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VOL. 1<. NO. 21. ' UNION, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, MAY 2r>, 1900. #1.00 A YEAR.
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f F. M. FARk. President. A
t T a CO. MUNka, Cashier, J. E
J Merchants' and Plan
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4 Capital Stock
J Surplus
| Stockholders' Liabilities
| Total...'
| Directors?J. A. Funt, W.
jl T. C. Duncan, J. T. Douglass, E
J Wm. Coleman.
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CATAPHORESIS. +
DR. H. K.
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Crown and
Bridge Work.
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ONION COUNTY NEWS.
Items of Interest Gathered from
Various Sections by our
Correspondents.
Satilttc Sifting*.
"Oh, life Is a kettle of trouble.
That sizzles froiu morn 'till n.Kht;
. V*jiothing but sputter and bubble
^S^K^unult from dnrkot-ss to light,
It sit* Tfc/sfi# stove of misfortune,
Right o\ the tiro of despair;
It's handled each day without caution.
And greed Is the fuel used there."
I hate to ride a male that persists
in putting down its foot before it ge!s
there.
M ohTinlev <!/>< nr.! Irnnn linm 1
oonqior the Philipin >9, he ought to | .
sing to them "Whisper you'll he mine
love."
Four inches of rainfall last Friday .
was very beneficial to sufPring small
grain an<l made iand easier to plow. ,
Lind never baked foster or harder io .
fa. a short space of time than since the ,
late hard raius, and plowing was (
a'most at a e'&ndstill, practically.
Farmers are badly behind. Plant
iig uafi tished. S>ra; otton seed to
plant still. Much that was planted '
was put in under unfavorable coadi- (
tions, laud was never in a warm con
dition for planting.
Fruit prospects are very eoccur
_ aging in these parts, except apples,
which are blighting. The we.ither
crop bullitius report apple aud pear ]
blight all over the State. Wild
plums and berries are good. ,
While two negro men working with <
as were going to a spring for water, they j
f ?und a large mink near the houso, ,
began racking it and so>n succeeded
in killing it, an I likely many chickens'
lives were smyed.
{Piahefmeq scpiing in Neil's Shoala
are meeting wun success ca o niig cats.
('The river is in a rp'endid condition
for seining. Some parties from Union 1
have been down making haul?.
About two weeks ago somebody
stole out the two cows of Mr. It E.
, Moore and dnve them off at night,
aud he only found thcra the next
evening several milts (run home
where a negro had impounded them.
It b( thought the thief was overtaken
py aborning ligfyt ?t"d f'eariog deteoy
fjbfl 1 ft the cattle to drift aud they
were thus taken up
% I'hres days religious services have
been oonduoted at the Proabyterian
church by HiV. J. It lssell. * Yesterday,
Sunday, the L 'rd'a supper was
L, observei, and a m rs impressive diecourt*
on. soch an occasion than that
Kf a T? it ion1! tkn AAnanaiiniAonfa
*? *?' ^rw * i*mw wuaiuuuivauvc,
{nevpr heard.
Some time ego in a personal notice,
I nien.ijned Mi as Mary Kusaell "who
|l has been an attendant in trie hospital
lot the inianj", etc, but she says sht
has never been there in any capacity
and that if I did not ohange the im
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I. ARTHUR, Assistant Cashier. ||
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ELECTRICS.
SMITH,
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^ Union,. S. C.
icesion that she had "been in tke
.sylum", ?ho would slop shaking
lands with me. Yep, mam, I will
?>th pleasure, how I male the ni sake
I am unable to account for now,
mt we fellows 8ro capable of serious
nutakes sunetime?.
The voluntary meteorological obers-er
will c > operate with the Weath^
r Bureau officials, by taking obser ations,
at this place, of the shadow
>ands cf the eclipse of the sun on the
18.h. Preparations are bring made
o git every thing that can begotten
ly observing the eclipse, by the
A'eather Bureau. The center of the
rack will be near Alston, will strike
Sdgefield on the edge and Lancaster
hrongh the center. I hope the 28th
vill be a clear day.
A very troubleeome littla worm is
miner vnnna rnrn Kaillv Willi""
O J o ? -J I ",,,,u8 "uuul
>r possibly more than half of the corn
>n the land. It is a small, yellowish
vorm, never more than about half an
ach long, and looks very tender. If
rou examine the corn tbat seems slow
t comi ig up, you-may liad from one
0 half a d z)n on one sprout, killing
even before it has had time to
:omo up. I always dread this kind
nore than the old wire worm.
Very likely the strange bird caput
ed by Mr. Frank Israel last week
vas a coot. Lot me describe the
5>of: rather of a <1 ?ve ctlor, rather
>ng legs and neck, long toes and
tea semi-webfect. short tail, long,
minted, sharp bill, inclined to whitish
:?lor and a red or game eye. Is this
t? Some people call them water
thickeus, but ooot is tr.e proper name.
They aro very good to eat. I have
tilled s veral on Broad river, but
lave not seen one for some time.
Sometimes they are very gentle and
a ill allow r. bateau to be run near
mough for a min to kill them with a
pole. Sometimes they bite, when
caught alive, and it is a bite, you will
not soon forget. IIey Denver.
Union Tloy in Spartanburg.
Editor Times:?As I am all alone
1 will give you a few lines.
Court lias been in session here this
iveek several cases disposed of. Mr.
Tom Smith came clear in his case for
killing a negro on Glenn Springs
I rain.
When I came to this county some
years ago from Union everybody
would say you came from a bad place
they would say to me did you ever
have a court in Union without havincr
a half dozen cases of murder? I
would answer some tiui03. They
would ask what did the people mean.
But I can say the same thing to them.
I do think there are more murder
cases in this county than I ever heard
of in my life, we can't have a court
bijt what there arc three or four
piufder eases to be tried.
I mgst q,sk you to tf^de with one
of our harness men. \ man in your
county and I am a witness, ho is to
gi*c a man a fine set of harness if he
gets married this year the man who
is to marry is Charles R. Long and
he said ho would get the harnets but
Charles has been on the road too
long to get off at this late hour, but
he looks a* young as he did 20 years
ago.
Mr. Editor I did not get my paper
last week and I feel like I am lost.
I have been in this county seven
years and have not missed it a single
.ime as I can recollect. I look forward
every Friday to the arrival of The'
Times. It is like petting a letter !
from home to read The Times, so
please send mo last week's paper if
you have one I c.iu't do without it
I looked for you last week during the
May Festival at Converse College1
but did not see you I guess you was ,
out on the forest fishing,- we had a ]
nice time and a good many visitors i
from Union and other points. '
Our Electric road will soon bo 1
finished they are laving iron on the '
streets they have two or three miles
already down it looks like business 1
nt rtiij v.... > ' '
< ? HJIO Itaiuv. X uu 111 U It U JUIU up llllll
take a ride when they get it all O. K.
Mr. Pat. S. llarty died last Friday '
at his brother's C. W. llarty. Pat.
was a good boy and well liked by all :
who knew him. lie has friends in j
Union who will feel sad to hear of ,
his death, be was always full of life |
and fun anil made friends everywhere |
he went. 11o leaves his mother 3 i
sisters and two brothers and many <
friends to mourn his dea'h. i
I had the pleasure of riding out i
in the country last Frid iy. and the '
farmers. 1 would say, are badly be- '
hind. I saw 6ome putting in guano J
and fixing cotton ground and If it 1
was I instead of them 1 would say it
was too late to plant cotton, but 1
am no judge now, not having done ,
any farming in several years. But
they plant all times of the year up
here, at least through April, May.
Juie and July. They don't firm in
this county like they do in Union.
Wo have men who make excellent
crops; men like Capt. Geo. B. Dean,
for instance, he has the nrettiesi
farm I ever saw., Burnett, Thompson
and Dillard have a farm two )
miles south of this place. They will I
have the prettiest farm in a few years I
in the Stat? if they keep the same ;
brsson it. But I am proud to say
he is a Union County man; he is ;
Mr. Brock Dillard, and he knows '
what to do on a farm and when to do
it. A prosperous year to the Editor, 1
his force and his readers, is the wish
of a Union Bo v. 1
Lock hart Locals.
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Lockbart. May 20.?Several of our ,
young people woTshippel at Smyrna |
A. II. P. church in York county yeater |
day, they were paired as follow : Mr. ,
II. R. Wilburn and Miss Lena j
Reeder, Mr. C. C. Dargan and Miss
Addie Scroggins, Mr. Loy Carey and j
Miss Alics R'ggius, Mr. Marion |
Smith and Miss , Messrs. (
Vernon Cranford and Fred Hope |
also were in the party. The
ice cream supper last Saturday ,
evoning given for the purpose of pur- |
cbasiug an organ for the Baptist ;
church was quite a success. They t
realiz id a reasonable sum from the ,
sale of their ics cream and <1 >wers |
aud also a crazy quilt was vote! off
at 10 cents a vote to the most popular
girl of Lockhart. Mr. J. L
Evans was the auctioneer, which was
a happy selection. The bidding was
quite a spiritel affair, as from its sals
was realizsd the handsome sum of
ami Miss toarati liarnes was
Awarded the q lilt, having received
280 votes. The White Ully Brass
B md furnished music for the occasion
and Jim Evaui (who33 wit has never
fiilei him on aiy occasion) furniihed
the songs aud wit. The success of
the occasion is pirtly due to the band
and to Jim, bi't m jetly to the open
hearted people of L? akhart, who are
ever ready with their purs:s when a
worthy object is presented. The
who'e affair Was engineered by Mr
II. R. Wilburn assisted by many pood
people.
The Railroad C mimi-.si mere in'
spected the railroad last Thursday
aud wo have reason to hope that by
the 1st of Juno that we vyill have a
regular schedule,
I\. considerable quantity of raiu fJl
out hero last Thursday in a very short
time, and Jinks says there was a bar
rel iu his jar 1 with b >th heads out
and the bung turned up (and a small
bun? at thAtl and it rained ?> f*at in
the bung that if ho ha I not
ran out an<l turned the bung down
the barrel wjuIJ have s>ou burbled
the pressure of th > watir on the
inside of the barrol. [A.nd thero are
others ]
Union is nsted for ita barbecues
and its fine sportsmen, but in the way
of a fine shot few can cq sal this. Mr.
U. who is a g>>d farmor and lives at
h sine. He was hunting one day and
boing wearied stopped and was rest
ing ?t a spring, saw a mosquito hawk
flitting about aud he shot at same
and kiiled it on the wing. It there
is another man if ho can boast of any
smaller gam trot bim out.
Homo.
* [That was bid, he ought to havi
kilted it oh the head.?Ki> ]
Coldivcll Chronicles.
Spring is fast milling into summer.
Bit we thought the other night thai
9 iDoe of cur fishermen would have
rpiteaool nap, "if they tried t?i
ncure one." They tried to play il
off as a j rke next morning by raving
'when iney were'invited iu to a uice
fire" that they really were so warm
that they almost felt like drawing oil
their oats. As you know fishing
iprees are generally warm ones any
way.
Plenty of nice fruit growing now,
if wo only can get nice sea ions to help
it maturo, we'll hive some good old
ipple, cherry and poach pie and black
jerry jim. Thero is nothing any
oetter. Also plenty of nice fresh but:er
to go with it. Aud did yon know
wa are growiug a bop vine to make
peast for light bread? And that goes
right well with j im and butler you
know. I afck the leation why do we
tanners evtt lack lor plenty of vegeta
Lions or fruas of a iy kind without ii
is from a dfouth or somethiug like i ?
It is almost ridic .lous t > thint, as I
hive rem irked bif>re, that people
wh) even run large farms are here
haying corn and hive been since the
1st. of March and when you as'c thsm
h iw much th?y intend planting for
moth r year, tuey probably will ray
ten acres, and we say, right here that
if a farmer cmnot ta:se enough corn
to run his farm without buying, it
simply docs not pay to raise" cotton
Now does it? And I will also say
Thit farmer who is goiug to plant ten
acres in corn, what do you sippise
his c ?tton crop will be? N.?t less
ikon i:n 7-. *r........mi
?U?H uv *\J | J UOIC3. i?l XJ "JD nc II
$et right some day.
Success to the Bip'.ist Sunday
3chod Convention. L>ug may she
live and prosper where'er she g >es
[ didu'c have ihe pleasute of attending
at Padgett's Creek but I know it
must have h?eu one of the most enj ?yab!e
occasions t f tho day. I know I
mused one of the grandest treats,
when I missed hearing Prof. W. B
Domptoa sing with his accomplished
daughter, Miss L.ila. The Prof
eertaiuly knows exactly how it should
oi done and he caa act according t?
his teaching, I believe him to he
>no of the finest vocal music teacherj
in the State,
Miss Elna Davis, a very charming
young lady who has been visiting
friends and relatives here, returned
with her brother Mr. W. Lester D ivis
!o Cross Keys not long since. *
A most enj syable day was witnessed
oa 1st. Sabbath at Mt Vernon Presbyterian
church had two ssrvicej in
forsnoon Dr. Cliff>rd delivered a very
touching sermon on the City of Refuge
and then communion services were
b:ld. Intermisd)n, and Mr. Elitor, ii
you were not here then, you ought t?.
have been for such a spread as ih use
goxd people did have. In the after
no >u there was a musical service such
as we don't hear oft9D, by Mrs. George
Ui ZJi at t:ie organ, witn iuieamirie
C.itibrd with violin. The congregn
tio 1 sang with them. And thero were
intermingled with these lovely aong9
two mo it touching Solo'# by Miss St
Clare, the efficient ramie teacher, a<
th^ Seminary. Mrs. O.I/. >1 and Misi
St, OUr3 di 1 j ntiee to those SoloV
the last was certainly ttio most thril
ling eo lg wo ever heard. We hope t(
hive thera sing for us again.
Wellwiskf.r.
litt.i June Etchings,
Etta Jane May 21.?Good rain
fell in this section last Thurada
night and Friday and th9 farmers an
humpiug thera wives to 301 ahead 0
ge teral green.
The public aro invite I to attorn
Children's Day at Me3>p>Umii
church next Sabbath. The oxneise
will bs presided over by the pasto
ft >v. J. N. Isom.
The stan 1 of cotton is making pool
sh >w, especially on red landi. Manj
iirmerj are speaswig oi plowing 1
up and planting it over or pjttin,
t'u land in coiti. The latter will n>
doubt ija the best way to d >.
Some wheat looks as it tin rust hat
already made an attack on it. Thi
is noticeible only oi well tuinurei
spits whore the straw is rank.
But few of our old Confederals
will visit Liuisville, Ky., this renniot
occasi)n. That great preptr&tion
are being nuio to entertain then
third 0*1 be no doubt. An Informs
ti >n Bulletin has been issued givini
^11 the infirmation that a visito
needs t(j| ti\k? c*re of himself whil
w Wm. A. NIGHI
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Banking Business anc
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, the city and grounds is alsp sent to
anyono desiring information.
The memorial meeting at Salem
lastSiturday was all that its most
| enthusiastic friends c >uld wish for it.
Oi account of the recmt rains which
put the gr uod in gool plow trier,
and there being no way for the po
pie to cross the river at Iloweli's
ferry "except in the small bateau the !
crowd was small. The programme
was carried out to the letter. Mr. j
McDow was present and made a ti le j
speech and the ladies dacora'ed the :
in hotj-ie Miss EliziJ
iV Garner sent a lot of tl >wers to the i
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