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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.
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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