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Fri/.e Winners at Gault School Fair The Ciault School Community Fair, hehl yesterday. was quite a success ami tlrcw a larjje ua tiering of people. The exhibits were excellent ami in ureal mnu!>et . The prize winners are as follows: Fancy Work. For best display of fancy work, triven l>v Mrs. !>. \V. Whitloek, Tac, Mrs. T. !?. Kelly: J ul best, iriven by Mrs. !?. W. A'hitlo *k. won by Miss Mary Twee*!. Cirls' Department. Host tiisplay: 1st, uiven by Mrs. I. W. I ij> omb. >1.00. won by bizzio Kelly; Jmi, uiven by M. < . (iault, won 1 >y Maude Plaxico. Best dress made !>y jrirl 12 to 1 ?: (liven by 11. B. (iault, 2">c, I.enna White. Pantry Supplies. I'.est display: Toe, piven liy i?. <" White, won l>y Mrs. I >. ('. White; 2i i 2 V, piven l?y l>. ('.White, won hy A I.. (iault. Best loaf bread: 2~>e, piven by A I' Plexieo, won by Mary Tweed. (.iris* Pantry Supplies. Host pantry supplies: $1.00, pivot by .1. J. Littlejohn Co., won by Mart Tweed; 2nd, r?Oe, \piven by M. C (iault, won by Mabel Vinson. Host loaf of bread: 2f?e, piven b\ II. .1. Haines, won hy Mrs. T. 15. Kelly Host layer cake 2">e. piven by II I. liames, won by Mary Tweed. Farm Products. Host display of farm products > 1 .(Ml, piven by Kverybodys ltank, wor by A. I., (iault; 2nd, ">0c, piven by A I., (iault. won by II. M. (iault. Host six ears of corn: 2~>c, piven by M. 1.. Park, won by ,J. (J. Faueett, Host pumpkin: 2f>c, piven by Hen I .ittleticld, won by John James. Host watermelon: 2-To, piven by J. i.. James, won by May Plexieo. Best display of potatoes: $1.00. piven by Jonesville Hank, won by A. I., (iaull. Best potatoes: 2oe, piven by J. H. Tweed, won by 1>. ('. White. Best home-made molasses: ~>0e, piven by il. T. liames, won by /.. Y. Foster. Best display of velvet beans aOe, piven by J. J. Foster, won by J. (I. Faueett. Best display of peas: ">()c, piven by T. M. Tweed, won by A. L. (Iault. Best display of turnips: ."?0e, piven by S. U. Vinson, won by II. M. (Iault. a: -a? ' i.i ucni, uiMiiiiv m ui ears 01 corn by Corn club boys: oOe, given by A. H. Carwile, won by Uussel Burgess. Best cockerel and hen, game: ;">0c, given by II. I.'. Spears, won by A. I,, (lault. Best pair ducks: ",0c, given by II. M. (Jault, won by I). ('. White. Best pair turkeys: ">Uc. given by 1 >. B. Free, won bv 11 M. (lault. Best pair geese; ">Oc, given by I). B. Fret , won by Miss Sallie (lault. Best home-raised horse colt: Sj'l.OO, given by Jonesville Iblw. Co., won by II. M. (lault. Best cow: $1 00, given by S. I., (lault, won by B. Kelly; "J. bOc, given by .1. I). Brown, won by V. Foster. Best calf: f>0c. given by J. 1). Brown, won by Curtis Vinson. Best hog: $1.00, given by It. ('. Little, won by S. (I. (lault. Best goat: 2bc, won by D. B. T weed. I ,i vc.-.t ock. Best stallion: $1.00, given by T. B. Kelly, won by II. M. (Jalt. Best pair mules: $1.00, given by i >. B. Free, won by It. C. Little. Best pair home-raised mules: $1.00. given by J. T. Scott, won by 1). C. White; 2nd, bOc. given by .1. II. Alderman, won by II. M. (lault. Best home-raised mule colt: $1.00. given by .Jonesville Drug Co., won by I). C. White. British Casualties K2,277 Tor October London, Oct. 111. British casualties repotted during the month of October totaled S2,."i77. The losses wore divided as follows: Ofllcers killed or died of wound-, !,!!.">; men, lt.tlK."; office: . wounded or missing, 1.1 ! *: men, <> I ,S 11. (lo to Sunday .school Sunday, Nov. 1tli. PLEDGE CARD FOR UNITED S' If you have already signed TO Til I FOOD \i>MIMSTK\\T< I an ylud to jotn yoi. n the * nation and 1 lurel.y aecepi niemlie rniiii-tr;rion. j ' ?!; ..?" i.ivm i to ( of tlir Ko ><1 Adniir:';-t) .tor in my permit. Nome. Street City There* are no fir-. ?| : ?.< wishes to have as memt" all < ' Mm Anyone may have tin it ore nlpning pledges are ent tier] '< M?*mt? delivered upon receipt of the signed I Early History of Union County (Continued from page one) Academy was a brick building 45 feet lon?r and 12") feet wide, on the lot where Mr. .luson (Jrcer now lives. During the time that Mr. Murchison had charjre of the female Academy, a numher of jrirls fromtfhe low country refugeed here. They boarded in the hotel where the Citizens Bank now stands, and attended the Academy. Cotton was stored in the basement and yard of the hotel, and when the alarm was sounded that Sherman was marchinjf on Union, Mr. Murchison, | fearinpr for the safety of the k'?'1s. | uhjk iiit*ni nuwii io me House now ocj eupied l>y Mr. Thus. McNally, ami 40 j tri- ls slept in one room. Or rather they spent the nijrht in one room?I doubt if there was much sleeping! In lator years a s -hool was conducted in this same hou e by the Misses Younjr, -isters of Mr. John K. Younp, who 'was one of Union's most cultured and I well known men. Churches. The oldest church in Union from i the point of organisation is the Pres bytcrian. When Presbytery decided i to erect a building in Unionville. am! j discontinue services at Brown's Creek p.?r old Union church, the land was given by Alexander Macbeth, and the .irst church building was up where the old Presbyterian cemetery now is. Preaching began in Unionville in 181b. Tlte chinch was reorganized in ,11840, with a membership of b">. In 181") I.'. \V. Curtis was the stated supply until 1841). The elders were W. i K. Clowney, William Perry and C. Brandon. Later the church was i moved to the present site on South street. The first Methodist church was built near the site of the present office building of the Union-BulTalo cotton mills?nearby was the old poplar spring at which the church-gocrs slaked their thirst, and around which many a merry group of young people assembled in the time of allday meetings, and old-fashioned singing schools. 'I'he present Methodist church was I built in 1872-7.'!,the land being given by A. W. Thomson and II. L. (loss. Mr. Dudley Culp fur nished the rock to build the church and the congregation gave him the privilege of naming the church and he chose the name "Grace." Mrs. George Perrin, nee Miss Ida Rice, our honored chaplain, was the first person to be married in this church. The old Baptist church was burned in January, 11)05; it was on the corner of Main and Church streets and was built through the generosity and efforts of Col. Ferdinand Scaife the dedicatory sermon being preached in 1858 by l>r. Richard Furman, an eminent Baptist divine, for whose family Furman University was named. Other buildings were destroyed by the fire of 1005 ? the coldest day on record in Union?among them an old 2j story wooden building which conj tained the books of the old Union Library Association. The Church of the Nativity < F.piscopal) is the oldest church building still standing in Union. The half! century anniv ersary was celebrated j some years ago when ('. II. Jordan | was rector. It was largely through : the liberality of Judge Dawkins and the untiring efforts of his wife that the church was erected and the architecture and much of the arrangement and carving on wood is the handiwork of thi' Rev. J. I). McCullough. The land was given by the Farrars. The first church wedding in Union took place in the Church of the Nativ ity, when Miss Susannah Rawls l>e| came the hride of Dr. Mclvin Carter of Asheville, N. C. (Concluded next Thursday) I "Old Kins Brady" Dead. j New York, Oct. ')I.?Francis Worcester I tough ty, author > "The Old Kintr Brady," sleuth stories, familiar to thousands of young Americans for over a generation, died yesterday at Crcsskii), N. .1. Mr. Doughty al-o was a lecturer and writer of some prominence. John T. Stor mwas in Spartanburg on business today. TATES FOOD ADMINISTRATION . pass this on to a friend. Oil : erviee of foorl conservation for out rxlii|> in the Cnilod States Food Ad any out the directions and advice home, insofar as my circumstance? Sfatt* !>' nnid The Food Administration i not .(illy handling food in the home. Curd of I n- 11 net ion. hut only those ership Window Card, which will ha pledge. The Out! Carol Holloway Duncan is taken to you ask? Well, i! Vitagraph's "THF is the best melodrai I ever been screened the story is thrillin theatre feeling thai j^^cnsatroj^ Car I 1 WILL] TH "Heai This is a S Adm In connection with ning The Fighting photoplay serial ev A( ( h Masons, Take Notice! There will he a special meeting of Union Ixtdge, No. 75, A. F. M., tonight at 7:80 p. in., for purpose of | work in the K. A. decree. ' L. C. Wharton, ] Hen H. Berry, W. M. , Secretary. \ i LOCKHART ; I.ockhart, Nov. 1.?Mrs. J. ('. McMillan of Renno, S. C., and Mrs. S. Y. Adair of Clinton are visitng at the home of Dr. and Mrs. Henry. Mrs. OUie Carter is visitinir her daughter in Spartanburg this week. Sam Wates, a negro who works for the company here, was exhibiting a stalk of corn with three Vood ears on it and Sam says that there are twp acres of this kind of corn hut did not know what variety it was. The children of the town have ^ greatly enjoyed hunting hickory nuts this fall; the woods are full of them ~ and many little hearts have keen made happy by searching for thorn, I'rof. Frescott carried the s-hool hoys out on a hike this afternoon. Every town ought to have a >ark for the children; we hope I.ockhart will have a park next spring for a nine outing ior tne cnnaren and the mothers. Miss Janie McCluny is on i!:.? sick list this week. Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Bailey h.? ve a sick child. In Jail Awaiting Trial. *James Thompson, the 17 < u-old colored hoy who attempted ' > vreck Train No. 10 at Herberts la I riday ] night, is in jail here awaitinjr trial in the criminal court, lie has confessed to tampering with tl, witch and causing the train to tal 10 the siding. But for the promt. action of the engineer in applying tho emergency brakes it would have n suited in a very serious accident. A t was. the passengers were given .1 severe iolting. The boy has conle I to the deed. Six Million Lost. Washington, Oct. JO. < rmany lost 0,000,000 men in three ark of war, according to the d I a ration made in th?* roichstag by iiu> independent Socialist I.edbour. A report of his speech reaching Washington through Switzerland, state that, contemplating the prospects of a fourth winter campaign, the Socialist leader! said: \ * k. .. ? MMflVMMMWMWHVBMBflMMVMH laws Have Got has fallen into the Indian's hanc i). No, they aren't rescued! W1 you are that much interested, } FIGHTING TRAIL," whicl na of the great out-doors that ha . The fate of the principals ii gly depicted and you'll leave th : you have witnessed the limit o picture melodrama. MWmWNHMMMM * A ]> rODAl [AM FOX Pi [EDA BA] IN XA 1 rt and I pecial Super De Li ission lO an Saturday the Voice on the Wire, i Trail; the most marvt er presented. Emission lO and li Buried in Union Last Saturday Davitl C. Priggs, who was run over by an automobile in Columbia last Thursday night, died in a Columbia hospital and his remains were brought to Union for interment in the Presbyterian cemetery. Mr. Rriggs was formerly a resilient of Union, holding i position with Turner and Maylield, 'urniture dealers doing business here seveal years ago. The burial was conducted by Rev. I. W. Speakc, pastor of Grace Meth)dist church. Has Kitchen Burned. The kitchen helonirinir to Co. K.. itationed at Camp Sevier, Greenville, vas accidentally burned last night uid an improvised kitchen has been >ut out doors. No one was hurt in he fire and the only damage was to he kitchen and furnishings. J Why (i Suffer? ll Mrs. J. A. Cox, of Al- t/j derson, W. Va., writes: K/l ? "My daughter . . . suffered terribly. She could j not turn in bed . . . the doctors pave her up, and fyM we brought her home to WyJl die. She had suffered so WyM much at. . . time. Hav- ^ ing heard of Cardui, we W^y\ | ^ got it for her." WjA | - ThP VJnman'e Tnnin 1 yj% ,,w uiiiuiia IUIIIU yM "In a few days, she bepan to improve," Mrs. /T Cox continues, "and had y/ no trouble at.. . Cardui / rA cured her, and we sin? \y r j its praises everywhere/' 'a r a We receive many thou- 'a f. sands of similar letters 1 y every year, telling of the y I] / goocl Cardui has done for y f y women who suffer fror.i y i y complaints so common to *y ' ? *y their sex. It should do y I fj you good, too. Try rA K/ Cardui. E-77 / L, HeirT*' Is. William hat happens, see Greater 5 '; A-. M'?i* <J D J "esents llm ra n Soul" I lxe Pictu re | d 15c ! we will start run- u dous melodramatic 3c Bac u/ySQ) say iSS nolM:" . -, i to be the S0A '2old coffe< table or 1 that Luzi \h< Reitv^<i\rtor C* better tha "ear thG n . i ^ me Luzianne uuarantee: grumDiin If, after using the contents Give Lu: of a can, you are not satisfied , in every respect, your gro- JUSt now cer will refund your money. for profit' The Reily~ Taylor Com] junmii GET THAT MALARIAL | HIT OF YOUR SYSTEM ] BY TAKING DR. HUIET'S j ! iiooo purifier! The Best Tonic For Sale at the 'ALMETTO DRUG C0.|| ? i ?'Willi A reporter's dream of heaven is a ace where he could meet all of his were iends and not he expected to butt |>jro to their business.?Atchison Globe, start ir Money :k if you so ne has nothing up its sleeve, im. You yourself are going judge of whether this fine, ; has a right on your family not. If you are not satisfied anne goes farther and tastes n any other coffee at anywhere price, your grocer will give every penny you paid. Stop g about your present coffee. Maiiuc ck LiitiiiLC IU 3I1UW yOU good a coffee can be. Ask -sharing catalog. ?coffee oany, .New Orleans attHIWUltUHBOHJItlllHitl: i. UblH i .1 . t.l itik No j War Profits 3 in 1 Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin . The Perfect Laxative ______ ? The price is the same now as it has always n been?50 cts. aiul one .i_ii ? . ' uotiur a oouie?two sizes. All druggists | sell this popular rem- i edy for constipation. 10 evening at dinner the guests ! all seated when Brown came in. ctly he sat down at the table he ed: