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v > 1 pv y" - '* ' ' ' % A tfti'v <* .. % * _ > Bx \^k Vow^^ WA*^1|f r 1^1 V * "B~"B ~B~ T 18 T ~W /^V m t T "8 8" 8 /^ 8^Mi?oS^??Sio?S5rj Tfi^e Cotton Mills, one the 9 | | g B 1 ' I i I | I ' B B A /I B J ' ' S Th* largest Knitting M1U art ? J?1 & n l>tx.*?at mi the South. Four Fur-/// B B H BJ m R I I | 1 | B B m/fl Ml it Dje Plaut in the State. An Oil (J ' D): M^tore aii-d W??oti Maauiactur- B, B H g| Si. S 3 B I B M 5 8 l i a ^^8 Si sn^ Manufacturing Co, that 2 t *? frig Concern*. Ouy. Fcmule |BnVM|pN|R . v?2 B B B B W 1 B fl B W 8 I'll 1 _ m makes an unexcelled Guano. If fK** i Water VVoras and iU Jl V-./ X B JL V-T Jl. B -B_ JL IT JL JLJ PSlL*/t (j Three Graded Schools. Arts- | * ^ ((I J|J sian Water. Popui ationC^GO^jn OW^>AfiCj#lj.\o 2: UNION, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, J\NUAl!Y 10. 1902. 7 #1.00A~YEAR~ ? > ? . V * k $ F. M. FARk President. " { OBO. MUN>-'\ Cnhl?, j -t Merchants' and PH . ***+* > I O F T1TJN1 X v A Oaplt.il Stock T Surplus * Stockholders' Liabilities . X* Total. i m Di?ecto?s?.1. A Fant, x T. O. Duncan, J. T. Douglass, J Wm. Ooleman. - v V* 1 i ^ * -X We Solicit ' , . ... - ^ i Santuc Sittings. "(Vd rime lias furie-o ??i.other page i , Of eternity and truth; Me leads with a warning voice to age. And whispers a lesion to youthAh, but will x,ag-" heed the wnming and "youth" learn the lessor? * f.t Now is a good time to starr a ciary. A rectfrd, also of mistakes . and successes. ' . All things that were %tfiled" last year 4vfor future refeience" ougiit to be referred to now. 4 A-good New Year's resolution is to iohu?? nobody's badness, however , smart aud witty it may seem, hut s try to emulate all good. i%Browu''is Saige P iuncket's mau. and now ,4me" and- 4,B. B." hav?? *./ resolved not to uy to grind sausage meat with sheep shears ihis year. Anybody who will accuse s farmer or ahy dependent ou the farm of haviug uioney at ttyiH tune ought to be made to "feei" tor his raekle** ttCCUSH lOU. toird titaes. if you haven't feed enough, nor aoy room to put more, get a big flock of g .atv take off one letter aud yon will have oa thou put a "bee" b< f ?re ox aud you "will nave a box to po. your nute in. Thankjyon, Mr Editor, for specially refering me o the non-us report, but with so many more lVma.es tb?u dialog, we ought to he^in "clover," ouguMwe noti nutr th fli^v be opi * on-s," *and hi some Corner. B it * never mind I uityfhavO a nice little girl in our'c ?univ. '<r two or three, or a "Times girl." The Uunei States Woather B ir< ;iu > ?? institute b a new method ?>f mounting Th^m Abe bt/- ajptoi-ily hp, ,<5ti^iuui0!. <m> there is no chance of the uiercu y slipping back tniougo the constriction. The fine pair of instruuients here have been remoun'ed. / 4 1'be preachers hare ^11 started on theif '^fow Y^dr's work ftev. Mr. Mahon preached a plain sermon?* "Jtfow Year's eermm ai Suit m yesterday. The Methodist, pastor, R?v. Mr. Merritt, is at his woi k here, at d will preach in the Methodist chorea in Mwn - norf ^iinitu t .' 'Haw VI Hums went to hi* new charge week, but owing*td?? illness she did n >t' aeeomptny mm. Mr. Burns carries with hijp the good wishes of all toe denominations ?c ^ mis place. Mr. 8. K. Johns has left us ati-l mo?e<l up near Union?on the i???t . Bill Savage place. Mr. j^/ohns did iiotfriah to leave this jieoti >n, bu it 8W014S. iu this1 case, th<3 inyvuald , for at ieaejt this year. His tunny friends'thd not wish to see hiui go ri>j snore? tbsr. he w*? Iw!hron<l^f going.- He will. I think, try the trucking business some, have a aiunl "staple" farm, and run also a blacksmith and repair shop, and will. I trust, erst all tho work he can do. lie is quit# a good friend oft tie writer, and I wish him the beet ??| ucoretfVud good health. I a* ou Broad river never*l tiui-9 last week, looking around where me < ,^y waters had been. It was up aV?u X& eighteen llet, and to look up in iht trees and bushes, then- measure t)i? extent of the bottom laud covered, She distance water (slacked upor^ ki it tikes an vj Imrikof warm I to rasMi "wtrwafw/ " fee^. 11 was over wai?t deep on the floor cj * Jeter's mill. WL " 1 believe hands, or what there it here, have become settled for awbiie There has heen considerable chaog . ing around,and I hope all will <i Will batthooe who tiieji te drive x merlin spike, for a big nail may bre it V she hammer handle tni* jrear, espeo fc.. ,>, f+fa *>$>; Y' :'*- .?*' /v r./ i * A. H. FOSTER, Vice President. * . D. ARTHUR, Assistant Cashier. 7 inters' Rational Bank [OIN, K. C\ I $50,000 J 50,0 JO T 60;000 f $170,000 J W. H. Wallace, Wm. Jeffries, ft , E. P. MeKissick, A. H. Foster, X Ifour Business. x 4+4++* | ially thoss negroes who did. tiomt are already stre'cmng their eyes ovei the high price of ooru ? <1 bacon, and when the squeeze of time pric?f in Rummer corn en, then what. I her a cord of toothpick* sonn-h ??iy i> going 'o have a iigt-t ritue and I am not trying to look on too dark u aide. The Decemht r just pa*st d we had * line of the coldest weather of any December in eight yens. In Ducemher 18^6 the mean temprratii- e was 3D. I'nis time it wa? 40 hut we had more extremely cold wen her. going down to 10 degiee* wu two date*. That is very cold. ?Dd on were badly kiiltu and 1 believe sonnare ruined. Too, this December th' rainfall was nearly three inches in the exces? of the nortnil. That i* why land was so badly washed. I thank the Ed tor, on my part, lor the compliment be paid she correspondents. It is saying a great denl for us, when he rates us as g ..mi as "the best" of any count.y jiaper correspondents in the Sure. Well why c.?u't TlIU ! IMKS have toe b<-at, leaving ouc toy hutnb'e self. 1 atn gml to know we are appreciated. I will not aay that I have done the best I could. Sometim s I get a h lie lazy. Sometimes news or souiething t > write about becomes scarce, tueu I get very busy and it ib very hard to get time. Then sometimes people won't tell you anything and you?have to werk f >r a thing. But I like the business. I feel it is improving to one?is educating?and some din oft ydu are shown some courtesies ai.d allowed ?o enjoy som-* "f. eedom of the pr??88 " Let us make ourselves Worthy the compliment. There was never in the world a more appropriate time to economize than now, especially wi'h 'he farmer, and then iu many ways ihcy are notable. Fe^d cops fo'* both mm and bea->t are extreme y short very nearaascarce as neu teeth. idoriey will have to be borrowed or li? ns given, and he bigger the business farmers iry to do the uiore risky t is. If we are like the "frog in the well" we had better get ou & good niche in the wail and there w.it awntle until we get onr breath. This humble "frog" has quit trying to jump too high, and have matenal'y cut d ?wn acreage, thereby reducing ex >r-use, have my own pen of home in wl-; manure and in this niche, I am going to try another cliuib when 1 get stronger. 1 have some very nice wheaf, ou well piepart-d land, of which'I aui proud even now. My fall o.its 1 f?-ar, are injured onehaif, and uioy yet ha killwt, bu? we have seed enough for spring sowing, if )eft, Wu otff lattd Will b* better by the fall plowing. 1 am going to try corn, and Providence permitting it is going to be work d Kc<>nom so. I have received from a law firm in New York a copy of a Proposed Plan ' 'ot Cu'viit Delegates, for the exten j ssoit ot fad* t>? ^wren the Urii' d i States ?nd Ouh*; *>>d also a lett-T j ' from the U. 3. Exp -rt A-tsocia ion. | Peking reciproc.ry?in otk?r word* I > l'X>kitig to tin* rcduc ion of tar tf i duties on Cuban product* and asking , .vbut if ths people arc favorable ?o ir.. i to write to each of the Senators from J this Sta'C, uud our Coo?rex*tn<i?, ' ** and tell Tlu?m my or our win tie*. I f do not know, hot i believe nil of dur people are opp ???ed to laiifl fo- (.?' ?i t<M-t;OM and would favor ??ny measure tr reduce the a iff on the pr- ducts Tom I do n >t -bi !< it would * be necessary to write to S- name 1 TioiQin or Con^ree-cuan Johnson "o l a-k them to work to ?h?t end. for - iboj are Democrats enough to work frit anyway, being opposed to high taiiff, bu since MeLturin wants a ship suh-uiy, etc.. he may also want a high tariff This Export Association feci ui > extracts from tho President's message, from report of Secretary It-ait and Military Governor Wood We t,ug it to write thnm that oar Congressman and Senioi Senut r are Democrats. Rely on tbem. And please let imports from our "Dependencies" come in free. What say you. Hey Denver. WASHINGTON LETTER. (From Our Regular Correspondent.) W#u-hing'on. Jan 8, 1902.?Introduced ov the N.*w Year's recoo fe ti<in. tit which some eight thousand i pc >p' gr;i?p d the President's hand j ami ree? ived a cordial greeting from ] "rh" tkst lady in the land," which 1 ?iie followed by a s'ate dinner, at t whicu P esident and Cabinet Minis- i r?r ami foreign diplomat, standing ? dioiihh r to shoulder, drank to fair <; Columbia and hoc continued prosp-nty, and wnich in turn was followed by the gayest and prettiest ball which 'he stately old White House , has known since the days of Dolly j 'dadisub, the social season in the f national capital may be said to he j fairly inaugurated and under the most auspicious circumstances. ^ l\ie coining out ball of Mi-s Alice !voo-ev-lr, ei.lest daughter of the 'resident, took place on Friday y ovenfhg and .it is doubtful if a m ?re b'iliiaut scene ha*ever been witnessed in Washington. With exceptional consideia.i m for the pleasure of 'he ^ older a- well as of the younger peo- 1 ole. the President and Mrs. Roosevelt conHnod the invitations to the J, r>?ii io ihe you.ig?-r set auu the re- ; salt m?8 an absenc- of that formality vb'ch is uiiavoidabfo where those, oug passed their dancing days, are in the majority. Seven hundred invitations were rent < u hut fortunately only about hundred persons w-re present and as a result, by midnight dancing could he enj >yed with cornfun. C From this time en two and three in\itnfi"tis for every evening will be j received by those who are in society and before the White H >use Cotillion on Strove Tuesday, gillant young t lieutenants and the heavy dancing ? men of the embassies and legations will have danced themselves into a state of enervation which will furnish y ample tixcu-.it for the protracted summer leaves of absence. A novel t feature of last night's dancing pro- n grain wa> the fact t .at four times the almost forgotten lancers were ineluded and three fitn*s the quite for- j( gotten polka appetred among the ^ waltzes and two-steps. ( The report that the Panama Canal Com pan y will accept the price for their ,kdit-h,"' as it is rather con- j temptu >\i-"y styled, which the Isth mian Ca'.al pl ied on it, $40,000,- { Oill). is r^ir-fc. deii :m an Avidann* that ' W T U the Seurt'e *<<d l{ >uso have shown excellent l?u-" .c8 4 sen?e in their handling of the canal situation, regardies o'" whether 'he United States should decide to pu'oba?e the property or not. I a<ked Senator Morgan whether 'he new developments had ^ altered hi* portion, yesterday, but he maintained that it would be improper f ?i Iri'ii '0 express himself en the subject except officiary and to the Senate. 1 d 'ubt, however, even from his refus il to dfet|ss the matter, a that lie ij s'il! 'he Maine ardent 1 champion of the Niearaguan route as here'oiore. r T e present prngrun flhems to he to rush the Hepburn bid through 11 the II 'He of liopreat nta'ives and j then can vans the lU'Mits of the iwo t rotres a? length in the Senate. This j will give to oeQ<itor VIo'gan, who ?s , 1 proO d>!y. tit-' best posted man on fho subjee i > 0 nigr.ss, ?n ?pp rtuni y t to iti'wer a.) objections as raised A Senator, of wn no I i?it|uir?4 yester- t diy as (be speed with wuieb the sub * jfcet Xould fro d xjMMoil of, predio'od that ic would r< qu re the better part of the se.ssi >11 t o.i.i-ty rhe Senate of the Of either r ute and secure the necessary appropriation. It has been riois???l aoroad that t le sum required to build the N c*r*_'U?n canal t will prove t.i hp nearer f600?000,000 than the 8180,000 000 estimated by i the W alker c uiiniias <>n and that has proven a seriou* impediment to the wheel* of c?ftal hgidation, bnt the rumor was probably started by the j iSki ** I ' ***+} - *V iS?'- ? -> .;L ; Vila La <5-3? w\ X *- a '. ml ?VJT. invisible lobby which is said to be opposed to an,\ caial. Senator Mason cold me yesterday that he was amased. in view of the iefinite and unequivocal report of ?he Isthmian Canal Commission. to ate the large number of Senators who sere still holding out for the Panama route. ''There is said to be an ulterior influence at work." he said, "but I hnxo seen no evidence of it jxcept the apparent change of heart )f a number of the Senators." The request of Emperor William that Miss Roosevelt should ohristen lis new yacht, which is being built n N?*w York, is most timsly. coming w it does immediately after the atempta of some irresponsible naval mihnsiasts to exploit a story of notion between the United States ind Germany in regard to the latter'* Rations with Venezuela. The President, on beh ilf of his daughter, jss accepted the Eiaperor'a in vita ion and it is possible that some time n February Miss Rnoeevelt will stand ponsor to the pret'y American built xaft. Etta Jane Etchings.. Iter. W. H. White preached at ^alem yesterday. One elder, T. J. Sstes, and two deacons, J. W. Brown ind H. T. Estea, were ordained and iistalled into their respective offices The weather for the past few days ias been very cold and most people ire suffering with colds and euighs. Miss Anna McCarlev, of Winns>oro, will begin her school at this dace this morning. The enrollment committees are naking lists of the soldiers that what s now Cherokee county sent to the rar between the States. ft is the mrpose of the U. C. Veterans ant) ons of U. C. Veterans to have V'Utu Curolina's troops all enrolled >nd published in book form for the ake of preserving the same. Mr. James Whoulbright has charge if the Thomson mill and will griud ivery day. vi? ?i cu?? 1UI aim iUio- U1IUUIIC UbioiM ai C risiting relatives and friends at Hicktry Grove. The smalipox scare has about sabtided and everybody is quiet about t. There has been no cases in this mmediate neighborhood. The free ferry at Howell's is geting a good deal of patronage and the imzens look upon it as a great publio onvenience. The wheat that was supposed to be >?dly damaged by the recent cold nap is now thought to be comparaively safe, though it will be thin in aany places. Mr. Cob-man Kirhy's little daughter rho baa had a very sore foot since est July we are glad to know is geting along much better since they tave applied The Times remedy of nions, salt and tohacoo. Rev. S. T. Creech will preach at Mesopotamia ne*t Sahhath evening. There has been several moving in he neighborhood from one place to nother and some have gone to the otton and knitting mills. Farm labor will be scarce next ummer fVorn all appearances. The Times, we are glad to know, taris into the present year auspicously and we hope it will succeed to he highest exnectationa of its friendn. Vox. What the Bible Is. S"me writer* give the following inaivmi of the "B'?ok of Books," the Jibl : It im n Book of Laws, to show the ight f oin the wr>>ng. It i? ? B< -ok of VV w?b m, that makes he fyolinh w>Pf. Ir is a Bo ?k of Truth, which de ect* all human errors 11 is a Book of Life, and shows : i .... . \ : i_ low IU * V < I |l?-> III U is the iuo?r HU"h?Mi ic and enterainiug lugiory ?v?r published. It contain! the tnogr remote ?niquwies, the in ? t entailable event! iu<l wonderful ovcurreiioee. It is a complete o >de of laws. it. is a perfect book of divinity. It is hii uo?'quih d n >rrative. ! is h b<?oa ot hi graphy. It is a hook of travels. It is trie be*t coven ?nt ever made, the best deed ever written. It is tbe best will ever executed, 'he best testament ever signed. I' is n learn d man's experience. It i* a learn d man's master-piece It is the young man's best conpan ion. Win. A. NICH( BANK Transact a Regular Bar Branches and Insure J Boiler, Liability and Acc of Indemnity for OfYicia Individuals as Administi YOUR BUSINESS IS RE! DEAD BODY OF MISSING GIRL DISCOVERED IN RIVER. Father Identified the Corpse. RllffVtllr V. XT-IK vuitvamy V IN) -ilCIlIf Cropsey's dead body was found Friday in Pasquotank river. After thirty-seven days of anxiety and fake reports and the lavish expenditure of money to solve the mystery of Ella 1 Maude Cropsey's disappearance, Pas- 1 quotnnk river gave up its dead at 10 1 o'clock this morning. Nellie's body was located on the river bottom by J. D. Stillman, a fisherman, who hurried word to S. 1 W. Turner, a member of the citizen's committee of five. The n?*ws of the find spread like a prarie fire, and soon a great crowd of exoited people 1 had collected. Justice \V H. Crop 1 sey, the girl's father, was summoned. Almost overcome with emotion he pushed through the crowd and stood ' beside the corpse, where it had been tenderly laid near the bank. There-, I was a hush as he looked upon his daughter's form, but only for a minute istice Cr??psey soon pro nounced the b>dy bef re him the remains of hi* missing Nellie. Word was sent to the mother, who has seemingly suff'-red most, to the sisters and to Miss Carrie Cropsey, of N#W Vrtfl/ WKA hao MinatMAil ^ m tvnv una iviumuwt If (111 the family daring their trouble. There were weeping and cries of grief and they would not be consoled. The corpse was found out in the river nearly opposite the Croptey home. Later. Coroner Fearing was notified and be had summoned a jury who viewed the retn-tius iu a small house on the Cropsoy premises. Wituea?ee told how the find was wade, and there was evidence to show con clusively that the body was Nellie Croppy's. A careful examination w.ts made by physicians. The body its lf, though darkened by the water's ac tion, was considered in an excellent state of preservation. James Willcox. th.* suspected lover who, in pursuance of advice of his i father and lawyer, had left town and I was stopping at a country house in Pasquotank county, was gone after | < and brought to Elizabeth City at 5 o'clock. There was no apparent < change in hi? expression and when i questioned about the ca*e ht answered I .1 11 Li * 1 iu uiouosy names. ui course ue 1 maintains not only his innocence, hut < hi* ignorance of The causes which led ' to Mis Cropsey's death. > THE NEW COTTOiuillLLS. $a,095,000 Put iuto Manufacturing in 1901. There has been a falling off this year in the matter of the investment in new potfnn mill enterprises in South Caroliua, though the sum total I f c 'pitsl involved in n?w co*'on mills I is bv no means meagr^. Most of it. however, has been put. into increases in ?xt?ting plants ralier th-m into new plan's. An exarmna ton of ths incorporation papers in the offl- of 1 Secretary of Stste eh ws that during the year 1901 the principal investments have been in small industries ami luauuf?cturing enterprises, new railroads and iu land investment companion. 'Pk- ?? ~.:n .. . : J? iuc taiv un UJIII onirr|iriMj0 uuriuz th* \ear sh ?w that ? total capital <>f $2,095,000 Has been ppjcoted. Of this mount $945,000 has been in actual increases of capital of existing mill plant*, such increases being for the purpose of enlargements. There has been $715,000 invented in new mills which have secured their charters, and $4H5.000 is involved In the new mills that have obtained commissions but have not jet obtained their charters. Most of these, | however, will materialise according to the declarations filed with the Sec-1 retarj of State.?Ex. I Subs ribs u r Tbs Tints. )LSON & SON, :ers, iking Business in all its Against Fire, Tornado, sidents, and Issue Bonds Is of Corporations, and ?ators, Etc., Etc. spectfully solicited. . THE ANTI-PISTOL LAW. Merchants Said to he Paying no Attention to It. vuiuu'ut special to Newt and Courier:?It seems that attention it again being attraced to the Concealed Weapon Act, which was passed at the last session of the General Assembly. Dealers aeeui to have lost sight of the legislation and do not appear to be at all concerned about the coming embargo against ordinary Eistols, or the sales must be very eavy and supplies that are now ordered can he readily disposed of. The Aot in question provide# that (Vom and after the 1st of July, 1902, it shall be unlawful to carry, whether concealed or not, any pistol less than twenty inches long and three pounds in weignt. Again the Act says it shall he un*? lawful to ofh-r lor sale or transport for sale or use into this Stare any piscol of leas length or weight. It is quite Uk ly that the Aot will be attacked iu the Courts and that the first onslaught will be on the "personal use" line, the same as in the dispensary contests. The dispensary law has had a long and a stumpy road to travel in the courts, but it seems to have come out {irettv well in the end, so far as the cgal contest is concerned, and some folks say the fight against the Concealed Weapon Act, which may look revolutionary, is likely to end the same way, and that the Courts may even refuse to sustain the "personal U^h"' AtlltAlltiAn I. 1 uu iuc gruuutlg 01 luter-State commerce. There is no mistake about the Ma?ute being revolunouary in its effects. As yet there is no concert of action to fight the matter in the courts as it is entirely too soon to do so. Lockhart Junction Nows Notes, The old year has passed away, with it many sweets and bittern. Let us ail enter the new year with still brighter hopes for the fu'ure, Christmas passM off' ?s usual, every >ne e?>j'\ving their part of it. Miss Annie Little who is in charge )f the Gsult school with her pupils onet with Miss Liazie Whitlock and her pupils at Hocky Creek school house on Dec. iiath and gave a Christmas tree at that place. There were many presents given to the little ones and all seemed to euj >y this occasion. The patrons and public were well pleased with the way these two young ladies acted their part in ar? raegmg fer this tree. On the same night the good people of New Hope gathered at that place and gave one for 'he Sunday school children. Many presents were given to the young and older J -n - - ? J v.v w*> auo on ?-mj ijuu a gooa rime. Mr. S. G G ?ali and -iutt*r have g<?*? to Birmingham, Ala., to risifc relatives at that phtce, Thia writer had the pleasure of helping Mr. T. B. Kelley e*t his watermelon on the'25ih of December. It had the same sweet taste, only a little icy. Mr. J. A. Gregory died at the home of hie son. Mr. Ben Gregory, near this place last week, Xle was % g.?odoi iaenaoda Confederate soldier. Wishing all a happy and prorperous new year 1 will cloee. Moxy. Building and Loan. By instinct ton of the dirertors fte?i*t Jfo 3 of People's R. ?? d L. A?* c alien a ill be started January 1st, 1902. t hit series will be conducted unkr the Mint by-laws as Ibe foimer series, except thai no inonev will be sold at anction. Applications f.?r loans will be filed with the treasurer and will he acted upon in regular order. All will be treated alike sod a uniform rate of ft per cent charged. Let all who want stock apply to me. G*o. C. P**1?IN, ftl-tf. Treasurerj