The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, November 01, 1901, Image 5
Local Schedule ior Passenger Trains.
TRAINS FROM COLUMBIA.
Arrive 9:1$ a. ru. Depart 9:15 a. m
" 1:40p.m. " 2:00p. in
4 TRAINS FROM SPARTANBURG.
Arrive 11 -JJ7.a in. Depart 11 :t 7 a. m
" 7:10 p.m. " 7:8op.m
Local News Notes
Put Together For Ready Reference
.. Gathered Here and There by
, % Our Man About Town.
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Mr. W. Ne\?eH Smith's new residence
on Virgin street is nearing cmphtion.
Mr. Sfiiith is building it for his mother
We are going to have a circus after
all. The great John Robinson circus
will show in Union on Nov. l<Hb.
\.? . The Fortnightly Club whs entertained
at the Uuion Hotel by the hostess. Mrs.
Clark, Tuesday night.
Married?by Rev. C. A. B. Jennings,
at the Manse, Oct. 27ih, 1901,
Mr. David Willard and Miss Anna Harvey.
Both of Union county.
For 8ai.k?A comfortable 2 room
v cottage, i ear, the knitting mill occupied
by good tenant, and paying b g interest
on the price we ask. The Peoples
Real Estate Agency.
Oct. 28, 1901.
The yard crew has been sent back to
Unionjwi'h their uugiue lo53 Capt J. 11.
Dickert is in charge of tl?-? crew. W.
wish better luck for the 1053 than she
had while in service here before.
Dr. Mason's Depilatory removes
superfluous hairs permanently from
any part of the body. $4 00 a box.
John H. Mason <fcCo., Hancock Maryland.
^ . 27-ly
The town council should buy the
marble yard lot and build a town hall,
guard house Hud (Ire department room on
it. Its got to come sooner or later
and we know of no better or more convenient
place for it.
Quite a number of the ladies of Union
m tde a short trip to Spartanburg Mon\
day. Among them we . noticed M a. I
D. Arthur, Miss Cathrine Moore, Mrs.
Clark, Mrs. M. A. Moore. Mrs. Macbeth
Young, Miss Cravius and Mrs. V.
E. DePass.
The following young men from Union
county have secured p< sit ions at the
State Fair. Mr. O. T. Belue, gate
. keeper, main entrance, O. M. Belue.
police on grounds, W. I[. Howell, gale .
keeper.
-j Quite * number of peoi?le from Union
are spending a few dajs at (Columbia
. taking in the Ftate Fair. Many more
Would have gone but they wanted to go
to the Charleston Exposition and don't
feel like going to both, an.l have decided
to wail lor the Cliaiieelou Ex(>osition.
The peoples bank iR progressing
slowly, bur. it is uoing to be a beauty
. when it is finished. Every bricV is made
to measure, and ihe wotkioon have to be
careful in laying them. When it is
finished tlfere will be no more handsome
building in the up country.
The electric light people have just pu'
in a powerful transfer ner in front of th
Mutual Dry (roods Co's store. The
orglnsl transformer which was burned
out, was of &1-Jight capsc'ty, while
9 ?"' the new one just put up is of 300 ligb
power.
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X Ut5 JUUIJg HUM iwi IIW1 IWIUT1 KHJK IU
v their laurels^ 75 bids fair to shame
"sweet sixteen**or4>,oonQinK ^0 'n dainty
n*M?dle work for the county exhibit.
And what will the woild say to the
samples of the work done whea 7o wa?
"jweet sixteen."
) On Fiiday evening while hoisting a
large bucket of morter to the meu hi
work on the stack at Aetna mill tin
sc ffolding broke and two men fell to
the ground, one lit on his feet and wa
? uninjured, although the distance war
Some 80 fe#t, one of the men, Arthm
? iSartor was pretty badly injuied sustain"
' hig one or more fractuies of the limbs
The setting back of the teleph >u* and
electric light poles on main street and
the cutting uuwu of the shade trees d e
not mean that the track for tlie elect, i rear
lin** is to be taiil immediately, ho
kthe m ?yor says it is done because of th
Ipresent necessity for widening r.he streets
, The ekcti ic rail v. ay will come in the
?reet bye and bye.
Mr. aud Mrs. W. T Powell have onsympathy
in their affliction in the 1<
or their infant child, which died Saturklay
eve mug of last week. It was ab.rui.
wo months old. The remains were intered
in the Methodist grave yard, Sun
| tay morning, liev. L. M Kioe conductImg,
the services. Weep not, it is the
iMoaplbUting of the tender bud from
arth to mature and bloo u in lieaven.
Or Mason's Complexion Tablets
fremoves pimples, ireckies, wrinkles,
^ ' bk ckheads, redness of faoe or nose
and any skin blemish, giving a clear
and beautiful complexion. $1.00 a
box.. J. H. Mason A Co., Hancock,
Maryland. ,J 29-ly
1'ou know What you are Taking,
. ^ When you take Grove's tasteless Chu,
" Tome because ih? formula is plainly
.printed on every bottle showing that u
U siu.pl t Iron anu Quinine in % teste .*?
Cvim. Xo ours no jay. Mo, U?
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Euchre Club Disbanded.
A#a meeting of the Ladies' Euchre
Club held at the residence of Mrs.
James Munro last week, the Euohr.Ciub
was disbanded and the ladies
present formed instead a Social Clnh
to be known as the Fortnightly Club.
The membership is limited to twenty
in number. Mrs. W. E. Thomson
is President<iud Mrs. James Muuro
Secretary.
Widening the streets
The town Council is ha ring the poles
of the electric light and telephone people
set back some three feet on the side walk
on north side of main street, for the purpose
of widening the street. The shade
trees in front of the .Foster building
have all been cut dowr?,and their absence
gives that side of main street a rather
naked apparefhoe. " But main street
would look much b-ittei with all the trees
removed and they should be cut down.
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November Record.
Affording to the Charleston weathe
beurean the wormest November in thirty
years just was that of 1896, with an
av?-ragn tempera"ure of 03 degrees
While the coldest November was that of
1872 Vith an average temperture of 64
The warmest day in November waNov.
23rd 1899. temperature 83. th?
coldest dav was Nov. 30th 1872, temperature
23, average date on which hilling
frosts have occured was Nov. 30th
Office to Close.
Supt. of Education D. B. Fant informs
us that his office will not be
open on Friday and Saturday, Nov.
8th and 9th, but will be open on 6th
and 7tK of November, Wednesday
and Thursday, instead. The time
for exchanging books expires Nov
15th. After that date books will be
sold without, exchange privilege. So
you must hurry up and exchange
what books you wish before that
date.
A Coming Wedding.
Invitations are out to the wedding of
Mr. Claude Sartor and Miss Pe*il
Humphries. This happy event will take
place at the Methodist church at Santuc
ou Wednesday afternoon, Nov 6th, at
4 o'clock. Mr. and Mrs. C C. Sartor,
the parents of the groom, will entertain
some twenty friends at their home during
the evening after the ceremony. Mr.
Sartor is one of Union's moot highly esteemed
young men, while the bride-to-be
is one of Union county's most charming
belles.
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Rapidly Recovering Health.
It gives us pleasure to announce
that Mrs. Y. S. Bubo's condition has
very much improved, and the doctor
says with rest and qdiet she will soon
be enjoying her usual health. She is
perfectly rational, her constant vigil
at the bedside of her husband and
the great mental strain and loss of
sleep caused a temporary aberration
of her mind. We trust that Mr.
Bubo will soon regain his former good
health, and that these good people
may be spared many more years of
happiness together.
Union Fire Company.
The meeting of the citizens in the
court house .Monday night, to dissuss
the plans for the equipment of the white
tire company, was not very largely attended,
thougn the meeting was full of
interest. Tne business men of the town
were expected to be present at this
meeiiug, and we can only account lot
their absence by saying they p obably
thought none but the members of the
company were expected. We cannot
believe lliat it was an evidenoe of Uuconcern
iu regard to a Weil organized
white the company, because we believe
th it niue-teutlis of our business men are
in sympathy with the movement, and
will back it up in a substantial manner
when they see that it is thoroughly organized,
and learn its needs. Nothing
detiuite was known up to this time what
the comnauy was going to want for its
equipment or the coet, or what funds it
was necessary to raise. Something
detiuite has now been arrived at. It ha*
oeeu decided that a hook and ladder
truck thoroughly equipiied and necessary
ao^itioual hose, prob tbly 1,000 feet br
t.uichaged for lbe company, and a CuinmictdjQumsisliug
of Messrs. Frank
liieer, Wesideut, J. A. Sawyer and M.
M. Boyd aeie appointed to cm respond
witii the manufacturers and select the
LrilCtr and I'md-iU. Ciisl Hie. hI. a innnlinn
ot Hit) fliu company to be held in the
court house on tli i 3rd Monday night in
Noveinbei at 7:3U o'clock. There wa*
ooine uiscussiou regarding the method ol
raising tbe funds, whether by individual
sultooi ip.idns, hot suppers, etc, or by
taxation. The tax-iliou idea did no
meet with much lavor, while sev> ra>
agreed that it was the most dnect wa>
to raise it, ui iking the burden fill equal
ly upon all. Vet the present asseosmcn
of 15 nulls for town pui poses wa> rathe
burdensome, and the people would no
likely submit to a fur-her increase. Tin
lax was raised hi 15 mills for the pui
pose of liquidating an out liidebtediiess
which Would be wiped out in one year A i
were in favor of letting the 15 mills re
main another year for the purpose of thor
oughly equipping the tire department, I*
*as the sense ot the meeting dually * to
go ahead and dud out the cost of the
articles above mentioned, theu* let the
ft e company go ahead and raise the fundt>
to make tbl* first step in the right direction
by hot suppers and Hndevidua
subscriptions, and we believe the business
men of the town will heip when
they see we meen business, and hav?
something difinite to alg>w them regarding
our ndeds. The engine may come
later. But'with the-water pre-sure we
hare, we do not thfbk it abiolutely
necessary to have an engine, a good book
and ladder truck and team supplemented
by a good reel team and autficuof how
e ill answer our present needs at least.
Every live energetic youn< man in
own ought to Join the oompany.
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A Sad Accident.
While Mr. Robert. Wilburn, of
Cross K ys, was coining ro town
Tuesday morning with a wagon l-nd
of cotton seed, his .'earn became
frighten* d by soine of the harness i
becoming loose aud allowing the
wagon to run up on them, as they
were descending the hill this side of
the Macbeth place. They ran down
the hill tnrowing young Wilburn out
aud breaking his left leg betweeu
knee and ankle. The team ran the
wagon into Mr. K. C. Whitmire's
wagon and smashed one of its wheels.
Mr. Wilburn's wagon was n<-t injured.
The boy was taken b-?ck to
the home of Mr. Arthur Willaid by
Mr. A. J. Estes and Dr. Y. L. Poole
was sent for. The boy was suffering
intense pain when Mr. Estes left
him. There was no other injury except
the broken leg. We hope he
will soon recover from his injury and
that no serious results will follow.
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Good Roads Train.
The county Supervisor, Mr. T. J.
Betenbaugh. circuia'ed apt r.ion among
(he buaiuess men of Union last Monday
asking the management of the Southern
rail road to have the good roads train
ana rorce srop in u"ion ana DUiia us a
portion of road and enlighten us upon
this important subject of good roads.
The petition was signed by a number of
substantial citizens p visibly all to whom
it was present. Our people are very ?uixious
to see an improvement in the condition
of our public roads, and will gladly
welcome this good roads train to Union.
Trusting that it may be the means of beginning
a work that tf'ill eventually give
usVlood roads from every section of the
country into town, good roads leading
into a town is a great encentive to bring
trade to that town. The petition and
signatures were telegraphed in to head
quarters aocording to a suggestion of our
Congressm tn Joe Johnson. And we
hope that the company can be induced
to bring the force to Union. It is proposed
to have a mile of road built, onehalf
in the incorporate limits of the
'own.
A Card.
The committee is making a very earnest
effort to get a c editable historical colh
otion for the Union county exhibit at
the Exposition. Descendents of those
Union men who fought in the wars of
the pist should lie proud of a chance to
houor their ancestors and show the record
to the world. Those having relics are
hereby urged to put them into the collection
that is to goto Charleston .and
are assured that they will lie carefully
guarded and return'd to the owners at
the close of the Exp?sition. Answers to
the following questions are requested at.
once from those who possess any knowledge
of the facts:
Dd Union county furnish any soldier
to the war of 1812?
If so, who is he? Is any relic of him
or of his service to be found dn the
count>?
Is there anyone who can give the name
of ihe first Union county man killed in
the Civil Wat ? Hjis any one any article
of interest, that ItelotigMl to him?
Does any one know the list of '"killed"
for Union county during the Civil War?
Has any -?ne in the county a medal
from the Mexican W.u? There are two
of ihem in th- town, is there another in
the county?
Any info roa'ion (lertaining to the
history of the county will be greatly appreciated
by
Mrs. B. Cr. Clifford.
| Chairman County Com.
I Get on Hoard?Free Trip.
f The train >s taki -g <>n passengers a?id
i is filling up fast. It is a fr.*etiip and 10
tickets are nec?s*ary. x quick run is to
lie made and the destination is the tuaui- ,
mot h store of that mist In and pushing
merchant, ever wike awake to the liesl
interests <?f ins host of custoraeia and the
best fri'iid b? their pocket Ixsik, Mr. M.
\V. Bobo. If you wish to see one of the
prettiest sights in this town just step into
his furniture emporium and see the most
elegant line of furniture, carpets, matting,
rugs, etc., literally packed from
(loor to ceding. It is astonishing how it
is possible to croud so much furniture
in the space, and especially to arrauge it
in such an attractive manner. The arrangement
is certainly the work of an
artist and refl-ccts great credit on his
skill. When you see that stock of furniture
ynu would naturally conclude
that, there was enough to supply nearly
every family in the county, hut you have
'hen S"en only h-df and possibly not half.
Inst step down in the great basement
and you would think B >bo is handling
the output' of several large furniture
factories The basement is so dlled that
it is with ditti ulty I hit one can wend his
way fioin rear to front. To say that
Bubo is do'lig i be busi-iew is but feeblv to
express it. The growth of this establishment
is soni1 thing pheiioininal and has
never lieen equalled in the history of
Union. Mr. Boho-is a business# man.
He began business in the right. way?by
advertising, and the pheiioininal results
of his persistent advertising in a cab by
and attiactive manner, saying only what
be means and standing .squarely up to
what he says, is proof positive that this
is the only true way to do business successfully.
When goods are not worth
advertising they are not worth having,
and tinally I* come stale, unsaleable stock
cumbering the shelves and val uable 11 tor
We call especial attention this week
o his prge supplement in tills issue in
vhich he has something of interest to
ell you. Fiend it, read every word of it,
'hen get aboard the train and don't stop
until you rnwh the destination,, where
-veryihing needful in dry goods, notions,
lothing. shoes, hate, dress goods, gent's
furnishings, eto , also groceries, farming
implements and in fact almost every thing
you oan think of awaita you, and if the
astonishing prices he is ready to make
you should take your breath away and #if
you should fail to c itch it any more he
has an up-to-date undertaking establishment
and oan attend to your last need*
as well as your preseot req lirrments
In fact he oan till >our wants from the
cradle to the gr*re.
WRECK ON SOUTHERN.
Bulfilo Hill looses One Hundred and
Kitty Hor-ten.
Sai.isbuky. N. C.,Oc;. 29 ?A through
southbound ireigut ou tue Son*hern
railway ami the second section of Buf.
falo Bill's wild west show collided near
Linwood. 12 miles from here this morning.
Train Muster Williams ot' Greensboro
was internally uud seriously iujured
and three other trainmen sustained
slight injuries.
One hundred and fifty horses wore
killed, nuioiig them Colonel Oouy's fine
saddle horse, iwesented to him by General
Nelson Milos.
The collision wan canned by the engineer
on the southbound train overlooking
his order.
Clrona Train Wrecked.
Nkw Orleans, Oct. 29.?The Forepangh
& Sells oirons whioh left this
oity last night was wrecked 1 mile this
side of Baton Ronge at noon today.
Foot oars loaded with animal cages
were badly wreoked, but none of tho
cages were torn open and cone of the
animals allowed to escape. A carload
of elephants were tnrned loose through
tho wreck, but after they had wandered
about the conutry a short time, were
driven into Baton Rongo and corralled.
Three men were badly hurt. The
wreck was canned by the front section 4
of the oircn.n train rnnning into the rear
end of a freight train.
The Times Girls ? In.***"
Our girls, that is the young ladies who
were successful in' The Times' coupon
coulest, called in to see us Saturday as
per arrangement, and we discussed the
itinerary of the tiip to the Fair. It was
finally decided to go on Thursday instead
of. Wednesday as one of the young ladies
had an important engagement for Wednesday
which could not be postponed,
and rather Mian have one of our number
missing all agreed to make it Thursday.
Miss Stella Hobsun, of Santuc,
aud Miss Annie I.oe, of Bogansville,
sent their regrets at not lieing able to
meet us Saturday on account of other
engagements but assured us that whatever
we agreed upon would be agreable
to them. Having perfected our plans
the liditor suggested that we enjoy a trip
together before going to Columbia and
offered to take the girls out to Buffalo on
the train. They readily assented with
the exception of Miss Mattie Prince, who
regretted that she could not accompany
us oil account of having to return home
The party, consisting of Misses Lula
Gault. Ecina Davis, Eolene Lee, Maggie
White, Gertrude Mathis, Mr,Gault, Mr.
White and the Editor, left for Buffalo
On the 4 p. m. train. At Buffalo w?found
Mr. Ike McKissick who kindly
consented to pilot us through the tunnels
"Wtf entered at the power house and went
tlyrough coming out at the fan room.
We then assended the bell tower and
back through the different floors of the
big mill aud inspected the machinery
being put in. This being the first time
some of the girls had been to Buffalo
they enj ?yed the trip very much. We
returned to town at 0 o'clock and separated
to meet again at The Times ofllce
at 7 o'clock Thursday morning, then
take the train together for the Fair. The
evening was very p.easautly spent and
we are oiby sorry the other gir s were
unable to be witli the party.
We Must Have a Park.
Tli-re has been some lalk recently < f
the propriety of the city coum-il establis ing
a park in the town, and we think n
is something mat is greatly needed for
the pleasure of our citizens, who nave no
place in town wtiere they can spend an
hour in the afternoon. A park with its
s< ats and cool shade is a very invitiiur
apot during tin hot and sultry summer
afternoons aftei business hours.
One of the difficulties mat has arisen
is the cost, of a i ?ai k. The to* n ispi?-it\
i huavil) loaded wnh uxmi as it ia and Uie j
i people do not tell like Indoor further bur'
deueu wnh taxes, and the present levy is
just miIH -lent; we understand, to nieei
the present, demands. But we think thai
it is possible tA have a park for Union
and 'hat with very little expense, and
here is how we can do it. The great
hill in front of the court house has been
au eyesore to every municipal administia'or
from time immemorial. The
street is so wide that it requires considerable
w >rk to kt ep it in shape and we will
eventually have to macadamize Main
street, and to macadamize this portion of
the street will cost a sum that will be
feat fill to contemplate. Here is the plan:
Extend the sidewalk ou a line wiili Mr.
W hi I mau's corner down to the Dunbar
property. This will widen the street to
something like 165 feet, then lay out a
park UK) feet wide in the center of the
street extending from in front of i-ouri
house square to the Dunliar property,
lay off a T2 foot street on either side of
the park and set, out shade trees, blue
grass a- d II overs and erect a handsome
fountain in a en c'ealiout the center of the
park In disyussi >k the matter with the
M yor lhis is the plan he considers most <
feasible a .d v? concur In a few years
we would have a h noisome park that j
would be an oriiame t o r.he town, convenient
to Hie cnizeos and it couid be
done at comparatively sm til ex Dense, I
as the street Would not have to t?e pur- j
chasMl, and we have no doubt the county
officials would g lad I y grant amplest to
make a sidewalk t h rough the court house
grounds and the jail property on a
straight line with Main street sidewalk.
Mr Duncan would no doub" be glad to
grant the necessary ground along the line
to bring about such aft improvement to
the town.
The question will arise what about the
street car line. This can be Very easily
arranged by maki .g one of ?he streets
wi(Je enough to admit the track. It is
not necessary that the park should tie
full 100 feet wide. We hope the Mayor
will see the. county officials and arrange
to have this plan carried out. This is
about the cheapest, way we oan think of
to get a park and a very attractive one
oould be laid out here. Let us have the
park by all means.
ToCare a Cold la One Day
Take Laxative Brorao (Quinine Tablets.
Alls druggists refund the money if it
fails to cure E. W. Grove's signature
on each box. 36o. 43-ly
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We are no>v in ocif new <iuarier9f
and we desire lo thmik our* eiistomera
I of their past favors in trade, and
wish to say that we expect to eontinno
restoehing- our
BARGAIN COUNTERS
with the same variety of useful and ornamental
goods?and more of them?than we
have been carrying, also our
SEWING MACHINE AND
MUSICAL DEPARTMENT
will be Special Features in our business this
season. We represent several of the very best
Machine and Musical Factories.
Sewing Machines, Pianos, Organs
And Small Musical Instruments,
And are ready to supply demands at best barP
gains. Remember our new place is the old
Racket (Glass Front) Stand.
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S. M. Rice, Jr., E. U. Prop.
IrpPlTHE OLD WAY
\ _=. __V. ' of painting a "buggy" flat and var>On
/ every one can do it. For the new
f yfif IpgiM^/ way, try LUCAS CARRIAGE GLOSS
'~j? ?PAINTS, ready ^mixed for use. Any
THE NEW WAY.
of painting a "buggy" obviates varl||WI
nishing and gives the highest finlsA
?jV^v in the shortest time, at the least cost,
j providing you use LUCAS CARRIAOB
LUCAS' PAINTS !
..For Sale Only at..
Uetzel's Hardware Store.
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HARDWARE
Occupies that important
place in our stock which
1 /P\;H such important war?-s deTrii^
serve- The bu>ing of
111 raBraSlffial supplies is given much
' li?!*!" lfc4< J?9 ?!? thought and we have no
I [ ^ great superiority for what
^amror' we off?r.
lietter get our figures on
Screws, Locks Bolts. Etc.
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before*festimating on contracts. Our orices will enable vnn
to make the lowest bid.
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SPECIAL LOT CEILINO 100 FEET 75c.
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phone 74. \ W. E. ALMAN.
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