The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, September 07, 1900, Image 1

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. -- rex*: . "" it : - C^r, l^lmETowNofunTow mas nf f ~ET B b i "B r "%T B 10 ~V f^B^l 0 "M M~ "H E TOW* ?F If Two Cotton Mills, ono the 111 < fl > Ol &| B I I I ^ B jj K >g^ jag E WR / Eg f?j < l )(' The largest Knitting Mill and Ifl u) largest in the Soutii. Two Fur- W 9 16 Eg B J H EBB G jr ' fgl \?}--'. i! Dye Plant in the State. An Oil j/j Hi niture and Wood Manufaetur- )j| I g| S H ^ . fl <1 H m ^ ?1 S V*4< gfc BS 1 i ill aiu* Manufacturing Co. that ill mi ing Concerns. One Female I ? H ' J B 0 fl w| & fl j? w 3 Hm 1 k 1 ?. makes an uuexcelled Guano, ,.( u( Seminary. Water Works and (i\ JB. JBL _H_ _flL*rfJ J JL a JL a ~BL _HL ^L. w B Bi m % (l( Throo Graded Schools. Arte- (/( J/j Electric Lights. ||| * ^ (fj sian Water. Population;^!,500. || VOL L NO. 86. . UNION, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER !, "1900. #1.00 A YEAR ilfr -.& -i fr ->>.*> 5? 4K- -ii> <ikv -;.<- 4 f F. M. FARk President. I GEO. MUNkO, Cashier, J * Merchants' and Pit I OF XJTSJ x Capital Stock S* Surplus. . : Stockholders' Liabilities. . . . , Total i Dikkotoks? J. A. Faufr, a T. O, Duncan, J. T. Douglass, T Win. Coleman. $ We Solicit ' -** ?* *5- ^ <*$ <i& -:Kr -IKr <%- -M- ??* V. _J CATAPHORESIS. DR. H. K <^_DON Crown and ^ * Bridge Work. 1900 SEPTEMBER 1900 Su. Mo. Tu. We. Th. Fri. Sat. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 23 29 30 | UNION COUNTYNEWs! Items of Interest Gathered from Various Sections by our Cnrrp?nnnilpnt? WW- . wwKw.ww..?w HONORS TO GRAY JACKETS. Aa Snug hy J. It. Luticustcr in the County Cnmp;ii?n. We've met again, my cumriiilts buld, To grasp each others hands, And talk of limes that tried each soul All over there Southern lands; We've cloter giown through Iketing years, Since ?ve together siood; And hired our breasts to leaden storms Ou He Ids baptized with blood. Our lauds lrrve been Ailed with widiow's weeds, And we've lrea d the orpluns' cry; ^ While comrades, long since disappeaicd, j Are marching through the sky; We'll write their nanus on fame's proud tcroll, As heioes in the strife; Ami cherish 'hose they loved and left As lorg as we have life. And though our tlig lies folded now To kiss the brctze no more; And though no more we don the coat;., We once so proudly wore; We'll never forget those valorious deeds, Beneath that bautu r done; Nor cease to talk of hat tie field-", And victories we have won. We're not ashamed of what we did, As we buttled tor the right; And though by numerous fees overw helmed, ^ We yieldrd to their might; I We walk again with frteiiiano tread, The land that gave us biith; Ami gloiy in the bunny booth, The grandest simt on eaith. When not them hate shall coast) to live, Ai.d Until shall giasp tliejx'ii To write our countiy's history down, bht'll say this of our inn ; That tmer jatiiots 1 evt r lived, JSer filhd mote honond graves TIihii those who fell in fieed? ni'scause, Our own Con ftdelate hraves. At <1 while we do not lung nor j oist Of how our coinrndt.s fought; Ti e pension ioIIs. you know lull will, 1 he facts of this aie taught; And if thore itusion mils is: line, And Line I a\e said ihey lied; We must have ciipp'cd all the world And hall' ti e coons beside. My song I'll ci.d with homely phrase That has a at ah ment ti no. Of how the light was endtd And I'll prove it. by the blue. The Yankies didn't whip us beys, No, let it ne'er he said; jjul we wtie oumivts cut \\nipping ih< m, Tl en stopped for want of luoul. Bl'BIAL (F MKP. M. C. JIUTJ Kit. 1 be remains of Mr . M. C. Butler were laid to icst in the village cemetery at ICtljcfield August 30th. All rf lha immediate tau.iiy except Lt. Butler, now in Cuba, were j resent. The fui eral services were largely at. tended. % A. H. FOSTER, Vice President. T I. D. ARTHUR, Assistant Cashier, jjj inters' National Bank $ * LOIV, S. C. | $G0,000 I 50,000 f 00,000 f * $ $170,000 jj, VV. II. Wallace, Win. Jeffries, jjc , E. P. McKissiek, A. IL Foster, ^ I k'our Business, ^ -m ?? ELECTRICS. SMITH. 9 nsT. H Union, S. C. TELEPHONE TINKIINGS: Interesting and Newsy Letter from Our Suburban Town, Showing That It has a Regular Business Hump on It. The Times Complimented. V?'c had tw) showers of raiu last woik that somewhat relieved t he paic'avl earth aud the sullhriiig crops, but noth'ug like a good seas. u. S;un peoplo towed their turnip seed and it teems that tl.ey will get a stand. Mure raiu is bauly needed. Farnurj are pulling fodder and some c Aton lias becu picked, ami it is a fact that the liat is very short a id the iced email. The primary election passed very quietly aud peaceably here, the ievasion was realiy a creditable cuo for quie. and order. The campaigu meetings iu the county were alt conduced oa a high plane w hich ii very com forliug to kuow alter tell years ol factional strife aad niudslingiug. Tim Union Timks deserves much credit for the rapid work it did in getting out the tabulated report i f the primary election last week. It is a ? V'i ^ cuiig.uuivi j iu^'Ji t 441111 *VrtJ5 UUl as early as tho report of the daily papers. Friend Mathis you deserve to be comp imentci and I make a motion to that eflect. [Thanks, brother, it ia ever our aiui to serve up the news to our rcadeis as promptly as possible. We are glad to know our efforts are appreciated.?Ed ] Jonesville is puahiug to the front and is keeping apace with the progress of the civilized .age. Everything is moviug up over on factory hill and iu two mouths from this date the spindles will bo whirling aud the yarn will be rolling 011 in the Alpha mills. J. F. Almau <& Bro. are doing big work at their planing mill They have done the work of tho Alpha Mills and have made and shipped a car load of window and door frames to the cotton mill at Greer's and have shipped a car load cf shavings to the ice manufaciury at Spartanburg. J. W. So^tt is building a 3tirc house on Forest Street, Mr. J. L. Mc Whirler is building a store house ou Pa cole t Street and the masons are now building a eecoud story on McWhir ters store room. l)c. Southard's drug storo building is complete and will to )U Le tilled with a tine lot of drugs. Dr. Chambers lias added some im provemeuts to 1.is dwelling. Mrs. T. K. Rush is in from Tennessee, 011 a visit to her patents, Mr. ai.d Mrs. D. W. FowKr. Mr. W. Ij. l.itilejobn has returned from a busiiwsr trip to New York. Mr. \V. C. dubutoo, of Rutherfordton, N. C, bus movsd .with his lair. ily to Jouesville. Mr. T. G. Moacham has dloscd his millinery etoro and moved to Darling ton. The tamily of Mr. James Whiltui will move from here to Columbia thii week. Mr. Tioe, tlio new Super at the Alpha nulla had moved his family U factory hill. Mr. ii. F. Webber* has returned from a business trip to Georgia. Meter?. Kob't atul Jessie West are in town trying to make arrange^ ments to move into our town. Mrs. W. 15. Owuby is spendiu; awhi.'e in the mountains of N. C. M.ss Carrie Turner, of Hopkius, 8 C., is visiting the family ot Mr. J - ' I I II. Eittl? john. All the 8^ck pcop'c in town *;o improving Mr. Joo Coleman nu 1 Miss Sufie < Gallmau, a young couple lh.it waak in tho knitting mill, drovj down .t? Union yesterday and were mariiid The Woman's Foreign Mission a y < . Society will serve ice cream and oti er . refreshments at tho Methodist chui ;h i grounds on Sept. 15.h, at 5 o'clock p ' ra.. proceeds to go to foreign missio s < Telephone. etta.jane'etchings. ! A Quiet Election?A'eivs Notes ?; d ' 1'crsonnl Mention. I Etta Jane, Sept. 3 ?Tho e'ecti n ' passed c II last Tuesday without a y ' undue excitemont. Tho defeat d ' cai didates ore taking their d-.t: it i philosophically, an I those, who n e /ilrnfn 1 O rn tn?I nvnlltnr* ? ??- 2a alX - i vtvvtW) I?1W nv.ll CAVlUJU^ uva II LI^L ' = wc know of. While a certain amount ' of mud-3lingiug wont on, it was i^t 1 dono in that bold and /air dob.?te 1 which eo often makes charges in the 1 minds of men. Most of it was done 1 by treason of pretending friends and ( iu knifing the contestants by tho:c \ > whoso sensibilities are too blunt to J leel tho pierciag3 of au outraged con; sohnco. These always have been, and 1 will bo practiced by those whose gh rv is in their shamo. , 1 1 Rev. J. 1\ Maiiou preache-1 at * Salem yesterday. Ilis text was: "Sire, c what must I do to be savefc?" aud they said: "Relievo on tho Lord Jesus J Christ and thou shall be saved," Acts 1 10: 30, 31. The Walsou Brothers have just completed a tubular well for Mr. S. F. Estes. It is abeut 80 feet deep J and has a capacity of 3.? gallons i water per minute. Mr. aud Mrs. John II. Fowler are r?j >iciug over the arrival of a bouuc c ing boy baby at their home one day c last week. J. F. Kites is sick. lie Las been unwell for about three wco^s. The sacramental meeting will be held at Mesopotamia chu-c'u uo:t ? Sabbath. Rev. J N. Issm, past.r. 1 ofliciatin'*. The North Pacolet Iuterdenomi x. national Sunday School Convention : will meet at Draytouville church on the 23rd inst, at 11 o'clock. * Fodder pulling is going on at a rapid rate. The corn crop is light * I ami 8la the cotton. Very little more, J1 if any, will be made than the crop of last year. ' 1 A lew chills hare made their ap. pearance along our creeks and rivers. 0 Joe Hughes, who has been very ^ sick for boiuc time, is getliog better, . and it is hoped that he will come 1 through all right. ? * Oar neighbor, Mr. J. J. Robin Sin, 1 of the York bide of the river, sold a fl bale of new cotton at Hickory Grove last Friday f,r 1) cents per pound. The string band gave s:>rue nmcieal entertainments in this neighborhood lost week to large and appreciative c audience8. They make gocd music A great cargo of patience is sunk by a small leak of vexation. Vox. r Lockhart Junction Jottings. Mr. Editor:?It is still dry in this section, end there is not much news to write about. Today is the day to sow turnip eecd in this section. There will not e be a halt of a crop of them made in thia nrMiiin Mr. I). C. White and Mr. Itufus White, formerly of this county, but 2 now of Spartanburg county, are vis itiug their honje in this sectioD. They have been working with the trolly , car company. They report the trolly I car* are doing a bustling business in Spartanburg. Sorno people aic talking of going 1 to the cotton mil's this fall from this f section. They are discouraged on ( account of ehort crops. Mr. Allen Vinson lost hi* Pino milch ( c>w the other day. It wrs thought ' she had blind a'apgera. I have been asked why the minutes ' | of tho New Hope Sunday School Con' 1 vention watt uot published in Tin; Union Time.-? I gave them to ihe ' Chairman of that convention, brother 1 8. M. Rice, Jr. U. U. He told ino 1 he didn't get them in timo fcr publication iu Tiie Times. Ml xy. | SEDAJA NOTES. A Plenahnt Convention ntnl a JIus? pitnble People, 1 Bedalia is still a dry place. Cotton is opeuing rapidly, and f aider is i burning up. Mr. Alverson is again in the lea l as to the marketing ot the I first new bale at Union. Mr. J. W, Humphries 1.a 1 the m'a'brlune to lote a negro homo by ii-o Saturday la?t. It caught irom jv defective stoves Hoe. Tho houoo was insured. It was my privilege to attend the Union County Association, which ouvencd with tho Sulphur Springs Utp'.ist church, Thursday, Friday and Saturday last. I will not attempt to give au account of the Work lone in that body, rs iley Denver was .there, and it is his j ;l> to report that, and I will say a lew th'ogs in regard to my trip. It was my tirat Lrip to that section, but I never was mora hospitably entertained by any people. 1 was osigued to tho home jf Bro. R. N. MoArthur, and *vi 1 i jver remember Ibe many kindnesses shown me by this brother and Lis pod wife. 1 had the pleasure of teeing many "Hernia and acquaintance?, while it ivas no lees a pleasure for me tj male he acquaintance of new one?. b'at. lrday night we spent with our old neighbor, W. P. Benuett, and were royally eutcrtained by the family, and specially did we enjoy tho compsuy >f their beautiful daughter?, Misses Minnio and Maggie. The next day wo attended preach trg at Bogansvil.'e church; thenco to IVest Springs where wo speut a few deusatit moment?, ere we turned our ace? ho neward. "Bro. Hey,''some lay you'll underpaid. Som3 of the candidates are wearing or.g faces, others not so long, and :me s finding rapidly. B. B. GRIND ALL NEWS. l/i/i/e J,nitric lias been Silk but is Now l$njoying the Country Air. Well, - here I am back at home inco more rcvoling in tho beat the icuatry atlords, breathing pure air, liinLiiig good water and getting a? mown as a berry. R'gbt glad 1 am .fler being confine 1 to a room with a ong period of typhoid fever to exbaugo the bustle and dust of the city or a few quiet days in the country. Tho litlle one and myself are doing '?ry well, but mother, Mrs. W. U. Cirby, is still quite sick, (she has the ever also) which makes my visit .nything but an enjoyable one. Cropi are very much belter up here han they are down about Union, hut1 hey aie far from b*iog fiir. Wei tear a great deal cf complaint aboutj he shortage of cotton. ' Electiou day at Litlhj xhn'd passed ff quietly, so far as we have learned hero wis no drinking or rowdjiur, >ut not being at all iuteicsted about t we are not able to report who was lected and w ho was not, excej t that lr. Willie Mabry, of Gowdaysviile, > young man betwgen the ages ol wenty one and twenty-three, was lected magistrate of this porti >n ol Jraytousvillo township. There is very little sickness in the lommunity. Mr. and Mr?. W. E. Alley, o( Clifton No, 1, is visiting friends and elutives here. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Lancaster and dr. aAd Mrs. John Iieed, of Pacolot, risked ielativc-8 here Sunday. And now I wish to thank niv riends for the kindness shown me luring my illness :iml hope my health vill permit us to bo with them again re long. Annie Laurie. NEWS FROM THE FAR WEST. i/i U.y-Unionite Wiites lutcrcktingly of a Well-Known Family Formerly of Union. tNew U.S. Senator for Texas. Editor Union Timet:?It is rtuarkablo how pooplo'd inclinations in icmo instances, and circumstances in >thers and the two combined cause amilies to scatter ard separato Irani )r.ch other and leave the section in ivijicn mey grow up. >V im tins thought in viuw I will mention a family who formerly lived in UnioD. out not a single member remains 111 Union now, who are widely pcattcred md live iu four different sections or totalities cf the United States. 1 refer t> the members of the family i f lbs la.o James H. Gohp, who by the way will bo remembered by mauy readers of tho Union Times, ho#wan Unioa'd pjet maator for many years away back in the 70s and 8Or. O this family there aro eight surviving members routining, two sons and eix ilaughteir, vii: Eiwin C. and James II. Jr. r.ua Mesdamca W. 11. Lips comb, Weldou, Misses Fannie, Bailie, Aguegs atyl Alico. The family is scattered from Fannin county, Texas, to Philadelphia, Peun. The two male members live *iu Washing I Mllfm. A. NICHI 'SANK RESPECTFULLY Banking Business anc I And nrnmi^p vnn A-- w V j v/ V* Lli V the best j ton, D. C. M inaos Fannie, Sal lie and Agues rniao their homo in Philadelphia, Mrs. Lipscomb's home is in Atianta, (J a., while Mrs. Weld on ami Miss Alice, tho two younger members (j? the i'iinily, reside ut Moakstown, in Fannin couuty, Texas. The bays are working in tho capacity ot railroad employees Miss Fannie is connected wrth tho "Ladies' Homo .Jourmil," a publication widely ai.d favorably known throughout ike couulry. Misses Sallic and Agues liavo positions out of which they make their [ own livirg. Mi?. Lipscomb's bus-j baud is a conductor on the Southern : railway. Mrs. Weldon's husband is ; a prosperous farmer of lltij county., ! Miss A.ice lives with her sister, Mrs. Weldon. 1, has been more than ; seventeen years t-.ii ce 1 have seen any member ol the I'iinily until 1 ha I the pleasure) of meeting Miss Alio?, tho baby, who is now a grown young lady, a few days ag> wtio visited iu Boubam. Sao fpote ailhc'.iouately of j Union aud Union folks, but sho rc| Members only a Lw of then ; she baI ing only Btv-.'n jerro 11 ago at the tiiuo of her departure from Union. i | I was truly glal t> meet her, lor you 1 } can its', assure ! that 1 have teen but . ; few I uiun laoi.-s tiuco l-">8-'3. i sill p; ou l i ) saow mat tne prcs- , ent managers of Thk Timks arc ink-' ing so much interest in the industrial j development <.t' Union and Union ; coutity es well a3 sj many of the j younger m il if the country. f\r several icasou* which afleot you nil as a community ai d as iuiii ridual*, aud bees us 3 it hai oeen my siscaro desire . tosie iu my lifetime the accomplish j meut iu part, of my fondest deiirc3? ' iho up-bui'.ding aad development c.i [ my native State and the whole South, i that wo may be the equal cornmet, cih 11 y, at least, of any section cf our country. 1 am proud ot Union and her people-?all of them. I suspect seme of my fiiends will say if me this sounds b-yish, aliight it it does I am glad that 1 am h.iyisti in this res pect. 1 think 1 tan stand up will.' uueoverod l.iut and own r.nd itqous. i tho cau-e of my own people. 1 mentioned the senatorial race in I Texas between lions. Chilton und J.! \V. lijihy in a farmer commuuiea- j tion lo 'inn Timks. The race hrs been run ami Mr. Bailey has wou. He is virtually elected. Tho Legislaturjne.it winter will go through tho formality of Voting far Lira then tho wark will be completed when he will best United Slates Senator, sue j ceeding Mr. (Jail ten. Mr. Bailey ih a j bright young mm as ycu know. 'i ti? larun ri iu this part of Texas; ; are in line shape now?tho* best 1 have j known since coming here iu 188i>. and I tiiiuk tho time baa arrived in ! Texas l'ar r.:i era oi industrial develop ! niont that will surprise the tujstpau : it it.. a t i I guiut'. ivujiji'j couriers nave iietn j issue 1 for 13 col vjii 111:114 ia Texas,] besides many othc r 1 ult rpritca. J S. C. Bjnharn, Texa?, Aug. 20, 1000. WASHINGTON LETTER. . (From our regular Corrospor (lent.) Washington, D. C.. S -pi 3rd, 1900. ?There ia much chagrin iu official circles because ot what asems to have been almost a general misapprehension of the position of this government, as staled in the published ic;>!y to the Russian .proposition to withdraw ihe allied troops from China. Because ii.i l? 11. .. : l* i? . :A u uiuv rcjujr hiiiiuu mm !i it i-siu wiuidrew its troops, the U. S. would do likewise, the conclusion a i ma to have bteu generally jumt< I to that this government had cudo-re 1 the Russian proposition. Tho communication was anything hut an endorsement. Iu diplomatic circles it is considered to have been almost a protest against the Russian proposition, emphasized by tho rather plain hint that if Russia alono withdrew her troops at this time, this govornmont would rogard'il as a breaking up of the alliance and would act accordingly. Many notes arc be , ing exchanged by the powers, but act ing Secretary of State, Adoe, says that , nouo of them will bo inado public uu* til some dtfinito program bus been 1 agreed to by the powers. / JLSON & SON,-' ERS. SOLICIT YOUR I Your Fire Insurance, best protection and service. wre?pe w x? Maj. General Otia was in Washing, ton a day or two ago for the purpose of notifying the Secretary of War of his readino3s t> resume active duty. I Gen. Otis hui been assigned to succeed I Gen. .Too Wheeler, who will be retired the 10th iust, under the compulsory age law, as Commander of the Military Department of the Lakes, with headquarters iu Chicago. Geu. Otis declined to ho interviewed for publication, saying that he had been spending the summer resting and consequently knew nothiug of public interest or importance. Hon. Andrew D. White, U. 8. Ambassador to Germany, is in Washington, hut hit pre<encj has produced in.) news. Mr. While is one of the most courteous men iu the world to mrtt, and when it comes to public idlair.', one of the most reticent. He is thoroughly imbued with the diplomatic ilea, that the press should be given only r.suits in things pertaining to international affairs. Chinese stories being in order, a resident of San Francisco told this one to a group of Washington friends: The Chinese have a q leer way of avenging themselves on tueir enemies. It' a Celestial is real anxious to make his enemy's life a burden, he committed euictde iu front of the latter'* ' door. This ii considered, by the Chi.:cs?, t) he tho most terrible thing that could happen to them. The man in front of whose home the suicide is commat d h shunued by his fell >ws, is ostrici-o l by Ii'ib club and is marked with the linger of scorn and suspicion. Tho soul < f tho suicide is supposed to go straight to heaven, while the I ?!.. -*i r *? * * " ou.ii uj iiiy oiner ienow 13 doomed to everlasting perdition." While hoping for a peaceful solulion of the Chinese problem, the officials of the Navy Department are taking the necessary stops to have their branch of the service prepared for any con'.iugeccy. The Naval Policy 'T. >hm1. if which Admiral Dewey is president, is now in session at Newport. It is known that the hoard is considering the ad visibility if greatly strengthening our Naval force in Lhiutae waters, although its proceedings are not made public. Orders have, however, already been issued for a number of colliers to proceed to Chinese waters in addition to thos3 already there and on the way, which means that warships will be there to use the coal. Speculators in star route mail contracts will be shut out if tho Post Office Department lives up to its advance notice in tho advertisement for bids on (5,052 star routes iu New England, Nt-w York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, Virginia and West Virginia, which says that every accepted bidder muit live on or near tho routo and personally supei intend tin servii'P- A mimkoi . ? ? vv* v? nj?u* Uiavi/ID have 1?: years made a regular business of obla uing these c ?n tracts and then subletting them to men who did the work. M ho postal < fliciala say they intend to break up this middleman business that besidts saving money, better ejrvieo can bo ha:l by-dealing directly with those who do the work. I I"SS THAN TEN MILLION BALKS. The Cotton Btates Couventfon of Commisdoners 11 Agriculture has issued the following as their statement ts to the cotton crop of 11)00: "Based UDOU reliahlo infbrm?li.?n from ull b turcea from each ot the cot? ton Slates an 1 Territories, taking into cmui deration the condition of the cotton crop, we are led to believe that the following will be the output of the crop for tho seftgon of 1000 1901: 'Alabama, 821,000 bale*; Arkansas 809,000; Florida, 00.000; Georgia, 1,025,000; Indian Territory, 210,000; Loudana. (>03,000; Mississippi, 843,000; Mispouri, 30,000; North Carolina, 495.000; Oklahoma, 100,000; South Catoli: a, 801,000; Tennessee, io;?,uui'; texas, o,;>Ut),000; Virginia, 1.", 000; olher source?, 500, mak.ng a t->ta 1 ci 9,304,500 balee. This estimate, however, is subject to the weather conditions for the month of fc-eplernher and a!so killing frcs'8 later on. This estimate is given out as being the opinion cf the asao* 1 ciation."