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-I Fal 111! Just a bells wi Fall ter We wi opening and betl Onr be tion alr< it still b Mothe will pie Reiner the rest WR ?k The Great ( Local Laoonics. HAPPENINGS* OF INTERE81 ABOUT TOWN PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE. L. C. Posey ia in town this week. B. F. Townsend went to Spartanburg Monday. Mr. W. P. Duckett was in town Tuesday. Capt. F. M. Farr has returned from the mountains. Mr. Wm. Stokes, Sr., of Santuc, was In town Monday. J. G. Hughes, Esq., has returned from Glenn Springs. Mr. Joseph Betaill, of West Springs, was in town this week. Miss Sal lie Palmer is visiting relatives |n the country this week. Mr. C. H. Peake spent Monday in Spartanburg on business. Col. James Munro went to Spartanburg on business Monday. Mrs. Carrie Coggswell, of Darlington, arrived in Union Tuesday. Miss Mildred Lindsay, of Jonesville, is visiting Miss Ina MoNally. Dr. E. W. Foster is at Lockhart this week on professional business, Miss Eloiae Erwin, of Spartanburg, is Visiting at Mrs. W. E. Thomson's. . Mr. Roland Scaife returned Saturday from a visit to relatives in Woodruff Mrs. J. F. Betsill, of Cross Keys, Visited Mis. Virginia Poole this week' Messrs. J. A. Faut. R. P. Harry and W. H. Sartor left Tuesday for New York. Miss Hattie Oel//-l, of Sciantou, Pa., is on a visit to her brother, Mr. Geo. II. Oetzcl. Mr. Henry Duubar and family have moved from Union to his place near Kelly's station. Miss Nell Kaminer, of Gadsden, Ala,, is expected to arrive this week to visit Mrs. W. E. Thomson. Miss Auna Clement, of Spartanburg, js visiting her sister, Mis3 Ida Clement, at Mrs. W. D. Arthur's. Mr. Geo. Tenny, of Sptrtanburg, who na? uie cuiiiritci. mr (Mining uuwn tut* setfwtage here, is in town. Mr. and Mrs. Win. Anderson and ctiildn n have returned home after a pleasant visit to relatives in Qreenville. Mr. J. C. Wallace and Misa Robt-rla Hix uud Dr. and Mrs. M. W. Culp spent .Sunday at Gleen Springs and the ixnAptaius. J^Tsh Mary Jfi. Hughes, who has been afreent all the summer, has returned and is now gt the home of her sister, Mia. Jno. JC. Young. fhe ladies of the Second baptist pbuph will give an eutert#inment on Saturday night at fc> o'clock at Graded Bcbool building on factory hill. ? k II Opening mill. few more days and the 11 announce the opening m. ill announce right now th of Fall School Suits is ber than ever before. >ys clothing has a good i sady, but we are going to etter this season. rs bring your boys to i ase both. liber nnv nrinoo ora 1 atitqt ???*vww WAV *w?r UJI and onr clothes better. FIT ALL THE BO1 Clothing and SI Mrs. Ella Moore and daughter, of Barnwell, S. C., arrived Wednesday on a visit to her sister, Mrs. Aubry Itice, at /,< Mrs, Jacob Rice's. Miss Nina Colton entertained at cards Wednesday evening in honor of Miss Rogers, of Charleston. Four hand euchre was the game. Miss Ella Rog- bij ers was the winner of ladies, ami Dr. I. ra( M. Hair of gents; Miss Agnes Robertson consolation. After the game refreshments were served. II" The large three story company store of $3 the Laurens cotton mills was completely M destroyed by lire at midnight Tuesday, at< together with the entire stock, fixtures, en the regalia of two or three lodges, and to all other contents of the building. The th origin of - the lire is unknown. The to stock carried by the company was valued at about $20,000, and the handsome brick building was worth at least $0,000 $1 Nothing was saved. The building and stock were fully covered by insurance, in ?Spartanburg Herald. $7 Mrs, Boyeset\ is I)end, R Mrs. Jane Stewart Boyesen, of Chi- bi cago, died Wednesday night at Ashe- at ville, N. C. It will be remembered that pt she was the woman accused of stealing ot the jewelry from the guests at White ar I Stone Springs some weeks ago, and her | death was a result of nervous shock fol- hi lowing accusations or inert., one nau in suffered for the last four years with hi tuberculosis and went to Asheville to tt seek relief. She had sued her accuser for $50,000 damage. Death of Mr. J. P. Owens. . 11 Last Saturday night about 11:30 u o'clock, Mr. J. P. Owens died at his f home here. He had been sick but a 5 short time and died from a complication C| of diseases. lie was a cariienter by trade and though raised in this county hud been a .. resident of the city for only about a J" year and a half. He was a man of fain- b ily, his wife and children at present re- A siding in Greenville. His remains were '( interred in the city cemetery Sunday h afternoon. ti h Letter to B. F. Foster, d Union. S. C. 0 Dear Sir: You ask how many square 1 feet a gallon will co/er. Dejieuds on c condition of building. There is a great deal of lying on this h point. The st^ck claim of lying paints r is 300 square feet, two coats. It's a lie, 1 as a rule. e Devoe covers .100 to .100 our agents n think. We think 300 too low and 000 t I/Vi liinli' tlimicrh ilnllhl.lftm thftv hottl h v"" " *P> -7 """O" ) y ? ?i occur. How much the other paints cover is a equally doubtful; wo guess 100 to 400. g The truth is found in auother cotnpar- 0 ison. Devoe is all paint, tiue paint, t strong print and full measure; the others . in general are at the best, diluted, adul teratod and short measure They cover r according to body and measu-e. You 8 can't paiut with clay, lime, chalk, sand. c barytas, water or air?no body in them. ' Go by Dev.?e. I Yours truly, < F. \V. Dbvob <& Co. 1 Mill | I?I I 111 IIU Hi ,1^3 I school I of the iat our larger ; eputa- ; make : as, we I 1 ' than I 5 ^s' I' ioe House. I" BIG FIRU IN COLUMBIA. [ ysses Resulting in the Neighbor- ? liood of $80,000, With Not Over $30,000 Insurance. t We clip the following account of the |, I hire in Columbia early Monday irning from the News and Couriei: v "Tte losses resulting from the early v irning lire will probably bj in ih? ighborhood of $SO,000, with not over 11 0,000 worth of insurance. Mr. J. K ininaugh is tho heaviest loser, his- t ick of clothing and shoes being aim 1.8' v tirely consumed. His losses amount ^ 500,000, with only $17,0U0 insurance, ' e salvage of his stock will not amount 1. more than $1,000. The other losses are: c Capt. J. S. Wiley, building, valued at 5,000, with $0,000 insurance. 1 N. J. Xepapas, confectioner, $5,000; suranee, $2,500. c H. Kalelski, clothing and dry goods, c ,000; insurance, $2,500. Capt. J' S. Land. Governor's Guards. 'J . W. Moody, tenants of the Wiley hiding, have lost all of their fixtures, 1 nounting to about $'3,000, which i> < utially covated by insurance Tiuher losses are from Water and smoke id are approximayely about $1 000. ' The firemen worked hard on th< hidings. They had a difficult fire t< indie, being boxed in between two avy walls and water could only b? ' irown from the front and rear." Awful Death of Young Man Meredith Gregory, nicknamed Bee" Gregory, a white youth, aged 3 years, met with a horrible death hursday morning of last week about o'clock on the "Y" of the South rn railway, which is located near nd abovo the Spartanburg Junction, nd this side of whore tho two tracks 16 mainline and the Ashevillo routi ranch. It is used as a turn tablo. . freight train was boing rnado up >r Columbia, and Engineer Anthonj ad shifted his locomotive tip the rack on the "Y" to get ready for is journey. The wheels of the toner of the locomotive struck a hnrnai bject, and in an instant life was ex inguished and the body horribly rushed. Coroner Foster was notified, and e conducted an inquest over the emains. A jury was empaneled 'he testimony adduced was to thr ffect that the unfortunate young nan must have either been asleep or he track, or lying thoro in some lelploss condition. Meredith Qrogory way a son of Mr. nd Mrs. Gregory, who live in tb< ipartan Mills' section. He worked iccasionally in the Spartan Mills, it. he cloth room. He was not an inlustrious lad, and traveled aid oamed about a great deal. He waeen near the Spartanburg Junction >n Wednesday night, and did not ippear to be drinking. His remains vere carried to bis old home in Union MM U...UI fcli iv/4 uuiiui. ? o^nriuuimi^ HLevali. Evidently a Shaker. | j On Friday night a young man giving | j his name as Simmons came to town and . i went to the Counts House to board. He \ became acquainted with several of the f youug men about town and 8 lnday accoin pan ied some of them to Sunday ^ School and preaching, and seemed to be << of the right, "stuff." Monday morning I proved different, however, for it was \ toiled that lie I .id left during the night, |i mo*, only skipping his b iard-biil, but ilso i rubbing his room-male of ten dollars m Nothing has since Ixjen itearrl of him. \ He i - evidently ttaveling under an a - f -utr.ed name. ( .1 Bad Negro Caught. ^ Jim Jeter, the negro who struck Hoss ? Young, another negro, with an axe \ duting a light which occurred on Poole's ,j How about two weeks ago, has Iteen I caught. It seems that he had joined a jj" party of colored men who were on their p way to Knoxville, Tenn., to engage in work out there. They were passing &P through Union 011 the two o'clock train p and one of the men of the party happen* L ed to know that Jim was wanted here '-ft and told one of the policemen that ho Jn| was 011 the train. Policeman J. W. ^ Johnson went through the train and at ui lirst thought lie was not on there, when M he caught a glimpse of him in hiding, when upon he and Policeman Evans arrested h m and put him in jail. He is wanted on several charges. Etta Jane News Notes. Etta Jane, Sept. 7. ? The weather for the past few weeks has been rather dry for young corn and late cotton. Cotton is opening fast rnd people have begun to pick it out. h Dr. Mason W. Smith and wife, of ill ,1 a fluey, visited relatives and friends )J n this and western York last week. Lt has been thirty years since he has H )cen arnon^; them to stay any time. \H\ Mr. J. E. Foster moved his saw |fj nill from this place to Jonesville last C| veck where he has to saw a bill of A umber. The young people were to have a M >icuic at Thomson's Mill last Satur- J lay but it failed to materialize for m vant of patronage. Uj Its rumored that Rev. Sam T. W beech is expected to help Iiev. J. Q Wilson with his meeting at Wil- '1 on's Chapel this week. llov. Mr. W beech is a great favorite with the fj eople of this community and his "l oming will be very gratifying to his W Id friends and parishioners. \ 1 Rev. T. F. Boozor, of Gaftney, reached yesterday and last night Salem. V Minnie, came down with them. ^ Whooping cough is plentiful iu lUsi uighborhood and it is spreading as ?= ust as possible. Some people are ever satisfied unless they can pun?h their neighbors with something of "1J his kind. Y Your correspondent and his better ialf made a trip to Blackstocks reek before last and returned last fcck. We had a delightful timo m< nth our friends and acquaintances ml made several others. llcv. J. B. Wilson began a proracted meeting ut Wilson's Chapel ?? 'eaterday. lie was preaching on his circuit when that church was milt and named for him. Mrs. Sallie Ingram has been ^ ilected to teach the school at this . daco this fall and winter. | Farmers generally think their rops are a fair average, especially :orn on low lands planted after the fune Hood. P'(' Messrs. Sam Strain and Nobie is i Mackwell went to Clifton and Trough an< Shoals last week to attend Master Wq Vrchie Spark's birthday dinner, ev( vhere ice cream and cakes were served in abundance. About a score >f his little friends came in and joined him in the pleasant occasion. ,ze We hope our little friends will live to enjoy many other pleasant occasions. The announcement of the death of our old friend and comrade, J. Frank Bailey, falls upon us like a _ clap of thunder from a cloudless sky. Its only another of those divine F warnings wo too often forget: uBe W0 ye also ready; for in such a time as 1 think not, the son of man comoth." The North l'ucolot Interdftnnrni national S. S. Convention will meet | =it Mesopotamia op, the fourth Sabbath of this month. Here's a problom for some of our arithmeticians to work out and ex*plain: A plank is 12 feet long, 15 inches J wide at one end and 0 inches at the other. Where must the plank be sawed so that each end will contain ho same quantity of lumber, and how wide is the plank where it is ->awed? Plense give the rule too; , Vox. Sale of u?tane. V\ Thewtate of G. H. Jeter containing t.wo t rants of lan I on Broad nVerat| WoihI'h Ferry. Home tract of 620 acres and Worihy trac 250 acres, to bs sold at public and ion before the Court House do n- in Union 0;t. 1st, 1003. Terms of sale: Ore half cash, balance in twelve months w th interest. P: H. .Ik rER, Mk?. 8. 8. Smith, I Mi s 0. P. Jkteh. 87-3t. f iga^/' j We Art 3 Bus >) To write a big a< ) Our Augu } Big Cut Pr I W&s a grand succe ( we are not througt f do the FURNITUR | of this county, besi shipping goods t< parts of this and States. l - we nave just i Another Car Loa< and Rockers with two moi in the next 60days, bougl prices, which is much cl same goods can he bought niture dealers who expec chairs from us this seasoi their orders early to get ai low prices, as we must r for our retail trade and a limited number for our tomers at the old price. BAILEY FORM' oud Q5 Mair> St A STOCK OF THE HIG EGET/VBLEand FL Sufficient to convert the whole of I mammoth *UCK FARM OR FLO A few White Multiplying or Nf e mildest tlavored and best for pic! winter use at DUKE'S 1 WANT YOUR I reprasent the Charlotte Stea est, largest and best Laundry soi i fact no competitor can question. 1 returns Friday, so you are never rk for the same price as a second cl jry garment or piece 1 send to reti n, and if not it shall go back until yer have to do. Give me a trial at the best, that is the Charlotte Stei Yours for lau R. M. E S Realizing tl That the people of Union and c tiic best of everything going, we witli he Estey Organ s Also Wheeler Wilson N Domestic Sewing Machines. proved, most up-to-^hiferior m: 1H? <** * *' - ?: ? V'^rinese ar ine same ihiu go* ' 1 /e also Repair and For all makes of machines, anc bands, ttc. in stock. Headquai chandise of every discription, in ing Machines. Satisfaction gu trial. Yours to \ i. h. s p ?mm\mm ' i Too | y | d. this week, | ? (3 lst s ice Sale ? ss, and still Cj l We must h E business J\ des we are u o different o> adjoining "eceived i of Chairs ? W *e cars to follow A it at the lowest U teaper than the X) t today. Furt to buy their H 1 must send in M 1 vantage of the eserve enough >/ will only have X} wholesale cusF TORE CO., S u Union, S. C. il .. . .# lTTonn n d a rvn j-ijjkj x urxvn.JLfJD OWER SEEDS Jnion county into one WER GARDEN. 181 Oiron Sets on hand, vlerf, also the best keeper DRUG STORE. LAUNDRY. in Laundry which is the tth of Baltimore, and this My basket goes Tuesday disappointed. I do your ass laundry and guarantee irn fully to your satisfacyou are satisfied, which I id you will always patronini. ndry, T E S. ie Fact ouiity are entitled to are supplying them the sweetest toned and > most popular organ made. o. New. Miiest imAaehine made. Don't achine when you can 3. ' Furnish Supplies I i-.airy oil, needles, rters for musical mercluding Victor Talknranteed. Give us a , > Uase. EARS. ^ .-.A ^m