Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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\ UNION AND SUBURBS HAS 3 |T ^ ^jT y ~W y y jf*\ *W" y gf y y *y y '^/^y UNI0N AND SUBURBS HAS B a Female Seminary, Five Graded I B I I J Hi I B m > B ' B m. / H I J Firo Largo Cotton Mills, Knitting 2 HEILS"I M H I i\ IK | \ I I VI H 5?rMrr*riwrrrr ? gate capital of $250,000. Macuda- O I | I I j Nil m I V W ' m < B I W I I ^ IV 011 M111' Furulturo Manufacturing # mixed streets, Population 12,000. ^ J ^ ^B^ 9 ^B^ B W B 3B^ and Lumber Yards, Water Works. k : \ - sv VOL. LV1 NO 14. UNION, SOUTH CAROLINA, J^glPAY, APRlfTo^?^ $1.00 A YEAR. I WE PAY II ON TIME D Wm. A. NICHO I BANK THE STATE CORN CONTEST. 1 r- C To Be Conducted by a State Commis- , slon. There Will be a Contest of ( Farmers And a Special Contest for 5 School Ghildren. J Columbia, March 29?Special : JI Commissioner Watson returned c last night from Clemson College,1 V where on Wednesday a meeting ( of the State corn contest com- * mission, created by the Legisla- j ture, was held. xne other members are Dr. Mell and Prof. Har- < per, of Clemson. Practically all 1 of Mie details of the contest were < ari ^nged by the commission, and , judging from the inquiries al- I reauy received there will be a large number of entries. All ol the commissioners believe that tiiis contest will .result in great good to the farmers of the State and stimulate the growing of cereals. It was determined to h-ive all correspvVience go t.irough the departmtTkal office " ' " - ? 'i OAmmiooinnpr at L-Oiumom, anu wmu.,uu.v.lv. Watscn is to receive the entries, and the nvodunu ?? ready. The commission determined to adopt the beneficial plan used in Illinois, and some of the other lead..:~> States of providing for a school children's corn contest in connection with the main content, and Commissioner Watson will at once furnis'h a supply of circulars, etc., relating to this to the county superintendents of education. After considering the matter of the South Caroiina contest, and this State's participation ir the national contest in all it* phases, the commission issuec the following: To the farmers of South Caro lina : The largest crop of corn ev er produced on an acre of lan was grown by Capt. Z. J. Drak< of Marlboro county, S. C. In th great contest, which was coi ducted by the American Agricu turalist several years ago. Cap Drake produced on a single ac 265 bushels of shelled corn. T1 marvelous yield surprised fan ers of the great corn belt, and i many years they haye bean ti - .? tnfs record. It JIl^ IA/ doubtful if the world record gr? Capt. Drake will ever be brok No single event in the history agriculture has called forth m favorable comment to the aj cultural possibilities of the So than the crop of corn grown Capt. Drake. He not only \ the grand prize offered by American Agriculturist, but also won the $500 given by State of South Carolina, as as many minor prizes. Another cereal contest much wider range is now b conducted by the Orange*. Company, publishers of American Agriculturalist, which they offer $5,000 to b< tributed in prizes. This co is national in scope,and thou.' ~e from all parts c I U1 lai iiiv> ~ I country have already ma( ? plication for entry. Hundn I prizes from various indiv I have been offered, and fa N have an opportunity of wj i one or more prizes in this I test. I THE OBJECTS OP THE CO ft are as follows : X. To oaoouretfe MTEREST I HIMIIMM I I EPOSITS. I ' LSON & SON, | 1 ERS. ^ ;ion of seed and better grade of 1 soil. s 2. To center attention upon < varieties that are superior for ' jach section, and to introduce >eed of such varieties that are ? Dure and true to name, and to 1 Drove that when such varieties ? ire grown under normal condi- f dons it is not necessary to so fre- ? juentl.v change seed. k 3. To encourage better moth- f )ds of culture and harvesting, so \ is to largely increase average \ fields per acre and improve qual- * tv, ... . .1 4. lo snow iiiau t>ucii xuauua :an be had at less expense of c ime, money and labor when in- s urease in yield is considered. ( 5. To prove methoc k of mark- c sting and conversion of crop into c largest possible cash returns. 6. To increase grain growers' * profits on each acre each year. 7. To promote the keeping of < intelligent records and the use of ' business principles in farming, ( besides fostering the farmers' { prosperity and the welfare of the 1 whole people. ] NATURE OF THE CONTEST. J There will be three general classes, including corn, wheat and oats. Fqjc this .year South , tfertOfir i their plans to enter both wheat and corn in 1907. The contest will cover a period of .five years, beginning this season. Fach yerr's work will be complete in I itself. The contestant must beg/^this season, but is not reI yC?ri oomnete at each year ' VII CU IV r Unless he so desires. The rewards will be made final each season. The first year each grower will be required to grow at least one acre of the crop of whatever kind he selects. F-^r this season corn is the one selected t for South Carolina. The same individual may compete for each 3 class of grain grown, but for only 1 one variety in each class. For South Carolina, Marlboro . Prolific and Coke's Prolific, Mosby's Prolific corn, seem to be " well adapted for this contest. d Any other variety can be selected if for the contest. The farmer maj is select any one acre from the crof 1_ he has planted and enter it in thii , contest. Each contestant cai follow his own judgment in th< 't* selection of soil, mode of culture re harvesting and marketing. A jjs particulars relative to growth,ti lage, etc., will be recorded in th . Contestant's Manual, which als :or contains invaluable data aboi rV- a?raaia Hi) wall ae rocnrda for r '? ports, etc. This manual is so 03 to contestants at actual cost en- printing, binding and mailing f 03 50 cents, or is given free to su or.e scribers of the American Ag ?ri," culturalist who remit $1.00 fo: -i Anvonem uin year's suoscupnw,.. _ 1 compete in this contest whett ^on they are subscribers to the Am the lean Agriculturalist or not, 1 {Je the manual is really a necess the for keeping their records of wel1 acre entered in the contest. of a RULES OF THE CONTEST eing Any farmer may compeb Judd this contest and there are no i the or dues. Each contestant i in furnish one sample bushel of < edis- from the acre grown the ntest year, which is to be judged sands then sold for the benefit of pi >f the for the succeeding years. 1 le ap- farmer is also to furnish a ids of of sample seed for chemical i iduals ysis. The details as to the ] rmers where this corn is to be senl i lotor. Each conte nning oe ? j con- is to furnish full reports v are to be recorded in the intf^t te8tantr' Manual, so that his and results may be. judg< cording to the following sc 1. Purity and selection of seed HI 10 points. 2. Methods of culture 25 points. * 3. Records of manual, includng clearness, completeness, .accuracy, etc., 15 points. 4. Yield 25 points. 5. Quality, including market frade, sale ability, feeding value i L0 points. t0I 6. Profits re~ Jting from the a(j, entire acre 15 points, making a ?a :otal of 100 points. ] HOW TO ENTER THE CONTEST. ] Any farmer in South Carolina hi^ :an compete for the South Caro- cal ina State prize, as well as the thi frand prize. To enter the ccn- wii est simply write to E. J. Wat- bu' ;on, commissioner of agriculture dm lommerce and immigration, Co- del umbia, S. C., the following: rec "Dear Sir: I wish to enter the aff rreat cereal contest of the Amer- ha' can Agriculturalist to improve be rrain growers' profits, and com- pe< >ete with an acre of corn for the ele >rize offered by the State of cai Jouth Carolina and any other cor irizes that this entry will entitle wa ne to. I enclose $1 for the Amer- I c can Agriculturalist and a copy of I u l. . i-i. it l r i nP? jig boniesiani s ivianuai lor necp- i <n i ng the records of the acre en- Th :ontestant is not 'alrea'uyri?f otfce lim] icriber and does not want to be- ha :ome a subscriber to the Ameri- goi :an Agriculturalist he should en- 1 ;lose only 50 cents, for the Con- ad ;estant's l|anual. This will be pa forwarded at once.) thj Give your name, postoffice and in iounty. As there is no time to to ose, farmers should take hold ho )f this at once, as there is a great of opportunity of some one winning dis ;his great cash prize, as well as co; nany smaller prizes for a single elt icre of corn this season. ivi CASH PRIZES FOR SOUTH CARO- UP LINA FARMERS th At its last session the South Carthe'famers'?o'r South 'Carolina who enter the national cereal con- ha test inaugurated by the OrangeJudd Company, of New York, fch publishers of the American Agriculturalist. This money is to w be awarded as a supplement to ^ the grar i prizes offered, the Or- ^ ange-Jilud Company heading the , list with $5,000 cash. The award- ^ ing of the State r/izes is under n the direction and control of Com- ^ missioner of Agriculture, Com- ^ merce and Immigration E. J. Q Watson, of Columbia; Dr. r.. H. r Mell, president of Clemson Col- t lege, and Prof. J. N. Harper, y head of the department of agn- ^ P/vllarro culture at Uiemson VUllbgvi If a South Carolina farmer cap- , tures the Orange-Judd grand : prize of $500, as did Capt. Drake in the former contest, $200 in ad( dition is to be awarded out of the j State appropriation to the successful contestant, making a } grand cash prize for one acre of * $700. 1 In case the grand prize is not e won by a South Carolina farmer j', the $200 from the State approI priation is to be awarded in special prizes as follows: One $100 prize and two $50 1(? prizes for the successful contestil ants. . * "* In addition to the above for the H best work of any competitor in South Carolina on an acre of corn: , First prize, $50; second prize, f $20; and three prizes of $10 each making a total of $100. ay FOR THE SCHOOL CHILDREN. ier The remaining $200 shall be de er- voted to encouraging the worko > mj?? ? State o 3Ut ' school Cjlliuien 41% v??w P, iity 1 South Carolina in selecting, test the ing and growing corn under th auspices of the Young Folk' Grain Club, organized by th American Agriculturalist, info: jr in mation and circulars concernir fees which will be sent to the counl 3 to school superintendents by Cor 2?rn rnissioner Watson. These priz first will be as follows: First pri2 and $25; second o^ke, $15; thi rizes prj7,e, $10; ten^rizes of $6 ea( Kach twenty prizes of $5 each, and 8 pint ty prizes or $1 each. The detf anal- 0f awarding these prizes will place given later. t will County and local school sup stant intendents are asked to inter vhich themselves in the matter and C?n" ganize clubs propmptly. work E. J. Watson, to U Moll. StoS J- N." Harper. SUU CotR Gwteet CQWW" .LMAN ISSUES MANIFESTO " TO CITIZENS OF THE STATE. o Important Topics, The Whiskey Question and Party Control-State vs. County Dispensary?Review of Situation to Date. Washington, March 31.?Sena Tillman issued the following dress to the people of South rolina: Fellow Citizens: [t is only from a sense of the rhesl^nuhlk duty that I feel led upon to andreoo-^ ^ time. Burdened as I am th national concerns nothing t obligations to the people ince me to take upon my shoulrs the additional work of dicing your attention to matters ecting the State alone. But I ve never felt or believed it to the wish and intention of the jple of South Carolina that my ction to the Senate should lse me ta lose all interest and icern about home affairs. I s a citizen and taxpayer before jver held any office at all and /ill be a citizen and taxpayer ;er I shall cease to irefore if ^d from my point of view !^rtJg"to take no interest and | |e no thought about \Vhat is !^8 ?n in Snyfh Pnnnliw L have received a great deal of viqe recently from the newspers of our State to the effect it I should attend to my duties Washington and leave others discuss and direct affairs at me. The common trend of all this advice is that I should scuss national questions in the ming State campaign, be re;cted< to the Senate, with or thout opposition, and not stir ' strife. I am warned and I not not heed is with Bay us'liafVJTVf ii* bftuntness ant ?et rmine the whole question. I ,ve never sought to dictate to e people; I have only told them e truth as I see it, given my >inions for what they were orth, and I am always willing ? abide by their action whatever lat may be. It is so in this in;ance. It gives me no concern lat my return to the Senate lay be jeopardized. There are hings more to be dreaded than he loss of a seat in the Senate, ne is the loss of my own selfespect. I have been trusted bj he people of South Corolina am lave been hono*??j. kx. ihom fa; jeyond my deserts, nave peei _ looHpr ana beei jhosen as men IVUVi followed loyally. Now, if afte L6 years I should from selfis motives betray their confidenc and allow ambition to draw m aside from the path of duty, would deserve and expect to r ceive their contempt and punisl ment at the polls. I, therefor scorn all suggestions of coward non-interference in State affair The people know me too Well be fooled by the assertion that is my desire to boss or diets for my sole purpose is to gi them the benefit of my expe ence and knowledge and of such advice as in my iudgnru will be conducive to the put welfare. Then I will abide che fully by whatever exclusion tl t may reach. "Teach the pec and trust the people," was J erson's motto; teach the pec and trust the people is equally - motto and that is all that I s f tn do at this time. ^ <iuuui %, f THE RESOLUTION OF 1890 ,e Sixteen years ago there w 8 revolution in South Can ie which gave the common pe r" of the state for the first tin its history that recognition v> was their due and made the n" reality the masters of our p es affairs. The old ring was ;e{ thrown; the primary s> ?, which gave every man hov poor and humble an equal with every other man ho> "ls rich and high followed; th< be state constitution gave us te ary immunity from negro or" utmost freed ,v", natiwn, ?? | est discussion in all political > or~ ties was assured; andundei new impulses the state has i ed forward like a race horse all progressive lines. Th< | on % -rmmmmmammmmammmmmmmmmamam F. M. FARR, President. T H Merchants and Planl Successfully Doing Busine J I Mi is tbo OLDB8T Rank in U fl has a capital and surplus c S Is the only N4TIONAI. Ih 9 has paid dividends -raou M nays FOUR per cent, int g is tho only Hank in Union JJ has Hurslar-Hroof vault, i B pays more taxes than ALL WE EARNESTLY S(flLIC /? A SURPRISE MARRIAGE. Miss Bess Gtfynn Long, of Union, and Ni Mr. William Claude Wilborn, of I frncs K?vc R?rnma Man and V"VJJ uuwmu nun uiiu Wife. lu The People of Cross Keys, H union and the vicinity of both c< places have not been treated to a greater, or more agreeable surprise than that of the announce- 01 ment of the quiet marrias-e of U1 Miss Bess Gwynn Long to Mr. di aiterii^S^y^.Wilburn*_S.undav to residence of Rev. E. Z. Jdmes, 03 amony. Mr. aud Mrs. W. Claude Wilburn left the home of the groom's parents, Mr. and Mrs. C1 B. G. Wilburn, Sunday afternoon ?( in a buggy together ostensibly 18 for a pleasant ride, and when w they returned and told that they g] were married Mr. and Mrs. B. G. s' Wilburn nor any one else believed it, thought as it was the first of *r April the young people were play- pj ing a practical April fool upon J) them. The bride was at the t] time of her marriage engaged in e boHftyiflg.the Cross Keys school vvTn 0..- '*>3! B. G Wil- ? bride is the eldest daugnter of Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Long, of this city, and is well known and uni- , versally popular, being a lady of a lovely and most charming per- j, sonalitv, and highly accomplish- J ed and deservedly a iavorite wherever she is known. ] The groom is a prosperous and j 1 popular young farmer of Cross ' f Keys, second son of Mr. and j i Mrs. B. G. Wilburn. We extend ' ? this happy couple our heartfelt * congratulations and best wishes ; for their future happiness and i prosperity. n 1110 PICIiaoo VI vnm , r h BY DR. FELIX ADLER. OF COLUM:e BIA UNIVERSITY. ie I The real menace of child labor e- comes from the moral obliquity h- of a great era of prosperity, e, What we have to fear in the danly gers of childhood is just what s. we have to fear from the danto gers of our national life that it have been revealed in the reckite less and thoughtless actions ol ive those engaged in the admisistra >ri- tion of trust funds in our life in fer surance companies. fr'u~ o-eneral cause rur.ninj ant A IIC UlIV ?) W*. 3lic through the political debaucher; :er- of this industr?.l age, the mors hey debauc? erv duti to misuse c pie weaith and position, is the sam eff- as that which produces the phi >ple sical debauchery incident to tf my exploitation of the child, hall The emancipation of childhoc from economic servitude is a so ial reform of the first magnitud If it comes to be an understo* as a thing that a certain sacredne alina "doth hedge around" a chi! jople' that a child is undustrially 1 ne in booed,that to violate its rights rhich to touch profanely a holy thii tm in that it has a soul which must i ublic he blighted for the prospect over- : mere gain, if this be genen rstem conceded with regard to vever child, the same essential reas vntp ing will be found to apply i " + Vl 0\7 j vever t) the aduit wortvcio, v..^, 3 new , wiH not be looked upon as n mpor- commodities, as mere ins domi- ments for the accumulator om of riches. activi-1 . I have great hopes for the r these justment of our labor difficu oound- on a higher plane, if only we i along Rain the initial victory of ii are are eating regard for the higher man nature that is present trSfttiaUy in the child. ?k'.' '" 'I I'i'i'i , -Li!_?' J. D. ARTHUR, Cashier. | B 1 ers National Bank, | tss at the "Old Stand." nion, ?f $10\000, ink in Union. nti.-ifr to JW10 400. oroRi on donnsilp. inspected by nil ollieer, ?nd Safe with Time-Lock, i the Itunks in Union combined. :iT YOUR BUSINESS. A VERY SERIOUS CHARGE. 3gro Odd Fellows Said to Have Formed Conspiracy to Burn. Columbia, Mfr-ch 30. ? The Coimbia Record Jpays that Officer . W. Holloway, has what he )nsider3 as reliable information lat some score of alleged inceniary fires which he is workiner 1 jn different parts of the state ider the comptroller general's rection, are directly traceable , , ? plots , Wnrkorl ' ? f members against white men, rftinp^ whnm -it?im- desired to rike a blow in the dark. Mr. Holloway has been inform1 that one of the so-called prinples of the order as it has desnerated in the hands of these ;norant negroes is to "correct rongs" perpetrated against neroes by white men who are too ;rong to be struck in the open: ad the cases he has investigated 1 Abbeville, Orangeburg and aurens counties have confirmed lis suspicion, and the informa on lodge members have impartd to him. On the night of the 17th, or ather the morning of the 18th 3 VllVXltliiVlfigWii Jl/vv?v??> ?? *? he negroes out-number the whites, perhaps 20 to 1, the big >arns of W. J. Adair and the Iwelling of S. A. Philson, were >urned at the same time, with he neighborhood Odd Fellows odge in session up to 4 o'clock Sunday morning. Ordinarily a ire of this kind, in the country attracts several hundred negroes but that night the negroes did not stop at the fire in Soing to and fro from the lodge meeting and only two or three servants wnrkinc on the places, could be obtained to help save the household effects and goods from the is that the whites of that neighbo'rhdoa. ~ . ./ The result was that practically nothing was saved at either place. The colored lodge at this place meets almost daily, frequently remaining in session all night, A Note of Warning to the Nation. ! BY JAMES J. IIILL, PRESIDENT OF : THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY. The nation at large is prosp^" ous. We are cutting a wide ? swath, there is no doubt of that. J If we get down, however, to a ,f closer examination we will readie ily see that the nation is living {- profligately. ie We are selling out our natural resources?exploiting them as >d fast as we can, without building c- up industries and trade relations e. to take their place when exod hausted. :ss It is only a question of time Id, till our lumber is exhausted. rviihlip domain is all gone, ca- vui ? is and the nation cannot longer / ig, boast that it has homes for all. not Where are the immigrants rushof ing to our shore to end up? Not illy on the land. We have no more the to offer them. They must crowd on- into the cities. also When this nation has one huntoo, dred and fifty million people, lere they will have to do something tru- elsejthan exploit natural resouri of ces to earn a living. We will eventually have to i ad- meet the commercial competion lties England is meeting today, and i can have to face such problems as nc?l- she is facing with 1,500.000 un hn- employed crying for bread, with "" no bread to leea tnem??v?? ' charity doles it out to then*