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<1 , M i THE UNION TIMES. ! VOL. XXVII.?NO- 9. UNION SOUTH CAROLINA FEBRUARY 28, 189G. $1.50 A YEAR f. M. PARR, GEO' MUNRO Prtal lent. Caahi er. am?l - or TTisrioisr. :o: Capital 8iack $00,000. Surp'iis $50.00 stockholders liabilties ' $00,00?Total? $170,000 Officers?F. M. Farr, Tres. A. II. F? ster, Vice Tree. Geo. Munro, Cashier. J. D. Arthur, Assistant Cashier. Director?W. II. IVa'lace, A. G. Rico, Wm Jefferies, T. C. Dunom, J. A. Fnnt.* J. T. Douglas, I. G. McKissick, A. II. Foster. -"^s-We solicit your business^ gIM8 & DIXON, Atty> at Law. All business placed in our hands will receive prompt attention. ' Office No. 1 Law Range. gCIIOMPEUT, BUTLER & McGOWAN, Attorneys at Law. At C. C. Culp'o old Office. D, R. Ilydrick J. A.Sawyer, Spartanburg, S. 0 , Uuion, S. C. UYDRICK& SAWYER, Attorneys at Law, Judge Townsend's Old Stand. jyjCNRO& MUNRO. Attorneys at Law, No. 2. Law Range. g 8. STOKES, Attorney at Law and Trial Justice, Office Rear of Court Mouse. DENTISTRY|"JR. II. K. SMITH'S Dental Room oeerA, II. Foster & Go's store. Cocaine used in extiaciing teeth. DENTISTRY. QU. J. C. McCUBBINS, Office on the corner of Main and Judgement Streets near the Court House. Bridge and Crown work done when do aired. Call and see me. UNION MARBLE ?AND ? O-ranite Works. GEORGE GEDDES. SURVEYING. I ?ra in Union prepared lo do any surveying that ihc puldic nr<y dcBirc. Oil at the Union Graded School or nt Mr. Jacob Rice's DAVIS JBPFBIUK3. CITY OYSTER SALOON. Remember that you can get a nice stew or fry of Fresh Norfolk Oysters at TXTr\ 13 M ATUIQ' o m v. i\. iya rv i ma OYSTER PARLOR. (Next door to McLaughlin & Brown.) FOR 25 CENTS. Also a fresh line of CANDIES, CAKES and crackers. The finest in town. Canned goods, Fruits, Peanuts, Tobacco and Cigars And a general line of Family Groceries. CITY OYSTER SALOON. Telephone No. 07. MONTHS OF POLITICS. OUTLINE OP THE MANY vvuviv iv rvw itmiir a xi f x *j xxi v/viiv; xui/iiVt The South Carolina political pot of 1806 has now been hanging over the fire for some time and its much mixed contents are already beginning to simmer. By early summer it is going to be very difficult to keep the lid on. For the past five years a good stout ring has been there to hold the lid down when it began to look as if the contents were going to boil over, and get out open to the public gaze. The ring has now been very much weakened, however, by the heat of former boilings, and it will not be able to keep things down. Heretofore, too. the contents have been cat and dried before they were dumped into the pot. This will not be the case jhis year. The fact is that one of the most interesting and unique campaigns since '76 is about to open, and from May till November there will be no end of political happenings of a char ectcr to interest many and amuse others. There will be elements in the campaign at the start of an entirely new character and towards the end the band wagon of the Republican corpse is scheduled to make its appearance in the arena driven by Webster, Pope, Melton and Bray ton. Of course the overshadowing feature of the early portion of the campaign will be the fight between Evans and Irby for the United States senatorship. Unless these two, between whom there does not exist the most brotherly of feelings, go back on everything they have cried for during tlio nnsf. siy vnnvs tiinv will lim-n \t\ stump the State. The chairman of the Tillman State committee will have those against him who have heretofore been his friends, and the warmest kind of campaign speeches will be the order. It is said, too, that M. L. Donaldson will be in this fight. There has been some talk of call off the State campaign which usually opens about June the 1, but there does not now seem to be any chance of that, for it is argued that one of the leading demands of the Reform movement was to have all candidates stump the State. It is mooted that Senator Irby, being a candidate, will not be permitted to retain the party chairmanship. If the attempt to oust him is made there will of course be some interesting developements. It will not be long now before the committee will have to meet to make uic luxr^.ii v preparations 101 me May convention. As jo the State campaign, there seems to he no chance whatever of a Conservative candidate coining out, for governor. The Conservatives it seems arc merely going to be onlookers tliis year. It is pretty thoroughly understood that the Tillman administration candidate for governor is to be ex .Comptroller General Win. II. Elcrbe of Marion. On all sides | he is mentioned as the winning candidate for governor. Then there is Senator R. 1?. Watson. He has not yet announced his candidacy, hut he is regarded as most likely to be the man to oppose Mr. Kllerbe in the primary. He has a strong following and his friends are now seriously considering putting him in the race. They think he will prove far more than a match for Mr. Kllerbe on the stump. No other candidates for governor are now being mentioned. State. SI500. A FOOT. Judge Townsend adjourned court, last Thursday. There were no very important cases before thejury. The case Ijittlejolin against the Southern Jlailway involved more than any other single case, lie had his foot crushed at Ciaffney about two years ago when he was trying to make his way between two freight cars. The engine gave a sudden push or pull and he was thrown down and his foot so bruised hya.wheel that amputation was necessary. He asked for dam ages and made his claim on the plea that the train was started without giving a proper warning. The at> tornevs for the company could not provu to the contrary and the jury gave hiui $l,.r>00 for his foot.?S'par- i tan. \ BROXTON BRIDGE TRAGEDY. The accused acquitted. The trial of the Broxton Bridge Lynchers was concluded on Monday and resulted in an acquittal for the murder of Ilannah Wnlkcr the old woman. The dctailsof the murder are fresh in the memory cf us all. Two negroes, an old woman and a young man were heater, to death in Colleton County just before Christmas and the crime was charged to six prominent white men in the commu . rni _ i* i r a ?i. niiy. j ne veraici 01 not guilty was brought in late Monday night. The testimony was quite lengthy and we have not room for it. Mr. W. E. Gonzales of the ''State" attended the trial and heard the evidence. After disci ibing the scene when the jury came in and stating the verdict, he continues: "The prisoners were remanded to jail, being under indictment for the murder of Jsham Kearsc. "Such is human nature and so it ever will be. In this friendly circle the conviction of these men would have been considered a crime fcoo terrible to contemplate; the enormity of the offense charged against them was overshadowed, forgotten, in the moment of danger to those men for whom they have regard, and all ] the influence of a powerful connec* , tion has been exerted to spread that | feeling to the minus of neighbors, j ' Why should our friends be the first , to full before this newly aroused pub- . lie sentiment, when if they killed these people they did not intend to take lifcV "On the other side. those living ^ beyond this little circle of friends and noquaintences of the jlefendiaflts those who know that neither the leading counsel nor the prisoners will deny that the latter committed the crime of whipping those, who have given intetclligent and un- * baised attention to the evidence and have heard distinguished lawyers make a desperate effort to create the shadow of a defense, must realize that this was another case in which from w hatever cause?the eyes of Justice ' have been bound and the unbal ^ an ceil scales taken from her hands 1 and in the sight of an enlightened, 0 order .loving country, liberty is un protected, truth is w ithout honor and 1 justice is a mockery. 0 "Colonel Aldrich in open court 1 today made an oral application f>r 1 bail for the six prisoners in jail?the 1 four defendants in the Hannah Wal3 :l ker case and Heirs and Campbell in 1 the ease in which they are charged w ith the murder of of Isham Kearse. 11 The last two have not been indicted. c "Solicitor Bellinger opposed the ( motion on legal grounds. lo sup > " pose that the testimony in the ease of v Ishain Kearse will he the same as in that of Hannah Walker, is to doso without the foundation of knowledge ? of the facts, for he was the only man in the court house who knew. ? Mr. Bellinger read an affidavit *' fiom Heirs, one of the men in jail, ^ and one who refused to answer when put upon the stand, ''because 1 might ^ criminate myself." In that affidavit, made in December, Heirs swore he was present at the lynching with the ^ other prisoners and had appealed to them not to whip the negroes so sev- !l erely. This was the first lime re? ' ference has been made to the alii- c davit. Would it not have been the 11 duty of the jury to convict those '' men under this evidence? the solici- f' tor asked. if * * * * * d Ti i k .1 r rm ; k Itr.kr>i:> IIa i f.. j.J "There are separate indictments. j( (>ne ease lias been tried and I am asked to take actual notice that the testimony in the ease of llanualt Walker is applicable in that of Ishatn Kearse. In such circumstances the rule is that the State is not sup posed to have presented its full case j. in the first instance. I, "Therefore, without passing upon s the question whether the dcfcndents n were entitled to bail on the ground v upon which thcupplicntion was made *v I have not the legal right to enter- c tain the motion." j, The defense will probably make ) another effort ha fore Judge Ahjrich r or another judge, putting their up- (] plication in a different form. | [ CHICAGO EXPOSITION. Plans for Its Holding' Now Being Arranged. Chicago, 111., Feb. 20.?The Chicago and Cotton States Exposition, as it has been named, ?vi 11 open in Chicago, August 1, 1800, and will run three months. This much was determined at to-day's session of the Southern delegates and Chicago O O business men. The cold weather is having rather disastrous effect on some of the visiters. Ex-Governor Bullock of Geor* ? i n \ n-.ii: i> _r it 1114 Vj* -IV. \J\JIIUJI, X II'SIUI'III UI the Atlanta Exposition, arc among those suffering from severe colds, Mr. Collier being confined to his room. The convention to day adopted the report of the committee apppointed yesterday to formulate a plan. The plan is that the Southern States will collect the exhibits, bring them to Chicago and install them at their own expense. Chieogo will provide buildings for the exposition, with not less than 100,000 square feet of floor space and will pay all the casts of maintaining the exposition. The advisability of a preliminary convention in the South and the material resources of that section were topics of a general discussion that occupied considerable time. Among the prominent speakers were lion. Win. Skaggs of Hirtningham, Ala., ind General Warner of Tennessee. The remainder of the session was largely occupied in the appointment of a Chicago provisional committee of forty and an advisory committee from die South, ths latter containing one nembcr of each of the Southern States. The convention adjourned ,vith three cheers for the flag. Personal Side of Washington Largely Enfluenoed by His Invironmeuts%Hn Tendeootes Toward Higher Ideals. Tn the eighteenth century games )f chance and belting were universal practices in Virginia, and from Washngton's earliest accounts it is known hat from the age of sixteen indulged liuderately therein, writes General \. W. Grecly in his first article on 'Personal Side of Washington," in darch Ladies' Home Journal. That nost insidiour form of gambling, the ottcry, was an especial favorite, icing resorted to for the purpose of aising funds for charity, church use, >r public improvements. Active and loalous as Washington was in pre? noting plans for public benefit or in xtending a helping hand to others, t is not surprising to lind that the ickcts of the Mountain llnad not erv in 17 fit * were signed by iiim. nd that he spent, fifty pounds there ii. lie evidently did not associate ottery tickets with gambling any nore than modern stock broker asso iates his "puts and "calls" of ( ?ay with the same vice. To lis nephew, Push rod. we find him writing "A void gambling, a vieehroactive of every possible ill." It would be extraordinary if a man f Washington's passionate character ad refrained entirely form the use f forceful and emphatic language. ( ^s has been elsewhere said, his lanuage was always clean, and it inav e added, never was in anyway volar beyond an occasional expletive. These phases of W ashington's life earing on the problems of drink, i aming, etc., emphasize most strongly lie inevitable trend that h eal custom ml opinion give to the thoughts and ! abits of a rising generation. Ac- 1 opting unhesitatingly the amuse ( lents, habits and views of those whom e loved best as a child, he discloses lie innate strength of his individual 1 v in that he fell into no sloughs of ospond, but that in rears of di-ere" 1 ion all his tendencies were away roni his age and toward higher < leals of thought and action. m ANOTIIFR RAIL ROAD ! COM I NO. < The latest is that the O. 1?. A C. i to build a branch line from Macks- 1 urg to Union, in addition to the 1 Spartanburg blanch. It will he re- 1 numbered that about ten m- twelve!. oars ago the branch lino to tlio ? (''s ' ] ras projected from Augusta, <?a, to j onnect with the main lino at I'daoks" ) nirg. The road hod was c ono'ctcd. . n i i ait the track was novo: laid. It is 1 onortod that tho(). II. \ w.iinow 1 isc this road hod and hni d as i'.iy a- i ,'nion. There arc no important I ' t -? '^=8?->M I WM A. Nici ;; ?ban: xjisrxois Respectfully solicit yt REPRESENT COMPANIES WI' places on the propose ! route except Cherokee Falls, yet this is a level headed move on the part of this road. The road bed has been damaged bv time, and there is a bridge to be coil' structed, but the expense of the construction will not be very much. The trestle over Kroad River will serve r ~ i lI. . . i ... I o _ . ? i ior uoui me c nion aim oparianuurg branches.? The Jtock Hill Herald. Tribute Of Respect. Whereas the Alwise Providi^nce lias in Ilis wisdom seen fit to remove from our community one our most earnest a 11 d consistent Christian workers, brother.J. II. Harmon,'and whereas his inilucnc and instruction in our Sunday Seliool and community have been inspiring and elevating, it becomes fitting that we speak our appreciation of him, therefore, Resolved; That our community has been deprived of one of its bright lights and our Sunday School of the encouragement and instruction that brother Harmon was accustomed to give, and that one of our links has been broken by the removal of our dear brother. Resolved: Second, That we bow in liunible submission to the will of our Heavenly Farther, knowing *1.1 II. 11 A 1 ? - I? -1 tii.it jiu uocin an uungs wen; inui we extend our wannest sympathies to the family and relatives of the deceased and commend them to Clod who is able to heal all wounded and> broken hearts. We express our hope that what has seemed to be a loss may be overruled for good by Him, a\Iio has all power in heaven and earth to do whatsoever lie will? eth. Resolved, Third, that a copy of these resolutions be put upon 'the. Records of the Sunday School, a e<U pv be sent to Tin-: Union Timi:s for publication, and a copy he forwarded to the bereaved family. | II. C. Gossett Committee- Mrs. 1>. Reeknell ( R. A. Littlejohn. WHV PEOPLE GO MAD. Ar.ulj'sin of tin- Cases of Nino Tlioi'.Mud Men and Women. Rarely can 0110 find a more depressing story of human ills thai; that which is told in the annual r-.j. port of the state commission in lunacy, given out by tiio statu printer in Albany. In tlio table showing the causes which sent 1G,208 people to tho country asylums during tint six years covered by tlio statistics may bo found some curious statements. Thus, in spite of tlio supposed deleterious inlluoncoof cigaivtio smoking, hut. ono man and one woman ivnvo ilvirnit !??? lmldf + excessive smoking of tobacco in oilier forms sunt. 11) men ami >i women to tho asylums. Ono woman licramo insano through tin* extraction of her tooth, and ono girl lost hor miml through foar of punishment. An intemperate desire to acquire knowledge forovor stopped tho studios of 20 men and 12 women. Overwork < broko down tho minds of 252 nion and -1 liO women. Intempranco in al- < coholio drinks accomplished tho undoing of 1,22? men and 212 women, i No other causo claimed so many victims among men. Besides these, < tlioro were some 200 who became insano through drinkcom])licatctl with Bomo other cause, and it is a curious 1 fact that ono of these was a man who drank ossenco of peppermint. ! Tim fiiiinni lulliit fl-iiinrwl Uiiwm ....a "I v.,...uv\? i I 111*11 <11 Ml 22 women. Under llio head of 'moral causes" aro grouped such ' troubles as loss of friends, religions and political excitements, disap- 1 pointmcnts, and so on. These causes , ?razod 1102 men ami 1,20 i woinon. It seems rather strange, but ono man became insane through "military hardship." The use of hair wash unseated one woman's reason. One < man became insano because of tho < heat of tho furnaces under tho boilers i lie was firing. ] Tho table of causes compiled from tho Now York asylums goes into greater detail. It show?; that l!t men, ' bnt not one woman, became in .me through disappointment in lovo during the six years. One man went in- , sane because lus wife eloped, but j HOLSOM & SON, kers? r s. c. db >ur F1HMISUKANUK. rH $40,000,000.00, OF ASSETS. r- ti'.t i ? ? ~' , ll^o women wlio lost their liusbnnds 'in liko fashion must liavo taken a more sensible view* of the matter, for not one was sent to an asylum. More remarkable sliLl is tlio fncfc that umlor the head of "domestic troubles'' there were rogistored 59 men and not one woman. Six mon, but not one woman, beeamo insano throiigli fright. -" So, too, liair dyos turned tlio brains as well as tho hair of two men, but not one woman. Mesmerism also nlYeotod ono man, but no woman. Jealousy was tho undoing of ono man, but of no woman. On tl>o other hand, ovorwork by itself destroyed tho minds of 44 women, but of no man. Overwork and intemperance combined, howover, landed 134 men, but not ono woman, in tho asylums. Intemperance alono called for ".)?(? men and 010 women ?this out of a total of D, 110 mon and women admitted to tho asylums during six years. Overstudy deranged the minds of 11 men and no woman. Koch's lymph ruined 1 man, and 1 man heoaino insane from a "dog bite." Tho effects of what is called tho "opium habit" mado 4 men insane in tho six years. Xo cases of women arc recorded under this head, hut under tho title of "morphine liahit" 3 women and no man are mentioned.?American Medical Re viow. .' i()olil IIorsniliopH !n Olden Times. Roman writers inform us that Commoilus caused the hoofs of his liorses to bo" covered with gold leaf and oyon tho fetlocks to bo gilded. j Nero's short journeys wcreHnvariably porformod on whito mules wearing gold shoes on their i'oro foot and / silver bohind. Tho beasts which drow tho chariots of his wife, Poppie were shot all around with gold. Several others among f ho dignitaries and potentates of the riotous days of tho lloman ompiro shod thoir horses with gold and used tho snmo material for bridle hits, bucklos, spurs, etc. Ten 11 yson's llcply to Mr. Austin. Somebody, 1 sec, has unearthed tho silly attack upon Tennyson which Mr. Austin made a considerable number of years ago, but nobody has quoted tho vigorous couplot in which Tennyson?who by no moans liked to be attacked, even by tho most, insignificant of porsons?repaid his assailant. Ilere it. is: Tennyson is no i.'i:int: nil men know it, 1 For so says Alfred Ail - tin, ilwarf anil poet. ?London Spoakor. ^ Itats n* Srav4?ii?;T8. Birmingham is overrun with rats that, are fed from tho sowers. Tho juniorities imvo tuKen 110 st.tpato pxtorminato them because Mr. Chninlx rlnin, when'mayor, declared Unit rats wore good son vendors nnd by eating up gnrbngo iirovcntod th? spread of disease. A Credi'tln Witness. "Prosecutor, will you tell mo wlio was present v lieu tbo defendant slapped you in the face?" "Myself, parbleu, your honor."? llfiirtUss. "Do you think it hurts <ho poor oyster to put it in tire stowV" asked Uio kind hearted givi. "It 8com? cruel." 1 44 Yes," replied her escort. "ItdocS seem cruel. There V. nothing moro terrible, you know, than solitary confinement."?Wu hington Star, j Sometimes a snhtlo odor recalls ROiuo joy of pain; sometimes tlio pulso boats quicker with a familiar strain; sometime; a laded flower will bring tho unshed tears; somotimes a book or ;r uu-j will tsijoak of other years.?Anon. J It was a son of l.'vIn who asked tlio meeting to <.u.> him from serving on a eommilteo bceauso bo expected to bo unexpectedly called away. ; 'J Tlio tail of tho otter sorvos not Duly as a rudder, but ah > asa moans d1 propulsion, its movements close'y resembling thoso of a screw propeller. ' j ? Tho spico known an tho common dovo is tho undeveloped bud of tho Uaryopbyllns oromati(as. -.j Twenty year; > England prnluced nearly iiireo times as rnuob iron as tho United .States, .i-j?. ; ? . /