% ' 1 <v,, JT. . ::v. ! :rl^ '' " 1
riMM I II II ???a?a?eaa J "*1$/ ^HBMaHHHaaHMaMan>
eity of Onion and Subiirbf Hm fB"! I T T"1 AT T %T W %T ifjlh | !g | g ^ ^ City of Unton and Suburbs Has
Five Large Cotton Milk, One Knittin# I I I gj I I g g . ^cg g II / B ?? j Five Graded School?. Water Worka,
and ^piuuirjtf Mill with Dye Plant, Oil I gI g^ H g g I TL vg g g H i Sewerugo Syatem, Electric Lights, Three
Mill, Furniture Manufacturing nn<l H | | | ' J g ^| g g W I ^| f'* ^g g W g g ' i L J Basks with aggregate capital of $280,000,
iMimber Tarda, Female Seminary. _B_. -M-JL ??-1- e _JM. -JL ^ | -* - rV-/ I Elertrie Railway. Pepalation 7,000.
,' ; VOL. liV. NO 7 oi.rk?fc<m.t UNION. SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY FI BRl$RV 17. I'M 5. *1.00 A YKAR
- 1? ?
We Have M
On Cotton or
Collateral, and
to have an int<
O
Wm. A. NICHOLS
gHftociToF
W THE WftlK.'
K The "friy mouth Rock
Wr-*' Heeled and Pitted Win:
the hght?Picks Tenth
ers Prom Local Press
k / Dills and Gaffs Corre
spondents.
V - Editor op The Times?Ai
Irishman and a friend were ou
hunting when their attentioi
. . was attracted to a red-heade<
wood-pecker hammering awa;
^ on a tree. Pat stood mute ant
w jjfpvl ds] fvift ?j *
mic v" u, auu wnei
asked why he didn't shoot, ex
claimed, "Begorrah for what
the varmint itself is beating iti
brains out!" I think it is tinu
to stop shooting at Progress, anc
yet I see two of your correspond'
ents in your last issue sticking
spurs in him.
that both of vour correspondents
were upholding the cruel
sport of cock-fighting, when
we came to tne conclusion
that they were just talking thai
way to be "agin Progress." Jusl
like several measures the peopU
wanted, a new Court House foi
instance, which went dead jusl
because the people wanted to b<
"agin Progress". Its ,not right
boys, to cut off your n5se to spit*
$ your face, for this is a great big
world and there is plenty of roon
for everybody and everything
And as "actions speak loudei
than words," I am justified ii
concluding that Progress has i
license from the City, State ant
General Government/to "butt in.'
And anyway, what different
does it make? Progress wouldn'
do anybody any harm if it could
and no doubt it only wanted t
be enterprising and make i
"swoop" as the newspaper mei
call it. We must give Progres
the credit of being sincere in he
uncompromising attitude agains
fighters of all description, am
we cite as proof that m a recen
issue she even jumped on th
fire-fighters.
Your correspondent signini
himself "X" makes it appea
that Progress' advertisement o
cocking-mains would not allur
him, but that others might b
attracted thereby. In othe
words, the "weaker brothers'
might be "caused to offend.1
Henry Wattereon used to sa;
that to expose evil is to increas
evil, which statement is possibl
Vvaonrl an fVio oviawi fUof bn/\nr
OI/AO^U VII U1C OAIVIU tiiat AI1VW
edge is power," but we have n
idea that Progress ever though
of that when a man under pa
was sent forth from the san(
turn sanctorum and admonish^
to go and behold. The narrati\
says that he was accompanied b
i little boy, whom we have r
doubt the Progress man endear
dured to persuade to go back.
Will Progress publish the ph<
tographs, or will they be pii
tures turned towards the wail?
Boys, you must not be too roug
on Progress, stand back and li
her publish the pictures. I wai
to see them. 1 never saw a cocl
ing-main in my life, except or
gotten up between the dom
k neckers in the back yard, upc
which occasion I constituted m:
elf the High Sheriff and made
raid?Progress will l>e glad
learn that all the participan
have long since gone to their fin
reward. This affair was tarn
I guess, to the one which Pro
few few endeavoured to immc
oney to Lend
other Acceptable
we shall be glad
irview with YOU!
ON & SOW, Bankers.
r??
^ talize.
Boys, its ridiculous t
way youdid Mr. Sherlock Holnv
)J the Progress man, and now
top of it cornea two of your cjj
respondents, .with articles whi<
M area rank persecution.of "t
~ | peoples' paper," the champion
I all thftf ia mwl
??w gvuu auu nuiy.
. One of your corresponden
i suggests that, like charity, Pro
ress' war on abominations show
begin nearer home. Let be, gi
her a chance and maybe Pro
ress may yet do the count;
great good, and if she does n
n wind up aft the judge of tl
t twelve tribes of Isreal, she mig]
n get to be the Dr. Parkhurst
j Union. No doubt she will promp
ly act upon the bills of indie
* ment against the various evils <
1 Union, presented by one of yoi
i correspondents. No doubt,
- you give her a chance, she wi
"hew to the line and let the chip
' fall where they may." Weha\
no doubt thir* she would not he!
J itate to take up the cudgel again!
1 the money-snarks and usurei
- and tax-dodgers, a war on th
t former of which would be ap
propriate at this time, as a r<
| lentleM fiyht > ^ing made o
1 by the newspapers of Charlestor
1 Columbia and Charlotte. Whil
1 Progress is having her cuts c
1 the chicken fighters made, lc
^ her secure the pictures of th
t tax-dodgers and usurers froi
s Dan to Beersheba. We sugges
* for a text that Progress preac
t on the following subjects:
5 "He that putteth not out h
. money to usuVy nor taketh r<
1 ward against the innocent: 1
: that doeth these things sha
1 never be moved." Ps. 15: 5.
"Thou hast taken usury ar
f increase, and thou bast, crreedil
1 gained of thy neighbors by e:
J tortion and hath forgotten m
] Baith the Lord God." Ezeki
22: 12.
J "Hath given forth uponusur;
t and hath taken increase: sha
? he then live? He shall not liv
0 he that hath done all these abon
a inations: 'He shall surely die.
a Ibid. 18: 13.
8 Et te Brute! And you, M
J Editor, saw fit in a recent issi
J to compare "the peoples paper
J to a Police Gazette, because
* had published some vulgar e
e pressions unfit for decent peop
to read. I submit to you, M
Ef Editor, that in the very next i
J sue. Progres did the ameni
f honorable and made a confe
e sion in "open court," so to spe*
e ("Honest confessions are go<
** for the soul"). The law boo
,, say: "A confession, when the fr
prompting of a guilty conscien
y unincited by hope or fear, is e
e idence." I am sure, while loo
y ing up the law on chicken-figl
1" ing, Progress will go further ai
? publish Section 3893 of the fi
vised Statutes of the Unit
y States, which says:
5- "Everv obscene, lewd, or laci
d ious ** print or other publicati
c of an indecent character a
y hereby declared to be non-ma
10 able matter. *** And any pers
r~ who shall knowingly deposit,
cause to be deposited, for ma
ing or delivery, anything c
5; clared by this section to be nc
mailable *** shall, for each a
every offense, be fined upon cc
viction thereof not more th
five thousand dollars, or impr
c" oned at hard labor not more th
five years, or both, at the disc
ll* tion of the court."
? Plymouth Roc
a P. S. I am opposed to chick*
to fighting, but it is a pity tl
ts Progress was not content w
al washing Union's dirty linen
e, home, without airing it in 1
g. Charleston and Columbia nei
irw papers. P. R
1 CONFESSED
BEFORE DEATH.
The Ex-Mayor of Charlottesville
Told His
Spiritual Advisers that
He Was Guilty of the
Murder ot His Wife and
that His Punishment
Was Just.
Charlottesville, Va., February
10.?Without a tremor J. Samuel
. l^GcCue met death on the scaffold
. at 7.9IL o'clock this nforning for,
wife murder. Hardly had
he sti%?gles ceased when his ccm^
fcs, Jfession was given out by his
pn three spiritual advisers, the Kevs.
[r- G/ L. Petrie, D. D., H. KEkv
ch | and John B. Thompson. MoOue
he i listened calmly to the death,
of warrant and when Sergt. Bogera
asked: "Do you think thart; if J
its gave you my arm you would be
g- able to walk to the scaffold
ild ' renlipd ralmlu **t ???
_ -t ......, i v-an wain. W^IF' ?
ve' out your aid." On the wi^ hs,1
g- | stumbled once or twice anak.|he
ry officers proffered assistance. 3t,,
ot was not needed, however. Th??e :
ie j was no weakness. McGue hflSljl
ht' merely slipped on the ftote& J
of snow. - > '
it-1 Watched by a silent crowd of ^
t- perhaps thirty people, MdCue i
Df mounted the scaffold. By this ,
lr time the sunlight was streaming
if across the housetops around him. \
11 Not a muscle of his face moved, j
)s Rogers and two guards ascended j
^ the scaffold with him. The \
3- prisoner was placed over the
3t, trap, his arms were pinioned and y
8 i his ankles strapped. The black j
e gown was folded around him g
>- and the noose was adjusted.
All this while MuCue stood
n without moving. The hope that >
Biforb' tt?' Awl Wfltliy fw *
le away. The cowl dropped^ over
>f his head and he had seen his last
it' of the world. Not a word had
ie , he uttered. , ,
ti | Before he placed the rope about
3t McCue's neck Sergt. Rogers put
V, Vii'a o vma nuar- fVia
11 iliu U1 UIO v/ V v^l HIV/ VV^UUVlllMVVl
I man's shoulders and whispered
is something to him. When every- i
2- j t* ling was ready Mr. Rogers j
le again spoke to McCue, asking :
ill him if he had any statement to 1
j make.
id I "None at all," was his answer, s
ly i The trap was sprung and nine- <
t- ' teen minutes afterward McCue ]
e,i was pronounced dead of strangu- 1
el lation. His neck was not broken. 1
The body will be taken to :
y, "Brooksville," near Afton, for '
til burial. i
e, | In order to thwart the curiosity
a- of the morbidly inclined the
" ; sheriff kept secret the time of
| the execution. Many people ber.
, lieved that it would be close upon
le noon. Yet as early as 6 a m. a
" well advised few were moving in
it the direction of the jail. An
x- hour passed and by this time the
le few who were to be allowed to
r. enter were standing within the
is- prison enclosure, huddled around
)E a stove.
is-1 After the execution one of
ik McCue's spiritual advisers said:
ad i "Mr. McCue left this world with
ks feeling of bitterness toward no
ee human being in it: * His heart
ce was wonderfully softened. He
v- was earnest and tender. This
k- morning in our presence he ofit
fered to God a fervent prayer for I
rid his family; for his brothers and |
le- their wives; for his sister; for
ed his uncles and aunts and lastly
I and most fervently of all for his
iv- children. He called them each
on by name. He invoked the blessire
ing of Almighty God upon them
;i- oil ??
kit ail.
on Immediately after the execuor
tion McCue's three spritual adlil
visers gave out the following
le- signed statement:
>n- J. Samuel McCue stated this
nd morning in our presence and rein
quested us to make public that
an he did not wish to leave this
is- world with suspicion resting on
an any human being other than himre
self; that he alone was responsible
for the deed, impelled to it
:k. by an evil power beyond his
' control, and that he recognized
sn" his sentence as .iust."
?5J J. Samuel McCue was 46 years
ltlJ old and twice had been mayor of
J*1 the city of Charlottesville. The
tlie tragedy for which he paid the
vs" penalty created more interest
* i than any other crime that haa
occurred in the State in the pas
quarter century. On Sunda:
night, September 4, McCue ac
companied his wife to churcl
and they returned home abou
9.15 o'clock. Within fifteer
minutes after they had repaired
to their room ta retire for th(
night the city .was aroused b>
messages announcing the murder
of Mrs. McGue. Mrs. McCue
was found dead in the batti
room and McCuc'^vas lying on
the floor with an abrasion on his
cheek and feig^mtg unconsciousness,
He latev^asserted that tne
attock^d be<*h made by an unkljwarwhite
man who had
been dealt a
bfdw that broke her nose and her
left ear had b een almost severed
ly: a second blow. Death was
ca$s&d by a gunshot wound just
ajjbyetthe heart.
*?j?jcCue never was able to expwjfc
the presence in the bath
room of $ small piece of cotton
undershot which fitted exactly a
??: ?*r-vnc sun t wmcn ne
had on When the officers arrived.
Twq women figured in the reports
>hat?ijrculated as to the
cause of thflfrirder and a letter
SHfcv ^v1 C*ear*npr. 'an^uage
by dhe of his women
w*i? produced at the trial.
McCue ha<r quarreled with his
wife a Aumber of times. She
was .40 yea re old and the mother
ffifoUr children. The coroner's
) illy held AJcCue for the murder
'irfe d^ys ^dTter it occurred and
ae has sin'ee jt>een confined in the
lail, vehemently protesting his
nnocence. '
His trial :was concluded November
$, and he was convicted,
he jury being out only twentyux
minutes.
Domestic Felicity, Farm
Industries and Independence.
Jonesville, S. C., Feb. 8, 1904.
?While everything is decked
with snow and ice, I will write a
short note and endeavor to let
trou know we are here yet and
living too.
We get up about seven o'clock
and get breakfast, and it would
io you good to see us eat. I am
particularly hearty this cold
weather. I eat about five or six
biscuits, two cups of coffee, sausage,
and three or four eggs.
This will do me, with the promise
of a square dinner.
We do all of our work ourselves,
I enjoy it, too. We only
have five little babies, and I tell
you they are a jolly set. By the 1
time my good wife starts to get'
up the baby one will raise and
the next thing you will hear the
whole five scrambling for their
shoes and then the music begins.
They will get one another ready
while mamma gets the breakfast.
I feed the stock and milk the
cows. This may seem a right
smart for some but I enjoy it.
It does me good to go to the lot
and feed the mules, hogs, cows,
chickens, etc., especially when
there is plenty of corn, hay, etc.,
to feed with.
I used to enjoy going to see my
best girl in the snow. When I
could get her to snowball and
smile at me I was alright. But
when her mamma would not let
her out in the snow I got blue.
We have one of the best locations
in Union county. The land
is very fertile, and farmers are
in a good condition. They all
have plenty and some to spare.
We have now a R. F. D. daily
mail which is of great convenience
in the way of mail facilities.
Church and school facilities
are unsurpassed, and at some
distant day I expect to hear the
hum of the electric car operating
^ m/v?m T/\%%/\r*?t?11/\ 4-/v 1) 11 P
uiruiikii nuiii ijuncdviiiu iu jl>ux
falo.
We have one of the best farm|
ing sections southwest of Jonesi
ville. The county affords stock|
raising, fruit growing, farm products
of all kinds can be raised,
and a community unsurpassed
for hospitality and kindness.
Though we are little scattered in
the community, we will help one
another in case of distress. We
got a letter today from a friend
stating that tha pigs had got into
V I F. M. FARR, President.
; t
1 Merchants and PI
? Successfully Doing Bu
r
B wagm stli? OLDEST flank
jrj hu* a oapit'il hikI sur|
U B is thfon'T N VTIONj
. has psiu dividends
1 ravs FonK prr c?-?
\ is tho only Hank in U
9 w has nurplar-f roof vn
> m pays mco taxes than
WE EARNESTLY SOI
r 1
the potato hill and would causi
them to rot, and said we ough
to come over and help her to ea
them up. Now you know tha
friends ought not to be tempting
me that way.
I have got to believe that w<
farmers are the cause of all oui
own failures, that is when w?
fail at all. I have been farming
all my life and have never failed
in making a living yet, and don't
expect to. I enjoy it, and expect
to succeed at it, and I am going
to educate my children with the
aid of the public school system.
We have a good public school
right near us, with a noble
teacher, and she is working hard
to advance the children under
' her care.
I have one brother nrwwv.
- ? *'V/1 til VI
me. I believe if he had all of
his houses and barns to re-cover
would take about three car
loads of shingles. Don't you
think he had better go into the
shingle business? Another one
east of me about the same fix,
but there is nothing like having
plenty of room.
I attended our farmers meeting
at Union. I was glad to see so
Jrl???$S]c..5Un0ng farmers
ward. One brother suggested
that we hear from the farmers
themselves, but none responded.
It does seem like that if cotton
was worth buying at all it ought
to bring a price that would pay
for its production. If too much
is made don't open the market
until it is needed. I say, give
me ten cents for cotton and I
will give you what you ask for
your cloth. This is a powerful
question which is in the minds
of our best men and I hope will
be settled to the best interest of
all concerned. I will say more
on this subject later.
I cannot close without saying
something about our first quarterly
meeting of Jonesville
charge. The stewards of the
various churches met at the parsonage
with the presiding elder,
j E. C. Camak, preacher in charge,
made the assessment for the
charge which was unanimously
agreed to. A good report from
all the churches came in until the
: i. >?
I scuciaiy o lauic lcuii.y stuuiic
with white and green, which was
; very encouraging. But one or
j two that were there had only a
i small mite. They kindly eased
j up to the table and delivered
I theirs and didn't make much
noise either. One of them was
your servant but of course our
i people wont let us do that any
: more. But we were not to feel
j bad much longer. In a short
time we were called to the dining
room to a sumptious dinner prepared
by Mrs. Camak. You ought
to have seen those good-hearted
stewards eat. After dinner was
over we were treated to some
fine music by Mr. and Mrs.
Camak which we all enjoyed
very much. We hardly knew
when to bid our host good-bye.
Jack, The Farmer.
A bright Harvard boy brought
his first year's expense account
home with him, in accordance
n'lfV, inetwidtinne tw?to Viivj falnoi"
WJI/IX uioii uv'tn/ii'i ii vui IUO 1UI 1IV.1 <
Hi9 parents were very mucl
puzzled when they inspected ii
to find ?a large proportion of theii
! son's expenses charged up in on<
item?"S. P. G."
At the first glance they wer<
inclined to think "S. P. G.'
might be the initials of some fai
maiden, and a storm began t
brew for the unconscious fresh
man. But at the end of the ex
pense list they found a foot-not
which quite cleared the myster
and the atmosphere. It read:
"S. P. G.?Sundries, princi
J. D. ARTHUR, Cashier.
ZHC E
anters National Bank,
siness at ths "Old Stand."
In Union.
plus of MOMMA. "
\ 1 l-nnk in Ulilun.
mountinir to $a(X)
t. Interest on dotx'Hits.
olon InseceUd by nil olHeer, ?
lUlt. and Safo with Tlmc-L-^ek.
ALL tho Ranks In Union combined.
LICIT YOUR BUSINGS.,
ct COTTON GROWERS1
t' ASSOCIATION.
t
c Mr. Violeft, of New York,
> Confident That the
[ Plans Adopted by This
: Organization Will be
i Carried Out.
' Mr. Atwood Violett, of New
York, has issued under date of
February 2 the following :
"My presence at New Orleans
last week during the sessions of
the cotton convention gave me
an opportunity of becoming familliar
with conditions that
could not be experienced in any
other way?that is by coming in
contact with the delegates to a
convention which was the largest
and one of the most representative
ever held in this
, ?vvuiitijr \JL
an agricultural character.
"I am convinced that the intention
to reduce acreage in a
dcaatic.iViiv will be carried out,
will reduce3P area to the extent
of 25 pef cent., as they
have bound themselves and those
they represent to do, but I believe
that subsequent co their return
and* talking the matter over
with their neighbors, representing
the feelings and attitude of
the delegates from all sections of
the Soutn when at New Orleans,
that the curtailment may be even
greater than they have committed
themselves by resolutions to
do.
"This is the crux of the whole
matter, because as the cotton
. world is convinced that the South
will carry out this feature of the
convention spinners' demand will
increase, and it would seem to
follow that the holder of what
remains unsold of the present
crop will be all the more tenafinim
n n d nrH-ioro owon
I ^.?v?w V.V4..V/4 Vy VfVU HIUIC
| closely to his determination to
j wait for the higher prices for the
! staple, which the South generally
; thinks is in store in the not far
distant future. I copy the following
from The Times-Democrat,
New Orleans, January 28.
"The executive committee will
issue a formal call tomorrow, the
20th inst., to* the farmers and
I business men In the vSouth to or|:
ganize. The producers and business
men interested in cotton in
; each precinct throughout the
! | South are to meet February 11 to
;: sign the pledges binding them to
a reduction of 25 per cent, in
j their cotton acreage and of 25
per cent, in their use of commercial
fertilizers. On February 16
at each county-seat are to be
held meetings of the delegates
sent up from each precinct, and
! of all others who may attend,
! 1, : i. i : r>? j ^
cacu navmg nxea a voting?
right. This meeting is to
i perfect the county organization,
. | elect its county officers and com';
mittees, and, if deemed proper,
\: select and provide for tne payment
of the inspectors who are
\ to act as the police of the organiL
zation in seeing that the farmers
ri who sign abide by their oaths
i and that the farmers who do not
' j sign are made to wish that they
J had. On February 21 at each
? State an 1 territorial capitalthere
r are called meetings of the dele^
gates elected at th? various
_ county or parish meetings."These
State and Territorial meetings
3 are to perfect the State organ iy
zation and ratify the selection of
the executive., committeemen
_ nominated bv-i ttfe convention
here in New Orleans." ' (
i'