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V0L. LII. NO 4. UNION, SOUTH CAROLINA, FitlDAY. JANUARY 24. 1902. #1.00 A YEAR;
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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.
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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
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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.)
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