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^ IN THE TOWN OF UNION ? ? ~W~ W~ f4! -y- f- -||* - f^B^l B "IB BT B OUTSIDE OF THE CITY
Five Cotton Mills, one Knitting 1 | 1 ^ I 1^^ 1 B B B ' I ' B IB /I I I ' W ' Three Cotton Mills, one Knitting
, Mill and Dye Plant, one Oil Mill, B ml B I 111! B B IB/B B-? Mill, another building, Gold Mlinf
Furniture Mann facta ring Con- The Progret? ? , E 9 9 V 5 I Hi 1 i Famous Mineral Springs,
? Graded Schools, Wider Works and I I I I 'J 1 J I ^1 1 \F i ^ JL I If I 1 X ? Taxable value in and out of town
Electric Lights, Population 7,000. * M m -I- * -M- ^ ^^ * $5,000,000.
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VOL. LI1I. NO. 4. UNION, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY. JANUARY 23, 1903. #1.00 A YEAR.
HERE AND THERE.
Items'*Gathered at Random of More
? or Leas Interest.
Pekin, Jan, 18.?Italy has proposed
to establish the Marconi system
of wireless telegraphy between
Pekin and Taku.
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Mies Marie Dressier, the well
known actress, who has been at Atlantic
City seriously ill, is threatened
with paralysis of her entire left side.
Physicians say it is doubtful if she is
ever able to return to tho stage.
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Panama, Colombia, January 18.?
Lieut. Mitchell, a graduate of An?
napohs, who was an officer on board
the Colombian Government gunboat
Bogota, died here Saturday night of
yellow fever.
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John Pulley, a young white farmer
who lives near Tylervillo in Laurens
county, killed himself Saturday afternoon,
shooting himself in the diaphragm
three times with a pistol,
lie died in ten minntes.
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The United States Treasury closed
the year 1902 with $1,239,266,733
in its vaults. In spite of this enormous
sum being locked up, there is
more money in general circulation
than ever before.
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It is said that there are not less
than a thousand men in this State
who are ambitious to serve as dispensary
constables, and they are
piling up petitions and endorsements
of their applications for presentation
to Gov. Uevward.
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The navy department has received
^ . * dispatch from San Juan saying
that an 8-inch gun charge exploded
.in one of the forward turrets on the
Vmttleship Massachusetts off Culebra
Jeland.
W! t *11 e i
dve m?u were Kiuea ana lour injured,
none of them officers.
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Dr. Augustus Corley, a young
dentist of Edpefield, was doing some
work when his patient's pistol, a sort
of Edgefitf^j^y, fell from his pocket
d^sclarged, , The ball made
--'^H^.^uJiehtist'it diaphragm, but striking
a silver dollar the ball was deflected
and did no damage except to
the clothing.i
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Dr. Lem 0. Broughton has de*
?lined the call from the Baltimore
ohnrch which was recently sent to
Jiim.
Dr. Broughton's reason for refus*
Ing is that he has undertaken many
plans for religious snd charitable
irark in the city, and he desires
c that they be successfully wrought
before he leaves Atlanta.
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The Comptroller General's report
of the taxable property in the State
will show an increase of $6,203,952
in the taxable values, and a present
. . . _ e Atne cot aj>i mf ?.
'lqimi .9* #*sFt?,yoi,voiv ?nis win
enable the Xegislature to make a
slight increase in the appropriations,
v as it will never do to deduce the rate
of taxation, and expansion in spend*
fng motley is the order of the day.
* *
The Standard if at Company, with
a capital stack of $50,000 was organised
in Charleston Saturday. Robert
A. S my the was made president.
The directors of the concern are: J.
It. McGahan, J, Adger Smythe,
wQiO. W. Williams, Robt. A. Smythe
= an* Jf?? II- Foster. The oompany
> will/to * wholesale hat business in
tSotUhlQafolin* North Carolina,
<3eorgia?ft?d ^Iprida.
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- (Tioumbia special to the News and
tCurior of 18th Hxyr. Jim S ork, a
? .-oegro, wm ran ow and ktlUd last
"eight, it it annpoaed by the S >*hero
togkrf having at 1 o'clock for CharTlt*o?.
, Hit body wat found thit
morning atgr tha junction of the
Ccatt Line >ud g >uthern track in ti a
vicinity of the Mnion station. da
was onc-ledggul, utuigJ^ woodeo l?g,
and pait of tbe stump of hlv pther kg
jtua cut off, hit bald crptbad and
4 %m body generally mangled. H?
nraat bare been drunk arhen tha toE$
?5dsot happoaad, at ha had back
SgSg?S!S?M
Chaires, Fla., Jan. 18.?The neck
of Grover Jone*, a 5 year-old lad,
was broken Saturday by the explosion
of the boiler at his father's saw
mill, five miles from her.e. Ike Gaynor,
the fireman, poured cold water
in the red hot boiler with this disastrous
result. He was so badly scalded
about the face that he will lose
his eyesight. The mill was also
Wrecked by the explosion.
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The generous distribution of coal
to New York's poor at actual cost by
William R -
? ?..VMIOV) fS* V|S1 IX3WI VI IUC
New York American, is worthy of
national commendation. Mr. Hearst
is saving to the sufferers among the
poor, who are unable to pay the extortionate
trust prices for coal, many
thousands of dollars and relieving
distress and no doubt saving lives by
providing proper warmth and comfort
for the people.
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GERMAN RAILS FOR AMERIAN
B jrlin, January 18 ?The government
h?s published a report from
IIerr Waerlz)!d, commercial attache
of the German consulate in New fork,
npon the American iron situation.
Htrr Wasrtzdd advises German manufacturers
to make an attempt to obtain
a permanent foothold on the
American markets And to eatnbliVi a
coram mon rolling agency in New
York for the purpose of reaching
American, Ciuadiao, Mexican and
West Indian consumers. He regards
Canada and Mexico as especially
promising naida tor the sale of rails.
*
The safe at Greers post office was
dynamited on the morning of the
10th between 1 or 2 o'clock by unknown
parties who secured something
over $300 in cash and stamps.
Sheriff Gilreath was notified of
tho robbery and Went to Greers
with blood hounds secured from a
Mr. ltowland at Central. The dogs
trailed one track some little distance
as far as the overhead bridge near
Greers, but were unable to take it
any further. Despite all efforts no
further trace of the guilty parties
could be found.
The safe was totally destroyed,
one large piece of it being hurled
into the wall of the building. Postmaster
Mayfield lost several valuable
papers. A man sleeping in the hotel
across the street ran out and shot
twice at the robbers as they ran.
DON'T BUCK AND KICK.
Remember You are Not the Only
Oyster in the Tank-^Mind Your
Own Business?There arc Other
Pebbles on the Beach,
If you neighbor is prosperous let
him prosper. Don't growl, grunt or
grumhk. Say a good word for him
and let him no at that. D.in't he a
kicker. Your turn will come. No
'one is a whole show. If you see the
town ie moving rapidly feel good
about it. Help things along. Show
' a little push. Try to get some of the
benefit yourself. Don't stand around
like a chilly cadever and waste your
I time feeling sore becaue some fellow
has more sense and success than you
have. Do a little hustling yourself,
and if you can say a good word for
your town or its people say it like a
prince. If you are full of bile and
disposed to say something mean put
a padlock on your mouth and keep
it there till you can get a hypodermic
injection of the mi!k|of human kind-'
nets. Don't be a kicker. No man
ever made a dollar kicking but a professional
foot ball player. No man
ever got rich mindiog everybody's
business but his own. No man ever
helped himself up pemjanently by
kicking his neighbor down. Give
others a kindly word and give it liberally
and gracefully. It won't cost
you a penny, and remember, you
want a good word yourself some day.
You may have thousands today and
_:.l . .i - ! - - <
luuivnvn wn mtuuut me pnu? OI n
shave. Don't be a kioker. It doesn't
j pay. You can't afford it. There is
nothing in it. If von want to throw
something at somebody throw cologne
and don't throw mna or brickbats.
If yon most kiok go ont behind the
home and kick yourself, for if you
feel that way yon are the man that
aeeds kicking. Whatever yon do
don't aljow yourself to become a
ohronio kicker. Don't even have
an acute attack. Let everybody pqsh
together and we'll all be better and
happier and live longer. Don't be
a kicker.?Kentucky News.jp>^?;
WASHINGTON LETTER.
I Poor Chance for Anti* Trust Legislation?Anthracite
Coal Put
on Free List.
(From Our Regular Correspondent )
Washington, D. C., Jan. 19, '03.
Trust legislation received a set back
this week from the Attorney General.
The sub committee of the
House charged with the drafting of
an anti-trust measure prepared its
bill and the announcement was made
that it would be reported to the
House on Friday. On Thursday,
however, after securing the approval
of the President, the authors of the
measure called on the Attorney General
and requested his opinion. Mr.
Knox immediately detected certain
features, notably those concerning
publicity, which in his opinion would
have resulted in the measure's having
been pronounced unconstitutional by
t.hn (Vinrla and ?a a raonlt la <1?
?v w 4VWU,W *w nrto
termfned to withhold it for further
revision. As the time of the fortyseventh
Congress is short anxiety as
to the fate of the measure is increasing
Senator Hoar and other members
of the Senate assert their desire to
pass an adequate but conservative
trust measure?with special emphasis
on the conservative. At the same
time it is appreciated that the Senate
will not be hurried and with many
influential members at heart opposed
to all "statute tinkering," as they
somewhat contemptuously term trust
legislation, there are good grounds
for the anxiety expressed by the
President and bis supporters.
The fate of the Cuban treat/ fn
the Senate cannot be predicted with
certainty. Your correspondent ha^
made a careful canvass of the Senate
and believes it will eventually ba rat
ified. On the other hand, many persons
who ought to know regard its
fate as extremely doubtful and some
of the Democratic Senators who are
opposing it assert confidently that it
will fail. The entire influence of
administration is being thrown in its
favor and its defeat could not be constructed
but as a decided reDudiation
of the President's policy.
The Senate demonstrated to a re
markable degree its ability to transact
business last week, notwithstanding
the claim that the Statehood bill
is blocking other important measures.
The House having passed a bill pro-,
viding that all duties paid on coal be
rebated for a period of one year, the
Senate took the measure up the same
day and within fifteen minutes had
so amended it as to place anthracite
coal permanently on the free list and
passed the measure. The same day
the House accepted the amendment
and passed the bill and sent it to the
President who.signed it the next day.
4.8 if fired by its energy in handling
the coal bill, the Senate then took
up and passed the Militia bill which
passed the House last session. Be fore
passing the measure that
which provided for tho National Volunteer
Reserve was stricken out.
As the life of the present Congress
draws to a close the anxiety on the
part of those interested in the construction
of an isthmian canal increases.
With customary South
American dilatoriness, Colombia is ,
nArmif.tincr a crnlrtpn nnnnrhmilv in
r ft " b r I ?
slip away and there is a constant likelihood
that the administration's patience
will become exhausted and the
offers of Nicaragua and Costa Rica
will be acceptedand the construction
of the canal alona that route will be
begun. Up to the present time the
Secretary of State "has offered to Colombia
a cash payment of $10,000.000
and an annuity of $100,000 to
begin ten years after the ratification
of th{ treaty. In addition to this
amount it will be necessary to pay
$40,000^000 to the Panama Canal
Company making tKc total initial investment
$50,000,000 in addition to
(he annuity which will represent an
investment of $8,333,833.33 at 3 per
oent.
SEDALIA SIFTINGS.
As it has been some time since my
last contribution to yoqr valuable
paper, I will again give a few dots
from this place.
Movers have abiut all settled down
for another year.
There is, was and has been so
mnch visiting fujr the la?t few weeks
I can not hope to remember all, bet
will tall of some that is remembered
V.
at tbis time*
Miss Fannie Bobo, the popular
teacher of the Belmont school, accompanied
by Mr. Tom Bishop,
spent Friday night last at the home
of Mr. W. F. Duke. Wo are always
glad to have such lively young people
visit our community.
Mr. A. J. Taylor of this place
visited his parents at Princeton recently.
Mr. and Mrs. W. N. Bobo have
returned home after several days vis
iting friends in Greenwood, and Mrs.
Bobo'a mother, Mrs. Bolt, at Ilonea
Path.
Rev. Mr, Watson failed to keep
Lis appointment at Padgett's Creek
Sunday on account of the sickness of
his father-in-law. A large crowd
consequently was disappointed.
A certain young man is now
gorged with young lady correspondents
if | hea- correctly.
I am so glad that we have such a
veisatile writer in the far West. His
letters are history of up to date
things, places and people. Write
often Bro. Bailey, we enjoy your
letters so much.
Thanks, Iley Denver and Ivy
Green for congratulations. I would
sure inviyg^you both were it to be
gone overi again. Say Brother, I
should like to have the opportunity
of doing the same for you now soon
if you would only bestir yourself
rapidly in the right direction. You
must fet me give you a few pointers
along the way. Be in earnest, be in
dead earnest. In fact be so much
in earnest that she will say yes to get
rid of you. Love only one, tell that
*one-abeutrit often, prove to her and
the public genet ally that, it is true.
Say the first thing that comes into
your mind whenever you see her,
tit nn ujK an wah ' a L. ? ? *- - '
vuvu ?*uvii jvu uuuio wnifj uer
and say all you have left unsaid, and
if you fail to succeed by this rule
retire from public life and diaw a
pension. More adrice gratis.
li. B.
A TIMELY SUGGESTION.
Make a t,awtliat wHl Render Any
one yybo Carries Concealed WeaporAincapable
of Holding Office
in S&nth Carolina.
To the Editor of The News and
C airier: Ftw. people are wire enough
to forcsje the necessity of and
provide for infensive rooudi&l measures,
It is only when a shocking tragedy
converts apprehension into a demand
that they realizs what ought to
have been done.
When the Lieutenant Governor of
the S ate the second Executive and
the first legislative officer of this
Commonwealth violates the law he
has sworn to uphold and shoots down
an unarmed man without warning, it
d >es soem thit the evil of the practice
of carrying concealed weapons is sufficiently
emphasized to demand the
most heroic remedies.
The officer who himself violates the
1^ L!.L L_ ?! i- - ?
i?it wuiuu uj BJiemn oain ne tits undertaken
to obey and enforce is not a
fit. person to hold the office.
The sentiment against duelling in this
State oryetalixed into a severe statute
pronouncing it murder to slay another
in a due1; yet duels continued ifid
jurit* acquitted until the entire senti-.
| ment of the State was shocked at the
UQtime'y daath ia a duel of a noble
lawyer and gentleman of Kers! aw
county. The extreme exercise of preventive
measures was then invoked
and the constitutional amendment
known as the a?ti duelling oath was
adopted. It wig the expression of the
outraged public sentiment of the State
I that a man who w>uld vio'a e the
law he bad sworn not only to uphold
but to obey, was not a fit person to
hold office in this State. The fear of
death did not deter, the fear of fines
did not restrain, but the certainty of
1 ft ft*. - ... - I
loeiogioiutj to ottice bas bad the de
tired effect aud not a du:l his since
occurred in the B:*te.
There has always b:en ao rtnij
amount of romantic glamour, of ohivalry
and honor, about the C>le Duel-'
lo aid suoh occurences aa called forih
this article are ci el by i's advocates
in justification of it; but I have yet to
tea in aoy brave aud honorable maa
an apologist even, much less an advocate,
of the practice of carrying concealed
weapons. If a duelist is not
fit iu law or morals to hold office, bow
much lower in the scale of eligibility
must le the walking a aaua ?
Lit tba General Asiembly provide
lor an oath upon the aubj x>t of carrying
concealed weap >i by oonitltutional
amendment if necweary, eimiUi
to the aiti duelling oath, and at least
-
an additional safeguard, if not a rem
edy, wi'l be supplied.
Tiiomas P. Cotiirvn.
Greenville, S. C , Jan. 17, 1903.
BIG MONEY TTi tWcKING.
H. J?. Matthews, of Smith County,
Texas, Gets $i,S6o b'roui iS
Acres of Ground.
The Cotton Belt Route, through
its General Passenger Department
at St. Louis, is giving our dura regarding
the growing of fruits and
vegetables aloDg its lines in Eastern
Texas. Here is what a Smith county
man accomplished during the season
just passed, the interview appealing
in the "Diversifier," published at
Tyler, Texas.
Mr. II. B. Matthews said: ^
4T had two and a half acres^in
strawberries; gathered 213 crate*;
sold for 8440. I nut nut pi oh *. ?cm?
in tomatoes*; gathered 1,430 crates;
sold for $040; planted the same land
in late corn and fall Irish potatoes;
corn did only fairly well; potatoos
made fine crop, and gathering at
this writing, and expect to realize a
good price for them in the spring for
seed. I had four acres planted to
Jones watermelons, from which I
sold $150. I had six acres in pumpkin
yams; two acres I set early and
four acres late; from the early patch
I gathered 320 bushels and sold them
for $230, and the late planting I am
not through gathering, though I am
selling them at 50 cents a bushel as
I gather them. I can not tell how
much per acre they will yield. I
have one and a half acres in blackberries,
from whbh I sold $100.
And for what I think of the outlook
of cur country and truck business I
would be almost afraid to tell my
honest opinion, for some one would
think I was a big land owner and
had lots of land to sell. I am only
a small truck grower, and have been
in the business but a short time; but
from my experience and observations
I think the outlook for our part of
the country is llatteriDg."
A TREMENDOUSLY^
RICH STRIKE.
Gold in Abundance Said to Have
D?Aa. Tki ? * ' "
iicm j/iacuvcrni?A Wllfl
Stampede of Prospectors.
Seattle, Wn., Jan. 18.?A special
to The Times irom Dawson says:
A tremendously rich strike, the
magniture of which has never been
equalled since Bon Henderson told
his wonderful story of the Klondyke,
has been made 18 miles north of a
point on Tenana river, 300 miles
from its source. The district is in
American territory. Circle has been
depopulated and a wild stampede of
prospectors from all the surrounding
country is in progress. As yet few
have reached the discovery.
The holes that have proved tLe
wealth of the country were sunk late
last winter and the first man to
reach Dawson from the new country
has just arrived. lie is a Japanese
named J. W. Wada, well known in
Dawson, where his veracity and honesty
are well known. So far, the
report has not been spread to any j
cxiom in uawson, Dut tlio little that
has been told has created an excitement
that surely means a stampede.
The gist of Wada's report is that
the district resembles the Klondyko
in its physical formation, but has a
heavier growth of timber. Gold in
widely different kinds had been found
in eight different creeks when Wada
left for Dawson on Dec. 22.
The original strike was made on
I Pedro, a creek running parallel with
| Tanana, about miles from the
river. This oreek is staked for miles.
y. M.'cTaTconvention.
A Convention of Practical Men
Meets in Gieenville, February
7-10, 1903.
Greenville has captured the next
convention of the Young Men's
Christian Associations of South Carolina.
The invitation to hold the twentysixth
annual meeting in the mountain
olty came from the Board of
Trade.
All iniliAitUna nAint ?? 1
* iu\*iv?MvuD pumv uu H rcuuru j
breaking convention. The program I
is uniquo in many respects and up to
the times. Not many subjects will
be discussed but those that nave been
selected are of vital interest.
A number of men who are e* perls
in certain lines of definite work
among yeung men and boys have
been secured to address the convention.
The convention will open Saturday
evening, Feb. 7. and close the
following Tuesday, Feb. 10, The
sessions will be held in the historic
First Baptist Church of Greenville.
jSome of the special features of Convention
will be: A great mass meeting
for men in the opera house on
Sunday afternoon.
Union mass meetings ic three central
churches on Sunday evening,
addressed by able speakers.
Bible readings by G. C. Huntington
of Charlotte.
Addresses and discussion on the
problems in towns, cities, mill districts
and institutions of learning.
The State Committee through the
columns of this paper extend a cordial
invitation to all ministers of the
Gospel, to Christian businessmen, to
teachers and others interested, to
attend. There will be reduced rates
on all railroads and delegates will be
entertained in the hospitable homes *
of the citizens of Greenville.
Upon application credentials will
be furnished those who contemplate
I attending, either as a visitor or delegate.
Credentials, programs and
other information may be obtained
by addressing Mr. A. G. Knebel,
State Secretary, Y. M. C. A., Charleston,
S. C. Thoso who expect to
attend should communicste with the
State Secretary before February 1st.
m ?
LEE BESIDE WASHINGTON.
A Suggestion That Valentine be
Employed to Make n Statute of
Lee to fill the Vacant Place in
Statuary Hall in the National
Capitol, to which Virginia is Entitled.
Iu the State Senate at Richmond,
Va., a bill has been introduced by
Mr Ilalsey,-1 providing for a statute
of Gen. Robert E. JRec in Statuary
Hall, in the Capitol at Washington.
In connection therewith a letter from
Senator Daniel was read, in which
the Senator says, among other
things:
"A letter from Eiliot Woods,
superintendent of the Ignited States
Capitol building, addressed to me
January 3, states that the State of
Virginia is entitled to two statutes jn
Statuary Ilall, and that the statute
ot Washington is now in place. It
seems fit that the Virginia artist,
Edward V. Valentine, whose recumbent
figure of Lee has attracted worldwide
admiration, should also hare
the honor of reproducing his upright
iuiui uuu icaturos iu me statute con-*
templated. There is no one to whom
I have mentioned the subject who
does not cordially approve the placing
of Lee in the Capitol of the
United States by the side of Washington."
m - Hypnotizing
Two Dollars,
Two men were walking behind an
elegantly dressed woman on Fulton
street the other day.
' Did you ever sec me hypnotize a
woman?" asked one.
"Nonsense!" the other sneered.
"Bet you two dollars I can make
that woman ahead of us touch bath
her ears before sho has gone half a
block."
"Do you know bcr?"
"No; never saw her before."
"What would you do to her?"
"Nothing but walk behind her. I
won't touch her."
"What would you say to her?"
"Nothing; not a word."
"And you'll make her put both
her hands to her ears without touching
or speaking to her?"
"Yes. sir."
"Well, it'll be worth two dollars
to seo you do it. I'll have to go
you."
"Very well. Watch now." In a
tone loud enough for the woman to
hear he said to his companion:
"Charlie, bow do you like the new
fashion the women have of wearing
only one earring?"
Tnfttnnt.lv ttiA wnmor. -?
??j ? ~ vinjlj.lll UI1Q
gloved hand and then the other to
nee if she had loet one of her sparklers.
"It'll work every time," said the
winner. "Yon can make good wages
betting on it if yon can find rack era
1 enough to take you up."?Brooklyn - A
Eagle. ?