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vol. lh. no 7. union. south carolina, friday. february 11.1902. #1.00 a vmar
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T P. M. PARK President.
^ T OEO. MUNk?, Cashier, J.
| Merchants' and Pll
| OF UNIi
x Capital Stock
J Surplus
$ Stockholders' Liabilities
I- Total
{DrREOTOUs?J. A. Fant, VS
T. C. Duncan, J. T. Douglass, j
Wm. Coloman.
| We Solicit Y<
Santuc Sittings.
This has been a month of northacst
winds.
Wonder who will send valentines
this month. I wager there will not
be an original one sent.
Rev. Mr. Merritt filled his appointment
here yesterday, Sunday.
Tiie congregation was very small.
Snow fell in little flurries from an
almost cloudless sky Monday morning,
then the wind came cold with
not much "tempering."
The little spring frogs came out to
test their lungs s >uie nights ago but
this prosont colder snap has sent
them under mud again. i
Hauling logs to saw mills and cut- i
ting wood is about the mos'. work .
that has, been done. It has been out i
of the question to do any plowing
and the season is here for sowing
Spring oats. i
Rev. D. A Swindler wad in much I
demand Sunday. He preaohed a i
sermon at Carlisle, then performed i
k two marriage ceremonies at two dif- i
fercnt' places. Mr. Jesse Nix and
Mi'-s Neely McCright were married ?
at Mr. Carter^. - At the home of <
the bride's parents in Santuc, Mr. t
W. II. May, of Union, formorly of <
Hickory, N. C., and Miss Bernice i
Willard. Only a few of the relatives i
and best friends were presont. Roth i
of the happv couples have the con-= 1
Katulations of tho communities. <
evi Mr. Swindler is happy in doing 1
that kind of good work. 1
It seems the oold weather won't i
down. Last week was a cold one ]
with hard hard fiozen ground nearly t
all the week. It may bo when the i
weather does break for warmer it will ]
stay so for some time. It may be .
that gardeners are getting very 1
anxious to go to planting but if they
bide their time the planting season
will come in due time as it has always
. done. 1 guess providence knows
when and how to do things, and if
we try to force season we may be outdone
yet. 1
h$r. \V. Q. Jeter wkohas the shop
hero is oalled on sometimes to do
gome "big" work, as to work on big 1
locomotive engines. A few weeks i
ago a big eight driver freight engine 1
slipped a large bolt out of the guides 1
and be fixed one for them and the 1
engine rolled on. Last week he was 1
again called on to mend some of the i
^ very necessary tools about the engine <
and he has been called on to band 1
an injector pipe, so it seems the shop i
here is of use to the engine men on i
the railroad. '
Since the "cherry tree" and the i
Florida Constitution paper business
and the Cherokee napkjn ring con - i
cern and such like has been prodded i
by|aharp sticks by the post office de
E&rtment some people, mostly ladies,
ave been relieved of receiving so
many links in the endless chain?hittors.
A chain is always considered
no stronger than the weakest link,
and since the weak link was smashed
the chain was made too short to haul
in money with. But some smith may
some day weld in another and send
it out on the road again.
I thought thai all the cotton seed
had been sold but the two weeks past
farmers who had their cotton ginned
at home havo been hauling seed to
the station and getting first class
E rices. It has certainly paid them to
old their seed. W^hen cotton is
hauled to the public gins at shipping
a points it is such an inducement to
sell seed then and there and often at
a low price to keep from hauling baok
home. But as prices are now it would
have paid to hawk both ways. Or
olse it p?y? to have cotton ginned at
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A. M. FOSTER, Vic* l\ ^ Jent. |
S& National Bank j
31V, 8, C. |
$60,000 A
50,000 T
60,000
$170,000 J
r. H. Wallace, Win. Jeffries, &
E. P. McKissick, A. H. Foster,
our Business. ^
home when seed can be held if it is
a little more trouble. It pays to
hold seed anyway, if one possibly can.
A. small fire occurred here last
Saturday morning in the little store
of John Gregory, colored. lie was
out at the time. Fire was discovered
coming through the roof and buckets
were soon put in use and a ladder
procured but it was another thing to
get the water well on top, but the
door was broken open with a sledge
hammer and by getting up on the
joists water cold bo gotten to the fire
whioh was on the inside. A few
minutes and but for the barrels of
k*fire water" on the cotton platform
the house would have been destroyed
and probably the stores of Mr. L. B
Jeter and two or three other buildings
as the wind was right to carry
the fire on down the street. It must
have originated by fire popping out
and catching some things on a shoe
maker's bench then running up in- i
side. This was the same house broken
into a week ago by thieves, and it i
seems John is a loser in the business.
I think the bill introduced by Mr. i
Crum that the counties emyloy a few
overseers to work all the roads of the i
caunty a good one, and in the right
direction. Then get one or two more
road maohines to do such work. It <
is true Wft hllVfi reann miloa a
-j - ? -T"7"J ?uiflr <*
machine would ho a dead letter on,
but on the other hand we have miles
5n miles of road that a machine could I
work and keep up cheaper than a
force of hands with plows, single
;orapes, shovels and hoes. If nn- i
proved implements on a farm is bet- i
ter than the primitive methods, why
not on the roads. I believe the
present method is an expensive one. j
I believe you could find overseers i
who want the place only for the i
money they could get out of it. It i
is not for honor or the good they ]
;ould do but would patch up the
roads in a Cheap John way that is a 1
disgrace to the county and pocket (
the most of it and show special privl: i
leges. I say you might find dome.
It was sad indeed, the death of !
Mr. J. Aubrey Rice. I was filled i
with sadness when I heard of it. I |
ilways regarded him as one of my i
best friends and was assured that he
felt likewise by me. We were always
"chums" and had many pleasant
times together, ilia pleasant manners
and jovial and friendly disposition endeared
him to me as much as possibie
for man to man. I well remember <
tViA >into mkAn V* a T - ?
mwiuiv nuun ug anu l nvuuu U All III[nation
for railroad mail clerk. We i
were required to write a letter in examination
to the Civil Service Commission
stating, in our opinion, why
should or should not a mail clerk's
salary be increased.
Afterwards in talking over our
work he told me that he had stated
?these letters was a part of the examination?one
of the main reasons
why it shonld be increased, the
danger aeing that the mail car beign
uoxt the engine, if the engine ever
went into a wreck, the mail car
would go too; the engineer and fireman
had a better chanoe to ?ump to
gave their lives, the mail clerk
would be shut up etc* Poor Aubrey
wa9 taken off just as he pointed out
in that letter several years ago. It
was a sad coincidence- I mourn
for mp friend and wish that he had
been spared. lie was as fine a
vniinn man a T aua, Innui and 1
. V. tMMH HO V ? V?* BUVVf *
believe be was a christian. Ilia
parett and all codnections have my
sympathy. Hky DenverSubscribe
for Th* Timhs and keep
posted. 9 4 ,
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What the Law Makers
Are Doing, Etc.
I hid much interested in leading
the proceedings of the luw makers.
The newspaper men who are engaged
in taking notes with reference to the
affairs of government and sending
out such a vast amount of information
for all the people at such small
cost are rendering a great benefit
that should be properly appreciated
and improved.
It is surprising to note that the
representatives of the people spend
such a short time in the State Ilouse
and very often during business hours.
When business is needing attention
there is not a sufficient number
present to attend to it Droperly, yet
the members seem to havo plenty
of time to attend the many other public
meetings, places of amusement,
etc.
When I read the Governor's address
to the assembly and the address
of welcome by the Speaker of the
House I supposed from the sentiment
expressed that they were
thoroughly acquainted with the condition
of the farmers and factory people
and had a proper human sympa
thy for them, but when the appro- !
priations of tkie ta^cs are road with 1
the large amount for the Charleston 1
Exposition, the large amount for the 1
improvement of the South Carolina j
College and the professor's buildings 1
connected with it, also the amount '
being given to other similar institu*tions
of higher education in this
State, and then read of the small 6
percent, pinched particular amount \
appropriated for school books and t
the manner in which the appropria- I
tion is to be furnished, it soems that i
the law makers have no proper human
sympathy for that class of children <
for whose special benefit the public <
schools were established. I
Will the County School Commis- ?
sioner or some of the trustees who i
know the amount mentioned and the <
number of schools in each school district
please furnish for the informs* ]
tion of the people the amount which 1
each school will ho ontitled to out <
of ttxis amount?
It seems very reasonable that a
number of the Senators should desire
bi ennial sessions for that new constitutional
convention code of laws must t
have a patched up appearance judg- 1
ing from the many amendments that 1
are being mentioned.
With the increased number of '
law makers that the new counties are 1
going to produce and each one <
naturally having some bill or amendment
to pass, it is but reasonable to i
suppose that the new set of State {
laws will soon be but a mess of con- \
fusion, fit to be wiped out and go
back to the former State laws, or 1
else make another large appropria- i
tion for a new set of laws.
It is quite commendable in the 1
leading factory mill men to assert *
hliniv lotvfnl ri f o. ..,.1 I 1
VMVIt M TV A V* ft AigUVO UU f IVIAVIIO OI1V1 I
proteci their business and the people
under their supervision.
I have spent a part of several years i
in Spartanburg and am acquainted '
with many of we kind, honest, intel- I
ligent, hospitable and loyal people of i
that county and city. <
The few citisens of Spartanburg J
city who have lately opposed the I
movement for a Soldier's Home and
demanded an appropriation instead, <
shows that the people of Spartan- I
burg are not entirely wanting in
common humanity by pot givipg I
their ponsept to have the few aged 1
and needy soldiers that have faced
death in the defence of their homes 1
sent away from home, family and 1
friends to cold solitude at the very <
time they most need the attention of
their family. Surely it would be a 1
very needy family indeed that would i
patronize such a home even if it was (
established. Better give double the i
amount to the soldiers and let them
remain at home. i
Mr. Editor, why is it that you have
failed to publish the salary of the
County School Commissioner with |
the other county officers?
ilev. S. T. Creech's sermon makes
a good addition to your paper. An
interesting sermon seems very appropriate
to any newspaper. Mr.
and Mrs. Creech are quite popular
among all the people of this community.
Ivy Green, I enjoyed reading your
last lettor ever so much and would
hate liked it still better if your real
I name had been at the bottom or close
of it in9tead of uppatvntly a ficticious
name. Your sentiments with refer
encc to woman's work or domestic
duties cuuscd me to think, varied as
the flowers ofcaith is the character
of women, and the influence i f women
is as diversified as he. character
whether in a domestic or public point
of view. It t-eems the greatest blessing
of life to be able to conform
pleasantly and contentedly to the
circumstauces of life, let it be ever
so humble or disagreeable it is rn ac
complishment that very few possess.
It is true that people out of town
cannot enjoy the many literary and
society advantages <f town people
yet tney do erjov many comforts
which are far more ^preferable, fresh
air and sunshine, a bountiful supply
of fresh fruit and generally much
better water, plenty of business or
work with the beaiftics of nature to
observe and all the reading they
want. People out of town ought to
be like trees and plants that have
plenty of space to grow and expand
Car superior to those clustered together.
In the closing paragraph of my
last letter a line was left out in printing.
It should have read: That
this year abound in good works,
oharity and kindness to all humanity
and the poor dumb animal*, that we
way merit and enjoy a bountiful
harvest and the many blessings of
life should seriously engage the minds
of all people.
Eu-/.a A. Gaknku.
Mt. .Joy, S. C., Feb. 8, 1002.
[In regard to the omission of
the County Superintendent of Ed
jcation's salary last woek from the !
list. It was not on tho lint. That j
is the reason >t was no; included.!
For the information of those concerned
will srate that the Union
County Superintendent < f Education
has been changed from ?400
talary with expenses, to $500 salary
without expenses, while tho
corooer gets $125.
These salaries however have riot \
jot Ko.irmm a 1? ?? II....?
7 xv vwvuiu ? ?a?i, ?IUVJ l 1 JU91'
ias got to handle the hill and mav
;hange the whole business.?En.J
4?
Etta Jane Etchings.
Last Sabbath Mr. Newton Burgess
ind Miss Mary Varnadove were married
by J. It. Poole, Magistrate, at
lis office at Sutinyside.
I made a trip to G a fl uey last Monlay.
The roads are the roughest I
lave traveled in many years on ac;ount
of the freeze.
Some think the present cold snap
will be a great injury to the small
;rain crop that is now just corning
lV'
Ilis old soldier comrades and
friends will regret to learn that Mr.
It. C. Thompson, of Company C.,
Tth S. C. Cavalry, has entirely lost
bis eyesight. He bus been in dedining
health for sometime. Everyoody
likes '"Dick" Thompson.
I am sorry to learn that comrade
Dr. A. E. Fant is also in ill health
ind has to keep in doors this bad
weather. "Dolp" was the wag of
the Seventh Cavalry but notwitliitandiug
was always ready for either
luty or mischief when called upon,
[n my future reminiscences I shall
tell something of his pranks.
The public roads are in bad condition
in many places on account of
the he^vy rtpns since winter sot in.
L.4 T 1 - -Ml !
jjroiu 4 can team more win
t)? % field full of candidates for tlic
various county offices this year.
The Gaffnoy city boneyard was a
busy place with horse swappers last
Monday and many '"crceters"
changed owneis.
Theic is talk of Cherokee county
budding an iron bridge across H'oad
river above the Southern railway.
Qgr people don't stand back on
money wnon they want convenience.
This will make two iron bridges
across the river and no doubt it will
be followed by others in the not far
distant future.
The mail frotn Union has been
very irregular during the winter and
t. - 1 _ a. I. I i mi
luucu compihiiii na* oecn loa'io i ne
roads have been bail and the route too
long to make the trip.
A few farmers have done sitae
plowing, turning their stubble lands.
The health of this community is
pretty good except colds. There are
no oases of othei sickness that I know
of.
Mr. Vaney C. Comer went to Gaffney
last Monday and exchanged
1 Wm. A. NICHC
BANK
SOLICIT YOU
Ami promise courteous treatn
tion consis
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Write all kinds of Insuram
MONEY ORDERS Issue
Office and Express Company.
horses with the Live Stock Company
of that place.
The following memorial ode has
been composed by Dr. Stin?on and
will k. M,n.. ? -L
..... <? cihck cnoir at trie 11
the Confederate Reuuion. It is sung I
to the tune '"When the roll is called <
up yonder I'll bo there." Here it is: t
| "When this time with us shall lie no (
ui<tie, ami liual laps shall sound, j 1
| Aral iu death's last cruel Mttle we tip- t
1" i;
When tin eo > 1 of all the armies si nil
tent, on yonder camping ground, c
And when the roll is called up jouder
let's be l here. I
I
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Whfti the roll is calle?l up yonder,
When the roll is called up yonder, C
Wh'-n the roll is called up yonder, tl
When the roll is called up yonder let's be e
be there. o
c
On 1 hat mistless, lovily morning when (j
the saved in Christ shall rise,
Aral the Father's mam-nmnsioned home ^
to share; h
Where our T/e and Jackson call us to C
their home bejotul the skies, p
When the roll is called up yonder let's *
lelliete. * ?
chorus:
Let ns lab r while its called to-lay or ere ^
the shining sun,
vVis forever on t.he wicked in de*pa?r; 0'
When life's pitiful dream is ovei and ir
the new life is liegun, b
W'lien the roll :s called up yonder let's
Is' there.
chorus:
Steady, comrades, for the scythe of tiuie
is cutting fast and true;
Would that visions dim and whiUnedt"
locks were r?uv; r<
Tliour/h your forms are bending low, ~
tlieie's \outh up yonder yet f ?r yon, ?
When tlie roll is called up yonder lei's u
be there, tc
cuoitus: If
if
If all's not well with thee, my comrade, ;
for thy entrance at. the Rate,
Haste thy calling and election to pre- p
pare; w
You will find that precious peace, that
peace that is so sweet.
If when the roll is called up yonder 0
you'll be there. tl
Vox. ei
The News From Washington- p
(By Our Regular Oorrespondent.)
Washington, Feb., 12, 1902.?The ^
past week in Washington has been gj
marked by two of the largest and
most elaborate socials events, excepting,
of course, the state functions at
the White House, which have ever
occurred in this city. On Thursday, w
Miss Helen Hay, daughter of the
Secretary of State, was married to
Mr. Payne Whitney, amid sur- re
roundings the most beautiful and
elaborate which unlimited wealth
could procure. The Church of the
Covenant is a handsome, though not
ornate, structure, but on Thursday
it was transformed into a bower of
Easter lillies. From window to lE
window was festooned Southern j(
smilax and at every angle was an
I l_ .fin* m? . t
immense duiicu oi nines, i ne middle Q
aisle was lined with tall bunches of
the same fragrant flowers and with n
silver candelabra so that the bridal ^
party passed up a perfect avenue of ^
lights and lillies. Immense palms,
clusters of lillies and white rosies
screened the organ and surrounded
the reading desk. The bride, who
is an exceptionally pretty girl, wore
a very simple gown of white satin t
and a tulle veil held in place by a fl
wreath of orange blossoms, so arrang- j
cd as to fall over her hand and reach ^
to the hem of her gown. The marriage
ceremony was followed by an
eluborato breakfast to which a ?
comparatively small number of
guests were bidden. The President, u
in a brief but happy speech, proposed
the health of the bride.
On Friday evening Senator and J]
Mrs. Ilannan gave a private reeept- ?
tion at the Arlington hotel, the ^
large ball room being called into
requisition and the more formal ^
early hours of the evening being followed
by dancing. Over one thousand
guests were present during the even- 1
ing and many of them remarked that (
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tent and every accommodatent
with
k.3NTI5LI3NJa-.
:e except life.
d at the same rate as Post
the occasion reminded them of tho
days of President Art lair's administration
when large entertainments
were the rule rather than the small
and numerous dinners with which
ih Att I...--? ? - *
uu_v Hiivo hi rice oeen replaced. The
occasion was J-otocwijat marred by
he enforced absence of the Presi*
>nt and Mrs. Roosevelt, the bitter
laving been called that aftcrnoou to
he bedside of their eldest son who
9 suffering from pneumonia at the
ollege at Groton, Mass.
Aside from the passage by the
louse of an appropriation bill which
;ivcs to the President the authority
o place under the restrictions of the
lassified service, those employes of
he war and other departments whose
mployment was necessitated by tho
Ipanish War?an authority which
tic Presiddfit desired and which he
dlljdoubtlesi avail himself?there has
een no important legislation at the
Japitol this week. The Senate has
assed the pension appropriation bill
anying an appropriation of $139,00,000.
The bill includes a clause
rohibiting the acceptance of a fee or
ther compensation bv attorneys or
thcrs for services rendered in Fccurlg
the passage of special pension
ills. If the 1 louse passes the meaare,
including this clause, it will
rove a severe blow to a large number
F nnnaiAri
? f k/uciun aiu/i ikcy,i?
The regular order of business in
)e Senate is still the Philippines
jvenue bill, but Senator Lodgo has
iven notiee that he believes the
linority have devoted sufficient time
> its debate ami that he proposes
> push its passage. It will be foltvred
by the irrigation bill, to which
is believed there will be little oposition
in the upper chamber hot
hich will doubtless occupy considerble
time judging from the number
f Senators who have told me that
ley have prepared speeches on the
nbject.
The IIouss has devoted the major
ortion of its time since my last letter
) the consideration of the Henry
leomargarine bill which is a sue"
?ssor to the Grout bill. The oppotion
has been particularly vigorous,
le measure having been debated to
far greater length than is usual
ith such bills in the lower chamber.
Representative Oscar W. Underood,
of Alabama, has been among
iosc who have contested the passage
' the bill and when I asked him the
sason for his opposition yesterday
5 said: "I consider it one of the
ost dangerous pieces of class legialaon
whioh has ever been brought
?fore the House. In spirit, the
teasure is an absolute interference
ith intcr-stnte commerce. Oleolarcerine
has boon npr\nAnn*>?(t o
:gitimate and healthful food product
nd this bill is an attempt to tax it
ut of existence. Of course it is framd
under the guise of a revenue
leasurc and as such I have no doubt
he Supreme Court will sustain it
ut no one candidly believes that it
i being proposed for the small reveiue
which will be derived from it.
"This bill assesses a tax of 10 cts,
n every pound of oleomargarine that
9 colored yellow. Suppose that the
ime should come when tho beet
ugar interests controlled a majority
n this House and they, taking this
>ill as a precedent, should conclude
o assess white cane sugar 10 cents
er pound. As you know, all cane
ugar is yellow until it is refined
nd they might, with eijual justice,
maintain that to refine it until it was
hitc was to make it similar in apearance
to beet sugar and conseuently
a violation of the rights of
be beet sugar produceis. I think I
ave said enough to show you why I
m so 8eriouflly opposed to the Henry
ill."
WANTED?Hickory, Dogwood and
'eraitnmon Ix)gH. Southern Hardwood
Charleston, 8. C. 47-4m.
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