The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, May 19, 1899, Image 8
m DECLINES 10 SERVE
WILL HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH
PAYMENT OF IT BANS.
HE SO NOTIFIES GENERAL BROOKE.
Old Warrior (Htm II Ik Krnnnii* llirrcfor.
Brooke Will Now del On Ills
Own Authority
A special from Havana says: General
Maximo Gomez informed Governor
General Brooke Monday that he
oould no louder uct as representative
of the Cuban army in the diHtributiou
of the S3,000,000 appropriated for the
payment of the Cuban troops.
General Gomez added that ho had
arrived at this decision with great re
? *--- i -:n ?i._ i r..: li.,
lucinuve mm wmi mu iiiimi mvuuij
feelings toward Oeuernl Brooko personally
and officially, but bo felt he
cop Id no longer represent the Cuban
army because a cubal composed of
many subordinate eoniinanders existed
to oppose and, if possible, defeat
the plans for partitioning the money.
Ho explained that former members
of the Cuban military assembly, led
by Mayln Rodriguez., Mauuel Bangui!ly,
Juan Oaulberto ami other malcontents,
hud organized a majority of the
officers against him apparently, and
though ho (Gomez.) might persist and
possibly carry the payment to a successful
conclusion, he was disgusted
and wished to wash his hands of the
whole business. Therefore he thought
best to leave General Brooke free, ns
the latter could act with equal effectiveness.
General Brooke expressed sympathy
with General Gomez, and said he regretted
the position he had taken. It
was then mutually agreed that General
Gomez, will issue a manifesto to the
Cubnn ni-mv. Afterward General
Brooke limy make a declaration concerning
tho manner in which lie will
proceed. He in determined not to he
trifled with. He has the rolls of the
private and non-commissioned officers
who are willing to accept $75 each and
this amount will be offered on the alternate
e of forcible disarmament.
In spite of the situation, brought
about by the attitude of Gomez, stocks
remain lirm, with a rising tendency.
English syndicates are trying to buy
all the railroads, aud nil offer of 10
per cent premium has been made for
the Subauilla, Cardenas and Jucuro
line, but this was refused. The local
banks have received orders to buy all
(stock offer, d.
Gomez and the governor general
feel that the privates ought not to lose
their share in the American gratuity
meiely beenuso the schemes of certain
high officers in the Cuban army have
interposed obstacles. The belief
among the Americans is that the company
officers will assist in this work.
General Haooko's order will be disseminated
through the newspapers,
placarded in tho postoftices and given
the widest circulation practicable.
Monday afternoon Gomez wrote a
histoiyof his relation to the army payment
question. It concludes the correspondence
that has passed between
himself and the governor general and
it is intended to make his position
clear to the public and to contrast
his conduct favorably with thut of other
Cuban leaders.
MIMSTKItS PASS KKSOLUTIONS.
Tliry Arc Not WUliiic to IImr I* 111? 11 liiitk
lloute SI nt t??r " II united
The Methodist ministers of Atlanta,
(la., at their weekly meeting Monday,
took up the mutter of the recent action
of the bishops in regard to the
famous publishing house complications
in regard to a certain sum of
money owing to tho Methodist church
from tho United States since the war.
A set of resolutions was adopted
which, after a preamble stating the
very great dissatisfaction of the
church with the way in which this
matter had been disposed of, or
"hushed up," as one of the ministers
present said, called for tho appointment
of a committee to urge upon the
forthcoming annual conference the
movement for an extra general conference
which shall reconsider the whole
publishing house matter.
MOVINU Fl" KNACK PLANTS.
xv orKi In Ahtbiifiiu Arc TrunslVrro<l
to North Carol 111(1.
A Kirminghani, Ala., dispatch says:
Workmen are moving the furnace
i - - . w? i ?i... a,... ui..I?
pillUl Ul ?| iiiHiMiiirn itmt tun nuj uuiiu
furnace at Fort Payne to (Jreenoshoro,
N. where the Kmpiro State lion
and Steel company of New York, is
preparing to rehabilitate and modernize
the furnace plant it has there.
The engines and boilers of the Woodstock
furnace huvo already been shipped,
and tin* Bay State furnace is now
being dismantled. Mr. W. L. Sims,
formerly of Birmingham, has been appointed
general manager of the company.
MKKCKDF.S OX TIIK WAY.
C'upl urptl H|uuilitli Vrttrl I.ciivc* Santiago
for Nnrfulk Navy Yaril.
The navy department was notified
Saturday that the former Spanish
cruiser Iteina Mercedes had sailed
from Santiago, en route to the Norfolk
navv yard
Much interest attaches to the coming
of this vessel, as she is probably
the only one of the captured Spanish
ships of any size which will be in condition
to be brought to this country.
WHEELER TOAST OF THE HODR
DOUGHTY LITTLE HERO AROUSES
GREAT ENTHUSIASM.
A MEMORIAL TO WINNIE DAVIS.
Grizzled Heroet In llfnnlon Honor Memory
of Uzuihtor of the Confederacy.
Monument Committee Iteporti.
Thursday morning's session of tho
veterans' reunion at Charleston
General Gordon introduced General
Joe Wheeler as the hero of Santiago
and the wizard of the confederacy.
General Gordon said:
"I need not tell you that here is one
of the williest of Confedemte wizards
I need not tell you of that day in
Santiago when he saw the Spaniards
Hying beforo him in the wild enthusiasm
of the moment he forgot w here
he was and called upon the men,
'Forward, hoys, the Yankees are running.'
If I should tell you any of
these things I w ould strike a chord in
every heart, but I am not going to do
it. I am going to strike every chord
at a single stroke by pronouncing the
name of that incarnation of tire and
courage, Joe Wheeler." The audience
went wild with applause and there
wore shouts of "Wheeler!" and "Joe!"
from all parts of the hall.
Wheeler Spriika.
General Wheeler said in part:
"The history of our country, when
| compared with that of all the eras that
have preceded us, shows that our civilization
has produced the highest class
of men and the noblest type of soldiers.
The very idea of liberty nerves tho
soul and- tires the lienrt. Defeat but
exasperates,adding desperation to vigor
and energy to determined resolve.
"It was the teaching of fathers and
11 ...i. ~ / ji. : ?..
^>uu iieu it 11211 iiiu oppresMuii
and caste of class, bruved the unfatli<?ne(l
ocean ami landed upon those
shores, confronted l?y wild beasts and
i vavngo Indians, that the highest honor
' nnd privilege was to tight for country,
! its safety and its honor.
General Wheeler declared that the
military history of the southern people
has been a prominent feature in
history from the first settlement of this
; country. Ho cited Washington and
| the other southern commanders of the
revolution, Wiutiebl Seott and Andrew
Jackson and the other heroes of the
war of 181'2, the southern generals
who won fame in the war with Mexico,
and then passing to the war between
the states, he said:
"While our civil war was, I may
, truthfully assert, the most sanguinary
recorded in history, it was also the
most remarkable, us in it there was no
element of personal hostility, and the
soldiers as individuals, could not in
the nature of things, have entertained
feeling of hatred for each other. They
fought not from revenge, not from
malice, not from desire to shed blood,
not from ambition, but simply because
tlicy felt that there lay the path of
duty."
Memorial to Wliuiit* David.
The memorial to Winnie Davis was
: one of the features of Thursday's session.
The exercises were introduced
with prayer led by Bishop Cupers.
General Gordon introduced Colonel
II. Bennett, of Louisville, who paid a
tribut to tlie memory of the Daughter
of the Confederacy.
Resolutions were unanimously adopted
extending tho thanks of every
veteran to the people of the north who
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i at the time of her illness.
lti?vin Monument Committee ItnporlK.
The Jefferson Davis lnonunieut com'
mittoe submitted tlte following rpport
of the Jefferson Davis Monument association
for the year ending April 30,
1S90.
"We most cordially ehdorse the rei
commendations of that association that
the Daughters of the Confederacy he
requested to undertake the task of
I completion of the monument which it
is proposed to erect to the memory of
President Jefferson Davis, and we furi
ther endorse the suggestion of the
. Jefferson Davis Monument association
> that the amount already collected
i hy them for the monument fund shall
lie consolidated with the fund to he
raised hy the Daughters of the Couf
'deracy and he disbursed under their
direction."
afteImthkir foreman.
I Colore.! Qunri-ymo- Make llimurcenfil
Attempt At Lynching.
A dispatch from Chattanooga, Tenn.,
s?y.>: A crowd of forty negroes, em,
ployed at the Citieo furnace limestone
quarry, near the Georgia stato line, at
i a late hour Haltirday night attempted
' to lynch their foreman,
i '1 he men went to tho foreman's
| house, near the quarry, nrmod with
j pistols and gnus, and made an effort
! to get in the house, fairly riddling it
! with bullets.
roriunuteiy tuo House was located
near llio woods nt the foot of Tiookout
mountain and tlio foreman and iiis
I family escaped from the rear door.
TEN PEIl CENT ADVANCE
In \Viik?'m of Iron Worker* In Olilo
Now In Kffrcl.
At tlie Ihdlmont mill, top mill and
\ Int>i*l mill of Wheeling and lien wood
blast furiiaec, of Martins Ferry, ().,
four of the large iron works in the
llelaire section of the Ohio valley, all
of which are the property of tho
Wheeling Steel and Iron Company, of
! Wheeling, have granted the !t,00(> em
i ph.yeea an ndvane in wages of 10 per
I eeut, whieh took effect Monday.
RESOLUTIONS WERE REFERRED. |
Mattvr of Carlos For Confederate Graves I
Taken Up at Charleston Reunion.
At first day's session of the United
Confederate Veterans at Charleston, .
1 the following was read by General
j Walker, introduced by General Stephen
D. Lee:
"Whereas, in Atlanta Ga., on December
20, 1898, the' president of the i
United States of America gave utter- >
auce to the seutimont that the time
has come when the Uuited States ,
I should share in caring for the graves
of the tho Confederate dead, and
Whereas this utterance of the chief
executive of the nation demands from,
us the survivors of our dead comrades
in arms a frank nml generous response ,
to so lofty nnd magnanimous sentiment;
therefore bo it
i 'Ttexolved, by the Uuited Coufed- "
erate veterans in annual convention c
assembled, That in this act of l'resi- t
, dent McKiuley's, and in ita reception j
l?y our brethren of the north we recognize
autlioratative evidence that we 1
are again a united people and one in 1
d< termination to exhibit to the world i
the gentler aa well as the sterner fruits ,
i of American cliaractor and that
we accept the statements of ex- '
i ecutive in the spirit in which it '
, was made, believing that such legislation
by the geneial government as he
1 has suggested would rIiow clearly the
advnnco thnt the American people have
achioved in those higlior virtues that
adorn a great nation."
A inotiou was made to adopt the report.
Dr. J. William Jones moved as
an amendment to refer it to the committee
ou resolutions.
A heated and almost bitter discussion
followed. Dr. Jones' amendment
was carried, however, practically unanimously,
and the resolutions were re,
ferred.
The committee to which the resolution
was referred spent several hours
Thursday discussing the matter, and
dually a compromise resolution was
j 1: amed, to bo offered us a substitute.
The resolution is to the effect that if
the national government desires to
care for the graves, the Confederate
1 veterans do not object to its taking
j charge of those in the north and iu tho
neighborhood of the old war prisons.
The resolution further states that the
south lias voluntarily undertaken to
j decorate and properly preserve the
graves in tho south, and the association
does not feel warranted in taking
from them what thev have crown to
regard ub a duty.
HOOK COMMITTEE RETORTS.
I'.HckH I'p Col. Slnliliimit nnd In l'nrt !)<
(Yiiil* llu' Hi.ilk Aemiti. I
A special from Nashville, Tenn.,
says: The l?cok committee of the
Methodist Episcopal church, south, 1
regarding the collection of the claim 1
hold by the church against the United i
States government as a result of injury i
to the publishing house during the
war, has been made public. <
The document is an elaborate one <
and goes into the defense of the acts ]
of the committee and the book ag? nts. 1
The paper asserts that the committee ]
has no power to return the money, i
even if it were so disposed. Neither i
has the committee the right to resign. <
The fee of over $11)0,000 paid to i
Major E. 11. Ktahlumu for securing the i
collection of the claim is held not to
be ur. excessive churge, precedents of I
congressional acts being eited in sub- j
stunt.ation.
The report finds that the book agents
had not intended to mislead or deceive
United States senators,and the demand 1
of several conferences for their resignations
were passed on as not presenting
a case within the powers of tlio
committee, the point having been virt
tally decided bv four high church
tribunals as not coming under the rule
which permits the suspension of the ,
book agents for misconduct or incflie'ency
in oilicc.
The report, which is signed by all
the committee with the exception of
the member who resigned because ho '
entertained an opposite view from the
majority, concludes as follows:
Having submitted to our church and
the public the foregoing statement, the '
t tun III i UTt- x r>j:tTUIl 11 V lllltl t*u? II"
estly suggests to all persons interested
in these matters ami in the welfare of !
our church that until tho next session
of the genera! conference when, if
let-moil desirable, these affairs may he
Missed nuiler review by legislative !
body of our church, the chief source
>f power ami influence among us, all
.gitation of the subject, especially in 1
an acrimonious und hitter spirit, shall 1
come to an end.
WilKllE IS A4U7INALDO
! Ii'tl Northward Two Weeks .\k" Ami It 1
(' larcoiiiili-d For.
j A dispatch to The New Vork Herald
from San Miguel, via Manila, soys: i
It is said Aguinnhlo has tied into !
the province of Neuva Kcija. On '
April 29th lie retreated by carriage 1
from Ifnlinad through Kau Isidro, and
nothing has heeti hoard from him in
tho two weeks since. The 5,000 Span- 1
ish prisoners who nro reported to bo 1
held by the insurgents have been car- 1
ried into a northern province and 1
scattered along siunil garrisons. They
' are beyond American succor this sea- i
son tinlc-s a Filipino surrender takes '
nla.-e within three weeks.
KXI'Kt i* UHKYKl'S IX Jl'XE.
lti-|iorlt-d Tliul ? 4 11 itriI llns Horn Kilt
till' I'rlniiMT.
The Petit Men (Parisl in its issue
of Thursday says that ti n nienihcra of i
tlie r< |>t11>Iii n11 Kuard ami four gendarmes
lift St. Nn/.airo, France, 0:1
hoard the strainer Lafayette, to form
<111 escort to Wing Driyfus to France,
and that his return may he expected
' I'.v the cud of uno.
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iEN.GOME! IS USUI SULKING
INSURGENT LEADER'S INDIFFERENCE
ANNOYS GEN. BROOKE.
FHF CUBAN ARMY NOT YET PAID.
<ol Willing to riacit Kvnplttg of Tliolr
Arum In Ainerlcmi llitndt?Coin*
inluloiirri llol?l Block.
A special from Havana says: Geu?ral
Gomez is acting queerly regardng
the distribution of the $3,000,000
idvanced by the United States govirnment
for the payment of tke Cuban
roups, and the commissioners chosen
>y him to assist in the distribution as
epreseutatives of the Fourth, Fifth
?nd Sixth army corps either refuse to
net or fail to appear. As the arrangeucnts
to pay the soldiers have been
lending for three and a half months,
'urtber delay is especially annoying.
Generals Hetancourt and Nodarne
vere appointed to net for the Kighth
irmy corps, but the latter declined to
ierve, ami Major General Wilson, miliary
governor of the newly formed
Matanzas-Snnta ('lain department,
isked that Betancourt be excused on
die ground of his holding the post of
ivil governor of Matauzus, suggesting
io Governor General Brooke that General
Carlos Rojas bo selected. The
governor general thereupon wired
Lienerul ltojns at Cardenas, and the
alter accepted, arriving at Havana
Saturday.
General RoJrs called upon the gov
prnor genera! and in tne course ol a
pleasant interview promised to meet
llie commissioners on Monday. ltojas
then called upon General Gouic-Z, and.
nn hour later wrote a note to General
I'll a flee, General Brooke's chief of
stall', declining to serve, hut giving no
reason for his action.
General Francisco Carrillo, one of
the coinuiissioners of the Fifth army
corps, arrived directly Friday, hut did
not visit the American headquarters.
The commissioners did not make their
appearance and General Brooke sent
Captain Page to inquire of Gome/ why
none of the generals were on hand.
In the interview with the governor
general's representative the 'Cuban
commander appeared indifferent, and
seemed not to rare whether the commissioners
came or not. lie made no
suggestions.
As the United States authorities are
unable to begin the disbursement of
I he money without the assistance of
Hie Cubans, General Brooke is astonished
at the indifference shown by
Gomez.
The evening papers assert that
Gomez is dissatisfied with the terms
at the governor general's order for
payment, nud did not consent to have
the arms of the disbunded troops
placed in the custody of the military
authorities. Saturday evening General
Brooke sent Major Keuuon, of his
staff, to see Gomez regarding the situuiiou.
Gomez declared that he was
iimihlc to explain why the general*
won hi not serve, and expressed the
belief that their action was due to the
influence of his enemies.
(JBKF.NK SUCCEEDS Wll ITS ITT,
Ki-lcml ol' l)r|i<iM-il homiiiary I'lmldiiil
ll.v Con volition.
'J'ho Southern Baptist convention in
Louisville unanimously elected I)r. J.
P. Greene, president of William
lewell college, of Missouri, to the
presidency of the Houthern Baptist
seminary, of Louisville.
ur. iireene s unanimous election is
luo in a great measure to the withdrawal
of Dr. F. II. Iverfoot, who, in
i letter to the hoard of trusteed, re{nested
that his name should not appear
us a eftiididato for the otlieo.
This election is very clearly a success
for the Whitsitt faction,I)r.Greene
liaviug been a candidate friendly to
both sitles in the controversy, but
supported especially by the Whitsittites
in their effort to defeat Dr. Kerfoot.
Dr. Greene, Dr. Kerfoot and
Professor J. It. Sjmpo were the only
strong candidates for the place.
Dr. Kerfoot's iettor was received
ivith evident approval by the members
[>f the board, and his action in declining
to permit his namo to appear as a
cnudiduto was highly eommeuded.
A IIONK Ft)It OKWKV.
Iliri I'ro-iosllion ! < Ity Sccri-tur.r
el' Niivv I.ohk.
Secretary Long lins made the following
statement in regard to the proposition
to present Admiral Dewey with
t home to lie paid for by popular subscriptions:
The proposed gift of a home to
Admit al Dewey is not only a great and
leserved tribute to him, but an expression
of the generous gratitude of
llio people. It is something in which
I hey will all wish to share, and in
which the widow's mite will be as big
is the millionaire's check. Handsome
?s is the gift, the spirit that prompts
i is still liner."
hooskvr.i/r issi ks tai.l
I'or An t:sli? tirmlmi of llio New York
<1.'iii-nil Aimmility.
According to a tlispa'eh of Monday,
Uovernor Roosevelt, of New York, has
decided to cull an extra session of the
state leg slaturo to revise the law
passed at the lute session of the assembly
for taxing corporation franchises.
The special seisioii, according to the
eall, will convene on May 22tl.
i
>YOKKI>(i THE OLD SLAVES.
They Are Fleered Through Pron>lsc* ot
dig Fcntloni.
A Washington dispatch says: Thousands
of ignorant colored people in
tbi9 country are being induced to believe
that they are to be pensioned by
the United States government upon
being able to show that they were formerly
slaves. The promoters of this
scheme, which has the earmarks of u
systematic attempt to extract money
from creduloUH colored people by
holding out to th< m false hopes of a
government pension, have been at work
for a number of years, and it is estimated
that over 8150,000 has been collected
by tbe self-constituted missionaries
having the project in haud.
The subject came to the surface a
few days ago through correspondence
between a colored teacher in 0110 of
tho southern stales and a United btutes
senator. The preacher wrote to the
senator to inquire into tho matter, in
view of tho fact that so many of the
colored people iu his stato had been
assessed to defrny the expenses of the
proposed legislation. The senator,
who is one of tho most inlluentinl
members of that body, by reason of
his long service (three terms) and his
important committee assignments, instituted
an investigation, and this is
tho substance of findings which he reported
to the colored divine who
sought information 011 the subject:
It appears that there has bet 11 in
existence for about ten years,or more,
an enterprise under tbe title of the
"Kx-Sluve Mutual Relief Bounty and
Pension Association of tho United
States of America." This association
lias its agents in eveiy state in tho
Union for the purpose of locating, if
possible, nil former slaves. The latter
are told that legislation is now pending
before congress <0 pension nil former
slaves ns follows:
All persons seventy years of age, to
receive $500 and nlso ?15 per month
during their natural lives. Persons
of sixty years to receive 8.'100 and
812 per month. Persons fifty years to
receive $100 and ?8 per month. Persons
less than fifty years to receive 84
per mouth, etc. Jt is necessary for all
of the supposed beneficiaries of tbe
I.wrlil., nn ! <?.< llw.
^fi i \ IWII iv/ | it T iiiiw i IIV
association 'Jo cents ns a registration
.fee. It is claimed that over (500,000
ex-slaves have l?een so registered.
According to the circular sent out by
the association, a copy of which is now
in the hands of the senator referred to,
the headquarters or main office is at
No. 708 Gay street, Nashville, Tonn.
I. II. Dickerson is general manager.
The circular is headed "Onward to
Victory." It also contains a picture
of General Manager Dickerson. It is
addressed:
"To All Local Kx-Slav.e Associations
in the United States. We come greeting
as general manager and promoter
of the movement, which has hud so
much opposition and more combats in
its own circles than any other organization
of the present day."
Then follows special mention of the
membership fee, 25 cents. Also the
information that the national delegate
in Washington is located at 475 Missouri
avenue, and has secured the services
of Attorney W. C. Lawson.
The circular further appeals to every
ex-slave to send his name, with the
registration fee of 25 cents. It also
appeals to every local association to
send $2,50 for a charter at once, and
every ex-slave to send in an additional
5 cents to aid in the movement. These
assessments are to he sent to the office
of tho national delegate, given above.
ItntNKI) Til Kill ('III LI) It EN.
1>:?> t null > Ci'imt* of All AI In n tit Negro
mill 11! m Wife.
At Atlanta, Ga, Monday night Winnie
liouch, a mulatto woman, came
tear being lynched by an angry m<d>
>f incensed negroes, and the horrible
crime with which she and her husband
were charged vm hrutallv burning
their four little obildreu nearly to
leu'li l?y igniting paper, saturated
with kerosone, with which the bodies
>f the children had been wrapped.
1'he husband escaped the mob's vou.(cnnco
by hasty llight.
CROPS I.N u:>0l> CONDITION.
Wt'cl.l). Ilulle: In Ihhii.'iI lit New Orleuu*
show* I in prove 1114*11t.
The weekly crop bnllctiu for tno
cotton belt has been issued from the
ct nit nl olliee at New Orleans. The
states in the belt are Louisiana,Texas,
At k:in?a*, Alabama, Mississippi,Georgia,
Florida, South Carolina, North
Carolina and Tennessee.
The crops are in good condition and
making fast progress toward maturity,
i'uiufa 1 has been light and the temperature
being above the average has
caused a dryness ts come over the
ground in certain districts.
ITDDIjKKK TO (JET A UAlSK.
rinpliiJ'C* of \Ionian mule.I Ammrlnllon
I'roini?oil An Advance.
A dispatch from Pittsburg, Pa.,
says: Puddters who are members of
the Amalgamated Association of Iron,
"'ted and Tin Workers will receive
during May and June an advance of
l"t cents per ton over the wages they
have been receiving. Finishers and
hoop mill woi Iters will receive an advance
of 'J per cent.
LON(J TROLLEY LINE
riuiitinril to He It 11 i11 TIii-uiirIi it Number
( orgiii Count lrt?.
Application for charter will l>o formally
lilytl in tho oflloo of the secretary
of state of (leorgin in n tiny or
two by the parties interested in the
contemplated rontl that is to he built
I'roin (hniiiesville, via Dnhlmiega,
through the counties of Hall, Lumpkin,
White, Union, Towns, Rabun and
>ther counties to some connecting point
with the .Southern in Tennessee.
I Am Running A
First Class Market.
I have also a nice line of Groceries.
?I also have a?
FIRST CLASS RESTADRANT.
Ruben Jones' Plant Fender
Fresh Fish twice a week.
Polite attention to all.
I am paying the highest
price for good beef cattle and
all other country produce.
ah persons indebted to the firm of
dailiey A SEXTON will please settle
the same with me at once.
n rt "oa TT rstr
rx. vjr, d/viijJDj X .
HERE...
YOU ARE
J. T. SEXTOS
Ib Head quarters for
Heavy and Fancy Groceries
Fruits and Vegetables
FRESH BREAD
Always on Hand.
I am the Housekeeper's
Friend.
If you want to know where to get
what you need let me tell you.
L. D. SMITH has moved to the Old
Dispensary where you can get
everything you want in the line of
Vegetables and Fruits. Canned
Goods of all descriptions. Sixteen
to 18 pounds of Sugar for a dollar.
Bacon 7 cents per pound. Hams
11 to 12Jc. per round. Rice and
Ilominy. Arbuckle's Coffee, 7
packages to the dollar. Good
Green Coffee, 7 to 10 pounds to
the dollar. Give me a call and
see what I have.
L. D. SMITH,
Lender ol Low Prices.
DR. J. E. GARNER,
PHYSICIAN AND SURdEON.
Will practice medicine in all of its
branches. Office in front of Court
House; Residence on South Street.
Phone No. 95.
4?8m.
F. M. FARR, GEO. MUNRO
President. Cashier.
Merchants' & Planters' National
[>BANK,<:
OF UNION, S. C,
Capital Stock $00,000
Surplus 50,000
Stockholders' Liabilities CO,000
To till 1170,000
Officers?F. M. Farr, President; A. II
Foster, Vice President; George Munro
Cashier; J. D. Arthur, Assistant Cashier
Directors?W.H. "Wallace, A. G. Rice,
Wm. Jefferies, T. C. Duncan, J. A.
Fant, J. T. Douglas, E. P. McKissitl,
A, II. Foster.
WK SOLICIT YOUR BUSINESS.
S. Means Beaty,
Attorney at Law.
Office Over Duke's Drug Store. 7.
J. FRED McLURE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Will practice in all courts. Office corner
Main and Judgment streets.
CYCLE TRUST FORMED.
Wheel Compnuv Willi it Cupitul of SAO,.
000,000 In I neorpor-uteri.
Articles of incorporation of tho
American Bicycle Company with an
authorized capital of $80,000,000 have
been tiled with tho secretary of state
of New Jersey.
The company is authorized to manufacture
and sell bicycles, automobile
vehicles and other motors.
REBELS SLAY FRENCHMAN.
Filtered Klllpli.o I.lues Under Flnif of
Truce itnd "Never Canto llick."
A dispatch to Tho New York Journal
and Advertiser from Manila says
(lie insurgents have assassinated M.
It - I t.? 1 1
i 'ii iiihi hip, ii x- I ?7ii I'll mil ii \> IJU IllUl
od their lilies under it ting of truce.
He was negotiating wi'h the Filipinos
for the release of Spanish prisoners.
This action may cause a demonstration
by France.
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