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, . . VOL XL1X. NO. 51. UNION, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRlDA^ECEMBElt 22, 1899. ~ ~ #1.00 A YEAR^
f F. M. FARk. President.
T QEO. MUNRO, Cashier,
| Merchants' and Pl?
I OF UNi
I Capital Stock
T Surplus
* Stockholders' Liabilities....
8
J Total
X v DiKKrro^S?.J. Av Fant, ,
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- -? ? -Items
of Interest Gathered from
Various Sections by our
Correspondents.
Gleanings from Goshen Hill. *
AVe have had an exceptionally pretty
fall?a long spell ef bright smash.ny
weather and the crops are abou' ail
gathored. '* In thi3 neighborhood
about one-half of a crop vaS
made, and the people seem much
I cast down in spirits, but it might
have been worse for we have gotton
a much better price lor cotton and
cotton seed than we expected and
then the health of the community
has hecn gi-od.
Much wheat and oats have been
sown and they are looking well.
* There are thore hogs to kill th m
there have been for many years, and
large droves of turkeys at about every
homo.
The "spirit of unrest" has
taken possession of the peop'o and
both white and black are changing
homes.
Mr. D. It. McCrachin will movo
to his home Inown as the "Crook's
plaeo" beyond Tyger, and . we will
miss his family very much, as he was
one of our most successful farmers
and they were a great help to our
church and school.
Mr. James Henderson, ?r., has
hud ? number pt" hands and mules at
work on the rail read near Co?iiuibia
but he has worked out T ie* contract
and is -it, home again, a vyjser and we
hope a richer man.
Wo were sorry to hear that ulitt!c
Jnn Henderson" lost his fuvoriie
horse recently. .
Dr. W,'Ij. Sims and wife, of Cur
lisle, pays'occasional visits to relatives
on tliis
Mr. Wv>S Hargrove anl Miss
Ellen O^aVx were married on the
1 A,li r.t' 'M.it' \Va wia'ti ihcm :t luJV'.
J 1/1,1 Vl A1VT ' " " *""" * ~ n
happy ami successful life. 'J'ticy
wil: remain iu .the neigliborhoxi
awhile to tho delight of their man)
friendJ. We hear that the wedding
bells will r.itig again in our communil)
during the Christmas holidajs.
Mr. J. D. - Kpps will be at th<
Douglass home for a short while.
The Hoho Is are in full blast, pre
sided over by Mrs. S. A. Jeter, Man
Co'ield, 'Mamie Smith and Manu<
Crocker. They will give a shor
vacation daring Christmas.
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Cofield ant
Mrs. S. A. Jeter attended tie
Cat lisle-Kennedy wedding at I)r. 11
0. Carlisle's residence in Newberrj
jountv. it was a grand affair?*20(
guests present; elegant supper, am
pre-crts amounting to $2,GOO j,
va'uo. 1 Tho bride was the onlj
daughter of Dr. It. C. Carlisle, i
i?: -i.i., /i,l..nnt../] niirintiftn ffirl am
ui?iujr 0 _
the groeio an A. R. P. minister frori
Due West.
Mrs. J, E. Cofield paid a sli j
frjsit to her friend, Mrs. Dr. Max
% urell, of Greenwood, last week and i
.?* t 4"'
A. H. FOSTER, Vice President, f
I. D. ARTHUR, Assistant Cashier. T
inters' National Bank |
[ON, s. c. |
$60,000 1
50,000 f
00,000 1
.$170,000 X
,w. Jeff riorffc |
I
lit -Mm. jgP ^ ^ wi.
t-'*1' -.'i i; ?l5kv ^ . '*' ^ ?
now on a visit "to lieroply sister, Mrs. ,
l)r. Oricjp? of Due .West. She is ac
cnupahied by her little grand- ,
f daughter, Frances Jeter.
MrTKing and. family, from Walnut-Grove,
have moved to Mrs. 13.
jH5? Hsndy's place. Wo welcome <
them to our midst.
Mr. President Lee has rented bis
place ami will move to Georgia. ;
Mr. Duckett, of <&lack Hock, will |
move to Union. Both of these wore
well-to-do farnoor9 and we are sorry j
to see ihem leave. ' * ; ^
Peath has vi?ited ouf neighbor.
hool and taken from our midst a '
kind, gOs.d, loving neighbor, Mrs. (
Peggy Evans. Au unkind word
at-ver proceeded out of her mouth. j
A long month of suffering was al
ut, e l to her, but she bore it patiently J
and when the time came she was ,
ready and anxious to go. She bade
'u-i loved ones meet her in Heaven
or v1 tL the eyes of fai'h she c >utd J
gsze into the Heavenly eirv. She
vas iaid to re:-t at Rogers' grave '
..ird u large concourse of friends folI
lowed the remains to tho grave aud
I oer grave was literally eovered with t
11 wers. She was 95 years of age. ^
We all regretted to give hor up hut
wo feel that it is well with her. She
leaves five (laughters to mourn her
i t
lo>8.
The young people are planning ?
many pleasures for Christmas and we
hope their brigheat dreams may bo
realized and that they may have t
much enjoyment. We wish for The
Times greater success than ever ne>;t year
and hope that all and every one
i-onnected with it may have a pleasant
Chiistmas.
The correspondents we hope will
have a pleasant Christmas and happy ,
new year and would be glad to see
s me of them at some of the social i
gatherings. 1
Ivy Gkekn.
Cross Keys News.
Mr. Editor:?On Monday night :
I last, we hud quite a storm of wind
j and rain. Mr. Simpson Spirks was
a* the home of Maj. R. J. Betsill,
1 after the storm was over he started
( home and at or near the Alliance
1 ou?o he met a negro man leading a
1 cow, ue asked him where he was goi
y; inch a night as that with a cow,
he replied that he was on his way to
Union. Mr. Bpark* told him he was
on he wrong road and the man
he cow came on hack to the X
Ke\ s and got on the right road for
i J Lo.Oi. Mr. Bp-irks went on home.
U'* David U. Ili-shop was rooming
with him nt Wilhuru Jiros. store, and
: on hemg woke up hy Mr. S a con\ersaiion
ensued, Mr. S. stating the
peculiar circumstances about meeting
i a man such a night as that with a
cow. David Iiishop remarked that
; 1 e believed the cow was stolen propr
ertv, and they agreed to go in search
ot the man, they came on down to
? ihe residence of Mr. Robert WiD
i 1 iL!? a L _ 1 1.1
ourn ana got imm out, who oy tno
way is always ready to help in anv
j emergency, and they started tor tho
3 man, they overtook him at Mr. Gist
t Princes' under his shelter, they got
the man and cow and started back
1 with them, but the man took leg bail
> and outrun the crowd. Mr. Robert
NVilburn took care of the cow,
y and he and Bishop tracked the ras
) cal into Laurens county, but faded
1 to get him. The owner of the cow
it lived near Tyleraville, in LaurenB
r county, and being informed about it
it cauie and got his property. Messrs.
1 Sparks, Wtlburn and Bishop certain
0 ly deserved the pra se of ah the good
people in this county and Laurens
1 for the sacrifice they made that
stormy night. It insures good citi*
zens of the fact that while they ure
WATCHES HAV
But we bought before th
present stock lasts will gh
than any one. Listen:
Solid Gold Watches from $15 up. Gold
Gold Rings, Ladles and Gfchto-Slzes $1 U|
8Q?, i vCu?f Butione, Artistlo Broaches, 1
Silver and Gold He
A large and new lot just received. Ste
lino at 85c or 8 pieces for $1. You pay
other places. Statuary, SiW6rwar6 fojf t
THE WILLI/
J. K. Young's Old Stand. g
islcep that protection is near, and | ^
iff rua on m?H w tiff awtoi are'cvw^
that the way of the transgressor is p?
a?r<U , \ --1.fcns
At a regular liflteeting of Crosc* m
Keys Lodge No.'137 A. F. \I. held pt
:bt* SaT-arday the 10th, the following Vt
({fleers were elected and installed: pt
B. G. VVilburn, \V. M.; J. E. IM> &
;-n, 8. W ; L. J. Browning, J: W.; fa
Ino W. Sambrs S?cetary; II J. h?
Oetsill, Treasurer; J. ^S. Wilbauks of
ind G. T. Holds. Deacons; Robert th
Wilburn und J. W. Humphries cli
Guards; M. S. Bolton. Tiler. 1 xn
\ is'i to state thar fot many year.- t0
Mi?j. Betaill Wd8 the Treasurer of p<
Jr -cs Keys Lodge, but was retired ha
.. ..( . or. ,4.:^.. ?j , c
t?i uuuuiit Ol li'JU catin iii'iiU i l
is ever expected the p'easute of
neotrig with hint in lodge much le.cs rt<
/O see hiiu well, and elected and in- g,,
italied in llie OuiCc iliiS i8 Cci"- of
ainly a very remarkable tact. I
Miss Lillu Bctsill, daughter of K. in
L Detail), left us on Tuesday last for co
in extended visit to relatives in Mar j <1<:
[hall, Texas. We wish her a plas-1 Uj
mt journey to the Lone Star State, j ar
Thomas II. Gohe. j m
MR. DUNCAN ON EXPANSION. 01
m
Mill Mvu Need the Philippines in W
Business---Mill Men and lo
Charleston Money. 2(
General Manager Duncan, of the
LTnion Cotton Mill and also of a new
mill iu course of construction near
Union, the Buffalo, is a visitor iu ^
the city. Mr. Duncan is .m1 of the 1
best posted and most eucces.-ful mill /,
men in South Carolina and talks very ^
intertainingly on this very important jJJ
Buhject to Southerners Yesterday
a....i... v "j
it&ti'i iiuuii a xcpuuvi iui muiic\>nauu j.
Courier encountered Mr. Duncan at ^
the Charleston Hotel and asked him
about the mill situation in this State.
Nothing could havp been more ex- tj
pressive than the smile that greeted
this query. It was one of those (j
br ad, bland smiles that indicate
pr spority aud happii.es, and it was ^
a good sign of what followed. i
The mill situation in S. uth Car- j
olina is all that eould he us fed or
hoped for," Mr. Duncan said. ' With
the market from 75 p?r cent, t > 80 ^
per cent, better than ir was this time
last year people whoowncottm mills F
are correspondingly elated. I think
the enterprise is merely in its infancy.
If the policy of the McKinley Administration
concerning expansion is i
followed out, and 1 hope it will he, ^
the cotton mills of the South w ill he j ^
in clover. Thp fact of the matter is j
that this country of ours is too largo; |
it produces too much for home con- ^
sumption and wc must have an outlet.
The Philippines, the West Indies?our
new possessions?furnish a
splendid outlet for the sale of our >
surplus. If we do not control these outlets
for trade, just as England t'
does in India and ^outh Africa, why h
we won't be in the race at all. Wh?r- ''
ever you find a Southern mill h
man you find an out and out cx^ ?
pausionist, aim 11 is hs own v
good that makes hira so. Take t
the Filipinos, the Cubans, the Porro c
Itieans and the other inhabitants of c
our recently acquired lands; 'they "
will not be a manufacturing people f
for hundreds of years yet. They aro f
going to be ogricnlturi&ts for many t
years and will have to buy their man- f
ufactured produota, and is it not common
sense that the trade with these ('
people should be controlled entirely <
'E BONE UP
Le rise: and as long as
^ c^ieaPer
FiUgd fvatohes from $0 up. Solid I
p. 'SojSdtbold Rin^s, Children sizes
rfchfm'mJ i gnoof PU?
come Id and let us show
iirCpfor Bracelets
fling Sihter Novelties, a beautiful
656 and^Kc for same size pieces at
he flocks etc.
ISIoN CO.
| i Look For Watch Sign.
mmmmmmmiaii
f ttio Onited States? Now the rca>&
why Southern mill men are exmsiouist^is
this: It has been demjgEfHHjHfter
thousands of exponents,
thstthc cotton goods for exrft
miist i? of tho course, heavy
jCSuicljr woven goods and
in S willl&t sell* in ^he far East.
heyTiavo been tried and found a
ilurc. The mills of new England
ivc about gone out of the business
manufacturing coarso goods and
o mills of tho South are alm<>st ex '
usively in that business. Southern ill
men want the same kind of predion
in the Philippines, Cuba and (
jrto Rico that tho English mills =
ive in India and other colonial postisions
of tno United Kingdom.
"The hew mill, the Buffalo, which
3 are bulling in Union is a coarse
>ods mill and it will be the largest
its kind in the Southern Statesconceived
tho idea of building this
in 1-^ ? I '
11 IU uwu-.^ic murnui ?oln? anfl *
ming. You see, "when the ten:ncy
of the course woods market is
) the line goods market is down,
id vice verea. Now with the two
ills going wc hit the market with
io of them ivcry time. The new
dl will bo a very large one. It
ill have 83.000 spindles. 1,300
urns un<t an annual consumption of
),000 bales of cotton. The product
this new mill will be almost excluvely
for export and the goods will
; shipped to the countries over
hieh the Americans have recently i
ken dominion, to China, Japan and
i far as the Red Sea. No South
aroliua cotton mills have aa yet
ade shipments to the Philippines.
it they will dp. aa next year."*
When naked why the South Carcua
cotton mills did not do all their
iukii)gJjj|t?harleston Mr. Duncan '
iid:
"Simply because at *11 time- of
it; your money is not as cheap in
barlr9t<>n as in New York, The
tue of year when a tnill needs a
rout deal of money is when the cotm
supply is being purchased, and
te mill rnitn goes to where he Gsin
uy money cheapest. A man lookig
for money is liko a man searchig
for anything else; he hunts the
est market, and during the greatest
ortion of the year money is cheaper
1 Charleston than in New York
ad the mill men are buying money
i this city. If Charleston banks
ill let us U^ve the money as cheap- |
r as New York hanks do why \vr i
ould gladly get it here always."?
lews and Courier.
?apt. G. W. She'l Diva Very
Suddenly.
Laurens, Dec. 15.?Copt. George
Vushington Shell died suddenly at.
! o'clock this afternoon at his houie j
hreo miles from this city, lie was j
ero a while yesterday on his way j
o:nc from Greenville, where ho had
een on business pertaining to his
ffioe, district censu3 supervisor, and
k-hile there had an attack of gomehing,
like cramps, but soon recovrcd
suthciently to travel and imocdiately
came home. A second
utack to-day, which probably afected
the heart, proved too much
or his tharr'weakened condition to
mt!Slanu and ho expired almost
suddenly.
Cwpt. Shell retired from public
ife in 1895 and since devoted his
;irao to firming on a modem and ex/
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M
mf
g Wm. A. Nicholson &
s IiESrFCTFULL Y SOI
? BANKING BUSINESS AND YOl
And promise you the best protect!
a
OUR THANK
To one and all :
patronage they
* AND THE CL<
YEAR FINDS US
LEAD.
Wishing- all a ha
and a prosperous
Respectfn
Union Shoe'
UNION, S. C.
:ATAPH0RE3I5.
PR H. K. S
<^DENTIST
3ro\vn and
Wot.ls. ^K:
jgraxnocggy m mvrMaratts-^fa^ac. vamssl a r i ai???t?
Harne
We are no w ready fc
THE BRICK
In rear of Farr & Thor
will conduct a 1
LIVERY, FEED AND
Mules and Horses always 01
Carriages, Buggies, Har:
Have some good secom
that we will se
CALL AND S
UNION SI
R. H. MILLER, - - j
tensive scale. Ilis appointment as J hosp
district oensm supervisor w;?s con- to hi
tinned only a tow (Jays ago and nc I in
wan in the dischnrgo of Lis new oiVice I Miss
when the summons came. \ subs<
Copt. Shell wa3 70 years old, a j 8urv
man of pleasing address and marked sou8
ability. I A
Everybady bore was shocked and r'n 11
pained at the suddenness of his deiniss . l>a
and general sorrow is felt.
. w r!
lie was reared on a farm, hut in jj
early life engaged in e mmercial u
pursuits and became an efficient business
man. Ho entered the Confederato
s-'vvioo and was Lr a brief period n
a lieutenant, afro wards serving as T
quartermaster in Kershaw's brigade, find'
/1? T.'_ i ...11.. r,
j\crMiuiY I't'iiig uvvuicui^) ui- VJUI
tachcd to him. n ?
After the war lie returned to lii3 '^ac
farm but was elected subsequently
clerk of Court for this county and in
181)0 was Democratic county'chair- *
man. He entered uctively into poli- lt. .
tics, was elected to Congress and "'Jj
served for two terms and then declined
to bo a candidate for Congrers. qjj
He was industrious and faithful to A
! iiis constituency; Was of an eminently plea;
kinlly nature, very largely givTen to now
1 J
Itl UtlM9 MtlMNliM
Son, Bankers, ?
,ICIT YOUII 3
JR FIRE INSURANCE, jj
on and the best service, i .
for the liberal
have given us,
)SE OF THE
STILL IN THE
ippy Christmas
New Year,
illy,
Company.
FINE FOOTWEAR.
ELECTRICS.
M1TH,
1 Inlnn. S T. _
Wagons,
ss.
>r business at
STABLES
nson's store and
first class
n ? i r or mi r
oMLt ol Mt>Lt.
1 nana, also a line of
uess and Wagons.
1 hand Buggies
>11 cheap>EE
US.
FABLES.
- - - Manager.
itality an i charity and devotion
s friends.
i early life he was married to
Dial, who died early, and ho
equcntly married Miss Hall, who
ives him with a large family of
and daughters.
t the tithe of his death he held
nportant position in the census
>rtment for this district and had
commenced actively upon its
\
e was a faithful and prominent
iber of the Baptist Church, a dod
father and husband and a
?rous and kindly neighbor.
lie State Department seemed to
it diflicult to grasp the fact that
3ul Macrum bad resigned. This
.ot surprising, considering that
rum i<i au Ohio man.
: the Filipinos arc savages, as stated
bo Administration organs, how is
hat Otis is violating all rule of
li/.ed warfare by enlisting them am
iera and icouts under our Hag?
AND NOTICE.
II parties owing us for Guano wfll
se take no .ice that these claims are
due. Farr So Thomson.
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