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/ I THE INI ON TIMES I VOL.XXVI.-NO- .50. UNION SOUTH CAROLINA: DECEMBER 13.1895. $!.'?() \ YEAR. I BUSINESS DIRECTORY. % F. M r FARRT Ci KiTTmUN RO, President. Cashier. 3,m:0 Stoilk OJP XJ3STX02ST. Capital S'ack $00.< <><>. . Surp'ns SoO.OO Ui.ckholderu lialiilti's ?t;0,UU?Total? 5170.000 Officers?F. M. Fait, l'ras. A. II, Fns?tr Vice Pres. Oe>. M?iro. Cashier. J. D. Arthur, Assistant Oi>liir. Di* etorr?\V. II. Wullico A. O. Rice, Win. JefTeries, T. C. l>nncm, J. A. Fan!, I. T. Douglas, I. O. McK'ssitk, A. II. Fosi?r. ^We solicit your eusiness^ D E. IIydrjok, J, A. SAWYER ^narlinltiipr, S P IT..!..., < P C|fat?UIIUUI^( k_> v/ , U 14 H'U J K-t. Vi II YDRICK& SAWYER, Allomtjfs at Law, Judge TowDsen-j'p O'd Stand. M UN HO & MUNRO, Attorneys a I Law, No. '2. Law U.mge. S ?????? g S.STOKES, Attorney at Law and Trial Justice, Office ilcar of Court House. . V \ * 4 Attorney? at Law, No. 8j Law Kings. DENTISTRY. QR. H. K. SMITH'S ,. Dental Kooius ov r A. !:. Foster Sl Jo's, store. Cocaine u-r t in extracting etb. DENT 1ST K V. |~yi. j. c. McctnuiNS, ly , Otlicc on llic cor ?: of Main ami I ilgttntut HlriKiit ncii' ii < (' sit IIoubo. MriUg* nnJ Crown work when Ifnirod. Cull nii'1 hic me k ~ UNION MARBLE ^ _AM' ? Granito \\'orks. GEORGE GEHDES. SURVEYING. I I no in U?:i >ii i r puro I to <lo any u> reying tliul iliopubic may ucniie. Cull nl fbe Union Graded t'cio ?i or at Uev- J.N. ioolh's. I? \ VI.S J EEFEKIES. 4m. CITY OYSTER SALOON. Remember that you can get a nice .stew ci fry of Fresh Norfolk Oysters at JOHN. R. MATHIS OYSTER PARLOR. FOR 2.1 CKNTS. Also a fresh line of CANDIES CAKES E? and crackers. Tho finost in I town. Canned , ot :<ls, Fit its I Peanuts, Vol?:'?"( ?> and Ch ars general lino <>( H I'1.i nil y (i?\>cei irs, I City Oyster Saloon. I\ Telephone No, 07 f FURNITURE. I. f. BAILEY j , Deat.hk In ALL KINDS OF FURNITURE. BEDROOM SUITS line and Very Fine FROM $6.50 UP V ANY KIND OP CHAIR - YOU WANT ii NICE ROCKER 1 ROM 81.00 UP p -HH ? J BEAUTIFUL 3L.I3STE V v OF t| RUGS I and CARPETS I CHEAP. w n< BARGAINS 7: wl ?IN? 00 PARLOR SUITS- ? TOILET SETi 2 PICTURES, j 2 LAMPS, ETC. toC; ; nc' Ji?s ?OF? i Tb < tio COFFINS, ROBES, I < * CASKETS, ETC j yj I mt BUILDERS ! t SUPPLIES. ! OU T. E. BAILEY. c? W1 TELEPHONE No. 66. j ee i , El ~J&\ MONEY TO LOAN " In sums of |800. and upwards upon improv* (.() e i rtnl ftstuie in Uniou County. Longtime and easy payment*. Apply to IIYDKJCK & SAWYER. Attorneys at Law, yC Union, S. C. %l., May Women Preach? c? f to Memphis, Dec. 8.?The question o1 j women preachers was ruled on in ^ the Mississippi Methodist Conference South, in session in Yazoo City ves rc terday. Presiding Elder Wecms of pc the Vicksburg district reported that |n Rev. Mr. Grimes invited Mrs. Mollie W( 71/cGce Snell, the evangelist, to assist in conducting a revival. When the presiding elder desired the engngement cancelled, Grimes stated j-0 God would break his neck if he inter ul fered with women preachers. Rishop Duncan ruled emphatically that the Methodist church did not recognize Q( the right of women to preach, but adheres to the doctrine of St. Paul on the subject. Considerable feeling ^ has been aroused on the question in il/ississippi and Tennessee, many j# laymen taking issue with the bishop. ..c utiuirju niiviovs iiiu n.n; ci irun :is an aid to digestion of other foods; jj such, for example, as apple-sauce ^ little sweetened, or, still better, sour applcsbaked or for developed digestive action the raw apple or other fruit | The mandate of -cieneo is that fruiu should bo used as an aid to digestion a] much more than they are now. Tin. fruits supply acids which pnrticu- g( larly assists the acids of the stomach, y On the same ground, lemon juice in tea instead of sugar is helpful to diuestion. I'hvsieians now largch o ? O . ff p-esenbe lemon juice to help weai digestion. A grout many person. ^ who get up with bad feelings in th t| morning would find themselves cure | if they regularly ate an apple with . 0 slice o( bread or other plain food :? ^ little while before bed time.?Self Vulture t ELECTRIC LIGHTS AND WATER WORKS. rh? Committee Reports And Bioommenda Both Enterpriser The Town To Bo Bonded. $10,000 Thore was another enthusiastic neeting of the citizens in the court touse last Friday night to talk about Water Works. It was the occasion >t the report of the committee up* minted at the preceding meeting to nakc a thorough investigation of the rhole matter. The enthusiasm was fluch increased by the incorporation n the report on WaterWorks are 1 >ort on Electric Lights for the town, 'he committee had generously and ' risely investigated this subject along imi lue oilier ana their report, with 1 lie eBtimations of the engineers con- | alted, comprehended both enter- ( rises. The dispatch with which the ommittee had done its work left J s no time to become indifferent, ven if there had been any tendency * i that direction, but the fact is,. t lat there is a remarkably unanimous t jjgressiveness, and the citizens vie ^ ith the committee in their readi2ss to do what they can. The meeting was called to order at 30 by Mr. J. A. Fant, chairman, ho stated that the object of the eeting was to hear the report of the ? mmittee, Mr. T. C. Duncan, as airman and speaker of the commit- jj e was called upon to report, where?on he took the floor, and as the T mmittee had not prepared any j/. iten report, gave from memory ^ e results of their investigation, lie said that two engineers had 'l en consulted and had gone over the ^ vc. Two estimates w as the result; 2 one based on the present actual n sessitv, the other on *)>e ,u jrWJu,!aftKl development of l4jjV le latter alone deserved cons id era * f c n, as it would be throwing away mcy to putin an inadequate system it would have to be torn up in a ar or two and replaced by a more equate one. That the insurance :n too, had assured them that the T eaper system would not justify the iriff Association in reducing their p :es. The second estimate based the demands of the future would 3t in the neighborhood of #30.000. A 6rst classsystem of electric lights {}; tb forty arc and 1000 incandcsotburners would cost about SI 0,000 iking a total lor Water Works and :V ectric Lights of #40,000.00. lie said that the more the coniittee had studied the matter, the 1 ore thoroughly had they become : nvinced of the utility and economy !* both water works and electric lights ;j! We would have to have them in a ar or two anyway, and that now is an opportune time, because they P uld be put in oheaper just now an later on. lie itemized the cast ^ eluding interest on #40000., and a... ii... l.i r ?i.~ u jjiuuia tiiciL nuutu uiiar ui>lu uiu . 0 enterprises and showed that the ccipts would almost pay the ex n mses after the first year, and that C( the course of three or four years 1" )uld probably be a paying investcnt. n Someone asked what the water [' juld cost. Mr. Duncan said that r ordinary family use it would prob >ly be about six dollars a cock per a jar, but the price would vary with c amount of water used, lie had u > doubt that at this low rate nearly V 1 the families on Factory llill would " itronizc the Water Works, as the * me saved and the convenience ould be worth more than six dol a rs a year to them. Of course it 1 ould be pretty generally patronize*! 1 over town. _ The cost to individuals of electric ^ ghts would be about a dollar a onth for incondescent light. He had i! 3 doubt but that would act a liberal 1 iitrouagc also, us has been the ease , ith the telephone. He said that the effect on insnr rice had also been considered. 1 ad been learned from a rcliabl ( rurce that if a cheap system < i ! later Works were put in it won! . ot lessen the rale of insurance, an irtherinoro if the town eo. tinned * row and did not put in Water Work ic present rates would be raiser ' hit by building the proposed syst. r 1 ic rates would be reduced consider . bly. enough to save the propeit; , wners in the neighborhood of t\\ aousand dollars. Someone asked how long it wont t ' akc to construct the system. Tbj reply was, * About six or seven months i from the commencement of work." When Mr. Duncan had finished Mr. E. Nicholson, who is also a < member of the committcee, sumra- * ed up the whole by saying that the water works and electric lights would * increase the tax levy only about five mills and that would probably be reduced in the course of a few years. 2'he committee recommended that the town be bonded in the sum of forty Thousand Dollars for the construction of Water Works and Electric Lights systems. Mr. Wm. A. Nicholson addressed the chair and said that he was highly ti pleased with the report of the com- e: mittee and he moved that the facts tt presented by the committee be print* ti and circulated freely among the 01 A OA frbnf tt'liAVk !?/*?? vttAMA " ? 11^-3 '?> ?w^/iv ou iiiub lieu iiiuj nci l" taiit'U ^ jpon to sign the petition asking the S Legislature for authority to bond the al own, they could act with intelligence w n the matter. On request, however his motion was withdrawn for the G )rc8ent. 8[ Mr. L- G. Young moves that it is ai lie sentiment of the meeting that tli he town bond itself iu the sum of te >40,000. for construction of Water at IKorks and Electric Lights. The notion prevails. st Mr. Nicholson renews his motion to nd it is carried, and the circulars G ontaining the main facts reported to y the committee are ordered to be 1? rinted for distribution. Mr. Munro lien read the petition which he had ha irepared for the signature of the cit- ap sens. There were three of the peti? re ions, one for male freeholders, one >r women owning property in town mi nd one for men who vote and wl ay tax, but are not freeholders. Be Then on request the signing coma Cc lenoed and was kept up for some epi me. T +- jpgag ppx ' A,V ??? [ -qj -^ ^tier of thq petitions. A com- be of three was appointed to I fai trry the petition around next day sin >r signature. Pil On motion the meeting adjourned, tin wa - tin 'HE [RECORD OP A YEAR \ci 1 do tin This has been an abundant harvest ? ear in South Carolina and the farters may be said to have been blessed, 'he year was in strange contrast ith the proceeding one, particularly * prices have been so much better >r larm products. During the year just closed, while te oflicis.l figures are not yet at hand lf1 le estimate by competent authority at i that the corn crop has been the irgcst ever harvested in this State, he total crop is estimated at 2000,000 bushels. The average yield cr acre has been 15bushels, against ]0 2J last year. The largest previous arl ?rn crop was about 17,000,000 (jj ushels. j. j1 It is estimated a/so that the State us furnished to the markets of the fi orld this year 038,148 bales of />tton, the aveingc bale being 450 tmnds. The acreage in cotton . ' uring the year just closing is estilated at 1,057,000. The prices aid for the crop arc pretty generally nown. It is thought that the average rice per pound will work out to be e\ 1 nuwt (t pnntu f<ir fhn pnfir<> cron. ? # v, vv..w f a Besides all this, grain crops were nuMially fine the past year, and so J as the tobacco crop, the lattor bringug excellent prices. Again the mokehouses of the State have been fn lied with sufficient hog and hominy b< nd like products, it is said, to feed he entire State for two years. It may be addedal o that South Carolina has never had a better fruit , rop year than this has been. The iuitwasofan unusual fine quality nd there was an abundance of it, (ringing good prices in the northern markets. This is true also of the ^ nelon crop. v So taking things in all South Cur>lina ends the present year in a far iv't'tT condition than she has end 3d my .single your for half a decade 01 0 nore. There is every reason ahy lie masses of the people should be o ibleto pay their taxes now and teen t' ive an unusually happy Christinas vv ukI then begin the new year with ^ |,opelful faces. During the past year also South Carolina has i*a? le groat progress on industrial line/ \ . l\ 11 ?-m.mxA . M. uuraaitaitott ? -* . r *1^ ?wWM-A.'Nich : BAXI{ xjisrxoTT KesjM'ct tullv solicit you REPRJESLKI COMPANIES V IT1 ??Mjnwi? TUTgKEm .V "atLTf?,-r-' ., NO TAX EXTENSION. State Officials Sriid Out a Timely Warning It has been so customary lor the mo for the payment ofta\e>tobe xtended that people have he^un to ike it as a matter ofeimr-e. The , me for the payment tins year cios, > ii December 31, but there has been 11 a unusual laxncss in paying up. i'lio b tate officials ascribe this to the pr >b ,, ole general opinion that the time i ill again be extended. The Governor, tiie Comptroller encral and the State i're.i>urer each u >oke yesterday of this rc.uis<ncs:>. a' id they authorized the statement lat there would positively be no ex nsion this year, for there was no |J Icquate reason why ilit re -:i stld be. " According to a statute, the.storm s* ricken districts in Deaiifort, Colic n, Charleston, IJi.: ley, ano b< eorgetown have until Ajn.i. l>.ni b; pay the taxes lhr the ii>eal year tl 592-93, but as > the xe i?. ' ? 193-1)4 and Ih'Ji- --V, < .? ri . h s been made, ami tii ] . . h " ply unless tiiey are 4.. i 4 . i ' >!f gulnr time. The only cxemp'ion th i will in ule is in reference .o th c: ;/. ... s<?: 10 live in that district cut . nun. irkley and tacked oil m t'l.aiYcs o>, > unity. fhere has heeu -nine lc_..i in liable tor.lic penalty, a- >< i> no lit of theirs. 11 ie abovt lac..- [ ' ^ ould prove a warning n> every ?ax yer in the ? late. ; i Is ii. hi.-, ne in years that a sinnih n?- . ruing lias been sent < u; iy . s' fee chief officer- oft' > ;:i ma ferenec to taxis, aid th lay tiie m itr.-r w ill j.r? ; y ;. . o l i L'msclves in a latg . o . I Have you bought yo.. ^ ;ten, You want to ^o ioS a 1 once and make yutir selec on, We have 1 loliday .. ? IN wca \Ye have beautiful subject: in i vely tinted luieo a.i ?> : -;u: a id Water t :.?n > liromos are I he e very low est. 13 y all m eat is . e most hi ami 1 . Ejcilia, Peace, Sp: "i cyclic at Naaue's :.i<: >, cts. r XV -r"). t L % k '-J -V Well in this line we have a per rery conceivable ioy from a i in Doll Carriage and hoy's \\ . N CHILDREN'S fOC We have a Lt'reat variety oi i a: ict everything th;;l ti e iu art ei [:autifully illustrate*!, h IN CELLULO; //e have sotr.e rare noveliie erchief Boxes, Jewel Ca^s, an-1 IN CHINA xt Both Domestic ami hsper: eautiful designs. Such as ( i.ps owls and Butter 1'iatc-a .->< o; hey are just "too >ue? . PHOTOC :<A P. This li. .* is v\!l 11" *1 ! U I colli- i -: rnai.ic!.: ,1 ()ur si o- 1- i . I fiction urc. ! ,'c hav < look Sli>: ? > bine ii! I (.'V \ O i W : . * * TELLi ' J or.''ox x y. I S- O r FIRE ISUR AN E. f I :t CGO.GGO.W, CT AFSF.TS. I CRIi'J: : ! uTJ Ell'!. J Two "t jfroco Wliioj. a .. n if, v, i. ? - . 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