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' ' ' r . * / 1 ' I !,' ' . il. . /v t^-'l -K >>| ^ ^ ^ ^^ ^ jj THK TOWtToF UNION HAS I || Electric Lights. - ^ .f sJau Wutcr. Population 6,500. || VOL. L. KO. 43. . UNION, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDa?. OCTOBER23, 1900. #1.00 A YEAR. * -;K? -:& -;k- ?X? -:?c~ T F. AT. FARfv President. | QUO. A1UN!."\ Cashier, i iarehaiils' a?.sJ Pi >fc OF XJ IN ^ Capital Stock ? Surplus S Stockholders' Liabilities... .* 3 ^ Total A DinucToits?J. A. Funfc, . a T. O. Duncan, J. T. Douglas T Win. Coloman. We Soiklt ^ ^ ^ -sie -Wr <$#. a rr? a ta v rv rv VAJl AKnUKCJl^. DR H. I Crown and ^ r Bridge Work. 5 1900 OCTOBER 1900 Su. Mo. Th. We. Tli. Fii. Sat. LJLjLJLJLJL _7__8__9_10 11 12 JJ 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 28 24 2.6 2,6127 28|aa|3oi3ii 1 I ONION _COUJITY NEWS Items of Interest Gathered fron Various Sections by our Corresponds,io* THE KING OF THE SOUTH, A Fifth Grade Scholar Writes In terestingly About the Culture and Marketing of the Fleecy Staple, Union, S. C., Oct. 15, 10 )0. Dkah Friends: I will write about our king cotloi The ground to bo planted id tirut, laii off in rows from three to four fe< apart afier the ground has been wo broken with the plow it is the ready for planting tko BeeJ. Plan ing season for cotton seed in this iat tnde commences generally about tl: Y ' first of April. The seed are plant. by what is known as a "cotton plau er," the implement is hitched to horsa or mule and guided by a ina it opens the furrows ami diatribut the Beeds and covers them. If t weather is favorablo tho plant w ? - .! l.i make its appearance ni>:>ui eigm ten daya after planting. The you plant at first resembles a beau or pi the plant having only two leavc3. , soon as the young plant hua reach the height < t quo or two inches it ploughed> (generally with the tu plow) running the bar side next to I plant and turning earth from I A plant. We then take the hoo n W chop through the young plants leav one every ten or twelve iuches np< After it has been thinned to a at; by the hoe, we then use tho p' again, putting the dirt back to plants. The plow and hoe are u M often as necessary for tho n eight or ten weeks, to keep the gi and weeds killed. Tho cotton p! grows very fast alter tho weather j warm. When the cotton reaches height of five to six inches it se limKa from tho main stem. 1 UUV attMw on these limbs soon appear aha In about threo weeks alter shapes appear the shape bl( the first day the bloom ia wl the next day it takes on a j hue the third day it turns red then droj s off, leaving a email these pods become grown in a thirty days. After they ripen pods burst open and then the w fleecy staple appears, tho cotto picked from these pods by hand is put iu wagons aud hauled modern gin. Tho cotton ia t from the wagon by a suction through a tube iuto a house v tho gius are running, the cotton < from the section tube iuto a hopper, it ia then distributed t< gins by machinery which sepa the seed from the lint by disc saw y Wr -$!*- ifr <&'? ?* 4J5- -*> -iff A. M. FOSTER, Vice President. $ B J. L). ARTHUR, Assistant Cashier. ? aiilers' National Bank f ION, H. C. | .* $00,000 1 50,000 '? 00,000 $ $170,000 | \V. IT. Wallace, Win, Jeffries, ^ 3, E. 1*. MeKisslck, A. H. Foster, ^ ft Your Business. X -jfc- <Ht*-ifr ?# **> '**"*? 4* ELECTRICS. C. SMITH, (TIST. H Union, S. C. : seel being carried cut tf the house through tuhe3 arm emptied into fie ' wagon. The lint is put into n press and j acked into what is called bales this wovk is ali done by machinery which id run by sieam engines. Aftti the cotton has been packod into bale; it is then ready fur market, and i. taken to variou3 parts of the world tc be sruu into thread and woven iuti cloth. Yours trulv. Tom Howze. New Hope mid Vicinity. It has been raining here; no cotton p.cking to bo done. A few moro day: and tho cotton crop will be harvested Then wo iarmera will give our time t and attention to tho sowing of wheal and oats. I think from what I car hear, ikero will bo a good deal of each sown this fall. Tho ground is in fine lix for putting in the eced. short'"crops of cbifdn/'firHu Tt V)jdigs a bett:r price. The shorter the bet ter are tho prices, Brother F^lrmelJ1 lets plant less cotton and more ofothei crops, By doing ttii3 we will soon si c tliat we are getting along better, an 1 will be more independent. Orr's Crossing (Lockhart Junction now called) is about ono mile and s half from New Hope. I had occssio: to ba there tue other day. I found r t. force of hands pushing forward ti d completion a nice and convenient de it pot. At this placo thirty-five year il ago ia where I enjoyed many plensau ai hours of my boyhood days, neve t- dreaming ofauother railroad or depo i- being there, however, it is truejjfo e both are there. What wonderfu id changes a few years will bring furtl >t ! Progress aeema to be the byword thee ft day?. Wo are glod that we live i ft. this day of enterprise and push, es I want very soon to write up th ho history of New Hope church. Wlie ill it was first organized, by whom an or its progress from then until the pre ftg cut time. -ft. The Rev. E. H. Beckham filled h As appointment fat New Hope Sunda ed evening. is Mrs. T. II. Gore and childreu, ira Cross Keys, arc over at Mr. J. \ the Scott's, her father, to spend a few daj the Myaoif and John Whitlock we >ftd up to Mr. J. L. Wards Sunday to s iftg his daughter, who 'a very sick, and ?rt. expected to live only a short whilo. *"d Best wishes lor you, old Times, 'ow clo3C. Traveler, the facts in the case. ext rasi Mr. llumcs Makes a Plain Sta ant mcnt, and a Statement fron ?tts Him Goes. The College the Teachers to the C trary mds Not withstanding. JP" . pea. To the Editor of The Uu ' ?M-.rr>Q H#oa a trn nn art Ine 11uicc.?ujmu k.,*j ? ? )om, came out in Tne Daily State from hite, President of Claremout College, H )iuk ory, N. C, making certain denial and 1 statements in an article written by pod, J .Tonesville correspondent, bout I To the said article I made re the and doubtless you and all readers bite, my article. I stated facts, ajd st a is to anything I have ever said. J , It body, who knows me, can take t to a statements for what they are w( aken As for this statement publishet pipe your paper from these teachers ot /heie college the whole thing is a miar< irops sentation. My daughter was delig large with the Columbia Female Col ) the aud would have been there now, irates her health failed her the last se s, the she attended said college. The son, she v.cut to Hie!:o:y, N. C , wat* j ' that she thought that the climate and j w.trr would bo bcKliuUl to bor. j j Nov,- ;i3 t) iho litigation about lb* | baggage. I will cay that I positively had to employ an attorney to aid run in gelling tho girls' baggage, ami ho f charged are $10; I lanve receipt f r eame. Nuw, Mr. Kiilor, lam sure there t hue been too much sail atrial/ about' c this matter, and I hope to Fee no an >re c iu public print. Yours Truly, T. L. HAMCS. ^ HOW COTTON IS GROWN. 3 Little Mary Murrah Tells What ' Slic Knows About the fleecy j Staple and its Handling. ?> U:ai >1), S. C, Oct. 15, 1000. To a Boston Girl: h DaiAu Friend: I will write and tell you about , : something you have never seen; it is A. fVAA The ground is ploughed an 1 then I ha / acid or guano ia put iu tho ground to fertilize it. Then the cotton is plantol j and iu about a week it comes up. It ( looks like little seeds on top and then . the next day there will be little ler.v s ^ The pretty little bloom comes next. ^ ? It ia white and then it is red. When , the blooms drop < fl'it leaves a little j i green thing, called u tquaro. Wiieu , tho bolls grow largo they crick open r and iusido of that boll is cotton. . When the cotton gets dry tho poo- j ; pie pick it and carry it to town to be j sold. ) A cotton Held is the prettiest thing ^ j I ever raw. When tho cotton is? sold, they cirry ^ it to tho gin. The gin has a shelter out from tho gin, a > that the wagons j cai go under there. The wagons carry i it under there and tho cotton isdrawu T 51 up through a pip?, nailed the suction 1 pipe. It tak>3 it iij) into four muager i feeders, having 80 saws., Those saws ; cut the ?c;d from the cotton and then ^ i the cotton ij called lint cotton, i The lint is carried up into the press A by a large pipe, called a flume. When ' tho press gets full, the cotton is prers T i tWo Tiler/ jtiVi ntc' t/nio ia* WITU'IVII . out. It takes fifteen minutes to press ' , a bale. It takes six ties and six yards ' of bagging to each halo. Frieud, I have described all I can ^ i think of about Cotton. You must ? write mo something .about your city. J i Your Friend, i Mary Murraii. ( I REV. MR. ISQM RETURNS. , Mrs. Isom's Health not us Good us 1 fl Hoped for. 1 | Mr. Editor:?If you will not cou^ eider it too much of a personal advantage to me I would like to make the ^ following report to my friends in the t county: e Wo arrived at the parsonage a few ' days ago from Campobello, by way of West Springs, with Mrs. Ieom's health 10 much improved and yet a good deal worse in other respects. Therefore, ^ she will likely bo confined to her room more or less for quite awhile. Inconsequence of her illness I shall not be able to do the paslorial visiting that t !_i?i_.i i..?i(Kop n.-ill T ho able ,, A lUlBUUUU III uu, ue?uvk ...... to travel amongst my membeis to take o[ up my conference collections, but will y adopt the following plan, which I ^s* trust will be respected by every memnl bar: Tho stewards will take with 160 them collection envelopes with the jfl assessment already made out by the District Board. The members will j deposit the amouut and seal and send to me by steward. Mr. Editor, as ism rounding up my term of four years I want to thank you for your kindness in sending tc- me The Times and for announcei meuts through tho same. I trust that The Times may lou? bo the title of the people's paper, and that through its columns tho people may receive large benefits e luoationally, moral!j ion and religiously. J. M. Isom. ide ijuy new 1jook8. ick- County Superintendent of Educa q nf linn W. H. Barton has received a le! the tor from J. J. McMahau, the Stat superintendent requesting that n ply, more of the old hooks which he ha saw on hand be sold, as the contract wit and the publishers of the new books r< Lny- cently adopted goes into effect No^ hese ember 1st. It would, therefore, 1c >rth. economy for pupils not to purchai 1 in old books but buy new ones, said After July 1, new booke must I )pre used in all the schools and pupils w: hted only get exchange prices for the o lege, ones. The contract with the pup , but for exchange prices holds good on ssion till November 1, 1901.?Qroenvi rea- News. NOTICE OF ELECTION. j For Presidential IIlectors and Hep- ; rescntntivcs in the 57 th Congress of the United States. It do of Radii Cfci'olins, ) (Nmr.ty <f Union. ) Not!09 h hereby tin;', an ck-ji>.i u;!' bo held at the seveuil p o-( :i: c!s established by lav/ in Union I rouu'.y, on TUESDAY, NOXEMilKK (), ID JO, he uiae Presidential Elector.*, ,?vii lir^^^lcpreeeutativo in tl.o Fd'v1 A?Stti&n?rcs3 of the Usited 5: a u Wttiin,:.,; niituv.. >3 rip;:: d :U 7 o'clock a. in. and closed ; 4 p. in. Tko following named persons have ieen appointed - MANAGERS OK ELECTION, 0 vci;: Union Township?Union Precinct: ?. K. Foster, A. S. Wbiteuer, G. C. J rcr r. Sac.toe Township---S*tiluc Precise': ! ihti W, Gregory, Sim3 G linore, , lenrgo Harris. Fish Dam Township?Carlisle Pre- [ i:ic!: J. MoHey IIill, \V. T. Me- 1 Jowan, K. ?. Mill. j1 Goshen lliil Township ? B ack j1 iock Preci'd: C. W. NViilard, \V. s. Broek, Grreu J. I.re. Cro.s3 Ivr.v.1 Township?Cross K -ys 1 \cei.ic!: B. G. Wilburu, Preslo.i 1 5 sbo, ?T. J!. Bennett, Roj-ausvil'.c Towusbin ? West o 4 ipnugs Precinct: R. C. William.',! \r. V. Wesf, M. 15. Lcn. Gibhci Precinct: Sanford Wil- I' mm, Henry Smith, J. 15. Davis. Cyleraiue Precinct: J. R. Sumner,! 5ailey Lawsou, Andrew Hembrew. j Jone3villo Towuehip ? Jonesville 'ficinc': M. C. Gault, F, P. O'Shiclds,! V. C. White. Piackney Township?Keltoa Pre- 1 iaet: George Gault, H. S.Porter, r. W. Smith. Lockhart Precinct: Joseph Bailey, V. C. Johnson, W. M. Ross. Hughes Precinct: I. S. Vaugbau, 1 ?. JVI. Adams, Oscar Harris. 1 boxes in the precincts ersonSr hutyna. 4 . . 1 , ng the time of tho electiiu. A space or enclosure, separate nad : lislinct from that used by the Mana- j ;ers of tho State Election, must he ailed off or otherwise provided, at jach precinct, under direction of the indersigned. But ouo voter must he allowed to juter any v ding place at a time, and no one except the Managers must he allowed to speak to the voter while in tho voting place casting his vote. For further instructions 6ee notice of Commissioners of State Election. One of tho Managers at each precinct named abovo must call upon (lie Biard of Commissioners for tho Federal Election at Union on Saturday, the 3rd day of November. 1900, to receive ballot boxes, poll lists and instructions and to be qualified. J. B. Lancaster, ") Corn's t^?vt \v mnflmvan'. > of Federal fj uull ? ? ( 9 G. C. Greer. ) Election. m NOTICE OF ELECTION For Slate and County Offices and for Amendments to State Constitution. State of South Carolina, ) County of Union. j Notice ii-rhoreby given that an elcc tiou will be held at the sovoral pre cincts established by law in Uuioi county, on tuesday, november 0, 1&00, for the following offices, to wil: Goi ernor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretar , of State, Attorney General, Com| i troller General, Adjutant and In i spector General, State Treasure 5 Slate Superintendent of Elucatioi r one Railr.&d Commissioner, one Ci cuit Solicitor, one Senator, two Re ?oan?(iiiuP9 in the General Assembl Supervisor, Sheriff', Clerk of Cou Coroner, County Superintendent Education, Probate Judge and S e licilor. o Pursuant tj the Constitution M South Carolina, and the terms of Jo b Uesofutious No. 340 and 341, i 9. proved February 19th, A. D. 1 7. [Acts of South Carolina, pp. 570 a )e 571], an election will aho be held 3e the same time and place for ame ments to the Constitution of Soi oe Carolina, as follows: ill Amend Section 7, of Article V! U of the Constitution of South Carol ilg as follows: Add at the end the jy the followiug words: "Provii He That the limitation imposed by Section and by Section 5, Article HOLD YOU: Will, A. NICHOLSON Store Cotton and Aciva of this CodetituLion shall rtot app'.y to , uo:r.:eo incut re?i by the I yj-d g of (J'.'iunii'i i, K c'v Hi !. K'h :r i lestou and Fk.rfr.co, \v!:o;o L .i p-o cceds of said bonds are rpp';k-?l s<>l?*ly i n' the purchase, (sta.b:!biii?: ?u , nuiiutsuiuc* or uic/r-ase (.! wafer woike1 or fg -Vi ! m ^ "5 8Vsk.in, an 1 by the; ci' v i i i ?t-tr ! wo, ".'.''fti the j rocecds ! j; ciiM V-nd. fi?j ajtjjl;. -i soVy for too | jjurc'.a'n. e InY'Ukujcnk eml main*' icnaine < i* rue <1 v/a'er icnk-.l ,' .1 or t owcr.tgo .?v;st- m, f?:\a and i niio lie light plants, where the entireI] .u- J'r r.i the (pointim <. 1 ! suck p'nuts or systems bhuil be do vov.l ?-/; !/ and exclusively to the mainU nar.co a d operation <f t ie JliltlCp ttavi \i aici'o lliO 'jUcsllllil oi 1 il? curring s'tch i. kbtucs? is submitle 1 lo tii3 l;e-d:..klers and qualified Voters i)i"such municipality, a* provided in| . tho Constitution, upon the question of j other bendetl indebtness." Amend the Constitution of Sju\1i | Carolina by adding tliertto the io 1-, lowing lo bo kno wn as "Article 1 of j Aineudmcnt j t> ike Constitution": J j The General Assembly shall provide 11 by law for '.be c. tidcrmi&fion, through . i l?r< per c Hloial chauncls, of all lauds I] uners.-.-y fertile proper drainage ol k die swamp? and ! ;\v laud a of liis'i ota; a*ni eli.-.li alo j provide fur the , i updtablo assessment of all lauds toh drained, for the purpose of payingl| the* expenses of such cj.'idemnaiiou j aud drainage. ilia sail Amendments shall be submitted i.i such manner that ti e electors qualified (o vote for Members jf the House of Representatives siia 1 ! 1 vote for or against each of such Wc?V&lie 'i Ja hrM >: A- . tioa of an amendment should contain4tjie amendment voted upon in full, i followed by ilia word 4,Y?f ballot i opp>aed to the adoption of an amendment should contain the amendment Voted upon, fdlowel by the word 4 . V ' > * jN ). Rolls at each voting place will bo opened at 7 o'clock a. ni. and closed at 4 o'clock p. m. The following named persona have been appointed MA.NAC.EKB Ol" ELECTION for State and County oflic-rs and for amendments to Slate Constitution, [ to-wit: Union TowjuaJj) ? U?Lu Pfpni-inl: , j Oliver Sims, \V. T. Cunningham, 1'. IT via Santuc Township?SantucPrecinct: I 8. J. I) ivia, R>birt McDiaiel, E. W. Jeter. Fish Dam Township?Carlisle Precinct: Paul H. Jeter, E. Stokes, M. C. Deaver. Goshen Hill Township ? Black Rock Precinct: R. S. Wilson, Jack Mobley, W. R. Gilliam. Cross Keys Township?Cross Keys Precinct: G. T. Ilollis, W. C. Murphy, Jesse B. Davis. Bogansville Township?West Spring? Precinct: D. II. Miller, Win. Little W. A. Lancaster. Gibbes Precinct: W. I. McKissick i IL C' 1 vawson, Jr., J. Norri9 Rodger8 Coleraiue Precinct: D. B. Wil liarns, C. T. Larson, Sam'l Sumner JonesviWe Towauliip?JonesvUI' t- Precinct: John W. Crawford, N. T y Eiaon, J. W. Scott. >* Pinckney Township?Kelton Pre - cinct: W. H. Gault, hiizie ivenj r, Jack Farr. a, Lockhart Precinct: J. W. Men; r* John Cranfml, J. V. Askew. P* Hughes Precinct: J. I). Hanco-jl y, W. M. Vaughan, M. C. Palmer, rt, On the dry of election Manage of mu8t organize by the election ot o- Chairman and a Clerk. The Co atitutional oath must be taken by ea of Manager before ho can act, and a iot by the Clerk. The Chairman elect *p- is empowered to administer oaths. 00. Tue Managers have the power ,nd fill a vacancy, and if nouo of t at Managers attend, the citizens can ud- point from the qualified voters nth Managers, who, after being swo can conduct the election. Uf. At the closo of the election, na> Managers and Cierk must proc reof publicly to open the ballot boxes i Jed. count the ballots therein, and conti this without adjoin men t until the si IV, is completed, and make astatemeii $ * U TO .. R COTTON? i & SON, Bankers, nee Money if Desired. ^oanagwn BiiWflP&ogBgBMWWMWMMWMM??| the result for each office aud sign the same. Within thrso days thereafter, the (diairiuau of the Board, or some one leeigu&tcd hy the Board, must deliver to the Coni midbipnors of Election tbo poll IjV, the boxes containing the ballots and written statements of the remit of the election. One of ihe above nLmed Managors nl each precinct must call upon the Board of Commissioners at Union, November 3rd (Saturday) 1900, to rec-ivo ballot boxes, poll lists and in" dructions. and to be qualified. G. O ?Tir<; ii ky, } Corn's Afiir.nirk Vanperford, v of State C. B Bono. "? 1 Election state'news. - he Cream of the Aeivs Culled From Our Exchanges. tent meeting closed 11.v. N. J. Holmes closed h;a evenju .'.to service J not night which he ho>vi h -Icing hero in his loot durug luo pa-jL two weeks. An oxceebugly largo ongregition attended the service, and ali tho'scrvico haves beou well attea led- Itev. Mr. Holmes' preaching was a very attractive feature < f the mee'ing. A liberal collection was taken the last night. Rev. # Mr. Holmes has returned to Laurens. ?Newberry Observer meeting ok riusr presbytery. llu First Presbytery of the A. R. L\.Synod of the Siuth will meet at I'irzah, York county, S. C., Rev. B, II. Crier's charge, on Tuesday after >pehiug sermon 'wnl if3 'ptcavuin?:?r the retiring moderator. Rev. J. E. Johnsjii or his alternate, Rev. J. Presely, and tho session will be presided over by Rev. J. E. Hough, moderator elect. Rev. Jas, Bryce is committee on railroad rates, which will be reduced for tho occasion: INTO BANKRU PTCY. The firm of Grist Cousins, operated by Mr. D. \V. Hicks, has gone into bankruptcy, tho order having been signed by Judge Brawley Wednesday afternoon. The bankruptcy is voluntary and if brought on by the inability TO tnffrue now?oir?? ?"w V T bililies amount to about 82,000. The exact amount of the assets is unknown, [ but tho amount of accounts owing to Mr. Hicks is about 81,000, two-thirds of which ia probably uncollectible.? Yorkville Yeoman. A PROC.RE88IVE FARMER. Mr. James R. Cantelou is one of E Igefield'a most progressive farmers. Lie does not own a large number of acres of land, but he makes what he has got pay. Last year Mr. Cantelou made 000 bushels of corn and nine 1 bales of cotton with one mule. This > year ho will make 700 bushels of corn and ten bales of cotton,notwithstanding > the fact that this has been such a bad year on our farmeia. The majority of " our farmers will only make about a ' third of a cotton crop,?Edgefield b Chronicle. iV-T? ^ - a llcretof >ro the government has con tento 1 itself with politely requesting 7, the Sultan of Turkey to pay those Amcricau missionary claims, but acZ> cording to a current story in Washington, it is about lu change its tactics. In fact, it is said that U. S. Minister Straus, who was withdrawn from Con< ft.,,?ome mouths ago to em Ol.?WV."~j. _ a phasize the displeasure of this governn ment at the tardiness of the Sultan in keeping his promise to pay those !fl<) claims, may return and present an ed ultimatum, demanding that the claims be immediately paid or force will be used, unless the Sultan payB before he can get there. In oflicial circles it is aP* believed that the Sultan has only de? l'ie laved payment because he thought rn> this government was too busy in China and the Philippines to bother about the him, and that lie will soon come down eed without any show of force. and nue Gen. Weyler, ex-Captain General tme of Cuba under Spain, has been ap* it of pointed Capiain General of Madrid.