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VOL. LVI NO 17. UNION, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, APRIL 27. IGftrt
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I j WE PAY I
I ON TIME D
a] Win. A. NICHO
| BANK
THIRD EARTHQUAKE
ONE PERSON KILLED I
THE PARTLY WRECKED WAILS AND 1
CHIMNEYS WERE THROWN DOWN.
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Slight Excitement Caused by tiie SbOGk. '
Business Being Resumed at a '
sfr Rapid Rate and Conditions )
Generally are Steadily i
;/ Improvidg. s
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Mp San Francisco, April 25.?An s
^earthquake shock this afternoon I
toppled over several tottering y
walls and cracked chimneys, left t
by the severe shock of last Wed- r
nesday and the fire that followed, a
and killed one woman in her s
home: The shock was not se- t
vere but the partly wrecked con- t
dition of walls and chimneys resuited
in the upsetting of some y
matonry. The shock was barely i>
perceptible in Oakland and vicin- tl
ity, and was not felt far from d
San Francisco, according to re- c
ports received tonight. w
Today's earthquake caused ti
slight excitement of short dura- tl
tion among many nersons who c<
have been wrought to a nign .
state of excitement by the awful lc
happenings of the last week but t(
nnier. and assurance was soon re- tl
stored. tl
. This was a day of optimistic a
reports from all sides, b
"Conditions improving," was o
the happy expression from those tl
who have charge of caring for
their less fortunate fellow townsmen
during the last few days.
In fact, no.v that the most im- j
portant duty will hereafter be
performed by the United States 1'
army, that "of distributing the b
food and supplies which have ^
been given lavishly, the citizens
qi San Francisco have turned
their jfttention to details of the v
reconstruction of their business, c
RESUMPTION OF BUSINESS. E
There was resumption of busi- e
ness to an astonishing extent to\
day considering conditions, ?
throughout the residential quart- 1
er. Retail stores were instruct- *=
ed to reopen and the municipal 1
government has established a 8
scale of prices for the most im- 8
portant commodities which even 1
is below that existing under normal
conditions. Warning was c
given retailers hat any effort on 1
their part to rge exorbitant ?
prices would/ t in summary '
action by thy J>rities.
Street car/ are promised fr>r 1
tomorrow morning and electric (
lights will be turned on tomor- 1
: - ~ tm .1. u.,;u <
row evening. xiicwuiivui uuuuing
and improving chimneys is ]
proceeding rapidly, but it will be 1
some time before it is safe to al- 1
^ low fires.
^ The preparation of the morn- <
ing and evening meals, for San
Francisco as a rale does not partake
of more than that number
at present, is a picturesque sight.
In front of every house there is a
small improvised furnace or a
cookstove on which the food is
prepared. *
In some cases servants remain
faithful to their employers and
to them the cooking is entrusted:
but it is no unusual thing to see
the wives of men who a few days
ago were the possessors of fortunes
stirring . the porridge or
deftly manipulating bacon and
eggs.
TO BED AT NIGHTFALL.
San Francisco goes to bed at
nightfall. While the extremely
rigid rule concerning lights in
houses has been modified, still
the general situation is considered
by the average citizen to be
so unsafe at night that he retires
without goi04 abroad, and in
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NJFRFiT j_,
EPOSITS. I
LSON & SON, I !;
ERS. I |f<
OHBRStOnnBED^
many cases without showing a,r
light in his house. Many reports S
have been made during the last j n
few days of shots fired into ! $
houses that showed a light and ; I
few are disposed to take chances. . J
Mayor Schmitz today took a! n
mi siana against "citizens' pro- ' $
:ective committees'' organized in ' I*
nany sections of the city by men i J
vho undertook to regulate the IE
ilfairs of their neighborhood, j 5
Many complaints have been made j E
tgainst these ' committees.'"
tesponsible citizens have been is
topped at night and made to ex- N
ilain why they were abroad h
ifter dark and even shots have h
>een fired at persons who had a j si
ight to go anywhere they pleased ! s<
,t any hour. It was one of the !
o-called "vigilance committees': ! hi
hat is to be held responsible for I m
he death of Maj. Tilden, who } cc
/as shot while performing relief ; It
/ork. The mayor today gave I as
istructions that the members of in
hese "committees" were to be j
isarmed wherever found by the be
ity police and if any resistance j ti:
/as offered they were to be hi
reated as looters, which means co
lat they .are to be shot without pe
eremony. Vvi
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>us problem. It was decided j ti'
>day that still further restric-. to
ons should be put on the use of j
he water now available. Here-1 be
fter until the water system has gi
een repaired there is to be but j hi
ne water faucet for each block
hroughout the city.?The State. j at
Death oi Dr. J. M. Lawson.
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Dr. J. M. Lawson died in Co-11;,
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jmbia Sunday, April 22, and his gi
iody was brought to Union Tues- . b;
lay for burial. He had gone co j ^
he hospital for treatment, and j ^
yhile there contracted an acute ; t(
ase of pneumonia which rapidly
?rogressed in severity and result- B
id in his death. ^
Dr. Lawson was endowed with .
l brilliant mind and was a ph.vs- .?
cian of marked ability. He was 1 j,
iducated at South Carolina col- I
ege and graduated in medicine
it the Baltimore Medical college,
ifterwar.is spending one year in j
he hospital in Baltimore. j ^
Dr. Lawson was early left an : J
>rphan and was an only child. ?
de was reared by his uncle,Mr. '
I. C. Shuttlesworth who resides
n the Hebron neighborhood. His ^
father and mother were buried at "
Padgetts creek. Dr. Lawson had P
ixpressed a desire to be buried
it Hebron. Here he was buried ,
>n Tuesday, April 24. The funeral
exercises were conducted[
by Rev. L. M. Rice. A large
number of friends attended the:
burial. He was thirty-seven .
years old.
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Two South Carolinians. i
D. Frank Houston, a native of i
Darlington, South Carolina, was J
inaugurated president of the university
of Texas last week, and
Samuel W. T. Lanham, a native
of Spartanburg, South Carolina.
who is now governor of Texas, .
made an address. Mr. Lanham, (
served in the Confederate army,
and after the war he moved to 1
Texas, carrying his possessions
in an ox-team. Mr. Houston is
a son of the post-bellum period.
Though a poor boy, he has earned
his right to recognition in the
literary and educational world.
It gives us great pleasure to thus
present to the youth of today
these two men of Carolina blood
and birth, as examples of perseverance.
industry, and nobility
'of character and lofty ideals?
| The Baptist Press, |
JONESViLLE G1TIZENS HELP
SAN FRANCISCO SUFFERER:
Memorial Service Held in Honor of (
B. Fowler?Protracted Meeting c
laptlst Church?Memorial ServiGe
to Be Held at Gilead Cemetery o
May lOtlu
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Jonesville, April 23.?(Special
Last Sunday at the Methodis
ihurch the Sundav school mad<
lp $30.50 for the San Francisc*
sufferers which was forwarder
lirect. Following is a list o:
hose that contributed, and tin
imounts: W. H. S. Harris. $2.00
L J. Littlejohn, $5.00; J. P. A1
nan. $2.00: J. L. McWhirter
>2.50, Mrs. J. L. McWhirter
'5.00; Miss Marie McWhirter,
11.00; D. L. McLaughlin, $1.00
)r. M. W. Chambers, $1.00; W.
. Weathersbv, $1.00; W. E. Alnan,
$1.00: t)r. H. T. Hames,
1.00; Prof. H. A. Wise, $2.00;
). F. McWhirter. 50c.; J. D.
effries, Jr., $2.5C; Dr. F. M.
lllerbe, $1.00; A. L. Bassett,
()c.; W. B. Fowler. SI.00: Mr<j
!. F. Kelley, 50. ^
At the Baptist church memoril
services were held-in honor of
Ir. G. B. Fowler. Mr. Fowler
ad been a member of the church
ere for a great many years, and
iperintendent of the Sunday
ihool for the last eight years.
Protracted services are being
eld at the Baptist church, coniicncing
Sunday night and will
mtinue t hrough the week. Rev.
. J. Williams, of Greenville, is
ssisting the pastor in the meetff.
Mr. L. K. Littlejohn who has
sen suffering with acute rheumastn
for some time, went over to
s father's home in Cherokee
unty several days ago thinking
trhaps a change from home
RWld.hllnHri?--adu reia.ves
here have been summoned
i his bed side.
Mr. George Rochester who has
sen quite iii for some time, is
*owing worse and it seems that
s end is near.
Memorial services will be held
, the village cemetery at Gilead
1 the 10th of May under the
ispices of the local chapter of
le U. D. C., of this place. More
tan sixty Confederate soldiers
e buried there. Some of their
raves have never been marked
y thvir family or relatives, but
lev have all been marked by a
?i i ii i?
raiiiLu &Luiie piaceu mere uv uie
aughters who -re* ever faithful
> any and every good work.
Mr. J. L. McWhir^er, Mr. A.
. Hames and Miss Etha Hames,
lessrs. H. S. Porter, and Geo.
. Gault left here Monday mornlg
for New Orleans. Mr. Mc/hirter,
Mrs. Hames and Miss
tames will go on to Texas to vis,
relatives before they return.
Mr. Thos. Murrah has put up
wind mill and pump for Mr. J.
. Littlejohn which lifts the wasr
from his well, 150 feet deep
nd puts it in a tank in the garet
of Mr. Littlejohn's dwelling.
In Progress of this week I see
n old muster jroll of 153 names
f the Browns Creek beat cornany
of the year 1858 taken from
he records of Mr. Wm. P. Parr,
/ho was captain of the company
t that time. Anthony F. Haney
/as captain before Mr. Parr and
o was James A. Price. I knew
ivery man whose name appears
in the roll and only nineteen of
hem are now living. There are
i* !- 1.1 t
i lew errors in ine miiiais 01
some of the names. Long as it
las been I can detect every erroi
)f the kind from memory. Tht
nuster ground of this compan\
A'as in a mile of where I wa:
:>orn an4 raised and lived unti
:he year 1875.
Messas. R. W. Knox, J. F. A1
inan and J. W. Lipscomb hav<
lately invested in real estate ii
ihe prospective town of Stillman
Ga., the lots were decided b;
drawing the other day, am
Mp?srs Almnn nrirl T.inepfiinKKni
received deeds for their lots sup
posed to he worth $100 each
whde Mr. Knox received a chec
for $255 for his lot. which th
committee sold which they sa
is lawful for them to do. Mi
Knox don't understand how it"
that they sold his lot and did m
sell those of Messrs. Alman an
Lipscomb, unless it is in th
way: Mr. Knox drew a 20 aci
lot while the other two were sma
lots. They aU $25 each
I their lots," and it would seem
; that they have ail made some
money by the operation, while
< Mr. Knox is $230 ahead.
. Mr. Munro Whitlock had aten^
ant house burnt on his place last
S week, and Mr. W. A. McWhirter
n had a tenant house burnt on his
plantation over in Cherokee county
last week. Both these houses
v were insured in the Farmers Mu|
tual of their respective counties.
Mrs. Sarah MeCubbins and
e daughter. Miss Lunette Town-.
| send, of Union, visited the fami-1
i ilv of Mr. Bob Smith this week, j
While in the city of Greenville |
last week attending (J. S. Court j
' I spent one night at the hospit- j
.able horn* of that venerable old ;
' gentleman. Mr. Ibnrv'F i
who is in?bis ninetieth year and i
is still healthy*and hearty, but
not quite as^active as he was a i
half century ago. One feels;
quite at home as th 3 guest of
this good family
Since writing ihe first page of
my letter Mr Geo'ge Rochester
has died and Jiis remains laid to
rest. He a good Confeder1
ate soldier and in private life I
! have never herrd any harm
! charged to Geo Rochester.
! News from Mr. L. K. Little-'.
i john states that lie is hotter.
The Southern Railway is put-1
1 ting in a new siding four hun- \ \
frt d yards long, n ?rth of th<> |
not. The siding is for storing i
cars not in actual use. 1
Tfi ephone. ,
Beautify Your Premises. ![
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This is the time of year that al- 1
most every one feels the impulse t
to turn farmer. .There comes the .
desire to plant something, vege- '
| tables, flowers if we are hedged 1
! in by close neighbors as we are t
in towns and cities; wide fields i
of cotton and cofn if we are out \
l urar?or. -r i'^ulsp.wvwfe.N i
Nature's gloriously instruct,
in the springtime appeals most
'strongly to this desire in our r
hearts. Let us follow this im- r
pulse and plant something. Even r
with a very small yard we may j t
by planting a few flowers add ; f
greatly to the appearances of our 1 r
houses. If you feel that you j
cannot afford to sp md money to i (
secure plants there are neighbors <
j who would gladlydivide with you. i'
Many of the choicest plants have ]
to be taken up and separated dur-1 j
ing the year. A neighbor often I j
throws away many choice plants [.
by reason of this fact. Let all *
such people look about for an op- <
portunity to divide this over- : 5
product with some one less well \
supplied. The cultivation of flow- j j
ers helps to lend variety to the : j
dull monotony in the life of the !,
housewife, whether in city or j
j country, There is added an air 1
j of peacefulness and sweetness to .
j the surroundings that more than j
; compensates for the labor ex- 11
! pended. There are only a few
i rules necessary to produce most
satisfactory results in our plant1
ing, spade deeply, fertilize high!
ly and work carefully and fre:
nnontKr uiirl vam urill hn itiava
I VjUVIItlJ t "1IV4 J V7U TV 111 UV/ 11IV1 V
j than satisfied with results.
Old Maids Convention.
| The Old Maid's Convention and
' Statue Poses came off in the op-'
era house on the date advertised
and was repeated Tuesday night. I
' The monument fund was increas,
ed seventy-five dollars net and the j
Methodist Parsonage Aid fund
was increased twenty-five dollars1
. net. Miss Anna L. Dunkel who
got up these entertainments is
from Watsontown. Penn. Shei
studied in a Philadelphia school
j1 of expression and has marked
ability to conduct these enter
tainments. She will probably re"
turn to Union in October and carry
out another program that will
11 be entirely new. She expressed
herself well pleased with the peo\
i pie of Union, and made many
friends for herself during her
(e short stay,
k Dr. I. E. Crlmm. Eye Specialist.
e
y Dr. Crimm is coming to Union,
r. His office will be in the Hotel
h Union parlors, instead of Dr.
>t Austell's office as advertised.
(1! Dr. Crimm has had great success
is in fitting glasses. He will re e
main in Union from April 30th
ill to May 5th, and at some later
x day expticta to locate m Uaioa.
I F. M. FARR, President,
n t i-:
g Merchants and Plan
1 I Successfully Doing Busin
he 8 S9BVB Is tin; OI.DKST Hank in I
Rj "J has a capital ami surplus
W jji H Is t ho Oil I v N VTIONAI I
H M jS has paid <1i viilcnil* inn
5 | | pavs FOUIt per emit, it
fj Cj Is tho only Mank in I'nlni
I 9 H n has lliii'irlar I'rmif vault,
| B n vi pays nmi' taxes than A I.
P WE EARNESTLY SOLl<
RECENT TRIP TO If
EAST COAST FLORIDA jj
A STAY IN "THE LAND OF FLOWERS" i!
AND LAKES. !f
Mr. R. W. Hamilton Recounts to Tito! tr
Times Editor Further Experiences of.,{
His Recent Trip to Cuba?The Wonders
of the Alligator Farm?A Gigan- \ 'tl|
tic Railway SGheme. | t
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The great work of Mr. M. j
Flaerler for Fn?f - 'n
? i iv#i iua is II I 11
story of abiding interest. He ! 1
has a beautiful home at Palm ! j(
Beach, Fla., that cod; one mil-j V)
ion dollars. Here he spends | ai
nost of the time of his stay in !
he South. Mr. Flagler is to the j "c
south what James Hill is to the^((
Northwest. He has made all hi
the Eastern coast of* Florida a sa
perfect winter garden. He has vv
nduced his wealthy friends of i U1
he North to 1 ai Id homes alljVT.
dong Indian River, on Lake | [n
^orth and the Biscan Bay. All! a i
icar tne aou-i, ... ?
>wn boat house. Several of these
ich men have house boats. ;ir
They remain only a few months se
luring the winter. They leave'as
heir places in the care of serv- ep
ints the remainder of the year, I eh
The yachting in Lake Worth and , ar
Biscan Bay is said to be the fin-1 pr
>st of all the resorts in the ] ni
South; there is good depth of sc
.irntov nrirl ao ct rulo vow emAAfli (V>
Fishing in both the bay and lake of
s exceptionally fine. It is the; th
home of the red snapper. They ' w
ire caught of all sizes from 2 to by
20 pounds. I spent one day my- gr
self fishing in Lake Worth. The hi
sensation of drawing in even a w
five pound red snapper with oneitr
liundred yards of line is very ex-! ar
liberating. Yachting now is
mostly done in gasoline steam tli
launches. While the fumes of < \
the burning oil is a little dis- 1
agreeable, yet with the excite- ar
ment of ^ high speed, one entire- i m
ly forgets it. I made a trip from uj
Miami to the breakers and re- c?i
turn. This run is considered hi
one of the most enjoyable out- u]
ings in the world, especially in In
the evening, and with a full si
moon shining. The excursion sj
from Miami up the Miami river a
to the jungles and then into the p
everglades is also very interest-1 r<
ing. The Miami river flows into ft
the Biscan Bay about ten miles y
from Miami and is navigable for ct
flat-bottom launches for quite a L
distance. The scenery along T
this river is wonderful indeed, fi
The lands are very fertile, in j si
fact the richest lands in Florida, n
The West side seems to be higher F
ground, and has many fine groves t.l
of garden fruits and vegetables. V
On the Eust side is the begin- s
ning of the everglades. 1 saw is
many "dug-outs," little Indian v
boats, tied up along the banks at t
the landings. These boats were n
used by the Seminole Indians, u
You can often see Indians stand- r
ing at their landings, but they I
disappear as you approach. They f.
are extremely shy of kodaks, t
.They are quite friendly, how- t
ever, when one has the good for- 1
tune to get a near acquaintance. Jf
But only a few of their trusted; 1
agents ever leave their homes to j
4 .) U tU? ?.f fVw? *
nauc vvitu iiic luuuaio at tuc y
surrounding towns. It is said <
! r hat they own their farms, do <
i some little cropping, but mainly }
depend on their hunting and pre- ;
paring skins for the market. ]
In the season when the deer is
hunted they kill thousands of
, theu; aud leave the carcasses U> ;
$1.00 A YEAR.
?
J. D. ARTHUR, Cashier. B
t E I
iters National Bank, |
ess at the "Old Stand."
Union, If-.
nisio.ono. n
(link in I'nlmi. fj
iiiitinir lo $\M0 400. ij
itiTfsr mi w
11 inst-ecti-il liy nn nUircr. rJ
nn?l Siif'o Willi Ti'vc l."ck. .
I. tho Hanks in ITiiinn I'liniliin'-d. * H
CIT YOUR BUSINESS. |
le?ay. They arc not a meat eatntr
people. The doer is killer]
nore to jret its hide than for
ood. These Seminole Indians
re friendly, yet they will resent
ny encroachment of the "pale
ace." There are millions of
cres in these everglades. The
overnment has never been able
> take a census of these people,
s it is worth a man's life to jro
mon.tr them for any purpose that
ley would suspect of frcnclimv
his is just a remnant of the old
eminolo tribes.
At the jungles I was very
luch interested in what is known
s the "Alligator Pond." connoted
and owned by "Alligator
ae." lie has enlarged his farm
ltv much in the last few years,
id is making- a great financial
iccess of raising alligator. ITe
lis them after they are one
>ar old, up to any size that he
its an order. He now hatches
s "'gators" in incubators. I
vv one thousand in one pen
hich was built in the water
>on a mound of earth in thi
ntre. The mound was for th ;
gators" to sun themselve-'.
an adjoining pen I saw quite
number of the breeders, some
lone- as fourteen feet,
ligator are suitable for food,
id is very fond of them himIf.
He has them for breakfast
commonly as we use lien's
rg's for breakfast. It is his
loice food. "These "'gators"
e sold to tourists at fancy
ices and are carried in great
imbers to the North to the
hools and to families, mostly
r children to pet. They are
ten turned loose in pools in
ie yards. Some of these pets,
hiie yet quite small, are caught
r cats and destroyed. The
eatest traffic in the alligator
isiness is the tanning of skins,
hich are used to make shoes,
a veiling bags, purses and such
tides.
Along the Western coast of
ie Atlantic and the Gulf is the
rer-tht-sea-railv ay. Mr. Flagr
is the head of this railway
id the survey is now being
ade and construction eoine- on
ion the Key West end. You
in see strips of land for several
jndred miles along the coast
[ion which this railway will be
Liilt, and their long stretches of
lallow water which will be
canned by trestles and fills. At
distance one ?ees the high
laces along the coast and they
^semble the walls of buildings.
Ir. Flagler thinks that in two
ears there will be an all-rail
onnection from any point in the
Inited States to Key West,
his will shorten the distance
rom Columbia to Cuba thirty^
ix hours. It is only ninety
files, about six hours, from
Ley West to Cuba. In making
he journey from Miami to Key
^est there is great danger from
hoals and sand and the channel
! nt'tfin nnifo nari-rvur TUic. will
v* vv?l ^uivv IIUI ? V?T. X I I I r? i rtll"
:ay will obviate these difficulies.
A pilot not thorougl.v faniliar
with conditions would be
inable to pet throuph. This
ail way enterprise of Mr. Flager's
is considered by expert engineers
one of the most pipantic
ailroad undertakings of modern
imes. It is even preater than
VIr. Hill's spanning the Great
Salt Lake in Utah. This railway
uns throuph the Everglades,
ind with the development of
hat vast swamp will give to
commerce a great impetus, besides
civilizing the remnant of
Seminoles that now inha' it the
Everglades. With this accomplished.
our commercial relations
with Cuba will b~? increased, and
will he well worth all the cost ia v
taoaey