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^ ' -1?: ^ . < City of Union and Suburbs Has f 0^ IB 1^ I "W" /^k ^k HS ' fit If' City of Union and Suburbs Has Five Large Cotton Mills, One Knitting 1 F,a^k P?ak0 I -I I fl M/B BJ W Five Graded Schools, Waterworks, and SpinninjfcMill wjth Dye Plant, Oil ? . 19 ? J .. m fl B H flJW^* fl Wfl W] Sewerage System, Electric Lights, Three Mill, Furniture Manufacturing and fl W"~~|r~i J fl fl fl F flt * I V I 'i L L Banks with aggregate capital of $*J50,000, Lumber Yards, Female Seminary. Jfl JLJL m * " X 1 -WL X fl> / -fl- _M_ X ? _*_ JtL^A Electric Railway. Population 7,000. '* ilSton 4 ^ _ *f . . <^>7, - " VOL. LV. NO 15. ONION, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY&VPRIL 14, 1905. *1.00 A YEAH. I Win. A.| Nicholson Union, Soul PAY iNTEl JO Time Certificate STORY OP CONFEDERATE DUEL.1 I An Old Tragedy Recalled by Death of Lieutenant of Guerilla Quantrell. The death of William Halley, \ the chief lieutenant of the noted i guerilla, Ch tries Quantrell, dur-' ing the civil war, at the state insane asylum in St. Joseph, Mo., a victim of paresis, recalls duel fought on the plains of Texas as ne was fleeing with Shelby and a handful of confederates from the United Siates to seek an asylum under the reign of Maximillian in Mexico. After the last remnant of?the comnterid^^der Gem J.oq . ^elbv, wi?ich ^a^ then making its %vay td a poVjit, on the Bra#*; river, in Texas, wifcb thgpiftfpectation x>? making a. Mjn attack upon federal Jorce&and supplies at Corsieians. &?! ** . toimMKgijB companleS'' a Cim^aien 'of a J ^ ^ ^*Uyl V accompanied Shelby to the city^ of Mexico, returning only after the army was disbanded, upon the refusal of Maximilian, advised by Bazaine, to accept the Missourians into the service of the empire. QUARREL OVER A WOMAN. The duel was one of those sud den and bloody things so thor v.i,r in Voprtinc- with the des UUgllljr ... . r ? perate nature of the men wh witnessed it. The duelists botl young men, quarreled about woman, a fair young thin enough. She was the captain1 {U, by right of discovery, the liei tenant's by right of conques At the night encampment si abandoned the old love for tl new and in the struggle for po session the captain struck tl lieutenant fair in the face. "You have done a serio thing," some comrade said him. "It will be more serious in t morning," was the quiet rep "But you are in the wroi and you should apologize.'' He tapped the handle of revolver significantly and m: answer: "This must finish what blow has commenced. A wor worth kissing is worth fighl P for." OThe name of either duelist heretofore remained unspol Most of the men who witne the tragedy have long s passed to their reward, and " -r ur^ii. o?[y since the aeatn ox un>? this city has one of his comr in arms who witnessed the has volunteered to give his n There are those today livii Marion county, Missouri, v sleep in eternity will be lij and sweeter if they are li ignorance of how one fair-h boy died who went forth to tjie battles of the South ijfrmd a grave when her b h ended. r CHALLENGE ACCEPTED L .6$ The lieutenant challenge l/Rwy captain, but the question 1 acceptance was decided up fore the challenge was rec These were the terms: I \ *" At daylight the principal w to meet one mile from th< upon the prairie, arme< / . with a revolver and saber & Son, Bankers, jj h Carolina, REST ON es of%eposit. were to be mounted and stationed 20 paces apart, back to back. At the word they were to wheel and firp nrlvnnpinor if nlinM ? < ? v.v. ? viivj vnvov;y vi remaining stationary. In no event were they to pass beyond a line 200 yards in the rear of each position. This space was accorded as that in which the combatants might rein up and again return to the attack. I So secret were the preparations and so sacred the honor of the two men, that, although the difficulty was known to 300 soldiers, not one of them informed General Shelby. The general would instantly have arrested the principals and forced a compromise, as he had done once before under circumstances as urgent, tut in ho way similar. It >sps a beautiful morning, all bahn* and bloom and . verdure. TheT&.waf not wind efiough to jtafcfevthe sparkling dewarops T?otn tiie grass, hot.wfnd enough to lifjiibreasthigh the heavy odor .rfilh^ftowerfe. The face of the sky placed and benignant. Some red, like a blush, shone in the east and some clouds, airy and gossamer, floated awav in ^^^&^sans''0o; dank." A few ralo jokes were heard, and they died out quickly as the combatants rode up to the deadline. Both were calm and cool, and on the captain's face there was a half smile. Poor fellow! ther< was already the scars of thre< honorable wounds upon his body . the fourth would be his deatl _ wound. They were placed and sat thei o horses like men who are abov h to charge. Each head was tun a ed a little to one side, the fe< g rested lightly in the stirrups, tl 's left hands grasped the rein x- well gathered up, the right han t. held the deadly pistols load< ie fresh an hour before. ie "Ready?wheel!" ,s- The trained steeds turned u he on a pivot as one steed. "Fire!" us The lieutenant never mov to from his tracks. The capb dashed upon him at full gall< ;he firing as he came on. Th: ly. chambers were empty, and oh igf bullets sped away over the pi rie, harmless. Before the fou his fire was given the captain 1 -j- oKfonRt. of the lieutenant aue aiming at him -at deadly rar the Too late! The lieutenant th nan out his pistol, which was of Ding heavy dragoon variety, until muzzle almost touched the has tain's hair and fired. Ken. . The mad horse dashed a ssed riderless, the captain's lifefc ince upon his trapping and his gl it is hide. There was a face ii sy in grass, a widowed woman in 1 ades ouri and a soul somewhei duel the hush and waste of eter ame. A great dragoon ball had ig in directly through his brain, rhose the captain was dead befc ?hter touched the ground. Thej eft in ied him before the sun ros aired fore the dew was dried up< fight grass that grew upon his p i and ture and bloody grave. >attles LIPS sealed. The men returned fro ' scene of combat without i id the of comment upon their of its I Lieutenant Halley so%g on be-1 quarters, took a cup of Cc ?^ hi.q coi :eived. snort nap, ttUU VTIVU ic.w resumed the march towa s were Mexican border. They 2 carqp and went straight to the 1 each Mexico, engaging in battl , They most every step of the j M ^ finally to reach their destination and have their proffers of service to an empire rejected. Halley and a few companions organized into a band for an early return to the states. Halley dared not return to the home of his childhood,near Independence, Mo., because a price had been placed upon his head. He was scarcely more than a boy, the next da.v^or Salt Lake City, where for many years he discharged the duties of a peace officer in that wild and unsettled country. Many outlaws fell victims to his unerring aim with the revolver, and in the course of a decade the feeling against him and the guerillas of the civil war had so much ameliorated that he re* turned to Missouri and became an officer of the St. Joseph police force. REMINISCENCES OF THE WAR BETWEEN THE STATES. History, Sayings and Do. Jngs of Company - H. ' Hi5th Regiment, South Carolina Volunteers. m BY W. H. H. At the place where negro captured the horsew^Mid there on arms that nlgptl* The next morning coppaay^ H wag sent off up tno/jriver on picket doty>*W& Started and went up the river, a mile and a half 01 tnore and stopped on a^high ele vated place where tb^re was a house and a fine Orchard, Vhere the when a courier came with orders to join the regiment at Raccoor Ford, on the RappahanocP . where the yankees were attempt 1 ing to recross the river. W< 1 started and reached there lab 3 that afternoon when there wa 3 one of the hardest rains I thin ,? that I ever was in. The regimer " was in a piece of woods aboi half a mile from the road, whei 'J the yankees had made faint a tempts to recross the river : order to cover their retreat. W lay there on the ground one 1 ie two hours then there came tl commissary wagon with sor ^ bread, but it had been in the rs 3(1 and it was well soaked. J Milwood and myself went to ? the rations for company H. > P" took it in our arms, and when got back to the company it lool , more like a flour sack than brej The next morning the mist 1 am cleared away and the yank 3P' had made good their retr< ree poor joe Hooker, like his \ re.e decessors, went back with rai" full assurance that Richm irth Pn?id not be taken that way, the command of the federal a and wouid require some other n Then we went back to our quarters, but when we got th there was nothing but the p the ?everything had been ti caP- away, but we stayed there night, and next morning fay whole of the 15th regiment1 jlood jn^0 the cpty of Fredericks lossy an(j company H occupied 1 the same house that it did onc< *^1S.S" fore while on picket duty at 'e m place. That was about th< nity. or gth of May and the we gone wag pieaSant, and in the mo aad we would have company dr >re he the afternoon regiments r bur- an(] dress parade all at the e' Jo?- time. There was a large >n the flatt y0U might say the f rema- battle field, east of the roc where so many of the f Irish brigade made their cessful charges on Deceml . 1862. after which they * Tina1 a ?f truce to our ht Cj* dead. They dug a long iffee a a^out three or four feet rv^rLo and picked up the dead ar rd the them in with a light rrnqqpH of earth on them, an Citv of would drill over the groi l i.i could see their toes and oumev 8ticking out above the i ^** 1 The yankee8 on one side pahanock ank we on the other, \ye wouldHo picket duty of a nigjit and W,the same time we boys, UkeytfSll other boys, pot some fisllBPoks and would fish every cha&te w.e got, and catch some goMMih, such as rock fish and f*ts?m>hn Smith, better known a^Jnpiiper Smith, caught A lampranfeel which attracted our attenfmpvery much. It had ninP holes W the side of its head reseibblihi 4phoe eye. We boys ' an animal a3 that Wfore not know what it was^iiiit',we^howed it to -some old citizen c*-Ilhe town and th?y told tfs wnallt was and that it was pOisoiitw^and you may bet it w^3 cast ckkle. TMere^jpaTmrV hard rain one afternoon'ant the water was a little (rfnpiddyt after drill and dress parade \Richard Parr and myself wentjfishing on Massaponal Creek ^hich emptied itself into the riveii at the lower part of the city. I dropped in my hook and ca ght an eel and I kept throwin : them out until I I caught 13, w en my line broke and bait gat< out, when Richard Parr said lefctvs go up to that old ice house vtagre all those dead yanke^s wrfe thrown in and 1 catch some oj those big rats and make us baitf >Thor?.wa9 a large hole'dug outj jh the ?earth pre ga&ws.'Mrej to hWAHi^nl:,USL .cnou^h dirt ; ratsinauL s?2 V,(T' and the r> Siri ^ ? Ee aImosfc T^irl wa DU?ot get out ' wSs-fSlk f iJf? pape? mill t 2Af 3;j late P?nd and : SiSlfS. h$^S ?f a sein ? i-tP c^tch many ' iblacfrnilf'f Cai^ Plenty of : A BITWHIVTORY. 2 Col. Henry White Fight, Tories and British in k Newberry District. It W. hT-White. re t- The battle of Mud Lick wj in fought in the summer of 1781,1 Je the remnant of a regiment or militia under the command he Colonel Roebuck, (Benjami ne and a garrison of British soldit tin and tories stationed at Willian im Fort in Newberry district, ret The Whigs did not exceed c iYe hundred and fifty.men, wh we the enemy was greatly supei ' u??.0 onrl discinline, ceo in nuuiucio u..u ^ ad. sides having the protection c lad strong fortress. In order to ees prive them of this last advant ?at. those of the whigs who w )re- mounted riflemen, were ord( the to show themselves in fron ond the fort, and then retreat h and advantageous position, sele* rmy by the commanding officers, lan. The enemy no sooner saw old militia retreating than they < lere, menced a hot pursuit, confi dace of an easy victory. The aken onset was furious but it that checked by Colonel White the his riflemen as soon as the g: went coat cavalry made their apj burg ance Colonel White levelec I the rifle at one of the officers in i be- and killed him. The fire ( ; that other riflemen was also ver * 7th , structive, and brought the < lather | ry to a halt until the inf rning came up, when the engag< ill and became general* and con! d drill about an hour, with alterm t same ' vantages. At length the I open and tories were totally amous | with great loss, k wall ! The whigs did not lose amous j but among the killed w? unsuc-' tain Robert Thomas, an ber 13, j very much beloved and 1 came : ed. * ??ii? , y their I Col. White was oauiy ditch, | ed, but recovered. This ; wide, broke up the enemy's etr< id turn- j in that section of the c cover- and relieved the peopl d as we those marauding bands v\ and we fested every part of t\ fingers where there was a Bri surface, tion. of Rap- j The names of Colone I ' ? F. M. FARR, President. Merchants and Pla Successfully Doing Bus WMfm is tho OLDKST Hunk I R B 1ms n capital nrni surpl f j g Is tho onlv NATION A I B j| lias paid dividend) ?r w pays FOCJIt per cent, n m is the only Hank In Un ) 'J has Ihirjrlar- Proof vhu 9 0 pays ruorw taxes than WE EARNESTLY SOL min Roebuck and of Colonel Henry White are not mentioned so far as we recollect in our revolutionary history, and yet there were not in the service of the country two more active or enterprising officers. Col. Roebuck was a native of Spartanburg district, brave to a fault, and disinterested as he was brave, wholly devoted to the good of his country. He had the command of a colonel in the battle at Cowpens, and was the first who received the attack of the British in that memorable action. He was also pnomnpofl ii-v em?lS~S: wish'to emoalm the memory of all suoh ?i?fa"d devoted Patriots He mftted to" ,pnSOner'. a"d com! NiWV <? cl?se . confinement in Ninety-Six district, was repeat edly.wounded, suffered much abo?t theW?UndSrancl final|y died about the close of the war. He w~-*d' his only command brave militia of Spartanburg-and ^ ork Districts all patriots. S' friends and ^llow; friend WES ^e- intimate ?lf p^lClmpaT?lon in a S, of independence for which he hac bravely fought and bled. S Col. Henry White spoken of ii this history sketch was the grea grandfather of Rev. W. 11 White the present pastor o Lockhart, Salem and Santuc Presbyterian cHurches. Rev W. H. White was born in Spai iS tanburg county near the hea W waters of Fair Forest creek, an ?* has a number of relatives in th county. In his early years wj n' identified with the old Fair Fo est brick Presbyterian churc a s which old church was also t1 first regular pastorate of the ve !ae erable Rev. A. A. James. T1 vst old church has been torn dov 'lor and the brick sold. The mei ^e" bership of this church has be ^ a moved to Jonesville. At the < ae~ Fair Forest church cemet* a?e there will be built a chapel to rer? used for funeral services i >recl probabiy for Sunday school l*-?* ercises. The pulling down 0 ar] the old brick church is the ctec* literation of a loved and hone landmark, and there are but ' now living who were attene ;om- services there when first buil dent ^ ^ nrsL was LEE WITH HIS ARIT ! and reen- Was Kind and Consid rt-: ate?Always Refu; front Whiskey. )f the . . y de- As the Civil War recedes f, caval- er and farther from the pr antry day there looms larger and 1; *ment m the story of it the figi tinued Gen. Robert E. Lee, the a ite ad- leader of the Confederate ar British There is scarcely a househ< routed importance in the South in some story of him is not pi many, told, but few illustrate -he is Cap- ties for which he was b officer better than these which th ?i ? ? TimoQ.Dpmocrat re ament- wncano ? .. from a woman who met th wound- al on his last retreat: victory The army had halted tw inghold ^om Petersburg, on the ountry, Appomattox, and Gener e from his stalf had been a rhich in-! dinner at the home of i le state : known jurist at Summit tish sta- mint-julip was the favori | erage of Virginia genth :1 Benja- those days, and when t 1 XhanraBBMBBBBBaKj J. D. ARTHUR, Cashier. I ET E 9 nters National Bank, i iness at the "Old Stand." 1 n Unton, a tin of $10 >,000. H I. Hank in rnion. W llotillUfiltf to fciDO 100. gj interest on deposit*. g ion Inspected by nn olliccr, H It. nnd Safe with Time-Look. ~ ILL the Hanks in I'nion combined. 1 ICIT YOUR BUSINESS. 1 and guests had assembled, just before dinner was announced, the glasses were passed. GenerlalLeewas in conversation with j a young lady. He offered his ! glass to her, after the old style, then barely raised it to his lips, and set it down untasted. He took up and drank instead a glass of water. Looking round the room, where all the men were drinking with relish, he said: "Do you know, I really believe this glass of water refreshes the inner man far more than the julep." Even his host's famous liouor I could not tempt him. It was said that a bottle of brandy presented to the general before the war was returned to the giver unopened after the surrender, with the request that sheV would use it in some case of need. At the dinner General Lee ; took a cup of cofFee and added | sugar and cream. It was especially fine Java, brought in before the war, and his hostess exclaimed, "Oh General Lee! Do you take cream in your after-dinner coffee." "I haven't tasted coffee for so long," he said, smiling, "that I take ,it in its full ?alwas sent ir & ?- - _ away from Suml ler, old woman who i to the army. The_ t whom she called . her special pet. Likeeverypoor N f Southern woman, she^ believed k Gen. Lee was the Pe^onal p r. tector of her son When she - saw him she rushed out and d caught his bridle. , oried d "O General Lee, sh?S[i??> is "what's become of my VoWy is Although he was even then r- without hope of saving his army, h, and was engrossed with plans he for making the last despera n- stand in the famt I union witn uunciai tivjuiioi/vit,v.w -vn j great leader, divining at once m- that "Dolly" must be a soldier en son, replied in his gentlest manold ner: ?ry "Madame, if you tell me Dolbe ly's name and the name of his ind company and command, I will ex- try to find out for you." of His hostess said that as he rode oh- away all the tales she had heard >red and read of warriors and their few deedsrushed to her mind, and ling she felt that never were their t. qualities of courtesy and chivalry personated in another as in Y the gallant general.?Youth's Companion. Ier" MODERN SHIPSARE MARsed VELS. . Eventually travelers will be -U1 ~ * '? ncpiin in three 6scnt *jo? i"*v' ? arger days, if the predictions of those ire of in a position to judge of the dored progress made in building steamships is verified. The "Caronia," which Cunard Line, which ar oudly rived in New York not long ago, quali- from her first trip out of Livereloved pool, is the largest ship ever built *n Fngland. She is 675 feet long e^gen- an(* seventy-two and one-half feet broad, while the roof of the o miles upper deck is sixty-seven feet road to above the water. Her displaceskecfto ment *s ?reater ^an fLe "Great [ wep- Eastern," once mistress of the , Iced seas. fp hev- * " ^ 2men in Thh Timhs and Metropolitan he staff Magazine one year for $1.80. . .. . a