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Early History of Union County I Continued from page one) is customary when a corner stone is Ini I with Masonic ceremonies. Within the corner stone of the present court house, complete records were placed, along with pictures of Sheriff Long, his grandson, William Wiihurn, and his little "nigger" mascot?ami I say it with bated breath! i half-pint of whiskey hermetically .sealed. These were put in a copper Lo\. scaled by a plumber, and placed in solid rock hewn for the purpose. <>ne of the str iking features of the old building was the winding stairs mentioned above, and another was the heavy stone steps leading up from the street?and thereby hangs a tale: There was a friendly rivalry between two Union students of Blackstone?rising young attorneys who afterwards became famous at the bar. (Zach Heindon and A. W. Thomson.) One of them, on seeing the other approaching with an armful of books made this remark: "Yonder comes my colleague with more law under bis arm than he will ever have in his head." The remark being repeated by a bystander, a fight ensued. The court fined each of the offenders $"500 and the money was used to build the court houses steps. Within the memory of some of the present citizens hotth court house and jail were enclosed by a wooden picket fence. The site of the court house was chosen because of its proximity to a fine spring called Poplar Spring, and in those days most of the houses of the village were located on the hill sloping from the court house to Tosh's branch. In 1827 the Legislature of South Carolina passed an act authorizing the commissioner of the streets of Union to keep in repair the spring supph ing the village with water, and for this purpose they were empowered to use the money arising from "the licenses ot billiard tables, retailing spirituous liquors," and any fines or forfeitures that came into their hands. The town of Unionville received its charter in 1817. An old plat of the village dated 18.19, shows the Main street of the town running east and west, and called Union street. There are no parallel streets and the cross streets beginning East, were named Farr, Mountain, Bachelor, Virgin, Judgment and Grog. Judgment street led up to the court house, and Grog street ran hack of the jail where the bar rooms were located. One of the oldest houses of Unionville is still standing, a two story wooden building on Main street below the jail. It was built by an old Englishman named Peter Taylor, in 18.18 was bought and occupied by Da vis vjouaeiocK, master in fcquity, the father of our townswoman, Mrs. Maria Boyd, whose husband, the gallant Col. Boyd, was killed in battle in the OO's. The house next door was occupied by Dr. Joseph Dogan, son of Wm. Dogan and the ancester of the Arthur family of Union. These two houses were just across from "The Big Gully" a famous place, and so deep that a sweet gum tree growing in the bottom of the gully reached to top and the leaves could l?e touched by passers-by on the top of the embankment. 1)^. Dogan married a Miss Rice. They had several daughters, very popular young ladies who were laughingly called "The Gully Birds." Thiee of these married Arthur, | Stringfellow and Steadman respectively. It was in this same big gully near the Goudelock and Dogan's that a negro was hanged in 18G4 or 05. Mrs. Boyd remembers the circumstances and she says that her father being away with the army, she and her mother and the other children were at home one night when some one knocked and asked for a dring of water. Mrs. Goudelock told him to go to the well, and soon after they heard soldiers tramping in the yard. The next morning the negro was discovered hanging to the sweetgum uce in trie guny. l ne men who had handed him, supposedly some of Wheeler's cavalry, had gone through the (loudelock yard and taken Dr. Dogan's well rope. The negro was named Sex Joiner, a mulatto carapenter; he had written an insulting note to a white woman and the citizens of Union had put him in jail for his own protection. Tradition says that Dr. Dogan, on heing told of the hanging, said "Hoot! (loot!"?a common expression of his?"I don't care about the nigger so much, but I hate to have my good well-rope spoiled." A rose bush grew in the big gully, a native running rose, and covered the embankment for years. A cutting from this rose was taken and now grows on a fence at Clifford Seminary. M rs. Boyd also tells of the passing of the Ku Klux near their house one dark rainy night. With muffled voices they continued to repeat, "Blood and water! Blood and water!" Mrs. fioudelock, an intrepid little woman went to the door and said: "If you'd open your mouth's wide enough, I should think you'd get plenty of water." Probably the oldest house stan<tin? in Union today is the Norris house, formerly owned by William Norris, who married Mary Rogers. It used to face Main street opposite the jail, hut has been rolled hack and is now in the centre of the block behind Mr. Boh Foster's and is occupied by a negro. The owner, Addie Sims, died in August, 1917, soon after I went there to see the house and talked to her. She seemed a little afraid of me when she saw pencil and paper in my hand and it may be safed for me to stay away from the place now as she died so soon R after my visit. Negroes are so super- jt stitious they may think I practiced the t< black art and "conjured" her. tl In this old house in former times tl there was oft "A sound of revelry by J nitrht." for the elite of Union, in days a of hoop skirts and patches and ruffled shirts and embroidered waistcoats, j gathered here, and it was probably far o into "the wee sma hours" before they t] departed for their homes, for they d often danced till daylight. d Another house where the young A folks assembled is the Porter House, which is still standing, and was just A across the street, though it too, has n been rolled further back from Main it street, (where Dr. Murphy did his h first courting). v The Rawls house, next door is an- p other old dwelling. The Rawls fam- '1 ilv now live in Asheville, but have s relatives in Union. T In front of the court house there were three houses occupied by J. J. tl Pratt, (the grandfather of Mrs. W. E. o Thomson), William K. Clowney and p John Gage?the last now owned by if Mr. Flynn, and once occupied by Gov. o Gist. o There were two hotels?one of these " was kept by a Mrs. Fernandez, who tl afterwards married a Norris. This t> was in 1828 or 29. On the night she h opened her place for boarders she b laid the table with the very best she a had. A hog-drover was one of the f first guests to spend the night. The 'I next morning after he had paid his f bill and departed, it was found that f he had carried off all the silver spoons, o The other hotel was kept by a man named Bradley, and was a popular hostelry for the Sims family. I Back of the court house there was a large dwelling owned by A. W. Thomson, father of Mrs. Ann Jeter, who married Both well Jeter, once ^ governor of South Carolina. This house was one of the show places of Union for years .especially on account of the wall papering in the large drawing room. This is said to have ,, been done by hand and represented [, scenes from all nations?from Roman ^ gladiators and Italian gondoliers, to v Spanish hull fights and English castles and Erench court ladies and cour- c tiers. e Most of the first houses were of a wood. A fire devastated Main street a and many of the oldest buildings were F destroyed. An old inhabitant says f that he has been told that the first ii brick building was where J. Cohen's y sttye now is. This same old gentle- a man says that as far back as he can " remember there was a long house r< near where the Union Grocery now n stands, and when he, as a boy, came s: to town, he went there for cider, and also to buy cakes that the negroes g who occupied the building baked for n sale. So that even before the war, y this same site was the 'Home of Good il v.?* ? / ? ? ? * m t:t?L . y /\u useu ty union d Grocery Co..) a Out on East Main street, there tl were gradually built up a few resi- t< dences?namely William Goss, W. II. si Wallace and the Mcllwaine's. fi Another house was down in what is b now known as Perrin's Grove. It was built by Col. Ferdinand Scaife who was an architect, but was bought an doccupied by Mr. Spencer Morgan 01 i WAN A Man ol For Permanent Mone ? gs S A half-million dollar corpora1 good men to represent them is tlii IThe man we want need nu experienced salesman, hut he mus ability to properly present to fs.rn and modern system of Electric .Li The Company is thoroughly over a thousand representatives, e very fine income from his work. Every man gets a thorough ti r m connection offers an unusually fint -jm In writing, give full particulars ib j5 responsibility. s HOME LIGHT AN *3 DISTRIBUTORS OF DELC S CHARLOT1 2 <VIUIU^S^ ''""MIIMI *"VvVi?VV/vr. . * * J J lice. Sr., who was for years a pillar 1 the Methodist church. The archiJcture of this house was similar to lie one now standing on Main street, lie former home of the late Captain . C. Hunter. It was very peculiarly rranged, being triangular in shape. The house now occupied by Mr. L. . Hames and his wife, the Regent f the Fairforest chapter, was once he home of Mr. Dudley Culp. Here uring the war a number of young laies boarded and attended the Female teademy. Col. Zach Hdrndon first built where Ir. J. Clough Wallace now lives, but ot liking to be in such close proxim:y to the old Presbyterian graveyard, e sold the place to Mr. Clough Meng, -ho had no such scruples, and built lerndon Terrace" further up the hill, 'his is also a typical colonial manion, now occupied by Mr. W. E. 'homson. Governor Ilothwell Jeter's home on he oustkirts of the village is now wned by Or. Sidney Sarratt. The lastering in this ante-bellum house i beautiful and in a remarkable state f preservation, showing the quality f the material and workmanship of ye olden tyme." Another feature of he Jeter home was the system of ells established within. Each room ad its bell card and a row of small ells hung high on the back porch, so rranged that the servants could tell rom which room the summons came, 'he handsome brass knocker on the ront door is another reminder of the act that this is one of the old houses f Union. (Concluded next Thursday) )ON'T SCOLD, MOTHER! THE CROSS CHILD IS mi.TriTTQ P1?V1?PTCU /ook at Tongue! If Coated, Clean Little Stomach, Liver, Bowels. I Don't scold your fretful, peevish hild. See if tongue is coated; this j a sure sign its little stomach, liver nd bowels are clogged with sour /aste. When listless, pale, feverish, full of old, breath bad, throat sore, doesn't at, sleep or act naturally, has stomch-ache, indigestion, diarrhoea, give teaspoonful of "California Syrup of Mgs," and in a few hours all the oul waste, the sour bile and fermentig food passes out of the bowels and ou have a well and playful child gain. Children love this harmless fruit laxative," and mothers can est easy after giving it, because it ever fails to make their little "inides" clean and sweet. Keep it handy, Mother! A little iven today saves a sick child tolorrow, but get the genuine. Ask our druggist for a bottle of Cal'ornia Syrup of Figs," which has irections for babies, children of all ges and for grown-ups plainly on le bottle. Remember there are counjrfeits sold here, so surely look and ee that yours is made by the "Caliarnia Fiir SvruD ComDanv." Hand I ack with contempt any other fig yrup. _ Mr. J. P. Cain of Carlisle was in the ty yesterday. TED I F Ability y-Making Business tion is looking for one or two is territory. 5^ t necessarily be a thoroughly Jp it have sufficient education and ners tne most Highly efficient ^ ghting for the home and farm. 2c established and now employs 2p; very one of whom derives a ?, raining in this work and the : opportunity for the right man. out yourself and your financial 2c D POWER CO., ~ :O UCHT PRODUCTS SF rE, N. c. w * f \ AW AN The T UNION CO AND AGR1 WIT T Rr u* ff AUJU A^U XAJL Beginning And' Clo Come one and al informed speake sented on an occ j, Lyman's Old Planta Merry-Go-Round. F cessions will be thei and chance to enjoy witness the Great J of Union County. We appeal to the pr their influence to he We have arranged f< of the county, and ? boys and girls of th< "Education Day." J. H. Gilmore, F J. P. Sartor, G. I^ItHeIps!^j IS i K There can be no doubt I j? I I as to the merit of Carduit 111 fl Sj the woman's tonic, in IB II the treatment of many III vfl troubles peculiar to women. The thousands ^4 of women who have been Kfl |1 helped by Cardui in the |1 H m past 40 years, is conclu- I ?? S ?| sive proof that it is a g 1 m ?| good medicine for women Kj B ^ who suffer. It should r|l Jielp you, too. Take CARDUI The Woman's Tonic k Mrs. N. E. Varner, of E Hixson, Tenn., writes: E "1 was passing through R the . . My back and E sides were terrible, and ^ my suffering indescriba- Wl ble. I can't tell just how |2 and where I hurt, about V* all over. 1 think ... I K began Cardui, and my pains grew less and less, until I was cured. I am B remarkably strong for a Wf woman 64 years of age. Z-t 1 do all my housework." Eh Try Cardui, today. E-76 ? You cannot educate the head enough to atone for lack of education of the heart. The thing to do ia to educate both. ms: ?T a l A ( \ mil r k mm NOUNCE hird Annual Fair o lUNTY C0L0I [CULTURAL ASS( ?T n r\\T TUF WUTTF P n TT* / juiy vyn i iiij TT11JL1U ! AIR. > Tuesday, I" sing Friday, Nov. 1 1. There will be so rs and the best exl asion of this kind. Ltion Shows with a half erris Wheel, High Divinj re and none could afford a recreation at a small ubilee ond Banner Fair i eachers and teachers of lp make the Fair a succe or a Competition Drill b< Special Prizes are offered 3 county who take part COMMITTEE 'res.. Dr. C. A. Dawkins W.Bolden, J. W. Dawk f " Cri lUZJANNg golde K>ii crear /'?f &c /-*' ,fl?S?irfK ' a bre 'iwtwwW? ?car '"'owtcrs^hoajtw* doesr The Lnrianne Guarantee : your Jf, after using the contents mOIll of m can, you are not aatiafied .. ? in every respect, your gro- I4U1DL eer will refund your money. lUZXAN The Reily?Taylor Coi W. M. U. Quarterly Meeting v There will be a quarterly meeting of W. M. U. of Fifth Division on next Sunday, October 28th, at 11 a. m., to be held with the Fairview Baptist church. All churches are urged to a send delegates. Preaching by the pas- \ tor; dinner will be served on the o grounds. The public is cordially in- v MENT! f the RED FAIR )CIATION GROUNDS fov. 13th 6, 1917 me of the best libits ever predozen attractions; g, and over 20 conto miss this outing I cost. Come and [or Colored People the county to use ss. stween the schools for the best drilled in these drills on , D. B. Gibson, ins, Secretary. kesToast loBetter isp, crunchy toast done to a (n brown, spread with rich, ny butter?that and a cup >od, old Luzianne. There's akfast in itself that's hard at?mighty hard. You buy i of Luzianne today. If it l't go better and farther than other coffee at the price, grocer will refund your ey, without question or )le. Ask for profit-sharing og. NEcoffee npany. New Orleans ited, both men and women. Mrs. Judson Ivey. Hallowe'en Party. There will be a Hallowe'en party t the Santuck school house next Vednesday evening, Oct. 31, at 8 'clock. Everybody is cordially inited to attend.