Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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[jjy UWIOH'S MVtllKCES. fTl TT T71 T T 1V1 T * T^T TiifTl^O POPUUnON Of UNION I 11 Hi Li IM tr 11 11M Hj &. f.reicbooto. artesian water. ^ i. ? ^ VOL.XLVI1I. -NO 43. UNION, SOUTH CAROLINA, OCTOBER 28,1898. Sl AVEARi WHETC YOU . iia^CONSULT T1 COME TO HI Cakes and Crackers. Twenty live varieties of cakes , ten day8, at 10 to 25 cents pe ; J' ' and water wafers, butter thins, fnow flakes, pearl oysters, etc ~ Pickles and Preserves. _r Pickles?plain, mixed, mustai liulk. 10 to 50 cents per bottle - a sour cucumbers 10 conts dozei ' Olives a specialty, all sizes, ai * Jl?; * bottle. Preserves?Ginger, m .plpe?pple, etc., etc., 25 to 40 < Canned Fruits and Heats i"* t A complete line of ench and w consid?\red. First class sugar ma to $1.20 per dozen, cheapor Fruits and Confections. I handle more fruit than all tl you a better variety and inoet The beat line of chocolate* iu 73 cents per pound. "** n itook. i Dry Goods, Notions and M To which we invite attei tive and cheap. Our Millinery ^Departme Turner^ of Baltimore, one of millinery center, and display and novelties oi the season. McL THE VERTICAL WRIT1NO FALLACY AND COPY BOOK HUMBUG. To the Editor of The Union Times: At a time when public school work ere began to see the impotency of copj book methods of teaching writing ii meeting demands of the busines world, and when there was a stron< tide of sentiment favoring the specia teacher of muscular movement am genuine business writing, a few scicnti6c savants in Europe, (big fellowi educationally) who knew less abou practical writing than thousands o poorly paid office clerks, issued ai fdict on the subject of writing. Ponderous experiments were made in which they, and a coterie of osso ciates knowing as little of practica writing, decided that the new gener ation was all wrong; that in chiro graphic matters we should call a halt and go back one hundred years o more. Slant writing was condemned and the large round forms of forme years recommended as a panacea fu childhood ills, and inadvertently fo poor writing. These big men across the seas wer just a little bit bigger than our bij men, and for that reason principally we think, their ideas were accepts without question. Evidently the; had established a reputation for in vulnerability, and in the phraseolog ot Young America, what they sai went. Vertical writing went, an upon the wildest claims imaginable was adopted right and left, it wa good for weak eyes, it would strength en weak backs, it would strengthe crooked spinal columns and in fac perform miracles. It forced goo position, it was easy to read, it wa easy to write, it was easy to learn, an it did not need free movement in it execution. A finger, wrist, banc or bappy.go-luck as-you-plcasc-iuovi ment, was good enough. It was rapid style; nearly as fast as shori hand; it was everything desirable ths slant writing had proven not to b< it contained all of the virtues an none of the faults of the slant han< and we, the children of the nineteent century, wero permitted to discovc oil of these saving virtues which ou V* i. < ? 1-1 Jin 1 - ? * ARE HUNGRY HIS LIST AND ?-a 1ADQUARTERS, ===== -V * and crackers, and fresh arrivals everj r pound. Chocolate, vanilla, almonc live o'clock teas, Wellesbypretzelette's eto. r d, chow chow and sweet, In bottle 01 Sweet, mixed, 25 cents quart, plaii i. . \ id the best quality, 15 to| 50 cents pe: Inco. atrawharrv. runhum hlankherrv :enta a jar, backets cheaper^ e meet the price of the lowest, quality corn, $1 per dozen cans, the best to in cases. v ' tie other dealers In Union, and can giv< any prices. gl fine candies money can bay, 40 tc aflJ^Jbare not srot it. but last come e&? 15.'young. The Cash Grocer, yj^? E GOODS! zjompeete! , Shoes, Hats Clothing illinery ation. Everything new, attrac nt i? in charge _of-MHSfr Kate the best trimmers of that noted s fall lines of the latest style* The place to buy is at URE'S. ( forefathers of one hundred years ag< were not permitted to see. As ridiculous as the above olaimi may now appear, they were nearh all made for verticlo writing, but on< ^ by one they have been exploded an< s the gloom environing many schooli where vertiele was welcomed as a ra; I of light, may now be cut with a knif I when writing is mentioned, that th< gloom is so thick. From thousands of specimens o t vertical writing from different writ ing schools we have been permittei 1 to examine, we have seen none tha gave evidence of having been execut ed with an easy or rapid movement ' but on the other hand we have seei j indisputable evidence of cramped slow movement in all of the publi schools where vertical writing ha come to our attention. In fuct as th ^ vertiele forms are more awkward thai the slant, and as, in their execution the same conditions are maintains as in the slant, wo sec no reasons wh; any one could reasonably expec superior results from them. Slan copy books are a failure and vertica copy books are no better. Cop; r* books are alright until the correc (j forms of letters are learned, but it i impossible for them to be of farthc ' use. y Another point in our favor in thi (I argument against vorticle writing i d shov I'rof. Patton's, of Pennsyl van " i which show that 9' a pel a people of the Unite i. Staicv, ? write some kind of a banc n that 75 per cent, of these peopl :t "picked up" their writing withou d instructions while they were younj l8 and that there is only one person i d ten thousand that writes naturally i s vertical hand; therefore we mu9t cor 1, cludo that slant writing is the mor ?. natural. a The doors of the public schools ( t- our land are always open to visitor! it Go in; watch the pupils with straine y, muscles and twisted bodies slowl d draw the forms of letters in their cop 1; hooks. Go further; examine th h writing of these pupils outside of thci ;r copy books, when the exigencies < ir the case require rapid work, Folio1 ' these pupils through the.r school day i out into the business or professional world. They wrote beautifully from a copy book standard in their earlj school days. Now they are wretched , scribblers every last one of them, re taining no semblance of the copy book style. This condition is astonishing to public cchool patrons, and even tc teachers, but the solution is simple r enough. Drawing, not writing, ii 1 taught through copy books, and ever ? where an attempt is made to develop a little free movement on. loose sheets of jpaper the labk of continuity in ap ? plying the movement leave3 the pu nil au Karifw aAT eo la a waiiIi) Kn ttrif Vi. I |/?? ?o vwuijr vu no uv nuuiu i/u n uu out that little movemeut drill, r No one ever learned to write a light rapid business hand from a copj book. Why? Simply because copy books and copy book conditions pre elude the possibility of developing [ light, quiet action; copy, books, eitbei verticle or slant are as shackles tc movements, and I bind myself to give one hundred dollars for a light rapid i business hand either slant or vertical was Fired. '' Thenews of the tragic assassinatior > from ambush of Mrs. J. O. Atkinsox was brought to the city last night* bj traveling men who were at Edgefiek court house when the crime was perI petrated. They say that the excite a. fj ?.u 1 1 il. j uiciiv iu fiu^ouoiu ?uu iuu Durruuuuiog country is very great, and that il the assassin is found he will be deal! f with in a manner that will not adc to the court calendar. The story as gained from trayetinj . men is as follows: - The assassination occurred Tij? in a reflate part^ofthe coun^^'Brs Atkinson*was in Augusta Tuesday [ with her husband. They transacted their business and left for their home j about dark. Their home is in Edge field county, thirteen miles from Au gusta and fourteen miles from Edge field court house. Mr. and Mrs. Atkinson were driv ing quite slowly. They had proceed ed up a slight hill and wero descend ; ing on the other side when from t 5 group of blackjack bushes a gun was fired. Mrs. Atkinson gave vent to i scream of apparent pain and fright The shot had been fired at very clost 0 ran?e* j Mr. Atkinson threw his arm abou g his wife and felt blood falling on hi: hand. He then noticed that Mrs Atkinson had apparently swooned e He threw both arms about her ant lowered her to the seat of the vehicle f She was dead in a few seconds. Tin load was No. 2 bird shot, fired at s< | (jiuae ruiigu iruui apparently a snot t gun, that the ehot did not have op portunity to scatter, striking the lach " in a clump in the neck, reaching ' vital points, and producing death al most instantaneously. As soon a: p possible, Mr. Atkinson gave th> s alarm. In two hours and a hnl e Edgefield county was on the hunt fo the cowardly and craven assassin 01 assassins who was or were guilty o j this dastardly deed. There is absolutely no clue so fa ^ as can be learned. Mr. Atkinson t of course, gave his attention solely t j his wife. If there was a movemen ' in the bushes after the shot, he wouh ^ not have noticed it. The officers am ' citizens beat about all night, makinj the most diligent inquiry, that soni clue, some trail of the assassin might b secured. They have not, so far as learn s ed, been in the lca9t successful, Tli 8 bands, who are still roaming over th country, are determined to leav D nothing undone. Tho assassinatioi was so heinous, so brutal, that th cry of vengeance is heard. All tha e the posses desire is to get hold o ll the assassin and to be sure that he i ;; the right man. n Tho deceased was a woman c a lovely character, of handsome mien l* a good wife and the mother of severa e children. She is about thirtj-eigh years of age. Iler home is one i >f the happiest in the South. Mr, Al j. kinson is a well-to-do farmer and a d honorable and splendid gentleman y This terrible affair that has come int y his life is wringing his heart witl c anger and grief. There is no su{ ir picion. It is taken that the assassi )f uimed his deadly fire at Mr. Atkinsor w ?Columbia Record. v I A GENERAL ORDER JsS5UED.; The S. C. Division'* Or4er as to the Death of Winnie dnvls. * 1 Tlie following general order has been issued from the headquarters of < the South Carolina division of the 1 United Confederate veterans at Char, leston: General Order No. 89k. 1. A period of tjttftyr days has been allowed to etapee, before the | formal announcement jf the death of ''The Daughter of th<?Conftdcracy" is made to the comradta of the divisid6y as a season of silent mourning for the irreparable losa of the representative of the wat* period, who bound us to our only president, Jefferson Davis tbe sympathy of the r comrades by telegram, in these words: 4,In the name of the grief stricken ; comrades of the division I offer most * Tespectful and sincere, sympathy," > ana also ordered the adjutant general ^ of the division^ ^0^?^^^^ the [ at Narragansott Prier^ 11. I., September 18,1898. The title ''Daughter of the Corifederacy" died with i her. ; ' i Were it not for those who are to f follow us, and perpetuate the memI orics of the struggle of the Confed. erate States, the division commander would remain silent, as words seem to have lost their significance, and t w^ V 'Slfifiifi&verential, affection of t,o many H hundreds of thousands of earnest, vl iwftd ffearhffc people, npvardid woman ' so fully deserve it. To the Confed* I eratc veterans sho represented more > than a sentiment, sho was the em bodiment of a principle. We have furled our banners forever, and now - we have buried out hearts in the grave of "The Daughter of the Confed eracy," as she peacefully sleeps by - her father's side sharing with him - the blessings of their and our God. i We can only mourn and say God's i will be done. i To Mrs. Jefferson Davis, and to her only remaining child, Mrs. J. A. 3 Hayes, wc extend our heartfelt sympathy, and as most keenly and for t the rest of their lives, they must suf. s for, so in greater plentitudc may the God of mercy comfort them and bring solaco to their crushed and 1 lacerated hearts. 3. For three months, from Sep3 temb^r 18, 1898, the camps of the division will drape their colors in mourning, in honor of the memory j * of "The Daughter of the Conftd- , J etacy," and in testimony of the sin- i ; cere grief of the division. 'i By order of Maj. Gen. (3. Irvine 9 Walker. c James G. Holmes, f Adjutant General, Chief of Staff. . r r I'nlr for One ti? the Other. f Country roads In China are never bounded by fences, but are entirely unr defined. While the farmer has the right to plough up any road passing ' through bis land, drivers of vehicles 0 have an equal right, and they exercise t it. to traverse any portion of the coun[1 try at will. ticoiioiny In fihoe l.nee*. g Shoe laces are to be made with a c core of hemp or other strong cord ine closed in a loosely woven casing, the r core extending into a tongue of colled e wire or soft brass ot either end, thus forming a string which will not wear c out easily. c rt 'S nl !*? !- ??? 4 HPnnvnl am* II ? ? e The rate at which Zulus can travel in an emergency is astonishing. Some will cover as much as fifty miles In ' six hours. Eight miles an hour is an s ordinary pace. r Trim* poult Ion Unnfceir^y, 1 A western man has patented a mov'' able keyboard for musical instruments, l' by means of which the music is transt posed, so that transposition by the if player is unnecessary. r A SI in lift r 11 y. n Lovers and drunkards have one trait I. in common?they're always wanting o "Just one more." ti : ( DlaOiiier In Nnvnl Hm Men. In modern naval conflicts opposing vessels seldom come within two miles ' of each other until the vanquished vea. el strikes her colors. ' I I II UMBRELLAS OF TO-DAV ' ' Formirl; Mtitle of All Silk or Cotton?Aw? Now Made of Mixed Fabric*. Formerly umbrellas'' were made of ilther cotton or silk. Now a very large proportion of the umbrellas carried are made of a mixture of cotton and silk, rhe mixtures are made in various weights and weaves and in various :ombinations of the materials. Some ire half cotton and half silk, and some contain as little as 10 per cent, of silk. The umbrellas modtof these mixtures ?08t more than cotton umbrellas and est than thosA of nllk Th?v n? n?rht_ ?r than cotton and they wear better ind look better. Those made of the finer qualities of the mixtures may very easily be mistaken for silk. Of all the umbrellas produced in this country about 50 per cent, are now made of cotton, and about 40 per cent. )f the mixed fabrics, the rest being of silk. The proportion of umbrellas made of the mixed fabrics is still inn-easing. All the cotton fabrics used n making umbrellas in this country ire manufactured here. The mixed 'abrics are all imported and of the silks ibout half are imported. Umbrella silks are made in many weights and weaves. Years ago silk imbrellaB in dark green and dark gar-* let were not uncommon, but now umjreilas of such colors are rarely if ever seen. The most common color for umbrellas is black, though there are made 'or women some silk umbrellas, designed for either sun or rain, of :hangeable silk, and some of plaid silk. There were formerly made fine silk. :mbrella8 with a greater number of ribs than those now carried. The ex-~ ;ra ribs have now been dropped to get id of the weight. American umbrellas whatever material or quality are the lightest made in the world, as they ire likewise in every way the sightllest. Wl?y They Wore Armor, To such a pitch of exasperation did the practice of using buttons in the shirt drive the men of the middle ages :hat they adopted the plan of wearing brass or steel armor, fastened together with metallic bolts. The popular idea hat men wore armor in order to fight n it is manifestly absurd, since no man could possibly have fought when ncased in half a hundredweight of metal. Armor was worn solely in order :o avoid the worry of shirts with mlssng buttons. There were distinct advantages conlected with the cliain-steel shirts. IVhenoneof these garments came homo jn Saturday night from the washerwoman the owner could feel reasonably certain that the metallic clasps at the neck and In the bosom were all in their proper places, for no washerwoman could have succeeded in detaching them without the use of a cold chisel. If it did so happen that the washerwoman's husband had been run t>ver by a steam roller while wearing i steel shirt belonging to one of his wife's customers, and one of the metallic fastenlnera hnd tlmrntiv Imon Intiip 3d, the customer in question could not accuse his wife of negligence, and demand to know why she failed to keep bis shirts in proper repair. Holnr Element of tlie Enrtli. The discovery in certain rare earths found in Norway of the element helium, previously known to exist only in the sun and in certain stars is fresh in everybody's memory. Now comes the announcement that Prof. Nasini, of Padua, has also discovered in the gases issuing from the volcanic districts of Italy the only other element which had been found in the sun without being also known upon the earth?coronium. This mysterious substance is shown by the spectroscope to exist in the vast luminous banners which are seen about the sun during a total eclipse, nnd which are collectively known under the name of the corona. Its density has boon bolleved to be less, even, than that of hydrogen, and Prof. Naslnl's Investigation of the element discovered by him indicates that it actually possesses this peculiarity of lightness. It is, then, the lightest substance known. Nenii for Wntcr Urlnker*. Pocket filters attached to the end of eighteen or twenty inches of rubber tubing are recent valuable additions to the tourist's outfit. The outer auuicteu 10 tno " century " habit, or the camper is now protected against insects when drinking from a njountain spring or wayside brook. No danger of imbibing snakes except in the time-honored roadhouse way. Too Mntiy Nnr?1liu>*. The demand for sardines has run so far short of the supply thnt the French factories are closing their doors, and the government has been asked to come to the relief of this important national industry by making a ration of Ave or ten sardines daily part of the regular fare of the French soldier. Telephone Itlnelimcnt. A German inventor has patented a clock or attachment to telephone instruments, which lias levers to be set for the number of minutes' conversation desired; the connection with the other instruments being broken when the Umo expiree. . Wm. A. Nicholson & S< 2 RE3PECTFULLY SOLIC | BANKING BUSINESS & YOUR F MJ-iti 'J And promise you iho best protection i WE'VE GOT 'E )The Best ? cheap sho to show y ing* but 1 Call on us Union Sh< Union, S, C. rrepare ror TO-OUR I'ATUpNSAN.D UiK TRADii: lo presenting oiirtr-DS i *.U announcements w< past favors and call their attention to our unsurpass again in our l?ne tliis season. Wo hail with joy an< season as't performs its little annual circle In tin Tlio doors sis you Know of winter's icy mansion thut already ajar, and (lie warm light of summer ispassin ling, hustling and bustling among the genus horn 8uakes hearken tot he fall of the autumnal leaves arou speechless eloquence to prepare for winter, IN MAKING YOUR PR Uruiondier that we are prepared to furnish yo GOODS, NOTIONS, CLOTHING. SHOES, HAT jeans will lie waged this season to the finish. Wo 1 Le a reminder to you that when needing anything i as our prices will always he as low as is consistent i standard goods. With a full knowl?*dge that wo are to take care of our trade with promptness and satis) uance of your patronage. Yours vei W. T. B E MODERN PLANT! AMPL1 LUMBER!! LL Our capacity in our line is unequa 1 I 1 J 1 .. i ? ? c luuiuer is soiu m iiuuriy evcij umvu ui If}'our dealers do not keep Alderman they get it at once, or write- to us dir into buying a substitute, under the wo good." Our ceiling will make your room b your grand-children may every day i where grand-father stood, if you will c Our shingles will make you fo dreary" df^s. \Vhy throw away good money by winter; just weather board your lious enjoy the tropics in your own home. 2s'o shrinking, no hand dressing t< We manufacture a superb line in i shingles Our mouldings cannot be lumber from us, and put your money eration can admire your wisdom. Full stock kept on hand always b RODGERS BRICE Yours D. W. ALDERMA CATAPHORESIS. DR. H. K. E N TI S1 Crown and Bridge Work. llM?" >n, Bankers 8 IT YOUR IRE INSURANCE, 5 ind tbe best service. g JVN ___ Shoes. No ddy shoes ou. Noth;he best. 3 while in ^ ? 5E CO. Shoo Merchants. Winter. s uesiro to Uiavk our patrbn'ffST led facilities for serving them 1 gladness the return of each a vast circumference of lime. t open upon t lie Southland are gaway; and tire general crawo shows that men as well as ndtheni?wain'nj them with EPARATION u anything in the line of DRY S, etc., and that our "hobby" iopa tills announcement will in our line you will call on us, with any other market of high * in a better position than ever faction, we solicit a continry truly, ft T V M I T . E RESOURCES! IMBER!! led in the State. Our any size in the State, t's lumber, insist that ect; don't be deceived rn out excuse "just as right and cheerful, and stand on the same spot, mly use our flooring, rget those "dark and going to Florida thi. e with our Biding av. x > make the joints fit. yellow pine lumber and surpassed. Buy your where the future gen: WORKS. truly, N Sc SON CO. Aloolu, S. C. ELECTRICS. NTH, Union, S. C.