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' VOL. LVLNO. 49. UNION. SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1906. $1.00 A YEAR.
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DR. H. B. HAIR MARRIED.
Dr. H. B. Hair and Miss Marie Milhouse
United in Marriage.
In the First Baptist church of
Blackville. S. C\, on last Sunday
morning at 11 130 o'clock. Dr. H.
B. Hair, of Unioo^and Miss Marfc
Milhouse were touted in marriagfc,
Rev. C. M. Billings performing the
ceremony immediately after tfie
} .preaching service. No public announcement
of the marriage was
made, so the news came as cpiite
a surprise to the many friends of
Dr. Hair here in Union. After
the cere.nony ])j. TIair and hi^J
hi ide left at once for Augusta 'atjd!
other potntJr^tTtrrtr. before their re- j
thru to Union on Tuesday. They,
are now at home in their cottage ,
on East Main street.
Dr. H. I?. Hair came to I'nionj
in January, 1905. to practice dentistry.
In this short while he has j
firmly established himself with the
people of Union and won scores!
of friends by his sober habits and
f sterling character. As a dentist
he has a reputation that only a few
enjoy, and as a citizen he is among
the best. Miss Mi.rie Milhouse, |
daughter of Dr. J. H. E. Milhouse.I
is ,a most accomplished young lady.
having graduated at 1 trenail
college, of (iainesville. ( ia.. in both
the literary and art courses. She
is almost a stranger here in Union,
but not for long. A warm welcome
is extended to the happy
couple and the best wishes of all
Union people are theirs.
Mr. J. N. Reeder Resigns.
Mr. J. X. Reeder, who for three
years has been agent of the .17
G. S. railroad, has resigned nis position
an<l Kniic to Spartanburg,
where he is now cashier of the
Southern.
Mr. Reeder occupied this position
for some time before his coming
to Union. He is a native of
Y Newberry, but'has been in Union
V- long enough for us to claim him.
Mrs. Reeder's health has been
noor for some-time and she is in
c^artanburg *for treatment. This
is one of the' causes for Mr. Reeder's
move.
Mr. 13. E. iWoldrop. formerly
nshier of the Southern here at
Union, now has the position of
agent at the U. & G. S.
Monument to Glenn Smith.
The facnltv of Furmm tinivcr
sitv, the Philosophian literar/ so
ciety, and Mrs. Smith, of Utiioi
county, have perfected arrange
ments to erect a handsome 11101111
ment in the Sprinpwood cemeter
of Greenville, to Jie memory o
Mr. Glenn Smith, who died in hi
junior year at Furman. Mr. Snutl
vas well known here in I'nion
and in Greenville, all who kne\
him loved and respected him. II
was a Christian. 1 he erection (
a monument is fit token of the et
teem in which he was held hv hot
his fellow-students and the fac
ulty.
Queen of the Carnival.
The voting for the queen of tl
carnival has not been as lively ;
was expected, vet some interest a
tends. (>n Wednesday night tl
vote stood:
Miss Martha Goodman !
\ Miss Blanche Miller
gjl Miss Mamie McDaniel
Miss Sallie Stewart
The succcssfufl one is to
crowned in front of the court hou
Thursday night at 10:30. Senat
B. f\ Townsend will make the j
dress and conduct the ceremoni
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INTEREST 1
DEPOSITS.
)LSON & SON^
CERS. J
The Carnival!
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The Smith f.r??a?^r
? v-. auvnva nave ,
possession of the town thip week.
Like all carnivals, there are many
good things and others ,>not so
good. The many tents where
walking canes and knives xire
"rung" aml<^he various wheels^of
fortune a^-" among the.'^atter^ass.
l?ut the ferrip wheel,' the "merrvgo-roun<l,"
and some <$ the '
strength-testing macliines*Are very
jgood. The*vferry-go-r0und seems
I to be the most popular of all .the'
i attractions, especially with fhcj
darker element of our citizenship. '
I he ferrifc wheel is small+>
mal peiformance is very ?oud. T n j1
this a man enters the cage of ap
huge lion and there tights with /
him. (lee! There is a good collection
of animals under this tent. '
Zora also is good. With the electric
effects the whirling of about a
thousand vards of dress is indeed j
beautiful. .
The greatest attraction of this
carnival is Hoop, the frog-bov. It 1
is a man. with normal head, hut
limbs and bodv shaped very much
like a frog. This freak is worthlj
seeing. The high-diver is another
winner. He dives backwards from |
a height of 92 feet into a pool of,
water, whil" the hand nlays mer-l^
rilv. Nobody in I'nion has yet applied
for this man's iob.
Taken all in all. this carnival is '
a good one. having no dirty shows,
ami if von want to have a iollv,'
,j?ln <r..t ~ 1 ~ ?
tiniv i-\ I .1 It(| I <I||, w,lining
cane and a whistle; then get husv. '
Insulted Ladies at Show.
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' At one >n. the < >? " wK1)v :
,'i-uesiiay night a negro man wedg- ]
ed his way int<j a. seat between two 1
white ladies, &nd made himself oh- '
noxious by disorderlv and boisterous
conduct. A white citizen, respectable
and gentlemanly, .was
seated near, and warned the negro
| about his conduct. The warning
! was not heeded, so the black was
knocked down and out.
Oyster Supper at Jonesvilte.
Toncsville. Dec. 5.?On Friday
night Prof. H. A. Wise, principal j
of the graded schools here, gave
1 a concert with his graphophone
and served oysters^tfterwards. The
proceeds, a neat sum, were given
for the improvement of the Jonesville
school. " ^ .<**
Harrison Hayes Released.
. | A preliminary hearing in the
please of Harrison Hayes, charged
f with .the killing of his own daughs
ter. was held Wednesday after?
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I, noon belorc Magistrate \\. >v.
; Johnson. There was no evidence
v submitted upon which the priso,
el tier could he held, so he was acif
quitted of the charge. Sever"!
i-1 witnesses w< re examined, but al1
h [declared that the shooting was accidmtal.
Hayes was released bv ("oronei
Haines on Monday after the hear
inir. but re-arr >sted later on tin
charge of murder. It was alleeci
ie that he shot at a negro ntan witl
ts whom he was rrambbng and kille*
t- his daughter instead. The tesi
\n mony did not hear out this allega
tion.
4(c} Notice to Pythlans.
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he A full attendance is earnestly v
se oue?ted at the meeting of tl1
or Pythian lodtje next Tuesday nit;h
td- ns this is the time for the nomin;
es. tion of officers.
iuluua iTiinirnu cv. UKbANIZtU.
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Mayor Macfcelh Young, Mr. H. L.
Scaife and Capt. A. H. Foster
Interested. ;j
Mr. H. L. Scaife, who has re- I
icentlv returned from an extended
trip through the mining districts!'
of Mexico, gave the following ac- 1
count of the mining industry of 5
that country to a Times jjjporter: i
"To tell all about**the mining 1
camps of Mexico would consume 5
J a good'many more columns than t
you would care to publish. Mexico 1
.is a great country in many ways, t
but its greatest wealth lies in its inexhaustible
mineral resources. Mr. 1
Macbeth Young accompanied me $
on my trip and from the time we s
left Union until we returned we 5
travelled together almost eight 1
thousand miles. Mexico is divided r
into states, the same as our coun- c
try. and the first stop we made af- r
ter we had crossed the border was ii
in the State of Chihuahua, about T
250^ miles south of El I'aso, Tex
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In Chihuahua we visited the fa-! tl
nmus Santa luilalia district, injh
which arc situated tile >an lov|i>
mines, of which Mr. VY. K. liellis. n
>f Indianapolis, is one of the prin-.k
x'.tfl i afifin vnlYT-.Y\ v'^fii \hi" r
tent\- Anrf otic', call walk under- r<
iround for miles, entering one tl
;hamher after another from which o
>re has .been extracted, leaving a
niniense caverns in which the1
argest buildings in I'nion could (le
placed without touching the w
reilings or walls. The Santa Eu- xv
alia district has a record of seven xv
hundred million of dollars, more u
dian one hundred millions of which "
liave heen produced since i&>4.
when American capital began to,xv
enter th" camp. In the city of Chi- a
buahua we attended services in the xv
famous cathedral which cost nearlvi"
\ million dollars and which was Y
built in the time of the Spaniards u
bv a tax levied on the out-put of "
the (ialdiana mine.. of the San Toy y
group. The Mexicans are verv re- "
ligious and all through the mines a
;ire little shrines and crosses which "
the miners have erected. The Ax
Spaniards were three hundred
vears in working the Santa Eulalia 11
mines down to a depth of fron?Ja
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three h'irVV,Tft<Sd>rn machi*.
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>>an Toy 1111110 witnm a vearf? (j
has been developed and the ore ' !
blocked out to a depth of fifteen n
hundred feet. ['
One of the oldest minintr camps, '
in Mexico is Zacatecas, which hast'1
oroduced over one thousand mil ' ^
lions of dollars. The owner of onej '
these mines, until the time of his 1
death, had his servants rintr ajrreat
bell inviting all who cared to *
dine at his tables. It was one of:
the mines of Zacatecas which fur-<(
nished the monev which led to the j ^
discovery of New Mexico and th ? j1
founding of the second oldest town !
I in the United States. When Tames
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town was semcu m nw_y m x.^w,
was then. comparatively speaking,
a developed country, with its
schools and colleges and public
ho?nitals.
Todav. one of the most famous
mines of Mexico is that of Pedro
Alvrrado. a peon who had been
s working for twentv-five cents per
dav before he made his luckvj
strike. Todav he has a palatial'
r-sidenee and he travels in a pri-i
jvate train, accompanied by a body-'
jguard of twentv men. together
with bis personal attorney and his;
Inhv.sicrn. The Mexican mine
owners are verv generous when
their mines are in bonanza, and Al'
vara do has patriotically offered
' his government to pay the national
" deht. There am many magnificent
cathedrals, bridges, aonednets and
r |rm'dic works throughout Mexico
"jwhirh h*v h#?en built as gifts to
'Itheir rosnectivc communities bv
' hiekv miners.
1| It must not '<e imagined that all
11 he mines in Mexico a-e bonanza.
for the*' ore "ot. 'n Mexico. a?
" everywhere else, there are hundreds
of wild-cat schemes and
doubtful ventures. Mv advice tr
nnvone is not to invest monev ir
?uiifti men r>
Mil'- IIIIIIIIIV rill' Iiruai n IIM ......
unknown character. As a whol*?
~ statistics wiil show that there is ;
t ^renter nmout of failure in manu
a- factoring, hankincr and in commer
cial pursuits than in mining. In
good mine, with able and honest
management, the risk is less than
in any of the pursuits mentioned,
and the profits are infinitely greater.
For illustration, the following
are quotations of some of the more
prominent mining stocks, taken
from the last copy of the Mexican
Herald: Minera de Penoles. par.
Bioo, asked $2,600. bid $2,000:
Prov. S. J. de Luz, par $30, asked
?1,880, bid $1,850: San Rafeal, par
?50, askdd $3,500, bid $3,425 i So"
eckd^iJ^r $40, asked $1,640, bid!
?1,600";~J^PtMMntia, par $100. .-skid
-Jpid $q,ooo; Niaca, of ChiinahuaPpar
$300, asked $30,000,
A f l tears ago stock in the
Dos EsirdUas mine, par value
Sioo, coiild be bought at $25 per
ihare. Today it is setting for over
>8.ono ner share. Such statements
00k like fiction, but when the vast,'
niner?! resources of Mexico are
onsidered it will be seen that the 1
mniug ii lnstrv in Mexico is still ^
11 its '/ancy. The last Mining and j
'ngineering Journal, about which '
here is no trace of vellow journalsm.
states in an editorial column I
hat it is reliable informed that aj*
ike of quicksilver has recently ,
ecu discovered in the mountains! '
ear Vera Cruz, the area of 'he '
ike being 12= r?rt?s and its depth' '
metres. While 1 must doubt '
I'nutatifey'U. even f^ni a highlv
iin*r is vossibYV st'" almost anv-|
f Mexico, wift, u '* ! mountains
' its 1 .... . f,
crcs vet to |)c nr_ . ulbons 01 1
Continuii p Iron,,*
bihuahua ^thousand miles south.
e reached Mexico City, from
hich point 1 e* rried Mr. Young
ith me to tie district to which li1'
ill*soon ret 11*11 to open up some (*
ew properties in which Mr. 1 lei- *
s and myself la r interested. I lei*" ~*
e camped with the Indians, ^
mong whom I have some very ^
arm menus, we were <>11 noise
ack .with Indian guides for almost
,v<> weeks, the Indians keeping us
ell supplied with all kinds of
nits and provisions. We visited '
lie mines of Taseo. famous in minlg
history and in romance. We
lso spent several days at the Cornas
mine and si; ; t in the room c
/here the former owner was niurered
about fiv-* years ago. The ('
uirderers. eight in number and,
i??ong them the trusted servant j
f the victim, were soon captured,
larched to the scene of the mur-j
er. shot and breaded. The ban-'
len'Stre cap^//rcd by a scpiad of;,
riends, !iv -.^ie of mv Indian |s
'his min- is now being ^S'-uHlo. ,n
iv Mr. H. L. Kisenliardt. a well-V
mown and successful mining man.;,
fhe Coronas mine lias produced ,
- ,i /li dlorc onrl lit* 4
nam niiiiiun> < ?i?m?? .- ...... .?
Vlacran. a neighboring mine, has
i record of twentv-seven millions.
The smoke could be seen curling''
>ver manv mountains where there
,vas no sign of life when I first visted
this region. Among the mines ^
which have ben opened up since,
1 first visited that nart of the country
is the C.'.rboneillo, whose stock
with a par value of $25. is now sell- i
ing at $160. All of these mines 1
are in the same mineral belt as the
fsmniu Dos Kstrellas. which is,
about foftv miles awav.
While in Mexico Mr. Younj? and
mvself obtained possession of an
old Spanish silver mine in the
jjronpabov* mentioned rtid adjoining
the Coronas and Carbonrillo.
and a short distance from the
Alacran. A company has been or" ani^ed
to work this pronertv and
it will soon be in operation. The
officers ar s \V. K. Rellis, president:
IT. I.. Scaife, \ ice-president *
i Macbeth Young. secretarv and
i'rpisurer : W. K. P"11is. \Y. P
Z"1'ch. and Guilford A. Deitcb. all
of Indianapolis <*'?pt. A. H. Fosi
ter and Macbeth Yonnjr, of Union.
nr(? the directors. T^e compativ
has been incorporated under the
Tr,1iiro Mi.-?iflcr P cillll in 11 V
v-ith ?i canital st ick of S250.000.no
^'rom this m?r?o can he seen the
fnnr ereat volcanoes of Mevico
Popocater*?tle, Yztacchuiate. Ore
jrnha and Toluca. all of which ar<
|! crowned with oeroettial snow. Th<
, cnmm'nv is named for the la?1
, mentioned mountain, from th<
f crest of which can he seen hotl
th?> Pacific ocean and the Gulf o
i Mexico.
I have employed as superintcn
- dent for all the works which
a shall do in that section, Captai
jf F. M. PARR, President.
THE MERCHANTS & PL
THK "OUU
After the crop has escaped tlx
have to fight against, and yoi
still liable to lose the crop,
safe place. We offer to the fa
from his crops, and wo offe
hank can possibly give to its
vesting, is to harvest the m
sound, safe Bank.
^ Moral: Deposit yoar crop i
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Real Estate Transfers.
Monday was salesday in Union
ind the following salt^. were made :
(1) Garner home place in Pineklev
township sold to Miss Eliza
\. Garner for $1,515.
(2) Culp home place, in the city
>f Union, sold to Dr. M. W. Culp
or ^fs.ooo.
(3) Holcomb lands: Tract 1
lold to C. M. Holcomb for $125:
I ract 2 to A. (1. Bcntlcy for $400;
rract 3 to I. F. Peake for $7:
I ract 4 to J. A. Brown for $27:
I ract 5 to C . M. Holcomb for $40:
Iract () to A. < I. Bcntlcy for $110;
ract 7 to A. (i. Bcntlcy for $4(10.
(4) The (ilonn place of 7301
cres sold to Capt. A. H '
ar $2,810 wind known as tbe
oung place, in I'nion township,
>ld to \V. \V. Ball for $1450. ;
(b) Building and Loan sale of 1
te Meek," property. Lot NO. 8
> J. K. Matbis for $&). Lot No. <
to Titos. McNallv for $(>0. Lot
o. 10 to Thos. McXally for $75. ,
,ot No. 11 to Thos. McNallv for ;
45. Lot No. 12 to J. A. Brown j
>r $100. Lot No. 13 to J. A.i
irown tor $102. Lot No. 14 to t
, A. Brown for $100 Lot No 20
> Dr. ( ). L. P. Jackson for $</;.
(7) Half interest in the Tucker
mds. in Fish Dam township, sold
:> Thos. McXally for $1,250.
In addition to these land trans;rs.
many minor sales of mules,!
attic, etc.. amounting to $400.
;ere made. I lie total sales of the
ay were nearly $16,000.
Teachers' Association.
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As was announced in The Times
wo weeks ago, the Teacher's as-1
ociation will hold a meeting on
ext Saturday. December 8th, at
,'ieetm$S.in .5.h.e t,'eJ,'ral sch?o1
ts organization last sinffti/".c.? I
i full attendance is earnestly dcdred.
The officers. Mrs. Cora N. Murphy
and Miss Mary Gregory, have
made elaborate preparation for an
interesting and attractive program.
State Superintendent of Education
(). B. Martin. Mi?s Mary T. Nance
and Mrs. B. G. Clifford will make
addresses. The social feature of
the meeting will he mrde pleasant
by several selections of music and
the serving of refreshments.
A Lecture.
Dr. C. C. Brown, of Sumter, wjl
lecture at Mon-Aetna Baptis
church, Monday night. Decembe:
17. Admission fee will be charge(
and the proceeds will go to tin
benefit of the aged ministers.
William < Ulgers, who has been su
perintendent of the Coronas mill
! for many years. The followin:
notice of Cant. ( )dgers recently aj
peared in The Record, of Mexic
City:
"Capt. (hirers, the present si
perintendent, came to the Core
Inas nine years ago when the min
.'was producing plenty of ore, pa}
ling dividends and making good t
I Aumpfc in F.nrdand. Tt was hi
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. ing worked with satisfaction whe
; the tragedy occurred that mat
? Coronas a solitary abandonmei
t on account of its associations wii
? the death of eleven men. Capta
i 'Odgers is a mining man of matu
j experience, having been in tl
I mines of Pachuca for eighte<
' years in the Real del Monte ai
San Rafeal. He is perhaps one
1 the ablest and most conservati
n mining experts in the Republic.
J. O. ARTHUR. Cashier, yjl'',
ANTERS NATIONAL BANK, 1
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RKLIABLE." C'
i* grass ami all other thine- \
i get the money for it, y<<u :n>
unless you have the money in :
rmer a safe place for the money
r to him every nssistunee tiialji.
customers. The last act /
ioney proceeds of your er-'j. m a [..
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noney in "The Old Reliable.''
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1 RUMMAGE SALE.
Ladies Aid Society of Grace Methodist
Church to Conduct Sato.
The LadiejT Aid society ol
j Grace Methodist church will ?on1
duct a rummage sale in the Dunbar
market stand at 10 o'clock Friday
morning and lasting throttgft
both Friday and Saturday. I1?e
proceeds will he for the benefit ol
the church. At this sale may he
bought anything from a tooth-pick
to a suit of clothes: and anything
from a pair of second-hand -bors
to a barrel of flour. In other
words, it is to he a rumovup' ?;;?lc
of the " ?.. '
niture, cooking supplies, gioc r
IV. *"?? VI willing I 11^1 till \ (111 II It"
looking for and more beside- . In
addition, coffee, tea. crea: and
cake and other "things" ll he
served. The "grab" cand. hag
sale will he an amusing h-atmc.
The ladies mean to make a success
of this sale, both for ilmniselves
and the purchasers, s,, , , ?,ie
get your share.
The prime movers of the onlorl>ris"
are Mesdames C. II. IVakc,
T. C". Duncan. L. J. Maine:., |. D.
Arthur, and Leroy Townsend
Convictions at Jonesvillc.
Jonesville, Dec. 5.?At the mayor's
court yesterday morning,
Richard and John Roster, both colored.
were convicted of violating
the dispensary law and sentenced
to a fine of Sik or 20 dnv. tliev
took the days.
A. F. M. Officers Elected.
At the regular communication
of the Union lodge A. F. M. last
Friday night the following officers
were elected: I 11. HamiliburnVi'iMwi^'.
W. Going. (\V.;
These officers ~wftl' *#?.!no VVi!on
December 27th. ' ,
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Everybody's Bank. ;
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Jonesville, Dec. f>.?The neW
bank at Jonesville by the noting df ^
Everybody's Hank, was organized
this week by the election of T.
Littlejohn president, and John M?
Ganlt cashier. Hoard of direetofs
conists of T. M. Littlejohn, J.
j Littlejohn. J. F. Alman, |.
I Ganlt, J. D. Jefferies. Jr... I.. 1?.
Littlejohn. J. W. Lipscomb, J <7.
| kiaulU and W. W. Wood. I he
'bank will open for business tlic
first of January, and as soon as ?l
r site can be secured a brick office
* j will be erected
Convict Stole Mule.
West Springs. Dec. 3.? Allen
e I tell escaped Saturday fr >111 the
Kj convict c:,inp near here, and after
"'doing' so stole a mule ironi Mell
Robinson, a ivgro planter who
also lives near here. Hell was seen
'".riding at a swift rate toward Spar^jtanburg.
lie has not yet been
IC caught.
0 Rev. D. M. McLeod Retnrns.
e11
le The appointments among the
at (Methodist ministers for the year
th 1907 have been made. It is a matin
ter of genuine joy that Rev. I). M.
relMcLeod is to return to the pastolie
rate of Grace Methodist church,
en This will be Mr. McLeod's fourth
rid year here, and that in itself means
of general satisfaction. The ineinve
bers of Grace Methodist church
" are to be congratulated.
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