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|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})
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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.
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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.
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CAT APHORE5I5. -
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Crown and ^??
Bridge Work.
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(JNION COUNTY NEWS.
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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
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. 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
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ELECTRICS.
SMITH,
ST.
= Union, S. C.
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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- $mn a? MjV sale*
. Mporta, 6.66k Roeln, M and above <Mkm
110 Imd b?low Arm; grade N* off u
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To Attend the Celebration.
Rax.riqh, Deo. 11.?Governor Russell
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Mend the oentonuial celebration of thu
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d?$ fee rehires from office next month.
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