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(piilWIli PP w 1 " w :^?3 f-THETOWHOjj . _ __ "W^ S^THti TOWN OF UMION HAS & K) Three Cotton Mills, one the w \ | \ lL I M I I A B 'II /I I 1 ' ^ 1 T The largest Knitting Mill and W largest in the South. Four Fur- l[i .A v IJ B B B I I B fl IB / B B^fl ((( Dy* Plant-in the Slate. An Oil (I jfl niture and Wood Manufactur- Pfogf^fs J, . I~1 III BIB I I I It i . II a,K* Manufacturing Co. that M fi ing Concerns, One Female )(( ' H | I I I I Bl I B W l Bj I B wl B B J k iv makes an unexcelled Guano, x LK Seminary. Water Works aud ((( B JL _B_ -IL^M B. J 1 ^ B A- S B JB_ -A. w _B_ JKl~J? 0 ((( Three Graded Schools. Arte- (v j| Electric Lights. ((/ . Ijj sian Water. Population 6,5tH). jn VOL. LI. NO 34. UNION. SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, AT GUST '2::. 1901. #1.00 A YEAR. I 1 A ^ HI ^ yy, ^ P. M. FARk President. aBO. MUNI/'*, Cashier, Merchants' and PI OF UN Capital Stock Surplus ... $ Stockholders' Liabilities ? Total I Diheotoks?J. A. Fact, X T. C. Duncan, J. T. Dougluss T Wm. Coleman. | We Solicit ?? 1901 AUGUST 1901 * Ju. Mo.JUWe.TjK FrL Sat. 12 3 _4__5 6__7 8 9_J_0 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 JL8 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 BACK FROM THE PHILIPPINES. Capt. Frank W. Greer, of Pacolet, Writes Interestingly of the People of the Island. DESERTER ANSWERS BUGLE CALL. Mr: Editor:?In my last letter I wound up hablaring (talking) about how the Southern uien in (lie army praised the blaueo ?en<?riras (white ladies) of this land of Dixie. We remained at the El Depositor almost a week w hen again we were ordered aboard of qaseoes to go to the beautiful poco pueblo (little city) k, of Tanay. F. and G. companies ol my regiment garrisoned Tanay, toS ether doing an equal share m the ischage of every duty, such as guards and hikes. Tanay is a coast town, lying upon the shores of Lnguna de Bay, with a population of about 2,500. Some of the residences are marvels of beauty, so artistically painted and carved that one in his , first moments of gazing will be compelled to admit that these people are "nobody's fools," at least, in the way of kihi (house) building. Beautiful well laid streets, fringed on the sid-s With the majestic royal palm and 4 - stone moag-gp w t walls around the ft Plaza, which has stood for many years, I was told, in whose inclosure many natives in times of peace fathered faether as our farmers do here on Saturdays and sold rheir many different wares and discussed many of the domestic questions then agitat ng them and their people, and perhaps they too had a great invioible Ben as our farmers now have. The tall, slim cocoanut tree is in and around this inclosure and many Small bananna groves are scat'ered throughout the little town. Situated just outside of the town, in the center Col a rice-paddy, is the tall walls which eucircles the ''city of dead." which, for the suui of $^5.00, Mexican currency, a native ib allowed to place a dead loved one in a vault foi one year. If at the end of that year h< is too poor to pay another like sum his loved one's bones are removed from the vault and ruthlessly cast into the bone pile. If the native happens to be so poor that he can't produce tne amount required tor the vault at the time his loved one passe? away he is not allowed to enter the graveyard, and under no considers tion, except for money, will the Priest perform the funeral rites over the deceased, consequently many poor heart-broken mothers of some young men who have fallen, pcrhapR, a. for whatthey believed was right- their country?has to take their body and wrap it in plain bamboo matting (for thecoffiu goes with the vault in the rent, but not into the vault) and burj it ui a hole in some muddy, dismal warnp. M V company staid at Tanay with "G.* company until March 27th, when we hiked over the mountain tc . M<*vet toe, and thence to the town ol Siuiloau where we had it pretty 9? A. M. FOSTER, Vice President, f J. D. ARTHUR, Assistant Cashier. || anters' National Bank * ION. N. C. i ? " ' ' **' n ? . ..J $>?o,ooo I : 50,000 J 60,000 f $170,000 ? W. H. Wallace, Wm. Jeffries, S >, E. P. McKiasick, A. H. Foster, Z Your Business. Z f lively up to the time we left there on May 3Uth. We being the only company at this place it made our duty wry hard, especially was the guard so. We maintained three steady posts and one outpost at night in the rear of our quarters. Siniloan had a population of about 3,000, who upon our arrival packed their clothes and left, thinking, evidently, by act^ ing thus, that we would leave the town,'but in which tl ey found their thinking apparatus was out of fix for we had come to stay a while. They came sneaking back in a day or so m sets of twos until all had gut back. At first they wouldn't sabe (under stand) anything that would be said to them, but in this they soon learned they wouldn't succeed in driving us away, so they got quite conversant, but couldn't help but show their utter hatred for us, notwithstanding they vehemently professed to be niuco amigos (friends) to us. About three miles in the rear of Siniloan squatting ; at the foot of the mountain was a town built entirely of bamboo, even the church, called by the natives Parmay. On April 12th a detachment under the command of Lieut. Henry F. McFuley went into this little town looking for insurrectors, which were i known to have been in that vicinity in the last few day* but we didn't see anything and couldn't get a word of informal ion from the natives, so we i went back to our quarters emptyhanded and disgusted, believing that the insurrectors had flown to other pans more congenial for their safety. On Sunday morning, the 20th, Lieut. Col. Bacon, who had come to stay with us, took a detatchment of eight men and went to Mavertoc and had a i talk with the Priest, from thence he carried us around the foot of the mountain to Parmay, and just as we i turned down the street Frank Hogan. w ho was op the point stopped suddenly, threw his rifle to his shoulder, then slowly lowered it as if uncertain whether to fire or not, when as quick as a flash he raised it again and fired and then the fun began in earnest, it seemed as if we had walked into a trap and they had us surrounded, but in a few moments we run them from their places of hiding and the trenches, when the command was given for us to charge upon the insurgents who had stopped and seemed as if they were going to make a stand Such a yell as went up at that command of charge, Yankee and Rebel yells combined, did more that day to dislodge the enemy and cause ? hun to vamoose pronto (get away quick) than the firing of steel bullets from our Krags. i The inhabitants of Siniloan began i ivnf m *r?/vi?A a.1 W" ur 'I C nuu LUUIC 1CUUIIU1ICU i towards us as the days went by and I among seemingly new made friends ; was old Poliehu whom wo nick-named i jawbone, and from whom we bought ; uiany glasses of lime juice and iloque i dow (native wine) on a credit, most i of the latter though, also there i was Cienti >ns who had a splendid s'ock of iloque-dow and who were s much amigos to us and whom we patronized much. The seuoritas ' were pretty and would say buenos > dins (g?od morning) to us every morning to which of course we would reply as beat we could totbem which' they seemed to appreciate very much. About the first week in i May No. 3 post called the Sergeant r of the guard and told him there were I men at the loot of the mountain facing ma p^st, and that they were either i carrying bamboo poles or rifles, he couldn't tell which through the field > glares. The Sergeant told him to f keep a good watch and went back to the guard house. At night the sentry 0 saw a light resembling a camp fire <>n the side of the mountain, lie again called rhe Sergeant who came and watched it for a few moments, telling the sehtry to keep a strict lookout, for there was h man that ''deserted at Pa^i a day or so ago and joined the iuRuureotors." So saying he went back to the guard house and retired. At ttie first sound of our bugle for taps bidding us to retire f- r the nignt, another bugle began to sound the same call. At first we thought it was the eoho of our bugle, hut when our bugle had ceased the one on the mountain continued which cnvincod us that it was no other hut the deserter mocking us to let us know he was around, for tho deserter was a bugler of "L " Co., 37rh Vol untcera. At eleven o'clock the sharp report of a lleming'on was heard over at the mountain and a big led bullet passed 'he senrry's head and buried itself in the hard mahogany side o? the house in the rear of the sentrv. Our bugle Bounded the call to arms and in less time than it takes to write it, we pent such a shower ot Uncle Yarn's little liver pills through the darkness toward the traitor and his gang of cur. throats that doubtless they 'h'-ught all of Gen. Whcaton's brigade were there. On M?y 28th Lieut. James E. A-thott who was then commanding our company, (Lieut. C<?1. Beacon and Lieut. McFeeley having left u?) received ordeis to move by wagon and boa's nil our baggage and e<|uipments to P,ieta for iransjjortation to Manila, whete we would report to the commander of the department of Nor<hern Luzon. We began to ship boxes of hard-tack, crates of bacon, etc.. that eyening. The morning of the 20th a beautiful young girl came up to the flutters and wanted to see the interpeier who soon appeared and began to talk to her. irhe spoke fast nod in an excited manner, in Spanish and told him that there were 700 insurgents lying outside of the town awaiting an opportunity to attack us. hut noting occurred that day suspicious, and we began to think that she ('he girl) had been told to do this to see if it wouldn't make us hurry and le tve. For a truth we were uppieheusive throughout the day and most of the night, but by the morn ing of the 30th our uneasiness was we'l nigh dispelled. Lieut. Abbott called for 15 men to volnntrer to go with the ox carts, which were to carry 3,000 rounds of cartridges and 25 extra rifles. The rifles belonged to sick men who had been carried to the hospital during our stay in the town. All the company volunteered, therefore making it necessary for the Lieutenant to pick his men, as he rouldn't very well spare the whole company. At 8 o'clock we bid our comrades good bye, little dreaming ere the sunset that Decoration Day that one of the brightest, free hearted soldiers in our company who we were shaking by the hand, would pass away to face the Great Commander. We got to Paeta and at 4 o'clock in the afternoon one sergeant and private came down in boats and told us everything was all right in Siniloan. At about 9 o'clock that night as we were sitting around on the shore of the bay talking soldier's polities we heard the splash of oars in the water out in the darkness, and in a few minutes Corporal Edward Glover called hello! to us, to which we replied. Then he asked if we were Americans, at which we all laughed, lie came in to the bank and called for four men to come and help him lift something. Wo couldn't understand what, but what was our consternation when we got to him and he said '"I have here Corp ?ral Hart, boys, who was killed in the fight we had at Siniloan this afternoon beginning at four o'clock and lasting until 6 o'clock, but I tell you hoys," his voice almost inaudible from emotion, ' he died like a true American soidicr?witu his lace towards our enemies." (To be continued.) A number of the lending business men of Augusta have purchased the stock in the Augusta Chronicle formerly owned by Hon. Patric Walsh. | Editor Edward B. Hook is president of j the Dew company and will be assisted i In the production of the paper by Mr. | Thomas P. Murphy and Mr. Charles J. I Bayne: Hook, Murphy and Bayne are i three of the brightest newspaper men j in the south, and will, no doubt, give ! the people of Augusta a splendid newspaper.?Spartanburg Herald. t . - V SflNTUC SIFTINGS. "Don't Like a Mule No How." "If a man courts un<l goes away, lie may live to court another day. Hut if a man weds, and courts st ill; May some dav net in court against his i will. Morning, morning, I am glad to see you again. "Oh! would I wore a bird, that I might" well, do various things. It has not only been the light to subdue "General Green," but to regain "lost ground." I dou't blame the chiggers and 'skeeters from biting the girls but why they want to eat on we old male rustics and sing lively tunes I can't concatenate. Whew! Not long ago a girl asked a young man if ho saw the moon vise. "No," he said, "but I saw it long time before it did." The young ladies who have been visiting here will all be g">ne to their homes before this is in print. The M i*scs Spears, of Jonesville. who visited the Misses Sartor, left some days ago. Misses Carrie Gibson, of Newberry. and Black, of York, who are visiting their schoolmate. Miss Dai??y Jeter, will leave for their respective homes this week. Mrs. A. Mc.V Pitman and chil dren, of Greenwood, are visiting the family of Dr. J. T. Jeter. I am real glad to know that Miss Mary Thomas, of Union, has secured a scholarsmp at Hock Ilili. add I congratulate her. We here feel interested as all may claim this place as her nativity, and she having manv relatives in and around this town. I wish tier much success. Here's ver hoss tuav be slang hut * ? O it gets beyond that when a big hungry horse fly cries out, "Here's yer moss," and then proceed to drill an artesian well in your body. I am having hard luck eXpeiience with mules this year. One kicked and crippled me for awhile pretending ne was kicking at gnats, one contested my seat on his back because 1 milled a hair from his mane and one got me away from home and from sotne cauje dropped me, and because I had no help made rue foot a three mile trip and carry my saddle on inv back. But I love a mule compared to some low down cowards who seek opportunities to take advantage of a man. Cotton, since the continued rains set in. is growing a rank weed growth, and this will no doubt be misleading as to the good qualities of the crop, and there is likely to be heard soon report of "the finest cotton crop I ever had etc." A weed is somewhat necessary, but a weed is not the fruit. Public roads were worked, (some J\ mi i paicneu^ 100 soon. i ne neavy rains have damaged them by washing them in places, but some places were improved where brush was put. by catching sand. If the future could have been foreseen, and roads simply brushed well, the rains would have nearly worked them, saving much expense A protracted meeting was in progress one w?.ek at the Methodist church, beginning 1st Sunday, ltev. Mr. Burns was assisted by Rev. Mr. James from Union. Much interest was taken but there were no additions. Thursday, 15th, a meeting began at the Piesbpterian chuich. The weather was bad and the attendance was irregular. The meeting closed Sunday night, and until October, when it will be renewed and with help for the pastor. Broad river has b<en out of its banks twice the past two weeks. Last week it was out several days, and nearly as high as it was last May. This makes six times this year. There bad been some corn planted on the bottoms after the May freshet | anr) riivur fha* i o ?II .rl /,r, ?% <> ?* I uuu Iivn mm ID nil UCSI/MMOU, 1UI It does not take much soaking of corn this hoi weather to rot it even if it is not washed up. Farmers are unable to work out other late corn, and that bids fair to be a failure us is much of the old. Vegetation is growing so rank that, whore any for* eign vegetation was lefl in crops it is getting formidable. We have had the past week rain in abundance. Since Saturday tnorning. the 10th, we have had 5.o5 inches of raiufad to Saturday 17th, one week. Tbis is an excessive fall. On the night of the 10th when it was so dark at Union with only Wm. A. NICMI BAN* Transact a Regular Bar Branches and Insure j Boiler, Liability and Acc of Indemnity for Offieia Individuals as Administi YOUR BUSINESS IS RE a few drops of rain there, we had a downpour. In a little over an hour l.To inches fell. A brother of the writer was caught from homo walk ing and waded a creek that had swollen to 150 yards wide and waist deep. He found his way home if it was one of the darkes* nights ever was. I was out Tnnrsdav night. t o 15th, with a wagon six tniies from home when a storm struck and for awhile it was inky dark. It rained too. About the sorriest corn crop that I ever saw greets the eye of overt observer around this p-irt of the sphere. Cotton is aDo poor and makes many, no doubr, feel some shakev. The old sentence. "The people are poor and the land is too. and if they don't steal the dirt, I do not know what in the world they will do." makes one think that if they don't steal cotton I don't know what they'll do. One youug firmer stole some cotton from the yard at this station last year, but i learn the owner made him give it up, and he kept out of the hands of the law, is the only consoiation he got. if any wants a lift by stealing cotton they had better be practicing slieknejs. Thank you B. B., and I intended to accept your invitation to be at Children's Day at old Padgetts, bu* we have had so much rain streams Wf?rr* so h tern nnil tlin n-....rl?.?i. ..-.a a.. threatening all the time that I vei.tured not on a Inner journey. 1 wanted to see "something" pretty. I know where it is at. hut not tinwhipping Waddikin J< e sp >ke of. i That was cruel in that young lady but I 0111 going to stand arbitrator in this case. She should have "kicked" you herself, then you could have "kicked" back, provided she hadn't broke your heart, llir oh! perhaps she wants to get WadTkin Joel wrecked. I suspect she is staring hi in on n road to a wreck. Ni do not feel your importance too much, brother. But you fight gentlemen. I will hold your coats and hats and while you're scrapping I'd try to talk to the girl. That is arbitration. IIKY DKXVKII. SERMON OF REV. SAM T. CREC1I. Upon the Occasion of the Funeral of Mrs. Sallie Foster near lCtta Jane, /lug. to, nyot. (Published liy Kcipiest,! 1st Corinthians.2:9 "Kyi; had not seen nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man the thintrs whieh (ion hath prepared for them that love him." The speaker pro vet I from both An affirmative and negative stand p ?int tie* happy condition of believers after death, when t lie reward of the righteous will lie given I hem and tln-y are permitted to go in and partake of all t he joys and blessings prepared for them by their Godly father. The body is the earthly tenement of the soul and death i- only the separu lion of two. Giit-f, soriow ;trmi ealaoiiiy are no res|iectois of perso is Tli?'v make then- way into tli?* palace *.?s well as the humble home. and t licit mission is t be same in en her ease. Life's only a d.essing room for the soul to niahe its preparation to meet its (J si (iivl's plans a e not so mysterious to us when we look at them through tl\- eye of faith and in the spirit of submission to ills will. A mighty and glorious d IT 'renee will lie made in our nature when our bodies revive bevoud the grave. All the evils and aec.dents which befall them in this present evil world will then have los their power. Hunger, 'liir-t, weakness, sickness, coir notion anil even death aie bounded by the tomb. Thv grave iv then everlasting te* initiation! The\ th.it. rise to the resiiiiei.tion of life win linngei m> moie, neither thirst. any mote. ] lieu|iei shall the sun light on them not j any heat. Kirrn, enduring, unassailable by pain or distress anil proof against the uuderui'iiing progress of years, they will, like gold tried in the lire, remain brittle and iodest.ruc'iblH tluougb the endless ages of eternity Our immortal bo lies will know 110 en?t either from their own weakness or from external power. Such his God been pleaded to constitute the IkxIum of his children lwyond the grave. I) Mth to them will l>e no more. In defiance of time and superior to injury the Unly will live with him tor ever and ever. o , OLSON & SON, CERS, ->king Business in all its Against Fire, Tornado, iidents, and Issue Bonds tls of Corporations, and rators, Etc., Etc. SPECTFULLY SOLICITED. In his death and suffering Christ has consecrated and made the crave to all lie never* and his resurrection has assured us that the body shall lie raised in dory. Ilov liouoratile will lie the triumph over death and the grave when the imkIv will tie rendered most beautiful and glorious re-eiuhliiitj the gloriousb-idy of the Lord Jesus Christ himself who is the Hrst bom fi'otn the dead. We are constantly reminded that our mortal bodies are sown in weakness, (.tor manitold mlirinities and death in winch they terminate are peculiar evidences of human frailty. But the h > |y of believers will not only l?j raised oy almighty powers, they will also be endued with jiowors of which we have no d-linite conception and lie rendered Capable of performing the highest duties ill the h<HVeui> world Heaven is unceasingly active. All the spii.ts of that bless-d place glow with raptures nf divine love, (ilontied Ixnlies are ever vigorous and hcaltliiul Then who can conceive how glorious and how exceedingly great will ho their pleasures thriuigliuut eternity. Willi ih-ui time a il eternity on the same ages roll their aires aiMiy ami leave them as they fou id lhem. in the blo uu of |?eia?enial vouth. -Mich is the condition of all of God's p ople beyond the grave In 111i-= world old age comes with its long I ti" of iotiiunties Within a few \e irs at iwst our hod es ?ro pending and tottering to the grave The whole f ame aneo inces that time is encroaching to prn-tr.de health, strength, vigor, b auty and activity, in lite dust But how trio:ions is the contrast of the human I>o ly waeu it rises in the morn of the resurrection. Vigor, youth and une'nigtng beauty triumph over every inti mity of lime and old age and we are permitted to worship God m the beauty iv holiness (Jh tertihle thought, to all ujrrightenus, ottdfiieving sinners 1 hat. at. the resurrection their no lies shall come forth from their graves like guilty prisoners and c in<1Quved crimnials to t>e a source of additional woes to their souls forever and forever Has the Lord given yon my brother, mv sister, healthful and active bodies? Does he not therefore cill upon yon to employ them in his service? And hare you never bowed the knee, nor turned your i vis, nor extended your bauds towaid heaven in prayer. If not iny I collier, mv sister, let vour heart this day as you surround this bier, be turned toward God whose mercies you have so long and persistently trampled under your unhallowed feet and seek Him while he may he found and call upon Him while lb- is near What a doleful r? ll 'ct.ion it it to think of enduring God's wrath and ever to Ire an outcast from h-aven and God's tin icy, while in joyful contemplation the believer with an eye of faith can look lieyoud the giave to a glorious resurrection Mr brothers, my sisters, lay hold of God's pr.imis-8 and be comforted and si rengtiietn d. for in the resurrec ion God tl; . . i?t > > ' iipiuwir sunn wipe away all leaisfroiu y ir eyes, and there shall be no more d -at,It, neither sorrow nor crying, neiUi r anv more pain Your light alll ei ion will sho> Uy In; exchangul for an eternal weight of glory. Those who hatre lost, near and dear pious, christian re atives and fri~n Is may n*c?iv? consolation in view of t'ie fact that they are with God. Have you not my brother, my sister, seen the eye which sparkled wi'li life and lieatr.y rolled in death. That, ?ongue which once instructed and encoti a d, sealed in solemn silence, and h* wlu.le liatn" becoming a lifeless co p<- furnish' g food t'.?r worms? Toen console yours Ives. A1 the ivsnriec'to* t-ei 'm-hes w ill lie rendered tnc irrupt b e . lonoos, spiritual Indies tad) (Mied like unto t 'In ill's o vn glorious ho ly. That you tn-iy let divine light, illuminate your onder-tandiiigs and Heavenly rays lieam with consolation up vi your souls is my praver for Il-s namei sake. Tne foregoing is not intended as a full synopsis of what the aoeaker said, ot v??n an apologv for it It. is only a few tlinignls I j itoml down wni th I believe m ist of your re a lo.-s will tp irnctate and to t.'ietr careful and prayerful consideration I in >st alt -ct on tte v and so em ily commend toem. Vox. ? It is believed th it. the discriminsting tariff which Germany has placed on American products is the first step in an Anil-American trade comhidation. \ new chargo will he pre?ented Hgainst, Ad nirwl Schley, the hero of Santiago, a the court of inquiry, says a War ington dispatch of Saturday : His enemies, it is said, will attempt to prove that he was intoxicated during the battle of Santiago. fr