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ill 't^etown ofIjhiob h) _ __ _ _ ? the town of uniotThas ]n 1 Two Oofcton Mills, oue the S ^B^ B I I 1^ W T Tj Jf B |jj The largest Kjillfiifc Mill and i |H largest in the South. Two Fur- III I |__| HJ I H H I gT I I M /| K J ;(( Dye Plant in the S?ute. An Oil I}) U ntture and Wood Manufuctlir- ))) I I I III III IWr I I 1/ I I 1 I . (( and Man ifac* uris g Co. that ft] ff. ing Oouoerns. One Female ,! | I | I I J III I III I I W I I J L F makes ua unexcelled Guano. /? Seminary. Water Works aud [J JB. JBL Jl- w I jL w* - *- ?? -I- -1?^" ^ > % ((( Three Graded Schools. Arte- '// Electrie Lights. j/j sm" Whiter. Population (1,500. j| VOL L NO. 50. UNION, SOUTH CAROLINA, FllU)Afr DECEMBER 14. 1900. #1.00 A YEAR. I 4?> ??* 1+-9* *? ?iK?4 J F. M. FARK President. A T GEO. MUNRO, Cashier, J. E | Merchants' and Plan I OF XJIVIO {Capital Stock Surplus Stockholders' Liabilities S Total Directors?J. A. Fan!;, W. T. C. Duncan, J. T. Douglass, E Wra. Coleman. X We Solicit Yoi -***- ^ ^ |IA AML ||4 J'fc JJ4 AM iM AM J| SrWr CAT APHORE5I5. - DR. H. K. ?wJoenti Crown and ^?? Bridge Work. ? 1900 JECE?BERl900 ?i $u.|Mo.|Tu.|Ve Th. I Fri. I Sat. 7. j 80 2 3 4 5-6 7 IT ! ' 9 10 11 12 13 14 15. r ? ?? ? ?? 1 M C 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 ~ 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 1" 30 31 ~|~ * (JNION COUNTY NEWS. . u8 Items of Interest Gathered from th Various Correspondents. on : oil As to Concealed Weapons. tli Bey Denver Bxpiesscs Bis Views y( on the Bvil in no Uncertain ^ Manner. ? Endoises The Times. . in I am glad that, The Times, and tu other papers as fc that, is being tfc filled to some extent about the "per- ^ ntAinna nrapi!>>o" nf purrtinix p.nnfiflalfld UIWVU. r- ~ ? J - O I weapons. Let the good work oi rasp la ing?with a veogeauce?the unlawful tl practice go on, until it is uglier than tl it is, but let me?and as little a me e: as one pleases to put me?3ay, that with all the talk against it, and no c ' action, that has been done 'round and w about-, it will never be generally in >re e: niipdpula^ than it is noty, nor put 1( qqwn. There are too many "respectr y( able" and selfdubbed strictly abiders Of the law* who carry oonoealed weap pps on any apd almost all occasious, 1 even to hot suppers, to sooiables, to o dance with young women, aud alas ! ij even to church. And when men Q know others carry them, hut they are their friends, aud of course they can- v not report a lriend; and other men 8 will not report some other, because c there is too much congeniality all i along the line in violating this law. t They ace lawbreakers, let it be harsh OF tpilp and it behooves all lawbreak- 1 (fs. op the same line, to stand to 1 getner. You havo never heard of a t man being reported about breaking t this law unless the men had a 'fall- j ing out." Then it is done for spite and never for the good of the law? the oountry. Some timo you may txar of a !>< < r n?gro In ing repir'ed. but this pastime reporting is d< iog no good. Almost every little Tom, D.ck aid llariy of a tichf-y negro has Bon.n kiurf oi a p oU t a\ noting iron, i bin 4b* avOrS^b negro l as about jo much sense abcut shooting his r-ovol Yer *8 the averse while tuau who otriies tbt m .according to raj op*'nio? W??i uegro ehoota anyone, it it jalty onfe t'f hia race, ebi} is a c si gf g'it' hjt grit. #ut loaietl it?? I uHght to be doni \ iur.tr.a ami mak<tho law stronger, or repeat, ami bavi do law auil let evirj one fight it out, - - I I \ the quickest man win ana an go to destruction, turn cannibal", drink their victim's blood and eat lleir carpus ft, and wait uuljj tome other nation, perbsps (hose we are now boasting of Christianising, come in and (each us to do' better. The questeon is one we, as a race is * " ttt ?< ?? . H. FOSTER, Vice President. J I. ARTHUR, Assistant Cashier. T ters' National Bank f TV, f*. C. | $60,000 5 60,000 J 60.00Q I $170,000 I H. Wallace, Win. Jeffries, X . P. McKissick, A. H. Foster, ? ir Business. 1 * ELECTRICS. SMITH, ST. = Union, S. C. ; ? people, boasting of refiocireat and iltttre, with schools and churches nil oucd us, becoming so degaaerale, savage, so rowd/jNio^tho one hand, id so cowardy on the other, that we ive to walk or ride the public highay or streets in broad daylight, with ready pistol in our pocket to protect i agaiuat our fellow man, our brother? 1 Or, are we comirg down to the ' vel of the beasts cf creation, that 1 here two males meet, then and there tight it out, to decide theqicstion ' eho ie the bull of the woods?' And ' en the beast has tho advantage of 1 i in the comparison; for they only 1 0 tho natural weap iup, fuurnisbed 1 em by au all wise Providence. Man majority, I believe, would depend 1 a good run before he would use nply his fiat. But, Mr. Editor, wbile you are in lis crusade, it is small wonder tbat , >u do not bring down the anthema several upon your head, for speak g your mind or using yorr consti itional right. I have said someting on the violation of this law, on te whiskey law, aud on the game w, all such violations are bad in leir places. I bave ppoker against lings I believed to be wrong, and I rpoct to continue to do eo from time > time, as long as I see fit. Yet I ill here take time to say that I-nave icperienced men who seem to cht^lsnge my rig^t to do so, because, irsooth, it may prick him a little, nd I did not care to waste time in hrowiDg sweet sugar plums for their onceited vanity to munoh on. No, f anybody wishes to express an pinion, or speak against a wrong, I nil not only nod assent, but will peak out if necessary, an i I will use ny freedom of speech against wrong f it fits the occasion, and will not a?k he permission of any man or set of nen. I am not such a fool *a to think here are certain ceosorg to whom I mist submit my articles, or consult ,heir wishes before sending them in for publication. If the human race, or the ones who wilfully violate the laws, or indu'ge iu breaches of etiquette, or mora'ity, can't stand the glare,when the light is turned on, as it will eurejy Ue by seme mU1, sometime or other, the best thing they cau do is to live above suspici .n IIey Denver. Qrowiug Union. 'fho ^ews qur| Courier's Union a-rrespondent makes a good report lor our live young neighbor, saying: "There has never been soeh a build ing boom in the history ol Union ni at present. New houses are to be s?en going up fey the ch^na on e>cry i yide of tl\e town. There are fca-ij renters lor thetp all. There ueu ally two or three applicants for everj house by the time the foundation tira bers are laid."?Spartanburg Journal NEWS NOTES FROM ETTA JANE Vox I'nwe!!, N. C. Horse Thieve; on Pigeon River-Unionites in Gaffney. Your corespondent baa been tick with co'd f ?r the last Lw days, alsc SufTering with a wrcro aore tbromx. "*-* W ioa Jesrie Strain started to school Mnjday morning. Now her trouble! begin. Tho horse that Walter Goforth losl about a week sgo?supposed to have oeen stolen?was found last Saturday in a cane brake, on Thickly creek, almost in sight of home where it wss doing well. There is a general impression prevailing that a gang of horse thicvts are scouring the country, and thtt they ore miking their headquarter* on Pigeon river, in N. C. Several horses have been reported stolon lately in different parts cf the county, ^ Mr. Ellie Parker, son cf thedate Eiiazer Parker, of thU county, it lying very sick at Mr. James Mclvown's in Gaffoey city. A^. Parkor> Sr., was well known to many of our older readers of Union Coudrty. Mr. James McKowan has been living in Gaffaey for several years keeping public house. Jim is the same jolly, good fallow he always wai and is never out of humor, Jet what may happen. He tells a good tale of how he cured hinnolf of a spell of bilious fever during the war. He.got hold of a piece of fat bxcon, being nearly starved out, he ate it, unknow^f to the doctor, and he was soon a well man. The dam at Thotpaon's "" Mr. A. W. L?tspeich," adinioisPra^ tor, of the estato of Mrs. E. A. Lots' peich, deceased, sold the lands belonging to her estate several days ago. The Waddy Thompson homo tract was biught by Mr. W. C. Kirby aud the Carothers tract was bought by Mr. W. R. Walker. The mules, corn, etc., were bought by different other pirties. People, generally speaking, have about finished Bowing wheat, and a large crop of it has been sown, too. It has been put in in good order, moaLl v with firuano under it. J o The North Paolet Sabbath School Conventton wilf meet at Arrarat church on the fourth Sabbath of thits month, at 1J, a m. In what time will any sum of money double itself at 8 per cent per annum, compound interest ? Somebody please answer this. I fiud in the town of GafFney t number of Union and Union County people, representing nearly all classci and industries as well as professions Taken altogether, the^ aro a valuahh acpuisitiou to out town, Mr. John ?)stes has been quite sicl for a few days, Or. Wood of Hick ory, Grove, la attending him. There is a go)d opening in thi section now for a wide awake pro gresaive doctor of meiicine. The Times has greatly improve in its appearance and general make up, and its o'.d friends still stick to i t | | i i j'l^ ' ' wie'.ier in the 61J v-;unty or out of i Not Imiy ago a teaoher who wr examining one of i er pupii* on gran mar asked him what was the plural < child. 8he wai shocked wl\en I rvl c ?h<7!nnf. f li^iicrKf. Ihl Ike ' j facar'q 13 y nth had acne a point that J^ellog ppver eve dreamed of ond eu let him pass will out fuithtr explanation. Mr. V. C. Corner willmive to tl O <r?leii Moore placo near Ilopewe iu York county. , Mr. J. Vy.ea'ey Mc^offn, I regr > ^oreppft, is v^iite unwell. lie L r mauy .friend* and acquaintances r \Jfuiou CQUBty, who will regret . learn * of bb ill health. He vb t j step-father of J. H. Bartles, your i . fioieut and gentlemanly County Tra . uier. Vox . CONSTABLES BREAK UP A STILL , Outwitted by .1 Woman, Who Gnvt * Warning to Moonshiners. Tarao B.ata ons'aVes w.aut oul yesterday 01 a welhdafiued elm and camj back last night with a big op per Mill an! nu iuteres'.iog itjry 1 Constables Bishop, Eivbanka and > Tolaud went yesterday to a p.iut or NortfcTy ger river, four mi lea beyond I New fbospect and twenty mile? from the Aty, where they bad information 1 that % wildcat still was running fu'l time^ t Thq crast? b'o3 firjt pulle 1 up abou t ( a mile from thr right place nu 1 were seen aa recognized, as it afterwards appeared by a keen and loyal worn in. i a grade of moonshiners that Has thrown i more whiskey raiders off ih e track tb in all Other agenciee. Leaving the hack with a nagro the officers atrol'el through the woods pickiug up many in teteeting hits ot information. When they were out of sight Bbe ran cuta^d bridled a horse, vaulted on the bxrc back !i8 warriors do aud tore away nt a reckless rate by a roundabout wiy. Ths cenetables arrived at the place of moensbine to find that infirm >r's work had beoa effective. The fire was qtiU going an 1 the hot still had bean' taken a short distance, but had eviiljeittly proven too hot an 1 heavy. ""HtpiOUr vial if liquor wa< all the ardent Btuff to and. Places where kegs had been eitting were fouuJ all arou ad. F'fteeft hundred gallons of hear were destroyed, The still, a g)oi eighty, gallofi/i'opper one, was brought h re. The Plant was iu an iJ.al place for the bti?in?83 and had bosn in use for a loug while. The operators had ovi dently worked in a despsrito hurry to get their stuff away alter the bai*3 back rider come.?Spartanburg J)ur nal. JONfSVILLE GETTING THERE. Merchants Busy-Alpha Mill at tyork-.-How About The ~-i u. School Fand? favorable for all Trinds or wora. n good many porkers have gone to the pickling tub in the last few days. Peop'o complain of their potatoes rolling in the bauk more than u na1. The Alpha Mill is running and spinning the cottoD, and it looks like business over on factory hill, every house is occupied. Mr. Tice, the riu per, seems to be very suceeeaiul iu getting mill hands, as ho has had no trouble in securing all he needs having Unrl Ia oaTuca o rrnnil monu flint li a m.l 11 a'J w 1 C1UOU Ml gwvt IUMUJ VUMV MV M?V? not need. Business lias been rather lively for tho last few days. Our people are beginning to feel like the holidays are near at band. There is a good deal cf cotto t ly i ing around the gins and other places, waiting tor ten cents. The trustees of tho free schools in this township have been trying to > hold baok soon of their allowanci all i along, so as Co be able, nfter awhile, t) get on a cash basis, and thay had a t few hundred dollars left over to thtii credit last year and on this accounl the trustees expected to be aU\c to paj '* their teachers tl^o 9.ash Cor tho firsi . month s\t least, bat the c runty treas L urer iufoyms tho teachers that not i dollar cau they get befire next sum mer. Now, if this money has beer 1 oarried over as a surplus and ij Ijinj in the bank to the crodittf tho schoo district, I would like to know why tin 8 county treasurer don't pay it out a long as it lasts. It is no use for tb trustees to hold up add have a bul ance to their credit, if it has tq li d idle in the bank mouths. I shis is tho iaw 'it should be change t qpj if it is not the law tho coun' t' treasurer has no right to hold th pe ?ple's money. Tho trustees though !B they ha I 'istea George", but it sce.i i they hadn't. rf Mr. R. \Yt Soolt went to Charlei ,A too tfcn week to look up Siuta (Jlau Mr. W. il. H. Iiarri* neut I x Charleston Mor.clay t> d t! Qraiol $4>dgo <>i' A F? M. n Mr. Jain-.B MoWbirter.is very sic with typhoid fever at the home id h father, Mr. VV. A. MeW'h r'er, ne: Grin laP, Mr. 0<car McWhirOr,, < ie Birmi. gham, A'a , a hrp/.her < f Si ii. James Mo\y hiviec, is at thoheUi. of h* *ck bf ?ther. M', M. V et Bo"bo, *>? Union, with *shon? M jame* MgWhirUr u duiug bu<dac< . oarna pp 'a sea him ye3tirday. 10 Mies Carrie Southard of the GraJt to school iu Union, spent several da he with her parents in Joneaville It Bf. week. ^ Mr. C. A. Pender, Who has be doing buiineaa for Harriet and FosU a^Tiromonaville, {hfe year, to fti Jon DO YOU ' HOLD YOL ' Wm. A. NiCHOLSO 1 I Store Cotton and Adv ' vi!!o, circuiting among bij man; friends. Rpv. E. II. Beckham preached l?i farewell sermon at the Method is church yesterday. II.v. Divi l Iluo.ks m.:h i ti *' ? * ,U?I I\;.i .U..W.U ifc.V. ..iT. 15 CUiail) will ru >vo iu next Thur^ay. TEI.FniONE. LANDS WANTND. Immigrants From Abroad Looking This Way. Tin trover) or h.n re'e'vad ll o fol lo.\ ing i'-otn .J ih-j M. Ttnrtson Ar Co. <.f York, r ... o*a-c brokers: 'T Iuvp s .?:.o ]>'. ij-le from air a< who wish I.* l-iiv a tract of land it South C'? r > 11ii i . f not le.'B than od< hundred ll;>tn>!,u >icr-9 for colon/, 1 tion purj) pcs. TI10 laud must he good, tillable land, although there worn Id l?o no oljeoti'in if there were good timber oj ! .. I write to n^k you to hand this letter to some ooe whonj jou think would le able to < fl' r th: j cuarac.er or mad I unit. As it ha; been some eighteen or twenty y are since I w is in South Carolina. I net know the name of the iTin'?pration agnct. 1 am tho son of ex-G,v eracr Thompson. Yours truly, JOIIN M. Thompson. HAZING OF BQOZ TO BE INVESTIGATED D t At? A 11, TAX REDUCTION BILL UP Oleomargarine Hill Goos to the Senate and Is Referred?Secretary Root So?. ?ests Changes In the Army Hill. Other Washington Newt, Washington, Doo. 11. ? When tin houso tnofc Mr. Hull, chairman of tin committee on military affairs, reporte< w?..1. ?u - fMVU iiurn tuo uuiumibuou ra auuaniuw for tlio Driggs resolution for an invosti Stion of tho alleged hazing of Oscar L >oz at West Point, The substitute was as follows: "Whoreas, It is alleged in the new papers that Oscar L. Booz of Bristol Pa,, formerly a cadet at 4he Unitei States Military academy at West Poiu died at his home from injuries purport i ing to have been tho result of hazing in i flicted upon him by certain uukuowi , cadets of the said Military academy i and "Whereas, the secrotary of war i I now making investigation of the fact: be it L ''Besolved, that said seorotary be r< quested to report tho result of suoli it i vestigatiou to tho house of represents tives together with suoh rocommendt tious as he may seo fit to make." Tho report of Secretary Root, toget! 5 ?r with Superintendent Mills', is a 1 tached to the resolution, u Lovering W. Noyes and Oharli Truax of tho National Business Loagi of Chicago and Mr. Butler of New Yoi e addressed, tko house in favor of tho r I- organization of the consular servioe c c jnerit lines. . representative Aiurieu ot AiaDau was heard on his bill to establish a dip! ' matic and consular school at Waahin y ton, similar to the Military school "e West Point and Naval school at Anna olis, and set forth the merits of tl 11 merit -plan. Root Recommends Changes. 3- Washington, Deo. 11.?The senn s. committee on military affairs today oo to sidored the army bill. Secretary Rc :e was boforo tho committeo for a bri time and recommended some changt , He was followed by General Miles, w . continued his remarks of yesterdn is General Wilson, chief of engineers, a! ii ?M hofor? the oommittoe. r A . Oleomargarine 15111 Referred. f ^ Washington, Dec. 11?Tho oleoiui y. garino bill, which recently nnssed l house, was today referred to the seni f' oommittee on agriculture without di "? eion. jd CENTENNIAL CELEBRATIO J8 President Will Receive the Governc ist Other Uxerclses. Washington, Dec. 11.?The oent en Hid oelebratiou of the eebcbllehment ;r, n> net at 10 BM Mb W^VXsTZ: TO JR COTTON? IN & SON EtankerQ .. ?? w v 1^ WMMIIWI 'ance Money if Desired. Ij of Columbia will begin at 10 o'clock Deo. 12 with a reception by tho president to s the governors of tho stutos anil territ tories at tho oxeeutivo mansion. Thia t. function will bo followed by an oxhibi, tion of tho model and drawings of the proposed enlargement of tbo executive mansion at 11 o'clock in the cast room, when tlw following addresses will be delivered: Colonel Theodore A. Byingliam, U. 8. A., "Tho History of tho Executive Mansion During the Century 1800-1900}" ? Hon. Henry B. MacFurlaud, "Tho Development of t he D: driot of Columbia Duriug tho Century 1800-1900;" Governor Leslio M. Shaw of Iowa, "The Development of the States During the > Century 1800-1900." In the utrcruoou a military and oivio 1 nroce.ssinn will fi.?* ??~a-i ?* * vuvw? V lao j/i U.-JlUUUt |,SJ j the capital where at 3:U0 o'clock joint exorcises will be hold iu the hall of the house of representatives, Hon. W. P. Frvo presiding. Addresses will bo made as follows: , "Transfer of the National Capital from Philadelphia," .Representative Jame Richardson of Tennessee; "Estahi lishment of tiio Seat of Covernment in i the District of Columbia," Hon. Serono Paine of New York; "History of th? First Century of the National Capital,'* Senator Louis E MoComas of Mary land; "The Future of the United States ( and Its Capital," Senator John W. Daniel of Virginia; a historioal oration by Senator George F. Hoar of Massachn setts. In the ovouing a reception will ba given iu liouer of the go vernors of ths states. Mobile Colluctorshlp Contest. Washing ton, Dec. 11.?Alabama Rapublicans are still up in tho air with ragard to tho Mobile col lee tor ship. Ben Walker, who is back in the fight now, *???-> imbu lot Attorney vanguau'9 indorsement. Governor Johnston has filed a protest against the appointment of w Pi em In arh am. based op McKlnley Meets Harrison. Washington, Deo. 11. ? President M'Kinloy and ex-President Harrison i met last night at a dinner given by Jus. tice Harlan of the supreme court. Th? fact of the president accepting an ixm' tation where ho would meet ox-Prestdent Harrison is taken to effeotivetydispose of tho reports in circulation th*% the relations between the two had b?oa * strained of late. 1 ? Fire In Suutli Carolina. Columbia, S. O., Deo. 11.?Fire hM L destroyed the entire business distriot of North, a small town on the If lorida Central and Peninsular railroad. The fim originated iu O. BL Livingston's dining " room uud spread rapidly. Ten tmua> Inge, with their oontents, were <Jed Stroyed, entailing a loss of about 9**000. t Little insurance was carried. - DAILY MARKET REPORTO. a COTTON KUTUHE4J. our, Dec. U?Cotton luturen opened easy. 3 opaif oaoen j, January 9.88 .... 0.11 February U.24 .... 9.10 Marcu. 9 29 .... 9.V> >- April 9 18 .... 9. Of . May 9.18 .... 0.0* l" June 9 12 .... 9.0ft July 9.08 .... 9.00 l- August 8.91 .... 9. lit September 8.25 .... 8.0ft I. Ootober .... 8.9ft t November .... ?December 9.40 .... O.fft Spot cotton ruled dull and eaeyt mt4? JS dMng uplands w54o; middling gulf lOo. !? Gil A IN' AND P110TIS90MS. u. Chicago. Dec. 11. opkn clomb ... WHEAT?December.. .... 70 Z January 78 ?K Bfcoruary .... 711* m May. 70 Z *> COKN?December .... 36 >1 g- January .... at Feoruary .... 85 ?. May 86% #8# .... 36W OATS?Deoember .... Oltt January .... 21i? May **Y. .... 99? rOKH?Deoember .... .... 11.35 * ' t% OM tO OCM jaaoavy .... --r--r fct6 Ka^D?December.V.flb ,1* January ft A# 0 ?Deoember ?... fl!lE >? Si ll? | NATAL .?OMA Lq ! WtWHKOTOif, Dec. 11.? SpilfHe >?P?pt ; ftrtSVmsfefiri |y, steady M. $1.46; receipts (Ai. I Savannah, Dm. U.?Spirits wp?n**pA ar- $mn a? MjV sale* . Mporta, 6.66k Roeln, M and above <Mkm 110 Imd b?low Arm; grade N* off u lt? 9,7W ** To Attend the Celebration. Rax.riqh, Deo. 11.?Governor Russell ,PB* and staff have gone to Washington to Mend the oentonuial celebration of thu ***" 1 founding of the capital. This will bo o< | the governor's last, public function, an d?$ fee rehires from office next month. S, -