The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, February 24, 1905, Image 5
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ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES
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Of the Doable Dally Passenger Trains, i
Union, S. C. 1
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Train going North 9:00 a. m.
44 44 South 11:35 a. m.
44 North 2:35 p. m. 1
44 41 South 8:53 p. m. , u
These trains only make a few min- h
utes stop at Union, so that the hours Is
of arrival are practically the hours of
departure. Any change in this sched- ^
ule will be published in The Times for ,
the benefit of the public generally.
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Local News Notes i
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Points Personal and Otherwise ,
kicked up and Paragraphed j
by Our Pencil-Pusher. 1 ]
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Dr. Hamcs, of Jonesvillo, waqf ;
here last Tuesday. , ]
Mrs. C. G. Say re is spending the i
week at Mrs. J. K. Young's. .. . .JJ
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Mr. Macbeth Young returned Tuesday
from Winchester, Ky.
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Jesse Hix is book-keeper for j
th) Southern Bell Telcphono Co: ']
here.
Wm, McGowan, Esq., of Spar- 5
tanburg, was a visitor here thirf *
week. ' - I
Mr. W. H. Reed, of Lancaster, t
S. C.# is book-keeper for the Union ]
Hardware Co. ]
Miss Ann Holcomb, of West J
Springs, is visiting her brother, Mr.
W. T. Holcomb. 1
Mr. u. li. McDowal, of Fletcher, '
N. C., is visiting his daughter, Mrs. I
Jas. Rice, at Carlisle. i
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Mr. Thos. McNally and Mr. Farr (
Gilliam dined with Mr. W. T. Hoi- i
comb last Sunday. ' {
Miss Myrtle Sanders, teacher of |
Bethlehem school, visited the family
of Mr. W. T. Holcomb last Sunday.
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Mr. M. B. Criglcr returned from
Spartanburg Tuesday, where lie *
spent a few days with his mothor.
Mr. T. G. Johnson, of the Jones- ]
ville Manufacturing Co., was in->th? j
city last week and called in to seo
us. 0 ^
Mr. Clough Arthur, who has !
been at college in Baltimore, arrived j
home Thursday. Ho left Monday j
for Columbia where be entered .
South Carolina College. ]
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Mr. V. E. DcPass, who has been
juito sick with tonsolitis and grippe
or three weeks, is improving and
iopt'8 to he out the first of next
week.
Mr. A. G. Garner, an old Confederate
soldier 83 years of age,
lied at the home of his daughter
ifi Faotory Hill Thursday of last
week.
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i Mr. James Vandcrford and Miss
Btta Blackwood, of Union, were
married at West End Feb. 21st, T.
1. Vinson, Notary Public, officiating.
J Misses Hattle Howard Jones and
Julia Baxter Jones, of Cartersvillu,
Ha., will visit their step-mother
Mrs. B. Jones, on South street, the
first of March.
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> Miss Ethel Walker, who is teaching
in Joneflville. sncnt Satnvdnv
iiul Sunday here with her parents.
Miss Duff, of Cedar Spring*, ac^pnipanied
her.
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' Dam No. 10 Independent Order
>f Beavers paid to F. J. Mabcvry
ipe twenty-five dollars reward offered
by this order for the finding
)i the lxxly of Mr. F. G. Trefzer.
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V Mrs. Mamie McManus who lived
H West Union, diod Thursday of
ast week of heart disease. She left
in infant nine days old, besides a
tusbnnd and threo small children.
Her remains were interred in the
Maplo Ridge cemetery.
Mr. Ben Foster the chosen electrician
for the Union Mfg. & Power
2o. will, the first of next week bejin
the installing of motors and
ilcctrical apparatus necessary to'
'hanging the power of the Union
'Will- ? * *
uaji.w.111 luiuu irora steam to electricity..
-ik) when the power from Ncal
Shoals ia ready to be transmitted U>
>hc Union and Buffalo Mills tlioy
(vill be in such condition as revive
it without delay. * ?>\
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j Miss Puckett's Honor R<S11 (11
Music, for January Central Graded
School: v
v Elizabeth Arthur, Anna Ixicilc
B0U1, Louisa Duncan, Kato Dickjrt,
Ida Clement, Maud Hunsuckor,
May Kclley, Ixmisc McKissick,
Lois Tinsley, Sara Rice, Murguerite
rownsend, Louise Sexton, May
iitein, Thoo Young, Auressic Wilburn,
Bernice Waldrup,
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The Mysterious Disappearance
Thursday, February 16?S
Had Been Missing F<
The cold, lifeless form of Fred
G. Trcfzer was found last Thursday
afternoon at 1.to o'clock, floating
in the icy, turbid waters of Fair
Forest Creek, about one fourth of a
mile below Rice's bridge.
Tuesday morning, February 7,
190.r>, 1 H-tween nine ami ten o'clock,
Mr. Fred G. Trefzer left his home
in this city, presumably by his
family, to go to his place of busi*;
ness on Main street, llis wife and
(laughter Fannie saw him leave,
and as he had not eaten breakfas'
they asked him if he did not want!
breakfast before going to town. He
replied tlmt he did not want any.
Mrs. Trefzer came to the store, later
in the day. Not finding Mr. Trefzer
at the store she thought nothing
' of it, until tin' dinner hour arrived
when her son Max brought dinner
for two. Mrs. Trefzer then inquired
of her son if his father was not at
home. Max replied that his father
was not there, nor bad lxicn since
he left in the morning. Mrs. Trefzer
still did not feel very uneasy
about her husband's whereabouts,
as he frequently of late went out
and walked about, but as he did
not come home that night, she
thought it likely that ho had gone
to Spartanburg. i
Wednesday morning Mrs. Trefzer I
began to make inquiries hut failed
to get any correct information.
After it was known that Mr. Trefzer
urn's unaccountably missing,
many rumors were afloat as to
where he could be. The first information
obtained was that he
had gone out to Buffalo on the
10.30 train Tuesday morning, and
several said that they had seen him
at Buffalo that morning. Mrs.
Trefzer published and circulated
hand bills offering a reward of fifty
dollars for information of the whereabouts
of her husband. The Beavers
also offered in the same manner
a reward of twenty-five dollars. A
systematic search was inaugurated.
Mr. Gilbert Foster, a brother ofj
Mrs. Trefzer, came from his home i
at Spartanburg ai I he with Mr#
Fred J. Maberry built a boat to bo I
used in searching the waters of
Fair Forest Creek. The searching
party led by Mr. Foster was Messrs.
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II. G. Bailey, Charles Betsel, Jolm
Bishop ancl Clare Bishop. Mr.
Betsel and John Bishop launched
the boat in Fair Forest just below
the Rice bridge and rowed down the
stream, while the others went along
the banks. They had gone alxmt
one-quarter of a mile when Mr.
Malxirry discovered a part of the arm
and shoulder of a man lloating in
the water, caught under a small
raft or drift of. brush and willow
bushes. lie then called to those in
the boat, the boat was brought
close t<> the laxly, but could not be
made steady enough to get the body
into it. Mr. Bailey had a grap*
pling hook that he had made and
carried for the purpose of dragging
the stream. This hook was placed
under the body and the lxxly drawn
to the shore. Upon investigation a
bullet hole was found on left side
just below the heart. The pockets
of his clothing were searched and
his watch and chain, a Beaver card
and one dollar and 19 cents in
money were found. Later Mr. IT.
Green Bailey and Mr. I. Frank
Peake found in the overcoat pocket
his eye glasses and the last letter
that Mr. Trefzer had received from
his brother in Germany. The Ixwly
was taken by the tinders to Buffalol
and brought from there to this city'
ou the afternoon train. Coroner I
B. F. Gregory was notified and lie I
proceeded at once to empanel a
jury of inquest. A few witnesses
were examined and the inquest adjourned
until Friday morning at
U.o'clock at which time Mr. Hobt.
McDanicl, first witness, said lie
Saw Mr. Trefzer at the Union cotton
mills walking up and down the
platform, asked Mr. Trefzer if he
was going out on the Buffalo train,
JVJr. Trefzer replied that he thought
.h.c would.
Mr. James F. Smith, next sworn,
said, that he went to Buffalo that
morning in the waive car with Mr.
Trefzer. Mr. Dickcrt, the conductor,
swore that Mr. Trefzer went
to Buffalo on Tuesday morning,
7th February, and after getting off
the car inquired of him the way to
the hotel, and that tho last he saw
of Mr. Trefzer he was going in the
direction of the hotel, which is
west of tho cotton mill.
Miss Mabel Crowlc, who is one of
the employes in Mr. Trefzer's
jewelry store, testified that Mr.
j Trefzer came into the store that
morning about ten o'clock, as well
^a* she could remember, remained
IEFZER
FAIR FOREST CREEK.
: Solved by the Searchers on
hot Through the Heart?He
or More Than a Week.
there but a short time; before lcav
jiug went to the safe; that she saw
the slip of paper left in the safe
drawer by Mr. ^Trefzer, upon which
was written, "I have taken one
dollar, all I need." That Mr.
Trefzer had for several days past
l?ccn suffering intensely with pains
in his eyes, and complained of
headache; that Mrs. Trefzer came!
to the store that morning after Mr. |
Trefzer had gone; that Max Trefzer |
had brought dinner for two; that J
Mi*s. Trefzer seeing dinner for two
asked her son if his father was not
at home, Max said no, that he and I
his sister Fannie thought that their
father was at the store. Miss
Crowle testified that Mrs. Trefzer
and husband were always agreeable
towards each other, that Mrs. Tref'
zer took a great interest in the business
and never made any order for
goods or changes in the business
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witnout consulting her husband.
That Mrs. Trefzer seemed devoted
to her husband and very solicitous
about his health and condition of
his eyes; that she had seen the
pistol which was generally kept in
the store, did not know size or
caliber, was usually kept in a box
on the shelf, had not seen it the
iday Mr. Trefzer left, nor since,
j Miss Fannie Trefzer, eldest
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. G.
| Trefzer, testified that her father
had for somo days previous to his
departure been suffering with a'
severe headache, and that on the'
night before he left he seemed to he
suffering more intensely and ate
little or no supper, and seemed unusually
despondent. The next
morning he was giving the children
candy, she remonstrated with him
about giving them so much, lie
said something that she did not
understand, hut since she thought
it over she thinks lie said it would
lxi the last he would ever give them;
that he started to town without eating
his breakfast, and her mother
t urged him to eat, hut he would not.
I She said that there were two pistols
I gonerally kept by the family, one
I-was hers, which was kept at homo
and the other was kept at the store:
she knew nothing aliout the size or
caliber of either; that the. pistol
that was usually kept at the store
had been missing since the day her
father left. Mr. J. G. Long, Jr.,
testified that he had seen the pistol
that Miss Fannie Trefzer said was
hers and that it was a 08 caliber
and that he had seen the pistol that
was kept at the store and carried
bV Mr. Trefzer wln-n he went, lwmm
from the store at night; that Mrs.
Trefzer had told him that morning
that this pistol was a o'i caliber.
The coroner announced that he
knew of no further testimony to he
offered. The jury then signified
that they did not desire any further
testimony and were ready to give a
verdict. The jury then rendered
the following verdiet: "We lind
that F. G. Trofzcr deceased came
to hiA death from a gun shot wound
or was drowned by means unknown
to this jury."
The Beavers, of which order he
was a respected member, took
charge of the lxxly and carried it to
the city cemetery. At 4 o'clock it
was interred, with Masonic honors,
he lu'ing also a Mason of good and
regular standing.
Mr. Trefzer was well and favorably
known in Union having lived hero
for many years. He was a good
citizen and attended strictly to his
own business, was generous and
liln-ral in all public matters and
charities, and was highly respected,
lie married Miss Florence Foster, a
daughter of Major and Mrs. Wm.
M. Foster of Spartanburg county.
He was a member of the County
Benefit Association and also carried
life insurance in other companies.
He leaves a widow and
five children and many friends to
mourn his untimely demise, and
the sympathy of the entire com"
munity is with the bereaved.
A Card of Thanks.
Mrs. F. G. Trefzer with feelings
(of Drofound erratitude. l?.v
sincere thanks to the many friends
who have been kind and helpful to
her in her hour of sad bereavement,
sorrow and distress. Especially
does she feel grateful and appreciates
the services rendered by those
who recovered the Ixxly of her deceased
husband, and to the Beavers
and Masons for their prompt and
kind attention in her severe trial.
Most gratefully yours,
Mas. F. G. Trefzer.
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security at double tl
lose both principal a
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, with us at 4 per cen
money is backed by
! enty-Five Thousan
interest is payable
and November. A1
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a j] Capital and Surplus
II $75,000.OO. W
Mr. West to be Congratulated.
Manager W. II. West of the
Southern Bell Telephone Company
is to he congratulated on the way
he handled the wreck of the wires
caused by the heayy coat of ice of
last week. The wires were down
all over the streets and the long
distance wires also out in the country.
Besides doing more than his
share of looking after the trouble of
the long distance wire to Spartan" I
burg (his responsibility only reaches
to Jonesville) he sent men clear to
the Spartanburg ofliec to straighten
matters so as to cause as little delay
to users of this line as possible.
There were two hundred and;
i went v~nrw? 1 ?
| j, ?" nuiiawmj
I morning and 1 ?y Sunday night they
were all in working condition with
the. exception of two or three.
Mr. West is a hard working man,
and if one will report his trouble
personally to him he will always
find Mr. West more ready to
remedy matters than you are to
complain.
The operators of the boards have
become efficient in manipulating
the exchange lioards and again we
have a good and satisfactory tele*
lphon? system.
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i to lend it on poor
lis rate. You might
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you deposit it
t. the return of your
a guarantee of Sevd
Dollars?and the
semi-annually?May
1 dealings between
?positors are strictly
10 information, not
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LES BANK,U
R, President. 11
I Totul Resources Nearly 11
? *300,000.oo. IJ
Mr. Robert Butts is Getting Better.
The ease of Mr. Robert Putts of
this city, as reported in several
newspapers of thi> State and Georgia
is without foundation in fact, except
as to the old man being seriously
ill. Mr. Putts had some time hefore
had a slight stroke of paraly*
sis, at this time he had an epileptic
tit, and not another stroke of
paralysis as reported. The family
were very mueh alarmed when he
was seized with this epileptic fit,
hut made no preparations for his
burial, as the man was only in an
unconscious condition for a considerable
length of time, as is usual in
rases <>t tl?is kind. A physician was
called in and of course could tell
that Mr. Butts was not dead. The
old man is pow improving each day
and will soon he entirely well"
Notice of Election.
The County Board of Control will
elect dispenser, also heer dispensers
for Nos. 1 and 2, the 18th of March.
All applications must lx; filed with
the undersigned on or lieforc the
28th of February.
T. K. Fostek,
Chairman County Board of
.Control,