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gOLIR Bl ?J1 1 V ICLEA I I Will S I! and co H Don't buy H or Furnish H Sale start |1 This will I II had. W t H| the big re< SS hPMPMDRH Till ?KLi lLI IULK I ni mBAIL LOCAL LACONICS. 11 Happenings of Interest f About Town. Mr. J. C. Hunter has been reappointed postmaster. Mrs. R. P. Harry is convalescent after a week's illness. Mr. Jno. D. Smith, of Carlisle,1 called at the office of The Times this week. I !Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Norman left for their country home Thursday. Mr. Norman expects to farm this year. We wish him much success. ftopt. Oliver Sarratt, of the U. S. 3CT7 formerly of Gaffney, arrived in | the city Thursday to visit his sister, Mrs. L. J. Hames. His wife and i daughter came over several days I ago, so he joined them here. Mr. Jas. H. Rodger entertained' about 30 elderly gentlemen Thursday evening at hi? hospitable home on Main street. Everyone expressed themselves as spending a most delightful evening. A salad course was served during the evening. * We regret to announce that Mr. J. T. Dudley, who has been in charge of the Bailey Furniture Manufacturing Company for the past year, will go to Jacksonville, Florida, about the 10th of February. In Jacksonville he will be connected | with the Florida Moving and Stor-' iage Company of that city. Mr. Dudlej and wife have made many warm friends during their stay in ?i * *ii i ii . i tnis cny ana win do saaiy missca in the church and social circle. Our best wishes attend them in their new heme. A Change in the Dates of Services, i Rev. J. C. Lawson requests us to announce that the preaching apf \ pointments at Hebron church this ygar \v)U be on the third Sunday , in each month instead of tho first as heretofore. In accordance with this the next preaching service will bo held on the third Sunday in 'i February at 11 o'clock. A like change will be mado at the knitting ' mills am1 services will be held there ^ on the third Sunday jiightt of each month. Subscribe for The Union Times and Metropolitan Magazine. Only $1,80 for both papers a year, the Mrioa of the maiui&v stkme. SVW ww w 9Wltw gsemTT ELLOW TA( N UP tart January # ntinue for one ' Clothing, Sh ling Goods un1 s - - - >e the biggest sale itch next week's ] luction in price. : DATE AND DON'1 EY - COPEL UNION, S. C. mToni'w mi iwi iiii. IIIT wiijmii TBrE7^r>i^irE"J>rE7Mrr"lfcrf"llrrriir>-v<ir>v< ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS Of the Union Manufacturing and Power 1 Company Held Tuesday?Election of Officers. The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Union Manufacturing and Power Company was held on <; Tuesday, 23rd inst. Mr. . Emslie \ Nicholson was called to the chair ( and presided over the meeting. t There are 5,000 shares in this com- r pany and out of this number about ] 2,800 shares were represented. < Five directors were elected as follows: Emslie .Nicholson, Lewis \V. ] Parker of Greenville, F. S. Richard- , son of New York, W. P. Heineken y of New York, E. W. Robertson of j Columbia. At a meeting held in t the afternoon of the same day the ] directors elected Mr. Edwin Robert- } son president and treasurer, Mr. ^ i Emslie Nicholson vice-president, f W. P. Heineken secretary and general manager of the Union Manufacturing and Power Company. In the petition filed in the U. S. ] Court to have a receiver appointed f for this company, Judge Brawley ( said if the petitioners and others j interested could agree upon a president and manager he did not see! the necessity of appointing a re-1 ceiver and would not do so in the | event these officers were chosen. It is now very probable that there will be no further effort made to have a receiver appointed. Court ProGeecings. * ' Civil court convened Monday morning at 10 o'clock with Judge, Mcmmingcr presiding. The following cases have been disposed of: Mamie G. Kirby, vs. Western Union Telegraph Co., for damages sustained by not promptly delivering a telegram. Verdict: She was given $500. Plaintiff was represented by DePass & DePass, Beaty & Walker, defendant by Sawyer, i Evans <fc Finley. Thomas vs. Southern Railroad,1 was continued. Plaintiff, DePass & DePass; defendant, Townsend <fc Townsend. i I W. R. McCormick vs. Southern |! Railway, damages sustained by ; criminal neglicence on part of Rail-' I way for burning his lumber yard, i J This case is being tried at present, j i Tho plaintiff is represented by - Scaifo & Hamblin, DePass & De Pass; defendant by Townsend & A - . - ANNUAL I SALE 27th I week. I oes, Hats ? til this Big I i we ever 111 paper for ii r GO WRONG. H KM .AND ca I IN THE UNITED STATES COURT fhe Southern Railway Comes Into the Case of the Mercantile Trust and Deposit Company Against the Union and Glenn Springs Railroad. An order was taken in the United States Circuit Court Tuesday makng the Southern Railway, on its >wn petition, a party to the defendint in the case of the Mercantile Trust and Deposit Company, of Baltimore, against the Union and jilenn Springs Railroad Comnanv. The order directs the Southern Railway to answer the bill on the ules day in February, setting up vhat interest it may have in the property of the defendant company ind its rights in the premises as it may be advised. The railroad, it vill be remembered, was ordered placed in the hands of a receiver some days ago. The above clipped from the News ind Courier only confirms the opinion expressed by the Union Times jome months ago; that the Southern Railroad had a finger sticking in this pic from the start. ILLNESS OF GEN."WHEELER. He has an Attack of Pneumonia, but It is Said to be a Mild Case. New York, January 23.?That Gen. Joseph Wheeler has a mild attack of pneumonia was announced today at the homo of his sister, Mrs. Sterling Smith, in Brooklyn, where finn Whcplpr ia ill Mr. Smith said: "Gen. Wheeler was stricken with pleurisy on Thursday. Pneumonia dcveleped on Sunday. Dr. A. J. McCorkie is in charge of tho case and had Dr. E. G. Jane way in consultation on Monday. Tho case is a mild one, temperature being only about 100. He is resting easily and we hope for a speedy receovery. His son, Major Joseph Wheeler, Jr., and two of his daughters are with him." It was announced this "evening that Gen. Wheeler's condition was unchanged. ?News and Courier. The above account of the serious illness of that tried and true Confederate veteran will be sad news to many Confederate veterans who remember this grand old man and his many brave acts as a cavalry comdMfiaq tfc* ~ A NEWS AROUND SANTUC. A Scarcity of Hands on the Farms. Other Local News. "Old winter will not long be king; We're drifting down toward May, And soon the little birds of spring Will warble forth their lay." Ah, don't be too fast. We will have many a cold day yet. Mr. I. M. Mobley, of Goshen Hill, was in Santuc last Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Sims of the section of Hebron church visited relatives in Santuc Saturday and Sunday. The Santuc Mercantile Company has just gotten in a bunch of horses mostly all pairs. Mr. S. J. Davis has moved with his family to Laurens and we recrret' to to lose him as a friend and citizen. Mr. "Bird" Vaughan, who lived near Sardis, has sold out there, bought a farm near here and has moved his family on to it. Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Sheally have gone to Trenton for a short stay, Mr. Sheally being called as a witness in court. This warm, sultry, foggy weather is Tat her oppressive and is producing a big crop of colds in this section. 74 degrees was reached Sunday. The thermometer readings thow that this winter up to date is a mild one, though there were almanac predictions that it would be severe. IS degrees was the lowest and that was fleeting. I believe the hens throughout this section are doing rather well laying, and 110 one owning them are complaining of having no eggs. The old hens are rather respectable this winter. The little pond frogs broke out in a "service of song" last week, and they seem to have a protracted meeting. It is not often they are much heard before February. My thanks are due Senator Till-' man for a copy of the year book of the department of agriculture for 1904. This is rather late, but they are hard to be supplied and Senator Tillman and Section Director J. W. Bomar generally manage to get me one, and I appreciate their efforts. The "Consumers Fancies" in it is particular good reading. Tho small grain crop (and it is a small crop of grain) is looking fine; no severe weather to set it back as yet. But many farmers did not sow much oats last fall for two reasons, because of very hard land and because of fear of winter killing. We have had a great deal of rain of late, but if the land dries down DnflR/\iAn4lt? in /Inn 4imA 4-V*nvX mill DU1I1VAUI1VIJ ) AAA VtUU I/1IVAV If AAA probably be a quantity sown this spring, and sometimes they make fine. | There is a scarcity of hands this year, and many fields will be "lying out" the coming year. Methods of obtaining hands are changing, and the "public works" which many, people boost up as being conducive to building up the country is largely i responsible for farming conditions as many view it. Then the desire to have a mule to ride on Sunday or a top buggy, and to go in debt, appeals to most of the negroes. As to working for wages, ciuoth most negroes, never-more. Wonder what is the per cent of ! reduction for the cotton crop this ! year fixed by the Southern Cotton Association? This brings to mind that I think the ftssociatfo^to one extent at least, is unfah4pgEfe*hcr inconsistent. To wit; ciferously to reduce > Now a great number/ are renters, they are^* >wc j acreage to raise prK^ never a I word is said about ^"^.Sg rents to . them in proportion. ^^."u big landlord got 100 bales \$i cotton five years ago when a ' big crop was planted and prices at 6 to 7 cents. he now, when farmers are urged to reduce, still gets the 100 bales at from 10 to 12 cents. Perhaps he is raising his rents. The small renters aro raising the price by shorter crops and the others are getting their full crop. Of course if a man is a big farmer and raises it himself it is quite different, but the ones who receive a full crop of rents in the face of a short crop by the producer are the ones who are getting rich. Verily, a big, full crop, with only two to three bales per horse falling to the renter at 7 cents per pound is better in the long run for the army of renting men than a short crop with a half to one bale falling to his share at 10 or 11 cents. No, sir, short orops, big rents, even with big prices, is not putting much money in a renters pocket. Then this big price is making many buy up and hoard land to the curse of the country. Let there be equity. Then there ought not be two*4 minimum prices" set for one season. I will not let out* on this at this time. Hey Denver. The Times and the Metropolitan # Magazine for only 11.80 a year. [special I FOR ONI ii o cz 70 ins. S8 S/> INS jjx c A |j Our No. 150 Bed, 70 in j& wide, handsomely car S rich walnut color. We 8 hundred and twenty-fh fl $5.00, for ONLY $3.85 SF 1 BAILEY FURI mm ? K HAILE'S, THE LEAI eg 1 THEY'RE 1 g = | THE MOST I | UNE | LADIES $1.50 A iJS Hn r* icrh m qy CVLK urrcKCU I gg DO NOT COMP1 W? 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