Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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'! . / V. I^^hTtqw^Tuwiowmas^| f^u-^% ~W~W~ T1 ~W T "IT T /A m t ifTTI " ?M Af Ti^l Y^4 I THETOWN Two Cotton Mills, one the 1" I B ' B 1 ? I I J B B /I fl J ' ]ji The largest Knitting Mill and [/ large it in the South. Two Fur- '/ I B B fl-4 fl BIB ' Ml fl B m/l fl"l ((( yf 1'Iant in the Stute. An Oil /), ?nitur< and Wood Manufactuc- jfj fl fl fl fl \ , B IBB ~?vSB fl ^kl fl Bill (II an<| Manufacturing Co. that )] ing Concerns. 6ne Female ! fl B fl fl 'J I I I M W \ M "zB fl W fl fl i L /A J)) ",1nkos nn unexcelled Guano, f. ((( Seminary. Water,Works and t Jl _B_ _B_ _B?--L- a I. -L." w -M- -?- w _H_ *4 W ((( Three Graded Schools. Arte- .// || Electric Lights. j) (HJ"*"* Water. Population CyHJO. (jf VOL. XL1X. NO. 88. UNION, SOUTH CAROLINA. FRIDAY. jyiJST 18, 1891). #1.00 A YEAR. f F. M. FARR, President. / * GEO'. MUNRO, Cashier, J. I | Merchants' and Plai |[ of uinic . Local-Mfefcet Kap'ort. |, Union market changed every two i weeks by*tho Union Cotton Mills Destow. V Slwil "%' V ^ J' V--T''* t?rUt.. if V1 ' * : Tobacco. , ttVJS \ J Kerosene OHI:fT?. ..fi, i...;. 1ft Chickens ; 11^17 Soap .* !((i25 UNION COUNTY NEWS. 11 Items of Interest Gathered from 1 Various Sections by our Correspondents. * " ?w / f? KlrOlf cues ter i ? ? A.n it teresting account of a Trip to I Cheater During the Reunion. 1 received a Dttss. niece in Chester to'atfeiYa 'Vilti'Sfeuoum and bilujr "my veteran" with mo. We concluded wo would go if w? could get fixed u]) and if it did not rain liefoic then?well it did not lain. Accordingly on the evening of the 2-jth we began to get "our riggins on" for our trip, when lo. u trouble came up. "My Veteran'-' Jiad a perfect aversion to a cravat and has not worn one in "lo, these nnny years." A friend had kindly provided one for the trip and finally E in a most affectionate manner, fastened it around his neck; lie looker! amazingly nice with it, mo we bade the home-folk g?xxi bye and started full of joyous anfar tills place. When we ' ' - t...( lll'IpMliViiUf .? left home we left dustand sunamne, nm before we reached Whitinire we f uiu the roads wet aud all along the rout delightful ahowera jjad fallen. Oli mother earth's vegetation looked ver much refreshed. The crops ii, jlu county have Buffered more than in Uuioi The rottwii, corn and cane looked s green w.d cool and seemed to lift u their herd* in thanksgiving for the lift renewing showers I am sure my lieu was full of thanksgiving lor the rain ai I cannot hut ho]*e that tlio crop* are n ns bad as wo feared and that they \v yield inoie than we expected. The * was so hainy alter tho rain that wee joyed the railroad ride cjfceo.liiig! HVhen we readied Cluster a |>erfer,t a> lanehe of folks poured forth from t train. Veterans, Sons of Vetera' Daughter's of tire Confederacy, spouse maids of honor, were mot by hospita |?oop!e aud carried to their homes si provided for. We were met by < nephew and sweet little nice and drb to 1 is home, where "the. little on gave us a warm greeting and an el eg *up|?er awaited us. \Ves|>cnt this ev iug delightfully with tiu'in. and in Joy we almost forgot the nceij'M I .awaited us on the morrow. On Wednesday a rain was fail " ' * ??? / ?I wit h the i s. whici. gicauy iiiu n., t.i.-ts of the day, hut what, wau a hiin tain compared n? Ili? rains and biiov * Old Virginia" through winch Vi'lt'iwid I ad passed. The Sons of Vefrans held a met in the comt. house and a loving at <?f velcomc was ,c id l?y Miss Hood was h line production and was spoken. The eamo ."llici i.s wen- el -s?nrl Colunnia was oho*.;) fur the place of meeting;. At this j inch i was announced that General M. C. I ler had arrived in the cily and the mention of his name liriil us with pi isin. Tiie band struck up ' Dixie, for a while the excitement was gre carriage was dispatched for him ret]nest for a speech, but I.:s reply > was ''too tiled and would speak 1; Again u hurrah swelled loud ata and the crowd disposed. 'J'hat night tin re was a leceptloi <o|sy.? .house, given to tiie Vetera Apeetito* v?eie made by I lev. Mr. a out-aimed veteian, in beha! ..monument U> tm i/firpd to tlio Wt ilui Confederacy. Also a speech o Hudson and talk by pnvylp Tiiey were all line. and we most endorsed ijieee words of a pi i^ served through the war as a pii Jai all i couel for the dear' Jard ^ \ * **><m>+*><*>*+o*??j <# i. H. FOSTER, Vice President. J J. ARTHUR, Assistant Cashier. J iters' National Bank | >N, 8. C. | #00,000 * 50,000 s ($0,000 I v. $110,000 I > Wallace, Wm. Jeffries, X McKisslck, A. II. Foster, I wr.OtaUiq,... * tij ki# j^ _\\jl i rlv ? . .v ^ ~? a?ur J .feet itiat I di-l fts-mnoh for jpy country as Jackson orV<? TN Jicw^tura cays a "atoman mustnoi spank ( t jAnUlii W hilt,. wlipn litAOtaliiD SH "Woman's MrittRitaV* 1 feU 1 ke saying ' build^ monuments fto our fallen bmvjffk Qffcj itfelr fourtdatTons wide, ther pinjmWOe^ if possible, as b*?U? thd sky nnd make them us enduring ? < fuuitf; deur old soldiers be cjmf<*i|jWe J\i ifHr oHFbge, I o decently bUrted, "Sml vrcs th? womin, who Hided )t?n in fcfie stiuggle, will be satisfied. filter w^tic evening came the iutroduct Km of ti e sponsors and their maids of honor. This was a lovely Fcene. The opera house was adorned with patraits of Lee. .Jaek;o i and Beauregard. The dear old Palmetto tl ig, the Confederate Hi-', tli" battle llig National cjlors decked the wallsi^^PRe rostrum was tilled with the beautiful sponsors, attired in lovely dresses and their sweet f-ces aglow with memories of gallant drills performed by their fathers ami bio'.heis. Many of Ihem held 111 Iheii li mils the II ?gs of the camps they represented, and 1 thought Lite I lag of Canij Giles t|io prettiest of them all as it was borne n> gracefully by Miss Walker, oui sponsor. We gazed upon them with pride. I turned my eyes toward tht audience and gar. <d with rev ueuoe and love uoon our crav-headed veterans, some willi empty sleeves, some 01 orutelua and 1 put it down tint "nn ? ?i !<*? ,? verts Tader in tlie evening '? that (ieneral Duller was in tl?e housi , and ho wiin ml In.I upon t<> speak, and a In- came forth lie was loudly cheered am the hand struck up Dixie. The (.'unfed erato yell was unco inure heard, and wondered if it was 'DO or if time ha rolled backward in its (light and 1 w?i living again in the sixties. Thursday was raining hut we had ll speeches by dear loved Duller and It it ham. which my |?en cannot do justice t< with tl I Our ears were sun ?n-i.K i sionix0 of long ago, '"Bonnie Blue Klajj . and "Di^ic." There was much disa pointmcnt that the rain prevented 11 I veterans from marching. A sumjjtuo 1 baibecuc was served amid the l'allii b rain. Thanks to tiie people of Chest 1 for the abundance of their liberality y the line meats provided. It was not th< s fault that we did not have an enjoya! i. dinner. i(? Thursday night a reception was giv P to the sponsors and maids and dipighU t-'- of the Confederacy, and it was quit ft treat for me tt? get among the 'yoi "I ladies (for I am on the shady side of and see their sweet smiles, pietty di es ill coquet ish ways ami to get a shire tir their delirious cake and ice cream, n- On Friday night a grand hall wasgi ly. to the sponsors. The decorations v 'a- heautifiu and elaborate, the music p; 'be i otjc and classic. The only thing I i gretted was that the veterans d.d ?';i j have a more prominent place on the hie i turr, for I speak the voice of the pi ' 1 " ..""la t,i have ll|dwhen I say manure our presented in ;i b nty to the public W" . allowed tlx* audience to have gaze< t*" the noble band, ll.uw wp \yoiild ;aut' cheered if we coul I have seen llum} 'en- j their scars and missing limbs tog oul' | atid shook the hands thai iiad battle ",slt j the right. i While in attendance at the roer criv?*i? l<. tlur Women of the Ui X,M" craey." I nut Miss lUae, who was ! ler to \'i.;t(ti lllucnf Santiago faun ^tl'e a looking giri she was. Il " matter of much regret that the e r lion of the old tattered II igs did in . place on aeeomit of Ihe lain. I ai that, my pleasint visit to ('hester . ; long rememlietfd. I was sorry u/ J dal not meet Vex, for I heard be eeted 4 ... , tile city. \t .. 111' \ I [ I iiiii ifliuI to welcome an. uHl. i<? lii?< editorial stuff, lit* mere '''s ' up-to-date." I knm it riot - "fr'Hy ls'i'suaded" that. I pass > a,?| tfifl (if continuance*. i.ii A Tli?* vnun# people wish me to! with u ilii?ii: I ljere will lio :i picnie in tt was he ;ii I,'o^eis ( iuii.,1, i;n the l'.Mli, '1 titer." lie are invited to come and hrii 1 long, tilled baskets of fruits, etc. mental v invitations e mlially e.xti i in the I the. editorial staff and corn spun ns, and i I have given you a hasty skoti Klwell, nip. whieli was indent a plea8 If of a ; l mav never meet, with tlie.se nneu of i awl people again-. The appropri y Judge j "When the roll is called up yo soldier, i lie there,'' closed the exercises. hcait,!v j ;-.p meet at. roil call up yonder, /ate: "I ,,*??.(? vi. tie- "well done thou vate. I j faithful serva:u ' and epter to (.'au.ii,' Ivy ( Some Santuc Sittings. "Oh, ?lon't t< II the boys they arc men! Or (1 reHH little Kirls till they're vain. y Just keen them ull younjras lonjras you can. They'll never l?e children uKuiti. > About all we have down here id time. . It' the question is to be or not to be, 1 what is the answer V i Wonder what sort of a loom a spider } wc?vcs its web with. i Last week was very hot; on FriJay the tcnqxratuie touched the 100 degree 1 mark. ( ltain would again do crops much good, t revive gardens and nave turnip plants. Thursday we tiad a ttorm of sand and dust, the sand was swept up in cloudi. * Mrs. Edse Foster. of Gresuville, is c visiting her parents, Dr. auJ Mrs. P. P, t Poi ter. . Mr. Jeter Butler, wh> Ins been in Washington for several mouths is homo * for awhile. I Mis-t Annie Hamilton, of Jonesville, "J is visiting her cousin, Miss Ethel Jeter. Mis. C. C. Gregory, who has b?en visiting in Lexington and Henderson- 8 .. /file, ?1. <J., for his health, is home 1 h?4?i(L, s . MIm Lena Smith, win visi el friends t Utid relatives laat wtek, returned to her , home at itaion Rsuga. Sunday. " 0 Mr. J, Leon Buttjev^CLockhart, was t visiLing hla ntrents UafflMriiili:. lie was 1 MTss Tecoali Randolph whlj^iiSk if Uiia wfl k on u vLsit to relauvwhu Cam.^- \ tbella. I whh her a pleaiui*. trip. * Miss Pearl Humphries /wb&ftyg: for a few years bjeu away fi-om' f? tVttve J i heath, (thi^ count!) as a resident, is now 1 i teaching one of th : publ.c solioo s a few ? niil'ts above this town. Uev. C. P. JIurns filled his pulpit at f > the Methodist church Sunday, but under j 1 I physical exhaustion, nevertheless, he | 1 t g ivo the congregation a good sermon. ( Uev. J. 1). II uggins eoiulu ted a series . , of meetings at the liiptist church lust week. Results were favorable to the 1 I church. Two young girls united them- ' selves with the church. Uev. Sublet, f who is aiding the pastor at lieu! ih Ibis > week, will preach every night at the i church I ei'e. 5 1 atX'^ Pline,nu si)nn? uu^y luu.K., at ih, old f|jt ro-k near Carlisle, The I in uiy urnl spring is owned by Mr. U Ida, of Chester, who has the spring , i ""l1, 18 ^''PPlnsf the water , , !*'* aroi>?'l here are using tlie water. ' ? t? , 1 I Shoals on the Chester side, pleasure t- seeking.. They have tents up and all the s i things necessary for cunp life. ' ' Nfr. \V. E, Xjxon hadatjght histwecli ' with his liiiti ami very likuly would have ' ' i hu 'ii seriously injured if not killed, but 'M for the fact that the beast was clumed i*'t a tree. Mr. Nixon was slightly injared ami a y i tli it when that bull comes if j out of t!i?* s ab eagain it will bJ for luef. i- lie ami tlii children had boen working 11 ; the aninnl for a numbc.* of years an I it ? never Ii ul s'i mvd any disposition to li ,'ht b fore. They are the unloaded P- guns. ',e J The negro liig meetings are in full U3 . awing now, lasting generally all day and "2 i to the "woesnji' hours"of yight. falling <?r ! in temporary trances, coining through and shouting their religion gl >rious!y eir ri|?e to meet j'l lgmmt with. Oil no, ?'t! their preaching proper, is no longer than the white folks', lint when the preaching 'en closes they have to shout, some fall and >rs, ' the congregation must stay with them e a j until they got up. Tip i is wh it keeps mg j the meeting going untjl daybreak some4<>) iines?trying to get religion to meet ses, judgment with, of Alec Daniel anl his wife, colored ljavo fallen from congeniality of late am Vrii the other night he tojd h?*r not to go t; rore chuicli (foiling alio wool 1 watch him itri- j nodoub') but she went. On the wa re- ! home lie proceeded to do her up with not heavy stick for her disobedience, an pic-'"like I to have kil't her," indeed si ;op!e , was ludly brui'eil about the face an been j ijcad an.I bled freely, knoiked i; .?..c,;i,i? .,Mlj j0 i,(. cauicd horn ?IM<I ; il ?n Seeing which lie becanje scared ann nw Ijive jug a cloud of lead was arising anim Willi liji fife's folks lie sought faifety in t ether* Ijills of Chester county along the rivi .1 for and then seat another negro liaek this side to investigate and see. if ption wife was dead. As soon as she coi mi fed- travel well she went to see the magistr a sis- s?h is the custom, and in all probata' ; and there will lie more expense on the con: i The man is out on leg hail " *" ln>r.? u <>n> \ V* l?-? (I .\!iibi- , 4 't,w t'u' i ?i i iiit'i n .1 l ike i desirous of having a Kurumrs lift id insure H'i'1 0 >rig4;)oii(l *(1 with l'resid"iit lit' Will 111' A 'IT. "I (!o|l(;pe W ill) W\M > that I willing to come ami li t 1 tie* day was iu pointed, hui it was so h ml to <el ir of the farmers to miv that tli y ' Mathis W'"'"K lo lten?l or take any pari, lot' s ?n 1 ''to lH" vvl|li Ira.vn. v'hVis il Pity that s<> few can 1st persuaded t t? e-' S,1C'' Ci,st!S? ??r know so much that P ' j want no such things. Farmer's Inst i I learn farmers of other places somet! 'ay that [ but it seems that a tinpe of selti.l ie prove I prevails here, or fearinp there w he pub- 'seine evpense an 1 thus the thi ip well- i blocked a id tbn willinp few mi Oompli- ' without for inability to act. by thetusi so led to i I Iky I>kw - - ? ? ii ;,ienU. | &mtiic,S.u., auk- m.<? <>f ?MV J iant out*. I ... veterans I Kotlol DyspepMu Cure euros <[ >> ate sonc: I \hhmuso Us iiifcietl tents am ixI'T I'll I (..in't help ilomU M>- ?mV We will I n.|y ii|v.>11 it as a master ?em<U> May we ,,iMiniurs arising t rom nuyei gon.1 aii'l I ?laines M. Thorn*. Mn-t. I tloui iijiI of IU'uUIk ^ i flKlvN Cross Key* News. Mr. Editor: Good rains have revived us much. Your correspondent ,-isited Cross Anchor Saturday last, rhe Anchor is certainly on a boom. Li. II. Wilson and M. C. Poole, nerchants of that place, with the jelp of their neighbors, have got on hot an oil mill, roller patent Hour nill ginory, ?:o., with a capital >f 910,000 to start on, and as much >s they may vjpeed to make Cross Anchor one of the prettiest little owns in Carolina. If I unlerstand it, the above named gentlenen proposed- tfc raise the amount lecessar^r, if it could not be done by he help oi the community >ut they preferred not to do go. I'hcy wanted to make it a nutual industry. They appealed to ill tbo farmers in the surrounding ocalitv and put the stopk at $50 per hare in order to get the fanners iuerested in it, and the books were ipencd but a short time before he desired amount was subscribed, therefore we say the farmers of 3f9M Anohor are to be congratulated in having oufi of the finost ultea for he IqeatlOiB machinery that can be bund ant where between the mounIr hur merchants, Wilburn I 5rj.*e ami C. E. Graham, would ead off in a"?V?thing and sot the e$implo for us 'that wc might enjoy a >oom. It does seem that our town i finished at present. You can lardty hear the sound of a hammer >r any metal tool. It may be that he timber is being prepared in mother locality for shipment, Wo will wait ai>d hope that when it is (hipped it will fit. 1 was thinking : Just twenty years igo I taught school a few miles from where I now live, and a girl came to :hat school by the name of Liza Ann Bruinpton. She was a good girl, rime rol'ed on. She married a good lione.st ha. d-workinsr man bv the *ormvof John .Nelson. The/ were a to much of this bu?v <|U10tU'lC." * A?>L-..| o rr.^A lif this inatj.; it doubly hard for the faithful husband, but still there was peace, and not long ago she went to the other world and left the little home d irk and no one to keep the home but a faithful daughter and a heartbroken father, but we trust that they may bt reut.iicd in a better j world than this. 1 was glad to see that the county boird of pension has given Mr. John Austin a pensions. He has some i?ran?l sons that live with unit nea;him thttt are goad farmers, and they manage so well that our board hon es ly thought his income was mon than the Uw provide 1, but upon s thorough examination vKa .counti board decided that ho wms entitled i" ?atd pension, and I think their dec is ^ ion a just one. Webber & Whitlock, of Joncsvilh i are encamped on the Enoree puttin a ?in the piers for the new bridge at place known as Jones' Fort}, j Titos. II. Oohb. ,1 Cros3 Keys, Aug. 4. ic _ ? Keep the stomach and bowels ir g( e. coailitinn,' the waste avenues op.-n a n- free by an occasional dose, of Ur. M. :'u Simmons Liver Medicine, lie it, ,t<> A I. out the Sixc of It. Ins [ll<l :?'? ( There is a little story going J^;v j rounds regarding the reward gi ' i the soldiers, lc is said that in I cry ! tie the privates occupy the firing 1 He, the inrporals are one yard in | rear ot' the privates, the serge V.:S i are five vards in the rear of the i " iiny porala, ttie lieutenants twenty a ere yards in the rear of the serge: the captains 1 2o yards in the re: ( U'.J j the lieutenants, the majors 200 \ they in tlie rear of the captains, col tntea ftOO yards in the rear of the mi Innjr, t)ic generals f?,000 yards in the iMhc l'ie colonels, while the com n n? is iog general is at Washington, ini j?<? After the Initio the commni elves, general gets OS per cent, of the < K" the brig ulier genera's 1 \ per the colonel ? per cent ; othei missioned olfiecrs get the ha talked pppsl.1 ' W11 IIP nir ? thai it ! on the Fourth of July, ic can i for all j * Mm>1 |ne at t|?. fountain wli I >.. in Duktv mill sto]?3. I J Wm. A. Nicholson & Son, Bankers, 2 2 RESl'FCTFULLY SOLICIT YOUR g ? BANKING BUSINESS AND YOUR FIRE INSURANCE, | 8 And promise you the best protection and the best service. 8 y imit Union Shoe vuiupanj', RELIABLE SHOES. UNION, - - - S, C. Prudential Insurance Co., ?^OF AMERICAN? HOME OFFICE . JOHN F. DRYDEN, .? Newark* N. J. " ^ President. Surplus, Jan. 1,1899, - STRONG AS THE STRONGEST. ,1- ? ?n Insurance written in 1898 - $104,694,784, Insurance in force 1898 - - $414,547,058. A Income I898 over ,$17,480,000. The Prudential lias forged its way a head until it now 1. ?r tin-nrroat life insurance companies vcn ' stant^s *n the Iro,u vaniv _ bat-1 of the world. It offers all that is good in life insurance and In,0' | under the best conditions, tyo JAMES 0. WYNN, Manager Southern Dept., Atlanta, Oa. ">>1 M. A. HOORE, Jr., Resident Agent, ar of; 1 c r Itu union, ? ijnis, Z". CATAPHORESIS. - *?- ELECTRICS. ruling tl;V: DR, H. K. SMITH, conj- 1 lanoo, about _ <X_DENTIST. ion tiis Crown and 1T ^ ^ ' Bridge Work. UIT 1011, S. C?