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* \ . > I k ? V ?t' S* THE TOWN OF UNION HAS llj -y f ~ m \ THE TO WrToF^UNlblir MAS "8 Three Cotton Mills one tl.6 | , I ! | g jfjl I j i i Ik fi V ^ ' L '? '! the Invest l~t7inR Mill and 9 || largest In the South. Fouriur- |j I 8 'X Hi R 1 3 I | 1' B i '?/l W'! ! I>y- I'lant in ll.,-S.n.e All OU 9 ? I nlture and Wood i.Uoli(uotiir- J 8 Ml . | W B S Sf \%! 0 R \ liui'l Menufneiurinj; Co. that R I Oonoorns. One Female U I I J 1 I 1 f ^ flj P V Rill* > U* en urn icell.-.l Ouano. 8 ( Seminary Water Works und jj H A V...' ^^ 1 IS X ' a 'i E2 i?< ? f JJ.. .& -?1 rv_y 9 ; Tl.ivo tlrnd.d Schools. Arle- ft Electric Lights. g jt, -inn Wnler. |-..,.ulntion 0,600. | VOL. HI. NO 24. UNION, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JUNK 10 HK>2. Wl.OO A VBAR; J .. 1 ~ ,, a?w?.i ? * The Progrew {F. M. FARk. President. A QBO. MUNWO, Cashier, J. I | Merchants' and Plan ikv 1 op tjivic; T Capital Stock Surplus f Stockholders' Liabilities * Total Dikkotoks?J. A. Fanb, \V a T. O. Duncan, J. T. Douglass, >' y Wm. Coleman. ? ^ We Solicit Yo f A TRIP T( NOTES PICKED UP AT * DOWN ON Ot THE REUNIOIV (Continued from last weok.l (\ It is estimated that there were 1 00,000 in the parade Thursday of ' the reunion. i * * | * Among the prominent visitors at ^ the reunion was Dr. S. II. Ford, of * the Christian Ileparatory, of St. Louis, Mo., who was a member of the Provisional congress of the Con -1 i federate States. i ( * I I vf * | The grown up citizen in Texas 8 Dative and to the manor born is so 11 fib. rare that you rarely make a blunder 1 after meeting one to inquire, "What State arc you from?" You will al- ' most always find it some other State 1 than Texas. ( * * i: . \ It was said that the city of Dallas was turned over to the veterans and visitors during the reunion. This must have been true, literally, for I 0 was there nosing around town twelve 11 hours before I saw a single police- ] V man in uniform. That was the day v after the reunion had closed. 0 * * S Jf? The dining hall at the reunion at Dallas where free feed was given to the veterans was the largest affair of _ the kind I have ever seen. There c were six or eight rows of tables about ^ ;200 or more feet long all under one imammoth shed. I noticed a pile of taker's bread at one end about six feet high, four or five feet thick at the bottom and some fifty feet Ions. * * J ? j, >f I learn that the best cotton grow- v ^ ing country lies south of Dallas, h Leatrue county, about 150 wiles v away. While the best grain grow- j ing belt lies West and Northwest if including the famous Pan Handle, o that prospects arc very fine this year a for wheat, corn and cotton, that v wheat was ready to cut by the c middle of May. The drought of ? last year made crops extremely short, s * * t * The city of Dallas was literally 0 streaming with flags and hunting ? during the reunion. 1 understand : that although an immense amount of V this flag cloth had been ordered for ihe occasion every ard in town had 1 been sold. Residences as well ?s . etorcs had been decorated. Many 1 windows of the residences even out in v the suburbs were most i.rtist'cally 0 decorated. * * * Dr. J. W. liusscy, who noted as my guide at Fort Worth, went with c me from Dallas to Fort Worth. His 1 father shipped the first carload of v cattle after the war that reached 4 Charleston. The carload was shipped t from Middle Tennessee. The family f moved to this section directly after t the war and have accumulated con- 1 aiderable wealth, and so 1 might ro I count instances, one after another to t fill columns, where men have got rich in Texas since the war. t * * * i In the veterans parado on Thurs- i day there marched an old darkey i who was body servant to one of the officers in the Confederate ranks. lie 1 6 had a rooster in one hand and 1J a frying pau in the other. Every , * ... -yrs"9* ** 1# L. M. FOSTER, Vice President. * ). ARTHUR, Assistant Cashier. Jjj tiers' National Sank f * >JN, O. $0 0,000 ? 50,000 J 00,000 $ v $170,000 | r . H. Wallace, Win. Jeffries, *6; I. V. McKissick, A. H. Foster, jj. I ur business. A / 3 TEXAS. RANDOn AND JOTTED JR TRIP TO I AT DALLAS. few minutes lie would swing the rooster above his head and veil out mJ '1 stole more chickens during the ft'ur than any other throe niggers lave stole since the war." and he vould wave the pan to show where he stolen chickens went. * * * It seems that the greatest buildng hooui is in the suburbs along the ;ar line in the direction ofEkal Lake ncntioned in u former issue. There ire some twenty odd handsome resilences building and recently competed almost in sight of each other. I'herc is nothing e<jual to a streetcar ine to make land dosiarblc for resiloncc property. Wc pine for the lay when the street cars will he hutnning through the streets of Union Ye hope the time will not be long. * * * The St. Joseph's Infirmary is one J the most beautiful places in thesubirbs of Dallas. It is under the auslices of the Catholic3, ami as usual mil tncm they have spared no labor >r expense in making it a model institution. It is surrounded by beautiul grounds. The building is large nd commodious and equipped with very modern convenience. It is a redit to the citv. The St. Paul Sanitarium, run also by the Catholics, a in keeping with St. Josephs, Both re a credit as well as ornaments to he city. * * * As an evidence of what some men lave done in Dallas since the war 1 fill mention a few of the many 1 card about. Oapt. Win. Gaston die came here from Palistine, Texas, ust after the war driving an ox cart i the wealthiest banker in this city f banks. Mr. C. C, Slaughter, nothcr inau who came to this section cry poor after the war, got into the attle business by degress and is now very largo cattlo dealer and is conidercd one of the wealthiest men in he State, J. B. Wilson is another f the richest men here. He had omparativcly nothing when ho inded here. lie recently loaned the )allas Consolidated Railway Co. a cr}' large amount of money, the inerest of which now nets him Si00 a ay. Each of the above gentlemen 3 an old Confederate soldier and rere sufferers with the rest ns a result f the war in the loss of property. * * * IIODE IN A l'ALACE CAR. Duito a pretty little incident 6eurred <>n one of the important trunk incs leading into Dallas, (I think it vas the M. K. & T., known as the Katy Flyer,") when coming through he territory some few hundred miles roin Dallas, the conductor ol the rain discovered a man trying to beat lis way on the train. He hailed lim and demanded: "Who arc you tnd what are you doing here?" "I am an old confcbcrate veteran," eplicd tiic stowaway, "and have no none}', an<l#aui trying to get to the "cunion to meet some of my old corn adcs once more before I die." The connuctor was visibly affected jy the words of this poor old veteran ind he said: "My man, you shall go to Dallas ' I m .ndor style than any man who vidts the reunion. You shall have a palace car all to yourself." It happened that the street railway had ordered a fine palace car for uuon their electric line ju-t completed from Dallas to Fort Worth, and it was on a fiat car coupled to that train. The old veteran was taken to this oar and given full possession of iffrom there to Dallas, and the conductor told him that he could give as many Rebel veils along the rood as lie wished, and enjoy hi> ride to the fullest extent, which the old Rebel did not tail to d > The news soon peached Dallas and the reader mav be sure lie was received in Datlaa with open arms and was well cared for. (Continued next week.) LETTER FROM COLORADO. . A Very Interesting f,elier from Mr. H*. G. Bailey. lie Has Traveled Extensively and HV Expect to Hear from Mini Occasional 1 v. _ THE CAPITOL AT AUSTIN, TEXAS, j Dkxvhu, Col., Juno I. 101*2. Union* Tim rs, Union, S. C. Dear Editor:?As I had promised to let you hear from me once in awhile I will try to keep my promise, though I do not feel a hit like writing, and ought to bo sleeping instead. I have only had one good sleep for more than a week, and you see how nervous I am even worse than you were at Dallas, and you know 1 ought to try to ?[uiet my nerves. Well there is no use tolling anything about this place as it is too far away from you and your readers to he of very much interest at this lime, though 1 would be glad to tell . ou ail aoout tins moai Climate il~ desired, i bur your readers could not approei- | ate this until about July or August. i Will only say that I got h< re last I on May 0O1I1 at 10 p. ui., our ti :.c. j and will go to work tomorrow with ! the same old lirui. [Let us have it. I'll vouch for the . raaders.?Ki>.] , Well I will try to tell you .-nine- ; thing about the largest eapitol in the , worl I, at least that is what rhc Tex as J j people call it, and 1 assure you it is ; . the largest building that I ever vi-- < itod made of masonry. The eapitol j of the great State of Texas at Aus- ; tin stands on a high ridge, though having a very gradual slope of one iniie to the Colorado river on the ; South and a slope of only a few iitiijIrcd yards North to what Texas , people call a creek, but South Carolina people would call it a rocky . hollow. The eapitol grounds cover i j four blocks, the eapitol being nearer j j the north side of the grounds has1 ; four fronts, but the one on the south ! t is mostly used as that front looks;; directly down Congress Avenue j through the heart of tire city ami r < j . the bridge across the Colorado river, j The laud where the eapitol stand, j and for many miles North, Cast and ! ( West has a kind of live rock, they ! 1 call it chalk rock, and in many places 1 in the city and around it these rocks i s are so plentiful that 'hey have to , blast them out to make streets and other improvements. They are usu : ally small or in seams hut stick so i r close together that they cannot he , gotten apart without blasting. From j j the dome of the Capitol you can set 1 f miles of these rocky sticcts and; j roads in nearly all directions with i t the appearance as though tiiay had'] been covered with Hour or souie i ladies' lace polish; 'out they need all I of the latter they can get, and the ; ( former is about as scarce as the hit ter. j Well now we will start up Con , gress Avenue and go in at the south j front of the canitol. The first thing of importance is the Confederate j mrtntnrif.il! luttv Iwiiti/ f>r< i. i rj will cost twciit^v thousand dollars, it | i will contain fivr statutes?-one of" j I JefTtrson Davis, one to represent the i I Navy, one t*> represent tho Artillery, | 1 one to represent the Cavalry and !j one to represent t! e Infantry, and m; i \ the west face of this monument arc | I these words: . c Southern people j t animated by th- spirit ot 1 TT?? a- d!) holding to their constitutional riguls i seceded from tho compact, etc., etc." i And above on all sides are given tho ! dates of secession of each S'-'to. Just across the walk on the left I and opposite the Confederate menu- | < tnent is the monument erected I to the memory of volunteer < firemen of the State of Texas. Up i no?r the ? tj.it -i uu-i . i;- r ' the to the iue;i l'\ Heroes of the A'.rno; (!?im st tieirer fhe c.jpito? on e?j_i'i . largo . >* ?ni e I >I Crocket . Then w i < t ? t :.> i;e c itol ati'i Ik." !<l i 1 tr.'e i ?t?to >*. the tOP of tl'.C lotUO llrtl !:mr , golden star iu !iis lei: hand. 'Mien we start up the stops and when we <;ct lieJi* the do v wo > e tr. I hi the cemenf iloor u ver * !: i\:e <iav ah )'.it 10 l''et across ;ii. t :}> :' s.,;r i-t and m.-i 1 that : i ( bine staii about a foot aer th i we gcr inside the first door and <?n ihe left of the ie'I is a . oil pa-nth-y ii about H x 10 feci ri-pres-i.tin;/ ii. ' " captuio of the Mexican i'rehdent. ! San a Ana 1 y <> t" Satnu 1 Houston. This painting v is b\ Mr. I lu Idle and <: -i 1 or t roasyr.d ho'- i | Inrs. <) 1 ho t si?' 1 of > 1 K is a liie siz > ]? ii:itiu r ;f> David Crockett. Th< n wo meet the genial ! elevutorman, ii niy Elmer, who u < : i old soldier and also fought in the Prussian annv. lie is a nay inter? ^ ostincr conitprs tinnnlict- ? ?" glad to tc 1 nil about tn? i-cl: though ho didn't, toll any of his own I is'ory. i'hc main i aiding ?ui tho >teps and veranda is 565 foot , long.East and We st, by 287 feet lil North ami S uih. i'I.c dome is I 1 n feet high. Y>>ur correspondent went v,! 285 feet up in 1 in.: of tho c ipitol, v\ thn* isiu h?gh as tin' public are allowed, as the v .t if the 611 fo t will have t> b-.-iimb-d on side the Y tower by ropes. i'hcrc are 258 ? rooms; tho i! >us of licprcseutativos is 1 -Id 1 -"? f-el. ' ith a ;'i" foot ;1 ceding, tlio r. <1 u!)!e : iss and lets the sunlight coaio through, iY th< ugh tin: . ' s,-. .lined so us n-n to make tir members got very hot "v und'T the e Mar. There are 1JS M losks in ' loin v.jtli a great deal ?.t v.cati i . Tito gallery j-eats GnU people; vo are lb committee " ro'ouis attached. On the left of the ' -peuker is a life size oil painting of \ Gen'l Samuel Houston, covered with i Navahoe blanket. On the righf )f the speaker is an oil painting et 15 Steven L'*. Austin, also another oil paii.ting of Steven F. Austin in hi; llil log cabin at St LMiilip I)o Austin, ibout 1 50 miles frotn the capitol. !)n the lift I* the speaker is a paint- ,u ng of .J.lines Howie, also one of a i;' Mr. Itobinsoii. who was a colonizer if the early history of Texas. i 'i is.* Senate Chamber is very much ttJ ike the House and about the Fame li/.e i.aving the same number of com- sl" nitree rooms. It ha-, a life sizo od 1V( 1 iting ot Jell Davis on the rijhr, 111 .! o on< of fho8< J. Rusk. On the ?n eft ?>f the speaker is the life size oii >ainting oi Robert M. Williams and Wit beau !>. Lunar. Then comes ' ' ho ma-terpieoc of oil painting, done ly Mr. li. A. MoCarulo, of Austin, l^lq : :i'i l ? be an exact copy ot the "i: tatiic of tS.ui Juciuto. Mr. McCar- mt lie vvas twelve years getting data ^vc m t -tat; iti. s, he also hired an expert n;*b . ..r arid took several Texas ami c lje\ican soldiers who were in the , i" ! '. Tiicy went and surveyed the < ;l t-t gel the exact position ot ' ver; R eap my etc. hl^ was seven '1!l i,i painting'the picture. The !'/' n't!" was fought on the rbin .Jacinto 1 .v ivu r i-ii April 21, 1830, at 12 V" I'cUick noon. The picture *i.s about f"1 12 by 14 feet and is valued a* fifty- ,m ive housand dollars.' This nicture k> been soon by only a few people I j? iiii.i! lately. Mr. C. ii. DeCossey j " ias chavge of that Moor ami is a fine a ' Id gentleman. .. With many thanks forThf. Times * ?f o 1 ay i]rnl and Uth. Ucspectfuily, re( W. CJ. JJaiu.y. hoi Gleanings From Goshen Hill. ret " !"ne trip to Dallas" has afforded | frc it-: Mali line reading that I f it that j tal I should keep silent and give out j he hhlitor aM the space lie could occupy ; 11; mt 1 can keep silent no longer and j hu oin the multitude in saying, hurrah! i l>y veil <lone, almost njual to going to tns Dallas ourselves. I heartily on- oil lorse every word of praise that has no >oen written and 1 fool very small loi ndcod when 1 seiz< my pen to write ' oh i c uiimnnication to you when you an tavo given us sueli a treat. at! Tin weather has been real cold for the 1 ;st few ?lays and coats and extra of piilrs have been in demand. The warbling of the birds, the fragrance In of the Mowers and the buzzing of the ! ov bees all remind us that summer is 1 lit Wni. A. NIC 11 ban; SOLICIT YO' \nd promise court' ous trei lion cons <3r 3&i Write all kinils of I n.su r a MON'KY ORI)KR.-> Is i )ilice and Kxprcss ?"omj>u:; uvt*-?<^>? r.?? jr-^-vrxrr*' - - Kwc/i-T'cva cr<. ir ,"i time for anrins r>oo!rv. 4 i J T!j bull 1" bell r.v. ' ?i;tv 1 ' 'm: '1 otT hi: - 1?;: c' ha iwks for infant olilcke is >v. ?, .i:! -I >r y>m Unow it one ho oo',,h . t < ' iv./.;r'l ia Hunniitfi hitlisplfoti a . ..i, a." 1 s?. a* ;uji hi.- . : . ; y > I ! (] . *.t 1 ! ;i M" V ' h 8WVK : ho <?iiikt'Visp i . hia stubborn inula 'ii! i 'i >.s I .. . ; . * ' ?<i i i V . . >'. iil?l ill - 1' ? 'Is :> 'If in .1 : ul via.nib aids, iivi.iii i ?* ir i.. lie (i'llj biiiuvis 1'1 i1 calclii: t.b The faviuu! . u'o busy hooirg cuii and } '.ariiing corn oh botmui n?i but nil or-' > c? '1 rain w-iy uclt. I t!'- v. lie 't and ontsnrc being atclied wiiii Hiufb i: :ou*t, I' r if liio ins ?lo n'-t c mo soon their yield ii: bo .-mi I . T; won' I be a great osling ii they vhM abundantly IV r : ro bought" com is high and auv and a rotation in food - good r both man and beast. 'Lb.' /..v.!' are mil'ering i'T rain j ?d arc \ cry backwai Tho potat bugs arc as persistent I . ever in ti?cir effrnts to ; nek the I .? Lilt *1 ' ' .. ui iikkj ji Uki'.ijvfi. IT. ii.: > OCCli i<l liiat ovci yiliiu^ possesses some j tod ipiul'.t, ii'i?i l!i- mu'.ll :i:tT.C I po- j lo r.g mucii hanr.i.tv. lor ono t; .. n aftcrn du search for lu u:- i:; u.iciiy until we lock him with ; an in I in ?!; . : ti . fort to csv k|ij ie.it awaite? clu* Lour r cremation. The fruit crop is n >t near us good 1 expected. The rain , cold lather, wet wether and hot weather s made much of it drop >!'/. The farmers have planted hi.go' iter melon putcin - ati Itluiyare line, t everything dep.. M- ?: an ear y in for production. Misses Janie Dougluss ftud Fannie p> and Mr. ilayu Medneken :;t- 1 nicd the hxpnsiLik,!,. Rev. W. R. da ;. s and f.unly | pat the day at Mr. J. K. C'olicld's| bontly. lie pl'.m he i a line sornn .u ; Rogers chured me :?ri Sabbath ! d a "00 IIy number was in .ttend- i co. " ; The LadieT Foreign Missionary i ciety met at Mrs. Chick's on the d Sunday and iiad a plea ..tit me*, tg Tluir president. Miss Lily lyoin, i.- attending t ire annuil| etihg of the cictv in Sumter i-lii-; j ft- ' . . ,! .Vii ol the schools, both white audi o'rod, have dosed Mr. Newt Rogers, f oui No lit rolin i, lias iieeu on .i visit for era! weeks at Mr. Billy Brock's , ntivu'ar.d ii-dtin". 1 hear there' m . a rev, enjoyabi - lish stew "ii gov river u< ar Mr. Brock s and ' y liad an abundance of line li-!i dinner and every tiling vise nice aginnble. Mr. Jollll lb ('I 11.13 giv'fil Up llia ; > in the Citnn L'i\v?-ry Mills ami j amoved to helt;i, S. C., ami t-kev. | .?!> on the railroad, 1 am sorry to learn t : :i Mr. ami i ra. !' sv< McCrackc-n have been on j 3 sick li-t. 1 hope them a speedy : jovevy. Mr. J. lb Colt eld had a telegram no weeks ago announcing the death Ida brother. Mr. Ceorge Colicld, Spartanburg. He was bo;p, and ired in this <> nnty, graduating uu the first c'a-o from Wc-llbrd.1 sing an honor. For manv years had been president of the Citizen ?nk ami Saving Hank of Spnrtanrg. lie was held in high esteem j all that knew hitn and was for' my years an ollicer in the Central inch. His death was sudden but ?t unexpected as he had been failing r years. lie leaves a wife and six ildren, all grown, to mourn his loss id one sister, Miss Nora Cofield, id one brother, Mr. K. (Jo'ield. \n honest man is the noblest work t }od. Since my last writing the loved ongstrect and Talmage have passed er the river. 1 ?oth lived grand fcs?one's life was spent in the OLSON & SON, KERS, [IK BUSINESS tinea I anil every nccommoda.istent: v. itli yfi. IESL T'S>7 C3r. nee except life. i<_ i at the same rate as Post ) ,' .-vi-vi:v is:5 .ountrv. the other's in Mi-tv." cau;o. 15oth met death ':k ;\ ml i hop are safe in the Ms . 1'.. wi.iek is very low with phoid .< ! this time. Her 'vio (' ! v- ty - ! ( itons about her is , ^;(j Site is being ;>a' v ' over 'ov her sister, Sal;:" Henderson and Miss 'vli'l; 1 i nd'Tson, her niece. " l"i Kisitn has been com! y;.n !]!_'{'/. -evors-.! weeks. ir. Waiter liism met with an acei 1 at n>r week tha' keeps him con! to hi- br.l. m \ Sioa Henderson and wife i '1,,. 1m;.* with Mrs. Chick lost ; ^siuday. .Mrs i.tnr-i Henderson and Dr. - i . hahy wore down to see Mrs. l -iv t:mt week also. Miss Mary <' >!iehl has been on a vi-it to Mrs. \Y. l'?. Miybin at Whitmire for s : vera I weeks. M i\ and Mrs. .J. K. Coliold hope ...... 1 . C . - I' . . ii t 11i'v ?* i'.! lifunion at Ureen\ ?i:t* .iii I wou'd be glad to meet Vox i.iei'.. I saw lie Contemplated att.'U'.ing. Mis. }. I-. C /Held had a pleasant -'iv . ? a t w 'lavs ago in the shape lull <> peas, lettuce, Irisk , : : awherries from Mrs. . v .1 ..r. They were much a. i jiateo as .-he was expecting | l'ru i. i to dme Tacre w.- no preaching last Suni r. at Ittack Rock on account of the late ylilictiou in llev. Lawson's i family. Vie extend to him our tender, s. sympathy in his late sorrow. .- . row pervades this whole comma :i:y caused hy the death of our ro in^ lYieiid. Susie Sims. She was l.i.lvl ' the death dealing storm ti.a' passed over I'nion recently. < );i! h v >a i it was. ' > ic hour happy and we'... the next hour a mingled t /ipse i r dear ones to weep over, t- i- , i a he?t of friends that loved ! t-v l- uiv and arc in sadness today Me u.-r they will see her face no more. Her body was laid to rest at llogv-r.- church on the following Tuesday?lit place?was here she first felt the wooing of a Saviour's love, 'twas here she felt her sins forgiven and took upon herself tho vows of .I" e iiirch. In memory 1 can now hear her sing (the song she loved so W :' I "hi iliMur ">? 0 v?i? HIV- UVCI IttSllDg una and whon :he missel of death :.11c 1 f el that she was borne by ih t everlasting arm to ber home in .rimy. Many were the tears that were shed as they laid ber in her narrow dome, biit L eoul 1 not weep (u-inrngh ia heart was bleeding.) t'li1 news "1 her death had come to m so suddeidy that morning and bad stricken mo with awe and i could not realize that it was Susie's casket or Susie s grave. Tli.m, win diddst o\?r a brother weep. Wo pi Put thou will safely keep, Hi t previousones until they meet, A:.d wife ai d mother gladly greet. In the soai's home where never more co mis pain and sin and sorrow sore, Whore > mlh and hope and love and joy Are ;di unmixed with outh'a alloy. The gra1 o was literally Covered writ uowors, tir emblem of tho rcsu* rertion. 1 cx'ond my sympathy to the other families that were so suddenly bereaved of loved ones. How sad a i :ht, three youu^ females in one hou e in the embrace of death. I h"pe th.at the other members will ;oon be well n^ain and I pray that Hod may sanctify this visitation to the salvation <-( many souls. We wi ii our 1 ii a\i.ait auothnrs life. We ! <>iil t dearet < lian our own, A ..i ami I ills is deadly strife, I ns si mined siiickeu and alone, l?<r all, sv>- do uot the witli those we mourn, AV.iS b,V tied's niace, can Ik; borne." Farewell. 1 \ \ grkbn. tSuhscribe tor The Tiiuea.