Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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T \ / ' ( N vV ' ' - 1 __________ J?~~the tow7to?^'iofrh"as~^ r~"b^l ^ ' _ ^ _ r^B""^ t?- n?* ur * *~ "e ?own~o f^um10n ^*?ts (II Two Cotton Mills, oue the l/l ^ I ^ . B ^ jj M 1 5 $ |k rr 1 lai / ^1 ^ ^ ^ l l>*' largest Knitting Mill and |j l(i largest in tho South. Tv.o Fur- (// & \J & H J B m 1 H H % ? S '?* ' %Sv. [(( l>ye riant in the State. An Oil ffl iJj nituro uud Wood Munuf.i.dur- )|J fl H jfl I l l l ^^1 B Si a ^ wL/ <38 U5 \ . (1) unil Manufacturing Co. that Jrl II ing Concerns, Oou lei ale ' B II III 111 B B B I B iS V I I U L 1 in niakes an unexcelled Guano, m III boiiiiuury. Water W orka and ut JB. _BL _B_ J ?A_ ^ JB? W 1 \ B i. W J|_ JB_^i A- ' I (( Three Graded Schools. Arte- ft Hi hlectric Lights. ||| sian Water. Population 6,500. J) VOL L NO. 48. UNION, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER;10, 1900. #1.00 A YEAR. .4 * 't F. M. FARk President. | GEO. MUNk^, Cashier, J. Merchants' and Plai | OF TJINU S Capital Stock Surplus % Stockholders' Liabilities 1 T m ? ? ^ a ota i $ Directors?J. A. Fant, \\ 1. C. Duucan, J.T. Douglass,] ^ Win. Coleman. ? We Solicit Yi CATAPHORE5I5. DR. H. K. DENT Crown and ^ Bridge Work. rii^zzzzi^zzzizzz^i^zr?^ 1 1900 MVEMBER 1900 Su. Wo. Tu. We. Th. Fri. Sat. 1 _2_ jT 1111 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 UNION COUNTY NEWS. Items of Interest Gathered from Various Sections by our Cot respondents. A Sad Death at Cross Keys. Editor Uniox Times : The cold, icy htuul of death, has failed en 1lenly aid unexpectedly in oar midst agaiu?another vouug lady ? i pure, spotless character, one thai, filled her place, one that was at her put in seatjn and out of season ; oue that was true and tried ; oue that was con touted with her lot; one that helped a faithful mother share the responsibilities of a good home, where fHictim has laid its baud heavily on dear sister and little brother. She was permitted to remain with them and rej dee t> 833 fi'wtsr and broth .r much improved ; so much bo that the ! good mother was permitted to take a , rest for two weeks among Relatives in Geeenville and Spartanburg, a pleasure she had not enjoyed in years, but just as the time for Mi to come arrived, she was so busy getting things arranged for the meeting of mother, aud the day's work was done, (M i ' to come homo to-morrow) but the morrow never came to liar, just before the light of day sho wai tak n sick and by the time tho sun aroso fiho w.i^ io heaven. The mother came, but. too late to seo her iu tho lleeh ; but she has this consolation?sho knows where to find hor. Miss Mutel Wilburn is no more. She was boru Nov. Gib. 1873 and died about daylight. Nov. 23rd, 1900, age 27 yoarj and 17 days. She was laid avay in tho cemetery at old Padget's Creek Church, last S iturday, the 24th. iu tho prepuce af a large ongregation of relatives and friends. Tho funeral services were conducted by her faithful pastor, iiev. C. Wateon. It can be truly said of her: 8he wai faithful and her anchor is cast?homo at last, no more storms, no more pain, no more sorrow, no more death?at rest forever. Her father and mother, Mr. aad Mrs. B. G. Wilburn, has the sympathy of the entire community in this dark hour. Thomas Gore. ETTTJANE ETCHINGS. Etta Jaue, Nov. 26.?Rev. J. N. Horn preached his farewell sermon at Mesopotamia yesterday. One of our neighbors given an an invariable rulo the following which those of your readers who wish to * - ~.r \ir i_. nolo lor iiliuro reiereuce. tv e rnusu no charge for the information and are not responsible for its correction. It is as follows: "If it rains two Sundays hand going it is sure to rain the third 009) and if we have two freshets ... iii m m ? 1 A. H. FOSTER, Vice President. $ D. ARTHUR, Assistant Cashier. X iters' National Bank | 3TV, M. C. | * $00,000 i 50,000 J 00,000 $ * $170,000 J r. H. Wallace, Win. JefTrios, i E. P. McKissick, A. H. Foster, ^ * sua UUBII1C3S* ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ T?|y jy, ^j*, r * - ELECTRICS. . SMITH, IST._>> | Union, S. C. in Broad river in oao ycir there will bo a third one.". Those of our neighbors who killod hogs? some days ago are glad to see the weather turn cold. Our tchools aro now well attended and report good work going on. There are some schools thafhavo not started yet, no teachers have been selected that wo know of. As the cotton market last week was a little more encouraging than the week beforo much of the staple was sold. The chickeu and turkey heads are tlying off about hete this morniug as if something was going to take place soon. We'll tee later. An unusually interesting term of ourt closed at Go fluey last woek. It was a rpecial term at which Hon. Tt!(l Ifft Hllitar?? nrujiilod "V,.? I. i n Rutledge and Robert Blake, of Fletcher, N. C.; Frank Coxe.J. VV. J. Fitzgerald, James Bryan,D. ?. Sevier and Eugeuo Cunningham, master of hounds, of Asheville, N. C., left for a ten days' hunt in the Black Mountains. After two days hard driving the party reached the rude hut occupied by "Big Tom Wilson" and his brindle boar dog "Watch,"situated at the foot of Mitchell Peak. "Big Tom" still passes away his time huntincr - - D b'.ack bear and catching mountain trout in the Rtream, where he found the remains of Prof. Mitchell, which, with the great number of black bears he haa killed, has given him hit world r?~ # , v-...ww. ^ but business on the civil si<!e of the court was attended to. Some very important cases were tried and several visiting attorneys were in attendance, Wo had a storm last night. Vox. The News From the Junction. We are having some wintery weather at last. Fire feels good and overcoats are comfoi table. The crops have all l*tn gathered, and the harvest is over. The potato crop made a good yield in this section, but they are small. Farmers are sowiug wheat, and they are putting their land in a good condition. Some are breaking their land before sowing. and I believe it is a good way. and they are fertilizing the crop. Go ahead, brother farmers, this is a move in the right direction. What we make at home is better to ba had than what we have to buy in the market; it don't matter how cheap it is. Miss Annie Little has charge of the Ganlt school. She is a good teacher. Mr. John Pickens,who has l>een clerking at Union, is teaching the Rocky Creek school. Rev. John Farr will preach at the Ganlt school house next fourth Sunday evening. The surveyor has been doing some good work at this place the past week. His compass pointing olf real estate into small lots for sale and for some enterprise. Come along and buy. those who would like to buy while it is cheap. Come and let us build a factory or some enterprise. We have a store house, a delH)t and a nice locality for any enterprise. I will give a description of this place more fully in the future. Wishing great success to Tile Times. Moxy. A GREAT HUNTTen Days Hunt in the Black Mountain "in Which Bear. Deer, Coons, Turkeys and Pheasants Figure Prominently. Just as It was Written by One of the Party. On Oct. 28th Maj.E. P. McKissick, heading u party composed of Jack McKissick, of Union. 8. C.: Oliver wide reputation. After pitching our tents and euj lying a eupper prepared from the baat that Maj. E. P, McKiaaick'a g >ud judgment could select. We ap^ut a very pleasant night after liateuiog to the many wild and interesting stories told by "Big Tom" whilo setting around the camp fire. After au eai ly breakfast next morning the parly put out tor a day's hut?t. It had In i n only a eh ?rt time after leaving the camp until the pack ofewift aud fiery houuds had brought to bay a terrific black bear, which was carried to the camp, aftelr being pierced by oae ball from the Winchester of our crack sportsman and master of hounds, Eugene Cunningham. The afternoon of the day ja3t mention was spent in pleasant hunting and trout fishing. Our cxpc-it was W.J. Fitzgerald, who caught eighty out of the two hundred trout, if my memory serves mo properly. Ten pheasants were killed, the greater number kil'ed by our great trap shooter, Maj. E. P. McKissick. After we bad fiuishei our supper on the evening of the 30th wo passed the time by telling stories and playing games. Nex.; morning the stand era were placed and the twenty five hounds divided; balf taken by Eugene Cunningham ai^.he others taken by Cunningham's trainer to "Shatteeu Gap," as you will recognize au Indian name; While Cunningham carried his pack to the "Timbered Ridge." It bad not been longer than an hour until we beard Cunningham's pack com ir.g in full cry and before reaching .i.? 11t>: ? T??? _.__J ?i * - iud .uig ium aiauu uie report (I a gun was heard, fired by Oliver Rut ledge,which had, within a few second.*, hushed the cry of the hounds. Ptr haps, thirty minutes had elapsed at the end of which time the other hounds were heard coming, bringiug a very fine teu specked buck, which, after receiving several Bhots and slugs Irom the gun of Jack McKisaick, was the parties' game. At this time it was growing late aud a heavy mist was falling, which prompted the party to pitch their tents and prepare for a hard night's rain, which continued from 9 o'clock p m until eight o'clock uext morning. After a very law minutes the cook, which Maj. E. P. McKis3ick so kindly Selected from his number of cooks at Battery Park Hotel, had an elegant breakfast, aud after tho party had eaten thoy hardly realized that it had rained during the past night, had it not been the mountain streams wp.rn vprv muoVi amn'on from the abundaut quanity of water. After a few moments consideration the houuds were again divided, and in a short time Maj. E. P. McKissick and D. E. Sevier had killed a deer each, and to surprise the whole party, while they were huddled in a groupe eating dinner, they heard "Watch," tho famous bear dog of "Big Tom," bringing the third deer over a email mountain near by. In an instant tin plates and pint cups were going in all directions, and there was a time of great confusion among the boys getting their guns and Winchesters, but in spite of all W. J. Fitzgerald in his quick movement and good judgment had beat all to the stand where the deer was making for and at the flash from his revolver tho deer fell, which led the party to tako Fitzgerald to the creek and duck him for being such a crack shot with a revolver. After supper a few were feeliDg tired and remained in camp, while a greater number went coon and o'possum hunting. Owing to the mountains being easily loet in, we sent a few miles away for Adolphus, Joe aui Richard Wilson, sons of "Big Tom," who were also great hunters, killing near a hundred bsar each, besides they were all genial and jolly good fellow?, instructing and liberal in every sense of the word, They carried us about two miles away, and on letting the dogs go it was only a ?:i o:_i ,j ?r:i > suw iiiiuuiioo until xviuunru tt utiuu ts dog had three coons up one tree, which was a great surprise as we had two dogs that we thought would tree before auy man's dog. Yet, I suppose these Wilson dogs are trained from puppies and being hunted with constantly make them better dogs. We succeeded in getting four ef these coons, and the other got in a ground hole. In going on we caught six o'possums aod three more coons, and on turning over another ridge our dogs treed on the ground for the first time, which pleased the boys to know they could beat the Wilson dogs, but when wo went to got the game we found a skunk which turned the laugh and ended our coon hunt. Saturday morning was gloomy, but the party was feeling as well as could be expected, and set out for another day's hunt. The Wilson brothers were true to the last and by this tie: were admired by each member of t! I arty. When they could >;ee nr!> they were very liberal and wo i!d .1 every cjsq p>iut it out to one of ou; party. It was growing late he fori we heard the houods but at last the] all orno in a buDch and the NVii o: , dogj with them. Tney |ujs-i through two stands, giving th? standers the dodge, but when tin) ! reached the stand occupied by Frank ! Coxe, Jr., his eye was too keen lor tlie deer that had tacaped many atamlers as wo were tcld by tho Wilson b.?)8 and after three shots from the villi o! Frank Coxe, Jr., the ohl doe. called "L'ght Foot," waa carried to camp and after reaching camp we found thr.t one of tho stauda that she had pa.sed through had no atandrr rt Jamra Jlryau becoming disc miv.ge i ha I loft h.a eland going with Cunning | uam otul Uio Wilson boys t? make the drive, while with them the hound: scared wild turkeys to the trees and James Bryan had killed one, yet this was not all he had good luck in, cuv ting the dogs of!" on a long leading ridge aud killed a buck, this was for tunate for Bryan but had deprived s una of the other atauders of 11 slio still they wero ail g'ad that he had succeeded in killing a deer. Afici dinner Jack McKisaick left, f r s iqjrrel hunt and as the sou w.13 sink iug he returned with twenty three iquirrels, ono pheasant and a wild cat that he bad shot from a very tall spruce, pine or hemlock tree, this cat had b3en following him all the afternoon but did not get in reach of his guu until it was growing late aud g- t ling dark in the ovoa. I have ollcn heard that wild cats would jutup from tre9s on people aud this leads mo to believe that this cat was trying I leap from a tree to Jack McKisaick. Our Sunday breakfast was ono <>! the nicest that I havo evor had the pleasure of being seated at, we had meats of all descriptions aud served in all style?, and after we had finished the party, including I ha Wtla.ia inys, headed by "Big Tom" took the trail which bears ' Big Toms" name for "Mitchell's Peak" aud the water falta w'qera Trof. Mitchell loot hid life. Wc reached the peak about one o'clock aud after we had eaten a lunch that bad been carried from camp, "Big Tom" pointed out the differeut moun tains and poiuts of interest and atier telling how ho found the body of Prof. Mitchell aud many other wild btoriea that actually took place, we returned to camp, but while on our way to camp we met a runner stating that a child of one of the party wad very ill, this of course called him away, this naturally threw a damper over us all as he was a joll/ fellow and added greatly to the merriment of our party. The following Dight was very quiet after the depat turo of | one of our number, hut after a night's rest and we had 011 r breakfast wo made another drive, tho hounds had run in two deer, oco small buck wcut t > the stand that had been taken by It )hart Blake and as ho is such a ftae shot it is useless for me to tell you only one shot was fired, but the other was a six proog buck that had gone below the standers to tho river, where our expert fisherman Fitzgerald was sitting o:: the bank fishing, Fitzgerald on seeing the buck coming to him in a deep p>ol ho sprang on the deer's back and taking his knife heron hud the deer'r throat cut. I have seen a great deal of hunting but thia hunt hral gouo beyond my expectation. Tuesday morning the drivers start, ed out but when they had reached a distance of three miles the hounds took a track and after an hour's run brought a bear to bay, but while the hounds were nearly a mile away and in the roughs where the master ol hounds Cunningham could not get to them, threo of the finest hounds were laying lifeleless being crushed to death by this most powerful auimal, Cunningham followed on all day but uight fell and he never succeeded in overtaking the bear. Wednesday morning we were all worn out and left f;r Ashoville. While in the Black Mountains we touud the skeleton of a man, woman and dog, and further on we found t cavo with images that looked as i they had been placed there for some race to worship. This cave is in s _1 .L i rn m pmce inai "x>ig 10m says no nas n< idea any one baa over visited belore and he thinks at one time it was oc copied l>y tlio few Indiana that for a time were hid out while others think it is the skeletons of a man and woman that had left that section sov eral years ago and had frozen to deatl durng winter while hid in th< "Black." I must say in conclusion that the party was selected by and were the e ? DO VOIJ c I HOLD YOU a : Wm. A, NICHOLSOI j ; Store Cotton and Aavj mmm 1 ? * " ??r^?p"fa??aPKgmK??\ j gu?st ?.f >! j K 1'. MeKissiek, of Ashevi'l *, JS. J, ami thin trip which is the mot uucceesiul hunting trip Vt Kqo rt?r.?? *!?/%? * ? | j ???? ? mucj tin iiiuvii I '! QUCH H I short ppice of time in North Carolina , | eiia 1 t wr t o remembered by each and every meufo'T <i tho party nod t'o y eft< h Lei iu lebtod to tue M* j ?r , i i r i ho grtai p ea, urn that they havo } >10 heartily ei j >yed, and \vc eh all also I j uevcr forget t ie kind treatment we. j ror.eivtd at tho hands of "Big Torn" and his big heartod hoys. , ONE OK THE PAKTY. ) , THE READY PISTOL TALKS. | A Few Clippin gs .it Hntiilom ShowitiiJ ( nsr.:i!ti'js Kcsultiug From t 'ic Pistol. ; DEATH STALKS TIIH01C.il THE LAND. Head these accounts, fellow citizans, they are only a fear, there are many more, and see if you cannot do eome( thing to assist in arousing a sentiment against the pernicious practice, that will ultimately ho tho means of putling a atop to this wholesale slaughter. I NKGKO ANI) "READY PISTOL," A crack of the pistol, and ono'.hpr negro killed, is n ported from the dark oruer. Tho rep>rt eays/'MUes Cures.)!), a negro of unsavory reputation and Biiu I Tigor fa mo, got on familiar terms with Ned I'ark-j, a negro who was on II >b~rt Piltuian's firm in Cl!?my I j.viish p, and to *h w that lie was perfectly at homo Curd >n walked iff with Park's baC; ches, and i whou he was charged by Parks with btealiug his trousers, Cure ton drew hia pistol and eent a bullet through Parks, which ended his life iustautlv. This is the brief and sorrowful story, j aud the verdict of the jury was in accordance with this statement." J 11E PISTOL TAI.K3. Mr. J. N. Aid'.son accidentally shot iii:melf while in the act of uu breeching h s pLtol. Tlio hall entered the hl'y leg above the kneo and ranged downward, inflicting a painful though uot a dangerous wound. The Drs. Crawford located and extracted the ball.?Kershaw Era. READY PISTOL AND SHARP KNIFE. Dublin, Ga.?News reaches hero of the killing at Adrian of John Welch by Sig I/chtaas'.eiu aid the shooting oi the lattir by tho former. Lichteistein is a merchaut at Adrian and sohl Mrs. Welch four jards of cloth. Welch c'a lined that there was only t'ureo yards in the piece and went to Lichtensteiu's storo to rectify the matter. Some words ensued between the two, when Welch left. Lichtenstein followed him down the street and upm overtaking him, pulled a dirk and cut Welch in t h j breast. Welch almost ins'anfaneous I ly shot Lichtenstein in the uroin. Lichtonstein formerly traveled lor Henry Sdomon, of Savannah, aud lived ot Teuaille. distols at tiie frolic a8 usual. At n negro frolic, last Friday night 1 near Honea 1'alh, Casper Barmore and John Walker became involved in ! a ditHcalty which s>on became a gen' cral row, and after quiet was restored 1 it was found that Casper Barmore * had been killed, having beeu shot in * the back of the head. At the inquest 1 the jury found that he was killed by < a pistol in the hands of a negro by ' name of Charlie Mattieon. . shot to death?tpistol accident. | The Gaflucy Ledger sxys that Ben Smith, colored, living near Thickety station, accidentally shot and killed his step daughter while he was fooling with a p'sto). The average negro cannot do without a pistol. He must have it though it costs the life of one of the family occasionally. , fight on the street. , From Jacksonville., Fla.?Frank * | Pons aud Charles A Clark, promi i nn.nt ami wealthy citizens, fought on : the street. It is alleged that Pons I hit Clark with a heavy stick knock iug him down. Clark shot Pons t three times, inflicting serious wounds. > Clark has been arrested. It is said that the difficulty occurred over gala > week affairs, both being committeei men. ^ W^INT 3? TOR COTTON? \ & SON, Bankers, ince Money if Desired. SIIOT DOWN AT 1118 OATE. From Orlaudo, Fla.?Sam Love, a negro, was phot and instantly killed as be entered his pate. Tho shooting took |daco about H o'clock, as Love was returning from work. Will Jouruan was arrested charged with the killing, as he aud Love had recently hid trouble. ONK KKORO KILLED OTHER WOUNDED. From Columbus, Ga.?Mitchell Taylor and Charley Comer, both negroes, fought a duel with pi9tols juat outside the city limits about 82.15 due on a watch, by Gjmer to Taylor. Comer was killed and Taylor waa wound* d During the fuailade Taylor's bitter ran between the men aa a peacemaker and was herself ahot through the head by Taylor. She diol iu a few miuutee. riSTOLS AND COFFEE AT TAMPA. George Mobley and Tom Moody had a shooting pcrape at Keystone pa.k on election day over* primary matters Mobley got his pistol and shot \f.~i - .-..,.,>1^ unawares. The latter drew his revolver and fired on his assailant. Moody is badly hurt and may die. B >th men are prominent white residents of Tampa. POP GOES TIIE PISTOL, DOWN GOES THE NEGRO. As the result of a quarrel with John Adams, white, a negro by the name of Ilenry Jones is now lying in a ciitio.il condition at his home in Fall street two pistol bullet3 having penetrating his body. The shooting occurred at about 7:30 last night at Tanner's livery stable, located on the corner of Laurens and Washington streets, iu Greenville, 8. O RICHARD TRAXLER SHOT. A eerioos and what may prove a fatal shooting affair occurred a few miles from St. George's Monday. Richard Traxler and Edward Proctor both white, had a difficulty in town Saturday. They met near their homes Monday and renewed the difficulty. They came to blows and Proctor drew his pistol and shot Trax? ler twice. He is not expected to live. Proctor has surrendered. HOW TO TEACHJGEOGRAPHY. The I<ittle Children of Union S. C,t Giving Points to the Bright Bights of Boston. Prof R. C. Metcalf, supervisor of schools in Boston, devised a way to teach geography in the primary grades, so as to make it interesting to the little folk, particularly in the relation o? the study to our national industries. His plan is to ask the school children of the South to wright to the children of the North, and vice veraa-those of the East to wright to those of the West, and vice versa-each correspondent describing the industries of his own section. In the operation of the plan a number of letters have been wriien by the children of Union.8, C., to the children of Boston. They tell about cotton-how it is planted, how it cjmes up, (two round leaves and a tiny stalk,) how it is hoed, bow it puts forth a white bloom, which soon turns red and drops off, how the cotton forms in the bolls, how it is ginned, how cotton seed oil is made, and how the lint is pressed and baled, "But the be*t of it is," says the Boston Evening Transcript, which has seen the letters, "they all have a distinct poetio itouch, the more charming because so wholly unconscious. And just here lies their especial value. It is something to know, it is moro to Ibve the knowing. There is abuudant romance in the world's woik,only somehow we soon lose the faculty to perceive it. The seaboards, the mills of New England, the measureless tilled fields of the Mississippi Valley, the ranches of the West the mines of Rockies, the orchards of the Paciiie coast, the cotton plantations of the South-where else need one look for romance. Only, ono must see with young eyeB, full of wonder and surprise and delight."? News and Courier.