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I ' l/l THE TOWN OF UNION HAS J)] _ ft) THE TOWNOF.^NlO^HAS^Jl) ^ S Two Cotton Mills, one the i T I 1 TT I T T T^T T l^7 HTl T ^ I I The latest Knitting Mill and S /) Inrgest In the South. Two Fur- / M I I Ml I I ^ B I |H / Ml III Dye Plant in the Stute. An Oil III ))/ niture and Wood Mnnufactur- ))) I I H III I I Hi I I I Hi 111 an<l Manufacturing Co. that ))} .)) ino Concerns. One Female . H H H H 1 I H I I H H H W \ H I I W H H ' J L V m makes an unexcelled Guano. [(. Seminary. Water Works and (( _H M B _H?^ J m B _1? * B B 1 W B W M 0 (( Three Graded Schools. Arte- III fljj Electric Lights. ||J ||| sian Water. Population 0,500. VOL I. NO. 14. UNION, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, APRIL C, 1900. #1.00 A YEAR. * t F. M. FARK President. | QEO. JVIUNk0, Cashier, J. | Merchants' and Pla W | OF UNI x Capital Stock J Surplus * Stockholders' Liabilities I Tnfnl SH Directors?J. A. Fant, V ? T. C. Duncan, J. T. Douglass, T Wm, Coleman. We Solicit Y JIA, Jl# JU> ALT AW 1W ??L J|W .MA VIA CATAPH0RES15. DR. H. K <^_DENT Crown and ^ ^ Bridge Work. 3yi . I 1900 APRIL 1900 Su. Mo. Tu. We. Tli. Fri. Sat. J__2__3__4_ _6__6_ _7_ 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 20*27 28 29 30 WASHINGTON LETTER. (From Our Regular Correspondent ) Washington, April 2.?Ic is re garded as so certain that the Senate will piss the Porto Rice bill tomorrow, when the vote will be taken, that public interest is already transferred to the House, where the result is not so certain. The free traders . are making some pretty stiff claims as to their ability to strike out the tariff clause of the bill and insert one providing for free trade in the House, but, investigation shows that those olaims havo no better fmndation than the talk of a few members who voted for the original tariff bill and then became frightened by public criticism. There is no filtering on the part of the leaders of the m ?jority in the House and the chances are that they will bo able to keep th? grumblers in line f>r the bill. The 4^,- majority of the House is always sus' . ! I ? 1 - ceptioie to administration influence, an I the whole influence of tho administration is being thrown in favor of the Porto Hican bill Speaker Henderson is also lending a hand ami he says the bill \yill become a law before the end of the present week. Secretary Root says the written instructions to the new Philippine Commission, the members of which will sail from San Francisco for Manila on tho loth inst., wdl not be made public at prosen*. D mbtless the really important instrucions to the Commission were given verbally and will not be mule public at all until they have been earried out. \t le*9t, that is the opinion of th >so who usually know what is goin^ o.i. It had nover been su^pocted that tho venerable Senator Pettus?:he ch'est man in the Senate?was a humorist and wit, until he tnidi a thirty-minute speech satirizing rhe legal advice given the Senate by a doctor?Senator Gallingor, of N. 11., ?and mercilessly ridiculing the position taken on tho Porto Uican question by tho orator, Senator Bcveridge, of Indiana, who took occasion, while making ft speech in fuvor of free trade with Porto llico, to s'ate hit intention to yotp for a till providing a tariff. It f<u the tqost amusing half hour the Senate has had during tho present session. Senator Gallingor laughed as heariily over that portion of the poeoh of Senator Pcttus, rofotring to him, as anybody did, but Senator Beveridge, who was not present, is a much younger man?tho youngest in 1% the Senate?and consequently more sensitive, arid he way take a notion to resent being held up to ridicule, even in as g>o l natured a manner as ir,. i L /' / * "n'tA AlA JUT kJi" JM f* ? ? *Ri A. H. FOSTER, Vice President, f D. ARTHUR, Assistant Cashier, f nfers' National Bank * orv, s. c. | . $60,000 J 50,000 J 00,000 1 $170,000 | V. H. Wallace, Wm. Jeffries, ? E. P. McKisslck, A. H. Foster, X * our Business. jjj! + ELECTRICS. . SMITH, lST._>s> H Union, S. C. it whs done by Senator Pettus. The Ilousi doesn't believe that this government should reimburse the British Cable Company for expenses incurred in repairing the cable U..H1. I.: -t- . t- rv i,i t'xaiiuii*, ?im;n was uui uy uewcy, and refused to pass a bill appropriating nnnnv fjr lhat purpose. As a matter of fact, instead of being in jnred by Dewey's act, the British Cable Company has made miny thousands of dollars, paid by this government as cible tolls on account ?f the Americ in occupation of Manila. This is the way the Kentucky mix up strikes a well-known Kentuckian?Mr. C. B. Early, of Louisville,?now in Washington: '"The trouble in Kentucky will be a nui sance for a long time to come. It ?i will show in all the political movements leading up to the Fall elections. Thero will not be a district or county convention which will be free of it. There will be stieet fights and convention rows, which the ronwanonnwo trill rnr?A?? ??'a (iv ?* o^/?? |/vtu in i vspui y ao i ivjuj* jl ucrc will bo shooting scrapes which will he called insurrections. In fact, it will bo bud and disgraceful until the people of the Stito get sick and tired of it all. To ti ll the truth, they are tired of it now. But there is no way of ending the trouble. Like an epidemic, it must run i's course. Senators are disposed to poke fun at the charge of Speaker Henderson that there are cowurds in the Senate. For instance, Senator DePew said of it: 4*The Speaker has not hurt my feelings by declaring that there are cowards in the Senate. No, he hasn't hurt my feelings a bit, even though I do not concedo that thoro "re cowards in the Scqate, hut he does sort of wrench my sensibilities whon he intimates that the cowardice he speaks of in the Senate, is duj t) the trusts. As for myself, Mr. Speaker Henderson is hereby informed that I ain not a bit afraid of the trusts. No, sir-rec ! The trusts can't frighten mc. I know too much about them. I am a director in seventytwo companies that are on terms of intimacy with the octopus. Yes, sir? rce, I am!'1 Secretary Gage has made a verbal recommendation to the President that a special message bo sent to Congress, suggesting legislation for a material reduction in the internal revenue war taxes. Figures given by Secretary G ige show that thsurplus of revenue over expenditures for the current fne:r! year already exceeds $">d,000,000 and is likely to ho largely added during tho last quarter. Mr. Gage thinks tho war taxes could be safely cut in half, and tho President has the matte,* under consideration. Mr. Foss, of Illinois, acting chairnun of the House Committee on Nival Affiirs has propared a naval appropri ?tion bill which Is $18,000,000 in oxcess of any over prepared before. Mr. Doutelle of Maine had better o ?ioe back and take charge oi his coinmittco once more. IIo may have been delirious, but he was never so delirious as that. Carnegie should be watched and prevented if he tries to cable th< Porto Rican debate to the Philip pines. Tinklings from Texas. Bonham, Texas, March, 31.? suppose the readers of The Tim will be surprised to see this comm nication so soon after the one whi< appeared last week, but an opinic was expressed in that communicate by myself that I find I was mistak< in; and it was in regard to the cott< mill industsy in this town, Bonhat I think just about the time I w writing the idea struck some of ot moneyed men and they went to woi to build a mill here, and in the eho period of one week raised by su scriptions over one hundred thousar dollars. At this time nearly ?127 000 have been subscribed and tl capital stock of the mill will 1 ?150,000. An organization ht been effected by the election of directory and the directory has ah elected officers; so that Bonhacn not going to be one of the "belate sisters," as was said, in the cotto mill industry. Rev. Mr. Sheldon, ofTopcka, di a great work when he wrote i4In II Steps." There is no doubt in m mind that the book has accomplishc much good, notwithstanding he lu been severely criticised by man smart men because he left out of h book so and so, and that he did nc recognize this and that fundament! principle in the Christian rcligioi etc, but it seems that from the ver fact that the work has had its shat of criticism, and having been so ej I tonoi i/nl tr ?>nn . ] ?f mnaf h a n a IV/UOl ? VIJ A tuu 1 b LAI UOli UU U UUUIV I much merit. But I am constraine to believe the licvcrncd gentlema made a mi~tako in dallying with newspaper. in connection with hi idea of what Jesus would do were II on earth and running a newspapei It is the duty of man to be an hun ble follower in His footsteps?nothin more. I guess yon have heard the ga about our Billie (McKinley) with h high crowned silk bee gum ha strutting along the streets of Washington soon after his election to th presidential chair when some bystander noticod hitn; one curiou follow asked who he was, anothf said uwhy don't you know him, that' our Billie McKinley, the advanc agent of prosperity." "He's a dlong way ahead of his show!" replie the first individual. The show he arrived, but I do not believe came by the impelling or pro pelling force of Bdlie McKinley or b any of the forces which environ hit or are back of him. The flows c prosperity come from natural cause* I *in ilnlifflitnil liAiiroirnr tV?? " v, . V,. , ,V ..... our Southland is at this time, liavinj a season of unprecedented prosperity Three cheers for Dixie! Ilurra for Dixie and her noble people! Mr. James W. Osborne, the dii trict attorney in Now York City who ao vigorously prosecuted Moll neaux recently, is well-knnown t two of Union's citizens, namely: 1 Nicholson anl Laurens G. Younj the manager of the Union Timei Mr. Osbori c was reared in Charlott N. C., from whence he went to Ne York. lie graduated at Davidso College in 1879, at tho olo3e < Messs. Nicholson's and Young freshman year. Mr. Osborne, as yc know, has risen to prominence i New York. Two negroes were hung here o the 23rd of March tor murder whic thoy committed at Ilonea Grove i .1, 4.. to r\ klUQ VUUUlJf. O. O. V. InterestingJ Facts About the Censn 1. The first really valuable Cei bus of Agriculturo in the Unit< States was taken in 1850, of tl crops of 1849. The next enumer tion of Agriculture will be taken June, 1900, of the products of 190 2. Instead of recording sever farms on one schedule in the Twelf Census, as heretofore, each farm w be accorded a seperato blank, tl entries on *hich will not be knot to any save sworn officers of the D paitment. No names will be publis ed in connection with informal Bccured from the people. [ 8. Tax asseseors, collectors, ai ' equalizers can not serve as enumei tors, or have access to the Census i turns, or to the information there contained. 4. There are more than 5,000,0 I farms, plantations, ranches, sto > ranges, and x^a ket gardens in t - United States, nil of which, for Cc sue purposes, w ill be designated "farms." 5. A "farm" is all the land cult:vatcd or held for agricultural pures poses under one management whethu* er in a single body or separate parcels. )n 0. The enumerator will a3k for 3n the size and vnluo of each farm, the value of buildings, and the aggregate )n valuo of all machincy, implements, n- vehicles, harnesses, etc., used therca9 on ; and the amount of land owned ir and leased, respectively, by said rk occupant. rt 7. He will also ask for the acre b' age and value of each crop, and the l(l acreage of improved, unimproved and ?" irrigated lands. 10 b. The designation "each crop" 30 includes all grains, cotton, corn, rice, 18 sugar cane, sugar beets, sorghum, a hoj, clover, wild grasses, gathered }3 forage, flax, hemp, hops, peanutp, 18 tobacco, seeds, nuts, trophical fruits, ^ small fruits, orchard fruits, nursery 11 and greenhouse stock, broom corn, Irish potatoes, sweet potatoes and ^ yams, all vegetables, including the 13 product of all family, truck, and 5 market gardens, etc.; also new or ^ unusual crops, when found, 18 9. The enumerator will ask for the y number and value of the live stock 18 on the farm June 1, 1900, which )l1 will be reported under a number of " heads, such as horses, colts, mules, asses, cow8, he.fers, steers, calves. y bulls, ewes, rams, lambs, swine, e goats, chickens (including guir.ca c" fowl), turkeys, geese, ducks, beer, etc. ^ 10. lie will ask for the quantity ^ and value of milk, cream, butter, n cheese, raisins, prunes, molasses, a sirup, sugar, egg3, beeswax, hone}*, 18 wool, wine, cider, vinegar, dried and 0 evaporated fruits, forest products, r- poultry and meat products, and, x~ generally all articles tnado at home, 6 or for the home, from farm materials in* 1801). P 11. If a person who moves from 13 a farm between the end of the crop lt year 1891) and June 1,'1900, will ~ leave a Written record of the pro* c ducts and crops of that farm for 1899 ~ where it will reach the appropriate 13 enumerator, the statistics of his opera;r tions for that year will not be lost. 8 He will be required to give the e enumerator of tbo district in which a he lives on June 1. 1900, the ocrc" age, value, buildings, machinery, I8 implements, and livo stock of the farm he then occupies. ~ 12. If every farmer will begin at y | once to prepare a careful record of n *11 tho facta which the enumerator will bo instructed to record in June, ' 1900, ho will save time for himself lt and the officer, and insuro more ac5 curate returns to tho Government. r- 18. The pending Census will afford " to future generations a measure of the strength and condition of the United s" States at the threshold of the new [ > hyndred year cycle. For that reason K everyone should take an active intor;? est in making it as nearly perfect as >J- possible. If each farmer will make *> his own report penfect, the aggrc3 gated report for every community, and for tho nation, will be perfect. w n jf Big Mill For Newport News, Va. s , TUr? ia A nrninM IU illVlVHIJ, ^ pi-JVVV UUUV1 UUUOIIK.1i, ation between Mr. Collis 1*. Huntington, of the Newport News Shipn building & Dry Dock Co., and cer h tain capitalists of Doston, which mav n result in disestablishment of a largj cotton mill plant at Newport News. There have.Jieon rumors of some s such a deal lor some time, but nothing definite was known of its status. There have been manv propositions as to a cotton mill at Newport News, ie in all of whish Mr. Huntington was a. expected to fguro, but none of theni }n matorializcdl It '8 now reported q that he was^j$ocntly approached by aj some Boston men with large capital th who proposal to put up a plant to iU cost ^1,200,000 and they were told [,e by him that' he would subscribe to rn ?250,000 of the stock. They made ie_ then certain stipulations and ne inade A . i * i t jj. others to them ana each siue tins DIl these under consideration. While nothing defiuito has been so far deQ(j cided, it i^-. evident that Newport News is ipmflbBMrCI *Ogbttiug i% big re_ cotton mill th^n over beforo. sin 1? There seems to bo a misundor00 standing somewhere. We were unok dor tho itnpreision that it was the he duty of the Supremo Court and n )t w of iho Senate to determine tho exa$ tent of tho Constitution. k ' , > . J&lt.1:.^. VnMa -Wm. A. NIGH BAN! I RESPECTFULLY Banking Business an< And promise you th< the best STATE NEWS. Gathered From Our State Exchanges. VARIOUS ITEMS. An epidemic of smallpox is reportPfl nt Ypmflsaop Tlcnnfiirf nnim?v Forty or fifty cases is in the backwoods. Some northern truck men have leased a large tract of land near Columbia and will run a farm on an extexsivo scale. The State Democratic Executive Committee is called to meet at Columbia April 11th. It will fix the time for the State Convention. The Southern 11 ail way is no^ building a side track to the Anderson Yarn and Knitting Mill, on the eastern side of the city. ADDITION TO TUCAPAUX MILLS. Alonz") Tanner has closed the contract for the building of the annex, or addition to the Tujapan Mills with the President, Dr. Jesse F. Clcvc land. This addition will be" pushed to a finish, and when completed, wiil mean an addition of 10,000 spindles. This means that when this work is consummated, the Tucapau Mills will have 2d,000 spindles. Th:s wo k will commence at once. CKNTEXAUIAN. Mrs. Susanna Harris celebrated La. 1 07?V, ~. .1-- I r UU XVI ill Uiibiiun v id 111U 1IUIUU U1 her daughter, Mrs. Sunders, nt the factory, Sunday, March 11, 1000. It was the occasion of a family reunion?the first dinner vi !> nil her children present since they had married off and left homo, tier f?ur daughters, aged respectfully 80, 7 4. f>0 and 02 years, and her sod, aged >9 ye?rs, were all present. It was a happy occasion and greatly enjoyed by these old pe>ple.? Lancaster Ledger. heavy docket. There will be nine murder cases at the spring term of the court in Columbia, and more criminal cases on the docket than has ever been known before. itoad law. The new road law approved February 10th, 1900, makes the width of highways from 10 to 20 foot exclusive of side ditches and other obstructions. It gives the County Hoards of Commissioners power to discontinue any public road* and bridges. It also authorizes them to open new public roads, to widen or change their locations by purchasing or condemning rights of way. okatorial contest. Newberry College will be represented at the Inter-Collegiate oratorical contest which will take place at Greenwood on Friday, April 20th. Last Thursday afternoon eight students contended for the honor of repLargest: Jhamilti ? b !"HiG Sale | "own i OF ANY | ?P^" i SHOE Fixed Priced <for men SHOE i IN AMERICA | C^"? ... SOLD C UNION S 1 UNIO OLSON & SON.' KER. r SOLICIT YOUR d Your Fire Insurance, 3 best protection and service. i resenting the college in the contest. The judges were Rev. M. G. G. Scberer4 Col. W. II. Hunt and Foster N. Martin. They decided in favor of J. 13. Derrick.?Newberry Observer. Gold in Corn Row. Walking along a cotton row on Messrs. Wardsworth & Pegram's farm to the east of the city, yesterday morning, Emiline Lindsay, a colored girl, picked up a lump of pure gold. She showed her find to tho overseer of the farm, and then brought it to the city, handing it over to Mr. M. P. Pegram, president of the First National 13ank. The nugget is virgin gold. There is not a particle of quart/, about it, and it is a3 pure as if ic had been lluxed by the hand of man. It is about tho size of a minnie ball, and in shapo looks like a bullet that had been flattened by contact with somo hard object. It weighs 13 pennyweights. Mr. Pegram rewarded the girl for her find and its delivery by handing over to her 10 silver dollars. Iler delight at receiving the money was extraordinary and resulted in the disclosure of a little romance of tho farm. Emiline is about 16 years old i l oi _ : 1 t- - uuvi is 111 iutu> one is engaged 10 ue married; but only lust week her mother had told her that she could not marry this Spring as intended, because she had no money, but must wait another year. When the rain of 10 silver dollars poured into hor hand-", her first thought was not of a new dress or a Spring bonnet, but of her lover. The ten dollars, she de. olared, would enable her to get married, and she hurried from the bank to tell her intended of their good fortune and to send him after a license. The wedding is to take place to-day. It has always l>e:n known that there is goM on ilie old Jones farm," as Wards worth & Peg rain's property is known, and several nuggets have been picked up there; but none to compare in size and puiity with that which hastened the wedding of Emilino Lindsay.?Charlotte Observer. Speaker Reel says that the attempt to make three quarter citizens out of Porto ltican; is certainly interesting. But then Mr. Reed is only a traitor. lie has even made remarks about buying 10,000,000 yellow bellies at $2 a head. Poor Beveridge. lie has experienced the 4-Mailed ITiat" of Mr. Hunnn and the other leaders. It was only what might havo been expected, lie is a bright boy, but ho is too young to monkey with the old fellows as ho has been doing. !N, OROWN SHOE CO/S HLAND CALF* Wlake" dnly BY^ iHOE CO., N.S.C.