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J P. M. FARK. President.
OEO. MUNf<\ Cashier, J.
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i Directors?J. A. Fant, >
^ 1'. O, Duncan, J. T. Douglass,
} Sf Wm. Coleman.
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Etta Jane Etchings.
Cherokee county takes the lead in
the number of candidates who will go
F before the people this summer.
I understand that Mr. J. C. II.
. Duff has withdrawn from the race for
Clerk on account of the death of his
son which necessitates his attention
to the settling up of his estate.
The county campaign opens at
- Wilkinsville on Monhay, August 4.
Jusc at present we are in the ruidst
of a dry spell with some prospects ot
rain this a. m. Corn and cotton
have never been more promising
than they now are, thougli some of
my neighbors complain of the lice on
'their cotton and of its shedding its
fruit. This complaint is not by any
means general. With fair sersoris
from now on and no? disaster there
will bo more corn raised in this section
this year than has been since the
war. simply because there is more of
of it planted and it has generally
been well worked. The farmers
hav* wgen&radly got through with
frops except the laying by of
youhg corn.
. A. man being asked the time of
. day said:" r,Itfs going on 5 o'clock."
But when asked to be more explicit
he said: '"The hands of my watch
are exactly at right angles with each
other/' To this his friend said1
"That happons twice every hour."
"Well," said the other, "tcllmc both
and I'll tell you which one is right"
What was the hour provided it was
the first time they stand at right
angles? Let some Timus reader
give us the answer.
My friend and comrade Bill
Sanders must have a fine corn crop.
He wants to engage the making of
fourteen million boards to cover it in
the field. Who can supply him?
Miss Lizzie Lumkins, of Columbia,
has been selected by the Daughters
af the Confederacy to make the address
of welcome to the U. C. Veterans
at the Greenville Reunion next
ra/>nfh A. frnot ia in n11
1UV/U UUi IV H V/CIU IO 111 Ol'VJl U iUI ill!
who hear her. She has also been
selected as instructor of elocution at
Clcrason. This is as good a selection
as could be made I truly believe.
Now that a political' campaign is
upon us there will be little more than
distraction until the election is over
/'with. Some people can't even go to
church without putting more thought
upon the campaign than they do
^^ipon the sermon, and the trouble is
don't stop" at that, they often
congregate about or near the church
doptjwithin hewing of the worshippers-.
and disturb them with their
loud talking while- the minister is
trying, to conduct the services. I do
think that a gentle, good, natured
and inoffensive reminder to desist
from this practibe will be appreciated
by those who, I feel quite certain, are
not intentiously disposed to disturb
the service. Whiskey has always
been more or less a potent factor in
politio*. But as such it has outlived
its usefulness to a great extent, especially
with the better class of poople.
To use it successfully now will
require, a uigli degree of diplomacy,
much , more than wo usually find
among the sons of Beliel
' Not long ago a candidate (and a
Tjf?;>pd_man too) was talking with some
of his friends and said: '"I'll nol
use whiskey and its no use for an}
body lb ask me to do so." A
fri?nd catne to me the other day an<i
asked me to treat a crowd he waf
with. I told him I wasn't going t<
p do it. But 1 gave him the inone}
and told him he could go and bu}
the liquor and treat then1 himself i
he wanted to." This was enough
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D. ARTHUR, Assistant Cashier. ^
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four Business. ^
Ho lost six votes right there and they
arc gone for good I expect so far as
he is concerned. [And it serves
him right if he did. Those kind oi
candidates are in a largo measure
responsible for this (dement of legpullers.
Every candidate who will
encourage it should lose votes every
time ho does it.?El).]
Rev. Sam T Creech opened the
meeting at Mesopotamia yesterday.
A largo congregation was present,
lie preached from the text: Go
through, go through; prepare ye the
way of the people; cast up, cast up the
highway; gather out the stones; life
up a standard for the people. Isaiah
(12: i0 lie laid special stress on the
iast clause of the verse and preached
a fino sermon. The meeting will go
on until Saturday. In his opening
remarks Mr. Creech said: "That
could this meeting go on a
week and a score of new converts be
brought into the church without reviving
the old members it would he
practically a failure. What we want
is true, genuine church workers, such
as feel that they have something to
do. And when once brought to a
realization of that the meetiug will
be a success. But brothers, sisters
let us get right ourselves and God
will take care of the balance."
A most delightful rain fell hero
yesterday and fanners are wearing
broad smiles this morning.
Mr. T. Jeff Hughes gave me a
short call this a. m. lie is an old
army comrade and a good talker and
1 am always glhd to see him.
Cousin James Woolbright and Joe
Moyner came down from Cowpens
yesterday to move Dolphus Lanier
to that section.
Miss Mary McCulloch has been
appointed Sponsor to represent
Camp Jeffries U. C. Veterans at the
Greenville Reunion next month.
Miss McCulloch is the daughter of
Major John McCulloch of Co. F,
18th Regiment, S. C. Vols.
Furmcrs have some young corn to
plow out yet.
I had the pleasure, in general
with our citizens, of attending the
political meeting at Gaffney last Wednesday,
20rd, and heard several of
the candidates for S'tato offices speak.
The courtesy with which the candidates
treated each other was truly
commendable in so far as I could seo
and hear, though I did not stay to
hear it all. The crowded condition
of the court house mado it uncomfortable.
Chairman Butler presided
with his accustomed dignity and fairness
and the best of feeling prevailed,
much more than we usually see.
A. report that the young man by
the name of McKown who went from
York county to Texas about ten
years ago with his father's family
was in the penitentiary of thut State
is denied by the superintendent of
the penitentiary, Searcy Baker. lie
1 also^writcs that there is not and has
not been any one there by that name
within the two years you mention.
"I have examined the records," he
says, "carefully and if he is here ho
is under some other name."
The dry hot winds of last.week
did some damage to the growing
crops, especially cotton, though with
k favorable seasons from this time on
' we raav expect good average crops.
11 ev. Mr. Nettles is expected to
put in his appearance early this week
and help llro. Creech in the meeting.
' . The meeting will begin at Sulem
' next Sabbath, August 3rd. ltcv.
1 W. II. White will have the assistance
r of Itcv. Wm. II. Potter, of Gaffney.
1 The meeting will.possibly run on into
f the week following.
llev, Mr. Williams, of Newberry,
passed hero one day last week with
his family on their way to Cleveland
Springs, N. C., where they expect
to spend their vacation. They were
traveling with a wagon and camped
out at night.
Vox.
South Carolinians in Texas.
Bonhaui, Texas, July 1G, 1002.
Editok Union Times:
After January, 1903, Judge John
II. Reagan will retire from public to
private life. He is a man too well
and favorably known possibly to thr
\ readers of Tut: Times for me to sav
anything about him which will Lc
new or of much interest t,o them.
Then, Mr. Editor, I am well aware
of the fact that my pen is too feeble
and childlike to do this noble man
justice. I am not much given to
deifying men or to hero worship, but
I must confess his very presence is
one which commands awe and respect.
I can understand why President
Jefferson Davis wanted him in
the cabinet court of the C. S. Govment.
I can understand why the
people of Texas wanted him to represent
them in so many public
capacities. I can understand why
he is so universally respected and
held in such high esteem by his
countrymen, t say I can understand
all these, because he is honest,
courageous and pure. I had not the
pleasure of seeing Judge Reagan
until 1891, when he stood for the
governor,ship of this common wealth.
Mr. Lanham, of South Carolina, also
stood for the same oflicc the same
year. Judge Reagan's chances for
the nomination were the best of any
candidate before the convention, but
when the platform for the State campaign
was adopted it did not suit the
old Roman an 1 he soon told the con
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tUilt il<J 1IUC I Iiu
nomination, whereupon Chas. A.
Culberson was nominated. From
that day I have honored the man for
the loftiness of his character and the
courage of his convictions. That
convention knew that Judge lteagan's
declaration was final and it did not
even attempt to force the nomination
upon him which he would have
scorned no doubt. The people of
Texas have been brought almost lace
to face with the fact that their first
citizen, in a public sense, will soon
go into retirement from the labors he
has been engaged in for about fifty
ye^rs. lie has received the honorable
title "Sage of Palestine" and
right well does he deserve it. Judge
Reagan, as did the great Robt. Lee,
advised his people for peace and submission
to "the powers that be" after
the Civil War. When he was released
from prison he returned to his
home and it seems the federal government
misunderstood Ilcagan's
"letter to his people" and offered him
the civil governorship of the State.
The representative of the Federal
government found him between his
plow handles, but he very decidedly
scorned all offers of rulership that
were shadowed with the power of the
bayonet. Judge lteagan has been in
public life eves^ since Texas was a
State and before,* a period much
longer than most men wear the pub>
lie official harness. Look around
you i-n South Carolina and name a
few who have been in public favor
half as long. As you doubtless
know lie is the father and originator
wi (lit* liuu^uuu i?uiuvs'tit Kin uuu
mi ardent surportcr of the Texas
railway commission law. Elected to
the United Srates Senate he served
in this honorable capacity only a
short while until he was eailed upon
by his State to accept the presidency
of the Railway Commission. He patriotically
and submissively laid
down the senatorial toga which
promised more honors and more
emoluments than the presidency of
the Railway Commission to take
upon biui3olf in his old age the
arduous duties of that office. I say
it, and I believe it, that he was moved
and prompted by the glory and satisfaction
of serving tho people of
Texas, and I believe it because he
has filled the office with tlie ardor
and enthusiasm . much younger
men. Do not th'nk it strange of his
retiring from public life as he is
growing old. lie is, I think, somewhere
in the eighties, and certainly
he is entitled to ji short season of
rest and quiet before he passes to the
great beyond?to that borne from
whence no traveller ever returns.
Yesterday (July 15) at Galveston
tho Democratic Conventn n paid a
splendid tribute to Judge Reagan in
a set of resolutions commend I'ory of
his high character mid mug service
to ilie d< tnoerney of ?!< t;*.r
Hon. S. W V. Iji ?i -i. uhoso
name has Let u mentioned r. this letter
will be nominated for the office
of Governor today at G ilvoston.
Many of the readers of The Union
Times know Mr. Lanhato ?od many
.uioro know of him. Mr. Lanhntn's
wife is u Union cjuotv iudy. b?iog
the daughter oftbolatc Garb y Meug
and a sister of Wallaco Mcng, of
Union. He was a candid itc eight
veurs ago when Chas. Culberson was
placed in the gudcrnatorinl chair, but
he bided his time and the office at
this time comes to him almost without
an effort. lie is literally put in
office. Mr. Lanham is u noble specimen
of a man, one with a fine private
and public record and above all a
man wuom couth Carolinian s should
bo very proud of and one, with safety,
they may strive to emulate as a citizen
and a public official.
' At l'aris, Texas, there is a modern
prophet whose name is C. K. Thomas,
lie has oflate made some predictions
which it is claimed have come to
pass. For instance he prophesied
that President McKinley would be
assassinated during the second term
of office. He predicted that the
young king of Spain (who told his
mother the other day to mind her
own business and respect his autoriiy
like the rest of his subjects) will become
the greatest ruler the wot Id has
yet seen, that all latin speaking
nations will become subject .to his
authority. lie predicts that Mr.
Cleveland will be the Democratic
nominee in 1904, although the party
will try to pass him by, but after he
is nominated an overwhelming sentiment
will be erected in his favor and
he will be elected and avert a bloody
revolution between labor and the
trusts. lie also prophesies that
Kinsr Edward will recover" lonp'
enough to be evowned but that h:s
reign will not last long and will be
l*r?AU'n in ltiof-ArtT no n n*nL- mtn Ilia
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son George, however, he says, will
be known as a holy terror. He will
make France adopt new airs and put
a king on the throne and will cause
the great Russian bear to give vent
to such a growl as to make the world
stand aghast. I have no confidence
in these phophesies and only repeat
them for what they are worth, but
we shall see what we shall see.
Let me tell you something of a
man of whom you may know more
than I, and I do not speak of him
to advertise him or his business, he
does his own advertising and that is
the point I shall mention. Thi3 man
is Mr. W. M. Ostrandcr, of Pennsylvania,
of whom it is said has built
up the largest real estate brokerage
business in the world. Mr. Ostrander
is about 30 years old. Ilia advertising
bills must go up into the
thousands of dollars yearly for he is
an extensive, advertiser. Ilis ads.
away down here in Texas fill about
two columns in the Dallas News
every Saturday morning. The real
estate and other businesses of various
kinds arc located in nearly every
State and territory in America. Ilis
is a business of vast proportions judging
from the amount of advertising
which builds it larger. Mr. Ostrander
takes a page in a magazine,
he sometimes has a cut of himself
above and the announcement just
under it. lie says in the ads: "If
you want to sell a property of anv
C I 1. 1 1
size, <>i any Kinu, locaieu any wnero
send description and price and learn
of the novel and wonderfully successful
plan." For this time I shall
stop, this is long enough.
J. S. C.
Lockhart Locals.
On the 15th of each month a considerable
sum of money is paid out
by the Mill Company to the outside
help, most of whom aro negroes.
The brick yard force comes in for a
considerable share. Such a shower
of money falling into tho hands of
those people has more or less attraction
for those who want some of
it and do not like tho idea of working
for it, but rather engage the possessor
of tho "germ spreader" in a game of
chance. Several days ago Mr.
Thomas J. Ilannan and Deputy
Sheriff J. II. Wilburn caught soveri
negroes in Mr. D. A, McNcely's
stable loft red handed in a game of
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car<l-<. The stakes were lying on
the heard which was 80 cent-(two
25c pieces and three dimes) one dice
and a pocket handkerchief. The
pan wis ordered %'hands up' and
when they hurriedly looked up saw
th.it the business end of a gun was
pointed at them. They wilted and
were secured by Mr. Wilburn. When
searched the combined pan out
amounted to some ?35 or ?I0*but
no pistols. Four of the gang was
from Union, among the four one deserves
special mention, whose name,
I am told, has been written on the
roll of the infamous, 1 allude to Cardoza
Hampton. Three lived around
Lock hart. They were taken to
Union and delivered up to the
authorities there. Messrs. Marcus
Brooin and John lfunsinger assisted
Deputy Wilburn in their transportation.
Two negroes who were outside
from some cause took fright
from the proceedings within the barn ]
ran down the river bank about a
mile and jumped in the river below ,
the skoals where the water is very (
deep and swam to the Chester side,
not slackening their speed until they |
were in their houses some miles away. j
It is hoped that others who may
have been interested from time to .
time on that particular day (15th) '
at Lockhart will take warning for a j
close watch will be kept on all sustiinimiq
rmvuMtiQ
Mrs. W. II. jCary ami children,
Miss Esther ajfl Winona atid Master
Harry, are ofWon an extended visit
to friends and relatives at Seneca.
Mr. J. F. Thompson, a salesman
in the store of Pucolet Mfg. Co., is
on a visit to his wife's mother, Mrs. .
Dora Garner.
Mr. W. Iv. Livingston, Lockhart's
genial store manager, is oft'on a summer
vacation to the mountains.
Mrs. Frank Martin is off on a
summer outing among friends and
relatives at Seneca.
One death I failed to note to The
Times at the time it happened. Mrs. '
John Keasler died hereon July 2nd.
She was about 25 years old and leaves j
a husband and two small children.
She was a consistent member of J
Lockhart Baptist church and had
many friends. This makes three
times Mr. Keasler has been widowed
and is yet quite a yoilug man.
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Jonesville News Notes. <
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Jonesville .luiy 28.?We had flue rains *
yesterday evening, last night and again
today which puts the croits in tine growing
condition. Farmers are about (tone t
laying bye and the crops prospect is fair t
in this ciuununity.
A colored man working here on the .
Hunting gang of the Southern Railway *
fell from a heavy loaded push car la- c 1
Friday and the e ir wheels passed o er ]
his right ankle crushing the bones otherwise
lie was not hurt. Drs. Hamilton,
Douglas and Southard amputated the 1
leg thesamejevening. The m in stood the
operation with concider tble nerve, he i
was carried to Columbia Saturday night. ,
When he left lie was doiug well, his name
is George Willis and bis home is in Black- 1
villc S C.
Rev. J. B. Boscman of Gaffuey \
| assisted the pastor of the Baptist church
j here last week in a protracted mooting. '
Boseman is a ready talker and preached
earnest intcrating sermons. The meeting
closed Thursday.
ltev. David 11 neks is conducting a i
protiacted meeting at Bogausville church <
this week. 1
Bishop Duncan came down last Thurs- <
day Morning and conducted the funeral <
service of Mr. T.Jj. llames assisted by 1
the pastor ltev. David Hacks Bishop
Duncan was to go to Easley the same '
day to preside at the Greenville District
conference but he lot that duty go over
another day and came by the ilrst train
to Jonesville alter receiving the request 1
by phone to conduct the service of that
last sad rates of one whom ho loved.
Mr. Arthur Eison has been conlbied
to his room sick for several days but be
is better.
Mr. Aabury lloiu was buried at (li!ead
church last week. Mr flora was
an old manand lived in Cherokee county.
Mr. Arthur Hyatt was buried at New
Hope last Weduestay. Mr. H>att
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lived and died ar. (he Spartan
Mil's. He was a native of this
county and was a noble young man. He
leaves a young wife.
Memorial services wera held at the
Methodist Sunday School yesterday
morning in regard to Mr. T. L. I lames,
tin suiieriiilerident of the school ever
since it ?':n organiz -d twenty three
vemsago. Th" so vices were very affecting
:m in my spoke of the m *ny good
virtues of Mi-* drcVased There was not
one present who did not shed tears.
Mr .1 J. Li-Mejohn is in Xew York
o;r business for his in.lis.
Camp O. II Bo\d. U. (J. Veterans,
will be represented bv several Veterans
at the reunion in (Ireenville next
mouth
Telephone.
FOUND AT GLENDALE.
Remains of Old Iron Foundry Discovered
by Excavators.
In excavating for tho foundations
of the extension of Glendale Mills
the workmen have uucarthed the
remains of an old iron foundry
which is thought to be one of historic
interest.
A block which is bound with s
bcavy iron hand and which was
tho anvil on which the old trip hammer
fell has been found renting on a
firm foundation and around it are
pieces of iron ore and filings which
ure always found at an iron foundry.
It is evidently a relic of the tar
distant past, a hundred years or more
old, for these things were found four
feet under ground and none of the
oldest inhabitants can remember hav111
If i\\T t litiu I'll aP tli a AvratAw aa
w? v? KVUiti VI WUO VA IOCUU^iU Ul All
iron foundry there.
It is the general opinion, however,
that this is no other than the remains
of an old foundry of Revolutionary
times known at different
periods in its history as Wofford's
Iron Works, Berwick's Iron Works
and Bufling'nam's Iron Works.
In Dr. Landrum's hisfcirv this old
foundry is said to have been located
on Lawson's Fork above the present
town of Glendale but its exact location
is not certainly known and what
bas been unearthed at Glendale is
fuost probably the remains of Ber*
wick's Iron Works of Revolutionary
times.
This foundry was the first iron
>rc works in South Carolina and
was erected in 1773 by Col. William
iVofford who, it appears, owned it
ointly with Simon Berwick and a
Mr. Buffingham, or it may have
men owned by each at a different
line.
This spot was a favorite retreat for
he Ameiican troops during the ltevdution.
It is mentioned in Ken?
lcdy's Horseshoe Robinson. It was
rero that Sumter and lus brave folowers
retreated after the battle of
Blackstoek. A battle was fought
>n the left bunk of Lawson's Fork
icar the site of the old iron works.
The foundry was destroyed by firs
n November, 1781, by the Tories
under "Bloody Bill" Cunningham
und was never rebuilt as Mr. Berwick
died a few days later.?Spartanburg
Journal.
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All Were Saved.
4'For years I suffered such untold
misery from Bronchitis," writes J. H,
Johnson, ot isroughtou, tia, "that often
I was unable to work. Then when
everything else failed, I was wholly
cured by Dr. King's New Discovery for
Consumption. My wife suffered intensely
from Astlnna, till it cured her,
and all our experience goes to show it is
the, best Croup medicine in the world."
A trial will convince you it is unrivaled
for Throat and Dung diseases. Guaranteed
bottles 50c and $1.00. Trial hotties
free at F. C. Duke's.
Campaign Days.
The Senatorial meeting will be
held in Union on Tuesday, Aug. 12th.
The Congressional mooting will be
held in Union on the night of July
28th at 7:80 o'clock.
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