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tt I h o ^ r t \ -iL j * I ^ ^ |?^H?TOWN OFUNIO^TM'AS^I _b_ J f- -? a- . * the^OWTOFTS?ON HAS ! ft) Two Cotton Mills, one the ill [ I I I I I I ) I I i I I B ill /1 B I 1 1 >({ The largest Knitting Mill and " III largest in tho South. Two Fur- III H * B B BJ B B I I I 1 fl B I / B B-? ((( Dye Plant in the State. An Oil 111 U mture and Wood Manutactur- })] B B I Bl I I III I I I ll i ({ and Manufacturing Co. that M jy lug Concerns. tine Female " B I I I I J III H I I I I H I I I 1^ I I ' J k r makes an unexcelled Guano. ,.i [ft Seminary. \\ ulvr W urkn una (>'/ B _|_ JL JL^M B J 1 _BL B 1 ^ _B_ B X W _B_ -I?^ $ (\( Three Graded Schools. Arte- m .? -jg Electric Lights. ||j {{j 8ian Water. Population 0,500. HI VOL. L. NO. 40. UNION, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1900. #1.00 A YEAR. 4*-++ <\> cw- +K-< > -#ir -ifr f F, M. FARK. President. A j GEO. MUNRO, Cashier, J. D Merchants' and Plan ^ | OF UNIO X Capital Stock Surplus ' lifr fwK Z Rfyv^lr V*ol rl ora' T.loKilJf Jao i xoui m Dikectoks?J. A. Fanfc, W. . v * X T. 0. Duncan, J. T. Douglass, E W Wm. Coleman. ^ v > If X We Solicit Yw ^ CATAPH0RE5I5. -* DR- H. K. <^_DENT1 Crown and Bridge Work. 3yJ\ V 1900 NOVEMBER 1900 \ ??r??I i i 1 ; jtojmk Til We. Tk hi Sat. J i_H: _4__5__6__7__8__9_ ! 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 ! 18 20 21 22 23 24 ' 25 26|27l28" 29 30 UNION COUNTY NEWS. I Items of Interest Gathered from * I Various Sections by our f, ' Correspondents. ETTA JANE NEWS NOTES. r wiCefr?dd'o<lMflmeli Afie'ad? Unloaded the Wagon When Cotton Went Down. Almost anybody could have told you before hand who would be elected Provident. But they didn't do it. How eftBy it is for people to express ' ? ? -" s?t /i) We talked It out nt pretty cof able length and settled: . Jat / ! First.?That we could do do. j much till nightfall, unless thetf , I out again, which was not to he jer , od. We must, of course, walal - ^ that, lying handy under easy stl^ 1 ami on. ready if it so fell out |2 I TIUUC me puisuii. Second.?We must reconuoltci, one must snenk near enough to 10 ) them. and. .without being seen,1"? / get at their game. / Third.?If she held her groihe must cut iier out some tlnie^e tiiglit. It was a hold move.jje mlcht show ficlit. ami we mlja. Into serious trouble with the I authorities, for it would he or ( war in neutral waters, a gravuT of international law. But tl^ne laughed and said he meant to th the same. >d- ' "What 1 am most afraid ofljc they should give us the slip?gt j and run for It." "They couldn't take the cap' . by force, in broad daylight, f10 ?| wouldn't be likely to go of his*"? pjriea in jliie jlimks last week. His ' family and friends can bear testimony to his worth as a citizan and gentleman, and his army comrades to his 1 worth as a soldier and patrict. Our heartfelt sympathies go out to his distressed family in this hour of sore trouble and bereavement. May the ( God, whose very essence is "love and mercy," be a husband and father to them la oar prayer, We have some good hogs reported this season. Hon. C. W. Whisonant has two that will weigh between 400 and 500 pounds each. There are several others we know of just as good as hit. Our potato crop is not very good. The weather was too dry for them duriog the summer and fall. -J Rev. J. P. Marion has moved to a * Hiekory Grove. He will supply Salem and Hiokory Grove churches for the n.?unt and until n*rmtn.nl ....nnn. |f t WV U V) WUV? Muvai |/va aaiMUVUV HIlMUgty meats csn ba made for calling a regfular pastor.y v The fall in the price of cotton has praotiesllj stopped the sale oi the Itaple for the present. Last week . H. FOSTER, Vlc? President. J ?. ARTHUR, Assistant Cashier. T tors' National Bank ? 'IV, H, C. | $60,000 ? 60,000 J 60,000 j $170,000 I i H. Wallace, Wm. Jeffries, . P. McKisslok, A. H. Foster, X <r Business. I ?+ ? tlLttlKIti). SMITH, IST._^ s Union, S. C. iome of our neighbors had loaded Lhtir wagons with cotton to take to ,he market, but hearing of the fall in lie p ico they put them off, sayiDg ,hai if the 6ced was worth 25 to 30 :euts early iu the fall they were still worth iu That's the way to do it, brother farmers. You need not give four seed away. You can use your seed at home to advantage. Compost them and save your guano bills, rather th&u be hum-bugged in a treacherous market. Farmers have some rights which they can force speculators to respect. Mr. J. W. Swarr, of Hopewell, was here last Saturday morning. He says that farmers in York county are getting pretty well through with their gathering, and that they have light crops, generally. Uncle Jesse J. Mabry is still alive and still enjoying good health for a man of his age?being 84 years old. He likes to talk about his youthful days, and how he enjoyod himself wheu a young man. He says that if he has au enemy in the world he ifctiftfBii'to aify church, but he hft9 a high respect for those whose life and work show that they are Christians. For a hypocrite he has an indescribable contempt. He has never been a brni man, and we hope to see or hear of his giving his hand to the minister and his heart to the Lord, who seeketh such to worship Him. The Cherokee County Farmers' Mutual Fire Insurance Company has been extremely fortunate in not having any losses of any sizs to sustain. The organazation will soon have been i n Knoinoea iKvaa woa*a a ?rl ha* m mmd?uv?h Iiutvv jpmao) nuu jou uuljr about two email fires have to be accounted for. It has plenty of money in its treasury to meet any reasonable demand. This is the best poor man's organization of the kind that we know of. It has about $150,000 or, perhaps, more to back it up; The fees are nominal, and no one can afford to stay out of it. Union county is safely organized in the same way. Many Cheiokee men have their property in* sured in Union, who have never transferred their policies to Cherokee county. Some of our neighbors took advantage of the good spell of weather and killed hogs last Friday. On last Monday night some of our boys were 'possum hunting and caught a wild cat. It weighed 15 or 20 pounds. It gave the dogs a good raoe; finally it took to a tree, and when shaken out it gave five dogs a good fight before they killed it. Mr. Lew Brown said it was a house cat. If . was it was the largest one the writer ever saw. It was as large as a grey fox. Jeff Estes took the hide off, and it shows for itself what kind of a varmint it was. Vox. THE NEWSTROM L0CKHART. A Big Carp Caught?A Whiskey Haul Made in a Brush Heap, Lockhart, Nov. 12.?T. I. Barber, overseer of cloth room, has returned from a visit to his parents of King's Mountain. 8. C. He was aoenmnanied by his family. Mr. Harrison Wood caught a carp one day last week that was remarkable for its size. It was three feet long and one foot across the tail, and weighed twenty-one pounds. It was bought by Mr. J, H. Wilburn for 2.10. Died, on the fourth inst., a ov 'Id of W Mr. and Mrs E. T. Martin, Its remains were buried at Pelham, 6. C. The important position of Ferryraau for Eockhart ferry has be< u given to Daniel Moore, colored, who takes charge this morning. The former incumbent having be3n asked to resign on account of his over fondness for the ardent. Mrs. Preston McAbee has shown your scribe a pod of pepper that is somewhat larger that most pods are. It was of the "bull nose" variety and for size merits the name. The ladies of the placo gave an oyster supper last Saturday night at the new office hall for the benefit of the Presbyterian church now under construction. The supper was well attended and every one appeared to have an all round good time. The pretty part is that financially it was a big success, A- 1 a a .1 ? CI I wu JH8L oaiuruay morning opeciai State Constable Wilburn, accompanied by Messrs. Marcus Brown an 1 J. E. Gaddy, went in search of some contraband spiritus frumenti that was supposed to be secreted within a mile of Lockhart. They seaached a house and found only a quart, bnt by some means but known to themselves they concluded that a brush pile that a member of the family was industriously making would bear looking into, when lo! there were disclosed to their view five gallons which they biro off in triumph. Wm. Hag od, who is charged with having the liquor in his possession, made good his escape. The Lockhart Mill stockholders will meet on the 20th of November. Homo. Death of Mrs. S. 6. Howell. 1 * On the 28th of Oct., death claimed for its victim our dear mother. When the sad intelligence reached us, it seemed almost too hard to bear. Her death was so sudden, having a stroke of paralysis about three o'clock in the nfiArniinn. anntlipr a littln latpr nl wbich she breathed her last at 10 o'clock in the evening. She was 57 years of age and a member of the Methodist church. The funeral ser. vices were conducted by her pastor, and the remains laid to rest in Duck Pond oburch yard in the preaenoe of a large congregation of relajjveajju^" wiSih?beautifully flowers put there by loving hands. Her frame has been wearing away for years. Yet the severing of the heart strings is sore, aad the pangs incurable, nearly in proportion to the length of time which has strengthened ail the habits of affection. The father of spirits has called away our dear mother, and He doeth all things w!l. A stroke of afflction is often the sharp but beneficient remedy against evils which are near and are prevent ed by it. We know not what snares were laid for ourselves, which, by this dispensation, we may escape. My inmost soul pours out its supplication that we may know God, in whom we have believed, and then nothing can come really amiss. The world with all of its promises has no prescription for a broken heart. How dark the cloud of sorrow is over us. I know, O Lord, Thy judgments are just, and that in faithfulness Thou hast taken her from us. We know that our Lord has too tender an affection for us to subject us to one unneccessary pang. We have only been called to make a step with our sympathizing Saviour, and let each one of us realize that it is worth going through tribulation for His presence and through death itself for His unclouded vision, and may God in his infinite wisdom console each and every one of us, -1 -1*11 .!- ? iainer ana cnuaren, mat it was no mistake in taking her, and that we all may meet in that great beyond where parting is no moro. O mother, thy gentle voice is hushed; Thy warm true heart is still. And cn thy pale and peaceful face Is resting death's cold chill. Thy hands are clasped upon thy breast, We have kissed thy marble brow, And in our aching hearts we know We have no mother now. 'Tis hard to break the tender cord When love has bound the heart; 'Tis hard so hard to speak the words: We must forever part. Dearest mother, we have laid thee In the peaceful grave's embrace, But thy memory will be cherished 'Till we see thy heavenly face. Spartanburg, S. C., Nov. 12,1900. Tbe Qould family is supposed to be shrewd, and an evidence that it is, is offered by George Gould getting himself appointed his sister's guardian in order to curb her husband's extra vagauce. But it would have been a better proof of foresight had the family never invested in Count Boni. A WATER-COLOR CITY. j Mr. Gilbert's Preliminary Studies ' of the JZxpositiou Buildings. Beautiful Designs which Fore-Shadow a Still More Beautiful Reality. A eeiiea of receptions or, psrhaps, it would bo more correct to say a contin? ua reception, lasting several days, waa recently hold at the offi ;ej of I ho South Carolina Inter state and West Iudian {Exposition Company in Char lebton, ter"Wie purpose of aff ording to j the pu^rliCva view of the beautiful preliminary studies of the buildings whioK ibavo boon designed by Mr.;l$Adfbrd L. Gilbert tor the Ex positicn to be held in that city next year. lThes9 pictures wero arranged f)r ex^Witi >n under the direction of Mr. Gpplert himself, and not the least charming feature of the show was the fact that most of the time the dis tinguittbed architect was present cud always cr^ady to help inexperienced spectators-to a mora complete appreciation of the plans than they could possiblyiJ have attained without his aid. Id tho ceutre of the handsome office ?a the Director General of the Exposition, a temporary structure was erected| with a well in the centre in whiol SjLs.s displayed the ground plan ui MfM- m no a )?iu tureVTo that the spectator might, by nionfflkg one or two steps, look di rectl/*j|otvn upon the grounds, thus getiingtfa bird's eye view of the whole scene.^By day this plan was well lighted, aud was at night even more admirably defined, every line being clearlyiehown in the light of hundreds oT eleotric bulbs which formed a wreathtfof radiance around the well. On tbp east and west walls were hung sepia studies of the Elec trical Booth and the Electrical Fountain, ^hifc, on the north wall against a background of crimson draperies, were displayed in a row the principal build|og|'$b be erected upon the Exposit^n grounds along the banks of the i^hlsy.JUf^r. These water color sketches MMWrtd an amount of detail work "Bealjy Jiflnarkable, and the spectator them by the help of large j^gnifying glasses could - oi*.?u?.. *i?y had been prepared without such aid. Along the banks of a lake some thirty acres in exteht the Machinery and Trans portation buildings, with others of the same general design, will be erected, the style of these being rather lower and simpler in outline than the other buildings, as the reflections in the lake will increase the apparent height and lend additional richness of detail. From these the effect is skillfully intensified until the spectator is led up to the Textile Building or Cotton Palace, which is designedly the most imposing of them all, being 100 feet in height, and showing a facade ot over 360 feet, broken by various pediments projections, domes, redtiled roofs and turrets in typical Southern style. Not the least attraca! - r iL ! _ 1 Ml! 11 . live ieaiure 01 luia Duuuiug win oe its court or patio, 100 feet iu diameter which will be filled with tropical plants and enlivened by the play of fountains. Regarded simply from the standpoint of artistic excelllence, these pictures are well worth the study of all who love beautiful things, but when considered as the fore-shadowing of an actual creation which shall inevitably ?with its God-made setting of Southern skies, sparkling waters and unsurpassable forest effects?exceed these as the perfected work must always exceed the first suggest ive outliue they gaired in the miad of the spectator, a far more intense and lasting interest. HOW THE SOUTH HAS GROWN. Comparison of the Census of Population for 18go and igoo?Gain of Hearly Four Millions. The South has borne a splendid share in the growth of the United States during the past decade. The fifteen Southern States comprise more than one-third of the total population of the whole United States. Their gain in ten years amounts to 3,890,029. The population of the fifteen Southern States by the new census is 26,339,307. In 1890 it was 22,449,278. Every State has contributed its part to the South's increase. Some of them show a growth of such proportions as is certain to attract the thoughtful attention of the whole country to the causes for such growth. The rate of increase in the South in the past ten years is 17 per cent. Here is the population of the fif DO YOU W, HOLD YOUR Wm. A. NICHOLSON < Store Cotton and Advanc toen Southern States io 1890 aud 1900, 1 A I - .L c ? ttir.i ine growiu oi eacu o:aic 13 manifest at a glance: T. 1900. 1890. Alabama., 1,828,697 1,513.017 Aikacaaa 1.311.561 1,128,179 Florida 528,542 391,422 Georgi* 2 216 329 1 837,353 1 Kentucky 2.147,174 1.858 635 ^rc L >u<siain 1,381,627 1,118 587 Maryland 1,189 946 1,042,390 w.h. Mississippi 1,511,372 1,289,6 )0 o! 1 Missouri 3,107,117 2,679,184 ?ou North Carolina 1,891,992 1,617,947 !3 s S uit'i Carolina 1 340.312 1,151,149 bef. Tenuesseo 2.022,723 1,767,518 'IVx*-. 3,048,823 2,235,523 a\ Virginia 1,854 184 1,655,980 Pn< \V:rt Virgtni 1 958 900 762.79 4 Pr" A Total 26.339,307 22,449.278 "j? Gain 3,890,029 j*"1 The South has gone ahead in the 1 ^ fac3 of conditions which in the first _,.1 pirt of the decado were adverse to . 'a progress here. The difficulties were *n twofold, referring both to legislation ' and financial conditions. The greater T part of the South's increase has ome lately, within the past few years, and zfl> it would have been much greater but \ for the unfavorable conditions in the J first part of the decade. The reason for the S>uth'a growth is found in her marvelous wealth of resources. Her hills, her fields and e her streams c fibr uuexaropled induce ne} meots to the investor and developer. ?Pj Meu with mouey have within the past ? few years in greater numbers than ever before begun to take advantage .er ef these glittering opportunities. The ar next tea years will witness a still more m8 remarkable development in this direc ani tion. The statee of the South have out ' stripped tho States of new Eug'and of, and m mv of tho Western etates New 8av Hamshire. Vermont, Miiuo, Nevada, ag( Kanses, Nebraska, Colorado and other Qf States have all been passed by the bu SouJhern Spates in the rac3. 8t,r What a tile of growth will the cen- 8hg sus of ten years not unfold? The next hoi decado is going to bo by far the moot ' nrnoitf r \na f Vtn t li boa nrtof U >i.v<n .< j/iv;o|/; 1 /us mo ui/uiiu iiao nvci ailUYVll- WO The S gns of it are on every baud, ghi Watch the Sjuth'a showing in the cen- Th sue of 1910.?E*. OFFICIAL BLUNDERING. i was Which Will Nullify the Vote on era, One of the Proposed Amend- Ion ments. wei Shi There has been a great deal of con- liki fusion and speculation in Columbia Th and elsewhere, caused by the News twc and C.urier editorial calling atten- Cli lion to the curious error in the- ] constitutional amendment relative to ue? municipal indebtedness. There was a clerical error, and the amendment tan as printed amende section 5 of article It : 4 and section 7 of article 8, instead of ed section 5 of article 10 and section 7 oi ste article 8. There are two sections that of i ought to have been mentioned for the rai amendment restricting muuicipal in debtedness to 8 per cent, of the assessed valuation of the property. The section of article 10 that ought do to have been amended was not men- qu< tioned. This leaves one section re- pn striding the bonded indebtedness en- wh tirely unchanged. This occurred in pol transcribing from the original to the yoi enrolled revolution. The mistake of Ch article 4 for 10 was carried from the original manuscript to the enrolled resolution, and the resolution as printed in the statutes for 1900 con- r?i tains the error, and the tickets were iu printed from the enrolled resolution Br and the printed statutes?both of tin which are wrong in having article 4 i?f when it should have been article 10. me A GHASTLY CARGO. A few days ago there arrived at ptisan Francisco a ship with a cargo \y which*illustrated somejof the beauties of our imperialistic experiment in the "p, Philippines. It was the transport Bherman from Manila, and it brought no home troops whom we had sent to con- 0f] quer the Filipinos. On their arrival ev at Ban Francisco they were in the fol- ft* l6wing condition: Dead, 51; sick, 467; j convalescent, 58; insane. 12.?Times pt and Demoorat. - - lg? A.3STX TO : COTTON? & SON, Bankers, e Money if Desired. STATE NEWS. 5 Cream of the News Culled From Our Exchanges. FROM NEWBERRY. tail ia the sum of 81,500 vm yeslay granted by Associate Justice >e to Jonas Swink, of 8partanburg, > is charged with causiug the death Jra. Williilmina Pearson, of that nty, she having died last week, it aid, from the effects of a severe tiug at his hands. ?he October dispensary figures are fol'ow*: Sales, 84,845; invoice So 540; gros* profits, 81,294; net fits, 81,108. Ir. C. C. Biddorei, of C dorado, j manager of the (Julbreath Gold ling Company, will move his fam* to Newberry. dr. W. A. McLenna, of Waldo, ia here on account of the serious l:, ? n * OM ui iin Biouri, iurs. UBorgfl A. ight. rhe Rev. Dr. McClintock, the Rev. B. Hood and the Hon. George S, \v?r aro attending the Associate lormed Presbyterian Synod of the itb, in Louisville, Ga. rhe Rev, Dr. Clifton, of Sumter, lached here last night and delivered i address to-day ia connection with i laying of the corner stone of the v Methodist church building. The ming exercises were held in the church building. The church s wall tilled, owing both to the inesting occasion and the great popu* ity of Dr. Clifton, who was a forr pastor here,?R. H. G., io News 1 Courier. SAVED BY HER NOSE. The keen sense of smell as well as danger possessed of Mary Bridges ed her fife in Laurens a few nights o when the fuse attached to a pile dynamite under her house was TU. L. J ?- A _ a*.. mug. liio wuiiiau rusneu inu) me eet. A moment later the town was ikened by the explosion and the Use shattered. Two months ago the house the mau was living in was blown up. a had gone visiting and so escaped, ere is no clue to her enemy. THIEVES IN SPARTANBURG. [t looks a<* if a little moro hanging a needed just now for horse stealA few daws ago two mules beging to Mr Rodgera, of Cowpens, re stolen. A little later Mr. Dexter ppey lost a horse last night and Bwise Mr. Pre3 Wingo, of Roebuck, are is an unconfirmed report that > other horses have been stolen from fton. Last uight Mr. F. F. Littlejohn, ir Glendale, lost a bale of cotton, [t has been many years sinoe Sparburg has known so much stealing, is believed that the county is infestby a gang of robbers and vigorous ps have been taken in various parts the county to apprehend the ma? iders?Daily Herald. the previous cjuestion. Every farmer in South Carolina will well now to rvert to the previous estion?how to insure their personal jspcrity? Plant wheat. Plaut more eat. No administration, and no !icy, is going to put Hve cents into ur pocket that y >u do not earn.? arlestou News and Courier. in the middle ok the road. Iron ^Hes for the electric etrret Iway will be placed on Main street the middle of the double track form oad to Washington. A motion to it effect was passed at the call meet* ; of the city council held at latt teting.?Greenville News. don't want to be senaor. The New York Evening Journal ints the following telegram from ililam J. Bryan: 'Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 8. ) Editor Evening Journal: You may say officially, that under i circumstances would I accept the lice of the United States Senator, en if it were tendered. I made the ;ht for the presidency and I lost, am not going to take other men'* isitions from them. William J. Bryan.