Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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1 ESS! TUT TINT OH1 TIMFQ pl?3| .' JIj I 11T > I UN I T iVT Tjj o. j a | , - - ' - - -*y m HJpVOLTxLIX. KO. 39. ' -UNION, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1899. #1.00 A YEAR. M u ...> ,-* *% Jjt f-M. FARR, President. I OEO. MUNRO, Cashier, J. &W ' * Merchants^and Pla SB; 5 * , OF urvi 8 J. "^?Tu *"'" !. I II ' ' * 5 t * Capital Stock a Surplus r X Stockholders' Liabilities.. ... J Total '.: X Directors?J. A. Fank, \ PPP\v - T T-C. Duncan, J. T. Douglass, V W ... r Vlnmo I 1? AAA* VViVUlMUl a j We Solicit Y *fr -ttfr *>* *< Local .Market Report. Union market changed every two weeks by tho Union Cotton Mills Department Store. Itacon Hams l-.S Shoulder# K.'i Itreakfuat Stripe 10 ' S"4W Oriet..,, ...... 2K Hlco ?'< Sugar.... OJtf Coffee 10<i40 I .n rd H Molasses Tohacro .IVn") Kerosene <>11 15 Chickens llrtfil" Soap UNION COUNTY NEWS. Items of Interest Gathered from Various Sections by our Correspondents. Jonesville Jottings. 4 Jonesville, Sept. 2.">th, 1800.?The weather for the last week has been fine ami favorable for all purpo'ea. To-day there is some indications of the Septeml*?r Kales. Fanners are not burdened at all this fall in gathering their crops, a farmers had nothing to do the crops are 1?... i,? nmiMidored the farmers *4 ) RllUlb V I I f% v. liu * perfectly at leisure. Tho grading of the Lockhart railroad will furnish a good deal of work to the day laborers which will be a blessing to the community. The i>o3t for the telephone line from Jonesville to Kelton h is been up for some time and now the wire is being put up s > we will soon be bilking to our neighliors pypr on the ridge. There is a telephone ipie from Jonesville to Union butitdonh give ! satisfaction ! and' our people Ius-e it only when it is a necessity. A good many private 'phones would lie put in and an exchange established but terms are higher than our people are willing to accept and so the mails and telegraph are being used instead of the 'phone. There is talk of a line being built from here to Spartanburg so that we e.m have reasonable < .ommuujuatlnn. 14iev. 1'hos. H. ^aith tlje South Carolina evangelist and po-worker l*Vd A. Marshall glo^d a ten days ipee.ing ut tin Methodist churoh hurt laac Tuesday, The evangelist drew large cr>w<ij tu U? him. A few hearers wvro displeased a the .-ayings o' the evangelist but mod o them were d-lighted with his power ii tie* pulpit and his way and manner o preaching which was something new V the i>enple of this town and community \fiw.h fToml wom sutr-nrmilished' hv th JAfili j. fetr iiciU-iion's to the church fwYertd' couvt raions and a great man made promises to livu a betttrand bolie lift., |'hp good efttcts of tho meet in will no doubt last for many days an even year* to come. Many from Union, Ivelton, Pac>le West Springs and all over the count attended the loiteh meeting. The cotton maiket has opened hoi under more favorable conditions lh:i heretofore. The factories have put tl price up to the prices at the mills. Mr. C. II. Foster left last weyU f Athens, Ga to enter too law depai {pent of the foeofgla Uhiv'tJrsilv. " Mr. Ue'il^.Tt TV Humes will go tl week to Charleston to resume t is stud at the Medieal College. Mr. Ernest McWhirter goes tqtha C. College the next sfsaiou. S.- Foster ^gots to Atlanta to t (til.ti.)t rtotnluti' Hi 4JCU(?1 VvUllU^C ? lliuu UJ7CII.1 VV>W/"AU ?/l ltoys will be'scarce in Jonesville wli they all get off to college and their & eral vocations. Mi*a Alice Johnson, of Floy'^a, vlaiting her friend, M\Mute !?outf ia ailtsauoHa ^rcVibr, Of Keenonsville, llaA ihken cfiarge of the high scb wtr'ch opened today. Aliases Willie .Southard, Mildred Li sey and He|le Whillock all left si; ^ayasiHQe for college. \Jisa Jeanette Hill, of Carlisle, been visiting Mrs. E. II. Jeter. Mr. It. A. Wbitlock put up a i ginnery with a round press this Fall ^ now he is putting in a square presi t tie aide of the round press 30 t^at customers can ha^o ehtnea oj either. V"v' THhKpilONl Subscribe for lite Times. [ I 1 - v . t," t "Z** A. H. FOSTER, Vic? Pre?Went, f D. ARTHUR, Assistant Cashier. ? nlers' National Bank | ON, S. C. ^ . * ^$60,000 $ y .. , 60,000 ? 00,000 a $170,W V. H. Wallace, Win, fMl**, X E. P. McKlsaiokJl. II; Foster, X 'our Business. 1 * .Etta /a;ie Echoes. "Erta Jane, Sept. 2."? ?The North PucI ob-t Interdenominational Sun lay Seh v?l Convention mot at Gethvm ino \est?r lay. A large congregation was pe?w"and the best of order was observed, M? . Ed Olarey with t lie Corinth choir led tie inus'c nhitli was first c'a*s. The l.uli?prr ad a g?x>d dinner and plenty <?f i' t<*> and since it has b"or>me customary f?> the voting ladies to hand around the vie nials. pirnicer* esjie.-.ially. the men fan lielter than heretofore. All the proceed in<r? were characteristic o** thehigh-toiie? people among w horn we were. The people of that part of Cherokee county especially know how to make a SniiduSchool conversion succeed. The Chei okee Count v Sunday School convent ioi will meet at Corinth next Saturday. Willi heartfelt sympathy for tie bereaved pirents and family wo announce the death of Nellie Lovelace, th? youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G Andrew Byers. which took place at theii home on the 10th inst. Thirf lovely bud. so young an 1 fair. Called hence by earthly d?K>m, Ju-t come to show how sweet a flavor. In Paradise will bloom. Ere sin could harm or sorrow fade, Death came with fiiendly oare, The opening bud to Ileaven o mvjeyed And bade it blossom theie. The chills ars raging on the York sid* of the river, and several children h ?ve diphtheric there too. Vox. corrTrr e j por rwi wr>irT??t, Items of Interest Gathered from ' our Stale Papers/'' 1 TIIR IN COMB TAX BAttCE. r?!|?.?cial to The Xews and (Courier ] Columdia, September 2">.--Comptroller General Dei ham h is returned to the city from a tour of the lower part of the State, where he. h is been inakinv settlements with county otli dais lie found a few scattered returns of iuoomes, but there does not appear to have been a general response to the law. Mr. Dorhamsays that there was some ta'k at the last session of repealing the statute, bu< that now that it is in force and certain }?eople are paying the tax, that, he will prep-ne circulars and blanks, and see that county auditors pay more attention to the exiitina st^ti|te. A-' '9 notoriously J the fact the ii?c->me t.i* law as i?. now stands is a howling farce. In Qniurnbia for instance, t||PP? aeypri M"li '**?" 1 pay tl|f? in?otr\* ti?, ?U? ik ' .. ? itJii., OI1S f'l it Ll**"*" ' ll,'WU " ^ * iflLt .. there are a great many more who have a gro s income of very t much more than $2,500. Charleston f pays more income tax tlian the remain i iter of the State of South Carolina, ant f there is no reason to believe that mor? u than half of the |2,3hi inomues are ii Charleston. e Men who are notoriously we'l off sr. '? not pay!tiff any attention to the Uw am: y what is surprising is that the count; r auditors have not yet foun 1 this on. tj (1 sr.VHTA>fnuito ne*.va. 1 Spartanburg. Septenvier 24.?Special t, This is perhaps the best market. in tli Carol ini as for cotton, except tli? >ulj i cent mill towns. Satnrdav 0.80 was tit re ruling price here Hut the buyers u in the mills pay 40 to 50 cents a l>ale 'b^rt ie and, in tliis year of s^hort erops. that sufficient \p vpaW the selVre serk t?: or i milts. i- mere w an eiion here bo ^neoura; farmers to grow wheat. Prizes wi lis probably be offered for the best u, lie; ies yields on (loUls of various siws. 1 Qrepn^ille the business men and farme S, are lrand-in-hand in the matter, and it likely that as much ?s $1,( 00 will 1m dl he I tributed in ca&b. It is the desire id. many people here that the Belgian Mo en farmers and their neighbors of Charl! ev- ton t>efed on Spartanburg Hour. "VYuflford and (.Converse Collecee ji is negr tbpit opening day a. Preside rd. Carlisle and his corps are ready for th< N. boys. No estimate of the number ool stmlepU is maiie, the crops and pri< 1 being a contingency tbat cannot counted on. I'reeident Wilson has h so nwnv lnmilrie.8 and so manv eirl* hi positively written of their comity tl has it is likely Converse wiU t>ave a nuroi large enough to fl|\ iter additioual dori lew toriea. La&t year there was not ro and enov^h in Uve buildings, i Three new gorics in the vari< 'building and loan associations : u open to stook-takers, There about twelve series in operation ready, with a total 0f about !),( sharep. The offioert mil claim that there is m demand for more money on easy payments. The pioneer as * .ociation i? the Mechaniea, Geo. Co field, president. It was established twenty-five yeats ago. and the los? to the association in that time ba? been $17&. About $200,000 hae been loaned by this association in the twenty-five years. The younger oner are just as successful. VA1U.K MAD 8TONB. A mid 1|otip4 the pmnjrt.y of T. E CV?b man. at Tlntson w on e*. MMrbut-ntUie rampvitfe Netf* '."ffl* T!?S stone wa? a W tA <^ilemanj?ix|ggn j vears airo by Dr ^dje. of 1 H.. wfio 1mA owned itftblrty-ftye years 1 *nd used it Nicrmsfnllv on more than I t one occasion. The stone Is one of the largest ever seen'and is peculiarly shaped * * * "wise counsel prevailed. [ ^ppcial to^Nows and Courier ] ' Greenville, September 2> ?Tlrs morning llugb Moon, a negro. w >y brought to the city and nut in j ill. Friday. about dusk, Mrs. TVno. Glenn. o? hpr way homo' from Greenville. about 'en miles below the city, near T/yidcrono. was suddenly grabiiedlhv a neg?o. vho clinilied into her vehj-lo from the sr. It was sunirose^Fat the tun" tils' <:s intenti 11 was criminal assault, hut f.lw attack was made VPry near a rest 1-mc". and it is n*-cMy gener?lly ledievcr1 hv he inten led to rob M^s. Glenn, snndav morning Mr. Dawkins went t< the Moon o ibin and found a negro asking him if he wanted work; repli -d he diil, hut wanted to rest a day or t wo. av i? ha l h-eo ehased by bloodhounds Frilav n'ght. Sunday, about noon, alioiit i hundred men went to Dawkin's plaee md arreste 1 the negro, taking him to vtrs. Glenn for identiti ution. Mrs Glenn failed to identify the negro, as it vas dark when she was attacked and h)i? was frightened. The men discussed tie question of lynching the negro, hut it was decided to bring him to Greenvilh ami put him in jail to await evidence. 14. ?. at. ST. CHARLES HOTEL SITE. Tue site of the St. Charles Hotel mav Ih ust,?l for the erection of a |75.0(K ho'rt at u very early date. This v*>Ii In .rood news to all "those who have tin welfare of Charleston at heart, for then hat lieen a great demand for years in fhicity for a more modern hotel accommodations. SOUTH CAROL>37A C0TT037. *' ... UDeciaUo,Xewi anil. L<uirieri1 statistical age nt of the United States department of agriculture, is githeiiny simples of South Carolina cotton to he ?ent, to the Paris Exposition. This in lustry will he made one of the feature* I in t lie exhibit fro n the United States. [ and tlie people of the world who go t? the great show will be given some idea of what cotton and cotton manufacturing is like. There is ample yncn for this exhibit su?d the department is ai.xI ions to make it attractive. The samples of cotton will lie carefully Iwled and plainly marked and put up in excellent form. Considerable interest throughout the State is being taken in the exhibit and it i.sixpeyted that South Carolina will make ^ handsome show \t\ the picture..1' "Samples nt both ginned and uneiiined cotton, with 1 <Ii&eripilous, are wanted, ftpd dttu yvedit will bJ giye'l exhibitor*. *c.M' .... , The Weafcervelt Cotton Mill, Greenville, S. C., la making g-Kxl In* id way towards success, anil it is now certain tli ?t a $200,^*00 mill will be built before i many months. * Carteraville, III., was tlic sceno o i a bloody riot on the 17ih, in whicl six negroes were killed and one fa j tally wounded, while two others re y ceived slight wounds. Although Senator Hanna put strong anti-trust in the Ohio Repul B liean platform, he seems unable t refrain from applauding every tire H anybody says a good word for tt " trust, ia ie ~ New Orleans, September 17.? special from Houston, Texa9, savi [lt Tho 1 rst general rain that has falh [n in Northern Texas since June 2.~> f? rs early this morning, extouding as f south as llillsboro and north to Doi son seven hours of hard rain fallii Li< at the last named point. * iro In His Sttp?. nt >ir We call the especial attention of o ot readers to serial story, "In His Stej?s, 1,>S 'What Would Jesus Do?on our I lift page. This ij one of the most i>o ive lar stories of the day, and nut ftiuf, our readers will enjoy it. I f)er ii religious story?well written and 1 om inte,e8t from start to finish; ; should not miss a single issue of 1 jus serial. If you are not already a a rire scriber send in your namo at once : a?e wj will send last w<eVs issue so al- to be ;in with the first chapter of )0Q splendid story. k ^THE SHADOWS. ^ JJfSp and down in shadow town - . Jw? ahadow children go; ':?,r lljftry afreet you're sure to meet ^nUm running to and fro. ' They more around without a sound. They play at hide and seek. But no one yet ti at I have met . ji" ? lias ever heard ?m apeak. >.pi Bencalb the tree you often ae? " f \ Them dancing in and out. '''Ti And in tl.o sun there's always one I ~\P To follow you about. **'' i-L'' j Kiere you will, ho followa atill, (orootimca runs before, homo at last, you'll And him fast de you at the door. hful friend is ho to lend presence everywhere; out the light?to bed at night? r shadow mate is there I then ho will call the shadows all . Into your room to leap. And such a pack?they make it black? And All your eyes with sleep! ?Frank Dempster Sherman. Short Talk to Girls. Three thing?, dear young friend?, art necessary to yonr success in life?-via, character, ability and opportunity. Character i? ?U important. Be hon ; est, honorable, upright, reliable and yot will have a repntntion which will greatly aid to success. Nobleness ol soul is character, and "n gocd name if better than great richea. " Your ability must be such as natural 1 gift?, supplemented by education, ir needful lines, will afford. Some musi hnve more, some less. Be not discouraged. though yours may seem small. By use of your powers you will incre st them. Lnst of all yon mnst have opportunity, and that yon mnHt seek after. Keej your eyes open to see every open door, and courageously, with due propriety, enter each path that appears to bent upwardA>ne. Ask for "wisdom from above^Vnnd yon will soon learn the right path and how to walk therein.? Pbebo A. Hanford in New York Journal | Little Joh^y'e Thl t^flcUey ota school in the rural I districts assigned each pnpil the tn?h | of wxfytag an original ctory. On the day w Jen the etories were read a bright little fcwhead arose and etarted as folI lourarj "Om the green slopes of a mou?\aii etopda i first class Jersey coty ihre< 1 ~ won't do, Johnny," interrupted tK" teacher. "You are one I"c -iidl' x" gnrt,- - ' j author. "You don't wait to get mj , plut, which is that a railroad train cm off one leg. and the owner of the cov got $8,000 damages and moved lii whole family to Paris in time {or tb< exposition, where the glyla will he mot ried to rich F^empUmeh dud baPP: eyey. ' The Dlrdt' Scare Crow. Bird architecture is always interest ing and worthy of careful study. of the most remarkable fetyjUl.' ^esisi tnai or tne ?j?s*ejci pypaicaei The ara Aroilt tq u tree Un?k, a,u <<>V Vning the past off aklus of *^ak( are use& The akin i9 ?--arently ns< to acaro away i?'7uders. An observi noticed ? negt one morning with 01 egg and and no snakeskin, bnt in tl evening he was startled to be met 1 the roised head of a skin, which reser bled a snake, in front of the nest, ai on examining it found that the body the snake, six or seven inches long, w , coiled aronnd the egg. The second ye the birds bnilt in the same' place, a: after each visit to the nest fresh pie< of snakeskin were added to show t f disapproval of the birds. l A Patriotic Parrot. Daring the Spanish-American v h? tornado l>ont Winslow was sent May 13. 1808, to reconnoiter the b teries at Cardeona harbor in Cuba. 1 Spaniards opened fire and soon sma ed the frail boat Throughout the i }' equal duel a parrot belonging to ont o the American sailors kept llapping ie wings with great vigor and encour ie ing the crew by constant abuse of Sp and the Spaniards. In spite of Polly'8 patriotsm, however, the Spi ards on this occasion scored one of tl ^ very few successes, for which ind they had to thank the rashness of 1' Americans. The parrot came ont of 2,1 action unharmed. Neglect of Bnptlem In London <*r In Loudon, both south and nort li- the Thames, statistics of baptisms ford poor and sad results. Tbeende ? to liberate religion from nil doctr bonds is doing its deadly work. Within the parish of St. Pancras example?including 28 parish chui and the churches and the Founc ,ur Hospital chapel?out of every hnn or children born only 19 are reporte af, have been baptized. 1 In tho west?Paddington, Kem 1)U" ton, Notting Hill, Brompton and I we tnersmith?22 infants from ever^ t is born anmially are baptized. [ ?]) In Westininstor the highest av< for three succeeding years was 20 tisins in 100 births. In tho north of Londpn the av >ub- was 17 baptisms in 100 births at and of the older churches. as The same average of baptisn births is arrived at in south Lone 71 churches, all reckoned togetl B?7, Dr. F. T. Los ot London. I 5 \Vm. A. Nicholson J IlESFFCTFULLY S S BANKING BUSINESS AND Y And promise you the best protc* OUR FALL UNI i_ i i ' is tne attracttc , PRICES?Rights LINES?Up-to-? 5 -* ??SATISFACTK UNION SIUNION, n?.. -1 I ? iTlUUullUdl IIIo s J ^OF AMI \ ! >. . ' HOME OFFICE . ? M - ivi i ! Assettsv Jan. i?99? ~ J; Surplus, Jan. t, 18991,' ^ ' STRONG AS THE ^ {Ml I =x== r. 3 jjfflSk cr on " ahnn of Insurance written in ng. Insurance in force It "?S Income I808 o mi leed ^ The Prudential has forget stands in the front rank of the | j, oj of the world. It offers all thai 1 af* under the best conditions, avor inal JAMES 0. WYNN, Manager i, fuf chea lling arto CATAPHORESIS. Binglam* '100 DR. H. K grago 11 11 baperage <s^DEN seven as to ion at Crown and ^ ??*? l Bridge Work. I =5.1 & Son, Bankers, 2 m OLICIT YOUR 2 OUR FIRE INSURANCE, 5 1 ction and the best service. I "I : OF SHOES ' in in Union. date, ON==Guaranteed. HOE CO., S. C. urance Co., CRICA,^? JOHN F. DRYDEN, President. - $2ft,007fiyv.^? $5,88S,894.7<? :'"STRONGEST. I .'C^Ac^;^>" '*"' _- -=5- ?f ir ?"^ -5j"_-^?v??-1- j ,. "* ~ 7 ! | - "T Vy-. nrJ=yg- r- r1 1898 - $104,694,784*. 198 - - $414,547,053. " r\ ver #17,4^0*000* i its way a head until it now;jreat life insurance companies L is <jood in life insurance and Southern Dept., Atlanta, Ga. ELECTRICS. SMITH, $j| Union, S. C. i -