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Pf V "'' " ' * , *T . v f* ... * .*| Tr?v^o!?io?haT^jJ "TmTT mi m ? a -* -? |'t'h'w*? 1 Thrs# Cotton Mills, one th? fij [ I 1 I I I 1 1 I I m A 'I I IB /I I J 1 L. 1 ^ The largest Knitting Mill sad V jt largest in the South. Four Far- jS I?fl B J I fl fl B flk I B B/fl fl J i(( I)je Plant in the State. An Oil I 1 altars and Wood Manufactur- H fl Bfl Bl fl fl fl B fl HI fl/ H B 1 i . ((( and Manufacturing Go. that I 5 lag Concerns. One Female !? B B B B ' A B fl IBB B I I VI B 'J k Y_ hi ???hes an unexcelled Gaans. B ' (jfi Seminary. Water Works and ill _fl JLJL JLdfl flw' - >. tl JL JL a JL _H_ JL V B B M # (u Three Graded Schools. Arts- I I Sleotrlo Lights. 0 (fl sian Water. Population 0,609. I V0L. LII. NO 4. UNION, SOUTH CAROLINA, FitlDAY. JANUARY 24. 1902. #1.00 A YEAR; mm m m m m m m mm f P. M. FARk President. T OBO. MUNRO, Cashier, | Merchants' and P I OF UI a Capital Stock J Surplus S Stockholders' Liabilities.. Z Total e DmiOTOM?J. A. Fant X T. C. Duncan, J. T. Dougla T Wn, Coleman. i We Solid m m <wmm IN THE < * Half Way Aronnd the Pao wit Rmthcr Gloomy for the Grai Going to Wreck. The Prosi ception to the General Rule Needed on the Far/ha. Road, SOME RROSPEROUS FA According to announcement \ began a trip through the coun Monday of last week accompanyii the Auditor, Rev. Jno. G. Farr, hit rounds taking tax returns, was 'rather a cold morning and i had to fkefthe wind from Union West Springs where we arrived abo 10 o'clock, and were glad to get the good fire which was awaiting in nr. Stanford's store. After pleasant greeting from our frien sad after we bad thawed out a 1 ^vwork of taking returns and sn ^ -- wyiws, when we' were "invited"] >rf\ L. <F. Stanford to his home v .^^jnn<jrjfj;<9?be Auditor, Mr. J Uhatobgrji. and the Editor accept) the inutStien with thanks and spe n pleasant hour at this happy hoc oonvsrSiog with the family. M M i j-.-iv ? wvoun/iu w m luniljr IUU HlbClllge farmer and is making money. I is very popular and by his kind di position has gained the lore and < teem ?f all the people pf his oomm nitj both white and 'dloredT. Sui a man as Mr. Stanford is a valuab <; jouisition to any community. styhenws were called in to dinn we thought we had run into anoth Christmas dinner from the appea ancs of the table, loaded down wi good things to eat prepared by th excellent hostess, Mrs. Stanfor There was a. very large turkey el * gantly cooked with steamed rice ai gravy, boiled ham, pork, sausag eakes, vegetables and many oth food things too numerous to mentio t was an elegant spread to which i did ampla justice. In conversation with Mr. Stanfoi " ? laarnad' that ha had V merchandise business to Messrs. J. i anci W. J. Betaill who will contini the buaiiT??5 in the old stand end w ^ soon put in * large stock of good W while Mr. Sta'^f0^ has leased tl Dr. Menus plnnU*t?n ?f ^50 acr< nod will derote his ootire attenti< te his farming interests. The West Springs academy is n very flourishing condition, notwit standing the strong opposition fro tike outside with which the board hi te contend. The school is increasii in enrollment every week, and Kent there are 65 pupils enrolle school is in ohnrge of Prof. J.1 ,Spears,.of Union, principal, wi JtMrs. Janie Conrad, of Pacolet, : assistant teaeher. The patro .are very much pleased with the wo i of these painstaking teachers and t - >children are learning rapidly. The West 8priags Hotel has be leased by Mr. J. B. Davis, of Bogai wills. He will run several weco to Union an4 other towns to snpj the health giving waters to the raris agitata who will handle the wal next tnwniflr. He will be prepar t^poc'toaiodate a large number l*?rders M the hotel. After di.^e** Mr. Stanford td the Editor for a drive oat to t : mmm. We finvd that the West mi Is the only one of i be geld mine# n to operation, hut wort is now soi ts in an eld shaft known as No. trhiek has been nbennoned sit A. n. f USTBR, Vlco PrMltent. f J. D. ARTHUR, Aiilitaat Cubtor. 7 lasers' National Bank j *101*, s, c. Z $?o,ooo I 60,000 J 60,000 f $170,000 I , W. H. Wallace, Wm. Jeffries, 9 as, X. P. McKtssiok, A. H. Foster, a t Your Business. | COUNTRY. h the Auditor* Prospects Generally a Crop. Houses along the Roadside jcrotts and Contents*! Partner the pxEducation and Business Methods s in Good Condition. iRMERS and HAPPY HOMES re 1897. This shaft wis sunk bj Mr. ty West in 1894, and was worked along ig with two others nearby, yielding some in rich ore, two of them Yielding $1,000 Tt ?.?k ~~M v. n u_.i I 1. aw u?vu v/i XIV/? 1/ IlilU UCCU BUUlk | ve to a depth of 57 feet, and a good to paying rein was discovered, but the ut' mine had to be abandoned on account; to of inadequate facilities to keep the us water out of the way. The new coma pany was erecting the frame work of ds the hoisting apparatus and the work >it of removing the accumulation of dirt b- from tfcft alytff w"o"rW with t>y proved machinery. Mr. O. J. Thiee, to the up^to-date mining expert is in oe charge and will work the mine for all ed it is worth. It is thought that the nt Douglass mine will soon be in operane tion again. Gold is still found in ir. paying quantities by panning along nt the stream. We were shown some le fine specimens of ore by Mr. Stanis ford at his home. We visited the *- stamping mills which are in full u- operation, the ore being brought ip ch from a sloping shaft near the mills, le It is an inter?itin<y woKt o -B? vw the method of extracting the gold er from the rock. I er We learned that there were several r- caaee of smallpox above West Springs, th Five new cases were reported to have lis broken oat the day we were at West d. Springs. It seems the disease is e- confined to a family of negroes at id Mr. J. N. McArthur'e place. There ;e, bad been a couple of cases in the er same family reported a week or so n. before, bat they were convalescent, re The house should be strictly quaran*tined to prevent the spread of the rd disease. lis While looking around Mr. StanV. ford's premises we noticed- a very le large quantity of baled hay. Upon ill inquiry we learned that^Ir. StanIs, ford had gotten a press and had tie baled all this hay himself. He has *, the finest lot of it we have seen any>n where. Noticing that he had a large quantity of peavine hay that seemed in to be exoellently cured and rememh boring that we had heard several m farmers say it was almost impossible id to cure peavine hay, we asked if he ig experienced any difficulty in curing at it. He said 4tnet a bit, it is very ! d. easy to cure." Expressing our surT. prise and telling him what we had th heard he said. in ;* k. 1 J ? -J ? ? ? VJ as handling it," that the waj to onre it1 na without loss was to out the vinesand let rk them lie a few days then gather them he into a pile and let them lie there nntil thej go through the heat or en sweat, then haul them to the harn and is press in bales or pack awaj. It is ns natural for it to go through this heat >ly period and the trouble with many >ua farmers is that they do not allow it ter to remain and do this, but keen shifted img and moving it and finally pack of it away, then the heating process " conies on and the hay isljadly inbk jured as a consequence. As peavine be hay is one of our beet rough foods for ne stoek and eattle we hope our readers ow may be benefitted by this and hereng after succeed in saving their peavine 6, hay. ice J While the past year's yield of jfc. -.i*? crops was discouraging especially :h corn crop, there were exceptions i; this section as well as in otheri Mr. Stanford made good crops, as result of his experiment in intensiv farming. lie made on a sever eighth acre patch, near his house, i full 500 pound kale of cotton, on an other acre he raised sixty odd bush els of oats. He is very careful t save his lot and stable manure, an< purchases all he can get hold of fror surrounding neighbors, by this mean he has continued to build up hi land until it is now worth 100 pc cent, more than it was when h bought it. He looks upon farmin^ as a business, and gives it the atten tion necessary to bring success in an; business. Another evidence of tb good>esults of intelligent farming i the yield obtained by Mr. Walter J Betsill. of four heavy bales of eottoi on five acres of his farm, with yield of other crops in proportion. Whil it has been a short erop year gen erally speaking, such men as thesi find little room to complain. Farm ing, like everything else, requires i man's undivided atteution and a clos watching after minor details, that n opportunity for improvement be al lowed to pass unheeded. Having returned from our visit t the mines, we found the Auditor fcai finished his work and was awaitinj our return. Bidding our friend adieu we started towards Gibbes' having gone two hundred yards o more, we heard some one calling am we saw that the Auditor had left hi grip containing the returns an< blanks. Mr. J. B. Lancaster kind ly brought the grip down to us am saved us a drive back. Night over taking us we stopped for the nigh at the hospitable home of Mil. MARION SUMNER where we met with a hearty welcom and a warm fire. We found Mi a-wnsfl- to be a iovial, good nature hoat, fun of life, surroubeiva \,j ni interesting family 'of three charm in daughters, all of whom are grown intelligent, interesting and entertain ing young ladies, and a young so now of school boy age. All of thei are rosy-cheeked, robust, health and happy, and must be a source ( great pleasure to the father, who ha been deprived of the companion < his besom, by the cruel hand c death. The younger of the thre daughters, performs well on th organ and has a sweet, clear voice She kindly consented to play an sing for us, and gave us a number c the late popular songs, while sh played the accompanyment on th organ. She was ably assisted b; her sisters, who joined in with thei voices in many of the selections They sing well together, and we ar under many obligations to the younj ladies for the very pleasant eveninj spent at their father s home. The next morning alter breakfas we expressed a desire to mount th high hill, a few hundred yards fron the house, to take a look around th country. It was finally decided tha the entire party go to the top of th hill and thither we went. After look ing around the country with ou ?;lasses, we decided it was toe fogg^ or a good view of Union and othe nointS. We out un a tnrcret. nn r - r~ -r P>~" ? " "v nearby to let tbe young ladies tr their skill with the rifle. Suffico ! to say that the tree was not badl; damaged, while the target rem&ine< unharmed, notwithstanding the fac that the male members of the part; each tried a shot at it. So the ladie" had no occasion to feel bad. It was hard to tear ourselves awa; from such pleasant company, but i was getting late and we had to go We soon arrived at linder's store, where the returns for that sectioi are taken. Arriving somewhat lat we were greeted by the jovial, good harted proprietor of the store, Mi Lee Linder, who is as full of life a ever, and a most entertaining hosl We bad a hearty hand-shake with number of our old friends who ha< already arrived, while they good naturedly chided ns fer our tardines and spending too fe?uch time wit! tbe girls. Mr. Linder owas a com fortanle home, on a fine elevatio: overlooking his broad acres and th surrounding country generally. Hi store house is conveniently near hi residence. He is a substantial eil izen and a prosperous merchant an farmer, having everything that h pcods around him to make life in th e country one of pleasure and contentd ment. He hat telephonic conneci. tion with Union, Spartanburg and a other points. We accepted his kind e invitation to dine with him. and once t- more had the pleasure of meeting a his wife, who is an excellent housei keeper, a charming hostess and i- can. superintend the preparation of a o most appetizing repast. Mr. Linder d is a good talker, is as sociable as the a days are long. It is quite a pleass uri to visit his home, s -Leaving Linder's store at 2 o'clock r our next point was Wilburn's store, e On the way we had to pass the famg ouo Lewson pasture in the Meadow i- woods, in which our readers will rej member we lost our way upon a a (nmnaw a/vtassnn tla a V IVi iUW VW?MJIUH. A UC XkUUIbUI IC" s marked that he did not think we '. wauld get lout this trip, aa we would n take tke new road around and he had s traveled it last year. lie did get e lost, however, after rounding the pasi ture by taking the right-hand inatead b of the left-hand roaa, and we drove about half a mile out of our way a before dieoovering our error, but this e did not amount to much. Mr. o Chambers laid he had got lost so - often that he was getting used to it. Arriving at Wilburn's storo we 0 found only a few in waiting for us. 1 We were eoon through at this point. 5 Upon our arrival we were pained to s learn of tho death of our old friend. ; Mr. Y. S. Bobo, at whose home it r had been oar great pleasure to atop i for the night on our former trip with s tho Auditor. Mr. Y. S. llobo's i death had occurred that morning and 1- the funeral would take place the Dext d day at Padgett's Creek church. We * determined if possible to get through t at Cross Ksya in time to attend the funeral b?%t we failed to do so. j. d. graham's. Leaving Wilburn's store we drove to Mr. J. D. Graham's to" spend ~ the night. We found his charming * and qt-rMtplphed daughter, Miss ? Mattie, and his two handsome, manly '? and robust sons, John and'Clarence, l" at home. Mrs. Graham was visiting n at the home of her son Charley in n Cross Keys. We spent a very pleasant ^ evening at the home of this model farmer, who has everything heart ' could wish and best of all a happy f family of healthy and robust children, who are a joy and a pleasure to their * parents. Mr. Graham is one of the ? leading farmers of Union county. He is successful because he manages his f farm in a business-like manner and takes good care of his lands. He 6 has six or eight hundred acres of the e best farming land in that section. ^ He raises everything he needs and r that in abundance. He improves '* every opportunity. He, to a great e extent, makes his own fertilizers, he ? raises cows and beef cattle, corn, oats, 3 wheat, clover, cane, potatoes; his barns are full, his stock and cattle are sleek and fat, the hay racks are 0 always full, his corn cribs are never a empty, there is plenty of home raised ? meat in his smoke house year in and year out. It is nothing unusual for 6 him to make a bale of eotton to the acre on his best cotton land. In the r. lano near his house is a pile of hickory ^ and ash fire wood large enough to r last an ordinary family three years in e town. He says he bslievss in having P plenty of wood. We believe it. and. 1 judging from his surroundings, he believes in having plenty of everything else that himself and family 1 needs. His comfortable home is sitP uated upon one of the highest emi8 nonces in Union county, and a splendid view for miles and miles can P be had in almost every direction. It 1 is a very healthy place and such a '* thing as malaria is unknown there. He says he rarely ever needs a phy sician. Mr. Graham is one of Union a county's most solid and highly ese teemed citizens and a good man. i- Would that Union county was full of such men as ?T. D. Graham. Upon leaving the next morning for Cross Keys Mr. Grrbam urged us to roturn a ana spend the night with him again, d and we half way promised te do so. [- On the way to tlfc Keys we met s Mrs. Graham and her son Charley on b their way home. We learned that i- Mr. Charles Graham had moved from a the store at the Keys to the Aliance e building, a few hundred yards down is the road, he having recently puris chased this nronertv and havac*! K ^ y ? ?w? t- acres of land adjoining. The tax red turns were taken this time at the e store of Mr. Barnej G. Wilburn > some distance above the Keys. We ?% Wm A NICH( BANF Transact a Regular Bar Branches and Insure a Boiler, Liability and Ac< of Indemnity for Offieie Individuals as Administ YOUR BUSINESS IS RE wore expectiog'a bard day's work at this plac* but, as at all other places, thejtax ro'urns were veryjlight. There were only about half as many peo pie returning at this and othor points as usually rueet the Auditor. Mr. Wilburn is doing a thriving business. Ilis store is possibly the largest in Union county outside of the towns, lie says business was very good last year and that while collections were not as eeod as he would hare desired, they were very good considering the short crop. Comparatively speaking, he said, the crops around Cross Keys were better than in many other sections. He said that he had just learned that in a town in the lower section of the State every merchant in the town had failed and made a consignment, not being able to pay more than 10 cents on the dollar. He thinks the prospects arc favorable for a good crop this year and the peo. pie are net much discouraged. Mr. Wilburn has telephone connection to Union and Knoree which is very convenient for him. He keeps posted as to the market as well as if he lived in Union. He told us he had heard quotations from Enoree that day on cotton at 8 cents a pound and cotton seed 27 cents a bushel. Mr. Hampton Wilburn, his son, is the manager of the business and he is a thoroughly competent young business | man. Among our old friends we met Mr. Tom ilollis and Mr. II. Gore at the Keys. Mr. Ilollis has recently moved back from Union to his home at Cross Keys and will devote his time to his extensive farming interest. A PLEASANT SOCIABLE. Upen leaving Cress Keys we discovered that our storm cap had been left at Mr. Graham's that morning, and we decided to g > back there and spend the night again. A few minutes after our arrival the young men came in accompanied by their young friend Mr. Lsster Davis. Tbey had been out bird hunting and had killed several birds. We hail the pleasure I of meeting Miss Julia Alverson, the pretty and accomplished daughter of our old friend T. J, Alvrrson, she was visiting Miss Mattie. Mr. Davis plays a violin well, and in fact almost any other instrument that music can be gotton out of, and we soon had him playing the violin while one of the young ladies beat the strings with a straw. A sociable had been arranged for the evening at the home of Mrs. Charles Murphy nearby and the boys and girls wero going. The Auditor and the writer were invited to accompany them to the sociable with the promise of plenty of good music. Now if there is anything we like it is music, bo wc tried to get the Uev. to go along. tie prefcred to remain, however, and let us young folks go and away wo went. It was thought that there would be half a dozen or possibly more present. When we arrived we found some fifteen present and they continued to arrive from overy direction until the house was full of bright and happy faces. The evening was very pleasantly spent in social conversation and musie, both vocal and instrumental. There wsre two guitars, a banjo and a violin. Mr. Davis gave some very catchy selections on his banjo. Ile then played the violin accompanied on the guitars by Miss Mattie I'rince and Miss Edna Davis, after which the young ladies sang some good selections accompanied by the guitar. It was a very pleasant occasion and very much enjoyed by all pressnt, and by this writer especially. It is the first sociable wo have attended in the country in a long time and it usod to be our delight, and would be yet if we could find time to go to them. Upon ouv return we noticed over in the west a very large light, it was so large that wo could not make out what it was, and we reported the dig 3ls0n & son, :ers, iking Business in all it* Against Fire, Tornado, lidents, and Issue Bond* tls of Corporations, and rators, Etc., Etc. spectfullv solicited. covery when we entered Mr. Gr?k?u ?j - * * u>m o uuuav ana got tneir cnnoaity excited, so the whole family had te take a look at it. Unfortunately the thing had died out or was behind the trees and Mr. Graham began to tease ut for discovering a wbangdoodle in the elements. Finally, however, the light was again seen and it was decided to be the light ' in an npper window of Mr. T. II. Gore's house. We are going to have it out with Brother Gore when we meet. We doi^, propose to allow him to spring wlniw^doodles into the skies to scare the Editor every time he is caught away from home. If ho does it again we may find it neeessajy to call him out. We are real dangerous sometimes when you rub our fur the wrong way. AT 6EDALIA. Leaving this happy home for the second time we made our way to Sedalia, where we finally arrived half froze, as the day was extremely cold and threatening. We got through here at about 1:30 o'clock. Mr. Minter was away and the store was in charge of the clerk. Mr. Minter did not return before our departure. However, we met a number of our old friends, of this section and enjoyed a lew moments conversation I with each. I Upon leaving Sodalia for Goshen I llill we had te face a cold drirxly rain. It was a bitter pill to take but we had to take it without an anbrclla andjeven without our mackintosh coat as I had just discovered that I had this time Jefc my . mackintoeh coat at Mr. Graham's house. The Auditor gave me to understand that I could not use that as an excuse to go back again as it^was too far back, and so we had to make out with our overcoat. We had rather forgot eur cap than our mackintosh, but there was no help for it and we had to grin and bear it. It was a long cold drive but fortunately the rain stopped and we weie more comfortable. We made for the home of MR. GREEN J. I.EE," where we knew we would find a big fire and comfortable quarters. Imagine our surprise when wo drove np to find the house closed and we could not seo any smoke eoming out of the chimney. We sure thought we were in a pickle this time, but Brother Farr screwed up oourage to go to the door and knock, thinking possibly of the divine injunction, "Knock and it shall be open unto you." He knocked and the joyful sound of a footsten 1? ? MVHftU) tug UDlb lUOllUI the door was thrown open and the bright smiling face of Mr. Lee appeared in the doorway and bade the weary travelers enter and bide-a-wee. The family had been in another part of the houso and while there was a hot five it was giving out no smoke. We were soon spread out in a circle aroind (Continued on 4th page.) ? THE NEW YORK WORLD Thrlc ?-Wf?k Edition. Time has demonstrated that the Thrice-a-Week World stands alone in its class. Other papers h ave imitated its form but not its success. This is because it tells all the news all the time and tells it impartially, whether that news bd political or otherwise. It is in fact almost, a daily at the price of a weekly and you cannot afford to be without it. 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