Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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f . /[ / ^ % ' % ^ I POPUUTION 01 UNION- I . uN.0m5v.Ni.cEa I- r|j|ttvttam TIMES. sg5::.:.?I Two cotton mills (total capt*uty 100,- I fl 1 I I ^ W \ _M__ JL \ 000 spindlee?one mill the largest in the II I I I J V ^ -A- ^i " '"*" South) one oil mill, one knitting mill, II M JL-^i ^ ..a \ \ I-1 \ |\. one brick plant, twobiuiks, ten churches, Jf*.-- ? M.Uv A I 1 iV five schools, artesian water. ^ ? , ? n/Ml 17 \ K9i). - " ON SOUTH CAROL1A. FRU^^A^Lli^l^ ? VOL. XL1X. NO. II. UNIOVJWHJJ --^-^7777737. Al ULUSINu Having detcrmii mercantile busiu??< entire stock of goo ONE-HALF NE Tii is is no liuinb get the advantage o REMEMBER 50 CENTS Wl YOU $1.25 P. M. ( Next Door to Allan N FORIHIGHT IONS OF MONEY LOADED OX TRANSPORT AT NEW YORK FOR (TRANS. STRONGLY GUARDED BY SOLDIERS Saf>* snd Citftk* Will lti> Ilcllvered t?? <lrncrul Itrookr, Who Will Suporlnt? nd Hint ribut ion. A Now York apecial says: The United States transport Meade sailed Saturday for Havana, passing quarantine at 5:15 p. in. She has on hoard the $3,000,000 provided by the United States rrr.Mi.n~> ? 1 "?oP, o<'ZuZ ZuXLF'r 8?'<1 ?".! half in aUvar Tl "U1C ^"'-"wy-eighnj. weight /*UovaJC ofi,lLereft cent^ed yu* ^ treasury, a)*/** ,from !tKe-?ob. L watched fV.o urowd gathered ?i>j v>..t ^LXmrSt the quartermns- H ter's department. Imd charge of the , detachment of soldiers from tho forts f in the neighborhood of New York City. There were about lifty men, each with a Krng-Jorgenson and a full belt of t cartridges. They formed in lino nt the treasury building and tho boxes , and safes of coin were passed out between them. Half a dozen ordinary trucks were iu readiness in the street and men dragged out tho money on small hand trucks to the Pine street entrance of the buildings. Half the money was in iron safes about a foot and a half high and weigli:? -l?too n/minK each. All the uig i> I Hi Uli A\/vr j/w.... _ moiley was got oil the trucks and eight men hoarded each ono. Thoy stood on the safes or casks holding their rilles, and the trucks were thou driven through Broad street. The treasure was then taken to pior 3, EaRt river, where the General Meigs, of the government service, was in waiting to receive it. The soldiers again formed in line and a dozen policemen stood at the gang plank while the money was being placed aboard the Meigs. There were ovor a hundred casks nnd safes in all. The Meigs steamed ovor to Brooklyn, where, at pier 22, the ooin was placod on the Meade. Paymaster General Garey, accompanied by Major Rogers, of the paymaster's office, will have charge of the money and will turn the coin over to General Brooke, who will superviso its paymont to the Cuban soldiers. (tolls Incomplete. A dispatch from Havana says: The ""i" niminpin w#v of paying of the rolls, i*-WoiV which is beinf hastened by Inspector General Roloff He says that in some cases the rosteri ore missing or too defective to bo use fill. Ho points out that tne iumu^v oftfii linve no paper, pons or ink. General Gomez explains that f>,00 commissioned and 1,000 non-commif sinned officers are relatively larj: numbers in an army of 32,000 private but that these officers in many cas received their appointments hecau the Cubans liavo had no other way recognizing bravery and stimulati enthusiasm. "It may seem," he says, "a olio sort of promotion, but it meant a gc deal to the Cubans." OX SAMF. GALLOWS, A Man anil Woman Aii> Kxeruteil F Fnnl Munlor. At St. Kcholustiiiue, Quebec, > Cordelia Poirier and Samuel Tars were hanged on the snuio gallows the murder of Mrs. Poirier's husbi Iiife was declared extinct in eight i utes, the necks of both having 1 broken. OUT ;ALE! iied to gJout of the J- I will he out my ds at I iW YffcK COST. I. iij? offer) Come anu 'i my Ifatains. LL BUY W|T WILL COSY ELSEWHERI 30H&1T, icholson' Book Store. [ INIrs. Poiriewaa firm and collecte< throughout, he crovrd inside th< jail jeered at 1 r, but her eomposuri did not ?l?sertier, and at the suggeH tion of the exrutioner she turned anr fared the jeem-s and atood erect one proved to thqast. t'nrslow e.-dibited much less conr age, ninl wn/more (load than alivt 1 when the dr<i fell. The condemned ! wove taken tcfthe so*u?ld separately, and were prejeute^ from seeing eacl other by a fep?00u placed between them. ' IMITATION TO BRYAN fro-" Nrw York Dcuinitrntlc Club to Cel rbrate JeflVirion'ii Hlrthdny. The following dispatch lira been ro eeived by Terry Belmont, pieai 'entol the Democrat Club,of Now rk City, in response to an invitation which wat sent to W. J. Bryan to attend the banquet to be given by the club in honor of Thomas Jefferson on April 13th: Lincoln, Neb., March 13.?Hon. BViiigib * desire to know before anBering invitation whether you have ince the election publicly announced our conversion to the principles set orth in that platform. \V. J. Biiyan. In answer Mr. Belmont telegraphed is follows to Mr. Bryan: "The invitation extended to you is on behalf of the Democratic Club. Individual opinions have not been in iuuiiiticr the invitation to celebrate the birthday of Thomas Jefferson. Perby Belmont." MUST BE EXAMINED. Second Lleuteimnta Itecently Named Tc Be Banked by Merit. A Washington dispatch says: A1 the men recently appointed seeon< lieutenants in the army will have t< pass examinations before they are com missioned. They will take rank according t the examinations which they pass, th men from tho regular army takin precedence over those appointed froi civil life. ATLANTA MARKETS. corrected w kkki.t. ?11 (iriH'frli'K. Roasted coffoc, Arhuckle and Leverln 11.30. Lion 10.30, loss 60c pur 100 I ca?e?. OrocncofTccrhoico llo; fair ; prtiri 7Swgnr sUndard granulated, Ne York 5.44. N-w Orleans 5.4 New Orleans white 5,'jc; do yollow 6^4 Svrnp, Now Or learn open kottln 25f5'4(l mixed 1'21-4?'20c: Higar house 'JHrVi.S." Teas, black S5(SJ(j5c; green 30rs?)6(J Rice. head 7^0; choice <H4(Sr(>!h'e; Salt, df rv sacks 1.25; do hbls. bulk $2.00. 100 2.75; ice eroam $1.00; common 65fS>7C rheeae, fuli cteatn 12c. Match* S5s 45C: 200s $1.SOfia 1.75;' 300s $2.75. Hot! boxes Cc. Orackers, soda 6(?<H4<j; cret 1 f>c; gimrprsiisp* <5c. Candy, common sti ; fiv'S; NV- f,;- <\ystcrs, F. W. 1.8J Flour, flrit\ ' Flour, nil wheat flrl and Meal ?.si?coi patent. 14.50. straig.* extra fan n 3.00; fancy. S.fiP extra family, $9.( 1. Corn, white. Mlmipd. 49c, Oats, whl 40e; mixed 39c: Tcxit rustproof 49c. R^ Georgia *">< . Hay No 1 timothy large bal 8V: small bales /j,.. No. 2 tlmotl 0 I unvnll bales 70-. plain 60 > . bolt 45... Whoi\t bran, .ir^c sacks 85 sinaU <?''ks HQ". Shp>s 95c. Stock inoi 85<-. Cotton *? ???. in* 90* por 100 Itmj hu 8. ?.i 09 i.cr ton. l*r?? sbk 7.r?tf?>80c pnr bitaln pomm'on whit" f 1 le 1.2.r>. [,ndy $1.26 1.60. Grits $2.fl.'|>er Id; $| 35 por tv?g. fil* Coiilry'rodiirr. of KW H''/n 12 Ittor. western nreai arv, lWfc'20'; fi"*y Tonn<>.s?c? ho, u clii 12' tfi/l\fa 12'^(*. I.i V" pot ftp trv. chickens, h<? 2<i 27' ve: .spring chic ,0(1 I nil*. lar?" 1^20 small 1 17'., 1?,;cUh. puddle. "'p 25 l'? k im.- V7'J, TO Irish pot<4. $ 1.00 a 11.10 i. |.,i .tic'.. S'.vc >i>tat<>(> >. <!."> a 7 ho. Mot* drained no,' 7c; ih" eolith (to- Onions. $1.00 J.10 nor ho. $5 >i 00 HIT hhl. f'nhha nr" \r,', 3Ih. lie, ix ?I 25. Dried fro apple- 7?s.?: I'I'I'H \fn 12' .c. Ira. ll'oii*. llow Clear rih-hox?i.'.j ;,t.,,.; dear ?dd i for utcii ii ni Sugar i,nr< ami ha m* Orti 1 h* frnia ti',"; hrenkfn 1 . t a -o'l 10'" I V: . -. if host ipriiltf "i} n " se In,n" "lei ooftlity C>f,{ ii'ioml ,ri . ItCOIl -fx*. Market closed Ir; middling; 6c. I raw w win ? i PRESIDENTIAL PARTY ARRIVES A] / AND IS ROYALLY WELCOMED. 81 r to HANNA MANSION IN READINESS ? Chief Eiecullvv'it Sojourn In Intended to ^ ^ Be Solely One of Kent end ^ K?crmtion. r r i ~ 1 l a curuiut ittcupuou awanuu iioo. dent McKinley, Vice President Hobnrt and Senator Hanna and their families | at Thomasville, Ga., Tnesday, and f when the presidential train reached * the little city at 2:30 o'clock in the jj afternoon there were many hearty g shouts of welcome sent up from a a throng of citizens and tourists which '< had already wended its way toward 6 the depot so as to be in time to see the ^ president and party alight from their ft 1 train. A 1 Many were on hand to catch a J] 3 glimpse of the nation's ruler or to, per- ? L> chance, meet and grasp his hand, and p 1 others were present because they wera ? 1 impressed with the adv^itages of the P place as a health and' pleasure resort ^ ^ because of the fact that the president ^ [ has selected Thomasville as the rest- P , ing place after his long and arduous c< 1 duties in Washington, consequent to ?' the recent session of congress and the |f Spanish war. J 'reparation* Were Complete. A1 Everything was in readiness for the* ** reception and entertainment of the ni . distinguished guests. The Hanna P' f mansion on Dawson street had been put in the Dost of order for the great m , event of the president's visit and 0 , Tuesday morning the place looked 8* ! bright and cheerful as the heart 8< I con Id wish for. m It may he that for once all politioe 01 I lie functions. For the second time ' within a few months the president of the United States is the guest of the ' state of Georgia. p Tuesday ufternoou a committee of ^ school children called on the presi- , dent and Mrs. McKinley and presented ' them with a largo tray of violets liaving the word "Welcome" in white blooms in the midst of the purple pil- ' * low bordered with green. Mrs. MeKinley entertained tlie children. They * were the only callers during the day, notice having been given that the president desired rest. SOlrTIIEltX PROGRESS, ui I Tim New 1 mliiHtrl?'? ICriiortril in the South 1 Durlni? the l'nnt Week. N ' The more important of the new industries reported during the past week o include a barrel factory in Kentucky; H o boiler works in West Virginia; a $10,g 000 brick works in Texas; by-prodnct n coke plants in Tennessee and West f; Virginia; a chair factory in Tennessee; 1 coal mines in eastern Kentucky; an 'i SI8,000 cotton compress in Arkansas; c two cotton mills in Georgia and one in ^ South Carolina; two cotton seed oil n g mills in Texas; a distillery in Ken- t,: lb tueky; an electric light plant in Ten- t is ncssee; electric light and power plants j * in Georgia and Virginia; a fertilizer H factory in Florida; a flouring mill in io. Arkansas, two in North Carolina and i one each in South Carolina, Tenhessee ? and Virginia; an iron foundry in , fa Texas; a furniture factory in North j to. Carolina; gas works in Kentucky; a { $.r>0,000 gold smelter in Georgia; a t im 7f>,000-barrel grain elevator in middle ok Tennessee; a $100,000 hardware com>& pany in W/'it lc'? fa(,tory Carolina; an ice and cold i i,1 R!orftS* company in Arkansas; a macy chine shop and a paper bag factory in H). Virginia; a snsh, door and blind fac- i re t0I7 'IVxftH5 ?aw mills in Georgia 1 ^ and Tennessee; a clay roofing tile com(?y pany in West Virginia; telephone ( n,l plants in Florida, Georgia and Vir- I x\] pl,Va: to,?ncco factories in Kentucky 1 lis North Carolina.?Tradesman, \ o|; (Chattanooga, Tenn.) . 1 L A- X. (GTS IIIIIVI'T I vi' n; From Solum, Alabama, lit City ??f IVnnn- N colti, FlorMa. life A Rirmingham disj nteh says: Re- t 'f\\ eontly tlio Louisville mid Nashville a ,.r railroad began the const ruction of a S ">c forty-mile nap of road hctwcen Pino d Apple and Kcpton, Ala., which, when j completed, will give it a direct line i?,t from Selina to IVnsacoln, I'M a. <! It is learned that the same company ; I has just put surveyors in the field he- tl '"j twecn Selina and Yolntide with a view s |of completing the new line to Hirming- a ham, thus giving it a straight route g from Rtrminghnm to I'enancola via t Selina and Ronton. w Ari'ftAij run nijiri.'un. ' 01 ie Government Will He llrcpd to "Call I OIT" Hostilities. A Boston, Mass., dispatch says: ; a appeal to the people of the United ates urging all "lovers of freedom'' i co-operate with them in an attempt ? induce the government to suspend >HtilitioH in the Philippines and conit with the Philippine leaders with a w preventing further bloodshed \ recognizing independence ipen tty guara?t?? ot protection to iroperty. >* the "at,veH; haR b?eu -S~A ,X- Hi?nature of more than prominent men. Thlpreamble describes the attitude >f thk government and of President ifcKnley toward the Filipinos be- 1 ore tnd since the war, and asserts I bet tpte-xs no reason for a change of 1 J pinion oiithe part of the anti-imperilista *nd,i>n the contrary, every reaon for a Continuance of the protest gainst tbl spirit of militarism and oroe, and jhey therefore urge co opration to lie following ends: Firit- Tjat our government aliall ike tin mediate steps toward a anspenion of h^tilities in the Philippines nd oonfetence with the Philippine . Mdere, will a view to preventing J A Ijrther bkjdshed upon the hnsis of a g scogni tioiiof their freedom and inde- I endence n soon ns proper guarantee in be hadjof order ami protection to ropArty. Second?That the government of the !mt?d St it os shall tender an official isnrance |o the inhabitants of the hilippine islands that they will enenrage and assist in the organization 1 8nch a government in the islands as ie peoplo thereof shall prefer, and lat upon its organization in stable tanner the United States in aocordioe with itH tradition and prescripve policy in such cases, will recogize the independence of tlio Philipinea and its equality amoug nations . id gradually withdraw all naval and iitvaij lurt'CB. The signers are ex-Governor George Boutwell, of Massachusetts; exsnator George F. Edmunds, of Veront; ex-Secretary of State John Sheran; Senator Doualdson Caffery, of ouMiana: W. Bourke Cochran, of 1 m> ? g? ?? ? -??> > ? | iV>A; Adler, of New York; David S. y i JthVi, president Stanford University; . iimslow Warren, of Massachusetts; * rlVert Welsh,of Pennsylvania; Leon- 1 1 IWolHey Bain, of Connecticut; C. .-tldams, of Massachusetts; Samuel t wiles, of Massachusetts; I. J. Mcnly, of Cornell university; Edward kauson, of Massachusetts; Carl binrz, of New York; Reverdy lnpson, of Maryland; Hermann >nj Hoist, of Chicago university; oorfield Storey, of Massachusetts; itrick A. Collins, of Massachusetts; ? icodore L. Cuyler, of New York; L nomas W. Iligginson, of Massacliutts; Andrew Carnegie, of New York; ^Senator John G. Carlisle, of New ork; Charles E. Norton, of Harvard liversitv: W. G. Sumner, of Yale >1 lopre; liev. Dr. C. H. Parklmrst, of ew York. discussed Atlanta's depot. Hllrni<l Men Appear llefore Cnmmlnnlon nnd AhW For More Time. The new union depot for Atlanta, la., is ns far from realization as ever. . 'he ailrnnds interested declared " 'uesdiy afternoon before the railroad II ommiition that it was out of the uostiot to figure on a depot without . ,sing eyvated tracks, nnd the elevated I " racks ould not be a success unless gi he citj granted permission to detress Whitehall, Pry or and Loyd treets. y( And till further that the roads V) ivould nt consent to erect a handsome ind exptisive station unless the state , would, y its lease, warrant the ex- ? jenditui of the money, nnd even then ill wonl< depend upon the wishes of ^ he stockolders of the rondra ei pl'tnh nets appointment. Ilontmi Mu In Srlr<'tt<d to Itf> librarian of CoiiKrrM. 8l A Wn4ngton dispatch says: Presdent Mdinley has appointed Herbert Putnam ?f toston librarian of congress. Mr. Pittun was born in New York ^ity in .8(1. He is the son of Deo. ?. PllflHID 'ninulnr louse of Oo. Putnam & Sons, and ras at oae tne librarian of the Huston )ublic Iil>i-i?v. ' ~7 WOOOMlN OF TilK WOI(LI>. onTctun'.rHin M<>oih In itlfiuiial Nf>*ftliiii <1 Mi-hi |iIiIk. The soverign camp, Woodmen of ho World, th lifth largest fraternal ! nd boneticii order in the I'nitisl r* dates, met it biennial session Tuesay morning t Uayoso hotel, at Mem- ? his, with flOlelegatcs in attendance. ' The soverign camp is oomposed of elegates froi all of the states in the Tiited State witli the exception of lie Pacific irisdiction, which has a eparate hear camp, but is represented t this eonv&tion by fraternal deleates as is alo the Canadian jurisdie- Q| ion. The eliherations of the h ?dy ere held l>uind closed doors. I Wm. A. Nicholson & RESPECTFULLY SO i BANKING BUSINESS ft YOU And promise you the best protect <^THE Prudential Insure -^O.F AME Home Office, gag , Newark, N. J. SK assets, July i, 1898, - - urplus, July 1, 1898, - - STRONG AS Th E P ' nsura nee written in 1897, - - nsu ranee in force 1897 " " " rncotne for 1897. The Prudential has forged its way iront rank of the great life insura offers all that is good in life insurai JAMES O. WYNN, Manage C. T. RAWLS, General Ag< Ml. A. nOORE, Jr., Union, i MODERN PLANT! AM! LUMBER!! L Our capacity in our line is un imber is sold in nearly every tow f your dealers do not keep Aide ley get it at once, or write to u? lto buying a substitute, under the ood." Our ceiling will make your rot our grand-childien may every < here grand-father stood, if you w Our shingles will make you reary" days. Why throw away good mone inter; just weather board your lliov the ironies in vnnr nwn hnrv *? -J i ? J " * """ No shrinking, no hand dressii We manufacture a superb line lingles. Our mouldings cannot imber from us, and put your moi ration can admire your wisdom. Full stock kept on hand alwa RODGERS BRI( Yoi D. W. ALDERZV ji ? ji-i-i .. - i mm e=a ATAPHORESIS. DR. H. K. ? E N T I rown and Rridfife Work. tjffjKSt' m m ....................... : Son, Bankers LICIT YOUR IR FIRE INSURANCE, | ion and the best service. 4 ince Company RICA.^5? JOHN F. DRYDEN, President. - - $26,029,137.04. - - 5,627,584.24. STRONGEST. - - - - Si 43 >900,ooo. - - - - 363,II7,59<> - - - 15,580,764. a head until it now stands in tit* nee companies of the world. It ice and under the best conditions. r Southern Dept., Atlanta, Ga. :ni, Asnevine, in. l>. Resident Agent, >. C. -LJ- J PLE RESOURCES! .UMBER!! equaled in the State. Our n of any size in the State, rman's lumber, insist that i direct; don't be deceived 5 worn out excuse "just as )m bright and cheerful, and lay stand on the same spot, ill only use our flooring, i forget those "dark and y by going to Florida thi, house with our siding ak t le. og to make the joints fit. i in yellow pine lumber and be surpassed. Buy your ley where the future gen yt? bv jK works. irs truly, IAN & SON CO. Aloolu, S. C. ^ ELECTRICS. > MITH, S Union, S. C.