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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
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CUTTING SCRAPE AT JONESVILtZ
John Ray and Five Men Napied .UttjMj
field Fight with Knives-^ftty imP-?
Father of Boys Badly Cut 1 *
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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*
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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.
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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. |
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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.
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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. \