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LOCAL LACONICS.
Happenings of Interest
About Town.
Mr. J. H. Wilburn, of Lockhart
was here last week.
Mr. J. O. Proctor, Jr., of Boston
was in town Sunday.
Mr. E. H. Clark, of Columbia
was in town Monday.
Mr. Monk Lipscomb, of Jones
villc, was here this week.
Mr. J. L. Calvert, of Mt. Tabor
was in the city Wednesday.
The Mutual Dry Goods Co. wil
be closed Thanksgiving Day.
Mr. J. Frost Walker was in Co
lumbia this week on business.
Mr. D. K. Gaffney, of Spartan
\ burg, was in the city this week.
Mr. E. F. Girardeau, of Colum
bia, was a visitor to Union las1
week.
Mr. E. N. Chisolm, city engineei
of Columbia, came up last week t(
inspect the Neal Shoals dam.
Mr. Ben J. Smith, one of th<
most promfnent insurance men ir
the Tarheel State, was here Satur
day.
Mr. W. H. Townsend, formerly
assistant attorney general was ir
town this week on professional bus
iness.
It is probable that a carnival bal
will be given during the carniva
here. A contest for queen of tin
) .. carnival will be held.
Mr. Ike Monk, advance manage;
of the Barkoot Amusement Com
pany, was in Union this week mak
intr Drenarations for the rnminc
carnival during the week of December
11th.
New Drug Store at Buffalo
The new drug store at Buffalc
erected for Berry & Kellar is now
completed and will be ready foi
opening next week. The furnituri
is now being installed and when
completed the store will present a
very handsome interior. Th<j twt
members of the firm, Dr. R. R.
Berry and Dr. G. T. Kellar, art
* both well known and popular and
good business men. Dr. Kellar,
who i^an experienced pharmacist,
r will have charge of the prescription
department.
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I ThonKsaivinn Dav.
Thanksgiving Day will be ob
served at the First Baptist churcl
Sunday morning. It is hoped tha
there will be a full attendance, am
? that each one will come prcparet
to make a contribution to benevo
lence.
L. M. Rick, Pastor.
* Officers of Monarch Mills Reelected.
At a meeting of the stockholder!
? of Monach mill held Tuesday after
noon all of the officers and di
1 vectors were reelected and a dividend
of 3 per cent declared whieli
will be paid January 1st, 1006.
The New Methodist Church
The new Methodist church al
Monarch is now assured of erection,
t The contract for the building ha*
been let and all is now waiting foi
P the lumber which has not yet arj
rived. It is to be hoped that tin
proceeds from the lecture by prof!
Clinkscales on Saturday night'next
J will l>e large enough to add a nic<
1 sum to the building fund.
The McNally-Lindsay Com;
pany.
A new firm has this week been
organized and it bears the name oi
the McNally-Lindsay Company.
I Mr. Thos. McNally is president;
1 Mr. Paul McNally, vice-president;
* and Mr. Herbert Lindsay is secretary
and treasurer. It is capitalized
at $5,000 and will do business
' in stocks, bonds and real estate.
; Remember the Orphans en
ThanKsgivh^i Day.
Services will be held in each
church of this city on Thanksgiving
day and a full attendance is greatly
> desired and sincerely hoped for by
' the good people of the city. Every
one should go prepared to contrib
ute something for the orphans, th<
' poor and the needy in grateful acknowledgment
of the blessings which
> have been bestowed upon them by
the Ggd and ruler of the universe.
People should contribute to th<
I comfort and pleasure of the many
, orphans who aro being cared for ii
, tho different orphanages of th?
i State. "Giving to the poor is lending
to tho Lord."
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1 Rev. Royal Shannonhousc, rcc- Mi
^ tor of the Church of the Nativity, no
1 has resigned his rectorate here and tir
1 will on the first of December leave co
- here for Edgefield to whieh place Ice
he has lieen assigned by Bishop to
Capers who esteems him highly. ha
Many friends made here in his ou
. stay of fifteen months will deeply an
regret the departure of Mr. Shan- hij
nonhouse, for by his genial man- gel
ncr, kind heart, and devoted "work
6 he has attached many to him. be
Edgefield will gain an excellent as
minister and a good man. j de
1 To the Cotton Association of !lviJ
Union County. inj
In compliance with instructions set
from President Harvic Jordan, you lar
t arc requested to meet on Saturday, by
. IVc. 2nd, at your regular places in lar
' each Township, for the purpose of no
increasing your membership and At
perfecting your organizations: You coj
are required to elect a president, nil
vice-president, secretary and trcasu- an
t rer of each sulnlivision in the Couii- we
? Al_- A- * ^ iV "
' itv. /\jhu vu seieci tnreo represon- inj
tatives to meet at Union on M'opday, ^h<
Dec. 4th, to elect county officers,
? and delegates to the State Associa- 1
tion at Columbia on January llrd, eri
1006. All of the above officers will mi
. remain in office until December, inf
r 1900. in
Every person in our County who sta
is interested in its prosperity and mc
success when they see what the he
combined effort of the Cotton Asso- wl
ciation has done for the upholding cia
1 and advancing the price of cotton,
I feel no one will have so little patriotism,
as not to feed it his lamnd- Co
I en duty to unite with us, shoulder fol
to shoulder, to support and build jee
up this organization, to contribute lii|
to its maintenance and to pay mi
promptly your annual dues, and cr<
three cents per bale on all cotton of
made in 1905., an
F. M. Fakh, President. agi
Cotton Association Union County, nu
Building Lots for Sale.
The undersigned will sell to the )y
highest bidder, on Friday, the 1st day
of December, 0 large lots known as the
Charles Bolt property. Will be sold a8
for a division. Sale will begin at 8
o'clock p. m. Terms of sale, ono half
cash, balance on note with mortgage
for 1 months from date of sale. Sale *
wil. I e ha I on premises
T. J. RtTKXBATTOH,
Rsv. T. B. Owkn*, cv<
1ft W. J. Jolly. ho
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EMANDS 15 CENTS
(Continued from 5th page.)
.iry instance I have been told that
i cotton crop in their section
uld reach between GO and 75 per
it of the cotton crop of 1904.
1IOLD FoU FIFTEEN CENTS.
New Orleans. I*a.?Oldtimc bulls
5 getting together, and at a conenco
held in New Orleans a day
two ago at which there were
?sent such men as Frank B.
lync, W. P. Brown, llarvie Jorti,
president of tlio Southern
tton association and others equally
active in sustaining the price of
aerican grown cotton, definite
ins were adopted for the launch\
of the most ambitious bull camign
that the cotton world has yet
\ to consider. This is nothing
>ro nor less than the tieing up
dor contract of some 8,000,000
es of cotton which is to l?e held
til the mills nre ready to pay 15
its per pound, basis middling for
In defense of the practicability of
s plan, it was pointed out that
; current crop can hardly exceed
,000,tMX) bales; that the world's
nning and weaving industry is
w breaking all previous records
the matter of new business and
leral prosperity; that most of
i mills are sold up for a year to
110 on a basis of 11 cents cotton,
1 have not as yet purchased the
ual cotton with which to fulfill
>ir contracts; that the farmer
\ not the speculator is entitled to
ifit by the shortness of the crop;
it very large portion of the crop
i alread been sold below its value,
1 that the remainder must bring
cents if the season's average price
to reach 12 1-2 cents, which is
when contrasted with the
rld's requirements and the 11)05
Id.
President Jordan announces his
ention of immediately sending
ivassers through the cotton states,
ese canvassers will call on the
mers and planters as rapidly as
SJble and secure from them writ)8 %?to
hold as many bales
n ph'dgS|^|,e number of bales to
they absence of cott
stated until m^nceting an inn
offered for 1" T^mli sliiill
easing demand for supj^^up to
ivc brought the hid of
t cents. anwhile, the effc^W. I
eculativc "shorts" to cover tlut
essurc on them is felt, will, it is V
lievcd, exert a signal and favora2
effect on the market both in
lierica and Europe.
"I have already received pledges
im a number of reputable plant?
guaranteeing to take off the
irket many bales of cotton,'' said
r. Jordan. The farmers have
t thus far held cotton for every
lie offers around 11 cents have
me to them they have let go. Bev
that figure only cotton that had
he sold to meet payments due
s been turned loose. It is not
r purpose to ask the farmers who
2 unable to hold cotton for the'
;her prices to embarrass thenives
by so doing, hut rather to int
on full market values or a little
tter. This they have all done,
the market tendency has clearly
nionstrated. Now we have reached
point of vantage where we can
solutely control the situation durl
the remainder of the season.
We will send out canvassers to
ure these pledges, hut expect a
ge ninnlier to come in voluntarily
mail to our headquarters at Atlta.
In fact, such pledges are
w coining to me by every mail,
id within two or thiVt; v.ecks, the
:ton world will awake Jo the sigiieanee
of what we are doing. We
? now a thoroughly organized and
11 equipped body and are recciv;
J,he support arid cooperation of
3 cottop' gpowe^a all' oyer jhp
ith. '
On December 3, the day the gov- j
nnent issues its annual crop estiite,
the farmers will hold meet- j
?s in every cotton growing county .
the south, when they will name y
,to delegates. Later the annual
?eting of the association will )>e j
Id at Hot Springs, Arkansas, t
icn general ollicers for the asso- f
ition will be selected. I
Pres. Harvic Jordan, of Southern
tton Association, has issued the
lowing agreement with the obt
of securing to the farmer the
jhest practical price for the rounder
of this year's small cotton
>p. He SllKKf'StS that the farmers 1
each locality disxruss tho matter
long themselves, sign lip the '
reement for the holding of as '
ich cotton as they can afford to [
te off the market, using the form 1
agreement as below, and prompt- *
mail same to the Southern Cotton ^
sociation at Atlanta, Ga., as soon '
possi hie: t1
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FORM OF AOUKKMKNT. i{
We, the following named citizens I
Postoflioe County 1
State, hereby agree to use <
ry power at our command to t
Id the number of bales of cottou ^
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5 Now We>
g The Best Cook S
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S Sizes and Prices
| The Cha
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Ranges but the Chartei
I than the next best. No
be "just as good" as
"just as good ' a Stove
ALRIGHT. Don't fail
want a cook stove or he
BAILEY FURI
A Handsome Present
SI amounting to :
|\ VEHICLES Ar
1 \ IMPLEM
\W \~ l s ^
m vvflr ?ave just r<
I _h!pment of Wa
1 f!1* Harrows, S
I rowk
Wi Middf Bursters'
1 Wire *nd StaP,
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1 in Iar^fquatitrtw
| low p?iie+wh,ch
8 position^0 sav
1 We inviff efIGry,
ra teres ted i\,,.e
Ik items to ck s
|| People\S
dated opposite our respective nan
'or HO days from date and refuse t<>m
;cll any of said cotton within that
ime for less than fifteen cents per j ft
xmnd, hasis middling, at our mar-J a
tot points: |
The names of all signatures will j
>e confidential ami none given out j
o the public by the. association, I
>nly the aggregate number of hales
roin each county held.
Names j,
Postoflice U
State, j
No. Bales i p
1'KOCLAMATION. il
Mr. Jordan's proclamation to the t<
'armers follows: lv
To all holders of spot cotton:? 1;
ft is now definitely ascertained from 0
ill reliable resources, including the , 1
lepartmont of agriculture at Washington,
I). C., that the present crop
>f cotton will Ik; in the neighborhood
of only ton million hales. ?
Half the crop has already hcen sold u
iround ton cents. An unproee-j a
lentcd demand exists for the hal-1
incc of this crop, which if sold at ,
fifteen cents, would average thfjrice
of the mills at o>'\. 12 1-2
vnts. Wo must tie up at least!
hree million bales at once to con- j
rince the cotton world that we pieau i
?3BT?IS5"T
/t (lot It! g
>tove on Earth. B
; record. Styles, &
to suit all. ^
rter Oak|
el Ranges. ^
the price of Stoves and 3
r Oak costs no more 3
Stove or Range can 13
the best. None are 3
s for $7.50 THAT IS M
to see us when you m
ater. fc#
1ITURE CO. I
with every purchase S
$10 and over. SS
*>JD FARMING 1
ENTS. I
eceived a large i
gons, Buggies, i
moothing Har- j|;
; Turn Plows,?
car load Barbed j|i
:s. We bought m
ss and at a very if
places us In a
e you money, m
one who is in= m
bove mentioned if
ee us. fjjf
upply Co. I
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usiness. If this is done the u?nr-.
et, Aviil advance to our figure. The
nuthevn Cotton Association, therehrc1,
asks all spot holders who a it
ttrto do to subscribe to the
lf/.\nvTK Jordan.
Big Pox Hunh.
Cant\C' ''/^V^f^^a-ned
roin n UAWV l'nnt? '? NVil*
nmsl)urg%t ^. l1> counties.
Ir gives a^BL'"." ^ ^<eription of
he hunts, ?y -0 hounds
i) full cry. de?L" illy sweet music
i> the hunter's^*,r- Eleven foxes
rere caught. 'Cm? foxcs were tho
irge red strii)e<^^^?l':iy8? that can
utrun a red fn# 'irs^ *ew
noticeT%^
citi*
Take notice that ',he un<lcr*i|i:^?^itat?
en* will anp'v C, ll*o ^pcre'sry
>r u "!* '?> \\U?
social ot'tfani* "ti'Ml Of "' V.
w in, 8. c. ^vng
...11111) (iflUlt,
VV. T Austell.
.T IV Hunco'k,
M B L e,
.1<'S?'|?1) Crawford,
Al S Funcett,
T, J. Canlt,
\V A. L Kelly,
T. K. Foster