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* j I I I j| thetownof^^^a8^| _ r~?^ H "* M~ m m S~YHiT^wiT^KrmoT^^jn (1 Two Cotton Hill., one the jj \ I \ I I I I j I I 1^^ I m j I I ] I /| I M ^ ^ W The largest Knitting Mill and Iff i III largest in the South. Two Fur- W I |?| IJ I 1 I | | \^L\ | B l/| | 1 (/{ Dye Plant in the Stute. An Oil (J J M niture and Wood Manufactur- h I || . II III ^Bl I I I I li 1(1 and Manufacturing Co. that ul 1 jj ing Concerns. One Female ,\. I H I J H | H Hi |' | | I I I 1 ... makes an unexcelled Ouuno. : 1 il Seminary. Water Works and _| I I I .X H I V_y X * -I- I 1 J I I M Ky # (fi Three Graded Schools. Arte- '11 } |^^El^tTic Lights. > ] . ' llj giun Water. Population G,50t>. |[| ' VOU. XL1X. NO. 50. UNION, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15. 1899. #1.00 A YEAR. f F. M. FARk President. ? OEO. MUNPO, Cashier, J, j Merchants' and Pla I OF TJTS1 X Capital Stock T Surplus $ Stockholders' Liabilities f Total a Direotokb?J. A. Fant, \ X T. C. Duncan, J. T. Douglass, T Wm. Coleman. ? We Solicit Y 1 Local Market Report. TJulon market changed every two we' ks by the Union Cotton Wills Department Store. Baeon 6* Htiui 12.S Shoulders 8% Breakfast Strips 10 Flour 1 .Wa,4 ?*> Meal 00 Grist 2* Rice 8', Sugar OS Coffee KKo 40 I Lard 8 Molasses 25(oOO Tobacco IlVttTS Kerosene Oil l.*> Chickens lKil7 Soap -(a 2j UNION COUNTY NEWS. Items of Interest Gathered from Various Sections by our Correspondents. Etta Jane Etchings. The North Pacolet Interdenotninati >nal Sunday School Convention wilj meet at Elbethci church on the 24th inst. J made a trip to Union last week ppd ipet quite a number of friends fr(?iii nil ports of the county. Union > is sull on the up grade and its business enterprises are commendable. New houses are going up on every hand. It only remains for the Augus u division of the three C's to be finbhed up to make it one of the gre. test commercial and manufacturing J tics in the State, and we hope * at\r\y tr. urn tlnu nn^mnrtlioKml t?/WI IV CI.V IUIO UVI'VUJ^IIOMVUl 1 lie vet weather has put a stop to farr work, and several of our people hav n't finished sowing their wheat yet. | spent the night with my old frie >t| and a?iuy cojiirade II. S. Portpp last Monday night. V?ney is one of the most progressive and wide awake farmers on the ridge, lie has plenty of everything that ^oes to maV o home life plea-nut aim independent. I called to see my old friend, Chas. Garner, who has been confined to his bed for nine years with paralysis. lie is in cheerful spirits not$ith?Undipg his infiijpity. IIis children and his industrious wife are making a good living for him. The new railroad is nearing cora<ple'ion, and it will add matetially to the wealth and convenience of the people along the line from Lockhari to < 'rr's crossing. here are some weddings booked for his section in the near future Several of our people are selling cotton seed at 20 cts per bushel. Kiev. M. F. Samples preached at Abingdon Creek yesterday, lie will not supply that church next year. Lev. J. P. Marion will preach at fc-alem next Sabbath, 17th inst. Vox. LITERATURE AS A STUDY. Paper Read Before the Teachers' at Their Last Meeting by Miss Minnie Gist. ' Literature is made up of those few books which have been preserved thr ugh the selective instinct oi human influence. As a man thinketh his heart, go he is. As a man o child reads so he thinks, is also true How important it is, then, that all children shall learn to read intclli gently, that they pball learn to lov< ? mod roittl nnlv the best IV, J True, the law does not require th< teaching ff literature in the comnior schools, but the good of the chih deipsnds it, That the poor over jjrorked teacher has no time for ai extra branch of study is equally true t *- AS* AM AM. AIA A' *. V? AU AX, -Jit. -Mi ^ rl\ A. H. FOSTER, Vice President, f . D. ARTHUR, Assistant Cashier. T inters' National Bank | ON. 8, c. | $60,000 I 50,000 f 60,000 f $170,000 I V. II. Wallace, Wm. Jeffries, | E. P. McKissick,'A. H. Foster, X our Business. | What is to be done? The reading class must be the literature class very often. I think it is generally thoughl that poetic narratives are most suit able for primary and intermediate gradts. What child does not enjoy hearing a story? No doubt the smallest child in our schools would easily understand and enj >y a simple story; "The Hell of Atri," for instance, tells how a great bell hung at a tuur k< t place and everyone whe had a trouble or grievance of any knd would ringthis bell. And how one dav, in the hot part of a summer afternoon, when must of the people were in their houses, the bell rang very loudly and it proved to be a poor, old, half-starved horso eating the vine that had grown ovor the rope. This was a poor old beast that some cruel master had left to live or die. Then how King John told the cruel master to take his horse back end treat him kindly as long as he lived. Thus the Bell of Atri was the means of c.rusincr iustice to be done n t; to a poor dumb brute that could not p!ead for itself. After ibe children iirO familiar With the Btury, rcau tue language of the poet and it is astonishing to see with what interest they will listen to sec how the poet tells the story. Of course in this reading all hard or strange words will have to be explained. Most of the reading books of the intermediate grades coutains a large number of good select ions. Nearly all of them have some .of Longfellow's and Whittier's poems, and these are very well suited to this class of pupils. All the poems of one poet, Longfellow, f??r iusiauce, might he assigned in succession. Login this study by a talk on the life of the author. If possible have his picture, the picture of his birthplace, later residences, or any interesting scenes connected vyith fyis life. To clinch this the ipatter shoqld be rcprotlijced in cqmpoaitiqn or l$n guage class. Some entire poems might be memorized apd on Friday afternoons spend tho last period 01 some given time in recitations, bio graphical sketch and readings from the writings of the poet. Other writers should be studied in the same way. Of course, all reading lessons canpot be gjvpp in tbp vay, but a part of them can b< used to study the reader from a l't erary standpoint. Besides all thii is what good rending demand-) Memory gems are excellent and every child should have a number ol ttiem stored in his mind a goo< plan is to have a table on which ar< placed papers, magizines and booki I >r the use of the pupils, however never make use of the inattep placet there. IIow shall the teacher read this class? The best thing is for tb teacher to read aloud to the whol school and insist upon the attentioi of the room. Books can be foun which will, after a time, interest th t lost indifferent. There are od moments which can he utilized fo this reading. Once a week the reatf ing may take the place of the sipgiufc On dark, dull days when things g wrong it is well, for more than onercj pod, to set aside the regular work an I read a bright story. Chiidren hsv p been known to work and behave we in order to gain time for the readirij . of a book ip whigh t^ey are inters ed. It is surprising to find ho I much ground can be covered in . term, in just three ways, provide % the teacher knows what to select an has a definite plan, although no ? nite time. The children of thc> > years need the wisest care. The 1 minds are plastic and hungry. The . character is in the strongly primatii j period. Mistakes made here are a most irretrievable, many of tbe pupi WATCHES HJ But we bought before present stock lasts will g than any one. Listen: Solid Gold Watches from $15 up. G< uoid Kings, Kadies and uents sizes $ 50c. Cuff Buttons, Artistic Broaches Ear Rings, etc. Well, we can't do it you the prettiest assortment ever sho Silver and Gold I A large and new lot just received, line at 85c or 3 pieces for $1. You pi > other places. Statuary, Silverware f< ; THE WILLI J. K. Young's Old Stand. never retch the high or grammar schoo's where nvre time can be given to literature. Among the greatest ' advances in fchool life within the piat-twenty year-, is the waking up of tcachets to the fact that they . should strive to arouse a love fur the best literature. It is not too much to sty that a child seat forth from a public school destitute of a kcalthy ! tasto for reading good books has 't failed in a most important element of his education. The strongest ' point in favor of good literature is its , ethical influence. The moral in' i. r . 1 .1 1 1 I .1 tluence 01 trie scnooi rentier nan ai, ways been marked. Few adults are unconscious of the salutary influence exerted upon them by certain literary s<lections read in schools, this being especially true of selections OA m r\ r frtil ^ a mr.nr\At*iT T f u tvt/1 aa/1 W/ -AW ?0 the special function of poetry to afoqso and ennoble the feelings llence literature furnishes one of the most effective means for moral training, and this is especially true in childhood. It'* examples of moral heroism have stirred the^deepest impulses of human nature and exerted a wide and salutary influence on the moral life of the race. Litrature abounds in this ethical material and how strikingly is the ineffectiveness of such instruction illustrated in the Bible, the greatest ethical as V religious influence arpoiig tpen. Ifere we have the story and parable, poetry and song and proverb, all uniting in a holy appeal to the heurt and ponqcieppe. ket ufl. fellow t aohers. realise and discharge the power and responsibility we have in moulding , the literary tastes of the young Wasted houra, deteriorated taste', . ideals and injured memories, all these cry oat against us, it wo, as teacners, i do not earnestly and conscientiously strive to instill into the young min^s, intrusted to us, a for the best in literature. 't MlXXIE C. Qt>TJ DEVELQPM&NT IMPERATIVELY DEMANDED . T. C. Da neat,, President and Treas urer of Union Cotton Mills, Union, S. C., and Buffalo Cotton Mills, Replies to the Questions of the Manufacturers' Record. , pA glance tpy> map of Hit* world 1 dlscla-ps'Uty'and question the Imperative j necessity for (ho immediate construction of an isthmian canal. Occupying, ae (hi t eon.it ry does, viliat might V termed < the middle grot.ml between the European rj cotst luieon the one hand nr.d the Cli; ^ ue-At enipiie on : he other, now li e cente: of world-wide and Increasing interest, 1 this ea ad becbi.ies a question of-absolute u necessity. j "Tin United States, from its pre,it ex i. jiariso ot' tenitov.v and extent of coasi iiue, n.qst, jn order to provide for am ' protect iu oitla-iis in the proper advance ;<> int lit of their business and materi ?1 inter i- ests. rieveloo without delar this water (1 way. The construction of an isthmiai .. cat.ul will constitute the United Star# ' the c-ti.'f coal and supply 14a put of tlu g work} Tftfl reciting fticiMties forth* t trans ctioti of uusiin as can hardly l* calculated. Where It now takes mouth: V*> deliver cargoes it would then reqtilr* A only so many days, and the business o d the world would advance as thouirh en d cased in the 'Giant's Seven-l^agui - Hoots ' What now appears as the alrane impossible would then be but a simpl |e realization. The Gulf poits of the Unite< ir States would, "if anything, surpass ii ir business New York and our Kasteri fft ports of entry, as the Gulf, by the con . rtj-uctiqn of tlifo cat tit', would bw oousti tut?d the great Bea high vay for tit la world's businem. All the ships froe iVE GONE UP the rise and as long as rive you watches cheaper aid Filled Watches from $9 up. Solid 1 up. SoHd Gold KlDgs, Children si/es ?, Watch Chains, Scarf Pins, Studs, * justice. Just come in and let us show wn in Union. Hearts for Bracelets Sterling Silver Novelties, a beautiful j ay 65c and 75c for same size pieces at jr the table, Clocks etc. ^ AMSON CO. ? OS Look For Watch Sign. 4 China for the eastern shores of America or for the western shores of Europe 1 would pass in and through the Gulf of 1 Mexico. All the business from the west coast of North and South America for the eastern coast of the United States woukl also pass through this canal, and instead of tlie gr at West transferri g Iter production to the eastern shores of i he United States by rail, they would naturally be con>eyei down the western waterways to ports that could be easily I reached by the mammoth ocean tramps . us they t ravel from one side of the world to l he other. "The construction of this isthmian ( canal would bring with it the develop- = incut of a merchant mariue, and our commercial business would iucrea.se with such rapidity that the necessity for a mercchaut marine would be the great iuceuti ve for its development. The people of the United States abound in resources, and where a propoeition demonstraUs clearly the necessity for development, the development will invariably fallow. "Gut country has reached that poiut C in her development where a steady and growing expansion of our navy is e-sent ai in order to protect our busiuess inter- a ests wherever they may be represented. The policy of the United State* govern- F meiit in decidmg to lake into their liauds the control and management of lie 1 Philippine Inlands demands a prompt expansion of our navy and the early development of our merchant marine. s ' We heartilv approve and fully endorse s the position taken by this government o ? jm?ii the gieal question ul expansion, t Willi-mi. expansion along the hues of <_ business covert^ \)y our manufacturing t aiiU t^cgro.\Yiug surplus in our agricul- y tiuaj productions, our country must in- ? pvitably recede from being one of tne u strongest and wealthiest nations of the world. The Unitel States hasiueveiy line of business surplus productions to be disposed of, Now, in order to best 0 dis.auu of those productions, and at the 0 same time to inmea-e oui development L and the produolive capacity of our c country, we must have markets, liow 1 can we better expect to oj>eu up and dr- 1 velop a business abroad than tb ough tl e 1 adopt on of wliat might be termed the I expansion policy of our government, in ^ so far as relates to the citation of oolo- S uial p<waesa';aua. F.nglaud, Germany t and France illustrate fur stronger than ! , w ords can depict the benefits to be dc- 1 < lived bv a country from a proper devei- i , ,.<f A/xl/xathkl ivoO^iiQui/ltlU III UWKMM.U p\?.VV?W?MUO, j The United States, you might say, Iuih. up to this time, In-en able willuu l?Mlf to consume in a measure the largest share of its rnauufaetured ui.d agricultural products, but it has now ( re ich"d t he point wliere. in order to more ' fully develop its great industries and resources, it must adopt the policy of the 1 three principal nations of the world ai d ' ojh-u up, through a policy of gpausio , ' 1 markets that \p?dpr other couditio..a co'\ld uy,t be controlled. V.jt is true our country has been doii g I some business with the Oriental couui tries, but. our business has been in the i main cotiflned to fliling in the odds and j ( ends that the great powers, \v1k> are in i [ coi trol at those centers, could not coi i ve-iientlr sppiJy. Wherever the great o.i su^nug sections of the world lu?v? to ! be supp led with both agricultural and mi-nnfa'U nved articles, they are without 1 exception supplied in Die main by the great powers under whose protection tle-v xist. t, "The United Stab* it eminently a I pi ogresslve nat ion. We as a people are . entirely independent to the utmost degree . of all the balance of the world. Such a . condtion also makes us dependent, for in the exulieranre of our growth aa an ini deiwudent hatpin, we must depend in a - gr^ot measure upon the outside j?eople , 3 for tr:wle and patronage. "Tlrtw mii this hkiithiMM. then, with >> tho outride world l>e lx*at attained is the <\ important: question now most agitated by n th peon a of this country. An isthmian f canal, a large and great merchant mail ie . and a most power! ul navy will make n this country what she should be, the t greatest of nations/' i? 1 GUANO NOTICE. ! 'J All parties owing us for Guano wid please taKe notl*? that these claims are ^ now due. Farr &> Thomson. I e 1 h fcF* Subscribe (or The Tones. j w 4 ?* 5 Wm. A. Nicholson 6 llESI'FCTFULLY SO ? BANKING BUSINESS AND YO ? And promise you the best protect Holidav f Now ready for your will pay you to com< over. We have footwear sion, so come to our for your holiday goo Union Shoe union, s. c. :atap h ores 15. DR. H. K. ? rvrrviTio' I IS )rown and ' Bridge Work. 'RICES TO CATCH THE EYE.' 'ho Kalian Fruit Seller'* Shrpwdneaa In Marking Ilia Ware*. ' The-Italian fruit seller shows his hrewdness as a business man in a mail way by the prices which lie puts u his wares. The fruit is arranged i:i . ciuptlng groups on his pushcart, ami ach grouj) is usually nmrlced with :t icket, so tliat tlie pedestrian may mow the prices without asking. Over i pile of plums may be seeu the tiny f, \j ,ign, "8 for t) cents." 8 j Now, the average customer does not ^ * >uy eight plums, and when he asks for a me it is 2 cents, or two for 3 cents, bb ind, as the vender sella more lots of 1 me than anything else, the eight for 0 Jq! :ents becomes a myth, and his stock iverages nearly 2 cents apiece. Teaches hat arc marked 12 for 25 cents if sold n dozen lots would be fairly cheap, 4 nit one peach from the same pile aJways costs 3 cents, and as "two for * J" is the popular salo in that class, he lot which is advertised at 25 cents jsually brings more than 30. In the ^ >rango season "8 for 25 cents" i^ a fa- "nt rorite price placed on tho fruit, which J1*011 ~ ... II.. 1.1 e t . i _ All' >3 i cmii j ?uiu lur *4 t'L'uia uyivas ? A bronzed Italian who has a regular route, over which ho sells fruit at all times of the years, was asked, "Why ion't you make prices for ono or two. iud not for eight or u dozen?" "Eightee for nine mnckee ye look? dCU yo payee two fo' one," and lie i winked the other eye In a way that showed that his reputation for shrewd- PS ness wus well deserved.?New York \\V Tribune. VJ I'niriie Selection. I A returned missionary, giving soinc i account of his experiences in Jamaica, says that lie wus ouce enllcd upon to act ns arbitrator between a man and \ his wife who had had a violent quarrel. ' The couple cauio to the missionary's house u short time before the hour * appointed for a prayer meeting to be *>er held in the chapel in the missionary's dooryard. a The man and ids wife both began to talk at the same time, their tongues going fast and furious and their tenqiera rising until they tinully came to blows and fought uutil the mis- M slonary was forced to use all his Ey strength in separating them. ^ lie succeeded in calming them and induced them to remain to nrnver (I meeting. After a hymn had been sung the missionary requested each person | present to give a quotation from the Scriptures, whereupon the man who // had the difficulty with his wife got W up and said briefly: "1 have fought a good fight." m The missionary had hardly recovered aW from the shock of this when an old ^ black woman got up and prayed that ? "do mlntstah" might be given strength ^ for "his weak body aud bis fceblo y mind."?Detroit Free Press. ., wi] OT = y : Son, Bankers, 2 LICIT VOL"It UR FIRE INSURANCE, ? ion and the best service. 2 slippers inspectoin. It i and look them for every occaBig Shoe Store ds. Company. FINE FOOTWEAR. ELECTRICS. >/VUTH, Y.^> Union, S. C. Nonaalted. -awyer?Tho coat'a too long, tho istcoat's too long?in fact, tho entire too long I 'flilflr?m#> uir T'm ocrv ar,r?v I?er?thought that gentlemen of r profession preferred long auita.? y Sloper. Maktnft Chango. )fticial?Certainly, there's n l)onnty J marks for killing un otter. Whore you lind him ? ^asant?In tho forest of Stoteon<? Official?Well, there's a fine of 3 rks for trespassing there, so you owe t 3 marks!?Fliegonde Blatter. The IIKer Bit. ihlhl rTM'lhlf* wilTi >| l lii Whnlo?Well, my young man. how II we settle it'.' Have you caught me have I caught you Y?New York ? wr* e 1