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?. .. We Are After You With the Biggest, Best and Cheapest line of FURNITURE in the city of Union. We have just received MVt UAH LOADS 0 of new, up-to-date Furniture, bought in the right markets . . . AT THE RIGHT PRICES Our purchasing power enables us to get values i. 1. ~ ffl WHICH titllllUl UC CACCll9 ed in Union county . . WE WANT YOUR BUSINESS. Remember we now have the greatest line of Furniture that has ever in all our business life been on our floors. For the finest suit of Furniture ever shown hv flnv hnncp in thp "-'J ??V??W city of Union, call and see it. Yours For Business, n. W. Bobo. ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES Miss Pearl Bailey, after spending several days with friends in NewOf the Double Dally Passenger Trains, berry county, returned home MonUnlon, S. C. day. Train going North 0:00 a. m. Mrs. .Tanctte Wallace left Mon44 44 South 11:85 a. in. day for Isabella, Tcnn., to spend 44 North 2:85 p. m. a few weeks with her son, Mr. EdSouth 8:53 p. m. win Wallace. Those trains onlv make a few mill utes stop at Union", bo that the hours Mrs. Mary Long, of Columbia, of arrival are practically the hours of wj1Q j)ng on a two weeks visit drS 'ftto her brother, Mr. W M. Palmer, the benefltjof the public generally. returned to her home Saturday. _ . . * . Miss Geneva Fee and Miss Pearl LafOCfl.1 NCWS Notes Willingham, of Blairs, Fairfield ^ . county, are visiting the family of * Points Personal and Otherwise mr. c. o. b. Counts on virgin Picked up and Paragraphed btrcct* by Our Pencil-Pusher. Mr. William Banks was here Monday representing The State and ? , . . i .. ?? reported the proceedings of the cotl)r. Thco. Fant visited rclativ aga^^ion meeting for that in Anderson this week. paper. Capt. J. C. Carey, of Lockhart, *1 ? Af??riov Mrs. E. D. Purcell and Mrs. in tho city Monday. Mary of AugU8ta (,ft _ Mr. W. Pcrrin Thomson spent a mother and sister of Mr. J. J. Purr.,.., ,1 ti.o a.:? ...... .... i.u?v uitjr in i>iiu vn.jr i/ino wcwv. ceu arc visiting mm at Ins home 011 Dr. Webb Thomson visited rela- ^ street, tives and friends in the city this J^st Thursday morning the barn week. and stable of R. A. Whitlock, of Mr. Arthur Estes and sister, Joncsvillc, with contents were deMiss Bessie, spent Sunday at Cross stroyed consisting of corn, fodder, j^eya oats and other feed, farming tools, #a tine surrey and harness and about Born to Mr. and Mrs. O. E. twenty cords of wood. A horse and Smith on Tuesday, Aug. 8tli, a fine hog were saved. It was one of fine boy. those mysterious fires that so often ... ... j T ?? * occur. Loss about $1,000 with no Misses Mane and I/iuise Epton, llrnn_A v of Spartanburg, are visiting Miss Lois Wilkins. Mrs. George Wi Fowler had the Mr. W. D. Wilkins and daughter misfortune to lose forty dollars in Miss Lois spent Sunday with rela- money and a gold watch last Saturtives ?t I'acolct. ''"V ??? oon. The money and watch were in a trunk in Mr. Fowi, Mr. Julian Blackwell, of Winston- er's house at Aetna cotton mills. Salem, N. C., visited relatives in Mr. Fowler has a very strong sustlie city this week. picion of who got his money and Mr. John O. Tate, of Cherokee, attended the cotton association Jf^ed he suspects meeting hero Monday. Miss Nina Sligh returned Monday T1JC mayor's court was very busy from a week's visit to relatives and nearly all day Monday. Acting V friends in Newberry county. Mayor F. G. Austell disposed ol several troublcsomo cases. The Miss Pearl Goforth spent Sunday case against Cardoza Hampton for at homo. She was accompanied by keeping and maintaining a nuisance MiBses Wilson and Julia Alverson. was stubbornly fought by Cardoza and his attorney. A jury tried the Messrs. Chas. W. Goforth and case and brought in a verdict oi Ed Owens, of the Union band, are guilty. A fine of ten dollars or ten in camp with the First South Caro- days on the chaingang was imposed lina Regiment at Columbia, in the A notice of appeal was filed by de< band corps. fondant's attorney. MEETING OE SOUTHERN COTTON ASSOCIATION. On Monday, August 7th, This Organization Had the largest Attendance and Most Enthusiastic Meeting since Its Organization. As an "evidence of thorough organization, profound interest and abiding faith, this meeting was characterized by more genuine enthusiasm on the part of the people present than has ever before been manifested. The farmers and their i families from every portion of this ' county and many from the adjoin-1 ing counties were present and gave j proof of their being fully aroused ( and in great sympathy with the purposes of the association listening intently and cheering lustily the eloquent, interesting and instructive speeches delivered on this occasion. At 11.30 o'clock, at the request of Capt. J. T. Douglass, chairman, Rev. D. E. Camak invoked the .1:..:? 1.1 : - ..1 a l-1 ? wiviliu U1V901115 111 11 MlUlt uui uppropriate prayer. Tho chairman then introduced Mr. F. H. Hyatt, secretary of the State Cotton Association as the first speaker. Mr. Hyatt is an enthusiastic advocate of good roads, in addition to being an efficient and faithful member of the Southern Cotton Association. He first told of how he as a member of the Richland county board of commissioners had built some macadam roads through that county. He is also an advocate of diversified farming, the growing as far as possible and practicable all of your farm supplies such as corn, oats, wheat and hay and raising your own stock. In raising stock you also make your own fertilizers which is the most permanent of all fertilizers. He advocates the intensive system of farming, the growing upon one acre what it now takes three acres to produce, and in raising your own corn and other feed stuffs and stock makes it possible to fertilize your lands and bring them to a high state of cultivation. While he knows that the farmers of this state cannot compete with the northwest in raising corn and wheat for the rojirki't.. t.hov pan nt. lonsf rnicn enough for home consumption. He urged the farmers to stand firm and united in their efforts to build and perpetuate the Southern Cotton Association as their only hope and safety in maintaining tlu> organization by which they can realize for their cotton a remunerative price and be in a position to fix the price yourself. Mr. Hyatt again referred to the good roads question and said that good roads was an indication of civilization, thrift and prosperity in any country; that the roads ought to ho so good that it would be a question of how much a wagon would hold up and not how much can we haul over this road. He sppke complimentary of the streets of Union, saying, ' I see that you have nice macirtlam streets. Just keep on into the country and we ?.;n uaaii lmvn t)nt lutci i*ao?la on/1 I m in pwii ii?t v tuv uvov ivavio auu consequently the garden spot of the world." At the conclusion of Mr. Hyatt's speech Mr. E. D. Smith, president of the South Carolina division of the Southern Cotton Association, was introduced by the chairman. Mr. Smith began his speech by comparing the size of the crowd to whom lie made his first official address in the court house at this place and the crowd then before him. Why is this and what does it mean? It means that when there has * been some honey spilt, you will see the'bees gathering there. He said he had in the outset met with all sorts of buffs and rebuffs and was somewhat discouraged but he had faith in the farmers if he could only lead them into the light, and he did, and was happy. Ho compared the grange and alliance with the present movement. The grange had attempted too much in trying to merchandise, the alliance had been killed by the politicians. The alliance did whip the bagging trust, yet it had been said the farmers would not stick, 1 hut they did stick to leaders who had lead them astray, men who had gotten from the farmer all they wanted and then forgot the farmer. He paid a beautiful tributo to Wade Hampton who all of South Carolina loved. Yet there came a time when the people had to leave Hampton for another for the best interest of ' the entire people, not that they did not love Hampton, but that they loved their country more. Ho declared his great faith in the stick 1 ing qualities of the farmers. He told of how the Southern Cotton | Association through its officers wero making the United States agricultural department quail. He said | that before the investigation of the | leakage in the cotton reports were fully finished it would develop that 1 then some in higher places than ' Holmes and Hyde would be mado to feel small and doubtless it would bo shown that they wore as deep in mud as the others were in the mire. He spoke also of diversified farming of crops, but contended that cotton was the only money crop of the South, that the lands of the northwest were so much better adapted to corn, wheat, oats and hay than those of the south wo could not compete. He said let us raise the cotton and if the wheat, corn and oats went up in priee we could go up on our cotton and come out ahead. He had received greater encouragement in the northwest among the business men than from the business men of the south. He was asked by some was it not dangerous, this high price cotton, were we not afraid we would ruin the cotton mills, but he never heard anything about ruining the farmers when the cotton was 5 and G cents. He spoke of what the movement had done for the country, put alxmt 40 million dollars in circulation in the summer time, an unheard of thing in the past. He advocated most strenuously the warehouse, l>ccause it enabled the farmer X- I. -IJ 1 - i' ? * * 10 noiu ins couon m a ury siielter, that ha had seen thousands of pounds of rotten cotton pulled out of liales. The warehouse, he said, you may never need, but when you do need it, you need it bad. The warehouse is the only safe way to hold cotton. You ean get all the money you want, sell when the price suits you, and the cotton is always safe. If it gets burned it is insured and you don't lose anything. He told the farmers to hold up their heads, that there was a time coming when they would he able to educate their children and that their sons and daughters would be refined and cultured and an ornament to society. Mr. Smith had derided those who had sold cotton at 7 and 8 cents before the rise to 10 cents as lieing traitors .1 _f At-.??i i i i * i Mini viinutors ui wieir picugc 10 llOlCt their cotton. This was a broad assertion and some men in the crowd who had sold were not pleased. When Mr. Smith concluded his speech Mr. S. M. Rice, Jr., E. U., asked for an explanation. Smith said he meant those who had thought to step in and sell cotton at that price thinking they were smart and if cotton did not go higher would have the pleasure of laughing at those who held for ten cents. Air. B. G. Wilburn said he did not consider himself under pledge not to sell whenever he wanted to, that the pledge he signed was to reduce acreage and fertilizers. Mr. Smith'mkl all those who Jwd an honorable cause to sell their cotton he would apologize, hut of the other class he had no apology to make. ( apt. Farr then asked Mr. Hyatt to tell the . people what was next necessary and in order at this time. Mr. Hyatt said, "Gentlemen, this cotton.association cannot live on air no more than you can, so it is necessary for all of you to contribute something to its support, give whatever vou feel able to trivc. 25 cents or ti n dollars,'' at which announcement there was a general rush by the people to put in their contributions, Judge J. M. Greer and Rev. J. G. Farr receiving the money. This ended the most interesting and successful meeting ever held in this county of the Southern Cotton Association. The speeches of Mr. Smith and Hyatt made many converts and there is little doubt that from now on the association will grow, until every farmer, merchant, banker and professional man will become members. A Killing in Bogansville Township Near Old Bogan Residence. Last Saturday night between 8 and 0 o'clock near the old Rogan house on tho Alee Rice plantation George Gore shot and instantly killed Henry Shell, both colored. There had been a barbecue on the place that day and a large crowd of colored people were there. It seems that there had been bad blood between these two for several years. mi lL_i r\ _? i HL 11 ? !il inc gun umu crore snot onen witn was a single barrel breech loader and was loaded with a heavy charge of No. 7 shot. The load entered the body on the right side, tearing a very large hole. The load went through the right lung and struck the heart, producing death instantly. Gore was arrested by the coroner's deputy and is now in jail. Coroner B. F. Gregory held an inquest Sunday morning. Notice to Union Co. Baptists! The date of our association has been changed to August 24th. Ixit the churches govern themselves accordingly. The change in date was made to conform to the schedule gotten up by a committee appointed by our State Convention, and accepted unanimously by our county executive committee. L. M. Riotc, Chairman. ?p??1^caa*..n iir - ii ~ " p A Grea Readers of H have savings accounts \ SK believe there are thousand 91 open accounts if the stren; || of the institution were cle g| We want every reade H a depositor, and enjoy tl 8 substantial profit for their 6j| Capital $80,000 gTHE'PEOPl IS The Bank That 1 8K?apai?mHBa?atgBPauanBMn mBNmmmSamWKWmWmsml Uihal'c ' VV IIUl o doing without anything v with it. If it happens to be very likely have it, and nev the way. Have you been ii make your acquaintance, of goods we carry in stock: Oak Bedroom Suites, Oak and iWashstands, Sewing Machine Baby Go-Carts and Carriages Extension Tables, Bed Sprin: Safes and Tables, Lounges, W Shades, Tin and Crockeryware I Bedspreads, Reed and Oak R< Knives and Forks, Bread Ti Sifters, Stoves, Sideboards, He other things. WE MAKE SPECIAL ORDERS F( Buy one of our 36 pound featl" now and balance in Fall. TWNER & ||BBKB9K^?8?33i3liSiSE New Furnil H WE ARE fi I NEW GOODS H Come and inspect our st H give you prices on Furnit I interest to get our prices t ft We have a good n i Summer Goods. < P Let us do your Repair Wo 1w in II y ?11IU JJiCclbe you 111 have a nice line of Picture our prices on Picture Fran We Will Appi Burris 2 Watch I fA PURE CREAM ( J* Tomato Soup is probr Jj iy liked of all the p ? GOOD. But there's y the most difficult of a ? have found that li f hciina run f ft pleases the greatest ft It is purely *a cream ft stock is used. The < ft result of using red, it pure spices, properl ft cream. It is guarant ft your money back. ft In Large, Medlu ? t The Union ? ^ High Grade Groc< it Many 1 The Times | vith this Bank, and we 8 Is of others who would & gth and other advantages B arly understood by them. K r of The Times to become 8 le absolute security and 8 savings which we offer. E Surplus $19,000 &?j? [ D AMI/ 1 urvnr\, n Pays 4 Per Cent. ?3 The Use vhen you can do better ! a household necessity we er let the price stand in l our place? We'd like to Drop in. Below is a list Iron Bedsteads, Bureaus and s, Organs, Trunks, Clocks, , ii i I cllMI O, flllU gs and Mattresses, Kitchen rindow Curtains, Poles and i, Pictures and Easels, Lamps, Dckers, Baby Chairs, Rugs, 'ays, Coffee Mills, Brooms, ill Racks, and a great many )R ANYTHING NOT IN STOCK. ier beds for #10.00, pay #5.00 IVTAYFIELD7 lure Store! I DECEIVING H EVERY DAY. 1 ock, we will be glad to jj ure. It will be to your lj >efore buying elsewhere. ?1 lany Bargains in H Call and see them. jrj rk and Upholstering. We IB every respect. We also H 1 Moulding on hand. Get H reciate a Call. fl * Milling. | Js Grow. H !)??> TN- I - i ? - IF TOMATO S0UP*2 ibly the most general- 5 urees?WHEN IT IS J the rub. It is about J .11 to make welt We J * IRTO SOUP 1 proportion of tastes. of tomato. No meat * delightful flavor is the ripe, fresh tomatoes, y blended, and rich 0 PP(i to nlpaco r\v ? vvy y\j\A v/1 jp m and Small Tins. Grocery Co. $ jries at Low Prices. V . - ito^&ibdfcLz'