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VOL XL1X. NO. 48. UNION, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1899. #1.00 A YEAR.
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\1 X P> M* FAR!v President.
M | GEO. AlU.NhO, Cashier, J.
\ Merchant' and PSas
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X OF 17 INK
^ Capital Stock
J Surplus
3f Stockholders' Liabilities
| Total
& Dirkctors?J. A. Fant, W
X T. C. Duncan, J. T. Douglass, 1
^ Win. Coleinuu.
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Local Market Report.
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Union market changed every two '
weeks by the Union Cotton Mills Department
Store.
Paeon O'j
Hams 12 "tf
Shoulders 8.',
Sreaktusi Strips 10
Klour 4 50(1 4 To <
Meal 00
Grist 2*
Iticc 8'i
Sugar HS
Coffee 10a.40 ,
Molasses 2"vo 00 ,
Tobacco '
Kerosene Oil 1">
Chickens Ilia 17 '
Boap 2i?2T> I
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Items of Interest Gathered from l
Various Sections by our
Correspondents. (
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Etchings from Etta June. I
Rev. J. T. Marion preached an able .
sermon at Salem yesterday. His text ,
was Isiah 65 chapter 0, 7 verses, Till*
was his second visit to Salem and our
people are well pleased with him. From *
what we have seen and heard since he |
began his ministry we feel that much
good will be accomplish* d during the
joining year. We w ill have preaching
iwice a montn, aim witn an acceptable
minister twice a month there will be a ,
good chance to improve tue church service.
The rain has put a stop to out door '
work, and the roads will greatly re- I
tard traveL i
Some wheat yet remains to be
iown, but not a great deal of it.
There is some cotton to pick out, too. 1
Th re are a few weddings hooked <
for the holiday season, which will 1
doubtless surprise somebody when I
they come off. i
There will be a very large gather- 1
ing of representee people at Gaflhey *
this week. The Baptist Convention l
which meets thero on the 2(Jth will 1
doubtless be the largest of the kind I
that has ever gathered in this part of i
the State. i
O C 1 1_ 1
kouliic ui uui nee senuois nave noi
yet opened and the probabilities are 1
that they will not open soon.
There ore several cases of sicknesH
in this section ?Jefferson Blackwell
is lying very low with billious
fever. I)r. Douglass is his l hysicim,
i
Mr. II. B. McDaniel has had an i
artesian well sunk in his yard.
II. T. Estes has made a visit to !
the railroad camp.
The Satratt Brothers will be readj
to start their mill in a few days.
We have some hogs that will be j
ready to kill soon, but the crop is not
what it ought to be by any means. i
I expect the Cowpens battle 1
ground park bill to come up early in 1
tlie session of Congress w hich opens |
next Monday. I find that there
is likely to bo some opposition to i' 1
upon the ground that every Stat,
ought to take care of its Revolution*
ary battle fields. This is as unrea
sonahle as it is unpatriotic. Con
grc98inan Finley said in a speech at
Cowpens last spring that there was
a greater number of important Revolutionary
battle fields on his Congres 1
. sionul District (the 5ih) than jn all '
of the New England States put to'
gether. Now, for South Carolina to
; properly mark all the fields within
its borders would mean bankruptin
tto its people. Resides they are na
11 ion a 1 property?and the nation
[should care for them.
I Masaachusettcs has the same in^terest
in Cowpens that Georgia has,
fund its people should be as willing
as any others to see its people marked.
Congressman Finly and Wilsou
will do all in their power for Cow\
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A. M. FOSTER, Vice President. ?
D. ARTHUR, Assistant Cashier. ^
liters' National Bank
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$170,000 X
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pens,
nn 1 we doubt not that tl.?
entire Sou>h Carolina d* legation it.
both hou-u's will support it heartily. ~
Vox. r
Helton A'otcs? ' Inch Sivlcncao.
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, Mr. Editor:?I will give yon a
few lines from Ivclton and vicinity. ^
The farmers are very busy gathering
the remnant of this shott cotton crop A
and sowing wheat and oats. 1 am
glad to see them sow'ng more rmall
i^raiii man usu i'.. Ttie cotton crop
is about all gathered and ihe bulk of
it sold. a
Mr. S. R. A}-cock last Saturday ii
sold a lot of cotton to Lockbart Man- 11
ifucturing Co. about loO bales; be j'
sold for several parties, the price e
paid was T ^ cents. One or two more s.
such sales will clean up the ridge. ?
Miss Marv Lee Hardin, the efii- *
jient teacher of the Kclton school
who has been very tick with fever t
for some weeks, was able to return ll
home to her father in Chester li^t
week. We hope she will soon be c
lble to take charge of her school r
igain. I1
Mr. John 11. Spears, of Ivelton, is
,ti 1 very sick with fever, but is some (.
better. i s
Mr. Joslru. Spears La3 the fever, tl
Mrs. D. J. Gault is sick. h
AT-,. T n n-.-l. ' c
ii-iia. u. vjaun js sun very sick m
ivith fever. r
Mrs. Paulino Page is suffering si
very much from injuries received 0
from a fall some two or more weeks .w,
1g0, , 11 g
Wilson P>?<?#? bna t>
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Mrs. Eizie Comer, of Union, who '*
tins had the typhoid fever for 39 *
lays was able to move to her fa'her's, s,
Ceo. T. Gault, Esq., near Kelton. c<
last Saturday, she stood the trip re- ^
markably well, and is doing very ^
well now, she says she lay in her 0
lick room and sasv four corpses carried d
to the last resting placo during the
19 days she was sick, and one of ^
them out of the same house she was ^
in, that was right trying on the si
aerve of any sick person. &
For fear I make mv letter too M
ong I will close. Success to the
Editor and The Times. c
Subscriber. "
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Santuo Notes. P
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Many are the hympatliizeis with Mr. r<
uid Mrs. M. It. Jeter, in the lessor I'
Jieir little girl, Louise, a bright and inCresting
child of seven years. She died *
11 Charleston Saturday, and was buried ' *
it the Jeter graveyard near this town 9
Sunday. J!
Mr. J. Q. Wray and brother, of Union, 11
were in Sautuc recently.
Mr. J. A. Johns, of Spartanburg, h is '
Ihvii visiting friends and relatives here. J
Mr. M. It. Jeter, IJ. S. Railway Mail '
Clerk, now living in Charleston, is con- * '
Lemplaling moving his family to this c
place, as his "run" will be changed soon. c
We would certainly welcome his family ^
tit-re, to his old home ('
Thin immediate community i-t raher
healthy, hut around there are some at - '
vert* cases of sickness, and Dr. Jeter is ^
iibout to ride his horse down.
Mr. J. II. Randolph will soon move "
to Catnpobello. lie may stay two or more v
years, as lie is going there more foi his ?
health than anything else, lie will (>
leave his work stock for his hands to 0
voik Messrs. It. (i A. and W. O j)
Jeter will occupy the house, have charge T
ot' the yards and have rented a portion ?
of the land. "
Dr. Clifford filled his pulpit at the f
Presbyterian church Sunday and preach- J;
'd a vei^interesting and instructive ser- .
mon froin the text "Lay up for *'
yourself treasures in ILaven." He i?
showed that great riches here was not 1
necessary for one's happiness, but was
detrimental. "
IIky Denver. 1
for sale" f
We will sell one or more horses at a ^
price below their real worth. Wo will t
swap a one-horse wagon for feed. t
39-tf Miller Buothkus. >
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EYES TES
IF YO'J CAHlOT RC*D THIS TY P? EASILY, HOLDING T:
VI7c have purchase J a #100.
** ing the eyes. With this
We sell only genuine Crystal S]
me tested before sold.
'They are very little higher i
* but they are worth many t
ire unequally grained and soon
Without Sight Life
Remember 'vvc test the eyes l'i
of a Doctor instead ofSpee
THE WILLI,
rim law or corporal punishment.
In Interesting and Instructive
Paper lier.d Before the Teachers
et Their Last Meeting hy
Prof. II. L. Scnife.
In certain Europium countries, as well
s iuficiueof our own Slates, 11 strictim.s
avo been priced ou corporal puluI.lent,
but generaly it U lo ?ketl upon as
necessary evil ami lolt to the discretion
f the teacher. In Norway it is allowd
only tiller consultation with the
chool authorities, and i.i tha presence
f one of Hit in ; in Denmark, four
irokts witli the ruler is the limit prectibed
bylaw; in tieruiuiy, though not
rolnbited, it is .seldom employed, tor
xtreme cases are met ami dealt with by
he civil authorities.
In tiie common Via .v of England,
rhieh is p.ut of the law of our own
ountry, the teacher stands in loco p.ientis,
and has the light to inflict cororal
punishment. in the maintenance
f discipline and in compelling obeience
to lawful iemulations; IMackstoue
ites a case where tiie schoolmaster
ampul on the pupil's stomach so that
In sufferer died, and the law Le d that
e was guilty of murder. IJut in a late
rise in England it was ihcide l that
,*liere i schoolmaster obtained the past
it's consent to beat a boy severely to
iibdue alleged obstinacy, and the teachr
secretly, iti the night, boat the bay
nth a stiek two hours and a half until
he pupil died, the teacher was only
uilty of manslaughter, no'malice bsitu
' oved. This was tlnr celebrated IIopsy
cose, iu which tho defendant was
mtenced to four y ears penal servitude.
In this country leading cases 0:1 the
abject are found in the decisions of ti e
.\inda /of' J i?? *!?.* tf.?.d/x..3
JUUO in 111 tlio VilllU.O "'l.lLl'S,
'he principles laid down an that the
jacher must not bo actuated by ma'iee,
aat lie must lie governed by the nature
C the ofXen-e and the age, si/jundenurance
of the pupil. The pupil is enitled
to know for wli it definite offense
e is l>eing puuished, and the rules inracted
must be reasonable. It has been
eld that a pup 1 voluntarily attending
jhool after liis majority is under the
line restrictions and liabilities as it'
,'lthtn the school age.
Iu inflicting corporal puyishmeut the
iw presumes that the teacher h is acte.l
orrectly, and to rebut tin charge of
ralice he may show that the instrument
sed was similar to that usually emloyed
iu the vicinity. In Iowa it has
een held t.h it. any p iiiislunent with the
ad that leaves mirks or welts on the
erson for two in nit lis or even loss tun .
i immoderate an I excessive, while in
forth Carolina iL was decided tint as a
eneral rule teachers exceed lli3 limit
f their until irity \vh n they cause lastly
mischief, but act within it when
liey cause only t -in,) ?rary piin.
In New Jevs y corporal punishment is
nrhidden by St.it u'o, an 1 t ie laws of
lliuois, Kansas, Mississippi, M n?ta:?a,
'ennsylvani?, South Dakota, W.ishin*an
and West Virgl.oii prescribe a spailic
penalty for ex vss amounting to
ruelty. In the other States a brutal
eacher wou'd In p u.ishot under au inictment
for assault and battery.
Experience teaches tint tlie fewer
lie rules for tlii school the batter and
/hen the teacher is not h impsred by
iitsm, he can, on the sp ir ul the anient,
Hod. same means of punishment
dtliout resorting to the severer mothIs;
for instance, in a graded sc'.io >1, an
bstreperous pupil iu a higlier class, who
annot ba subdued by kindness m'ulit b
aade to recite with a lower grade, and
or continuous misconduct ho could be
ent on down even until he reaches th j
indergarten class, and if he li..s not
ride and manhood enough to retrieve
limself, then the best thing to do would
i8 to send him home, llowcvvr, one
lay is apt to prove the method effective
ind he returns a more sober if not a
tetter man.
Individual desks, bv removin? temp ation,
are of inestimable worth to the
Liscipline of a school.
A hearty laugh several times a day is
i necessity?it is the safety valve which
ets off what an inexperienced teacher
vill attempt to keep pent up. It is a
veapon which the teacher may some- J
imes use even in a crisis and it gi ves
he minds of the pupils a divertment
vhioh will enable them to resume their
TED FREE
:? INCMC3 rnovi TH? EYES VOJ NEED CLASSES."
00 Test Case for accurately te
1 method mistakes cannot oeci
pectaclc Lenses, each and eve
n price than thosa usually so
1111 "*?! llini'.i fill1 f'lin rrl?ic:i
ruin tlie sight.
is not Worth Living
03 and if you need the servic
taeloo we will frankly tell you s
AMSON CO
stu lit 8 with increased vigor. When t
strain begins to escape let it coine wi
n roar, ami what might annoy the teat
or an entire day in over in a niiuu
Hotter have them laugh than c;
tiring th.e sunshine into 1.1k school-voi
and keep ihe children interested, a
you have reduced the necessity form
poral punishment to the minimum. T
disposition of children are no more ali
than their faces?each is a law unto hi
self and the case of each must be dii
nosed separately. The physician c.mn
treat all of his patients by the same iro
dad rule and neither can the teach',
it is the inexpeiienced teacher who
most apt to indict corporal puuishme
frequently and indiscriminately.
liowever, there are linu-s when e<
jworal punishment and nothing but c<
por.tl punishment can subserve the en
of discipline. Though such cases a
rare, a teacher occasionally c mies
contact with rowdies, bullies and spoil
children, who would have their way
school as they do at h nno, and to he
with such characters is demoralizing
a school?when other means of puui*
ment have betjn exhausted, such ca.?
demand heroi^- Jre.it.ment, and the r
or expulsion ii necessary.
While"the teacher should use the bin
with the greatest discretion, and only
a la-d resort, the words of Solomo
though called old-fashione 1 by son
are nevertheless true. i;The rod and i
proof give wisdom, but a child left
himself bringeth his mother to shame,
But before inflicting corporal pun is
ment let the teacher reilect whether it
the chilil or the parent who is to
blamed?children arc often punished f
offences, which, in some states, subjs
the parent to fine or imprisonment.
All the progressive nations of t
world and twenty-eight of our Stat
have compulsory education and the d
cipline of the school is placed in tl
hands of the State. Take for illusti
n,.? i?..r ?p i.o.i. io e
Iiuti liiv; I?n V/V ?i ii.vh la iin n
lows: "Cities ami towns shall annua'
elect one or more j>orsons, to be desigi
ted truant ollioers, who sliall inqul
into all case3 of neglect of parents
have their children attend school, a:
report thereon to the superiutendi
school committee. The truant oflh
shall, when so directed, prosecute in t
name of the city or town any persi
liable to the penalty. It is bin dut
when notified by the teaolier that a
pupil is irregular in attendance, to arr<
and conduct the delinquent to scho<
lie is also required to pieserve the sch<
property from defacement and the qu:
of the session."
Let the State make a law against d
turbiiig the peace of the school?a 1
similar to the one against disturbing
religious assembly?md it could th
well forbid the usa of the rod. T
State now requires the principles of t
constitution ot the United States and
South Carolina, morals and good 1
ii;ivi?mu Lo ue inugiii in ma puu
schools. 13y enacting a law to prote
the school-room, the o'aler children, a
perhaps the younger ones, would
taught practical as well as theoretic
lessons in good citizenship, and few
them would show contempt for th
school regulations when they know th
would he making themselves liable
punishment by the civil authorities.
Jones villa Jottings.
The fine wertth *r continues to the<
light of all the people. Farmers i
quite busy gatheiiog in the late cott<
sowing small grain and getting ready I
winter when it comes. Most people ha
tiken up their potatoes, and they, li
other crops, are sh? ri.
Mr. J. K. Itush had ugoo l lnrsj kill
last Saturday niglit by p.issenger tu
No. 10 about one mile Siouch of .Jon
vilIt at the crossing near Mr. Churl
Fowler's. Mr. Hush's driver was
his way back to Joiiesviite from a triii
ilie country, was driving two noises n
buggy and in crossing the mil road one
the hores got his tore foot fastened I
t ween the head of a spike and tlie ir
rail mid the negro driver with the lit
of another colortd in in tried to relit
the hors* but could not, and as the tri
was approaching the bojs got the otl
horse and bugg/ from the track in tii
to save them but tPe p sir liui>6 ti
w.is f ts eivHl to the spike an 1 rail v
I killed. rno negro said he turned aw
arid would not look upon the sight wli
n
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to the train struck tlie horse which was , ??
killed in an instant.
There is much 8ickne3s in the town
i3 an?l community of various kinds. None
I,, however is very serious. f
l)r Mr. and Mrs C. C. Harris, of D.isu-a,
Ga., are on a visit to relatives in town. nRt
Mr. Durbin Littlejohn, of Asbnry, is 'ic|H,
very low and will not bo able to sirvivd me
, s much longer without a change for the exo
is- I ueixer. g^Q
lld | Mr. W. T. Liltlejihn, who 1ms been
-a. in b.ul health for several year?, holds his
?]. own very well. ord
|jv Mrs. Oyntha It saves who is one of the sag
,.i_ ladies of the olden time about Jonesville, for
i,0 is quite low at the h mie.of Mr. John T. sot
t0 Fowler. Mrs. Heaves is 87 years of 1
i1(l age and has been quite active until a few mi
years since. ani
r The prospects for n yarn mill are olo
i,0 bright and will no doubt be a certainty 'or
[,n Ltev. 1). (1. Freeman filled his pulpit C?1
y% at the Baptist church here yesterday.
i,y Material for the l.ockhatt railroad is
_>st coming in most everyday. Track lay- _r{
al. i,l15 will begin socn. ^
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METEORS AT BIRMINGHAM, ter
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(W Fiery Mesieugers Cnusn Much Fear <le]
, Anions the Negroes. taf
en Birmingham, Ala., Ftov. f J.?A strange \v?
(10 J
!>e phenomena, supposed to bo a part of 8ag
'!C the tri centenary meteoric disturbance
schoduled by tho nstroaomers, was ob* Tl
. served here last night between the hours c.
of 7 and 9 o'clock.
lu] The fiery messengers made their appearanco
diroctly overhead,- attracted
(l| much attention, and causod no little bo:
()f fear among the negroes. Lii
(1ij. As many as ten meteors wore seen, all ore
' of which were iu tho uebulao form, rey
sembling comets. They first appeared cr(
as patchos of light and at.times would jet
glow a fiery red and then fado away, tra
repeating tho operation a number of |Uj
times before they finally disappeared. BO,
During the lurid period the sxriira! ^
je. body could be easily seen, the light ra- <
l)C diating throughout the entire mass, qg
, j | which appeared to be about 3 feet loug co]
p'' and 0 inches wide. I ]j0
1 It was also observed while tho glow th(
was on that these e?rango bodies apoeared
to be movintr th? noitntioti hAtno !
easily distinguishable with the naked ga
' (l eye. The entire zenith was overcast, wc
t<ii although outside the area the sky was tru
es- clear. stc
'?y Father at tlio Ago of 8(1. dil
"JJ Saluda, S. O., ITov. 20.?The birth of vj
, rt i an heir to a veteran of the Florida war nii
of of 1880 is the social sensation. Dr.
Lk5- Jacob Trotter, wealthy and 83, having j ?]fl
. n married a young wife, has become the
lp father of a bounoing boy.
To Extend to Tallahussee. <
ier Bainbridoe, Ga., Nov. TheGeor- vu
no gin Pine Railroad company has decided "
uit to extend its lino from Bainbridge to ?&;
i'i,s | Tallahassee, Fla., where it will connect ?'r:
'W with the Florida Central atfd Peninsu- ua<
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AD1NG DEMOCRATS MEET.
tioiifil Ciimpulgti For Next Year
i'raotlcuily iniiugurM ted.
:iiicaoo, Nov. JO.?The Democratic
ion a J campaign for 1000 was praoi}ly
inaugurated today wbon the
mbers of the national Democratic
icutive committeo met in secret ses<
u at the Sherman House here. Nearly
iry member of the committee wae
sent when the session was called to
ier by Senator J. K. Jones of Arkan*
, chairman, the only absentees being
mer Governor W. J. Stone of Mis*
iri and T. D. O'Drien of Minnesota,
fhis was the first meeting of the com*
ttoe held sinoe the recent elections
1 although only routine business, in*
ding the naming of a place and date
a meeting of the full Democratic
nmittee, was stared to be the object
the meeting, it was the general feelr
that the scope and oharaoter of
thods to bo pursued in the coming
ssidential campaign would praotically
outlinod before the meoting came to
slose.
\ warm contest for the honor of en*
taining the democratic presidential
iventiou in 1H00 was indicated br the
cgations present to urge the advan*
res of their respective cities. Milukee
had a big delegation, while
egutions were also present from Kan*
i City and Cincinnati.
3o11 I c rr\/CD ODneenune
AWWW1.I- V bit VJI 1^1
ash Between the Sen biuret and tbs
Atlantic Const blur.
Columbia, 3. 0., Nov. JOw?The Sealrd
Air Line and the Atlantio Comet
10 are having trouble over the grade
)ssings in this Btate. At Oheraw,
lere the Seaboard's new Florida line
>sses the Coast Line, the latter ob:ted
to the Seaboard crossing its
icks. The Seaboard bnilt the orosst
in the night, and this action vu
stained by W. D. Evans, railroad
iltulinsiOller.
Saturday morning before daylight the
ast Line laid a aid' .*ack down LinIn
street, in this/ //. Chief of Poo
Daly orderedx o work stopped, a*
3 Seaboard <t right of way down
it thoroughfare. Yesterday the Seaard
force under direction of General
perintendent V. E. McBee. went to
irk to toar np the Coast Line sideick.
Chief Daly ordered the work
ipped as a violation of the Sunday orlances.
Police are gnarding the spot to prent
trouble if work is resomed after
dnigbt.
J. T. Barron, general secretary, diedms
nn friendliness on the part of the
ast Line.
l'*or the Seashore Campstfa.
'What is this lovely album for, Fl*-'
la?" - j
'I'm going to have the men I'm en-'
?ed to this summer write their autoiplis
In It, so I can remember their
mes."?Chicago Record. 4
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