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rmv," ' - i ' - i . ^ "^^rFSWfTo HAS~ljf _ ^ . __ f -The TOWN OF UNIC^HA?^| * jjj Two Cotton ftlills, ono the i? rr TT ?71 T T "\T T f \ ?T T P Pj /8[" S I I ^ ^ }(l The largest Knitting Mill and IB * hi largest in tlio South. Two Fur- 1)1 I. __ I J I B E3 B H Kg wk 0 ((( Dye Plant in the State. An Oil l/i ff| niture and Wood Manufactur- ))) H I I ?k I H I w Gs ffl f? 9 ?S \ )() and Manufacturing Co. that ))] v. ,) ing Concerns, One Female ; I I H I 1 J I ?| H V ? I 9 III K m H ML 1 makes an unexcelled (lunno. L tti Seminary. Water Works and ' _ __ _ ^LJ .. ? _ x F 1 ? fi| X w JBL^B rVy ft (li Three Graded Schools. Arte- il Z 1) [J sian Water. Population O.fiW. J L* ~ > =ac^l =? - _ _ W - =S VOL L NO. 16. UNION, SOUTH CAROLINA, HtlDAY, AlTdL ?0, 1900. #1.00 A YEAR. * ??, ? m ? ^ : t T F. M. FARK President. | aCO. MUNRO, Cashier, J * Merchants'1 and Pla * . V. i OF U1NI X Capital Stock J Surplus $ Stockholders' Liabilities I Total T | Directors?J. A. Fant, 1 X T. C. Duncan, J. T. Douglass, T Wm. Coloman. T We Solicit 1 C AT AP H ORES I5. DR, H. K DEN' Crown and ^ Bridge Work. ^ ^ .. . . 1900 APRIL 1900 Su. Wo. ^ Ws. Th. Fri. Sat. J_ 2 3 4 5 6 7 _8__9_ 10 12 13 M_ 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 - 22 23 24 25 2ifi27 28 : 29l3?i i I i UNION COUNTY NEWS. Items of Interest Gathered from Various Sections by our Correspondents. GOSHENIIILL GLEANISGS. Farmers Go Cheerfully to Work, Spurred on by the Price of Cotun ?Newberry Man Astonished ut Union's Growth?Two Christians Gone to Their Reward ?Personal Paragraphs. Wo Rre si glad that the manager of Tub Timej baa had a pleasant trip to Cuba aud thankful of hia arle re turn, ant now we a-o enjoying his - aocojnt of his trip etc. I w.ii e'ai to get a fewex!ru copies of the U.vront Times s> that each & member < f the family cou'd get one ~ at oooe to rea I and not wait f >r sonn one eg) to finish. Wo opiuo tint Mr. M kutw that he wa3 aenTng out an extraordinarily interesting sheet, and all would be anxious to see it; in this he was correct for* the paper is impnviu; weekly; it hat a large cir - eolation down hero aud ia very much I liked. March came in with wi id and rain and want out ";iko a lion," and now April and spring ia upon ua in all ita beauty. The warm sun?hine, tin singing birJj, the blooming ll>wera, J* the babbling brooks, the buz/.:ng ? b -es all seem to tdi U3 tn.it work time h is come. This w ek mm nor beast sp^nt no idle hours. Tho laud ; is moitly ready for planting, a id some of the farmers have planted cam ' } and corn and tho gardens are "m >v . ing off" nicely. We h>pe we will ; | qaye plenty of fruit; the trees hiV' more blooms than I have ever seen a id while so no are killel mo:e arc left. Ti.e wheati.n l oats are making ' qsautit li show and not near s > bn iiy K":el s we fca:$d they ware, i > .' The f.rmcra arc ehcered by the I hopes of a go< d price for c >U >.i thi? fall, auditive g >ne to work with renewed energy. May their lab tri be 1 rewarded by an abundant harvest. I Well* now let me tell you from ih in or that, witl "tiokln vnn nront.lv'' ~e ..... J p- J . a few days since I hear.i o:i-j of iho wealthiest farmers orNe *'l e ry county and also a bank officer, say I hat . Union was the leading town of th?Stfto?that in the last few yea's i ji{|s wonderful seo how sho iucr. s.?d in siae, wealth, beauty a id basinets and that there seemed t > be no en I to her etergy and eurces'. Was 'c * that nic.? Now Mr. iditor, you or ' qy the Manager one, say something fine about the oounty?won't yoi ? if. , my heart is sad and I can scare 1/ h writ* tor Death has corao i-to o-r BA midst and taken away * mu^h loved 1; F^ 4* ^***** A. H. FOSTER, Vice President. T . D. ARTHUR, Assistant Cashier. jj| inters' National Bank * ON, S. C. J $00,000 I ... 50,000 J 00,000 f $170,000 | VV. Jl. Wallace, Wm. JelTries, A , E. P. MclCisslck, A. H. Foster, ^ ft vui uutiiiiwao* J. ? /, VI* -?t/ Ai/- ->UL AI4L >?< ftif A?A J ? ?tv Y?v T^T VIV yRT /re ?V tRT YtV #lv 1 ELECTRIC* :. SMITH, nsT.^> H Union, S. C friend, Mrs. Mattio Sims The no f In v debth brought tears from ma' ai ryn and aidnesi in many a haai f ir we nil loved her?sho was boi a id reared in this community?io oral years ago she was married to I' W. L. Sims and last spring they nv>v< to Oir isle, at whi n < lace s!?e dii on the night ot tho 4 h. Her bo< was buri.d at IIisotn >uut oametei iu NcVberry. S:io left an infant only a few hours ?it is beiti^ tender c.in tl f>r by a devoted grandm >thc at tho lio'iia i.f Ktra S TV. i hir> Ma'.tic hai left many friends behit that loved her f.m lly, G )d grant tli wj may meet lit r in the better couutr I am profoundly touchod wi h syi p.ithy for the family iu their great t reave meat. Then wo liexr too that Mr. J Turner, a cil'z -n of this township, wl moved t> Arkansas about a year aj haa "pa aod over ths riror" and h been burioJ among strangers. I w sorry to hiar of his death. Well t I remember all of his family, he healthy an 1 happy they alwa looked, no v Ito is in his gravo%f. far awsy and his w'.fj a widow ai his chi dreu orphans?how sacil M. G >d 03 with them to bless and cm lorf. Dr. Will Doiglaes, cf Pacolet, oil a visit to his sisters at the o home. Will has many warm frieai down here that 'dove him as of yor< and are always glad to see hir May sacseas attend him wherever I goes. Mr. J. D. Epps paid a Oving vis t) Union last week. Mr. Dan MoCracken and fami and Mr. J. C. C.ttold, E- E. Colio and Miss Mary spoilt a day at M S. B. Sims' very pleasantly this woe and big fat o'poisum and fried chic! ens were some of the nice tbiugs c the bill ot fare. Mr. and Mrs. seem well pleased with their ne home an 1 are expecting Mrs. D.j May and children and Mrs. Jac McCarley and children this week ?pend a>me time with them. Mr. It thon Thomas and Jamca se Miss Sallie are living at tbo Carlis place anil ate raisi.ig fine chickei and hogs. The friends of M' It. M. A ighti are glad t? know ihit they like ton life au l arc proapnriug in their ue h inn. Mr. State i Crawford has bee an invalid for some time hut hope I j will grow btlttr as the spring a | vencce. TVT rQ ft A Tulor n orl o ?\ ! 1 1 ? 1>? *** ?? UVIVi u IU V/llliil IOU iitll relumed to tleir home iu Newberi ounty, after having taught tl Go.dien IIill school. M isi Mamie Smith's school I Black Rock ia el ill iu session. Wj are glad to hear that Mi K>llire Lee is trotter, after such severe ?;:ell of erysipelas. Tnero ia hig talk of a hig factoi at Whitmire?everybody wants it I c>me but we will see what we will re itiu tjuarteriy mealing 01 vv lUimil circuit was held at FJiut Hill ou it i G li. 1 Ito at'ecidance was s nail j farmers were '-too b isy" to go. We miss the English boys from tli coumuuity but a e glad thay ha\ nice j )bi In town. Mr. W> M. l'J>glish U giving h farm his undivided attention thei bright days. Mrs. \\ in. Beaty has been ou vi.it to (Carlisle to her sister, Mrs. l>. Smith and has gone t> Fairfield t visit relatives. Mr. Maiwell Rims and wife hav moved to Kev. McCauley's place an< will farm there tb s year. Tho people havo lost a 'arge num ber of hogs and chit kens fr >ni ol olera I was delight;d with ''In His Steps.1 I would like to see a copy of his pnpsr Can yeu tell m; how to prjcuie one Ivy Green. [Address "T'pcka Capital," Tnpeka, Kansas, a^k for Sheldon edition Price 25c.?Ed. Jonesville Jottings. The ninth of Apriljwas a day i evoi to be f^rgottsn by every oM veterai cf General L^e's army, as it was oi that day they surrendered to Geocr.i Graut at Appomattox Court House It was in tho morning that the terra: of surrender was signed by Genera ^ 1/30 aud shortly afterwards Genera John B. Gordon rodo out in front u tho centmand to which I belonged r ami made a snopch to the Rolib'n. j beginning at ceceesio.i ami reviewing the war up to the aurroudcr. General Gordon would eomotimes etand in hii stirrups clear of saddle and life his army cap from his heal and such eal oratory fell from his lipi ns nev?. r w ;s , heard before by the writer. "Col. I. G. MeKiasick as well as many hum dreds more wept like so many whipped = children. Forty years has passed aud ws the majority of the vcleraui present >y on that ead day have g-me to theti 11, eternal homo, an 1 thirty live yenri rn hence and they w.ll all hi iu their * - graves. )r. The weather is lino now and every ed hasd busy. There are plenty <>i si peaches 0:1 the trees so far and surely ly they will escape the frost at t1 is I airy date. < 1 Most every family in our town !?>i< !y grippe more or lees, and some h .-us* e ir, looks more like hospitals than dwell k. iugs. id Mr R W WhilW n,l!?l o !?,(!. it fjr a negro a few days ag > and there y. was a watermelon seal in the cavity o! the tooth which had been there since> - I ist watermelon season. If the tooth had been let alone until time for ecu! <^e to Bps out I go bs tfierc would have ho been a melon vine haugiug out of tha' jo, ucgroe'd mouth. an Dr. Herbert T. Hamcs is at home is now from the Charleston Medical lo College for vacation. Mr. it. L Stoke3, of Santuc, who his been at ys tending the ramo college, was in ?r, Jonrsville a lew days ng> to s.c his id many friends. iy It^v. W. P. Meadrrs, P. E. ol i- Spartanburg Distract, passed through Joaesville trday on his return from i? tl e quarterly conferc-uce at Carlisle. Id Miss Mary Lee Harden, of Iveltoa, L and Mies Lona Poaoy,of It >cky Creek, >" were in town last week vishing friends. 11. Misi Jula Wood, of Asbury, was in ie town recently visiting the Misiea Littl. j .bus. lit Air. Will Bisselt, of Durham, N. C, brother of Superintendent A L ly Biueeit, of the Knitting Mil's, has hi taken a j >b in our Knitting Mills, r. K^v. E. II. Beckham ua very busy k man these days as he id giving his k- personal attention and timo to the >n building cf the new Methadist pirsjnS. age. . w Mr. John A. Bsckham, of SieltOD, la wai in town a few days last week. :k Air. E. L. EisoD, of GafFcey, is to visiting relatives in town. Mr. ilosea Webber, father ol Mr. id I> P. Webber, died at his home near !e II ?me, Ga., la?t Friday, April C.h. us Mr. Webber had beeu on a visit to his son here for several mouths aud y returned home about three weeks n eiuce. lis was in bad health while iu w this country. Mr. J. II. McKissick, of Union, n was in our town yestirday and at le tended preaching at the Methodist tl- church. Kws. E. II. Beckham and A. A. re James filled their respective pulpi's j unu > tovciuaj iu mil oveiiiiig ie If one will take a look into the millinery stores in oqr town they will at see the most lovely and beautiful ights if hats, 11 ?wera an! nbbou. t.a 11 tl.ero i? anything a lady eijoys in a tbh world it h nice bead gear, ami there is something etae ab ut it too y no lady will want a bat like a ty other to 11 Ij 's hat and she wo A have it if it e. is. I have looked upon audiences ol pe hundreds of ladies and 1 never have ie see.i two of their hats and trimming* is j ht alike. Men arc the siroe way, ihoy don't want clothes like others, ie The big brjek mac! ine over on re Factory 11111 will start about t )?m >rrow and theu the biiek will roll out 'g ah ut tnenly thousind j?er day and. ie M iu Whitlock and Jim Vinson will be happy. a Mr. J. W. Crawford has been quite f. poorly lor a>me lime but he ia ah:o to o be in town to-Jay. V r Charlt9 1*1. Fowler, one < f tor e oldest cil;zms, is about to looso his \ mi ad. D.\ II. K. llearden will retern l> . Jona.vilio in a few days atd will resume the practice cf medicico. ? Mrj. J. K. Rush went to Midway, Tcnoo* cc, a few days ago to j an her cr husband v. here thev will ret do for a while. Mr. B. F. Webber Lai op;ned a meat market in town. Mr. II A. Whillock has Leafed his taw mill in town again. TiXEriiosE. r i Some Questions About Sewerage. ' 1 _ , - 1 1 O.i vhe 25th day of April 1!)00 the ' ' q lalifiid electors of the town of Union 5 . in pursuance of au Ordinance euacted 1 I by tho Town Council, will by their i , ballot decide tho question therein ( , aubmitic 1, to wit : Tho issuing ( f 11 bonds to the amount of fifty thousand 8 'r dollars, as fdlows twenty five thou9 ' j and lor a sewerage system, thirteen n ( thousand for the betterment aud im v , provaineat of the water works and 1 E cetric lights and twelve thousand v ( for the erection and maintaining of a t town hall. e This question involves very much 'more than tho commonalty have thought < r have any conception of. In the 11 rat place, f r whose special 1 benefit is tho sewerage system to he , put in ? H >w many i.n 1 who will it ' benefit? Asassnitary mensura how * s tho town to be boat tiled ? lal.-ss every owner ? t a hoixe and lot ..e compelled to uce it. liow can thote who are u >t able bs f reed to use it ? Then v.hers dots the ' pr> bono publi- J co" come in ? Will some of tho. know g j ing ones of the town plea3o show me | j :ho uecessity of a sewerage system iu i the town of Union ? A town that has ; the host natural drainage of any town < in the Stale, cot a fl it, level place ' w!:e;c vva er pools and stands stagnant, a town scattered over a large ten i lory. I fail to ice wherein any patt of t *.u. J tiwn wil bs benefited, except the I Jail, U >io i Cotton Mils aid t:e < , . lv nil ling M 11, there are all monied corp- r.'.i ms, aud tho town should rot I be taxed iur their social bam tit. The , c st to each family for having put iu iho connecting pipes, together with tho water pip.'a will bo not less than an annual cost of from twenty lire to ; one lruudr.d dollar*), in addition to s tho imreaso*) tax levy, neosary to meet the expenses m 1 tho pa Tin out of *| interest on tho bonds. The town I authorities scorn to have gone wild, ' like tin "eyesof u g'ut'o t etc." iucluu* ing the ftuuy little board cf health that drives out the family from heme instead of moving the Hatall p< x | patient. Already we have a Innded debt of frrty thou3aud dollars for the erecting and maintaining electric lights an', water works and have to borrow money every month to pay the 'expenses. There are a number if J grave considerations which when sum| rned up frr'm a great barrier ngaius | tho sswerago system. Where will t! e ; pipes slop? About foil* miles west of j town, it is said. Then Mr. A. 13. and j U. who doubtkss have pastures in I wtiich their catt'e and horses run will protect; then a suit against the town f?.r daniagep, as they ean'i submit to b^ijg the dumping ground for the iilih of the town of Uuiou. l'ho laud thiough which the pipes arc to be run will also sustain more or 1cb3 damage, especially if there be growi.ig crop3 upon them at the time the pipid are laid. This damage will have to bo paid, 8> notouly the liiti oat will bo enormous, but the future is full of similar enormities, and all for the benefit of that preeious few. A.001I1 r view should be taken of this question taxation, whenever a town is saddled with heavy tax, it will keep out many who would otherwise come in, and drive out many who woull iy bit fur this heavy tix. The small properly owner will bo forced to sell at a sacrifice, bccitue thie taxation is to him slow confiscation, and | thus in the near future all the properly will be iu the hauls ot a few moneyed mm. Perhaps this is the end lo which the advocates of theso several schemes are looking ami seek ing. To me it is a q ner kinl cfcn.s;ftency to vote to re.irn manufactur1 ing an 1 other indiutriesaud enterpriser I from tax, while a'. the sune time efthrts are being mtdo to double tho tax of the citizms, thus v liiln one (i'a s '.i encouraged to come in, another is driven out and kept out. We uliealy have the eh c;ric lights and water w r'.s, and I am in favor of making them etlioiout and subservient tj our put p see. A', t) the t .wn had, liiis town don't 1 reel it any more thn it does a t *eWsjrftg? pjetem, hut 1 siy tie town ' is jet i< o small. 1 think it' the r.eco:. I far? amount of unney could be tx Mllfm. A. N10H0I BANKE RESPECTFULLY Banking Business and And promise you the the best s pcudel in Macnlanvzing tho street*j xnd pasting do.vn aiplialt pavement*, i tuch it* provonienis would ba perma- ! :icnt and ofc xnfnrt nt:d pleasure to our people. We would at least ba able t>j* jrots Main street ia wet weather. I '; ay to tho people, arouso yonrselvc3 tnd go to t ie polls nod vote NO as to 11 he6ewe;agi and torn hall at least, t md don't let anyone fool you into 1 roting ?ther and ho euro vou >ut tho NO in the right box. The rotc caU at the hut election was die rac'ful:y small, and could not w xpress the wishcj of the people. ] n C'lTI/.KV. Union, S. C , April 1('?, 1900. mm ? V J Still heads t S sion for reli. date Footwet ?HOT S Is not what you I cool, comfortable, j styles. Well, e admit that whe the best in shoes possible price her get it, that is < of our Ladies' 0 ! Our Sow cut SSi 9 j j equalled by the S UNION SI SHOE MER< LSON & SON,"" :rs. SOLICIT YOUR Your Fire Insurance, best protection and ervice. Docs This Fit You? Possibly you may find just the advice ou need in one or more of the followng nine rules for the general betterncnt of humane conduct an 1 condiions: "Drink les<, breathe more; eat ess, chew more; ride less, walk more; l )thc less, bathe more; woriy less, rork more; watt? less, /.ive more; rite less, read more- talk less think tore; preach less' practice more." ?News and Courier. yr % he proces= I able up=to= ir. TUFF? need now, but correct Spring vervbody will n one wants . at the lowest e's where thev especially true xt'ords.? oes are only ow cut price?, 10E CO., 3HANTS.