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. |^R 5 U.xio^AND suBixr.s HAS * "Tp "XT"^ ^r *w y w /^>w -w -y PHi^sa IST T3T 1ST If?1 z'?T I l,N,ON AND suburbs H?5 I I I H H I M\I I I 1 \ I I VI H N. V~'~^l H Bp k Kmc euplial of *SVJ.OUO. Macuda- ?* fl Bill H I ^L| few B W. u B I ml L J 1 ? ?" Mi|l. Kurnliuro MHuufHCluriD* # raised btreots, Population ll.tt.0. B J X J* M JL. M jL -JL k- y ft * and Lumber Yards. Water Works. VOL. LV. NO. 47. UNION SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAf^fevEMIiER 24. 1905. " *" <?> ' I CENTS Makes the Farmers happy place to deposit your surp The best Safe that Money protected against Burglary large Firm and Individual protect our customers) m lutely secure. We some L;; Wm. A. Nicholson jmbibbbenabmanb COLUMBIA WANTS DAMAGES. Meal Shoals Dam in the Courts?Restraining Order Granted. i The most notoriously hotlj contested suit that has ever been | tried in the court house in Union County was a mill dam case, which was tried fifty years ago. This case aroused more bitter feeling?more excitement among the neighbors and people generally?and even to this day, like a family feud, the children of the third and fourth generation of the, contending parties and their friends cherish a feeling of animosity on account of this case. Todav wp havp nnnl Hnm cnit The Columbia Electric Street Railway, Light and Power company has entered suit against the Union Manufacturing and Power Company, for the purpose of making this company turn loose the waters of the Broad River, that they have harnessed and I bridled by the erection of the dam at Neal Shoals. Saturday, Messrs. Abney, Thompson and; Xownsend, attorneys for the Columbia Electric Street Railway,; Light and Power Company, appeared before Judge D. A. | Townsend at Chambers, and secured a restraining order?com-1 monly known as a temporary in- j junction?against the Union Man-; ufacturing and Power Company to prevent the company from! holding back by means of the dam and closing of the gates the natural flow of water in the channel of Broad river. The allegations of the complaint of the Columbia Electric Street Railway, Light and Power Company, upon which Judge Townsend granted the restraining order, are in effect, that the rights of the said Columbia Electric Street Railway, Light and Power Company have been infringed upon, in that the Union Manufacturing and Power Company, in erecting a dam across Broad river at Neal Shoals, have cut off the flow of water, and thus prevented the said Columbia Company from operating the various electric plants of that city, to the damage of said company, $50,000. Judgment is asked that the Union Manufacturing and Power Company be perpetually enjoined and restrained from the arbitrary exercise of the power to hold and ( j cut off said supply of water by reason of said dam and closing and keeping closed the gates of said dam, thus preventing the natural flow of water in the channel of the Broad reorder granted h" send rean;-* -"Manufacturing .*er Company to appear him at Yorkville, December 8th, to show cause why this temporary injunction and restraining order should not be made perpetual. In the meantime the Union Manufactur f ing and rower Company is restrained from the alleged arbitrary interference of the natural flow of water in the channel of the Broad river at Neal Shoals. ?V v;,,- . > COTTON jj and prosperous. A safe ? lus is with THIS BANK. g can Buy, which is also i; r by Insurance, and our [ Resources (all of which [ ake your deposits abso- | IT YOUR BUSINESS. [' & Son, bankers, 8 ! CREDITORS WILL AGREE. Claims Against Union and j j Buffalo . ills Will be ' Joined. \ Mr. J. O. Proctor, of Baltimore, | a partner of Mr. R. F. Herrick, . who is a member of the reorgani- ] zation cammittee of the Union ( and the Buffalo Cotton Mills and who remained in Charleston after ^ the meeting of creditors, at the ( People's National Bank Monday x last, in order to receive claims, ^ said yesterday that the principal claims in this section had already c been deposited with him. Mr. t Proctor starts back to Baltimore ? this morning. ^ "From advices received from other sources," said Mr. Proctor, , , "it seems that all of the princi- j pal creditors have come together ( and are willing to accept the \ plan proposed in the conference c held in Charleston last Monday. ? "As soon as the claims are . checked over in Boston the new ( stock will be issued. If is pro- ^ posed, in the plans, for all credi- j tore to cxooopt first, profnui* A, U ^ per cent accumulative stock for f their debts, and it is confidently q believed that this stock as soon as f the reorganization is completed, r will prove a valuable investment [ to the creditors." What pro- N vision, if any, is to be made for c either the preferred or common % stockholders is largely a matter t of conjecture at this time. Mattie Lucile Powell Is Dead. \ Mattie Lucile, the sweet, bright \ and attractive three-year-old danghter of Mr. and Mrs. VVil- j liam Powell, after a painful ill- J ness of more than three weeks i died Monday afternoon at 3 r o'clock. This sweet little girl l was the victim of a complication t I of serious troubles which baffled \ | the skill of our best physicians. I At one time her symptoms were ] ; encouraging for a recovery but ? | later developments proved fatal i i and she passed away peacefully j in the full possession of her en- ( ' tire senses. Little Mattie Lucile is now among the angels and adds another priceless jewel to , I this happy throng joining in the ! ( | chorus of those who shall forever < sing songs of praise in the pres-1' ence of Him who said, "Suffer ;, little children to come unto me." j The interment was in the come-1 ] tery of Grace church at 3 o'clock , Tuesday afternoon, Rev. D. M. j, , McLeod conducting the services. !. I The deep sympathy of the en- ] tire community is with the be- . ; reaved and sorrowing parents, . relatives and friends. Swift's Calendar for 1906. i i Swift's Premium Calendar for 1906 is a beauty and a piece of t 1-. ,1: l i ? i art rareiy uispmyeu in a calendar. The American girl heads which adorn this calendar and form its chief attraction are perfect in I characterization of the true i American girl. This calendar , can be had by sending ten cents ^ v Swift and Company, Stock y-r^rds Station, Chicago, 111. The Thanksgiving German. i The Union German Club will spare po efforts nor money to make the Thanksgiving German thoroughly up-to-date. An elaborate supper will be served and a large orchestra has already been engaged for the occasion. It will from every aspect be a most enjoyable and memorable , occasion. r - * JORDAN - MOREHEAD. Mr. Jos. N. Jordan, of Union, Weds Miss Ella May Morehead, of Columbia. The following notice of the wedding of Miss Ella May Morehead of Columbia and Mr. Jos. N. Jordan of the Union cotton mills will be of interest to their many friends here in Union where they will be vfrarmly welcomed. The clipping is from the Sun^y-State: wedding occurred on Wednesday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. < Morehead, 200 Pickens street, < where their daughter, Miss Ella < May Morehead, was married to ? Mr. Joseph Neal Jordan of Union. ] rhe parlor where the ceremony < was performed was elaborately 1 lccorated with white chrysanthe- i Tiums and ferns, the young i :ouple standing beneath a bridal i irch of the snowy flowers and--' feathery asparagus fern. The ' >nly attendant was the bride's i lister, Miss Maude Morehead. < ,vho wore a dainty white mull > Iress over blue taffeta, and car- * -ied an armful of white carna- ( ions. ^ The bride's lovely gown was >f soft white Jap silk elaborately i ihirred and ornamented with de- ( ligns of lace applique. Her bou- \ juet was of bride's roses. 1 Immediately after the cere- $ nony, which was performed by \ lev. W. E. Wilkins, junior pastor j >f the First Baptist church, the j >ride and groom turned to re- t :eive the congratulations of about j 10 of their friends who were { iresent. Receiving with them t luring the evening were the } nide's parents and grandmother, Jrs. E. J. Morehead of Hartwell, ;1 jt*.? Ttie uining' ruum mr^c, vt- ^ reshments were served was a lecorated in red, the walls being 0 estooned with vines of coral ber- f ies, and the mantle and pictures s >anked with holly. The table vas decorated with large vases I >f red carnations at each end, vhile in the center was placed he beautifui bride's cake. t Mr. and Mrs. Jordan left at Y nidnight over the Southern for c savannah, the bride wearing a t itylish suit of navy blue cloth a vith a blue velvet toque to match, t After the honeymoon they will ( ro to live in Union, where Mr. a fordan has a position in the busi- t less olTices of the Union cotton ( nills. $ Among those who attended he wedding from a distance t vere: Mrs. E. J. Morehead, c Mr. W. A. Morehead and Miss \ lizzie Morehead of Hartwell, Ga., < md Miss Dessie Blackman of > \nderson. ^ jhaslly Killing at Carlisle, l i Will Tvgart, a negro, was al- ? "nose instantly Killed oy ueuben i1 Gilliam, also a negro, at Carlisle < Saturday night. The dead man was cut from ear to ear by a razor. It seems that the deceased had . been too intimate with Gilliam's ; wife and that in the absence of Gilliam he came to the house 1 where the woman, Perlia Gilliam, 1 lived and in a drunken rage tried \ to take her out. She refused to Ko and he tried to grab hold of ( her. About that time her hus- i band appeared on the scere and in defense of the woman s ashed ! Tygart with his razor. The wounded man ran out into the yard and fell dying shortly afterward. The inquest was held shortly afterward and the verdict was that the deceased had met his death at the hands of Reuben R. Gilliam. Gilliam has boon lodged in the Union jail, but his attorney, Mr. B. F. Townsend, has applied for bail for him and it may be granted. The Haile Shoe Company. ??? / We publish ip another column of this issue of The Times a notice of the opening of books of subscription to the capital stock of the Haile Shoe Company a recently organized company. We bespeak for this company eminent and marked success, backed as it is by money and brains. ----CONiTAbLi S Oli JLkLl) * \ To Unipn b'/ (iov. Hrvward tr Help Enforce the Prohibi1 tion Law. \ \ Fallowing1 his prece lent in t case of Cherokee County, C ernor Hey ward has ordered h to Union County the former e< stables so that they may assist the enforcement of prohibit i- . Under tjie nroeisinrvi of the R- ce Act, the County will have to pay for the services of these o(Ii<- rs. In^ttikkWtiatter the Governor has al!M(was. he lias acted in other counties. As soon as the dispensary- ..was voted out lu I caused the removal of the constables. Now he finds an ap- I preciable desire to have the constables return to work and he nas accordingly ordered their reinstatement. This he does not regard as any reflection on prohibition, but as simply in accord with the desires 01 the o ?icei This makes certain paid oflicer * esponsible for the enforcemen 1 >f prohibition. Two constable t will have charge of the count> 1 ind the liquor they seize will 1 e (t credited to the expense of the constables in that county. As SOOn as the r?~ult ia declare? 1 n Greenville and Spartanburg 1 counties, the constables thcr vill be ordered out, and will no \ le reinstated unless evidence i4 } riven of a desire to have them c eturned to cooperate with the ( irohibition of the people. At * iresent, out of the twelve conn- x ies that have voted out the dis- 1 lensary, Pickens, Oconee and Jnion have had constables re- ^ urned them. Union, however, las not been without a constable. 0 dr. K. E. N. Fowler who was ^ ippointed about the time the riectiun lm? _ . ^ ictive, energetic and vigijarit iflicer. Hardly a day or night" ^ las passed in which he has not a eized some liquor.^ ^ Jnion County's Pensions, i The annual report of the State C >oard of pension commissioners e las been published. In the list >f counties, Union stands six- r< eenth in payment, her pension c [mounting to $5,034.50 Spartanmrg heads the list for the old I Confederates; there are paid in 1 ill $17,481.50. while the lowest otal is paid out in Beaufort e County, where the total is only S >6S0.50. Union may be sixteenth on 1 he list so far as payment is con- < l i i * * * :ernen out certainly not sixleent h ,vhen it is a question of past val- I >r and courage in war. There ? ,vcre no braver soldiers anywhere than those who went out 1 from Union County to face the ? ines of serried blue; and it is a natter of history that Union was J is much the first as any county ^ when it came to the real straightHit fighting the Yanks. c rhe Union Cotton Mills. ( Charlotte, N. C., November ] 19.?A special to the Observer from Union, S. C., tonight, says that Mr. J. 0. Proctor, of Boston, representing the reorganization committee of the Union and Buffalo Cotton Mills, announced that j j over three-fourths of the claims ;'] against the two concerns have } been deposited with the holding .r company, tomorrow being the ] last day for such deposit, and < that the reorganization of the \ corporations under the scheme' ( proposed is now assured. The , plan is for the holding company ? to issue stock in the new corporation in set tlement of the claims. It is likely that the old corpora-; tions may go through bankruptcy proceedings, the holding company buying in the properties. | A Marriage Announced. Invitations have been issued announcing the marriage on December 7 of our highly esteemed townsman and progressive merchant Robert Melvin Estes to Miss Virginia Elizabeth Wilson of Charleston, S. C. This happy couple will be unite I in the holy bonds of wedlock at the home of her mother Mrs. M. J. Wilson 54 Societv street, Charleston, S. C.. 8.30 o'clock, and will arrive in Union and be at home 1 1 <*? ^ ~ nere on ana alter uecemoer ?. SP. M. PARR, President. T I Merchants and Pla Successfully Doing Bus Is th?' OI.DKST llank i A ?< has n capital iiti'l surpl (J Hj is the on'v N \TH>N A n 15 litis psiil ?livHlen;Is i tj ptlVR KOl It |!?<r colli. * is tho only Hunk in I ' H H lias Ilnrirlar-I'viml' vni >! 0 0 pays nioro taxi's than . | WE EARNESTLY SOL g.1 I ! ! Ill 11 HI II II NATIONAL DINNER'S REPORT. Given Out a Day Early Because a Part of it had "Leaked." The Crop is 54.7 Picked and 75 Per tent (tinned. Dallas, Texas, November 19.-rhe cotton report of the National dinner's Association was made mblic today, one day sooner ;han intended. The reason, Secretary Blackvvell said, was because a portion of the report had 'leaked." He did not know how this had lappend, he said. The report is is follows: Our summary of reports show ;hat there has been ginned to November 14, 1905, total 7,411157 bales. The crop is 81.7 per :ent. picked, and 78 per cent, pnned, indicating crop for this ear 9,459,973. Following is the i eport by States: Alabama ginned 933,030 and 19.7 picked. Total crop 1,141,854. Arkansas ginned 204,120 and is 17.2 picked, indicating a crop of 146.880. Florida ginned 54,180 and is picked. Total crop 78,140. llGOrgla gVmir:v\ l.-UAG.rj&O Indian Territory ginned 167,340 ind is 68.4 per cent, picked, "otal crop 262,911. Kentucky ginned 822 and is 17.8 per cent, picked. Total rop 1,560. ' Louisiana ginned 313,390 and is 5.4 per cent, picked. Total :rOp 630,868. Mississippi ginned 706,914. hcked 74.3 per cent. Total crop ,097.000. Missouri ginned 20,140. Pick>d 68.7 per cent. Total crop >n ion x%;v. 1 North Carolina grinned 507.580. Picked 93.7 per cent. Total :rop 503,307. Oklahoma ginned 101.480. !>icked 70.2 per cent. Total crop 106,400. South Carolina ginned 981,780. 3icked 94.3 per cent. Total crop 199.367. Tennessee ginned 146,250. racked 74.2 per cent. Total crop >43,070. Texas ginned 1,783,144 Picked 84.4 per cent. Total crop >,205,424. Virginia ginned 10,728. Pickid 74.2 per cent. Total crop L5,320.?News and Courier. Irby-Landmon. At the home of Mr. Thomas lefTerson Vinson on Sunday ifternoon Mr. W. B. Irby and Miss Sallie Landmon were married by Rev. J. L. Richardson. These two young people are well tnown here, the bride being a uster of former Sunerintendent W. T. Landmon of the Union cotton mills, and the groom is engaged here as a lineman of the Southern Bell telephone line3. Many friends wish the happy couple a long and happy life. Union Man's Invention. Mr. B. F. Kennedy who lives near Jonesville has recently invented and patented a cotton planter which is a very useful and ingenious contrivance. It facilitates greatly the dropping of the cotton seed and the planting and is devised upon an entirely different principle from the ordinary planter. By its simplicity of construction the cost of this planter will be greatly reduced. It will be soon put on the market by a firm in Georgia. It was patented just a short time ago and reflects great credit on its inventor. ^i#vv i\ i i\. w J. D. ARTHUR, Cashier. X-I E inters National Bank, iiness at the "Old Stand." n Union, lust of $10 ,000. I- Hank in Union, noiint lot? to SutM I0i?. , interest on (ienoaits. lion insncctt-tl liy tin ollicor, lit. ami Safe with Timc-I^tck. \l.l< t i\y Hanks in Union cornbiit'-il. JCIT YOUR BUSINESS. * 11 Vt ? I <? ? ON THEIR ANNUAL TOUR j Railroad Commissioners Pass Through. Messrs. Hanks L. Caughman and J. H. Wharton of the state railroad commission passed through Union Saturday morning in a private car. They were accompanied by Superintendent H. A. Williams of the Southern. The car stopped here a few min: utes and afforded opportunity for the popular commissioners to get i out and shake hands with their | friends here again. 'Mr. Jos. H. i Earle, the other commissioner, | was absent in Greenville on legal i business. The commissioners 1 were making their annual tour of inspection of the railroads in of i?f ^ ' ** v..c ouuf. mey were called to inspect a wreck on the Greenville road and hence they came through Union earlier than was expected. They stopped at Jonesville and investigated the depot situation there. Wharton will be a candiwhileltfr" CaugttmaYfvVtllnm\r over for two years, only recently having been elected. Burglary at Lockhart Mill Store. The mill store at Lockhart was entered Sunday morning between midnight and dawn and rifled of a large amount of valuable articles. Entrance was boldly made through one of the large plate I glass windows which was 1 smashed open by a large stone. It is not yet known just how great is the loss, but several watches and other valuables are missing. The counters had been freshly painted and on them the burglar left his footprints plainly. No clew as to the miscreant has been found, but he was doubtless not a novice in the stealthy art, for he went about it with unusual boldness and determination. Grand Chancellor Hughes The many friends of Mr. ,1. Gordon Hughes, of the local bar, will be pleased to learn that at the recent election for the officers of the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity held by the Supreme council, Mr. Hughes was unamimously chosen grand chancellor of the fraternity. This is an unusual honor, and ; the of^ce is a very high one, as jit devolves upon its occupant to j t&he charge of the legal matter I appertaining to the whole frater! nity. Mr. Hughes was a member of the fraternity at the South j Carolina College where he was i-.l *iV il i ii-onnecieu wun me ai cnapter. Papers hi Auli Case. Newberry, November 19.?The order issued by Chief Justice i Pope in the matter of Adam L. | Anil against the county board 1 and others as to distribution of school fund and reopening dispensaries in Newberry County j has been served on the county ; board of control, the papers ar 3 , ; now in the hands of their attorney, Senator Cole L. Blease, who j will prepare the return, and it will be presented at the time re' quired, December 4. It is not known what the return of the county board of control will con> tain, nor what action Comptroller General Jones and Commissioner ^Tatum will take. jSH