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ONE ARREST IS MADE IN PARR SHOALS CASI Police Hold J. B. Tipton of Green' ille in Connection With Robber; ?-Officials Refuse to Give Caus? for Detention of Southern Railway Freight Conductor. One arrest has been made in con nection with the robbery of $16,00* from officials of the J. G. White Engineering company at Parr Shoals September 5. Other arrests are expected to follow today. J. B. Tipton of Greenville a freigh "conductor of the Southern railway was arrested in Greenville last Fri day, following an investigation bj Burn's detectives and the Columbia police. He was brought to Columbia last night and placed in the city jail The warrant for the arrest charged Tipton with complicity in the robberj and was. sworn out by J. T. McLfellan superintendent of the construction work of the J. G. White Engineering company at Parr Shoals.. The warrant was sworn out before C. B. Douglas, magistrate of township No, 11, in Fairfield county. No intimation was given by the police as to what led to the arrest. The accused is a freight conductor of the Southern railway, having been in its employ about four years. As an "extra," he has been in service on three divisions?the Columbia and r.roonlrillo f 1,,. r>~ 1 U:_ -_J ? V..WIKIIIS, urc v/viumum anu opartanburg and the Charlotte and Greenville. The Spartanburg line passes directly by Parr station, the scene of the robbery. Lives in Greenville J. B. Tipton is a married man, his wife and four children living in Greenville. Columbia being one end of the division over which he was running, Tipton, while here, boarded with V. Z. Burke, at 2011 Hampton street. Tipton is about 45 years of age, weighs about 170 pounds, has dark hair, a dark comolexion. hlno eyes and is clean shaven. Native of Tennessee. Before coming to South Carolina, it is said, Tipton was connected with the Tennessee Central, his run being from Nashville to Harriman Junction. Later he had a run out of Knoxville. This was seven or eight years ago. After coming to this State Tipton for a few months was connected with the special agency department of the Southern railway. According to a dispatch from Greenville Tipton was arrested Friday afternoon by Detective Stevens of the Columbia,, police department and W. R. Adams, detective of the Atlanta branch of the Burns' agency, Denial is Made. When arrested in Greenville Tipton denied that he was connected with the robbery and gave an account of his movements on the day ot the holdup. In the morning, according to his statement, he left Spartanburg on a run to Columbia, reaching here shortly before 1 o'clock and then went to his boarding house He claims that his first knowledge of the robbery was gained when he read the account in an afternoon paper. He said that he left Columbia Friday night for Greenville, going by way of Spartanburg. Yesterday detectives of the Columbia police department went to Greenville with the warrant. The prisoner was brought to Columbia las1 night on train No. 16 of the Southerr railway, arriving here at 10:4E o'clock. The officers with the prisoner left the train at Gervais streei and walked to the police station. La ter he was transfered to the city jail The police last night said that hi had refused to make a statement other than to deny that he knew any thing concerning the robbery. Chief Cathcart of the Columbii police force last night refused to dis cuss the case. A representative oi the Burns agency is expected to ar rive in Columbia this morning t< take charge of the case. History of Case The Parr Shoals robbery was om of the most daring deeds of its kirn ever attempted in South Carolina The money, a little more than $16, 000, had been sent up from Colum bia Friday afternoon, September 5 on Southern train No. 13, due a Parr station at 2:19 o'clock. In tw< minutes after the mrmcv hoH ho#? turned over to H. W. Mahar, pay master, his assistant, Fred C. Bult man, and Deputy Joyner, three mei with their faces blackened steppe< out from behind a freight box ant demanded that the guards throw uj " their hands, the bandits each holding two guns upon the guards as thej pressed their demands. Joyner hes itated to raise his hands and wai shot through the hip, the bdllet in Aiding a painful flesh wound. Th< other guards made no further re sistance, it is said, when Joyner wai shot down. Having secured the money the rob bers fired two or three shots into th< air and dashed across the railroa< and made for a swamp, where oni of the hand bags which had beei taken was found next morning, to gether with a pair of discarded over alls. Tipton Released on Bond. COLUMBIA, Sept. 16 James T ft J ; There's a wor tion in buying I because you i ; get what yot crackers that s crisp, clean, a t nourishing. 9 Uneeda Biscuit ax ' in quality?they 1 in crispness, in i i soda crackers upon. And all I Biscuit are uncos ers packed in as TTitro ? X'ATC tcuis eve moisture-proof p; NATIONAL BIS< Tipton, arrested at Greenville last Friday charged with complicity in the Parr Shoals robbery when $16,000 was secured, was released today by the Columbia police under bond. Chief Cathcart refused to state the amount. Tipton was brought here following his arrest. Mrs. Tipton, it is said, will bring suit against the detectives making the arrest. Gov. Blease is quoted as saying that he will pardon by telegraph any man convicted on the testimonv of n i Burns detective. Miss Wilson Weds November 25. CORNISH, N. H., Sept. 6.?The marriage of Miss Jessie Wilson, sec. ond daughter of President Wilson, to , Francis B. Sayre, of New York, is to > take place at the White House in Washington Tuesday, November 25. ( The announcement was made from ( the summer home of the president by TkM Tin* i- * airs, nr nson ioaay. This, the thirteenth wedding in the L White House is to be an afternoon , affair. Although the desire of the , president always lias been for ex. treme simplicity, it is understood ( that he has given his consent to plans that will call for an affair as brilliant as any that has ever taken , place in the historic mansion. I "I don't believe you ever got r drunk in your life, friend Swigham; . if you did though, it was at some. body else's expense." ; THE ONLY BIG UNION, Si Robin Famous ' NOW COMB ISANC GREsgr^cl'i. . European h9JL 1 A f5>rv1B,rj^1 ^ MIGHT l 500 rS|l? PBOPLttA^^w^ AND 1 ""N BEAUTIFULl / MORSES \ * */ RICHEST / COSTUMES [\ >// J MAGNIFICENTI 7^7 ~^S EQUIPMENT | ir^vl ^ s FAMEDASTHEI \ft 1 WORLD'S 8 i snow r\\J VVT^ ; /beautiful / \Jr \V Finest. fHUKCOUS^S : museum^ HIPPO' Id of satisfacJneeda Biscuit know you will i want?soda ire oven-fresh, ippetizing and e always uniform are always alike flavor?they are you can depend because Uneeda imon soda cracki uncommon way. ravhere in the ackage. 3UIT COMPANY Mrs. Maggie E. Sartor Dies. EASTOVER, Sept. 13.?Mrs. Maggie E. Sartor died at 11 o'clock this morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. O. E. Bird. Mrs. Sartor was ill but eight hours, death being due to heart failure. She had been in poor health for some time. Mrs. Sartor, who before marriage was Miss Maggie Wilson of Union county, daughter of W. M. Willson and Evelin McJunkin, was born December 13, 1841. In November, 1872, she was married to John H. Sartor of Union county, who died in Laurens county in 1882. Mrs. Sartor is survived by two children, Mrs. O. E. Bird and James Sartor, both of Eastover. TTlinorol oowiri/?A(< 11 L-. 5 J - win ue cunuuctea tomorrow afternoon at 4 o'clock at the Presbyterian church of this place, the Rev. R. C. Reed, D. D., of Columbia Theological seminary, Columbia, officiating. Mrs. Sartor was a woman of many splendid traits, and her death caused genuine grief among her many friends and relatives. Many-a man who would hesitate to make a wife of his cook will make a cook of his wife. - i ?... - "w 1 The one time man doesn't mind putting his foot in it is when he steps into a fortune. About the only man in the world who is satisfied with his job is the self-made man. SHOW COMING!! >NDAY 9 A EPT. L L son's i Shows HIVED WITH ERS'I IOWS ? ARENlc IDERLAN0 PRESENTING-** (T^AND A? ^WORLD'S C^BEST :J2i? YW DISPLAYS r:pROMC. '^Nageri E1 ? ro THE FARMERS OF THE STATE Letters and telegrams have been roming to me, as the head of the farmers' Union, requesting action ibout the extortionate price of cot;on bagging and ties and the low jrice of cotton seed, coupled with vhat are thought to be discriminatng regulations agreed on by the Crushers' Association and the Comnissioner of Agriculture. I have xiedto answer them all, but as my tnswers go only to the inquirers, I VIRVI IA uqv ? ?? aL i ..?j . luugu me papers mat [ see only two things to do. As to >agging and ties can be bought at 'air prices. Pick the mature cotton lry and store in the seed until you vin the fight?two fights to win in ;his, lower bagging and ties and ligher cotton. Spend all the time fou can saving hay and sowing win;er cover crops for hay next year to :ome in the last of March and the [irst of April, or two months before the oat crop. As to cotton seed?Sell the seed that are in danger of heating as fast is ginned. Store in dry places all the balance so as to have them absolutely sound, and wait until we see now much the market for the meal, )il and hulls will warrant the mills paying. It looks to me like $40.t)0 vill soon be a fair price for sound ieed, and the market may go higher. 'People must eat; they must be :lothed." Do not be in any hurry, irother farmers, to market your :rops. Take time to put them in the nost attractive shapes. And while fou, on the one hand, refuse to glut ;he markets, on the other, remember ,hat the "people must eat and they nust be clothed," and see to it that is far as you are concerned they lave a sufficiency of your products x> satisfy their needs, and at reasonable prices. In all your planning, take time to >rganize your local unions, and time o meet from week to week at the lo:al school houses to study and dis!US3 these and kindred subjects, that jertain to your welfare and prosperty of the country. Such individual ind neighborhood work is worth nore than all the conventions that ?n be held. And it is by such work hat the Farmers' Union can best aid rou, and that my efforts and the efforts of the State and National Unons can be made effective in the busness world. But some one will say," We cannot ?old our seed or our cotton; we need noney to pay our debts. I have heard his often nnH evnor> f tn !<? r-.? ?v > ?? ?V igain. Sometimes as an individual . you cannot borrow the money to hold four crops. I know- this to be a fact is well as any one does. But have you tried to organize? Have you iried to pool your crops and have some good business men among you, or a committee of your best men, make these arrangements for you ? I know of instances where this has been done to the satisfaction of all concerned. I know the oil mills would be glad to deal directly with the farmer, if he will join with his neighbors and make the deals of size to warrant. If you cannot, or will not; organize and stick, there is no use and stick together, there is no use for you to call on me or the State and National Unions, or the members of Congress to help you. The State and National officials of the Farmers' Union are ready to give you all the help you need towards organization, but we must insist that you, upon whom these burdens are falling, take steps to meet us half way. We are planning for the organization of a rural credit system in South Carolina, that will give our people everything that is best in the old world systems, adapted to our conditions. We are planning for a practical purchasing agency that will give to every member the benefits of buying in quantities. We are planning for practical marketing of your produce, and a system of warehouses to handle your cotton and seed. We have much worked out along these lines. Your attitude will determine whether we succeed or not. If you are interested send to State Secretary J. Whitner Reid, Columbia, S. C., a list of your neighbors who will join to organize a local union. He will then arrange to go or to send an organizer at the most convenient times to cover the most appointments with the least travel. "We have the goods. Will you let us deliver them? A word to the wise is sufficient." E. W. DABBS. President S. C. State Farmers' Union. Mayesville, S. C., Sept. 13. It seems the irony of fate that while the grass widow is in clover, the real widow should be inweeds. Many a business man who claims he only wants a fair profit must have in mind a church fair profit. The best way to stop a woman's tears is to tell her they make her noM% /e d. Some men are born great, and then they miss the pleasure of telling how they did it. About the only things some fellow* seem able to keep are late hoars f I Make The Citi % Your Bank J You will like the se ? based on the belief that t T customers are identical T itself. T Officers and employ T with the task of makin . finno r\-f 4-V?r? ?' ?"lL * ^ uiuno vji tllC UClllIY Willi IIS We cordially invite ^ and Savings. Special atte ^ Foreign and Doi furnished, also ^ Vaults and Boxes ! Citizens Nal UNION, SOUT: ^ Capital and Surplus IV STATE, COUNTY ANI i ^ *4* ""I* *1* *1* *1* Ip^rp I I A COTTO I JL ACCOUN1 v^HS5B55^i \S"5S2i IT IS JTECIA; AND WILL BE HELP TO Y PICKINC THE PEOPLES | Still Going ? Our business still grov 8 learned that WASHBURN 5: line of GROCERIES in Unic freshest because we sell fa 5; enough to grow old and sta 8 tend to your orders now. \ Best HAMS and finest 1 5; Finest and freshest produce | TRY OUR FLOUR! ( 5 the best patent for $5.25 pt S; this is guaranteed. y COFFEES?the best or 5 We carry all kinds of F 6 Get our prices on all i 5 you can beat them elsewher fi f\T TAT Tmv 2 V^UAL/1 1 X . Selling goods of right < X serving our customers prope | per. LET US BE YOUR G J T. B. WA i THE RE p Phone 237 ??m?i?? ??????? An Absolutely Guaranteed Remedy FOR CHILLS DR. HUIET'S Chill Buster Will stop Chills every time you take it or your money refunded PALMETTO DRUG CO. THE MONEY SAVERS I1MIAU O | UltlVlli V# ' zens National It ing House ? J? rvice at this bank. It is ^ ;he interest of the bank's ^ with those of the bank ^ * ees alike are concerned ^ g satisfactory the rela- 4. 3 patrons. *j? i accounts?Commercial *|? ntion to ladies' accounts. 4? .* 1 nestic Exchange *? Safe Deposit ^ tional Bank % H CAROLINA. + lore Than $100,000.00 ) CITY DEPOSITORY. * BE) r T V Dl If m I 1VULCU | OF GREAT I OU DURING I i TIME I SUPPLY CO. ?eMOt$S36$K$!CX5e$i6$KXS?S3^ I Forward I ? g /s because the people have $ keeps the freshest and best A >n or surrounding country? g st and keep nothing long 5 le?quickest because we at- p ?rade of CANNED GOODS. | obtainable. g }an't be beat. We sell von ? sr barrel. EVERY sack of ? i the market of every grade, y. "EED STUFF. ? ?oods we handle and see if ?. e. But be sure to compare 5 ? quality, at right prices, and ? rly has made our store pros- ? ROCER. g SHBURN I LIABLE 1 y: Quick Delivery. ^ v\\vvv\\\wv\vvsmvvwv\N VETERINARY SURGEON I have opened a Veterinary Hospital in Union for the treatment of all kinds of Domestic animals. I am located opposite new Postoflice, in O'Shield's old stand. Calls left at Palmetto Drug Co., answered day or night. Examination free. J. W. SHARP Veterinary Surgeon BARRON & BARRON Attorneys at Law UNION, S. C. Practice in all Courts. Money to loan on City and Farm Property. MONEY TO LOAN On long time, five to ten years, on improved farm lands, in Union county. Moderate Expense. J. E. MINTE.lt