in. i i Governor a.rl his entire stud' i H att.nl. it is desirous to ave as ' irge an a'ten l nice as pos-ilie, so tha/ w - can give our si.-ier >;a*e a true idea of our orginizcil liiitia. I ne tale appropriation will he iv'riliute I in t'ne next weeic and the im:i i:y it nrd liave decided that it rouid .10 joMpe - I'-r tii, in to use this pji ije*i iti i * > lake this ' r.p if ihey i le - re General -Vat's will g? ?n Atlanta iioake hi u rrangeinents n as he <. an a.-et lain the number 1 cvii-i I i.i lf->i! t :itt< llil TliO l lc.us.Ml ('-till':; - < :iil ts w .11 i> nv. r >!i Car-i aD ? it 400 tron *. aii'l :! i* !i > m"1 '!i:tavrungtfii'ii can 'if j?-I'U'f.v'il > that the .'iti.lci {i ' i' i i a'-a atU'lid.?Jit'//. ; > i \ TV 2 ? TABLETS 'IOXEIiY STORE ?rs fop alJ kinds of i:h\ , lo. 3c, 5c, and 70. >let:s f r 5 j all sizes apor 10c a'l sizes r c i i "* ' 1 ! i ,* 1 in ')^ ? j x /1 t H.]v, * '>v< / WOKK (Mil colors) fiO01?S. \. ' CAN v\VH YOU