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* 'M " - - ? - V ^.,-r * ^?1 m .. l /. ./^ . sj i .' ? ' / ' UlM y S^FTgWrgF^roTH ^Olf _ ' r**^ - __ _ . ^ j/j "ThETO W^0f"1jI^o7 HA^j Two Cotton Mills, one the If) [ I I I I I M I I | i I I ! I |M W I 1 1 If Tho largest Knitting Mill and lo [(/ largest in the South. Two Fur- //) I B B J I I fl H I I I IB / IJ [(( Dye Plant, in the State. An Oil III . ?.-V" . ))) nlture and Wood Manufactur- /)] I B^M Bi , I I I ^^1 I I I I] , )] and Manufacturing Co. that M . +.,-*. 4 1,, ing Concorns. One Female ( I II I ] J I B I m W B| I I V I I < 1 k in makes an unexcelled Guayo. K j Seminary. Water Works and (// B _BL JL JL^J B J .. J B \ / -u J _M_ JL ^L. ? JL JL-J I ((( Three Graded Sch<Mftlta^uBPK$^ J Electric Lights. ||J ? ~a -J.. - ' I VOL L. NO. 15. UNION. SOUTH CAROLINA, IRIDAY, APRIL hi. 1900. #1.00 A YEAR. 4+ *b* - -m* ^ V F. M. FARK President. T GEO. MUNk<\ Cashier, J | Merchants' and Pli X OF urv] I Capital Stock 8urplus -... I Stockholders' Liabilities.... i Total.....' | Directors?J. A. Fant, 1 X T. C. Duncan, J. T. Douglass, T Win. Coleman. T We Solicit 1 CATAPH0RE51S. DR, H. K <^_DEN' Crown and ^ Bridge Work. % i 1900 APRIL 1900 Su. Mo. Tu. We. Hi. Fri. Sat. a a A J ^ ^ ? X *5 ^ I) fc) / TT 10 1112 13"14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 2^27 28 29 30 * UNION COUNTY NEWS. Items of Interest Gathered from Various Sections by our Correspondents. . Snntnc Sittings. "Meadows?dreary meadows, stretching far away ; Thinking of the dewdrops on the daisies eveiy day ; ab i uie ciuuus are loaning winter, ana the^tp is in the sod, And tlie sun is b urning brighter, and iis coloiing ilu clod." What next? Summer ie coming ; Sho. The official thermometer registered 85 degrees, Sunday. What more beautiful weather need one wish than we had last week. ^ "And now we ore happy all the day." The weekly crop reports have been resumed in this Stato, and the first regular bulletin will come out Tuesday* ^ Last week we had two cold days, one as low as 20 degrees, ground frozen and j<ckfoit, but wc hope f; fruit was not injured inuch. There was quite a quantity of s >rghutn planted last week for green Y, '/ forage but as yet none has been planted for syrup making. * The small pox case here is greatly * improved, but the quarantine has not been raised yet. There arc gamblers enough arou..d to keep the roads in excellent fix if * people would only put them at it. Judging from reports Sundays arc the niain days for gambling. They Y are on tho roadsides, in the pines, behind houses and ahnosfiDvery where A-re people permitted or allowed i. keep gambling dent-? An Irish woman once went to a Doctor with an arm in a sling, an eye and the head bandaged, the nose twisted around, a half d>>zen stickiug plasters on the face, an car crope 1 off, a big poultice on one fo >t and hobbling along on a stick, and said \ to the Doctor, 4,Yer think I am used up d'ye? Just wait till you see V Dennis, me husband." Our big cat 7 Tally -IIo went off Sa'urday night to a club meeting, or to the station, or saloon, or gambling seat, or to r carouse, "samce" as many men / often do, and come home much like that Irish woman was. If our felr . )(pf whipped hjs fight I would hate to be the other cat. Sunday was a painful day for him. ^ You spoke, Mr. Editor, ab out the ducks last week passing over Union in such numbers. Some people lu re heard them, tho whir of the wings lj^r ^|| A. H. FOSTER, Vice President, f I. D. ARTHUR, Assistant Cashier. T inters' National Bank * torv, s. c. | $00,000 i 50,000 J GO,000 I $170,000 | \V, II. Wftllftce, Wm. Jeffries, ? , E. P. McKlssick, A. H. Foster, I ('our Business. I Aia- ->U- -ki/- -U* JHA VI/. JL4/ AM. _>!/_ - +? ELECTRICS. SMITH, risT._^> Union, S. C. J and thought there must have been ! great numbers. They were going north here. Just as tho cloud vas darkest and the wind blowing hardest, I went into the piazza and heard several quacking, but they wero going cast and it was then about 10 o'clock, so there must have been a general exodus of them. You said "if it had been in the day time etc.," but did you, Mr. Editor, ever hear of ducks immigrating in the daytiuie? Depu'y Sheriff K. E. N. Fowler has been in these parts several days collecting delinquent taxes, and many see now that it would have been bet ter to have paid before the books closed; there seems to be many executions. Eut I have heard some say thut some of those called on held receipts and yet had to pay up this time under the executions. If this is so, how is it that the Treasurer would give a receipt and not cover nil the tHYOV^ Ta nnl tlm nomn /\y? ihe ' Treasurer's" duplicate covering all taxes in one township? If the reports are true, has the Auditor gone hack and audited more taxes against a man or did he in mistake make a double entry? The Treasurer receipt in full for one eniry, issue an execution against the other to clear his books, and then the Sheriff collect under the execution receipt or no receipt. I have not seen any of the receipts but have heard men say that they have seen some and know that the holders had to pay this time. They may be mistaken though and tho receipts may be old ones. Sometimes, and often, large old fields are set afire and fire left alone to run its course, burning young rabKifj ar nnntVtiniv t Kof %vt!l Kn?n a*? ?V a can be killed by burning. Negroes do this the most, and yet want to, generally, tako up almost the entire winter hunting rubbits. Then too, they burn all tho nesting places f)r partridges on these acres. But then this does not make much difference, for partridges have but a poor chance, for this habit of hunting and killing partridges for market purposes, has well nigh ruined the bird business. The moderate hunter that hunts only j occasionally stands but a poor chance ) for good birds. Birds may be plentiful in the fall, but they are scarce in the spring NVe have to admit that the way the people treat this country and things of tho country is ruining it in many respec's. We would not like to live in a country where all game was destroyed. Burning ofl old fields promiscuously, raising the lihi/'Lr llutt tA lvir<l j rAn? ?,? ?... I viuvn *""o 'v *" ** ' ?i viu vnv *?Vi the adult bird, iutcrminublo seining and dynimiting fish, 'possum hunting when ?he old ''varmints'' are poor, full of chiggers and ticks, etc., it : cleaning up this country. But peo pie are beginning to advertise lane purposely to prevent some of this Let thetn turn their attention t< crows, or "grabble" for bud worm? IIKY DKNYGU. Santuc, S, C., April 9, 1900, What does the admlnistratior i think of Consul Macrum, anyhow ' Wasn't he a pretty fellow to pick ou for a post of euch importance ? Tin only reason for choosing him seemi to have been that ho was an Ohi< , m t'i and a personal friend of tin i! President. I A TREATIES ON SMALL POX. p C( Dr. Fant Writes Interestingly of tl the Disease and Vaccination, ol Scores The Doctors for Wrong* S ling, and Gives the Out Siders p< Some Plain Talk. cj Mr. Editor:--So much haying been aI said about small pox, prompts mc to m write this article, hoping to Inform P" the public in regard to this loathsome 1 disease. The early history of small ? pox is obscure. Arabia seems to be n> the country that gave it birth, but it s? reaches all climes and prevails in all seasons. But prior to 569 A. D. it s" was not recognized as a distinct Jr1 malady. It is a curious fact show. 0 . ing the laxity of observations in w< former times that small pox, measels, {ni chicken pox and scarlet fever were ^ ?li i _ i i . vif . n * en uii rcgaruuu as dui utnerent torms oi the same disease. It was not until 8P the middle of tho sevcnteonth cen- ?J. tury that these vital errors were corrected and specific treatment given rei these distinct diseases. So late as prior to 1708 it was not understood .va that small pox was contogeous and as in no means were used to retrain its spread it periodically ravaged the world. The futality of small pox *'? was aggravated hy the old time treat- c ment. Then it was thought that the ca: eruption was bnt an effect of nature ?f to clear the system of retained poison- ^5 ous material. This theory brought ? i heated drinks and unventilatcd rooms 0 and hot drinks which worked much mischief. But the treatment * of today is more successful, and yet unmodified smallpox remains a terrible disease. The mortality is unmod- ^ ified. Smallpox ranges between 2 3 tp 60 per cent. But here we notico a e* very curious fact that where it is in- _ duce?l by inoculation the mortality is not more thin 1 in 700 cases. ne! Why should the virus when directly "F introduced through the skin be so highly less fatal than when inha'ed 6? from tho atmosphere. ; w" Inoculation with small pox virus was tho first step in curbing the des- rai troyer. Edward Jennier, after yearsof reflection and experience, demonstrated the value of vaccination, and rae thus became ono of the world's great- Su est benefactors. lie met with con- no1 tempt and ridicule on all sides. At 8 first he used virus from the cow but he soon found out that the protecting . virus could as well be taken from cn persons suffering from cow pox as from the cow. lie soon demonstrated "8 a great fact which was to save mil- ra? lions of lives and benefit humanity through all time. It was said to thl him that ho was debasing humanity cu by introducing a cow disease. J rom 8?1 the pulpit ho was traduced, and his ot discovery denounced as "diabolical." an The citizens feared that horns would . develop upon the he ids of those vac- 81C cinated. We are t>ld by those who 'ac know, that the true value of vaccina- a tion lies in two directions. First, its 8 . protective power, we find in one epi- . v demic out of 2,000 cases, only one 18jl and six-tenths per cent, of vaccinated v.19 persons had the diseaso and but one c,t vaccinated person died. Second, its mc modifying power. Perfect immunity ,na is not obtained in all cases, but the re( disease is so modified as to be of little an harm. It has been observed that persons recently vaccinated arc more c perfectly immune than are those who 8ayears before were vaccinated. Vac- 311i cination does not prove a lifetime i protection. Many persons think they . are well protected because they can VM show a large, smooth and glistning * li , scar, all such marks are spurious n0 and of no value. A 6car, to indijate . ; protection, should present a pited sur; face regardless of size. The disease CJ} 1 develops in about twelve days after " exposure, vaccination gives protection "u i in seven days, so it may bo made to i modify the disease already contracted. "a ; Vaccination is not entirely free from *n ; objections, it mu9t be u choice bo- c0 t tween twc evils. Some disagreeable cr j disease may be transmitted by it, but they weigh nothing against the good i I ncomplishcd. Prior to Jonnier's time the world was periodic illy do- 111 > vast ited by the awful disease, which , is now slaved and could with concert P' of action be stamped out of the *)r world. 01 Dr. Waugh, an eminent physician. J personally vaccinated 10,000 cases and observed their history* lie says: 1 "I always advised vaccination when i small pox was about, some would take 0( * ( very year, others would never tako. jte y All my experience verified the oluinit I at J that after successful vaoonation the individual cither did not tike small pi ox op had a light attack." These inclusions are in harmony with ?ose physicians of experience and ^serration in hospitals of the United tated army. In view of all this iinjrtar.t testimony opposition to vacnation id a crime against one s self id humanity. Its legal cnforceent would no more infringe upon srsonal liberty than do laws against eft and vagrancy. We do not unirstand just how it is that vaccination produces immunity; there are veral theories, Iwt it is not essential at we know just how it is. In 1808 lall pox made its appearcnce in ht/\ fJnrinrr fKn fnn rtnon L*>V| \?ut vuv iwui IVVI1 illUlltlig llowing 1,882 cases ami 30 deaths sre reported. The disease was arked by its exceeding mildness and *aany failures to recognize its arate^,"both operating to favor its read; A mo3t remarkable feature this outbreak was that the nature the disease thus started was not cognized until a month afccrward. The symptoms of the disease were riable, the preliminary fever was many cases slight and almost unticed, secondary fever appearing only a small proportion. The crupm in most instances was move supcrial than common, so that in most ses pitting was slight, vaccination, en if performed many years pre>us, gave almost perfect protection. Jould write page upon page of this rrid maledy, but hope what I have itten will answer my purpose, lich is two fold. 1st. To beg of 5 people outside of the profession quit speculating or expressing ?a& v^iuiun^ auuub OUUIUIUUJ^ lUUJf ow nothing about. It keeps up citement, which has a debilitating set upon all of a nervous tempera^ nt. I must acknowledge that I eer hoard so much speculation 011 any one subject in my life, le will say it is not small pox, then on to give their reasons why, en they absolutely know nothing >ut it, they only display their igno ice and that too in no unspeakable aip, and I must say that I am "Mil 4o hour lliUt unbers of our noble profession are ilty of the same, I do hope it is t true: they are a noble class and )uhl abstain from any such. For i last several days, I am told, that so end so says it is not small pox ticising and insinuating the brothi. I must say that my feelings ve been hurt, as some of the re,rks have reflected upon rao and lers of my profession. One would nk that there should bo little dilfity in the differential diagnosis of all pox, as its manifestations are an external and marked character, d its occasional mild form, and the it that ihcre must be many pbyians who have never been *n con-1 :t with ihe disease and thus can vc only st book idea of it may be a ution of the question why such a rcrsity in diagnosis sometimes exi. I was connected and daily ited the small pox hospital in the y of Atlanta for three or four >nths while a student. The in. ites numbered, to the be3t of my ioUection, from one to five hundred, d must ackuowlcdgo that we killed 3 most of them by our treatment. )ff brethren, I d> conscientiously f that I have now undsr my caic l cases of genuine em ill pox, and earnestly invite you .to see them. J?;ept the invitatioi and be oniced, or shut up and say nothing, nf vnn will mlmif fSuf Trnii L-r.^'ir ' W J Vlt ?? III IIUIIIIV V - IUV J UU l\ UV >1 thing about. It n a duty you owe knmam'y and to your noble call^ to accept this offer and thereby doavor to supprcs this horrid lease that is so fatal, besides so ^figuring to those who may recover, at mothers will disswn the r own bes, husbands discard their wivei d wives their husbands. Wc shoul 1 opernto with one another, coase iticising brotherhood, it is a bcauti1 word. Through its rhythmical llables unspeakable poetries roll. a unpauitaDie pictures gleam una eft'ablo melodies rise. I write fhis f >r the gojd ol tho pc>e and esp jcially for iny professional ethren. I have a horn but prefer hers to blow it. Respectfully, A. E. Fant, M. D. That now Carnegic-Frick $180 )0,000 Company will receive proction as one of the infant industries, id at the same time charge the jvernment a ton for urmor ate. ? t - Wm. A. NICHO BANKE RESPECTFULLY Ranlfinnr RiiQinoce onrl fc/vjiii\uig UUOIIIOOO CIIIU And promise you the the best s Morals in the Schools. Recognizing the serious defects in ' the moral training of our schools, it j seems very necessary that those in- ' terested in tho instruction of the 1 young should concern themselves in this most important subject, "the 1 teaching of morals in the schools." * "Mighty of heart mighty of mind," ( should bo our motto. It will be 1 noticed that the author of these words { has given precedence to greatness of 1 heart, over intellect, thereby emphasizing the truth that I endeavor to impress, but it seems that the en- 1 riching of the intellect has been the absorbing idea, to tho nocrloot. of O ' D I moral powers so important since they * alone enable men and women to live * truly, thereby fulfilling the conditi m n intended by their Creator. Whcro is the individual to receive this instruction if not in the school- i' room ? for it is there that the grea'or part of the formative period of his [ life is spent. Sinco then, fellow C teachers, such a great responsibility e rests upon u?, let us consider the \\ best way of impressing great truths and guiding principles upon those ^ under our care. ? Why not give at least ton minutes ? a day to explicit moral instruction? It will not be difficult to find some thin.; new each d iy f ?r this short lesson. The work of inculcating , good moral principle? can probably be accomplished bv irregular lessons, e or when occasion demands, but unless given a specific time the pressure of lessons is apt to crowd it out. f Therefore it is better to give it a ? definite place in the d ly s program n That very fact will invoit it with greater dignity in the chil I s mind. We, as teachers, shou'd put forth .. a determined effort to give it as j* recognized a place as any otVer , branch of instruction. . Ic has not been attempted, probably because of the fact that teachers depend a great deal on text books, and no such book has been supplied. Here is one ? simple and I think good plan: " llavc three or four children learn P and repeat before the school each f morning some quotations, convening ^ a morral. (They each may hear upon the same subject or different as you choose,) after these havo been thor- ( oughly explained by the teacher have e them put on the blackboard and then t copied by each child in the room g into a hook, used for that purpose. (] Next day select 3 or 4 other children and continue to do so until all have | contributed to the store of quotations. So you see at the end of a term they ? will have ready at hand quite a nurn *' her of apt sayings which administered J at tho proper time is often a sueeosjful mode of discipline. With careful moral instruction permanently established in our schools s the children will be mado to fool v that in the cye3 of the world a know- c ledge of right or wrong is of as much ' importance as a knowledge of as- ( counts. i Largest I"? ! Hilar Sale J "Own m c OF ANY | SHOE Fixed Priced jfor men SHOE! > IN AMERICA | <c^ SOLE) O] UNIONS ' UNION LSON & SON,?* :rs. SOLICIT YOUR Your Fire Insurance, best protection and ervice. Let us ask ourselves if we are loing all in our power to inspire the Foung in care to live faithful, pure livps anil fn fl.inL -..V. vv HMUlk ^V/IKIUUOj IV V UJ thoughts. Since impressions aro received so indeliably through the eye, let us ceep constantly before the eye of the ihildren this great motto, 44 'Tis only loble to be good," and that beauty >f soul is as sounding brass and a ;inkling cymbal. Etiielind Gos?. Southern Mill Neyya. iXOTIIEIt ?100,000 MILE AT ATkAHTA. The Piedmont Cotton Mills of Atlanta, Ga , was granted incorporaion papers some weeks ago. Baylard Wiilingham, manager, states hat a mill building will be erected to io!d 5,000 spindles. LANWINU A ?500,000 ADDITION. It is announced that the Fulton Jag and Cotton Mills of Atlanta, *.>., has under consideration the rcction of an additional mill that rill cost about ?500,000. At Oxford, N. C., a company has een incorporated as tho Oxford Mill. fl'L. !. 1 _ . _ _ 1_ 'Uit'JU ui 11id. lllC CUpllUl SIOCK IS 1125,000. # 325,030 KNITTING MILL. The Melrose Kaitting Mill of Uleigh, N. C., lias been organized. 'he capital stock is 325,000, the ntire amount having been subscribed. - INCORPORATED FOR $100,000. The Liberty Cotton Mills of iiberty. S. C., with capital stock of * 100,000, and privilege of increaso l) C'j00,000. ?50,000 KNITTING MILL. A meeting was held on the 27th It., at Kosciusko, Miss., and stock ) the amount of ?53,000 immediate/ raised to build a c >tton seed oil lili and fertilizer factory. AXOTIIKE COTTON OIL MILL. Tho People's Cotton Oil Co. of ielma, Ala., has been incorporated, rith a c ipital stock of ?00,000, all aid in. The incorporators are J. >. Ellis, Orrville; E. 11. Martin, lartin Station, and others. avf VOR GREENWOOD. Tho Farmers' Oil Mill Co. at Jreenwood, S. C.. has been charter? d to operato a ginnery in oonnecion with i\s plant. Tho capital took of the comnanv is to be 880. 100. ITASl'A, TEXAS MILL 9100,000. Tho company recently reported as rganized at Itasca, Texas, has ncorporated us the Itasca Cotton Manufacturing Co , tho capital stock >oiog 9100,000. IlftS MILL lit'II NED. It is state 1 that tho Blades Broi., law mill at Elix ibcth City N. C, vas destroyo 1 by fire recently togethsr with 2,500,000 feet of lumber, rhe property w.u valued at $100,)00 with innirancj $00,000. The mil will be rebuilt at once. " i, BROWN SHOE 80/S 4LAND CALF" lake" p MIvY BY HOE CO., , S. C.