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; ' // _ rrni? t;ti\tt/v\t ttthfi^ci r^'sl=ss -|4 largest In the South. Two Fufr- Iff fl B fl BJ fl B fl fl I fl fl fl/fl BJ ([ Dye Plant in the State. An Oil (Ij (ft nlture and Wood Manufacture })) fl flfl Bl B fl fl fl fl fl I fl/ I Bl i . (( n,uI Jlttnu Picturing Go. that )}. i Ing Concerns. One Female ,[ B I B B 4 B B B B W i B B fl I W B B ' A k ? J)) ,nakos an unexcelled Guano. 1 Seminary. Water Works and ;/( J| .fl B A JL \ B \_A7 jL E -B_ B XT JL B A Y^J ? Three Graded Schools. Arte- !A Eleetrio Lights. |)| * ((J ??an W ntcr. Population 6,500. || ???- i i . i ????????????? i i . VOL XLIX. NO. 87. " UNION, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1899. #1.00 A YEAR. - - "i jw i i i I F. M. FARR, President. GEO. MUNRO, Cashier, Merchants' and PI I OF UN * Onpitnl Stock. X Stockholders' Liabilities... J X Dikkotoks?J. A. Fant, AT. C. Duncan, J. T. T Wm. Coleman, v.v | dg We Solicit ? >-'M . Local Market Report. '' ? 1 Union market' changed every two weeks by tbe Union Cotton AlllU department Store. Itacpn ... A. U'? Hams. vr J...... l_"f Hhouldora A* hs - Breakfast Strips lit ' Flour... ......; 4 50,5.4 "J Moai... ... ...... Ortat 2* ltioe.... ........a...... 8'i Sril t; 8 jaaaea r. 0 uo Tolacco,.... A. ; J5c,75. Kernaono 401.. M; Chickens. n|L' . Soap .\ ........ . UNION OTsir NEWS. Items of Interest Gathered from ITEMSTffOM SANTUC. B4PI1ZINO SERVICES AT BEULAH. . . Cotton OpMlox FMt--dras* arowltis QaJJnine. ' * ' "" Ok" uIIave faith, hope and trust, , /Ami cease your sad repining; J|or behind every dark cloud, Tliere is a bright star still shining." Mr- Will Sartor has gone to Atlanta to into busines there. Mr. H. II. Johns, of West Springs, was in Santuc last week. Th's is Mr. John's native liome, and all were glad to see him. Mia. Brown came over with her huslwnd. Rev. W. L. Brown, pastor of Salem and Beulah churches last week, and epeDt a week with friends. ^ Mr. Claude C. Gregory, the youngest ftneiihant in town, has purchased a tirapliophone, and all of his customers and friends can liear it frte. ^FAall welcome Mr, Geo. W. Brow* lDgtlSf, who has just opened up a new store henvfcml feel sure that lie will get - ut.ur* nt the r.atronaire of the pi.o A goodly number from he^feendtxl rervicee at Beulah church?of! r m-xi door neighb>|| ydqfrrday |ntjUytiici?t( the baptizinjr of twelve ">T!phg people Three girls for Salem, one for Fairvievv. three for Leulali, and live boya for Uepi lah. The editor, Mr. Matins was pres dht, and I was glad to meet him there. j Last week was a rather unfavorab'.< one for raving fodder. Nearly even evening it would rain and wet foddei before it could l>e tied up. Then it w;e fo hot that it was very unpleasant. (\>t ton pickers too, complained of the grea' heat. According to the monthly Meteornlog i<al report for July, lor the South Caro hna section, this place ((ported th< heaviest lainfall in any .weiity-foin lours, being inches in s hours am 40 niimiUs on the *2(Hli inst. Thos< rains brought up gnus wliieh has growi until theie is not a clean field mound Cotton is opening very fast and it i impossible for the pickers to keep tij with it. There is mere ojhh now thai 1 ever reiuember seeing at tliis reason o the year, and it is being injured by tk rains, ot which we have had many, am sonic very hard ones the past week Lost Sunday night u. vaunt i ?.u n.giu hard, 1.02 indite of rain falling. Here are some hot weather pointers Tronri .June the 1st to August tin- .'Ms' inclusive 02 days, wo had 72 da.\s Ilia registered DO di giees and over, and < these (5*5 dnjs registered over ho degrees Only 20 days ranged under hO degree:There weie days h."? <lt grees and ov.-i 5days 100 degrees and <? days over !'? degrees. Of these extremis, dm oh, 1 day 100 degiees or over, .Inly *>, a ' Augurt o days lOOdigrceser over, inning to 104 degrees. During the tad :-i years, until this, we had lain onD day that went to 100 degms, and on! 'J mat went to hh degrics. The ine.? tetnpcinture for these three months ws several (legioes higher each, than tl iluee c< iresponding inonlhs for the pa. six yenis, sind the rainfall was eons;. . laMv lies, 'l ies has 1? en a n eo (maker. jsviivdav in Si pt, mVi i. h l>een 00 degites unli! yisteidnv. 1 had tl 'glial ]>!' asiiie of attendii 'l e Inteid. nominalional Sunday Seie Convention two weeksago at l>oaans\ n k * A. H. FOSTER, Vice President. J J. D. ARTHUR, AasJSyiot Cashier. J anteca'Jgatiana! Bank | ION, s, o. i \ 100,000 *;/ i~ 150,000 * . . 00,000 A & $170,000 f Wallace. Wot. Jeffrie*, A **<*** <JL?. ' ??: r? ??* Qhurclt. of which tomc readers have hart h full report frOm the iW?'? Secretary. t ei Joyed tho occasinft Vt*ry much? Iho * meeting of friends tint otherwise I may never huvM s>?ptt again tviw tl.e lietter half of tin* convention, or rath*?r as goo I i ha'f. t stayed over a night each with \fr. .T. M. Whitehead and Mr. A. 1J. Havis, and nmrohospiudde families th.tu ? these do liot exist in this County, and if not.here, then no where. \Vh tram] e I mnmo i'i.nsidefttbly with Mr. Whitohea t " looking at his fine f irming lands that he is making t?? "lilnsotn as the rose" mom nud mom evwy year; some .flue tiinb-r -which pleads 11 jy eye, and fertile noil > WKk ia capable of producing line crrtj s uM-hout any 'Moctoring/'and very little i--" Hiillll i* In mill i 'I I I I Sv i 'i. tire pflooking at good furmea. We did not li*ve Uumttvf^ 0yec*4%|^^y|&| farm but judging from the crop^T^Rfm, of his rtsidence, e*w that lie luut very good crojis considering the drought. Mr. Davis is very well satisfied with his new homo and good fanning lauds, having recently moved from here. I enj ?ytd ii ^\iUfioui*tottn> liaifh^ for l^ook ^ tinuTmOPor we cannot see much" business only iho rtrOnrtg for blasting and the machinery?fkdoesirt 1oj|c like Lhery is any money in thjee rocks. The greatest noveltv to me, was in going down the shaft 157 feet de??p. then following the tunnel to where tho men were at work. Mr. J. L J-hnson, wh i i* Superintending tl??f *>t<t of 'he work. kinuly Phowed im around, ami went down with ua. Directly after we got to the bottom a drop of water fell on on candle, put. out the light, and left in in midnight darknesi for a while. There Is a great deal to interest one it" ho is a lover of eight seeing, and likes novelties. That section is an excalleiu country to visit. Tho people are very kind and hospitable and makes 0:10 feel very welcome. and that goes a long ways in making a visitor enjoy himself. There are old people, middle a jed people, young l?eople and children, bat of the.-e f jur, the young ladies furnish the flame around which this p&otb likes to hover. IIey DEJfVEit. Santue, S. C., Sept. 11, IjSIK). I. m i A RACY LETTER Full of Good, Hard Sense by One of Union's Colored Citizens. Mr. Editor: Please allow space foi . a few linns from this place. There is a section in tho vicinity of Webster that the dry weather has materially affected, ' it, combined w ith rust, makes some colton Held ? have a frosty appeal mice. The picking season is well under way despite 1 he dry, hot days. The crop is short , and considerably damaged by t he recent rains. Fodder is being pulled which b ' short except in very low lands. Com inot yielding an average crop. All iu.li cations point to scarcity of ail farm " products. The thoughtful farmer might ' succ? rd by sowing a large acreage ol wheat and oats. The school h:.s closed as we are in| foimed, f'?r the. lack of pupils which ir ai other Mlong proof that it iseoinptilsory I j (-due itionai lejiiKl.tiion mm is nun i? j iSeinuiul. While State Mipei internum ( | McMahan is, it uhknos, in>t leaving n i atone nuturiii-ti in tiding lo improve tin ! I'm e m lieol syst? hi, mane hy-Mamlei ' | should \v11i-]?? i into his ear Hint tin ' j people at large imd instrnetion oa tin j 11> ?- of how to su.-t i'ii aschool. It is next ( i to isnj o.v ililo for the teacher alone t< I i awaken the rtipiited interest. L'M'tnrini: I ti> tlie masses is li"e.n:iii.<? ni'ire an<l m > ; in demand and should ho < icon:h\ tie>s.* in jHsi: ion to :ul\ i.e. . ! Srij e m |>( i I irt::.ic<\i i | >i i u v! Uj.h tie s; !;oo| tern;.* \\ iiieli is a J . mistake. 'J'Im ic is nut mneli real lieiie I lit in a s.iimm r school. l'mlr ?el< il urn t imjs are !?>(> prevalent 1< r a suiTine-; school to thrive. '1 lu1 little ''race war" senvo at Daiien i(Ja., iijijMins to have boiled down mil (j tl.oe in fault, or nt (lie button) of tin I trouble, aluui'd 1 -e dealt with by 1 iw These .list inb inivs w ill oecnr here ni.i t iiete r.nt :l Mm* nejrvo learns and ni>| ? r'ntes his p->sit ion s:i the bustle for e\ii v : tenon in the Southern States, lie i i.inoi'tf 11is I'rii lids already as proven b I ho Mrietly law abiding, houe-t, iniius , ' 11 ions iiOjjro. lie never lias any uiiplea.4' ni.tncas willi bis white iir i?_rlilk?r. As (h II ne;;io is educated alonjj this line bi Mifisv, iirijipiii.' pii'-p ri'y and p-are i is-hi ed. lb sjK'i't fully, I'. T. II. (r ! Wi bsfei", S. ', ' 'I * ' SuIks tibe for the Times. in hi^sveps. % 4 WHAT WO^LDJESUS DO?" * i i a irV * ' jL ' BV ^^RLES M. SHELDON. Over 3,000,000 copie^Everybody should read ' of this book sold in \it Jo be well posted less than four if for no other - months. reason. * ; c[r .\l . There are not many books published which make what may be called a sensation. .Now and then/an ~. , , T ^ and the book ltnnti a fnpmA trinf cff 1 tVia Mill J !u? ^ ^ topic of converIsationfr^lTie ix^flr? ifolten h^rcl. It is sometimes einbar aSSng to a person not familiatf'with such a book to have it mentioned. He may know-* something about it but not enough to make the subject ah agrdfifhble one. "IN HIS SXJE-Pi>". is the book that people have been talking about recently and is the one that is furnishing a topic for discussion. This book seems to be one that has created a sensation not only among the book reading public but among all classes of people. While the story has been put forth in book form and large numbers have been sold, it really has b*en very little read when* the gr<*.J <pf newspaper reading people is considered. h*f THE TIMES HAS SECURED THE RIGHT TO PRINT | this copyrighted story and the first chapter will appear in next week's issue and continue till ftaished?'"the publication of jTalmage's Sermons will be suspended I while this religious story is running. IF YOU ARE NOT A SUBSCRIBER ; to your county paper subscribe at once II so as tn mi* Begin this charming story 'I | with the first chapter. Tell everybody you see that the first chapter of Charles A1. Sheldon's wonderful story :\m m his m steps. i! "WHAT WOULD JESUS DO?" 1! l\ ^cxWILL APPEAR '.THE TIMES ON SEPT. 22 . I And advise them to subscribe and read it. Ij you have never heard of tho story ask youi j Minister and he will tell you what it is. I > t a ? a S Wm. A. 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