Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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IJuooBSgLaoonios. LPPWfiNost orummffii about towh otherwise. Miss Minnie Suber left yesterday for ere home at Blairs. Mr. John C. Carey, of Lochhart, was the city Thursday. Mr. Clarence Sexton, of Spartanburg, home on a visit. Mr. B. F. Townsend is in Columbia lia week on business. Miss Annie Bell Carter, of Chester, is siting Mrs. S. 8. Smith. Mrs. W. D. Wilklns has gone to Chesr to visit her brother, Dr. S. W. Pryor. Miss Fannie Clarke is spending the eek with Miss Julia Alverson in Cross eys. Do not fail to see Dnnoan Clark's kf i A. i _ m a IlouiHio juiuBueiB xuesaay nignc, Feb. 2nd. I Fertilizer Inspector Morrison was in the city Wednesday collecting samples of fertilizers. I Miss Medora Duncan, of Converse College, spent several days this week With her (stents. Little Ben Hughes, who has been very sick for the last few days, la a great deal better. Miss May Sigman returned to her home in Hickory, N. C., Thursday, after several weeks visit to her sitter. Mrs. Ed Hancock. Mr. R. A. Oliphant has purchased the lower part of the Col. McKlssick lot on Mountain street and will build a dwelling very soon. Mr. Theodore Bailey, of the O. H. Bushnell Press Co , of Thompeonville, Conn., was in the city Thursday visiting his cousin, Mr. T. A. Murrah and famFor three or fonr days after the adjournment of oonrt there was not a prisoner in the oonnty jail. This speaks well for Union if it Is of rare oocurenoe. Gilbert Walden, the noted cowboy orator, lectured to a large orowd in the opera house Monday night. His I impersonation of the boy~and girl, and rifle shooting was very good. We call special attention to the big ad. of the Balley-Oopeland Go. on 8th page. This is their third semiannual Yellow Tioket Sale, and this sale causes a great reduction in prices and you should not fall to take adyantage of it. We can see no greater reason or impropriety for the State not going into the manufacture and sale of fertilizers, than in the sale of whiskey through the dispensary.' Although to receive a royalty for the privilege or per cent, on sales, is in many cases a greater revenue than for one to engage in the business himself, owing to the management. Cau&ht at bast. v' V* ______ The police detectives have succeeded in finding the miscreants who out down and otherwise mutilated the young shade trees along Virgin street. They were young men who committed this shameful deed, and were arrested and .dealt with by the Mayor. New Superintendent. Mr. H. A. Williams baa been chosen to succeed Mr. F. L Wells as superintendendent of the Savanah division of the Southern railway system. Mr. Williams is well equipped for the duties of his office, having held positions in the railroad service- which enabled him to acquire knowledge of the duties of superintendent. ?m 44Ground Hog Day.'4 .Next Tuesday, the 2nd of February, ays the Yorkvllle Enquirer, is "'Ground Hog Day," and the weather prophets will be on the lookout to see what kind of a day it will be. If oloudy there will be an early spring; if clear it means that there will be a late spring and mnch cold weather yet. The tradition is that if the ground hog sees his shadow when he oomes out of his hole he will go back, but if be does not see his shadow he will know there is not going to be much more oold weather and will stay out. Borne people believe in this ground bog theory, some do not; but most everybody who happens to remember the day will be on the look out to see what the weather promises, believers and non believers. ? ' ?m hookhart Junction Notes. Mr. T. J. H. Bates was 71 years old the 16th lost., and his children gave him L a birthday dinner and had several of his A friends to dine with him, among them was Mr. D. G. Gallman, an old bar be Fvun ww, nuw amjm jrbliiug WW gUUU for the inner man, and he la a good Judge of these things. 'Mr. Bates served four years in the war and draws a pension, bat now is not able to work and t&lnka he is entitled to more. Miss Florence Haney, who has been taking lessons in book-keeping in the Commercial Correspondence School, at Bodhceter, N* Y., has passed her examination With first honors. Mr. Allen Vinson is on the sick list. Mrs. J. W. Pickens is very feeble at this time. Most* L Duncan Clark'a Female Minstrels. This company will play here Tuesday night, Feb. 2nd. Mr. Smith, the manager of the opera house, says it was hard to secure this company at any other date than Tuesday, it being an off night with Mr. Clark. This Minstrel travels in their own car and carries with them their own scenery. There are twenty young ladies in the troupe and all are good singers and dancers. This season is their farewell tour of the world, You should not fail to see them. Biennial Sessions of the legislature. The bill providing for biennial sessions of the legislatute passed both bouses by the required two thirds majority vote. As this is a proposed amendment to the Constitution, the people will have the opportunity of voting on the question at the next general election. This means that our legislature is to meet every two years, and in our judgment a good law, and we hope the sessions will continue to be limited, as bow, to forty days. We did not see the names of the Union county delegation among those who voted for the bill. Gov. Hey ward's Special Message. Some of our Northern contemporaries speak their approval of the special message against lynching sent by Gov. Heyward to the General Assembly. The Brooklyn Standard-Union says: "He should get both the law and fund if necessary.- South Carolina cannot afford to be classed with States like Mississippi and others in the Southwest where barbarism toward the negro is the rule." Our contemporary oould have added with equal propriety, Delaware and other Northern and Northwestern States that vn/vnl niw WnlloK ilm ' onmn not a A WUU1U QmiHJUOU bUU< OOU1D mo the allegattioDB places Mississippi and other Southwestern States. Confederate Records Missing. In a letter from Col. J. P. Thomas, published in the News and Courier 27th inst., he declares the fact that some of the Confederate Records gathered, collected and compiled by him during his term of office as "State Historian of Confederate Records" have been loet.or misplaced. That when be retired from office he placed these recoids, bound and unbound, in the office of the Adjutant General in the special care of that officer. Search has been made for these records without success, that all of these records are of the greatest historical value, and cannot bs duplicated as many were the Confederate rolli. The legislature wi'i have to take the matter in hand. . Honor Roll of Joneavlllc School. Second Grade ? Frank Littlejohn, Jeny Williams, John Alman, Joe McLaughlin, Lou Kennett. Fifth Grade?Kate Alman, Francis Bentley, Joe Spears, Jack Littlejohn. Seventh Grade?Alma Bates, Robart Black, Lois Alman, Louise McKissick, Lizzie McKissick, Augus Littlejohn, Harry Littlejohn, Rachel Littlejohn, Eila Sams, Sadie Johnson, Joe Free. Eighth Grade-Mary Southard, Maggie High, Albert McWhirter, Frank Gault, Mrytle Briggs. Ninth Grade?McGowan Littlejohn, James Littlejohn, Russel Littlejohn, Louise Penney, Maude Penney, Bernard McWhirter, Inez Spears, Mae Free, Mae Whitlock, Roy Whitlock, Carrie Alman, Jtunej Alftgn. Criud.AU Ifowa Not00. Gbindall, Jan. 27.?Many hare been spared to see the beginning of another year, all of whom will ever remember the one just passed, for there was perhaps more loss of lires, more damage to personal property of their State than its history oan relate ; the signs of a part of this will long be seen on the banks of Paoolet river. Many were hnrled all unprepared Into eternity to meet their dreadful fate, whioh ought to be a lesson to the living human family. On aooount of the steady oold weather wheat is late in coming up, I one oan hardly see it by walking aoross the field, yet some say this will be a fine wheat crop year. I have seen muoh colder weather than has been this winter, for the river has not been frozen over as yet, yet the temperature has been more uniform than I ever saw it, also the river, on aooount of dry weather, is lower than many people ever saw it at this season of the year. People are plowing right along, some say they are going to plant cotton in the gullies,, slnoe the exodus ! iAM-Z ik. iA?. tkAAA (a.t ?A V wtvmu vug VUWU) vui/og |vuav ??w left on (he farm can plant (he riohee( spot* and leare (he poor one* off to catch up a little. Marrying Is, and has ever been when (he fall season comes, an epldemlo, and judging from (he age of some of (hem, (hey do not want to be old maids or bachelors. Buooeeo to Thi Times. D. *. V. The Je?T Da vie Monument. The United Daughters of the Confederacy have raised the sum of six thousand dollar* for the Jeff Davis Monument to be erected in Virginia. Seventy thousand dollars is the required sum necessary for its completion according to the design, plan and specifications, to this amount the U. D. C. desires to add five thousand dollars, this sum to be invested so that the interest can he used in caring for the grounds surrounding the monument. The monument is to be "Peri style or Colonade, consisting of thirteen oolumns, each column representing a State of the Southern Confederacy, hearing the name of that State and the important events in its history, from the time of its settlement up to the date of its secession from the United States, this Is Intended to be the justification of the secession. For that reason the figure of Jefferson Davis, which is to be eight feet high and to stand upon a pedestal, will point with extended finger to this reoord. Back of Davis will stand a female allegorical figure, called the Vindicatrix, 7 feet high, upon the summit of a column 66 feet high, with finger pointng Heavenward." Work on this monument is expected to be begun next July. This monument will not only be a Jefferson Davis monument, but will commemorate for all future ages the struggles, hardships, privations, valor and heroism, the cherished principles for which the South fought, the true patriotism of the people who dared to throw off the gauling yoke of oppression and place upou the brow of their beloved land the crown of independence and State sovereignty. "The Central Committee of the Jefferson Davis Monument Association, U. D* C., have a set of three pictures, representing the three branches of the Hnn. federate array, namely, Infantry, Artillery, Cavalry. These pictures are sold for the benefit of the Jefferson Davis monument. The work is done by the chapters. It is hoped that every camp and chapter will bny at least one set, as it is neoeesary that the younger people of the South should know the uniform of their father* and not the grotesque figure of a Confederate soldier in a long frock coat." A set of these pictures is now on exhibition in the furniture store of T. E. Bailey. The president of the William. Wallace Chapter, U. D. C., will take orders. From the sale of theee pictures it is hoped to raise the above mentioned sum of five thousand dollars. News Notes from Ssntac. While it Is oold here, we are not having shy of that below zero weather as they are having In the northwest. Last Friday we had a considerable storm, a good amount of rain fell, but the dust and wind which preceded the wind was the moth unbearable. Miss Stella Hobeon and Mr. Traverse Jeter went over to Sedalia last Wednesday to a musical entertainment at Mr. I. L. Bobo'a. Misses May Lily and Kate Cornwell, two pretty yoong ladies of Chester, are now visiting the family of Mr. W. E. Cornwell. Miss Maggie Carter and Mr. Corn wen, or u newer, tilted their friend end relative, Miss Lily Cornwall, last week. Bev. J. D. Mahon filled hia appointment at the Baptist church yesterday, Sunday, and preached from the text, 1st Tim. 1:12, Bev. T. B. Owens preached at the Methodist church 8unday night from the text In Matt. 6:12. He has decided to have two services a month, seoond Sunday morning and fourth Sunday night. | Cotton seed are being sold right along at 80 cents per bushel. Some who have never sold any seed before are selling now. Well, cotton seed at 26 or 90 cents per bushel Is rather high price manure anyway, even If they are good for the soil. Coal Is being largely used In firing all of Ibe boilers at the shoals, a oar or two coming In here every week, and cement is still coming In In large quantities. The weather has been favorable for the work. But no one can say how long before rains will ha coming copiously. Some farmers have already started their plowing ridging cotton land and breaking and will then "turn the beds." Too soon gentlemen. Unless there is much vegetable growth on the land It will not pay to break land now. It will pack worse and wish worse from now on than the anplowed land, and will not be in pa pliable a condition as that yon do not plow now. This is no theory of mine, but I have practiced it and got the experience. I tried it four years and learned that I was losing and not gaining. Ho matter when and how deep yon plow if homos is not there the land will pack just as hard as if it was' not plowed deep. These things I knom lot when 1 uamp behind a plow mysefl I learn things that no man's theory c? Homo said a correspondent is expJ^j to know all that happens wtthosflH person ooodeosndinpc to tell him *n4^H | about It. Joat so, and if jrou thing out peogls My yon are jflBfl Some few eweefe things or something that appeals to some people's variety they would like you to mention. You may take notes, but when you begin to write it down you may pull your hair,'.turn and twist, rack your brain, write, tear up and rewrite, trying to see what you must throw in your own scrap pile, or you may put in something that rube too hard and offense is taken. Oh yes, a correspondent has a rather tough time. It is bard to start yourself to say things. You stand in more dinger of getting a cursing, if I may be allowed to use the expression, than any word of praise or encouragement, for all is mostly discouragement. People sway from your borne may give you some encouragement, also some good and considerate ladies and some thoughtful, kind hearted and real friendly girl may speak a word for you right to your face and make yonr heart bound a littlt bit God bless them, but we may expect more from these kind of ladies, young and the older.ones anyway, and I am open to acknowledge that it is very pleasant when we must expect almost anything else around hom' i One of our most kind and friendly girls, one whom I especially Jadmire, not long ago treated me to some unsolicited encouragement aiid I thank ber very much. Hey Denver. Domestic Troubles. It ia exceptional to find a family where there are no domestic ruptures occasionally, but these can be lessened by having Dir. King's New Life Pills around. Much trouble they save by their great work in Stomach and Liver troubles. They not only relieve you. hot cure. 25e st Dr. F. C. Duke's Drug Store. REPORTS THTCONDITION ?OF THE? MERCHANTS AMD PLANTER'S NATIONAL BANK or UNION, BOOTH CAROLINA, At Union, in the SUte of South Caroina at the close of business, Jan. 22nd, 1904. SOURCK8. Loans and* discounts $168,804 33 Overdrafts, secured and unsecured 6,846 18 U. 8. Bonds to secure ciroulatlon.. 16,000 00 Banking-house, furniture and natures 10,000 00 Due from National Banks (not reserve acents) 8,234 12 Due from approved reserve agents 16,911 23 Cheeks and otner cash Items 636 90 Notes of other National Banks.... 1,774 00 Fractional paper eurrenoy, nickels and eenta 208 67 Bpeole. 22,882 06 Lejrel tender notes 2,000 00 Hedemptlon fund with U.! 8. Treas'r (k per sent. of circulation) 760 00 Total.. $247,087 48 LIABIUTICS. Capital stock paid In $ 60,000 00 Surplus fund 31,218 84 Undivided profits, leas expenses and taxes paid 6,773 67 National Bank Notes outstanding 16,000 00 Due to other National Banks 2,810 62 Individual deposits subject to oheok* 181,192 65 Cashier's cheeks outstanding 42 00 Total $247,037 48 Btate of South Carolina, I Couny of Union. f I, J. D. Arthur, CaShler of the above named bank, do solemnly swear that the above statement la true to the best of my knowledge and belief. J. D. Abthou, Cashier. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 86th day of Jam, 1904. W. W. Hughes, Notary Public. Oommaor?Amar: A. H. Foarxn, | T.O. DtmoAN. > Directors. r.M.Fiu. J rsis me Cash Bargain Store. Shoes! Shoes! Shoes! We have a beautiful line ot Shoes for women, and here is a shoe that I want to call your attention to. This is the famous Radoliff Shoe at $2.50 a pair, and in style, quality etc.. it has no equal. Bargains! BargaiajJ in Percals. We have just yards of light c^BB^B^G in short lengtlu^H^^^^HH are big v|^H^HHHRBHn our pri^QHHBHi Bp::::;.? I"Quality Counts"! !S in drilgs as well as in other SS things; is more important m Hj! in medicines, in fact, than Jf M in other things. Si I DRUGS ? 1 -5: of ordinary quality are not good H enough for prescription work. Only drugs and chemicals of the very ^ ?j highest grade of purity are fit for ?J jgj use in prescriptions. We use the |p I best obtainable, no matter what ?j Ira they cost. tag g] Our Prices Speak for Themselves. ^ !|| "Let Us Fill Your Prescriptions." <?j yTHE RICE DRUG CO.! FURNITURE SfiSZzsi The Herring Furniture Company sells all kinds of Furniture on the installment plan and for cash at the lowest possible prices. d-ivfi lift a trial Herring Furniture Company, 'Next door tc M u\ ah s tin shop. MOORE'S CROUP MIXTURE. I would like every mother in Union county to give this famous prescription a trial this winter. It has been used many years by scores of parents and those once using it always depend on it in the croup and coughs of their children. Being free from opiates it is especially suited to infants and children. Of course it is important to have the genuine prepared by the old original formula. I guarantee mine to be genuine. F. C. DUKE, Druggist. Watches NhvpHiac H i T viiivtfi YA LThe Finest Stock Just received at Trefzer's Jewelry Store. Don't fail to see It. ^ Auction Sale of I anHI I will offer for sale on WEDNESDAY, FEB. 3rd, 1904, TEN Beautiful Resident Lots near Aetna Cotton Mills on street leading to Rodger's Brick Yard. The lots are 62 i by 126 feet. No by-bidding, every lot offered will be knocked down to the highest bidder. TERM S OF A L F :