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* ' I 1 V^?J? . . , tO I **V . >r J * I <6#- ? tMfcjlWin.^jrgry",'; t City of Union and Suburbs Has 1^1 B" T Nk 7 T ^ W1' ''rfT'W "i 7^4 " "-City of Union and Suburbs Has ^arg.?Cotton Mills, Ono Knitting I H I J I I I J BIT i I 1 fl I J Five Graded 8phoola? Waterworks, andSpmniiigMill with Dye Plant, Oil I I I I ^ I I I If / I %/ B-4 Sewerage8yatem. Hle^ricLights,Three ? \ Manufacturing and I I I J I 1 I I I I 'I I Wfl B 1 i L 1 Hanks wifch aggregate <?pital of $2*>,000, > Lumber Yards, temale Seminary. JL A-B- J?J 1 1 JB L JL J M A Ik^/# Electria K*ilw^TPopulation 7,000. O'or-k of Cou | "" t * ====is?VS ' VOL. HV. NO 'jj?. ] ONION, SOUTH CAROLINA, 15. 1904. v '' ? >?- #VOO A YEAR. ? ?? ! j \ - J, ' V&-. Jk. _ - I I I vni t the c< >' YUU Accou NEVER one. CAN Ef KNOW with ___J blanks | Wm. A. NICHOLSO I ARMIES ARF RFM1Y FOR DEATH GRAPPLE r ^ > . Facing Each Other on Heights ' *' ">" Bordering Liank River. ??? TRANSPORT TRAINS ON MOVE. Long Line* of Infantry Wind Through Mountain*?Force* of the Czar and the Mikado Are Preparing for a Der cielve Struggle. . Headquarter* of General Count Keller, Niut Klay, near, Lian Dian?Sian, July 12.?The opposing ' armies are grlml yfacing each other'on the heights 1 across the Liank river, ready to engage in a death grasp. The Liank crosses the main JLdao xang, Fen ?ang, Wang, Cheng road, -28 miles east of Liao Yang. It flows north into the Tat Tse river, which passes east of Liao Yang apd empties into the Liao river. The correspondent of the Associated Press who arrived hero after a 36 ? nuu uom aiao lAnj^jf \awT3? lines of Infantry apSfa transport train winding throiirSgft the mountains A Liatag j^an Slan a lookout, statl*ne< lr ? a tree top, pointed out the way t< ern ?rttt? was found, hidden in th< v , plains. Me saw General Keller, lit lng like a simple soldier, his staff he lng quartered In a native hut nearby The general looked cheerful and wat bronzed by exposure. He talked en thuslastlcally of the engagement aft Hoi Yan. Around the general's tent were manj officers of the guards, the pride o*l Ft. Petersburg. To see them as weatherbeaten as the Cossack officers, t-. one could scarcely believe them to be the dashing-guardsmen of the Russian capital. They have become hardened fighters, for hardly a day passes without collision* between the advance posts of the eastern army and the Japanese. The whole arpiy is anxious to fight General Kurokl, whose headr quarters are-at VIndlapudze and k v' whose men are entrenched on the other side of the river. The .burning question Is who will be the first to cross the dread valley of the Liank river. Attack by Torpedo Boat. Tokio. Julv 12?Nnnn?AHm.li-ol f/v. go reports that at midnight July 11, torpedo boats approached the boom which blocks ttye entrance to Port Ar""thur harbor and attacked the guard / - ..ablp Diana frith torpedoes. The result has not been ascertained. The Japanese boats returned undamaged. j , Shelled Enemy's Position. Che Foo, July 12.?1 p. m.?It is reported that five Russian cruisers and eeveral torpedo boats left Port Arthur at 8 o'clock on Saturday morning last and shelled the enemy's positions on the east coast, returning undam?.? the evening. It ,vu uv Plr^fcck K. "tsred Admiral is believed they encouiAhot, Wed to re% Togo's ships and were tofa t"-hpre thi* turn. A Junk which arrived Most >ejrlflc morning reports hearing two explosions at Port Arthur ye8teT,aj^^ Colonel Levetsky Interviewed. St. Petersburg. July 12.?1 p. m.-^iff Colonel I^evetsky, of the general sttM^; k in an interview today says: .^<ai "The result of the loss of th<wjT?-?i^? rm n??nuu Chou will probably be the evaci^|* M New Chwang. flion Is "General Kuropatkln's positiifj QOR_ more difficult than that which l--* '-t *fronted Lord Roberts in South Africa. ^ It Is as if Lord Roberts received his 1 supplies by rail v via Constantinople, t Cairo and Central Africa. It will be a long time before General Kuropatkln will have enough supplies and men to assume the offensive. In the meanwhil ehe WT!I have to flght ' rear guard actions, perhaps giving up ' Important positions, like New Chwang, f which are of vastly moro con sequence 1 A than Kal Chou." | 1 ; >nvenience oV a Bank nt until you have tried Whenever yoji feel disto test the rtiatterj we be glad to shpply you the necessai y books, ? and informa :ion. N & SON, jBankers. | "W r : > ' LIFE OF J.UOQE PARKER. Short Bfogr^hy}'.dt: the Democrats 1 President. Bsopusfcw. ^.. i'uly 12.?The follow lng is dflfcrrapby of Judge A1 ton B. Porkcr^-jLku"'I>enujcrat ic nomi nee for prqeM^fjAO; 1852 on a farm ai Cortlan<^/3oi:lH^rV$&jmty, N. Y. 1861?KitrolIe<^ aaf?ippu pi 1 in the ^is t^ict school at^ fy-rttand. ^ 1.861-1865?Worked on a fa/m in the sunfmer and attendend the districl school "during the-wlnt&f. 1865?Entered the Cortland acade iny. <# 1868?Whs graduated frpm Cortland academy and ho?4?^ teaohlng-aahool.al Virgil, Cortland rohimty . 1868?White Cgfufblng, attended nor mal school. 1870?Encored. iAtyany law school. 1872?d|pa grWH^ed from Albany law ^ehodgP* 1872?Adrtlttwfttotthe bar. 1872?Marred s3|Pary Lee School* maker and beSafiSElerk" and later associate in the of Schoonmaker & Hardcnbir^^ 1872-^-Xn elected clerk of tke board df^PP|PP^rs of Ulster I 18fe^He electa^ i^ogati of I > ster county. - York; ma^d1 oJaalrGtan of Democrat state committee* i 1885-*-I^ate in winter was appoint* Judge oi ,the ?t%te sapreme court I f GorjMbr {gill. . ^ Appolrfte'd?Judge of the new djjfehm of the court < ' 1892??'ThU<$bfflftffr&s dissolved ar at request oKSHfafr Judge Park* > was appointed-a-slp^feof the first c l Vision of the ejB&mpp court, to fl vacancy caffsedgyinpegs of Judg 1 Barrett. fl;' ? 1897?Elected\Jwer Judge of tt court of r,o,000 majority PARKER CONdRATULATED. Telegram* Continue to Pour In a Democratic Nominee. "Esopus, N. Y., July 12.?Telegrait of congratulations cpntinue to pot tn upon Judge ParkeV-' Judge flcorp Gray wired as follows from Wasblni ton, Del.: "Hearty congratulations on your nor inatlon and on your.brave and man! telegram." Mayor Garter Harrison, of Chleagi telegraphed: "Please accept my congratulatior on your nomination." PREPARED FOR STRIKE. Packing Houses Are Ready For Wal Out of Workmen. Kansas City, July 12.?A strike c the butohftrs nn<1 wni-lnwim ? #?; i; ? with them In Kansas City, will fin the six packing houses plants her prepared. Owlng~to the light receipt of live stock at the local &tpck yard last week becauso of the flood, pack ers had only a small supply of cattle hogs and sheep on hand. Lire stock men at the yar4? wer anxious about the situation, as <he lirs first heavy receipts sine* the (food ai rived today. Both sidQft ...we^p firn today, and awaiting development from the conference betweentjbtunioi leaders and the head?* of the pijriclpfl packing houses at Chicagi\^.rJ''Ryi?- ' day tho manager of on/"' iJhrly tosaid he -*w> ftw. ?'trucking house ?1 uiu not believe Ahe packers vould grant tho demands Wf tno men. The sentiment voices th<4 feeling ot he managers of other localh niic/io ! In a Hurry to Strll. Chicago, July 12.?Witluf waiting * intll the hour set for a ge?ai strike 8 >f 49.600 employes In the lne prjn. ? :ipal meat packing centers o*ie coun " ry, beef cutters at the stl yards n lete quit work. The menV0 thujf participated were 700 la nL. ? ^ V } jk' - MEMPHIS GAMBLERS IN GRASP OF LAW Fatal Raid on Gambling House In That City. DEPUTY SHERIFF IS SHOT DEAC Another Lies In a Dying Condition?A Sensational Shooting Affray Occun ? Between Police and Gamblers in th< Tennessee City. Memphis', Tenn., July 12.?Thomas J. McDermott, the deputy sheriff, whe wjuj shot through the abdomen in a ram on a gambling house on Desoto street last night, lies in a dying condition at the city hospital today. . Houston Mitchell, another deputy, was shot dead in the rooms of the resort. Warrants were Issued for the wyest of George llonan, Mike Haggerty, Hap ry Hartley, Harry Keene and George Deggs, charging murder and shooting ' with intent to kill. These men who are well known gamblers surrendered to the sherifT today and are now in ' jail. McDermott. in a statement, to the police, said that Hona'n shot him. : The direct causes leading up.to last night's tragedy was a series of raids '? _ recently, conducted by deputy sheriffs on- tow crap dives. ? The resort of Dosotoostreet was raided only g few days ago andi many arrests were made. When the officers .appeared at the place last night the llghtB were extinguished and the shootIn.o' Koora? T*1? A ~ * w^6<.u. 1 ne statement. that Ho nan shot McDermott is borne out by Deputy Sheriff Shoultz, who was on? of the raiding party. * Houan. Haggerty and Deggs are all J.well known to the sporting fraternity " "*?xvfiu. south. They conduct of the enW.eH V" ghspfevlbis city. i ,er several establishments l!? N . tof Honan was recently indicted:J complicity in election troubles in tJ ?* n'nth ward. As a result of a ri< ed wai'd ^_commis*io? of pubb ^ A meeting of this committee ha lc been called to investigate last night shooting affray. ~ >y BIG FAMILY REUNION. ly ' Gathering Was Attended by More Tha i 2,000 Persona. id Jackson. Miss., July * 12.?A ver JT tinlquo j^mlly reunion wa6 held a 11- Silver CJ?eek, Pike .county, last wee! ill which was attended by more /tha }? 2,000 persons, oyer", one-han of whor, were the direct..ddstiend^pts of Chat ie Smith and ^Greorg^.. ^/ord, two pic ncers who settled in that .neighboi hooci nearly,'10<y.yearst ago. - . The Smiths and AlfOtl^hiJ^growi and multiplied with aatdMMte rapidi in ty during the past cehitfr^^jld havi dispteyed a remarkable. penchant fo is. intermarriage. within t'oe bounds o ir reason." the family tie* are nov ;e '^o ^losdl^ititerlaced .irtiat -TT _ ?? p'W *^OU?U S- llsjjjfaent uflfcplatlonsfiip ^mong Bom; ^T^j|pieraTOi'3 1B .a^ vecy^eixrtexlni V V*^5^a|t,provided in abund?Jfieo fo ?So^ than.2^D(W jjersotas, *ihd twb orasi d, . bbcHs (li3Cofffa?DSL"'maaic irjmughou the ray. Onoor the Smt.tbs fcamo al ks the wp*1 from Houston. Tex.,-to dellve a sermon at the rc-unlon, and a not he traveled irom Florida In. order tQ par tlcit&te. Six generations were repre seiited at the gathering. k WATER UNFIT T ODRINK. State Chemist McCandless So Pro d nounces Columbus' Water Supply. e Columbus, Ga., July 12.?Chotta 3 hoocheo river water, even when taker s* from a point north of the citv of Co lj nbus, where it is free from the contamination of the city's sewers, It uiilil for drinking pu-poses in tht 0 opinion of State Chemist Joun M. Mc ' CaiKi-ess. Recently a sample of water taken 0 from the river a mile norih of Noith s Highlands was sent Mr. McCandler' n ? ,?v. .v ??.nHi lie ' | tor fancied that their coeM 1 /.nation. * ins" analysis has been received, and with this comment: "Sample filtered In laboratory by use of alum. I cannot recommend j the use of this water." | i Made Restitution. I St. Louis, July 12.?'Robert B. Tay- * lor, of New York, who confemed to P stealing unsigned bank notes to the ^ urount of $f>,720 from tho Citizens' A latlonal bank of New York, today jade restitution. This, however, will jake no difference in the prosecution ' f tho case as tho United States die- y let attorney sayb Taylor will be *** lad In November. _ " ' ' > 1 i CR'.MiNDlTJONS. Suntr ry of|0; Weather Bureau at* I Islington. ' WirfrgioTijly 12.?'The weather buret's weekmmtoarv of crop cohr ditiojis as 3 UEaspfftayiyll weather has poutimi| f 111 the tlTv o! the MjssSlflJto vallc , 1nitelse\i<> the temi>eratttre has :en liroraH Heavy rains hfrvd > prov riled of crops *h"d has [Teat*/with harvft^ k ing i the jWer^ifesourl. central Mia , sisal pi aijinpft grain in the phodv "has een justed in Oklohoma, Kaff saa nd IsosiV. N Portions of fM soutl Atltlc WMea and north he? ( tral ' exa-^ed'fcln, and in the sotrtn ' ern Piatt di*ti\t? Severe drougfc! ' contfc-uee. 'N _/V. 1 Over tigceater part at *v.e ' belt has Mo vigorous grffHftht contlnuouTrtas hav^ prevente&;ci| tlvation a much of tho crop ia i^j Winteritteat has sustained grelj damage via continuous heaVJ^ftjj in Nebrtu, Pfanpas.. OUlaho^Mk^fi Missouri,here the nnhUcvest^jt ffngj was seriely damaged vesting s also great Ij unfayornp weather Q^st sissippi yfr.%v^hujPr' reglo?"^^^^^hwl weedy i'1 no'rt urn Minn#*In cojuon wltftiothUr grains, oa have suff/?d from exoessiva moistu, in th* frAr Missouri valley,^ but elt wh?4 yiiT crop is satisfactory. C|(it \ifar grown# rapidly throng out belt<' complaints of t raplKr^W*S,^S^ceiXe<i fr?r* V tlonsofJk+ AWiVk TOtWcdl whe /ha enater % stricts tfi?v crop 4s a good 8tavi>;<jdt cultivation, aa^' cc f paratlvely iJtUe damage from lnae is reported^except in Texas, . wh< the bofyweerlls are increasing'sad csmlng mora destructive in the sou * x *^n )f'^in a thrifty conditloiTTn all of ^ i^nt '?'aacc<> states. 13 ?hl? valley and south S In th<?*'l|?^("d Atlantic states parts of the n?lM cor,t!,ule ""I"1 prospect, for ot nca,ch<!s Islng. A good ? ' being gathered in the east gun s n Haying has been greatly retard rains throughout the central vi y and middle Atlantic states. t ? ANQLE8Y CASTLE'S SECRC n " .Vq Story of Rare Jewels of Extraor ?. *' Value. T'v' ? * f. New York, July 12.?Angles?''< V is slowly giving up Its secrets, a Herald dispatch, from London. n catalogue of its ^MUeplpf:when. I* lloliOil nrlll -a ' "... iuiui uu*&. oj?xjne mo5 e ma'rkable documentW^S^pr -issued r the printing press. Fictitious st 1 arising out of local gossip which * the value of the, jewels and < treasure? found id th^cad&e a m * sterling; pray $e dlmlsf*^ btft the are in therns^ive^^i^flpenUy est dinary. TOrtM^PKy?room9 r rgflesy cfftBaT^f^Qniiahed in a ma 3 th^t is tta^qncent^y extravagant 1 cording to the latetit computation Jewels that have been discovered r expected Uf realize at auction r $100,000 to >150.000. The approximate value of the f * ture and other articles, apart fron Jewels, w<Ul be something ifke $50( The result of the conference of a mlttee of inspection is that thei I nov every prospect that the affai * j the* marquis will not come before bankruptcy court.. The Habinth present ascertained are about $1, 000, and it is believed that-under proposed deed of assignment the < ltors will'regain thoir money in ' plus 4 per cent interest withfn j years, providing the marquis lives ! long. . The deed of alignment has ^ agreed to by a large number of i | including threo contint i J ?' you to .innn??ipecJu.^?r ? .eeks,J mother'?no, that wasn't it ' s ?t. 'Mlsa Cranston, I ^ jewelers, who have c.^uia iv,.' -?o $3,400,000, and certain English mon lenders. At World's Fair. World's Fair Grounds, St. Ix>ul Inly 12.?The second session of tt truer lean Osteopathic social I on. ws leld today in the Ml.slhurl state pi dllon. An address was made by th iresidenty Charles Hazzard, of Nev 'ork city, and papers were read b, .. L. Conver, of Akron, Ohio. HvansvlUo, Ind., July 12.?Frederic! auenstein. Sr., owner of the Evanslie Demokrat (Gerfnan) dropped tad today just after bo&rtilns a train start for St. Loula. / % f t F. M.Tarr, President. TJ Merchants and Plar In-BOt (ittltc (?) the largest Bank on i it iJic. ^Qid stand" 'weens fully, -> ^ " " * & OLDEST ?MUk th L 4. y.\, it is the ouly NATIONAL,! -It hue a capital and surplus o | ^ ^ ^ ^ l* Notwlt hsta ndmg th'e Argus-Eyed EmP'oy^S ?Pf the Governrrent, -New ] Methodi -anti Devices for Avoiding Cu?tom'a"foevenues Are Employed. ye New Ytwk, July 12.?Behind the ar ve- rest of the wireless telegraph opera tor and a hospital sterward*" employee fh- on on? of the largest "transatlantl< oo steamers charged with smuggling Su ait- matra tobacco, the customs official! rre claim to have unearthed, a new an; jn. ingem 1 ous ethod of smuggling -clla ?ta raonds, tol^c^v and otlier mei iH,'' chtthdiserjg^^^' should 'pajhm higl I* dtriM^ rarri,v ih. as pagsppaftfr upon whic in W5?*$?*SPSBESi passed by th >m. iqapecto^^^/ip^thoa. cta Tru9^^|k>.i?^tniag ^fee mercbandis ~rP wbicftVl??6''Ort^pi^'voj>? arranged t ?. an ith-?tinder the schema, said to-haVd In use, markerf with a private Thai rv^uil and placed with hundreds of oth< the Tivm x'u,rjiy__ua8sen^etsu On a the i 1 hi i ii i il TTTir ern In a posifTon to reach the baggage oi tl I upon the trunks of the smuggle** om- ed the special label i ?> to hjaatfo- - An ideiJ.#srcati^ ' ?^n.fat nad examined the eoni tares, of the trunk a""nd found nothinw ed bj? able therein. When the custom! illeys flcials came across a trunk with J a label on it they passed on. A yiov\\ far the ramifications fli^ - The SH . The- * :t , by wnl from ! ;r:orie* < . .Author of "Abryrf D fixed l > ' , Tin ithei wy?1 > Mir'-. IN^TH in'neT * , -The Substitute^ -by * * tin-8TUislled author's'. L are i " "* *otae of the best sfofi froa* * ! written will be prinl ir ' k xV ? , tte - PRAISE FROM THE CR WO* I , Decidedly original motive com- ' , rsof >- the , i - 1 at < _ ,380.- I [Ssi'| 5fuli I ' ^ ^ ^ ^ -~i m muL^-L-? exactly ' ^ Barbeci^^ '><.' WP n| -* ji . J_LiLiUI ' "I?fcillad a feller j??t at the close o' tl V ? f.{ war." fi ' K ? < . . i ? i - - 1 J. I). Arthur, Cashier. IE ? l> iters Natlpnai Bank tarth, hut it continues to do business is it has beep doing for the past janthi \jnteoi ' ; f $100,000," . (test .on deposit*, r?ig to $196,800, '. dtj wife with Tirae-lcck, irkpefaed by an Officer, . tjie Jt^nks in JJbion combined. iVer large or small, promising all fided by an obliging and carefully ; -j * I't f tent of thi* new scheme have gone, 'has not yei .determined. The exposure was premature and was practically forced upon"; the customs men, who were workln^ifin and waiting for . bigger game. compelled to take action tttroffihfthe wrong addross placed on Jt<%-*tBk, found later to contain leaf totacco intended for a manufacturer of elgars in *ooklyn. The duty on tb'o lfcaf of which there is "65 p^uhds,. is pound. Two other r t?uulfl? wfcfch came by the same steam*eipVwere faunA^-to contain 187 pounds o?^qhimdtWu Jeaf. One of, the prisoners is said to>1iave teveaTfedr thtej>ecret of 1 the bar Vf . ;v ' . . - e??,.Driitleillui'iicitrovad Whllcf 51 f*hilad?lpbfa. ?The steam ship San Ja?!pto, J^the Mallory line, s was praotipgily deajxoyod by fire today i wh^le lyip?**t Roach's shipyards, at i- Chester/P^*r *herc she was laid up for repairs: / h Th& vapael wa^' built a year ago d at a cot$5bf $500,OO0. h The *Hro originated in a room used n for stotfpjgOoil and varnish, and had e gafned much heiu&ay before the arrival of the fire engines that the flree hidn diTlded their attention between o H-he* Tjffc vessel and the property of B? the <Sliipbnilding company, adjacent to QVtha* dock. M " r>V? ' ' erican Mounts * /"'' Comply C/j c* } -*a to The r " Orleans, says: CreI oletiflrf-* /*>;& prairies of southoaA' ^ and hroaiv-os from fchn ?f Toxas '?dy Lie fighting K&L Mje "ptiea ol dapa ie#- within two lt| is leaixcd that a Texas r('aCh'''] hy Minister WS\ waSlftlJ'bt Jj^Bn with view to seof horses ?t the rfe:*"! .5S^-jirOWijr8ei^PSr the Japanese caw- * Restitute : n. harben >aniel," "The North Walk tery," Etc. ' is paper >Vill N. Harben, the dis- $ highest achievement and m ies of American life ever 9 :ed serially in this paper. K rrics f and full of quaint folk portrayed with C fidelity. A very human story V ^ s that makes it a picture of real J > ' American life.?Brooklyn Ea- , m g,e- ; r *3a(y A wholesome, well told sto- ' ry. The plot is fresh, many J > of the events unfolded come ( upon the reader as surprises , and throughout the story is ' the rady vigor that results from ' ( a deep, true "knowledge of the < region depicted and the men- ' > tal grasp to project it.- -Liter- < I nruft t t*n\?? u?ia If ^BUILDERS' :f|| iryD,8es,."? *iiwj,r' gjljf The Substitute is a better book than Mr. ilarben'B gtfsat- [ > ,. ly praised Abner Daniel.? ( HUa Higgiuson in the Seattle k I\ Times. " ' 15 {' *. . 3 A sound, wholesome^taTc of ' ? j North Georgia life witfa?rcal | 1 raciness and humor arid char- i I acter. It is as good as Mr. ' Ilarben's Abner Daniel and , that is saying not a little.? < ) i Hamilton W. Mabic in The m Outlook. ' V