The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, January 26, 1900, Image 2
BULLER IS SILENT;
ALL LONDON UNEASY
Most Anxious Pause Since the
War Began.
SITUATION A GRAVE ONE
R?W R?o*gnlS<*ri Tlint Alio Hoor Pod.
Uon, If Bvtr Tak*i>, Can Only lie
Captured <?t Trrincndous Cost ? Wur
Ot&QH ll?*lp~od.
London*. Jan. 24.?The oxtremo ten loo
caused by what may justly be
designated the most auxious pause sinco
the war began hud not been relieved up
to the time of writiug this by anything
save the daily Stock Exchange rumor,
Which today happens to have been
started by the bulis, who ass -rt thai
General Warren has captured S, iou
Kopf.
Anxiety in regard to the news is visible
on all sides. The war oflu-o wat
besieged at an early hour this morning
hnd the clubs uud other ro-orts liable t
rsoeive early news have b.-un crowned
With eager inquirers.
It in geuerauy recognized that the
Boer position, if ever taken, can oulj
be captured at a tremendous cost.
As the atteruoou progressed the ex
eitement on Paii Mali reached a higl
pitch. But the" war office oiliciais reit
rated at 8:80 p. m. the oftrepeatet
statement that "nothing had been re
ceived from General Butler." The sua
pause vfti increased by the boi'.ef tha
General Bui.or would novor have nub
hiked his intention to attack the Boer:
on ttpionkopf unless satisfied that t hi
assault would bo carried out before tin
new* cou'd be puoiishod, uud it \va
fully anticipated that the nuws of hi
sauces* or failure would roach Londoi
ib a few hours at tho most.
The on bluet ministers called at thi
was- office, after lunch, to a<k for news
A dispatch ironi Pretoria, tinted Tu is
day, Jan. i;b, somewhat amplifies th
dispatch of Monday, Jan. 2 2, l'rom th
B<or bead lancer, cabled to the Assa
stated Press last evening It savs:
"Four or five times during the da;
the British replaced their wearied sol
dlers by fresh ones. The Boer casual
tiss to date are one niun killed and t\v
slightly injured Our meu aro in ox
oeHcn t spirits. There is a large slaughto
of the British. General Botha is uov
ia Bo a command, General Cronje huv
1br been sent elsewhere "
The same dispatch, apparently re
femug to the sitnatioti at Colemo, savi
"One of tho large Boor Maxims wa
temporarily disordered, but was eooi
repaired. Tiie British northern cam
ia in cuu fusion. Ptople arc observe
trekking aimlessly in all directions "
Commenting on Captain Mabati'e a!
tirade, the St. James Gazette today r.
marks:
"ina aavioe is goou una ueuuuu 1
Amarica. While strict neutrality
siaintained in the official world at:
good will for Euglaud is felt by the i e
tar informed, it ib simply mi-leaditi
the public of this country to suggest, :i
oma oorrespondents are doing, that a:
tasroniaui to Euglaud is conr.ned to
negligible body of AmorjW^ug.au
y tu.i ViMi((t-nt* thau was our douu a
gyiupathy with them at the outbreak i
the war with Spain, and the contrast <
ofttotal and popular attitudes is 110 let
mark ad in the Uuitod States than it :
in Germany."
8TALLINGS WAS EXPELLEE
Me Itrfuscd to Appoint n Negro a
Assistant Post muster.
Augusta, Ga , Jau. 24 ? W. h. Stal
lags, He publican po-t master of At
gosta. has baeu "expelled" from th
Banublican party by negroes in contrt
of the politics of tho party in thi
oouuty.
He presented himself to register ic
seieotion of delegates to state and lit
tincai rnnvAnrmns aur) eh
privilege, on the ground that he wa
spelled,
l'uitj action was taken becauso he rt
tused to appoint a negro named Win:
berly as asm taut postmaster.
Wimberly has since been appoints
deputy revenue collector.
An liijiiiiction Suit Hoard.
MaCox, Jau. 24.?The casoof Miohae
Dady versus the Georgia and Alaham
&sd ths Florida Central and Peninsula
railways came up today he ore Ju ig
Spser of the district court. The ca-.o 3
the hearing of an injuu.. ion in a mi ; i
prevent tbo consolidation of the i vt
reads, the ultimate it tent ion of t.i
merger beiug, it is claimed, an aliiavc
with the Seaboard Air L;ne. The t -a
board Air Line officials c.uim thatD^u.
is not a stockholder of record.
Gin uud Milling <'C!iipauy.
Or a Kit, Ala., Jan. Ol ?Tbo Oz.;r]
Gin and Milling company has Unformed
here with T W. Ghaiiin, pre dent;
E. W. D. Dow ling, vico presid -c;
H. C. Dowling, secretary, atU r?. J
Goff, treasurer. All tno stock has bus
Mibsoribed, the lot selected and pur
chased, and work is to b-gin oa rk
plant at onco The Mui?y.*r ??ystoai
to be used with u stauuarti pquiro 1 ai
prats. Itopo and coringj maciitu 1}
will be added later.
Sympathy With I fie I toe is.
Philadelphia, Jan. fc-i.?Tha Nether
lands soci-ty of this city lius adopt et
resolutions sympathizing with tho Boon
and "with all peoples struggling ti
maintain their homes ogainst uujua
assault aud ravage." Tno rcaoiutio n
aUoadl: "That wo lik?w.sj symoa
tbize with the millions o teop'o in iu
dia now starviug to dea h in en ji-ymcu
Of t hat civilization tendered to tin
T?*niTa.il."
) Southern Krrlgln J)i-r.tll>*<].
Tahsbtiixk, S. 0 , Jan M - Quite*at
accident ocoorred about *1 o'clock jo*
east of Alrneda, on tho Cli u io.it n i pc
Wsstern Carolina railvva/, tot; .v uru
era fft?? freight goicr north, o v i. l(
four or five oars, injuria;/ one r n? t
brftkaman?but not serioarly, at;, o* no
plately blockading the track, so that at
tfiiai oottld pass.
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NEWS OF A WEEK
fN THE CAROLINAS
Sen. Butler's Speech Before
Populists at Raleigh.
INCOME TAX IS REPEALED
Greenwood Farmers Kesolve Not to I
l*.ty Moro Than Ten l*er Cent A !?
vanco For Fertlt!z*rs?Tragedy lu
O mng'-burg.
Ralkigii, Jan. 20.?Seuator Botler
made an extreme spoech to tho Populist
state committee in session here last
i night. He gave tho keynote of tho
Populist xnachino campaign, attacking
the new election law and the limitation
of negro franchise. He said:
; "Tho negro question, I know, con,
fronts us, and it must be settled, but wo
can't trust tho rnuu who has lived on
] the negro for .30 yours to settlo it.
t We've got to sett o it. Wo are tho folks
r ! who at heart want it sot tied; not they.
' | We want it settled so they can no longer
I use it as a scarecrow.
"Tho Republicans also are anxious
for its settlement and they'll help to
settlo it in tho pro tor way. The Republicans
are in this fight to the death.
1 Let us jo.u hands with them and help
! them whip this gang ont of tho state,
I Let us announce to tho world that North
Carolina will no longer be ruled by anj
archists, red shirts aud a little pang of
' toadies?men who have betrayed everybody
und everything.
"The Republicans nro willing for na
to tako iho load. Go ahoad and hold a
convention aud name a ticket. Of
course, there will bo sotno Republicans
on u, and it may bo we can litid a Democrat
who will join in this autiatnond.
ment light. There aro some sncli promj
iiient Democrats and 1 think it possmle
that one or more of them may oiler to
: tako a place 011 tho ticket.
i INCOME TAX A FAILURE.
Law K.iiict? <! T hi*. ? Years .\go Has
IJii.sl Hern Iv pi-ulrd.
Columbia, S. O., Jan. 10.?South OurI
olina has tried tho income tax; it has
' proved unprofitable und tho law has
just boon repealed. The incomo tax
; bill was introduced as "an adiuiui->ira
' i tivo measure in January, Ib'.t,, to go
: into effect Jan. 1. lb:) ), anil was passed
. ' at that session after a bitter fight .u
s ' both houses.
11 | 'lhe act provided that there should bo
?! annually assessed, levied and collected
upon tho Kress profit an 1 uico.no received
during tuo calendar year by
,. every citizen of the sta'o. whet tier p i id
profit or income bo derived from prop*
;1 erty, routs, interest, dividends or saltrios,
or from any pro es>ion or tra.la or
,j from any otbor source, a tax of i nor
cent on such luconio over $'.000 and up
to $3,o00. l'a per cent on tho iiinnmo
k.T from $3,000 to Q 7. JO J, h per cent lr>m
... $7,i>00 to $10,000, -!o per emit 1rom$lU..
000 to $13,000 and J p.r cent <m *** m
:1 flw was new and there was some fear
ip that its provisions Would be enforce.i,
,f was that something over $7,000 wasuoilected,
and tiie returns for las: year
J3 were even smaller. Tho oi;y o; (Jhar.es
is t?u paid more than half iha entire tax
, for the state, and thou gavo but usniaii
portion of what was duo under the aot.
FARMERS IN MASSP/iEETlNG.
8
( llcaolvi' N >t (o I*uy Ovi-r T? 11 1*. r Out
j More Korfrrtlllz ri.
j. . Gkef.nwood, S C , Jan. 23 ?The
0 farmers of Greenwood, in masviueetiug,
,1 have decided not to buy fertilizers for
[8 more than h 10 por cent advance over
last year's prieos, and have called c:i all
>r other farmers in the state to meet oil
i* the firsc Monday in February and take
? similar aotiou. The following reaolu
8 tions were adopted:
"Whereas, this prices ox fertilizers aro
> being advanced arbitrarily through the
' influence of a tru-i and to an extent not
' justified by coinmnrcial conditions,
d "Keaolved, 1. That we, tho farmers
of Greenwood county, S C., hereby ap
I poal to the farmers of the state and the
cotton states to hold massmeetiiigs at
>1 their respectivo courthouses on tho first
a Monday in February, and that tncy
r pledge tlieinsoives not to purchase fertilizers
at an auvanco exceeding 10 per
0 cent over last year's prices.
"a. That wo regard 10 per cent ad1
vanee in prices of fertilizers as much . s
1 the conditions! justify. . nd wo nbv
' farmers noc to pure la^e unv fertiiis.;
0 at move than 10 p-r coat advance ov.r
* last year's prices."
ICgyptl :i! t'uttou to lie I'si'd.
ClIAKLF.o.Xn, Jan 20?It is saiil tl: .ft
Egyp ian cotton has been imported a
( rnittll qnuntitios by a cor to in vvoolta
mill in South Carolina for several yoo.r ?,
but the tir.-t largo shipment of To
Egyptian staple lor a b lath CanJiu v
co.fist niili \>aa ruostv.id at Clover,
1 Yor.x county, hv-t 'J ui'i ay, irevu
and-r. via Ho.-ton. Tho auw cotton mi 1
J ut tlicvo-wi?l ii n M | Tan cotton
4 ciaCvoi". its Viituiayers c.aiming t
eea .viand vtanlo ha* i:n. tho "iin-n.M
and eilhiuos*" i>. jcos.-.uw lot the suj>?.
rior yarn they are to c.aite.
\Vn*liv>u h 1> Ijyf I Trains.
Wilmington, 2s. C., Jan. fO. ? An a'
' most unprecedented dor.npoor of rai l
B last night in this section cousivievarI>
3 delayed trafilo on tlio different railroa
1 running into tho oily. On the Yudli: i
' division of t i Atlantic 'Joast Lino a
trains had to bo am u Ion on necr.tin: c
va<h< u' in tho track, and t ram iai,,?
1 Wilmingron and Isow E rne il.vision i f
' the sonio s'-Btori wciv i e'ayed sever. .
bonis for tho name re.is >u.
K.tlr CVir-1 I*. iy r. Se-irrct.
CiiARLorrr:. N. O., Jan. in.?T w,
criminal court grand jury, in its repot ,
u-tvs it is ul "inoii at to: in- reasj ?f
| crime tvi 1 boilOTaI i: is dot t > lit > sire
for ganb i:. g which jvrtno s.os :
strata of so? ty r.n I 11? "tii > d.iin.t
j bau.it lb.it di i'.y ? )*' oi.r i.-. nt progio
sive euchre p:>;t o.< s' oai I be d -a1: \vi* i
as hlcrnly us ibo negro 'crap shooters.' "
) . I
PROGRESS OF THE SOUTH.
Mew Imluatriwl KHlrrprUfi KrpurU4
iWriag a h.
Baltimore. Jan. 19.?The new induatrial
amteprises of the week.-** ported te
The Manufactures' Record were:
926,000 electrio company, 60 barrol
floor mill, $60,000 soil pipeworkB, $30,000
water and light company in Alabama.
$60,000 drainage company in Florida.
$100,000 telophono company, $','6,000
wheolworks,'$l6.000 eoffiu factbry, $30,000
knitting mill, $200,000 cotton mill
in Georgia. \
$15,000 ea\\mills, $20,0u0 telephone
company, 50,000 barrel brewery, $50,000
shovel factory, $75,000 sash atid door
factory iu Maryland.
$100,000 lnmber company, $o,OCO lumber
mill in North Carolina.
50 barrel flour mill, 30 ton oil mill,
10 ton ico factory, $200,000 cotton tnili, )
$150,000 gas and electric c^.ipuny in i
South Carolina.
$5'J,000 veneering factory, ?125,000 '
phosphate mining company in Tennessee.
DELEGATES ARE CH&SEN.
Florida Ri-publlcaii!! AtlJ.iiirn .\Iler
1 ndor.il >c MclCinley. V
St. Augustine. Fla., Jan 19.? The
Republican state convex; ion be.; adjourned.
Daicgateu to the national convention
at Philadelphia were ou.un as
follows: Joan G. Long aud Hanry
Chubb, white; Joseph Leo aud Mark
Whit", negroes.
MeKiuley's administration received
hearty indorsement, bat the delegates
were not i :structod for any candidate.
Tho loaders in the convention nil
agreed that the vice presidential candi-.
date would come from New York, Lieutenant
Governor Woodruff being the
favorite, thoui^i Secretary B.iss had
uiauv supporters. Tno Florida delegation
will, it is conceded, foiiov.* tho lea!
of tho New York delegation.
SHil.OH PARK BOARD MEETS.
Work to lie Done by t!i Ci.mmission
This Year M.ipp< d On-.
Chattanooga, Jan 23 ?The S'uiloh
National Military pari: commissi n iio??i
a meeting at tho Read lloa u here today,
those present boing Coloiiwl Cor
neiins Cadin oi Cincinnati, Majqr J. H.
Asbcraft of Fadnoub, Ky., Hon. Josiak
Patterson of Memphis, Major 10 W.
Heed of Chicago and Albert Thompson,
the chief engineer.
Tile meeting v.'as for the purpose of
Clapping out the work to Le tiouo this
year, aud the engiueer received iumno
lions to push the work .of marking the
battle lines and camps with iron tablets.
The com illusion has already spoilt
$150,000 on tne battleliold and it s expected
that it will be ready for dedication
in two years.
HAY TO RECOGNIZE WHiTE.
Krug.'r Will II ;v ? a It*-present illvr
at Washing ten City.
Washington*, Jan. 21'.?Idoutigut
Whito will bo received as tho consnlai
and din'.omatic repr?:onfativo of tin
South African republic. Tho ' stat<
department has f.c 1 t.ytUvto''-^fystH*
ir\veu intimation of this intention
v... ? ' \ji opurly executed crodcn
I f 1 l) 1 Q \*7 111 nruCAtl f ? ? r? C, nxit .? ?,
: Hay and enter upon his official oaret-r
The precedent for receiving Mr,
| White is found in tho case if tk;
uuited states consulur ami aiplomatii
agent at Cairo, Egypt, tho only analo
gous case. Although Egypt is nuclei
Turkish suzerainty, ami tha Uuitec
States has a minister at Constautiuoplo
a consular and diplomatic agent is ac
croditod to Egypt.
Falll r an.I Soli Ai*(| n 111oil.
Knoxvii.lk, Jan. 28.?John and Jo
seph McGheo, father and son, have
been acquittod oi tho murder ci' Ernes
( Howard iast May. The McG'ieo anc
Howard factions had been antagonizing
I one another for years, and tho trouble
| culminated in a dosporato fight in the
! mountains last May in which Ernes
! and Henry Howard and John Mnri
I were killed by the MeGhccs. At the
first trial thoy were sentenced to life
imprisonment. This vordtct was ro
| versed by tho supremo court. John is
: a nephew of Coiouel G. W. McGiieo, a
i Wall street brokor.
Aii li.f'rnal Machine Koumt.
New Alb ant. Miss., Jan 20.?Today
while tho janitor was clearing thocrim
inal conriroom, ho found an inferua
machine, primed and ready for dis
charge, ingeniously arranged under lift
j chair provided for witnesses, it is pro
SDined that tho builder intended to as<
, snssiunte in tiiis manner an important
witness in one of the big trials scheduled
icr this term of the court.
I). *v y to V sit the South,
Mi MPiiis, Jan. 23 ?A special says
Admiral Dewey li is told a Go >r*ia c;u
grors n m that lie was contcmni.-.niig i
visit to the south next spring. ITo ex
jiecti to leave Washing:'n on Marco li
I and will bo at Savannah, G:i , Mrr.-l:
20 From Savannah ho will go to ' 11
(on, tn u to Atlanta. It is not r.i t?l
in.t-r ;hijlo tha' tho a imir.il will visit
Nashville and Memphis.
Luiiihcrm n I" ,Ji?c'c?ofHN>l.',.
Jacksonville, F!a , Jan. 2d ?Twt
huii'ircii Indian i lumbermen, ropres ut
ing the 11 tail Lnmbor Doa'.ors' ass > nation
of that state, nrrivad here his
morning. After breakfast they weni
to St. Augustine, returning this uitor<
neon Tomorrow tho party will enjoy
nil elaborate urogram prepared for teem
by tho board of trude.
.Agnrw Will li i S:-t Krcr,
Ocala, Flu., Jan. 20.? K. W. Aguew,
former president of the National Haul)
of Ocala, who was convicted in the
spring of 1807 and sentenced to live
years in t; o United States prison at OcY
lurabti:., () , ha9 had his sentence cnumuted
by the president, and will bo set
r l.iw.t An L
U? AtWAKJ Vll AlAUlCIJ O UUA.I.
Ainoileans TnUf Bantu Cs ux..
Man-.i.a. Jan. iil. ? Tho Ansrrian-i
have occupied Santa Crnz on Lacuna
do Bay, Lacuna province. I: wi* roported
mauy insurgents were ccncon
tratO'l, Lut the town was found dosorted.
ROBERTS DENOUNCED !
IN SCATHING SPEECH .
Landis Indiana Against \
Seating Utah Man. |
HE CREATES A SENSATION
Scores X'olygamUt* u:ui Mormoim Iti
anil Coiivii'S'8 tlio House i
With Ilia bu; casta?Saodgruss ol
AX o 5p i;kt.
Washington, Jan. 21?The licnso resume
J the debato on the Roberts case at
11 o'clock to lay. The galleries were
again weil fiilod, most of tho occupants,
ao on yesterday, teiug ladies. Some
minor business preceded the resumption
of the debate.
Mr. Powers of Vermout wa3 the first
sp?aker. Hj argusd in behalf of exclusion
of Mr. Roberts. The contention
of the minority for expansion, he
Baid, run up against the very precedents
v. hi :k were cited in its support. It was
the universal rule that a membar cou d
not be expelled tor an oft'enso committed
prior to election. White it might be
argued in Mr. Roberts'caso tba: poly.T
amy was a continuing status, too crime
itself, the inittai uct, took piaco louj
before Mr. Roberts was elected.
"Wo aro uot separating wife from
husband," said Mr. Powers, comment
iug on Mr. Roberts'speech of yesterday.
"Polygamy Uas never been legal in
Utah, either boforo or after her admission
into the Uai u. Polygamy was illegal
under the common law of Eug
laud. Th? mo.ami he took wife No. 2
the marriage was void. Mr. Roberts
knew the law. Ho cannot now plead
* * ---? ' ,l,n l,i,o m rul sfnrn
ino 'uauj uui. u^.siu-v ..... ?
justice."
Mr. Suodgrass o; Tennessee followed
Mr. Powers, supporting the views of
the minority in luvor of seating nud
then cspoliing Mr. Roberts. If we wore
not to be cm a tho exponents of the
Frouc'a system of justice, which lireBnuiod
guilt until innocence was proved,
ho 6ftid, Mr. Roberts must be accorded
bis prima facie right to his scat before
being ousted.
Ijitudis Kor I2xclus!on.
Mr. Lauais of Indiiua, a member of
the Roberts committee who sic nod tho
majority repor-t, argued that Utah hail
violated her compact with tho United
States. There had been universal rejoicing
in the laud m lbhO, ho said,
when Utah had bean admitted into the
Union. The people of the United Status
tnought that the birth of the state
worked the death of tho system of
polygamy. Yot, tlioy were startled to
learn in 180S that Utah had elected as
her solo representative in tho hou-c a
polygainibt, and that ho was moving
upon Washington with a plurality of
s wives and a multiplicity of childron.
- [Laughter. ]
Mr. Laudis went over the records of
the apostles of the Mormon church to
3 sho-.v that most of them w^re guilty of
?- sr;c.V,'33iaiSu,Ho
scored the church for its nii?$hi unu,
arousing great enthusiasm by his scathing
uenuncial ion.
At times he convulsed the house with
his sarcasm Of the lo apostles of the
3 church whou the proclamation was
3 is.-ued. ho said, ii wero open violators
of the law aud throe had undoubtedly
r taken plural wives since it was prouiul1
gated.
Mr. Laud is said he believed, and that
Mr. Roberts had not denied, that Margaret
O. fchipp had become his plural
wife since Utah was admitted in 1890.
He paid a high tribute to tho Christian
missionaries who had worked among
5 the people of Utah.
Mr. Roberts, lio said, had boastod that
ho had recoived the voto3 of tho gcn1
tiieus in his district. That, Mr. Landis
J said, was hecauso iie ran as a Democrat
a* well as a Mormon and because ins
opponent "had been a Danite who had
kxiied his man."
Advice to Polygainist*.
In conclusion he adjured the 2,000
polvgamists in Utah to take care of
their plural wives, but in God's name to
refrain from multiplying their luf'umy
by bringing more children into the
world.
Mr. Laudis expressed his plt.v for the
poor women who ministered to the rotten
and lustful notions of tno Mormon
priesthood. Ho ridicnlod tho proposi
tlon to admit Mr. Roberts and then to
tnrn him our. Tho framers of tho ooni
stitutiou in statuary hall would get
down oil their pedestals and laugh at
such a procedure.
: It would be a burlesque on law aud
i precedent and an outrage ou common
seiise Not only should Mr. Roberts be
turned lack, but al?o Utah, whoso people.
bo sa'.ci, u id solemnly lied to the
. I oo: gross ol ; iio United States in lth'O.
in hi* perora'ioa. Mr. I/tudis yr >
' ( tested against Roberts' ad tuition in the
? iu:i o ot' the motherhood of the land
. i and of the pitiful innocents doomed to
1 1 the shame of illegitimacy. He get a
! ; whirlwind i? applanse when he e: t
! down. Tho speech created a sensation.
Drlto liiys to Cestui In no.
Pakis, Jan. 21.?The Figaro publishes
tho following dispatch this mornit;?
which Deltodayo, lis editor, has sent to
Com to Boui do Casieilauo, in thocour-o
' i of which he says: "Your denials and
threats will change nothing of tho facts
! which are now notorious in Paris."
Drc.slou Agiin.it Carter.
' | Albany, Jan. 24.?Judge Wallace, iu
1 j the United States court today, concurred
i with the lower court in refusing to
i grant a writ of habeas corpus in tho
case 01 uaptain UDeriiu M. Carter, convicted
of conspiracy against the govern'
incut.
Mhcoii U?nlil?iice Burned.
Maoon, Jan. 34.?The beautiful restdence
of A. T. Holt, in Vinerille, wn
completely destroyed by firo this morning
ut 1 o'olook. There were lb people
in the boose at the time, but no one was
injured. The loss will amonnt to fib, 000.
When It Doesn't Turn.
A woman's silk frock Is spun by n
worm, but If the worm tries to crawl
on It the woman shrieks.?Chicago Record.
PRITCHARD ON THE NEGRO.
fcu Au.tr r to Uur|(ii.'?Spi-rtk K?t?n
lug IMtfrauvhltxiNMil.
Washington, Jan. 28. ?Al the oenslusiou
of routine business in ths sentt<
today Mr. Pritchard of North Carolina
callad up his resolution ralatiag to
the proposed amendment to the constitution
of -North Carolina, whiob, if
sdoptod, it is alleged, disfranchises a
largo class of voters of the state.
After reading the official resolution
Mr. Pritchard addressed the senate in
support of it, his address being in the
nature of a reply to that delivered sov
eral days ago by Senator Morgan.
Mr. Pritchard said the question involved
the peaoe and welfare of the nation
aud the stability of oar iustita
tions. The constitution guaranteed 10
each state a representative government.
If Mr. Morgan's contention prevailed
there wonld be pure nullification. He
said the Democrats of North Carolina
were attempting to deprive certain citizens
of gnarunteed rights, just as the
Democrats of Louisiana had done.
Mr. Pritohard said that if Senator
Morgan was right, thou the Democratio
party onght to have the courage to propose
the abrogation of the fifteenth
amendment, whioh gives the negro the
right of franchise. Ha said the adoption
of the proposed amendment to the
North Carolina const itution would souod
the (leatliknell to the aspira'ioas of
every Zab Vance Democrat in tho state.
While it was claimed that the object
of the proposod amendment was to disfranchise
thousands of white and black
citizens and thus create an officeholdiug
class, there could be no fear of negro
domination in North Carolina, declared
Mr. Pritcbard, because the whites outnumbered
the blacks two to one. He
regarded the attempt to amoml the ooustitution
as an effort to legalize the
fraudulent methods of the Democratio
ptny.
NEGRO POSTMASTER QUITS.
Chcraw Agog Over the Appointment
of His Successor.
Chekaw, S. 0., Jan. 23.?Cheraw is
11 agog ovor the appointment of a postmaster.
M. D. McFarlan, a negro lawyer,
who held the place onddr Harrison,
and who was ousted by Cleveland and
reappointed by McKinlov when he went
in, has for some canse resigned, and for
several days the race for his place has
been kept lively both here and in Washington.
It was thought an appointment
would be made last wesk, bat
some hitoh exists at the capital.
Delegations, letters, telegrams and
petitions have been the order of the day.
The applicants as far as known here are
11. E Highlaud, a negro barber, who
hns boon acting as assistant postmaster
-;hort while and E. II Wells W
A. Benton and W. O. MoCreight. All
kinds of rumors are afloat, and all interest
is now centered on the contest boing
waged at Washington by the stato delegation
and others.
Alleged Couuteif lt? r In J.ill.
Flokexce, S. G., Jau. 22.?John M.
Wiso. Jr , a young white man of the
Hymausvillo section, in this county.
has teen arrested and i? now in jail under
a cuarge or counterfeiting. A prej
liminary hearing was to have been bald
; Saturday before United States Cominis!
sioncr Wulter H. Wells, bnt important
witnesses could not be obtained and the
! hearing was adjournad to next Thnrs
day. Spurious coins have been circulated
hero quite troely lately and the
dopuiy marshal thinks he has ono of a
party of several who are implicated.
Cleveland mid 1'nrty henve.
Georgetown-, S. C., Jan. V3.?ExPresident
C'cvoland, Captain Robloy D.
Evans, U. S. N.f Captain P. B. Lamberton,
U. S. N., Commodore E O. Bern
edict and General A. G McCook onmc
| up from the San tee Gun club preserve!
i yesterday nud loft hero at 3 o'clock,
i thoir private or being attached to the
regular northbound train. Mr. Cleveland
is much improved bv the outing,
and said that ho had enjoyed himseit
exceedingly shooting the flue English
luuilards which aoouiid at this season.
I'opulht! .tli-ec In April.
Rai.E'.gii, Jan. 10 ?Tho Populist committee
met hero la6t night and called
the 6Ute convention for April 18 at
Haleigh. It wai practically deoided to
continue the fusion arrangement with
the Kepablioans.
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Master's Sale.
Stale of South Carolina, 1 Court of Com"
County of Union. j moa Pleas.
J. Clough Wallace,
vs.
Primus Beaty, et al.
In obedience to an order made herein.
I will sell at Union, before the court
house door, during the legal hours of
sale, on salesday, February 5th 1900, the j
following lands to-wit: I
All that lot, piece and parcel of land,
containing one acre, more or less, with
the buildings thereon, bounded by Public
Glenn Springs Iioad on the South, by
Sally Sims on East, by Elizabeth Smith
estate on Weal and Annie E. IIill on the
North.
terms of sale cash. V
C. II. Pkakx, Master.
Notice to Taxpayers
of Union County.
I will be at the following places as
designated below to assess all person- ]
ul property:
Union. Jan. 1st to Jan. 27th, 1900.
West Springs, Jan. 29lh, "
Gibbs, binder's Store, Jan. 80,
Cross Keys. Jan. 81st, 44
Sedalia, Feb. 1st, "
Goshon Hill, Feb. 2nd "
Lockhurt Mill, Feb. 5th, "
Adumeburg, Feb Cih, "
Kt-lton, Feb. 7tli 14
Jouesville, Feb. 8th, 44
Union, Feb. 9th and lOlli, 44
Carlislo, Feb. 12th *..44
Suntuc. Feb. 18tb 44
Will bo at Union to the 20th of Feb.
when the time expires for making returns.
All who fail to make their
returns in the said time that is fixed
by law will be charged 50 per cent.
penalty. John G. Fahr,
50?2-20. Auditor.
Dr. C. W. A.XTSTJELL, * ?
Physician and Surgeon, *
Offers his professional services to
the people of Union. Office in Bank
Building. Leave calls at Union .
r\ rv -??- ... W .
\Jl Ug VyU. ObUIO U1 liu^ UJ? 1 A."* /
19 for prompt service,
15 41.
Dissolution Notice.
The firm of J. L. McWhirter &
Co., Mas dessolved by mutual content
on January 1st, 1900. All persons
indebted to the firm will please call
and make prompt settlement to J. L.
McWhirter who wiii continue the
business at the old stand and solicits
a continuance of the liberal patronage
enjoyed by the firm in tbejpast.
All persons holding claims against
the firm will prcpent same to J. L.
McWhirter. . *
J. L. McWhirter
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1-. 14. JM
Jonesvillc, S. C. 3?8t. .
ELECTION NOTICE. J
Council Chamber, 1 ;j
Union, S. C., Jan. 11, 1900. j 1
1 A petition having been duly presentfym
' to the town council of Union by a ra.ajorit^B
ot l be freeholders and freehold voters of a
the town of Union, in pursuance of anfl
act of the General Assembly of the State,
entitled "An Act to authorize all cities3
and towns to build, equip and operate^ I
sewerage system, improve the present I
water works and build a city hall, pro- H
> viding for fire department, calaliooee, etc, I
1 and to issue bonds to meet tbe cost of
same," approved March 2, 1890, praying a
1 the construct iou and erection by said ^ ^
town the above ment ioned improvements, yW
; and I lie issue by tbe said town of coupdn
bonds to tbe amount of $50,000 to meet
the cost of ilie construction of said
sewerage system, water works improve-',
ment and a city hall, said lionds to bear i
iuterest at six per ceiilum (?r annum
and puyable forty jvara after date with
privilege of redemption after twenty
vears from date; and it appearing to the
satisfaction of the town council that tha
petition is signed by a majority of the
freeholders uud freehold voters of the
U>WB.
It Is Oudf.rfd That the question of
the issue of said bunds Ijo subtuittfd to
the qualifled registered olectoiajTof the
town of Union at an election to he bold
for the puijHwe on February 9, 1900, at
thocouit home in sai i town, and tbat
<V. L. Gulp, .Jesse H. Ilix and M. I?
I .em aster be, and are hereby appoiuted
iiHiuiRe.s of elect ion to conduct the
election. The polls will tw opened at 9
o'clock p. n> , and closed at C o'clock
a. un, and the election will lie conducted
in accordance with the laws of force governing
lounicip l election*.
The Municipal Supervisor of registrai
ion shall furnish the managers of elec
an with the U>ok or books of registrai.ion
fur the mo of the said managers.
All electors not heretofore registered
iuay itjp'.y to the Municipal Supervisor,
v M Hice, Jr. K. 'J., for legistrmtion
itccoidmg U?
1 lectors desiring to vote for the issue
?( Kind* will de|put a ballot having
writ ten or printed thereon, or partly
ttiiiirn htim paiuv |?iluted ih- following:
4 Iwme of $">0,000 coupon b Dili by town
; Union for construction of sewerage
improve the present wain works
itid build a city ball, providing for Qre
department, calaboose,etc. Yes," Those
dvshingto vot?* against the issue of bond'i
vill d.-pw-it a like ballot having the won!
No" theiennfiusb-ad of ''Yes."
Ilefoie opening th>* polls the managers
shall take ao oath fairly ami impartially
to conduct the election.
Immediately after closiug the polls the
uueiinera will proceed to count the votes
ki public, and luake a full report of the g
Uctiou and the result iu writing to the *
own council.
D.-ne and ratified bv the city council
assembled, 1th day of Jan. 1900.
I Attest ] 4. 11. JIodokk.
W. D. Arthur. Mayor.
Clerk and Treas.
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