Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Ir, - I -0 }; <9 (} 4 ^ B s-.UWION'S ADVANTAGES. fTITTTjl T T 11 "J f\IT "'fYl T 111" 17! ?1 POPULATION OF UNIONf mmm InE tlilu-JJfeilMlLo. m&mm five schooh, arteaiun wrtter. ;"> - ' VOl,. XI I X. NO. jQ UNION. SOUTH CAROLINA, I^CT^AY, MAY 19 !?!?'.?. 81.00 A YKAR. WOMEN CARE FUR GRAVES veterans MAKE sw ii decision by unanmors VOTE. i ? ! I REUNION BROUGHT TO A CLOSE, j I Itmolulion Tltiink* .MeKintey mikI Olvo* IVrmlNsloii For Ciii << of (.'mifi'ili rat? ' (Iritvm In tlir North. , The uiuth annual reunion of the United Confederate Veterans was , brought to a close at Charleston Friday. General John 1?. Gordon, coinmsin| der-in-chiof, ami all the old ? llicers ??cru re-eiecieu; Jjomsvii le, ivy., was clioseu uh tho next place of meeting, ami tho question of federal care of confederate graves was disposed of l>y the adoption of a substitute resolution whieli declines the president's suggestion except as to those graves located in the north and reserving to tho women of the south the duty of caring i for those in the seceding states and 1 Maryland. j The adoption of this resolution and ; the report that accompanied 't preeip- ' . Hated a debate which verged upon the \ sensational and at tiuus much confti- ] sion and disorder prevailed. ( The resolution adopted in lieu of * the one offered i>y (tcnerul Stephen* 1 >. T,pe is in full as follows; ' . "Your committee to whom was re- 'f ferred the resolutiiou introduced by ] tleneiul Stephen 1). Tee beg to i0| ort i ,1 the following substitute with the recommendations of the committee 4*,H' j 1 llu* same l>e adopted. j ?] "Tim United t'onfc-1 ??do veterans n i't tiiis annual r- -oiiou assembled do- ' v l sire to )??-?' upon record tlu-ir \ sincere appreciation of the utter- ' s \ atices of the president of the : j( \ United States in Atlanta in December I f last, concerning the assumption of the J p ? ? are of the graves of our confederate i a dead by the national govcruuicnt. "We appreciate every kindly s? nti- ? ment expressed and we shall welcome ; \x any legislation which shall result in ; the cat oof the graves of our comrades i in the northern states by our govern- ! ment. I. "in regard to our d?ad whose remains are resting in the states which ! were represented in the confederacy, i ti and Maryland, the care of their linal ; .1 testing places in a snored trust, dear i ( to the hearts of southern women, and o avc believe that we ran safely let it n there remain." < < .Several very vigorous speeches were ] (. made in opposition to th> whole prin- ( ciple involved in the mutter, but the ! t linnl vote upon the resolution was ! a practically unanimous a id the an- i I liouncement of its passage was eheereil. | t Another incident was the mention ; c of the southern lynching question by t Dr. J. Ti. M. Curry, one of tlse surviv- t ?-.ig members of the confederate con- r gress who, while denouncing mob law, | defended the south and declared her people should fee to it that the record i of her future be us unstained us that of her pust. j (ieneral Stephen J>. I.ee presented ) tho report of the eonuniltou hi histo- j ry, which was unanimously adopted. j The report, which was one of the most i important matters before the eon von- i tion, alluded to the war with Spain as a f actor in obliberating the shadows of the war between the states, oml refers to the prompt response of the southern ] ? states to the call for troops as showing the whole country the depth of southern patriotism. Continuing the report savs: _ i "I'resident McKinley displayed tho < spirit of the American soldier when < lie chose from his former foes the gallant Wheeler, the steadfast Fit/hugh 1 I.cc, the chivalrous lhiilcr and many others of our brave comrades to marshal the hosts of the union. We are ghnl that (Ieneral Wheeler had another opportunity to exhibit the fighting qualities of the eonfedeiate soldier, and that Lieutenant lfobson, Victor i'lue and Worth Itagiey in the navy showed the country of what stall' our young men aro made. "Once more the blood <vf north and south has been poured out together ? no longer beneath contending standards in the bitterness of war between ' . i the states, hut now i.oneinn one m?K ( to the glory of one country. These dead, at least, belong to nil. The lust hateful memory that eoiihl divide our eoiiutry is h(tried with them. About their graves kneels a new nation, loving all her ehihlren everywheie the same." Alluding to the question of confederate graves, the refund any-': "The generous words of President MeKinley, eommetiding the confederate dead to the list ion's rare, at e the ex l>i'ession of a sentiment grow ing everywhere, tiuit the deeds of the confederate soldier are the glory of the whole eoiintrv, and that his memory is worthy t?> he eherished wherever selfaaeriliee eoiniiiauds sympathy or hrnve notions strike a respons-jve chord in uoble hearts." ! TirOTY-KIMHT WKRK K1LLKII. l'urllior I'lirllctilnrn of tli? tVnrful Wreck On Ki-nUln( lto.nl. Later dispatches from Heading, Pa., Mate Hint tlie wreck which occurred Friday night on tlio Philadelphia and Reading railway at Exeter, was probab'y tlie worst that tins ever occurred in the state. Twenty-eight dead aud liity injured, and many of tlieiu may not recover, is the awful result of the disaster. The cause of the disaster is still involved in mystery and officials of the road are investigating iu order to place the blame. The man in the signal tower at Kxeter claims to have had the signals properly displayed. In a statement Futurdny General Kxviger, of the Reading railway, said the principal cause of the accident was a block of freight cats on the track, w hich wcro taking a siding at Birds noro, and whicli compelled the express to stop nt Exeter. It is not known as yet whether a signal man was sent hack to notify tho special or second section. The express from Willianisport, known as train No. 12 and also as tho "Cannon Hall," usually leaves Reading for Philadelphia at 8:.'1() p. in. i It did not leave on time Friday i night, due to waiting on Harrisburg [ onnections. travel from Ilarrisburg ivfs heavy, owing to. the large number people who attended the Hnrtranft 1 Monument unveiling ceremonies. A ' special train was brought into requis- ' ion to accommodate the crowds. At t R.xeter the first train stopped briefly i 'or orders and just started when the ( tpccinl crashed into it. .Many pronunoni men Were passen- t (i rs oii the forward train, among them j ienatov Holes JVnrose, Colonel Henry ? ). l'uxo"? of Philadelphia; Geuerut ? toll" t-ichall, of Norristown and n olonc! George Schall, the general's < irotlier, who was killed. On the sec.. .l i mini were some twenty veterans c f Hartianft'jj Fifty-first 'regiment, t ihieh lie commanded in thb civil war, a ml a company of the Seventh Penuylvania infantry national gnnril, a v L'W of whom were injnreil. t. A strange feature of the disaster was p lie fact that not one woman was killed .. nn mrryTtnt was injured. V Norristown is in monrning, as the n reatest nutnher of dead and injured ere residents of that place. a WIIK ELK It WAS SMIIHFII. M eft Out of tli?> I'liriKlt* of VfliTiin* nt ( liurlfMtoii. j A special of Saturday from Charles- ,, on, S. says: The fact that General i oseph Wheeler was Htinhbcd in 'harleston, because ho was an officer t t' the United States army, has fnr- "J lishcil another sensation as a closing 1 '.itnax to the convention of the United j 'onfederate Veterans, In the gn at confederate parade r housainls of people lined the streets j ,nd screamed and yelled for AVheeler, ] nit the long procession moved by with ^ he little fighting hero missing. The t id it I. .1 o iiiwi noiiwi in imalt'/n ili*> ciltin. ion. General (.'. I. Walker, tlio coninander of the state division, is held esponsilde for this most disgraceful iroceeding. In the list which liegavo to the cotonittee of quests who were to ride in he procession the name of General iVheeler was not included. Two lists, n fact, were made hy Walker, and i wither of them mentioned General kVheeler. Walker's only excuse is hi* he forgot Wheeler, notwithstand- 1 ng ho was the main guest of the contention. 1.. 1 \v..ii-?,. i,i,u ,.,.,.1., on-picuous by his bitterness at the onvention. lie refused Friday night 0 preside at the auditorium because l'uI. Henry T.. Turner, of Clih ugo, unong the spcakcis. It is publicly said i>i Charleston that lie, with a few lit hers, intended all along to leave Heneral Wheeler out of the parade because he would over .shadow the rest, (leneial Wheeler was visibly atVeeteil by bis treatment. The better element in the city has publicly condemned Walker. ItODY OF MISS TAUUAKT 1 licit: t'< <1 :it ('Siiiiiilrlritr l?l;tn<l Itv llc-r I'urriitM. A dispatch from New Orleans says: Fix-Mayor Tnggnrt, of fudiauapedis, went down to Chandeleur island to view the body of the young lady found buried there, identified it as his daughter lost in the wreck of the I'aul .Tones. The body was exhumed and carried to the city Monday. It FNIO NATION WAS ACCKI'TED. Dr. Wliilrtitt I>io|i|??mI from I'rvnlitcnry of TliHiliigiciil SctolnurvA Louisville dispatch says: Dr. William II. Whitsitt, who succeeded Dr. John A. liioadc.s as president of the Southern Baptist theoiogicnl seminary in 1S{).">, was dropped from tho presidency of that institution, and also as a member of the faculty at a meeting of tho trustees Thursday night. It was done hy accepting Dr. Whitsit I'm resignation from tho presidency and from the chair of history as formally presented to tho IIou. Joshua Levering, president of the hoard of trustees. Ust July. FElfllllY FAFAL COLLISION MAXY LIVKS LOST IX RIO WRECK 01' FASSKNOKIl TRAINS. DISASTER ON READING RAILWAY. Coiii'lim W>r? Filled With lCxciir?loiil?t?, Ami llrnlilrn Tlimc KIIIhI Fifty Were Mom or Lmi Hurt. A special from Rending, Fa., ntates Hint a collision of {mHsenger trains occurred n.. tl.o i ?--i - .. * IIII.1UCIJU1IU IIII11 Ht'lUIing railroad at Exeter, about six miles south of that city, Friday night, ami a great number of people were killod and injured. There is no telegraph office at Exeter aud details, therefore, were difficult to obtain. The number killed whs variously stated to be from twenty to thirty. Fully fifty others were in- , jured. Twelve of the killed were identified. 1 The regular express train from ! Pottsvillc for Philadelphia connected ? it the station in Reading with a train from Harrisburg, which was crowded ivith excursionists who had been to , he state capital to witness the ceremonies attendant upon the unveiling if the Hartranft monument. r oi uic Ifurrisburg n?-,,engers it Reading went aboard the Philadcliliia express, but it being found that .v ill could not be accommodated, it was ' lecided to send an extra train to l>hil- 11 idelphia to run as the second section >f the express. At Exeter the express stopped for 11 irders, and while standing the extra rain crashed into it while moving at great speed. Three of the rear cars of the express .? !-? leieseopeu ami tno first ear of the " xtra tiftin was also wrecked. The 11 ftssctigers in these ears u-ero terriblv l-'fitrrt'nets lta'd limits and bodies i aimed. Word m as at oneo sent to Reading nd a special train, with physicians ml nurses, was sent to the scene as [uielily as it eould possibly be put in eadiness. rtt The passengers eould give no con- ft iceted story p? the wreck and the ex- r< ict number of dead and injured was lot known to any of them. ol It is stated that the passengers on he second train were mostly from a S'orristow n, and that several from that tl lorougli were killed and many in- h ured. t'i The second relief train left Exeter b it "J..")!) o'clock a. ni. Saturduy. It car- tl ied to Heading twenty additional ! c bodies. Most of the seriously iujuved | ?] ivere brought in on the lirst relief : a rain. DEWEY COMES IMMEDIATELY. IVill ll<' lloun- lor a (.r:tn<l I'oui'tli of ^ Inly Cel?-I?raliun. "Send Oiylupin's mail to 15. F. Stevens, No. 4 Trafalgar square, liondon, ? England," was the notice given out at n the navy department Friday. This is ? ?? i? ' r ... .i i:, .i: n..i n... ? 1110 ill'Rl l (* i' 111 ai i HKiRuiMMi mm urn famous ilugship is coming homo immeilintc. I Upon inquiry it wns ascertained that " Secretary Long Thursday evening I cabled Admiral Dewey permission to return to the United States at once. " He has been relieved of the obligation ' of remaining at Minila until the IMiil.p- f its work, ? lie is not even required to nwau ui? > cessation of hostilities, but may start i homeward at once. The notice posted at the navy department indicates that the Olympia ( will not remain long enough to receive the next mail. Mr. Stevens referred to is the navy department's agent at ( London to distribute the mail for the United States in European waters, so lie will see to it that the Olympia receives hers us soon as she passes the Suez canal. It is estimated at the navy department that Dewey will reach the United States in time for a national demonstration on the Fourth of July next. The Olyitipiu will not come under tun steam, hut nevertheless she should make the run to New York in about lifty live days from Manila. NAVIFS WILL IIONOH DKWLY. Admiral'* Vtirasn Tlir?iif(ti Medllcri-aiieuu Will Caimc Ion. A Washington dispatch says: Admiral Dewey's home-coining by way of the Mediterranean is likely to give occasion for distinguished honors front the navies < f Kurope, most of them being represented by extensive squadtons in tlioso waters. Already Ambassador Cambon, of j France, has called the attention of the nUthoriUOH oi rill is 10 mti rmm ii Admiral Dowoy l?y way of tlie Mediterranean anil tlie probable sailing of his flagship Olvmpia past tho Freuch nn\al ports in Algiers. . -"zgLr- ? SOUTH FUOOKLSS. I.Ut of S?w Inftptlrln Kitnbllilieil the Pi^Wk. Among the more important of the new industries reported during the past week are an Scetylcue gas company, capital $100;000, iu Kentucky; brick worka and* a cellnloso factory in Virginia; a cigat .factory iu Kentneky; a coal ^?Jt\c<|pipany in the Birmingham^'o coal and transportntion coVi^svjfliy i? West Virginia; a cotton compre^'irn Georgia; two cotton gins in Texa'atf a 8300,000 cottou mill company in wjjsrissippi, a 10,000 spindle cottou niwrin North Cnroliua, and one cotton a$it each in South Carolina and west TfdinesKce; two cottonseed oil mills ia -Vabama, and one each in Georcin. lfi?' Ickv. lMissiMm"t??i ' - ?/ ' aud Texas; electric light plants in Georgia and Kentucky; a $50,000 fertilizer factory in Virginia; a flouring mill in Georgia: glass factories in Tennessee and West Virginia; a hardware company iu Texas; a hosiery mill in Virginia; a $10,000 laundry in West Virginia; lumber mills iu Alabama, Kentucky and Texas; a paper 11 ud pulp mill in Virginia; phoepliate mines in Florida; three rice mills iu Louisiana; a silk mid iu North Carolina; two telephone companies in Kenlucky; two tobacco stemmeries in Virginia.?Tradesman (Chattanooga, L'enn.) WHEELED MAKES DENIAL. ivrliirrii II* \Yii< No# crtinb"b??l ,.t i harlv*tou Uu? n-.vully Trentcil. <?eneral .Too Wheeler indignantly delies that he was snubbed at Charlesaii. On the contrary he says: "T ras never more royally entertained, io$h by the citizens and veterans, in ly entire life." General Wheeler states that the uinor probably started from the failre of the committee to send him a arriage in which to rideiu the parade, he committee told the general that ie carriage would bo sent, but the uninittecninn having the matter in Iiarge, in the pressure of other busies?, forgot it. The general states lat the incident was fully e*r?1nii?#?#l FINAL PAYMENT MADE. . A- _ i hI of the WnrrnnU I?. I*ni?l 1" New lock I..** 4iu>#mnf. The fourth and Inst of the $5,000,- J )0 treasury warrants paid to Spain j ?r the Philippine islands was presided at the National City hank at J ew York Monday by a representative f the French embassy. Not one dollar of the $15,000,000 Iready paid to Spain has gone out of i s country, the entire transaction living been coiidttHed on ttie basis of rreign exchange, aud as there has een a large trade balance in favor of [lis country in about every one of the outinental money markets, the inemnity money lias been charged ' gainst these balances. DK.MANDKD AN Al'TOPST. fl i*ithhtIon Iii Jacksonville, riw.. Over tlir licntli of Yoiiiik Woinmii A special from Jacksonville, Fin., '? ays: M iss Maud Tisserau, a pretty lewspaper woman eighteen years of igc, died Saturday under auspicious ircumatances and was buried Sunday u Hvevgreen cemetery. Neighbors lemandcd an autopsy and an inquest iceauso of sensational rumors. The intopsy was performed Monday by )r. Iloyle Haddock, under the direcion of Acting Coroner Willard. The uitopsy revealed the fact that the girl's Uath was caused by an operation peroriiied by Dr. George C. Matthews md that Miss Tissera;; bad been be . 1 -"'-oval prominent names being nvolved. CAN'T IIOLl) VKSSt.i,. iuprciiic Court Ordfin '1 lie Oliiiilo Itoileriaur* Ketiiniml to Ownpr*. The supremo court of the United States Monday decided the prize money case of Ulinde uoiierigues, me first of the naval prize money eases growing out of the Spanish war to reneh the court. The decision was announced by Chief Justice Fuller, and directed that the vessel captured off San J nan; Porto llico, on the 17th of July last, and has been held since by this government, shall ho returned to its owners on the ground that it was not proven that the steamer's oflicers intended to enter the blackoded port. AS1IKYILLK MIMSTKItS KICK. I>lmi|i|irnve of tlie Coursr Taken In I lie WnrCliiIni Mullrr. At the Methodist preachers' meeting of Asheville, N. ('., Monday morning, resolutions were unanimously passed vinir ()f the entire courso of ' ~r> Harbee & Smith with reference to the war claim and declaring that relief for the distressed condition of the church could he secured only 5>y their resignation or ejectmeut from that otHcc. They claim that if the agents are innocent of wrong their resignation would go far toward establishing the fact. They declare that their mouths shall not close nor their pens bo idle till this matter is settled right. 8 Wm. A. Nicholson & Son, Bankers | RESPECTFULLY SOLICIT YOUR I BANKING BU8INE88 ft YOUR FIRE IN8URANCE, | And promise you the best protection and the best service. ? ? ?? i~ Prudential Insurance Company ?^OF AMERICA.^? Home Office, gsg JOHN F. DRYDEN, Newark, N. J. SSK President. Assets, July i, 1898, ----- $26,029,137.04. Surplus, July 1, 1898, ----- 5,627,584.24. STRONG AS THE STRONGEST. p ^ Tnsura?ice written in i8q2% ------- $143,900,000. rnsu ranee in force iSgj, ------- 363,112,590. Income for iSgy. /5*580,264. Tbe Prudential has forged its way a head until it now stands in th? front rank of the great life insurance companies of the world. It offers all that is good in life insurance and under the best conditions. JAMES O. WYNN, Manager Southern Dept., Atlanta, Oa. C. T. RAWLS, General Agent, Ashevllle, N. C. M. A. HOORE, Jr., Resident Agent, Union, S. C. MODERN PLANT! AMPLE RESOURCES! LUMBER!! LUMBER!! Our capacity in our line is unequaled in the State. Our lumber is sold in nearly every town of any size in the State. our dealers do not keep Alderman's lumber, insist that they get it at once, or write to us direct; don't be deceived into buying a substitute, under the worn out excuse "just as good." Our ceiling will make your room bright and cheerful, and your grand-children may every day stand on the same spot, where grandfather stood, if you will only use our flooring. r\ . w?i| make you forget those 4<dark and dreary days. J ? iVliy throw away good money by going to Florida thi, ,nin!nr? 111 at nrna her hnard vmir house with our siding ai. / II 111 IV/l } J UOK Vf ? j ^ ?? w enjoy the tropics in your own home. No shrinking, no hand dressing to make the joints fit. We manufacture a superb line in yellow pine lumber and shingles. Our mouldings cannot be surpassed. Buy your lumber from us, and put your money where the future generation can admire your wisdom. Full stock kept on hand always by RODGERS BRICK WORKS. Yours truly, D. W. ALDERMAN & SON CO. Aloolu, S. C. w???? Ml 1 i . " 1 11 i i m a rxi i/\nnni .e?_ CI ir*C CA 1 AKnUKCSIO. i\iv?. DR. H. K. SMITH, 9 E N TI S T.p^ Crown and T ? o r> Bridge Work. U111011, b. v?