The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, March 15, 1901, Image 5
Railroads are of
rates to the Cor
union at flempl
BO I
is offering free e
a hearty welcom
all who will visit
Department Stoi
welcome to take
OUlUUtlUll Ul
Furniture, Dry Gi
Boots and Shoi
Caps, Clothing, I
Hardware and G
and anything: that Yc
free to spend as muc
wish. The more the
for our big shipmen
this week.
Good Plow Stock:
3>4c. Good Floui
lbs. Sugar $6
Good Coffee, 10 I
COME TO
I
Remember we have
we want vour trade
and fair treatment
W? have the bigges
plows on the markel
YOURS FOR
M. W. E
Local Schedule for Passenger Trains.
at
trains from columbia. ne
Arrive 10:15 a. m. Depart 10:15 a. m. w<
" 1:40p.m. " 2:00p.m. he
tbaivb from spartanburg. mi
Arrive 12:45 p. m. Depart 1:05 p.m. co
" 7:10 p.m. " 7:80p.m w]
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Local News Notes ?
Put Together For Ready Reference nl
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Gathered Here and There by JJJ
Our Man About Town.
AAA Heart Pine Shingles
^UU^UUU for saie at Bailey's. th
g.tf hi
Our old friend J. W. Aden, of Spar- wi
tanbnrg, was in Union Tuesday. m
Mr. Joe Austell, policeman, who
hat been ill for several days, is able to &c
be op again. lfl
Bev. D. C. Freeman has moved to D<
. the house adjoining the Methodist parsonage
on Mountain street. M
Dr. J. G. Goings is improving the
appearance of his residence very ^
much by a new coat of paint. 4(
Miss Ethel Walker who has been pr
t ^aching at J^anes has closed her school ar
W ^n'(| returned home for vacation. tli
Mr. Robert Allen left Union Satuiday
for Montana where we understand at
be will accept a position with I)r.
French. n<
Preston B. Allen, oue of the men ex- 8t
honorated by the Anderson /rand jury
L. the labor contract soanda! dropped
dead at Anderson last Friday. ai
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Married at tlie home of tire bride's Q)
parents, Mr. ueo. jouyai.a buss mamie r<
Gatywell, ajlof Union?Sunday evening, tl
March 10th, Rev. L. M. Rice, ofllciatmg. R
Mr. Olark was called to Anderson
by a telegram Wednesday an noun- R)
clog the death of his eldest brother,
J. H. Olark, which occurred sudden- ^
p
Mr. Rightmire, who has been man- ^
e'llnjon Bteam'Laundry, has M
returned to Newberry. The Steam fcl
Laundry is closed for the present!
Mr. and Mrs. Minter Turnerjmve g|
been yisiting friends in W"l?n w
this week. Mrs. Turner will fltnain <ji
several weeks. Mrs. TurnM has a
1 bean visiting relatives and* frtttde at ir
geUon einqs Tuesday. M e:
Bering cheap
ifederate Relis,
Tenn. . .
BO
idmission and
ie to one and
his Mammoth
e. You are
a look at the
oods, Notions,
es, Hats and
:arming Tools,
roceries ....
\
>u want. You are
:h money as you
better. Look out
t of DRY GOODS
t
s 75c. Plows
? 4
r per I w
per 100 lbs.
bs. $1.
SEE US
> the goods and
. Honest Goods
to one and all.
t assortment of
b, 3c per pound.
BUSINESS,
JO BO.
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JudgeD A. Townsend spent Sunday
home in Union. lie returned toGalTy
to finish up the civil docket this
?ek. lie says that while there was a
avy criminal docket for this term,
nfct of the cases were continued on acunt
of the illness of Mr. T. B. Butler
ho was interested in the cases and
uld not attend court,
AGENTS WANTED for "Life of
?bker T. Washington," written hy
mself. Everybody buys; agents are
?w making over $100 per month; beet
ok to sell to colored people ever pub
bed. Write for terms, or send 94c for
it fit and begin at onee. Mention The
imes. J. L. Nichols & Co., Atlanta,
a. H-2tP
Mr. M. W. Bobo left Tuesday for
ie Northern markets to purchase
s summer stock of goods. One
ould wonder, after looking over the
ammoth stock in his stores, where
; would find room to put any more
>ods. But they go out so rapidly
>at a constant arrival of goods is
icessary to keep up the stock.
Another alarm of fire was sounded
onday, it was found to be nothing
ore than the grass and leaves burning
the Ilill yard. The fire company had
;en called out, however, and they
>ggedly remarked that they did not
opose to run down there for nothing,
id they mn off the hose, coupled on to
ie hydrant and fought the littlp bla?e
lat was orawling through the leaves,
id soon came off conquerors.
The city council is now building a
jw sidewalk on the east side of Virgin
reet, and are straightening and eurbing
ie west side, which will be a great ad
tioii to the fl|>i>earai)ce of the street,
id also a (rreat convenience to pedesians.
Let the good wook go on. Give
jr street overseer Presnell plenty of
>pe and he will make sightly towq qf
lis after all. Good sidewalks has been
long felt need of this town,
A terrific report or explosion oocurred
t the rear of the brick building on the
ist corner of Virgin and Main streets
londay night about 7 o'clock. The exlosion
jarred the windows in houses
>me distance away. big sfyioke fose
p and people rushed to epe what the
rouble was. It was learned that some
ne had thrown an extra large cannon
racker or a stick of dynamite in the
breet, and it shocked some people badly
ho were near when it fell. This is a
angerous praotioe, and Mr. States
Lycock and others narrowly escaped
jury. The polioe are making every
(tort to discever who did it. {
FEARFUL WORK
OF THE LIGHTNING, j
House Struck in Five Places?Hay
Window Shattered and Scattered
Fitty Yards?Run Across
A Dofi's Ilack.
One ot' Hie most miraculous escapes
from death that it has ever been our
pleasure to note occurred just, outside
the incoiporate limits of Union last
Sunday. It will be lemcmtwred that
there were a great many Hashes of
lightning about the time preaching w.is
going on, just before the rain. About
this lime Mr. L. Iv I lodge was standing
in liis front piazza leaning against the
wall with one foot on the balisters, harking
out at the threatening skies. Ills
wife, lib son-in-law, Mr. Fletcher Horn
ana ins wire were sianuing me "wick
porch at the veil. This poreh beiug very
small, I hey were necessarily close to the
whiN of the house. There was suddenly
a deafening crash of lighning that blinded
and stunned this whole household for a
few minutes. It seciued that the current
repainted into live different. section*
One of them struck the boxing under
the couib of the hou*e, ran down and
switched <>1T on a nail that was half
driven irito the wall two feet sibove Mr
Hodge's head, this nail which it partially
melted saving his life, but the shock
seemed tostiike him a sledgehammer
blow on the top of his head. He had
the peculiat sensation of being forced upwards,
howsver, iustead of downward.
He sank aginst a large chair and remained
in a semi-conscious state some
moments. When he recovered he sfaggarpd
to the door to look for his familyMrs.
Hodge, Mr. and Mrs. Horn also
had an escape that was very little short
of a miracle. One of the cut rents struck
the top of the house and ran down the
wall within eight feet of them, and''
shattering the heavy framing, tore off
a quantity of weather boarding just i:i
front of them, melted another nail head, ,
then shattered the heavy sill of the cook
room, also within a few feet of Ihese people.
It then dropped to the ground
where it plowed its wav some distance
making a trench, in the meantime it had
struck the bapk of the little dog under
the house and plowed a furrow in its
hair for six inches along its back and
scorching the skin, the dog was totally '
deaf for a whole day. The three persons
UJCiJiiuucvjf an nuini ai met icwvriru
from the fearful shook, found they were
uninjured and started to look for Mr.
Hodge and they all met in the hall with
a feeling of thankfulness for their deliverance
from such a terrible danger. The 1
current that came near doing Mr Hodge
followed the nail to the inside where ii
demolished the plustering, leaving a
burnt mark along the lathes showing
that it had ran down in a zig zag course
to au iron ram rod which was standing
in the corner, this served as a conductor 1
and tho lightning followed it, and filially
parsed through a crack in the II >or to
the ground without further damage.
Another bolt struck the biy window
aud kuocked one side of it into kindling
wood and scattered the pieces for 5 J to
7o yaids away in the held, while the
plasteiing was injured on the inside.
Another struck the top of the house and
tearing up a big strip of shingles, came
down the chimney breaking the plastering
along its course until if rescind ilie
top of a large old-lasliioned clock which
it went through, literally demolishing it,
thence to the mantle upon which it sat.
tearing the mantle loose and sending it
several feet out into the lloor. Another,
the fifth ,stroke, struck the top of the
house and tearing up the shingles entered
and (lew around the gairett teari ig
rafters loose aud bumping up against tilroof
here and there, knocking up the
shingles at various places until it finally
got out and went somewhere. All of
this, of course, happened in a moment,
and it is the most remarkable occurrence
we have ever seen or heard of. The
family certainly owe a debt of everlasU
ipg gratitude to a kind and merciful
providence that they are alive today.
We understand that the lightning
seems to have a proclivity for this immediate
neighborhood. It was only a
few hundred yards frqm here that the
man and bis team were killed in the road
by lightning The trees are frequently
struck by lightning. A hole was found
in the ground in the shape of a funnel
which was made by the lightning We
are led by these circumstances to believe
that there is some kind of natural attraction
in die shape of ore that brings
the lightning so frequently to this neighborhood,
and it ought pay to prospect
for it.
Seeking a Location.
Mr. Charles L. Keskett, of Marshall,
Mo., has been spending several days in
Union visiting at the home of Mr. A. V.
H. Walker. Mr. Keskett is looking
aiound for a good place to locate and
engage in the mercantile business. Mr.
Walke? took pains to show hirq over our
oity, and he expressed himself very well
pleased with the place and the business
prospeots He telegraphed his brother
to inset him here Monday, and they
went|toGreenvi !e. Mr. Keskett has been
over several States, Arkansas among the
number. We hope he will see his w*y
clear to locate in Union. There are
possibly few places where better opportunities
for successful business are offornH
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Didn't Burn.
The (he ?larpa rang out sharply again
Friday afternoon, and there wan a rinh
to the Main street orossing of the railroad
where it was found that the old
tinder box. Just across the railroad fr- m
Nicholson's bank, had a blossom of (lame
decorating its top. The fire company
found it out and hurried to the sccn,?
but in the meantime the hre VP*?* of the
Bailey lumber yhrd had arrived with a
ladder arid bad started their bucket
brigade to work- The little blossom of
dame seemed to have the grip or some
kind of an attack of inertia, and did not
oare a snap whether the fire company
came or not, it seemed to be pei feetly
content to wait. One of the men ol tho
fire corp9 finally dashed a bucket of
water in its face which sickened it pe^
ceptibly. The fire company arrived and
turned a stream 1 upon What was left of
it and it was ho more, and the crowd
thrhed sorrowfully away and returned
< to their daily avocations.'
Card of Thanks.
Mi:. Editor: ?Will y?>u kindly allow J
mo epape in Til k Time* to pxpiws ray f
appreciation of assistance rendered
and kind expressions of s\ inputliy from
the tuany fi lends of mv mother and myself
during mother's last illness. These
kind servicer will always l<e chcrishr d
and remembered with the deepest sose
of appreciation. May they never want
for loving h mils to assist and kii d heaits
to sympathize in their hours of sadness
or uilliclioa. Mas. Iazzik IIasies.
Herald Square Coining.
3
Here is some good news for the tlieatre c
gonrs. The Herald Square Opera Troupe w
has notified the manager of the opera J
house, T)r. I. M Hair, that lliev will
play t.h"ir return date in Union on Thursday
evening. March 21st. Those who J
have attended the perfoimances of this ]
excellent troupe know there is a treat in
store, and we have no doubt they will ?
again be greeted by a large audience. I
Heat the Conductor. ^
No matter how careful and watchful
the i>assenger conductors are they will
ore isionully get Ijeat out of a ride. This
was very forcibly illustrated last Saturday
night as the evening train arrived at
the station Immediately after the train *
stopped a passenger that had, without the I
knowledge or consent of either conductor
or engineer, stole a free ride into
town, alighted from the cow
catcher and hurriedly departed, looking
neither to the right nor left, nor stopping
to ascertain what the trainmen or
the crowd at the depot thought of the
lib.?ity taken. Not, even stopping to en|
>v the joke, but left In a* manner that I
indicated that an imptrtant engagement "
was to be met, and as if its very life depended
upon a moment's delay. It was
a rabbit. B
Here is Your Opportunity.
We call attention to the ad. of the
Un'oi Investment and Improvement
Company on oyr second jv?ge this week.
Now you have an opportunity to secure
a home for yourself and el op paying rent
to vonr landlord Tim lornm uro an
reasonable that it hardly amounts to
more than monthly rent, but bye and
bye the jvapers are turned over and the
home is yours. They will build your
house, furnish it, paint it and then insure
it for you, what more could you _
ask V [
Crass Reys Honor Roll.
The following is th? honor roll of ^
Cross K?ys academy for the past month:
PRIMARY CLASSES.
Mary O'ShieldB Sarah O'Shields, Helton
Estes, Mai lie O'Shield*, Bernice
Prince, Lizzie Stevens, Belle Prince,
Brant Harris, Duncan Estes, Elmer _
Bobo, Aubrey Wilbtirn, James Gore. ?
Shanop Grady, Hubert IIill, Leila |
Stevens, Lilian Stevens.
INTERMEDIATE CLASHES.
Janet Gore, John Wilbank", Maud
Wilburn.
ADVANCED ORADES. J
Virginia Btigga, Ella Wilburn. Massie
Estes, Claud Wilburn, Lottie Wilburn.
Higher branches?>fan Wilburn.
M- Wiutmirk,
Teacher.
Lost Letter From Webster l_
Mu Editor:?The weather has been
favorable and farmers have not failed to
get in their time in earnest. No doubt
that activity along this line is being
stimulated by the price of cotton last
fall. There is an unusual amount of
grain sowed. There is suoh a scarcity
of labor that one may sow a large amouut
then leave an ample portion for the ileecy
staple.
Guano is plentiful regardless of the
price.
Gaidening is receiving proper attention,
a step in the right direction. t
Sometimes we get Tub Times on *
Saturday, ft is a welcome visitor when (.
it does come. It was a special treat on r
Sunday, there bei- g no other paper at *
hand and its the oloulds gathered over- C
head, the rain began to pour down in ?
torrents. Out door exercise being shut
off the paper came in all O. K.
Columbus Wood is yet living on the
same plantation, Mr. Thos. Wood's, 1
where emancipated. lie is piou*, in- \
dustrious and has a lar^e family of
children. He is also a deacon of the i
Baptst church and a school trust;e.
This is a rare case. Few and far between
may be found those so loyal. Mr. Wood
owns a large tfack near ^sbury.
Such occurrences as cited in The
Ti^ek last week would not so frequently ~J
be encountered with should public loit- J
ering lie restricted. There will bo no
improvement until a stimulation is
brought to bear oa this class. The
penalty, while it mav sutlloj as a warn- f<
i ng, it was only h broken dose as to wh.it u
it should t?e in similar eases repeated.
Mrs. Relrecca Littlfj >hn killed u large e
porker last week. She has killed several i
this winter.
Mr. Mike Sellers, of S'av V->tnu, when
the occasion (\er^anda goes to the city to
sOll and buy. He manages every time
to take something to MeU. This is farming
in its original form,
We need a compulsory educational
law too. The teacher draws a salary
Just the same, hut education would bo x
more general amoAg the masses should ,
there be some compt^lai^n attached to
the system.
^hfeqeeu sent out i\y tl\e general gov-,
eminent will cause a few move to ba I
planted which would otherwise remain
out of the ground- Aside from this the
existence of such a government with
headquarters at Washington is very immaterial
to the average citizen after all.
The six murder cases, five of which
were to have been tried duri- g thg present
term of court, were postponed. The i iability,
physically, of the leading connsel
w8.a the VSatise presented. ]
This is last letter from Wehster by ye.
scribe. School closes and Union will
receive one more tax payer.
Best wishes to Tiie Times and its
readers. B. F. F. i
\ HOT TIM
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HARRY i
Will mako it COOL a
fou when our SPRI1
stock gets here.
Vlr. R. P. Harry
joods, and as a dollar
nore goods than the
'buys for his dollar," p
,o knock out all compc
Get your tickets and
3.REAT BARG
that Harry Be
Sood Hard Cast
uy a $10.00 Suit of Clothes and
ii a 743 44 <c " 4'
" " 6.48 44 44 ' " 44
" 44 5.00 44 44 4 4 44
- H A'
luy a $2.98 Hat and we gi
Yc MY for CASH and !
YVr IIIIY for IKS
HARRY &
\ Sixty D,
At the prices men
Come Q
tere we come with a lar
3 lb. standard Weight, 3 c
3 Plugs thin Schnapps Tot
3 Plugs thin Early Bird T<
3 Plugs thin Uwanto Cliev
3 Plugs thin Apple Jack T
3 Plugs thin Harvey's Natu
2 Plugs thick Schnapps Tc
3 Plugs thick Early Bird '
2 Plugs thick Uwanto Che
'lour, M* al, Meat, Sugar, Coflfe<
Hgars, Cheroots, Smoking Toba
rish Potatoes, Sweet Potatoes, Ca
Jorn, Peas, Beans, Bottled Good?
diite and red, at prices that wil
Yours for goods at i
w. H. WES
Bank Building,
Union, J
QITTI ni\TP_ T
U*J 1LL/11NU 1
We are opening up a building
arinerly occupied by RODGERB
and nowi almost all kinds of finis
tc., with.
Additional carloads ai
Will greatly appreciate
N. R. McCormick,
Manager,
rHE PARLOF
Having recently purchased the busi
am prepared to supply the needs al yoi
PHOIV K UN Y
and they wiW bo attended to wit
ALL GOODS DEL
Butter, Eggs and Vegeta
HmHEST PB
[Tor garden, farm and barnyard \
CHAS. R. sn
PHOIV
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E COMING
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StBELK
J Tl T T-* ana iiTnn ?
liiu jrL/EiA^A.iM r ror
tfG and SUMMER
; now in the Northrn
markets buying
of our CASH buys
average merchant
laces us in position
stition.
i be ready for the
iAIN SALES
lk will offer.
. n: a
i uiven Away
we give you $2.00 in cash.
" " " 1.50 " "
<? ? ? 1.35 " "
44 44 44 7 5 c 44 44
T Sve
you $1.00 in CASH.
>ELL for CASH,
and SELL for LESS.
, BELK.
ay's Sale
itioned below,
uick!
ge stock of Tomatoes.
ians for 25c.
>acco 25c.
jbacco 25c.
7 Tobacco 25c.
obacco 25c.
ral Leaf Tobacco 25c.
>bacco 25c,
Tobacco 25c.
w Tobacco 25c,
Rice, Grits. Lard, ,Fine
cco of all kinds, Cabbage,
,nned Blackberries, Cherries,
i, Tinware, Onion Sets, both
1 knock out all competition,
i close margin,
iT &. CO.,
Bachelor Street,
5. C.
MATERIAL
material business on the yard
RICK WORKS, and have on
bed Dry Lumber, Shingles,
riving constantly.
fi part of the trade.
W. E. ALMAN.
J GROCERY
ness of the PARLOR GROCERY,
ur table.
ITU WANTS
h promptness and dispateh.
IVERED FREE.
bles always on hand.
tICEN PAID
>roduce suitable for table use
ilTH, Mgr.
U2 TO.
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