Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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aI UN,0N AND SUBURBS HAS S , | ^ Y T Tf * ~W T "W ~T ~W~ ~T ? c ? - ~ w yx -w?-* , 8 UNION AND SUBURBS MAS ^ t sc&ifKSs?!?ss R^jasj i - I |. I tu I \ I I A:\.[\ I ' I " | % /I s Ki^TCrt\vrT!l',-,K,'.,;tl,,.'t: Lis,In* Tliri'o Hanks with u>o<rc- B1 IT^ m E* %. S m 9 S fc*pi??**ii*K Mill willi l>yo IMmit. e> Kate ia|iiittl of $260,000, Maeada- w I I I J nil . Vl V I aL I I m/ I ' A* m Oil Mill, Furniture Muiiul'uoUirluK m #^THT<<.'d Streets, l'opulut 12,000. a J ^L. <JL? U L. T ? * T .' ?0OL. LVlf^^ JJNION, SOUTH CAROLINA;.FRIDAY, MAY 25, 1906. $1.00 A YEAR. - ' "I" - ' ... > I 'WE PAY it 1 i | ON TIME Dl | Wm. A. NICH01 | BANKI A TRIP TO OKLAHOMA J ViSITED MANY PLACES OF INTEREST ,| IN THE GREAT WEST. I tl Editor of The Times inverviews Mr. i.: w C. Sanders Upon His Recent Trip f( to the Great West. d Accompanied by Mr. H. M. )C Toney and Rev. W. E. G. Humph-; c ries I left Union for Atlanta and j from there to Birmingham, Ala. I h thence to Memphis. From this I b \ / point we went to Memphis and 1 d ** ' thence to Springfield, Mo. Here j v I saw the place where the crime i was committed that led to the ti lynching of the three negroes 0 there some time ago. The jail is g still torn u.i. We went from here | - up inty idian Territory, and ; a stopped for breakfast at Sapul- i per, and here we got a dinner b for 25 cJnts fit for a king. From / this point we passed straight u through the Territory and into \\ Oklahoma. Lawton was our des- t tinotinn o?i/-l hara wro nrriuoH nf t ? / in/bee~on\denS t^'P"" I town four years'old ?*? f nine thousand peoil Th aS,about I ai'e laid off in ot ' theand all11 P ' . fta^rr?->oeaientCh' ,7heWe K house there is equal to the one a! in Spartanburg. The graded I] B w school buildings are up-to-date | j W and commodious. After takingi r in the town we went out four | r miles to Fort Sill, where there are now only about four hundred! soldiers, but where there will be) about forty thousand stationed this summer. -?From now on this jforce~-wilf^ be stationed there. B0B*^^jPhe pay of these soldiers ranges from about thiriem to one hundred and fifty dollars per month. , Tnis will make a great feedei 1 " for the town of Lawton. In ad *- 4-u;? the governmen I dition co m.0 I pays to the Apache tribe ot in dians here the sum of fifty-eigh & ' thousand dollars monthly. Lav B ton is the coming town of th; m section. I got a photograph < m Geronimo, the chief of the C m manche tribe. He claims have killed ninety-nine wh men. I also got a photogra fl of Mary Loco, his eighth wi V This tribe is held as prisoners IB war, but are now ciyilized. ( on the Indian reservation we I SO quite a good bit of fun. H tried to buy an Indian pap( from an old squaw. She s "You no money: You no bu; baby." From Lawton we d Hk twenty miles through the c -S ? try to Faxon. Along the we killed three jack rabbits. |B first one of these animals 19 saw one man in the com W said: "Don't shoot that you will get into trouble i " It puts a grey hoi ? )UV/. __ his best to catch onu ui jack rabbits. Some of our went wolf hunting and ji three, but they proved to for the dogs and so nom At Faxon we spent the and next day came off th< ing for lots. Friday was pleasant day, but Saturc wind was blowing acr< prairie and was as cold as 1 asked a resident of tl ii the wind blew that wa time. He said: "No, the other way part of th At 10 o'clock the for lots came off. The % i every stockholder was M box and all the deeds in another box with th of the lot and block wri NTEREST | EPOSITS. I LSON & SON, | ERS. | he deed. They were then draw] ut by disinterested parties an< hp rloprl nnrl nnmo r?f cfr?/-?b rawn were pinned together 'he government does not allov his drawing, and so the lot rere immediately put and sole 3 the highest bidder. If yoi ought a lot for thirty-five dol irs and it then brought six hun red, you got the difference ii ash. One prize lot with a nice ottage on it was drawn by ar talian from Kansas. It cos im thirty-five dollars and wai id off at the sale for six hun red and fifty dollars, but he /ould not sell for that price 'he town of Faxon is about eigh een months old. It is locatee n the Frisco railway and ha: ood water, a river flowing with a a quarter of a mile of town nd is near the government pas ure?a tract of land containing lundreds of thousands of acres i. bill is now in Congress to opei ip this. If it passes, which it i: ikely to do, Faxon will be one o he coming towns of the West; in route from Law ton to Faxoi saw grain growing that woul' urn out from fifty to seventy ive bushels of wheat to the acre t looked so thick that it appeare o be impossible for a dog to ge eS'la don/wholH, in thei ry. Our nartvH ma'ehin Ifel-Jsioti. /toSLSSS lollars and are today worm lundred. We met people her from a number of States in tli Union. They manifested a spoof hospitality and kindness th; was charming, especially w this true of the young lad es. We left Lawton on ound I morning and stopped off in Ok homa City for a day and a nig Here we found a wide-open tov Base ball, automobile races, b rooms and theatres wide-open _' Sunday. One thing that attrj ' | ed my notice was a brass b; " playing ragtime music to atti 11 the crowd to the theatre, w " i the brass band of the salva lt army was on the opposite sid '" the street making effort tc tract the people to hear the 31 pel. From here we went tc ?" | tie Rock, Ark., and stayed .t0 day and night. Here we to the sights. From here w( Ph for Hot Sprigs, Ark., an *e- mained over one day. Thei | springs is one of the gr Jut i sights I have ever seen. Jg" i boiling springs give out "1e so hot that you could not >ose | your finger in it. People ? am:, for the cure of rheumatis ( n0 i many other diseases and fi rove treatment a great healer. A,,n" we went back to Litt! - ?u Vv"" I UCk V/ .. . way and on to Memphis, wn The remained two days. N ' we has some of the grandest ipany we saw on 0ur trip. It goat, hundred and seventy-fiv if you gan(j inhabitants. W md to down to look upon the N these pj river, but we were party jate to catch a boat at t jmped | jn the afternoon we >o fast Southern League play i were ?Montgomery and . were the players. Frc night, phj3 we made a straig 3 draw- for home, a very j got back home rej( lay the j had had the privilege ass the this trip, but also fe< > blazes. after all, old South ( le place g00d enough for me. y all the ?- ~zr it blows Death of Hon. J. E. e time." drawing Hon. J. E. Tindal, name for Ion county, died i put in a Thursday morning at were put .lis death was cause e number rom the street car uen upon > day. 'the old soldiers i in columbia. | THIS MEETING WAS ONE OF THE; GRANDEST EVER HELD. 1 Business Meetings?Great Parade? SpeGtaGular Drama?Reception? Reunion Ball. Thursday was a great day in | Columbia. In the morning the j business meetings were held, i with all their good speeches, resolutions and songs. The idea of b i effecting a closer union among | ' the veterans and among sons of ' n , veterans seemed to be the topic ( i of special interest. Capt. W. H. : r Edwards, of Chester, made a . > strong- plea for the better keep-* / ing of records. 3 ! But the crowning event of the i day was the parade in the afterj noon at 5 o'clock. Headed by -1 Commander Carwile and the - i sponsor with her maid of honor i in a carriage, the great parade 31 left the post office and marched | 11 to the Capitol. After Gen. Car-1 f- *ir il a r? n m n hatrnvna** TJa*tutqv/1 L j ?? I1V, CCllllV. VJUVV.X I1U1 lltj *? U1 u 3 ! and his stafF, all mounted. Then -1 two companies of U. S; troops 3 : with the Artillery Band of Char. leston. Following these were! - fully six hundred little girls, j I ranging from six to ten years of j s age, marching in two columns. ! - The old soldiers: great in num-, , hers still, and with the spirit of -1 '61. cjame after these little girls. II When the capitol was reached, [ . the U. S. troops parted ranks, i i and, with arms at salute, allowed j s the little girls and the veterans f : to file through and ascend the steps of the State House. Ali; ready seated upon these steps i I were hundreds oi beautiful girls -1 and young ladies, wearing the >. ! colors of the Confederacy, and d over all floated the great flag t under which so many of the r South s noble men fought and i-1 died. y Then was the stirringsgenfeT ssas ig | trio iictnuQ ..- _ it and in answer came the ringing at "rebel yells," not weakened by as the lapse of two secure of years. One noticeable fact there was, ay that a number of old darkies, la- slaves, intermingled with the ht. veterans in their parade, vn. j Governor Heyward is the firs ar- governor to tender a receptioi on to the veterans. This was ict- memorable event, and the ol and soldiers went away blessing th ract hospitality of South Carolina hile governor. ,tion The reunion ball was a brillia ie of success. It was led by Ge > at- Carwile and Miss Bamberg, t Gos- sponsor. It was a beautil > Lit- sight to see the gray unifor one j intermingling with the gr< ok in crowd of dancers. But for 1 i left costumes of the ladies prese d re- one would have thought it se hot old time dance in the years eatest fore the war. The Columbia did her utmost water making the veterans enjoy t ; hold stay, and so well did she sue* jo here that thdy want to go back a sm and next year. However, the m; ind^ the 0f place for next year was le From Commander Carwile. le Rock All who were in Columb ere we the reunion concur in the lemplus ion that it was the greatest in the State, and the h -- S'H1"'" IIV.. v. ... . his one crowd ever known in auem e thou- ? ? ? S Condition oi the Union Buildi just too' Loan Association. he river. saw the Mr. F. L. Young, the base ball accountant of Atlanta, is s Memphis on the books of the Union 1 and Loan Associatic ? t >m Mem- ? ht course that can be said now ia accounts are in a terrible )icing that and no definite results Y i of taking been obtoined. eling that The Times is authorize Carolina is that as soon as possible, ing of the stockholders tT7 separate series will be < Tlndal. j facts made public, ar ments be effected. of Claren- ? - n Columbia Ubi V. Millioan, who 4:15 o'clock, stepfather in Spartanburf )d by a fall granted bond of $:>,()(X) on VVednes- D. K. 11 yd rick. lion. i Wilson reprgeunto Millie UNION COTTON . \ MILLS SOLD } 5 WAS BOUGHT BY THE UNION-BUFFALO ft -' MILLS COMPANY. ThefPriGC Paid Was $1,239,400?Only Jiie Bid Made?Operation Will Not Be Interrupted. A9 advertised, the Union Cotton Mills, bankrupt, were sold at public auction in front of the < T X ?4- 10 ->-i?1- wr-J uvun liuusc at \.?a U CIUCH vveunesday. The sale was conducted by Christie Benet, representing the .Columbia Auctioneer Co. Mr. Benet read the list of the properties included in the sale j and stated that no bid could be received for less than $1,239,367.26, the figure fixed by the< Federal Court, and without first a deposit of $50,000. There was only one bid and this was made by Wm. Elliott, Jr., of Columbia, in behalf of the Union-Buffalo .Mills Co. Mr. Elliott is attorney for this company and bid $1,239,400. After, the usual calling for further bids the property was sold to Mr. Elliott. The Union-Buffalo Mills Co. is i a corporation, previously known as the Re-organization Committee, with E. W. Robertson, of' Columbia, as president and treasurer: H. C. Fleitmann, New York, vice president; F. S. Richardson, New York, secretary; and EwaUl Fleitmann, New York, chairman of the ( board of directors. This com-1 pany owns Buffalo Mills, the; Union Manufacturing & Power Co., the Union & Glenn Springs railroad, and they will operate the property acquired Wednesday. Mr. Robertson states that the mill will continue its operations without the least interruption. fP'd fuXeirTt?bU'rt,he Sdl? he: niiits^lrik^a^, mffl l''eJr | they were fully three times the price paid in the sale, about $3,300,000. This is the largest sale ever made in Union County. Railroad Rate Bill in a Nut Shell. t The principal purpose of th n railroad rate bill passed is to pei a mit the Interstate Commere d I Commission to fix rates. Th ie provision conferring this autho 's ity is found in the fourth secti< | of the bill and amends section nt of the Interstate Commerce Is n. so as to accomplish that resu he That section directs the comm ful sion to investigate complaints ms unjust and unreasonable charj eat i on the part of common carri the i in the transportation of perse >nt, of property or of regulations an; of practices affecting s u nlso authorizes be- changes. inquiry as to whether the r ; in ; ?r praetiees are "unjustly hejr1 criminatory or unduly prefe eee(j tial or prejudicial or other gain *n violation of the act," ai atter any case any these condi ft to are f?und to exist the cor sion is empowered to deter ?ia at an(* prescribe what will t opin- Just and reasonable max ever rat8 an.d what regulation or lrgest tice is just, reasonable an* lance. Further, authority is givr commission to enforce its and they are to go intc iiij aim vvithin thirty days and cc in for two years unless susj; ; modified or set aside by tl expert mission by a court of cor it work jurisdiction. Other powc i Build- ferred by this section: >n. All portion joint fares, e that the through routes and m tangle, joint rates, and prescri lave yet division and to deterr compensation to be pair 3d to say pers doing service for c: ci meet- ^ ^ ?Oetzel Hardware Company ~ **\ 1 111 | jailed, all The doors of the uei id settle- ware Company are clos purpose of taking stc taking of stock is with killed his a dissolution of partn g, has been was rumored upon t by Judge that the company hi Ktanyarnc bankrupt, but there w aus \ in the rumor. a I f ,1 F. M. FARR, President. T I Merchants and Planl Successfully Doing Businc a EBBS is till' OLDEST Hank in U M B has n capital and surplus c JR r? is tho oulv NATIONAL lit w S lias |>mi?l dividends ?mni! B 3 pays FOI" It per cent, int m M is (lie only Hank in I'liion I-] V"| has HurK'ar Proof vault, t ffi pays more taxes than ALL | WE EARNESTLY SOLIC ni 11 bb iiiiimw'fw^awwm'a mimi?pi'm? FARMERS' INSTITUTE. E j th IS OF THE GREATEST OF VALUE TO m THE FARMERS. w : tu A Car Fitted With Agricultural Appara- ?? tus will Come to Union ii sF Applied For. gi The farmers of Union should1 ti send in at once their applications C * 1 17 ~ , rPI hi LUI me laimtris iiiaiiLULtr. me i 1,1 : applications may be sent to J. N. iC< Harper, Clemson College, and jm must be in by June 8th, in order tl that the schedule may be pre-,ai pared. m This institute means a visit to ai the county of an agricultural car, j tl fitted up with all kinds of farm-, h; ing apparatus, specimens of I ti plants, improved dairy methods, j tl" etc. Lectures will be given by < experts on all subjects that per-;"" tain to farming. It behooves the farmers of Union County to , get this car here, or at some central point; so let them signify si the place desired, and agree, at j E least fifteen of them, on one lo- j ki cality. I m Below is a circular letter to j la The Times explaining the nature; m of the institute; j th The time has come when these be institutes can be made of great in value to the farmers of this M 'hSitute work arm going to have to demonstrate in e ^n^ showing the mineral r enmmological de !G uaw ie partment, specimens 01 an r-j injurious insects found in this 3n State and will distribute litera15 i ture and make lectures on methiw ods of combating these insect It. pests. We will have on exhibits tion in the car more than forty of varieties of cotton, thirty varieges ties of corn, sixty varieties ol ers cowpeas, fifteen varieties oi >ns, vetch. And we will have expert: ; or with us to lecture on these vari ,uch ous plants, pointing out the goo s an features of these different vari< ates ties. We will have experts I dis- deliver lectures upon horticult jren- ral subjects and will have exhi wisejited in the car material showii nd in the different methods of pruni tions grapes, fruit trees, etc. \ nmis- will also have a number of var mine ties of pecans on exhibition. ?e the i Besides this we will have < imum | latest and most improved app prac-! atus for handling milk. We 1 d fair, have cream separators, and r jn the ' testers, and if the farmers de orders it, we will put these into pn ) effect cal operation in the car, let mtinue the farmers see how these di jended, ent machines work. We ie com- have diagrams and charts s npetent ing the conformation of < ;rs con- and beef cattle and our ex To ap- will deliver lectures upor istablish breeding, feeding and ca aximum all kinds of live stock. W be their also have lectures upon s( nine the provement, veterinary s 1 to ship- and the diseases of our c< ??*Mftnltural plants. W arners. ~ . have with us in this car c UOSefl. lantern and we will give il ;zel Hard- ed lectures upon a numbei ed for the ! ricultural subjects. Tlu )ck. This tures will give the results i a view to periments being perfor ership. It this college and other a? he streets ral colleges ever the id become We will have views sho\ as no truth effect of different f ^ when applied to cottc ... .1 J. D. ARTHUR, Cashier. I ? ters National Bank, fl iss at the "Old Stand." I 11 ion, R >r$m\ooo, H ink in Union. fi lltillfr to JC.1H1.100. W ores! on ilcposi tjjj insppott-il by nn officer. ES find Safe with Tiroe-I.ock. 5 the Hanks in t'nion coinliili'd. j3 IT YOUR BUSINESS. | heat, oats and other farm prodits. We will have samples of lese compounds that go into the anufacture of fertilizers and ill have experts to deliver lecires upon the value of these impounds when put into fertilers. We will have material to low the proper way of making rafts, all of this with the view I obtaining the greatest quanty and best quality of fruit. In this car will also he on exibition work of the Clemson allege students in other departlents of the college aside from lat of agriculture. For exnple, machines designed and iade by the mechanical students, id fabrics of all kinds made by le textile students. We will ave with us gentlemen to lecire upon educational subjects at le evening meetings. i assassinTbullet^ claims aiken woman. Charleston. May 23.?A delatch from Aiken says: Mrs. . B. Wilson, wife of a well nown farmer, living about 12 iles from here, near Beech land, was shot and probably ortally wounded at 1 o'clock lis morning, the bullet having ?en fired through a broken pane i the window of her bed room, irs. Wilson was in bed with her Lation of the ou^r?^?.'e been arThree nogroesha.ve suspect ested in Augusta, Ga., s i .d of the.murder, ' footprints found mW W 11,11 to and from the house, une oi the negroes was released, the other two are in jail. There is considerable excitement among the citizens. Railroad from Townville to Westminister. An important meeting of representative citizens interested in ; the proposed railroad from Westminister to Townville, a distance ^ of 1(> miles, was held at Town3 ville on Saturday. The proposi" tion was fully discussed and it " was decided to form an organiza2" tion to be capitalized at $50,000. i0 The following board of directors of the road to be known as "" the Oconee Railway Company ^ were elected at the meeting: J. J. Fret well, J. W. Sholor, A. S. . Fant, E. C. Maret, W. P. Anderie" son, J. W. Shirley, W. T. Hunt, . Dr. E. C. Doyle, W. K. Living"ie ston, A. Bearden, W. F. McCue and J. J. Haley. w.!{* The directors then met and nMk chose the following officers: J. J. sir.e Fretwell, president; J. W. Shelor . " and W. P. Anderson, vice presidents; W. C. King, secretary "e? and treasurer, will roa(| traverse one of i 0W" ^ie sections of the county. !?, Townville is a thriving village, ports wjth a bank, oil mill and several i the mercantile establishments. En ^irori to make re ?A gineers v/ili De empiwjv.. ?. . 1 surveys, and if the people inter31I im- oste(] respond to the move made science ^y board ir the right way 3mmon building ot the road is ase wl." sured. i magic ^ lustrat- Tbc (Jencral Assembly of the r of ag- Southern j'reshyterinn church is in JSe lec- session at ' eenville this week, i ot ex- Caldwell ^heresy ease; is likely med at to come up the latter part of t he *ricultu- Week. country. ? win PC the Winthrop college closes .lihi'N ord. ertilizers Sixty young ladies graduate this ?n, corn, ^year.