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rp a 1tt\fi a y rriif ijiri I | s m * 1 f m 11 WI II i i^S Si'"'"! tlmt I lag Concern. 0..? Fraud* ? | I JUI If V I VIBULl. li S" r*",T?h ^ ?.T ? | Smnlnary W.ter Wo,*. aud g ;. J| f A V XI .M. JL X ? JL -M-J K_/ j| ^Vu't ! PopiIlMuin ti 5Uo! 1 VOL LI. NO (i. "^=rrL^ -*1.00 A VMAR. * 4* i* M ?lfr F. M. FARk President. / T .OCO. MUNR.^, Cashier, J. I Merchants' and Plae I ? Capital Stock J Surplus | Stockholders' Liabilities i x Total jk Directors?J. A. Fant, W 4 T. C. Duncan, J. T. Douglass, ] T Win, Coleman. ^ We Solicit Y< 1901 FEBRUARY 1901 Su. Mo. Tn. We. Hi. Fri. Sat. ' 1 2_ _3__4__5__G__7__8__9_ 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 j " I j ? oa n -i r\ r\ no 1/ lc5 l'J ZV ?1 ZZ Z6 24 25 26 27 28 ggrrlFfff Items of Interest Gathered from Various Sections by our Correspondents. Reminiscences of the War. HY J. L. STRAIN'. When our command was on the coast, in the spring of 1802, an ord<r j whs issued from headquarters at Richmond that all men over 35 yours nf ?u? ... ~.-i ? ? v - * I 18th of Jul}', and allowed to return I to their homes. We had several over the age who expected to get off? among them Shelt Fowler. But long before the date specified had come things took a turn and it was com eluded that it would require every man we had to make an army to cope with that of tho U. S. and so the order was rescinded, Shelt, as well as others, was disappointed and cha grined, and he swore he would do n< more duty than he could help, so h feigned sickness. Dr. Snowden wa our Regimental Surgeon, and h visited camp every morning to se the sick and find out the number abl for duty. Shelt would attend ''sic ?? ? ?i ,, nrescrintion and 1 call auu gci, .? , excused from duty. Ttii3 went ( day after day until Frank Millwo* asked the Dr. ono morning what' thought was wrong with his cous Shelt?(they messed together arid < cupied the same tent.) The Doe told Frank he thought that he 1 deep stated cold, but that he wo be all right before long. Fn went away apparently satisfied, i the Doctor continued his visits prescriptions as usual. Ono Frank went to him again and a* about his cousin Shelt's condit The Doctor told him that time he could hardly tell what was matter with him as he had so n w. things to complain of, first a here, then there and yonder t could form no idea of what wa. matter and he was doubtful of being able to do him any ' Well," says Frank, ''do you your medicine is doing him good?is it the right sort for a in tjis condition?" "Oh yes, plie^. *he Doctor, "I think i "Well," says Frank, "ton morning when you go to e> him feel all over his breast ui your hand into his right vest and you will find every bit o cine you have given him sin have been attending on hir hasn't taken a particle of i ^fhe Doctor did as Frank t found it the truth. As Shell found out that he waf tjp with he began cursing Aijllwood for meddling with 1 swore he was going to cut throat. Shelt wasn't excut duty any more after that Snowden. But just before the order fjk hold all the men who w thirty-five years old unti $ sti V. II. FOSTER, Vice President. $ l.a & 111 0. ARTHUR, Assistant Cashier. * I iters' National Sank } ? $ a >rv, ?. c. X $00,000 | J;;; 50,000 | . 00,000 f 10 _____ i av $170,000 5 a?i II. Wallace, Wm. Jeffries, ? S. P. McKlssick, A. H. Foster, J {ar 8C +? ** *? m co jf ru ca orders, Cnpt. McKissick's tent was d the rendezvous of all those who ex.- so pected to get oft'. They would meet jo there some nitrht and set up and talk and laugh until 12 o'clock, midnight, in tell their joks and enjoy themselves ai generally. Shelt would tell the boys al what he was going to do when he got home. lie would go to McNally's I barroom at Union and take a drink cc and think of the poor fellows who if hud to stay in camp, lie told them [ he would like to take thtm all home <jj with him, but he was sorry he couldn't in d) it; they would have to stay and h; hi hoped they would be contented p, e'e. t( Orders were read out on dress al parade one evening announcing the 8i act of Congress in holding all men over 35 years old. Next morning, o while Shelt was out, Frank rolled up o his blankets and clothes ani tied the tl bundle hard and fast with a rope and tl tagged it "Shelton Fowler, Union, w 3. C." He then went out and told p overy one he met that Shelt had h surely got off and was going home ii anyway, and told the boys that ho n didn't understand why rhelt duta t V llilVC to Strtv uiitK it with the other disappointees were u pouring out the vilcs of their wrath n upon the power that be for the sudden t change things had taken. i Frank went up the street towards t the Captain's tent and meeting Shell 1 began wiping liis eyes and saying: 1 i '"Cousin Shell, as soon as you can I i want you to go and see Jane and the I children and tell them I would be so - glad to see them, but I can't get off. > You advise them what to do Cousin e Shelt and tell them to take care of s themselves etc." e To all this Shelt replied with a o volley of oaths which were redoubled !e and intensified as he opened his tent W and found his dry goods packed and i. ? >e ready for shipment, lie swore ue >n intended to kill Frank Millwood on ?d first sight if he was the best man in he the world. In a few days the comlin mund was oidt-red to Virginia and )c- the boys got a chance to call bj tor home on a three day's leave of absenci md and thus the whole matter was endet uld and nothing more was heard of it. Ind A SENSIBLE ARTICLE ON CHILD LABOF day ked ! TjOckhurt Mills Furnish School in ,1011. Ten Months in the Year for the that Cliildien of the Mill People. the Lockliart, S. C., Feb. 16.? ny all the classes of wage earners pi pain iiap3 cotton mill people are mt so lie grossly misrepresented than a * the others. There are many good met ever ing people that almost consider th good. tt peculiar people, and one of tl think peculiarities is that they delighi any impose on their children while t . man ]jvc jn idleness and dobaucht ' ' Now, Mr. Editor, my cotton mill t is, perience is somewhat limited as i vnara ,1 lorruw j 0f gomewiiat over [amino i tj0n, and having lived at only ad slip J hut let me add that in my experi pocket I have failed to observe many tl f medi- that transient visitors sometime ce you late. On the contrary I wil n that the heads of families of Loci t yet." are, with very few exceptions, old him industrious, law-abiding and soon as paying citizens. The much slan * caught j father is to be found at his p Frank | duty when able, and considers I hitn and j j8 truly a poor father that will Frank's his children and not work h led from I have not in my mind's eye a by Dr. head of the family at Lockha is an exception to what is came to named, but possibly it might ere over ca8e that sometimes grown u I further (J0 not hold up the end of th< ick witli tndcd i there. Will some ofourlegislators . kc notice nail frame a bill to suit s ese paiticular cases. Butjpar.loi^e am off from the subject. I haver I reonally seen instances whetfe heads 1 la in ilies in the country did riot have 1 . n __ .VJ?I 1 g.ioii reputation r>r xuuusiry uuu i britty, that w hen they moved to 1 e cotton mill thcro whole liv^s were I anged and they became sober and 1 dustrioua eiti/.ens. Further,, there I c no people that love their children 1 iy beiter than cotton mill peopled ), he most of tho people send tjiom to i hool as much as they possible Can." I i a family of several children it is j ranged that one or two are kept at hool very nettt* time.* Of mrse there are exceptions to this i lie. There are some families in the i iuntry. town or cotton mills who mnot be induced to /send their dldren to school. There is always meriting in the way. Smne ol>etion to the teacher and flften to une of the children that are attendig school. Such is the ewe now id always has been and possibly ways will be. ^ Well now about the management, have always found them kind and msideratc. I can say for mysolf, you will pardon my egotism, that have served them in more than one ipacity for the time mentioned and i all that time I have never had a ard word spoken to me, although ossibly ut times I have not corije up ) their requirements but I.'have I ways found that they leaned to the de of mercy. Lockhart Mill Co. keeps a school pen for the benefit of the children f the operatives for ten months in ic year. They get what money :iey can from the publie sehoohfund rhich is not always cash, but hhev ay their teacher cash at the close of is scholastic month, besides furnishag the school with fuel and other ecessary incidentals free of charge. YttVjWy'tti' i\wJfntdrest ot the "poor lan and every time that the law aaking power strikes a blow ut them hey are indirectly hitting the poor nan, and jour humble scribe makes his prophecy, that if the powers begin neddling too much with cotton mill labor a great many of the operatives will seek employment in other states, for they will never be driven back tVin farms, which possibly is the VV/ object of our Solons. There is something fascinating about cotton mid life that is not easily cast asi.le. Homo. I Taking in the Country. Nc Hope in Heed of an Organist Mr. Editor;?After some month delay I will give you and the rcadei of The Times a few dots from her Our section of the county is vei ^ quiet at present, no sickness, not ev< ' small pox has invaded our communi i yet1 We farmers are starting out in tl new year and new century with the energy and push possible, hear the sound of the woodma t. axe in every direction, and the r of the carpenter's saw and hami comes in upon us from a westwar direction. Mr. J. G. Bishop is pushin/ Of completion a nice dwelling wl sr- will be a credit to our vicinity w >re done. ny Mr. Editor, it seems a little stri in- to us up here when we go to era Hope to worship to think whe leir arrive at church that we hav t to organist. Why haven't we hey Because Jack McKissick carat jry. took Miss Lila home with him ex- time ago. However, best wish aI ' * Ka 1 t is tend theui botb in uieu ue ura- Not long since I boarded the two, at Lockhart Junction, went I ence prosperous little town of Cn lings spent two or three hours there js re- ing around with young David 1 ll say a prosperous merchant of that khart I certainly enjoye'd the time good, there. From there I went to debt- ter on the vestibule from Atlai dered had a pleasant ride in compai ?ost of a young gentleman from Atla that it his way to New York. I ari work Chester at 7 o'clock and f iraself. beautiful town. This was r single trip to Chester and of ^ourt rt that to look around for awhile. I above ing reached my journey's ei be the cured a horse, buggy and a p boys and hit the grit for a twe 3 hand- drive into the oountry. Afi two hours travel I arrived at Mr. Judd Irwin's, in York county, at this same place is whore our ex-sheriff Mr. J. G. Long found his better luilf. I spent the night with Mr. Gwin very pleasantly for sevm yi hours. It was very pleasant and ^ interesting to me to listen to him talk an?l then 1 would think of Gin B being here in the past made iue feel q[ like I was at homo and among . friends. Next day I attended to business and returned home. w/ Yesterday I went over to the ' Bogansville section. After I crossed ~ the forest at Thomson's old mill I . i t ... i. .u? i?<v i 1. lpt, (h.'hju i iuwiv iiiv; it'a nun ntiu uui through tbe gold .mine section. No'.hing seemed to be going on at the mine, but I was informed that bui arrangements were being made for tl,e business on a largo scale. :>11 I called in to see my old friend, 1 Berry Lee, and had a pleasant chat 1 with him. Mr. Lee is one of the old \ land marks, he told mo that he was 1 in his 87th year, and said he had ' been living where he is for 40 years. ^ Mr. Lee looks as well in the face as ] I ever saw him, but he is very feeble. ' Dinner was announced and of course I did noc refuse, after which I had to have in order to make sure my ] return home in time. Best wishes for Tin: Times I am yours, Traveler. A CHRISTIAN WORKER. In Memory of the hate Miss Mattic Browning as n Missionaay in Worker. T Jo We should always strive to be at our i best, but we canuot bo at our best all l>y ourselves, therefore (.rod gives us help us in and inppirere. Our best twlves are drawn om out by those who are better than we, and our true fiiends become an inspira- of lion as well as a comfort. To bid tare- j, w ell u> one so much loved among us m xy well turn our thoughts to the letftonsund in meaning of life. Speaking of our departed sister as a christian and missionary *?* &; i r."'i of <* ?; | '^vrS until MM J' In- T getting uim, o..-v .v.?? not soon be forgotten. Although she i lived amid the fastness of t he fa>test age. she never neglected the smallest courte- 1 sies of life. She possessed that rare trait of character that would always "do unto others as we would that others should do unto ih." lJut better and i most precious of all, was her unfeirn-d ' religion. '.Some stand on the tlnesho'd of life's awful temple, without wonder, without reverence, without tenderness, without inspiration, or bended kn?x>, or earnest listening." It was not so with , Miss Mat tie; she continued to the end, the same faith-filled pitieut christian. g She attended chinch, Sunday schorl and our missionary meetings with almost lS unfailing regularity. To her the last P. Sunday was sacred. Her Sunday school y class feels her loss, her sujieriutendeut iQ misses lier help, her pastor feeis her lo-s " irreparable and our missionaiy society y has lost one of its best members We all miss her so much, but let her christian lis example recall us ere it is too late t.> a]j better things than this world can give, I and help us to understand that reverence, , charity, diligence anil truth are the ns safest of all guides io this life. In reinjr calling the christian life of our dear sister, we loijk upward and forward ' ??"? do not ner --- r, . , , i. though the darkness ur^ic. .. v despair, for ''there is a power behint tlio world that makes our giiefs ou 3; to gains." tich Sorrow, grief and disappointment cm . not deprive us of joy and hop?, whil we have Christ and while Ileaven rt ceives our loved ones. Tlie life we liv rnge when we tire dead is only a c mtiuti itio New of the life we are now liv.ng. I) * not this fact bring us to a plain person question, viz: What is my life todv e no What influence am I exerting now? T one? world will be affected for good or m ; and throughout all time by the influence < some leave behind us. Serious as this questi may seem, il cannot destroy the per es at* Hn,| j()y that fills the christian's mil ne. The writer of the book of Hebre train pla' ed a tribute to tl e memory of A .1 win n he said of him, "Ho b^ing d ,. , yet sj>eaketh." Abel in heaven co irhsle, looit down and see bis own life's look? fluence even across the centuries, giv iai'ey hope to all living after him W!i it 1 ' told joy for A bo I an 1 wli it a bsqusit " ' the world. Note the contrast h>*t? spent th ,t and the picture ol tin "rich in > Chi8 as he sent out his empty cry across ita. I terrible chasm begging that Lazari iv with ?"?t back to the earth to counteract y sinful influence of his own misspent inta on the sordines* of which was biingin; rived at own dear brothei3 to eternal ruin ound a It is not enougn to tr? merely acini: nv first ^ur s'8ler realized this with so inuc T } 1 preciation for all the God given me l: '""vinor behind a soul saving iofli; JVf *. HJM |vvv> n sot hav- "What are we doing? wiihi m nd I ec- influence do wo propose to leave Ij driver Us,{>M UH kike our places on tl: j which knows what it is conteudin Ive mile an(j i(noW3 the begining and the < :er about the contest. Wm a Nir.Hni ? T lift* BANKI pansact a Regular Bank ranches and Insure A( oiler, Liability and Aecic Indemnity for Officials idividuals as Administra 3UR BUSINESS IS RESI it remembrance of our departed sister f*r, us resolve to advance our standards D{ vely into the spiritual darkuesa around " I aitout us. We should not stop to 1>( ter prepare ourselves for the cot Ibct, , at once iet us raise our banners in ^ name of God and aid Ilim in bringing men life eternal. ^ We are building every d 13, u a croud or evil way. a \nd the fttructure as it crows, rt A*ili our inmost self disclose, tl< Pill in eveiv arch a-ul line '[ Ml our f tul.'s and failing shine; .. i 111 iv grow ae.t<Me grand, )r a wreck upia the stud. " Do you ask wluV boild'iig this. 1 rhat can sh r.v out 1 pt;n an 1 bli-s? ,1 I lint can he both daik and fair, l.o! its naino is e.h-iracte'*. lluiid it li. whit ere you do; 8< Huild it st aiiht. an I sir ing. and true; h 1 1 I.: -'. ....1 1... ? .. I HI i 1< I II' <tiHl Mil; I till I U.UUI, | Diiikl it for tli?> eye of Go I." 11. M. L. ^ John Marshall Day. J " . . 4 The centennial of the induction to oOimof the great Chief Justice, J hn Marshall, was fittingly unserved v the Bar Association of this State P c Columbia, last Monday night. 10 exercises' were held in the hall i the House of Bepresentitivos, the I ?gislaturc foregoing a night session a honor of the event. *Every county in the Sr. ?te " io ^ the Bar Association, from different . ties, came for the speci il purpose honoring the ui-jtmry of the great edge. . i ? HECENSUSBULLETIN NO. 28. *\vc1fth Census of the United States. For the benefit of the readers of ["hi: Timks wo havo made arrange-1 nents to receive the reports from Washington of the census returns from the different Stutes of tho Union as taken in the twelfth census last your. It would be well to file away every copy of The Times containing these reports for future reference. We will cover every State in the Union, and the information will be valuable to some of our readers. Comparative statements will be made showing the I gradual increaso in population sinc< Cifui rvwisus the states tooK tucu Below will be found the twenty eighth, twenty-ninth and thirtiet! reports. The Bulletins are prepared unde the direction of Mr. Wm. C. Hunt Chief Statistician. POPULATION OF NKVADA.?NO. 2t Nevada was organized its a ter;i r tory March 2, 1801. and admitted i v a State October 31, 18G4. The population of the State - 1000 is 42,335 as compared with e population in 1800 of 45,701, repi e seating a decrease since 1800 3,420, or 7.5 per cent. There \\< i's in 1800, also, 1,557 Indians and d oth<r persons, or a total of 1,5 persons, on Indian reservations, e ,11 who were specially enumerated un iVe the provisions of the census act, ?' were not included in the gen population of the State at that con (VV; The State has in 1000 more I b;l six times as large a populatioi t>:l 1 that given for 1800, the first cei 'V'4| in which it appears. The to*al land surface of Ne un- is approximately, 100,740 so miles, the average number of pe: et,,J to the s?|'i ire mile at the cens "ho j 1000 being 0.4. is be | There have been no terri ,S V, L the i changes in the couuuea u. g'rds ^ 8'nce 1^90. \ Of tho 14 counties in the S <t an. : have increased nn<l 7 have deci h aP* | in population since 1890. leuce* i ^ the 3 incorporated places, ,iid of | '8 only one >n which the ehind ; lation has increased during tl ie side decade. Carson City has d< ? ^>r,f in population from 3,9r>0 in 1 " ? 2,100 in 1900, and Virginii LSON & SON, 2RS, :ing Business in all its gainst Fire, Tornado, ients, and Issue Bonds > of Corporations, and Tors, Etc., Etc. PECTFULLY SOLICITED. om 8,511 to 2,695 within the same nriod. )I?ri.ATION OF NEW JERSEY ?NO. 29 New Jersey was one of the orignal lirtecn States. The population of the State in )00 is 1,833,669 as compared with population in 1890 of 1,444,933, presenting an increase during the 2ca<ie ot 458,Y3U, or 50.4 per eent. he growth of the State io populaoii was relatively slow during the rst half century of its history, from 7D0 to 1840. and during that eriod its population was but little lore than doubled, while in the subiquent sixty years its population as become more than five times as ir^c as it was in 1840. The population of New Jersey in 000 is more than ten times as large s that given for 1700, the first ^ear a which its population is given in he census report. The total land surface of New 'ersey is, approximate'y, 7,525 quare miles, tho average number of lersons to the square mile at the ensus of 1000 being 250.3. ~..l~ i.,??:_i ~i - i ,*r " tuiuigu Wnicn j's jCn mai'? ln the counties of few Jersey since 1800 is the annexleenn P"r' ?f Bur,ington to Of the 21 fnnr.fiaa :>.il?n..? 900; of these 32 have less than >,000; and 10 have more than 25,000, mmely, Newark, with 246,070; fersey City, with 206,433; Paterson, ?vith 105,171; Camden, with 75,935; Trenton, with 73,307; Hoboken, with 59,364; Elizabeth, with 52,130; llayonnc, with 32,722; Atlantic City, with 27,838; and Passaic, with 27,777 inhabitants. Of the 10 principal cities of New Jersey, Elizabeth, Newark and Trenton are the oldest in the census records, having been first enumerated in 1820. " POPULATION OF NEW MEXICO?NO. 30 New Mexico was organized as a territory December 13, 1850. The population of the territory in ' 1900 is 195.310 as compared with a | population in 1890 of 153,593, show- ? , ir.g an increase during the decade of 41,717, or 27.2 per eent. A part - of this increase is due to the fact that ' - .i ?? AQft Indians and 199 1 mere wnu ^ other persons, or a total of 6;689 5 persons, on Indian reservations, etc., in New Mexico, who were specially enumerated in 1800 under tne pto? * visions of the census act, but were i- not included in the general popula\s tion of the territory at that census. The population of New Mexico in in 1000 is more than three times as i a large as the population given for 1850, re- the first census in which the popula-: of tion of the territory appears, ere The total land surface of New 37 Mexico is approximately, 122,460 >94 3quarc miles, the average number of tc., persons to the square mile at the der census of 1900 being 1.6. bilt The following territorial changes eral in the counties of New Mexioo have sua. been made since 1890: Chaves and hiu Eddy organized from, part of Lin? l as coin in 1891; Guadalupe organized nsus from parts of Lincoln and San Miguel in 1891; Union organized from vnda parts cf Colfax, Mora and San Mig[unro uel in 1893; Otero organized from rsons parts of Donna Ana, Lincoln and us of Soc >rro in 1899; and parts of Santa Fe annexed to Bernalillo, torial Of the 10 incorporated places there evada are 7 that have a population in 1900 of more than 2,000, namely, Albutate 7 <juer<jue, with 0,238; Santa Fe, with reased 5,603; Las Vegas, with 8,652; Raton, with 3.540; Gallup, with 2,946; Sil, Reno ver City, with 2.785; and Roswel), popu- with 2,006 inhabitants. be last eclined Subscribe for The Times and Bryan's 890 to paper, The Commoner. 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