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Local News Notes .
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Points Personal and Otherwise p
Picked up and Paragraphed fr
by Our Pencil-Pusher. u
v B. F. Townsend spent Sunday in
[ Charleston. N
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\ Mr. J. K. Thomas was in town p
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\ Mr. J. S. Welch, of Carlisle, was
, ihore Wednesday.
^ Mr. E. H. Schirnier, of ChorlesI
on, was here this week.
R ^ \w. H. Geer, of The State, spent th
wk afew days in the city this week. Ui
jMisa Pearl Hancock has accepted 01
position of cashier at Finn's.
Mrs. Geo. M. Wright and baby
are in Abbeville visiting her parents ^
Mr. Jno. Ilollingsworth is sales* W
man now at the Union Grocery Co. st
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Mr. Clande Hix is now delivery (j(
clerk for the Southern Express Co.]
here. D
The Hames Grocery Co. will
?N move into the stand formerly occu*
hw pied by the postoffioe.
Mr. C. E. Gray, of Laurens, came a<
over Saturday for a few day9 visit to P
Mrs. Gray, who is visiting her aunt, H
Mrs. J. W. Clarke. tl
Miss Eliza A. Garner, of Mt. Joy, ^
spent several days during the past r)
week with Mrs. B. F. Foster, comer ri
of South and Virgin streets.
Ben Arthur returned from Balti- a
more last week much improved in t!
health, where he hen for ?omn timo *i
been in John Hopkin's Hospital. h
The postoffice has moved to the j*
new quarters on Bachelor St., and
Street Overseer Tinson is making a
new sidewalk leading from Main St. ^
l Miss'Eugenia Love has resigned li
( her position of saleslady with Mrs. v
J D. N. Wilburn and accepted the po- a
i Y sition of relief operator at the Bell r
Telephone Exchange. e
Mies Louise McKissick, daughter ^
of the late Mr. Joseph II. McKissick ?
and her grandmother, Mrs. Oilliam,
now of Jonesville, will move to
Union the last of (his month or early (
in January next, and will make a
b. Union their home. j
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Mr. and Mrs. J. II. Fell, who
ave been visiting Dr. and Mrs. H.
I. Holmes, left Monday night for
ittsboro, N, C., for a few days stay,
om there they will go to their luire
home in Trenton, N. J.
Rev. James G. Cunningham died
ov. 25th at his home in Ilearn.
exa8. He was pastor of the First
reebyterian church of Ilearn. He
as a brother of Mr. Wm. T. and
>hn Cunningham, of this oounty.
The delicious lunches being served
atnrdavs and salesday at M. W.
obo's furniture store by the comittee
of ladies to raise money fir
le Union Countv Confederate Monnent
fund is well patronized by the
tizens of town and country.
Charles M. Smith and his little
rother-in^law, of twelve years of
^e, were arrested Tuesday for
'UnkenneSS. At the Mfiver'a omirf
Wednesday morning the testimony
towed that Smith had made the
lild drunk. Smith was fined ten
illars.
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Sell Cotton Now, Says W, P.
Brown.
New Orleans, Dec. 5.?W. P. Brown
le great cotton king, has issued an
idress over his signature to the
lanters, merchants and bankers of
le south, in whioh he urges that
lose having ootton refuse to sell at
rices at present, maintaining that
ie recent decline in price i9 unwarinted.
He contends that the balnee
of this year's crop should bring
ot less than 10 cents at the ports
nd says that the only way to briDg
bis price is for the farmers to hold,
be merchants not to force what they
ave on the markets, and for the
anks to stand by the merchants and
lanters and not force them to sell.
He admits for the sake of argument
nab me crop is 12.UUU.UUU, yet he
toes oot believe the crop will be that
urge, and argaes that consumption
rill be at least 11,600,000, leaving a
mall quantity to go into the mill
eserves. He urges all who are inter
sted in the south and the south'd
irosperity to stand pat and refuse tf
;lve away cotton at prices now pre
ailing.
The Metropolitan Magnzine it
J1.80 a year, but we are offering it
>nd Thb Times for the price of tht
oagadne.
THE RAPID FALL IN PRICE OF COI
TON.
Gen. M. o! Butler Says "Hold Tou
Holt."
The rapid and unexpected fall i
the price of cotton since the repor
of the government was handed ii
has caused alarm among the farmers
The following is given by Gen. But
ler in his letter to the August!
Chronicle of Dec. 6th. 1904, and 1
by him* taken from the compile<
statement of the cotton exchange o
New York for the week ending Dec
2nd. Total port receipts 1900
4,607,283; 1904, 4,018,086; overlanr
to mills and Canada, 1908, 805,381
1904, 242,884; southern mills takinci
(estimated), 1903, 57,800; 1904, 580.
000; gain of stock at interior town
in excess of Sept. 1, 1903, 624,902
1904, 431,260; brought into slehi
thus far for season 1903, 6,115,516
1904, 5,266,689, making a dilTerenn
of 848,827 bales In favor or 1903
Now if this statement is correct anr
the late report of the department o'
agriculture showing this year's cror
to be 12,160,000 bales is correct
there must be out of sight presume
bly in the hands of the farmers 6,893.
861 bales. Gen Butler further says
"If there are 6,800,000 bales in th?
hands of the farmers it supports thi
theory that they are in very soun^
financial condition, a condition thej
ought not to be frightened out of bj
bear speculators. In other words tc
borrow the homely phrase of the old
darky to his coon dog in a fight with
a coon to ' hold his holt until the
coon gives up." The farmers ought
to "hold their holt" until (to borrow
another phrase from another distinguished
sportsman) they can get "a
square deal" with the bears.
Child Burned to Death.
Tuesday about 11.80 a. m. as Mr.
E. B. Respes8 and V. B. Hall, civil
eaglneers of the Union and Glenn
Springs Railroad Company, were
going up Academy street, they saw a
little colored child on fire standing
in the street near the office of the
Wallace lumber yard. They ran as
fast as they could and upon reaching
the burning child Mr. Respass
wrapped his overcoat around the
ohild to extinguish the flames. When
he took the coat away, the clothing
of the child was completely burned
off except a small collar band. It
t^ems that the parents of the child
had gone away and left the child in
the house alone, and it is supposed
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mo cairn was standing near the tire
and its clothes caught fire and then
she ran out into the street screaming.
When seen by the gentlemen
her clothing were all ablaze, and by
the time they reached her nearly all
of her clothing was burned off. Had
these gentlemen been closer to hei
when she first ran out of the house
and thrown the coat around her as
did Mr. Respess, doubtless the flames
would have been extinguished and
the life of the child saved. Mr. Respess
said it was a shocking, sickening
sight, when he removed his coat
from the ohild he saw at once that
she was too badly burned ever to recover.
The child is between foui
and five years old and is the daughtei
of Lovelace and Lilian Young.
It was a noble, generous and hu
mane Impulse which actuated Mr,
Respess to take off his $25 overcoal
and put it around a burning colored
child he being a stranger in the city
By so doing he hoped to save the lif<
of the child at the sacrifioe of a fin<
overcoat and run the risk of getting
his hands badly burned. His handi
were not burned, but his overcoal
was.
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Dr. Peters Goes to Richmond, HI:
New Field.
Dr. R. H. Peters has been engagec
by the Wednesday club of Richmond
IV*., which is one of the most 1m
I portant musical organisations of tha
city, to eonfer with and aid in th<
organization and in the building o
a large conservatory and makini
Richmond one of the great musi
, cities of America.
It Is likely that a spring festiva
will be given next year by the Wed
nesday club, with Dr. Peters as In
! structor and trainer of the orchestra
> The Rlohmond music lovers ar
, fortunate to secure so talented
k musical Instructor and successful
I business man to direct their affair
. as the former director of music s
, Converse college.?Spartanburg Dail
> Herald.
House and Lot for Bale
I offer my dwelling house and lc
, on 8outh Street for sale. Terms <
t sale, one third cash, balance on on
and two years time, with the priv
* lege of paying all oash.
44- Mm. Ooka N. Murphy.
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Wanted?A Reform School.
About seven years ago the women o'
r Vlabama, seeing the great evil done to
youthful lawbreakers by association with
ilult criminals, inaugurated a move
' insnt for the establishment of an indus'
rial ecliool for white bojs. A commitn
tee was appointed, which presented t<?
' certain legislators the great need of such
* in institution. The legislature granted
11 a charter for a "reformatory and indusf
trial school, to be established under the
1 care of the State of Alabama * * * for
f the bent fit of orphan, helpless and way.
ward children," and said scnool "to re,
ceive and provide for the welfare of
1 white children between the ages of eight
. md sixteen, who, by reason of their con,
tuct or surroundings, are likely to be ome
base or criminal, or hurtful to the
state or the best interests of society * * *
?r such children as shall have committed
' ?etty offenaes or crimes;" said children
11 be committed to the school or reform'
itory by any judge or other proper officer.
The legislature appropriated thiee
1 thousand dollars for this school, which
! appropriation was supplemented by c?>r.'
tributions from public-spirited citizens,
uid a school was established at E> st
Lake, near Birmingham. The legisla
f.ure has since made increasing appropri:
uions, aud now ninety loys are being
V clothed, boarded, educated and trailed
> in useful industries. A prominent jud* e
I recently said that Alab una could bet'er
lo away with everv other public instil n,
tion than the industrial school.
( Tennessee has had an industrial eel"col
I for fifteen years. Careful records kept
of the subsequent careers of the thous
md boys dismissed show that less than
two per cent, revelled to evil ways. Ex.
Derience having shown that it is ch'aptr
to prevent crime than to punish the
criminal, all save fourteen of the United
States have established such schools.
In the last fifteen years, how many
South Carolina bovs have been allowtd
to commit one petty offense after another,
and left unpunished and uncartd
for, until old tuough to perpetrate
crimes leading to terms in the penitentiary.
The South Carolina Federation of
Women's Clubs, having undertaken tl e
work of securing a school modeled on
the lines of the one successfully operated
, in Alabama, asks and confidentally ex,
pects, the hearty support of all citizens
of South Carolina.
It is proposed to form an industrial
school association, with a vice president
for each county, which vice-president
will organize the work in her county,
endeavoring to arouse interest in the
movement. The following committee
urges the co-operation of all women in
South Carolina who believe in giving
1 every boy a chance:
Mrs. M. F. Ansel, Greenville; Mis.
W. B. Wilson, Rock Hill; Mrs. Ira
i Jones, Lancaster; Mrs. J. M. Visanska,
Charleston; Miss E. McClintock, ColumI
bia; Miss M. E. Waterhouse, Beaufort;
I Mrs. John G. White, Chester; Mrs. B.
G. Clifford, Union; Mrs. Chas. Petty,
, Spartanburg; Miss M. Caroline Mclver,
, Darlington; Mrs. Mortimer Glover,
, Orangeburg; Mrs. A. F. McKiltnck.
I Greenwood; Mrs. R. D. Wright, Newberry;
Mrs. S. Bleckley, Anderson; Mrs.
[ F. W. P. Butler, Edgefield; Mrs. W. II.
Carroll, Bennettsville; Miss Dulce Moise,
Sumter; Mrs. J. O. C. Fleming, Laur
' ens; Mrs. Martha Orr Patterson, Greenville,
chairman.
Doings Around Jonesville.
J0HK8VIM.E, Dec. 5th.?We are
' having plenty of cold rain and the
I dust is all turned into mud.
The slump In the price of cotton is
' having a depressing effect on buslj
ne8s and is turning some smiling
f races into ana and serious counte~
nances, but the Bible says there is a
[. time for all things, a time to weep
and a time to laugh and all see these
things come to pass. Two farmers in
i our community have about one hundred
bales each and many others have
smaller lots.
Mr. E. M. Penney, agent for the
* Southern Railway here, will be transferred
from this place to Pacoler. and
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will leave tomorrow. Mr. Penney
B has been here for the last twenty
' years, and has made many friends,
^ who regret to know that he and bis
0 family will le^ye us.
Rev. David Hucks filled his pulpit
^ here last night, and will have only
one more appointment before
he leaves for conference. Rev. Mr
Hucks will be moved to some other
e appointment, as he has served the
limit, four years. He will carry with
him the' confidence and respect of
8 mnnv friends here.
Mm. Mary Gilliam and little Miss
y Louise McKlssick will move to Union
in a short while to make that town
thfir future home. They are no
I strangers to Union, as they moved
from that town here abont three
* years ago.
Mm. J. L. McWhlrter, Mrs. Tom
6 I.tttleiohn and Miss Anna Hame'*
attended the meeting of the Daughters
of the Confederacy at Orangeburg
last week. Telephone.
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| OUR PRICES LOWER!
w than the same goods can be ob- *??
to# tained elsewhere. If, however,
after trading with us you are not ^
^ entirely satisfied as to price or ^
^ quality, we ask that you return ^
the goods and we will refund your -<ri
money. Our large stock of
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jjjjj are coming in now, and in a few
days we hope to be able ^to show AH
^ you the prettiest and cheapest 1^3
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j DRESS GOODS 1
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to find anywhere this season. ^
WE WANT YOUR BUSINESS I
and if polite attention and short
profits will get it, we think we #
will in the future as in the past
get our share. p|
W. T. BEATY & CO.,!
F. Q. AUSTELL, Manager.
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