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' 88" "tHKa1TT| m __- ._. ' P ^HE TOWN OF UNIO^HAS 15 t >tr Two Cotton Mills, one th6 In [ I ] I I I I J I I I . I ! B |H / } H J 1 L i K| The largest Knitting Mill and (J tfV < . ffl largest in tho South. Two Fur- W H H H 1 m M m M/H K J (( Dy e Plant in the State. An Oil [fl V m nitur? and Wood Manufttctur- ))) H B B H 1 I HI Bkl I / fl Ml . ( a,ul Manufacturing Co. that )l .Y& 2 inp Concerns. One Female H H H J Hs ^ H WI fl B WHH'J k.7~ in ,nflkcs nn "nrxcellcd Guano. n ;.*( Seminary. Water Works.?nd jf( J[ H H '* A H \jM/ JL 1 -JB-. B 1 W H (( Three Graded Schools. Arte- n J| Electric Lights. ||| \ . "V * ((] si an Water. Population 6,f>O0. 51 VOL. L. NO. 8. UfllON, SOUTH CAROLINA, HLIDAY, EBBRUARY'iW. 1900. 441 Aft '3v,"n - J F. M. FARk. President. T GEO. MUNRO, Cashier, | Merchants' and PI J OF UIS X Capital Stock J Surplus S Stockholders' Liabilities... | Total.,t s Dirkctous?J. A. Fant, X T. C. Duncan, J. T. Douglas Wm. Coleman. . J Wc Solicit $ J .. .... CATAPHQRESIS. faa5=?:^ggg??5^5g=?? DR. H. I <W_DEN Crown and ^ - Bridge Work. 5 JS THIS COUNTRY. The Second and Last Week of Onr Trip Around Union County. Lock hart Hills. Adnmsburg, Miction, fonesviiic, Carlisle and Santnc--Write-up Cuitailcd for hack of Space?Some Wet Weather and Had Ron Is. Mr. Furr, the audito-, and myself had arranged to leave Union Sunday evening, and spent the night near Loekbart, to as to be able to make an early start taking returns at hockhart mill Monday morning. About 10 o'clock Sunday morning rain began to iall and continued until about 1 o'clock, and I had about gave out tho idea ofmakiog-tho trip. But the weather cleared up, tho sun came ea: bright and we made the start about 4 o'clock. We spent the night x at the home of Mr. Parr's aunt, Mrs. ? 'gi'^i.t mm Igmji' Union. This U a very comfortable and pleasant home, situated some diatauce from the public road and somewhat at the foot of rhe surrounding hi'ls. Tho lato Mr. Gist Farr was married the second time, and reared quite a large family of children all of whom arc now grown, and tome of them married. J wo of the nons and the joungest daughter are at home with the mother. We enjoyed a very pleasant evening at this home and left Monday morning for Lockhnrt, arriving there about 10 'elock. At Lockhart wo met many or our friends with whom we had become acquainted upon former visit*, we put in a pretty busy day at Lockhart leaving in time to make our next destination before night. Wc found everything as lively as ever at Lockhart, the mill putting in lull time turning out its usual amount of excellent cloth, and the shipping clerk hnsv m-ikim? iin b des and the wairons J o -r n strung out all along tho roads to Joncsville hauling to and from the mill. Tho work of grading on the railroad was being puthed along rapidly bJ two largo forcet of hinds, the first hilf a mile below Mr. Sam Farrow's, tho ether a mile furthei flown. ' The grading i: was said would be completed in two week's time, tin road circles around the hill and cotnos in to the mill around by Dr. Brawley's stables. There is very little sickness at the place. Dr. Brawloy says he usually gets through his rounds in throe hours. Tiicro a-c quite a numbei of new houses dotting the hillside and m iny mure will no d >ubc soor be bo.It, as I understand tho capo city of the mill is to be doubled s ?or after the railroid is Puiishel. Tu< track had been laid to A limsburg ami wouM have gono much birth but work wis stopped t) wait for th; arrival of now rail. An infori > quality wa* being put down. Wo accept id the kind iuvitatioi of Mr. to take ilinne ' with liim, ho is a h<vpitnb'? host am a*i entertaining talker. Wo giineour first knowledge from him of th mysterious place in the river, so in miles ab )vc tho shoals where no on has ever boon able to dtsover b >' torn, we r? grot that weenno; tak time to g > i ito particulars but ina later tuikc it the auhj ;ct of an arti clo. * J" ' ' A. H. FOSTER, Vice President. J J. D. ARTHUR, Assistant Cashier. T aiders' National Bank ? ION, ?. C. I $60,000 I 50,000 ? 60,000 * $170,000 I W. II. Wallace, Wm. Jeffries, * s, E. P. McKlsslck,'A. H. Foster, X Your Business. .1, nimiiiwmwwiiiiKiw w ^ C. SMIThb "" TIST._^*. HI Union, S. C Oar objective point for the nigli was at Mm. N. A. Fowler's, whor we arrived before (lark. Just befor wc passed the school house Mr. Fan , poiuted across to a residence appar , eatly ha'f a milo off and said iher is where wo are going. I though wo would be there in 15 niinutea I lte?fc"wutching tor a road turninj off to tho right but wo continued 01 and on, until I began to think Bro John had been mistaken as the roai seemed to continue to lean to tin left and the place was after a whil< left far to the rear, at least it ap peared so to mc, wo traveled on u; hill and down hill until I began t( think we were going around bj Jonesville to get there, we passed the school house, the bald rock, tb< branch, came in sight of the rail rose and still w.e traveled on. it seemei t* jkfiJULjtonJS tefow to uTeroad turning totuo ngnt After going half a mile we virtually T;ook the baek track, or the planta tion road which we folljwed a milt, before we arrived at our destination, Ia-kel 3NIr. Farr it this was the place he {jointed out some few hour< before, he said it was, and wo had been travelling all that timo within half a mile or a mile of the place. 1 remarked that it was the longest round about way to go half a inil( I had ever tried. I later took the liberty to suggest a new cut road ir that section. We spent a rcr^ pleisant evening at this pretty home, the younger son, Mr. Richard Fow ler, who had been in business, two 01 three years at Gaflney and hi sisters the Misses Lucy, Louisa, Sal lie and Nannie were at home with tin mother. Mr. Farr was feeling verj unwell, and that is why he made th< trip to his Aunt's that evening. 1L knew if he got sick his Aunt and hi; Muum *o utui uo avtvn tion as Lis mother and family couh do. They doctored him up in fim shape and in an hour he said ho wa feeling as good as new. This hom is a model one with every convcnienc necessary to the enjoyment of a hap p/ l.fe in the country. It is surround cd by a tract of 800 acres of the bes firming land in that section. Th land is well protected by the fiucs J terraces I have seen anywhere, an shows that it is managed with gooi judgment and with an eye to it preservation. We understand tha 1 Mr. J. T. Fowler has the manage ment of this fine plantation in hand ! lie lives on the hill about a (jusrte of a mile away from the old bom 1 -1 I .1 ' pi icc and passes mrougn trio yar 1 every day going to an<l from th .school ho is teaching anno half o 1 thro*) fourths of a mile away?.li } anno one we passed that ovcning. Tho next morning when M 1 Fowler cam s by on his way to h } school ho prevailed upon Mr. Karri r spen I the day with him at his schoo and Mr. Richard accompanied me 1 Adtmiburg whe.o we took return r Adimsburg is coming we four 1 O O _ I .1. .? kn.o.r. K.T \l lilt.'' oiuiv; inn uucii vjiunou vj i'* ' Lewis Sciiet, sineo our lust trip ther 0 Mr. Adams was busy siwing lurab; 0 f>r the new rail road which rues ne c his house, a siilo track has been la ' oft" at this place, and Adamsburg w 0 b; a station. This will bo a grc y convenience to the people of th (Continued on fourth page.) % ~[Union county news.]; / Items of Interest Gathered from 1 V : 1 Various Sections by . own i Correspondents. v. h * 3 i Interesting News Notes ftont ' "Roxy" on the Hill. I w?n I w;n a? ? d >?u . it in nuuiiuts never ceue: Mr. C. A. Melton owns a fine lot * of Leghorn chickens. He was awakened a few nights ago by ah unuSnal 1 noise, and upon investigation he f " found it was made by one of his hens, which was taking a stroll in the rays 0 of the electric light. IIo was at a ^ loss to determine what she could be 'y doing out at such an hour (9:30) * ^ With the assi3tanco of Mr. M. B. ^ Jordan, he finally persuaded the hen y to return to the chicken coop, after \ which Mr. Melton again retired, only to be aga:n aroused in a short while, by the cackling of this satno ^ hen; when he went out the second , time imagine his surprise when he ,j _ discoveied, upon the ground, in the (t bright, electric light, a newly laid e ?not a goUen egg, but rather e an electric egg, not laid "by the f4e . light of the moon" either. Mrs. ' hen having accomplished her pur- j e pose, of performing a duty possibly t overlooked in the rush of other bu3i- ,4. ( ness affairs, that had demanded her ^ attention during the day, quietly ro- , ? paired to her roo>t and was soon in tho land of dreams. Thn?? %rVin D0 j have poultry are advised to put up >V1 0 'electric lights in their yards if they I11' wish to reduce the price of eggs from !!?J . 2,0c. ' j The side track running from power Pa j house back of company store to con- ao T nect with road to Buffalo Mills is 1 about completed. Th? road to Buffa- m* j lo will be finished and ready for the j?*] I l*y>ag of the track in about three f1? weeks, if wo have good weather. Ij11 , Mr. W. P. ThomjonM |? uim< uijju 1 viinrwatTtrW-lWH l/WH 'r buying furniture. Wo received a car load of shoes !.a , last week sizes from 1 to 10 or as Mr. c 5 Bryan would say 10 to 1. In speaking of our chief engineer .J5 last week. I made a mistake of a letter thus making his name C. L. Bixby nc ( ins'ead of L. (J. Bigsby. iaf. There wore quuc a number of marriages on the hiil last week. ? ' Miss Lula. daughter of J. F. John- * ' son, to W. F. Graut, by the Rev. F. 11 ' II. Schuler. ?? Miss Lillie R. Edana t > N. T. St. "a fJlitir. hv Rat. W. K: (t. Ilumnhries. 111 - ; ~ Mi'is 'Eva, daughter of W. F 0n Morris, to S. S. McKee. By Rev. J J W. E. G. Humphries. j501 Miss Mamie, daughter of S. R. 3 Ilowell to Jim Zimmerman. f Mr. L. M. Jordan of company 3 store is representing the Prudential te< 3 Life Insurance Co. 3 Miss Emma Whiilock and aiafer, 7 loft Saturday, for their horns in the j country. UP Mr. C. A Norburn, the wire work^ or at company store, is doing a thriv- V?1 ? ing business. Wo wish kirn success ^ in his cnterpriso. Here is the answer to your correspondents puzzle from 1 to 25 making r 65 four ways. Pc 0 Go G5 ? t 17 | 24 | 1 | 8JJL5 o( ,1 2:} | 6 | 7 | 14 j 1G j(1 ' "4 j 0 | 1G | 20 | 22 ,3 iu 11 -Ti ig 12i f a to II I 18 J 25 |2 I U a |. Co Co tj r Col. T. C. Duncan ha? returned | n from New York. n ,1 .James Whitton, who is building iho j e new si lc track f>r the Southern, em ,r ploys ft fry hands. p i, Joseph 11. Ilall, has returned from y I*olzer, with bis bride (nor) Miss j r> In<a Smith. lie expects to stay with j i* u*- . I L. F. Willard hi9 completed tho ,1 new street, running from compauy t> store t) railroad track. 9. It certaiidy is a great improvement and a convenience to those who live r< in North E ist End of Union. ? 0< Mr. Willard will ulso make a new t 3r street running from the cotton ware ' ar house to Couri House. Row. < id f jjj 3/r. Cunningham' h Reply. Mr. Editor:?I wish to say aomo_} | thing in reply to Mr. llcicnbaugh. In the first place I want to mike as 1 Ufc?i plain 08 possible all that passed tween us. *' The next week after Mr. W-cbl rent ovet*tho roads, I saw Mr. ind said to him, that the peoplo ifUr section were complaining abi the roads, and as a friend I woi idvisc him to cotno and sec them 1 Store he paid for them, which promised to do. Just after Octol sourt, I saw Mr. B. in his oflicc. iskdd him if he had paid Mr. W., _ . i "?? ? i^ia:; xes, but 1 have kept ba teaid to him "some of n reighbors talked of reporting t flitter -to the grand jury, and id, I wrote to Mr. \V. about it ai \0 asked if it was not you who h omplaincd, I told him I thought ras from Mr. Black." I replied, "Mr. Black is the 01 ho asKcd me to report it." About the first of December M i. and Mr. W. went over part Ir. W.r8 roads, but I did not si lem while on Mr. W.'s section, b iw them in the evening, near Jone He. j asked, "Did you pass m )usc?*^ lie" replied, "Yes." II ;in& in company with Mr." W., d not'ask him about receiving tl: ads/ 'A few days after this I wt his office and asked him if hen ived Mr. W.'s roads. lie rcplici rcs^ with the understanding thf i was to ?o back and fix some holes. B&id that there was going to b mo/kicking about it. lie sak here;haB already been." Th(a is about the substance < rat passed between us: Now 1 di t rttoan that he received thei thout sceincr them, hut thn> id r the first pay men's before see g theai, as he acknowledged to m< JOtjgVI fan yet say that there i rt.of JJr. W/s road that he di< Nttpr Air. Editor, Mr. B. charge - wrjlnfulsqJiQod. .1 was born am setj iiithifl county and this is th st Aiw tlfM such a charge has beei d a&gy doejr. But I am willing Ijy^lP^t^enship of this county t ^ -taAiiy ^rTubdsiTte the charge I have mad*7 I en >se a certificate from a few mei to live on theso roads and knov w they have been worked. Mr calls special attention to a roa< ar my spring which he pronounce "in about as good condition a icn J. W. Cunningham had chargi it." Now 1 would like to ask Mr how he knows this? Did he se< when I had charge of it? I d t believe he did, in fact I think In d not seen it in three years. Fron f spring to the eounty line is abou c mile and a half. It to:>k me om v and a half to work this piec ,.: ... ..1 . ,l~l 3UUJ5 county uuuui ui;>cu uui s. Mr. Webber, with about hal many hand*, worked it in fou ur.s, costing the county about fit ?n dollars. I have been over the most of Mi .'s roads and not a ditch did I se ?aned out, and now they are fillc i and in a good many places th iter runs in the middle of the roai i9hing them in gallics. In fict h 1 very little to them except smoot cm over with a scrape or a cul ray harrow at the rate of four c re miles a day. Does Mr. B. e> ict anbody wiih common sense 1 licvc such work is up to conrac does ho expect to fool the prop Union county as he did the gran ry? Mr. Editor: As you confine u i a limited number of natnes I ser few of the many I have. We, the undersigned, do certi tat tbc charge made by J. W. Cu ingham in the Union Times of Fe tary 9th as to the working of roa true. A. D. Black, T. T. Black, A. ] Kennedy. David Kennedy, It. fright, .1. L. Wya't, I). I). M )owell, J. J. Black, J. W. Gallma L G. Means, It. S. Long, J. larvey. Respectfully, J. W. Cl'NXINOllAM. Items from Webster. The Times arrives on overy M< lay morning. All mail for Webs aken off ?t Joncsville is deloj intil the third day. Quite inconvi ent, but there seems to be no remc it present. There are about 0(> schools Cherokee county. They will supplied, ns a whole, with coinpet teachers if inducem-.n's continue at present. f -Wm. fl. NIC ber _ - b. BAT in RESPECTFULL lid t Banking Business a )or h* .And promise you tl ck the bes he k EigVt cents is a fair price for c n(j ton. But capitalists combine agaii j the producer, and the advance ^ price at this season docs not bene the average farmer. It is, to t nc farmer, the same old game which h been in operation so long and shou not encourage any one to prepare f 0j- a handsome profit by dependii ee entirely upon the one crop, cottc ut system. liaise everything wli'n s may be grown on the farm for lion consumption and not be dependci p upon the cotton crop for support, j' Extensive prcparati >ns are beir made among the farmers for anothi (S crop. The weather being favorab 3_ for clearing, repairing an<l scttin j things in order generally, the time i ^ being utilized. Noticeable along th ? highways are several tenant house vacant. The inclination of migratio j is from the country to town. Tli ' result ol which will ho recorded i the future. The condition may I fj improved, but in what rospcet. Tli n secret is bidden to this writer. The? e peopje must depcnt upon the loci , market for support directly in e> , change f?r their diily labor whic B will benefit sc rca of firmers an (j truckers tlscwhero, while hundred of acres lying within reach, produc g tivc, in a most favorable chine, wil j be uncultivated. This tendency, i e contiuued wiil in a fw 3 cars hence a become a very serious problem . Towns and cities arc being built am 0 connected by wires and rail for read _ qpiflpuinication and transportation y ^miun'm .. wlicna nd itf .wEr ^ form will reaction occur? Thos f in position to speak and act rnigh act well iheir part by noticing ill j little leak which if unmolested wil someday sink the ship. Respectfully, 3 U. T. 11. e p Loclchart Locals. c The weekly visits of The Times t j this office is always welcome and it t pages are eagerly read both by sul 0 bcriuurs anu uuicrs. e William Carter who went to Mis . siasippi to visit his children an f other relatives has returned. II r reports a nice time and brings as , momento of his visit a pair of dec horns. Lockhart is ?|uarantined again: c all places infected with srnallpo: (I The management is awake to tl e situation and will leave no stone ill ,1 turned to prevent the disease beir e brought among us. ji 01 ?.d to see the once familiar fa* of Thos. Ilannan, of Greenville, ! ,r C. Tom is a hustler and knows he c. to make good brick and can tu ;o out as many in a day as Mr. An t, body. |e Lockhart takes the cake in orga ,3 izing the most clubs of any oil place, population considered. ?,l . g O ? ?Feminin E M Fi 13. y^x\ s- Ah 'in often s:ii? 1 in 1: !?' dress the most important arli comfortable Shoes are the ^Foundation o I tcr Wc have just reee'.vcd c,l always on the watch to st m. misses or ladies, a bciMitifu dv oerfeetion toe :it Si AO S-> 9 -UNION c..t a* UNION, S. C. HOLSON & SON? VIKER. Y SOLICIT YOUR nd Your Fire Insurance, ie best protection and t service. ot- They have now a full fledged roilist itary company and have elected offiin ccrs. As the list has been misplaced (fit I will civc it whon thov ^ - ?..VJ UMT V WW n lie accepted and commissioned by the as Governor. Id A brass band was organized some or time ago and they kept the matter ig subrosa until they could procure in)ti strucocnts. In the meantime some jli one else who saw one was needed ic went to work and organized another, it so Mr. Editor, you see we expect to be rather brasy in the near future. ?g By orders from the I\ O. departrr ment at Washington, Lock hart 1\ O. le is a money order office which fact is g a welcome convenience. Homo. is e ,R S T. I TIC MI Ih HE WS. ti ic New Mills Luiltling?Others En" n larging. )Q Thfre arc two new cotton mill projects on foot at Abbeville. Mr. A. ^ W. Smith is promoting one of the . enterprises and Mr. Chas. E. McKay ^ the other. d There is a 'lovernent on foot to a secure a cotton mill at Siinpsonville. j- Mr. T. S. M oorc is promoting the ' enterprise. >, Gaflney, S. C.: The IJmestnno i. Mfg. Oo, capital stock ?200,000, j has been incorporated to build nnd y operato a cotton mill. The incori, porators antr-ALca^ra,?E. II. ,f Scncci^S. -C., The full amoutur*?^ c the capital stock of the propoa#d cof^ ton nulls (?200,000) h is? been sub? scribed and work on the plant trill 11 begin as soon as practicable. Mr. L. \V. Jordan is the wain promoter of the enterprise. llonca Pa h. A company is being formed to erect and operate a cottou mill. Mr. J. A. lirock, of Ander0 son, S. C. is largely interested in the s project and will be president of the company. The Anderson cotton mill has increated its capital stock from ?500,d 000 ti ?000,000. e a The Wdliamston Cotton Mill, of ;r Williamston, Anderson county, S. C., lias been commissioned. It is to st have a capital stock of ?100,000. *e The Piedmont (3. C.) Mfg. Co. lias ^ installed a slasher and lire pump, and will soon install a picking machine J Cf i 0 and a few more loons. po A charter 1ms been applied for by the Georgia-Carolina Mfg. Co., ,w Anderson, S. C. Capital stock will rn be ?100,000. The mili is to be oprvy ated by water power. n_ The Fork Shoals Cotton Mill, <>f icr Greenville. S. C.,has been chartered. The capital stock is ?50,000. 16 oot Notes. in lies' correspondence so with her icle comes at the hottoin. Stylish, f Tasty Dressing what you want and what w? are 'cure, the very latest for children, 1 laco Shoo, heel and spring heel 5 and S'2.~>(), respectively. SHOE CO., FINE SHOES.