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ptokt "' \ - i , I'TnHHK^ f ' "'t*- \ 'w"* v ' I / *: . - f ? W . /: i .. fi,... T> - .;?* / ' " , T^' ',*V: THE UNIOj^ TIMES. I . - : ;" ; ' fi f VOL LVII Nft. 18 UNION, SOUTH CAROLlN^l FRIDAY, MAY 3, 1907. ' t $1.00 A YEAR. JOHN HAMES CHAPTER ^ TO ERECT MONUMENT C To Their Heroes of the Lost Cause?The Unveiling Will \Take Place in May. The Monument Which is to be Erected Near tfa Enterprise Hotel, will \ Cost $1,500, and will be a Credit \ to the Town as well as ,the John iHames Chapter. / - L | "^x years ago, at the suggestion mMrs. ]). B. Wood and Miss Maine} fries, a meeting of the ladies of ^ of Jonesville was called for ftie purpose of organizing a chapter I of the Daughters of the Confederacy.' Through the efforts of Miss Anna Haines and under the instruction * - of Mrs. Sal lie Elmore Taylor, /State, president at that time, tluj first meetiitg was held in the Presbyterian "Church August 2, 1901. * The chapter was organized with 2(5 charter members, which were as r,.i t i \r..\vu;.. ' ?? o i*i' ruai ivr * . 11. mi ? t 1111 t'*r, N. B. Eison, J. E. Lindsay, T. L. Hames, J. B. Foster, W. H. S. Harris, G.. B. Fowler, M- W. (Chambers, E. C. Crawfortl, J. F. jUfiiiiffJ w J. M. Gault, William Jeffrie, J). B. Wood and E. It.' Ayo6ck, Misses^ Mollie Little job n, Lillie Foster, Etha Hames, (Jrace Littlejobn, Belle Littlejohn, Mildred Lindsay, M arie MeWbirter, Grace Farr, OarTie Southard, Sue Eison, Anna Hames ami Maine Jeffries. Officers were nominated and resulted in the election of Mrs. J. L., MoWhirter, president; Miss Mollie 1 Little jobn, first vice-president; Miss! Lillie Foster, second vice-president; : M iss Etha Hames, corresponding secretary; Miss Grace Littlejohn, recording secretary, and Mrs. N. B. Eison, treasurer. The chapter was named the "John Hames Chapter," in honor of Capt: Ly John E. liauies. v. Mt ' SKKIH'H <)K CAPT. JOHN K. UAMKS. rlt might be well to give here a short sketch of this brave soldier. ('apt. Humes was born Oct. 23, 1S3C>, .near Jonesville, I'nion district. He volunteered in June, ItSGl, and went to Virginia as an imlependent. Some time after, on account of his health, be returned home. A company of young men from the county was formed and John Humes was elected second ^ jC licutent of Company It, Eighteenth South Carolina regiment, and was sent to Charleston. On the 5th o May, 1S(>2, at Camp Juerin, he wa elected captain. The next montl they were ordered to Virginia. A the second battle of Manassas, Aug 30, 1X(>2, ('apt. Haines and hi brave brother, First Sergeant C. A Humes, were both killed. Below'is mentioned a few thing accomplished by tne John Haim chapter during the past six years: The veterans of Jonesville an '*- 1 i.<II t-ti.l I wil VICllliiy llilvr IBTI, nu,,,,,.. rolls of honor, and 7.S crosses honor have been bestowed at vni oils times. A Im?x of faney work, valued &~>0, was sent to the Itiehinond li ' y.aar for the Jefferson .Davis mon nient fund. Eighteen souvei * plates, 2o Davis calendars, 12 la tons and three sets of Shephe T ? pictures were sold for the ab< fund. Contributed 810 to t Hampton monument, also a ln>x jellies and preserves; 81 to M (i?>od lets' picture; 81 to l?o Home; ?2 for publication of "V v* man's Hook;" 82 to the Johns' Memorial hall; So to assist in ( entertainment of veterans at reunion in Columbia, May, 111 I a l?ox of articles to the Ailing bazaar, and a Im?x of clothing bedding to the earthquake sulfe in San Frai| iseo. Thirty-two gi ite headstone* have been plaeei linmarkad soldiers graves in < ii I ^inetery. % I Tiro chapter* offers each yc I gold modal to a nipth grade w; I preparing tin- 1 test essay on a < A \|%\ federate subject. The first, m P \ "* was presented last June. I \ rV>v?-mt paft^rs prepared by 11 u \ ben of the chapter have been | y mitted to the historical conim pi j On the 10th of May each Y Memorial <lay is observed wit Ip-Y . propriate exercises and the k! I / of soldiers are .decorated. R/l birthday is usually observed. J y ' (Confederate yeterans of the ^ ' inunity have been aided and * for by the chapter. | ( The chapter has Iwn repreM (Continued on I'age 8.) A' THE GOOD ROAD QUESTION. "Citizen and Taxpayer" Commends County Commissioners for Their Good Work-A Suggestion as How to Extend the Good Work. Mr. Editor.?It is wonderful and marvelous what a change has taken place with the fjeople on this question in so short a time. I am informed that different persons are circulating j>etitions and subscriptions lists to raise money to continue the macadam work on from the Forest to Tyger Hiver. This is a most commendable spirit, a most progressive one, and I,; for one, am glad to see it. Itj shows the people know a good, *1.: ...1 it..,.. ...... :* Tt... i tiling wiicn iir'j nru it. i ur luau work to the Forest, five miles west of Union, is about completed, and the people beyond there have hud a taste of good roads and they want more. Jn all probability if the County Commissioners should be "bold enough" to carry the road on to Tyger river, after the promise to the public that the roads would be macadamised five miles north, tmst,. south and west of Union, th<>n the people west of Tyger would say it should be built to the Laurens county lihe, yet all this time many o&tbe voters on the north, east and seuth of Union have been supporters of good roads when the cause needed friends and the strongest opposition to movement was on the road leading west. People have come to town with subscription lists saying it will keep your trade over alnmt Cross Keys; any man with an ounce of brains knew that when the subject was first i agitated, but where is Ioekhart Mills trade. Is that worth l?H>king | after on the east? Now, Mr. Com-j missioners, the battle for good roads has lieen fought and won, j with the slogan five miles of | lllavu'laill til, r.art, ruiutll fllld west, a?d we .want the ooc'1word to the wise- is sumClent. I think I can give a remedy for j all this trouble. Our last board of j A __ />.v.vAo.L<omm?ru county o*}\11111irvai*o, ?0..f Jointly and Wilburn, deserve and will in time, if not now, receive the unlxmnded praise and thanks of their jHiople as lwing the most pro11 gressive and aggressive court to comI! missioners that the county ever I had for inagurating this macadam i i work, and a stone should be placed 41 by the roadside giving these men f credit for what they have done for s their people. Ix-t these men win ,i have gotten up the subscriptions t maki a campaign fund of tlx amount, hrve our present cflicieiv is 1 county commissions order an elec L. tion, vote on 40 year bonds, le jour roads out by contract just lik< ?s , railroads, have a county civil en s gineer and a good one that can't b bv(light, to see that the contract i id carried out, and in a very shoi lh time we will all have maeadai of roads in every direction. Som i- men oppose a hoiul issue but .confess I can't see why. Any ma at j with much brains can see an a- know that a properly made mac, u-1 dam road, with very little repai lir will last one hundred years < it- longer, in that length of time the nil will probably be ten or twen >ve times sis many people 111 i m< lie ' county sis there is today, and hu of I will be worth ?100 per acre silo vs.' thhoae roads, so the incresise ys' value of properly will more th i o- off set the expense and when t ton taxes sire paid sill along on bomb the is not felt so much sis si direct t the like we are paving today. It v |>C>; not tsike sis great a I Mind issue ton 1 some people imagine. Some < and has said there was .">00 miles rers puhlie road in Union coun an- That may be correct, but no per d sit expects every little cross road to lcsid macadamized. I sup)vise tiiat or lot) miles of road running v ,nr jibe directions of the compass is hool' that necessary to macsidan, t n,n y?ur little I'aoss roads into K-dal I main tboroiigbfarcs. Alio item} many miles of road in ( | Keys, Santuc and I'inekney t< sub- *hiP* <'on 't n<>'?ny macadam I ;..o* irruul roild JlS nnv ittee. ,n Junv ? year wan^H?had placcos along couU I,* macadamized. We need a raves C1V'' engineer, and many < >f Lee's road8 should l?e changed just asseedy done '?y the lx>ard toward corn- ^orust, and the citizens along cared road owning land have Ircen a ing the commissioners to run tented hnes without charge and givini ? rights of way, viz: E. Xicht jW. T. and S. M. Beaty, C h ?* - j? DEATH OF WILLIAM J. OETZEL. D i He Died in Baltimore on April 25th H and His Body was Brought to Union for Interment. 11 Mr. Win. J. Oct/.el died in Balti*iii\ore, April 2o,and his liody , was brought to Union for burial on ; Ajpril *27, and was placed by that of f, ? hi* father in the old Presbyterian tj i cemetery. | ^ : vMr Oetzel was 42 years old, and u for rwuiunt ij Union. He I r wa*K/wr,len a y???g man, employed ^ firm of J. C. Hunter & Co., I p r wid'ater by that of Farr and Thorn' Hon'.1 j He developed into one of J.he best ^ Mtel men in the county and held | SOMETHING DOING IN JONESVILLI New Cotton Mill Now Running in Firf Operation?Many Dwellings Going Up. Jonesville, May 1.?The question that is going the rounds now i; "Anything doing." I answer yes something doing in Jonusville. Tin big brick store house with two ston rooms is being constructed. Tin bank building for Everybody's Hani is under way of construction. Tin Confederate monument is boinf erected. Mr. S. G. Gault's new dwelling on Main street is Hearing completion while several other new dwellings are going up in different parts of the town. Messrs. \V. B. Fowler and J. J. Black have started up a large brick plant and then comes the largest enterprise by far that has ever been set in motion in Jonesville is tin new cotton mill that is now in full operation with 240 fine Drapei looms, 1 ">,(KM) spindles, 20 cards, 4.r processes of drawing 4 slubbers, v intermediates, 12 speeders. 14(5 spinning frames, 4 warpers and 4 spoolers. About one hundred operatives in addition to those already at work in the yard and knitting ments. So the busy wheel of mac.lv inery is greatly increased by thii new mill. Then the K. of P. I^xlge is hav ing a revival and is carrying alxm 10 candidates through the procesi of making Damonites of them. Tin if i i ! / iuasomc ixKij^c iiiivmg u lurwan movement under way and really these are not all that is doing ii .Jonesville. I am reliably informed that som< of the early wheat is so badly injur ed by the late eold weather that i is only fit for stock food. Som< forward oats are also l>adly hur while there will l>e but little fruit o any kind and vegetation is just get ting a new start from the effects o the freeze. .^frs. J. If. Foster 1 ia.s pium com1 criticaliWThe last'six weeks most of the time there has I Hie little hope of her recovery. Brs Southard and I lames, of Jonesvilh j)rs. Dean and Black, of Spartar burg, and Dr. Randolph Winslov of Baltimore, and Miss Yirgini I Waddell, trained nurse, of Spartai , burg, have all been treating ar ! nursing Mrs. Foster while Dr. . S. Fosetr has stayed by the bcdsn of his mother most all the time. Joint services were held at tl ' Baptist church last Sunday nig ? by Revs. Kzell and Camak in t * interest of temperance law andord - in this county. They had ^ go U congregation to hear them talk * i this important subject. Rev. D. t' Camak left yesterday for Duncr u the seat of the Spartanburg ?listr ( ...ill tli -|t:<i.iitrr??w ?"?" - e tonight. Ho is to prowli tlio op< s I ing sermon. Telephone, 11 Death of a Young Man. I Mr. Chalmers Blair died at n home of his father at Monarch il^last Monday night from consul jtion. He had been confined to r 11 Mid for only a few weeks, hut or end was ex|>ected from the brj r,. ning. He was a consistent men ty of the Presbyterian church. >n .lust before bis death he ca j,| the entire family around his bed and told tlieni that lie was prep; in to go. His many friends ex" ;,n their heartfelt sympathy to the i caved parents. , W I .lx Miss Eleanor B. Saunders Ele Dr. Kleanor 1?. Saumlers has ))H.' elected to succeed Dr. Sarah i ()f as assistant physician at the ! hospital for the Insane. S(*ni Dr. Allen, wlio has held thi jK, i sition for eight years, resigned .>()Micral months ago t?.) take up we "ill, j Charleston. I)r. Saumlers will . i| especial charge of the woi _ i . hen warusth,. ther peake. \V. II. Pool* and pr< 'ross j others; that is the proper v >wn- spirit and people should he ; it mended for it. Union count, one j macadamize her roads right 1 l>e so wo a,l living today can g?*t good benefit from it, and our eh our and grand children, if we go 5 has right and in a business way. s the not the herculean task that that would make it appear. I llow- good road advocates get t< their and "tote" fair, don't cu g the others throats hut work f >lson, common goo-1. II. | Taxpayer and V positions with the Spartan Inn, |'s; . Spartanburg; lintel Imperial, Knox-! a , vrlle, Tenn.;' Hattery Park, Ashei vijlo; anil was also with a large hotel' e a' Ocean City, Mil., and St. Augus- n I fne, Fla. ; t( He leaves a mother, now living 1.1 > ii Soranton, Penn., three sisters t] I slid one brother. The latter is Mr. ^ Geo. H. Oetzel, a well known cit- ^ . Ben of Union. One sister, Miss jj 5 (lattie Oetzel, now of Dillon, S. ('., j ; iitfltided her brother's burial. The Lj - funeral was conducted in the Pres-j j J byterinn church by Itev. A. G. iSM^rdhtW, 1). 1). I Mr. Oetzel was a genial, warm-!.. I 1. i?i iv - rcnuTu HHUI, Uiiu irnu a pivat. man.. t 'lends in Union who will be sad- n s uned by his death. I* j Elsewhere we publish a tribute ^ 1 1 ritten by one of these. It speaks ; i ir itself, and comes 'from one who j, 1 lfiew him intimately and who loved I im well 1 I Caughman-Hutchinson. jj ^ Tutsday afternoon at ('? o'clock at 1 f the home of the bride's parents, i . Mr. md Mas. J. C. Caughman, of i Saludi county, Mr. John T. Hutch- 1 " inson, of Newberry, and Miss Jessie 1 * Cauglanan, will be married. I marriagj ' Ml.TIuVCln.. . .V now living 1 ' in Union and is a most excellent II business man, having served in " Newberry when he was in business here as a member of city council. Miss v*aughman is a daughter of Mr. J. C.' Caughman, who was for a j 1:1 number of years treasurer of Edge-, 1* field and Saluda counties. She is; ' j also a sister of Mrs. Thomas S.I ,* Sease, of Spartanburg.?Herald aad 1(* News. The many friends of Mr. Hutch',e inson in Union wish him great joy in his life as a benedict. Mr. Iluteh inson has been in Union aUnit i! one year. 1 n that time he has made I many friends and has built up a p'jgi'od business. He has energy, ' pluck and perseverance and deserves L.n* the success that has come to him. u1 The Times wishes him a long and | happy married life. Picnic at Murphy's Mill. Mr. T. J. Retenbaugh informs u> tl1(. that the macadam road to Murphy's on i bridge will bo completed in a fev np. days, ami on Friday, May 1(1 the; bis expect to have a big picnic. All ar t)?.; invited to come and bring well-fille rj]).; baskets. The feature of tin- da ilivr ' will be the speeches on good road I by several prominent speakers, lied j *ide j Woodmen to Unveil Monument. a.red ^ tend | Pppcjjil to the Times, her-1 Carlisle, May 2.?The Woodnn of the World of tlak ('amp No. ( . j j of this place are going to unveil t monument of their deceased sovc . I eign, James S. Welch, at Sims gra . IV n 1 yard, near Herberts, on next Su day morning at 11 o'clock. -Oil*. , ,, ,,, ,, ,, f | Hon. \ . i\. i/t?i in \ ni\ ! will be orator of the day; tin; cat j"'*)0~ j at Shelton will also assist. '1 ,s"v- 1 public is cordially invited to r.k I present. i have i1 , , nt " A clack for was receh in Richmond from Andrew Ca i egie for tin; Home for Needy C >bably; federate Women. No conditi public j are attached to the gift, which coi -eo|n-1 in a personal letter to Miss M y con Custis Lee, who is at the head of now, | home hoard of managers, and 1 wane met Mr. Carnegie in Florida lildjvn season. It is said to bo the uU it contribution made by Mr. Cam It is or any of his associates to a Co , so lie ' derate institution. A-t Mil cr Rev. L. L. Wagnon preaehe t enrh Monarch Sunday for Rev. J. or the Klkins. A class of twenty was tized and a total of thirty-five oter. received into the Methodist eh1 R. GOING'S NEW PATENT ENVELOPE 1 is Patent is Very Unique and Says He Can Compete in Price with -g the Ordinary Envelope?He Also Has Another Invention. Dr. J. G. Going has just returned ' oin Washington where he went to ike out a patent on a new envelope hich he has originated. There rere something like nine hundred atented envelopes in the United tates Patent Office, hut Dr. Going's atent is unique. It is just like an rdinary envelope, except that it ' as a small flap which folds from i l : i I .i i M in- uiiuit biuc iiiiu iiii<> me envelope ml sticks to the inside of the top 5 ide. Both flaps can he moistened ' t once, and the folding in of the 1 xtra flap requires very little extra J ffort. The inventor says lie can lanufaeture them so as to he able * 3 compete in price with the ordin ry envelope. He has a sample of J be^envelope and has also blue print hicli gives the details of the novely. It is said that the man who 1 ivented the hollow India rubber ( all reaped a fortune from hisinven- ' on. Perhaps Dr. Going will get a ' hipload of money out of the envel- ] pe. i If that fails to materialize, he has ( et another recent invention which ^ l?ijf AAA v*? - - t lan. lie has invented a revolving j replace, and has applied for a patent on it. This idea he found to iave l>een in the heads of four other | nventors, as the patent otlice reealed. But he is confident that lis invention is an improvement iver each of the other four and he : ins been encouraged to believe that le will have no trouble to get his dea patented, lie has worked this dea out so that the cost of manuacturing is very little and the convenience and saving injfucl is great. The man who has ideas can find u ^ " thought out clearly. Both these ideas of l>r. Going are manifestly the work of a patient and thorough process of thinking. Popular Young People Wed. On Wednesday morning, May 1, Mr. J. C. Parker and Miss lVarle Wilburn were united in marriage. The marriage ceremony was performed by Kcv. W. B. Justus at the home of the bride's mother, Mrs. Bessie Wilburn, Virgin street. Immediately after the marriage I .i i ?...a.. 11 ?? ? morniru | lilt? 11;Ij>|?> i?..n ...~ train and will visit relatives of Mr Parker in Shelhy, X. C. Mr. Par I ker is in the employ of Mr. W. 1) ' Arthur, the wholesale grocer, am is a young man of fine charade [ami good business qualifications The young lady has many friend in Union, and is universally- be loved and admired. The. Times extends congratulr tions to this young couple and wisl es for them long life and much haj * piness. y [ A Pleasant Occasion. e j .. Miss Mary Meador gave an ente l's tainment at her school house on hi Saturday afternoon for the purp? of raising money to help the Con] ! derate Monument fund. K? fres incuts were served on the groun and quite a neat little sum v raised. After leaving the schoolhouse s< '"'eral of the young people stopped '"r the home of Mr. ami Mrs. M. r" Meador and spent a pleasant ev v" ing. Meeting K. of P. ,n' At a meeting of the Knights iip |?ythia? in Jonesville, Tuesday < ning, thirteen applicants were through the second degree. A this work, a banquet was sen which was prepared by the fan ctHtk, J. M. Gall man. The la rn~ of Jonesville furnished ice cr (>n" | and cake for the banquet. It ?nH ja very enjoyable occasion for all ineHj number of I'nion men went up u.r^ partook of Jonesville's hospita 1 Kach of them came home an I '10 "walk straight," as one of t . expressed it, and they are loi 'irfl their praises of the Jonesville pe nf< * Mr. Harvey Poole Hurt. G11 Tuesday Mr. Harvey il at liiitl the misfortune to break lii \V. <leg just above the ankle. Il< bap- ploughing near a gully an<l m was misstep, falling fifteen feet, iirch. i tin- al)ove result. 1 ?1 MOVEMENT ON FOOT TO REINSTATE COL DUNCAN ro His Former Position as President of the Union-Buffalo , Cotton Mills. . Mass Meeting of Citizens Held on Wednesday Evening and a Committee was Appointed to go Before the Directors at Their Meeting on Saturday. . On Wednesday evening a mass meeting was held in front of Fike llros. store, West End, Union, at ivhich a committee of sixteen whs appointed to go tieforc the directors. >f the Union-Buffalo Mills Co., to request that Col. T. C. Duncan he reinstated as president of the mills. . I1 he directors meet Saturday and Jiis committee will go before them it that time. A like committee from a meeting held at Buffalo Thursday evening was appointed. These two committees were to ' nicet at the Peoples Bank at nine j'clock Friday morning, and jointly SO today Ix'fore the directors. Messrs. L. M. Jordan, JM.iirwr-itmi Rev. Mr. Justus addressed the meeting 01.1 Wednesday evening. The committee appointed was as follows.; \j. M. Jordan, cliairman; J. M. Colw.n; \V. M. Wilkes; I. pi Arthur Becknell; R. ]i. k^ A. Haines; Dunoui Harms; \r 1 arks; R. \Jt Hindman* wwrCarter. Tor several petitions have been circulated ancTv. petitions received ttotX) signers. Tms ?yuiss / meeting was the outcome of th*. J petitions, which requested the rein- 7 i' statement of Col. Duncan. I; Examination for Scholarship. \ SDartanburg, ^C.j.Agril^80, 1007. [ My Dear Sir: On the 17th and 18th of May V' there will be a competitive exami- \ I nation at Spartanburg, S. C., for \ the purpose of securing a Midshipman from the Fourth Congressional District, a vacancy having heen created at the Naval Academy by the resignation of Midshipman Todd, of Laurens County. The successful contestant in the exanii} nation will he appointed, and must I report at Annapolis for the mental i' and physical examination in thirty ; I days. This appointment is a very . | valuable one. It means a very - 1 thorough education for the young . i man who gets it, at the (lovern11 merit's expense. If 1 were a hoy r and had such an appointment, I . would value it at pot less than s *10.000. I hope you will call attention to this vacancy in j?ur paper, in order i- der that the IK>ys of I nion Cytiinty i- may know of it and participate in :>- the contest. The examination embraces arithmetic, algebra through | quadratic equations, plane geomei try, and upon grammar, history land other studies, is about such an r- examination as one would stand to Lst teach in our public schools. so I am, f,._ . Yours verp sincerely, vlos. T. Johnson. ^ A Marriage. I Mr. I>cn K. 1'iuiit suui miss rn'*v" ieia (lodshaU wore united in rnarri; age l>y Rev. \V. I?. JlHtus at his ' home on Church street, Wednesday, l'u" May 1. These young people surj prised th?*ir friends, not letting th<m I into the secret until 4iie happy event was over. ve-1 Bamberg county will make an <-fput fort to oust the county dispensary, ftor | Over hTtlf the voters in the county ,*ed, | have signed the petition and if the, ions' signers are well qualitied the elecdies j tion will he held at an early date, cam i wnsl Darlington Mfg. Co. is-preparing \ Jan attractive exhibit ior Jamestown and among which are several.-'.balls of jjjy high class finished cotton goods, j(. percales, etc. id in I D*'v* W- T. Hundley, a Baptist , clergyman, formerly of this state ' hut now of Virginia, has covered himself with glory and won a largfe place in the hearts of all Virginians IW.h' by his newest and sweetest song, i? left "Coming Home to the < no \ irginia wasShore," tie- home-coming song to ade a he used at the Jamestown Exposiwith tion on Virginia home-coming day, June 12. .0 V * vt? '. W: \