Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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i Grand Displa; t AT BC Grand line of s Millinery now t Bobo's. Miss Sc more City, is i would be pleased W| from every lady i looking for a Spi GIVE HER A C # Our Buyer has from Richmond, New York where ed you. A spanl of Dry Goods, C {and Hats, Rugj -now on hand. GIVE US YOURS FOR JVL. W. ] ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES Of the Double Dally Passenger Trains, Union, S. C. * Train going North 9:00 a. m. " " South 11 :35 a. m. " " North 2:35 p. m. '* " South 8:53 p. m. These trains only make a few minutes stop at Union, so that the hoi^rs of arrival arc practically the hours of departure. Any change in this schedule will be published in The Times for the benelty of the public generally. Local News Notes Points Personal and Otherwise Picked up and Paragraphed . *v: by Our Pencil-Pusher. % Mrs. J. D. McNeace li ft Union Wednesday for Roanoke, Va. Dr. II. K. Smith left Tuesday for a business trip to New York. Mr. Charles R. Long, of Jonesville, was in Union Tuesday. Mr. Samuel Littlejohn, of Jonesville, was in Union Monday. Mrs. Maggie Bailey has accepti cd a position with the Wonder Store. Miss Margarite Sloan,of Charleston, is visiting her sister, Mrs. Crown Torrence. Mr. D. II. Wallace returned Suny night from a week's trip to the mountains. The stork visited Mr. Claude E. Graham's home this week and left a little girl. Mr. S. C. DcPass is confined to his room at the Gibbes House by sickness this week. " Miss Pearl Goforth returns this week from Padgett's Creek, where she has been teaching. Mrs. S. S. Linder returned Tuesday much improved in health from a trip to Glenn Springs. Rev. and Mrs. A.G. Wardlaw are ' in attendance upon the music festival in Spartanbirg this week. L M. A. Moore left Tuesday W foi^Xleorgetown, and will return ( Sl^Prdny accompanied by his wife and children. The Indies of the Methodist church served ice cream and cake Tuesday afternoon on the lawn of Mra. W. i>. Arthur. I '"w'i . L . % y of Millinery | )BO'S mart things in on display at >wkin, of Baltin charge and I to have a call 1 in Union county jj ing Hat. I ALL AT ONCE I just returned Baltimore and ; he remember= 1 k fire new line | lothing, Shoes I 3 and Matting 1 A CALL! I BUSINESS, | B O B O. | ??? Ml ????J Mr. Cole Lawson, is erecting a neat cottage on liis lot adjoining the lot <of Mrs. Alice Williams in the eastern part of the city. Dr. J. H. Hamilton was last week chosen to represent this State at the American Medical Association, Boston, June 5th. Rev. J. T. Fowler,of Cainpohello, will preach at Foster's Chapel the coining Sunday morning, the 5th Sunday, at eleven o'clock. Mr. Thos. Hutchinson, of Newlierry, is visiting his brother, Mr. R. W. Hutchinson of the firm of Hutchinson and Wicker. Mrs. .Tones stopped over on her way to the musical festival to visit her daughter, Miss Bessie Jones,one ol our graded school teachers. Two reliable parties in Union claim to have felt a slight earthquake shock here the night of the great San Francisco earthquake. Prof. A. A. Strock, of Santuc, paid the editor a visit Saturday. Prof. Strock is an up-to-date teacher, and has a fine school at Santuc. The State democratic convention is to he held in Columbia May 1G. Club meetings throughout the counties are to hold meetings on April 28, to appoint delegates to meet in the county conventions May 7. It is reported that Florence will have the State Reformatory. That city made, a generous offer to receive the institution and some, of her leading citizens have been greatly interested in the enterprise. Mr. R. W. Tinsley, the 'jeweler, left Tuesday for the reunion in New Orleans. Mr. Tinsley was shot through the lung during the war, but no one would ever suspect it, judging from his robust physique. \r- a T7* T> - e /-it -- i ^ iur. o. rj. jioney, 01 i.nwcr, C., will be. added to The Times' oflice force next week. Mr. Boney is a young man of considerable experience in the newspaper business and will help ns to make additional advances in excellence. Mrs. J. P. Rice, of Jacksonville, Fla., is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Rico. Mrs. Ric.? ,'s father, Mr. A.J. Summey died in Asheville, Monday a week ago. He was 83 years <>1<1 and a gentleman of great nobility of mind. He hat more than once visited relatives in [UlUO&t ???Mr km < ??? DR. M. W. CULP PRESENTS QUESTIONS TO THE CITY CLERK. 1 Answers to the Same Received?Informa- ( tlon Furnished by Mr. W. D. Arthur Town Clerk. 11 How much money was in the \ town treasury when Msicheth 1 Young's administration began? * Answer: Ahout .June 15th, 11)00 ' our casli hook called for 81,214.00 1 What was amount of indebted- ^ ness? j v Answer: Floating indebtedness v was aU>ut 810,000. n During whose administration was 1 the back taxes due by Union Cotton Mills paid, and what was the " amount? ' Answer: .T. II. Rodger, and on ' June 3rd, 1805) 80,700 was paid. ' What amount of money was in J" the town treasury when the McNal- ' ly administration commenced and what was the indebtedness of the Answer: About June 15th, 1904. our cash hook called for 81,029.25) :i and the floating indebtedness was ' about 815,000. (By way of explana- * tion the town put down cement s pavements at a cost of approximate- 0 ly iour to live thousand dollars, and also had to take ahout Sb.OOO from current funds to pay deficiency on ' the Sewerage.) Can you tell 1110 the present in- 1 dehtedness of the city?, I Answer: Ahout 833*.000 floating a indebtedness. (Wo have succeeded c in selling 825,000 4 1-2 per cent v Liquidating Bonds to S. A. Keen, V Chicago, and the form of the bond J1 is now being prepared by their at- v torneys, and as soon as completed and can get the bonds Lithographed and signed up, we should realize the 11 money on them to reduce present v indebtedness. Some 85,0(J0 has ' been drawn from our general fund V during present administration to ^ pay for rights of way <fcc., for the 11 U. & G. S. R. R, This will come 1 hack into the treasury in time from s taxation oTi said R. It. v Can you tell mo whether Mayor s Young ever pledged his private property to raise money in behalf of the f* city, or did he ever endorse papers " for the same purpose? If he had everdone so, would not the clerk know 1 it? * Answer: Mayor Young was never called upon to do this, and never 2 uui ounor. naa he done so, the ' clerk would have known. Below, I give you a memorandum <?f bonded indebtedness: Water and Lights 810.000 G per c. Filter 12,000 0 per c. a Sewerage 35,000 4 J per c. | Total... 87,000. f, Adding 825,000 now in course of | validation, will jyve us a total of a 8112,000 bonded indebtedness. v If the al ove does not cover the s ground, I will gladly furnish any s further information in my knowl- j, edge. Yours respectfully, a W. I). Ahtiii'II, (] "Clerk and Trcas. t ANOTHER NEW RAILROAD. a Organization of The Cherokee, Union 11 and Spartanburg Railroad. The above is an item of news that ^ will doubtless be of interest to the ~ citizens of GafTney and surrounding t( I country. It will he remembered ,| i that the Legislature of South Caro- t( lina at its session of 1005 granted a t charter for the gilding of this road. Until recently but little has been done, to promote this enterprise. On ^ last Wednesday, however, there was j a meeting of the corporators held in j( GafTney at which time an organizetion was effected by electing thefollowing board of directors: A. N. T F \frw-?v,> I n rota m B. Butler and \V. C. Hamriek. Subs< quently the hoard of directors held si meeting and elected A. N. Wood President and Treasurer, '' and W. C. Hamriek. Vice Presi- " dent and Secretary, T. B. Butler '' and J. 0. Otts were elected nttor- ' neys with instructions to begin at i once securing rights oftwny for the proposed road along two or more J routes between Gaffney and* the North Carolina line off the: north j and west side <<f Gaffney; also'south ' 1 and east of it. The purpose is to build a rail- ^ j road from Gaffney to some point on " the North Carolina line connecting ? there with an outlet through the 1 mountains of North Carolina, Ten- ' nessee ami Virginia, and from Gaff- v ney south to the coast. J The above which was given The News from an offlcinl source speaks 1 for itself, unci at ono?e presents to j , (iaffney and Cherokee county a pro-1 posed enterprise of such an inestimable value that it appe als to all our interests and demands the individ ual support of everj* man in Chero- ' kec county. i II. C. Tilden, a prominent mem- ( her of the San Francisco relief com- j mjttee, was shot to death while < riding in his automobile, by men ' i j supposed to be members of the citi- ? .yutroj, t "DAMON AND PYTHIAS" Ms of Commendation for the "Damon and Pythias" Production. Mr. Edouard D'Oize, who is directing the production of "Damon ind Pythias" which is to lw given n Union on Wednesday, May 2, mder the auspices of Cherokee 'xxlge No. 37, Knights of Pythias, elates an interesting story of a singular coincidence, which occurred vhile lie was playing in the play nth Mr. Edwin Ferry some years go. At the t end of the piny, the hree lending characters, Damon, 'ytliias and Dionysius, form a tringle, which is symholic. of the orler of Pythianism. hy placing their lands each upon the other's shoul1,... Tlu. i ' h i. i iiu nun- were piayeu espectively hy Messrs. Ferry, Colins and Buckler, whose initials were ds<? the initials of the words, 'Friendship, Charity and Benevoence," the principles of the order. Ur. Collins was called to his home, ind his place in the cast was filled *y Mr. Carroll, who was shortly aferwards replaced hy Mr. Claxton, in the F. C. B. was present throughiut the entire season. The following is from the Daily >ress of Newport News, Va.: ''The amateur production of Hanoi's heautiful drama, redolent of >ast glories of (ireeee. and pernieted hy love and friendship tit to hallenge the admiration of the rorld, at tlie Academy of Music,last veiling, was creditable, and theennynient of the splendid audience diich filled the house, was nianiI'sted in liberal applause." . "As Damon, Mr. Edward D'Oize inder whose supervision the drama ras produced, made a distinct hit. Ie rendered the difficult blank verse lerfeetly, and his transition from iatriotie fervor to paternal and conluhial tenderness, showed a versaility and depth, which surprised nine who had seen Mr. D'Oizc's rork under less favorable cireumtances. "The cast was well balanced, and he production was a creditable one 11 every respect. Many persons i*ft the theatre with a new concepion of the meaning of Pythian Tiendsh'D.' "The play was given under the uspiees of tlm Warwick Lodge.No. 2. Knights of I'ythias." A Cdmpobello Woman Missing. On Sunday night T. \V. Johnson nd his wife retired at the usual inur. After having been in bed or some time they were disturbed >y the harking of their dog, the nimal acting as though some one ras about the premises. Johnson ;ot out of bed and made a eareful earch, hut saw no one. Ret lining to his bed, he soon fell asleep nd dreamed a most distressing Iream. When he awoke he called o his wife and reached over in the >ed to give her a gentle shake, to wake her, that he might relate the Iream. To his utter surprise and mrror he found that his wife was one. Jumping from the bed, lie nade a close search of the house nd out-houses and, failing to find Irs. Johnson, he returned to his riom and dressed and started on n our of investigation. He called at he houses of several neighbors, old them of his strange and disressing dream and the disappearnce of his wife. The neighbors lined in the search for the woman, lit no trace of her was found, ohnson says that he is of the opinin that she has eloped with notner man. Lampotvllo Corresondent News and Courier. A Marriage. Mr. F. W. Car noil and Miss Eth1 Foster were married at the home f the hride's parents Wednesday norning at 8:30 o'clock. Rev. L. I. Itiee was the officiating minisi*r. The groom is a young man of ine character and is a rising landless man, engaged in the furniture >usiness in the firm of Lowe and 'arnell. The hride is the daughter f Mr. Roht. Foster, onoofthesuhtantial citizens of Union. She is a 'oung lady of rare accomplishments nd splendid character. The hride ilways charming, was unusually so n a sylish gray mohair effectively rimmed iti persian hands aitd rearing a jaunty gray hat trimmed vith riblxm and hyacinths. The lappy couple left immediately for Vtlanta for a short stay. The Bones of John Paul Jones. On April 24 the laxly of John Paul Jones was placed in the crypt Deneath the grand marble stairway >f Bancroft Hall, Annapolis, there x) rest until the chapel in which it s finally to rest is completed. The president and other great dignitaries, ilong with thousands of citizens and <olUivrs took ^art iu the ceremony. , IF WF _________ | CON VI INK ' IN TH i I 'Plie Vfiltie of <SH( Tlie Rest Wo I wfbmv I I II il . .. - It ___ We Have Coiv Wliy iXc WE ARE EXPERT Union S PHONE 41. BAD POLICY!. fi xt If you hire your sewing ^ done you pay for a ma? chine several times over ^ and don't own a machine p at last. Why not buy a ^ machine? Even if you , p use it only for common i p work it will be a profitable Pitman" Drop Head Macl p market at the price. It ha; ^ you raise the top it raises t p bearing throughout, fine c j and very light running. Fu ^ guarantee every one of the i W Tun ir- . i HE; rKi^n 13 < ? CALL IN AND I * TURNER & i (i NEXT TO I 1 1 Opera | Wednesday Ev n The (irea I DAMON ANI ? I Under the / CHEROKEE LODGE Direction of Ed A Brilliant Cast Hrices: 50 fit Seats on Sale at i??M j- m couu > YOU IS AI) Good Kitting )ES i,t 1<1 I^e Easy. II I ! j i i ice< 1 ()t 1 iers )t You? SHOE FITTERS. hoc Co. ;=^NSTR 'J lBfaffii'Mff investment. Our "New ^ line is the best on the > the automatic li?t, when ^ he head. 5 drawers, ball ^ :abinet work, high arm ^ 11 set of attachments. We m and . ?? 3NLY $25.00. NSPECT THEM. ? "Vv MAYFIELD \ \ -LYNN'S. Wf: 3TTWE fPI 3'l!f|fl!t JIIIIIfftJII'IfTn /iJ^r ^iUlHila* jUiiUlttr ^ House! eniug, May 2,1 \ E)ran\a ffl D PYTHIAS | Auspices of El NO. 37 ft. OF P. H / louard D'Oize. n . ,. ? Gorgeous Costumes Hj lcl 75 Ceiit?. y Union Drug Co.