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^ \ m *4 i.*-* * ? JJP m !#? IN . # 2 UNION AND SUBURBS HAS J m ' ^ ^W~ ~ytr "W " /^\ "W1 y 1 "^1 "W" ^ ?* / ' T g UNION AND SUBURBS HAS ! 2 Fomale Seminary, Five (traded 2 I I I I i ' I | I ? M B I ' I ' I / Fltre Largo' ottoti Mill*. Knitting 2 ? |SS?5\?teS! I H H. I V I I I .Yfc^ I I Vl* !srAir^r^x^ss;J it mind rtrveis, Population 14.0UO. .^2^^g? 2 J ^ J. ?j ^ ^ ^ ? *n<* Lun,l,<'r *urd?- Water Work?. I ? f;; VOL. LV. NO. 46. UNION. SOUTH CAROLINA. FRIDAYliBffiEltEHLJ.^,ia05. . #1.00 A VK*W OVA r\f fV.i< * ^ 11 CENTS Makes the Farmers happy place to deposit your surp The best Safe that Money protected against Burglar} large Firm and Individual protect our customers) n lutely secure. We solic Wm. A. Nicholson If = = - MORE ABOUT THE UNION DISPENSARY LAWYERS EOR HOWELL TALK ABOUT BRICE LAW. Say Next Legislature Will Do Noihing Toward Abolishing Tillman's Pet. The following clipping from the Augusta Chronicle will be of ' marked interest to those who are watching the fight between the prohibition and dispensary elements here in Union: The lawyers for the Union dispensers, who are seeking to have the federal court step in to restore these dispensers to their I jobs, on the ground that the Union election was void, because the Brice law is unconstitutional are laughing at the cry of l>ad politics that is going up over their move from the editorial and news columns of the daily and weekly press of the state, and - - * aM'K&a influence the people in the legislature to enact a general prohi I bition law. My, "We don't care a continental I cuss," said ex-Attorney General V G. Duncan Bellinger to me to day, "what the legislature enact* or neglects or refuses or fails U enact. We are not representing ? any politician or bunch of poli ticians. We are seeking a defi ^ nite remedy, and we believe w< I are going to get it. We wan f our clients restored to their po sitions." "You represent no general as "gociation of dispensers or dispen sary adherents?" "No, sir." 'Nor the state board of cor tpol?" "Not in the remotest way, think it would be a very ba ?r move on their part to get mixe up with a tight of this kind,'' "Do all the people you do re] resent live in Union county? "All named in the papers do. ~ - ? -r* it; 1 And (ienerai oeninger laugno jf He declined to say what oth interests he and those associate with him represented. It is question that has aroused mu< interest throughout the state. "According to the remar Judge Pritchard made at t time he made arrangements hear you at Richmond on t issuing of a mandatory injui tion to accomplish v, hat you fail to accomplish at Asheville, does not seem to think you hs much of a case." "On the contrary, Jug Pritchard clearly indicated tl he saw that the Brice act v unconstitutional, as every g< lawyer, and even layman, v hoa road the federal constitut sees, but he doubts whether {K can get at that point through B efforts to restore dispensers office. We think we can c M vince him he is wrong. He ' Hfc right in deciding at Ashe\ L' that he had no jurisdiction. I knew the moment the ques ft was raised that we were g ,t! for the time being. But I lawyers on the other side k B that the Brice act is unconst ItattfaL tional, according to either V state or federal constitution. "Do you think you will sue mrr before the convening of the 1< flp'lature?" j. "Yes, I think we will. if we don't, we are, nevei jSjk less, in this fight until w< >1 succeed, or until the legisk SM repeals the Brice act or abol ?n| the dispensary system.'1 COTTON and prosperous. A safe >lus is with THIS BANK, can Buy, which is also / by Insurance, and our Resources (all of which lake your deposits abso:iT YOUR BUSINESS. * I "In your opinion will the legislature do either at its next sitt.inor?'' -?o "As I look at it, the next legis, lature will do nothing with the ^dispensary. No politician with hopes of a future is going to father a bill to abolish the dispensary. He won't stake his future on any such move, in view of all the doubt and confusion about the matter." 4 'Oconee county went dry this week by a vote of ten to one. Some twelve other counties are dry by almost equally impressive ' i majorities. Do you discover any , element of doubt in that?" "The elections show merely that the people are dissatisfied with the way the dispensary is administered. And, beside, only , from a third to half the people , are under the .-""frictions of the Brice act. Wai' .il the primaries, are heard from.'' Attorney Welch, who is associated with Mr. Bellinger, advoI cates amending the dispensary . law so as to provide for selling across the dispensary counter b> the drink, mixed according to the best science, practice and skill oi . swarm'togS." . the extension otthe closing houi to 9 o'clock, so as to b^ad oft ' blind tiger competition. I' 4'They talk so much about the I'doing away with the request blank requirement," Mr. Welch 5 said, "wny, aont inose wno nnu ) fault proceed against the offendf ing dispenser on the criminal side _ of the court. The statute is clear, . making such neglect or failure 2 on his part punishable by a fine t in addition to forfeiture of hi: job." ^ L Harvie Jordan Declares Cotton Is Worth 15 Cents. Atlanta, Ga.f Nov. 13.?PresiL. dent Harvie Jordan of the South ?rn Cotton Association, in an in to??vipw thin mornincr savs: d 4 The open declaration of Sec d retary Wilson of the departmen of agriculture that the recen condition report of 68.8 is 'accu rate and trustworthy' and 'whic ?? shows that the years crop wi! be in the neighborhood of onl er 10,000,000 bales, should knoc 3d out all high estimates and pi "a everything down on th ch working basis of a short croj Secretary Wilson's estimate coi k8 firms the report made by th he Association some time ago, pr to dieting a crop of about 10,(XX),(M he bales. As this report is confirr 1C. ed by accurate information fro led the two more reliable sources, he is unquestionable that the r ive mainder of the crop now in t hands of the planters should n |ge be marketed for less than hat cents a pound. I shall at or vas issue a proclamation advisi * iUin AAllMOn ' 1 30Ci 1,1110 V/VUIOV.1 ion Bankruptcy Proccedin we Against T. C. Duncan. our to Charles'on, Nov. 13.? In 1 ion- United States district court to< was a petition was filed in bankrup rille by representatives of the Ur We and Buffalo Cotton Mills, : tion Exchange Banking and Ti :one company of Charleston, pray jven that Thomas C. Duncan be now judged a bankrupt. In titu- lengthy document, which is t< the served tomorrow, and is reti " able November 27, it is alle ceed that Djncan, lately president 2gis- the two mills mentioned, is ir vent, owes $528,294.16 to But, creditors mentioned, (who rthe- entirely unprotected,) and e do been disposing of property iture certain creditors, thus gi ishes preferment to the detrimer other creditors.?The State, THE MILLS AT UNION. Directors of the Reorganized Union and Buffalo Mills Meet In Charlotte. The directors of the reorgan-; ised Union and Buffalo . cotton mills at Union* S. C., held along session November 11th, at Charlotte, N. C. Those present included Wm. Winchester, of Baltimore; H. C. Fleitman, of New York; T. H. Rennie, Cfraniteville, j S. C.; E. W. Robertron, Columbia; Emslie Nicholson, and T. C. Duncan, of Union. Somewhat of a sensation was , caused by the action of the di rectors in offering a reward of . 5R1 Rnn fr\v fVin ?nfn?n r\t ! Y*?vvv xvra. tllV X CbUl A1 VI OVVCIUI important books belonging to ( t .e Union Cotton Mills, with evi- i dence to convict the party wh'o j made away with them. One thousand dollars will be paid merely for the return of the ' books. It was announced at the close of the meeting that all the ! mill's future contracts for cotton had been closed out. These contracts were for 88,000 bales, bought by former President Duncan in July, for the Union Mills, or more than seven years supply, the average price being I lie. The price received for thofs contracts was from 9.60 to 9.9f t ANOTHER ACCOUNT. / * Columbia, November 11- ^Pec" j ial: A reward of $2,5u0 was \ today offered. for the recovery i with evidence to convict the < o-rw ?r Ihl 1 u n^rT^Jtnni -salary of $10,000, whic^nas been paid Mr. Thos. C. Buncan as chairman of the board of directors of the Union and Buffalo cotton nills, was discontinued. This $10,000 dollars, which was cut off it today's meeting of the board, prompted considerable discussion, and the debate grew quite warm. Mr. Campbell Courtenay, the -son of Capt. Wm. A. Courtenay, of Newry, was elected on the board of directors and on the executive committee to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resigl -'M'*" T.aw r>f Snart.an IUIU1UI1 u L 1U1 UUII I N.. ? J p burg. The current ledgers and day books for the vears 1903-04 contain valuable information par ticularly relative to the heavy - cotton transactions of the Union Cotton Mills. These books are - said to have been at the mill as t late as October 18, and were used t in part by the cotton mill expert i- accountants during their investih gation. The books are now dell sired, but they cannot be found y high or low, and the desire is to k get the books, and as much as it $2,500 is offered for their recovery with evidence that will con3 vict the party who took the }- hooks. The board today offered is $500 for evidence that will lead e- to the recovery of the ledgers in )0 an unmutilated condition. Ther n- $1,000. was offered as a re ware *P for the recovery of the books ir it an unmutilated condition, anc >e_ $2,500 was offered for the recov he ery of the books with evidence 'Ot that will convict the party tak 15 ing the books from the offices o >ce the Union Cotton Mill, ng The board, In cutting off th salary of President Duncan a this time, felt that the mill gs needed the money for other pui poses, and that it could not we afford to pay $5,000 for the chai the man ?f each of the boards, ar iay that President Edwin W. Rober tcy son had gone into the work iio'n the hope of reorganizing ai and making something of the prope ust ties for the stockholders ai ing creditors will be able to carry < ad- this work. Mr. Campbell Coui the enay was elected on the boa 3 be because of his capacity and 1 arn- familiarity with the manufactu .awl of cotton goods. Itisundersto I of that Mr. Duncan has had a coi igol- of expert accountants at work the the books, or that he has h are such, and that he is having has statement made up for his o r to information, and for such use ving he may care to make of sucl it of report of the books.?News i Courier, Col. John IgrThonias and Sonin-Law Major Joseph Mo Junhin. I We reppoduce in this issue ol The Times ?on the 8th page a short sketch of the life of Col. John P. Thomas written by Mrs. Robert J. Herndon of Yorkvi 11c for and published in The State, Sunday, November 5. ? Mrs. Herhdon was Miss Mary Fant, sistetf of Mr. Joseph McJunkin Fant who are children of Major and Mrs. John A. Fant who lived near Cane Creek south of Santuc,, this county. Their mother Was a daughter of Mr. Joseph McJunkin, who was a son of Maior Joseph McJunkin of the Anerican Revolutionary whose naVse we place at the head of thi i article as the son-inlaw of Col John P. Thomas. Majoi^Josdph McJunkin married tu11 Xh2#*3' daughter of Col. i* n' , f00!?8, then of course Mrs. Robqpt J. Herndon is the great, gT&t granddaughter of Col. Jontj P. Thomas. Mrs. David Fait, the mother of Messrs. IP B.f John A., P. E., Dr. A., E.WLouisand MunroFant,' Mrs. Gillam and Mrs..vP~rhm the great, great grand a.r?.^nou Col. John P. Thomas. gre?t grandfather and feat grandmother are buried ide by sKd&in the old McJunkin urial ground, which is on a part >f the land now known as the lohn Y. Sartor place. The folowing is the inscriptions on the tombatonefe which mark their graves: "Erected to the memory :>f Major Joseph McJunkin, born 8\Bt 18138. HugnipncQd the service ft*-the war for-Up independence as a private soldiei never ceasing from the servid till the war closed when he heh a major's commission. He was a useful and upright citized Through the period of manhoo< promoted diligently the best in terest of society. He was a rul ing elder in the Presbyteriar church a period of 60 years. "But mark the man of holy fears How best is his decease, He spends his days in duty here And leaves the world in peace.1 Sacred to the memory of Mrs Ann McJunkin, the wife of Ma; Joseph McJunkin, and a daughte l of Col. John Thomas, who d< parted this life May 17th, 182( aged 69 years. The decease was an intrepid heroine of tl Revolution, who, with the aid c her mother, brother and brothei in-law, defended her fathers house with success against tl attack of 300 Tories." These old tombstones are w< preserved and the inscriptio plainly visible, and tell the sto of the hero and heroine of t American Revolution, thus p( petuating the memory of t\ grand characters, of whom th< I offspring is justly proud. Woi l that our country was made up i such people, what a gloric I country this would be. j RASPING^ sTcppTAf -\ WILSON. - November Report D f nounced as a "Piece e of Spite." it a New York, November 11 r- Richard Cheatham, of Atlai 11 secretary of the Southern Col r- Association, is quoted by id Herald as having last night t- verely criticised the report in the cotton crop issued yestei id from Washington, in which r- condition of the crop on No\ id ber 1 was stated to be 68.8. on Mr. Cheatham, who is stop rt- in this city, said, among o rd things: lis "The most absurd piec< ire spite work ever attempted od the issuing of the crop repo; ps Friday by Mr. wnson, me on retary of Agriculture. In tad report he announces the *c< ; a tion' at 68.8. Now, there wn 9ane man who ever saw a c ! as stalk who does not know th i a November 1 and November md is not only far beyond the 1 1 or berrio$ sta^e, h\ t ; Merchants and Pla SuccessfullyDoing Bus ? 18 the OkOKST Hunk 1 l I . Iiha a capital und aurpl B 9 is thnon.'v N 4TIOXA I I has paid dividends r I paya FOtTK per cent, fl I la the only Hank in lT-> ; haa Hunclar roof van pays niot- taxes than i * V WE EARNESTLY SOL nearly every case is entirely void of foilage of every kind. It has passed far beyond the increasing stage. Its condition, so far a conditions are recognized in re j ports, is the same as on Octohe 1 previously. For Secretary Wi . son to make a report on 'condi tion' of November 1 is to assi-: in the operations of the bea SIlPPIllotArO trv Vinnn~i?.' J '1 wrvvM.uw.o w iiciiuiiit;i uuwn in price of cotton." J say to Mr. Wilson, 'shame shame, shame' on him and th men who assisted him in this at tempt at spite work against th cotton producers of the Sout* It is a final effort to , acnb virscomnture for the depart ment of agriculture before th next session of congress is fai advanced. That there will be ai investigation of this department by Congress and an uncoverin; of matters now concealed, beforwhich all previous disclosure will pale in insignificance, I do not for an instant doubt.'" The Southern Cotton Association, in its bulletin of the crop issued October 31, estimated the P? for 1905 at 9;44.dl4 ba\?e, a A\er prodvvctioja than, yeateiN ' 8 eatfeiate of 08.8 wou\c mise. _ i HOLDING COMPANIES FORMEI ! progress of the Reorganiza j tion Measures of the Buf* falo and Union Mills. Columbia, November 12. The holding companies for the ' Union and Buffalo cotton mil properties have been organize*. ' under ine laws ui mamc. two holding companies are a par 5. of the reorganization work ant j. have no part in the current ope >r rations of the mill properties ?- They have been differently of 5, ficered and organized, so as t :d better facilitate the work of th le reorganization committee. >f The following circular letters r- which accompany the detaile 's organization of the two holdin le corporations, give the organizi tion, only that part of the Unio jll Mill letter being given that refer ns to the organization, the lattt ry part of the two letters bein he identical: ;r- Buffalo Cotton Mills Compan; vo (Incorporated unuer the Laws < *ir the State of Maine, 1905,) I lid State street, Boston, Alassach of setts,?President, R. Goodwj >us Rhett;. vice president, Franc K. Carey; treasurer, Robert Herrick; secretary, Alfred W White. Boston, November 9, 1905. To the Creditors of the Buffi Cotton Mills: Enclosed pies I find copy of certificate of inc< poration and by-laws of the B. i'alo Cotton Mills Company. P manent officers have been elecl as follows: President, R. Go ita, i wyn Uhett; vice president, Fr; :ton cis K. Carey; treasurer, Rob the F. Herrick; assistant treasur ; se- Joseph O. Proctor, Jr.; secreta , of Alfred B. White; clerk, Natl day Clifford; directors, R. Goodv the Rhett, Francis K. Carey, Rol rem- F. Herrick, Joseph O. Proc Jr., and Alfred B. White, ping A form for assignment fher proof of claim is enclosed h with. This should be execi a of exactly in accordance wit! was structions and sent, toge rt on with negotiable paper endo i sec- in blank and an itemized si this ment of the claim or account Dndi- signed, unless these have alr< is no been forwarded, to the reort otton zation committee, care of at on City Trust Company, 50 i 10 it street, Boston. Prompt ac\r fruit- edgment will be made an I > it in scrip certificates Xqtwj 1* .. -JU. c? | n E nters National Bank, iness at the "Old Stand." n Union. us of $10 .000. I. Hank In Union. 0 nountlnir ?o $300 400, R intoroat on dcooHlls. 0 Ion inaoooti-d ?iy mi officer, D lit. ?nd Safe with Ti r < -!.< ck. \ I.I. the Mankx In Union comltln d. H .1CIT YOUR BUSINESS. | in exchange as soon i;. can I be executed. ! As you have been already notiied by the reorganization emitted assignments of claims ill not be accepted after Nomber 20, 1905, except in par ci.lar cases where satisfactory easons for delay exist. BulTalo Cotton Mills Co. Robert F. Merrick, Treasurer. Boston, November 9, 1905. To the Creditors of the Union otton Mills: Ei closed please i'id copy of certificate of incor ?^ti9ni^1,YiTl^e,<b'dun efecU'd I J D : J..-* tt. ivnvno, x lc-ftiueiit, ivuuen r . derrick; vice president, Francis a. Carey; treasurer, R. Goodwyn Rhett; assistant treasurer, Joseph J. Proctor, Jr.; secretary, James Fiper; clerk. Nathan Clifford; iirectors, Robert F. Herrick, Francis K. Carey, R. Goodwyn Rhett, Joseph O. Proctor, Jr., ind James Piper. Acoompanying the letters is a certificate of the organization k tile law? oi Maine aw* a \eomp\ete uel ol \jy-\awB of aacn Ffiik' \ \?f tfaia.two ml\\ propeTtieB. There " v " t^rro^^a^hi v i t"^i rwf1 L cl a'i m ) and a statement as to how the forms are to be properly -filled . out. The holding company is to hold the properties pending the reorganization and carry the mills j Inn nr llio nrnr>oaa tliat IS V.?*VU5?? l/I.V V..^v ? now pending-. A. K. ! ANOTHER HOMICIDE. i i Carelessness With Gun 1 Causes Death. 1* Last Saturday afternoon DenQ nis Beaty, Jr., and Bolton alias e Duge Walker went hunting together. Nearly sundown they '? started home and on the way C(l they began to play with each ^ other and in the tussle Walker's n gun was cii ^charged and the load s entered the breast of Dennis, ;r Beaty from which wound he diecfc *= in a short time. Coroner B. Fv yt Gregory was notified and he with jf Deputy SherilT T. J. Vinson went 34 Sunday morning to the scene of a" the killii g. There were two ^ other boys in coinpany with Denp. j nis and Bolton during the time B. lof the shooting, in fact had been i . - I with them during tne nuni an , ! the afternoon. These two boys tge I testified before the inquest that Jr_ i Dennis and Bolton wore playing jf-! and that the gun went off acci?-'r_ dently and killed Dennis. That ^ there was no quarrell between an" the two, but both were friendly ert an(l in a good humor. This is er, another instance of carelessness r-V. in handling a loaf e i gun. iian. ^ yyn I >ert Clover Club Elects-.*. t A** ! I CV/4 , j i The governing board of the and Clover Club mot last Monday ere- night and elected the following Jted officers: Mr. W. W. Hughes, \ in- president, (re-elected); Mr. W. ther T. Beaty, vice president; Mr. J. rsed G. Hughes, secretary; Mr. F. B. Late- Culp, treasurer. ; a*- The club will shortly change eady its headquarters to the new ?ani- Townsend building, where it will the occupy about two-thirds of the State second floor front. The pame iowI- furniture will be used but it is ? o *.k probable t' at new carpets will be u4 -i put down in the new rooms.