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I v IN THE TOWN OF UNION f ~W~ B ^ ~fi ~T J" l^T B ^ IM~ B 1 CUTSID : CF THE CITY Five Cotton Mills, one Knittif* p t I I < ?3 i | | S 5 ? / 5 I \ L 1 Three Cotton Mills, one Knitting rS?iSiS^?"ko,c,i I I II, I \ I I I \ 11 1/1 ii Sb ?Hf..r??,??/?,? Oo?M,Z corns, Female Seminary, Live R] H E D 1 J j? H H H rj ; ? H ? ] I l ^8 1 anions Mineral Siirin^s, railed Schools, Water Worlds si ml w M ra A 7 ? W *j 1 W fli H A / Ta\nhle value in siml out of town w$lcctrie Lights, Population 7,000. J ^ r\? V $j,000,000. VOL. LIU. NO. ;>L UNION', SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, .MAY 89, 11)00. #1.00A YEART WAR REMINISCENCES. k * Happenings in awl Around Union I)n ring Kcconst met ion? A Urn vc Father and Son?A Bit of Their Subsequent History. ]IY .1. L. STRAIN. ;? (Continued from last week.) Next morning Henry Fernandez toll Jeff Hughes hg?in what Inwanted liim to do un?l gave him all I the information he cou'd about the Scales' premises si as to expedite I his mission there, and added: "Now Hughes, you get my children and ; bring them here and I'll shoot that fellow who tried to kill you and th?n * we will make our way to liruzis river and you can have a title to as much land as vou want." Jtft'said. 4'Ii'a a tra;lc." Henry continued: ("I'm going to ihe Brazes river now to see the land and get everything in readiness so that us soon as 1 return we can do our work'anil I ; ' leave." With this they separated. Ilonry went out and was gone for some time. Mr. Hughes began to O f o study how he was to do his work. When Ilenry was returning home he stopped in a little town and went 4 into a barroom and there lie found the fellow he hud given such u thrashing for the part he had taken in effecting a separation between him and his wife. As he went in the fellow gave hiin his hand and expressed so much satisfaction at seeing him that Henry thought lbr the time that the fellow had lorgotten their last meeting, and so he ordered his glass. While the bar tender war attending to Henry the fellow slipped out unnoticed and was gone for some moments when lie came back to the door and ca led Fernandez As Henry turned his head to see who it w as the fellow fir:d. The ball struck Henry Ker nandez in the forehead and lie fill a lifeless corpse then and there and hi.? murderer made good his escape. This, of oureo, broke up the pre* engaged plans between Ilenry and Jeff and their agreement was never attempted or carried out. Soon after that Mr. Ilughca concluded to return to South Carolina, with his family, lie had acquired a good deal of property of one kind and another during his stay in Texas? mostly cattle und hogs. Afccr dis posing of bis properly as best he could he loaded his wagon and started for South Carolina. Crossing Red river ho travelled through the Indian nation and made his way to Hot Springs, Ark., where he stopped to rest a few days. While ut llot Springs be espied a man he took I from his looks to be the fellow who killed Iltnry Fernandez. lie said to his wif"'Sis, (he always called her Sis) that's the who ki.led Henry Fernando/.." ''How do you know?" she said "I just know i's him from his genetal appcuranco and froui the description . I have got of him." He then went to sec if lie cou'd find an clfieer to have the fallow arrested on suspicion but while he was gone the fellow "clipped out" and be never could fiad him or any trace of hint after that. Mr. Hughes 6aid the fellow kept his eyes on him all the time while he was in sieht. atid to this day he believes he's the man ho thought he was?Henry Fernandez's murderer. They started again and one evening late he met a in in with a wagon and team with a woman and children in the wagon. The man stopped him and asked which way he was going. Jell'said he made it a poitr never to toil anything of his plans 1,1 to a stranger. So he told the man ho was going over on the Arkansas liver to pick cotton, lie thought, he said, that if he to'd him he was v on his way to South Carolina the (? man would think lie must have some money to undertake such a trip. The man, apparently a gentleman, explained tho reason why he asked Jijfa" the ideation saying he thought | ho would save him (Mr. Hughes) of much trouble, timo and expense in case he (Mr. Hughes) was expecting to cross the Arkansas and Mississippi bottoms, aa h<! said he had been I six weeks coming from the Missis- J bippi river at Memphis. The mud on an average was axle tree deep for upwards of sixty miles in one stretch. Mr. Hughes, of course, appreciated this information but nover told the fellow any better. 11c then went on to Little llock, Ark., where he packed his family and effects into a j I e ir and paid their fare to Memphis. | Just at this time the railroad bridge at Little Reck was nearing completion and an engine and freight box was being used to transport freight and passengers. So Mr. Hughes t l 1 r * * pngKB<i iik luiuiiy ana ciiocts into & I car and sot out to cross thch'gh trestle, j His wife and children were on the tender and lie had no place to stand but upon the bumper and hold a .-liui bar to keep from falling. The engine rushed out and soon ho found himself in mid air sixty feet above the water and a very small fjot hold as lie had begun to realize. As the engine and ears crept -lowly over thr-trCsdy he said "Hughes' head began to swim" and lie thought he O ? was never going to get to the other side. At lust when the engine reached terra firma he fell loose fiotn his perch completely exhausted and declared that if God would forgive him for that ride he would never take another of that kind. l?ut before this he had fallen in wish two families who were returning to Georgia from whence they had gone some time before. One of them was driving a team of oxen with two horses to the end of the wagon, the other had three mules or horses. The name of one of these men was Furgcson, the other was England. Any way the train was made ur> at Little lloek which \\:?s to bring the colony to Memphis, Tcnn., and soon they were on their way speeding homeward, The train was crowded, the weather cold and to add to their discoui finite they had an acetic, growling conductor in charge of thcii train. (This is a very unusual tljing f <r railroads to have?they are polite and to nil appearances first class gentlemen.) Hut this seems to have been an exception somehow. Any way, ho was very rough in his manner and toward ladies at that, frequently using profane language in their presence. J oft'said he stood it as long as he could and concludtd at last that thing must stop. 11c didn't propose for his wiic au'd children to he insulted by such a braggart. JclV was standing by the stove warming when the c inductor came in. lie (-Ic-fl) had an old broken bladcd knife of the 4,frog sticking ' style, lie said to the conductor: "Look here, my friend, is this the way you do business on this road? If it is, I'm in the wrong place with my wife ami children. I'm not used to conductors or anybody else cursing in the presence of ladies aud gentlemen. Those people look like they are of that kind, and I know my wife is a lady." Wi h that the fellow backed up as if he was going to take Jeff in hand when the latter made a lick at him with the knife which struck the stove pipe and the conductor thinking it was the click (fa pistol threw up both hands and s ai l: "Don't shoot inc," and heat a ha*ty retreat to tho otlter car. 11/ this time tho passengers were on the tip toe of excitement, men stood aghast and womon nearly fainting begin to cry out. Some one said: "He's gone to got help to arrest that fellow." Hut Jeff relieve I the situation by calling his fiiend Furgeson, and they went out on the platfoim and stood there waiting f >r hitn to come back. Jejl said to Furgeson; ''Furgeson, if we stand here and that conductor goes to piss us and hit3 our elbows and fills down between theso cars and gets kiile 1 we e.jn'i help it. cm we?" Furgeson s lid: "No. of course we can't." It wasn't lung before tiie conductor came to the car door and seeing them standing there he went hack. So they were not interrupted by the conductor any more on thut | route. The two, Jeff and Furgeson, ! went back into tbc coach and the lines aim gentlemen vim leit so indignant at tho conduct of the rail r.?ad man gave Jeff a perfect ovation They had no further trouble fro'u the conductor during their trip to Memphis nhere they landed in due time. Wisshinqton Let|or. (from Our Regular Correspondent.) Washington, 1). 0., May, 25, 1003. Kvents in tnc Post office investigations during the past weok ha'?< served, more than any previous incident, to illustrate the pernicious (methods which have precipitated the current scandal. About the firs; of I May the Post Master General called for a statement of the appropriation for rural free delivery and was informed by Superintendent Machen that there would be a deficiency of perhaps #20,000 at the close of the fiscal yoar. The Postmaster General immediately wrote to Machen instructing him to retrench in every way possible so that, if practicable, this deficiency might bo eliminated. This week, Inspector Fosnes, now acting general superintendent oi free delivery, discovered that instead of a deficiency of ?20, 000 it would amount to ?227,000. ? Mr. lbiyni has expressed himself in emphatic condemnation of this method of con ducting a division of the department, accusing Machen of "maladministration." The real facts in the case arc that Machen has long believed "that his interests lay in granting the favors asked by members of Congress rather than in heeding the admonitions of his superior officers, and therefore, he completely ignored the Post Master General's orders and proceeded to establish free delivery routes whenever a member of Congress requested it. This has been the custom of Superintendent Machen for a long tiuje. By this method he has built up a poweifitl political machine wnich he supposed would stand between him and the wrath of his proper superiors. That he will bo disappointed in this expectation is evident. I lis political friends will desert him as rats desert a sinking ship, and it is reasonably certain that August .Machen will never again resume his duties in the Postofllcc Department. The greatest interest from a nnlit. CJ < ~ * X "" ical standpoint attaches to the Ohio State Convention which will be held the first week in June. Senator Foraker has announced that he would l r ss fir adoption a resolution cn dorsitig President lloosevelt for the nomination in 11*01. Senator Ilanna, on the contrary, has announced his opposition to such a resolution which he declares is jreluaturo. It is well recognized that there is no love lost between the two Ohio Senators and it is predicted tli it the Convention will be the scene of a merry war. Indications, in so far as they can be judged from Washington, arc that the Foraker resolution will be adopted, but if Mr. Il inna really attempts to defeat it, it will precipitate the most interesting political situation in tue country today. Less than two weeks remain before the president's'return to Wash-ington which is looked forward to with much interest as a number of important appointments await ids action and snmn interoatinnr nvonts arc scheduled to occur at that time Two assistant secretaryships arc vacant and will probably be filled as soon as Mr. lloosevelt returns. These arc the places made vacant by Assistant Srcrutary of the Treasury Ailcs an 1 the new position of assistant secretary of Commerce and I. ahor. There is also a vacancy on the Civil Service Commission, Mr. Ilcngelmullcr, to whom tho president olforod the position, having declined it. A commission which will have in charge tho sale of land estimated as worth *2o,000,000 is also to be appointed- These are the mineral lamb in Indian Territory which have been aggregated by the Dawes Commission, in ita allotment in severalty of the Indian lands, and which the law provides must be sold to the highest bidder in blocks not exceeding 1U0 acre?, It is also anticipa led that some drastic action regarding the Post office situation will be taken by the 1'resident. The State Department lupj received advices from Ambassador MeCortnack at St. Petersburg which arc calculated to set at rest all uneasiness regarding 1'ussia's policy in Manchuria. Mr. McCormaek saye that the Uusfdap government ts at .l.\. I .i uiiu nuu iiiu united 01 u'.ujj ill i.? liesire to proservo the open door to China, lie says that the success of thp Siberian lyailway cjepepds lavgely oa tU# ^auQhurii'm tratlp,' which pannot he supplied hy llussi^ alone 4ml it is theret'oro to Russia's interest to present policy of freedom c-f frade in Manchuria and other parts of the cphstia} kingdom. Cuba has very nearly celebrated I the first year of her indepondancc by I signing the treaty in which is contained the provisions of the Piatt % 0 % amendment, lnoliidittg that for coal ing stations for the United States The signing occurred only two days iifttr the anniversary of the first Cu bin Independence Day. Tht greatest pleasure is expressed by Secretary Hoot, who feels himself something of a step father to Cuba, at the progress nude hv the now republic ti lling this first year, lieginning its career with a cushbilance of ?">40,?)00 the Paltn i administra'ion, hy economic administration, closes its lir.-t year with a surplus ol ?The death rate has i>ecu re lucoa irom a minimum under Spanish rule of 2!' oO to an average for last year of 21. I'd. But, more than all, the people of Cuba, have demonstrated a capacity for selfgovernment beyond the expectations of the wo?*ld. The Bureau of Ordinance of the War Department has finally [decided on the 2 linch rille as being the most desirable weapon for the service. Exhaustive tc^ts have been made of tliis arm and it has been demonstrated that in accuracy, range and penetration it i?|uals the oOinch rille now in use. It is regarded as handier when used at close quarter" as a cub, and is a fended with less d mger of accidental explosion when used in brush or undergrowth. H is lighter and presents the signal a tvantage of being appropriate for use in every branch of the service, that it will be served to infantry, cavalry, artillery and marino. The great Springfield armory is to be set to work immediately manufacturing quantities of the new weapon and it is hoped that l>v next winter the entire regular service will be equipped and then will commence the equipment cf those militia organizations which have complied with the provisions of the militia reorganization bill. SANTUC SPARKS. Personal Men: ion?Dry Weather? A Poolisli Negro Who (Jets the (J re flit? "When the devil was sick The devil a saint would be; But when he got well The devil of a saint was he," So I have heard that sonic of the murderer* in jail are getting religion being prepared, as is usual, and if coming juries turn them loose, they will he the same old "saints." i do not like to judge wrong, hut it appears the devil is sick now. Miss Oiga Foster, of (Jreenvilie, is visiting her grandparents, ]->r. and Mrs. 1\ P. liutler. Miss Fannie Thomas, of I'uion, i-> visiting her aunts, Misses Nora and Agnrs Thomas. Mrs. J. K. Thomas and Mrs. 1 Iaskcll Thomas, of I'nion, came on a short vi-it to relatives Saturday. Mr. Iv F. Stokes, who has been attending the Ihi'tiruorc medical col lege, h home on vacate n. Mr. W. T. Ki..l?a ??< ' _ . . . - - - -* - V ?' - 4. vo y 1/ I If )> t'Jl I Columbi i lust week on businrst. Solicit >r Sense, nsid Mr. .Ja:ne> Munro, of Union, was Iiprp la>t week getting points, no 'doubt, fjr c art USCS. Rev. E M. Merritt conducted a series of meetings at Carlisle last wc^k, but 1 have not hear 1 of the results. Rev. J. U. Funderburk preached at the Baptist church yesterday, Sunday, to a goodly congregation. Text, l'rov. : 17. "Those who deck :ns early shall find inc." lie pleased tiio audience. The thcrnaomottr tookja sj mt and for threo drys ran up to lb"), OS and 01) degrees, with Sunday's reading to he heard from, whon it ton t have reached 100. And ties too, a sud dun change from rsrher cool weather. This is the highest May tiuiperaturg this early in the month hut wa Li^e h >d yet. ViiU *ch?al hero closed Friday without. :i!iv pvliil.it>..?> - - J v.. ... VI Viv/ll, \JII i J (I | ' t < ) 1 I I ^ simple, ol-l fashioned closing, and the children feel like they have "lai-i by." J'rof. lu^s a good school ^erq uoy. Ury weather prevails and farmers a.e getting mighty anxious for rain. Recently planted seeds cannot come up, and some fields afe tu Le planted yet. Yory young tender cotton that raised the crust on the ground is dying for uced of moisture. Something/, oned into bed wi:h tuo a few nights ago, and thinking it an ''armed" wasp there was no "di vision;' Ijnstantly, or iuc re iust mtlv gave it sill, and would not encroaui ? upon it, until 1 got si light to look i up. I found no wasp, ami think it ? must have been some sort of a haim 1 :. _ / kvs jumping; tmg. i?ut discretion [ is always the better part of valor. , heard that the negroes working over on the dam said that we had three millionaires in out seeti ai, am. one or two at Carlisle, ami the tmn asked mc whom did 1 suppose they thought were the millionaires, as h> knew of none. 1 told him, that do pemled, if the stronger negroes ban been looking about them, 1 suspce'ed who they had been led into the fd.-t delusion (f believing were miii.on aires, for people arc prone to be led by either outside appearances ot some other way which 1 do not like to mention. As a through freight train was pulling oat of this station last week a strange negro was seen walking be fore it on the side of the track, and as it was passing him, and going about as fast as a man cjuld run, he ran beside it a short distance, caught a rod under a coal ear v.nd 'scooted" under the car and on t' the rous. lie surely took a great risk just to steal a ride, or el-* Iowa? a fool, for no one except a f>ol. I think, would have gone under that car between the wheels ami on so little foundation as a few rod*, when he had to run so, making a running switch" as it were, if he had ri >t been some sort c-f a fool. Some people are talking and beginning to think that Mr. .J. C. 1 Wail iee has as much honor in placing on foot thr? ? ' " o ---- . *? 1' ?U. house at Meal's Shoals a- any one*, though the Company will take all the honors aiul give him none. Many mill men said that no hu t -ry would or could be there, arid Mr. Wallace took it upon himself to look around and survey for an electric plant, draw plans and tried to form a company and start work. The Company now having it saw a good thing, likelv until , ;no option expired, then they turned < about, organized, and is building or. * Mr. Wallace's plans, and where he planned to build, and for the identi eal kind of power, even il it is a bigger thing than he thought of, lint that is the way many invent:;>ns , go, men's brains conceive r.u idea, practical or.es, and other's money > assume, and absoibc them, and take v all the honors. 'Tlonor to \\hoiu '| honor is due," if Mr. -J. C. Wallace had not begun to put on foot the * praetibility < f an electric power ' plant, very likely the present com- <. panv would never have sta-ied it I and it would have been let* alone lor \ generations. IlhY Dr.NVliR. | GliliA TL V A LA iv M I) lly a I'cisisicnt Cough, lint I*cr- ! m.ui'nt ly Coral hv ChnntUvrluiii's Cough Kvtnaly. Mr. II. I'. Ihtrbage, a sledvt.i :w law, * in < ireenville, >. had been troubled * for four or (ivo years with a continuous ? finish w'liit'll li?' says, "giratly alui.ned j I iiir, causing me to fear that I y.u* in she. j ' lirst stage of consumption." Mr. 1 Herbage, having men Chamhei lan's . Cough P.otuody t?d vert bed, conelu io.d to try it. Now read what he says of it: ' (ll soon felt a rotuarkahle change and ' after using two bottles of the wentyttveeent size, was permanently cured." Sold by, F. C. Duke. 1 l ETTA JANE TETTER. Dentil of n Cftthl A 1i;g l'isl. ? ' l'vtsotui I Koto.*. | ! 1 Etta .Tank, May - *? -Our people (whilave bteu writing l'.r lain to i chop cut their roitoii went to w.>r!? t ds morning without it. ( Yesterday M <*. and Mrs. Ilamp Milchdi hv.iied a If moutha o'd . > i i ? ? 1 t i iit r'l tm? ^ n :j ;v Oi j ^\e >p'e afrfp.inhh d at the comet'. ry to 1 |.iio?y the high rcnprct in which the family and parents w re held. The ' liitlo fellow Lit <1 boon rhk <*.?; ,% long tiitio. Ojr *vapathies go out to them r?9 una who knows how to appreciate Vboir feelings. May their knd Heavenly Father comfort thorn ir\ tka r trouble. Meatra. 0. \\\ \\nifonanl. Fied G. Stacy and Frank McCluney have been granted a commission to organia3 a company ami to build an oil mill at U'llkinavillc. The corpop". i i tor? will meet next \Vedpo<.day and, j work will begin at once. I Pev. \\. II. WUuv will proneh at Sale!!*, the urst SnV. a ii in June at 11 a. ra, and there again at night. Mr. I*. S. Webber, who has been alllicted lor nearly a year from a fall, is now able to work in the shop a little. Mr. Webber is well and favorably known to a large number of Tiik fiMKS rentiers. There arc several veterans in this county who have through the John Humes Chapter Daughters of the bmtederacy made application for the nfhern Crosses of Honor which will b * given out at headquarters by the "a iptcr of .lonesville on Wednesday I next week. A full turn out is de-ire 1 by the Daughters who wish to '.reel a monumadt to the soldiers who wont iro.n this part of the Htate to the Civil War Mr. Sim Foster's frieuds will be pleased to kuow that he is rejoicing over me arrival ot a baby boy at his house. Oao of cur colored neighbor* ciught a ten pound carp out of Thickely Creek last week. Through tlio influence of CDngreeenian Finley. of this district, shad and other liili have been p'anted in Broad ai-.d Ga'awba livers, and wo hope to mvc the supply increased in the regular oi*l ^r of things. Wheat is badly affected with the rust, and net over a half crop can be mise i ucdor the moat favorable cirCdns a aces. Farmers are pretty well through planting. S>nie low lands remain to oe planted. F. S. Deputy Marshal Floyd was through this section last week on .llicinl business looking after some violations of U. S. Internal Revenue Liws. We hope the time will soon come when people will lind out that Jioy cannot violate the laws with impunity. S uu Foster aajs that W. C. Kirhy never gels to tee the stars shiniDg. He g-.es to bed before they come out and tic> there until they disappear again. Dr. Lionel R. B;ack has located in tl.i, n..i?Kti >1 r- .u. _ ?^ ^ m iui mo practice ot me liciue. lie ia boarding wilh Mr. J. F. lu'uan for the prcsmt. I'd lay the mail carrier on the G&flT11 ey route had hie horse to / ,V,"rt, u:. una tear things up ireucrally. It got pretty badly snagged in it* foot but was still able to valk. S iccesa to Tin: Times. Vox. A fil.irtliiifi Test. To save a life, Dr. T. (?. Merritt, of S'-i. Mrimopany, Pa., made a startling ost iv.-uliin;.: in a wonderful cure. He \ riles, "a patient was attacked with iuliMit hemorrhages, caused by ulcerai >n of the stomach. 1 had often found '.lei ti in Ititters excellent for acute 11iinacli and liver troubles so I preicribed tliein. The patient gained from lie tirst, and has not had aa attack in ! months.'' Kleutric P>itters are poeiively vnaranteetl for Dyspepsia, Indt estinn, Constipation and Kidney roubles. Trv them. Only 50c at C. Duke. I noltharf lnnrdinn N o m o H.i*. W vwniiMl v / UIIUVI VII iibnj If Ul*S. Mi;. Kditok: Itha'sbccn some i:ne since anythip;* has been said !"roni tins side. lanugo are all done planting md sor,e are thinning out. The is very good except in places, dome lew had to plant over, but it v>;m s cotton weal her now, such as we nave bcenjiooking for for a long time, % is it isjnow getting warm and everything will g-. t a move on. "All is veil that ends well." Mr. G. Kellcy, Mr. Boyd Gallium and Mr. W. 11. Gault went to he old soldiers reunion at Columbia la it week. 1! i> v. llucks filled his ap"lointmont at New Hope Sunday. Mr. Thomas (lore and family, of Jr< ss Keys, visited. Mr. J. W. Scott ?st week, ar.d attended church at New lit [>e last Sunday. Mr. W. A. Swced and family, of I' ic .let, visited relatives in this sec-* ion lust Saturday and Sunday. Mrs. Trcacy Kemastcr, very old md respected lady duwi at her homo the 2dnl lost. and was buried at Udciid couietery on the 24th. She had, been :i!-licted for ?iv mrtnfVm with a stroke cl paralysis, and has not been able t.0 &et up since. She leaves many relatives and friends to lWOurn her l?ss. Mrs. .1. W. Pickens is in very fecblo health and lias been ro for fomc time. Moxt. Quick Arrest. .1. A. (lullcdgc of verbena, Ala. was t v 1*.. ox the hospital from a severe case of I'ik s causing tumors. After doct<>!> an 1 nil remedies failed, Kucklen's Arnica Salve <|iii?-kly arrested further inflammation and cured him. It cob* nets aches and kill pain. L'dc. at t . (J. l)uke, Pruggist.