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57 ? |^TSETOWNAT"| w- T "m T ~w %' rw\-w*~m M~ ~w~^ s~^4 1 " T0^^io"'"* ! llf Three Cotton Mills, one the 111 ,1111 I M I I M A1 i' I I nL /I I I ' ^ 1 )(( The largest Kultting Mill and U l/| largest ia the South. Four Fur- //( I H fl 1 I I fl H j B HJ If Dye Plant in the State. An Oil jl) ft] n.ture and Wood M u tiu fact ur- )] H IH III III H] . [({ nnd Manufacturing Co. that ft) i)i >no Concerto-, Cue Female I II I 1 J III I III T*?l III W I I ' 1 k 7 makes an unexcelled Guano, fu Seminary. Water W orks and iu J[ _l_ _l_ ^L?/ -1- * I ? L/ ^ -B_ B i. W JL JL-J S \\( Three Graded Schools. Arte- li Jj Electric Lights. ((/ . s'an Water. Population <?,."><X>. fjj VOL. LI. NO. 8. UNION, SOUTH CAROLINA. FRIDAY, I'FBKUAHY 1901. " #1.00 A YEAR. f F. M. FARK President. t f GEO. MUNk^, Cashier, J. I * Merchants' and Plai ft | OF UNI( ? Cap'Sal Stock J Surplus $ Stockholders' Liabilities ? Total ? Directors?J. A. Fant, VV IT. O. Duncan, J. T. Douglass, I Wm. Colemani ^ We Solicit Yc i 1 1901 FEBRUABY 1901 Su. Mo. Tu. We. Tli. Fri. Sat. 1 2 JLAAJLJLJLJL 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24[25|26 27 28 ^ uNlON COffNTY NKWS. Items of Interest Qathered from Various Sections by our Correspondents. Reminiscences of the War. BY J. L. STRAIN. The last chapter of our reminiscences closed us we were passing through the town of Adam's llun on our w?y to meet a force of Federals who were reported as landing at Sa'icarc^ 'g^HR SmViT bctoYe pews was received that the landing of the enemy's troops was a reality, and the inlet wss full of transports and gunboats. This report was often verified by our meeting couriers dash J . 1 J , at ing past going to ucuuijuqj i?0 ??? Adam's Run. Every time these re ports would come in the men would raise the yell, and the column pressed on with all possible speed. Soon we crossed Tuggadoo bridge and came up with James' batallion of infantry, which was in readiness for a fight. Compliments were passed by the soldiers?cavalry and infantry in a j friendly, joking way, but our gait & was not slackened until we had gone nearly a mile, when we came upon gome officers inspecting a battery thrown up across the road, through which we had to pass by winding our way through the earth works and abattis. As soon as we passed a short halt was called, and a consul tation among the officers was held. The plan of battle discussed and agreed upon which we found ou afterwards was about this: Th Federals were supposed to be gettinj ready for an instant attack upoi Charleston, and that two regiment had been landed at White Point t make way for the other forces to fo low by forcing their way towarr Adam's Run. The plan our men lis fallen on to break up this arrang ment was to have the cavalry pre on and by passing the enemy's rig flank gain their rear, throw out line of skirmishers and bring on tl ? c roar while our i ngat iruiu tiuv .v.., fan try were to hurry up and engn them in front. The idea was to < danger the Federal troops as mu as tue Confederate by any acti the gumboats might take in the m ter, and thus a fair fight could made. Our readers will remember that federal gunboats had already tal Hilton's Head, Bay Boint, Beau and had taken, practically, the wl coast from Edisto to Beaufort i U even Savammu. But when wo arrived upon ground assigned .us for action, I Found the troops had re-embai L and there was not a man to op; P !< I A rCconnoitering party, consie of a detail from each company, B sent out under tho command o! I Mabry Thomas, of the McKii I Rangers, The detachment pi * rc -ny st ;ia AU ^ ? * "* if 11/ m w, CC ?! V. H. FOSTER, Vice President, f n< & ni D. ARTHUR, Assistant Cashier. T iters' National Bank * I i th >1V, ?, c. ? $ tii $00,000 I . 50,000 } 00,000 $ C!l A C r $170,000 i ?i' '. II. Wallace, Wm. Jeffries, $ p 2. P. McKissick, A. H. Foster, X >ur Business. ^ |*n m-mmmm-mmmi+m m th f th . - ^u up several throphies left by the enemy cu in what appeared to us as a hurried sc, llight from the place where dangers an were breeding fast. We returned te to our lines and then spent several jjj hours in looking down the inlet at the boats and transports as they were busily engaged landing troops on r0 Edisto Inland. It was a beautiful Sabbath day, the sun shone warm and while wo were musing on the gtj spring-like weather and surroundings W( we could see the cotton stalks which ar had not been killed by frost, putting out sprouts irom tuc oiu roots, ana i growing luxuriously. The hng grey I j moss hung in graceful confusion from ? the water oaks that skirted the wood- M land to out left and the wceirg orihr palm leaves that decorated the land- tu scape, added to its beauty. As soon as the investigation was r made and no enemy found on the main land, a courier was dispatched r* to halt the infantry and artillery that jwas coming on with all possible speed ^ and save thorn a lone tiresome march t ( As the sun was sinking below the ? western horizon a detail was made to W< pi3ket the lino till morning, and report any other demonstration the enemy might make during the night. Yyritnnr noVsSs, arid the rest t0 of the command was taken back to ^ camp to be in easy reach should the proceedings of that morning be re VVJ ncwed. We returned to our bivouac just across Tuggadoo bridge, where p, we were dismounted without any- w thing to eat, save a barrel of hard 0j tacks which was setting by the road- jr side where each man got a cracker j as he passed. Not a bundle of hay r, or an ear of corn could there be had j, for our horses. We had been hur- v ried off from camp that morning a without a moment's time to make the c preparation to stay all day and night. Every old soldier will appreciate our j conditions just at this time. These f are the occasions that not only try j men's souls but bring out whatever } ingenuity is in them. After we had , got our horses picketed and arranged to spend the night with our scanty outfir, Capt. McKissick, who never was despondent, came to your correspondent and said: "Jim, by gings, j you don't call this a first class hotel t do you?" "No Captain, the outfit L, at present is very defective, but we , hope it will improve later," was my a reply. 3 There we were without food or 0 feed. The captain said he would like imAnj if wn n.onld t?et a forging J. IU nuv/n * a ii v 18 party to send out. Several responded, l(j among them your correspondent, and e. struck out afoot. Near by was a plantation with a lot of darkeys on - ' c? ? |lt it. They had a coiorea man mi ? a foreman, as they called him. We ie went to him to get potatoes. lie n. readily sold us what we wanted ge and we paid him for them. lie then m- proposed to send the Captain some as c\x a present. Thedo we agreed to take oll and thanked Lira too, in behalf oi at. the Captain. The plantation be bo longed to a man by the name o Jenkins. After getting the potatoei the we t?ld him we would like to bui ccn some chickens. He said he didn' fort have any himself but that the othe ,0]e darkeys on the place had plenty c inj them and we might buy them. W wont to the darkeys and they woul the not hear to us, and we couldn't g< we the chickens for neither love n( ked moneys * So we decently raised pose ^ew them anyhow and struck 01 for camp. Before we got to cam one of the negroes had gone and r was ported that the soldiers were stealii f Ltt his chickens, and Capt. Walsh hi ssick ea?k Captain to call the roll to a oked wh? was absent. Capt. McKissi spoited bis men "all preset.t or ae>unted for." Oapt. Walsh told the 5gro to come back next morning id identify the men and be would ivc them punished. Jim Atchison bo wns on post doing guard duty, aew what was up and told the negro _i. n \\t _ i_u ? 1 __ . i lf lai v_.iiju. ?* aisu oniy wameu mm come back in the morning that s men could get hold of him and u-g him. and they would do it if he line back and advised him not to me. On our return Capt. McKisck nut us at the guard line and Id wlnt had taken place, and that apt. Walsh was {*oing to try to inish us, and advised turning the dekens loose, which was done only part. A few were retained and oir heads taken off. As soon as e men got quiet we made up a fire id went to cooking. The wagons id, in our absence, brought up our mp equippago. The chickens were aided and taken into Walsh's line id picked, ami the feathers scat, red all around his tent and that of s men. Fence rails were used for o wood and the mated 3and was e very best kind of a place for asting potatoes. About midnight e chickens were cooked ar.d the ittles filled with crackers as a subitute for dumplings. The potatoes ?rc roasted and we went around id got up our men and had supper, e whole company?the Captain and me of Capt. Spearman's men joing in too. ^ Next morning Capt. Walsh got up id aoouaed his men of being tifr nncm TtrtcY^ TTrm WanWU" rtOind' e guilty party so as to make an" ample of them. Our men and part Capt. Spearman's who were in the id said nothing and we had no rther trouble. The darkey took m Atchison at his word and didn't mo back to identify the men who ok his chickens. The chickens >re not taken without an offer to y for them. We hud the money it they refused it. Ihey were in constant communitinn wirh thn Podflwl y.Y accommodate Uncle JefF Davis ys I suppose. This ended my st and last chicken raid during the ir. Jimmie Ileron was one of our irty. lie wore a coon skin cap ith the tail hanging down the back "his neck. I will bring Jimmie i in my further reminiscences, immie, poor fellow, I learn died ecently in Fairfield county, where e lived for many years. He was a ery fair representative of the Emerld Isle, and possessed a brave, noble, aanly spirit. Note.?In previous chapters wc lave noticed some typographies1 irrors which make our spelling appeal ncorrect, und composition ungram natical. These the intelligent reade: will understand for himself. m Jonesville News Notes. One of the Dating Deeds of Maj Betsill and Uis Men. The rains come regularly and kee the ground <00 wet to plow and it getting rather late to sow spring oat The sad news of the death of Mti Robt. J. Betsill, of Cross Keys, ca a pall of sadness over our communit Major Betsill has many friends 1 over the county who will bo very s to know that they will see his gen; face no more. Major Betsill wae brave Confederate soldier and w ntpd from First Lieutenant P*"; Major of tho 18th Regiment bravery on the battlefield in V ginia. One instance of bravery the part of Major Betsill and ma others#of the i8th S. C. Volunte< occur to my mind as I was one of f participants. It was at Jacks - Miss., during the siege of that to1 f in July, 1863. We were confron 3 by Gen. Grant's army of North 1 men who were really good fighi t and were armed with the be8t enl r rifles and batteries of best pa >f guns and they had establish* e picket post in a houso in front of d 18th Regiment and were Rilling it men in the trenches from this elev >r position. Gen. Evans saw the m a sity of moving this picket post nt he knew it would take brave me ip do it, and issued an order to ^ e- Betsill to take ten men from ig company of the regiment, moun ad breast works and charge the p ee post in the houso and rout< ok Yankees and burn the house. Kvafw had chosen the right man t< leud-Jthe charge, for Major 15otsill "s voic? soon rang out clear au?l bravi to ofiarge the picket post ami ovci tho qreast works the men went, am righton in the face of a cmtinuou: firg from the enemy, but before reach io?the house the Yankees abandoner it, our men set lire to it, ami w< all Veturned to our breast works anc qevfer lo9t a man. This is only oik of the many such deeds of braverj on .the part of the old 18th 8. C Volunteers. Sfen Piegler, poor fellow, was killed in tile trench by a snarp shooter just before this charge was made. Will Ro)rfnson, a member of Co. A., was alsf> wounded iu the neck the same day that Piegler was killed, and he was sent to the rear to the field hospit*1, but he concluded that home would he a better place than the h"8||tal and he flanked the hospital jvndjhc railroads too, and set out for lumil on fi.ot. and he walked every stewlVom .Jackson to his home in this county uith a pretty bad wound in htgiLCek. He finally recovered and returned to his command and fought in^vtry batdo his company was engaged in till the blow up at Petersburg, at which place he was taken prisoner never to return home any i^er-. . .. to*' 'VVoopcr Zius becc talking Sflngfrpm our town for some butTiier has decided to settle hero a while longer. Mr. came to Jonesville last year tbe brick work of the eotpm mills. ^rlirs. N. B. Eison is visiting her daughter, Mrs. E. R. Ay cock, at ClfTton. Mr. W. J. llai\c, of Union, is still improving in our town and looks mac* more like himself than he did when he first came up. Telephone. HERE HE IS, MISS MINNIE. AjTfoiy Kind of Osculation?The Farmers are not having much chance to start their plows, as ii rains every few days. News is scarce, but when such : one a9 the fair correspondent at Wcs Springs inquires of you, Mr. Editor what has become of B. B., I mus hustle and get up a few items. Miss M. L , I did not think ai account of a strictly business tri would be at all interesting news. Mr. W- G. -Bailey, who has speri the last 16 years in the West, j still with relatives and will doubtles spend a good part of this year i > this, his native county. It is ver 1 interesting to hear hitn tell of h r stay in the Indian Territory, Utal - Texas, Colorado, and in fact u r places in the far West. Mr. R. W. Chaney is building . neat cottage on land recently pu chased by him. No serious sickness, not even f# case of small pox. Some few so arms though. Did you ever hear of such kissi ;P as is being practiced by a certt 13 bashful young man? lie sticks kiss on the end of his cane then g 'J* tly places it on the fair one's che lSt Isn't that kissing by telegraph I! y* Denver? Mr. P. B. Bobo, one of our ba< .a<^ elor farmers, made a business trip 'a' in Spartanburg county Satur 1 a last. Strange he should go on ! as urday eve that far to attend to b t0 ness. !.,,r Some of the young people of ir* section attended a singing at p \t_ \v l?o?na Snndav "" nome 01 Mr. ??. y iny and report a very nice time. jr9' I am so sorry to hear that some t*,e has had measles quite recently. on? Sedalia is all O. K., but 15. 15, ivn' the grippe is why news is not coi his way just now. B. ern m SS NEWS FROM WEBSTER. rrot The Times Gives the News 2d a 'the Mk. Editor:?Being away r our one know how to appreciate a ated printed at home. Such a eces- keeps one posted on matters o and oral interest and to know n to ehanges to expect on returr lajor this particular, the Times is a each factor. Changes among the t the chants and town news may be licket Euch item adds variety to th a the picture of the enterprising Gen. For the lights to burn all ni Win. A. NICH BANI Transact a Regular Ba Branches and Insure Boiler, Liability and Ac of Indemnity for Officii Individuals as Adminisl YOUR BUSINESS IS Rf I ???r??? > pairs a broken link. There arc a 1 few more connections which may he i amended in the near future. To 1 regulate unnecessary loitering on the 1 street and to prohibit it at the depot is a measure which deserves attention 1 next in order. To be confronted by a loitering, boisterous crowd at the depot about train time is rn >re than a nuisancv Often, ladies find it difficult to wend their way through the crowd. Should not this matter he looked afier by the proper authorities? Several mules have been pur chased by sonic of the farmers here, preparing f>r farming on a broad scale. Scores of bushels of oats are in readiness for spring sowing. The ground is too wet for plowing. lion. \\ in. Jeflries, of Home, is having a well dug here. It is amusing to SCO the men digging for drinking water so far beneath the surface. ?o .^iu?iigeftfVss *Virgic "Tate. Miss Bonnie had never seen a spinning wheel operated until at Ben Price's one day last week. After noticing one in operation for some time, she j attempted to initiate, and broke scv-1 oral threads before one gave satisfaction. The spinning wheel is fast disappearing. There is some cotton here and there. Often it is held too long as it is sold by weight after all. B. F. F. Twelfth CensWArVM *V\..AX& Stntes. i For the benefit of the readers of j The Times we have made arrangements to receive the reports from ' Washington of the census returns c from the dilTeront Stntes of the Union as taken in the twelfth census last tt year. It would be well to tile away p every copy of Tin: Times containin; these reports for future reference t We will coverevery State in the Union and the information will he valuabli 18 to some of our readers. Oomparativi 19 statements will be made showing tin n gradual increase in population sine y th? states took their first census 13 Below win i/w fhft thirty-firs > and thirty-second reports. J The Bulletins are prepared undo the direction of Mr. W m. C. Hum Chief Statistician. a POPULATION OF SOUTH t'AHOLlNA AN 1 41 1 UNION COUNTY.?NO. Of. a South Caiolina was one of t!: re original thirteen States. Followir is the population of South Carolii ng at each census from 1790 to 190 in inclusive: a 1790 249,0' V~ 1800 845,5' , 1810 415.1 ty 1820 502,7 ,h_ 1830 581,1 ?n 1840 594,2 . ? 1850 668,? 1860 708,1 U3." 1870 705,t US1 1880 995,/ ... 1890 1,151. the 1900 ; i'340' last The population of South Carol in 1900 is somewhat more than ono large as that given for 11 wnen the first census was taken. ha8 { The total land surface of S< I ri;irolina is, approximately, 30 mng -. H stjuure miles, the average numbi persons to the square mile at censuses of 185)0 and 1000 bein follows: 1890, 38 2; 1900, 44. The fol'owing territorial cha in the counties of South Car nakes have been made since 1890: 1 paper berg organized from part of liar paper in 1897; Cherokee organized i gen- parts of Spartanburg, Union what York in 1897; Dorchester orga In from parts of Berkeley and Co prime in 1897; Greenwood organized mcr- parts of Abbeville and Edgefie noted. 1897; Saluda organized o pen part of Edgefield in 1896; pi town. Berkeley annexed to Charlesto ght re- part of Darlington annexed to OLSON & SON, <ERS, pking Business in all its Against P'ire, Tornado, cidents, and Issue Bonds als of Corporations, and trators, Etc., Etc. [SPECTFULLY SOLICITED. T I enco. Of the 40 eonntinvj in fl.n ' ... vuu uiai/C o have been organized since 1800 and all but "> have increased in population during the decade, the counties showing the largest percentages of gain being Charleston, 46.0 per cent; Anderson, 27 5 per cent; Oconee, 26.5 per cent; Richland, 23.8 per cent; Lexington, 22 0 per cent; and Aiken, 22.7 per cent. The 5 counties showing a decrease in population are Abbeville, Barn* well, Berkeley, Colleton and Edge, field. These counties also suffered losses in territory, withdrawn to form other counties. 1800. 1900. Union County .... 25,363 25,501 Bogausville township . . 2,198 2,120 Cross Keys township . . 1,443 1,775 Fish Dam township, including Ca lisle t)wn . 2,088 2.180 _ ? Carlisle town ' Tivtresvinetownship, incliuliiur Jonesville town 2.ti01 2.hOO J.?nesvill? town . . . 28ti 508 l'lnckuey township; including Kelton town . 3,087 4,205 Kelton town .... ? 70 Santuc township . . . 2,743 2,844 Union township, including Union town . . 4,381) 7,9?>4 Union town .... 5,400 Of the 202 incorporated places there are 24 which have more than 2,000 inhabitants, and of these 16 have less than 5,000, and 4 have more than 10,000, namely, Charleston, with 55,807; Columbia, with Oreenvillo. with 11,860; and Charleston has a population in 11*00 of 55,807, as against 54,955 in 1890, representing an increase during the decade of 852, or 1.6 per i cent. The censuses of 1820, 1840, 1860 and 1880 show either a loss or a very slight gain, while the alter, nate censuses of 1830, 1850 and ' 1870 show a relatively large gain. , I? 10m 1830 to 1840 the population 0 of the city decreased 3.4 per cent., ? but in the next decade it increased * 40.0 per cent. Likewise from 1850 (> to 1800 there was a loss in popula? t tion of 5.7 per cent., but in the next r AL?0.8 Per cenM in though in less degree. The~~pbY?filation of the city in 1700 wa9 10,350, I. and it has since then inoroased more than three fold. IC POPULATION OF NORTH CAROLINA. 'g NO. 32. ia 0, North Carolina was one of the original thirteen States. The population of the State in ' 1000 is 1,803,810 as against 1,617,' . 047 in 1800, representing an in. V crease since 1800 of 275,863, or 17.1 ^ - per cent. ,q * The population of North Carolina C in 1000 is nearly five times as large !^' as the population given for 1700, '.J! . when the first census of the State ^-1' was taken. 14M sur^ace North Carolina is, approximately, 48,580 olu square miles, the average numoer 01 lina pergon8 to the 9quare mile at the five census of 1000 being 39.0. But one territorial change has been made in the counties of North )Ul*1 Carolina since 1890, namely, Scotlai.d organized from part of Rich5r mond. t',e Of the 97 counties ir. the State all K a8 but 10 have iucreased in population during the decade. n8es I Of the 347 incorporated places olmal there are only 35 that have a popu* ? 1 -e o Ann* >,llu- lation in inuu 01 mure tuou nwell 0f these 6 have more than 10,000, frorn nameiyt Wilmington, with 20,976; and Charlotte, with 18,091; Asherille, nized wjt^ 14.694; Raleigh, with 18,648; lleton Greensboro, with 10,035; and Winfrom 8ton, with 10,008 inhabitants. :ld in from irt of Subscribe for The Timks and Bryan's n- and Pal>er' The Commoner. You get them , Vlor- h?th for 11.76. %