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' ' % YHE^TOWN^OF^iom MM 1 rE^sSI TTTtT TINT ON TTMPm essI' pkay^5' * TltL UlilUli ^llfllliio. is-g-^sa \ VOL. L NO. 10. UNION, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, MARCH 9, 1900. #1.00 A YEAR. A f \ ?? * mm m m m m f F. M. FARK. President. T QBO. MUNRO, Cashier, J. 1 Merchants' and Plai :f I OF UNI< 1 Oapkal Stock T Sorplua S Stockholders' Liabilities Z ' Total 8 DutccxoM?J. A. Faofc, W 2 T* 0. Durican, J. T. Douglass, I T Wm. Ooloman. | We Solicit Yc m-^mmmmmm-m-mmmm CATAPHORESIS. nn ?-i ix * ** rv. <^_DENT Crown and ^ ?l Bridge Work. UNION-COUNTY NEWSTi Items of Interest Gathered from t Various Sections by our ( f Correspondents. t Snntnc Sittings. ^ f "Where is the land jou lov? V Tell me," Americans, whoa- fatheis free / B mailt with their lived your liberty, I; Where is the land you lov?-V Tell me.*' s Thii is not forward, march; but f only the ordinary. " We have been having the showers ^ through February, now we would like it to turn to the "mercy drops." 1 There is one kind of a corn crop tj that nobody.want" i-? ?h? ache c r\ q Mr W. II. Jr., agent and f? * ^ Vipve lv.s resigned his pobi- n l Ilammet is here tl Von tl II. Garrett preached at ti , I ^aptiat church yesterday, ant} si v Vicre he went to Fairview in the tl Vgnoon. o /'Airs. Kate Crocker has opened up p i * store in the old Farr building, a /^Competition is the life of trade. ft Mr. M. It. Jeter, who has been at k home some months, thinks he will c be able to rtport fur duty on the *' mail service this week. t< I The creeks have been getting on r< v4'booms" of late and consequently the c fiver has been out of its banks on y *o occasions. Bottom lands are r I very muddy. I VVe had a very heavy rain on the a L last night of last month. The wind g blew very hard, lightning was vivid a i and thunder loud. 1.20 inches of jj I rain fell. t Sevprul people have unfortunately t lost many young pigs from cold and * , and otherwise. i I have heard some ncw3. A pretty r cousin said that she heard I was < going to get married. Thunderpitch t aad beesw ax; chops and to.uato sauce, ] gentlemen of the jury, hut wouldn't < ME ba 'transmogrifud ' as the old j i ^Tornan says. Mr. Claude C. Gregory certainly ] surprised a goodly per cent of the citizens of these parts last week.'] He took a trip to Peak's, came back ! i next day bringing a pretty \oung lady in the pcrs >n ot Miss Emma f Fulmcr, ofPcaks as bride. I heartily congratulate you, Claude, and if you %re as <|uiet and successful in all of your business, ns in this, I j rcdict fpr you a successful business life, ut Accept my best wishes for a happy, & prosperous life for yourself and wife. I congratulate the editor on his bustling to send out a supplement to the Times concerning the wreck in Union, earlier than a daily could have Jf sent it out. That bespeaks much for the Times, and the people ought to apExtras wcro sent out for |/UUiP?v ?. general distribution the same ovening | of the wreck. Telephone said a few issues ago that the contract system of road working baa proven a failure; verily so; in this section, but 1 believe with B/ more money, judiciously used, under . , a different mode of regulation, and more strict dicpliue, a contract aysA tem could be made a success. But I fjk^. - J ' "01^ *01^ A. H. POSTER, Vice President, f D. ARTHUR, Assistant Cashier. ? liters' National Bank I 3N, 8. C. i $60,000 X 50,000 J 00,000 * $170,000 X lur Business. W .ASA ^Lt A>4 AU, M| ^ ^ +? ELECTRICS. SMITH, IST.^> | Union, S. C. nust confess that I believo that some ;ontractors struck a soft thing, gcting nine or ten dollars a mile, workng delinquent 1 andstho full time? lid they pay thssc hands etc.,?or lid the county reserve the amount j or these, as it vos due the county. I here is a near section of road worked \ >y the chaingang years ago, included n a that section has not been touched j ince, and was this inile or two paid or at nine dollars a mile. I ana told hat a contractor working through his j and, not (nly did not make the road ixtcen feet wide but drove in stakes j 0 keep the public in a mud hole, so 1 could not edge a little of his iand. /cry t-lipthod indeed. I am not at all partial, but"U. T. t t." drove the nail right in bis ar- ^ icle last week; for 8 cents or 9 cents c 21*209?iSJWit!y "of the c irmers. In fact the ones who are n lost in need of it, had to get rid of 0 heirs at a much less price, because 8 hey were oompelled to meet obliga- t ions. The more fortunate people ^ haved these renters otc., to pay up a lien the farmer was more able to hold ^ r draw ou theirs and wait for better ^ rices. A large part of the farmers t; re renters?it is not altogether their j( lult that they are poor?and do you I 'i now that a short crop from ?I ausei etc., i* vn a hardship to icta I han a benefit for if they havo I ^ > gi/e about half of their cotton for g! ent, and conditions they cannot help ats it off nearly half as it did last j, ear, and about all is then pud for r ent, where is the benefit to ti e renter. \ Ic has about worked fur his vituals r nd the landlord's pocket book is 0 ;rowing fat ofi'of 7 to 9 cents cotton j .nother man made, and ho is oh, so t ;lad there was a short cotton crop, r akinu two bales to pay for two 1 ons (f guano, with two bales over j mil above at even 4 cents to put t n a renter's pocket is better than , i half crop of 8 cent cotton taking , >:ie bale, over rent to pay for two s ions of guano, and then not a , lourid to sell to relievo the string- , sncy of a renters pockc\ I wish the laboring classes, the renters, could or would make all their supplies at home, then if you can make a few bales of cotton above rent, even if you glut the market ?o vou < nlv uet 5 cents, that is */ u ? better f one bale to your credit thnn no bale when cotton is selling st 10 cent*. No sir, a short crop at 8 cents helps the man who has laud to rent out high but it is but little for the renter. Grim death has been in our community sinoc last I wrote and laid his icy hands ou threo of our citizsns. Mrs. Mattie Murphy, (nee) Miss Jeter was buried at the Jeter grave yard two weeks ago. Dr. J. P. Thomas one of our landmarks was buried at Gilliam's Chapel Sunday 25th and Mrs. S. M. Gilmore was buried at lleuluh church on the 27th. All of these moved in the best society, and was prominent figures and leaves numbers of friends and relatives and Mrs. Gdmore leaves a fam 1/ of small children and a husband to inourn their losses. Dr. Thomas died in Charleston, but we still claimed him as a citizen here. It is unnecessary to attempt any eu logy, but let us 6um it up in?thej were were all Christians and submitted to the inevitable. IIey Denver. Santuc, S. C., March 5, 1900 Mr. Betcnbavgh's Reply. Mr. Editor:?Contrary to the advice of quite a number ot my friends, I feel that I must notice somo few of Mr. Cunningham's statements. In the outset, I would hare the public to compare his last statement with hia first, and .see if he has stuck to any attention, when he eame to me complaining of Mr. Webber's roads, whiles in his last article, he admits that I told him I had written him about tho complaint, so, you seo, he contradicts himself there. lie says that I told Mr, Webber, when asked by him if Mr. Cunningham wa3 not the one that was complaining, that it was Mr. Black. I told Mr. \V. that the complaint was in the Black community, as I remember it, and I did that through kindness to Mr. C. be3au3e of his earnest request, not to tell Mr. W. that ho said anything ibout his roads. lie was fighting Mr. W. in tho dark, and had not the manliness to come out and fight him square. lie was first to mcncion that ihe Blacks were complaing, and evilantly wished to shift the responsibility UDon them, while h? w?? tho nan making most of the noise. While going over what passed be;ween us, according to Mr. Cunninglam's vivid recollection. I wish eo idd that a little more passed *J??n he >r I have stated yet. Mr. 0. said lad he understood how we were requiring them worked, that he would ike to have had some roads too. lie leerned to think that the requirements rere so rigid, as compared with amount of money apportioned per nile, that he might get left, or that le could not make some money out 'f-tkem forjm own ounty, -a quite a number of good uen did, but when it was found that n account of auspicious circutntances, a few dollars could bo made, lien he was ready to step in and elp us waste the funds. Jdr> q nd his endorsers have no one lame but themselves for Mr. W. 1 aving all of the roads in that sec- ? ion. Before going to Jone^UtLr??,dil?Ude"nr'out circulars, that would be there on a certain day, e let roads to the lowest responsible iddcr. If Mr. C. or any of his upportera were there, to look after he roads that he later becomes so utensely interested in, I never saw lor heard anything of them. Mr. V. waa the only man to bid for those oads, gavo his bond for thorn, and if course I let him have them. In dr. Cunningham's firstarticle he says hat headvisod me to see Mr.Wobber's oads before paying for them, which L did < not do. In his last article ?e says : "Now I did not mean ;hat he received them without seeing them, but that he made the first payments before seeing them." lie should have so stated, but did not, is the public will notice. This is a second admission that his first charges were false, I said thoy were false and E still say so, I mean as to his charges on me. It might not have been altogether intentional on his part, as his memory Feeui3 to be a little defcotive, but it is false all the same. I did make the first payments before seeing his loads, as I did all others. Such w the con. tract. We were not to inspect and leceive roads until in December, after which contractors wero to re ceire their last payment. It was after September, and not October court, when he saw me, for it was near that time when Mr. W. received his second payment Mr. 0. says that I charge him with falsehood, but that he is willing for the citizens of this county tc JUUgO uetwcgu u . j. a.u tt 1111^ also, and will only 119k tliem to refei to hi9 two articles to decide. ] haven't said how much or how litth work Mr. W. put on his roads, bu only stated the condition I foun< them in. As to Mr. NY. using 1 scrape or cutaway harrow, at th rate of four or five utiles a d ty, have nothing to say, I was not pros ent at the time. That is for Mr. NV to say. Mr. C. asks if I though any one with common sense believe T~ r such work was up to contract, or if " expected to ifool the people of Unio eounty, as I did the grand jury, never tried to fool any one, but fe< that I had a right to say if his road were satisfactory or not. I neve asked Mr. C. to decide it for me an< would not again if it 'was to be don over. Now I would have Mr. C . to remember that, the grand jur are men of Union county, and inos of them from the where thci come in coatsot with the road*, anc I oredit tham with Having as mucl oohuboh sens? has, and I be tie** Hfb of 'IW*jpf will certify t( the fact, tlftt I ^aade no attempt to mislead or foort^em. I am gbu that his endorsftLfi confine themselve to what life has aaid aboui tho working of roads, and not as to his charges o&fine. Let Mr C. prove what paw. of Mr. Webber's road I did not see, then it will become my %luty to admit or deny the charge as the case may be. If he cannot do this let him hold his peace. Mr. Editor: It really looks like a waste of timqj and space, to d scus3 this matter at such length, but I am sure that an unbiased public can readily see, that it is the scheme of one who being sour over disappointment, seeks to gratify his prejudices, by rushing into print to have me exposed. T. J. Eetenbaugii, Supervisor. 1 . ? c-rwss ivcya VJirOTiicles. Mr. Editor MissXou Moore, who has for more tbon a year been under treatment at the hospital in Columbia, has returned home much improved. Mr. G. T. Hollis has a new horse. I don't know what other changes ho may make in the near future. Mr. John Austin who has been quite sick for aomo time is reported better. < Smith c4me in from Uoiumbia on yy>?t?rdfty. Your correspondent spent the day with one of our bc?t and honored citizens Thursday last, Mr. It. F. Kay He and his good wife make one feel like they aro at home. I know of no home more happy than that home. 10 a*"c infurma., who ffWj of Union county I Company (of Union , t | J I those who are not protected also, that the company is on a good business basis, and that we are gaining ground, and that good men in adjoining counties aro joining in with us and by the time our May meeting assembles we hopo to be two hundred thousand strong, and that I, as their general agent, wish and solicit the aid of the directors of said company to push the figures to the limit above mentioned. Without doubt it is one of the cheapest insurance companies in the State, the meaning of which is that we, as neighbors or farmers, aro helping to bear each others burdens, if an accident should happen. If a farmer does not own the home on which he lives wo writo his policy for what he does own. Suppose h< he has $100 worth of household anc kitchen furniture, that will cost bin fifty cents to become a member ant twenty cents annually to carry thi protection of 3100. This puts pro lection in reach of any good man ii this county. When the firmor elected mo as their general agent was under a cloud of affliction am could not attend to their busine.s but the cloud, in a great measurt has passed and I am pushing thoi business from house to house and a that I ask is that the directors giv me their help. Wo have a secretar and treasurer that is wide awake, an if a farmer is doubtful as to the wa I the business is managed, if be wi step into the office of J. M. Greci probate Judge of this county, he wi he convinced. Respectfully, I Tiios. II. Goke. Items Prom lit shop, S. C. at- i."*J. T iur. XTiUII/Ur.?. f J. nave ** jcovu h t <loar old ''Times" f*r tho Inst fc I weeks and of course am at sea as a. the news from your many and t? 0 onted correspondents. We frequen 1 ly see tho names of your ciiize; i- montioned and know they are boui r. to keep on the surface. . it | This oommunity has two you d ladies attending the Clifford Set ^Wm. A. NIC) ' BAT f RESPECTFULL 1 ' Banking Business ai f 1 And promise you tl i the best i ???????? } nary, I allude to Miss Iiertha ai t Alma Miller, cousins, and dear o j loving ir.eisages rerck homo week telling of the progress being made. t Miss Pearl Miller of this plac } who has many friends and relativ in your county, is attending tl "Confederate Home," in Charlesto: She is very much pleased with tl , school and the beautiful old city,'ar , is devoting her time closely to hi studies. A short time ngp one of mv pi pils handed me a copy of the "Yorl ville Enquirer," in which the natm of the townships, schools and teacl ers of each school were publishedwhite and colored?on separate list If you have not already pubhshe such an educational statement < your county, it will bo greatly a] predated by many of your patroi if you will and also for general ii formation. On the twenty second the schoo at P;?evilP, near this pi ice, derctc "!~y,,lho celebration ( Washington s birthday. Dialogue recitations, quotations about an from Washington was tho goner; order of exercises The older pupil drew two very creditable 4iMt. Ver nons," one a day scene the other night scene: 11 igs and hatchets i bounteous display surrounding th picture of the father of his countrv Z." FORESIGHT or THE 1SOERS How they T*rr>vidcd Themsclvc with Modern Artillery to Re si a the Invasion Which they A'/iei Was Corning. The correspondent news agency writing from Durban, speaks with ap parrent knowledge of the Boer arma ment, and the way it was obtained, a I follows: past four jeard'tewtof-thc Transvaa bluntness in a document that has bCe brought lure from Pretoria, anil wa issued some timo before the opening ( the war for the private information < tho members of the Volksraad. I 1894 the Boers gave their first ord< for a quantity of heavy guns, and the they expended ?> 100,000 with Ivrupj of Germany and about ?100,000 wit an Austrian firm for small arms. Tt Krupp guns were delivered in 181' and included two of what was then tl largest pattern for a gun in the worh , These guns aro 48 feet in lengt weight IliU tons, throw a sncu weigu 2,300 pounds and require 904 poun< r of powder for each discharge. Oi ? of these enormous weapons has bci 1 dragged to the heights overlookii i Lady smith, tho labor necessary I accomplish this feat having be e prodigious. The other is on t . fortification defending Tretoria, wh< n it awaits the approach of the Driti ? in their coming attack on the C? liiTATED1 II l A Shoe that ste.nds 1 d y |f All others as a FINE I! ^1AiF-IL n. VVdIK UV iw WE SHINE OUR CU! to 2 UNION: It . UNI tOLSON & SON,?' JKER. Y SOLICIT YOUR V id Your Fire Insurance, l? best protection and t service. id tal. Both are amply provided with Id ammunition, which, in addition to ly the great steel and iron sheila, consists of shrapnel, holding 3,000 balls e, weighing three and one half ounces es each. Its bore is 16.38 inches and ic ail these attributes hare enabled, this n. gun to make Badysmith a most unic comfortable spot during the past acrid eral weeks. In 1895 another ?100,er 000 was expended with Krupp, and a number of field guns of long range i- were obtained, as were also several c- mountain and bush guns, these being ?s especially adapted to thclhilly couni try and tho hot climate of the Trans? vail. s. 4,But it was in 1896 that the Boert id contracted for the guns that have f thus far in the war done them the 3- most effective service. It was at a this time that^they made their first i- purchase of six cannon manufactured at Creusot and so satisfied were the 1. Boer^oflicers with them that eighteen (1 have betn added to the Transvaal if armament since that date. One of 3, bio many effective features of this d gun is the clcvcr arrangement of il springs and brakes that lessens tho Is recoil materially and brings the gun - 10 its iormer position within a o seconds after its being discharged, n Th is gives greater velocity to th* c projectile aid increases the range; \ 1'bc velocity is a trifle under five miles ; this remarkable result is , obtained from a charge of two pounds '* of powder and from a gun weighing s only 3,400 pounds. Eight shots may I bo fired each minute without beating v the metal and every gun goes into action provided with 144 rounds of ammunition. Thcro is a sufficient , quantity of ammunition for thess - particular guns to keep them in active service for the next two years, s ''Huring 1807-98 and a portion of 1899 the Boers continued to 1 strengthen their artillery arm, and it f(>rtify many of the hills along ks 14 I pounders . , ? >f containing 234 bullets, fiveT)luAft?L >f of eight rapid-fire Maxims, which n nre being used against Mafeking and ?r Ladysmith. The Boers alto pron vided themselves with four batteries of 12 pound quick firing Vickersh Maxim guns, with a range extending ,e up to 5,000 yards. They have also 15 four guns with a range of 1-.000 ,e yards. Two^f these are said to be , I J i 4l .. I.IIIj of nifh^f Alflfl J. IllOllIltCU Oil liic jiiiio on v<>?w. h, of the narrow pass that lead< from ig Natal into the Transvaal, another i* ils overlooking Ladysmith and the fourth ie protects Pretoria, fn ' In all the I'oers have between :ig 220 and 230 guns and field pieces, to every individual gun being of the en latest improvement, ami the entire he number superior in nearly every way >re to those possessed by the British." sli pi- Subscribe to Tub Times. S EQUALED. ?ead and shoulders above SHOE At a medium price rerShoe, $3.50. 3TOMER S SHOES FREE SHOE CO., ION, S. C.