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1 7 / ' v.. ... , , - '' \. | - fv- \ _ . \;"~THE TOWN OF UNTOH~has jj jil Two Cotton Mills, one the rsi 11" in i t at i d\ at ' rr i 11 rn li j|( The largest Knitting Mill and 13 W largest in tho South. Two Fur- (/| I Ei 18 J E ; SJ M Ufl EE H m K$ W (t i\vc Plant in the State. An Oil /(( /)) nituro and Wood Manufactur- ))] | H 9 | "i 9 R M ffl l*. S H n H eg ~i . li) uiul Manufacturing Co. that V ill ing Concerns. One Female | | | | I J I I III ll I I I 1^ I I ' J L r makes an unoxcclled Guano. ,y. u( Soininary. Water Works and :( J. ^1 1 B v 1 1 I \ / I 1, B | i V I I Jk | .( Three Graded Schools. Arte- .(( jjj Electric Lights, |J f ((f sian Water. Population 0. ;]) VOL L. NO. a<>. UNION, SOUTH CAROLINA, 1'RIDAY, JUNE >'.), I'.MIP. -*1.00 A YEAR: I $ F. M. FARk President. * GEO. MUNRO, Cashier, Merchants' and Pi P 1 OF TJIN te vii Capital Stock >yvf Surplus Agli Stockholders' Liabilities... *$Tlr "Total. A T " ;il" $ Dirhotoks?J. A. Fant, jl T. C. Duncan, J. T. Douglas I Wm. Coleman. $ J We Solicit -WK"t*- i* ^ f ' CATAPH0RBSI5. DR, H. 1 I1FI* Crown and ^ Bridge Work. 1900 JUNE . 1901 Su. Wo. Tu. We. Th. Fri. Sal 1 2 _3j_ 4: _5_ 6 7 _8_ 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 If 17 18 19 20 21 22 2f 24 25 26 27 28 29 3? iiMfAM rnuMTv w i:\uc U1UVU wUM I [\L)]Z . Items of Interest Gathered fror Various Sections by our Correspondents. NEWS LETTER FROM SANTUC. Wet Weather Damaging the Grai Crop. Blackberries in Abundance. General Green in Charge of Ciops. is not rciK'lioil liv a siinrli* limin l: Wo must build the ladder ou which to ns Front the lowly earth t<. tlio Vim 1 let! skies. Anil ascend to its summit round by roun The people ot the Presbyterin church at tbis place have extende a call (o Iiiv. Mr. Wyke, of Norl Carolina. There was a picnic f <r the litt iolka in tho grove at the Bapti: >achurch last Thuralay. Mr. J. P. Thomn? ha? a j >b at tl Monarch mills. He is in the csrpe: ter department. Grain threshing has begun and w hear of s>me very g>od yields au lima very poor oucs of wheat. Tin fall oat crop was very goo with long heavy herb, and all tht was needed to make the crop a fn one; was a good stand. Spring oa are better than it was onco thong] they would be. One youn<; man wishei any of tl c >rre3p>ndcnta to tell him it" it h become fashionable f>r a boy to tal a basket to a picnic when he id goiu ftlme. Spcik! Wonder il he aa ^OJe Bally forth, It id roporte I th.it b >:no farm? are trying to keep otherd Irmi kuo: ing they have graa?. l\?ha.v, con out openly and j iio the throng. () is reported ai ainging "8 voot. JM.iri. when ho ia in hia ^raady lioldi. Oie you eg in an id rep >r ted ad ea iug that at bid place there was 1 inchea of raiofall ladt Friday nigh Wonder where the place id now,' the crop. Wasn't that a whoppc The rain, I mem. Toe Clemam Collego authoriti h ive-, my lhanka for Lho B illot Analysis of Commercial Fertilisers a: Piw F.iftdincf. These are free. and a of the bulletins I have Inon recsivii as the/ aro issue 1 by the College a good reading, aud good for fntu referenco. I have just received tho year bo< of tbe Uaitcl States Department Agriculture for 1899, ani it is larg than thoso of o^her years and choc full of valuable information, and withal! a valuable book to hav keeping one p>ated on tho work of t department, aud I oonsider it one the best publications of tbe depa meat. I De. A. ?. Feat has been confin I at his hjme at Meadors about t i * ~A> -ill- 4K- -Hi- -*<- -Mr -Wr *K> A. H. FOSTER, Vice President, f I J. D. ARTHUR, Assistant Cashier. ^ lanters' National Bank f $ HON, 8. C. | .fGO.OOO 1 BO,000 ? 00,000 J !... $170,000 j W. IT. Wallace, Win. Jeffries, & is, E. P. McKissiek, A. If. Foster, ^ s Your Business. T r * **" ELECTRICS. K. SMITH, ?ITIST. c iH Union, S. C. = weeks with a sore foot, caused by Sticking a splinter in it. Most of this time he was in bed, and it was thought ~ his foit wntld have to be nmputated. Several doctors met for that purpos?, ~ but decided not to do so for that tirao, and now there i3 all probability tnat - th9 memb.r will bo saved, aud hia friends aro glad and hope that he will - -io >u bo about again, using that fjot J that war in such jeoprady. _ Wo have uaa lor a wees cr more | very wet weather. Nearly every day _ rain, beginning with tnoderato show\ srp, and benelicial, to heavy washing rains. The uplauds aro mirey and ? bottoms have been over-ll)wod. But little plowing hn3 been done in over a week. Crops aro suffering for work and more dry weather. There was over throo iuchea of rainfall the pist 11 week, aui at this writing it is a.ill threatening. No rift in the clouds so to spoak, through which to sooth) silver lining of the dark clouds. Grain i3 losing damaged, both standing and in the shock, for the raiucaught much not hauled. It ii feired ;n some will ep'out in the liolds. Bit little stubble lan 1 has been planted to peas as yet. There are an abundance of blackterries, dewberries, wild plums, in fact all such fruiti as that this year. Seeing somo of the loaded plum tree* tl- the thought conns to me, why don't ,n farmer , when they turn out an old d field, plant it in plum trees, work th them once a year for two years, and have a hog pasture, or why should le they "throw them out" at ah? Toe st much land. Thousands of acres lying idle, taxes being paid, and no return.le being received. Too few owning land, u- and too many renting, and const quently this old country is not male re to blo.?om as it can or should. But d it does not ruako any material liffsrence with thoie who can reut oui d land, and poor land, at a big rent, f>r it others are shoul lering a big burden II for them; and pirhapi tho country ta will last their lifetime, lit Grasi has about got the crops in this section; tho weather being wet ic and hands aoarc3. Money will not as and cannot do the work itself, the old te adage that "money makes tho mare ig go," to the contrary notwithstanding * it is only nn agent. The factor) buildings and "public works" are c illrs ing bands from the farms. Few will v- hire for any definite length of time, 10 1 and fome not at all. Women ami jo , children arc doing most of tho worb j" at hoeing crops. Many fsrmera have largo cotton cropi planted, depending y- on day, week and month bauds, ami 18 thoy are coatinua'ly quitting ami it. going off as soon as taeir time is out or Those men may be fretting, fuming ir. "cussing" or crying, but some of those farmers are aiding in demoralizing ? a *Ua nA/wt?a n ca a iirar?o_ mnrlr i f\ r* VO UIO " D TW \J m V" ? iu farring to rent land to negroes, back id ing them, in preference to hones ill white mon, because, forsooth, they can lg get more out of thorn, and they wil re give all they make for rent, so they re can be their "own men." Soon wages haads cannot be had. White mor 5k are largely responsible, of The Times spoke of the "rainbow' er around the sua last Wednesday 20tb k also Thurslay 21st; but did you not* is the duration? That is what I noticec e, most. It was on from about 7:20 a he m. until about 2 p. [m. Solar halo: of are not as common as Lunar haloi rt- but pale ones are seen quite oftei when there is a lookout kept for vari ed (us phenomonena from all Weathe en Bureau offices. I have always no ticcd they are nearer of the same s'z than those of the moon. Both day those were very bright, but ou Dev 4th, ]85ti), almost as bright a cue wc observed at this place. On the. D.h of this month there wa the nso3t beautiful and brilliant Luna Corona that I ev< r remember tcein; 0 ily the Solar Corona during tl ic'ip-e turps ss:d it. IIev Denver Santue, S. U, June 25ib, 1900. AS TO THOSE 'MIII RETURNS .Wr. T. J. 11. Smith, <t Member o the Hoard, Makes a Statement of the Matter, Showing how the Vote Stood. Editor Union Times: ?There ha 1 1.1 -11 1? > - ! iceu repsaieu aiiacKS mane agues tho lvjualiziti:)i B>aM of Uni.M county and being a member of tha board I ask permission to explain nv position t> tho public. I so ii I'rogresi tf June 13.h that the I) ari was perfectly familiar with 1I13 am >uu of capital stock owaf.d by Uuio: Cotton Mills. This is a mistake The board was made to believe tha the cipital stock was $850,000. A the first meeting of the b >ar 1 thi following members were prcicnt: ,J M. Beiftielt, J. M. Henderson, J. 15 Lancaster, W. H. Bartor, T. oJ. 11 Smith, H. L Sprouse, Y. S. B >b >,"3 T. B. Vaughu and J. A. CYitnbjrj Thiso absent were li. G Hill am A. W\ Gillmore. When the m;il qiestion cams u; 1 Messrs. Daacau and Gary came befbr J the board and made statements c >11 earning their mill property, Alte which a motion was nude t > asses Lockhnrt Mills at $300,000 li: motion was uoauimously carried. Then a motion was mile by J. M Bennett to assess Union Cotton Mid at 8500,000 snl was sec>nJed by J A. Chambers. Those votiiijr for Mr. Bennett' motion t> asses? Union C >ttou Mill at $500,000 were J. M. Bennett, .] M. Henderson, W. II. Sartor, J. II Lancaster and J. A. Chambers. Those voting against this motioi wore T. J. II. Smith, II. L. Sproiue Y. S.JBobo and J.^T. B. Vaughan. S you 8 33 that tho motion carried 5 to J As to 8cou-l meeting. Mr. Car being dist&tieiied with the action <> the first inaeting wrote to the Audito to know it an extra meeting could no be called. The Auditor eubrnitte< hid letter to County Supervisor an: Supervisor and Auditor each wrot Mr. Gary advising against it, referin, him to Couipttoller General. Audito als) wrote Comptroller General am he advised that the County B>ar. settle the matter. Mr. Cary cauo u afterwards aud insisted on a heariuj which was grauted after receiviu i legal advise from tho Couuty's Attoi noy. At this second meeting th members were all present except .] Bmnctt and IJ. Jj. Sprous:. Af.c Mr. Gary had stated his case fully, motion was made by aome member <i the board t; roduce his mill 847.00( Those voting for this motion to roduc Lockhart's assessment 847,000 were .] M. Hcnderaon, J. B. Lancaster, \V. ii Sartor, Y. S. Bobo. J T. B. Vaugha > 11 G. IIill, A. SV. Gillnaoro and J. A Caambera. These against this re.lac liru, T. J. II. Smith. S>, Mr. IS lite 1 have given the facts as they ar? desiring that etch and every membe on this h >ard, shoulder his part of Lb responsibility. Respectfully, T. J. H. Smitii. i Knitting Mill News Notes. I).iaLh invadol our littlo town Sur day, 17th. and plucked from the honi 1 of Mr. Luther Davis ono of it's faire (1 owe . *Tias Ila Mott, a bright littl i npirl r*f oKnnt f cop! va an m mora J I had he3n con liued to hor bad only . few days whan she crossed over tli , river, where she is now reunited wit \ her mother. She died of dysentcrj ; Her reinaius ware iutrrred at tb family cemetery. I extend to tli bereaved family my heart'felt sym I pathy in this their hour ofalll.ctioa i Mr. and Mrs 8>u Hirvey Inv 1 been the guests of Mr. .James Bya the past few days. Mr. and Mn i Harvey were united in the holy boad i of matrimony Sauday, Juno 17ih.ii Pacolet, where they reside. Mr: ' Harvey was a Miss Byars. May i long and happy life attend them, o was honored with some of the wc ldin ' cake. Mr. Henry Galiman and wife, < s Kelton, spent a ^weck with the i, son, Mr. A. T. Charles. > Mr. Will McAbeo. of Gria Jail, hi - been visiting here. r Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Charles spot - Saturday aad Sunday ofr last woe 2 with Mr. II.jballmiD, of Kel .o i. < s j A party of young peop'c wont to 1 | Bethlehem Sunday week. 8 ! Mrs. YV.: E. M. Kirby and son' j Joahun, of Grinlall, spent a few lays 8 with U8. r Mr. J. G. Hame's, .Jr., of Grindall, j was in town.on husinou la it. week. ' -v t* Mir Jawfcs Byars presented your c >rrespondent with a cutting ofgera- . uiurns which wo highly appreciate. j - , ANSIE Liukik. K _ I I cutter Front it Union liov. C Spartanburg, .June 18.?As J an; j- ,,, loft all alor.o again I don't c?returjftnj hriusr alone. I think it is cnml for n . o ' - -- ? e? " " " d]T; I man or woman to get jilonc sometimes, j ti? i they can get their mi d together he'.- ( , ? 1 ter and they think of tho time passed t(). c. I and gue&j at'the time to corns, it is 1 ()Ve i, like a dream to some pcop'.o to gel nra, * J nl me especia'Jy thoss who lire in n ;^a; y 1 city like Spartanburg, the time flies , ! so fast they forget how oh! they are. j T j | I heard a youug laly say, one day ov7'l t, j last week, the always said the v.? u'd |;Mj . get married ia her sixteenth year and '(j she said sha would have to get oft t> vJn) t herself a few hours ami she j | i. began to thiuk o: the [ ad. aho bega i j ' to count aad she, ountcd her age and she was twenty soven yoars old and. , ^!f[j i nho sit down Vind shed enough t>ar.? j ? 1 r m i*\ i i | CI 111 ^ to run tot LAwson a hoik, but that f -did mot i^ako her any younger, j " Whon sTTo^ot ah the loirs o >t of liar y -j cyca sli3 weal to the glass to look a- 1 jay bersolf and stie la t<l gr.sy hairs in her ?() ^ P keid. She said ifsha had bcc:i living |v,jv e in tho country whore ?he would have y()!| her lonesome ti:nc3 she would not be lttU( r 8J old. ^ ^ llait Well I was in Union last San-lay ,jri S u nod Monday an I at my old birth re8( place. Tin crops look tine, I thought, lfla? and was iu very goo 1 tlx, what wheat y I saw was well headed it' I am m,,u anyjualgo. Corn is young but look ; well, cotton email but iia-l a good ?,v[ ? color. 1 dou't believe I ever saw any , yul) H more fruit on trees in my Ufa. jselv ' Mr. II. II. 13,-lue sai I he was going i ,n i t > try to win the pr/.j on one acre i.t jpar wheal, I aaw his -wheat and the man j fM,p u that boats hirA will get the pr'z\ he j ,,jx .j has taken great paius with this one , jj. ;) acre. That was good on the part i t j [>egj [ the ono whom clUrcd this pr.z', it j ,|rtx v encouraged the farmers and gets there i { to thinking and enlightens each other 1 r on farming, as the o'd woman said.l^ t two heads are better than ono if one j you I :s a sneep ?:eau, so 1 nope me tarmers j j1 will make a good crop this year and 'Fevc e get a g?od price this fall fhr it. /j <r Mr. F.litor, I see in your city elec- R r tiou my old friend and school mate j)0{. d was elected as your city father, I was fea 1 glad to hear that for Mac is a goo 1 j10 g p hoy ami he is au honor to any town : jn, ^ or State, you will always find him at \ j r his post, that wai his way when we . were at school. I am always glad to j o see niy old home cu a boom, I hope i j-)r) f. she may continue until sue ia at least r ten miles rquare. This is the wish of | gun a one whom was horn there. I q a f Union Boy. neg ) A Remarkable I^cttcr. a, n 0 . den j This in!ere?ting article, over 200 -ia' years ng\ fell into the hands of a unI ' family living in Stafford county, Vir- l"? giuia, who, during all th:s ]ap)e of \ ',av |f time kept it in their possession. | t,u 4 I: wu iiamJe 1 down from one mom leu bar to% another until it reached '91. ,n}' |C It never p.i-scd out of tho family ,,ut until 1879, when one of them upon l,r(J her death bed gave a copy to Mrs. M. i 'he F. Towson, a near neighbor. Mr'. !'l 1 To arson g*ve a copy to her niece, jata Mrs. E. K Fictchcr, who is a first! hei cnisia to ex-Governor William!1'16 Smith, of Virginia, and she gave a an n copy to Ilev. 1'. G. Fletcher, her son, j rn> ^ who is now living in Home, and from [{?n whom the Tribune procured a copy. !Qi. ^ This is tho tirst time during tho ^ 1,700 years of its existence that it has 'flr 3 evor been in print, j Wl1 ^ Those who have a copy of this won- 'a 1 derful letter, written by the blessed c M ^ Sivjoui'd own hands, prize it very lh< highly and believe iu its genuineness. I1!? when ir was copied. dei Written fjr Mrs. M E Towsoa p ' 0 August 21st, 1879, iiv A n<] niiMni t,% f.^n R PTAtohpf witll ; nO rg ... ...... ?. Iler Blessing.*, ! tin a' February 15*.b, 18J)0. g?> IIDTORV OP THE l-'IXDINO. u bo ? Glory bo to (* >J, poaca on carta 0 and good will to nil men. J j Being ? letter written by our bless g el Savior, Jjsu3 Christ, and iouod : eighteen miles from Iconium, s.xty- ^o five years after our blessed Saviour's a' r curcifiotion, translated from the holyim city by a convert? I Jew, faithfully jesu ^ translated from the original Hebrew j ve ropy now in the possession of the .Lady ! n0 | C.ibasses' family at Me?sopoti mia. j'a< ' This letter'was written by Jesus and *ie Hfllm. A. NICl BANI RESPECTFULL" 3nking Business ar nd promise you tli the besl lid under a great r,{ >ne h >lh rot! long, at i-.'ie f.?&t of t' e cro ltcen miles flora Icotiicuto, rx> village called MesaopMatui?. I Lite stone was written an I engra "Ulcsicd is lie that shall tarn i r." All the people that ?aw yel (i;d oarjie3tlj, aid dcoir. , lie would make l:n >wn to the meaning of the wining, tint tlx In II it. in v il i 1 ^ fiii- % I i the meantime there came e chii i about six or ?eve:i 3 ears <>1 turno 1 it over without lie'j), to t! irati >u of nil the people that s'o'i and under this store was Chs'mssc ily, an?l in this let'er was wri t coin in hid 111 mi t i ct Jj-us Chris rd by thi nup'.o Gibriet i.inrt* year3 n!t?r jur Sivi air's birth. t:ik fhosievrr w irks on thaSibhat shall he c;: Sr1 eomm-inil y. 0 l) church keep the L ?rd's <is without any m inner of w.?rl shall not itiie n ;r misjpeud yoi ! i 1 bedeckiojr 3 uirs'iv si:? s.ipe ies oi entry uppir-d nvd vai i-ij; for I have order j?1 it a day 1 I wiJi have day kept hoi your sirs mav he ?orgiwn voi shall not h'oak my dmtnitu ?s hit olnervo and keep then hrinj* writ'en with myoiva h i:?? spidten with my own m nit shall not only go to church you a'so your servants and ym 1 servant Obs rve ;nv words an n m/ c >inmai d ncnts, you si.a >h your labor e very Saturday l/c'lCC^ S:i lljO txflvru ><>'.?, at %V 11?. r the preparation f\?r the SaYoi i is. 1 a I vise yen to fust five Fi s ia a year, bo^inuiig at (f > lav nt.d coufilming the live F. s following, ia rewomhcraoc e five bloody wounds i received i and all mankin i. You shall d: u;ly and peaeoab!y labor in yot :ral voeati >:is when it bath pless i to call you. You shall love o> titer ami came them that have n u I antised to c >mc to church tu ;ivo that holy saciiir.eut, that av, baptism end the supper of 1 :d, and be made a member the: and in so doing, 1 will gi i long life and many bUssiuj ir land shall replenish and bri ih abundance and I will cimfi i in tho greatest temptations, u e'y ho that dooth to the contra 11 be cursed. I will also send hat 3 of heart on them till I have < yed them, but especially on lit ed impenitent unbelievers. He th ii given to the poor shall not >roti'.ab!o. Ilemcuibcr to keep he Sabbath day, lor the seventh daj ,*e taken as a resting day to inysc that hath a copy of this letter wr with my own haml and spoken own mouth, and kcepoth it wit publishing it to others, shall i: spar; but he that published) it otlv^fs, shall bo blessed by me, a heir sins be many as there s rs in the eky, an 1 if they tri ieve thev shad bo pardoned, a iy that b-ilie'.o not this, my writti I my commandments, I will rc ' plagu.'S upon y u and your cl mi goods Mid cattle and all ot! j >yments that I have given y > but once thi ik of what i have* id for you, if you do it will bo v th you both i l this world and \vh to ome. Whosjever shall liavi iy of this letter and keepcth it ?ir houses nothing shall hurt the ither pestilence, lightning nor tin r. and if nr>v woman be ill birth Si __ J .. t, treir trust in m?, she shall be ered of her birth. Yen shall h news of in?, but by the Holy Scr res, until tli1 day of j idgmcnt. . odocss and prosperity shall bo !? home where a copy of this si found. 'Finished." Butte, Moot, June 20.?There r contesting delegations claim mission from Montamint tlie ] jcratic Notional Convention at K i ('ity The Democratic Slate C ntion was cillcd to meet here on, but split into Clark and D :tions and two conventions ate be Id IOLSON & SON,"* KERS. Y SOLICIT YOUR id Your Fire Insurance, lo best protection and : service. u?l STATIC X1CW5. nr From our ICxchntiges utid , Condensed l'or Quick Kcnding. v hi n:RN'T oo FAR. J; Mrs. Matt:c Hughes, who left ' Grcpi.ville JofL week, as n any eup pose.I I t good, is now a rreiptut of V ' Spartsnbur, having purchased the grocery hutinsea <f Mr C. F. WatI' hias a', tho S uithera depot. O. G. I'.i'gir will he associated with her in . buaiueaj?Free Lance. Hi , : Fitcki:y Now Is Fknitkxti.vrz n t . t,) .ite an iVeresti tg s'ory haa bean lev.- opud by tb.a return to the peniteali try (.1 John Stuchcy, a white ouviet, front the Sarborou^h iUrm i t Sunt to* country, h I S'.nckey ?v.i? convic'.cd in Spartan<;? burg a') u*. a year ag-> of killing J C. v SiVt-^r, w ! . was a e'etr'i i i his s ore, v. i an 1 ow ing t > the prt.niiuenj) ut the ir parties the ease was in misty re<pecn r- a seusitioual one. S.u skcy ?\hs toau I iv. ! guilty of mantl uigl.tsr and w is send( tencc! to to.i jetra' i.npriro iment, v tTo sa:-i t> !)j <1 li'.a well lixs.l" iu !i this world's go ah. ! Aco rliag t? the story as related i, i>)* ilu penitentiary authorities, Mr. i. . So triojrough is a in in who c ourac a ii. ! 1 >r eo.'.viet? an "i.ih >r<s on his farm. It r- appears th ithe was a'a? a r. l.itive k? >! a u:kcy, and when he g >t his last nl S itch < f convicts he asked that , ?I Atuekey b: iucluled. Not knowing at . oi' any relationship existing between Is , ttvo nfn he was turv'ol over to Mr il. Scarborough 1'. wa3 lrter reported to ri- the authorities that Stuckey was not > I b.'ing as a convict, hot wu really i i h oving a pretty good tinoo. It is alleg<?i ed th it In was actually hoarding with ,r' Mr. .Scarborough and paying for it. il i Acting upon these reports the sup.11 orintetsd jot and the h oard of directors (1 ordered Stuekey t . ho brought to the tc penitentiary. Hois now in that in!;i s'.itulioa, again in stripes, and at work id in tin eonitnissary department.?Coi uimhia liveord. lie i MR. JON I S WITHDRAWS. vo ! Mr. A. C. Jono3, caudidate for the ge. Democratic nomination for Uuited og | States Sonate agiiust Senator Tillman, <rt has withdrawn from the race. Chair liti i man Jones accepted the withdrawal ry and will return the fee that Mr. A. C. \1 J.>nea paid to the Deaiocralie Execute live Conimitte. This leaves Senator ir Fiilnnn without opposition.?Yorkit ville Enquirer. !>. > ' | 1.0(1 train* wrecked.' 7 I The log train of tlie Lukens Lum:lf. j bor Company was wrecked at S imtnerit. | ton Wednesday, the accident being by i caused by an open switch, which had :h-1 been tampered with by some person lot i unknown. The switch had not heen to I used for some time past, and it is sapud posed that the scoundrel, whoever he ire was, threw it open Tuesday night, and ily when the log train came along it ran nd hen Hong into the trap. The track ing was torn up for aome distar.c*, the nd irai 1 derailed and a mtniher of the lib trucks wrecked. Is' me of the train her bauds were hurt.?Sumter Herald. Oil up 1*01*1'I.AR CONTRACTORS. ell 'p p; Thornpsin and Bro., of Birralc,J iogham, have secured the contract for 5 a the erection of the Seneca fS. 0.) 'n Cotton Mil!?, the price being 842 850. >m> This makes the third recent contract 1,11 received by the above firm lor tho in*' erection of South Carolina mill?, the (,e' other two being he Olympia Cotton 9nr Mills at Columbia ami the llulIVilo 'P* Mill at Union, S. C ?Textilo Kxoelsior. in mil I A FINE OFFICER. It is gratifying to know thatSilicw tor Seaso is not going to have opposition. lie could distance any man in vill tho district who might enter, hut a ing contest in his case would mean only a [>e- lot of unneccessary Iftbor. Solicitor an Sease has developed into the finest Jon- prosecuting ofiicer in tho State. Ho at dceorves the favor in which ho is held >aly by the people of this district. He has ing fairly won it on his merits.?Spartan* burg Herald.