Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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THK IJN I UN TLV1 h> J'l'KLISi.ED EVERY FRIDAY ?HV THh ? UNION' TIMCS COM PAT. \ Rooms 1, H, 5 and 7, Bank Building J NO. R. MATHS ?, ISdltor, J*. G. Young, Manager. IteKiatei^l a< t ie !'?si mice in Union S> C., as mail laatler SUBSCRIPTION RATES One year - - - - - - $!.l* N.x liioni lu ------ 50 coin Tlirer in> mi lis ----- 25 cents advektiseme' ts One s<i (sire, tirsi.insertion - - $1.0<i Every ihseuue q use?'ion - 50eenO C ?>i <tcl8 i'ji tt'.ee mo iths or longe win b? undent iv isice<< r.*ies. Iteji rted niai -; ript not tie re turned. Obitu>M-iH8 ana u:bates of rt sj>ect will'be eh-o ;ed for at lialf rate.^. union, s. c., rn.y -?'.? iwi. Our subscribers will see a date o the lable on their paper, which bear their name. When this date is oldt than the date of your paper, then yo owe for the paper, from the date upo your lable. You can row find out h a glance at the lable whether or n< your subscription lias expired, if has this is to be considered a gent reminder to come forward and renev The Glanders is getting to be ser ous in York county, horses are beii shot and barns burned in an effort i stamp out the epidemic ot this ten bly fatal disease. Andrew Carnegie is quoted as ha ing recently declared that he wou gladly make Faust's burgain. this is true Carnegie is a weaker mt iii the upper story than we took hi ti be. Don't forget that there will be tl biggest kind of a time in Union c August 8th and 1Mb. Make nil a rangements of your nlTuirs befo: hand so that nothing will interfei with your being at Union on this o casion. Will some one inform us what meant by "the other day." (juite number of our exchanges should I able to answer, as we notice some < them use it continually, in report it happenings. "The other day, strikes us as entirely meuuingles and we would like to know what e: cuso can be ottered for its use. The Richmond Times believe th? "the McJ.aurin moremeut is nothiti more nor less than a movement t break away with Bryanism and lJ<>| ulism and put the Democratic part back where it was before the unfo tunate revolution of ISiKl." and adci that "there are thousands and thoui ands of Southern Democrats who ai sick and tired of being icd around b the nose." Some telegraphic correspondent between a minister at Hamburg ai Gov. McKwoeney Saturday evenii caused considerable excitement. I was claimed that a negro was abot to bo lynched. A military compnn was sent to the scene and the negr was finally lauded in the penitentiary The citi/eng of Bamberg disclaim ;u intention of a lynching, and some < them are hot under the collar, cer turing ilio minister for creating tl. hubbub. There is more truth than poetry ii the last paragraph of the letter tuk( from The State, which appears i this issuet regarding the BigSpeal. ing fit Ton!on. There iscertainly tw district schools irs the Democrat ranlts in South Carolina. J.rt th peottle hear from the speakers then, i?to IoaI l? aSil ah /-v# * a - ? - : - ? - rjpn, uvi/11 muuo ws iiir? ful fil J?>l the* they can decide tho matter the ballot box. This is n progress)v age and Union U? a progressive count) anridts people can be depended on l tak#!no backward step or leap in t). darlt. Kuch speaker will be giver, res fill hearing, nnd each speak* is expected to present a calm a> disjiassionute argument. The peopl expfpt this to bo an occasion of en lighlenntent and are not looking fo any ^personalities or mud-slinging andabo cannot vouch for tho rcsul of ?such indulgence by any of tin speakers. We have no doubt tie spooler* will appreciate this, and w< eoutfpently expect, this occasion t< be o(p" noted for profound argunien and Intelligent discussion or nationn tssuA. And that every hearer wil go a#H]^fealVng that it was good t< have been present. Let everybody who can come to the speaking Aug ust 8th and i>th. . Uf. .1 *' Tin: unionspeaking. Why the Ilig Political Mectiu) Early Next Month Has liven Arranged ?An Official Statement. (The State.) r Over the signature of Mr. W. W >ixon, secretary of the committee ii ehargp. tl.e following announcement ii . eg aid to the coming big political speeel - making gathering in Union has Itee: vent t > The State: in the document See letary Dix-ui explains the object an pui poses of the galliering: "Tne committee on arrangements fo tlie public speaking to be held in thecit >f Union on the Sfh and 9th days o August next have received so tniuy in ipiiries from diflfertnt pai ts of the Stat n regaid to the meeting, and as a pap" in the i ifi of Spaitanburg has presum 10 criticise the obj 'ct of this gatheih of :he people of seven counties an seems to doubt our ability and faciiitii for taking care el' the crowd, the co?r inittee would be very much gnu died t< ' you to state through your paper tin Union wiih its suburbs is n city of 8.b(J I p.opie, that she has grown more in th last d<cude than any other municipalit in the State, according to the Unite States census, except the lowti of Greet wood; that we have two of the line? (iat-Is in the south, the Hotel Union a1 tli?- (tihlns Hotel, nlid with the dozen r ne-i?-e\?vli? nl private h>auliog liouSt e\eiy one who cor.? es to l he speaking wi lie well eared for and hospitably emei " taieed As to the uncalled for crilicisi s of the small paper of tiny circulation i >r the progressive city of Spartanburg, v u cue to say, that we have not bitten o n mere than we can chew; we are n< y drones and drowsy, neither are the pe? >t pie of Union occupied with irridescei it dreams, lint like the best citizenship? le -pa'tanburg. they are alive with encre v and pu'poseai dare not oceiipviog tle-n selves with diearus of an iiridescent f any other line, hut tiny are simply tr nig to be as progressive as the times, at; ig I propose to (to then o?mi thinking an to voting independent of any susidize newspaper or place-bunting politician. '"With the end of the Spanish- \nvn can war, by ll.e valor and entugy ot ot nation, a new republic was created an a new nation commences its lii-toi v among the governments of the wmli Id An archipelago of s-veral millions < II I people who are of a d ITerent race a: speak H different language, have eon 111 maler the dominion and protection i ni oui llag. Toe aren * oi wai taie has bi t changed from the lata! to the sea. W will never more be invaded. but futu historians may chronicle onr invasion ie We have not only astonish ml the na'ive: )n as it were, but we havt st oiled an 1 a touished th<> inonarchies of Europe wit r" the prowr ,-?s and esprit d c upsof our v?; re unteer soldiers and with tiie powers < re resistance, and annihilating perfnru , ances of uui st|uadrons and Meets of wa We are a meat people with a tfre; country, strong inournatuial r> source still more inesistiMe in ihe strength < j9 our liiin national chaiacter. How k shall we puisne our co: quests, and pita our commerce? Mm II we Chiistiani; >e the utieiniost parts ot the < anh or slw C)f we be magnanimous in wai? What our duty to our home people, to e i nation-? A foreign war has healed 'I j wounds of a fiatiieidal strife and oi s, represent ?tivts can and will dismiss i! I affairs of thenaliou in congress hereafti i without 1 icing jilTtcted in their judguie and action by the u liappy remiuiscein of neailya century ago. ,t "Again one of the lienelicent results < the lefortnation or revolution in th o Slate in lShO is that every citizen h o become a 'hinker and a student of poli ical ec-uiomv " ai d government. T1 i jH'oplc of tins part ot the Si ate are tliinl v ing tital striving to understand the ne r- issues thai cuufiont them in national a Ig lairs. They, for instance, want to kno what kind of jteople tin Filipinos ai< It it is well to retain tiie islands? Ai "<* if so, under w hat form of goveinnii-ni v 'I 11? V w i-h to know1 the difference bet wei maintaining h met chant marine, within subsidies, and the pmpnst-d bill agiiati its the last congress. Is the cm rem e question a deftd issue, relegated sis i j insigi.ili ance now, or are we sf ill su feiirg iindei ihe ills of the single stui < K aid? We want to know wlsat our rej i resentatives suggest in regard to tins t and uioiinpnli. s; and altove all ttie pei pie want a clear cut. explanation of tl y difference between imperialism ar.de: ' *) pans ton. We cannot have a diseussie of the issues in a piirnmy Usually candidate tor corgiess is allowed '!<( inii y utes. When he concludes he lues n< >t done himself justice. He has covere the globe and really explained nothhq An army of candidates are at ever 0 meeting and each li es to have his say The newspapers, as a consequence, hav but little to give the public but tilts an a ' spats of a personal nature between riv. n I oandida'es, and the people of the Sta' aie anythi'g tint edilied and insirtic.e n upon the vital questions affecting th country's best interests. Hence th () citizens of Union have thought i' in petal.Ve at this particular lime to have 0 meeting of two days duration. Crowd e Horn the contiguous counties will b . i present and the committee lias teceive t j acceptance to sfieak from the follnwin ' | named gentlemen of ricogtn/'d iutegih t and conspicuous ability, anyone of whoi (. 'lie p?i.pie of Union will he delighted i entertain and have in their homes eve ' though they may be at vaiiauce wi " tl.eir guest upon political issues gene'idly e . < ol. Cleveland, Hon. vtanyai. i Wilson, lion .ioini (iarv Evans an I t '/ilorroaLfn.i ti Iau 'I* l.d,..i/\.. ..u I ' ?.?i .^ir.T-iiuni ? . Ji'VlllflV'V, fill t r Spatianhmw: Senator Ii U rdhnuii ii I 1*??niot ; 1> S. Mn.drniui, Aiken; ( on t. itn .HMiiiin A ('. Latimer, It It<> ; lion j lic< ige Johnstone. \ '>a?um) . ; I Angie^ I man W .1 Inibiil, Ivljcii 1<I '1 lie iol r lowing havi yet lo In- hen id from: Spi. I ntor M?'l, iui in, ) >11<i -I. Hemphill, Jos ! W. Ham well aid .1. A Moonev. "We do not- intend to limit ilie speak ? I em ;n.(I no s|>eak* r will l<e peimitted ti 0 indulge in any pei'Hoiiaiitu-i tolhedis pHoiK* iin'iit. or dinCvimforl of any otlio u speaker who lias received an invif itioi [) ai d in pH-s-ei.t ai. tin* >pe,iking. Wedi t not want an) thing of the kimi. 'We ar 1 I aft-i facta, liiiues and argument upoi i nafioi.aI jssm.s only. The local Commit ' t-e on invitation and arrangement, co i ? sistaof Messrs J. M. llrcer, I. 1'* IV,ik< ^ a .d W. \V Dixon. Tim county com I mitt* e consists of one Ren tinman Iron * j each town.ship in the county, I.. .1 I liiowning, A. (JoloLyles, O. Ii. Fowler II C Utile. J. W. Gre^orv, I M. ;ii d T. K F-ster Mr. Macbeth { i V-wing, Mayor, is the chairman on the in-eption committee of thiici v. Fouruen matglials under Chief Marshal C. U. Sdiuieis will preserve order on the grounds, a? d all invited speakers aud the ' . r< not let sot'all the daily newspapers will ' a entertained without expense to them- ' 11 selves, and we will stiive to make them ' i t'joy themselves in such a way that they n will never forget Union and her p ople 1 'U>dner-d rates will ho on sale from ' 1 .?M paints in the State to Union and re- 5 urn for the occasion. Barbecues will ; f be bad on the grounds each day of thy meeting for tho accommodation of the 1 t crowds, and the Unckhart and Union ' b.u ds will furnish music each day. ' ? "We deny emphatically any intention or d-si re to crtate or get op any ttndu? 1 1 P liiticul excitement VVe are simply 1 P sjekii'g information and enlightenment (1 There are two distinct schools of D.nn- ! " u? racy in me .-?tat6 at. present. nuscominiltee floes nut undertake or presume to ' fife <le which instruction is i:est. Our 't people simply propose to hold a sutuiuer 'J school to hist, two flays; hear the profes * sors ot each ?chiH>l iMtver lectures, make 1 >' up their minds concerning tlie men's of d ? aeh and cast their ballot accordingly for ' what they believe to be for the liest ii<'t tcrests of the State and county." <1 ? ... RATLiri i; TO TIIE ATLANTA JOURNAL. n The WcLnnriu Movement Spreadi iiiij in South Carolina. If (From the Atlanta Journal ) *' 11 is u matter of much suipnse to ~ me that the Journal, usually accural" 't and well informed, has allowed itse f .. to absorb and to disseminate such a j. vast amount of misinformation rc)t litive to the politieial conditions peri. vailing on this side of the Savannah il You take the St. bonis Globe-Demi?t ocrat to lank for its very true deelatl ration that "the people of South Carolina are rising in their might to oni dorse the junior senator," and aiid : " 1 he St. bouis Globe-Demoeriit 1,1 knows as much about South Caroline N polities us it knows about the oe< u ' put ion of the inhabitants of Mars ''j McLaurin himself will stnile when he i reads tlnit slatoinent. "lie knows that tlie next time j.j j .-? 11' ii v 'iir limn g<*is it hck. ai rum sin I will discharge him from her service I(. He inu-'l knmv that he does not re; s resent her and that she is anxiolisly s. awaiting an opportunity to repudiate s- and dismiss him. n "The only benefit that McLaurin ? - 1ms acquired by misrepresenting his ' people is the aehieveinent of n not >l" riety which would have been impossi' b!e if he had gone along in the seivi '' torial path upon which he was s -t j. and upon which he will never In t|, placed again by the will of a people "l( who were deluded into regarding hi u . as a representative of their prineij',1 pies." is ion will pardon me if I venture il* the assertion that tlie St. Louis ie (ilohe-Democrat is evidently in closer ir touch with South Carolina polities a* than the Journal if the expressions er above are to be considered a fair a' specimen of your political foresight i:<* across the border. No, sir; Senator McLaurin nor . Senator Tillman neither believe that |S the people are "anxiously awaiting an opportunity to repudiate at I i(" dismiss ? ilie former; but to the cor k trary, the friends of McLuurin were iV never snore confident. while Tillman f. and his followers realize the rapid vv erj'stal'zation of pure Democratic .y sentiment not only throughout the ,d towns, cities and manufacturing ceniV tors, but throughout tlie rural dis o tricts us well?and here is the most it startling feature of the whole revod lution. The country people of Sout ii V Carolina, who willi progress are growing in independent spirit, are I chafing under the tyranny of boss rule ami they resent this officious meddling of the arch-boss Tillman I ^ n us an aggravated otfense worthy if their most emphatic rebuke. He has been warned on two former occal)( sions to button up his lip and each time more forcibly than before, so that among his strongest quondam >t adherents words of the strongest ded nuuciation are being used with refer: ence to Senator McLaurin. v ] happen to know that Senator >' Tillman's cuckoo, Congressman Lati'* iner, who aspires to wear the senatorial toga, is not near so hopeful of ' McljHuriu's repudiation as you ap'* p.-ar to be, but is most fearful and 1 nervous as to the outcome. His friend* are already resorting to their extremity in circulating reports of ' mill and hank organization to further Mchaurin's campaign and candidacy, hoping thereby to array labor against ,1 eapital and the country against the ^ town?and incidentally to set a torch \ to a powder magazine?and all for n the glory of a scheming politician! > Senator McLaurin has been guiniuu i? strongth every duy since Tillman h failed t?y coaxing, cajoling and pouting to induce the legislature to repudiate his course in the Senate, and ; '' the Democracy he represents has 1 likewise been re-assenting itself in , * tlie principles of the people They , 1 are niuiHCRlnd lii'Vftnii mouain-u Bryunism, Populism, Altgeldism, i HUmanism, anarchism and all other i isms except the old line THden J)em- i i ocracy, of which they recognize Mc- I Laurin as the exponent. There has been a remarkable revolt hit ion in South Carolina, politically, - and your ignorence of the changed j r conditions is not to bo censured, for 1 > the reason that our people are think- f ing and working and accumulating ( They are not blatantly galloping over * ' the Country electioneering and dam ' aging every inm that's got a shirt t<- * Jus name. I hut -lay lr*s pssst d aim * witii it the blatant., wi.d eyed, c iiain- I ity howling politician who has been a ' milisloiie around iJoin urraey's lie K for the pust eight yeuru. The status 1 i Coming Home From Memphis. (Coutinued from last week J While in Asheville I visited the First ?resbyterian chureli where services weie ie!d 011 Sabbath morning and evening [ was made welcome and felt so >\ bile [ was with those good people. Of Itev. Mr. Smith's work which I i proposed to say something now ami more hereafter, I might add, that he was >e:it to that section of the State by the Mecklenburg Presby t?ry a few years ago. I'hls much neglected region among the mountains to which it was decided to lend the gospel had been represent*d to the Presbytery as a splendid Held for Home mission work, and that body determined to put Kev. 11. P. Smith theie to make a peitonal canvass of the ttriitorv and enlist the interest ot the people as far as possiole. It was a b g undertaking. hut this man of God heard the divine cornin ind "go forward" and ho lie weut. In many places the road was too rough to drive his iaiggy and he went on h< rsebuck and to the less accesible places he went on foot. 1 an. not at liberty here to say anything 'n r ?g?rd to the general condition and hab't of the jieople who lie met with, as they like other people brought up under ni ae fortunate smroundings, are or might be sensitive enough to take offense at anything that might. he said thai is distasteful to them, or that revealed the trie state of affairs. Sullice it to say they hadn't the (Jospci and were not enjo>ii.g (iospel privileges a d Gospel oulinances and Mr. Smith's keen eye saw at once that the Held was white for the harvest, or perhaps as the Prophet Joel saw in the valley of decision where the uvfsengeis of the Go>p -1 were to be stringers no longer. Mr. Smith tel's how lie was received at llrst ar.d as he got better ae<1 .aiiiieo with tin in and they with him Ins woik progressed more rapidly. He c irried b >oks, papers and such other ; arapli'-rnalin as was necessary for the successful carrying on of his work. He lost no oppoitunity to engage the people in conversation in which lie led them by degrees to the sui-j <;t of ehri-tinnity, and having convinced them hv Ins genial manners and personal magnet ism that lie was uo spy but rather that he was in sjnrpuliy with them in their isolated condition, vhev naturally ire 0 iin** attached to !rm and wem ready to h?dp inn in Ins work. Wo nerd not think there were, no exceptions to this rule. Oocasionahy tie ouid come across people who hul been more fortunate in their 'raining jo I opportunilirs to aerpuren knowledge of the scriptures and who had improved them 1 Jut this class wis t.'ie exception rattier than the rule. The e he enlisted in tiework as much so as pos.?ihle and so groups were formed here and there that, began to wotk Sometimes little ehiUlte i would become interested and through them the old members of the fathtlv were reached. His thst visit was to locate points at. winch mission stations or schools could be organized and then ham a mucins for a chinch which afterwards would be built We are s ?rry we liavn'l llie otlicial figures at hand by which we could give a full report of the work Mr. Smith has done?the chu olie> organized and built. It at least should elicit for our brethren of the old Xorth Stats* the plaudit. "Well done thou good and faithful servant. As 1 i.tve already siid his account of h s ? ik in this s etiou would read m n y I mm novel than a fact. He tells about. Hiding a little child teaching her grand iitoiher the cateeliiMii. There are m Gtoiiier things that would interest ottr leaders but we willdefvi for the present. With the aveiage mountaineer religion means lojai y to the home and he has somewhat ot a reason to consider himself an Ishmaelite whose hand is against eveiy man and every man's hand is against hi<. This grew out of the result of me war. Government ollicials have hunted theui like w lid beast for distilling and other revenue vi? ! ilions. Often iiny nave uien Midi now ii w one ?l. tenth ing their homes and property tluougha mistaken idea of American lnd? pendeuce. They are honest in tlieir convictions of i.ght ami wrong to which they are loyal to the core. When ot.ee they lecome convinced that a man is their friend they will die liy liitu. They knew nothing else. Ttiey aie organ i/.ed for se.lt protect ion. Tney have a good idea of the kind of a person you are?wheth-r you are for or against them, and iijhiii their convictions your welt'oie dep-nds. Ti.ey found in lir. Smith a man whom thej believed to he no enemy and with opHii hand and heart they came to his upport. lint before he cngiufied liitnseit in Heir cos lid i ice he had a great deal to C 'litt !.d with. He has overcome all these obstacles and Ins made them nia friends at id thus has prepared them for his mission. \Y?* wili have a more deliailc or j-ct in view when we take up Mr Smith's woik as an evangelist. Ogr :e deis will please accept tie; t on-going as an outline of what is to follow in a , nore el iborati narrative. brother, fiiend. traveler, plenum e eeker when you speed through that mountain region in. your palace car and ee.ii ragged urchin emerge from tie hloket at the road ide with a hand full f wild l! overs ??? ste liun oil some tow i n CjilT >atl oriu^ ihem, or pa hap? t nay hen tiiml- dr?*-i'ed tojloiu little gill \ho your ear window with the i>'is!\ei of native wild flowers, in either use take < |V your iiat to them for the> re vmir i <| i ll if not your superi >r (or ininerithei) <'ould you hut !o'k iu'othat hud's oeart you would tlnd written upon i*s iablets a love, for Home, inlirm psrenr >' itiand parent or perhaps helpless little ister or brother lot whom it is trying to i rn an honest penny or procure aom*lilng for theircomf ?it. Volt will never niss your olj *ct in bestowing your beneicieriea on such subjects. Vox. n Ohio proved, a revelation and when t comes South Carolina's time to tpeak, It will bo a no less startling >no to tho out side world, but I as- 1 lurayou most sincerely that it will jo a revolution dui no revelation to hose who keep in closo touch with he rapidly shifting scones in the )oliticnl arena for the next twelve uonths. Thomas A. ItAiwirK, Jit. Vndorsoa S, C. _ I * ~ 4 ..Never Before.. In the thirty=three years history of this store have we announced AN ACTUAL COST SALE. , . 1 J Jut as there is to be a change in our business at a not far distant date, we have concluded to give our life long customers an opportunity of buying a line of Clean, Fresh Summer Merchandise at ACTUAL COST. This will be a GENUINE COST SALE and includes .... PrinfpH T.nxx/ns Whitp lMnvolfw ^ ^ * Wash Goods, P. K's, Summer Silks, Embroideries, Millinery, Men's and Boys' Clothing and Hats, Ladies', Misses' and Children's Low Quartered Shoes. Positively none of these goods will he charged or sent out on approval during this sale, which begins at once. We would advise eager buyers to call early. The Foster Co. G R E E N I BOYD. HEADQUARTERS FOR Buggies, Carriages, Wagons and Vehicles of all Kinds. MAKERS OF High Grade Harness. We are the People to buy your Leather from. f A Carload of McCormick Wheat Harvesters. Corn Binders, Corn Shredders, Mowers ana Rakes just received. A Mower and Rake will pay for themselves on a small farm in one season. Sold on easy terms. McCormick makes them, Green A Boyd sell iliem. GREEN & BOYD. UNION CARRIAGE WORKS * We have just doubled our capacity for doing all kinds of repair work and guarantee our prices as well as our work. A Large stock of Carriage Material always ...on hand... Give us your work if you want a first class ioh. WE SATISFY. UNION CARRIAGE WORKS WHAT IS BETTER THAN A GOOD CUP OF COFFEE ON A SPRING MORNINGP We have the celebrated Blanks Coffees, which has an enviable reputation with no superior, and we positively believe no equal. Get a package and have no more had feelings caused from drinking inferior coffee. This coffee is sold * price you can't help but buy. In Teas we are the people. Just come and see. f GRAHAM & ESTES *' The Fanoy Grocers- | a t I*