The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, July 12, 1901, Image 1

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,r .. - ' . . I 8 S THE TOWN OF^UnToN HAS j| . . p*-??? *?- _-- _ ._. -?- ^ B *m . jj[ E TOWN OF UNION HAN j Three Cotton Mills, one the iff M 2 S I ' ' B % H J n ^ ' I B ^1 / B J L. 1 n\ largest Knotting Mill and II I largest In the South. Four Fur- /< 9 D _ B a H B I H H B /H H J (( Dye Plant in the Suite An Oil [h nituie and Wood Manufaetulr- j) I B B 91 . I ^9 1 I H Wm ^9 I I ^1/ I H j [|| and Manufacturing Co. that Sri ing Concerns. One Fen.ale ,\] 1 S B H I J I B B 9 B I I W I I ' J I 1 ?, makes an unexcelled Guano, jy Semiiiary. Water Works und tl( J[ B B B A ^ JL ^ ^JL JL. -1^ ? JL .B A ? (tt Tfiree Graded Schools. Arte- (([ Electric Lights. Ill ' "* ?*?* .' (jj sian Wator. Population 6.r><)0. Jj VOL LI. NO. 5K UNION. SOUTH CAR0L1NA| FRIDAY. JULY I I. 1901. . #1.00 A YEAR. :' * -M/~ -ViA. -MA. -VIA AH .MA ^ Tift AM . ^ ] T F. M. HARk President. A T GEO. MUNR'\ Caahler, J. I ! Marshals' and Fla; Of t ini<: Capital Stock ( Surplus - Stockholders' Liabilities 1 Total "... Dikkotoks?.T. A.. Fa1 it, W ? T. fi. Oun-oin, J. T. Done lass. F Y NVm. Oolewan. | Wc Solicit Yo r 1901 JULY 1901 ' Su. Mo. Tu. We. Til. F'i. Set. ji Lllll'6 11 7 8 9 10 11112 13 i. .14 15 16 .17 13 19 20 i: 21 22 23 24 25 26127 ; 28 29130 31 | THE REUNION AT MEMPHIS. Payne's Grand Display Of l ire Works. I I don't believe that any one feat- ' urc of the Memphis reunion attraei- ; ' ed more attention than did the fireworks on Wedne.-d.iy night, May 2i) , There is no wa\ to cR'ioiatt- the mini ber that stood along toe brink ut '.he , gteat Mi-sis:ippi river or sat upon ' the seats prepared for ttie < cca?ion ; ' ami watched ilu display of fire ?ui ks. ; ' Immense was the throng, and the iain was unetiduiablc for two hours 1 . . I " or louder. 1 li?? rain was threatening to break up the fun, ami did so to ihe extent of forcing a change of ' programme. The elii<-f pvio'eehni*t, Mr James Conliff, had every- ' thing arrang'(1 to make this the grandest display ever witnessed alonu the Father of Waters. Several set devices were hurriedly fired off to prevent their being diiiiag?d by the sp.inkling of the rum which uioinen- j tardy was expee.t* d Oouid these have be* n r*s* ived to take their pi >ee in the regular programme the I | eflTee,t would have been quite different, j But as it was it was soon a umgn.fi- : cent affair that thousauds of the uu- I initiated (in\s4*lf among them) could t tell no difference in the grandeur. . ! Not only, was the land along ihe ' !river hank o* copied wt.ere there was ! any possibility of getn g a view of the battle, but the six large learners { that lay at anchor in the river soid , seats to give an opportunity to wit- j ' lu-ss the display fioui their dicks, i Even private boats, tugs and other ; i crafts wort: brought into requisition I and bore their part of the living j freight. From Be.de to Jefferson , ^ streets the levee was aiive with peo- : P pie. Tops of houses, windows, tree' ItOj 8, lamp posts ami ev ery e meriv j jahle or imaginable place where a ! human being could perch liimseif was utilized. The river cr?ft was illuini^na'ed. Stuudn g on rhe deck of one jol those vessels and looking toward] 'the eiry any one would naturally i ]conclude that, everybody m Mempids 1 .1 I 1C I .1 . . . * ~ . nun iiuii oi me em li e country was loking on the scene. Ail ages, J sexes, classes, colors ami conditions 1 of people were represented. Even the tops of street cars were convert ed into platfoiins temporarily, ir to ! which to view the scene. Early in the proceedings every thing indicated a succcs fui carrying oui of the original progratnrue, but lightning in the Souh was a signal ! i hurtying up the programme and } dispensing wnh the fabrics tlflit the j least amount of rain would injure. 1 M Ka Wo ev.ir.ii flaulioil a ruv f\f in 1 JiU k.?V I piv/ll IIOOIIVU U i HJ \ri III cai descent. ights strung from mant , to ma -1 ol' iht- vessels. This was the beginning of il e display and thous J amis of voices echoed an yappl>iuse. . There was m? wind and the sky ??.' ' ^ <>*M8p'ead w th clouds. The open I lug salute was fired and following it *..> me c-'ioied fires from the watei , Heats. All a; once a lLsh of light M* 41* 41* 41* 41* 41* 41* 41* 41* 41* 41* 41*41* it H. FOSTER, Vice President. f ). ARTHUR, Assistant Cashier, f iters' National Bank * >V H. O. | $00,000 J 50.000 f 00,000 f $170,000 I . H. Wnllnee, Wm. Jeffries, s ). P. McKissick, A. H. Foster, I ur Business. 1 Me* N( IN M M M M IN M * containing the pictures of Gen'ls Frz Lee and Joe Wheeler watt fire<l. This was a signal for ap pi mine from the thousands witnessing the sight. Then like two pugnacious bulls the Merri(liac and the Congress began to "sidle around" as one fellow expressed it. and a furious naval battle bcr?\e<n th-\-e water giants began. The fi iti'jr was swift and furious. At the lias... -i their guns the whole water front of the city was illuminated, while the deep toned roar reminded us ?.f the nalitu-s of war. The land batteries took a part in the game and -hells Hew through the air bursting in every direction. This was a magnificent sight and I only regret thativiry leader of Tun Times could not have been present and witnessed it. There is a sublimity in a ri tt vol liutfln fKot ha nnn mm imaIkwa win nv UI'U ii'i jH/ii un11 |MU< ul IT or 'Ui!igiu?'ii)ii rightly conceive. The ei que..t roar ?f guns and the poetic di-ptay of sh' lis as tht y dart. through Liio sky on their mission is grand. So is also that of an artillery duel on l?nd For several minutes these is ir vesf-eh were the focus for a quarter mdliou <'f eyes or -perhaps more, ^l'?r everybody was in sight of it at one p nut or anoiher.) The railroad In id.e two miles below afford'd a fine opportunity to take a bird's eye viess f n. N??r was all iho tumult Confintd to h tigi.ting of this mimic hatih. I'iie air was filled with fire and every b 'at rang its bell while the engine w histles joined in the chorus. The noise was deafening hut the battle went on in its fury till at l&st the Congress took fire and threw up .-ig? uals of disiuss and the finng ceased on botn sides?the banle was over. During ihis pyrotechnic display of fire works fu:ly 1,000 rockets went into the air. Sometimes the devices contained the port.a t of Jefferson Da\i*, G?inrals Forrest, Lee or Gordon. J. id. Often we could see U. C. V.'s or some other familiar symbol of the reunion festivities. Sometimes along line of lights would rema n perfectly still in the sky as .f they had been stationed there by a divine hand, then suddenly taking a ioiiieisault they would represent a half dozen familiar objects before going out or reaching the water or i ^1 UUIKI. Sometime* a Itoman bombshell would c>me over as if it was going to light in the crowd on the bluff and b? f re coming down 10 the ground would hurst scattering women, children and men who would squat s?nd do'ge to keep out of its reach. This was a source of much merriment for the gunners on the boats as well as the undisturbed on the land At one time a rocket went up to an a'fitude of perhaps 800 feet wh-n suddenly itexploded and revealed the name It. E Lee, A N. V.. followed by another, IN. J>. rorrest. then another, J. E Johnson and finally Winnie Davis. Nothing could be more pleasing to lovers of the fine art than those figures and f'Tina growing <>ut of the manipulated designs brought into the pyrotcehnical display on the Mississippi river on the night of May 29, 1901. Its like has never h?en seen before by many of us and to many of whom it will never appear again. About the close of the reunion f* ?tivines wo had a perfect "love fea.->t' in the parlor of our h. m in the oitv whore we were jo.nod by a number of comrades and our hos and h ?s ess did all in their power to make the occasion a pleasant one f r u* and made us feel that it was a reunion in fact as well as in name. Kei?*nckv, Tennessee, Maryland, Virginia, Georgia tny ?outh Curolina were represented. In the party was private John W., i Tucker, of Kentucky, who lost both i his arms at Fort Donaldson, and C d ] DeBass, of Forrest's cavalry, 7 h I Tennessee Regiment. He was in 1 command of ihe skirmifdf lino at th" 1 opening of hostilities at Shiloh on ] Sabba'h morning, April 0, 18t>2. i and his command fell like a torn ?do on the light wing of Sherman's cavalry when a hand to hand fight en- < sued in wlrch he received marks tliar ; will go with him to his grave j He is a veritable lrJeb" Sfuart? pan nw?L' a K ii.ia mii tor nr onhiKam i I""- ? J 'l fe"v " and play (be violin to perffcptidh JHjtt. J also sang ''Cheer boys, cheer"?jf* 4 favorite air with Forrest's tnen. Trie1* exercises consisted of uin<ic b >th ^ vocal and ins rumental. The hour ] was a pleasant otie. Many ladies ( crowded into the parlor and enjoyed i the fnn and some even took pa>t in it War a' ec hoes, hair breadth es- I capos and hat tie field ordeals were the principle subjee a discussed or < spoken of. t Before adjourning, however, a res- I olution of thanks was uhariiuiuusiy i voted our host and hostess f ?r their < kindness to us and that those of ns I who lived to go to the reunion at I l>ahas. Texas, next year would stop < over on their return and spend a day t in Memphis with our kind hosts l?_f I? I _ .1 - - 1* ? nei rc our mini ?n]mrnnicni one or i tho young Indies present from Bowl- I ing (ireen, Ivy., took her scat at the piano and with the ussistatiee of a 1 few female voices played and snug I *Tbc Homespun L)res ' in true old Confederate stylo which was intensely enjoyed by all. Some felt like shout mg. thk iioMKserx nnnss. Oh, yes, I am a Southern girl, And glory in the name; I boast t it With greater pride Than glittering wealth or fame; I envy not the Northern ?rirl Her robes of be.uity rare, i Though diamonds deek her snowy neck And pearls heslud her hair. Chorus: Hurrah, hurrah! For the sum v South so dear; 1 Three cheers for the honiespun dress i the Southern ladies wear! ^ , Now Northern goods are out of date; i And, sinee Old Ahe's blockade { Wc Southern girls can he content With )joods that's Southern ma le, We send our sweethVarls to the war, j But, girls ne'er you mind? f Your soldier love will not forgot The girl he left behind. 1 The Southern land's a glorious land, 1 And has a glorious cause; f Then cheer, three chceis for Southern i rights I | And for the Southern hoys! We scorn to wear a hit of silk, r' A Wit of Northern lace, \ Hut make our homespun dresses up, . Ami wear them with a grace. ; i Ami now, young man, a word to you, If you would win the fair, ' (io to the Held, where honor calls 1 And win your lady there, ( Jtemeniher that our brightest smiles Are for the true and brave, And that our tears are all for those ' Who till the soldier s grave. t As soon as Mi-s Eveteitc finished ( 4tThe Homespun Dress" Miss J ilia >( McDonald, of Memphis, took her M seat at the instrument ami played I 1 | and bang '"Some of our comrades j 1 | gone before us. to their camp beyond , 1 I the skies" to the ?une of "Wh- n the 1 j roll is called tip yonder we'll be ' there." I Af'or this each hid the other good ' i b#\ e and with the bes' wishes for each ' | vtuci nun nur mj^-s aim <.ll**ir ianillv al* turned their fhm-8 homeward full 1 of praises for Memphis and the re- i union. Vox. 1 Lockhart News Notes. t Loekhart is certainly a musical ( ! place. Then* seems to he something i ! in the atmosphere tint brings out i Hoft m'-lodies ai.it harmony of sounds i One ran sit in his door houi" quiet! evening and hear the cornet band, i j organs, fiddles, banjos, and a whole ! lor of musical boxes too numerous fo ' merit ion. Then vocal music is by no means a dead note as we have some 1 < ; very good singers. Take all these 1 sounds thr wn in .together suppliinented by crying batltes, whistling boys barking dogs, lowing rows, each arm tlana /l*w?u naf kuwn tm?. K m.C a </n\y ?t?*?nv H'/vo ll'/V U IH14* U ' 'I (4 j aho^ing. I The L ckhart Cornet. Bund will run an excursion to Columbia on , Saturday the 13 h in-t They have ' chartered -ix coaches and will leave he e at 7 o'clock Saturday owning ami return at 12 o e.l>?ck midnight. The excursion will be managed hv 1 Pr"f It J. Ilerndou. M-aars. 1> A. MoNeely and C. C Dargan. The managers of the Hyatt Park, of Co- ' luuibia, have offered them the use of ?4 park in which they will hold a I musical concert. The man s ye a promise that good order will be maintained, and I think that all who go *i|l{have a nice time (cepting they bays the toothache) as there are 1 miiay places to visit of historinl in treat in the City hv the C'?ngaree. Died on Saturday the 6th inst, Mht "Rebecca Moore.' wife of Mr. ( JawesMpore. She was in the 31st of her age and leaves a husband md two ohlldren to mourn her loss < llev'rL. T. C irn^^jfjMptfiictrd the funeral services on Sunday evening 1 wjLher b"dv was laid in Pine Grove j Snetery to await the final judg- ( The fourth was a quiet day with ( |A so quiet that it had a rite smart , Brri-trh of Slindnv anil I am roli-iMtr _^Y?_ " J - .Vi.l.M.1 y inf ?rme<l that a little child of Mr. '1. . Kj Barbers cried at intervals through Allay to go to Sunday Scheol. I "3By the way I want to see an old j mirade of the sixties, or in other . w|rda I want to fix to see him, I have , ( gut ton his given name. His sur , Jme is Grady and he belonged to * Jb. E.. 1st S. C. Artillery, and I . \Avff been informed lives near Santuc. It v>ia should meet his eyes and if he stones to bring at>out a reunion on a :ma*iscale he can write to Homo. Mr. G. B. Fowler, of Jonesville, ia?jnst fitii.-hed the survey of Lock- ( isrt special schooi district. ( Mr. 11. B. .Smith nmdn ?. visit to be hnmev of \*r. J. H. Wilburn, of Union, this week. Homo. Washington Letter. (Fr< m our regular t'orrospondent. ) Washington, July 8th, 1901.? l\'ic P'lHt OIHee Department has leguu a Hirht in which it is clearly ight and in which it will be sup.orted by all the strength of the exM?tiii>e branch of ihe government, "ait notwithstanding those advantages, f^u-t-got the support of the press uid of public sentiment, in order to vin a permanent victory. This fight s to shut the fake publications out if the privilege of second class mail. L'Ue. government pays 590.000,000 i year for earning second class mail md receives less than 51.000,000 for r. That much of this loss is due to j ihusi s which have crept into the conUruction of the law?constructions * itti'ar ilr.>uino<] nf nlmn iKo linr woa ^ >eing enacted?is apparent to every- 1 me who has become at all familiar aith what constitutes a large pro- . joriion of second cla-s mail In fact, roiu an investigation, which has been . joing ?>n f?r months, the postal of? , icials have been convinced that fully >ue h ?lf of the raa'ter now mailed as lec -nd class, should under a strict ind perleetly proper construction of he law, be compelled to pay as third jlfiss matter. A new rule for the jon?trueMon of the law is to be issued jy the l\ st Oflice Department, for the espeeinl purpose of shutting out fake puhlica'iatiH. When it is promulgate!, look'Ut fir squeals from the owners of the fakes and from such legitimate publications as can be wheedled or (aiid to say that the business of the legitimate publication is being interfered with. These queals will be worked for all they rre wor?h f r their effect upon Congress, where the fight will certainly ho carried. Postal officials declare in the most po-tive terms that the now construction of the law will nor injure any legitimate publication ami | r>fhiiiif iinnn i/nttimr fhn onf-.vtArf nf oil I "r "wv/ u"t t,v"" ?" * Mich, Capt. Tj. Oravm, who served ?>s Duartermaster of the 32ud Voluu'eer hi fun try in ihc Philippines, aud who is now visirp g Washmg'on, said of the opportunities off-red young American in rhe Philippines: "Ma- j ni a is the center fa wide field of opportunities f ?r Americans While in ih<- Quartermaster's Department tlt'T". [ had dea'* with many Ameri- ] cans who went' ihero for bti-iness pur- ] P'?ses. I found that men of business 1 qualifications, common senso and j I energy did well. I would advi?e J young Americans desiring to go there i to acquire a thorough knowledge of Spanish and stenography. Th*y will certainly obtain clerkships in business houses, and if solid, active working, instead of sharpers *nd sohon>era, they will within s< vc a vearshein business thems* Ives The Pliilipinos want good Americans ?o Cottie to to their islands and Uigt-lt new busiueaa and commercial enter Wm. A NICH< EJANfr Transact a Regular Bar Branches and Insure j Boiler, Liability and Act of Indemnity for Offieie Individuals as Administ YOUR BUSINESS IS RE I T~ i* 4 jiiscQ. jiii 111 y ounce wi'rei'?ur /vmcriboys employed us clerks. They vere worth $100 a month each, to corporations in this country. They leaded to cast their lot in Manila ind remained there. All of them re doing well." Mi. Paul Sheldon, a New York awyer, who has just returned from a business visit from all of the island-* f the greater and lesser Antilles, xeepting Cuba and Porto Rica, was isked what, the natives of the Danish West Indies thougot of annexation to he U. S , which is sure to c-*me, as he conclusion of ike negotiations for he purchase of the islands from Dnnatark. is only a matter of time tie replied: "A few wealthy merchants, mostly Danes, oppose the sale >f the island, because th? v are afraid >f American enterprise Tne native.>f all the Lesser Antilles. I fi d noon tpecial inquiry were in favor of anicxation They were very auxious. he French especially. Tney think ney are na'urally too for away from heir mother countries, and s?y the iHicials sentthein are never inen with inthoriry who can take hold and ai eviate existing evils and burdens, rhey say these officials never have uOicient in 11 nonce to accomplish any Ling really important " The publication of the action of he Commi-sionei of Pa'enrs in su-icnding all hearings in app *al cases ?efore himself and the Assistant Commissioner during Julv and \ugust, seems to have been taken bv ioms to mean ihat the entiie Patent Iffice was suspended. Such is not he case hy any means. I he one lundred and forty examiners of the 'atent Offivie, who decide the vast najority of cuse* without an appeal len.g taken to the 0 mtn;sMoner, are forking six day- a week and will tontinue righ' along. 0. A. cinow I Co., Patent Lawyer-, whose husi? n ss b? fore the Patent Office ex ;eeds hat ot any other firm, says mat very ew nppiicati ms for pa'euis. peihapst lot tn ire than one in a hundred, will te delayed by the long re.-t of the 3?uu .li-sioner and Assistant Couinissioner of Patents. OKHilX or THE KU KLVX Kl, ?N A Scheme for Having Fun Like College Secret societies. When the civil war ended the little own of Pulaski, Tenn., ym loomed j lotne a band of young men who. hough they were veterans of haid : ought fields, were tor the most patt io older than the miss of college itudenta. In the general prnvetiy, he exhaust ation, the lack of h^arr, laturally prevalent through the )eaten south, the young men had nnre leisure than was good for them: \ southern county town, even in the laleyou days before the war. was | iota particulary lively place; and | Pulaski in lhGG was doubtless rather ,aine to fellows who had seen Pickett] jharge at Gettvsburg or galloped I )ver the country with Morgan! nul Win e'er. A group of tltetn, | isseuibled in a law office one evening : it M ?y, 188G. were discussing ways ind ui' iiiis of having a livelier time. 3onie one suggested a club or society. An organization with no very definite aims was effected; antl at. a second meeting a week later, names were pr??po-ed and discussed. Some one proposed the Greek word '"Kukli<," liieaning a circle Kroin "Kuklis" to * Ku Klux" was an easy wnouivn a ^?wo? utti v f college bov8* slang will not find n b range?and "Kltm" followed "Ku Klux" ?h naturally as Udu npy" lo In wen "humpy." That the name meant nolnng whatever was a ro*- m nendati m. and one can fancv what sort of badinage would have greeted a emigration that in'aix years a couitni'te <>f rongre-a would devote tl'ir'ern volutn a to the history ot thy movement that began in a 3LS0N & SON, :ers, " king Business in all its \gainst Fire, Tornado, 3idents, and Issue Bonds lis of Corporations, and rators, Etc., Etc. SPtCffULLY SOLICITED. j Pulaski law office, and migrated later to a deserted and half-ruined house on the outskirts of the village. In the beginning it. was, it. fact no "'movent1 nt" at all It was a scheme for having fun. more like a college secret society than anything el*e. Its menhors were not *le?ed fellows of the baser sort," t>ur young men of standing in the community, who a few years earlier wou.d aisu have been ineu of wealth. Ph- " i .11- mini source <>i arnusRmonf was ; t first the initiation of new members bit' later ihe pnz/.li'ig of outsiders. I'fie ouly important clause in the oath of tucuih?rship w:ih a promise of absolute secrecy. The disguise was a rh.ro ni isk. a tall cardboard hat. a gown or robe that covered the whole P'T-on. and. when the Klati went mounted, a cover for the horres' ho lies and sotne sort of uwtiH ug for the feet. The ehioF officers were ? <irarid Cyclops, or ptevident; a G?-and M?gi, or vice president; a Grand Turk, or marshal; a Grand Exchequer. or treasurr; and two Victors While the elub adhered to its original aiiu and character, only men of known g >od morals were admitted. Ths Country Editor. Verily, the life of the country editor is a path of thorns. ' it J *-5 i- |>i vmi.-ra ami inn rue-it i* (lidrf|>p'UHMll''llt. [lis creditors ehnseth him by day and the devil grinneth at hitn by night, , O.ie subscription in wood and behold it is rotten and soggy and of short measure. ilis "exchanges" are waded into in a most merciless manner and he is dare-ome to gruut. He whoopeth up the country poli ician who gets elected and knowech hitn no more. He puffeth the church fair gratis, and then attende-h it and payeih his dollar and receiveth two oyters. Two young people marry and he givetli them a great puff, they goeth to housekeeping and taketh not his paper. Yes, he is hound with woe and his da\ s are full of grief and trouble and Vexation. But sorrow endureth only for a tiighi ami j ?y eonieth in thetnorming. it.. -i --.i ? ???* 1 |/i<'uuu'ii nun rii"nr?iu in pationce and it is written that he Mill muMve ilia re waul at the judgment?Exchange. How the Commoner Started. The first number of the Commoner was liquet! January 23, under the per -onai direction <f William J. Brxan, i's editor and owner. Four or five nuiidieii fiend* w?-re present. At 8 o'clock promptly Mr. Bryan took < fi' his contend hat and mounted upon the dei's stand hv the press, which had i>ri vioitsly been made ready. Some one threw hun an apron and the ciowd yelled to hiin to put it | on. lie did so. lie was smiling until he grasped the frst-heet. Then he reprized his niipleiicv and gtew serious. With the assistance of the foietniin he got the first sheet down to the pins and the signal was given. The motive pow< r wis furnished by Unc;e .lake Wolf a Viteran Demoeratie i ditor. M?. Bryan fed a d?>*eu or more papers into the gripp<r- of one press, rook the half printed sheets to another, where the operation was repeated. Then he tried the folder, hut gave it np. E?ch one present received a souvenir copy with Mr. Bryan's signature and compliments at the top of the first page Then he breathed asier. It had been a hard task, he admitted, lie superintended . everything and insisted upon doing 'the first thing in every step of the mechanical process.