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; f _ ^*1 rhe progreS* ir^HI TOWN OPuStONHA?" J ft? B THE UNION TIMES. W g 8lan \vuter. Population t>,&00. g {"l Y0L- LU- K0 43- UNION. SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY. OCTOBER 21. im #1.00 A YKART The Big Show in Spartanburg. The Sells Brothers and Fore paugh's show combined which porforaed in Spartanburg last Friday was the largest aggregation that has been seen in these parts in a number of years. Union county sent a larg* ^ delegatien to Spartanburg. The ^ morning train carried from the ^Union depot something like 250 peo. tple to say nothing of Carlisle, Santuc 'and Jonesville. The nine coaches [were literally jammed and the train Iran so slow that the procession was over before the train arrived at Spar.tan burg. I The show was above the average land the mammoth tont was literally tL. 1 1 .1 buv uunu uuun tuu uaiiYUoH [was estimated all the way from ten 'to twelve thousand. The tent was jsome 600 feet in length. There were three rings and a large stage. There were sixteen elephants, two of them Ton the Jumbo order. They were well trained and their performance ** was the first given in the ring. This was followed by the usual bareback . riding, trapeze performance, tumb' K ling, etc. The attraction that brought the [orowd, however, was Diavolo's dare[devil act of looping the loop. When [the time came for this act there was [almost a breathless stillness. Diavolo ' [walked up the steep incline plank [road until he arrived at the top of [the tent where his bicycle was await'ing him on a platform. From this tpoint the incline track dropped te the ground some 50 or 75 feet distant, ; the track then suddenly curved upward and over, forming a great band, some twenty feet high and about six feet wide, coming again te the ground and leading out on a track some fifty feet loner. The bicvcle he rode had 0 ? - v ^ m an iron rod through the pedal hanger instead of pedals. After balancing himself perfectly on the wheel he lifted his feet from the platform and quipkly placed them on the rod on e>'" er side and down the steep slope 'fffifrheel and rider went as if shot i.om a cannon. When he reached A^ the bottom he was goiBg at lightning \ speed and he rose the opposite side of tne great rim and went ronnd the k-. inside of it like a flash and shot out on the level track where the wheel was stopped and he alighted none the V worse for his dangerous act. It is said that he gets $1,000 a week for doing this act which requires about 79 seconds a week. lie has a force of hands with him who do nothing else except attend to him and his great loop. It is doubtful if any one else under the tent would have attempted the feat for ten weeks of his salary planked down, spot cash. While it is a very dangerous feat and seems to be the height of recklessness. We think the feat performed by the champion bicycle trick rider was an exhibition of much more skill, and a great deal more difficult. He 1 rode a unicycle (one wheel) up a . spiral incline plane, five flights high, to thd ton and todo it hank down gain. This walkway was only about 30 inches wide and he had to keep continually curving his wheel as he ascended and decended. It required considerable skill to keep on the track to Fay nothing of ridiDgone wheel. The trapese perfoimance by the ten people together at the top of the , ^%tent was far above the average, and ^^lometimes the performances were so rapid that it had the appoarance of a lot of people sailing through the air, and you could not tell where this one or that one was going to catch. Oue of the best things seen under the tent, however, was the wonderful drilling of Capt. A. II. Torbele's Aurora Zouaves. They are the acknowledged champions of the world. All their work is done in double ouick time and their evolutions and drilling through the manual of arms is absolutely perfect. They never make a break or bobble, the buts of the twenty-four guns strike the floor in "order arms" as one gun. The same is true with every other movement, no matter how difficult the execution, the guu? all go together as ifjlggftcri bj some hidden machinery. TrJperfection attained by this company of Zouaves is something remarkable. , f We are glad to say that the gamb. / dog games were conspicuous for their j absence, and that notwithstanding f $ the great crowd almost perfect order V^^revailed. Spartanburg la to be ?>. congratulated for the successful manner in which she handled the great crowd. The only drawback to the occasion was the railroads. They seemed tc hare been unprepared for such a crowd, and had inadequate accommo dations in the way of coaches and theii trains were badly delayed by the confusion. J. R. M. WASHINGTON LETTER. (From Our Regular Correspondent.) It is generally accepted that the miners will return to work this week. Some apprehension is felt over the situation resulting from the employment of new TI1M1 ?n f?Vo ftin of the strikers. It is estimated that about 1,700 such men are now at work and, unless the operators make a special effort, they will be com* pelied to leave a similar number ol the strikers without employment. Prof. David T. Day, chief of the Division of Mineral ilesources of the Geological Survey, said that he lid not believe it would be possible for the coal output during the first two weeks to exceed 60,000 tons and the supply would not be normal before February: As if to mitigate the relief occa sioned by the settlement of the coal strike, the news comes from New Jersey of the incorporation, under the laws of that State, of the beef trust, under the name of the United States Packing Company, with a capital ef $1,000,000, which amount, it is anticipated, will be shortly increased to $5,000,000. The articles of incorporation provide for the atlnntinn *!! t.li* m<?oV?rwta n.n.l ?--, ? ** ? ????? wouai with similar corporations, including the purchase and maintenance ol retail butcher shops. As usual, the stockholders are '"dummies," clerk's in the office of the trust company which procures the charter. The Secretary of the Treasury has finally resorted to the purchase of bonds with a view to relieving the money stringency. Only a week ago the secretary was deploring the scarcity of bonds on which the banks could base an extensive issue of currency. Now he is buying them up and thus further diminishing the supply. His course is similar to that pursued by Secretary Gage and o'hers of his predecessors and is doubtless rendered necessary by the exigencies of the situation, but it serves to again emphasize the deplorable incongruities of our financial system, incongruities which, in a country of fewer natural resources, must have resulted in, serious panics and loss, ere now. Bresident Roosevelt recently is seek a timely warning to the members of hie cabiuet, in the form of a circular letter calling their attention to the lavish use of money and printers ink in the preparation of government publications. lie states his belief that "there is much useless matter and a large number of unnecessaryjand expensive illustrations included in many of the reports and documents published." While all that Mr. Roosevelt says is true, he fails to call attention to the root oi the evil which is found in congressional orders for the printing of large editions of handsomely printed publications so that members of Congress may have abundant handsome mementos to send to their constituents. The whole practice has degenerated into a dishonest scheme for making the government pay a large share of the campaign expenses of aspirants for re-eleotion. As a result of the combined army and navy maneuvers, the Engineer's Bureau of the War Department will now turn its attention t^ the development of a more adequate system of coast defense. The maneuvers demonstrated the fact that, while it would be impossible for an enemy to approach any important point along the northern Atlantic coast by day* light, without the knowledge of the military forces charged with the coast defense, at night the feat is possible of accomplishment. Ever? effort will now be made to establish a system of search lights, electric signals and batteries which will make such night attaok impossible. Such a system is new installed, but the recent maneuvers demonstrated that it oontained many defects which the engineers will seek to remedy. Etta Jane Etchings. Etta Jane, Oct. 20.?Mis3 Ethel , Strain is staying with her sick niefre. ( Miss \Tilmer McDanie', of Hickory , Grove. Misses Allie and Bessie Smoah . of Filbert, deaf mutes, are visiting Miss Lizzie Edwards of this place. The monthly consecration meeting of the Christian Endeavor Society was held at Mrs. Amanda Lee's Sun day evening. On account of sickness several members were absent? i in >re than usual. But the mcetinp was an interesting one, however The tODie vrai. uS?!f Mm^v " Ttm W. C. Blackwell made a good talk on the subject. Mr. Blackwell is not an educated man, but be hat fine common sense and gives good ideas on any subject he undertakes to talk about, llo is a consisten' member of the society and is always ready to do his duty. I learn from neighborhood reports that Mr. Thorn llartness, of Hickon Grove, is speaking of buying or try ing to buy the Thomson Mill property and putting up a first class mill for both wheat and corn. This will be a great convenience for this community and it will doubtless enhance the value cf property for miles around. Mr. llartness is a regular mill man and now owns and operates some o! the best mills in York county. He will have no other kind. Rev. Sam T. Creech will preach at Mesopotamia next Sabbath at 11 a. m. _ _ Mr. Terry Estes made a trip to' Cross Keys last Saturday. These visits are coming so often that peo pie begin to suspicion that he is going to estabiish some claims over there if he has not already dons so. We will see what we will see perhaps. Today is the time Bet for the cotton picking contest at Kelton between Newton Burris, of Cherokee county, and Ben Littlejohn, of Union county, both colored. I presume there will be some hustling done during the six hours the contest is on hand. Last week Messrs. Morris and Robinson moved their ginning outfit to Star Farm neighborhood. They report small crops at each setting down. Mr. II. B. McDaniel, of Hickory Grove, has his mowing machine at work in this neighbornood cutting pea vine hay. The Supervisor of Cherokee county will let out the Owen's ford bridge f.->r rprt.ira n?rf Fridav .1 11 o The Sheriff and Clerk have a good deal of land advertised for sale the 1st Monday in next month. There will, in all probability, be more hay gathered in this section this fall than has been in any one of the last ten years. I learn that whooping cough is raging on the other side of Broad river. Will some of our mathematicians tell us at what time between 5 and 6 o'clock the hour and minute hands of a clock stand at right angles to each other? Vox. ? ? New Pistol Law a Good Thing. (Correspondence of the Uaffnoy Ledger.) Etta Jane, S. C.?We took occasion to say in one of our letters to The Ledger that we hadn't heard of a single election killing in the whole State, or anything like it. Now, we are convinced more than ever that the new pistol law had much to do with bringing about this better state of affairs. There was no lack of campaign whiskey to bring out all the latent powers of bid blood. The fact that the ever ready pistol couldn't be so conveniently brought into uso without exposing the owner to rough handling has, we must admit, had much to do with it, and will, we trust, do more. When the enactment of tho present law was first suggested some newspapers and even good men who detest the protection of carrying concealed woapons were outspoken in their views regarding such a law?that it would be a failure?a dead letter. But we are glad to say it is neither, in so for as we have seen its working, and, if people will only be true to themselves and each other, "teting" pistols will soon be a thing of the put. Every self-respecting, law-abiding citisen has already quit the practioe of carr ving them 1 and it is right for the others to do > likewise. Pine Grovi vs. Union. * Mr. Editor:?Please allow u*> space in jour valuable paper of thh issue to publish our game of ball, it was so nice and quiet wo want tlx readers of The Times to know about 't. Prioe Grova and Union Grades School crossed bats cn the diamond it Perrin's Grove tf Union, S. C , on Oct. 16, 1002. We are now the champion echoo' team of the countj. We have been trganize 1 for two years and havi played several games during the two years and hato never been beat and ? - 1 it - ' iu}iu no uau uoiu our own tor thtnext two yeara. We also have the .honor of beating the first nine of Pinokney to the tuno of 9 to 5 in favor of Pino Grove school nine. We have an excellent pitcher, Ciough Palmer, being left handed he throws a bill with very good ?peed and a go^d curve, and th? boys strike at it wi-li all their mighind it seems as if there is a hole in the bat and the ball goes full speed until it hits the catchers mit. Every time he throws three balls the strikei has a goose egg. We could not get our regular catcher arid put a new man in thath td never caught a gime before which was Dunyan Ilo'comb. and he did so well some of the boy* called him Ilamlct Wyatt who is known to be the finest catcher in the county, Mr. Perrio, the umpire, was so honest and lair that we cannot giv< him too much praise. lie was the I best that ever called the game foi our boys. Ulougb l\Almcr, pitcher; B.inyaa (Iolcomb, catcher; Dewit Garner, first ba^e; Ben Trammel, second v>a?e; Charley Palmer, third base; Gee Garner, short stop; Oliver llolcomb, left field; llojle Gaulr. 'eft field; George Bailey, right field. The Union boys were amazed to see how things could be amended, 13 to 9, when about 9 to a goose egg was intended. The score stood 13 to 9 in favor of Pine Grove. Pine Grove School Nine. Lockhart Junction News. The weather is still pretty for gathering crops, only a shower occasionally. Cotton will soon all be picked out and I heard a man say all sold and the money spont and that's the end of it. Mesers. William and Richard Fowler, of Kelton, have been in this section selling a right to make guano. This they have tried and say it is a good fertilizer. Several have bought in this section and others say they are going to buy. If any one wants to know as to this guano see Mr. Fewler. This is a great saving of money ana i tninic all should use it. While visiting at Blacksburg. S. C., I met Mr. Ed lie Belue, formerly of Union County, but now of that place, lie looks natural as ever and 1 I was glad to meet him. I also met Mre-Lizzie Palmer and her son John. X- was a Gallman before marriage^T * Pinckney township, near Keltoin* I also had the pleasure of meeting Annie Laurie, one of the Union Times' correspondents, for my first time and was pleasd to know her, as I had read from her pen. Thanks to her and Mr. J. L Kirby for the kind hospitality hown me while with them. Hope to meet again. I met Miss Effie Mobley, whom I had seen in Union i county. These I mention as I like to meet old acquaintances and form new ones. Moxv. New Use for Refined Parafine Wax A new and important use for Refined Parafine Wax seems to have been discovered by a prominent resident ol Ohio, living near Lancaster who had two trees badly damaged bv storm, one beinir a manl? nnH other an apple. In each oase a large limb was broken down from the trunk, but still attached to it. The limbs were propped up and fastened securely with straps, very mnch as a broken leg might be f-istened with splints, and then melted refined wax poured iuto and over all the cracks. The "surgical operation" was entirely successful. The Parafioe prevented the escape of the sap, kept out tde rain and moistare which would have rotted the trees, prevented the depredations of insects, and the limbs seem thus far to be perfectly re-attached to the trees. Cedar Bluff News. . Mr. Editor: If you w.ll please ?llow me I will give you a fiv dots this week. The people of this sccti in are (uite busy naw g: th 5riu^*their mos ie?utiful pra*ict, oftuon, and it ic not very newr out this way. Miss CurL. Smith, of We-t Springs, whoV . ?s been visiting her sister, Mrs. [toward Williams, re turned to her tiome last week. Miss Ida Duckett who has beeiteaching the echool below Lower Fair Forest has closed her school and ffax m>irri? 1 tVi<? --* ..... ..v>? ??>v uij^Ub a I Union to Mr. James Bishop, ot Georgia. We wish for this couple a long and happy life. Mr. Editor, I will tell the readers how Mr. Sanford Wilburn's children j^ot a pig in a pen a few doje ago They deeided to build the old fellow i new ene, and knew how to build it hut didn't know how to get it out of '.he old pen into the new one without it getting away from them, but they were determined to build it, so thej lecided to get some corn and feed the pig while others tore the old pen from around him and built the new one, and then they toled him to the place and kept on feeding him until they had got a pen built around him again. Ererything worked satisfactorily to the pig and the boys. Elizabeth Lockhart Locals. Lockhatt, S. C., Oct. 21.?The foliage is beginning to got on autumnal hues. Marriod at the Presbyterian manse at Mt. Tabor on the evening of the 12 th inst. by the lie v. W. White, Mr. Marshal Byars and Miss Maggie Camps, all of Lockhart. At the same time and at the same place, Mr. William Jones and Miss Maggie Jamison, all of Lockhart. Died on the 12th inst., the young* est child of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Broom. Tho grief stricken parents have tho heart felt sympathy of the entire community. Considerable improvement is going on at Lockhart. Tho physical geography of the place is being changed. High places are being ma le lower and low places are being filled in. Mr. John Hunsinger has been sworn in as special constable for this place. Miss Alice Riggins is on a visit to the home of her mother in York county. Mr. Joe Meggs has given up his section in the weave room and accepted a similar one at Whitmire. Homo has not as vet heard anything from his missing hat, the ciicumstance of which was mentioned in a former communication, and as I write tho other fellow's hat looks down upon me with a longing for some expression. Homo. THE NEW YORK WORLD THRICE-A-WEEK EDITION. Read Wherever the English language is Spoken. The Thrice-a-Week World was a brilliant success ia the beginning and has been steadily growing ever suico. Time is the test of all thincrs. and has sat. It* aeal of approval on the Thrice-a-Week Woild, which is widely circulated in every State and Territory of the Union, and wherever there are people who can read our mother tongue. This paper for the coming winter and the year 1903 will make its news service, if possible, more extensive than ever. All event# of importance, no matter where they happen, are reported accurately and promptly. The subscriber, for only one dollar a year, gets throe papers every week and mora news and general reading than most dailies can furnish at Ave or six times the price. The Thrice-a-Week Worll is ahsolntely fair in its political news. Partisan bias is never allowed to affect its news columns, and Democrat and Republican alike can obtain in its pages truthful accounts of all the great political campaigns. In addition to all the news, the Thricea-Week World furnishes the host serial fiction, ela^rate market reports and other featured" interest. The Thrice-a-Week World's regular subscription price is only $1.00 per year and this pays for 156 papers. W? offer this unequaled newspaper and Tub Union Tim as together one year for $1 75. The regular subscription price of the two papers is $2.00. fiOTICE OF ELECTION. For Representative in Congress, ' Fourth District. Sta4e of South Carolina, I County of Union. J Notice is hereby given thnt the Gen- , fe, er.il Election for Representative in Con* gross will Ih? hehl at the voting precincts N fixed l>y law in the countv of Union on Tuos lay, Noveinl?er 4, 1002, said tllj being Tuesday following the first Mon* lay as pi escribed by law. The qualifications for spffragc are M fo'lows: Residence in the State for two years, in the County one year, in the polling p ccinct in which the elector encr* to vote four months, a id the payment aix months before any election of any poll tax then duo and payable: Provided, That ministers in chargo of an organized church and teachers of public schools shail bo entitled to vote after si* months' residence in the State, otherwise qualified. Registration. Payment o" a". 1 taxes, incluling poll tax, assessed and collectible curing the previous year. The production of a cerlificate or of tho receipt of the officer authorized to collect such taxes shall be conclusive proof of the payment thereof. j>uiuiu wiu nour nxcu lor opening the polls Managers and Clerks must take ami subseribo the Constitutional oath. The Chairman of the Hoard of Managers can administer the oath to the other Managers and to the Clerk; Notary Public must administer the oath to the Chairman. The Managers eloct their Chairman aud Clerk. Polls at each voting place must be opened at 7 o'clock a. m. and closed at 4 o'clock p. in., except in the city of Charleston, where they shall lie opened at 7 a. m. and closed at 6 p. m. The Managers have the power to All a vacancy, and if none of the Managers attend the citizens cau appoint from among the qualified voters the Managers, who, after hcing sworn, can conduct the election. At the closo of the election, the Managers and Clerk must proceed publicly to open the ballot boxes and count the ballots therein, and continue without adjournment until the same is completed, and make a statement of the result for each otlice and Bign tho same. Within three days thereafter, tho Chairman of the Board, or some one designated by the Board, must deliver to the Commissioners of Election the poll list, the bores containing the ballots and written statements of the result of the election. The following MANAGERS OK ELECTION have been appointed to hold the election at the various precincts in the said county: Union Court House?T. K. Foster. Levi W. Smith and C. S. Greer. Cross Keys?G. C. Wilburn, J. M, Bennett and John \V. Bobo. Black Rock?W. N. Brock, Jack Mobley and Green J. Lee. Carlisle?M. C. Leaver, P. H. Jeter and John W. McGowan. Santuc?E. S. Carter, John Mobley Jeter and William Friday. Adamsburg?J. D. Hancock, C. M. Scales and F. M. Adams. Kelton?J. N. Porter, Elsie Kelly and W. A. L. Kelly. Jonesvillc?C. R. Long, J. W, Scott and W. II. S. Harris. Gihhes?M. S. O'Shields, J. B. Davis and Claude Thomas. Colcraine?Howard Sumner, D. B. Williams and J. 11. Sumner. West Springs?L. F. Stanford, J. A. Bctsill and J. B. Lancaster. Loekhnrt Mills?J. V. Askew, Ashemore Yandcrford and W. C. Joliason. Buffalo Mills?II. H. Robinson, Joseph Lamb aud F. G. McHugh. Monarch Mills?J. H. Willerford, Miles Howell and W. T. Levester. The Managers at each precinct named hduvu are rcMjucavea 10 <ielevate one of tlieit number to secure boxes and blank* for the election. They ran be secured on and after Nov, 1, 1902, at Union Court House. J, E. IlroiiRs, II. S. Porter, W. F. Bono; Com'rs of Federal Election for Un'on County. Union Times, Oct. 20. 1902. Jonesville News Notes. Jovesville, Oct. 20.?The weatker is tine end meets the demands of the farmers and gives them a fino opportunity for gathering their cropi and sowing small grain. I have talked with several farmers in the last few days and they all say their cotton is turning out a little better than they expected. The Southern Express office via discontinued here a short time sine# but I understand it will be restofod in a few days. Rev. Mr. Carroll filled his pulj it at the Baptist church Sunday mom* ing and at night. A cotton thief stole some seed rotton from a pile of cotton in the field on Knight Foster's plantation Samday night. Sheriff Sanders and kifl hlood hounds were sent for and thoT A II 1. a - - - ? f run a trail 10 two COloreu DceX'S houses but no proof could be obtained against them. Telephone. ? ? ToUnre a Cold in One Day Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. Ails druggists refund the money if il fails to cure. ?. W. Grove's signal are on each box. 20e. 43-lj