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THE UNION TIMES. j . ?z=r VOL. LVi NO 30. |, UNION, SOUTH CAROLINA, ^AY, JULY 27, 1906. $100 A YEAt* ^ I WE PA\ i f -/) ^ |#f- ON TIME C g/ ' ,?* Wm. A. NICHC ' ; ' BANK (3 NEW COTTON MILL EOR JONESVILLE. The John Hames Chapter. U. D. C., I to Erect a Monument? i Building Enterprises H Going Forward. Special to The Times. Jonesville, July 24.?We have j? had no rain since Sunday and the farmers will try to put the! finishing furrows to their crops \ < if it does not rain again soon, i This is one year that crops have I oeen made more by rain than by work. Rain is certainly a good ft fertilizer and decidedly the K , cheapest of any. 1 The candidates are getting round occasion Uy shaking hands j * and smiling. I The "walls of the new cotton j mill are going up rapidly. William Worthy the black- ( I smith, is enlarging his shop and , John Gilmore, the barber, is r building a brick house for a bar- j ber shop. These two are col- ? ored men who came to Jonesville j< a few years ago and have made, j a lot of money and they are in- t vesting it in real estate. The John Hames Chapter of i \ the U. D. C. gave their order J last week for the monument j r they will erect in Jonesville to, s Confederate dead. 15 Mr. and Mrs. Louis C. Bates ^ are visiting Mr. Bates' parents, i s Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Bates. i f ?.'-V Mr. Wade H. Foster hqfl |?An 11 \u Ibwn for several davs visitintr 1 relatives. Mr. Foster worked! r in Union county for Harris & Foster in the music business sev- j y eral years ago, but he has been 1y away for more than ten years, j y during which time he has been j p in every state in the union with j r the exception of three of the j y extreme north-western states. ; t He travelved from New York to1 y Chicago on a bicycle; he has also1 y been in Canada and Mexico and' he says taking it all round this! \ is the best country he has ever 8 seen. c Mr. J. F. Alman, Jr., and family of Greenwood are visiting relatives in Jonesvills. Mr. Richard Rochester was in town last week. y Miss Mae Whitlock has re ^ turned from a visit to Green- Lj wood, Woodruff and Spartan-1 j ^ Prof. H. W. Ackerman has C returned to his home at Latta, | j ? Mr. L. K. Litttejohn has re- j { v turned from Hot Springs, Ark., { much improved of his rheuma- g - tism. . g Mrs. S. A. Porter who has 4 v been quite sick for some time is e up and about again. ^ Mr. Walter Hames of Gaffney t snent Sundav in .Tnnasvilla I Mr. John A. Hames of Asbury t is in town on business. ( Dr. A. S. Foster will go to the j mountains in Oconee county this ? week with his tent on a camp ( hunt. Mr. Crede Haile and a colored man will accompany him. > They will camp on tne White r River where there are plenty of mountain trout and squirrels. N. G. Rogers was in town He lives with his soni#v Blew, Mr. Gell Haney, about ,] Bur miles from town. Mr. | J9MBftollins is 98 years old and is perM :B"aP3 oldest living Free | jg|| f Mason in the county. b Telephone. 1I Union Creamery Case. ! Ml The reference in the creamery . Hk- case which was to have been I ] K|' held last Friday, was postponed j i until next Friday, the 27th. The ! Mk wife of one of the attorney's was 1 lESf. ; sick, and because of his absence, 1 kl that case had to be postponed. < is I'EKfcjST deposits! I HSON SON, ERS. Prof. Newman Talks to Farmers. -4? Prof. C. L. Newman spoke a length in meeting of the insti tute here, on general agricultm al subjects, lie said that farmers allow others to do thdi thinking for them. The farmer, generally hold a contempt fo science nnH ~ 4aillllll5 "Science means truth or rathe; truth applied" said Mr. New man. The object of farming is pri marily to produce a crop tna will make profit. How can the most be made of a crop? Le the farmer use his mind and see There is a way to increase his yield one hundred per cent, '.ind this by three ways: First by improved cultivation he cai increase the crop one third; bj fertilization he can increase ii me third; and by the improve ment of variety, one third The matter of variety is of gre< mportance. The variety bet suited for the particular sdi should always .be chosen, ant ;he variety should not be illowed to play out. One way to improve cotton is )y crossing it. This is not effected in the way that most seople think, viz: by mixing the leed and then planting, or different kinds in alternate rows. The pollen of the male must be haken off into the cup of the female rtfant of the othfe~ y. -<cXlorn i? m tne same vay, except that the wind caries the pollen. In talking about the cultiva ion of peas, Mr. Newman said hat acids and potash were the >est fertilizers for any kind of ?eas. 4 4 And pea-vines should lever be ploughed under," said le, 44you can cut them and sell, hen buy fertilizers, which will >e better, and thus make somehing on the transaction." "With all the good lands lying die around here, the farmen ihould by all means raise more tattle. It is a paying business." Col. Sloan in Union. Col. Jno. F. Sloan, of Colum>ia, at present Lieutenant Govirnor of South Carolina, and canlidate for governor, was in Unior donday and paid The Times tffice a short call. Col. Sloan is out on a short >rivate tour, pushing his claim 'or gubernatorial honors. It is cnown that he stands on the dis>ensary platform. He says thai lince we are to have whiskey, it ihould be under State control. 4But," said Col. Sloan, "if I am sleeted governor, I will enforce vhatever the people want. 11 kov want nn Hianancat-u ln onmt *avr V?lU[/VIIOMA J ill UVillV counties, and do want it in others his is what! they shall have unler my administration. It is mj >elief, however, that the dispen jary solves the question as n< >ther way could." While in the city, Col. Sloar vas the guest of Dr. Crowr rorrence. Death of Mrs. Nix. Mrs. Nancy Nix, an aged ladj iving in the Brick church neigh aorhood, died Wednesday nigh it about 11 o'clock. Death cam< is 9 result of a fall receive< .1 1 iuoul aeveij weena ?K<J. Mrs. Nix was 82 years old; sh< is survived by three brothers ane living near Putman, an< another upon Pea Ridge, nea: Jonesville. She had only om living son. Mrs. Nix was i member of the Brick cnurch Baptist. Her remains were in terred at this church at 3 o'clocl Thilrsdav. Rev. J. T. Going con ducted the burial services. CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION AT IJROWN'S CREEI Large Crowd?Addresses by S. E. Boney, W. H. S. Harris, T. D. G. Gregory, and Rev. J. R. Funderburk. A large crowd gathered i Brown's Creek church last Sur day to celebrate the hundredt year of its existence. Rev. j R. Funderburk is the preser pastor of this church, which i situated about six miles east c Union. The present buildin has been standing about fort I years and is in a slightly diffei ent locality from the firs church. For many years th: was the only church in that pai of the county. 7 The services were begun f 11:30 o'clock, the devotional e? 8 ercises being conducted by ReN rIJ. R. Funderburk. Mr. S. E 81 Boney, local editor of Th r Times, was then introduced, j ' very brief synopsis of his ac r dress is given as follows: "The subject of my talk thi morning is 'The Christian r< ", ligion, and what we are to thin t of it after a lapse of nineteen hur 8 dred years.' This religion find 1 its source in the life and teacF ings of Jesus, with the emphasi 3 on the life. He lived a cree , 1 fhaf all mov ortnonf n?/l I v*iv*v (All uinj yj t OI1U UIJUCI 1 stand the 'creed of creedt 1 wrought with human hands i 7 loveliness of perfect deeds.' "The difference between thi religion and any other is that i was founded by no mere mar ' Napoleon once uttered a ser -tencethat will forever live: ' . know men, and Jesus Christ wa * no mere man.' Another differ 1; ence is that the Christian re ligion is world-wide, growinj 1 and ever increasing in number and power, until now it is heli ^ in every corner of the earth." !| "The truth of this religion 1 proved by the fact that it i founded on divine truths, thes) ; truths being: the, ; Spirit, th, j Brotherhood of man; and al based on a belief in the immor , tality of the soul." "How do we know these prin ciples are true? Because thej ; existed nineteen hundred year: ago, and have undergone n< [ change. Time, the test of al truths,has only proved these to b< , facts. Every generation has sa .as a jury upon the evidences o Christianity, and found then true. Futhermore, principle: ; founded in divinity can never b< \ proved false." ; "The church is an organize* j body of Christians, furthering I these principles as laid dowi , by its founder, Jesus Christ The individual is a unit in this congregation?a Christian. An< to be a Christian means to be j believer in this religion? It i: |: that consciousness of a rela tion existing between man an< his God, this consciousnes: ' clothed in proper moral con 11 duct." 1: Below is given a little furthe [ j account of the celebration, writ '|ten by Mr. W. H. S. Harris, o ' Jonesville: . 1 A DAY AT BROWN'S TREEK. jl Jonesville, 23, 1906.?Accord L ing to previous announcement 5 centennial services were held a J! old historic Brown's Creel I church Sunday, and it was i r j day that will ever be bright ii * the memory of many people tha } made up the large congregation People were there from all ove 1 j the neighborhood and fror 1 j many other parts of the county The services consisted o songs, reading of God's word b; the pastor, Rev. J. R. Funder burk, and then prayer by Mr 7 T. M. Adams, then followed a: - aaaress Dy Mr. &. Honey o 11 The Union Times staff. Th 3 speaker took for the foundatio: 1 of his remarks the Christian re ligion and its principles, whic i are: the Fatherhood of God, th , | Saviourhood of Jesus Chrisl i the Friehdhood of the Hoi r Ghost, and the Brotherhood c e Man. The address was rer a dered with ir.uch credit to th , speaker, edification to the aud ience, and honor to the gres c Head of the church. A recess of an hour was the taken and a bountiful dinnc SfftaHIGHTS I. 1 ABOUT CANDIDATES. I! People Are Not Different From Other People, and . Do Not Need to Be So Regarded. it ;>ckhart, July 24.?Mrs. Dr. j- t). Hope has been for a week f taring between life and death. S has been attended by Drs. is Ue, of York, and Cornwell, of >f t place, who have been in con& Ration with Dr. Hope. She y a has a trained nurse in at- p ,t (ttlance from the Madeline hos- ? is pi at Cheater. At this writ*t i| her condition is somewhat iiroved, yet she is still critical- r it ill. r c- he dear candidates drop in f r. a>ng us occaaionly. Mill men i J. q scarcely realize how much E ifiought of their interests, and t A. li many people are anxious to t I- sre them if ortly placed in po- c sfrn to do so, until candidate s s y*. It is well to have good 1 i- fmds. The old blue back spell- ] k infbook gets off this line of wis- < t-ldo. "We love to have our 1 tstfrhds visit us.V We love to < i- i hae them visit us regularly, not < is sremodically. In other words, d exibit the same interest in our -' wifare all the time. Some seem i, tdact as if mill people were a n 1 pfuliar people. I cannot see ; vuy they need any special favors; s ; f/lm those in authority. Laws it (t'at would be good for the rest i. ; d humanity would be good lot i-.tiem;and laws that would op11 iress the rest of humanity s y/ould oppress them. - / Mr. Ethridge, the new superKintendent has taken chargg?^jp.e gis a native of Edgefield wfcS&nty s and comes to us from Woodruff. J Theretiring superintendent will j ( move with his family to Green5 villfc. Supt. Garner is one of the > old .residents, having served > Locfkhart Mills for ten years. ?Je served as second hand in . "?avY xrjnrp. as weaver and ^ as superintendent. ne leaves 1 many friends here. Miss Nannie Terrell, who was reported sick in my last letter, is - still very ill at Westminister. r Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Terrell went 3 one day last week to be with her. ^ | The child of our former resi 1 dent, Mr. J. H.^ Rogers, now of 3 converse, aiea last Saturday. t Homo. f 1 spread, of which every one pars took and there was much of the e fragments that were taken up. , The dinner hour was quite a 3 social occasion, for many old ? friends met and dined together I who had not seen each other's faces in the last twenty years. j I The people returned to the 3 i house and after songs by the II congregation and prayer by W. 5 H. S. Harris, addresses were j made by Messrs. W. H. S. i Harris, D. T. G. Gregory, and 3 Rev. J. R. Funderburk. Two record books^were exhibited by the church clerk, Mr. R. S. r Long, which contained the minl utes of the church from its foun! dation to the present with the exception of a few years of its early history. The minutes show that the church was organized in June 1 1806 and from then until 1845 ^ were not altogether regular and a the following preachers' names a occur as pastors of the church: t Elias Mitchel, Littlejohn; Ambrose Ray, Thomas Ray, and "from 1845 there were: J. G. n Kendrick. C. C. Vaughan, Wat, tie Morehead, James T. Jeter, * Camillus Jeter, T. W. Smith, J. v G. Carter, John Gibbs, G. W. , Philips, James Humphries, Landrum Ezell, Russel, A. ^ McA. Pittman, J. D. Bailey, and f J. C. Lawson. These, however, 1 i :?l.. j~ _n i. e uu nwi, uiciuue an tue pasLura n that ever served this historic church. A collection was taken for state missions and after song e* service the pastor offered a t jfervent prayer for the future ' i success of the church and then ,f pronouced the benediction, i- Thus ended a day in honor of ?! God and the church which he in^ i spired in the hearts of some of his faithful servants to establish n at that place one hundred years \t ago. W. H. S. Harris. IF. M. FARR, President. THE MERCHANTS & PLA THK "OLD 1 Is Still Doing Busines: During the thirty-four years of its Dividends since its organization an times its Capital Stock, and now I Account equal to more than half ii Department in whlGh Deposits are paid on all amounts left in it for: offers to Depositors prompt and c< treatment consistent with safe an( otton Exchange Vs. Bucket Shop. There is much interest in the esult of the council's act of repealing the ordinance granting icense to stock exchanges in Jnion. A stock exchange is an (stablishment that receives quo ations almost every minute in he day on all kinds of produce? :otton, grain, meat, etc. It is 8 source of information for th( msiness men of a city, an in formation that they are compel! id to have. Speculation is possi ale over the wires of an ex change; in fact, this is the sourc< of income for the operator?! commission of the business trane acted over his wires. A bucket shop is an establish ment for gambling, pure an simple. In its essence, the trans actions are> wagers on the ris and fall of the market. Not! ing is really bought, for the oj order never leaves the shoj The order is given; if the pric goes up fifteen points, nothing i lost; if it goes down, that mucl the operatof pockets the amour of the order. Mr. Jno. R. Math is operates st$>ck exchange in Union, and h will cbntest the matter ,oOh license, on the grounds that h i is conducting his businessIwihi the license; that, his lS7;a Terit mate business, with no attini ing nuisances; that 7he.does V conduct a bucket shop; and thj the city council cannor close h ! business until his license expire Child Poisoned. Quite an exciting time w; : had Friday afternoon at tl : home of Rev. D. M. McLeo when Emma, the little thre : year-old daughter of the horn took a mouthlui indelible, in ! In a journey cat" adventure ai , discovery- aftnut the house tl little lady found this bottle ink, which had been laid awa Being of an enquiring and a venturesome turn of min Miaa Emma boldly declared s was "going to drink this;" b , the nurse not crediting h declaration gave no heed un she saw the child spitting o the fluid. r . n J?J j. 11 _ .Lrftue ?.mma uiu noi swanc any of the ink, but spit out i that did not adhere to the mou | lining. Her condition was cri I cal for a time, the poison nitra of silver being deadly in i effects. It is certain that if t child had swallowed any at a she could not have recovere for one-twelfth grain of tl nitrate will kill a grown perse A doctor was immediate summoned and the antidotes f poison administered. Lit Emma is alright now, and it safe to aver that she will hare drink anything else that sme or looks like indelible ink. Church festival. A festival will be given by t Mon-Aetna Baptist church Saturday night the 28th. Qu an interesting program is bei arranged. All the candidat are invited, and some speech will be made. Everybody is vited to attend. Everythi eatable will be served. Business Change. P. Berlin, a dry goods a | clothing merchant here, 1 ' bought the Wonder Store fr 1 Mr. S. M. Rice, Jr., E. U. is now moving his stock of clo ing and dry goods into the sto room occupied by Mr. Rice, s f! will continue both lines of bv k 1 ness. Mr. Rice will continue musical instrument business 1 the rear of his former stc room. J. D. ARTHUR, Cashier. NTERS NATIONAL BANK, RKI.IAHI.K." | s at the "Old Stand." existence, it has paid Semi-Annual lounting to $214,800, nearly lour las a Surplus and Undivided Prolit ts Capital StOGk. It has a Savings S received, and 4 per cent interest I dx months. It soliGlts accounts and ? ireful attention and the most liberal I 1 profitable banking. 1 RUSSEL SAGE IS DEAD. Heart Failure at Age of 87? At Noon Sunday Aged Financier Was Seized With Sinking Collapse, Dying Two Hours Eater. New York, July 22.?Russell Sage died suddenly today at his country home, "CedarCroft," at 1 T T T i rr> rr> n rl i n t uawiciiv;c, U. 1. IIIC miniumaic - j cause of death was heart failure - j resul)ting from a complication of -1 diseases incident to old age. The e| veteran financier would have a celebrated his 87th birthday on j August 4. Mr. Sage had been in exceptional good health since i-1 his arrival at his summer home d about six months ago. At noon >- i to-day he was seized with a sinke ing spell and collapsed, falling i- into unconsciousness about two r- hours before his death, which ). 'occurred at 4:30 o'clock. is' Tillman to Speak at Union. i, it Upon the invitation of several ; citizens, and through the cora respondence of Mr. C. H. Peake, ie Senator Tillman has consented is to address the people of Union ie and county on Friday, August in 3rd. The arrangements for the ;i_'meeting hrve Tr't'yet been peril i fected. but it is safe to say the ot speaking will be some time nt in the morning, and that the ; place will be on the graded school s. grounds, where meetings of this u.. T i J ivniu aic uciicrau.v neiu. It is supposed that Senator Tillman will make about the as same speech here that he has le been making on his tour through d, the State, viz., a defense of the e- dispensary. The people should e, hear him in order that they may k. mqre intelligently vote in the id coming election. of Where to Register. y. d- The books of the four demo d, cratic clubs are now open for enhe rollment. If your name is not ut thereon, see that it gets there er before too late. The book for til1 Ward One is at The Times office ut in charge of L. M. Rice, Secretary; Ward Two voters enroll at >w Mr. J. A. Sawyer's office; Ward -11 I TU'o Vv/vrvLr io 1 *"? V% r* .r* /\^ ItAi ^14 ' x iuv^c o uvA/a io 111 V/iiai^c l/l ifll th T. C. Jolly at Auditor's office, ti- and Ward Four at the Sheriff's ,te office. New Tribe of Red Men. J}' The Monarch Tribe of Red >is Men organized a new tribe at in | the Union Cotton Mills Tues>l' day night. Mr. Frank Garner, ?or Deputy, was in charge. Mr. tie B. F. Townsend was elected is Prophet; Mr. J. M. Greer, Sally chem; Mr. H. L. Newman, Sr. Us Sagamore; Mr. J. W. West, Jr. Sagamore; Mr. J. J. Colston, Chief of Records; and Mr. L. L. Wagnon, Keeper of Wampum, v A meeting will be held tonight (Friday) for the installation of officers. ng Invitations Wanted. es ies The executive committee of the irr- i Inter-denominational Sunday school nrr ( YinVPlitirvn i< r?><i<lvr nn/1 /lnuiniuu t/v *?fe * ' " ?v??r. wr | receive invitations from the various churches of the county, for this ! meeting to In; held with them, j The convention is to meet some nd time in August and the committee las desires to receive those invitations om as early as possible that the proHe gram might Ik-arranged. Mr. S. th-| M. Rice, ,Ir., K. U. is president of ire- this convention and invitations ind may l>e sent to him. isi- It has ln-en suggested that Radhis gett's Creek is a tit place for this in meeting, since Ahe location is good >re- J and the convention 1ms never met I there.