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1 " TUI- ITMlrtvi <V,?'; J THE UNI0Nu:?llMF^. :,A VOL LVH NO. 27 UNION, SOUTH CAROLijj^gjfky'^^5, l^v ^T ~$1.00~A VEART ~ SOLDIERS IN A RIOT. , . Second South Carolina and First Kentucky Regiments Throw Off Disciplind and Make Trouble. The press dispatches to the daily papers give the following account of a riot engaged in by the Second South Carolina and First Kentucky regiments at Jamestown Exposition grounds on the night of July 3. Five hundred soldiers, members of the Second South Carolina and First Kentucky regiments in camp at the Jamestown exposition grounds tonight became riotous, threw off all disciple, intimidated concessionaries and took charge of shows on the Warpath, and when the Powhatan Guards interfered a riot followed, several being injured. The injured * are: V Joseph Brasher, Company G, Kentucky regiment, probable fracture of skull; Guard Preas, Powliatnn Guards; Adjutant Garwood, Guard Kennedy and several others suffered slight wounds. Earlier in the night the soldiers, who were drinking, became noisy and were repeatedly cautioned by the guards. loiter, when their number had increased to about 300 they threw aside all restraint and ^ prncmlctl to tl1*- warpath, ?vwre i (T they invaded places of amusement. I refusing to pay admission fees or to leave when ordered out. The i ' Temple of Mirth," "Beauty- i Show" and "Streets of Cairo" were the principal sufferers. At the lat- 1 ter place about 1 ~> Powhatan Guards attempted to restore order and then ] trouble followed. The guards, were i forced to use their sabres to beat the men back. Capt. Carpciyer and f Adjutant Garwood were soo'i oil the t scene and succeeded in e jolting the men from the "Streets of Cairo." o But the soldiers soon Returned, their number augmented to .r>0<). o They again attempted to ticc charge of the shows, and by ordf of Capt. ti Carpenter, C. C. Hasting of Company H, Kentu eky.andj(r J^pmp- ri ers of the rioters. T i a This caused a demonstrat m, and i with drawn sal)res the guarc fought h their way way through tin massed soldiers to the guard camp, despite , t the efforts on the part oftlie oldiers to rescue them. Behind tlie wire t fence of the earnp the guards "made a stand. The soldiers begin to 1 v throw stones into the inr*>sure.jl ('apt. Carpenter and Adjutai* (Jar-, s wood were struck, duard jl'reas, 1 who saw the man who threw .the 1 stone that hit Carpenter, dashed 1 out of the enclosure apd put him ; under arrest. I'reas was beaten j down, however, and his prisoner, ; rescued, hut not before the latter' i.H.iwt ;blackjacked by the guard.; ( Brasher was sent to the'ex ition i' hospital. He was later ;\wo,t"d there l?y Powhatan guards hufille,iId ' not he removed owing to his <A i- ' tion. I, The guards were later .reenforced by detachments of soldiers from the , camp and order was restored. Negro Killed in Edgefield. % * Edgefield, July 2. ? Mr. Ernest )? E. Chappell shot and instantly killed , George Griffin, a negro, this morn- i ing on the former's plantation, a mile out of town. The weapon used j was a pistol, the ball taking effect I in the forehead. The.only evidence j taken at tho inquest was that of the , wife of the deoeaeed, who testified that she saw nothing of the difficulty hut heard her husband and Mr. ChapiHill quarrelling in the field, where they were alone at work. A I pistol shot followed and soon she met Mr. ('hnppell coming to the house, who told her that lie had killed her old man, while he was attempting to kill him with a rock. The jury of inquest returned the usual verdict. Mr. Chappcll regrets the affair hut says he acted in self defense.? News and Courier. ^ Died From Fall. Last week as we were going to press we heard of an accident that *hU<v or ' fVthe toUow'HW"*1*Wand died tn? ?? fcarry It i,ad g<?ne * 1' SiaTl^down %g> lie..., _ dinner to his lain*?. /*p hf fell from the top tW to tu#. t ground between the railin/nd the Hall. The child was nix hrs oW, LECTURE AT FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH Rev. K. W. Cawthon Delivers Lecture On Argentina on Tuesday Night, To a Good Audience. In spite of the inclement weather, Rev. K. VV. Cawthon, the recently chosen pastor of the First Baptist Church, delivered a goAd lecture to an appreciative audience Tuesday night on Argentina. He spoke of the country geographically, and explaing something of the resources of the country, mentioning specially the fact that most of the industries are in the hands of foreigners. Next thej language of tiie people was spoken of, the lecturer giving some of the points of superiority of the Spanish to the Kniglish, hut insisted that the English iw superior, and is the world language, especially in a commercial way. / The characteristics aiid customs of the people were ditfciissed. and shown to Ik? very different from what we find in this cnunKry. The evangelical work hVing done was dwelt upon, and it w;I*s shown that though nominally CJhristian, the people know very littllc of true Christianity, and then somw of the incidents connected with thewvork, and espeeially the work of^^Ahe SotHTiern Baptist convention A'Hi. given. The following are some o? | M< striking and .pertinent statements made: "The people go to bed to keep warm. "They have a universal habit of procrastination: always say 'tomorrow.' ;;They are very polite. 1 he climate of the country is tying. V | 1 lie country is low and almost i ne vast plain. < "Living is very expensine. The < onditions of life are trying. 1 There are few negroes in Argen- 1 na. ^ *'People have a great deal of cu- 1 iosity. AI most every hons^ i# a- btft* tf leonoiic uinm.i mr .Htiiv... "Often many families live in one ^ muse. "The people treat the most sacred hings very lightly." One or two incidents were given o illustrate this. It was shown that while there arej nany discouragements, much good. t:iS been accomplished by the mis- j ionarics, and the outlook is hopeul. About one hour was occupied | >y tilt? lecture. It is understood that j Mr. i Caw t lion {will again lecture on ( ua>V?> I ' J I V 11 Ml PVlin# villi' 111 VIIV/ lllllll^t I A Beatiful Marriage. That was a very enjoyable occasion to the many relatives and I friends of Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Jeter, i ?f Santuc, who by invitation had j Assembled on June 2(ith, 1 *>07, toi witness the high noon marriage of their daughter, Miss Ethel, and Mr. John (iruhain O'Keeffe, of Tazeville, Va. At the first strains of the wedding inarch, sweetly and softly rendered by Miss Lewis, of Georgia, the officiating minister, I lev. J. 1). Mahon, took his stand behind the lieautifully decorated altar of white and green. The bridal party entered the parlor, first the groom with his best man, and brother, Mr. James O'Keeffe. Next entered the maid of honor, Miss Oillepsie, of ^jTazeville, Va. Then rarne Srtile Mildred Jeter as flower girl, strewing roses in the pathway preceding the bride, who came leaning upon 1 the arm of her father. The father gave the daughter over to the groom, when they took their stand in front of the altar. At the request of the bride, the minister received tlieir marriage vows according to the beautiful marriage ceremony of the Moravian church, during which there were strains of low sweet music. After the ceremony two l>ountiful courses of refreshments were served, sandwiches, cakes and ices. The bridal party left on the 1:40 train for thfir home in Virginia, carrying with them the best wishes Iand uMgM-.sof their many friends. ^ *4>rantea Bail. XVadflJDavis, fntb#?r a.<l j , /i i liJur Davis, George Davis, his bother, wtyrfyeleated from jail on July :i, havim each given Imnd in the sum ofyW for their appearance at the neyterin of COOrt. They were j ilischapl underan order of Junge I I'urdwjn habeas corpus proceedings / / I ! I *?, 'ft * J' ? t CUTTING SCRAPE AT JONESVILtZ John Ray and Five Men Napied .UttjMj field Fight with Knives-^ftty imP-? Father of Boys Badly Cut 1 * I Jonesville, July 3.?There waB a cutting scrape in the cotton mill 1 here last week in which Mr. Johnj. ] Ray on one side and five men 1^. J the name of J.ittlefield on the othMy side, all mill hands working in^hflj mill. Ray and one of the iatrflSffl fields, father of the other?,**tfere that were hurt, and they were botfwS j badly hurt by cuts from knives or^ the head, face and body; they however doing well, but are both u# bed. The Mayor had up the lour*; young men Littlefields and two o J them plead guilty and were **cm] fined twenty-five dollars or,thir1#j days 011 the gang; they took the J I davs. The other two were acquit J ted, but one of them was arwatel 1 immediately by the MngwlteWfc! constable on a State warrant mi X I up. m default of bond waa comm | S I ted to jail. m !' 4 Homicide at Spartanburg. ^ ^ J Spartanburg, July 2.-SpAtj D. K. Cunningham, tfAieliKl)!0 ij ,B. llun^inger b,v" 'million jjl jVrtre'head with a;/f j tains about -kW ^^ered t^b|it,, ibj,^^^ ^VfntiDfi, an<l sedto his home, fohr miles from towiftj^ He failed to receive ^medical att4jjf? 'j tion upon his arrival at home* though several efforts were made to ] secure physicians, and death 1 lowed within thirty-six hours nftfcr t he was wounded. The half de&tf < man was allowed to lie on ' ffijjT ground for more than an hour fts- ? fore he was sent home. Junningham learned of the de*th >f Hunsinger he came in and sur? / endered. Cunningham struck Hunsinger wliile the latter was ach,-ancing on him with a drawn 1 niife. 3?The rains jti ... T7*5 crops are growing (| fery fast and in this neighborhood f, hey are tolerably clean of grass. The usual dividends were paid I semi-annually last Monday by ibe | j( Jonesville Manufacturing Co., Bank i t }f Jonesville, The Jonesville Ileal ;1 Instate Co. and other corporations. 1 , Money being being turned loose over v the country in mid summer in such j jlarge quantities helps our country ( wonderfully. Tomorrow most of our stores and j j all the corporations will close down 1 : and take holiday. The young peopie will go out to (irindall and have a picnic and the mill people will have a barbecue in town. j Mr. E. It. Ay cock and family, Clinton, are visiting at the home of Mr. N. B. Eison. Mrs. (ieorge McWhirter and (I. Ci VJnn.l ??. vi^Winc in Mr*. W- H. B. Harris is visiting relatives in Atlanta. Telephone. A Wonderful Machine. The Union-Buffalo Mills Co. have installed four warp tying machines that are marvelous pieces of mechanism. Each machine does the work of twenty hand workers. Mr. W. I,. Jenkins, installing agent for the Barl)er, Coleman Co., of Rockford, 111., has l>eer( Mis Union for some I instructing men Tin the operation and care of the rrJaehine. Two machines have been put in the Union Mills and two in the Buffalo Mills. Mr. Howard D. Coleman is the inventor. He spent sixteen years in working out the invention. The machine sells for $o,000. It is a wonderful machine, almost human in its operation. Welcome Service. The welcome service to the new pasior 01 iu?* rirst naptist cnuroli, which was announced for Sunday night next, has been postponed until Sunday night one week, at which all the churches will co-operate) Making improvements. The Union-Buffalo Mills Co. are j making a great many improvements in the Union and Buffalo Mills, New houses are being built, houses < are Ixing freshly painted and a g<*n- ! oral air of improvement is apparent. Draper looms are being installed. It is said that the Company will spend a million dollars in improve- ' ments. i !Wh OF MR. JOHN L COLTON. | F pe of Union's Oldest Citizens Passes 1 Sway Had Been in Declining Health for Several Months. pa Sunday night Mr. John K. died at his residence in Union. < Vf. Coiton hae been in failing health ] fcaevefKl months, and the end I [a*iot inspected to his family 1 pn hinWlf. He has for some Ked&en a^ufferer with heart dis- i Hmjbd. had had several vej-y seri- ] ^Rttacks in Went weeks. Cditon, bt* sixty -two : MNftilSvi. age'th^jC^nfeKp?. September, ?g. Rooked 0 pop's s^one of the oldnffaWitr. ttkU..' U..?. SfipCAud here he h:ul lived out his < MP on earth. ; jfor two years he was a Opnfeder-1 Veoldier, enlisting when he was Hiolit 15 years of age, and cQntinuKt to the end of the war. His Mp pr was a native of Massachusetts He inpved south in IS:',7, marrying a Virginia lady, Miss Purringtqfi-. Of this union two sons were msn. One of these died when al>out Sixteen' years old. Mr. J. E. Oolbon, the other son, was^h^only living memher of the family.IHe \s survived by his widow and jwo sojis> Mr. W. Ki Colton and nr. Walter W, Colton, , .^*>e C- ? ~ 1 7^ church, \ *?r t.he PJir5t thirty years he was fielder in the church. JfVr-1 conducted at the ' IK (??8H*terian church. Rev. ( MG. Wardlaw, D. I)., conducted ;hI exercises, assisted by l)r. B. (;. .The burial was in the \ rsbyterian cemetery, in tlie famV plot. 1 Jury Could Not Agree. J After being out for almost ?4 f charge of cb.of Fori?fh .ii^Wl'VVcpi. .it the ciwp ^ on, was on July 'J, at 4 45 p. m., j iscnarged from the further consid- , ration of the case. '1 he jury was I. .. ?Un nviiililldl il auiiuuucu m niv; viiikmiix . , K-m at that hour by Judge Staf?nl, who, after ascertaining that hey had been unable to reach an groement, dismissed them. Earlier: n the day the jury had made a I isit to the court room in quest of' urther instructions on the subject f conspiracy! Mrs. Holmes was present with u*r husband when the result of the ury's deliberations was reached ind shed tears over his failure to secure acquittal. Wedding in Spartanburg. Spartanburg July d.?This afternoon at 0 o'clock at the home of her parents on South Dean street, Miss Mallie Brown, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Fleming Brown, was married,to Mr. H. L. Bomar. The ceremony was performed by Rev. E. fc. Bomar, brother of the groom, jVnd only the immediate families were present. Mr. and Mrs. Bomrir left for a northern trip soon afterc the ceremony.?The State. Dots Frmm West Springs. West SpriiJigs, July 2.?On las Sartitdtry ?>;ipning there f? ll here on< of heavifV'st rains that has heei knl)Wn to Ivisit the community \l yeiArs. Fh4 rain appeared to fall i shoots, anO( was accompanied by se\? v?ve with a light sprinkle of bail Cr. ops are damaged very much b tl ie wind and rain; the wiml'hlov inilig the corn and cotton down, an th<Jf[> rain washing dirt over it. wa; h impossible for ditches and te ra<f?es to hold the great amount < wa'Mter that was on the land, an con ni quently they broke over ar <lid great damage by washing t! land. I)v iring the storm Mr. Kz Holcomb 1/bad a fine cow killed I lightning. V Misses Flo. *ra High and Air Spears, of JoneY~Vjville, visited frien here on Sunday: O, Owing to the that Sund was a fifth Hunds! V? Pr<*aehi was observed at any c^urc^' A number of visit?^ \M *rorn Hnt points spent SinPMay nl W Springs. . YHl\ Mias Mamie "(Steel' ?J\retun W*nesday after spending V ,HO with friends m Dillon, ll\ \rtsv ?nd Columbia. ;U|L* p. nK ' H IEV. K. W. CAWTHON ACCEPTS CALL | To the Pastorate of the First Baptist! Church of Union?Preached His First Sermon Last Sunday. Rev. K. W. Cawthon, recently jailed to the pastorate of the First Baptist church, this city, preached Sunday morning and evening to a arge congregation. . At the close of the evening worship Dr. Taylor, who has been supplying the church for several rponths. pressed upon Rev. Mr. Cnwtho^n render his-decision upon the. ca|i. Dr. Taylor expressed the hope that the (Vn would ho accepted. Rev. Mr. CaWtliron, In a few well chosen wordu, expressed his determination to accept the call, stating that he felt that God was leading him thus to do. He at once took charge of the work, and will soon move his family, a wife and one little l>oy, to Union. Dr. Taylor will continue * ' f T t 1.. to resuie 111 union mr some \\ and will then go out to Arkansas to visit relatives there. This fall he will return to Brazil, leaving Mrs. Taylor in this Country 'till she is fully restored to health. In view of the fact that her health is iniprovipgi this is thought to b6 well assured. i cu. , nadri^*v T ***" Wl Lockhart News. * Lockhart, July 2.?We mere all saddened on hearing, of the death of Mrs. J. ft. Hall. She went to l-h ester to undergo a surgical operaLion which was successfully performed at the sanitarium. She only I ived a few hours after it was per orrned. Her remains were taken o Union. She was buried last j sabbath. As many as could get turn- j >uts went from here to the funeral, is she was a member of the Poca- i lontas lodge at this place. She " two children, , jendicitis, has feturu? ? 'wly <terrlays after the operation. He looks iome letter and probably will soon be able to attend to his duties. Mrs. William Bobbins, who moved here recently from I nion, has been in a bad state of health b>r some months, ami does not improve. The cycle craze has been revived again. The young hoys from four tern to sixteen summers seem to enjoy themselves hugely during the evenings. Mr. (Jill (Tanford, who has heen with the Southern l'ailway Co. foi some years, has returned to Lockhart to vi.sit his brothers ami sisters . He left us a few years ago as a men | boy, but now he is a full growi man. How fast time Hies, and i ! brings many changes. Homo. A Sad Death. Mrs. J. B. Hall, formerly c Union, later of Loekhart, under I went an operation in Chester an | died a few hours aft< r the ope ratio I last Friday. The lardy was brought to Cnio 1 for burial. Her father, Mr. C. II ' Smith, who died several yea ago, was buried here. Mrs. Ilall i mother still lives in Union. I> J.J. Taylor conducted the huri services at the mother's home, aft ' j which the body was taken in char 1 t t i/'i by the Pocahontas lodge 01 j/h^ ' hurt, of whichuhe deceased was 11 member and by them it was la " away with the bvrial service of t si: order. ' Mrs. Hall leaves a husband a y two small children, a mother a several brothers and sisters in 1 d immediiite family to mourn h ft: Sin; has been in feeble health r*! several years, and it was thouj "f that an operation would rest id her. he Awarded Prizes. ra by The Union-Buffalo Mills offered three prizes for the 1 na kept, premises on the mill hill. <1* Wednesday the prizes were aware The judges selected to inspect ?iy premises and award tht; pr nB wer? Messrs. B. F. Townse A. Sawyer ami T. J. Yin; er-1 They made a thorough inspee es^ and awarded the prizes as foTT?) First prize, Mr. Wilson O'Shi . and Mr. Arthur Lawson who 1 11 in the same house, twelve ooll J??6 second prize to Mr. J. C. lire eight dollars; third prize to' Mr C. flewroing, five dollars. | 1 ' ' 1 WILL LOCATE IN GREENVILLE. J The C. E. Lipscomb Company Will^*""" Move to Greenville on August 1 Will Enlarge Their Biisine^rjfc^ >| our friends and customers business atld eomlWence extenned -? uh during f>ur bhsinelw career of more than *)ght years in Union; it has indeed bsen very pleasant and reasonably profitable. We appreciate the many staunch friends that 1 1 iirimr this WC Iunu \>uu v--? On August Jst the entire force and offices C. E. Lipscomb Co. will l>e nAveu to (ireenville, S. C.; this is inWh-r that we may ' enlarge our terri^^^t^? that we may 1; he warranted in 1much larger stock; t ?'ir the In future our ^^eu '.p UuU)ki}Vnston-Salem, N. C. > - ' .?*-* * . business entrusted us in the past, and soliciting a continuance of the same, We beg to remain, Yours very truly, C. E. LlPSIlOMH COMJ'ANY, PerC. E. Lipscomb, Pres. & Treas." Messrs. C. E. and J. E. Lipscomb, It. E. Bruce and J. T. Hutchinson will move their families to (ireenville at in early day. The removal of these good citizens i* a distinct loss to I nion. The Lipscomb Company has for several years been one (,f the leading business firms here, Miss Hannah (Juin'n, of the Cross Anchor sec tion, spent Saturday night ! with t)ie family of Mrs. Sal lie Bobo, of Prospect eorm r. W'.rs. W. X. Bobo, and little daughter Myrtle, of Sedalia, spent several days recently visiting friends in the Ninety-Six section. 1 -Master Curtis Chuney, of Clinton, is spending some time over with Ids [grand parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. ! \V. Bailey. j. Mr. It. W. Chaney, one of our small farmers, is trying to dolus . ' l?est in the way of raising bread JI stulfs at home. Wheat, as a general thing, is sorry wun us mm , I l?ut he has counted the grains gathered from one head, which amounted to 1402. All who can heat that ,f: tell us alnait it. . The S. S. Convention is now a ,1: thing of the past, as far as the one n recently held with the Padgett's I Creek church is concerned. We n had a good convention, considering [ that neither Mr. Editor nor Hey / rg j Denver were present. Expect'g t ing both of you to he there I took r< j no notes, so will have to r< j>ort from ;lj j memory. Rev. J. C. faiwson was aper' pointeil secretary pro-tein in the gt. j absence of Mr. K. \V. Jeter. Devo; tional exercises were cunductcd hy a j Mr. IL E. Ray. But few Sunday ^[schools handed in their reports. }IC I Aft** adjourning for one hour, the discussion of subjects was taken up. n,"l | All the discussions were good. n,|Rev. D. f). Richardson preached ler;a good sermon Saturday night. ,.r> j Sunday morning Rev. J. C. laiwson for gave us a very interesting talk on the suhjeet of missions, after which or(. Rev. Funderburk preached the sermon to a very large and interested audience. A collection was then for State missions, which amounted to something over $2/).00. The (j0 Convention adjourned to meet with -mI ,1,n HoPT^Im Church on Saturday be >OSt i ^ On fore the next fifth Sunday. .] |(.(] A large crowd was in attendance I the on Sunday, quite a number of visit- j Izes or8 from your city, some of whom $ nd were Messrs. J. H. Wilhurn, Bobo jon! Sparks, S. S. Waldrop, 1*. B. Bobo, tion 1^- N. Wilhurn, Misses Eison, tvsr Kller, Waldrop, Stewart, Wilhurn, elds e^c* ived I We were glad to have all the visarg; | itors and friends with us on this ?wn',' pleasant and profitable occasion, j i Come again and we will tr?at vou | right. B. B. \